Food Medicine
HEADACHE? EAT FISH!
Eat plenty of fish -- fish oil helps prevent headaches.
So does ginger, which reduces inflammation and pain.
HAY FEVER? EAT YOGURT!
Eat lots of yogurt before pollen season.
Also-eat honey from your area (local region) daily.
TO PREVENT STROKE DRINK TEA!
Prevent buildup of fatty deposits on artery walls with regular doses of tea.. (actually, tea suppresses my appetite and keeps the pounds from invading.... Green tea is great for our immune system)!
INSOMNIA (CAN'T SLEEP?) HONEY!
Use honey as a tranquilizer and sedative..
ASTHMA? EAT ONIONS!!!!
Eating onions helps ease constriction of bronchial tubes. (when I was young, my mother would make onion packs to place on our chest, helped the respiratory ailments and actually made us breathe better).
ARTHRITIS? EAT FISH, TOO!!
Salmon, tuna, mackerel and sardines actually prevent arthritis. (fish has omega oils, good for our immune system)
UPSET STOMACH? BANANAS - GINGER!!!!!
Bananas will settle an upset stomach.
Ginger will cure morning sickness and nausea.
BLADDER INFECTION? DRINK CRANBERRY JUICE!!!!
High-acid cranberry juice controls harmful bacteria.
BONE PROBLEMS? EAT PINEAPPLE!!!
Bone fractures and osteoporosis can be prevented by the manganese in pineapple.
PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME? EAT CORNFLAKES!! !!
Women can ward off the effects of PMS with cornflakes, which help reduce depression, anxiety and fatigue.
MEMORY PROBLEMS? EAT OYSTERS!
Oysters help improve your mental functioning by supplying much-needed zinc.
COLDS? EAT GARLIC!
Clear up that stuffy head with garlic. (remember, garlic lowers cholesterol, too.)
COUGHING? USE RED PEPPERS!!
A substance similar to that found in the cough syrups is found in hot red pepper. Use red (cayenne) pepper with caution- it can irritate your tummy.
BREAST CANCER? EAT Wheat, bran and cabbage
Helps to maintain estrogen at healthy levels.
LUNG CANCER? EAT DARK GREEN AND ORANGE AND VEGGIES!!!
A good antidote is beta carotene, a form of Vitamin A found in dark green and orange vegetables.
ULCERS? EAT CABBAGE ALSO!!!
Cabbage contains chemicals that help heal both gastric and duodenal ulcers.
DIARRHEA? EAT APPLES!
Grate an apple with its skin, let it turn brown and eat it to cure this condition. (Bananas are good for this ailment)
CLOGGED ARTERIES? EAT AVOCADO!
Mono unsaturated fat in avocados lowers cholesterol.
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE? EAT CELERY AND OLIVE OIL!!!
Olive oil has been shown to lower blood pressure.
Celery contains a chemical that lowers pressure too.
BLOOD SUGAR IMBALANCE? EAT BROCCOLI AND PEANUTS!!!
The chromium in broccoli and peanuts helps regulate insulin and blood sugar.
Kiwi: Tiny but mighty. This is a good source of potassium, magnesium, Vitamin E & fiber. It's Vitamin C content is twice that of an orange.
Apple: An apple a day keeps the doctor away? Although an apple has a low Vitamin C content, it has antioxidants & flavonoids which enhances the activity of Vitamin C thereby helping to lower the risks of colon cancer, heart attack & stroke.
Strawberry: Protective fruit. Strawberries have the highest total antioxidant power among major fruits & protects the body from cancer causing, blood vessels clogging free radicals. (Actually, any berry is good for you..they're high in anti-oxidants and they actually keep us young....... ..blueberries are the best and very versatile in the health field....... .they get rid of all the free-radicals that invade our bodies)
Orange: Sweetest medicine. Taking 2 - 4 oranges a day may help keep colds away, lower cholesterol, prevent & dissolve kidney stones as well as lessen the risk of colon cancer.
Watermelon: Coolest Thirst Quencher. Composed of 92% water, it is also packed with a giant dose of glutathione which helps boost our immune system. They are also a key source of lycopene - the cancer fighting oxidant. Other nutrients
found in watermelon are Vitamin C & Potassium. (watermelon also has natural substances [natural SPF sources] that keep our skin healthy, protecting our skin from those darn uv rays)
Guava & Papaya: Top awards for Vitamin C. They are the clear winners for their high Vitamin C content. Guava is also rich in fiber which helps prevent constipation.
Papaya is rich in carotene, this is good for your eyes. (also good for gas and indigestion)
Tomatoes are very good as a preventative measure for men, keeps those prostate problems from invading their bodies
Sunday, November 30, 2008
DRINK WATER IN EMPTY STOMACH
DRINK WATER IN EMPTY STOMACH
HI, FRIENDS
RAAT KO COPPER KE BARTAN ME RAKHA PANI PINE SE BAHUT SARI BIMARIYA
KHATM HO JATI HAI....( In nights before going to sleep pour boiled water ( 75 centigrades) in a copper vessel of 1.25 liters and should drink copper vessel
water at 5-00 AM daily). Cures all the diseases.
It is popular in Japan today to drink water immediately after waking
up every morning. Furthermore, scientific tests have proven a its
value. We publish below a description of use of water for our
readers. For old and serious diseases as well as modern illnesses
the water treatment had been found successful by a Japanese medical
society as a 100% cure for the following diseases:
Headache, body ache, heart system, arthritis, fast heart beat,
epilepsy, excess fatness, bronchitis asthma, TB, meningitis, kidney
and urine diseases, vomiting, gastritis, diarrhea, piles, diabetes,
constipation, all eye diseases, womb, cancer and menstrual
disorders, ear nose and throat diseases.
METHOD OF TREATMENT
1. As you wake up in the morning before brushing teeth, drink 4 x
160ml glasses of water
2. Brush and clean the mouth but do not eat or drink anything for
45 minutes
3. After 45 minutes you may eat and drink as normal.
4. After 15 minutes of breakfast, lunch and dinner do not eat or
drink anything for 2 hours
5. Those who are old or sick and are unable to drink 4 glasses of
water at the beginning may commence by taking little water and
gradually increase it to 4 glasses per day.
6. The above method of treatment will cure diseases of the sick and
others can enjoy a healthy life.
The following list gives the number of days of treatment required to
cure/control/ reduce main diseases:
1. High Blood Pressure - 30 days
2. Gastric - 10 days
3. Diabetes - 30 days
4. Constipation - 10 days
5. Cancer - 180 days
6. TB - 90 days
7. Arthritis patients should follow the above treatment only for 3
days in the 1st week, and from 2nd week onwards - daily.
This treatment method has no side effects, however at the
commencement of treatment you may have to urinate a few times.
It is better if we continue this and make this procedure as a
routine work in our life.
Drink Water and Stay healthy and Active. This makes sense .... the
Chinese and Japanese drink hot tea with their meals ...not cold
water. maybe it is time we adopt their drinking habit while
eating!!! Nothing to lose, everything to gain...
For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable
to you. It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal.
However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have
just consumed. It will slow down the digestion. Once this "sludge"
reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the
intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine.
Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best
to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.
A serious note about heart attacks: Women should know that not
every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting. Be
aware of intense pain in the jaw line. You may never have the first
chest pain during the course of a heart attack. Nausea and intense
sweating are also common symptoms. 60% of people who have a heart
attack while they are asleep do not wake up. Pain in the jaw can
wake you from a sound sleep. Let's be careful and be aware. The more
we know, the better chance we could survive...
A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this mail sends it to
everyone they know, you can be sure that we'll save at least one
life.
THANKING YOU
HAVE A NICE DAY
HI, FRIENDS
RAAT KO COPPER KE BARTAN ME RAKHA PANI PINE SE BAHUT SARI BIMARIYA
KHATM HO JATI HAI....( In nights before going to sleep pour boiled water ( 75 centigrades) in a copper vessel of 1.25 liters and should drink copper vessel
water at 5-00 AM daily). Cures all the diseases.
It is popular in Japan today to drink water immediately after waking
up every morning. Furthermore, scientific tests have proven a its
value. We publish below a description of use of water for our
readers. For old and serious diseases as well as modern illnesses
the water treatment had been found successful by a Japanese medical
society as a 100% cure for the following diseases:
Headache, body ache, heart system, arthritis, fast heart beat,
epilepsy, excess fatness, bronchitis asthma, TB, meningitis, kidney
and urine diseases, vomiting, gastritis, diarrhea, piles, diabetes,
constipation, all eye diseases, womb, cancer and menstrual
disorders, ear nose and throat diseases.
METHOD OF TREATMENT
1. As you wake up in the morning before brushing teeth, drink 4 x
160ml glasses of water
2. Brush and clean the mouth but do not eat or drink anything for
45 minutes
3. After 45 minutes you may eat and drink as normal.
4. After 15 minutes of breakfast, lunch and dinner do not eat or
drink anything for 2 hours
5. Those who are old or sick and are unable to drink 4 glasses of
water at the beginning may commence by taking little water and
gradually increase it to 4 glasses per day.
6. The above method of treatment will cure diseases of the sick and
others can enjoy a healthy life.
The following list gives the number of days of treatment required to
cure/control/ reduce main diseases:
1. High Blood Pressure - 30 days
2. Gastric - 10 days
3. Diabetes - 30 days
4. Constipation - 10 days
5. Cancer - 180 days
6. TB - 90 days
7. Arthritis patients should follow the above treatment only for 3
days in the 1st week, and from 2nd week onwards - daily.
This treatment method has no side effects, however at the
commencement of treatment you may have to urinate a few times.
It is better if we continue this and make this procedure as a
routine work in our life.
Drink Water and Stay healthy and Active. This makes sense .... the
Chinese and Japanese drink hot tea with their meals ...not cold
water. maybe it is time we adopt their drinking habit while
eating!!! Nothing to lose, everything to gain...
For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable
to you. It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal.
However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have
just consumed. It will slow down the digestion. Once this "sludge"
reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the
intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine.
Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best
to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.
A serious note about heart attacks: Women should know that not
every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting. Be
aware of intense pain in the jaw line. You may never have the first
chest pain during the course of a heart attack. Nausea and intense
sweating are also common symptoms. 60% of people who have a heart
attack while they are asleep do not wake up. Pain in the jaw can
wake you from a sound sleep. Let's be careful and be aware. The more
we know, the better chance we could survive...
A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this mail sends it to
everyone they know, you can be sure that we'll save at least one
life.
THANKING YOU
HAVE A NICE DAY
Liver Damaging Habits
Liver Damaging Habits
Good rest and sound sleep is very
Important... If u don't sleep well,
The toxic in your body will accumulate..
Affecting your health and your mood...
The main causes of Liver Damage are:
1. Sleeping too late and waking up too late are the main cause.
2. Not urinating in the morning.
3. Too much eating.
4. Skipping breakfast.
5. Consuming too much medication.
6. Consuming too much preservatives, additives, food coloring, and artificial sweetener.
7. Consuming unhealthy cooking oil. As much as possible reduce cooking oil use when frying, which includes even the best cooking oils like olive oil. Do not consume fried foods when you are tired, except if the body is very fit.
8. Consuming overly done foods also add to the burden of liver. Veggies should be eaten raw or cooked 3-5 parts. Fried veggies should be finished in one sitting, do not store.
We just have to adopt a good daily lifestyle and eating habits. Maintaining good eating habits and time condition are very important for our body to absorb and get rid of unnecessary chemicals according to 'schedule.'
Because: Evening at 9 - 11pm : is the time for eliminating unnecessary/ toxic chemicals (de-toxification) from the antibody system (lymph nodes). This time duration should be spent by relaxing or listening to music. If during this time a housewife is still in an unrelaxed state such as washing the dishes or monitoring children doing their homework, this will have a negative impact on her health.
Evening at 11pm - 1am : The de-toxification process in the liver, and ideally should be done in a deep sleep state. Early morning 1 - 3am : de-toxification process in the gall, also ideally done in a deep sleep state.
Early morning 3 - 5am : de-toxification in the lungs. Therefore there will sometimes be a severe cough for cough sufferers during this time. Since the de-toxification process had reached the respiratory tract, there is no need to take cough medicine so as not to interfere with toxin removal process.
Morning 5 - 7am : de-toxification in the colon, you should empty your bowel.
Morning 7 - 9am : Absorption of nutrients in the small intestine, you should be having breakfast at this time. Breakfast should be earlier, before 6:30am, for those who are sick. Breakfast before 7:30am is very beneficial to those wanting to stay fit. Those who always skip breakfast, they should change their habits, and it is still better to eat breakfast late until 9 -10am rather than no meal at all. Sleeping so late and waking up too late will disrupt the process of removing unnecessary chemicals. Aside from that, midnight to 4am is the time when the bone marrow produces blood.
Therefore, have a good sleep and don't sleep late.
Good rest and sound sleep is very
Important... If u don't sleep well,
The toxic in your body will accumulate..
Affecting your health and your mood...
The main causes of Liver Damage are:
1. Sleeping too late and waking up too late are the main cause.
2. Not urinating in the morning.
3. Too much eating.
4. Skipping breakfast.
5. Consuming too much medication.
6. Consuming too much preservatives, additives, food coloring, and artificial sweetener.
7. Consuming unhealthy cooking oil. As much as possible reduce cooking oil use when frying, which includes even the best cooking oils like olive oil. Do not consume fried foods when you are tired, except if the body is very fit.
8. Consuming overly done foods also add to the burden of liver. Veggies should be eaten raw or cooked 3-5 parts. Fried veggies should be finished in one sitting, do not store.
We just have to adopt a good daily lifestyle and eating habits. Maintaining good eating habits and time condition are very important for our body to absorb and get rid of unnecessary chemicals according to 'schedule.'
Because: Evening at 9 - 11pm : is the time for eliminating unnecessary/ toxic chemicals (de-toxification) from the antibody system (lymph nodes). This time duration should be spent by relaxing or listening to music. If during this time a housewife is still in an unrelaxed state such as washing the dishes or monitoring children doing their homework, this will have a negative impact on her health.
Evening at 11pm - 1am : The de-toxification process in the liver, and ideally should be done in a deep sleep state. Early morning 1 - 3am : de-toxification process in the gall, also ideally done in a deep sleep state.
Early morning 3 - 5am : de-toxification in the lungs. Therefore there will sometimes be a severe cough for cough sufferers during this time. Since the de-toxification process had reached the respiratory tract, there is no need to take cough medicine so as not to interfere with toxin removal process.
Morning 5 - 7am : de-toxification in the colon, you should empty your bowel.
Morning 7 - 9am : Absorption of nutrients in the small intestine, you should be having breakfast at this time. Breakfast should be earlier, before 6:30am, for those who are sick. Breakfast before 7:30am is very beneficial to those wanting to stay fit. Those who always skip breakfast, they should change their habits, and it is still better to eat breakfast late until 9 -10am rather than no meal at all. Sleeping so late and waking up too late will disrupt the process of removing unnecessary chemicals. Aside from that, midnight to 4am is the time when the bone marrow produces blood.
Therefore, have a good sleep and don't sleep late.
Foods That May Lower Your Cholesterol
Foods That May Lower Your Cholesterol
Oats
When women in a University of Toronto study added oat bran to an already heart-healthy diet, HDL-cholesterol levels—the beneficial kind—climbed more than 11 percent.
Almonds
A 2005 Tufts University study found that substances in almond skins help prevent LDL cholesterol from being oxidized, a process that can otherwise damage the lining of blood vessels and increase cardiovascular risk.
Beansand lentils
In results reported in the Annals of Internal Medicine in 2005, LDL-cholesterol levels fell almost twice as far in volunteers on a low-fat diet who added beans and lentils (along with more whole grains and vegetables) to the menu.
Blueberries
Blueberries contain a powerful antioxidant called pterostilbene that may help lower LDL cholesterol, scientists at the Agricultural Research Service reported in 2004.
Barley
When volunteers in a 2004 USDA study added barley to the standard American Heart Association diet, LDL-cholesterol levels fell by up to 17 percent.
Avocados
The monounsaturated fats in avocados have been found to lower bad LDLs and raise good HDLs, especially in people with mildly elevated cholesterol.
Alcohol
Drinking a glass of wine with dinner—any alcoholic beverage, in fact—has been shown to raise good-cholesterol levels and lower the risk of a heart attack. (Excessive drinking, however, raises heart-disease danger.)
Oats
When women in a University of Toronto study added oat bran to an already heart-healthy diet, HDL-cholesterol levels—the beneficial kind—climbed more than 11 percent.
Almonds
A 2005 Tufts University study found that substances in almond skins help prevent LDL cholesterol from being oxidized, a process that can otherwise damage the lining of blood vessels and increase cardiovascular risk.
Beansand lentils
In results reported in the Annals of Internal Medicine in 2005, LDL-cholesterol levels fell almost twice as far in volunteers on a low-fat diet who added beans and lentils (along with more whole grains and vegetables) to the menu.
Blueberries
Blueberries contain a powerful antioxidant called pterostilbene that may help lower LDL cholesterol, scientists at the Agricultural Research Service reported in 2004.
Barley
When volunteers in a 2004 USDA study added barley to the standard American Heart Association diet, LDL-cholesterol levels fell by up to 17 percent.
Avocados
The monounsaturated fats in avocados have been found to lower bad LDLs and raise good HDLs, especially in people with mildly elevated cholesterol.
Alcohol
Drinking a glass of wine with dinner—any alcoholic beverage, in fact—has been shown to raise good-cholesterol levels and lower the risk of a heart attack. (Excessive drinking, however, raises heart-disease danger.)
A lemon a day, keeps the doctor away .......
A lemon a day, keeps the doctor away .......
25 Health Benefits of Lemons
1. Lemon being a citrus fruit, fights against infection. It helps in
production of WBC's and antibodies in blood which attacks the invading
microorganism and prevents infection.
2. Lemon is an antioxidant which deactivates the free radicals preventing
many dangerous diseases like stroke, cardiovascular diseases and cancers.
3. Lemon lowers blood pressure and increases the levels of HDL (good
cholesterol) .
4. Lemon is found to be anti-carcinogenic which lower the rates of colon,
prostate, and breast cancer. They prevent faulty metabolism in the cell,
which can predispose a cell to becoming carcinogenic. Also blocks the
formation of nitrosamines in the gut.
5. Lemon juice is said to give a glow to the skin.
6. A few drops of lemon juice in hot water are believed to clear the
digestive system and purify liver as well.
7. The skin of lemon dried under the sun and then ground to make powder
can be applied to the hair for a few minutes before bath which relieves head
ache and cools the body.
8. Applying lemon juice to acne dries the existing ones and prevents from
getting more.
9. Lemon juice acts as a natural hair lightner and skin bleach which reduces
the pigment melanin and prevents the risk of chemical allergic reactions
which is common with hair dyes and bleaches.
10. Lemon juice is given to relieve gingivitis, stomatitis, and inflammation
of the tongue.
11. Lemon juice is given to prevent common cold.
12. Lemon juice is given to prevent or treat urinary tract infection and
gonorrhea.
13. Lemon juice is applied to the sites of bites and stings of certain
insects to relieve its poison and pain.
14. Lemon juice relieves colic pain and gastric problems.
15. Lemon juice soothes the dry skin when applied with little glycerin.
16. Lemon juice used for marinating seafood or meat kills bacteria and other
organisms present in them, thereby prevents many gastro-intestinal tract
infections.
17. Lemon juice with a pinch of salt (warm) every morning lowers cholesterol
levels and brings down your weight.
18. Lemon juice is the best drink to prevent dehydration and shock in case
of diarrhea.
19. Lemon juice can also be used as a mouthwash. It removes plaque, whitens
the teeth and strengthens the enamel.
20. A table spoon on thick lemon syrup everyday relieves asthma.
21. Lemon juice relieves chilblains and itchy skin.
22. Gargling lemon juice relieves throat infection and also used as a
treatment for diphtheria.
23. Lemon juice is an excellent treatment for dandruff and greasy hair.
24. Lemon applies over the face removes wrinkles and keeps you young.
25. Lemon juice helps to prevent and cure osteoarthritis.
Lemon is not usually allergic or toxic to many, so why don't you try its
Natural benefits first and then go on to medical treatment.
25 Health Benefits of Lemons
1. Lemon being a citrus fruit, fights against infection. It helps in
production of WBC's and antibodies in blood which attacks the invading
microorganism and prevents infection.
2. Lemon is an antioxidant which deactivates the free radicals preventing
many dangerous diseases like stroke, cardiovascular diseases and cancers.
3. Lemon lowers blood pressure and increases the levels of HDL (good
cholesterol) .
4. Lemon is found to be anti-carcinogenic which lower the rates of colon,
prostate, and breast cancer. They prevent faulty metabolism in the cell,
which can predispose a cell to becoming carcinogenic. Also blocks the
formation of nitrosamines in the gut.
5. Lemon juice is said to give a glow to the skin.
6. A few drops of lemon juice in hot water are believed to clear the
digestive system and purify liver as well.
7. The skin of lemon dried under the sun and then ground to make powder
can be applied to the hair for a few minutes before bath which relieves head
ache and cools the body.
8. Applying lemon juice to acne dries the existing ones and prevents from
getting more.
9. Lemon juice acts as a natural hair lightner and skin bleach which reduces
the pigment melanin and prevents the risk of chemical allergic reactions
which is common with hair dyes and bleaches.
10. Lemon juice is given to relieve gingivitis, stomatitis, and inflammation
of the tongue.
11. Lemon juice is given to prevent common cold.
12. Lemon juice is given to prevent or treat urinary tract infection and
gonorrhea.
13. Lemon juice is applied to the sites of bites and stings of certain
insects to relieve its poison and pain.
14. Lemon juice relieves colic pain and gastric problems.
15. Lemon juice soothes the dry skin when applied with little glycerin.
16. Lemon juice used for marinating seafood or meat kills bacteria and other
organisms present in them, thereby prevents many gastro-intestinal tract
infections.
17. Lemon juice with a pinch of salt (warm) every morning lowers cholesterol
levels and brings down your weight.
18. Lemon juice is the best drink to prevent dehydration and shock in case
of diarrhea.
19. Lemon juice can also be used as a mouthwash. It removes plaque, whitens
the teeth and strengthens the enamel.
20. A table spoon on thick lemon syrup everyday relieves asthma.
21. Lemon juice relieves chilblains and itchy skin.
22. Gargling lemon juice relieves throat infection and also used as a
treatment for diphtheria.
23. Lemon juice is an excellent treatment for dandruff and greasy hair.
24. Lemon applies over the face removes wrinkles and keeps you young.
25. Lemon juice helps to prevent and cure osteoarthritis.
Lemon is not usually allergic or toxic to many, so why don't you try its
Natural benefits first and then go on to medical treatment.
Lady Finger for Diabetes
Lady Finger for Diabetes
Note: This is a mail which I have received from a friend and do not know anyone who has tried the following remedy. Though you will learn, it is not harmful,
Please note that another name for Lady Finger is " OKRA ".
Last month in one of TV program I learnt of a treatment of Sugar
(Diabetes). Since I am diabetic, I tried it and it was very useful and my
Sugar is in control now. In fact I have already reduced my medicine.
Take two pieces of Lady Finger and remove/cut both ends of each
Piece. Also put a small cut in the middle and put these two pieces in
glass of water. Cover the glass and keep it at room temperature during
night. Early morning, before breakfast simply remove two pieces of lady
Finger from the glass and drink that water.
Keep doing it on daily basis.
Within two weeks, you will see remarkable results in reduction of your
SUGAR.
My sister has got rid of her diabetes. She was on Insulin for a few
years, but after taking the lady fingers every morning for a few months,
she has stopped Insulin but continues to take the lady fingers every
day. But she chops the lady fingers into fine pieces in the night, adds
the water and drinks it all up the next morning. Please. try it as it
will not do you any harm even if it does not do much good to you, but U
have to keep taking it for a few months before U see results, as most
cases might be chronic.
Note: This is a mail which I have received from a friend and do not know anyone who has tried the following remedy. Though you will learn, it is not harmful,
Please note that another name for Lady Finger is " OKRA ".
Last month in one of TV program I learnt of a treatment of Sugar
(Diabetes). Since I am diabetic, I tried it and it was very useful and my
Sugar is in control now. In fact I have already reduced my medicine.
Take two pieces of Lady Finger and remove/cut both ends of each
Piece. Also put a small cut in the middle and put these two pieces in
glass of water. Cover the glass and keep it at room temperature during
night. Early morning, before breakfast simply remove two pieces of lady
Finger from the glass and drink that water.
Keep doing it on daily basis.
Within two weeks, you will see remarkable results in reduction of your
SUGAR.
My sister has got rid of her diabetes. She was on Insulin for a few
years, but after taking the lady fingers every morning for a few months,
she has stopped Insulin but continues to take the lady fingers every
day. But she chops the lady fingers into fine pieces in the night, adds
the water and drinks it all up the next morning. Please. try it as it
will not do you any harm even if it does not do much good to you, but U
have to keep taking it for a few months before U see results, as most
cases might be chronic.
THE HUMAN BODY
THE HUMAN BODY
You really ought to know this. The human body is a machine that is full of wonders.
-Scientists say the higher your I.Q. The more you dream.
-The largest cell in the human body is the female egg and the smallest is the male sperm.
-You use 200 muscles to take one step.
-The average woman is 5 inches shorter than the average man.
-Your big toes have two bones each while the rest have three.
-A pair of human feet contains 250,000 sweat glands.
-A full bladder is roughly the size of a soft ball.
-The acid in your stomach is strong enough to dissolve razor blades.
-The human brain cell can hold 5 times as much information as the Encyclopedia Bri tan nica.
-It takes the food seven seconds to get from your mouth to your stomach.
-The average human dream lasts 2-3 seconds.
-Men without hair on their chests are more likely to get cirrhosis of the liver than men with hair.
-At the moment of conception, you spent about half an hour as a single cell.
-There is about one trillion bacteria on each of your feet.
-Your body gives off enough heat in 30 minutes to bring half a gallon ofwater to a boil.
-The enamel in your teeth is the hardest subs tan ce in your body.
-Your teeth start growing 6 months before you are born.
-When you are looking at someone you love, your pupils dilate, and they do the same when you are looking at someone you hate.
-Your thumb is the same length of your nose.
At this very moment I know full well you are putting this last fact to the test...now remove your thumb from your nose and pass this on to the friends you think might be interested in comparing their thumbs to their noses as well.
Above said is physical details of Human body.
now some spiritual benefits.
And now read the benefits of Chanting Lalitha Sahasra namam
Om Sree Maha Ganapathaye Namah
Om Sree Maha Saraswathaye Namah
Om Namo Narayanaya
Om Namasivaya
Om Sree Anjaneyaya Namo Namah
In this materialistic world, with an intention to create a mind devoted to mankind, sincere love, unity and by thus to God and avoid hatred and animosity towards our enemies, chanting of Sree Lalitha Sahasra Namam, a Sanskrit namavali from the ancient Brahmanda Purana, forms an integral part.
It is natural that, we mankind has to face many obstacles and set backs in our life. However, it is our will to conquer them makes us successful in our endeavours. We should have the Belief, Confidence and Determination to try for this. Some cases these qualities are in-born. But for many these are developed. A useful and beneficial method to develop this is by seeking solace in God by chanting prayers knowing their meanings. It will give the most advantageous benefits if one chants keerthans and namavalis with their meanings in mind. He/She will be able to express more and get closer to God.
May I with the blessings of Goddess Sree Lalithambika (otherwise called as Durga ma, Kali ma, Lakshmi, Saraswati, Bhagavathi, etc, etc) list some of the benefits of regular chanting of Sree Lalitha Sahasranamavali.
This is the most favoured form of prayer to Goddess Lalithambika and it is also very secret and powerful than any other forms of Tantra or Mantra.
Regular chanting of Sree Lalitha Sahasranama is as beneficial as visiting religious places, taking bath in a holy river, offering food, offering materials. It is an indirect blessing to those who cannot do these kind of offerings to God.
Regular chanting of Sree Lalitha Sahasranama will ward off the evil from uncompleted pooja vidhis or rituals etc. It will also form a way of penance.
Regular chanting of Sree Lalitha Sahasranama will ward off premature death, will provide a long and contended healthy life. Fever can be cured by religiously chanting Sree Lalitha Sahasranamam by touching on a persons forehead. The number of times you chant the more benefit you are likely to get. The vibhuti used for Sree Lalitha Sahasranama archana can be applied then on the forehead, which will give much relief to fever and headache.
It is said that if one chants religiously Sree Lalitha Sahasra Namam keeping a glass of water (or in a vessel) in front and then pours it over the head, all sorts of troubles related to once planetary positions and from evil spirits will be warded off.
It is said that if a person chants Sree Lalitha Sahasranama keeping in mind a picture of Sree Lalitha Devi situated in the divine ocean which contains `Amrut' , he will be cured from any kind of disease related to poison.
It is said that if a person consumes ghee, which is kept while chanting Sree Lalitha Sahasra namam, he will be cured of impotency and will have children.
Regular chanting of Sree Lalitha Sahasra namam will ward off any kind of evil deeds or rituals (black magic) aimed at the person who chants the namam. The power derived from the chanting supersedes all other forms of prayers and the person will no more require to consult astrologers or any sorts of occultists. He will have tremendous self confidence in himself.
Through the regular chanting of Sree Lalitha Sahasra namam, the atmosphere will be purified. Each nerve in our body will be invigorated and subtle energies will be awakened in the person.
Sree Lalitha Devi will protect a person who regularly chants Sree Lalitha Sahasra namam from accidents and from the attacks of enemy and will make him victorious in all his good deeds.
Regular chanting of Sree Lalitha Sahasra namam will make a person blessed with word power, fame, good will etc. Particular importance should be given to chant Sree Lalitha Sahasra namam on Friday's which is very auspicious for the blessing of Devi.
Sree Lalitha Sahasra namam is the form of prayer that any one and every one can chant at any time and every time. It does not matter if one could not complete it. Because each of the namam in itself is powerful and will provide all sorts of benefits. It depends on what you wish and how you go about it.
It is said that chanting the name of Lord Siva once is as good as chanting the name of Mahavishnu a thousand times. And chanting the name of Devi once is as good as chanting the name of Siva, a thousand times. And of which Sree Lalitha Sahasra namam is the most important one to Sree Lalitha Devi herself.
It is very beneficial if all members of the family unite and chants Sree Lalitha Sahasra namam once in a day in the evening or whenever time permits. A family that prays together stays together. It will bring about unity, peacefulness, clear mind to perform and by thus prosperity.
In homes where Sree Lalitha Sahasra namam is chanted regularly there will never be any shortage of the basic necessities of life. This is the reason why the ancient Gurus would instruct their desciples to chant Sree Lalitha Sahasra namam even after initiating them into the mantras of other deities such as Lord Krishna, Lord Rama and other Gods and Goddesses.
It is also to be noted that by religiously chanting Sree Lalitha Sahasra namavali, we are seeking the blessings of Sree Lalithambika, who is also called Kalima, Durga ma, Devi, Parasakthi, Bhagavathi etc, who in turns is the universal mother. And how can a mother ignore her children when they are in distress or duress or troubles of any sorts? So keep utmost faith in her and start chanting.
Each one of the namam by itself is a powerful weapon for many sorts of day-to-day problems. The importance and benefits and related stories of each one of them will be listed successively in our page as per the wish of Sree Lalithambika.
Lalitha Sahasranamam can be chanted in two different ways. One in Stotra form and the other in mantra form. In Stotram form, all 1,000 namams are separated into stotrams of a few namams each and recited in this way. In mantra form, each namam is said individually, preceded by "Aum" and followed by "Namah". When chanted in mantra form, the endings of each namam are generally changed to "e" or "yai". Mantra form is commonly used to recite Lalitha Sahasranamam during archana. Both ways, however, are equally effective.
" if we can do archana of the thousand names of the Divine Mother daily with devotion, we will grow spiritually. There will never be lack of life's essentials, food and clothing, in a family that chants the Lalita Sahasranama with devotion."
You really ought to know this. The human body is a machine that is full of wonders.
-Scientists say the higher your I.Q. The more you dream.
-The largest cell in the human body is the female egg and the smallest is the male sperm.
-You use 200 muscles to take one step.
-The average woman is 5 inches shorter than the average man.
-Your big toes have two bones each while the rest have three.
-A pair of human feet contains 250,000 sweat glands.
-A full bladder is roughly the size of a soft ball.
-The acid in your stomach is strong enough to dissolve razor blades.
-The human brain cell can hold 5 times as much information as the Encyclopedia Bri tan nica.
-It takes the food seven seconds to get from your mouth to your stomach.
-The average human dream lasts 2-3 seconds.
-Men without hair on their chests are more likely to get cirrhosis of the liver than men with hair.
-At the moment of conception, you spent about half an hour as a single cell.
-There is about one trillion bacteria on each of your feet.
-Your body gives off enough heat in 30 minutes to bring half a gallon ofwater to a boil.
-The enamel in your teeth is the hardest subs tan ce in your body.
-Your teeth start growing 6 months before you are born.
-When you are looking at someone you love, your pupils dilate, and they do the same when you are looking at someone you hate.
-Your thumb is the same length of your nose.
At this very moment I know full well you are putting this last fact to the test...now remove your thumb from your nose and pass this on to the friends you think might be interested in comparing their thumbs to their noses as well.
Above said is physical details of Human body.
now some spiritual benefits.
And now read the benefits of Chanting Lalitha Sahasra namam
Om Sree Maha Ganapathaye Namah
Om Sree Maha Saraswathaye Namah
Om Namo Narayanaya
Om Namasivaya
Om Sree Anjaneyaya Namo Namah
In this materialistic world, with an intention to create a mind devoted to mankind, sincere love, unity and by thus to God and avoid hatred and animosity towards our enemies, chanting of Sree Lalitha Sahasra Namam, a Sanskrit namavali from the ancient Brahmanda Purana, forms an integral part.
It is natural that, we mankind has to face many obstacles and set backs in our life. However, it is our will to conquer them makes us successful in our endeavours. We should have the Belief, Confidence and Determination to try for this. Some cases these qualities are in-born. But for many these are developed. A useful and beneficial method to develop this is by seeking solace in God by chanting prayers knowing their meanings. It will give the most advantageous benefits if one chants keerthans and namavalis with their meanings in mind. He/She will be able to express more and get closer to God.
May I with the blessings of Goddess Sree Lalithambika (otherwise called as Durga ma, Kali ma, Lakshmi, Saraswati, Bhagavathi, etc, etc) list some of the benefits of regular chanting of Sree Lalitha Sahasranamavali.
This is the most favoured form of prayer to Goddess Lalithambika and it is also very secret and powerful than any other forms of Tantra or Mantra.
Regular chanting of Sree Lalitha Sahasranama is as beneficial as visiting religious places, taking bath in a holy river, offering food, offering materials. It is an indirect blessing to those who cannot do these kind of offerings to God.
Regular chanting of Sree Lalitha Sahasranama will ward off the evil from uncompleted pooja vidhis or rituals etc. It will also form a way of penance.
Regular chanting of Sree Lalitha Sahasranama will ward off premature death, will provide a long and contended healthy life. Fever can be cured by religiously chanting Sree Lalitha Sahasranamam by touching on a persons forehead. The number of times you chant the more benefit you are likely to get. The vibhuti used for Sree Lalitha Sahasranama archana can be applied then on the forehead, which will give much relief to fever and headache.
It is said that if one chants religiously Sree Lalitha Sahasra Namam keeping a glass of water (or in a vessel) in front and then pours it over the head, all sorts of troubles related to once planetary positions and from evil spirits will be warded off.
It is said that if a person chants Sree Lalitha Sahasranama keeping in mind a picture of Sree Lalitha Devi situated in the divine ocean which contains `Amrut' , he will be cured from any kind of disease related to poison.
It is said that if a person consumes ghee, which is kept while chanting Sree Lalitha Sahasra namam, he will be cured of impotency and will have children.
Regular chanting of Sree Lalitha Sahasra namam will ward off any kind of evil deeds or rituals (black magic) aimed at the person who chants the namam. The power derived from the chanting supersedes all other forms of prayers and the person will no more require to consult astrologers or any sorts of occultists. He will have tremendous self confidence in himself.
Through the regular chanting of Sree Lalitha Sahasra namam, the atmosphere will be purified. Each nerve in our body will be invigorated and subtle energies will be awakened in the person.
Sree Lalitha Devi will protect a person who regularly chants Sree Lalitha Sahasra namam from accidents and from the attacks of enemy and will make him victorious in all his good deeds.
Regular chanting of Sree Lalitha Sahasra namam will make a person blessed with word power, fame, good will etc. Particular importance should be given to chant Sree Lalitha Sahasra namam on Friday's which is very auspicious for the blessing of Devi.
Sree Lalitha Sahasra namam is the form of prayer that any one and every one can chant at any time and every time. It does not matter if one could not complete it. Because each of the namam in itself is powerful and will provide all sorts of benefits. It depends on what you wish and how you go about it.
It is said that chanting the name of Lord Siva once is as good as chanting the name of Mahavishnu a thousand times. And chanting the name of Devi once is as good as chanting the name of Siva, a thousand times. And of which Sree Lalitha Sahasra namam is the most important one to Sree Lalitha Devi herself.
It is very beneficial if all members of the family unite and chants Sree Lalitha Sahasra namam once in a day in the evening or whenever time permits. A family that prays together stays together. It will bring about unity, peacefulness, clear mind to perform and by thus prosperity.
In homes where Sree Lalitha Sahasra namam is chanted regularly there will never be any shortage of the basic necessities of life. This is the reason why the ancient Gurus would instruct their desciples to chant Sree Lalitha Sahasra namam even after initiating them into the mantras of other deities such as Lord Krishna, Lord Rama and other Gods and Goddesses.
It is also to be noted that by religiously chanting Sree Lalitha Sahasra namavali, we are seeking the blessings of Sree Lalithambika, who is also called Kalima, Durga ma, Devi, Parasakthi, Bhagavathi etc, who in turns is the universal mother. And how can a mother ignore her children when they are in distress or duress or troubles of any sorts? So keep utmost faith in her and start chanting.
Each one of the namam by itself is a powerful weapon for many sorts of day-to-day problems. The importance and benefits and related stories of each one of them will be listed successively in our page as per the wish of Sree Lalithambika.
Lalitha Sahasranamam can be chanted in two different ways. One in Stotra form and the other in mantra form. In Stotram form, all 1,000 namams are separated into stotrams of a few namams each and recited in this way. In mantra form, each namam is said individually, preceded by "Aum" and followed by "Namah". When chanted in mantra form, the endings of each namam are generally changed to "e" or "yai". Mantra form is commonly used to recite Lalitha Sahasranamam during archana. Both ways, however, are equally effective.
" if we can do archana of the thousand names of the Divine Mother daily with devotion, we will grow spiritually. There will never be lack of life's essentials, food and clothing, in a family that chants the Lalita Sahasranama with devotion."
HEALTH TIPS
First aid for superficial heat burns
Hold under cold running water for at least 10 minutes or immerse in cold water. Never apply cotton wool, dressings, ointments, fats or lotions or attempt to rupture blisters or remove anything from wound. If burns are not small or superficial, call a doctor.
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First aid for chemical burns
Hold under cold running water for at least 10 minutes so that contaminated water drains away freely. Remove all clothing soiled by the chemical and protect your hands from contact with it.
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Fish is good for your baby
Introduce your baby between the first and second year to a variety of fresh fish but check that they are easily chewable and low in fat and sodium. Check very very carefully for bones.
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Reducing salt in high blood pressure
Add very little salt during food preparation. Do not add salt to food on the table. Read labels carefully and choose food having less salt and sodium content. Avoid pickles, ketchups, chutneys, fast-food and restaurant food.
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Baby's first shoes
Your baby's first shoes should be lightweight, made of leather or cloth (breathable material), definitely not plastic with soles so flexible that you can feel the baby's toes through them. Hard soles are out.
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If you are sick and have diabetes
Check your blood sugar more often, keep taking your medication, drink plenty of liquids and always mention all the medicines you are taking to your doctor, as some can affect your blood glucose.
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Prevent dehydration in your child
If your child has diarrhoea and vomiting, you can prevent dehydration by giving small sips of cold sugar and salt solution available in ORS (Oral rehydration solution) packets at any medical store.
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If your baby is having antibiotics
If your baby is having antibiotics for any reason and develops loose motions within the first few days it is most likely a reaction to the antibiotic known as a 'drug - diarrhoea'. Stop the antibiotic immediately and inform your doctor. While you are waiting give your baby 'oral rehydration solution' which is easily available with any good chemist. You should always keep a few packets at home.
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Foods that can trigger Migraine
Avoid chocolate, cheese, citrus fruits, fried foods, onions, tomatoes, spinach, beans, nuts, alcohol (particularly red wine), beverages with aspartame and foods containing monosodium glutamate (MSG).
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If you are acne-prone
Avoid oil-based make-up, hair gels and sprays, stress, squeezing or picking at the pimples and hard scrubbing of skin.
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Reduce dust and dust mites - common causes of allergies
Avoid soft toys, drapes, feather pillows and carpets. Vacuum regularly and use a damp cloth for mopping and dusting.
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Proper length for baby's shoes
For your baby's first shoes press down on the toe of each shoe with your thumb. If there is a full thumb's width between your baby's longest toe and the end of the shoe then it is the right one. The shoes should be soft and made of leather or cloth not plastic.
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Your mole looks suspicious
If it has an irregular shape and border, is increasing in size and changing colour. An excision biopsy is strongly recommended to rule out cancer.
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How to avoid snoring?
Sleep on your side, keeping your neck straight. Avoid alcohol and smoking 2-3 hours before bedtime. And lose excess weight.
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Hold under cold running water for at least 10 minutes or immerse in cold water. Never apply cotton wool, dressings, ointments, fats or lotions or attempt to rupture blisters or remove anything from wound. If burns are not small or superficial, call a doctor.
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First aid for chemical burns
Hold under cold running water for at least 10 minutes so that contaminated water drains away freely. Remove all clothing soiled by the chemical and protect your hands from contact with it.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fish is good for your baby
Introduce your baby between the first and second year to a variety of fresh fish but check that they are easily chewable and low in fat and sodium. Check very very carefully for bones.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Reducing salt in high blood pressure
Add very little salt during food preparation. Do not add salt to food on the table. Read labels carefully and choose food having less salt and sodium content. Avoid pickles, ketchups, chutneys, fast-food and restaurant food.
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Baby's first shoes
Your baby's first shoes should be lightweight, made of leather or cloth (breathable material), definitely not plastic with soles so flexible that you can feel the baby's toes through them. Hard soles are out.
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If you are sick and have diabetes
Check your blood sugar more often, keep taking your medication, drink plenty of liquids and always mention all the medicines you are taking to your doctor, as some can affect your blood glucose.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Prevent dehydration in your child
If your child has diarrhoea and vomiting, you can prevent dehydration by giving small sips of cold sugar and salt solution available in ORS (Oral rehydration solution) packets at any medical store.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
If your baby is having antibiotics
If your baby is having antibiotics for any reason and develops loose motions within the first few days it is most likely a reaction to the antibiotic known as a 'drug - diarrhoea'. Stop the antibiotic immediately and inform your doctor. While you are waiting give your baby 'oral rehydration solution' which is easily available with any good chemist. You should always keep a few packets at home.
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Foods that can trigger Migraine
Avoid chocolate, cheese, citrus fruits, fried foods, onions, tomatoes, spinach, beans, nuts, alcohol (particularly red wine), beverages with aspartame and foods containing monosodium glutamate (MSG).
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
If you are acne-prone
Avoid oil-based make-up, hair gels and sprays, stress, squeezing or picking at the pimples and hard scrubbing of skin.
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Reduce dust and dust mites - common causes of allergies
Avoid soft toys, drapes, feather pillows and carpets. Vacuum regularly and use a damp cloth for mopping and dusting.
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Proper length for baby's shoes
For your baby's first shoes press down on the toe of each shoe with your thumb. If there is a full thumb's width between your baby's longest toe and the end of the shoe then it is the right one. The shoes should be soft and made of leather or cloth not plastic.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Your mole looks suspicious
If it has an irregular shape and border, is increasing in size and changing colour. An excision biopsy is strongly recommended to rule out cancer.
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How to avoid snoring?
Sleep on your side, keeping your neck straight. Avoid alcohol and smoking 2-3 hours before bedtime. And lose excess weight.
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Saturday, November 15, 2008
Alzheimer's: High BP, diabetes may cause early death
Alzheimer's: High BP, diabetes may cause early death
Stern, the author of the study and director of the Cognitive Neuroscience Division of Gertrude H Sergievsky Center at Columbia University Medical Center stated that two factors - high BP and diabetes - can bring an early end to the Alzheimer patients. A NEW research, published in the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, states that the Alzheimer patients, who have been suffering from hypertension and diabetes have a higher risk of death as compared to Alzheimer patients, who do not have high blood pressure and diabetes.
Alzheimer’s is one of the dreadful diseases that claims many lives at once - one of the patient and the other of those who takes care of the patient. Those who look after the patients, have to serve them 24 hours a day. Yaakov Stern, the author of the study and director of the Cognitive Neuroscience Division of Gertrude H Sergievsky Center at Columbia University Medical Center, New York stated that two factors - high blood pressure and diabetes - can bring an early end to the Alzheimer patients.
There were 323 people, who were selected for this landmark research. All of them underwent physical and memory testing after every eighteen months. But they did not show any memory problems.
According to the report of the study, the average life span of an Alzheimer is between three to nine years. It was also discovered that Hispanic people could live for eight years after the disease was properly diagnosed. The report also states that the Alzheimer patients who have diabetes are twice likely to die early than those who do not have diabetes. The Alzheimer patients, who have high blood pressure, have 2.5 times more risk of dying as compared to those who have normal blood pressure.
Stern, the author of the study and director of the Cognitive Neuroscience Division of Gertrude H Sergievsky Center at Columbia University Medical Center stated that two factors - high BP and diabetes - can bring an early end to the Alzheimer patients. A NEW research, published in the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, states that the Alzheimer patients, who have been suffering from hypertension and diabetes have a higher risk of death as compared to Alzheimer patients, who do not have high blood pressure and diabetes.
Alzheimer’s is one of the dreadful diseases that claims many lives at once - one of the patient and the other of those who takes care of the patient. Those who look after the patients, have to serve them 24 hours a day. Yaakov Stern, the author of the study and director of the Cognitive Neuroscience Division of Gertrude H Sergievsky Center at Columbia University Medical Center, New York stated that two factors - high blood pressure and diabetes - can bring an early end to the Alzheimer patients.
There were 323 people, who were selected for this landmark research. All of them underwent physical and memory testing after every eighteen months. But they did not show any memory problems.
According to the report of the study, the average life span of an Alzheimer is between three to nine years. It was also discovered that Hispanic people could live for eight years after the disease was properly diagnosed. The report also states that the Alzheimer patients who have diabetes are twice likely to die early than those who do not have diabetes. The Alzheimer patients, who have high blood pressure, have 2.5 times more risk of dying as compared to those who have normal blood pressure.
Friday, November 14, 2008
ULCER DIET
Ulcer Diet
Fiber, acid and some spices exacerbate heartburn and ulcers.
An ulcer is a wound, or an open sore, that is aggravated easily. Fiber and acid in food, among other things, hurt ulcers. The chart on this page divides foods into "good" and "bad" columns based on whether or not they contain fiber or acid that would hurt an ulcer. There is nothing here about nutritional value or about any supposed medicinal effects of food. This page is about fiber and acid.
This page does not deal with other things that hurt ulcers, like smoking, alcohol, aspirin, ibuprofen and other nonfood aggravators of ulcers. Neither does it address the many prescriptions that either aggravate ulcers or interact with acid-reducing drugs.
If it is only heartburn you want to control, and you don't know for sure that the cause is an ulcer, changing your lifestyle may or may not change your heartburn (see Standford Study). The most common cause of heartburn is a relaxing of the esophageal sphincter that normally prevents stomach acid from flowing into the esophagus (see Chew Gum for a thought about one way to deal with that). There are other causes as well and not all of them improve with changes in diet. Ulcers can improve by changing what you eat, but if you don't know what the cause is, you are experimenting to see if the advice here helps.
To experiment with this, the first thing to try is sleeping on a bed with cement blocks under the legs of its head (the height of a brick helps no one) to give your esophagus a break so it can heal at night. That might be all you need to do no matter what is causing your problem. If it doesn't, you have learned something. Trying these things one at a time enables you to determine exactly what helps and what doesn't so that you don't live with lifestyle changes that don't make any difference. The next thing to try is eliminating from your diet vinegar, seeds, and nuts. After that perhaps stop eating anything within three hours of sleeping.
If those don't help the problem, next eliminate citrus and tomato products. Of course, chili, barbeque and anything blackened or Cajun are problems too. It is possible to avoid these things and still eat in Indian and Mexican restaurants. Well, sort of. Drugs might be required to get you through some escapades.
I hate to say it but being overweight is the primary cause of heartburn. Losing weight is the most important thing to try if your heartburn is not caused by an ulcer, but I think it is unrealistic for most people to make that change.
Once again, on this chart, GOOD means low acid and/or low fiber. BAD means the opposite. That is all this chart is about, fiber and acid and how those make a food good or bad for an ulcer.
GOOD
BAD
White flour whether wheat or potato or rice Whole grain flours like whole wheat flour
Salt - the literature says it's bad. I've noticed it only a few times. Pepper - black, white, or any other color
Sugar (I don't know about artificial sweeteners - if you do let me know) Herbs & Spices in general, although see below
Butter Any acid but especially vinegar, which is one of the worst things you can eat with an ulcer.
Fat and oil in general are okay, except sometimes when food is fried in it. Bell peppers are bad if someone other than you prepares them because no one else peels and seeds them. They are not so bad if peeled and seeded.
All cooked meat (except the skin on ham). Whether it walks, swims or flies, meat is ok unless it has been turned into meatloaf or sausage (see below) Citrus fruits like lemon, lime, orange, pineapple, zest because they are acidic
Eggs Apples including apple juice. It's acidic.
Cheese is alkaline and actually counteracts other acids. Nuts including peanuts and peanut butter.
Cream. The literature says milk is bad, but milkshakes are soothing to me. Someone reading this page called and said that milks helps her too. Broccoli, cauliflower,
Corn starch Berries (they have acid, peels, seeds) including strawberries, raspberries, blueberries
White chocolate. It's just the cocoa butter and has no fiber. You can even make hot chocolate from white chocolate. Chocolate (it's a ground bean), although things like chocolate milkshakes often have only artificial chocolate in them, and that's ok.
Corn syrup Coffee (acidic)
Maple syrup Tea (acidic - but much less so than coffee)
Most melons, like cantaloupe and honey dew and watermelon if you don't eat the seeds Tomatoes, although fresh ones, if peeled and seeded, are okay in moderation. Tomato paste and sauce are big, big problems. Reducing the sauce into a paste only concentrates its acidity.
Honey. Although if it gets really old it crystallizes and the crystals have sharp edges. Beans, peas and corn - each bean, each pea, each kernel of corn is covered with a skin that is fibrous. An ear of corn on the cob looks like a hand grenade to an ulcer.
Bell peppers of all colors if they are peeled and seeded Any leaf like lettuce, cabbage, spinach, kale, basil, parsley, cilantro. The solid parts are fiber. However, the flavor and nutrition is in the juice and there are ways to get that without eating the fiber.
Squash (peeled and seeded - the fiber is in the peels and seeds) like zucchini, acorn, butternut, and spaghetti squash Dill (fiber)
Mango Chives (fiber)
Papaya Rosemary, dill, thyme, sage, etc, unless removed after the flavor has been imparted (see spices below)
Guava Soft drinks usually have acidic preservatives, citric acid and other acids added
Banana Candy usually has the same acids as soft drinks
Pear Orange juice. Take a vitamin pill to get Vitamin C..
Peach. Although any fruit, if made into a filling or a compote for a pie or a syrup, most likely will have enough ascorbic acid or other acid added to be a problem. Most ice creams, but only because of how they are flavored. Most fruit flavors, even if artificial, are acidic. Vanilla is fine though.
Pasta, depending on the fiber content (read the side of the box). There is at least one brand that contains no fiber. When the fiber content is listed as 4% or less, you probably are okay. Raw meats like sushi or oysters, because an ulcer is an open sore providing direct access to the bloodstream for bacteria that can be found on raw meat. These bacteria do not bother other people, but in your blood stream they can make you extremely sick. (see addendum)
Avocado Oatmeal, oats in any form
White rice. Read the label. Some rice has no fiber and some has. Brown rice. Although not always. Read the label.
Cocoanut milk. Chicken cocoanut soup in a Thai restaurant is ok, partly because the lemon flavor in it comes from lemon grass which is not very acidic, and partly because the cocoanut flavor is not from shredded cocoanut but only from cocoanut milk. Cocoanut. The solid part that usually is shredded is very fibrous.
Carrots if peeled. Once again, it is only the peel that is a problem. By the way, shredded carrots can be the basis of a salad instead of lettuce. Carrots unless peeled.
Blue cheese and Roquefort cheese salad dressings are low in acidity. Pour them over shredded carrots with mushrooms and cucumber (peeled and seeded, of course) and it's a salad. Almost all salad dressings have acid of some type in them.
Mayonnaise - can substitute for salad dressing, but it bothers some people. See note at bottom of page. Rye bread is bad because there always are caraway seeds in it.
Vanilla Worcester sauce, A-1 sauce, Tabasco Sauce
Asian sausage is flavored with oils and other liquids and appears to be made with parts of meat that do not contain gristle. Sausages made the American and European way. The side of the package says it has zero fiber, but they are not counting the spices they add. They also are not counting the ground gristle and oats found in some sausage.
Potatoes, but not the skin, of course. Everyone says that french fries are bad for ulcers, but it hasn't been my experience. I eat them in moderation without a problem.
McDonalds. There is almost no fiber or acid in fast food . . except for the condiments . . and the soft drinks. Oh, well. Most condiments. Mustard, ketchup, tartar sauce, pickles (because of the brine) and such like are problems.
Teriyaki sauce isn't too bad. The breading on fried chicken has fibrous spices in it.
Tofu Soy products can be fine, but some are not. Some soy milk says12% fiber.
Tempura. It's one of those instances in which, even though it is breaded and deep fried, it hasn't bothered me. Hot dogs. The skin on them is fibrous.
Seaweed appears to be a leaf that is fully digestible. (Anything you cannot digest is a fiber that can bother an ulcer.) Some exotic restaurants make salads out of seaweed. I have eaten those with success. Some normal Thai restaurants have seaweed salads, but usually they buy them pre-made with sesame seeds and acid that make them off-limit for ulcers. Chili - the beans, the spices, the tomato base.
Chinese barbeque - Test it before indulging. I haven't done the research yet to see what they make it out of, but the ones I've eaten appear not to be tomato based, have not been acidic, and have not given me a problem. American barbeque - The sauce has tomato and vinegar and spices in it. In a restaurant, if you can order the meat without the sauce, sometimes it's okay if they haven't peppered or spiced the meat too much in cooking.
Garlic - I'm going to have to write more about garlic, but there are ways to use it without getting the fiber. As fiber goes, it's not the worst, but it can be a problem, even when gotten through garlic salt. If something is sautéed in fresh garlic, a good deal of flavor remains after the hunks of garlic have been scrapped away. Olive oil infused with garlic is an option too. Onions - the classic round or bulb shaped things that we put into everything require moderation. Onions bother ulcers, but not as much as other things.
Malic acid, citric acid, ascorbic acid, and even some preservatives are problems.
Seeds. Poppy seeds, sunflower seeds, almost any seeds are as bad as nuts or vinegar. If the ingredients list sesame seeds, or if you see sesame seeds on the product, it's a problem. Because sesame seeds eventually can be digested, they are not included in the fiber content rating listed on the product, but they are not digested before they reach your ulcer.
Baked pastries. Cake flour and pastry flour are softer than bread flour and so they are less fibrous. Wedding cake flour might be the softest flour there is and it makes great pancakes among other things. Donuts. Something about the way they are deep fried makes them a problem.
Fiber percentage listed in nutritive value description on food packaging
It is a useful guide even though the number is revealing only what percentage of your daily fiber requirement is contained in one serving of the product. If it says zero, it probably is safe. For me personally, products with 4% or less usually are fine. Above that and I begin to have problems.
Spices
The primary problem with spices is that they are fibers that are ground up and put in food. For someone with an ulcer that is like grinding glass into a recipe. Anything woody is fibrous. But in some cases if the spice is left whole, like a cinnamon stick, so that it can be removed or avoided, then it is fine. For instance, pumpkin pie can be made by steeping the whole spices wrapped in cloth in the milk (for a chiffon pumpkin pie) to impart the flavor of the spices while allowing the removal of the fibrous element before baking. This also can be done with a tea infuser holding the spices.
This works with cloves, allspice, mace, nutmeg and such like. This even has worked with spices like fenugreek, although generally the hotter the spice the more of a problem it will be even without the fiber. Turmeric, paprika, pepper, curry mixes and such are problematic even with the fiber removed.
Herbs
These can be treated like the spices above. In many cases the juice from fresh herbs is fine, or a broth made from dried herbs. Bitter or acidic herbs are a problem, but often, as long as the fiber is not included, the essence of the herb is fine. Flavoring oils with them is one way to do that. Basil Olive oil or Rosemary Olive oil or Cilantro Olive oil are non-fibrous ways of partaking of those herbs and those oils can be bought readymade.
There are many oils on the market now that add flavor to food without grinding spices. Toasted sesame oil mixed with olive oil and butter make an excellent sauce for either meat or vegetables.
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Restaurants
French is the safest, but it still is possible to eat Indian, Mexican and Thai food. It just takes learning what is safe. Indian restaurants are among the most difficult. Some have nothing on the menu that is safe. However, Tandoori chicken and fish, even though they have been marinated in spices, can be "relatively" okay because most of the spice drains off during cooking. Not that I don't feel it after I eat it, but hey, never eat Indian food again?
Also, in Indian restaurants, plain Nan is fine. The yogurt drinks some Indian restaurants make with mango or papaya are fine. Sometimes they contain rose water as well, which is high in Vitamin C and therefore a bit acidic (some standard Vitamin tablets use rose hips as the source for their C Vitamins), but in my experience it has not been nearly as acidic as citrus products.
Unfortunately they always put caraway seeds in rice in Indian restaurants. Seeds are one of the first things that must be abandoned to combat ulcers and heartburn. And many Indian restaurants now purchase their lamb in a form that contains herbs and spices in the meat, making it inedible for people with ulcers. You need to ask about that before ordering anything made with lamb in an Indian restaurant.
Acid Reducing Drugs Effect on Nutrition
When you reduce the acid in your stomach you reduce your body's ability to absorb Vitamin B-12. Effects of too little B-12 include fatigue, muscle weakness, problems with walking, tingling in feet and hands, depression, memory loss, dementia, hallucinations, psychosis, personality changes, and a reduced ability to make gains as a result of exercise. Do a search on "pernicious anemia" if you want to read more about what happens when there is too little B-12 in your body.
Among the H2-blockers and antacids that reduce your ability to absorb B-12 are Pepcid, Tagamet, Zantac, Nexium and Tums. Some drugs, like Prevacid, can permanently alter your bodies ability to produce acid and therefore permanently reduce its ability to absorb B-12 from food.
Fortunately, to overcome the problem, when it is caused by acid reducing drugs, prescriptions and shots are not necessary. B-12 pills are cheap and can be bought over the counter in any pharmacy. They are water soluble and nontoxic. So there is not a lot to worry about when trying B-12 to see if it helps clear up your symptoms. If it doesn't, there are other conditions that can produce similar symptoms.
The older we get, the more difficulty our bodies have absorbing B-12. Throw acid reducing drugs into the mix and it can be a problem. If you are under 40 the odds are this isn't your problem.
Ulcer
An ulcer is a wound, or an open sore, that is aggravated easily. If aggravated too much over too long a period of time it can perforate and even be fatal as bacteria in the digestive track are released into other parts of the body.
In most people the H-pylori that causes ulcers can be eradicated with drugs. It did not succeed with mine. In most of the rest of ulcer-sufferers, it can be controlled with Priolosec or Zantac or similar drugs. Unfortunately, those made me too stupid to function. Someday I may be forced to seek a surgical solution, but from what I have seen of that, I'd rather live on pabulum.
Articles
A helpful reader wrote in recommending these articles about how to heal ulcers:
http://www.drmirkin .com/morehealth/ G123.htm
http://www.drmirkin .com/archive/ 6470.html
Mayonnaise
Basic mayonnaise is made with oil, eggs, lemon and vinegar. Many people can tolerate it, but some can't. Just as soap is made with fat and lye, with lye being something that, by itself, would take your skin off, mayonnaise is made vinegar and lemon, which by themselves wreak havoc on ulcers. But there is so much more oil (fat) than acid in both mixes that most people can tolerate them. However, a reader has written that mayonnaise bothers him. He said he loves mayonnaise and so he found a substitute. He uses crema Salvadoreña (or Salvadoran cream). Common in Mexican cuisine, it is like a cross between sour cream and heavy cream but with a bit of a bite, which makes it perfect in sandwiches or as a sauce. We've even seen a recipe for putting it on plantain latkes. It also is a good substitute for Crème Fraîche and is the foundation of some desserts in Central and South America. It is one of the things some immigrants to the USA long for when remembering mother's cooking back home. If diary doesn't bother your ulcer, this is worth checking out even if you don't have a problem with mayonnaise.
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Fiber, acid and some spices exacerbate heartburn and ulcers.
An ulcer is a wound, or an open sore, that is aggravated easily. Fiber and acid in food, among other things, hurt ulcers. The chart on this page divides foods into "good" and "bad" columns based on whether or not they contain fiber or acid that would hurt an ulcer. There is nothing here about nutritional value or about any supposed medicinal effects of food. This page is about fiber and acid.
This page does not deal with other things that hurt ulcers, like smoking, alcohol, aspirin, ibuprofen and other nonfood aggravators of ulcers. Neither does it address the many prescriptions that either aggravate ulcers or interact with acid-reducing drugs.
If it is only heartburn you want to control, and you don't know for sure that the cause is an ulcer, changing your lifestyle may or may not change your heartburn (see Standford Study). The most common cause of heartburn is a relaxing of the esophageal sphincter that normally prevents stomach acid from flowing into the esophagus (see Chew Gum for a thought about one way to deal with that). There are other causes as well and not all of them improve with changes in diet. Ulcers can improve by changing what you eat, but if you don't know what the cause is, you are experimenting to see if the advice here helps.
To experiment with this, the first thing to try is sleeping on a bed with cement blocks under the legs of its head (the height of a brick helps no one) to give your esophagus a break so it can heal at night. That might be all you need to do no matter what is causing your problem. If it doesn't, you have learned something. Trying these things one at a time enables you to determine exactly what helps and what doesn't so that you don't live with lifestyle changes that don't make any difference. The next thing to try is eliminating from your diet vinegar, seeds, and nuts. After that perhaps stop eating anything within three hours of sleeping.
If those don't help the problem, next eliminate citrus and tomato products. Of course, chili, barbeque and anything blackened or Cajun are problems too. It is possible to avoid these things and still eat in Indian and Mexican restaurants. Well, sort of. Drugs might be required to get you through some escapades.
I hate to say it but being overweight is the primary cause of heartburn. Losing weight is the most important thing to try if your heartburn is not caused by an ulcer, but I think it is unrealistic for most people to make that change.
Once again, on this chart, GOOD means low acid and/or low fiber. BAD means the opposite. That is all this chart is about, fiber and acid and how those make a food good or bad for an ulcer.
GOOD
BAD
White flour whether wheat or potato or rice Whole grain flours like whole wheat flour
Salt - the literature says it's bad. I've noticed it only a few times. Pepper - black, white, or any other color
Sugar (I don't know about artificial sweeteners - if you do let me know) Herbs & Spices in general, although see below
Butter Any acid but especially vinegar, which is one of the worst things you can eat with an ulcer.
Fat and oil in general are okay, except sometimes when food is fried in it. Bell peppers are bad if someone other than you prepares them because no one else peels and seeds them. They are not so bad if peeled and seeded.
All cooked meat (except the skin on ham). Whether it walks, swims or flies, meat is ok unless it has been turned into meatloaf or sausage (see below) Citrus fruits like lemon, lime, orange, pineapple, zest because they are acidic
Eggs Apples including apple juice. It's acidic.
Cheese is alkaline and actually counteracts other acids. Nuts including peanuts and peanut butter.
Cream. The literature says milk is bad, but milkshakes are soothing to me. Someone reading this page called and said that milks helps her too. Broccoli, cauliflower,
Corn starch Berries (they have acid, peels, seeds) including strawberries, raspberries, blueberries
White chocolate. It's just the cocoa butter and has no fiber. You can even make hot chocolate from white chocolate. Chocolate (it's a ground bean), although things like chocolate milkshakes often have only artificial chocolate in them, and that's ok.
Corn syrup Coffee (acidic)
Maple syrup Tea (acidic - but much less so than coffee)
Most melons, like cantaloupe and honey dew and watermelon if you don't eat the seeds Tomatoes, although fresh ones, if peeled and seeded, are okay in moderation. Tomato paste and sauce are big, big problems. Reducing the sauce into a paste only concentrates its acidity.
Honey. Although if it gets really old it crystallizes and the crystals have sharp edges. Beans, peas and corn - each bean, each pea, each kernel of corn is covered with a skin that is fibrous. An ear of corn on the cob looks like a hand grenade to an ulcer.
Bell peppers of all colors if they are peeled and seeded Any leaf like lettuce, cabbage, spinach, kale, basil, parsley, cilantro. The solid parts are fiber. However, the flavor and nutrition is in the juice and there are ways to get that without eating the fiber.
Squash (peeled and seeded - the fiber is in the peels and seeds) like zucchini, acorn, butternut, and spaghetti squash Dill (fiber)
Mango Chives (fiber)
Papaya Rosemary, dill, thyme, sage, etc, unless removed after the flavor has been imparted (see spices below)
Guava Soft drinks usually have acidic preservatives, citric acid and other acids added
Banana Candy usually has the same acids as soft drinks
Pear Orange juice. Take a vitamin pill to get Vitamin C..
Peach. Although any fruit, if made into a filling or a compote for a pie or a syrup, most likely will have enough ascorbic acid or other acid added to be a problem. Most ice creams, but only because of how they are flavored. Most fruit flavors, even if artificial, are acidic. Vanilla is fine though.
Pasta, depending on the fiber content (read the side of the box). There is at least one brand that contains no fiber. When the fiber content is listed as 4% or less, you probably are okay. Raw meats like sushi or oysters, because an ulcer is an open sore providing direct access to the bloodstream for bacteria that can be found on raw meat. These bacteria do not bother other people, but in your blood stream they can make you extremely sick. (see addendum)
Avocado Oatmeal, oats in any form
White rice. Read the label. Some rice has no fiber and some has. Brown rice. Although not always. Read the label.
Cocoanut milk. Chicken cocoanut soup in a Thai restaurant is ok, partly because the lemon flavor in it comes from lemon grass which is not very acidic, and partly because the cocoanut flavor is not from shredded cocoanut but only from cocoanut milk. Cocoanut. The solid part that usually is shredded is very fibrous.
Carrots if peeled. Once again, it is only the peel that is a problem. By the way, shredded carrots can be the basis of a salad instead of lettuce. Carrots unless peeled.
Blue cheese and Roquefort cheese salad dressings are low in acidity. Pour them over shredded carrots with mushrooms and cucumber (peeled and seeded, of course) and it's a salad. Almost all salad dressings have acid of some type in them.
Mayonnaise - can substitute for salad dressing, but it bothers some people. See note at bottom of page. Rye bread is bad because there always are caraway seeds in it.
Vanilla Worcester sauce, A-1 sauce, Tabasco Sauce
Asian sausage is flavored with oils and other liquids and appears to be made with parts of meat that do not contain gristle. Sausages made the American and European way. The side of the package says it has zero fiber, but they are not counting the spices they add. They also are not counting the ground gristle and oats found in some sausage.
Potatoes, but not the skin, of course. Everyone says that french fries are bad for ulcers, but it hasn't been my experience. I eat them in moderation without a problem.
McDonalds. There is almost no fiber or acid in fast food . . except for the condiments . . and the soft drinks. Oh, well. Most condiments. Mustard, ketchup, tartar sauce, pickles (because of the brine) and such like are problems.
Teriyaki sauce isn't too bad. The breading on fried chicken has fibrous spices in it.
Tofu Soy products can be fine, but some are not. Some soy milk says12% fiber.
Tempura. It's one of those instances in which, even though it is breaded and deep fried, it hasn't bothered me. Hot dogs. The skin on them is fibrous.
Seaweed appears to be a leaf that is fully digestible. (Anything you cannot digest is a fiber that can bother an ulcer.) Some exotic restaurants make salads out of seaweed. I have eaten those with success. Some normal Thai restaurants have seaweed salads, but usually they buy them pre-made with sesame seeds and acid that make them off-limit for ulcers. Chili - the beans, the spices, the tomato base.
Chinese barbeque - Test it before indulging. I haven't done the research yet to see what they make it out of, but the ones I've eaten appear not to be tomato based, have not been acidic, and have not given me a problem. American barbeque - The sauce has tomato and vinegar and spices in it. In a restaurant, if you can order the meat without the sauce, sometimes it's okay if they haven't peppered or spiced the meat too much in cooking.
Garlic - I'm going to have to write more about garlic, but there are ways to use it without getting the fiber. As fiber goes, it's not the worst, but it can be a problem, even when gotten through garlic salt. If something is sautéed in fresh garlic, a good deal of flavor remains after the hunks of garlic have been scrapped away. Olive oil infused with garlic is an option too. Onions - the classic round or bulb shaped things that we put into everything require moderation. Onions bother ulcers, but not as much as other things.
Malic acid, citric acid, ascorbic acid, and even some preservatives are problems.
Seeds. Poppy seeds, sunflower seeds, almost any seeds are as bad as nuts or vinegar. If the ingredients list sesame seeds, or if you see sesame seeds on the product, it's a problem. Because sesame seeds eventually can be digested, they are not included in the fiber content rating listed on the product, but they are not digested before they reach your ulcer.
Baked pastries. Cake flour and pastry flour are softer than bread flour and so they are less fibrous. Wedding cake flour might be the softest flour there is and it makes great pancakes among other things. Donuts. Something about the way they are deep fried makes them a problem.
Fiber percentage listed in nutritive value description on food packaging
It is a useful guide even though the number is revealing only what percentage of your daily fiber requirement is contained in one serving of the product. If it says zero, it probably is safe. For me personally, products with 4% or less usually are fine. Above that and I begin to have problems.
Spices
The primary problem with spices is that they are fibers that are ground up and put in food. For someone with an ulcer that is like grinding glass into a recipe. Anything woody is fibrous. But in some cases if the spice is left whole, like a cinnamon stick, so that it can be removed or avoided, then it is fine. For instance, pumpkin pie can be made by steeping the whole spices wrapped in cloth in the milk (for a chiffon pumpkin pie) to impart the flavor of the spices while allowing the removal of the fibrous element before baking. This also can be done with a tea infuser holding the spices.
This works with cloves, allspice, mace, nutmeg and such like. This even has worked with spices like fenugreek, although generally the hotter the spice the more of a problem it will be even without the fiber. Turmeric, paprika, pepper, curry mixes and such are problematic even with the fiber removed.
Herbs
These can be treated like the spices above. In many cases the juice from fresh herbs is fine, or a broth made from dried herbs. Bitter or acidic herbs are a problem, but often, as long as the fiber is not included, the essence of the herb is fine. Flavoring oils with them is one way to do that. Basil Olive oil or Rosemary Olive oil or Cilantro Olive oil are non-fibrous ways of partaking of those herbs and those oils can be bought readymade.
There are many oils on the market now that add flavor to food without grinding spices. Toasted sesame oil mixed with olive oil and butter make an excellent sauce for either meat or vegetables.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Restaurants
French is the safest, but it still is possible to eat Indian, Mexican and Thai food. It just takes learning what is safe. Indian restaurants are among the most difficult. Some have nothing on the menu that is safe. However, Tandoori chicken and fish, even though they have been marinated in spices, can be "relatively" okay because most of the spice drains off during cooking. Not that I don't feel it after I eat it, but hey, never eat Indian food again?
Also, in Indian restaurants, plain Nan is fine. The yogurt drinks some Indian restaurants make with mango or papaya are fine. Sometimes they contain rose water as well, which is high in Vitamin C and therefore a bit acidic (some standard Vitamin tablets use rose hips as the source for their C Vitamins), but in my experience it has not been nearly as acidic as citrus products.
Unfortunately they always put caraway seeds in rice in Indian restaurants. Seeds are one of the first things that must be abandoned to combat ulcers and heartburn. And many Indian restaurants now purchase their lamb in a form that contains herbs and spices in the meat, making it inedible for people with ulcers. You need to ask about that before ordering anything made with lamb in an Indian restaurant.
Acid Reducing Drugs Effect on Nutrition
When you reduce the acid in your stomach you reduce your body's ability to absorb Vitamin B-12. Effects of too little B-12 include fatigue, muscle weakness, problems with walking, tingling in feet and hands, depression, memory loss, dementia, hallucinations, psychosis, personality changes, and a reduced ability to make gains as a result of exercise. Do a search on "pernicious anemia" if you want to read more about what happens when there is too little B-12 in your body.
Among the H2-blockers and antacids that reduce your ability to absorb B-12 are Pepcid, Tagamet, Zantac, Nexium and Tums. Some drugs, like Prevacid, can permanently alter your bodies ability to produce acid and therefore permanently reduce its ability to absorb B-12 from food.
Fortunately, to overcome the problem, when it is caused by acid reducing drugs, prescriptions and shots are not necessary. B-12 pills are cheap and can be bought over the counter in any pharmacy. They are water soluble and nontoxic. So there is not a lot to worry about when trying B-12 to see if it helps clear up your symptoms. If it doesn't, there are other conditions that can produce similar symptoms.
The older we get, the more difficulty our bodies have absorbing B-12. Throw acid reducing drugs into the mix and it can be a problem. If you are under 40 the odds are this isn't your problem.
Ulcer
An ulcer is a wound, or an open sore, that is aggravated easily. If aggravated too much over too long a period of time it can perforate and even be fatal as bacteria in the digestive track are released into other parts of the body.
In most people the H-pylori that causes ulcers can be eradicated with drugs. It did not succeed with mine. In most of the rest of ulcer-sufferers, it can be controlled with Priolosec or Zantac or similar drugs. Unfortunately, those made me too stupid to function. Someday I may be forced to seek a surgical solution, but from what I have seen of that, I'd rather live on pabulum.
Articles
A helpful reader wrote in recommending these articles about how to heal ulcers:
http://www.drmirkin .com/morehealth/ G123.htm
http://www.drmirkin .com/archive/ 6470.html
Mayonnaise
Basic mayonnaise is made with oil, eggs, lemon and vinegar. Many people can tolerate it, but some can't. Just as soap is made with fat and lye, with lye being something that, by itself, would take your skin off, mayonnaise is made vinegar and lemon, which by themselves wreak havoc on ulcers. But there is so much more oil (fat) than acid in both mixes that most people can tolerate them. However, a reader has written that mayonnaise bothers him. He said he loves mayonnaise and so he found a substitute. He uses crema Salvadoreña (or Salvadoran cream). Common in Mexican cuisine, it is like a cross between sour cream and heavy cream but with a bit of a bite, which makes it perfect in sandwiches or as a sauce. We've even seen a recipe for putting it on plantain latkes. It also is a good substitute for Crème Fraîche and is the foundation of some desserts in Central and South America. It is one of the things some immigrants to the USA long for when remembering mother's cooking back home. If diary doesn't bother your ulcer, this is worth checking out even if you don't have a problem with mayonnaise.
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Tuesday, November 4, 2008
YOUTH SUFFER FROM JUNK SLEEP
YOUTH SUFFER FROM JUNK SLEEP
Junk sleep is what many youngsters are experiencing today.
In other words they dont sleep long or deep enough to give
their brain the required amount of rest.
This has been attributed to the many distractions in the form
of electronic gadgets like laptops, mobile phones,videogames,
etc that keep them awake most of the night.
A recent survey by the sleep council in Britain found that
30 percent of children between the ages 12 to 16 are sleeping
just for four to seven hours a day.
According to Dr. S.Vijay Mohan, Senior Consultant Physician
warns against the consequences of inadequate sleep amongst
teenagers as trend is catching in India as well "Mental
Simulation by these gadgets is okay within limits but it will
lead to depression later on.
Lack of sleep or poor sleep habits affect up eating properly".
Sleep deprivation has ill effects on the central nervous system
including the brain.
Performance level will come down because the concentration
level goes down. This makes the person feel leathargic.
Glare reflected from the screen will affect vision.
The doctor says that a minimum of eight hours sleep is required
to function well.
Lack of suffient sleep results in Heart diseases, BP and
hypertension.
It is an alarming situation because youngsters hardly take notice
of the junk sleep that they experience.
Yougsters mostly use to sleep at 1-00 AM or at 2-00AM and have
to wake up at 6-30AM to rush to Schools/ Colleges.
Most of the times youngsters reach Schools/Colleges late and
feel sleepy during the first two periods at Schools/colleges.
Mostly youngsters says, " I Chat online, listen to music,Playing
Videogames or I am busy talking over the Phone".
More ever mostly youngsters wont take intime food at home
and eats lot of fast foods which contains very high percetage of
salts,spices,Fats and Oils, which causes indigestion or acidity
or hyperacidity in the stomach which inturn also disturbs the sleep.
Youngsters don't realise the importance of a good night's sleep
and think that it's cool to stay awake.
Junk sleep is what many youngsters are experiencing today.
In other words they dont sleep long or deep enough to give
their brain the required amount of rest.
This has been attributed to the many distractions in the form
of electronic gadgets like laptops, mobile phones,videogames,
etc that keep them awake most of the night.
A recent survey by the sleep council in Britain found that
30 percent of children between the ages 12 to 16 are sleeping
just for four to seven hours a day.
According to Dr. S.Vijay Mohan, Senior Consultant Physician
warns against the consequences of inadequate sleep amongst
teenagers as trend is catching in India as well "Mental
Simulation by these gadgets is okay within limits but it will
lead to depression later on.
Lack of sleep or poor sleep habits affect up eating properly".
Sleep deprivation has ill effects on the central nervous system
including the brain.
Performance level will come down because the concentration
level goes down. This makes the person feel leathargic.
Glare reflected from the screen will affect vision.
The doctor says that a minimum of eight hours sleep is required
to function well.
Lack of suffient sleep results in Heart diseases, BP and
hypertension.
It is an alarming situation because youngsters hardly take notice
of the junk sleep that they experience.
Yougsters mostly use to sleep at 1-00 AM or at 2-00AM and have
to wake up at 6-30AM to rush to Schools/ Colleges.
Most of the times youngsters reach Schools/Colleges late and
feel sleepy during the first two periods at Schools/colleges.
Mostly youngsters says, " I Chat online, listen to music,Playing
Videogames or I am busy talking over the Phone".
More ever mostly youngsters wont take intime food at home
and eats lot of fast foods which contains very high percetage of
salts,spices,Fats and Oils, which causes indigestion or acidity
or hyperacidity in the stomach which inturn also disturbs the sleep.
Youngsters don't realise the importance of a good night's sleep
and think that it's cool to stay awake.
MOLECULE IN PAAN MAY TREAT BLOOD CANCER
MOLECULE IN PAAN MAY TREAT
BLOOD CANCER
A group of scientists in the centre for Scientific and Industrial Research here have claimed to have made a major break through in cancer studies when they sruck upon a molecule in betel (paan) leaf that targets and kills leukemia cells and holds the promise of becoming the world''s first herb based,cheap therapeutic drug for blood cancer. A multi- disciplinary team from CSIR''S premier lab Indian Institute of chemical Biology here is ecstatic with the serendipitous find since there is just one exorbitant drug currently available across the world for the treatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia, a severe type of blood cancer. The molecule, identified as chlorogenic acid, code - named ICB - 101 throughout the three - year hush- hush study, came as a chance discovery while the team was conducting immuno - modulatory studies on betel leaf and its effect on human cell lines. Team leader santu Bandyopadhyay said , we found that chlorogenic acid induced programmed cell death in human cancer cells transplanted in experimental nude mice. The 12 - member team, including IICB director and cell biologist Samir Bhattacharya, has applied for the US and global patents for the molecule. The molecule, tested on human cancer cell lines obtained from America, Milan - based Instituto Nazionale Tumori and Meikai University,Japan,showed no effect on the growth of non - cancerous cells. IICB ----------> INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY.
BLOOD CANCER
A group of scientists in the centre for Scientific and Industrial Research here have claimed to have made a major break through in cancer studies when they sruck upon a molecule in betel (paan) leaf that targets and kills leukemia cells and holds the promise of becoming the world''s first herb based,cheap therapeutic drug for blood cancer. A multi- disciplinary team from CSIR''S premier lab Indian Institute of chemical Biology here is ecstatic with the serendipitous find since there is just one exorbitant drug currently available across the world for the treatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia, a severe type of blood cancer. The molecule, identified as chlorogenic acid, code - named ICB - 101 throughout the three - year hush- hush study, came as a chance discovery while the team was conducting immuno - modulatory studies on betel leaf and its effect on human cell lines. Team leader santu Bandyopadhyay said , we found that chlorogenic acid induced programmed cell death in human cancer cells transplanted in experimental nude mice. The 12 - member team, including IICB director and cell biologist Samir Bhattacharya, has applied for the US and global patents for the molecule. The molecule, tested on human cancer cell lines obtained from America, Milan - based Instituto Nazionale Tumori and Meikai University,Japan,showed no effect on the growth of non - cancerous cells. IICB ----------> INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY.
HOMEO CURE FOR BRONCHITIS
HOMEO CURE FOR BRONC HITIS Well the season of colds and coughs. cough, nasal catarrh and throat pain are the worst. Our respiratory system after the larynex forms into bronchus and reaches out into the tissues of the lungs through bronchioles where exchange of oxygen into the body takes place. Sometimes in persons allergic to cold,dust,smoke or any of the various allergens the cilia which the line the inner lining of the bronchii and are capable of blocking the entry of dust or any infective particles become lax and are unable to do the duty. It is under these circumstances there is accumulation of mucus which is also produced more and develops into a typical sensation in the person compelling him to cough. The presence of mucus and low immunity also are a fertile ground for the bacteria to multiply and cause the condition of Bronchitis. TYPES OF BRONCHITIS: Acute Bronchitis: It generally starts as a flu and cold and spreads to the lungs and in a few can virulently spread to lung tissue causing Broncho - pneumonia if proper care is not entailed. It is usually caused by viral infection and when the mucus is collected forms the ground for secondary infection and Bronchitis. CHRONIC BRONCHITIS: The excessive secretion and accumulation of mucus could continue for almost three months or occur every year in any particular season is termed chronic. It can gradually weaken the lung tissue and lead to even lead to heart disease if not controlled properly. It is usually caused in smokers ( active and passive), air pollution, dust, people living in industrial areas,allergies etc. SYMPTOMS: Cough that produces mucus (sputum), may be blood streaked, Worse at night and disturbing sleep. Breathlessness on slightest exertion or activity. frequent respiratory infections (such as colds). Wheezing sound during sleep fatigue headaches associated with fever. INVESTIGATIONS: Pulmonary function test reveals the lung capacity is reduced. WHAT CAN HOMOEOPATHY DO? Homoeopathy has good remedies to relieve cold, the distressing cough with difficulty in breathing and control the infection, reduce the fever due to the same in quick time. It can also prevent the recurrent attacks of Bronchitis due to causes like allergy by improving the pulmonary function capacity wherever it is reversible. It can also prevent complications of Bronchitis. COMMON REMEDIES FOR BRONCHITIS: ANTIM TART ---& gt; if there is accumulation of mucus in the lungs and the patient is unable to expectorate. ARSENIC IOD -----> will cure the chronic bronchitis which remains after Tuberculosis or Broncho - pnuemonia. DROSERA -----> cures the distressing cough when the infection spreads larynx downwards into the lungs. HEPAR SULPH ------> when the cough occurs on slightest exposure to cold. RUMEX ----> cures the cough with tickling sensation in the throat. JUSTICIA -----> in the mother tincture form cures the acute catarrhal condition of the respiratory tract relieving the cough. Authors contact Address Dr. VENUGOPAL GOURI BHMS CONSULTANT HOMOEOPATH Email: drvenugopal@hotmail.com Helpline: 56 27 26 25 (mobile)
IT''S TIME TO KICK THAT BUTT
IT''S TIME TO KICK THAT BUTT
(Practical AYURVEDIC TIPS TO QUIT SMOKING)
The best way to break a bad habit is to replace it with a
healthy one,"says Ayurveda. It also believes that
unhealthy habits such as smoking and drugs have
psychological reasons,and therefore tries to address
problems such as anxiety, nervousness, lack of confidence
etc to help smokers kick the butt.
Ayurveda not only removes the cause of addiction(anxiety,
confusion ) etc, it also helps evaporate the toxins in the
body so that there is little or no discomfort of withdrawal
symptoms.
VACHA (CALAMUS) : Take this powder with a cup of water or tea.
ASWAGANDHA (PONNERUGADDA) : Besides beign a stress reliever,
it also removes smoke in the lungs and heals the affected
tissues. Consume a teaspoonful with milk twice a day.
BRAHMI (SARASWATHI AKU ): It relieves tension and soothes
your nerves, thus preventing your mind from seeking a fag
to beat the fatigue.
ALOE VERA (KALABANDA) : It helps those who are already affected
by lung, liver and blood diseases.Consuming pulp of this
plant daily helps in detoxifying the body.
Other herbs that help you start a fag- free life are
Shatavari and Bala, Ginger, pepper,Cloves,elaichi ...
Munching on these herbs now and then helps in relieving the
congestion that often arises after quitting smoking.
They are also effective in diverting your mind from the
nicotine butt.
Writer ..... DR.G.SRIDEVI
AYU KERALA AYURVEDIC PANCHAKARMA
Centre. Phno: 9440268186
(Practical AYURVEDIC TIPS TO QUIT SMOKING)
The best way to break a bad habit is to replace it with a
healthy one,"says Ayurveda. It also believes that
unhealthy habits such as smoking and drugs have
psychological reasons,and therefore tries to address
problems such as anxiety, nervousness, lack of confidence
etc to help smokers kick the butt.
Ayurveda not only removes the cause of addiction(anxiety,
confusion ) etc, it also helps evaporate the toxins in the
body so that there is little or no discomfort of withdrawal
symptoms.
VACHA (CALAMUS) : Take this powder with a cup of water or tea.
ASWAGANDHA (PONNERUGADDA) : Besides beign a stress reliever,
it also removes smoke in the lungs and heals the affected
tissues. Consume a teaspoonful with milk twice a day.
BRAHMI (SARASWATHI AKU ): It relieves tension and soothes
your nerves, thus preventing your mind from seeking a fag
to beat the fatigue.
ALOE VERA (KALABANDA) : It helps those who are already affected
by lung, liver and blood diseases.Consuming pulp of this
plant daily helps in detoxifying the body.
Other herbs that help you start a fag- free life are
Shatavari and Bala, Ginger, pepper,Cloves,elaichi ...
Munching on these herbs now and then helps in relieving the
congestion that often arises after quitting smoking.
They are also effective in diverting your mind from the
nicotine butt.
Writer ..... DR.G.SRIDEVI
AYU KERALA AYURVEDIC PANCHAKARMA
Centre. Phno: 9440268186
DIABETES
DIABETES
What is diabetes? Diabetes is a disease that affects the way your body uses blood sugar, or glucose,which is your body''s main source of fuel. Most of what we eat turns into glucose, and our body uses for energy. A harmone called insulin helps glucose enter into the body''s cells. When you have diabetes, your body does not produce or properly use insulin, causing a buildup of the sugars in your blood. What are the common symptoms? a) Frequent urination b) Excessive thirst c) Unexplained weight loss d) Extreme hunger e) Sudden vision changes f) Tingling or numbness in hands or feet g) Excessive fatigue h) Very dry skin i) Cuts and bruises that are slow to heal j) Recurring skin, gum or bladder infections A person with type 2 diabetes may not have any of these symptoms. That is why it is often called the " Silent Killer." Is diabetes contagious? Unlike the cold or flu, diabetes is not caused by a germ or virus The cause of diabetes contiues to be mystery, scientists believe that autoimune,genetic and environmental factors are involved in the development of this disease. What is Insulin? Insulin is a harmone released from the pancreas. It is the primary substance responsible for stabilizing your blood sugar levels. Insulin allows glucose to be transported into cells so the body can create energy. The rise in blood - sugar levels after eating or drinking stimulates the pancreas to produce insulin,causing blood - sugar levels to fall gradually. How do you check your blood - sugar levels? Blood - sugar levels are often checked at a routine physical examination . A blood sample is usually taken after you have fasted for about eight hours. Some elevation of blood - sugar levels after eating is normal,but even then, the levels shouldn''t be very high. Is there more than one type of diabetes? There are three types of diabetes characterized by high levels of blood glucose as a result of improper insulin production: type 1, type 2 and gestational. Each type is associated with serious complications. Who is at greater risk for type 1 diabetes? Type 1 diabetes was previously called insulin - dependent diabetes or juvenileonset diabetes. People with type 1 diabetes produce little or no insulin at all. Most develop the disease before age 30. Who is at greater risk for type 2? Type 2 diabetes was previously called non - insulin - dependent diabetes, or adultonset. The pancreas continues to manufacture insulin, sometimes at higher than normal levels. But the body develops a resistance to its effects, resulting in an insulin deficiency. This disease commonly begins after the age of 30 and becomes more common with age. Risk factors for type 2 include : older age,obesity, a family history of diabetes prior history of gestational diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance, physical inactivity and race/ethnicity. What is gestational diabetes? This type of diabetes develops in 2 to 5 percent of all pregnancies but disappears when the pregnancy is over.During pregnancy,Gestational diabetes requires treatment to normalize maternal blood - glucose levels to avoid compications in the infant. What is prediabetes? Before individual develops type 2 diabetes, they almost always have pre - diabetes. In such cases, the blood - glucose levels are higher than normal but are not yet high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes. If you have pre - diabetes and take action to manage your blood glucose levels through changes in your diet and increased exercises, research has shown that you can delay or prevent developing type 2 diabetes. What treatments are available? Managing blood - glucose levels should be planned with a qualified health care team.The main goal is to keep blood - sugar levels within a normal range. Treatment requires constant attention to weight control, exercise and diet.In type 1 diabetes, insulin - replacement therapy must be used. Insulin can be administered via injections or via an insulin pump that patients wear around the clock. Because insulin is destroyed in the stomach, it cannot be taken by mouth. Is there cure for diabetes? Diabetes is a chronic disease that has no cure. What are the complications? Many people first become aware that they are diabetic after developing one of the following life - threatening complications: a) Heart disease b) Blindness c) Kidney failure d) Need for amputation of a lower extremity other complications can include poor healing and deep infections caused by poor circulation. ** If you weigh the same as or more than the amount listed for your height, you may be at risk for diabetes. * At - risk weight chart * Body Mass Index HEIGHT WEIGHT in feet and inches
What is diabetes? Diabetes is a disease that affects the way your body uses blood sugar, or glucose,which is your body''s main source of fuel. Most of what we eat turns into glucose, and our body uses for energy. A harmone called insulin helps glucose enter into the body''s cells. When you have diabetes, your body does not produce or properly use insulin, causing a buildup of the sugars in your blood. What are the common symptoms? a) Frequent urination b) Excessive thirst c) Unexplained weight loss d) Extreme hunger e) Sudden vision changes f) Tingling or numbness in hands or feet g) Excessive fatigue h) Very dry skin i) Cuts and bruises that are slow to heal j) Recurring skin, gum or bladder infections A person with type 2 diabetes may not have any of these symptoms. That is why it is often called the " Silent Killer." Is diabetes contagious? Unlike the cold or flu, diabetes is not caused by a germ or virus The cause of diabetes contiues to be mystery, scientists believe that autoimune,genetic and environmental factors are involved in the development of this disease. What is Insulin? Insulin is a harmone released from the pancreas. It is the primary substance responsible for stabilizing your blood sugar levels. Insulin allows glucose to be transported into cells so the body can create energy. The rise in blood - sugar levels after eating or drinking stimulates the pancreas to produce insulin,causing blood - sugar levels to fall gradually. How do you check your blood - sugar levels? Blood - sugar levels are often checked at a routine physical examination . A blood sample is usually taken after you have fasted for about eight hours. Some elevation of blood - sugar levels after eating is normal,but even then, the levels shouldn''t be very high. Is there more than one type of diabetes? There are three types of diabetes characterized by high levels of blood glucose as a result of improper insulin production: type 1, type 2 and gestational. Each type is associated with serious complications. Who is at greater risk for type 1 diabetes? Type 1 diabetes was previously called insulin - dependent diabetes or juvenileonset diabetes. People with type 1 diabetes produce little or no insulin at all. Most develop the disease before age 30. Who is at greater risk for type 2? Type 2 diabetes was previously called non - insulin - dependent diabetes, or adultonset. The pancreas continues to manufacture insulin, sometimes at higher than normal levels. But the body develops a resistance to its effects, resulting in an insulin deficiency. This disease commonly begins after the age of 30 and becomes more common with age. Risk factors for type 2 include : older age,obesity, a family history of diabetes prior history of gestational diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance, physical inactivity and race/ethnicity. What is gestational diabetes? This type of diabetes develops in 2 to 5 percent of all pregnancies but disappears when the pregnancy is over.During pregnancy,Gestational diabetes requires treatment to normalize maternal blood - glucose levels to avoid compications in the infant. What is prediabetes? Before individual develops type 2 diabetes, they almost always have pre - diabetes. In such cases, the blood - glucose levels are higher than normal but are not yet high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes. If you have pre - diabetes and take action to manage your blood glucose levels through changes in your diet and increased exercises, research has shown that you can delay or prevent developing type 2 diabetes. What treatments are available? Managing blood - glucose levels should be planned with a qualified health care team.The main goal is to keep blood - sugar levels within a normal range. Treatment requires constant attention to weight control, exercise and diet.In type 1 diabetes, insulin - replacement therapy must be used. Insulin can be administered via injections or via an insulin pump that patients wear around the clock. Because insulin is destroyed in the stomach, it cannot be taken by mouth. Is there cure for diabetes? Diabetes is a chronic disease that has no cure. What are the complications? Many people first become aware that they are diabetic after developing one of the following life - threatening complications: a) Heart disease b) Blindness c) Kidney failure d) Need for amputation of a lower extremity other complications can include poor healing and deep infections caused by poor circulation. ** If you weigh the same as or more than the amount listed for your height, you may be at risk for diabetes. * At - risk weight chart * Body Mass Index HEIGHT WEIGHT in feet and inches
SAY YES TO OATS
SAY YES TO OATS
Food uses : oats figure in processed breakfast cereals
(oat bran cereals), oatmeal biscuits, cakes,pastries,
protein concentrate and infant foods.
oat floor is no good for making bread - its high fat
content turns it rancid too quickly,but in turn prevents
spoilage and increases the shelf life of milk products,
pork,fish,and edible oils.
Nutrition: About 100 gm of oat seed contains 374 calorie,
with 13 gm protein, 7 gm of fat and nearly 65 gm of carbo-
hydrate.
Oats are among the richest grain sources of dietary fibre,
and they contain significant amounts of calcium,phosphorus,
thaiamine, riboflavin and niacin. Oat profile has the best
amino acid profile among cereals.
The soluble dietary fibre found so abundantly in oats forms
a viscous gel in the gut and provides early and long lasting
satiety.
It slows down absorption of glucose from the gut and prevents
wide swings in blood sugar levels.I t also lowers blood choles-
terol levels by inhibiting reabsorption of cholesteroltrapping
bile from the gut.Oats can be a valuable source of carbohydrate
and protein for those allergic to the gluten in wheat.
Medicinal Uses: Oat extracts were once a remedy for the smoking
habit,but this cure has now been discredited.
The grains are a folk remedy (unproven) for everything from
colic to cancer. Oats do, however, contain b-sitosterol,
a compound with anti - cancer properties.
Writer --- RAJIV.M
THE HINDU NEWS PAPER MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2005
Food uses : oats figure in processed breakfast cereals
(oat bran cereals), oatmeal biscuits, cakes,pastries,
protein concentrate and infant foods.
oat floor is no good for making bread - its high fat
content turns it rancid too quickly,but in turn prevents
spoilage and increases the shelf life of milk products,
pork,fish,and edible oils.
Nutrition: About 100 gm of oat seed contains 374 calorie,
with 13 gm protein, 7 gm of fat and nearly 65 gm of carbo-
hydrate.
Oats are among the richest grain sources of dietary fibre,
and they contain significant amounts of calcium,phosphorus,
thaiamine, riboflavin and niacin. Oat profile has the best
amino acid profile among cereals.
The soluble dietary fibre found so abundantly in oats forms
a viscous gel in the gut and provides early and long lasting
satiety.
It slows down absorption of glucose from the gut and prevents
wide swings in blood sugar levels.I t also lowers blood choles-
terol levels by inhibiting reabsorption of cholesteroltrapping
bile from the gut.Oats can be a valuable source of carbohydrate
and protein for those allergic to the gluten in wheat.
Medicinal Uses: Oat extracts were once a remedy for the smoking
habit,but this cure has now been discredited.
The grains are a folk remedy (unproven) for everything from
colic to cancer. Oats do, however, contain b-sitosterol,
a compound with anti - cancer properties.
Writer --- RAJIV.M
THE HINDU NEWS PAPER MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2005
FIBRE - RICH AND FAT - FREE
FIBRE - RICH AND FAT - FREE
( CHOLESTEROL IS ONE OF THE MAJOR REASONS FOR HEART DISEASE)
Cholesterol is a fat that looks like wax,and under the
microscope it appears as crystalline long,sharp needles.
Cholesterol is synthesised in the body through a complicated
process.After being manufactured by the liver, it is absorbed
from the intestine and mixed with blood where it remains in
solution along with other fatty substances.
When blood flows under pressure,tiny droplets of cholesterol
are forced into the inner wall of the blood vessels. It later
gets precipitated in the vessel wall as needle - like pointed
crystals resembling splinters of wood. Thus the role of
cholesterol in heart disease is arteriosclerosis, which is a
kind of hardening of the arteries caused by fatty deposits
called plaques.These deposits contain 70 percent cholesterol.
They clog the arteries and thus impede the flow of blood.
The result can be angina or heart attack.
DIETARY FATS : Fats combine with cholesterol and proteins
to form lipoproteins. Lipoproteins come in two types
High Density Lipoprotein (HDL) having more protein than fat;
and Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL) containing more fat than
protein. Whereas LDL carries fat and cholesterol to the
peripheral tissues where they are used,HDL seems to collect
cholesterol from the tissues and carry to the liver for
excretion.As HDL clears excess cholesterol from the blood,
it is called the ''good'' choleterol and because LDL favours
build up of cholesterol, it is known as ''bad'' cholesterol.
IMPORTANCE OF PUFA :If your diet contains liberal proportions
of polyunsaturated fatty acids, it helps lower blood cholesterol
This happens due to the polyunsaturated acids combining with
cholesterol present in the blood to form cholesterol esters.
These esters are transported more readily in blood in the form
of bile salts into the gut.
If your diet does not contain enough PUFA, the cholesterol is
not disposed of.It may combine with other substances such as
calcium in the body and form a deposit or crust along the walls
of the blood vessels.
Use of cooking oil that have a higher PUFA content such as
safflower and sunflower oil,therefore, helps to keep the
cholesterol level low/reduced.
POLYUNSATURATED ACID (PUFA) CONTENT IN SOME EDIBLE OILS AND FATS:
Fat or oil PUFA content (gm/100gm)
Coconut oil - 2; Cottonseed oil - 50;Pure ghee - 4; Groundnut
oil - 28;Corn oil -45; Mustard oil -25; Olive oil - 10;
Safflower oil -75; Rice bran oil -35; Til oil(sesame/gingellyoil)
- 42;Soyabean oil - 55; Vanaspati (hydrogenated oil- Dalda) - 6;
Palm oil - 11
( Source: Nutritive value of Indian Foods - NIN Hyderabad)
SOME DOS AND DON''TS :
Foods low in cholesterol include all types of fresh fruit;
juices, toned and skimmed milk, buttermilk,Carbonated beverages,
coffee, tea, lemon water, egg white,fresh cottage cheese( made
of toned milk),Skinless chicken,fish and lean meat, all types
of seasonal root and leafy vegetables.
Foods that could be avoided are Whole milk, ice cream and
preparations of whole milk such as burfi, Indian sweets,cakes
pastries,condensed milk and khoya, egg yolk, beef,glandular meats
processed cheese,butter, cream,ghee,Dalda,deep - fried foods such
as potato chips,pakora, vada,puri, samosa, soups made with butter,
cream and dry nuts.
Switch to boiling, roasting,baking, steaming food or cook with
very small amounts of vegetable oils with a high polyunsaturated
content.
Eat a diet that is high in fibre, for it helps to flush out
cholesterol out of your body.
Writer ....... LILY MADHOK
THE HINDU NEWS PAPER.
( CHOLESTEROL IS ONE OF THE MAJOR REASONS FOR HEART DISEASE)
Cholesterol is a fat that looks like wax,and under the
microscope it appears as crystalline long,sharp needles.
Cholesterol is synthesised in the body through a complicated
process.After being manufactured by the liver, it is absorbed
from the intestine and mixed with blood where it remains in
solution along with other fatty substances.
When blood flows under pressure,tiny droplets of cholesterol
are forced into the inner wall of the blood vessels. It later
gets precipitated in the vessel wall as needle - like pointed
crystals resembling splinters of wood. Thus the role of
cholesterol in heart disease is arteriosclerosis, which is a
kind of hardening of the arteries caused by fatty deposits
called plaques.These deposits contain 70 percent cholesterol.
They clog the arteries and thus impede the flow of blood.
The result can be angina or heart attack.
DIETARY FATS : Fats combine with cholesterol and proteins
to form lipoproteins. Lipoproteins come in two types
High Density Lipoprotein (HDL) having more protein than fat;
and Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL) containing more fat than
protein. Whereas LDL carries fat and cholesterol to the
peripheral tissues where they are used,HDL seems to collect
cholesterol from the tissues and carry to the liver for
excretion.As HDL clears excess cholesterol from the blood,
it is called the ''good'' choleterol and because LDL favours
build up of cholesterol, it is known as ''bad'' cholesterol.
IMPORTANCE OF PUFA :If your diet contains liberal proportions
of polyunsaturated fatty acids, it helps lower blood cholesterol
This happens due to the polyunsaturated acids combining with
cholesterol present in the blood to form cholesterol esters.
These esters are transported more readily in blood in the form
of bile salts into the gut.
If your diet does not contain enough PUFA, the cholesterol is
not disposed of.It may combine with other substances such as
calcium in the body and form a deposit or crust along the walls
of the blood vessels.
Use of cooking oil that have a higher PUFA content such as
safflower and sunflower oil,therefore, helps to keep the
cholesterol level low/reduced.
POLYUNSATURATED ACID (PUFA) CONTENT IN SOME EDIBLE OILS AND FATS:
Fat or oil PUFA content (gm/100gm)
Coconut oil - 2; Cottonseed oil - 50;Pure ghee - 4; Groundnut
oil - 28;Corn oil -45; Mustard oil -25; Olive oil - 10;
Safflower oil -75; Rice bran oil -35; Til oil(sesame/gingellyoil)
- 42;Soyabean oil - 55; Vanaspati (hydrogenated oil- Dalda) - 6;
Palm oil - 11
( Source: Nutritive value of Indian Foods - NIN Hyderabad)
SOME DOS AND DON''TS :
Foods low in cholesterol include all types of fresh fruit;
juices, toned and skimmed milk, buttermilk,Carbonated beverages,
coffee, tea, lemon water, egg white,fresh cottage cheese( made
of toned milk),Skinless chicken,fish and lean meat, all types
of seasonal root and leafy vegetables.
Foods that could be avoided are Whole milk, ice cream and
preparations of whole milk such as burfi, Indian sweets,cakes
pastries,condensed milk and khoya, egg yolk, beef,glandular meats
processed cheese,butter, cream,ghee,Dalda,deep - fried foods such
as potato chips,pakora, vada,puri, samosa, soups made with butter,
cream and dry nuts.
Switch to boiling, roasting,baking, steaming food or cook with
very small amounts of vegetable oils with a high polyunsaturated
content.
Eat a diet that is high in fibre, for it helps to flush out
cholesterol out of your body.
Writer ....... LILY MADHOK
THE HINDU NEWS PAPER.
SAVE YOUR SKIN
SAVE YOUR SKIN
HOMOEO CALL PSORIASIS RUNS IN PHASES,HENCE IT CALLS
FOR A CLOSE WATCH
Psoriasis appears as raised, red patches over the skin
with silvery scales. It is often accompanied by irritation
leading to itching, whichworsens the scaling. The dry and
windy atmosphere during winter usually makes such a condition
worse as the dryness of the affected area increases.
At times itching is worse during night or at the end of the day
when attention turns towards it.Redness of the affected area
is common too.
The prime areas psoriasis affects are the skin over the elbows,
Knees and the scalp although it can occur in the creases of the
skin,like the groins, too. The chance of contracting psoriasis
increases if a family member is affected by it.
It is not at all contagious.
Our skin is made up of a layer of keratinocytes or skin cells
which are replaced once in three to four weeks. It could happen
quickly and in unusual amounts in psoriasis, so we can see the
flakes and scales on our body, clothing, bedding, etc.
Instead of four weeks, the extra formation of skin cells could
occur in just three to four days too!
The skin cells are moved upwards to be incorporated onto the
surface . Since the immature cells are pushed up too there they
accumulate and are scaled off appearing as typical lesions of
psoriasis. Certain triggers like stress, anxiety, and injury
all lead to an episode of flaring up of skin condition.
Psoriasis runs in phases and could remain inactive for various
years too.
Homoeopathic medicine has good remedies to see that the lesions
are maintained with minimal dryness and scaling with remedies
Petroleum,Sarsaparilla and Kali sulph.
Itching would reduce with remedies like Caladium, Acidnit, etc.
To see that the disease is pushed into an inactive phase or
remission would be the goal of treatment and Bacillinum,
Psorinum,sulphur,sepia, Arsenic iod are prescribed according
to the symptomatology to achieve the same.
Writer..... DR.VENUGOPAL GOURI
Email : drvenugopal@gmail.com
9246372625 (mobile)
HOMOEO CALL PSORIASIS RUNS IN PHASES,HENCE IT CALLS
FOR A CLOSE WATCH
Psoriasis appears as raised, red patches over the skin
with silvery scales. It is often accompanied by irritation
leading to itching, whichworsens the scaling. The dry and
windy atmosphere during winter usually makes such a condition
worse as the dryness of the affected area increases.
At times itching is worse during night or at the end of the day
when attention turns towards it.Redness of the affected area
is common too.
The prime areas psoriasis affects are the skin over the elbows,
Knees and the scalp although it can occur in the creases of the
skin,like the groins, too. The chance of contracting psoriasis
increases if a family member is affected by it.
It is not at all contagious.
Our skin is made up of a layer of keratinocytes or skin cells
which are replaced once in three to four weeks. It could happen
quickly and in unusual amounts in psoriasis, so we can see the
flakes and scales on our body, clothing, bedding, etc.
Instead of four weeks, the extra formation of skin cells could
occur in just three to four days too!
The skin cells are moved upwards to be incorporated onto the
surface . Since the immature cells are pushed up too there they
accumulate and are scaled off appearing as typical lesions of
psoriasis. Certain triggers like stress, anxiety, and injury
all lead to an episode of flaring up of skin condition.
Psoriasis runs in phases and could remain inactive for various
years too.
Homoeopathic medicine has good remedies to see that the lesions
are maintained with minimal dryness and scaling with remedies
Petroleum,Sarsaparilla and Kali sulph.
Itching would reduce with remedies like Caladium, Acidnit, etc.
To see that the disease is pushed into an inactive phase or
remission would be the goal of treatment and Bacillinum,
Psorinum,sulphur,sepia, Arsenic iod are prescribed according
to the symptomatology to achieve the same.
Writer..... DR.VENUGOPAL GOURI
Email : drvenugopal@gmail.com
9246372625 (mobile)
HAZARDS OF NOISE
HAZARDS OF NOISE
Exposure to noise causes changes in the inner ear and
mainly damages the sensitive hair cells of the inner ear,
which leads to sensor neural type of hearing loss.
Noise induced hearing loss:hearing loss after exposure to
hazarous noise may initially be temporary and return too
normal after a short rest interval.
Permanent hearing loss may develop in a littler as 3 months
of damaging exposure.
How to detect noise induced hearing loss?
Noise induced hearing loss can be easily detected by doing
a test of hearing called "Pure Tone Audiogram" (PTA) the
first change noted on exposure to hazardous noise is the
so called "Temporary threshold shift" which appears classically
as a sleep isolated audiometric dip at 4kHz.
These changes seen after exposure of sound are reversible
if exposure to noise is avoided for minimum period of 6 months.
PTA has to be done atleast 3 times i.e.,3months and 6 months
post exposure.
Acoustic Trauma:This is permanent hearing loss resulting from
brief exposure to very loud noise e.g., gunfire,crackers sound
etc.Symptoms are a person with noise induced hearing loss apart
from decreased hearing,complains of ringing in the ears and
fullness in the ears i.e., a feeling of blocking sensation.
Hearing conservation:1) Prevention of permanent hearing loss
due to noise requires that hazardous occupations and hobbies
be recognized and the public educated to their risks.
2)Workers exposed to hazardous noise should undergo regular
audiometric screening tests e.g., PTA,
3)there is known treatment for establishe deafness of noise
damage.
Writer.........Dr.B.Prabhaker Reddy, ENT Surgeon,
Twin City Speech + Hearing Center
Cell : 9849054514
Exposure to noise causes changes in the inner ear and
mainly damages the sensitive hair cells of the inner ear,
which leads to sensor neural type of hearing loss.
Noise induced hearing loss:hearing loss after exposure to
hazarous noise may initially be temporary and return too
normal after a short rest interval.
Permanent hearing loss may develop in a littler as 3 months
of damaging exposure.
How to detect noise induced hearing loss?
Noise induced hearing loss can be easily detected by doing
a test of hearing called "Pure Tone Audiogram" (PTA) the
first change noted on exposure to hazardous noise is the
so called "Temporary threshold shift" which appears classically
as a sleep isolated audiometric dip at 4kHz.
These changes seen after exposure of sound are reversible
if exposure to noise is avoided for minimum period of 6 months.
PTA has to be done atleast 3 times i.e.,3months and 6 months
post exposure.
Acoustic Trauma:This is permanent hearing loss resulting from
brief exposure to very loud noise e.g., gunfire,crackers sound
etc.Symptoms are a person with noise induced hearing loss apart
from decreased hearing,complains of ringing in the ears and
fullness in the ears i.e., a feeling of blocking sensation.
Hearing conservation:1) Prevention of permanent hearing loss
due to noise requires that hazardous occupations and hobbies
be recognized and the public educated to their risks.
2)Workers exposed to hazardous noise should undergo regular
audiometric screening tests e.g., PTA,
3)there is known treatment for establishe deafness of noise
damage.
Writer.........Dr.B.Prabhaker Reddy, ENT Surgeon,
Twin City Speech + Hearing Center
Cell : 9849054514
SIDE - EFFECTS OF DIETS
SIDE - EFFECTS OF DIETS
Because of sudden change in eating habits, some side effects
are inevitable. Here''s how to tackle them.
BAD BREATH: When following a low - carb diet,more fat is
broken down which releases substances Known as ketones.
These are lost in urine and also come out via the breath.
HEADACHES: Can sometimes be withdrawal effect from suddenly
cutting out caffein, and it shouldn''t continue for than three
days.
DIZZINESS : Sudden dizziness, and ear noises(ringing in the ear)
are some of the most common diet side effects caused by a
temporary nutriental imbalance.
GASTROENTRIC DISORDER : Irregular meal times and skipping meals
confuses the body, weakening digestability and causing frequent
burning sensations.
DEPRESSION: When living on less energy, the body droops and sags
and a melancholy mood sets in, which can lead to increasing
irritation and annoyance.
CONSTIPATION: When food intake decreases, the decline in the
intestinal function causes constipation.
EDEMA: A lack of nutrition weakens the functions that maintain
balance in the body, such as bodily fluids, causing the body
to swell more easily.
SKIN ABNORMALITIES:Unreasonable dieting will cause deficiences
of iron and other minerals. If the imbalance is severe,excessive
amounts of fats are lost and the skin will atrophy and become
rough.
MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITIES: If a state of nutritional imbalance
continues, and body fat percentage is too low,women experience
menstrual irregularties.In extreme cases,infertlility become a
possibility.
Writer........... Deccan Chronicle News paper daily
Because of sudden change in eating habits, some side effects
are inevitable. Here''s how to tackle them.
BAD BREATH: When following a low - carb diet,more fat is
broken down which releases substances Known as ketones.
These are lost in urine and also come out via the breath.
HEADACHES: Can sometimes be withdrawal effect from suddenly
cutting out caffein, and it shouldn''t continue for than three
days.
DIZZINESS : Sudden dizziness, and ear noises(ringing in the ear)
are some of the most common diet side effects caused by a
temporary nutriental imbalance.
GASTROENTRIC DISORDER : Irregular meal times and skipping meals
confuses the body, weakening digestability and causing frequent
burning sensations.
DEPRESSION: When living on less energy, the body droops and sags
and a melancholy mood sets in, which can lead to increasing
irritation and annoyance.
CONSTIPATION: When food intake decreases, the decline in the
intestinal function causes constipation.
EDEMA: A lack of nutrition weakens the functions that maintain
balance in the body, such as bodily fluids, causing the body
to swell more easily.
SKIN ABNORMALITIES:Unreasonable dieting will cause deficiences
of iron and other minerals. If the imbalance is severe,excessive
amounts of fats are lost and the skin will atrophy and become
rough.
MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITIES: If a state of nutritional imbalance
continues, and body fat percentage is too low,women experience
menstrual irregularties.In extreme cases,infertlility become a
possibility.
Writer........... Deccan Chronicle News paper daily
ARTHRITIS AND HOMOEOPATHY
ARTHRITIS AND HOMOEOPATHY
HOMOEO CALL Arthritis is often debilitating disease
triggered by many causes from metabolic changes to injuries The human body consists of joints,muscles,ligaments,cartilage,
tendons and bones which give the shape and structure and the
means of motion and it is these structures which are affected
in condition of arthritis.
Arthritis is varied and is usually due to the degenerative
changes that happen in the joints due to loss of Calcium from
the bones termed as osteoporosis and is classed under
Osteoarthritis.
Certain disease involving the other systems and organs of the
body can also have an impact on the joints like Rheumatoid
arthritis, etc.Infection is another cause like tuberculosis
that can cause the said arthritis to trigger. Metabolic changes can cause deposition of uric acid into the
joints and cause gouty arthritis.Last but not the least is
injury which can cause structural changes and set off early,
unwarranted changes leading to arthritis.Certain individual
afflications of the locomotor system are also known to cause
the condition.
The predominant feature of arthritis is pain.Pain as such is
the body''s alarm system that tells you something is wrong
when certain chemicals are released from the affected area
that reach the brain a01snd in turn causes a reaction.
Like if one happens to touch something hot, as a protective
reaction, the brain " pulls" the hand away.
Arthritis produces a sort of long-lasting pain which is
difficult to relieve.
To start with, arthritis causes an inflammation of the
affected joint leading to redness and swelling.
There by degeneration ensues and the pain only worsens as
there is afflication of the movement of the joints.
Pain over a period of time causes a fatigue and in turn makes
it harder to handle.
Increased disease activity causes significant pain but that
state can occur due to stress,anxiety, depression and increased
physical activity.
To manage the pain is the challenge and to start with heat and
cold applications,massage, appropriate exercises are all
necessary.
Exercise will help in strengthening the muscles around the
joints,keep the bones healthy,improve energy, self - esteem
and a sense of well - being. Along with the life style changes,homeopathic medicines can be used which have the potential to relieve pain, decrease
intensity and frequency, also work as a complementary in
chronic pain depending on the type of artritis.
Calcarea phos,Calcarea Flour, Symphytum, Asafoetida,
Ac.Flour are few remedies which have an action on the
Calcium metabolism of the bone and thereby keep them healthy.
Ruta, Ac.sulph, cuprum have an action on the ligaments when
they are involved in the pain cycle.
Rhus tox, Rhododendron, phytolacca have their seat of action
when the tendons are affected.
Arnica, cimcifuga, Gelsemium and Mag phos relieve the muscular
pain. Writer .........DR.VENUGOPAL GOURI
Email : drvenugopal@gmail.com
cell : 92463 72625 (mobile)
HOMOEO CALL Arthritis is often debilitating disease
triggered by many causes from metabolic changes to injuries The human body consists of joints,muscles,ligaments,cartilage,
tendons and bones which give the shape and structure and the
means of motion and it is these structures which are affected
in condition of arthritis.
Arthritis is varied and is usually due to the degenerative
changes that happen in the joints due to loss of Calcium from
the bones termed as osteoporosis and is classed under
Osteoarthritis.
Certain disease involving the other systems and organs of the
body can also have an impact on the joints like Rheumatoid
arthritis, etc.Infection is another cause like tuberculosis
that can cause the said arthritis to trigger. Metabolic changes can cause deposition of uric acid into the
joints and cause gouty arthritis.Last but not the least is
injury which can cause structural changes and set off early,
unwarranted changes leading to arthritis.Certain individual
afflications of the locomotor system are also known to cause
the condition.
The predominant feature of arthritis is pain.Pain as such is
the body''s alarm system that tells you something is wrong
when certain chemicals are released from the affected area
that reach the brain a01snd in turn causes a reaction.
Like if one happens to touch something hot, as a protective
reaction, the brain " pulls" the hand away.
Arthritis produces a sort of long-lasting pain which is
difficult to relieve.
To start with, arthritis causes an inflammation of the
affected joint leading to redness and swelling.
There by degeneration ensues and the pain only worsens as
there is afflication of the movement of the joints.
Pain over a period of time causes a fatigue and in turn makes
it harder to handle.
Increased disease activity causes significant pain but that
state can occur due to stress,anxiety, depression and increased
physical activity.
To manage the pain is the challenge and to start with heat and
cold applications,massage, appropriate exercises are all
necessary.
Exercise will help in strengthening the muscles around the
joints,keep the bones healthy,improve energy, self - esteem
and a sense of well - being. Along with the life style changes,homeopathic medicines can be used which have the potential to relieve pain, decrease
intensity and frequency, also work as a complementary in
chronic pain depending on the type of artritis.
Calcarea phos,Calcarea Flour, Symphytum, Asafoetida,
Ac.Flour are few remedies which have an action on the
Calcium metabolism of the bone and thereby keep them healthy.
Ruta, Ac.sulph, cuprum have an action on the ligaments when
they are involved in the pain cycle.
Rhus tox, Rhododendron, phytolacca have their seat of action
when the tendons are affected.
Arnica, cimcifuga, Gelsemium and Mag phos relieve the muscular
pain. Writer .........DR.VENUGOPAL GOURI
Email : drvenugopal@gmail.com
cell : 92463 72625 (mobile)
NONI - A PROMISING FRUIT FOR HEALTH
NONI - A PROMISING FRUIT FOR HEALTH
Noni(Morinda citrifolia) also called as Indian mulberry
is a small evergreen tree that grows to a height of 10 -12
feet. The fruits are used in the manufacture of fruit drinks,
medicines and dyes.Propagated through seedlings,noni can be
cultivated in all soil types though loamy soils are ideal.
The tree is from major pests and disease infestations.It
can be ideally grown in tsunami affected coastal areas.
About 290 seedlings are required for planting in an acre.
The seedlings are to be planted at a spacing of about 12 X 12
feet.
The crop can survive with moderate irrigation and can survive
even in drought conditions.But it is advisable for farmers to
irrigate the crop during early stages of growth. Similar to
other crops weeding has to be done manually as and when required
About Rs 29,000 is the investment required for planting and
the crop yields an income of around Rs.22,5oo per hectare.
The fruits can be harvested in about 24 months after planting
and the tree can be maintained even for a period of more than
20 years if taken care of properly.
A noni tree yields 50-150 fruits. Each fruit weighs 5-15 kg.
At present the fruits are priced at Rs.5 per kg .Ripe fruits
can be stored for up to 10 days and juice extracted within
that time.
The Chennai based World Noni Research Foundation (WNRF), is
promoting noni cultivation with an assured buy back arrangement
of at Rs.8 per kg.
For complete details readers can contact Dr.K.V. Peter,
Professor and Former Vice-Chancellor,Kerala agricultural
University,P.O KAU,Thrissur-680656,Kerala,email-kvptr@yahoo.com
phone;0487-2373017 and also visit the website
ww.nonifamily.net.
Noni(Morinda citrifolia) also called as Indian mulberry
is a small evergreen tree that grows to a height of 10 -12
feet. The fruits are used in the manufacture of fruit drinks,
medicines and dyes.Propagated through seedlings,noni can be
cultivated in all soil types though loamy soils are ideal.
The tree is from major pests and disease infestations.It
can be ideally grown in tsunami affected coastal areas.
About 290 seedlings are required for planting in an acre.
The seedlings are to be planted at a spacing of about 12 X 12
feet.
The crop can survive with moderate irrigation and can survive
even in drought conditions.But it is advisable for farmers to
irrigate the crop during early stages of growth. Similar to
other crops weeding has to be done manually as and when required
About Rs 29,000 is the investment required for planting and
the crop yields an income of around Rs.22,5oo per hectare.
The fruits can be harvested in about 24 months after planting
and the tree can be maintained even for a period of more than
20 years if taken care of properly.
A noni tree yields 50-150 fruits. Each fruit weighs 5-15 kg.
At present the fruits are priced at Rs.5 per kg .Ripe fruits
can be stored for up to 10 days and juice extracted within
that time.
The Chennai based World Noni Research Foundation (WNRF), is
promoting noni cultivation with an assured buy back arrangement
of at Rs.8 per kg.
For complete details readers can contact Dr.K.V. Peter,
Professor and Former Vice-Chancellor,Kerala agricultural
University,P.O KAU,Thrissur-680656,Kerala,email-kvptr@yahoo.com
phone;0487-2373017 and also visit the website
ww.nonifamily.net.
ANGINA AND HOMEOPATHY PART - II
(In cases of Angina,coronary Artery Disease and post MI)
CLINICAL TRIAL REPORT BY
DR.B. CHAKRABORTY, M.D.,F.R.S.H.(LONDON)
PHYSICIAN CARDIOLOGY
SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL, NEW DELHI
OBJECTIVE
A study was under taken to evaluate the efficacy of Tonicard as
an adjunct therapy to all cardiac problems. The two main conditions
selected for study were patients of Angina and coronary artery
disease (CAD).Patients selected for study were known cases of
Myocardial infarction and, CAD with Angina as the predominant
symptoms. Only patients with suitable angina were included in the
study and not of unstable angina.
Tonicard was administrated to a total of 129 cases of which there
were 79 males and 50 females whereas the follow up only 56 cases
could be kept.Of which there were 29 males and 27 females.
Out of 56 patients whose follow up was possible there were 38
patients of angina,11 cases of CAD, 7 cases of post myocardial
infarction, one case of bundle branch block.The symptoms monitored
were: 48 patients complained of pain chest,21 patients of
palpitation, 15 patients with breathlessness and fatigue,
3 complained of cough, 19 with anxiety, 7 had feeling of heaviness
in the chest and 7 with numbness of the arm.
Patients were allowed to continue their allopathic drugs which
comprised of various combination of sorbitrate, Beta blockers,
Calcium channel blockers,ACE inhibitors,Disprin, diuretics when
required.
patients taken under study were known cases of MI,CAD and Angina.
patients selected were those who had inadequate control of symptoms
like chest pain,palpitation,breathlessness.
Diagnosis were based on ECG evidence and TMT.
Angina cases were diagnosed by the symptoms, ST changes in ECG
and ST depression.
The patients as per NYHA category fell into the II and III class
category.
All cases were asked to have a blood and lipid profile done and
blood pressure monitored.
The drug Tonicard (Homeopathy) was given for a duration 6 months.
DOSAGE :
All the patients were briefed about the Tonicard and were made
aware that it contained homoeopathic medicines.They were advised
to take 15-20 drops TDS in 1/4 cup of water. Tonicard was
recommended to be taken at least one hour either before or after
the intake of other prescribed allopathic drugs.
They were also advised to take 15-20 drops of Tonicard whenever
discomfort, palpitation or pain felt was by the patient.
AGE GROUP BREAKUP
30-40 years = 2
40-50 years = 10
50-60 years = 21
Above 60 years = 23
ECG AND TMT FINDINGS
- ---------------------------------------------------
FINDINGS NO. OF PATIENTS
-----------------------------------------------------
st depression 39
ST elevation 08
T Wave inversion 09
Inferior wall changes 02
Inverted Q-wave 01
Old MI 07
Left bundle branch block 01
-----------------------------------------------------
DIAGNOSIS ON BASIS OF WHICH TONICARD WAS GIVEN
--------------------------------------------------------
S.NO DIAGNOSIS NO. OF PATIENTS
------------------------------------------------------ --
1 Angina 34
2 CAD 11
3 Post Myocardial Infarction 07
4 Ischaemic Heart Disease 03
5 Bundle Branch Block 01
-----------------------------------------------------------------
TABLE SHOWING NUMBER OF PATIENTS WHO SHOWED IMPROVEMENT IN
IN SYMPTOMS WITHIN 1-6 MONTHS OF ADMINISTRATION OF TONICARD
------------------------------------------------------------------
SYMPTOMS NO 1 3 6 NO
OF MTH MTH MTH REL
PAT REL REL REL IEF
(In cases of Angina,coronary Artery Disease and post MI)
CLINICAL TRIAL REPORT BY
DR.B. CHAKRABORTY, M.D.,F.R.S.H.(LONDON)
PHYSICIAN CARDIOLOGY
SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL, NEW DELHI
OBJECTIVE
A study was under taken to evaluate the efficacy of Tonicard as
an adjunct therapy to all cardiac problems. The two main conditions
selected for study were patients of Angina and coronary artery
disease (CAD).Patients selected for study were known cases of
Myocardial infarction and, CAD with Angina as the predominant
symptoms. Only patients with suitable angina were included in the
study and not of unstable angina.
Tonicard was administrated to a total of 129 cases of which there
were 79 males and 50 females whereas the follow up only 56 cases
could be kept.Of which there were 29 males and 27 females.
Out of 56 patients whose follow up was possible there were 38
patients of angina,11 cases of CAD, 7 cases of post myocardial
infarction, one case of bundle branch block.The symptoms monitored
were: 48 patients complained of pain chest,21 patients of
palpitation, 15 patients with breathlessness and fatigue,
3 complained of cough, 19 with anxiety, 7 had feeling of heaviness
in the chest and 7 with numbness of the arm.
Patients were allowed to continue their allopathic drugs which
comprised of various combination of sorbitrate, Beta blockers,
Calcium channel blockers,ACE inhibitors,Disprin, diuretics when
required.
patients taken under study were known cases of MI,CAD and Angina.
patients selected were those who had inadequate control of symptoms
like chest pain,palpitation,breathlessness.
Diagnosis were based on ECG evidence and TMT.
Angina cases were diagnosed by the symptoms, ST changes in ECG
and ST depression.
The patients as per NYHA category fell into the II and III class
category.
All cases were asked to have a blood and lipid profile done and
blood pressure monitored.
The drug Tonicard (Homeopathy) was given for a duration 6 months.
DOSAGE :
All the patients were briefed about the Tonicard and were made
aware that it contained homoeopathic medicines.They were advised
to take 15-20 drops TDS in 1/4 cup of water. Tonicard was
recommended to be taken at least one hour either before or after
the intake of other prescribed allopathic drugs.
They were also advised to take 15-20 drops of Tonicard whenever
discomfort, palpitation or pain felt was by the patient.
AGE GROUP BREAKUP
30-40 years = 2
40-50 years = 10
50-60 years = 21
Above 60 years = 23
ECG AND TMT FINDINGS
- ---------------------------------------------------
FINDINGS NO. OF PATIENTS
-----------------------------------------------------
st depression 39
ST elevation 08
T Wave inversion 09
Inferior wall changes 02
Inverted Q-wave 01
Old MI 07
Left bundle branch block 01
-----------------------------------------------------
DIAGNOSIS ON BASIS OF WHICH TONICARD WAS GIVEN
--------------------------------------------------------
S.NO DIAGNOSIS NO. OF PATIENTS
------------------------------------------------------ --
1 Angina 34
2 CAD 11
3 Post Myocardial Infarction 07
4 Ischaemic Heart Disease 03
5 Bundle Branch Block 01
-----------------------------------------------------------------
TABLE SHOWING NUMBER OF PATIENTS WHO SHOWED IMPROVEMENT IN
IN SYMPTOMS WITHIN 1-6 MONTHS OF ADMINISTRATION OF TONICARD
------------------------------------------------------------------
SYMPTOMS NO 1 3 6 NO
OF MTH MTH MTH REL
PAT REL REL REL IEF
ANGINA (HEART DISEASE)
ANGINA
(In cases of Angina, Coronary Artery Disease and Post MI)
DEFINATION : Angina is pain, "discomfort," or pressure
localized in the chest that is caused by an insufficient
supply of blood (ischaemia) to the heart muscle. It is
also sometimes characterized by a feeling of choking,
suffocation, or crushing heaviness.This condition is called
angina pectoris.
CAUSES : Coronary artery disease is by far the most cause
of angina.Blockages in the coronary arteries, called plaques,
prevent enough blood from reaching the heart muscle. Activities
or situations that require increased blood flow to the heart
may cause angina. These include exercise,heavy meal, emotional
stress,extreme temperatures,cigarette smoking and alcohol.
Less common causes of angina include coronary artery spasm
(also called Prinzmetal''s angina),diseases of the heart valves,
heart failure, and abnormal heart rhythms.
RISK FACTORS
The risk factors for angina which can also causeor contribute
to an episode of angina are:
a) Cigarette smoking b) high cholesterol levels(in particular,
high LDL cholesterol and low HDL cholesterol),
c) high blood pressure d) diabetes d) family history of coronary
heart disease before age 55 e) sedentary lifestyle
f) being more than 30% over ideal ideal weight g) stressful life.
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS : Angina causes a pressing pain or sensation
of heaviness, usually in the chest area under the breast bone
(sternum).It occasionally is experienced in the shoulder, arm,
neck, or jaw regions.Since episodes of angina occur when the
heart''s need for oxygen increases beyond the oxygen available
from the blood nourishing the heart, the condition is often
precipitated by physical exertion. In most cases, the symptoms
are relieved within a few minutes.Mid sternal pain (under the
breast bone) or slightly to the left chest may radiate to
shoulder,arm,jaw,neck,back or other areas tightness, squeezing,
crushing, burning, choking, or aching pain similar to "gas" or
indigestion,usually not sharply localized precipitated by
activity, stress, exertion usually of short duration, ie.1 to 15
minutes usually relieved by rest and/ or nitroglycerin.
DIAGNOSIS : Physicians can usually diagnose angina based on the
patient''s symptoms and the precipitating factors.However,other
diagnostic testing is often required to confirm or rule out
angina, or to determine the severity of the underlying
heart disease.
The diagnostic procedures include :
1) Electrocardiogram (ECG) 2) Stress test 3) Angiogram
PROGNOSIS : The prognosis for a patient with angina depends on
its origin, type,severity, and the general health of the
individual. A person who has angina has the best prognosis if
he or she seeks prompt medical attention and learns the pattern
of his or hena, such as what causes the attacks, what they
feel like,how long episodes usually last, and whether medication
relieves the attacks.
Sudden death, acute MI(heart attack), or unstable angina may
occur.
COMPLICATIONS :
a)Unstable angina b)acute MI c)Sudden death caused by lethal
arrhythmias
TREATMENT
CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT : Artery disease causing angina is
addressed initially by controlling existing factors placing
the individual at risk.These factors include cigarette smoking,
high blood pressure, high cholesterollevels,and obesity.Angina
is often controlled by medication, most commonly with
nitroglycerin. This drug relieves symptoms of angina by
increasing the diameter of the blood vessels carrying blood
to the heart muscle. In addition, beta blockers or calcium
channel blockers may be prescribed to also decrease the demand
on the heart by decreasing the rate and workload of the heart.
SURGICAL TREATMENT : When conservative treatments are not
effective in the reduction of angina pain and the risk of heart
attack remains high, physicians may recommend angioplasty or
surgery. Coronary artery bypass surgery is an operation in which
a blood vessel (often a long vein surgically removed from the
leg) is grafted onto the blocked artery to bypass the blocked
portion. This newly formed pathway allows blood to flow
adequately to the heart muscle.
Another procedure used to improve blood flow to the heart is
ballon angioplasty. In this procedure, the physician inserts
a catheter with a tiny ballon at the end into a forearm or
groin artery. The catheter is then threaded up into the coronary
arteries and the ballon is inflated to open the vessel in
narrowed sections.
Writer .......DR.B.CHAKRABORTY, M.D., F.R.S.H (London)
PHYSICIAN CARDIOLOGY
SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL, NEW DELHI.
(In cases of Angina, Coronary Artery Disease and Post MI)
DEFINATION : Angina is pain, "discomfort," or pressure
localized in the chest that is caused by an insufficient
supply of blood (ischaemia) to the heart muscle. It is
also sometimes characterized by a feeling of choking,
suffocation, or crushing heaviness.This condition is called
angina pectoris.
CAUSES : Coronary artery disease is by far the most cause
of angina.Blockages in the coronary arteries, called plaques,
prevent enough blood from reaching the heart muscle. Activities
or situations that require increased blood flow to the heart
may cause angina. These include exercise,heavy meal, emotional
stress,extreme temperatures,cigarette smoking and alcohol.
Less common causes of angina include coronary artery spasm
(also called Prinzmetal''s angina),diseases of the heart valves,
heart failure, and abnormal heart rhythms.
RISK FACTORS
The risk factors for angina which can also causeor contribute
to an episode of angina are:
a) Cigarette smoking b) high cholesterol levels(in particular,
high LDL cholesterol and low HDL cholesterol),
c) high blood pressure d) diabetes d) family history of coronary
heart disease before age 55 e) sedentary lifestyle
f) being more than 30% over ideal ideal weight g) stressful life.
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS : Angina causes a pressing pain or sensation
of heaviness, usually in the chest area under the breast bone
(sternum).It occasionally is experienced in the shoulder, arm,
neck, or jaw regions.Since episodes of angina occur when the
heart''s need for oxygen increases beyond the oxygen available
from the blood nourishing the heart, the condition is often
precipitated by physical exertion. In most cases, the symptoms
are relieved within a few minutes.Mid sternal pain (under the
breast bone) or slightly to the left chest may radiate to
shoulder,arm,jaw,neck,back or other areas tightness, squeezing,
crushing, burning, choking, or aching pain similar to "gas" or
indigestion,usually not sharply localized precipitated by
activity, stress, exertion usually of short duration, ie.1 to 15
minutes usually relieved by rest and/ or nitroglycerin.
DIAGNOSIS : Physicians can usually diagnose angina based on the
patient''s symptoms and the precipitating factors.However,other
diagnostic testing is often required to confirm or rule out
angina, or to determine the severity of the underlying
heart disease.
The diagnostic procedures include :
1) Electrocardiogram (ECG) 2) Stress test 3) Angiogram
PROGNOSIS : The prognosis for a patient with angina depends on
its origin, type,severity, and the general health of the
individual. A person who has angina has the best prognosis if
he or she seeks prompt medical attention and learns the pattern
of his or hena, such as what causes the attacks, what they
feel like,how long episodes usually last, and whether medication
relieves the attacks.
Sudden death, acute MI(heart attack), or unstable angina may
occur.
COMPLICATIONS :
a)Unstable angina b)acute MI c)Sudden death caused by lethal
arrhythmias
TREATMENT
CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT : Artery disease causing angina is
addressed initially by controlling existing factors placing
the individual at risk.These factors include cigarette smoking,
high blood pressure, high cholesterollevels,and obesity.Angina
is often controlled by medication, most commonly with
nitroglycerin. This drug relieves symptoms of angina by
increasing the diameter of the blood vessels carrying blood
to the heart muscle. In addition, beta blockers or calcium
channel blockers may be prescribed to also decrease the demand
on the heart by decreasing the rate and workload of the heart.
SURGICAL TREATMENT : When conservative treatments are not
effective in the reduction of angina pain and the risk of heart
attack remains high, physicians may recommend angioplasty or
surgery. Coronary artery bypass surgery is an operation in which
a blood vessel (often a long vein surgically removed from the
leg) is grafted onto the blocked artery to bypass the blocked
portion. This newly formed pathway allows blood to flow
adequately to the heart muscle.
Another procedure used to improve blood flow to the heart is
ballon angioplasty. In this procedure, the physician inserts
a catheter with a tiny ballon at the end into a forearm or
groin artery. The catheter is then threaded up into the coronary
arteries and the ballon is inflated to open the vessel in
narrowed sections.
Writer .......DR.B.CHAKRABORTY, M.D., F.R.S.H (London)
PHYSICIAN CARDIOLOGY
SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL, NEW DELHI.
MALARIA AND HOMOEOPATHY
MALARIA AND HOMOEOPATHY
It was two centuries ago that Samuel Hahnemann discovered
Homeopathic Medicine when the cinchona bark he was chewing
on produced a chill,very characteristic of malaria and the
same given to patients with the same symptoms cured.So it
led to the birth of Homeopathy and the meaning of which is
Homo is similar,eo is symptom and pathy is suffering.
Any substance producing few symptoms when given in a refined
and dynamic dilution to a patient with the same symptoms will
cure them. This is the principle of the Homoeopathy.
MALARIA - TRANSMISSION,CAUSES AND SYMPTOMS: Malaria is a disease
of the tropics like India where there is a preponderance of growth
of Anopheles mosquito, a carrier of the disease, breeding in marshy
Swampy areas or simple where there is collection of water due to
bad hygiene and sanitation.A one - celled parasite plasmodium is
the infectious agent causing malaria. It spreads from one person
to the other when an Anopheles mosquito bites an infected person.
When the mosquito ingests blood this parasite enters into the
stomach wall, get nourished there and enters into its salivary
glands.When the mosquito bits a normal person this plasmodium
enter into the blood circulation ,reach the liver and tend to
hibernate there.They get released into the blood circulation at
regular intervals causing the characteristic fever and chills.
The plasmodium when it enters into the blood circulation causes
high fever and chills and when it returns into the liver the
fever comes down.The other symptoms are severe body ache,nausea
and vomitting, sometimes burning while passing urine etc.
TYPES AND COMPLICATIONS : There are four species of plasmodium
i.e ovale,vivax,falciparum and malariae which causes this
infection. If it is due to ovale and vivax species they tend to
remain in the liver cells for years too and cause malaria at
regular intervals.Plasmodium malariae can remain in the blood
circulation for several years and this person can transmit if
it a mosquito bites him.Of all the types falciparum malaria
is the most dangerous as it can rapidly disintegrate the red
blood cells causing severe anaemia and can block the blood
vessels of the brain called cerebral malaria which can lead to
death too in amatter of days.The other complications of malaria
are liver and kidney failure too.
PREVENTION OF MALARIA : Windows should be properly netted, bed
should have mosquito nets to prevent mosquitoes.
Proper sanitation should be maintained by flushing out the
stagnant water to stop breeding of mosquitoes.
COMMON REMEDIES FOR MALARIA :
1) CINCHONA gets rid of the malaria with chills in the afternoon
and is a good remedy for improving the anaemia due the same.
2) EUPATORIUM PERF cures the malaria with chills,which start
in the back as the patients complain of severe bone pains
during fever.
3) GELSEMIUM helps cure malaria with a tendency for chill followed
by heat and sweat stage which leave him tired with muscular
soreness.
4) IPECACUANA cures the malaria with a severe nausea and vomitting
and also when patients have the recurrence due to inadequate
diet.
5) NATRUM MUR cures patients of malaria who have increased thirst,
weakness, constipation, loss of appetite and also helps in
preventing recurrence.
Writer ......DR.VENUGOPAL GOURI, BHMS
Email : drvenugopal@hotmail.com
Helpline : 9246372625
It was two centuries ago that Samuel Hahnemann discovered
Homeopathic Medicine when the cinchona bark he was chewing
on produced a chill,very characteristic of malaria and the
same given to patients with the same symptoms cured.So it
led to the birth of Homeopathy and the meaning of which is
Homo is similar,eo is symptom and pathy is suffering.
Any substance producing few symptoms when given in a refined
and dynamic dilution to a patient with the same symptoms will
cure them. This is the principle of the Homoeopathy.
MALARIA - TRANSMISSION,CAUSES AND SYMPTOMS: Malaria is a disease
of the tropics like India where there is a preponderance of growth
of Anopheles mosquito, a carrier of the disease, breeding in marshy
Swampy areas or simple where there is collection of water due to
bad hygiene and sanitation.A one - celled parasite plasmodium is
the infectious agent causing malaria. It spreads from one person
to the other when an Anopheles mosquito bites an infected person.
When the mosquito ingests blood this parasite enters into the
stomach wall, get nourished there and enters into its salivary
glands.When the mosquito bits a normal person this plasmodium
enter into the blood circulation ,reach the liver and tend to
hibernate there.They get released into the blood circulation at
regular intervals causing the characteristic fever and chills.
The plasmodium when it enters into the blood circulation causes
high fever and chills and when it returns into the liver the
fever comes down.The other symptoms are severe body ache,nausea
and vomitting, sometimes burning while passing urine etc.
TYPES AND COMPLICATIONS : There are four species of plasmodium
i.e ovale,vivax,falciparum and malariae which causes this
infection. If it is due to ovale and vivax species they tend to
remain in the liver cells for years too and cause malaria at
regular intervals.Plasmodium malariae can remain in the blood
circulation for several years and this person can transmit if
it a mosquito bites him.Of all the types falciparum malaria
is the most dangerous as it can rapidly disintegrate the red
blood cells causing severe anaemia and can block the blood
vessels of the brain called cerebral malaria which can lead to
death too in amatter of days.The other complications of malaria
are liver and kidney failure too.
PREVENTION OF MALARIA : Windows should be properly netted, bed
should have mosquito nets to prevent mosquitoes.
Proper sanitation should be maintained by flushing out the
stagnant water to stop breeding of mosquitoes.
COMMON REMEDIES FOR MALARIA :
1) CINCHONA gets rid of the malaria with chills in the afternoon
and is a good remedy for improving the anaemia due the same.
2) EUPATORIUM PERF cures the malaria with chills,which start
in the back as the patients complain of severe bone pains
during fever.
3) GELSEMIUM helps cure malaria with a tendency for chill followed
by heat and sweat stage which leave him tired with muscular
soreness.
4) IPECACUANA cures the malaria with a severe nausea and vomitting
and also when patients have the recurrence due to inadequate
diet.
5) NATRUM MUR cures patients of malaria who have increased thirst,
weakness, constipation, loss of appetite and also helps in
preventing recurrence.
Writer ......DR.VENUGOPAL GOURI, BHMS
Email : drvenugopal@hotmail.com
Helpline : 9246372625
AVOIDING ALLERGIES
AVOIDING ALLERGIES
HOMOEO CALL KNOWING THE CAUSE IS IMPORTANT TO HANDLE ECZEMA
There are times when the skin cells could get irritated and
appear as dry, flaky or scaly and lifeless and could get
associated with an itching sensation.Dermatitis or Eczema is a
condition in which there is an inflammation or irritation of
the superficial layer that leads to itching. The commonest cause
of Eczema is Atopy and is widespread in children in the first
three years of life. Allergy causes Dermatitis.
A metal watchstrap;artificial jewellery, bindis etc cause a skin
lesion and later spreads to other parts of the body.
It is termed as contact Dermatitis. Seborrheoic Eczema occurs
when the skin is more vulnerable over the scalp and areas where
the moistness is prevalent like armpits,axillae etc people
suffering from Varicose Veins are also prone to Eczema if the
stasis of the blood in the superficial veins causes itching etc.
In all types of eczema there is redness,thickness and itching of
the area with scarred surfaces that tend to heal and form black
and thick patches.These areas could be the size of a coin or more
widespread and could occur simultaneously at many areas of the
body.
When unavoidable like detergents one could use a pair of gloves,
footwear when working in those areas for example. Moisturizer
should be applied immediately and also after a bath within five
minutes of drying.Cotton should be worn most of the time.
Homoeopathic medicine has good remedies to soothe, smooth and
hydrate the skin by correcting the inflammatory response.
Remedies like Mercurius, Graphitis help in rooting out allergic
responses and the moist skin due to infection while Sulphur
removes the tendency even as Sasaparilla brings life to dry skin.
Writer ......DR.VENUGOPAL GOURI
Email : drvenugopal@gmail.com
9246372625 (mobile)
HOMOEO CALL KNOWING THE CAUSE IS IMPORTANT TO HANDLE ECZEMA
There are times when the skin cells could get irritated and
appear as dry, flaky or scaly and lifeless and could get
associated with an itching sensation.Dermatitis or Eczema is a
condition in which there is an inflammation or irritation of
the superficial layer that leads to itching. The commonest cause
of Eczema is Atopy and is widespread in children in the first
three years of life. Allergy causes Dermatitis.
A metal watchstrap;artificial jewellery, bindis etc cause a skin
lesion and later spreads to other parts of the body.
It is termed as contact Dermatitis. Seborrheoic Eczema occurs
when the skin is more vulnerable over the scalp and areas where
the moistness is prevalent like armpits,axillae etc people
suffering from Varicose Veins are also prone to Eczema if the
stasis of the blood in the superficial veins causes itching etc.
In all types of eczema there is redness,thickness and itching of
the area with scarred surfaces that tend to heal and form black
and thick patches.These areas could be the size of a coin or more
widespread and could occur simultaneously at many areas of the
body.
When unavoidable like detergents one could use a pair of gloves,
footwear when working in those areas for example. Moisturizer
should be applied immediately and also after a bath within five
minutes of drying.Cotton should be worn most of the time.
Homoeopathic medicine has good remedies to soothe, smooth and
hydrate the skin by correcting the inflammatory response.
Remedies like Mercurius, Graphitis help in rooting out allergic
responses and the moist skin due to infection while Sulphur
removes the tendency even as Sasaparilla brings life to dry skin.
Writer ......DR.VENUGOPAL GOURI
Email : drvenugopal@gmail.com
9246372625 (mobile)
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