Ulterior Health

Moving my business offices to a new city a few hours away from our old office has resulted in me leaving go many tasks like posting on this blog.

However this could not be passed up.

The SELECT study on vitamin E and Selenium need to be exposed.

The study, if you heard of it, stated that they do no good and could do harm. This is absolutely true. The form of vitamin E and the dose of selenium used in the study could indeed prove harmful to your health. They should be avoided at all costs.

What should you do?

The chemically-derived vitamin E (dl-alpha tocopherol acetate) given at 400 IU per day did have deleterious effects in the SELECT study. What should you conclude? If you see an “l” after the “d” in a vitamin E (see above) then it should be avoided if you read between the lines according to the study.

In this case, this vitamin e is made from coal tar and it has little or no antioxidant properties.

What about selenium that was used in the SELECT study? l-selenomethionine was used at a dose of 200 mcg.

This is the typical dose given to prostate cancer patients, burn patients and numerous others. However, the doctors tend to be divided on the effectiveness of this.

What we know is that selenium is an essential macronutrient. This means it is needed for life and health. This is because it is an essential co-factor in the production of glutathione. Thousands of medical studies show that glutathione plays a major role in fighting cancer.

We also know many dietary and drug interactions could reduce the absorption of the mineral. Reduce the intake and reduce the glutathione formation and increase other complications.

For instance, statins suppress selenium absorption. In the test, this would have had to be accounted for by giving a higher dose.

Since statins damage muscle and nerves, the increased potential diabetes risk could be a side effect of the statin and not the selenium.

So when you hear a study that is not congruent with common knowledge, it is usually because of a flaw.

This article is rather interesting because of how large a group it looks at. It lacks the one thing that started me on this quest to understand the ulterior health factors.

The question: What does the cysteine do? The answer: produce the bodies master cancer
fighting warrior, Glutathione. It has natural healing properties.
Cysteine Levels and Breast Cancer Study

Good health to you.

PS. To learn more about GSH go to GlutathioneDiseaseCure.com and learn how you can boost your cysteine with your diet.

A dear friend got MRSA. It put her in the hospital. She most likely got it from a recent visit to the hospital.

Research by Cardiff University found that disinfectants wipes being used for this purpose are part of the problem.

Microbiologist Dr Jean-Yves Maillard recommends a ‘one wipe one application per surface’ use in health care environments.

The research involved observing hospital staff using wipes and then replicating this in the lab.
Several commercially available wipes were contaminated with such bugs as Staphylococcus aureus, including MRSA and MSSA.

The bottom line, the wipes were unable to kill the bacteria resulting in bacteria being transferred to other surfaces when reused.

Some even had labeling claiming…. ‘kills MRSA.”

The research was presented at the American Society of Microbiology’s 108th General Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts on 3rd June, 2008.

The study only looked at one part of the problem. My friend mentioned above is an example of why this is a multifaceted problem.

She had a decreased immunity. There was not an outbreak of MRSA in the my home town. All the nurses and others visiting did not get MRSA.

The reason is her compromised immunity. Boosting our immunity will be an alternative that will protect us when we have no control of what others do, such as using ineffective wipes.

The best way you can boost your immunity is to boost your glutathione.

Boost Your Glutathione to Boost Immunity

A sore throat can hit any time. What will you do when you have a speech, presentation, or just another day at work and you get that tell-tale feeling? What will minimize the pain when it takes hold? Is there a sore throat remedy that works?

The answer and remedy is in zinc lozenges. And not just for public speaking, but for anyone who wants to avoid the pain from this annoying condition. Learn more at EzineArticles on Sore Throat For a more in-depth look, go to The Speechmastery Sore Throat Treatment and get the full story.

If you have not heard of GSH or Glutathione, they you will. It is the most essential antioxidant in the human body. Rather than being an antioxidant you take, it is one inside each cell. It is responsible for over 25 different processes that protect us from a minor infection to cancer. To learn more check out the GSH Blog.