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Multiple Health Benefits of Magnesium

Posted by Dan Hammer //

02/15/2021

The health benefits of magnesium are important to almost every organ in your body. But before I talk about them, you can either watch my new YouTube video or read the rest of this information below:

Here is a quick list of all the ways this essential mineral impacts your health:

Energy Creation
Regulation of Your Nervous System
Protein Formation
Muscle Movement
Bone Formation
Preventing Heart Failure
Reducing High Blood Pressure
Correcting Arrhythmia
Fighting Endothelial Dysfunction
Lowering the Risk for Strokes and Heart Attacks
Preventing Coronary Artery Disease
Fights Depression
Helps Prevent Type II Diabetes
Anti-Inflammatory Benefits
Prevent Migraines
Reduces Insulin Resistance
Improves PMS Symptoms

That’s an impressive list of health benefits.

Now the bad news. Read More →

Benefits of Intermittent Fasting

Posted by Dan Hammer //

01/15/2021

Intermittent fasting continues to gain popularity. Because of this I thought it would be helpful to look at the benefits of intermittent fasting.

But before we examine the benefits, let’s understand what intermittent fasting is.

Intermittent fasting is an eating pattern that includes periods of eating followed by periods of fasting. And while there are several ways you can do this, the most common methods are the following:

The 8/16 Method – In this method you restrict your daily eating to an 8 hour period. Then fast for 16 hours. It is a daily program or eating pattern. The key is when you decide to take your first meal. Some people skip the breakfast meal and start eating around 12 noon or 1 pm. Their last meal would then be either 8 or 9 pm.

Personally I believe they would be better served by starting with breakfast at 8 or 9 am. Then making sure that their final meal for the day was at 4 or 5 pm.

The reason why I make this recommendation is that you will do a better job utilizing stored fat as an energy source during the sleep phase at night.

If you eat at 9 pm before sleeping, then the calories of your last meal will be used by your body, instead of your body using its stored fat. This process of using store fat while you sleep helps to reshape your body in a positive way.

Alternate Day Fasting – In this program you eat normal one day and then fast completely the following day. Most people make their dinner meal the last meal. Then 24 hours later start eating with their dinner meal.

A variation of this program is fasting once or twice per week instead of doing it every other day.

The 5:2 Intermittent Fasting – In this program you restrict your caloric intake to 500 to 700 calories for the day. And you do this on just two days per week. Most people make sure that the two days they reduce their caloric intake are not consecutive days.

Of all three programs, the 8/16 method is the simplest to follow. And the most sustainable to maintain.

Now that we understand the 3 main types of intermittent fasting, let’s look at the benefits. Read More →

The Benefits of Protein – Part One

Posted by Dan Hammer //

01/15/2020

Protein is key to good health so let’s talk about the benefits of protein. Protein, like fat and carbohydrates, is classified as a “macronutrient. This means that your body needs a large amount of it to function properly.

Here’s just a small list of why protein is so important:

Every cell in your body has a protein component.

Your nails and hair are mostly made of protein.

It is needed to build and repair tissues.

It is used to create enzymes and hormones.

It is a key building block for muscles, cartilage, bones, skin, and blood.

And while your body can store fats and carbohydrates, it does not store protein. If your diet is lacking in protein, then it will cannibalize the above tissues causing health concerns.

Benefits of Protein – The Basics

There are two general areas that cause confusion in the area of protein. They are: Read More →

Health Benefits of Ketones

Posted by Dan Hammer //

10/01/2019

With so many people now using the Keto Diet to shed unwanted fat, I thought it would be good to discuss the health benefits of ketones.

Ketones are an alternative fuel source produced by your liver from fats and free fatty acids.

For most people glucose, which is largely derived from carbohydrates, is the main energy source for most cells.

However, excess blood glucose can damage the lining of your cardiovascular system leading to a whole host of vascular health issues. One of which is type 2 diabetes.

When you restrict your carbohydrate intake, either through fasting or eliminating carbohydrates from your diet, then your body will retool its energy pathways for ketones, which are produced in your liver. They than circulated through your body for cellular energy.

Here is a brief overview of the health benefits of ketones:

Improved metabolism for brain and muscle tissue
Linked to increased longevity and average lifespan by up to 20%
Reduced blood sugar levels with the potential to reverse type 2 diabetes
Effective weight management especially as it applies to visceral fat
Activate longevity pathways to protect cells from age-related damage and deterioration

Sounds great except for the following challenge:

Most Keto diets are extremely hard to maintain.

And the reason why is two fold: Read More →

The Health Benefits of Magnesium

Posted by Dan Hammer //

01/14/2019

Today I’d like to focus on the health benefits of magnesium. Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been writing a series of video scripts on how to address a Leaky Gut.

Once I produce this video series I’ll be sure to share it with you.

There are 5 key steps to healing a Leaky Gut and step five centers on the health benefits of magnesium.

Most of the literature about magnesium ignores this benefit.

So let’s start our discussion on the health benefits of magnesium by addressing how it can improve your gut health.

Magnesium For Improved Gut Health!

Magnesium is a crucial mineral required for the function of hundreds of enzymes in the gut to improve immunity, digestion, regularity, and energy production.

As your gut microbiome improves, magnesium aids in the production of healthy chemical compounds that can provide the following overall health benefits:

Helps Increase Energy
Calms Nerves
Treats Insomnia
Aids Digestion
Relieves Muscle Aches and Pains
Regulates Calcium and Potassium Levels
Is Important for Heart Health
Prevents Migraine Headaches
And Helps Prevent Osteoporosis.

One of the keys to improving your gut health and reducing the potential for a Leaky Gut is to reduce inflammation. Magnesium helps in a big way.

As your body uses magnesium to help you properly digest your food, this reduces the potential for toxins. Toxins create inflammation, which damages the lining of your small intestine.

Less toxins produced, less damage to the lining of your small intestine to decrease your probability of having a Leaky Gut.

Other Health Benefits of Magnesium

In addition to having a significant impact on maintaining good gut health, magnesium has three overall health benefits:

Benefit 1 – Needed for Cellular Energy
Benefit 2 – Necessary for DNA Synthesis and Repair
Benefit 3 – Combats Chronic, Low-Grade Inflammation

When you break these overall health benefits down, they play the following role in helping your body and organ systems function better. For example:

Bone Density – Half of your total body magnesium is stored in the bones. It’s needed for bone remodeling. This is a process that your body uses to break down old bone structure to reform new bone structure.

And your blood levels of magnesium are critical to your bone density. If deficient, then your body will take magnesium from your bones, which can decrease your bone mass to contribute to osteoporosis.

This also triggers pro-inflammatory cytokines to increase inflammation.

Cardiovascular Health – Magnesium has several roles in heart health. One is helping to maintain good heart rhythm. If your magnesium levels are low, then your become more susceptible to irregular heartbeats or what the medical community calls arrhythmias.

Magnesium also improves the function of your endothelium, which lines all of your cardiovascular system. This improvement helps to dilate the blood vessels for improved blood flow. And can aid in keeping your blood pressure under control.

Metabolic Syndrome – This is a group of health risks like abdominal obesity, high blood sugar, high blood pressure, and cholesterol concerns. When taken together, these health risks increase your potential for developing cardiovascular diseases like heart attacks and strokes.

Research studies have shown that magnesium can reduce the incidence of metabolic syndrome. Specifically, higher magnesium intake was associated with lower stroke risk. One study showed that for men who had the highest magnesium intake, they reduced their risk for stoke by 41%. This also applied to having lower rates of heart failure.

Health Benefits of Magnesium – Nutritional Supplements

While you can try to get your magnesium from the food you eat, the best way is to use a good nutritional supplement.

Make sure the magnesium supplement you choose is in either the citrate or chelate form.

Magnesium Chelate is highly absorb-able by your body. It’s the form naturally found in foods. Because it’s bound to several types of amino acids, this aids in restoring your magnesium levels.

Magnesium Citrate combines the magnesium with citric acid. For some this might have a laxative effect.

Now the dosage amounts vary with age and sex:

Age 14 – 18: 410 milligrams for men and 360 milligrams for women

Age 19 – 30: 400 milligrams for men and 310 milligrams for women

Age 31 and older: 420 milligrams for men and 320 milligrams for women

As you can see not a lot of difference based on age so make sure you’re taking at least 400 milligrams per day for men and at least 300 milligrams per day for women.

Since the majority of Americans do not get adequate amounts of magnesium in their diet, it would be to their best health interest to increase their consumption of this key mineral. Here are the top 10 foods listed based on highest intake of magnesium:

Food Source	Amount Need	Magnesium Intake
Leafy Greens like Kale or Spinach	1 cup	157 mg
Seeds like Flax, Pumpkin or Chia	1 ounce	150 mg
Legumes like Lentils, Beans, or Chickpeas	1 cup	120 mg
Nuts like Almonds or Cashews	1 ounce	82 mg
Whole Grains like Wheat, Oats, or Barley	1 ounce	65 mg
Dark Chocolate	1 ounce	64 mg
Avocados	Medium	58 mg
Fatty Fish like Salmon or Mackerel	Half a fillet (178 grams)	53 mg
Tofu	3.5 ounces	53 mg
Bananas	1 large	37 mg

You can decide which method is best to help you enjoy the health benefits of magnesium: food or supplements.

Blessing Lives Through Nitric Oxide Therapy!

Dan Hammer

CoQ10 Benefits Go Beyond Heart Health

Posted by Dan Hammer //

01/01/2019

Most people understand that CoQ10 benefits heart health. Even the pharmaceutical industry understands this especially as it applies to the effects of statin drugs in interfering with your liver’s ability to naturally produce CoQ10.

For example, the 1989 patent application by pharmaceutical giant Merck revealed the need for CoQ10 since statin drugs deplete this needed energy compound in your body. Here’s a quote from part of their patent application:

“Since CoQ10 is of benefit in congestive heart failure patients, the combination with HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) should be of value in such patients who also have the added risk of high cholesterol levels.”

Most statins effectively interfere with your liver’s ability to create cholesterol. Unfortunately they also interfere with your liver’s ability to create CoQ10, which is a needed coenzyme for proper energy production.

Why Merck, and other pharmaceutical companies, didn’t create a drug that combined a statin with CoQ10 is a mystery.

And, as statins were promoted by the pharmaceutical industry for the control of cholesterol, little was done to counter the side effects caused by these statin drugs.

Fortunately physicians are finally acknowledging this need for CoQ10. It’s reported that approximately 70% of cardiologists will prescribe CoQ10 for their heart disease patients.

But the purpose of this post is to help you understand that CoQ10 benefits go beyond heart health.

Why?

Because CoQ10 is a coenzyme that helps facilitate the creation of energy for all cells. And current research is revealing that CoQ10 can benefit brain, bone, and metabolic health while also reducing mortality. Read More →

CoQ10 For Heart Health

Posted by Dan Hammer //

06/01/2018

With the increase use of statin drugs there has been an increased need for CoQ10 for heart health.

I just recently did a presentation on a natural way to low cholesterol. In that presentation I examined the medical communities’ use of statin drugs to lower cholesterol. And two very clear issues presented themselves:

Statin drugs interfere with your liver’s ability to create CoQ10, which then reduces CoQ10 levels in the body.

There is a direct correlation with the increase use of statin drugs and an increase in congestive heart failure.

This increase in congestive heart failure would make sense since CoQ10 is a necessary component for cellular energy.

In a large study of older adults with heart failure issues, it was clearly noted that those with CoQ10 levels below a certain threshold were twice as likely to die when compared to those who had CoQ10 levels above that threshold. Read More →

Are You Bifidobacteria Rich?

Posted by Dan Hammer //

04/08/2018

You may have a hard time answering the question, are you bifidobacteria rich since most people have never heard this word before.

Well my suggestion is to learn how to help your gut microbiome become rich in bifidobacteria as they are key to your health.

Your gut microbiome is home to trillions of microorganisms that play a significant role regulating your immune system, endocrine system, digestive system, and your overall metabolism. Plus your gut microbiome is linked to cardiovascular health, cognitive function, mood, and your ability to fight disease.

One of the most important and beneficial bacteria of your entire gut microbiome is a group called bifidobacteria. And the rest of this blog post will help you understand why they’re important to your health. As well as how you can take dietary steps to make sure they dominate your abdominal microbiome.

What are Bifidobacteria?

L-Glutamine Benefits Human Performance

Posted by Dan Hammer //

08/15/2017

L-glutamine benefits were first discovered in the body building industry to help build and preserve muscle tissue. As more research has been done on this amino acid the health benefits of L-glutamine are impressive. Here are 14 key proven L-glutamine benefits

Promotes muscle growth.

Decreases muscle wasting (especially important for those using any type of statin drug.)

Helps balance mucus production to improve IBS, diarrhea issues, and healthy bowel movements.

Improves gastrointestinal health by rebuilding and repairing the small intestines.

Helps heal a leaky gut.

Helps heal ulcers.

Aids in cellular detoxification.

Improves your metabolism to aid in weight loss and weight management.

Helps curb cravings for sugar and alcohol.

Helps stabilize blood sugar to improve diabetic issues.

Is an essential neurotransmitter to help with memory, focus, and concentration.

Improves athletic performance.

Aids in recovery from intense exercise.

Key building block for muscular development.

What is Metabolism?

Posted by Dan Hammer //

08/01/2017

Just recently I had a good client of mine ask me the question what is metabolism. And the simple answer I gave him is your body’s ability to process your food and drink for energy. But the real answer to the question what is metabolism is a bit more complex than that.

Here’s a definition of metabolism from Christian Nordqvist,

“Metabolism refers to biochemical processes that occur within any living organism – including humans – to maintain life. These biochemical processes allow people to grow, reproduce, repair damage, and respond to their environment.”

And when you break down this definition there are two component parts. Read More →