Fit to Print Volume 23 Issue 3 September 2014

S p a & S a l o n . .by Monica Jones . by Heidi Manzo Everybody’s Doing It... Aging, That Is. Here’s How To Do It Better. liver metabolizes estrogens, and in the process certain metabolites are created. Some of them are potentially harmful, and some are very helpful for your body and act as cancer preventatives, especially for female cancers such as breast cancer. This speciﬁc cruciferous vegetable combination changes the metabolite ratio in your body and is therefore cancer-protective for the forms of cancers that are hormone based, such as prostate, breast, etc.” D r. Donna Brown and Incentives Organic Spa are excited to be offering a new approach to dietary supplementation that goes far beyond what you're probably familiar with in mainstream supplements. These new products are part of an emerging class of supplements referred to as targeted therapies. What, exactly, is a targeted therapy? To use an analogy – traditional supplementation is like dropping a big bomb and hoping it hits the target, whereas targeted therapies are more like smart bombs that are precision guided to their intended targets. Dr. Brown's speciﬁc target: Aging. Something we're all doing, every day. Inevitable for sure, but how well we age has a tremendous impact on our health, wellbeing and overall quality of life. It doesn't get more universal than that. Recent advances in biological and chemical science have given scientists a greater understanding of how various nutrients are used at the cellular level. This breakthrough has enabled new supplements that are far more speciﬁc and effective than anything we've ever had before. Some broad categories of the “old” supplementation, such as probiotics, are still essential for healthy living, but these new cutting edge targeted supplements show great promise for taking supplementation to a new level and effectively dealing with aging and related health issues. Hitting the Target: Cancer “For instance, says Dr. Brown, there's a new supplement that is a cruciferous vegetable compound. It basically changes the metabolites of estrogen. We take in estrogen - we get it from the environment and from foods we eat - or we make estrogen. In either case, your 4 Traditional supplementation is like dropping a big bomb and hoping it hits the target. Targeted therapies are more like smart bombs that are precision guided to their intended targets. Target: Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome Another area that could have broad implications for your health is your fasting glucose level. Research has shown that a healthy person's fasting glucose level should be low. In fact, the lower your fasting glucose level, the healthier you are. The healthy range for your fasting glucose level is somewhere between 70 and 99. Unfortunately, many people, even though they eat reasonably well and they restrict their carb intake, still have a fasting glucose level that is higher than they should be: 100, 105, 110…even the high 90's, ostensibly healthy, may be higher than optimal. Why does that matter? Research shows that a high fasting glucose level is a good indicator of cancer risk and has a negative correlation to how well you'll age. So it's important to focus on this. Fortunately, there is now a targeted supplement that does just that by reducing the absorption of glucose from a meal. As a result, your postAutumn 2014 FIT to Print meal glucose level will not rise as sharply, reducing the typical post-meal glucose “spike.” Over time, the elimination of glucose spiking increases your insulin sensitivi

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