Four health care initiatives that will enable health care reforms to succeed.
Vitamin D deficiency epidemic
medications which inhibit the absorption of nutrients
warning: Calcium without adequate Magnesium causes Magnesium deficiency
Balanced Meals on a Schedule to manage weight, blood sugar levels, lipid levels and blood pressure. Continue reading
Magnesium
Do you need more Magnesium? Do you have constipation, restless leg syndrome, muscle twitching, asthma, sinusitis, migraines, stiff or strained muscles? Maybe you need more Magnesium. Continue reading
Politics of Health Care
Four health care issues are a priority for reducing health care costs. www.balancedmeals.org the prescription for blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol and triglycerides.
Vitamin D deficiency contributes to high blood pressure, diabetes, osteoporosis, depression, chronic and resistant infections, the flu and cancers. Calcium overdose/Magnesium deficiency: why does the FDA allow calcium claims for osteoporosis but no warnings about calcium overdose causing sudden death and other risks. Medications that inhibit the GI absorption of nutrients cause anemia, neuropathy, risk of bone fractures, and cardiovascular risk. Continue reading
Calcium Causes Heart Attacks
A British Medical Journal article which reported on a survey of fifteen trials in which participants (all over age 40) were given at least 500 mg of elemental calcium per day. The researchers concluded that calcium supplements increase the risk … Continue reading
Cancer
NUTRITIONAL STRATEGIES FOR MANAGING CANCER If someone truly wants to, cancer can be managed nutritionally. There are determined people who are able to really know what they need. It takes trusting your own sense and asking for divine help … Continue reading
The Cell Battery
By Dr. Lynne August MD www.healthequations.com
Magnesium Deficiency
If you have suffered symptoms of magnesium deficiency like migraines, sinusitis, asthma, heart rhythm changes, leg cramps, restless leg syndrome, carpal tunnel, eye twitching, trouble swallowing, calculate how much calcium you have been consuming from calcium supplements, multivitamins, prenatals, nutritional formulas orange juice, fruit juices supplemented with calcium. All consumption of cacium must be balanced with magnesium equally to avoid these symptoms of magnesium deficiency. Continue reading
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This site will provide a comprehensive written explanation of Balanced Meals. Click on the links above to access each topic about balanced meals. Other topics to be covered here are nutritional risks of medication consumption.
In the near future this site will link to accredited continuing medical education CME and accredited continuing pharmacy education ACPE.
The compiler and editor Rivka Freeman a New York State Registered Pharmacist with training and continuing education in clinical nutrition. The information provided here is a public service of COPP A LIFE CORP a 501 C(3) non profit corporation.
The missions of COPP A LIFE CORP :
- To educate health professionals and the public about balanced meals as a means of managing and controlling obesity and diabetes in children and adults.
- To enable health professionals and the public to recognize nutritional adverse effects of medications and to identify medications that impair or inhibit oral and gastrointestinal absorption of nutrients.
- To educate health professionals and the public about health risks caused by blocked or inhibited absorption of nutrients in the GI tract in consumers of prescription and over-the-counter medications.
- To collect research data on medication consumption and nutritional adverse effects of prescription and over-the-counter FDA approved medications.
- To research and evaluate the use of alternative routes of administration of vitamin and mineral supplements consumers of medications that inhibit or block the oral gastrointestinal absorption of vitamins and minerals.
Medication Risks
The following nutritional losses are due to malabsorption because H2 receptor antagonists and proton pump inhibitors (the ulcer and gerd medications) inhibit acid production in the stomach.
- Vitamin B12 deficiency causes anemia, neuropathy, high homocysteine levels and cardiovascular risk
- Folic Acid deficiency causes birth defects, cervical dysplasia, anemia, high homocysteine levels and cardiovascular risk
- Vitamin D deficiency causes calcium loss, osteoporosis, muscle weakness, hearing loss
- Calcium deficiency causes osteoporosis, heart and blood pressure irregularities, tooth decay
- Iron malabsorption causes anemia, fatigue, hair loss, brittle nails, weakness and lethargy
- Zinc deficiency weakens immune function, skin wounds don’t heal, chronic infections, changes in sense of taste and smell, sexual organs dysfunction in both sexes
- Protein absorption is impaired by low stomach HCl acid
