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The Necessity of
Nutrition in Modern Clinical Practice
Posted
On: 05/01/2007
Patients have changed drastically, even
over the last few decades. They are less active and tend to
follow a diet of overconsumption and undernutrition. This
creates the metabolic dysfunction of Insulin Resistance,
Systemic Inflammation and Oxidative Stress that leads to our
epidemic of: Obesity, Hypertension, Cardiovascular Disease,
Cancer and Diabetes.1,2
One out of every two Americans now has or is developing Insulin
Resistance which helps create this metabolic..... Read More!
Joint Health Posted On:
06/01/2007
According to the World Health Organization
DJD or degenerative joint disease is one of the top 10 global
disease burdens in the world today. Approximately 1 in 3 adults
between 25 to 74 years old in the US have radiological evidence
of Osteoarthritis (OA) in at least one joint. In the US 25% of
all visits to primary care physicians and half of all NSAIDs
prescriptions are for OA.
However, degenerative joint disease is not
an ..... Read More!
Understanding Metabolic Syndrome Or Syndrome X Part I
Posted On: 07/01/2007
The most common reason someone seeks the
care of a clinician is some form of recurring musculoskeletal
pain. The most common metabolic problem that individual will
suffer from today is insulin resistance, also known as syndrome
X. or metabolic syndrome. The metabolic changes that take place
with insulin resistance are increased glucose intolerance,
hyperinsulinemia; increased LDL's and decreased HDL's leading to
increased risk for diabetes, obesity, hypertension and
atherosclerosis (1). A... Read More!
Understanding Metabolic Syndrome Or Syndrome X Part II
Posted On: 07/15/2007
To properly treat metabolic syndrome it is
vital that you improve your patients insulin sensitivity by
having them eat foods with a low glycemic index. Provide your
patients with more information on low glycemic foods by having
them utilize quality educational websites such as
www.glycemicindex.com and www.whfoods.com. Have your patients
eat at least five servings of vegetables and two to four
servings of fresh fruits each day. They should eat only 100%
whole grain cereals, pastas,... Read More!
The Rediscovery of Vitamin D3
Posted On: 08/01/2007
One very vital component of your patient's
metabolic tune-up, to heal chronic pain and promote wellness, is
Vitamin D3. Many clinicians commonly overlook the newly
rediscovered role in health and disease that this lowly
hormone-like vitamin plays today. This is very troubling for
those who suffer from chronic muscle and joint pain problems,
for recent studies have shown clearly that low serum of Vitamin
D levels are associated with chronic nonspecific musculoskeletal
pain. Vitamin... Read More!
Systemic Inflammation, Pain and Degenerative Disease:
Part II Posted On: 01/03/2008
A major factor in the formation of chronic
inflammation in your patients’ tissues is the presence of free
radicals in greater abundance than their ability to remove them.
This imbalanced condition is known as oxidative stress. The
presence of oxidative stress in your patients’ myofascial
tissues will automatically create an inflammatory response in
their muscles and joints. This inflammatory response will then
cause the release of more free radicals in the effected tissues
creating greater oxida... Read More!
Systemic Inflammation, Pain and Degenerative Disease:
Part I Posted On: 10/19/2007
The inflammatory response serves to
protect, defend and repair tissues. The inflammatory response
prepares your patients tissues for repair and initiates the
healing process. Therefore, if your patients are taking takes
drugs to inhibit the inflammatory healing response, such as
NSAIDs and other anti-inflammatory drugs, they are actually
inhibiting the healing process. If the inflammatory healing
response of the musculoskeletal system goes beyond the usual six
weeks and causes recurrent pain for... Read More!
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