I will be out of town..actually out of the country... from April 5th-17th. Please call me beforehand if you need any supplements for those weeks. I will be able to return all messages left after April 5th on Monday April 17th. If you need any acupuncture while I am gone, please call Allison Dinn. She is located in Denver near Wild Oats on Washington and her # is 303-733-4500. She does not do pediatrics, but does everything else and is very good. For pediatrics I would recommend Jake Fratkin in Boulder. Still trying to find a good referral here in Denver, so I apologize for not having a Metro area referral for pediatrics yet.
Also here is a link for the 9 news Heath Fair. It is a very low cost way of getting necessary blood tests and physical assessments done. I highly recommend taking advantage of this. If you get any tests done and would like me to go over the results with you, please feel free to bring them to your next visit.
http://www.9healthfair.org/
Yours in Health
Michelle
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Ambien and sleep eating
I also heard sleepwalking and sleep driving is being linked to this drug. Here is one article.
Unconscious food forays tied to Ambien sleep aid
The New York Times Salt Lake Tribune
The sleeping pill Ambien seems to unlock a primitive desire to eat in some patients, according to emerging medical case studies that describe how the drug's users sometimes sleepwalk into their kitchens, claw through their refrigerators like animals and consume calories ranging into the thousands. The next morning, the night eaters remember nothing about their foraging. But they wake up to find telltale clues - mouthfuls of peanut butter, Tostitos in their beds, kitchen counters overflowing with flour, missing food, and even lighted ovens and stoves. Some are so embarrassed, they delay telling anyone, even as they gain weight. ''These people are hell-bent to eat,'' said Mark Mahowald, director of the Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center in Minneapolis and one of the sleep experts researching the problem. He and colleagues are preparing a scientific paper based on their findings - that a sleep-related eating disorder is one of the unusual side effects showing up with the widespread use of Ambien. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic, in Rochester, Minn., have made similar findings. Most of the people who use Ambien say the drug puts them to sleep, and they wake up without incident. But several doctors and a number of report a variety of unusual reactions to the drug. The reactions range from fairly benign sleepwalking episodes to hallucinations, violent outbursts and, most troubling of all, driving while asleep, a subject explored in an article last week in The New York Times.
Unconscious food forays tied to Ambien sleep aid
The New York Times Salt Lake Tribune
The sleeping pill Ambien seems to unlock a primitive desire to eat in some patients, according to emerging medical case studies that describe how the drug's users sometimes sleepwalk into their kitchens, claw through their refrigerators like animals and consume calories ranging into the thousands. The next morning, the night eaters remember nothing about their foraging. But they wake up to find telltale clues - mouthfuls of peanut butter, Tostitos in their beds, kitchen counters overflowing with flour, missing food, and even lighted ovens and stoves. Some are so embarrassed, they delay telling anyone, even as they gain weight. ''These people are hell-bent to eat,'' said Mark Mahowald, director of the Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center in Minneapolis and one of the sleep experts researching the problem. He and colleagues are preparing a scientific paper based on their findings - that a sleep-related eating disorder is one of the unusual side effects showing up with the widespread use of Ambien. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic, in Rochester, Minn., have made similar findings. Most of the people who use Ambien say the drug puts them to sleep, and they wake up without incident. But several doctors and a number of report a variety of unusual reactions to the drug. The reactions range from fairly benign sleepwalking episodes to hallucinations, violent outbursts and, most troubling of all, driving while asleep, a subject explored in an article last week in The New York Times.
Just a Great Story
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/basketball/2006-02-28-mcelwain-hollywood_x.htm
Make sure and hit the video link attached to the above page.
Make sure and hit the video link attached to the above page.
Saturday, March 11, 2006
Heart Health
The heart's main metabolic fuel is long-chain fatty acids, which are "burnt" in the heart muscle cells when oxygen is present. But if the heart can't utilize these fatty acids properly, they build up in the muscle tissue and damage it. Any defect in your ability to use these fatty acids will greatly increase your risk of angina pain if there is even a slight shortage of oxygen. The nutrients carnitine, pantethine and CoQ10 are all essential in the metabolism of fatty acids and prevent their accumulation in the heart muscle. Pantethine is a fundamental component of coenzyme A, which is involved in the transport of fatty acids to and from cells. Heart pantethine levels have been shown to drop during periods of reduced oxygen supply, so this nutrient is also likely to be of great benefit to angina sufferers (Jap. Heart J. 26: 289-96, 1985). Clinical trials have shown, incredibly, that carnitine at a dose of 600 mg a day is as effective as calcium channel blockers and other anti-angina drugs in reducing angina symptoms. (Drugs Exptl. Clin. Res. 10: 213-217, 1984).
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