TOP MEDICAL TIPS

While sharing his medical tips Dr. Oz in  "Hello Canada" says to never visit the doctor's office without having a friend with you and a tape recorder for accuracy.

After nearly three decades of marriage with four children, he counts the Canadian health system an excellent one.  "But many of my patients in both U.S. and Canada could help themselves with preventative care.  The food we eat as well as the exercise we take and friends we cultivate could help save many lives and extend the life span of others."

Changing to a balanced diet with less sugar and salt to be replaced with fresh fruits and vegetables would restore health and bring greater contentment.  During the depression that came after the First World War the treat of the week came after a Sunday United Church sermon held in the local school house.  We walked the mile or so home and received one piece of cake for the noon meal dessert.  During the winter months the student minister went back to his college studies to prepare for his life's work.

HEALTHY ADVICE

It is important to keep away from drinks that produce acidity in the system.  Beer is not good.  Carbonated drinks are not good for anyone except for the drink coca cola if it is taken without carbonated water with kidney and bladder disorders.  If obesity is a problem it will purify the blood flow.  For obesity each meal should be preceded by grape juice 30 minutes before eating.  People with Parkinson's disease should avoid too much red meat and eat chicken instead.  No fried foods of any kind should be eaten.  Leafy green vegetables are best with any diet.  No kind of pork meat should be eaten.  Small amounts of iodine and calcium can be beneficial.  Greens that grow above the ground are most beneficial.

A patient asked what were the best sources  of calcium in foods.  The doctor's answer was, "The bony pieces of chicken several times during the week.  For kidney and liver infections the doctor recommended eating very little  meat and avoid sugars and starches that are so acid producing.

TEN POWERFUL FOODS

1.  Barley grain is a top source of beta-glucan, the same cholesterol-lowering fibre found in oats.
 2.  Baby spinach.  Two cups of this leafy green will pack, more than three times your daily recommended dose of bone-friendly vitamin K.
  3.  Black beans.  The plant content that gives black beans their dark hue may also reduce your risk of breast cancer.
   4.  Bok choy.  Get more than 50 per cent of your daily recommended dose of vitamin C in one cooked cup of this Asian cooking mainstay.
    5.  Canned salmon.  Low-mercury omega-3 canned salmon is also available, making it rich in the protein that is one of the easiest ways to rack up one of your two weekly servings of fish.  Plus, you will pack in the protein while you are at it.
    6.  Chia seeds with 5,000 mg of alpha linoleic (ALA) per ounce.   Getting your omega 3s has never been easier.
    7. Citrus.  Available year-round.  Citrus fruits dish up cancer-fighting flavonoids that lower your odds of lung cancer, colon cancer, and stomach cancers.
     8.  Kefir.  The pro-biotics in this dairy drink support your gut health while serving up at least 40% of your day's energizing of riboflavin and vitamin B12.
     9.  Low sodium vegetable juice.  A healthy short-cut on very busy weeks, these juices pack vitamin C, potassium, vitamin A, beta-carotene, lycopene and fibre.
     10.  Tomato sauce.  Meet America's most popular (and easiest) source of lycopene, an anti-oxident that helps protect your skin from sun damage and may also fight cancer.