A large audience greeted Dr. George Scheele July 15 for his second Riford Center presentation. His prior session discussed weight management. His Wednesday lecture on “Avoiding Chronic Diseases” was accompanied by a slide show and a post-lecture reception with refreshments.
“Revitalize Youth” will be Scheele’s next talk on Wednesday, July 30, 7 to 8 p.m. at The Riford Center, 6811 La Jolla Blvd. A question and answer period will follow the discussion. “Anti-Aging Health” will be his topic for the last Riford lecture on Wednesday, Aug. 6, with same time and organization.
Scheele completed his undergraduate work at Princeton University and trained in medicine at Johns Hopkins and UCSF. He then served as a professor of medicine at Rockefeller University, Yale and Harvard. In addition, he participated in work that twice received the Nobel Prize (1974 and 1999). His work served as the background and technology for his many medical inventions.
In 1985, Scheele and his colleagues discovered that protein-deficient diets fed to laboratory animals, over a 12-day period, resulted in a 90 to 95 percent decrease in the synthesis of positive-charged proteins within the pancreas.
In contrast, the synthesis of negative-charged proteins in the pancreas was unchanged. According to Scheele, the imbalance in protein synthesis observed in the pancreas can be expected to occur in other organs and tissues throughout the body and leads to major compromises in body health.
Scheele explained these results by pointing out that 20 amino acids are required for protein synthesis throughout the body. Humans and other mammals are capable of producing 11 of these amino acids in the body; with respect to the diet, these amino acids are therefore called nonessential, because it is not necessary to obtain them from dietary sources. Humans and other mammals cannot produce the other nine amino acids; with respect to the diet, these nine are therefore called essential amino acids because they must be obtained through the diet.
According to Scheele, these essential amino acids are supplied to the diet through food rich in amino acids, such as meat, chicken, fish and dairy products. However, when individuals suffer from poor eating habits or age, they may become deficient in essential amino acids and, like the experimental animals, lose the ability to produce positive-charged proteins ” resulting in an imbalance. Scheele likens this to showing up at the Super Bowl with only five members of your football team.
He points out that we all need a complete team of proteins to achieve optimal or supercharged health. He consequently trademarked his product as “Power Amino Acids.”
Scheele is a board-certified internist and founder, president and CEO of NovaLife, Inc. He recently developed Factor4 Weight Control, a nutritional shake intended to stimulate weight loss and sustained weight control and help combat metabolic syndrome, which is associated with chronic degenerative diseases that may lead to accelerated aging.
Scheele’s ten years as a La Jollan have been productive ones. All of his products are made, packed and distributed within California, thus making it a truly local product.
For information on upcoming lectures, call (858) 459-0831.
