Fruit juices maybe good for you, but sometimes, they can be very bad for you. Grapefruit, apple, or apple juice can change the dosages of your meds, turning some drugs into “lethal dosages”. Check out the list.
http://healthwise-everythinghealth.blogspot.com/2008/08/grapefruit-juice-and-meds.html
“When a doctor tells you to lose 15 to 20 pounds, what he really means is you need to lose 50.
–Tamara Merritt, DO, family physician, Brewster, Washington “
“I am utterly tired of being your mother. Every time I see you, I have to say the obligatory ‘You need to lose some weight.’ But you swear you ‘don’t eat anything’ or ‘the weight just doesn’t come off,’ and the subject is dropped. Then you come in here complaining about your knees hurting, your back is killing you, your feet ache, and you can’t breathe when you walk up half a flight of stairs. So I’m supposed to hold your hand and talk you into backing away from that box of Twinkies. Boy, do I get tired of repeating the stuff most patients just don’t listen to.
–Cardiologist, Brooklyn, New York “
“44% of doctors admit they’re overweight.”
–Nutrition & Food Science; Minnesota Medicine ”
Source: “41 Secrets Your Doctor Would Never Share”
http://www.rd.com/living-healthy/41-medical-secrets/article75920.html
Having an efficient pair of kidneys is important because your kidneys “purify” your dirty blood as well as regulate your hormones and blood flow. Your kidneys have the ability to increase your blood pressure as well as stimulate enythropoeiten to produce more blood. They are important organs but often not talked about.
If you get tired easily when you exercise or are on the Atkins diet, better have your kidneys check before it’s too late. Kidney damage is irreversible and is a silent disease. Not everyone feels pain when their kidneys are damaged, and according to the National Kidney Foundation, approximately 20 million Americans are at risk for kidney disease and do not even know it.
Below is a calculator that will help you estimate how well your kidneys are at processing creatinine (protein). You will need to know your serum creatinine, which can be obtained from your doctor. Keep in mind that the eGFR (estimated glomerular filtration rate) is NOT 100% accurate. The more accurate method is when a fluid and a dye gets injected subcutaneously and the doctor watches you over a period of time. If your eGFR number does come out below the recommended table guidelines listed in the second link, call your doctor for further evaluation.
http://www.kidney.org/professionals/kdoqi/gfr_calculator.cfm
http://nephron.com/images/table_3.jpg
In addition, you will want to know your the Blood Urea Nitrogen score (also known as the BUN test) score, which measures how much nitrogen in the form your urea that your blood produces Remember excess protein that the body can’t use will turn into nitrogen in the form of urea. A higher score beyond the norm of 27 mmol/L may be an indication that the kidneys are “sluggish”.
For a Free Test Near You
http://www.kidney.org/news/keep/index.cfm
For Further Info
http://www.kidney.org/kidneyDisease/ckd/index.cfm
http://www.kidney.org/news/newsroom/newsitem.cfm?id=14&&cid=06
I have to admit. Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps recently caught my attention when headlines started popping up that this 7 time gold medalist consumes 10000 calories per day. We all know that we can’t burn 10000 calories per day, so how does this guy do it? There must be some magical formula out there. What is it that this guy is doing right, and what are we doing wrong? The guy consumes whole pizzas! We get fat if we consume one slice.
Is it possible to burn 10000 calories per day, or is Michael just pulling our leg? If you try using the Buddyslim’s calories burned calculator, I’m not sure how 10000 calories get burned per day.
I like to know his secret.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/13/health/webmd/main4349152.shtml?source=search_story
“The U.S. Olympic swimmer told ESPN that he eats roughly 8,000-10,000
calories a day, including “lots of pizza and pasta.” In addition to
stuffing down carbs, he’s said that he routinely eats foods like fried egg
sandwiches.”
For those looking for a good blueberry smoothie recipe, here’s one worth trying.
As an option, add 1 tbsp. of grinded flax seeds.
The original recipe is from Bibby at Parties That Cook. In it, she calls for 1/4 cup of raspberries and 1/4 blueberries. I’ve decided to go with the full 1/2 cup of blueberries and throw in the grinded flax seeds. This way I get my daily fiber and some omega 3’s.
Keep in mind that smoothies tend to be high in calories. This one is about 400 calories.
One cup of carrots contains just 57 calories.
http://www.calories-nutrition.buddyslim.com/carrots-canned-regular-pack-drained-solids/
They do come in different colors and shapes.
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Here’s how to make your own delicious energy bar for a fraction of the price. They are not only delicious but nutritious. Coffee grinders and food processors do not work well for this type of recipe. The best machine to use is a cheap Black & Decker chopper.
Click on the link for the recipes. They are all delicious! Enjoy.
http://bunnyfoot.blogspot.com/2006/02/homemade-lara-type-bars.html
1) An aspirin does not stop a headache but a body ache. Most drugs are made for the body, not for the brain. When one gets a headache, it is the body sending a nerve message up to the brain that it is hurting.
2) Morphine is just a refined version of heroin that does not take away pain but just makes one feel better.
3) We all heard about the hospital super bug MRSA. But many do not know that MRSA live inside the noses of some doctors, nurses, surgeons, and other hospital employees. Should these infected doctors or surgeons not wash their hands after blowing out their infected noses, they can easily transfer the bacteria onto their patients. Unlike viruses that need to find a host within seconds to survive, the MRSA bacteria can live in the air for a few days, such as on the doctors’ / surgeons’ white coats.
4) As people age, their connective tissue gets tougher, which makes it more difficult to heal. Younger people have softer connective tissues, so they heal faster.
5) Botox is a milder form of botulism that paralyzes the skin. If someone gets too much botox on the face, he or she will not be able to smile. Botox is now used to enlarge the breasts. Why plastic surgeons want to turn breasts into “statues”, I don’t know.
6) Females have a much shorter urinary tract than males and need to go to the bathroom more often to avoid bladder infections.
7) Thyroid surgery is a dangerous “hit or miss” surgery. A surgeon can only guesstimate as to how much thyroid to take out. If the surgeon takes too much, that patient becomes hypothyroid. And because of the location of thyroid, within close proximity to the nerves, one bad move can cause the nerve to be cut.
When patients take anti-inflammatory drugs, they are not only reducing their inflammation but their overall immunity. A little inflammation is necessary to start the healing process. Inflammation is like a “fire siren”, which notifies the neutrophils (usually the first “ER” cells to arrive to the scene). When inflammation is reduced, less neutrophils will arrive and so the healing process will take longer. On the other hand, too much inflammation can destroy organs and tissues.
9) The blood pressure cuff only measures the ventricle, not the atrium side of the heart. Your heart is divided into 4 chambers. On the top quadrants, there are the left and right atrium. On the bottom quadrants, there are the left and right ventricles. If there is a leak in one of the valves, the blood pressure cuff will not detect this.
10) Not every angle of the heart can be heard with a stethoscope. An electrocardiogram is better for measuring the healthiness of the heart but not part of the physical.
11) Doctors do not heal anymore. Instead drugs are prescribed to stabilize the underlying issue(s). Why doctors prescribe diuretics to reduce blood pressure, I don’t know. Diuretics just make people “pee” more. Why don’t they tell their patients just to drink more water and eat a banana or avocado to prevent electrolyte imbalance? It’s already mind bottling they now want to put 8 year olds on statin.
12) Doctors are not always healthy and do not always know what is best for you. Some have high blood pressure, high cholesterols, diabetes, etc. A few are even alcoholics and/or addicted to morphine, which makes you wonder why get to treat patients when they can’t treat themselves.
13) A general surgeon acts as a mediator and is necessary during a surgery to prevent surgeons and specialists from arguing too much.
14) By the time glucose shows up in the urine test, the kidney is at least 70% damaged.
15) Glucose is normally stored in its insulin and kept by the liver until further use. Too much glucose in the blood (aka. diabetes) can damage the nerve(s), which makes diabetes more prone to infections and amputations. They loose their sense of hurt and sometimes can do more damage to their bodies than good, ie. bumping into things and getting bruises.
More health facts to come…Note: Originally, I went on a quest wanting to know what it is that doctors know that the average laymen does not. My curiosity grew enormously when I began learning from a pathologist and a surgeon. I was so deeply disturbed what doctors/surgeons had to go through just to get that piece of paper. Not only did many accumulated massive debt and went through sleepless nights, some females were sexually assaulted by their “chief predators”. The bottom line was that I learned that doctors paid too much to become doctors but got very little out of healing. Once an organ was badly damaged, there was very little doctors/surgeons could do “resurrect” life.
So I’m noticing a trend. Of the 5 or 6 times I’ve been at a Trader Joe’s, a local supermarket chain, the store is no longer jammed packed. Lines are SOOOOO much shorter. Farmers tell me that people have really cut back on their produce spending in this economy. They say that the scare of salmonella has made it worst and has cut tomato spending by as much as 40% this year.
This is not good news. People should be eating more produce, NOT less. Produce are low in calories, contain fiber, and rich in antioxidants. Tomatoes, for instance, are rich in lycopene and good for the prostate. If people think that their health insurance and medication will take care of them, good luck. With doctors quitting the field due to low insurance reimbursement and not enough hospital beds to serve the sick, the health care crisis is “brewing”.
