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		<title>4 Common Myths that Lead to Failing at Living Healthy</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author: yuushoji You truly can&#8217;t believe everything you read, and you most especially can&#8217;t believe everything you see on television. If you are under the impression that you can, and you just so happen to be on a diet, struggling to lose weight on the guidelines you learned from some diet commercial or ad in [...]]]></description>
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<p>You truly can&#8217;t believe everything you read, and you most especially can&#8217;t believe everything you see on television. If you are under the impression that you can, and you just so happen to be on a diet, struggling to lose weight on the guidelines you learned from some diet commercial or ad in either of these media outlets, then there&#8217;s a good chance that you&#8217;re going about dieting the wrong way, or at the very least you have picked up many of the common misconceptions preached about on television and in books, which set most people who are dieting up for<br />
failure.</p>
<p>The following are some of the more common isconceptions you may wrongly believe.</p>
<p>Common Myth That Leads to Failing at Living Healthy #1 Skipping meals will help lose weight</p>
<p>Wrong. Skipping meals actually slows down your metabolism, which means that when you do finally eat again your metabolism will not be running optimally enough to properly process the calories and nutrients you&#8217;re eating.</p>
<p>Common Myth That Leads to Failing at Living Healthy #2 Carbohydrates cause weight gain</p>
<p>We can thank the Atkins diet for this myth. This misconception is both true and false. You see, when you eat a large amount of food that is saturated with carbohydrates your body uses it for energy. However, if you&#8217;re not a very active person and don&#8217;t exercise, then your body is not using up the carbohydrates you ingested. This creates an excess of carbohydrates in your body, and your digestive system, not knowing what to do with this excess, converts it to fat. This is what has lead to the general belief that carbohydrates cause fat. Carbohydrates are needed for energy. Eating the right amount, combined with a decent amount of exercise will ensure that you don&#8217;t have problems with excess carbohydrates.</p>
<p>Common Myth That Leads to Failing at Living Healthy #3 Eating only fat-free foods will help you lose weight</p>
<p>The next time you buy a box of fat-free cookies take a look at the nutrient label and see how many calories are in a serving. You will be surprised to see that the calorie content is probably in the triple digits and that a serving is somewhere around one or two cookies. Just because a product is fat free does not mean you can eat as much of it as you want.</p>
<p>Common Myth That Leads to Failing at Living Healthy #4 All fat is bad for you</p>
<p>This is not true. Your body needs fat for energy in order to be well balanced. However, your fat intake should only constitute 15% of your daily diet. Most people get two or three times this amount, which is why they gain weight, and which is why some self proclaimed fitness experts have latched on to this as being the only cause of weight gain.</p>
<p>This is just a short list of the most common myths, but there are plenty more, lesser known ones circulating. These just happen to be the most detrimental to the success of those individuals striving to live a healthier lifestyle. Always make sure and get the facts about your diet from a credible medical source. Just because you see something on television, the Internet or in print<br />
does not make it true. Always look at everything with an ounce of skepticism when the source is one you&#8217;re unfamiliar with. </p>
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		<title>About Baby Care</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author: bajazz Child care is one of the most major concern if a baby is born and if you are planning to go back to work. So think about the care your child receives from your care taker as he or she is with your child all the time in that environment. We have some [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Author: bajazz </p>
<p>Child care is one of the most major concern if a baby is born and if you are planning to go back to work. So think about the care your child receives from your care taker as he or she is with your child all the time in that environment. We have some alternative solutions for this. Spend some time to choose the best option that suits your child the best.</p>
<p>The first option is hiring a sitter or nanny to take care of your child but this has a lot of advantages. Your child will be home safe and secure with the nanny and will be taken full attention by her. If your child falls ill, nanny will take care of your child and you don&#8217;t need to spend your time by transporting your child back and forth and also from work. There is a disadvantage in this option, if thenanny wants go on a vacation or if she feels sick, you don&#8217;t have a backup. Also spend as much time as possible with your child in free time. This is because, your child spends a lot of time with yournanny and there is a tendency to develop a strong bond with your nanny. The statistics shows that more than one mother is not comfortable with her baby as the baby is comfortable with the nanny.</p>
<p>The second option is leaving your child in a small day care, which means you will find someone who will take care of your child with her children. There is a possibility that there will be her children or even others. This is one of the good option if you want your child to be in a home atmosphere. This situation happens if you cannot afford for a full timenanny. This option also has the same kind of disadvantage if the nanny feels sick or goes for a vacation.</p>
<p>The third option is that taking your child to a professional day care center. These kind of professional day care centers are affordable and we don&#8217;t need to care whether the caretaker feels sick or going on a vacation. Your child will also learn a lot in that day care center as it grows older. Be prepared both of you as your child can get affected by the germs in that day care center. In most states, there must be one caretaker for eight babies. This is the other disadvantage taking care of eight babies by one caretaker. So, while you take your child to a day care center make sure that the caretaker is not attending more than five children.</p>
<p>The most important decisions you&#8217;ll make is choosing the appropriate child care center. Even after you choose the day care center, make sure your child gets the best care in the day care center you choose. Go to the day care center in odd times to check what&#8217;s going on and Make sure you&#8217;re satisfied.</p>
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		<title>The Importance of Dental Care To Overall Body Health</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dental care involves taking good care of your teeth, gums and the related structures of the mouth. Dental care includes prevention and treatment of diseases of the gum and teeth, and also the replacement or repair of defective teeth. In many cases people may suffer from dental diseases due to sheer laziness and lack of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dental care involves taking good care of your teeth, gums and the related structures of the mouth. Dental care includes prevention and treatment of diseases of the gum and teeth, and also the replacement or repair of defective teeth. In many cases people may suffer from dental diseases due to sheer laziness and lack of knowledge towards proper dental care, with mostly the children and at times adults who often do not pay enough attention to teeth care. They fail to realize that healthy teeth and gum is extremely important to keeping you healthy and sound. Proper dental health is not only important to our healthy physical looks; it is essential to the well being of the entire body. </p>
<p>Maintaining good dental health can at times prove to be expensive. Therefore it is important that you go for a good dental insurance that covers the costs of your dental treatment be it a routine check up or an emergency. Purchasing dental insurance from a good dental insurance company relieves you of the hassles and worries of the otherwise expensive cost of keeping your oral cavity healthy. With dental insurance you can choose a specific dental plan that is right for you. However, before choosing a dental plan from any dental insurance company you must pay attention to the following points:</p>
<p>* You should ask the dental insurance company for its actual office address and not just its P.O. Box address. This step should give you peace of mind in knowing that you are purchasing dental insurance from a real dental insurance company. Ask for its office phone number so that you can contact the office any time to learn more about its dental plans.</p>
<p>* Ask the dental insurance company if it covers specific procedures performed by your dentist. If you are searching for a dental plan that covers teeth fillings and teeth cleanings, that dental plan should not cost you much. On the other hand, if you would like to have x-rays and fluoride paid by your dental plan, then this type of dental plan most likely should cost a bit more.</p>
<p>* Ask the dental insurance company about your personal dentist&#8217;s role in its dental plan. If your dentist is not on its list, then it is rather useless selecting such type of dental plan. Since your dentist is the one most familiar with your dental health, it is better to ask your dentist which dental insurance companies&#8217; dental plans he participates in.</p>
<p>* You can do a thorough research on dental insurance companies online. Dental health is a new and fast growing industry and is getting very competitive. You can find a wide selection of dental plans ranging from $15.00 per month to $100 per month.</p>
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		<title>How To Find The Right Asthma Remedy In 5 Easy Steps</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[With more than 15 million asthmatics in the USA, finding the most effective and right asthma remedy for someone who lives daily with the effects of asthma is like a Crusader finding the Holy Grail. Are You Finding The Right Thing? The most important and prevalent thing on the mind of an asthma sufferer is [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With more than 15 million asthmatics in the USA, finding the most effective and right asthma remedy for someone who lives daily with the effects of asthma is like a Crusader finding the Holy Grail.</p>
<p>Are You Finding The Right Thing?</p>
<p>The most important and prevalent thing on the mind of an asthma sufferer is finding a remedy for the ailment. Finding the right asthma remedy for you is not as easy as just going to the doctor and taking what he gives you unfortunately an asthma remedy is not that simple.</p>
<p>The proper way to remedy asthma is much more involved and multifaceted than that. It takes more than just pill popping to solve the problem of asthma; it takes an adjustment of one?s lifestyle. These easy 5 steps are designed to give you a direction and a guide to finding anasthma remedy that works for you.</p>
<p>Step 1: Respect Your Asthma</p>
<p>Are you respecting your body? Many people who have asthma refuse to respect it enough to alter their lifestyle which is dangerous and irresponsible. If you have asthma, accept that you have it and that you will have to make adjustments because of it.</p>
<p>Step 2: Be Consistent</p>
<p>Once you have decided on what to do and what not to do in an effort to control the symptoms of asthma, stick to those decisions. If you decide to stop swimming, don?t join the swim team. If you need to give up running, don?t register for a marathon. Be consistent and stick to the decisions that you have made.</p>
<p>Step 3: Be Practical and Positive</p>
<p>Just because you have asthma does not mean that you have to give up all activity and sit on the couch for the rest of your life. Keep a good attitude and you will be able to rationally think about the situation and what is the best way to handle it. Getting irritable and irrational will only compound your problems.</p>
<p>Step 4: Get Help</p>
<p>Never try to find an appropriate asthma remedy on your own. Finding the right asthma remedy is best done with the help of a licensed professional. Uncle so-and-so or cousin this-and-that may be great people, but they are not asthma experts. Ask someone who is an expert to help you make the right decisions.</p>
<p>Step 5: Be Accepting</p>
<p>Accept the fact that you have asthma, that you can?t get rid of asthma, that you can manage asthma, and that you can be happy and normal with asthma. Don?t let the asthma blow itself out of proportion. Accepting the fact that you have asthma will help you be able to find the bestasthma remedy.</p>
<p>These steps are a simple way to combat the effects of asthma. There is an asthma remedy that is right for you, all you have to do is follow these steps and find it.</p>
<p>Even though you may know the 5 easy steps designed to give you an asthma remedy. With all the information available of no use, action is power when applying knowledge which will then free yourself the agony of having asthma again. You should never add to, or alter any component of your current asthma treatment without first consulting your physician.</p>
<p>However, many asthmatics sometimes tend to forget that even though there may be many strategies and technqiues around to asthma remedy around in order to have an asthma free life. Without a proper asthma management system, there will not be much asthma free lifestyle to hope for.</p>
<p>Applying these facts and tips together with a system &#8211; enjoy your life once again. </p>
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		<title>Natural Heart Health Helps You Keep A Regular Heart Beat</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obesity is a common problem that causes heart attacks or heart problems. Yet is it not the only one. What makes obesity so life threatening is that the fat goes in and blocks the arteries, which are important for keeping the blood flowing to your heart. This limitation of blood often causes the heart to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Obesity is a common problem that causes heart attacks or heart problems. Yet is it not the only one. What makes obesity so life threatening is that the fat goes in and blocks the arteries, which are important for keeping the blood flowing to your heart.</p>
<p>This limitation of blood often causes the heart to pump harder as it goes in a state of panic; and that is briefly is what causes a heat attack.</p>
<p>Natural heart health is about ensuring that your heart is well taken care of. It also entails taking care of your heart&#8217;s valves, so that it can function at its best.</p>
<p>Another important part of natural heart health is being aware of the types of foods that will promote better heart health. You have to remember that your heart is the main organ which helps supply oxygenated blood to your body. And if it is not healthy and cannot function as nature intended, it will have a serious effect on your entire body.</p>
<p>In the natural heart health department, you will find many forms on natural heart health supplements. These can be natural heart health capsules or natural heart health syrups, all made in one way or the other from natural ingredients.</p>
<p>These cardiac tonics will help you improve the condition of your heart; and for the health conscious person, that is the best quality they can ask for in terms of natural health.</p>
<p>And you don&#8217;t have to spend a whole lot of money if you opt for the natural heart health approach to curing and preventing illness. You will soon learn to find the best natural health products at low prices so that you ensure that your heart stays in good condition for as long as it can.</p>
<p>Remember that heart surgery will cost you loads of money; if you invest in natural heart health, you can avert those enormous hospital bills, as well as the dangers that come with heart surgery.</p>
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		<title>Boost Your Immune System With Natural Health Products</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:11:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author: teahupoo The benefits of taking care of yourself are some of the rewards you get from knowing that you are doing the best for your body. This includes the most important part of your body&#8211;the part which is in fact a mechanism that protects your body: your immune system. Your immune system protects you [...]]]></description>
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<p>The benefits of taking care of yourself are some of the rewards you get from knowing that you are doing the best for your body. This includes the most important part of your body&#8211;the part which is in fact a mechanism that protects your body: your immune system.</p>
<p>Your immune system protects you against viruses, bacteria, and toxins. And to ensure that your body keeps doing all these things and more, you need to take good care of it. This includes taking precautions against diseases; and helping your body when you do get infected with diseases.</p>
<p>That is why only the best will do. Before you begin to incorporate a natural health lifestyle into your everyday life, you should first start to learn what options are available for you.</p>
<p>Natural health medicine is one of part of the pool of many medicines available in the natural health market. Because of its natural, anti-bacterial effects, many people are using in place of traditional medicine to cure their illnesses.</p>
<p>Natural health medicine is good in that it has a harmonious effect. It does not act as a drug, but more as a supplement for all your bodies needs. You know that you are giving your body the best of that nature has to offer; rather than bombarding it with chemicals that will harm it as much as help it.</p>
<p>Natural health medicine does not cause drowsiness and it works with the body to help you get better. The most-praised element of natural health medicine is that it is made from natural ingredients. And these ingredients enhance your body&#8217;s effectiveness to work for you.</p>
<p>When you know what is at stake, you understand that natural health medicine can give you that ultra boost you need to get your body in the best defensive shape possible.</p>
<p>In addition to everything else, you will not suffer side-effects when you take natural health medicine; instead, the medicine will help your body to heal without harming it simultaneously.</p>
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		<title>Hostgator Review</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Web hosting Reviews will allow a user to make his web page available to the world, with the help of the World Wide Web and the internet. The hosting of web pages and also other files has become so common, that it has made the world smaller. Today every individual wants a web page, whether [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.webhostinggalore.com/">Web hosting Reviews</a> will allow a user to make his web page available to the world, with the help of the World Wide Web and the internet. The hosting of web pages and also other files has become so common, that it has made the world smaller. Today every individual wants a web page, whether it is for personal use or for a business organization. The hostgator review service allows us to connect to the world in an instant. Web files can be of different types, and they can be web pages or even video and audio files. The types of files that are hosted will depend on the requirements of the company as well as the individual. They will be hosted according to the services that are offered. With hostgator review, and the types of services that are offered, any individual can make a web page easily available to the world. Through this system, the entire world now can be linked for various purposes. Whether it is about shopping, playing games or offering other services, web pages are what we use. Everyone needs to refer to a web page when it concerns anything. ecause the demand is high, there are hostgator review companies which offer very cheap services. And because of this, just about anyone can host a web page with any content. The owners of the web page will have the various options to choose from when they are hosting the web pages. They can choose the type of hosting they would like to use. Today everyone wants to connect and also operate businesses with the internet, and luckily they have options to host the web pages. Today a business house is estimated by its web page, and all this is possible only with the advent of hostgator review. Through web pages and hostgator review, most of the industries have taken the internet by storm.</p>
<p>The hostgator review industry has helped many countries with outsourced projects, and industries like online gaming and several others, have opened opportunities for millions of people around the world. Now, without the hostgator review services, the world will be crippled, as most companies rely on this. We could put world trade, share markets and even entertainment industries under this category. Hostgator review has been recognized because it is cheap, and there are no more phone calls, all businesses can be run with cheap resources. With this in mind, everyone has turned to hostgator review, so that they can work faster and also within good and reasonably priced resources. All these factors have played role in making the world smaller. With the help of <a href="http://www.webhostinggalore.com/hostgator.html">hostgator review</a>, and the internet, an entire community has been created across the world. One can even find life partners through web pages, and that is a very exciting thing that this industry can offer. Whatever the purpose, the web pages have definitely brought all comforts to our homes, as well as created a worldwide community.</p>
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		<title>Premenstrual Syndrome</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every month, under normal circumstances, women in their &#8216;child-bearing&#8217; years experience their monthly &#8216;menstrual period&#8217;. This blood loss comes about as a result of the monthly shedding of the lining (a.k.a. the &#8216;endometrium&#8217;) of their uterus or womb. On a monthly basis the womb is re-lined with a fresh endometrium and prepared for the implantation [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft" style="float: left;" src="http://www.serendipitycat.no/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/premenstrual-syndrome.jpg" alt="" width="143" height="143" />Every month, under normal circumstances, women in their &#8216;child-bearing&#8217; years experience their monthly &#8216;menstrual period&#8217;.<br />
This blood loss comes about as a result of the monthly shedding of the lining (a.k.a. the &#8216;endometrium&#8217;) of their uterus or womb. On a monthly basis the womb is re-lined with a fresh endometrium and prepared for the implantation of a fertilised ovum which Mother Nature, who is forever planning to have more of us around, would eventually turn into a baby.<span id="more-53"></span>The growth and preparation of the endometrium for the implantation of a fertilised ovum is under hormonal control and the principal hormones involved are oestrogen (or estrogen) and progesterone.<br />
These hormones are produced by the developing ovarian follicle which, when it has released the ovum (which is what happens at ovulation) develops into the corpus luteum. In the first part of the monthly cycle ( up to the time of ovulation ) oestrogen is produced in large amounts and then, after the ovum has been released form the follicle, progesterone (literally a progestational agent) is produced which helps prepare the endometrium for the implantation of a fertilised ovum and also helps to &#8216;maintain&#8217; the preegnancy in existence at this early stage.<br />
What is premenstrual syndrome?<br />
Premenstrual syndrome consists of any symptoms which a woman experiences on a regular monthly basis in association with her menstrual period. Not every patient experiences PMS symptoms every month and also the severity of the symptoms may vary hugely also. Some people tell me that they only get &#8216;bad&#8217; PMS every second or third month.<br />
Premenstrual syndrome has been divided into four types: In real life I find the types overlap all the time and are by no means as clear-cut as a classification system might suggest. In my experience the majority of patients present a &#8216;mixed&#8217; symptom picture but, for the record the classifications are as follows:<br />
PMT-A ( &#8216;Anxiety&#8217;): Anxiety, irritability, insomnia, depression<br />
PMT-C (&#8216;Craving&#8217;): Craving for sweets, increased appetite, sugar ingestion may lead to headache, palpitations, fatigue or fainting<br />
PMT-D (&#8216;Depression&#8217;): Depression, forgetfulness, confusion, lethargy<br />
PMT-H (&#8216;Hyperhydration&#8217;): Weight gain above 1.4kg, breast congestion and tenderness, abdominal bloating and tenderness, oedema of face and extremities<br />
What do women experience if they are suffering from premenstrual syndrome?<br />
Different women may have quite different experiences of premenstrual syndrome &#8211; the term is really is not a very useful descriptive label in that it suggests that people have semi-identical experiences of PMS. The symptoms will usually consist of several of a range of complaints including : anxiety, tearfulness, aggression, irritability, insomnia, abdominal bloating, abdominal distension, abdominal pain, diarrhoea, constipation, swelling of the hands, the feet or of the whole body, sugar cravings, swollen breasts that may be very tender to the touch or, in more severe cases, the breasts may become spontaneously painful at rest even if they are not touched and for a minority of women the breast pain and tenderness may cause or add to sleep problems. Sugar and carbohydrate craving is a significant problem, also for about 40% of women.<br />
Who gets premenstrual syndrome?<br />
While period pain tends to be the most-significant period-related problem that bedevils the teenager and twenty-something women the patient presenting with premenstrual syndrome is frequently someone in her mid-thirties. On occasion she may remark that her PMS began after the birth of one of her children. Of course that does not cast a magical ring of protection from PMS around those who have not had children!<br />
How much of the month do symptoms persist in Premenstrual Syndrome?<br />
If we call the day a woman&#8217;s period begins day 1 and presume that she is fortunate enough top have a regular menstrual cycle then, for most average PMS sufferers symptoms will usually not begin until around day 24 and will generally disappear as the period begins which is going to be day 28/day 1. There will, though, be a minority of women who will continue to have mood and or physical symptoms that will last for the first one, two or three days of their monthly period. This is the exception, though, and most women breathe a sigh of relief when their period begins, though as we all know, some individuals with PMS also have severe period-related symptoms to deal with, also.<br />
Another group of PMS sufferers may have symptoms lasting 2-3 days duration around day 11 or 12 which then may go away again to return sometime before the period arrives and the symptoms will usually persist until the bleed starts. The symptom return date is variable and may be anywhere from day 15 or 16 to day 26 or 27.<br />
There will be some other patients who have symptoms that persist form day 12 or 13 until their menses arrive. Even more extreme will be those who get symptoms beginning day 12 or 13 which last until day 2 or 3 of the next cycle. As you can see some people have their problems so spread out over so much of the month that, allowing for feeling somewhat below par at period-time itself they end up having very few days where they really feel well. This can play havoc with a woman&#8217;s sexual life. Happily the vast majority of PMS sufferers are not so severely affected.<br />
Premenstrual syndrome and Mood Problems<br />
Almost any woman may feel a bit sensitive or emotionally fragile for an hour or two to a day or two just before her period comes on. Most women accept this as normal and reasonably bearable.<br />
Some people, though, will experience substantial mood changes associated with PMS. I ask patients : Which type of emotional symptoms predominate :do you become a fading over-sensitive overly-emotional lily or a tigresses? Polite, thoughtful people may turn into raging tigresses and &#8216;eat the head off &#8216; of those they come into contact with, whom not totally unexpectedly, will include colleagues, husbands and children. It&#8217;s usually the relationships with colleagues and children that trigger the patient into seeking help. Patients will often relate to me : &#8220;My husband / partner understands that the PMS me is not the real me but my three under-7s don&#8217;t realise that, and neither do a lot of my / friends/clients/ patients/colleagues&#8221;. The emotional range varies hugely from severe aggressiveness to inconsolable tearfulness and depression. An occasional unfortunate individual is dealt the extra-difficult hand of finding that they are both aggressive tearful and depressed all at the one time. Thought processes and memory may temporarily be very sluggish.<br />
Insomnia and anxiety will trouble quite a few people. Some people will become temporarily quite depressed. Food cravings will be troublesome for a substantial number of people and they find that they just &#8216;pig-out&#8217; and then regret it afterwards. Usually the cravings are for chocolate, sweets or cakes.<br />
Premenstrual Syndrome and Physical Problems<br />
Again the range of symptoms is broad.<br />
Premenstrual symptoms which a large majority of women will experience and generally not severe enough to qualify for the label &#8216;PMS&#8217;<br />
Some people will get vague tummy problems with mild accompanying diarrhoea or constipation just before the onset of their menses. Some individuals who normally experience irritable-bowel-type symptoms form time to time will notice that these symptoms are somewhat exacerbated before their periods. There may be other transient symptoms such as mild breast tenderness. Generally most people will cope well with minor symptoms such as these. These symptoms would be classified as &#8216;mild&#8217; inconvenience not severe enough to be classified as PMS.<br />
Premenstrual symptoms severe enough to be classified as PMS:<br />
Some individuals will get severe abdominal bloating , pain or diarrhoea. Breast changes as outlined above may be severe. As well as experiencing cravings for particular foods individuals may find that they need to eat very frequently just to maintain semi-adequate energy levels. Nausea and vomiting tend to be problems that occur with the onset of the period rather than, strictly speaking, being part of a PMS symptom complex.<br />
Premenstrual Syndrome: What is on offer conventionally? Vitamin B6 or pyridoxine has almost slipped into the mainstream as has evening primrose oil which contains omega-6 essential fatty acids. The contraceptive pill is also frequently prescribed by GPs and gynaecologists and, if patients find that they can tolerate it well, they generally find it useful. Diuretics or water pills were used a lot in the 1980s but are not used much nowadays. Tranquilisers and antidepressants are sometimes offered.<br />
There is also the routine advice which is to reduce intake of caffeine, alcohol and refined sugars beginning three days prior to symptom onset.<br />
Premenstrual Syndrome: What is on offer in an integrative medical context ?<br />
The integrative approach, above all, tries not to be doctrinaire and tries to take the &#8216;whatever works and is safe approach&#8217; while attempting, as far as is feasible, to treat the cause and not just the symptoms.<br />
Progesterone levels may be of significance and liver detoxification plays a potential role in this aspect.<br />
A patient suffering from PMS, especially if there is a substantial anxiety component ( sometimes referred may have problems affecting her progesterone levels during the premenstrual phase and it is almost always worth measuring a progesterone level around day 19-21 of the cycle. The liver is important in &#8216;balancing&#8217; estrogen and progesterone and it may have become sluggish &#8211; please see the section of this website on Sluggish Liver Detoxification &#8211; and it may need a bit of help in its hormone-balancing abilities. It is also possible to biochemically measure liver detoxification ability.<br />
If a patient is suffering from recurrent bowel symptoms or irritable bowel syndrome this may also be exacerbating their premenstrual syndrome.<br />
If a patient has significant bowel symptoms then, in my opinion, these are probably affecting the situation negatively and the probable mechanism is that low-grade toxins from the bowel are negatively affecting the liver&#8217;s detoxification capacity by overloading it and distracting it from its hormone-balancing work.<br />
Recurrent vaginal candidiasis<br />
While not elevating the treatment of chronic or recurrent vaginal candidiasis as the cure for all female ills an observational study published as far back as 1987 found significant benefit to patient&#8217;s PMS from treating their persistent vaginal candidiasis.<br />
It is recommended that the intake of animal protein and fatty foods generally is reduced.<br />
Nutritional supplementation also has a role to play a role in the treatment of premenstrual syndrome.<br />
There is evidence that vitamin B6, Magnesium, Vitamin E, Calcium, Zinc, omega-6 essential fatty acid supplementation may help.<br />
Can homoeopathy help?<br />
In my opinion homoeopathy may be very helpful but I believe that it is most effective when used is as one part of the treatment in a planned approach which also takes into account the complete medical, gynaecological and biochemical picture.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft" style="float: left;" src="http://www.lavendertouch.co.uk/images/large/hands.jpg" alt="" width="192" height="140" />There are no magic potions that can &#8216;cure&#8217; cancer but it is worth considering some options for patients who are suffering from cancer<br />
<strong>Immediately after your chemotherapy or your operation:</strong><br />
It may be worth treating operative scars to enhance wound healing &#8211; I have generally been very ,very pleased with the results. The scars took a fraction of the expected time to heal. This can be very useful if the scar(s) is / are in a sensitive area which may be disturbed during sleep if the person rolls onto that area. This has the double benefit of both improving daytime comfort overall and also improving sleep quality which, itself, is a great accelerator of healing.<span id="more-44"></span>Nutritional Medicine and trace mineral testing and investigation may be very useful in speeding the return of full vitality after an operation or chemotherapy.<br />
<strong>Is there anything worth trying in terms of trying to prevent cancer recurrence<br />
</strong>We still know disappointingly little about why we get cancer. However it is reasonable to state that the causative factors include both genetic (nature) and environmental (nurture) factors. Anyone who hands out cast-iron guarantees that they can prevent cancer recurrence is either unhinged or untruthful.<br />
<strong>However some interventions are, in my opinion well worth trying:</strong><br />
- I feel it important to try to get gastrointestinal function working as efficiently as possible so that food is being absorbed properly.<br />
- Optimise nutritional status so that the immune system is working at full speed.<br />
- Investigate liver detoxification and supplement appropriately so that toxins are eliminated as efficiently as possible. This is because maintaining proper detoxification is, in my opinion, worthwhile to attempt to prevent cancer recurrence.<br />
<strong>Integrative medicine may also b e very useful in terms of enhancing pain management and quality of life.</strong><br />
It is important to realise that integrative techniques are appropriate when the patient is mobile and functioning reasonably well to improve strength and resilience and inprove quality of survival time together with possibly improvement in quantity of survival time , also. When a patient&#8217;s condition has been deemed terminal and death is near I feel that the patient and family&#8217;s emotional and material resources are best devoted to looking after the patient and not searching fruitlessly for miracle cures (which do not exist anyhow) reasonably well.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people suffer from ongoing back pain and the general approach to ongoing pain is described below. For patients with longstanding back pain there is a an additional emphasis on treating the soft tissue structure associated with back pain including muscle trigger points and the use of acupuncture to deal with local tissue inflammation. This [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft" style="float: left;" src="http://www.holistix-treatments.co.uk/images/back_pain.jpg" alt="" width="119" height="160" />Many people suffer from ongoing back pain and the general approach to ongoing pain is described below. For patients with longstanding back pain there is a an additional emphasis on treating the soft tissue structure associated with back pain including muscle trigger points and the use of acupuncture to deal with local tissue inflammation. This is in addition to the biochemical and other interventions described below.<span id="more-42"></span><strong>Chronic Back Pain<br />
</strong>Chronic back pain implies that the back pain is ongoing pain &#8211; pain that persists after the original source of pain or injury has stopped but where full healing and a full return to health has not occurred.<br />
It is important for anyone suffering from chronic pain to obtain an appropriate medical opinion which will usually include an opinion from both their General practitioner and a consultant neurologist or neurosurgeon or other medical specialist as appropriate.<br />
<strong>Getting the emotions and stress management right is also important.</strong><br />
For some patients there is a definite benefit from a consultation involving a multi-disciplinary team which will usually include a behavioural psychologist and / or a psychiatrist. This is not to imply that chronic pain is purely psychological but rather to recognise that, if we learn to relax our minds in a deep manner, our sense of relaxation will affect our body chemistry positively. This &#8216;relaxation response&#8217; is well recognised scientifically and will have a positive effect on neurotransmitters and brain chemistry in general and frequently will contribute very positively on the mind and body.<br />
My approach to chronic pain involves looking very broadly at anything in the body which may be prolonging inflammation or preventing healing and this would include looking at nutritional status, possible food intolerances, any possible role being played by ongoing bowel problems, any evidence of sluggish liver detoxification, hormonal aspects of well-being which may be involved etc. I will also, usually, use advanced acupuncture techniques both to address physical aspects and also &#8216;mind-body&#8217; aspects (this would include individual tension holding patterns etc.) of the persons pain.<br />
Acupuncture, used at an advanced level, is very potent in chronic pain. For some people who have already tried the &#8216;talking cure&#8217; sometimes the more direct access to the emotions provided by subtle acupuncture techniques is immensely helpful.<br />
My experience is that this holistic approach frequently has much to offer.<br />
I would like to stress the importance of the patient being guided by their general practitioner and specialist (if also under consultant care). I do not see it as my role to prescribe any analgesic drugs or opiates &#8211; the prescribing of any pain-killing drugs is left solely to the patient GP or pain-management doctor.</p>
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