General Healthy Guide

By Deborah Lindholm

It’s a common occurrence for us to use our body in order to
identify ourselves. We use labels such as tall, short, thin,
muscular, curvy, healthy, and unhealthy and so on. There are
very few people who are able to take that step outside of a
particular definition and consider our body as what it is in
reality - a blessed vehicle carrying us through times of
joy, troubles, victory and challenges.

Instead of defining it and thus letting the definition rule
the way you treat your body, because there really is more to
a body than size or shape, why not seize the opportunity to
take ultimate care of it? Treat it as the beautiful vehicle
it actually is.

There is a common metaphor often used when discussing the
human body and it just happens to be a car. Both being
vehicles we depend on to get us where we need to go,
properly taken care of they can both be counted on and
reliable in their own way.

How Do You Treat Your Car And How Do You Treat Your Body?

More often than not, many of us tend to treat our cars
better than our own bodies. Our cars get the best gas in the
tank, even if it’s more expensive than regular gas.
Following this act of generosity towards our car, we proceed
to fueling our bodies with food void of any nutritional
value. We begin a ritual of washing our cars every week,
with the metaphor being a car spa but yet we rarely spend
time or money on any ritual of basic self care.

We ignore the knocks and pings the very loud signals our
body gives us when it needs something and yet the slightest
shimmy or gurgle from under the hood of our car sends us to
the auto mechanic for a diagnostic.

You might be thinking “but it’s dangerous to ignore these
sounds from your car.” This is true, squeaking brakes or a
grinding noise from the rear axle could cause an accident.
However, the sounds and signals your body gives you are just
as dangerous. We’ve all heard the horror stories about a
friend or family member who ignored the signs and then it
was too late.

Instead of continuing to follow this path, appreciate
whatever shape, form and situation your body is in. It has
taken you where you have needed to go, and so far hasn’t let
you down. Embrace your healthy whole body as of right now,
because while you are much more than your body itself, you
just can’t exist and experience life without it.

Think About Consider These Questions:

Your car will be unable to run or take you where you want to
go without putting in the right grade of fuel. Are you
running on empty? Using the best fuel? If you’re not, begin
today to make small changes. Drink more water, replace empty
calories with nutrients. Feed your body well and it’ll take
you far.

There’s a blinking ‘check engine’ light on your dashboard,
trying to be noticed. We are talking about self care here.
Have you scheduled in some time for yourself, for checkups
and some personal down time? Taking a walk or hike with
family and friends, or a weekly date night with your
sweetheart - there are many options available for taking a
step away to enjoy the life you have been given, find the
balance to make it all happen, and first and foremost, start
paying attention to the signals your body is sending you.

It makes sense to take care of yourself in all the ways that
you know how and are able to. You can wait until your car
breaks down to get it repaired or you can choose regular
maintenance, following up right away when you notice a
rattle, a chug in the engine, wiper blades that don’t clear
the windshield, any malfunction.

Last but not least, when you find the tread wearing thin on
your tires, you replace them right? Each of us needs to take
time out to evaluate the steady running of our lives, where
we are and where we want to be. It’s normal for our needs to
change over time and ignoring these changing needs results
in us ignoring who we really are - and this is not good for
our health or our happiness.

So, next time you’re at the gas station or washing your car
step back and remember that you wouldn’t be able to do any
of those tasks if it weren’t for the divine vehicle you’re
residing in - your body. Take great care of it; it’s the
only one you get.

By Dr. Ben Kim on March 09, 2008
Natural Health Solutions

Before I share a great little tip on how to stop a sore throat from progressing into a week-long cold, please know that periodically experiencing a cold or the flu can actually be helpful to your health. If you have no idea why this is, please view the following popular article that I wrote on this topic:-

What Most Doctors Won’t Tell You About Colds and Flus

You just won’t get this information on why colds and flus can help you stay healthy over the long run from medical textbooks and mainstream media - please consider sharing it with family and friends.

Although experiencing a cold or the flu once in a while can help rid your body of your weakest cells, I’m willing to bet that there are times when you would really prefer to delay such a period of cleansing and malaise.

Here’s how you can stand a good chance of preventing a cold from developing:-

As soon as you experience that sore, tickly feeling in your throat that precedes a full-blown cold, gargle with warm salt water.

And when I say gargle, I mean really gargle; take in a mouthful of warm salt water, look up at the ceiling, and gargle aggressively. You may want to tap at your throat (the Adam’s apple region) with your fingers while you gargle to encourage the warm salt water to trickle deeply into your throat.

Gargle like this several times with a glass of warm salt water, and repeat as often as possible throughout the day.

Warm salt water can remove viruses from the tonsils and adenoids that line the back of your throat region. Viruses that cause colds and flus typically get caught by your tonsils and adenoids before they spread through your body. Your tonsils and adenoids are important parts of your immune system because they are located near the entrance of your breathing passages, and they serve as a first line of defense against undesirable airborne microorganisms and substances.

This, by the way, is why it is best not to remove tonsils and adenoids from your throat region. Chronic swelling of tonsils and adenoids is best addressed by reducing sugar intake, adopting a minimally processed diet that is rich in fresh plant foods, and supporting immune system health by getting plenty of rest, exercise, and exposure to sunlight and fresh air.

Cold salt water may also help to remove viruses from your tonsils and adenoids, but warm salt water tends to be more effective. Warm water may help to melt the fatty coating that protects viruses that cause the cold and flu.

What if you gargle for all you’re worth but still end up developing a full-blown cold?

Get lots of rest, drink plenty of fluids, and take comfort in knowing that countless viruses are at work destroying your weakest cells. And don’t forget to blow your nose as often as it runs; help your body get rid of what it wants to get rid of.

Step 1: Nutrition Undoubtedly, the quality, quantity, and type of food we eat affect our height, growth, and health. We cannot emphasize enough how important your food intake is in determining how much growth you can possibly obtain. The types of food you eat will either improve or decrease your growth potential. After careful consideration and research, the daily content of protein, carbohydrates, fats and water can be achieved if the following items were taken regularly. Please take note that this is a guideline and you are free to your own thoughts. Feed yourself rationally to increase your height, be full of energy and live a fuller life. Fact and Myth Visit now - Picmoney dot com

If you eat a lot of peanut butter, your height will not necessarily stop. Neither does masturbation stop height. What might stop you from growing is smoking, drugs, alcohol, lack of sleep, stress, digestive problems, or lack of exercise. Eating Patterns Eat at least two hours before starting your exercise. It is a fact that insulin levels are highest right after a big hearty meal. Insulin suppresses HGH release and a big meal takes blood away from your muscles and redirects it to your stomach. Eating before exercise Any forms of carbohydrates such as baked potato, bread and jam, spaghetti, or cereal are good choices. Try to eat foods with a medium glycemic index so that your body will have a constant source of energy while exercising. Do not eat chocolate, sugar cubes, and other high sugar content food. Eating after exercise We recommend one cup of orange juice mixed with one cup of water, and ¼ tablespoon of salt after a good workout or exercise. However, never ever drink immediately after you have run long and fast, because you can choke. Let your breath stabilizer before drinking. As for food, anything high in protein is a good source, mixed with some carbohydrate. A good ratio is ¼ protein and ¾ carbohydrate. What to avoid Do not eat meals in large quantities. It is recommended to eat 5 - 7 meals a day. Also, never eat during two hours before sleeping. Eating right before sleep inhibits HGH release and your efforts go to waste. Foods high in saturated fats, high in sugar and processed foods are to be avoided. Do not drink too much water or milk at any one time. Drink at regular intervals (approx. 8 glasses of water a day). Step 2: Stretching exercise Exercising is an important part to growing taller. But in order to grow taller you must do the right kind of exercise. Just exercising blindly could lead to a loss in weight or even an increase in muscle. While both may be desirable results, you are exercising to grow taller NOT to lose weight. Below are just a few types of stretching exercises that will help lengthen your spine and increase your height. Yoga & Pilates There are a variety of yoga and pilates exercises we can do to grow taller. These stretching exercises will get your spine right, by aligning your spine correctly and prepare it for elongation. Sit / Easy Position - Sukahasana This is a starting position that helps focus awareness on breathing and the body, strengthen the lower back and open the groin and hips. -Sit cross-legged with hands on knees. -Focus on your on your breath. -Keep your spine straight and push the sit bones down to the floor. -Allow the knees to gently lower. -If the knees rise above your hips, sit on a cushion as it will help support your back and hips. -Take 5 - 10 slow, deep breaths. -On the next inhale, raise your arms over your head. -Exhale and bring your arms down slowly. -Repeat 5-7 times.

Sit / Easy Position

2. Dog and Cat This will increase your spine’s flexibility. These are two poses, one following the other. -Begin on your hands and knees. -Keep your hands just in front of your shoulders, your legs about hip width -apart. -As you inhale, tilt the tailbone and pelvis up, and let the spin curl down, dropping the stomach low, and lift your head up -Stretch gently -As you exhale, move into cat by reversing the spinal bend, tilting the pelvis down, drawing the spine up and pulling the chest and stomach in -Repeat several times, flowing smoothly from dog to cat and cat back into dog Chin-ups & Pull-ups These exercises work the shoulders, as well as the back, arms, and obliques. You can experiment with these different types, but only do one exercise type per day. They should be done every other day, or every 2 days, depending on your strength and experience. As with yoga and pilates, doing these exercises regularly can and will help you grow taller. 1. Chin-up -Step up and grasp bar with an overhand grip. -Pull down until the chin is above the bar. -Lower body until arms and shoulders are fully extended. Repeat. 2. Close Grip Chin-up -Step up and grasp parallel bars. -Pull body up until elbow are at the sides. -Lower body until arms and shoulders are fully extended. Repeat. 3. Pull-up -Step up and grasp bar with a wide overhand grip. -Pull body until neck reaches the height of the hands. -Lower body until arms and shoulders are fully extended. Repeat. Step 3: Boost your growth hormones Size may matter, but in some cases the smallest thing can have the biggest impact. Like that grape-sized organ, the anterior pituitary gland nestled within your brain. Despite its small dimensions, it is the source of powerful juice when it comes to building height. The anterior pituitary gland is responsible for secreting a substance called somatotropic hormone, more commonly known as “growth hormone,” into your bloodstream. Although the amount of growth hormone your body regularly produces is entirely up to your brain, there are a few things you can do to trick that thrifty gland into being a bit more generous. Now that you’ve worked hard enough on your body performing the stretching exercises, pay attention to the following ways in order to grow taller. Sleep Get your shut-eye. It’s simple math really. Add eight hours to the time you went to bed, then look at your alarm clock before peeling yourself from the sheets. Not getting enough sleep regularly can lower the amount of growth hormone your body produces daily and thus prevent you from growing taller. Even though excess sleep won’t necessarily increase the amount of growth hormone your body secretes, constantly burning your midnight oil could be suppressing how efficiently your body distributes growth hormone during the course of the day. Keeping normal sleeping habits may let you tap into a certain percentage of growth hormone that your bones never get a chance to utilise when sleep-deprived. Eat Smarter Focus on eating six or seven smaller meals during your day instead of three or four larger ones. Consuming large meals with a high glycemic index forces the body to release a high amount of insulin into the system to aid with digestion. This reaction not only forces your body to store fat, it may also inhibit the flow of the growth hormone being released throughout your bloodstream. Instead, make a point of consuming other low-sugar foods that will prevent the release of insulin. The crossover between what you need to stay healthy and what you need to release more growth hormone doesn’t stop with eating smaller meals and getting enough shut-eye. All of the same factors that need to be in place for a healthy lifestyle still hold true. Training right, eating right, sleeping right and keeping your stress to a minimum will not only keep you healthier, they will foster the type of environment that encourages the anterior pituitary gland to do its job. Deficits in any of these areas will only slow down how well your body functions as a whole, which in turn slow down the amount of growth hormone that is being continually pumped into your system. Supplement Strategically Taking the amino acid glycine immediately before you work out can mildly stimulate the release of growth hormone, but only when taken as a supplement. Trying to achieve the same effect by consuming glycine-rich foods such as poultry or milk prior to exercise only inhibits growth hormone by causing you to exercise on a full stomach, plus the glycine doesn’t get absorbed in the same way. Being introduced into the body in the presence of additional amino acids forces the glycine to compete for transport across the blood-brain barrier, diminishing its effect on the growth hormone levels. The only way glycine can cause a reaction is when taken in isolated supplement form, preferably on an empty stomach to speed up absorption and prevent outside interference from other amino acids.

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A treatment can be considered invalid without attaining success. Undergoing appropriate treatment approach may yield anxiety disorder treatment success. Finding the right treatment for mental disorders are as intricate as the brain itself. This owes to the fact that not only that every patient comes across varied circumstances that lead to and triggers anxiety but also respond variedly to various treatment options. Anxiety disorders thus cover a wide range of symptoms out of which stress and depression frequently predominate.

Choosing the Right Healing Method

• Medications play a key role in anxiety disorder treatment success. Doctors prescribe many antidepressants that have proven highly successful among most population. Medications show better results when begun soon after the prescription although their actions progress gradually.
• Some medications can have side effects. Make sure that you speak to your doctor about the medicines to understand the benefits as well as the side effects. If you are aware of the side effects, you will know what to expect.
• Cognitive behavioral therapy has occupied much fraction in anxiety disorder treatment success. Reactions associated with anxiety disorders can be controlled by behavioral therapy. To name some, irrational fear, concern, depression, irritation, and self-destructive behavior are common reactions. The link between the upsetting situations and the responsive behavior is shut down by behavioral therapy. At the end of the therapy, an individual is capable of having clarity in thinking pattern and also make sensible decisions. The physiological and biological basis of the symptoms such as anxiety, depression and irritation are explained to the patient.
• Keeping cool in adverse situations is highly essential especially during the therapy to speed up the process of recovery. Other ways of mental relaxation are aerobics, physiotherapy, yoga, meditation and sophisticated breathing exercises. The problem causing factors should be cut at its source and do things which pleases.
• Doctors and therapists are of the opinion that a combination of medication and behavioral therapy are useful in treating anxiety disorders. Behavioral therapy is successful when the patient changes their negative thinking patters and views about certain situations.
• The appropriate medication and therapy can help accomplish heights of anxiety disorder treatment success.

The End Word

• The degree of anxiety disorder treatment success depends upon various factors and from patient to patient as some may recover quickly while others may take long time. Patient, love and care may add on to easy recovery.
• Self-participation and family support and care may completely relieve the patient from physical and mental symptoms.
• Attending seminars, workshops, reading books and availing internet services to know more about causes, symptoms and dealing with anxiety disorders effectively.

RECAP

Finding the most suitable treatment approach is fundamental to anxiety disorder treatment success. Anxiety disorder comprises many disorders each with typical symptoms caused by different agents. With the help of a reputed therapist the correct therapy along with appropriate medications by a physician can lead to successful cure.

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Diabetes and Hair Loss

Diabetes and Hair Loss: Don’t Lose Your hair Because of DiabetesQuite often, significant hair loss can alert an individual to the possibility of the development of diabetes. If an individual is losing hair in larger than normal quantities, and the loss does not appear to be common pattern hair loss, evaluation by a medical professional would be warranted. The reason is this: diabetes is a disease that is hormonal related, and this imbalance can often be seen first in loss of hair. The links between hair loss and diabetes are as follows:

1. Diabetes causes poor blood circulation. Poor blood circulation can affect the ability of hair follicles to operate normally. Under normal conditions, hair grows for 2-6 years; then it goes into a period of dormancy, and eventually it dies and falls out as a new strand is produced in the follicle to push it out. When blood circulation is poor, the follicle is not producing a new strand as normal, the old strand dies and falls out, and there is no replacement hair. Further, strands tend to die and fall out more quickly when blood circulation to the head area is poor. Therefore, more hair falls out and is not replaced, creating much thinner hair.

2. Diabetics are more susceptible to skin conditions, and skin conditions on the scalp can cause hair loss. Both bacterial and fungal infections of the scalp can interrupt the normal growth process of hair.

3. The medication often prescribed and taken for diabetes can interrupt the normal cycle of hair growth. More often, this is reversed as the body adjusts to the medication, but anyone beginning medications should be aware of this.

4. Diabetes causes both physiological and psychological stress and anxiety. Stress and anxiety are direct factors in hair loss. Dehydration is a factor as well. When coupled with stress, it can be a killer for hair.

If you have hair loss related to diabetes, here are some helpful suggestions:

1. Wait to see if the condition will right itself once you have been on your medication for some time. This may take a few or more months.

2. Keep your body hydrated. Eight glasses (8 0z. each) should be consumed daily, no matter what other liquids you consume.

3. Exercise regularly. Exercise increases blood circulation, and your head will be a recipient of that increased circulation. Your follicles will love you for it.

4. Try Yoga or some other form of relaxation to relieve stress and anxiety.

Diabetes is a significant diagnosis and a life-changing illness. Follow your physician’s instructions carefully and continue to do those things that you know are good for your general health. Hair health is affected by all that you do and consume.

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Core stability and core strengthening exercises are a much
overlooked, but vital, part of a comprehensive workout
routine and back health maintenance.

Twist. Turn. Bend over. Sit all day. Get in and out of the
car. Carry those groceries. We put our back through all
kinds of stuff, and it never complains. Or does it? If we’re
out of shape in our core muscles, our back will let us know
pretty quick. The core muscles support the lower back and
internal organs, and if we stop taking care of them, like
most of us have, we are in for some soreness and more and
more days of pain the longer we let it go on.

And our workout routines become ever more risky; we always
are on the edge of straining our back.

OK, then, what are some really good core strengthening
exercises to do?

1. Pilates. Get in with the girls and do Pilates! Now, for
some reason, Pilates has a sort of wimpy reputation, but I
know first hand that a good Pilates routine will kick some
serious behind! I’ve gotten a lot stronger core since I
incorporated Pilates-type exercises into my regular workout
routine.

2. The Farmer’s Walk. This is really a whole body exercise,
but your core will work real hard, as will your back, legs,
arms and hands. Just go pick up two very heavy dumbbells,
and carry them over to the other side of the room and back
again. Maybe another time. Your core will work overtime to
keep you balanced and stable.

3. The Wood Chopper. Hold a medicine ball in both hands over
your head and off to one side. Then, as if you were chopping
wood, swing it down and over toward the opposite foot. Then
swing it back up along the same path. Do that several times,
and switch sides. Make sure you use your legs and hips to
help keep your back from bending too much.

4. Saxon Bends. These are tough. Take that ball again, or a
weight plate if you need more weight, and hold it over your
head. Now bend over to one side, without bending your back
from front to back. You’re just going side to side. When
you’ve gone as far over as you can, head on over to the
other side. Back to center again is one.

You can incorporate these exercises in your regular workout.
Put ‘em in the middle, use them as a warm up (they are great
for warming up and getting away from the treadmill), or do
them at the end. Or devote a whole workout just to core
strengthening exercises; your body will thank you!