Comments for Whole Health Concord NH http://www.naturalmedicinenh.com Individualized Natural Healthcare for NH Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:16:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Adrenal Function and your Health by LauraJones http://www.naturalmedicinenh.com/naturopathic-tips/adrenal-function-and-your-health.html#comment-7 LauraJones Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:33:44 +0000 http://whc.digitalmarketingfrontier.com/?p=245#comment-7 Hi Lauren!, Restoring adrenal health requires a well balanced diet, one particularly high in potassium as it is one of the most important nutrients for the adrenal glands. Fruits and vegetables are the best sources of potassium. Try to include more of the following in your diet: carrots, corn, avocado, potatoes, tomatoes, asparagus, lima beans, spinach, apples, apricots, bananas, cantaloupe, oranges, peaches, plums, strawberries and sea vegetables (arame, bladder wrack, dulse, hijiki, kelp, kombu, nori, sea palm and wakame). Sea vegetables are an especially good source of minerals that can be very helpful in treating tired out adrenal glands. They can be chopped in the food processor or blender and sprinkled over food, or added to soup after it is cooked. Chicken and fish are also good sources. If you can add enough of these foods to your diet you shouldn't need a potassium supplement, other than a good multivitamin/mineral tablet. Pantothenic acid (vitamin B-5) is also extremely important for the adrenals. It is in whole grains, lentils, beans, peas, cauliflower, broccoli, salmon, liver, tomatoes and peanuts. If you do not eat several servings of these foods daily, you should take a B complex capsule. In addition, 500-2000mg of vitamin C (depending on the patient) can be very nourishing to the adrenal glands. Cut back on red meat, fatty foods, alcohol, caffeine and refined foods. Hope that is helpful! Hi Lauren!,
Restoring adrenal health requires a well balanced diet, one particularly high in potassium as it is one of the most important nutrients for the adrenal glands. Fruits and vegetables are the best sources of potassium. Try to include more of the following in your diet: carrots, corn, avocado, potatoes, tomatoes, asparagus, lima beans, spinach, apples, apricots, bananas, cantaloupe, oranges, peaches, plums, strawberries and sea vegetables (arame, bladder wrack, dulse, hijiki, kelp, kombu, nori, sea palm and wakame). Sea vegetables are an especially good source of minerals that can be very helpful in treating tired out adrenal glands. They can be chopped in the food processor or blender and sprinkled over food, or added to soup after it is cooked. Chicken and fish are also good sources. If you can add enough of these foods to your diet you shouldn’t need a potassium supplement, other than a good multivitamin/mineral tablet.

Pantothenic acid (vitamin B-5) is also extremely important for the adrenals. It is in whole grains, lentils, beans, peas, cauliflower, broccoli, salmon, liver, tomatoes and peanuts. If you do not eat several servings of these foods daily, you should take a B complex capsule. In addition, 500-2000mg of vitamin C (depending on the patient) can be very nourishing to the adrenal glands.

Cut back on red meat, fatty foods, alcohol, caffeine and refined foods. Hope that is helpful!

]]> Comment on What is all the hype about fish oil? by LauraJones http://www.naturalmedicinenh.com/naturopathic-tips/what-is-all-the-hype-about-fish-oil.html#comment-6 LauraJones Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:26:44 +0000 http://whc.digitalmarketingfrontier.com/?p=241#comment-6 Hi Ilene, This is a literature review of several studies that do no support the use of fish oil. Unfortunately, there is a mixed bag of studies on almost all supplements. There are several well designed studies supporting the use of fish oil for the same disease states listed above. This makes it very hard for the average person to make decisions about what is and is not safe to take. This is when it is helpful to have an ND to help you make educated choices. I am very enthusiastic about fish oil; not only because of the number of well designed studies showing that it is safe and efficacious but because of the great success I have using it in the clinical setting. It is also my opinion that many studies involving fish oil are using sub-therapeutic doses of the oil. Of course, it is incredibly important that a patient is taking a fish oil clean of heavy metals and PCBs and makes sure to store it in a cool location so it is protected from heat which can change it to a trans-fat. Here are a list of studies that address the use of fish oil in some of the disease states listed in the literature review. Let me know if you have any other questions. Dr. Jones http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17223546 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17490962 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22071708 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21849596 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20534874 Hi Ilene,
This is a literature review of several studies that do no support the use of fish oil. Unfortunately, there is a mixed bag of studies on almost all supplements. There are several well designed studies supporting the use of fish oil for the same disease states listed above. This makes it very hard for the average person to make decisions about what is and is not safe to take. This is when it is helpful to have an ND to help you make educated choices. I am very enthusiastic about fish oil; not only because of the number of well designed studies showing that it is safe and efficacious but because of the great success I have using it in the clinical setting. It is also my opinion that many studies involving fish oil are using sub-therapeutic doses of the oil. Of course, it is incredibly important that a patient is taking a fish oil clean of heavy metals and PCBs and makes sure to store it in a cool location so it is protected from heat which can change it to a trans-fat.

Here are a list of studies that address the use of fish oil in some of the disease states listed in the literature review. Let me know if you have any other questions. Dr. Jones
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17223546
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17490962
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22071708
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21849596
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20534874

]]> Comment on Adrenal Function and your Health by Lauren Noether http://www.naturalmedicinenh.com/naturopathic-tips/adrenal-function-and-your-health.html#comment-5 Lauren Noether Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:34:29 +0000 http://whc.digitalmarketingfrontier.com/?p=245#comment-5 Very insightful, but what foods/diet promote adrenal health? Very insightful, but what foods/diet promote adrenal health?

]]> Comment on What is all the hype about fish oil? by Ilene Orlowski http://www.naturalmedicinenh.com/naturopathic-tips/what-is-all-the-hype-about-fish-oil.html#comment-3 Ilene Orlowski Wed, 01 Jun 2011 11:44:22 +0000 http://whc.digitalmarketingfrontier.com/?p=241#comment-3 Hi Dr Riley Jones, I found this article online on Dr Bernard's blog on the PCRM website..wondering what you think. Omega-3 Fatty Acids Linked to Prostate Cancer Risk 4/27/11 471ShareA new study will make people think twice about taking fish-oil capsules—or eating fish, for that matter. The American Journal of Epidemiology reports that men with higher levels of DHA, one of the omega-3 fatty acids found in fish oil, were at increased risk of developing prostate cancer. Researchers from Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center looked at 3,461 participants in the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial and found that men with the most DHA in their bloodstreams were two-and-a-half times more likely to have an aggressive form of prostate cancer. Similar results were found in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition study, where men who had the highest omega-3 levels had the highest risk for prostate cancer. In many recent studies, fish oil has not lived up to its marketing claims. Specifically, it is no help for heart patients, does not forestall Alzheimer’s disease, does not prevent depression, and—so far at least—does not make babies smarter. Back in 2005, a Journal of the American Medical Association report showed that fish oil may actually increase the risk of cardiac arrhythmias in some patients. In the same year, JAMA also reported that fish oil does not prevent cancer. The following year, the British Medical Journal reported that omega-3 fatty acids have no heart-health benefit. Among nearly 4,000 heart attack patients, no difference was seen between those who consumed omega-3 supplements and those who took placebo pills. That conclusion was echoed in 2009, when researchers found that consuming fish does not reduce the risk of heart failure. Then in 2010, the New England Journal of Medicine reported similarly dismal results with heart patients given omega-3 fatty acids in addition to standard drug therapy. They had no reduction in cardiovascular events. Surprisingly, Harvard linked fish and omega-3 fats to type 2 diabetes. Following 195,204 adults for 14 to 18 years, researchers reported in 2009 that they had found that the more fish or long-chain omega-3 fatty acids participants consumed, the higher their risk of developing diabetes. Meanwhile, fish oil manufacturers pinned their hopes on brain function. Maybe fish oil will make you smarter, they reasoned. But last year, what researchers found dashed those hopes, too. A group of 867 elderly people were randomly assigned to either a fish-oil supplement or placebo. After two years of supplementation, elderly adults showed no benefit at all in tests for reaction time, spatial memory, and processing speed measurements. A later JAMA report showed that omega-3 supplements do not slow mental decline in Alzheimer’s patients. And at the other end of the age spectrum, babies get no benefit either. A JAMA report showed that consumption of fish oil during pregnancy does not benefit babies’ cognitive development. In these reports, fish oil is starting to look a lot like snake oil. The new findings linking higher DHA levels to cancer add yet another reason to skip fish and fish oil supplements. Are you a health professional? Learn more about diet and cancer for continuing education credits at NutritionCME.org. In case you’re interested in the references for these studies, here they are: Brasky TM, Till C, White E, et al. Serum phospholipid fatty acids and prostate cancer risk: results from the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial. Am J Epidemiol. Published ahead of print April 24, 2011. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwr027. Raitt MH, Connor WE, Morris C, et al. Fish oil supplementation and risk of ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation in patients with implantable defibrillators: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2005;293:2884-2891. MacLean CH, Newberry SJ, Mojica WA, et al. Effects of omega-3 fatty acids on cancer risk: a systematic review. JAMA. 2005;295:403-415. Hooper L, Thompson RL, Harrison RA, et al. Risks and benefits of omega-3 fats for mortality, cardiovascular disease, and cancer: systematic review. BMJ. 2006;332:752-760. Dijkstra SC, Brouwer IA, van Rooij FJA, Hofman A, Witteman JCM, Geleijnse JM. Intake of very long chain n-3 fatty acids from fish and the incidence of heart failure: the Rotterdam Study. Eur J Heart Fail. 2009;11:922-928. Kromhout D, Giltay EJ, Geleijnse JM. n-3 fatty acids and cardiovascular events after myocardial infarction. N Engl J Med. 2010;363:2015-2026. Kaushik M, Mozaffarian D, Spiegelman D, Manson JE, Willett WC, Hu FB. Long-chain omega-3 fatty acids, fish intake, and the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Am J Clin Nutr. 2009;90:613-620. Dangour AD, Allen E, Elbourne D, et al. Effect of 2-y n23 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation on cognitive function in older people: a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 2010;91:1725-1732. Quinn JF, Rama R, Thomas RG, et al. Docosahexaenoic acid supplementation and cognitive decline in Alzheimer disease. JAMA. 2010;304:1903-1911. Makrides M, Gibson RA, McPhee AJ, et al. Effect of DHA Supplementation During Pregnancy on Maternal Depression and Neurodevelopment of Young Children. JAMA. 2010;304:1675-1683. Hi Dr Riley Jones,
I found this article online on Dr Bernard’s blog on the PCRM website..wondering what you think.
Omega-3 Fatty Acids Linked to Prostate Cancer Risk
4/27/11

471ShareA new study will make people think twice about taking fish-oil capsules—or eating fish, for that matter. The American Journal of Epidemiology reports that men with higher levels of DHA, one of the omega-3 fatty acids found in fish oil, were at increased risk of developing prostate cancer.

Researchers from Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center looked at 3,461 participants in the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial and found that men with the most DHA in their bloodstreams were two-and-a-half times more likely to have an aggressive form of prostate cancer. Similar results were found in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition study, where men who had the highest omega-3 levels had the highest risk for prostate cancer.

In many recent studies, fish oil has not lived up to its marketing claims. Specifically, it is no help for heart patients, does not forestall Alzheimer’s disease, does not prevent depression, and—so far at least—does not make babies smarter.

Back in 2005, a Journal of the American Medical Association report showed that fish oil may actually increase the risk of cardiac arrhythmias in some patients. In the same year, JAMA also reported that fish oil does not prevent cancer.

The following year, the British Medical Journal reported that omega-3 fatty acids have no heart-health benefit. Among nearly 4,000 heart attack patients, no difference was seen between those who consumed omega-3 supplements and those who took placebo pills. That conclusion was echoed in 2009, when researchers found that consuming fish does not reduce the risk of heart failure. Then in 2010, the New England Journal of Medicine reported similarly dismal results with heart patients given omega-3 fatty acids in addition to standard drug therapy. They had no reduction in cardiovascular events.

Surprisingly, Harvard linked fish and omega-3 fats to type 2 diabetes. Following 195,204 adults for 14 to 18 years, researchers reported in 2009 that they had found that the more fish or long-chain omega-3 fatty acids participants consumed, the higher their risk of developing diabetes.

Meanwhile, fish oil manufacturers pinned their hopes on brain function. Maybe fish oil will make you smarter, they reasoned. But last year, what researchers found dashed those hopes, too. A group of 867 elderly people were randomly assigned to either a fish-oil supplement or placebo. After two years of supplementation, elderly adults showed no benefit at all in tests for reaction time, spatial memory, and processing speed measurements. A later JAMA report showed that omega-3 supplements do not slow mental decline in Alzheimer’s patients. And at the other end of the age spectrum, babies get no benefit either. A JAMA report showed that consumption of fish oil during pregnancy does not benefit babies’ cognitive development.

In these reports, fish oil is starting to look a lot like snake oil. The new findings linking higher DHA levels to cancer add yet another reason to skip fish and fish oil supplements.

Are you a health professional? Learn more about diet and cancer for continuing education credits at NutritionCME.org.

In case you’re interested in the references for these studies, here they are:

Brasky TM, Till C, White E, et al. Serum phospholipid fatty acids and prostate cancer risk: results from the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial. Am J Epidemiol. Published ahead of print April 24, 2011. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwr027.

Raitt MH, Connor WE, Morris C, et al. Fish oil supplementation and risk of ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation in patients with implantable defibrillators: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2005;293:2884-2891.

MacLean CH, Newberry SJ, Mojica WA, et al. Effects of omega-3 fatty acids on cancer risk: a systematic review. JAMA. 2005;295:403-415.

Hooper L, Thompson RL, Harrison RA, et al. Risks and benefits of omega-3 fats for mortality, cardiovascular disease, and cancer: systematic review. BMJ. 2006;332:752-760.

Dijkstra SC, Brouwer IA, van Rooij FJA, Hofman A, Witteman JCM, Geleijnse JM. Intake of very long chain n-3 fatty acids from fish and the incidence of heart failure: the Rotterdam Study. Eur J Heart Fail. 2009;11:922-928.

Kromhout D, Giltay EJ, Geleijnse JM. n-3 fatty acids and cardiovascular events after myocardial infarction. N Engl J Med. 2010;363:2015-2026.

Kaushik M, Mozaffarian D, Spiegelman D, Manson JE, Willett WC, Hu FB. Long-chain omega-3 fatty acids, fish intake, and the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Am J Clin Nutr. 2009;90:613-620.

Dangour AD, Allen E, Elbourne D, et al. Effect of 2-y n23 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation on cognitive function in older people: a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 2010;91:1725-1732.

Quinn JF, Rama R, Thomas RG, et al. Docosahexaenoic acid supplementation and cognitive decline in Alzheimer disease. JAMA. 2010;304:1903-1911.

Makrides M, Gibson RA, McPhee AJ, et al. Effect of DHA Supplementation During Pregnancy on Maternal Depression and Neurodevelopment of Young Children. JAMA. 2010;304:1675-1683.

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