"Surprising symptoms related to common foods that masquerade as your friend.
A while back, Dr. Oz featured a segment on food sensitivities which turned out to be the highest rated show of the season! This is a much bigger issue than you may realize, so even if you don’t think you have a food sensitivity, take a quick moment to answer this easy questionnaire—you may be surprised. Answering “yes” can indicate the strong probability that you suffer from a food intolerance:
Do you have itchy skin, chronic skin rashes, or eczema?
Do you have puffy eyes, dark circles, or swelling beneath your eyes?
Do you suffer from unexplained headaches, irritable bowel syndrome, joint
pain, muscle aches, arthritis, or extreme tiredness after eating?
Do you eat the same foods every day?
Are you frequently the victim of food cravings?
Are you a compulsive eater?
Has your metabolism slowed down?
Do you suffer from a lot of water retention?
Do you engage in binge eating?
Do you often feel bloated?
Does your weight yo-yo up and down every day by as much as five pounds?
Ninety percent of food allergies and sensitivities stem from the most common reaction-producing foods: wheat, milk, corn, unfermented soy, and peanuts. In some cases (like peanuts for example), a true allergy can lead to anaphylactic shock, a deadly allergic response in which the body releases histamines, causing tissues to swell, which inhibits breathing, interferes with blood flow, and sometimes leads to heart failure.
Delayed food sensitivities can sometimes manifest two days after the toxic food was ingested. So, who would ever know that symptoms were tied to food? Therefore, some detective work is in order to find the guilty suspects.
These same delayed food responses are strongly linked with complications like food cravings, food addictions, bingeing, increased appetite, and a decreased metabolism that are not obviously the result of just an allergy.
For most of us, sensitivities seem to cluster around a few ordinary foods and ingredients—mostly wheat, milk, corn, yeast, sugar and MSG (often referred to as hydrolyzed soy protein, autolyzed plant protein, hydrolyzed vegetable protein, or “natural flavorings”). By the way, black pepper is also a frequent culprit, according to food sensitivity testing, as are many herbs and spices that you enjoy on a daily basis.
To help tip the balance of health in your favor, try the following first line protocol:
1) Practice an elimination diet. Choose a food that you routinely eat and eliminate it first. Cut out all dishes made with this item from your meals at home. When shopping, read labels to see if any undesirable ingredient is listed. In restaurants always consult with your server about the preparation of your food. You can’t always tell from the menu exactly what is in a dish. Continue to avoid the suspected food or item for three weeks. Keep a simple log to help you notice if your symptoms ease. If the symptoms disappear, briefly reintroduce the food and see if they return. If they do reappear, you know you need to permanently drop that food from your diet. For extra verification, consider an at-home Gluten Intolerance Test or an Expanded GI Panel which tests allergies to gluten, cow’s milk, eggs, and soy.
2) Engage antioxidant power. Antioxidants help the body cope with any aftereffects of reactions and fight oxidative stress. I would recommend a formula like Oxi-Key which contains well-researched immune boosters and enzymes like catalase, superoxide dismutase, glutathione, N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) and vitamins B, C, and E. Read what Deb D. has to say about the positive changes she’s seen after taking Oxi-Key:
“I have been taking Oxi-Key for about 2 weeks now and do feel a difference and improvement in my well-being. My skin and hair seem more vibrant. My skin particularly has taken on a luminous sheen, which my husband has made comments about. I am thrilled and plan to continue to take this amazing product along with the other UNI KEY supplements I regularly take."
-Edge On Health, Dr. Ann Louise Gittleman
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Friday, February 24, 2012
Hope
"Just being there for someone can sometimes
bring hope when all seems hopeless." -Dave G. Llewellyn
bring hope when all seems hopeless." -Dave G. Llewellyn
April Samplefest Food Fair
We are thinking about having our Samplefest Food Fair
on April 14 at St. John Lutheran Church on Hwy 99. If there
is anyone that attends or is a member of this church, we
would appreciate your help.
Please contact Kristi @ 360-695-0862 ASAP.
Thank you!
on April 14 at St. John Lutheran Church on Hwy 99. If there
is anyone that attends or is a member of this church, we
would appreciate your help.
Please contact Kristi @ 360-695-0862 ASAP.
Thank you!
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Arsenic in Your Eyeliner? Lead in Your Lipstick?
"Avoid heavy metals hidden in cosmetics.
The quest for beauty has spanned the history of humanity. Forty thousand years ago, people painted their faces with red ocher crayons to look attractive. Around the time of the Mesolithic Era (10,000 years ago B.C.E.) castor oil and animal grease were the thing for softening the skin. Lipsticks were a hot item 5,000 years ago in the ancient civilization, Ur. And beauty seekers in 1000 B.C. kept their bodies silky smooth with scrubs made out of clay and sand.
Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile—a name we all equate with alluring beauty—kept herself looking good for Mark Antony by placing sesame seed and barley packs on her face. Greek physicians created the first cold creams out of beeswax, olive oil and rose water, while Romans poured beautifying milk from goats into the communal baths. Vigilant beauty buffs, the Venetians dyed their hair with plant color, then covered it with clay and baked in the sun.
While we can all marvel at the efforts of the beauty seekers of antiquity, you would be very surprised to learn that today’s makeup is not only far from natural—in many cases—but it may be far from safe.
So, you can imagine my surprise when I came across the blog Heavy Metals Found in Cosmetics: Not Listed on Labels. I learned that according to a 2011 report, an Ontario, Canada research group found many heavy metals lurking in common cosmetic and makeup products of average Canadian women. The researchers tested lip gloss, mascara, foundation, blush, eye shadows and eye liner. They found that every single one of the 49 products tested contained at least one toxic metal like arsenic, cadmium, lead, nickel, beryllium, thallium, and selenium!
Lip gloss—which can be worn daily—contained the highest amounts of arsenic, cadmium, and lead with the name brand Benefit Benetint lip gloss containing 110 parts per millions of lead—a good ten times more than is allowed by the Canadian cosmetic regulating agency.
Heavy metals—like all contaminants—can accumulate over time. Arsenic can affect fertility, causes visual impairment, skin discoloration and loss of nails. I just found the highest levels I have ever measured in a TMA (Tissue Mineral Analysis) with an individual who has been diagnosed with ALS (better known as Lou Gehrig’s disease) so this heavy metal is nothing to ignore.
Cadmium has been linked to lung and prostate cancer, as well as kidney damage. Lead, a well known neurotoxin, is connected to a lowered IQ, tumors, twitching, jerking of limbs, confusion, and seizures.
Name brands like Clinique, MAC, L’Oreal, Cover Girl, and Almay all had products with sky high levels of impurities. Find out if any of your beauty mainstays were the worst offenders—read the complete findings here.
The truth is I’ve really had it with manufacturers that incorporate “unclean” and sneaky ingredients in their beauty product lines—ingredients that can actually add years to your appearance, destroy your skin, and harm your health.
These were just some of the reasons that compelled me to create my own natural skin care line. BeauCle is free of synthetic ingredients, harmful chemicals, and heavy metals that are often a byproduct of manufacturing. BeauCle—nature’s key to beauty—delivers everything you are looking for in a skin care program without the risks of impure ingredients.
You’ll be amazed at what several of our satisfied users have to say about BeauCle’s ability to increase hydration, decrease fine lines, crow’s feet, and wrinkles while eliminating brown spots—all of this minus toxins. This is real beauty by nature!"
-Edge On Health, Dr. Ann Louise Gittleman
The quest for beauty has spanned the history of humanity. Forty thousand years ago, people painted their faces with red ocher crayons to look attractive. Around the time of the Mesolithic Era (10,000 years ago B.C.E.) castor oil and animal grease were the thing for softening the skin. Lipsticks were a hot item 5,000 years ago in the ancient civilization, Ur. And beauty seekers in 1000 B.C. kept their bodies silky smooth with scrubs made out of clay and sand.
Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile—a name we all equate with alluring beauty—kept herself looking good for Mark Antony by placing sesame seed and barley packs on her face. Greek physicians created the first cold creams out of beeswax, olive oil and rose water, while Romans poured beautifying milk from goats into the communal baths. Vigilant beauty buffs, the Venetians dyed their hair with plant color, then covered it with clay and baked in the sun.
While we can all marvel at the efforts of the beauty seekers of antiquity, you would be very surprised to learn that today’s makeup is not only far from natural—in many cases—but it may be far from safe.
So, you can imagine my surprise when I came across the blog Heavy Metals Found in Cosmetics: Not Listed on Labels. I learned that according to a 2011 report, an Ontario, Canada research group found many heavy metals lurking in common cosmetic and makeup products of average Canadian women. The researchers tested lip gloss, mascara, foundation, blush, eye shadows and eye liner. They found that every single one of the 49 products tested contained at least one toxic metal like arsenic, cadmium, lead, nickel, beryllium, thallium, and selenium!
Lip gloss—which can be worn daily—contained the highest amounts of arsenic, cadmium, and lead with the name brand Benefit Benetint lip gloss containing 110 parts per millions of lead—a good ten times more than is allowed by the Canadian cosmetic regulating agency.
Heavy metals—like all contaminants—can accumulate over time. Arsenic can affect fertility, causes visual impairment, skin discoloration and loss of nails. I just found the highest levels I have ever measured in a TMA (Tissue Mineral Analysis) with an individual who has been diagnosed with ALS (better known as Lou Gehrig’s disease) so this heavy metal is nothing to ignore.
Cadmium has been linked to lung and prostate cancer, as well as kidney damage. Lead, a well known neurotoxin, is connected to a lowered IQ, tumors, twitching, jerking of limbs, confusion, and seizures.
Name brands like Clinique, MAC, L’Oreal, Cover Girl, and Almay all had products with sky high levels of impurities. Find out if any of your beauty mainstays were the worst offenders—read the complete findings here.
The truth is I’ve really had it with manufacturers that incorporate “unclean” and sneaky ingredients in their beauty product lines—ingredients that can actually add years to your appearance, destroy your skin, and harm your health.
These were just some of the reasons that compelled me to create my own natural skin care line. BeauCle is free of synthetic ingredients, harmful chemicals, and heavy metals that are often a byproduct of manufacturing. BeauCle—nature’s key to beauty—delivers everything you are looking for in a skin care program without the risks of impure ingredients.
You’ll be amazed at what several of our satisfied users have to say about BeauCle’s ability to increase hydration, decrease fine lines, crow’s feet, and wrinkles while eliminating brown spots—all of this minus toxins. This is real beauty by nature!"
-Edge On Health, Dr. Ann Louise Gittleman
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
2 Volunteers Needed Please!
A quick reminder that we hope GIGSWWA is considering exhibiting at the 2012 Washington and Oregon Educational Conference. We'll be in Vancouver, Washington at the Hilton Vancouver on April 22 - 24th, with dedicated exhibit time on Monday, April 23rd.
We're anticipating 450-500 registrants (in 2009 we had a sell-out!) and know our members would love to learn more about your products and services.
Exhibit time is only one day, April 23, 2012, 11:15 am – 1:30 pm
Please contact Kristi asap @ 360-695-0862
Thank you for your continued help and support!
We're anticipating 450-500 registrants (in 2009 we had a sell-out!) and know our members would love to learn more about your products and services.
Exhibit time is only one day, April 23, 2012, 11:15 am – 1:30 pm
Please contact Kristi asap @ 360-695-0862
Thank you for your continued help and support!
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Jazzy John
Just thought I'd pass on to you we ate at Jazzy John's BBQ located at JM Plaza in Hazel Dell last week.
I had the Pulled pork and rice dinner. All GF. They also had a GF corn bread made with Bob's Red Mill. They have GF beer available and many options from menu are GF. They also take precautions to separate exposure and use fresh gloves. It seems they are doing much to accommodate GF customers and looking for ways to get exposure with the community. We will go there again and support their efforts. We hope others will do the same.
Pam Richey-Curtis
I had the Pulled pork and rice dinner. All GF. They also had a GF corn bread made with Bob's Red Mill. They have GF beer available and many options from menu are GF. They also take precautions to separate exposure and use fresh gloves. It seems they are doing much to accommodate GF customers and looking for ways to get exposure with the community. We will go there again and support their efforts. We hope others will do the same.
Pam Richey-Curtis
Make Varicose Veins Vanish
"A powerful healing secret to beautiful legs.
There is probably not a more frustrating topic than unsightly varicose veins. It’s starting to become a major source of concern among so many of my female clients. Females are much more likely to develop these veins— about three times more likely, to be exact— since one of the biggest risk factors is pregnancy, along with getting older, lack of exercise, and getting heavier.
Plus if your oral hygiene is less than optimal, you may also be at risk of developing varicose veins despite your gender. Researchers have discovered that nearly half of all varicose veins contain the exact same kind of bacteria that triggers periodontal disease. Those same bacteria settle on the valves that assist the blood that flows through your legs back up to your heart. When those valves are infected with the periodontal bacteria, they can quickly lose their seal-making ability across the vein. So, rather than flowing uphill, the blood starts to pool downhill. The result? Veins that are stretched out with damaged cellular walls. Could this also be the reason why so many of us are seeing so many spots and spider veins below the knee?
Whatever the real cause, women are embarrassed and go to great lengths to conceal the blue bulging appearance of varicosities. While surgery is definitely an option for many, surgical procedures do not address the underlining reason that made the varicose veins develop in the first place. And even if the surgery was successful —as it sometimes is— it does not insure that new veins will not develop.
The appearance and discomfort of varicose veins are simply an outward reflection of what is going on inside. You will be surprised, as I was, to discover another piece of the puzzle— overlooked and ignored research that may be a hugely important, forgotten key to healthy veins.
Vitamin K-2
Yes, it is the same vitamin complex that targets calcium absorption directly into the bone: K-2. This vitamin complex plays a crucial role in the biochemical process which produces a substance called MGP (matrix GLA protein) which prevents the calcification of arteries when fully activated. Concurrently, another compound called osteocalcin stimulates the calcification of bones.
Without enough K2, calcium can easily exit the bones and clog up arteries.
The same mechanism which causes the arteries to harden can also occur in the veins. When K2 is deficient, the veins get coated with the calcium which was meant to be deposited in the bones.
So, it stands to reason that taking supplemental vitamin K-2 can help the varicose veins from developing and it will also help to protect the veins that are already there while starting the repair process. It is so much easier to prevent the calcification process in the first place, than undoing it later.
When my clients ask me about a formula for varicose veins, I typically recommend Osteo-Key, the same formula that I developed for daily bone protection. It contains the research-based formulation of Vitamin K-2 (known as MK-7) providing the optimum dosage of 150 mcg daily. This formula also contains the most absorbable form of calcium (microcrystalline hydroxyapatite) to provide a daily 800 mg of elemental calcium with 400 mg magnesium, 150 mg silica, 3 mg boron, 40 mg manganese, and 20 mg zinc which constitute one powerhouse of synergistic bone building minerals."
-Edge On Health, Dr. Ann Louise Gittleman
There is probably not a more frustrating topic than unsightly varicose veins. It’s starting to become a major source of concern among so many of my female clients. Females are much more likely to develop these veins— about three times more likely, to be exact— since one of the biggest risk factors is pregnancy, along with getting older, lack of exercise, and getting heavier.
Plus if your oral hygiene is less than optimal, you may also be at risk of developing varicose veins despite your gender. Researchers have discovered that nearly half of all varicose veins contain the exact same kind of bacteria that triggers periodontal disease. Those same bacteria settle on the valves that assist the blood that flows through your legs back up to your heart. When those valves are infected with the periodontal bacteria, they can quickly lose their seal-making ability across the vein. So, rather than flowing uphill, the blood starts to pool downhill. The result? Veins that are stretched out with damaged cellular walls. Could this also be the reason why so many of us are seeing so many spots and spider veins below the knee?
Whatever the real cause, women are embarrassed and go to great lengths to conceal the blue bulging appearance of varicosities. While surgery is definitely an option for many, surgical procedures do not address the underlining reason that made the varicose veins develop in the first place. And even if the surgery was successful —as it sometimes is— it does not insure that new veins will not develop.
The appearance and discomfort of varicose veins are simply an outward reflection of what is going on inside. You will be surprised, as I was, to discover another piece of the puzzle— overlooked and ignored research that may be a hugely important, forgotten key to healthy veins.
Vitamin K-2
Yes, it is the same vitamin complex that targets calcium absorption directly into the bone: K-2. This vitamin complex plays a crucial role in the biochemical process which produces a substance called MGP (matrix GLA protein) which prevents the calcification of arteries when fully activated. Concurrently, another compound called osteocalcin stimulates the calcification of bones.
Without enough K2, calcium can easily exit the bones and clog up arteries.
The same mechanism which causes the arteries to harden can also occur in the veins. When K2 is deficient, the veins get coated with the calcium which was meant to be deposited in the bones.
So, it stands to reason that taking supplemental vitamin K-2 can help the varicose veins from developing and it will also help to protect the veins that are already there while starting the repair process. It is so much easier to prevent the calcification process in the first place, than undoing it later.
When my clients ask me about a formula for varicose veins, I typically recommend Osteo-Key, the same formula that I developed for daily bone protection. It contains the research-based formulation of Vitamin K-2 (known as MK-7) providing the optimum dosage of 150 mcg daily. This formula also contains the most absorbable form of calcium (microcrystalline hydroxyapatite) to provide a daily 800 mg of elemental calcium with 400 mg magnesium, 150 mg silica, 3 mg boron, 40 mg manganese, and 20 mg zinc which constitute one powerhouse of synergistic bone building minerals."
-Edge On Health, Dr. Ann Louise Gittleman
