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Dr. Al Sears
Al Sears has written six books and more than 500 articles in the fields of alternative medicine, anti-aging and nutritional supplementation. He enjoys a worldwide readership of millions spread over 123 countries and has appeared on more than 50 national radio programs, ABC News, CNN and ESPN. In The Doctor’s Heart Cure, Dr. Sears exposes the real causes of the modern epidemic of heart disease with practical how-to advice for building real heart strength and resistance to disease without drugs. It is available in nine languages and remains a bestseller three years after its publication. His 12 Secrets to Virility sheds light on the huge environmental and nutritional problems with virility in our modern world and gives men a step-by step guide for maintaining health, strength and masculinity as they age. It became a bestseller during its first month of release. His latest book Your Best Health Under the Sun addresses the myths of the sun’s dangers and gives readers an action plan for restoring this important natural resource for better mood, strength, energy and nutritional health.
Dr. Sears is board certified as a Clinical Nutrition Specialist and was appointed to the international panel of experts at Health Sciences Institute, (HSI) a worldwide information service for alternative nutritional therapies. A master gardener and herbalist, Dr. Sears maintains an herbal apothecary of more than 250 organic herbs used for research, education and treatments. Dr. Sears is the founder and director of The Wellness Research Foundation, conducting original research evaluating natural alternatives to pharmaceutical therapies.
Dr. Sears is a member of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine and is board certified in Anti-Aging Medicine. As a pioneer in this new field of medicine, he is an avid researcher and sought-after lecturer to thousands of doctors and health enthusiasts. He is a member of the American College of Sports Medicine and the National Youth Sports Coaches Association. As well as being a sports and fitness coach and a lifelong advocate of exercise programs, Dr. Sears is an ACE-certified fitness trainer. He maintains his integrative clinic and research center in Florida, where he has developed novel exercise and nutritional systems transforming the lives of more than 20,000 patients.
Read Dr. Al Sears's previous newsletter articles below:
If you don’t have enough oxygen in your bloodstream, energy production drops, and your cells lose their ability to repair DNA. A low oxygen level in the cells — chronic hypoxia — is a cause of chronic disease, especially cancer.
Unfortunately, in our modern world, this low oxygen state is very common. We are a nation [...]
When Terri came to my office, she was so overweight and out of shape she could barely get out of bed. It took her hours to run basic errands, even grocery shopping. Hauling all that extra weight around made life difficult.
So we tried a new approach to exercise.
She walked for 45 seconds and then stopped.
Back in the 1930s, two Germans — a doctor and a track coach — came up with a breakthrough in fitness. They were the first to figure out that doing a short burst of activity followed by rest is the best way to exercise… and burn fat fast.
Using the training technique they invented, athletes sprinted [...]
Selenium is an essential mineral and a powerful antioxidant. Your body needs it to:
Maintain healthy thyroid function
Ward off arthritis
Slow the aging process
Fight cancer
Men should be especially concerned about getting enough selenium. It’s the prostate’s best defense against cancer.
Two studies – one an eight-year clinical trial – found that supplementing with selenium [...]
The biggest breakthrough in anti-aging medicine in our lifetime involves telomere biology.
Each time your cells divide, they copy your DNA to make the new cell. But the telomeres – the sections of DNA at both ends of a chromosome – get shorter with every copy. And the shorter your telomeres are, the “older” [...]
Instead of relying on over-the-counter drugs, keep yourself from getting sick in the first place. A lot of people think there is nothing you can do to stave off the common cold. But in my practice, we’ve proven that’s not true. You can, for example:
You've read and heard about many reports on the "risks" of taking vitamin E. But in a recent issue of his newsletter Health Confidential for Men, Dr. Sears sets the record straight. "There's not enough space here for me to show you all the studies proving vitamin E is safe and has significant protective benefits," he writes, "But here are just a few of the proven benefits." He then lists the following:
The truth is, cellphones have not been around long enough to give us the kind of long-term studies we really need to know for sure.
And the research is conflicting. Some studies show no increased risk. So I’m not ready to tell my readers and patients that cellphones definitely cause cancer. The FDA says, "The available scientific evidence does not show that any health problems are associated with using wireless phones." But they then add, "There is no proof, however, that wireless phones are absolutely safe."
If you do a lot of traveling for business, you've probably already discovered melatonin. It eases jet lag and lets you get some precious sleep in those cramped airplane seats. But nature's sleep regulator holds another little-known secret: It can reverse the effects of aging.
Resveratrol's power to enhance your life goes beyond anti-aging...
By Dr. Al Sears | Thu, Feb 4, 2010
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