Nutritional Imbalance

When I was a child my mother often said to me "Finish your spinach. You are what you eat." Is their truth to this often repeated statement?

You bet there is.

Several years ago an attorney who was working on the patent for a medical device that I had invented asked me to comment on his rheumatoid arthritis. I looked at him and said that I saw no evidence in his hands of severe arthritis. He told me that he had been crippled with the disease and that nothing his doctor prescribed had helped. Then he found a book titled The Anti Arthritis Diet. He followed its recommendations and within months he was greatly improved.

The book had one major statement. Avoid refined, processed and manufactured foods. Most of these contain fatty acids (omega-6) that are inflammatory. They are found in processed foods such as cookies, crackers, and other snacks. Also avoid corn syrup that is used as a sweetener in many foods. It is quickly digested, as are other simple sugars, and promotes the production of inflammatory substances in the body.

Americans are frequently out of balance in their eating habits. Instead of having a healthy ratio of omega 3 fatty acids to omega 6 fatty acid, the balance is shifted in favor of the omega 6 fatty acids. Please increase your consumption of omega 3 fatty acids by eating fish such as salmon, sardines and herring at least three times a week.

We are also in favor of supplementation. Personally we take omega 3 capsules daily. To learn more about healthy eating use our book TriEnergetics as a resource.

TriEnergetics - The Ultimate Wellness Source

You are not alone if you believe that your health and longevity are determined by your genes. After all if your parents or grandparents lived to a ripe old age chances are you will also. Conversely if they died young chances are so will you. Fortunately this is not true. The latest scientific studies have demonstrated that only about one third of what happens to you in terms of your health is determined by your genetic pool. Two thirds is determined by what you do with what you were given. This startling revelation was the result of a study on several thousand identical twins who for one reason or another were raised in different homes and environments. Even more exciting is the observation that what you do to your body can be passed on genetically to your children. The apple really does not fall far from the tree. The message is loud and clear. Now is the time to get on to a healthier life style. Our book TriEnergetics gives you a six week program that is fun to do and will give amazing results. Look at it an do the program. We guarantee you will love the results. Go to our website at www.trienergetics.com for more information or order the book directly from a link on this blog. There is no better time than now for action.

Diets Don't Work

Diets don't work.

There is more confusion about how to eat than any other aspect of health. The media focuses on the latest fad diet: high protein and low fat this day, low protein and high carb the next; low carb high protein; moderate fat, moderate protein and so on. No wonder people are confused.

Then it gets worse, We hear about the grapefruit diet, the cabbage soup diet, the all-bran diet, the starvation diet, the drink my drink and look gorgeous tomorrow diet. It is enough to make your head swim.

The facts are really simple. On any diet you will lose weight temporarily. Then it will all come back unless there is a lifestyle change. This has been shown over and over again in rigorous scientific research. Most people refuse to believe this. They want a quick fix or a magic pill. They want to starve their body so that they will burn up the fat. This is wrong. Food is not the enemy. You must feed your body the energy it needs to live and to be strong.

If you eat the proper foods and the proper combinations, you can eat just about as much as you want. The weight will come off naturally. you can actually eat more food and still lose weight. In order to maximize results you need to exercise a bit and you need to learn to eat mindfully.

In our book TriEnergetics we will show you how your body processes the food you eat, so you will understand what your body really needs. We give you an easy to follow exercise program and teach you how to handle the stress in your life that contributes to food abuse and other health issues. Go to our website TriEnergetics.com for more information.

Grapefruit Juice and Wellness: Drug Interactions

Do you love your grapefruit juice? I do, but it's interesting to note that grapefruit juice and a number of commonly taken medicines don't mix.

Grapefruit and its juice can raise levels of certain drugs to a danger point. This is because grapefruit contains substances that disable an enzyme in the small intestine that would otherwise break down the drugs. This happens quickly and can last a day or longer. In other cases grapefruit juice can lower levels of a few drugs by reducing absorption.

Here are some drugs that don't mix with grapefruit:

1) cholesterol-lowering statin drugs such as lipitor, mevacor and zocor;
2) high blood pressure drugs such as procardia;
3)tranquilizers such as valium, halcion and sonata;
4)antidepressants such as zoloft;
5)antihistamines such as allegra;
6)drugs for erectile dysfunction such as viagra and levitra

If you take any medications, and not necessarily only those mentioned above, ask your doctor or pharmacist about taking grapefruit juice. Many drugs carry a warning label if there is a problem with grapefruit; however the absence of a warning does not mean that there is no interaction with grapefruit.

Drink juice and be safe

Wellness and Shingles - A stress disease

We have recently seen several patients in our office who have shingles. This is an extremely painful ailment characterized by a blistering rash usually on the torso or face, and it can involve the eye. The relatives of these patients invariably ask whether the shingles is contagious. The answer is no. Shingles is caused by the varicella-zoster virus. This is the same virus that causes chickenpox. If you had chickenpox when you were a child, the virus remains dormant in your body for as long as you live. It can re-emerge later to cause shingles.

Usually the outbreak occurs in people who for one reason or another have a depressed immune system. If you have never had chicken pox, you can catch that from someone with shingles, but the virus is less easily transmitted from a shingles patient than from someone with chickenpox which is highly contagious.

There is a new vaccine for shingles approved for people 60 and over. It will prevent about half of all cases of shingles and will reduce the severity of an attack if it does occur.