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Probiotics

kevin — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 21:29:55 +0000

You are born with living bacteria in your gut but don’t freak out, you need these to survive! An average adult has approximately a few pounds of bacteria know as the ‘Gut Flora’. We ingest all kinds of different living organisms, some good and some bad. The good guys are known as probiotics. If you ingest enough they should take care of the bad guys and regulate the environment of your digestive tract, making sure everything is running smoothly. There are many more factors associated with gut flora, some are even counter intuitive; such as the control of neurological chemicals like serotonin!

You should get enough probiotics from your normal diet however not many of us have a normal diet these days. Turns out that due to GMO’s and other chemical processes associated with food production, we are starting to ingest more and more bad bacteria who love to change the DNA of your gut flora rendering them useless.

If you are having digestion issues, which could be anything from gas to hemorrhoids, it could very well be due to not having enough good bacteria! Give this podcast a listen and find out more about probiotics and how they can help make your life much more comfortable.

References:

Surgical Errors Occur More than 4,000 Time a Year in the US

Chemicals in Your Food: What’s Safe to Eat and What’s Not

California Dairy Research Foundation

Serotonin in the Guy: What Does it Do?

Reducing Obesity with Designer Probiotics

NCCAM- Oral Probiotics: An Introduction

Mayan Apocalypse Dec 21, 2012

Products:

Metagenics Ultra Flora Line

Essential Formulas Dr. Ohhira’s

Musical Accompaniment:

They Might Be Giants

Sufjan Stevens

Surfer Blood

Essential Fatty Acids & the Brain

kevin — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 18:44:35 +0000

BRAINS!!!

No it isn’t the Zombie Apocalypse, however lets give it a few days to make sure that holds true (Dec. 21st to be specific). The Brain is the most intricate and arguably the most important organ in your body. We have evolved into a species that can send tiny probes to the edge of our solar system, that can replicate the environment following the big bang by smashing protons into each other, that have learned to teleport informational photon packets (current record is 90 miles which is quite relevant for satellite communication), and have built machines that are capable of looking out through distances of up to 13.7 billion light years! All that knowledge from an organ that weighs about 3 pounds, consists of 75% water, and resides right inside that noggin of yours! Wow.

On this podcast we discuss some interesting facts about the brain and what you can do to support healthy function. One way you can maintain or improve your neurological processes is to regulate or modulate your essential fatty acids ratios between omega-3 and omega-6 by taking dietary supplements. To build brain cells you need fatty acids and the essential ones are ones your body cannot manufacture!

To learn more listen to the podcast as well as visit the links at the bottom of this post.

Click here for Audio Stream of ‘Essential Fatty Acids & the Brain’ podcast

Nordic Natural Fish Oils

Linus Pauling Institute- Essential Fatty Acids Deficiencies

NCBI- Essential Fatty Acids & the Brain

Medical News- Mental Maps

Franklin Institute- The Brain

Interesting Facts about the Brain

Musical Accompaniment:

Explosions in the Sky

Tally Hall

Real Estate

Gravitational Waves, Vitamin B12 Deficiencies, & Fall Foods

kevin — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 20:31:10 +0000

You may have recently heard about the reports to the FDA regarding Five Hour Energy drink, if not please refer to the link below. At Terra Vim, we have always stressed the importance of purity and laboratory testing to ensure that you are getting what is labelled on the bottle and nothing else. We also have made it our goal to carry only clinically studied compounds that work in unison to restore and replenish your body’s natural balance. Vitamin supplements are harmless, it’s when you start pushing them as ‘energy drinks’ and throw in caffeine when issues start to arise. It probably won’t be long before the energy drink supplement companies find it impossible to have an approved product. Restoring your energy involves more than one quick fix. It is a combination of cell interactions that produce what we understand to be ‘energy’. One great way to get this energy is B12, which is commonly pushed by said energy drink manufactures. Our approach is much different however. We understand that your body requires these nutrients in a natural form. We offer various B complex’s that have been formulated to give you the correct ratio of organic compounds to boost your cell’s energy! When you put yourself into a routine of daily supplementation, quick energy shots/drinks will be something you will no longer have to waste your money on. Don’t keep putting a bandage on the wound, suture it with natural supplementation!

Click for Audio Stream of ‘Gravitational Waves, Vitamin B12 Deficiencies, & Fall Foods’

Five Hour Energy Drink Cited in 13 Deaths

Sophus Lie

Gravitational Waves: An Introduction

Five Fall Foods That Protect Against Cancer

Oral Vitamin B12 versus Intramuscular Vitamin B12 for B12 Deficiency

Terra Vim: Metagenics Intrinsi B12/Folate

Musical Accompaniment:

Explosions in the Sky

Modest Mouse

Sufjan Stevens

“This research has made use of NASA’s Astrophysics Data System.“

History of Medicine Conclusion

kevin — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 01:36:43 +0000

As we approach the 19th & 20th centuries, the medical advancements are numerous and proceeding at a pace that still leaves today’s physicians to conclude on new understandings of our function, ability, interrelations, and interactions. Much of what’s left to ponder about the division of pathways are left to dark corners to speculate about the validity of conclusively proven realities. In actuality, proving or disproving what has already been accepted is what brings us to our current modern era perspective and opinion. Vitamin deficiency still persists through current morphisms but can be corrected! The medical system is doing what it can to remain valid while at the same time providing support and education to those who want to help you.

We are making a choice to remember why we care!

Click for audio stream of History of Medicine Conclusion

Vitamin D Deficiency

Vitamin D and your Health

Grown By Nature Vitamin E

Compliments Can Improve Performance

Water Toxicity Evaluated

What is deja vu?

History of Medicine Part 8

kevin — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 00:25:53 +0000

The Eighteenth Century

Time spent in any New England town mid-winter could give you a good view of environmental 18^th Century Holland. The bacterium starts to dissipate from the air as more soot is introduced. However it isn’t just volcanic ash and firewood adding to the compounds in our atmosphere, it’s pre industry. A physician, who would one day be known as the Dutch Hippocrates, was writing publications on medical procedures that would soon become the textbook of the continent. He wasn’t alone in his pursuit for reformation as another physician argued his current observations on advancement with swaying purpose.

Meanwhile, an understudy was introducing new pathways into anatomy, physiology, and naturalism. It wasn’t long until a new-formed pathogen took to the human cell in need of energy. Any deduction was made on the reason for issue. It was an English physician who determined quite vaguely about possible preventions of infection. Maybe you should give them a part of a person’s body that isn’t dying! There must be something in them that is the reason they are not… And so was the first vaccination for the disease of Smallpox, which had been in existence at least since 1000 BC and claimed upwards of 60 million humans.

Medicine started to resemble something close to what it is today as soon as the 1700’s. Be sure to check the links for cited information from this podcast as well as related information and pictures.

Click for audio stream of the History of Medicine Part 8

Importance of Curcumin

Terra Vim Cell Protect w. Curcumin

18th Century Medical Procedures and Medications

The Story of Medicine by Victor Robinson

Smallpox: Vaccination

History of Medicine Part 7

kevin — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 20:55:40 +0000

The Seventeenth Century was bit of an overflow from the Renaissance Period only in that historically, the biggest instigators of change had already passed. That is not to suggest that the most important advancements were not to come!

On this week’s episode of Terra Vim Talks Health we pick up were we left off continuing along our chronological journey to the discovery of our current Western Medical Model. The Seventeenth Century, and every century since for that matter, will prove crucial in paving a new path towards the light we saw so brightly described following the Dark Ages. The intellectual fever drenched the landscape of the mind with avenues of perspective that had never been explored. The Dark Ages were gone and we weren’t going back!

We welcome Mike back as he discusses an issue that is actually quite new to the human species and why we seem to be having such a difficult time dealing with it. Kevin details a study conducted regarding stroke victim treatments.

Click for Episode Stream; History of Medicine Part 7

Information about Gluten

Study on Endovascular Reperfusion After Stroke

Study on l-Arginine

Metagenics Arginine Plus

The Story of Medicine; Victor Robinson

MRI’s just for people?

kevin — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 13:19:31 +0000

The golden ratio at work inside a watermelon? Check out this neat MRI scan of a watermelon.

History of Medicine Part 6

kevin — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 19:09:35 +0000

The Renaissance!

On this weeks episode of Terra Vim Talks Health, Kevin goes solo again as Mike makes his way back from out West. In the news segment, reduction of child mortality in Niger is detailed and is partly attributed to Vitamin A supplementation. DNA barcoding is a new way to verify animal and plant origins to make sure that what it says on the bottle is what is actually in the bottle (something you don’t have to worry about here at Terra Vim).

The period in time following the Dark Ages which spans from approx. 1500-1700 was the Renaissance. It was a rebirth of knowledge and discovery. One of the main influencers and just one of the many geniuses during the time was Leonardo de Vinci. His contribution to medical advancement is quite possibly unparalleled by anybody who preceded him. This is really interesting stuff so please give it a listen!

Click for Direct Podcast Stream: Show #7

Product: Grown by Nature

News: Niger’s Child Mortality

News: DNA Barcoding

App: Exoplanet

History of Medicine Part 5

kevin — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 19:03:56 +0000

Today Kevin went at it alone will Mike headed out West to work on a project. The Dark Ages spanned from about 600-1500 CE. This was a time of castles and surfs, knights and witches. Abracadabra was the main medical treatment of the day and magical practices continued to run wild.

Click for Direct Podcast Stream: Show #6

Medicine in the Dark Ages

History Intermission

kevin — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 21:58:39 +0000

On this weeks episode we decided to take a little different approach. We are half way through snapshotting the History of Medicine. At this point we are up to the European influence during the Middle Ages, however this is an important time in history for not only medicine but also for Mankind, therefore we are going to devote next weeks entire episode to this period.

In the ‘What the Health?!’ segment, Mike gives us some excellent information about Magnesium and why it is so important for normal body function. Kevin talks about some ex-pro athlete issues as well as Green Tea. We wrap up the show talking about worldly topics, giving our perspective on common issues.

Click for Direct Podcast Stream: Show #5

News Article; NFL ex-pros

News Article; Green Tea (Catechins)

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