Hypertension affects millions of people. It is characterized as chronically elevated blood pressure. There are numerous, conventional treatments for hypertension including Calcium Channel Blockers (CCB’s), ACE drugs, Beta Blockers, Angiotensin antagonists and thiazide diuretics. There are many side effects with blood pressure lowering medication and patients should be educated as to the potential risks. Calcium
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Despite the continuous emission of radiation being released from the Fukushima power plant in Japan, The U.S. is still continuing to import fish, seafood, vegetables and other foods from Japan, from the regions that are most exposed to radiation! Although conflicting reports are saying that the U.S. government is monitoring radiation levels in fish, reports
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There is no such thing as good and bad cholesterol. These terms are fictitious. In fact LDL the so called ‘bad’ cholesterol and HDL the so called ‘good’ cholesterol are not even cholesterol, they are lipo-proteins, transports for cholesterol. LDL is what is called low density lipo protein. Its function is to transport cholesterol from
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Detoxing has become hip lingo in the health world. Look at what is out there and you get dizzy. I’m going to share what I have come to learn about detoxification in this article; things that will help you to improve upon your ability to detoxify, as well as things to avoid. I have recently
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Last week I was telling you about the incredible antioxidant and detoxification capabilities of glutathione in the body. Glutathione is indeed a vitally important antioxidant, being the most concentrated of the 5 endogenous antioxidants your body produces. It is one of the key pieces of anti-aging and for preventing the potential damaging effects of free
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Detoxification this, detoxification that. What is meant? Along with Glutathione transferase, The family of 50 enzymes known as Cytochrome P450 are the heavy hitters for detoxification in the human body. This powerful enzyme system is so vital for human physiology, your body is in a dire state when its production gets reduced. Pharmacology has been
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There are only 3 raw materials that the human body can use to make energy: protein, fat and carbohydrates. Protein is an essential macro nutrient that yields 4 calories per 1 gram. Protein is essential for brain cell function, liver detoxification, for initiating almost ALL enzyme reactions in your body and is an important anabolic
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You may have heard of it somewhere. You may have read about it on a website. You may even be taking a supplement that raises its levels in your body. Or you may have never heard of it, or have been told that it is not something that you can control. I’m talking about Glutathione.
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Where does all of that mercury come from, amalgam dental fillings or vaccinations? While these are very real sources of mercury contamination, the majority of mercury that we are exposed to gets released into the environment from coal emissions and the metal smelting industry. But the United States is only a small contributor to environmental
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What constitutes a healthy and normal total cholesterol level? The answer may surprise you. Has it ever occurred to you that the reason that mainstream medicine places so much attention on total blood cholesterol levels is because cholesterol lowering drugs are the most financially profitable drugs in history? I gave a recent talk at a
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