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 Hello everyone, this is our nutrition and health forum which will be updated each Tuesday with timely nutrition and health topics as well as information regarding new and effective new products.  See our Calendar for upcoming topics. You can also search for a topic here!  Please note:  The topics and articles posted here are the opinion of the author, Taryn DeCicco, ND, LDN, LAc, and the property of Taryn DeCicco and Apple-A-Day INC. and are not intended to diagnose, treat, or ameliorate any heath disorder or serve as a subsitute for qualified medical care.

 

I hope you've had the chance to peruse our website. Please post your comments or questions, as I will be updating this site personally.   Best of Health for the New Year!,   Taryn (DocTaryn@aol.com)

November 25th, 2009 at 11:53 am

Happy Thanksgiving to All!  This week's topic is how can we delay the aging process.

I know of several ways two of them are boring, two of them maybe not so.  Recent studies show that vigorous exercise delays biologic aging as much as 12 years!!!  I know a trainer at my health club who is over 60 and could be guessed at 40!!! I am NOT kidding, nor am I naming names!

 

Increased oxygen consumption, muscle mass, basal metabolic rates and bone density are but a few benefits...add to that stress reduction, and you can see powerful this intervention can be.

 

The second tactic...not necessarily in order of importance is calorie restriction.  Research has shown that a nutrient dense low calorie diet extends youth in lab animals for at least 30 years.  The key to this intervention is to keep weight extremely low and to make certain that almost all foods consumed are nutrient dense IE fruits, vegetables, and lean proteins. Again, if you think of this logically, just pick up a 5 # weight and lug it around for an hour. You'll begin to see how quickly excess weight wears your body out.  Avoiding toxic foods and meeting your nutritional needs through foods is fundamental to your body's optimal function and repair.  The key is body fat has to be extremely low...12% men and 18% women or even less....this reduces oxidative stress in the body...the same process that causes metal to rust.

 

Antioxidant therapy can operate in the same fashion but must be tailored to the person as too many antioxidants can actually cause oxidative stress...so again, as is typical with Mother Nature...more is not necessarily better!

 

Lastly, bio-identical hormone therapy has been shown to be beneficial for many people and does not appear to cause the same side effects of conventional hormone therapy. There are probably two major reasons for this: the therapy is tailored to the individual via testing, of their hormone levels over time and second, the source of the hormones is plant versus animal and functions like their own hormone with respect to the receptors but is not the same.

 

Should you wish to discuss any of these interventions please call and schedule an appointment with my service 24 hours a day or online at www.Applle-A-Day-Clinic.COM

 

I will be in Friday and Saturday normal hours!

 

See you then.

 

 

Taryn DeCicco, ND

Apple-A-Day-Clinic.COM
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November 18th, 2009 at 6:44 pm

Hello everyone....Just a quick heads up to let you know that November's Nutrition News has been posted in the Newsletter Portal of the website, amongst interesting tidbits about purple foods, cancer screening, and the lowly appendix, is an article about what your aches and pains are trying to tell you.

 

I will begin offering a micronutrient panel at my office shortly it is very reasonably priced and furnishes great information about one's individual nutrient needs. We'll be posting my results sometime soon.  I do plan to send out via E and snail mail information so if you have moved please call or email me updated information so you won't miss out.

 

Thanks, have a great week.  I will only be open in the early morning on Wednesday of next week and closed of course on Thanksgiving otherwise no changes in hours next week.

 

Have a GREAT week!

 

Taryn DeCicco, ND, CCN, LDN, LAc
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November 10th, 2009 at 2:12 pm

Please check out our upcoming topics , Music in November's Meditation Room, and look for Nutrition News next Tuesday. 

 

So when's the best time to exercise...the new answer may surprise you.  Despite the general belief that it is important to exercise on an empty stomach, the truth is the very reverse especially if you want to lose weight.

 

Exercise boosts hormones that suppress appetite and therefore you will eat less when you next sit down for a meal.  Many of my clients and patients report lessened appetite after starting an exercise regimen.

 

So what happens if you exercise after a meal versus before?  Well, according to researchers at Surrey University and reported in the Journal of Endocrinology, those subjects who exercised after eating burned three times more calories as the control group even though they consumed MORE at their next meal, their overall caloric loss was more and they lost more weight.

 

The subjects also reported that they didn't feel as hungry when it came to mealtimes.  This could be because of hormones such as: PYY, GLP-1, and PP which signal the brain that the stomachis full and increase immediately after exercise.

 

I learned this personally awhile ago.  Accidently, I changed my schedule and began eating before I went to the gym instead of later in order to eat earlier.  I have seen tremendous gains in my metabolism and fat loss in that time span.

 

Like anything, though...it requires commitment and is no quick fix.

 

Best, & Blessings

 

Your comments or questions are welcomed! 

 

 

 

Taryn DeCicco, ND  847-577-4455
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