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>From: "Nutrition and Healing - Amanda Ross" <healthtips@...> >To: gabwebster@... >Subject: Facing Facts >Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2004 09:26:11 -0400 > >Health e-Tips > >Thursday August 05, 2004 > >************************************************************** >We hope you enjoy this free e-letter from Dr. Jonathan V. >Wright's Nutrition and Healing. You have received this >e-mail because you have either signed up for our >e-letter through a promotion on an affiliate website, >subscribed to one of Agora Health's print newsletters, >or visited our website and signed up there. If you're >an existing subscriber to the Health e-Tips, you should note >it is now being sent from a different server. Please >make sure to add this new address to your "friends" >list or to "whitelist" it if necessary. If you wish to >permanently remove yourself from this mailing list, >follow the instructions at the bottom of this page. >************************************************************** > >Dear Reader, > >Today, thanks to Dr. Wright, I have so much more information >about what works for acne than I did when I was a teenager. And >while, thankfully, my skin has cleared up since then, acne is still a >major problem for many teens and adults, sometimes showing up >again unexpectedly later in life, well after you thought you were >safe. > >But the medical mainstream doesn't have any better solutions to >this problem than it did when I was in high school. In fact, a recent >study published in the Journal of the American Medical >Association showed clear evidence that yet another mainstream >treatment -- pulsed dye laser therapy -- doesn't work. But despite >the treatment's failure, the researchers still concluded that the >ineffectiveness wouldn't be grounds rule it out as a viable therapy. > >What I wish the mainstream would realize -- and what I wish I'd >known as a teen -- is that most skin problems, including acne, are >better solved by focusing on what you're putting inside your body, >not what you're slathering…or shining…onto your face. > >Since our skin is technically an excretory organ -- meaning part of >its function is to excrete toxins -- food sensitivities, allergies, or >just a poor diet are going to show up there first. A little sleuthing >with food elimination and reintroduction might help you pinpoint >exactly what makes your skin erupt, and what foods help keep it >clear. Dr. Wright has always maintained that one of the worst >offenders here is refined sugar, as well as other refined >carbohydrates, so pay particular attention to how these affect you. >And remember that eliminating them altogether will help your >overall health -- including your skin -- tremendously. > >Beyond foods, there are also some nutrients than can be especially >helpful. While many acne sufferers get some relief from taking >antibiotics, ongoing use of these drugs does more harm than good. >Dr. Wright has found that using zinc in place of antibiotics is much >more effective -- and safe. Adults can take 15-30 mg. daily for >mild acne, or up to 30 mg. two to three times daily for severe >cases. And Dr. Wright always recommends taking copper with >zinc -- 1 mg of copper for every 15 mg of zinc you take. > >B Vitamins are also very helpful in treating skin problems -- >particularly for breakouts that occur in women around their >menstrual cycle. Folic acid (10 mg a day) and vitamin B6 (50 mg. >two to three times a day) work well. In men, selenium seems to >give better results (200 micrograms a day). > >It's not that topical treatments don't work – many of them work >quite well. Like azelaic acid for acne rosacea or Retin-A (see >"What is…" below). But topical treatments generally don't address >the root causes of skin problems -- they just manage some of the >symptomatic response. > >But for teenagers and adults alike, acne can be better managed, and >even completely cured, by attending to your overall health, not just >your skin. A health body will most likely have healthy skin to >show for it. > >************************************************************** >     DOING SOMETHING GOOD FOR YOUR HEART JUST GOT EASIER > >Most doctors will agree--coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) is one of >the nutrients we need the most. 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To >learn more, visit the link below: > >http://www.youreletters.com/t/39382/2821141/614/0/ >(if you can't open here use the HTML links listed below) > >************************************************************** >To start receiving your own copy of the Health e-Tips, visit: >http://www.wrightnewsletter.com/etips/freecopy.html >Or forward this e-mail to a friend so they can sign-up to >receive their own copy of the Health e-Tips. > >************************************************************** > >Red tea, or red herring? > >Q: I'm always hearing about the health benefits of tea – but I am >sensitive to caffeine. Recently, I saw something called "red tea" in >the stores and the label said it was caffeine-free. Could this version >give me the same health benefits without the caffeine? > >JVW: That's exactly what the importers and marketers would like >you to think, but it's not quite that simple. > >"Red tea," or rooibos (pronounced roy-boss), isn't actually tea at >all. It comes from a plant called Aspalanthus linearis that grows >primarily in South Africa. True tea comes from the Camellia >sinensis plant. The only difference between the various teas -- the >black, green, and white varieties -- that come from the camellia >sinensis plant is the amount of time spent in processing. That >process affects how much of the original health benefits remain in >the tea. Generally, the less time tea is processed, the better. White >tea is the least processed of all, and carries the most significant >health benefits. Black tea is the most processed, and thus has the >least of the stellar health benefits -- but they are present, >nonetheless. > >The tricky part here is that the manufacturers are calling rooibos >tea when, technically, it isn't, and that they're saying it has all the >health benefits that tea offers without the caffeine. That could be >slightly misleading. Rooibos does contain some polyphenols, >which have proven to ward off some forms of cancer. But studies >show it contains about half as many polyphenols as green tea, >although the marketing claims say the polyphenol content is equal. >It also appears to have minimal amounts of calcium, potassium, >zinc, and magnesium than is found in true teas. > >This isn't to say that rooibos isn't good for you – South Africans >have used it for years to soothe upset stomachs and relieve hay >fever symptoms. But while it might offer its own unique benefits, >rooibos clearly is not real tea's health equivalent. > >************************************************************** >         FINALLY! SOMETHING OTHER THAN GLUCOSAMINE >              TO STAVE OFF JOINT DISCOMFORT > >Do you remember the last time you rolled out of bed without >feeling stiff and sore? Can you imagine swinging a golf club, >or spending the afternoon gardening...without paying for it >with days of discomfort? Now you can! > >Scientists in New Zealand discovered a new alternative in the fight >to keep joints healthy… > >Let’s face it – today’s typical glucosamine and chondroitin supplements >don’t work for everyone. Leaving thousands to face the discomfort of aging >joints – with not much more than drugs or surgery to look forward to. Now, >there’s a new natural alternative... >It's time to maintain your mobility and freedom - for many painless years >to come. Visit below to find out more: > >http://www.youreletters.com/t/39382/2821141/584/0/ >(if you can't open here use the HTML links listed below) > >************************************************************ >To start receiving your own copy of the Health e-Tips, visit: >http://www.wrightnewsletter.com/etips/freecopya.html >Or forward this e-mail to a friend so they can sign-up to >receive their own copy of the Health e-Tips. > >************************************************************** > >What is…Retin-A? > >Retin-A is an active and very strong  topical form of vitamin A. It >is often used to improve the appearance and texture of the skin >since it produces a mild, superficial peel of the epidermis or outer >layer of the skin. Although it is technically a natural product, it is >only available by prescription. > > >Yours in good health, > >Amanda Ross >Managing Editor >Nutrition & Healing > >Sources: >Orringer JS, et. al. "Treatment of acne vulgaris with a pulsed dye >laser: a randomized controlled trial." JAMA 2004; 291(23): 2,834- >2,839 > >Marnewick JL, Joubert E, et al. "Modulation of hepatic drug >metabolizing enzymes and oxidative status by rooibos (Aspalathus >linearis) and Honeybush (Cyclopia intermedia), green and black >(Camellia sinensis) teas in rats." J Agric Food Chem 2003; 51(27): >8,113-8,11 > >Copyright (c)2000-2004 by www.wrightnewsletter.com, L.L.C. >Health e-Tips may not be posted on commercial sites without >written permission. > >AOL HTML links >************************************************************** ><a href="http://www.youreletters.com/t/39382/2821141/614/0/">AMAZING NEW CoQ10 BREAKTHROUGH </a> ><a href="http://www.youreletters.com/t/39382/2821141/584/0/">FINALLY! 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