Healthy by Nature radio show this week: I’m excited to talk with Mary T. Newport, MD about her book, Alzheimer’s Disease: What If There Was a Cure? She also has some interesting ideas about coconut oil. Her website has free information. LINK.Call the show with questions at 1-800-281-8255. Click here to find podcasts, show archives and ways to listen nationwide.
 
These humble nutrients can save your life
Perhaps I should title the following news “I told you so”. My son, producer, Andy doesn’t call me the “magnesium queen” for nothing. I’m also a big fan of Vitamin D. Look at these amazing study results and see if you don’t also become a fan of these two simple but amazingly powerful nutrients:

Magnesium and cardiovascular disease. In a study of over 58,000 adults, it was found that dietary magnesium intake was associated with reduced mortality from hemorrhagic stroke (the bleeding kind) in men and cardiovascular disease in women. After adjusting for other risk factors and sodium intake, those women who got more magnesium had lower risk of stroke and other cardiovascular diseases such as heart failure. LINK. (Search the government’s PubMed database for “Magnesium – Cardiovascular disease” and you get over 6,000 hits. And yet you may hear nothing about it from your healthcare provider. Magnesium is so cheap no one can send a rep to meet with the doctors like the drug companies do.)  

Magnesium and fibromyalgia. This study shows that supplements of magnesium citrate helps: LINK.

Magnesium factoids. What foods are high in magnesium? Dark green leafy vegetables, beans, nuts, seafood, figs, and apples are good sources. Eating right is the most important factor, but here is an example that a magnesium citrate supplement for insurance can cost as little as 8 cents a day: LINK. Vitamin D helps magnesium utilization. Acid-blocking heartburn drugs block magnesium absorption.

Vitamin D and stroke. Speaking of vitamin D, this study of 8,000 men followed for 34 years showed that vitamin D deficiency in linked to the kind of stroke caused by blockage of arteries: LINK.

Vitamin D and breast cancer. The bottom line of an article from the nonprofit Vitamin D Council site seems to be that the risk of breast cancer is reduced 30% among those women with blood levels above 40 ng/mL compared to those whose tests show less than 20 ng/mL. LINK. A new study  concludes: “Invariably almost all patients with breast cancer were vitamin D deficient.” LINK.

Vitamin D factoids. It makes no sense to be deficient in vitamin D. (Remember that 70% of African Americans are vitamin D deficient.) Supplementing via sunshine is free but supplements are also effective and inexpensive. Please get tested and stay in the optimum range, not just barely into normal.
  TWEET!
Darlene has sent some tweets on my behalf, but when I heard about the 101 year old woman who learned to use Facebook, I decided it was high time I learned to tweet. I asked Andy to help, but Twitter 101 was too advanced. So, I asked him to dumb it down to a remedial course. As it turns out, the hardest part is just saying what’s on my mind in 140 characters. (My husband says 140 words would be hard for me.) Today I sent out a tweet about the Environmental Working Group’s 2012 list of the dirty dozen foods that are the most contaminated with pesticides. Here is that LINK. If you want to follow my struggles to fight the good fight while still being concise, my twitter handle is @RadioMartie
 
LAST WEEK
 Pharmacist, radio host and author, Dr. Ross Pelton will tell us how to avoid the discomforts of travel. (No, he can’t do anything about ticket prices.) I invited health coach, author and beauty expert, Kat James to let us in on some secrets from her health transformation retreats…like how she helps participants calm food sensitivities in a matter of days. Oops, I think I forgot to give the special. It was supposed to be: Get a FREE copy of Dr. Fred Pescatore’s book, “Boost Your Health with Bacteria”, with your order of 2 (two) boxes of Dr. Ohhira’s Probiotics or Propolis.  Call 1.866.999.3006 today for this limited time offer.

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My first book : Natural Alternatives to Nexium, Maalox, Tagamet, Prilosec & Other Acid Blockers. Subtitle: What to Use to Relieve Acid Reflux, Heartburn, and Gastric Ailments.

My latest book: Aloe Vera-Modern Science Sheds Light on an Ancient Herbal Remedy

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Copyright 2012 Martie Whittekin, CCN