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Did You Know Sex Has Its Health Benefits?

August 29, 2014

The amazing Health benefits of sex

health benefits of sexEngaging in sex gives much more benefits that just getting you closer to your partner and fulfilling your romantic fantasies. Sexual intercourse according many researchers has been found to give more physical health benefits to a person who does it regularly. Some of the health benefits that have been discovered include the following;

  • Reduces the risk of High blood pressure

Researchers have linked sex to lower blood pressures. Dr. Joseph Pinzone MD who is the CEO and medical director at Amai wellness agrees that sex has an effect in lowering the blood pressure levels. He says that sexual intercourse reduces the systolic blood pressure. Hence engaging in sexual intercourse can help you in reducing the risk of high blood pressure

A researcherBarry R. Komisaruk, PhD who is a celebrated service professor at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey says that orgasm can block pain. He opines that during sex several hormones are released that work in way to combat pain. This therefore means that sex may offer help in case of mild headache. He goes on to explain that even stimulation without orgasm can help in pain reduction. “We’ve found that vaginal stimulation can block chronic back and leg pain, and many women have told us that genital self-stimulation can reduce menstrual cramps, arthritic pain, and in some cases even headache,” says Komisaruk.

  • Better sleep (click here)

It is not a surprise to realize that you always go to sleep faster after sex and you tend to have a very deep sleep which is good for whole body rest. This is not a miracle but scientists have discovered that during sex particularly after orgasm a hormone known as prolactin is released. This hormone is responsible for feelings of relaxation and sleepiness. Sheenie Ambardar, MD. She is a psychiatrist in West Hollywood, Calif is the mind behind this discovery.

  • Exercises the body

Sex involves body movements especially in the waist and butt area hence stretching the muscles in these areas offering a great exercise. The honest truth is that however thorough or long the sex is it cannot replace the treadmill but it contributes as a form of less strenuous exercise. As you are involved in sexual intercourse you will be using about five calories per minute, so the longer the activity the more calories you will break. Sex also improves the heat rate. Pinzone advises that you should be consistent in sex to reap the benefits. Just create time for it and enjoy the huge benefits.

  • Reduces prostate cancer risk

health benefits of sexProstate cancer has terrorized most men and is one of the diseases that men fear most. Already there very many proposed alternative to prostate cancer treatment. Sex according to study which was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association can reduce a person’s risk of getting prostate cancer. The study found that men who ejaculate frequently reduce their risk of prostate cancer. This study explains that this can be achieved even through nocturnal emissions and masturbation. Therefore you can reap this benefit without a partner.

Sex has also been linked to reduced occurrences of running nose, sneezing and even wheezing. These symptoms can ruin your day however if new research findings are to be believed then you can reduce these occurrences by engaging in sex. Researchers at Wilkes University in Pennsylvania found out that people who have sex frequently have higher levels of an antibody known as immunoglobulin A (IgA). These antibodies are very effective in fighting colds and flu keeping you healthy. This is a good reason to spare some time and enjoy sex in your marriage.

  • Reduces Cramps in Women

Some of the problems that women go through during their monthly periods are the cramps that make that ordeal rather unpleasant. Experts say that engaging in sex can reduce the cases of cramps. Experts explain that when a woman achieves an orgasm her uterus contracts thereby removing the compounds that may cause cramps out of the body. Orgasm also helps in that as the uterus contracts it expels the blood faster hence ending the periods faster that well the uterus has not contracted.

According to researchers at Yale University School of Medicine when a woman goes horizontally when menstruating helps to decrease the chances of endometriosis, a common condition in which uterine tissue grows outside of the uterus, causing pelvic pain and lots of pain during sexual intercourse. It is not easy accept sex during menstruation and the common guilt is that you may mess everything. Use a towel on top of bed sheet and stick to lying on your back. As known when you lie on your back the flow is always lighter. Michelle Callahan, Ph.D. endorses the benefits of sex during menstruation.

  • Makes you look younger

Engaging in sex makes a woman seem younger than her age. In a study that was done at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital in Scotland, a panel of judges viewed participants through a one-way mirror and guessed their ages. The research revealed that women who frequently had sex seemed to be 7 to 12 years younger than they actually were. This is because during intercourse the body releases hormones such as the estrogen and testosterone which makes the body seem young and active. Hormone estrogen softens the skin and makes hair shiny.

Dr. Dalal Akoury (MD) is an experienced doctor that has helped many cancer patients in their fight against the disease. She has also helped many people regain their sex appetite and add more fun into their sexual life. She founded AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center which is home to many people seeking health breakthrough. Call on her now and learn more on how to enhance your sexual health.

The amazing Health benefits of sex

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Vitamin C and K3 in Cancer Treatment

August 19, 2014

Research Shows That Vitamin C and K3 Are Effective In Fighting Cancer

Vitamin CCancer has put doctors on ‘motion’ never resting always trying to come up with better ways of cancer treatment. Maybe the more alternatives the better the treatment! Integrative cancer doctors have had much more alternatives to cancer treatments and some alternatives are added every now and then and this situation is not about to end as doctors are still working day and night to give us the best cancer treatment alternatives.  The availability of many cancer treatment alternatives therefore requires that every cancer patient should know the kind of treatment that suits his case but of course with help from an integrative cancer doctor. There are naturopathic cancer treatments that have gained recognition for their whole person healing intent and while chemotherapy has been negatively thought of by many patients some improvements have been done to improve the effectiveness of chemotherapy by improving drug uptake by the cancerous cells while reducing chemotherapy drug resistance by the cancer cells which is normally a problem. With these improvements like the use of IPT among others, even the patients are not afraid of it anymore as the side effects are minimal. Some of the cancer treatment alternatives that we have today include the use of vitamin C and vitamin k3 in cancer treatment.

Vitamin C in treating cancer? I know it might be a problem to accept that vitamin C can be used in cancer treatment because you might have been told never to use vitamin C while undergoing chemotherapy. This is because vitamin C is an antioxidant which to many cancer doctors is supposed to interfere with chemotherapy treatment but what most doctors have not known is that vitamin C when used in high doses and given intravenously can be very helpful in cancer treatment as it becomes a pro-oxidant which leads to cancer cell death.

There are studies that have supported the use vitamin c in high doses and given intravenously in cancer treatment. In two Scottish studies, terminal cancer patients given intravenous vitamin C at 10 g per day showed longer survival times than historical controls. Apparently this is not the only study that has been done on vitamin C and its ability to kill cancerous cell. Another study; A Japanese study showed similar results and this are very encouraging. However at mayo clinic a double blinded study of the same using oral vitamin C supplementation did not show any benefit in fighting cancer.

Researchers have shown that oral vitamin C supplementation cannot work well in fighting cancer as it doesn’t produce plasma ascorbate levels that are sufficient enough to kill tumor cells directly. This is the reason why doctors recommend the use of vitamin C intravenously.

When vitamin C is given intravenously, they turn into hydrogen peroxide inside the cancerous cells which then causes the cells to die by poisoning them. This does not affect the healthy body cells negatively since unlike the cancerous cells the healthy body cells have the ability to fight the damage that is caused by the hydrogen peroxide. This allows for selective killing of the cancerous cells while the healthy body cells are left without harm.

Currently there is an ongoing study of Vitamin C by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as an adjunctive therapy for cancer. In their 2008 report, the National Institutes of Health stated that the vitamin C when used in high doses reduced the rate of tumor growth by 50 percent in mice that were infected with brain cancer, ovarian cancer and pancreatic cancer. The researchers revealed that Vitamin C got its high anticancer effect from its ability to produce hydrogen peroxide inside the cancer cells killing them outright. Even in this experiment the healthy body cells were not affected by the poisonous effect of the vitamin C.

Vitamin C More effective when Combined with Vitamin K3 in Cancer

Researchers have proved that the cell killing abilities of sodium ascorbate or other vitamin C and combination of 2-methyl-1, 4-naphthoquinone K3 is highly increased.  These have been tested on human ovarian cancer, breast cancer, endometrial cancer and skin cancer cells. These vitamins can work even when given separately. When given separately they have an antigrowth effect on the tumors but must be highly concentrated. When both the vitamins were used as a single mixture, they demonstrated a synergistic inhibition of cell growth by up to 10 – 50 times in lower concentrations. The best part of this combination is that it does not affect the healthy body cells at all. The researchers also observed that when vitamin C and Vitamin K3 inhibited metastasis.

Vitamin CThe mechanism by which vitamin C and vitamin K3 work in killing cancer is called autoschizic cell death. This is a novel type of cell death characterized by exaggerated cell membrane damage and progressive loss of cell contents. A process during which the nucleus becomes smaller, cell size decreases one-half to one-third of its original size.  Co-administration of sodium ascorbate and K3 induces a cell cycle block on cancer cells making it harder for them to grow and divide.  This is called a G1/S block. The intravenous vitamin cocktail containing sodium ascorbate and vitamin K3 diminishes cancer cell DNA synthesis, increases hydrogen peroxide production, and decreases cancer cell intracellular antioxidant defenses thereby killing them easily.

Dr. Dalal Akoury (MD) is an experienced integrative cancer doctor that has helped many cancer patients in their fight against the disease. She has worked hard not only in treating the disease but also in availing informational support to cancer patients at Awaremed which has become a place called home for many cancer patients. Call on her now and get help on cancer.

Research Shows That Vitamin C and K3 Are Effective In Fighting Cancer

 

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Fatty Acid and Prostate Cancer

August 19, 2014

Research Shows That Fatty Acids May Increase Prostate Cancer Risk

Fatty acidCancer is a disease that has continued to terrorize the human race hence poising lots of challenges to the world oncologists who are trying to curb this disease that has depopulated the world greatly. The disease is not only expensive to treat but also causes lots of pain to its victims. In fact the word cancer is synonymous to pain. Pollution in our environments has exposed us to a greater risk of getting cancer. The foods we eat also play an important role in cancer. Whatever you eat can either help you stay cancer free or will put you at a greater risk of getting this disease. Nutritionists have been involved in cancer treatments and very many researchers have done lots of work in the past to come up with those dietary components that should be avoided at all cost and those that should be used by cancer patients as well as any other healthy person who is interested in keeping away from the disease.  The research that has been done in the past has led to introduction of cancer treatment alternatives that are solely based on diet. Some of the naturopathic treatments involve use of dietary manipulations to interfere with the growth of cancer cells as well as boost immunity an example of diet based treatments is the Gerson’s Therapy. The Gerson’s therapy involves the use of fruits and vegetable soups which are good in improving the body’s immunity as well as fighting free radicals that are known to cause cancer.

Typically, doctors would recommend the use whole foods as they are rich in fiber which is a vital meal component as it helps in excretion of toxic compounds out of the body of the patient. As opposed to commercially grown foods that are mostly genetically modified for faster growth rates, the natural unprocessed whole foods are free from harmful chemicals that may increase our risk of getting cancer. It is therefore advisable to eat foods that are not toxic and will help in fighting cancer.

However there are some dietary components that should be avoided at all cost as they increase your chances of getting cancer. Researchers have linked fatty acids to higher cancer risks and it is therefore safer to avoid foods rich in fatty acids especially the plasma phospholipid fatty acid which is a major culprit.

Study shows Fatty acids increases risks

In a study that was carried out in the US for over 7 years investigating the effects of selenium, vitamin E and a combination of both selenium and vitamin E on patients suffering from prostate cancer, it was found that the unlike selenium which did not invoke any incidence of cancer when supplement there were increased prostate cancer cases in patients that were given vitamin E by up to 17 percent as compared to a group that were on placebo. This study involved three groups of men. Those who had cancer at different stages; those who had high grade cancer, those who had low grade cancer as well as those who had no cancer at all. This study investigated the impacts of increased levels of omega 3 fatty acids on prostate cancer. The findings of this study showed that increased levels of fatty acids in the blood especially docosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic (DHA) acids increased the risk to prostate cancer.

The study therefore finalized that eating marine omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids will increase a person’s risk to prostate cancer.

Prostate cancer is a leading killer of men especially in developed countries and just like other cancers it is also influenced by both environmental as well as behavioral changes. Factors such as family cancer history, age, obesity, chronic inflammation, tobacco smoking and even sexual behaviors come to play but most importantly are nutrition. It is therefore advisable that we should limit the amount of meat we consume but increase our meat and vegetable consumption in order to reduce cancer risk. It is also important to reduce the level of cytokinins in case of obesity. Cytokinins have been linked to different types of cancers and so the lower the levels of cytokinins the better.

It has also been proved that the high content of omega 6 and omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) in the western countries diets has increased the cases of prostate cancer.  The omega 6 polyunsaturated fatty acids are highly attributed to prostate cancer risks unlike the omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids that has been shown to have anti-proliferative effects on tumor cells which may function well in cancer prevention alongside other metabolic processes.

Fatty acid It is also good to note that other researches that were done on the relationship of high levels of omega 3 fatty acids and prostate cancer yielded different results. In one study it was found that eating fish rich in omega 3 fatty acids has favorable effects in fighting cancer while another study showed that it had no effect on cancer. Researchers are still working to find the consistent relations between the levels of omega 3 fatty acids and prostate cancer. Omega 3 however is associated with food adducts which may increase incidences of prostate cancer. It is also said that fish may have disruptors, such as bisphenols or traces of pesticides which are known causes of hormonal based cancers like prostate cancer.

Dr. Dalal Akoury (MD) is an experienced integrative cancer doctor that has helped many cancer patients in their fight against the disease. She has worked hard not only in treating the disease but also in availing informational support to cancer patients at Awaremed which has become a place called home for many cancer patients. Call on her now and get help on cancer.

Research Shows That Fatty Acids May Increase Prostate Cancer Risk

 

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Ketogenic Diet and Cancer

August 18, 2014

Ketogenic Diet And Cancer – Donnie Yance Approach To Whole Foods In Cancer Treatment.

Ketogenic dietAs I have always said diet counts when it comes to fighting cancer. Whatever you eat can either help you evade cancer or increase your risk of getting cancer. Any person concerned about his health must know that there are healthy foods that can help you not only in evading cancer but also in building stronger immune system that will be able to fight against all sorts of disease causing pathogens that may invade the body. Nutritionists have always emphasized consumption of fruits and vegetables as they are rich in antioxidants that help in fighting cancers. In programs like the Gerson’s therapy fruits and vegetables are used as the main treatment ‘tools’. I would not endorse the use of fruits and vegetables as I have already done that and that is the way to go. Some of the dietary approaches to cancer treatment have worked well while some have not been effective as they ought to be but all of them are based on cancer cell metabolism and survival mechanisms and most are geared towards denying the cancer cells their nutrient supplies hence starving them. One of the diets that have been utilized in fighting cancer is the ketogenic diet. However we will look at the ketogenic diet and try to know how doctors regard it. Our today’s doctor will be Donald “Donnie” Yance and we will learn his opinions on the effectiveness of the ketogenic diet as well as his approach to whole food diets for cancer.

A ketogenic diet advocates for high quality proteins and healthy fats while it eliminates all but non-starchy vegetable carbohydrates. The argument behind the ketogenic diet is that: since cancer cells need glucose to survive and the carbohydrates turn to glucose in the body reducing the amount of glucose in your body starves the cancer cells. The healthy cells also rely on glucose for survival; fortunately our healthy cells are flexible enough to turn to ketone bodies for energy unlike the cancer cells that suffer defects that deny them this flexibility to turn to ketone sources of energy. This gives a loophole to starve the cancer cells by reducing the amount of glucose in the body.

The healthy cells will survive in absence of glucose as they can depend on ketone bodies for energy and live on however the cancer cells solely depend on glucose hence will be starved to death.

The ketogenic diet also minimizes the mTOR pathway that enhances cell proliferation. This diet that restricts all starchy vegetable carbohydrates but advocates for healthy fats and high quality is a better way to kill the cancer cells and should be adopted by anybody not only to treat cancer but as a daily feeding lifestyle as it is an ideal fat burning diet.

Donnie Yance on ketogenic diet

Dr. Donald Yance is a world renowned herbalist and nutritionist who founded the Centre for Natural Healing in 1992, and the Mederi Foundation in 2006. He has vast botanical knowledge that he has used to help people in their journey against cancer as well as other diseases. He shares his view on the ketogenic diet.

Dr. Yance agrees that he has received lots of questions from individuals who are trying to find out if ketogenic diet can work well in cancer treatment or not. He admits that this diet that uses very low carbohydrate diet that contains moderate amounts of protein and a high percentage of fats may work in cancer treatment. He explains that this diet may combat cancer cells since cancer cells rely on glucose for survival and when carbohydrates are reduced the levels of glucose in the body is cut and so the cancer cells will not have no source of glucose and so they will be starved. The healthy cells that typically depends on more than one source of energy, that is primarily oxygen but secondary on glucose, ketone bodies and fatty acids will be able to get ketone bodies from the fats and use it for energy while the cancer cells will be starving.

Dr. Yance accepts that the ketogenic diet seems good on the surface he says he can’t recommend it because it is an improvement of a poor nutritional diet hence not his ideal diet. On ketogenic effectiveness he says that when the cancer cells are deprived of glucose they may adapt, diversify or hijack the metabolic system thereby altering certain amino acids like glutamine for production of energy they need to survive on. Dr. Yance opines that the cancer cells may even make glucose by catabolic breakdown of the healthy tissues. He says that in adverse situations the cancer cells hustle for glucose may result in cancer-related cachexia which leads to weight loss, loss of appetite and muscle atrophy.

Using whole meals for cancer

He advocates for use of whole foods in fighting cancer and these foods are used in their natural forms. He has endorsed the use of vegetables, fruits and even grains. He recommends elimination of refined carbohydrates, simple sugars, processed foods and genetically modified foods from a diet. He says that eatinga wide variety of fresh vegetables (including high carbohydrate root vegetables), fresh fruits, and whole grains provides your body with an abundance of essential phytonutrients that offer potent protection against all types of cancer, as well as every other degenerative disease. He opines that elimination of high carbohydrate vegetables from a diet is not wise.

Ketogenic dietDr. Yance says that grains are not as bad as they have been recently featured in the media but are very healthy foods that even current research has found to be very helpful in fighting cancer and so should be included in every diet. His ideal plate should contain 50 % vegetables, 25% whole grains and 25% proteins. He says that the vegetables should double the size of proteins and grains.

Dr. Dalal Akoury (MD) is an experienced integrative cancer doctor that has helped many cancer patients in their fight against the disease. She has worked hard not only in treating the disease but also in availing informational support to cancer patients at Awaremed which has become a place called home for many cancer patients. Call on her now and get help on cancer.

Ketogenic Diet And Cancer – Donnie Yance Approach To Whole Foods In Cancer Treatment.

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Enzyme Therapy and Cancer

August 7, 2014

Enzyme Therapy As Used In Cancer Treatment

EnzymeCancer treatments are known for quite severe side effects on the patients. Known treatment like chemotherapy and radiation therapy not only kill the cancerous cells I the cancer patient but also kill the healthy cells. This will lead to the patient’s getting more deteriorated as time goes by and may eventually lead to loss of weight, skin becoming darker and even hair loss. Pain associated with these methods of treatments cannot be underestimated.  Researchers and doctors have been involved in lots of research work in a bid to get the best cancer treatment that is devoid of the disadvantages the conventional cancer treatment methods are known for.

Today, there are various ways through which cancer patients can be treated but your doctor may be helpful in identifying the best treatment you can get depending on whether the cancer is prostate, breast, mouth or even lung cancer. The doctor may also monitor your reaction to a specific treatment and decide whether to continue with it or adopt a better treatment for the disease. These discoveries are a breakthrough not only to cancer doctors but also to cancer patients have been seeking alternative treatment to the disease and the enzymatic therapy is one of the alternatives that the patients are trying their hands on.

Enzyme therapy as an alternative cancer treatment involves the patient taking supplements of enzymes. Enzymes are natural proteins which are very important as they stimulate and accelerate most biological reactions in the body. Digestive enzymes, which are mostly produced by the pancreas help in digestion as they break down food and help with the absorption of nutrients into the blood. Metabolic enzymes build new cells and repair damaged ones in the blood, tissues, and organs. The metabolic enzymes so are important for optimum cellular functions.

The history behind the enzyme therapy

Enzyme therapy is synonymous to John Beard. John Beard, who was a Scottish scientist, was the first person to use the pancreatic enzymes in cancer treatment in 1902. After this discovery the enzyme therapy was used by doctors in treatment of other diseases. Doctors in Germany are said to have used the enzyme therapy in treatment of such diseases as multiple sclerosis, cancer, and viral infections. The use of enzyme therapy has not stopped as some enzyme mixtures are still being used in other European countries.

The enzyme therapy was introduced in the United States in the 1920s by Dr. Edward Howell. Dr. Howell opined that by eating raw meat, people created an enzyme surplus in the body, which resulted in better health and increased resistance to disease. The doctor reasoned that the more the enzymes a person has in his body the efficient the normal bodily functions as well as the stronger immunity. Since the enzyme therapy was introduced in the United States, very many doctors have advocated its use especially as a part of the broader metabolic therapy regimen. Today there is an enzyme preparation that is being studied in the United States for possibility of being used alongside chemotherapy drugs in treating cancer patients.

Despite the fact that the enzyme therapy is widely used in treatment of cancer and other diseases, any well-designed studies showing that enzyme supplements are effective in treating cancer is not yet available. The major question that everybody asks and has kept enzyme therapy as an alternative cancer treatment quite controversial is that; enzymes when taken by mouth are broken down to amino acids before they are absorbed into the bloodstream, so how do they reach the tumors when taken by mouth?

The studies that have been done to verify the effects of the enzyme therapy on the cancer patients have borne different results. A study that was done in India found that taking enzymes helped to mitigate the side effects of the radiation therapy. Researchers however argue that the patients were not blinded, they knew they were taking enzyme supplements and so the results could have been achieved as a result of the patients’ expectations. Another study was done in Germany, in this study the patients were blinded as they did not know that they were taking enzyme supplements. This study did not show any positive effect of the enzyme therapy on the cancer patients.

There are other researchers in Eastern Europe who have tried to find out if this therapy is effective in cancer treatment. The general finding of these research works have showed that enzyme supplements may improve the quality of life and may generally have other benefits. Most of these studies sought to find out if enzyme therapy could be used in mainstream cancer treatments. These findings however were disputed on the basis that the patients were not blinded.

EnzymeDr. Nicholas Gonzalez did another study that involved pancreatic cancer patients. The findings of this research were published in Nutrition and Cancer in 1999. The study found that patients who were treated with pancreatic enzymes survived longer than patients with pancreatic cancer who were not under enzyme therapy. However an expert oncologist recently disapproved of the findings.”The study was small and obviously prone to several biases. Not only is the comparison with national averages unadjusted for confounders, but the principal results are based on patient selection; twelve patients who did not comply with treatment were excluded from analysis.”  The expert oncologist’s review stated.

Dr. Dalal Akoury (MD) is an experienced integrative cancer doctor that has helped many cancer patients in their fight against the disease. She has worked hard not only in treating the disease but also in availing informational support to cancer patients at Awaremed which has become a place called home for many cancer patients. Call on her now and get help on cancer.

Enzyme Therapy As Used In Cancer Treatment

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