Be Very Careful with Calcium Supplementation

 

A Cochrane review of calcium supplementation, which is a routine recommendation by most physicians, especially for women, shows that it may do more harm than good.  The number needed to treat to prevent one fracture was 302 and the number needed to treat to cause one major cardiovascular event was 178.  However, the obvious problem with treatment was not discussed.  Everywhere in the body, calcium interacts with magnesium.  If you take calcium supplements, you should always balance them with at least half as much magnesium.  It is dangerous not to do so.

 

See the American Family Physician, May 1, 2015 issue, p. 634-635.

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Breakthrough Therapies for Autism and ADHD

 2015 is a very good year for children and adults with autism and attention deficit disorder.  Dr. Stephen Kaufman from Denver has discovered a brain technique reflex that instantly quiets the brain and lets it focus.  This can be learned by the caregiver or even administered by the patient himself.  Dr. Kaufman will be teaching the technique at a workshop in Denver June 6-7.  I will attend.  Dr. Ty Vincent from Alaska developed a variation of the Low-dose Allergy treatment (LDI) that also might produce excellent improvements for these problems.  A few drops of this allergy treatment is given by mouth once every two months.  Both of these treatments are available at COHA in Bluffton or Toledo.

Google Drs. Kaufman or Vincent for more info or contact COHA at 800-788-4627.

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A Calcium Score of Zero Means You Do Not Need Statin Drugs

Many patients feel the pressure from their doctors to take statin drugs long term to reduce their cholesterol levels.  A report presented at the winter American Heart Association suggested you get an Ultra-fast CAT scan test to determine your calcium score in your coronary arteries. About half of the non-diabetic patients screened had a score of zero, which means they were at very low risk of having a heart attack.  Even if their cholesterol levels were elevated, it did not make sense for them to take statin drugs, which can cause significant side effects.  This test does not require an order from a physician and is available at many hospitals.  The cost varies from $100-300.

Google Dr. Khuram Nasir of the center for prevention and wellness research at Baptist Health Medical Center in Miami Beach for details.

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Is There no Exit From Chemical Pollution?

 A class of chemicals known as poly and perflouroalkyl substances (PFASs) commonly used in thousands of products from pizza boxes to carpet treatments can persist in the body for many years and predispose us to cancer.  Manufacturers are proposing replacement chemicals that might be even more dangerous.  Nowhere on earth is free from chemical pollution.  This stresses the importance of eating organic as much as we can and doing something to help our bodies detoxify.  Sweating from a sauna or exercise can be effective.  The common herb, milk thistle is a good detoxifier.  We recommend a 7-day detox program with supplements once a year as a preventive measure.

 Contact our office at 800-788-4627 for more details or Google Detoxification.

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Vitamin B3 Reduces the Risk of Common Skin Cancers

Basal cell and squamous cell skin cancers are the most common cancers.  They often result from excessive sun exposure, even years prior to their appearance.  Three million cases are diagnosed yearly.  Scalely patches called actinic keratosis (AK) can be pre-cancerous.  An Australian study has shown that we can reduce the incidence of both AK and these skin cancers by taking 500mg a day of Nicotinamide (vitamin B3).  At this dose there were no side effects.  A prescription is not required, but you do have to keep taking the vitamin to maintain the results.

Google Diona Damian of the Dermatology Division of the University of Sidney in Australia.

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Great Lakes Area Ranks High in Allergies

 A national report about the “wheeziest and sneeziest” cities in the U.S. ranks Toledo 17^th, Dayton 15^th, and Detroit 7^th.  Industrial pollution coupled with our history of containing the “Black Swamp” in the area north of Bluffton makes us a prime area for allergy and asthma.  Fortunately, we have a simple but powerful remedy for these conditions called Low-dose Allergens (LDA).  If all you have is airborne allergies, two treatments per year by mouth usually produces excellent results without side effects.  If you are food or chemically sensitive, you have to take the treatments once every two months initially, but then they are gradually spread out.

Contact our office at 800-788-4627 for more details or Google LDA.

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A Wonderful New Book from Dr. Derrick Lonsdale

I want to tell my blog readers and patients about a new book, A Nutritional Approach to a Revised Model for Medicine.  He links high-calorie malnutrition to the lead that caused the fall of the Roman Empire.  He describes how conventional medicine has evolved and how alternative medicine is primed to rescue it from its failures.  He shows us how the brain works and how important energy metabolism run by the limbic system is to optimal function.  He illustrates how some of the procedures of alternative medicine fit with the new model of medicine.  And he gives us many examples from his 64 years of practicing medicine.
 
The book is available from Amazon

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