Osteoporosis: Finding the Answers

Bone is a live tissue and constantly regenerating or degenerating!

More than 10 million people in the United States, most of them women, suffer from osteoporosis, a debilitating bone disease in which the bones become porous and fragile and may then break.  

While osteoporosis is most common in women after menopause, elderly men are also affected.
Osteoporosis has no early symptoms, and it is not usually diagnosed until after age 50 and after a fracture occurs.  Because the symptoms -- stooped posture, brittle bones, pain with movement -- are considered by many as simply the result of aging, the majority of people with osteoporosis don't know they suffer from the disease.

Early diagnosis is still the best tool for preventing and treating osteoporosis. To determine if you have osteoporosis, your doctor may arrange for you to have a bone density test measurement scan. Bone density measurements are helpful in deciding whether to begin a prevention or treatment program. Bone density measurement scans use low-dose radiation, less than one-tenth the radiation from a standard chest X-ray...and take only minutes to perform.

Can Osteoporosis be reversed? Yes! The scientifically tested protocols of the BStrong4Life System have been proven to increase strength, balance, bone-mineral density while improving an individual's overall quality of life.

BStrong4Life is the only program available that has the potential to help reverse the aging of your structure by strengthening your entire musculoskeletal system.  BStrong4Life Arlington at Health By Hands Wellness Center is the Bone Health Resource for Arlington and surrounding area.  

Amazingly, just once a week, a 20 minute session has the potential to increase your bone density, and may help to reverse the effects of osteoporosis, strengthen your spine, and improve your athletic performance! 

 

For more information that may help in reversing the effects of osteoporosis as well as strengthening your muscles, bones, and spine...contact Health By Hands for Bone Health Treatment and Therapies with the Bstrong4Life System, Arlington, Texas! Clinic phone number: 817-930-0600. 

 

Say Goodbye to Gluten: Over 200 Clinically Confirmed Reasons to Avoid Wheat

By: PF Louis, NaturalNews

 

This title is the same as a recent GreenMedInfo. com. It contains a list of over 200 health problems, with celiac disease at the top and including many more not normally associated with gluten intolerance.

The author and founder of GreenMedInfo.com, Sayer Ji, prefers the term gluten toxicity to gluten sensitivity or gluten intolerance... "in order to shift the focus away from the victim back to the aggressor, the gluten itself."

Sayer Ji's GreenMedInfo.com article lists all the disorders linked to gluten. They are hyperlinked to articles and abstracts of clinical studies recorded in MedLine since 1971.   

 

Explaining the attack on wheat and other grains 

Negative reports on wheat and other grains have risen considerably in the past decade. The dramatic rise of celiac disease, a chronic gut inflammation that destroys intestinal villi (tiny tubes) responsible for absorbing nutrients, has been a major focus.

 

The gluten toxicity that brings on Celiac disease and other autoimmune reactions is mostly from peptides contained in gluten known as gliadin proteins, which damage the intestinal tract.

In addition to Celiac disease, which if undetected leads to malnutrition that creates other diseases, gluten toxicity can result in several other manifestations of poor health, including chronic fatigue and mental disorders.

Lectins, sticky proteins common to all plants for self defense, are a prominent feature of wheat germ agglutinin (WGA). In addition to flattening out intestinal villi and causing Celiac, they can penetrate gut linings and create leaky gut.

Once lectins get into the blood stream, they can bind to leptin receptors, blocking the leptin sensitivity that lets you know you've had enough to eat, creating a sluggish metabolism, and disrupting insulin balance. In other words, it leads to obesity and diabetes.

So how did the "staff of life" become a week of disease?
This situation has permeated almost all nations. There are some exceptions; for instance, most of Europe doesn't permit chemically bleaching flour to produce white bread. They use sunlight to "bleach" wheat.

For starters, wheat is not the same today. It has been hybrid over time to resist fungus, grow more quickly, and be more pliable for industrial bread baking. 50 years or so ago, wheat contained only five percent gluten. Today, it is 50 percent gluten.

The food industry's concern for production efficiency and perception of consumer demands has focused on the bottom line with the usual disregard to the negative health consequences of fellow humans. Breads and other baked goods are hastily produced with additives and short cuts that are actually toxic.

In the UK, some of Europe, and North America, slightly different high speed methods of baking evolved over time. By adding "improvers" with usually toxic additives and mixing the dough violently, loaves of bread could be baked, cooled, and packaged within a few short hours.

Agricultural resources then sped up the hybrid process for wheat to accommodate the baking industry's mechanical requirements of pliable proteins, leading to the 10-fold increase of wheat's gluten since that time.      

 

Having your cake and eating it too 

Not all of us are prepared to go strictly Paleo and exclude all grains and legumes. Some of us still prefer not to eat animals, and if the food supply bottom falls out, many aren't ready and able to kill and skin deer or other animals to survive.

Grains such as rice and dried legumes are easy to hoard and use for survival if the store shelves become empty overnight. The common concern for rice and legumes is phytates or phytic acid, which can block minerals from being absorbed in our bodies.

Overnight soaking, a prerequisite for cooking dry beans, has been known to minimize phytates, or phytic acid. Rice can be soaked overnight as well. The process of cooking itself reduces phytic acid.

Using sprouted wheat flour can ameliorate some of WGA's toxicity. Baking with sourdough starters instead of normal baker's yeast can help also, while combining both may be optimum (http://www.foodrenegade.com). It appears Whole Foods bakery does so.

Wheat's gluten toxicity is reduced by sourdough starters properly fermented for 24 hours or more. A University of Alberta Canadian cereal microbiologist, Michael Gaenzle, suggests that sourdough bread, homemade or from a trusted bakery, may be at least a solution for gluten toxicity.

He referred to a study where recovered Celiac patients suffered no consequences from eating fermented (sourdough) wheat bread for two days. Those who ate regularly produced wheat bread did have a relapse.

The demand for continuing at least a partial grain diet safely has inspired one company, Vitamin Research Products to offer a natural supplement called Lectin Lock, which they claim will help reduce WGA gummy lectins.

Chronic health issues may or may not be from WGA toxicity. Katherine Czapp, whose WATF article is linked below, suggests testing for Celiac disease with Enerolab. (https://www.enterolab.com/default.aspx)

 

Revealing the Deadly Secrets of Statin Drugs

How to protect your heart without damaging your body

Like most Americans, you're probably doing all you can to keep you cholesterol levels in a healthy range. Taking action is fundamental to preventing heart disease, the leading cause of death in the U.S. Last year alone, Americans spent over $34 billion on cholesterol lowering statin drugs, and doctors wrote over 200 million prescriptions on brands like Vytorin, Lipitor and Crestor!

The Unspoken Dangers of Statin Drugs
Statins, which are now considered the best-sellling drugs of all time, are "the golden child" for those big pharmaceutical companies. But, that doesn't mean these drugs are your best option for cholesterol control, or that they don't have serious side effects. Statins work by blocking production of cholesterol, but they also deplete levels of CoQ10, which your body needs for energy production, particularly in heart cells. Unfortunately, many doctors fail to recommend taking supplemental CoQ10 along with statins.  Research is uncovering other serious effects such as memory loss, headaches, and difficulty sleeping.

Know the Danger Signs of Statin Drugs:

• Muscle pain and weakness
• Numbness and nerve damage
• Extreme fatigue
• Shortness of breath
• Confusion problems
• Depression and hostility
• Sexual Dysfunction
• Heart Failure

However, what's extremely scary, and rarely discussed, is that statins can actually kill. As USA Today reported, "Statins have killed and injured more people than the government has acknowledged."  What's just as troubling, is that most people are unaware that there is a safe, natural way to maintain healthy cholesterol levels without the risks associated with statins.  

 

A Page Right Out of Big Pharma's Playbook
Several years ago, a large drug company tried to put an end to sales of a supplement called Red Yeast Rice, a natural heart remedy used in Asia for hundreds of years. Studies were beginning to show that Red Yeast Rice could safely and effectively balance cholesterol levels with no side effects and with long term benefits.  This drug company was terrified they would lose their lucrative hold on the cholesterol-lowering drug market if word got out that there was a safe, natural alternative to their side effect-laden drug! A firestorm of controversy ensued, but Big Pharma's strategy failed this time...they were unable to get the FDA to enact a ban on Red Yeast Rice.  

 

Red Yeast Rice: The Solution Doctor's Don't Know About Big Pharma doesn't want you to know this, and your doctor may be completely unaware, but research has unequivocally proven Red Yeast Rice can help you achieve optimal cholesterol levels with no side effects. In fact, this has been proven in hundreds of clinical studies published in prestigious medical journals, such as the AMA of Internal Medicine and the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. In addition to reducing "bad" LDL cholesterol levels, studies have shown Red Yeast Rice can even improve "good" HDL, cholesterol levels. Best of all, unlike statins, you don't need to take Red Yeast Rice for the rest of your life, as you get long term benefits, even if you stop taking it, plus it's been proven to be very safe.  

 

Buyer Beware: Not All Red Yeast Rice Is Equal
It's important that you choose a product made with organic Red Yeast Rice, to ensure that it is of the highest quality, and that it has been processed to remove citrinin, a potentially toxic byproduct of the fermentation process. Purchasing low quality Red Yeast Rice may actually cause more harm than good, and you don't want to cut corners when it comes to heart health! Choose a supplement that is made in the USA and contains a clinically effective dose of 1,200 mg of pure, organic Red Yeast Rice.

 

How To Get the Most Out of Red Yeast Rice 

According to Stop Aging Now, an authority on natural heart health, Red Yeast Rice is most effective when it is combined with 3 synergistic ingredients. The most essential of these is CoQ10, which is absolutely critical for a strong and properly functioning heart. Also important are Resveratrol, a powerful heart-protecting antioxidant and standardized pine bark extract, which enhance the cholesterol balancing effects of Red Yeast Rice for optimal heart health.  

 

Helping Thousands Balance Cholesterol Naturally
Stop Aging Now has developed a breakthrough Red Yeast Rice formula, called RED-Q10, which contains 1,200 mg of organic Red Yeast Rice and 3 synergistic ingredients that have been proven in clinical research to provide exceptional protection for your heart; 100 mg of CoQ10, plus standardized Trans-Resveratrol and pine bark extract.  According to experts, RED-Q10 provides comprehensive cardiovascular support unmatched by any other formula. 

 

 (These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent disease).