Archive for April, 2010
What is glucosamine? Glucosamine is actually an amino sugar and prominent in biochemical synthesis of glycosylated protein and lipids. It’s found to be part of the chemical structure that makes up exoskeletons of crustaceans, other arthropods, fungi cell walls and many of the higher organisms. Glucosamine is abundant and is produced commercially mostly through hydrolysis of crustacean exoskeletons. It can also be made through the fermentation of a grain like corn or wheat.
In the United States, glucosamine is very popular and very commonly used. Among other things, it is widely believed to be excellent support for the joints. As a dietary supplement, glucosamine is among the most frequently chosen non-mineral, non-vitamin supplements used by adults.
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Why take vitamins? In no uncertain terms, vitamins are vitally necessary for a multicellular organism’s development and growth. For instance, a baby modeling his parental genetic blueprint, develops from the nutrients he absorbs starting at the moment of conception.
These nutrients include certain vitamins that are required in the proper amount at certain times to promote healthy development. Vitamin deficiencies, among other areas, can cause problems with the skin, bones or muscle. Even small or minor deficiencies can cause permanent damage.
To this end, vitamins are available in many forms on today’s market, making it fairly easy to obtain one’s minimum daily requirements. Besides tablets, powders, drink mixes, capsules, and chewables for everyone, there are also liquid vitamins to choose from. Liquid vitamins are obviously known to facilitate and help insure an infants daily requirements.
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What are vitamins? Vitamins are defined as “organic compounds required as nutrients in tiny amounts by an organism.” The name “vitamin” is actually from a combination of the words “vital” and “amine.” And, these micronutrient food factors which prevented dietary deficiency diseases, like beriberi, were considered to possibly be chemical amines.
Turned out vitamins proved to be in a category of their own and the name was shortened to “vitamin.” Now, when a chemical compound must be acquired through diet and cannot be synthesized in sufficient amount by an organism, it is called a vitamin. Other essential nutrients including certain minerals needed for diet, essential amino acids and essential fatty acids do not fall within the vitamin category.
There are many vitamins available on today’s market. They can be acquired individually in bulk, or in a multivitamin complex. There are also numerous multivite complexes that target specific groups such as men, women and children. It is considered important that a required daily amount of essential vitamins are ingested for proper healthy nutrition.
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What is Schizandra? It’s Chinese name literally means “nothern five flavor berry”. It was named that way because it possesses the five basic flavors: salty, spicy(pungent), bitter, sweet and sour. It’s berries come from a deciduous woody vine that is native to Northern China and the Far East part of Russia.
Schizandra is considered to be one of the fundamental herbs, of which there are fifty, used in traditional Chinese medicine. It is believed to nourish the kidneys, prevent excessive sweating, calm the spirit, and alleviate thirst by generating bodily fluids. The tea made from dried schizandra is used as a tonic for liver protection.
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What is aloe vera? Aloe vera is a succulent plant species that is believed to have originated in Northern Africa, the Canary islands and Cape Verde. Aloe vera is often referred to as the medicinal aloe and has become popular for uses in herbal medicine. Well suited for growth in arid climates, it is widely used in such locations as Africa and India. It’s popularity in herbal medicines has long ago spread to China, Japan, Russia, South Africa and the United States.
The presence of certain compounds in aloe vera have given it a reputation for being highly useful when dealing with burn or wound healing, or elevated blood lipids and diabetes. Consequently, aloe vera juice and gels are avidly used for topical as well as internal bodily issues.
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What did my exercise program and taking herbalife niteworks have to do with Ron’s ailing leg? Well, after the operation was declared a failure, Ron was scared and very worried that he would lose his left leg below the knee. We spoke about this at length. Ron was very saddened by the possibility of not taking his daily walks with his wife or his mountain hikes.
I really don’t know what made me suggest that Ron try niteworks, because I know that no herbalife products are considered medicine, drugs, or “cures” for any illness. But I’d heard that herbalife niteworks promotes the production of nitric oxide in the body and has a positive effect on vascular and circulatory health. That’s why I was taking it for support with all the exercise I was doing. I told him since nothing seemed to be working, it might be worth a shot! He agreed.
Two months later, the doctors at the bay area medical center were giving Ron the “third degree” about what he’d been doing differently?! He told them the only thing he’d changed was that he was taking herbalife niteworks. Why were the doctors so intensely curious? Because Ron’s lower left leg had gone from registering no detectable blood pressure level, to indicating that he now had forty-three per cent normal blood flow and the leg was improving! The doctors told Ron whatever he was doing to keep doing it because he was out of the woods for now!
That was a couple years ago. I can’t say that I understand what happened. Ron’s condition truly seemed dire enough not to be curable. Who’s to know how long his recovery will last? And I don’t know if the same results would happen for someone else. But I know Ron would say not to hesitate giving it a try!
Till this day, Ron takes his walks with his wife and his hikes in the mountains. He called just the other day. He’d just returned home from his latest check up. He wanted to tell me he’d gone from fifty-one per cent, measured six months ago, to seventy-three per cent normal blood pressure in his leg!
Do you believe in miracles?
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My friend Ron is an elderly man who stays very active outdoors. He’s one of the few real mountain men I’ve ever known. He love’s taking his hikes in the high Sierra’s where he lives.
But one day he started having intense pain in his lower left leg. After days of working through the pain, he was finally overcome and went to see the doctor. He was sent to a large medical center in the bay area where experts were waiting to check him out. There he was told that the veins in his lower leg were collapsing because there was no blood pressure registering. They immediately tried to clear the veins of plaque to restore blood flow. It didn’t work. From there he went through an operation that actually attempted replacing a collapsed artery with a large vein. The doctors hoped that it would restore enough blood flow to at least save the leg. It wasn’t long before the pain was back and the operation was considered unsuccessful. He was told that if things didn’t improve, the leg might need to be amputated below the knee.
It appeared that what Ron needed was some kind of circulation booster. As it turns out, quite by coincidence, a few months before I’d started my diet herbalife program and had been using herbalife niteworks to support good circulation. I felt that was a good idea because I was on a high level exercise program and I too was getting older. But what did that have to do with Ron and his leg?
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Known as NO, nitric oxide is actually a colorless, oderless gas known as a “signaling” molecule. A signaling molecule is defined as, “a chemical involved in transmitting information between cells. Such molecules are released from the cell sending the signal, cross over the gap between cells, and interact with receptors in another cell, triggering a response in that cell.”
Nitric oxide is also important in the chemical industry and is a toxic air pollutant produced by cigerettes, car engines and power plants. It was also declared “molecule of the year” in 1994 by the highly respected journal, “Science”.
Turns out appropriate levels of nitric oxide production in the body can be instrumental in protecting organs from damage. But what does all this have to do with my friend Ron and having his leg amputated?
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What is krill oil? Similar to fish oil, krill oil comes from a species of krill called Euphausia superba. And like fish oil, it’s considered to be an excellent source of omega 3 fatty acids.
A relatively new source of omega 3 fatty acids, some claims have been made that support the superiority of krill oil as a source of omega 3! For instance, some claim that krill is less susceptible to contamination than fish. Plus, it is claimed that krill oil contains a special antioxidant called astaxanthin.
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Physical activity can be very rewarding to your health. No doubt about it, working out can make you simply look and feel better. And, of course, it’s great for your cardiovascular system.
One of the best ways to support your cardiovascular health, especially during weight loss, is to supplement your diet with the good kind of fish oil. Most experts agree that the DHA and EPA in omega 3 benefits the reduction of blood triglyceride levels and, taken regularly, reduces the risk of heart attack. Currently there are many products on the market claiming to contain the good kind of fish oils, but they don’t. Check the label of a fish oil supplement before purchase to make sure it contains omega 3 fatty acids with EPA and DHA!
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