Alternative health is a very powerful way to promote our daily life. But why do we need it instead of conventional health solutions? Here are some reasons.
- Alternative health is safer, because most of its method not involving chemical medicines, so we don't have to worry about side effects.
- Alternative health has various kind of method, so you can choose which one fits your need and interest. If you like to meditate, you can choose meditation, if you are interested on food, there are toons of ways to promote our health with that, there are still countless method out there.
- Alternative health is natural and some of its method even proven for thousands years like chinesse accupunture and medicine.
So, why don't you try one of alternative health method that fit your interes now. But keeps in mind that alternative health still only for complementary solutions. You still have to ask your doctor for advice.
Good luck.
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Friday, July 27, 2007
Urinary problems and sex in women
There are several problems that are common to both urinary tract and sex. Here are what experts have to say on the urinary problems and sex in women, at a recent conference on lifespan and sexuality held in Hyderabad.
Women commonly suffer from all sorts of bladder problems. One condition that frequently affects women is a urinary tract infection (UTI), which can occur when bacteria enter the bladder and cause symptoms of frequent and often painful urination, difficulty urinating, and bladder discomfort.
A UTI may or may not be triggered by sexual activity, but certainly having sex when an infection is present can be very uncomfortable. Fortunately, UTIs are fairly quickly and easily treated with antibiotics, natural remedies such as cranberry juice or tablets and by increasing fluid intake, such that an occasional UTI does not generally affect one's sex life or partner relationship.
However, some women suffer from chronic bladder symptoms even when no bacterial infection has been determined. In many cases, these symptoms, which can include painful and frequent urination and bladder pain, are constant and intractable. This condition is referred to as interstitial cystitis (IC).
IC is a chronic condition which frequently goes undiagnosed. Women are more prone than men to this syndrome, and one of its main features is a sensitive and sometimes painful bladder. Because the bladder may be displaced slightly by sexual intercourse, having penetrative sex can be very uncomfortable. IC is similar to vulvar pain syndromes in that the vaginal muscles are often in a state of hypertonus (tightness).
Women with IC may not necessarily have pain upon initial penetration but may suffer from pain with deep penetration or upon orgasm. As with chronic vulvar pain conditions, women with IC need not give up on having a sex life. However, when these conditions exist, it is very important to communicate openly with one's partner. Sometimes simple modifications such as modifying positions may be helpful, and often, openness to non-penetrative sexual activity and emphasis on sensual pleasures that don't hurt can facilitate a healthy sexual life.
Even more common than chronic painful conditions of the bladder are those bothersome urogenital problems such as urinary frequency, urgency and incontinence. In fact, it is estimated that one out of four women will suffer from incontinence at some point in her life.
Leaking urine with activities such as coughing, laughing or sneezing is known as stress incontinence. This occurs when the pressure on the bladder that occurs during activities such as these, exceeds the pressure provided by the urethral sphincter, which keeps the urethra, the tube that carries urine from the bladder out of the body, closed.
This occurs due to insufficient strength of the pelvic floor, which may be weakened by pregnancies, births, and hormonal changes, particularly menopause.
Urge incontinence describes a situation where one has a strong urgent desire to urinate, to the extent that urine is lost involuntarily before making it in time to the toilet. This occurs because of unwanted contractions of the bladder.
This can be stimulated by drinking coffee, cold weather, running water, or upon arriving close to the bathroom destination (also know as "key in the door" incontinence).
While these are distressing conditions in themselves, patients rarely volunteer (and all too often doctors don't ask) information about how their sex lives are negatively affected by it.
Women with incontinence are often afraid of leakage during sex, and as a result, they avoid intimate situations. Women with stress incontinence are more likely to leak with penetration due to pressure on the bladder and women with urge incontinence may leak during orgasm, which may or may not occur with intercourse.
Both urge and stress incontinence can be treated. Pelvic floor strengthening exercises have demonstrated success in curing incontinence in several controlled studies.
Urgency can be managed as well, with behavioural techniques such as bladder training, timed voiding, and dietary restrictions. In severe conditions, medications that control bladder contractions, known as anti-cholinergic medications, may be helpful as well. In more severe cases, when pelvic floor rehabilitation is not effective enough, surgical repair may be the appropriate intervention.
If urinary problems are affecting your sex life, you should consider the following suggestions:
1. Speak to your doctor about your symptoms. Something as simple as an anti-cholinergic medication to prevent bladder contractions a half hour before sex may prevent orgasm related leakage.
2. Speak openly with your partner about your fears and discomforts. If intimacy has been greatly affected by urinary or vulvar discomforts, consider consultation with a couples counsellor or sex therapist.
3. Request a referral by your physician to a pelvic floor physical therapist in your area who can address your symptoms and help improve the quality of your life, particularly your sex life.
Women commonly suffer from all sorts of bladder problems. One condition that frequently affects women is a urinary tract infection (UTI), which can occur when bacteria enter the bladder and cause symptoms of frequent and often painful urination, difficulty urinating, and bladder discomfort.
A UTI may or may not be triggered by sexual activity, but certainly having sex when an infection is present can be very uncomfortable. Fortunately, UTIs are fairly quickly and easily treated with antibiotics, natural remedies such as cranberry juice or tablets and by increasing fluid intake, such that an occasional UTI does not generally affect one's sex life or partner relationship.
However, some women suffer from chronic bladder symptoms even when no bacterial infection has been determined. In many cases, these symptoms, which can include painful and frequent urination and bladder pain, are constant and intractable. This condition is referred to as interstitial cystitis (IC).
IC is a chronic condition which frequently goes undiagnosed. Women are more prone than men to this syndrome, and one of its main features is a sensitive and sometimes painful bladder. Because the bladder may be displaced slightly by sexual intercourse, having penetrative sex can be very uncomfortable. IC is similar to vulvar pain syndromes in that the vaginal muscles are often in a state of hypertonus (tightness).
Women with IC may not necessarily have pain upon initial penetration but may suffer from pain with deep penetration or upon orgasm. As with chronic vulvar pain conditions, women with IC need not give up on having a sex life. However, when these conditions exist, it is very important to communicate openly with one's partner. Sometimes simple modifications such as modifying positions may be helpful, and often, openness to non-penetrative sexual activity and emphasis on sensual pleasures that don't hurt can facilitate a healthy sexual life.
Even more common than chronic painful conditions of the bladder are those bothersome urogenital problems such as urinary frequency, urgency and incontinence. In fact, it is estimated that one out of four women will suffer from incontinence at some point in her life.
Leaking urine with activities such as coughing, laughing or sneezing is known as stress incontinence. This occurs when the pressure on the bladder that occurs during activities such as these, exceeds the pressure provided by the urethral sphincter, which keeps the urethra, the tube that carries urine from the bladder out of the body, closed.
This occurs due to insufficient strength of the pelvic floor, which may be weakened by pregnancies, births, and hormonal changes, particularly menopause.
Urge incontinence describes a situation where one has a strong urgent desire to urinate, to the extent that urine is lost involuntarily before making it in time to the toilet. This occurs because of unwanted contractions of the bladder.
This can be stimulated by drinking coffee, cold weather, running water, or upon arriving close to the bathroom destination (also know as "key in the door" incontinence).
While these are distressing conditions in themselves, patients rarely volunteer (and all too often doctors don't ask) information about how their sex lives are negatively affected by it.
Women with incontinence are often afraid of leakage during sex, and as a result, they avoid intimate situations. Women with stress incontinence are more likely to leak with penetration due to pressure on the bladder and women with urge incontinence may leak during orgasm, which may or may not occur with intercourse.
Both urge and stress incontinence can be treated. Pelvic floor strengthening exercises have demonstrated success in curing incontinence in several controlled studies.
Urgency can be managed as well, with behavioural techniques such as bladder training, timed voiding, and dietary restrictions. In severe conditions, medications that control bladder contractions, known as anti-cholinergic medications, may be helpful as well. In more severe cases, when pelvic floor rehabilitation is not effective enough, surgical repair may be the appropriate intervention.
If urinary problems are affecting your sex life, you should consider the following suggestions:
1. Speak to your doctor about your symptoms. Something as simple as an anti-cholinergic medication to prevent bladder contractions a half hour before sex may prevent orgasm related leakage.
2. Speak openly with your partner about your fears and discomforts. If intimacy has been greatly affected by urinary or vulvar discomforts, consider consultation with a couples counsellor or sex therapist.
3. Request a referral by your physician to a pelvic floor physical therapist in your area who can address your symptoms and help improve the quality of your life, particularly your sex life.
Simple tips to over come light glare
A five-year-old girl has a pathetic tale to tell. Like her two elder sisters, she can't tolerate light.
Bright light makes her virtually blind. The three girls were diagnosed by doctors at LV Prasad Eye Institute in Hyderabad as suffering from a strange eye problem called cone dystrophy.
Their father, a daily labourer, deserted the girls after he noticed that the eye defect could not be rectified. The girls' mother took care of them and admitted in a local government school. But soon the problems began for the girls as they could not see the black board or move freely in the open.
The mother then took the girls to LV Prasad Eye Institute where doctors prescribed some simple techniques to reduce the problem. The girls now have an improved vision and play with other children. The doctors helped the girls overcome the defect by advising sunglasses. The girls were given absorptive or tinted lenses that reduce glare.
They were also advised to wear hat for shade from sunlight.
"There is no permanent treatment or cure to photophobia but better eye management and eye care techniques will reduce the trouble. Lubricant eye drops will also help. Patients find it difficult to drive during night because of headlights glare. Even during the day time they feel uncomfortable in the sunlight," says senior ophthalmologist Dr Sreekumar Reddy.
The problem with these three girls was that they are extremely sensitive to light and lower their gaze while walking.
They squint and blink at the slightest glare. Cone dystrophy in their eyes has led to this rare condition called photophobia or hyper sensitivity to light.
Andhra Pradesh has thousands of children and adults with photophobia and the number is increasing with the each passing year. Neglect of ophthalmic care by parents in case of young children is said to be one of the causes for low vision coupled with sensitivity of light. As many as five crore people suffer from the low vision problem in the country and quite a considerable number of them complains of photophobia.
Though there are no official statistics on the number of photophobia patients in the country, the problem is quite common in albinos or "moon-children" and those with low vision. People who suffer from various eye diseases like ocular albinism, cataract, retinitis pigmentosa and diabetic retinopathy also complain of sensitivity to light like these girls. "For a clear image to appear on the retina a clear medium is needed. In case of opacity in the eye the intraocular light gets scattered bringing down the vision levels. Such eyes become extremely sensitive to light and glare. People with photophobia see glare in light that appears normal for healthy people," says ophthalmologist Dr Altaf Akbar.
Eyecare specialists suggest that coloured lenses with specific tints to restrict different wavelengths of light will do wonders. The patient may choose from a wide range of colours that suit his or her eyes.
Filters, that come in different tints at various levels of absorption and different cut-off points, provide contrast enhancement and help in light adaptation. Corning photochromic filters are also useful since short wavelength light has been shown to cause hazy vision, reduced contrast and discomfort. The photochromic filters filtering out blue light in the visible portion of the spectrum, at the wavelengths that create problems for the photophobic patients.
They are specially designed to filter short wavelength light.
Some ophthalmologists are of the view that ultra violet shields (of blue spectrum) provide protection for 100 per cent UV and visible light. The filter in the shields eliminates near infrared 100 per cent UV and provides visible light protection.
For those who find it a problem while reading because of reflection from white pages may go in for typoscope (a black, non-reflective plastic card with a rectangle cut out of it).
A hat with a wide brim or a sun visor can help cut down glare and facilitate mobility outdoors.
When photophobic patients move between places of different lighting levels (say from sunlight to a closed room or vice versa), doctors suggest that they pause a while, take off or put on the sunglasses depending whether they are moving in or out of sunlight. This allows their eyes to adjust without causing any visual discomfort.
Bright light makes her virtually blind. The three girls were diagnosed by doctors at LV Prasad Eye Institute in Hyderabad as suffering from a strange eye problem called cone dystrophy.
Their father, a daily labourer, deserted the girls after he noticed that the eye defect could not be rectified. The girls' mother took care of them and admitted in a local government school. But soon the problems began for the girls as they could not see the black board or move freely in the open.
The mother then took the girls to LV Prasad Eye Institute where doctors prescribed some simple techniques to reduce the problem. The girls now have an improved vision and play with other children. The doctors helped the girls overcome the defect by advising sunglasses. The girls were given absorptive or tinted lenses that reduce glare.
They were also advised to wear hat for shade from sunlight.
"There is no permanent treatment or cure to photophobia but better eye management and eye care techniques will reduce the trouble. Lubricant eye drops will also help. Patients find it difficult to drive during night because of headlights glare. Even during the day time they feel uncomfortable in the sunlight," says senior ophthalmologist Dr Sreekumar Reddy.
The problem with these three girls was that they are extremely sensitive to light and lower their gaze while walking.
They squint and blink at the slightest glare. Cone dystrophy in their eyes has led to this rare condition called photophobia or hyper sensitivity to light.
Andhra Pradesh has thousands of children and adults with photophobia and the number is increasing with the each passing year. Neglect of ophthalmic care by parents in case of young children is said to be one of the causes for low vision coupled with sensitivity of light. As many as five crore people suffer from the low vision problem in the country and quite a considerable number of them complains of photophobia.
Though there are no official statistics on the number of photophobia patients in the country, the problem is quite common in albinos or "moon-children" and those with low vision. People who suffer from various eye diseases like ocular albinism, cataract, retinitis pigmentosa and diabetic retinopathy also complain of sensitivity to light like these girls. "For a clear image to appear on the retina a clear medium is needed. In case of opacity in the eye the intraocular light gets scattered bringing down the vision levels. Such eyes become extremely sensitive to light and glare. People with photophobia see glare in light that appears normal for healthy people," says ophthalmologist Dr Altaf Akbar.
Eyecare specialists suggest that coloured lenses with specific tints to restrict different wavelengths of light will do wonders. The patient may choose from a wide range of colours that suit his or her eyes.
Filters, that come in different tints at various levels of absorption and different cut-off points, provide contrast enhancement and help in light adaptation. Corning photochromic filters are also useful since short wavelength light has been shown to cause hazy vision, reduced contrast and discomfort. The photochromic filters filtering out blue light in the visible portion of the spectrum, at the wavelengths that create problems for the photophobic patients.
They are specially designed to filter short wavelength light.
Some ophthalmologists are of the view that ultra violet shields (of blue spectrum) provide protection for 100 per cent UV and visible light. The filter in the shields eliminates near infrared 100 per cent UV and provides visible light protection.
For those who find it a problem while reading because of reflection from white pages may go in for typoscope (a black, non-reflective plastic card with a rectangle cut out of it).
A hat with a wide brim or a sun visor can help cut down glare and facilitate mobility outdoors.
When photophobic patients move between places of different lighting levels (say from sunlight to a closed room or vice versa), doctors suggest that they pause a while, take off or put on the sunglasses depending whether they are moving in or out of sunlight. This allows their eyes to adjust without causing any visual discomfort.
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Alternative Health Tips: Smile Makes You Happy
If you have a serious face, you have to use 64 muscles on your lips. And if you smile, only 10 of your lips muscle is used. Small effort and you could take an advantage from that.
When you start smiling, your cheek will send messages to your brain. At the same time, happiness hormones spreads and it will stop the production of stress hormones like cortisol and adrenalin. Smile also triggers your immunity system which strengthen your body and produce antobody.
You don't have to worry if your smile is only to make others happy and not from your heart. The interesting fact is that your brain can't identify what kind of smile you've made. It means that a big smile is always a good one since happiness hormones will always be spreaded. What is the easiest thing to start a smile? You can try this tip.
Try to look at your face in your mirror for a couple seconds. You will smile or even laugh after a while, laughing at yourself. By then, you should feel the happiness hormones spread out from your body.
So, what are you waiting for, try it and be happy.
When you start smiling, your cheek will send messages to your brain. At the same time, happiness hormones spreads and it will stop the production of stress hormones like cortisol and adrenalin. Smile also triggers your immunity system which strengthen your body and produce antobody.
You don't have to worry if your smile is only to make others happy and not from your heart. The interesting fact is that your brain can't identify what kind of smile you've made. It means that a big smile is always a good one since happiness hormones will always be spreaded. What is the easiest thing to start a smile? You can try this tip.
Try to look at your face in your mirror for a couple seconds. You will smile or even laugh after a while, laughing at yourself. By then, you should feel the happiness hormones spread out from your body.
So, what are you waiting for, try it and be happy.
Friday, July 13, 2007
Nutrition for Healthy Bones
One and half milion osteoporotic fractures of the spine, hip, wrist and other sites occur each year, primarily in postmenopousal women.The incidence of fractures after the age of 40 result in mild to moderate trauma. These are most closely associated with osteoporosis. Fractures of the hip and spine often contribute to disability, dependencies and increased risk of death.
The number of osteoporosis cases, however, is expected to increase substantially over the next several decades as life expectancy increases and the world population expands.
Many nutritional factors have been examined for association with osteoporosis and bone mass. Calcium, phospors, trace minerals and protein are component of bone tissue. Calcium is the main mineral of bone and teeth. Total body calcium is 1000 – 1200 grams of 1,5 -2% of body weight. Vitamin D regulates calcium balance, and other nutrients influence calcium absorption. Thus, dietary intakes of these nutrients will affect bone mass, although the strength of association may be expected to vary according to developmental phase, menopousal status and individual habitual intake. Long term systematic calcium deficits lead to osteoporosis.
Normal daily intake of calcium is 200 – 1300 mg. It is absorbed in the duodenum and colon under the influence of vitamin D. Only 10% of ingested calcium is absorbed, the rest passes out in the stool. Calcium secretion occurs via the kidneys, although most calcium is conserved by renal absorption.
The recommended calcium intake is 200 – 1300 mg per day for infants to pregnant woman. Calcium is found in milk and dairy products, fish and its bone, green leafy vegetables, legumes, nuts, and whole grains. The daily requirement is higher in women then men. Lactating women require a higher amount, and osteoporosis which is common in elderly women, may be prevented by calcium supplementation.
How to prevent osteoporosis? Recommendation to help prevent osteoporosis is modifiable risk factors. Currently, a healthy diet involving adequate intakes of calcium, vitamin D, protein and vitamin K and avoiding excess intakes of phosporus, vitmain A, sodium, caffeine and alcohol is also important. Weight bearing and muscle-strengthening exercise for 30 – 40 minuter per day reduce bone lose and lower the risk of falling. Finally smoking is very important for bone health.
Note: Tai chi also have a significant effect to reduce falling and better balance.
The number of osteoporosis cases, however, is expected to increase substantially over the next several decades as life expectancy increases and the world population expands.
Many nutritional factors have been examined for association with osteoporosis and bone mass. Calcium, phospors, trace minerals and protein are component of bone tissue. Calcium is the main mineral of bone and teeth. Total body calcium is 1000 – 1200 grams of 1,5 -2% of body weight. Vitamin D regulates calcium balance, and other nutrients influence calcium absorption. Thus, dietary intakes of these nutrients will affect bone mass, although the strength of association may be expected to vary according to developmental phase, menopousal status and individual habitual intake. Long term systematic calcium deficits lead to osteoporosis.
Normal daily intake of calcium is 200 – 1300 mg. It is absorbed in the duodenum and colon under the influence of vitamin D. Only 10% of ingested calcium is absorbed, the rest passes out in the stool. Calcium secretion occurs via the kidneys, although most calcium is conserved by renal absorption.
The recommended calcium intake is 200 – 1300 mg per day for infants to pregnant woman. Calcium is found in milk and dairy products, fish and its bone, green leafy vegetables, legumes, nuts, and whole grains. The daily requirement is higher in women then men. Lactating women require a higher amount, and osteoporosis which is common in elderly women, may be prevented by calcium supplementation.
How to prevent osteoporosis? Recommendation to help prevent osteoporosis is modifiable risk factors. Currently, a healthy diet involving adequate intakes of calcium, vitamin D, protein and vitamin K and avoiding excess intakes of phosporus, vitmain A, sodium, caffeine and alcohol is also important. Weight bearing and muscle-strengthening exercise for 30 – 40 minuter per day reduce bone lose and lower the risk of falling. Finally smoking is very important for bone health.
Note: Tai chi also have a significant effect to reduce falling and better balance.
Friday, July 6, 2007
Alternative Health Supplements: Why use the vitamin supplements?
Supplements especially vitamins are widely used as an alternative way to promote our health. But can we get it from the nature? Here, you will find some useful information about alternative health supplements basics, so you can have an alternative natural health solutions.
Vitamin A
Vitamin A helps with growth, eyesight and healthy skin. You can get it from:
Carrots, potato, pumpkin and mangoes.
Many young children do not eat enough foods with vitamin A so children should take a supplement until they are 5 years old.
Vitamin C
Vitamin C is important for general health and for the immune system. It helpswounds to heal. It also helps you absorb iron.
You can get vitamin C from fruit and vegetables, especially blackcurrants, kiwi fruit, citrus fruits, tomatoes, peppers and strawberries.
Vitamin D
Vitamin D helps make strong bones.
Very few foods contain vitamin D – sunshine is more important because you make vitmain D in your skin when you are outside in the sun. This happens in the summer months but not during winter. If you have dark skin or always keep your skin covered when outside, you may not make enough vitamin D for you.
Folic Acid
Folic acid is a B vitamin. It is very important before and during early pregnancy.
All women who might get pregnant should take a supplement of folic acid as it is hard to get enough from food. Black eyed beans, spinach, spring greens, broccoli, green beans and yearst extract are the best sources of folic acid. Some breakfast cereals and bread have folic acid added to them.
Vitamin A
Vitamin A helps with growth, eyesight and healthy skin. You can get it from:
Carrots, potato, pumpkin and mangoes.
Many young children do not eat enough foods with vitamin A so children should take a supplement until they are 5 years old.
Vitamin C
Vitamin C is important for general health and for the immune system. It helpswounds to heal. It also helps you absorb iron.
You can get vitamin C from fruit and vegetables, especially blackcurrants, kiwi fruit, citrus fruits, tomatoes, peppers and strawberries.
Vitamin D
Vitamin D helps make strong bones.
Very few foods contain vitamin D – sunshine is more important because you make vitmain D in your skin when you are outside in the sun. This happens in the summer months but not during winter. If you have dark skin or always keep your skin covered when outside, you may not make enough vitamin D for you.
Folic Acid
Folic acid is a B vitamin. It is very important before and during early pregnancy.
All women who might get pregnant should take a supplement of folic acid as it is hard to get enough from food. Black eyed beans, spinach, spring greens, broccoli, green beans and yearst extract are the best sources of folic acid. Some breakfast cereals and bread have folic acid added to them.
Thursday, July 5, 2007
Try This Mindfulness Meditation
Learning To Be In The Moment
Imagine thinking clearly, and feeling relaxed at will.
Could you get more done? Enjoy life more? Would you
like to know how to do that right now? Start by
learning how to put yourself more in the moment with a
simple mindfulness exercise.
Basic Mindfulness Exercises
A basic mindfulness exercise begins with sitting down,
relaxing and breathing deeply. Close your eyes and pay
attention to your breathing, following the breath in
and out a few times. Then move your attention to your
body, one part at a time, noticing any sensations of
cold, hot, tight, sore or anything you can identify.
After a few minutes, start listening to the sounds of
the room, without judging, criticising or thinking
about them. Just listen for a minute.
Open your eyes and look around as if seeing for the
first time. Rest your eyes on any object for half a
minute. Examine it without talking about it in your
mind. Repeat this with another object, and then
another, while still maintaining an awareness of your
body and breath. Continue this state of mindfulness
until you're ready to get up.
When sensing your body, your breath, and your
immediate surroundings, you are more fully "in the
moment." A mindfulness exercise like this puts your
mind in a receptive state while removing mental
distractions that hinder clear thinking. It leaves you
ready to work mentally. Do this before important
mental tasks and you'll find you have more focus and
concentration.
Using Mindfulness For Daily Life
When you're in the middle of a task and feel stressed,
stop. Take three deep breaths, then carefully watch
yourself until identify what is bothering you. Find
everything you can. Are you expecting something bad to
happen? Is an argument from this morning still going
on just below the surface of your consciousness? Are
you worried about something? Is some part of your body
in pain? Note everything you find.
Now deal with these thieves-of-concentration one by
one. Make the phone call that's on your mind, take an
aspirin if you need to, and apologise to someone if
necessary. Take things from your mind and put them on
a list for tomorrow (in writing). If all you can do is
acknowledge that there's nothing you can do right now
- do that. After doing this mindfulness exercise,
you'll feel less stressed, and you'll be able to
concentrate more effectively on the tasks at hand. Try
it now.
Alternative Health Tips: Is it dangerous to consume 500 mg of vitamin C on a daily basis? If not, what are the benefits?
Today's alternative health tips is about vitamin C. We
can see a lot of vitamin C supplement product today in
the market. Most of them with a high dose of vitamin
C.
can see a lot of vitamin C supplement product today in
the market. Most of them with a high dose of vitamin
C.
The fact is, large amounts of vitamin C are not
harmful. The excess of vitamin C including the type
that disolves in water that cannot be absorbed by the
body is discharged through the bladder.
A high dose of vitamin C has been suggested to prevent
flu. But Dr. Terrence W Anderson does not agree with
this suggestion.
According to him, if you take vitamin C daily you will
be less likely to get flu, but 250 mg daily will give
the same effect as 500 mg daily or even higher dose
because the body simply cannot absorb any more :).
Hope that you find this alternative health tips
useful.
Wednesday, July 4, 2007
Facts About Laugh
Laugh is a very simple thing that we could do to stay healthy and young.
A research to 300 people has shown that people with heart disease laugh 40 % lesser than people that don’t have heart disease.
Another interesting fact is that 100-200 laugh a day equal to 10 minutes of jogging. This means that laugh is also a work out.
Start laugh now, and have a work out.
A research to 300 people has shown that people with heart disease laugh 40 % lesser than people that don’t have heart disease.
Another interesting fact is that 100-200 laugh a day equal to 10 minutes of jogging. This means that laugh is also a work out.
Start laugh now, and have a work out.
Monday, July 2, 2007
Learning Tai Chi
My interest on Tai Chi came when I saw the movement. It's just calming and relieving only by seeing it.
Actually I interested on chikung also, but it's to hard for me. I mean, I like something slower than that.
After read a couple of books and watched some videos, I tried to practice it myself. I choose the Yang's Style Short Form.
Only from the first week, I could feel the difference and got an unexpected result.
My reflex was better than before!!
Somehow, I could catch many falling things instantly.
Well, I think its time to practice it in public area :), so more people will get interested as I am..
Go Tai Chi...
Actually I interested on chikung also, but it's to hard for me. I mean, I like something slower than that.
After read a couple of books and watched some videos, I tried to practice it myself. I choose the Yang's Style Short Form.
Only from the first week, I could feel the difference and got an unexpected result.
My reflex was better than before!!
Somehow, I could catch many falling things instantly.
Well, I think its time to practice it in public area :), so more people will get interested as I am..
Go Tai Chi...
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