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  • They’re Tasty, They’re Healthy, They’re Myatt Muffins!

    Myatt Muffins™

    You’ll thank me later!

    This is an AMAZING muffin recipe, high in fiber, Essential Fatty Acids, phytonutrients and TASTE! And the most amazing part of all is that they take 90 seconds in the microwave to “bake.”

    “Try ’em you’ll like ’em”! (And your skin, bowels, eyesight and a whole lot else will thank you for the super nutrition). Did I mention that these are delicious and don’t taste like a “healthy muffin” at all?!

    Myatt Muffin™ mix can be used as-is or easily augmented to make delicious variations:

    • BLUEBERRY MUFFINS
    • CHOCOLATE BROWNIES
    • CHOCOLATE CAKE
    • Even a “FULL MEAL DEAL” with added protein for a complete meal per serving!
    • And More!

    Dry ingredients (mix together in one bowl)

    • 2 TBS. freshly ground flax seed

    • 2 TBS. psyllium husk powder from Organic India Psyllium (it MUST be Organic India brand to work properly – we have not found any substitute that works as well. Most psyllium is ground far too fine and has a slightly harsh, bitter taste!)

    • 1 heaping TBS. E-Z Fiber

    • 1 scoop Red Alert

    • 1 tsp. cinnamon

    • 1 tsp baking powder (I use the “no aluminum” kind from the health food store)

    Wet ingredients: (mix together in the bowl or cup that you’ll use to bake your muffin)

    • 1 egg

    • 3 TBS. water

    • 1/8 cup fresh or frozen blueberries (optional)

    Directions are ridiculously easy and convenient:

    Stir dry ingredients with a fork until blended.

    Stir wet ingredients with a fork until blended.  Add blueberries to water/egg mix if using and stir again.

    Add dry ingredients to wet and stir about 20 seconds until combined – do not over-stir. This will get “fluffy” because of the baking powder. Allow to rise undisturbed for one minute.

    Cook on high in the microwave oven for 90 seconds. Remove from microwave (Careful – HOT!), allow to cool for a few moments and then tap out onto a breadboard and allow to cool undisturbed for two minutes before eating – this allows your muffin to reach it’s peak of fresh-baked goodness. Share with a friend or spouse (makes two servings) or save the other half for later in the day.

    Nurse Mark baking hint: I like to use a Pyrex #508 measuring cup to mix and bake my muffins in – it is only graduated to measure 1 cup, but actually holds about 2 cups – a perfect size for cooking muffins.

    Each muffin contains:

    Servings Per Recipe: 2 (blueberry variety)
    Calories per serving: 155
    Total Carbs per serving: 17.5 g
    Dietary Fiber per serving: 12.5 g
    Effective carbs per serving: 5
    Protein per serving: 3 g (or 14 grams if MRM brand whey is used)

    Variations:

    PLAIN MUFFINS: Simply omit the blueberries – or you can substitute crushed walnuts or another low-carb nut, berry or fruit – Be creative!

    CHOCOLATE BROWNIE: Omit the blueberries and add 1 TBS. organic, unsweetened cocoa powder. Let muffin rise in the bowl or cup, then stir again to “knock it down” for a denser, more brownie-like consistency when cooked.

    “FULL MEAL DEAL” (With Whey powder): add 1 scoop whey protein to any variation and have a complete meal per serving! OR mix one scoop of MRM vanilla whey with a small amount of water and enjoy as a low-carb, high protein “frosting” on your muffin.

    AS A DESSERT: Make any of these in a flat-bottomed bowl, allow it to cool without removing it from the bowl, sprinkle on a few crushed walnuts or berries, top with a little heavy cream or whipped cream (read the label to be sure it is low carb!), and enjoy a sinfully good low-carb, high-fiber dessert dish!

    This isn’t “just” a muffin, it’s a complete meal of highly nutritious food disguised as a muffin. Enjoy!

  • Dr. Myatt’s Top 10 Christmas Gift Thank You Suggestions

    Christmas is the season of giving – and receiving. Sometimes of receiving things that we perhaps might wish we had not received. “Oh, you shouldn’t have!” can only be said so often before it becomes tired sounding. Dr. Myatt has seen a few Christmases and heard a few good lines – here is a top 10 collection:

    What To Say About The “Special” Christmas Gift

    10. Hey! There’s a gift!
    9. Well, well, well …
    8. Boy, if I had not recently shot up 4 sizes that would’ve fit.
    7. This is perfect for wearing around the basement.
    6. Gosh. I hope this never catches fire! It is fire season though. There are lots of unexplained fires.
    5. If the dog buries it, I’ll be furious!
    4. I love it — but I fear the jealousy it will inspire.
    3. Sadly, tomorrow I enter the Federal Witness Protection Program.
    2. To think — I got this the year I vowed to give all my gifts to charity.
    1. “I really don’t deserve this.”

  • That Ringing In My Ears – Just Make It Stop Please!

    We occasionally get questions about tinnitus - that annoying, sometimes even handicapping whistling, buzzing, hissing that is a constant companion for some people.

    What is tinnitus?

    Tinnitus describes a constant undercurrent of ringing, buzzing, roaring, or other abnormal sounds in the ears. Gradual nerve loss in the part of the inner ear is believed to be one of the most common causes of tinnitus. This damage can result from aging, exposure to loud noise, ear wax build-up, allergies, infection, trauma, high or low blood pressure, tumor, cardiovascular disease, or long-term use of certain medications, such as aspirin, quinine, and anti-inflammatories. Because there are so many different causes of tinnitus, there is no "one cure" for the condition.

    Remedies that help some people include:

    • Ginkgo biloba, 80 mg 3 times per day
    • Vitamin B12 (one B12 Supreme daily)
    • Melatonin (3mg nightly for 30 days produced positive results in one study; this worked better for those with tinnitus in both ears)
    • Zinc (34-68mg) daily taken in combination with niacin (500mg twice per day). If this is going to work, you should see results in 3-4 months.
    • Vinpocetin, 20-40mg per day improved 66% of acoustic trauma (loud noise) -caused tinnitus in one study

    Lifestyle changes can be helpful in many cases:

    • Stress reduction. Stress causes constriction of blood vessels which alter blood flow to the cochlea (inner ear)
    • Eliminate food allergies. Allergies can also cause tissue engorgement and alter blood flow to the cochlea.
    • Exercise. Aerobic exercises increases circulation and blood flow and can sometimes improve hearing and tinnitus.

    Tinnitus is a vexing and surprisingly common problem that has received little real attention from conventional medicine. You may be sure that if Big Pharma thought they could sell a drug to treat tinnitus we would hear much more about it - but until then, try these simple self-help suggestions and let us know of your successes!

  • Another Chance For Stevia?

    Opinion by Nurse Mark

    Stevia, a naturally sweet herb used safely and effectively for thousands of years by South American indigenous peoples for thousands of years, has gotten a rough ride from the FDA. Jackbooted FDA "swat teams" have raided warehouses and health food stores, confiscated products, even confiscated books that contained recipes that included stevia as a sweetener.

    Since stevia is a naturally-occurring plant it cannot be patented, and it is widely felt that the FDA’s persecution of this innocuous, sweet herb has been carried out at the direction of the artificial sweetener industry in order to protect their toxic but patentable (and profitable) offerings.

    Yes, the future has looked grim for stevia, but there may be a ray of hope on the horizon…

    You may have noticed the headline recently:

    Coke to unveil natural diet drink in U.S.: report – Yahoo! News

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081215/us_nm/us_cocacola

    It seems that the American Industrial giants Coca Cola and Pepsico are listening to the demands of consumers for less toxic soft drinks (or perhaps heeding the advice of their corporate lawyers, who must be warning them about the possibility of class-action lawsuits – Vioxx-style), and they have begun investigating stevia as a natural alternative to toxic artificial sweeteners. But it appears that even these giants know what they are up against: they appear to realize that it will not be a simple matter of just adding a bit of herbal stevia to sweeten their offerings – oh, no!

    You see, it is highly unlikely that the FDA will ever admit that it has been wrong about stevia, or back down from their current position on the herb. Certainly not so long as it is a natural and therefore non-patentable substance!

    So, what’s a company to do? Do what the drug companies do – take a natural, harmless substance into the lab and figure out how to modify, concentrate, purify, synthesize or otherwise alter this poor harmless herb until it is un-natural, and therefore patentable!

    Once it has been transformed into a patented compound, Voila! It can be "submitted" to the FDA along with all the necessary bribes – er, fees – that will be required to obtain protection – er, approval – for this new high-tech patented sweetener.

    What will this mean for stevia? My guess is that this new sweetener, some synthesized form or modification of natural stevia, will give the FDA heartburn – because as natural Red Rice Yeast is to synthetic statin drugs, so will stevia be to Truvia or PureVia, or whatever other name some MegaCorporation decides to give their patented version of this natural substance.

    It will be obvious that the natural form of this substance is, as has been maintained all along by proponents of stevia, safe.

    If the FDA continues to declare stevia to be unsafe, then the new, modified sweetener must also be unsafe. If the new modified stevia-based substance is safe, then isn’t the natural stevia also safe? Could this be an uncomfortable "Catch-22" for the mighty FDA?

    It will be fun to watch this one unfold, and to watch the FDA wriggle and squirm as they try to satisfy Big Business’ demands for an ingredient that will satisfy their customers, while they simultaneously try to avoid admitting that they have been wrong about stevia…

  • Some Questions We Just Can’t Answer!

    Here’s a good one! See if you can guess our what our answer will be after reading this question that was sent anonymously to us – no name, no "Hi, How are you", no "Thanks for your time":

    Anonymous wrote:

    It has been a month and three weeks now since I have started taking Lucidal.  I started twice a day and then three a day . After two weeks I sufferred an acid reflux, so I took Prilosec for 14 days as instructed in the box and during the 14 days I was in Prilosec I was taking Lucidal once a day, a week after that I sufferred another acid reflux.  Should I continue   taking Lucidal ?

    Okee-Dokee… Let’s see now…

    First, this is not a product that we sell here at the Wellness Club. In fact, given the amounts shown in the supplement facts box that I found after some searching on the Lucidal sales website, we would not even consider offering such an incomplete, low potency vitamin mixture for sale.

    Here is a challenge: find the Supplements Facts Box on the Lucidal Sales website, and compare it with that of Dr. Myatt’s Maxi Multi. As a multiple vitamin, Lucidal is a lightweight – an expensive lightweight, but a lightweight all the same.

    Second, without knowing an awfully lot more about this person, how can we possibly say that the "acid reflux" has anything to do with Lucidal? Is this person old? Young? Healthy? Ill? Using other drugs?

    Third, who are we to say whether or not this person should continue to take this product? We know nothing about this person, we did not sell this person the product, and we are not the formulators of this product. While we have a general idea of the ingredients in the "proprietary" formulas listed on the Supplements Facts Box, we do not know amounts – that is the beauty of "proprietary" formulas – exact amounts need not be listed.

    Perhaps this person should pose these questions to the "certified neurosurgeon and expert in brain biochemistry" that formulated this product – Dr. Larry McCleary.

    Folks, this is a classic example of the sort of questions that we see all too often, and that we simply cannot answer.

    As for Lucidal, I would not want to say that this product is a waste of money for if the testimonials on the Lucidal sales website are to be believed at least some people are finding it helpful. But looking at the Supplement Facts Box reveals vitamin and mineral dosages that we here would refer to as "Pixie Dust". Lots of "stuff" to make the product sound impressive but not enough of any one thing to do much good. A lot of people like products with "lots of stuff" in them – it feels like they are getting a better "deal".

    It is certainly better than no vitamin at all…

    But, at the price that is being asked for this product (someone has to pay for those "free" bonuses and the expensive "as seen on TV" infomercials!) we still believe that as a multiple vitamin Lucidal is a very expensive lightweight.

     

    For a truly effective multiple vitamin, try Dr. Myatt’s Maxi Multi.

    For some straight, honest information about neurological disease, see our webpage: Neurological Disease.

    For help with "acid reflux" see Dr. Myatt’s article What’s Burning You and see our webpage on Indigestion.