Thank you very much for your interest in Body Language Vitamin Company's Scientific Formulas

This is a scientific update as I had promised. It is also to thank you for visiting our website and or benefiting from our state of the art 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.  These health tools are free to you and provide important information regarding your wellness.  We are also planning on re-opening our Detailed Health Scan Analysis.  This state of the art analysis provides you with a thorough understanding of your health issues and needs and puts you on the right track to succeed in promoting your own health and wellness (a charge of 75.00 will be incurred- you will receive anywhere from 10-25 pages of important information related to your personal health, and you will be able to email Dr. Seidman directly for any clarification as needed for one week after the scan is returned to you).

 

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.  We are pleased to announce a referral discount.  For any of your friends that place your name in the last box that states "We are always interested in enhancing our site and our importance to you. If there is something that you would like to see on our site or you have special needs for this order, we would like to hear from you. Feel free to enter any comments to us here"  (be sure that they write that you referred them)

We will provide you with an additional 10% discount on your order.  Our company is small and growing. We formulate the very finest all natural supplements and we would love for more people to know about us and the outstanding nutritional supplements and educational resources that we offer. Your help would be most appreciated and rewarded with an additional 10% discount..

 

Interested in distributing Body Language Vitamin Co Supplements?  If you are please contact us at bodlang@aol.com, we will provide you with the information necessary to get started.  We have many physicians, health care providers and educated lay population (that are interested in optimizing their health) already enjoying the benefits of distributing our outstanding supplements.

 

Pizza, an American favorite reduces the risk of certain cancers.

 

The July 21, 2003online edition of the International Journal of Cancer reports a
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Study of 8000 Italians and demonstrated that eating pizza is good for you.  Regular pizza consumption was linked to reduced risk of oral, esophageal, and colon cancer.

There were 300 to 1,200 cases of each type of the above mentioned cancers and 5,000
control patients.  People who ate pizza once a week had significant reductions
in these cancers ranging from 26 to 59 percent.  Also studied, were cancers of the larynx and rectum, but no protective effect was identified.

The protective effect is most likely secondary to lycopene (from tomatoes) content. Lycopenes are very powerful phytonutrients that have strong antioxidant properties and they have been shown to reduce the risk of certain cancers including prostate and cervical cancers (as well as this article showing a benefit in reducing the risk of oral, esophageal and colon cancer). 

 

If you have high cholesterol, be sure to order your pizza with less (or no) cheese.  Mozzarella cheese has a lower content of fat and cholesterol than many other cheeses, so all in all Pizza appears to be a good choice.

 

Alcohol Consumption and the risk of stroke: A meta analysis.

 

Stroke is the 3^rd leading cause of death and disability in the United States.  It falls behind Cancer (number 2 cause) and Heart disease (the number 1 cause).  About 1/3 of stroke survivors are permanently disabled and 20% require institutional care.  Not a pretty sight, and yet highly preventable.  Did you know that roughly 3/4ths of ALL MEDICAL problems are brought on by social/lifestyle CHOICES.  That's right, you can in many situations prevent or at least reduce your risk from dying from the top causes of disease in this country.  Eating appropriately (low fat foods), exercise, getting to your appropriate weight, drinking more water and green tea, eliminating tobacco products and appropriate supplementation can help you immensely.

 

On to the article: This article looked at 122 relevant retrieved reports and found 35 observational studies in which total stroke, ischemic stroke or hemorrhagic stroke was an end point and where alcohol intake was reported.  They looked at consumption of alcohol in grams/day.  It was found that in the USA a drink is defined as 12 grams of alcohol, in Europe and Australia it is 10 grams and in Japan it is 21.2 grams (note 1 mL = 0.785 grams; 1 fl oz = 28.41 mL in the UK and 1 fl oz = 29.58 mL in the US)

 

Alcohol use in this study was broken down into 5 categories:  1) None; 2) Less than 12; 3) 12-23; 4) 24-60 and 5) more than 60 g/day  The findings in a nutshell are as follows: 

           

Moderate alcohol consumption (defined as ~ 5-6 drinks/week---less than 1 drink/day) led to a significant lower risk of stroke compared to those that drank no alcohol.  Additionally, the risk was still much lower in those drinking 1-2 drinks per day than those drinking none.

            If you consumed more than 60 g/day (more than 5 drinks/day) there was a significant increased risk of stroke.  (Reynolds et al JAMA Feb 5 2003)

 

This risk was similar for men and women.  The explanation of the decreased risk is believed to be secondary to the fact that alcohol (in moderation) increases the high density lipoproteins (HDL)( the good cholesterol) and decreases platelet aggregation (stickiness). These effects also similarly reduce your risk of heart disease.

 

This is by no means an absolute blessing regarding alcohol. We also know that alcohol in excess can increase our risk of certain cancers.  It is my advice that you never have more than 1-2 drinks per day. Remember that the protective effect of alcohol is best seen in 1-2 drinks per day or less.  I still tend to recommend that women not exceed 1 drink per day.

 

Furthermore as many of you know, I have two on-going grants, one from the California Table Grape Association and one from the NIH to study the effects of red wine on aging and hearing loss. Our preliminary studies are quite promising; more to come on this story in other updates.

 

Years of life lost due to obesity

 

A strong warning from the Surgeon General stated: "...a failure to address overweight and obesity could wipe out some of the gains we've made in areas such as heart disease, several forms of cancer, and other chronic health problems” (Surgeon Generals call to action to prevent and decrease overweight and obesity. RockvilleMDDept of Health and Human Services; 2001)

 

This particular study was designed to estimate years of lost life (YLL) across the entire life span. They used data from several sources including: 1) US Life Tables (1999); 2 Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III; 1998-1994); 3) First National Health and Nutrition Epidemiologic Follow-up Study (NHANES I and II 1971-1992) and NHANES II Mortality Study (1976-1992).  They derived YLL estimates for adults aged 18-85.

 

They found that the OPTIMAL BODY MASS INDEX (BMI) is approximately 23-25 for Caucasians and 23-30 for African Americans.  For Caucasian men the YLL if BMI was greater than 45 was 13 years and for women was 8 years. For African Americans it was 20 years for men and 5 for women.

 

The moral of their story (not that you needed to be told this) is that obesity lessens life expectancy markedly especially among younger adults.  (Fontaine et al JAMA Jan 8 2003)

 

Dr. Seidman's two cents:  This study validates what we have already suspected.  It is interesting that BMI's of 23-25 for Caucasians and 23-30 for African Americans was the optimal BMI.  We know that a BMI above 25 is considered unhealthy, so their conclusions are confusing at best.  There is compelling evidence that you can increase your lifespan significantly (ie 30-50% longer) by reducing your caloric intake by 30%.  This usually will put you at the "skinny" range and give you a BMI ~ 18-21.  This is tough for most of us to achieve.  DO YOU KNOW YOUR BMI? Visit our site and then click on the Educational Resources Task Bar (on the left of all web pages) and punch in your numbers (height and weight) and we will do the rest!  www.bodylangvitamin.com

 

Phytoestrogen supplements for the treatment of Hot flashes: The Isoflavone clover extract (ICE) study. A randomized controlled trial (Tice et al JAMA July 9, 2003Vol 290, No 2, 207-214)

 

This study looked at 252 women aged 45-60 years who were experiencing at least 35 hot flashes per week.  The participants were assigned to either: Promensil (82 mg isoflavones per day), Rimostil (57 mg isoflavones/day) or placebo for 12 weeks.  The reductions in mean daily hot flash count at 12 weeks were similar for the three groups.  This study essentially showed no effect.   Nonetheless, there is no doubt that in populations where individual diets are higher in isoflavones there is a much lower incidence of hot flashes.  InAsiaonly 10-20% of women experience hot flashes compared with 70-80% of women in Western countries (Lock 1991 and 1994; Boulet et al 1994)

 

Premenstrual syndrome support formula

 

Coming very soon!

 

If you suffer from the dreaded, monthly symptoms of premenstrual syndrome (PMS), you're not alone.  It is uncomfortable reality for about 75% percent of women who menstruate, with symptoms ranging from anxiety and depression to decreased sex drive.  While nobody knows for sure what causes PMS, it is believe to be provoked by the changing levels in estrogen and progesterone during the two week time period before menstruation.  

 

Telling a woman that the symptoms of PMS are "only natural" does little to help her discomfort.  But if those symptoms are natural responses to the changes in your body, doesn't it make sense to turn to a natural alternative?

 

Finally, there is relief.  Body Language Vitamins has created an all-new natural alternative for relieving your symptoms through a physician-formulated supplement that combines some of the world's most powerful and effective herbs and extracts known for their ability to relieve women of PMS symptoms.

 

Menopause support formula (an oral and a topical cream form will be available)

Coming very soon!

If you're a woman who suffers from symptoms of menopause, you know all too well the great discomfort your changing hormone levels can cause.   But what are you to do, especially in the wake of such concerning and confusing reports?

 

When a huge national Women's Health Initiative study showed that the estrogen-progestin pill that millions of women were taking to relieve the symptoms of menopause could actually be harmful, including increased risk of heart disease, stroke and cancer, it left many women feeling the risks of hormone replacement therapy outweighed the benefits.   But that still doesn't stop the real and annoying symptoms caused by changes in the estrogen and progesterone levels, including:

• Hot flashes
• Feeling flush
• Vaginal dryness
• Decreased sex drive
• Painful intercourse
• Risk of osteoporosis
• Mood changes

 

Telling a woman that the symptoms of menopause are "only natural" does little to help her discomfort.  But if they are natural responses to the changes in your body, doesn't it make sense to turn to a natural alternative?

 

There is relief!  Body Language Vitamins has created an all-new natural alternative for relieving your symptoms through a doctor-formulated supplement that combines some of the world's most powerful and effective herbs and extracts known for their ability to relieve women of the symptoms of menopause.