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Staying Healthy Today With Kirk Hamilton
August 16, 2009
"Staying Healthy Today Interviews..."
"Get Rid of Your Diabetes - Don't Just Control It!"
This is the mantra of our guest for this week's (August 19, 2009) Staying Healthy Today interview. Our guest will be once again Dr. Joel Fuhrman author of the best selling book Eat To Live, and his most recent 2 volume set Eat For Health. By using his concept of Health = Nutrients / Calories Dr. Fuhrman get's his diabetic patients to eat the most nutrient dense foods that are low in calories to achieve REVERSAL not just control of type II diabetes which is 90-95% of all diabetics. Key points to diabetic reversal - 1) Rapid, safe weight loss to normalize weight (his book Eat To Live is excellent) 2) You must eat the most nutrient dense foods rich in vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and phytochemicals that help you repair tissue and protect tissue, especially liver and pancreatic tissue vital to normal blood sugar control. 3) How to safely lower your medications during this diabetic reversal program using the Eat For Health approach (drfuhrman.com). This show is a must for all diabetics and overweight individuals.
Remember PDF transcripts of the interviews are always available approximately one week after the posting of the interview (www.prescription2000.com).
GERD - GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE...
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), otherwise known as acid reflux or reflux, is a very common condition. Acid from the stomach "flips up" into the esophagus (the tube from your mouth to your stomach) and it burns typically. This is due to either a "sloppy" lower esophageal sphincter allowing the acid to "regurgitate" back into the esophagus; abnormal pressure from below (obesity, excessive bloating, hiatal hernia, laying flat, etc.) pushing the stomach contents "up" so-to-speak; and/or a very inflamed esophagus for other reasons. Long term reflux can damage your esophagus and may lead to either ulcers or possibly cancer. You frequently see ads on T.V. for acid blocking drugs (H2 blockers, proton pump inhibitors, etc.) or medications that neutralize the acid (antacids, TUMs, etc.). This is obviously a very common problem but many times it has a very simple solution.
The typical symptoms of GERD include heartburn; sore or ‘sour' throat; difficulty swallowing (dysphagia); noncardiac chest pain; coughing and/or wheezing and hoarseness. Acid reflux disease treatment generally consists of lifestyle modification and medications such as antacids or proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs).
Here are 8 Simple Things You Can Do for GERD...
- Avoid these food triggers - all dairy products, citrus fruits, chocolate, mint, drinks with caffeine such as coffee or soda, alcohol, fatty and fried foods garlic and onions, peppermint, spicy foods, tomato-based foods such as spaghetti sauce, chili and pizza or just eat foods off the BED Diet list for 2 weeks and keep a Diet Diary.
- Start losing weight. Eat whole foods only. ½ your food intake is vegetables. Read Eat To Live by Joel Fuhrman, M.D..
- Sleep with your pillows propping your chest up until you lose weight and your symptoms are under control.
- Eat a light evening meal. Give yourself at least 2-3 hours to bed time after your evening meal.
- Go for a walk after your evening meal.
- Take dietary supplements vitamin C 500-2000 grams, vitamin A 5000 IU, vitamin B5 500 mg/d, zinc 20 mg, L-glutamine 500-5000 mg/d, probiotic 10-20 billion bacteria per day.
- Try not to take chronically non-steroidal-anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) (ibuprofen, etc. or aspirin).
- If there has been a history of consuming lots of sugar, sweets and refined carbohydrates in your past and/or past frequent antibiotic use a two week antifungal trial is warranted. Yes, there are not supposed to be yeast in the esophagus but I have seen this treatment work on more than one occasion. See a physician who is familiar with treating yeast.
Food intolerance is a frequent cause of daily or periodic GERD. Dairy is a classic culprit. I'll never forget the case of a middle age man who came to see me for chest pain whose first request was, "Please refer me to a cardiologist to see what this chest pain is about." He had been seen by his primary care physician and internist and had done multiple electrocardiograms and treadmill stress tests for his heart. No results. He was very concerned still it was his heart. No one had asked him what he ate. Turns out he was a "dairy-o-holic" and liked his hot salsa. These two foods were eliminated - dairy and salsa - his chest pain immediately stopped. Needless to say no cardiology consult (and time and expense) was needed.
Always, always for any chronic complaint that no one has been able to figure out ask the patient, or yourself, what they/you have been eating frequently. First eat whole food; second remove frequently eaten foods if the problem didn't improve with whole foods. Or just give the BED Diet a try for a month...."At Worse Do No Harm."
Until next time Stay and Be Well
Kirk
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