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Did You Know?
Arthritis
(sources: www.HealingWithNutrition.com,
www.ColoradoHealthNet.org)
- Did you know arthritis is the leading cause of activity being limited in
women over age 45?
- Did you know it is estimated that one in every five Americans will be
affected by arthritis by 2020?
- Did you know research indicates diet and supplements can have a positive
impact in preventing and/or managing arthritis?
- Did you know nearly three of every five people with arthritis are younger
than 65?
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Cancer (sources: American Medical Association –
www.ama-assn.org, American Cancer Society – www.cancer.org)
- Did you know nearly 5 million lives have been lost to cancer since 1990?
- Did you know skin cancers are more common than cancers of any other origin?
- Did you know many of the 1.3 million skin cancers expected to be diagnosed in
2000 could be prevented?
- Did you know one in every three cancer deaths projected to occur in 2000 are
expected to be related to nutrition and other lifestyle factors, and thus, could have been
prevented?
- Did you know men have a one in two lifetime risk of developing cancer?
- Did you know women have a one in three lifetime risk of developing cancer?
- Did you know nearly 80% of all fatal cancers are diagnosed at age 55 or
older?
- Did you know smokers are ten times more likely to develop lung cancer than
nonsmokers?
- Did you know women who have a mother, sister, or daughter with breast cancer
are twice as likely to develop breast cancer as women who don’t?
- Did you know the five-year relative survival rate for all cancers is 59%?
Depression (sources: www.ColoradoHealthNet.org and National Depressive
& Manic-Depressive Association – www.ndmda.org)
- Did you know only one-third of those with major depression will get proper
treatment?
- Did you know 80% of patients who received proper care for major depression
went on to demonstrate significant improvement and lead productive lives?
- Did you know “even if you do not have a genetic predisposition for
depression, your body chemistry can trigger the onset of a depressive disorder, due to the
presence of another illness, altered health habits, substance abuse, or hormonal
fluctuations?” (National Depressive and
Manic-Depressive Association, 1999)
- Did you know some of the symptoms of depression (listed below) are the same
as symptoms of vitamin/mineral deficiencies?
Irritability, anger, worry, agitation, anxiety
Prolonged sadness or unexplained crying spells
Significant changes in appetite and sleep patterns
Loss of energy, persistent lethargy
Unexplained aches and pains
Inability to concentrate, indecisiveness
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Diabetes (source: American Diabetes Association –
www.diabetes.org)
- Did you know people with diabetes are two to four times more likely to have
heart disease?
- Did you know they are also two to four times more likely to have a
stroke?
- Did you know genetics and environmental factors such as obesity and
lack of exercise appear to play roles in the development of diabetes?
- Did you know women who have had gestational diabetes are at an increased risk
for developing Type 2 diabetes later in life?
- Did you know people who say yes to one or more of the following are at a
greater risk of developing Type 2 diabetes:
Over 45
Overweight
Low HDL cholesterol levels
High triglyceride levels
Family history of diabetes
- Did you know people with Type 2 diabetes often times display no symptoms?
- Did you know the risk of developing Type 1 diabetes as a child is higher than
virtually all other severe chronic childhood diseases?
- Did you know peak incidence of Type 1 diabetes occurs during puberty?
- Did you know the symptoms for Type 1 diabetes in children can mimic the flu?
- Did you know that men over the age of 50 with diabetes have impotence rates
as high as 50-60%?
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Heart/Cardiovascular
(source: American Heart Association –
www.americanheart.org)
- Did you know your body actually makes its own cholesterol?
- Did you know your body actually needs cholesterol?
- Did you know that many risk factors for heart disease, heart attack, and
stroke can be changed and/or controlled?
- Did you know secondhand smoke has been found to lower the “good”
(HDL) cholesterol by 10% in children with abnormal levels of cholesterol?
- Did you know one in four US adults have high blood pressure? Of those, one in three don’t even know they
have it.
- Did you know people with uncontrolled high blood pressure are:
3 times more likely to develop coronary heart disease?
6 times more likely to develop congestive heart failure?
7 times more likely to have a stroke?
- Did you know that as you grow older, your arteries will harden and become
less elastic?
- Did you know high blood pressure speeds up this process?
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Infertility
(source: Wayne Sinclair, MD & Richard W. Pressinger,
(M.Ed.) www.chem-tox.com)
- Did you know many of the causes of infertility can be due to the wide range
of chemical exposures present in our homes, jobs, diets, and environments?
- Did you know 40% of infertility is attributable to the male partner?
- Did you know “20% of all cases where the male is the only contributing
factor to infertility can be corrected by lifestyle?”
(Dr. Wolfram Nolten, Univ. Wisconsin)
- Did you know a study of 1,909 women in Connecticut found the risk of not
conceiving for 12 months to be 55% higher for women drinking 1 cup of coffee per day? The risk jumped to 100% higher for women drinking
1.5 to 3 cups of coffee per day and 176% for women drinking more than 3 cups of coffee per
day.
- Did you know “20-25% of miscarriages are due to immune system
problems?” (Dr. Salim Daya,
Chedoke-McMaster Hospital, Ontario)
- Did you know 40% of the biological reasons for infertility have no known
cause?
- Did you know the risk of miscarriage is 50% in women over age 45, but 10% for
20-29 year olds?
- Did you know a study taking couples diagnosed as infertile and splitting them
into two groups (one receiving infertility treatment and the other which just “kept
trying”) showed that 41% of the treated couples attained a pregnancy while 35% of the
untreated couples attained a pregnancy?
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Kidney Disease (source: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and
Kidney Diseases)
- Did you know there were 12,400 kidney transplants in 1997 vs. 8,620 in 1986?
- Did you know about 20 million Americans are affected by kidney and
urological diseases?
- Did you know kidney disease is one of the costliest illnesses in the
U.S. today?
- Did you know more than 50,000 Americans die each year because of
kidney disease?
- Did you know more than 260,000 Americans suffer from chronic kidney
failure and need an artificial kidney machine (dialysis) or kidney transplant to stay
alive?
- Did you know more than 35,000 patients are waiting for kidney
transplants, but only about 11,000 will receive transplants this year because of a
shortage of suitable organ donors?
- Did you know diabetes mellitus (Type II adult onset) is the leading
cause of chronic kidney failure, accounting for 35% of the new cases each year and 25
percent of all cases in the U.S.?
- Did you know uncontrolled or poorly controlled high blood pressure is
the second leading cause of chronic kidney failure in the U.S., account for about 30% of
U.S. costs?
- Did you know kidney and urological diseases continue to be one of the
major causes of work-loss among men and women? Each year, about 27 million physician
visits, more than 6 million hospitalizations and nearly 2.5 million surgical procedures in
the U.S. result from kidney and urological problems.
- Did you know about 500,000 Americans suffer from kidney stones each
year?
Liver Disease (source: Melissa Palmer, MD –
www.liverdisease.com)
- Did you know one of the most common and most debilitating symptoms of liver
disease is fatigue?
- Did you know many people who suffer from liver disease say their usual
“pep” is now gone and that they experience weakness and a lack of energy
throughout the day?
- Did you know people who suffer from chronic liver disease are at a higher
risk for the development of osteoporosis? (This
is due to a lack of activity which results from excessive fatigue and poor nutritional
habits common in individuals with liver disease.)
- Did you know alkaline phosphatase is a family of enzymes produced in the bile
ducts, kidney, intestine, bone, and placenta? Did
you know an elevation in the alkaline phosphatase level can be an indicator of liver and
bile duct diseases?
- Did you know bilirubin is the major breakdown product that results from the
destruction of old red blood cells? Did you
know many different liver diseases cause the bilirubin concentration to be elevated in
your blood?
- Did you know albumin is the major protein that circulates in the bloodstream
and that low levels of albumin indicate poor liver function?
- Did you know that for someone with liver damage, a “the more the
merrier” attitude toward protein intake can actually be dangerous?
- Did you know carbohydrates provide your body with energy, but your liver
determines what kind of energy to turn those carbohydrates into? (The liver may send the sugars from the
carbohydrates to the bloodstream for an immediate boost, to the brain or muscles, or it
may store it for later use)
- Did you know the liver is the body’s warehouse for storing nutrients
like vitamins and minerals from the foods you eat and/or supplements?
- Did you know the excess amounts of nutrients the liver can not process/store
are eliminated from the body? Therefore,
simply taking vitamins and minerals just to be on the safe side may not be providing your
body with any additional nutrients, especially if you eat a balanced diet?
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Migraine (sources: American Medical Association –
www.ama-assn.org, www.headache.com.au)
- Did you know migraine patients experience higher direct medical costs (doctor
visits and prescriptions) and indirect medical costs (days of work lost) than people who
do not suffer from migraines?
- Did you know women suffer from migraines more than men? Six percent of adult males in America vs. eighteen
percent of adult females in America suffer from migraines.
Osteoporosis (sources: www.ColoradoHealthNet.org, www.BoneSummit.com)
- Did you know osteoporosis is a silent disease, sometimes going undetected for
many years until a fracture occurs?
- Did you know there are now non-hormonal treatments that can slow bone loss
and even increase bone mass?
- Did you know osteoporosis is the most common human metabolic bone disorder?
- Did you know fractures can result in a decreased survival rate?
- Did you know the risk factors for osteoporosis include: age, race, low calcium intake, vitamin D
deficiency, immobility, smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, high caffeine consumption,
high sodium intake, high protein intake, and certain drug therapies such as steroids?
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Sleep (source: National Sleep Foundation –
www.sleepfoundation.org) ·
- Did
you know one of five adults report making occasional or frequent errors at work due to
sleepiness?
- Did you know more than two-thirds of shift workers report problems
sleeping?
- Did you know one-third of adults said they would nap at work if allowed?
- Did you know 55% of young adults (18 to 29 year olds) reported they wake up
unrefreshed?
- Did you know 13% of young adults occasionally or frequently fell asleep at
work last year?
- Did you know drowsy driving caused approximately 100,000 car crashes last
year and the peak occurrence was at age 20?
- Did you know 62% of adults experience a sleep problem a few nights per week?
- Did you know one out of three adults gets less than 6.5 hours of sleep per
night?
- Did you know a physician has never asked 66% of adults and 75% of young
adults about their sleep?
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Weight Control (source: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and
Kidney Diseases)
- Did you know obesity and being overweight are known risk factors for:
Diabetes, heart
disease, stroke, high blood pressure, gall bladder disease, osteoporosis, sleep and
breathing problems, and some forms of cancer?
- Did you know obesity is associated with:
High blood
cholesterol, pregnancy complications, menstrual irregularities, psychological disorders
such as depression, and increased surgical risk?
- Did you know there are a number of methods used to determine if an
individual is overweight or obese?
They include Body
Mass Index, Body Fat Testing, and Weight-for-height Charts.
- Did you know 97.1 million U.S. adults are considered overweight
according to the Body Mass Index method (BMI > or = 25) and of those, 39.8 million are
obese (BMI > or = 30)?
- Did you know that many minorities (excluding Asian Americans) have
higher tendencies for obesity and overweight?
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