Natural health remedies & alternative medicine articles and information
July 3, 2011 in Food
Some Facts about Milk
Traditionally milk has always been considered a complete and perfect food. However, despite its several benefits, many people have been reporting several reactions to taking milk such as
June 30, 2011 in Diseases and Treatments
Simply popping a pill to keep your cholesterol in control is like skimming the surface and avoiding a much deep rooted problem. Such a misinformed use of drugs not only impairs our body’s natural healing process but is also known to have harmful side effects by reducing the level of ‘Coenzyme Q10,’ leading to fatigue, tiredness and ultimately to a heart attack. (more…)
June 27, 2011 in Food
It’s better known as Teflon to the housewife who works all day in the kitchen and finds its non-stick quality to be a blessing. Little does she know that she is in danger of being exposed to Teflon Toxicity and what she calls a blessing is a slow poison acting on her system every time she uses it. Like her, there are many others who do not know the facts of Teflon Toxicity and today, Teflon and the chemicals used to produce it have expanded into a $ 2 billion industry. (more…)
June 24, 2011 in Diseases and Treatments
Your body immunity is kind of firewall against the disease causing microorganism, found abundant everywhere you go. Ever wondered how that cold of yours get right after a while, a mild skin infection heals effectively and so on. This is possible by the immune responses and the degree of efficiency they have. In order to keep your body in shape it is important that you have a strong immunity, but sometimes it gets weakened. But then you can always boost it by bringing necessary changes in your lifestyle and prevent skin infections more strongly. (more…)
April 26, 2011 in Diet and Diseases
Inflammation. Your body’s way of protecting you.
Redness, swelling and pain are just outward signs of what most of us think of as inflammation. In fact, these are just symptoms of the actual problem, infection or injury; the immune system’s way of asking for help.
The first step is for the body to summon the white blood cells, those “fighters” of the immune system that step in to fight any small infection or damaged tissue. When the immune system feels threatened, or just can’t handle the attack by itself, it manifests clearly in various degrees of inflammation. This is a healthy response; a sign that the immune system is working as it should. Just swelling and redness that may at first seem to have no obvious reason, to extreme pain or fever that just cannot be ignored. Rest, simple treatment is usually enough to treat this inflammation at first. The point is not to constantly ignore these calls for help from your body. (more…)
April 21, 2011 in Diseases and Treatments
What exactly is heart burn? It is best described as a chronic condition that happens to be both painful and expensive. There is a huge market for easy- to-cure, over the counter remedies. Yet, there are some simple home remedies like apple cider vinegar, cinnamon and ginger that are even more efficacious in curing or alleviating heart burn; and less expensive too.
Heart burn or symptoms therein manifest when the lower esophagus sphincter opens to enable acid from the stomach to flow into the esophagus. Other symptoms of heart burn are chest pain, a dry cough, sore throat, dental caries, and asthma and lung problems. Chronic symptoms of heart burn can lead to narrowing and ulceration of the esophagus and even probably cancer. Most often, patients suffering from heart burn experience absenteeism, reduced productivity in day to day affairs and sleep disruption. (more…)
April 13, 2011 in Diseases and Treatments
Excessive flatulence and burping is a disorder which is typically a characteristic reaction to unhygienically cooked food. What happens when there is cause for excessive flatulence is that most of the bodily functions are affected and disturbed due to accumulation of gas. This gas is most often produced due to putrefaction of food that is ingested.
Most people turn a blind eye to early symptoms of flatulence. Little do they realize that excessive gas formation in the body can crowd, distend and dislodge internal organs from their original position, thereby causing diseases, disorder and acute misery. (more…)
April 7, 2011 in Disease Prevention
Though we seem to have made inroads in every aspect of technology and science, there’s one huge area in which we’re sorely lagging. The prevention and cure of cancer. It’s true huge strides forward have been made in research, but it’s also true that there seems to be more patients stricken by the big C all around us. It’s a rare person today who doesn’t personally know someone suffering, on treatment, or who has died of Cancer.
Most research unfortunately is targeted at creating or fine-tuning stronger and stronger drugs to fight, control or cure cancer. But not much is being done to figure out how we can simple prevent cancer. (more…)
April 5, 2011 in Food
Gone are the days of drinking boiled and cooled water. What with life being stressful and chaotic with no time to devote to quality and healthy lifestyles, added work pressure, home and children to look after, more and more families resort to using bottled water to save time and fuel.
Not only is bottled water harmful to health, but it also is destructive to the environment. Over sixty seven million water bottles are discarded each day out of which only a mere ten percent is recycled. Recycling of water bottles is not good always since it is labor intensive, costly and only burns natural resources. (more…)
April 1, 2011 in Oral Health
Oral hygiene should be given top priority always. Most people are particular about sporting or wanting to sport a flashy dazzling smile always. But it is a fact that the natural actual color of our teeth is somewhere between light yellow to lighter yellow-red. They tend to darken even more as one gets older.
As one grows older, the tooth enamel tends to crack and erode and exposes the less dense interior of the tooth. This is called dentin and it tends to absorb food coloring in foods. Teeth get stained due to over consumption of beverages like coffee, tea, colas and other soft drinks. This naturally leads to build up of plaque and tartar on the teeth. (more…)
