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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.

http://www.calories-burned.buddyslim.com/category/sports/

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.”