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At this point in the summer, most people have started an exercise program and 50% of you will have some form of muscle ache or strain. The idea for exercise is to be healthy but what do you do when an injury occurs on the way to lifestyle change? If you don’t have a registered dietician in your corner, the information on the web can be confusing. RICE is not just food; Tylenol does nothing but decreases pain, physical therapy can be expensive.

The range of rumored nutrition for healing, spans from high dose antioxidants to anabolic steroid look-alikes. If you are in a hurry, there are safe ways to combine herbal supplements with prescription medicines. If you want to be conservative, there are some supplements you buy cheap and others that are worth their high price tag. With the multitude of prescription medicines most Americans take, you have to be careful about combining botanical, vitamin and drug, (searching the internet for answers can be disastrous!) Learn how DrRic advises his Olympians, college athletes and weekend warriors on getting the most "bang for the buck".

DrRic Saguil worked as Physician for University of Central Florida and Cirque du Soliel -LaNouba. He is also a Yoga Teacher, Outdoor Guide, title holder for Teen Mr Natural New Jersey and Teen Mr East Coast.  He practices Family Medicine at First Health Associates in Arlington Heights.

July 13th (Saturday) 3-4pm

Whole Foods Market Schaumburg

Subject to cancellation so Call (847) 585-5800 to reserve a seat!

　

Prank call your vitamin company

I always tell my lecture attendees:

-to find out if the vitamin company you buy from is investing money into your health, call the 800 number and ask a question. 
-if they have no 800 number/website, throw them away
-if they have a number but the rep doesnt look up the info or gives you like a 5th grader, throw them away
-if they have a department specifically for hard questions, an frequently asked question database, a nutritionist that answers the phone....that's your company!

I was buying some melatonin replacement and saw extended release oral spray from Source Naturals (great turmeric/pepper combination antiinflammatory capsule btw)  and wondered "if it isnt covered in a slow to digest shell/tablet/capsule....how the heck do individual droplets slowly get released once you spray them into the mouth.  Here is their answer:

Source Naturals NutraSpray Melatonin Timed Release Sublingual employs microscopic lipid spheres to slowly deliver melatonin. As stated in the product description - http://www.thresholdenterprises.com/publications/controlled/100182.pdf - “[a} quick spritz of NUTRASPRAY under the tongue delivers thousands of microscopic lipid spheres, each full of nutrients. These lipospheres are readily absorbed and retained by the mucosal tissue of the mouth. Here they release their nutrients quickly, but steadily, into the bloodstream.” 

Nice answer....I think I'll keep it!  For info on how I use melatonin.....see my slideshare.net lecture DrRic Good Night. http://www.slideshare.net/DrSaguil/get-back-to-sleep-slide-share-edition


....I love Whole Foods Market (John Mackey has changed the paradigm of grocery shopping) and the 365 brand but to give a shout out to a local company, I also like Now Foods from Bloomingdale IL- great nutrition department staffed with folks that field customer calls and they give plant tours!

What's not on the label

 

Had some  rep drop off samples from 5 hour (not sure why they picked my office as it is contradictory to anything natural/healthy).  Before I threw it out, took a look at the label.  I understand how they were able to place the "decaf" word on the headliner but most patients on blood pressure meds, sleep meds, heart meds, add/adhd meds wont read the nutrition panel and can end up with side effects to "natural ingredients".  Yes, if you check the ingredient panel on the second pic, the smallest and last ingredient on the "Energy Blend" is 6mg of Caffeine!  Yes, natural ingredients can be dangerous if used improperly and lifethreatening if used with prescription meds.  Example-tonic water.  Seems harmless but if you take coumadin/warfarin/blood thinner....this can make you bleed uncontrollably or can interact with a common antibiotic for urinary tract infections (cipro).  St Johns Wort is a great botanical that does just as good a job for mild to moderate depression as zoloft but has interactions with several medicines.  Don't be fooled by labels.....manufacturers are trying to get your attention and will stop at nothing. 

Next big problem, Genetically Modified Food industry is pushing not to have consumers know which foods are GMO and which are not.  See the movie Food Inc for details on potential genetic problems with eating large volume GMO products.  So dont ask, dont tell?....at least until you are the first one in your family to be diagnosed with a cancer or an autoimmune disease.

 

Caveat Emptor!

Choosing a Daily Supplement

Unless you eat all organic or maintain a Mediterranean/Okinawan Diet you are probably not getting the same nutrient value from your food that Americans did 4 decades ago.  Soil has lost it's mineral content, pesticides have been added to mass agriculture, antibiotics have altered fish and beef health and science has bypassed gene replication that can place increased stress to your immune system.  So yes, the average American on a standard American diet should be adding supplement to daily diet.  Don't have to go broke with high end, member only vitamin lines (no matter what your distributor says) starting out can be with simple daily over the counter choices.  Personally, I take above the grade supplements depending on what is important during the time of year.  For example, turmeric for when I start a new exercise routine, vit D3 and astragalus for flu season, probiotics and magnesium with detox spring and fall.  But overall, a daily multipak supplement, omega 3 fish oil and vitamin D3 (the fish oil I research the company due to mercury worries). 

Some people stop after 30 days when they don't feel any results.  This is the wrong way, in going with nutrition and exercise to heal, changes are always slow.  We're talking months to years.  When using prescription medicines, you can expect a change in your life quickly since science has researched how to change your body and mind quickly with powerful chemicals.  The caveat is with powerful chemicals, you will have powerful side effects.  You can make the choice but Andy Weil has taught me the intensity of the treatment plan depends on the intensity of the disease presentation.  In life threatening situations you may have to tolerate the potential side effects to survive. 

click to see my tutorials on vitamins, omega 3 fish oil and vit d3 on youtube

Ultimately, proper nutrition is always the base to a healthy lifestyle change.  Speaking from my heart, I can't afford to go total organic so for now, I feel supplements are important while I get to my ultimate level of health.  This includes exercise, meditation, community, family as well as nutrition.  For my average patient who comes in suffering from imbalance/disease manifestation/on medications-I definitely will be putting together a homework shopping list to bring to the local herbal store, Whole Foods Market or Fruitful Yield.