Archive for the ‘Vitamins’ Category
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:
- High blood pressure: Many times you could have a blood pressure of 200 and you don’t feel it.
- 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.
- 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.
- Oxidative stress: Damage from free radicals and oxidative stress is when the body’s antioxidant system becomes overwhelmed. Oxidative stress accelerates the aging process.
- 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.
- 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)
- 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.
- 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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Monday, October 17th, 2011
Or is this just another case of media sensationalism and selling fear?
On Monday, a relatively unknown, small, scientific study called the Iowa Women’s Health Study came across the newswire. Articles were written about it. Bloggers were blogging about it. It was even on the nightly news. The problem is that the study itself mildly claimed one thing while the media claimed something else entirely.
The claim? Vitamin supplements are killing us.
In a matter of hours, news agents were reporting fact-based articles entitled, “Study finds vitamin supplements unnecessary for most people,” “ Vitamin supplements: New evidence of too much of a good thing,” and “Harmful Vitamins.”
All pretty serious headlines in the news. But where were the facts? (more…)
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Monday, September 12th, 2011
Top vitamins and minerals that can help take the edge off
All stress is not bad. Most temporary stress is based on the body’s ability to send chemical messages to other parts of the body that need to take action. Noticing an accident within a few hundred feet ahead of you, stress chemicals known as cortisol are released and you immediately slam on your brakes. When the threat, or the perceived threat is over, your body works to return to normal. In most cases, this goes off without a hitch.
But sometimes, stress lingers and your body continues to sense a threat, real or imagined. When this happens, the sympathetic nervous system stays chronically stimulated, risking long-term health problems, which can include anything from migraines, anxiety disorders, high blood pressure, depression, heart disease, a compromised immune system, alcoholism, muscle pain, fatigue, insomnia and even death. (more…)
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Monday, February 7th, 2011

Vitamin D3 for Bones
What Is Vitamin D?
Vitamin D is acquired by diet, fortified foods, supplements or exposure to sunlight. As reported in the vitamin D fact sheet for health professionals, “Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin that is naturally present in very few foods, added to others, and available as a dietary supplement. It is also produced endogenously when ultraviolet rays from sunlight strike the skin and trigger vitamin D synthesis.”
What’s So Great about It?
Vitamin D is so great because it is essential for strong bones, for which you need more than just calcium. In fact, studies insist that both vitamin D and calcium are needed to maintain strong bones. Vitamin D is so important that in the 1930s, it was added to milk because children were getting rickets or soft bones from lack of vitamin D. (more…)
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Monday, February 8th, 2010
Breaking News! New study on Vitamin E and Immune System
Vitamin E has always been linked to a healthy immune system.
Being an essential antioxidant, it is touted for its ability to protect our cell membranes, and keep our skin, heart, circulation, nerves, muscles and red blood cells healthy. Vitamin E also protects cells against the effects of dangerous free radicals. And as we’re now learning, free radicals can cause cell damage and lead to cardiovascular disease and cancer.
More recently, it has been suggested that elderly patients who are being immunized for the flu or the swine flu, can improve their health by taking a Vitamin E supplement for additional immune-system support. (more…)
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Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Many factors influence the immune system. Adults over age 65 may have a poor immune response which increases risk of illness. It is possible that older adults may not be eating right thus neglecting their immune-system health. Nursing homes are involved with improving immunity by providing vitamin supplements. The stress of bereavement has also been reported to decrease immunity.
Receiving proper nutrients is critical to the proper functioning of the immune system. A multivitamin is the primary supplement recommended by many doctors to improve the health of the immune system. Ask your physician questions regarding optimal vitamin intake levels for good health. A physician can perform blood tests. Vitamin deficiencies can occur and are associated with many types of illness, sickness, and disease. Multivitamin supplements can help restore blood levels to their optimal level. (more…)
Tags: adults over age 65, health, immune system, multi, multivitamin, multivitamin supplements, res-q, Res-Q Multi, res-q vitamins, supplements, vitamin, Vitamin B6, Vitamin C, vitamin deficiencies, vitamins
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Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

A study was conducted to see if multivitamin supplements have an effect on telomere length. Telomeres are caps that protect chromosomes. Telomeres indicate age. With age, new cells end up with shorter telomeres. Shorter telomeres are associated with aging and growing older while longer ones are associated with longevity. The result of the study: women that took vitamins supplements had longer telomeres. (more…)
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Monday, July 20th, 2009
Deficient levels of Vitamin D increase risk of getting metabolic syndrome by 52%.
The new study was reported in Diabetes Care.
94% of the participants were Vitamin D “deficient” or “insufficient.”
Of the 94%, 42% had metabolic syndrome.
Having metabolic syndrome doubles the risk of heart disease and increases the risk of becoming diabetic by 5 times. (more…)
Tags: cholecalciferol, metabolic, metabolic syndrome, multi, multivitamin, risk of metabolic syndrome, vitamin, Vitamin D, Vitamin D3, vitamin news, vitamins
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Monday, July 20th, 2009
There is a direct relationship between Vitamin D levels and mental ability. Studies show that low levels of Vitamin D are associated with poor cognitive performance while high levels of Vitamin D are linked to high scores on cognitive performance tests. Health experts now believe that the intake level of Vitamin D should be higher.
Vitamin D may support brain function by influencing brain proteins associated with learning, memory, motor control, and maternal and social behavior. It is also thought that Vitamin D supports increased levels of glutathione, which works as an antioxidant. (more…)
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Monday, July 13th, 2009

The American Medical News, a news publication for physicians published by the American Medical Association, is encouraging physicians to perform Vitamin D testing!
Natural Vitamin D intake from both dietary sources and sunlight could be a lot less than we think, thus increasing the risk of vitamin deficiency. Therefore, testing may be an important way of uncovering Vitamin D deficiencies. Supplementing a healthy diet with additional vitamins can help protect against vitamin deficiencies and increase vitamin levels.
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