NEWSLETTER
VOLUME 5 ISSUE 4
IN
THIS ISSUE:
ATTACK ON MERCURY POISONING
AN EPIDEMIC OF HEART FAILURE?
WEIGHT LOSS DOCTOR SPOKESPERSON
HOW MUCH CAFFEINE IS TOO MUCH?
HOW MUCH WATER TO DRINK?
TOP WEIGHT LOSS SITE
NEW INTERNET RADIO SHOW "DR DEB LIVE!"
PROFESSOR
BOYD HALEY TAKES AIM AT MERCURY!
Dr.
Boyd Haley, Chair of the Dept of Chemistry and U of Kentucky
spoke outright against the preservative, thimerosal which
is approximately 48% mercury at a rally which took place
at the Capitol in Washington D.C. late in June.
Dr.
Hayley said he believes the preservative severely affected
the brains of some children, causing them to become autistic.
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The Full Story Click Here
And
he's not alone.. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Believes The Same:
ROBERT
F. KENNEDY JR. EXPOSES MERCURY/AUTISM SCANDAL
In
an article published in The Rolling Stone, Robert. F.
Kennedy Jr. was interviewed where he describes the collaboration
between the government health agencies and the drug industry
a "chilling case study of institutional arrogance,
power and greed.
He
details the extent to which the agencies and authorities
involved were wiling to go to keep this information secret.
They can be held responsible for damaging thousands of
chidren from the mid 80's onward in North American and
Europe and possibly millions in third world countries...
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the Full Story..Click
Here:
Another
link: Here
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Thursday August 18, 2005, at 4:00 pm PST, my new radio
show "Dr. Deb Live" will commence
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I
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Views" from homeopathy, energy medicine, holistic
pet care, herbal medicine, nutrition and much, much more.
If you can't tune into the live show...just go to the
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August 18, 2005 ..click on my name and you will be able
to listen to any show..anytime you like!
See
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DID
YOU KNOW????
HOW
MUCH CAFFEINE IS TOO MUCH?
Common
question...good question....
It's
usually presumed that a regular cup of coffee contains
100mg of caffeine but it may range between 40 and 176
mg (Starbuck's can be over 200 mg!) and the mean is closer
to 85mg. There's probably less caffeine in a cup of tea
- one study showed a median of 27mg per cup with a range
of 8 to 91 mg...but of course tea has many antioxidant
benefits, which coffee does not. An ounce of sweet chocolate
may contain between 75 and 150mg of combined methylxanthines
and a cup of chocolate or chocolate milk may contain 150-300mg.
The
principal dietary sources of caffeine are overwhelmingly
coffee and tea. Coffee accounts for some 54 per cent of
ingested caffeine, while tea accounts for some 43 per
cent. The remaining 3% consists mostly of caffeine ingested
in the form of cocoa and chocolate products, various fabricated
soft drinks and mate (a tea drunk especially in South
America).
In
Australia a 375ml can of Coca Cola and Pepsi Cola contains
about 40mg of caffeine. Regulations allow a maximum of
145mg of caffeine per kilogram of cola-type drink (54.5mg
per 375ml can). "Jolt" Cola - said to have "twice
the caffeine" - actually contains the permissible
legal limit of around 54mg per bottle.
In
the USA, the permissible limit of caffeine in cola drinks
and other carbonated beverages is 200mg per litre. The
US drinks also have higher levels of sugar. Caffeine's
bitter taste acts as a flavouring agent to counteract
the sweetness of the sugar.
Caffeine
is absorbed rapidly into the bloodstream from the gastro-intestinal
tract. It reaches maximum concentration within about an
one hour. The blood distributes it throughout the body.
It even manages to pass through the blood-brain barrier.
The
half life of caffeine in the human body varies between
3 to 7 hours. Throughout the body it increases metabolic
rate by around 10%. Females metabolise caffeine 20-30%
more quickly than males. However, it will take women on
"the pill" twice as long to metabolise caffeine
as women who are ovulating.
Early
experiments showed that low concentrations of caffeine
may produce small decreases in heart rate, whereas higher
concentrations may make the heart beat abnormally fast.
In
the brain it constricts the cerebral blood vessels. If
you're used to drinking several cups of coffee a day but
then you quit, those blood vessels will dilate, maybe
enough to give you a powerful headache. It's one of the
best known withdrawal symptoms. If you are quiting, try
the homeopathic coffea 12C 3-4 times per day..it truly
helps this.
Many
people know that caffeine is a strong diuretic - it makes
you urinate more than usual. Apparently this is due to
increasing the blood flow through the kidneys. Therefore
in large coffee drinkers, you could be looking at dehydration,
even a low level which is definitely unhealthy.
It
can produce insomnia - delaying the onset of sleep and
reducing total sleeping time. It has a small effect on
respiration by increasing blood flow through the lungs
and increasing the supply of air by relaxing bronchiolar
and alveolar smooth muscle. That's why it's proving effective
in treating the breathing problems of some prematurely
born infants.
Some
people experience tremors after drinking coffee and tea.
That's thought to be due to over-activation of the central
nervous system.
Studies
show that people who suffer from anxiety and tremours,
have higher levels of lactic acid in their blood and caffeine
is one of the major prepetrators oo this (along with alcohol,
sugar, B vitamin deficiency, calcium/mag deficiency and
some times food allergens). So if you are susceptible
to anxiety..caffeine should definitely be avoided.
And
as far as drinking coffee to sober up? Forget it! It make
make you a little brighter..but it does NOT remove alcohol
from your bloodstream or breath.
So
bottom line? Caffeine is a drug and as such is not a necessary
nutrient. Having said that 1-2 cups per day does
not seem hurt most people..providing it doesn't
interfere with other supplement protocols you are on or
create symptoms such as feelings of anxiety, tremours,
etc.
HOW
MUCH WATER TO DRINK?
Truly
an age old question...but considering that we are over
60% water..your body needs at least two quarts (slightly
more than two litres) per day just to function..and we
get about 50% of that from food...we need to get the rest
in what we drink..and more in active people or warmer
climates.
Drinking
juices, sodas, coffee, tea etc. doesn't really count in
the 50% you get from drinking as all of these items contain
substances other than just water...and hence your body
has to "work" to extract the water..so no points!
We
need pure, water..."Ol' Adam's Ale"....nothing
else..... for optimum functioning and if the truth be
known..3 quarts ( 3.5 litres)per day is my personal choice.
Life
without adequate water is like purposely telling your
body to wither, wrinkle and basically come to
a grinding and painful halt by age 55-60! Now
how dumb is that????
Lack
of hydration is very hard on many body functions...your
kidneys have to work much harder and the liklihood of
stone formation is much greater..as is the production
of gallstones. Your immune system is severley handicapped
without enough water....think about it...instead of working
in a very fluid medium...your body must operate in "sludge"...not
good...
Of
course the next concern is water quality..and boy that's
a big one! Best solution is bottled water filtered
by a Reverse Osmosis System.
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-If
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Really
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LEPTIN
- A HORMONE EVEN MORE POWERFUL THAN INSULIN
TO
PERMANENTLY CHANGE OBESITY AND FAT CONTROL
WEIGHT LOSS SPOKESPERSON - DR. RON ROSEDALE
EPIDEMIC OF HEART FAILURE? - DOESN'T HAVE TO BE!
Weight
loss spokesperson, Dr. Ron Rosedale says it all. In his
show-stopping book The Rosedale Diet
... he expains in detail how the newly
discovered and researched hormone - leptin - affects how
and whether we burn fat, crave sweets, feel hungry and
not only that, but has a large part to play in thyroid
metabolism, aging, heart disease...and the list goes on.
According to Dr. Rosedale, the epidemic of heart failure
we are seeing in our society simply does NOT
have to be...
I
have summarized his work on my new page Leptin
and Insulin Resistance which is about to become the
top weight loss web site!
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