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Why Smart Businesses Use Blogs and Social Media to Grow Their Businesses

by Dr. Patrick MacNamara

Do you run a small business? If so, is blogging part of your marketing strategy? What about other social media tools like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube?

If you’re still a skeptic sitting on the fence, then let me point you to several resources to help catalyze change in both your mindset and business which, in return, should assure you that you’ll be in business well into the future.

The first resource comes from none other than Technorati.

Every year since 2004, Technorati has produced an extensive report titled State of the Blogosphere.

Their most recent report, State of The Blogosphere 2009, has some amazing insights and statistics.

For example, here’s a direct quote from the Introduction to the State of the Blogosphere 2009 report:

In a world that’s constantly changing — shocked by financial catastrophe and political upheaval, yet still moving faster every day — not much is constant. But as the 2009 State of the Blogosphere survey demonstrates, the growth of the blogosphere’s influence on subjects ranging from business to politics to the way information travels through communities continues to flourish. In a year when revolutions and elections were organized by blogs, bloggers are blogging more than ever, and the State of the Blogosphere is strong.

In Day 1 of their report, Technorati continues with the breakdown of blogger demographics.

Here’s a small example:

• Two-thirds are male
• 60% are 18-44
• The majority are more affluent and educated than the general population
• 75% have college degrees
• 40% have graduate degrees
• One in three has an annual household income of $75K+
• One in four has an annual household income of $100K+
• Professional and self-employed bloggers are more affluent: nearly half have an annual household income of $75,000 and one third topped the $100,000 level

But, instead of regurgitating Technorati’s entire report, make sure you spend solid time reading through the report. As a small business owner, you’ll walk away with the information you need to make an intelligent decision if blogging is right for you.

If you still need more help, then consider this …

Due to the decline of newspaper subscriptions, both national and local newspapers are in a world of hurt.

However, through thought leadership and innovative thinking, one newspaper decided to blaze a new path in cyberspace.

Founded by Arianna Huffington, Kenneth Lerer, and Jonah Peretti, The Huffington Post, touted as the Internet newspaper that provides news via blogs and video commentary, was launched on May 9, 2005.

Since that time, their success has been staggering.

According to Nielsen NetRatings, The Huffington Post had 8.9 million unique visitors in February, 2009. According to Google Analytics, The Huffington Post has 22 million unique users each month. Technorati ranks The Huffington Post the most linked-to blog on the Internet.

Also, consider this …

In August 2006, The Huffington Post announced that SoftBank Capital would invest $5 million in the site, which had grown in popularity in only a year, to help expand it. Plans included hiring more staff to update the site 24 hours a day, hiring in-house reporters, and a multimedia team to do video reports.

The site now has invested in Vlogging, or video blogging, with many of the site contributors contributing via video, and capturing clips in the media and posting them on the site.

In November 2008, The Huffington Post completed a $15 million fundraising from investors. The money will finance expansion including more journalism and the provision of local news across the United States.

How did they accomplish such a feat with other newspapers dying on the vine?

Through utilizing the power of a blog and social media networks!

I could continue ad nauseum. There are numerous case studies and a plethora of data substantiating the legitimacy of blogs as an extremely viable and lucrative business strategy.

However, the above links should provide you with plenty of information to get started learning about this powerful medium.

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7 Thoughts That Are Bad For You

-- Jeanna Bryner

Our personalities do more for us than determine our social circles. Temperament can impact a person's physical health.

"The idea that behavior or personality traits can influence health is one that's been around for a long time. We're just now getting a handle on to what extent they do," said Stephen Boyle of Duke University Medical Center in North Carolina.

From those with a chill demeanor to the completely frazzled types, mental factors are ultimately tied to physical health. And while a highly neurotic person might deteriorate more quickly than others, not every character trait will kill you. Some might even boost lifetimes.

7. Cynicism

Cynics who tend to be suspicious and mistrustful of others, a character trait that scientists refer to as hostility, may have an increased likelihood of developing heart disease. "These aren't necessarily hot-headed people, but people who are more likely to read into people's behavior as some hostile motive," Stephen Boyle said during a telephone interview.

In a study of more than 300 Vietnam veterans who were healthy at the study start, Boyle found that those who scored high on measures of hostility were about 25 percent more likely to develop heart disease.

Boyle and his colleagues think that hostile individuals might experience more stress, which can cause spikes in an immune-system protein called C3 that has been linked with various diseases, including diabetes. In fact, the participants with higher scores on hostility showed an increase in these proteins while the non-hostile men showed no such increase.


6.Lack of Meaning

If you lack a sense of purpose, your stay on Earth could be truncated. A study involving more than 1,200 elderly participants who didn't have dementia at the study's start found that those who indicated having a high purpose in life were about half as likely to die over the study period, which lasted up to five years. The results, published in the June 15 issue of the journal Psychosomatic Medicine, held regardless of a person's age, sex, education and race, along with level of depression and neuroticism.

"Persons with high purpose readily derive meaning from and make sense of the events of their lives, and likely engage in behaviors and activities that they deem important," said study researcher Patricia Boyle of the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center in Chicago.

Some other research has suggested that people with a higher sense of purpose may have different levels of stress hormones, better heart health or improved immune systems, though more research is needed to firm up any of these biological mechanisms, she said.

The opposite also holds: "The findings from our study suggested that people who no longer set and work actively toward goals or enjoy their day-to-day activities (how they spend their time) are those with greater mortality risk," Boyle told LiveScience.

5. Fretting

People who are highly neurotic -- constantly worried and anxious, and prone to depression -- die sooner on average than their chill counterparts. And a recently reported study of nearly 1,800 men followed over a 30-year period suggests that's partly because neurotics are also more likely to smoke. Perhaps having a cigarette eases anxiety, said study researcher Daniel Mroczek of Purdue University in Indiana, adding that such a short-term payoff might not be worth it if it kills you down the line.

4. Lack of Self-control

Late for appointments? Can't keep your desk organized? No self-control? These seemingly benign qualities could take a toll on your health.

A review of more than 20 studies and nearly 9,000 participants revealed people who are conscientious -- organized and self-disciplined, as opposed to impulsive -- live two to four years longer than others. Study researcher Howard S. Friedman of the University of California, Riverside, suspects the boost in lifetime can be attributed partly to the fact that highly conscientious individuals are less likely to smoke or drink to excess, and live more stable and less stressful lives. The study is detailed in a 2008 issue of the journal Health Psychology.

3. Anxiety

The jitters can put a strain on your noggin, research suggests. Compared with the highly frazzled, individuals with a mellow demeanor who are outgoing may be less likely to develop dementia, which can be caused by Alzheimer's disease and other illnesses. The claim is based on a study that followed more than 500 elderly individuals for five years. Among the outgoing extroverts, dementia risk was 50 percent lower for participants who were calm compared with those who were prone to distress.

2. Gloom and Doom

The gloomy, inhibited person is not just at a disadvantage socially, but also physically.

A preliminary study of more than 180 patients suffering from peripheral arterial disease (plaque buildup in the arteries) showed participants with so-called type D, or distressed, personality, had an increased odds of dying sooner than other people. Type-D people are more likely to experience negative emotions while at the same time hold in their feelings.

The researchers, who detail their work in the August issue of the journal Archives of Surgery, suggest the personality type is linked with the body's immune system as well as stress response system.

1. Stress

Whatever you do, don't let this list worry you! Research is showing that prolonged stress can be deadly, and if it doesn't do you in, workplace stress can increase your chances of heart disease, flu virus, metabolic syndrome and having high blood pressure.

A study of nearly 700 Israeli workers found that those who experienced job burnout (when work stress becomes unmanageable) were nearly twice as likely as others to develop type 2 diabetes, in which a person's body becomes resistant to the sugar-regulating hormone called insulin.

And while a job promotion might boost your income, it also stresses you out. British researchers recently found that when people get promoted, they suffer on average about 10 percent more mental strain and are less likely to find time to go to the doctor.

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U.S. Gets Annual Health Checkup

By LiveScience Staff

U.S. residents are living longer and in some respects healthier thanks in part to a dramatic increase in the use of medical technology and soaring rates of body part replacements, according to a new report that offers a statistical snapshot of the nation's health.

The use of advanced imaging procedures such as MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), CT (computed tomography), or PET (positron emission tomography) scans "increased dramatically," the report concludes.

"Between 1996 and 2007, there was more than a threefold increase in the number of visits per population to physicians' offices that had these advanced imaging technologies provided, and there was a fourfold increase in these advanced imaging technologies ordered or provided during emergency department visits," said Amy Bernstein, a health statistician with the National Center for Health Statistics and lead author of the report.

"Medical technology in all its various forms has improved both the quantity and quality of many, many peoples' lives," Bernstein said.

Over the past decade, life expectancy in the United States has increased 1.4 years, reaching 77.9 years in 2007.

But with obesity and related ills on the rise, the nationwide health checkup offers mixed messages.

The wide-ranging report, released this week, analyzes data that is for years prior — representing the most recent years for which data has been fully analyzed in each case.

Among the findings:

No surprise, but body part replacements are climbing. Knee replacements soared 70 percent among the 45-plus age group, from 26.5 procedures per 10,000 people in 1996 to 45.2 per 10,000 in 2006.

Drugs administered to combat diabetes increased 50 percent from 1988-1994 to 2003-2006, among those age 45 and up. Use of statin drugs to lower cholesterol among this age group increased almost tenfold. Other studies have found soaring rates of obesity in recent years, and obesity causes diabetes and heart problems, as well as raising the risk for certain cancers and a suite of other health problems.

The number of kidney transplants jumped 31 percent from 1997 to 2006. Liver transplants hiked up by 42 percent.

One of the most interesting findings, Bernstein said:

"Among adults, about 30 percent of them report that they almost always or often had trouble sleeping in the past month."

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You Will Soon Be Able to Monitor Your Vital Signs on Your Smart Phone

posted by Dr. Mercola

In the near future it could be that the only place you’ll be able to see a stethoscope will be in a museum. These devices, once mainstays of modern medicine, are quickly being replaced (along with many of their archaic cousins) by far more advanced technology that can monitor not only your heartbeat, but seven vital signs all at the same time.

Better still, this monitoring can take place outside of your physician’s office, while you workout, sit at your desk at work or even while you sleep.

Your doctor needn’t even be present. When you go to check your email, you’ll be able to monitor your blood pressure, temperature, glucose levels, sleep patterns, energy expenditures, and more.

This is the next level of taking control of your health!

Making Strides Toward Consumer-Driven Health Care

What’s most exciting about the wireless health care revolution is that it puts you in control, allowing you to track and monitor your health. This gives you vital information like never before, and you can use this information strategically to prevent chronic health conditions.

Just as many people now keep track of their fitness programs or calorie intake, and adjust them accordingly to lose or gain weight, you’ll be able to track fluctuations in other vital signs and make informed health choices.

Further, if you’re one of the 100 million Americans already living with a chronic health condition such as diabetes, heart disease or high blood pressure, wireless technologies may be able to detect important shifts in your health sooner, allowing you to have an early warning that there’s an impending problem.

These applications are picking up where conventional medicine has dismally failed … they are offering a streamlined approach to disease prevention … that is, provided you use the information and make the corresponding healthy choices.

The potential is truly endless.

From Prevention to Chronic Disease Management

As Dr. Eric Topol, a cardiologist with the prestigious Cleveland Clinic Foundation (who, by the way, became one of the most outspoken critics of drug companies), pointed out in the video above, wireless health care will be important for both preempting disease and managing illness.

Alzheimer’s patients could use the “smart band-aids” to help with balance and vital signs, along with offering a way to track their location, for instance.

Asthma patients could track pollen counts and air quality before venturing outdoors, while heart failure patients could benefit from continuous monitoring of their heart pressures, blood pressure and fluid status.

Dr. Topol is the chief medical officer of West Wireless Health Institute, which offers a streamlined explanation of wireless health care that I wanted to share with you:

"Regardless of the factor influencing a condition, wireless technologies offer great promise for helping people stay healthy. Wireless sensors, for example, can detect a 'shift' in health as soon as it occurs.

A patient with high blood pressure can be monitored with a wireless device that picks up changes and sends an early warning to the doctor – preempting complications such as stroke, heart attack, or kidney disease.

Researchers have also developed algorithms that detect individual preference and treatment compliance patterns, making it possible to create personalized applications for end-users that provide timely advice and automated reminders to take medication or modify behavior."

Among the innovations being developed by the West Wireless Health Institute are:

• Smart Pill: Wireless sensors embedded on a pill that measure your body’s response to medications.
• Smart Patch: A smart “band-aid” that will measure your heart rate and rhythm, calorie intake and expenditure, and hours of quality sleep.

You can expect to see many more innovations coming to the marketplace soon. For now wireless health care is still in the beginning stages, but it is set to explode and will likely become the standard of future health care.

One Caveat and Caution …

I’m a major advocate of technology, and these new developments are not only exciting but set to change health care as we now know it. That said, although the benefits are potentially immense, there is one consideration that I haven’t seen mentioned, and that is the impact of wireless technologies themselves on human health.

I am so convinced of the inherent dangers of wireless technologies (including WI-FI, cell phones, cordless phones, etc.) that I had my new home completely renovated with wired CAT-5 cables a few years back -- so I have no wireless connections at all.

I am concerned that as wireless technologies become increasingly integrated into our lives, including in the management of our health care, it will become even more difficult to avoid exposures to the potentially damaging electromagnetic fields and radiation.

This is a new frontier with uncharted risks … and it will be important to weigh the benefits against these risks as the technologies become available.

For now, I encourage you to continue to take control of your health by making healthy lifestyle choices and staying tuned in to the newsletter for the latest health information and updates for yourself and your family.

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Is This the New Silver Bullet for Cancer?

Posted by Dr. Mercola

Doctors have known that low levels of vitamin D are linked to certain kinds of cancers as well as to diabetes and asthma, but new research also shows that the vitamin can kill human cancer cells.

Researchers took human breast cancer cells and treated them with a potent form of vitamin D. Within a few days, half the cancer cells shriveled up and died.

The vitamin's effects were even more dramatic on breast cancer cells injected into mice. After several weeks of treatment, the cancer tumors in the mice shrank by an average of more than 50 percent. Some tumors disappeared.

Similar results have been achieved on colon and prostate cancer tumors in mice.

Vitamin D Helps Prevent Heart Disease, Diabetes

Further, middle aged and elderly people with high levels of vitamin D could reduce their chances of developing heart disease or diabetes by 43 percent, according to researchers.

A systematic literature review of the relationship between vitamin D and cardiometabolic disorders looked at 28 studies including nearly 100,000 participants.

The studies revealed a significant association between high levels of vitamin D and a decreased risk of developing cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and metabolic syndrome.

All studies included were published between 1990 and 2009, with the majority published between 2004 and 2009. Half of the studies were conducted in the United States, eight were European, two studies were from Iran, three from Australasia and one from India.

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"Without This… You Won’t Efficiently Metabolize Fat*"

posted by Dr. Mercola

With a 25% chance every cell and tissue in your body has less than optimal levels of this nutrient, your metabolism can be totally inefficient in burning fat, generating energy, and absorbing vital nutrients.* Here’s what to do…

Many experts previously believed that strict vegetarians were the primary group that could develop a vitamin B12 deficiency. If you had adequate stores of this important nutrient in your body, the experts believed you were “safe” for many years from developing a B12 deficiency..

Now we know better.

Vitamin B12 depletion and deficiency are much more common than previously thought, especially in the over-60 population. In fact, it’s believed that almost one in four people over 60 have deficient levels of this vital vitamin.

Equally disturbing are emerging signs that other age groups harbor suboptimal blood levels of B12 as well.

Why is vitamin B12 deficiency such a big deal?

Your body depends on vitamin B12 for a host of functions, including…

Helping to maintain normal energy levels*

Promoting healthy neurological activity, including mental alertness*

Supporting normal homocysteine levels for healthy cardiac function*

Helping to ease occasional stress and sleeplessness*

Maintaining healthy cell growth and repair*

Promoting normal immune function*

Supporting normal metabolism of carbohydrates and fats*

When your blood levels of vitamin B12 are low, one or more of these functions may be disrupted.*

Without adequate blood levels of B12, you can experience symptoms related to low energy, mental fatigue, mood changes, sleep difficulties, and even occasional indigestion.*

Your body relies on the efficient conversion of carbohydrates to glucose – your body’s source of fuel – just like your car needs to be able to use gas to run smoothly. Vitamin B12 plays a major role in that conversion in your body.* Likewise, B12 enables your body to convert fatty acids into energy as well.*

Contrary to what you might have heard, there’s really no solid evidence that supplemental vitamin B12 helps you lose weight.

Overall, vitamin B12 is a nutrient your body cannot do without for efficient, healthy metabolism of fats and carbohydrates.*

How You Become Vitamin B12 Deficient
With each advancing year, your chances of developing a vitamin B12 deficiency increases.*

The two main causes of vitamin B12 deficiency are inadequate dietary intake and the inability of your body to absorb the vitamin from food.*

Vitamin B12 is present primarily in animal sources of food--which is one of the reasons I advise against being a strict vegetarian or a vegan. This deficiency can result in less than optimal nervous system function, a tendency toward nervousness, and even less-than-optimal eye health.*

I recently visited India which is primarily a vegetarian based culture and current studies there show about 80% of the adults are deficient in vitamin B12. However, vegans are not the only ones who can become vitamin B12 deficient.

The older you get the more your digestive system breaks down, especially if you have been following the standard American diet. Specifically the lining of your stomach gradually loses its ability to produce hydrochloric acid which releases vitamin B 12 from your food. The use of antacids or anti ulcer drugs will also lower your stomach acid secretion and decrease your ability to absorb vitamin B 12. Infection with Helicobactor pylori, a common contributor to stomach ulcers, can also result in vitamin B12 deficiency.

However the main cause of vitamin B 12 deficiency is a term researchers call food-cobalamin malabsorption syndrome. Cobalamin is the scientific term for vitamin B12. This typically results when your stomach lining loses its ability to produce intrinsic factor which is a protein that binds to vitamin B12 and allows your body to absorb it at the end of your small intestine.

If you often feel tired, run-down, and lacking in energy, you're not alone. Low energy is one of our country's biggest health complaints.

Some of the top reasons for this are:

• Refined foods sold in grocery stores are depleted of vital nutrients...
• Refined foods are loaded with sugar...
• Refined foods are full of chemicals...
• Refined foods are overloaded with food colorings; and...
• Refined foods are loaded with preservatives...

...but it doesn't stop there, either.

Add the harmful effects of caffeine, pollution, conventional therapies, and the stress most of us experience everyday... and you've got yourself a recipe for energy drain.

Well, I'm here to tell you there's a new way to give yourself extra energy.* Actually, a cutting edge way to feel more energized -- without the jitteriness of caffeine.* More on this in a moment.

Now, of course, powering up with extra energy is just one of B-12's many health benefits*. So...

What Critical Health Benefits Does this Vitamin Bring to the Table?

For starters, vitamin B-12 helps folic acid regulate the formation of red blood cells, and helps your body use iron*.

In addition, it is also needed for proper digestion, food absorption, carbohydrate and fat metabolism.* It also helps keep your nervous system healthy by assisting the nerves of your body to function and communicate in an optimal manner.*

But that's not all...far from it!

B-12 also helps in cell formation and cellular longevity.* Plus, it can support female reproductive health, and promote normal nerve growth and development by maintaining the fatty sheaths.* These fatty sheaths play a vital role as they cover and protect your nerve endings.*

What's more, this workhorse of a micronutrient is critical to your circulation and adrenal hormone production -- plus, it helps boost your immunity.* And, oh yes, let's not forget...

Vitamin B-12 supports a healthy mood and feelings of well-being.* And then there's this -- it also provides excellent support for your memory, mental clarity, and concentration.*

Aside from using B-12 to give you an energy boost, when does it also make sense to supplement with this all-important vitamin? Well, there are several good reasons to take vitamin B-12

And the first reason to take it is if you are a carb type or a strict vegetarian.

If You Avoid Meat, You Probably Need to Take B-12

Many people avoid red meats for a large variety of reasons. If you are one of them, you are at a high risk for developing vitamin B-12 deficiency. Why? Because plant sources have virtually no vitamin B-12. And oral forms of B-12 in nearly all supplements are practically useless, as little is absorbed into your bloodstream.
Vegetarians should take this essential micronutrient to ensure an adequate supply of it, because it is found almost exclusively in animal tissues. And, the few plant foods that are sources of B-12 are actually B-12 analogs -- not the form that provides all the benefits of the real deal.
Simply put, an analog is a substance that blocks the uptake of true B-12. The result being, your body's need for the nutrient actually increases.
Furthermore, your body's need for this nutrient may also increase if you take Metformin©. Metformin may interfere with calcium metabolism. And this interference may reduce B-12 absorption, because this absorption requires calcium.
Studies suggest that 10% to 30% of patients taking Metformin show evidence of reduced vitamin B-12 absorption. That's why it is important to speak with your doctor to discuss the best way to maintain B-12 levels when taking this medication.
Now, if getting a good night's sleep has also become increasingly more difficult for you, here's...
What Your Sleeping Difficulties May Be Trying to Tell You!

If you suffer from sleeping difficulties, I recommend taking vitamin B-12 during the day. I believe it can help you.* Here's why.

B-12 plays a vital role in melatonin production.* Melatonin has been called "the sleep hormone" because it is responsible for letting you get a good night's sleep.

As you age, it becomes increasingly more difficult to get a good night's sleep because your body becomes less efficient at making this hormone. And that's why it's a good idea to take B-12 to help you sleep like a baby each night.*

Moreover, a lack of adequate B-12 can have other annoying consequences too.

Do You or a Loved One Experience Any of the Following?

Not many know it, but if you or a family member experience:

• Tiredness and feelings of weakness...*
• Less-than-optimal nervous system functioning...*
• Less-than-optimal eye health...*
• Loss of appetite and unintended weight loss...*
• Occasional constipation and gas...*
• Feelings of mild moodiness...*
• Less-than-optimal memory...*
• A tendency toward nervousness...*
• Less-than-optimal balance...*
• Less-than-optimal liver or heart health...*
• Premature grey hair...
• Occasional digestive issues...

...you may need to supplement with vitamin B-12, even if you eat foods rich in B-12. Oddly enough, that wasn't a typo.

You can eat plenty of meat, poultry, lamb's liver, brewer's yeast, clams, eggs, herring, mackerel, kidneys, milk, dairy products, or seafood -- and still have low levels of B-12. How can that be?

It could be because your body is unable to absorb it from your gut. You see B-12 needs the help of a protein in order to be absorbed. That protein is called intrinsic factor. And because the lining of your stomach makes intrinsic factor, people with less-than-optimal gastrointestinal health often need to supplement with B-12.*

Likewise, most people over the age of 50 have a limited ability to absorb B-12, too. Thus, the need for supplementation

* These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.

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Vitamin Deficiency can lead to depression.

If you are among the millions of people today who have been diagnosed with depression, but are unwilling to take a prescription "anti-depressant", (which is going to give you unpredictable results, and in some cases can even make your situation worse), then you may be relieved to know that your depression could possibly be helped by simply adding a multi-vitamin that is high in B vitamins. There has been alot of research done on this topic.

This has become a topic that is very important to many of my patients and clients, as well as myself. I have found several articles and studies that have been written to support these claims, and the following is simply one that breaks down the different B Vitamins and what their function is in the body.


Vitamin for Depression? A good vitamin supplement could be just what the doctor ordered.

By Nancy Schimelpfening

Did you ever wish that you could take a vitamin for depression? Well, for some of you it may be just that simple. There are a variety of vitamin deficiencies that can lead to depression symptoms.

The B-Complex Vitamins

The B-complex vitamins are essential to mental and emotional well-being. They cannot be stored in our bodies, so we depend entirely on our daily diet to supply them. B vitamins are destroyed by alcohol, refined sugars, nicotine, and caffeine so it is no surprise that many people may be deficient in these.

Here's a rundown of recent finding about the relationship of B-complex vitamins to depression:

• Vitamin B1 (thiamine): The brain uses this vitamin to help convert glucose, or blood sugar, into fuel, and without it the brain rapidly runs out of energy. This can lead to fatigue, depression, irritability, anxiety, and even thoughts of suicide. Deficiencies can also cause memory problems, loss of appetite, insomnia, and gastrointestinal disorders. The consumption of refined carbohydrates, such as simple sugars, drains the body's B1 supply.
• Vitamin B3 (niacin): Pellagra-which produces psychosis and dementia, among other symptoms-was eventually found to be caused by niacin deficiency. Many commercial food products now contain niacin, and pellagra has virtually disappeared. However, subclinical deficiencies of vitamin B3 can produce agitation and anxiety, as well as mental and physical slowness.
• Vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid): Symptoms of deficiency are fatigue, chronic stress, and depression. Vitamin B5 is needed for hormone formation and the uptake of amino acids and the brain chemical acetylcholine, which combine to prevent certain types of depression.
• Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine): This vitamin aids in the processing of amino acids, which are the building blocks of all proteins and some hormones. It is needed in the manufacture of serotonin, melatonin and dopamine. Vitamin B6 deficiencies, although very rare, cause impaired immunity, skin lesions, and mental confusion. A marginal deficiency sometimes occurs in alcoholics, patients with kidney failure, and women using oral contraceptives. MAOIs, ironically, may also lead to a shortage of this vitamin. Many nutritionally oriented doctors believe that most diets do not provide optimal amounts of this vitamin.
• Vitamin B12: Because vitamin B12 is important to red blood cell formation, deficiency leads to an oxygen-transport problem known as pernicious anemia. This disorder can cause mood swings, paranoia, irritability, confusion, dementia, hallucinations, or mania, eventually followed by appetite loss, dizziness, weakness, shortage of breath, heart palpitations, diarrhea, and tingling sensations in the extremities. Deficiencies take a long time to develop, since the body stores a three- to five-year supply in the liver. When shortages do occur, they are often due to a lack of intrinsic factor, an enzyme that allows vitamin B12 to be absorbed in the intestinal tract. Since intrinsic factor diminishes with age, older people are more prone to B12 deficiencies.
• Folic acid: This B vitamin is needed for DNA synthesis. It is also necessary for the production of SAM (S-adenosyl methionine). Poor dietary habits contribute to folic acid deficiencies, as do illness, alcoholism, and various drugs, including aspirin, birth control pills, barbiturates, and anticonvulsants. It is usually administered along with vitamin B12, since a B12 deficiency can mask a folic acid deficiency. Pregnant women are often advised to take this vitamin to prevent neural tube defects in the developing fetus.

Vitamin C

Subclinical deficiencies can produce depression, which requires the use of supplements. Supplementation is particularly important if you have had surgery or an inflammatory disease. Stress, pregnancy, and lactation also increase the body's need for vitamin C, while aspirin, tetracycline, and birth control pills can deplete the body's supply.

Minerals

Deficiencies in a number of minerals can also cause depression.

• Magnesium: Deficiency can result in depressive symptoms, along with confusion, agitation, anxiety, and hallucinations, as well as a variety of physical problems. Most diets do not include enough magnesium, and stress also contributes to magnesium depletion
• Calcium: Depletion affects the central nervous system. Low levels of calcium cause nervousness, apprehension, irritability, and numbness.
• Zinc: Inadequacies result in apathy, lack of appetite, and lethargy. When zinc is low, copper in the body can increase to toxic levels, resulting in paranoia and fearfulness.
• Iron: Depression is often a symptom of chronic iron deficiency. Other symptoms include general weakness, listlessness, exhaustion, lack of appetite, and headaches.
• Manganese: This metal is needed for proper use of the B-complex vitamins and vitamin C. Since it also plays a role in amino-acid formation, a deficiency may contribute to depression stemming from low levels of the neurotransmitters serotonin and norepinephrine. Manganese also helps stabilize blood sugar and prevent hypoglycemic mood swings.
• Potassium: Depletion is frequently associated with depression, tearfulness, weakness, and fatigue.

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Placebo effect stronger than doctors believed

Posted by: Dr. Mercola

In a review of recent research, international experts say there is increasing evidence that fake treatments, or placebos, have an actual biological effect in your body.

The doctor-patient relationship, plus the expectation of recovery, may sometimes be enough to change a patient's brain, body and behavior, experts write. While doctors have long recognized that placebos can help patients feel better, they weren't sure if the treatments sparked any physical changes.

In a review, researchers cite studies where patients with Parkinson's disease were given dummy pills. That led their brains to release dopamine, a feel-good chemical, and also resulted in other changes in brain activity.

Don't you think it's about time?

Someone told me one time, "If you continue to do the same thing over and over, how can you expect a different outcome?" So, wouldn't you agree that it's about time you started doing something different when it comes to helping your practice grow?

One of the best things you can do, is dive right in to social marketing. Of course, this isn't something that you should do blindly, and this is where I come in. I am a Chiropractor, and a Social Media Coach. I can help you take your practice farther than you ever thought possible. Once of the best ways for you to get started, would be to attend one of my upcoming seminars. The next one is going to be held in Austin Tx, on March 25th. You can find out more information about it and how to reserve your spot at Catch Fire Seminars.

Even Drugs Thrown in the Trash Can End Up in Your Drinking Water

Posted by: Dr. Mercola

The federal government advises throwing most unused or expired medications into the trash instead of down the drain, but they can end up in the water anyway, a study from Maine suggests.

Tiny amounts of discarded drugs have been found in water at three landfills in the state, confirming suspicions that pharmaceuticals thrown into household trash are ending up in water that drains through waste, according to a survey by the state's environmental agency that's one of only a handful to have looked at the presence of drugs in landfills.

Concerns have grown in recent years over pharmaceuticals reaching drinking water supplies. An Associated Press investigation in 2008 reported that the drinking water of at least 51 million Americans contains minute concentrations of a multitude of drugs.

It's commonly believed that the vast majority of drugs that get into water supplies come from human and animal excretion and that smaller amounts come from flushing them down the toilet or drain, a practice the Food and Drug Administration says is not recommended for most medications.

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