New anti-Inflammatory drugs warning is based on a comprehensive review of new safety information…

Why do millions of people every day watch commercials where the list of side effects is longer than the commercial itself?

You could be exposing yourself to a 340% increased risk of heart attack or stroke…

Can you believe this madness?

Dear Friend,

Why do people continue to spend their hard-earned money on those products?

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is strengthening an existing label warning for non-aspirin nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.

(NSAIDs) increase heart attack or stroke risks…

The biggest problem is pain medications you’re currently taking are slowly eating away at your vital organs and literally increasing your suffering and amount of pain in your body…

 You probably know non-aspirin nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are used to treat inflammation, mild to moderate pain and fever.

Given widespread use of anti-Inflammatory drugs via prescription and over-the-counter (OTC)…

It is important all physicians and consumers be aware and take careful note.

NSAIDs including:

• aspirin
• ibuprofen (Motrin and Advil)
• Aleve (naproxen sodium)
• Celebrex (celecoxib)
• Feldene (piroxicam)
• Voltaren (diclofenac sodium)

All the above are used extensively in the United States in treatment of arthritis, menstrual cramps, headaches, colds and the flu.

Despite anti-Inflammatory drugs widespread use, the emerging picture is it may produce short-term benefits with long-term problems.

For example…

Over 7,500 deaths each year in the United States are directly attributable to NSAID use.

And use of NSAIDs in osteoarthritis many of these drugs actually accelerate progression of joint destruction.

In context to side effects, NSAIDs can cause minor or more serious problems like:

• gastrointestinal upset
• headaches and dizziness
• peptic ulcers
• strokes
• heart attacks…

NSAIDs are therefore recommended for only short periods.

Nonetheless, millions of Americans use NSAIDs on a daily basis.

More than 70 million prescriptions for NSAIDs are written each year in the United States.

And with over the counter (OTC) use included, more than 30 billion doses of NSAIDs are consumed annually in the United States alone.

Based upon a new review by the FDA the widespread use of these drugs is problematic.

The FDA first addressed the risk of having a heart attack or stroke with NSAID use back in 2005 that resulted in a boxed warning on prescription drug labels.

Since then, they’ve reviewed a variety of new safety information for prescription and OTC forms of NSAIDs including a large meta-analysis of clinical trials for safety of these drugs.

The FDA’s new warning includes the following:

• Risk of heart attack or stroke may increase as early as the first weeks of using an NSAID
• Risk may increase the longer you use the NSAID
• Risk is greater at higher doses
• NSAIDs can increase the risk of heart attack or stroke in patients with or without heart disease or risk factors for heart disease.
• In general, patients with heart disease or risk factors have a greater likelihood of heart attack or stroke following NSAID use than patients without these risk factors because they have a higher risk at baseline.

Patients treated with NSAIDs following a first heart attack were more likely to die in the first year after the heart attack…

Compared to patients who were not treated with NSAIDs after their first heart attack.

There is an increased risk of heart failure with NSAID use.

You see, many of today’s most popular pain medications aspirin, ibuprofen, Advil, Aleve, Celebrex and Motrin are designed to fight inflammation.

Tylenol and Panadol sre designed to block incoming pain signals.

None of them target what may actually be at the root of your pain…

Fibrin is a natural substance in your body which helps in wound healing.

Fibrin is the scar tissue and scabs are made of…

Here’s how Fibrin works – your body senses an injury and it can be as minor as small bump, scratch or even just sudden heat or coldness and your body reacts by:

• Sends white blood cells to the irritation or injury to fight infection, causing inflammation and swelling.
• Releases fibrin to essentially “seal off the site” with a strong protective mesh

Normally the site is healed and fibrin breaks down, inflammation subsides and everything goes back to normal.

But many times our bodies fail to “call off” the fibrin.

So like a button stuck in the “ON” position, fibrin continues to build up around the site, then harden causing further inflammation and often excruciating pain that just won’t go away.

Research studies show if you’re over 50, once inflammation is triggered it’s much less likely to go back down.

Meanwhile, you keep tossing all these painkillers at the fibrin.

Based on the FDA’s comprehensive review and recommendations from advisory committees, they are requiring label changes to reflect following conclusions:

A large number of studies support the finding that NSAIDs cause an increased risk of serious cardiovascular events.

Estimates of increased risk ranged from 10 to 50 percent or more, depending on the drugs and the doses studied.

Patients treated with NSAIDs following a first heart attack were more likely to die in the first year after the heart attack…

Compared to patients who were not treated with NSAIDs after their first heart attack.

There is also an increased risk of heart failure with NSAID use.

To reduce risks of NSAIDs…

The FDA recommends using lowest effective amount for shortest possible time.

As well as to seek medical attention immediately if after taking a NSAID, a person develops symptoms such as:

• chest pain
• shortness of breath
• sudden weakness or numbness in one part or side of body
• sudden slurred speech…

If the FDA is issuing a bigger warning on a drug, you can be assured it is a serious issue.

The No.1 reason to avoid television is two-thirds of all ads you see are for drugs…

When you watch TV, you’re allowing yourself to be conditioned and programmed, in other words manipulated and brainwashed into believing drugs are the answer.

Do these ads work?

Statistics show over 90 percent of Americans believe health is directly related to the amount of drugs consumed.

In fact, these ads are so effective, people who have never seen a doctor are now asking their doctor for specific drugs…

Don’t think you are immune to the power of these ads?

Remember, cigarettes ads used to be advertised on television…

These ads were proven to be so effective at subconsciously motivating people to buy cigarettes they were banned.

Bottom line: are you expected to decide whether the problem in using NSAIDs is simply a knee jerk reaction or are biochemical band-aids which are not suitable for long-term use?

Maybe you can avoid using anti-inflammatory drugs, NSAIDs entirely?

Conventional medicine focuses on masking of symptoms via drugs, instead of identifying and eliminating the root cause.

Naturopathic medicine focuses on removal of pain. After all, there is no such thing as a NSAID deficiency…

Anti-Inflammatory Drugs

Reference:

http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/ucm451800.htm

Does gut health, intestinal bacteria drive obesity and metabolic disease?

Health, fitness and quality of lifestyle…what does this all mean to you?

You probably already know the answer…

The bacteria within your intestines are key to a good digestive health.

Is gut health key?

Do healthy bowels (intestines) plays a major role in overall health and detoxification?

Dear Friend,

Recent studies have shown bad bacteria causes inflammation in the gut, which causes metabolic abnormalities, people need to eat more and this develops insulin resistance.

Intestines neutralize and break down toxins ingested with foods (good intestinal bacteria)

Even if your goal is just to become aware with understanding the basics, it becomes very clear at least why gut health affects your overall health (both physical and mental)…

Gut health provides three crucial functions for normal health:

• Gut breaks food down to nutrients
• Gut facilitates absorption of nutrients into blood through intestinal walls
• Gut prevents foreign and toxic molecules from entering bloodstream

Studies have shown changes in gut flora can increase the rate at which you absorb fatty acids and carbohydrates.

And this includes how foods are stored in calories as fat…

Yes, it means a woman with bad gut flora could eat same amount of foods as a woman with a healthy gut, extract more calories and still gain more weight.

Bad gut flora can even directly contribute to metabolic syndrome by increasing production of insulin (leading to insulin resistance)…

And by causing inflammation of the hypothalamus (leading to leptin resistance).

You can choose to eat quality organic foods, make sure you have low exposure to toxins and work at being healthy with the most positive attitude…

Still if your gut health, which includes digestion, nutrient absorption and gut-detoxification are not functioning properly, your overall health deteriorates.

How many times have you heard…you are what you eat?

More accurate would be you are what you absorb and assimilate…

You see, over two-thirds of neurotransmitters are made in your gut.

Why is the gut your second brain?

Because the majority of serotonin (90-95 percent) is made in your gut…

What if your gut is inflamed or not functioning optimally?

Production of serotonin is significantly lowered and end result could be depression.

Bear in mind that an inflamed gut effects the brain which can mean increased risk of depression and dementia.

Do you think poor gut health may be the root cause of most of your current health problems?

Do you suffer from type 2 diabetes, weight gain or struggle to lose weight?

May be its insulin resistance and obesity?

What about poor digestion, food cravings, poor immune system?

One possible mechanism for how changes in the gut flora are linked to different species of bacteria which seem to have different effects on appetite and metabolism.

Candida, bloating, constipation, diarrhea, fatigue…the list is endless, right?

Point is this…your immune system revolves around the gut…

Poor gut health can mean different ailments with horrendous symptoms.

Poor gut health may be linked to symptoms like:

• IBS (Irritable bowel syndrome)
• Diffuse or localised abdominal pain (contractions, spasms, heartburn)
• Bloating and gas
• Changes in digestive transit, bouts of constipation or diarrhoea (or both alternately).

There are so many different factors and reasons which can have short term or long term effects which are condition related to the digestive system.

Some may not last long and could be symptomatic to other factors.

Some food types as such can result in constipation and diarrhoea.

You want to become aware when changes happen in terms of some are long lasting, life changing and need proper care with professional support to help manage the condition.

Conditions related to poor gut health can be:

• Acute Diarrhoea
• Allergies
• Bad breath
• Bloating
• Candida
• Changes in brain function
• Coeliac Disease
• Constipation
• Crohn’s Disease
• Diarrhoea
• Fatigue (chronic fatigue syndrome)
• Fibromyalgia
• Food intolerances (sensitivity to grains and dairy)
• Foul smelling excretion
• Headaches
• Gallstones
• Haemorrhoids (piles)
• Heartburn (acid reflux)
• Indigestion
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
• Leaky gut syndrome
• Skin problems (rashes)
• Ulcerative Colitis

Digested food should take between 24-36 hours from eating to elimination.

What causes gut health problems?

There are hormones and lots of other factors which can play their part in your gut health.

Non-steroidal or anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) like aspirin, ibuprofen and naproxen relieve pain and inflammation by actually blocking an enzyme called cyclo-oxygenase.

The problem is cyclo-oxygenase enzyme performs important functions in protecting the stomach from corrosive effects from its own acid…

And is responsible for strengthening the activity of immune system.

Poor gut heath or a malfunctioning gut can cause intestinal inflammation, damaging the lining of intestine causing intestinal permeability.

This process can turn on an autoimmune response in the body…

Research shows women with long term or chronic use of NSAIDs, 65% develop intestinal inflammation and up to 30% develop ulcers.

Frequent use of antibiotics may decrease beneficial, protective gut bacteria (good flora).

Gut health is your body’s first line of natural defense, yet frequent or over use of antibiotics may be damaging your gut’s lining.

And without regular tests and monitoring (or own healthy intervention), your body’s unique diversity of trillions of beneficial bacteria won’t automatically be recovered after it’s lost.

Chronic and persistent stress levels weaken your immune system’s response to infection.

Your brain and intestines are controlled by many of the same crucial hormones (which is why gut is referred to as second brain).

This connection is referred to as the gut-brain axis…

Communications between gut-microbiota and gut-brain axis in stress response.

Overuse of alcohol has a negative impact on just about every system in your body.

Alcohol can irritate liver, stomach and intestines and suppress hormones which protect against inflammation which may contribute to leaky gut syndrome.

Research on grains and the negative impacts of gluten is well documented now…

Gluten-free grains have an abundance of amylose sugars, which may cause inflammation.

The anti-nutrients in gluten-free grains (lectins and phytates) bind to intestines and make nutrients inactive in the body,

Grains may cause a wide variety of inflammation with low grade damage to gut and health.

Different combinations of macronutrients in different ratios can have dramatic effects.

Bottom line: Your body needs carbohydrates, protein, fat, vitamins, minerals and water for nutrition, healing and to build, restore, repair body tissues and structures. 

How to repair and restore gut health…

It’s difficult to be told you must avoid all the bad foods…

Your goal (if possible) is to become aware of what negatively affects GI tract such as inflammatory foods, infections and gastric irritants like alcohol, caffeine or medication.

Inflammatory foods: gluten, dairy, corn, soy and sugar may lead to food sensitivities.

Infections may be a result from parasites, yeast or bacteria.

Some parasites like Toxoplasma gondii and Plasmodium spp can cause disease directly, while other organisms can cause disease by the toxins that they produce. 

To get to bottom of the cause (no pun intended) comprehensive stool analysis is key to determining the levels of good bacteria as well as any infections that may be present.

Removing infections may require treatment with herbs, anti-parasite medication, anti-fungal medication or even antibiotics.

Is it as easy and straight forward as replacing “bad” foods with “good” foods?

You’d need to know which foods are beneficial to your overall gut health, right?

You’d need to be able to identify which macronutrients have been depleted by medication (anti-acid medications), diseases or aging…

And be able to add back essential ingredients for proper digestion and correct absorption in order to restore an optimal level of good gut bacteria with correct digestive enzymes.

Probiotics and l-glutamine require proper digestion…

Consuming foods high in soluble fiber is also very important.

Other key nutrients include zinc, omega-3 fish oils, vitamin A, C and E…

Your gut is home to approximately:100,000,000,000,000 (100 trillion) microorganisms.

Your gut contains 10 times more bacteria than all cells in your entire body which includes over 400 known diverse bacterial species.

Organisms living in your gut determines how your body stores food you eat, how easy or difficult it is to lose weight and how effective is your metabolism functions…

If you’d I’d like to go into more detail on gut health, feel free to check out other articles…

Gut Health

What is your biggest challenge when it comes to choosing healthy cooking oil?

Special report reveals why the truth about cooking oil may surprise you in a good way…

Interested in learning how to avoid the no.1 worst cooking oil which destroys your health?

So are we clueless to the options when it comes to selecting fats and oils for cooking?

Raise your hand to tell me you’re interested in hearing more…

If none of this floats your boat, you can do what most women do…nothing.

And if that isn’t the shocking part?

It’s just a matter of choosing cooking oils that are better for cooking and healthy for you.

Types of cooking oil include:

• olive oil
• palm oil
• soybean oil
• canola oil
• rapeseed oil
• pumpkin seed oil
• corn oil
• sunflower oil
• safflower oil
• peanut oil
• grape seed oil
• sesame oil
• argan oil
• rice bran oil
• And many other vegetable oils…

And there’s the animal-based oils like butter and lard.

Maybe you’re thinking…how is animal-based oils ever a good thing?

Dear Friend,

Remember the good ole’ white solid or semi-solid rendered fat of a hog?

This was once the most popular cooking and baking fat, but these days animal fat has been replaced by vegetable oils and shortenings.

As you probably already know the popular vegetable oils, canola oil, soybean oil, olive oil, coconut oil, bran oil, corn oil the question is which is your so called healthy cooking oil?

Cooking oil can be plant or animal based or a synthetic fat used in frying, baking and other types of cooking.

Cook oil is also used in food preparation and flavoring which doesn’t involve heat, such as salad dressings.

Let’s take a closer look at cooking oils, find out which are healthy and very unhealthy.

Do you know which cooking oil is the worst? .

Today may feel like any other day…

Except for one thing is different…

Today, you’re asking yourself if investing in your health and better quality of lifestyle is the right decision for you, right?

So here are a few facts to share which may help you make this life changing decision…

Which cooking oils and fats you currently use are actually harmful to your body?

And why some are very healthful?

Do you think an item labeled vegetable oil is healthy and good for you?

Vegetable oil, simply a over refined soybean oil which is heavily processed under high heat, pressure using industrial solvents (hexane)…

Research shows it may also be heavily refined cottonseed, safflower, corn, sunflower, grape seed or other lesser oils.

In most cases almost all of the overly processed oils are not good for cooking or healthy for you.

Allow me to explain why…

If you buy processed food or deep fried food, you can usually be certain there are unhealthy cooking oils used to prepare foods.

Any hydrogenated versions of these oils (trans fats) are the worse and most harmful to your body.

Check your pantry if you’ve bought some of these unhealthy cooking oils for your own cooking or baking at home.

The big problem with soybean oil, cottonseed oil, corn oil, safflower oil and similar label vegetable oils is they are mostly composed of polyunsaturated fats.

Polyunsaturated fats are the most highly reactive types of fat, which leaves the oil exposed to oxidation and free radicals when exposed to heat and light.

Processed polyunsaturated oils affects inside your body by producing the most inflammatory because of the high sensitivity or reaction to heat and light.

This inflammation is what causes many of poor gut health and internal problems which may develop into heart disease, cancer and other degenerative diseases.

Not all polyunsaturated fat are created equal…

What if a polyunsaturated fat source comes from whole foods like nuts and seeds?

In this case it’s usually not inflammatory, as long as it’s not been exposed to high heat.

Nuts are usually a great source of healthy polyunsaturated fats packed with omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids which are polyunsaturates.

A healthy dose of approx 1:1 to 3:1 ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 is considered the most beneficial and healthiest.

Always better to eat raw nuts and seeds whenever possible.

Best to avoid oxidation of polyunsaturated fats which may occur during roasting of nuts and seeds.

Keep in mind some nuts like macadamias are mostly monounsaturated, so the issue of roasted vs raw nuts is less of an issue for highly monounsaturated nuts.

All the above listed vegetable oils listed are typically overly refined during processing and makes them inflammatory before you even cook which continues to do greater damage.

Don’t be fooled by deceptive misleading information claiming canola oil is healthy for you…

Refer to this list of fats from least stable to most stable in actual order of stability affected by heat and light:

1. polyunsaturated fat
2. monounsaturated fat
3. saturated fat

Look at no.3…saturated fats are actually the healthiest oils to use in cooking. Why?

Because saturated fats are much more stable in cooking and produce less inflammatory than polyunsaturated oils in cooking.

This is why palm and coconut oils are better for cooking…

In fact, animal fats such as lard and butter have very little polyunsaturates and are mostly made of natural saturated fats which are the least reactive to heat and light.

The more stable oil the less inflammation is produced in your body.

Choose cooking oils with the highest stability with healthiest end results.

That’s why natural butter is one of the best fats as a cooking oil.

You can’t argue with biochemistry of fats or falsely believe saturated fats are bad for you…

Most saturated fats from tropical oils are actually good for you because these fats contain medium chain triglycerides (MCTs).

In today’s so called healthy choice nutritional plans medium chain triglycerides are lacking.

In fact, lauric acid is one of most abundant MCTs in tropical oils well known to strengthen immune system.

Lauric acid is currently being studied in medical studies for controlling contagious diseases.

Your better cooking or baking fats are generally butter or tropical oils such as palm or coconut oil and is considered one of the healthiest cooking oil for weight loss.

Healthy extra virgin olive oil is produced by pressing the flesh of olives, olive oil has become known as the healthy cooking oil and it certainly is.

Compared to vegetable oil, olive oil (extra virgin preferably) is ideal used for very low cooking temperatures because it’s mostly monounsaturated, so it’s moderately stable.

You could use avocado oil and macadamia nut oil for baking these are monounsaturated and relatively stable for baking, you may enjoy the extra rich, smooth and creamy flavor.

The polyunsaturated oils such as soybean, corn, grape seed, cottonseed, safflower, are the least healthy for cooking or baking.

Get the common cooking oils out of your kitchen and use these instead here are the top choices for better healthy cooking oils:

• Virgin coconut Oil is a healthy fat (very stable at med-high temperatures)
• Extra virgin olive Oil is a healthy fat (only suitable for very low temp cooking)
• Butter is a healthy fat (grass fed butter contains important nutrients, vitamin K2, omega-3’s and CLA

Keep in mind if you minimize usage of cooking with oils this can help reduce overall calories so cooking with oils in moderation.

These cooking oils can actually help satisfy your appetite for longer, don’t go overboard because calories can add up fast…

Coconut oil, grass-fed butter and delicious extra-virgin olive oils are doing your body good.

Also remember to read the label as most salad dressings you find at stores are loaded with unhealthy soybean or canola oils.

Hopefully you’ll avoid using those dangerous inflammatory vegetable oils like soybean oil, corn oil and cottonseed oils which are used in so many processed foods these days.

Using real butter, coconut oil and extra virgin olive oil can be super-healthy choice for anti-inflammatory benefits, detoxification of body for a lean, healthy and strong body as well.

Also helps you to look and feel young, healthy from the inside out…

Cooking Oil