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1. Your Depression Might be Due to Vitamin D Deficiency
2. The Truth About Anti-Depressants - the Oz Show
3. Magnesium for Heart Health
4. Why High Salt Consumption Alone Will Not Increase Your Health Disease Risk

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Your Depression Might be Due to Vitamin D Deficiency

 

A new study by Canadian researchers has found that some depression may be linked to a vitamin D deficiency.

"A systematic review and meta-analysis of 14 studies with a total of 31,424 participants revealed an association between vitamin D levels and depression," said a summary of the study, from researchers at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, St Joseph's Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Read more on Depression and Vitamin D

 

 

The Truth about Anti-Depressants

Breaking news! New research show antidepressants don’t work for most patients. Could they make your problems worse or even increase your risk of being suicidal? Dr. Oz and Dr. Drew investigate the new information you need to know and how to get the right diagnosis from your doctor.

This link goes to three videos on this show  Dr. Oz About Anti-Depressants

 

 

Magnesium for Heart Health

Low magnesium levels-not cholesterol or saturated fat intake-are the greatest predictor of all aspects of heart disease, according to a review of cardiovascular disease research studies dating back to as early as 1937.

"This means we have been chasing our tails all of these years going after cholesterol and the high saturated-fat diet, when the true culprit was and still is low magnesium," says research scientist and author Andrea Rosanoff, PhD, who conducted the comprehensive ongoing review for more than 10 years.

Carolyn Dean, MD, ND, and Medical Advisory Board member of the nonprofit Nutritional Magnesium Association, adds, "That cholesterol is not the cause must be obvious, since heart disease is still the number one killer in America in spite of over two decades of statin use. The fact that low levels of magnesium are associated with all the risk factors and symptoms of heart disease-hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol, heart arrhythmia, angina and heart attack-can no longer be ignored; the evidence is much too compelling."

According to Dean's website, magnesium is the multi-tasking mineral, playing a key role in more 325 enzyme reactions in the body-from energy production to cholesterol control, with up to 80 percent of Americans suffering from a deficiency. Dr. Dean recommends "a 1:1 balance of calcium with magnesium, while also taking into account the amount of calcium people get in their daily diets." She also suggests adding vitamin D to protect bones and heart.

 

Why High Salt Consumption Alone Will Not Increase Your Health Disease Risk

New preliminary research findings suggest excessive salt consumption contributed to 2.3 million heart-related deaths worldwide in 2010; 42 percent from coronary heart disease and 41 percent from stroke

However, previous research has NOT found strong evidence that cutting salt intake reduces the risk for heart attacks, strokes or death. In fact, salt restriction increased the risk of death in those with heart failure

Salt is an essential nutrient required for blood pressure regulation, transportation of nutrients into and out of your cells, ion exchange, and brain-muscle communication. But all salts are not equal, in terms of their impact on your health. Processed (table) salt is health harming, while natural unprocessed salt is not only healing, but in fact essential for many biological functions

Potassium deficiency may be more responsible for hypertension than excess sodium, and too much sodium along with too little potassium has been found to more than double your risk of death from a heart attack, compared to eating about equal amounts of both nutrients

Our ancient ancestors consumed 16 times more potassium than sodium. Many “experts” believe that a “normal” ratio today is four times as much potassium than sodium. It is helpful to strive for at least as much potassium from your diet as sodium

The best way to ensure you’re getting enough potassium is not to rely on the use of a supplement, but to avoid processed foods, and dramatically increase your vegetable intake. Juicing is a great way to get more vegetables into your diet

For the complete article go to Salt Consumption

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Sidebar: 

The Safety of Vitamin B6

by Bob Held, President, Wellness Support Network

Many of our customers often raise concerns on how much Vitamin B6 they are taking.

The Linus Pauling Institute found that adverse effects have only been documented from vitamin B6 supplements and never from food sources.

Therefore, safety concerning only the supplemental form of vitamin B6 (pyridoxine, also called pyridoxine hydrochloride) is discussed here.

Although vitamin B6 is a water-soluble vitamin and is excreted in the urine, long-term supplementation with very high doses of pyridoxine (Vitamin B6) may result in painful neurological symptoms known as sensory neuropathy.

Symptoms include pain and numbness of the extremities and in severe cases, difficulty walking. Sensory neuropathy typically develops at doses of pyridoxine (Vitamin B6) in excess of 1,000 mg a day.

However, there have been a few case reports of individuals who developed sensory neuropathies at doses of less than 500 mg of Vitamin B6 daily over a period of months.

None of the studies in which a neurological examination was performed reported evidence of sensory nerve damage at intakes below 200 mg of pyridoxine (Vitamin B6) daily.  

To prevent sensory neuropathy in virtually all individuals, the Food and Nutrition Board of the Institute of Medicine set the tolerable upper intake level for pyridoxine (Vitamin B6) at 100 mg/day for adults. 

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