Preventive Health Blog

New information on preventive health, chronic degenerative disease prevention and healthy lifestyle choices. Includes information on exercise, diet, nutrition and supplementation.

Jul 9, 2008, Asthma prevention and treatment, lung disease symptoms and cause of asthma

Prevent the cause of Asthma with changes to your diet and environment. Importance of nutritional supplements and removing the causes of allergy for asthma prevention.

Jun 28, 2008, Is heart disease prevention and stroke prevention possible?

Real benefits from both conventional and complementary medicine for heart disease prevention and prevention of coronary artery disease, stroke, heart attacks

May 31, 2008, Cancer Prevention: a special focus on lung, colon, skin, prostate, breast cancer

Cancer prevention guide. What you should know and do before you get a symptom. A new trend in preventive health and cancer awareness

Mar 4, 2008, Subscribe to monthly preventive health E-zine

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Dec 27, 2007, How safe is that vitamin or nutritional supplement?

Is the nutritional supplement you are taking safe? Vitamins and minerals to check for when buying vitamins and health supplements.

Dec 17, 2007, Nutrition for women. Achieving optimal women's health diet and nutrition facts

Women's balanced healthy diet, food and nutrition facts on the vitamins and nutritional supplements you need for weight loss and healthy lifestyle.

Dec 6, 2007, What is the benefit of saw palmetto for men's health and prostate issues?

Want to learn how saw palmetto assists with prostate health ? You need to read this information on saw palmetto and men's prostate

Dec 6, 2007, Healthy aging, anti aging. Not just skin care products and treatment

Unique approach to healthy aging and anti aging. Beyond treatment, skin care products, antioxidants, vitamins, creams, supplements.

Dec 6, 2007, What are antioxidants and what are their benefits?

Getting natural benefits of antioxidants from food and vitamin supplements? Which are the rich sources high in antioxidants; fruit, tea, or vitamins?

Dec 6, 2007, Nutritional supplements, Vitamins including vitamin a,b12,c,d,e,and k.

Is a multi vitamin nutritional supplement good enough? Do you need a, b12, c, d, e and k? How to prevent vitamin deficiency and achieve optimum health?

Dec 6, 2007, Easy steps to healthy child nutrition

Getting kids the healthy nutrition they need. The top 5 considerations you must be aware of in child nutrition. Facts not fiction.

Dec 3, 2007, Guide to Osteoporosis prevention, reduction of fractures and bone loss

Simple steps to prevent Osteoporosis. What works best? Treatment or medication, a preventive diet, exercise, or calcium supplements?

Dec 1, 2007, Preventive Health Guide Links

Quality links on preventive health topics and general health information

Dec 1, 2007, Is there a prescription alternative to drugs. Is medicine failing you?

Can you avoid drug side effects with a prescription alternative? Doctors may not recommend non-prescription drugs or treatment.

Nov 24, 2007, Skin care and skin care products for anti aging and skin disease prevention

What is the healthiest approach to skin care? What to look for in skin care product and what to avoid. Are they all the same?

Oct 26, 2007, Exercise program with or without equipment for optimum health

What's really important about exercise and diet for optimum health, fitness, weight loss and disease prevention?

Oct 23, 2007, What are the health benefits of vitamin E?

Make sure you are getting the right form of vitamin E. It’s not just your skin that will benefit from vitamin E. Your heart, arteries and eyes can also benefit from this antioxidant.

Oct 8, 2007, High or low cholesterol? What is normal?

What is the optimal level of cholesterol? How important is diet in lowering your cholesterol levels? Information on HDL and LDL types.

Oct 5, 2007, Doctors and vitamins. Why is there a bias against vitamins and supplements?

Doctors and vitamins. What your doctor does not tell you about nutritional supplements, vitamin use and disease prevention.

Oct 1, 2007, Meet the publisher of The Preventive Health Guide

A comment from the publisher of The Preventive Health Guide

Sep 18, 2007, Learn about the benefit of selenium.

Recent research on the benefits of selenium. What could happen if you have selenium deficiency. What is the correct level in vitamin supplements?

Sep 13, 2007, The health benefit of garlic and how to choose garlic supplements.

Benefits of garlic for the heart, cancer, diabetes and much more. How to guarantee getting the good stuff from garlic without the smell.

Sep 9, 2007, What is a good diet for health and nutrition and a long life?

Six things you need in a good diet for a good mood, a long healthy life and the prevention of degenerative disease.

Sep 9, 2007, Preventive Health

Unique guide to Preventive Health. New, credible and relevant information on Chronic Degenerative Disease including Arthritis, Diabetes, Cancer, Heart Disease.

Sep 9, 2007, Sport nutrition diet supplements and health facts for athletes.

A guide to sport nutrition for optimum health, improved endurance and quick recovery for athletes. Truth on diet supplements and advanced sports nutrition.

Sep 9, 2007, Phytoestrogens and soy isoflavones for menopause.

Are Phytoestrogens and soy isoflavones the answer to menopause symptoms? Find out what women in Asia already know. What are the secret health benefits of these compounds?

Sep 2, 2007, Diabetes Prevention, Diabetes Mellitus Type 1, Type 2, Cause, Information, Diet

The Diabetes Association may not tell you about the benefits of a good diet and exercise program. What’s an effective approach to Diabetes prevention?

Sep 2, 2007, What is the link between obesity and degenerative disease?

Does obesity help to cause degenerative disease? What are the main causes of obesity in America and the rest of the world? Can we change it?

Sep 2, 2007, What are the health benefits of grape seed extract?

What is it about grape seed extract that can help in the fight against cancer, heart disease, arthritis and aging? Facts on grape seed extract that will surprise you.

Aug 24, 2007, Quit smoking or possibly die an ugly, painful death.

Stop smoking now! Quit cigarettes. It is the quickest route to degenerative disease and sometimes death.

Aug 22, 2007, Medical references

Medical references

Aug 21, 2007, Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, symptoms, treatment and diet

What's Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome got to do with what Doctors don't tell you, diet and nutritional supplements?

Aug 21, 2007, Nutrition for men. Achieving optimal men's health with diet and nutrition facts

How to get the nutrition and vitamins you need for success, sport, sexual health and a healthy glow without a silly diet

Aug 21, 2007, Macular Degeneration, information on dry and wet macular degeneration

Age related macular degeneration. Is it better to find a treatment for the symptoms or deal with the cause of degeneration of the eyes’ macular?

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Aug 19, 2007, Lutein, Zeaxanthin and Bilberry. Are they really good for your eyes?

If you are worried about eye disease, macular degeneration or cataracts you need to understand the benefit of Lutein, Zeaxanthin and Bilberry

Aug 18, 2007, Omega 3 Fish Oil, flax seed oil, essential fatty acids: What are the benefits?

Omega 3 Fish Oil and essential fatty acids; list of health benefits as long as your arm. Not getting the right fatty acids? You and your body are missing out – big time.

Aug 18, 2007, Understanding Oxidative Stress and the role of Anti-oxidants

Get an understanding of oxidative stress, free radicals, antioxidants, preventing

Aug 18, 2007, Is degradation of the food supply the cause of degenerative disease?

How can we prevent degenerative disease with good nutrients? Is a balanced diet possible with our modern degraded food supply?

Aug 10, 2007, Importance of quality in nutritional supplements

Are the nutritional supplements you are taking good for you? How do you know they are high quality? Ten things you should look for when buying vitamins and health supplements.

Aug 10, 2007, What is CoQ10? What are the benefits of CoQ10 vitamin supplements?

What are the results of deficiency in CoQ10? Information on Co enzyme Q10 research, anti aging, side effects, soft gel supplements and Lipitor.

Aug 7, 2007, Arthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, symptoms, prevention, pain relief

Get answers on Arthritis including diet, medication and treatment. Useful tips on health supplements for Rheumatoid Arthritis prevention and more.

Aug 7, 2007, Alzheimers disease prevention and Alzheimer's Dementia

Can you protect your brain against Alzheimers disease and prevent Alzheimer's Dementia? What's the new approach to disease prevention?

Aug 6, 2007, Does glucosamine really give arthritis pain relief?

What is the most recent research saying about glucosamine, glucosamine sulphate and the benefits for arthritis and pain relief?

Jul 26, 2007, Why do you need good quality fish oil?

One of my readers recently asked an interesting question.

"When ordering through the mail, is it important that the omega-3 oils are kept from high temp?

The bottles always say to keep cold, but when in the mail one cannot be sure. Would the high temperature during summer months decrease its value?"

On my website I refer a lot to the importance of quality. I am a great believer in the benefits of Omega-3 but it is important how it is manufactured.

The Omega-3 that I take on a daily basis is manufactured under nitrogen.

Each capsule also contains 2mg of tocopherols to prevent lipid oxidation. The oils remain very stable.

A short-term warming (such as during shipping) will not likely cause any degradation of the nutrients contained. Of course, you would not want to keep omega-3 at high temperature there indefinitely.

The manufacturers of my preferred omega-3 have explained that it is stored in their warehouse in a temperature controlled room. It can be stored out of cold/temperature controlled storage for short period of time.

On a broader theme a good supply of EFAs (Essential fatty acids) is absolutely vital if all our organs are to function at a comfortable level of health.

There’s just one problem: the body cannot produce them by itself. That means they must come from the diet, and today our diets are very much lacking in the right quantity and quality of essential fatty acids.

EFAs are what’s known as long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, which come from linolenic (Omega 3 Fish Oil), linoleic (Omega-6), and oleic acids (Omega-9).

An ideal intake per adult per day is 1.5 grams of Omega-3 and the same for Omega-6, and getting the balance right between the two is also important. A healthy ratio would be between 1:1 and 1:4 of Omega-6 to Omega-3.

To find out more click on the link.

Jul 24, 2007, Is there a medical conspiracy?

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The controversial issue! Which is the greatest conspiracy; cancer, cholesterol or arthritis?

Some of this stuff is unbelievable!

Jun 28, 2007, Atrial fibrillation and Stroke prevention

My mum has just been diagnosed with an atrial fibrillation.

What is an atrial fibrillation (AF)?

The heart contracts and pumps blood with a regular rhythm. The interval between each beat should be constant. In atrial fibrillation the heart beats irregularly – usually rapidly.

AF can cause blood inside the hearts atria to stagnate. Stagnant blood can form blood clots in the atria. Sometimes, these blood clots pass through heart, and lodge in the brain and other parts of the body.

One common complication of AF is a blood clot that travels to the brain and causes stroke.

People with AF are often prescribed medications to slow down the rapid heart rate such as beta blockers.

In the case of ongoing AF, doctors may also prescribe warfarin to thin a patient’s blood to help prevent strokes.

Slowing the heart down and thinning the blood – all sounds very concerning. Another reason to really look after your heart health whilst you can.

Jun 14, 2007, Which vitamins and minerals does a healthy body need?

The top seven minerals your body needs in order to function. Get the right combination of vitamins and minerals in your diet. Buy the right health supplement for your unique needs.

Jun 12, 2007, What are the sources and benefits of Ginkgo Biloba

Find out why Ginkgo Biloba is gaining popularity. Research shows the Ginkgo is really good for your brain. Find out about Ginkgo Biloba sources, benefits and side effects.

Jun 7, 2007, Is there a cholesterol conspiracy?

Statin drugs: The authors of this study found that trials of head-to-head comparisons of Studies of results for statin (cholesterol lowering) drugs were more likely to report results and conclusions favouring the sponsor's own product than the drug with which it was compared.

Are we really surprised?