Medical Info

Sally Byrd, ND, explained why when you eat foods that are not recommended for you blood type, your digestive tract is compromised.  She went as far as to say that when you eat the AVOID foods, it is like making a glue gun injection into your veins.  One of the probable consequences is unwanted plaque build up.  Did you know that about 45% of you are O  blood types, 40% are A blood types, 11% are B and 3% are AB blood types.  The great news is that there are some beneficial blood type foods which help with weight loss. For instance,  good (grass fed) lean beef helps O blood types lose weight.  I speak from experience!  There are also some foods that help you gain weight.  Better to know you blood type and eat accordingly.  Go to www.dadamo.com to learn more.  Email us with your questions.  Sally had a lot more to tell you on our Jan. 2 radio show.  Listen: www.betterfoodchoicesradio.com.

Blessings for a Happy Healthy New Year!
ellen

A study presented to the American Heart Association revealed that many obese teenagers, pre-teenagers and children have stiff and thick arteries, the same condition found in 45 year olds.  This means that these young boys and girls could suffer from serious heart disease as early as in their 20’s and 30’s.  Nope, this is not natural.  Heart attacks and strokes at this age will not only shorten their life-spans, their productivity levels as living adults will be seriously altered.  In addition, the cost of caring for this generation of cardiovascular disease candidates will be staggering.  Why not just lose the weight instead of losing your life.  

This is serious stuff.  WIth over 16 percent of kids being obese and an additional almost 16 percent overweight, we are looking at about one in five kids with old sick arteries - maybe more.

There are simple solutions, beginning with giving up the white carbs, junk foods and bad fats, and, start moving.  Please, wake up and help reverse this trend.

… for the health of families,
ellen

Fortunately, I cannot stand the smell of air-fresheners.  Perfumes give me headaches - I am one of those.  Thus, I have never been tempted or lured by the sell phrases of air-freshener companies. 

I hope you are not tempted or lured into buying and using air-fresheners.  Research supports the fact that none of us should:

1. Increases risk of pulmonary diseases
2. Raises odds of developing asthma symptoms by 71 percent
3.  Chemical 1,4 dichlorobenxene often found in air fresheners, make it more likely for those with high blood pressure to see a reduction in lung function
4. When used in small rooms not well ventilated (bathrooms!), the emitance of pollutants that cause high levels of formaldehyde, a cancer causing carcinogen, can lead to respiratory irritation.

Dr. Norina Ocampo, a pediatrician who recently was interviewed on our Blog Talk Radio Show, Better Food Choices, said the number one illness in her practice is upper respiratory infections.  The number of her patients with asthma is on the rise.  I’ll bet that air-fresheners in the home, even baby rooms, are causing some of these illnesses.  Little bodies with little lungs are vulnerable.  All lungs are vulnerable.

Get rid of those chemically inducin artifical smelling air-fresheners.  Open your windows.

Source: Dr. Weil, “Question: I use air fresheners in my home, but have been told I shouldn’t. Are they bad for my health?”, Prevention Magazine, November 2008, p. 44.

“Almost 60 percent of the US medical schools do not meet recommendations for nutrition education for med students”*

21 hours of nutrition instruction is the requirement in medical schools. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (Vol.83, pp. 941S-944S) reports their new survey of 106 medical schools:

- 41 percent of responding schools provide 25 hours or more
- 18 percent required less than 10 hours
- 36 percent offered less than 5 hours during clinical years, third/fourth year

Since everything a person puts into his or her mouth, chews, swallows, and digests positively or negatively impacts the physiology of the body, it is amazing that medical schools do not pay more attention to nutrition. 21 or 25 hours of instruction in any subject barely scratches the surface.

* Source: “Med schools failing on nutrition teaching”, Stephen Daniells, www.nutraingredients.com/news, April 2006