Enzymes, Consult Your Doctor
Here's a toughie. You want to embark on a new diet. You ask yourself: "Do I have to get my doctor's approval"?Although enzymes are considered a safe food not needing a doctor's approval, it is always advisable to get the input of your health care physician when making decisions or changes regarding your health. This includes with any diets (particularly very restrictive ones), supplements, or over the counter products. Many supplements or diets can affect neurology.
Some supplements may not be safe in higher amounts. A medical professional needs to know everything you are taking or would like to take in order to make good recommendations for your health. Although enzymes are very rarely a problem, adverse interactions are possible among other ?all natural herbs,' vitamins, or over-the-counter compounds. Most doctors do not have much training in nutrition and they may recommend you see someone who specializes in nutrition. Most doctors consider digestive enzymes a safe thing to try, just like you would bottled water, fresh fruit, or whole grains not really requiring medical approval.Many people nowadays have given up on physicians ? the medical profession ? generally and have opted for alternative medicine.
So, alternatively, you should consult, if not your physician, then certainly your Holistic Health Care Provider. In fact, in basic medical classroom training the typical Holistic Doctor has one full semester of academic work more than what the medical doctors training provides, and the same residency and professional requirements.So, having come this far, what else do I need to know?Many people are able to significantly reduce their costs for food, supplements and therapies with these enzyme products. Many families are able to find more manageable and enjoyable ways to assist their children and improve their quality of life. All age groups show improvements of some kind, even significant ones, including teens and adults, although results for any specific individual may vary considerably. People have been using enzymes for years to safely assist in food intolerances and allergies, leaky gut syndrome, yeast, and immune system support among others.
These well-researched benefits probably explain the overwhelming success rate and the wide range of improvement. Because enzymes have proven to help each of the wide variety of biological conditions seen with many neurological conditions, including autism, the high success rate of people improvement is logical, reasonable, and based in sound scientific principles. Of the individuals who tried these enzymes for other conditions, the vast majority have reported at least some benefits (chronic fatigue, AD(H)D, asthma, fibromyalgia, sensory issues, migraines, allergies, etc.) Bio88+ (Plus) comes in a liquid form which is 90 percent efficacious and literally goes to work in your system within seconds of taking. However, many "greens" products, if not all of them, are based in part upon grains ? wheat, rye, barley or oats ? i.e., gluten containing grains. Any form of gluten can be an instant poisoning to your system if you suffer from Celiac disease.
Make certain to consult your doctor if you are on a gluten-free diet. Feel free to contact the author by email for additional information.This is the end of our series on Enzymes and Your Health?.but all is not lost as there are many more articles on health and nutrition in the mill and being written.Disclaimer: These articles in no way should be taken as medical advice on any product or condition, nor do they constitute in any way medical advice endorsing any specific product, specific result, nor any possible cure for any condition or problem. They are meant as a source of information upon which you may base your decision as to whether or not you should begin using a greens product as a dietary supplement. If in doubt, or if you have questions, you should consult your physician and, if possible, consult a second physician for a possible different opinion. The author bears no responsibility for your decisions nor for the outcome of your actions based upon those decisions..
Loring Windblad has studied nutrition and exercise for more than 40 years, is a published author and freelance writer.This article is Copyright 2005 by http://www.organicgreens.us, http://www.organicgreens.ca and Loring Windblad. This article may be freely copied and used on other web sites only if it is copied complete with all links and text, including the Authors Resource Box, intact and unchanged except for misspellings and typos.Do You Make These South Beach Diet Mistakes ?
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B.Sc, MBA? DigiLectual Inc. All Rights Reserved.==========================================================The South Beach Diet works, for most people. Its low fat,low carb approach helps you lose weight quickly and easily.Health benefits are great too.But there's some easy mistakes you must avoid.Gain Weight in Phase 2Most people do well being strict in Phase 1. But whathappens when you switch into Phase 2 ? Often, you put someweight back on again. Why ? Because your body's starved ofcarbs for 2 or 3 weeks.
At the start of Phase 2 it grabs atevery carb you give it, and turns them into fat. I learnedthis lesson the hard way, gaining 2 lbs in my first Phase 2week. So reintroduce carbs slowly when you go into Phase2, and make sure they're good carbs.Feel HungryYes, if South Beach makes you hungry, you're doing...
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7 Rules that Guarantee Diet Success and Water
As a personal trainer at Bally's Total Fitness in Philadelphia, I have come across a number of people that claim to either be unable to lose weight or unable to stick to their diets. I personally think there is no one that is unable to lose weight and that most people that can not seem to lose weight often need just a slight adjustment in how they apply their diet.
There have been a large number of people that have, with my help, seen excellent results by making very slight changes in their diets. Sometimes it is nothing more than cutting back on a bag of potato chips; sometimes it is adding a real breakfast to their diet.
After a while I developed what I call "The 7 Rules to Eating Correctly." Tthese 7 rules were created to keep my clients on track with their diets. Whenever they would ask me why they had not been seeing the results that expected, I would ask which of the 7 rules had they failed to follow. From observation, I realized that anyone following...
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Don't Get Weighed Down by Temporary Water Weight Gain
Health and fitness go hand-in-hand. They are so intricately related to each other that even a small disturbance in one tends to directly affect the other! Health implies a lifestyle which is carried out in a balanced way and is aimed at leading a disease-free life. Fitness refers to the state of your body and mind
wherein both are stress-free and relaxed. Fitness is directly reflected in the way you look-- your body shape and size.
All of us dream of getting a beautiful figure.
But often, due to over-indulgence and a sudden increase in calories our body may
bulge in some areas due to an over accumulation of fat. This results in "cellulite" that is often stubborn and slow to react to any kind of treatment.
Many believe that becoming slim will decrease their weight. It is not true in all cases. Slimmer people can sometimes weigh more than apparently larger people due to the weight of their bones.
On the other hand,...
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Fiber ? More Appealing Packaged In A Pear!
(NC)?Fiber is a very beneficial substance for your body. And when fiber is delivered in the delicious and sweet package of a fresh pear, it takes on a whole new level of appeal.Pears are one of the most fiber-filled fruits around. With 4 grams of dietary fiber per serving (one medium sized pear, think the size of a baseball), pears are a good source of fiber ? one pear will give you about 18% of the recommended daily intake of fiber. More information about pear nutrition can be found at www.usapears.com.In addition to its digestive tract benefits, fiber has a load of other health benefits including:? Fiber slows how quickly sugar goes into the bloodstream, which may reduce peaks of blood sugar levels ? very important for diabetics.? Low-fat diets rich in fruits and vegetables (foods that are low in fat and cholesterol and that contain dietary fiber and vitamins A and C) may reduce the risks of some types of cancer and coronary heart disease.?...
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How Colostrum Differs From Herbal Remedies
At some time or another, most people have taken some sort of herbal remedy or supplement to help support their body in achieving optimal health. Now, however, you may be considering taking a Colostrum supplement, and wondering how it differs from standard herbal remedies, in the way it works to benefit your body.The primary difference is that herbal remedies and dietary supplements contain plant-based nutrients, which work by nourishing or stimulate the body to produce the results that are needed. They simply help the body produce nutrients of its own. Colostrum, however is an animal based nutrient that not only helps the body produce its own life giving immune and growth factors, but actually supplements and replaces them as well.The works very well, given the fact that the immune and growth factors contained in bovine colostrum are virtually identical to those in the human body. Because of this, there lot to be gained using Bovine Colostrum products to supplement our regular diets...
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Are Middle Aged Men More Prone to Heart Disease?
For years, heart disease has been associated most prominently with middle aged men. However, recent studies have put this myth to rest. Dr. Robert Beaglehole , WHO Director of Chronic Diseases and Health Promotion, states that "the old stereotype of cardiovascular diseases affecting only stressed, overweight, middle-aged men in developed countries no longer applies." In fact the burden has shifted from gender to economics-- men, women, even children are at risk because 80% of those at risk come from low and middle-income families where healthy dietary and lifestyle habits are difficult to maintain. The emphasis in heart disease risk factors has shifted away from genetic disposition to lifestyle and diets.
What this means is that no one is immune from heart disease because of gender and age. What it also means is that everyone has the ability to prevent heart disease by initiating active lifestyle changes.
At the bottom of this shift in attitude is a new understanding...
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Startling New Evidence: You Can Slow the Aging Process, Scientists Say
Six years ago, government scientists announced what may be the most important news of your lifetime. Did you get the memo?_____________________________What if you could actually slow your rate of aging, and live healthier longer, simply by eating certain foods? U.S. Government scientists now say it's possible. Floyd P. Horn, then Administrator of the scientific research arm of the USDA, broke the exciting news in February 1999.
"Young and middle-aged people," said Horn, "may be able to reduce risk of diseases of aging -- including senility -- simply by adding high-ORAC foods to their diets."I don't know about you, but I find that statement tremendously exciting: "simply by adding high-ORAC foods."Buddy, Can You Spare Some ORAC? Unfortunately, most Americans have no idea that there may be a simple solution to preventing- or at least postponing- the ravages of decline, disease, and feeble old age.ORAC stands for Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity. It's a test developed by the USDA...
Startling New Evidence: You Can Slow the Aging Process, Scientists Say
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