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Take it one ingredient at a time
It's easy to look at all the information out there about dangerous ingredients and become overwhelmed by the idea of ridding your diet of all these ingredients.
The key is to remember to take it slowly and change your diet one ingredient at a time. In fact, this method works really well for a lot of people. And you'll discover if you stick with it, that each new ingredient you boycott becomes easier and easier to avoid.
So, how to get started? Pick one ingredient that you think may be having a significant impact on your personal health (remember, everyone metabolizes foods and reacts to chemicals differently). Then, make a commitment to have eliminated that ingredient from your diet by a specific date.
Some people use 30 days, but 60 days may be more realistic if you are just getting started. Then, every day, eat a little less of this ingredient. That means you'll have to read labels. So, if you decide you are going to avoid sodium nitrite for your prostate health, you'll need to read the labels of the foods you typically eat, and then make a conscious decision to put something back and eat a different item instead. Instead of a hot dog, have a tuna fish sandwich. Make these substitutions more and more frequently every day, until you are at the point that nothing you choose to eat has sodium nitrite in it. Then take a step back and see how you feel. Have your energy levels gone up? Maybe your skin is looking a little healthier or you notice you have less heartburn. Enjoy the positive change.
How to deal with "There's nothing left to eat" syndrome
After we learn about all the dangers in our processed food supply, it's easy to think, "there's nothing left to eat now."
Take a step back, and remind yourself: man created most of these dangerous ingredients in the last 100 years. Somehow whole generations have managed to find plenty to eat before these ingredients were introduced to our food supply, and we can still find great whole foods today.
In fact, if you are clever about it, you can actually reduce your monthly food costs by buying whole foods. Consider rice as an example. Refined white rice is not the most nutritious carbohydrate you can put in your belly or on your families table. However brown rice, particularly organic brown rice, has an excellent nutritional profile and is a great course of healthy proteins. So, instead of reaching for instant white rice, look a little lower on the shelf and go for the bag of brown. The packaging isn't as attractive, but it will make you feel a whole lot better.
This is another point where it's important to take it slow. Don't try to completely overhaul your food choices all at once. Take a look at the health tip Take it one ingredient at a time. I'm sure you will discover as many others have, that when you start looking around at the grocery store, and asking yourself how meals were created before the days of processed foods, "just add water" casseroles and microwave dinners, you'll discover everything you need to start making change, right there on the bottom shelves.
How to get rid of belly fat
A big culprit in the creation of that mid-section gut is trans fat. If you are getting moderate exercise, eat a solid amount of calories for your body type, and you just can't shake that gut, your problem may be trans fats.
It doesn't take that much trans fat to add up to big pounds, all centered on your gut, over time. A recent study strongly suggests that it only takes 8% of your total daily fat intake to be from trans fats for your body weight to increase by 7.2%. Let's do the math there. If you weigh 120 pounds, and you choose to eat foods with trans fats in them, but otherwise eat only enough calories to maintain your weight, you would end up gaining 8 pounds in your gut. That's more than a bag of sugar.
Read the press release on the trans fat study from Wake Forest University School of Medicine for yourself.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Ginko for the brain
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Ginko
This fact sheet provides basic information about the herb ginkgo—common names, uses, potential side effects, and resources for more information. The ginkgo tree is one of the oldest types of trees in the world. Ginkgo seeds have been used in traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of years, and cooked seeds are occasionally eaten.
Common Names—ginkgo, Ginkgo biloba, fossil tree, maidenhair tree, Japanese silver apricot, baiguo, bai guo ye, kew tree, yinhsing (yin-hsing)
Latin Name—Ginkgo biloba
What It Is Used For
Ginkgo leaf extract has been used to treat a variety of ailments and conditions, including asthma, bronchitis, fatigue, and tinnitus (ringing or roaring sounds in the ears).
Today, people use ginkgo leaf extracts hoping to improve memory; to treat or help prevent Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia; to decrease intermittent claudication (leg pain caused by narrowing arteries); and to treat sexual dysfunction, multiple sclerosis, tinnitus, and other health conditions.
How It Is Used
Extracts are usually taken from the ginkgo leaf and are used to make tablets, capsules, or teas. Occasionally, ginkgo extracts are used in skin products.
What the Science Says
Numerous studies of ginkgo have been done for a variety of conditions. Some promising results have been seen for intermittent claudication, but larger, well-designed research studies are needed.
An NCCAM-funded study of the well-characterized ginkgo product, EGb-761, found it ineffective in lowering the overall incidence of dementia and Alzheimer's disease in the elderly. In this clinical trial, known as the Ginkgo Evaluation of Memory study, researchers recruited more than 3,000 volunteers age 75 and over who took 240 mg of ginkgo daily. Participants were followed for an average of approximately 6 years.
Some smaller studies for memory enhancement have had promising results, but a trial sponsored by the National Institute on Aging of more than 200 healthy adults over age 60 found that ginkgo taken for 6 weeks did not improve memory.
Other NCCAM-funded research includes studies on ginkgo for asthma, symptoms of multiple sclerosis, vascular function (intermittent claudication), cognitive decline, sexual dysfunction due to antidepressants, and insulin resistance. NCCAM is also looking at potential interactions between ginkgo and prescription drugs.
Side Effects and Cautions
Side effects of ginkgo may include headache, nausea, gastrointestinal upset, diarrhea, dizziness, or allergic skin reactions. More severe allergic reactions have occasionally been reported.
There are some data to suggest that ginkgo can increase bleeding risk, so people who take anticoagulant drugs, have bleeding disorders, or have scheduled surgery or dental procedures should use caution and talk to a health care provider if using ginkgo.
Uncooked ginkgo seeds contain a chemical known as ginkgotoxin, which can cause seizures. Consuming large quantities of seeds over time can cause death. Ginkgo leaf and ginkgo leaf extracts appear to contain little ginkgotoxin.
Tell your health care providers about any complementary and alternative practices you use. Give them a full picture of what you do to manage your health. This will help ensure coordinated and safe care.
Sources
DeKosky ST, Williamson JD, Fitzpatrick AL, et al. Ginkgo biloba for prevention of dementia: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of the American Medical Association. 2008;300(19):2253–2262.
De Smet PA. Herbal remedies. New England Journal of Medicine. 2002;347(25):2046–2056.
Solomon PR, Adams F, Silver A, et al. Ginkgo for memory enhancement: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of the American Medical Association. 2002;288(7):835–840.
Ginkgo biloba. In: Coates P, Blackman M, Cragg G, et al., eds. Encyclopedia of Dietary Supplements. New York, NY: Marcel Dekker; 2005:249–257.
Ginkgo. Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database Web site. Accessed on July 2, 2007.
Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba L.). Natural Standard Database Web site. Accessed on June 28, 2007.
Ginkgo biloba leaf extract. In: Blumenthal M, Goldberg A, Brinckman J, eds. Herbal Medicine: Expanded Commission E Monographs. Newton, MA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2000:359–366.
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For More Information
Using Dietary Supplements Wisely
NCCAM Clearinghouse
The NCCAM Clearinghouse provides information on CAM and NCCAM, including publications and searches of Federal databases of scientific and medical literature. The Clearinghouse does not provide medical advice, treatment recommendations, or referrals to practitioners.
Toll-free in the U.S.: 1-888-644-6226
TTY (for deaf and hard-of-hearing callers): 1-866-464-3615
Web site: nccam.nih.gov
E-mail: info@nccam.nih.gov
PubMed®
A service of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), PubMed contains publication information and (in most cases) brief summaries of articles from scientific and medical journals. CAM on PubMed, developed jointly by NCCAM and NLM, is a subset of the PubMed system and focuses on the topic of CAM.
Web site: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez
CAM on PubMed: nccam.nih.gov/research/camonpubmed/
NIH Office of Dietary Supplements
Web site: www.ods.od.nih.gov
NIH National Library of Medicine's MedlinePlus
Ginkgo Listing: www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/natural/patient-ginkgo.html
Top
This publication is not copyrighted and is in the public domain. Duplication is encouraged.
NCCAM has provided this material for your information. It is not intended to substitute for the medical expertise and advice of your primary health care provider. We encourage you to discuss any decisions about treatment or care with your health care provider. The mention of any product, service, or therapy is not an endorsement by NCCAM.
NCCAM Publication No. D290
Ginko
This fact sheet provides basic information about the herb ginkgo—common names, uses, potential side effects, and resources for more information. The ginkgo tree is one of the oldest types of trees in the world. Ginkgo seeds have been used in traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of years, and cooked seeds are occasionally eaten.
Common Names—ginkgo, Ginkgo biloba, fossil tree, maidenhair tree, Japanese silver apricot, baiguo, bai guo ye, kew tree, yinhsing (yin-hsing)
Latin Name—Ginkgo biloba
What It Is Used For
Ginkgo leaf extract has been used to treat a variety of ailments and conditions, including asthma, bronchitis, fatigue, and tinnitus (ringing or roaring sounds in the ears).
Today, people use ginkgo leaf extracts hoping to improve memory; to treat or help prevent Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia; to decrease intermittent claudication (leg pain caused by narrowing arteries); and to treat sexual dysfunction, multiple sclerosis, tinnitus, and other health conditions.
How It Is Used
Extracts are usually taken from the ginkgo leaf and are used to make tablets, capsules, or teas. Occasionally, ginkgo extracts are used in skin products.
What the Science Says
Numerous studies of ginkgo have been done for a variety of conditions. Some promising results have been seen for intermittent claudication, but larger, well-designed research studies are needed.
An NCCAM-funded study of the well-characterized ginkgo product, EGb-761, found it ineffective in lowering the overall incidence of dementia and Alzheimer's disease in the elderly. In this clinical trial, known as the Ginkgo Evaluation of Memory study, researchers recruited more than 3,000 volunteers age 75 and over who took 240 mg of ginkgo daily. Participants were followed for an average of approximately 6 years.
Some smaller studies for memory enhancement have had promising results, but a trial sponsored by the National Institute on Aging of more than 200 healthy adults over age 60 found that ginkgo taken for 6 weeks did not improve memory.
Other NCCAM-funded research includes studies on ginkgo for asthma, symptoms of multiple sclerosis, vascular function (intermittent claudication), cognitive decline, sexual dysfunction due to antidepressants, and insulin resistance. NCCAM is also looking at potential interactions between ginkgo and prescription drugs.
Side Effects and Cautions
Side effects of ginkgo may include headache, nausea, gastrointestinal upset, diarrhea, dizziness, or allergic skin reactions. More severe allergic reactions have occasionally been reported.
There are some data to suggest that ginkgo can increase bleeding risk, so people who take anticoagulant drugs, have bleeding disorders, or have scheduled surgery or dental procedures should use caution and talk to a health care provider if using ginkgo.
Uncooked ginkgo seeds contain a chemical known as ginkgotoxin, which can cause seizures. Consuming large quantities of seeds over time can cause death. Ginkgo leaf and ginkgo leaf extracts appear to contain little ginkgotoxin.
Tell your health care providers about any complementary and alternative practices you use. Give them a full picture of what you do to manage your health. This will help ensure coordinated and safe care.
Sources
DeKosky ST, Williamson JD, Fitzpatrick AL, et al. Ginkgo biloba for prevention of dementia: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of the American Medical Association. 2008;300(19):2253–2262.
De Smet PA. Herbal remedies. New England Journal of Medicine. 2002;347(25):2046–2056.
Solomon PR, Adams F, Silver A, et al. Ginkgo for memory enhancement: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of the American Medical Association. 2002;288(7):835–840.
Ginkgo biloba. In: Coates P, Blackman M, Cragg G, et al., eds. Encyclopedia of Dietary Supplements. New York, NY: Marcel Dekker; 2005:249–257.
Ginkgo. Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database Web site. Accessed on July 2, 2007.
Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba L.). Natural Standard Database Web site. Accessed on June 28, 2007.
Ginkgo biloba leaf extract. In: Blumenthal M, Goldberg A, Brinckman J, eds. Herbal Medicine: Expanded Commission E Monographs. Newton, MA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2000:359–366.
Top
For More Information
Using Dietary Supplements Wisely
NCCAM Clearinghouse
The NCCAM Clearinghouse provides information on CAM and NCCAM, including publications and searches of Federal databases of scientific and medical literature. The Clearinghouse does not provide medical advice, treatment recommendations, or referrals to practitioners.
Toll-free in the U.S.: 1-888-644-6226
TTY (for deaf and hard-of-hearing callers): 1-866-464-3615
Web site: nccam.nih.gov
E-mail: info@nccam.nih.gov
PubMed®
A service of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), PubMed contains publication information and (in most cases) brief summaries of articles from scientific and medical journals. CAM on PubMed, developed jointly by NCCAM and NLM, is a subset of the PubMed system and focuses on the topic of CAM.
Web site: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez
CAM on PubMed: nccam.nih.gov/research/camonpubmed/
NIH Office of Dietary Supplements
Web site: www.ods.od.nih.gov
NIH National Library of Medicine's MedlinePlus
Ginkgo Listing: www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/natural/patient-ginkgo.html
Top
This publication is not copyrighted and is in the public domain. Duplication is encouraged.
NCCAM has provided this material for your information. It is not intended to substitute for the medical expertise and advice of your primary health care provider. We encourage you to discuss any decisions about treatment or care with your health care provider. The mention of any product, service, or therapy is not an endorsement by NCCAM.
NCCAM Publication No. D290
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Exerscise with your pet
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Exercising With Your Pet
Your pet needs exercise--just like you do! But just as it would be hard for you to go out and jog for 45 minutes if you haven't worked out in 6 months, it's also hard for your pet. Be sure to get your veterinarian's approval before beginning your pet's exercise routine. After you get the go-ahead, here are some tips to help you get started:
Start slowly, gradually increasing the time and intensity of the activity. This will safely strengthen your pet's muscles, aerobic capacity, and footpads.
Pay attention to how your pet is feeling. Signs that your pet needs to slow down or stop include drooling, stumbling, trouble breathing, and a long, droopy tongue. Take a break and consider making tomorrow's workout shorter. Also remember that in hot weather your pet can't sweat like you do to keep cool.
Concrete and asphalt are tough on your friend's paws--especially on hot days. Try to walk or run on dirt paths (or grass) as much as possible.
The longer you work out, the more water Fido needs. Bring along a collapsible water dish to help your pet stay hydrated.
Be realistic about your pet's limitations. Many smaller breeds love going for a brisk walk, but you'll probably have to carry them on a strenuous hike. Animals with a thin coat will not tolerate cold weather very well, whereas dogs with thick coats don't do well in the summer heat.
You should avoid strenuous exercise with your pet until he is finished growing (after 9-12 months for most dogs).
Working out with a buddy can be motivating and make exercise more enjoyable for everyone involved. So think about making a buddy out of your four-legged friend!
Exercising With Your Pet
Your pet needs exercise--just like you do! But just as it would be hard for you to go out and jog for 45 minutes if you haven't worked out in 6 months, it's also hard for your pet. Be sure to get your veterinarian's approval before beginning your pet's exercise routine. After you get the go-ahead, here are some tips to help you get started:
Start slowly, gradually increasing the time and intensity of the activity. This will safely strengthen your pet's muscles, aerobic capacity, and footpads.
Pay attention to how your pet is feeling. Signs that your pet needs to slow down or stop include drooling, stumbling, trouble breathing, and a long, droopy tongue. Take a break and consider making tomorrow's workout shorter. Also remember that in hot weather your pet can't sweat like you do to keep cool.
Concrete and asphalt are tough on your friend's paws--especially on hot days. Try to walk or run on dirt paths (or grass) as much as possible.
The longer you work out, the more water Fido needs. Bring along a collapsible water dish to help your pet stay hydrated.
Be realistic about your pet's limitations. Many smaller breeds love going for a brisk walk, but you'll probably have to carry them on a strenuous hike. Animals with a thin coat will not tolerate cold weather very well, whereas dogs with thick coats don't do well in the summer heat.
You should avoid strenuous exercise with your pet until he is finished growing (after 9-12 months for most dogs).
Working out with a buddy can be motivating and make exercise more enjoyable for everyone involved. So think about making a buddy out of your four-legged friend!
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Music that heals
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Music That Heals
Thursday, 31 July 2008 02:00 AstroVera
Recently, the original sound frequencies used in Gregorian Chants sung by ancient Monks to St. John the Baptist were found by Dr. Leonard Horowitz while researching his book "Healing Codes for the Biological Apocalypse". The Monks chanted to a peculiar scale was said to manifest great miracles and bring the Monks closer to God.
The reason the frequencies were lost are not clear. It appears that sometime about 800 years ago the original Solfeggio Frequencies were replaced with the scale you know today by the Pope. An additional note was added and the frequencies were changed slightly (the 'C' note you hear on a piano differs from the original frequency by about 32 Hz).
Albert Einstein said that all matter is nothing more than vibration of energy. That matter that you can see and feel simply has its vibration set to a frequency that you can sense. So, it stands to reason that, if all matter is vibrational then God resonates through all things on His own vibrational frequency. It seems likely that if an individual could get his own cell structure vibrating on the same frequency as God, he could then commune with God more easily.
People who have listened to these frequencies report intense feelings of peace, calm and physical strength combined with an abundance of almost child-like energy.
I have personally listened to a chant called 'Holy Harmony' which employs all 6 of the individual frequencies mixed with a beautiful and melodious chant of "Yod Heh Shin Vav Heh" (which is the Hebrew name of Jesus Christ). I can say that my energy levels have increased, my mind is clearer and my Restless Leg Syndrome has disappeared.
Rather than the Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Ti that you know, the Monks chanted to the six Solfeggio Frequencies - which are:
UT – 396 Hz – Liberating Guilt and Fear
RE – 417 Hz – Undoing Situations and Facilitating Change
MI – 528 Hz – Transformation and Miracles (DNA Repair)
FA – 639 Hz – Connecting and Relationships
SOL – 741 Hz – Awakening Your Intuition
LA – 852 Hz – Returning to Spiritual Order
Music That Heals
Thursday, 31 July 2008 02:00 AstroVera
Recently, the original sound frequencies used in Gregorian Chants sung by ancient Monks to St. John the Baptist were found by Dr. Leonard Horowitz while researching his book "Healing Codes for the Biological Apocalypse". The Monks chanted to a peculiar scale was said to manifest great miracles and bring the Monks closer to God.
The reason the frequencies were lost are not clear. It appears that sometime about 800 years ago the original Solfeggio Frequencies were replaced with the scale you know today by the Pope. An additional note was added and the frequencies were changed slightly (the 'C' note you hear on a piano differs from the original frequency by about 32 Hz).
Albert Einstein said that all matter is nothing more than vibration of energy. That matter that you can see and feel simply has its vibration set to a frequency that you can sense. So, it stands to reason that, if all matter is vibrational then God resonates through all things on His own vibrational frequency. It seems likely that if an individual could get his own cell structure vibrating on the same frequency as God, he could then commune with God more easily.
People who have listened to these frequencies report intense feelings of peace, calm and physical strength combined with an abundance of almost child-like energy.
I have personally listened to a chant called 'Holy Harmony' which employs all 6 of the individual frequencies mixed with a beautiful and melodious chant of "Yod Heh Shin Vav Heh" (which is the Hebrew name of Jesus Christ). I can say that my energy levels have increased, my mind is clearer and my Restless Leg Syndrome has disappeared.
Rather than the Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Ti that you know, the Monks chanted to the six Solfeggio Frequencies - which are:
UT – 396 Hz – Liberating Guilt and Fear
RE – 417 Hz – Undoing Situations and Facilitating Change
MI – 528 Hz – Transformation and Miracles (DNA Repair)
FA – 639 Hz – Connecting and Relationships
SOL – 741 Hz – Awakening Your Intuition
LA – 852 Hz – Returning to Spiritual Order
Monday, July 20, 2009
Pharmaceutical questions
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The Laws of the Pharmaceutical Industry
The main principles governing the pharmaceutical “business with disease.” It is not in the financial interests of the pharmaceutical industry to prevent common diseases – the maintenance and expansion of diseases is a precondition for the financial growth of this industry.
1 The pharmaceutical industry is an investment industry driven by the profits of its shareholders. Improving human health is not the driving force of this industry.
2 The pharmaceutical investment industry was artificially created and strategically developed over an entire century by the same investment groups that control the global petrochemical and chemical industries.
3 The huge profits of the pharmaceutical industry are based on the patenting of new drugs. These patents essentially allow drug manufacturers to arbitrarily define the profits for their products.
4 The marketplace for the pharmaceutical industry is the human body – but only for as long as the body hosts diseases. Thus, maintaining and expanding diseases is a precondition for the growth of the pharmaceutical industry.
5 A key strategy to accomplish this goal is the development of drugs that merely mask symptoms while avoiding the curing or elimination of diseases.
This explains why most prescription drugs marketed today have no proven efficacy and merely target symptoms.
6 To further expand their pharmaceutical market, the drug companies are continuously looking for new applications (indications) for the use of drugs they already market. For example, Bayer’s pain pill Aspirin is now taken by 50 million healthy US citizens under the illusion it will prevent heart attacks.
7 Another key strategy to expand pharmaceutical markets is to cause new diseases with drugs. While merely masking symptoms short term, most of the prescription drugs taken by millions of patients today cause a multitude of new diseases as a result of their known long-term side effects. For example, all cholesterol-lowering drugs currently on the market are known to increase the risk of developing cancer – but only after the patient has been taking
the drug for several years.
8 The known deadly side effects of prescription drugs are the fourth leading cause of death in the industrialized world, surpassed only by the number of deaths from heart attacks, cancer and strokes (Journal of the American Medical Association,April 15, 1998). This fact is no surprise either, because drug patents are primarily issued for new synthetic molecules.
All synthetic molecules need to be detoxified and eliminated from the body, a system that frequently fails and results in an epidemic of severe and deadly side effects.
9 While the promotion and expansion of diseases increase the market of the pharmaceutical investment industry - prevention and root cause treatment of diseases decrease long-term profitability; therefore, they are avoided or even obstructed by this industry.
10 Worst of all, the eradication of diseases is by its very nature incompatible with and diametrically opposed to the interests of the pharmaceutical investment industry. The eradication of diseases now considered as potential drug markets will destroy billions of investment dollars and eventually will eliminate this entire industry.
11 Vitamins and other effective natural health therapies that optimize cellular metabolism threaten the pharmaceutical “business with disease” because they target the cellular cause of today’s most common diseases - and these natural substances cannot be patented.
12 Throughout the more than one hundred year existence of the pharmaceutical industry, vitamins and other essential nutrients, with defined functions as cofactors in cellular metabolism, have been the fiercest competition and the greatest threat to the long-term success of the pharmaceutical investment business.
13 Vitamins and other effective natural health therapies that effectively prevent diseases are incompatible with the very nature of the pharmaceutical “business with disease.”
14 To protect the strategic development of its investment business against the threat from effective, natural and non-patentable therapies, the pharmaceutical industry has – over an entire century - used the most unscrupulous methods, such as:
(1) Withholding life-saving health information from millions of people.
It is simply unacceptable that today so few know that the human body cannot produce vitamin C and lysine, two key molecules for connective tissue stability and disease prevention.
(2) Discrediting natural health therapies. The most common way is through global PR campaigns organized by the Pharma-Cartel that spread lies about the alleged side effects of natural substances – molecules that have been used by Nature for millennia.
(3) Banning by law the dissemination of information about natural health therapies. To that end, the pharmaceutical industry has placed its lobbyists in key political positions in key markets and leading drug export nations.
15 The pharmaceutical “business with disease” is the largest deception and fraud business in human history. The product “health” promised by drug companies is not delivered to millions of patients. Instead, the “products” most often delivered are the opposite: new diseases and frequently, death.
16) The survival of the pharmaceutical industry is dependent on the elimination by any means of effective natural health therapies. These natural and non-patentable therapies have become the treatment of choice for millions of people despite the combined economic, political and media opposition of the world’s largest investment industry.
VACCINES, AUTISM and ANTI-DEPRESSANTS ISSUES
Following link contains 3 more video clip reports on Mercury & Autism
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/12/12/eveningnews/main532886.shtml
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/06/22/eveningnews/main625458.shtml
CBS Evening News report "Mercury Rising" (June 12, 2004)
http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/videoplayer/newVid/framesource2.html?clip=/media/2004/06/12/video622792.wmv&sec=500251&vidId=50025
Dr. Leonard Horowitz - RENSE Radio - CBS News - Rep. Dan Burton R-Ind.
http://PlayAudioMessage.com/play.asp?m=27130&f=SLKJET&ps=7&p=1 (10 min)
Mercury dangers, loss of rights through CODEX, a video about mercury
http://www.iaomt.org/merc_release.swf
Rep. Dan Burton - Joyce Railey (Gulf War Vets) - Dr. Ann Blake Tracy
http://PlayAudioMessage.com/play.asp?m=27134&f=FSNHAO&ps=7&p=1 (10 min)
More Evidence of Reported Ill Health in UK Gulf War Veterans
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/483476?src=mp
CHARGES OF CDC THIMEROSAL COVER UP
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/news-article.aspx?storyid=19491
STUNNING VIDEO CLIPS FROM "PBS TELEVISION" ON THE FDA
(click on each of 6 pictures to view)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/prescription/view/
CDC VACCINE COVER UP
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/12/283084.html
THE COVER UP ON PAXIL
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Glaxo-Lawsuit.html?ex=1086840000
http://www.guardian.co.uk/italy/story/0,12576,1225576,00.html
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8209-1135320,00.html
Mercury dangers, loss of rights through CODEX, a video about mercury
http://www.iaomt.org/merc_release.swf
Dr . Doreen Virtue - "INDIGO & CRYSTAL CHILDREN
I present this as the only explanations I can come up with as to why our children are being placed at risk by certain groups. Most may not accept or understand this...yet
http://PlayAudioMessage.com/play.asp?m=27135&f=LSRPBE&ps=7&p=1 (9 min)
SUPPRESSED CANCER TREATMENTS
Dr. LORRAINE DAY
http://PlayAudioMessage.com/play.asp?m=27137&f=ALGSPI&ps=7&p=1 (9 min)
http://www.drday.com/tumor.htm & www.drday.com
I placed her site here to make sure you click on the link that shows the tumor Dr. Day endured ... and dissolved.
"The Burzynski Breakthrough" -THOMAS D. ELIAS
http://PlayAudioMessage.com/play.asp?m=27144&f=MZXHOY&ps=7&p=1 (10 min)
PATIENT'S TESTIMONIALS: http://www.burzynskipatientgroup.org/
Link to book: http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0938530666/ref=sib_int_redir/102-5985997-8661722?v=look-inside&s=books
Dr. Burzynski Clinic we site http://www.cancermed.com/ & http://www.cancermed.com/diseasestreated.htm &
Dr. JOSEPH GOLD - Head of Cancer Research @ Syracuse Unv.
http://PlayAudioMessage.com/play.asp?m=27140&f=KXZECK&ps=7&p=1 (10 min)
Web site: http://scri.ngen.com/ & http://www.hydrazinesulfate.org/
Link to article: DEATH BY MEDICINE!
http://www.mercola.com/2003/nov/26/death_by_medicine.htm
Informant: Jack Topel
Starmail - 22. Jul, 18:41
The Laws of the Pharmaceutical Industry
The main principles governing the pharmaceutical “business with disease.” It is not in the financial interests of the pharmaceutical industry to prevent common diseases – the maintenance and expansion of diseases is a precondition for the financial growth of this industry.
1 The pharmaceutical industry is an investment industry driven by the profits of its shareholders. Improving human health is not the driving force of this industry.
2 The pharmaceutical investment industry was artificially created and strategically developed over an entire century by the same investment groups that control the global petrochemical and chemical industries.
3 The huge profits of the pharmaceutical industry are based on the patenting of new drugs. These patents essentially allow drug manufacturers to arbitrarily define the profits for their products.
4 The marketplace for the pharmaceutical industry is the human body – but only for as long as the body hosts diseases. Thus, maintaining and expanding diseases is a precondition for the growth of the pharmaceutical industry.
5 A key strategy to accomplish this goal is the development of drugs that merely mask symptoms while avoiding the curing or elimination of diseases.
This explains why most prescription drugs marketed today have no proven efficacy and merely target symptoms.
6 To further expand their pharmaceutical market, the drug companies are continuously looking for new applications (indications) for the use of drugs they already market. For example, Bayer’s pain pill Aspirin is now taken by 50 million healthy US citizens under the illusion it will prevent heart attacks.
7 Another key strategy to expand pharmaceutical markets is to cause new diseases with drugs. While merely masking symptoms short term, most of the prescription drugs taken by millions of patients today cause a multitude of new diseases as a result of their known long-term side effects. For example, all cholesterol-lowering drugs currently on the market are known to increase the risk of developing cancer – but only after the patient has been taking
the drug for several years.
8 The known deadly side effects of prescription drugs are the fourth leading cause of death in the industrialized world, surpassed only by the number of deaths from heart attacks, cancer and strokes (Journal of the American Medical Association,April 15, 1998). This fact is no surprise either, because drug patents are primarily issued for new synthetic molecules.
All synthetic molecules need to be detoxified and eliminated from the body, a system that frequently fails and results in an epidemic of severe and deadly side effects.
9 While the promotion and expansion of diseases increase the market of the pharmaceutical investment industry - prevention and root cause treatment of diseases decrease long-term profitability; therefore, they are avoided or even obstructed by this industry.
10 Worst of all, the eradication of diseases is by its very nature incompatible with and diametrically opposed to the interests of the pharmaceutical investment industry. The eradication of diseases now considered as potential drug markets will destroy billions of investment dollars and eventually will eliminate this entire industry.
11 Vitamins and other effective natural health therapies that optimize cellular metabolism threaten the pharmaceutical “business with disease” because they target the cellular cause of today’s most common diseases - and these natural substances cannot be patented.
12 Throughout the more than one hundred year existence of the pharmaceutical industry, vitamins and other essential nutrients, with defined functions as cofactors in cellular metabolism, have been the fiercest competition and the greatest threat to the long-term success of the pharmaceutical investment business.
13 Vitamins and other effective natural health therapies that effectively prevent diseases are incompatible with the very nature of the pharmaceutical “business with disease.”
14 To protect the strategic development of its investment business against the threat from effective, natural and non-patentable therapies, the pharmaceutical industry has – over an entire century - used the most unscrupulous methods, such as:
(1) Withholding life-saving health information from millions of people.
It is simply unacceptable that today so few know that the human body cannot produce vitamin C and lysine, two key molecules for connective tissue stability and disease prevention.
(2) Discrediting natural health therapies. The most common way is through global PR campaigns organized by the Pharma-Cartel that spread lies about the alleged side effects of natural substances – molecules that have been used by Nature for millennia.
(3) Banning by law the dissemination of information about natural health therapies. To that end, the pharmaceutical industry has placed its lobbyists in key political positions in key markets and leading drug export nations.
15 The pharmaceutical “business with disease” is the largest deception and fraud business in human history. The product “health” promised by drug companies is not delivered to millions of patients. Instead, the “products” most often delivered are the opposite: new diseases and frequently, death.
16) The survival of the pharmaceutical industry is dependent on the elimination by any means of effective natural health therapies. These natural and non-patentable therapies have become the treatment of choice for millions of people despite the combined economic, political and media opposition of the world’s largest investment industry.
VACCINES, AUTISM and ANTI-DEPRESSANTS ISSUES
Following link contains 3 more video clip reports on Mercury & Autism
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/12/12/eveningnews/main532886.shtml
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/06/22/eveningnews/main625458.shtml
CBS Evening News report "Mercury Rising" (June 12, 2004)
http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/videoplayer/newVid/framesource2.html?clip=/media/2004/06/12/video622792.wmv&sec=500251&vidId=50025
Dr. Leonard Horowitz - RENSE Radio - CBS News - Rep. Dan Burton R-Ind.
http://PlayAudioMessage.com/play.asp?m=27130&f=SLKJET&ps=7&p=1 (10 min)
Mercury dangers, loss of rights through CODEX, a video about mercury
http://www.iaomt.org/merc_release.swf
Rep. Dan Burton - Joyce Railey (Gulf War Vets) - Dr. Ann Blake Tracy
http://PlayAudioMessage.com/play.asp?m=27134&f=FSNHAO&ps=7&p=1 (10 min)
More Evidence of Reported Ill Health in UK Gulf War Veterans
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/483476?src=mp
CHARGES OF CDC THIMEROSAL COVER UP
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/news-article.aspx?storyid=19491
STUNNING VIDEO CLIPS FROM "PBS TELEVISION" ON THE FDA
(click on each of 6 pictures to view)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/prescription/view/
CDC VACCINE COVER UP
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/12/283084.html
THE COVER UP ON PAXIL
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Glaxo-Lawsuit.html?ex=1086840000
http://www.guardian.co.uk/italy/story/0,12576,1225576,00.html
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8209-1135320,00.html
Mercury dangers, loss of rights through CODEX, a video about mercury
http://www.iaomt.org/merc_release.swf
Dr . Doreen Virtue - "INDIGO & CRYSTAL CHILDREN
I present this as the only explanations I can come up with as to why our children are being placed at risk by certain groups. Most may not accept or understand this...yet
http://PlayAudioMessage.com/play.asp?m=27135&f=LSRPBE&ps=7&p=1 (9 min)
SUPPRESSED CANCER TREATMENTS
Dr. LORRAINE DAY
http://PlayAudioMessage.com/play.asp?m=27137&f=ALGSPI&ps=7&p=1 (9 min)
http://www.drday.com/tumor.htm & www.drday.com
I placed her site here to make sure you click on the link that shows the tumor Dr. Day endured ... and dissolved.
"The Burzynski Breakthrough" -THOMAS D. ELIAS
http://PlayAudioMessage.com/play.asp?m=27144&f=MZXHOY&ps=7&p=1 (10 min)
PATIENT'S TESTIMONIALS: http://www.burzynskipatientgroup.org/
Link to book: http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0938530666/ref=sib_int_redir/102-5985997-8661722?v=look-inside&s=books
Dr. Burzynski Clinic we site http://www.cancermed.com/ & http://www.cancermed.com/diseasestreated.htm &
Dr. JOSEPH GOLD - Head of Cancer Research @ Syracuse Unv.
http://PlayAudioMessage.com/play.asp?m=27140&f=KXZECK&ps=7&p=1 (10 min)
Web site: http://scri.ngen.com/ & http://www.hydrazinesulfate.org/
Link to article: DEATH BY MEDICINE!
http://www.mercola.com/2003/nov/26/death_by_medicine.htm
Informant: Jack Topel
Starmail - 22. Jul, 18:41
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Your mind
Me and My Shadow
How does that song go?
I was walking the other day and looked down at the sidewalk and saw this stranger walking with me. I stared at the image and for a brief moment I asked "Who the heck is that?" "This person doesn't have all those lumps and bumps of ugly fat on her that I do"... A brief moment, then tears came to my eyes as it hit me. This was ME.
I weighed myself yesterday. The scales said 141.6...I realized that I had now lost 70 pounds! Then I put on my gift to myself- a pair of size 8 Kymaro jeans I was saving for this moment. Never in my life have I worn a size 8. They look good, yes, I can honestly tell you that. Oh, the journey is not over, far from it with another six pounds to go in order to reach my goal and then toning up my body. All in good time, but for now I reflect on some of the things I have learned on this my journey of a million steps.
I have learned that the prison of shame and guilt that I had built was my own creation and that I had the power to tear it down, or to build it up. It is all up to ME.
I had to learn to take personal responsibility for every bite of food that I put into my mouth, and that I had to eat healthy to BE healthy.
I had to learn that you either do IT (diet/exercise), or you don't -- there's no middle ground and that life is full of choices and I choose to be happier and healthier with mine.
I learned that I could acknowledge myself in ways other than eating. I no longer have to be an "emotional eater" to do that.
I learned to admit to myself that I was fat and unhealthy because I chose to overeat and I chose foods that were unhealthy and fattening.
I learned I just needed to find a diet plan that worked for ME. For me this is the idiot proof diet plan. Eating the right combination of foods, eating small portions knowing I will eat again in two hours, and eating healthy food was and is my key to success.
I learned that I am not a failure even though I may have "failed" when I dieted in the past.
I have learned that "temptations" along my journey are merely a test to my commitment. And, if I give myself the "gift" of an occasional temptation it makes the journey go much better.
I have learned that losing weight is not the end result but the beginning of a new chapter -- complete with new challenges, commitments and dreams!
I have learned that the journey will NEVER be over for me, that this is just the beginning of another journey to a happier and healthier life full of mountains and valleys, but with the help of all my SparkFriends I will accept the hills and valleys and travel with them...with the knowledge that I CAN continue, and I CAN do this, with their help and support.
How does that song go?
I was walking the other day and looked down at the sidewalk and saw this stranger walking with me. I stared at the image and for a brief moment I asked "Who the heck is that?" "This person doesn't have all those lumps and bumps of ugly fat on her that I do"... A brief moment, then tears came to my eyes as it hit me. This was ME.
I weighed myself yesterday. The scales said 141.6...I realized that I had now lost 70 pounds! Then I put on my gift to myself- a pair of size 8 Kymaro jeans I was saving for this moment. Never in my life have I worn a size 8. They look good, yes, I can honestly tell you that. Oh, the journey is not over, far from it with another six pounds to go in order to reach my goal and then toning up my body. All in good time, but for now I reflect on some of the things I have learned on this my journey of a million steps.
I have learned that the prison of shame and guilt that I had built was my own creation and that I had the power to tear it down, or to build it up. It is all up to ME.
I had to learn to take personal responsibility for every bite of food that I put into my mouth, and that I had to eat healthy to BE healthy.
I had to learn that you either do IT (diet/exercise), or you don't -- there's no middle ground and that life is full of choices and I choose to be happier and healthier with mine.
I learned that I could acknowledge myself in ways other than eating. I no longer have to be an "emotional eater" to do that.
I learned to admit to myself that I was fat and unhealthy because I chose to overeat and I chose foods that were unhealthy and fattening.
I learned I just needed to find a diet plan that worked for ME. For me this is the idiot proof diet plan. Eating the right combination of foods, eating small portions knowing I will eat again in two hours, and eating healthy food was and is my key to success.
I learned that I am not a failure even though I may have "failed" when I dieted in the past.
I have learned that "temptations" along my journey are merely a test to my commitment. And, if I give myself the "gift" of an occasional temptation it makes the journey go much better.
I have learned that losing weight is not the end result but the beginning of a new chapter -- complete with new challenges, commitments and dreams!
I have learned that the journey will NEVER be over for me, that this is just the beginning of another journey to a happier and healthier life full of mountains and valleys, but with the help of all my SparkFriends I will accept the hills and valleys and travel with them...with the knowledge that I CAN continue, and I CAN do this, with their help and support.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Healthy Eating
www.learnnaturalhealthonline.com
Expert Solutions: Overweight Kids
SparkPeople Experts Weigh-In on Issues with Overweight Children
Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in this country--and now it's been spilling over to our kids. Obesity among children is skyrocketing, and getting a lot of attention these days. Parents want to know how to prevent their own children from becoming overweight, and what to do when their child (or adolescent) is obese.
Expert: Jen Mueller, Certified Personal Trainer
I think the first place it starts is with parents. When I worked at the YMCA we had a program for severely obese kids, and 9 times out of 10 the entire family was obese too. So I think there is something within that family's lifestyle that needs to be addressed. A 10-year-old can't go grocery shopping for himself. But if he is given healthy options at home and the parents provide a good example, he's much more likely to continue that behavior--partly because it's familiar. If French fries are familiar at home, then he's more likely to eat that as he gets older and can make his own choices.
Same goes with exercise. If children are given a good example by their parents, and not allowed to sit in front of the TV all day, they are more likely to continue those active behaviors as they grow up.
I think parents can create a healthy environment without focusing on counting calories and losing weight. It's just about being healthy and getting active. I get nervous when I hear people asking for calorie recommendations for their kids. They'll get enough of that pressure from media and society--no need to create more of it at home.
Expert Solutions: Overweight Kids
SparkPeople Experts Weigh-In on Issues with Overweight Children
Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in this country--and now it's been spilling over to our kids. Obesity among children is skyrocketing, and getting a lot of attention these days. Parents want to know how to prevent their own children from becoming overweight, and what to do when their child (or adolescent) is obese.
Expert: Jen Mueller, Certified Personal Trainer
I think the first place it starts is with parents. When I worked at the YMCA we had a program for severely obese kids, and 9 times out of 10 the entire family was obese too. So I think there is something within that family's lifestyle that needs to be addressed. A 10-year-old can't go grocery shopping for himself. But if he is given healthy options at home and the parents provide a good example, he's much more likely to continue that behavior--partly because it's familiar. If French fries are familiar at home, then he's more likely to eat that as he gets older and can make his own choices.
Same goes with exercise. If children are given a good example by their parents, and not allowed to sit in front of the TV all day, they are more likely to continue those active behaviors as they grow up.
I think parents can create a healthy environment without focusing on counting calories and losing weight. It's just about being healthy and getting active. I get nervous when I hear people asking for calorie recommendations for their kids. They'll get enough of that pressure from media and society--no need to create more of it at home.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Tomatoes
www.learnnaturalhealthonline.com
Tomatoes: Secret Weapon Ingredients (sparkpeople)
Ahem...allow us to introduce to you one of many Secret Weapon Ingredients. And what, you might ask, are Secret Weapon Ingredients? They are versatile foods that are perfect for mixing into many recipes and dishes and provide a nutritional punch to any meal. They are easy and convenient, and their health benefits are numerous. Do you have trouble making your kids eat healthy foods? Sneak these into their meals and their bodies will be grateful.
Tomatoes
This amazing fruit, which we commonly call a vegetable, is easy to add to meals. No matter its classification, the fact of the matter is that tomatoes are proven to reduce the risk of certain cancers, especially those in the digestive tract, by absorbing free radicals. They provide great antioxidant protection for your body. As a bonus, they are probably one of the easiest Secret Weapon Ingredients to include in your cooking. Add to omelets, top salads, or toss into spaghetti sauce. Want more? Make your own homemade salsa, mixing chopped tomatoes, onions and chili peppers.
Tomatoes: Secret Weapon Ingredients (sparkpeople)
Ahem...allow us to introduce to you one of many Secret Weapon Ingredients. And what, you might ask, are Secret Weapon Ingredients? They are versatile foods that are perfect for mixing into many recipes and dishes and provide a nutritional punch to any meal. They are easy and convenient, and their health benefits are numerous. Do you have trouble making your kids eat healthy foods? Sneak these into their meals and their bodies will be grateful.
Tomatoes
This amazing fruit, which we commonly call a vegetable, is easy to add to meals. No matter its classification, the fact of the matter is that tomatoes are proven to reduce the risk of certain cancers, especially those in the digestive tract, by absorbing free radicals. They provide great antioxidant protection for your body. As a bonus, they are probably one of the easiest Secret Weapon Ingredients to include in your cooking. Add to omelets, top salads, or toss into spaghetti sauce. Want more? Make your own homemade salsa, mixing chopped tomatoes, onions and chili peppers.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Healthy Eating
Hold the Trans Fat
What do bread, crackers, cereal, macaroni and cheese, frozen pizza, doughnuts, and cookies have in common? Besides being at the top of the list of many kids' favorite foods, they are all possible sources of trans fats. Trans fats are oils that, through a process called hydrogenation, have been chemically altered from their original liquid states into solid shortening. The process extends the shelf life of the oil and improves the texture of the food to which the oil is added. Many manufacturers add it to their products for these reasons.
However, when you add those foods to your grocery cart, you're increasing your risk of heart disease (and your kid's too), because trans fats are artery-clogging professionals. They carry cholesterol to the arteries, drop it off, and go looking for more. A Harvard Medical School study of 80,000 women found that a 2% increase in trans fat consumption increased a woman's risk of heart disease by 93%.
But you can still have your cake, eat it, and have a healthy heart, too. Just avoid products that list "partially hydrogenated" vegetable oil or shortening as an ingredient.
What do bread, crackers, cereal, macaroni and cheese, frozen pizza, doughnuts, and cookies have in common? Besides being at the top of the list of many kids' favorite foods, they are all possible sources of trans fats. Trans fats are oils that, through a process called hydrogenation, have been chemically altered from their original liquid states into solid shortening. The process extends the shelf life of the oil and improves the texture of the food to which the oil is added. Many manufacturers add it to their products for these reasons.
However, when you add those foods to your grocery cart, you're increasing your risk of heart disease (and your kid's too), because trans fats are artery-clogging professionals. They carry cholesterol to the arteries, drop it off, and go looking for more. A Harvard Medical School study of 80,000 women found that a 2% increase in trans fat consumption increased a woman's risk of heart disease by 93%.
But you can still have your cake, eat it, and have a healthy heart, too. Just avoid products that list "partially hydrogenated" vegetable oil or shortening as an ingredient.
Friday, July 3, 2009
Natural Health Glossary
Glossary for Natural HEaling
Acupressure
Acupressure is a variation of acupuncture, an ancient Chinese system of healing that was developed from theories that the body has an energy force (known in traditional Chinese medicine as Qi) running through it along specific pathways called meridians. In order to maintain health, the flow of Qi must remain balanced and uninterrupted, and acupressure is one method for correcting imbalances and removing blockages. In acupressure, finger pressure is used at specific points where meridians come to the skin’s surface.
Acupuncture
Acupuncture is an ancient Chinese system of healing that was developed from theories that the body has an energy force (known in traditional Chinese medicine as Qi) running through it along specific pathways called meridians. In order to maintain health, the flow of Qi must remain balanced and uninterrupted, and acupuncture is one method for correcting imbalances and removing blockages. In acupuncture, very fine needles are inserted into the skin at specific points where meridians come to the skin’s surface.
Allopathy
Allopathy is a system involving use of medicines that produce effects different from those produced by the disease. In contrast to holistic approaches, allopathy views the body as a set of systems separate from the mind. The allopathic approach introduces drugs and surgery to “fix” the body rather than assisting its natural healing process. This is the most prevalent and well-known form of addressing ill health in Western culture. Allopathic physicians successfully complete a formal medical degree and are trained to diagnose and treat illness and disease from the approaches of medication (often synthetic) and invasive surgery. Most physicians follow this medical model of treatment, which is preset.
Alternative Medicine
Alternative medicine incorporates nontraditional methods of treatment in the overall medical treatment of illness and disease. This includes, but is not limited to, homeopathy, herbalism and bodywork therapy.
Alternative Therapies
Approaches to healing that are not included in the traditional medical model of treatment are considered alternative. These include, but are not limited to, massage therapy, nutritional supplementation, using herbal formulas, guided imagery and hypnotherapy.
Aromatherapy
Aromatherapy involves the use of unadulterated fragrant essential oils that are extracted from various plants. In nature, these act to protect the plant from parasites and diseases. Distilled, the essential oils are mixed with neutral-scented carrier oil and then may be applied to the skin, sprayed into the air, added to bath water, etc. Some fragrances are stimulating, while others promote relaxation. Aromatherapy is used to promote healing from various physical, mental, and emotional conditions.
Ayurveda
Ayurveda is India’s traditional health system. Dating back more than 5000 years, it is based on the theory of constitutional body types, or doshas. Everyone has a unique constitution or combination of doshas. Doshas are based on the five elements — fire, water, earth, air and ether. Although there are five elements, there are only three doshas: vata, pitta and kapha. Vata is the combination of air and ether, pitta is the combination of fire and water, and kapha is the combination of water and earth. Each person is a combination of elements and the qualities that are attributed to these elements. Ayurveda, which means “the science of life,” takes into account the different stages of life and aging, and includes not only food and herbs, but also diet, exercise, massage, color, light, sound, hygiene and more.
Bach Flower Remedies
Bach Flower remedies were developed by Dr. Edward Bach, a British medical doctor and homeopath. Bach believed that, beginning in the mind and emotions, illness is initiated by a conflict between a person’s higher self and his or her ego. Flower remedies are used to resolve this conflict and thus allow healing to occur throughout the entire organism. These remedies are chosen based on an individual’s personality characteristics rather than on the specific physical problem. Of the 39 remedies in the Bach repertory, all but one are made from the essences of single flowers. Rescue Remedy — the exception — is a combination that is used in emergency situations.
C.A.M.
This acronym, often used among healthcare practitioners, means complementary and alternative medicine.
Complementary Medicine
Often used interchangeably with the term “alternative medicine,” this system of treatment uses traditional allopathic methods as well as alternative approaches to form a complementary medical system.
Detoxification
The human body creates and is exposed to many toxins simply through the normal processes of life. Under ordinary conditions, various body systems — including the liver, kidneys, intestines, lymph, and circulatory systems — eliminate toxins without a problem. However, a poor diet and lifestyle habits, as well as excessive exposure to environmental toxins, can sometimes overwhelm the body’s natural processes, allowing toxins to accumulate internally. Signs of a toxic condition include headaches, digestive disorders, increased allergic reactions, and fatigue, among many others. Various methods are used to stimulate detoxification, such as fasting, the use of herbs, and following specific cleansing diets.
Feng Shui
Feng Shui, an ancient system of environmental and interior design that developed alongside acupuncture and herbal medicine in rural China, can be a powerful tool for supporting the immune system and fostering more radiant health. Like conventional architecture and interior design, Feng Shui recognizes the importance of aesthetics and functionality. However, the main difference is that somatic and energetic qualities are thought to be equally important. There are more than a dozen different styles of Feng Shui throughout the world, including Black Sect Feng Shui, Pyramid School Feng Shui, and Space Clearing Feng Shui.
Herbology
The study of herbology is one of the oldest sciences in the world. It is the study of plants and their physical attributes as used for healing, food, flavoring, scents, and dyes. Herbologists study the effect of plants upon the body, stressing the use of whole plants. Herbology may include: the study of the part of plant that is used, plant gathering methods, and method of preparation of the plant. Herbology systems in use today include: Western, Native American, Ayurvedic, Traditional Chinese, and European. Herbology has been important to the following professions: herbalism, naturopathy, homeopathy, aromatherapy, botany, nutrition, pharmacy, dietetics, dentistry, midwifery, chemistry and medicine.
Herbalism
Herbalism involves the practice of using plants for healing, food, flavoring, scents and dyes. It is practiced in all forms of traditional healing worldwide. The philosophy of herbalism is directed at support of the body’s healing processes with the use of plants and foods. In traditional herbalism, not only are plants and foods used, but also exercise techniques, breathing techniques, and various mind/body techniques. Herbalism looks at the whole person — mind, body and spirit.
Herbalist
An herbalist is a person who grows, gathers, sells, or uses herbs for healing, food, flavoring, scents or dyes. The aim of a practicing herbalist is to bring the body back into balance by getting to the root cause of the imbalance. An herbalist looks at the whole person — mind, body and spirit.
Holistic Health
This involves viewing individual health in a holistic fashion. Holistic means considering and encompassing body, mind, emotions and spirit. Therefore, factors involving physical wellness/illness, mental/thought patterns, emotional expression and stability, and the individual’s spiritual beliefs all have significant roles in maintaining good health and must be addressed.
Holistic Medicine
Holistic medicine is a medical model that focuses on the whole person, not just the body.
Holistic Nutrition
Holistic Nutrition is the science of using natural, whole foods and nutritional supplements to detoxify, rebuild, and balance the whole person, with an awareness of how these dietary choices are interrelated with the condition of our body, emotions, spirit and the environment.
Holistic Wellness
Holistic wellness is the practice of returning to homeostasis at all levels of the mind, the body, the spirit, and the emotions. By learning about the essence of healthy living, we are empowered to take responsibility for our health and well-being. In turn, taking responsibility for our health is one of the cornerstones of holistic wellness.
Homeopathy
Homeopathy is a system of medicine, developed by Samuel Hahnemann in the late 18th century and founded on the principle that likes will cure likes. That is, a homeopathic remedy, if given full strength to a healthy person, will cause the same symptoms that the very dilute homeopathic formula will remove. This theory has been supported by experimentation and practice over the past 200 years. Two of the major branches of homeopathy are Classical and Constitutional.
Classical Homeopathy
Based on the work of Dr. Hahnemann, classical homeopathy adheres to the nine principles set out in Hahnemann’s Organon of Medicine. It addresses the complete person in mind, body and spirit. Classical Homeopathy recognizes that disease is a change of state that is based upon an individual’s genetics, the strength of their vital life force, their life circumstance, and their environment. In classical homeopathy, one remedy is given at a time in the smallest possible dose to affect a response in the chief complaint. Combinations of remedies are not generally used.
Constitutional Homeopathy
In constitutional homeopathy the emphasis is placed upon the constitution of the individual, including the underlying psychological issues, motives, personality and physical symptoms. Information about the client is gathered and a picture is pieced together. Remedy selection is based upon the most distinct characteristics of the client matching the characteristics of the remedy which will enhance overall health. In constitutional homeopathy, the selected remedy may not address the chief complaint but fits the overall picture or constitution of the person.
Hydrotherapy
Hydrotherapy involves using water of any temperature or form — hot, cold, steam or ice — in order to promote healing. Depending on the temperature and form of the water, it can address a wide range of problems, including sore muscles, injuries, fevers, burns, skin problems, and so forth. Warm or hot water has a relaxing effect; cold water reduces inflammation; and alternating hot and cold water acts to stimulate the circulatory system. Water may also stimulate the immune system. This simple form of therapy was fundamental to the nature cure — an ancestor to naturopathy — as it developed in 19th century Europe.
Integrative Medicine
Used interchangeably with the term “alternative medicine,” this system integrates traditional, allopathic methods with nontraditional methods.
Iridology
In defining iridology, the International Iridology Practitioners Association (IIPA) states that it is “the study of the iris, or colored part, of the eye. This structure has detailed fibers and pigmentation that reflects information about our physical and psychological makeup. It identifies inherited dispositions (how our body reacts to our environment and what symptoms are most likely to occur), risks (what areas or organ systems are more likely to have symptoms) and future challenges (where we are likely to have more problems as we age). Iridology helps identify inherited emotional patterns which can create or maintain physical symptoms, as well as identify lessons or challenges and gifts or talents available to us.”
Massage Therapy
Massage therapy involves manipulating the soft tissues of the body in order to bring about normalization, which in turn promotes healing. Massage affects blood and lymph circulation as well as muscular tension. In addition, it stimulates or relaxes the nervous system, depending on the technique used. Among the benefits of massage are faster healing from soft tissue injury, healthier skin, and stress reduction. There are many different techniques of massage, including AMMA therapy, Lomi-Lomi, myofascial release, neuromuscular therapy, shiatsu, sports massage, Swedish massage, Thai massage, trigger point therapy and more.
Natural Health
Natural health means maintaining good health, naturally. This takes into account the air you breathe, the water you drink, the diet (food and fluid) you ingest, your daily physical movement and activities, your rest and sleep and your human interactions. In summary, this is how you live in your body on a daily basis.
Natural Healing
This involves moving the body from a state of non-health to a state of health using only natural (non-synthetic and non-invasive) means. Examples of this include fasting to cleanse the body of mucous, massage therapy to ease aching and painful muscles and the use of herbal formulas to soothe an irritated throat.
Naturopathy
Naturopathy is a system of therapy that employs natural forces such as light, heat, air, water and massage. This system differs most significantly from allopathy by focusing on building health rather than on treating disease. The techniques used are non-invasive and may include foods, herbs, fasting, nutritional supplements, bodywork, hydrotherapy, forms of exercise or body movement and/or meditation.
Reflexology
Reflexology is a system of bodywork in which the practitioner applies finger pressure to specific points on the feet and/or the hands. Reflexology is based on the correspondence between reflexes in the feet and hands and the various organs and areas of the body. Pressing on these reflexes aids in healing by stimulating a return to homeostasis.
Reiki
Reiki is a type of energy work that draws on several techniques of touch and visualization in order to improve the flow of life energy. In fact, the Japanese term “Reiki” translates to “universal life energy.” Practitioners are sensitive to — and trained to correct — difficulties of energy flow on all levels: physical, emotional, and spiritual. Reiki practitioners often work directly with clients, and they may also work at a distance. Positive effects of this modality include pain relief, stress reduction, and stimulation of the immune system.
Therapeutic Touch
Therapeutic Touch is a non-invasive, and in fact non-touch, system of energy work that was developed in the 1970s by Dora Kunz and Delores Krieger, Ph.D., RN. In Therapeutic Touch, energy is transferred from the practitioner to the energy field of the individual receiving treatment. As with other energy techniques, major effects include relaxation and accelerated healing. It has been found that the autonomic nervous system is quite sensitive to Therapeutic Touch, followed by the lymphatic and circulatory systems, and the musculoskeletal system.
Traditional Chinese Medicine
More than 2000 years old, Traditional Chinese Medicine is based on creating and maintaining balance and harmony between various types of polar opposites, for example Yin and Yang, heaven and earth, cold and hot, wet and dry, inner and outer, and so forth. Also important are the five elements: wood, fire, water, earth, and air. Balance and harmony bring health; imbalance and disharmony bring the opposite. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) takes the entire person, the physical, psychological and spiritual makeup, into account when approaching any problem. The chief modalities of TCM include herbs, foods, and acupuncture.
Vegetarianism
Vegetarianism is a plant-centered dietary style that excludes meat. This may include a number of variations:
Lacto-Vegetarian — Eats only vegetables, grains, fruits, and dairy products.
Ovo-Vegetarian — Eats only vegetables, grains, fruits, and eggs.
Pesco-Vegetarian — Eats only vegetables, grains, fruits, and fish/seafood.
Vegan — Eats only vegetables, grains, and fruits, with no animal products at all. For many people this becomes a way of life that extends beyond dietary practices. Strict vegans often avoid using any product, for example leather or silk, that has animal origins.
Some of these dietary styles may be combined. For example, a lacto-ovo-vegetarian includes dairy products and eggs as part of his or her plant-centered diet. For many people, a well-balanced vegetarian diet, high in micronutrients and fiber and generally low in saturated fats, is quite healthy. Although a plant-centered diet is recommended for nearly everyone, some people do not respond well to a diet in which there is no animal protein.
Acupressure
Acupressure is a variation of acupuncture, an ancient Chinese system of healing that was developed from theories that the body has an energy force (known in traditional Chinese medicine as Qi) running through it along specific pathways called meridians. In order to maintain health, the flow of Qi must remain balanced and uninterrupted, and acupressure is one method for correcting imbalances and removing blockages. In acupressure, finger pressure is used at specific points where meridians come to the skin’s surface.
Acupuncture
Acupuncture is an ancient Chinese system of healing that was developed from theories that the body has an energy force (known in traditional Chinese medicine as Qi) running through it along specific pathways called meridians. In order to maintain health, the flow of Qi must remain balanced and uninterrupted, and acupuncture is one method for correcting imbalances and removing blockages. In acupuncture, very fine needles are inserted into the skin at specific points where meridians come to the skin’s surface.
Allopathy
Allopathy is a system involving use of medicines that produce effects different from those produced by the disease. In contrast to holistic approaches, allopathy views the body as a set of systems separate from the mind. The allopathic approach introduces drugs and surgery to “fix” the body rather than assisting its natural healing process. This is the most prevalent and well-known form of addressing ill health in Western culture. Allopathic physicians successfully complete a formal medical degree and are trained to diagnose and treat illness and disease from the approaches of medication (often synthetic) and invasive surgery. Most physicians follow this medical model of treatment, which is preset.
Alternative Medicine
Alternative medicine incorporates nontraditional methods of treatment in the overall medical treatment of illness and disease. This includes, but is not limited to, homeopathy, herbalism and bodywork therapy.
Alternative Therapies
Approaches to healing that are not included in the traditional medical model of treatment are considered alternative. These include, but are not limited to, massage therapy, nutritional supplementation, using herbal formulas, guided imagery and hypnotherapy.
Aromatherapy
Aromatherapy involves the use of unadulterated fragrant essential oils that are extracted from various plants. In nature, these act to protect the plant from parasites and diseases. Distilled, the essential oils are mixed with neutral-scented carrier oil and then may be applied to the skin, sprayed into the air, added to bath water, etc. Some fragrances are stimulating, while others promote relaxation. Aromatherapy is used to promote healing from various physical, mental, and emotional conditions.
Ayurveda
Ayurveda is India’s traditional health system. Dating back more than 5000 years, it is based on the theory of constitutional body types, or doshas. Everyone has a unique constitution or combination of doshas. Doshas are based on the five elements — fire, water, earth, air and ether. Although there are five elements, there are only three doshas: vata, pitta and kapha. Vata is the combination of air and ether, pitta is the combination of fire and water, and kapha is the combination of water and earth. Each person is a combination of elements and the qualities that are attributed to these elements. Ayurveda, which means “the science of life,” takes into account the different stages of life and aging, and includes not only food and herbs, but also diet, exercise, massage, color, light, sound, hygiene and more.
Bach Flower Remedies
Bach Flower remedies were developed by Dr. Edward Bach, a British medical doctor and homeopath. Bach believed that, beginning in the mind and emotions, illness is initiated by a conflict between a person’s higher self and his or her ego. Flower remedies are used to resolve this conflict and thus allow healing to occur throughout the entire organism. These remedies are chosen based on an individual’s personality characteristics rather than on the specific physical problem. Of the 39 remedies in the Bach repertory, all but one are made from the essences of single flowers. Rescue Remedy — the exception — is a combination that is used in emergency situations.
C.A.M.
This acronym, often used among healthcare practitioners, means complementary and alternative medicine.
Complementary Medicine
Often used interchangeably with the term “alternative medicine,” this system of treatment uses traditional allopathic methods as well as alternative approaches to form a complementary medical system.
Detoxification
The human body creates and is exposed to many toxins simply through the normal processes of life. Under ordinary conditions, various body systems — including the liver, kidneys, intestines, lymph, and circulatory systems — eliminate toxins without a problem. However, a poor diet and lifestyle habits, as well as excessive exposure to environmental toxins, can sometimes overwhelm the body’s natural processes, allowing toxins to accumulate internally. Signs of a toxic condition include headaches, digestive disorders, increased allergic reactions, and fatigue, among many others. Various methods are used to stimulate detoxification, such as fasting, the use of herbs, and following specific cleansing diets.
Feng Shui
Feng Shui, an ancient system of environmental and interior design that developed alongside acupuncture and herbal medicine in rural China, can be a powerful tool for supporting the immune system and fostering more radiant health. Like conventional architecture and interior design, Feng Shui recognizes the importance of aesthetics and functionality. However, the main difference is that somatic and energetic qualities are thought to be equally important. There are more than a dozen different styles of Feng Shui throughout the world, including Black Sect Feng Shui, Pyramid School Feng Shui, and Space Clearing Feng Shui.
Herbology
The study of herbology is one of the oldest sciences in the world. It is the study of plants and their physical attributes as used for healing, food, flavoring, scents, and dyes. Herbologists study the effect of plants upon the body, stressing the use of whole plants. Herbology may include: the study of the part of plant that is used, plant gathering methods, and method of preparation of the plant. Herbology systems in use today include: Western, Native American, Ayurvedic, Traditional Chinese, and European. Herbology has been important to the following professions: herbalism, naturopathy, homeopathy, aromatherapy, botany, nutrition, pharmacy, dietetics, dentistry, midwifery, chemistry and medicine.
Herbalism
Herbalism involves the practice of using plants for healing, food, flavoring, scents and dyes. It is practiced in all forms of traditional healing worldwide. The philosophy of herbalism is directed at support of the body’s healing processes with the use of plants and foods. In traditional herbalism, not only are plants and foods used, but also exercise techniques, breathing techniques, and various mind/body techniques. Herbalism looks at the whole person — mind, body and spirit.
Herbalist
An herbalist is a person who grows, gathers, sells, or uses herbs for healing, food, flavoring, scents or dyes. The aim of a practicing herbalist is to bring the body back into balance by getting to the root cause of the imbalance. An herbalist looks at the whole person — mind, body and spirit.
Holistic Health
This involves viewing individual health in a holistic fashion. Holistic means considering and encompassing body, mind, emotions and spirit. Therefore, factors involving physical wellness/illness, mental/thought patterns, emotional expression and stability, and the individual’s spiritual beliefs all have significant roles in maintaining good health and must be addressed.
Holistic Medicine
Holistic medicine is a medical model that focuses on the whole person, not just the body.
Holistic Nutrition
Holistic Nutrition is the science of using natural, whole foods and nutritional supplements to detoxify, rebuild, and balance the whole person, with an awareness of how these dietary choices are interrelated with the condition of our body, emotions, spirit and the environment.
Holistic Wellness
Holistic wellness is the practice of returning to homeostasis at all levels of the mind, the body, the spirit, and the emotions. By learning about the essence of healthy living, we are empowered to take responsibility for our health and well-being. In turn, taking responsibility for our health is one of the cornerstones of holistic wellness.
Homeopathy
Homeopathy is a system of medicine, developed by Samuel Hahnemann in the late 18th century and founded on the principle that likes will cure likes. That is, a homeopathic remedy, if given full strength to a healthy person, will cause the same symptoms that the very dilute homeopathic formula will remove. This theory has been supported by experimentation and practice over the past 200 years. Two of the major branches of homeopathy are Classical and Constitutional.
Classical Homeopathy
Based on the work of Dr. Hahnemann, classical homeopathy adheres to the nine principles set out in Hahnemann’s Organon of Medicine. It addresses the complete person in mind, body and spirit. Classical Homeopathy recognizes that disease is a change of state that is based upon an individual’s genetics, the strength of their vital life force, their life circumstance, and their environment. In classical homeopathy, one remedy is given at a time in the smallest possible dose to affect a response in the chief complaint. Combinations of remedies are not generally used.
Constitutional Homeopathy
In constitutional homeopathy the emphasis is placed upon the constitution of the individual, including the underlying psychological issues, motives, personality and physical symptoms. Information about the client is gathered and a picture is pieced together. Remedy selection is based upon the most distinct characteristics of the client matching the characteristics of the remedy which will enhance overall health. In constitutional homeopathy, the selected remedy may not address the chief complaint but fits the overall picture or constitution of the person.
Hydrotherapy
Hydrotherapy involves using water of any temperature or form — hot, cold, steam or ice — in order to promote healing. Depending on the temperature and form of the water, it can address a wide range of problems, including sore muscles, injuries, fevers, burns, skin problems, and so forth. Warm or hot water has a relaxing effect; cold water reduces inflammation; and alternating hot and cold water acts to stimulate the circulatory system. Water may also stimulate the immune system. This simple form of therapy was fundamental to the nature cure — an ancestor to naturopathy — as it developed in 19th century Europe.
Integrative Medicine
Used interchangeably with the term “alternative medicine,” this system integrates traditional, allopathic methods with nontraditional methods.
Iridology
In defining iridology, the International Iridology Practitioners Association (IIPA) states that it is “the study of the iris, or colored part, of the eye. This structure has detailed fibers and pigmentation that reflects information about our physical and psychological makeup. It identifies inherited dispositions (how our body reacts to our environment and what symptoms are most likely to occur), risks (what areas or organ systems are more likely to have symptoms) and future challenges (where we are likely to have more problems as we age). Iridology helps identify inherited emotional patterns which can create or maintain physical symptoms, as well as identify lessons or challenges and gifts or talents available to us.”
Massage Therapy
Massage therapy involves manipulating the soft tissues of the body in order to bring about normalization, which in turn promotes healing. Massage affects blood and lymph circulation as well as muscular tension. In addition, it stimulates or relaxes the nervous system, depending on the technique used. Among the benefits of massage are faster healing from soft tissue injury, healthier skin, and stress reduction. There are many different techniques of massage, including AMMA therapy, Lomi-Lomi, myofascial release, neuromuscular therapy, shiatsu, sports massage, Swedish massage, Thai massage, trigger point therapy and more.
Natural Health
Natural health means maintaining good health, naturally. This takes into account the air you breathe, the water you drink, the diet (food and fluid) you ingest, your daily physical movement and activities, your rest and sleep and your human interactions. In summary, this is how you live in your body on a daily basis.
Natural Healing
This involves moving the body from a state of non-health to a state of health using only natural (non-synthetic and non-invasive) means. Examples of this include fasting to cleanse the body of mucous, massage therapy to ease aching and painful muscles and the use of herbal formulas to soothe an irritated throat.
Naturopathy
Naturopathy is a system of therapy that employs natural forces such as light, heat, air, water and massage. This system differs most significantly from allopathy by focusing on building health rather than on treating disease. The techniques used are non-invasive and may include foods, herbs, fasting, nutritional supplements, bodywork, hydrotherapy, forms of exercise or body movement and/or meditation.
Reflexology
Reflexology is a system of bodywork in which the practitioner applies finger pressure to specific points on the feet and/or the hands. Reflexology is based on the correspondence between reflexes in the feet and hands and the various organs and areas of the body. Pressing on these reflexes aids in healing by stimulating a return to homeostasis.
Reiki
Reiki is a type of energy work that draws on several techniques of touch and visualization in order to improve the flow of life energy. In fact, the Japanese term “Reiki” translates to “universal life energy.” Practitioners are sensitive to — and trained to correct — difficulties of energy flow on all levels: physical, emotional, and spiritual. Reiki practitioners often work directly with clients, and they may also work at a distance. Positive effects of this modality include pain relief, stress reduction, and stimulation of the immune system.
Therapeutic Touch
Therapeutic Touch is a non-invasive, and in fact non-touch, system of energy work that was developed in the 1970s by Dora Kunz and Delores Krieger, Ph.D., RN. In Therapeutic Touch, energy is transferred from the practitioner to the energy field of the individual receiving treatment. As with other energy techniques, major effects include relaxation and accelerated healing. It has been found that the autonomic nervous system is quite sensitive to Therapeutic Touch, followed by the lymphatic and circulatory systems, and the musculoskeletal system.
Traditional Chinese Medicine
More than 2000 years old, Traditional Chinese Medicine is based on creating and maintaining balance and harmony between various types of polar opposites, for example Yin and Yang, heaven and earth, cold and hot, wet and dry, inner and outer, and so forth. Also important are the five elements: wood, fire, water, earth, and air. Balance and harmony bring health; imbalance and disharmony bring the opposite. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) takes the entire person, the physical, psychological and spiritual makeup, into account when approaching any problem. The chief modalities of TCM include herbs, foods, and acupuncture.
Vegetarianism
Vegetarianism is a plant-centered dietary style that excludes meat. This may include a number of variations:
Lacto-Vegetarian — Eats only vegetables, grains, fruits, and dairy products.
Ovo-Vegetarian — Eats only vegetables, grains, fruits, and eggs.
Pesco-Vegetarian — Eats only vegetables, grains, fruits, and fish/seafood.
Vegan — Eats only vegetables, grains, and fruits, with no animal products at all. For many people this becomes a way of life that extends beyond dietary practices. Strict vegans often avoid using any product, for example leather or silk, that has animal origins.
Some of these dietary styles may be combined. For example, a lacto-ovo-vegetarian includes dairy products and eggs as part of his or her plant-centered diet. For many people, a well-balanced vegetarian diet, high in micronutrients and fiber and generally low in saturated fats, is quite healthy. Although a plant-centered diet is recommended for nearly everyone, some people do not respond well to a diet in which there is no animal protein.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Fiber
Easy Ways to Boost Fiber Intake
Fiber is one of the easiest nutrients to incorporate into your diet, and one of the most important. However, many Americans don't reach their much-needed daily requirements for a healthy diet. Adults need 25 to 35 grams daily. Generally, children under 18 years require less. Using the "age plus five" rule will help you determine your child's needs. For example, a 5-year-old would need 10 grams daily (5 + 5 = 10), and a 10-year-old would need 15 grams (10 + 5 = 15).
Insufficient fiber intake can increase your risk for many health problems, including constipation, high cholesterol, weight gain, irritable bowel syndrome, and even cancer of the colon. Here are more fiber-rich tips:
Choose fresh fruit and/or vegetables over juices.
To get more fiber and nutrients, eat the skin of cleaned fruits and vegetables.
Include bran and whole grain breads daily.
Drink more water to accommodate your increased fiber intake and reduce indigestion.
Eat fewer processed foods and more whole foods.
Try to meet your fiber requirements with foods rather than supplements.
A large increase in fiber over a short period of time could result in bloating, diarrhea, gas, and all-around discomfort. It is better to add fiber to your diet gradually over a recommended period of about three weeks, to avoid abdominal problems.
Fiber is one of the easiest nutrients to incorporate into your diet, and one of the most important. However, many Americans don't reach their much-needed daily requirements for a healthy diet. Adults need 25 to 35 grams daily. Generally, children under 18 years require less. Using the "age plus five" rule will help you determine your child's needs. For example, a 5-year-old would need 10 grams daily (5 + 5 = 10), and a 10-year-old would need 15 grams (10 + 5 = 15).
Insufficient fiber intake can increase your risk for many health problems, including constipation, high cholesterol, weight gain, irritable bowel syndrome, and even cancer of the colon. Here are more fiber-rich tips:
Choose fresh fruit and/or vegetables over juices.
To get more fiber and nutrients, eat the skin of cleaned fruits and vegetables.
Include bran and whole grain breads daily.
Drink more water to accommodate your increased fiber intake and reduce indigestion.
Eat fewer processed foods and more whole foods.
Try to meet your fiber requirements with foods rather than supplements.
A large increase in fiber over a short period of time could result in bloating, diarrhea, gas, and all-around discomfort. It is better to add fiber to your diet gradually over a recommended period of about three weeks, to avoid abdominal problems.
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