Dear
Valued Subscriber,
This Week's Highlights: |
-Celiac's
Don't Heal?
-Drugs to Lower Diabetes Risks
Disappoint.
-Fruit Theory Debunked.
-First Lady's Fat Fervor.
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According to a report from Mayo Clinic researchers
that appears in The
American Journal of Gastroenterology,
when celiac disease is diagnosed in
adulthood, mucosal (villi) damage may
never completely resolve. In a small
study of 165 adults followed over ten
years, only 35% had mucosal recovery
after follow-up biopsies within two
years of diagnosis, even while
following a gluten-free diet. An
additional 23% eventually did have
mucosal healing.
Seventeen patients died during the
first ten years of follow-up. Of the
eleven who had follow-up biopsies, all
but one still had mucosal damage in
the last biopsy. Cancer was the most
common cause of death.
Putting
it Into Perspective
While this would seem to be extremely
discouraging news for celiac
sufferers, I guess we must be doing
something really extraordinary at
Nutritional Concepts. We have not
witnessed those kinds of results. With
our standard gluten-free protocol,
ideal healing micronutrients, adequate
protein for repair, probiotic therapy,
digestive enzymes, and avoidance of
gluten-free products that contain
cornstarch, my proactive, dedicated
clients usually heal beautifully. They
have the follow-up celiac blood tests
and biopsies to prove it!
Bonnie
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Drugs
to Lower Diabetes Risks Disappoint.
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The
results from a landmark federal study
presented in the New
England Journal of Medicine
brings yet more disappointment to
diabetics. Adding statin drugs (Lipitor,
Zocor used in this study) and fibrates
(TiCor used in this study) to drive
down blood-pressure and blood-fats
lower than current targets did not
prevent heart attacks and
strokes, and in some cases, caused
harmful side effects.
While experts say that nobody should
go off their medication based upon the
results of this study, the President
of the American Heart Association says
that healthy diets and lifestyles need
to be major points of emphasis in
lowering diabetes and obesity risk.
Dearth
of Diet and Lifestyle Services
If a recent poll of 290 primary care
doctors is any indication, there is a
major shortage of health professionals
who can emphasize healthy diets and
lifestyles. While 89% believe it is
their responsibility to help their
patients shed weight, 72% of doctors
said that nobody in their office has
been trained to deal with weight
problems. Doctors often lack the
education to accurately give
nutritional advice themselves (many
take only one nutrition course in
medical school).
Insurance reimbursement is the another
issue. Doctors would prefer to spend a
lot more time focusing on diet and
lifestyle with their patients if
insurance paid as much for these
services as they do other tests and
procedures.
I'm
Here for You
While I have lost count of how many
people I have seen over my career,
many are still reluctant to come
because they have to pay out of pocket
and submit to insurance themselves.
Little do they know it is the best
advice money can buy.
That said, it has been encouraging to
see insurance reimbursing for my
services over the last several years
(if accompanied with a doctor's
diagnosis).
Bonnie
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Eating
Fruit on an Empty Stomach Not
Necessary.
Believe it or not, I get this question
a lot. The theory has been circulating
for years as a viral email. It goes
back to a book written 15 years ago by
the Diamonds who advocated food
combining. They suggested eating fruit
alone, in the morning, and never right
after a meal. They claimed that the
combing fruit with other food would
cause gas and bloating by fermenting
in the stomach.
The theory could not be more wrong.
Eating fruit in this fashion will
cause hunger and most likely, low
blood sugar. The human body was
designed to digest all foods together.
If you cannot, it is sign that you may
need digestive enzymes.
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First Lady Michelle Obama's
crusade to curb childhood obesity in
the United States seems to be getting
off to a good start. Her tough love
approach when speaking recently to the
Grocery Manufacturers Association (Big
Food) was evident when she said
pointedly, "We need you not just
to tweak around the edges, but to
entirely rethink the products you're
offering, the information that you
provide about these products, and how
you market those products to
children." I know the Secretary
of Agriculture could not speak to the
GMA that way.
If Big Food makes even some of the
changes the First Lady is asking for,
it would save the taxpayer a lot more
money than any health care legislation
could.
I wanted to stand up and cheer when I
heard her warn Big Food "against
tricks such as replacing fat with
another no-no such as salt or adding a
gram of fiber to a product already
loaded with calories." I couldn't
have said it better myself!
We'll know by the end of the
President's first term if companies
like Kraft Foods and Coco Cola will
pay lip service to the First Lady's
plea, or make significant, tangible
changes.
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Have
a happy, healthy day.
Bonnie,
Steve, and the staff at Nutritional
Concepts
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