Month: September 2014

You CAN get Relief from Allergies

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As I teach Health and social care there are many days when I discuss with students  ailments that seem to be all around us .

One of those is Allergies and I have been trying to get hold of a graph to show how the prevalence of Allergies has increased over the last 20 years.

So much so that there are now More than 5,000 people in the US alone suffer from allergies, including

hay fever, asthma sinus infections and so on.

Most of these people suffer aggravating conditions that interrupt their lifestyle.

 Most seek medical help from doctors, yet in most instances they continue to suffer despite their efforts to slow allergies.

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Get Rid of Candida…Permanently

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These days, pretty much everyone has Candida.

If you suffer from regular headaches, irritability, foggy thinking, low energy, fatigue, if you’ve got white deposits on the back of your tongue…and if you’ve got cravings for sugar, or carb rich foods like pasta, or bread…then it’s VERY likely you’ve got systemic Candida.

There are a ton of would-be “cures” and special diets and protocols one can do to try to deal with Candida.

However this only deals with the symptoms of the problem… not with the root.

Candida is a FUNGUS, and it is protected by a powerful armor called a “chitin layer”.  It’s the same stuff that the hard exoskeletons of insects like cockroaches are made of!

This makes it impossible for your immune system to attack the fungus.

If you’ve ever had an insect problem in your home such as cockroaches or ants, then you might have an idea of what you’re actually up against…
.except that this is in your body!

The simple fact is Candida cannot be “starved” to death by a special diet, it is designed to digest your body even after you die.

Even when you stop breathing, stop eating, the Candida will still be alive inside of you and eat you from the inside out, because it’s designed to deteriorate the body after death..it doesn’t need oxygen to survive!

This is why special Candida diets or alternative treatments simply don’t work long term, they only mask the symptoms, once a Candida infection breaks out and latches it’s teeth into you, it’s usually there for good unless the root of the problem is addressed.

Next page.

To your health,

Kathy

PS. You’ll be shocked at how many aches and pains you regularly suffer from will disappear when you cleanse yourself of Candida…
…go here and check this out, this woman has FIGURED IT OUT, and even paints the connection between Candida and cancer, this is WILD.

3 Great Secrets to Success

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What makes some people more successful in life than others ?

What makes people happy?

Are success and happiness linked ?

These are questions which has been asked for hundreds of years and many answers have been discovered and rediscovered over this time. Many of the main answers relate to how you think about yourself and the world around you and simply by changing how you think will start to have a dramatic effect on your life.

One of the first principles which you must accept is that you must take full responsibility for the events in your life. It is no use blaming other people, the government, your boss etc. for the things that are wrong in your life. You have total control over how you think and act and it is up to you to decide to be happy and successful. Happiness comes entirely from a state of mind. If you decide to be happy you will be. The more you think about happiness and success the more it will will happen. Once you accept this first point you can take many positive steps towards success.

Probably the most important of these can be summarized in the following three steps:

Assess your main target in life

Choose a definite aim in life, one which you know is realistic for your talents and abilities, one which you know is something you really want to do and enjoy doing. Make up your mind that you will push as hard as possible towards that aim. To ensure success you must have a burning desire for this purpose and want to take the appropriate action to achieve this purpose. Write this aim down.

“Know what you want, when you want it, why you want it, and how you intend to get it.”

Set goals which are consistent with this target.

Goal setting is one of the most powerful ways to focus and achieve success. However goals must be in accordance with your main aim in life. If you strive for and achieve a goal which is not in line with your target, it will not help you to be happy even if you are generally successful. Goals can be of different length, short term, medium term or long term. Ideally have a mixture of all three. You should write your goals down, even this act alone will make it much more definite and much more likely to achieve. Read and review your goals often. Make your goals achievable and have at least some which you can see the path to achieving even if it’s not always clear how you will reach the longer term goals.

Take continuous action towards your goals.

Once your goals are written down aim to take definite actions towards these goals even if they are very small. It is essential to get into the habit of avoiding procrastination when you know there are tasks to be done. A great way to do this is to plan to only take a little action, sometimes as short as a few minutes at a time. Often this will get you going and you will devote more time to it than you originally planned, at other times you will realize that now is not such a good time, but you will have achieved a little bit towards your goal. Another great habit to adopt is to tackle the most difficult task first and get it out of the way. This usually makes all the rest of the task so much easier.

Following these easy three steps will have a very positive effect on your life and will dramatically improve your chances of success.

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The #1 WORST Food that CAUSES Faster Aging (beware!)

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Do you eat these foods that HARM your blood sugar and age your joints and skin faster?  Some are even deceptively marketed to you as “healthy” by giant food corporations.  Avoid or minimize these and look 5-10 years YOUNGER than your real age.

by Mike Geary – Certified Nutrition Specialist

Due to biochemical reactions in your body that occur with every type of food you eat on a daily basis, some foods age you FASTER than your real age, while other foods help to FIGHT aging.

Eat the wrong foods regularly, and you can look and feel 10 or more years OLDER than your real age (not fun!) … but eat the right foods, and over time, you can start to look 5-10 years YOUNGER than your real age.

Three of the processes that go on inside your body that have a MAJOR impact on your rate of aging are called “glycation”, “inflammation”, and “oxidation”. …read more

 

What is the differences between MS and fibromyalgia?

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The Differences between MS and Fibromyalgia

According to Livestrong.com, “Fibromyalgia and multiple sclerosis are potentially debilitating disorders that lead to chronic pain. Fibromyalgia is characterized by muscle pain and stiffness, profound fatigue and difficulty sleeping. Multiple sclerosis can cause a wide range of symptoms, including vision problems, muscle weakness, painful muscle spasms and poor bladder control.

Both fibromyalgia and multiple sclerosis tend to affect women more often than men. Neither disorder has a clear-cut cause. Despite these similarities, important distinctions separate the two conditions.”
“Estimates vary, but about 5 million people in the U.S. have fibromyalgia, say authors of a January 2008 article in “Arthritis and Rheumatism.” People with fibromyalgia experience widespread muscle pain and tenderness typically involving the neck, shoulders, hips and back. Severe muscle stiffness is often present in the morning and tends to improve over the day.

Many people with fibromyalgia report insomnia and intense fatigue. Headaches, depressed mood, anxiety and difficulty concentrating are also common. Researchers have not identified the cause of fibromyalgia, but immune system or hormonal abnormalities may be to blame.”
What about multiple sclerosis? “

Approximately 300,000 people in the U.S. have multiple sclerosis, according to a March 2012 review article in “Pharmacy and Therapeutics.” As with fibromyalgia, researchers are not entirely sure why people develop MS. Nevertheless, multiple sclerosis is classified as an autoimmune disorder, whereas fibromyalgia is not.

An overly active immune system is thought to trigger the body to attack brain and spinal cord tissue, leading to MS symptoms. People with MS frequently report trouble with blurry vision, difficulty walking and loss of bladder control. MS symptoms tend to fluctuate in intensity over time. In contrast to fibromyalgia, however, MS symptoms are not necessarily worse in the mornings.”
Even their treatment is different, “Although overlap exists between fibromyalgia and multiple sclerosis symptoms, different medications are used to treat the two disorders. As of the time of publication, three medications have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration specifically for fibromyalgia: duloxetine (Cymbalta), pregabalin (Lyrica) and milnacipran (Savella). Though these medications address chronic pain, they have not been approved for the specific treatment of MS. A number of other drugs, called disease-modifying agents, have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration to help prevent multiple sclerosis flare-ups. Disease-modifying drugs used with MS include glatiramer (Copaxone), mitoxantrone (Novantrone) and natalizumab (Tysabri).

Unlike medications for fibromyalgia, these agents target immune system activity thought to contribute to MS.”
One thing they share is that they tend to extensive evaluation processes, “An extensive physical exam can aid in the diagnosis of fibromyalgia and multiple sclerosis.

Since fibromyalgia predominantly causes muscle symptoms, diagnosis is based, in part, on a detailed muscle exam. According to 2010 American College of Rheumatology guidelines, a fibromyalgia diagnosis is likely when a person has muscle tenderness at 7 or more specific anatomic sites. To be considered fibromyalgia, no other underlying disorder can explain symptoms, and symptoms must persist for at least 3 months. Multiple sclerosis, on the other hand, causes more neurological symptoms than fibromyalgia.

As a result, the physical exam focuses more on brain and nerve function. Evaluation of the brain with magnetic resonance imaging and a spinal tap is also helpful in diagnosing MS, according to widely used criteria published in February 2011 in “Annals of Neurology.” These tests do not play a role in the diagnosis of fibromyalgia.”

NATURAL WAYS TO ELIMINATE FIBROMYALGIA

3 Ways Coffee Can Heal Your Thyroid and Save Your Life

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Not that long ago all of us coffee drinkers where getting a hard time.  Many   “health experts” went  as far as to label coffee as a highly addictive drug that is equivalent to a number of illegal narcotics… that bad eh?

Funny how things change and now   “coffee”  is getting a good rap with more and more research  being published supporting the vast protective benefits that coffee has to offer. …great news for Coffee drinkers like me!

The truth is that coffee is a nutrient, not a drug like many would have you believe….wow …that’s a relief.

To be completely honest, I never listen to the “health experts” and just drank as much as I wanted anyway. Now I feel really smart because I did not listen to what others were saying and  started to learn the science behind coffee and how it can be used to correct hypothyroidism and restore healthy metabolism.  Not that I am smug or anything but I love it when I am right!

Now with more recent research, we are starting to understand the connections between coffee and how it can help heal your thyroid and protect you from a number of thyroid related health problems

Coffee, Longevity, and Thyroid Function

The health of your thyroid is one of the most important factors when it comes to overall health and longevity.

In a nut shell your thyroid controls your cells’ ability to produce energy. This means that when you become hypothyroid (Low levels  of thyroxin) your metabolism slows down and your ability to produce energy decreases. When your cells cannot produce enough energy to stay happy, healthy, and sustain life then systems do not work so well and You will develop disease and eventually die.

Its as simple as that.

 

Anti-aging research scientists are now discovering that the key to extending life and living longer is therefore to improve thyroid function so that your body can continue to produce the energy it needs to sustain life.  …. so what has this to do with Coffee?

 

The results of the largest coffee study to date were recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine involving more than 400,000 U.S. men and women ages 50 to 71, over a 14 year span of time.

Association of Coffee Drinking with Total and Cause-Specific Mortality

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1112010

Conclusions: In this large prospective study, coffee consumption was inversely associated with total and cause-specific mortality….

excuse me?

In simple English this study showed that those who drank coffee lived longer, it also shows that the more coffee they drank, the longer they lived…..is that good news or what?

  • Men’s Results: two to three cups of coffee per day decreased risk of death by 10% in men. And each addition cup provided an additional 6% decreased risk.
  • Women’s Results: two to three cups of coffee per day decreased risk of death by 13% in women. And each additional cup provided an additional 5% decreased risk.

Based on our understanding of human physiology and longevity, coffee reduces your risk of death by helping your cells produce energy, increasing your metabolism, and therefore improving thyroid function.

Now do not get too excited yet  as the researchers  in this study were not able to identify the exact mechanisms through which coffee reduces the risk of death and extends life.

Below, we’re going to explore recent results that now show just a few of these exact mechanisms through which coffee can provide amazing benefits for overcoming hypothyroidism, and many of its associated health problems.

1. Coffee Protects You From Thyroid Disease

When it comes to coffee and the health of your thyroid, it doesn’t get any more obvious than this. Coffee has been shown to have a direct effect on the health of your thyroid gland.

Research has shown that coffee drinkers have a significantly lower incidence of both benign and malignant thyroid disease, including thyroid cancer.

Does coffee consumption protect against thyroid disease?

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2816215

“Statistical analysis revealed a strikingly negative (p less than 0.05) association between benign and malignant thyroid disease and consumption of coffee. After adjustment for possible confounding variables, the association remained statistically significant.”

It is well known that various thyroid diseases including Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis and thyroid cancer are common causes of hypothyroidism today. Using coffee properly to help prevent these diseases is a big step in the right direction.

Coffee Protects You From Cancer and Estrogen

Coffee doesn’t only protect you from thyroid cancer. It also protects against a number of other cancers, including breast cancer, which is especially a concern for menopausal women.

Coffee consumption modifies risk of estrogen-receptor negative breast cancer.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21569535

“CONCLUSIONS: A high daily intake of coffee was found to be associated with a statistically significant decrease in ER-negative breast cancer among postmenopausal women.”

Unless you do the job that I do and lecture on medical conditions you are probably not aware that  there is a link between hypothyroidism and breast cancer. This is because of the role that estrogen plays in suppressing the thyroid gland, disrupting healthy metabolism, and promoting cancer metabolism and growth.

Coffee has been shown to help support your body’s ability to produce progesterone, the hormone that plays the important role of offsetting the negative effects of estrogen and is essential in signalling your thyroid gland to release healthy amounts of thyroid hormone when needed.

So, it should be no surprise that coffee not only helps to protect you from breast cancer but that it also helps to promote healthy function of the thyroid gland.

Sounds good so far?

there is  more……..

 Coffee Protects You From Liver Dysfunction

Coffee has also been shown to be highly protective of your liver. Below is just one of many studies that show the positive effects that coffee can have on the health of your liver.

Effects of coffee consumption against the development of liver dysfunction

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10680318

“These results suggest that coffee may be protectively against the liver dysfunction in middle-aged Japanese men.”

The health of your liver is very well understood when it comes to proper thyroid function. Your liver plays a major role in regulating your thyroid and converting your inactive T4 thyroid hormone to the active T3 thyroid hormone that your cells need to thrive. Liver dysfunction is a major cause of hypothyroidism today that deserves a lot more attention than it currently gets.

Because coffee can help improve liver function, it can also play an important role in improving your liver’s ability to properly regulate thyroid hormone and improve your overall thyroid function.

When it comes to your thyroid, the health benefits of coffee go much further than what we have already mentioned.  This is really a small sample of the health benefits associated with coffee there are more……

In a world where stress and disease are lurking around every corner, it’s important to take advantage of every thyroid protective nutrient that you have at your disposal, and coffee is one of the most important ones.

Other ways to protect your thyroid_

 

Is Candida Causing Your Acne?

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If you’ve tried and tried to treat your persistent acne without success, perhaps you should consider whether Candida is involved. Click here for more information about Candida and acne…  Yeast Infection Cure

Acne can cause all sorts of anguish and negative feelings. And there are lots of different reasons people get acne, from hormones, to environment to food reactions.

Sometimes a simple change in diet is helpful. And for some people an over-the-counter treatment will work. Then there are the more powerful prescription treatments.

Like all drugs, these carry dozens of potentially harmful side-effects such as light sensitivity, osteoporosis, anemia — even psychological disorders like suicidal thoughts and psychosis!

The really scary part is  that these side-effects may not show up until years after you stop taking the drugs. What’s important to remember is that your skin is the largerst organ in your body. And since Candida is a systemic threat, its effects can show up in a variety of ways.

Some studies show that skin patients have stronger inflammatory response against the fungus. It’s like your immune system is primed against Candida and reacts violently when it gets a whiff of it.

This initial inflammation can then trigger the acne formation process or aggravate existing acne.
That means you should do whatever is necessary to rid yourself of infestation by this nasty fungus.
Especially if you’ve tried using other treatments and failed to see any noticeable results.

The good news is there’s a quick way to attack Candida!
Click the link below… for a completely safe, completely natural way to rid yourself of the effects of a Candida infestation.

Watch the video here

Why be miserable if you don’t have to?
Click here now and fight back
Kathy
P.S. If you know someone who has had persistent skin problems that don’t respond to changes in diet or medications, ask them if they’ve considered whether Candida is at the bottom of their suffering. I’m sure they’ll be grateful!

 

This Bacteria Causes Alzheimer’s (Latest Discovery)

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Most doctors haven’t even heard about this…

Researchers at Yale has pinpointed the root cause of Alzheimer’s.

No, Alzheimer’s is NOT caused by ‘genetics’or even ‘old age’…

It’s all because of this bacteria-like organism…present in more than 167 million people.

It eats away at people’s brains, and destroys their memories.

This new discovery has sent shockwaves across the entire medical community.

And now, researchers have discovered simple way to exterminate this ‘brain eating bacteria’…

And even reverse the most serious Alzheimer’s or memory illnesses.

Click here to find out more

P.S. If your loved ones are suffering from Alzheimer’s or Dementia, you have to watch this
video.

I can’t guarantee how long the video will be up. If Big Pharma finds out about this, this video
most likely be taken down.

The top 5 healthiest condiments (and the WORST)

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When I moved back to N.Ireland from S.Africa some years  ago …14 to be precise…I immediately noticed the difference in the diet and the abundance of condiments or sauces that people used here on their food.

condimentsI see this every day I go into the college canteen and I am still amazed at the amount of sauce that people throw over their food. Sometimes I think to myself  …

” what is the point of ordering the food when you drown out the taste with Tomato sauce?”

In today’s article from one of our most trusted Nutritionists, we’ll show you some of the healthiest condiments (that are also delicious) that can protect your health and also the WORST condiments that can harm your health…
Take a guess at How these rate:

Ketchup, mustard, guac, mayo, hot sauce, and more:

==> The top 5 healthiest condiments  (and the WORST)

Green Smoothies…..whats the big deal?

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5 Advantages Of Green Smoothies

You must have heard a lot of people talk about green smoothies and all their health benefits. Why do so many people nowadays love it?

What makes them become a popular drink these days?

They are packed with essential ingredients needed for optimum health and not only that but there are also more advantages in drinking smoothies than any other drink. Here are some reasons why it is more beneficial to drink green smoothies than other green-smoothiebeverages.

They are easy to prepare.

It only takes a few minutes to prepare a healthy green smoothie at home. They are also quite easy to prepare. As long as you have the equipment such as a blender, a pitcher or any container, there is no reason you cannot make a healthy smoothie for yourself. All you have to do is to select the kinds of veggies and fruits you like, and after that you can mix them well with the use of a blender.

They are easily digested.

Fiber-rich green smoothies are not hard to digest. In fact, since they are liquefied and blended, smoothies are quickly digested. This means your body does not need to put in so much effort to digest it so that the nutrients can be extracted. Green smoothies relieve and prevent constipation.

They are cheap.

Buying a glass of smoothie from any juice bar can cost you up to $6. However, when you make your own green smoothie at home, it will only cost you a few cents. Besides, you do not have to spend much on your vitamins since drinking a single glass of smoothie already contains lots of vitamins.

They come in handy.

After you have made your own green smoothie, you can keep it in a container and store it in a fridge. You can store it up to twenty-four hours or so and drink it anytime you want. You can then take the chilled smoothie with you wherever you go, be it at work, the gym, the park or on a train. You can store your green smoothie in a stainless steel or a glass container as this is the most recommended storage option.

They contain veggies that you would not eat or drink alone.

Although eating veggies is quite healthy, most people still prefer to eat more fruits than vegetables. Since vegetables are combined with fruits in making green smoothies, you will get to eat some vegetables without even tasting them. More often than not, the flavor of the veggies is somewhat masked by the fruity flavor that it is even hard to distinguish the veggies used in green smoothies. A green smoothie is not only good for adults but also for children. Most children don’t like, if not hate, vegetables. However, they love to drink a cold glass of chilled smoothie. The best way to prepare green smoothies for kids is to use lots of fruits instead of veggies until they become more comfortable with the taste.

Remember…..The easiest and most reliable way to look and feel beautiful – while boosting your energy and improving your health – is to eat nutrient-dense foods.

Why is this so important?

Your body replaces billions of cells every day. And it uses the nutrients in the foods you feed it as the building materials.

If you eat processed and junk foods loaded with empty calories and toxic preservatives, you end up with unhealthy cells. And that means prematurely aging skin… dry, lifeless hair… and belly fat that won’t budge.

But if you feed your body natural, nutrient-filled foods, you give it the materials it needs to build strong, healthy cells.

And that translates to glowing skin, lustrous hair, a slim figure, and overall better health that lasts a lifetime.

==> Why Nature holds the key to supercharging your beauty

 

 

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