U P DAT E 09/2009

 The Power of the

Immune System – pg 4 - 5
 Children Who Avoid Modern Medicine
are Healthier – pg 8
 Don’t Just Blame
Low Bone Density
– pg 21

Kids&
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IN these difficult economic times, it
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We are doing a little better than
that …
In July, our parent company, Holista
Biotech, did a takeover of a biotech company
listed in the Australian Stock Exchange.
The company – Colltech Ltd (www.colltech.com.
au) – has several world class technologies, all in
the area of sheep collagen. More on this on
page 16.
We are also going to launch a natural substance
– one found in a mushroom called Grifola
frondosa. This mushroom was recommended by
the Chinese Edible Fungus Association for the
prevention of SARS during the last major outbreak.
It boosts immunity in many ways.
We are in the midst of launching a version for kids.
This will be invaluable in these H1N1 times.
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C ONT ENT S
EDITOR
COVER STORY Dato’ Dr. Rajen M.
4 › The Power of the Immune System 4 C O O R D I N A T O R S

S TAY I N G S H A R P Cheah Wai Leng, Lim Swee Juin

› 8 Ways to Boost Immune Health 6 P U B L I S H E R
COV ER STORY ALTERNI (M) Sdn Bhd
PA R E N T I N G
ADVISORY BOARD
› Children Who Avoid Modern
6 Medicine are Healthier
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Dr. Amir Farid Datuk Ishak
(Consultant & Gynaecologist)
› Children at Day Care Centres: 9 Dr. Gary Green (Chiropractor)
S TAYIN G Suffering a Little Now for Dr. P. Narayanan (Ayurvedic Physician)
S H A RP
Future Protection Dr. Markizah Halim (Osteopath)
8 › Your Children’s Eye Health:
Switch Off The TV
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A LT E R N I TIME S S E P T E M BE R 2 0 0 9 3
 The Power of the
C OVER STORY
Immune System
By Dato’ Dr. Rajen M.
ON the 3rd of June this year, my father
passed away. He had been operated on for a
bleeding tumour on the 11th of May.
All seemed well. He recovered amazingly
within the first few days of the operation.
Then, on the fifth day, we noticed an
infection coming from the failure of the
stomach wall to heal properly. This resulted in
a “leak” which caused the infection.
For the two weeks that followed, the best of
modern medicine – the gallant efforts of a
team of specialist doctors, two surgeries, the
most advanced antibiotics, powerful anti-
fungal medication, quality intensive care –
could not boost his immune system.
His system had to fight off that infection and
his system was not up to it.
Inside your body there is an amazing
mechanism that protects you from the
outside world that literally wants to break
you down. Scientists call it the immune
system. It is designed to defend you against
the countless millions of bacteria, microbes,
viruses, toxins and parasites that would love
to invade your body.
Indeed, if we were to depend on drugs
and other modern devices to shore up our
immune system, we would all be dead before
sunrise!
To understand the power of the immune
system, look at what happens to anything
once it dies. You may not like doing this, but
it dramatically illustrates the power of your
immune system.
4 ALT ER NI T IMES S E PT E M B E R 2009
When someone dies, his immune system
(along with every other system) shuts down.
In a matter of hours, the body is invaded by
all sorts of bacteria, microbes and parasites.
None of these are able to penetrate your
body when your immune system is working.
However, the moment your immune system
cuts off, the door is wide open. When you die
it only takes a few weeks for these organisms
to completely dismantle your body and
carry it away, until all that’s left of you is the
skeleton.
Your immune system is doing an amazing
job all the time to keep these invaders at
bay when you are alive. Like the computer
“anti-virus” software that runs quietly in the
background, the immune system protects
you. When the anti-virus slips, your computer
crashes. Your body too can “crash” if the
immune system slips up.
The immune system is complex, intricate and
interesting. Let us understand our immune
system better.
The most obvious part of the immune system
is what you can see – the skin. It acts as a
primary barrier between all the “bad” things
out there and your body. The skin acts as a
barrier in much the same way we use plastic
wrap to protect food.
Skin is tough and generally impermeable to
bacteria and viruses. The epidermis contains
special cells called Langerhans cells that are
an important early-warning component in
the immune system.
The skin also secretes antibacterial
substances of its own. These substances
explain why you don’t wake up in the
morning with a layer of mould growing on
your skin -- most bacteria and spores that
land on the skin die quickly.
Your nose, mouth and eyes are also
“entrances” for germs. Tears and mucus
contain an enzyme (lysozyme) that breaks
down the cell wall of many bacteria.
Saliva is also anti-bacterial. The many germs
that get past the saliva defence are stopped
at the nasal passage and lungs which are
coated in mucus, germs are trapped in the
mucus and swallowed.
Mast cells, which play a protective role and
are involved in wound healing and guard
against pathogens, also line the nasal
passages, throat, lungs and skin.
Any bacteria or virus that wants to gain entry
into your body must first make it past these
defences. Some of these germs are persistent,
and when they get past these defences and
enter the body, they have to deal with the
immune system at a different level. The major
components of the immune system are:
• Thymus
• Spleen
• Lymph system
• Bone marrow
• White blood cells
• Antibodies
• Complement systems
• Hormones
Caring for the immune system and making
sure it is in top shape is the easiest, cleverest
and, I dare say, the cheapest way to stay
healthy and vibrant.
No matter what is out there, you do not need
to fall sick. After all, with all the germs and
viruses out there all the time, not everyone is
falling sick.
Some of us fall sick and some don’t. Clearly,
those who fall sick have a weaker immune
system than that those who don’t.
For example, not all those exposed to the
newest scare in town – Influenza A(H1N1)
– are falling sick. Neither were all those who
were exposed to SARS felled by it.
The secret to being healthy and not being
sick is to have a robust and vibrant immune
system. In this issue, we look at how you can
boost and support your immune systems.
The germs and viruses out there are not
going to go away. In fact, they are getting
more and more resistant all the time.
So if you want to survive in the world, you
need to boost and protect your immune
system. As the world changes, you need to
adapt to it. The stresses of modern living
affect the immune system in many ways.
In this issue, let us help you even the score as
far as the immune system is concerned.
A LT E R N I TIME S S E P T E M BE R 2 0 0 9 5
 8
S TAYING SHAR P
Ways to Boost
1. Give your body a herbal boost
Hundreds of herbal supplements and
tinctures exist to give the immune system
additional support during the rainy season
or when the flu is doing its rounds.
Essential oils are excellent source of
immune-stimulating compounds, and
the rawest and most natural form of
any medicinal plant, but there are other
supplements which can be effective.
Fresh herbs and whole food remedies are
always preferable over packaged herbs
or supplements, since they have a much
higher potency and frequency and your
body absorbs more of their value.
2. Get a full night’s sleep
Everybody’s different: your body may need
anywhere from six to 10 hours of sleep
each night. Whatever your personal sleep
requirement is, get it!
Sleep has been linked to balanced
hormone levels (including human growth
hormone and the stress hormone, cortisol),
keeping weight down, clear thinking and
reasoning, improved moods, and vibrant,
healthy skin.improved mood, and vibrant,
healthy skin.
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Immune
By Victoria Anisman-Reiner
3. Eat plenty of proteins
Protein is a building block for a healthy
body, mind, and immune system. Diets low
in protein tend to be high in carbs which
convert readily to glucose, spiking blood
sugar and stressing the pancreas and the
immune system.
4. Drink plenty of water
This is almost, but not quite, a given; most
headaches occur because despite the
number of reminders, people still aren’t
getting enough water! Headaches and
thirst are both signs of dehydration.
You should be drinking, in daily ounces,
half your body weight in pounds i.e.
body weight in pounds, divided by two =
number of ounces of water per day (get
you brains to work, do the calculations
to translate your body weight into
kilogrammes and water into grams).
5. Stop drinking coffee
Contrary to recent marketing as a source
of antioxidants, coffee is one of the worst
things you can do for your immune system
and your health. Caffeine robs your body of
minerals and vitamins, and it dehydrates you.
If you drink coffee, make sure you add an
additional two glasses to your water intake
per cup of coffee. A mineral supplement
helps to offset caffeine damage, too.
Health
6. Worse yet is the impact of refined white Finally...
sugar. If you do only one thing to boost
8. Nurture yourself
your immune system, eliminating sugar
Make sure you take time for yourself,
will do the trick.
spend some time with friends, and indulge
You will see noticeable results in your
in a massage, a hot bath, or an energy
energy levels, weight distribution,
work session. Our bodies respond to our
immunity and your ability to think clearly
emotions -- if you’re feeling harassed and
when you break the cravings and stop
anxious, it can manifest in a sore throat
eating refined sugar.
or a cold. Create a space within yourself
Many holistic nutritionists consider sugar
and your living environment for harmony,
a drug for its impact on the human body;
self-love and joy (giving thanks, prayer
I have known practitioners to prioritise
and blessing for the abundance in your
eliminating sugar from the diet over
life and of the world around you helps).
recommending that people quitting
Pay attention to warning signs of sore
smoking.
throat or exhaustion so you can keep them
Healthier sugars such as agave and stevia
from getting worse. Take a “mental health
do exist, but I avoid artificial sweeteners;
day” every few months to make sure your
they are more toxic than cane sugar.
emotional needs are met. When you’re
7. Stock up on raw fruits and vegetables happy, you’re far less likely to get sick.
for their antioxidants, vitamins,
minerals, fibre and enzymes
The nutritional content that you receive
from raw fruits and veggies is unparalleled.
Many vitamins, including vitamin C, are
antioxidants and will protect cells --
including those of your immune system --
from damage by toxins in the environment.
Dark-coloured produce (berries, kale,
broccoli) tends to be higher in flavonoids,
polyphenols and other antioxidants. The
perfect source of minerals is seaweed,
which is sold dried, but can often be found
raw (dried at low temperatures to maintain
most of the enzymes and nutrients) in
health food stores.
A LT E R N I TIME S S E P T E M BE R 2 0 0 9 7
 Children
PA RE NTI NG
Who Avoid Modern
Medicine are
Healthier
CHILDREN who eschew many of the staples
of modern medicine, such as vaccines and
antibiotic are less likely to develop atopic
allergies.
According to new Swedish research, which
compared 295 children from two Rudolf
Steiner schools near Stockholm with 380
children from ordinary schools in the
same area, the children who followed an
anthroposophic lifestyle associated with
Rudolf Steiner had less than half the atopic
disease (allergic type skin and breathing
disorders) of the children in ordinary schools.
Only 13 percent of the Steiner children had
atopic disease, compared with 25 percent of
children at the control schools.
The difference between the two groups was
most pronounced for atopic dermatitis and
bronchial asthma. Only 3.1 percent of children
in the Steiner schools had reported a wheeze
in the six months before the study, compared
with 7.6 percent of the control children.
“ In the Swedish study, the difference
between the two groups was most
pronounced for current atopic
dermatitis and bronchial asthma.”
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Asthma cases reported by a doctor among
the Steiner children (2.7 percent) were less
than one third of the percentage of cases
among the control children (9.5 percent).
The researchers concluded that the reason
for the lower incidence of allergy among
the Steiner children had mostly to do with a
tendency among their families to use fewer
conventional drugs and to eat more foods
with live lactobacilli, which may enhance
intestinal microflora.
Of the Steiner children, 52 percent had had
antibiotics, compared with 90 percent of the
ordinary children, and only 18 percent were
immunised with the measles, mumps and
rubella combined vaccine (MMR), compared
with 93 percent in the ordinary schools.
Sixty three percent of the Steiner children
consumed fermented vegetables containing
live lactobacilli, compared to only 4.5 percent
of the control children.
Source: Lancet, 1999, 353: 1485-8
01 July 1999
Children at Day Care Centres

PARE NT I NG
Suffering a Little Now
for Future Protection

ALTHOUGH day care centres and kindergarten The children cared for at home had a similar
may increase the risk of colds at a young age, number of colds at those ages as the children
it may prevent colds when children are older. in small day care centres.
Parents of preschoolers who are frustrated At 13 years of age, however, all three groups of
by their children’s frequency of colds and children were at similar risk of frequent colds.
the lack of an effective treatment for the Similar trends were observed for a length of
common cold should take heart in knowing time in day care, the researchers note.
that their children are developing immunity
Children who attended large day care centres
which will protect them against similar
for two years or longer had a 70 percent
illnesses in the future.
greater risk of frequent colds at two and three
To investigate, Ball and his colleagues years of age and a 70 - 80 percent decreased
conducted a long-term follow-up study of risk of frequent colds at ages eight through
991 children from birth to 13 years. 11 than their peers who attended large day
care centres for less than one year.
Overall, children who attended large day
care centres had more frequent colds at two Again, by age 13, both groups had a similar
and three years of age than their peers who risk of frequent colds.
were enrolled in small day care centres, and
It is hard to see our children suffer from
children in small day care centres had more
common childhood maladies, such as the
frequent colds at those ages than those in
common cold, but this is an inevitable part of
home care.
the development of their immune systems.
Children cared for in large day care centres were Whether they acquire that immunity during
90 percent more likely to have frequent colds preschool or in primary school it will be
than their peers who were cared for at home. acquired on their way to a healthier future.
Yet, by six to 11 years of age, the children Source: Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
who had been enrolled in large day care February 2002;156:104, 121-126
centres were reportedly 60 to 70 percent
less likely to have frequent colds than their
at-home peers.

A LT E R N I TIME S S E P T E M BE R 2 0 0 9 9
PA RE NTI NG
Your Children’s Eye Health
Switch Off
the TV
AN analysis of 35 different scientific studies
has identified no fewer than 15 negative
health effects associated with watching long
hours of television.
Among these effects are cancer, autism and
Alzheimer’s disease.
For most people, watching television now
takes up more time than any other single
activity except work and sleep. By the age of
six, the average child has already spent a full
year in front of a television screen.
“ The study also drew a link between
watching television and reduced
levels of the hormone melatonin,
which regulates the body’s internal
clock and governs development
during puberty.”
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If time in front of a computer is added,
watching a screen is now the dominant
activity for older children; those aged 11 to
15 now spend 55 percent of their waking
lives, or seven and a half hours a day,
watching television and computers. This is a
40 percent rise over the course of a decade.
The study also drew a link between watching
television and reduced levels of the hormone
melatonin, which regulates the body’s
internal clock and governs development
during puberty. This could explain both
fatigue among adolescents and a disturbing
tendency towards early puberty which has
been on the rise since the 1950s.
Other negative effects of watching
television include:
• Heart Trouble
• Eyesight Damage
• Sleep Difficulties
• Diabetes
Sources: Physorg.com February 19, 2007;
Scotsman February 19, 2007
2009
 NATUR AL R EMEDI ES
Don’t Chop
Them Up
or carrots lose their health-giving qualities
“ Cook the carrot whole, and chop
it up only after it’s been boiled.
That way, the vegetable retains
more of its falcarinol, the cancer-
fighting compound.”

MANY of us are not aware of an important

carrot fact – don’t chop up carrots before you
boil them.
If you do, you’re losing most of the cancer-
fighting properties of the vegetable.
Instead, say researchers, cook the carrot
whole, and chop it up only after it’s been
boiled. That way, the vegetable retains more
of its falcarinol, the cancer-fighting compound.
It also seems the carrot tastes better if it’s
not chopped up before cooking. It keeps
more of its natural sugars, and was preferred
in a blind tasting, say researchers from
Newcastle University.

Source: Newcastle University School of Agriculture,

Food and Rural Development.

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NATUR AL R EMEDI ES
Yoghurt
“ Probiotics, such as yoghurt
drinks that contain live “friendly”
bacteria, can make your gut
more efficient, and may help
ward off problems such as
diabetes and obesity. ”
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Scientists finally
work out why it’s
so good for us
YOGHURT is good for you. Probiotics, such
as yoghurt drinks that contain live “friendly”
bacteria, can make your gut more efficient,
and may help ward off problems such as
diabetes and obesity.
For the first time, researchers have been
looking at the way that probiotics change
gut microbes, which play a vital role in our
metabolism.
Abnormalities in these microbes have been
linked to a range of diseases, including
Type ll diabetes.
Researchers have discovered that drinking
a probiotic with live bacteria changed the
make-up of the microbes. In effect, said lead
researcher Jeremy Nicholson from Imperial
College in London last year, the live bacteria
“talked” to the gut microbes.
Nicholson and his research team hope
their discoveries may one day lead to the
introduction of specially formulated probiotics
that are designed for individual metabolic
types and for specific health problems.
Source: Molecular Systems Biology, 2008; 4: 157
(published on-line, January 15, 2008)
2009

What is
Grifola Frondosa?
KNOWN as Hui Shu Hua in Chinese, Grifola
frondosa is deemed a precious medicinal
fungi in China.
It is known as Maitake in Japan. The word
Maitake is literally translated from Japanese
as “dancing mushroom”. It gets this name
because in ancient times people who found Studies have shown that Grifola frondo
Maitake could exchange it for its weight in
silver, leading to their dancing in celebration. immunomodulator, which is able to induce
Not only is Grifola frondosa a nutritious food,
but it also contains a large number of active
substances.
NATUR AL R EMEDI ES
Grifola frondo polysaccharide is one of the
most important active ingredients with
a wide range of physiological activity to
strengthen immune function, inhibit tumour,
resist virus, stabilise blood pressure, decrease
blood glucose and improve lipid metabolism.
polysaccharide as an effective biological
multiple cytokines and macrophages,
activate cellular immune function.
So taking Grifola frondo polysaccharide for
a long period can strengthen the body’s
immune system, increase appetite and
promote growth.
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14 A LT ER NI T IMES S E PT E M B E R 2009
 Holista Biotech Takes Over
AN NOUNC EMENT
Australian Biotech Company
OUR parent company, Holista Biotech, has
taken over Colltech, a biotech company
listed on the Australian Stock Exchange.
The takeover was finalised in July.
Colltech is the only company in the
world that can do sheep collagen and is
pioneering a patent-protected extraction
process that is valid until 2023.
Of the three large mammals that man has
reared since the beginning of civilisation,
sheep is most neutral in terms of cultural
and religious considerations.
However, unlike cows and pigs, sheep skin
is more complicated and this presents
several serious challenges in extracting its
collagen.
Colltech is also the only company in the
world that has a patent on nanonised
collagen which renders a large collagen
molecule small enough to cross the skin.
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liposome technology to allow the
effective delivery of the collagen across
various layers of the skin.
Colltech’s sheep collagen will find its way
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 Arthritis
LEARN MOR E
Exercise & Movement
- Alternative Treatment
Simple Exercises
Aerobic exercise
Aerobic exercise was compared with
stress management and treatment-
as-usual for those with fibromyalgia,
an affliction that makes you feel tired and
causes muscle pain at “tender points” such as
on the neck, shoulders, back, hips, arms or legs.
Those who engaged in aerobic exercise
showed the greatest improvement in
pain levels, sleep patterns and feelings of
depression as well as increased energy.
T’ai-chi
T’ai-chi is a form of gentle exercise
designed to relax the body, and
to allow vital energy, or chi, to flow
freely. Once it has been mastered in all its
aspects, including deep, regular breathing,
it can then be used to help alleviate
symptoms.
There are 300 postures to learn, the most
important aspect of the technique is the
spiritual development brought about by
Chi Kung training, which involves standing
in certain positions while using breathing
and visualisation to increase the flow of chi
through the body.
Qigong
Qigong is a gentle exercise regime
that seeks to improve the flow of
chi, or life energy, through the body.
Proponents claim it has cured many
conditions, including arthritis. Qigong should
be viewed as a gentle way to improve
general well being and health.
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The postures and movements can be
performed walking, standing, sitting in a
wheelchair, or even lying down. It involves
visualisation, deep breathing and exact
movements.
Yoga
Hatha yoga advocates claim it offers
a cure for arthritis if undertaken with
a correct diet, and achieved within
two months for early-stage arthritis, and five
months for chronic cases.
They recommend a series of postures, or
asanas, that will help arthritis, including
triangular, cow’s face and jaw pose, tree pose,
dance pose and plough pose.
It is as well to check with a qualified
practitioner before starting yoga, as there have
been occasions when more harm than good
has been achieved.
Walking
Take a daily brisk walk, if you are
physically up to it, or at least two or
three times a week. Depending on
the extent of your arthritis, set yourself easy
and attainable targets, such as a walk to the
third lamppost down the road. Then extend
your range to the fourth, and so on.
Swimming
Swimming is the ultimate low-
impact exercise. Non-swimmers can
also benefit by just kicking their legs
and making circular motions in the water
with their arms.
Swimming does put enough force on the bones
to strengthen them. A study by the Veterans
Administration Medical Centre in Portland,
Oregon examined men whose only exercise was
swimming, and compared their bone density
with men who did no exercise, and found that
the swimmers had thicker bones.
Cycling
Some swear by cycling — either in Elbow pain: Let your arms rest straight down
the open air or on an exercise bike at your sides, with the palms facing the body.
at home — while others swear at
it for having worsened their arthritis. Again,
it’s all a question of knowing your own
limitations, and being kind to yourself.
Gardening
Hoeing, weeding and light digging
are all good bone-building activities
that can help, provided you don’t
overdo things.
Gentle exercises at home
There’s a range of gentle exercises you can
do in your own living room, from stretching,
rolling your head, pushing and pulling, that
will all ease the joints. These have been taken
from the book Arthritis: What Works. Before
starting any exercise, check with a qualified
practitioner first.
Jaw pain: Mouth all the vowels — A-E-I-O-U
— in an exaggerated manner to stretch the
jaw muscles.
Neck pain: Do the head roll by tilting your
head to the right as though you were trying
to touch your ear to your shoulder, without
lifting your shoulder? Then slowly circle your -movement.html
head forward until your chin reaches your
chest. Then start circling back so that your
left ear is close to your left shoulder. Finally,
tilt your head back before returning to the
normal position.
Shoulder pain: Stretch your shoulders by
shrugging them, either one at a time or
together.
Bend and lift your elbows as you tuck your
hands into your armpits. Also try to touch
your thumbs to your shoulders.
Wrist pain: Rotate your wrist with your hand
and forearm flat on a table or bed. Rotate
your hand towards you as far as you can go,
then rotate it back in the other direction.
Hand and finger pain: Rest your hand on a
flat surface with the palm down. Spread your
fingers as wide apart as they will go, then
draw your fingers together again, keeping
your hand flat.
Back pain: Lie on your back with your knees
bent and feet flat. Bring one knee toward
your chest as far as you can go. Return
your knee to the starting position and then
straighten your leg so it rests flat. Wobble
your leg to relax, then return to the bent knee
position. Repeat with the other leg.
Hip pain: Lie on your back, knees bent and
feet flat. Straighten one leg and lift it as high
as you can. Lower it slowly and repeat with
the other leg.
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Don’t Just Blame
Low Bone Density
IT is generally assumed that low bone density In a 1996 panel discussion by the US National
indicates fracture risk.
However, dense bones may not necessarily
be sufficient to prevent hip fractures if there
are other risk factors.
A 1995 study of 65 year-old women by
Dr Steven R. Cummings of the University of
California at San Francisco (Am J Epidem,
1997; 145: 926-34), found a number of risk
factors more significant than thin bones.
They included:
• Taking tranquillisers and sleeping pills
• Smoking
• Having vision problems such as poor
depth perception
• A past history of having an overactive
thyroid gland
• Being tall
• Being unable to get out of a chair without
holding onto the arms
• Having a high pulse rate
Women who had five or more of the above
risk factors regardless of bone density had a
10 percent chance of breaking a hip in the
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risk factors only had a one percent chance of
doing so.
MEDICAL UPDAT ES
Women’s Health Network, one finding was
that low bone density is not a good predictor
of bone fractures; better predictors are
advanced age accompanied by poor muscle
strength, the use of regular medications.
The benzodiazepine drugs, in fact, have been
found to increase the risk of hip fracture by
70 percent, according to a Canadian study
published in the Journal of the American
Medical Association in 1989 (New York Times,
April 12, 1996).
Other significant dietary risk factors that have
received insufficient attention:
• Eating a high proportion of animal protein
together with flour products and sweets
• Eating a high proportion of nightshade
vegetables (potatoes, tomatoes, eggplant,
peppers)
• Not eating enough vegetables
• Not including enough good quality fats in
the diet
• Not including enough protein in the diet
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