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Health Benefits of Coconut Oil

February 13th, 2012 Bianca Bannerman

The health benefits of coconut oil include hair care, skin care, stress relief, maintaining cholesterol levels, weight loss, increased immunity, proper digestion and metabolism, relief from kidney problems, heart diseases, high blood pressure, diabetes, HIV and cancer, dental care, and bone strength. These benefits of coconut oil can be attributed to the presence of lauric acid, capric acid and caprylic acid, and its properties such as antimicrobial, antioxidant, antifungal, antibacterial, soothing, etc.

How is Lauric Acid Used by our body?

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The human body converts lauric acid into monolaurin which is claimed to help in dealing with viruses and bacteria causing diseases such as herpes, influenza, cytomegalovirus, and even HIV. It helps in fighting harmful bacteria such as listeria monocytogenes and heliobacter pylori, and harmful protozoa such as giardia lamblia. As a result of these various health benefits of coconut oil, though its exact mechanism of action was unknown, it has been extensively used in Ayurveda, the traditional Indian medicinal system. The Coconut Research Center has compiled various references on scientific research done on coconut oil.

Before we move on to the benefits of coconut oil in detail, let us understand its composition. (more…)

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China: an obese child are forbidden to go to preschool for being a “health hazard”

November 23rd, 2011 Bianca Bannerman

With only three years, Xiao Hao has already reached 63 kilos in weight, five times the average weight of their classmates.Because of their obesity, the Chinese child has been expelled from various childcare facilities under the pretext that their size poses a risk for other children.
Although it has found a nanny in Guangzhou, southern China, the mother of this child wants to lose weight at all costs. The woman, Xiao ensures that likes to play and swim, has called for doctors to help their child.
According to published newspaper ‘Daily Mail’ , some experts attribute this ‘problem’ to a disorder of growth hormone, which has boosted the weight of the child. Others suggest that Xiao is a victim of the syndrome of ‘Little Emperor’: in China, many families can only have a child who is awarded every whim … including food. Get carpet cleaning Perth here.

Whatever the reason for his excessive weight, Dr. Lu Xiao Hong warns that “can not continue because your heart does not stand the tension.”.

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Andalusia publishes a guide healthy food to improve nutrition

November 23rd, 2011 Bianca Bannerman

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The Ministry of Health has published, for the third consecutive year, the guide ‘Mealtime’ in order to promote healthy eating among the Andalusians. This document is presented as a useful tool to facilitate the programming menu for healthy, balanced population. This is one of the actions to be carried out within the Plan for the Promotion of Physical Activity and Balanced Diet launched by the Government of Andalusia in 2004.
These diets are designed to be made by any person, except those who have any medical contraindications, which in this case, you should discuss it with your family doctor. This guide has been developed for people who do not want simply to eat a diet basics, although it requires an effort because it is based on the principle ‘that something wants something hard but the good thing is that it costs as little as possible ‘.

The menus, which have different options for lunch and dinner Monday to Sunday for eight consecutive weeks, are calculated to make them who consume about 1,500 calories a day, spread throughout the day. This includes a wide variety of foods cooked in different ways. Artichokes with anchovies, beets and mint salad and fish soup are among the first courses outlined in the guide, which advises the back as second to the Spanish, the chicken tortilla stew or cauliflower, among others many.  (more…)

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Uses of Kombucha

October 9th, 2011 Bianca Bannerman
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The kombucha is eaten fresh and regularly, preferably in the morning on an empty stomach or one hour before or after meals, or pleasure at any time of day. The consumption of kombucha does not exempt any drinking water as well.

The taste naturally delicious, fruity and sparkling with a properly prepared kombucha makes it efficient and cut thirst with a refreshing drink.

Other recipe ideas:

Kombucha drink can enter the preparation of cocktails, mixed with ice and a little alcohol to your preference: rum, gin, brandy etc …

The naturopath Tyrolean Ferdinand Stock prepared by replacing the tea with a tea of herbs.

Serge adds Quedeville tails cherries mixed black tea, green tea and flavor the drink with a few drops of essential oils of lemon and a quarter of water.

The site offers grainsdekéfir after fermentation to add a few fragrant plants (elderflower or anise) or make a drink by mixing the drink kombucha to drink herbal or fruit syrup (raspberry, peach, lemon etc. ).

The site advises kombucha.paraguay adding medicinal herbs to prepare: raspberry leaves, nettle leaves and cassis.

Still others, prepare the Kombucha-based “fruit tea” (a try, especially if the tea give you palpitations … but this is not the recipe for the most common).

My first strain having many offspring, I make attempts to vary the taste of the healthy drinks obtained by “sacrificing” a few strains used for non-classical

This gives a pleasant and refreshing drink by fermenting green tea with mint (Gunpowder), or a green tea with lemon, same recipe as for the normal green tea. (more…)

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Rosacea – a skin problem

October 9th, 2011 Bianca Bannerman
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The term rosacea comes from the Latin-speaking world and finds himself (rose colored =) under the term rosaceus. Rosacea is primarily known as copper rose, copper fin or Rotfinne.

Often it is also with the “well-known acne confused. ” Therefore, it is important always to a trained dermatologist to go, resulting in later diagnosis so no misunderstandings in the form of therapy.

The onset of skin lesions may be about before and 18.Lebensjahr occur at any age. The peak incidence is between the 30th and 50 Age. In childhood, this facial disease occurs only rarely

Rosacea has a variety of guises.

What is the second to recognize rosacea?

  • Affected parts: the central third of the face so face , cheeks , nose , chin
  • Expansion of blood vessels with redness for hours, then permanently ( telangiectasia )
  • In the further course of papules and pustules
  • Décolleté and lateral neck areas are affected less frequently
  • The lesions expand with time, more and more, they are constant and knotted, forming more tissue , so that the affected skin areas are thicker. This can lead, especially in men in a massive thickening and redness of the nose ( rhinophyma )
  • In up to 60 to 75 percent of cases are eye is also involved, what shows or dry eye, the vision may be compromised. Therefore, it is also important to eye doctor to consult at regular intervals.

Third causes of rosacea

As the main cause is largely still not completely known, it is currently (2006) stated that it is a combination of genetic factors and external triggers. It can, for example by certain trigger factors to a neurovegetative dysregulation of blood vessel walls come in the facial area.

Certain endogenous triggers (also called triggers) to solve an indeterminate place in the nervous system from Störmechanismus one that sets the disease in motion. Triggers can be chemical or psychological origin, for example:

  • emotional conflicts
  • negative stress (dis-stress)
  • Excitement
  • physical effort
  • hot baths with and without additives (fragrance oils)
  • Skin Care Products
  • Sunlight
  • Hot temperatures (summer, climate change when traveling)
  • Hot drinks
  • Cool temperatures (air, water, wind)
  • Temperature change (hot-cold)
  • Alcoholic beverages
  • Hot Spices
  • too much sugar

Behind so ask where you can discover for themselves the culprits. (more…)

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