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This newsletter is about how to fight chronic disease at the deepest level within the center of your cells.
May 20, 2012
Basic Chronic Disease Controller Found!
Hi ,
Last Friday I attended another Neuroendocrine Immunology seminar highlighting the latest findings over the last year and a half uncovering the deepest and most basic system in the body yet discovered as a mechanism behind chronic disease. Why should you care? Because we are talking about:
Arthritis
Asthma
Atherosclerosis
Osteoporosis
Hypertension
Diabetes
Obesity
Migraine
Depression
Stroke
Sleep apnea
Inflammation
Chronic pain
Muscle atrophy
Infertility
Cancer
Autoimmune diseases
The same basic cellular substance - Nuclear Factor kappa beta (NF-kB), can trigger all of these. NF-kB is a protein complex that controls your DNA. It is found in every cell in your body and is part of how your cells respond to stress, local inflammatory hormones (called cytokines), free radicals, and substances you are allergic to. Chronically activated NF-kB has been linked to all the conditions I listed above.
Here is a picture of some of the pathways we were studying:
Now this could all be just very interesting head stuff for medical researchers, except that they have found that a few natural and available substances calm down this NF-kB protein and consequently help calm down all the diseases listed. Now that is information we can take to the bank... or more importantly use to improve our own health.
"What natural substances?" I hear you asking. The two big ones that a ton of research has been done on are Curcumin and Resveratrol. As yet there are no medical pharmaceuticals that have been found to calm down NF-kB.
The seminar went into mind boggling detail about all the biochemical pathways involved and all the research demonstrating the amazing power of these two substances. The studies showed the benefit on everything from obesity to joint cartilage rebuilding, from calming down auto immunity to leaky gut. Curcumin and Resveratrol look like miracle products for so many diseases.
So what is the catch? The big problem is getting the active effects of these wonderful substances into the human body. For instance curcumin really does not dissolve in water to be absorbed by the body. You grab a bottle of curcumin capsules and less than 1% might be absorbed.... kind of a waste of money. (Unfortunately I have been taking it this way myself for a year now.)
Fortunately the supplement company I work with (Apex) has developed a liquid heat-solubilized form of curcumin that is 12 times as effective as capsules of curcumin powder. 1 teaspoon of their product Tumero Active has 450 milligrams of this special curcumin, which is equal in activity to 5400 milligrams of normal curcumin. One bottle delivers 48 doses and goes for $49.
They have put together a similar formulation for resveratrol called Resvero Active. This product has been emulsified and micronized to enhance bioavailability. One bottle of Resvero Active has 48 doses and goes for $58.
Normally I prefer natural food sources for dealing with health problems. But modern life is producing levels of reactive inflammation for reasons I have discussed in many past newsletters that simply can not be addressed with a "foods only" approach. The modern trend towards autoimmune diseases and overwhelmed immune systems needs a more aggressive intervention. The recent discoveries about the role of NF-kB as the base control for cell death and inflammatory responses in our body provides us a point of leverage in the battle to stay healthy in today's world. This is leverage I will use for my health.
I am going to be ordering some Tumero and Resvero active for myself and Ellen tonight (Sunday night). If you would like me to include some for you, email me at david@fairoakshealth.com
and let me know what you want.
Apex has created a 6 week Repair & Clear health recovery program that includes these supplements along with several others and a special diet for 5 of the 6 weeks that eliminates the chief causes of inflammation in the body while repairing the gut and clearing the liver out. This is the real basis of health as health begins in the gut.
Week one focuses on calming down inflammation while weeks 2 and 3 are for intestinal repair and weeks 4 through 6 are for liver detoxification and repair. For someone with significant health challenges I would strongly recommend this program. It is the cutting edge in complementary medicine. I would find it a little too pricey for just casual use (about $695 for the 6 weeks), but a bargain compared to anything medical as an approach that will be much more invasive with negative side effects and questionable results.
Yours in health,
David
The office will be closed this Friday, May 25th.
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Coconut Flour and Coconut Oil
We have the good stuff from Tropical Traditions back in the office again for you. This is not your cheap solvent extracted coconut oil, but coconut oil harvested in the traditional manner - the oil is mechanically squeezed out of the coconut meat without the use of any chemical solvents. These are pure organic coconuts raised without fertilizers or pesticides. Its a little more expensive, but so much better for you.
New Exercise Program
Patients are reporting great results with the new back strengthening program I wrote about in the March 18th newsletter. I highly recommend this program for everyone as we all need stronger backs to counter the effects of too much sitting. If you missed this information here is a link to that newsletter.
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