The key to fitness is nutrition, we are mainly what we eat.
It is true that exercise, restful sleep, peace of mind, regular habits of elimination, bathing, etc., are all factors in keeping fit, but these will avail nothing if our nutrition is at fault.

It is now recognized that most common illnesses are closely associated with nutrition
and arise from lack of vitamins and minerals, just as some more serious ailments,  such as
scurvy, rickets, anaemia, beri-beri, pellagra and nerve troubles are equally deficiency
ailments and respond to appropriate vitamin therapy.

Periodically, new and successful uses of vitamins in  diseased conditions are reported
in the world’s medical journals and more and more physicians are prescribing vitamins,
where some 50 years ago they prescribed drugs.

Many people wonder why the terrible epidemics which formerly ravaged the earth –
typhus, yellow fever, typhoid, cholera, malaria, bubonic plague, etc – have largely
been brought under control, yet the degenerative diseases, such as heart ailments,
high blood-pressure, hardening of the arteries, stomach ulcers, nervous breakdowns,
colitis, cataract, and kidney and liver ailments are all on the increase.

The reason is that the plague or ‘dirt’ diseases, spread by vermin, mosquitoes and
human contact are disappearing owing to improved methods of hygiene and sanitation.
The degenerative diseases arise primarily from man’s continual tampering with
natural foods, thereby depriving them of vital nutrients that Nature, in her wisdom,
incorporates in our foodstuffs to ensure good health.

It is a tragic fact that most people these days only begin to take an intelligent interest
in their health, after they have lost it.
Nature requires that we co-operate with her, and we cannot escape the consequences
of our refusal to do so.

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Food Combining Chart       

The Food Combining Chart  is designed to provide a guide to the way  the different main food groups suit one another at the same meal time.
The chart is based on a variety of reasons for food comparability, especially regarding
the ability to the human digestive system to cater for the proper breakdown of foods
via the action of digestive enzymes.

It is important to note that the fruit groups require the least digestive time and should
not be eaten directly after a meal of protein or complex grains, legumes, nuts or seeds.

For detailed information on the reasons and benefits of proper food-combining,
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The Key to Fitness
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There has been a remarkable change in medical attitudes towards
nutrition. For the first time in history, on august 19th, 1992 the ultra-
conservative Journal of the American Medical Association recommend
vitamin supplements to prevent atherosclerosis and heart disease.

The highly respected New England Journal of Medicine followed in
May 1993 by publishing two large population studies, involving
130,000 health workers, showing that high doses of vitamin E significantly
reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes in men and women.
The researchers showed that it was almost impossible to get sufficient
vitamin  E from our food and made a clear recommendation for vitamin E
supplements, with the agreement of the Journal’s conservative editors.
They boosted the recommendation with a special editorial by
Dr Daniel Steinberg of the University of California, in which he reviewed
the lack of toxicity of vitamin E.

Then the scholarly journal, Nutrition Reviews, the bible of nutrition science
used by researchers themselves, showed that it is impossible to get
sufficient vitamins from our degraded food supply and criticized the FDA
for not allowing companies to tell the public how vitamins prevent cancer.

The New England Journal of Medicine concurred with a large study of
89,000 female nurses, followed for 8 years.
The research showed that nurses who took 30% more vitamin A than
the RDA, had significantly less risk of breast cancer.

The Journal of the American Medical Association published a study by
Dr. Charles Butterworth of the University of Alabama School of Medicine.
The study showed clearly that women with insufficient intake of the
B vitamin folate, had no resistance to the papilloma virus that causes
cervival cancer.
Folate deficiency, very common in America, was shown to be a worse
risk for cervival cancer than smoking.

These are some samples of the hundreds of  reports in mainstream medical journals showing that decent nutrition, including vitamin and mineral supplementation is a major force in preventing a wide range of degenerative diseases, including cancers, cardiovascular
diseases, adult-onset diabetes and many liver, kidney, skin, eye and
other organ disorders. Read the medical references and be convinced
to take care of your nutrition for life.

There are also negative reports about vitamins. They get unfair media
coverage, because the powerful pharmaceutical advertisers don’t like
media that support non-patentable vitamins to prevent illness as they
rely on a growing number of people who become dependent on
patented prescription drugs.

Media are being cleverly manipulated to misinterpret a study appearing
in the New England Journal of Medicine.
This study, sponsored by the US National Cancer Institute examined
the effects of beta-carotene and vitamin E on 29,000 smokers, aged 50
and above over a period of 3 to 5 years.
The reports of researchers showed no evidence of a decrease in
lung cancer risk.

The widely quoted comments about this study by Dr. Gilbert Omenn,
Dean of Public Health of the University of Washington, are particularly
disturbing. Hopefully, Dr. Omenn was misquoted when he stated that
the study applies to healthy people, “because smokers are getting
the same diseases as the rest of us.”

The study has no application whatsoever to healthy people and little
application even to smokers.
Study subjects were all long-term heavy smokers, averaged 57.2
years old, smoking  20 cigarets per day for 35 years on average.

Most cancers grow slowly for many years, before any symptoms appear.The disease processes caused by smoking were already
well advanced in these men before the study began.
To give them a small dose  of vitamins and expect a cure is not sensible.
It’s like taking aspirin to cure a rotting tooth, by comparison.

The media reports fail to publish the amounts of vitamins used.
The 50mg of synthetic dl-alpha tocopherol acetate per day in the study
(50 IU), is a tiny amount and the poor synthetic form to boot.
By comparison,a bowl of wheatgerm cereal contains about 20 IU of
vitamin E.

A recent review of all the major studies in the conservative Journal of
the American Dietetic Association recommended 200 – 800 IU of
vitamin E per day for health protection. And that applies to non-smokers.

Similarly, the 20 mg of beta-carotene (33,320 IU) per day in the study
gives very little protection against the massive disease processes
already at work in subjects who have smoked heavily for many years.
The amount of 20 mg of beta-carotene is the same as in two large carrots.

Smoking is a deadly practice. It is stated on the cigarette packets:
“Smoking Causes Lung Cancer.”
Please note; it does not state: ‘might’ or ‘can’ cause lung cancer,
but it does…..period!!

It is ridiculous to suggest that you can stop this disease process with
a couple of carrots a day.

The National Cancer Institute, a two billion dollar institution, does not
want its power and income being eroded by cancer prevention strategies
that the public can use by themselves.

If you don’t believe me, check out the activities of the N C I by getting
“The Politics of Cancer” by Samuel Epstein, Professor of Medicine
at the University of Illinois. Dr. Epstein shows clearly how ineffective
our cancer health authorities really are today!.

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Oxidation in our body is the main cause of many forms of cancer, heart disease,
atherosclerosis, adult-onset diabetes, cataracts, lung – and liver disorders and
degenerative diseases of the brain and can be prevented and even reversed,
by the proper use of the right antioxidants.

These are:
Nutrient Daily Amount
N-Acetyl cysteine 50 – 350 mg
L-Glutathione 100 – 200 mg
Vitamin-A 5.000 – 10.000 IU
Beta Carotene 4.5 mg
Vitamin-C as:
ascorbic acid 2.000 – 10.000 mg
calcium ascurbate 1.000 – 1.500 mg
magnesium ascurbate 250 – 500 mg
ascorbyl palmitate 250 – 500 mg
Vitamin-E as:
tocopherol complex 500 – 660 mg
d-alpha tocopheryl succinate 400 – 1200 IU
zinc picolinate 10 – 60 mg
Selinium as:
selenomethionine 200 – 400 mcg
sodium selenite 100 – 200 mcg
Co – Enzyme Q10 60 – 100 mg

The major antioxidants and their co-factors listed here are used in laboratories
to successfully inhibit a wide variety of diseases and improved the vitality of people
already in excellent health.

Coenzyne Q10 is used successfully to treat various oxidation conditions and is
prescribed in Japan against heart disease.
L-glutathione is the only anti-oxidant you can use as an oral supplement.
Our body makes L-glutathione, but when we age, it is not enough to inhibit
particular types of oxidation.

The figures for daily amounts are averages, extracted from more than 500
successful studies, guided by the antioxidant use of athletes, which is effective
and without toxic.

Long term use of antioxidant supplements is still an experiment and the safety
of amounts shown here has not been confirmed. We would recommend to use
not more than the lower figures for average people.

According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, cancer is still on
the rise. Dr Deva Davis and her colleagues confirmed that cancer increase is
presumably the result from exposure to carcinogens in our environment,
including pesticides, herbicides, chemical solvents, smoking and industrial
and auto emissions.

Smoking is the worst out of those mentioned. The damage is done mainly
by oxidation and in combination with other air pollutants, it is the cause of
33% of all cancers. Overweight follows as the next big cancer risk with 24%.

The American Cancer Society began a massive study in 1959, involving
more than one million people in 25 American States, which ended in 1980.
The results showed that people who are 40% or more overweight have
higher rates of a wide variety of cancers.

Many of these cancers are caused by lipid oxidation, that means excess
fat molecules in your body go rancid and initiate cell damage, that develops
into cancer.

For the average person, pesticides seems a bigger cancer threat than overweight.
Cancer risk from too much body fat is much higher than all the pesticides together.

Nourish and Protect  Your Skin
The skin is the largest organ of our body. It account for approx 16%
of an adult’s overall weight. It’s primary components are water ( 70%),
proteins (25.5%) and fats (2%). It is a dynamic, living organ that
continually sheds its outermost layer through a process called exfoliation.
In fact, our skin replaces itself every twenty-seven days.

Our skin performs a number of vital roles.It is a barrier against micro-
organisms and toxic compounds entering our body.
It permits a selective exchange of fluids necessary for our survival.
It is our natural radiator: by regulating our body’s loss of fluids, the skin
helps us maintain our body temperature It is a primary component of
our sense of touch. At the same time, our skin defines so much of the
outer beauty we desire.

Manipulating our skin has been a component of the human beauty
regimen for thousands of years. For centuries we bathed our skin with
oils, painted its surface and manipulated its texture – all for the sake
of outer beauty. The role of our skin as a vital organ took a back seat
to visual appearance.

Today, a remarkable shift is occurring. Skincare is assuming a primary
position in our health. Indeed, we now see that healthy skin is the basis
for the beauty we desire and that our lotions, masques and creams
can nourish the skin in incredible ways.
Healthy skin and elegant appearance are synonymous.

Every day our skin is exposed to a number of environmental toxins.
Factors like UV light , smog and smoke trigger a cascade of free-
radical activity in the cells.
To prevent new damage from UV rays, use a sunscreen every day,
and reapply it after swimming and prolonged sun exposure.
SPF15 works well for most skin types; however, a higher SPF may
be necessary for some.

In addition, look for new, deep-penetrating compounds in products
that amplify the body’s natural cell-renewal process and minimize
the effects of environmental exposure.
Scientifically advanced, natural products can help you defy the
aging process and enjoy radiant, healthy skin at any age.

Nutrition and the skin
Like every organ in our body, our skin is composed of billions of cells.
When we see the skin as an organ, we realize that cellular nutrition
is vital for a healthy skin. Any deficiency of vitamins or essential
nutrients in our body, negatively effects our skin.
The skin is the last organ to receive nourishment from the body and
the first to show signs of nutritional deficiency, imbalance or illness.

The impact of diet on our skin can not be overemphasized.
Poor dietary habits generally appear first in our skin’s texture, tone
and color. It also has long-term effects on our skin – the kind that will
not be seen until it is well beyond your control to correct the problem.

For example, a vitamin C or E deficiency weakens our skin’s firmness,
tone and texture. Low levels of vitamin B2 (riboflavin) damages skin
cell membranes and cracks appear in the corners of our mouth and
on our lips. An iron deficiency can create poor skin color.
The list is endless, but the message is clear: optimal cellular nutrition
is critical for healthy skin.

Free-radical damage.
Only recently was the discovery of the free radical and its impact on
our body associated with our skin.It is now clear that free radicals
are primary contributors to the aging process and can destroy the
cells of our skin.

Free-radical oxidative stress destroys skin-cell membranes and
accelerates the sagging and wrinkling effects we experience
as we age. The effects of free-radical damage are cumulative.
It is a process that can continue for years before we receive any
alert. We may never “see” the damage that free radicals cause until
it has irrevocably harmed our skin.

Free-radical damage is such a major aging factor that we must
incorporate unique substances in our skincare regimen to combat
its ill effects. The primary agents which combat the free radicals
are antioxidants. They include several vitamins as well as a number
of phyto nutrients found in botanical extracts.

Any beauty regimen must take into account the nutritional needs
of the skin and combat the free-radical activity that damages its cells.
Without addressing both of these requirements, our creams and
topicals merely hide the unsightly impact of oxidative stress and aging.
Rather, we need to enhance our natural beauty while we nourish and
protect our healthy skin.

The skin – A Vehicle for Health
Knowing that our skin is a living organ that facilitates the transfer of
nutrients and realizing that proper nutrition is critical for healthy skin,
you would assume that the connection between skincare and skin
nourishment would be obvious. Not so!

We appreciate the damage we do by applying toxic chemicals to
our skin in the name of beauty. We no longer poison ourselves for
the sake of appearance. Yet we failed to see the real opportunity
before us. The skin is a powerful vehicle for health.
Indeed, its selective passage of compounds into and out of the body
is an instrument for wellness.

Today, scientists use the powerful properties of the skin to deliver
pharmaceutical compounds to the body. Medicinal introduction
through the skin is now common practice. It is referred to in the medical
community as transdermal application. Topical estrogen creams
deliver hormones to our bodies.
The transdermal introduction of substances has proven to be, in many
cases, the most efficient method of introducing drugs to our body.

Once the importance of the skin was accepted and its status as a vital
body organ was established, all was needed was a fresh approach
that considered more than surface beauty in the creams and lotions
we apply  to our skin.

The relationship between proper nutrition and healthy skin was proven
by Dr. Myron Wentz, a cellular biologist.
He saw the power of nourishing the skin through topical applications.
The question was: could both beauty-enhancing and antioxidant
constituents be provided directly to the skin via a skincare regimen?
Could skin cells absorb and be nourished and vitalized through the
topical delivery of these compounds and could such a system deliver
the anti-aging enhancements that consumers demand from their beauty
products?

The initial Sense formulas, developed by a team of biologists, chemists
and beauty consultants were provided to an independent third-party
laboratory with instructions to test their effectiveness in several ways
and under incredibly rigorous controls.

At the end of  8 weeks clinical tests, the results were above all expectations.
In short, the viewpoint of a cellular biologist, implemented
through the efforts of an interdisciplinary team, brought about
a revolutionary advance in the science of skincare.
Indeed, it delivered beautiful science!

USANA Health Sciences is a leader in this field with a product line
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Australia leads the world as the country with the highest rate of skin cancer,
about 140,000 new cases of non-melanomic skin cancer occur every year.

Melanoma, which is the most dangerous form, causes 800 deaths
each year. The rate has doubled over the last 40 years and the incidence
of skin cancer has almost doubled in the last 10 years.

The victims are getting younger each year, according to the Australian
Journal of Public Health, from 40% to 70% of teenagers have permanent
skin damage to some degree.

We can recognize three types of skin cancer .
(Sun spots, the most common of all skin diseases in Australia, are not
cancer but may be proceeding real cancer).

Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC)
This is the least dangerous form. It rarely spreads to other parts of the
body and is seldom fatal.

Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC)
This type is also common and seldom fatal. However, it has to be
treated as soon as possible, because it has a greater risk of spreading.

Malignant Melanoma. (MM)
This is the most rare kind of skin cancer, but the most dangerous.
It behaves like an internal cancer and will spread to other parts of the
body and has to be treated early.

In the begin stage it looks like a mole, unusual freckle or a birth mark.
Warning signs are: changes in colour, texture, seize or shape.
It can bleed or become sore.

The current skin cancer rates has reached epidemic proportions and
is caused by ultraviolet radiation, which is more intense in areas where
there is a hole in the ozone layer.
As the hole gets larger and presumably the rest of the layer gets thinner,
more UV rays reach the Earth’s surface. Including the very dangerous
UVC radiation. As a result, our skin cop an extra severe battering when
we are outdoors.

We would expect skin cancer rates to be higher in Nth Queensland,
but yet the mortality rates from Melanoma are higher in Tasmania and
Brisbane. However, as the hole in the ozone layer sometimes reaches
the Australian mainland and ozone thinning as far north as Brisbane,
it is impossible to determine what is the greater factor: the ozone layer
or the tropical sun.

Surprisingly, there is a higher number of people with melanoma among
those who work indoors all year long compared to those who work
outdoors all year.

This removes any doubt that other factors play a part in it as the
incidence of melanoma is increasing on parts of the body least
exposed to sunlight.

We can conclude that just over half of the present cases of melanoma
can be explained as caused by the sun. Conventional wisdom can’t
explain the remainder.

There is strong evidence that melanoma ( skin cancer in general) is
yet another ‘degenerative disease’.
According to Professor Laura and John Aston in ‘Hidden Hazards’,
Bantam Books, 1991.
They say that sunlight is therapeutic and may help to prevent many
diseaes, including melanoma. Regular daily exposure to sunlight is
an essential preventive measure, with the emphasis on ‘regular’.

This explains why indoor workers, who go out in the sun only
occasionally, will not have developed the protective mechanisms,
including pigmentation. But there are still other factors then just the sun.

Environmental factors.
The research of Ronald Laura and John Aston in their report from
40 years ago,’Hidden Hazards’ 100 substances had already  been
recognized as being photo sensitising agents.

These agents include:
* Many commonly used drugs, like some broad-spectrum
antibiotics, tranquillisers, high blood pressure drugs and
drugs for hypoglycaemia.
* Some artificial sweeteners, including cyclamates
* Deficiency of vitamin B6 – refining removes much of the
B6 from grains, with white bread containing one-fifth as
much as wholemeal.
* Synthetic riboflavin (vitamin B2), which is used extensively
to fortify cereals – it appears that natural riboflavin does not
sensitize the skin.
* Ethyl alcohol, which is used in beverages.
* Some synthetic chemicals, including solubilisers.
* Some fungicides and insecticides.

The paradox of skin cancer now seems to be resolved.
Regardless the hole in the ozone layer, the appearance of artificial
chemicals in recent years that sensitize the skin to light exactly explains
the explosion in skin cancer incidence.

We don’t need to be in the tropics to be at risk. By using these
chemicals, we increase our accessibility wherever we are.

Hormonal factors.
“The effect of light on the regulation of our hormonal system appears
to have the greatest potential for explaining the melanoma enigma,”
say Professor Laura and John Ashton.

The existence of oestrogen receptors in melanoma cells may
explain why oral contraceptives may increase the risk of melanoma,
underscoring the important role of female sex hormones.

Also, the ovulatory cycle is regulated by light, both light entering the
eyes, which influences the pinal gland and light falling on the skin.

Artificial light, which is inadequate and incomplete compared to
natural light, tends to hinder these light dependent mechanisms,
which lead ultimately to the production in the skin of the protective
pigment: melanin.

Another unexpected effect of deprivation  of natural light has been
found in UV radiation, to increase the cholesterol content of the skin.
Both light entering the eyes and light falling on the skin regulate
blood cholesterol levels.
The higher cholesterol content provide greater protection against
the effects of the radiation, with less risk of tumor formation.

Research has also raised the possibility that unnatural fat, like
polyunsaturated margarines, affects the fat composition of the skin,
disturbing the balance of the above mentioned mechanisms,
thereby explaining another factor that can cause melanoma.

There is strong evidence that vitamin D stimulates the entire hormone
system to protect against melanoma and other cancers.
It is important to know that vitamin D is made in the body, both when
sunlight falls on the skin and when it enters the eyes to regulate pineal
function.

An Australian study revealed that working under fluorescent light
doubles the risk of melanoma.
Contrary to this, when sunlight strikes the skin, the UVB component
in particular stimulates melanin production, which gives remarkeble
resistance against the damaging effect of ultraviolet radiation.

It has been proposed that very moderate exposure to sunlight every
day during late winter and spring might provide enough protective
melanin to withstand the intense UV radiation during  summer.

With the ever-increasing list of fad diets that the average person tries, it’s no wonder we have lost our food enjoyment and it’s hardly surprising that ‘disordered eating’ is on the rise.
It’s hard to go a day without hearing about the latest food craze and it can be tricky not being influenced by what you have heard. Worse still, you start to categorize food into ‘good’ and ‘bad’ foods. You try to avoid anything on the long list of ‘bad’ foods but more often than not, we slip up when we’re hungry, on the go or going out for a meal.
Disordered eating is not the same as an eating disorder.  It is estimated that 1 million Australians practice food restriction or tamper with their diets in order to lose weight. This can be anything from skipping breakfast, avoiding carbohydrates, cutting out certain sugars or avoiding all fats.
Despite well intended efforts to improve health and lose weight, these eating practices don’t do much for overall health and self-empowerment when it comes to food.
At the same time, these practices can also lead to unhealthier relationships with food with approximately 20% of the female population having an undiagnosed eating disorder. The statistics can be startling with 65% of females as young as 15 years old on a diet with 8% are severely dieting.
The problem is not with just the diets themselves, some of which cause nutrient deficiencies or other undesirable outcomes like constipation.  The longer lasting impact however, is the psychological bearing that diets have on your state of mind.
Studies have shown that maintaining a consistently slightly higher body weight is much better for your overall health than yo-yoing in body weight from year to year due to dieting.
The non-dieting approach to weight loss
This doesn’t mean you should throw in the towel with weight loss, it means you need a better approach. We recommend the ‘non-dieting approach’ to weight loss.

The non-dieting approach includes:

listen to your body’s natural hunger cues
eat when you’re hungry and stop eating when you’re full
get rid of your good and bad food lists. This is because when trying to avoid foods you’re not supposed to eat, it only makes you want to eat it more! Luckily, including a few small squares of chocolate post dinner may be a better way to stay on track than trying to avoid it all together.
Cut back on rich, highly processed and sugary foods like cakes, biscuits and takeaway for good results. Save these fun foods for special occasions instead of putting them on a bad food list.
Choose wholesome, fresh food that makes you feel good, energetic and satisfied.
Stop fearing food and see it for what it is, something that is meant to taste good and be enjoyed.  Food should be nourishing, respected and eaten mindfully.
Gabrielle Maston
Gabrielle is a health professional who has a drive for life and loves adventure. She is a sports & clinical dietitian, exercise physiologist and personal trainer. This allows her to decipher fact from fiction in all things nutrition and fitness.

To Gabrielle, health is not only about the science of the human body, it’s also about the mind. Self belief, body love and trying new things will build confidence and ultimately lead to good health.

If you need help with an individualized plan for sport, health or weight loss, visit her website for more information: www.changingshape.net.au
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 DIETING FEARS  RUINING FOOD  ENJOYMENT
With the ever-increasing list of fad diets that the average person tries, it’s no wonder we have lost our food enjoyment and it’s hardly surprising that ‘disordered eating’ is on the rise.
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Cholesterol is a fatty substance which occur naturally in our blood.
Our body makes cholesterol and we can also get it from food.
The level of cholesterol in our blood varies from person to person.
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Cholesterol is a fatty substance which occur naturally in our blood.
Our body makes cholesterol and we can also get it from food.
The level of cholesterol in our blood varies from person to person.

There is  “good” and “bad” cholesterol. Too high level of “bad”
cholesterol is one of the risk factors that can lead to heart disease.
Cholesterol can build up on the inside of our arteries,narrowing them
and making it harder for our blood to run through.
Narrow arteries can become blocked, stopping the flow of blood.
If an artery feeding your heart becomes completely blocked,
you will have a heart attack.

More people in Australia die of cardiovascular disease than
any other condition.

Other risk factors are: high blood pressure , having diabetes and smoking.
Also men over 45 and women over 55 may be at increased risk of heart disease.

You may also have inherited a gene from your parents that causes
high blood cholesterol.
The usual goal for cholesterol content is 5.0  MMOL/L.  For some
it could be lower. Check with your doctor.

How to lower your blood cholesterol.
Step 1. Change your eating habits.
To keep your cholesterol level down you need new healthy eating habits.
Avoid foods containing saturated  fat.
Eat plenty of rice, pasta, breakfast cereal, fruit, vegetables & legumes.
Eat a moderate amount of fish, lean meat, chicken, low-fat dairy products,
eggs ( no more then 2 to 3 per week) and nuts.
Small amounts of “bad” oils, margarines and alcohol.

Step 2. Medication.
For some people , changing their diet may not be enough and
it may be necessary to add a medicine to lower cholesterol.
Have your cholesterol level checked regularly by your doctor.

Losing your mind is the most destructive disorder that a human being
can encounter. Most people who become senile and develop Alzheimers or other unchangeable form of brain degeneration are
aware of it. The worst of it is: we do most of the damage to ourselves.

The amount of information processed by your ten billion brain cells
each second makes our most advanced computers look like
children’s toys.Your brain controls everything, from the smallest
wiggle of your toes to the momently balance of hundreds of hormones
and the microscopically regulated metabolism of all the thirty trillion cells that enables you to think, feel and behave like a human being.

When only a few thousand brain cells get damaged or die,it effects
our whole body. Because of poor nutriton, pollution in our body,
over-use of drugs and lack of exercise, progressive brain damage
builds up. Our intelligence declines, memories fade, muscles astrophy,
bones weaken, immunity is lost and we become aged and an easy
prey for every disease.

Undoubtedly,the final solution to disease lies in the prevention of brain
degeneration.The good news is that recent nutrition science have discovered ways to maintain and even improve brain function.

In the average person, the first brain function to go is memory, starting
at age 30 and accelerating after the age of 40.As long as you can store
new information in long-term memory and recall it, you can change
your behaviour, improve your skills and enhance your life.

If that capacity declines, you become an automat, not able to learn
anything new, forever re-enacting the habits and memories of  an
increasingly distant past.

In order to prevent this decline, it is good to know something about
the structure of the neurons, which are the nerves in our brain.
Each neuron consists of a stringy filement called a dendrite, then
a cell body, then another stringly filement called an axon.

The dendrite carries nerve impulses towards the cell body and the
axon carries them away again. The nerve impulses carry information,
much like the electrical impulses that carry your spoken information
along a telephone line.

However, unlike phone lines, neurons are not connected to each other.
The end of axon of each neuron stops near the ends of dendrites of
other neurons. The gap between the axon and the dendrites is called
a synapse. The transmission of nerve impulses across the synapse
is accomplished chemically by the release of neurotransmitters,
compounds that flow from the axon to the neighboring dendrites.

Two of these compounds known to be involved in memory are
serotonin and acetylcholine. Both are formed from specific essential
nutrients that your body can’t make. You must obtain them from your diet.

Learning is stored as memory mainly through modification of synapes.
The particular pattern of synaptic discharges, called up by learning
new information, sensitizes the neurons involved to trigger that pattern
more easily on subsequent occasions. When the pattern recurs,
memory of what was learned recurs also.

A new  important  discovery is that the amount of neurotransmitter
present at the synapse, determines wether or not memory storage
takes place. If the amount of neurotransmitter is reduced, memory
storage is disrupted. We look at serotonin first.

The results of animal experiments at the Center for Neurobiology
at the Columbia University show that memory  storage can be
increased by intoducing additional serotonin into the neuron.
The same is true for humans, additional serotonin improve memory
storage.

You can improve your memory if you sleep immediately after
studying. Sleeping cuts off all further input and thus prevents
interfering material from blocking storage of the learning.
Now we know that the neurotransmitters are more important.
Serotonin is released in large quantities into the brain as you fall
asleep. It is the additional serotonin that improves memory storage.

The drug zimelidine also increase brain serotonin and imroves
memory. Serotonin is formed in brain neurons from the essential
animo acid l-tryptophan. The rate of serotonin formation  depends
on the amount of l-tryptophan that is available to the brain from the
blood.

To raise your blood tryptophan you can eat proteins that contain
tryptophan or you can take a pure tryptophan supplement.
People in European countries have free access to this essential
amino acid.

Because of the blood/brain barrier however,only an l-tryptophan
supplement will raise brain tryptophan without difficulty.
Transport of amino acids accross the blood/brain barrier is
limited. Trytophan is one of the class of large neutral amino acids
(LNAAs), that rely on a specific transporter molecule.

If you eat protein food at the same time as l-tryptophan, the other
LNAAs in the food, isoleucine,leucine, valine, tyrosine and
phenylalanine  all compete with tryptophan for transport, as a
result, only a fraction get through.

You can solve this problem by “neutrolizing” the other LNAAs
in the blood by eating high carbohydrate food with the protein,
like whole-grain bread or rice cakes. Carbohydrates lowers
blood levels of all the LNAAs, except tryptophan, thereby
permitting it to enter the brain preferably and so raise serotonin
levels.Your memory will undoubtedly benefit from it.

The production of brain acetylcholine reduces when we grow
older. However, memory improvement is achieved with the drug
arecholine, which stimulates acetylcholine function.
Brain acetylcholide is made from choline and pantothenic acid
in your diet.

Memory improvement by  taking choline can only be achieved
when taken with pantothenic acid as well.
Especially older people are lacking the essential nutrients, like
folic acid, vitamin B12 and thiamin in their diet.
Any strategy to maintain or improve memory must be based on
complete nutrition.

It is useless to supply your brain with acetylchloline if the neurons,
whose function it is supposed to improve, are already dead.
People with early memory loss still retain functional neurons
on which the choline can act. It is best to start early with choline
supplements before degeneration starts.

Another factor to be taken into consideration is that when choline
is taken it will only increase acetylcholine synthesis in the brain
if the brain is stimulated, for example by studying.
Also exercising the brain seems to be necessary to maintain
your memory level.

Memory improvement doesn’t happen overnight.. In most cases
any improvement can only be experienced after several months,
as it requires new growth of  dendrites and axons and even growth
of whole new neurons.

Science today has shown that it is possible to grow new brain cells.
Dr Fernando Nottebohm has made this remarkable discovery
from animal studies, when after given brain stimulating drugs and
intense mental stimulation, grow new brain cells and connections
in adulthood. Nottebohm believes it is also true for humans.

This new evidence proves that anyone can improve their brain,
but it doesn’t happen overnight. It  can take up to ten months
and six years for acetylcholine increasement.

In an attempt to increase brain acetylcholine with lecithin intake,
you must take into account that lecithin bought in health food
stores contains only small amounts of lecithin.
Only phosphatidyl choline supplements of  about 20 mg  will work.

The latest discovery shows that acetyl-l-carnitine maintains
brain function partly by antioxidant action.It improves memory,
prevents brain cell loss, boosts intelligence and restores
acetylcoline metabolism.

It is used in numerous doses of 1000-2000 mg per day throughout
Europe for treatment of Alzheimers, depression and memory loss
in the aged and for improvement by younger people.