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HEALTHWednesday 9 September

Got Energy?                                                    people who lead extreme-       mentation, patients have        our health and our planet.
                                                                                              reported being able to          Finding new and improved
 By: Dr Carlos Viana                                           ly active or stressful lives   comfortably climb a flight      ways to improve the qual-
                                                                                              of stairs again.                ity of your body’s energy
                                                               are not naturally produc-      A good diet for one’s met-      source is and important
                                                                                              abolic type and supple-         place to start. Instead of
                                                               ing sufficient quantities of   mentation with D-Ribose         soft drinks or endless cups
                                                                                              has been positively shown       of coffee, to keep you go-
                                                               ribose to fully aid the body   to improved health and fit-     ing, a nutritional evaluation
                                                                                              ness. Not only people with      can help you learn how to
                                                               in these vital processes.      cardiovascular problems,        eliminate waste and make
                                                                                              but athletes who deplete        more efficient fuel for your
                                                               ATP moves nutrients into       their energy reserves can       body. Come in for an en-
                                                                                              benefit from Ribose supple-     ergy assessment.
                                                               and waste out of the cells     mentation to reduce train-      CARLOS VIANA, Ph. D. is
                                                                                              ing cramping and sore-          an Oriental Medical Doc-
                                                               and gives our muscles          ness. Reports have shown        tor (O.M.D.) having stud-
                                                                                              Ribose can even lower           ied in China; a U.S. Board
                                                               strength or energy to move     blood sugar levels and is       Cert. Clinical Nutritionist
                                                                                              also known to alleviate alti-   (C.C.N.), an Addiction Pro-
                                                               and also to relax. ATP         tude sickness and Pre Men-      fessional (C.Ad.), Chairper-
                                                                                              strual cramping.                son of the Latin American
                                                               also detoxifies your body      Muscle stiffness or pain re-    Committee of the Interna-
                                                                                              sults from not only physical    tional Academy of Oral
                                                               and produces signals that      exertion but is generally       Medicine and Toxicology
                                                                                              believed to be a symptom        (IAOMT), a Rejuvenating
                                                               stimulate hormones. With-      of aging. Instead of pain       Cell Therapist specializing
                                                                                              medication I first do an        in Age Management, has
                                                               out fuel your car does not     analysis with blood or other    a weekly radio program,
                                                                                              test to check the health of     writes and lectures exten-
                                                               move. Similarly, without an    the person and then make        sively. For information:
                                                                                              sure they are drinking suf-     VIANA HEALING CENTER,
                                                               abundant supply of ATP         ficient amounts of water.       Kibaima 7, St Cruz TEL: 585-
                                                                                              We then recommend acu-          1270 Web Site: www.viana-
                                                               your body becomes stiff,       puncture treatments to re-      heal.com
                                                                                              live stress and relax muscles   “Prescriptions from Para-
                                                               and joints become sore as      naturally. We also use sele-    dise” - International Book
                                                                                              nium and Vitamin E to help      Award Winner, Alterna-
                                                               in arthritis.                  to maintain good health         tive Health - ta optenible
                                                                                              and, protect the integ-         na Aruba na Viana Heal-
                                                               Lupus, a disease which in-     rity of muscle cells. Antioxi-  ing Center, Tur libreria, Gift
                                                                                              dants, work to scavenge         shops y centro nan di salud
                                                               cludes muscle loss or wast-    free radicals that damage       di calidad. tambe ta dis-
                                                                                              muscle cells under stress.      ponibel den forma do print
                                                               ing, Chronic Fatigue Syn-      Get the Point! Stiffness, fa-   y pa Kindle download
                                                                                              tigue or exhaustion can         pa nos amigo nan pa fo
                                                               dromes, cataracts, and         be an obstruction to a          di Aruba na www.ama-
                                                                                              happy and healthy life.         zon.com Pa anuncio nan
                                                               autoimmune       disorders     D-Ribose which has been         acerca di mas evento nan
                                                                                              shown to help your body         y firmamento di buki check
                                                               like fibromyalgia are all      make the energy it needs        , check corant nan local,
                                                                                              for improved health and         radio y television tambe
                                                               symptoms of a deficiency       fitness. Looking to nature      como riba www.viana-
                                                                                              and technology for new          heal.com y join e discusion
                                                               of ATP due to a chronic        and better ways to fuel         riba nos Facebook pagi-
                                                                                              our vehicles, homes and         na: www.facebook.com/
                                                               lack of ribose. In our clinic  economy is important for        prescriptionsformparadise

                                                               I have seen an improve-

                                                               ment in muscle soreness,

                                                               and cramping from peo-

                                                               ple with these and other

                                                               conditions as well as from

Everyone today seems to         nutritional supplementa-       intensive athletic workouts
be concerned about en-          tion of vitamin C, magne-
ergy. Our automobiles will      sium, zinc, lecithin or cho-   by adjusting their diets and
not travel far without it. For  line and Ribose to produce
our primary transportation      ATP or energy. Ribose is       adding quality supple-
to work, we know that raw       a simple sugar that is the
petroleum must be refined       backbone of ribo-nucleic       ments, especially Ribose.
to make gasoline or diesel      acid (RNA) and deoxyribo-
fuel. This produces a form      nucleic acid (DNA), the        In older individuals we see
of energy which moves           materials our body uses to
our vehicles. In our bodies,    pass on our genetic code       an improvement in muscle
glucose, amino acids, and       from one generation to
fats from our food are the      the next. DNA and RNA          health and in all groups we
raw materials that must be      are also necessary daily
processed by our cells into     to regenerate and repair       see a reduction of debili-
fuel. Your body’s primary       our body’s cells. A healthy
manufactured fuel is Ade-       body can manufacture its       tating fatigue.
nosine Triphosphate (ATP),      own ribose from dietary
which provides the energy       sugars; however this re-       As a board certified clini-
for our body’s movement         quires a lot of energy and
and vital functions.            is a slow process. Diabetics,  cal nutritionist, I have also
Even with a good diet, your     individuals with chronic de-
body may need additional        generative diseases and        prescribed Ribose to heart

                                                               deficiency patients that

                                                               could not climb more

                                                               than a couple of steps.

                                                               The heart, as a muscle re-

                                                               sponds positively to Ribose

                                                               supplementation that in-

                                                               creases ATP in muscles.

                                                               ATP contributes to a mea-

                                                               surable increase in car-

                                                               diovascular strength. After

                                                               a week on ribose supple-
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