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Pathways to Subtle Pain Relief
These days it is commonplace to have aches and pains. Pain is a natural response to over use of our muscles. But what about the pain that does not go away, no matter what you do. Many of us are sufferers of chronic subtle pain, and a great deal of our energy is consumed in trying to block it out.
What causes this low grade pain, and how do we get rid of it? This is a billion dollar question, and believe me we have every player in this game ranging from drug companies, practitioners, and food manufacturers to subtle energy practitioners.
There are many programs available these days for the treatment of chronic pain conditions. Traditional therapies include physical therapy, occupational therapy and medications. Holistic program include acupuncture, yoga, nutritional changes, and breathing exercises.
In a study conducted at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, a team of health care professionals treated chronic low back pain using naturopathic practices. The treatment included deep breathing exercises, acupuncture, and dietary supplementation such as omega 3 fatty acids, calcium, and magnesium.(1)
Half the group was treated with conventional physiotherapy methods and half with naturopathic methods. What they found in this treatment of chronic low back pain is that those treated with naturopathic methods had a greater reduction in pain than those treated by the conventional physical therapy modalities.
When we delve into the nutritional value of minerals such as magnesium, we find that there are over 300 body functions that are dependent on magnesium. Unfortunately half of our population is deficient in magnesium. Low magnesium levels can lead to many health issues, such as muscle cramps and chronic pain. (2)
There is no measure of how long it takes to create a condition such as chronic pain, and likewise there is no magic bullet that will lift us from its clutches. Perhaps if we focus on some of the more basic elements, such as diet and nutrition, we might see progress in our plea for pain release. Magnesium, for example, is easy to introduce into the body through pleasant applications such as magnesium oil or a warm, nutritional magnesium bath.
Referenced: (1)Naturopathic Care for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Trial. PLoS ONE. 2007; 2(9): e919. (2) ScienceDaily (Dec. 27, 2004)
Is Healthy Living an Attainable Goal?
Most of our western culture diets are loaded with foods that promote imbalance in our bodies. The human body is designed to have a protein breaking acid balance in the stomach, but further on, in the intestinal tract, our body is meant to have an alkaline balance. This balance is important in breaking down and assimilating our foods.
Our PH is important. When we tip the scales to the acidic side we crave more of those foods that created havoc in the first place.
Did you know that the human body is host to an average of two pounds of parasitic bacteria and other host-dependent organisms? Before you cringe, hang on, some of that is the beneficial bacteria in your digestive tract that you rely on to digest your food. Now the flip side: if you eat a typical western diet you likely host some non-beneficial organisms. That can include fungi, yeast in the form of candida, even parasites. We typically acquire those host-reliant free-loaders because of an imbalance or high toxin level in our body.
Candida, a yeast overrun, is actually a knight-in-shining-armor, aiding us in dealing with the excess sugars. But Candida is also self-promoting, and that un-natural yeast overrun is demanding on our nutrients, our oxygen level, and our overall health.
What is the best way to restore the natural PH balance in the body? Eating a healthy diet is important, but we must also release those toxins and parasites as well. A good detoxification program will aid in restoring the healthy neutral PH balance and should effectively decrease those cravings for sugars and simple carbohydrates.
With better nutrition, and that includes ample clean water, the cells will say “ahhhh”, and will release the toxins carried within. Providing adequate water to your system helps flush those toxins away, through the blood and lymphatic system. Exercise such as rebounding aides in the movement and release of those toxins and parasitic matter like bacteria, parasites, and viruses.
Tired Constantly? It could be life threatening. Learn about chronic tiredness and a Natural cure
Feeling Tired is something that many, many people feel every day. Why do they feel this way? Do they get enough sleep? How about the right kind of sleep ” if there is any such thing?
Long-term tiredness can cause: heart disease, incontinence, constipation, diarrhea, abdominal pain, and even a complicated pregnancy. Eventually, feeling tired all the time wears down the immune system and damages your general health.
Did you know:
When you feel tired, you are not alone ” in United States and European Union 1 out of 4 persons suffer from tiredness.
25% of all women suffer from clinically significant daytime sleepiness (according to a National Science Foundation study).
Tiredness is becoming known as the modern plague.
The optimal amount of sleep is not a meaningful concept. The timing of that sleep is must be related to an individual’s daily rhythms. A person’s major sleep episode is relatively inefficient and inadequate when it occurs at the “wrong” time of day.
Timing of sleep is correct when these two circadian (daily) markers occur after the middle of the sleep episode ” but before awakening
1) Maximum concentration of the hormone melatonin. This hormone apparently has a role to play with sleep. Some people take melatonin as an aid for falling asleep. There are others who say it does not work for them.
2) Minimum core body temperature.
The National Sleep Foundation in the United States maintains that seven to nine hours of sleep for adult humans is optimal. They also found that sufficient sleep benefits alertness, memory and problem solving, and overall health. It also has the effect as well of reducing the risk of accidents.(Being more alert.)
A widely publicized 2003 study performed at the Pennsylvania University School of Medicine revealed that mental performance declines with fewer than eight hours of sleep. If would seem, therefore, that staying up all night with no or little sleep when cramming for an exam would be counter productive. It is probably better to start studying days before the test and get a good nights sleep right before the test.
A University of California, San Diego psychiatry study of over one million adults found that those who lived the longest self-reported sleeping for six to seven hours each night. Our guess is that they gave their bodies a chance to recoup every 24 hours. That is, they did not wear out the bod quickly.
Researchers from University College London and the University of Warwick and have discovered that lack of sleep can more than double the risk of death from cardiovascular disease. However, too much sleep can also double the risk of death. Moderation in everything should be your motto.
Also, sleep difficulties are closely associated with psychiatric disorders such as depression, alcoholism and bipolar disorder. Up to 90% of depression patients are found to have sleep difficulties.
Many sleep deprived folks dont want to pop a pill. Some say that they might be asleep, but they feel they are not getting real or natural sleep. Perhaps, they still feel the dregs of tiredness after artificial sleep.
Well, there are ways to get to and stay asleep in a very natural way. However, it is beyond the scope of this article to go into treatment of sleep deprivation.
Disclaimer ” Information included here is not meant to diagnose, treat, mitigate or cure any condition or disease. You should consult with your doctor or medical adviser before using. No information given here is approved by any government agency. It is for educational purpose only.
Alternative Medicine - A Serious Look
Most people who have not tried alternative medicine think it is just a scam. That it does not work, that there are no studies to back up those claims.
The lure even defies what western media has long maintained as unproven and unbacked by medical studies the claims of those who swear by the efficacy of alternative medicine.
It appears such media backlash is heavy only in the western hemisphere. These areas fall under the sphere of influence of conglomerates such as big pharmaceutical companies. Areas where lobby groups and corporate influence on media is a fact of life.
Alternative medicine is letting nature handle the problem the natural way through plants, natural techniques and body based healing.
Alternative medicine in the eyes of modern medicine, is a non-conventional approach to healing as it involves practices that are generally not acknowledged by the modern medical field.
Here is a hint - look at the sponsors. Those TV shows, the tabloids, dailies, radio shows, etc. These are most likely the people who have a rein as to what is ferreted out to the public and what needs to be covered in the name of their interests.
Aside from being cheap, people turn to alternative medicine because they work as proven by their efficacy over a long period of historical use. The top three reasons why many people turn to natural remedies are:
1. Fewer side effects
2. They are cheaper
3. They are effective
3. It is a personal method of healing.
Let as have a look at these other advantages:
For so many who relied on conventional medicine and were disappointed, they found hope in alternative medicine. Cancer patients are now relying on natural methods and combining them with conventional therapy.
2. No secret recipes
2. They are mostly cheap and affordable. Prices are not controlled by a cartel of pharmaceutical companies.
4. Billions of people use them.
3. Environment-friendly processes.
6. Seeks to restore natural health instead of just focusing on illness.
6. Alternative medicine follows the course of nature - where nature heals itself.
Going natural is said to be personal approach to healing. Alternative medicine seeks to reestablish how you were when you were healthy.
There is a reason why many companies are threatened by Alternative Medicine - it is because they work and these companies do not want you to know that. Choose what is best for you and your family. Go natural,go alternative medicine it is the way history and nature intended it to be.
Is Your Drinking Water Clean? No It Isn’t.
One of the most important factors in the health of any person is their diet, and diet includes water. Despite the fact that you ought to be drinking clean drinking water the majority of Americans aren’t.
Clean drinking water is essential for good health. Right now you may be reading about the Cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe. Cholera and many other diseases can be spread by contaminated drinking water, and it’s essential that we drink the purest water to protect our health.
There is no cholera in the US, but that doesn’t mean that our drinking water supplies are clean. In fact there are hundreds of different contaminants that can be found in our drinking water, and although they won’t kill us fast like cholera will they are still damaging to our health over time.
Consider this. I’m sure you know how serious it is to get lead into our bodies. None other than the EPA has stated that lead in drinking water is the number one environmental health threat to our childrens health. Low levels of lead can cause serious problems for children including learning difficulties and behavioral problems and more.
Can you believe that something as dangerous as lead is in our water? We’re drinking lead? Aren’t our water supplies meant to be clean?
There is a real problem with lead in our drinking water. How does the lead get into our water? Often right there in our house, because around 98% of household plumbing has lead in it around the joints where there is solder.
The EPA recognises that there is no safe level of lead in our water, that any exposure to lead is dangerous, especially to children.
And lead is just the start. There are hundreds of other contaminants that can be found in our water. We aren’t drinking clean water at all.
So what do you do to make sure that you and your family have clean water to drink? How do you get the purest drinking water possible? Should you buy bottled water, for instance?
And none other than the FDA has said “Companies that market bottled water as being safer than tap water are defrauding the American public.” The reason is that the government doesn’t set any standards for bottled water, so there is no requirement that bottled water be any better than tap water. Some bottled water is tap water put into a bottle, at a staggering price. Bottled water is a con.
And bottled water is an environmental disaster, with countless plastic bottles manufactured to go into landfill.
So if bottled water isn’t the answer to clean drinking water what do you do if the thought of drinking lead and countless other contaminants repulses you? You find a good water filter to use. A water filter is much cheaper and more environmentally friendly than bottled water and produces water to extremely high standards of cleanliness. A high quality water filter will filter the lead out, along with the other contaminants, including chlorine, that you find in your tap water.
How do you know that? Because it’s perfectly possible to test this and independent tests can show the efficacy of different water filters and ensure that if they claim certain results these can actually be achieved. The very best drinking water filters should filter out over 97% or 98% of just about everything nasty, including some contaminants that you’ve probably never even heard of.
Here’s an example. Did you know there was bromochloroacentontrile in your tap water? Never heard of it? What in the world is it? How dangerous is it? It doesn’t matter if you use the best water filter you know that over 97% of it is gone.
So if you didn’t know about the problems with drinking contaminated water you do now. You have a right to drink clean water but you’re currently drinking contaminated water if you drink tap water or bottled water. To make sure that you’re drinking clean water you need to find and use the best water filter that money can buy and remove the contaminants.
And believe it or not, the best drinking water filter isn’t the most expensive water filter. Find out more at my website.
Chronic Disease - Not so easy to Diagnose
You know something is wrong. You are tired far too often, and the pain you feel is constant. Your body temperature is off kilter as well. Is it the result of depression, or is the depression another symptom of some physical problem?
Diagnosing conditions and finding the proper treatment is not always easy. Many ailments have similar symptoms. Tests may show a rise in the body response to an infection, but cannot pinpoint the exact cause.
With all the advances we have made in our medical and research communities it seems that there should be tests and treatments that can help or cure chronic conditions. Is this wishful thinking? Yes, but realistic, too. The fact is that chronic conditions are difficult to trace.
There are many conditions with similar symptoms, and with some of these conditions, such as MS, or multiple sclerosis, the cause is not clear. How can you effectively treat a condition when you cannot identify its cause?
In addition to MS there are other autoimmune conditions or syndromes that share the same tired, aching and depressing symptoms. Each is found through the elimination process, much like MS. Weve heard the names ” fibromyalgia, lupus, chronic fatigue, and even rheumatoid arthritis.
Lyme disease is another of those multi-symptom diseases that shares symptoms with other autoimmune disorders. Lyme is known to be caused by borrelia bacteria, which is commonly transmitted by ticks, and may be more common than we think.
Now we know the challenges that are faced in diagnosing chronic autoimmune disorders. Once the diagnosis is decided the treatment may not be clear. Our traditional treatment using antibiotics has been widely overused, and now we face resistant pathogens.
4 Proven Tips and Tactics to Gain Muscle Mass
Gaining muscle mass is the dream of the majority of male. Diet and training programs would become extreme important if you want to achieve this result without using any non-natural supplements and synthetic steroids. To do this, you also need to take your schedule into account and judge how much time you can spend on workout in gym and make necessary changes to your diet. For gaining muscle mass, here are 4 hot tips you can use and shape your body up.
Sodium Intake
Sodium can do a lot of good things to our body cells. It not only increases muscle cell fluid volume but also stimulate our muscle growth. Although it is good for retaining water, that is not what we want to build muscle. It will help you by allowing your body to better store carbohydrates and to better absorb amino acids. Another benefit of increasing your cellular fluid is that it can help gain more muscle strength and advance your joint leverage and prevent injuries of you soft tissues and relax your physical strength in your workout exercises. Having more responsive of muscles to insulin is also a good thing of sodium.
Fish and Other Foods That Contain Omega-3
Fish and foods contain a lot of Omega-3 fatty acids which can help you to gain more muscle mass. Go for fish with tons of omega-3 fatty acids, such as salmon, mackerel, lake trout, sardines, tuna and herring. There are a lot of Omega-3 fatty acids sources, like walnuts, cauliflower, broccoli, oregano, tofu, soybeans, Brussels sprouts, kale, spinach, mustard seeds and flax seeds. To make our muscle more susceptible to insulin, you can eat foods above, which can help you to store more glycogen and grow more muscle mass. Glutamine is important for helping protein metabolism and prevents muscle from weakening. And eat fish that contains Omega-3 fatty acids can help you with that.
Free Weights Training
For gaining more muscle mass, it is not sufficient just eating the right diet. Workout with free weight and dumbbells are important for resistance training. They would work out your ancillary muscles and build compound mass on them. Wide range of working out is a kind of good exercise and dumbbells is good and versatile equipment for you to do this. This small piece of equipment can be used for many muscle sets in order to gain more muscle mass.
Try Different Exercise Regimes
Human beings are not native known that how our bodies respond to different exercises. One workout may work perfectly for one man but it may not work for another. After trying different kind of workout exercises, you can tell which workouts can help you gain more muscle mass. If you want to find out about more of them, there are many websites including my own website that provide information and advice about gaining muscle mass, particularly if you have failed in using other types of exercise.
How Safe is the Food You Eat?
When you buy fresh vegetables and fruits at the grocery store those items look great. We think they are clean and ready to use with just a rinse of water. But with news stories of critical illnesses caused by contaminated foods, how safe are the foods we buy?
Where did this tainted food come from? We cannot blame the foreign growers, not when we hear about recalls of spinach from California. There are a lot of variables in growing fruits and vegetables, and it is not always easy to control the environment.
One study conducted at the University of the Netherlands explored the many phases of the growing and transporting cycle for fresh fruits and vegetables. It was noted that there are many times in this cycle that foods could be contaminated or spoiled.
Pathogens can be found in fruits and vegetables. Microbes can group themselves into tightly knit formations called biofilms that coat fruits and vegetables and protect the bacteria from harm. This kind of bacterial community can harbor multiple versions of infectious, disease-causing bacteria, such as Salmonella and E. coli.
Another possible cause for concern is the residue left on produce by repeated use of pesticides. While those pesticides can increase crop production by reducing pests, the continued intake of even traces of these chemicals can never be considered healthy.
Mycotoxin is a toxin in the fungus family. Due to their microscopically small spores,fungi are found nearly everywhere in small quantities. They feed off organic matter when the conditions are right. In too great a quantity mycotoxin poisoning can take place. This overdose can come through direct consumption or by feeding contaminated feed to livestock.
What can we do to assure that our fresh produce is safe to feed our families? One discovery I have made is miracle mineral solution, or MMS. The cost is low, and one bottle can last for months or even years. MMS is a 28 percent solution of sodium chlorite. When it is mixed with a citric acid, food based, it becomes chlorine dioxide. Did you know that chlorine dioxide has been used for over 70 years for water purification?
You can mix a small quantity of MMS and place it in a sprayer bottle with water. Spray it on your food and it will target the pathogens on your produce. Foods can also be soaked in a solution, adding an additional cleansing to assure that your foods are as clean as possible. When the chlorine dioxide is done it changes to salts and water. Using chlorine dioxide, as a last-step in food prep is simple, safe and effective.
I know that the health and wellness of your family is important to you. Miracle Mineral Solution gives us a choice that can lead to a healthier happier environment.
The Complete Master Cleanse Recipe
Basically the master cleanse is a diet which requires you to drink mostly a lemonade cocktail for the duration of the master cleanse program. As the recipe for the master cleanse diet is a very simple and easy one to formulate. All that you need to do is to consume at least 60 ounces of lemonade per day but limited to 120 ounces. You also need to consume a lot of water while following the master cleanse. The reason is because the master cleanse acts as a laxative which removes wastes and toxin from your body. This will actually cause you to be dehydrated. To avoid dehydration, you should drink an equivalent of your weight in water. This means for example if you weight 150 pounds, you should consume 150 ounces of water.
If you want to make a glass of master cleanse, you will need 10 ounces of filtered water, two table spoon of maple syrup, two tablespoon of lemon juice and 1/10 teaspoon of cayenne pepper. However, if you prefer to make 60 ounces at one go, you will need 60 ounces of filtered water, 12 tablespoon of maple syrup, 12 tablespoon of lemon juice and teaspoon of cayenne pepper. One small tip is to use freshly squeezed lemon juice instead of canned or processed one.
When preparing for master cleanse lemonade, there are some important things to note. Firstly, use organic grade B maple syrup and do not use sugar filled syrup. Don’t underestimate Cayenne pepper as they break down mucus and promote a better blood flow. Furthermore, Cayenne pepper is rich in vitamins B and C. If you want to add more flavor to your lemonade, use decaffeinated tea as caffeine ones tend to constrict blood vessels. During the master cleanse, we actually wishes to promote a good flow of the blood so that the waste and toxin can be easily removed from the body.
To control your hunger pangs, you can try using Hoodia but follow the recommended dosage. If you are tired of drinking lemonade, you can also switch to natural laxative. Another thing is that psyllium husk can also assist in removing the hardened feces in the body.
Some of the natural laxative recommended are herbal laxative tea, psyllium husk and sea salts. They are one of the best in cleaning up your intestines. Use the laxative twice daily, together withe master cleanse, you will get the full effectiveness. Just make sure to consume lots of water to make up for the water loss.
Lemon Detox Diet For Better Health and Weight Loss
Have you heard of the lemon detox diet? There’s allot of talk about this new diet phenomenon. Not only can the lemon detox diet help you shed pounds, but it claims to help the body detox as well. If you are hoping for a way to burn fat and cleanse toxins and impurities for an overall healthier you, this diet may be a great choice.
It’s only natural to wonder first if it really works. The lemon detox diet has many supporters who claim to have lost weight while on it. There are even well known celebrities who attribute their success to the lemon detox diet. Beyonce was quoted as having lost 20 pounds in less than 2 weeks on the detox diet, but she felt miserable and deprived. It’s no secret that this diet can be rigorous to follow, but the extra effort pays off in better health and successful weight loss.
The benefits to your body from detoxing are not limited to just the liver. Your colon also can benefit from the cleansing of the lemon detox diet. Over the years, toxins and other nasty stuff builds up in your colon. Flushing out these impurities with a detox can help your cleanse and restore colon function, resulting in better overall health.
The lemon detox diet is not complicated to follow, although it does require willpower to succeed. In the basic version of the diet, you are to eat nothing solid and instead drink a special juice. The juice is designed to provide your body with nourishment while you complete the fast and cleansing, but it does taste good. It is easy to make with just water, lemon juice, cayenne pepper and natural syrup.
There are a variety of opinions on the best length of time to continue the fast and the basic lemon detox diet does not recommend a set limit. In some variations of the diet, such as the Master Cleanse the detox lasts just 10 days. The fasting required by this diet makes it most appropriate for serious dieters who are willing to stay the course. The benefit of course is when you are successful and look and feel better than ever before.




