Scientific Update March 2006
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This is the latest scientific update as 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.
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Save your Hearing Now is at Time Warner Publishing house and should be available by May or June. Are you listening to that iPOD, music loud, working around loud machinery, ride a motorcycle or jet ski, bad genes? All of these and more can cause you to lose your hearing slowly, but surely.
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.
Prostate
cancer and antioxidants:
(Alternative
medicine alert Nov 2005)
Prostate
cancer (PC) is the most common non-skin cancer in men. With more than 230,000
new diagnoses of PC and 30,000 deaths each year, this is a significant problem.
The article further points out that PC will account for 20% of all Cancer in
the US, compared with breast CA (19%), lung CA (16%) and colorectal CA (13%).
Antioxidants
are just that, they fight the oxidation process (oxidative stress) (same
process responsible for a browning of an apple, rust formation, and at least in
part associated with heart attacks, Alzheimer’s disease and cancer, as well as
more than 100 human diseases and disorders. Oxidative stress is known to
produce harmful changes to DNA and cells.
A 13
year study showed that selenium supplementation is associated with significant
declines in prostate (Combs 2004), breast and colon cancer (by the way studies
like this have been present, perhaps on a smaller scale for 20 plus years!)
TAKE HOME MESSAGE: The current article in alternative medicine notes that Selenium and Vitamin E are the most accepted dietary intervention strategies to reduce the risk of PC. While I agree with this statement, there are many other novel strategies to consider, such as specific essential fatty acids, pumpkin seed oil, acetyl-l-carnitine, pine bark extract, etc (ALL OF WHICH ARE IN Body Language Vitamin Co, formulae)
Omega 3 fatty acids and
arthritis
(Alternative
Medicine Alert Nov 2005 and March 2006)
There are five studies shown below. Three were
positive and two were negative (I am trying to be balanced, and in medicine and
science you can always find the pro and the con, thus I do this to be fair)
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Double Blind Placebo Controlled (DBPC) of 40 patients with rheumatoid
arthritis tried 2.7g EPA (eicosopentanoic acid) +1.8g DHA (docosohexanoic acid)
vs placebo and showed significant improvement and reduction in markers of
inflammation and pain (Kremer et al 1987)
•
DBPC 66 patients used 1.4g EPA, 200 mg DHA and 940mg n-6 FA (omega
6 fatty acid) for 4 mo, no improvement (Remans et al 2004)
•
DBPC 64 pts 1.71g EPA + 1.14g DHA vs placebo X 12 mo. EFA treated group
used much less motrin, Tylenol, aspirin, vioxx etc (Lau et al 1993)
•
DBPC 86 patients given 10 ml cod liver oil vs 10 ml olive oil,
evaluated joint pain, and xrays, their study showed no significant difference (Stammers et al 1992)
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Overall recommendation from the articles (although you can always
find pro and con) is to consider EFA’s as a possible treatment for patients
with rheumatoid arthritis (Alt Med alert Nov 2005)
TAKE
HOME MESSAGE: ingest the Omega 3’,s they are good not only for your joints but
for your heart, brain, skin and overall health.
There are many
clinical trials to suggest that a diet rich in Omega 3 essential oils is
critical for overall health (SEE www.bodylangvitamin.com
Educational resource for a full discussion about “The Skinny on Essential Fatty
Acids” there is both a word and PowerPoint document for detailed information).
(You can get all
of these important nutrients through a diet rich in fish, nuts and some fruits
and veggies), additionally, Body Language Vitamin Co Anti-age/energy, MVI, Antioxidant, Essential Oils have the necessary
ingredients.
Coffee,
CYP1A2 Genotype, and risk of Myocardial Infarction
(Cornelis et al JAMA March 8, 2006 Vol 295 No 10 pgs
1135-1141)
This
study shows us that coffee was associated with an increased risk of heart
attacks in people who were slow caffeine metabolizers. This study looked at 2014 people who had a
first non-fatal heart attack and looked at a specific gene and found that
Caffeine
is primarily broken down in your body by the liver through an elaborate enzyme
system known as cytochrome P4501A2 (CYP1A2). If you have a specific enzyme
variability (an adenine gets substituted for a cytosine at position 734…it is
amazing that one little change can cause such problems) it causes you to
metabolize caffeine slowly and increases your risk for a heart attack because
of caffeine ingestion.
TAKE HOME MESSAGE: Difficult,
to say for sure as this test is not readily available. Bottom line is there
will always be studies demonstrating the harmful effects of caffeine, while
other studies show a benefit. Clearly we are beginning to see that some
ingredients in coffee might actually be good for us, but it looks like the
caffeine in coffee, soda and the like are probably not great for us, Jury is
still out on this one.
(Feel free to come!)
1. April
8, 2006 Presenting to Indiana Speech and Hearing Association (ISHA) two
talks: 1. Novel strategies to protect and possibly reverse age and noise
related hearing loss and 2. Middle, Inner ear and brain abnormalities
associated with hearing and balance disorders and imaging findings. Sheraton
Hotel
2. April
21, 22, 2006 Presenting for ViSalus
(a nutritional company).
3. April
28, 2006 Osteoarthritis conference: Present alternative therapies on
Osteoarthritis (
4. May
9, 2006 Visiting professor
5. May 19, 2006 Primary care conference: The management of patients with balance disorders. please contact Cristy at 248-661-7211 for meeting details.
6. May 20-22, 2006 Combined Otolaryngological Spring Meetings: Presenting data re hearing loss prevention strategies: Hyatt Regency Chicago, Illinois
7. May
24-27, 2006 North American Research Conference on Complementary/Integrative
Medicine. Presenting 1.Acupuncture and hypnotherapy for surgical procedures. 2.
The use of Resveratrol to reduce age-related hearing loss. Organized by the
NIH/NCCAM
8. June
8, 2006 Visiting professor State
University of New York,
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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
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