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Send Your Excess Pounds<br />
Packing With LIPOIC ACID<br />
According to a 24-week trial in The Journal of <strong>Nutrition</strong>, women<br />
and some men lost weight—without changing their diets or exercise<br />
habits—with lipoic acid, also known as alpha lipoic acid. The study<br />
compared lipoic acid supplements with a placebo in two groups of<br />
healthy but overweight men and women, with 31 people in each group.<br />
After daily supplementation with 600 mg of lipoic acid, nearly half the<br />
women lost 5 percent or more of their initial weight, and the heaviest<br />
men also lost some weight. Lipoic acid is an antioxidant that has<br />
been shown to reduce some markers of inflammation. Lipoic acid<br />
supplements are widely available at health food stores; one that we<br />
like is Bluebonnet Alpha Lipoic Acid 600 mg.<br />
8 • OCTOBER <strong>2020</strong> NEWS*BITES<br />
HELP AMERICA’S<br />
FARMERS BY<br />
GOING ORGANIC<br />
Farm workers suffer more chemical-related injuries than any other<br />
workforce in this country, according to the Natural Resources Defense<br />
Council. In addition to being exposed to toxic pesticides in the fields,<br />
workers can unintentionally expose their families by carrying home<br />
pesticide residues on clothing, shoes, and skin. And pesticides can<br />
drift beyond the fields, exposing entire communities.<br />
By choosing organic produce, you can help increase demand for<br />
organic farming and reduce harm to those we depend on for our food.<br />
And, as an added benefit, you can reduce pesticide levels in your own body<br />
by as much as 70 percent by eating an organic diet for just one week.<br />
Got a Frozen<br />
Shoulder?<br />
TRY CUTTING<br />
CARBS<br />
Also known as adhesive capsulitis,<br />
frozen shoulder occurs when connective<br />
tissue in the shoulder joint stiffens,<br />
making movement painful. When<br />
there is no known cause (such as an<br />
injury), the trigger can be blood<br />
sugar in a high-normal range. A study<br />
of more than 600 people, with and<br />
without the condition, found that<br />
risk for frozen shoulder increases<br />
when fasting blood sugar is over<br />
90 mg/dL, and significantly decreases<br />
when levels are 85 mg/dL or lower.<br />
(Prediabetes begins at 100 mg/dL<br />
and type 2 diabetes at 126 mg/dL.)<br />
Reducing carbs and sugar typically<br />
lowers blood-sugar levels.<br />
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