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June 14, 2011  In This Issue... - What's Eating You? Acid, That's What!
- A Painkiller That Protects Against Parkinson's Disease
- Mind Tricks: The Secret for your Brain to Learn a New Language in Just 10 Days Revealed!
- Can Good Nutrition Cure an Aching Gut?
- I Just Saved $69,000 on My Mortgage!
What's Eating You? Acid, That's What! Exclusive breakthrough reveals dangerously high acid levels in your body may be the hidden cause behind many health problems. Balancing your pH could bring the health miracle you've been praying for... "My blood pressure dropped by 10 points!"
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A Painkiller That Protects Against Parkinson's Disease As I’ve watched a dear friend cope bravely with Parkinson’s disease, I can’t help but feel frustrated by how little we know about what causes this mysterious neurological illness -- I am sure that any of you who know people with Parkinson’s feel the same way. Someday some brilliant scientist will weave together the many seemingly disparate clues... but meanwhile, a new study has uncovered something intriguing. What researchers have discovered is that people who regularly take the popular painkiller ibuprofen (such as Advil and other brands) seem to be at lower risk for Parkinson’s. I was interested to see that this latest finding comes from Xiang Gao, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and an associate epidemiologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, who studies how dietary and environmental factors affect risk for Parkinson’s. He and I had spoken just a few years ago about the connection between Parkinson’s and melanoma (see Daily Health News, December 31, 2009), so I gave him a call to learn more about his latest research. Which Painkillers Work? Dr. Gao has been examining the association between painkillers and Parkinson’s disease for nearly a decade. In fact, the Harvard researchers identified a link between lower Parkinson’s risk and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) painkillers as early as 2003. Then in 2005, they found that ibuprofen appeared to be the only NSAID that protected against Parkinson’s. Now, Dr. Gao told me, this newest study has confirmed that finding and added some more detail. The study: After examining the medical records of 136,197 participants (none of whom had Parkinson’s at the start) in the Nurses’ Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study over a six-year period, Dr. Gao found that 291 participants developed the disease... and participants who used ibuprofen at least twice a week had a one-third lower risk for Parkinson’s than those who did not take it as often. Dr. Gao then did a secondary meta-analysis of six other studies concerning Parkinson’s and ibuprofen and learned that their results were almost identical to his, showing a risk reduction for ibuprofen users of about 30%. His new study also confirmed that the decreased risk was not found among people using any other painkillers, including aspirin or acetaminophen (Tylenol). What Else Works? Dr. Gao theorizes that ibuprofen reduces the risk for Parkinson’s disease by activating a signaling pathway called the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR-gamma) that in turn inhibits nerve cell death, oxidative stress and inflammatory damage in the brain. While it seems safe to say that ibuprofen has some specific protective property, Dr. Gao emphasized that we don’t yet know what it is. And, he added, it’s important to note that ibuprofen can cause troubling side effects, including gastrointestinal distress and bleeding. In high doses, it has been known to worsen kidney and cardiovascular problems as well. People who have a family history of Parkinson’s disease should discuss with their doctors whether and how much ibuprofen to take. In general, Dr. Gao says, he prefers to see people bolster their health with a heathful diet and exercise. In fact, in another recent study, he discovered that the antioxidants in berries were as effective as ibuprofen in lowering Parkinson’s risk -- people who ate at least two cups of berries per week had a one-fourth lower risk than those who didn’t eat berries. And their only side effect was to make people want more! Source(s):
Xiang Gao, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, research scientist at Harvard School of Public Health and an associate epidemiologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, all in Boston.
Mind Tricks: The Secret for your Brain to Learn a New Language in Just 10 Days Revealed! Your brain is already wired to learn a language in 10 days…you just need to activate it! The Pimsleur Approach has been featured on PBS, recommended by Forbes and has been utilized by millions of other people across the world. It is a method utilized by the FBI to master multiple languages. Click the link below to find out the secret of how you can quickly learn a new language too using this easy method! https://www.pimsleurapproach.com/opttopop_v9.asp?sid=sl38002emcams
Can Good Nutrition Cure an Aching Gut? An intriguing new study involving mice and cheese (lucky little rodents!) brings information that may lead to a natural treatment for a group of people who could really use it -- those who suffer from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). I’ll get to the finding in a minute, but let’s start with a brief explanation of what IBD is, in case you are among the fortunate folks who don’t know much about it. IBD is the collective name for a group of chronic inflammatory diseases of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract (two of the most common are Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis). These diseases set off an immune response, causing deep inflammation in the intestines. IBD differs from the more common irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in that it involves what doctors call "active pathology" in the tissues. This means that when intestinal tissue from a person with IBD is biopsied, there will be evidence of visible, active inflammation, which would not be the case with IBS. In people with IBD, the immune system mistakenly targets the GI tract. What sets off this inappropriate response is a matter of debate, but it may be that certain substances such as food residues, cellular products and bacteria, trigger an attack on the intestinal cells. White blood cells (defenders) get dispatched to "protect" the intestines and their continual attack in turn produces chronic inflammation, causing symptoms such as diarrhea, cramping, abdominal pain, fever, rectal bleeding -- and even can affect the joints, skin, eyes and liver. A Natural Solution? IBD patients are typically treated with four classes of medications -- aminosalicylates, steroids, immune modifiers and antibiotics with varying degrees of success, so researchers are always looking for other solutions to calm the overreactive guts of people with this miserable condition. A team of researchers from the Netherlands looked at whey protein because they thought it might be helpfulin encouraging production of a mucus-like substance, called mucin, that soothes inflamed tissue. Increasing its production can allow the gut to better protect itself, explained Joseph Brasco, MD, a gastroenterologist from The Center for Colon & Digestive Disorders in Huntsville, Alabama, who I called to talk over the significance of this finding. Whey is a milk-based product, high in protein and essential amino acids. Its high concentration of two amino acids in particular -- threonine and cystein -- led researchers to believe that it might be helpful, since they are necessary for the production of mucin. Whey To Go! Having induced colitis in mice, the researchers fed them one of three diets to evaluate their effects. One diet featured casein, another milk-based derivative, as the main source of protein... the second group was also fed casein, but supplemented with the two amino acids threonine and cystein... while the third ate a diet emphasizing whey protein. Not only did the whey protein diet increase mucin secretion and protect against gut inflammation in general, it also increased the colonization of lactobacilli and bifidobacteria, probiotics that help support immune function. The other two diets resulted in no significant change. According to Dr. Brasco, the standard way to treat people with IBD has been drug therapy that works to modify the immune response, which in turn, slows down the progression of the disease. What’s so interesting about this study, he said, "is that they are trying to alter and improve the gut itself through nutrition. I’m encouraged by the fact that researchers are beginning to think that the immune system itself might be responding to abnormalities in the gut and that correcting those abnormalities might be a first order of business, one in which nutrition plays a huge part." Promising as this finding is, Dr. Brasco said it’s nowhere near time for IBD patients to toss out their meds and switch to whey protein drinks. It’s an animal study and it’s not clear how the doses given the mice would translate to human servings. We’ll keep an ear to the ground and let you know when more information is available. Source(s):
Joseph Brasco, MD, a gastroenterologist from The Center for Colon & Digestive Disorders, Huntsville, Alabama.
I Just Saved $69,000 on My Mortgage! It was quite a surprise last Friday when my husband received a call from our broker at our mortgage company (amazingly, the same person and the same institution we've been dealing with for the past 15 years, through two home purchases and three refinancings). He called to see if we wanted to refinance now. We hadn't been looking to refinance our home mortgage since we did so only about two years ago -- Click here to read more...
Be well, 
Carole Jackson
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