NUTRIGENOMICS and VIBRATIONAL MEDICINE MAKES DIETING OBSOLETE!
FAQs About . . .
Is coaching offered in your program?
Yes.
Why is coaching necessary?
Number 1 . . . We offer coaching to you because we want you to be successful!
Number 2 . . . Habit is more compelling than desire! It is a well known fact that new wellness trends and scientific advancements stimulate enthusiasm and great desire in people who perceive many inherent personal benefits. While their interest runs high, sticking with changes in the way they do things is frequently associated with getting "off-track", or "back-sliding."
Is there much evidence to support the beneficial effects of coaching?
Many studies have demonstrated that the incorporation of a new behavior into one's routine can take anywhere from, 8 - 45 days of repetition to be 'owned' by the individual. Hence,the era of Coaching, a service most successful athletes and leaders utilize.
Are your coaches only "Weight-Coaches?"
Our coaches are highly trained by the finest in the field and are without exception exceptional clinicians. These individuals have made a career helping to bring about positive and healthful changes in peoples' lives. Their roles ensure that effective motivation levels are maintained and that you are successful.
So . . . what are problems commonly encountered by people making changes?
Well, common to many of us, self-blame, self-condemnation and discouragement follow when we get off track. Discouragement is a source of negative motivation more often than not leading to the abandonment of perfectly achievable goals. We recognize that "getting off track" is a condition of human nature, were it not so, there'd be no 'yo-yo' dieters.
Why would a person who is gung-ho over losing weight back-slide?
Technically, when innovations are presented to the brain, a series of complex neurological processes are set into motion that work against the achievement of change. Whether or not we are conscious of this fact, innovation triggers the alarm mechanism in our brain that translates to fear. Typically, the response to this trigger is to take flight, and behave in counterproductive ways. Coaching empowers you to conquer the giants of discouragement, impatience, weakness, the sense of unworthiness, low confidence.
What is Complementary and Aternative medicine?
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), a component of the National Institutes of Health, defines Complementary and Alternative medicine, as a group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not presently considered to be part of conventional medicine. The list of what is considered to be CAM changes continually, as those therapies that are proven to be safe and effective become adopted into conventional health care as new approaches to health care emerge. Are complementary medicine and alternative medicine different from each other?
Yes, they are different as follows:
Complementary medicine is used together with conventional medicine. An example of a complementary therapy is using aromotherapy to help lessen a patient's discomfort following surgery.
Alternative medicine is used in place of conventional medicine. An example of an alternative therapy is using a special diet to treat cancer instead of undergoing surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy that has been recommended by a conventional doctor.
What is integrative medicine?
Integrative medicine, as defined by NCCAM, combines mainstream medical therapies and CAM therapies for which there is some high-quality scientific evidence of safety and effectiveness.
What is Energy Medicine?
Energy Medicine is the science and the art of optimizing your energies to help your body and mind function at their best. Controlling your chemistry by managing your energies is the fast track for helping your body evolve and adapt to the challenges of the 21's century.
How does Energy Medicine help the body to heal?
Energy Medicine is both a complement to other approaches to medical care and a complete system for self-care and self-help. In energy medicine, energy is the medicine, and energy is also the patient. Your body heals when the natural healing energies are activated and restoration of energies that have become weak, disturbed or out of balance have been achieved.
What's a Gene?
A gene is a segment of the DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) molecule that contains the instructions for how, when and where our bodies are to make thousands of individual proteins necessary for life. Each gene is comprised of thousands of combinations of four letters that make up our genetic code: A, T, C, and G. The letters combine in various ways according to our gene code to spell out amino acids which are the building blocks of proteins which are necessary for our bodies to function and develop. Our genes may also tell us whether we are predisposed to specific health risks. Remember, genetics is not destiny. With the right guidance and health plans, in many instances, your predisposition to certain diseases may be altered.
I hear a lot about "gene variations." Why are they important?
Gene variations are important because they make each one of us unique! And in general, gene variations can be beneficial or harmful. On one hand the variations may do nothing. While on the other hand variations may cause a vital enzyme to function efficiently, partially or not at all.
What is the Nutriphysical Gene SNP DNA Screening Analysis?
It is a comprehensive screening that analyzes an individual's DNA for genetic variations and relates it to a dietary and lifestyle analysis obtained from the same individual. With this information, a report is generated that outlines an optimal dietary and lifestyle plan based on your unique DNA code and variations. Furthermore, a customized nutritional supplementation regimen may also be created.
What is a Gene SNP?
A gene SNP is a single nucleotide polymorphism. That's what "SNP" stands for. It is simply just a change or variation in the DNA strand.
What does a SNP do?
It may not do anything of it may alter the enzymes or proteins that are created by that piece of DNA. Remember, each gene is comprised of thousands of combinations of the four bases given the letters: A, T, C, and G. The letters combine in various ways according to our gene code to spell out amino acids which are the building blocks of proteins which are necessary for our bodies to function and develop. When one of those bases are out of sequence that is a SNP. It is a change in one single nucleotide.
Are Gene SNPs bad?
They are not good or bad, they are something that we all have. Some SNPS provide an improvement in a particular function, like the PPAR gene that has a variation that improves insulin sensitivity thus enhancing its function. Other SNPs have no effects and there are other SNPs that can cause a gene to over function or under function which produces a malfunctioning protein or enzyme. When this occurs and is combined with the right circumstances within an environment, an individual's susceptibility to certain health challenges increase.
What do you mean "the right circumstances and environment?"
Genes are one of many factors that determine health or disease. Other factors include the food you eat, the environment in which you live and whether or not you smoke or exercise. All combined, these factors help determine health or disease. Our genes make us who we are but how we live guides our fate.
Can SNPs make a person sick?
SNPs do not make a person sick. They just increase a person's susceptibility to disease and are only one part of the disease equation. Gene variations that are screened for by Cellf are not a sign of illness but variations that are actually quite common in healthy individuals.
Which Genes are being screened?
This screening focuses only on gene variations that influence one's ability to derive maximum benefit from their lifestyle and dietary choices. Your report will give you insights into factors that greatly benefit your health. This screen excludes all genes that do not interact with your nutritional health and lifestyle. The genes that are screened relate to the following areas of health: heart health, B vitamin use, detoxification, anti-oxidants, bone health, inflammation and insulin insensitivity. We do not screen for any inherited disorders.
What is DNA?
DNA is the master molecule of our bodies. It carries all information making us who we are and is responsible for making structural proteins and enzymes. In addition, DNA carries out biological functions.
How does the Gene SNP DNA Screening Analysis work?
The Gene SNP DNA Screening Analysis focuses on a number of genes known to code for metabolic enzymes that are key to long-term health and well-being. At present 19 genes are screened in the following categories: Heart Health, B Vitamin Use, Detoxification, Antioxidants, Bone Health, Inflammation and Insulin Sensitivity. This tool provides your road map to optimal health and the ideal diet and lifestyle plans for you, the individual.
How is the test performed?
It is a non-invasive painless test in which a swab is provided and rubbed on the inside of your cheek to collect some cells from there that contain DNA. The sample is then sent to a genetic testing lab where it is analyzed.
Is an individual's DNA safe?
Yes. Both your questionnaire and your DNA sample are kept strictly confidential. This means that your DNA sample and the personal information you provided including your name, address and other information like diet and exercise patterns are not available to outside parties. Once this information is received by Cellf Laboratories, the genetic material is processed according to an anonymously coded label so that members of the staff do not know to whom the sample belongs. Then once the analysis has been completed the swab is destroyed. In addition, all of your contact information is held in a separate data base that could only be used to communicate with you.
Will my DNA or results of my analysis be released to an insurance company or other agency?
No it will not. Acquisition of your DNA kit is known only to you, no insurer is involved in the transaction or your consultation by PepSolutions. Module One and Module Two are not insurance sensitive so that at no time can an insurance company require us, the provider of health services, to surrender your records to them. Most people do not realize that once they buy into an insurance plan, they relinquish all privacy rights to that company who can view or share your information at will. Our structure renders that possibility a non-issue.
How long does it take to get my results?
Once Cellf laboratories receive your information and sample, it takes approximately three weeks.
What is meant " to the ideal diet plan?"
There have been and will continue to be innumerable diet plans that are supposed to be "it" for the masses. . . each one claiming to contain the ultimate long-awaited secret formula for the masses. How many trends or fads can you list? Yet, are we as a society more fit, trimmer and healthier than before? Are our children healthier?" Our trained clinicians show you how your genetic profile "tips you off" to metabolic dysfunction and chronic disease risk factors. Recommendations to you will be based on your personal DNA analysis profile which cannot mislead you. This approach makes the scatter shot and 'one-size-fits-all' approach obsolete. Try us for more precision and customization!
Do you automatically communicate with my primary care physician?
No. You have to sign our release document authorizing us to communicate with any health care provider. Upon your request, our generated report is provided to you which you may share according to your discretion. When there is health span compromise revealed in your complete assessment, we encourage you to permit the sharing of this vital information for the coordination of your care, which benefits you.
If there's a problem in my profile, would it take a long time to fix?
There is no "quick-fix!" While your assessments rely on cutting-edge technology, optimizing your well being is no game with quick outcomes or sweeping overhauls. Many people will learn they are already on the threshold of a debilitating condition or unwittingly in the throes of one. Germane to this eventuality is the fact that 80% or more of the chronic diseases are pediatric in origin with mid-life or geriatric expression. Small changes can make huge differences!
I have a very good doctor and I get regular check-ups. Why delve into my genes?
That's fine. Please keep up your standard of health maintenance. A new understanding of how genetic variations influence the risk of many common diseases provides the foundation for more comprehensive and individualized preventive health care strategies. This technology and information can only be of value to each of you on behalf of optimal health care and maintenance.
So, I am given a diagnosis and treated by my doctor who is very competent. Again, why delve into my genes?
First of all, having a name (diagnosis) for a condition doesn't tell you what it is, how to rid or prevent it. Except in rare exceptions, drugs don't cure or prevent diseases. Nutrigenomics explodes a variety of myths about disease and heralds in reality, and new concepts in disease prevention. At PepSolutions, we are committed to extending health spans with the latest technology. Personally, it is disheartening to observe so many individuals broken down, on multiple medications, life-style compromised and thinking their condition and those around them are 'normal'. It may be 'usual', but not 'normal'. It is the sequelae called abnormal aging.
What's your procedure? How do I get into your program?
Your first step is to attend our free in-house informational workshop. There you learn what the services are and how they work for you. When you decide to participate, registration takes place on line at http://www.fityourgenes.com/. Your enrollment package, Module One will be sent to you via courier such as FedEx. Instructions are contained therein.
What are informational/educational workshops?
The variety of topics mentioned in your GeneSNP DNA Screening Analysis is presented in workshop format to shed more light on the topics included in your report. Furthermore, our stress management, self-hypnosis and other trainings utilize this vehicle as well. Participants unable to attend in person will receive taped sessions.
Would the 'Genetic' approach be quite costly?
There is nothing more costly than a scatter-shot approach to the management and maintenance of your health, or medical bills. In this country, we have a $40 Billion diet industry, a brand new government sanctioned food pyramid, and complex nutritional charts. Yet, 7 out of 10 individuals are overweight; and 1 in 10 suffer daily from such chronic illnesses as heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, osteoporosis and arthritis. These appalling figures are the result of the 'one-size-fits-all approach which ignores our unique genetic makeup. The cost is negligible considering the benefits 'knowing' ensures.
So . . . what is so important about our unique genetic makeup?
Our genes make us who we are; how we live guides our fate. Our unique genetic makeup dictates how the foods we consume communicate with our genes. Certain nutrients affect the way our DNA expresses itself and vice versa. There is mounting evidence that links lifestyle, nutritional supplementation and diet to the expression of gene variations. Individuals who desire ultimate wellness and emotional and mental balance embrace this technology and welcome such services as our team provides.
What is NutriGenomics?
NutriGenomics refers to the interaction between genes, diet and lifestyle. Individuals often inherit genes which may put them at higher risk of negative health conditions. Since your genetic makeup is established prior to birth, you will be able to design your diet and lifestyle to significantly reduce the risk of developing various common health conditions. While your genes are inherited, lifestyle and nutrition impact their expression. This is the core concept behind nutriGenomics.
What testing is involved in NutriGenomics?
The DNA Gene SNP Screening Analysis looks at 19 genes. The genetic tests analyze your DNA, diet, lifestyle and nutritional supplementation using a proprietary software program to generate a confidential and highly personalized report filled with valuable information. From there, an Action Plan is designed with your direct participation that helps you manage your potential health risks; all based on your DNA.
Who does the DNA testing?
Cellf Laboratories, a leader in genetic testing which focuses on translation of genetic research into concise practical information to be utilized by consumers. Cellf is an internationally recognized pioneer and leader in the emerging scientific field of Nutrigenetics. They have achieved this status by directly and confidentially supplying individuals with the information they need, based on their own DNA, for effective nutritional and lifestyle management of their risk for certain diseases.
Who will obtain my genetic data?
Your confidential and highly personalized report is filled with valuable information to which only you have access. PepSolutions' "Fit Your Genes" System does not access your report until you provide it for Module Two services. In fact, you may go to the Smart Shop or other source, purchase your DNA Gene SNP Screening Analysis for your personal purposes without any involvement or information sharing with PepSolutions.
How will my genetic data be used?
Once you have activated Module Two services, your confidentiality is established and protected by HIPAA regulations within our industry. Our professional staff is trained to interpret the analysis results and translate that data into your action plan encompassing the relevant areas to which the data referred. This phase of our work with you is done in private. Truly, this is the 21st century's most powerful and empowering health care model break-through for the prevention and treatment of chronic disease. Get on board. The future has arrived early!
Who should get the Gene SNP DNA Screening Analysis?
Everyone in each age group. The Gene SNP DNA Screening Analysis removes the need for scatter shot nutritional supplementation. It's like playing cards and having to play your hand without knowing what cards you had been dealt. How do you think you would play? On the other hand, if the cards were dealt to you and you could see the cards, you would have a much better chance of winning because you could see the cards. Now, the gene comparison is that you get the genes you were dealt and you can't change them. However, if you know what you have in your hands, it's much easier to play. Knowledge is power. And when you combine this with expert coaching, you have the very best of all worlds!
What is the benefit of having a custom-designed supplementation formula?
The benefit is that it ensures every advantage to optimal health. It makes sense when you consider that if you removed one of the spark plugs from your car, it would run but not smoothly or at its peak. Similarly, the customized formula helps your body run at its peak. Also, it is important to realize that this formula does not cure disease nor does it replace any pharmaceuticals. It is simply what your body needs as its base to function properly. If someone is currently taking medications, she/he should first consult their doctor before taking nutraceuticals. And under no circumstances should anyone stop taking medication without first receiving instructions to do so from their supervising doctor.
How does the customized supplementation formula cause a person to feel?How a person feels once on her/his individualized supplementation is determined by the level of health experienced prior to taking it. Most people will notice a renewed sense of well-being, more mental clarity and focus and feel more energetic.
Is there any one type of individual particularly vulnerable to preventable diseases?
Well, actually there are two quite vulnerable populations who would greatly benefit from having the GeneSNP DNA Screening Analysis. 1) the Baby Boomer generation, and 2) the youth population.
Why is the Baby Boomer generation a "quite vulnerable population?"
Well, until now, Boomers largely have "gotten by" on years of poor diet, little exercise and sleep without signs of wear-and-tear. Ironically, the chronic diseases often associated with 'aging' have begun in the womb and are actually pediatric conditions, with mid or late-life manifestations. Being a highly educated populated is to their advantage since the PepSolutions system imparts the tools of empowerment and transformation . . . a veritable Fountain of Youth!
How do you make such a comparison with the Fountain of Youth?
We firmly believe that ignorance is not bliss and throughout the ages, people have perished because of their ignorance. Through our system, where education and information are essential keys to the prevention and reversal of abnormal aging trends, the latest scientific insights are shared that could extend health spans and longevity. Frankly, Boomers expect an abundance of energy, vitality, emotional balance, mental and cognitive sharpness to flow as if from a running fountain!
What kind of insight can have such an impact on someone?
One example is clarification of the "cholesterol story" that was called "the great hoax" some years ago by doctors. Most people still believe cholesterol causes heart disease and, therefore, many have avoided fat and utilized low-fat diets. For more that 10 years people followed that advice yet "heart disease" diminish, but in fact, the incidence increased. Exhaustive research demonstrates that inflammation and oxidative stress are not only bottom-line factors in heart disease, but in Alzheimer's, certain cancers, arthritis, hypertension and diabetes.
Who's at risk for "inflammation and oxidative stress" you mentioned?
Anyone is at risk. There are simple lab tests that clarify whether or not you are harboring an inflammatory process or experiencing the results of oxidative stress. This is very worthwhile since researchers have confirmed these conditions to be at the root of most chronic diseases. The Gene SNP DNA Screening Analysis reveals the existence of your genetic risk factors and instructs you on how to 'side-step' those risk factors.
When is it considered "too late" to modify or reverse unhealthy trends?
Whether 30 or 90, it's not too late to turn the problems around. Our clinical staff shows you how small changes make huge differences in your health since basically, the chronic diseases seen in the abnormal aging trends in the US have pediatric origins with mid or late life manifestations. In our system, you learn how your body actually works. You will fare far better when you are working with as opposed to working against your body.
So what's involved in the reversal of unhealthy trends?
Before the discovery of penicillin, the father of modern medicine, Hippocrates advise that food could be a person's medicine and that medicine could be their food! We have strayed away from this simple concept and have come to rely on the pharmaceutical industry to solve our wellness/health issues. Reversal begins when an individual decides to take responsibility for her/his well-being. Adherence to your personalized 8-week plan, and utilizing the supports provided yields remarkable benefits including lasting weight loss and optimal health for life.
The issues PepSolutions addresses are pretty relevant. Why doesn't my doctor tell me these things?
Well, one reason is that there is a disconnect between the medical researchers who develop the science and the physicians who use it to treat their patients. This is referred to as "the research gap." It may be 10 years before your doctor even knows or accepts this new science. Can you afford to wait? The good news is that many of us are already making use of cutting edge information and technology which is emerging at a rapid pace. The fastest growing body of specialized medical practitioners is fellow members of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine. We're doing our best to bring it to you.
Why is the youth population considered to be a "quite vulnerable" population?
Unfortunately, around the time the Food Pyramid was found to be erroneously inverted, a report circulated that this generation of youth is the sickest and will have shorter lifespans than their parents as a result of their nutritional habits.
How could children and adolescents benefit from GeneSNP DNA Screening Analysis?
The best way for them to benefit would be through the modeling and leadership provided by their caregivers. In our practice, the metabolic aspects of my child/adolescent patient's health are closely monitored. In addition, many hours are expended weekly in counseling and informing their adults about the physical, mental and emotional pitfalls associated with their reliance on sugary and simple carbohydrate laden edibles. The benefits of water-drinking and incorporating whole foods into their diets are also emphasized.
How has knowledge about this trend impacted families?
I'm not sure it has had much impact on individuals but institutions such as schools took notice and some changed their menus. Some children in our practice have chronic conditions such as "adult" diabetes, insulin resistance, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, osteoporosis, chronic fatigue and arthritis. These conditions are linked in causation. Modification of dietary behaviors and lifestyle hold great promise for individuals choosing to do so.
What is Candida Albicans?
Candida are a type of yeast-like detrimental fungi that inhabits the intestines of all humans. Candidiasis may wreak havoc in the mouth, vagina, esophagus, foot, and in certain conditions, also bladder, small intestines, blood, lymph, lung and brain. Needless to say, a multitude of problems may be associated like constipation, bloating, body aches and pains, emotional problems, etc.
Can there be mental health problems with candidiasis?
Quite a few researchers and clinicians in mental health and other fields have reported symptoms that duplicate or overlap with those about which we are consulted like depression, mental fog, mood variations and lethargy with candidiasis. Nevertheless, Candida problems makes it hard to lose weight. The sad thing about this is that 1/3 of our population is estimated to suffer Candida Albicans overgrowth.
How does one get an overgrowth of Candida?
Individuals who have used antibiotics, steroids, and birth control pills, are at high risk for candidiasis. This is true if the clinicians prescribing these substances, especially the antibiotics, did so without advising their patients to place the intestinal flora killed by the antibiotic, with acidophillus or other probiotics. In the 70s when I was training in pediatrics, it was part of the treatment instruction. "Take antibiotic, take acidophilus or eat yogurt." Today, an astounding 99% of my patients report never hearing that instruction when treated with antibiotics!
How do I know if I have candidiasis?
In many instances, should there be an overgrowth of Candida Albicans in your intestinal tract, the simple "Spit Test" would be positive. Here it is: First thing in the morning before you put anything in your mouth, fill a clear glass with water. Work up a bit of saliva, then spit it into the glass of water. Check the water every 15 minutes or so up to one hour. If you have an overgrowth of yeast, you will see strings (legs) traveling down into the water from the saliva floating on the top, or "clump" will sink to the bottom of the glass, or cloudy specks will seem to be suspended in the water. If there are no strings and the saliva is still floating after an hour, you are probably yeast-infection free.
What is the benefit of my knowing the variations found on my genes?
Having this knowledge increases your chances of enjoying excellent health and a long life.
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