Diabetic Retinopathy

Friday, April 2, 2010 19:32
Posted in category Family, Health, Men, Mothers, Women

What is diabetic eye disease?

This information was developed by the National Eye Institute to help patients and their families search for general information about diabetic retinMaculaopathy. An eye care professional who has examined the patient’s eyes and is familiar with his or her medical history is the best person to answer specific questions.

Diabetic eye disease refers to a group of eye problems that people with diabetes may face as a complication of diabetes. All can cause severe vision loss or even blindness.

Diabetic eye disease may include:

Diabetic retinopathy-damage to the blood vessels in the retina

Cataract-clouding of the eye’s lens. Cataracts develop at an earlier age in people with diabetes.

Glaucoma-increase in fluid pressure inside the eye that leads to optic nerve damage and loss of vision. A person with diabetes is nearly twice as likely to get glaucoma as other adults.
What is diabetic retinopathy?

Diabetic retinopathy is the most common diabetic eye disease and a leading cause of blindness in American adults. It is caused by changes in the blood vessels of the retina.

In some people with diabetic retinopathy, blood vessels may swell and leak fluid. In other people, abnormal new blood vessels grow on….Read the full article

The Story of Shay’s (or Shaya’s) Day

Friday, April 2, 2010 19:06
Posted in category Family, General, Health

Shay's DayThe Story of Shay’s Day

Two Choices!

What would you do? You make the choice. Don’t look for a punch line, there isn’t one but read it anyway.

My question is: Would you have made the same choice?

At a fund raising dinner for a school that serves learning-disabled children, the father of one of the students delivered a speech that would never be forgotten by all who attended.

After extolling the school and its dedicated staff, he offered a question: “When not interfered with by outside influences, everything nature does is done with perfection.

Yet my son, Shay, cannot learn things as other children do. He cannot understand things as other children do.

Where is the natural order of things in my son?”

The audience was stilled by the query.

The father continued. “I believe that when a child like Shay, physically and mentally handicapped comes into the world, an opportunity to realize true human nature presents itself, and it comes in the way other people treat that child.”

Then he told the following story:

Shay and his father had walked past a park where some boys Shay knew were playing baseball. Shay asked,

“Do you think they’ll let me play?”

Shay’s father knew that most of the boys would not want someone like Shay on their team, but the father also understood that if his son were allowed to play, it would give him a much-needed sense of belonging and some confidence to be accepted by others in spite of his handicaps.

Shay’s father approached one of the boys on the field and asked (not expecting much) if Shay could play. The boy looked around for guidance……..Read the full story and see the video

Flexibility

Monday, March 29, 2010 0:25
Posted in category Health, Men, Mothers, Women
Flexibility

Flexibility - See it's Easy

Probably not of much interest for you youngsters.

Yesterday, when I was young, while in the drivers seat, I could turn my body and see all around me.

Sitting in a normal chair I could cross my legs and hook my toe around my ankle. I could bend at the knees and look at the bottom most shelf in the kitchen and stay in that position for as long as I needed to. I didn’t groan as I stood up and I could walk off without a trace of difficulty.

I could reach all parts of my back to scrub it while in the shower and dry myself properly to boot. I could jump off the bus and climb stairs without a single puff or wince. I could go down on my knees and place my butt on the floor and stay there playing with the kids.

I could play aggressive tennis for hours, take a shower and get to the office by ten. I could work all day and drive in the crush and still feel good when I got home. OK….I know many of you girls can still do that but you are built a bit differently,….thankfully.

Why could we do all that when we were young and, in most cases, we can’t do it anymore? See the title?….Flexibility.  From here I must generalise.

Where at one time we would (not could)  turn our body either side let us say, 45 degrees. We would bend at the knees to pick something up, as the years progress that incrementally reduced by a degree or more so that by the time we are fifty or sixty we almost immobile.

Watch many elderly persons walk. They walk with short strides or slow strides. They cannot turn to look behind them, they cannot bend at the knees and they cannot get up even from a high….ish chair without difficulty.

I took one such old man and over a period of a few months he………Read the full article

Flexibility – See it’s Easy

How to Budget Setting Up a Hairdressing Salon

Saturday, February 13, 2010 14:14
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I'm open at Last

OK….all that training is over and a few years of experience completed. Are you going to work for someone for ever?

Why not go on your own? A hairdressers clients are generally said to be very loyal. Truth is, they’re worried silly of not finding another hairdresser so they’ll follow you if they can so you already have a reasonable client base unless you want to move miles away.

Now….let’s realise this…..you’re an artists eh? …..but……You’ve also got to be a business person and that means learning some new stuff that doesn’t require a comb or a dryer.

Financial Budgets a bit of planning and a bit of book keeping. Oh!…there’s also a bit of employment law to mull over.

Find an accountant that can help you initially and they might even help you a bit with a budget. Why do you need a budget? So you can assess the cost of the start up. Maybe you know friends that did it…ask them.

Do a calculation on premises rent, business tax type payments, cost of all the equipment you need to have as well as all the costs that will apply even if you had no money coming in. The computer system, advertising, staff basic pay, employers contribution for national insurance and boring stuff like that.

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Learn How to Do Pigtail French Braids

Saturday, February 13, 2010 13:17
Posted in category Fashion, Mothers, Women

In the context of hairstyles, the usage of the term pigtail shows considerable variation. According to most dictionaries, a pigtail is a braid of tightly woven hair. The name is based on the short, thin and kinked tail of a pig, referring to the way a short, tight braid may stand out from the scalp through asymmetric tension of the weave. However, the term may also apply to a single braid regardless of length or tension, focusing instead on the knobby texture of the overall structure.

Alternately, the plural term pigtails may be applied to a pair of two braids or ponytails on opposite sides of the head. The latter hairstyle is also known as bunches, especially in British English; the “pigtail” analogy for this usage appears to be based on the upright position of short ponytails when tightly secured against the scalp, or alternately to the vaguely helical shape of curly hair descending from a high ponytail.

The term pigtail appears in English in the American colonies in the 1600s to describe a twist of chewing tobacco. One of the steps in processing the tobacco was to twist a handful of leaves together to form a compact bunch that would then be cured (dried, either with or without smoking). The term “pigtail” was applied to the bunch based on its resemblance to a twisted pig’s tail.

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Wedding Day Hairstyles

Saturday, February 13, 2010 13:08
Posted in category Fashion, Mothers, Women

Seems that only women know that the dress is not the only thing to make a big impression on their wedding day. Guys….get to know this……HAIR…..it’s how they look in it. If their hair style isn’t perfect inside the veil then everyone will notice.(they think) and that’s not good news.

Advice from those that know…..The best hair styles for a wedding day those the compliment the dress and also the personality. Bubbles on a straight lace type might raise a few eyebrows.

Before choosing a wedding hair style you need to know of the best salon in town and which to get it done and of course you would have had a few practice runs…. wouldn’t you? If you’re in my part of the world, Maidenhead Hairdressers have a great choice.

There are maidenhead hairdressers salons that specialize in wedding hair styles so make sure you book well in advance because many salons that do specialize in wedding hair styles get booked up quickly especially during the wedding season.

The shape of your face…..the dress you are wearing. the veil and……

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Learn How To French Braid Hair

Saturday, February 13, 2010 12:55
Posted in category Fashion, Mothers, Women

A French braid, or French plait, is a type of braided hairstyle. Unlike the simplest form of three-strand braid, in which all of the hair is initially divided into three sections which are simultaneously gathered together near the scalp (also known as an “English braid”)

A French braid starts with three small sections of hair near the crown of the head; these initial sections are braided together toward the nape of the neck, gradually adding more hair to each section as it crosses in from the side into the center of the braid structure. The final result incorporates all of the hair into a smoothly woven pattern over the scalp, although as the French braid extends downward from the head it becomes indistinguishable from a normal braid.

If the main mass of hair is initially parted into two or more sections along the scalp that are kept separate from one another, multiple French braids may be created, each in its own section.

Compared to the simplest form of hair braid, a French braid has several practical advantages: it can restrain hair from the top of the head that is too short to reach the nape of the neck, and it spreads the weight and tension of the braid across a larger portion of the scalp. Its sleeker appearance is also sometimes viewed as more elegant and sophisticated. However, a French braid is more difficult to construct than a simple braid because…….

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Marketing and Advertising a Salon

Saturday, February 13, 2010 12:18
Marketing and Advertising a Salon

Come on in - I'm open

This could apply to any town but I’ll use my local town as a marker. You plan to open your hairdressing salon in Maidenhead. You should have started your advertising long before you plan to open (so I’m assuming that’s where you’re at right now.

…….What did you do?…..where did you advertise?

The usual?……OK….Maybe some of it’s acceptable but think of it for a minute. You’re in the same boat as your competition and if a client tries to step into the boat, there will be a bit of a scrap.

Yellow pages, local Maidenhead directory and a couple of the business journals like the Maidenhead Chamber of Commerce. You might think of those breakfast meetings they have but you’re not likely to be the only salon owner there. Still, you need to put yourself about a bit.

Hopefully you brought enough business with you from wherever you worked before so that should pay some bills but if you followed the budget principle I wrote about you should have something set aside for marketing and advertising on a fairly big scale, especially in the first year.

Many people don’t believe in advertising yet they sleep in an advertised bed, eat advertised food, watch advertised movies, wear advertised clothing and on and on it goes. Believe me, a good campaign will take you far but you mustn’t be afraid to spend.

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What is a Software Installation?

Sunday, January 31, 2010 3:28
Posted in category Computers
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How am I supposed to know that?

We aim to help those of you that know next to nothing about computers.

Installation (or setup) of a program (including drivers, plugins, etc.) is the act of putting the program onto a computer system so that it can be executed.

Some software can be executed by simply copying it to a computer and executing it with no further ado; no installation procedure as such is required. Other programs are supplied in a form not suitable for immediate execution, and require an installation procedure.

Installation may include unpacking of files supplied in a compressed form, copying them to suitable locations, tailoring the software to suit the hardware and the user’s preferences, providing information about the program to the operating system, and so on. The installer may test for system suitability and available mass storage space.

Because the requisite process varies for each program and each computer, many programs (including operating systems) come with a general-purpose or dedicated installer – a specialized program which automates most of the work required for their installation.

Some software is designed to be installed simply by copying their files to the desired location, and there is no formal installation process. This was once usual for many programs running under MS-DOS, Mac OS, Atari TOS, AmigaOS since early versions of these operating systems and actually it is very common and “de facto” standard in Mac OS X applications and is also used for many Windows applications.

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Computer Installation Jargon

Sunday, January 31, 2010 3:07
Posted in category Uncategorized

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See....I told you I'd installed it properly

There’s so much fear about installations and there needn’t be if you follow the rules.

Silent installation

Installation that does not display messages or windows during its progress. “Silent installation” is not the same as “unattended installation”, though it is often improperly used as such.

Unattended installation

Installation that is performed without user interaction during its progress or, in a stricter sense, with no user present at all, except eventually for the initial launch of the process. An installation process usually requires a user who “attends” it to make choices at request: accepting an EULA, specifying preferences and passwords, etc.

In graphical environments, installers that offer a wizard-based interface are common. However these installers may also provide command line switches that allow performing unattended installations.

Answer file

Some unattended installations can be driven by a script providing answers to the various choices such as the answer file which can be used when installing Microsoft Windows on a large number of machines.

Self installation

Unattended installation, without the need of ……You can read the full article at Computer Help London

Pre-Installed Software

Saturday, January 30, 2010 2:15
Posted in category Computers

That is Pre-Installed Software dear

Pre-installed software is the software already installed and licensed on a computer bought from an original equipment manufacturer (OEM). A company that produces hardware to be sold under another company’s brand

Benefits

Purchasing hardware and software together is cost-effective, and discounts are possible from OEMs on bulk orders.

Pre-installation provides the convenience of turnkey solution, when the user does not have to worry about installation of various commonly used software, such as operation system or word processors.

Drawbacks

Pre-installed software commonly suffers from one of more of the following problems:

  • Pre-installed software is commonly licensed for use only on the computer it was pre-installed, and is not transferable to other computers

  • Pre-installed software may be functionality or time limited, in a effort to get you to purchase the “full” version.

  • Pre-installed software may not come with any media, should you need to reinstall it.

  • Pre-installed software may modify or replace the default browser or system settings, in an effort to target specific advertisements to the user; or may otherwise contain functionality the user might consider to be malware.

  • Pre-installed software may consume system resources, even if not actively being run by the user.

  • Pre-installed software may be difficult for users to remove, such as via the standard uninstall utility provided by the system.

Craplets

Often new computers come with pre-installed software which the manufacturer was paid to include but is of dubious value to the purchaser……..You can read the full article at Computer Help London

Maidenhead Hairdressers Portable Salons

Monday, January 25, 2010 6:13
Posted in category Fashion, Mothers, Women
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Just One of the Girls at maidenhead-hairdressers

There seems to be a sudden expansion of portable hairdresser salons operating all over the place. including Maidenhead hairdressers. Some times the vehicle is a specially converted van and sometimes a ‘loosely’ named portable hairdressers service is someone visiting the client’s home.

Basically the mobile hairdresser is someone who is mobile or ‘on the move’ so he or she needs the use of special equipment that’s easy to carry.

The goal of a manufacturer of the specialist portable hair salon vehicle is to provide a portable hair salon station which has a relatively low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labour, and which is therefore affordable to me as a Maidenhead Hairdresser.

Portable hair salon stations can range from traditional to modern elegant with shampoo bowls at hair styling stations and more often these days, including super back wash units. Some of these maidenhead hairdresser’s portable salons are designed to impress clients as well as providing the amenities that a customer might demand and are available in many styles and prices.

Electricity is often supplied by a small generator and sometimes is connected to the client’s home although some sort of price decrease is agreed to reflect the cost.

The use of these mobile hairdresser salons is often for patients in care homes, hospitals or sparsely populated areas. The Polish communities in the UK are great users of mobile hairdresser units.

We had one at Maidenhead Hairdressers until recently.

Maidenhead Hairdressers

Monday, January 25, 2010 6:03
Posted in category Fashion, Women
Hairdressers in Maidenhead

Hairdressers in Maidenhead Can Even Do This

Wherever you go you’ll find Hairdressers in most towns and cities around the world, Maidenhead hairdressers included. Hairdressing is probably one of the longest going businesses in the world apart from the other one, also based around ladies.

It’s been recorded that razors have been found going back to the Bronze Age. A long time a go people that traded as hairdressers & barbers were also doctors, dentists and surgeons.

While performing a ‘medics’ there was often blood flowing, literally, and the red & white poles outside many hairdressers establishments were originally placed because towels soaking with blood were supposedly wrapped around poles to advertise a barber shop.

It’s obviously a lot more civilized and hygienic these days and at least the Maidenhead hairdressers tend to stick with dressing, cutting and styling hair. Hairdressers are now responsible for styling hair in new and wonderful fashions, but how do you find a good one, or one that you like? Well, here’s some advice, from a co-op of London Hairdressers,

Go on recommendation rather than a walk in. Ask your friends and colleagues who obviously use the services of a Maidenhead hairdresser who they go to. When it’s convenient, why not go there for the next hair do? Probably better if you have something simple at first while you look around at some of the work they do. 90% of a hairdresser’s clients comes by recommendation so they’ll try hard to look after you.

Price is another factor and obviously it must be inside your budget. Men can generally get a cheaper hair session at the hairdressers than women although men usually need it done more often. Even so, you can usually get a great price for what you want done.

Obviously famous stylists are more expensive than just a local salon however for special occasions getting your hair restyled by a well known professional is a great way of giving yourself a new and fresh look as an occasional treat.

Of course you won’t know how good they are with your particular type of hair until you’re finished. Did you get on well with your hairdresser, does your hair look nice and will it last to your expectations?

In my days as a Maidenhead hairdresser I was lucky enough to have a loyal set of regulars and of course the ‘gossip’ among us was rife.

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Maidenhead Hairdressers Choice

Monday, January 25, 2010 5:09
Posted in category Fashion, Women
Maidenhead Hairdressers Choice

Maidenhead Hairdressers Choice

How does a Maidenhead hairdresser choose which salon to work in, what are the motivations?

Generally they want to work with colleagues of a similar nature and also to have a competitive spirit and to produce good artistic work for their clients.

You’d imagine this was the norm but in fact it a rarity in many salons. These Maidenhead hairdressers guys and girls are artists therefore there will always be egos and insecurities between them and more often than not, customers can feel it.

So a salon owner has a problem with similarities to a movie producer. There is often a ‘diva’ prancing around and on some occasions, daggers are flying.

Even new clients can walk in and feel the tension in the salon….. that makes them nervous and the salon owner has to find a way to diffuse it.

He has to find a way for the personalities to work together in harmony and develop a salon that gives all it’s customers a great experience.

We’ve all had to work with those types that always stir up trouble out of jealousy.

If you’re a Maidenhead hairdresser reading this then you know you should only be competing with those other salons in your area, so get together with your hairdresser colleagues and come up with ways to make clients have a great experience and develop loyalty. After all, it’s your life and your future.

That’s what we do at Maidenhead Hairdressers

Burn The Fat Feed The Muscle

Thursday, June 18, 2009 12:18

Don’t Give up Eating

My name is Peter. I’m the editor of several websites devoted to natural foods and alternative health and I’m also an e-zine articles.com expert author. Over the years, many of my readers have asked me, “What is the best and healthiest way to lose weight?”

Although I know a lot about health and nutrition, the truth is, I didn’t have an answer to the weight loss question. In fact, I was a bit frustrated with the whole weight loss thing myself, because I eat VERY clean, healthy and natural foods and yet I still had a problem with stomach fat. Not that I was obese or anything, but even having a little bit of a belly is annoying and even embarrassing.

So, to help my readers as well as myself, I started a little research project. I scoured the Internet for knowledge about losing weight, looking better and most importantly, doing it in a way that was healthy and natural.

In my searches, I came across a lot of the same sites you’ve probably seen – I heard all the usual hype about diet pills, exotic weight loss berries, 4-minute workout routines, ab machines, as well as sites telling you about the worst foods in America and everything you were forbidden to eat.

Then I came across one website that sounded different: “Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle.” I said to myself, “That’s exactly what I want to do – burn off the fat and feed my muscle! I know I need to eat healthy, but I don’t want to deprive or starve myself to death just to get a flat stomach.”

To be honest, it sounded great, but don’t all these programs on the Internet sound great at first? Was this just another one that will fail me in the end? I was intrigued enough that I decided to………………… Read more? and see what it did for my belly….Hm!

Raw Food Diet

Sunday, May 3, 2009 1:36
Posted in category Diet & Nutrition, Health, Men, Women

Raw Food Diet
What is it? (There’s a short video below with a very mouth watering lunch just to tempt you)

Have you heard about the Raw Food Diet?  It’s gaining popularity and buzz, not just as a diet to lose weight, but a diet for a long and healthy life. We eat so much in the way of processed food that we don’t even stop to think about what we’re putting into our bodies, and how far we’ve come nutritionally from our ancestral, agrarian roots.

April Gold members at My Online Health and Fitness Club will recall last month’s article on ‘Caveman Cuisine’. This discipline confirms it.

A raw food diet means consuming food in its natural, unprocessed form. There are several common-sense rationales for why this is a good idea. Processing and cooking food can and does take so much of the basic nutritional value away.

Think of some of the conventional wisdom you’ve heard about for years, such as: If you cook pasta just to the al dente (or medium) stage, it will have more calories, yes, but it will have more the nutritional value in it than if you cooked it to a well-done stage. Or you probably remember hearing not to peel carrots or potatoes too deeply, because most of the nutrients and values are just under the surface.

The raw food diet means eating unprocessed, uncooked, organic, whole foods, such as fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, legumes, dried fruits, seaweeds, etc. It means a diet that is at least 75% uncooked! Cooking takes out flavor and nutrition from vegetables and fruits. A raw food diet means eating more the way our ancient ancestors did. Our healthier, more fit ancestors cooked very little, and certainly didn’t cook or process fruits and vegetables. They ate them RAW. Their water wasn’t from a tap, it was natural, spring water. Maybe they drank some coconut milk on occasion.

Doesn’t it just make sense that this is how our bodies were meant to eat? It’s a way of eating that’s in harmony with the planet and in harmony with our own metabolisms. Our bodies were meant to work, and need to work to be efficient. That means exercise, certainly, but it also means eating natural, raw foods that require more energy to digest them.

Why The Raw Food Diet

Because cooking takes so many nutrients and vitamins OUT of food, we automatically start feeding our body what it needs when we stop cooking food and start eating uncooked, nutrient-rich foods. A raw carrot has exponentially more nutrition than a cooked carrot.

Cooking also alters the chemistry of foods, often making them harder to digest. Why do we have so many digestive problems in most western countries? Because we’re putting foods into our bodies in a form that we weren’t designed to absorb. High fiber, high water content fresh produce abolishes constipation of the bowels, cells and circulatory system. Obstructions are cleared and blood flow increases to each and every cell in the body. Enhanced blood flow is significant for two reasons: as mentioned above, blood delivers nutrients and oxygen to living cells, and carries away their toxic metabolites.

Obesity is endemic in the west. The diet industry is more profitable than the oil companies. Why? Because the way we eat and prepare our food practically guarantees that we’ll overeat. Psychologists tell us that we overeat because our souls are hungry. But in reality, our bodies are hungry, even though we may feel full. When you start giving your body the nutrients it craves, overeating will cease.

Eating raw foods is a boost to your metabolism as well. It takes a little more energy to digest raw foods, but it’s a healthy process. Rather than spending energy to rid itself of toxins produced by cooking food, the body uses its energy to feed every cell, sending vitamins, fluids, enzymes and oxygen to make your body the efficient machine it was intended to be.

You’ll naturally stop overeating, because your body and brain will no longer be starving for the nutrients they need. A starving brain will trigger the thoughts that make you overeat. The brain and the rest of your body don’t need quantity; they need quality.

I shall be doing a series on raw food in My Online Health and Fitness Club over the next few months

Peter Charalambos

DEPRESSION, ANXIETY AND HOMEOPATHY

Saturday, May 2, 2009 22:22
Posted in category Health, Mothers, Women

DEPRESSION, ANXIETY AND HOMEOPATHY
By Joette Calabrese, HMC, CCH, RSHom (NA)

She was one of those women who had everything: a loving husband, beautiful, healthy children, a well-run, stylish home, and intelligence to boot. She considered her life in order and often pondered it with satisfaction. She was slightly spoiled.

It wasn’t always that way though. Only fifteen years earlier she was single and suffering from debilitating depression, anxiety attacks and chronic fatigue. These were not the typical premenstrual blues and occasional anxiety attacks; they were the overwhelming, life-altering sort. Her life was bulging with medical drama and constant searching for answers. “Why,” she would whimper, “is this happening to me?” The answers were vague and confusing. From doctor to doctor she traveled only to find her inescapable illness deepening with each new medication.

Then one day, purely by accident, a friend mentioned that a relative had visited a homeopath which resulted in a cure of his anxiety attacks. Intriguing, she considered. It was an easy decision. She solicitously dragged herself into the initial visit only half believing anything could save her from her life of chronic suffering.

Yet, she was struck by the first meeting. Impressively, the homeopath spent nearly two hours in consultation with her, completely focused on what she had to say. “Everything about you is important,” clarified the homeopath, “even the position in which you sleep.” If nothing else, it was refreshing to have someone listen to her with genuine interest.

She left the homeopath’s office with renewed hope, because it was the first time anyone had eXplained what was going on. The homeopath told her that each medication she had been taking was concealing a symptom that was not only causing more serious ones but was suppressing her body’s ability to adjust to her condition. And further, her symptoms were not the culprits, but were gifts of insight that directed the homeopath toward finding the remedy that precisely suited her.

Once the correct remedy was determined, her sufferings would no longer be veiled but slowly melt away one by one. It might take some time, warned the homeopath, but over weeks, energy would be gained, anxiety diminished and perspective restored. Most important, homeopathy isn’t a cover-up of symptoms, but a proven world-wide medical method that uproots illness on both the physical and mental plane.

The day after her first dose of Aurum metallicum was a remarkable one. It so happened that she hoped she could eke out a day of one simple task. She simply wanted to organize a file she was compiling to build a case for social security benefits since she was no longer capable of work.

She had grown accustomed to measuring her time and tasks according to what her symptoms allowed. Most days were relegated to about an hour or two of productive time while the remainder was spent napping, peppered with anxiety attacks and weeping.

This day was different. Instead of the expected, she found herself organizing other files, too, and even wandering into the kitchen and making soup from scratch. This was a once-relished task that had also been left behind due to her mounting fatigue. Yet, here she was working and providing herself with a nourishing meal!

When she finished lunch, she noticed the pantry needed tidying. Instead of postponing the task as usual, she took it on with renewed gusto. “Hey,” she thought, “I remember this feeling. . . it’s the way I used to feel in college; energetic, capable and motivated.” It was then that she realized she hadn’t felt well for probably a decade. After the last jar of beans was wiped and returned to the shelf, she scanned the room for another undertaking. Maybe I’ll just start a load of laundry, she considered.

And so the day went: task after task accomplished with ease, unlike any other day for what seemed a life time. That night, as she lay her head on the pillow she took pleasure in reflecting on the accomplishments of the day and only hoped this had something to do with the homeopathic remedy.
“Nah, just a fluke,” she decided, and fell deeply asleep.

Yet, upon awakening the next morning, despite the cold, damp weather, a factor that had always worsened her depression, she prepared herself for another productive day. This happened day after day for nearly a fortnight when finally she experienced a panic attack. She wept a little, too; more out of grief that her new well-being might be coming to an end.

Then something uncommon happened. Just when the panic was coming to the usual breathless pitch, it abruptly stopped. And instead of the telltale exhaustion and residual diarrhea, there was a sense of calm. If it hadn’t been for the fact that it was nearly midnight, she would have phoned her homeopath. Instead, she jotted down her experiences of the last two weeks to report at their next meeting.

And so it went. Day after day, week after week, the depression appeared only occasionally, now shorter, now less dramatic. Her desire to go out and her stamina returned. The prescription medications she once depended on had now been eliminated; so had the over-the-counter ones, and she began experiencing the life she always envisioned. After a few more visits to the homeopath, her irregular and debilitating menses were also brought to normalcy and she stopped taking naps altogether.

This was about the time she met her future husband. They were introduced at a mutual friend’s house-the one who had earlier shared the homeopath’s name. Innocently, the friend wore strong perfume, a previous trigger to anxiety, yet none of this made our heroine ill. Instead she was particularly clever and charming that night, which caught his attention. No more fogginess and anxiety. Her intelligence sparkled.

Their marriage has been blessed with two children who are both taken to her now beloved homeopath for any ills. Conventional medications are not considered in her or her family’s lives. It’s homeopathy for all ofthem. Depression is a,thing of the past. So is the fatigue, diarrhea, anxiety, foggy thinking and menstrual disorders.

She has a good life, rich with the blessings of a family and vigorous health. It only looks from the outside like a privileged life was bestowed upon her. Perhaps she has higher-than-average expectations, hence the ability to bring them to fruition. There is an assumed excellence that comes from abundant health that she and her family have come to enjoy. Indeed, homeopathy has spoiled her.

Joette Calabrese, HMC,CCH,RSHom(Na) is a classical homeopath and educator. She is on staff at the British Institute of Homeopathy, Chautauqua Institute, Chautauqua, NY and Daemen College, Amherst, iVY Her CD, “Perform in the Stonn,” is a convenient study of homeopathic first aid and is a natural accompaniment to her phone-seminars. Her CD, “Secret Spoonjitls; Confessions of Sneaky 1110711, ” is a Weston Price styled primer. She is also the author of the book Cure Yourself and Family with Homeopathy. She can be reached at 716.941.1045 for phone consultations or visit www.homeopathyyvorks.net. To be placed on the mailing list leave your email on the website.

Published with kind permission of the Weston A. Price Foundation

Caveman Cuisine

Friday, May 1, 2009 21:40
Posted in category Health, Men, Mothers, Women

Caveman Cuisine

By Sally Fallon and Mary G. Enig, PhD

Low fat diets, claim the pundits of medical orthodoxy, have been associated with good health and longevity throughout the globe and since the dawn of time. The research of Weston Price proves otherwise. From the Eskimo of Alaska to the hardy Alpiner, from Gaelic villager to African tribesman, Price discovered that all healthy indigenous people had a plentiful source of animal fat in the diet. Such Neolithic groups could still be found when Price embarked on his eventful travels back in the 1930s. But no one, of course, not even the indefatigable Dr. Price, could visit our Paleolithic forbearers, the so-called cave men.

The lack of direct evidence about our hunter-gatherer ancestors—who by definition neither cultivated crops nor domesticated farm animals—allows limitless conjecture about the content of their diets. The low fat school claims that the cave man ate lean meat, supplemented by copious amounts of plant foods in the form of sprouts, roots, fruits, berries and leaves; dissenting investigators assert that the cave man imbibed animal fat first and foremost, along with the meat to which it was attached, and very little in the way of foods from the vegetable kingdom. Both schools of thought are in agreement that the cave man diet was otherwise Spartan, lacking foodstuffs that were either salty or sweet.

Dr. Walter L Voegtlin argues for the high fat model in his book The Stone Age Diet, published in 1975. Humans are carnivorous animals he asserts, and the Stone Age diet was that of a carnivore—chiefly fats and protein, with only small amounts of carbohydrates. He notes that like the carnivorous dog, man has canine teeth, ridged molars and incisors in both jaws. His jaw is designed for crushing and tearing, and moves in vertical motions. Mastication of his food is unnecessary and he does not ruminate. His stomach holds two quarts, empties in three hours, rests between meals, lacks bacteria and protozoa, secretes large quantities of hydrochloric acid and does not digest cellulose.

His digestive tract is short relative to body length, his cecum is nonfunctional and his appendix vestigial. His rectum is small, contains putrefactive bacterial flora and does not contribute to the digestive process. The volume of feces is small; digestive efficiency borders on 100%; his gall bladder is active and well developed. Both the dog and man feed intermittently and can survive without a stomach or colon.

The herbivorous sheep, by contrast…..Read the full article

Vitamins That Promote Healthy Aging

Tuesday, July 1, 2008 0:14
Posted in category Health, Men, Mothers, Women

Vitamins That Promote Healthy Aging

People don’t realize what vitamins can do for them.  Vitamins are great for those who need them.  On the other hand,  if you have sufficient vitamins from good food then you won’t need regimens of vitamins. But how do you know?  Not one person has been reported as dying from taking vitamins. Vitamins will make you look younger and feel younger as well as make you feel good about yourself,  providing you need regimens suited for your system.

How do I learn what vitamins are good for me?
We get natural vitamins in the foods we eat. Some times, you do not get the right amount so you have to take vitamins, which come in many ways. You can get them in a pill form, liquid, powder, etc. If the vitamins you choose do not work for you, your doctor can give you a shot. You can get almost all the vitamins you may need at local drug stores. You’ll find vitamins at supermarkets,  department stores and so on.

If you can’t determine which vitamins are right for you, check with your doctor as he may have some recommendations.  In fact, you should visit your family doctor first and ask him/her, which vitamins may be suitable for your body type.

How vitamins help you:
Taking vitamins will help you to relieve stress and vitamins will help control your weight as well as helping keep you from getting sick with the common cold and the flu.   There are many vitamins to help you out. You can check out at your local pharmacy many different kinds. I personally find that they are more expensive than online suppliers like Healthy Living Store as an example.

What kinds of vitamins should I consider and for what purpose?
You have a wide array of vitamins to choose from, including B1, B12, B6, E, D, K, A, and so on. B1 is designed to help your heart function in order. The vitamin will assist your central nervous system as well, helping you to have a better attitude in life. B1 will give you energy, since it is known to swap blood sugar, transferring it to energy. B1 promotes a healthy mucous membrane, and will promote the muscular and cardio functions.

How to decide if you need vitamins:
Some things that you may feel if you are low on vitamins are fatigue.  You may feel muscle tenderness, or experience insomnia. Insomnia can benefit from Melatonin supplements. You can get natural vitamins from corn breads, nuts, oatmeal, cereal, wheat and so on. Eat plenty of veggies and fruits also to get the vitamins you need.

If you have colds, you can benefit from Vitamin C. If you are searching for anti-aging vitamins consider E, since According to experts, Vitamin E is responsible for preserving oxygen in the blood, reduce more than 40% of the oxygen amount the heart needs as well.  Vitamin E also has been linked to influential anti-coagulants. Some experts believe the vitamin will slow blood clotting by dilating the blood vessels.  If you searching for the vitamin to help you stay young and healthy, then Vitamin E that contains 200 or more  units is for you.

According to German experts Wolf and Luczak Vitamin E is a stabilizer for youth and strong blood. If this is true, then dying cells will be replaced quickly by new cells. Dying cells is responsible for many diseases, including cancer, AIDS, HIV, leukemia and so on. In fact, T-Cells that deteriorate is responsible for AIDS, certain types of cancers, herpes simplex, and so on.

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Vitamin E for Healthy Aging

Monday, June 30, 2008 22:56
Posted in category Health, Men, Women

Vitamin E for Healthy Aging

Did you know that at least 200 UI daily of vitamin E can help fight various diseases? Studies found that alpha tocopherol, or Vitamin E has proven to fight particular diseases. Studies show that Vitamin E may help with oxygen preserving and potentially offers cure for various disease.

Taking 200 IU daily may trim down up to 40% or more of oxygen preserves, which controls bodily organs and the heart. The vitamin seems to have an anti-coagulant? that has proven to support the overall bodily functions. Vitamin E was discovered to reduce blood clotting and can help prevent heart disease.

The vitamin is said to assist with dilating flowing blood vessels. This means the heart will receive the blood flow it deserves to stay healthy. Vitamin E has also been linked to an anti-aging solution. Many doctors believe that this helpful vitamin will stabilize a person’s overall development or maturity. In fact, German doctors called Vitamin E the fountain of youth. In extensive studies, vitamin E was found to promote blood flow. According to the findings, Vitamin E when present is an resister to aging.

Vitamin E is linked to promoting hemoglobin. Since aging has an unknown affect on blood cells and bone marrow, doctors believe that Vitamin E’s support to hemoglobin is a potential solution to solving disease related to hemoglobin. Our hemoglobin structure detains oxygen for an extended time, which means that oxygen will flow smoothly. Vitamin E has been linked to reduced risks of disease, since it is said that oxygen will stay within the cavities of hemoglobin at a lengthier time. This means that the person will live a healthy, youthful life.

Sometimes as we grow older, the blood that forms in our system slows. Vitamin E works to allow blood to flow smoothly. In view of the facts, doctors found that this vitamin may reduce the risks of anemia. Vitamin E was discovered to perhaps purify the blood, which allows it to flow smooth throughout the body.

As we grow older, our body experiences many changes, which prompts aging plaques. These plaques when build will cause wrinkling, sagging, crowfeet, and other aging signs. Vitamin E works to maintain metabolism by potentially keeping away fatty acids, which are saturated. (Learn more about hydrocarbons and peroxides, which are aging toxins)

At what time saturated fats join with Vitamin E to slow aging. We need a degree of fatty acids, yet when the acids build it creates elements that promote aging. Vitamin E has shown signs of controlling the blood fats, keeping the fats at bay. Blood fat is also linked to aging. Therefore, we can see that vitamin E has much to offer. Yet, some experts argue that Vitamin E has side-effects that could cause harm; many other experts uphold the ability of support that Vitamin E offers.

Vitamin E has also shown signs of reducing ailments of the muscles. The healthy regimen of vitamin E daily according to experts can reduce arthritic symptoms. According to experts, arthritis and its sister components may link to rapid aging.

Vitamin E has shown to reduce leg cramps. In fact, studies were conducted by qualifying doctors who tested their patients. The patients complained of leg cramp, which doctors recommended Vitamin E. During this particular study the patient who ceased Vitamin E reported cramping in the legs.

The patient was asked to start up the vitamin once more and when he returned to visit his doctor, the leg cramps ceased. The studies were conducted at the California or American Colleges of Physician. To learn more about vitamins as well as vitamin E and what they can do for you simply click the link above.

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