Articles Archive for February 2009

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Question: from Melissa
I just read a response of yours to a customer inquiring whether drinking a lot of water would interfere with nutrient absorption. My question is about one of your final comments, “as long as it’s not a gallon a day.” I live in a very dry, hot climate, exercise rather rigorously on a regular basis, and frequently drink a gallon of water a day. Other than my morning cup of coffee, water is pretty much all the liquid I consume. Are you suggesting that there is a problem with drinking this quantity …
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BATHS
Baths are the most common form of therapy, they are easily accessible and a wonderful way to get rid of the days stresses and body aches.
When we feel nervous, depressed, fatigued, restless, and even can’t sleep, what do we do, go take a bath. It is the one sure way to get a good nights sleep. It even calms the mind and can put you into a meditative state, if allowed. So, lets’ look at some of the benefits of the many …
Home and Family »
It seems that harmful chemicals are everywhere. Industries have been fined for dumping them into the water supply. The dangers of pesticides used in farming have been widely publicized. And improper disposal of certain materials has caused hazards in landfills. But did you know that most of us can find multiple dangerous chemicals right in our own homes?
We’ve all heard about the precautions we should take to keep young children from ingesting household cleaners and other chemical compounds. But swallowing them isn’t the only way that we can experience adverse effects. Simply coming into contact …
Beauty, Skin Care, Skin Care, Ailments »
Skin tags can be irritating and most people consider them unattractive, especially when they seem to pop up on your face. Unfortunately, making frequent trips to the doctor’s office to get them removed can be just as irritating and definitely more expensive.
Thankfully there are a few different ways to remove them at home once you are sure that what you are removing is a skin tag. It is important that the first couple of times you develop skin tags you confirm this diagnosis with your physician. There may be times when other skin conditions occur …
Health and Vitality, Mind and Spirit »
There are many factors to effective alcoholism recovery and treatment typically requiring intensive approaches to address the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual aspects of the disease. Effective treatment commonly includes intervention to get the individual into treatment, treatment at a residential facility, and later on treatment as an outpatient, psychosocial therapy, and support in peer groups and medication.
Medication is used to complement the other treatment factors and to help achieve treatment objectives quicker. The role of medication is not to cure alcoholism but to ease symptoms including withdrawal symptoms of the disease. Three drugs in …
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Parkinson’s disease causes a loss of the functioning of the nerve cells. This is a progressive disease meaning it slowly gets worse. This loss of nerve cell functioning occurs in the brain where the control of muscle movement takes place.
Some of the first signs and symptoms of Parkinson’s disease are tremors due to damaged nerve cells. These tremors are more noticeable when the affected person is sitting still. The more the Parkinson’s victim is moving the less noticeable their tremor will be. These tremors commonly affect the extremities and the jaw. It can also affect …







