In his travels around the globe, Dr. Weston Price found that the most robust groups were often those who had access to marine and freshwater foods. For example, Polynesian groups had a tooth decay prevalence as low as 0.6% of teeth. That's roughly one in 5 people with even a single cavity, in a population that doesn't brush its teeth, drink fluoridated water or go to the dentist. These individuals had broad dental arches, straight teeth, and fully erupted wisdom teeth as well.As soon as they adopted white flour and sugar as dietary staples,...
Kamis, 29 Januari 2009
Selasa, 27 Januari 2009
Vitamin K2 and Cranial Development
One of the things Dr. Weston Price noticed about healthy traditional cultures worldwide is their characteristically broad faces, broad dental arches and wide nostrils. Due to the breadth of their dental arches, they invariably had straight teeth and enough room for wisdom teeth. As soon as these same groups adopted white flour and sugar, the next generation to be born grew up with narrow faces, narrow dental arches, crowded teeth, pinched nostrils and a characteristic underdevelopment of the middle third of the face.Here's an excerpt from Nutrition...
Minggu, 25 Januari 2009
The Tokelau Island Migrant Study: The Final Word
Over the course of the last month, I've outlined some of the major findings of the Tokelau Island Migrant study. It's one of the most comprehensive studies I've found of a traditional culture transitioning to a modern diet and lifestyle. It traces the health of the inhabitants of the Pacific island Tokelau over time, as well as the health of Tokelauan migrants to New Zealand. Unfortunately, the study began after the introduction of modern foods. We will never know for sure what Tokelauan health was like when their diet was completely traditional....
Sabtu, 24 Januari 2009
The Tokelau Island Migrant Study: Gout
Gout is a disorder in which uric acid crystals form in the joints, causing intense pain. The body forms uric acid as a by-product of purine metabolism. Purines are a building block of DNA, among other things. Uric acid is normally excreted into the urine, hence the name.On Tokelau between 1971 and 1982, gout prevalence fell slightly. In migrants to New Zealand, gout prevalence began at the same level as on Tokelau but increased rapidly over the...
Rabu, 21 Januari 2009
The Tokelau Island Migrant Study: Asthma
Asthma is another disease of civilization. Between 1980 and 2001, its prevalence more than doubled in American children 17 years and younger. The trend is showing no sign of slowing down (CDC NHANES surveys).The age-standardized asthma prevalence in Tokelauan migrants to New Zealand age 15 and older, was 2 - 6 times higher than in non-migrants from 1976 to 1982, depending on gender and year. The highest prevalence was in New Zealand migrant women...
Senin, 19 Januari 2009
The Tokelau Island Migrant Study: Diabetes
This post will be short and sweet. Diabetes is a disease of civilization. As Tokelauans adopted Western industrial foods, their diabetes prevalence increased. At any given time point, age-standardized diabetes prevalence was higher in migrants to New Zealand than those who remained on Tokelau:This is not a difference in diagnosis. Tokelauans were examined for diabetes by the same group of physicians, using the same criteria. It's also not a...
Minggu, 18 Januari 2009
Vitamin B2 Can Help Ease Migraines
If you suffer from migraines, there is some good news for you. This good news comes in the form of riboflavin, otherwise known as Vitamin B2. Taking regular doses of Vitamin B2 is believed to reduce migraine episodes as well as lessen their occurrence.RiboflavinRiboflavin is just one of the eight B complex vitamins that are responsible for breaking down fats and proteins. B complex vitamins also help with the digestive system by providing good muscle tone, and aid in the overall good health of the eyes, skin, hair, liver and nervous system. Vitamin...
Sabtu, 17 Januari 2009
Magnesium And Headaches
More and more doctors are concluding that an imbalance of important minerals like magnesium and calcium is responsible for a large percentage of migraines. This mineral imbalance is one of the key causes why many medications are not successful in treating all headaches. In fact, around 50% to 60% of migraines are linked to lack of magnesium in the body. While experts have not really agreed that magnesium is the ‘missing link’ in the treatment of migraines, more evidence is turning up for its use in migraine treatment.How Magnesium HelpsIt is important...
Positive Attitudes Add Up For Weight Loss
Once you have made up your mind to lose weight and improve your health the next thing to do is mentally commit to it with a positive attitude. Losing weight can be quite a challenge on some days. For some it can be downright tough. It takes time, practice and support to change lifetime habits. Think like a winner. Hold a vision of your goal in your mind daily. Emotions are like muscles and the ones you use most grow the strongest. Strong, positive mental images along with a high emotional anticipation of reaching your weight loss goal is very powerful.Make...
Jumat, 16 Januari 2009
The Tokelau Island Migrant Study: Weight Gain
Between 1968 and 1982, Tokelauans in nearly all age groups gained weight, roughly 5 kilograms (11 pounds) on average. They also became slightly taller, but not enough to offset the gain in weight. By 1980-82, migrants to New Zealand had become especially heavy, with all age groups weighing more than non-migrants by about 5 kg (11 lb) on average, and 10 kg (22 lb) more than Tokelauans did in 1968. The body mass index (BMI) is a rough estimate of...
Weekend Headaches
Weekend headaches can be a common occurrence, but they can strike when you least expect it. Picture this: you have worked hard all week and you are looking forward to the weekend, maybe planning to go out, meet friends, do some shopping or just relax. And then a headache hits you, effectively ruining all your plans for the weekend. This horrible headache that seems to only happen during weekends can be caused by a number of reasons, and we'll examine them all.Caffeine WithdrawalIt is fairly normal to take several cups of coffee during a work day,...
How the Mediterranean Diet Beats High Blood Pressure
The Mediterranean diet is not some new fad diet ... dreamed up by a weight-loss "guru" or as a new health measure. It is thousands of years old. People living along the Mediterranean Sea have been eating a natural diet ... that has been proven in numerous studies to reduce the risk of heart attack and keep blood pressure from rising.The great thing about the Mediterranean diet is ... it's a pleasure to eat and you're much more likely to stick with it. It's easy to adopt this diet as there are no special requirements. Unlike the radical requirements...
Kamis, 15 Januari 2009
12 Questions Your Doctor May Ask You About Your Headache
Approximately 75% of the American population suffer headaches each year. While most headaches are benign or harmless, there are headaches that are severe and dangerous. If you are worried about your headaches, you need to check with your doctor. Your doctor will try to diagnose the cause of your headaches, but in order to make an accurate diagnosis, he or she will need your help. Your doctor will greatly rely on your descriptions and patterns in order to ascertain the possible causes of your headachesIt is a good idea to prepare your responses...
Keep glycemic index of foods low to bolster cardiovascular health, says study
(NaturalNews) Australian researchers recently reported in the Archives of Internal Medicine that a diet rich in low-glycemic carbohydrates leads to lower levels of "bad" LDL cholesterol.A Sydney research team conducted a 12-week study of 129 overweight and obese people an average of 32 years old, with an average BMI of 31.2. The researchers split the subjects into four groups and randomly assigned each group a diet to follow. The first group followed a high-carbohydrate, high-glycemic diet with average protein intake. The second group followed...
Behave Like A Thin Person
Want to lose weight? Want to keep it off? Permanent weight loss occurs when you change negative behaviors.THe most effective point about weight loss with hypnosis is you change you metal view of yourself. You see yourself as thin.You can multiply the benefits of weight loss, especially with hypnosis, when you act like you're thin, even if you are not yet. If you adopt these habits, weight will naturally start to reduce, without effort. There are behaviors that have nothing to do with food that have a direct influence on your physical weight. Do...
Rabu, 14 Januari 2009
The Tokelau Island Migrant Study: Cholesterol and Cardiovascular Health
Let's get right to the meat of this study. It's a direct test of the idea that saturated fat is a cause of cardiovascular disease. If you were to design the perfect experiment to determine if saturated fat causes heart disease, and ethics were not a concern, how would you do it? You would stuff one group of people with as much saturated fat as they would eat for their entire lives, while feeding far less to a genetically identical group. Ideally, you would keep everything else about the diet and lifestyle the same. Then, you would measure...
Tension Headache: The Most Common Headache
If you are a women in your thirties, you are definitely a prime candidate for experiencing tension headaches, the most common form of headache.Quick Facts about Tension Headaches- Tension headaches are the most common type of headache.- Women are more prone (90%) to experiencing tension headaches than men (70%).- Tension headaches are very common in women who are between 30 and 39 years old.- Tension headaches typically appear in the morning and usually get worse as the day goes on.- People who experience tension headaches are often describe feeling...
Selasa, 13 Januari 2009
Fight Cardiovascular Problems with Vitamins and Over the Counter Products
Except pulmonary arteries, all Arteries bring oxygenated blood to the tissues and except pulmonary veins, all Veins bring deoxygenated blood back to the heart. Blood passes into the lungs where Oxygen is pickup and CO2 is expelled. The Blood then through the arteries into capillaries, which are the thinnest and most numerous of the blood vessels and these capillaries helps transport nutrients into the cells and picks up waist products for transport. Blood then flows into the veins and transports CO2 to the lungs. Without the cardiovascular system...
Cardiovascular Diseases
The cardiovascular diseases are those diseases which are caused by disorders of heart and blood vessels. Coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, hypertension, artery disease, rheumatic heart disease, congenital heart disease and failure of heart came under the category of cardiovascular diseases. Most of the western countries face the high and increasing rate of cardiovascular diseases. More people are killed by this disease every year as compare to cancer. A survey concludes that diseases of the heart alone caused 30% of all deaths, with...
Q&A: How do I avoid atherosclerosis and improve cardiovascular health? What if I have been diagnosed with mitral valve prolapse?
In the first part of this question on avoiding atherosclerosis and improving cardiovascular health, we talked about what to avoid so that you don't worsen your situation. Here in the second part, we'll talk about more proactive strategies that you can use for reversing the build up of plaque in your arteries. First off, one of the better-known therapies for eliminating the buildup of arterial plaque is called intravenous chelation. This is a therapy that can truly work miracles and help people avoid heart bypass surgery and other complications...
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