The link between Osteoarthritis and Garbage

Muscloskeletal conditions like lower back pain and osteoarthritis are now second only to cancer as a leading cause of disease burden in Australia.
The first question has to be why?

• Too much weight being carried around wears out the joints?
• The Australian diet is very inflammatory ?
• Poor digestive function?
• Is it to do with how we stand and walk or because we sit for too long?
• Injury from sport or trauma?
• Too much acidity in our bodies?

Probably a combination of all the above factors. In the Naturopathy world  osteoarthritis is thought to be an accumulation of wastes in the joints.  If your routes of elimination (bowels, kidneys, nose, lungs, skin) cannot keep up, the body has to store the wastes some where, so in some people that is the joints. It may seem funny that you have a dodgy knee or a sore back and your Naturopath is asking about your stool motions but this is why.
So the conclusion is if you feel stiff in the joints on of the best things you can do is to 'Take out the garbage' and do a detoxification program usually once or twice a year.  After all you clean the inside of your house regularly.
Take out the garbage now

9 Fast Ideas for Weight Loss

Lets look at 9 quick ideas for fat burning that you can do without thinking of a whole new eating plan

1. Water lots of it throughout the day
2. Green tea increases weight loss by increasing metabolic rate.  Make a jug and keep it in the fridge, drink it through the day
3. Clean lean protein at every meal the size of your palm
4. Exercise  1/2 hour per day move your body
5. Throw all that stress away into the garbage bin you don't need it and it stops you from burning fat.  Sleep for 8 hours per night.
6. Spicy foods will help increase metabolic rate turmeric, ginger, chili, cardamom, cinnamon
7. 3 meals per day every day
8. Nutrients choose a high quality multivitamin and antioxidant to take every day to ensure you have all the nutrients required for fat burning.
9. Attitude, your choice, you drive the bus, choose something positive.

Carolyn Watts Coaching Connection

Coaching Connection Principal and Coach, Carolyn Watts, will be working from Harmony Pharmacy as of February.

Having been a CEO, a broadcaster and a business director, Carolyn brings more than a decade’s experience at helping people better understand their individual drivers and motivations so they can make better decisions.

She will bring her knowledge of coaching psychology and narrative coaching to her work in the Mosman community.

Carolyn is a highly skilled communicator and has the know-how to assist clients to set the focus for their coaching goals and to develop the scaffolding necessary to achieve them.

Providing a range of coaching options, Carolyn is offering a first one-hour session free of charge for new clients at Harmony Pharmacy during February and March saving $300.00.  Book Now. 

A member of the International Coaching Federation, University of Sydney Coaching and Mentoring Association, and the Sydney Facilitators’ Network, Carolyn is also a member of AICD, PRIA, and AIM.

Calling Teenagers for INSIDEOUT

Teenage program: for 12 to 17 years
Teenagers enjoy having a parent and parents enjoy having a teenager. A few simple skills can change the amount of joy, happiness and fun you experience EVERY DAY. Start the year as you intend to finish it.
Learn how to:

• create harmony in the home and school environment,
• increase self esteem, confidence and awareness,
• facilitate greater creativity and productivity,
• encourage proactive behaviour,
• enhance relationships.

Look at

• conflict clues and how to create great relationships at all levels.
• positive communication skills.
• Email/texting communication.  

When: 23 February 2013, 12.30pm to 5.30pm.
Where: Cranes Pharmacy: 62 Avenue Road, Mosman
Bookings: (or to find out more information) Deborah Fairfull 0412 433 616 or deborahfairfull@me.com
Cost: Usually $200 per participant however School start special of $200 per teenager and parent (It is not essential that the parent attends however it is recommended).
Afternoon tea included and all course notes will be provided

About the presenter Deborah Fairfull has been both a student and teacher of psychology and philosophy for over twenty years. Her simple, succinct, and practical approach to raising the awareness of individuals allows them connect to the fun and joy of life. Along with being a skillful businesswoman and enthusiastic kinesiologist, speaker, and author, Deborah is also a devoted mother and is passionate about raising children in a positive and conscious way.

"I recently attended the workshop with my slightly reluctant 14 year old daughter. I was hoping that my daughter would learn a few skills to cope with the stress of relationships, body image and shaky self esteem. As it turned out we both learnt heaps and the workshop was full of practical information and ideas to improve communication. My daughter said she found it interesting and I had noticed her thoughtfully taking notes. I was thrilled when later that day she texted me to say she had tried a communication skill, on her friends! I could not ask for more than that as she was already using a new skill and feeling confident and excited about it. I am pleased that we both now have a folder of information so we can refer back to the ideas from the workshop and I can continue to encourage my daughter (and myself of course!) to try other new skills. The workshop was a very positive mother/daughter experience and gave us lots to discuss and build on in our relationship. I have been telling all my friends to do this workshop, with their daughters of course!" Sarah, Sydney.

"I am a leader in a Scout camp and the skill I learnt will help me when I am there in a few weeks" Hugo, 14 years old.

Do Statin Drugs Deplete you of Co enzyme Q10?

Unfortunately the answer is yes. The cholesterol-lowering drugs block all our cells ability to make both cholesterol and the nutrient co enzyme Q10 (CoQ10). Statins block the production of a molecule, which is the essential precursor to both cholesterol and CoQ10 production.
What is CoQ10?
CoQ10 was discovered by Fred Crane, Ph.D. in 1957 and is now known to be a powerful antioxidant. CoQ10 is made in our body and we also obtain some from our food. We make the most CoQ10  at the same time as we reach our peak athletic performance, which is in our mid 20s and thereafter we become more dependent on dietary sources. CoQ10 is most highly concentrated in organ meats such as heart, liver, and kidney, which we do not usually eat these days.
So if we put all the facts together, the combination of statin and low dietary intake, this can lead to severe depletion of this essential nutrient. If you lower cholesterol by 40% with statin drug therapy, you will lower CoQ10 levels by 40% too. CoQ10 is the cofactor, or coenzyme, necessary for the production of about 90% of our cellular energy and it follows that almost all patients taking statin drugs experience some degree of fatigue and muscle weakness.
Statin drug side effects may include varying degrees of fatigue, muscle weakness and/or muscle pain, shortness of breath with exertion, impairment in short-term memory, peripheral neuropathy with numbness and tingling in the feet and liver damage.
There was a study done in 2004, a study published in the American Journal of Cardiology documented evidence of early heart muscle weakness in 70% of patients taking statin drug therapy for a period of six months. Interestingly, this early heart muscle weakness reversed back to normal by adding supplemental CoQ10 at 100mg three times daily (total of 300mg/day).
More recently, other studies have shown reversal of skeletal muscle pain and weakness by adding supplemental CoQ10 to statin drug therapy.
Should I take statins and CoQ10 together?
Interestingly this is not new knowledge as in 1990  Merck & Co., Inc. (the manufacturer of two statin drugs, lovastatin and simvastatin) obtained two patents to combine CoQ10 with the statin drug in the same tablet to prevent liver and muscle damage. These patents have not been acted upon, the basic science behind them is sound and taking supplemental CoQ10 with a statin drug makes perfect sense. Importantly, taking a CoQ10 supplement does not affect the cholesterol-lowering action of the statin drugs.
So the answer is yes I always recommend taking CoQ10 with statins to lessen the side effects of the statin and to increase overall health. Co10 is better absorbed with a meal and I recommend a dose of 150mg per day.

Cardiovascular Control. Become an Expert of your own Health

Have you been diagnosed with High Cholesterol, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease, High Blood Pressure or Syndrome X?  Do you feel like the disease is controlling you?
Now is the time to turn the tables and become the expert on your own health, put your life into perspective and position yourself so that you can control your disease.
Learn from highly trained Naturopaths Rosemary Manners and Bettina Sepp and Pharmacist Neville Contractor the steps you need to take to get yourself on track.

Special February Package   $260.00  includes

• One hour initial consultation with Rosemary or Bettina    
• 20 minute Medschek with Neville
• One bottle fish oil supplement
• One bottle antioxidant supplement
• Cellular Health Analysis
• Urinary Indicans Testing
• Heavy Metal screening
• Nutritional plan
• Naturopathic program
• 20 minute follow up consultation with Rosemary or Bettina

BOOK NOW  9969 2000 Harmony Pharmacy or 9969 4700 Cranes Pharmacy

Diabetes Month at the Pharmacy

Lets look at the facts;

• 280 Australians develop diabetes every day
• Diabetes is Australia’s fastest growing chronic disease (updated 15/10/12)
• Nearly 1,000,000 Australians are currently diagnosed with diabetes.
• For every person diagnosed, it is estimated that there is another who is not yet diagnosed; a total of about 1.7 million people
• The total number of Australians with diabetes and pre-diabetes is estimated at 3.2 million
• As the sixth leading cause of death in Australia, it is critical we take action
• Up to 60% of cases of type 2 diabetes can be prevented.

What are we missing? Did you read the bit where it says 60% of the cases can be prevented?  That's more than half.  This silent pandemic is having a huge impact in Australia, a huge impact on Mosman and a huge impact on us.
What decisions are we making to cause this?  There is an urgent and growing need to promote and discuss the issues around this out of control pandemic.  We need to focus our minds on what we are eating, what we are doing with our bodies and what we are thinking.  If we don't the figures just get worst and worst.
This month across the pharmacies we are focusing on Cholesterol and Diabetes, come and talk to us, we have lots of ideas or how to get the most out of your medications, what supplements to take to help the medication to work better, nutritional consultations and naturopathic protocols.  Ask us about Diabetics Medschek.  Don't let this rule your life.  Find a new perspective where you can rule your own health.
Give us a ring today.