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The Vagus nerve: Your friend in weight loss and a better mood

  By ironman45 | January 28, 2013 - 2:21 am | depression, stress, weight loss
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It’s no secret that a healthy nervous system is important for well-being and longevity. The spinal nerves are responsible for controlling most of the muscles in your torso, arms, and legs, along with bowel, bladder, and reproductive functions. The cranial nerves reside mostly in the head region and control much of what goes on in the face and neck, but the tenth cranial nerve goes way beyond. The Vagus nerve influences your body and brain more than most people realize. (more…)

5 Amazing Properties of Sunlight You’ve Never Heard About

  By ironman45 | January 16, 2013 - 2:42 pm | Anti aging, chronic fatigue, sunscreen, vitamin D, weight loss
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5 Amazing Properties of Sunlight You've Never Heard About

 

Sunlight is well-known to provide us vitamin D, but did you know that it kills pain, keeps us alert at night, burns fat and more…

Our biological connection and dependence to the sun is so profound, that the very variation in human skin color from African, melanin-saturated dark skin, to the relatively melanin de-pigmented, Caucasian lighter-skin, is a byproduct of the offspring of our last common ancestor from Africa (as determined by mitochondrial DNA) migrating towards sunlight-impoverished higher latitudes, which began approximately 60,000 years ago. In order to compensate for the lower availability of sunlight, the body rapidly adjusted, essentially requiring the removal of the natural “sunscreen” melanin from the skin, which interferes with vitamin D production; vitamin D, of course, is involved in the regulation of over 2,000 genes, and therefore is more like a hormone, without which our entire genetic infrastructure becomes destabilized. (more…)

Apple Cider Vinegar for Health & Wellness

  By ironman45 | January 16, 2013 - 2:29 pm | detox, Digestion/acid reflux, weight loss
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According to Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College in Berkeley, CA, apple cider vinegar has lots of healing benefits. It has been used for hundreds of years by traditional healers.  It’s alkaline property assists your body in restoring proper pH levels and brings health and balance back to your digestive system. (more…)

Sleep Hormone Melatonin Linked to Weight Loss, Heart Disease Prevention

  By ironman45 | January 10, 2013 - 3:38 pm | heart disease, sleep, weight loss
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sleepwoman 265x165 Sleep Hormone Melatonin Linked to Weight Loss, Heart Disease PreventionAccording to a study conducted at the University of Granada, melatonin can be quite helpful in controlling weight and increasing “good” cholesterol while decreasing “bad” cholesterol.

Obese Rats and Melatonin

After analyzing the effects melatonin had on obese, diabetic rats, the researchers found that melatonin was able to help prevent “heart diseases associated to obesity and dyslipidemia”. Without a change in diet, rats who were given melatonin had a reduction in body weight, decreased blood pressure and an improved lipid profile. (more…)

Up For Debate: The HCG Diet—Fantastic or Fad?

  By ironman45 | January 6, 2013 - 11:33 pm | weight loss
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There’s no denying that, as a nation, we are just plain fat. Among adults age 20 and older, nearly 150 million are overweight, with 75 million of those people classified as obese.1

With these kind of staggering statistics, it’s no wonder so many Americans look for dieting options that allow them to lose weight fast without feeling deprived or starved. But a diet like that couldn’t possibly exist, could it? Well, perhaps it does.

A program known as the HCG diet has been around since the 1950s, but has recently experienced a resurgence in popularity. So what is the HCG diet all about, and how does it work? Let’s first get into the basics.

How It All Started (more…)

25 Foods: In The New Year, Eat More To Weigh Less

  By ironman45 | December 28, 2012 - 11:01 pm | food, weight loss
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The tendency to eat one or two large meals per day of all the wrong foods is what eventually leads us to tip the scales. You need to consume more meals, and of the right foods to weigh less. If you make one weight loss resolution in 2013 (in addition to exercise), make it to include and frequently consume the following 25 foods above all else.
* Signifies sources should be organic to minimize pesticide load and maxmize nutrient content.
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Resveratrol Impacts Adipocyte Hormone Secretion

  By ironman45 | December 18, 2012 - 9:12 pm | weight loss
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An interesting new study published in September 2012 reports that resveratrol moderates hormone secretion from fat cells. Resveratrol is a potent antioxidant found in high concentrations in the skin of red and purple grapes.

Researchers evaluated the impact on white adipose tissue by resveratrol, due to its ability to mimic the beneficial effects of calorie restriction. White adipose tissue is used to store energy in the body. It also acts as a thermal insulator and works to regulate body temperature. (more…)

Diet Type Affects Energy Expenditure

  By ironman45 | December 15, 2012 - 11:35 pm | weight loss
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In a JAMA Preliminary Communication, Cara B. Ebbeling, PhD, and colleagues “challenge the notion that a calorie is a calorie from a metabolic perspective.” They found that dietary composition affects energy expenditure and a person’s ability to maintain weight loss. Twenty-one study participants, 18 to 40 years old, engaged in 4 weeks of weight monitoring, 12 weeks of a weight-loss diet, and 4 weeks of weight stabilization. No changes were made in physical activity, just caloric intake. All of the participants had a body mass index of 27 kg or higher at baseline and lost 10% to 15% of their weight before commencing the 4-week weight stabilization period. (more…)

Theanine – A Nutrient for Relaxation

  By ironman45 | December 12, 2012 - 7:48 pm | sleep, stress, weight loss
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Theanine is the active component of green tea responsible not only for its taste but also for its relaxing effects.  In 1999 a method for concentrating a purified form into a dietary supplement was perfected (Suntheanine1).  Brain cells are known to generate electrical pulses, called brain waves, from their cell surfaces.  It was demonstrated in humans that 40 minutes after taking theanine (50 mg to 200 mg) relaxing alpha waves were generated in various brain regions, an effect that may last up to 12 hours. (more…)

Question: There are so many forms of iodine. Which one is best?

  By ironman45 | December 8, 2012 - 12:11 am | cholesterol, chronic fatigue, depression, thyroid, weight loss
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Dr. Brownstein’s Answer:

 

It can be daunting when you walk into a health food store and see all the different brands of supplements. Different tissues in the body respond to different forms of iodine. For example, the breasts seem to prefer iodine while the thyroid prefers iodide. (more…)