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Lose Your Belly or Lose Your Brain

In an interesting study done by the Boston University School of Medicine, it was found out that people with an abnormal BMI and increased waist circumference have an increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. Basically, an increased visceral fat volume is associated with smaller brain volumes. Nothing surprising since it’s already been known that truncal obesity (waist circumference greater than 40 inches in men and 35 inches in women) is one of the criteria in making a diagnosis of syndrome X, otherwise known as metabolic or insulin resistance syndrome. The CEO of the Alzheimer’s Research Trust concluded that “It is never too late to adopt a healthy lifestyle and to keep weight in check. What’s good for our bodies may be good for our brains.” I agree with the first statement. As far as the second one is concerned, there is no separation between brain (mind) and body. Whatever goes on in the body affects the brain and vise-versa. Everything is interconnected.

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Diet Soda to Prevent Kidney Stones?

Hey, I didn’t recommend this stupid advise. However, you could see this study published in the prestigious Journal of Urology. It seems that the study authors recommended this because some diet sodas are rich in citrate, a nutrient found in lemons. My take on this is that there are other ways to prevent kidney stones without resorting to this. Preventing dehydration as well as eating a more alkaline diet could help prevent stone formation. The reasons why diet soda (or any soda for that matter), is not the best choice are that 1. diet soda has artificial sweeteners, one of the most popular one of which is a potent neurotoxin; 2. it is actually rich in phospates, which could actually cause bone loss long term and 3. it has a very acidic pH. There are other reasons why diet soda is not a healthy drink. Suffice it to say, avoid it at all costs and just add lemon to your water.

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Cell Phone Radiation

Noticed the news lately? I can’t believe that what used to be discussed in “crazy ” alternative news is now mainstream. And guess what the biggest offenders are? Motorola and the iPhone, just to name a few. I’m a proud owner of an iPhone. However, I usually use the speaker phone and bluetooth earpiece. In those rare instances that I don’t use them, I don’t worry about it much since I have a gadget that I stick to that back of my phone. The one that I use and that’s been clinically studied to protect against these harmful EMF’s is a quarter sized “cell” from a company called Advanced Tachyon Technologies. Really cool stuff and it works! To find out more, check out http://www.wholehealthworldwide.com.

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Vitamin D

Okay, vitamin D has been so much in the news lately. And for good reason! However, we’re not just seeing a deficiency in vitamin D but also deficiencies in B vitamins as well, minerals (like magnesium and potassium), essential fatty acids and antioxidants like glutathione. What could be the reason behind these deficiencies? Besides our depleted soils, the refining of our food causes these problems. And then, there’s a small but significant fraction of the population who have malabsorption issues. As far as vitamin D is concerned, it’s our lack of exposure to the sun’s rays that’s causing this deficiency. We normally don’t see it in people living in the tropics but as the use of sun block (that are petroleum-based) gets marketed heavily (and people there use skin whitening agents!), we will see more deficiency states in those areas. Vitamin D, besides being good for your teeth and bones is an immune modulator. Research shows that is can actually protect against certain forms of cancer! To see if you have optimal levels, have your levels checked (OH-vitamin D) pronto!

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