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"Numerous aha and BHA products are sold in pharmacies and natural food stores. AHAs are naturally occurring substances that are found in fruit, juice, sugar, wine, and milk. The most commonly used AHAs are lactic acid (from sour milk) and glycolic acid (from sugar cane.) BHAs contain salicylic acid. AHAs can also increase the number of complex sugar molecules in the skin called glycoaminoglycans (GAGs), which help skin retain moisture. AHAs and BHAs come in different strengths. I do not recommend using a product that has more than a 10 percent concentration of AHAs or BHAs." - Earl Mindell, R.Ph., Ph.D., Earl Mindell's Supplement Bible: A Comprehensive Guide to Hundreds of NEW Natural Products that Will Help You Live Longer, Look Better, Stay Heathier, ... and Much More! (Get the book.)

"Following over a decade's review of AHAs, studies sponsored by the FDA finally warned that aha ingredients in sunscreens increase susceptibility of the skin to damage following exposure to sunlight—the very thing sunscreens are supposed to protect against—and thus increase the risk of skin cancer (16). These studies also identified a doubling of UV skin damage among people using products containing AHAs." - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.)

"For sensitive skin, 4-8% aha products are buffered with natural compounds to reduce any initial irritation from AHA's, using Chamom ile, Green Tea, A loe Vera. Comfrey, or Rosehips extract. Begin using AHA's at bedtime every other day; if with dry skin, wait 15 m inutes after washing to apply in smal 1 amount; and avoid using AHA's around the eyes where the skin is very thin. Skin Deficiency Signs: AcanthosisNigricans An auto-immune disease ofhyperpigmented, keratogenic, velvety Skin lesions. Acne SEE alphabetically. Acrodermatitis Enteropathica Cleared with Zinc; Protein and Vitamin A." - Joseph E. Mario, Anti-Aging Manual: The Encyclopedia of Natural Health (Get the book.)

"Over time, consistent use of an aha or BHA will make skin look younger and fresher, and reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. Numerous aha and BHA products are sold in pharmacies and natural food stores. AHAs are naturally occurring substances that are found in fruit, juice, sugar, wine, and milk. The most commonly used AHAs are lactic acid (from sour milk) and glycolic acid (from sugar cane.) BHAs contain salicylic acid. AHAs can also increase the number of complex sugar molecules in the skin called glycoaminoglycans (GAGs), which help skin retain moisture." - Earl Mindell, R.Ph., Ph.D., Earl Mindell's Supplement Bible: A Comprehensive Guide to Hundreds of NEW Natural Products that Will Help You Live Longer, Look Better, Stay Heathier, ... and Much More! (Get the book.)

"American Heart Association. "AHA Scientific Statement, aha Dietary Guidelines, Revision 2000: A Statement for Healthcare Professionals from the Nutrition Committee of the American Heart Association." http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/102/18/2284. -. "Dietary Guidelines." http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1330. -. "Heart Disease Still No. 1 Killer, 2006 Statistics Update Reports." http://www.americanheart .org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3 038611. -. "Metabolic Syndrome." http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtmlPidentifierM-756. -. " - Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., Sugar Shock!: How Sweets and Simple Carbs Can Derail Your Life-- and How YouCan Get Back on Track (Get the book.)

"Despite these concerns, the Compendium claims that aha ingredients can be safely used at concentrations up to 10 percent in personal care products and at concentrations as high as 30 percent in salon products. One problem that complicates this advice is that the industry still fails to disclose the concentration of these ingredients in most products. Worse still, AHAs are used in an estimated 5 percent of all products without appearing on the label at all." - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.)

"Harvard University again has different numbers and according to the Albuquerque Journal, in relating to 231 http://ww.aha.org/ahaycontent/2006/pdf/fastfacts2006.pdf 232 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 233 Source: Reuters, updated: July 28, 2004 234 Source: http://www.alkalizeforhealth.net/Ldoctordeath.htm a federal study, talks about 44,000 to 98,000 people who die each year in hospitals because of errors, 20% of which were due to medication slips-ups."235 But the number of 195,000 people who die in the USA each year seems to be the most reliable and most quoted number." - Kenneth W Thomas, Ron Gilbert, Gerd Schaller, Side Effects: The Hidden Agenda of the Pharmaceutical Drug Cartel (Get the book.)

"Also known as fruit acids and glycolic acids, alpha hydroxy acids (AHAs) are natural substances derived from various fruits, most commonly grapes, apples, and citrus; milk (the source of lactic acid); and sugar cane (the source of glycolic acids). aha products have been around for almost twenty years—an aha patent was filed in 1976. In high concentrations (30 percent and above), AHAs have important therapeutic uses. For example, dermatologists and surgeons use prescription aha products to help remove dead cells from the skin's surface, thereby erasing large age spots or reducing scar tissue." - Mark Mayell, Off-the-Shelf Natural Health (Get the book.)

"Because the results for those in the high green and brown fats group were so dramatically better it was considered unethical to have the others continue on the aha diet.7 So has the aha changed its dietary recommendations? No way. But even the ultimate antifat proponent, Dr. Dean Ornish, whose work I greatly respect, now recommends that his patients take daily doses of fish oil. THE LINK BETWEEN GRAIN-BASED OILS AND INFLAMMATION Why are most "green" and "brown" oils so beneficial and "beige" grain-based oils-think corn, soybean, cottonseed, and safflower-so bad for you?" - Dr. Steven R. Gundry, Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You - And Your Waistline - And Drop the Weight for Good (Get the book.)

"Here's the incentive: People with blood pressure of less than 120/80 mm Hg have about half the lifetime risk of stroke, compared with those who have hypertension, according to the AHA's "Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics?006 Update." 5. Keep blood sugar under control. The risk for stroke is two to four times higher among people with diabetes, according to aha statistics. This could be, in part, because if you have type 2 diabetes, you also face increased risk for two factors that can raise your risk of stroke: high blood pressure and elevated cholesterol levels." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.)

"Each of the panelists had been required to file conflict-of-interest statements with the aha, but no conflicts were reported in the American Heart Association's guidelines published in Circulation. In a 2002 article published in the British Medical Journal, investigative journalist Jeanne Lenzer reported that the American Heart Association "will not release the conflict of interest statements for public inspection and verification." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.)

"The relaxation I encountered in the 'ah-h-h' resonance turned into the enlightenment resonance of 'aha.' I had to relax before I could have an opening. Often with plant spirits, I encounter them in my own personal life and then I know how to use them with others. Valerian was my first love and it continues to be one of my favorites." Sometimes a gift may come in a literal way for either you or another, as evidenced in Jackie's story: "Scott and I climbed into the high desert to commune with Juniper." - Pam Montgomery, Plant Spirit Healing: A Guide to Working with Plant Consciousness (Get the book.)

"I thought, 'Aha, I've got an answer here for hyperactivity. We should just stop the sugar.' It worked in a few cases, but not all." Dr. Smith noticed other interesting signs. "Then I saw that most of these children had had ear infections as infants," he said. "We know that ear infections in general indicate food sensitivity, usually to dairy products. I discovered that their present diets were usually laced with milk, cheese, ice cream, and lots of other dairy foods. Stopping all dairy helped some of these hyperactive children but it still wasn't the whole answer." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"Envisioning an incomplete schema in his mind, he suddenly had an "Aha!" experience and realized the solution to a complicated puzzle he had been trying to piece together. He was subsequently awarded the Nobel Prize in 1978 for elucidating how coenzyme Q10 works and describing the energy transfer processes within the mitochondria of the cell. The momentum continued to build throughout the latter half of the 1970s. By 1982, the level of consumption of coenzyme Q10 in Japan rivaled the country's top five medications." - Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology (Get the book.)

"Kris-Etherton P et al. aha Science Advisory: Lyon Diet Heart Study. Benefits of a Mediterranean-style, National Cholesterol Education Program/American Heart Association Step I dietary pattern on cardiovascular disease. Circulation 2001; 103:1823. Kumar PA et al. Modulation of alpha-crystallin chaperone activity in diabetic rat lens by curcumin. Mol Vis 2005 Jul 26; 11:561-68. Langsjoen PH, Langsjoen AM. Overview of the use of CoQIO in cardiovascular disease. Biofactor 1999; 9(2-4):273-84. Lapenna D et al. Dihydro-lipoic acid inhibits 15-lipoxygenase-dependent lipid peroxidation." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.) "Presented at the American Heart Association's 41st annual conference on cardiovascular disease epidemiology and prevention. aha 2001. Finot PA, Magnenat E. Metabolic transit of early and advanced Maillard products. Prog Food Nutr Sci 1981; 5 (1 -6): 193-207. Foster-Powell K et al. International table of glycemic index and glycemic load values: 2002. Am J Clin Nutr 76:5-56. Goldberg T et al. Advanced glycation end products in commonly consumed foods. J Am Diet Assoc 2004 Aug; 104(8):1287-91. Harper CR, Jacobson TA." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.)

"And... aha!... maybe that's why the DMSA, a powerful antioxidant and sulfur-containing compound, had caused such immediate improvement! It made sense. ... If I'd known then what I know now.... Now almost all doctors realize that inflammation is an extraordinarily important element of most critical, chronic diseases. For example, about half the people who die of heart attacks don't have the classic heart disease risk factors, such as high cholesterol, but they do have arteries that are hard and thick with chronic inflammation. Here's what we know now about autism and inflammation." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"I just don't have enough, so why try again?" aha ... another form of denial, in this case the denial of self-efficacy. "I'm missing something, so I can't really be responsible for my failure. It's outside of my control." It all comes down to feeling helpless—powerless. Sometimes overweight patients will tell me that they feel as if they're being controlled by some inner persona that overpowers them and always wins—a demonic other. This quote from a morbidly obese patient of mine illustrates this well. " - Roger Gould, Shrink Yourself: Break Free from Emotional Eating Forever (Get the book.)

"From the ^Though I have been critical of the connection of the aha and many other organizations to the medical industry, they still may offer important information and advice (free of bias). studies presented in this chapter, we see that these same recommendations also apply to the prevention of type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis, and stroke, and help prevent cancer and depression as well. With slight modifications and the inclusion of safety recommendations, here is the list: 1. Avoid tobacco. 2." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.)

"On the aha diet, patients tended to develop insulin resistance. And despite our best intentions, even doctors like us gained weight and watched our cholesterol and triglyceride levels rise. It was alarming. There had to be better ways of eating that would offer better cardioprotective benefits. The research led directly to two parts of the world: Asia and the Mediterranean regions of Italy, Greece, and Spain. Natives of these cultures experience a fraction of the cardiovascular illness seen in northern Europe and the United States." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

"The NCEP ATP III did not TABLE 2 Summary of aha Recommendations for Omega-3 Fatty Acid Intake [91] Population Recommendation Patients without documented Eat a variety of (preferably fatty) coronary heart disease fish at least twice a week. (CHD) Include oils and foods rich in alpha-linolenic acid (flaxseed, canola and soybean oils; flaxseed and walnuts). Patients with documented Consume about 1 g of CHD EPA+DHA per day, preferably from fatty fish. EPA+DHA in capsule form could be considered in consultation with the physician." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "Recently, the ACSM and aha jointly released updated physical activity recommendations, which generally reinforce the 1995 guideline, but clarify that "to promote and maintain health, all healthy adults aged 18 to 65 years need moderate-intensity aerobic (endurance) physical activity for a minimum of 30 minutes on five days each week or vigorous-intensity activity for a minimum of 20 minutes on three days each week" and that combinations of moderate- and vigorous-intensity activity can be performed to meet this recommendation [11]." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"The American Heart Association was so impressed with the findings of the Lyon Diet Heart Study that it issued an "AHA Science Advisory" in July 2000, calling the results an "unprecedented reduction in coronary recurrence rates," and noting that, "it clearly points to other important risk factor modifications [besides cholesterol levels] as major influences in the development of coronary heart disease." The American Heart Association's Advisory concluded with the statement that "it would be short-sighted to not recognize the enormous public health benefit that this diet could confer." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.)

"Because of the adverse effects that TFA has on CVD risk factors and positive association with CVD morbidity and mortality, the aha has actively disseminated information about the health effects of TFA. Central to this is sharing information about the development of alternative fats and oils devoid of TFA that have acceptable functional properties and sensory characteristics and do not increase CVD risk [64]. D. Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Polyunsaturated fats are long-chain fatty acids that contain more than one double bond." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"If you're curious to see whether your readings place you in that group, know that the aha defines high blood pressure as systolic pressure (the top number in a reading) of 140 mm Hg or higher or diastolic pressure (the bottom number) of 90 mm Hg or higher. People who have a systolic pressure of 120 to 139 mm Hg or diastolic pressure of 80 to 89 mm Hg are said to have prehypertension—and that includes about 28 percent of US adults, based on results collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) between 1999 and 2002." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.)

"We are always looking for that one thing, that one factor we can blame and say aha! That's it. But that will never happen. We will never find the magic bullet—whether it is a new food like the acai berry, or a vitamin, or a new drug or pill that will solve our chronic health issues or the epidemic of mood, behavior, attention, and neurodegenerative disease." - Mark Hyman MD, The UltraMind Solution: Fix Your Broken Brain by Healing Your Body First (Get the book.)

"But don't take that high-omega-3 fish and fry it; data from the Cardiovascular Health Study found that older people who ate fried fish had a higher risk of ischemic stroke than those who ate broiled or baked fish. The aha recommends eating fish (particularly fatty types like salmon, sardines, mackerel, herring, and albacore tuna) at least twice a week. 8. A little wine will do fine." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.)

"So has the aha changed its dietary recommendations? No way. But even the ultimate antifat proponent, Dr. Dean Ornish, whose work I greatly respect, now recommends that his patients take daily doses of fish oil. THE LINK BETWEEN GRAIN-BASED OILS AND INFLAMMATION Why are most "green" and "brown" oils so beneficial and "beige" grain-based oils-think corn, soybean, cottonseed, and safflower-so bad for you? As you now know, "green" oils are higher in the essential omega-3 fats, while "beige" oils contain a preponderance of omega-6 fats." - Dr. Steven R. Gundry, Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You - And Your Waistline - And Drop the Weight for Good (Get the book.)

"Use an aha moisturizing lotion daily, and it will very gradually peel off the top layers of dead skin, making crow's-feet and fine wrinkles less visible," says Dr. Elson. So far, AHAs are the only wrinkle fighters to offer any real competition to the big-daddy wrinkle remover—Retin-A. Although results are less dramatic than Retin-A's, AHAs are less likely to irritate your skin. Low-concentration AHAs are also available in several popular cleansers and moisturizers, such as Avon's Anew Alpha Hydrox Skin Treatment System and Eucerin Plus Alpha-hydroxy Moisturizing Lotion. Chemical peels." - Doug Dollemore, Mark Giuliucci and the Editors of Men's Health Magazine, Age Erasers for Men: Hundreds of Fast and Easy Ways to Beat the Years (Get the book.)

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