From eNewsletter 10/2/2023
DID YOU KNOW that among the many benefits of having optimal zinc stores, such as blood sugar balance, emotional balance, and immune strength, a new study from Frontiers in Nutrition found that gut health is also dependent upon zinc?
According to the authors, higher dietary zinc intake was associated with a lower prevalence of Helicobacter pylori seropositivity. For those who don't know what H. Pylori is, an overgrowth of this bacteria in the stomach can lead to chronic gastritis, gastric ulcer, gastric cancer, and mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma.
Zinc is one of the most prevalent micronutrient deficiencies for two reasons. It is difficult to obtain in modern diets and it is very common to have one or more mutations of the gene most associated with zinc absorption.
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Services Update
Steve Minsky MS, HWC
As a Health and Wellness Counselor, Steve analyzes and offer solutions to optimize human functioning not only with food, but every aspect of your lifestyle, whether for prevention or healing. More info on Steve's services.
Text Us If It Is Convenient at (847) 497-0902
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Pet Wellness
Our dietary supplement line for dogs and cats, ThorneVet, has an impeccable reputation among veterinarians. Carolyn Martinelli "Coach Care" can answer your questions about ThorneVet pet supplements at nutroconpet@gmail.com. Please leave detailed contact information as well as the name, age, sex, breed, and/or health issue(s) and med(s) of your pet so Carolyn can respond accordingly. To order from our wellness shop, please visit here (for prices, enter the Guest Area password: discount2018).
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Upcoming Wellness Screenings
Food Intolerance Blood Draw
Options to set up a Biotrition food intolerance test blood draw. By appointment only:
One Saturday per month at Biotrition in Glenview - next date October 28th
M-FRI 9AM-3PM at NICL Labs in Northbrook
Text, email, or call us to set up your appointment.
Thermography Screening Friday, October 20th
October is Breast Health Awareness Month. Eniko is offering $25 off to new clients who are getting a breast scan or $50 off to new clients getting a 1/2 body or full body scan in the month of October.
For those interested in an upper torso or whole body thermography scan, please book your session by emailing: illinoisthermography@gmail.com (tell Eniko you would like to schedule your thermography scan at Schuster Chiropractic on Friday, October 1th. She will get back to you with times available, type of scan; openings are limited and first come first serve). To find out more about thermography, please read the following.
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Prevention
Year-round infection is the new normal. We are exposed to many endemic viruses including SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), influenza (flu), respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), norovirus (stomach flu), adenovirus (common cold), monkeypox, and four other coronaviruses (common cold), among others. Support your immune system with our Free Prevent and Fight Viruses 2.0 Protocol here.
Have a happy, healthy day! Steve and Bonnie Minsky
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Some Dietitians Exposed as Big Soda Shills
Steve: An appalling investigative report from the Washington Post (full article here) revealed that after the World Health Organization deemed the artificial sweetener aspartame a "possible carcinogen" earlier this year, the American Beverage Association, a lobbying front for Coca Cola and Pepsi, among others, paid dietitians, many with large social media followings, to laud the safety of aspartame, even to go so far as use the hastag #safetyofaspartame.
What makes this campaign even more egregious is that many of the paid dietitians did not disclose they were being paid by Coco Cola and Pepsi, which is a major "no-no" in the world of social media.
I watched some of the TikTok and Instagram posts from these influencers and it made me sick. As the WaPo reporters described, one dietitian who specializes in diabetes care, sipped from a glass of soda and told her Instagram viewers that artificial sweeteners “satisfy the desire for sweetness” without affecting blood sugar or insulin levels.
On the heels of last month's JAMA Network Open study that linked artificial sweeteners with increased depression risk, this tactic used by Big Food and Beverage goes way beyond aspartame and if not reigned in, how are we ever going to tackle the poor health of the United States population?
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