Lowering Cholesterol Naturally
By: sudhaniSEO
Various tests conducted in the US and other countries prove that there are several effective natural herbs and supplements that may help lower LDL and raise HDL or "good" cholesterol. Since the causes of high cholesterol levels are wide and varied by person to person, having different methods to lower LDL is very important. Natural remedies such as Guggul, Pantethine, Policosanol, Curcumin, and Beta-Sitosterol are just a few supplements that are easily available at low cost.
Guggul
Guggul - Guggul, the gum resin from the mukul myrrh tree, when compared to the drug clofibrate in clinical trials, the average fall in serum cholesterol was slightly greater in the guggul group. While clofibrate did not increase HDL levels, a 60% rise in HDL levels was noticed in people responding to guggul.
Policosanol
Patients who had been given Policosanol for a period of twelve weeks showed a 25% reduction in LDL cholesterol, a 17% reduction in total cholesterol, and a 28% increase in HDL cholesterol.
Niacin
Niacin or vitamin B3 is the most common treatment for normalizing the blood lipid levels. From various trials conducted consumption of the drug niacin increased HDL (good cholesterol) by 30% or more while reducing total cholesterol by 10-25% and triglycerides by as much as 50%. Flushing is a very common side effect in people taking niacin. Flushing is the result of blood vessels opening wide. Another form of Niacin called Inositol Hexanicotinate (IH) or "No-Flush Niacin" is proven as an effective and safer alternative to niacin
Circumin
500 mg of circumin for seven days at a trial shows a 29% increase in good cholesterol (HDL) and a reduction of 11.6% total cholesterol. Lipid peroxidation was also reduced by 33%. Curcumin was effective in inhibiting LDL oxidation and lowering LDL cholesterol as well as triglycerides Latest research says, curcumin reduces cholesterol by interfering with intestinal cholesterol uptake, increasing the conversion of cholesterol into bile acids, and increasing the excretion of bile acids.
Chromium - Polynicotinium
Chromium supplements increased HDL cholesterol levels by an average of nearly 6 points, a 16 percent increase. No side effects were observed. According to Harvey Simon, MD of Harvard Medical School, a 6-point increase in HDL, which was achieved in the chromium trial, should reduce the risk of heart attack by about 20 percent.
Calcium Citrate
In randomized controlled trial calcium citrate was shown to increase HDL levels. The study showed that 1 gram of calcium (as the citrate) taken daily lowers the damaging component of blood cholesterol and increases the protective cholesterol (HDL). The mean HDL concentration increased by 7%, LDL cholesterol declined by 6% resulting in an improved HDL/LDL ratio of 17%.
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Role of vitamins in Mood Disorders
Role of vitamins in Mood Disorders
By: Juliet Cohen
Mood disorders are also called affective disorders. Mood disorders have a major economic impact through associated health care costs as well as lost work productivity. A mood is an emotion or feeling that lasts a long time. Moods affect how we act. Your mood also affects how you feel about yourself and life in general. Mood disorder problems may be caused by changes in your life. Chemical changes in your body can also cause a mood disorder. Moods range from feeling sad to feeling happy. Women who have a mood disorder are more likely to get depressed than men. Signs and symptoms of mood disorder start very slowly. Other people may see changes before you see or feel them. However, sometimes depression can occur due to another disorder or as a drug side effect, and in these cases it is known as secondary depression. The effects of exercise in improving the symptoms of depression are well-documented. Inadequate intake of zinc, vitamin B6, iodine, vitamin B12 and folic acid during early life may impair nervous system development and permanently alter function and behavior.
Having a mood disorder can affect your ability to function at work and at home. Treatment of mood disorders such as depression is a complex process and may involve psychotherapy and drug treatment. Where there is no clear physiological cause, the disorder is known as primary depression and it seems likely that the disorder will have several contributory causes. Research has focussed on biological factors such as heredity, hormonal abnormalities, medication side effects, disease-related effects, nutritional deficiencies and psychological and social causes. Drugs which have antidepressant effects usually alter levels of neurotransmitters, serotonin and noradrenaline, which are involved in the transmission of nerve impulses in the brain. An appropriate exercise program is an important part of any treatment of depression.
Causes of Mood disorder
Some common causes of Mood disorder are as follows:
1. Family history of mood disorder.
2. Changes in your life.
3. Chemical changes in your body.
4. You use illegal drugs or abuse alcohol.
Signs or Symptoms of Mood disorder
Following are signs and symptoms of a mood disorder:
1. Changes in your eating habits, energy level, weight, or sleeping patterns.
2. Inability to function effectively.
3. Fatigue.
4. Sense of Inferiority.
5. People may have trouble getting along with you.
6. Loss of interest.
The Role of vitamins:-
1. Vitamin A: Vitamin A helps protect the mucous membranes of the nose, eyelids, mouth, throat, stomach, intestines, vagina and uterus, thereby reducing susceptibility to infection.
2. Vitamin B Complex: Vitamins B complex provide the body with energy by aiding in the conversion of carbohydrates to glucose, which the body "burns" to produce energy.
3. Vitamin C Complex: Vitamin C plays a role in healing wounds and burns because it facilitates the formation of connective tissue in the scar.
4. Vitamin D: Vitamin D can be acquired either by ingestion or by exposure to sunlight.
5. Vitamin E: Vitamin E is necessary for all forms of oxygen-consuming life forms. It is also an antioxidant, which means it opposes oxidation of substances in the body.
By: Juliet Cohen
Mood disorders are also called affective disorders. Mood disorders have a major economic impact through associated health care costs as well as lost work productivity. A mood is an emotion or feeling that lasts a long time. Moods affect how we act. Your mood also affects how you feel about yourself and life in general. Mood disorder problems may be caused by changes in your life. Chemical changes in your body can also cause a mood disorder. Moods range from feeling sad to feeling happy. Women who have a mood disorder are more likely to get depressed than men. Signs and symptoms of mood disorder start very slowly. Other people may see changes before you see or feel them. However, sometimes depression can occur due to another disorder or as a drug side effect, and in these cases it is known as secondary depression. The effects of exercise in improving the symptoms of depression are well-documented. Inadequate intake of zinc, vitamin B6, iodine, vitamin B12 and folic acid during early life may impair nervous system development and permanently alter function and behavior.
Having a mood disorder can affect your ability to function at work and at home. Treatment of mood disorders such as depression is a complex process and may involve psychotherapy and drug treatment. Where there is no clear physiological cause, the disorder is known as primary depression and it seems likely that the disorder will have several contributory causes. Research has focussed on biological factors such as heredity, hormonal abnormalities, medication side effects, disease-related effects, nutritional deficiencies and psychological and social causes. Drugs which have antidepressant effects usually alter levels of neurotransmitters, serotonin and noradrenaline, which are involved in the transmission of nerve impulses in the brain. An appropriate exercise program is an important part of any treatment of depression.
Causes of Mood disorder
Some common causes of Mood disorder are as follows:
1. Family history of mood disorder.
2. Changes in your life.
3. Chemical changes in your body.
4. You use illegal drugs or abuse alcohol.
Signs or Symptoms of Mood disorder
Following are signs and symptoms of a mood disorder:
1. Changes in your eating habits, energy level, weight, or sleeping patterns.
2. Inability to function effectively.
3. Fatigue.
4. Sense of Inferiority.
5. People may have trouble getting along with you.
6. Loss of interest.
The Role of vitamins:-
1. Vitamin A: Vitamin A helps protect the mucous membranes of the nose, eyelids, mouth, throat, stomach, intestines, vagina and uterus, thereby reducing susceptibility to infection.
2. Vitamin B Complex: Vitamins B complex provide the body with energy by aiding in the conversion of carbohydrates to glucose, which the body "burns" to produce energy.
3. Vitamin C Complex: Vitamin C plays a role in healing wounds and burns because it facilitates the formation of connective tissue in the scar.
4. Vitamin D: Vitamin D can be acquired either by ingestion or by exposure to sunlight.
5. Vitamin E: Vitamin E is necessary for all forms of oxygen-consuming life forms. It is also an antioxidant, which means it opposes oxidation of substances in the body.
Lifestyle and Acid Reflux -- 7 Helpful Tips
Lifestyle and Acid Reflux -- 7 Helpful Tips
By: Fallon Cullerne
Our overall health can be influenced by lifestyle choices to a surprising degree. Acid reflux is one of those areas, and if your doctor has diagnosed this condition, you will want to investigate how you can control the symptoms as much as possible to live more comfortably. The disease won't easily go away, unfortunately, but its effects can be tamed and sometimes prevented by making a few lifestyle changes. The following seven tips are a great place to start.
1. Reduce Meal Sizes
If you typically eat three big meals a day, try adjusting your schedule to taking six small daily meals instead. This can help to prevent you from overeating. When your stomach gets too full, there is an increased amount of gastric pressure. Overeating is a major cause of acid reflux flare-ups, so stick to smaller meals and give your stomach a break. Eating more slowly can also help to reduce your discomfort.
2. No Bedtime Snacks
Don't eat or drink anything for at least two hours before going to bed. If you typically take an afternoon nap, try doing it in a chair. Lying down on a full stomach will cause the contents of your stomach to press against the lower esophagus, increasing the chances of acid reflux.
3. Choose Foods Carefully
Acid reflux can be triggered by a host of common foods and beverages. They either increase acid production, and thus gastric pressure, or relax the lower esophagus muscle, leading to the reflux. Foods that trigger your own heartburn should certainly be avoided. Write down a list of what you know cause this in you, perhaps spicy foods, juice or citrus foods, coffee, and so on. These irritate the esophagus lining in many people. Especially at dinner, avoid these foods and you can avoid nighttime heartburn. If you don't have a list of heartburn suspects, keep a record for a couple of weeks to keep track of foods to avoid.
4. Quit Smoking and Reduce Alcohol
Another smart step in reducing acid reflux is avoiding alcohol consumption. Alcohol has two problems: it creates stomach acid, and relaxes the muscle of the lower esophagus. When relaxed, that muscle can allow stomach contents to reflux back into the esophagus. Consuming very small amounts of alcohol might be okay, but keep an eye on your reactions. And stop smoking as soon as you can if you have digestion problems. Along with dozens of other health concerns, smoking stimulates production of stomach acid, and of course that leads to greater acid reflux symptoms.
5. Sleep Smart
The basic laws of gravity apply here. If you sleep with your head higher than your torso, the contents of your stomach are more likely to stay where they belong. Purchase a wedge-shaped pillow to keep your head and shoulders elevated. You can also try propping the legs of your bed with bricks or blocks to create an incline. Adjustable beds are also excellent choices.
6. Loosen Up the Waistband
Tight clothing can constrict your stomach, squeezing food in your stomach against your lower esophagus. Of course, we know where this will lead! So loosen that belt, or buy clothing with adjustable waistlines or elastic support. Be free and loose, and your stomach will thank you.
7. Get More Relaxed
Stress may not have a close relationship with heartburn, at least researchers have not found one yet, but it still may be implicated in acid reflux. Stress may be more of a precursor to the problem. In any case, it is a good idea to use relaxation techniques to help reduce stress, and help you avoid heartburn inducing behavior.
Some health conditions aren't caused by a single factor; they're the result of many factors making up one big problem. Trying various lifestyle changes can add up to big relief from chronic acid reflux.
By: Fallon Cullerne
Our overall health can be influenced by lifestyle choices to a surprising degree. Acid reflux is one of those areas, and if your doctor has diagnosed this condition, you will want to investigate how you can control the symptoms as much as possible to live more comfortably. The disease won't easily go away, unfortunately, but its effects can be tamed and sometimes prevented by making a few lifestyle changes. The following seven tips are a great place to start.
1. Reduce Meal Sizes
If you typically eat three big meals a day, try adjusting your schedule to taking six small daily meals instead. This can help to prevent you from overeating. When your stomach gets too full, there is an increased amount of gastric pressure. Overeating is a major cause of acid reflux flare-ups, so stick to smaller meals and give your stomach a break. Eating more slowly can also help to reduce your discomfort.
2. No Bedtime Snacks
Don't eat or drink anything for at least two hours before going to bed. If you typically take an afternoon nap, try doing it in a chair. Lying down on a full stomach will cause the contents of your stomach to press against the lower esophagus, increasing the chances of acid reflux.
3. Choose Foods Carefully
Acid reflux can be triggered by a host of common foods and beverages. They either increase acid production, and thus gastric pressure, or relax the lower esophagus muscle, leading to the reflux. Foods that trigger your own heartburn should certainly be avoided. Write down a list of what you know cause this in you, perhaps spicy foods, juice or citrus foods, coffee, and so on. These irritate the esophagus lining in many people. Especially at dinner, avoid these foods and you can avoid nighttime heartburn. If you don't have a list of heartburn suspects, keep a record for a couple of weeks to keep track of foods to avoid.
4. Quit Smoking and Reduce Alcohol
Another smart step in reducing acid reflux is avoiding alcohol consumption. Alcohol has two problems: it creates stomach acid, and relaxes the muscle of the lower esophagus. When relaxed, that muscle can allow stomach contents to reflux back into the esophagus. Consuming very small amounts of alcohol might be okay, but keep an eye on your reactions. And stop smoking as soon as you can if you have digestion problems. Along with dozens of other health concerns, smoking stimulates production of stomach acid, and of course that leads to greater acid reflux symptoms.
5. Sleep Smart
The basic laws of gravity apply here. If you sleep with your head higher than your torso, the contents of your stomach are more likely to stay where they belong. Purchase a wedge-shaped pillow to keep your head and shoulders elevated. You can also try propping the legs of your bed with bricks or blocks to create an incline. Adjustable beds are also excellent choices.
6. Loosen Up the Waistband
Tight clothing can constrict your stomach, squeezing food in your stomach against your lower esophagus. Of course, we know where this will lead! So loosen that belt, or buy clothing with adjustable waistlines or elastic support. Be free and loose, and your stomach will thank you.
7. Get More Relaxed
Stress may not have a close relationship with heartburn, at least researchers have not found one yet, but it still may be implicated in acid reflux. Stress may be more of a precursor to the problem. In any case, it is a good idea to use relaxation techniques to help reduce stress, and help you avoid heartburn inducing behavior.
Some health conditions aren't caused by a single factor; they're the result of many factors making up one big problem. Trying various lifestyle changes can add up to big relief from chronic acid reflux.
The Female Hormone Problem
The Female Hormone Problem
By: Dr. Randy Wysong
With increasing population pressure and modern independent lifestyles, procreation has become an option that is declined, or at least significantly restricted. But with these decisions women remove themselves from a natural biological role. Additionally, opting for synthetic milk formulas and treating the breast as an ornament, rather than a feeding organ, also disengages women from a natural biological function.
When these choices are coupled with the use of contraceptive hormones, hormone replacement therapy, an increasing load of estrogenic pollutants in the environment and food, and a diet that has veered significantly from its natural design, the formula for hormonal pandemonium, metabolic dysfunction and disease is in place. The results are manifest today in early menses in children (beginning as early as eight and nine years of age), infertility, abnormal and erratic menstrual cycles, cervical dysplasia, fibroids, endometrial cancer, breast cancer, premenstrual syndrome, dramatic mood swings, depression, osteoporosis, and the hot flashes, psychological problems, decreased libido, thinning of the vaginal wall and other symptoms of abnormal menopause.
If women would have as many children as they are capable of, nurse them for years as they are designed to, eat natural foods and live in a more pristine environment, these modern health problems would disappear. If money flowed out of our tap we wouldn’t have economic problems either, right? Nevertheless, although the ideal biological lifestyle may not be possible for any of us today, we can take a lesson and try to move our lives as close to the ideal as possible.
At present, the desire to eliminate or limit pregnancies is a personal choice. But it may one day not even be an option. We either curtail population growth or we will outstrip resources and be buried in our own refuse. Population is the engine that ultimately drives all environmental woes. We live on a finite planet with finite resources, but have an infinite ability to breed. We either live within the limits of Earth’s sustainable resources or we will destroy ourselves.
So we have a dilemma. As I will explain, women need to fulfill their reproductive role to achieve metabolic balance and health, but at the same time they do not want to be restricted by the burdens of large families, nor are large families socially or environmentally responsible.
In an attempt to solve this dilemma, women have turned to the quick fix of synthetic hormones. There are hormones to control conception, modulate abnormal menstrual cycles, for sex drive and to fix menopause. But there is no free lunch. Since the 1940’s, when estrogen therapy became popular, hundreds of thousands of women have succumbed to estrogen-sensitive cancer. For example, a woman is 13 times more likely to get endometrial cancer and there is a 30% increased risk of breast cancer by taking estrogen. The two top preventable breast cancer risks are now known to be oral birth control pills and estrogen replacement therapy.
Some women justify the use of estrogen for the putative benefits of decreased risk of osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease. But they have succumbed to marketing, not good sense. Proper exercise, diet and lifestyle choices can have the same beneficial effect without the potential consequence of cancer. But hey, why change lifestyle when all you need to do is take a pill?
Here’s what nature intended and why living in accordance with it is protective against the modern plague of female cancers. The average mom today chooses to give birth to about two infants. On the other hand, women in the primitive natural setting who may not even know what causes pregnancy or how to prevent it even if they wanted to, would have started menstruating and ovulating at age 12 and would have delivered 9 babies and breast-fed them all. When they did breastfeed, they did so for up to five or more years. Pregnancy stops the reproductive hormone cycles (that generate estrogen) since there is room in the uterus for only one pregnancy. Nursing also stops the cycle because the body “knows” that lactation and caring for an infant is about all one body can endure.
This means that the modern woman who has only two children would reproductively cycle and ovulate 438 times during her lifetime. On the other hand, the combination of more numerous pregnancies along with extended breast-feeding would have decreased the number of ovulations and cycles that a primitive mother would have had to about 9.
This means that women today cycle through their menstrual periods an abnormal number of times, causing repeated surges of estrogen--about 50 times more than nature intended. Little wonder that estrogen sensitive cancers abound in our modern world. The cancer-estrogen link is also proven by the fact that such cancers in humans and animals are decreased if the estrogen generating ovaries are surgically removed. (I am just making a point, not advocating the procedure since the absence of estrogen creates problems as well.)
The resting periods of lower estrogen that women experienced in the pre-modern setting during pregnancy and lactation served as a protective effect against cancer. (Women today can even dramatically decrease their risk of breast cancer by nursing their young for even as little as two years.) Additionally, the fresh foods of the natural diet contain compounds known as phytoestrogens. These plant estrogenic compounds are able to attach to estrogen receptor sites in the body and prevent the stronger ovarian estrogens from attaching to tissues. However, the phytoestrogens only exert a mild estrogenic effect and even inhibit oncogene (tumor genes) expression and thus are not cancer promoting. This is the logic behind plant-based nutritional supplements (nutraceuticals) to help women with estrogenic problems and cancer prevention.
Hormones are master regulators of body function. They cannot be manipulated either by lifestyle choices or medications without serious consequences. Women do well to think of their genetic heritage and try to live life as close to that as possible if health is the goal.
For further reading, or for more information about, Dr Wysong and the Wysong Corporation please visit www.wysong.net or write to wysong@wysong.net. For resources on healthier foods for people including snacks, and breakfast cereals please visit www.cerealwysong.com.
By: Dr. Randy Wysong
With increasing population pressure and modern independent lifestyles, procreation has become an option that is declined, or at least significantly restricted. But with these decisions women remove themselves from a natural biological role. Additionally, opting for synthetic milk formulas and treating the breast as an ornament, rather than a feeding organ, also disengages women from a natural biological function.
When these choices are coupled with the use of contraceptive hormones, hormone replacement therapy, an increasing load of estrogenic pollutants in the environment and food, and a diet that has veered significantly from its natural design, the formula for hormonal pandemonium, metabolic dysfunction and disease is in place. The results are manifest today in early menses in children (beginning as early as eight and nine years of age), infertility, abnormal and erratic menstrual cycles, cervical dysplasia, fibroids, endometrial cancer, breast cancer, premenstrual syndrome, dramatic mood swings, depression, osteoporosis, and the hot flashes, psychological problems, decreased libido, thinning of the vaginal wall and other symptoms of abnormal menopause.
If women would have as many children as they are capable of, nurse them for years as they are designed to, eat natural foods and live in a more pristine environment, these modern health problems would disappear. If money flowed out of our tap we wouldn’t have economic problems either, right? Nevertheless, although the ideal biological lifestyle may not be possible for any of us today, we can take a lesson and try to move our lives as close to the ideal as possible.
At present, the desire to eliminate or limit pregnancies is a personal choice. But it may one day not even be an option. We either curtail population growth or we will outstrip resources and be buried in our own refuse. Population is the engine that ultimately drives all environmental woes. We live on a finite planet with finite resources, but have an infinite ability to breed. We either live within the limits of Earth’s sustainable resources or we will destroy ourselves.
So we have a dilemma. As I will explain, women need to fulfill their reproductive role to achieve metabolic balance and health, but at the same time they do not want to be restricted by the burdens of large families, nor are large families socially or environmentally responsible.
In an attempt to solve this dilemma, women have turned to the quick fix of synthetic hormones. There are hormones to control conception, modulate abnormal menstrual cycles, for sex drive and to fix menopause. But there is no free lunch. Since the 1940’s, when estrogen therapy became popular, hundreds of thousands of women have succumbed to estrogen-sensitive cancer. For example, a woman is 13 times more likely to get endometrial cancer and there is a 30% increased risk of breast cancer by taking estrogen. The two top preventable breast cancer risks are now known to be oral birth control pills and estrogen replacement therapy.
Some women justify the use of estrogen for the putative benefits of decreased risk of osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease. But they have succumbed to marketing, not good sense. Proper exercise, diet and lifestyle choices can have the same beneficial effect without the potential consequence of cancer. But hey, why change lifestyle when all you need to do is take a pill?
Here’s what nature intended and why living in accordance with it is protective against the modern plague of female cancers. The average mom today chooses to give birth to about two infants. On the other hand, women in the primitive natural setting who may not even know what causes pregnancy or how to prevent it even if they wanted to, would have started menstruating and ovulating at age 12 and would have delivered 9 babies and breast-fed them all. When they did breastfeed, they did so for up to five or more years. Pregnancy stops the reproductive hormone cycles (that generate estrogen) since there is room in the uterus for only one pregnancy. Nursing also stops the cycle because the body “knows” that lactation and caring for an infant is about all one body can endure.
This means that the modern woman who has only two children would reproductively cycle and ovulate 438 times during her lifetime. On the other hand, the combination of more numerous pregnancies along with extended breast-feeding would have decreased the number of ovulations and cycles that a primitive mother would have had to about 9.
This means that women today cycle through their menstrual periods an abnormal number of times, causing repeated surges of estrogen--about 50 times more than nature intended. Little wonder that estrogen sensitive cancers abound in our modern world. The cancer-estrogen link is also proven by the fact that such cancers in humans and animals are decreased if the estrogen generating ovaries are surgically removed. (I am just making a point, not advocating the procedure since the absence of estrogen creates problems as well.)
The resting periods of lower estrogen that women experienced in the pre-modern setting during pregnancy and lactation served as a protective effect against cancer. (Women today can even dramatically decrease their risk of breast cancer by nursing their young for even as little as two years.) Additionally, the fresh foods of the natural diet contain compounds known as phytoestrogens. These plant estrogenic compounds are able to attach to estrogen receptor sites in the body and prevent the stronger ovarian estrogens from attaching to tissues. However, the phytoestrogens only exert a mild estrogenic effect and even inhibit oncogene (tumor genes) expression and thus are not cancer promoting. This is the logic behind plant-based nutritional supplements (nutraceuticals) to help women with estrogenic problems and cancer prevention.
Hormones are master regulators of body function. They cannot be manipulated either by lifestyle choices or medications without serious consequences. Women do well to think of their genetic heritage and try to live life as close to that as possible if health is the goal.
For further reading, or for more information about, Dr Wysong and the Wysong Corporation please visit www.wysong.net or write to wysong@wysong.net. For resources on healthier foods for people including snacks, and breakfast cereals please visit www.cerealwysong.com.
Natural Ways to Boost Your Sexual Potency
Natural Ways to Boost Your Sexual Potency
By: Amy Guven
If your sexual potency is decreased after sunny summer days do not be anxious, it's quite normal! Keep reading, on the next lines you'll find out few recommendations and a special formula to overcome these hard days!
According to mythology, love goddess Aphrodite was known by her own formulated preparations and ointments that she makes for her lovers to increase their sexual power. This is why today we call all stimulating elixir as aphrodisiac, but nowadays men are not such lucky, and this article is highly recommended especially to men living in big cities.
Without doubt best aphrodisiac are the sun, a good sleep and fresh air. A good sleep is necessary for the body to pack itself up, to increase its energy and revitalize its hormones. The sun light and heat is a powerful doping for our body including sexual hormones. The main reason of men's vitality in holidays is being relaxed in fresh air. But in autumn’s cloudy days some natural supplements may help a lot.
Magical power of foods:
Basil, clove, ginger, onion, tomato, radish, celery, egg, carrot, red pepper, oats, asparagus, fresh onion, chestnut, hazelnut, pistachio nut, coconut, cucumber, oyster, caviar are main foods to improve your sexual power. Having them in your weekly menu selections would be a wise choice. Specially, foods containing vitamin E like pistachio, almond, hazelnut and walnut are natural drugs for impotence and erectile disorders.
Red is good for men's vitality:
When we say aphrodisiac we generally mean supplements for men because they are required to be active in sexual relationships. In other words, for a successful lovemaking, men must be aroused, erected, and stay erected! For a man's vigor red color is vital. In astrology Mars represents man and its sexual potency, and Mars's symbol is red. For men's sexual vitality red colored foods and drinks are highly recommended, as red pepper, red ginseng...
Besides this is the reason of using red light, red underwear, red sheets... to create erotic environments. Also red coral or ruby stone may help to increase man's energy. Men wearing always pale, pastel and dark colored dresses will get less attraction and less excitement!
Red color and stones may also help to activate women's sexual feelings but the must strong aphrodisiac for a woman is love and affection added into careful lovemaking!
Besides vegetable aphrodisiac, vitamins are helpful for a successful sex life. Especially vitamin E is vital for men. You can get vitamin E in pills or through natural foods (especially hazelnut contains many minerals and essential fat acids). To overcome the fatigue syndrome due to modern life and high technology, vitamin B is strongly advised.
Avoid depression:
Behind many sexual troubles, some nutritional and hormonal disorders and depression may reside. After a serious depression or a disorder, along with natural supplements, help of a psychiatrist (sexologist) and a nutrition expert may be needed!
Heavy training may be harmful:
For healthy sexual life a light training program is as useful as aphrodisiac. A regular and continuous exercise program will balance your metabolism and hormonal system to keep your body sexually active. But beware of heavy and tiring training programs because an extra low fat texture may cause a performance decrease.
Yoga, meditation and many other positive energy techniques are recommended to purify your brain against stress. Right breathing is also important for powerful sexual potency. If you insist on heavy training you have to pay special attention for a proper and healthy nutrition program.
A Special Sexual Potency Booster Formula:
Put 1 kg. of a good quality flower honey into a (glass is better) pot, add 250 g. powdered ginger, 100 g. powdered Indian saffron, 50 g. peeled and pounded green cardamom, 1 g. saffron, 5 g. pounded coriander, 4 sweet spoons of pounded stinging nettle seeds, 2 sweet spoons of royal jelly, 4 sweet spoonful of pollen, 100 g. unshelled and pounded pistachio nut and 100 g. of pine nut. Stir and mix the whole with a wood spoon, and store the pot in a cool and gloomy place. If you don't have any allergy or illness against those ingredients, eat one tablespoon 2 times (morning and night) in a day.
By: Amy Guven
If your sexual potency is decreased after sunny summer days do not be anxious, it's quite normal! Keep reading, on the next lines you'll find out few recommendations and a special formula to overcome these hard days!
According to mythology, love goddess Aphrodite was known by her own formulated preparations and ointments that she makes for her lovers to increase their sexual power. This is why today we call all stimulating elixir as aphrodisiac, but nowadays men are not such lucky, and this article is highly recommended especially to men living in big cities.
Without doubt best aphrodisiac are the sun, a good sleep and fresh air. A good sleep is necessary for the body to pack itself up, to increase its energy and revitalize its hormones. The sun light and heat is a powerful doping for our body including sexual hormones. The main reason of men's vitality in holidays is being relaxed in fresh air. But in autumn’s cloudy days some natural supplements may help a lot.
Magical power of foods:
Basil, clove, ginger, onion, tomato, radish, celery, egg, carrot, red pepper, oats, asparagus, fresh onion, chestnut, hazelnut, pistachio nut, coconut, cucumber, oyster, caviar are main foods to improve your sexual power. Having them in your weekly menu selections would be a wise choice. Specially, foods containing vitamin E like pistachio, almond, hazelnut and walnut are natural drugs for impotence and erectile disorders.
Red is good for men's vitality:
When we say aphrodisiac we generally mean supplements for men because they are required to be active in sexual relationships. In other words, for a successful lovemaking, men must be aroused, erected, and stay erected! For a man's vigor red color is vital. In astrology Mars represents man and its sexual potency, and Mars's symbol is red. For men's sexual vitality red colored foods and drinks are highly recommended, as red pepper, red ginseng...
Besides this is the reason of using red light, red underwear, red sheets... to create erotic environments. Also red coral or ruby stone may help to increase man's energy. Men wearing always pale, pastel and dark colored dresses will get less attraction and less excitement!
Red color and stones may also help to activate women's sexual feelings but the must strong aphrodisiac for a woman is love and affection added into careful lovemaking!
Besides vegetable aphrodisiac, vitamins are helpful for a successful sex life. Especially vitamin E is vital for men. You can get vitamin E in pills or through natural foods (especially hazelnut contains many minerals and essential fat acids). To overcome the fatigue syndrome due to modern life and high technology, vitamin B is strongly advised.
Avoid depression:
Behind many sexual troubles, some nutritional and hormonal disorders and depression may reside. After a serious depression or a disorder, along with natural supplements, help of a psychiatrist (sexologist) and a nutrition expert may be needed!
Heavy training may be harmful:
For healthy sexual life a light training program is as useful as aphrodisiac. A regular and continuous exercise program will balance your metabolism and hormonal system to keep your body sexually active. But beware of heavy and tiring training programs because an extra low fat texture may cause a performance decrease.
Yoga, meditation and many other positive energy techniques are recommended to purify your brain against stress. Right breathing is also important for powerful sexual potency. If you insist on heavy training you have to pay special attention for a proper and healthy nutrition program.
A Special Sexual Potency Booster Formula:
Put 1 kg. of a good quality flower honey into a (glass is better) pot, add 250 g. powdered ginger, 100 g. powdered Indian saffron, 50 g. peeled and pounded green cardamom, 1 g. saffron, 5 g. pounded coriander, 4 sweet spoons of pounded stinging nettle seeds, 2 sweet spoons of royal jelly, 4 sweet spoonful of pollen, 100 g. unshelled and pounded pistachio nut and 100 g. of pine nut. Stir and mix the whole with a wood spoon, and store the pot in a cool and gloomy place. If you don't have any allergy or illness against those ingredients, eat one tablespoon 2 times (morning and night) in a day.
Healing with the Sound of Light: The Evolution of a New Healing System
Healing with the Sound of Light: The Evolution of a New Healing System
By: temp
Two interesting and unique dynamics presented themselves in the fall of 2002. They were to later spark a line of inquiry which led to the development of the method of applying healing energies called Healing with the Sound of Light.
An ancient, even original energy, named the God Force Essence was retrieved and activated by my honored teacher. As my colleagues and myself worked with this energy, its healing capacities amazed and delighted us. It became known as the Light of Truth as its primary function seemed to be the the dissolution of illusion. With the dissolution of illusion, of course, comes the truth of who we are…health, joy, peace, love, God Essence. I used this Light every day in my work and miraculous results showed themselves daily. Impossible healings became everyday occurrences. Love, joy, euphoria became the norm in a world often filled with just the opposite. As the Light of Truth flooded through me, my clients, my students, my friends, it dissolved false energies, revealing to us the truth of who we are. It taught me that what appears to be a miracle is only unimpeded divine order, the natural flow when we allow the illusion to be released. In just a few months I was the privileged witness to a woman brought out of coma, several broken bones healing in record time, several cases of fibromyalgia cleared up, migraine headaches disappearing, depression lifting, burns healing in a matter of days, surgeries canceled because severed ligaments healed themselves…I could go on and on.
One day I was working in session with a client. As she sat across from me, I activated my Reiki energies and began to hear the familiar hum I often hear while working. I brought in Karuna energy and the sound shifted up and became lighter. I then amplified the Christ Matrix, another relatively new energy I’d been working with, and the hum again shifted upwards and became more resonant, more solid. Soon after, I opened my heart and activated the God Force Essence. There was a distinct shift upwards in the humming, the highest sound I’d heard so far. I kept asking for more information. What is the importance in the different and distinct sounds of each energy?
The pieces began to fly together. It felt as if a computer program had downloaded itself into my brain. The system I’m calling Healing with the Sound of Light became clear. It is elegant in its simplicity. It acknowledges the importance of every single frequency, every single healing system, every single individual. It acknowledges our uniqueness within the context of Oneness. It acknowledges the uniqueness of differing facets of each of us, each aspect of God.
Every healing system, healing ray, thought, energy, has a vibration. Every vibration emits a sound frequency based on the rate of that vibration. Even levels within a healing system each vibrate at a different rate. What’s more, every person seems to have a distinctly different physical frequency which encompasses both the physical body and the emotional body.
I set about devising a system by which one can ascertain those frequencies. After a lot of trial and testing, it became clear that basic applied kinesiology would do the trick. I tested many people and many energies, writing down my results. Debi Sinclair, a gifted musician with perfect pitch and a very clear clairaudient, listened to these people and energies and told me what their frequency “sounded like”. It worked! They matched! We learned that Reiki I, for example, resonated to the frequency of B on the staff just above A440. The God Force Essence resonated to a High A almost a full octave above that. (At that point, we had a dozen energetic frequencies with which to work.)
Just what does all this mean and how can it be used to effect healing and spiritual evolution? Imagine standing on the bottom step of a 15-step staircase. Someone comes along and asks you to jump to the top. Overwhelming, isn’t it? How can you, in a single leap, reach the top of a 15-step staircase? However, if you were asked to climb to the next step, and then the next, and then the next…simple. You’d reach the top easily and effortlessly. As healers, we often ask our clients to bridge a similar gap in energies. Although the client may be resonating at middle C, we bring in an energy 15 notes up the scale and ask their body to hold that. Overwhelming for most. Often, they will have a wonderful experience, but are then unable to hold and integrate the energy once the session is ended. The exception to this seems to be the God Force Energy (High A). Perhaps because it is such a pure and organic energy, everyone seems to be able to hold it to some degree. However, their capacity to hold it will be increased as you bridge into it, and as you introduce the Christ Matrix (F#); it is still extremely useful to bring it in any time. I often begin with the God Force, then move to the matching energy, then create the bridge by bringing in another frequency one note up, and then another, and then another, etc. Eventually the frequency is reached which can bounce the issue out of the client. Since the climb has been made gradually, they will be able to handle the frequency, integrating it into the physical easily and effortlessly. In short order, the illusion is cleared, the frequencies are raised and we become witness to miracles…or, is it simply divine order allowing itself to manifest?
It’s time, as we evolve to the next level of being, that we understand the finer energies and how to apply them. It’s an art; it’s a science; but more than that, it is who we are. In the elegance of our souls lies the capability to apply healing energies effortlessly, innately moving the correct ones into position, dissolving all that is untrue or no longer necessary. We live in a wondrous age of discovery and enlightenment on so many levels. And, for this, I am very grateful.
By: temp
Two interesting and unique dynamics presented themselves in the fall of 2002. They were to later spark a line of inquiry which led to the development of the method of applying healing energies called Healing with the Sound of Light.
An ancient, even original energy, named the God Force Essence was retrieved and activated by my honored teacher. As my colleagues and myself worked with this energy, its healing capacities amazed and delighted us. It became known as the Light of Truth as its primary function seemed to be the the dissolution of illusion. With the dissolution of illusion, of course, comes the truth of who we are…health, joy, peace, love, God Essence. I used this Light every day in my work and miraculous results showed themselves daily. Impossible healings became everyday occurrences. Love, joy, euphoria became the norm in a world often filled with just the opposite. As the Light of Truth flooded through me, my clients, my students, my friends, it dissolved false energies, revealing to us the truth of who we are. It taught me that what appears to be a miracle is only unimpeded divine order, the natural flow when we allow the illusion to be released. In just a few months I was the privileged witness to a woman brought out of coma, several broken bones healing in record time, several cases of fibromyalgia cleared up, migraine headaches disappearing, depression lifting, burns healing in a matter of days, surgeries canceled because severed ligaments healed themselves…I could go on and on.
One day I was working in session with a client. As she sat across from me, I activated my Reiki energies and began to hear the familiar hum I often hear while working. I brought in Karuna energy and the sound shifted up and became lighter. I then amplified the Christ Matrix, another relatively new energy I’d been working with, and the hum again shifted upwards and became more resonant, more solid. Soon after, I opened my heart and activated the God Force Essence. There was a distinct shift upwards in the humming, the highest sound I’d heard so far. I kept asking for more information. What is the importance in the different and distinct sounds of each energy?
The pieces began to fly together. It felt as if a computer program had downloaded itself into my brain. The system I’m calling Healing with the Sound of Light became clear. It is elegant in its simplicity. It acknowledges the importance of every single frequency, every single healing system, every single individual. It acknowledges our uniqueness within the context of Oneness. It acknowledges the uniqueness of differing facets of each of us, each aspect of God.
Every healing system, healing ray, thought, energy, has a vibration. Every vibration emits a sound frequency based on the rate of that vibration. Even levels within a healing system each vibrate at a different rate. What’s more, every person seems to have a distinctly different physical frequency which encompasses both the physical body and the emotional body.
I set about devising a system by which one can ascertain those frequencies. After a lot of trial and testing, it became clear that basic applied kinesiology would do the trick. I tested many people and many energies, writing down my results. Debi Sinclair, a gifted musician with perfect pitch and a very clear clairaudient, listened to these people and energies and told me what their frequency “sounded like”. It worked! They matched! We learned that Reiki I, for example, resonated to the frequency of B on the staff just above A440. The God Force Essence resonated to a High A almost a full octave above that. (At that point, we had a dozen energetic frequencies with which to work.)
Just what does all this mean and how can it be used to effect healing and spiritual evolution? Imagine standing on the bottom step of a 15-step staircase. Someone comes along and asks you to jump to the top. Overwhelming, isn’t it? How can you, in a single leap, reach the top of a 15-step staircase? However, if you were asked to climb to the next step, and then the next, and then the next…simple. You’d reach the top easily and effortlessly. As healers, we often ask our clients to bridge a similar gap in energies. Although the client may be resonating at middle C, we bring in an energy 15 notes up the scale and ask their body to hold that. Overwhelming for most. Often, they will have a wonderful experience, but are then unable to hold and integrate the energy once the session is ended. The exception to this seems to be the God Force Energy (High A). Perhaps because it is such a pure and organic energy, everyone seems to be able to hold it to some degree. However, their capacity to hold it will be increased as you bridge into it, and as you introduce the Christ Matrix (F#); it is still extremely useful to bring it in any time. I often begin with the God Force, then move to the matching energy, then create the bridge by bringing in another frequency one note up, and then another, and then another, etc. Eventually the frequency is reached which can bounce the issue out of the client. Since the climb has been made gradually, they will be able to handle the frequency, integrating it into the physical easily and effortlessly. In short order, the illusion is cleared, the frequencies are raised and we become witness to miracles…or, is it simply divine order allowing itself to manifest?
It’s time, as we evolve to the next level of being, that we understand the finer energies and how to apply them. It’s an art; it’s a science; but more than that, it is who we are. In the elegance of our souls lies the capability to apply healing energies effortlessly, innately moving the correct ones into position, dissolving all that is untrue or no longer necessary. We live in a wondrous age of discovery and enlightenment on so many levels. And, for this, I am very grateful.
Sabtu, 23 Juni 2007
Parent Care, Help, I Can’t Do This All By Myself!!! Dividing Responsibilities in Elder Care
Parent Care, Help, I Can’t Do This All By Myself!!! Dividing Responsibilities in Elder Care
The person providing the hands-on or direct care is often viewed as the only caregiver. However, there are many other tasks that need to be addressed as families take over responsibilities that their aging loved ones can no longer take care of.
The Challenge - Families view the person providing the direct (hands-on) care as the only caregiver.
It is common that the “entire family unit” does not see themselves as “caregivers” with multiple tasks. Usually, the attention is drawn to the family member who is willing to provide the physical care. Whether you are providing the “hands-on” care or are coordinating with other family members for the provision of care, you are still a caregiver.
The Solution - Identify how your family will divide the responsibility for providing care.
1. Consider the different types of responsibilities involved in the entire process of caregiving.
• Anticipating and thinking ahead to what may be needed:
o Health care decisions
o Housekeeping, cooking, shopping
o Financial and legal responsibilities
• Overseeing what is needed to ensure the care needs are being met
• Arranging for care
• Providing the hands on physical care
2. Ask your aging loved ones who they are comfortable with to handle the different tasks. Often, they have already decided who they want to be responsible for certain tasks, example, medical decisions and legal affairs.
3. Explore what responsibility each family member is comfortable with and what task/tasks they are willing to commit to. Many factors can enter in, distance from the older adult, other personal and family responsibilities, relationship with the older adult.
4. Set up a system of communication between all family members.
• Is there a “team leader” who coordinates the communication
• Who needs to know what
• How often does each person need to be in touch
• How are differences in opinion going to be handled between the family members
5. As individual and family circumstances change, the roles and responsibilities may need to change. At some point outside resources may need to be used to support the changing care needs.
Whenever possible, keep your loved ones in the center of the decision making process. Ask for their input and recommendations. Give them as much control over the decisions as possible.
These are often difficult discussions to have because family members may not want to commit to specific caregiving tasks. Planning for the future is challenging because the future is an unknown.
Engage your family members in the discussion about caregiving roles and tasks.
Have your older loved ones identify whom they may want to do specific tasks. Family members may need time to think about what roles and tasks they are willing to agree to. Identify the coordinator or the person who will communicate the status of things and what needs to be done. Put the plan on paper, knowing that it is a starting point, is flexible and can be changed.
The person providing the hands-on or direct care is often viewed as the only caregiver. However, there are many other tasks that need to be addressed as families take over responsibilities that their aging loved ones can no longer take care of.
The Challenge - Families view the person providing the direct (hands-on) care as the only caregiver.
It is common that the “entire family unit” does not see themselves as “caregivers” with multiple tasks. Usually, the attention is drawn to the family member who is willing to provide the physical care. Whether you are providing the “hands-on” care or are coordinating with other family members for the provision of care, you are still a caregiver.
The Solution - Identify how your family will divide the responsibility for providing care.
1. Consider the different types of responsibilities involved in the entire process of caregiving.
• Anticipating and thinking ahead to what may be needed:
o Health care decisions
o Housekeeping, cooking, shopping
o Financial and legal responsibilities
• Overseeing what is needed to ensure the care needs are being met
• Arranging for care
• Providing the hands on physical care
2. Ask your aging loved ones who they are comfortable with to handle the different tasks. Often, they have already decided who they want to be responsible for certain tasks, example, medical decisions and legal affairs.
3. Explore what responsibility each family member is comfortable with and what task/tasks they are willing to commit to. Many factors can enter in, distance from the older adult, other personal and family responsibilities, relationship with the older adult.
4. Set up a system of communication between all family members.
• Is there a “team leader” who coordinates the communication
• Who needs to know what
• How often does each person need to be in touch
• How are differences in opinion going to be handled between the family members
5. As individual and family circumstances change, the roles and responsibilities may need to change. At some point outside resources may need to be used to support the changing care needs.
Whenever possible, keep your loved ones in the center of the decision making process. Ask for their input and recommendations. Give them as much control over the decisions as possible.
These are often difficult discussions to have because family members may not want to commit to specific caregiving tasks. Planning for the future is challenging because the future is an unknown.
Engage your family members in the discussion about caregiving roles and tasks.
Have your older loved ones identify whom they may want to do specific tasks. Family members may need time to think about what roles and tasks they are willing to agree to. Identify the coordinator or the person who will communicate the status of things and what needs to be done. Put the plan on paper, knowing that it is a starting point, is flexible and can be changed.
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