A Tip to limit exposure to bugs, flu, viruses, and bacteria

May I suggest the new era of a handshake?  It’s best to  fist bump and high-five or go retro with a Victorian-age bow or curtsy all which will be even safer in the flu season.

Dr. Shawnie

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Health issues with captivity and processed foods

40 percent of captive African elephants are obese
Like in humans, excess fat in elephants can contribute to the development of heart disease, arthritis, a shorter lifespan and infertility, say researchers.  Extinction of captive elephants could be as short as 50 years.
And maybe we humans need to return to the wild to restore our health!
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Strong and Healthy Spine with Aging, STRONTIUM

Strontium: Breakthrough Against Osteoporosis

The human body contains about 320 mg of strontium, nearly all of which is in bone and

connective tissue.  Strontium in these crystals imparts additional strength to these tissues. Strontium also appears to draw extra calcium into bones.  Strontium tends to accumulate in bone; especially where active remodeling is taking place.  Eighty-four percent of the patients reported marked relief of bone pain with strontium as strontium lactate.  The patients receiving strontium remarked that the pains in their bones had diminished and their ability to move around had improved.

Without equivocation strontium ranelate therapy increases vertebral BMD bone mineral density and reduces the incidence of vertebral fractures.  Strontium gluconate is absorbed more efficiently than strontium carbonate.  New mineral deposits will occur in areas of bone that have been eroded by the cancer.  Strontium also has been shown to reduce the incidence of cavities.  Strontium might also improve cartilage metabolism in osteoarthritis (OA).

A comprehensive regimen of synergistic bone-enhancing substances should be provided for preventing and treating osteoporosis.

Have a question or need counseling on nutrition for your bones? 

Assure yourself with a strong and healthy spine.

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Tour de France

Ever wonder how and why these cyclist excel in The Tour de France?  One possible reason is bc of the presence of the EPAS-1 gene carried by certain denizens.  This gene is involved in regulating hemoglobin production and helps the body produce enough red blood cells to cope with low oxygen levels w/ altitude. 

Drshawnie

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Chiropractor in Broken Arrow

Brown Fat the Powerhouse

A Fat-Burning Powerhouse the ‘Brown fat’

Some very interesting and important clinical studies^[4,5] several years ago showed that brown fat is actually present in some adults. What does brown fat do? Brown fat is brown because it contains mitochondria; those are the energy-producing organelles in each and every cell of our body. But, brown fat has a lot of mitochondria that can generate heat. Uncoupled, the mitochondria burn fat and glucose, and that generates heat to keep us warm in the cold. Until just a few years ago, the only reason we thought we had brown fat was to keep warm.

It turns out that brown fat is a lot more interesting. It can consume a lot of glucose when it's stimulated, either by cold or by hormones. We will talk about those hormones in a few minutes. But brown fat also takes up fat and burns it in a way that allows us to blow off the extra calories if we eat too much. This is important for patients with diabetes, because it is a real "glucose sink." It can suck up a lot of glucose from the blood. Several scientists, some of whose data^[1] have been presented here at the ADA, have found that glucose uptake may actually help regulate the blood sugar level.

A Fat-Burning Powerhouse

Brown fat is found between the scapulae in the back as well as in the supraclavicular area, around the heart, and around the kidneys. Those fat deposits are very important for metabolism. As a person develops obesity or diabetes, these brown fat depositions seem to shrink in size and reduce their activity. A lot of basic science interest has arisen about how we might be able to flip the switch and turn these brown fat cells on to burn more brown fat and help them develop more normally.

Without going into too much detail, hormones that are secreted from the heart and other hormones appear to be able to activate brown fat to make it grow and become activated and produce more heat, and to take up that glucose and fat as well. Although hormones are important, the primary stimulus for the activation of brown fat is the sympathetic nerve terminals.

There is also some thought that the beta-blockers used to treat hypertension might actually be turning brown fat off. That may be one of the reasons that beta-blockers increase body weight. That is the story about brown fat.

Even more interesting is the idea that there might be beige or bright fat. What is that? It turns out that there is an intermediate cell type in white fat that doesn't just store fat, but also has the capacity to burn it. That is another hot topic here at that ADA meeting. This concept is newer in terms of the science that goes along with it, but it is still very intriguing. Drugs, hormones, or other environmental activation (such as a little bit of cold every day) might be able to turn on the fat-burning, so that we can take something that nobody likes (being fat) and manipulate those fat cells to burn fat and sugar.

That is some of the emerging science. I hope you have enjoyed this discussion about brown fat -- the good fat, the new kind of fat that we are trying to turn on.

drshawnie

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http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/827131?nlid=60217_1521&src=wnl_edit_medp_wir&uac=143222DK&spon=17?src=sttwit