What Do The Experts Say?
Theodore Baroody, Author, Alkalize or Die says: "I have administered over 5000
gallons of this water for about every health situation imaginable. I feel that
restructured alkaline water can benefit everyone."
Felicia Drury Climent, Author, The Acid Alkaline Balance Diet, Adjunct
Professor, City College, New York says: "After years of very positive continuous
clinical experiment that I am conducting with hundreds of clients using
electronically restructured alkaline water, it is my opinion that this technology will
change the way in which all health providers and the public will approach their
health in the coming years....My suggestion is to drink restructured alkaline water
whenever possible."
Dr Sherry Rogers, says: "Alkaline water rids the body of acid waste... After
carefully evaluating the results of my advice to hundreds of individuals, I'm
convinced that toxicity in the form of acidic waste is the primary cause of
degenerative disease."
Dr. Susan Lark, University lecturer and author of The Chemistry Of Success,
says: "Drinking four to six glasses of alkaline water a day will help to neutralize
over acidity and over time will help to restore your buffering ability. Alkaline water
should be used when conditions of over acidity develop, such as cold, flu or
bronchitis. Like vitamins C, E and Beta Carotene, alkaline water acts as an
antioxidant because of its excess supply of free electrons. This can help the body
against the development of heart disease, strokes, immune dysfunctions, and
other common ailments."
Daniel Reid, Author of The Tao of Detox says: "Drinking alkaline water is a great
way to neutralize and flush out all of the toxins and acids that drain from the
tissues and bodily fluids, and to quickly rehydrate the body and keep the blood
alkaline."
David Niven Miller, Anti-aging expert and author of Grow Youthful "Increasing
your consumption of good quality tap water or filtered water can transform your
health and play a central role in the healing of virtually all degenerative diseases.
However, alkaline water has profound long-term effects because it alkalizes your
body and provides an effective antioxidant."
Harald Tietze, Author of "Youthing" says that "by drinking alkaline water, the
aging process can be reversed and the wastes can be reduced in the long-term
to a level of a much younger person. The functions of the organs can be revived."
Dr. Ingfreid Hobert MD, says: "You do not need expensive medicine with all the
negative side effects to regain health... Alkaline water has profound long term
effects because it alkalizes your body and provides an effective antioxidant".
Dr. Robert O. Young, PhD In his book, The pH Miracle says it this way: "Those
willing to look again, and with clear eyes, will be rewarded with the secrets to
permanent health. We can heal ourselves by changing the environment inside our
bodies. Potentially harmful invaders, then, will have nowhere to grow and will
become harmless."
Dr Hidemitsu Hayashi, Director of the Water Institute, Tokyo, He says that bad
diets such as meat and potatoes, fried foods, soft drink colas, and sugars build up
acid salts in the body. Often these deposits, by having to be stored away from the
blood flow, can remain in the body for decades. He recommends the consumption
of ionized alkaline water, which will slowly and gently wash these salts away
http://www.kangenwaterusa.com/Experts.html
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Saturday, December 11, 2010
About Kangen Water
About Kangen Water
WATER
Water is the single most important resource for the human body. Water is the most
essential nutrient involved in every function of the body. Water accounts for
approximately 70% of an individual’s complete fat free body mass. In order to function
properly, water must be consumed in set quantities in consistent intervals (average of
2.5 liters per day). When not enough water is consumed, people can begin to develop
certain illnesses and even accelerate their aging processes.
Now after establishing the importance of water, one must then think what kind of water
is good to drink? Many people believe that the water concentrations in coffee, sodas,
and energy drinks will be sufficient for the human body to function on optimal levels;
but that is incorrect. Simply stated, the water from these beverages is nothing but
poor quality distilled water.
Your Answer to Hydration and Better Health Lies in Kangen
Water!
Kangen water is being recognized by
more and more people around the
world as the purest and healthiest
water for the human body. As more
and more people have been seeing
the benefits of this water, Kangen has
gained a vast amount of ground in the
health world to become one of Japan’
s newest and most popular household
names. This delicious water is rich in
minerals, purged of free radicals by
way of ionization, and can be used in
countless ways outside of everyday
water drinking.
Dating back to its roots in Japan, Kangen Water
essentially means “return to origin”. Because this
beautiful world of ours has been polluted and
soiled with human waste, the human body has not
been able to reach optimal growth potential.
Medical studies have long recognized the
devastating effects of high levels of acidity in our
bodies. Kangen Water has a pH of 8.5 -11.0 which
would then make this water basic or an alkaline. In
addition to Kangen waters pH level, tests have
also shown a negative ORP (oxidizing reduction
potential) rating. Kangen water is perhaps the
most effective anti-oxidant and its negative ORP
rating further proves that hypothesis. Anti-oxidants
can help balance out some of these acids and
restore the body to equilibrium or its “original
state” as it should be, where we can all grow and
flourish.
Conditions such as exposure to electromagnetic or ultra-violet radiation,
alcohol, tobacco, and the stresses that arise in each individual’s daily life can
all contribute to the build up of free radicals in one’s body. Free radicals are an
atomic or molecular species with unpaired electrons on an open shell
configuration. The unpaired electrons in these free radicals make it very easy to
partake in chemical reactions within the body as it searches to fill its outer most
shells with electrons inside of our bodies. Studies have shown that these free
radicals account for 70% of all diseases including some forms of cancer,
diabetes, and speeding up the aging process. A healthier lifestyle can be
achieved immediately as these free radicals are eliminated from our bodies.
Kangen Water simply rids these free radicals from our drinking water and
bodies through the process of ionization.
As medical studies have recognized for years,
the average human body contains acidity levels
that can be harmful to the human body. Alkaline
and acidic treatment has been widely used in
medical treatments in Japan since the 1960s
with success stories of many various illnesses.
When patients began requesting medical
facilities to continue their treatment in the
convenience of their own homes, Enagic Inc.
started doing research on how to bring these
wondrous machines to the people. After much
valuable research, Enagic Inc. of Japan made
medical breakthroughs by bringing fortunate
people machines that could dispense pure
alkaline and acidic water to continue their healthy
lifestyles in the comfort of their own homes. To
say that this company has been successful in the
distribution of these devices would be an
understatement in Japan as Enagic Inc. has truly
become the top premier water company.
It is safe to say that Kangen water is an incredible antioxidant. Some may go as
far as to say that Kangen water is more powerful that any single food or vitamin
supplement in the world. Simply stated, Kangen water contains active hydrogen
which supplies vast amounts of free electrons to our body. This process of
electrolysis immediately neutralizes the free radicals in the water and renders it
non-poisonous. Most water electrolysis equipment will not create active
hydrogen in the water; therefore, the equipment merely produces ionized
alkaline water. Because our bodies fluid concentration is roughly two-thirds
water, the antioxidant potential of a single glass of Kangen water would be
much easier for the body to absorb than expensive vitamin supplements.
In fact, instead of breaking down calcium to supply the electrons to neutralize
free radicals, Kangen water supplies the active hydrogen to do the job for you.
When your body retains the extra calcium that is no longer used to break down
free radicals, these calcium minerals can be used to aid in weight loss.
“Magical miracle healing water” has been found in nature at only a few specific
locations throughout the world. These so called “miracle” water sources have
been discovered in Mexico, Germany, India, China, Australia, and Japan. Large
numbers of people from all over the world wait in line almost every hour of every
day to obtain some of this “magical water” at all of these locations. For many
years, the healing power of this “magical water” was a mystery, but according,
Dr. Sanetaka Shirahata, Graduate School of Genetic Resources Technology,
Kyushu University, these so called “miracle waters” all contain active hydrogen
in the water. Because active hydrogen has an evaporation rate of 0.3-0.7
seconds after generating it, people had to visit these sources to improve on
their chronic illnesses. Kangen water has the same active hydrogen properties
and actually improves on this miracle water. With all said and done, Kangen
Water can now be produced in the comfort of your own home straight from your
tap.
Change Your Water...
Change Your Life...
Discover the amazing health benefits of Kangen Water!
Alkaline Water rich in minerals, purged of free radicals, free
of contamination all in the comfort of your own home!
http://www.kangenwaterusa.com/AboutKangenWater.html
WATER
Water is the single most important resource for the human body. Water is the most
essential nutrient involved in every function of the body. Water accounts for
approximately 70% of an individual’s complete fat free body mass. In order to function
properly, water must be consumed in set quantities in consistent intervals (average of
2.5 liters per day). When not enough water is consumed, people can begin to develop
certain illnesses and even accelerate their aging processes.
Now after establishing the importance of water, one must then think what kind of water
is good to drink? Many people believe that the water concentrations in coffee, sodas,
and energy drinks will be sufficient for the human body to function on optimal levels;
but that is incorrect. Simply stated, the water from these beverages is nothing but
poor quality distilled water.
Your Answer to Hydration and Better Health Lies in Kangen
Water!
Kangen water is being recognized by
more and more people around the
world as the purest and healthiest
water for the human body. As more
and more people have been seeing
the benefits of this water, Kangen has
gained a vast amount of ground in the
health world to become one of Japan’
s newest and most popular household
names. This delicious water is rich in
minerals, purged of free radicals by
way of ionization, and can be used in
countless ways outside of everyday
water drinking.
Dating back to its roots in Japan, Kangen Water
essentially means “return to origin”. Because this
beautiful world of ours has been polluted and
soiled with human waste, the human body has not
been able to reach optimal growth potential.
Medical studies have long recognized the
devastating effects of high levels of acidity in our
bodies. Kangen Water has a pH of 8.5 -11.0 which
would then make this water basic or an alkaline. In
addition to Kangen waters pH level, tests have
also shown a negative ORP (oxidizing reduction
potential) rating. Kangen water is perhaps the
most effective anti-oxidant and its negative ORP
rating further proves that hypothesis. Anti-oxidants
can help balance out some of these acids and
restore the body to equilibrium or its “original
state” as it should be, where we can all grow and
flourish.
Conditions such as exposure to electromagnetic or ultra-violet radiation,
alcohol, tobacco, and the stresses that arise in each individual’s daily life can
all contribute to the build up of free radicals in one’s body. Free radicals are an
atomic or molecular species with unpaired electrons on an open shell
configuration. The unpaired electrons in these free radicals make it very easy to
partake in chemical reactions within the body as it searches to fill its outer most
shells with electrons inside of our bodies. Studies have shown that these free
radicals account for 70% of all diseases including some forms of cancer,
diabetes, and speeding up the aging process. A healthier lifestyle can be
achieved immediately as these free radicals are eliminated from our bodies.
Kangen Water simply rids these free radicals from our drinking water and
bodies through the process of ionization.
As medical studies have recognized for years,
the average human body contains acidity levels
that can be harmful to the human body. Alkaline
and acidic treatment has been widely used in
medical treatments in Japan since the 1960s
with success stories of many various illnesses.
When patients began requesting medical
facilities to continue their treatment in the
convenience of their own homes, Enagic Inc.
started doing research on how to bring these
wondrous machines to the people. After much
valuable research, Enagic Inc. of Japan made
medical breakthroughs by bringing fortunate
people machines that could dispense pure
alkaline and acidic water to continue their healthy
lifestyles in the comfort of their own homes. To
say that this company has been successful in the
distribution of these devices would be an
understatement in Japan as Enagic Inc. has truly
become the top premier water company.
It is safe to say that Kangen water is an incredible antioxidant. Some may go as
far as to say that Kangen water is more powerful that any single food or vitamin
supplement in the world. Simply stated, Kangen water contains active hydrogen
which supplies vast amounts of free electrons to our body. This process of
electrolysis immediately neutralizes the free radicals in the water and renders it
non-poisonous. Most water electrolysis equipment will not create active
hydrogen in the water; therefore, the equipment merely produces ionized
alkaline water. Because our bodies fluid concentration is roughly two-thirds
water, the antioxidant potential of a single glass of Kangen water would be
much easier for the body to absorb than expensive vitamin supplements.
In fact, instead of breaking down calcium to supply the electrons to neutralize
free radicals, Kangen water supplies the active hydrogen to do the job for you.
When your body retains the extra calcium that is no longer used to break down
free radicals, these calcium minerals can be used to aid in weight loss.
“Magical miracle healing water” has been found in nature at only a few specific
locations throughout the world. These so called “miracle” water sources have
been discovered in Mexico, Germany, India, China, Australia, and Japan. Large
numbers of people from all over the world wait in line almost every hour of every
day to obtain some of this “magical water” at all of these locations. For many
years, the healing power of this “magical water” was a mystery, but according,
Dr. Sanetaka Shirahata, Graduate School of Genetic Resources Technology,
Kyushu University, these so called “miracle waters” all contain active hydrogen
in the water. Because active hydrogen has an evaporation rate of 0.3-0.7
seconds after generating it, people had to visit these sources to improve on
their chronic illnesses. Kangen water has the same active hydrogen properties
and actually improves on this miracle water. With all said and done, Kangen
Water can now be produced in the comfort of your own home straight from your
tap.
Change Your Water...
Change Your Life...
Discover the amazing health benefits of Kangen Water!
Alkaline Water rich in minerals, purged of free radicals, free
of contamination all in the comfort of your own home!
http://www.kangenwaterusa.com/AboutKangenWater.html
How to Get Rid of a Pot Belly, and Prevent Disease
Miraculously Eliminate Health Problems and Feel Great!
THE CAUSE — A TOXIC, POLLUTED, DISTORTED COLON
The #1 health problem in America that doctors don’t tell you about, yet can easily be corrected resulting in miraculous healing and a flat stomach!
WE ALL NEED INTERNAL CLEANSING
A simple thing like cleansing and detoxifying the colon can produce miraculous benefits, eliminate so many health disorders, restore normal bowel movements, lose weight and shrink or eliminate a pot belly, producing a flat stomach!
A clean, unabused, nontoxic colon is essential towards a health life. Bowel movements, 2 to 3 a day are essential, yet so many barely go for days. A polluted colon practically invites cancer — in cancer, the colon is like a rotting sewer line.
Colon cleansing was an accepted medical practice 70 years ago, known to produce good health yet has been completely abandoned (no money in it) and replaced by drugs/surgery. Some therapists still effect true healing with colon detoxification.
THE MOST ABUSED ORGAN
In the 20th century we have introduced an avalanche of chemicals, pollutants and toxins into our food and body products that have disturbed the natural working order of the body and impaired functioning of vital organs!
We are born with a clean, unabused, uniform colon. But commercial processed food with foreign substances unnatural to the body cause abnormalities that result in a colon becoming abused, obstructed and distorted.
THE CAUSE OF A POT BELLY — A POLLUTED, SAGGING COLON
Americans are plagued with pot bellies because the transverse colon that supports the stomach is sagging. The colon walls can be lined with layers of fecal matter imbedded in toxic mucus often the consistency of hard rubber. Blockage can be so severe, feces can barely pass through. Documented cases show this accumulated trash weighing up to 40 lbs.!
There is a direct correlation between the condition of the intestinal tract and functioning of the body. When the bowel fails to release all its waste toxemia occurs. A toxic liquid enters the bloodstream, organs, tissue, arteries, veins, lymph and cells. This autointoxication is at the root of so many diseases, illnesses and afflictions. Colon blockage also prevents nutrient absorption; vitamins and minerals barely get through no matter how much one takes.
The need to detoxify and cleanse the colon has never been greater. So many are toxic-ridden and suffer from a host of problems of epic proportions.
THE MOST POWERFUL THING ONE MUST DO IS DETOXIFY AND CLEANSE THE COLON
By eliminating encrusted fecal matter accumulated over years and stripping the mucus that is lining the colon, you remove a major contributor to disease. Fecal matter retention causes the lymphatic system to become congested. A toxic lymph is usually present during acute illness preventing white blood cells from fighting disease. The dominant symptom in many illnesses indicates an origin in the colon.
Parasites, worms and bad bacteria remain in the colon; they thrive on pollution, filth, stagnant putrefactive matter.
The body can be like a walking garbage can carrying rotting matter in the colon for 5 years or more. But the bowel can again funtion efficiently for waste elimination and nutrient absorption, essential for good health and healing and allow friendly bacteria to return, safe from putrification. The solution is simple!
Thoroughly cleanse the colon to remove all toxic debris and stop eating junk and processed foods with unnatural substances. The body will respond with amazing reversal to restore balance, peace, harmony and a state of excellent health.
AMAZINGLY MANY LOSE 5 TO 25 LBS. AND POT BELLY SHRINKS
The saying “death begins in the colon” is true, then life begins again after colon cleansing. It’s actually frightening to see the poisons, junk, foreign substances and decaying fecal matter that the body has been holding onto for so many years.
http://thebreathoflife.net/healthblog/how-to-get-rid-of-a-pot-belly-prevent-disease/
THE CAUSE — A TOXIC, POLLUTED, DISTORTED COLON
The #1 health problem in America that doctors don’t tell you about, yet can easily be corrected resulting in miraculous healing and a flat stomach!
WE ALL NEED INTERNAL CLEANSING
A simple thing like cleansing and detoxifying the colon can produce miraculous benefits, eliminate so many health disorders, restore normal bowel movements, lose weight and shrink or eliminate a pot belly, producing a flat stomach!
A clean, unabused, nontoxic colon is essential towards a health life. Bowel movements, 2 to 3 a day are essential, yet so many barely go for days. A polluted colon practically invites cancer — in cancer, the colon is like a rotting sewer line.
Colon cleansing was an accepted medical practice 70 years ago, known to produce good health yet has been completely abandoned (no money in it) and replaced by drugs/surgery. Some therapists still effect true healing with colon detoxification.
THE MOST ABUSED ORGAN
In the 20th century we have introduced an avalanche of chemicals, pollutants and toxins into our food and body products that have disturbed the natural working order of the body and impaired functioning of vital organs!
We are born with a clean, unabused, uniform colon. But commercial processed food with foreign substances unnatural to the body cause abnormalities that result in a colon becoming abused, obstructed and distorted.
THE CAUSE OF A POT BELLY — A POLLUTED, SAGGING COLON
Americans are plagued with pot bellies because the transverse colon that supports the stomach is sagging. The colon walls can be lined with layers of fecal matter imbedded in toxic mucus often the consistency of hard rubber. Blockage can be so severe, feces can barely pass through. Documented cases show this accumulated trash weighing up to 40 lbs.!
There is a direct correlation between the condition of the intestinal tract and functioning of the body. When the bowel fails to release all its waste toxemia occurs. A toxic liquid enters the bloodstream, organs, tissue, arteries, veins, lymph and cells. This autointoxication is at the root of so many diseases, illnesses and afflictions. Colon blockage also prevents nutrient absorption; vitamins and minerals barely get through no matter how much one takes.
The need to detoxify and cleanse the colon has never been greater. So many are toxic-ridden and suffer from a host of problems of epic proportions.
THE MOST POWERFUL THING ONE MUST DO IS DETOXIFY AND CLEANSE THE COLON
By eliminating encrusted fecal matter accumulated over years and stripping the mucus that is lining the colon, you remove a major contributor to disease. Fecal matter retention causes the lymphatic system to become congested. A toxic lymph is usually present during acute illness preventing white blood cells from fighting disease. The dominant symptom in many illnesses indicates an origin in the colon.
Parasites, worms and bad bacteria remain in the colon; they thrive on pollution, filth, stagnant putrefactive matter.
The body can be like a walking garbage can carrying rotting matter in the colon for 5 years or more. But the bowel can again funtion efficiently for waste elimination and nutrient absorption, essential for good health and healing and allow friendly bacteria to return, safe from putrification. The solution is simple!
Thoroughly cleanse the colon to remove all toxic debris and stop eating junk and processed foods with unnatural substances. The body will respond with amazing reversal to restore balance, peace, harmony and a state of excellent health.
AMAZINGLY MANY LOSE 5 TO 25 LBS. AND POT BELLY SHRINKS
The saying “death begins in the colon” is true, then life begins again after colon cleansing. It’s actually frightening to see the poisons, junk, foreign substances and decaying fecal matter that the body has been holding onto for so many years.
http://thebreathoflife.net/healthblog/how-to-get-rid-of-a-pot-belly-prevent-disease/
Nutritional and Best Foods Selection for a Proper Diet
Nutritional and Best Foods Selection for a Proper Diet
There are different food types that we can add to our diet, their effects and how do they function :
1. Wholegrain Foods :
Whole grain is a great brain stimulator because it contains high percentage of folate. Make sure you’re eating a diet rich in whole grain breads, cereals, barley, popcorn, etc., because they can boost your blood flow to the brain. Every organ in the body is dependent on blood flow especially the brain.
Wholegrain breads and cereals are rich in Vitamin B6, an important brain vitamin. Wheat germ additionally contains memory-improving thiamine.
2a. Nuts :
Everything from the most common nuts — such as walnuts, hazelnuts, cashews and almonds — to the more exotic seeds and nuts can clear up that “brain fog” and enable you to think clearer and are positive mood enhancers.
Walnuts are made up of 15 to 20 percent protein and contain linoleic (omega-6 fatty acids) and alpha-linoleic acids (omega-3 fatty acids), vitamin E and vitamin B6, making them an excellent source of nourishment for your nervous system.
Walnuts may also help correct the human brain’s seratonin levels. Seratonin is an important brain chemical that controls both our moods and appetite. Walnuts may be able to relieve disorders like insomnia, depression, overeating and other compulsive behavior
2b. Cashews
Each nut can enhance your mental health in its own way. Cashews are high in magnesium, known to open up the blood vessels in your body. More oxygen-rich blood = better brain function.
2c. Almonds
Phenylalanine, found in almonds, can do wonders for your mental and neurological health. Phenylalanine has the rare ability to cross the blood-brain barrier where it stimulates the brain to generate natural mood-boosting neurotransmitters called dopamine, adrenaline and noradrenaline. Additionally, almonds are high in riboflavin which is known to boost memory.
2d. Pecans
Pecans and peanuts provide choline, another important nutrient for optimal brain function. Choline aids in both memory and brain development.
3. Blueberries
Eating blueberries and a diet rich in deep pigment from fruits and vegetables helps preserve the brain machinery and boost the potency of neuron signals. Blueberries literally strengthen the brain. They have compounds that turn on key systems in the brain enable other proteins to help with memory or other cognitive skills.
In one recent study, subjects who ate one cup of blueberries a day for two weeks showed an increased birth rate of brain cells in the hippocampus (region responsible for memory), and scored significantly higher in classroom tests than those subjects who did not.
Blueberries are also known to protect the brain from oxidative stress and may reduce the effects of age-related conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease and Dementia. In addition, blueberries also contain ellagic acid, another phytochemical that has been shown to prevent cell damage.
4. Strawberries
Antioxidant-rich strawberries can prevent age-related neurological declines by improving brain cell abilities to send and receive the ’signaling’ molecules. The brain uses these signaling molecules to communicate.
Remarkably, these same studies showed that the powerful antioxidants in strawberries, spinach and blueberries can improve the ability to communicate even among brain cells already showing signs of age-related damage.
5. Blackberries
Blackberries contain an amazing class of nutrients called anthocyanins. Our brain is particularly vulnerable to oxidative damage but anthocyanins help protect our brain from oxidation stress, which in turn fights degenerative brain diseases.
6. Sunflower Seeds
Like nuts, many seeds and nuts can boost your mood and brainpower. Sunflower seeds contain tryptophan, an important amino acid that the brain converts to seratonin, which is a natural way to relieve mild depression and insomnia. Additionally, sunflower seeds are high in thiamine, an important B vitamin, which increases memory and cognitive function.
8. Pumpkin Seeds
Amazingly, the most powerful part of the pumpkin lies in its least used part. The seeds of the pumpkin are a power food, rich in many nutrients including: Zinc, Vitamin A and E, and the precious Omega 3 and Omega 6 fatty acids. The Zinc found in pumpkin seeds plays a vital role in enhancing memory and thinking skills.
9. Green Tea
Green tea is a wonderful beverage, and when freshly brewed, it enhances memory and focus and fights mental fatigue. Green tea contains catechines, which help you relax mentally, yet also keeps your wits sharpened. Green teas are the freshest and least processed because they are not at all fermented. Steep tea for about 3 minutes; this time allotment enables the health promoting compounds to be released; steeping for much longer turns the tea bitter and releases too much tannin, which can irritate the digestive tract, cause constipation, and decrease iron absorption.
A few cups of tea a day may help keep the heart doctor and dentist away, as well as cancer and Alzheimer's disease at bay. Green Tea also helps maintain positive mood states and fights against many brain disorders. Polyphenols are powerful antioxidants found in green tea that can boost the availability of the important signaling brain substance dopamine in brain circuits. Dopamine is vital in creating positive mood states. Polyphenols also help the brain and body run smoothly by maintaining a steady supply of our body’s primary fuel: glucose. These powerful polyphenols also help prevent cancer and heart attacks. Bottled teas, iced tea, and teas made from mixes are also all rich in polyphenols. However, keep iced tea fresh, the polyphenol content starts to deteriorate after a few days. Make sure to finish it within a few days before the antioxidant content starts to decline.
Black tea is simply green tea that has been fermented for around 6 hours. Fermentation turns the green leaves black and alters the polyphenol content, though it is still very high in antioxidants.
Note: If you are worried about the caffeine content of tea, opt for the decaffeinated varieties.
10. Eggs
Eggs indeed offer a very impressive nutritional profile for their 70 calories. They are a precious source of high-quality proteins and rich in vitamins and minerals. But there’s more.
Nutrient called choline, found in eggs, can help boost the memory center in the brain. Researchers have found choline to increase the size of neurons, which helps them fire electrical signals more strongly and rebound faster between firings.
Two antioxidants found in egg yolk called lutein and zeaxanthin help prevent the risk of age-related cataracts and macular degeneration, two of the most prevalent age-related eye conditions.
Remember Egg is not holistic and for many people its a strict No-No and neither is Egg a Vegetarian so many people would like to keep it out of their daily diet routines.
11. Avocados
For brain health, avocados are nearly as good as blueberries. Avocados contain mono-unsaturated fats, which contribute to healthy blood flow, the main requirement for a healthy brain.
12. Tomatoes
Lycopene, an amazing antioxidant found in tomatoes, could help protect against free-radical damage to cells, which is believed to be a primary factor in cases of Dementia, and particularly, Alzheimer’s disease.
13. Broccoli
Broccoli is labeled as superfood due to its high overall nutrient content. It is a great source of vitamin K, which enhances cognitive function and improves brainpower.
14. Red Cabbage
Red cabbage is full of an antioxidant called polyphenol. Polyphenols reduce brain cell damage and is especially helpful in the prevention and treatment of Alzheimers’ disease.
15. Eggplant
Eggplant skin contains a nutrient called nasunin which keeps our brain sharp by enhancing communication between our brain cells and messenger molecules. Remembering to use the skin pays tremendous benefits in vastly improved focus.
16. Spinach
Spinach slows down the effects of age-related declines in brain function and helps protect the brain from oxidative stress. Researchers suggest that a diet rich in spinach can significantly improve learning capacity and motor skills.
17. Yogurt
Calcium rich foods such as yogurt, milk and cheese improve nerve function. Yogurt contains an amino acid called tyrosine which is responsible for producing the neurotransmitters dopamine and noradrenalin. In short, yogurt helps improve alertness and memory.
18. Chocolate!!!
What better to end with? It’s hard to believe that anything as incredibly delicious as chocolate can actually be incredibly good for you as well. Dark chocolate has powerful antioxidant properties and contains several natural stimulants which increase the production of endorphins while enhancing focus and concentration. The stimulants found in dark chocolate also improve mood. It has high content of flavanols that facilitate blood supply to the brain and enhance cognitive skills.
Milk chocolate jump starts impulse control and reaction time. It has also been known to improve visual and verbal memory.
REMEMBER: This is, unfortunately, one superfood that you have to indulge in in moderation.
Conclusion: Our brain is the greediest organ in the body, but its proper nourishment is vital to creative thought, positive mood, memory, and good overall health. It’s no surprise that what you eat affects how you think, feel, remember, and potentially even increase intelligence.
There are different food types that we can add to our diet, their effects and how do they function :
1. Wholegrain Foods :
Whole grain is a great brain stimulator because it contains high percentage of folate. Make sure you’re eating a diet rich in whole grain breads, cereals, barley, popcorn, etc., because they can boost your blood flow to the brain. Every organ in the body is dependent on blood flow especially the brain.
Wholegrain breads and cereals are rich in Vitamin B6, an important brain vitamin. Wheat germ additionally contains memory-improving thiamine.
2a. Nuts :
Everything from the most common nuts — such as walnuts, hazelnuts, cashews and almonds — to the more exotic seeds and nuts can clear up that “brain fog” and enable you to think clearer and are positive mood enhancers.
Walnuts are made up of 15 to 20 percent protein and contain linoleic (omega-6 fatty acids) and alpha-linoleic acids (omega-3 fatty acids), vitamin E and vitamin B6, making them an excellent source of nourishment for your nervous system.
Walnuts may also help correct the human brain’s seratonin levels. Seratonin is an important brain chemical that controls both our moods and appetite. Walnuts may be able to relieve disorders like insomnia, depression, overeating and other compulsive behavior
2b. Cashews
Each nut can enhance your mental health in its own way. Cashews are high in magnesium, known to open up the blood vessels in your body. More oxygen-rich blood = better brain function.
2c. Almonds
Phenylalanine, found in almonds, can do wonders for your mental and neurological health. Phenylalanine has the rare ability to cross the blood-brain barrier where it stimulates the brain to generate natural mood-boosting neurotransmitters called dopamine, adrenaline and noradrenaline. Additionally, almonds are high in riboflavin which is known to boost memory.
2d. Pecans
Pecans and peanuts provide choline, another important nutrient for optimal brain function. Choline aids in both memory and brain development.
3. Blueberries
Eating blueberries and a diet rich in deep pigment from fruits and vegetables helps preserve the brain machinery and boost the potency of neuron signals. Blueberries literally strengthen the brain. They have compounds that turn on key systems in the brain enable other proteins to help with memory or other cognitive skills.
In one recent study, subjects who ate one cup of blueberries a day for two weeks showed an increased birth rate of brain cells in the hippocampus (region responsible for memory), and scored significantly higher in classroom tests than those subjects who did not.
Blueberries are also known to protect the brain from oxidative stress and may reduce the effects of age-related conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease and Dementia. In addition, blueberries also contain ellagic acid, another phytochemical that has been shown to prevent cell damage.
4. Strawberries
Antioxidant-rich strawberries can prevent age-related neurological declines by improving brain cell abilities to send and receive the ’signaling’ molecules. The brain uses these signaling molecules to communicate.
Remarkably, these same studies showed that the powerful antioxidants in strawberries, spinach and blueberries can improve the ability to communicate even among brain cells already showing signs of age-related damage.
5. Blackberries
Blackberries contain an amazing class of nutrients called anthocyanins. Our brain is particularly vulnerable to oxidative damage but anthocyanins help protect our brain from oxidation stress, which in turn fights degenerative brain diseases.
6. Sunflower Seeds
Like nuts, many seeds and nuts can boost your mood and brainpower. Sunflower seeds contain tryptophan, an important amino acid that the brain converts to seratonin, which is a natural way to relieve mild depression and insomnia. Additionally, sunflower seeds are high in thiamine, an important B vitamin, which increases memory and cognitive function.
8. Pumpkin Seeds
Amazingly, the most powerful part of the pumpkin lies in its least used part. The seeds of the pumpkin are a power food, rich in many nutrients including: Zinc, Vitamin A and E, and the precious Omega 3 and Omega 6 fatty acids. The Zinc found in pumpkin seeds plays a vital role in enhancing memory and thinking skills.
9. Green Tea
Green tea is a wonderful beverage, and when freshly brewed, it enhances memory and focus and fights mental fatigue. Green tea contains catechines, which help you relax mentally, yet also keeps your wits sharpened. Green teas are the freshest and least processed because they are not at all fermented. Steep tea for about 3 minutes; this time allotment enables the health promoting compounds to be released; steeping for much longer turns the tea bitter and releases too much tannin, which can irritate the digestive tract, cause constipation, and decrease iron absorption.
A few cups of tea a day may help keep the heart doctor and dentist away, as well as cancer and Alzheimer's disease at bay. Green Tea also helps maintain positive mood states and fights against many brain disorders. Polyphenols are powerful antioxidants found in green tea that can boost the availability of the important signaling brain substance dopamine in brain circuits. Dopamine is vital in creating positive mood states. Polyphenols also help the brain and body run smoothly by maintaining a steady supply of our body’s primary fuel: glucose. These powerful polyphenols also help prevent cancer and heart attacks. Bottled teas, iced tea, and teas made from mixes are also all rich in polyphenols. However, keep iced tea fresh, the polyphenol content starts to deteriorate after a few days. Make sure to finish it within a few days before the antioxidant content starts to decline.
Black tea is simply green tea that has been fermented for around 6 hours. Fermentation turns the green leaves black and alters the polyphenol content, though it is still very high in antioxidants.
Note: If you are worried about the caffeine content of tea, opt for the decaffeinated varieties.
10. Eggs
Eggs indeed offer a very impressive nutritional profile for their 70 calories. They are a precious source of high-quality proteins and rich in vitamins and minerals. But there’s more.
Nutrient called choline, found in eggs, can help boost the memory center in the brain. Researchers have found choline to increase the size of neurons, which helps them fire electrical signals more strongly and rebound faster between firings.
Two antioxidants found in egg yolk called lutein and zeaxanthin help prevent the risk of age-related cataracts and macular degeneration, two of the most prevalent age-related eye conditions.
Remember Egg is not holistic and for many people its a strict No-No and neither is Egg a Vegetarian so many people would like to keep it out of their daily diet routines.
11. Avocados
For brain health, avocados are nearly as good as blueberries. Avocados contain mono-unsaturated fats, which contribute to healthy blood flow, the main requirement for a healthy brain.
12. Tomatoes
Lycopene, an amazing antioxidant found in tomatoes, could help protect against free-radical damage to cells, which is believed to be a primary factor in cases of Dementia, and particularly, Alzheimer’s disease.
13. Broccoli
Broccoli is labeled as superfood due to its high overall nutrient content. It is a great source of vitamin K, which enhances cognitive function and improves brainpower.
14. Red Cabbage
Red cabbage is full of an antioxidant called polyphenol. Polyphenols reduce brain cell damage and is especially helpful in the prevention and treatment of Alzheimers’ disease.
15. Eggplant
Eggplant skin contains a nutrient called nasunin which keeps our brain sharp by enhancing communication between our brain cells and messenger molecules. Remembering to use the skin pays tremendous benefits in vastly improved focus.
16. Spinach
Spinach slows down the effects of age-related declines in brain function and helps protect the brain from oxidative stress. Researchers suggest that a diet rich in spinach can significantly improve learning capacity and motor skills.
17. Yogurt
Calcium rich foods such as yogurt, milk and cheese improve nerve function. Yogurt contains an amino acid called tyrosine which is responsible for producing the neurotransmitters dopamine and noradrenalin. In short, yogurt helps improve alertness and memory.
18. Chocolate!!!
What better to end with? It’s hard to believe that anything as incredibly delicious as chocolate can actually be incredibly good for you as well. Dark chocolate has powerful antioxidant properties and contains several natural stimulants which increase the production of endorphins while enhancing focus and concentration. The stimulants found in dark chocolate also improve mood. It has high content of flavanols that facilitate blood supply to the brain and enhance cognitive skills.
Milk chocolate jump starts impulse control and reaction time. It has also been known to improve visual and verbal memory.
REMEMBER: This is, unfortunately, one superfood that you have to indulge in in moderation.
Conclusion: Our brain is the greediest organ in the body, but its proper nourishment is vital to creative thought, positive mood, memory, and good overall health. It’s no surprise that what you eat affects how you think, feel, remember, and potentially even increase intelligence.
Diabetes Drug Maker Hid Test Data
Diabetes Drug Maker Hid Test Data
Published: July 12, 2010
In the fall of 1999, the drug giant SmithKline Beecham secretly began a study to find out if its diabetes medicine, Avandia, was safer for the heart than a competing pill, Actos, made by Takeda.
Research Ties Diabetes Drug to Heart Woes (February 20, 2010)
Avandia’s success was crucial to SmithKline, whose labs were otherwise all but barren of new products. But the study’s results, completed that same year, were disastrous. Not only was Avandia no better than Actos, but the study also provided clear signs that it was riskier to the heart.
But instead of publishing the results, the company spent the next 11 years trying to cover them up, according to documents recently obtained by The New York Times. The company did not post the results on its Web site or submit them to federal drug regulators, as is required in most cases by law.
“This was done for the U.S. business, way under the radar,” Dr. Martin I. Freed, a SmithKline executive, wrote in an e-mail message dated March 29, 2001, about the study results that was obtained by The Times. “Per Sr. Mgmt request, these data should not see the light of day to anyone outside of GSK,” the corporate successor to SmithKline.
The heart risks from Avandia first became public in May 2007, with a study from a cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic who used data the company was forced by a lawsuit to post on its own Web site. In the ensuing months, GlaxoSmithKline officials conceded that they had known of the drug’s potential heart attack risks since at least 2005.
But the latest documents demonstrate that the company had data hinting at Avandia’s extensive heart problems almost as soon as the drug was introduced in 1999, and sought intensively to keep those risks from becoming public. In one document, the company sought to quantify the lost sales that would result if Avandia’s cardiovascular safety risk “intensifies.” The cost: $600 million from 2002 to 2004 alone, the document stated.
Mary Anne Rhyne, a GlaxoSmithKline spokeswoman, said that the company had not provided the results of its study because they “did not contribute any significant new information.”
The company said that Avandia was safe and that Dr. Freed no longer worked for GlaxoSmithKline.
A panel of experts will meet Tuesday and Wednesday to decide whether Avandia should still be sold and whether it is ethical to test Avandia directly against Actos.
Whether to withdraw Avandia is a question that has split the F.D.A., with some officials arguing that the drug is useful despite its risks and others insisting that it must be withdrawn.
According to the documents, Dr. John Jenkins, director of the agency’s office of new drugs, who has argued internally that Avandia should remain on the market, briefed the company extensively on the agency’s internal debate.
“It is clear the office of new drugs is trying to find minimal language that will satisfy the office of drug safety,” a top company official wrote in an e-mail message after he spoke with Dr. Jenkins, according to a sealed deposition obtained by The Times.
In the deposition, Dr. Rosemary Johann-Liang, a former supervisor in the drug safety office who left the F.D.A. after she was disciplined for recommending that Avandia’s heart warnings be strengthened, said of Dr. Jenkins’ conversations with GlaxoSmithKline, “This should not happen, and the fact that these kind of things happen, I mean, I think people have to make a determination about the leadership at the F.D.A.”
An F.D.A. spokeswoman said the agency would not comment on the contents of the deposition.
Members of Congress, where the Avandia case has led to legislative changes, said they were outraged at GlaxoSmithKline’s behavior.
“When drug companies withhold data regarding safety concerns about their medicines, they put patients at risk,” said Senator Max Baucus, Democrat of Montana, who is chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. Mr. Baucus and Senator Charles E. Grassley of Iowa, the committee’s ranking Republican, spent years investigating GlaxoSmithKline’s development of Avandia.
Besides the trial comparing Avandia with Actos, the company also conducted trials comparing Avandia with glyburide, a cheaper and older diabetes medicine.
When Rhona A. Berry, a company official, asked about publishing two of the trials, Dr. Freed responded in an e-mail message dated July 20, 2001, that referred to Avandia by the abbreviation of its generic name, rosiglitazone: “Rhona — Not a chance. These put Avandia in quite a negative light when folks look at the response of the RSG monotherapy arm,” the message said. “It is a difficult story to tell and we would hope that these do not see the light of day.”
Hiding the results of negative clinical trials was once widespread in the drug industry.
But after GlaxoSmithKline was found in 2004 to have hidden data that showed that its antidepressant, Paxil, led children and teenagers to have more suicidal thoughts and behaviors, the company settled a lawsuit by agreeing to publicly post data from all of its trials. In 2007, Congress mandated such disclosures. But the postings are often little more than cryptic references, so the issue is far from resolved.
With Avandia, GlaxoSmithKline has done more than hide trial data. An F.D.A. reviewer who closely examined a landmark Avandia clinical trial called “Record,” found at least a dozen instances in which patients taking Avandia suffered serious heart problems that were not counted in the trial’s tally of adverse events, mistakes that further obscured Avandia’s heart risks.
The company’s conduct of the Record trial has received sharp criticism from medical leaders for other reasons as well. To compare Avandia and Actos in 1999, researchers at SmithKline measured Actos’s effects in patients in the same way that they had conducted earlier trials of Avandia so that the results for the two drugs could be compared.
When the results of the study suggested that Avandia was more dangerous than Actos, the company decided against further comparisons.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/13/health/policy/13avandia.html?_r=2
, Files Indicated By GARDINER HARRIS
Published: July 12, 2010
In the fall of 1999, the drug giant SmithKline Beecham secretly began a study to find out if its diabetes medicine, Avandia, was safer for the heart than a competing pill, Actos, made by Takeda.
Research Ties Diabetes Drug to Heart Woes (February 20, 2010)
Avandia’s success was crucial to SmithKline, whose labs were otherwise all but barren of new products. But the study’s results, completed that same year, were disastrous. Not only was Avandia no better than Actos, but the study also provided clear signs that it was riskier to the heart.
But instead of publishing the results, the company spent the next 11 years trying to cover them up, according to documents recently obtained by The New York Times. The company did not post the results on its Web site or submit them to federal drug regulators, as is required in most cases by law.
“This was done for the U.S. business, way under the radar,” Dr. Martin I. Freed, a SmithKline executive, wrote in an e-mail message dated March 29, 2001, about the study results that was obtained by The Times. “Per Sr. Mgmt request, these data should not see the light of day to anyone outside of GSK,” the corporate successor to SmithKline.
The heart risks from Avandia first became public in May 2007, with a study from a cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic who used data the company was forced by a lawsuit to post on its own Web site. In the ensuing months, GlaxoSmithKline officials conceded that they had known of the drug’s potential heart attack risks since at least 2005.
But the latest documents demonstrate that the company had data hinting at Avandia’s extensive heart problems almost as soon as the drug was introduced in 1999, and sought intensively to keep those risks from becoming public. In one document, the company sought to quantify the lost sales that would result if Avandia’s cardiovascular safety risk “intensifies.” The cost: $600 million from 2002 to 2004 alone, the document stated.
Mary Anne Rhyne, a GlaxoSmithKline spokeswoman, said that the company had not provided the results of its study because they “did not contribute any significant new information.”
The company said that Avandia was safe and that Dr. Freed no longer worked for GlaxoSmithKline.
A panel of experts will meet Tuesday and Wednesday to decide whether Avandia should still be sold and whether it is ethical to test Avandia directly against Actos.
Whether to withdraw Avandia is a question that has split the F.D.A., with some officials arguing that the drug is useful despite its risks and others insisting that it must be withdrawn.
According to the documents, Dr. John Jenkins, director of the agency’s office of new drugs, who has argued internally that Avandia should remain on the market, briefed the company extensively on the agency’s internal debate.
“It is clear the office of new drugs is trying to find minimal language that will satisfy the office of drug safety,” a top company official wrote in an e-mail message after he spoke with Dr. Jenkins, according to a sealed deposition obtained by The Times.
In the deposition, Dr. Rosemary Johann-Liang, a former supervisor in the drug safety office who left the F.D.A. after she was disciplined for recommending that Avandia’s heart warnings be strengthened, said of Dr. Jenkins’ conversations with GlaxoSmithKline, “This should not happen, and the fact that these kind of things happen, I mean, I think people have to make a determination about the leadership at the F.D.A.”
An F.D.A. spokeswoman said the agency would not comment on the contents of the deposition.
Members of Congress, where the Avandia case has led to legislative changes, said they were outraged at GlaxoSmithKline’s behavior.
“When drug companies withhold data regarding safety concerns about their medicines, they put patients at risk,” said Senator Max Baucus, Democrat of Montana, who is chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. Mr. Baucus and Senator Charles E. Grassley of Iowa, the committee’s ranking Republican, spent years investigating GlaxoSmithKline’s development of Avandia.
Besides the trial comparing Avandia with Actos, the company also conducted trials comparing Avandia with glyburide, a cheaper and older diabetes medicine.
When Rhona A. Berry, a company official, asked about publishing two of the trials, Dr. Freed responded in an e-mail message dated July 20, 2001, that referred to Avandia by the abbreviation of its generic name, rosiglitazone: “Rhona — Not a chance. These put Avandia in quite a negative light when folks look at the response of the RSG monotherapy arm,” the message said. “It is a difficult story to tell and we would hope that these do not see the light of day.”
Hiding the results of negative clinical trials was once widespread in the drug industry.
But after GlaxoSmithKline was found in 2004 to have hidden data that showed that its antidepressant, Paxil, led children and teenagers to have more suicidal thoughts and behaviors, the company settled a lawsuit by agreeing to publicly post data from all of its trials. In 2007, Congress mandated such disclosures. But the postings are often little more than cryptic references, so the issue is far from resolved.
With Avandia, GlaxoSmithKline has done more than hide trial data. An F.D.A. reviewer who closely examined a landmark Avandia clinical trial called “Record,” found at least a dozen instances in which patients taking Avandia suffered serious heart problems that were not counted in the trial’s tally of adverse events, mistakes that further obscured Avandia’s heart risks.
The company’s conduct of the Record trial has received sharp criticism from medical leaders for other reasons as well. To compare Avandia and Actos in 1999, researchers at SmithKline measured Actos’s effects in patients in the same way that they had conducted earlier trials of Avandia so that the results for the two drugs could be compared.
When the results of the study suggested that Avandia was more dangerous than Actos, the company decided against further comparisons.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/13/health/policy/13avandia.html?_r=2
, Files Indicated By GARDINER HARRIS
Thursday, December 9, 2010
The benefits of Colonic Hydrotherapy
The benefits of Colonic Hydrotherapy
23.08.2010 | Author: healthwiki
What colonic hydrotherapy is and what it can do for you.
The History of Colonics
Enemas have been popular throughout history, dating back to 600 BC. Hippocrates (the father of medicine) used enemas of donkey milk and honey as well as salt and sweet wine with olive oil and soda (4th and 5th century). It was in 1600 AD that Pare offered the first distinction between colonic hydrotherapy (otherwise known as irrigation) and enemas. Since then they have been heralded as a valuable treatment by eminent physicians such as Dr John Kellogg (1800) and Dr Norman Walker (1900).
What is Colonic Hydrotherapy?
Colonic hydrotherapy is a complete cleansing of the colon (large intestine) with filtered water. This cleansing is carried out using modern, safe equipment and a two way circuit scope.
The water pressure is light with no risk of colon perforation. The water is encouraged around the intestine using massage and change of position (thereby employing gravity). The ileocaecal valve prevents water from entering the small intesting and the two way circuit prevents the large intestin from overfilling.
How is Colonic Hydrotherapy different from an Enema?
Enemas are administered via gravity rather than through a machine, and therefore only tend to reach as far as the sigmoid colon. Herbs can be added to the enema and they can be self-administered at home.
By contrast, Colonics should always be administered by a trained professional and the water is encouraged further round the bowel using massage and water manipulation. Colonics are therefore a much more effective form of therapy, especially as a long term option.
The purpose of Colonic Hydrotherapy
To re-educate and re-tone the colon
To re-establish more normal shape and form of stool
To empty diverticula (pockets in the colon lining that can become infected and very painful)
To decrease toxicity from faecal matter staying in the bowel and putrifying
To increase energy and well being
Colonic hydrotherapy exercises the muscles in the colon wall enabling them to work more efficiently. Various herbs used during colonic treatment are used to either tone, relax or remove gas.
Why is Colonic Hydrotherapy of benefit to our health?
It cleanses, tones and exercises the colon It empties pockets and improves muscle contraction
It improves faecal transit time
It re-educates the colon helping it return to its more original form
It balances the micro-flora ecosystem
It increases the absorption of nutrients through the colon wall
It decreases the enterotoxins from re-entering the body (leaky gut syndrome)
It decreases the risk of colon cancer by regular health maintenance
It improves the circulation
It is non habit-forming
Reported benefits from a course of colonics
Well-being sensation from the elimination of mucus, undigested food fragments, gases, bacterial toxins and biological aging (detoxification process)
Lightness sensation following the disappearance of the pressure on the intestine by nearby organs
Intestinal peristaltism stimulation, so a very pronounced reduction in chronic constipation
Relief of inflammatory states and oedemas (swellings) due to the elimination of irritating substances (toxins)
Expulsion of parasites and undesirable guests of the colon
Slimming effects due to the colon’s reabilising to eliminate as it should. Also, dietary advice is given as part of treatment.
Relief of gynaecological troubles such as cystitis, ovaritis, dysmenorrhoea, through the reduction of intestinal prolapse
Normalisation of the kidney functions through an elimination of toxic overload Prevention of pathologies related to the intestine including cancer
Prevention of degenerative diseases
Detoxicating and rejuvenating effect due to the cleansing of toxic substances which cause organic intoxication and biological ageing
Colonics are great for anyone suffering from body odour or dermatitis due to the cleansing of gut toxins. Colonics work really well for people who suffer from irritable bowel syndrome, diverticulitis, lethargy, candida or thrush infections and much much more.
The treatment itself
While the thought of having a colonic is not the most palatable to most, it is worth putting dignity aside in order to reap the amazing benefits. While Colonic Hydrotherapy is not a facial, it is not painful either!
The treatment last between 30 and 40 minutes, and should always be performed by a trained professional. A course of colonics is usually recommended and cost will depend on area but is usually around £65.00 per treatment.
Once the course has been completed then one every 6 months to a year is normally advised. This will obviously depend upon the individual and the health of their bowel and the reason for them having the colonic.
http://www.articlesbook.com/the-benefits-of-colonic-hydrotherapy-2/
23.08.2010 | Author: healthwiki
What colonic hydrotherapy is and what it can do for you.
The History of Colonics
Enemas have been popular throughout history, dating back to 600 BC. Hippocrates (the father of medicine) used enemas of donkey milk and honey as well as salt and sweet wine with olive oil and soda (4th and 5th century). It was in 1600 AD that Pare offered the first distinction between colonic hydrotherapy (otherwise known as irrigation) and enemas. Since then they have been heralded as a valuable treatment by eminent physicians such as Dr John Kellogg (1800) and Dr Norman Walker (1900).
What is Colonic Hydrotherapy?
Colonic hydrotherapy is a complete cleansing of the colon (large intestine) with filtered water. This cleansing is carried out using modern, safe equipment and a two way circuit scope.
The water pressure is light with no risk of colon perforation. The water is encouraged around the intestine using massage and change of position (thereby employing gravity). The ileocaecal valve prevents water from entering the small intesting and the two way circuit prevents the large intestin from overfilling.
How is Colonic Hydrotherapy different from an Enema?
Enemas are administered via gravity rather than through a machine, and therefore only tend to reach as far as the sigmoid colon. Herbs can be added to the enema and they can be self-administered at home.
By contrast, Colonics should always be administered by a trained professional and the water is encouraged further round the bowel using massage and water manipulation. Colonics are therefore a much more effective form of therapy, especially as a long term option.
The purpose of Colonic Hydrotherapy
To re-educate and re-tone the colon
To re-establish more normal shape and form of stool
To empty diverticula (pockets in the colon lining that can become infected and very painful)
To decrease toxicity from faecal matter staying in the bowel and putrifying
To increase energy and well being
Colonic hydrotherapy exercises the muscles in the colon wall enabling them to work more efficiently. Various herbs used during colonic treatment are used to either tone, relax or remove gas.
Why is Colonic Hydrotherapy of benefit to our health?
It cleanses, tones and exercises the colon It empties pockets and improves muscle contraction
It improves faecal transit time
It re-educates the colon helping it return to its more original form
It balances the micro-flora ecosystem
It increases the absorption of nutrients through the colon wall
It decreases the enterotoxins from re-entering the body (leaky gut syndrome)
It decreases the risk of colon cancer by regular health maintenance
It improves the circulation
It is non habit-forming
Reported benefits from a course of colonics
Well-being sensation from the elimination of mucus, undigested food fragments, gases, bacterial toxins and biological aging (detoxification process)
Lightness sensation following the disappearance of the pressure on the intestine by nearby organs
Intestinal peristaltism stimulation, so a very pronounced reduction in chronic constipation
Relief of inflammatory states and oedemas (swellings) due to the elimination of irritating substances (toxins)
Expulsion of parasites and undesirable guests of the colon
Slimming effects due to the colon’s reabilising to eliminate as it should. Also, dietary advice is given as part of treatment.
Relief of gynaecological troubles such as cystitis, ovaritis, dysmenorrhoea, through the reduction of intestinal prolapse
Normalisation of the kidney functions through an elimination of toxic overload Prevention of pathologies related to the intestine including cancer
Prevention of degenerative diseases
Detoxicating and rejuvenating effect due to the cleansing of toxic substances which cause organic intoxication and biological ageing
Colonics are great for anyone suffering from body odour or dermatitis due to the cleansing of gut toxins. Colonics work really well for people who suffer from irritable bowel syndrome, diverticulitis, lethargy, candida or thrush infections and much much more.
The treatment itself
While the thought of having a colonic is not the most palatable to most, it is worth putting dignity aside in order to reap the amazing benefits. While Colonic Hydrotherapy is not a facial, it is not painful either!
The treatment last between 30 and 40 minutes, and should always be performed by a trained professional. A course of colonics is usually recommended and cost will depend on area but is usually around £65.00 per treatment.
Once the course has been completed then one every 6 months to a year is normally advised. This will obviously depend upon the individual and the health of their bowel and the reason for them having the colonic.
http://www.articlesbook.com/the-benefits-of-colonic-hydrotherapy-2/
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