WHAT'S IN YOUR WATER?

Your body is about 70% water. Keeping your body healthy is directly linked to hydration. You should be drinking HALF OF YOUR BODY WEIGHT in ounces of water.

A leading problem for millions of Americans, that is directly related to thousands of illnesses and diseases, is inflammation.

Click here to read the HPN blog on inflammation.

Inflammation is caused by toxins and chemicals that build up in your system. They never take a day off. Drinking lots of water every day helps flush them out.

However...

Tap Water Is NOT Safe
According to Time Magazine, tap water in America is not safe. "All told, there are about 3,000 prescription pharmaceuticals in use in the U.S. and thousands more over-the-counter drugs, not to mention creams and ointments we smear on and then shower off. 'Between cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and other sources,' says John Spatz, commissioner of Chicago's department of water management, 'there are 80,000 potential combinations of chemicals.'

Wastewater from homes gets treated at sewage plants, but it's never possible to remove every trace of drugs. What's more, sewage pipes break, septic tanks overflow, and in some parts of the U.S. "straight-piping" — which sends untreated sewage flowing directly into surface water — is still practiced. One way or another, the drugs find their way back to us."

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1976909_1976907_1976871,00.html#ixzz0kGnuDkH5


MOST Bottled Water Is Convenient, But NOT SAFER And NOT GOOD FOR YOU
"If you repeatedly test over 100 brands of bottled water, about a third will have a problem, and if you tested tap water that often, you will find something similar," says Erik Olson, director of advocacy for the nonprofit National Resources Defense Council.

Olson adds that with the exception of a few isolated pockets of truly bad drinking water, most municipal systems and most bottled water sources are fairly equal in terms of contaminants and other health and safety issues.

Additionally, many brands of water include ingredients like salt and additional additives that prevent your body from absorbing it. The result is often a waterlogged feeling feeling--instead of refreshing and energizing you...it actually weighs you down.

Water As An Investment In Your Health
The best possible alternative is to find water that is science-based and formulated to be of the best possible benefit to your body. Why pay for just water, and especially bad water, when the water your body needs can also:

• enhance the absorption of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, proteins and other important nutrients
• speed fatigue recovery
• maintain healthy circulation
• support a healthy immune system

HealthPro Nutrient has researched, and now recommends, Evolv Water. Evolv Water has been specially formulated through a unique process that has been perfected, refined, and now patented after 15 years of scientific research. The colorless and flavorless Archaea Active™ formula combines with natural spring water to deliver the health benefits of good hydration with optimal oxygen utilization and increased stamina, energy, and endurance.

View some of Evolv's ingredients by Clicking Here


Comparing the cost of a bottle of Evolv to a bottle of water found in the grocery store is like comparing apples and oranges. With Evolv, the water is free. What you are paying for is the unique Archaea Active formula. The spring water Evolv uses is the best source for delivering nutrients throughout your body.

HealthPro Nutrient recommends drinking Evolv water instead of other bottled waters. However, a great alternative is to drink 2-3 Evolv waters each day and then supplement for the rest of your ounces with Fuji or Smart water. Remember, you need to drink HALF of your body weight in ounces of water each day.

Interesting note: Did you know that your skin is the largest organ in/on your body?  Did you know that it needs water, and lots of it, to thrive?  Don't be mean to your skin and starve it of what it needs!

Why Do You...Age? Get Sick? Get Diseases?

This might seem hard to believe, but we as humans don't actually age, we don't get sick, and we don't get diseases.  Our cells do.

Our body's health is dependent on our cells' health. So to slow down aging, limit sickness, and prevent disease, we must protect and properly feed our cells.  

If you were to put buttermilk in your car's gasoline tank...it would get a "disease" and stop working.

This blog is the first of several entries on this subject, as it is important for all HealthPro Nutrient customers, distributors, and friends to learn as much as possible about how your body works, and how to keep it nourished and healthy.  We have the secret to the best health care plan possible.

That health care plan is knowledge. 

What Are Cells Made Of? 

Cells are made up of many atoms.  When these atoms are healthy, the cells replicate (make an exact copy) and keep the body young, well, and disease free. What makes an atom healthy is that it has "paired" electrons (yellow dots). 

How Do Cells Age, Get Sick, And Get Diseases?

Atoms missing an electron (yellow dot) are not just "bad", they actually destroy surrounding atoms by stealing their electrons.  An atom missing an electron is called a Free Radical. Free Radicals alter or destroy cells. Cells that die, and cells that replicate in a damaged state, are the cause or contribute to premature aging, sicknesses, and diseases such as cancer, heart disease, osteoporosis, and many others.

Where Do Free Radicals Come From?

• smoking
• stress
• UV rays
  
• pesticides
• pollution
• medications
• certain foods
• food additives
• x-rays
• excessive exercise
• chlorine
• mercury
• many more 

Free radicals come from pollution released into our environment all over the world.

Free radicals come from pesticides and insecticides put on our plants, grass, weeds, and in our air.

Free radicals come from water treated with chlorine to make it "safe" for drinking.

One cigarette generates approximately one quadrillion free radicals (1,000,000,000,000,000).

The Solution Is Antioxidants

Antioxidants have "extra" electrons (yellow dots) that can give to free radicals, which eliminate their harmful effects.

Antioxidants are your body's defense against destructive free radicals. Therefore they are your defense against aging, sickness, and disease.

Part 2 in this series will provide you with information about how antioxidants neutralize free radicals and reduce your risk of disease.

Vitamin D Emerges as Treatment for Prostate Cancer - Cuts PSA Levels by Half

Treatment with vitamin D supplements may slow the progress of prostate cancer, according to a study published in the journal BJU International.

In the United States, prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among men, after lung cancer. Approximately 240,000 new cases are diagnosed every year, leading to 30,000 deaths.

Researchers have suspected for nearly two decades that the so-called "sunshine vitamin" may play a role in the risk and progression of prostate cancer, but no studies have previously been conducted on its usefulness as a treatment.

"It's very interesting - there has been no significant trial of vitamin D," said lead researcher Jonathan Waxman of Imperial College London. "This is a treatment which is unlikely to have significant toxicity and is a welcome addition to the therapeutic options for patients with prostate cancer."

Waxman decided to do the study when he learned of a prostate cancer patient who recovered after his wife bought vitamin D pills for him. Waxman and colleagues recruited 26 men with prostate cancer and assigned them each to take a daily vitamin D supplement. In five of the men, reductions in levels of the prostate specific antigen (PSA) were reduced.

In men with prostate cancer, PSA levels are an indicator of disease severity. One participant experienced a decrease in PSA levels less than 25 percent, two experienced decreases of between 25 and 50 percent, and two experienced decreases of more than 50 percent. In one of the participants, PSA levels remained reduced for a full 36 months.

Vitamin D is synthesized by the body upon exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation from sunlight. It plays a critical role in calcium absorption and bone health, and deficiency in the vitamin can lead to rickets in children and osteoporosis in adults. Recent research has also suggested that vitamin D can help prevent autoimmune disorders and a variety of chronic diseases, including diabetes, heart disease and cancer. Some scientists have stated that if everyone increased the amount of time they spent in the sun, far more lives would be saved from cancers prevented than would be lost from increased skin cancer cases.

A light-skinned person can get enough vitamin D from getting 15 minutes of sun on the face and hands each day, while a darker skinned person might need up to 45 minutes. More sun exposure is needed at more extreme latitudes.

A connection between vitamin D and prostate cancer was first suggested in 1990, when researchers suggested that the vitamin might tie together a variety of observed risk factors for the disease. A wide body of research has demonstrated that prostate cancer risk is higher at northern latitudes (where people get less vitamin D), among older people (with reduced vitamin D synthesis) and black people (who absorb less UV rays). Researchers have also found that men diagnosed with prostate cancer in the summer or autumn, when vitamin D levels tend to be highest, have a better prognosis than men diagnosed in winter or spring.

In 1992, researchers also suggested that higher vitamin D consumption in Japan might account for lower rates of prostate cancer there, relative to the United States. Japanese men consume more fatty fish, which is high in both vitamin D and omega-3 fatty acids that increase the vitamin's stability in the body, and soy, which slows the rate at which bodily vitamin D breaks down.

Since then, studies have found that many prostate cancer cells contain vitamin D receptors, and that vitamin D can inhibit the growth of some of these cells.

Researchers also hypothesize that vitamin D might inhibit the action of the androgen receptor, which produces male sex hormones that have been linked to the disease.

Vitamin D3 can be found in the HealthPro Nutrient products YouthD3, CoreMatrix and the multi-vitamin EC Men and Women formulas.

Youth D3 is also a powerful antioxidant which provides optimal protection and integrity to biological systems in the body.

The above article was originally published by David G. of Natural News 

More on Inflammation: What You Don't Know May Kill You

America is in the middle of a health crisis. Over the last two decades, our society has seen a dramatic increase in conditions such as cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity, and arthritis. In fact, chronic disease accounts for approximately 75% of deaths in people over 65.

What is on thing these conditions have in common? 

A primary underlying cause of these conditions is chronic inflammation.

What Is Inflammation?

Most of us think of inflammation as the swelling that accompanies a sprained ankle or insect bite. This type of inflammation is acute and part of the body's healthy response to injury or illness. But when inflammation is present for long periods of time, it causes problems...often big problems. 

What Causes Chronic Inflammation?

Usually, this is a result of how we live. Our diets have too much fat, sugar, high-fructose corn syrup, and chemicals. All of these can injure the body's cells and tissues. Our environment exposes us to hundreds of toxins and chemicals every day. Pharmaceutical drugs, alcohol, smoking, excessive sunlight, household cleaners...the list goes on and on. They all create free radicals that damage our cells, tissues, and organs...which ultimately result in the body creating an inflammatory response. 

Which Conditions Can Chronic Inflammation Contribute To?

• Cardiovascular disease
• Dementia
• Diabetes
• Obesity
• Irritable bowel syndrome/digestive disorders 
• Fibromyalgia and other autoimmune disorders 

Which HPN Products Help?

Most HPN products help with inflammation because they are focused on creating wellness by balancing your system, feeding you the nutrients you need, and addressing from the inside the negative factors you are living with on the outside. 

Youth D3, a powerful antioxidant which provides optimal protection and integrity to biological systems in the body.

Also:

ClearBody provides powerful support for the gastro-intestinal tract, especially effective as an anti-inflammatory. It is an excellent dietary supplement and healing agent for anyone afflicted by ulcers, irritable bowel syndrome, or gastritis.

Omega 3-6-9 contains Omega-3 fatty acids, which are crucial for:

• cardiovascular health,
• immune health,
• immune regulation,
• anti-inflammatory processes,
• neurological and ocular function. 

Omega-6 fatty acids can also inhibit inflammation and enhance immunity. 

Click here to order Youth D3, ClearBody, and Omega 3-6-9.

Indulge...Just Be Prepared

Thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday for showing appreciation to those we love and live our lives with. We want to celebrate and we don't want to think about whether we ate too much, or how much sugar our bodies are trying to process, or whether or not we should have that extra piece of pie. Honestly, who can say no to one more piece of Grandma's Pumpkin Pie? Or better yet, who should?

We say eat all you want this holiday season...just be prepared!

The HealthPro Nutrient Detox Program is formulated to help your body process what you eat.

Why Is This Important? 

Because of genetics, diet, lifestyle, processed foods, and toxic environments, we are all at risk for compromised digestion. This often leads to weakened immune function, fatigue, hormone imbalance, digestive disorders, and disease.
 

Our Detox bundle addresses all of these issues and more, leading to a more balanced and efficient digestive and immune system.

Why Are 5 Products Necessary? 

Each of these products have a different purpose, and provide a different level of support, working together to create a cohesive and complete system of support. This also allows you to control your dosage of each product according to your very specific needs.  for instance, someone who has just taken antibiotics may want to take the maximum dosage of Probiotic. 

Also, some ingredients, like those you will find in Life Line or ClearBody, are best served in liquid form and therefore don't travel as well.  If you are traveling this holiday, you can take Probiotic, Digestive Enzymes, and Regulier with you as they pack easily and won't cause any headache at the airport.

What Does Each Product Do? 

ClearBody clears our body of toxins, enhances our metabolism, and increases endurance.

Digestive Enzymes are the catalyst which allows us to break down foods into absorbable nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, amino acids and fatty acids. Digestive Enzymes help to promote a healthy stomach.

Probiotic provides the good bacteria essential for maintaining a healthy immune system and helping to maintain normal intestinal balance that can be disrupted by stress, disease, poor nutrition, toxins, and medications (i.e. antibiotics) resulting in intestinal and systemic health disturbances.

Regulier is an herbal formulation that establishes healthy elimination of toxins and free radicals to maintain a healthy balance in the body. Regulier contains Calcium Bentonite Clay, the body's natural pH balancer.

LifeLine has the very best antioxidant compounds available for cell enhancement, weight managment, and mitochondrial support (mitochondria are sometimes described as "cellular power plants" because they generate most of the cell's supply of chemical energy.)

Don't just take Tums because of an upset stomach.  There is a REASON your stomach is upset, or that you have heart-burn.  There is also a REASON they call it WASTE!  You want to get rid of it!  You want your body to process what you eat in a way so that the heart-burn, upset stomach, and myriad of other symptoms don't show up in the first place!

A Pre-New Year's Resolution

If your New Year's Resolution is going to be to "get healthy" or "lose weight", give yourself the best chance of not only starting that goal, but finishing it.  Don't "wait until the holidays are over".  Prepare your body for the increased consumption of refined sugars, calories, and fat.  Get your digestive and immune system primed so that you can process it better.  It will be much easier to keep your resolutions if you do.  Not doing so is like putting two soldiers up against an army and asking them to sort of "chip away" at the oncoming slaughter.

Why HealthPro Nutrient?

Just keep in mind this one last fact...our bodies are amazing machines, capable of amazing things.  But our world and our habits, or lifestyles and behaviors, wear these amazing systems down.  They need help.

That's where we come in.  Our Goal at HealthPro Nutrient is your wellness.  And our products are the best, scientifically designed by doctors who understand the inner-workings of our bodies and what's missing or lacking.  Also, our prices are reasonable and if you like the products, you have the opportunity to pass on that message and earn money for doing so!  We think of it as a customer-owned company.

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Get To Know Vitamin D

Vitamin D has received a lot of attention lately. As its health implications become more and more apparent through research, it is becoming evident that a significant proportion of the population has inadequate blood levels of the vitamin. It is estimated that up to 58% of US adolescents and adults are deficient. Chronic vitamin D deficiency and its consequences represent a major public health challenge. This article is intended to increase understanding of vitamin D and promote awareness of its connection to health and well-being, through a series of questions and answers.

What is Vitamin D?

Vitamin D actually refers to a number of distinct, but related compounds. Differentiating between these compounds is necessary in order to fully appreciate this important substance. When exposed to sunlight, the skin synthesizes cholecalciferol, or vitamin D3. Cholecalciferol can also be taken as a supplement. After it is produced in the skin or ingested, it undergoes a two-step modification by the liver and kidneys. The first step yields calcidiol, which serves as an intermediate, storage form. Calcidiol is later activated to become calcitriol, which functions as a steroid hormone in the body.

Why is Vitamin D Important?

Vitamin D has been synthesized by life on earth for more than 750 million years. This fact alone suggests that vitamin D is a fundamental component of physiology and health. The vitamin D receptor (VDR) is located inside virtually every cell in the body. It is the target of activated calcitriol. After calcitriol binds to its receptor, the resulting complex functions to regulate DNA expression. This process affects more than 2000 genes. Some genes are activated and others are suppressed by the action of vitamin D. Through such genetic control, vitamin D ultimately directs the activity of hundreds of enzymes and proteins. This is perhaps the strongest evidence for its vital role.

What are the Effects of Vitamin D?

Vitamin D is well known for its role in calcium absorption and bone metabolism. However, this is only one of many important health benefits that vitamin D has to offer. It is also known for its anti-inflammatory effects, anti-cancer activity and its ability to strengthen the immune system. The capacity to regulate DNA itself means that vitamin D influences the very foundations of biochemistry, giving it the power to positively impact all body systems and harness the body's innate healing ability.

What Evidence Exists for the Benefits of Vitamin D?

Vitamin D deficiency has been associated with at least 17 varieties of cancer, along with many other chronic diseases including heart disease, diabetes, depression, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia and chronic pain. This may appear to be a tremendous claim. However, the relationship between vitamin D and disease is easy to recognize once you understand that it is integrated into our physiology, acting as one of the keys to normal cellular activity.

Need More Vitamin D?
 

Consider HealthPro Nutrient's Youth D3.

Youth D3 contains natural vitamin D3 which has shown to provide a major benefit in cardiovascular health & skeletal support.

the article above contains exerpts from an article written by Jeremiah Smith, citizen journalist, Natural News

References:

Vitamin D Council 
(http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/)
 
Wikipedia, "Vitamin D" 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_D) 

GrassrootsHealth 

Sunlight, Nutrition And Health Research Center

FOCUS ON BRAIN HEALTH: Vitamin B12 Deficiency can Look Identical to Alzheimer's Disease

The article below talks about the dangers of a Vitamin B12 deficiency.  Vitamin B12 can be found in the HealthPro Nutrient brain formulas:

• BrainActivate and 
• BrainRestore.

HPN uses the optimal and more expensive form of vitamin B12 called methylcobalamin.

For optimal brain health also look to Omega 3-6-9, C+CoQ10, and LifeLine.

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When is Alzheimer`s Disease NOT Alzheimer`s Disease? When it`s actually caused by undiagnosed Vitamin B12 deficiency. This frequent occurrence is a tragedy in our society where growing numbers of those with Alzheimer`s Disease are diagnosed every year. Despite having IDENTICAL symptoms in many cases, vitamin B12 deficiency is almost NEVER considered as a possible cause.

Alzheimer`s Disease is a growing personal and family problem as well as a HUGE financial burden for society. And with over 4 million people in the US alone who have been diagnosed with this 'incurable' disease, Alzheimer`s Disease is becoming an ever growing crisis. Governments around the world are attempting to combat this problem by spending millions of dollars every year on research for drugs, stem cell treatment, genetic manipulation and pharmaceuticals- yet nothing has been found to effectively stop or slow its insidious spread. However, doctors in clinical practice are completely overlooking a SIMPLE cause of this problem that could stop the disease in its tracks. The scientific evidence is VERY CLEAR that the symptoms of Alzheimer`s Disease could be RADICALLY improved in many cases if a trial of high dose vitamin B12 were instituted soon after diagnosis.

Vitamin B12 deficiency, also called cobalamin deficiency, becomes more and more common as people get older and some researchers estimate that over 800,000 elderly in the US have undiagnosed deficiency. Yet because few clinicians are trained to look for its symptoms, many elderly who SHOULD be screened for this simple vitamin deficiency are, instead, diagnosed with `incurable` neurologic diseases. These mental changes from vitamin B12 deficiency were first described as far back as 1902, with much research having been done since that time. Many times, these changes are accompanied by lesions and degeneration of the brain and spinal cord on medical imaging that doctors use as evidence of the irreversible nature of this disease. Astoundingly, when these degenerative changes are caused by Vitamin B12 Deficiency, they are actually REVERSIBLE if high dose therapy is started soon after diagnosis!

Not only is medical imaging worthless in determining which cases will benefit from Vitamin B12 therapy, but blood testing has little value either. Since the 1950's, several studies have shown that cases of dementia that respond well to vitamin B12 therapy often have completely normal Vitamin B12 blood tests. Yet 50 years later, doctors still rely EXCLUSIVELY on blood testing and medical imaging to determine the need for Vitamin B12 therapy. These studies are clearly showing that a trial regimen of high dose vitamin B12 is absolutely warranted with cases of new onset dementia regardless of the results of medical testing. Yet modern medicine is simply NOT paying attention, and this extraordinarily safe therapy that costs less than $100 is virtually NEVER instituted. As a result, Alzheimer`s patients who COULD have benefited if B12 therapy were instituted soon after diagnosis are left with no memory and no hope.

Additional Articles/Research:

1) http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/pagerender.fcgi?artid=2306220&pageindex=1

2) http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?artid=2035923&blobtype=pdf

3) http://neuro.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/12/3/389

source: by Kerri Knox, RN, citizen journalist

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Inflammation: The Little Known Bully

Below, there is a very good article addressing inflammation concerns. Inflammation has been in the news for some time and as you will read below, is a hot topic in medical research today. HealthPro Nutrient has a full line of products that address this very issue.  If you have any of the risk factors listed at the bottom of this article, HPN can help.  Our goal is to keep you well.

Primary Products:
Cell Balance 

Cell Design 

C+CoQ10
BrainRestore
JointWorkX
Omega 3-6-9

Secondary Products:
YouthD3
LifeLine
ClearBody
Probiotic
Digestive Enzymes
CardioDesign
BrainSmart
Regulier

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A Huge Number of Illnesses are Caused by Inflammation
 

There is a surprising link between Heart Attacks, Cancer, Alzheimer's and other diseases. These other diseases include all forms of Autoimmune disorders including Arthritis and MS, Parkinson's, Osteoporosis, Diabetes, Obesity, Allergies including Asthma and Food Intolerances, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia and many other pain disorders. And there is much evidence to suggest that the link is inflammation. The modern diet and lifestyle is likely to cause inflammation in the body, and this can lead to a variety of illnesses.

Inflammation is now the hottest area of medical research, as drug companies rush to find remedies for this modern day epidemic. Unfortunately, these drugs are generally dangerous and don't get to the root of the problem.

Inflammation is the age-old immunological defense mechanism that causes the area of tissue of an injury to become red, hot and swollen. Most of the time, inflammation is a lifesaver that enables our bodies to fend off various disease-causing bacteria, viruses and parasites. The inflammatory response should subside after it has fought off any invaders to an injury site and has allowed the healing to begin. However in certain circumstances, the inflammatory response fails to shut down and becomes chronic.

This is often due to poor dietary and lifestyle factors which promote chronic inflammation. Immune cells use "free radicals" to kill off pathogens and other foreign invaders. Free radicals (also known as reactive oxygen species) are unstable particles which puncture and damage cells around them. This is great for killing bacteria, but it can also damage healthy cells if allowed to become out of control. In a body with chronic inflammation, there is therefore increased free radical or "oxidative" stress in the body. Free radicals damage blood vessels, joints, cell membranes, nerves and just about any other part of the body - this is why chronic inflammation is so bad for us. Free radical stress is also essentially how we age.

The body has an army of natural defense against free radicals; these are known as antioxidants. In states of chronic inflammation, the body can become depleted of antioxidants, and hence free radical stress does a lot of damage. This in turn causes more inflammation and more free radicals! It is essential to break this cycle of damage by lowering factors which promote inflammation, and by boosting our antioxidant status through dietary and lifestyle changes.

One last point - do we want to "boost" our immune system if it is already "over-active" due to inflammation? The answer is yes and no! There is only one PART of the immune system which gets over-active and begins to create problems with inflammation. Another part of the immune system works along a different line of attack; it does not create inflammation, but does a very important job fighting off bacteria, parasites, cancers cells and viruses. Many people today have signs of inflammation, yet also come down with yeast infections, viruses, dental infections and so on. In a sense their immune system needs modulation (Cell Balance and Cell Design), reduction of the pro-inflammatory side, and a boost to the other side which fights off the baddies without inflammation.

Risk factors which promote inflammation: 

• A poor diet can create micro-nutrient deficiencies. Type "B" malnutrition is rampant in the Western countries. This is a diet high in calories but deficient in nutrients, resulting in obesity and poor health. Micro-nutrient deficiencies make us more susceptible to low grade infections such as helicobacter pylori (the cause of stomach ulcers), gum disease, recurrent urinary tract infections, and Chlamydia. All low grade chronic infections can set up a chronic inflammation in the body. 
• Poor gut health. A significant part of the immune system is found in the gut. The immune system in the gut is one of the most important first lines of defense against the outside world; after all, it is the area where matter from the outside is brought inside the body. The gut contains many billions of bacteria; most of them are good and help promote good immunity as well as good digestion, and they help with the absorption of nutrients. However, if there is an over-growth of "bad bacteria", these produce toxins and trigger the immune system. This is known as gut dysbiosis and can trigger a systemic low grade inflammation throughout the body's immune system. A symptom of poor gut health are food intolerances. A diet low in fiber and high in saturated fat and sugar promotes gut dysbiosis. Constipation is very bad for your health! 
• Stress causes inflammation through worsening gut health, makes the body more susceptible to chronic low grade infections and lowers the immunity to bacteria, viruses, parasites and so on. All of this can trigger inflammation. Stress can also reduce cortisol hormone levels if adrenals are exhausted, which is a natural anti-inflammatory hormone.
• Obesity. Fat cells behave like immune cells, spewing out messages to increase the inflammatory immune response. Therefore a sedentary lifestyle and a diet high in fat and sugar promote inflammation.
• Environmental pollution such as pesticides, heavy metals and other toxic chemicals from things like exhaust fumes and electrical appliances.
• Excessive sunlight since sun burn is free radical stress.
• Excessive exercise since the process of energy production produces free radicals as a by-product. Some exercise is good for you but overdoing it at the gym every day is very bad for you.
• Trans and hydrogenated fats made from over-heating vegetable oils. These are also found in processed and refined foods and deep fried foods.
• A diet deficient in antioxidants (antioxidants can be found in most fruit and vegetables).

source: Alex Howard, citizen journalist, NaturalNews

Gut Bacteria Link to Breast Cancer Probed

Breaking News on Supplements & Nutrition - North America

Researchers at the Chicago based Rush University Medical Center has received $750,000 in funding from the US Department of Defense to study microbial cells in the human gut and the mechanism by which they can influence health and disease.

The researchers, led by gastroenterologist Dr. Ece Mutlu, said that they hoped to determine whether gastrointestinal microbiota has the potential to explain rises in breast cancer incidence.

The study is part of a wider project aimed at understanding how changes in bacterial genomes, known as the human microbiome, can be correlated with changes in human health, according to the Medical Center.

The researchers want to map out the composition of gut microorganisms and they hypothesize that if they are able to find the microbes responsible for certain diseases it could influence potential treatments or diagnostic tools.

Breast cancer susceptibility genes explain less that five to 10 per cent of total breast cancer cases related to familiar factors, maintain the research team.

Moreover, they claim that the gut microbiome passed on from mother to child may be another familiar factor previously never taken into account in the genetic risk models for the disease.

The team said that they will use a technology for genomic sequencing called Multitag Pyrosequencing (MTPS) that will allow them to identify 50,000 or 60,000 microbes per sample.

The team said they are currently recruiting study participants who are female, 30 years of age or older, and newly diagnosed with breast cancer before any treatment has begun.

Clinical data from the participant’s medical records will be taken, and prior to a patient receiving any cancer-related therapy, biopsies of the colon and stool specimens will be taken, added the researchers.  

Source: Jane Byrne, Nutra-Ingredients.com

 

"Sunshine Vitamin" To Stave Off Breast Cancer?

This Interesting Article Comes Off The Canada NewsWire

Breast cancer is a disease so directly related to vitamin D deficiency that a woman's risk of contracting the disease can be 'virtually eradicated' by elevating her vitamin D status to what vitamin D scientists consider to be natural blood levels.

That's the message vitamin D pioneer Dr. Cedric Garland delivered in Toronto Tuesday as part of the University of Toronto School of Medicine's "Diagnosis and Treatment of Vitamin D Deficiency" conference - the largest gathering of vitamin D researchers in North America this year. More than 170 researchers, public health officials and health practitioners gathered at the UT Faculty club for the landmark event.

Garland's presentation headlined a conference that reviewed many aspects of the emerging vitamin D research field - a booming discipline that has seen more than 3,000 academic papers this calendar year alone, conference organizers said. That makes vitamin D by far the most prolific topic in medicine this year, with work connecting it with risk reduction in two dozen forms of cancer, heart disease, multiple scleroses and many other disorders.

Dr. Reinhold Vieth, Associate Professor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology at University of Toronto, and Director of the Bone and Mineral Laboratory at Mount Sinai Hospital, organized the event in conjunction with Grassroots Health - an international vitamin D advocacy group founded by breast cancer survivor Carole Baggerly.

As much as 97 percent of Canadians are vitamin D deficient at some point in the year, according to University of Calgary research - largely due to Canada's northerly latitudes and weak sun exposure. Sunshine is by far the most abundant source of vitamin D - called 'The Sunshine Vitamin' - with salmon and fortified milk being other sources. Vitamin D supplementation helps raise levels for many as well.

Grassroots Health's "D-action" panel - 30 of the world's leading researchers on vitamin D and many other vitamin D supporters - recommend 2,000 IU of vitamin D daily and vitamin D blood levels of 100-150 nanomoles-per-liter as measured by a vitamin D blood test.

Vieth pointed out that natural vitamin D levels of mammals who live outdoors in sunny climates is higher than that - up to 200 nanomoles-per liter. And Garland, whose presentation was entitled "Breast Cancer as a Vitamin D Deficiency Disease" presented data showing that raising one's vitamin D status near those levels decreased breast cancer risk more than 77 percent.

'The Sunshine Vitamin' was once thought of only for bone health, helping the body process calcium. But more recent work has shown that all cells in the body have "vitamin D receptors" which help control normal cell growth. Additionally, Garland presented new evidence that low vitamin D status compromises the integrity of calcium-based cellular bonding within tissues, which when eroded allow rogue cancer cells to spread more readily.

SOURCE: GrassrootsHealth

Focus on Ingredients: AiE/10 for Immune Support

Many substances are known to affect the structure and function of the immune system; some are mere stimulants, while others modulate immune function. The nutritional ingredient Ai/E10®, has been studied for its ability to stimulate restoration and maintenance of immune function, resulting in improved immune competence and balance.

Ai/E10 can be used as an ingredient in food, as a dietary supplement, or as an inactive ingredient in homeopathic remedies and drug products; it has been self-affirmed GRAS (generally recognized as safe).

Ai/E10 is a patented and proprietary ingredient for the immune system. Ai/E10 is a refined lacteal peptide complex that consists of over 60 hyper-immunized communication molecules to help the immune system recognize, respond to, and remember germs that come into the body. This unique ingredient can be found in the HealthPro Nutrient products Cell Balance and Cell Design.

 
Studies:
The following studies utilizing Ai/E10 were conducted by Solstice Clinical Associates, Tucson, AZ; Quantum Research Inc., Scottsdale, AZ; Immune Consultants, Tucson, AZ:

Study 1:

• 107 patients with documented and advanced chronic illness
• Followed and treated with Ai/E10 for 13.2 months
• Natrual Killer (NK) cell activity rose significantly, placing them at the high end of the recognized range for people in a healthy population (246 Lytic Units [LU])
  

Study 2:

• 12 healthy adults 
• Monitored over 90 days as they 
• Consumed 100 mg of Ai/E10 daily 
• Intervention significantly elevated NK cell activity from a pre-study mean of 30 LU to a post-study mean of 101 LU. 
• Additionally, Ai/E10 consumption significantly reduced “symptoms” on a general health evaluation.

Study 3:

• Monitored the activity of NK cells, macrophages, and Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) activity
• 20 participants; 10 received a placebo; 10 took 200 mg of Ai/E10 daily for 15 days. 
• The study group exhibited a clear “modulated” immune response, elevating key immune markers occurring in concert with each other, which is consistent with observations of the immune system’s ability to recognize and respond.

Berlett Dietary Ingredients also conducted a study on Ai/E10, the results of which were published in the Townsend Letter, Examiner of Alternative Medicine, in December 2006. Ai/E10 was compared to other substances marketed for immune support, including colostrum, maitake, arabinogalactan, lactoferrin and astragalus. The researchers reported all materials demonstrated immune stimulation; however Ai/E10 also had a strong, reliable capability to increase immune surveillance and transfer immunological information among cell groups.



This posting is based on an article originally published by David L. Bergsma in Natural Products Insider, August 2008

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Strengthening The Immune System

When a country is threatened by its enemies, its government responds with a declaration of war, and the country mobilizes and prepares for battle. Similarly, when the body is under attack from foreign bodies and pathogens, the immune system mobilizes to protect organisms from infection with layered defenses.

The human immune system is an intricate and complex system that is constantly working to protect our bodies from harm. Its defenses are organized into three layers: 

• the physical barrier, 
• the innate immune system, and 
• the adaptive immune system. 

The physical barrier prevents pathogens such as bacteria and viruses from entering the body. If this barrier is breached, the innate immune system responds. This system is found in all plants and animals defending the host in a non-specific matter, meaning it doesn’t offer long-lasting immunity to the host. In addition, it does not have immunological memory.

The final layer of protection is the adaptive immune system, which is only found in vertebrates. The adaptive system does just that—adapts its response during an infection to improve its recognition of a pathogen, i.e., bacteria and viruses. The body uses y-shaped antibodies, produced by white blood cells, to identify and neutralize foreign substances, as known as antigens. Antigens trigger a reaction from the immune system and are often found on the surfaces of bacteria and viruses. After the pathogen has been eliminated, the antibodies stay in the body as an immunological memory. This helps the adaptive immune system launch a stronger attack each time the pathogen is met. Antibodies can be transferred from one individual to another, often from a mother to the fetus through the placenta. This is known as passive immunity and is a short-term transfer.

Many different types of immune cells travel through the body identifying pathogens. White blood cells, leukocytes, defend the body against antigens. There are two major types of leukocytes: lymphocytes and phagocytes. Lymphocytes are found in the adaptive immune system where immunological memory takes place and allows the body to recognize previous invaders. The two major types of lymphocytes are T cells and B cells. They start out in the bone marrow and either stay and mature (B cells), or depart for maturation in the thymus gland (T cells). B cells search for antigens and send antibodies to lock on to them; T cells destroy the antigens that the B cells identified. There are two types of T cells: helper T cells and killer T cells. Killer T cells destroy the antigens tagged by antibodies. Helper T cells help signal other cells (like phagocytes) to perform their job.

Phagocytes are biological cells that ingest and destroy foreign matter, bacteria, etc. There are three main categories of phagocytes: macrophages, microphages (mainly neutrophils, which fight bacteria) and dendritic cells. Each type of cell targets a specific type of foreign body such as parasites, bacteria or fungi. Neutrophils are the main cell found in pus, eosinophils mainly deal with parasite infections and are the predominant cell in allergic reactions, and basophils are present during an allergic reaction causing inflammation. Inflammation is the body’s protective attempt, triggered by dying cells, to remove the foreign bodies and start the healing process for the tissue; it is not a symptom of infection.

Immune disorders occur when the body’s immune system is deficient and cannot perform at its potential. Immunodeficiency is when one or more of the components of the immune system are inactive and it is unable to launch a normal immune response. Autoimmunity occurs when the immune system fails to properly distinguish between itself and non-self; basically, the body is attacked by its own immune system. Lastly, hypersensitivity is an immune response that damages the body’s own tissues.

Fortunately, the body doesn’t have to fight these battles on its own. Natural supplements have been proven to help boost the body’s immune system and strengthen its defenses.

Originally Published By: Alissa Marrapodi on http://www.naturalproductsinsider.com

Imperatives of the Immune Response

When developing a dietary supplement to support the immune system, it is important to have a specific idea of the expected effects. Considering the “imperatives” of the immune response and how to best support those imperatives can help guide product developers in making the best choices.

Imperatives are defined as “obligatory acts or duties.” Most activities within the human body are unconscious or involuntary, happening naturally or automatically unless there is some interference with the activity.

The immune system carries out millions of actions daily with no conscious instruction and operates with a set of three imperatives relative to foreign invaders:

1. Recognize them.

2. Respond to their presence.

3. Remember how to respond to them effectively.

Five factors have been shown to interfere with the immune system’s ability to execute its duties relative to the imperatives—stress, poor nutrition, toxins, infection and trauma. Interference by these factors primarily manifests as a reduction in immune system communication, which reduces the immune system’s effectiveness. This reduction in communication is represented physically in the body by a reduction in the number, variability and viability of immune communication cells available to carry out the imperatives.

Most dietary supplements support what is known as “innate” immunity, primarily comprised of monocytes, neutrophils, granulocytes, natural killer (NK) cells and various specialized proteins. The innate immune system can recognize and respond to pathogens in a generic way; it does not confer long-lasting or protective immunity. Study data comparing the performance of one nutritional compound to another inevitably compares their effects on innate immunity. The immune support provided by these ingredients is generally the “generic” stimulation of cells that are already present toward a higher level of activity. Many products inaccurately describe this effect as immune “modulation.” An immune modulation effect implies intelligent up or down regulation, or a lack of movement, based on the circumstances present in the immune system at the time the ingredient is introduced. Stimulation is a one directional activity like caffeine in a cup of coffee. There is no specific intelligent modulation generally applicable to this activity.

The weakness of a stimulated approach to immune support rests in the realization that stimulation cannot reach immune communication cells that have been compromised or eliminated by the five factors. Clearly, there is only a limited and unpredictable benefit to stimulating immune cells already present in an individual’s immune system while creating no benefit for that which does not exist or has been marginalized.

As biological resources are finite, continual stimulation of an already compromised immune system opens an individual to reduced capability or other even more serious immune disorders or health compromises caused by the exhaustion of hormones, nutrients and co-factors that would otherwise be available to the immune system. Often, as a defense, the immune system will compensate for this continual stimulation using even more resources and rendering further use of the product meaningless.

The innate immune system can reach beyond its limited generic recognition capability and activate what is known as “adaptive” immunity. Adaptive immunity provides the long-term ability to recognize and remember and strengthens the ability to respond beyond the capabilities of innate immunity. The adaptive immune system is dependent upon the presence of a highly variable array of immune communication cells, primarily comprised of lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells and lymphocytes, which generate the immune cascade that modulates the entire immune response and results in the production of antibodies. If the array is compromised, the immune system will struggle and innovate to create optional solutions that may or may not be successful. This struggle reduces immune capability and introduces the potential for undesirable outcomes. Some autoimmune diseases, for example, are thought to be triggered in this way.

Accordingly, formulators of immune products may wish to aim beyond simple stimulation and support “adaptive” immunity and true immune modulation. Innate immunity, by itself, may not be sufficient to protect a host against an invading pathogen. When innate immunity fails, the invader may yet be detected and attacked by the mechanisms of adaptive immunity.

The immune communication molecules needed to support the body’s adaptive immunity cannot come from a plant or herb, mushroom, fungi, etc. These coded immune communications molecules, necessary for a variable and intelligent immune response, can only come from another mammal. Most interesting is that mammals can also simultaneously provide superior support for innate immunity. Consider the role of breast feeding to see the validity of this concept.

The first goal of a dietary supplement for long-term support of the immune response should most surely be to provide a ready source for orally absorbable and relevant immune communication molecules to help replace those that have been lost to stress, poor nutrition, toxins, infection and trauma. These highly soluble immune communication molecules exist below <100kD and are highly synergistic with other immune stimulants of herbal and mushroom origin as well as antioxidants.

The presence of sufficient immune communication molecules sets the stage for support of full and effective immune capability and a high level of utilization of other supplements and nutrients from food. Accordingly, this type of immune support should be considered the cornerstone of “intelligent” dietary supplementation.

Originally Published 7/10/2009 by David L. Bergsma. David L. Bergsma is president of Health Technology Resources Inc., a Scottsdale, AZ-based company engaged in dietary supplement research and innovation.

Ai/E10 is a patented and proprietary ingredient for the immune system. Ai/E10 is a refined lacteal peptide complex that consists of over 60 hyperimmunized communication molecules to help the immune system recognize, respond and remember germs that come into the body. This unique ingredient can be found in the HealthPro Nutrient products Cell Balance and Cell Design.

For an optimal immune system look to HealthPro Nutrient's Cell Balance and Cell Design, along with YouthD3, Probiotic, C+CoQ10 super antioxidant with plant cell technology and the new LifeLine antioxidant drink.

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