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Glaucoma Health Report

Monday, January 2nd, 2012

Glaucoma is the leading cause of blindness in the world.

The encyclopedia of the U.S. National Library of Medicine defines glaucoma as “a group of eye conditions that lead to damage to the optic nerve. This nerve carries visual information from the eye to the brain. In most cases, damage to the optic nerve is due to increased pressure in the eye, also known as intraocular pressure (IOP).”

According to the Glaucoma Research Foundation, “You are at increased risk for glaucoma if your parents or siblings have the disease, if you are African American or Latino, and possibly if you are diabetic or have cardiovascular disease. The risk of glaucoma also increases with age.”

The University of Maryland says, “Eye drops and pills are the most common early treatment for glaucoma. Some cause the eye to produce less fluid, while others lower pressure by helping drain fluid from the eye.”

Treating disease involves assessing the problem: “A clear fluid flows in and out of the space at the front of the eye, nourishing nearby tissues. Glaucoma causes the fluid to pass through too slowly or to stop draining altogether. As the fluid builds up, the pressure inside the eye increases, causing damage to the optic nerve and vision loss.” Therefore, if you have glaucoma, it is so important to have a treatment plan consisting of medications, medical advice and treatment.

The University of Maryland recommends taking one tablespoon (three teaspoons) of fish oil daily. Fish oil is a source of the omega-3 fatty acid EPA—which reduces inflammation—and the omega-3 fatty acid DHA, located in the retina of the eye. Research findings have revealed that reducing inflammation may be the secret to preserving eyesight.

Supplementing the diet with DHA is beneficial for seniors with existing eyesight difficulty and also to maintain eyesight that is already healthy. A new, groundbreaking study suggests that taking the following supplements in conjunction may delay the progression of deteriorating eyesight: vitamins B and E, and DHA. Also, as reported by the Point Institute, “Long-chain omega-3 fatty acids (especially DHA) are highly concentrated within the tissues of the eye. There is increasing evidence that has shown a relationship between these fatty acids and the risk associated with numerous eye diseases (macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa and cataracts).”

Supplements can help seniors with glaucoma restore common nutritional deficiencies. Those with glaucoma tend to have less omega-3 fatty acids (EPA and DHA) when compared with people who are healthy. It is difficult to ascertain the cause of their nutritional deficiency. A lack of blood flow to the eye could be part of the problem, while having healthy, clean arteries benefits every part of the body.

Here are some additional health tips:

  • Avoid or reduce trans-fats from cookies, cakes and crackers and limit processed foods.
  • Avoid stimulants, alcohol and coffee, and limit red meat consumption.
  • Omega-6s (present in vegetable oils and fried food) and saturated fats (fatty cuts of beef) promote inflammation that counteracts anti-inflammatory health benefits.

Learn more about glaucoma:

Res-Q Recommended Supplements:

Res-Q 1250 Liquid provides 740-825milligrams of EPA and 460-550 milligrams of DHA per teaspoon. Res-Q 1250’s high EPA formula helps reduce inflammation and balance cholesterol levels. Pleasant all-natural lemon flavor with no capsule to swallow!

Two capsules of Res-Q Calamarine provide 1,000 milligrams of DHA for optimal eye support. Boost the DHA levels in your eyes and brain by adding an additional gram of DHA to your daily supplement regimen.

Nature’s Shield Eye Support is a potent vitamin B complex plus antioxidants that have been shown in studies to help maintain vision: all-natural vitamin E, zinc, vitamin C, lutein and zeaxanthin.

To place an order for these supplements, please call us. Our order-taking department is available seven days a week, 24 hours a day: 1-800-262-5483. To speak with a consultant who can answer your product-related questions, please press “2″ for our customer service/sales department.

Local customers or cell phone users may prefer to dial 215-541-9890.

References:

http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/glaucoma-000069.htm

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16410047

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19627986

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9972342

http://www.preventblindness.org/dont-be-caught-sneak-thief-sight

http://www.discoveryeye.org/eye-conditions/glaucoma.html

http://www.glaucoma.org/glaucoma/glaucoma-facts-and-stats.php

http://www.glaucoma.org/glaucoma/symptoms-of-primary-open-angle-glaucoma.php

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002587/

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I’m Having a Heart Attack!

Monday, December 19th, 2011


 Be proactive: Watch for signs and take action to protect your heart.

I attended the South Jersey Go Red for Women breakfast last week, where I sat uneasy in my chair, along with a group of other professional businesswomen sporting red dresses and red suits, once again listening to these harrowing statistics:

  • Heart disease is STILL the number-one killer of women, taking the life of one in three women every year;
     
  • Women STILL account for more than 60 percent of all stroke deaths in the country; and

At all ages, more women than men die from stroke.

It all sounded so depressing. And many of us talked of feeling defeated. When you hear statistics like that you just want to bury your head in the sand. And yet, that’s probably the worst thing you can do. Statistically speaking, people who make conscious, positive choices about their health, live longer.

But is that any surprise?

Cardiologist Dr. Annie Peter from The Heart House doesn’t think so. She’s a firm believer in women (and men) being proactive with their heart health.

She said that education was paramount. The more you know, the better. For example, she talked about some of the signs to watch out for and warned that many women experience non-traditional indicators (like pain in the right arm, instead of the left or mild rather than crushing pain in the chest). Her best advice: If you feel like you’re having a heart attack, you need to get to your doctor without trying to guess what you might have. If you lead your doctor to believe that it may just be acid reflux or heartburn, she will start looking in that direction. Unless you come right out and say, “I might be having a heart attack,” she will not make assumptions.

Peter also mentioned that many women downplay their symptoms—they think they’re too young for a heart attack or simply don’t have all the indicators of a heart attack. Many doctors minimize women’s symptoms—or worse, write them off as stress or hypochondria.

Bottom line: More than knowing traditional and nontraditional signs of a heart attack or stroke, be overly cautious. Pay attention to what your body is trying to tell you and seek help. Don’t try to be a Wonder Woman.

Aside from paying attention to symptoms and keeping in touch with your doctor, Peter also gave us actual steps to take toward prevention. Here are the ones I wrote down:

  • Exercise at least 30 minutes daily. That means getting your heart rate up to at least 80% of its full workout potential: break a sweat. You don’t have to kill yourself, but you do have to sweat, which means that the heart muscle is being worked and strengthened. 
  • Read labels and KNOW what you’re eating. Don’t just be a passive eater, eating whatever is placed in front of you. If you go out to restaurants, ask for dressings and sauces on the side. Avoid food labeled with excessive amounts of salt, saturated fat and preservatives. Be proactive with your diet.
  • Know the limits of what you’re supposed to be eating and how to stick to those limits. For example, high blood pressure is rarely seen in those who consume less than 1.2 grams (1200 milligrams) of sodium per day. One teaspoon of salt weighs roughly 5 grams. Are you eating too much salt?
  • Know yourself. Does coffee give you heart palpitations? While there is no definitive research to date on whether or not coffee causes heart attacks, it’s best to listen to your own body; if it rejects or acts strangely to certain foods, those too are signs; listen for them. I know I can only handle about one cup of coffee a day. Any more than that and I get dizzy, sweaty and shaky!
  • Get educated. Do you know your BMI (body mass index)? Do you know what’s healthy? Do you know your cholesterol levels? As Dr. Vagnini said last week, these are “Silent Killers.” But if you know them, you can regulate them.

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Suggested products of the week:

The American Heart Association says: “Increasing omega-3 fatty acid consumption through foods is preferable. However, those with coronary artery disease may not get enough omega-3 by diet alone. These people may want to talk to their doctor about supplements. And for those with high triglycerides, even larger doses could help.”

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Silent Killers

Tuesday, December 13th, 2011

Guest blog by Dr. Frederick Vagnini, MD, FACS, Heart, Diabetes & Weight-Loss Centers of New York

If you’ve recently listened to me on the Res-Q HealthLine radio shows, I recently indicated that there were four silent killers. But now, due to expanded research and more and more problems coming through my centers in New York, I have expanded them to eight.

First of all, what is meant by a silent killer? Well, it’s simple. It’s something you don’t feel until a heart attack occurs, or until you fracture a bone, or you have a stroke. These silent killers include:

  1. High blood pressure: Many times you could have a blood pressure of 200 and you don’t feel it.
  2. High cholesterol and triglycerides: There’s typically no pain in the arteries. Unless you get your lipids checked, you’re not going to realize that your arteries are clogging up.
  3. Inflammation: Inflammation is the backbone of pathophysiology for cardiovascular disease and aging, which is very prevalent in Western culture. It can be anything from a swollen toe to inflamed arteries, the latter of which you cannot feel.
  4. Oxidative stress: Damage from free radicals and oxidative stress is when the body’s antioxidant system becomes overwhelmed. Oxidative stress accelerates the aging process.
  5. Blood glucose: Another silent killer is blood glucose. Many people are coming into my office with 200-300 blood-sugar levels. They don’t feel a thing.  But they are pre-diabetic or diabetic and they have been doing damage to their bodies for many years before they even realize it. High blood-glucose levels can not only lead to diabetes, but also eye disease, blindness, kidney disease, nerve disease or death.
  6. Glycation: (sometimes called non-enzymatic glycosylation) is something that accelerates heart disease, cellular damage and aging, and it is simply a problem with glucose that adheres to proteins lipids and DNA to create something called “Advanced Glycation End Product” (AGE)
  7. Telomere shortening: Telomeres are the tips of chromosomes and when they shorten you have progressive aging. What happens to accelerate this aging process is inflammation and oxidative stress.
  8. Osteoporosis: Osteoporosis is a bone disease that leads to an increased risk of fracture. It is another silent killer simply because you don’t feel your bones weakening until you’ve lost four inches of height.

What can we do to prevent these silent killers from leading us into cardiovascular disease, heart attack, stroke, dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and accelerated aging? Well, I developed a protocol in my Centers based on the following:

  • Diet: a modified, low-carbohydrate Mediterranean diet
  • Exercise: Any exercise is good; cross training is the best, which is when you do a combination of resistance training with aerobics.
  • Stress reduction: Stress reduction is critical. It’s one of the leading factors that influence degenerative diseases and especially cardiovascular disease.
  • Supplements: The right supplements can combat high triglycerides, high cholesterol, high blood pressure oxidative damage, high blood sugar, arthritis, weight reduction, diabetes, fatigue, and basically all of the degenerative and cardiovascular problems.
  • Pharmaceuticals: Medical drugs are prescribed when necessary.

Prevention Through Supplements & Nutrition
Years ago, I developed a program called Cardio Nutrition, and that is simply a program, along with diet and exercise, in which we use supplements. Here’s a list of some of the “silent killers” and what Res-Q products will work best to combat them.

High Cholesterol/Triglycerides:

When it comes to cholesterol we also worry about the oxidative damage and we have a number of antioxidants including Res-Q Multi, Res-Q CellPower (CoQ10), Res-Q Resveratrol, Nature’s Shield Superfoods and Nature’s Shield Leg & Vein Support, which all protect the LDL against oxidative damage.

Hypertension/ High Blood Pressure:

Oxidative Stress

Glucose Levels:

Telomere shortening:

Research now shows that an omega-3 supplement can prevent telomere shortening

Osteoporosis:

Inflammation:

Glycation:

Weight and Digestion:

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Diabetes Prevention: Avoid Processed Foods

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

Processed CerealSome the biggest culprits of bad health—and possibly among the causes of diabetes—are processed foods.

What exactly is “processed” food? Well, for starters, it’s any raw, natural food that has been changed or altered from its original state (think raw milk from a cow) and turned into a food-like item for the sake of convenience and sometimes safety (think pasteurized milk). In some instances, like raw milk, it is often better to process food to prevent disease and bacteria. However, more and more food is being processed not for safety, but convenience. An apple turned into a prepackaged apple pie is one example of when processing goes too far. Grapes transformed into sugary grape juice is another example. Hot dogs and deli meats with added nitrates; cereals with added sugars; and food items loaded with sugar, artificial sweeteners, trans-fats, sugar substitutes, man-made chemical additives, high-fructose corn syrup and carbohydrates are all examples of America’s obsession with processing. And sadly, these types of foods cause an increased risk of diabetes. (more…)

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Doctor, Doctor! Why Two Docs Are Better than One…

Tuesday, August 30th, 2011

…and why a holistic health practitioner should be one of them


A while back, I was under an enormous amount of stress and feeling filled with anxiety, which was undoubtedly causing physical back pains and headaches. I communicated this to my doctor and told her that I wish I could just control the thoughts in my brain and stop worrying so much! A seemingly impossible problem to treat. Almost immediately, she suggested an anti-anxiety drug. No inquiry into the foods I may have been eating, no mention of exercise, not even, “How much coffee or caffeinated beverages have you been drinking lately?” Just, “There’s a great new anti-anxiety medication on the market with your name on it.”

I quickly blurted out that I don’t like drugs. I don’t even take aspirin if I can help it.
She looked at me like I was un-patriotic. Drugs are as American as apple pie. It was then that I realized how radical I must have seemed to her when I asked, “Surely there’s another approach?” (more…)

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“Prevention” isn’t just the name of a magazine!

Monday, August 22nd, 2011

When I was in my 20s, oh so long ago, the word “prevention” was one of those fuzzy, ambiguous words that was more a concept than an actual concrete idea I could wrap my mind around. In fact, as far as I knew, it was something my mother picked up at the grocery store checkout counter to read on a Saturday afternoon. But as I got older, I began to realize the significance of this little word and how acts of prevention could change my life. For those of you who are anything like me, I’m laying it out here for you like we’re all in grade school. (more…)

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Bone Up on Osteoporosis

Wednesday, August 10th, 2011

What you may not know about bone fractures and prevention

In an in-depth article on women and bone fractures, Good Housekeeping reported that osteoporosis, a disease that involves low bone density, is linked with a lack of calcium and is common in postmenopausal women, was systematically being overlooked when treating women who were at serious risk of bone fracture. The article revealed that drug companies were more focused on selling preventive drugs (like Boniva and Fosamax) to younger women who may not have needed it as much as older woman who were at real risk. “Osteoporosis affects more than 10 million people in the U.S., but osteopenia [the precursor to osteoporosis] occurs in more than three times as many — 34 million,” a much larger market to which a pharmaceutical company wanting to sell its product can target. (more…)

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May is Stroke Awareness Month

Monday, May 9th, 2011

Every year, 795,000 Americans have a stroke and 144,000 die.1 A stroke happens when an artery is blocked or breaks; as a result, the brain does not get the blood that it needs and begins to die.2 Sounds gruesome, but the more you educate yourself about diet and exercise, the more chance you have of preventing a stroke.

Firstly, maintaining healthy cholesterol levels is one of the recommendations of the National Stroke Association. There is a connection between cholesterol levels and blocked arteries. Anti-clotting medications keep the blood flowing,3 but they do not treat the cause of the problem: blocked arteries. Here are the recommended healthy cholesterol levels:

  • a total cholesterol under 200;
  • a good cholesterol (HDL) of 60 or more; and 
  • a bad cholesterol (LDL) no higher than 130 (an LDL equal to or less than 100 is considered optimal). 4   (more…)
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The Top Seven Acts of Love for Your Heart

Monday, March 14th, 2011

What are the best vitamin and mineral supplements with a proven track record for strengthening the heart? How important is exercise? How about sleep? Is it possible to manage arterial plaque? We’ve picked the top seven best things you can do right now to strengthen and love your heart.

1. Exercise
Exercise is one of the best ways to maintain a healthy heart and to prevent future heart problems. Not only can it reduce your risk of heart disease, it may even reduce inflammation throughout the years.1 It’s also easier to prevent heart problems than to correct them. (more…)

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Top-10 Superfoods for Cancer Prevention

Monday, February 28th, 2011

We can’t tell you that we have the secret to fighting cancer, but we can tell you the top-10 foods that have a pretty good reputation for doing the job. Oh, and by the way, these foods are also a great source phytonutrients, which might help prevent certain diseases and cancers.

Here are 10 superfoods to help you live longer!

1. Tomatoes (more…)

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