NaturalPedia > Adjectives > Impaired

Quotes about Impaired from the world's top natural health / natural living authors

 Email this page to a friend   |  Click here for FREE email alerts

page 1 of 23 | Next ->

"This is the notion of "pre-diabetes," when glucose metabolism crosses a threshold such that consensus considers it to be impaired but not sufficiently impaired to warrant the diabetes label. In 1997 the "Expert Committee of the Diagnosis and Classification of Diabetes Mellitus" of the American Diabetes Association revised the criteria for the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes. One criterion was a fasting blood glucose level of 126 mg/dl. The nih panel that formulated the criteria for the Metabolic Syndrome listed in the chapter established the cutoff at 110 mg/dl." - Nortin M. Hadler MD, Worried Sick: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America (Get the book.) "That pertains to the patients of the chiropractic, although surveys suggest that this patient population burdens more than impaired self-reported health status; they burden impaired "mental health" (Coulter et al. 2002), an observation that harkens to my discussion in chapters 9 and 12 of factors that impair one's effectiveness in coping with back pain, which I reiterated in my commentary (Hadler 2002) published with the paper by Coulter et al. A study by Eisenberg et al. (2007) speaks to the complexity of the notion of a therapeutic envelope." - Nortin M. Hadler MD, Worried Sick: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America (Get the book.)

"Migraine headaches. • impaired thyroid function, including Grave's disease. • Increased body fat. • Increased blood clotting. • impaired blood sugar control. • The astounding acceleration of puberty in young girls from an average age of 14 to 15, to now as young as 9 or 10. (This represents a speed up of as much as V3 sooner in their lives and has frightening implications for long-term health.) • And, finally, xenoestrogens have been strongly implicated in declining male sperm production and the increase in the rates of testicular cancer and prostate cancer. What's the Answer?" - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.)

"Some new research from the University of Western Ontario tested a Mediterranean diet and exercise program on 38 people with high-normal blood pressure or prediabetes (impaired fasting glucose or impaired glucose tolerance). They noticed a big improvement in the elasticity of subjects' carotid arteries—an increase of about 16 percent (the thicker and less elastic the arteries, the greater the load on the heart). Improving the health of blood vessels might not sound like it would have a big payoff, but boy, does it." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.)

"Much to her surprise, she received a medical checkup and was informed that she was mildly cognitively impaired. As I do with most of my patients, I explained the problematic nature of that label and reassured her that there was a wide range of how memory is affected as we age, and how people's functioning depends largely on how they adapt to the changes. For a second opinion, she went to see a prominent MCI physician at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, who also told her that her condition did not warrant an MCI diagnosis, and that in fact the MCI label was in transition." - Peter J. Whitehouse and Daniel George, The Myth of Alzheimer's: What You Aren't Being Told About Today's Most Dreaded Diagnosis (Get the book.)

"In the 75 percent of these children who had impaired intestinal barrier function, toxins were making their way into the bloodstream at greater than normal concentrations. Some of these toxins impair energy production when they become involved in biochemical reactions. One of these chemicals in particular—from yeast—has been associated with childhood autism." As Dr." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.) "The muscles of respiration and speech can also 134 be impaired. In the worst cases, patients thrash about continually. "Despite this tragic situation, psychiatrists too often fail to give proper warning to patients and their families. Often psychiatrists fail to notice that their patients are suffering from tardive dyskinesia, even when the symptoms are flagrant. Many or most tardive dyskinesia patients also show signs of dementia?an irreversible loss of overall higher brain and mental function." Dr. Breggin says, "It was inevitable that these losses would occur." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.) "They affect the frontal lobes, which means impaired reason and impulse control, lack of ability to make future plans and for empathy. It is really important because the lack of empathy is partly connected to all the violence that Prozac seems to stimulate. At Columbine High School, at least one of the killers was on Luvox. When you don't have empathy to connect you to human beings, it's really easy to act out with violence." Prozac also influences other parts of the brain. "It affects the limbic system, which is the emotional system, where it creates apathy and indifference," Dr." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.) "In patients with ADHD, zinc proved to be more effective than placebo in reducing symptoms of hyperactivity, impulsivity and impaired socialization. The Effects of a Double Blind, Placebo Controlled, Artificial Food Colourings and Benzoate Preservative Challenge on Hyperactivity in a General Population Sample of Preschool Children. Bateman B; Warner JO; et al. Archive of Diseases in Childhood, 2004 June, 89(6):506-511." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"The actual toxicity of the various forms of amyloid has been inconsistently demonstrated and some researchers, including several of my colleagues in Cleveland and elsewhere, believe that amyloid deposition is a secondary phenomenon perhaps even representing the brain's attempt to launch repair mechanisms in the event of brain injury and compensate for impaired structure or function." - Peter J. Whitehouse and Daniel George, The Myth of Alzheimer's: What You Aren't Being Told About Today's Most Dreaded Diagnosis (Get the book.) "In fact, a big problem in long-term-care facilities is that the cognitively healthy actively avoid the cognitively impaired. When we can face our future selves in those who are unfortunate enough to age neurologically faster than us, and summon up the strength to devote ourselves to caring for them and see them as aging human beings representing the human condition rather than diseased victims, we can come to a point of enhanced self-awareness about our development. Relating to individuals with memory problems can open up deeper relationships and can foster our own personal growth." - Peter J. Whitehouse and Daniel George, The Myth of Alzheimer's: What You Aren't Being Told About Today's Most Dreaded Diagnosis (Get the book.)

"Note: For a severely impaired immune system, as in cancer, even higher doses of coenzyme Qi0 may be required. Fifteen mg of Q-Gel softgel capsules, a water-soluble form of Q10, is the equivalent of about 50 mg of standard coenzyme Q10. Once a therapeutic effect is obtained, that is, there is improved well-being, lowered blood pressure, improved shortness of breath, better gum tissues, and so on, the maintenance dose may be adjusted. For many cardiac conditions, especially CHF and cardiomyopathy, I have observed that the therapeutic dose must be maintained or symptoms will return." - Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology (Get the book.) "First of all, research indicates that if levels of coenzyme Qio decline by 25 percent, our organs may become deficient and impaired. When levels decline by 75 percent, serious tissue damage and even death may occur. It has also been determined by advanced blood level technology that heart tissue levels of coenzyme Qi0 are lower in cases of advanced congestive heart failure. Since myocardial tissue levels of coenzyme Qio may be restored significantly by oral supplementation, the use of coenzyme Qio therapy should be the first defense against congestive heart failure." - Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology (Get the book.) "A deficiency or imbalance in any part of the system may contribute, over time, to the impaired functioning of the cell, tissues, organs, and eventually the entire body. We need to view the concept of energy as both quantitative and qualitative to see the complete picture of healthy cell function. A proper balance of oxygen and nutritional components, such as vitamins, minerals, enzymes, and cofactors, is required on a second-by-second basis for the cells to function optimally." - Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology (Get the book.) "The changes in these cellular membranes throughout the heart cells are thought to contribute to impaired contraction of the heart muscle, and thus to an increased vulnerability to irregular heartbeats. Let's look at some of the research in the animal model on L-carnitine and its impact on ventricular arrhythmia. We know from previous research that high concentrations of free fatty acids have been known to trigger arrhythmias, particularly in a setting of ischemic heart disease." - Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology (Get the book.)

"In fact, in most surveys, nearly half of people over fifty report that their memory is abnormally impaired, with many worrying that this foreshadows a descent into Alzheimer's disease. As you will learn, over time a variety of factors—some genetic, some hormonal, some environmental, some related to the diminution of blood supply and glucose in the brain due to factors like diabetes or vascular problems—inevitably contribute to the dysfunction and sometimes death of neurons." - Peter J. Whitehouse and Daniel George, The Myth of Alzheimer's: What You Aren't Being Told About Today's Most Dreaded Diagnosis (Get the book.)

"Even when he'd injured the vast majority of the brains of individual rats - and a curling iron caused much more damage to the brain than any clean surgical cut - their motor skills might be impaired, and they might stagger disjointedly along, but the rats always remembered the routine. Although they represented a failure of sorts, the results appealed to the iconoclast in Lashley. The rats had confirmed what he had long suspected." - Lynne Mctaggart, The Field - The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe (Get the book.)

"High-protein diets without adequate produce theoretically can cause you to lose greater amounts of calcium in your urine, which may raise PTH levels; we see this almost exclusively in people with impaired kidney function. More commonly we see deficient dietary protein, which signals other hormones to pull phosphorus from bones and muscle, and this raises PTH levels. A normal PTH level is between 10 and 65. But an ideal PTH level is between 10 and 40; the preferred level is below 40." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"If the liver's detoxification ability is impaired due to nutritional deficiency and/or toxic overload, these toxins will be stored (often in the weakest areas of the body such as fat) and can initiate chronic disease. Eliminating sickness from the body entails two simultaneous steps: one is to evict the main cause of the ailment and the other is to elevate the body's general vitality so that its natural and inherent ability to sustain health is allowed to dominate. Granted, sometimes we can't always remove the culprit at the root of our sickness, which can be an unknown in many cases." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.) "Releasing toxins via the skin through perspiration removes the load from the kidneys and liver, so those with impaired liver or kidney function may safely detoxify in this manner. It's imperative to remain in the sauna until sweating occurs. You won't get dehydrated, either, because you will respond to thirst signals afterward and drink water to replenish. Raising your body's core temperature does more than just assist the detox process. It has also been shown to have a favorable impact upon the immune system." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.) "And it is this functional reserve that must be protected and that can be impaired by poor digestion, poor nutrition, a weakness in bile excretion, a genetic abnormality, or excessive exposure to toxins. It's critical that we care for and protect this indispensable organ as best we can. Yes, it's the most resilient organ in the body ... but it is built this way because of how critical it is to maintain our life. In the RENEW program, you will take an active role in supporting and optimizing a healthy liver detoxification system." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"If problem-solving skills are being impaired in America and Mexico, they are certainly also being impaired in society today. Maybe a little dust doesn't gum up the clockworks, but too much will. If we're busy dusting the IQ off our kids for a few dollars more and they can't apply intelligence to solving tomorrow's problems, then what's the point of having kids? It is likely that more violence will be substituted instead, thanks to the chemical dusting." - David Steinman, Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown (Get the book.)

"Traffic officers should be trained to recognize drivers who have been impaired by their medications. Any driver involved in an accident that causes fatalities or serious injury should be tested for prescription drugs. The federal government should collect statistics on the number of accidents caused by each type of prescription medication and warn the public about those causing the most danger on the roads. Stop the fraud. By 2007 just about every major pharmaceutical company was under investigation for fraudulent marketing or other illegal business practices." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.) "Prevent automobile accidents caused by drivers impaired by the effects of their medications. The FDA should require a clear, bold warning against driving on the bottles of prescription or over-the-counter medications that cause drowsiness, dizziness, or any other side effect that can make it dangerous to drive. The warning should include a prominent symbol, like a bright red triangle, that patients can't miss. States also need tough penalties for physicians who fail to warn patients not to drive after taking these medications as well as for patients who don't heed their doctors'warnings." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.) "The roads have become less safe as more drivers are impaired by the effects of the prescription drugs they take. Doctors are finding that lifesav-ing antibiotics no longer work for some patients dying from infections because the products have been overprescribed to those who did not need them. America's rivers and streams are flowing with the invisible traces of medications swallowed by people upstream. And children trade prescription pills in the schoolyard the way students of an earlier generation traded cigarettes." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.) "Iowa law states that a driver who has a prescription for a drug cannot be prosecuted for driving while impaired if the doctor failed to warn him about the dangers of driving while taking it. Often drivers causing fatal accidents have pleaded for leniency, saying they should not be found guilty because the drugs were prescribed by a physician. In December 2004 Brian Hust drove to a Safeway pharmacy in Napa, California, to pick up his prescription for Vicodin. He downed thirty of the pills and began driving back home." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.)

"The APOE2 isoform is considered to decrease remnant clearance because of impaired affinity for the receptors. Conversely, the APOE4 isoform should induce a faster clearance. However, studies that have compared postprandial triglyceride responses across different APOE genotypes have produced conflicting results, especially regarding the effects associated with the APOE4 allele [99-1051. Postprandial response was examined at 4 and 8 hours by Boerwinkle et al." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"Therefore, in every system of theology there is an umbilical point, an Achilles tendon which the finger of mother life has touched, and where the possibility of perfect knowledge has been impaired. The problem of the hero is to pierce himself (and therewith his world) precisely through that point; to shatter and annihilate that key knot of his limited existence." - Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces Joseph Campbell (Get the book.)

page 1 of 23 | Next ->

FAIR USE NOTICE: The research quoted here is provided under the protection of Fair Use provisions and published by the 501(c)3 non-profit Consumer Wellness Center for the purposes of public comment and education. Authors / publishers may submit books for consideration of inclusion here.

TERMS OF USE: Read full terms of use. Citations of text from NaturalPedia must include: 1) Full credit to the original author and book title. 2) Secondary credit to the Natural News Naturalpedia as a research resource and a link to www.NaturalPedia.com

This unique compilation of research is copyright (c) 2008, 2009 by the non-profit Consumer Wellness Center.

ABOUT THE CREATOR OF NATURALPEDIA: Mike Adams, the creator of NaturalPedia, is the editor of NaturalNews.com, the internet's top natural health news site, creator of the Honest Food Guide (www.HonestFoodGuide.org), a free downloadable consumer food guide based on natural health principles, author of Grocery Warning, The 7 Laws of Nutrition, Natural Health Solutions, and many other books available at www.TruthPublishing.com, creator of the earth-friendly EcoLEDs company (www.EcoLEDs.com) that manufactures energy-efficient LED lighting products, founder of Arial Software (www.ArialSoftware.com), a permission e-mail technology company, creator of the CounterThink Cartoon series (www.NaturalNews.com/index-cartoons.html) and author of over 1,500 articles, interviews, special reports and reference guides available at www.NaturalNews.com. Adams' personal philosophy and health statistics are available at www.HealthRanger.org.