Thank you to everyone who stopped by to see us at the Poudre River Fest!  We had a great turn out.  

We have three winners for the drawing who get to choose either a Nano Facial Treatment or a Myers Nutrient Treatment.  Congratulations go to:

• Margaret Puentas 
• Mandy Bollman
• Katelyn Ehrler 

All who entered the drawing are also being gifted a 10% discount on any Dr. Fields’ Sacred Skin product just for entering.

We welcome everyone to swing by The Healing Gardens at 315 Canyon Avenue to learn about:

The Healing Gardens Health Center

The Healing Gardens Pharmacy

Dr. Fields’ Sacred Skin skin care products

The Healing Gardens Foundation

The Healing Gardens Living Arts Center

We look forward to seeing you all!!!

In this great article from HealthDay News, author Steven Reinberg reviews the findings from a study conducted by Dr. Teemu Niiranen, a research fellow at Boston University School of Medicine and the Framingham Heart Study.

“Imagine having the clear, supple, healthy blood vessels of a 20-year-old in your 70s. It’s possible, but “challenging,” a new study suggests.

Still, if you eat right, exercise and stay trim, you have a shot at offsetting age-related blood vessel degeneration, according to this study of more than 3,000 adults.

Genetics played less of a role than lifestyle in keeping blood vessels young, the researchers found.

Over time, blood vessels stiffen and blood pressure rises, leading to a significant risk for heart disease and stroke, said Dr. Teemu Niiranen. He is a research fellow at Boston University School of Medicine and the Framingham Heart Study.

“We didn’t find any magic bullet that kept people’s blood vessels young,” he said. “It seems that these are people who just lead a very healthy lifestyle.”

Heart disease is really a lifestyle disease, Niiranen explained. And a lifetime of poor eating habits and sedentary living — hallmarks of Western culture — take their toll, he said.

“When you get over 70, it is hard to maintain a normal vasculature — it’s possible, but it’s very challenging,” Niiranen said.

But in many indigenous hunter-gatherer populations, high blood pressure is the exception, not the rule, he said. Those groups rely on foraging and hunting to obtain food.

For the study, Niiranen and his colleagues collected data on nearly 3,200 adults aged 50 and older enrolled in the Framingham Heart Study — a long-running project run by the U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

Staying lean and not developing diabetes were the keys to keeping blood vessels young, he said.”  Read More…

 

GPC is a naturally occurring substance in all the body’s cells and mother’s milk. It is an

“activated” form of choline, a member of the B-complex family, and an important

nutrient for the brain, without which we could not think, sleep, or remember. GPC is also a

constituent of many other vital molecules, such as the neurotransmitter acetylcholine.

Neurotransmitters are the chemicals needed to carry out your brain’s processing

operations, working as messengers of neurologic information from one cell to another.

GPC enhances phosphatidylinositol receptor function, which improves cell signaling.

Phosphatidylinositol is a phospholipid, and therefore a key component of cell membranes

and quite abundant in the brain tissues.

 

GPC is water-soluble, making it able to cross the blood brain barrier. For this reason,

GPC is better than PC, phosphatidylcholine (PC), another phospholipid, at helping to

increase acetylcholine levels in the brain. This neurotransmitter is responsible for cognitive

function, mainly learning and memory. Researchers suggest that GPC works by increasing

hippocampal acetylcholine synthesis and release. A central role of the hippocampus is the

forming, storing, and processing of memories. The dementia associated with Alzheimer’s

has been shown to disrupt the pathways that use acetylcholine, resulting in impaired

cognition, memory loss, and disturbances in sleep. GPC given to rats, after inducing

amnesia with the anticholinergic drug scopolamine (which blocks acetylcholine), was able

to completely reverse the amnesia.

 

GPC also works by stimulating the release of the calming neurotransmitter GABA in the

brain. Low levels of GABA in the elderly may contribute to the symptoms of impaired

cognition associated with degenerative brain conditions, such as mood disorders and dementia.

Why use GPC Liquid?

• Excellent choice when higher doses of GPC are desired
• Beneficial in more serious health conditions, such as: traumatic brain injury, post-stroke, neurodegenerative diseases (i.e., Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s, Parkinson’s)
• Dropper is calibrated for easy titration
• No pills to swallow
• Naturally sweet taste, with no added sweeteners

How to Use:

Take 2 mL (600 mg GPC; approx. 1 dropper full) one to two times per day.

Hold in mouth for greater mucosal absorption. Many may find GPC to be brain energizing. For these people, it may be best to take during the morning or early afternoon.

Note: the typical oral doses of GPC used in most trials were 1200 mg per day in divided

doses, in order to maintain high blood levels throughout 24 hours.

 

When tested for memory and depression, GPC at 1 g per day showed better results than

CDP (cytosine diphosphocholine) at the same dosage.

 

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

 

GPC may benefit:

• Memory/mental focus in elderly and young
• Moodiness
• Growth hormone production(take 60-90 minutes before workout)
• Brain recovery from stroke or brain injury
• Cognitive deficit from anesthesia following surgery (up to 50% of bypass patients experience brain damage following bypass surgery)
• Impairment in cognition and social behavior due to Alzheimer’s or vascular dementia
• Age-related changes in brain function