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Healthy Spring Clean(s)ing with Dandelions!

Article Poster — Tue, 17 May 2011 14:56:19 +0000

They’re popping up and showing their sunny yellow faces, bringing smiles to the enlightened. At last, Spring has arrived! Time to start gathering, and cleaning the winter sludge from your body.

This is NOT just a useless weed! Dandelion has been safely used as a medicinal herb and food for centuries. Dandelion (taraxacum officinale) – The name of the genus, taraxacum, is derived from the Greek word taraxos (disorder), and akos (remedy), because it was considered to be a cure all for every health problem. Native Americans were using Dandelion long before the discovery of America for a wide variety of ailments.

Traditionally, this abundant weed has been used as a tonic and blood purifier, for constipation, inflammatory skin conditions, eczema and acne, joint pain, and liver dysfunction, including liver conditions such as hepatitis, cirrhosis, gout, and jaundice.

It’s also used in the treatment of flu, gallstones, kidney and urinary disorders, hypoglycemia, dyspepsia with constipation, edema associated with high blood pressure and heart weakness.

Dandelion is unequalled for detoxification, hepatitis, and acute infections. It’s a powerful diuretic but doesn’t deplete the body of potassium like many diuretics. It’s very rich in minerals like iron, phosphorus, calcium, potassium, and boron and vitamins A, B, and C. It also contains saponins that prevent tumor growth and up to 25% inulin, a phytochemical that seems to selectively nourish and increase the body’s supply of good intestinal bacteria such as bifidobacteria.

Externally the fresh juice will fight bacteria and help heal wounds. The latex contained in the plant sap can be used to remove corns and warts. When placed in a paper bag with unripe fruit, the flowers and leaves release ethylene gas to ripen the fruit quickly. A liquid plant food can be made from the root and leaves. A dark red dye is obtained from the root. Or make your own cosmetic skin lotion from the appendages at the base of the leaf blades, distill in water, then splash on to clear the skin and fade freckles.

Gather edible leaves and flowers anytime, roots in spring. The young leaves are less bitter and delicious when tossed with sea salt, lemon juice and olive or flax oil, and flowers are eaten raw in salads or dipped in batter and fried. Get the kids out to gather a gallon of flowers and make your own wine. Be sure to hide away a bottle for a special winter gathering. You’ll love a taste of summer during the Winter Solstice. Gather, chop fine and slow-roast the roots for a delicious coffee substitute. What a versatile and generous weed!

We all need this FREE medicine, and you’ll definitely notice the difference with a cleaner, healthier body. There’s no need to kill, spray herbicides or otherwise eradicate this healthful weed from your manicured lawns. Don’t you believe that every green, growing plant is here for us to use beneficially? Spread the word, not the poison.

10 Fun Facts From the World of Medicine

Article Poster — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:01:08 +0000

The first implanted pacemaker went to Swedish recipient Arne Larsson in 1958. Larsson was 43 at the time, and lived for another 43 years with the pacemaker in place.
The drug Viagra was originally created to treat high blood pressure.
X-rays were first discovered in 1895 by Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen.
Syphilis was named after a poem written by an Italian doctor in 1530. The main character in the poem, called Syphilis, suffered from the disease.
The only organ in the human body that can regenerate is the liver. Transplants are possible with half of a liver, which will grow back to full size within months.
Warfarin, a substance commonly found in rat poison, is actually a blood thinner used to treat humans for a wide variety of conditions, including stroke, thrombosis, and pulmonary embolisms.
The first pharmaceutical drug to be sold to the public was Aspirin in 1899, and was sold as a powder to be mixed with water.
Cocaine was once used as an anesthetic for surgical procedures and emergency medical services.
Adverse drug reactions are the cause of death for more than 100,000 people per year in the United States alone.
After the Civil War, over 400,000 soldiers were addicted to morphine. The common nickname for morphine addiction is “Soldier’s Disease”.

The Benefits of Vitamin K

Article Poster — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:53:36 +0000

Vitamin K is commonly known to aid in blood clotting. When the body is injured, vitamin K initiates the process of healing by slowing and stopping the bleeding. For this reason, vitamin K is often given to patients before surgery to prevent excessive bleeding. Although this is the primary function of vitamin K, this vitamin has several more health benefits.

Vitamin K helps the body absorb the beneficial mineral calcium. Recent studies have suggested that vitamin K can help prevent or treat osteoporosis and the loss of bone density. If you have a family history of osteoporosis, it is important to make sure you maintain healthy levels of vitamin K.

There are also recent studies that have suggested that vitamin K also has preventive and treatment benefits for cancer. Several human trials have shown that vitamin K may have anticancer effects.

Vitamin K also prevents the hardening of the arteries, which aids in preventing heart disease and heart failure.

Vitamin K is present in many green, leafy vegetables. Many people do not eat the recommended amount of these foods to receive the benefits of vitamin K. For this reason, most people should take additional vitamin K, especially if you or your family has a history of osteoporosis or heart disease.

Buy Nolvadex Without Prescription

Article Poster — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 11:56:31 +0000

Nolvadex is a branded name for Tamoxifen Citrate. Nolvadex is a non-steroidal anti-estrogen, belongs to prescriptions for treatment of breast cancer. In combination with other drugs, it is also applied in treatment of certain types of cancers. Nolvadex is also indicated for women with high risk of breast cancer. This medication is prescribed to reduce the risk of breast cancer developing for patients with Ductal carcinoma in situ. Nolvadex belongs to Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators group. The active component of Nolvadex is Tamoxifen Citrate affecting the estrogen receptors and blocking it from growing.
Nolvadex helps to prevent gynecomastia, edema, and female-type fat distribution, in case if an estrogen level is too high. Sometimes, androgen level in blood is too low and it may lead to such effects. If you have been using exogenous steroids for a long time, it may cause depression of endogenous androgens.

This drug is supplied as non-steroidal antiestrogen pills administered orally. The drug is available in 10mg and 20mg pills, containing 15.2mg and 30.4mg of Tamoxifen Citrate correspondingly.
The drug can be taken irrespectively of food with a full glass of water. Follow the doctor’s recommendation during the treatment with Nolvadex. Do not exceed the prescribed dosage. Self-treatment is not recommended. A standard dose in treatment of breast cancer is 20-40mg.
Nolvadex may cause certain side effects but they are confirmed to be rare. You may observe certain allergic reactions like breathing difficulty, hives, and swelling. Sometimes Nolvadex may cause the following serious adverse side effects: headache, sudden numbness, chest pain, coughing blood, irregular menstrual periods and unusual vaginal bleeding discharge, and vision and speech problems.
For more detailed information about this medication, ask your doctor or pharmacist. To buy nolvadex without prescription visit our online drugstore.

Menopause Symptoms

Article Poster — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:57:35 +0000

Every woman experiences the period called menopause or climax. It is the specific period in women life when estrogen development by ovaries terminates. Usually it comes at 50 years of age. Objectively it is revealed by estrogen level decrease in blood and menstrual periods termination. Generally the process is individual. Every woman experiences it in a different way. At the average the physiological process starts in women of 45-50 years of age and depends on various factors. Heredity plays a big role. Menopause may start earlier or later.

Menopause is characterized by full termination of female sexual hormones development in the female organism, menstrual cycle disorders (change in discharge amount), change in mucous of vagina (dryness), and uterus reduction. A word ‘menopause’ literally translated from Latin means ‘end of menstrual bleeding.’

Symptoms of menopause may appear about 51 years of age, but may be experienced earlier. The early beginning of menopause does not mean anything, just your organism feature. But women should be prepared for this process physically and morally. For this purpose it is better know some symptoms to reveal the beginning of menopause.

Symptoms of menopause include: sudden changes in menstrual cycle, menstrual bleeding may be profuse or irregular; weight gain, especially in the belly, or on the contrary weight loss; sleep disorders or anxiety never experienced earlier; night disposition to sweating, accompanied by hot flush; unusual mood swings, depression without visible reasons; and irritability.

Also you can face the following problems: sudden change in libido, sexual inclination may be increased or lowered, sudden change of short-term memory. Though menstrual periods are still stable and the doctors even recommend using contraceptive medication for protection, the women starts to understand that ageing process is inevitably coming, but different women relate to this state in different way. After the first symptoms of menopause, women experience menopause and worry. Some of them getting upset of thought that they cannot have children, but some, on the contrary, breathe freely with end of menstrual periods.

However, a woman can react in different way, but the process is inevitable. All women pass through this period of life, just be ready.

Menopause Signs

Article Poster — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:54:29 +0000

Climax is not a disease or disorder of the organism. Menopause is a transient state between two life stages of women when menstrual bleeding terminates. Various symptoms testify about hormonal changes during menopause. If consider menopause signs, the first is the age. Menopause occurs in certain age, therefore knowing approximate period we can compare to other signs and realize that menopause has come. The exact age of climax is impossible to define, because the processes responsible for ovaries activity have not been studied yet. Also we can say that this process occurs individually, but certain average time frames of menopause coming can be defined. It is the age of 45-56 years. However, as it was told above, it can be observed individually, earlier or later. The shorter time intervals between menstrual periods can be the first sign of menopause approaching. During menopause, menstrual periods come unexpectedly.

Before climax bone density and cholesterol level are decreased leading to cardiovascular diseases. The following first signs can testify about menopause: mood swings, depression, chronic weakness, headaches, change of menstrual cycle, pain, spasms, blood sugar fluctuations, body water retention, sleep disorder, low libido, painful urination and skin ageing.

Besides, during premenopausal period an estrogen level is sharply decreased in woman. However, the reason of estrogen level decrease should be revealed. It may not be associated with menopause. The doctor will define menopause after checking gonadotropin level in blood or urine. If hormones level is high, the hypophysis releases them for extra stimulation of ovaries activity. It means that the process begins.

Generally, it is impossible to say that menopause came, even if the said signs are observed. Any modern and advanced analysis cannot define when a woman experiences climax. So, ask your mother when she experienced this process in order to be ready because it depends very much on hereditary.

Menopause is the beginning of a new life for a woman. In the beginning of this process there is nothing bad and you can feel many positive effects. As this process is inevitable you will have to adapt. Knowing when you can expect the beginning of this process will help you to prepare.

Preventing Spider Veins

Adam — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:33:38 +0000

Spider veins are the lesser form of varicose veins, but they can be nearly as devastating to the appearance. Women who suffer from spider veins are more likely to hide their legs behind long skirts or stockings in order to avoid the embarrassment of showing off their marked veins. This problem is preventable, though.

Spider veins tend to appear mainly on the legs, although technically, they could occur on any part of the body. They look like a fine web of dark red, purple or even blue lines under the skin and are not as pronounced as varicose veins. However, they still can cause considerable discomfort. Some women complain that they are extremely painful.

Keeping up great circulation in your legs is the first step to being able to prevent spider veins. You can do this by not using tight clothing on your legs, which might cut off the circulation and encouraging blood flow to the legs. This might be in the form of a daily leg massage or exercise. Simply walking or jogging a little each day reduces your risk of developing these unsightly veins.

Your mother may have told you that crossing your legs would cause varicose veins. She was right. Cutting off the circulation to your lower leg and foot is the perfect way to create a varicose vein problem, since both spider and varicose veins are caused by lack of blood flow. Increasing the blood flow to the areas most at risk will help prevent problems later on. This is good advice to follow even if you are very young, as it can prevent spider veins once you get older.

Maintaining your weight at a healthy level is also very important since extra weight puts extra pressure on your legs and may result in spider veins. This is particularly true during pregnancy when you would gain anyway. Keeping the weight gain to the recommended amount during pregnancy ensures that you are spider vein free after the baby is born.

Avoiding salt in your diet can keep swelling and hypertension to a minimum as well. These conditions often go hand in hand with spider veins and varicose veins. Adding more Vitamin C and E is also a great natural way to reduce swelling in the legs and may work to prevent vein disorders.

If you do end up with spider veins, despite all your attempts to keep your circulation high and eat well, there are still alternatives. Surgery is the most invasive, where the veins are actually removed. This is usually reserved for problem veins that donвЂ™t respond to other treatments.

Another treatment is to inject the offending veins with a special liquid that causes the veins to scar up and close. This forces the blood to be redirected and leaves the area clear. The procedure is painless, but may need to be repeated several times. Also, laser surgery may prove effective and is the least invasive of all treatments for spider veins.

If you wish to prevent or treat spider veins, try the tips above before heading to your doctor. While the preventions given are usually quite effective, it really depends on you and your lifestyle as well as your genetic makeup.

How to Manage Gestational Diabetes

Adam — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:02:02 +0000

Gestational diabetes occurs in approximately 5% of pregnancies. Several complications arise for both the baby and the mother if gestational diabetes is left uncontrolled, including large birth weight and difficult delivery, preeclampsia (high blood pressure), and the chance of developing Type 2 diabetes later in life. For the expectant mother recently diagnosed with gestational diabetes, the revelation and information regarding treatment can be overwhelming. However, there are several steps a woman can follow to minimize the complications.
Maximize Food Choices
The diet for a woman with gestational diabetes does not restrict her food, but only the amount of carbohydrates she can have throughout a day. She can choose to have a brownie or ice cream, but she must do so with the understanding of the carbohydrate count of each food item. A two-inch by two-inch square brownie, without icing, is about one carb serving. If she is on a diet which allows for three carbohydrate servings in a meal, the brownie would count as one, as would one slice of bread or a half-cup of cooked rice. When deciding on what to eat, the pregnant woman would be better served by finding the food choice which will meet her dietary requirements and nutritional needs, as well as satisfy her hunger.

Keep A Journal
One way that an expectant mother can help with the treatment of gestational diabetes is to keep a food journal with her charts of blood sugar readings. The mother can track everything eaten for each of her meals and snacks to see how well she has kept to her prescribed diet. Along with this, she should write down her blood sugar readings after each meal. This will help her chart which foods create a blood sugar spike so she can modify her diet accordingly.

Walk It Off
The experience of gestational diabetes can be stressful with the dietary changes and prescribed medications. Exercise is a key not only in helping to regulate gestational diabetes, but also to help alleviate stress. This may become more difficult as the pregnancy comes to term. However, an exercise program which keeps the doctor’s guidelines in mind will benefit both the mother and baby.

Build The Support System
Expectant mothers may feel like they live in a vacuum regarding their diagnosis, with little understanding from family and friends. In order to keep up with the treatments prescribed, the mother should bring a close family member or friend to the doctor’s appointments and meetings with the dietitian. She can cook carbohydrate-friendly meals for her family to show how one can be healthy and enjoy good food at the same time. She can also allow her family to experiment with the glucometer, taking their blood sugar readings and comparing them with hers.

A diagnosis of gestational diabetes does not have to cast a shadow over an expectant mother’s pregnancy. With these simple management tips, she can assist her doctor with controlling her blood sugar levels while enjoying all of the experiences of a healthy pregnancy.

Gestational Diabetes: Treatment

Adam — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:50:55 +0000

Once diagnosed with gestational diabetes, treatment for the pregnant woman will begin quickly. The first thing your doctor will do is counsel you to visit with both an endocrinologist or perinatologist and a nutritionist. Your team of specialists will work with you with the ultimate goal of lowering your blood sugar levels to those that are considered in a normal range for pregnancy.
Some women can control their blood sugars through a special low-carbohydrate diet and exercise, while other pregnant women will require either oral medications or insulin injections to help lower blood sugar levels. All pregnant women however, will be advised to follow a special diet comprised of meals and snacks with a carefully monitored carbohydrate level. In addition, testing your blood sugar levels on a regular basis may be required.

Your special diet will include plenty of whole grains rich in fiber, as well as ensuring that you consume some protein with each meal to help deter blood sugar fluctuations. Exercise may also be advocated, as this will help your body to use the extra glucose without having to take insulin shots. This will also help avoid insulin resistance.

Carbohydrates or other foods high in starch or sugar, are turned into glucose during digestion, therefore they have the highest impact on blood sugar levels and consumption needs to be strictly counted. The nutritionist or dietician will counsel you on how many carbohydrates you should be consuming at each meal and snack, and will educate you on what kinds of foods are better sources of carbohydrates than others.

Eating at the same time each day and not skipping meals or snacks will help maintain blood sugar levels, and eating fewer carbohydrates at breakfast is always a good idea because that is the time of day when typically insulin resistance is at its greatest. Women with gestational diabetes should avoid fruit and fruit juices at breakfast for this very reason.

Reading nutritional labels will become second nature to the woman with gestational diabetes. Every food has the potential to contain carbohydrates, and it is only by looking at the nutritional information that these can be accurately counted. Likewise, it is helpful to have a kitchen scale on hand for measuring weights so that you can get an exact number of carbohydrates per serving.

While having gestational diabetes is certainly a concern, most women easily manage it with the help of their health care team. Careful monitoring of blood sugar levels will reduce the chances of any adverse affects on the baby, and will help ensure continued good health for the mother as well.