The New Dangers Discovered in Drilling

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Once the weather gets warm, the air is filled with the smell of barbecued foods in suburban backyards everywhere. A hearty cookout is practically a right of passage on summer evenings. And whatever you prefer to grill, be it burgers, chicken, shrimp, vegetables, or anything else on the barbecue, just make sure you are not serving a side of grill brush wires with it.

That's right, it turns out that some of us are actually ingesting the bristle wires from the brushes that we use for cleaning grill grates. According to new information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there have been numerous hospital visits for both adults and children with injuries from swallowing these wires along with food. The report documented 12 cases of internal injuries due to wire ingestion of this kind (many more are undocumented). In all of the cases, some form of pain began shortly after eating barbecued food…and each patient said a wire grill brush was used to clean the grill prior to cooking.

The wire bristles were responsible for a number of different types of injuries. Some were found to have perforated tissue in the throat, producing pain upon swallowing and necessitating an emergency room visit. Others were even more acute, such as serious damage taking place within the gastrointestinal tract. In these cases, emergency surgery was required to repair the organs and prevent peritonitis, an inflammation of the abdomen caused by leaking blood or fluids. Making matters worse, not all hospital personnel think to check for bristle-related injuries so the initial diagnosis may go in a different direction. Even if doctors order a CT scan of the abdominal region to determine the source of the pain, it may be difficult to see the wire bits in typical imaging.

In other words, you might want to play it safe and avoid cleaning your grill with this sort of brush to eliminate a small but potentially very dangerous hazard. At the very least, you might want to wipe your grill down with a damp paper towel after wire brushing it. Or consider alternative methods to get those grill grates clean. For instance, you can use a scouring pad such as Brillo or even a wad of aluminum foil to scrape debris off of your grill. Another option is to burn any residue away by using the heat of the barbecue itself. This can be done at your convenience, since it doesn't require any work on your part except turning up the gas, but it does use gas that could otherwise be saved for cooking. Other people swear by the cleansing power of natural products like onions. To try this, cut an onion in half and use the cut side to rub any remaining grease off the still-warm grates.

Or, you could try to cut out (or at least cut down substantially on) your grilling. Research has proven that cooking meats -- and that means beef, chicken, pork, and even fish -- at very high temperatures can cause the formation of heterocyclic amines (HCAs). The longer you cook the meat and the more well done you make it, the greater the accumulation of HCAs. And HCAs have been linked to cancer in numerous studies.

If you refuse to give up on your summer barbecuing, at least try to counteract these carcinogens you are consuming by marinating your meat thoroughly before grilling. Research conducted at Kansas State University in 2008 found that marinating meat sharply reduces the level of HCAs. Every type of marinade used in the study lowered the amount of HCAs found in the food, with the reduction ranging from 57 percent to an amazing 88 percent. The numbers likely varied based on the herbs used and therefore the levels of antioxidants present. So, if you do feel the need to grill your food on occasion, at least counteract those carcinogens with a healthy dose of herbal marinade.

What do you do if you get invited to a barbecue you can't pass up, where you will have no control over the preparation of the meat? Just make sure you include lots of antioxidants in your diet and/or supplementation routine. Although at that point, you may be back to square one in needing to check your hamburger for bits of wire bristles just in case.

Ways to Optimize your Intestinal Health

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The Baseline of Health Program uses a four-pronged approach for optimizing your intestinal health.

1. A good source of soluble fiber to compensate for all of the fiberless processed foods, meat, and dairy that we eat. The two best sources of fiber are psyllium seed husks and freshly ground organic flaxseed meal. (It should be freshly ground, or at the very least stabilized, so that it does not go rancid.) One tablespoon of psyllium each day or 1.5 tablespoons of ground flax in the morning and evening with juice will keep you regular. Flax also provides you with healthy omega-3 essential oils. In addition, the sulfur-rich proteins and lignans present in the seeds work hand in hand with the omega-3 oils to reverse mutated cells and prevent cancer from taking root in your body.
    
2. Most people will need a stimulating herbal colon-activator formula that provides both cleansing and healing to the entire gastrointestinal system (at least until their colons rebuild). Look for a formula that contains all organic herbs such as cape aloe, senna, cascara sagrada, barberry, ginger root, Terminalia cherbula, African bird pepper, and fennel. This formula will serve as an intestinal detoxifier to loosen and draw out old fecal matter, waste, and toxins. It will stimulate peristalsis (the muscular movement of the colon), halt putrefaction, and disinfect, soothe, and heal the mucous membrane lining of your entire digestive tract. These herbal formulas can also help improve digestion, relieve gas and cramps, increase the flow of bile (which in turn cleans the gallbladder, bile ducts, and liver), destroy Candida albicans overgrowth and expel intestinal parasites, and promote a healthy intestinal flora.
    
3. Periodically (approximately every three to six months), you will need a strong purifier and intestinal vacuum to help draw old fecal matter off the walls of your colon and out of any bowel pockets and to also draw out poisons, toxins, and heavy metals from your body. Such a formula will also remove over 2,000 known drug residues as well as radioactive residues. Look for a formula that contains all organic herbs such as apple fruit pectin, pharmaceutical-grade montmorillonite clay, slippery elm bark, licorice root, marshmallow root, fennel seed, pau d’arco, activated willow charcoal, and psyllium seeds and husks. The natural mucilaginous properties of this formula will soften old hardened fecal matter for easy removal. This also makes it an excellent remedy for any inflammation or irritation in the stomach and intestines. This formula is helpful in irritable bowel syndrome, diverticular disease, hemorrhoids, and even food poisoning or stomach flu.
    
4. Consistent use of a good probiotic formula is essential to promote the growth of beneficial bacteria colonies in the intestinal tract. Also, for some people, a good probiotic formula alone will serve to wake up their colon and get it working again.

Weather-Related Migraines

Today's Daily Health TipIf you are a migraine sufferer, you most likely have a few things on your list to avoid everyday headaches. Items such as wine, certain cheeses, and caffeine are known to trigger the terrible headaches in many people. But while it's not all that difficult to eliminate coffee from your daily routine (for most of us), you may not have such an easy time controlling the weather. And new research has found that changes in the weather can bring on migraines in some people.

The study, conducted at Taipei Veterans Hospital in Taiwan, discovered a strong association between the weather and milder migraines, which may not be a factor that many people consider when they think about what might have been their trigger. There were 66 participants in the experiment, all of whom had a history of migraines. For a one-year period, they recorded each time a migraine came on as well as what the possible triggers might have been. More than 50 percent of the volunteers noticed a link between the headaches and changes in the temperature.

When the researchers analyzed the data, they found that the weather pattern truly seemed to influence the formation of the migraines in approximately 20 percent of the cases. It was more pronounced when weather was particularly cold than in hotter weather. And these weather changes tended to set off milder migraines more commonly than stronger, more severe headaches.

Not all migraine sufferers are aware that the weather can be a potential trigger for some of them. It is, in fact, one of the most common factors. Changes in barometric pressure, strong sunshine, and rainy weather have all been known to set migraines in motion. Stress is actually the number one most frequent trigger. Some of the other most prevalent triggers are certain foods as mentioned earlier, changes in your sleep pattern, hormone fluctuations in women, skipping meals, bright light, and strong odors. Many people who experience migraines are able to pinpoint one or more of these (or other) factors as triggers, while others never figure out just what sets them off.

Triggers may get a migraine rolling, but they are not an actual cause of the headache. Migraines are really due to a combination of heredity and the environment. These types of headaches strongly run in families; if one parent has a history of getting migraines, the child has a 50 percent chance of developing them too, and if both parents are migraine sufferers, the risk is increased to 75 percent for the child. Scientists are not sure exactly how migraines form, but they are believed to stem from changes in serotonin levels in the brain. Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that helps different parts of the brain send signals to each other. It affects many of our bodily systems, including mood, sleep, appetite, and memory.

Two-thirds of migraine sufferers are women, and they tend to strike 20 to 50-year-olds the most. Migraines typically last somewhere between four hours and three days and can provoke feelings of nausea, a throbbing sensation on one side of the head, visual disturbances, and sensitivity to lights, sounds, and smells. They can be truly debilitating to those who get migraine attacks frequently.

If you do suffer from weather-related migraines, your doctor may suggest taking a pharmaceutical medication. All of the drugs prescribed to treat migraines have side effects and many of them are potentially serious. Aside from chest pain, nausea, dizziness, and muscle weakness, they have been linked to stroke and heart attack. So what's a person getting migraines to do? First of all, pay attention to your triggers. Keep a journal so you can determine patterns to the headaches and figure out what may be bringing them on. Then, make the necessary effort to avoid all suspected triggers. Obviously if the weather is a trigger, there isn't much you can do about it. But you can minimize other potential triggers by getting enough rest, eating well, and de-stressing when impending weather changes may cause problems. And try supplementation with natural progesterone creme. Because migraines are so closely associated with hormone levels, a little transdermal progesterone applied to the temples, back of the neck, and forehead can help relieve migraines quickly and completely for many people.

The Health Benefits of Green Tea

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This week, for your featured ingredient, we are taking a closer look at one of the best-known supplements in the world, green tea. It has been touted for everything from weight loss to cancer prevention to longevity. It's used by serious herbalists (who actually understand it), and it's used in some of the most basic formulas in the world such as One A Day WeightSmart, albeit at meaningless pixie dust levels.

How it Works
Green tea antioxidants are of the same family as grape seed and pine bark extracts. They are polyphenols, chief of which are the flavonoids called proanthocyanidins. In green tea, the main proanthocyanidins are the catechins, and the most powerful of the catechins is Epigallocatechin Gallate (EGCG), found in the high concentrations in green tea. Why don't other teas have similar properties – particularly since many of them come from the same plant, Camellia sinensis? Quite simply, what sets green tea apart is the way it is processed. Green tea leaves are lightly fermented and steamed, which prevents the EGCG compound from being oxidized. By contrast, black and oolong tea leaves are made from heavily fermented leaves, which results in the EGCG being converted into other compounds that are not as effective in preventing and fighting various diseases.

The Benefits
The reported benefits of green tea are multitudinous…and well studied. For example, green tea inhibits tumor growth in a variety of cancers including: breast, lung, and prostate cancers. Specifically, the EGCG in green tea works to suppress angiogenesis, the growth of blood vessels that tumors need to survive. And if that's not enough -- stopping the growth of cancer at the front end -- green tea polyphenols have been shown to inhibit metastasis, the spread of cancer at the back end. And finally, EGCG is the first known natural telomerase inhibitor. That is to say, it eliminates the "immortality" of cancer cells which is their trademark and which makes them so deadly. The bottom line is that green tea is particularly effective in destroying the causes of leukemia, prostate cancer, breast cancer, and seems to provide the best protection known in terms of preventing lung cancer. And green tea seems to be able to almost totally prevent cancer causing DNA damage in smokers -- a possible explanation as to why the Japanese, who are among the world's heaviest smokers, have such a low incidence of lung cancer.

And the benefits of green tea don't stop there. It has also been shown to be effective in regulating blood sugar⁴, reducing cholesterol and triglycerides, and in reversing the ravages of heart disease. (Incidentally, the Japanese, who drink large amounts of green tea, have some of the lowest rates of cardiovascular disease in the world too.)

And finally, green tea has great benefits for the brain as well. It serves as an effective MAO inhibitor. It also protects against brain-cell death from glucose oxidase, over-production of nitric oxide, and it lowers the amount of free iron reaching the brain (a bad thing). The net result is that there are strong indications that green tea extract may play a major role in protecting against both Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease.

One important thing to note on green tea is that you should never mix it with any form of dairy. A new study published in Europe shows that having milk with your tea totally negates the health benefits of drinking tea -- whether green, white, or black. It turns out that the casein in milk blocks the catechins in tea. So, just make sure you don’t use green tea supplements while consuming dairy products (other than whey). It would seem that you're wasting your money.

Dangers at the Beach

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Colorful umbrellas, a cooler, waves gently lapping the shore -- these things conjure images of glorious days at the beach. On sunny afternoons when the water sparkles, only pessimists worry about Jaws lurking under the surface. But in truth, your seemingly bucolic swimming spot just might be the site of dangers even Jaws should shun.

And no, the chief dangers aren't rip currents that could sweep you into the deep blue, nor poisonous jellyfish waiting to sting, nor even potentially carcinogenic sunscreens. The dangers we're talking about are those that come from out-of-control beach pollution. The Environmental Protection Agency says that more than 3.5 million people in the US get sick every year after coming into contact with raw sewage at the beach. The raw sewage can be in water that looks perfectly fine for a dip; you don't necessarily know when your swim exposes you to a bacterial nightmare. That's why the EPA says that 3.5 million figure, in reality, might be a gross underestimate. When people get sick after a swim at the beach, they don't necessarily know it's because the water was toxic, which means they don't report it.

Contamination usually happens after a heavy rainfall when untreated waste washes into storm drains that empty right into the ocean. The rainfall can cause overflow at sewage treatment plants. Also, rivers and streams typically terminate by flowing into larger bodies of water, and after heavy rainfall, they carry debris, agricultural runoff, wildlife waste, industrial contaminants, and yes, sewage right to your favorite wading spot. So the pretty place where the river meets the sea may well be the most toxic location on the shore, as is the juncture where the stream dumps into the lake. And so rule of thumb number one is to take your swim far from where the river or stream empties into the beach; go to the other side.

The problem of beach polluted beaches is shockingly widespread, and the number of polluted beaches across the US continues to rise at a rapid rate. In 2011, the EPA issued a report evaluating 3,650 beaches. A horrifying forty-three percent had been issued at least one warning for conditions that posed a risk to public health during the swimming season. The year before, 37 percent of all beaches had to be closed due to pollution, up from 33 percent the previous year. Looked at another way, between 2009 and 2011, the number of beach closings due to pollution spiked by 29 percent. At that rate, we'll have no place left to swim (except chlorinated pools) 20 years from now.

While some of the beach closings were caused by the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the overwhelming majority -- or 70 percent -- were due to bacterial contamination. For perspective, consider that the oil spill caused 10,000 beach closure, advisory, and notice days at 88 beaches in four states over a two year period. But bacterial contamination caused at least 27,000 precautionary and closure days in 2011 alone.

According to a report issued by the National Resources Defense Council, "Illnesses associated with polluted beach water include stomach flu, skin rashes, pinkeye, respiratory infections, meningitis, and hepatitis." That gives a whole different cast to the joy of doing a back float.

And by the way, if you're feeling smug about your pristine shore, assuming all the dirty beaches were near places like industrial Rahway, New Jersey, or Detroit, think again. Even idyllic tourist spots in Florida, Maine, and Hawaii showed contamination and suffered from closures due to pollution. For instance, in Hawaii, 209 beaches were closed in 2011 for a total of 3,116 days because of "brown water" contamination. The region with the highest number of days exceeding allowable levels of pollution was the Great Lakes, followed by the Western states. In a separate measure, the National Resources Defense Council determines which beaches exceed recommended pollution limits more than 25 percent of the time. In 2011, the states with the highest percentage of these major offenders were California, Illinois, New Jersey, Ohio, and Wisconsin.

It's clear there's a big problem at the shore. We've written before about how staph infection proliferates at the beach. A University of Miami study that found that 37 percent of all beachgoers who took a dip at a popular Florida beach emerged from the water contaminated by the bacteria that causes staph. But what's to be done about all the pollution?

First, the beaches need to be cleaned up. Experts suggest various measures that could reduce runoff, such as using porous pavement, rain barrels, parks and street plantings to allow rain to collect naturally and keep it from picking up waste and running into drains. The NRDC report says, "These smarter water practices on land not only prevent pollution at the beach but also beautify neighborhoods, cool and cleanse the air, reduce asthma and heat-related illnesses, save on heating and cooling energy costs, boost economies, and support American jobs."

Sounds good. Also, the NRDC is calling for more stringent standards to monitor beach water. The current EPA standards set an acceptable limit for gastrointestinal illness caused by bacteria at the beach of 3.9 percent, which means that it's okay for one out of every 28 swimmers to get sick from entering the water. Plus, other illnesses caused by bacteria, such as earaches, bladder and sinus infections, and rashes -- to say nothing of meningitis or hepatitis--don't factor into the EPA standards at all.

Meanwhile, we can worry about the debris and radioactive seawater from Fukushima traveling across the Pacific and depositing itself on West Coast beaches. Radiation could add one more ingredient to the toxic stew brewing from sea to shining sea across America the Beautiful.

Best advice to you is to refer to the beach report to find out how your local swim spots rate, avoid swimming after raining days, avoid places where the river and stream empty, and remember to beef up your immune system and detox regularly.

An Overdose of Exercise

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An Overdose of Exercise

"Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide." --Marcus Tullius Cicero

You try to be good every day, making time for a workout. Whether you go to the gym, head outdoors, or exercise at home, you may still wonder if you are doing enough. After all, look at your neighbor who goes into intense training for months at a time to prepare for running a full marathon. That level of strenuous exercise can sometimes make you feel like your 20-minute jog and weight training circuit are child's play.

But those with less extreme exercise habits can now take heart (literally and figuratively). New research that took place at the Mid America Heart Institute of St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, found that those who work out in smaller, less strenuous exercise doses may be more likely to have healthy hearts in comparison to their counterparts who go all out participating in endurance athletics. Such strenuous exercise on a regular basis may lower your body fat and strengthen your muscles, but your cardiovascular system benefits more from less exhaustive types of workouts.

The scientists analyzed both the physical structure of the heart muscle as well as levels of cardiac biomarkers in endurance athletes versus typical exercisers. They discovered that 12 percent of the approximately 100 marathon-running elite athletes who participated had a scarring or thickening of their cardiac tissue, which can raise the risk of developing an atrial or ventricular arrhythmia. Arrhythmias are potentially dangerous abnormal heart rhythms that affect the efficiency of the heart. That means the marathon runners face three times the arrhythmia risk of those who do not run in marathons. The endurance athletes were also more likely to have calcium deposits on their artery walls, a risk factor for developing a narrowing of the arteries.

This would seem to corroborate research from last month that found that exercise can actually be harmful to a segment of the population. That study, which took place at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, compared the findings from six different trials with a total of 1,687 volunteers. The results appeared to show that for approximately 10 percent of the participants, exercise caused a dip in their cardiovascular health rather than an improvement. The areas that were negatively affected in this population segment were blood pressure, insulin level, HDL cholesterol, or triglycerides. In seven percent of the volunteers, more than one of these categories was impacted for the worse.

But none of this means it's time to throw away your running shoes and start living a life of sloth. Physical activity is essential to your health, and studies have shown that those who regularly work out live an average of five to seven years longer than those who do not. It's just a matter of using exercise to your advantage and not overdoing anything. If you love running, by all means don't give it up. But instead of pushing yourself to run for 15 miles, do a four-mile run instead. Opt for interval training if you want to add intensity to your workout; these bursts can improve your fitness level without damaging the heart the way continuously taxing workouts may. Then mix it up and incorporate strength training and flexibility exercises into your routine as well. Strive for balance and don't focus on only one of these areas of fitness. They are all equally important and very beneficial to your body. A combination of cardiovascular activity, strength training, weight bearing exercise, stretching, resistance breathing, and balance-building routines will cover all of your fitness needs and help you reach and maintain your optimum health for the long term.


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Cleaning And Detoxifying The Colon

"In order to clean and detoxify the colon, it is mandatory that you address several key areas. To be effective, any intestinal rebuilding program must:

• Help bring the colon back to life by stimulating the muscle movement of the colon, encouraging matter to move forward through the system and halting putrefaction.
• Draw old fecal matter off the walls of the colon and out of any bowel pockets.
• Disinfect.
• Draw out poisons and toxins, leach out heavy metals such as mercury and lead, remove chemicals, drug residues, and even radioactive material such as Strontium 90.
• Soothe and promote the healing of the mucous membrane lining the entire digestive tract.
• Help stimulate the body to begin the healing and repair of herniated areas.
• Increase the flow of bile to help clean the gallbladder, bile ducts, and liver.
• Optimize the growth of beneficial bacteria, which are a fundamental component of intestinal health.
• Destroy and expel parasites and inhibit Candida albicans overgrowth.
• Maintain regularity.
• Decrease straining.
• Speed up the transit time of feces through the large intestine.

Once you look at the requirements of a good intestinal program, it’s easy to see that no one formula or magic pill can accomplish it all.

Thoughts on Enemas and Colonics
During an enema, water is inserted into the rectum through a tube, causing the emptying of the lower bowel. Enemas are useful for a quick fix, particularly when you are "temporarily" backed up. However, they only flush loose fecal matter in the lower part of the colon, and they do nothing to restore normal functioning to the colon.

A colonic is a type of enema that injects large amounts of water, under controlled pressure, through the rectum and high into the colon for cleansing purposes. Some treatments add ingredients to the water, such as peroxide, herbs, or coffee, to bolster the cleansing action. Think of the colonic as a powered enema—it still only captures loose fecal matter, but goes higher into the colon and is more thorough.

Colonics do work to flush loose waste and sediment from rectum and lower intestine, but they have several drawbacks. They can actually weaken bowel muscles over time. Colonics don’t draw toxins from bowel pockets or from tissue. They do, however, flush all bacteria out—the good as well as the bad. Colonics can also disrupt natural pH (acid/alkaline) balance. Finally, you run the risk that some water retained in the equipment from another patient’s previous use may be injected into your colon. Although the equipment is designed to prevent this, a sloppy operator can negate these mechanisms. Yech!

However, if you are so inclined, periodic colonics are not necessarily a bad thing. They can definitely improve your health and sense of well-being. Regular colonics, on the other hand, may be too much of a good thing."

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Ginger. What you need to know!!!

Today's featured ingredient, ginger, is more than a common cooking herb. This Asian native herb also has a vast history of herbal medicinal use. 

Over 5000 years ago, Chinese sailors used ginger to ward off seasickness¹ and other ailments. There are also references to the medicinal benefits of ginger in the Koran, and in ancient Sanskrit texts. The herb found its way to ancient Rome, where it became a medical staple² so popular that the government taxed it. And in the modern developed world, the alternative health community has continued to use ginger as a healing aid. Today, health care professionals may recommend ginger to help prevent or treat nausea and vomiting from motion sickness, pregnancy, and cancer chemotherapy.³

Ginger has many clinically proven medicinal properties beyond fighting nausea. It's been used as a healing agent for conditions including arthritis, inflammation, colic, diarrhea, clotting disorders, high cholesterol, and heart conditions. Ginger has also been traditionally used to treat colds and flu. Chinese studies have shown that ginger helps kill influenza viruses, and an Indian report shows that it increases the immune system's ability to fight infection. In the Far East and India, ginger root is renowned for its aphrodisiac properties.

Ginger root is also a strong COX-2 inhibiting anti-inflammatory herb that has historically been used for arthritis and rheumatism. In a study of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, and muscular discomfort, the majority of those who received ginger experienced, to varying degrees, relief of pain and swelling. None of the patients reported adverse effects during the period of ginger consumption, which ranged from three months to 2.5 years. Another double blind trial found ginger extract to be effective at relieving pain in people with osteoarthritis of the hip or knee. Likewise, in another double blind study, ginger was significantly more effective than a placebo in pain relief and overall improvement.

Ginger contains very potent anti-inflammatory compounds called gingerols. These substances explain why so many people with osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis experience reductions in their pain levels and improvements in their mobility when they consume ginger regularly. In two clinical studies involving patients who responded to conventional drugs and those who didn't, physicians found that 75% of arthritis patients and 100% of patients with muscular discomfort experienced relief of pain and/or swelling.

 

With so many health benefits, make sure to include ginger in your next recipe, or include ginger extract in your supplement regimen.  For morning sickness, 250 mg of ginger 4 times daily is recommended.⁴  Note that ginger might lower blood sugar.  As a result, if you take diabetes medications, they may need to be adjusted by your healthcare provider.

 

Some Natural Remedies for Common Health Issues

There are natural remedies for almost every health issue. Some have scientific reasoning for their effectiveness, while others work for no known or documented reason.

Osteoarthritis

Osteoarthristis is an inflammatory illness that affects joints of the body, hands, knees, wrists, ankles and more. Joints become stiff and swollen, eventually losing the joint lining cartilage and range of motion.

Anti-inflammatory medications will work to lessen joint discomfort, but there are several natural remedies that can also help relieve the symptoms.

·         Ginger: Taken orally or applied topically to the painful joint, ginger reduces inflammation, stiffness and pain.

·         Chondroitin and Glucosamine: Chondroitin sulfate slows the progression of osteoarthritis. Glucosamine sulfate lessens arthritis pain. They are most beneficial when taken in combination once a day.

·         Capsaicin cream: Made from a substance in chili peppers, this topical cream stops pain impulses at nerve endings.

·         Alfalfa: Fresh alfalfa or oral capsules help to replenish minerals necessary for bone formation. 

·         Vitamin E: Vitamin E works to improve mobility while it helps to protect the joint.

·         Weight management: Every pound you lose results in four pounds less pressure on your knee joints. 

·         Exercise: Yoga is a gentle form of exercise that helps improve joint flexibility. Every exercise program to treat osteoarthritis should include strengthening and aerobic activities like walking or swimming.

·         Acupuncture: This ancient form of treatment helps to relieve pain. 

Menstrual Cramps 

Uncomfortable monthly menstrual cramps are caused by the hormone, prostaglandin. Prostaglandin causes the uterus to contract and shed the endometrial lining. Cramping can be relieved with anti-inflammatory medication, but several natural remedies are also effective. 

·         Chamomile: Dried chamomile flowers steeped in boiling water make a delicious tea that helps to relieve menstrual cramps. Start drinking the tea two days before your period is due to begin and continue twice a day during your period for the most benefits. 

·         Ginger Root: Steep a slice of fresh ginger root in boiling water for 15 minutes, strain, add a natural sweetener like honey, and enjoy this pain relieving tea. 

·         Vitamins and Minerals: Calcium, magnesium, zinc and B-vitamins are effective in relieving menstrual cramps and abdominal bloating associated with your period. 

·         Exercise: Any exercise, as simple as walking everyday, will help to reduce muscle cramps.

·         Heat: Try a heating pad on your lower abdomen or back to further ease discomfort. 

       

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