 050109-27 |
NEW CDSA 2.0 - Measures? Everything the CDSA Mark 1 Did! PLUS 2 new differential disease markers: Calprotectin and Eosinophil Protein X - discriminate IBD, cancer from IBS. Pancreatic Elastase - assesses pancreatic digestive function. Who Should Do? Those with altered bowel habits (must see GP too), IBS, IBD, Crohn’s, Risk of Colon Cancer (total test actually measures 8 parameters to assess CRC- colorectal cancer risk), Candida. Method: Pass Stools (in the bath!). Available From: DSL in UK (www.gsdl.com in USA) Max. 3 week turnaround. Cost: £180 or £270 (with full parasitology).
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050109-26 |
ESTRENEX - Measures: Levels of oestrogen metabolite16-0H oestrodiol which encourages proliferative growth in oestrogen sensitive tissue like breast against anti-proliferative 2-OH oestrodiol. Ratio is a predictor of future breast cancer and has been shown to be easily modifiable through dietary changes and supplementation. Who Should Do? Family History Breast Cancer; Women with Hormone Imbalance Conditions e.g. Fibroids, PMS, Endometriosis, FBD; prolonged use HRT, antibiotics; Heavy Drinkers; Overweight. Method: First Urine on day 18-25 of menstrual cycle. From: IWDL (www.iwdl.net) COST: £100.
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050109-25 |
FACT Dairy and Grain Profile for Food Intolerance - Who Should Do? Signs of Disturbed Gut Function: wind, bloating, disturbed bowel habit, IBS (constipation, diarrhoea or both), nausea. Signs of Intolerance: mood swings-irritability, skin rashes, rhinitis, asthma, headaches, water retention, fatigue, aches etc. Method: Blood Tests 3 levels of immunological reaction to the most commonly recorded intolerance foods of the Western diet IgG, cytotoxic and IgE food intolerance reactions to most types dairy-sheep, cow, goat etc., grains-all gluten + non-gluten grains even quinoa, millet, soya foods, yeast. Result allows client to prudently exclude foods that may be causing allergic symptoms and so reduce their immune load, allowing health improvements. From: IWDL (www.iwdl.net), Cost: £70.
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050109-24 |
NEW TESTS - (Orderable through your nutritionist: ursula@nutriception.co.uk ) - HOMOCYSTEINE Measures: Levels of Homocysteine. Who Should Do? Family History Cardiovascular Disease; those with mental health and mood issues, which may be due to poor methylation; risk of Alzheimers; Infertility etc.; Method: Blood-required to be taken at private clinic providing centrifuge service and rec. by nutritionist. From: Nutriception (www.nutriception.co.uk); Cost: £40.
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050109-23 |
WHAT'S COOKING (IV) - The new dietary indices to look out for: IV is to the new Fats Watchers, what GI (Glycaemic Index) was to the Carb Counters. Best fats to cook with, are those with the Lowest Iodine Values (that’s the test used in the fats trade to determine the no. of unstable double bonds present in the fats structure). Predictably the tropical oils, butter and olive oils score lowest for IValues alongside the unfashionable chicken fat (of traditional Chinese cooking) and lamb tallow and lard!! So that’s what to cook with if you want to avoid damaged fats which in the long term may lead to hormone disruption; mood or behaviourial problems, cancer, poor cardiovascular health and the list goes on ...
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050109-22 |
SUPPLEMENT PRODUCTS: - Nanny Goat Milk (New Zealand): Formula 400 grams for Infants or Babies (meets Dept. of Health and WHO compositional standards). Available through Vitacare, email: info@vitacare.co.uk and telephone: (0800) 328 5826 or (020) 77224300. Available in pharmacies e.g. Boots, Unichem or Mail Order, Gardens of Life Goatein 454g Goat's Milk Protein Powder Available through Health Interlink www.health-interlink.co.uk or info@health-interlink.co.uk or Tel. (01664) 810011 RRP £30.99 CODE GMPP
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050109-21 |
DIETARY PRODUCTS: - Rolls of French Goat Butter - Tesco, Harvey Nicks. Avocado (Alligator Pear) Oil: another heat stable oil with tropical origins that is currently being marketed in major supermarket chains has a highly comparable fatty acid value and use to olive oil. Brands: Vanilla Valley (South Africa) - Deli’s; Grove (New Zealand) - Tesco, all around £5 for 250mls.
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050109-20 |
FOOD FACTS: Butter - Butter is beginning to be valued by nutritionists again. After spending decades in the back of the pantry pushed out by the cholesterol bashing promoters of solvent derived vegetable margarines, it is now getting back into the shopping trolley and the farmer's markets. The move is especially timely as the discovery of new cardiovascular disease risk markers (CRP*, Homocysteine) valued over cholesterol. American Nutritionist Mary Enig (author of "Know Your Fats", Bethesda 2001) is at the forefront of this move. Enig, millenial successor to the 90’s fats guru Udo Erasmus, has declared war on the lipophobes of previous decades. She points out that butter like many traditionally used saturated fats (coconut, palm, lard, chicken fat), which are now maligned or undervalued in our society, have many forgotten and now well researched health benefits. Butter contains anti-microbial fatty acids e.g. lauric acid, including glycolipids, short chain fatty acids which are anti-fungal and medium chain fatty acids (MCTs) which disable viruses (watch out SARS!). MCTs has been designated as thermogenic (encourage efficient calorie burn like green tea) and along with butters CLA (Conjugated Linoleic Acid) content, help build lean tissue and encourage weight loss . The benefits of CLA were the focus of EU funded research projects EU-wide (Flair-Flow see www.flair-flow.com and BNF www.britishnutrition.org.uk (for details of research projects) not least for its anti-carcinogenic worth. Despite its widespread availability (PharmaNord, Biocare and Higher Nature) though, Danish Nutritionist Umahro Cadogan and Udo Erasmus (SAVANT) have contested the safety and efficacy of CLA as a nutrient (www.www.udoerasmus.com and www.savant-health.com). Lipgene and Ob-age projects looking at the obesity epidemic are the latest BNF projects. Butter is also low in lactose for the lactose intolerant and for those that are casein intolerant, rolls of goats butter are now hitting the shelves. Those with cow's milk intolerances often react less to Goat's Milk Products including butter as they contain a different form of the protein casein, alpha 2 and have no gamma casein. On the fats side of things goat's butter is richer in MCTs than cows butter, which on top of the aforementioned anti-microbial and thermogenic benefits can be usefully employed in poor digestion, malabsorption and infant feeding formulas because of its rapid and better digestability (finer fat globules than cow) and capability once digested to be absorbed without pancreatric lipase or bile salts (Biggart, TJl, Goat Milk for the Allergic Child, Pediatrics Today Vol. 4 No 4, 1996). All butters are generally beneficial for butyric acid content, which as every nutritionist knows, helps the gut repair after damage or invasion (provides fuel for cells lining lower intestine, helping repair and cell regeneration). Last but lost least because it contains mostly saturated fat it is ideal for cooking with because unlike vegetable oils it is stable at high heat (see What’s Cooking below). Note: * Libby, Peter Atherosclerosis: A New View in Sci. Am. May 2002 pp 29-37.
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030501-13 |
NEW SUPPLEMENTS - Savant Ferrogreen: pleasant fruit flavoured, plant (nettle, watercress, spinach) derived, syrup developed in Italy to address iron deficiency anaemia. Clinical Applications: include heavy menstruation, nursing moms and the elderly.
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030501-12 |
NEW SUPPLEMENTS - Biocare Yeastguard Pessaries: Packet of six probiotic inserts for re-inoculating the vagina in case of thrush.
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