Does Selenium reduce risks of prostate cancer?

Selenium is an antioxidant that is thought to have anti-cancer properties. Unfortunately, this is not true. Studies have had conflicting results: some show a preventive benefit while others show no benefit.
What is known is the selenium supplements can increase the risk of DIABETES! The authors of both of these studies concluded that, if one wanted to increase selenium levels in the body, the best way to do it was from your diet and NOT PILLS.
While we can monitor selenium levels in the blood, I am not aware of any insurance companies picking up the bill.
 
For more information on selenium and other nutrients found in your diet, please make an appointment with our dietitian, Patricia King, at the KAIZEN TOTAL WELLNESS Center.
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Olive Oil and Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis occurs when bones become fragile and can lead to painful and sometimes fatal fractures, particularly of the wrist, hip and spine.
Switching to a Mediterranean-style diet could help millions of people protect their bones. While eating grilled fish, olive oil, vegetables and salads is already known to be good for the heart, researchers have found it also reduces bone deterioration caused by aging. Those on the olive oil-enriched diet for two years saw an increase in the serum osteocalcin, a protein marker that protects bones against the effects of aging.
Researchers at the Dr Josep Trueta Hospital in Girona, Spain, found olives and olive oil had a particularly beneficial effect.
This is the first randomized study which demonstrates that olive oil preserves bone in humans.
 
CONCLUSION:
Eating a healthy, balanced and calcium-rich (Mediterranean) diet, combined with weight-bearing exercise and vitamin
D through safe sun exposure is the best way to keep bones healthy.
 
KAIZEN TOTAL WELLNESS
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A study just released from Europe showed data from 75,000 people linking high BMI’s to heart disease.

Forget genetics, the higher the BMI, the higher the likelihood of obesity related diseases (26%).

Let’s now add in genetics and the risk goes up to 52%!

It is standard medical practice to control risk factors by lifestyle changes. Even angioplasties do not compare favorably to lifestyle changes when it comes to survival.

At KAIZEN, and in our medical practice we will continue to emphasize the importance of risk factor modification on your health.

Doing exercise that improves strength and balance and eliminating unnecessary medications are two top recommendations for preventing falls among older people, according to the first updated geriatric guidelines released in nearly a decade.  (MyHealthNewsDaily)
 
 
Falls among older people are as serious a health problem as heart attacks and strokes, said Dr. Mary Tinetti, who worked on the new guidelines and directs the Yale Program on Aging.

The guidelines also stress that fall screening and prevention should be integrated into all health care for older adults. Doctors should ask if their older patients have recently fallen, or if they are unsteady walking, the researchers said. (Please note that every patient over 60 in our practice is screened for falls on their first visit. Taking two or more medications IS a risk factor for falling).

“People fall because of the cumulative effects of multiple problems,” Tinetti, told MyHealthNewsDaily. “I think we clarified specifically who should get fall risk assessment and management. I think the first (guidelines were) rather vague.”

The first guidelines were issued in 2001. In 2010, a panel of researchers from the American and British Geriatrics Societies devised a new, multi-pronged approach to fall prevention. A summary of those guidelines were published (Jan. 13) in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
 
About one-third of the 36 million Americans who are age 65 or older fall each year, said Deanna Gray-Miceli, assistant professor and director of gerontological nursing programs at Rutgers University in New Jersey. But most falls don’t result in serious injuries, and thus go unreported, she said.

“We’re seeing the tip of the iceberg, not the true incidence,” said Gray-Miceli, whose research has focused on fall prevention in the elderly.
 
The new recommendations emphasize exercise that involves balance, gait and strength training, such as physical therapy or tai chi, a Chinese martial art incorporating gentle motions and stretching. Walking every day is also a valuable activity, the researchers said.

“We know that remaining physically active is an important piece of reducing your fall risk,” said Dr. Sharon Brangman, a geriatrician in Syracuse, N.Y., and president of the American Geriatrics Society.

At Kaizen Total Wellness we not only screen for falls but we actually do something about it in our safe, physician and physical therapist supervised programs.
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We believe that there are very few primary care practices in the country that offer these kinds of services and that we are the ONLY office in FLORIDA offering both POWER PLATE AND bioDENSITY technology
 
Instead of just treating diseases we have made a conscious effort to bring health and wellness to  not only our patients but anyone in the community. We will even send your own physician progress reports upon request.

Not only do we offer nutritional counseling but we also have our own low impact state of the art gym right in the office.

We are able to train our younger athletic patients AND our older patients who either want to get in better shape or have certain medical conditions that may improve with exercise therapy.

Most insurance plans cover our physical therapy programs and Medicare will pay for face to face private ongoing obesity counseling by our nurse practitioner.
Our programs, which have been very successful are safe and supervised by both Dr. Mishner and Dr. Rose (physical therapist).

Our exercise trainers are certified by Power Plate International and are experienced in working with older patients.
 
For more information, please call 941-556-7788 or 941-747-2090

Kaizen Total Wellness, located in Lakewood Ranch, Florida, brings medical expertise, nutritional guidance, and personal physical fitness training to one convenient and affordable location. Utilizing the only state-of-the-art Power Plate equipment combined with the bioDensity technology currently in the southeast US, Kaizen builds personalized fitness programs for adults of any age and physical condition. One-on-one nutritional counseling assists clients in developing healthy eating habits for sustained results and every client’s program and progress is reviewed by board certified medical director, Harvey S. Mishner, M.D. Kaizen offers three distinct wellness programs to meet the needs of everyone from busy executives, to athletes, to individuals of all ages who want to improve their health and physical well-being.