Another Great Truth confirmed by science...
Spirituality Is Linked To Better Mental Health
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Sunday, August 26, 2012
The Truth About Hair Loss...It May Surprise You
The Truth About Hair Loss
It is normal to shed hair every day and the truth is we loose between 100-125 hairs on any given day. Hair that is shed falls out at the end of growth cycle. At any given time 10% of our hair is in what is called a “resting phase” and after 2-3 months resting, hair falls out and new hair grows in its place. Some people, however, experience more hair loss than is normal.
As we get older, both men and women experience some hair loss. It’s a normal part of the aging process. Called Androgenetic Alopecia, it accounts for 95% of all hair loss. Androgentic Alopecia often runs in families and affects some people more than others. In men it is often referred to as Male Pattern Baldness.
It is characterized by a receding hair line and baldness on the top of head. Women, on the other hand, don’t go entirely bald even if their hair loss is severe. Instead, hair loss is spread out evenly over their entire scalp.
Hormones play the dominant role when talking about Androgenetic Alopecia. Simple put, both men and women produce testosterone. Testosterone can be converted to dihydrotestosterone (DHT) with the aid of the enzyme 5-alpha-reductase. DHT shrinks hair follicles causing the membranes in the scalp to thicken, become inelastic and restrict blood flow. This causes the hair follicles to atrophy. As a result, when a hair does fall out, it is not replaced.
Needless to say, men produce more testosterone than women and experience more hair loss.
While Androgenetic Alopecia is the number one reason why individuals experience hair loss, it is not the only one. Medical conditions such as hypothyroidism, ringworm and fungal infections can cause hair loss. Certain medications such as blood thinners, gout medication, birth control pills and too much vitamin A can cause sudden or abnormal hair loss as can following a crash diet, sudden hormonal changes, chemotherapy and radiation.
Emotional stress, pregnancy, or surgery can also cause our hair to fall out and is usually not noticed until 3-4 months after the stressful event has taken place. Stress can cause a slowing of new hair growth because a larger number of hair follicles enter into the resting phase and no new hair growth is experienced.
Another way in which individuals experience hair loss is due to mechanical stressors on the hair and scalp. Wearing pigtails, cornrows or tight rollers that end up pulling on the hair can scar the scalp and cause permanent hair loss. Hair products such as hot oil treatments and chemicals used for permanents can cause inflammation to the hair follicles which can also result in scarring and hair loss.
For more information visit: Stop Hair Loss Now
It is normal to shed hair every day and the truth is we loose between 100-125 hairs on any given day. Hair that is shed falls out at the end of growth cycle. At any given time 10% of our hair is in what is called a “resting phase” and after 2-3 months resting, hair falls out and new hair grows in its place. Some people, however, experience more hair loss than is normal.
As we get older, both men and women experience some hair loss. It’s a normal part of the aging process. Called Androgenetic Alopecia, it accounts for 95% of all hair loss. Androgentic Alopecia often runs in families and affects some people more than others. In men it is often referred to as Male Pattern Baldness.
It is characterized by a receding hair line and baldness on the top of head. Women, on the other hand, don’t go entirely bald even if their hair loss is severe. Instead, hair loss is spread out evenly over their entire scalp.
Hormones play the dominant role when talking about Androgenetic Alopecia. Simple put, both men and women produce testosterone. Testosterone can be converted to dihydrotestosterone (DHT) with the aid of the enzyme 5-alpha-reductase. DHT shrinks hair follicles causing the membranes in the scalp to thicken, become inelastic and restrict blood flow. This causes the hair follicles to atrophy. As a result, when a hair does fall out, it is not replaced.
Needless to say, men produce more testosterone than women and experience more hair loss.
While Androgenetic Alopecia is the number one reason why individuals experience hair loss, it is not the only one. Medical conditions such as hypothyroidism, ringworm and fungal infections can cause hair loss. Certain medications such as blood thinners, gout medication, birth control pills and too much vitamin A can cause sudden or abnormal hair loss as can following a crash diet, sudden hormonal changes, chemotherapy and radiation.
Emotional stress, pregnancy, or surgery can also cause our hair to fall out and is usually not noticed until 3-4 months after the stressful event has taken place. Stress can cause a slowing of new hair growth because a larger number of hair follicles enter into the resting phase and no new hair growth is experienced.
Another way in which individuals experience hair loss is due to mechanical stressors on the hair and scalp. Wearing pigtails, cornrows or tight rollers that end up pulling on the hair can scar the scalp and cause permanent hair loss. Hair products such as hot oil treatments and chemicals used for permanents can cause inflammation to the hair follicles which can also result in scarring and hair loss.
For more information visit: Stop Hair Loss Now
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Health vs Medicine...which is winning?
Health vs Medicine
A Classic Battle Between Good and Evil...
The biggest battle mankind faces on planet earth in the 21st century is the one between the forces of "Health," and the forces of "Medicine"."Health" is winning. North American consumer spending habits clearly show that our society wants to be healthy, not medicated.
The forces of "Medicine," tout the dubious benefits of a drugged society. To them, everything is a new ailment, a new disease, a new disorder, one for which an expensive new drug is available - and which, in their minds, the population should be "required" to embrace. Look how easily our brighter children are being forced into a Ritalin world. Look how our seniors are convinced that they need to spend their life savings in the prescription line at the local pharmacy.
"Medicine" has failed North Americans, for medicine's goals are not our goals, their wants and needs are not our wants and needs, their solutions are not our solutions, and their motivation is not our motivation.
Hence the "Health" movement. Intelligent people look at the North American medical paradigm and say, "there's got to be a better way than this..."
And, of course, there is...
"Health" proponents promote the simple idea of determining what, exactly, is the "cause" of a person's poor health - and removing that cause. For example, if a person is suffering pain and general ill health, with depression, "Medicine" proponents who "diagnose and treat" would load him/her up with pain-killers, antibiotics, and anti-depressants - and a WHOPPING, never-ending, bill down at the pharmacy.. "Health" proponents would first examine the whole body to determine if there is a specific cause for this problem, find it, and solve the problem by returning the body to it's natural operating system.
It is a lot more profitable to continuously "medicate" than it is to simply restore "health."
Probably the biggest problems facing our society, in the new millennium, is our inability to deal with DISEASE. We, with our current "medicine" paradigm, are losing the battles - period. And, as our world population increases, so do our health problems.
When it comes to DISEASE, conventional "Medicine" has NOTHING to offer. The "War on Cancer" only benefits those involved in the money-receiving end of it. The war on AIDS is following the same path.
Yet, all around us we see successes against those problems - successes that are, most likely, the beginning of the answer to the problems. Unfortunately, we find out about those successes by reading the newspaper about how the successful "health" practitioner was "arrested, jailed, sued" on some pretext... In those cases, inevitably, the thousands of Americans who testify to the benefits of the program they used to restore their health are IGNORED.
Somehow, in our society, we've allowed the power structure WE OWN, and put in place, to act completely stupid over this issue. We've allowed them to use the guiding concept that "proven, or approved, by a bureaucracy" supersedes the reality of "results." That's definitely wrong - and it's time to correct that, right now.
"Medicine" has entwined itself into our regulatory bureaucratic structure. It has, for now, managed to convince certain employees of our agencies, that the "testing" rules we, as a society, impose on DANGEROus NEW DRUGS, should apply to natural products, and common-sense solutions to health issues..
What happens now, is that when some leading-edge health practitioner finds some natural product, or simple device, that really does affect cancer, or AIDS, or what-have-you, they GET STOPPED. And, when they get stopped, people, who now had a chance to live, or restore their health, DIE...
WHAT? They get stopped? What the hell is going on? Just when we're on the edge of an answer?
Enter, "The Quackbuster Conspiracy"...
North Americans are raised, primarily, to embrace the Judeo-Christian sense of right and wrong. Most of us are taught early what is GOOD, and what is not - what rules we are to live by...
Throughout history we've seen EVIL rear it's ugly head. Man's ruthlessness and cruelty to other men knows no limits. Examples abound in our pages of history. Every race has it's predators, and its victims.
In my opinion, the worst thing happening to humankind in our lifetime, is the activity of a small, but HEINOus group of people who call themselves "the quackbusters."
The suffering and death of tens of millions of humans is of no concern to them. They exist ONLY to stop advancement in health sciences that competes with the expensive, and nearly useless allopathic (MD) drug/surgery offering.
In some ways, the war between "Health" and "Medicine" is working itself out. Massive drug conglomerates are diversifying their product lines with "natural" products - seeing the change in society's needs. That "war" is not the problem I'm talking about, although the change is taking far too long....
The "war" I'm referring to, is the one being run by a delicensed MD (and some others) out of a basement in Allentown, Pa.
Doctor Julian Whitaker's views on the NCAHF written to the President of Loma Linda University are a good explanation of the problem. It is believed that Dr. Whittaker's letter, and the actions of the California Health Freedom Movement team, were responsible for the REMOVAL of the NCAHF from the Loma Linda University campus.
For years the NCAHF had used Loma Linda University's address in a manner designed to make it appear that the University endorsed their bizarre health positions.
GOOD is winning against EVIL in this battle, but is a never ending grind.
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Green Coffee Bean Max
Green Coffee Bean in the News
Green Coffee
Beans are fresh coffee beans that have not been roasted. Standard
coffee beans have been roasted at 475 degrees Fahrenheit, and that is
where their dark color comes from. The roasting process also causes
Green Coffee Beans to lose 90% of their primary fat-burning and
anti-oxidant component - Chlorogenic Acid. In their 100% pure form,
Green Coffee Beans are rapidly becoming a significant breakthrough in
the science of natural health and weight loss.
In a
study presented Tuesday at the American Chemical Society's spring
national meeting in San Diego, 16 overweight young adults took, by
turns, a low dose of green coffee bean extract, a high dose of the same
green coffee supplement, and a placebo. Though the study was small, the
results were striking: Subjects taking the full dose of the green coffee
extract lost an average of 17.5 pounds in 22 weeks and reduced their
overall body weight by 10.5%!
Green Coffee Beans
have been shown to inhibit fat absorption and also stimulate the
activation of fat metabolism in the liver, both major supporters of
weight reduction. The Chlorogenic acid found in Green Coffee Beans is a
natural phytochemical that is found in a wide array of plants, with very
high concentrations in Green Coffee Beans. It has been found to inhibit
the release of glucose into the blood, particularly after meals, and
appears to help people lose weight as a result. Chlorogenic acid may
also be able to induce body fat loss by increasing body heat produced,
thus promoting thermogenesis, the natural burning of fat for energy. It
is also believed to reduce the generation of new fat cells due to its
superior anti-oxidant effects.
Green Coffee Beans
are fresh coffee beans that have not been roasted. Standard coffee beans
have been roasted at 475 degrees farenheit, and that is where their
dark color comes from. The roasting process also causes Green Coffee
Beans to lose 90% of their primary fat-burning and anti-oxidant
component - Chlorogenic Acid. In their 100% pure form, Green Coffee
Beans are rapidly becoming a significant breakthrough in the science of
natural health and weight loss.
New Weight Loss!Green Coffee Bean for Weight Loss
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Raspberry Ketone For Healthy Weight Loss
Raspberry Ketone Max is the latest weight loss discovery to take
television health programs and online health news sites by storm. Until
now, you’d have to eat thousands of Raspberries just to get enough of
the Ketone enzyme to help fight fat, but now scientists have isolated
that element and extracted it into a supplement that Raspberry Ketone For Healthy Weight Loss lets you get 300mg
of Raspberry Ketone in every serving of Raspberry Ketone Max.
Research
has shown that raspberry ketone can help in your weight-loss efforts,
especially when paired with regular exercise and a well-balanced diet of
healthy and whole foods.
Raspberry ketone is the primary aroma
compound of red raspberries. This compound regulates adiponectin, a
protein used by the body to regulate metabolism. Raspberry ketone causes
the fat within your cells to get broken up more effectively, helping
your body burn fat faster. The recommended dose is 100mg per day. To get
the same benefit from the whole fruit, you'd have to consume 90 pounds
of raspberries.
The nation’s top television health show recently
featured Raspberry Ketone on its program as a great natural weight loss
alternative. The host of the show praised Raspberry Ketone for its
ability to effectively target fat cells and increase the hormones in
your body that allow you to get thinner more effectively. Also, the host
was impressed with how quickly most users experienced results from
Raspberry Ketone, with many seeing a difference in as few as one week!
Friday, August 3, 2012
Super Brain Foods
Superfoods for your Brain
Superfoods for your Brain
We’ve
all had days when we didn’t feel like we were ‘on our game.’ And as we
age, both our bodies and our brains grow old as well. By making smart food choices though, we can preserve our precious gray matter longer and improve brain function. Here are some brainy choices for keeping our noggins in tip-top shape.
Blueberries have been shown to shield the brain from stress, dementia, and Alzheimer’s disease. Research has also shown that diets rich in blueberries significantly improved both the learning capacity and motor skills.
Avocados,
though considered a ‘fatty fruit,’ contribute to healthy blood flow and
decreased blood pressure, lessening the chances of developing
hypertension, which can lead to a stroke.
Deep-water fish, such as salmon is a wise, freshwater fish choice. It’s abundant in omega-3 essential fatty acids, which are essential for healthy brain function.
Nuts
and seeds are good sources of vitamin E, an important vitamin needed by
your brain to stave off declining cognitive functions. Cashews,
peanuts, walnuts, sunflower and sesame seeds and almonds are all great
choices.
Whole-grain breads, brown rice, and oatmeal also contribute to a healthy brain by reducing the risk for cardiac disease. By
promoting a healthy heart and improved blood flow, the brain is sure to
thrive via excellent oxygen and nutrient delivery through the
bloodstream. Complex
carbohydrates also supply the brain with a steady stream of glucose
that enhances brain function. It's important to avoid simple
carbohydrates often found in junk food because the glucose gives the
brain a short-lived sugar high, often followed by a crash that makes you
feel hungry and tired.
Freshly
brewed tea also has potent antioxidants, especially the class known as
catechines, which also promotes healthy blood flow. Since black teas do
contain caffeine it’s important to use it sensibly.
Dark
chocolate has powerful antioxidant properties, contains several natural
stimulants, which enhance focus and concentration, and encourages the
production of endorphins, which helps improve mood. Again, moderation is
the key.
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