Category: prevention

Posted on

Dallas Alternative Nutritional Supplement Source Tim Wallace of Dallas Health Helpers points out the dangers of skipping breakfast.

Dallas Alternative Nutritional Supplement Source Tim Wallace of Dallas Health Helpers points out the dangers of skipping breakfast.

Today’s lifestyle leaves us in a rush much of the time. There are appointments to make, deadlines to meet and more things on our lists than can humanly be done in a day. One of the fallouts of this hectic pace is the most important meal of the day-breakfast.

As we wake from what is now too few hours of sleep, we are in a rush to get ourselves psyched up for the day and get out the door and to our first task. Often this means a less than healthful selection of food to just get something in our stomachs rather than a wise choice of nutritional sustenance. That is if we even eat anything at all.

There are consequences to missing breakfast. If you think about it, your last meal was several hours ago. If you ate at 7 p.m. last night, breakfast at 7 a.m. is 12 hours away. During this time your body has processed the dinner and is now awaiting breakfast.

Denying your body breakfast causes it to go into a preservation mode. The body will do all it can to preserve what energy it has available so it can last until more food is taken in. One of these preservation methods is to slow the metabolism down. A slower metabolism burns up fewer calories, thus making a less than optimum intake of calories last longer. This chronic slowed metabolism leads to an increase in fat levels of the body composition.

This increase in fat levels is another preservation mode of the body. Because it is not getting enough to sustain normal daily activities, the body adapts by increasing its ability to store energy for later use. This energy is stored in the form of fat.

A good healthy breakfast is important to keep the systems of the body working at their optimal levels. One should include protein, carbohydrates and healthy fats in the breakfast meal. This can be easily done with the proper selection and can be accomplished in a way to fit into that frantic morning routine we often find ourselves doing.

Because supplementation is, in my opinion, mandatory these days, a good breakfast drink is Caffe Latte Life Shake, from the Shaklee Corporation. This meal replacement, which also comes in vanilla, strawberry and chocolate flavors, contains protein, carbohydrates and healthy fats as well as fiber to give you a healthy break to your fast. It is rated as a very low glycemic food. Give it a try for 2 weeks. You will notice a more alert, even keeled energy through out your morning.

Dallas Alternative Nutritional Supplement Source is about being healthy without drugs or synthetics. Call 214.770.9596 or email us to learn more about vitality and health.

Posted on

Dallas Alternative Nutritional Supplement Source Tim Wallace of Dallas Health Helpers, cites research on the need for vitamin D and calcium supplementation.

Dallas Alternative Nutritional Supplement Source Tim Wallace of Dallas Health Helpers, cites research on the need for vitamin D and calcium supplementation.

More and more research is proving the importance of vitamin d and calcium in maintaining good health.  The following demonstrates that in increasing one’s blood levels of these nutrients through supplementation is a wise choice.

In a Canadian study, calcium and vitamin d can have an enhanced  positive effect on weight loss and its effects on cholesterol levels.  A 15 week study showed an increase in HDL Cholesterol(the good one) and a lowered amount of LDL cholesterol(the undesirable one) in the women studied who took 1200 mg. of calcium and 400 i. u. of vitamin D  vs. the women who had lower levels of vitamin D and calcium in their blood streams.

In a follow up womens health study, premenaupausal women who took more vitamin D and calcium had a reduced risk of breast cancer.

Creighton University showed that women who were given 1100 I.U. of vitamin D  and 1400 to 1500 mg. of calcium had a 60% lower overall risk of cancer than the placebo group.

Higher than RDA (Recommended Daily Allowance) amounts of vitamin D are being studied as a way to reduce the risk of colon and rectal cancer and the results are looking very postive.

Deficiencies of Vitamin D and Calcium may be contributing to the increased incidence of type 2 diabetes.  A Tufts University review shows that supplementing with vitamin d and calcium may help to control blood sugar levels which could help to control the development of type 2 diabetes.

Vitamin D deficiencies have also been associated with cardiovascular disease.  This was reported by researchers at Harvard Medical School in Circulation, a publication of the American Heart Association.  Participants in the study with low vitamin D levels showed a higher rate of incidences of cardiovascular events in the 5 year follow up period.  This higher rate associated with vitamin D deficiency was very evident in those with high blood pressure.

In the Creighton University study, it was also found that very active women who took increased levels of vitamin D and calcium over a period of 8 weeks showed a decreased number of stress fractures over the next TWO YEARS than those who were given a placebo.  This is of particular interest to young athletes and it is important to note that the effects of 8 weeks of supplementation were evident for 2 years.

Dallas Alternative Nutritional Supplement Source is about being healthy without drugs or synthetics.   Call 214.871.9596 or email us to learn more about vitality, health and vitamin D and calcium supplementation.

Posted on

Dallas Alternative Nutritional Supplement Source Tim Wallace, of Dallas Health Helpers, recommends more vitamin D.

Dallas Alternative Nutritional Supplement Source Tim Wallace, of Dallas Health Helpers, recommends more vitamin D.

Previously considered a nutrient of minimal importance, vitamin D has recently been the subject of much research and investigation.  Most of us think of vitamin D as that “thing that milk is fortified with” to increase sales.  The fact is that vitamin D is important for the assimilation of calcium into the body.

New research has revealed that vitamin D, actually a hormone, is an important factor in many other functions of the body.  Of great interest is its effects on the respiratory system.  One study showed that children who had high blood levels of vitamin D were 33% less likely to experience a cold or upper respiratory infection.

Other beneficial implications for high blood levels of vitamin D include the risk reduction for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia.  The vitamin D seems to inhibit prostate growth in BPH patients.

In cancer, Vitamin D tends to inhibit inappropriate division of cells and metastasis, regulate proteins that effect tumor growth and reduce blood vessel formation around tumors.  Bladder, brain, breast and colon and rectal cancers are showing evidence that vitamin D is beneficial in those cases.

Vitamin D has also been shown to help the body maintain adequate insulin levels.  Suggestions are that supplementation can increase insulin levels in those with type 2 diabetes.  Prolonged use of supplementation may help reduce blood sugar levels.

The list goes on and on and is still growing.  Keep watching the news, papers and magazines.  You will see more and more about the benefits of Vitamin D.

While the recommended daily intake in the United States is 400 i.u. of vitamin D, research indicates that more is more effective.  One supplement company feels so strongly about the importance of Vitamin D that they have increased the amounts in their multivitamin to 1000 to 1200 i.u.

The bottom line is that Vitamin D is becoming a household word and will soon have the respect that vitamin C enjoys.  So consider spending a little time in the sun each day without sunscreen and using a high quality natural Vitamin supplement with lots of vitamin D.

Dallas Health Helpers is dedicated to providing useful information and assisting persons to a live a vital and productive life.  We are located in Uptown Dallas, but our reach is world wide.

Dallas Alternative Nutritional Supplement Source, Tim Wallace of Dallas Health Helpers is located in Uptown Dallas, but our effects are far reaching.  We have been in the health field for over 26 years.  We offer nutrition counseling, massage therapy and licensed professional psychotherapy counseling.