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This segment was featured on 60 minutes and their findings just confirm what we all know. Sleep is essential to how we feel. If you don’t get enough sleep you just don’t function like “normal.” You feel sluggish and like your thought processes are clouded. You know how this feels. If you’ve ever pulled an all night cramming session for an exam, you remember how poorly you may have done on the test. Your mind starts to wander and you feel like your in between consciousness. The studies conducted in the 60 minutes segments showed that sleep deprivation leads to a loss in your cognitive ability to remember. Prolonged sleep deprivation will eventually lead to death.

But let’s look at it on a cellular level. If you’re sleep deprived, then your cells do not get the chance to regenerate. Let this cycle go on for years and you essentially lose thousands of cells because they’re not getting a chance to regenerate. So what does this mean to you? Well, you begin to lose your edge where your brain processes tend to slow down slightly (we’re talking milliseconds). A few milliseconds is a long time for brain processes.

I always advise my patients to get at least 7 to 8 hours of true sleep per night during the summer months and at least 9 to 10 hours of sleep during the winter months. Your body’s circadian rhythms are dictated by the amount of daylight it gets. I also recommend to sleep in a dark, cool room. Avoid the blaring lights from the street and any sort of night lights as these actually cause an increase in cortisol output in your system. And you don’t get a good night’s sleep (as in REM sleep).

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An estimated 5.2 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease, and it could steal the minds of one out of eight baby boomers, according to a report released on Tuesday by the Alzheimer’s Association.

Gone are the days of infectious disease outbreaks like tuberculosis and diptheria. We are in the age of degenerative diseases, diseases that manifests years after the initiatory factor. The question becomes “why are we seeing such a huge increase in degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s?” My personal hypothesis is that we’re being exposed to more and more adverse chemicals which are causing damage to our cells. These chemical toxins, though they may be in low dosages, accumulate in our fatty tissues such as the liver, kidneys and the brain. Then as the chemicals increase pass a persons toxin load capacity, disease sets in.

Listen to my brief podcast about this topic and stay tuned for the upcoming episode “The Toxic World We Live In.”

 

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When I was in college I took an immunology course and we got to study the “AIDS” virus in one section. The text and authors were very adamant about the cause of AIDS which being HIV. I was still puzzled, however, on how they came to that conclusion. I was also puzzled at how the virus spread itself and interacted with the T-cells. The pieces to the puzzle just didn’t make sense to me.

Years past and I ran across this video compiled by Gary Null entitled: Deconstructing the Myth of AIDS. Please watch the video and come to your own conclusions. Are we being duped?

Dr. Masaru Emoto speaks about the properties of water on a metaphysical level. Very thought provoking and controversial. The first time I read his work, I was blown away by how different external sources could affect the properties of water and how it crystalizes.

Check out his book: The Hidden Messages in Water

 

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Folks…we’re getting ready to launch the brand new Velocity Wellness Center podcast with it’s new format.  (Look out for the new format for our blog as well).  We’ll have a more structured outline, question & answer section and previews of the upcoming show.  We’ll be releasing a new show each week.

Okay folks…I told you…everyone’s jumping on the ‘natural’ bandwagon. Consumers are becoming aware of the possible dangers of high fructose corn syrup, artificial colors and flavorings and artificial sweeteners. So the companies are responding with ‘natural’ products. Don’t get me wrong, I get tickled by the notion of natural products. But how do you pick out the wolf that’s hiding within the sheep???

First of all, I must applaude PepsiCo at the strides that they’re making to give their consumers a relatively healthier choice. With that said, I do think that people should avoid these types of drinks if they want to be at a state of optimal health. Why you may ask? Well its more about what the product does to your biochemistry than the types of ingredients they use for the product. Firstly you must look at how this product ranks on the glycemic index. In other words, how fast and how how high does this product spike your blood sugar levels. Sure these ingredients are less ‘processed’ but it still puts a heavy burden on your glucose metabolism. A typical low glycemic product will be 55 or lower on the glycemic scale. Secondly, people may actually consume more of this product because it tauts that it’s natural so many will think “hey, I can have as many as I want.” WRONG. All things in moderation my friend.

Again, it’s a great step forward, but if you want optimal health…stick to pure water.

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The research is out on Gulf War Syndrome: Exposure to pesticides, nerve agents and other chemicals may explain the chronic, multi-symptom health problems experienced by up to one-third of Gulf War veterans, U.S. researchers said on Monday. 

So what are some other things that may contribute to chemical toxicity in GWS.  A few service men told me that huge palettes of “diet” sodas are left out in the 120 degree heat of the desert.  So what happens when artificial sweeteners such as Aspartame are heated up?  Well it turns into formaldehyde.  Formaldehyde is very toxic to your cells and causes cellular death (but hey you get a head start in the embalming process).  You may have heard contradicting information about this notion on the Internet such as the study that was written in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  The study states:

Even daily large doses of the high-intensity sweetener aspartame, also known as NutraSweet, had no adverse effect on study subjects’ health and well-being, a visiting scientist at MIT reported in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition last week.”We conclude that aspartame is safe for the general population,” said Paul A. Spiers, visiting scientist in the Clinical Research Center (CRC).

What this study failed to address was the “total load” phenomenon.  Sure these people showed minimal side effects from the ingestion of Aspartame, but you must remember that our bodies are very resilient and will detoxify these foreign compounds in order to maintain our optimum biochemistry.  Soldiers in the field are being exposed to all sorts of exotic chemicals that add to their total load.  It’s like a trash can that keeps getting filled faster than it gets emptied; the trash just overflows.

Case in point: don’t use artificial sweeteners.  (If you do…stop.  If you did and have prolonged exposures to environmental toxins, detoxify quickly!)

Stay tuned for our up coming podcast on “The Toxic World we live in.”

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Hmmm…what do I say about this? I don’t know. Ummm. Maybee…
Yes ladies and gentleman our society is actually losing the proper cognitive abilities to function at optimum levels (you can search through the presidential archives of some - if not all - of his speeches for more evidence). There’s a plausible reason for this. This video shows just one of the reasons.

This month we recognize “Colorectal Cancer.”  It is the third most common type of cancer and second leading cause of cancer related deaths in the western world (wikipedia).  The danger with this type of cancer, or any cancer, is that you do not notice any symptoms until the cancer has fully manifested.  By then, serious pathological changes has occurred.  If you notice any significant changes in your bowel habits, like frequency or quality, or you notice blood or mucus in your stool, you may want to see a specialist immediately.  Colorectal cancer usually will manifest at 60 or 70 years of age.  But you should screen for this by at least age 50.  Remember, prevention is the key.  If you have a family history of colorectal cancer, past history of irritable bowel syndrome, Chron’s disease, chronic smoker or alcoholism, you may want to screen for colorectal cancer by your mid-thirties.  Watch this video about the symptoms of colorectal cancer:

We all have heard about the dangers of artificial sweeteners and were told to avoid them as much as possible.  But we don’t really get the whole picture until we get to “see” the picture of its side effects.  A lady by the name of Victoria Inness-Brown conducted this experiment on rats.  She said her reason for conducting the experiment was that her family was literally addicted to diet sodas.

So here’s what she did:
She took a total of 108 rats (experimental group of 30 males, 30 females - control group 24 males, 24 females)
The experimental group was given 2 packets of NutraSweet per 8 ounces of water for a duration of 2 years 8 months

Here’s what happened:

You can read more about her experiment at the link below.  It’s fascinating that the FDA even approved Aspartame!

My Aspartame Experiment.com

Courtesy of www.mercola.com