Diet, key to happiness - Bayside Bulletin

IT is common to feel a little fatigued and out-of-sorts from time to time. Inadequate and improper diets, in particular an insufficient intake of vitamins and minerals, are usually the cause of this condition.

Lack of B group vitamins, especially vitamin B12, and the mineral magnesium can cause chronic irritability, exhaustion and mental fatigue.

Although natural supplements are readily available, it is far better to maintain a well balance diet include fresh fruit and vegetables, and plenty of herbs.

Foods to help motivate you and get you going are apples, bananas, corn, grapefruit, mangoes, papaya, peaches and yellow squash. A small glass of fresh carrot juice each day is also an excellent boost to the system of all the juices it has the best balance of vitamins and minerals.

Natural food sources of magnesium are almonds and other nuts, fish, prawns, leafy green vegetables, molasses, soybeans, sunflower seeds and wheat germ.

Herbs which provide this element are alfalfa (eat daily as sprouted seed), cayenne, dandelion and peppermint.

Fresh dandelion leaves can be cooked like spinach or the young, tender leaves chopped up and served in a salad.

B group food sources are brewers' yeast (sprinkle over breakfast cereal), grains and seeds (such as wheat germ), rice bran sunflower seed, nuts, legumes, potatoes, almonds, mushrooms, soya beans, citrus fruits, molasses, spinach, cauliflower, salmon, and in some dairy products.

Vitamin B12 can be found in most meats; however, this should be lean and eaten sparingly.

Herb sources of B complex vitamins are dandelion, fenugreek, parsley, alfalfa, watercress, cayenne, burdock and sage.

If you're feeling tired and in need of a quick energy fix, try a banana. Mashed and mixed with a little honey and avocado, and served on oat biscuits, it makes a powerful senergy-packed snack.

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FOR  a good start to the day kick off with the following energy packed breakfast. Soak one handful each of sultanas and raisins overnight and reserve the soak-water. Mix together the sultanas and raisins, including the soak-water, two handfuls of sprouted wheat, one piece of apple, finely chopped, one tablespoon of fresh yoghurt, one piece of finely diced seasonal fruit, and one handful ground mixed nuts. Sprinkle with a pinch of powdered cinnamon and vanilla.

Most important, though, when you are feeling tired, irritable and exhausted, first assess what you are eating and, if necessary, change your diet to include plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables and herbs.

A brisk 20 to 30-minute walk (not jogging, since this can cause damage to the organs and skeletal system) is a great feel-good activity because it gives you energy. Do this at least three times a week first thing in the morning or after dinner at night, but no later than two hours before bed. Walk at a pace that's fast enough to allow you to cover about three kilometres in half an hour, stepping out in stride and swinging your arms from side to side! This will ensure that your torso, and not just your lower body, becomes involved.

Follow these simple steps and you will have the energy to get out and continue to enjoy life, rather than sleeping it away.

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http://www.liquidhealthinc.com/node/158 Important ingredients to look for in
a women's multi vitamin When you're looking for a multiple vitamin to take
sometimes it's hard to tell the difference between all the different products
that are available. However, if you're a woman there are some specific,
essential, ingredients to look for that can generally be found in a specific
women's multi vitamin [1] product. *Calcium* – Everyone knows that Calcium
is very important to maintaining healthy bones. As women get older they start
to suffer from bone loss, especially during and after menopause. For this
reason it's especially important that women get enough calcium. The Food and
Nutrition Board at the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies has
recommended women over the age of 50 get 1200 mg/day of Calcium. *Iron* –
“The major reason we need it (iron) is that it helps to transport oxygen
throughout the body,” says Paul Thomas, EdD, RD, a scientific consultant to
the National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements. Women,
especially those who menstruate, run the risk of being anemic, making iron
another ingredient to look for in your women's multi supplement. *Folic Acid*
– According to womenshealth.gov, “Most women do not get all the folic
acid they need through food alone.” Folic acid is needed by the body to
keep your blood healthy, generate new cells and also to prevent birth
defects. Folic acid is especially important for pregnant women. *Vitamin D*
– One of the biggest reasons to look for Vitamin D in your women's multi
vitamin supplement [2] is “Vitamin D helps ensure that the body absorbs and
retains calcium and phosphorus, both critical for building bone,” according
to the Harvard School of Public Health, “Laboratory studies show that
vitamin D can reduce cancer cell growth, can increase muscle strength and
reduce falls in older people, and plays a critical role in controlling
infections. Many of the body’s organs and tissues have receptors for
vitamin D, and scientists are still teasing out its other possible
functions.” Liquid Health's Liquid Women's Multi Vitamin [3] contains:
Folic Acid 400mcg Calcium (Gluconate) 400mg (152mg elemental) *Proprietary
Blend*: Aloe Vera (Aloe Bardensis -leaf inner gel) and Pomegranate Juice 16ml
*Proprietary Blend*: Honey, TMG, Whole Food Sea Vegetation Blend: Cultivated
Seaweed (Alaria Valida, Costaria Costata, Fucus Gardneri, Gigartina,
Laminaria, Nereocystis Luetkeana, Rhodymenia Pertusa, Ulva Latuca, Ulva
Linza), Maca (Lepidium peruvianum Chacon ) (root) , Red Raspberry extract
(Rubus idaeus) (fruit) 4:1, Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) (aerial) 5:1, Horse
Chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) (seed), Lithothamnium 2.3g *Nutrients &
Elements*: Vitamin A, B1 (Thiamine), B2 (Riboflavin), B3 (Niacin), B5
(Pantothenic Acid), B6, B12, Biotin, Folic Acid, Vitamin C, D & E *Marco
Minerals*: Calcium, Magnesium, Potassium, Phosphorus *Trace Minerals*:
Antimony Barium Beryllium Bismuth Boron Bromine Cadmium Calcium Carbon Cerium
Cesium Chloride Chromium Cobalt Copper Dysprosium Erbium Europium Fluoride
Gadolinium Gallium Germanium Gold Hafnium Holmium Indium Iodine Iridium Iron
Lanthanum Lithium Lutetium Magnesium Manganese Molybdenum Neodymium Nickel
Niobium Osmium Palladium Phosphorous Platinum Potassium Praseodymium Rhenium
Rhodium Rubidium Ruthenium Samerium Scandium Selenium Silicon Silver Sodium
Strontium Sulfur Tantalum Tellurium Terbium Thallium Thorium Thulium Tin
Titanium Tungsten Vanadium Ytterbium Yttrium Zinc Zirconium *Enzymes*:
protease, amylase, lipase *Amino Acids*: Alanine, Arginine*, Aspartic Acid,
Cystine, Glutamic Acid, Glycine, Histidine, Isoleucine*, Leucine*, Lysine*,
Methionine*, Phenylalanine*, Proline, Serine, Threonine*, Tyrosine*, Valine*
*Essential

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http://www.liquidhealthinc.com/node/158 Important ingredients to look for in
a women's multi vitamin When you're looking for a multiple vitamin to take
sometimes it's hard to tell the difference between all the different products
that are available. However, if you're a woman there are some specific,
essential, ingredients to look for that can generally be found in a specific
women's multi vitamin [1] product. *Calcium* – Everyone knows that Calcium
is very important to maintaining healthy bones. As women get older they start
to suffer from bone loss, especially during and after menopause. For this
reason it's especially important that women get enough calcium. The Food and
Nutrition Board at the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies has
recommended women over the age of 50 get 1200 mg/day of Calcium. *Iron* –
“The major reason we need it (iron) is that it helps to transport oxygen
throughout the body,” says Paul Thomas, EdD, RD, a scientific consultant to
the National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements. Women,
especially those who menstruate, run the risk of being anemic, making iron
another ingredient to look for in your women's multi supplement. *Folic Acid*
– According to womenshealth.gov, “Most women do not get all the folic
acid they need through food alone.” Folic acid is needed by the body to
keep your blood healthy, generate new cells and also to prevent birth
defects. Folic acid is especially important for pregnant women. *Vitamin D*
– One of the biggest reasons to look for Vitamin D in your women's multi
vitamin supplement [2] is “Vitamin D helps ensure that the body absorbs and
retains calcium and phosphorus, both critical for building bone,” according
to the Harvard School of Public Health, “Laboratory studies show that
vitamin D can reduce cancer cell growth, can increase muscle strength and
reduce falls in older people, and plays a critical role in controlling
infections. Many of the body’s organs and tissues have receptors for
vitamin D, and scientists are still teasing out its other possible
functions.” Liquid Health's Liquid Women's Multi Vitamin [3] contains:
Folic Acid 400mcg Calcium (Gluconate) 400mg (152mg elemental) *Proprietary
Blend*: Aloe Vera (Aloe Bardensis -leaf inner gel) and Pomegranate Juice 16ml
*Proprietary Blend*: Honey, TMG, Whole Food Sea Vegetation Blend: Cultivated
Seaweed (Alaria Valida, Costaria Costata, Fucus Gardneri, Gigartina,
Laminaria, Nereocystis Luetkeana, Rhodymenia Pertusa, Ulva Latuca, Ulva
Linza), Maca (Lepidium peruvianum Chacon ) (root) , Red Raspberry extract
(Rubus idaeus) (fruit) 4:1, Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) (aerial) 5:1, Horse
Chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) (seed), Lithothamnium 2.3g *Nutrients &
Elements*: Vitamin A, B1 (Thiamine), B2 (Riboflavin), B3 (Niacin), B5
(Pantothenic Acid), B6, B12, Biotin, Folic Acid, Vitamin C, D & E *Marco
Minerals*: Calcium, Magnesium, Potassium, Phosphorus *Trace Minerals*:
Antimony Barium Beryllium Bismuth Boron Bromine Cadmium Calcium Carbon Cerium
Cesium Chloride Chromium Cobalt Copper Dysprosium Erbium Europium Fluoride
Gadolinium Gallium Germanium Gold Hafnium Holmium Indium Iodine Iridium Iron
Lanthanum Lithium Lutetium Magnesium Manganese Molybdenum Neodymium Nickel
Niobium Osmium Palladium Phosphorous Platinum Potassium Praseodymium Rhenium
Rhodium Rubidium Ruthenium Samerium Scandium Selenium Silicon Silver Sodium
Strontium Sulfur Tantalum Tellurium Terbium Thallium Thorium Thulium Tin
Titanium Tungsten Vanadium Ytterbium Yttrium Zinc Zirconium *Enzymes*:
protease, amylase, lipase *Amino Acids*: Alanine, Arginine*, Aspartic Acid,
Cystine, Glutamic Acid, Glycine, Histidine, Isoleucine*, Leucine*, Lysine*,
Methionine*, Phenylalanine*, Proline, Serine, Threonine*, Tyrosine*, Valine*
*Essential

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Multivitamins don't lower heart risk: study - The Hindu

AP This October 11, 2012 file photo provided by the Brigham and Women's Hospital shows a monthly calendar vitamin pack used in a long-term study on multivitamins. Multivitamins might help lower the risk for cancer in healthy older men but do not affect their chances of developing heart disease, new research suggests.

Intake of daily multivitamin supplements does not lower the risk of cardiovascular disease in men, a new study has found.

Researchers said that individuals who believe they are deriving benefits from supplements may be less likely to engage in other preventive health behaviours.

“Although multivitamins are used to prevent vitamin and mineral deficiency, there is a perception that multivitamins may prevent cardiovascular disease (CVD). Observational studies have shown inconsistent associations between regular multivitamin use and CVD, with no long-term clinical trials of multivitamin use,” researchers said.

Researchers led by Howard D Sesso of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, analysed data regarding multivitamin use and major cardiovascular events from the Physicians’ Health Study (PHS) II, a large-scale trial testing the effects of long-term use of a common multivitamin on the risk of major cardiovascular events and cancer.

In an analysis of the rate of events for men in each group, the researchers found that there was no significant effect of a daily multivitamin on major cardiovascular events, or total MI or total stroke.

Taking a daily multivitamin was not significantly associated with a reduction in CVD mortality. There were fewer total deaths among multivitamin users, but this difference was not statistically significant.

Researchers also found no significant effect of a daily multivitamin on rates of congestive heart failure, angina, and coronary revascularisation. Also, the effect of a daily multivitamin on total MI, total stroke, and other cardiovascular end points did not differ between men with and without CVD at the beginning of the study.

“These data do not support multivitamin use to prevent CVD, demonstrating the importance of long-term clinical trials of commonly used nutritional supplements,” researchers said.

“Whether to take a daily multivitamin requires consideration of an individual’s nutritional status, because the aim of supplementation is to prevent vitamin and mineral deficiency, plus consideration of other potential effects, including a modest reduction in cancer and other important outcomes in PHS II that will be reported separately,” they said in a statement.

Millions fewer taking vitamin supplements - Telegraph.co.uk

Fewer people are taking vitamin supplements regularly, found Mintel Photo: ALAMY

The number of regular users has dropped by about three millions people since 2008, found market research firm Mintel, with the proportion of adults declining from 41 per cent to 35 per cent today.

Analysts at the firm also concluded that the vitamins and health supplements market had a “lacklustre” future.

More people now see them as a luxury in today’s financial climate, said Alexandra Richmond, a consumer analyst at Mintel, who cited “cautious consumer spending” as one explanation for “hampered elevated growth rates”.

She said: “The outlook for the market is lacklustre with value sales falling in the short term.”

The UK market for vitamins and other health supplements is still large, worth £385 million in 2012, up 2.7 per cent on last year.

However, Mintel concluded that was because of rising prices and predicted that the value of sales would start to fall as well in the next few years.

Proponents of health supplements argue that they are an excellent way for millions to boost their vitamin and mineral intake, because so many have poor diets. But doctors question the benefits in most fit and healthy adults.

In recent years an increasing number of studies have questioned claims that taking health supplements brings major health benefits.

Earlier this year a study in the journal Heart concluded that calcium supplements, taken by up to five million Britons to strengthen their bones, might double the risk of a heart attack. The researchers concluded they were “not safe or particularly effective”.

Last month scientists reported that multivitamins only resulted in a “modest” eight per cent reduction in the chance of getting cancer.

And today scientists looking at the same group of volunteers - known as the Physicians Health Study II - conclude that taking multivitamin pills daily has no impact on the chance of having a heart attack or stroke, or of dying from cardiovascular disease.

The Physicians Health Study II is important because it is the only large-scale trial set up to ask if multivitamins do actually protect people from these major killers.

The authors of today’s study, from Harvard Medical School, say in an article appearing in the Journal of the American Medical Association: “Despite uncertainty regarding the long-term health benefits of vitamins, many U.S. adults take vitamin supplements to prevent chronic diseases or for general health and well-being.”

But they conclude: “These data do not support multivitamin use to prevent cardiovascular disease, demonstrating the importance of long-term clinical trials of commonly used nutritional supplements.”

They also warn: “Individuals who believe they are deriving benefits from supplements may be less likely to engage in other preventive health behaviours.”

Sian Porter, from the British Dietetic Association, said when it came to getting vitamins and minerals it should be “food first”.

“If you have a balanced diet - such as five portions of fruit and veg a day, eating oily fish regularly, and food from all groups - and you are well then you shouldn’t need to take supplements.”

However, she said there were some groups of people - such as the under fives, pregnant and breastfeeding women, and the elderly - who should take them, as recommended by the Department of Health.

Graham Keen, of the Health Food Manufacturers' Association, said: “We feel that the small drop in the market size, given the current climate on the high street, actually represents strong industry performance.

"In addition, the fact is that vitamins and minerals are essential for good health and wellbeing.

“In an ideal world, our diet would provide us with all the vitamins and minerals that our body needs for good health.

"But evidence from the National Diet and Nutrition Survey shows that a significant proportion of the UK population simply doesn’t achieve nutritional sufficiency through diet alone.

“The best solution for most people is to eat as healthy a diet as possible, combined with other health-related lifestyle changes. Daily vitamin supplements provide important nutritional insurance for millions of users looking to safeguard their nutritional intake.”

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http://www.liquidhealthinc.com/node/157 Vitamin C Next in the alphabet of
vitamins is the water soluble Vitamin C. Also known as L-ascorbic acid,
Vitamin C is necessary for a number of important bodily functions such as
protein metabolism, immune function and also the biosynthesis of collagen,
L-carnitine, and certain neurotransmitters. Vitamin C is also known as an
antioxidant vitamin [1]. According to the Office of Dietary Supplements,
“Ongoing research is examining whether vitamin C, by limiting the damaging
effects of free radicals through its antioxidant activity, might help prevent
or delay the development of certain cancers, cardiovascular disease, and
other diseases in which oxidative stress plays a causal role.” There are
many food sources for Vitamin C. The best sources for Vitamin C include:
Citrus fruits, tomatoes and tomato juice, potatoes, red and green peppers,
kiwifruit, broccoli, strawberries, Brussels sprouts, and cantaloupe. In
addition to food sources, there are also multiple sources of supplemental
Vitamin C. These sources are ascorbic acid, sodium ascorbate; calcium
ascorbate; other mineral ascorbates; and ascorbic acid with bioflavonoids.
Recommended Dietary Allowances for Vitamin C are as follows: Age Male Female
1-3 years 15mg 15mg 4-8 years 25mg 25mg 9-13 years 45mg 45mg 14-18 years 75mg
65mg 19+ years 90mg 75mg People who smoke require an additional 35mg/day of
Vitamin C. According to the Office of Dietary Supplements, “studies
consistently show that smokers have lower plasma and leukocyte vitamin C
levels than nonsmokers, due in part to increased oxidative stress.” Other
groups who may need additional Vitamin C supplementation are infants fed
evaporated or boiled milk, individuals with limited food variety, and people
with malabsorption and certain chronic diseases. According to the Office of
Dietary Supplements, “approximately 70%–90% of vitamin C is absorbed at
moderate intakes of 30–180 mg/day. However, at doses above 1 g/day,
absorption falls to less than 50% and absorbed, unmetabolized ascorbic acid
is excreted in the urine.” For this reason it’s important to get steady
dosages of this *antioxidant vitamin*, Vitamin C, daily. Image found here [2]

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A Vitamin A Day Doesn't Keep The Cardiologist Away - RedOrbit

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Just because you pop in those Flintstones vitamins every day doesn’t mean you are at any reduced risk of having a heart attack, according to a new study.

Researchers wrote in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) that middle-aged or older men who use daily multivitamins for more than 10 years of treatment did not reduce their chances of having a major cardiovascular event like a heart attack, stroke or death from cardiovascular disease (CVD).

“Despite uncertainty regarding the long-term health benefits of vitamins, many U.S. adults take vitamin supplements to prevent chronic diseases or for general health and well-being,” according to background information in the article.

The study authors said that individuals who believe they are benefiting from the multivitamins may be less inclined to engage in other preventative health behaviors, such as exercise.

“Although multivitamins are used prevent vitamin and mineral deficiency, there is a perception that multivitamins may prevent cardiovascular disease (CVD),” the researchers wrote in a press release. “Observational studies have shown inconsistent associations between regular multivitamin use and CVD, with no long-term clinical trials of multivitamin use.”

The study included nearly 15,000 male physicians who were middle-aged or older, with an average age of 64-years-old. The analysis measured the composite end point of major cardiovascular events.

Eleven years after the start of the study, the researchers found that 1,732 men had major cardiovascular events, including 652 cases of heart attack and 643 case of stroke. Also during that time, 829 of the men had cardiovascular death.

They found that there was no significant effect of a daily multivitamin on major cardiovascular events, compared to those men who took placebos during the study period. While there were fewer deaths among multivitamin users, the difference was not statistically significant.

The researchers found no significant effect of a daily multivitamin on rates of congestive heart failure, angina, and coronary revascularization.

Although taking multivitamins on a daily basis won’t keep you away from the doctor for a cardiovascular event, it doesn’t mean there are no benefits from taking them.

“Whether to take a daily multivitamin requires consideration of an individual’s nutritional status, because the aim of supplementation is to prevent vitamin and mineral deficiency, plus consideration of other potential effects, including a modest reduction in cancer and other important outcomes in PHS II that will be reported separately,” the authors wrote.

Eva M. Lonn, M.D., M.Sc., of McMaster University and Hamilton General Hospital in Hamilton, Texas, wrote in an accompanying editorial that she agrees with the findings.

“Nonetheless, many people with heart disease risk factors or previous CVD events lead sedentary lifestyles, eat processed or fast foods, continue to smoke, and stop taking lifesaving prescribed medications, but purchase and regularly use vitamins and other dietary supplements, in the hope that this approach will prevent a future myocardial infarction or stroke,” Lonn said.

“The message needs to remain simple and focused: CVD is largely preventable, and this can be achieved by eating healthy foods, exercising regularly, avoiding tobacco products, and, for those with high risk factor levels or previous CVD events, taking proven, safe, and effective medications,” she wrote.