Telomeres are sections of DNA at the end of each chromosome that serve as a cap to one's genetic matter.  Each time a cell replicates the telomeres become shorter.  Shorter teleomeres therefore indicate a shorter lifespan for the cell.

 

Telomere length is an assessment of biological age by evaluating chromosomal damage.

 

Inflammatory diets, poor food choices, will create oxidative stress and cause shortening of telomeres. 

 

Stress, overweight, lack of sleep lack of exercise use of recreational drugs, tobacco products, excess alcohol, insulin resistence, and hormonal imbalances, and any and all nutrient deficiencies will all cause telomeres to shorten.

 

Telomere loss and damage has been associated with cancer, dementia, and cardio vascular disease.

 

This is truly an innovative area of study.  Telomere testing is available at my office for a very reasonable cost and will provide insight into your goal of optimal health. Visit our aisle of functional medical tests right in our store

 

Next week we will discuss What is Healing????....Hope to have a new calendar of events and website published by Mayday!!!!

 

Have a wonderful week.

 

Your appointments, product purchases, and referrals are warmly appreciated!!!

 

 

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Apple-A-Day-Clinic.Com

847-577-4455

 

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Forgot I have to publish the site...sorry article is there....regards, Taryn

Debbie...Thanks for the heads-up!!!!

 

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          Ok...So here's the scoops for this week!!

 

I have posted my April Nutrition Newsletter in the Newsletter portal under CURRENT ISSUE with some timely information about naps, Alzheimer's hydration, Nanotechnology, ALCAT allergy testing and more.

 

New hours and phone seem much better for all of you than before...let me know...

 

Next week's article in Tueday's Forum will be What is Healing????

 

Hopefully you have gotten my snail mail if not register on site here or shoot me an email so we can stay in touch...

 

See you next week.

 

PS playing music at the Cubby Bear, Wrigleyville in June.....

 

Have a Great Week,

 

Taryn DeCicco, ND, CCN. LDN, LAc

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      This week's topic is top strategies to beat stress.  Before we get into that: a couple of reminders, announcements and the like.  I have received some RSVP's for the FREE Anatomy of Nutrition Class on 5/1/10 (SAT) at 9:15 AM, and it's almost half full.  The class will cover the function of major nutrients, deficiency symptoms and available tests for nutrition status.  Since space is limited please contact me as soon as possible. It will be 45 minutes in length so I can attend to patients that morning as well.

 

Coupons via EMAIL and Snailmail- on their way to you are expiring on 4/30 (Friday)...I promise you there will not be another one for a few months so HURRY in to take advantage of that.

 

Many of you have so kindly asked about my music shows...Well I am finally there, over my stagefright and thrilled to have your support and company!....I will try to add them to the clinic calendar if you'd like to come out.  Also, please check me out on Facebook, Reverbnation, and myspace and add yourself to the mailing list. I am in the process of developing a separate website for the act.  Due to my schedule,  I sometimes add these shows only a week or so out so if you'd like to know about them visit me there.  I also posted two videos on facebook yesterday from a performance Saturday Night in Woodstock, I am writing some rock songs now as you'll see.  I do not anticipate any shows close by, most will be downtown.  Underground Lounge, a very cool music venue , asked to rebook me for May and we are working out some dates there.  I am also talking to venues in Logan Square, Wrigleyville, and Lincoln Square for upcoming shows...

 

Okay:  So Who's stressed out?????  Lot's of folks.  I have noticed a real upsurge in stress and negative energy since the economy soured.  Part of the problem is that most people don't realize life is Supposed to be difficult.  Resisting the inevitable is one source of stress that can be alleviated.

 

Few people realize this but hard work is actually less stressful for most people than boredom is...it also leads to less problematic health behaviors such as compulsive eating, smoking or drinking.  These types of behaviors weaken the body and then lessen one's ability to withstand stress.

 

Exercising regularly, is one of the best ways to conquer stress because it not only strengthens you but it also helps dissipate adrenalin, cortisol and other chemicals that can lead to major health problems like heart disease and diabetes.

 

Restful sleep is key to alleviating stress. Lack of sleep becomes another stressor, making all the other ones worse.  Lack of sleep also makes things much harder for the average person cognitively.  Feeling overwhelmed , compounds difficulties and makes it hard to make good decisions.

 

Having a good sex life helps reduce stress by generating intimacy and blowing off negative energy in a similar but more powerful way than exercise does.

 

Try to reach out to others.  Bottling up feelings only leads to more stess.

 

Don't procrastinate...on some level you know what you need to do and doing it is actually easier...a tip I use is to start the day by doing the thing I least want to do. After that I feel energized, and ready to tackle everything else.

 

Eat good fruits and vegetables, antioxidants in food and supplements help to protect your cells.

 

Spend some time rejuvenating your thoughts with meditation, yoga, visualization, tai chi or qi gong.

It helps to reprogram yourself so you stay positive.

 

Always keep in mind that you can take action to change your life, and most people do not.

 

Develop a spiritual belief system and practice to keep your earthly concerns in check. 

 

Visit the stress aisle of our store for professional supplements and FREE shipping and great prices!

 

Adopt acupuncture, or massage on a regular basis to recharge and rebalance yourself when things are too hard.

 

Taryn DeCicco, ND, CCN, LAc

Apple-A-Day-Clinic.com

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Your referrals, appointments and product purchases are warmly appreciated. Thank you for your support.  Have a great week

 

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Hope you enjoy our April activities, see the April Events on the Navigation Bar for details. I am holding my first Anatomy of Nutrition Lecture on Saturday, May 1st at 9:15 see the calendar for details.  I have changed our phone system so you can choose various options instead of going directly to the service...i am also on the new schedule of hours as of Thursday.  I am in the process of changing our products and am offering FREE SHIPPING for online Orders soon, see the store for details.

 

This weeks forum topic is why people become addicted to junk food.

 

 

According to a landmark study in Nature Neuroscience last week, people can be addicted to junk food just like drugs, experience similar cravings and actually require larger and larger amounts to feel good and have an even harder time quitting than drug addicts.

 

Scientists at the prestigious Scripps Institute tested this theory by giving rats junk foods.  The rats experienced an increase in dopamine, which then would become depleted pending ingestion of more and more junk food.

 

The rats that had junk food available at all times became not only obese but compulsive eaters.  The most disturbing bit of information revealed that the depleted dopamine receptors returned to normal even in rats addicted to cocaine or heroin within two days but it took TWO WEEKS for the junk food rats.

 

Let's face it, there are tremendous financial incentives for companies to manipulate these behaviors.  Obesity related health issues cost the US over $150 billion dollars PER YEAR!!   Even so, most people are not ready for the government to regulate the food industry. Still, threats of heavy taxation has some large companies already taking action to reduce their foods harmful ingredients in order to avoid heft tax bills.

 

Still in the face of addiction, and lower prices...will it make any difference.  What are your thoughts?

 

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   With just a few days into the spring season, I would like to discuss eating with the spring season, according to Traditional Chinese Medicine this week.  This ancient system balances nutrition and dietary therapy according to individual constitution, yin and yang, 5 elements: water, wood, metal, fire, and air, and the seasons.

 

If you would like to learn more about your individual dietary needs according to this philosophy I encourage you to schedule an appointment for yourself.

 

According to TCM, the spring season is one where new young life bursts forth.  Young vegetables are preferred such as sprouts of wheatgrass, mung, beans, alfalfa, and radish.

 

The wood element rules the spring season and the organ associated with that element is the liver.  The climate for the wood element and the the liver is wind.

 

Health problems which occur during the spring season are:  stomach problems, acid reflux, diarrhea and of course seasonal allergies.  Please come in for support for these types of common spring ailments.  Chinese medicine addresses these problems by balancing the liver, kidneyys, spleen and lung.

 

Foods which soothe and cleanse the liver are green leafy vegetables such as dandelion greens, broccolli, kale, cabbage, and beets as well as root vegetables.

 

Greens and leafy vegetables are associated with soothing the liver and cleansing and freshening the body.  Citrus fruits,  pear, apple, celery and carrot are useful.  Balance is very important.  Apples have an important function in detoxification and cleansing of the liver, as does citrus fruits in cleansing the blood, and removing excess phlegm and dampness.

 

Young sources of protein such as veal or lamb if one is not vegan are also associated with the spring season, and have a place in our culture as well.

 

 

Taryn DeCicco, ND

Apple-A-Day Clinic, SC

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Thank you.

 

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I have been so inundated by queries regarding the recent flu epidemic, as well as normal cold season, that I have been surprised yet again regarding the expectation level of my typical client regarding their health status.

 

I perhaps should not be surprised at this given the sense of entitlement people hold towards just about anything in our current cultural climate.  Yes, I've even seen it in friends and family members that I would have thought might have known better.

 

I think the prevalent and perhaps unspoken myth is that if one comes to me and does everything I suggest, that nothing unfavorable will ever happen to them, healthwise.  They will in essence experience perfect health.

 

That is a faulty assumption and I believe that it stems from a very black and white viewpoint our society holds towards health and illness in general, instead of the process or continuum approach that I take.  Illness by many doctors simply occurs at random unless well-established in the medical literature such as the connection between cigarette smoking and lung cancer.

 

In simplest terms, I look at health as if it were a bank account.  Health promoting behaviors such as Diet, Supplementation, Herbs, Exercise, Stress elimination, proper rejuvenative sleep and spiritual practices such as meditation build up the amount of savings in your "health bank". 

 

Stressors: allergens, many times out of one's control, germs, drama, sugar, alcohol, excess salt, sedentary lifestyle are withdrawals on that health account and deplete it's balance.  Excess weight is both a stressor and also a symptom of a greater disharmony internally.  Sometimes we have control of these events but sometimes we don't.

 

I will tell you, I exercise strenuously 5 times a week, enjoy a nearly perfect diet, do not have chronic stressors eating away at me, and have no lifestyle risk factors against me and still managed to get the flu this winter, an occupational hazard some of us might say.  Still, I was over it in about 5 days and was functional all that time, working at least a normal schedule.  Most of my friends and colleagues got way sicker, for far longer.

 

I don't believe that if you do even everything you can for your health it will ever be perfect.  What I do think is that you will experience fewer downtimes and recover faster, and need less heroics in terms of medical care, prescriptions and surgeries.  Most importantly, your health span, as I like to refer to it or the amount of time you feel physically good or great is substantially higher than the average persons.

 

I cannot even remember the last time I had a headache or when something hurt, other than from an injury.  That to me is the biggest advantage to depositing frequently to my "health bank ".

 

Next week we'll talk about dietary changes to make for the spring season.

 

Cheers!

 

Taryn DeCicco, ND, LAc, LDN

Apple-A-Day Clinic, SC

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The Associated Press has released news that the first case of drug resistant TB was found in the US, this past autumn.  The strain, extremely drug resistant strain: XXDR has never been seen before in the US, according to the Center for Disease Control.  XXDR is so rare only a handful of people in the world are thought to have it.

 

Over 40 years ago, the world considered TB, and other diseases conquered due to new wonder drugs: Antibiotics.  At the time, the US Surgeon General declared the war against infectious disease won.

 

Unfortunately, all the leading infectious diseases on the planet: TB, Malaria, and HIV among them are now mutating at an alarming rate.  Why? According to experts overuse and misuse of the medications that were supposed to eradicate them.

 

In Cambodia, scientists have confirmed the emergence of a new drug resistant form of Malaria which is threatening the only treatment left to fight a disease which kills one million people annually.

 

In Africa, mutant strains of HIV are being detected in 5% of new patients.  HIV drug resistance rates have shot up by 30% worldwide. 

 

In the US, drug resistant infections killed more than 65,000 people last year more than the combined deaths of breast and prostate cancer.  Over 19,000 people died of a staph infection which has been completely eliminated in Norway, where antibiotics are strictly limited.

 

Dr Frieden, Director of the CDC, states: "drug resistance is beginning to become a huge problem. TB is a huge potential problem as we are all connected by the air we breathe."

 

The World Health Organization, WHO, recently held its first drug-resistant TB conference last year.  The message was clear, that disease had already spread to all continents and is increasing rapidly.

 

Just as with so many things currently going on in the world, the man made solution to the problem of dangerous, infectious illness, antibiotics has now become a pandemic problem itself.

 

Greed from drug companies as well as counterfeit drug companies, giving drugs to the poor without properly monitoring their treatment and overprescription due to greed and laziness has led us to this very ominous place.

 

Interested in immune health?  Visit the immune aisle of our store!

 

 

Respectfully submitted, 3/16/10

 

Taryn DeCicco ND, LAc, LDN

Apple-A-Day-Clinic.com

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                Greetings, All new stuff coming from me, please visit our updated website, March Calendar, and watch your emails for all new cool stuff.   Blessings, Taryn  3/12/10    

 

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