Weapons of Fat Destruction

By Shane Ellison
 
You have weapons of fat destruction. And you are hiding them–probably unknowingly.  This explains why your waist is being defeated by enemy number 1: unsightly belly fat.

As a biochemical evildoer, belly fat slowly destroys quality of life. Among men, it yields boobs. It keeps your soldier from standing at attention. Among women, it stores the “junk in the trunk.” It smothers sex drive. It zaps life-giving energy. It disrupts mental focus.

Are you ready to obliterate it? As a pharmaceutical chemist, I’ve uncovered four weapons of fat destruction: human growth hormone (HGH), leptin, IGF-1 and testosterone.

Reducing Cholesterol Naturally

By Joseph McCaffrey, MD, FACS
We’ve all heard that high cholesterol can kill us. Most physicians react by reaching for their prescription pads. Drugs to lower cholesterol, especially the statin drugs like Mevacor and Lipitor, are among the most commonly prescribed drugs on the market. Unfortunately, like all drugs, they come with side affects. We’d be much better off if we took control of our cholesterol without resorting to drugs.

Pain Relief

“Natural Cures” for Joint Pain and Discomfort

By Jonny Bowden, PhD, CNS

Long before the medical establishment decided to get on board, I was hearing about glucosamine from vets. It helps dogs and people with the pain and stiffness of arthritis. Since almost all dogs eventually suffer from arthritis, and larger dogs frequently suffer with a painful joint condition called hip dysplasia, the use of glucosamine sulfate is of more than just theoretical use in veterinary practice. And there are no “placebo effects” with dogs. They dont get better because they think they’re “supposed” to they either feel (and act) better or they dont.
Glucosamine is naturally synthesized in the human body and is a basic building block of connective tissue, like the cartilage in your knee for example. While we have an ample amount of the stuff when were young, as we age we lose some of it, leading to the thinning of cartilage which frequently progresses to the common condition known as osteoarthritis.

Seven Ways to Look Younger and Slow Physical Aging

By Al Sears, MD

The first step to stop physical aging is to recognize the changes taking place. When youre a child, you can easily measure the physical changes as you grow taller and gain weight. But once you become an adult, physical aging is more difficult to monitor because changes arent as dramatic. But that doesnt mean they dont exist…
As the years go by your pants fit a little tighter. Lifting those boxes of holiday decorations out of the attic is harder each year. And eventually for many people, taking the stairs gets them out of breath by the 2nd floor! But that doesnt mean you have to accept it…
You can stop and even reverse all of these changes. Effectively address the physical signs of aging and your “health span” will soar and youll look and feel younger. Today youll learn specifically how to:
• Build muscle you thought was gone forever.
• Boost your lung capacity for better endurance.
• Strengthen your bones (it has nothing to do with taking calcium!)
• Improve your hearts pumping ability for an ageless heart.
• Melt away excess fat around your middle.
• Return your strength and speed to youthful levels.

The Amazing Power of Lycopene for Prostate Health

By Joseph McCaffrey, MD, FACS

You may have heard about lycopenes before. These are compounds found in many brightly colored vegetables and especially in tomatoes. They’ve gained some prominence because population studies have suggested that men who ate several servings of tomato products a week had a lower risk of prostate problems than those who didn’t.
Now there’s a study from Germany1 showing even stronger proof of the benefit of adding lycopene to your diet.
Benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) is a condition in which the cells of the prostate are starting to become a little abnormal. They aren’t cancerous yet, but it’s considered a precancerous condition. Men who have it are at an increased risk of prostate cancer in the future.

Keeping Your Brain Healthy at Any Age

By Joseph McCaffrey, MD, FACS

It’s bad enough to decline physically. Mental decline is even worse. The idea of losing cognitive ability frightens everyone. It’s especially frightening if you’ve witnessed anyone descend into the abyss of Alzheimer’s. Our ability to think makes us human. Our memories are the record of our life. When dementia robs a person of these, they’ve lost something truly precious.

Take the case of Edith, one of my elderly patients. She had a shuffling gait and a vacant gaze. Because of her live-in caregiver, she was neatly dressed and groomed. As she sat, she looked at the woman next to her, her daughter, and asked: “Where’s Kate? Do you know where Kate is?” “I’m here Mom. I’m Kate.” “No you’re not, my Kate is a little girl. Where’s Kate?”
Sadly, I’ve seen too many people like Edith. But it doesn’t have to happen. You can stay mentally clear and crisp well into old age. You know this to be true — you’ve seen it. I’m sure at some point you’ve met a person with plenty of years under his or her belt who was still sharp as anything. Aren’t those people a delight? Don’t they exude life?

The Impact of Acid on the Body

By Michael Cutler, MD

Most of us are familiar with acid indigestion, or “heartburn.” However, few of us realize that many Americans have chronic, low-grade acidosis (acid body chemistry) because of what we eat. We are, as a nation, chronically acidic.

And fewer of us realize what a devastating impact acid can have on our bodies.

Bone Loss and Joint Pain
According to the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, a seven-year study by the University of California on 9704 women showed that those with chronic acid overload are at greater risk for bone loss than those who have normal pH levels.

Why? Because when your body is highly acidic, it will do whatever it takes to return itself to a healthier pH balance. Your body steals the calcium, sodium, potassium, and magnesium it needs from your bones in order to buffer the tissue acids and they are systematically eaten away.

Nutrients that Relieve Joint Pain (part 2)

Why Fish Oil May be the Best Therapy for Aching Joints

By Joseph McCaffrey, MD

If your joints ache, you know what inflammation feels like. Inflammation hurts. An inflamed area is red, swollen, hot — and most of all — tender.Inflammation is part of the body’s response to infection or injury. In the right amount, inflammation serves a vital purpose. But in excess it becomes a problem itself, causing pain and even damaging healthy tissue.
The two most common forms of arthritis, osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis both share excess inflammation as the source of much of the misery they cause. Toning down the inflammation eases the pain.

Traditional medicine tries to do this by doing what it always does. It throws drugs at the problem.

Nutrients that Relieve Joint Pain (part 1)

A Spicy Herb that Soothes Hot Joints

By Joseph McCaffrey, MD

Normal wear and tear on our joints gets the better of most of us over time. Joint pain happens. There’s a lot that can be done to prevent it, but once it happens, most people reach for one of the anti-inflammatory drugs filling the shelves at pharmacies.

Unfortunately, using these drugs comes with a price. Acetaminophen is toxic to your liver. Ibuprofen and drugs like it have a range of serious side effects (one estimate places the number of hospitalizations resulting from ibuprofen at over 100,000 per year and the number of deaths at 16,500!(1) Clearly, it’s worth finding alternative treatments.

Natural Treatments for A Healthy Prostate

By Dr. Jonny Bowden, PhD, CNS

Does waking up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom sound familiar? If you’re a man and you’re over 40, chances are you’ve experienced the all too common symptoms of an enlarged prostate also called BPH. Frequent urination, especially in the middle of the night, is the signature of this annoying but essentially harmless condition. So is a hesitant, interrupted or weak stream of urine, a pressing urgency to urinate, leaking, or dribbling.

A healthy prostate gland is about the size of a walnut, and sits right under the bladder. Its main purpose is to store and secrete fluid that makes up about one third of the volume of seminal fluid. For various reasons, the prostate will enlarge as we age, causing the urinary tube known as the urethra to constrict making urination difficult.