| Don't miss any of Bottom Line's Daily Health News. Add our address, dailyhealthnews@edhn.bottomlinesecrets.com, to your Address Book or Safe List. Learn how here. January 18, 2011  In This Issue...
 The Missing Link to a Peaceful Night's Sleep Beyond melatonin or valerian. This simple "nutrient cocktail" can help you sleep like a baby... without grogginess the next day. Balance Hormones for Weight Loss, Great Health Diets come and go, many of the most popular weight-loss plans these days being a variation on the popular low-fat or low-carb approaches. However few people succeed on any of these eating plans, for reasons we’ve written about extensively -- so I was interested to hear from our medical editor, Andrew L. Rubman, ND, that there is a science-based diet approach that he finds particularly effective. It’s called The Perfect 10 Diet Plan, named for the way it helps the body balance 10 hormones that are important to weight loss. Internist Michael Aziz, MD, founder and director of Midtown Integrative Medicine and attending physician at Lenox Hill Hospital, both in New York City, developed the program, which guides people in losing weight rapidly and comfortably while also optimizing long-term health. A year after its introduction, thousands of people have successfully lost weight and noticed an improvement in their health. How the Diets Stack Up When I called Dr. Aziz, he told me that we are a nation in "hormonal chaos" and that flawed research was behind the initial popularity of low-fat diets. Few doctors understood the difference between good fats and bad, Dr. Aziz told me, so dieters were urged to shun all fats and eat lots of carbohydrates instead. However, eating like this triggers excessive insulin, a hormone that stores fat... makes people hungry... and can start people down a path toward diabetes. Other disadvantages: Dr. Aziz says that eating so many carbs also negatively impacts other hormones, including human growth hormone (HGH), which helps people stay youthful... leptin (an appetite-regulating hormone)... and the sex hormones (testosterone, estrogen and progesterone). All this leads to a sluggish metabolism that makes weight loss harder. On the other hand, low-carb diets (including the popular Atkins diet) urge people to minimize carbohydrates and load up on fats in order to keep insulin in check. This helps you shed pounds, but doesn’t address the problems related to other hormones. Plus, it also overloads people with unhealthy amounts of protein -- slowing thyroid function, which is crucial for weight control. Furthermore, Atkins and these other low-carb eating plans allow lots of nitrite-rich processed meats, including bacon and cold cuts, which are linked to several types of cancer. In contrast, The Perfect 10 Diet Plan considers all 10 hormones that are key to weight loss and control, which are...
Perfect 10 Foods In his book, The Perfect 10 Diet, Dr. Aziz explains that calorie restriction is not the key to successful and lasting weight loss -- rather the point is to avoid "diet" foods (he calls them "fake foods") that have chemical ingredients added. Instead choose whole foods that contribute to a healthy metabolism, helping with weight loss while also satisfying your hunger. To follow the Perfect 10 Diet, you should base your daily caloric intake on a 40/40/20 formula -- get 40% of your calories from carbohydrates, 40% from fats, and 20% from protein. You can select from the following foods...
Forbidden Foods The Perfect 10 Diet strictly forbids foods that act against good hormone balance. In addition to those fake fats, you should avoid...
Off to a Quick Start To help you take off and then keep off excess pounds, the Perfect 10 Diet includes three stages...
In summary, eating whole foods that nourish rather than challenge your body will result in naturally balanced hormones, which will help you lose weight and feel great. Since it is smart to continue to keep a close eye on your hormone balance, in his book Dr. Aziz also provides advice on what lab tests you should ask your doctor to perform at the start of your diet and periodically thereafter. He also includes recipes and other suggestions for making this way of eating satisfying and one that can be healthfully maintained as time goes on... the true measure of a successful diet for health! Source(s): Michael Aziz, MD, attending physician, St. Vincent’s Hospital, and founder and director, Midtown Integrative Medicine, both in New York City. He is author of The Perfect 10 Diet (Cumberland House).  Perfect Painkillers... Work in seconds, cost 23 cents and heal your gut! We're all trying alternatives now that painkilling drugs are proving so deadly. There's got to be a better way! And now there is, thanks to a brilliant physician named Dr. Mark Stengler. In a famous case that's making fellow doctors gasp in admiration, Dr. Stengler's patient, Todd, could barely believe how fast his arthritis agony disappeared after all those drugs had failed him. Ask Dad: Is There Breast Cancer In Our Family? When it comes to physical traits, such as eye color or body type, women are well aware that these can be inherited from either parent -- but not so many realize that a genetic risk for breast or ovarian cancer is as likely to be passed down from dad’s side of the family as from mom’s. Most inherited genetic predispositions to breast and ovarian cancers are caused by mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, and men are just as likely as women to pass on these mutations to their children. Yet when researchers at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto examined records from their cancer clinic, they found that women were five times more likely to be referred for genetic counseling due to a maternal history than for their paternal line. This has important implications -- not only for women worried about their own health but also for fathers who want to be sure that their daughters are doing all that they can to protect themselves. I contacted Len Lichtenfeld, MD, deputy chief medical officer at the national office of the American Cancer Society in Atlanta, who stressed the importance of learning as much as possible about both parents’ family history. "Many fathers don’t realize that they can be carrying the gene for breast and ovarian cancer," he said, adding the surprising news that many health-care providers don’t know this either! Of the 700,000 women worldwide diagnosed with breast cancer each year, 5% to 10% have a genetic predisposition, usually a mutation in one of the BRCA genes. Women with these mutations have a high risk for breast and/or ovarian cancer (a 55% to 87% risk for breast cancer and a 20% to 44% risk for ovarian cancer). In a commentary on the study published online in the October 25, 2010, issue of The Lancet Oncology, the researchers point out that if doctors don’t ask about the medical history on the paternal side, women may not realize that they could be at high risk for breast or ovarian cancer, and that could prevent them from seeking genetic testing. What you can do Dr. Lichtenfeld urges women to invest some time into learning their family medical history -- from both sides of the family. Ask questions of your relatives, and follow through to get as much information as you can. Be alert to other cancers connected to breast cancer on your father’s side, such as colon and ovarian cancers. "As you get older and relatives pass away, you’ll find that the memory of the diseases they had and the causes of death disappear with them," Dr. Lichtenfeld points out. "If you discover a history of breast or ovarian cancer, especially premenopausal, on either side of your family, it’s very important to get a consultation with an experienced genetic counselor who will discuss whether a test for the BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation is appropriate and the implications of the results." To learn more about how to explore your family health history, go to the Web site for the Surgeon General’s Family Health History Initiative, www.hhs.gov/familyhistory. You will be able to create, store and share an electronic record -- and keep it confidential -- for free. It may be the best thing you’ve ever done for yourself -- and your family. Source(s): J. Leonard Lichtenfeld, MD, deputy chief medical officer, American Cancer Society, www.cancer.org. Be well,
What Would You Be If You Weren't What You Are? As I write this, I am exhausted from my weekend of heavy-duty mommying. Today, was the birthday party for our youngest daughter, who just turned nine. We hosted 18 girls for a cooking party. I've spent the last three days immersed in party -- shopping, prepping, the party itself, and then the clean-up. I was proud of how successfully it went, but didn't think too much of it until I heard from some of the moms expressing their amazement. Read on... You received this free E-letter because you have requested it. You are on the mailing list as healthwellness82@gmail.com. Or... a friend forwarded it to you. Click here to easily subscribe. You can easily unsubscribe by clicking here. To change your e-mail address click here To update your e-mail preferences click here Important: Help your friends live more healthfully -- forward this E-letter to them. Better: Send it to many friends and your whole family. This is a free e-mail service of BottomLineSecrets.com and Boardroom Inc. Need to contact us? Boardroom Inc. Privacy Policy: Required Disclaimer: The information provided herein should not be construed as a health-care diagnosis, treatment regimen or any other prescribed health-care advice or instruction. The information is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in the practice of medicine or any other health-care profession and does not enter into a health-care practitioner/patient relationship with its readers. The publisher does not advise or recommend to its readers treatment or action with regard to matters relating to their health or well-being other than to suggest that readers consult appropriate health-care professionals in such matters. No action should be taken based solely on the content of this publication. The information and opinions provided herein are believed to be accurate and sound at the time of publication, based on the best judgment available to the authors. However, readers who rely on information in this publication to replace the advice of health-care professionals, or who fail to consult with health-care professionals, assume all risks of such conduct. The publisher is not responsible for errors or omissions. Bottom Line's Daily Health News is a registered trademark of Boardroom, Inc. Copyright (c) 2011 by Boardroom Inc. |
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