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Dr. Dan featured in Healthy Beginnings Magazine! Wow!

admin — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:01:56 +0000

Please click on the link below to read Dr. Dan’s fantastic article– “Amazing Amino Acids: the Building Blocks of Protein and YOU”

http://issuu.com/healthybeginningsmagazine/docs/april2012/13

Building Better Health: how micronutrient intake builds TOTAL health

admin — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:41:43 +0000

The importance of micronutrient intake: amino acids, vitamins/minerals & omega 3 when building better health:

The Building Blocks

As you know, amino acids are the “building blocks” for all cells in your body, including your brain, skeletal system, immune system, cardiovascular system and so on. They can be compared to the materials required to build a house that you would find at a construction site, such as 2×4′s, 4×4′s, electrical wires, plumbing supplies, etc.

The Builders

Just as building a house requires more than the raw materials, other essential nutrients are required to work with the amino acids in building health and well being. Imagine if all you had on a construction site were the materials - the job would go nowhere without the builders to actually build! This is similar to the way your body utilizes amino acids. Vitamins & minerals are essential “cofactors”. They are the energizers and facilitators that take the amino acids from point A to point B in your body. That means a high-quality vitamin & mineral is required to get the job done – to act as the “builders” that take the materials (amino acids) and construct them into a “house”- a healthy, vibrant you!

The Glue

An important step in the building process involves another class of micronutrients called the essential fatty acids (EFAs), best know as omega 3 fish oil. These EFA’s are essential for our health and well being as they promote a healthy brain, healthy skin, healthy heart, healthy immune system and so on. They are, in a sense, the “glue” to bind the cells together. EFA’s become the fat lining around your nerve cells, called myelin. This allows efficient communications from the nerve cells to the body so that the whole house functions properly. So, as important as amino acids are in your daily supplement routine, vitamins, minerals and essential fatty acids play a significant role in your total health.

– Dr. Dan

Allergy Answers – Part 5

christie — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:00:18 +0000

So how can we use amino acids to treat the antibody responses? One of the most effective forms of allergy relief is supplemental histidine. Not only does histidine stimulate stomach acid secretion, it also regulates the ratio of helper cell to suppressor. This is a little surprising, as its histamine form is a central component of the allergy response – the flushing and inflammation. Histidine’s suppressor-helper balancing action actively prevents this allergic repines form occurring. Histidine supplementation can unblock nasal passages, resolve redness and swelling, and relieve the irritability, depression, and anxiety that often accompany an allergy response. When it comes to mitigating allergic responses, histidine is one of the best aminos you can take.

(From The Amino Solution by Robert Erdmann, Ph.D.)

Allergy Answers – Part 4

christie — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:30:01 +0000

Most allergies can be traced back to two related sources. The first is that the immune systems of as many as one person in ten produce more T-cell helpers than suppressors. These helper cells lead to the formation of increased numbers of antibodies, even though there may be no dangerous invading substances in the body. If these antibodies reacted exclusively to the substances they were designed to fight, this overproduction would be harmless.But, because invading substances change – viruses, for example, are constantly altering their structures – the defending antibodies must also be able to adapt in order to be effective. For this to happen, the structures of their connection sites allow for a certain latitude in what they latch on to. So when their numbers are abnormally increased by T-cell helpers, and in the absence of any harmful substances for them to attack, the antibodies might turn on almost anything as an invader. The result will be they symptoms of an immune response – headache, inflammation, fever – as the antibodies start reacting to the most innocuous, everyday substances: dust, pollen, foods, and even the body’s own tissue.

Come back tomorrow for part 5!

(from The Amino Revolution – Robert Erdmann, Ph.D.)

Allergy Answers – Part 3

christie — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:30:44 +0000

An allergy is an abnormally heightened sensitivity to a substance (allergen) that is brought into contact with the body. The traditional view that this sensitivity can be traced back to a single cause, and steps taken to either avoid it or “desensitize” your body to it, it obsolete. There is such an incredible numb of allergens that in many people allergic reactions occur continually. A radical new approach is needed – one that strengthens the body’s entire metabolism, and in doing so mitigates its allergy-causing hypersensitivity. Over the past few years, amino acids have been used in this way with astonishing success. They attack the causes of allergies at their roots. By improving your digestion, removing damage-causing agents such as free radicals, and balancing the resources of your body’s immune system, they offer hope for literally millions of allergy sufferers.

Come back tomorrow for part 4!

(from The Amino Revolution – Robert Erdmann, Ph.D.)

Allergy Answers – Part 2

christie — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 16:30:41 +0000

How often do you have a “low” day, physically drained and mentally sluggish, unable to eat without feeling queasy, perhaps with trouble breathing? What about the sores and ulcers in your mouth? Or the rash of dry, flaky skin on the backs of your arms? These are all symptoms of allergies. In fact, if you suffer from rheumatoid athritis there is a good chance that this , too, is caused by an allergy.

Come back tomorrow for part 3!

(from The Amino Revolution – Robert Erdmann, Ph.D.)

Allergy Answers – Part 1

christie — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:30:22 +0000

Most people are only dimly aware of how allergies affect them. Some know from experience to dread the start of summer and the inevitable attack of hay fever – with its months of headaches watery eyes, and stuffy noses. Others are reluctant to visit friend with pets because they are allergic to cat or dog fur. Beyond these common examples, though, general knowledge and understanding of allergies is almost nonexistent.

Yet in reality people are allergic to an enormous variety of substances. Tobacco smoke, for example, causes a reaction in almost everybody; many people can’t drink milk or eat wheat without becoming ill; and numerous pollutants and chemicals affect us continually – all without us realizing.

Come back tomorrow for part 2!

(From “The Amino Revolution” – Robert Erdmann, Ph.D.)

The Youthful Skin Connection – Part 5

christie — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 15:00:25 +0000

Flexible skin – Stretch mark are usually associated with pregnancy, but in fact they affect many people besides expectant mothers. These scar like ribbons of diaphanous skin are responsible for a great deal of self-consciousness and anxiety.

Stretch marks occur when the skin hasn’t the elasticity to expand. Although it might feel perfectly pliable to the touch, the rigidity occurs at the molecular level. It often signifies a dietary deficiency of many important nutrients, particularly tryptophan and zinc. Zinc is the most important trace element in collagen. It lends the skin pliability and strength, and to protect against further stretch marks, many nutritionists recommend taking it as a supplement along with tryptophan. Why take these two together? Basically, tryptophan helps ensure that zinc is carried through the intestinal wall into the blood stream.

The Youthful Skin Connection – Part 4

christie — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:00:48 +0000

You can use amino acids and their cofactors to provide you with effective hydroxyl protection.We know how successful glutathione is as a free radical scavenger. Taken together with vitamins A & C, glutathione can protect prostaglandins from free-radical damage. As heavy metals are another common cause of skin damage, the chelating ability of glutathione should make it a part of every Southern Californian’s diet. Wherever you sunbathe, though, whether at Biarritz or Boston, it’s well worth including glutathione in your diet.

Come back tomorrow for part 5!

(from “The Amino Solution” – Robert Erdmann, Ph.D.)

The Youthful Skin Connection – Part 3

christie — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 15:00:39 +0000

When you lie on a blazing beach, no matter what factor protective oil you apply, the sun’s ultraviolet rays will penetrate the skin and start to oxidize these water molecules. This process robs water molecules of their electrons, and in doing so turns them into hydroxyls – the most dangerous of free radicals. When hydroxyl production reaches a certain level, it causes skin cancer. The destructive effect of ultraviolet light is a major reason for the scientific world’s current concern over the loss of the ozone layer from the upper atmosphere. The ozone layer filters out most of the ultraviolet that comes from the sun, effectively protecting us from a hydroxyl-induced cancer epidemic. For without this layer – and there is already a hole in it the size of Antarctica caused by pollutants – the number of skin cancers would skyrocket.

Come back tomorrow for part 4!

(from “The Amino Solution” – Robert Erdmann, Ph.D.)