Healthy by Nature radio show this week: I’m excited to talk with Dr. Parris Kidd because the topic is something brand new to me. If you’ve listened to the show, you know that I’m a big fan of the mineral magnesium…but this is a special form to improve brain cell communication. That is quite interesting! Also, Dr. Nancy Appleton will return to talk about her new book, Killer Colas. Call the live show with questions at 1-800-281-8255. Click here to find podcasts, show archives and ways to listen nationwide.
 
Can Eating Breakfast Prevent Type 2 Diabetes?
Grandma told us that breakfast is the most important meal. We’ve learned that eating breakfast seemed to help with weight loss. Now, new studies demonstrate more reasons she was right. An article by Dr. Stanclift in The Huffington Post noted that: “They found people who regularly ate breakfast lowered their chances of developing Type 2 diabetes by over 30 percent. They found people decrease their risk of developing Type 2 diabetes by 5 percent for each day of the week they ate breakfast.”

Does a Strawberry Pop-Tart® qualify as breakfast? I think you know the answer. One of these toaster pastries contains 4 teaspoons of sugar but much less than 1 ounce of protein. As Dr. Stanclift points out, the more protein is in breakfast, the more satisfied you will be all day.
 
Vitamin D reduces blood pressure
A study conducted in Denmark with patients experiencing hypertension showed that in the winter, 3,000 IU per day of vitamin D reduced blood pressure (both systolic and diastolic) significantly. Of course, as they always say especially with supplements , “more research is needed.” LINK

 Consumer Reports September Cover Story, cont’d
I’ve been discussing one per week of the 10 reasons the magazine
proposed for worrying about supplements.

#7 “Heart and cancer protection: not proven.” Of course not! There is NO mechanism in place for calling anything except a drug “proven”.  That section starts with a discussion of the risks of too much calcium. I don’t know any nutritionist that recommends calcium for preventing heart disease. We believe it is overused at the expense of heart-saving magnesium. Who is responsible for the overuse of calcium? I’ve discussed before that the FDA has recommended excessive doses and has allowed calcium fortification of many foods. The article then attacks fish oil and antioxidants. As I’ve discussed before, the studies they used as evidence were flawed. They were also exceptions to the majority of previous studies. For example, synthetic vitamins and isolates will not have the same positive effects as natural complexes. It seems that CR is talking to the wrong “experts” and/or is just looking for trouble. The publication could do a lot of good if they gave unbiased reports. Instead of unfairly indicting an entire industry, how about writing a whole article on what all sides have to say about vitamin E?
  Last Week
LINK to Archive. EGAD! Of all times for this to happen, the North Texas KWRD transmitter went down and no one could hear this special show on 100.7FM. You can listen to the archive and hopefully we’ll announce this week a rebroadcast time. Kat James, the award-winning author of “The Truth about Beauty” and renowned “beauty from within” transformation expert talked what our brains and gut have to do with how we look. I also followed up on our June 23 interview on how she helps her clients quickly deal with food sensitivities. Then Howard Garrett, The Dirt Doctor, discussed the pros and cons of cities spraying pesticides to control the mosquitoes that carry West Nile Virus. (LINK) This show marks 15 years on the air! Producers Andy Hopkins and Darlene Brents came into the studio to help me celebrate.

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