Chemicals and toxins are affecting all of us every day. Our water is impure, our air is polluted, our food is genetically altered, and now, we have to worry about radiation coming our way from the most recent terrible disaster in Japan. Stress diminshes our immune system (our natural defense system). But, what are the signs that we are beginning to lose the battle against the many toxins in our environment? Here are a few: dimished energy, poor digestion, weight gain or sudden weight loss, insomnia and mood swings. As toxic levels build in your body, the secondary signs appear - inability to perform most daily tasks, inability to properly cope with every day stress and inability to intermingle with friends, colleagues and family.
Here's Your Healthy Tip of the Day: If you are experiencing any of the above symptoms, contact my office. You will complete a free Wellness questionaire and enroll into the Wellness Program. You will take control of your body and take charge of your life. Your immune system will improve, your energy will come back to prime and you will feel great! Contact me today! k@kmondesire.com 917-701-7582
Showing posts with label toxicity. Show all posts
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Monday, April 18, 2011
Monday, August 2, 2010
So What's in a Complex B Vitamin Anyway?
Recently, aside from their regular acupuncture treatments, I have been recommending a complex B12 vitamin to boost the immune sytem, help with stress and general toxicity. So, what's in a complex B vitamin that's so good? Well, typically an individual can get all the vitamins he or she needs by good daily nutritious food intake. But, stress and the environment, coupled with unhealthy lifestyle can lead to depletion of these very important ingredients. Here's the 'skinny' on the B's (and thanks to Nutrition Data for keeping this simple):
Vitamin B1 (Thiamin): Vitamin B1 is a water-soluble vitamin that the body requires to break down carbohydrates, fat, and protein. Every cell of the body requires vitamin B1 to form adenosine triphosphate (ATP). Vitamin B1 is also essential for the proper functioning of nerve cells.
Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin): Vitamin B2 is a water-soluble vitamin that helps the body process amino acids and fats, activate vitamin B6 and folic acid, and convert carbohydrates to adenosine triphosphate (ATP). Under some conditions, vitamin B2 can act as an antioxidant.
Vitamin B3 (Niacin): Vitamin B3 is required for cell respiration and helps release the energy in carbohydrates, fats, and proteins. It also supports proper circulation and healthy skin, functioning of the nervous system, and normal secretion of bile and stomach fluids. It is used in the synthesis of sex hormones, treating schizophrenia and other mental illnesses, and as a memory-enhancer.
Nicotinic acid (but not nicotinamide) supplementation improves the blood cholesterol profile, and has been used to flush the body of organic poisons, such as certain insecticides. People report more mental alertness when this vitamin is in sufficient supply.
A shortage of niacin may be indicated with symptoms such as canker sores, depression, diarrhea, dizziness, fatigue, halitosis, headaches, indigestion, insomnia, limb pains, loss of appetite, low blood-sugar, muscular weakness, skin eruptions, and inflammation.
Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic Acid): Vitamin B5 is a water-soluble vitamin involved in the Kreb’s energy production cycle and is needed for the production of acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter. Vitamin B5 also triggers the adrenal glands, is essential in transporting and releasing energy from fats, and enables the synthesis of cholesterol, vitamin D, and steroid hormones. Pantethine—a vitamin B5 byproduct—has been shown to lower cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood.
Vitamin B6: Vitamin B6 is a water-soluble vitamin and is part of the vitamin B complex. Vitamin B6 plays a role in the synthesis of antibodies by the immune system, which are needed to fight many diseases. It helps maintain normal nerve function and also acts in the formation of red blood cells. Vitamin B6 is also required for the chemical reactions needed to digest proteins. The higher the protein intake, the more the need for vitamin B6.
Large doses of vitamin B6 can cause neurological disorders and numbness. Deficiency of this vitamin can cause mouth and tongue sores, irritability, confusion, and depression. Vitamin B6 deficiency is uncommon in the United States.
Vitamin B9 (Folate): Vitamin B9, also known as folic acid, is a B vitamin necessary for cell replication and growth. Folic acid helps form building blocks of DNA, which holds the body’s genetic information, and building blocks of RNA, needed for protein synthesis. Folic acid is most important, then, for rapidly growing tissues, such as those of a fetus, and rapidly regenerating cells, like red blood cells and immune cells. Folic acid deficiency results in an anemia that responds quickly to folic acid supplement.
The need for folic acid increases considerably during pregnancy. Deficiencies of folic acid during pregnancy are associated with low birth weight and an increased incidence of neural tube defects in infants. Most doctors, many other health-care professionals, and the March of Dimes recommend that all women of childbearing age supplement with 400 mcg per day of folic acid. Such supplementation may protect against the formation of neural tube defects during the time between conception and when pregnancy is discovered.
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamine): Vitamin B12 is a water-soluble vitamin needed for normal nerve cell activity, DNA replication, and production of the mood-affecting substance SAMe (S-adenosyl-L-methionine). Vitamin B12 acts with folic acid and vitamin B6 to control homocysteine levels. An excess of homocysteine has been linked to an increased risk of coronary disease, stroke, and other diseases such as osteoporosis and Alzheimer’s.
Vitamin B12 deficiency causes fatigue. A small trial reported that even some people who are not deficient in B12 showed a marked increase in energy after vitamin B12 injections. However, the relationship between B12 injections and the energy level of people who are not vitamin B12-deficient has been rarely studied. Oral B12 supplements are unlikely to achieve the same results as injectable B12, because the body has a relatively poor absorption rate for this vitamin.
Source: http://nutritiondata.self.com/
Here's Your Healthy Tip of the Day: If you take vitamins, chances are that your body will pass what it doesn't need through the urine (hence a yellow or lemonade color in the toilet bowl). If you have no other health issues, it can't hurt you to take a B complex vitamin. Combined with regular acupuncture treatments, this could be a winning formula for you!
Vitamin B1 (Thiamin): Vitamin B1 is a water-soluble vitamin that the body requires to break down carbohydrates, fat, and protein. Every cell of the body requires vitamin B1 to form adenosine triphosphate (ATP). Vitamin B1 is also essential for the proper functioning of nerve cells.
Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin): Vitamin B2 is a water-soluble vitamin that helps the body process amino acids and fats, activate vitamin B6 and folic acid, and convert carbohydrates to adenosine triphosphate (ATP). Under some conditions, vitamin B2 can act as an antioxidant.
Vitamin B3 (Niacin): Vitamin B3 is required for cell respiration and helps release the energy in carbohydrates, fats, and proteins. It also supports proper circulation and healthy skin, functioning of the nervous system, and normal secretion of bile and stomach fluids. It is used in the synthesis of sex hormones, treating schizophrenia and other mental illnesses, and as a memory-enhancer.
Nicotinic acid (but not nicotinamide) supplementation improves the blood cholesterol profile, and has been used to flush the body of organic poisons, such as certain insecticides. People report more mental alertness when this vitamin is in sufficient supply.
A shortage of niacin may be indicated with symptoms such as canker sores, depression, diarrhea, dizziness, fatigue, halitosis, headaches, indigestion, insomnia, limb pains, loss of appetite, low blood-sugar, muscular weakness, skin eruptions, and inflammation.
Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic Acid): Vitamin B5 is a water-soluble vitamin involved in the Kreb’s energy production cycle and is needed for the production of acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter. Vitamin B5 also triggers the adrenal glands, is essential in transporting and releasing energy from fats, and enables the synthesis of cholesterol, vitamin D, and steroid hormones. Pantethine—a vitamin B5 byproduct—has been shown to lower cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood.
Vitamin B6: Vitamin B6 is a water-soluble vitamin and is part of the vitamin B complex. Vitamin B6 plays a role in the synthesis of antibodies by the immune system, which are needed to fight many diseases. It helps maintain normal nerve function and also acts in the formation of red blood cells. Vitamin B6 is also required for the chemical reactions needed to digest proteins. The higher the protein intake, the more the need for vitamin B6.
Large doses of vitamin B6 can cause neurological disorders and numbness. Deficiency of this vitamin can cause mouth and tongue sores, irritability, confusion, and depression. Vitamin B6 deficiency is uncommon in the United States.
Vitamin B9 (Folate): Vitamin B9, also known as folic acid, is a B vitamin necessary for cell replication and growth. Folic acid helps form building blocks of DNA, which holds the body’s genetic information, and building blocks of RNA, needed for protein synthesis. Folic acid is most important, then, for rapidly growing tissues, such as those of a fetus, and rapidly regenerating cells, like red blood cells and immune cells. Folic acid deficiency results in an anemia that responds quickly to folic acid supplement.
The need for folic acid increases considerably during pregnancy. Deficiencies of folic acid during pregnancy are associated with low birth weight and an increased incidence of neural tube defects in infants. Most doctors, many other health-care professionals, and the March of Dimes recommend that all women of childbearing age supplement with 400 mcg per day of folic acid. Such supplementation may protect against the formation of neural tube defects during the time between conception and when pregnancy is discovered.
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamine): Vitamin B12 is a water-soluble vitamin needed for normal nerve cell activity, DNA replication, and production of the mood-affecting substance SAMe (S-adenosyl-L-methionine). Vitamin B12 acts with folic acid and vitamin B6 to control homocysteine levels. An excess of homocysteine has been linked to an increased risk of coronary disease, stroke, and other diseases such as osteoporosis and Alzheimer’s.
Vitamin B12 deficiency causes fatigue. A small trial reported that even some people who are not deficient in B12 showed a marked increase in energy after vitamin B12 injections. However, the relationship between B12 injections and the energy level of people who are not vitamin B12-deficient has been rarely studied. Oral B12 supplements are unlikely to achieve the same results as injectable B12, because the body has a relatively poor absorption rate for this vitamin.
Source: http://nutritiondata.self.com/
Here's Your Healthy Tip of the Day: If you take vitamins, chances are that your body will pass what it doesn't need through the urine (hence a yellow or lemonade color in the toilet bowl). If you have no other health issues, it can't hurt you to take a B complex vitamin. Combined with regular acupuncture treatments, this could be a winning formula for you!
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Know When to Say "No"
Lately, many of my clients have been speaking of 'toxic' relationships in their lives - whether it be their relationship with their job, coworkers, spouses, friends, or neighbors. These great people stress, suffer from insomnia, lose weight, become ill because of their diminished immune systems, and waste valuable hours of their lives ruminating how to negociate thru these toxic relationships. Acupuncture alleviates the physical manifestations of this toxicity and can eliminate the unhealthy side effects stemming from their stress. It leaves them with an overall feeling of balance and calm.
Yesterday, a patient of mine who has been seeing me on a regular basis for quite a number of years, and who has seen quite a bit of life, shared a great piece of advice that her mother gave her many years ago. She told me to pass it on to others, so here it is:
Here's Your Healthy Tip of the Day: "It's much easier to stay out than to get out."
Stay out of anything toxic at the onset and you won't have to worry about getting out.
If you've gotten yourself into a toxic situation, get out and get out fast!!
Pretty simple, I thought....but then again, life can be as easy as we want it to be. It's all a matter of knowing when to say 'no' and when to 'let go'. Detoxify yourselves today - you'll feel better sooner than you realize!
Yesterday, a patient of mine who has been seeing me on a regular basis for quite a number of years, and who has seen quite a bit of life, shared a great piece of advice that her mother gave her many years ago. She told me to pass it on to others, so here it is:
Here's Your Healthy Tip of the Day: "It's much easier to stay out than to get out."
Stay out of anything toxic at the onset and you won't have to worry about getting out.
If you've gotten yourself into a toxic situation, get out and get out fast!!
Pretty simple, I thought....but then again, life can be as easy as we want it to be. It's all a matter of knowing when to say 'no' and when to 'let go'. Detoxify yourselves today - you'll feel better sooner than you realize!
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