Most places you look these days are saying the TG/HDL ratio is the most important test of blood lipids, and should be under 2.0, or preferably under 1.0. Beyond that there is CRP, and a bunch of different, more expensive tests:
http://www.bhlinc.com/clin_test.php
http://www.atherotech.com/
http://www.atherotech.com/content/files/pdfs/vap_report_sample.pdf
http://www.your-story.org/spectracell-laboratories-now-offers-hs-omega-3-indexr-161378/
http://www.spectracell.com/lpp/
CCA Journal article and photos: http://www.ccajournal.com/CCA_Spring_Journal.pdf
Question: Jeff, my mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease(AD). Any suggestions? Answer: Beta-amyloid protein creates plaque that weakens nerve cell function in the brain.
Fortunately, there are several steps you can take that may reduce risk of amyloid buildup…
Exercise daily
Increase omega-3 fatty acid intake
Increase vitamins B6, B12, and folic acid intake (these vitamins reduce homocysteine, which has been linked to amyloid formation)
Use Supplementary curcumin (antioxidant and anti- inflammatory properties are believed to break up amyloid)
Increase intake of EGCG (a green tea flavonoid)
I am already taking vitamin D and calcium. What else should I take for osteoporosis?
Strontium – dose 680 /day in the morning. Just once a day is OK
An article on the core by Dr. Jeffrey Tucker
http://www.toyourhealth.com/mpacms/tyh/article.php?id=1251&pagenumber=1
We get an annual “physical” and don’t want to do anything
physical. Today I taught 3 patient’s who rarely get physical how to work out with kettlebells…they loved the experience!
I often hear my clients say “I don’t know what to call you: a Physical Therapist, a Chiropractor, a nutritionist?” because I don’t just perform traditional Chiropractic manipulation. I also often get asked “What is my approach called?” First and foremost I see myself as a teacher. I teach procedures and methods to help my clients get out of pain, I teach corrective exercise plans, and nutrition and diet plans. I love using my skills in manual therapy, rehabilitation exercise, and nutrition to focus on solving my clients health issues and concerns. I see the full value in mixing all of the traditional health approaches and alternative health approaches into intelligent health methods.
My approach to each client is not a cookbook. I focus on finding the source of each client’s pain – evaluating posture, the joints, the muscles, the fascia, and diet. My evaluation is individualized and personalized, but not a cookbook. I systematically examine my clients for 1) muscle trigger points (tender points within muscles that can cause pain); 2) joints that have too little motion and joints that have too much motion and 3) nutritional deficiencies. This takes time and patience on my part and my client’s part. My first office examination takes about one hour and follow up visits are 30 minutes. I need to test what we are finding, and treat the key under- or overactive muscle. One visit we may concentrate on your breathing to see how well your diaphragm is moving; another visit may find us concentrating on an upper neck dysfunction; another session may find us teaching you how to activate a core muscle deficit; or another session we may learn exercises for a low back instability.
Most importantly, you will learn to participate in your own recovery. This is the basis of my rehabilitation approach! I will be checking your soft tissues and probably using the Deep Muscle Stimulator (DMS) or warm laser as part of my treatments; I will check your core; your feet; and even your TMJ (jaw).
I have had some amazing mentors and teachers and I will blend what I have learned over being in practice for 27 years to guide our treatment. This is what separates me from what most others do. I don’t just focus on the site of symptoms, I look at the whole body.
When you are ready I can teach you how to use the foam roll on your dense and tight muscles; strength training with kettlebells, & flexibility and stretching exercises. If you need weight loss, I am happy to help you reach your goals. Please feel free to send this information to your friends.
An unusual type of bone fracture has been reported in women who have taken bisphosphonates for osteopenia and osteoporosis for more than 4 years, according to 2 studies reported at the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2010 Annual Meeting.
Joseph Lane, MD, chief of the Metabolic Bone Service at the Hospital for Special Surgery and professor of orthopedic surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City said concern is mounting that long-term use of these drugs might adversely affect bone quality.
Osteoporosis, a loss of bone mineral density that can occur as we age is a real concern to avoid because 1 in 5 patients who have a hip fracture die within 1 year.
Bisphosphonates have been shown to prevent the rapid loss of bone that occurs during the first years of menopause and to reduce the incidence of fracture in postmenopausal women.
However, there have been reports of “peculiar” fractures — that is, low-energy femur fractures that are seen in patients who have been on long-term bisphosphonate treatment. The first report was published in 2005 in a “semi-obscure” journal, Dr. Lane told Medscape Orthopaedics.
In a second unrelated study, Melvin P. Rosenwasser, MD, Robert E. Carroll Professor of Hand Surgery at Columbia University in New York City, and colleagues evaluated the bone structure of 112 postmenopausal women with primary osteoporosis, 62 of whom had been taking bisphosphonates for at least 4 years, and 50 control subjects who were taking only calcium and vitamin D supplements.
They found that bisphosphonate use improved structural integrity early in the course of treatment, but that these gains were diminished as treatment extended beyond 4 years.
“It seems as if there is a plateau of benefit at 4 or 5 years and, after that, the benefit is negated. In the early treatment period, patients using bisphosphonates experienced improvements in all parameters, including decreased buckling ratio and increased cross-sectional area,” he said in an interview with Medscape Orthopaedics. “But after 4 years of use, these trends reversed.”
Women (and men), If you have been on these drugs for 4 years, consider taking a break and use a natural supplement called Ostera from Metagenics instead.
American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) 2010 Annual Meeting: Abstract 241, presented March 10, 2010; Abstract 339, presented March 11, 2010.
Why did you become a chiropractor? I knew I wanted to help people, and be involved in enhancing other peoples lives. I grew up in a household with an older brother that was a ‘druggie’ and my Mom was up and down with her weight using diet medications. I became afraid of drugs and interested in other health care methods. I was clear that I didn’t like blood and surgery. At the age of 19, when I was researching careers, I found out about Chiropractic and what they did. I tried Chiropractic for a neck injury and felt great relief. I also saw how much pleasure the doctors I met seemed to get from there careers, I wanted to be a part of this system of health care. I have learned that the art of good medicine is ‘fine tuning’ and working together with clients.
What is your mission or higher purpose in life? I want to provide the finest rehabilitation and performance methods, integrated into Chiropractic care to enhance clients lives. I love to see people enjoy and live to do the activities they want to do. I feel good guiding and helping clients get out of chronic pain, and improve there personal lives and relationships. People never know how healthy they can become until they try nutritional approaches and corrective exercise therapy.
What are the things you love most (or inspire you most) about being a chiropractor?
Our patients are us, just in pain, heavier and out of shape. But they definitely want what we have, methods to help them get out of pain. I love teaching functional exercise training and nutritional therapy to other doctors and my clients. I know I make a difference in reducing injuries and improving performance, whether it is in sports, relationships and attitudes, or clients work life. I am fortunate that I get to teach postgraduate courses in corrective exercise therapy, diet, and nutrition to other doctors around the Country.
Please let me know if there is anything else I can help you with.
Weight Loss: I love to talk about nutrition, diet, and exercise. When clients ask me which is more important, “the food I eat or how much exercise I do”, I say it’s the food you eat. Food has the power to either save your body or destroy it. One of the worst foods for us is High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS). Sodas, cereals, yogurts, and some 40,000 other manufactured foods taste sweeter because of HFCS.
We find HFCS in things like ketchup, pasta sauce, and crackers — it’s everywhere. I would love it if people could eliminate it completely from there diet, but I am realistic and I hope we can do our best to decrease it as much as possible. If HFCS is listed first or second on an ingredients list, see how many grams of “sugars” (HFCS is lumped in that category) the food product contains. If there’s just a gram or two, that’s okay. But if a food has 6 or more grams of sugars and HFCS is prominent on the list of ingredients, make another choice. To your health!
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