August 1, 2007

12:10: The Health Roundup with Rick, Jamie and Jimmy.
12:20: It’s World Breastfeeding Week. St. Joseph's has a popular program called Baby-Friendly Designation, about the importance of breastfeeding.
Guest: Jackie Barrett, Director of Maternal Child at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton.
12:35: McMaster University researchers are conducting a study to determine whether or not soap is best for cleaning wounds. They have a hunch that it’s actually better than the decades-old practice of flushing dirt out of wounds with saline.
Guest: Dr. Mohit Bhandari, Assistant Professor of Surgery at McMaster University and the study’s principal investigator.
12:45: DayNight Pharmacy Segment.
Guest: Irene

Irene talked about Soy Protein on 900 CHML today !

The health benefits of a Wonder Bean!!
For thousands of years the people of the South Pacific Rim have eaten soy products. In the last few decades Canadians have been trying to figure out why these people have less problems with breast, prostate, colon and rectal cancers, osteoporosis, coronary heart disease and menopause. It is interesting to note the Japanese do not even have a word for menopause in their language, this is suspected because menopause symptoms did not exist in the past. The west is now starting to realize the huge amounts of soy Japan and China consume. Could this be the difference between the East and West and the occurrences of the conditions already mentioned? Studies have began as early as the mid 1980's to try and understand soy and what gives soy it's amazing properties. Initial studies had shown isoflavones were the primary reason that soy had been so effective for health benefits. further studies showed that the isoflavones have three modifications and each has three simple aglycone moieties, Genistein, daidzein, and glycetein. More studies showed the health benefits associated with the consumption of soy isoflavones are in fact attributed to the weak estrogenic activity produced by soy isoflavones. A recent study done here at McMaster studied post-menopausal women for one year and the effects of soy protein. The results were the women who were on soy and not the placebo lost more abdominal fat had lower glyircerities and deceased chronic conditions. Soy isoflavones have the ability to bind estrogen receptors and partly block the effects of estrogen. Soy-isoflavones may help reduce the growth of estrogen dependent cancers. They also bind to testosterone receptors in a similar manner, suggesting a potential use in prostate cancer. Genistein has other properties as well, such as inhibiting angiogenesis and inhibiting enzymes, including tyrosine kinase, which is directly involved in cancer cell growth and regulation. The estrogen receptor binding function of soy isoflavones are also complementary to the effects of estrogen for those who produce too little estrogen in the body, because of this action they are beneficial for women who are peri-menopausal.
What Soy Isoflavones can do for you? They can be used in connection for the following conditions.
* menopause * osteoporosis
* hotflashes * night sweats
* high cholesterol * fatigue
* immune system * mood swings
* cancer risk reduction * reduce PMS
* insomnia * prostate health

Irene also talked about First Line Therapy today, which is offered at DayNight Pharmacy and it's benefits on chronic conditions and weight loss.