Allergy season begins when airborne pollens from trees, flowers, grass, weeds, or ragweed are released into the air. For allergy sufferers this time of the year can be debilitating. So how do these airborne allergens manage to wreak havoc in our bodies, and what are the best natural remedies available in treating seasonal allergies?
If you are experiencing chronic fatigue, sensitivity to cold, hair loss, weight gain, itchy skin, hoarseness, headaches, constipation, decreased libido, depression and/or elevated cholesterol, you may be suffering from an under active thyroid, or hypothyroidism. It is estimated that nearly 11 million Americans are affected by an unhealthy thyroid.
If you haven’t heard all the buzz about SAM-e as a treatment for depression, osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia support, and liver disease, you may want to keep reading. SAM-e, short for S-adenosylmethionine, is a derivative of methionine, a naturally occurring amino acid which forms in the body when methionine is combined with adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the major energy source for cellular function. A number of positive effects have been reported when SAM-e is taken as a nutritional health supplement.
As obesity reaches epidemic proportions, weight loss plans with promises of the best diet pill are flooding the market. After all, it is easier to pop a magic pill than to follow a weight loss program comprised of healthy eating choices. The problem with the magic diet pill is that once you reach your optimum weight and discontinue use, weight gain is inevitable which may then lead to yo yo dieting.
The cold and flu season is upon us and the last thing you need is to become another statistic – nursing a coughing, sneezing, sniffling, aching and fevered body. Since the cold is an upper respiratory viral infection spread by hand-to-hand contact or from someone’s direct coughing and sneezing, you may want to try a cold and flu treatment that uses immune system herbs to boost your defenses.
What we think is as important as what we put into our bodies in maintaining a healthy holistic lifestyle. We have read and heard of stories where patients have healed themselves of life threatening illnesses simply by shifting from negative self talk to positive self-talk. If a shift in one’s self talk can have such a miraculous outcome, why wait until diagnosed with a debilitating illness in order to change our thought process?
Dietary fiber, derived from plant foods that your body can not digest, is known to aid in the treatment of constipation by keeping digested food bulky and soft. There are two types of dietary fiber: insoluble and soluble.
The days of shopping at your local supermarket with peace of mind for fresh fruits and vegetables, as nature has intended, are long gone thanks to GMO (Genetically Modified Organism) DNA biotechnology. GMOs are living organisms, plant or animal, that have been genetically modified using molecular genetic methods such as gene cloning and protein engineering. Bacterial genes were originally introduced into food crops to boost their growth, nutritional benefits, and make them resistant to commercial herbicides.
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