Three Main Causes of Illness

How can we achieve our aspirations in life, without our body getting in the way? At the very least, we must avoid the three main causes of illness: (1) Nutritional Deficiencies, (2) Toxins, and (3) Allergies.1. Nutritional DeficienciesYour body is like a car: it has to have the right "gas and oil" to run. Proper nutrients from proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, and good pure water are what make the body go. If you are not well, or are functioning like an old rusty station wagon, the first step is to find out what nutrients you lack and incorporate them into your diet.2. ToxicitiesA toxin is any foreign substance or entity that shouldn't be in your body but is. Your body is set up to eliminate these debilitating toxins, whether they be heavy metals, pesticides, and industrial chemicals, or bacteria, parasites, and viruses. But when your natural detoxification system has too many toxins, it becomes overloaded, your body organs and processes become weakened, and illness sets in.3. AllergiesWe're all familiar with traditional allergies: during springtime, pollen wipes you out, but leaves others untouched. Or, the guy next to you can drink milk, but you can't. However, allergies can also be...

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Dr. David Minkoff Finds Atkins Dieters May Be Protein Deficient

Clearwater, Fla. — Dr. David Minkoff, M.D., alternative healthcare expert specializing in protein nutrition, says that even as Americans consume record levels of protein, on high protein diets like the Atkins and South Beach, many are still protein deficient. On beef alone, a high-protein food, Americans will spend $70 billion this year, eating it 77.8 million times a day across America, according to the National Cattlemen's Beef Association. Yet Dr. David Minkoff says lab tests often show many people are protein deficient. "Standard blood panels may not indicate deficiency, but in deeper tests of the serum, we do find that many are deficient," says Dr. David Minkoff.Why aren't people getting the protein they need from their diet? Dr. Minkoff says that as individuals enter middle age, they lose about half of the hydrochloric acid in their stomachs. This hydrochloric acid is necessary to activate the digestive enzymes, such as pepsin, that initiate protein breakdown. "If you can't digest the protein you eat," says Dr. Minkoff, "it doesn't matter how much protein you're eating - your body won't absorb it.""Atkins type dieters overload their body with protein and high levels of nitrogen waste products. But many of these people don't adequately...

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Dr. David Minkoff Offers 7 Simple Steps To Staying Healthy This Winter

Clearwater, Fla. — Dr. David Minkoff, M.D., infectious disease and alternative healthcare expert, says that although the flu vaccine shortage has perhaps put millions of Americans at risk for contracting the flu, there are 7 simple steps individuals can take to stay healthy this winter. Dr. David Minkoff worked for 30 years helping patients with illness return to health. "There are natural solutions apart from the flu vaccine that people can take to increase their body's immune system and protect themselves against the flu," says Dr. Minkoff. Some of the measures are outlined below, and more are available at www.BodyHealth.com."Your best bet to staying healthy," Dr. David Minkoff says, "is to build up your immune system." The problem is if you are a typical American, you're already struggling with a burden of toxins that undermines your immune system. "Every day you assimilate toxic pesticides from food, toxins in smoke from cigarettes and cars, toxic mercury vapors from your dental amalgams, toxic bacteria from your computer keyboard. It all adds up," Dr. Minkoff says.When a body already struggling with these toxins encounters the flu, often the flu virus is the straw that breaks the camel's back. And if you get sick,...

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Are Protein Myths Tied to America’s Obesity Epidemic?

Consuming increased amounts of bacon, hamburgers, and sausages without shame, tens of millions of Americans dutifully follow high-proteins diets. But even with all the high protein consumption, American's obesity statistics have not decreased. Are Americans getting too much protein, and is all the protein consumption contributing to obesity? Dr. David Minkoff says no. In fact, Americans aren't getting enough protein!Dr. David Minkoff, M.D., graduated magna cum laude from the University of Wisconsin Medical School and completed both a pediatric residence and fellowship in infectious disease at the University of California at San Diego. He worked in traditional medicine until 1995. At that time, his wife became ill and her physicians could not find what was wrong. To help her, he went on a search that led him out of emergency medicine into complementary and alternative medicine to find the answers.The answers he found were soon in demand by her former physicians and others who learned of her return to good health. The demand for the products and protocols he discovered became a catalyst for founding BodyHealth.Com, a nutrition company that now manufactures and distributes these cutting-edge solutions for the many health problems today. One of these solutions is a breakthrough...

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Will the Flu Epidemic Strike You This Year? 7 Steps to Staying Healthy this Winter

Clearwater, Fla. — Public health officials estimate 36,000 Americans die from the flu and its complications each year. With the shortage of flu vaccines this year, millions of Americans protected in pr evious years will be openly exposed to the virus. In addition to washing hands and avoiding contact with infected people, what are the seven essential measures individuals should take to avoid the flu?Dr. David Minkoff, M.D., graduated magna cum laude from the University of Wisconsin Medical School and completed both a pediatric residency and fellowship in infectious disease at the University of California at San Diego. He worked at the University as an attending physician in infectious disease while conducting original research on Ribaviron, a broad spectrum anti-viral agent to fight disease. Until 1995 he directed a neo-natal intensive care unit and worked in emergency medicine.At that time, his wife became ill he and her physicians could not find what was wrong. To help her, he went on a search that led him out of emergency medicine into complementary and alternative medicine to find the answers. The answers he found were soon in demand by her former physicians and others who learned of her return to good health.The...

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The Path to Optimum Health

Optimum Health: A person whose body is in excellent condition, with plentiful energy and freedom from pain. The body of a person with optimum health should be able to deal with routine environmental stressors without breaking down, and should be able to recover quickly after physical insults. It should allow a person trouble free performance so that he or she can enjoy the maximum lifespan of his or her genetic endowment.Health is not a static state - it is determined by the daily lifestyle choices you make and the inherited strengths and weaknesses of your body. All individuals have their own unique optimum health for their body. This optimum state is a condition that can be measured by both objective and subjective indicators.Theory of the PathwayUsually, ill health is a path that one has been on, perhaps unknowingly, for many years. It's the accumulation of lifestyle and environmental stress that has then overwhelmed the organism, gradually degraded it, and then ever so slowly caused its degeneration.Most people are surprised when an event finally occurs that wakes them up and tells them they are sick. For 35% of people with heart disease, there are no symptoms until the sudden heart attack...

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