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Today approximately 140 million people in the USA use prescription drugs. That is an awful lot considering that some of us DO NOT NEED THEM. Here are some suggestions for saving 20 to 80 percent on the cost of prescription drugs:
The Mediterranean diet has become quite popular in recent months. While the diet itself is nothing new, those who are just discovering it are fascinated by the concept. The idea that simply eating certain types of food (all quite delicious) can reduce your health problems, increase your life expectancy and even help you lose weight, without depriving you of food is an attractive idea. It is what draws many people to the Mediterranean diet.
The base of the Mediterranean diet is the food that is commonly consumed in the Mediterranean. Years back, studies began to show that diet was the reason people living in Mediterranean countries were so healthy. The average person from this area tends to be free of heart disease and cancer, living longer than many others from other countries. (more…)
Are you a woman like myself, who is happiest while doing things for others? There are women like us everywhere who seem to be multi-tasking all the time. Time has to be stretched to accommodate all that is needed to be done for family, home and at work. Life is a constant juggle of roles, including being the perfect wife, mother, career woman, daughter and friend. Of course there are a few odd balls of being a good neighbor, PTA member and community volunteer thrown in. (more…)
Menopause can be a trying time for some women, with the vast majority experiencing some degree of hot flashes and temperature instability. For many women, hot flashes start during the pre-menopausal period, several years before the cessation of menstrual periods take place. After the menstrual periods stop, more than three quarters of women continue to experience some degree of temperature instability that lasts up to a full year after menopause.
Even more disturbing is the fact that up to half of all women continue to experience hot flashes well past the menopausal stage which can be a source of great frustration and discomfort. Why do some women continue to have postmenopausal hot flashes while others appear to have resolution of their temperature instability? A recent study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine looked at why some women continue to have post-menopausal hot flashes. After administering questionnaires to over 3,000 women questioning them about the severity of their hot flashes, they found that women who reported persistent post-menopausal hot flashes were more likely to have used estrogen in the past; they have had elevated LDL cholesterol levels, have a history of hysterectomy in the past and were more likely to be overweight with symptoms of vaginal dryness and sleep problems. Although this study does shed some light as to which groups of women are most likely to develop post-menopausal hot flashes and points out how frequent these symptoms are, it doesn’t suggest an established cause or treatment. (more…)
The complementary medicine industry is one of the fastest growing on the planet. Since the late 70s, people have become more determined to take control of their bodies. The idea that one has to be on five different medications by the time one reaches fifty is a concept that people have been revolting against for the last few decades. In addition, the many expose?s that now litter our television screens of medical aid fraud, unethical doctors and thousand of failed medical cases have driven people back to remedies their ancestors used.
Fifty years ago, medical wonder drugs held the world spellbound. “Elimination of disease,” “Complete cures in our lifetime,” pledged the producers and their vows were trumpeted around the world. Then profit stepped in – enormous profit. Suddenly medicating the sick produced healthy revenues, and improving health made poor financial sense.
Half a century on and the golden promises have turned to naught. People are definitely living longer than yesteryear, but quality of life has taken a sharp dip. Side effects and adverse reaction have made many people wary of medical drugs. Often the side effects – soft bones, damage of the nervous system or chronic constipation – to name a few, are as bad as or worse than the original ailment the drug was prescribed for. Furthermore, the statistics of deaths or severe adverse reactions in hospitals, from drugs administered by qualified staff trained in the dispensing of that medicine, has reached tens of thousands in the US alone. Viruses and bacteria have evolved into super resistant microbes through rampant over prescription of antibiotics. The average person is asking where will it all lead to.
Nutrition is a way Forward. As a contrast, there is no documented evidence of a nutrient killing anyone and the rare adverse reaction to a vitamin or mineral is mild. Homeopaths, naturopaths, herbalists and the like, know the dangers of powerful medical drugs and their multiple side effects – not through the study of them but from interviews of men and women arriving at their practice seeking relief from their effects. Weighed down by costly medicines, miserable with drug-induced reactions, allopathic patients are searching for a way out of the tangle.
What are the benefits of shifting from a culture where powerful drugs rule our lives to the way our fore fathers solved their health problems? A healthy lifestyle increases energy levels, creates deep and restful sleep and improves digestion. All the qualities many people experience on a daily basis.
If you follow a nutritional route, you assist your body by using nutrients that provide blood and bone with building material Herbs, as grown by your great-grand parents, are a great source of health and one the body is well suited to utilize. Herbs can’t be patented for profit so no one tampers with their molecules or their price and availability. You are not restricted in how much you grow how much you put on your food or swallow in a cup a tea. If you plant fresh herbs, they continue to provide abundantly, year in and year out, even in the smallest gardens.
Trace elements, another vital piece in the health whole, are found in fresh fruit and vegetables. However, these nutrients are almost totally lacking in any food grown on chemically fertilized soils – upon which much of the world’s food is cultivated. Luckily, trace elements can be purchased from a health shop.These trace elements can easily be incorporated into your diet.
