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According to the American Heart Association (www.americanheart.org), in addition to the fact that one out of every two persons will die of heart disease, over 70 million Americans currently have some type of heart disease. (Note: This does not include the tens of millions of people who are in the process of developing heart disease in coming years). The cost of treating heart disease (also know as cardiovascular disease, or CVD), in both direct and indirect costs is estimated to be over $400 billion annually.

Cardiovascular disease results in reduced quality of life, and an enormous cost to both society and taxpayers is avoidable, if only individuals would begin to take more responsibility to prevent heart disease through healthy eating and better lifestyle habits and regular doctor approved exercise. In addition you should consider including the proper use of nutritional supplements such as taking a high quality daily multi-vitamin and getting enough daily Essential Fatty Acids from eating healthy wild Salmon fish (non farmed raised), at least 2 to 3 times weekly and or taking quality fish oil supplements. There are also high quality nutritional supplements and natural enzymes that can help support better circulatory health. (see below)

About Cholesterol

Although, inflammation occurring in the body and high Homocysteine and C-Reactive Protein levels are still your most important tests to determine if you are a likely candidate for a heart attack, (see next week’s blog on those two issues), if your cholesterol is exceedingly high, usually being listed as over 240 mg, then generally those levels should be reduced to a more moderate 200 mg or less level. Remember, cholesterol is necessary for the body and brain to function well and studies have shown that reducing your cholesterol levels too low (less than 160 mg), can actually help shorten your life.

When you visit your doctor for your annual exam, he or she will most likely do a simple blood test to check your cholesterol levels. Do you know what the numbers mean?

First, it must be generally be understood that cholesterol usually can’t be dissolved in the blood, however, certain supplements and natural digestive enzymes: (nattokinase, bromelain), fish oiI, garlic and lecithin may help. (Also, a product called Circulatory Support mentioned at the end may be of aid). Cholesterol generally has to be transported to and from the cells by carriers called lipoproteins. Low-density lipoprotein, or LDL, is known as “bad” cholesterol. High-density lipoprotein, or HDL, is known as “good” cholesterol. These two types of lipids, along with triglycerides, make up your total cholesterol count.

LDL (Bad) Cholesterol

When too much LDL cholesterol circulates in the blood, it can slowly build up in the inner walls of the arteries that feed the heart and brain. Together with other substances, it can form plaque, a thick, hard deposit that can narrow the arteries and make them less flexible. This condition is known as atherosclerosis. If a clot forms and blocks a narrowed artery, heart attack or stroke can result.

HDL (good) Cholesterol

About one-fourth to one-third of blood cholesterol is carried by high-density lipoprotein (HDL). HDL cholesterol is known as “good” cholesterol, because high levels of HDL seem to protect against heart attack. Low levels of HDL (less than 40 mg/dL) also increase the risk of heart disease.

Triglycerides

Triglyceride is a form of fat made in the body. Many people with heart disease and/or diabetes also have high triglyceride levels.

Here are some guidelines from the American Heart Association:

Your Total Blood (or Serum) Cholesterol Level

Less than 200 mg/dL: Desirable

If your LDL, HDL, and triglyceride levels are also at desirable levels and you have no other risk factors for heart disease, total blood cholesterol below 200 mg/dL puts you at relatively low risk of coronary heart disease. Even with a low risk, however, it’s still smart to eat a heart-healthy diet, get regular physical activity and avoid tobacco smoke.

200-239 mg/dL: Borderline-High Risk

If your total cholesterol falls between 200 and 239 mg/dL, your doctor will evaluate your levels of LDL (bad) cholesterol, HDL (good) cholesterol, and triglycerides. It’s possible to have borderline-high total cholesterol numbers with normal levels of LDL (bad) cholesterol balanced by high HDL (good) cholesterol.

240 mg/dL and over: High Risk

People who have a total cholesterol level of 240 mg/dL or more typically have twice the risk of coronary heart disease as people whose cholesterol level is desirable (200 mg/dL).

Your LDL (Bad) Cholesterol Level

The lower your LDL cholesterol, the lower your risk of heart attack and stroke. In fact, it’s a better gauge of risk than total blood cholesterol. In general, LDL levels fall into these categories:

LDL Cholesterol Levels

Less than 100 mg/dL Optimal

100 to 129 mg/dL Near Optimal/ Above Optimal

130 to 159 mg/dL Borderline High

160 to 189 mg/dL High

190 mg/dL and above Very High

Your HDL (Good) Cholesterol Level

With HDL (good) cholesterol, higher levels are better. Low HDL cholesterol (less than 40 mg/dL for men, less than 50 mg/dL for women) puts you at higher risk for heart disease.

Smoking, being overweight, and being sedentary can all result in lower HDL cholesterol. To raise your HDL level, avoid tobacco smoke, maintain a healthy weight and get at least 30 to 60 minutes of physical activity more days than not.

People with high blood triglycerides usually also have lower HDL cholesterol and a higher risk of heart attack and stroke.

Your Triglyceride Level

Triglyceride is a form of fat. People with high triglycerides often have a high total cholesterol level, including high LDL (bad) cholesterol and low HDL (good) cholesterol levels.

Your triglyceride level will fall into one of these categories:

• Normal: less than 150 mg/dL

• Borderline-High: 150-199 mg/dL

• High: 200-499 mg/dL

• Very High: 500 mg/dL

Many people have high triglyceride levels due to being overweight/obese, physical inactivity, cigarette smoking, excess alcohol consumption, and/or a diet very high in carbohydrates (60 percent of more of calories).

To help lower cholesterol: eat and live a healthy lifestyle, get regular exercise and work with a knowledgeable nutritionally informed doctor. Also, consider taking a daily quality multi-vitamin and fish oil supplement. Additionally, I have discovered that two excellent circulatory support products are: Circulatory Support and CoQ10 Supreme which are also all part of a 4 product comprehensive Cardio Health Support Package available at http://www.doctorgreens.com Here’s to your better health, Hal Decker

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Everybody knows about diabetes but the awareness of it among millions of people especially the youth is not that extensively taught. Diabetes Mellitus is ranked 6th as leading causes of death for adults over sixty five years of age. This article is a collection of information about diabetes mellitus.

Diabetes .Mellitus – a metabolism disorder

This non-contagious disease is dependent upon how our body employs the food we take in to make it usable for growth as energy. The food digested during meals and snacks are turned-down into pieces called glucose or blood sugar. After digestion via chemical and biological process, glucose transits into the bloodstream so that it can get into the cells. For glucose to enter in the cells, a hormone released by the isles of Langerhans in the pancreas is needed and this is known as insulin. Insulin modulates the warehousing of glycogen in the liver and speeds up oxidation of sugar in cells.

Normally the pancreas produces the right amount of insulin supply to the body. However, this is not the case for people with diabetes. Pancreas either gives very few or no insulin that is not correctly used by the cells in the body. Due to this unused insulin, glucose builds-up in the bloodstream, overruns as urine and out in the body. Hence, the main source of energy is a waste despite the fact that blood contains glucose in large amounts.

Different types of Diabetes

Three major types are:
Type 1 Diabetes
An auto-response disease results when the immune system opposes the body parts. Insulin in the pancreas is ruined by the immune system producing little or no insulin at all. This requires a person to take insulin daily to supply the body’s demand.

Type 2 Diabetes
It is the most common form of Diabetes. often associated with older age, obesity, family history of diabetes and no physical activities, and certain ethnic qualities.

Gestational Diabetes
GDM is diabetes developed by women on the onset of pregnancy or during pregnancy but ordinarily disappears after delivery of the baby.

Impact and Scope of Diabetes

Diabetes mellitus is highly distinguished by many to be ones of the causes of death due to its tendency to lead to other diseases. It is associated with long term-term complications that impact almost every body parts. This often extends to leads to eye impairment, heart and blood vessel diseases, and other big name diseases. Ungoverned Diabetes Guidelines.may result to a ramification of pregnancy among women and defects on babies born to mothers who have diabetes.

HEALTH: No chemical romance
CANADA and Denmark have banned the use of Bisphenol-A (BPA) in baby bottles, feeding cups and baby food packaging. There is also great concern in both Europe and the United States about its continued use.

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Clinical Stem Cell Transplantation is not then newborn branch of medicine and has already received the first Nobel Prize (1990) for contribution to the “treatment of human diseases”.

Bone marrow was the initial source of stem cells used for clinical application starting from late 1960′s. Stem cells from dead human fetuses (FSC) were used for treatment of severe immune and blood diseases in children and adults starting from 1970′s. Stem cells from cord blood of a newborn were a good option for treatment of this same person later, if needed. All these sources of stem cells are legal for therapeutic use in most countries (fetal stem cells – in EU since 1979, in USA since 1994).

In 1998 viable embryos following artificial in vitro fertilization were declared a new promising source of stem cells. Probably, everybody has heard of the debates on the approval of this source. Well… The Medical community has never offered to use viable embryos – neither fresh, nor preserved, “spare” or “donated” – as a medicine or as a source for medicine.

Despite this, they might be as good for clinical purposes as FSC. Pluripotent stem cells that can develop into cells of the three major tissue types can also be derived from this source, as from certain fetal tissue.

The research for creation of a robust daily clinical method for FSC continued during 1970′s and 1980′s in about 20 countries, and multiple study results were published in top medical scientific journals, but failed.

Some very good results proved the high curative potential of stem cells, as phenomena. At the same time, poor statistic results in groups of patients indicated the absence of a reliable technological solution and the lack of a safe and efficient method for clinical use of FSC. By the late 1980′s clinical branch of FSC transplantation (FSTC) was almost abandoned.

The restart of clinical FSCT happened in early 1990′s after Prof. Alexander Smikodub (National Medical University, Center EmCell, Kiev, Ukraine) created a safe clinical method for FSCT with stable clinical results.

And what was the stunning benefit – this method allowed transplantation without rejection of transplants in absence of immune suppression!

The method allowed avoiding histocompatibility barrier instead of crushing it, like in organ and bone marrow transplantation (by means of conditioning and immune suppression). Among all stem cells, only certain FSC allow for transplantation without rejection and with no immune suppression required.

This was the fulfillment of an unbelievable dream of transplantology – the host totally accepts the transplant! No rejection, no crisis, no conditioning disabling immune system of the host, no life long immune suppression needed, and no weakened immune protection against infection and cancer. 

In 1998 the first US patent for FSC treatment of HIV/AIDS was granted to EmCell (Kiev, Ukraine). Several Patents (Ukraine, US, EC, Russia) were granted during 1996-2002 for treatment of Diabetes, AIDS, and some other diseases.

First, we treated patients with severe hematological diseases, immunodeficiency, and Diabetes Mellitus. Then indications for FSCT became more and more widespread. The procedure of FSCT was refined.

At the 4th Congress of the International Cell Transplant Society in 1999 (Montreux, Switzerland) all five reports on clinical use of FSCT were presented by Cell Therapy Clinic of National Medical University and Center EmCell, Kiev, Ukraine (since 1994).

As well as the only clinical report on treatment with the use of FSCT at the First European Conference on Cellular Therapy in Pasteur Institute in Paris (2000).

EmCell has thus far contributed to nearly 40 international conferences, accepted patients from about 50 countries, and has been featured by first rank magazines (Sunday Times, Boston Globe, Spiegel, Max) and TV (ZDF, BBC).

Own EmCell‘s experience exceeds 5000 FSC transplantations for various diseases and conditions. This is the largest FSC clinical experience in the world so far.

The Guidelines for using FSCT in the treatment of several diseases and conditions were developed on the basis of six post-doctoral multiyear Ph.D. studies. These researches were carried out at the National Medical University and at more than a dozen reputable medical Institutes of the Ministry of Health and Academy of Medical Science of Ukraine (1994-2003). The Guidelines were officially approved (1999–2001) by the Ministry of Health of Ukraine and Academy of Medical Science of Ukraine.

At present, Ukraine apparently has the highest level of preparedness for wide-scale FSCT clinical application.

Practical Side of FSC Transplantations 
The most efficient FSCT treatment is related to new-onset diabetes mellitus.

All of a sudden a person faints – and shocking news enters the family. Medicine of civilized world is ready to provide diabetic person with special care.

But keep in mind. Diabetes mellitus is caused by attack of own immune system against special ?-cells, producing insulin. The first faint happens when about 80% of ?-cells are destroyed, and during the nearest 4-6 months so would be the rest. The remaining 20% would allow healthy life with minor diet limitations. But modern treatment cannot and does not stop this autoimmune aggression. There is no means to stop it now; it may be only to retard. Regular treatment just helps patients to live in absence of own insulin and moderates complications.

The only known modern method to stop autoimmune aggression is FSCT. Your doctor may not be aware of it because the method is rather new, as any patented method should be.

FSCT method for diabetes treatment prevents further destruction of ?-cells and allows avoiding development of diabetes mellitus according to regular scenario. This is a real breakthrough.

The most grateful patients for FSCT are elderly people.
Being transplanted, stem cells spread with blood current all over the body. They try to find a place to live. A huge oak prevents other trees from living nearby. So a healthy function or tissue would not allow living of a foreign cell on its territory. Healthy young person would feel no action of FSCT at all.

In this regard, you may understand all the attraction of an elderly person for transplanted stem cells. There is plenty of space within faded tissues to live and to reveal the best features. For an elderly person it means thorough reparation of all faded tissues and many functions. Elderly person has no need to complain or describe what is wrong. Stem cells would find and inhabit all weakened places by themselves. Typical duration of curative effects is 2-3 years, repeated FSCT are allowed and give more long-term effects.

The most crucial circumstances, when FSCT may really save life, are related to conditions of anemia, especially, after chemotherapy.

In chemotherapy, there is a fine balance. Chemotherapy, to be efficient in killing more cancer cells, should be aggressive. Aggressive therapy is risky for the patients’ life.

In most cases of strong suppression of hemopoiesis after chemotherapy FSCT allow recovery of blood count within 5-7 days (!) and provide two-threefold reduction of quantity of infectious and hemorrhage complications. So, chemotherapy with FSCT at hand can be more aggressive, efficient and on the other hand even more safe and easier to endure.

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Diabetics must adhere to specific diets to control insulin levels. Learn more about appropriate food choices for diabetics from a registered dietician in this food video.

Diabetes is something that is becoming more common. When you are first diagnosed with Diabetes you may be confused by all the strict rules and guidelines that you must follow. Here are some ways to make cooking for Diabetics easier.

Cooking for diabetics can be easier if you understand this disease. Diabetes is having an imbalance of sugar in the blood also known as high blood sugar and the body’s inability to use sugar, glucose normally. When your body is unable to balance the levels of glucose in the blood, you become diabetic. Glucose builds up in the blood because the body is slow in breaking down or using glucose and some of this build up of glucose is discharged through the kidneys. Fats and proteins cannot be used by the body in a normal manner when the diabetes becomes severe. Diabetes can have a harmful affect on the heart, kidneys, eye sight, and nerves. Diabetes is an incurable disease but can be controlled with medication, diet, exercise, lifestyle and daily monitoring. It is manageable if you follow the advice of your physician and have regular checkups to stay in control of Diabetes.

Food Exchange System

The best way to cook for the diabetic is to follow the food exchange system which was developed in 1950 to help those suffering from diabetes to control their sugar intake and lower the amount of glucose in the blood.

The food exchange system has 3 main groups or categories of food and simply by exchanging one food for another, you will be able to eat the nutrients your body needs while balancing the glucose in your blood. These 3 groups are: fats, carbohydrates and protein like meat or protein substitutes like cheese and eggs. When you first begin using this food exchange system, it can be confusing but as you use it to maintain balanced blood sugar levels you will be more familiar of how it works and you shouldn’t be hungry.

The carbohydrates are broken down into starches, breads, fruits, vegetables, milk and sweets. A meal plan may say you can have 2 1/2 servings of carbohydrates to eat at your meal, you choose 2 full servings of 2 different foods and 1/2 of another. These are measured proportions of a serving or grams. For example: 1 bread or 1 starch food, 1 small fruit, and 1/2 cup of milk or you may choose 1 cup of milk, 1/2 slice bread or 1/2 serving of potatoes and 1 small fruit. The thing to remember is to exchange one for the other. Total grams you should consume at a meal is 12 to 15 grams of carbohydrates, 7 grams of protein and 5 grams of fat.

After using and becoming familiar with the grams or servings of the food exchange system, you will be able to choose foods that you enjoy eating, balance your sugar intake, maintain your weight and receive the proper nutrients to maintain a healthy body and lifestyle. If you have any questions about diet or your diabetes, your family care physician is the best one to give you the advice needed to stay healthy and in control of diabetes.