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07/26/2010 07:18 AM

Vitamin D Revisited

After writing several articles on Vitamin D and the effects of being vitamin D deficient, I've learned a lot about this all important vitamin. However, it seems that every time a new study and/or report about vitamin D comes out I learn something new. Suffice to say that's no different with Mr. Brazos Minshew's latest TriVita Wellness Report article.

I've included the article in its entirety. I hope you read it and have a chance to learn more about vitamin d.

Keeping Skin Healthy & Glowing
by Brazos Minshew, TriVita's Chief Science Officer

"I'm tired of all this nonsense about beauty being only skin-deep. That's deep enough. What do you want, an adorable pancreas?"
- Jean Kerr

Beautiful outside, beautiful inside?
Who doesn't want beautiful skin - especially as we age? Our outside layer of skin often reflects the health of our internal organs, as we discussed in the Weekly Wellness Report on "Liver Spots."

For instance, skin hydration relies on glucosamine just as joint hydration relies on glucosamine. So, dry skin likely means dry joints. Skin that is easily torn and damaged indicates rapid aging, which likely indicates rapid aging of our circulatory system. Furthermore, skin that is easily burned by the sun may indicate that our essential fatty acid (EFA) and antioxidant reserves are low which means other tissues that rely on antioxidants and EFA for protection may also be at risk.

Therefore, beautiful skin is a good indicator of healthy reserves of critical nutrients.

Inside first...
As we age, we are likely to experience skin that wrinkles and becomes blotchy. It may start to get pigment spots and become easy to injure. There are many products and procedures you can use to help your skin from the outside and those are important. But more important is nourishing the skin from the inside.

Skin has a base of healthy fats. Most of the external emollients we use on our skin are some form of fat. However, humans are not designed to take in fats very efficiently through the skin. The best way to have a healthy base for your skin is to take OmegaPrime essential fatty acids. Two per day is good, but for skin health, more is better!

From the outside...
There is a huge industry that provides cleansers, peels and emollients for the outside of your skin. Use of skin treatments is important only after you have been nourished from the inside. Then your skin will have beauty long after the makeup has been removed. Dr. Libby's Vital C Powdered Crystals are perfect for your weekly beautiful skin routine. Try this natural deep moisturizer treatment and skin exfoliant:

Add 1/4 teaspoon of Vital C Crystals to your daily skin moisturizer and mix thoroughly.
Liberally apply the cream to your face and neck, massaging gently.
Leave on for 10 minutes.
Wash off completely with warm water; follow with a splash of cold water to close your pores.
Your skin should have a lovely glow!

Sunlight and Vitamin D
The skyrocketing incidence of diabetes, osteoporosis and certain cancers definitely say that we are not getting enough Vitamin D. The increase in insomnia and seasonal depression tells us that we are not getting enough early morning sun.

We need more sunlight. Now, how do we make it safe?

Recognize the need for sun and the need for caution. Plan your sun exposure so that you maximize the benefits while minimizing the risks. For instance, get your sunlight early in the day. Early morning sunlight does not have the high ultra-violet intensity that midday sun does. So, take a 20-minute walk in the early part of the day with your skin exposed to sunlight. This will give you the benefits without the risks of over-exposure.
Alternately, take a 20-minute walk in the evening with your skin exposed to sunlight. There are fewer UV rays in the evening than at midday, though more than in the morning. This will have a less dramatic effect than morning sun but will still provide you with many of the same benefits.
Never expose your skin to midday sun for long periods of time. Wear clothing that covers most of your skin and wear a hat that provides shade for your face and ears.
Certain nutrients work well to protect against sun damage:
1. Essential fatty acids interact with Vitamin D in your skin to create a bulwark of protection against harmful radiation.
2. Vitamin C quenches smoldering fires of oxidative stress once they have begun.
3. Antioxidants, such as green tea (Energy Now!) and those found in berries (Adaptogen 10 Plus) can help protect against DNA damage from radiation.
4. All these are excellent strategies for dealing with the stress of too much sun.

What about sunscreen?
The discussion about sunscreen is full of heated rhetoric. The first thing I will say about using sunscreen is that it is completely up to you: it's your choice! I would also point out that people have lived outdoors for thousands of years without serious risk from sun exposure. The increase in skin cancer risk came about as a "perfect storm" of severely polluted air, a low antioxidant/nutrient diet and the 40-year tanning craze that followed World War II.

The truth is that more people die of cancer related to Vitamin D deficiency than of skin cancer caused by sunburn. Again, get some morning and evening sunshine for good health, never get a sunburn and keep your skin covered when you are exposed to midday sun. Beyond these recommendations, do what seems reasonable to you!

Total health
The health of our skin can tell us much about the health of our entire body. We naturally desire that "healthy glow" and beautiful skin. And that makes sense, doesn't it? We have a tool to assess our internal health immediately at our disposal: our skin. All we have to do is learn to listen to the message of healthy skin!

In one of my previous articles, Vitamin D - Protector from Cancer, is stated that "nine out of 10 Americans are deficient in vitamin D. Furthermore, it's been documented many times that even people who spend plenty of time in the sun can still lack this vital inflammation fighter. This is becoming more and more serious because inflammation is a major cause of heart and brain attacks, high blood pressure, joint pain, bone loss, digestive problems, blood sugar imbalances and a host of other serious health problems."

So, not only is vitamin D important to help ward off cancer, but it's also a proven inflammation fighter. Some medical studies have even found that inflammation is one of the major causes of cancer. Now I'm not a medical doctors, so don't take my word for it; do your own research.

Jeffrey Sloe
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07/19/2010 07:53 PM

Weight Loss

Health and Wellness - How To lose Weight

Summer’s here! Grilling out. Beer by the lake. Outdoor concerts. Lots of opportunities for guys to take their shirts off and for girls to wear short-shorts. Yeah – how’s that gonna work for ya? You’ve probably got a dozen different ways of how to cook steak – but not one best way to lose abdominal weight. And you know what? It’s easier than you think.

The exercises to lose weight quickly are NOT those 90-day boot camp things advertised on TV. But they aren’t all those machines and gizmos either. And if you’re thinking “what about foods that can help me lose weight?” The truth is: EVERY food can help you lose weight – OR gain it.

So what are you supposed to do? How can you get in shape for summer?

1. Start now. Cutting weight is for boxers, wrestlers, and people kicked off The Ultimate Fighter.

2. Get in shape with knowledge. Look, just because some B list movie star can get a magazine cover shape with 3 trainers and 8 hours of exercise a day doesn’t mean you can. BUT you CAN get that shape a lot easier if you do it with knowledge (seriously. Don’t you think you’re smarter than those yahoos anyway?).

3. Approach it comprehensively. What you eat ties in with how you exercise ties in with how you work ties in with your emotions… So get an approach that recognizes this, and doesn’t try to cram all your fitness into 5 meals and 10 minutes of exercise a day.

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07/18/2010 07:54 PM

Weight Loss

Health and Wellness - How To lose Weight

People spend so much time and effort to find supposedly the best fast weight loss diets, so they could lose weight successfully and live a better life. But every person that wants to, sees that diets are not very effective at all. For some reason we are lead to believe, that diets are the answer to weight loss, so no-one even bothers to question, if that is true or not.

A ordinary person has the idea that, if he or she wants to lose weight, then a calorie deficit is needed. Eating less food is the best way to create that needed deficit and that is somewhat true. But if we take a closer look, then we can cracks in this theory.

Most diets out there, that are supposedly the best because they make people lose weight fast, require people to cut their calorie drastically and to very low levels. Which can be as low as 800 or less calories for women and 1500 or less calories for men.

Now every time that calories are reduced drastically fast weight loss will occur, so in that sense diets do work very well. But as you know this fast weight loss, does not last very long. There are very good reasons, why it does not last.

If you starve yourself with diets to lose weight, then your body can not separate a diet from starvation. They are both the same, so the response is also the same. This means fat burning hormones and enzymes decrease, fat storing enzymes and hormones increase, the metabolism slows down, hunger increases etc. All of these things happen, because your body is trying to protect you from starving yourself to death.

Although diets do work temporarily, they can´t work successfully in the long-term. It is impossible to out smart the body, so there really is no best fast weight loss diets, that work. I believe that everyone, including you, wants permanent results and permanent results, can´t be achieved with temporary methods.

07/16/2010 10:42 PM

Weight Loss

Health and Wellness - How To lose Weight

Why exactly do you want to lose weight? There are tons of motivations why people want to get rid of their excess pounds – what is your motivation? What is motivating you to seek out information to lose weight quickly? You are reading this for a reason that’s personal to you. You didn’t “happen” to stumble upon this article accidentally. So, let me try to help you.

Did you make a New Year’s Resolution to lose weight this year? Maybe you started off pumped up, focused, like “Yeah, THIS time I’m really gonna do it, finally.” You start envisioning what you’re going to look like after you’ve lost your weight, new smaller sized clothes you can buy, or just being able to fit into those clothes gathering dust in your closet. But….it didn’t last.

Maybe you’re one of us that realize that time is running out before the warm weather hits. “Crap! I can’t wear sweats to the beach! I love summer, but my body’s not ready – there’s no way I can fit into my summer clothes right now – help!” I need to lose weight and I need to lose it NOW!!

Do you have a wedding just around the corner and you want to lose those last 5, 10 or whatever pounds? Could be you have a social gathering, or some special function coming up that you want to look and feel your most desirable.

One of my reasons is that my 60-something metabolism is slowing down and what used to work to lose weight, not so much now. I also want to change my eating habits that turn into a ‘lifestyle’ and not a succession of yo-yo or fad diets to achieve my weight loss goals. And I definitely don’t want something “fussy” – who has time for that?

Do you need to find something to jump start your metabolism, naturally, too – no matter your age or gender?

I’ve only mentioned a few of the “vanity” (yes, I admit I’m vain – I wanna look good and feel good) reasons for losing weight. Each person has their own, personal, motivating factors as to why they want to get rid of – dare I say it – that ugly, nasty, body fat that stares at us in the not-so-friendly mirror.

There are real, serious health reasons to want to lose weight, too. That would be a whole new article and then some. Even at the simplistic level, an extra 5 lbs puts an enormous amount of stress on your bones and joints:

"Being overweight, even just moderately, impacts weightbearing joints and can increase the pain of arthritis. Research has shown that during walking the hips, knees, and ankles bear three to five times a person’s total body weight. For every pound a person is overweight, three to five pounds of extra weight is added to each knee during walking. In contrast, a ten pound weight loss causes 30 to 50 pounds of extra stress to be relieved from the joints. " (http://arthritis.about.com/cs/diet/a/extrapounds.htm)

Don’t you too, want to lose weight fast – have more energy… better your health…learn how to burn fat better…and just feel better about yourself? After a lot of research, I’m getting ready and excited to start a journey that’s going to help me and a lot of you reach our weight loss goals – finally! Think you can do it?

07/13/2010 07:43 PM

Weight Loss

Health and Wellness - Resolving Obesity Problem

The Increasing rate of obesity is a becoming a worldwide problem. We are constantly surrounded by advertisements for fast food restaurants and to buy food that will eventually kill us. The sad fact is that the USA is the fattest country. Like you and most Americans we would like to be healthy, slim and live a long productive life.

This is not a hard concept to accomplish losing weight can be very easy if you are willing to put forth the energy and willingness to complete your initial goal. There are a steps that you can do everyday to lose that unwanted weight that you don’t want or need. Here are 4 steps that you can do to rid that excess weight.

1. Eat a low calorie diet~stay away from fast food, i know its amazing and it taste so so good, but it is one of the biggest contributors to weight gain. Cutting out fast food or limiting how much of it you eat can make a drastic impact.

2. Eat Only 4 Times a day~ Limiting yourself to 3 meals and a snack will lower the amount of calories to the point where you are eating enough and not to much. Eat a medium size breakfast, it is the most important meal of the day it gives you the energy you need for the day. Eat a small lunch i.e. a salad and some fruit. About an hour or two before dinner have yourself a snack. An apple or banana would be perfect. Keep it healthy. Dinner eat food with carbohydrates like noodles.

3. Exercise~ keeping active will cause you to lose weight. Most of the time people eat then sit in front of the T.V. That will Definitely be a huge factor in weight gain, but you are trying to lose weight. So go for a walk around the block, take your dog or significant other or just a friend and walk around for a half hour or so. It will make a huge difference walking for a half hour than sitting watching T.V.

4. Keep Hydrated~ Drink less coffee, soda and energy drinks the sugar content in those will definitely cause weight gain, plus they dehydrate you. Water or Gatorade will help you lose the weight and keep you well hydrated which in turn it will keep you full of energy that you need to live an active life.

Losing weight doesn’t have to be a losing battle it can be done, very quickly to. There are many ways to get to the size that you want to be at. You just have to have the ambition to get there. There are many products and books out there that you can buy that will give you step by step instructions on how to lose weight quickly. All you have to say is that “I want to lose weight, and nothing is going to stop me!”