I HAVE BEEN ASKED BY MANY OF YOU AS WHY DO I NOT HAVE A NEWS COLUMN IN MY WEB PAGE FOR MY PATIENTS. AS I PROMISED ALL OF YOU BEFORE, NOW I HAVE STARTED IT FOR YOU AND YOU SEE YOUR REQUESTED TOPICS WILL BE ANSWERED ONE BY ONE. THERE ARE MANY TOPICS THAT YOU HAVE ASKED ME TO TALK ABOUT. PLEASE BE PATIENT I SHALL ANSWER ALL OF THEM FOR YOU, I NEED TO PROVIDE  YOU WITH THE MOST ACCURATE INFORMATION THAT I HAVE. MEAN WHILE IF YOU WANT OTHER TOPICS TO BE COVERED EITHER e.MAIL ME OR CALL MY OFFICE.  THANK YOU , DR.K

I SHALL WRITE ABOUT THE FOLLOWING TOPICS NEXT:

1-BIOIDENTICAL HORMONS ARE THEY FRIENDS OR FOE?

2-DENTISTRY AND DENTAL MATERIALS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON YOUR HEALTH.

VITAMIN K_ The great benefit of vitamin K has recently been the talk of medical community. It has great protective effect on cardiovascular system, prevents heart attacks, reduces the risk of diabetes, possibly prevent or reduces the risk of some cancers, prevent osteoprosis and most importantly decrease the risk of arterial calcifications by removing the calcium from the arteial wall and depositing it on the bones through a special carrier protein called Gla. The Gla protein gets activated by the vitamin K. These groups of vitamines are divided in two main groups as Vitamin K1 and vitaminK2. How ever we also have vitaminK3 which is the synthetic form and is not natural. Vitamine K2 is better absorbed than vitaminK1 and has better physiological effects on the body. It is found in egg yolk, liver and meat, cheese, milk. Vitamin K1 are found in turnip, broccocli, lettuce, cabbage, spinach and asparagus. In other word the vitaminK1 are found in plants and vitaminK2 are in animal sources and vitamin K3 is man made. Vitamin K2 is very safe but I would recommend a dose of 150 mcg (Micro Gram) or 0.15 miligrams per day for those patients who are not taking blood thinners like Coumadin(warfarrin). For those patient who are on Coumadin they should check with their doctor even though they could take vitaminK2 in much lower dose to be in the safe side, since vitaminK2 is not involved in clotting processes as much as vitaminK1 or K3 are. These patient must be closely monitored by their physicians for their INR value which is done by a blood test. VitaminK2 is very important in preventing the osteoprosis. There are a group of drugs that decrease the level of vitaminK in your body such as Aspirin, Antibiotics ( because they kill the gut flora where these flora make vitamin K in the gut), anti cholestrol medications. The best form of vitaminK to take is K2 and it comes in MK-7. I would not recommend MK-4 because it is synthetic and has a shorter life in the body(shorter half life). For more information please call (818)-990-5588.

VITAMIN D- Is it just rumors or do we need more than originally thought?

Yes we do, Vitamin D -3in higher doses than previously recommended has proven not to be harmful, but very beneficial as well.  It has been said that it should really be catagorized under a hormone rather than a vitamin.  The injectable form is the best for absorption.  It is very beneficial for the skin, energy, probably prevent many illnesses including cancers, and also works as an antioxidant.  Furthermore, vitamin D seems to decrease the chances of children to be born with diabetes. I recommend a minimum of 2000 IU  of vitamin D-3 per day and personally I am taking about 5000 IU per day for the last 6 years without any side effect.

Supplements_ARE ADULTS THE ONLY ONES WHO NEED SUPPLEMENTS?

I strongly believe that we should start supplements at an early age. When I was young I would always question the need of supplements, believing that any one could get the proper nutrients from their diets.  As I got older I started to realize as to how wrong I was in not taking the supplements at an earlier age. Now I am a firm believer that we should start giving supplements to our children early in their life. My childen have already been on numerous types of supplements. Prevention starts at an early age.  Children can benfit from supplements with the notion in mind that their bodies are growing and it is best to have individualized regimen for them, under the supervision of a doctor.  Early intervention may halt any hereditary diseases and give their immune systems a boost to work to their benefits. Most importantly to detoxify their body from the enviromental toxins which their small body are being  bombarded constantly e.g. hormons in foods, pesticides, food addatives, fluorides, radiations to mention a few.

SHOULD WE JUST USE HEBAL/HOMEOPATHIC/SUPPLEMENT AND NEVER THE REGULAR WESTERN MEDICATION?

There is a place for everything.  Keeping the balance and knowing when to use which remedy is the key.  There are times when medications are absolutely essential, as they might work faster, or the condition of the patient is such that time is of essence.  Patients should be started on tradional medications for certain medical conditions as their ailments come under control. We shoul not be dogmatic about the way that we provide care for our patients. In my view our knowledge about the human body and the complexity of interactions among different organs is very slim, therefore, it is in the best interest of our patient to have an open mind. Although I truely believe that the nature has done a very beautiful job in balancing  us with our enviroment through years of adaptations and evolutions. Every thing that our body needs is around us we just have to look for it and see what is best suited for our specific body’s need. In my view the best way of treating a disease is to prevent before it happens, therefore herbs, homeopathy, and supplments can be very useful and life saving in the long run.For more information about our customized supplements for different indications please call (818)-990-5588. Our products are  manufactured by the most reputable companies free of heavy metals, hormons, fertilizers, pesticides and other contaminants.