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Tea Time: Electrolytes Take 4 - Sodium

3/12/2019

Roles in the body
- Fluid balance
- Send nerve impulses
- muscle contraction
- blood pressure (salt sensitive)
Recommended amount
- 2300mg (average intake is 3400mg)
- 1500mg?
Sources
- Salted/cured meats, cold cuts
- Frozen dinners, pizza, burritos, etc
- Canned foods - raviolis, chili, soups
- Breads/rolls
- Cheese
- Savory snacks
- Fast food/restaurant food
Ways to decrease intake
- fresh foods vs processed
- low-sodium options (frozen foods, canned foods, restaurant foods)
- avoid or limit sauces when out
- choose smaller portions
https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/.../Choose-Foods-Low-in-Sodium.pdf

Tea Time: Electrolytes Take 3 - Magnesium

2/26/2019

Magnesium

What it does
- Cofactor for enzymes
- Aids in energy production
- Aids in bone development
- Helps transport calcium and potassium into cells
How much we need
- Toddlers - 80mg
- Young kids - 130mg
- Pre-teens - 240mg
- Teens - 360mg (girls), 410mg (boys)
- Similar for adults
Where to get it
- Leafy greens
- Legumes
- Nuts, seeds
- Whole grains
- Milk, yogurt
- Fortified foods like cereal
- Supplements

Tea Time: Electrolytes Take 2b - Calcium Supplements

2/19/2019

Calcium Supplements
- Reading food labels for elemental calcium...
  - %DV is based on 1000mg
  - Supplement labels also report elemental calcium
- Calcium Carbonate
  - caltrate, viactiv, os-cal, tums/rolaids
  - take with food
  - might cause gas, bloating, constipation
- Calcium Citrate
  - citrical
  - Might need to take more pills
- No more than 500mg at a time
- Make sure to get enough vitamin D
- Avoid taking at the same time as iron, zinc, levothyroxine
Benefits
- Prevent osteoporosis
- Lower BP
- Prevent preeclampsia

Tea Time: Electrolytes Take 2 - Calcium

2/13/2019

Tea Time: Electrolytes Take 1 - Potassium

2/8/2019

What are electrolytes
When do we worry about elecrolyte imbalance
- Exercising - after the first hour
- Excessive sweating
- Dehydration
  - GI bug
  - Flu
  - Breastfeeding

Potassium

What it does
- Help with cellular fluid volume
How much we need
- Toddlers - 3000mg
- Young kids - 3800mg
- Pre-teens - 4500mg
- Teens and adults - 4700mg
Where to get it
- Fruits (dried fruit, orange juice, bananas)
- Vegetables
- Legumes
- Potatoes
- Meat and fish
- Dairy (milk)
- Nuts
- Supplements
Benefits
- Decreased risk of HTN
- Maybe improved bone health

Tea Time: Cholesterol

1/29/2019

LDL - bad cholesterol
- increase fiber, esp soluble fiber (may need to increase calcium with soluble fiber)
  - legumes, nuts, seeds, oats, barley, rye, fruits, veg, chia
  - maybe psyllium husk supplement
- Small frequent meals
- Limit saturated fat from meats, butter
- Whole fat dairy (except butter)
- Avoid or limit trans fats
  - partially hydrogenated oils (shouldn't be in foods anymore)
  - fried foods in restaurants
- Increase soy to 25g
- Take stanol/sterol supplement
  - Benecol chews
  - Cholestoff
  - Cardiochews
HDL - good cholesterol
- Increase exercise
- Increase whole grains
- Choose monounsaturated fats
  - Olive oil, peanut oil, canola oil
  - Nuts, nut butters
- Increase omega 3 fatty acids
  - Fatty fish like salmon, tuna, sardines
  - Walnuts
  - chia seeds, flaxseed oil, hemp seeds
  - Soy foods
  - Omega-3 eggs, other foods
- Avoid trans fats
Triglycerides
- Decrease sweets, sweet drinks
- Increase exercise
- Choose more whole grain foods
- Choose more plant foods with fiber
- Decrease saturated fats
- Limit or avoid trans fats
- Increase Omega-3 Fatty acids

Tea Time: Fiber (everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask)

1/9/2019

Tea Time: The Gerson Therapy Diet

12/19/2018

Gerson Therapy diet (From www.gerson.com)

Defined
- a natural treatment that activates the body’s extraordinary ability to heal itself through an organic, plant-based diet, raw juices, coffee enemas and natural supplements.
- boosts the body’s own immune system to heal cancer, arthritis, heart disease, allergies, and many other degenerative diseases
- The Gerson Therapy™ diet is plant-based and entirely organic. The diet is naturally high in vitamins, minerals, enzymes, micro-nutrients, and extremely low in sodium, fats, and proteins. The following is a typical daily diet for a Gerson™ patient on the full therapy regimen:
  - Thirteen glasses of fresh, raw carrot-apple and green-leaf juices prepared hourly from fresh, organic fruits and vegetables.
  - Three full plant-based meals, freshly prepared from organically grown fruits, vegetables and whole grains. A typical meal will include salad, cooked vegetables, baked potatoes, Hippocrates soup and juice.
  - Fresh fruit and vegetables available at all hours for snacking, in addition to the regular diet.
- All medications used in connection with the Gerson Therapy™ are classed as biologicals, materials of organic origin that are supplied in therapeutic amounts. The supplements used on the Gerson Therapy™ include:
  - Potassium compound
  - Lugol’s solution
  - Vitamin B-12
  - Thyroid hormone
  - Pancreatic Enzymes
  - ..and more

Tea Time: Infant Nutrition

12/14/2018

Infant nutrition

Breast vs formula
- Benefits to mom and baby of breastfeeding
- Formula is the right choice in some situations
Follow baby's hunger cues
- Hands to mouth, rooting, tongue thrust
- Feed baby before crying (this is a late cue)
Follow baby's fullness cues
- turning away
- falling asleep
- breaking latch/suck
Things to avoid
- forcing baby to finish a bottle
- using a bottle to sooth
- propping up bottles with pillows/blankets
- putting anything besides breast milk or formula in bottles (unless directed by doc)
- no cow milk until 1 year
Introducing solids
- wait until 6 months, looking for signs of readiness
- start with infant cereal, fruits, veggies
  - introduce one food at a time for 3-4 days at least
  - look for any negative reactions
- breastfed babies will need a source of iron after 6mo of age (cereal)
- gradually increase frequency of feeding and consistency
- by 9 months, infants are ready for some table foods
- eye yolks are ok
- exposure to peanuts (maybe in powder form?) early on may be protective against development of allergies
- meats, yogurt, cheese can be offered by 9mo
- formula intake will decrease gradually
  - cow milk needs at 1 year are 2c/d (16oz)

Tea Time: Diarrhea and Constipation

12/5/2018

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