Archive for January, 2009

Diabetes Mellitus Symptoms and Definition

Diabetes mellitus is a disorder of glucose metabolism which is either due to the inability of the pancreas to produce sufficient insulin needed for the body, or also can be the inability of body cells to use the insulin available.
 
The normal blood glucose level ranges from 70-100 mg per 100 ml but if the [...]

January 22, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Laxative Abuse & Herbs With a Laxative Effect

When fiber and fluid won’t get rid of your constipation, people often use stimulant laxatives.  Ex-Lax was one the most popular, but there was a problem with these types of products.
 
Studies sponsored by the National Toxicology Program found that phenolphthalein produced “clear evidence of carcinogenic activity” in laboratory animals.  Research also showed that this common [...]

January 21, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Prunes as a Laxative

When you gotta go, you gotta go.  Americans have constipation problems, which is why laxatives serve a $750 million a year industry. 
 
Many of the popular herbal remedies contained powerful cathartics.  These so called natural laxatives will send you running to the bathroom.
 
Americans are in fact so constipated they don’t know what normal bowel movements [...]

January 21, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Vitamin C And Cold Vitamins

Vitamin C of course is the most common cold remedy.  The scientific evidence of this preventing the common cold may be weak, but most people know it helps.  However, a substantial amount of data shows that it helps the immune system, relieve symptoms, and shortens the duration of the cold.
 
You can double you normal dosage [...]

January 21, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Herbal Cold Relief

Echinacea
 
The hottest commercial cold product in health food stores and many pharmacies is Echinacea.  German researchers have shown that Echinacea can stimulate the immune system. 
 
It also boosts the body’s production of natural killers cells and increases alpha interferon production.  Both of these play a critical role in fighting off the viral cold infections.  One [...]

January 21, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Natural Remedies For A Cold

Who knows where the hot toddy remedy came from or why it’s so popular, but it seems to work quite well.  The alcohol just might have something to do with it.
 
The recipe involves hot water, jigger of rum, a teaspoon of sugar, and some lemon juice.  Actually the sugar would normally hurt your immune system, [...]

January 21, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Prescription Cold Medicine Hazards & Old School Remedy

A billion dollar pharmaceutical business gets rich on this misery – sniffles, sneezes, and sore throats.  But despite the TV ads promising instant relief, most over the counter cold medicines just don’t do it.  Antihistamines are a mainstay of the runny- nose market because they help with allergies and hay fever, but they provide almost [...]

January 21, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Cholesterol Cure Treatment is Outlawed by Lobbyist

This is one of the most amazing stories of FDA confusion you are likely to run across, and that’s saying something, because there are a lot.  A company called Pharmanex investigated ancient Chinese healing practices.  One of the products that looked especially promising was HongQu (red yeast rice), with a healing history of 1,000 years.  [...]

January 21, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Herbal Remedies for High Cholesterol

Garlic
 
One of the staples of Mediterranean cooking is garlic.  What’s a good pasta sauce without generous portions of garlic?  More than 200 papers have been published demonstrating that garlic can reduce total cholesterol, reduce bad cholesterol LDL, improve blood flow through capillaries, and reduce the risk of blood clots through its antiplatelet action. 
 
Not all [...]

January 21, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

What Herbs & Vitamins Will Lower Your Cholesterol Part 2

B vitamins
 
Niacin is probably the best B vitamin, but it isn’t the only one.  Folic acid, vitamin B6, and vitamin B12 are also crucial.  Remember homocysteine?  This amino acid is thought to be at least as bad as cholesterol for you arteries.  If you eat any meats you will elevate homocysteine levels, since it is [...]

January 21, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments