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Terry's Blog
February 2012
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Magnesium, I personally believe, is probably more important than calcium in terms of how it impacts the health of the body, although magnesium and calcium along with potassium can significantly lower blood pressure. Magnesium regulates over 300 different enzyme systems …
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Zinc is a mineral that is severely deficient in the majority of people around the world, and over 50% are marginally deficient in zinc. Our daily intake should approach 15 mg, and since there is no storage of zinc in …
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While all vitamins and minerals are required and have a specific function, there are a few that I think deserve honorable mention; Vitamin B6, otherwise known as P-5-P (pyridoxal-5-phosphate) for its benefits to reduce edema associated with PMS or congestive …
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When most people experience a symptom of a disorder they turn to the doctors for advice, and 99.9% will walk away with a prescription whether they need it or not. Many prescriptions are to pacify and please the patient. When …
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Most people who emphasize a vegetarian diet, or a diet heavy in pasta, bread and other grains with little emphasis on animal protein, will find that they are significantly deficient in minerals. Minerals are better absorbed as they are naturally …
January 2012
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As all our food has changed dramatically in the last 100 years, some of the biggest changes have occurred in the production of grains. Grains have been manipulated to produce more protein which you would think would be an advantage, …
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Usually, there is no consideration for the quality of food and its level of nutrients. We have been so influenced by TV advertising for low cost fast food that does not provide much in the way of vitamins and minerals …
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Today, since we are bombarded by so much advertising for what seems to be ideal foods, how do we know what is true or false? I have found that people usually buy food for three reasons, price, convenience and taste. …
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Easily done. Avoid refined carbohydrates. And, if you want to go a step further, avoid all grains, refined sugar, soft drinks and any food ingredients packaged that you can’t pronounce. You know what healthy foods are – all animal proteins …
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Today the obituaries are filled with many people who are dying prematurely. I believe that people should not be dying in their 30s, 40s or 50s from diseases that 100 years ago were unknown. Heart disease was unknown before the …
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It’s amazing how few people realize that what they eat either feeds or defeats their health. No one ever had to educate our grandparents or great grandparents as to what they ate for good health. Actually, everything they ate was …
December 2011
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I think we have forgotten how to treat the patient and we are more concerned that we have done everything possible regardless of the circumstances. All the medical tests, lab analysis and drugs dispensed are not in the interest of …
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Well, winter is just around the corner and with it comes more colds, flu, cough and infections. I’m sure you can go to any drug store for your flu shot (not me!). While you’re there you can also pick up …
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The fear of drinking raw milk causes it not to be available through commercial sales. Yet, when raw milk is sold in states where it’s approved for sale, we don’t see outbreaks of disease caused by drinking raw milk. We …
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Many alternative physicians today are treating breast and prostate cancer with high doses of iodine. To learn more as to how you may improve your health, and prevent and treat cancer, read Dr. David Brownstein’s book, Iodine, Why You Need …
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Based on several cancer research institutions in the United States, research on curcumin has shown it to be more effective for treating cancer and the prevention of cancer than the toxic cancer causing drugs that are used to treat cancer. …
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Millions of people are on antidepressants, but most are ineffective and cause more side effects that may require additional drugs to treat. Most diseases are treatable by natural herbs, nutrients or accessory food factors more effectively than drugs. DGL, a …
November 2011
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The foods of 100 years ago were not genetically modified, chemically altered, preserved, microwaved or any of the other 100 different steps of tampering with our food to increase shelf life. Food then supplied all the nutrients that our bodies …
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Isn’t it interesting that since the advent of statin drugs, heart disease has doubled and breast cancer has skyrocketed? Low cholesterol in women increases the risk of breast cancer by 1500%.
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100 years ago no one had to teach our grandparents or great grandparents how to eat. What we refer to today as organic foods was the food of the day 100 years ago. Our diets changed based on fast food …
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Isn’t it interesting that many of the companies, that endorse breast cancer fundraising, manufacture or sell cancer causing drugs and chemicals?
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Honey can also soothe inflamed tissues and irritation in the throat that triggers cough reflex. A recent study published in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine found that children with upper respiratory tract infections, when given up to 2 …
October 2011
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Once honey was thought to be only a sweetener, but research continues to show the powerful impact honey has or can have on our health. Research proves that eating a little honey every day, and avoiding sugar, lowers our triglycerides …
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That means are you eating plenty of greens as this is essential for building and maintaining the matrix that supports bone health and cuts fracture risks as much as 70% based on a study at Montana Integrative Medicine. Add just …
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Always eat breakfast as this will add 1.1 years to your life. Take 800 IUs of vitamin E daily and add an additional 2 years to your life. Make sure you get 7 to 8 hours of sleep nightly as …
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Selenium is a powerful antioxidant and can slow the aging process in virtually every cell in your body. Selenium is responsible for the production of enzymes that prevent free radical damage before free radicals can change DNA. Get selenium in …
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Let’s back up 100 years and consume the diet of our grandparents which was high in animal protein including animal fats, vegetables, fruits, berries, nuts and seeds versus the American diet today which is high in refined carbohydrates, sugar, vegetable …
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You can eat all the calcium rich foods you like such as milk, cheese, yogurt and spinach, but it won’t matter if you’re not getting enough protein rich foods. A study at Yale University found participants on low protein diets, …
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In the year 2008, 2009 and 2010 – 650,000 Americans died from prescription drugs, not from the disease they were being treated for but directly from the drugs. 48,000 died in the same period from the use of Tylenol. Tylenol …
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We often hear that food is our medicine and let your medicine be your food. Nothing could be truer. Americans eat for pleasure without a thought of how nutritious the food is that we consume. Our car requires premium gas …
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We hear so much about calcium for strong bones, but calcium has very little effect building strong bones without all of the known synergistic factors that ensures the proper use of calcium by the bone and soft tissue. We now …
September 2011
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Recent reports indicate that a very small percentage of Americans consume the recommended five to seven servings of fruits and vegetables per day. These foods are the best sources for the antioxidants that prevent premature aging, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, …
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Why are glasses usually required in the 40s? It usually takes that many years for free radical damage to have an effect on the key receptors in the retina causing eye cell permanent aging and damage. Getting plenty of antioxidants …
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Reducing salt is not the answer nor is it necessary. Sodium as found in salt is balanced with potassium. The solution for whether or not salt is harmful is to increase potassium to balance off the level of sodium. Both …
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Not a coffee fan? Drinking three cups of green tea daily lowers your risk of any type of breast cancer by 12% as reported in a recent study in the Journal of Nutrition.
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Individuals who daily eat two squares of dark chocolate are up to 50% less likely to develop heart disease than those who skip the treat, reports the Archives of Internal Medicine. Chocolate contains powerful flavonoids that help prevent fatty buildups …
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In a study at Tuft’s Medical Center in Boston, participants with the highest amount of vitamin D in their blood had the lowest risk of their condition worsening into type 2 diabetes.
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Saturated fat from organic grass fed animals is necessary and healthy for your body. Avoid trans fats from processed foods. Avoid sugar, gluten and grains. Check a Glycemic Index chart (www.glycemicindex.com) and choose foods less than 50 along with good …
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Hopefully, the following diet can be the diet of the future since it has only been followed for 3 million years until the myth of eating fat became the tradition. The healthiest diet of all is made up of 30% …
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Italy’s National Cancer Institute tracked almost 48,000 people over eight years and found that a diet high in refined sugar and carbs was associated with a much greater risk of heart disease than eating a low carb diet.
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In a study of 53,000 people over 12 years, researchers found that people who replaced saturated fat with high Glycemic Index foods, the high carb foods, were more likely to have a heart attack than people who replaced saturated fat …
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We often hear of good cholesterol and bad cholesterol when actually all our cholesterol is good. Most doctors ignore the fact that LDL, commonly called the bad cholesterol is actually good cholesterol required for healthy heart function. There are two …
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Old school thinking: Too much dietary saturated fat leads to higher levels of blood cholesterol and an increase in heart disease. What the research actually says is that half the people who suffer a heart attack have healthy cholesterol levels. …
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Women who avoid coffee increase their risk of breast cancer. Studies show that women who drink 5 cups of regular or decaf coffee daily are 57% less likely to develop a difficult to treat type of breast cancer known as …
August 2011
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Ronald Krauss, Director of Atherosclerosis Research at Children’s Hospital, Oakland Research Institute, offered this comment, “replacing saturated fats with refined carbohydrates and sugars does not decrease risk of cardiovascular disease. More and more the evidence shows that eating more refined …
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In the 1960s, a Vanderbilt University scientist named George Mann, M.D., studied the health of native people in Kenya consuming their traditional diet of meat and milk from the cattle they herded, yet these nomads who were also very lean, …
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READ THE ARTICLE at http://www.europharmausa.com/DBFiles/Documents/121.pdf
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From the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 21 studies were analyzed involving almost 350,000 people who were tracked from 5 to 23 years, and found that people who consumed the most saturated fat did not have a higher risk of …
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In 2006, the American Heart Association recommended that people cut their saturated fat to 7% of their total calories, half the amount people ate 40 years ago. As fat is cut back in the diet, food manufacturers replace saturated fat …
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Researcher, Ronald Krauss, Director of Atherosclerosis Research at Children’s Hospital, Oakland Research Institute, offered this comment. Saturated fat may have an effect on cardiovascular disease risk, but the effect is so small that it is undetectable. He added, we should …
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Refined carbohydrates and sugar trigger increases in blood sugar and the production of insulin. Insulin is a hormone whose function is to store fat. High levels of insulin store high levels of fat. The increase of sugar in the American …
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An acquaintance of mine who was overweight and desired to lose some weight decided to use a moderately high protein diet, low carbohydrate diet, and no sugar or soft drinks, but started off his morning with 2 or 3 cooked …
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Here’s some great news for anyone who is interested learning more about prevention and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease with a natural solution. A recognized world leader in Alzheimer’s research, Professor Ralph Martins, Ph.D., will be the featured guest speaker on …
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Patients are struggling with and doctors are prescribing medications that are not for diseases. They are metabolic disorders that are brought about by a lack of antioxidants, vitamins, minerals and the increased consumption of refined carbohydrates, sugar and vegetable oils. …
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I find it amazing that, with the increased use of prescription drugs as well as over-the-counter medications, we have more disease now than 50 years ago. Why do we have more disease today than 50 years ago? Today, between the …
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Mystery coffee ingredient boosts protection against Alzheimer’s New research suggests four to five cups of caffeinated coffee a day could help fight off Alzheimer’s disease, due to a mystery coffee ingredient that interacts with the drink’s caffeine content… Read …
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To have the greatest impact on your health, I believe there are three natural, nutritional products that can have the greatest impact on your health; curcumin, which is a very powerful antioxidant having an ORAC value of 1.5 million versus …
July 2011
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Today doctors aren’t really treating diseases and that’s why our health care is so dismal. Diseases of the past such as measles, polio and tuberculosis were treatable diseases. Today doctors are trying to treat metabolic disorders which truly aren’t diseases …
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In almost all cases a high quality natural supplement, when used for a specific condition, is usually as effective or more effective than the drug treatment for that indication, and no side effects. Natural alternatives are far safer than drugs, …
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Life on this earth would not be possible without plants, and 95% of the world’s population depends on plants for their medicine. The U.S. represents 5% of the world’s population and yet we consume 50 to 60% of the world’s …
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I have listened to many medical experts who believe the answer to cancer is our lifestyle. 80% of cancer today is already recognized as being caused by chemical pollution, preservatives, and chemicals in our food, a diet which has digressed …
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The United States population represents 5% of the world’s population and yet Americans consume 50 to 60% of all the world’s manufactured drugs. Out of 37 industrialized nations monitored by the World Health Organization, the United States is 37th. We …
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Do you ever wonder why there is a brand new diet every week in Women’s World and other tabloids? It’s because they don’t work long-term. You can’t stop eating the way you are and go on a diet and then …
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There is absolutely no proof that fats and cholesterol cause heart disease. In fact, statistics prove that people with high cholesterol live longer than those with low cholesterol. People with high cholesterol experience no side effects. People taking statin drugs …
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There is absolutely no conclusive proof that animal fats are harmful. In fact, they are good for us because they are stable with less chance of rancidity, therefore healthier for us. Polyunsaturated fats are fragile and tend to become rancid …
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18 million people are classified with a disease that doesn’t exist. 1.8 million new cases were classified in 2010. The drug companies call it type 2 diabetes. There really is no such disease as type 2 diabetes. Individuals who are …