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How to Reduce The Risk of Illness

Monday, September 6th, 2010

There are many factors that can affect our health. However, it is possible to control some of them by changing our lifestyle. Follow these tips to know the actions that will allow you to prevent getting sick so we can live healthy.

Avoid the stress, usually marked by the pace of modern life. But the truth is that it is one of the “threats” most dangerous at the time of contracting mental and physical disease, as it reduces our defenses. Try to avoid any problems that stand in your welfare, your personal difficulties or work overload.

Healthy Eating. As you know, your body works embodied energy consumed through food. (more…)

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The Philosophy of Homeopathy: There’s Reason to the Madness

Monday, July 26th, 2010

Guest article written by Katrina Robinson

Homeopathy is one of the latest natural healing trends. The Society of Homeopaths defines homeopathy as “a system of medicine which is based on treating the individual with highly diluted substances given in mainly tablet form, which triggers the body’s natural system of healing. Based on their experience of their symptoms, a homeopath will match the most appropriate medicine to the patient.”

Homeopathy operates on the principle of “like cures like”. A totality of symptoms must be gathered from the patient, including physical, emotion, and mental symptoms. It is only then that the remedy that best matches the symptom picture is looked for. Homeopathy doctors will then match the symptoms that are caused in healthy patients by a particular substance. Once that substance is found, it follows that it has the best chance of producing a curative response. Simply put, the “Law of Similars” goes on the theory that the substance that would cause specific symptoms in someone with good health is used to cure those same, specific symptoms in someone with poor health.

But how do homeopaths discover which remedies work for various symptoms and illnesses?

There are three different ways that the medicines are found:

1. Toxicity symptoms (such as diarrhea and vomiting caused by various poisons or toxins)
2. The “signature” of the medicine. This is an ancient medical theory that’s based on the characteristics of various substances. The Society of Homeopaths gives the example of deadly nightshade’s large black berries resembling dilated pupils during high fever.
3. Proving the effectiveness of a substance. This involves testing the substance on a group of healthy participants who then record all of their symptoms. When there is an agreement of symptoms, this remedy is recorded and used in future cases.

Once the remedy is found, it is given to the patient in the least amount possible. This limits the possible side effects and increases the remedy’s gentle actions so that the patient can be cured.

While it’s something that can take a while to understand, it’s clear that the forces behind homeopathy are doing something right: it definitely works!

Katrina Robinson is a guest writer who writes for Oxy-Powder.

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Chlorophyll is Beneficial to Health

Monday, July 19th, 2010

As everyone knows, the chlorophyll is an essential component of green plants, which is produced by photosynthesis, but what many people do not know is that chlorophyll has a huge potential for human health.

Chlorophyllin is the active component is derived from chlorophyll, which is soluble in water and still retains the properties of the plant.

Chlorophyll is related to the protohemo, a substance that gives blood its red pigmentation, and now we can find on the market some liquid chlorophyll supplements or capsules.

This detoxifying and antioxidant properties, which make it a powerful cellular oxygen, besides being an important source of vitamins and minerals, helping blood circulation, and have a more balanced body with a remarkable action on liver, kidneys and colon. (more…)

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Defend Ourselves from Heat and Humidity

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

Never went out the heat wave. The recommendation is to drink lots of water (remember that tap water is best), not less than 2 liters per day. Drink even when you feel thirsty, but not tea, coffee and alcohol. Better to find a cool, dry place to the hottest hours.

Heat waves are more dangerous because the greater the intensity, humidity, duration and when the heat persists at night. The risk of heat are related to the effects of dehydration, physio-pathological condition that involves a series of effects on the kidney, brain and on the cardiovascular system. (more…)

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Tips for Treating Chilblains

Monday, July 12th, 2010

Chilblains are like lesions with red or purple, with a slight swelling which have a temperature change in the area and itching, and are usually on the back of the fingers and toes, and nose and ears.

The main reason why they appear is a disorder of the blood supply to some areas of the body to produce cold in the area occurs on the closure of blood vessels and then opened abruptly, causing blood to arrive en masse the affected area.

We can help alleviate these chilblains with some herbs or foods such as infusions of mistletoe, which we must use the leaves and stem to prepare the tea and drink it two or three times a day. (more…)

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Simple Tips to Eat Less

Friday, June 25th, 2010

Earlier this week we share some tricks to reduce portion size, we all know we should eat less if we lose weight. But for some follow a strict diet becomes an almost impossible challenge.

However, performing small actions could reduce the amount of food we eat (most of the time unnecessarily) without making big sacrifices. The main thing to keep in mind that when you decide to lose your overweight you are improving your lifestyle and your overall health.

Let us review very simple tips to moderate what you eat every day, losing weight and improving your health.

  • Bebe first and eat later. You should drink at least eight glasses of water per day. Hydration is essential for your body does not confuse thirst with hunger. Before eating any snack, drink a glass of water and wait 15 minutes before eating. This will cause the amount of food you choose to consume is less. (more…)
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Tips to Prevent Snoring

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

If you are one of those people who snore probably the longest you’re sleeping in your house and also the most “hated” to bedtime. Snoring not only makes all the people at home have difficulty sleeping, but also indicates that you have some kind of health problem.

From a cold passenger who snore may be making up some sort of breathing problem you need to visit a specialist, is the reason, snoring is not healthy at all (neither for you nor for your family).

That’s why we will see below some tips to stop snoring, or at least reduce the intensity of snoring.

  • Avoid things that can make snore more, e.g. alcohol, sleeping pills, coffee, or eat too much before bedtime.
  • If you sleep on your back you use some extra pillows to be less straight. And if you tilt your bed, the important thing is that you are not completely lying, but you have some inclination to snore less. (more…)
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Tips to Quit Smoking

Sunday, June 13th, 2010

If you are a smoker you may have tried a thousand times to quit smoking. If the cigar so far is winning the game you make sure you read the following tips to quit smoking. First of all you must be clear that the benefits of quitting smoking are really important and it is never too late to try.

Each person will have a method to quit smoking and you should find you more efficient: you can stop smoking suddenly (and completely) or opt for a gradual reduction in the number of cigarettes smoked per day. In the first case sets a day to stop smoking and stick to it.

It is important to get support from family, friends and coworkers. Let her know your goal and ask that smokers do not do it in front of you. Quitting with a friend can also be an excellent idea because it will support one another. (more…)

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Tips for Better Health

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

Few are those who are concerned about our health, sometimes we pay attention a few times until you suffers an illness. Prevention is a fundamental pillar to reduce the incidence of serious diseases such as cancer. But avoid this and the following tips:

  • Do not smoke: If you smoke, leave as soon as possible. Never smoke in the presence of non-smoking, smoking oxidizes the skin.
  • Make some moderate-intensity physical activity daily.
  • Taument consumption of fruits and vegetables varied: eat at least five servings a day. Limit consumption of fatty foods of animal origin.
  • Be alert: the men and women from age 50 should undergo screening for colon cancer.
  • Women from age 40 should have a mammogram every six months.
  • Avoid obesity. Try to eat a balanced and do not let them gain weight without doing anything about it. (more…)
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Tips for Maintaining Good Auditory System

Sunday, May 9th, 2010

If you do not pay attention to the way we use things like headphones, and not as it should use cleaning tools such as swabs or applicators, we can do great damage to the ears and thus experiencing hearing problems later. Result with a very appropriate way to listen, remember that this special sense of the human body is also responsible to provide the necessary balance to keep us strong, because when we are stunned is possible to lose an upright position very easily. Here are some tips for keeping good hearing.

Limit the use of hearing aids. These accessories are useful when you do not want to bother other people or when we decide that only certain thing we hear, but continuous and prolonged exposure to these devices can generate a hearing problem later obviously impact on the lifestyle. Not only abuse the use of hearing aids, but use them at the lowest possible volume level, so that it can also be alert to the sounds outside or inside somewhere. It also suggests that prefer headphones that fit directly into your ear canal, but that cover. (more…)

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