What slow breathing and cod liver oil studies can show you

May 4, 11:26 AMSacramento Nutrition ExaminerAnne Hart

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Follow the money to measure the disconnect between medicine and food. According to the book, Is Your Cardiologist Killing You? by Sherry A. Rogers, M.D., on page 62, a sentence notes, "So cod liver oil compared with a defibrillator is 8-times more effective, and well over 4,000 times cheaper, not counting all the other health benefits from healthier cell membranes and other body organs in general."

The book cites a Harvard study showing "cod liver oil stops arrhythmias".  The study is Leaf, A. et al, Membrane effects of the n-3 fish oil fatty acids, which prevent fatal ventricular arrhythmias, Journal of Membrane Biology, 206; 2:129-39, 2005. 

The findings of the study conclude in the abstract that, "Fish oil fatty acids are known to exert beneficial effects on the heart and vascular systems. We have studied the membrane effects on ion channel conductance by the n-3 fish oil fatty acids that account for these beneficial effects. We have confirmed that these fatty acids prevent fatal cardiac arrhythmias in a reliable dog model of sudden cardiac death.

The study also applied to humans as the abstract notes, "This finding was followed by experiments indicating that the n-3 fatty acids electrically stabilize heart cells and do so largely through modulation of the fast voltage-dependent Na(+) currents and the L-type Ca(2+) channels in a manner, which makes the heart cells resistant to arrhythmias. Others and we have demonstrated that these membrane effects on the heart can prevent fatal cardiac arrhythmias in humans."

Also cited in the book is the study on the EPA and DHA in fish oils by Stark, KD, et al, Differential eicosapentaenoic acid elevations and altered cosahexaenoic acid in postmenopausal women receiving and not receiving hormone replacement therapy, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 79:765-73, 2004. Maybe it's time to  have your fatty acids measured. The study's conclusion stated, "With DHA supplementation, the accumulation of EPA in serum phospholipids is significantly attenuated in postmenopausal women receiving HRT compared with that in women not receiving HRT. DHA supplementation can also favorably influence selected cardiovascular disease risk factors in postmenopausal women."

Behavioral: Slow Breathing Treatment Studies

Machines such as RESPeRATE (tm) and Breatheasy (tm) cds and MP3 files that instruct you how to breathe slow are selling well. In the various studies, the slowed breathing group is trained on a breathing device, designed to reduce respiratory rate.They practiced with RESPeRATE (tm) once a week (for 6 weeks) in a laboratory with the research staff.

What are you planning to do for National Women's Health Week that runs from May 10th to 16th? Feel free to read the RESPeRATE (tm),  testimonials online.

It's fascinating to research the disconnect in medicine between what a slow breathing machine can accomplish when modern medicine in the form of oral pills has not accomplished. During national women's health week, take a few mintues to read some of these testimonials.

I've been using my RESPeRATE (tm), machine for the past two years now. It works wonders on me. Read the clinical trials studies and results at ClinicalTrials.gov, a service of the U.S. National Institutes of Health on Resperate (tm) for treatment of menopausal hot flashes. Also read the ClinicalTrials.gov slow paced breathing clinical trials studies and results to lower blood pressure sponsored by the National Institute on Aging (NIA). And view the clinical trials studies on the Resperate (tm) for treating psychogenic disorders and a study that's just beginning for treating post traumatic stress syndrome. This study  is being sponsored by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM).

It's fascinating to research the disconnect in medicine between what a slow breathing machine can accomplish when modern medicine in the form of oral pills has not accomplished. I've been using my RESPeRATE (tm), machine for the past two years now. It works wonders on me.

Read the clinical trials studies and results at ClinicalTrials.gov, a service of the U.S. National Institutes of Health on Resperate (tm) for treatment of menopausal hot flashes. Also read the ClinicalTrials.gov slow paced breathing clinical trials studies and results to lower blood pressure sponsored by the National Institute on Aging (NIA). And view the clinical trials studies on the Resperate (tm) for treating psychogenic disorders and a study that's just beginning for treating post traumatic stress syndrome. This study  is being sponsored by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM).

It's a fact of life that modern medicine focuses on putting pill band aids on problems rather than overriding the genetic and/or chemical causes of imbalances with simple whole foods and supplements such as cod liver oil, COQ10, D-ribose, a balance of natural tocotrienols (from all the whole parts of natural vitamin E), resveratrol, liquid aged garlic, and vitamin C, or whatever other food, supplement, or lifestyle pattern is used when tailored to an individual's body, needs, and metabolism, determined by testing.

The approach also is preventative. If you have a faulty gene that doesn't allow your kidney cells to process salt properly, you balance your diet with less salt and a correct balance of the minerals your body does need in individually tailored amounts. How many people are eating four stalks of celery a day (liquefied in vegetable juice in their blender) to act as a diuretic and lower their blood pressure somewhat?

Wise food traditions mention this regimen for one week on celery and three weeks off celery for several weeks until you see an improvement. Who's doing this? I am. It works for me. I don't know whether it will work for you.  Will drinking 16 ounces of beet juice a day also work? Or will this much juice overload your kidneys and adrenals to cause harm? 

What vegetable  juices do you drink? I juice three beets with four stalks of celery and two carrots. It works for me. So does a cup of spinach and celery juiced daily with a handful of flat parsley and a tablespoon of green barley powder work great for me. I can't say it will work on others unless somebody is scientifically testing green juice snacks on others. I use my Vita-Mix blender so the pulp from the vegetables also is in the juice.

And then there's the food allergy factor. Most people don't know that the common antigens such as corn or potato, even if they show up in Scotch or vodka, can cause allergy-related arrhythmias. That's where the disconnect in medicine shows up.

It's about when more and more pills are given to cover what might be caused by a faulty gene that needs to be 'overridden' by a change of diet. Or there could be chemical causes of toxicity such as rocket fuel in tap water causing thyroid imbalances and the toxic  (to you but maybe not to another person) chemicals in a new carpet to which you're overly sensitive.

So what do you do when the pills no longer work, or they make you sicker, or you just don't want to start because of the unfavorable results you saw happen to a close relative with pills? Are there really alternatives that will work when tailored just for you?

Have you ever had a test of your red blood cell count to see whether you have enough magnesium in your cells (not only in your blood serum)? What if the serum tests say you're normal, but your cells are starving because they aren't absorbing a mineral or nutrient such as magnesium? Or the minerals aren't balanced properly and you have too much or to little of one causing your issues?

Are you absorbing enough magnesium? Is it in balance with your calcium and the rest of the minerals you need? Or are you plagued with too much or too little selenium? Or too much zinc? Or too little? Or what you have is too much that it has become toxic to you? Get tested. Men should also think about preventive health measures even though it's national women's health week. How many types of medicine are there? Let's see. There's functional, integrative, alternative, and complementary medicine for starters.

National Women's Health Week starts on May 10th

During national women's health week, take a few mintues to read some of these RESPeRATE (tm)   testimonials. According to the US Dept. of Health and Human Services,women'shealth.gov Web site, "The 10th annual National Women's Health Week will kick off on Mother's Day, May 10, 2009 and will be celebrated until May 16, 2009. National Women's Checkup Day will be Monday, May 11, 2009. The eight-week Woman Challenge, an online physical activity program, starts May 10, 2009."

National Women's Health Week is a weeklong health observance coordinated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office on Women's Health (OWH). National Women's Health Week empowers women to make their health a top priority.

"With the theme 'It's Your Time,' the nationwide initiative encourages women to take simple steps for a longer, healthier, and happier life. During National Women's Health Week, communities, businesses, government, health organizations, and other groups work together to educate women about steps they can take to improve their physical and mental health and lower their risks of certain diseases."

 According to the US Dept. of Health and Human Services, women'shealth.gov  Web site, important steps include:

• Getting at least 2 ½ hours of moderate physical activity, 1 hour and 15 minutes of vigorous physical activity, or a combination of both each week
• Eating a nutritious diet.
• Visiting a health care professional for regular checkups and preventive screenings.
• Avoiding risky behaviors, like smoking and not wearing a seatbelt.
• Paying attention to mental health, including getting enough sleep and managing stress.

 In this brief uTube video, below, a medical doctor reveals specific natural alternatives for lowering high blood pressure 

Click on the three videos below to see the effects of magnesium in balance with calcium and other minerals to treat depression, insulin resistance, and what a magnesium imbalance or deficiency can do to a cell. The videos are from the Nutritional Magnesium Organization site.

Video 1 Effects of a magnesium to calcium imbalance in a cell.

Video 2 Treating depression with magnesium to raise the serotonin levels.

Video 3 Treating insulin resistance and diabetes with magnesium.