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What would you say if someone told you that doing cardio or the latest fitness fad every day was a waste of time to be leaner, stronger and toned? All you need is SlowBurn strength training twice a week for 15 to 30 minutes at a time. The method is perfect for busy parents, boomers and even kids (ages 10 and up) who want to maximize health benefits in minimal time. Fredrick Hahn opened SlowBurn Personal Training because he could no longer accept the dangerous and useless exercise practices he was forced to deal with in the world of personal training and physical therapy. He wanted to give his clients the very best he could in an ideal exercise environment—by increasing the quality, effectiveness and efficiency of their exercise sessions.

FORGET POLLEN - YOU COULD BE ALLERGIC TO YOURSELF!

Mast cells are white blood cells that are part of the immune system and are designed to fight foreign substances. When these mast cells see something that is foreign and think it is dangerous, it will try to kill whatever the foreign object is. It does that by releasing chemicals it contains inside. Those chemicals are meant to try to kill the bad thing it is seeing- which could be a food, pollen or a virus, and in doing that and releasing the chemicals and killing the foreign object, it backfires and effects our whole body. The chemicals are inflammatory and toxic. They are causing damage to our own body in the process of trying to fight off something else. In some people, the mast cells continue to react even when they don’t have something specific they are reacting to. It is an inappropriate response in the body to something it thinks is there, but may not be there. If the mast cells are primed to react to things, you can eat certain foods and make it worse.

CAN YOU GIVE AN EX. OF SOMEONE HAVING MCAS?

In very severe cases of mast cell activation, they body is recognizing everything around them as foreign, even things that are not hurting them. If they are spending time with their husband, and they are reacting to something about him (a scent or a hormone) their body recognizes it as foreign and their whole system is overloaded constantly. These people will really have a poor quality of life. The key is to help their immune system start to understand what is really foreign to it and what isn’t. This is a classic case of “the bubble girl.”


WHAT ARE THE TOP 5 SUMMER FOODS SOMEONE SHOULD AVOID WHO HAS MCAS?

The following 5 foods actually make your allergies worse! Avoid them at all costs this summer.

Strawberries and pineapples- trigger allergic reactions- you aren’t actually allergic to the fruit. because the fruits release histamine in the body, the release of histamine acts like an allergy and causes allergic symptoms.

Frose- rose wine, strawberries, sugar. Wine can also be a big issue for mast cell patients- wine is fermented and contains histamine itself. It can cause mast cells to react and release more histamines and chemicals.

Avocado- can be a big problem with mast cell patients. It is very popular for summer salads- but it can actually cause mast cell reactions.

Hot Dogs- cured meat often has nitrates or are cured with celery seed extract. These are all high in histamine.

Frozen yogurt- yogurt is a fermented dairy product. Fermented foods are high in histamines, which increases the level of histamines mast cell patients have.

Conversation continues with Tania Dempsey, MD about being allergic to yourself.

If you only had 24 hours to live, what would you do and why? What are the five words you would want written on your headstone? This episode is continued from Seg 5.

If you only had 24 hours to live, what would you do and why? What are the five words you would want written on your headstone?
All of us want to make the most of our time on the planet - to live a life that matters. These questions trigger an awareness of the fragility of life. In an instant life can change. We never know what each day will bring. In those moments when we are confronted by our mortality, we possess an opportunity. We focus on what is truly important in our lives. We all experience these moments when our world shaken or perhaps at joyous occasions – a birth or wedding, when we pause to take stock of our lives.
The question for us is how do we lead our lives with this sense of purpose every day? Rabbi Daniel Cohen provides the roadmap.
In his book, What Will They Say About You When You Are Gone? Creating a Life of Legacy, Rabbi Daniel Cohen challenges us to find meaning in every day and live our best lives now. His book is not about death but about harnessing our potential to live life with deeper joy, renewable energy and impact.
Creating a legacy is not a once in a lifetime event but is dependent upon the light we share every day. As he shares in his interview with Mark, it is about “Discovering Your Elijah Moment” This principle is one seven guidelines for leading the life now for how you want to be remembered. Discovering your Elijah moment means seizing oppotunit8es for impact and transforming a fleeting moment into an eternal one. It could be in a coffee shop paying it forward, calling a person to offer support or in the case of a man in hospital in Salt Lake City, offering a blessing to all who entered his room. In the words of Mark Twain, “the two most important days of your life, are the day you are born and the day you understand why.” Rabbi Cohen offers a guide for life to help us understand our why and realize the latent potential inside and in every day.
Listen to his interview with Mark and learn more about the principles of leading a life of legacy. It is less about how you will be remembered and more about how you can lead your best life now. You will learn how to enrich your relationships and realize your innermost aspirations and dreams. For more information, visit www.rabbidanielcohen.com

Dr. Eddie Copelin II served in Iraq as part of the US Marine Corps Reserves. So when he returned from overseas and decided to pursue a degree in medicine at the American University of Antigua (AUA) College of Medicine, he was disappointed to learn that an outdated U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) policy prohibited him from carrying out the clinical training of his medical school education at any of the many VA Hospitals in the United States.

“It was disappointing,” said Dr. Copelin. “I’m a veteran and I was in a position to help other veterans and I couldn’t.”

The VA operates the nation’s largest integrated health care system, with more than 1,700 medical facilities nationwide. While international medical school graduates are permitted to work as residents in VA hospitals, medical students are prohibited from training in clerkships at VA hospitals. Medical students spend the last two years of their medical education in clinical settings at hospitals.

Neal Simon, the President of AUA says this should change. “It should change because nothing better prepares a physician for success in a particular hospital or field of medicine than doing their training in the environment where they hope to practice.”

According to the agency’s most recent data, 526,000 veterans are waiting more than a month for care. Furthermore, about 88,000 of them are waiting more than three months. The physician shortage seen at VA hospitals reflects a growing dilemma happening nationwide.

According to a Kaiser Family Foundation report, California is meeting just 62% of its primary care physician needs. Florida is only meeting about 41% of its needs.

As the physician shortage grows and U.S. based medical schools are unable to train enough qualified students to fit the demand, international medical schools are increasingly filling this critical gap. Since 2012, the number of graduates of international medical schools (IMGs) who obtained residencies in the US has risen by almost 25 percent.

Another area of increasing interest to those in the medical profession is the lack of diversity among physicians. Nowhere is it more apparent than in a 2016 University of Virginia Medical School study. In the study it was revealed that white medical students believed that black patients feel less pain than their white counterparts. How is this bias impacting treatment?

AUA is committed to addressing these issues. 20% of AUA’s students are African-American compared with less than 7% at US-based medical schools. Furthermore 76% of AUA’s graduates pursue primary care residencies. This is significantly higher than US-based medical schools.

“We are also proud to say that many have gone on to practices in the areas where they are most needed like rural communities and inner cities” said Neal Simon.

Dr. Copelin is now a 2nd year internal medicine resident at Roger Williams Medical Center, an affiliate of the Boston University School of Medicine. Ironically, the facility is right across the street from Rhode Island’s VA hospital. “As a Marine I had to deal with the VA medical system firsthand. It was incredibly difficult to get an appointment. It simply doesn’t make sense not to offer clerkships to qualified international medical school students. It would decrease the workload for those presently in the system, provide much needed medical care for those in need, and prepare a new cadre of physicians for generations to come. It would be a win-win situation.”

air date: 5/26/17

Dr. Eddie Copelin II served in Iraq as part of the US Marine Corps Reserves. So when he returned from overseas and decided to pursue a degree in medicine at the American University of Antigua (AUA) College of Medicine, he was disappointed to learn that an outdated U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) policy prohibited him from carrying out the clinical training of his medical school education at any of the many VA Hospitals in the United States.

“It was disappointing,” said Dr. Copelin. “I’m a veteran and I was in a position to help other veterans and I couldn’t.”

The VA operates the nation’s largest integrated health care system, with more than 1,700 medical facilities nationwide. While international medical school graduates are permitted to work as residents in VA hospitals, medical students are prohibited from training in clerkships at VA hospitals. Medical students spend the last two years of their medical education in clinical settings at hospitals.

Neal Simon, the President of AUA says this should change. “It should change because nothing better prepares a physician for success in a particular hospital or field of medicine than doing their training in the environment where they hope to practice.”

According to the agency’s most recent data, 526,000 veterans are waiting more than a month for care. Furthermore, about 88,000 of them are waiting more than three months. The physician shortage seen at VA hospitals reflects a growing dilemma happening nationwide.

According to a Kaiser Family Foundation report, California is meeting just 62% of its primary care physician needs. Florida is only meeting about 41% of its needs.

As the physician shortage grows and U.S. based medical schools are unable to train enough qualified students to fit the demand, international medical schools are increasingly filling this critical gap. Since 2012, the number of graduates of international medical schools (IMGs) who obtained residencies in the US has risen by almost 25 percent.

Another area of increasing interest to those in the medical profession is the lack of diversity among physicians. Nowhere is it more apparent than in a 2016 University of Virginia Medical School study. In the study it was revealed that white medical students believed that black patients feel less pain than their white counterparts. How is this bias impacting treatment?

AUA is committed to addressing these issues. 20% of AUA’s students are African-American compared with less than 7% at US-based medical schools. Furthermore 76% of AUA’s graduates pursue primary care residencies. This is significantly higher than US-based medical schools.

“We are also proud to say that many have gone on to practices in the areas where they are most needed like rural communities and inner cities” said Neal Simon.

Dr. Copelin is now a 2nd year internal medicine resident at Roger Williams Medical Center, an affiliate of the Boston University School of Medicine. Ironically, the facility is right across the street from Rhode Island’s VA hospital. “As a Marine I had to deal with the VA medical system firsthand. It was incredibly difficult to get an appointment. It simply doesn’t make sense not to offer clerkships to qualified international medical school students. It would decrease the workload for those presently in the system, provide much needed medical care for those in need, and prepare a new cadre of physicians for generations to come. It would be a win-win situation.”

air date: 5/26/17

Are you noticing that perfumes bother you more as you age? You’re not alone. A recent study of 17 high-end perfumes showed that on average, each contained 17 unidentified chemicals, including toxins such as hormone disruptors.

For women, removing toxins from our environment and products becomes critical after age 40 because of one word: hormones.

Starting at age 35, our ovaries begin to decline in function. By age 40, our adrenal glands are starting to take over the production of female sex hormones from the ovaries. Because our adrenal glands are working to pump out hormones, they become fatigued and we experience chemical sensitivity and increased allergies. It’s not just women, men with adrenal fatigue also experience this reaction to toxins but for women, our drop in hormones occurs more suddenly due to menopause.

Women start entering peri-menopause in our early forties and are menopausal - with cessation of periods - by age 51. During peri-menopause, our bodies start acting differently because our ovaries are working hard to push eggs out, and we begin having hormonal drops and surges that we only had as teenagers. The difference being that as teens, our hormones were fluxing up while in peri-menopause our hormones are fluxing down. The introduction of toxins into our bodies will worsen this hormonal fluctuation and increase our sensitivities and allergies.

As we get older, natural becomes a “must,” not a “nice-to-have.” The top 3 common toxins found in our homes are: 1. Phthalates - these are typically parabens that are hormone disruptors and are used in preservatives in personal care products, 2. Bisphenol A (BPA) - is also a hormone disruptor and is found in plastics and linings of tins, and 3. Formaldehyde - is a carcinogen that can even be found in vinyl flooring.

Removing key chemicals from our lives will help reduce stress on our adrenal glands and also reduce the disruption of our hormones that are already fluctuating due to peri-menopause. So, in this instance, talking dirty can clean up our lives and create better health as we age.

air date: 5/2/17

Are you noticing that perfumes bother you more as you age? You’re not alone. A recent study of 17 high-end perfumes showed that on average, each contained 17 unidentified chemicals, including toxins such as hormone disruptors.

For women, removing toxins from our environment and products becomes critical after age 40 because of one word: hormones.

Starting at age 35, our ovaries begin to decline in function. By age 40, our adrenal glands are starting to take over the production of female sex hormones from the ovaries. Because our adrenal glands are working to pump out hormones, they become fatigued and we experience chemical sensitivity and increased allergies. It’s not just women, men with adrenal fatigue also experience this reaction to toxins but for women, our drop in hormones occurs more suddenly due to menopause.

Women start entering peri-menopause in our early forties and are menopausal - with cessation of periods - by age 51. During peri-menopause, our bodies start acting differently because our ovaries are working hard to push eggs out, and we begin having hormonal drops and surges that we only had as teenagers. The difference being that as teens, our hormones were fluxing up while in peri-menopause our hormones are fluxing down. The introduction of toxins into our bodies will worsen this hormonal fluctuation and increase our sensitivities and allergies.

As we get older, natural becomes a “must,” not a “nice-to-have.” The top 3 common toxins found in our homes are: 1. Phthalates - these are typically parabens that are hormone disruptors and are used in preservatives in personal care products, 2. Bisphenol A (BPA) - is also a hormone disruptor and is found in plastics and linings of tins, and 3. Formaldehyde - is a carcinogen that can even be found in vinyl flooring.

Removing key chemicals from our lives will help reduce stress on our adrenal glands and also reduce the disruption of our hormones that are already fluctuating due to peri-menopause. So, in this instance, talking dirty can clean up our lives and create better health as we age.

air date: 5/2/17