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  • More About Salba…

    Salba continues to generate interest and comments – we still get occasional emails from Salba devotees who take us to task for failing to praise their beloved chia seed, and we get plenty of other comments, both positive and otherwise – This recently arrived in our mailboxes…

    Hi Dr. Myatt,

    I love your website and am using your advice to help one of my clients who suffers from IBS.

    On a personal note, I discovered ground Salba about a year ago and really liked it at first. Then, after a while, I began to experience terrible diarrhea which would stop almost immediately if I stopped taking the Salba. I tried whole Salba and that seemed to be o.k. for a bit, but then the diarrhea returned. I just wrote it off as an intolerance for Salba. Unfortunately for me, this also had a nicely positive impact upon my blood glucose management (I’m a type II diabetic…a hereditary curse…you’d never know by looking at me!). I’m now using another supplement to get my Omega 3s and cinnamon bark extract for blood glucose management, in combination with Metformin HCl (extended release 500 mg. 1x/day). Any other ideas for me? I would love to get off the Metformin altogether as it sometimes causes GI irritation as well.

    Warm Regards,

    Sean

    Dr. Myatt took a moment to respond to this one with the following advice:

    Hi Sean:

    Flax seed meal (ground flax) and/or psyllium also help stabilize blood sugar; this is not "magic" unique to salba/chia.

    ALL fiber types will help blood sugar levels (they will help cholesterol levels, too), but this is a function of fiber, not salba.

    Here’s a previous article we published about fiber FYI: Twenty-Five Surprising Benefits of a Dietary Non-Nutrient

    Why don’t you try my Myatt Muffin? It’s not only delicious and nutritious, it will perform the "magic" needed to improve your blood sugar levels. You can access the recipe through this link: They’re Tasty, They’re Healthy, They’re Myatt Muffins!

    Let me know how it works for you!

    In Health,
    Dr. Myatt

    P.S. You have a GI problem yourself, or so it sounds. You would benefit from a consultation with me about this AND your diabetes. Type II diabetes is almost always curable (yes, I said curable) by dietary means, something you’ll NEVER hear from a conventional doctor!

  • Wellness Club Health Research Team Finds Swine Flu ‘Ground Zero’!

    By Nurse Mark

    As predicted in our last HealthBeat Newsletter, the Swine Flu that had the W.H.O., the government, Big Pharma, and the press all in a tizzy has turned out to be not much more than any other flu – some people are getting sick with it, just as some people get sick with any other flu. Some of those people who are unfortunate to have other serious health conditions that affect them and make them at higher risk have succumbed – but tragic as that is, it is a fact of life that for some poor individuals death can result from infections that you or I might consider an annoyance at best. We extend our sympathies to the families of those who have succumbed to complications of this, and all flu infections.

    It seems that for the press at least, Swine Flu has been pushed aside by more pressing matters: Mr. Obama is feuding with Mr. Cheney, Ms Pelosi is doing her best to be unavailable to anyone who might ask her about her about her comments regarding the CIA, the North Koreans are rattling their nuclear saber, Mr. Obama has given the press his Supreme Court nominee to fuss over – all these things are far more titillating to our "fourth estate", the press, than what has turned out to be a relatively minor outbreak of influenza.

    Still, our researchers here at The Wellness Club have been, and will continue to be hard at work on this issue on your behalf. Our team has been scouring the globe, seeking clues that can help us to better understand illnesses such as this for with increased understanding comes improved ability to prevent and treat future outbreaks of these frightening illnesses.

    One of the more perplexing questions with regard to this outbreak concerns it’s origins – for while we know that many of the initial cases were reported to have been from Mexico there is still the question of how this virus managed to make the jump from the animals that it usually infects to humans, who are not normally bothered much by animal diseases. Many theories have been postulated, and our research team has diligently examined them all – mutations of common viruses, man-made viruses, experimental release of weaponized viruses, lab accidents, contaminants arriving from outer space in UFOs, all these possibilities have been looked at here.

    In the course of all this research our team has uncovered compelling evidence, even proof, some team members believe, that we have found what may be "Ground-Zero" for this outbreak. Indeed, one of our most dedicated research associates has been able to provide us with photographic evidence that seems to us to be irrefutable.

    Since we doubt that the press will be very likely to perform the public service of keeping you informed by passing along this photograph, we are presenting it here. Please be warned, this is a graphic image, and may not be suitable for those possessed of a weak stomach…

    Please scroll down to view the evidence of swine flu transmission from animal to human.

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    GOTCHA!

  • Something Wonderful Has Happened… Fertility!

    By Nurse Mark

    We get calls… again.

    As our readers and Wellness Club Members and Dr. Myatt’s patients know, here at The Wellness Club we answer our own phones – when you call Dr. Myatt’s Wellness Club at our toll-free number you will not speak with someone in a call center in Bangladesh or Manilla or Outer Elbonia – you will most likely speak with Nurse Mark or Lindsay or MJ or maybe even Dr. Myatt herself. Because a lot of folks know this some will try to take advantage of us and we get plenty of calls that we can’t help – folks wanting to discuss which supplement might be best for a complicated medical issue is a good example. We get calls from salesmen too, who are hoping that they can bluff their way to speaking with Dr. Myatt if they ask me the right questions in the right way… And we get calls from doctors and other health practitioners from around the country and even around the world, hoping to be put through to Dr. Myatt "for just a brief question or two…"

    Since Dr. Myatt is booked very heavily it is pretty much a certainty that a casual caller is not going to be able to speak with her – she is usually on the phone with booked calls to either patients or doctors. This is one of the reasons we instituted the "Brief Telephone Consultation" – so that Dr. Myatt could help all those folks who call wanting answers to "just a few quick questions". The salesmen are another matter. They never talk with Dr. Myatt directly – her time with her patients is far too valuable to be interrupted and they are told to email us with their pitch. The other doctors and practitioners that call are a different matter – for we recognize that they are trying to do their best for their patients and if their question is not something that can be resolved by email I will do my best to get them connected somehow with Dr. Myatt.

    Such was the case a few weeks ago when I received a call from someone who identified themselves as "medical director" for "a clinic on Long Island" and asked to speak with Dr. Myatt about her vitamins and about pycnogenol. To be honest, my Bogus-Meter began to climb, and my Salesman Alert Warning Light started to flash – though the flashing subsided to a steady glow when this fellow seemed satisfied that Dr. Myatt could not drop what she was doing (a patient consult) to take his call right then and gave me a call-back number. I discussed this call with Dr. Myatt who was just as suspicious as I was. Still, I also had an equally strong feeling – a hunch – that this one might be important somehow. I persuaded her to return this fellow’s call when she had a few moments between patients.

    It’s a good thing that I went with my hunch – because something very exciting has occurred.

    The caller turned out to be Dr. Jeffrey Braverman – a very highly respected specialist in the immunological causes of infertility and recurrent pregnancy loss and is indeed the Medical Director of the Sher Institutes For Reproductive Medicine – Long Island. As a good and careful scientist Dr. Braverman noticed the cause-and-effect relationships and benefits that diet, vitamins, herbs, and supplements had in improving outcomes for some of his patients, and as a good and caring doctor, he was determined to secure these benefits for all of his patients – so he sought the help of another recognized expert, Dr. Myatt. As a result, something wonderful has happened.

    Conventional, cutting-edge, high-tech, scientific infertility treatment has teamed up with the scientifically-based holistic treatment strategies of naturopathy, and The Fertility Project is the result – bringing the best of both worlds to women and couples seeking to improve their odds of conception and their ability to carry a healthy baby to full term.

    Dr. Myatt is providing her skill and experience and expertise in diet, vitamins, herbs, and supplements – she has, and continues to formulate supplements targeting the special pre-conception needs of men and women and the critical post-conception needs of both mother and unborn child. Dr. Braverman is incorporating these nutritional supplements and other naturopathic techniques from Dr. Myatt into his already highly-successful cutting-edge reproductive therapies, and between the two they are taking on "the tough cases"!

    This is a project that just makes us feel warm all over – and we invite you to learn more at The Fertility Project.

    If you or someone you love are experiencing difficulties in becoming pregnant or keeping a pregnancy this could be some of the most valuable information ever. Check it out – follow your "hunch" and your heart as I followed mine – and find out why we here at The Wellness Club and Dr. Braverman and his staff at Sher Institutes For Reproductive Medicine are so excited about The Fertility Project!

  • Questions About Gugulipid And "Male Potency Formulas"

    One of our regular readers and Wellness Club member Ann writes in often with questions – I was unaware until now that Ann is also a Nurse, but that helps to explain her frequent and interesting questions!

    Ann wrote recently to ask a couple of questions:

    Hi Mark
    More questions from me.  Being a nurse also , I often get asked things for which I am not sure how to reply!  So I am passing these onto you.
    I have a friend in his late 60’s who had prostrate surgery about 10 years ago.  His MD recently prescribed Ciallis which he says works, however he was wanting something more natural.  He asked about zenerex which I looked up and seems fine.  But, is there anything from Dr. Myatt that might help.?  He already takes the maxi multi and exercises regularly so is in good shape.
    Question two:  Have you heard of gugulipid for lowering cholesterol?  I have directed this person to your site also for the niacin.  He says that he has been taking niacin and it is not working as well as he would like.
    Thank you once again.  Don’t mean to be a pest!
    Ann

    Ann, you are definitely not a pest! We like a good question here, and questions like this are of interest to many of our other readers too. Here are the answers:

    Hi Ann,

    Zenerex looks like it is a typical "Pixie Dust" formulation – this is a formulation in which the maker puts a little bit of everything that has ever been suggested to be beneficial into a capsule and markets it as being the next great miracle supplement by describing the wonderful results claimed for each individual ingredient. Unfortunately formulations of this sort sound wonderful but can rarely ever contain enough of the individual ingredients to do much good – the capsules just aren’t big enough – and that is why we refer to them as "Pixie Dust" formulas. They do market and sell well though, because human nature says that people tend to like products that have "lots of stuff" since they seem like "a better deal". Further, there is no "herbal viagra" or "herbal cialis" that we are aware of – natural products tend to work by correcting deficiencies and underlying problems and show their effects over a matter of weeks or months – not in 15 minutes or so like the pharmaceuticals do.

    I am quite sure that even a brief consultation with Dr. Myatt would get this gentleman much better results than "shooting in the dark" with random supplements. He may wish to consider hormone testing as hormonal imbalances can have a dramatically adverse effect on male performance and male hormones naturally decrease with age, just as female hormones do. Bio-identical hormone supplementation is not just for women!

    Regarding gugulipid – please review our article: Lower Cholesterol Naturally – Better Cholesterol Management with Vitamins and Herbs and please remember that despite what the pharmaceutical companies would like us to believe, it is quite possible to have dangerously low cholesterol levels – cholesterol is essential for life and excessively low levels put one at risk for hemorrhagic stroke and hormonal imbalances amongst other things.

    Hope this helps,

    Cheers,
    Nurse Mark

  • From The Mouths of Babes

    Here is a collection of the wisdom and wit of children. You may have read these before, or not – they are sure to bring a smile regardless.

    • I was in the bathroom, putting on my makeup, under the watchful eyes of my young granddaughter, as I’d done many times before. After I applied my lipstick and started to leave, the little one said, "But Gramma, you forgot to kiss the toilet paper good-bye!" I will probably never put lipstick on again without thinking about kissing the toilet paper good-bye…
    • My young grandson called the other day to wish me Happy Birthday. He asked me how old I was, and I told him, 62. My grandson was quiet for a moment, and then he asked, "Did you start at 1?"
    • After putting her grandchildren to bed, a grandmother changed into old slacks and a droopy blouse and proceeded to wash her hair. As she heard the children getting more and more rambunctious, her patience grew thin. Finally, she threw a towel around her head and stormed into their room, putting them back to bed with stern warnings. As she left the room, she heard the three-year-old say with a trembling voice, "Who was THAT?"
    • A grandmother was telling her little granddaughter what her own childhood was like: "We used to skate outside on a pond. I had a swing made from a tire; it hung from a tree in our front yard. We rode our pony. We picked wild raspberries in the woods." The little girl was wide-eyed, taking this all in. At last she said, "I sure wish I’d gotten to know you sooner!"
    • My grandson was visiting one day when he asked, "Grandma, do you know how you and God are alike?" I mentally polished my halo and I said, "No, how are we alike?” "You’re both old," he replied.
    • A little girl was diligently pounding away on her grandfather’s word processor. She told him she was writing a story. "What’s it about?" he asked. "I don’t know," she replied. "I can’t read."
    • I didn’t know if my granddaughter had learned her colors yet, so I decided to test her. I would point out something and ask what color it was. She would tell me and was always correct. It was fun for me, so I continued. At last, she headed for the door, saying, "Grandma, I think you should try to figure out some of these, yourself!"
    • When my grandson Billy and I entered our vacation cabin, we kept the lights off until we were inside to keep from attracting pesky insects. Still, a few fireflies followed us in. Noticing them before I did, Billy whispered, "It’s no use Grandpa. Now the mosquitoes are coming after us with flashlights."
    • When my grandson asked me how old I was, I teasingly replied, "I’m not sure…" "Look in your underwear, Grandpa," he advised, "mine says I’m 4 to 6."
    • A second grader came home from school and said to her grandmother, "Grandma, guess what? We learned how to make babies today." The grandmother, more than a little surprised, tried to keep her cool. "That’s interesting," she said, "how do you make babies?" "It’s simple," replied the girl. "You just change ‘y’ to ‘i’ and add ‘es’."
    • "Give me a sentence about a public servant," said a teacher. The small boy wrote: "The fireman came down the ladder pregnant." The teacher took the lad aside to correct him. "Don’t you know what pregnant means?" she asked. "Sure," said the young boy confidently. ‘It means carrying a child."
    • A grandfather was delivering his grandchildren to their home one day when a fire truck zoomed past. Sitting in the front seat of the fire truck was a Dalmatian dog. The children started discussing the dog’s duties. "They use him to keep crowds back," said one child. "No," said another. "He’s just for good luck." A third child brought the argument to a close. "They use the dogs," she said firmly, "to find the fire hydrants."
    • A 6-year-old was asked where his grandma lived. "Oh," he said, "she lives at the airport, and when we want her, we just go get her. Then, when we’re done having her visit, we take her back to the airport."
    • My Grandpa is the smartest man on earth! He teaches me good things, but I don’t get to see him enough to get as smart as him!
    • My Grandparents are funny said the youngster, when they bend over; you hear gas leaks, and they blame their dog.