Laughter is the best medicine
Laughter is medicine that does not cost you money and it can boost your immune system and keep you healthy for longer 12 Reasons Why You Should Laugh and Smile More Laughter can boost your immune system by stimulating endorphins. Endorphins can boost your immune system and keep you healthier during winters and high stress periods in your life Laughter reduces stress. When you laugh, you balance your stress hormones and you feel better. In addition, you do not need medicine to calm you Research has found that to laugh or smile when you feel low makes you feel better …
Pets keep us healthy
Nature can be viewed as a huge pharmacy; it contains thousands of components essential to man’s survival. Therefore, the animal world is in a way part of our survival kit. Used since the nineteenth century, leeches are now employed in surgery because of the anticoagulant and anti-inflammatory properties of their saliva. The active elements of the Brazilian Viper’s venom have been synthesized into a medication that controls blood pressure. Scorpion venom is used in research on brain tumours. Sharks contribute to studies of muscle degeneration and certain forms of cancer. Bee honey improves human health by targeting and attacking certain microbes in …
How to treat temporary insomnia naturally
How to treat temporary insomnia naturally Sleep cycles The normal sleep cycle goes from light sleep into deep sleep and then back out to the lighter dreaming REM sleep. Normally people will have about four of these cycles during an optimal seven to eight-hour night’s sleep. But if you stay up to watch your favourite soapy and still have to get up at 5 am, you are at risk to deprive yourself from quality sleep. Sleep deprivation can cut your normal dose of growth hormone in half. If you feel odd on some mornings it could be because you’re …
Secrets for a Healthy Heart
Heart disease can almost be completely prevented through changes in diet, exercise and stress management Background You have a 50% risk of dying from heart or artery disease. However, it can almost be completely prevented. Back in history there was no records of heart attacks per 100 000 people in 1890 in the USA (American health records), but by 1970 it had risen to 340 per 100 000 people. Nowadays atherosclerosis (hardening of arteries) is evident amongst teenagers – which is the beginning of heart disease. It is obvious that something in our lifestyle, diet or environment has changed …
Excercise
Exercise is the 2nd best natural medicine after good quality organic food to move to into the zone of optimal health. The Benefits of Regular Exercise 1. Musculoskeletal system Increase muscle strength and muscle mass Increases flexibility of muscles and range of joint motion Produces stronger bones, ligaments, and tendons Lessens chance of injury Enhances posture, poise, and physique Prevents osteoporosis 2. Heart and blood vessels Lowers resting heart rate Strengthens heart rate Lowers blood pressure Improves oxygen delivery throughout the body Increases blood supply to muscles Enlarges the arteries that provide blood to the heart muscle Reduces the risk …
Men’s health – The 5 big killers and 5 natural solutions by Dr James G Liddell
Stress, Heart Attacks, Strokes, Diabetes and Prostate Cancer Statistics : Chronically high stress levels can lead to heart attacks, heart failure and strokes You have a 50% risk of dying from heart or artery disease Diabetics have an 80% risk for stroke related deaths One in six men die in South Africa of prostate cancer – the number one amoungst men Obesity is the no. 1 cause of diabetes What do all these diseases have in common? Stress is a major contributing factor and 80% of the big 5 are preventable. Your genetics and your lifestyle will determine how healthy …
Celiac disease and gluten intolerance
What is celiac disease? Celiac disease is classified as an autoimmune disease where there is a hypersensitivity to the protein gluten. When a person has celiac disease, there is a 1 in 22 chance that the immediate family (brothers, sisters and grandchildren) might also be a celiac patient and should be checked frequently for celiac. These patients should follow a gluten free diet for life because there is no cure for this disease and even a little bit of gluten can have a bad reaction. Gluten intolerance Gluten intolerance is a gluten sensitivity that occurs after repetitive consumption of gluten …
Is your drinking water safe
Many of us question whether our drinking water is safe enough to drink directly out the tap. Municipal water is chemically cleaned before we use it. Some chemicals stay in the water after the cleaning process DBP (disinfection by-product). There are many different disinfection by-products and only one is monitored – trihalomethanes. DBP`s (disinfection by-products) are associated with cancers of the bladder, colon and rectum; adverse birth effects like spontaneous abortion; low birth weight and congenital malformations. These chemicals are in our drinking water and it is vital that we drink the purest cleanest water available. Plumbing materials like lead and …
Complications of cold and flu
Colds and flu can have serious complications like encephalitis, Reye`s syndrome, bronchitis, sinusitis, heart attack, can aggravate other pre-existing conditions and can also cause dehydration in the elderly. Encephalitis Encephalitis is inflammation of the brain and though serious, but not common as a complication in children. Signs and symptoms include: fever, headache, irritability, change in level of consciousness, hallucinations, muscle weakness, loss of sensation or paralysis, tremors and sometimes seizures. If you see any of the above, it needs urgent medical attention. Reye`s Syndrome This is also a rare condition, but normally associated with aspirin use in children during flu. Symptoms start with …
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