Vegan Health & Fitness – How Do Vegan Athletes Get Enough Protein?

 

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FOUNDER OF VEGAN HEALTH & FITNESS MAGAZINE

“A whole food vegan diet is the way to go. You will have more energy, much less risk of disease, and rarely get sick. I interview vegans all the time, and all of them tell me they wish they had done it sooner.”

Name: Brenda Carey
Occupation: Editor-in-Chief/Founder of Vegan Health & Fitness Magazine
City/State/Country: Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Age: 46
Height: 5’9″
Type of Training: Triathlete (swimming, running, biking), as well as weight training and yoga.
Weight: 122 lbs.
Fitness Accolades: Former lifeguard, Ashtanga Yoga instructor, 4th female finisher at CrossFit Games in Santa Monica in 2013, first place overall 5k in the 2013 PowerMarathon in Austin, Texas, first female finisher at 50k Saturn Day ultramarathon on 7.5.14 in San Antonio, Texas, ran 17 miles in the Vegan Global Run on 4.4.15 in Miami Beach, Florida, daily victories in getting stronger and faster, breaking old PRs…

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Q: Who do you admire the most?

Modern/Living: Ellen, Oprah, Kathy Freston, Alexandra Paul, Leilani Munter, Fiona Oakes, Andrea Kladar, Pope Francis. All of these people have used their lives to make a statement that is changing the world for the better, involving compassion, athletics, education, intelligence, and humor.

Historical: Krishna, Buddha, Jesus Christ, Joan of Arc, St. Francis of Assisi, Mother Teresa, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., John Lennon. These people all used their lives to make the world a better, more compassionate place, also.

Q: Tell us the story of how you became the founder of Vegan Health & Fitness Magazine.

The short version is that I spent years trying to find my path to a career that makes the world a better place for animals, promoting a compassionate lifestyle. I became vegan as a 20-year-old model. Shortly thereafter, I put myself through college and law school with the idea that I’d be an animal rights attorney.

By the time I graduated, I realized that was not my path. The law is not very animal-friendly, and I don’t really like fighting, especially when it is a losing battle.

So I tried using the law to help animals by starting a Humane Society in California that consisted of Humane Officers that were trained very well in the law (by moi).

“There are no exemptions under the animal cruelty laws for farm animals in California. So we busted a slaughter house and with a warrant and aided by the LAPD, we seized animals and took them to sanctuaries.”

Shortly thereafter, we were faced with a lot of frivolous legal challenges (seems that we made the status quo nervous), and after a year of very little sleep and witnessing a lot of animal cruelty in investigations and fighting in court, I folded that organization.

After that, I moved to Hawaii for two years and became an Ashtanga Yoga instructor and a professor of Communication Studies at Hawaii Pacific University. I also got into improv comedy acting and standup comedy.

From there, I ended up doing standup comedy in NYC for eight months. From there, I moved back to LA and created a sort of silly online TV show on the paranormal.

At the same time, I met Robert Cheeke after reading his bodybuilding book.

I was searching for my way to make the world a better place for animals and was inspired by Robert to start a blog called “Female Vegan Bodybuilder.”

That followed my journey to put muscle on my model-thin body with high-protein vegan foods.

I got so much positive feedback that I decided to start the magazine.

“At the time, I knew nothing about graphic art or publishing.

Fortunately, I had a background in photography and a very supportive boyfriend (Brian Acree) who helped me teach myself everything and start this magazine all by myself on my laptop.”

At first, I thought I’d make a few and give them out for free.

Then I called the distributor who handles the magazines for Whole Foods Market and sent them some emails with images and information on the first issue, and they ordered several thousand copies right away!

And we were off and running!

We were quarterly from the Summer 2012 (first issue that featured Robert Cheeke on the cover with Koya Webb) until the November/December 2013 issue (that featured John and Ocean Robbins and family on the cover), when we went bi-monthly.  That was also the first issue where we went international, into eight countries.

We are currently working on expanding our digital reach and starting a book publishing branch.

Q: What are your personal passions outside of fitness?

Vegan nutrition and science! I love researching the tough stuff. I spend days obsessed on scholar.google.com. Some of the articles I have written (or helped research for other writers) literally represent hundreds of hours reading intense scientific journal articles.

It’s important for me to get a complete understanding of plant-based nutrition so that I can explain it in simpler terms to our readers and share life-improving information.

The magazine always includes the citations to the articles, too, so that our readers can see the science for themselves.

Sometimes I get so excited about an article or two that I find on a controversial topic, that I have shared it on social media. This can get me into trouble, as people will often react with disdain against something that brings new information that they don’t understand.

I encourage them to read the science, but a lot of people are intimidated by the medical jargon and don’t feel comfortable reading science for themselves. Instead, a lot of people will “follow” a certain doctor or nutritionist and take their word for what is scientifically true. I think this is dangerous.

Often, trusted doctors and nutritionists sell supplements and other products, and even though they mean well, they have bills to pay like everybody else.

“Any time the [doctor/nutritionist] has a vested interest, there is a tendency to be biased towards what will help them make a living.”

Only what we are willing to research and understand on our own can truly be trusted.

Q: What uncommon activity do you schedule into your daily routine?

I suppose that putting together a magazine is rather uncommon. Every day, I spend quite a few hours on the computer developing articles with my contributors and scheduling photos shoots and overseeing them, etc.

Other than that, I spend time preparing (and gathering) organic vegan meals for myself, my dogs, and sometimes our whole staff.

Since we moved to Miami, we don’t have an office, we all work from our respective homes. But when we had an office in Austin, TX and had a staff there daily, I enjoyed making everybody big salads for lunch almost every day. I love nurturing others with nutrition. It’s my maternal instinct or something, I guess.

Q: Tell us about the path that led you to plant-based fitness?

When I was a little girl and I found out what meat was, I didn’t want to eat it. I grew up in Mississippi and had never heard of a vegetarian, so I was on my own.

“I tried to eat plates full of canned vegetables and clearly did not get enough calories. Without support from an adult, I became very weak and fainted a few times.”

This scared us all, and I was told that if I didn’t eat meat, I would die. So I reluctantly ate it after being reassured that the animals did not suffer, etc. When I was nineteen years old, I was finally out of Mississippi and modeling in Miami Beach.

“I went to a Macrobiotic convention with a photographer friend and sat at a table full of people who had healed themselves from cancer and heart disease, etc. with their (mostly vegan) diets.”

At the time, I also had an acquaintance who was an angry vegetarian who challenged my supposed love of animals and my food choices. As rude as she was in her approach, I could not deny that she was right and I was being a hypocrite.

Now that I knew of the health benefits of eating vegan, it was a no-brainer to go vegan.

I gave up chicken and fish first, because a cow is a larger animal. I read about 20 books that summer (that I got at the library in Mississippi— this was in 1991, who knew those books were even there!) when I went home to visit family.

I learned about the animal cruelty of factory farming and about the nutritional benefits of the vegan diet.

I gave up beef about a month later, then eggs and dairy within another month. Then I gave up all my leather clothes because I was being challenged by non-vegetarians for being a hypocrite for refusing to eat animals when I was okay with wearing them.

“Again, I hated their approach, but I knew they were right.”

I gave thousands of dollars’ worth of leather clothing to the homeless, because I read that giving animal skins (leather and fur) to the poor helps take the status symbol away. Nowadays, I don’t even like to wear fake leather for a similar reason. I don’t want anybody to think that wearing leather looks cool and want to buy it to copy my look.

By the way, I’ve been vegan for about 24 years now and have never taken supplements of any kind. I dabble with chocolate protein powder because I like the taste, but I try to limit that, too.

Unfortunately, most vegan processed foods are fortified with vitamins, so I can’t say that I don’t get dosed with vitamins occasionally. I try to avoid processed foods, eating mostly raw.

As for the athletics, I took ballet as a kid and dabbled in that again in my teens, twenties, and thirties for short periods (along with jazz and tap), but never took it very far. My first job was as a swimming instructor (age 15); shortly thereafter, I became a lifeguard, which required a lot of testing of my athletic ability in swimming laps, etc.

I became an aerobics instructor in 1989 (you should have seen my colorful, crazy 80s aerobics outfits).  I played a little softball and volleyball on teams in school and did a little running (5k) with my dad and brother as a teen. Again, nothing very serious.

I dabbled in fitness after that as I modeled (and mostly starved myself to stay thin, until I went vegan and found out I could eat fruits and vegetables all day—by then, I think I had caused a lot of muscle atrophy, which is unfortunate). I did a little yoga, starting in law school in 2000. I had a gym membership for years and would go months without walking in the doors.

But I didn’t get serious about fitness until recently (2011). Right before I started the magazine, I got pretty serious about bodybuilding because of Robert Cheeke’s influence. But since I am so tall and thin, my muscle is hard won.

It has taken me almost four years to put on enough muscle to be seen. It amounts to about eight pounds of solid muscle, which is about right for four years of training, but when you spread it out over a long frame, it doesn’t look like much.

I started running to burn off some of the fat that I put on with my massive protein diet I experimented with my first year of bodybuilding. Now I realize muscle growth does not require such massive doses. Dating Austin Barbisch has influenced me a lot.

When we first met, I hired him (and paid him a lot of money) to train me in the gym.

It was worth every penny. I put on more muscle training with him for six months than I’d put on the prior two years. He is also an ultra-marathoner, and I’ve covered a few of his races for the magazine.

That influenced me to want run a 50k. Brian Acree actually ran it with me, and his support was instrumental in getting me across that finish line.

Nowadays, I am continuing to put on muscle in the gym and keep the fat off on the running track. It is the most efficient means of getting that fit look that I need when I make public appearances and speak on behalf of Vegan Health & Fitness Magazine.

Someday when I have more time, I’d love to do a triathlon and play team sports.

Q: What does your daily meal plan currently look like?

• Breakfast: Fruit smoothie, a cup of tea, and a couple large glasses of water (often with lime or lemon juice).
• Lunch: Large salad for lunch with tons of raw veggies, sprouts, olives, and Bragg’s Mango dressing (I love it because it’s organic, vinegar based, and oil-free).
• Dinner: Sometimes another smoothie or salad, depending on my mood and how much time I have. I eat cooked food like lentils, potatoes, and other veggies in a sauté pan for dinner sometimes, too. I feel better when I eat less cooked food, so I keep that to a minimum.

I snack on fruit all day (apples, mango, raspberries, whatever is organic and on sale).

Lest you think I am an angel, I will admit that I do occasionally eat dark chocolate, peanut butter, vegan baked goods, and other vegan junk foods and treats. I just try to keep that fattening, processed stuff to a minimum and eat them rarely (once a week or less) as a treat.

Q: Philosophy on supplements?

“I don’t take any supplements (no, not even B12, as I often get asked). Supplements are not necessary if you eat a variety of whole plant foods.”

The vegan diet, when it is unprocessed, organic, and varied, provides everything the body needs to be optimally healthy, with no need for synthetic, laboratory-extracted pills and potions.

If you look into the science, you will see that taking supplements is also quite harmful. Many cancers have been related to taking vitamin pills and even oils.

Read my favorite book, “Whole,” by T. Colin Campbell for more on that. For more on the B12 controversy, see the VHF website, as we love to delve into that controversial topic and have a couple articles on the science posted there.

Q: Favourite butt exercises and describe the form you use.

This is a great (and very specific) question! Wow! Okay, I have scoliosis so I cannot do squats or deadlifts with heavy weight.

“If you are lucky enough to have a straight spine, squats and deadlifts are the best exercises to grow/tighten your glutes. Just start with light weight, and keep your spine straight (neutral) as you move.”

I recommend working with a trainer until you get the form down, as it can be complicated, and if you don’t do it right, you can really get hurt. If you have an imperfect back like me, you have to get more creative.

But I can do lunges with quite a bit of weight without hurting my back. I also do thrusts laying on my back on the floor with weights on my hips.

I also do cable kickbacks (I even have my own ankle strap since the ones at the gym are often missing or really dirty). I use the abductor machine at the gym. My trainer taught me to do way more sets and reps on this machine than I had ever done before.  Sometimes, we hog that machine for half an hour as we do our reps to failure over and over.

Just when I think I’m done, he will say “Give me five more.”  Then he will say, “Five more” or “Ten more.”  It’s gruelling at that point, and sometimes I will call him names, but he knows it’s just the muscle fibers talking, and I apologize later and thank him for pushing me harder.

I think it’s a huge benefit to have a workout partner pushing you past what you thought were your limits (check out all the big, muscular guys at the gym who do that, and you will see what I mean.)  I also do indoor rowing (which is a killer butt workout) and run long distances on the track (any time I run for more than 30 minutes, I feel it in my butt later).

As someone who had a pretty flat butt before I started working out, I can attest that these moves work. In all of them, I am very aware of keeping my spine neutral and not arching or curving out.

Q: Describe your training regimen: favourite exercises, weekly training schedule, etc.

I do yoga every morning for anywhere from 10 minutes to an hour, depending on my schedule, to get my spine in alignment and get ready for the day. I work out at the gym about six days a week for about an hour a day, sometimes two hours, if we have time.

When I am preparing for a running race, like the Vegan Global Run, I will alternate running at the track for an hour one day with working out at the gym for an hour the next day. Sometimes it gets to be too much, and I am just exhausted and have to take a day or two off of running and lifting weights.

On those days, I just do my yoga, hydrate really well with water and electrolyte blends (recipes in several issues of the magazine), and take a power nap to help my body recover faster. I also take an Epsom salt bath every night and add turmeric to my food as often as possible to help recover faster.

My smoothies have fruits like cherries and pineapples, which also help recovery. Finally, I eat lots of greens in salads and munch on seaweed, which helps reduce inflammation and speed recovery, also.

Q: If you have to pick only three exercises, what would they be?

That would be tough. I do so many different exercises and keep mixing it up all the time so I don’t plateau. If I have to choose:

• Push-ups
• Lunges
• Pull-ups

This would hit every muscle in the whole body if you varied the angles a little and did them right. Note that yoga utilizes push-ups and lunges. There are lots of benefits to these moves.

Q: What tips can you share about fitness that you don’t typically read in magazines?

“Going vegan is the best thing you can do to be a better athlete and/or get more fit! That is something you don’t read in other magazines (besides Vegan Health & Fitness).”

We are seeing some other mainstream magazines acknowledge the vegan diet and its health benefits recently. I know it is because they see our publication on the shelves and they know we’re selling and they want to compete. Whatever it takes to bring veganism into the mainstream!

Q: What are the biggest trends you see in fitness right now?

People want excitement in their workouts, so they are doing obstacle courses and CrossFit type workouts where you don’t know what you’re going to have to do until you get there. It’s more mentally stimulating than doing the same old thing in the gym every day.

The camaraderie people are experiencing in these new styles of workouts is also wonderful. We are social creatures, and we like to compete with other people and have someone to high-five when you do something really well.

Q: Do you meditate?

Absolutely!

“If you don’t sit (or lay) still for a few minutes every day and/or pray, or just get quiet and clear your mind, you will never be your best self.”

Life is stressful. We need to turn off occasionally, and not just by passing out and sleeping. We need to learn to control our minds and relax. I am a spiritual person, so I pray. I heard someone say once that meditation is actually when you stop praying (talking to your higher power) and listen.

I love that. We so rarely listen.

If you’re not religious, you can just sit still and turn inward to connect with your inner compassionate nature.

Q: What advice do you have for someone who wants to try a plant-based diet?

Do it! Do it now!

You can truly maximize your life when you go vegan because you are more productive and you just function better.

Tons of bodybuilders and athletes know it, and they are at the tops of their fields.

Tons of people have turned around diseases like cancer, heart disease, immunological, and inflammatory problems. Not only that, but who wants to be a part of the horrible animal torturing and slaughtering meat industry?

It’s a great feeling knowing I’m not a part of that. It’s a perfect example of good karma. When you choose to do the compassionate thing, you benefit greatly in your own body, too!

For more ideas about vegan health & fitness, watch this video - I Went Vegan for 30 Days. Health Results Shocked Me

Author Bio:

Chris Willitts (creator of V3), is the founder and owner of Vegetarian Bodybuilding.

V3 Vegetarian Bodybuilding System is a mixture of science and author’s advice, providing users with optimal diet and exercise. This system is designed for vegans and vegetarians only.

A lot of research has been put in this program. Furthermore, a lot of professional bodybuilders and athletes tried and tested the program, praising its progressiveness and efficiency.

The program is about taking control of your own body and health according to your potential and needs. And worry not; you’ll get plenty of proteins with this system. It will boost you with energy, and you’ll feel just a strong as any carnivore would (perhaps even stronger, depending on how much you invest in your exercise). It avoids vitamins deficiency and provides you with a lot of proteins, vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. 

Instead of saying things like “I think a plant-based diet is good for athletes and bodybuilders,” the V3 Vegetarian Bodybuilding System claims “I know a plant-based diet is good for athletes and bodybuilders, and I have results to prove it.”

To find out more, visit the website at V3 Bodybuilding –  Vegan Health & Fitness

Tips from a Vegan Bodybuilding Champion - How to be a Successful Vegan Athlete?

 

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VEGAN BODYBUILDING LEGEND SHARED SECRET TO GOOD POSTURE

“Keeping my waist tight has enabled me to keep my posture, which keeps excess strain off my joints and muscles.”

It is my pleasure to introduce Jim Morris, a former vegan bodybuilding champion.

Update: Morris died on January 28, 2016 at the age of 80.

Jim was a soft-spoken, humble man who was a professional bodybuilder for over 30 years and competed against many of the greats, including Arnold Schwarzenegger. He said that his health greatly improved after he made the switch to a plant-based diet in 1985.

Q: Who was your hero as a child?

Al Jones was my hero.

My parents separated when I was a year old. Al was a co-worker at the laundry my mother worked at. He had a family of his own, but he would find time to spend with me. Al would help me with my scouting merit badge projects.

He took me to museums, car shows (Motorama), Coney Island, the Sportsmen’s Show, the circus, and Broadway theaters. During our time together, I learned a lot about life through his example.

[Interesting fact: From 1974 to 1988, Jim was Elton John’s personal bodyguard. In effect, Jim is a hero himself.]

Q: Do you meditate?

I meditate daily. It is part of my life, and I do it without planning, schedule, or limit. It happens on its own and is open-ended.

Q: What are your hobbies outside of fitness?

I spend most of my day in my yard. I enjoy moving stuff and being a part of the ongoing creative process in the yard.

Q: What words of wisdom would you tell your 13-year-old self?

Believe in yourself!

I didn’t start bodybuilding until I was 19 years old. Ever since the first day, the gym members started asking me questions about how I had built my body; I was hooked.

Q: What are some of your bodybuilding feats?

• In 1972, I won Mr. USA.
• In 1973, I won the AAU Mr. America competition.
• In that same competition, I also won Most Muscular, Best Arms, and Best Chest subdivisions, along with setting records for Largest Winning Margin (30 points), Oldest Winner (37 years-old), and Only Openly Gay to win.

• In 1974, I won Mr. International.
• In 1978, I was inducted into the Physical Fitness Hall of Fame.
• In 1996, I came out of retirement and won Mr. Olympia Masters Over 60.
• In 2015, I was inducted into the Venice Muscle Beach Hall of Fame.

Q: Why did you initially become vegetarian?

In 1985, my partner Jim Brown and I bought a house and immediately found ourselves with three adopted dogs. I quickly learned of their personalities as sentient beings, and mainly watching them interact with Jim. I came to realize them as individuals and equal beings. From there, it was automatic for me.

In January of 1969, I went to Los Angeles to ask Bill Pearl’s advice about bodybuilding. I was so taken with him, I moved to Los Angeles to learn from him. Bill taught me the mechanics of training and training others. With Bill’s guidance, I was able to win the Mr. America.

I decided to become a vegetarian in 1985 at age 50. In 2000 at age 65, I became a vegan.

(Pearl became a vegetarian at age 39 and is the most well-known vegetarian bodybuilder next to Jim)

Q: In what ways has your health improved?

During the first 15 years [of being plant-based], my overall system became more unified and strong. Since becoming vegan:

• I no longer have any joint pain or stiffness.
• I no longer have any allergy symptoms.
• I no longer wear eyeglasses.
• All of my digestive problems have cleared up.

“I don’t experience the joint pain that many other iron athletes my age constantly complain about.”

Q: Tips on bulking up?

To bulk up, I increase the weight/poundage I am training with, which stimulates my system to eat more food, and then I eat whatever my appetite indicates.

Q: Supplements or hormone therapy (as your age would require)?

• Take 200 mg of testosterone weekly.
• Four teaspoons of hemp seeds daily.
• One aloe vera leaf daily.

Q: If you have to pick only three exercises, what would they be?

• Squats
• Push-ups
• Chin-ups

Q: How has your training regimen changed over the years?

I think what you’re asking is: “How have you dealt with the advancing age in your training?” (Expecting some sort of compromised intensity.)

My training regimen and my life are one and the same.

All of the components of my life – goals, nutrition, and activities – are the same as those of my training regimen.

I do not think of them as different.

As I learn and incorporate that knowledge into my life, it becomes part of my always-changing training regimen.

Depending on my circumstance at the moment, I will workout differently in the gym.

So the changes in my regimen are constant, as they always have been and always will be.

The last time “I got into shape” was to do the PETA poster of the Rodin “Thinker” sculpture two years ago [photo on the right].

That followed the 75th commemorative photo session two years earlier, so I was in pretty decent shape to begin with. So starting from that point was easy.

Q: What unique tips can you share that have led to your success in bodybuilding all these years? Why do you think you have been able to train well into your 70s?

I have accepted responsibility for my life. Which includes conscious responsibility for the condition of my body.

I have always kept my midsection in shape. No matter what condition of the rest of my body, fat or skinny, whatever. My waist has always been my priority.

It has kept me from wasting time with processed and non-nutritious food. Keeping my waist tight has enabled me to keep my posture, which keeps excess strain off my joints and muscles.

Q: What future trends do you anticipate in health and fitness?

Veganism will be the next “organic.”

I think “meals” as we know them [with multiple food groups] will become obsolete.

There will be mostly nutrient-specific meals which may consist of only one type of food. I think people will eat only when they are hungry, and then one item will be enough to satisfy them.

I think workouts and exercises will be more functional and geared toward enhancing our day-to-day movements and habits.

Q: What advice do you have for someone who wants to try vegan bodybuilding?

Go for it.

The only difference is in the food. Everything else is the same. The workout, the exercises, the poundages, and the rest periods – everything except the food.

And while you are at it, eliminate processed and refined food as well.

To get more ideas on how to be a successful vegan athlete, watch these 2 videos below –

WHAT I EAT IN A DAY BUILDING VEGAN MUSCLE | LEAN GAINS

Advice for New Vegans! (B12, Protein and more)

Author Bio:

Chris Willitts (creator of V3), is the founder and owner of Vegetarian Bodybuilding.

V3 Vegetarian Bodybuilding System is a mixture of science and author’s advice, providing users with optimal diet and exercise. This system is designed for vegans and vegetarians only.

A lot of research has been put in this program. Furthermore, a lot of professional bodybuilders and athletes tried and tested the program, praising its progressiveness and efficiency.

The program is about taking control of your own body and health according to your potential and needs. And worry not; you’ll get plenty of proteins with this system. It will boost you with energy, and you’ll feel just a strong as any carnivore would (perhaps even stronger, depending on how much you invest in your exercise). It avoids vitamins deficiency and provides you with a lot of proteins, vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. 

Instead of saying things like “I think a plant-based diet is good for athletes and bodybuilders,” the V3 Vegetarian Bodybuilding System claims “I know a plant-based diet is good for athletes and bodybuilders, and I have results to prove it.”

To find out more, visit the website at V3 Bodybuilding – How to be a Successful Vegan Athlete

What is the Best Way to Completely Cure Your Gout?

 

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Completely Cure Your Gout - One Ingredient Causes GOUT (cut this out)

A new study published in the journal Cell Metabolism reveals that gout is much more dangerous than previously thought.

Millions of deaths blamed on type 2 diabetes, obesity and other conditions were actually caused by elevated uric acid – the underlying mechanism of gout.

And this may all be caused by one ingredient, almost all of us consume daily.

Uric acid is a chemical that is created when our bodies break down purines.

It is important to consume purines, as they help build cells. But, uric acid has the tendency to crystallize and cause kidney stones or gout.

To prove uric acid was the primary killer in fruit flies that consumed a lot of sugar researchers gave them a lot of water to drink.

This did not improve their obesity or metabolic problems; but it substantially reduced the amount of crystallized uric acid in their bodies.

Interestingly, even though they still had the same weight and metabolic conditions, they no longer died prematurely, showing that it is kidney stones from crystallized uric acid that were responsible for premature deaths.

But it’s not just kidney stones we need to worry about.

Researchers conducted a human study and compared high and low-sugar diets.

Those who consumed a lot of sugar had worse kidney function, more purine, and more crystallized uric acid in their bodies.

From this study, we can learn two things relevant to gout:

1. It does not matter how much purine-rich food you consume and how much you avoid – if you consume a lot of sugar, your gout will remain.

2. During celebrations when sweets are hard to avoid, drink more water than usual to prevent the uric acid from crystallizing.

It is obviously not advisable to consume as much sugar as you wish so long as you drink water, as you will be desperately unhealthy with diabetes, heart disease, and obesity. But as an occasional damage control strategy, water can be valuable.

Drinking more water and cutting down on sugar isn’t enough to completely cure your gout. To do this, you must tackle its true cause, which I’ll explain how to do here…

Completely Cure Your Gout - New Technology Diagnoses Gout Without Needles

The word “needle” conjures up negative images for many people, especially when it comes to medicine. It’s perhaps the most universally hated medical device in the world. After all, blood tests are painful and inflict unnecessary stress.

Gout sufferers would be all too familiar with needles and blood tests.

But the good news is that using needles isn’t the only way to diagnose the condition.

New research published in Nature Biotechnology shows that this torture isn’t necessary at all.

One of the biggest problems with sweat sensors is that they require too much sweat to test accurately. They cannot measure chemicals precisely in the tiny amounts of liquid we sweat out.

Secondly, those that are accurate are very expensive.

Scientists have worked out how to make cheaper sensors from graphene in which they use commonly available carbon dioxide lasers to engrave the tiny channels into which the fluids go.

Their sensors can measure respiratory and heart rates that can help diagnose heart disease and fitness-related conditions, blood uric acid for gout diagnosis, and blood tyrosine for liver disease and metabolic disease diagnosis.

They tested gout patients and people without gout to compare their readings. The sensor accurately measured the gout patient’s uric acid to be higher than that of the healthy volunteers.

To ensure that the sensors were right, the scientists drew blood from these subjects and compared their blood readings with their sweat sensor readings. The sensors showed the same readings as the blood tests.

They next tested the sweat of healthy gout-free volunteers while they were fasting and again after they ate a meal packed with purines, a chemical in food that our bodies break down to uric acid.

The sensor correctly measured the higher uric acid levels after the meals.

But you know you have gout, so the most important question is how can you completely cure your gout? This is actually easy to do if you turn the traditional gout treatments on their head. I’ll explain this here…

Completely Cure Your Gout - Gout Caused by This Fat, Not Uric Acid (study)

Gout is caused by a high uric acid level. Everyone knows that, right?

But according to a new study published in Clinical Rheumatology this is not the case.

It’s actually caused by a common type of fat.

Cut out this fat and literally watch your gout melt away.

Triglycerides are fats that appear in your blood and are usually tested alongside your cholesterol.

Free fatty acids are long chain acids that are attached to nothing else. In other words, they are free, and bound to nothing.

A triglyceride is an ester built up from glycerol and three fatty acids. In other words, three free fatty acids and glycerol bind together to form triglycerides.

When you eat, your body converts the calories that it doesn’t need immediately to triglycerides, which are then stored in your fat cells to provide you with energy later.

Triglycerides are normally thought of as the main constituent of body fat and, therefore, they are a very harmful substance.

But this new study now suggests that the free fatty acids, before linking with glycerol to form triglycerides, might be involved in gout attacks.

The scientists recruited 60 people with acute gout, 60 in gout remission, 60 with high uric acid that showed no symptoms, and 60 healthy controls.

They then drew and tested their subject’s blood for free fatty acids – triglycerides, cholesterol, and a variety of other health markers.

From the analysis, they drew two strong conclusions:

1. The free fatty acids in the blood of the acute gout patients was much higher than in that of the subjects in the other three groups.

2. The four groups did not differ on triglycerides and LDL cholesterol, even though triglycerides are considered to be harmful and LDL cholesterol is normally called bad cholesterol.

This means that doctors can use blood tests for free fatty acids to monitor your gout.

It also means that you should probably reduce the amount of fat in your diet if you have gout.

To find out how you can completely cure your gout, watch these 2 videos below –

How to Overcome Gout Naturally | Dr. Josh Axe

Gout Diet: 10 Steps to Optimize Uric Acid

But fat and uric acid consumption is actually not the real – real – cause of GOUT. It’s something completely different – and therefore, it’s quite easy to completely cure your gout, as I’ll explain here…

The post is from the End of Gout Program created by Shelly Manning. She is an accomplished natural health researcher and writer. She began her work on natural health remedies after suffering years of very painful arthritis.

The End of Gout  program offers natural ways to eliminate the pain and discomfort of gout. Unlike many conventional treatments, this program takes the main contributing factors, such as diet, stress, sleep and lifestyle, and teaches you natural ways to remove them from your life so you can begin to heal your gout from the inside out.

It’s 100% safe and natural and is highly based around science. It even comes with quick relief options for those days when you want to take the risk and cheat. So, if you’re ready to end your gout without having to restrict your diet and spend hours working out every day, here’s what you can expect from The End of Gout.

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What is the Best Way to Cure High Cholesterol Problems Permanently?

 

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This “Unhealthy” Food Can Cure High Cholesterol Problems Permanently

There’s an unprecedented amount of people taking statins and following dietary advice from the American Heart Association to cure their high cholesterol problems.

But, if they’re following such expert medical advice, why are high cholesterol and cardiovascular disease cases skyrocketing around the world?

A research group from Dublin put a revolutionary theory to a test in a study published in the journal Nutrition & Diabetes – if something isn’t working, do the exact opposite!

It was related to eating more of something that we’ve always been told was bad for us.

And, this so-called “bad” food does wonders for our cholesterol levels.

Most of us grew up with the advice that dairy is unhealthy and we should restrict our intake of milk, butter, cheese, cheese, and cream.

The good news is what you’ve been told isn’t entirely true.

Previously, we were told dairy products contain saturated fat, and saturated fat increases our levels of LDL (bad) cholesterol.

However, a recent study proved otherwise.

Researchers asked 1500 adults to keep food diaries for four days. They also collected their subject’s fasting blood samples and conducted various other tests.

Those who ate more dairy products had the lowest body mass indices, the lowest percentage of body fat, the smallest waist circumference, the smallest waist-to-hip ratio, and the lowest systolic and diastolic blood pressure, which are all signs of good health.

The subjects were split into three groups. They consumed:

1. Butter and cream;
2. Whole milk;
3. Reduced fat milks and yogurt.

If the traditional advice is correct, you would expect the last group to have yielded the healthiest results – however, they had higher total cholesterol and triglyceride (blood fat) levels than the other groups.

Those who drank the most milk, whole or low-fat, had lower circulating levels of some inflammatory markers than their peers, and also had higher insulin sensitivity.

Cure High Cholesterol Problems Permanently - But eating too much of anything isn’t that healthy. To cure your high cholesterol today, you need to cut out this one ingredient that you didn’t even know you were consuming (and it’s not dairy)…

Cure High Cholesterol Problems Permanently - Heart Attack NOT Caused by Cholesterol or Blood Pressure

If you think that high cholesterol, type 2 diabetes and obesity are all dangerous when it comes to cardiovascular disease, heart attacks and strokes, you’re right!

But a new study in the journal Atherosclerosis has published a terrifying discovery, which is far deadlier than the above mentioned.

In fact, it’s almost as dangerous as high blood pressure and smoking combined.

According to the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders depression means experiencing any of the following symptoms on an almost daily basis:

• Depressed mood
• Diminished interest or pleasure
• Significant weight loss or weight gain
• Insomnia or hypersomnia
• Physical restlessness or incapacity
• Fatigue
• Feelings of worthlessness
• Inappropriate guilt
• Difficulty concentrating
• Suicidal thoughts

Scientists found depression was responsible for 15% of cardiac-related deaths, which was followed by cholesterol and obesity at 8-21%, and diabetes at 5-8%.

In other words, cholesterol, diabetes, and obesity do less damage to your heart than depression!

But reducing stress is easy with these 3 exercises – and they’ll also drop your blood pressure back to normal in 9 minutes…

And to cut the risk of heart attacks and strokes, you need to take control of your high blood pressure, which you can do by cutting out this ONE single ingredient. Learn how here…

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This Common Vitamin Can Cure High Cholesterol Problems Permanently

Do you have high cholesterol?

If so, the chances are your doctor has pushed you into taking a crazy amount of drugs to try and reduce the damage, right?

Well, what your doctor probably didn’t tell you or go into detail about is that these medicines are dangerous and come with a whole host of side effects.

A new study, from The Women’s Health Initiative, has proved doctors wrong – it is possible to treat and even cure high cholesterol naturally without those drugs; and all you have to do is start taking this one common vitamin.

Vitamin D is well known for treating weak bones, but now it has been identified as a way of controlling cholesterol as well.

In the study published in the journal Menopause, researchers focused on a group of 576 women, all of whom were postmenopausal. They were divided into two groups.

One group was administered a daily dose of 400 units of Vitamin D along with 1000 milligrams of calcium while the other group was given a placebo.

At the end of the study, researchers found there was a significant rise in the level of vitamin D in blood serum. This included a corresponding small but significant drop in the ‘bad’ LDL cholesterol and a rise in ‘good’ HDL.

The best way to get your daily requirement of Vitamin D is to go and get some sunlight! 15-30 minutes of daily sunlight is all you need.

To find out how you can cure high cholesterol problems permanently, watch this video - How to Lower High Cholesterol Naturally – Diet and Supplements to Lower Cholesterol Levels

Getting enough vitamin D is only the first step to cure high cholesterol problems permanently. To completely cure it, you need to cut out this ONE ingredient, you didn’t even know you were consuming…

This post is from the Oxidized Cholesterol Strategy Program. It was created by Scott Davis. Because he once suffered from high cholesterol, so much so that he even had a severe heart attack. This is what essentially led him to finding healthier alternatives to conventional medication. Oxidized Cholesterol Strategy is a unique online program that provides you with all the information you need to regain control of your cholesterol levels and health, as a whole.

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What is the Best Way to Eliminate Psoriasis Symptoms Permanently?

 

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Eliminate Psoriasis Symptoms Permanently - This Cosmetic Habit Causes Psoriasis

A study that has just appeared in the British Journal of Dermatology has found that one popular cosmetic habit causes psoriasis.

This is quite alarming considering many dermatologists have previously promoted this habit to ease psoriasis symptoms.

The researchers analyzed information already collected by the Nurse’s Health Study II. In total, there were 80,923 participants, all of whom were women.

They were asked about their annual use of tanning beds in high school and college, between ages 25-35, and over the last two years.

For each of these periods, they were asked how often they used tanning beds from zero to more than 24 times per year.

32.4 percent admitted to having 1-2 tanning bed sessions per year, 13.38 percent reported 3-11 annual uses, and 1.7 percent reported more than 12 sessions.

While only 2.3 percent of women reported developing psoriasis, the risk was higher for women who tanned indoors than for women who did not. There was a:

1. 16 percent greater chance for women who tanned indoors once or twice a year.

2. 23 percent greater risk for women who tanned indoors 3-11 times per year.

3. 63 percent increased risk for women who tanned indoors 12 or more times per year.

This is quite alarming, as many dermatologists even prescribe tanning beds to relieve psoriasis symptoms.

But avoiding tanning beds does nothing to eliminate psoriasis symptoms permanently. Hundreds of people have however been able to completely eliminate their psoriasis using simple diet and lifestyle changes explained here…

Eliminate Psoriasis Symptoms Permanently - This ONE Ingredient Causes Psoriasis

The traditional medical system considers psoriasis untreatable.

But a new study published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology proves not only that it’s preventable, but also curable.

And all you have to do is cut out this ONE (maybe two) ingredients.

Mice were fed a high-fat high-sugar diet that mimicked the typical Western diet. This was enough to cause easily observable skin inflammation within the first four weeks, even before the mice started putting on weight.

This implies that the skin damage that later becomes psoriasis is present because of the food, and not the extra weight.

They also put other groups of mice on different diets to compare them with the Western dieters.

• One group received a normal diet without excessive fat and sugar,
• Another group received a high-fat diet without excessive sugar.
• The third group received a high-fat, high sugar diet.

The high-fat high-sugar group was the only group that exhibited skin inflammation.

A Western Diet is made up of saturated fats and simple, rather than complex, carbs. It also contains little fiber.

The researchers even managed to find a mechanism that is likely responsible for this finding – bile acids.

When you eat fat, your liver produces bile acids that travel to your intestines and help to absorb the fat.

When the mice were given a drug that removed the bile acids from their intestines, their levels of skin inflammation were lower, proving these acids play a role in the production of skin inflammation as a result of a high-fat, high-sugar diet.

We cannot recommend these drugs of course, as they can cause stomach upset, pain, constipation or diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, and low levels of vitamins B and K.

The easiest solution is simply to eat less fat and fewer simple carbohydrates. Also, it is recommended to follow an anti-inflammatory diet.

A healthier diet is all well and good, but to permanently cure psoriasis, you need a little bit more to eliminate psoriasis symptoms permanently, as I’ll explain here…

Eliminate Psoriasis Symptoms Permanently -This Bad Habit Causes Psoriasis

WebMD claims no one really knows what causes psoriasis – and there are some that actually believe this.

But to cure something, we need to know where it came from in the first place.

So naturally, we welcomed new research that was published in the Journal Of The American Academy Of Dermatology, which revealed a bad habit that increases the risk of psoriasis by a whopping 300%

And here’s the thing – it isn’t even your bad habit.

New warnings have been made regarding smoking while pregnant, as this can lead to psoriasis in children.

Researchers collected and analyzed data of 25,812 children from the Danish National Birth Cohort. This information spanned across different age groups – at gestational week 12, at six months, and at 11 years, which allowed researchers to compare the child’s development.

Children who were exposed to tobacco smoke during their prenatal months were 39 percent more likely than children of non-smoking mothers to develop psoriasis.

If the mothers-to-be smoked 16 or more cigarettes per day during their pregnancies, the kids were almost three times more likely to have psoriasis in their childhood.

The study also revealed that the kids whose mothers were on nicotine replacement products while expecting were also 36 percent more likely to have psoriasis than the kids whose pregnant mothers neither smoked nor utilized nicotine replacement therapy – therefore nicotine is the culprit.

This new information doesn’t really come as such a surprise since a large study in the American Journal of Epidemiology recently stated that smokers had almost twice the psoriasis risk than non-smokers.

To find out how to eliminate psoriasis symptoms permanently, watch this video -Natural Treatments For Psoriasis | Dr. Josh Axe

Eliminate Psoriasis Symptoms Permanently - Now, whether smoking caused your psoriasis or not, you’re probably more interested in knowing how to cure it. That’s actually not so difficult, as I explain here…

This post is from the Psoriasis Program created by Julissa Clay. She provides you with tips and techniques which she used while struggling with psoriasis. Julissa is a natural health researcher and has written many health program e-books and digital guides. She spent all her life to the service of all the people and helped them to recover from various health issues naturally. You can easily avoid the side effects of the medications by following her.

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What is the Best Way to Reverse Your High Blood Pressure Naturally?

 

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Reverse Your High Blood Pressure Naturally - How The Internet Cures High Blood Pressure (study)

High blood pressure is so widespread it’s unknown how many people suffer from it.

Despite the lack of knowledge regarding the statistics, there’s one thing that is fact – not all sufferers can get to the doctor.

Some avoid doctor’s checkups out of fear, whilst others can’t visit due to one reason or other, such as immobility or living in remote places.

And those that do get to see their GPs often find themselves leaving the surgeries dissatisfied with the information they received.

Drugs – drugs – and more drugs. While doctors are handing out high blood pressure drugs like candy, people are becoming more skeptical, which has led patients to seek answers and safer alternatives elsewhere – the Internet included.

Teams from the University Health Network and the University of Toronto recently presented a study illustrating how people can cure themselves of high blood pressure with nothing more than an Internet connection.

But it has to be done in a very specific way to be successful.

In the study 264 people with high blood pressure with an average age of 57.5 were recruited. 39 of the participants had blood pressure above 160/100 mmHg.

They divided subjects into two – one group received a comprehensive Internet-based lifestyle counselling program, and the other received a generic online program.

The lifestyle intervention program consisted of weekly emails for four months, two emails per month for the next four, and one email per month for last four.

The emails contained links to videos recorded by former hypertensive patients in which they explained the lifestyle modifications that enabled them to lower their blood pressure, tools for tracking their diets and activity levels, and other educational materials.

The first program included clear interactive activities and concise information from people in real-life counselling settings. The second online program just included information that you could obtain from any good book.

The participant’s blood pressure from both groups was checked quarterly over a period of a year. Those that received the more personalized comprehensive treatment dropped their blood pressure by 10 mmHg. The other group only experienced a 6 mmHG drop.

A specialized online program to reverse your high blood pressure naturally is a great idea in theory, but how do you know the site is legit? The only way you can really drop your blood pressure to normal is by following these simple exercises that will take less than 9 minutes a day…

Reverse Your High Blood Pressure Naturally - Trendy Exercise Lowers High Blood Pressure

What is one of the first things a good doctor recommends when you are diagnosed with high blood pressure?

Diet and exercises, right?

But which exercises?

A new study published in the American Journal of Hypertension reveals a new type of exercise, which is quite effective at lowering blood pressure.

Researchers recruited 28 obese women between the ages of 19 and 27, who had body-mass index scores of between 30 and 40 kg/m2. They all had high blood pressure, but did not have any other chronic health conditions.

They were divided into two groups – half received a 12-week course in mat Pilates and the other half was not expected to do any exercise above what they were already doing.

Mat Pilates is a series of exercises that focus specifically on the strengthening of your core muscles.

The 12-week course consisted of three sessions a week that included 10 minutes of stretching, 40 minutes of Pilates, followed by 10 minutes of cooling-down stretches.

By the end of week 12, the scientists found that the women in the mat Pilates group had 6 mmHg lower systolic blood pressure.

In addition, they had lower arterial stiffness and higher circulating levels of nitric oxide.

This proves that Pilates can help reduce your blood pressure scores, but it’s not enough to cure your condition completely.

Reverse Your High Blood Pressure Naturally - A much simpler, easier and more effective way is to do our three easy blood pressure exercises that will drop yours below 120/80 – starting today…

Reverse Your High Blood Pressure Naturally - Tasty Fruit Cures High Blood Pressure

One in three – that’s how many adults in the US suffer from chronic high blood pressure.

What’s even more startling than these stats is the cocktail of pills they have to consume on a daily basis.

Thankfully, for these people, scientists from the University of Michigan have found a solution to this ever-growing epidemic that’s sweeping the world, and the answer lies in one delicious-tasting fruit, which has even been dubbed as the “mother of all antioxidants” by some doctors.

Grapes not only lower high blood pressure considerably, they also alter your genes, putting an end to your “genetic” high blood pressure”.

The study saw scientists supplementing high amounts of grape extract powder in rat’s high fat diets.

The results were outstanding.

The grape powder prevented the rat’s hearts from becoming enlarged and the arteries from hardening, which typically happens in humans and animals that follow a high fat diet – it is also a common side effect of high blood pressure.

Researchers can now say with confidence that grapes do not only lower blood pressure, but they also contribute to the prevention of heart failure.

They then fed the grape-rich diet to rats with hypertension for 18 weeks, which resulted in the altering of the rat’s genes.

When the genes were altered, the grapes were able to provide the hearts cells with even more antioxidants, therefore preventing them from suffering from the effects of high blood pressure.

Doctors recommend that people who suffer from high blood pressure should add a handful of grapes to their daily diet to prevent heart disease and stop their high blood pressure from spiralling out of control.

To find out how you can reverse your high blood pressure naturally, watch this video -Natural Ways to Lower Blood Pressure

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