I was just listening to the John Tesh daily radio show on Lite Rock 99.3 in Orlando, Florida, and he shared some information on the new Sustinex Probiotic. This supplement is sold over the counter and per the advert, is endorsed by Dr. Roizen for IBS.
Podcast from Dr. Roizen
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I was able to find a reviewer from http://www.dailystrength.org/blog/149-constipation-your-medications that said the following, " I have IBS and have tried a number of remedies, whether it be fiber, a prescribed pill, etc. and the best aide I have now for the bloating and constipation I have from that and as a side effect of some of my medications, I now take Sustinex, a rather new probiotic, which I found at a local supermarket. Works like a charm, with no spasms or nasty cramps.
Ganeden Biotech announced that Sustenex(TM), its all-natural daily probiotic supplement is now available nationwide. Each Sustenex(TM) capsule contains at least 2billion live probiotic cells of GanedenBC30, a proprietary, patented strainof Bacillus coagulans designed to help promote immune and digestivefitness. Sustenex(TM) with GanedenBC30 Probiotic is designed to survive andthrive in the digestive tract delivering ten times more probiotic cellsthan most yogurts. Immune and Digestive Fitness According to health and nutrition experts, taking care of the wholebody, including the gut, is important to good health and successful aging.
Probiotics, or beneficial bacteria, can help counteract insults to thedigestive system from poor diet, age, travel, antibiotic use and stress."Good" and "bad" bacteria maintain a delicate balance in the intestinaltract, which is home to more than 70% of the body's immune system. "We need to start paying more attention to digestive health," saidSteven Pratt, MD, renowned nutrition and lifestyle expert and author ofSuperFoods RX and SuperFoods HealthStyle. "Our digestive system isbombarded with insults every day. Eating a healthy diet is critical, but inorder to create the right balance of good and bad bacteria in the gut tohelp build up defenses we need to look at probiotics." According to Dr.Pratt, to get the full benefits of probiotics, look for a supplement thatcan survive transit through the harsh stomach environment. "Sustenex is agreat choice because it contains Bacillus coagulans, a powerful probioticwith a natural protective shell that shields the bacteria from stomach acidas it moves through your digestive system. Probiotics don't work if theydon't make it to the gut. Choose one that gets the job done," continuedPratt. "A daily probiotic supplement helps achieve a balance in the digestivesystem that we couldn't otherwise meet through diet alone," said GanedenNutrition Advisor Susan Davis, MS RD. In terms of probiotic foods, Davisnoted that yogurt stands out in consumers' minds. "Many people think theycan get all the probiotics they need by eating yogurt, but they're wrong.The live, active cultures in yogurt struggle to make it though the harsh,acidic stomach environment. Probiotics like Bacillus coagulans found inSustenex(TM) survive and successfully colonize the intestinal tract wherethey can do the most good," said Davis. "Just like Omega 3s andmulti-vitamins, probiotics need to become part of our daily healthregimen," Davis continued.
Recently, Dr. Mehmet Oz, M.D. and Dr. Michael Roizen, M.D., authors of the new book YOU: Staying Young, also outlined the importance of havingbeneficial bacteria in your gut for maintaining digestive and immunehealth. In YOU: Staying Young, Drs. Oz and Roizen listed a daily dose of 2billion cells of the probiotic Bacillus coagulans as a choice to consider. Sustenex Sustenex(TM), is an all natural daily supplement developed by GanedenBiotech, containing 2 billion cells of GanedenBC30, which is a patentedstrain of Bacillus coagulans. GanedenBC30 survives the hostile environmentof the stomach, colonizes the intestines, and produces lactic acid, whichare all critical components to the success of a probiotic. "We plan to emphasize the uniqueness of the strain of Bacilluscoagulans that we have identified and patented by branding it GanedenBC30Probiotic," said Ganeden Biotech President Andy Lefkowitz. "The new brandlogo will be visible on the Sustenex(TM) package as a clear identifier ofour unique GanedenBC30 Probiotic. GanedenBC30 has powered our DigestiveAdvantage(TM) product line for consumers with particular digestivedisorders. By placing it in Sustenex(TM), we're now offering the benefitsof GanedenBC30 to consumers interested in probiotics as part of a dailyhealth regimen," continued Lefkowitz. Ganeden Biotech selected Swardlick Marketing Group, a full-servicemarketing and communications agency based in Portland, Maine, to lead anintegrated marketing campaign in support of the national rollout ofSustenex(TM). The campaign will include advertising, promotion and publicrelations. Sustenex(TM) is widely available at Wal-Mart, Walgreens andCVS/pharmacy, select Rite Aid/GNC Live Well(R) stores, Meijer, Longs,Kroger, Stop & Shop, Giant and other retail outlets. Sustenex(TM) is alsoavailable online at drugstore.com, amazon.com and other sites.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Earthlings
I have ordered the Earthlings movie and plan to watch it on Friday. I will do a review of the movie next week.
I watched the movie Earthlings with a heavy heart. This movie was heartwrenching and eye-opening. Even if you are not opposed to eating the flesh of an animal, when you watch this movie you will think twice before taking a bite of today's farmed meat. The meat in your supermarket today is not of the value or sustinance that was available 20 years ago. Cows are fed steroids to produce the most meat possible, antibiotics to kill the viruses that exist in their surroundings and every time you ingest meat, you are ingesting the medications along with the chemical laced feed they are fed and consume daily.
I will continue this review at a later time.
I watched the movie Earthlings with a heavy heart. This movie was heartwrenching and eye-opening. Even if you are not opposed to eating the flesh of an animal, when you watch this movie you will think twice before taking a bite of today's farmed meat. The meat in your supermarket today is not of the value or sustinance that was available 20 years ago. Cows are fed steroids to produce the most meat possible, antibiotics to kill the viruses that exist in their surroundings and every time you ingest meat, you are ingesting the medications along with the chemical laced feed they are fed and consume daily.
I will continue this review at a later time.
The Basics on Buckwheat
The Basics on Buckwheat
Buckwheat is not a type of wheat, nor is it even a grain; it's actually the fruit of a plant related to sorrel and rhubarb. Unlike whole grains, buckwheat is a rich source of all eight essential amino acids — important molecules that help repair tissue and build cells.
Buckwheat is not a type of wheat, nor is it even a grain; it's actually the fruit of a plant related to sorrel and rhubarb. Unlike whole grains, buckwheat is a rich source of all eight essential amino acids — important molecules that help repair tissue and build cells.
Swine Flu
Swine Flu Vaccine on Horizon
A U.S researcher hopes to have a swine flu vaccine ready for testing in mice in two to three weeks.
And the vaccine could be ready for production in a few months, said Purdue University professor Suresh Mittal.
"We would like to have a vaccine in two to three weeks to start testing in mice," said Mittal, a comparative pathobiology professor in the School of Veterinary Medicine.
Mittal and collaborators at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will use a method he developed for dealing with the H5N1 bird flu to accelerate work on the H1N1 swine flu.
They will use a common cold virus to carry a gene of the H1N1 flu virus and stimulate cells to create both antibodies and cell-based protection that will guard against mutated forms of the flu virus.
"The adenovirus is incapable of replicating and does not seem to cause disease in humans," Mittal said in a news release. "That makes it a suitable virus to work with for flu vaccines."
The vaccine Mittal created for the bird flu worked on three different strains isolated over a seven-year period and was described in papers for the Journal of Infectious Diseases and the journal Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics.
A number of different institutions, both private and public, are working on a swine flu vaccine.
The latest WHO figures show 2,371 cases of influenza A(H1N1) infections have been reported in 24 countries, not including Brazil and Argentina, which reported their first cases later Thursday. Forty-six people have died, including 44 in Mexico and two in the United States.
"If things go well, and we achieve full-scale production, it will be several months until the vaccine will be available," a spokesman for the CDC cautioned.
A U.S researcher hopes to have a swine flu vaccine ready for testing in mice in two to three weeks.
And the vaccine could be ready for production in a few months, said Purdue University professor Suresh Mittal.
"We would like to have a vaccine in two to three weeks to start testing in mice," said Mittal, a comparative pathobiology professor in the School of Veterinary Medicine.
Mittal and collaborators at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will use a method he developed for dealing with the H5N1 bird flu to accelerate work on the H1N1 swine flu.
They will use a common cold virus to carry a gene of the H1N1 flu virus and stimulate cells to create both antibodies and cell-based protection that will guard against mutated forms of the flu virus.
"The adenovirus is incapable of replicating and does not seem to cause disease in humans," Mittal said in a news release. "That makes it a suitable virus to work with for flu vaccines."
The vaccine Mittal created for the bird flu worked on three different strains isolated over a seven-year period and was described in papers for the Journal of Infectious Diseases and the journal Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics.
A number of different institutions, both private and public, are working on a swine flu vaccine.
The latest WHO figures show 2,371 cases of influenza A(H1N1) infections have been reported in 24 countries, not including Brazil and Argentina, which reported their first cases later Thursday. Forty-six people have died, including 44 in Mexico and two in the United States.
"If things go well, and we achieve full-scale production, it will be several months until the vaccine will be available," a spokesman for the CDC cautioned.
Who Knew? Sleep Might Help You Stay Thin?!
Not Just a Dream: Sleep Might Help You Stay Thin
You can't sleep it off, when it comes to weight, but getting a good night's rest could be at least part of the secret to staying thin, according to a study presented at an international conference on obesity in Amsterdam on Thursday.
"After a bad night's sleep, people ate 550 calories (22 percent) more than normal," said the findings of a study by the European Centre of Taste Science in Dijon in central France.
That amounts to about one large hamburger.
Hunger pangs were higher among a test group who slept four hours the previous night than among those who slept eight hours, stated an extract of the findings.
"These results indicate that sleep deprivation increases food intake and . . . could be a factor promoting obesity," it said.
In another study researchers at the Netherlands' Maastricht University found that children who got less sleep during puberty than when they were younger also gained more weight compared with children whose sleep patterns did not change.
The World Health Organization estimates that about 1.6 billion adults were overweight in 2005. At least 400 million of those were obese.
You can't sleep it off, when it comes to weight, but getting a good night's rest could be at least part of the secret to staying thin, according to a study presented at an international conference on obesity in Amsterdam on Thursday.
"After a bad night's sleep, people ate 550 calories (22 percent) more than normal," said the findings of a study by the European Centre of Taste Science in Dijon in central France.
That amounts to about one large hamburger.
Hunger pangs were higher among a test group who slept four hours the previous night than among those who slept eight hours, stated an extract of the findings.
"These results indicate that sleep deprivation increases food intake and . . . could be a factor promoting obesity," it said.
In another study researchers at the Netherlands' Maastricht University found that children who got less sleep during puberty than when they were younger also gained more weight compared with children whose sleep patterns did not change.
The World Health Organization estimates that about 1.6 billion adults were overweight in 2005. At least 400 million of those were obese.
Cherries- Nature's Antioxidant
My family and I all eat cherries every single day. We have found the Dole Frozen cherries, which are already pitted are the very sweetest and best on the market. I have been eating cherries for nearly a year now on a daily basis, and the pain I used to experience in my knees in no longer present.
Tart Cherries Boost Antioxidant Activity
Eating one and a half servings of tart cherries could boost the body's antioxidant activity significantly, according to new University of Michigan research reported at the recent Experimental Biology meeting.
In the study, healthy adults ages 18 to 25 who ate a cup and a half of frozen cherries had increased levels of antioxidants, specifically five different anthocyanins, the natural antioxidants that give cherries their red color.
Twelve were assigned randomly to eat either one and a half cups or three cups of frozen tart cherries. Researchers analyzed participants’ blood and urine at regular intervals after they ate the cherries and found increased antioxidant activity for up to 12 hours after eating cherries.
"This study documents for the first time that the antioxidants in tart cherries do make it into the human bloodstream and is coupled with increased antioxidant activity that could have a positive impact," says Sara L. Warber, M.D., co-director of University of Michigan Integrative Medicine, associate professor in the famlly medicine at the U-M Medical School, and principal investigator of the study. "And, while more research is needed, what’s really great is that a reasonable amount of cherries could potentially deliver benefits, like reducing risk factors for heart disease and inflammation."
Previous animal studies have linked cherries and cherry compounds with important benefits, including helping to lower risk factors for heart disease and impacting inflammation. Warber's research team previously has showed that a cherry-enriched diet can lower blood cholesterol levels and reduce triglycerides, an unhealthy type of blood fat, in animals. Other benefits of cherries found in animal studies include reduced body weight and less “belly fat,” the type linked with increased heart disease risk and Type 2 diabetes.
"It’s encouraging when research like ours finds that great-tasting fruit can lead to real-life benefits, continuing to underscore the importance of whole foods in the diet," Warber says.
About 95 percent percent of cherries consumed in the United States are grown here, with most coming from Michigan, Wisconsin, Utah, Washington, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and New York.
Funding for the study was provided by the Cherry Marketing Institute, an organization supported by the North American tart cherry growers and processors
Tart Cherries Boost Antioxidant Activity
Eating one and a half servings of tart cherries could boost the body's antioxidant activity significantly, according to new University of Michigan research reported at the recent Experimental Biology meeting.
In the study, healthy adults ages 18 to 25 who ate a cup and a half of frozen cherries had increased levels of antioxidants, specifically five different anthocyanins, the natural antioxidants that give cherries their red color.
Twelve were assigned randomly to eat either one and a half cups or three cups of frozen tart cherries. Researchers analyzed participants’ blood and urine at regular intervals after they ate the cherries and found increased antioxidant activity for up to 12 hours after eating cherries.
"This study documents for the first time that the antioxidants in tart cherries do make it into the human bloodstream and is coupled with increased antioxidant activity that could have a positive impact," says Sara L. Warber, M.D., co-director of University of Michigan Integrative Medicine, associate professor in the famlly medicine at the U-M Medical School, and principal investigator of the study. "And, while more research is needed, what’s really great is that a reasonable amount of cherries could potentially deliver benefits, like reducing risk factors for heart disease and inflammation."
Previous animal studies have linked cherries and cherry compounds with important benefits, including helping to lower risk factors for heart disease and impacting inflammation. Warber's research team previously has showed that a cherry-enriched diet can lower blood cholesterol levels and reduce triglycerides, an unhealthy type of blood fat, in animals. Other benefits of cherries found in animal studies include reduced body weight and less “belly fat,” the type linked with increased heart disease risk and Type 2 diabetes.
"It’s encouraging when research like ours finds that great-tasting fruit can lead to real-life benefits, continuing to underscore the importance of whole foods in the diet," Warber says.
About 95 percent percent of cherries consumed in the United States are grown here, with most coming from Michigan, Wisconsin, Utah, Washington, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and New York.
Funding for the study was provided by the Cherry Marketing Institute, an organization supported by the North American tart cherry growers and processors
Jiggle Away Harmful Fat
This was emailed to me today and I thought people might find it of interest.
Jiggle Away Harmful Fat
Vibrating exercise platforms, which are becoming increasingly popular in commercial gyms in Europe and elsewhere, might help people lose the particularly harmful deep "hidden" fat that surrounds abdominal organs and is linked to Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease.
"We conclude that it would be good to combine aerobic exercise with whole body vibration in a weight loss program," study chief Dirk Vissers, a physiotherapist at the Artesis University College and the University of Antwerp in Belgium, told Reuters Health.
With whole-body vibration training, people do squats, lunges, calf raises, push-ups and sit-ups on a platform that sends mild vibratory impulses through the feet and into the rest of the body. These vibrations make muscles contract rapidly, which builds lean muscle mass. Whole-body vibration training is touted as a more effective method of resistance training. Its true value, however, has been unclear.
To investigate, Vissers and his colleagues divided 79 overweight or obese adults into four groups. One group dieted but did not exercise; another group dieted and did conventional aerobic and general strength training exercises; a third group dieted and engaged in three sessions a week of supervised whole-body vibration training but no aerobic exercise; and the control group did not diet or exercise.
Just over 60 of the participants completed the study, which consisted of a six-month "intervention" period, followed by a six-month period in which they were encouraged to do their best to maintain a healthy diet and exercise regimen.
"Over the year, only the conventional fitness and vibration groups managed to maintain a 5 percent weight loss, which is what is considered enough to improve health," Vissers said at the European Congress on Obesity in Amsterdam, where he presented the study findings Friday.
During the first six months, diet-only participants lost about 6 percent of their initial body weight but could not maintain a 5 percent weight loss in the next six months. Those who dieted and engaged in conventional exercise lost about 7 percent of their initial body weight in the first six months and managed to keep most of it off by the end of the study.
The whole-body vibration participants, on the other hand, lost 11 percent of their body weight during the intervention phase and had maintained a 10.5 percent weight loss by the end of the follow-up period.
The control group gained weight.
"But the biggest surprise," Vissers told Reuters Health, "was that we saw an effect of vibration exercise training on the visceral adipose tissue, which is the intra-abdominal fat that is the most important because it really plays a central role in metabolic syndrome."
The vibration group lost significantly more of this particularly harmful hidden fat during the intervention period than the other groups and was more likely to keep it off during the next six month period.
Jiggle Away Harmful Fat
Vibrating exercise platforms, which are becoming increasingly popular in commercial gyms in Europe and elsewhere, might help people lose the particularly harmful deep "hidden" fat that surrounds abdominal organs and is linked to Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease.
"We conclude that it would be good to combine aerobic exercise with whole body vibration in a weight loss program," study chief Dirk Vissers, a physiotherapist at the Artesis University College and the University of Antwerp in Belgium, told Reuters Health.
With whole-body vibration training, people do squats, lunges, calf raises, push-ups and sit-ups on a platform that sends mild vibratory impulses through the feet and into the rest of the body. These vibrations make muscles contract rapidly, which builds lean muscle mass. Whole-body vibration training is touted as a more effective method of resistance training. Its true value, however, has been unclear.
To investigate, Vissers and his colleagues divided 79 overweight or obese adults into four groups. One group dieted but did not exercise; another group dieted and did conventional aerobic and general strength training exercises; a third group dieted and engaged in three sessions a week of supervised whole-body vibration training but no aerobic exercise; and the control group did not diet or exercise.
Just over 60 of the participants completed the study, which consisted of a six-month "intervention" period, followed by a six-month period in which they were encouraged to do their best to maintain a healthy diet and exercise regimen.
"Over the year, only the conventional fitness and vibration groups managed to maintain a 5 percent weight loss, which is what is considered enough to improve health," Vissers said at the European Congress on Obesity in Amsterdam, where he presented the study findings Friday.
During the first six months, diet-only participants lost about 6 percent of their initial body weight but could not maintain a 5 percent weight loss in the next six months. Those who dieted and engaged in conventional exercise lost about 7 percent of their initial body weight in the first six months and managed to keep most of it off by the end of the study.
The whole-body vibration participants, on the other hand, lost 11 percent of their body weight during the intervention phase and had maintained a 10.5 percent weight loss by the end of the follow-up period.
The control group gained weight.
"But the biggest surprise," Vissers told Reuters Health, "was that we saw an effect of vibration exercise training on the visceral adipose tissue, which is the intra-abdominal fat that is the most important because it really plays a central role in metabolic syndrome."
The vibration group lost significantly more of this particularly harmful hidden fat during the intervention period than the other groups and was more likely to keep it off during the next six month period.
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