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Archive for January, 2008

Does the thought of drinking vinegar cause funny things to happen to your mouth?  As I’m writing this, my mouth is salivating and cringing!  The lure of finding natural health cures keeps me going.
While researching, I read about a study conducted by Arizona State University.  The study consisted of 29 individuals, some of whom were [...]

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Supplement your weight loss program with a safe appetite suppressant.
The size of your waist is a better indicator of your weight than a scale. It’s true. Think about it. Bust out that tape measure. The more your waist measures, the more fat you have wrapped around your organs. Think heart!
Get rid of that “buffalo butt, [...]

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Maybe it’s because the pain can sometimes feel like a heart attack.  The tightness in the chest.  The horrible pain of the heartburn right below the ribcage.
 But actually, the pain is caused by the acid coming back up into the esophagus.  Popular medications want to mess with the acid in our stomach.  Why?  We need [...]

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 Menopause is the time in a woman’s life when her periods stop and she can’t have children anymore.  Is that cheering I hear?  Applause and sounds of exuberance?
This happens because as a woman matures, her ovaries stop making enough of the female hormones estrogen and progesterone.  Unfortunately, it can also mean some discomfort. Night sweats, [...]

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Acid reflux or heartburn means your stomach acid has gone up into your esophagus. There, this acid will burn and destroy the lining. When I lifted something too heavy, I caused damage to the valve connecting the esophagus to the stomach. This one way down valve started letting stomach acid come back up. Man, it [...]

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Free radicals and oxidation
 
When you cut an apple, the cut edges turn brown. That is because exposure to air is causing it to “rust”. That is oxidation.
 
Oxygen molecules in our body lose an electron while interacting with other molecules. This is another form of oxidation. Now these unstable injured oxygen molecules (free radicals) are going [...]

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What is IBS?  Is there a treatment for IBS?
 
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) has become common as an ailment of the intestines. The cause is unknown. Therefore, there is no cure. Because the doctors haven’t found a cause, it has been termed as discomfort caused by stress. Since we personally know two people who have IBS, [...]

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