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“With mounting evidence that cross-species transfer of viruses can occur, the United States should no longer be using animal tissues to produce vaccines.”

Barbara Loe Fisher, founder of the National Vaccine Information Center

 

The Arterial System

(An Article in San Diego M.D. Magazine in April 2009 page 22)

By:  Pamela Eliowitz

Diabetes

Courtesy: Courtney Benefiel

http://ridetoremedy.com/

Every day, in the United States, more than 2000 new cases of diabetes are diagnosed. Type II diabetes, the most prevalent form of diabetes worldwide, often shows few or even no symptoms!

After eating, food is broken down into what is known as glucose, a sugar carried by the blood to cells throughout the body. Using a hormone known as insulin, made in the pancreas, cells process glucose into energy.

Because cells in the muscles, liver, and fat do not use insulin properly in the body of a person with type II diabetes, they have problems converting food into energy. Eventually, the pancreas cannot make enough insulin for the body's needs. The amount of glucose in the body increases, and the cells are starved of energy.

This starvation of the cells, paired with the high blood glucose level can damage nerves and blood vessels. This leads to complications such as kidney disease, nerve problems, blindness, and heart ailments.

There are a lot of factors that can help to attribute to diabetes cases - lifestyle, environment, heredity - and those who are at risk should be screened regularly to prevent diabetes. Those that are already diagnosed with diabetes should aim to keep their glucose level under control.

But how do you know if you have type II diabetes? After all, it has few symptoms, often no symptoms in some patients. However, if you notice an increased thirst or hunger, a change in weight, or blurred vision, getting tested for type II diabetes is necessary, as only your doctor will be able to help you find the treatment steps necessary to being able to manage your life with diabetes.

Simple changes such as eating right, managing your weight, and keeping your blood sugar level under control may be enough. However, you doctor may prescribe diabetes-regulating medications to assist you in controlling your type II diabetes.

Diabetes is a serious ailment with extreme consequences if it isn't treated properly. But if you follow your doctor's advice and maintain both your lifestyle and blood sugar levels, you can help to prevent the more serious consequences from occurring.

This article is for information purposes only and is not meant to treat, diagnose or prevent any ailment or disease. See your physician for proper diagnosis and treatment.

 

IMPORTANT NOTE!

Diabetics should always check their feet for sores and pressure areas, and check inside your shoes to make sure you don't have something inside that you might not be aware of before putting them on.

If you can't look at your feet, enlist a caregiver.

 

 

 

 


Vitamin C:  Helps Prevent Gout

Vitamin C:  Is an essential nutrient

Written by: Christian Nilsson

Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, offers a number of benefits to our health. It is found in fruits and vegetables and has antioxidant properties. Antioxidants helps the body fight the symptoms of aging and keeps blood cells healthy from toxic substances that may lead to cancer.

The best benefit vitamin C offers is aiding the formation of collagen. This is the protein substance that keeps all cells together. Vitamin C is active within the cell wall where it transforms pro-collagen into collagen. Without it, the formation is interrupted. Another benefit is that it helps iron absorption. Iron is essential to maintaining clear and healthy skin, a fresh complexion and healthy teeth. It is also necessary for the function of all glands and organs. Iron also aids in relieving both psychological and physical stress.

It is easy to understand why vitamin C is so important to our body. It benefits our health is many aspects, aiding our body both from the inside and outside. If your diet lacks vitamin C, some symptoms may include skin hemorrhages, anemia, slow healing and soft gums. Another result of vitamin C deficiency can be faster aging. A lack of vitamin C in your diet also leads to a weak immune system, resulting in a low resistance to diseases. A deficiency may also cause various drugs and pollutants in the environment to affect your health greatly. In the worst case it could lead to the development of scurvy with symptoms like bruises on the skin and bleeding from the mucous membranes.

Vitamin C exists plentifully in nature and it is very uncommon to see people lacking it in their diet. The most common source of vitamin C is from citrus fruits such as oranges and limes. Another good source is vegetables like tomatoes, broccoli and potatoes. It is also available in other foods such as melon, strawberries, spinach and mangoes. However, the quality of the vitamin can easily be damaged by exposure to air, slicing, cooking or in other stages of food processing. To get as many benefits of vitamin C as possible, it is always best to eat fresh fruits and vegetables.

Although vitamin C plays an important role in a healthy diet, excess intake is not recommended. Vitamin C is water soluble and is not harmful, but large doses may cause diarrhea. The maximum recommended daily dosage is about 2000mg per day.

Vitamin C Prevents Gout

By Dr. John Briffa

An Article from Epoch Times

Risk of gout was found to be lower in individuals with higher vitamin C intake. Compared to individuals with a total vitamin C intake of less than 250 mg per day, those with total intakes of 500 - 999 mg per day had a 17 percent reduced risk of gout. For intakes of 1,000 - 1,499 mg and 1,500 mg or more per day, the risk of getting gout was down by 34 and 45 percent, respectively.

To read more...

Why Animals
Don’t Get Heart
Attacks
... But People Do!

From: Matthias Rath, M.D.

Dear Reader:
The largest “epidemic” on earth is
caused by heart attacks, strokes and
other forms of cardiovascular disease
that have cost hundreds of millions of
lives. Today, we know that this
“cardiovascular epidemic” is not a
genuine disease, but the result of longterm
deficiencies of vitamins and other
essential nutrients in millions of cells of
our bodies — and it is preventable. This
book is an account of this dis co very, which will save millions of
lives worldwide.

"Atherosclerosis Is an Early Form of Scurvy"

Excellent information easy to understand: if you want to learn more on a number of these topic's listed from Dr. Mathias's Book that concern arterial health, strokes, heart attacks, and diseases of all kinds...read more

Table of Contents:

Foreword 10
1 Introduction 13
• The Mission to Eradicate Heart Disease 14
• How You Can Immediately Benefit From
Reading This Book 18
• Dr. Rath’s Ten Step Program for Natural
Cardiovascular Health 22
• Dr. Rath’s Cellular Health Recommendations 24
• Dr. Rath’s Cellular Health Recommendations
Provide Biological Fuel to Millions of Cells 26
• Cellular Medicine: The Solution to
Cardiovascular Disease 28
• Vitamin Deficiency in Artery Wall Cells Causes
Heart Attacks, Strokes and High Blood Pressure 30
• Vitamin Deficiency in Heart Muscle Cells Causes
Irregular Heartbeat and Heart Failure 31
2 Atherosclerosis, Heart Attack and Stroke 33
• The Facts About Coronary Heart Disease 34
• Dr. Rath’s Cellular Health Recommendations
Can Halt and Reverse Coronary Heart Disease 37
• How Dr. Rath’s Cellular Health Recommendations
Can Help Patients With Coronary Heart Disease 44
• Clinical Studies Document the Prevention of
Cardiovascular Disease With Vitamins 51
• Europe: More Vitamins — Less Heart Disease 53
• Cellular Health Recommendations Clinically Proven
to Decrease Your Cardiovascular Disease Risk 55
• Cellular Health Recommendations
for Patients With Coronary Heart Disease 57
• Scientific Background for Dr. Rath's Cellular Health
Recommendations in Cardiovascular Disease 58
• Why Animals Don’t Get Heart Attacks 60
5
• Atherosclerosis Is an Early Form of Scurvy 64
• Vitamin C Deficiency Causes Atherosclerosis —
The Proof 66
• Repeating Evolution: Dramatic Confirmation
of the Vitamin C-Heart Disease Connection 68
• A New Understanding of the Nature of
Heart Disease 70
• The Natural Reversal of Cardiovascular Disease 72
3 High Cholesterol Levels and Other Secondary Risk
Factors for Cardiovascular Disease 79
• Cholesterol Is Only a Secondary Risk Factor 80
• How Dr. Rath’s Cellular Health Recommendations
Can Help Patients With Elevated Cholesterol Levels 83
• Clinical Studies With Dr. Rath’s Cellular Health
Recommendations Document Their Effectiveness
in Lowering Blood Risk Factors 88
• Lipoprotein (a) — A Secondary Risk Factor
Ten Times More Dangerous Than Cholesterol 89
• Cellular Health Recommendations for Patients With
High Cholesterol and Other Metabolic Disorders 97
4 High Blood Pressure 99
• The Facts About High Blood Pressure 100
• How Dr. Rath’s Cellular Health Recommendations
Can Help Patients With High Blood Pressure 103
• Background Information on Dr. Rath’s Cellular
Health Recommendations in High Blood Pressure 106
• A Clinical Study With Dr. Rath’s Cellular Health
Recommendations in High Blood Pressure 107
5 Heart Failure 111
• The Facts About Heart Failure 112
• The Fatal Consequences of Incomplete Treatment
of Heart Failure 114
• How Dr. Rath’s Cellular Health Recommendations
Can Help Patients With Heart Failure 116
• Dr. Rath's Cellular Health Recommendations
Can Render Heart Transplants Redundant 122
WHY ANIMALS DON’T GET HEART ATTACKS – BUT PEOPLE DO!
6
• Clinical Studies in Heart Failure Patients With
Dr. Rath’s Cellular Health Recommendations 124
6 Irregular Heartbeat (Arrhythmia) 133
• The Facts About Irregular Heartbeat 134
• How Dr. Rath’s Cellular Health Recommendations
Can Help Patients With Irregular Heartbeat 137
• A Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Clinical Study
Confirms Dr. Rath’s Cellular Health Recommendations
Can Reduce Irregular Heartbeat 142
7 Diabetes 149
• The Facts About Adult Onset Diabetes 150
• Cardiovascular Disease Is the Key Complication for
Diabetic Patients 153
• How Diabetic Cardiovascular Disease Develops 154
• A Clinical Study Documents Vitamin C Lowers
Blood Sugar and Insulin Requirements 156
• A Clinical Study Documents More Vitamin C
Means Less Insulin 157
• How Diabetic Patients Can Benefit From Dr. Rath's
Cellular Health Recommendations 158
• Clinical Studies Documenting the Benefits of
Dr. Rath’s Cellular Health Recommendations in
Diabetes 162
8 Specific Cardiovascular Problems 167
• The Facts About Angina Pectoris 168
• How Dr. Rath’s Cellular Health Recommendations
Can Help Patients With Angina Pectoris 170
• Dr. Rath’s Cellular Health Recommendations
for Patients Who Have Suffered a Heart Attack 172
• How Dr. Rath's Cellular Health Recommendations
Can Improve Quality of Life After a Heart Attack 174
• How Patients Can Be Helped By Cellular Health
Recommendations After a Heart Attack 175
• Dr. Rath's Cellular Health Recommendations for
Patients Undergoing Coronary Bypass Surgery 177
TABLE OF CONTENTS
7
• Dr. Rath's Cellular Health Recommendations for
Patients Undergoing Coronary Angioplasty 182
9 External and Inherited Cardiovascular Risks 191
• Unhealthy Diet 192
• Smoking 193
• Stress 194
• Hormonal Contraceptives and Estrogen
Replacement Therapy 195
• Pharmaceutical Drugs 196
• Diuretic Drugs 197
• Dialysis 198
• Surgery 198
• Inherited Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease 200
• How Dr. Rath’s Cellular Health Recommendations
Can Help Decrease Inherited Cardiovascular Risks 202
• How Dr. Rath's Cellular Health Recommendations
Can Help Patients With Alzheimer's Disease 204
• How Dr. Rath's Cellular Health Recommendations
Can Help Patients With Lupus Erythematosus 205
10 Cellular Medicine 209
• Cellular Health Depends on Cellular Bioenergy 210
• Cellular Medicine 212
• The Principles of Cellular Medicine 213
• Cellular Nutrients Deliver Essential Bioenergy to
Cellular "Power Plants" 214
• Scientific Facts About the Nutrients in
Dr. Rath’s Cellular Health Recommendations 216
• Vitamins, Minerals, Trace Elements, Amino Acids
and Other Cellular Nutrients 217
• Conventional Medicine vs. Cellular Medicine:
Comparing Therapeutic Targets in Cardiovascular
Disease 226
• Conventional Medicine vs. Cellular Medicine:
Comparing Effectiveness and Safety 228
• How You Can Live Longer and Stay Healthy 230
WHY ANIMALS DON’T GET HEART ATTACKS – BUT PEOPLE DO!
8
• Questions and Answers About Dr. Rath’s Cellular
Health Recommendations 231
11 Eradicating Heart Disease 235
• Why You May Not Have Heard About
This Medical Breakthrough Before 236
• The Ten Laws of the Pharmaceutical Industry 238
• Key Tricks of the Pharmaceutical
“Business With Disease” 240
• Deception Is a Precondition for the
Pharmaceutical "Business With Disease" 242
• A New Era of Human Health Begins 244
• Milestones on the Way to Eradicating Heart
Disease 246
• Why We Need Dr. Rath's Health Alliance 264
• The Goals of Dr. Rath's Health Alliance 265
• How You Can Learn More About Cellular Health 266
• What You Can Do Immediately 268
• Principles of a New Health Care System 269
12 Documentation 271
• The Lecture at Stanford Medical School 272
• The Scurvy-Heart Disease Connection:
Solution to the Puzzle of Cardiovascular Disease 273
• Reactions to My Lecture 280
• Eradicating Heart Disease Is Possible! 282
• “Health for All by the Year 2020” Is Possible 284
• Health and Peace – Not Disease and War! 286
• Blueprint for a Healthy World 288
• Vision for a World of Health, Peace and
Social Justice 290
• Growing Awareness 292
• Worldwide Support 293
• Petition for Vitamin Freedom 294
• About the Author 296
• Acknowledgments 297
• Clinical Study: Natural Reversal of Heart Disease 298
• References 306

 

 
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