September 2010

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“The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well.” ~Hippocrates

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IN THIS ISSUE:

1) ANNOUNCEMENT

2)THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF OMEGA 3, 6, 9 FATTY ACIDS AND EPA & DHA

3) IMPROVE YOUR VISION WITH DIET

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1) ANNOUNCEMENT

Note: If you are subscribed to my Natural Healing Newsletter you may read this twice.

If you are like me, you are searching the web and looking for information regarding natural health all the time. Maybe looking for a solution for a specific problem or just for information in general.

I have been working for months now, creating e-books that will address a natural/alternative solution to certain health problem/ issue. (For instance, how to reduce high blood pressure naturally).

I will be offering these e-books through a membership site very soon. They will be in pdf format and each month a new book will be released.

In October I will travel back home to visit my old parents, and I am rushing to open the door of the membership site before my departure. Since the air plain tickets are quite pricey now days, I will discount the price of the membership, to make it very affordable. So, this is your chance to lock-in your membership at a ridiculously low price. ( I am thinking between $10 and $14 per month). After, I will probably charge more.

Just to put it into prospective, the individual value of each e-book is $25.

If for any reason not satisfied, the membership may be canceled at any time no question asked.

You may build a library of these educational e-books and use them as a reference whenever you need.

Or if you have a web site and wish to sell these e-books yourself, individual resell rights may be purchased inside the membership site.

For more information, please go to: Natural Health and Healing

When there, sign up to be informed among first once the membership site opens its door.

2) THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF OMEGA 3, 6, 9 FATTY ACIDS AND EPA & DHA

By Dr. Edward Group

You’ve probably heard the term “fatty acid” before, but do you know what a fatty acid is or why your body needs it? What about the different types of fatty acids, what foods you can naturally find them in and how much you need?

Fatty acids are important for all systems of the body to function normally, including your skin, respiratory system, circulatory system, brain and organs. There are two fatty acids, termed essential fatty acids (EFA) that your body does not produce on its own. EFAs have to be ingested. The two essential fatty acids that the human body cannot produce are the omega-3 fatty acid and omega-6 fatty acid, which are important for brain development, immune system function and blood pressure regulation.

What is Omega-3 Fatty Acid?

Omega-3 fatty acid (Alpha-linolenic acid) is an essential fatty acid that plays an important role in brain function and may aid in the prevention of cardiovascular disease. The American Heart Association recommends a diet in which fatty fish, like salmon, herring, sardines and tuna are consumed at least twice a week. While these foods are high in omega-3 fatty acid, I personally do not agree with this recommendation as fish is contaminated and may be high in mercury, which can have detrimental health effects. Plus, I believe a raw food diet consisting of little to no meat is better for the human body. Health Benefits of Omega-3 Fatty Acid

Omega-3 fatty acid (Alpha-linolenic acid) is an essential fatty acid that plays an important role in brain function and may aid in the prevention of cardiovascular disease. The American Heart Association recommends a diet in which fatty fish, like salmon, herring, sardines and tuna are consumed at least twice a week. While these foods are high in omega-3 fatty acid, I personally do not agree with this recommendation as fish is contaminated and may be high in mercury, which can have detrimental health effects. Plus, I believe a raw food diet consisting of little to no meat is better for the human body.

Health Benefits of Omega-3 Fatty Acid

Research on the health benefits of omega-3 fatty acid have shown that it may be useful for supporting the following conditions.

Asthma, Diabetes, Arthritis, Osteoporosis, Some Cancers, Skin Disorders, High Cholesterol, High Blood Pressure, Attention Disorders, Depressive Disorders, Macular Degeneration, Digestive Difficulties,

Omega-3 fatty acids are found naturally in:

Grains, Spirulina, Brazil Nuts, Hempseed Oil, Mustard Seeds, Pumpkin Seeds, Chia Seed Oil, Wheat Germ Oil, Canola Oil (Rapeseed), Green Leafy Vegetables, Raw Walnuts & Walnut Oil, Flaxseeds or Flaxseed Oil.

(I personally recommend using only organic sources)

What is Omega-6 Fatty Acid?

Omega-6 fatty acid (Linoleic Acid) combined with omega-3 fatty acid produces many of the health benefits described above, but the trickiest part about playing the fatty acid game is that it is best to eat them in the right amounts.

You should be eating about twice as much omega-6 as omega-3, so that your omega-6 to omega-3 ratio is 2:1, but in today’s world of fast food, frozen entrees, and high calorie snacks, it is not uncommon for most people to actually be getting about 15 times more omega-6 than omega-3.

Washington DC’s center for Genetics, Nutrition and Health suggest that eating omega-6 and omega-3 in the wrong proportions may actually negate the health benefits.

The best sources of omega-6 are seeds, nuts and grains and green leafy vegetables, like lettuce, broccoli, purslane and kale, and in certain raw vegetable oils. Care should be taken to use raw cold pressed vegetable oils because cooking destroys the benefits of the fatty acids.

Omega-6 fatty acids are also found naturally in:

Olive Oil, Wheatgerm, Grapeseeds, Pistachios, Sesame Oil, Hempseed Oil, Pumpkin Seeds, Chia Seed Oil, Safflower Oil, Sunflower Oil, Cottonseed Oil, Raw Nuts & Seeds.

What is Omega-9 Fatty Acid?

Omega-9, or monounsaturated oleic and stearic acid, is a non essential fatty acid produced naturally by the body whenever there is enough of either Omega 3 and 6 essential fatty acids. However, if you do not have enough omega 3 and omega 6, then you must get omega 9 from your diet.

This fatty acid plays a role in preventing heart disease by lowering cholesterol levels. Other benefits of omega 9 are that it reduces hardening of the arteries and improves immune function.

Omega-9 fatty acids are also found naturally in:

Avocados, Pecans, Cashews, Almonds, Hazelnuts, Pistachios, Macadamia Nuts, Chia Seed Oil Olives & Olive Oil.

What is EPA and DHA?

Within the body omega-3 fatty acids are converted to DHA and EPA (docosahexaenoic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid, respectively). DHA and EPA are highly unsaturated fats that play very important roles in the vision development and brain function of infants.

One study found significantly lower amounts of EPA in the cells of patients who had attempted suicide, suggesting that omega-3 fatty acids may actually play a role in suicide prevention. A lack of DHA has been associated with Alzheimer disease, attention disorders, phenylketonuria, cystic fibrosis and other diseases. Blue green algae is a good source of EPA and DHA

Source: GlobalHealingCenter

3) IMPROVE YOUR VISION WITH DIET

Vision and Diet. Did you know that eating better is not only good for your health but can help improve vision too? Well, it does. A healthy diet and exercise is good for your health which in turn will keep your eyes working properly.

A healthy diet includes plenty of fruits and vegetables, proteins, and dairy products. For proteins try to add more fish into your diet, it has the essential Omega-3 fatty acids that are great for the brain and mental focus.

Dairy products are good but stay away from pasteurized and homogenized milk because they tend to clog arteries and limit the eye circulation. The best vegetables are carrots, spinach, bean sprouts, endive, celery, and cucumber.
Continue reading the article about vision and diet.

3) SHOKING VITAMIN D REPORT
By Dr. Mercola

The British Medical Journal has published a remarkable paper confirming that low vitamin D levels obtained in the past are a risk factor for developing colon cancer in the future.

But the study contained an even more significant finding -- as Dr. Cannell's site has reported before, vitamin A, even in relatively low amounts, can thwart vitamin D's association with reduced rates of colon cancer.

This is the largest study to date showing vitamin A blocks vitamin D's effect.

Hidden on page eight of the paper was one sentence and a small table, showing that the benefits of vitamin D are almost entirely negated in those with the highest vitamin A (retinol) intake.

And the retinol intake did not have to be that high -- only about 3,000 IU/day. Young autistic children often take 3,500 IU of retinol a day in their powdered multivitamins, which doesn't count any additional vitamin A given in high single doses.

The finding explains some of the anomalies in other papers on vitamin D and cancer -- similar studies sometimes have widely different results. This may be because the effect of vitamin A was not taken into account. In some countries, cod liver oil, which contains vitamin A, is commonly used as a vitamin D supplement, and in others it is used more rarely, causing differences in the results.

 
  Even Low Amounts of Vitamin A Can Negate Benefits of Vitamin D

Given that cancer, heart disease and diabetes are three of the top causes of death in the United States, ensuring that you are getting enough of this crucial vitamin should be a top priority.

A study by Dr. William Grant, Ph.D., another internationally recognized research scientist and vitamin D expert, found that about 30 percent of cancer deaths -- which amounts to 2 million worldwide and 200,000 in the United States -- could be prevented each year with higher levels of vitamin D.

Knowing this, it’s clearly important to avoid anything that might hamper your vitamin D production, and it appears vitamin A supplementation may indeed have this effect.

I highly recommend you read Dr. Cannell’s article about this latest BMJ study, in its entirety, as he explains quite well how even the researchers themselves seem to have missed this crucial connection.

He writes: “Dr. Mazda Jenab and his 45 colleagues from the International Agency for Research on Cancer confirmed that low vitamin D levels are a risk for colon cancer in a dose response manner; those with the highest levels were about twice as less likely to develop colon cancer compared to those with the highest levels.

However, hidden on page eight is one sentence and a small table, which shows that the benefits of vitamin D are almost entirely negated in those with the highest vitamin A intake. And the retinol intake did not have to be that high in these older adults to begin to negate vitamin D's effects, about 3,000 IU/day.

Remember, young autistic children often take 3,500 IU of retinol a day in their powdered multivitamins, which doesn't count any additional vitamin A given in high single doses.

This is the largest study to date showing vitamin A blocks vitamin D's effect and explains some of the anomalies in other papers on vitamin D and cancer.”

How Can You Ensure Proper Ratios of Vitamins A and D? As Dr. Cannell has stated in earlier writings on this topic, the ideal way to obtain the proper vitamin A to D ratio is to obtain it the way your body was designed to obtain it:

Vitamin A through your diet, in the form of colorful vegetables Vitamin D through daily sun exposure on your skin.

In addition, it is important to realize that a high quality source of chlorella is an important superfood that is loaded with natural beta carotene and can be very useful for optimizing vitamin A levels.
Source: www.mercola.com

PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE!

Thank you for reading.

Livia
https://www.natural-health-and-healing.com
Brampton, Ontario, Canada

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