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Second Opinion Health Alert
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January 4, 2006
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CAN THIS VEGETABLE FAT
RID YOU OF JOINT PAIN AND
RE-BUILD YOUR CARTILAGE?
7 international studies say YES.
What it is and where to get it.
If you suffer from pain and inflammation
in your joints, then youve probably tried
glucosamine and chondroitin, the popular
remedies that decrease pain and inflammation
and even re-generate cartilage.
But as good as these two nutrients are, theyre
often not enough.
Read more:
http://www.healthyresolve.com/joints
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Popular Over-the-Counter Drug
Causes Deadly Infections
Researchers have discovered that a popular
over-the-counter drug can make you more
susceptible to a deadly infection. Heres
the story:
For years, doctors knew that a deadly
bacterium called Colstridium difficile
was caused by antibiotics and hospital
stays. Antibiotics, as you may know,
dont just kill bad bacteria. They also
can rid your gut of good and protective
germs. Then, when the bad bacteria
return, they can run amok with little
to slow it down. And hospitals offer a
highly contagious environment for the
bugs to pass from one person to another.
But in recent years, doctors have noticed
an increase in both the number and severity
of clostridium infections. And the new cases
were in people who had not taken antibiotics
or stayed in a hospital.
The doctors were baffled.
Then researchers began to question the role
certain drugs played in the infections. What
they discovered is big news for the millions
of people who use antacids for heartburn,
indigestion, and ulcers. They found that many
antacids are at least partly responsible for
the new cases of infection!
Thats right. Antacid use is associated with a
higher risk of getting this infection. Proton
pump inhibitors, such as Nexium and Losec, seem
to be the worst, tripling your chances. The older
H2 receptor antagonists, such as Tagemet and
Cimetidine, appear to double your risk.
Acid is in your stomach for a reason. In addition
to helping you digest proteins, it also serves as
your first line of defense against organisms that
you swallow every day, regardless of how clean
your food may be. Your stomach acid kills these
bugs quickly. So the lower your acid level is,
the more likely these bugs are to survive.
Aside from the increased risk of infection, use
of these antacids can also decrease your mineral
absorption and interfere with your white blood
cells ability to kill invaders. And decreasing
your stomach acid allows undigested protein to
make its way down into your lower intestine
where your normal bacteria can putrefy it into
some nasty compounds. Trust me, you dont want
this stuff in your intestine.
If you have indigestion, dont rush to pop an
antacid. First of all, the problem might not
even be an excess of acid, it might be a
deficiency. So while you might feel better
with the pill, you could be making the problem
worse!
Second, if you really do have excess acid, the
best way to treat it is by using aloe, ginger,
comfrey, and DGL (deglycyrrhizinated licorice).
You can find all of these herbs at your local
health food store.
Finally, your indigestion also might not have
anything to do with your stomach acid level.
It could be a deficiency of pancreatic enzymes.
Try any of a large number of proteolytic enzymes.
One of my favorites is OmegaZym. You can find
these at many quality health food stores.
If an ulcer causes your discomfort, Ill have an
e-alert devoted to treating these in the coming
weeks. Stay tuned.
Yours for better health and medical freedom,
Robert Jay Rowen, MD
Ref: Journal of the American Medical Association
December 21, 2005.
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