Featured Topic:Reduce Blood Sugar with Hintonia

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Less Sugar = More Diabetes Risk???

• Researchers are finding that replacing sugar with artificial sweeteners INCREASES the risk of diabetes

• A 2009 study found that, versus people who don’t drink regular OR diet soda, people who drink diet soda daily are • 36% more likely to develop metabolic syndrome

• 67% more likely to develop type 2 diabetes

• Recently, researchers asked overweight individuals who did NOT have insulin resistance to drink either plain water, or water sweetened with sucralose, and then everyone took a glucose tolerance test

• Result: versus plain water, drinking the sucralose water increased insulin levels by 20%

• In other words, people reacted to the sucralose as if it were sugar

The Cure for Diabetes: Hintonia latiflora

• Native to Mexico and Central America

• Known in Europe, especially in Germany, for over 60 years as a treatment for diabetes

• Ideal for people with “pre-diabetes” – fasting blood sugar levels between 100-125 and HbA1C levels of 5.7% – 6.4%

Clinical Study on Hintonia

• In a 2014 study, 178 people with type 2 diabetes/pre-diabetes were divided into 4 groups treatment groups, all received Hintonia latiflora plus their regular diabetes protocol

• Oral antidiabetics

• Oral antidiabetics and insulin

• Insulin only

• Diet changes only

• After 8 months, significant improvements occurred

• HbA1c improved by an average of 10.4%

• Fasting glucose improved by an average of 23.3%

• Postprandial glucose improved by an average of 24.9%

• In 114 participants were taking some kind of medication – at study end, 45 participants reduced their dosage and 10 participants no longer needed it.

Naturheilpraxis mit Naturmedizin. February 2014.

More research

• 41 people with Type 2 diabetes

• Received Hintonia extract with a small amount of essential vitamins and minerals (including B vitamins and zinc); one capsule, twice a day before meals, for 6 months

• Results• 11% decrease in HbA1c levels

• 25% reduction in fasting glucose levels

• 22% reduction in postprandial glucose levels

• Research going back to 1950 consistently documents beneficial effects of Hintonia in reducing blood sugar levels

What to know about Hintonia

• Extremely safe – research going back over 60 years has found it is very well tolerated with no significant adverse effects

• The sooner it is used the better it works – best results were seen in people with mild to moderate increases in blood sugar levels

• In clinical trials, Hintonia was used safely in combination with insulin and oral antidiabetic medications (but always keep your doctor informed)

• Dosage: 20 mg polyphenols from Hintonia (copalchi) one to three times daily, along with essential vitamins and minerals

The Link Between Bladder Function and Mental Health

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The Bladder/Brain Connection• Researchers tested 274 women who had already been

diagnosed with overactive bladder

• Each women took standardized tests to evaluate mental health

• Results: 60% of the women had moderate or severe depression; 62% had moderate or severe anxiety• The greater the severity of their bladder problems, the more likely

the women were to have depression or anxiety

• A separate study found similar results: 48% of patients with overactive bladder had anxiety symptoms

• Additionally: women taking drugs for overactive bladder were 38% more likely to be diagnosed with depression

• What is the link? Some researchers think serotonin. Low serotonin levels have been associated with increased urinary frequency and bladder contractions

Help for mood and the bladder

• Overactive bladder• 100 – 200 mg of Angelica archangelica has been shown to increase

bladder capacity and reduce number of urinations at night, particularly in participants who had small bladder volumes

• Mood: depression and anxiety• Curcumin has been found to increase serotonin levels; in

clinical trials 750 mg of curcumin with turmeric essential oil was equal or more effective at treating depression than prescription drugs

• E. angustifolia, 20 mg twice daily, reduced anxiety 25% with results noticeable on the first day of use

A Closer Look at: Foot Pain(4 slides)

Fixes for Painful Feet

• 80% of American women have foot problems

• One reason: 9 out of 10 American women wear shoes that are too small for their feet• 7 out of 10 women will experience problems with foot deformities including

bunions and hammertoes

• Three other common reasons for foot pain:• Plantar fasciitis (chronic irritation and damage of the band of tissue on the

bottom of the foot, running from the heel to the toes)

• Heel spurs (buildup of calcium deposits on the bottom of the heel)

• Diabetic neuropathy

Fix #1: Plantar Fasciitis

• Goal: reduce inflammation and pain; repair the microscopic tears in the connective tissue that cause the pain

• Pain Relief: curcumin, boswellia, DLPA and nattokinase

• Tissue Repair: vitamin C, niacin, vitamin B6, magnesium, zinc, manganese, boswellia, bromelain

• Also needed: time and patience; healing and recovery can take many weeks

• Did you know? About 50% of people with plantar fasciitis will also have a heel spur

Fix #2: Heel Spurs• A heel spur (bone spur) is an extra deposit of bone

tissue on normal bone – they are PAINFUL

• When your body’s pH is out of balance• Too acid: calcium is pulled from bones to neutralize acid,

making bones weak and causing osteoporosis• Too alkaline: calcium crystals can form outside bones and

cause bone spurs and other problems

• Heel spur fix: dissolve them with acidifying nutrients

• Ammonium chloride and betaine hydrochloride• Promote acid stomach, which leads to proper mineral

absorption• Calcium chloride and calcium phosphate, magnesium

glycerophosphate, Vitamin B6 as P-5-P, Vitamin C as ascorbic acid

Fix #3: Diabetic neuropathy (burning feet)

• High blood sugar is very irritating to nerves

• 60-70% of people with diabetes have some sort of nerve damage (neuropathy) especially in the hands and feet

• Neuropathy fix: reduce blood sugar, ease inflammation, and repair nerves with a combination of Bioactive B vitamins, Zinc, Chromium, and Alpha lipoic acid• Zinc, Chromium and ALA reduce blood sugar

• B vitamins shown in clinical trials to reduce nerve pain; benfotiamine specifically found to reduce the pain of diabetic neuropathy