Almost everyone is calling fish oil the miracle supplement. It’s benefits are many, and doctors — from holistic to conventional — don’t seem to disagree that taking it seems to be a good idea. But, while a little may be good, too much can do a lot of damage, and it’s important that you not only always consult with your doctor, but also know that there can be too much of a good thing.

Fish oil is great. It’s benefits include lowering blood pressure, help in preventing heart attacks and anti-inflammatory abilities. But too much of it can lead to low blood pressure, allergic reactions and thin blood.
Moderation is the key!

In general, you should not be taking more than one tablespoon per day of fish oil. Make sure that you also balance it out with Omega 6 oils. You can get it from evening primrose oil, sunflower seed oil, corn oil and most vegetable oils. The best solution is to check your Omega 3 and Omega 6 oils in your body instead of guessing.

For more information on how to balance your supplements for total health, visit my website at www.doctorkalitenko.com and make an appointment to come see us at our offices.

It’s very important to not only protect your thyroid, but to educate yourself on the ways you can protect it through conventional medicine and natural, holistic approaches as well. While conventional medicine deals with some basic tests and a possible lifetime of drugs, you can learn more about the ways that you can help protect your thyroid and seek help.Mercury is toxic. We know this. It can shut down hormone production in the thyroid. Stress, nutritional deficiencies such as vitamin B, iodine, vitamin D, and selenium deficiency, lack of omega 3 fatty acids, chronic inflammation, and problems with the gut can all affect our thyroid.

The science behind it is simple. The main toxin is mercury and what it does is shut down thyroid hormone production. For normal thyroid function you need selenium. Mercury removes the selenium, occupies its spot and thyroid hormone production decreases.

So how do you get it checked? Well, the usual thyroid test is called a TSH, where there is a scale of “normal.” If your numbers fall into that scale, you are considered OK. But, there are other tests available that are most often not performed. And it’s these tests, called T3, reversed T3, T4, thyroid antibodies that can give you much more specific, and often crucial information.

When it comes to your thyroid, the regular approach is not sufficient and you need to understand the science and seek out further results. You can go to www.doctorkalitenko.com for more information and to make an appointment to find out what more you can do to protect your thyroid.

There are natural methods you can also work on, including
• a rainbow diet of rich, colored fruits and vegetables,
• seafood and sea salt for iodine deficiency,
• brazil nuts for selenium deficiency.
• sunshine to get more vitamin D
• and fish oil for omega three fatty acids (though this is not considered balanced so you should also have omega 6 oils).
• you should also deal with chronic inflammation. Many times this is in the gums so get this checked with your dentist.
Find a holistic doctor near you and get it done!

With every study, science is finding more and more than carcinogens can not be tolerated, even in small doses, and the Food and Drug Administration needs to hurry to catch up while people continue to expose themselves to higher risk without the appropriate knowledge.

A recent study published in Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, noted to major discoveries: that children exposed to secondhand smoke doubled their risk of developing lung cancer and women exposed to it had a higher risk of developing breast cancer later in life.

This only further proves that there is no safe level of carcinogens. It can affect you immediately or years down the road, but there should not be anyone that considers there to be safe levels.

And yet, we have spoken before about arsenic in chicken. As a matter of fact, it is used to help promote the chicken’s growth because arsenic kills parasites in the chicken. So, the FDA allows a certain amount in from these chickens. Yet, just look behind the statement.

If arsenic kills something in the chicken, like parasites, it is still a poison!

Some of the most common carcinogens include:
Asbestos
Tobacco smoke
Dioxins
Alcoholic beverages
Wood dust
Solar radiation
Arsenic
Benzene

For more information, visit the American Cancer Society’s website at

http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_1_3x_Known_and_Probable_Carcinogens.asp.

There are ways to remove carcinogens from your diet, including detoxification and choosing the right foods, such as sticking with organic chicken to ensure no arsenic is in your diet. Make sure that you check your body for certain carcinogen levels as soon as possible.

For more information, visit my website at www.doctorkalitenko.com

A new study says that though previous thought has always stated a glass of wine is beneficial and can help you live longer, that it is actually untrue and drinking increases the cancer risk with every drink you consume.http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/24/women.cancer.drinking/

How is this possible?

Its possible when you have studies that don’t take into account the complete lifestyles of the people that are the subjects.

This study, published in the UK, says that middle-aged women who drink can get a higher risk of liver, rectal and breast cancer.

But nowhere in this study does it talk about the women who drink too much, and do the other things that are often associated with those who drink more than the recommended amount: smoking and obesity.

You can’t have an accurate study when you don’t take into account smoking or eating or all the other things that contribute to a healthy lifestyle! It also never asked the women if they drank a certain amount per week, or if they were binge drinkers, alcoholics, etc.

The American Cancer Society and the American Heart Association currently recommend that if you do decide to drink, you should do so in moderation, meaning one drink (12 oz. beer, 4 oz. of wine, 1.5 oz. of 80-proof spirits, or 1 oz. of 100-proof spirits) per day for women and two for men.

You need to really understand all of the facts before you make a healthy decision about your lifestyle, and what is healthy for you. So to drink or not to drink? When men where created they did not drink alcohol at all. Remember, cavemen did not have ant wine. So should we drink or sould we get red wine Resveratrol from other sources? The choice is yours.

You don’t need double blind controlled studies if you have a natural product that works. You shouldn’t always trust a new study, especially because you don’t always know the reasons why they are conducted.

For more information on how to lead a naturally healthy life, visit www.doctorkalitenko.com

A new study shows that women who experience menopause before the age of 42 double their risk of having a stroke.But we have no control over whether or not we have a stroke, or early menopause, do we? http://www.usnews.com/health/family-health/heart/articles/2009/02/20/early-menopause-doubles-stroke-risk.html

Well, we can never do anything to guarantee that we don’t have either, but did you know that there are preventative measures you can take to make yourself as healthy as possible, and lowering your risk?
a stroke, and menopause themselves are both at least partially preventable because most likely the higher the risk for stroke is related to low estrogen levels.

The study also mentions that the lower levels of estrogen can possibly be one of the reasons that contribute to the higher risk of stroke.

So, practically, what can we do to try to make ourselves healthier and prevent a stroke?

There are several recommendations:

1.    Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy, which can help you get back estrogen and other vital hormones that can be lost during early onset of menopause.
2.    Fish oil
3.    A caveman’s diet of lean organic meats, fish, green vegetables, and limited to no dairy or carbs
4.    decrease stress
5.    bring blood pressure down, with things like fruit and sea salt rather than regular salt
6.    check for mercury and cadmium levels in your body.

For more information on how to change your life from the way you eat to hormone replacement therapy, call our offices at (516) 467-0253

Dementia is on the rise and by this year it is expected that 35 million people will be suffering globally from it.
An article recently published from Reuters says that Canadians are developing dementia so rapidly that the costs associated with it within the next 30 years will be astronomical.
Unless preventative measures are taken. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6021LK20100103Antipsychotics and weight gain and DM in children http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125994714417576979.html?mod=djemHL

Preventative measures? Is it possible for dementia to be prevented?

Yes it is! With several natural methods, from a combination of the right vitamins, to fish oil and bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, you can prevent forms of dementia, saving yourself and your family the heartache and pain associated with the condition.

Practically, fish oil is great for brain function, and is associated with keeping you sharp and alert. Think of it this way. Science tells us that as monkeys moved closer and closer to the shore, they started eating fish and grew smarter and eventually evolved into humans. Look at what that says about the power of fish oil. Eating more fish, consuming fish oil makes our brains function better!

But please keep in mind that everything is only good in moderation. You can overdose on fish oil and end up not getting any of the beneficial effects of it.

Dementia is dangerous, crippling and deadly, and of course the chances of it increase as we get older. Bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, particularly estrogen, is an option as well. Naturally replacing the hormones you lose as you age can help you not only feel and look younger, but mentally function better.

For more information, visit my website at www.doctorkalitenko.com, and call for an appointment: 718-382-9200.

What if I told you the water that you’re being told to drink to cleanse your body and make you better could actually be killing you? True, water is essential to survival and we need it to cleanse and detoxify, as well as to hydrate, but it has been found that there may be an unhealthy level of arsenic found in our water.

Compounded with the arsenic we may be finding in our lean meats, and we are poisoning ourselves!

In a recent study, the urine of 13,000 people was checked for levels of arsenic, and it was noted that participants who had type 2 diabetes had a 26 percent higher level of total arsenic than those without the disease.

This means that arsenic can not only be linked to cancer, heart disease, and loss of mental function, but also to diabetes.

For more information, see this story: http://diabetes.webmd.com/news/20080819/arsenic-linked-to-diabetes

Now that we know this however, it certainly can affect one of the biggest “prescriptions” doctors give their overweight, diabetic patients, which is a diet of lean meat which is mostly chicken loaded with arsenic and plenty of water which is also contaminated by the same arsenic.

Lean meat, like chicken, also contains arsenic, which is used to rid the chicken of parasites and therefore promote growth. And, in our drinking water, a small amount of arsenic is allowed. So now what?

Go get your toxicity levels checked and monitored and corrected. At home methods could include what I have always recommended, a diet rich in cilantro (which is known for ridding our body of many toxins), distilled water, and plenty of chicken, but only organic chicken!

Also, keep in mind that while water is extremely healthy for us in many ways, drinking too much can make our sodium levels go down, which isn’t healthy for us either. Balance here is the key.

We have many ways in our office to test and rid your body of toxins, such as arsenic and mercury. We can help you find out what is wrong with your body and fix it, while learning to live a more natural and healthy life. Call our office at (516) 467-0253  and schedule an appointment.

Sure, lean meats are good for us. We are encouraged to eat chicken all the time as a healthy alternative. It helps us lose weight, it fills us up, gives us protein. Yes, yes, and yes. But is the chicken you buy at the supermarket laced with arsenic? Yes, yes and yes!

The government allows farmers to give chickens a certain amount of arsenic. That amount hasn’t changed in almost 50 years. Yet, we eat twice as much chicken per year as we did 50 years ago. That means, we are taking in toxic amounts of arsenic.

And what about children, who eat more chicken in percentages, than adults. Most kids choose chicken over other meats, and parents, who are considering the protein and health benefits, are happy to oblige.

Arsenic, used to kill parasites and therefore promote growth of chickens, is lethal in large enough amounts, and when chickens are given arsenic, their manure, which is arsenic laced, goes back into the soil used for other foods. It also goes into the ground up chicken which other animal feed is made of.

You can read more on the subject here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/25/AR2009062503381.html

Arsenic can cause heart disease, diabetes and loss of mental function.

While it is also found in other foods and environmental factors, one way we can control our arsenic intake it to only EAT ORGANIC CHICKEN. It can make a huge difference.

While we are often told that salt can cause our hypertension not that many of us know that toxic mercury and cadmium can also be causing our high blood pressure.

Mercury, cadmium and other heavy metals can cause hypertension, vascular disease, Coronary Artery Disease, and a host of other problems.  And there is testing available, as well as a method to rid your body of the toxins, so why we should limit our salt and then get blood pressure pills instead of being tested and detoxified if necessary?

Most of us assume that we have to live with hypertension. High blood pressure just comes with age and gets worse as we get older. We accept it, right? We are told the main causes of it, and doctors give us some tips, then relegate the condition to the background.

And yet we are usually checked for heavy metal toxicity which can be the real cause of our high blood pressure. The toxin could be in the blood, but not only in the blood. Did you know that for some women, when they become osteoporotic lead may actually come from their bones; because lead accumulates in bones?

In most cases, regular medicine doesn’t really know what causes hypertension. It could be kidney abnormalities, could be the use of some medications or illegal drugs, it could be defects in how our cells are handling electrolytes.

For some reason, the top advice from doctors is always to limit your salt intake. And, as a doctor, I agree, for many reasons. Salt isn’t so great for you in the first place. And we, as Americans, tend to eat an awful lot of rock salt (table salt). (For more on the dangers of salt and how it pertains to live longer, subscribe to my 9-email series: “Why People Die Prematurely and How You Can Prolong Your Life Naturally with Proven Methods”)

And yes, we do feel confident walking away with a method we can control, but did you know that mercury or cadmium call also be the cause of it, yet we are never tested for it?

There is a website you can use as a resource, http://www.healthandenvironment.org/tddb. It is a Toxicant and Disease Database, where you can see many of the ways that toxins can affect your health, and what to look for, and maybe go to a holistic doctor to fix.

Naturally, cilantro helps to rid the body of toxins like mercury, but you should go see a doctor to have your mercury levels checked. It is possible to detoxify your body of mercury, and possibly cure or prevent your hypertension.

Here’s a quick recipe.

Cilantro Pesto:

Organic is Always Best. And cilantro is great for digestion, as an anti-inflammatory, to lower blood sugar and cholesterol. Here is a great recipe for Cilantro Pesto, instead of your normal Basil Pesto

1 bunch cilantro
3 cloves garlic
1/2 c. olive oil
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
1/4 c. pine nuts (or walnuts)

Wash cilantro, dry. Mix ingredients in food processor until smooth. Chill and serve with fish or pasta as sauce or as a vegetable dip.

It’s been a controversy for years. And yet, it’s also the butt of jokes, something you do in high school with your friends. You hold up your hand, fingers together. And depending on the length of your ring finger as compared to your index finger, it tells you if you are gay or not. And in high school it is then put aside as a joke.

However, some scientists take it very seriously and there have been several studies that claim to actually show a correlation between the length of your fingers and your sexual orientation.

Scientists in Berkeley, California almost 10 years ago released a study that says lesbian women and gay men have a greater difference in length between their ring finger and index finger than straight women do.

See the full findings at http://berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2000/03/03-29-2000a.html

According to a BBC article published at the time about the study, the scientists were testing a theory that higher levels of androgen – male sex hormones – in the womb influence both finger length and sexual orientation.

Normally, it was thought that the ring finger and index finger tend to be about the same length in women, while in men, the index finger is usually shorter. But, the study found that in lesbian women, they seemed to have a shorter index finger.

If stress lowers testosterone, how come people in very high stress work places seem to have more of it?  Boosting your testosterone level may be good for sexual performance and this seems to be a well known theory. So, men look to keep their testosterone up, hoping that it will keep their sexual prowess at peak.

A study in London done in the last few years found that men who worked at the London stock exchange had a higher level of testosterone based on the amount of money they made. More money = more testosterone. The suggested explanation of this is that testosterone begets aggressiveness, resulting in more risky decisions. Another possible explanation is that thinking about money and sex ignites the same areas of the brain. Therefore there is the possibility that testosterone stimulates sex areas, which are at the same time the areas responsible for money making.

But studies also show that stress can reduce testosterone levels. How is that possible? One would assume that someone working as a broker is bound to be super-stressed? However, it is known that stress can work its way into cortisol and testosterone levels.

So, it seems that may be while mild to moderately intense physical stress, as in sports and sex, may actually boost testosterone production, severe mental and emotional stress can inhibit it.

So, it seems there is a debate on the issue. How do you keep yourself healthy, and your levels right? First of all, try to control stress in your life, eat right, sleep well and surround yourself with people who will add to your life not suck the energy out of it. Keep active. Testosterone is not just for fun, it is for survival.

It’s become almost commonplace to say that we should be medicated.
“You’re crazy.”
“I’m Crazy.”
“We’re all nuts”

These statements are more severe than we think. We assume that there is something wrong with us and we look immediately to medication to fix it. Our doctors prescribe something to calm us down, lift us up, help us become normal again.

But what they don’t truly do, is look into the cause of our problems. Even a diagnosis of depression or anxiety can have an underlying physical cause that no one even gets to the bottom of.

You see, not everyone who is crazy, is really crazy.

Two reasons can be hormonal imbalance, or what we eat.

Hormonal imbalance, such as that which occurs during menopause, can cause us to feel so many emotions, running the gamut from happy to sad, hurt to upset. But it is possible to feel normal again, to control your emotions and stabilize them so we feel more in control of ourselves.

One possible method, and a very successful one at that, is bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, which helps us get back what we are missing, and what we lose with age. This treatment can make you feel younger, more in control and more positive in your life.

The other cause can be in your gut. Serotonin which is responsible for your mood, is produced in your gut. It is what controls mood, sleep and more. And it is what can make the difference between being “crazy” or not. The key here is to take care of your gut. Make sure that it is functioning properly.
Make sure you are moving your bowels regularly, turn to a more natural diet of meat, fruits and vegetables. Skip the carbs, wheat and dairy, they may not be good for you. It is called the caveman diet. If the caveman didn’t eat it, there is no reason that you should.
Take care of your body physically and you will see results as to what it can do for you mentally. This is not always a cure, but to be healthy throughout can never be harmful.

The debate about our exposure to sunlight and what it does in terms on skin cancer has gone back and forth. Recently, a Boston professor of dermatology has been asked to resign because he advocates moderate exposure to sunlight.

Michael F. Holick, MD, PhD, wrote a book describing the importance of being exposed to Vitamin D from the sun. But dermatologists have been telling us for years to stay out of the sun. So, is this doctor crazy? See the full story here: http://chetday.com/skincancersun.htm

Truth is, no one is really sure the exact correlation of exposure to the sun to melanoma. Because another study noted that people who have jobs outside, and who are in the sun all day, actually have a lowered chance of getting melanoma. And that study stated that “It is having fair skin, a high-fat, low fruit and vegetable diet, sunburning, etc., that are more linked to melanoma than total UV exposure.”

Unfortunately, we need to figure out for ourselves what it considered too much exposure, the right amount, and what our other chances of getting cancer are (like smoking or family history). And yet another kink in the works says that melanoma is actually more common on the bottom half of the body, not the arms and face, which are naturally exposed to the sun more often. How is that possible?

Vitamin D, which we get from the sun, is said now to fight many cancers, and many doctors are coming back around to say that a little exposure is good, otherwise you may end up Vitamin D deficient.

And in another series of four studies, it was concluded in two that sunscreen protected against a precancerous skin condition while two others reported that sunscreen did not shield people from this condition.

And meanwhile, another study showed that Vitamin D supplements actually do nothing to inhibit melanoma.

So, how can we even make an informed decision with all this back and forth data? The key here is to do everything with your doctor’s advice, and in moderation.

Sure, a vitamin D supplement will prove to be beneficial, but you need to also combine that with going into the sun for a limited amount of time every day. Make sure when you go out into the sun you cover up after a short period of time. Make sure you do not sunburn and wear sunscreen no matter what!

At our offices we routinely check for vitamin D levels, which may not normally done at a regular doctor’s office.

Kyphosis, a curving of the spine, or popularly called a hunchback, is often associated in later years with osteoporosis.  Kyphosis leads to many health problems, however, besides osteoporosis. Among them, and perhaps the most serious is respiratory problems, and eventually possible heart failure.

The standard treatment for osteoporisis are biophosphonates with Calcium and Vitamin D. But here is where the controversy is.

Biophosphonates, especially in the case of osteoporosis, cause the bones to have constant turnover, and inhibits the digestion of bone by osteoclasts. And vitamin D, as we know, stengthens our bones. But even though this seems to be the standard treatment, it is not really effective because we are not told to take enough of it!Not only that, but the calcium you are often told to take with it may actually decrease the vitamin D levels.

Biophosphonates actually create an abnormal bone, which is relatively fine for about seven years and then becomes more prone to breaking. It’s also noted that prolonged treatment, while it can decrease the number of fractures, can actually increase the harm in the fractures, making them more painful and slower to heal, since the bones are thickened.

As for Vitamin D, it is often prescribed at 400 IU, which is not enough at certain times. And though you need more than that, it also has to be controlled because there can be too much vitamin D, causing more harm than good.

The dosages of vitamin D need to be checked and monitored, as well as possible bioidentical hormone replacement therapy.

Check with your doctor about your treatment options if you have osteoporosis. Right now, in the U.S., 10 million individuals already have osteoporosis and 34 million more have low bone mass, placing them at increased risk for this disease.

Right now, the health care debate, as far as breast cancer and mammograms is concerned, is centered around women worried that they will no longer be covered for mammograms between the ages of 40 and 50.

Scores of women came into the public eye to make announcements that if they had not been tested at 40, their cancer would not have been detected and they could have been dead by now. The debate rages on, with the new published guidelines.

But, what’s not so much in the public eye, and never has been, is the rising amount of young teenagers, or teens, with breast cancer. No one seems to be able to come to a consensus as to why women, younger and younger, are getting a disease usually reserved for those near or after menopause.

According to a story on CNN.com, only about seven percent of breast cancer cases occur in patients under the age of 40. Check out the full story here: http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/26/tweens.breast.cancer/index.html

Though there is no way for sure to tell if you will get breast cancer or not, there are several printed guidelines as to what you can do to reduce your risks. Among those are
1.    maintaining a healthy weight,
2.    eating real foods like fruits and vegetables, and
3.    exercise, as well as
4.    limiting alcohol consumption.

Too much estrogen in the body as well as inflammation and lack of natural protection factors as vitamin D, for example, contributes to breast cancer risks. Checking how your body is at getting rid of excess estrogen can considerably helpful. This works by checking the gut, as it is the gut that estrogen elimination depends on. If the gut is working properly, the right bacteria is helping to get rid of estrogen.

There are tests available to see if estrogen is contributing to your or your child’s breast cancer risk, and they are available at our offices.

It is possible to survive breast cancer at any age. Here is another uplifting story. http://www.wvec.com/home/Teen-breast-cancer-survivor-raises-awareness-raises-concerns-about-panels-findings-70680522.html.

Call the office of Doctor Kalitenko to find out more about checking your child’s estrogen elimination and overall gut function.

Sugar decreases the immune system response, so it’s a good idea not to take in any simple sugars.
Inulin, which is a prebiotic, also is believed to be beneficial for your immune system.  It is in leeks, garlic, chicory etc.
Vitamin C is believed to be indispensible for treating common cold.  It improves your reaction to stress, caused by viruses or bacteria, by preventing oxidative stress damage.  In other words it works mainly as an antioxidant helper. Natural sources of Vitamin C: oranges, lime, papaya, lemon, strawberry, liver etc.  By the way the richest plant source of vitamin C is Kakadu plum and Camu Camu.

Do not forget about Garlic, that has antiviral and antibacterial properties.  I personally love garlic.
For those people, who cannot tolerate garlic, Andrographis_paniculata, and Indian herb, may be a good alternative.
Vitamin A, vitamin E, Carotenoids ( colored fruits and vegetables ), protein and microelements are also helpful.

And finally, it’s not only drugs that we take, but the way that we take care of ourselves and our state of mind.

If you have chronic stress, the immune system is inhibited. You, then, are producing too much cortisol, which suppresses your immune system and brings it down. Belief and positive energy does so much for you. It has been scientifically proven. Appreciation is better than relaxation. It is not enough to just relax. You must feel gratitude and appreciation. You need to love people to get better.

We usually believe that so called natural remedies are safe, because they are natural.
But it may not be necessary true.

Because:
1.  Not every natural substances are beneficial for us.
Example: poisonous mushrooms etc.  Snake venom is perfectly natural. But it may kill.
2.  You never know what is inside the pill they are selling you as a natural remedy. I’ve seen this in emergency room. A person comes in with liver failure, not sure where it came from. Testing shows yellow skin and eyes. Turns out, the person has been taking supplements for an extended period of time, and while it has a positive effect at first, suddenly all the negative effects kick in.

Doctors encourage you to be wary of any medication that says it will give you energy because the liver breaks down these supplements and it causes a lot of harm.

Never buy a product not recommended by your doctor, not even a simple supplement. The best is pharmaceutical grade.

Test your supplement IQ here: http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=21161. Then see your doctor to find out what he can recommend for you.

Your health is one of the most precious things you have, therefore you should protect it all the time.  You should watch out so much because even an innocent looking thing you may be doing every day can kill you.  And here is how.

Not so long ago a 23-year-old man without prior medical history came in the emergency room with nonspecific flu like symptoms and then developed liver failure. In the beginning doctors could not figure out why, and a short time later, he died in the hospital. After questioning of the friends that brought him in and after getting back all lab results, doctors realized what truly killed him: superinfection ( source: NEJM June 11 2009).

A superinfection is one that occurs when your body has on infection and also starts fighting with another infection and, dependent on the infection, this combination can kill you. It means that you can fight one bug successfully, but you run into trouble when another bug comes in.

And in this case, so can a kiss. Don’t take it casually when you see a lesion on someone, especially if you already have an infection. Use care and caution so as not to get yourself into deep trouble. If you are sick, stay home, and limit contact with others not to get superinfected.

There is a very big difference between the wintertime blues and seasonal depression. But the treatments may be more similar than you would guess. Without drugs, without any drastic treatment, sometimes it is possible to to get better.  Of course anything you do for your health or consider to do should be approved or recommended by your doctor.

The key word here is natural. Getting back to nature and giving the body what it is asking for. Here are some simple tips.

There are several reasons for your seasonal depression: lack of light, too much stress, not enough sleep and eating the wrong foods. If you alter these four aspects of your life, you will see the symptoms of depression begin to improve.

For example, it gets darker earlier and this becomes an issue for people who get up when it’s still dark, work all day in an office, and go home in darkness. Artificial light just doesn’t cut it. Take the time out, even if only a little, to take a walk during lunch. If you don’t have time during lunch, make time. It will also reduce your stress to get away from your environment and get some fresh air.

Stress reduction is the second key. Try to limit your stress, try to take time to enjoy yourself, and offer yourself time to relax.  Do not forget about meditations.

Sleep is a huge factor. We normally don’t get enough sleep and that seriously affects how we function. I cannot stress this enough: GO TO SLEEP EARLY. An old proverb says “an hour of sleep before midnight is worth two after midnight.”

Finally, the way we eat can determine whether or not we suffer from depression. If you don’t eat properly, your serotonin level may be low. Pills like Prozac bring tits level up chemically. But serotonin is produced in the gut and if the gut works perfectly, your levels will be normal. In order to achieve this, you may have to give up alcohol, give up dairy, and give up caffeine as well as wheat and other gluten containing foods. Before making any health decision consult your doctor.

Depression can also be caused by hormone deficiencies, so if you feel symptoms, see your doctor.  We also specialize in the treatment of hormonal deficiencies with depression.

In recent years, the fear of too much mercury from fish has been instilled in us. Pregnant mothers and children are urged to limit their tuna consumption, and there are always new reports on which fish are safe to eat and which are not.

The Environmental Defense Fund has a very handy seafood selector on its website http://www.edf.org/page.cfm that lists the safest and most harmful fish, sushi choices, health guides, and even printable pocket guides.
According to the EDF, the safest foods are pink shrimp from Oregon, wild Alaskan salmon, and farmed rainbow trout. The worst offenders are Chilean sea bass and various kinds of tuna.

The truth is, and this is usually the easiest method to use, is that the smaller the type of fish, the less amount of mercury it contains. Do not think that just because something is farm raised, that it makes it safer from being contaminated by mercury or antibiotics. There are many toxins also that contain estrogen-like substances which are much harder to determine than the most common toxins like mercury. And those can be the most dangerous. These other toxins can cause female and male hormonal imbalance.
It is better to be safe than sorry. Stick to the safer fish, do your research, and always eat any fish in moderation.

It’s easy: you want to keep from getting the flu, wash your hands. Wash your hands, wash your hands!.

The flu ( common cold, not influenza ) is not transferred by droplets in the air but by touch. The influenza you can’t really control. The droplets are in the air, they get into your system, and you get sick.
But when it comes to the flu which is common cold, even though you can’t protect yourself 100 percent from it, you can take measures to limit your exposure and what you expose to others.
If you feel sick, stay home. It’s easier said than done, I know. We tend to think that the world can’t survive if we miss one day of work, but you, and your office, will be much more productive if you miss a day’s worth of work, rather than a week later on.

Try and avoid shaking hands. Though it may seem rude, the general fear of getting the flu, especially this season with the H1N1 virus being present, people will understand why you do not want to shake hands.

Wash your hands often, even if you think you haven’t touched anything dirty. Everything is dirty. Don’t assume the person who used the restroom before you washed their hands as well as you do. And don’t assume that once you wash your hands, you’re clear. Because that person before you also coughed into his hand right before he grabbed the door handle. Just keep a lookout.

Make sure that you also keep track of your stress. Make sure you watch how you eat. Try and cut out junk foods, which are detrimental to your system. Stay hydrated and get your Vitamin D. Get enough sleep to keep your immune system at its strongest. And try to stick to organic foods, or use safe detergents to clean your foods.

There has recently been a rise in the amount of breast cancer cases where the cancerous lump is small. The question then becomes what to do with them? What are options? Where do we go now? May be prevention of breast cancer is better, then treatment?
The risk of breast cancer can actually be assessed by the way that the body works with estrogen. If estrogen is metabolized in the right way, the risk is low. But if it is in the wrong ways, then the risk goes up.

Once that risk is checked, doctor and patient can then work to modify the way it is metabolized and bring the risk down with right food and supplements. Tests need to be done but unfortunately few regular doctors or labs will do these tests that show women what their bodies are doing with estrogen.

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According to women’s website www.lemondrop.com,  women prefer shopping over sex.
Wow. How did it happen?
Sex is a basic instinct.

It is in our nature to prolong life and create offspring. So how did it happen that women would rather be shopping than having sex? The answer is simple.

There is too much stress in our lives and in our marriages and relationships. Modern women are eclectic. They have successful jobs, they are under pressure from many aspects in their lives. Many juggle families and careers and this puts basic instincts on the backburners and offers shopping as an instant gratification, as well as a getaway.
A simple way to be less stressed is to get more sleep. I cannot stress enough how much more sleep can benefit every aspect of your life, nutritional, emotional, financial, professional. If you don’t have enough sleep, you can’t properly rest in the time that you are asleep.

While you sleep there is a repair process going on. Part of that process is night dreams.

Normal sleep should contain night dreams but I find that many of my patients very rarely have night dreams. Dreams are created in order to solve unresolved daytime conflicts. It relieves pressures during the night as a natural defense mechanism to allow you to wake and feel in control of new conflicts that may arise.

Here are some easy tips to get a better, restful, sleep:

In order to correct your sleeping habits, you can try these tips. You can also come see us for a sleeping profile to see what needs to be corrected. Once you understand the problem, you can work to solve it with supplements, or other natural relaxing methods.

If you have any other tips, please feel free to send them in. Visit www.doctorkalitenko.com for news, tips, tricks and more blogs on everything from sex and beauty to health and nutrition.

There was a lot of excitement when Splenda was first released on the market. But pretty soon, you can see the faults in the synthetic sweetener. Some even go so far as to call it toxic.

If our body takes in a manmade substance, it doesn’t know what to do with it. No matter what anyone says, it can’t be that good because our bodies don’t know how to get rid of it.

It is chlorinated sugar. Look at substances like Nutrasweet and Aspartame, which have been linked to everything from intestinal problems to brain tumors. You can find more information on Splenda and its effects at http://www.holisticmed.com/splenda.

One main reason Splenda is unhealthy is that it contains chloride. The thyroid hormone contains iodine. They are very close. The Splenda then interferes with the thyroid hormone function. Our bodies are then in trouble and it’s not really helping you lose weight.

If you want to lose weight try not to use artificial sweeteners or even weight loss products, which the FDA is now always warning us about. Instead, go to a natural diet of meat, fish, vegetables and purified, possibly distilled water.

Get rid of manmade wheat, dairy, and carbohydrates. Nothing but natural. Give up juice but do not give up fruit. The difference between fruit and juice is simple. The fibers in the piece of fruit that you eat stabilize the sugar. Juice doesn’t do the same thing, there is nothing to stabilize the sugar.

Don’t bother with Splenda, artificial sweeteners, or supplements. Instead, lose weight the way that nature intended. Visit our website at www.doctorkalitenko.com to find out how. We also have a great calorie counter on our site. Don’t forget to try it!

If you told me that sex improves my longevity I would go out and try to sleep with everyone.

Sex does make you healthier but not in the ways you may think. It has been shown that sex decreases the risk of prostate cancer and heart disease and there is some information that men who have sex three or more times a week are less likely to have a heart attack. For women it increases the hormones and betters the mood.

In my opinion it is not the mechanics of sex that make you healthier but the emotional connection to the act that can give you the health benefits.

If you are in a good relationship it helps you much more than the sex. When you sleep beside one your biorhythms are in unison. If you want to improve your health and have a partner, you cannot do it alone. We all know that in many situations. If you want to lose weight, eat healthy, fix you lifestyle, we know that you have to sign your family up as well.

In the end, its not about the act, its about the relationship.

Stress can kill you and it can come from a host of sources. Our days are filled with stress, we long to escape. Some of us long for the relaxation of home, but for others, home is just as stressful as the office.

Sometimes, coming home to your partner can be just as crazy as being at work, or the long drive home sitting in traffic.
Why? Because of transference and countertransference, found by Dr. Sigmund Freud.

The theory is basically that if two people are sitting together, even without speaking, they are passing their ideas and feelings to each other, whether we like it or not. And this has been proven time and time again. Tests show that our rhythms are so strong they can be sensed from across the room. So sitting in close quarters with someone on a daily basis, your rhythms may be in sync, your biorhythms are passed between one another and you are exchanging  your thoughts, feelings etc..

But if you are not in sync then the person beside you creates a toxic environment, you need to get rid of them. There is no way that you can sync someone with you.  At least I do not know any.

And when you are stressed all the time it shuts down your brain. Think of it this way, if there is a car coming at you, you jump out of the way. It is your natural reaction for survival. You don’t contemplate the model and make of the car, you don’t wonder if the driver is a man or woman. Because in a stressful situation, those reflexes help you to survive at the expense of shutting down your ability to learn and think efficiently.  And this ok, when you need to jump to escape form a predator, but it is not ok, if you need to make everyday life decisions.

The only recommendation here is to make sure that the person beside you gives you energy and doesn’t suck the energy from you. If you had to describe your partner, how would you describe them?

Other stress relief can com! e just b y taking care of your stomach. Your gut is your strength. Take care of simple things like your teeth. Go to dentist regularly, take CoQ10, and chew carefully. It should be about 20 to 30 bites to chew before your food is properly chewed.

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Believe it or not distilled water is a very controversial subject. Many people, such as myself, suggest drinking distilled water to keep from ingesting possibly harmful toxins. Others suggest that the natural nutrients in water are super-beneficial and by removing them from water, we are also removing the benefits of drinking it.

Distilled water is made when you evaporate the water and then condense the vapor. The disadvantage is that it is devoid of any minerals, while drinking water, lets say from a stream, contains microelements.

My point here is that the amount of minerals you really get from water is so minimal, that you have to take supplements anyway, so why take the risk of getting the toxins into your system as well?

Another point is that, today in nature, you will never get clean water as you would in the past. There is nowhere on earth that you will have water without toxins. Almost every river is contaminated in some way. There is everything from mercury to estrogen pollution, which can affect us so severely.

Because we will never have natural water as clean and pure as it should be, I think that it is a better idea to get distilled water and get supplements for the microelements. Water has never been a major source to give us our needs. The awful thing is that even distilled water comes in plastic bottles so you end up getting some toxins anyway.

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Organic is Always Best. And cilantro is great for digestion, as an anti-inflammatory, to lower blood sugar and cholesterol. Here is a great recipe for Cilantro Pesto, instead of your normal Basil Pesto

• 1 bunch cilantro
• 3 cloves garlic
• 1/2 c. olive oil
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. pepper
• 1/4 c. pine nuts (or walnuts)

Wash cilantro, dry! Mix ingredients in food processor until smooth. Chill and serve with fish or pasta as sauce or as a vegetable dip.

It is scary when somebody suddenly dies at age 50 without apparent cause.

It’s especially scary when it’s a star like Michael Jackson for two reasons:

1.  If it can happen to him, it can happen to you.
2.  Unexpected death suggests a missed and untreated problem in a star who can afford the best medical care possible.  So how reliable is our modern western medicine?

Generally speaking, if a person without known serious medical problems presents, like Michael Jackson, with a weak pulse and no breathing movements, it strongly suggests not heart disease (pulse is still there), but respiratory center suppression by drugs.  Also if somebody is in respiratory arrest, 911 should have been called right away from the house full of people.

Someone who would take a drug is either doing it to relax or to calm down. I do not believe that Michael Jackson took drugs to get high.  Rather he did it to calm down to get some rest and sleep because his brain was not functioning properly.  The reason was either too much stress, too many stimulants or both.  Did he know about that? I think so.

Michael Jackson, in his life, had been in touch with Dr. Deppak Chopra, but he didn’t not resolve to his natural methods of healing. Instead he opted for drugs, the drugs that essentially killed him.

Since our childhood we are told that if you have a problem a doctor will solve it for you.  We couldn’t possibly solve it without a doctor and we should do everything we are told by them. This is the reason, why we take drugs and sometimes even die.  If Michael Jackson did not have a doctor, would he die? I do not think so.  If he were taught from his childhood that he is responsible for his health and not his doctor, would he have died at age 50? I do not think so.

I’m not saying, that we shouldn’t have doctors.  Of course we should, but it’s the doctor’s we choose that have to change.

Unfortunately, we tend to choose a physician or make health care decisions opposite to what we really need.  Because in the most cases we consciously or subconsciously know about our problem and we subconsciously try to keep it. Example: you have high cholesterol and you are aware that this is the result of eating junk food.  Which doctor do we normally choose: the one who will tell you to eat fruits and vegetables instead of junk food, or the doctor who will give you a pill and at least not force you to stop eating junk?  And of course you don’t go to dietician first!

I think you know the answer.

And that’s why Michael Jackson chose Dr. Conrad Murray and not Dr. Deepak Chopra.

What should have been done from my point of view:

1.  Stress reduction techniques like meditation, tapping, taking adaptogens like ashwaghanda, etc.

2.  “Paleolitic” diet: meat, fish, poultry, fruits, vegetables, distilled water.

3.  Autonomic response testing to identify the problem.

4.  Routine history and physical as well as blood work and other tests if necessary.

5.  Detoxification, if necessary.

6.  Physical exercises besides rehearsals.

7.  Bioidentical hormone replacement because at age 50 I do not believe, that Michael Jackson had his hormones at the levels when he was 25.

Let us be responsible for our health, not our doctors! This is the key point! As soon as you admit this, you are on the right track.

Everybody wants to smell nice to attract the opposite sex. But it may be too pricey.  Because using deodorants may not always be safe for several reasons.

1.  Deodorants often contain parabens, linked to cancer.
2.  They often contain antiperspirants with aluminum. It is a neurotoxin and clogs the pores of your sweat glands.
Keeping in mind that most of the toxins from your breasts are going to the armpit to be eliminated, do you think, that that it is a good idea to clog the pores and prevent toxins from your breast to be released?

Let me ask you a question: why do we always have a biopsy and check histology of the breast lesions and cancers, but in clinical practice we never check their toxicology? I think you know why.  Because if we do it we would know which toxins may be responsible for cancer.

So what is the solution?
1.  Do not shave hair. It prevents sweat from accumulating and being destroyed by bacteria with resulting odor.

2.  Baby soap and water are good.

3.  Essential oils like eucalyptus, coconut, lavender, peppermint, and rosemary in an olive oil base are worth to try.

Any other suggestions?

As per a Center for Disease Control report there were 33,541 drug related (including prescription drug) deaths in 2005, in the United States. These number are up 8.1 percent from 2004, and these deaths are not from illegal drugs only. Prescription medications are included as well.

The recent death of the actor Heath Ledger tells us the same: medications can kill. I’m not suggesting that we stop taking medications at all. I’m suggesting that it is important to be careful and knowledgeable. So what needs to be done to minimize the risk?
There are several principles I follow myself:
1.  Use medications for major problems only. If a problem is minor and self-limited consider management without medication.
2.  Use medications only if there are no other ways to solve the problem.
3.  Make sure that the dose is correct.
4.  Stop taking medication if you feel worse and contact the doctor.

Do no harm fist! Ancient wisdom.

They may be right, as water is necessary for almost every function of our body. Therefore, we should drink enough.  However, recent reports suggest that our tap water is contaminated by multiple toxins.

So it looks like in order to get enough of the essential nutrient, we have to consume more toxins.

The solution to the problem in my opinion is to drink water free of contamination for sure: distilled water. Because it is made by condensing steam, unless it is contaminated after production, it is virtually free of solid toxins.

Only few things are proven to prolong life. Among them drinking . Remember that!

The solution here is hormone replacement therapy for both men and women, because libido restoration as well as menopausal symptom relief would help to restore romance between husbands and wives. In order to be able to love somebody you need to have enough hormones!

Obesity is a very well recognized cancer risk factor. This fact is a very powerful stimulant to lose weight. But can it be neutralized?  The only thing that needs to be done is to prove that it is not obesity that causes cancer, but something else.  Hard to do, but possible. And in my opinion, that is what a new study might be doing intentionally or unintentionally.  Take a look yourself.

According to the new study, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute on December 30, 2008, “Insulin, Insulin Like Growth Factor 1 and Risk of Breast Cancer in Postmenopausal Women,” it is not obesity itself, it is your high insulin level that causes cancer.  The conclusion is that we need to control insulin levels.

But how about weight? If it is all about insulin, then do we need to lose weight or not? The study states, that “this (obesity) association was attenuated by adjustment for insulin” http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/101/1/48.

The way that I interpret this study is to mean that if we watch our levels, we have no need to lose weight.  I don’t agree with this statement.

When does an obese woman have low insulin level? When the weight gain is not for a long time and her body is still sensitive to insulin, being able to bring its sugar down with less insulin.  But what happens when it is a long time, when her body gets too many calories? It loses its ability to respond properly to insulin and bring sugar down.  This is called insulin insensitivity and the result is a high insulin level.

The bottom line is that a high insulin level in an obese, postmenopausal woman might be the result of a long time of being obese, leading to increased cancer risk.  So you need to lose weight and change your lifestyle and not just watch your insulin level.

Did you know that there is a relationship between sex hormones and colon cancer? I didn’t either, until recently.

Now we know that sex hormone replacement therapy can reduce colon cancer risk, besides spicing up your life!

According to a study published in the January issue of Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention titled “Menopausal Hormone Therapy and risk of Colorectal cancer” http://cebp.aacrjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/18/1/196, there is a significant reduction in the rates of colon cancer in women who were on hormone replacement therapy. However the authors did not even suggest any explanation of this finding.  And what might be the connection between gut and sex hormones?

Very straightforward: when your body can produce babies and hence is full of sex hormones, it is protecting itself from death, including cancers.  But when its not fertile any more, it thinks that it is time to die. Therefore, it decreases its natural defense including anticancer defense.
Looks like this study gives us a cancer prevention tip: keep your hormones balanced and you will get extra cancer protection.

You cannot function efficiently if your thyroid is not producing enough thyroid hormone because it is this hormone that’s responsible for maintaining the main functions of your body.  If it is not n the optimal range — you may be in trouble.  It’s very important for you to make sure that your thyroid function is checked on a regular basis. And low thyroid function is not unlikely to get.

According to Colorado Thyroid Disease Prevalence study 9.9 percent of the population that was not on thyroid medications had an abnormal thyroid test. And these are according to official standards, which are normally grossly underestimating your thyroid function because of very high threshold for abnormal results.

You need hormones for energy, for making love, for conceiving children, for sleep. But not all hormones are created equal. You can live without estrogen or testosterone, but you cannot survive without certain hormones, which maintain your basic body functions. The thyroid hormone is among them.

If you want to have enough energy you need to keep an eye on your thyroid. Very often its under-function is overlooked because of what’s called normal values. Normals are calculated using diverse age groups, but the thyroid of an 18-year-old boy is much different than that of an 80-year-old woman. But, with current testing, the normal range for both is the same.

If an when you go to the doctor to get your thyroid checked, make sure you question their finding that everything is ok. As per anti-aging standards, TSH, which is one of the hormones reflecting thyroid function should be below two, while officially normal is up to five, depending on the lab.

Here are some symptoms to look out for:

1. Low energy
2. Dry Skin
3. Loss of hair and lateral portions of your eyebrows
4. Constipation
5. Cold intolerance

If your experiencing even some of these symptoms have your thyroid checked by a doctor.

Watching sports games on television or in person, doubled the cardiac events rate.  A new study, published in New England Journal of Medicine, showed that watching sports games on television or in person, doubled the cardiac events rate.  Do I suggest stop watching games or TV? No.  What I suggest is to have meds handy while enjoying excitement.

A new study suggests that increased breast size by the age of 20 may signify a higher risk for diabetes in mid-life. Data was gathered from Nurses Health Study 11 to show that the correlation does exist.

The relationship between breast size and diabetes can be explained as follows: too much fat might elevate the estrogen level, resulting in breast size increase.

Therefore the solution to the problem might be a hormonal level check.

And the first change that needs to take place is weight loss.

Obesity is on the list of things we can change if you want to get rid of a problem, you need to first look for the cause. Rather than treat the symptoms, which can last a lifetime, getting to the root of it can eliminate the problem, its symptoms and help you to lead a healthier lifestyle.

Obesity is on the list of things we can change if only we educate ourselves and are committed to changing our eating habits and our lives.

In my understanding there are three major causes of increased appetite:

1. Chemicals in our food — like MSG (monosodium glutamate), which make our bodies react in unnatural ways. For example, MSG can cause everything from seizures and strokes, to allergies and hypoglycemia.

2. Change in food form —  like flour, for example. Because of milling, absorbtion goes up dramatically, resulting in abnormally high blood sugar, and therefore a too-high insulin level, too-low blood sugar, causing food cravings. (By the way, the same applies to cookies!)

3. Food we are not created to eat —  like milk or juices.

Is obesity our own fault? I don’t think so! But I can hardly recall seeing any advertising promoting broccoli or fresh fish. However there are plenty of processed food commercials and promotions: juices, cookies etc… The bottom line is to avoid processed food! Good stuff is in the periphery of a food market!

Everyone knows that Botox is expensive, so the hope is that with the release of new Relaxin, it will bring the competition out and the prices down.

Relaxin is still awaiting FDA approval and ist’s hard to predict now if the prices of Botox treatments will go down because it’s hard to know yet if Relaxin is as good. It will take time for the new drug to prove itself to us.

In the mean time I suggest looking for more natural treatments while you’re waiting to hear about the effects of Relaxin. Bioidentical Hormone Replacement may be an option.

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