Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Health: One Of the Most Important Factor In Human's Life

One of the most critical factoring human's lives is their "Health". If the person is unhealthy, there's nothing much that he could do to be productive in life. Your actions as limited since you will have a lot of things which you are prohibited to do. Like for example if you have asthma, you are allowed to be exposing in too much dust or anything that could trigger your asthma. You need to take extra precautions so you won't suffer from asthma attack. Keeping ourselves healthy could be very challenging in some people especially those people who have passion in eating. The food that we eat today is not that safe anymore since manufacturers uses chemicals to grow them. But there is always something could keep us healthy. Here are some of those:

Regular Exercise: we need to do exercise to keep or body fit and healthy, not just a simple exercise but a regular exercise. Everybody could do exercise but there are only few people who could keep up with regular exercise since most of us are lazy to do it. Doing regular exercise could really contribute a lot with regards to our health. This could make us active, relax, and attentive at the same time. You could buy those exercise equipments that you can use for your exercise, like dumbbells, treadmills, stationary bikes and so on.

Proper Diet: The food that we eat is one of the causes of our sickness. If we love to eat meat and fatty foods, then don't be surprise if in the future you will suffer from hypertension, or kidney disorders, and other dangerous diseases. That's why if you want to be and stay healthy, you need to choose what you eat. You need to eat nutritious food like fruits and vegetables. Try to eat a lot of fruits and vegetables and you will have lesser problems with regards to your health.

Take Vitamins: this could be optional but since the food that we eat nowadays are not that safe and nutritious, vitamins have required especially to those people who always feel weak. Vitamins could help you become energized and also boost up your immune system so you won't get easily sick.

Aside from these three, there are also other important factors that you need to know with regards to keeping us healthy. Not only the food that we eat but also our lifestyle could be one of the factors.



Increase Your Human Growth Hormones With Healthy Life Habits

Human Growth hormone is a water-soluble hormone comprised of a amino acids that introduce a series of chemical reactions to change the cell's metabolism also known as a peptide hormone. It primarily promotes tissue growth and repair. Human Growth Hormone is produced by the pituitary gland and is active in most people when they are children up to young adults. During this period it is responsible for natural and rapid growth. Human Growth Hormone acts on the liver, producing IGF-1( insulin like growth factor -I). Together IGF-1 and GH helps regulate metabolism and maintain normal brain and cardiac function.

Human Growth Hormone secrets in short burst naturally. However, as we age, the amount of secretion decreases. This reduction in Growth Hormone secretion directly corresponds to the increase in age related issues such as reduced muscle mass, reduced bone density, mental acuity, sleep disorders, fatty weight gain.

Studies have shown however that there are ways to increase the secretion of HGH by making certain lifestyle changes.

Fat

Fat stored in the abdominal area impairs the secretion of HGH. If you lose body fat and keep it off, this will improve your bodies secretion of HGH.

Insulin

Insulin is a major direct HGH blocker. Certain foods when eaten cause insulin spikes that cause the blockage of HGH. If you avoid these foods your HGH secretion can be increased. Foods such as white bread and sugar, white rice, potato chips, cookies, soda, and processed fruit juices Replace those foods with nutrient and fiber-rich beans, whole fruits, vegetables, and nuts, and realize less insulin spikes, higher HGH secretions, weight reduction and more regular bowl movement.

Sleep

The vast majority of HGH secretion occurs at night during deep sleep. Poor quality sleep can substantially reduce HGH secretion. Improve the quality of your sleep by keeping regular bedtime and wake up time, keep light and noise away from your sleep area, and avoid alcohol and caffeine 4 hours before bedtime.

Meal Planning

Amino acids found in protein help HGH secretions. A high protein but low carbohydrate snack before bedtime will minimize insulin release and supply the amino acids to your body to help HGH secretion at night while you sleep.

Exercise

Exercise is good for increasing your HGH secretions. So just being active, can help your HGH secretions, but the type of exercise and the duration and intensity can optimize the benefit you get.

The effect of a healthy lifestyle is twofold, first it will improve your natural secretion of HGH, and secondly affect you physically and mentally from an anti aging perspective.



How To Connect Prana Energy to the Human Body

It is essential for human life as Its energy flows from the nostrils to the level of the heart. Clean air is vital for health however, on its own air, is not the decisive factor in good health. As it is known many been sick of healthy depends on every individual as well as the quality of life those individuals live. Some people are prone to illness, even though they are frequently out in the fresh air, and on the other hand, people who live in rooms or suburbs with relatively poor air quality remain healthy.

Once the connection between health and prana energy is made, it can be follower by the practice of breathing exercises and other yoga practices to increase the flow of this energy in a dramatic way to improve good health. To match up this wealth of health with mental and psychological health one most also learn and practice good and positive thoughts to induce a self healing motivation in the body and brain.

The practice of good and positive thinking is good not just for self purposes but can also be helpful to connect one self with the universe and nature. Self destructive thinking can considerably bring down health and emotional stability. Destructive behavior drives human to excesses in life practices and also may help induce others to this behavior creating a cosmic and or universal disequilibrium.

Everything is related and things co-exist with other living things, regularly when one of these things goes wrong it brings down everything else with it, hence the current disequilibrium in nature that brought glacier melting and dramatic changes in weather. The sun is a natural and very important provider of Prana energy in the universe, it is with its help that all living things share their natural warmth and evolve into more living things. The purpose of Prana is to provide aid in the development and promotion of life, but not life without a purpose. Ki, Chi or Prana is life, it has a purpose of maintaining and producing more living things, and all living things most be in natural and direct contact with the Universe to create a channel for Chi energy it is a chain.

For thousands of years Asia and other parts of the world have been in such close contact with the use of this energy for good purpose, perhaps this 2012 is the time for the rest of us to begin using it for good as well.



Sunday, February 12, 2012

One Of the Most Important Factor In Human's Life

Current info about Healthy Human Life is not always the easiest thing to locate. Fortunately, this report includes the latest Healthy Human Life info available.

The information about Healthy Human Life presented here will do one of two things: either it will reinforce what you know about Healthy Human Life or it will teach you something new. Both are good outcomes.

One of the most critical factoring human's lives is their "Health". If the person is unhealthy, there's nothing much that he could do to be productive in life. Your actions as limited since you will have a lot of things which you are prohibited to do. Like for example if you have asthma, you are allowed to be exposing in too much dust or anything that could trigger your asthma. You need to take extra precautions so you won't suffer from asthma attack. Keeping ourselves healthy could be very challenging in some people especially those people who have passion in eating. The food that we eat today is not that safe anymore since manufacturers uses chemicals to grow them. But there is always something could keep us healthy. Here are some of those:

Regular Exercise: we need to do exercise to keep or body fit and healthy, not just a simple exercise but a regular exercise. Everybody could do exercise but there are only few people who could keep up with regular exercise since most of us are lazy to do it. Doing regular exercise could really contribute a lot with regards to our health. This could make us active, relax, and attentive at the same time. You could buy those exercise equipments that you can use for your exercise, like dumbbells, treadmills, stationary bikes and so on.

Proper Diet: The food that we eat is one of the causes of our sickness. If we love to eat meat and fatty foods, then don't be surprise if in the future you will suffer from hypertension, or kidney disorders, and other dangerous diseases. That's why if you want to be and stay healthy, you need to choose what you eat. You need to eat nutritious food like fruits and vegetables. Try to eat a lot of fruits and vegetables and you will have lesser problems with regards to your health.

Take Vitamins: this could be optional but since the food that we eat nowadays are not that safe and nutritious, vitamins have required especially to those people who always feel weak. Vitamins could help you become energized and also boost up your immune system so you won't get easily sick.

Aside from these three, there are also other important factors that you need to know with regards to keeping us healthy. Not only the food that we eat but also our lifestyle could be one of the factors.

Now that wasn't hard at all, was it? And you've earned a wealth of knowledge, just from taking some time to study an expert's word on Healthy Human Life.

Monday, April 11, 2011

Is your house making you sick?

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Monday, April 12, 2010

Are You Getting Enough Iodine by Steve Horne, RH (AHG)

Our theme this month is thyroid problems and since the thyroid needs iodine to function properly, we're going to start with a discussion of this vital nutrient. Iodine is primarily found in foods from the ocean and is vary rare in land-based foods.
For this reason, iodine deficiency was very common at one time in land-locked parts of the United States. Since the thyroid gland, which uses iodine to make its hormones, has the capacity to grow more tissue when necessary, this caused a problem called goiter. The thyroid enlarged in an attempt to make up for the lack of iodine in the system.
Today, few people have goiters, but this doesn't mean that everyone is getting enough iodine. There are two reasons why many people are deficient in iodine. First, iodine is a rare element on Planet Earth. Among the elements, it is 62nd in abundance in the earth.

Iodine Robbers

There is a second reason why iodine deficiency is common. There are many chemicals we are exposed to in modern society that rob the body of iodine. These include halogens (such as chlorine, fluoride, and bromide), mercury, aspirin and other salycilates and unfermented soy products. As a result, what little iodine we do get is often “kicked out” of the body.

Chlorine, of course is used to purify water. Unlike iodine, which helps emulsify fat and keep it water soluble, chlorine makes fats gummy so they more readily adhere to surfaces. This may be one reason why the rise in cardiovascular disease paralleled the chlorination of water supplies world-wide.
Bromides are even worse than chlorine and are finding their way into our environment in ever increasing quantities. This is shown by the fact that the amount of bromide found in breast milk has increased ten-fold during the last decade. Bromides have no therapeutic or nutritional value, but they do adversely affect the accumulation of iodine in the thyroid and the skin.
Unfortunately, the use of bromides is increasing. Many hot tubs and swimming pools are switching to bromide for water purification. In the 1960s, bakers stopped using iodine as a dough conditioner and started using bromides instead. So, instead of contributing to iodine intake, breads made from brominated flour now help rob iodine from the body.

Fluorides are also added to drinking water in many parts of the country and are used in toothpastes and dental treatments. Fluorides can also be found in certain medications, including popular anti-depressant drugs. Fluoride not only displaces iodine, it also suppresses testosterone production in men.
Although sea foods are a good source of iodine, unfortunately, many of them now contain high levels of mercury due to environmental pollution. This means they won't be good sources of iodine because mercury is also an iodine robber. Amalgam fillings are another major source of mercury exposure.
Excessive consumption of soy products has been known to depress thyroid function, so be careful not to overuse soy products in your diet. Use a variety of legumes (beans, peas and lentils) instead of just soy products.
How Much Iodine Do We Need?
With all these iodine robbers at work, we have to make certain we are getting enough iodine to counteract them. In fact, our increased exposure to these iodine robbers may be part of the obesity problems we are facing as a nation. Iodine is needed to make thyroxin, the thyroid hormone that triggers fat to burn in the body.
Like many of the other US RDAs (Recommended Daily Allowances), the amount of iodine recommended is just enough to prevent severe, overt symptoms of iodine deficiency, such as goiters, stunted physical growth or mental retardation. It isn’t necessarily enough to create optimal health and there is always the question as to whether iodine from a chemical source is as good as iodine found organically in food.
The primary use for iodine is in the production of the thyroid hormones. One in ten adult American women has a diagnosed thyroid problem and some endocrinologists have suggested that as many as one in four women have some form of undiagnosed thyroid dysfunction.
In his book, Iodine: Why You Need It, Why You Can’t Live Without It, Dr. David Brownstein, M.D.states that iodine deficiency may be involved in more than just low thyroid (hypothyroid function). It may also be involved in autoimmune thyroid disorders including Graves’ and Hashimoto’s disease. Iodine supplementation may be an inexpensive answer to solving many people’s thyroid issues.

Increasing iodine can be helpful in many other conditions besides low thyroid. Dr. Brownstein claims it can be very helpful in preventing and treating breast cancer. Iodine can also be helpful in fibromyalgia and fibrocystic breast disease. In men, it can be helpful in preventing and treating prostate problems. It even helps the immune system because it is a natural antimicrobial agent. Finally, iodine can help to detoxify the body from chlorine, bromides, fluoride and even mercury.
How Do I Get More Iodine?

Iodine is abundant in sea vegetables (or seaweeds), so one of the best ways to get more iodine is to eat more kelp, dulse, Irish moss, bladderwrack and other sea vegetables. Dulse is available in liquid form, extracted in glycerine. This is a pleasant-tasting way to increase iodine intake, and a good way to increase the iodine intake of children.

Recently, I was feeling a little tired and determined that my thyroid was a little low. I've been taking a "shot" of Liquid Dulse every morning (just squeezing a large dose into my mouth) and noticed an immediate increase in my energy.
Black walnut is one of the few land-based plants that contains a significant amount of iodine. It also seems to have balancing effect on the thyroid and I've found that Concentrated Black Walnut often works on thyroid problems when Thyroid Support or TS II with Hops fail. It seems to not only supply iodine, it balances thyroid function. It also aids the immune system and helps withconditions like fibromyalgia.
Using natural sea salt is another way to increase iodine intake. Many people think that salt isn’t good for you, but this is only a problem with commercial salt, which is full of additives and fillers. Natural salt is healthy and a good source of iodine. NSP sells a pink salt which is mined from Redmond, Utah (also known as Real Salt). I love this product and have used it for years. It is completely different than commercial table salt and is actually good for you. Dr. Brownstein has also published a book on the benefits of this type of natural salt, calledSalt: Your Way To Health.
Getting sufficient iodine is only the first step to having a healthy thyroid, so, in other issues of Nature's Field this month we'll discuss common thyroid disorders and natural ways to resolve them. Watch for our issue next week when we'll look at some thyroid enhancing herbs most NSP people may not be familiar with.
Are You Getting Enough Iodine? by Steven Horne, RH(AHG)

Sunday, April 11, 2010

What is Homeopathy

Homeopathic medicine is based on the principle “like is cured by like”, referred to as the Law of Similar's. What this means is that the homeopathic remedy you should take for your symptoms, would be one that would also cause the same symptoms if you took it in excess. For example, if you had poison ivy, you could either take the remedy made from poison ivy, called Rhus Tox, or a similar remedy, one that would, in excess, cause poison ivy like symptoms. Nitroglycerin, a popular remedy used in hospitals to stop heart attacks will, if taken in excess, also cause a heart attack. By taking the right remedy, it is as if you signal the body to take care of something or react to something (poison ivy, heart attack symptoms) that for some reason, it had been neglecting. Homeopathy is also so safe to use that, to date, there are no recorded instances of anyone that has ever been harmed by it. There are no nutrients provided the body with homeopathy, as there are with herbs. Homeopathy only encourages a reaction in the body, the body itself does all the healing.

The Making of a Remedy
Most homeopathic remedies are made from dilutions of herbs, plants, or minerals. Although, some are made from poisons and are used to antidote poisonous reactions from bites, stings and drug reactions. Remedies used for the purpose of retraining the body to better absorb and utilize nutrients are made from vitamins, minerals, amino acids, or other nutrients. Homeopathic preparations, called remedies, are prepared by a unique process called "potentization", referring to a method of dilution and continual shaking. This is done by mixing a base substance with 9 drops of distilled water, alcohol or lactose sugar. Or, for a more potent remedy, one part is mixed with 99 parts of the water, alcohol, or lactose sugar. Then one part of this is taken out and mixed with another 9 or 99 parts of the water, sugar, or alcohol. This process is repeated anywhere from three times to several thousand times. The standard levels of potentization include 3, 6, 12, 30, 200, 1,000, 10,000, 50,000, 100,000 or 500,000. These are marked "C" or "X", depending on whether they were diluted with 9 parts or 99 parts of the water, alcohol, or lactose.



Homeopathic Potencies

There are as many homeopathic remedies as there are substances from which to make them. Each of these remedies can also have several different potencies. The primary difference between potencies of the same remedy is not only how they were made (dilutions) but more importantly, the level at which they elicit a response in the body. For example, a 6x potency of a remedy will work at the peripheral level, i.e., the peripheral nerves, or the skin. Examples of these include: Arnica 6x, a trauma remedy, which works on trauma at the skin level; Hypericum 6x, a nerve trauma remedy, works on trauma to the nerves in the fingers and toes; and Ferrum phos. 6x works on the tender, peripheral area of swollen glands. The 30c potency of a homeopathic remedy, depending on the remedy, works a little deeper, on the peripheral blood vessels and thin muscle tissue. A more diluted 'c' potency, such as a 90c, will work at the level of the tendons, and the 200c potency will work on deeper muscle, nerve and bone tissue.



Acute Illness
An acute illness is an illness that is 'short-lived', meaning it should clear up within 1-3 days. Acute illnesses are caused by bacteria or viruses, both of which God has fully equipped the body to eliminate, within a short period of time. Homeopathy experiences it's most successful results when used for acute illness. Besides food, it is also the safest and most successful form of 'medicine' to use for acute illness. When taking homeopathy for an acute illness, results should be seen within 10-15 minutes. If no changes occur, try taking a second dose. If no change occurs after the second dose, consult your homeopathic book for different remedy. If positive results are noted, but symptoms then return, the remedy should be repeated. Remedies for acute illness are often taken 3-6 times, six to eight minutes apart for best results. Other reasons for poor results include: severe dehydration, a ruined remedy, or in the case of a chronic illness, an immune system that is too weak to respond.



Chronic Illness
Homeopathy provides no nutrients to the body. It works by gently stimulating a positive response that will in turn promote healing of weak or damaged tissue. If the body is too weak to elicit a response, homeopathy will not help. Therefore, in the case of chronic illness, it may be necessary to build up the reserve nutrients in the body before homeopathy is implemented. A response to homeopathy can then be expected, although results will be gradual, as the body is able to heal. Watch for differences in the usual way of responding to life's situations, such as the response to stress, differences in sleep patterns, also elimination of food sensitivities, allergies, and fears. Improvement in concentration, and learning abilities may also occur. While some changes may be noticeable right away, more improvement will be noted over time.



What if a remedy doesn't work?
There are several reasons why this may happen. The remedy might have been ruined before it was taken, or was taken improperly. However, the most common cause is that the wrong remedy was taken.