Empowered Pathways Newsletter

April 7, 2003

Gen Abrams, Publisher
Gen@empoweredpathways.com

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In this Issue:

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Health, Nutrition and Supplements
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Coral Calcium!

What is calcium and why is it important to me?

Calcium is a mineral found in many foods. Adequate calcium
intake is important because the human body cannot produce
calcium. Even after reaching full skeletal growth, adequate
calcium intake is important because the body loses calcium
every day through shed skin, nails, hair, and sweat as well
as through urine and feces. This lost calcium must be replaced
daily through the diet. When the diet does not contain enough
calcium to perform these activities, calcium is taken from
the bones, the storage area for calcium.

Calcium is essential for many body functions, including
regulation of the heartbeat, conduction of nerve impulses,
stimulation of hormone secretions and clotting of blood, as
well as for building and maintaining a healthy skeleton.

Fast Facts:

• Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health
  have found that among people with low-calcium diets,
  a small increase in the mineral appears to lower
  the risk of certain types of colon cancer by about
  50%.
• According to a study published in The New England
  Journal of Medicine dietary supplementation with
  calcium and vitamin D moderately reduced bone loss
  in the femoral neck, spine and total body. There
  was also a reduction in the incidence of nonvertebral
  fractures.
• In its March issue, Ladies' Home Journal lets us
  know that according to the U.S. Department Agriculture,
  about 75 percent of Americans are not getting enough
  calcium. Also, according to Susan Barr, Ph.D.,
  professor of nutrition at the University of Columbia,
  "Less than 10 percent of women ages 19 to 50 consume
  the daily recommendation of 1,000 milligrams".
  Calcium is one of the two minerals most deficient
  in the diet of American women. (iron is the other)
• Just 1000 mg of calcium daily has been shown to
  lower blood pressure.
• Calcium can protect against bone cancers.
• 20% of an adult's bone calcium is reabsorbed and
  replaced every year.
• There is more calcium in the body than any other
  mineral, 2-3 pounds
• Signs of deficiency may include:
  • -fatigue
  • -inability to stay asleep
  • -weak, brittle nails
• Calcium has been reported to have an effect on
  headaches, PMS symptoms, cataracts, digestive
  problems, psoriasis, and much more...
• It boosts the immune system, gives you a feeling
  of well being, and increases longevity!

Your body does not process all forms of calcium the same way,
biologically. For example, calcium lactate - from dairy
products, only yields about 30% absorbable calcium. Calcium
carbonate only yields about 5% absorbable calcium. These
are the forms of calcium found in milk products and antacids!
Calcium is one of the more difficult elements for the body
to digest and absorb and vitamin D is essential to calcium
uptake. The relationship between calcium absorption and
vitamin D is similar to that of a locked door and a key.
Vitamin D is the key that unlocks the door and allows calcium
to leave the intestine and enter the bloodstream. Vitamin
D also works in the kidneys to help reabsorb calcium that
otherwise would be excreted.

Most minerals from food are 8-12% absorbable. Chelated
minerals are 40% absorbable, and liquid colloidal (ionic)
minerals are 98% absorbable, being 7,000 times smaller than
red blood cells and with negative charge, for absorption
(Joseph B. Marion, "Anti-Aging Manual"). Marine bed coral
calcium is ionic calcium (Ca ++) and is the only physiologically
active form of this element. This means the body doesn't have
to convert the source into calcium. Coral calcium that is
fortified with vitamin D, magnesium and other essential trace
minerals, such as boron, magnesium, zinc, silicon and copper,
provides for nearly 100% absorbable calcium!

Another important factor is Coral calcium's neutralizing
effect. As you read in last weeks issue, your body should
be in an alkaline state - a pH of 7.4 or more. Coral calcium
assists your body in that process, and when your body is in
an alkaline state, you absorb more oxygen in your tissues
and reduce your risk of almost every degenerative disease.

Discover the mineral-rich gift of the sea!

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Tips for Frugal Living
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• If you have lights that you leave on for long
  periods of time, you will save money in the long
  run by replacing your regular incandescent bulbs
  with flourescent ones. We just got a two pack for
  less than ten dollars. While this may seem like a
  hefty expense for light bulbs, consider this- they
  use only 26 watts of power, and put out the equal
  of a 100 watt bulb in light. They last 6,000 hours-
  five years or more of use. They burn cool, so they
  are safer. And based on 3 hours usage per day, over
  the life of 2 bulbs, you can save $214 in energy
  costs! You can use them in lamps or ceiling fixtures,
  although we had to put an extension bolt on the
  fixture in the kitchen to allow for the bigger
  bulb size.
• Want to save money on video rentals? Check out
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Bible Verse
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        Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name:
         bring an offering, and come before him:
        worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
            1 Chronicles 16:29

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Remarkable Quote
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Worrying about what's right is always more important
than worrying about who's right.
          - Unknown

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