Gucosamine & Chondroitin - You Won't Read This in the Newspaper

Jason Theodosakis, MD, MS, MPH, FACPM, was a guest on Health Talk, with Dr. Ronald Hoffman. He was disappointed with the news media reporting of the results of the recent GAIT - Glucosamine/Chondroitin Arthritis Intervention Trial. The news media reported on only 2 of the the 52 outcomes of the GAIT study. Celebrex was more effective in those with mild/moderate pain. Glucosamine and chondroitin worked best in those with clinically significant pain - moderate/high pain. The supplements were effective in six outcomes, two more than the prescription drug Celebrex. Somehow, the media missed these facts.

Jason added these facts about glucosamine and chondroitin from other studies:

• Usual dosage of glucosamine is 1,500 mg a day/2,250 to 3,000 mg a day may be required, depending on your metalolism.
  
• Usual dosage of condroitin is 800 to 1,200 mg a day/1,200 to 2,400 mg a day may be required, depending on your metabolism.
  
• You may require 6 months for full effect.
• Important to continue dosage, even if they don't relieve pain; because glucosamine slows the loss of cartilage and chondroitin builds cartilage over a 2 year period.
  
• Some people took glucosamine and chondroitin for 3 years to avoid joint replacement. Then, discontinued use for 5 years. After 8 years, they still had not needed joint replacement.
• There are about 45 deaths a day from antiinflammatory drugs. Glucosamine and chondroitin are not drugs, and there hasn't been any deaths from using them.
• Most people with a shellfish allergy would not be allergic to glucosamine because it's made from the shell. If you want to be on the safe side, vegetarian glucosamine, made from corn, is available.
  

<--- Now Vegetarian Glucosamine & MSM at the Lowest Price on the Net

I didn't realize glucosamine slows the loss of cartilage and chondroitin builds cartilage. Been taking glucosamine, I'll have to try chondroitin.

Now Foods, Chondroitin Sulfate, 600 mg, 120 Capsules

If you need help with the pain, see my December 17, 2005, posting - New...Clinically Proven, All Natural Now Celadrin - Alternative to Vioxx, Celebrex, & Bextra - No Side Effects!!!

See my January 25, 2005, posting - How to Listen to Health Talk with Dr. Ronald Hoffman.

Free in Your Inbox Every 2 Weeks: Delicious Living E-newsletter

• New recipes from the Delicious Living kitchen.
• Updates on health trends, including nutrition, organics, and fitness.
• Answers to your most common questions and more.
• 100% Spam-Free Guarantee.
  

Subscribe to the free Delicious Living E-newsletter from Delicious Living Magazine

Lew's Garbanzo Bean & Rice Quick Bread Recipe - No Dairy, Eggs, Gluten, Sugar, Wheat, or Yeast

• 2 & 1/4 cups Garbanzo Bean Flour (if not available locally - Bob's Red Mill Garbanzo Bean Flour online)
• 3/4 cup Whole Grain Brown Rice Flour (if not available locally - Bob's Red Mill Whole Grain Brown Rice Flour online)
  
• 1 & 1/2 teaspoons Baking Soda
• 1 & 1/2 cups Unsweetened Organic Soy Milk - add 1 tablespoon + 1 & 1/2 teaspoons of lemon juice & let sit 15 minutes to thicken up (Edensoy or Westsoy)(substitute for buttermilk - 1 teaspoon lemon juice for each 1/3 cup Unsweetened Organic Soy Milk) (Rice milk will not work well. Since soy milk has much more protein, it will thicken better.)
• 2 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons Lecithin Granules - add 6 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons of extra light olive oil and stir until the granules dissolve (substitute for about 3 eggs)
• 2 teaspoons Organic Vanilla Extract (Alcohol Free is much better)
• 2 teaspoons Organic Cinamin
  
• 2 teaspoons Celtic Sea Salt
• 2 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons Xylitol*
  

*Xylitol is a Natural & Safe Sugar Substitute*

NOW Xylitol - 8 oz. - at the Lowest Price on the Net

Makes 1 large loaf. Lightly grease a 9" x 5" x 2-3/4" bread pan with extra light olive oil. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 to 45 minutes. If you put your bread in the refrigerator, it will lose it's freshness faster then leaving it out. If you want to keep it longer than 2 days, slice & freeze in separate freezer bags within 24 hours, but allow it to cool first.

Get a Better Night's Sleep to Help Your Immune System

Gary Null, on The Gary Null Show, read from a study that showed not getting a good night's sleep adversely affects your immune system. He gave these suggestions.

• Eat nothing that has caloric value in it within 3 hours of going to bed.
• Make some effort at destressing yourself, prior to going to bed. *A cup of herbal tea with 200 to 300 mgs of L-Theanine. L-Theanine is an amino acid that is a nerve relaxer. *Calcium & Magnesium, at 500 to 1,000 mgs a day, is a musculature relaxer. *A warm bath with nice oil, such as sandalwood or frankincense oil to relax the central nervous system.
• If you're hungry, drink 1/2 teaspoon of lemon juice in cold water & that kills your appetite.
• Don't sleep with your head within 6 feet of an electromagnetic appliance, such as a TV (even though it's turned off) or an alarm clock.
• Make sure the room is dark.
• Don't drink a lot of liquids before you go to bed.
• Take 3 mgs of Melatonin just before going to bed.

<--- Now L-Theanine at the Lowest Price on the Net

<--- Now Melatonin at the Lowest Price on the Net

See my January 26, 2005, posting - How to Listen to The Gary Null Show.

2 Cups of Green Tea a Day Could Help Keep Minds Sharp

"Elders who drink green tea regularly may have sharper minds than those who don't drink green tea," was the finding of a Japanese study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. One thousand Japanese people, aged 70 and older, took part in the study. The study tested mental status including memory, orientation, ability to follow commands, and attention. People who drank 2 or more cups of green tea a day were 54% less likely to have test scores in the range of cognitive impairment, compared with people who drank a cup of green tea up to 3 times a week.

Alvita (A Twinlab Division) Chinese Green Tea (Plain) - 24 Tea Bags from The Vitamin Shoppe

Alvita (A Twinlab Division) Chinese Green Tea (Plain) - Bulk from The Vitamin Shoppe

See my January 28, 2005, posting - How to Listen to The Debra Ray Show, Healthy Talk Radio. Debra Ray's radio and streaming audio health show has been bringing researched health information to listeners since 1982.

Pyrex Cookware Safer Than Teflon Non-Stick

A group of scientific advisors to the EPA voted unanimously that DuPont's PFOA should be considered a likely carcinogen. PFOA is used to make Teflon non-stick cookware and to coat food packaging. PFOA has been found in 95% of core blood samples tested by the CDC. The EPA sent letters to DuPont and other companies, asking them to commit to a voluntary program by March 1. The program calls for a 95 percent reduction in environmental emissions and product content levels of PFOA, and associated chemicals by 2010. They were also asked to work toward the elimination of PFOA and associated chemicals from emissions and products by 2015. Debra Ray recommended Pyrex glass cookware as the safest, to avoid chemicals leaching into the food at high temperatures.

See my January 28, 2005, posting - How to Listen to The Debra Ray Show, Healthy Talk Radio. Debra Ray's radio and streaming audio health show has been bringing researched health information to listeners since 1982.

Unmasking Food Allergies

Dr. Russ Roby, a guest on the Debra Ray Show, explained how he treats people who have normal lab test results. While Dr. Roby was in medical school, he became very ill. His doctor told he was fine because his lab tests came back normal. He then began to look at alternative medicine to find out why he was sick. After finding his food allergies and avoiding those foods, his health returned. On the webpage below, he has a list of foods to avoid for 5 days and how to re-introduce them to unmask your food allergies. The webpage also has a Daily Food Record you can print out as pdf or gif to track your progress, and frequently asked questions.

Unmasking Food Allergies, Daily Food Record, & FAQ - from the Roby Institute

See my January 28, 2005, posting - How to Listen to The Debra Ray Show, Healthy Talk Radio. Debra Ray's radio and streaming audio health show has been bringing researched health information to listeners since 1982.

Advice to Reduce Ministrokes

Gary Null, on The Gary Null Show, had these suggestions to reduce ministrokes.

Get rid of the things in the diet that can be causing the problem:

• Animal Proteins
• Dairy
• Saturated Fats

Thin the blood, with natural blood thinners, to get rid of inflammatory agents:

• Cayenne - about 100,000 heat units a day
• CoQ10 - increases oxygenation of the heart tissue & prevents reoccurances of a heart attack
• CoEnzyme A - detoxifying enzyme, important for the liver, helps with metabolism & energy production, helps us better process & remove toxins from the body, and boosts the immune system
• L-Arginnine - improves blood flow
• Vitamin C - at 500 to 1,000 mgs, important to reduce blood pressure & blood flow to a normal level
• Calcium & Magnesium - heart strength
• L-Carnitine - helps the heart
• Vitamin E - with Mixed Tocopherols & Tocotrienols, at 400 to 800 units
• Garlic - great blood pressure lowerer
• Lycopene - & other Carotenoids like Lutein
  
• Phosphatidylserine - reduces fats & triglycerides in the blood
• Potassium - important
• Trimethyl Glycene
• Hawthorn - increases blood flow
• Grape Seed Extract - lowers blood pressure
• Ginko Biloba - lowers blood pressure

See my January 26, 2005, posting - How to Listen to The Gary Null Show.

Celtic Sea Salt - Fine Ground - Nice for Baking or for Use at the Table

See my January 08, 2006, posting, Celtic Sea Salt Provides Your Body with Essential Nutrition for Health. I have only seen coarse Celtic Sea Salt in health food stores. Noticed 8 ounce shaker jars of the Celtic Sea Salt - Fine Ground at Kimberton Whole Foods in Kimberton, PA. The fine ground is nice for baking or use at the table. If you can't find it locally, it is available online, in various containers, at the link below. Recipes, articles, and newsletters are also on the website.

Celtic Sea Salt - Fine Ground from The Grain & Salt Society

Aspirin Not Recommended for Heart Disease Anymore

"Many believe that, even if aspirin is not effective, it is safe. Aspirin does appear to be relatively safe for the patients included in clinical trials, but as these studies excluded by design patients at risk of adverse events with aspirin and tended to include younger patients with lower multiple morbidity it is likely that aspirin is not as safe as suggested. Low dose aspirin for cardiovascular prophylaxis may account for more than 30% of all major gastrointestinal hemorrhage in patients aged over 6 and may also be associated with an increased risk of renal failure. Indeed, among large long-term trials after myocardial infarction, there is no evidence that aspirin saves lives."

Aspirin Not Recommended for Heart Disease Anymore by Dr. John G F Cleland on mercola.com

51 Deaths From ADHD Drugs Prompt Black Box Warnings

See my January 6, 2006, posting - Many Reports of Deaths, Strokes, Heart Attacks, & High Blood Pressure in Kids & Adults Taking ADHD Drugs, Launch Government Study. The FDA has received so many reports of sudden death, strokes, and heart attacks in kids & adults taking ADHD drugs, that the FDA Advisory Panel has cancelled the new study into ADHD drugs safety. The FDA Advisory Panel decided that black box warnings should be placed on these drugs due to the 51 deaths reported. ADHD drugs include such drugs as Adderall, Ritalin, Concerta, Methylin, Metadate.

See my January 28, 2005, posting - How to Listen to The Debra Ray Show, Healthy Talk Radio. Debra Ray's radio and streaming audio health show has been bringing researched health information to listeners since 1982.

Vitamin E Reduces Alzheimer's Risk

Gary Null read from a 6 year study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. "Mixed Vitamin E tocopherol may offer greater protection against Alzheimer's disease than vitamin E alone. The vitamin family consists of 4 tocopherols and 4 tocotrienols. With each 5 mgs per day increase in dietary tocoperol, subjects had up to 44% lower risk of developing Alzheimer's." Gary said, "What this means is that we are not getting enough Vitamin E from mixed tocopherols and toctrienols, and it's the tocotrienols and mixed tocopherols that help protect us."

<--- Now Advanced Vitamin E Complex - Mixed Tocopherols! at the Lowest Price on the Net

See my January 26, 2005, posting - How to Listen to The Gary Null Show.

How to Listen to Gary Null on KPFK, Los Angeles

Something's Happening, with Roy Hollywood, is a show on KPFK with "information on the cutting edge." On Wednesdays, Roy airs several repeats of Gary Null's show on Voice America. Sometimes Gary is on KPFK live for about an hour during the show, answering phone call questions.

Wednesday, 3:00 AM to 8:30 AM Eastern Time
How to Listen to KPFK - Los Angeles <--- complete instructions

Gary Null's website

Mold, Airbourne Allergies, & Thrifty Air Filter

Dr. Roby, from the Roby Institute, was a guest on The Debra Ray Show. He shared many tips on mold & airbourne allergies. Dr. Roby explained how to put together & use a 20" x 20" box fan and a 3M Ultra Allergen Filtrete 1250 filter. He also shares all of this information on his website below.

Mold and Airbourne Allergies - Information at the Roby Institute

See my January 28, 2005, posting - How to Listen to The Debra Ray Show, Healthy Talk Radio. Debra Ray's radio and streaming audio health show has been bringing researched health information to listeners since 1982.

Be a Smart Vegan!

On The Gary Null Show, Gary explained the advantages and a pitfall of being a vegan. Over 245 scientific studies show that vegetarians have less cancer, osteoporosis, arthritis, heart disease, and elevated blood pressure. But, an exclusive vegetarian diet is completely lacking in L-Carnosine. L-Carnosine may be the most important effective antiglycating agent known. Glycation is the toxic binding of sugar to the bodies proteins. When a chicken is cooked for 2 hours, it goes thru glycation. Glycation alters the body's proteins and renders them nonfunctional. That how we get wrinkled skin. Glycation is involved in disorders such as hypertension, arterioscelosis, cataracts, cancer, and Alzheimer's Disease. One serving of meat has about 700 mg of L-Carnosine. Gary recommends not eating meat. Just be a smart vegan and take at least 1,000 mg of L-Carnosine a day. He also suggested a diet with 75% raw and 25% cooked food.

<--- Now L-Carnosine at the Lowest Price on the Net

See my January 26, 2005, posting - How to Listen to The Gary Null Show.

More Niacin (Vitamin B3) Advice

See my January 10, 2006, posting - Niacin (Vitamin B3) for Bleeding Gums, Arthritis, & Longer Life. Dr. Stephen Bittiker, on his Natural Health and You show, explained the differences between the various types of niacin. Regular niacin taken in doses over 50 mg can cause flushing. Flushing is when the face & neck get red, itching may occur, & you feel warm. A normal reaction, but some people don't like it.

• Sustained Release Niacin - less flushing reaction, studies show can damage the liver, not recommended
• Niacinamide - does not cause flushing, not effective to lower cholesterol, not recommended
• Inositol Hexanicotinate Niacin (Flush Free) - does not cause flushing, much less likely to cause liver damage, effective to lower cholesterol, highly recommended
  

<--- Schiff Flush Free Niacin at the Lowest Price on the Net

See my January 27, 2005, posting - How to Listen to Natural Health and You With Dr. Stephen Bittiker.

Free Online: Watch Gary Null's DVD Movie Trailers

Click the link below, whenever you have time, to watch any of these DVD movie trailers. Near the bottom of the webpage, you can select DVD trailer you want to watch. Windows Media Player will open to play the trailer. The DVD movies include:

• It's Not Your Fault You're Stupid
• The Drugging of our Children
• Wake up and Get Healthy
• Prescription For Disaster
• Mind Power
• Fatal Fallout
  

Watch Gary Null's DVD Movie Trailers

These shows were archived from Natural Living with Gary Null. See my January 23, 2005, posting - How to Listen to Natural Living with Gary Null.