What Doctors Don’t Tell You – 30 March 2011

Medicine has got it all wrong when it comes to testing (test or not) for prostate cancer, a new study has discovered.  Elderly men – who get no benefit from the tests – are being screened every year, while those in their 50s are often not being tested at all.
Around half of all men aged 70 and older are having a PSA (prostate-specific antigen) test every year, which is around double the rate of those in their fifties who are having regular tests.  Even men aged 85 and older were being screened as often as men in their fifties, say researchers from the University of Chicago.
But it’s all a pointless exercise.  Men who develop prostate cancer in their 70s will die with the disease, and not from it.  Worse, a positive test could trigger aggressive treatment that is unnecessary and damaging, say the researchers.
(Source: Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2011; doi: 10.1200/JCO.2010.31.9004).

Phil Cordell’s response

I often hear of medical tests done on people where there is no real benefit.

More often is the case that it causes unnecessary worry for the patient and their family, and brings ill health to the attention of the individual.

A few years ago, a client of mine took up the Metabolic Typing with us, and had been doing very well on it, his visual signs of health had improved, as well as how he felt. So, based on our intentions being to deal with reality and have this persons body less reliant on symptom masking drugs, we suggested he go back to the doctor to see if they would reduce some/all of the 14 different items of medication he was on, if his test results confirmed our observations.

A report from the tests the doctor performed, showed his blood sugar levels had lowered (he had Type2 Diabetes) his blood pressure & cholesterol levels were lower and his overall wellbeing had improved, great! You’d think…

The report that he got from the doctor listed these results and commented ‘If they can be believed’

No attempt was made to reduce the prescription at that point until my client insisted that they take the results seriously, pointing out that if they had said things had got worse, the doctor would not have hesitated to increase or add to the prescription (that was how he got to the 14 items on his prescription sheet)

With or without a positive result, the system seems to encourage medication and just to ignore any real positive changes in the patients condition, especially with a view to reduce or stop taking medication.

If you look for something hard enough you’ll find it, but what are the benefits?

What will be the result of a test? If you don’t want to medicated, don’t have the test, if there are no benefits at your time of life, don’t test.

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I came across this article, written with a little humour by Charles Poliqin (hailed as one of the world’s premier strength coaches, Coach Poliquin has successfully trained professional athletes and Olympians worldwide,) and I thought it relevant to share with my clients friends etc.

Look beyond the humour and understand that this is what so many people are doing every day, for a great deal of their lives, ending up with comments like; ‘Exercise doesn’t work for me!’    ‘I just get bigger when I train!’           ‘I have a naturally high fat level!’           ‘I eat healthily but can never get the weight off!’         ‘I hardly eat anything but get fat thinking about food, even though I exercise!’

Top 10 reasons how women get fatter despite good intent

Written by: Charles Poliquin
1.  They do spinning classes. That and disco fly swatting (aerobics) will get you nowhere fast in your pursuit of lean physique.
2.  They have Kashi for breakfast with skim milk for breakfast. Eat the cardboard box, it is higher in nutrients.
3.  They go for coffee after training. Coffee is great pre-training, horrendous post training. You want high cortisol when you train, not after.
4.  They follow a low fat diet, fearing that fat makes you fat. In the process, they avoid nutrient dense foods like avocadoes that would help much faster.
5.  They consume soy products that shrink their brains not their hips because of the toxic levels of manganese.
6.  They eat bagels because they are low fat. Gasoline is also low in fat. Would you drink that?
7.  They don’t make time for themselves. Here is the best fat loss tip for women: take a week off just for you, no boyfriend/partner/husband and no kids.
8.  They consume grains. Part of a healthy and balanced fat butt.
9.  They use beauty products loaded with harmful chemicals such as parabenes.
10.  They don’t follow the axiom: You are your schedule.

P.S. Men are dumb, but not that dumb. For example, I can’t believe that women think we fall for the following camouflage combo:
Diversion 1: sweatshirt tied with sleeves around butt to hide the fact that you should actually hang an orange triangle on it.
Diversion 2: 150-350 dollars hair cut.

Reality check:
The 150-350 dollars haircut does not attract our attention from the wide load. We actually don’t even notice when you get your hair done. If a male notices your hair cut, he is gay, or he has not admitted it to himself. Proof? When he gets up from your couch, he rearranges the pillows.

By Charles Poliquin

Phil Cordell from Fit for You comment

Many of my 1 to 1 clients over the years have taken on our exercise routines and made gains from them, increasing functionality, changing shape, feeling more energised, getting the six pack, running the marathon, improving strength, looks, reducing body-fat, and improving overall health.All of the clients that have achieved these gains have taken on board, and applied the exercise and nutritional advice similar to the above.

Disappointingly, some of our clients have only taken on part of this advice, and ended up with either reduced benefits, or none at all, and may have said that what we do is doesn’t work. We see clients for a max of 3 hrs per week, they are in control of the other 165hrs.

We advise that they should address aspects of their lives, that will aid their improvements, but we can’t be there to hold their hands.

The nutrition, lifestyle and exercise, all work hand in hand, if any area is neglected or unbalanced to their specific needs, the result will be compromised.You pay me the price to get you healthier and looking and performing better, please make the most of it!

Author – Phil Cordell is an ex-serviceman, now a professional personal trainer to find out how he can advise you how to get the most from your body contact us

A lot of people think they can be motivated by a personal trainer or by someone telling they need to get fit or they’ll become ill, or some statistic in a magazine

Motivation comes from within, and it is part of an individuals belief system, no matter what someone tells another, it is only if/when they believe it that it starts to be part of them and then change can begin, until the belief is changed the actions remain the same (you have to have the thought before the action, that is how people can get stuck in habits both positive and negative) they talk one thing and think the other, usually they think something un-positive, do the action then feel guilty, say they’ll change, but repeat the loop

The way I approach this is through asking loads of questions of an individual, and asking what they think they’ll get out a better lifestyle, when I have a few of these, and get a strong response from the client I make sure that becomes part of the way I talk to them, so if they say they want to live long enough and healthy enough to see their kids grow up and to be a good role model to their grandchildren I make this part of my general dialogue

This is something that I learned when practising NLP and Hypnotherapy, and the motivation comes from within the individual

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Your body is approximately 76 % water !
Your brain is approximately 85 % water !

It is important to keep water in your system !
The average adult requires 2 – 2½ litres of water every day !

For every measure of tea, coffee or alcohol, you would need to intake the equivalent measure of water to maintain hydration, in addition to your 2-2½ litres.

Dehydration can result in; dry skin, asthma, allergies, hayfever, snoring, sore joints, poor digestion, congestion, reflux, hypertension (high blood pressure), water retention, lethargy, poor concentration, muscle cramps/spasms, arthritis, reduction in fat loss, cravings, etc.

When you exercise you will likely lose more fluid than being sedentary, and if the climate is hot, more again. 
The guidelines for normal regular active human would be 2.5 litres of water per day, and would require the addition of more fluid if; exercising, hot climate, drinking tea coffee and/or alcohol. 
A good way to measure fluid requirement for post exercise, would be to weigh yourself before the exercise session, exercise and weigh again, replace what you have lost.

Please don’t fall into the trap of taking water with you on a run, unless you are running for more than 60mins you should be ok with the fluid you have taken in before the activity. Some people do not exercise well when taking on board fluid, so leave until 30 mins after the exercise session and hydrate then.

This is all assuming that you are already hydrated

REDUCING BLOOD PRESSURE

If you are dehydrated this will make your blood thicker than normal, and therefore increase the pressure through the arteries and veins.

You are advised to drink 3 glasses of water upon waking.

Eat 3 times per day, as per recommended foods article.

Only drink water between meals, leave 30-60 mins either side of a meal.
Do not drink water with a meal.

Try and balance each meal so that it’s about the same size.

It will take approx 3 months of constantly applying the above, to reduce your blood pressure.

A lot more information can be found in the following book ; ‘Your Body’s Many Cries For Water’ by Dr F. Batmanghelidj, MD

– and the true picture could be 10 times worse

Forty children have died after a routine vaccination such as MMR and 2,100 more have suffered a serious reaction, UK health authorities have been forced to disclose this week – and these figures are just the tip of the iceberg.
Two of the vaccinated children have been left with permanent brain damage, and 1500 others have suffered neurological reactions, including 11 cases of brain inflammation and 13 cases of epilepsy and coma.  Overall, there have been more than 2,100 adverse reactions to a childhood vaccine in the UK in the last seven years.
The UK’s Medicine and Healthcare Products Regulatory Authority (MHRA) was forced to reveal the figures following a request from a journalist under freedom of information legislation.
The true picture is likely to be far worse.  The MHRA cases are only those that doctors have reported; if the doctor does not believe the vaccine has caused the reaction, he will not report it.  It is suspected that just 10 per cent of all deaths and reactions from vaccines are ever reported; if so, this means that 400 children have died from a vaccine and 21,000 have suffered an adverse reaction in the UK alone.  The true situation will be far worse in countries such as the US where childhood vaccination is compulsory.
Last month, the UK government was forced by a court to pay damages to a mother whose son was left with severe brain damage after an MMR vaccination.  Another 500 similar cases are currently going through the UK courts.
These figures represent a major setback in the relationship between doctors and parents.  Most parents have accepted the reassurances of doctors and health authorities that the vaccines are safe, and that they are doing the best for their child and the community.
Now, if things go wrong, they may be less inclined to believe the doctor’s denials that the vaccine is to blame.
(Source: Sunday Times, October 24, 2010).

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Lifting weights can help to boost your metabolism and build bone strength – and new research suggests that it may help to treat rheumatoid arthritis, too.

A study of 28 patients at Bangor and Gwynedd Hospital, which was funded by Arthritis Research UK, found that those who practised weight training saw improvements in physical function, such as walking.

Experts now believe that this type of exercise could play an important role alongside drug treatment, although it would not be appropriate for all patients.

Rheumatoid arthritis is a disease affecting the joints, but it also seriously reduces muscle mass and strength, even in patients whose disease is well managed.

Sufferers are often given mild home exercises to do to stop their joints stiffening and becoming painful.

The new study showed that physical function could be improved by 20 – 30 per cent due to weight training – and strength increased by nearly 120 per cent.

Study leader Dr Andrew Lemmey said the arthritis patients, who were mainly women in their 50s who had had the disease for up to a decade, responded well to the training.

A spokesman for Arthritis Research UK said: “Weight training, especially at this level, is not for everyone with rheumatoid arthritis, but for those who are very well-motivated and physically able, we have proved that it can dramatically improve muscle strength and tone.”

Fit for You response

At Fit for You, we have successfully worked with arthritis patients, and had very positive results in the rehabilitation.

We have used both weight training and nutritional advice to give our clients great benefits and also used these methods for people that have had knee and hip operations to remove osteoarthritic joints.

You can find out more by contacting us on 0191 3878588