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Ladd McNamara, M.D., practiced medicine in Atlanta for over ten years as a board-certified medical doctor, before retiring and moving back to his home town of San Diego, California. Dr. McNamara created and served on the Medical Advisory Board of USANA Health Sciences, Inc. for ten years, and is an international speaker and author on health and nutritional supplementation. His most well-known works are the book, "The Cholesterol ... [More]
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- Soy Vs Whey Protein - Which One is Better? Why Not Both?
[Health-and-Fitness:Nutrition] The debate continues; which is better for you, soy or whey protein? The answer is both! Soy, whey, pea, and rice proteins are the perfect blend of proteins, providing optimal benefits to most people; particularly if included in a meal-replacement drink containing fiber, low-glycemic sugars, nutrients, and the essential fatty acids. It helps with weight loss and lean muscle building, in addition to cardiac, thyroid, kidney, and bowel health.
- Nutritional Supplements - Live a Long, Healthy Life and Reduce the Risk of Chronic Diseases
[Health-and-Fitness:Supplements] Most people know to exercise, eat healthy, and avoid toxic substances to maintain their health, but few truly know the incredible health benefits that may be obtained through proper supplementation with quality, full spectrum vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and essential fatty acids. To live a long AND healthy life; ...a life free of disease, apply the principles discussed in this article.
- The New JUPITER Study on Statins (Nov 2008) PROVES That Heart Disease is an Inflammatory Process
[Health-and-Fitness:Heart-Disease] With the new JUPITER study on statins, are we all now expected to go on a statin drug to prevent heart disease, and risk the side effects? What about alternative to statin drugs, like antioxidants, vitamins, and essential fatty acids which have no toxic side effects? The following article explains what the JUPITER study on statins showed, my concerns about the study, and suggested supplements to help maintain heart health.
- Lead in Our Food? Now, THAT is a Heavy Meal!
[Health-and-Fitness:Nutrition] The heavy, and toxic metal, lead has contaminated our world for the last 80 years, mostly due to leaded gasoline, burning of fossil fuels, and metallurgy. It has no use by the human body, and high levels have lead to neurotoxicity and high blood pressure. However, lead exists naturally in our environment, in our food, water, and air, and although we cannot get our lead consumption to zero, there are things we can do to reduce our exposure.
- Vitamin D Deficiency Epidemic and The Relationship to Chronic Degenerative Disease
[Health-and-Fitness:Diseases] One's ignorance of their own involvement in the vitamin D deficiency epidemic could lead to heart disease and cancer. Most people are not supplementing with 1000 IU of vitamin D per day. Awareness of the benefits of just this supplement, let alone a full spectrum of balanced supplements, is a critical step towards reducing the risk of chronic degenerative diseases.
- The Cholesterol Conspiracy - The Truth About Statins And Nutritional Supplementation
[Health-and-Fitness:Heart-Disease] What is the true cause of heart disease, and how can we truly reduce the risk of death? Atherosclerosis, or Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), is the leading cause of death in both men and women. In the U.S. alone, there are more than one million heart attacks every year, one third of them resulting in death. The majority of men and women currently have, or are actively developing, atherosclerosis. By age 20, most people already have a 15-25% narrowing of their arteries due to plaque formation. By age 40, there is a 30-50% clogging of their arteries.
- The Untold Epidemic - Vitamin E Deficiency
[Health-and-Fitness:Supplements] Few people are aware that there is also a serious epidemic deficiency of vitamin E. We should be taking at least 30 to 50 times above the RDA level of 15 to 30 IU/day (in the order of 400 to 1000 IU/day) of vitamin E to reduce the risk of chronic diseases. Taking this much vitamin E in the correct form and balance with other vitamins, is both safe and effective; more than the pharmaceutical companies would have you believe. If doctors and the public were simply made aware of the poorly designed analyzes that denigrate vitamin E supplementation, and the significant studies about the benefits of taking vitamin E, in the form of alpha-tocopherol and gamma-tocopherol (along with delta-tocopherol and the mixed tocotrienols) along with vitamin C and vitamin K, which replenishes the antioxidant abilities of vitamin E, then I believe that not only would people need less medication and reduce the economic crisis in the health care industry, but more importantly people could enjoy true health.
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