Talk With The Doc: Nutrition EssentialsPRESENTED BY DR. VINCE TAYLOR DC, MS, MBA

Topics of Discussion Chronic Illnesses/Diseases: Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes

Mellitus Type II, Obesity, Cancer, Asthma, Fibromyalgia, etc…..

Nutrition Programs (Advocare, Shakeology, Zija, etc…): Pros and Cons

Fats/Oils

Cholesterol

Carbohydrates

Protein

Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen

Food Additives to Avoid

Supplement Recommendations

Chronic Illness 133 million Americans (45% of the population) have at least one

chronic disease (1)

Chronic diseases are responsible for 70% of deaths in the U.S., killing more than 1.7 million Americans every year (2)

Chronic diseases can be disabling and reduce a person’s quality of life, especially if left undiagnosed or untreated. For example, every 30 seconds a lower limb is amputated as a consequence of diabetes (3).

People with chronic disease account for 81% of hospital admissions; 91% of all prescriptions filled; and 76% of all physician visits (4).

Given current trends, one in three children born in 2000 will develop diabetes over the course of a lifetime (5).

Chronic Diseases are Preventable

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that eliminating three risk factors POOR DIET, INACTIVITY, AND SMOKING would prevent (16):

80% of heart disease and stroke

80% of type 2 diabetes

40% of cancer

Who wants to have a Chronic Illness and become another statistic?

What are you doing about it to prevent Chronic Illness?

Hopefully, this talk will be the first step to prevention.

Chronic Disease is Chronic Inflammation in the Body

If you research the pathology of any chronic disease, it boils down to chronic inflammation in the body.

Therefore, the most effective strategy to reduce chronic disease is to reduce chronic inflammation.

The best way to decrease chronic inflammation is to improve an individuals diet.

The second best method is to get adjusted to control neurogenic inflammation in the body.

Diet Plans

Most people understand to some degree that nutrition is important but don’t know where to go for advice or where to start.

Many will start a “diet plan” in an attempt to eat better but fall off the horse shortly into the program.

Let’s take a look at the pro’s and con’s of some popular diet plans.

Diet Plans (Advocare, Shakeology, Zija, etc…)

Pros Consistency

Set Goals to Achieve

Convenience and Saves Time!

This is not to be underestimated. In our lives today, it is very difficult to prep nutritional meals daily. Therefore, this is the biggest driver in the supplement industry.

Cons Most contain appetite suppressants

and/or stimulants

Does not facilitate life long changes. Changes are only made while taking the supplement

Most Lack Credible Third Party Certification

Supplement industry is not regulated

Synthetic Vitamins/Minerals and Non-Organic Ingredients

Example: If B-Vitamins aren’t methylated, they aren’t bioavailable (synthetic)and if minerals aren’t chelated, they aren’t bioavailable (synthetic).

We will come back to supplements, but lets look at how we should eat

Fat/Oils The amount of fat intake ranges from 30-60% of daily calories.

There are cultures where daily fat intake is up to 75% of daily calories, but there are cultures where carbohydrates (sweet potatoes) is 75% of daily calories.

Both cultures are free of chronic disease. Unless you know your heritage, the only way to know which end of the spectrum you should be is based on trial and error. If you have a genetic profile set up to burn fat as fuel, you will feel fantastic on a high fat diet. On the other hand, if your heritage is based off natural sources of carbs, you will feel great on a high carb diet.

Fats are critical in building cell membranes and hormones. The brain is 70% fat by weight.

Fats/Oils

Trans Fat: pro-inflammatory and leads to chronic illness.

Polyunsaturated Fats: Omega 6 fatty acids. Pro-inflammatory but okay if consumed in moderation. Vegetable Oils.

Monounsaturated Fats: Omega 3 fatty acids are anti-inflammatory Olive Oil, Krill Oil, Fish Oil.

Not safe for cooking.

Saturated Fat: Can be incredibly healthy. There are over a dozen saturated fatty acids: Butyric Acid (Butter), Lauric Acid (Coconut Oil and Breast Milk), Myristic

Acid (Cow’s Milk), Palmittic Acid (Palm Oil and Meat), Stearic Acid (Meat and Cocoa Butter), etc…

Fats/Oils Sources of healthy fat:

Avocado

Coconuts/Coconut Oil

Butter (grass-fed/raw)

Organic Pasture Raised Eggs

Grass Fed Meats

Raw Nuts

Unheated Nut Oils

A ratio of 2:1 should be consumed when eating monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats.

The U.S. consumes closer to 1:6 of monosaturated to polyunsaturated fats leading to joint pain, inflammation, and eventually chronic illness.

We will discuss omega 3 supplementation at the end of the workshop.

Cholesterol One of the most important substances in the body.

Cholesterol is formed into: Testosterone

Estrogen

Vitamin D

Bile Salts

Statins are a terrible idea and one of the biggest medical failures. If you have low libido, poor digestion, or low vitamin D levels with adequate sun

exposure, the statin is potentially the cause.

Statins stop the formation of Coenzyme Q10 which is a powerful anti-oxidant in the body. Without this, muscles actually die.

If you take a statin and have aches all over the body, your muscles may be going through rhabdomyolisis (muscle cell death), which can cause kidney failure over many years.

Statins are responsible for many disease processes including heart failure and atherosclerosis. Here is the most recent research on statins entitled: “Statins stimulate atherosclerosis and heart failure: pharmacological mechanisms.”

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25655639

Carbohydrates Carb consumption can range from 20% of your daily caloric

intake up to 75% depending on activity levels and heritage.

Fasting Insulin (not glucose) and/or HbA1C level are great ways to check to see how your diet is impacting your health.

Two types of Carbohydrates: Simple and Complex Simple is broken down into 3 types of monosaccharides (glucose,

fructose, and galactose)

Complex sugars are composed of two or more simple sugars combined

Table Sugar = glucose + fructose

Lactose = glucose + galactose

Starch = glucose + glucose (beans, nuts, vegetables, and grains)

Carbohydrates Eliminate processed carbohydrates

and sugars High Fructose Corn Syrup

Breads

Pastas

Cereal

Bagels

French Fries

Chips

Pretzels

Waffles

Pancakes

Baked Goods

Acceptable Sweeteners

Raw Honey

Rice Syrup

Beet Sugar

Maple Syrup

Molasses

Protein 20-30% of daily caloric intake. Protein intake is consistent among

all cultures that does not vary like carb and fat intake.

Sources of Protein Dairy: Organic, grass fed milk is good but raw, grass fed milk cows

have the best source of protein.

Quality Meats: Grass fed beef is best. It contains the same ratios of omega 3’s as wild caught fish.

Fish: Wild caught fish is best. Avoid grain fed, farm raised fish. As with cows, it inverts the omega 3 to omega 6 ratios causing inflammation in the body.

Eggs: Pasture raised and organic if from the grocery store.

Does not impact cholesterol levels. 85% of cholesterol in the body is made by the liver. Only 15% is influenced by dietary intake.

Avoid omega-3 enriched eggs. They are typically fed poor quality omega-3’s that are oxidized causing inflammation in the body.

Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen This is a list of fruits and vegetables

that have very low concentrations of herbicides, pesticides, and fungicides or very high concentrations of herbicides, pesticides, and fungicides.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considers 60% of herbicides, 90% of fungicides, and 30% of insecticides to be carcinogenic.

Research also shows pesticides being neurotoxic, disrupting the endocrine system, carcinogenic, and suppressing the immune system. Pesticide exposure can affect male reproductive function and has been linked to miscarriages in women.

Dirty Dozen and Clean FifteenDirty Dozen (Buy Organic)

Celery

Peaches

Strawberries

Apples

Blueberries

Nectarines

Bell Peppers

Kale

Spinach

Cherries

Potatoes

Grapes

Clean Fifteen (Buy Conventional)

Onions

Avocado

Sweet Corn

Pineapple

Sweet Peas

Mangos

Asparagus

Kiwi

Cabbage

Eggplant

Cantaloupe

Watermelon

Grapefruit

Honeydew Melon

Food Additives There are more than 3,000 preservatives, flavorings, colors, and

other ingredients added to US foods.

A good rule of thumb is if there are more than 10 ingredients, don’t eat it.

If you can’t pronounce the word, you shouldn’t eat it.

Food Additives 1.) Artificial Sweeteners: Aspartame, acesulfame potassium,

sucralose, and saccharin. Greater weight gain than eating regular sugar

Sucralose: may cause inflammatory bowel disease

Inactivates digestive enzymes and can destroy up to 50% of gut flora.

Aspartame: neurotoxin (Dementia, Alzheimers)

Amino Acid structure is pro-inflammatory in brain causing excitoxicity.

2.) Synthetic Trans Fat: pro-inflammatory Women wo consume the most trans-fat had a 30% higher incidence

of ischemic stroke.

Linked to: cancer, diabetes, suppressed immune function, fertility issues, and heart disease

Food Additives 3.) Artificial Flavors: this label can mean one unnatural additive

or it can be a blend of hundreds of additives. Strawberry Artificial Flavor: contains 50 chemical ingredients

Diacetyl: artificial butter flavor in microwave popcorn

Contains several properties affecting brain health and may trigger Alzheimer’s disease.

This additive may be listed under the artificial flavor or natural flavor label.

4.) Monosodium Glutamate (MSG): excitotoxin Potentially triggers or worsens learning disabilities, Alzheimer’s

disease, Parkinson’s disease, Lou Gehrig’s, and more.

Food Additives 5.) Artificial Colors: 15 million pounds of artificial food dyes in U.S.

foods every year. Most foods in the European Union contain labels with artificial food dyes

warning “may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children.”

British Government asked food manufacturers to remove most artificial colors from foods back in 2009 due to health concerns.

linked to health issues ranging from cancer and hyperactivity to allergy-like reactions.

Red #40: may accelerate appearance of immune system tumors in mice, and also triggering hyperactivity in children

Blue #2: linked to brain tumors

Yellow #5: linked to hyperactivity, asthma like symptoms, hypersensitivity, and other behavioral effects in children.

Food Additives 6.) High Fructose Corn Syrup: not the same as table sugar

Contains free forms of glucose and fructose instead of a glycosidic bond linking glucose and fructose in table sugar. Therefore, rapidly absorbed and spikes blood sugar.

Liver is the only organ that metabolizes fructose. Overconsumption over many years can damage the liver like alcohol.

Metabolized directly to fat.

7.) Preservatives: linked to cancer and allergic reactions BHA: Butylated hydroxyanisole

BHT: Butylated hydrozyttoluene

TBHQ: Tertiary butylhydroquinone (five grams would kill a human)

Sodium Benzoate: hyperactivity in children and DNA damage

Sodium Nitrate: increased risk of colorectal cancer and pancreatic cancers

Preservatives Banned in Other Countries: Olestra, Brominated Vegetable Oil, Potassium Bromate (brominated flour), azodicarbonamide, BHA, BHT, rBGH, rBST, and Arsenic.

Supplementation There are only a handful of supplements I would recommend. The

first step is to clean up our diets with the steps listed previously. Supplementation is to fill in the gaps if our diet lacks certain nutrients.

When selecting supplements, it is always best to get third party certified (NSF, ISO 9000, ISO 9001, etc…) supplements. Otherwise, you are wasting your money and potentially causing adverse reactions in your body.

Supplementation 1.) Quell Fish Oil with Vitamin D3: Americans do not eat enough healthy

omega 3 fatty acids.

Omega 3 deficiencies are linked to: Mental fog

Depression

Weight Gain

Allergies

Brittle Fingernails

Arthritis

Memory Problems

Dry Skin

Dry Hair

Fatigue

Lack of Concentration

http://www.douglaslabs.com/media/DL200981.pdf

Supplementation 2.) Probiotic: There are many health problems related to not having

sufficient gut flora. We don’t eat enough raw or fermented foods and if you couple that with sucralose and antibiotics, we have a huge gut flora insufficiency. Leaky Gut Syndrome Signs and Symptoms:

Allergies

Asthma

Autism like symptoms

Autoimmune disease

Eczema and psoriasis

Inflammatory bowel disease

Rheumatoid arthritis

Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS)

Type 1 diabetes

http://www.douglaslabs.com/media/DLKA200900.pdf

Supplementation 3.) Juice Plus: A blend of 30 different fruits and vegetables.

NSF certified (no herbicides, pesticides, or fungicides)

High phytochemical and bioflavonoid concentration (anti-cancer properties). This is what gives the fruits/veggies their color.

There are hundreds to thousands of synergistic components of a fruit/veggie that make it healthy. Taking a vitamin out of that formula lowers it’s effectiveness in the body.

I would recommend this over a multi-vitamin for a low to moderate level activity individual. Multivitamin’s have a place for athletes but not needed for everyone.

Bars, chewables, and complete whole food shakes available.

Everyone knows fruits and vegetables are the key to prevention for many chronic disease.

http://vtaylor.juiceplus.com/

Supplementation 4.) Betaine Plus (Typically females and 40 years or older): Acid

supplement for the stomach. As we age, the levels of stomach acid decreases, especially in females. HCL acid activates pepsinogen to pepsin allowing for protein digestion. Without enough acid, most individuals are protein deficient with the following signs/symptoms: Acid Reflux

Crave Sweets

Hair is falling out

Brain feels foggy

Feel weak

Getting sick constantly

http://www.douglaslabs.com/media/DL80106.pdf

Strategies for Success Supplement early and start slow.

Be on the same page with your significant other. Even if they don’t want to make the changes, ask for them to support you.

Gradually work towards a high fat or low fat diet.

Set short term goals.

We do have metabolic enhancers that are safe but those should be discussed on an individual basis. These should only be used short term as part of the overall strategy but not for preventing chronic illness.

80/20 rule. Eat well 80% of the time and don’t worry about the other 20%.

One change every three weeks to create the habit. Eat veggies with each dinner or don’t drink mid-day

mountain dew.

Meal plan/prep on the weekends.

Conclusion The choice is yours to take this information and utilize it. I have opened

the door and showed you how to prevent 80% of heart disease, 80% of stroke, 80% of type 2 diabetes, and 40% of cancer.

The solution is incredibly simple but we complicate matters with “diet plans.” Focus on lifestyle change and not a gimmicky sales tactic. We have to take responsibility for our own lives and health.

Do you want to be active enjoying life into your 80’s or in a nursing home?

Thank You!Any Questions?

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