Homeopathy and traveling – homeopathic first aid kit
The homeopathic first aid kit is many followers of alternative medicine still unknown. There are numerous resources that can help relieve discomfort when traveling. Families especially will therefore often resort to drops and globules when they are traveling. “I suppose then beads”. To describe many friends of homeopathy its approach with mild to moderate symptoms. With the beads but is meant only the dosage form. Homeopathic medicines are also available in drops or tablets. As globules (globules) but they can be easily dosed and also do not contain alcohol. Nevertheless, it is possible to purchase the means presented below in a different form and use. Depending on the disease or injury but are also useful ointments that can accelerate healing. The most important homeopathy on the road. Generally recommended for homeopathic first aid kit will include the following means:...
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Vitamin D deficiencies despite sun?
Studies show that 80-90 percent of the population have a defect in the so-called solar vitamin D, especially during the winter months. Since then recommends the American Nutrition Society adults, preventive 800 International Units (IU), taken in the form of supplements. But what about the summer? Some time ago it became known that vitamin D plays a crucial role for the organism than assumed so far. Strictly speaking it is not a vitamin, but a precursor of the hormone calcitriol, which can make the skin using sunlight (UVB) rays themselves. The body surface thus functions as a gland, as so-called endocrine organ. Meanwhile, it is well established that copes with a balanced vitamin D levels both cardiovascular disease than can achieve a positive effect on the immune system. Even from a preventive effect in relation to various forms of...
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Culture of meat consumption at different nationalities
Meat consumption is still seen in many cultural traditions as “masculine”. A study on cultural influences on the eating behavior has now investigated how such value judgments affect on eating habits of the population. Vegetarian and vegan diets are getting popular. But many people do not want to give up meat, and especially many men. A US study has now watch how education and cultural influences affect the consumption of meat. It turned out that the idea that a high meat consumption is a key component of masculinity, found various degrees of seriousness in different cultural traditions. In most cases, men are under great influence, it is harder to move them to a poorer meat diet. For the study were chosen men and women between 18 and 35 years of age who are either born in the Netherlands or...
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The use of ginger in the treatment of osteoarthritis
Ginger not only tastes good, but is also increasingly used in medicine. Studies have shown that oral ginger therapy may reduce pain and improve mobility of osteoarthritis patients. In Asian medicine, ginger is used for centuries for therapeutic purposes, such as nausea, chronic cough, gastrointestinal problems or arthritis. In this country, traditional medicine has only begun researching of the healing effects of ginger. Now a meta-analysis has shown that ginger is effective in treating of osteoarthritis pain. Researchers studied using data from five randomized controlled trials with 593 patients the efficacy and safety of oral ginger preparations for the treatment of osteoarthritis in the knee and the hip. The daily dose of ginger ranged from 500 to 1000 mg has the treatment time between three and twelve weeks. Significant pain reduction with ginger therapy. It was found that the...
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Ice Cream and many beautiful alternatives
What would be the summer without an ice cream? For most Americans, which is, of course, even if the bad conscience reminded that the ordinary ice cream is anything but healthy. But there are alternatives that taste good, are low in calories and even slightly can be produced even. According to the Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers of per capita consumption of ice-eater is stable. About 7-8 liters of ice enjoying the Americans on average per year, depending on the temperatures in the summer. Especially Ice benefit from high outside temperatures and always create new Ice works of art with which they not only convince taste. But there is a new trend: Who care of their health, but does not have to give up ice and can easily help themselves. Making ice cream itself. An ice machine facilitates the...
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Vitamin E – antioxidant important for cell protection
Just like other vitamins, Vitamin E is essential for the human body. As an essential vital substances it needs to be taken while on the diet. But how exactly vitamin E acts in the body? First, vitamin E is not a single vitamin, but a collective term for a group of agents, including the tocopherols and the tocotrienols belong. Common to all is their strong antioxidant effect, ie they do free radicals that attack the human organism harmless. This free radicals arise not only due to external factors such as UV radiation, stress, or smoking, but also by numerous metabolic processes in the human organism. As chemical molecules lacking an electron, free radicals attack on the lookout for this electron human cells, which leads to permanent damage to the cells and thus to impaired cell function. This is where...
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