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  • What Remedy For Diabetes?

    What Remedy For Diabetes?

     

    By Nurse Mark

     

    Big Pharma has done such a good job of brainwashing us.

     

    They have been highly successful in establishing the belief that for every malady, for every ill, for every complaint, there is a pill – a magic bullet – that will provide relief.

    We are told that we need only visit our doctor who will, with great wisdom, listen briefly to the complaint, look quickly at the labs or x-rays, and whip out his trusty prescription pad upon which he will scribble the magic formula that will allow the druggist to dispense the appropriate remedy. All will be well we are assured…

    Unfortunately it is rarely ever that easy – but people keep hoping, and since Big Pharma has convinced folks that it works that way for allopathic doctors, many assume that it must also work that way for naturopaths, herbalists, homeopaths, and others.

    Here is an example of this sort of thinking that recently came in via email:

    Dear Dr. Myatt: what remedy have you discovered for advanced diabetes that is aggravated by fall-outs of close relationships, and deaths of friends – for instance?… thank you much, Paul 

     

    Sorry folks – It just isn’t that easy!

    While Dr. Myatt is certainly quite capable of correcting even advanced diabetes, this is not any new “discovery” and it is not by any single remedy or vitamin or herb. Through careful holistic medical practice diabetes can be easily corrected, often in under 90 days (as are many other “difficult” and “chronic” conditions.)

    Here is my answer to Paul:

    Hi Paul,

    Diabetes can be a complicated condition, as you have discovered.

    You did not say what type of diabetes you are seeking advice for:

    Type I diabetes is a condition where the pancreas does not produce enough (or any) insulin – it can be caused by a number of things including auto-immune disorders.

    Type II diabetes is a condition where the body has become resistant to the effects of the hormone insulin – this is more often a dietary problem and is usually very quickly corrected.

    Then there is Type 1.5 diabetes which shares features of both Type I and Type II diabetes – this is a condition often not recognized by conventional endocrinologists and other doctors, but it is also correctable with skilled treatment.

    Emotional stress can play a significant part in diabetes for a number of reasons – for an illuminating, even life-changing explanation of this I suggest that you obtain a copy of Dr. Myatt’s inspiring video The Body Mind Connection .

    Please also review Dr. Myatt’s recommendations for diabetes here:

    Please consider arranging a Brief Phone Consultation with Dr. Myatt if you would like to explore this subject further.

    Cheers,
    Nurse Mark

  • Remaining Healthy While Working The Night Shift

    Surviving Night Shift

     

    By Nurse Mark

     

    Having spent many years working rotating shifts as a Registered Nurse, this man’s question is one that is close to my own heart. Night shift especially is hard on a person’s health – the disruption to the circadian rhythms causes no end of problems.

    Unfortunately, night shift is a fact of life for many people, and these people must be recognized as our heroes – the nurses, the policemen, the doctors, the firemen, the air traffic controllers, the airline pilots and crews, and all the other people who must be awake (and alert!) through the dark hours to keep us safe, make or deliver the goods that we rely on, or provide the services that keep us comfortable – supporting our modern lives.

    There are some countries that have made night shift work the responsibility of their younger workers. The young seem to be better able to handle the stresses.

    There are some other workers who seem to thrive on working the night shift, preferring it to day or afternoon work.

    Still, night shift is stressful and there are some things that can be done to help a body manage that stress and avoid stress-induced illness.

    We recently had a question from a fellow in Texas:

     

    I’ve been working the night shift since 2002. Then 2nd shift 2006-2007 then back to 3rd shift. I am a 37 year old white male and live in Texas. There is family history of heart disease, diabetes, and mental illness.
    I’ve just briefly read your 5 top nutrients in your blog.  What would you recommend for longevity?

    Reading the information in HealthBeat News is a great start – and there is plenty more great information available at www.DrMyattsWellnessClub.com

    Dr. Myatt also had a few words of advice for our reader:

    The “10 Rules of Good Health” are foundational to longevity. See them here: http://drmyattswellnessclub.com/10rules.htm

    Also, I’d put in for a transfer to day shift. If that isn’t possible, melatonin can help.

    In Health,
    Dr. Myatt

  • But I Only Use Organic Natural Sugars!

    What About The “Good Sugars?”

     

    By Nurse Mark

     

    We recently wrote about some of the ways that food makers try to fool consumers into believing that their products are “low carb” when they are really nothing of the sort. In Low Carb Lies Dr. Myatt explains how a carbohydrate is a carbohydrate – no matter what sort of creative math is used to make it look otherwise.

    At The Wellness Club we are constantly receiving questions from folks who want to know what we think of their pet sugar – since after all, it is being described on the label as being “organic” or “all-natural” or “wholesome” and we all know that anything described by these terms must be good for you, right?

    Not really. Sugar is sugar is sugar – no matter what fancy name it is given in order to sell it.

    Unfortunately, there are a lot of people who fall for these labeling gimmicks and are putting their health (and their families health – especially their kids) at risk. Most parents know that allowing their child to pour sugar on breakfast cereal is a bad idea that usually results in a hyperactive kid – so is “all-natural organic dehydrated cane juice” a healthy alternative? Nope, it’s just sugar by a fancy moniker and it will have those kids bouncing off the walls just like sugar by any other name!

    The people who really suffer from this deception are those whose very lives may depend on their avoiding sugar. Think cancer – here is an excerpt from a letter we recently received:

     

    “You advise that consumption of sugar is a no-no for someone with cancer. I eat a lot of fruit which of course is high in sugar, I know there are different types of sugar: glucose, fructose, sucrose, lactose, etc, so my question is which can I consume without feeding the cancer?”

     

    Whew! This is a really good question – and far more complicated than it might seem at first blush.

    That’s right – we do caution our cancer patients that sugars are a no-no.

    This is because cancer cells are generally ill-equipped to get their energy from anything other than monosacchrides (simple sugars such as glucose, fructose, and galactose).

    Most cancer cells do not do well with ketones, which the rest of the body considers to be a fine energy source. Without energy, the cancer cells starve – they may cease to grow and may become more vulnerable to the body’s own healthy immune responses which “clean up” aberrant and damaged cells.

    On the other hand, providing cancer cells with a simple, ready energy source such as fructose, glucose, galactose or mannose is like throwing gasoline on a fire – and in our experience it almost always results in an explosive growth of cancers.

    Sugars are simple carbohydrates.

    The “sacchride” is the basic unit, and sugars include monosaccharides, disaccharides, trisaccharides and the oligosaccharides.

    In practical terms, most carbohydrates are converted by our bodies to glucose, fructose, or galactose. Monosaccharides include fructose, glucose, galactose and mannose. Disaccharides are found mostly as sucrose (cane or beet sugar), lactose (milk sugar) and maltose.

    So, in the “real world” of reading “Nutrition Facts Box” labels, which sugars are OK? The brief answer is “NONE OF THEM!”

    The longer answer is more complicated – there are certain “sugars” and “sugar alcohols” that are not readily absorbed by the body and generally do not get used by the body as an energy source. These are often used in “low carb” products.

    Other forms of sugars function as insoluble fiber and are found in good, low carb fiber supplements.

    Interestingly, even these forms of sugars, though not useable for energy, are still carbohydrates and contribute to the carbohydrate count on the label. This is where the “Effective Carbohydrates” calculations come into play – but that is an article for another HealthBeat!

    What should you be watching for when you look at “Nutrition Facts Box” labels?

    The first clue is the carbohydrate count. Next, look for “sugars” – if they are present they’ll be listed. Don’t be fooled by food manufacturers who may try to bamboozle or impress you by listing their sweeteners by different names – often trying to make them sound “natural” or “organic.”

    Some of these may include:

    • cane molasses
    • cane juice
    • cassava
    • Demerara
    • dextrose
    • d-glucose
    • Florida Crystals
    • Jaggery
    • Muscovado
    • Panela (or pilloncillo)
    • Steen’s cane syrup
    • Sucanat
    • Turbinado sugar
    • sugar beet molasses and sugar beet syrup
    • Jallab
    • Pekmez
    • Amazake
    • barley malt syrup
    • brown rice syrup
    • corn syrup and high-fructose corn syrup
    • malt
    • Mizuame
    • agave syrup
    • birch syrup
    • maple sugar and maple syrup
    • palm sugar
    • honey
    • sweet sorghum and sorghum syrup
    • natural brown sugar
    • molasses
    • sago

    That’s quite a list, and many of those sound very healthy indeed – but in truth they are all just sugar by another name.

    The starches – corn starch, tapioca starch, rice, wheat, potato, arrowroot and many more – are also metabolized promptly into sugars, so watch for these as well!

    For those who don’t already know, Dr. Myatt’s Super Fast Diet is the premier anti-cancer, health-restorative, weight-loss diet available today.

  • Candida: A Diagnosis Often Missed, Sometimes Overdiagnosed.

    Candida: A Diagnosis Often Missed, Sometimes Overdiagnosed

     

    A recent question to the Wellness Club went as follows:

     

    Hi Dr.Myatt,
    I just wanted to know whether stool test is enough to find out whether I have candida overgrowth because I seem to be suffering from most of the symptoms.
    Thank you.

     

    We get a lot of questions like this – and unfortunately, health is rarely so simple (despite what Big Pharma and Big Medicine would like you to believe!). Sure, there are tests – but how to know which test, and then how to know what to make of the results of the test? This is tough enough for many doctors – and almost impossible for most laypersons.

    Even though your local shopping mall may have almost as many walk-in whole-body CAT scan offices as they do tanning salons, our medical diagnostics have not yet evolved to the level of the “Medical Tricorder” wielded by the famous Dr. “Bones” McCoy in the old Star Trek TV Series. “Bones” would wave this marvelous warbling testing gadget over his patient and it would give him an instant and accurate diagnosis and treatment plan.

    Real life in today’s world is not so easy – too bad – and today’s physician must be skilled in interpreting and helping patients to make sense of test results.

    Dr. Myatt has this advise for Rimsha:

    Hi Rimsha:

    A person can have a yeast overgrowth that might not show up on just a stool test.

    For a more complete look, I’d recommend both a stool yeast test AND a Candida antibody test:

    Candida stool test:
    http://drmyattswellnessclub.com/medicaltests.htm#CANDIDA

    Candida antibodies test:
    http://drmyattswellnessclub.com/medicaltests.htm#CANDIDA ANTIBODIES

    Low-level overgrowth of Candida yeast species can cause a wide variety of health problems, but yeast may not be found in a stool specimen. This is because the yeast may have invaded elsewhere in the body, such as in the urinary tract, sinus passages, vagina or elsewhere.

    The Candida antibodies test uses a drop of blood to evaluate for an immune system reaction to Candida. It assesses IgG, IgA, IgM immunoglobulins to yeast as well as Candida antigen. A positive finding indicates past or present Candida infection and may allow Candida yeast reactions to be found when stool and vaginal specimens are negative or inconclusive.

    If these two tests don’t point to a yeast overgrowth (as they may not), then other things need to be looked at. Learn more here http://drmyattswellnessclub.com/candidiasis.htm but here’s the “short course.”

    Candidiasis: The Elusive Diagnosis

    The diagnosis of Candidiasis is often overlooked in conventional medicine.

    Many doctors say they “Don’t believe in Candidiasis,” even though there is ample scientific evidence to document the condition. It is difficult to say exactly why this condition is ignored by conventional medicine in spite of the vast scientific evidence, but I offer you my theories for such conventional medical ignorance:

    • The symptoms of Candidiasis are widespread and can mimic many other diseases. There is no definitive lab test that confirms the disease. This makes correct diagnosis difficult.
    • Some “holistic” practitioners diagnose everything as Candidiasis, thereby missing other important diagnoses. This has given the problem of Candidiasis a “pop diagnosis” reputation among many physicians. As a result, non-holistic doctors are then reluctant to recognize true cases of Candidiasis.
    • One of the primary causes of Candidiasis is the overuse and inappropriate use of antibiotics, steroids, birth control pills and other drugs. To acknowledge Candidiasis as a disease is to also acknowledge a problem often caused by drugs!

    Hope this helps!
    In health,
    Dr. Myatt

  • Monolaurin: Miracle for the Immune System?

    Could This Be The Newest Breakthrough For Improving Immunity?

     

    By Nurse Mark

     

    Hardly a day goes by without breathless news reports telling us in glowing terms about the latest breakthrough in the fight against disease or against ageing. We know; we get them all – in our email, in magazines, in newsletters.

    One major glossy “natural health” magazine is a perfect example – each month it presents us with a plethora of articles, all describing the newest medical and scientific breakthroughs. Interestingly, each of these articles is invariably followed by multi-page advertisements for whatever “breakthrough” supplement the preceding article discussed…

    We can understand the interest that these articles generate – they certainly sound marvelously scientific and well-researched, and the reader can hardly help but to want to try the new miracle product.

    Fortunately, many of our readers get a “sober second opinion” before investing their hard-earned money in the “Break-Through du Jour” – they ask Doctor Myatt.

    David recently wrote to ask about a substance being touted to improve immunity:

     

    Subject: monolaurin
    Message: Wondering if you have any thoughts on the supplement monolaurin especially Lauricidin (brand) vis immune function? 
    Thank you

     

    Dr. Myatt offered this information to David:

     

    Hi David:

    Monolaurin (lauric acid) is a fatty acid found in coconut and human milk.

    It has antimicrobial properties in vitro (test tube). It is currently used as a food preservative.

    I can find no credible or significant human studies to show that it works in vivo (in people) the same way it works in a test tube or outside the body. I also find no proof that it has any positive effect on the immune system.

    There are many substances that are far more well-researched to improve immunity. There are also many substances better proven for their anti-microbial effects.

    Therefor, I do not yet use this substance in clinical practice and reserve judgement until I see some good studies which confirm its efficacy.

    Hope this helps!
    In Health,
    Dr. Myatt

     

    So, there we have it: Another “breakthrough” waiting to be actually proven to be as wonderful as the advertising copy that has been written to sell it.

    That is not to say that lauric acid is without merit – it is found also in Coconut Oil which has many proven health benefits, including immune system activation from the medium chain triglycerides (MTC’s) found in it.

    Dr. Myatt does not believe that the “magic” is all about the concentrated lauric acid that is being marketed as a supplement though – like many herbs and supplements, the “magic” is in the synergy of the many other additional components found in coconut oil.

    Isolating and concentrating the lauric acid appears (for now) to be little more than an attempt to take a page from the Big Pharma Playbook – creating something new, not really found in nature, and,most importantly, not available anywhere else. Also from the Big Pharma Playbook is the marketing which suggests it to be a “one-pill solution” for any number of health concerns – including immunity.

    Dr. Myatt does believe that Coconut Oil is an important addition to the diet, and she has done the research to back up that belief. She uses it herself for cooking and in recipes and offers it to her patients and customers – you can learn more about Coconut Oil here.

    Anyone interested in immune system support and immune enhancement would do well to check into Dr. Myatt’s Immune Support –  a daily immune-supporting supplement with scientifically researched and proven ingredients.

    Did you know that Dr. Myatt makes a bold – some say crazy – guarantee to those who use her Immune Support and Maxi Multi Daily Optimal Dose Multiple Vitamins? She actually guarantees (money-back!) that folks faithfully taking both those supplements won’t get the flu!

    Learn more about Immune Support and it’s fully medically and scientifically referenced benefits here.

    Learn more about Dr. Myatt’s Crazy “No Flu For You” Guarantee here.

    Learn more about Maxi Multi Daily Optimal Dose Multiple Vitamins here.