Fall Nutrition Update

HEART HEALTH

Nearly every senior citizen has heard the recommendation of an aspirin a day for “heart health”. Perhaps far fewer realize many common pain medications can actually damage the heart.

Heart failure is unappreciated as being more prevalent and dangerous than cancer. More people get heart failure a year than get cancer and they die from it sooner than the average cancer takes its victim, within five years of diagnosis versus six years. You could think of it as cancer of the heart.

Studies1 released this year show that the NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) actually cause heart failure in 20% of cases. NSAIDs (aspirin, Motrin, Aleve, Advil, Naprosyn, ifbuprofen, etc.) are in everyone’s gym, golf, and tennis bag, not to mention purses, pockets and medicine cabinets. These NSAIDs are a leading cause of leaky gut syndrome. This is of major importance when we consider that the gastrointestinal tract is the highway for absorption of the nutrients, which keep us alive and well. The prescription varieties, even more dangerous, include Voltaren, Celebrex, Vioxx, Daypro, and Relafen. Better to find the cause of your mysterious pain than let NSAIDs cause heartburn, colitis, leaky gut, autoimmune disease, bone deterioration and loss, and now heart failure.

1Page J, Consumption of NSAIDs and the development of congestive heart failure in elderly patients, an under-recognized public health problem. Arch Intern Med, 160:777-784, Mar 27, 2000.

Nutritional Counseling is not just about losing weight. It is a comprehensive approach to feeling better, increasing energy levels, and maintaining health and vitality.

How is this accomplished?

• Nutritional Evaluation
  • Defining your personal goals

  • Written History

  • Physical Exam

  • 7 Day Diet Analysis

  • Laboratory Testing

• Nutritional Recommendations
  • Based on your symptoms and goals

  • Nutrient requirements and timing of meals

  • Nutritional supplementation

• Testing for delayed food sensitivities, heavy metal toxicity

• Weight Loss Coaching