by admin | Nov 27, 2015 | Natural Remedies
Winter Immune Support Boosts!
We all need increased immune support in the winter!
It’s getting to be that time of year again! Below is a list of products we sell in our Horseheads location that can help keep you healthy and boost your winter immune support! Just because something is ‘going around‘, don’t let it get you! These products are great to keep your immune system strong and keep you protected. These are also things you can inform clients about. I’ve tried many of the products below and have had a lot of success with them. I either don’t get sick at all, or if I do catch something, the severity and duration are much less than others I see with the same bug. These items work really well!
~ Renee
From Gaia Herbs:
Oil Of Oregano:
Supports a healthy immune response – Oil of Oregano contains phytochemicals which support the body’s natural resistance. Gaia Herbs’ supercritical CO2 extract of Oregano volatile oils contains phenols, including Carvacrol and Thymol. These oils help support a healthy microbial environment in the intestines and a healthy immune response. Oregano leaf also acts as an antioxidant and contains the flavonoid rosmarinic acid that appears to normalize the chemical cyclooxygenase 2 (Cox-2). Cox-2 is associated with inflammation in tissues. This product is especially good for tummy bugs. The perfect boost for your winter immune support.
Olive Leaf:
Supports a healthy immune response – Olive Leaf has the unique ability to support immune function while also offering the body protection from free radical damage. Because of this antioxidant property, Olive Leaf shows promise in supporting cardiovascular health. Gaia Herbs’ fresh-picked whole Olive Leaf is gently concentrated into a superior-quality extract. Olive Leaf is referred to as ‘nature’s antibiotic’. It does a great job at fighting pathogens, bacteria, viruses, fungus, and yeast (like Candida). Unlike normal antibiotics that kill off your body’s good bacteria, Olive Leaf does not.
Whole Body Defense:
Supports daily immune wellness – Staying healthy throughout the year can be a challenge, especially when stress wears you down and makes you vulnerable. Promoting healthy immunity should be a daily routine. Whole Body Defense® provides a combination approach to daily immune support with a formula blending herbal extracts of Echinacea, Astragalus and Larch with Maitake mushroom extract. Tonic mushrooms are immune modulators and have been clinically shown to raise NKC (natural killer cell) activity 200-300%. Natural killer cells are the cells in your body that destroy the cells that are not you (like pathogens and cancerous cells.)
For more information about Gaia Herbs visit their website:
From Standard Process/Mediherb:
Immuplex:
Contains phytochemicals, minerals, as well as Protomorphogen ™ and Cytosol™ extracts to support the immune system.
Andrographis Complex:
Contains a blend of herbs to support normal immune system function. Andrographis, Echinacea angustifolia root and Holy Basil provide a unique range of phytochemicals including diterpenoid lactones (collectively referred to as andrographolides), flavonoids, caffeic acid derivatives (especially echinacoside and cynarin), alkylamides, essential oil (rich in monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes, typically eugenol) and polyphenols. The Andrographis component of this tablet is standardized to contain 10 mg of andrographolide per tablet to ensure optimal strength and quality. This herbal formulation works to:
- enhance immune system function
- support healthy respiratory system function
- support and maintain normal body temperature already within a normal range
- support healthy immune system response following stress and sudden changes in weather or temperature
- encourage adaptive response to occasional everyday stress
- promote healthy liver function
Astragalus Complex:
Is a strong tonic blend containing Astragalus, Echinacea purpurea root and Eleuthero. This combination of herbs contains many compounds including triterpenoid saponins, flavonoids, sterols, caffeic acid derivatives (especially cichoric acid), alkylamides, and a diverse group of constituents called eleutherosides. The Eleuthero component of this tablet is standardized to contain 600 mcg of syringaresinol diglucosides (eleutheroside) E per tablet to ensure optimal strength and quality. Together these herbs and the compounds within them help to:
- enhance immune system function
- maintain feelings of general well-being and support vitality
- facilitate the body’s normal response to occasional stress
- promote a healthy response to environmental stress
- considered to be a barrier/defense against pathogens that you are exposed to, so that you won’t catch it.
The combination of herbs and an essential oil found in Broncafect (Licorice, Pleurisy Root, Echinacea purpurea root, White Horehound, Ginger and Thyme essential oil) contain triterpenoid saponins (especially glycyrrhizin), other saponins, flavonoids, caffeic acid derivatives (especially cichoric acid), alkylamides, pungent principles (including gingerols), monoterpenes (especially thymol) and other compounds. These herbs, essential oil and their constituents work together to:
- support healthy respiratory tract function
- maintain healthy mucosal tissue
- support normal mucus flow
- support the body’s natural ability to break up respiratory secretions
- support the body’s normal cough reflex
- encourage a healthy environment to help maintain normal respiratory flora
- enhance immune system function
- promote healthy white blood cells
- promote healthy throat tissue
- assist the body in maintaining normal body temperature already within a normal range
- promote the body’s normal resistance function
Echinacea Premium:
Echineacea is well known to provide a boost to the body’s winter immune support system.
Combines the roots of Echinacea angustifolia and Echinacea purpurea to enlist properties unique to each. The blending of these two plant species ensures that the specific caffeic acid derivatives (cichoric acid, echinacoside, cynarin) and the lipophilic components (especially alkylamides) are present in appropriate quantities. This product contains a total of 4.1 mg of alkylamides per tablet to ensure optimal strength and quality. These substances and other unnamed phytochemicals work together to:
- enhance immune system function (particularly nonspecific immune system function)
- support and promote normal interferon production
- support and promote healthy white blood cells
- support healthy immune system response following stress, sudden changes in weather or temperature
- encourage healthy upper respiratory tissue
- support and maintain healthy throat tissue
- support healthy lymphatic system function
- stimulate the body’s normal tissue support and renewal function
To learn more about the Standard Process line, visit their website:
www.standardprocess.com
AgeLess Integrative Medical Spa also carries probiotics which help strengthen the immune system and normalize digestion.
We hope that this has been information for you and will help provide ways to stay healthy during the dreaded Winter months!
Do you have other ways to boost your body’s winter immune support? We’d love to hear from you!
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by admin | Jul 7, 2015 | Food & Recipes, Weight Management
Nutritional Breakdown of the egg
Many people ask me why they can’t have eggs when doing the AgeLess Weight Management Program in place of Eggbeaters or just egg whites. The answer is pretty simple- they are more calories. For instance, the breakdown of 1/2 cup scrambled eggs ( not factoring any milk or other ingredients ) is:
183 cal., 12.2 g protein, and 13.4 g of fat
Now let’s look at the same amount of egg whites : 63 cal., 13 g protein, and < 1g fat.
So you’re getting the same amount of protein in a 1/2 cup of egg whites, and a fraction of the calories and fat ! Have you ever wondered why ?
Well to find out we have to have a look inside the egg itself.
Okay, that didn’t help much did it ? Let’s try again.
When you look at this picture, you have to remember is that the eggs isn’t intended by Nature to be food for us, but food as well as a life support system for a baby bird.
The yolk of an egg is meant to be not only the place where the embryo germinates but also is a food source for the chick. Just prior to hatching, the chick will draw in the yolk and the nutrition it provides through the umbilicus for the difficult task that is involved in breaking out of the eggshell. Actually, the nutrition provided by the egg yolk can sustain the newly hatched fuzzball for up to 72 hours after hatching. This is how hatcheries are able to ship day old chicks across the country with no food or water.
( Feeling guilty about eating eggs ? Don’t. Eggs you buy in the stores are infertile. )
So think about how much energy would be required to do all that hard work and then still have enough to sustain yourself for a couple days beyond that. That’s how much fat and how many calories the yolk of the egg provides. However for us humans, especially those of us who are trying to lose a few pounds all that fat and calories is unnecessary.
The egg white ( albumen ) however is simply there to protect the yolk and embryo when necessary. Sort of like Nature’s bubble wrap only not as much fun to play with. It doesn’t need to provide much in the way of nutrition to the baby bird, but for us humans it is a good, low calorie source of protein.
All those other parts of the egg are pretty cool and serve a function as well, but nothing that has to do with dietary uses for eggs, instead all designed for a specific function in the development of a new chicken. Ask me about it sometime if you want to see how big a nerd I am.
Some people don’t care for the taste of egg substitutes or find the egg white to be rather bland or tedious to separate from the yolk. There are ways to liven things up a little bit for your taste buds, mainly through the use of herbs and spices or adding some vegetables to them for a healthy, low cal omelette. A tablespoon of fresh salsa or two could go a long way as well.
So there you have it, a little biology with your breakfast. But part of healthy eating is to be informed about what exactly is it you’re eating; and while we won’t do columns on things like oatmeal ( man, I’d fall asleep writing it ) I think the egg is a pretty interesting piece of evolutionary engineering worth looking into a little more.
by admin | Jul 7, 2015 | Food & Recipes, Weight Management
Many of our weight loss clients are busy people. Whether it’s work related travel or extra curricular activity the kids are involved in, folks spend a lot of time on the go nowadays. So while sitting down as a family to a home cooked meal may be the ideal scenario, it certainly isn’t always realistic. So the question many people ask is, “How do I stick to the diet yet be able to eat on the go ?”
It’s actually pretty simple when you think about it.
One of the first things I recommend to people is to find a restaurant that has a pretty good salad bar. The reason I say this is because there you will be able to better manage what goes on your plate. By the first week or so you should be able to “eyeball” how much salad/ veggies 12 oz is so you will be able to load your plate up with lots of that at an average salad bar and walk away sated. Remember to try to stick to the leaner protein options available- often there will at least be some form of turkey or cottage cheese on hand. From there, be sure to avoid “diet killers” like chickpeas, cheese, croutons, bacon bits…you know, the “good” stuff !
If you find yourself in one of the many chain restaurants, be very careful what you order. Many people will order what they believe is a healthy, low calorie salad but in fact be getting something that is well over 1,000 calories ! For example:
Chili’s Asian Salad with Grilled Chicken – 930 cal. and 50 grams of fat
Appleby’s Oriental Grilled Chicken Salad – 1240 cal. and 54 grams of fat
Outback’s Queensland Salad (without dressing ) – 840 cal. and 59 grams of fat
And that’s just one meal !
When you find yourself in a situation where you are eating in a chain restaurant, the best thing to do is find the “low cal” menu many of them have, often around 500 calories or less. Also, simply substituting things like French Fries for healthier options such as steamed or grilled vegetables will cut down on the calories in your meal. Most waitstaff are able to accommodate this rather easily.
If there’s not even time for sitting down or the kids want a Happy Meal, it is possible to eat at fast food joints. For example:
McDonald’s Southwest Salad w/ grilled chicken – 320 calories
Burger King Garden Salad w/.Tender Grill chicken– 230 calories
Arby’s Turkey Club Salad – 250 calories
When ordering salads like the ones listed above, simply get them with low calorie dressing which averages around 40 calories per packet. Also, removing cheese and croutons if already on the salad will lower the calories more.
There are many resources available to consumers to find nutrition information about the food offered in most restaurants. Those with “smart phones” such as Droid or iPhone can find many useful apps to assist. For those still stuck in the 20th century ( like myself ) there is an outstanding book available,“The Calorie King Calorie, Fat and Carbohydrate Counter” which lists just about any food you can think of, both in the supermarket and in restaurants.
For those who are on vacation, you may ultimately decide to throw caution to the wind and have whatever you want. After all you’re taking in the sights of a new place, you may as well have the local fare as well, right ? In cases like this I tell people, “Do your best.” but above all else enjoy your vacation, don’t cause yourself more stress by feeling guilty about that Texas BBQ you had while visiting Texas. Do your best, and when you return home return to a healthier eating plan, maybe using the AgeLess Weight Management menu to help get you back on track. Don’t stress, and don’t give up.
Travelling certainly can make sticking to a diet plan a challenge, but it’s not impossible. With a little planning and education it can be relatively simple to stay close to your ideal calorie range so you can still lose weight while dining with family, friends or co-workers while on the road.
Have YOU found a workable system of eating healthfully on the road? We’d love to hear from you.
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by admin | Jun 15, 2015 | Uncategorized
AgeLess LLC Integrative Medical Spa
Video MD Appointments
Are you a home bound patient?
Overview
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AgeLess, LLC Integrative Medical Spa is now introducing Skype appointments for homebound patients. |
At AgeLess, we are working to improve communication with all of our patients. With today’s technology, you can discuss your concerns or check in with the Doctor as if you were sitting in the office exam room from the comfort and convenience of your own home. Video conferencing appointments are designed with you in mind and the system is currently being tested by a few patients and individualized to have maximum benefits.
Currently, Skype is being used and has been found to be the most accessible program for the general population. However, you are not limited to just that one option if you are more familiar with another type of program. Face Time is also easily accessible for our office and has already been successfully used for brief video conferences with the Doctor. If you are not familiar or comfortable with any of the mentioned programs, there are a members at AgeLess that would love to help get you acquainted.
Contact the office to speak with an individual about getting set up with this program and hearing more details about when and how to request a Video MD appointment, how billing and insurance handles these type of appointments, what your options are for technology/programs, or any other questions/concerns you may have.
The Objective
- Improve response time for patient questions
- Increase convenience for the patient
The Opportunity
Video MD appointments are offered to homebound patients who otherwise would have a more difficult time getting into the office to see the doctor. You may meet the criteria to schedule appointments with the doctor via skype if you are;
- Over the age of 65
- Chronically ill/ impaired
- College students
- Disabled
- Without transportation to the office
- Out of town workers
We are working to create a reliable and consistent method of communication through today’s technology. After setting up an account and getting connected with the office on a contact list, you would first have to request a video conference appointment, explaining briefly what their issues are. This can be done by sending a written message directly on skype, logging onto patient portal and requesting an appointment or sending a brief email, or emailing one of the AgeLess employees. The office skype account name is listed as “AgelessVideoMD” with the AgeLess logo adjacent to the contact name.
by admin | Jun 5, 2015 | Uncategorized
AgeLess is working to improve communication with patients. With today’s technology, video conferencing is possible. The system is being accommodated to provide maximum benefits. Currently, Skype is being used at the office and has been found as the most accessible program but you are not limited to this option.
My name is Kayla Puglisi and I am a biomedical science major and a student intern for Dr. Cilip at Ageless Medical Integrative Spa. I am working with Dr. Cilip to put together a program in which he can video chat patients while they remain seated comfortably in their homes.
We are working to create a reliable and consistent method of communication that is up to date. After setting up an account and getting connected with the office on a contact list, patients would first have to request a video chat appointment, explaining briefly what their issues are. They can do this multiple ways as explained further in another post.
I have included some instructions on setting up a skype account. Your feedback will be valuable to the development of this program and will increase my insight of the general population of the patients at Ageless that are interested in video chatting.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the new program, please feel free to contact me at kaylapuglisi@agelessllc.com
Using Skype with Windows PC;
Video MD
- Search for “Skype” in the search engine and click “download skype”
- When the option pops up, choose to save the file
- you will follow the step by step instructions on your computer to create your Microsoft account
- You can use an existing email account or create a new one to create a Microsoft
- On an Apple device, you can go to the app store and search and install the Skype account
- The server may ask you to type in a verification code., send this code as either a text message or an email and enter the code number when you receive it.
- You can sign into skype on the app using a skype account or your Microsoft account
- With all devices, be sure you give skype access to your camera and microphone
- Click the search icon and type in “ AgelessVideoMD“
- When the screen reads that there are no results in your contacts, you will choose the option to search skype
- The directory will come up with many profiles, choose the first one that reads
“VideoMD, US” with the brown Ageless logo
- Choose the option to add this profile to your friends, it should give you the option to send a contact request reading “Hello Video MD, I’d like to add you as a contact”
- Click the video icon to video chat this contact
If you are using an Apple product:
- You will go to the app store and search “Skype”
- Install the app
- Follow the same instructions to sign using your Microsoft account or sign in creating just a skype username
- When searching to add the Ageless Video MD as your contact, you will click an inn with three dots, probably around the bottom right hand corner and a search engine will show up [ where you will ty[e I “AgelessVideoMD” just like you did for a Microsoft PC
If you are using an Android or tablet:
- To get skype on an android device or tablet, visit “skype.com” and download skype from google-play
- Note; you will have to approve the app permissions like with any other android applications.
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