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Wellness for life is brought to you by purim physical therapy sanford health clinic and same day surgery center hurrem area community center amy lundberg fitness for the soul guttenberg chiropractic clinic pelican drug health mart mohave ottawa community action partnership hello i’m michelle and i’m here today with david gotten berg of gatlinburg chiropractic clinic
Our topic today will affect anybody that takes supplements and the supplement we are talking about today is calcium thanks you know when we talk about calcium i think it i think it everybody assumes or understands the role that calcium plays in strengthening bones and teeth but what i also want to talk a little bit about is what most people are not aware of and in
Calcium’s role in for example nerve transmission the health of your heart blood coagulation and calcium is also important this is almost indispensable when it comes to anything to do with our immune system but there’s also differences what are those difference is you know one of the major differences is that a lot of the calcium supplements that are on the market
Today are derived from dolomite lime stone crushed rocks and while crushed rocks are natural they’re not living there not organic what we prefer to use is a form of calcium calcium lactate that is derived in this case from a plant or vegetable base so it’s easily digested it’s it’s already enough slightly acidic base which improves the absorption of calcium which
Really dispels the whole reason why would anybody be taking tums for a calcium supplement so earlier you talked about how calcium affects the heart so how does that play in well you have calcium lactate we have calcium so the importance of that is for example in a supplement like congo plex which is designed primarily for colds calcium plays a vital role in our
Immune system it’s included a supplement we call cardio plus which is a supplement that’s an all-around support for heart and calcium is extremely important in this product and then and then for bone health i really think it’s important that the supplement that supports people with weak bones be a supplement that almost preserves the integrity of the nutritional
Components so that all of the other things that go into making bones like the amino acids and enzymes in collagen that they’re all in place along with calcium so other than reading the label how do i know i’m taking the right kind we do really a couple simple things one we talked about it earlier hair mineral analysis briefly if calcium ends up in the hair it’s
In the wrong place so high levels of calcium in the hair poor supplement the second way we do it right in the office we do a simple test called a calcium cuff test and we take a cuff and place it around the calf of a person legs and pump it up if they can withstand 200 millibars they’re good if they start to get cramping pain in the caf somewhere between 120 and
160 they need a different calcium supplement or a different delivery system thank you david what great information and if you have any additional questions please feel free to contact him coming up on wellness for life hi i’m don perrin and this is jenny field where pharmacists at pelican drug health mart in pelican rapids minnesota today we’re going to talk about
A diversity of diabetes pills if you or someone you love has diabetes you know how important it is to manage it well what happens if you don’t you’re at risk for serious complications that can affect your heart kidneys eyes and nerves to name a few some people can manage diabetes with meal planning weight loss and exercise alone others also need medication pills
Lower blood sugar levels are one type of drug use to treat diabetes so can diabetes pills help you not if you have type 1 diabetes but if you have type 2 2 diabetes you more likely to benefit especially if you’ve had diabetes for less than 10 years and your body still makes insulin insulin is the hormone that regulates sugar levels in your blood there’s more than
One type of diabetes pill and the fda’s approved several new ones in recent past sometimes combining more than one type is the best solution or your doctor may prescribe pills plus insulin there are many classes of diabetes pills they help you control your diabetes in different ways these drugs may do one or more of these things they can stimulate the pancreas to
Release more insulin decrease the amount of sugar the liver produces make muscle tissue more sensitive to insulin help insulin work better lower blood sugar but only when it gets too high in your body help the kidney get rid of blood extra sugar which lowers the levels in your blood and it breaks it can block the breakdown of starches such as pasta and potatoes and
Slowly break down of certain sugars which slows the rise of sugar after eating and there are also medications that lower both cholesterol and reduce blood sugar is it an amazing how many different ways these drugs work if one doesn’t work well for you or if it stops working another may be more successful that’s because doctors and scientists think that the cause
Of type 2 diabetes is not the same for all people with the disease if your doctors prescribed one of these drugs for you we can help give you more information about it to help you avoid interactions with other drugs if you print out a list of all of your medication both prescription and over-the-counter we can go through them all with you and help you avoid any
Interactions we can answer any questions about any special instructions there may be with each medication whether it should be taken with meals or certain times of the day and then we can also answer any questions if there’s any questions about interactions with foods or vitamins and then we can also discuss any common what the common short-term and long-term
Effects of the drug are as you can see the arsenal force fighting diabetes just keeps growing and we haven’t even touched new injectable and inhaled medication let’s save that for another day again please feel free to contact us with any questions you may have we’re happy to answer thank you for watching wellness for life brought to you by her own physical therapy
Sanford health clinic and same day surgery center purim area community center amy lundberg fitness for the soul gun morgue chiropractic clinic pelican drug health mart mohave onwa community action partnership
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Calcium Myths and Truths and Diabetes Medication By lakestv3
