About
Welcome. This is a blog about health science, human physiology, and nutrition, with a focus on alternative medicine and life extension. It’s an outgrowth of Nutrition Review, a free online resource on the therapeutic application of nutritional supplements for preventing disease, enhancing health and extending life. We are particularly interested in groundbreaking herbal formulas designed by leading anti-aging scientists and herbal researchers from China – formulas that are modern versions of traditional essence herbs historically used to enhance energy, rejuvenate vitality and improve general health. This blog will be a general place where we can discuss various health related issues with Jim English, and others. Feel free to ask questions, make comments, etc.
Jim English
Jim English is a widely published nutritional-science editor and author of several books and articles on nutritional supplements. In 1991 Jim founded Smart Products, a unique company that introduced America to a number of novel supplements – many previously unavailable at the time – such as DHEA, melatonin and pregnenolone. In 1992, Jim was interviewed on the benefits of Ginkgo Biloba and other cognitive-enhancing supplements by Barbara Walters.
In 1993 Jim launched his first newsletter, IntelliScope. Dedicated to consumer education, IntelliScope avoided hype and published fully-referenced articles, product reviews, and ground-breaking interviews with leading antiaging researchers, such as Durk Pearson, Sandy Shaw, and Ward Dean, MD.
Jim has also served as editor of Focus on Health (Allergy Research Group/NutriCology), senior editor and writer for Vitamin Research News, and contributing writer for Life Extension Magazine. Recent publications include A Users Guide to Ginkgo Biloba, A Users Guide to Vitamin C, and several anthologies of collected articles (2000 and 2001), co-authored with Ward Dean, MD.
In addition to running Tango Advanced Nutrition, Jim also hosts Nutrition Review, a free online resource on the therapeutic application of nutritional supplements for preventing disease, enhancing health and extending life.
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Hello,
I’m interested in your OsteoPhase, but do not understand how it works for Osteoporosis?
Also, maybe you would know this question!
When I take Vitamin K2, or 3, I get leg Cramps, and when I take Calcium I
get Heel Spurs?
My circulation is excellent.
Thank you..
Dear Annie,
The fact that you appear to get heel spurs when you take calcium seems to indicate the your system does not properly regulate use of calcium. In other words, part of your calcium intake goes to making spurs and not just to the healthy structure and function benefits that calcium provides. Taking additional calcium in supplemental form would only likely worsen spurring for you. And Vitamin K2 or K3 as a supplement is also not so necessary as adequate amounts are easy to get in leafy green vegetables plus its use for bone building as a supplement is not so clear. OsteoPhase appears to work by helping regulate how your body uses calcium, so that adequate dietary intake of calcium is enough to support healthy bone tissue and growth. There are many articles at http://www.nutritionreview.org explaining how this works.
Dear Sirs,
Please add me to your mailing address. I would also like to hear details of other health
prdducts from you.
Many thanks
Joseph
Dear Jim
I saw a patient today who has been on lithium orotate 17 mg for approximately 3 years. She has moderate hypercalcemia and an inappropriately normal PTH at 55. Have you observed hyperparathyroidism with lithium orotate similar to that observed with lithium carbonate. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Meg Crook, M.D.
Charlottesville, VA
Dear Meg,
I’m not an M.D., just a lowly writer, so I cannot address your question from a medical standpoint. However I can say that I know several people who have been taking Lithium Orotate at doses of 125 to 500 mg per day for 8+ years without any problems, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a connection with your patient.
Are you sure that your patient is taking lithium orotate and not lithium carbonate or lithium citrate? I ask because the 17 mg dosage you mentioned seems very low for lithium orotate, and more in line with the prescription versions.
Also, have you ruled out Primary Hyperparathyroidism? In any case, I’ll pass your question on to some M.D.’s familiar with LO and see if they can be more helpful.
Regards,
Jim English
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