January 19th, 2010
Ginger is a natural anti-emetic. It stops you from throwing up. Soooo, if you get motion sickness, a slice of ginger steeped in boiling water for 10 minutes should make a drink that can help with motion sickness.
Drink an hour before you plan on the motion that will make you sick.
In emergency situations, the likelihood of being able to boil water is slim let alone the time to make the tea. But, keep it in your arsenal just in case.
This could be an alternative for hospice patients, such as those in Haiti where medicines are not available. This could help prevent throwing up in the hospice patients.
Tags: anti-emetic, Haiti, hospice, motion sickness, prevent throwing up
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January 19th, 2010
Irritable Bowel Syndrome can hit one in five adults. What will you do in an emergency to treat if your medicine is not available? Even worse, what if medical care was not available?
Peppermint to the rescue. The abdominal pain, gas, bloating, diarrhea, or constipation that results from IBD can be relieved with peppermint oil.
One study by gut docs found that about one in three IBS sufferers can benefit from peppermint oil.
The pharmaceutical antispasmodic drugs were found to only help one in six.
How much: three 0.2-mL capsules a day.
Exception….Do not use if you have gastroesophageal reflux disease or a hiatal hernia. These can be aggrovated by the peppermint.
Tags: abdominal pain, bloating, diarrhea, gas, ibs, IBS optional treatment, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, or constipation, relief
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January 19th, 2010
Haiti has created a whole new way of practicing medicine. Even so, there are a number of treatments that can help in a situation where there is a lack of medicine.
This is the first of Complimentary Alternative Medicine for emergencies.
First…Something as simple as gum has an incredible healing power.
Two Chinese studies show that gum chewing decreases post op illius. This is where your gut stops working after, say, anesthesia. Normally a patient will be gotten up and walked. How will that happen in a setting like Haiti?
Additionally, what if the patient is a double ammputee?
Gum causes the mouth to make saliva which naturally turns on the gut to do what it does.
Simple. low tech natural complimentary way to treat a post op patient.
Note: This is something to have in your Go Bag.
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January 17th, 2010
The CDC numbers have been crunched and a total of 61 million Americans were vaccinated against swine flu last year. That means about 20% of the U.S. population got the shot.
This also means that 4 out of 5 people did not get the vaccine.
• 55 million people “became ill” from swine flu infections.
• 246,000 Americans were hospitalized because of swine flu infections.
• 11,160 Americans died because of the swine flu.
What the study does not show….how many died who had received the swine flu vaccine?
How many of the people who rejected the swine flu vaccine opted to boost their immunity with natural immunity booster products like Immunocal, MAXGxl, GoChi Juice, Noni Juice and the new glutathione (GSH) boosting kid on the block, Protandim?
This does not even look at those who try to just eat a healthy diet.
Learn how you can boost your immunity with diet at GlutathioneDiseaseCure.com
Tags: CDC Swine Flu, Glutathione, GoChi Juice, GSH, immunity boosters, Immunocal, MAXGxl, Noni Juice, Protandim, Swine flu deaths
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January 8th, 2010
In a study published in the Am J Ther. 2004 Mar-Apr;11(2):85-94. looked at the “Analgesic efficacy and safety of nonprescription doses of naproxen sodium compared with acetaminophen in the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee.”
It was a double blind test. This means that neither the nurses nor the patients knew which medication they were getting.
Here is the result…
One third of the patients were given 1000 milligrams of acetaminophen ( a generic form of Tylenol) four times a day. One third received a NSAID twice daily and everyone else took a Placebo.
The NSAID significantly reduced the pain.
The acetaminophen and the placebo had no benefit what so ever.
No wonder since acetaminophen depletes the body of glutathione.
So if it works for you, great. If you want optimal health and want to eliminate the pain, studies say boosting glutathione is a better way.
Good health to you.
Tags: Acetaminophen, Glutathione, knee pain, NSAID, Tylenol
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January 8th, 2010
In J Pineal Res. 2009 Aug;47(1):82-96. Epub 2009 Jun 17
in an article….
Protection against cognitive deficits and markers of neurodegeneration by long-term oral administration of melatonin in a transgenic model of Alzheimer disease….
the conclusion drawn was….
“Thus, melatonin’s cognitive benefits could involve its anti-Abeta aggregation, anti-inflammatory, and/or antioxidant properties. Our findings provide support for long-term melatonin therapy as a primary or complementary strategy for abating the progression of Alzheimer disease.”
Melatonin and Sleep
Melatonin was once haled as a cure for sleeplessness.
Melatonin has been tested extensively. One problem with supplementation is that our body tends to build up a tolerance after long term use. However, this does not happen when we consume melatonin as a food.
It is best if only used as a rescue nutricutical or for occasional use. Warning, you will not find this in any medical journals except for those doctors who are knowledgeable on food allergies. Over use leads to ineffectiveness and even allergic reactions for some foods.
So, where is the best place to get melatonin?
Cherries. Only one kind of cherry has the most melatonin. The best way to use cherries as a medicine is to get cherry juice concentrate. A couple tablespoons of the concentrate in a glass of water before bed will help you sleep. It may take a few to several days to get a sleep cycle established. Once sleeping like a baby, continue taking the juice concentrate for a few more days.
Then just take the cherry juice once or twice a week as a supplement. Not more.
It works on a number of levels. One is that it boosts glutathione. This helps your body get everything aligned where it needs to be, thus making it possible for you to sleep. It also helps with things like stress and pain management.
Now, not only will it help you sleep, it can potentially help you sleep knowing that you will decrease your risk of getting Alzheimer’s.
Good health to you.
Tags: alzheimers, cherry juice, Glutathione, sleep
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January 7th, 2010
A recent NYT report exposed the federal school lunch program as using 5.5 million pounds of ammonia-injected beef trimmings in the food our kids eat. Ammonia is a common ingredient in window cleaner.
The ammonia is used to sterilize beef before selling it for human consumption.
This is not new. The beef you buy at the meat counter has ammonia injected to help it keep its color.
The real problem is the other side of the story.
Consider what happened at a school in 2002.
An outbreak of ammonia poisoning resulted from ingestion of ammonia.
But wait, does this mean that the same thing that is a poison is injected in food?
Fans of the “High Protein Diets” beware. Add to this yet another problem.
What happens when ammonia is combined with other neurotoxins like MSG and other chemicals included in our diet.
The first thing we need to do is try to eat healthy. The second, help detox our bodies. Boosting Glutathione in our body is one of the ways to eliminate the toxins and poisons we injest on a daily basis according to numerous studies.
Tags: ammonia, beef, Glutathione, meat, poison
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January 7th, 2010
Here is another study that is touting the benefits of a diet that boosts your intercellular glutathione.
This is just more on how boosting glutathione can help with over 69 different conditions or diseases.
The 2009 article, Amino acids: Metabolism, Functions, and Nutrition. says that amino acids have…”important functions in both nutrition and health.”
cell signaling molecules
regulators of gene expression
are key precursors for syntheses of hormones
are precursors of low-molecular weight nitrogenous substances
Elevated levels of the by products of these (ammonia, homocysteine, and asymmetric dimethylarginine) are pathogenic factors for neurological disorders and cardiovascular disease).
There is growing recognition that some amino acids are necessary for maintenance, growth, reproduction, and immunity.
Dietary supplementation with one or a mixture of these AA may be beneficial for preventing or treating health problems related to fetal growth restriction, neonatal morbidity and mortality, weaning-associated intestinal dysfunction and wasting syndrome, obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, the metabolic syndrome, and infertility.
They also optimize the efficiency of muscle growth, milk production, egg and meat quality and athletic performance. They help preventing excess fat production.
Tags: cell signaling molecules, Glutathione, precursors of low-molecular weight nitrogenous substanc, regulators of gene expression, syntheses of hormones
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January 5th, 2010
Here are some Facts on Prostate Cancer and the conflicting information.
Tags: facts on prostate cancer
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January 4th, 2010
It has been established that glutathione offers radiation protection. One product used to boost the intercellular glutathione is actually patented for use with radiation treatment for cancers. It protects the healthy cells allowing the radiation to kill the bad cells.
So, since it protects us from radiation, it would seem that it would likewise protect us from radiation from the sun. In other words, boosting out glutathione would protect us from skin cancer. Add to this one more fact. The pro-hormone vitamin D we synthesize from the sun helps our bodies make glutathione and our diets are depleted of the nutrients that helps produce this glutathione. Thus, increased skin cancer rates.
Since so many live above the latitude of optimal sun shine and due to the cold winter (staying indoors) and the often cloudy days of winter, chances are we are not getting enough vitamin D from the sun. Most already are not getting enough glutathione boosting foods. Additionally, we consume many foods that deplete our glutathione.
Thus, less glutathione, more seasonal disease, seasonal flu and skin cancer.
A Passing Thought for Tanning Booth Users
So, for those sun tanners who use the tanning booths to get the color, boosting your intercelluar glutathione may just help prevent skin cancer. There are no high level studies that indicate this but there is a considerable amount of common sense evidence that would, if you connect the dots, lead to this conclusion.
Tags: boosting glutathione, Glutathione, glutathione radiation protection, suntan, tanning booth users
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