January 25th, 2013
Promising Research on a Cancer Cure
Here at Wholesale Nutrition, we highly value valid research related to vitamins and supplements. We are continually impressed with the reports from Orthomolecular Medicine News Service and would like to share some of their content with you from time to time. We hope you find it as fascinating as we do!
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Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, January 24, 2013
Antioxidants Prevent Cancer and Some May Even Cure It
Commentary by Steve Hickey, PhD
(OMNS Jan 24, 2013) It is widely accepted that antioxidants in the diet and supplements are one of the most effective ways of preventing cancer. Nevertheless, Dr. James Watson has recently suggested that antioxidants cause cancer and interfere with its treatment. James Watson is among the most renowned of living scientists. His work, together with that of others (Rosalind Franklin, Raymond Gosling, Frances Crick, and Maurice Wilkins) led to the discovery of the DNA double helix in 1953. Although his recent statement on antioxidants is misleading, the mainstream media has picked it up, which may cause some confusion.
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January 24th, 2013
Know the Risks, Symptoms, Prevention, and Treatment for This Year's Top Illnesses
2013 has brought three different flulike illnesses that have many people running for the hand sanitizer and scrambling to get their hands on a flu vaccine. A very aggressive flu, a new norovirus, and the worst whooping cough outbreak that we’ve seen since 1955 are gripping the nation. Learn about what is going around, how to protect yourself, and how to recognize symptoms early on.
THIS YEAR’S FLU
This year’s predominant flu is a very aggressive H3N2 strain, which luckily is well matched to the current flu vaccine, according to the CDC. The more common H1N1 strain is not being seen very often, but is also included in the vaccine, along with a “B” strain of the flu. There are two “B” strains, one of which is well matched to the flu vaccine this year, the other is not.
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January 10th, 2013
Tired and Moody? Low B12 Could Be to Blame.
Vitamin B12 is a necessary nutrient that helps to make genetic material (DNA) in our cells. It also helps to keep blood cells and nerves healthy. Most Americans do get enough B12 in their diets, but a lot of people have trouble properly absorbing it. As much as 15% of the population in the United States has a deficiency. Depression, tiredness, and poor memory are the number one complaints of people experiencing low vitamin B12 levels.
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January 5th, 2013
Cheers to the New Year and to your Health!
From time to time we like to share with you articles on getting healthy, new research, or other interesting topics that could help you to achieve greater health and happiness. We hope that you enjoy this article by Chris Kilham, published January 02, 2013 for FoxNews.com. Enjoy!
It’s tough love time. Most people will make New Year resolutions, and very few will keep them. Why? Because they make the so-called resolution, but don’t initiate new behaviors to see those resolutions through.
If you really want to make changes in your health for this New Year, you can do it. Here are some tips for getting real.
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January 2nd, 2013
Could Your Supplements Be Robbing You of the Benefits of Your Workout?
Many people have made the New Year’s resolution to start exercising more. Exercise has many benefits beyond losing weight or gaining muscle. Exercise also activates the immune system to increase the body’s sensitivity to insulin and defend itself against oxidative stress. This is why even light exercise helps people to better control diabetes and ward off many diseases. Antioxidant vitamins, such as vitamin E and vitamin C, also help to increase insulin sensitivity and reduce oxidative stress, but they are not a replacement for exercise. In fact, supplementing immediately before or after exercise can decrease the natural benefits of exercise. However, the benefits of properly timed antioxidant supplements can still be seen when combined with exercise.
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December 20th, 2012
Could One Simple Deficiency Be Causing ALL of Your Fibromyalgia Symptoms?
People with fibromyalgia are all too familiar with pain and suffering. Fibromyalgia causes body-wide pain and tenderness in the muscles, tendons and joints. Symptoms can greatly worsen at the beginning of a woman’s menstrual cycle or after menopause because of the drastic drop in estrogen. Fibromyalgia also causes numbness and tingling, heart palpitations and fibrillation, sleep disturbances, abnormal pain responses, migraines, stress, depression, cognitive malfunction, fatigue, weakness, personality changes, extreme premenstrual syndrome, and even seizures.
All of these symptoms can be improved by one commonly underrated and formerly misunderstood mineral; magnesium. When magnesium levels are low, it changes the expression and behavior of proteins in the body, altering the course of general health. Approximately 80% of Americans are deficient in magnesium. The proteins in your body have 3,751 binding sites for magnesium alone because it is responsible for so many human functions. Magnesium is also needed for the action of 300 different enzymes found in the body.
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December 13th, 2012
Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired?
Do you find yourself feeling fatigued every afternoon around the same time? You’re not alone. Most people get up every morning, grab coffee, soda, or maybe a quick breakfast and it’s off to the races. You might survive 5 or 6 hours before you feel like a nap just cannot be avoided. There are several physiological reasons that this happens. Understanding what is causing your fatigue and how to combat it will help you sail through afternoons without falling asleep at your desk.
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December 8th, 2012
Women are far more likely to die from cardiovascular disease than anything else.
How many lives could be saved if women were taken seriously by their physicians and educated about the overwhelming number of women killed by cardiovascular disease each year? “Cardiovascular disease” includes heart disease, hypertension and stroke. It kills over half a million women each year, which equals more women than the next seven causes of death combined, according to the American Heart Association.
However, women seem to be unaware of the threat, and so are many physicians, despite staggering statistics. In a National Heart Association survey, only about 1/3 of women correctly identified heart disease as a leading cause of death. Cardiologist and Director of the Mayo Clinic Women’s Heart Clinic, Sharonne Hayes, MD said that “only 8% of women saw it as their biggest health threat.”
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December 6th, 2012
Vitamin C Facilitates Iron Absorption
Iron absorption is increased when taken at the same time as vitamin C. Read this article from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on why the body needs iron and the best ways to get it.
Read the entire article at http://www.cdc.gov/nutrition/everyone/basics/vitamins/iron.html.
Iron and Iron Deficiency
The following information is adapted from:
Recommendations to Prevent and Control Iron Deficiency in the United States. MMWR 1998;47 (No. RR-3) p. 5
What is iron and why do we need it?
Iron is a mineral needed by our bodies. Iron is a part of all cells and does many things in our bodies. For example, iron (as part of the protein hemoglobin) carries oxygen from our lungs throughout our bodies. Having too little hemoglobin is called anemia. Iron also helps our muscles store and use oxygen.
Iron is a part of many enzymes and is used in many cell functions. Enzymes help our bodies digest foods and also help with many other important reactions that occur within our bodies. When our bodies don’t have enough iron, many parts of our bodies are affected.
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December 3rd, 2012
Protect your child from Febrile Seizures with the best vitamin C.
Vitamin C works on several levels to eliminate viruses, bacteria and toxins from the body, thus reducing fever and symptoms. It also plays a vital role in strengthening and nourishing the body so to a point where it can handle invaders. This can help you to be sure that febrile seizures are not facilitated by the body’s weakened state. Learn how vitamin C affects each invader and body system to help prevent seizures caused by fever. To learn more about febrile seizures, go to http://blog.nutri.com/2012/08/10-facts-about-febrile-seizures/.
Viruses
Vitamin C, or ascorbic acid, enters cells and interrupts the process by which viruses multiply. It attaches to viruses and destroys their protective coating that disguises them from our immune systems and protects them from our bodily defenses. It keeps the virus particles from producing nucleic acid, which they need to create new coatings and new viruses.
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