Scientific Update August 2005

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There is an extensive amount of important information;

please read carefully.

 

This is a scientific update as I have promised. It is also to thank you for visiting our website and or benefiting from our state of the art nutritional supplements. This update will keep you informed with important new research. 

 

I welcome you to visit our site Body Language Vitamin Co and use our Body Mass Index Calculator and to take our copyrighted health scan. Additionally, please read our many Educational Resources that provide a wealth of healthy information in Word and PowerPoint presentations.  These health tools are free to you and provide important information regarding your wellness.  I would also encourage you to pass this update on to all of your friends, family and anyone that you love, like or care about.

 

Dr. Seidman’s book titled Save your Hearing Now is at Time Warner Publishing house in the editing phase. It is due on shelves by the summer. 

 

We need to do more about protecting our hearing. It is a precious and often overlooked resource, UNTIL IT IS GONE!  This book outlines important preventive measures and provides scientifically validated strategies to slow and in some cases reverse hearing loss, using a patented and proprietary system.  Keep an eye (or an ear) out for the book, you are sure to love it.

 

New patent awarded to Dr. Seidman. Seidman was just notified by the patent office that his molecular aging test is novel and patentable. Dr. Seidman, using highly sophisticated molecular biologic techniques has developed a test that determines an individuals MOLECULAR AGE.  Take for example two 50 year old individuals. Susie, in Michigan is living life correctly. She is at the appropriate weight, eats a healthy diet, does not use tobacco products, exercises 5 days per week and drinks moderately (2-4 drinks/week). Contrast this to John in Aspen Co (7800 feet above sea level, so he is exposed to more ionizing radiation), eats fast food daily, smokes 1 pack of cigarettes/day, does not exercise and drinks excessively.  When we look at their MITOCHONDRIAL DNA we find that Susie has the DNA of a 35 year old while John as the DNA damage of a 75 year old.  This is very exciting news in the war on aging!  Interestingly enough a new study by Kujoth et al in Science 2005;309:481-484 showed that genetic mutations in the mitochondria set off a cascade of signals that cause programmed cell death. (This has been the subject of study for Dr. Seidman for more than 15 years!). They end their comment by stating: (Prolla states this) “ then we can begin to think about pharmaceutical interventions to retard aging by preserving mitochondrial function”

This is PRECISELY the patent that was awarded to Seidman in 1999 and has already unfortunately been “knocked” off by two separate companies. This is the Anti-age Energy formula made by Body Language Vitamin Co

Thus, not only can we assess your molecular age, we can “treat” it and essentially slow the aging clock down and in some cases even reverse it a bit!  Pretty amazing science!

 

Personal Use of Hair Dyes and Risk of Cancer

Takkouche et al JAMA May 25, 2005 Vol 293; No 20

 

This study evaluated 210 articles on the above subject. They did not find strong evidence of a marked increase in the risk of cancer among personal hair dye users. However, they mentioned that some cancers of the blood have been shown to increase (noted in 1 or 2 studies). They conclude that hair dyes are probably safe, but that further investigation is warranted.

 

Physical Activity and Survival After Breast Cancer Diagnosis

Holmes et al JAMA May 25, 2005 Vol 293; No 20

 

Holmes studied 2987 registered nurses in the Nurses’Health Study who were diagnosied with stage I-III breast cancer between 1984-1998. They found that compared to women who engaged in less than 3 MET-hours per week of physical activity had a greater risk of death from breast cancer than thoughs who exercised more.  Essentially, they were able to conclude that physical activity after a diagnosis of breast cancer may reduce the risk of dying from the cancer. They found the greatest benefit in women who performed the equivalent of 3-5 hours of walking per week (at an average pace). Interestingly, they did not find that more exercised further lowered the risk.  I vote for the preventive aspects and exercise BEFORE you get a cancer (there are numerous articles supporting the benefits of routine exercise and a decreased risk of cancer). We must swing the pendulum to preventive medicine, not treating after the fact.

 

Essential Nutrients:Food or Supplements? Where should the emphasis be?

Lichtenstein and Russell JAMA July 20, 2005 Vol 294, No 3

 

We all know that eating a healthy diet is CRITICAL. However, our fast paced lives do not always allow for this. Hence taking only one example, our diet is heavily weighted in the Omega 6’s to Omega 3’s (in ~ 20:1 ratio, where it should be in a ratio of Omega 3’s to 6’s of 3:1. For details see the Educational Resources section in the word document and also the powerpoint presentations on The Skinny on the Essential Fatty Acids)  This article supports the use of healthy eating and says the data is not clear regarding nutritional supplementation.  I, of course, disagree and believe that the science has been out there for 25 plus years that SUPPLEMENTATION should be a staple in our daily diets.  This does not mean that we should not have healthy meals, it merely means that we can all use a heaping dose of nutritional supplementation…a shameless plug for ALL OF YOU to be using BODY LANGUAGE VITAMIN CO, flagship four products of the most important pills you can take!:

1. Anti-age Energy formula (patented)
2. Antioxidant Formula (proprietary)
3. Multivitamin (and mineral) formula (proprietary)
4. Essential oils formula (proprietary) 

 

Acute Illnesses Associated with Pesticide Exposure at Schools

Alarcon et al JAMA July 27, 2005 Vol 294, No 4

 

Alarcon demonstrates that pesticides are a notable problem on school property. They surveyed data from 1998-2002 of 2593 persons with acute pesticide related illnesses associated with school exposure.  They essentially showed that both students and employees are exposed to these hazardous compounds. They recommend working with schools to reduce “Pesticide drift” and the adoption of pesticide spray buffer zones in and around the schools.

 

 

Long-Term Effects of Stress Reduction on Mortality in Persons > 55 Years of Age with Systemic Hypertension.

Schneider et al  evaluated 202 human subjects and found that specific stress-reduction approaches can be used to prevent and control high blood pressure. The example cited was Transcendental Meditation (TM). HAVE YOU MEDITATED TODAY? 

 

 


Cut back on red meat to avoid colon cancer

Jean Carper writes that if you eliminate red meat from your diet and eat fish and poultry, you will reduce your risk of colon cancer. A large study showed that eating ~ 6 Oz of red meat (or processed meat) daily, increases your risk of colon cancer by 35%. In contrast they found that if you eat ~ 3 Oz of fish a day, you can reduce your risk of colon cancer by 31%.  HOWEVER, Seidman warns us that the literature is convincing that we have to be careful about the fish we eat because of the mercury, lead, PCB’s and other toxins that are in our fish today.  This is yet another reason to STRONGLY consider consuming four pills of our outstanding Essential Oils Formula each and every day.

 

Dr. Seidmans Upcoming Lectures

(feel free to come!)

1. Sept 14, 2005  Complementary/Integrative Medicine: Options for healing

2. Sept 23-27 Courses on Nutrition, Inner Ear Medicine, Tinnitus, Complementary/Integrative Medicine etc American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Meeting Los Angeles, CA (Westin Bonaventure Hotel)

3. October 11, 2005 Electrical Stimulation of the brain to treat tinnitus. International course on hearing loss and related issues. Niagra Falls

4. Oct 19, 2005 Overview of Tinnitus; American Tinnitus Association Web Course. www.atacourses.org

5. Oct 22, 2005 Nutrition and your health: Fact or Fantasy, and other health related topics. Visalus Inc San Diego, CA (Contact Zorica at 248-248-526-3776 for more information)

6. Dec 5, 2005 Tinnitus Workshop at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md, Sponsored by the NIH

7. Feb 26-Mar 2, 2006 Extracts of Red wine and their effects on aging. To the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, New Orleans, LA

 


Remember, we have nine outstanding patented or proprietary formulations designed to improve your overall wellness and quality of life:  Under our product information we have many details of how/why the supplements work and why they are important. Additionally, if you scroll to the bottom of each supplement you will see a link to "Claims Information" or "data", where additional details regarding actual scientifically validated claims can be found.  Our current supplements include:
 
1. Anti-age Energy formula (patented)
2. Antioxidant Formula (proprietary)
3. Multivitamin (and mineral) formula (proprietary)
4. Essential oils formula (proprietary) 
5. Cold and Flu formula (proprietary)
6. Anti-cholesterol formula (proprietary)
7. Menopause support formula (proprietary)
8. PMS formula (proprietary)
9. Phytokids formula (proprietary)

Body Language Vitamin Company’s mission is to promote your health and wellness through responsible lifestyle choices and appropriate supplementation.


I hope you have found this information valuable and helpful. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.  I answer all of my emails; please allow 24-72 hours as we get many questions.  You can also find many other interesting studies and articles by clicking on Educational Resources (A task bar on the left) at Body Language Vitamin Company

Michael D. Seidman, MD., FACS

B.S. Human Nutrition

CEO-Body Language Vitamin Co

Director of Otologic/Neurotologic Surgery/Henry Ford Health System

Director of Complementary/Integrative Medicine Henry Ford Health System

Office: 248-661-7211 (Henry Ford Health System)

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