• The secret to boosting muscle strength in record time!
• Doctors said antipsychotic drugs don’t help Alzheimer’s patients…
• Excess Body Fat Aggravates Breast Cancer
• Tips for taming a throbbing headache…

If you’re concerned about dropping some extra weight and building muscle tone, you’ll LOVE today’s Monday Edition of Health News Weekly™!

This week I’ll tell you about some amazing nutrients researchers said you can use to help shed excess flab around your middle—and build muscle tone!

Plus, you’ll read why several health professionals said you could be DROWNING your system with too much water!

If you’re committed to living a happy, healthy life—don’t miss any of the fantastic articles in today’s issue!

Got Excess Flab? Get Goat’s Milk!

Layne Lowery

Are you one of the many folks who now steer clear of dairy foods because they give you embarrassing gas, diarrhea or constipation?

It’s understandable that you’d want to eliminate these digestive problems. But by cutting dairy products from your diet—you’ve also cut out a good source of protein, and essential vitamins and minerals such as calcium. And this can put you at risk for more than just an upset stomach.

Over time, calcium deficiency can lead to weak, brittle bones. A harmless slip and fall could lead to a painful bone fracture—and maybe even a long-term stay at a nursing home.

And without enough protein in your diet, your once shapely muscles will start to sag like old couch cushions!

But there’s good news for folks with sensitivity to dairy products. In 2007, researchers at the Department of Physiology of the University of Granada proved that goat’s milk provides more health benefits than milk from dairy cows. For starters, scientists said it helps to prevent iron deficiency and bone softening.

But an even greater benefit of goat’s milk is that some people who cannot tolerate cow’s milk are able to drink milk from goats without any problems.

It is not clear exactly why some people can better tolerate goat’s milk. Some initial studies suggest that large amounts of specific proteins known to cause allergic reactions may be present in cow’s milk. These proteins do not appear to be present in goat’s milk.

And the molecules in goat’s milk are small and easy to digest. It forms a soft curd in your stomach that passes through your intestines more rapidly than the larger protein clumps in cow’s milk. Because it’s easier to digest, you tolerate it better—and experience fewer episodes of smelly, embarrassing gas!

Goat’s milk contains all the essential amino acids your body needs to support growth and development. These amino acids—the building blocks of protein—help strengthen and build your muscles. They also help prevent muscular atrophy for folks who have limited mobility in their limbs.

As an added benefit, whey protein made from goat’s milk is an excellent source of nutrients to boost your brain’s production of serotonin. This brain chemical will help you rest soundly at night—and awaken refreshed and raring to go!

So if you want to firm and tone your muscles… build bones of steel… and enjoy many restful nights…

…get in on the secret shared by nearly three-quarters of the world. Try goat’s milk—it will do your body a world of good!

Antipsychotic Drugs May Not Help
Alzheimer’s Patients

Tiffany Lowery

A team of researchers concluded antipsychotic drugs do not help most Alzheimer’s patients suffering with delusions or aggression.

A nine-member research team led by Dr. Clive Ballard from King’s College Hospital in London studied 165 patients being treated with antipsychotic drugs such as thioridazine (Mellaril^®), chlorpromazine (Thorazine^®), haloperidol (Haldol^®), trifluoperazine (Stelazine^®)or risperidone (Risperdal^®). The patients were divided into two groups: one continued treatment with the drugs while the other group stopped using them.

The scientists assessed patients six and 12 months later. They found no differences between the two groups in terms of cognitive decline or in the number of neuropsychiatric problems.

In fact, for the patients who continued taking the drugs, the researchers reported there was a significant decline in the patients’ ability to speak!

Older dementia patients tend to have some neuropsychiatric problems. This may include agitation, aggression and psychosis. Doctors often use antipsychotic drugs to manage or control these symptoms.

But the drugs may increase risk of stroke, have a sedative effect, cause swelling, chest infections and even symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. Prolonged use of antipsychotics could even cause further decline in brain function.

While these findings suggest that continued use of antipsychotic drugs offers no benefits for Alzheimer’s patients, this was a small study, the study authors noted. They stress the need for more research to help improve management of these patients.

The study appears in the April issue of Public Library of Science (PLoS) Medicine.

Fast Fact

Anemia refers to a lack of red blood cells. This usually results from blood loss… poor absorption or use of iron… or vitamin B-12 deficiency. Your doctor can easily determine if you’re anemic with a simple finger prick test. In some cases, you can easily remedy this condition with vitamin and mineral supplements.

Excess Body Fat Aggravates Breast Cancer

Roz Roscoe, Staff Writer

Overweight breast cancer patients tend to have more aggressive forms of the disease and may be more likely to die sooner, U.S. researchers reported.

According to study findings published in Clinical Cancer Research, lead researcher Dr. Massimo Cristofanilli of the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center said they studied 606 women with breast cancer that had spread within the breast.

The researchers noted 45 percent of obese patients had inflammatory breast cancer, a dangerous type of the disease. They compared this to occurrences of the disease in just 30 percent of overweight patients and 15 percent of patients of healthy weight.

“The more obese a patient is, the more aggressive the disease,” Cristofanilli said. He added that the fat tissue may increase inflammation, which likely leads to a more aggressive disease.

The researchers classified participants according to body mass index (BMI), a globally accepted measure of obesity. A BMI score below 25 is considered normal. A ranking in the range of 25-29 indicates that a person is overweight. A score of 30 or above is deemed clinically obese.

After five years, about 56 percent of obese women and 56 percent of overweight women were still alive. But 67 percent of the normal weight women had survived.

When researchers checked 10-year survival rates more than 56 percent of normal weight women had survived. The numbers decreased to about 43 percent of obese women and 42 percent of overweight women.

Many studies have shown that the obese have a greater risk of leukemia, multiple myeloma, thyroid cancer, colon and kidney cancers.

Several researchers have concluded that fat cells produce different hormones that could fuel cancerous cell growth.

Health E-Hints

How to Tame a Tension Headache

You might be familiar with the taut muscles and throbbing pain of a tension headache. They’re often triggered by stress or anxiety—which means it can be hard to prevent them from occurring.

But the U.S. National Library of Medicine suggests these tips to help you tame a tension headache:

• Try to control stress with exercise, meditation or yoga.
• Get plenty of sleep each night.
• Gently massage sore muscles in your upper back, neck or head.
• Know what causes headaches for you—such as cold temperatures—and try to avoid these conditions.
• Try sleeping with a different pillow, or in a different position.
• Exercise your neck and shoulders often, especially when you type, read or work for hours at a computer.

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