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Submitted by Fitness & Health with Dr. Gabe Mirkin

New research from Columbia University in New York shows that muscle fatigue during and after exercise may be caused by loss of calcium from muscle cells and that drugs that block the release of calcium from muscle cells may prolong endurance (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, February 11, 2008).

When you exercise, your cells use food to generate electricity that causes nerves to send messages and muscles to contract. The energy from food generates electricity by driving minerals inside and outside of the cells, creating an imbalance of the minerals between the outside and inside of cells that causes electrons (electricity) to flow. A major source of this flow of electrons is from muscle cells pushing calcium outside their cell walls. This paper shows that muscles lose calcium continuously during exercise, and eventually do not have enough calcium to continue pumping calcium outside of cells, and therefore cannot generate as much electricity. This causes the muscles to weaken, hurt, lose coordination and feel tired.

The authors timed mice exercising to the point of exhaustion. Then they gave the mice an experimental drug that blocks the loss of calcium from muscle cells, and they were able to exercise longer. The researchers demonstrated the same process of calcium loss in the muscles of trained cyclists. However, they have not taken the next step of testing the drug to see if it improved endurance, because the drug has not been approved for use in humans. More fitness reports

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Submitted by Keys to Good Nutrition and Tips to Eating Healthy Feast on Organic Whole Food

Dear health conscious friends,

I’m on vacation right now, so I don’t have a lot of time to write my typical lengthy blog posting.
However, I did find this very interesting article on Dr. Mercola’s website all about the toxic dangers and other side effects of artificial sweeteners. Please be sure to read Dr. Mercola’s comments at the end of the article.

This article comes from: http://www.mercola.com

Article Title: Artificial Sweeteners Once Again Linked to Weight Gain,

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/2/26/artificial-sweeteners-once-again-linked-to-weight-gain.aspx

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Submitted by Fitness & Health with Dr. Gabe Mirkin

A study of 9514 middle-aged Americans from the University of Minnesota showed that those that drank diet sodas regularly were at high risk for developing diabetes in later life (Circulation, February 2008). How can this be? Diet drinks do not contain sugar, and it is a high rise in blood sugar after meals that markedly increases a person’s chances of developing diabetes. But who is most likely to drink diet sodas? A person who is overweight and trying to lose weight. So the study does not show that diet sodas cause diabetes. It shows that people who try the hardest to lose weight (and often fail) are the ones most likely to drink diet soda.

However, researchers at Purdue University showed that mice fed artificial sweeteners ate more and put on weight. They believe that a sweet taste causes the brain to seek out more food (Behavioral Neuroscience, February, 2008). The authors propose that: “a sweet taste in the mouth helps prime the metabolism for the arrival of a calorie-heavy, sweet meal into the digestive system.” This study needs to be repeated with humans to see if the sweet taste from artificial sweeteners actually causes people to eat more. Weekly newsletter

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Submitted by The Food Doc Journal

Why should you be interested in mast cells?

Do you have unexplained or poorly controlled symptoms? Do you have severe allergies and/or suspected food intolerance or sensitivity resulting in various health problems. Are your health problems difficult to shake, reverse, or are they being blamed on poorly understood diseases? Have you been told you have irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) but have had little improvement with the treatments offered or recommended to you?

Then you should be interested in learning more about mast cells. A mast cell problem might very well be the cause. They are, at least, likely to be contributing to your feeling ill. They are known to cause severe allergies, unexplained or difficult to treat symptoms effecting numerous parts of the body. The good news is that there are several effective treatments available for mast cell conditions. However, a mast cell problem needs to be suspected before it can be confirmed.

What are mast cells?

Mast cells are unique immune cells that have granules containing various chemical mediators that have many important bodily functions. We have mast cells distributed all throughout our body. These unique cells control many bodily functions and are important immune, allergy and infection fighting or defensive cells. They commonly reside at our body’s various borders where we are exposed or vulnerable to attack. However, if we have too many of these covert immune cells in an area or they misbehave, severe symptoms and serious disorders can result.

Why do I care so much about mast cells?

My interest in these cells over the past year had been primarily because they have been suspected for years as a cause of IBS or the symptoms attributed to IBS. In the past year or so special stains have become available to look for these cells in intestinal biopsies. In just the past few months numerous new research findings have strengthened the link of mast cells to stress, leaky gut and various digestive conditions, especially IBS. However, my interest is not only more intense but is now not just professional. It is personal. I recently confirmed that my wife, who has celiac disease but has continued to have some unexplained or poorly controlled symptoms despite a strict gluten free diet, has exces mast cells in intestinal biopsies done by one of my partners on her about a year ago. This was found after having her previous biopsies evaluated further with special stains for mast cells. I think these excess cells are probably to blame for her apparent refractory celiac disease symptoms and ongoing non-digestive symptoms.

What has been my professional experience with mast cells as a stomach and intestine specialist?

In just over a year I have found over 60 patients who have excess mast cells in their intestinal lining that could only be detected when MCT stains were specifically requested. Almost all of these people would otherwise been told their biopsies were “normal” or non-diagnostic. This includes several of my celiac disease patients on a strict gluten free diet (GFD), usually with “normal biopsies” and blood tests who have continued to have problems. Though most celiac disease patients dramatically respond to a gluten free diet, some continue to have problems. What I have found is that some of these people have increased mast cells in their biopsies. They meet diagnostic criteria for new condition known as mastocytic enterocolitis or what I prefer to call mastocytic inflammatory bowel disease (MIBD).

Why are they called mast cells and what is so unusual about them?

Mast cells have been known about since at least 1878. A German scientist Paul Ehrlich first described them but he mistakenly thought that since they contained granules that their function was to nourish tissues. This mistake is understandable since mast cells are commonly found near blood vessels and nerves. His name for them was derived from “Mastzellen”, a German term for “feeding-cells”. It is now known that these granules contain various chemical mediators important for the role of mast cells in immune and nerve regulating functions.

Why are mast cells granules and chemical mediator release so important?

Full of chemical mediators that are released when their abundant granules “degranulate”, mast cells have a great many effects on the tissue were they reside. Mast cells can be triggered to degranulate, thereby releasing their chemical mediators, in response to mechanical stimulation, stress, and other immune or nerve signals. Mast cells originate in the bone marrow. They then travel via the blood stream and lymph to tissues where they specialize. Their tissue specific specialties depend on their location and functions needed at that tissue location.

Where are mast cells and can they be missed?

Being widely distributed throughout the body, tissue specific mast cells are typically found near blood vessels and nerves though they are hard to see under the microscope without special stains. They are covert. Giemsa, Toludine Blue and special immunohistochemistry stains for tryptase are stains that are used to help see mast cells. However, they are not routinely used. Mast cell tryptase (MCT) stains take of advantage of the large amounts of tryptase in the granules. Giemsa and Toludine Blue stains don’t allow mast cells to be seen well if they have released their chemicals from their granules. Mast cell tryptase is specific for these cells and allow them to be seen even if they have degranulated. It may also stain tryptase that has been released into the tissues.

Since, these stains are not routinely ordered or done on tissue biopsies, increased mast cells is frequently missed. This is a particularly important point in the intestine. Only recently has it been recognized that increased mast cells may be present in intestinal biopsies of people with IBS, especially when abdominal pain is severe and diarrhea is present. However, constipation can occur with increased mast cells. An example of increased mast cells in a biopsy of intestinal tissue is shown below. The mast cells are easily seen with the tryptase stain as brownish cells mixed within the tissue.

In this example of mastocytic enterocolitis in one of my patients and kindly provided as courtesy to me from GI Pathology PLLC, it is clear that there are increased mast cells. You can easily count more than 20 per high power field of view under the microscope and make the diagnosis. However, if the special stain had not been used this finding would be completely missed.

Have you had intestinal biopsies that you were told were normal? If so, you should discuss with your doctor having those biopsies stained with mast cell tryptase immunohistochemical special stains to look for excess mast cells. This usually can be done on biopsy tissue that is still available at the pathology laboratory where your samples sent to be reviewed by a pathologist. Most laboratories retain samples for up to five years, some even longer. If the laboratory cannot do the special stains you can request that samples be sent ot GI Pathology in Memphis TN (www.gipath.com). Lets explore more about mast cells in the next post and I will take up my review of leaky gut again in future posts as well.

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Submitted by Keys to Good Nutrition and Tips to Eating Healthy Feast on Organic Whole Food

Click on the link below and
read what’s happening with
our school children, beef products, and the USDA.

It is truly shocking what has happened…

This link will connect you to an article
at the website for Natural News by Mike Adams.

USDA Recalls 143 Million Pounds of Beef Products Already Consumed by Schoolchildren; Slaughterhouse Atrocities Shock World

My commentary:

With all that’s going on in the beef industry, poultry industry, and with other meat products, consumers must be on their guard, get educated about what’s really happening to our meat and food supply, and start making better choices.

I personally recommend that you buy only organic grass-fed free-range beef that comes from animals that have NOT been fed GMO grain, have NOT been fed or injected with hormones, have NOT been given antibiotics, and that have been treated humanely.

How do you find this kind of meat? You have to take responsibility for your own health and your family’s health, and you have to go out and do some research wherever you live until you find meat products that are actually safe and good for your health. Stop buying your meats at the grocery store. Stop buying the cheapest meats that you can find. Be willing to spend more money on meat that is safe and good for you, and stop wasting your money on processed beef that is unsafe, unhealthy, and actually dangerous to your health. Go to your local health food store and start asking questions about where you can find the healthiest meat. Look on the internet. Talk to people who know about and value organic food. And finally, beware of all of these health destroying processed meat products that are served in all of the fast food restaurants, in almost all restaurants, and that are being served to your kids at school.

Finally, if you live in the country like I do, you might even consider raising a few cows or bulls of your own for meat. I’m planning on doing this quite soon because I will know exactly what grass and hay that I’ve fed my animals. If this is too much for you to do, find a neighbor or someone locally who does this and get your meat from them.

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Submitted by Fitness & Health with Dr. Gabe Mirkin

Nobody has really proven why some people eat a lot and are skinny, while other eat little and are fat. The simplistic explanation of eating less and exercising more to control weight doesn’t work for all people. Researchers at Maastricht University in the Netherlands think that some people burn a greater percentage of the food that they eat than others. They showed that people who are fat burn a lower percentage of the calories that they take in than those who are skinny. They used deuterated palmitic acid, given with breakfast, to measure percentage of calories burned.
Journal reference

Future studies must explain whether some people are genetically destined to be fat because they burn fewer calories, or whether any person who becomes fat will then burn fewer of the calories they take in. That could explain why overweight people continue to get fatter even if they eat less than their thinner peers. More

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Submitted by Keys to Good Nutrition and Tips to Eating Healthy Feast on Organic Whole Food

EAT AN ORGANIC APPLE EVERY DAYI’m sure you’ve all heard this popular saying,

“AN APPLE A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY”

Is there any truth to this popular proverb?

Let me tell you; I’m living proof that this proverb is true. For many years I’ve started my day with some kind of fruit, usually an apple, because I’ve known that it helps to cleanse my colon and to aid my body in the morning elimination process.

As you may not know, there is only one time during the day to eat fruit, and that is always on an empty stomach. The best time is in the morning after you’ve gotten up, had a large glass of water to drink, and have started your day. It is during the morning hours that your body is designed to eliminate the food that it has digested from the evening before. You don’t really want to eat a large heavy breakfast during the morning elimination cycle. Instead, you should focus on eating a delicious organic apple and possibly one other fruit. You can eat fruit at other times during the day as a snack, but always make sure that it’s on an empty stomach. The worst thing you can do is to eat fruit after a meal or with a meal because it will surely ferment in your intestines and cause you lots of problems.

Apples are great at cleaning out your system and aiding your body in the elimination process. It’s only a short while after eating my morning apple that my body experiences a significant bowel movement as part of eliminating the previous evening’s meal.

The best fruits to eat that will aid your body in the elimination cycle are:

organic apples, avocados, organic grapes, watermelon, cantaloupe, organic prunes, fresh organic or dried unsulfered apricots, dates, dried figs, organic cherries, organic pears, grapefruit, oranges, raspberries, boysenberries, organic strawberries, guava, mangoes, and papayas.

These are the best morning fruits to eat because they each have a good amount of FIBER in them which will aid in the elimination process.

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Submitted by Fitness & Health with Dr. Gabe Mirkin

A study from Liverpool, England shows that the maximum heart rate for athletes is lower than for aged-matched sedentary people. At first glance, this makes no sense because you would think that the faster you heart can beat, the more blood your heart could pump and the better an athlete you would be. However, a stronger heart pumps more blood with each beat, so stronger hearts don’t have to beat as often. This means that as you become more fit, your maximum heart rate will get lower, not higher.

Virtually everyone agrees that heart rate depends on the amount of blood pumped toward it by exercising muscles. When you contract your leg muscles during exercise, muscles squeeze veins near them to pump blood toward the heart. Then when leg muscles relax, the veins fill up with blood. The pumping action of leg muscles during exercise forces extra blood to the heart, which causes the heat to beat faster and contract stronger. This is known as the Bainbridge reflex. We know this is true because we are able to transplant hearts. If nerves inside the heart regulated heart rate, the heart would not be able to control its rate of beating since the nerves are cut during the transplant.

Since the strength of leg muscles determines the fastest that your heart can beat and still pump blood, you might expect that athletes with stronger muscles would have faster heart rates. However, they don’t. The researchers at John Moores University in Liverpool showed that athletes have lower maximum heart rates than sedentary people (International Journal of Sports Medicine, January 2008). The maximum heart rate of male athletes was calculated to be 202 - 0.55 × age, and for female athletes, 216 - 1.09 × age. Both weight lifters and runners had similar maximum heart rates, which were significantly lower than the age-matched sedentary people. The athletes have hearts that can pump more blood with each beat than the hearts of sedentary people, so they do not beat as often.

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Submitted by Keys to Good Nutrition and Tips to Eating Healthy Feast on Organic Whole Food

THE DIRTY DOZEN: TOP 12 FOODS TO EAT ORGANICI found this article on the top 12 foods to eat organic on the Daily Green website.www.thedailygreen.com

“Not all of us can afford to go 100% organic. The solution? Focus on just those foods that are laden with the highest amounts of pesticides, chemicals, additives and hormones and deploy your organic spending power on buying organic versions of these whenever possible. Can’t find organic versions of these foods? We’ve listed safer alternatives that contain the same valuable vitamins and minerals.1. Beef - According to the Environmental Protection Agency, “meat contains higher levels of pesticides than any of the plant foods.” Similar to milk and milk-based dairy products, many chemical pesticides end up in the animal, which end up in you.2. Milk - The fat in dairy products is another haven for pesticides and chemicals. They also concentrate in the fatty tissues of animals, which gets passed on to you through their milk. Antibiotics and bovine growth hormones are another concern and found in commercial milk, cheese and butter. Organic dairies do not use antibiotics or growth hormones like rGBH or rbST.

3. Coffee - Many of the beans you buy are grown in countries that don’t regulate use of chemicals and pesticides. Look for the Fair Trade Certified label on the coffee package or can; it will give you some assurance that chemicals and pesticides were not used on the plants. It will also mean that fair prices were paid for the end product in support of the farm and that farm workers are treated fairly.

4. Peaches - Forty-five different pesticides are regularly applied to these delicately skinned fruits in conventional orchards. Can’t find organic? Safe alternatives: Watermelon, tangerines, oranges and grapefruit.

5. Apples - Scrubbing and peeling doesn’t eliminate chemical residue completely so it’s best to buy organic when it comes to apples. Peeling a fruit or vegetable also strips away many of their beneficial nutrients. Organic apples taste sweeter than conventionally grown, too. Can’t find organic? Safe alternatives: Watermelon, bananas and tangerines.

6. Sweet Bell Peppers - Peppers have thin skins that don’t offer much of a barrier to pesticides. They’re one of te most heavily sprayed vegetables out there and victim to thirty-nine pesticides commonly use to keep them insect-free. Can’t find organic? Safe alternatives: Green peas, broccoli and cabbage.

7. Celery - Celery has no protective skin, which makes it almost impossible to wash off the twenty-nine different chemicals that are used on conventional crops. Can’t find organic? Safe alternatives: Broccoli, radishes and onions.

8. Strawberries - On average, strawberries receive a dose of up to 500 pounds of pesticides per acre. If you buy strawberries out of season, they’re most likely imported from countries that use less-stringent regulations for pesticide use. Can’t find organic? Safe alternatives: Blueberries, kiwi and pineapples.

9. Lettuces - Leafy greens are frequently contaminated with want are considered the most potent pesticides used on food. Can’t find organic? Safe alternatives: Cabbage, cauliflower and Brussels sprouts.

10. Grapes - Imported grapes run a much greater risk of contamination than those grown domestically. Vineyards can be sprayed with thirty-five different pesticides during different growth periods of the grape and no amount of washing or peeling will eliminate contamination because of the grape’s permeable thin skin. Can’t find organic? Safe alternatives: Blueberries, kiwi and raspberries.

11. Potatoes - America’s popular spud ranks hight for pesticide residue. It also gets the double whammy of fungicides added to the soil for growing. Can’t find organic? Safe alternatives: Eggplant, cabbage and earthy mushrooms.

12. Tomatoes - The standard regimen of pesticides used on conventionally raised tomatoes are thirty. Their easily punctured skins are no match for chemicals that will eventually permeate the whole tomato. Can’t find organic? Safe alternatives: Green peas, broccoli and asparagus.

If the cost of buying all organics isn’t within your budget, fear not. Check out The Daily Green’s top ten list of fruit and vegetables you don’t need to buy organic, with tips for buying and how to clean, store and use them in delicious recipes.”

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Submitted by Fitness & Health with Dr. Gabe Mirkin

Is it better to rest completely or exercise gently while recovering from an injury? According to a study from the University of Wisconsin in Madison, it is better to exercise at low intensity while recovering from an injury or surgery. The researchers found that motion during recovery limits muscle atrophy, accelerates tendon healing, and prevents joint stiffness. This explains why most doctors refer their injured or post-surgical patients for physical therapy and rehabilitation exercises.

If you are in reasonable shape and stop exercising for any reason, your muscles become smaller and weaker and are at increased risk for injury when you return to exercising. Gentle stress on a muscle or tendon can help to prevent this loss of strength. Mild exercise is a stimulus for cell growth. However, if you pull too hard on a weakened muscle or tendon, you can tear it and delay recovery.
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Submitted by Keys to Good Nutrition and Tips to Eating Healthy with Organic Whole Food Feast

Hippocrates’ Advice - Keys to Good Nutrition & Tips to Eating Healthy Feast on Organic Whole Food

YOUR FOOD WILL BE YOUR REMEDY

“Your Food Will Be Your Remedy,” said Hippocrates, the great physician-teacher and father of medicine. In this profound maxim, Hippocrates described the secret to living a healthy lifestyle; namely, eating a live healthy organic whole food diet.

Natural, organic, whole food such as fresh fruits, berries, greens, vegetables, seeds, nuts, and sprouts have remarkable nutritive compounds that give life to the human body and help cleanse, purify, and rebuild the body when it is weakened and struggling to overcome ailments. These live whole foods are loaded with thousands of naturally occurring nutritional compounds, vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients, antioxidants, live enzymes, and amino acids in their natural synergistic state that can only be obtained from these live foods. These bioavailable nutrients cannot be isolated and placed into a synthetic vitamin or mineral supplement. Learn to enjoy the Feast of local, fresh, all natural, live organic whole foods every day.

“True wisdom consists in not departing from nature, but molding our conduct according to her wise laws.” - Seneca

Now, think with me for a moment about your daily diet.
Is the food you’re eating being a “remedy” or a “curse” to your body?

If you were to take Hippocrates’ wisdom and apply it to your lifestyle,
what would your eating habits look like?

What kind of nutrition would you be putting into your body?
Which denatured processed toxic foods would you stop buying and stop eating?

What fresh fruits & vegetables would you start eating several times a day?

I created this blog to be personal and practical, not theoretical. My hope is that the information you learn from this blog will lead you to make some very significant changes to your eating habits.

Start applying this ancient wisdom to your diet today by making good nutritional choices one day at a time. Decide right now that your food will be your remedy and that you will start eating healthy.

Thank you so much for visiting my health and nutrition blog. Please check back often for my most recent postings on good nutrition and on eating healthy, and consider adding my RSS FEED so that you can be kept up to date on all of these health and nutrition articles. As a defender of your health, I am dedicated to providing you with the Keys to Good Nutrition and Tips to Eating Healthy. I’m also devoted to encouraging you to eat 5-9 servings of fresh organic fruits and vegetables every day, and the next best way to do that is by drinking the Feast, by Uri International, which is a live whole food based InstaFresh juice powder drink by Yuri.

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Submitted by Fitness & Health with Dr. Gabe Mirkin

It’s almost impossible to damage your lungs by breathing cold air when you exercise. More than 70 percent of the energy produced by your muscles during exercise is lost as heat. This extra heat can be used in your nose and bronchial tubes to warm the air as it travels to your lungs. Air inhaled at 40 degrees below zero Fahrenheit will be warmed to more than 100 degrees by the time it reaches your lungs, so your lungs will not suffer from frostbite.

However, air that cold will burn your nasal membranes and cause pain in your nose that is so severe that you will lose interest in exercising very quickly and look for shelter. To protect your nose in very cold weather, you can cover it with a scarf, balaclava or face mask placed over your nose and mouth.
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Submitted by Keys to Good Nutrition and Tips to Eating Healthy with Organic Whole Food Feast

WHAT IN THE WORLD IS A
“L-O-C-A-V-O-R-E?”

Today I’d like to share an article with you that I found on Mike Adam’s website, NaturalNews, focused on an interesting new word, “LOCAVORE.”

(NaturalNews) Ever hear the word “locavore?” This was the New Oxford American Dictionary word of the year for 2007. A locavore is a person who chooses to eat food that has been grown and produced locally…

Please click on the link below to read the whole article.

Word of the Year Describes Eco-Friendly Eaters

I’m sure that you’ll enjoy this article and learn a lot about eco-friendly eaters.

You might even want to become one!

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Submitted by The Food Doc Journal

Prometheus Therapeutics and Diagnostics has modified their celiac genetics testing and reporting. They are now including the number of copies of DQ2 and DQ8. Along with the DQ results they also include a table that summarizes the risk of celiac disease over the general population. Previously Prometheus only reported the presence or absence of DQ2 or DQ8. If you happened to be positive for both DQ2 and DQ8 then we knew your entire DQ pattern. However, if you only had one copy of either or two copies of one the results had less value for determining your risk of celiac disease, its severity and the possible risk of your parents and children for having at least one copy of the at risk genes predisposing to celiac disease.

Now Prometheus provides a very detailed report of the DQ2 and DQ8 genes detected along with an estimate of your risk of celiac disease. They also include a table that summarizes the various at risk DQ patterns and their relative risk compared to the general population.

An example of the new Prometheus reporting method is shown below (may require zoom to see well).

As you see they report the detailed DQA1 subunit and DQB1 subunits as well as number of copies of DQ at risk genes. The two risk patterns for celiac disease are DQ2 and DQ8. The table is shown below but will likely require you to zoom on the page to be able to read it.

However, the current testing still does not include other DQ types, DQ types that are reported to carry risk of gluten sensitivity. Other DQ patterns have also been associated with specific types of gluten sensitivity and gluten related illness such as neurological problems such as balance difficulties (ataxia), skin problems and microscopic colitis.

To understand the table and the risk estimates you must also understand the terms homozygous and heterozygous. Homozygous is when you have two copies of the same gene, one from each parent. DQ patterns reside on chromosome 6. Each of us has 46 chromosomes, 23 pairs, and therefore we all have two copies of chromosome 6, one from each parent. We all have two DQ patterns, one from each of parents, such that we are all DQx/DQx, where x is a number between 1 and 9. I am DQ2/DQ7 and my wife is DQ2/DQ5. We are both therefore heterozygous for DQ2 that is we have only one copy of DQ2. Scott Adams, the founder of celiac.com is DQ8/DQ8, he is homozygous for DQ8.

Homozygous means you have two copies e.g. DQ2/DQ2 whereas heterozygous means you have one copy of DQ2 or DQ8. Some people have one copy of DQ2 and one of DQ8 (DQ2/DQ8) and they are higher risk for celiac disease than someone with only one copy of either DQ2 or DQ8 but not as high as someone with two copies of DQ2 (DQ2/DQ2). Since DQ2 carries greater celiac disease risk than DQ8 then one copy of DQ2 plus a DQ8 (DQ2/DQ8) is higher risk than having two copies of DQ8 (DQ8/DQ8).

Other laboratories besides Prometheus providing DQ testing are Kimball Genetics, LabCorp, Bonfils, Quest and Enterolab. However, Bonfils actually does the testing for Quest and Enterolab. Also, Bonfils, and therefore Quest and Enterolab, only do a portion of DQ2 and DQ8 testing. Bonfils only tests for the beta subunit portions of the DQ molecules. This means that they can miss a minor alpha subunit component of DQ2 that does carry an increase risk of celiac disease though the test may report you are DQ2 and DQ8 negative when you may or may not be.

I will be reviewing this in more detail but I wanted to provide this new information about the changes in Prometheus celiac DQ genetic testing. If you are still confused by your test results or want more personalized review of your results, symptoms or diagnostic tests I recommend you see a physician who is an expert in celiac disease and understands these tests. I also offer on-line consultation for a reasonable fee through a secure consultation site medem.com. You simply register (registration is free) for secure on-line communication and request a consultation. The fee is $50. Some insurance companies will cover on-line communication. For those in Colorado or willing to travel you can contact my office at the number or website below. I see many people from outside of Colorado Springs for consultation though my office staff inform me that my new consult office visits are booked out 6-8 weeks. A more detailed review of the celiac and non-celiac gluten sensitivity has been forwarded to my colleagues Dr. Rodney Ford (www.doctorgluten.com), Dr. Ron Hoggan (author of Dangerous Grains) and Scott Adams, editors of ScottFree newsletter. Ron is working on a book proposal that he, Rodney and I are working on for a book about the broader problem of gluten sensitivity or as Rodney has named it, “the gluten syndrome”.

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Submitted by Fitness & Health with Dr. Gabe Mirkin

If you need proof that exercise helps to keep you young, look at the exciting study from King’s College in London, England reported in the Archives of Internal Medicine (January 28, 2008). The researchers showed that people who exercise regularly have telomeres in the DNA of their white blood cells that are longer than those of couch potatoes. White blood cell telomeres shorten over time and serve as a marker of a person’s biological age.

The active ends of genetic material in cells are covered with a layer of proteins called telomeres. If they weren’t, the exposed ends of the genetic material would stick to anything nearby and the cells would die. However, each time a cell divides to make two cells, a little bit of the telomere is removed. Eventually the telomere is gone, the ends of genetic material stick together and the cell can no longer divide so it dies without replacing itself. Obviously, the longer the telomeres, the longer it will take for the telomeres to be used up so the cells are viable longer.

The study compared physical activity, smoking and socioeconomic status in 2,401 sets of twins. Those who were more active had longer leukocyte telomeres than those who were less active. The researchers concluded that “The mean difference in leukocyte telomere length between the most active (who performed an average of 199 minutes of physical activity per week) and the least active (16 minutes of physical activity per week) subjects was 200 nucleotides, which means that the most active subjects had telomeres the same length as sedentary individuals 10 years younger, on average.”
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Submitted by Keys to Good Nutrition and Tips to Eating Healthy with Organic Whole Food Feast

What Part of the Human Body
Does a Pair of Hanging Figs Look Like?

Today I’d like to share a very interesting article with you by Robin Plan that I found on her website. She actually found this great information on another site: Just A List

“I came across an amazing post on Just A List that I have to pass along.

The doctrine of signatures is an ancient European philosophy that held that plants bearing parts that resembled human body parts, animals, or other objects, had useful relevancy to those parts, animals or objects.

Susan put a lot of time into the her post so look at the samples here and then jump over to
Just A List to view the rest. It’s fun and educational.

Celery, Bok Choy, Rhubarb and more look just like bones. These foods specifically target bone strength. Bones are 23% sodium and these foods are 23% sodium. If you don’t have enough sodium in your diet the body pulls it from the bones, making them weak. These foods replenish the skeletal needs of the body.

Eggplant, Avocadoes and Pears target the health and function of the womb and cervix of the female - they look just like these organs. Today’s research shows that when a woman eats 1 avocado a week, it balances hormones, sheds unwanted birth weight and prevents cervical cancers. And how profound is this? …. It takes exactly 9 months to grow an avocado from blossom to ripened fruit. There are over 14,000 photolytic chemical constituents of nutrition in each one of these foods (modern science has only studied and named about 141 of them).

Figs are full of seeds and hang in twos when they grow. Figs increase the motility of male sperm and increase the numbers of sperm as well to overcome male sterility.

Thanks Susan.” - by Robin Plan
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Submitted by Fitness & Health with Dr. Gabe Mirkin

Dry skin means lack of water, not lack of oil. Skin creams function by creating a temporary barrier on your skin that seals in water.

In the late 1940’s, a doctor at Massachusetts General Hospital took a hard callus off the foot of one of his patients and placed in oil. It remained as hard as ever. Then he placed the callus in water and it became very soft, but soon after being removed from the water, it became very hard again. Then he left the callus in water until it became soft, removed it and then soaked it in oil and it remained soft for a long time. He had shown that dry skin should be treated by using oils and creams to seal in moisture. Cosmetic manufacturers soon produced oil-in-water emulsions which were incorporated into creams designed to seal in water.

However, some studies show that oil-in-water emulsions soak off the outer layer of skin and increase its susceptibility to irritation from cold, rubbing, and various chemicals that you may be exposed to, such as ingredients in cleaning products or cosmetics. The longer skin is immersed in water, the more protective outer coatings of skin is stripped off. Take quick showers and decide for yourself whether using a cream or lotion helps you or not.

All lotions and creams work the same way, no matter how much they cost or what special ingredients they claim to contain. Just pick one that feels and smells pleasant to you.

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