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www.DeathToDiabetes.com Segment No. 5 of diabetes lecture in Pittsburgh. Topics Cell biology/5 functions, Nutritional biomarkers, The 5 “super” foods, Q&A, Testimonial. Ex-diabetic, who nearly died of diabetic coma, clarifies how to defeat Type 2 diabetes, based on his experience, research, and acclaimed diabetic book, Death to Diabetes (ISBN 0977360741), the Diabetes DVD (ISBN 0977360733), and the soon-to-be-released The Diabetes Handbook (ISBN 097736075X). Penn State graduate, Xerox engineer, Hughes Aircraft, Urban League math tutor, Eta Kappa Nu honor society, Farrell High School, Shenango Valley

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A combination of age and injury can lead to painful shoulder problems that can be complex to treat. “When you have arthritis with a rotator cuff tear the typical approach was pain medication, which certainly has limits,” said Dr. Jonathan Levy, an orthopedic surgeon with Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale. When all else fails, doctors are able to ease discomfort and increase activity through a unique procedure called Reverse Shoulder Replacement. “I like to say it’s the largest advancement in shoulder surgery in 20 years,” said Levy. Just as the name suggests, the ball and socket are reversed to make a more stable shoulder. “What we are essentially doing is using the outer muscle, the deltoid muscle, to power the shoulder so you don’t need the deep muscle, the rotator cuff muscle,” said Levy. Ralph Aronson recently went through the procedure after x-rays revealed he was suffering from arthritis and a rotator cuff tear. “I couldn’t go my left arm. It was of no use to me,” said Aronson of the pain he endured before to surgery. A few weeks after the procedure, Aronson was back to enjoying his daily swims in the pool. “Now I can do 90 to 95 percent of what my right arm can do,” Aronson said. The procedure is also used in revisions surgery, after failed shoulder replacement and shoulder breaks. Levy cautions that a Reverse Shoulder Replacement should only be performed if simpler, non-operative treatments have failed to alleviate pain …

According to the American Heart Association (americanheart.org), over 70 million Americans currently have some type of heart disease. (Note: This does not include the tens of millions of people who are in the process of developing heart disease). The cost of treating heart disease (also know as cardiovascular disease, or CVD), in both direct and indirect costs is estimated to be over $400 billion annually.

Individuals need to take more individual responsibility to prevent Cardiovascular disease in the first place both for themselves and for their loved ones. Heart disease results in tragically reduced quality of life for those affected, for family and caregivers as well as adding enormously to the high cost of health care in this country. Individuals can help prevent heart disease most importantly through healthy eating, better lifestyle habits including regular moderate exercise, the proper use of nutritional supplements, regular medical check ups and working with their doctor.

Since the heart is a muscle, it can become weakened for many reasons including:

1. lack of regular exercise, often resulting in being overweight which causes the heart to work harder and more inefficiently

2. being subject to the abuse of too much stress, being

overworked or over-exercised, overweight, too small sleep

3. abused from the use of drugs, alcohol, smoking, too much caffeine

4. not receiving enough oxygen due to poor circulation or poor lung health

5. too much systemic (bodily) infection or inflammation often caused by viruses, infections, high stout and high sugar diets, high homocysteine and high C-reactive protein levels

6. a poor diet and not receiving enough broad spectrum nutrients from a healthy diet and proper nutritional supplementation, (not getting or taking enough Omega 3’s (Fish Oil), Vitamin D, a high quality daily multi-vitamin, Co-enzyme Q10, potassium, calcium and especially magnesium

7. from improperly prescribed medication(s) or reactions to medications and their often harmful side effects.

Drug Health Warning: Current research shows that a harmful side effect of taking statin drugs to lower cholesterol is that most statin drugs lower the body’s and the heart’s natural production and use of Co-enzyme Q10 (CoQ10). CoQ10 is one the heart’s required primary nutrients, shown to be critical in helping the mitochondria of the heart provide enough energy so the heart beats properly. But, by the time a person is 70 years ancient, their body may be producing 70% less CoQ10. Most ‘knowledgeable’ nutritionally inclined doctors will recommend that any patient taking a statin drug, as a minimum, take at least 50 to 100 mg of CoQ10 daily. CoQ10 is better taken in the newer, up to 8 times more highly absorbable Ubiquinol CoQ10 form (as opposed to the older less absorbable CoQ10 ubiquinone form). CoQ10 supplementation may also be highly beneficial for anyone over 40 who desires a longer cardiovascular healthy life.

Remember, question your doctor if there are alternative methods to avoid having to take statin drugs in the first place, which may carry other long term negative side effects. Alternatives to statin drugs usually include adopting a better diet and lifestyle, weight loss, better stress-relieving techniques, nutritional supplements and of course, regular moderate exercise. Additional circulatory beneficial nutrients and supplements include: Omega 3’s, Vitamin D, CoQ10, L-carnitine, magnesium, nattokinase, ribose and natural based K2 (menaquinone: MK-7). MK-7 is the highly absorbable form of Vitamin K2, that helps keep excess calcium from circulating in the blood stream which may cause plaque build up in the blood vessels, restricts blood flow and causes heart valve restrictive calcium build up. MK-7 also helps keep more calcium to be retained in bones. Many of these above circulatory nutrients are now also being recommended by many more enlightened alternative and preventive health inclined physicians.

I particularly like the well balanced and comprehensive blood vessel support nutrients in the products: Circulatory Support and CoQ10 Supreme (in Ubiquinol form) found at http://www.doctorgreens.comHere’s to your better Cardiovascular Health by becoming more proactive and practicing better heart disease prevention through diet, lifestyle, nutrition, regular Dr. check ups and regular exercise habits.

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Diabetes is an increasingly common condition affecting over three million people in the UK alone; most people have a friend or member of the family who has diabetes. The condition is increasing because of many factors, obesity, unhealthier lifestyles and from being plain bone idle. Millions of people are at risk of becoming another patient of diabetes with out even knowing it; if you’re overweight you are not only putting your self at risk from hundreds of other conditions but also diabetes. People with a family history of diabetes are also more likely to be affected by diabetes. But you can control and reverse diabetes, although the number of diabetic patients is increasing the number of patients who do not need insulin shots and live a normal lifestyle is also increasing because of these three factors.The ways to reverse diabetes are:<b>Exercise</b> now this should be an vital part of anyone’s lifestyle whether they have diabetes or not, it should be something that they make part of their life. But many people are bone idle and do not feel the need to exercise, yet people with diabetes can control their diabetes through exercise and in the long term reverse diabetes. Using a controlled carefully plotted out exercising regime you can control your blood levels and help to reverse diabetes.<b>Dieting</b> by making a diabetic diet plot you can dramatically decrease the amount of insulin injections you may need, you can even stop having to take them all together (wouldn’t that be fantastic). Make a diabetic diet plot which contains all the food supplements that you will need for a health diabetic diet. <b>Weight loss</b> diabetic weight loss is a fantastic way of reversing diabetes this can be achieved using the two ways I suggested previously.Overall using these suggestions which are also medically advised you can control and reverse your diabetes. If your sick of having to take insulin injections then try these recommendations, if you need help with a diabetic diet plot or need more information then read and research.