Edition #92

Eating breakfast isn’t just for kids. Although you’ve probably stopped growing, your body is constantly renewing itself, replenishing your skin, hair and nails, replacing old tissues with new, breaking down and rebuilding bone and generally keeping your body in the best shape possible.

How does your body do it? With the nutrients food delivers. Breakfast is especially important because after a long night’s sleep, the body is low on energy, protein, vitamins and minerals.     continue reading.……

The 4 Types of Exercise You Need to Be Healthy

When you think of exercise, you may imagine strenuous activities such as running or biking — the ones that make you breathe hard, turn flush and drip with sweat. But aerobic activity is only one type of exercise, and although it is critical for boosting fitness, there are actually three other types of exercise that are also important: strength training, balance training and flexibility training.

Each type of exercise is important in its own way, and doing all four types is the way to maximize your fitness and prevent injury, experts say.    continue reading……

Fitness Nutrition:  What Science Says About Diet and Exercise

No matter what your reason is for exercising — to strengthen your muscles, lose weight, increase your aerobic fitness or improve your mood — you likely want to get the most out of your workout.

But is there a particular way to eat to maximize that performance? To answer this question, Live Science talked to several experts about what the science says, and looked at some of the most definitive studies on nutrition and exercise.

It turns out there’s no single best way to eat to be successful in your exercise goals. In fact, the vast majority of people who exercise do not need to eat anything special to support their exercise regimens, several experts said.     continue reading…….

7 Ways to Breeze Through Menopause with Finesse

Menopause is a natural hormonal change marking the end of a woman’s fertility. This typically occurs around the late 40s or early 50s. Some women go through it when they have a hysterectomy. This is not something a woman should be afraid of, it is simply a transition.

As a 60 year old, Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner, I find many women are reluctant to discuss this. Yet, they experience, fatigue, depression, mood swings, hot flashes, increased abdominal fat and or decreased libido as they shift into menopause.
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Jamie Oliver’s  Recipe of the Day – Beef hash cakes with chipotle yoghurt  click here!!

More Health & Nutrition from Nutrobalance
Water Supply    click here!
How to look & feel 10 years younger   click here!!

We humans need to drink a fair amount of water everyday in order to stay healthy. Thirst should tell us how much pure water we need. However, the thirst mechanism has usually been distorted by the taste of coffee, soft drinks etc. and the ‘busyness’ of our lives, where we don’t even notice the desire for water. Water needs vary greatly. We require much more when physically active in summer than when we sit indoors in winter. A concentrated diet generates greater need for water than a lot of fruit and salads.

Eight glasses a day of pure water may be fine on an average day.at times this may be excessive, but at other times, like on hot dry days when we are active, we may require much more.

Take fluid at least 30 minutes before a meal or after the stomach has emptied of food, which typically takes two to four hours.It’s better to avoid drinking with meals, as it interferes with the digestion process.

Our bodies contain about 60% to 70% water, It is the medium for most of the chemical changes in the body that are the basis of life. Without enough water we become dehydrated and often we don’t realize it.

Dehydration producing as little as 1% decrease in body weight has significant effects, according to Health Science magazine. Early signs include headache, fatigue, loss of appetite, flushed skin, heat intolerance, light headedness, dry mouth and eyes, burning sensation in the stomach and dark urine with a strong odor.

With mild dehydration there may be impaired physical and mental performance, less saliva, heart problems and an increased risk of certain cancers.-

Because of the volume we need to consume, purity is essential. We have to ensure that the town water we drink is free from chloride, fluoride, heavy metals, aluminum and pesticides, which are the most harmful substances in our water supply. There may also be traces of other nasties in it, including pesticides. Some of the chlorine breaks down to form traces of chloroform, which was once used as an anaestetic, until it was discovered that it causes cancer of the liver and kidneys. The US Council of Environmental Quality has estimated that the general cancer risk is doubled by drinking chlorinated water.

Fluoride in drinking water also causes harmful effects on the body, including bone strength, thyroid issues, brain development in children and is an enzyme poison. The chemical used to fluoride your water is hexa fluorosillicic, a waste product of the fertilizer manufacturing industry. Since 1990 over 280 communities around the world have rejected water fluoridation and are now fluoride free. Western Australia is trying to get fluoride out of the water supply for years, without getting any approval from the Government. It is very hard or almost impossible to filter fluoride out of the tap water, even with a high quality reversed osmosis filter!

Aluminum is added in the form of alum to cause sidements to flocculate and settle out. Because of the persistent link between aluminum and Alzheimer’s disease, it’s use around the world is declining, and Sydney Water and other state authorities are no longer using it. Earthworks can cause aluminum to leach out of clay and enter the water supply, as has been the case with Sydney’s Warragamba Dam.

Long hot showers generate so much chloroform so that a person can inhale just as much during a 10-minute shower as by drinking two litres of chlorinated water. Indoor swimming pools, especially if they are heated, may expose swimmers to high levels of chloroform, as there is no wind to blow the gases away.

For showering, install a shower filter device. If used with a AAA-rated shower head (restricts flow to less than 9 liters/minute), you will save hot water that will easily pay for the cost of the filter.

If there is no shower filter, ensure the bathroom window is wide open and use a fan if installed, for plenty of air circulation.

    Edition # 91

Controlling Cancer—Isn’t It Time to Try Something New?

At the beginning of this year, I learned from my friend Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn of a recently published book review in a prominent Irish newspaper. The title of the book drew my curiosity. It was Stop Feeding Your Cancer (2014) by John Kelly, MD, in Dublin.
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Heart Health

Michael Greger M.D. · Last Updated on June 27, 2016

Heart disease is the #1 killer in the US, and elevated cholesterol levels is thought to be a primary cause (see also here). This may explain why a plant-based diet, which is free of cholesterol and saturated animal fats, has been so successful in preventing and treating the disease (see here, here, here, here, here, here, and here). The balance of evidence suggests that a plant-based diet may not only protect against and even reverse heart disease (see here, here, and here). Reversing heart disease is critical considering heart disease often starts in childhood.     continue reading….

Jamie Oliver’s Recipe of the Day – Pork and Black Beans    click here!

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How Cancer Starts click here!
Cancer causing Chemicals click here!
How to avoid Alzheimers’ disease   click here!

The process by which normal cells become cancer cells has to do with genetic damage,
that is, the genes that we have inherited become damaged.

Our body is build-up of approximately 75 trillion cells and there  are many different
types of cells of every part of our body. They continually replicate themselves.
Each cell has a set of genetic instructions in its center, called the DNA, which controls
cell growth, development and replication.

The DNA is the vital component that gets damaged, the chemical blueprint in genes,
in the form of oxidation and the main cause of this is reactive oxygen ( technically
referred to as reactive oxygen species ) , or the more common name: free radicals.

When DNA is damaged by free radicals, it can replicate a damaged cell.
When this cell replicates itself, it can become cancer.

Cancer is fundamentally an oxidative process and many types of cancers depend on the
conversion of particular molecules in the cells or carcinogenic chemicals to reactive
oxidized forms. The oxidation is largely caused by free radicals.

Oxidation in our body is the main cause of many forms of cancer, heart disease,
atheroclerosis, adult onset of diabetes, cataracts, lung – and liver disorders and
degenerative diseases of the brain.

Every day, the DNA in each cell in our body faces about 10,000 attacks from cell-
damaging forces known as free radicals, which are unstable oxygen molecules
that have lost an electron.
Ironically, both chemotherapy and radiotherapy that are used to treat cancer
cause more oxidation.

In healthy living cells, reactive oxygen species are formed continuously during
the process of respiration in the cells.

Although the body is well equipped to repair genetic (DNA) damage, the repair processes
are usually less than 100 % efficient. Despite even extensive repair, oxidized DNA is
usually abundant in human tissues. Significantly, damaged DNA is particularly abundant
in tumors. The damage rate may be  up to 10 modifications in each cell every day,
so it is apparent that damage accumulates with age.

The CSIRO Division of Human Nutrition believes that this increase in genetic damage
with age is due to the cumulative effects of free radical damage and dietary and
environmental chemicals that damage genes.

Our bodies have to face daily an over production of free radicals, caused by our polluted
environment, stressful lifestyles and mal nutrition. Free radicals are naturally produced as
your body turns fuel to energy, you can get them also from stress, smoking and radiation
from the sun.

These volatile molecules cruise around your body, trying to stabilize themselves by stealing electrons from other molecules. When they succeed, they create still more free radicals, causing a sort of snowballing procession of damage.
Free radicals don’t just occasionally pop up here and there. Up to 5% of the oxygen that each cell uses is converted into free radicals.

Ionising radiation is a potent generator of reactive oxygen species, while tobacco smoke has been found to increase the DNA damage by 35-50%. Other well-known causes include:
many polluting chemicals, including the hydrocarbons from petroleum, many pesticides, the chlorine in town water supplies; iron in access of the body’s needs: amines and nutrates.

It is a surprise to see iron, as being one of the essential nutrients, on the ‘bad list’, yet
the effects of excess iron are so significant, that the increased incidence of testicular cancer this century has been attributed to the increasing iron content of the Western diet.

Can our body defend itself against oxidative damage by excessive free radicals?
The answer is: yes! Our body is equipped with very powerful defenses against free radicals and this is largely through antioxidants, which are consumed in the diet or made within our body, and enzymes.

Balance is the key. If there are not enough antioxidants available to neutrolize the free radicals, oxidative stress develops.

The key antioxidants in the diet are the carotenoids, vitamin A ( which we consume or make from carotenoids), vitamin C, vitamin E and the trace minerals selenium and zinc.
The prominent enzymes that destroy free radicals are called: superoxide dismutase, glutathione (particular melatonin) and a host of other natural compounds, such as
those occuring in grape seeds and skins (OPC’s) and in the herb Ginkgo biloba.

Vitamin E has been extensively researched and there is strong evidence that it is beneficial
at much higher intakes than the current RDA (Recommended Daily Allowances) of
15 IU ( International Units). Vitamin E is especially required to protect unsaturated fats against oxidation.
The least amount found to inhibit oxidation is 40 IU per day, with 60 IU/day the minimum to enhance immune response. The Optimal level is 450 IU/day. Up to 800 IU has been found to be beneficial.
The researchers suggest an intake of 135 – 150 IU/day.

To obtain this amount from food, we would need to consume daily almost a kilogram
of almonds, or 150 grams of soya oil, or 55 grams of wheatgerm oil, each of which would be not only unpractical, but even a harmful quantity of food.

That’s why it make sense to supplement our diet with high quality nutritional supplements
(multiminerals and antioxidants) to ensure that the optimal levels are being met.

   Edition #90

Exercise and Weight Loss: The Science of Preserving Muscle Mass

People who work out to lose weight should keep in mind that any calories they consume right before or during a workout will be burned off first.   read more….

Scientists solve puzzle of converting gaseous carbon dioxide to fuel

Saving the planet from climate change with a grain of sand

Date:

August 25, 2016

Source:

University of Toronto

Summary:

Every year, humans advance climate change and global warming by injecting about 30 billion tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Scientists believe they’ve found a way to convert all these emissions into energy-rich fuel in a carbon-neutral cycle that uses a very abundant natural resource: silicon. Readily available in sand, it’s the seventh most-abundant element in the universe and the second most-abundant element in the earth’s crust.   continue reading....

6 Eating Tips to Improve Your Workout

You’ve been sticking to your exercise program and working out every week. Have you ever experienced those days when your endurance isn’t what it has been on previous days? Feel like you can’t give it your all in your workout? It may be what you are or are not eating. Here are some eating tips…Read More »

How to Use Resistance Bands for Strength Training

Would you like to increase your metabolism so that your body will burn more calories throughout the day? Or maybe you are more interested in increasing the lean tissue on your body so that you can work harder, play longer, and have a decreased chance of a life-related injury. Strength training offers just that. But…Read More »

Jamie Oliver’s Recipe of the Day – Beetroot nicoise salad       click here!!

 

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Rosemary: Benefits for brain health, pain, cancer, inflammation, and more

June 19, 2016

Millions of people around the world suffer from high blood pressure.
It is the most common cardiovascular disease.

The dimension of this illness is mainly due to the fact that the cause
of high blood pressure was hardly understood.
Traditional medicine must admit that the cause of high blood pressure
is unknown in 90% of cases. The often medical diagnoses state:
“essential hypertension”, or in other words: “cause unknown”, as a result
that conventional medicine in most cases restrict to “fighting against
the symptoms”. With various medicines they try to lower the blood pressure,
but the underlying cause remains untouched.

Modern cellular nutrition means a breakthrough for our knowledge about
the cause, and the prevention with therapy to match for high blood pressure.
The main cause is an acute vitamin deficiency and lack of other essential
nutritional matter in millions of cells in the artery  walls.

This lead to tension and thickening of the artery wall and can finally
increase blood pressure. A lower tension leads to enlarged arteries,
which result in a lower blood pressure.

In healthy people the normal tension on the artery walls can be obtained
by an optimal production of release factors in the cells of the artery walls.

People with high blood pressure are lacking in these release factors.
Vitamin supplementation and other vital nutritional matter will therefore
help to avoid high blood pressure or bring back an existent high blood
pressure to a normal level.

The natural amino acid orginine, vitamin C and other nutritional matter
are of vital importance, as they help to restore the shortage of these
release factors in the artery walls.

Scientific and clinical research have proved that magnesium helps to lower
the blood pressure.

It is recommended for patients with high blood pressure to start as soon as
possible with vitamins and other nutritional supplements and to inform
their G.P. about this.

Use these natural cell factors in any case besides the prescribed medicines.
Of cause you may only reduce or alter the intake of medicines after
consulting your doctor.

It is better to avoid than to cure. A combination of vitamins, which support
in a natural way the permanent correction of a health problem like high
blood pressure, will also for you be the best choice in this case when it
comes to prevent this serious health problem.