June 30, 2008

Co Q-10 is the Backbone to Energy and Heart Health

Co Q-10 as an energy producing enzyme allows the body to use “Mother Nature” to keep “Father Time” at bay. Aging and energy production go hand in hand. The element of aging that results in the outward appearance and internal feeling of time passed is lack of intercellular energy production. Co Q-10 plays a vital role in that capacity on several frontsViewing heart health from all perspectives, including pharmaceutical, Co Q-10 plays a vital and direct role in promoting healthy cardiovascular function. Cholesterol lowering drugs and aging has proven to reduce the body’s ability to manufacturer Co Q-10 at the rate necessary. This class of cholesterol lowering drugs is referred to as statin drugs. The medical community, with it’s focus on all things pharmaceutical, has a tendency to overlook the fact that statin drugs negatively affect Co Q-10 production, thereby, leading to poor heart cell replication. This effect of lower Co Q-10 due to the cholesterol reducing drugs certainly put statin drugs in a bad light. Heart health is compromised by the statin drugs as the lower Co Q-10 levels reduce new heart cell quality. The body’s reduced capability to repair […]

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June 29, 2008

Ephedra Risks Are Not Worth The Energy

Ephedra risks have become widely known in the nutritional supplement marketplace since the advent of the stimulant craze that took off in the late 1990’s. Prior to that, most people never heard of it or were aware of its applications in Chinese medicine of the last several thousand years. Ephedra has been around for thousands of years and used in Chinese medicine to treat hay fever and asthma. It is a twiggy shrub native to Asia and is commonly known as ma huang. As the search for energy stimulants and bodyfat reduction products accelerated, this new and previously unheard of plant substance hit the fitness culture with a bang.And hit it did. When people began raving about the abundant energy and weight loss results problem began. News traveled fast, but as with many unproven products, the law of unintended consequences led to its banning by the FDA in 2004. Reports of heart palpitations, stokes, heart attacks, and even deaths elevated ephedra risks to national news. The get thin and stay energetic at any cost led some people to their graves. Now this,of course, are the extreme cases. I do know of one […]

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Nutrtional Supplements: Money Well Spent

Nutritional supplements have found their permanence in a marketplace that is generating more food than any other time in history. So how is this possible? The answer is simple. Too many choices of processed foods and corporate farming practices that have all but stripped nutrients from the soil the foods are grown in.To stay healthy, the body requires a good mix of antioxidants, vitamins, bioflavonoids, minerals, proteins, carbohydrates, essential fatty acids and other supplementation. There was a time when our daily diets may have filled the void of any nutritional deficiences but that time has past. Because one feels relatively good does not mean they are healthy. Many illnesses like cancers are present before any visible symptoms appear. Preventing illness is always better than having treatments and waiting for a cure.There are essential nutrients composed of vitamins and minerals necessary to sustain life or if you go just a little bit farther they will make you feel really fine; maybe even rolling back the clock and looking forward to everyday again. Proper eating can provide you vitamins and minerals along with the other nutrients but these can be less than sufficient for […]

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