Tag: Alternative Medicine

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Super nutrient resets your body clock to stop cancer, inflammation and heart disease

Your body is like a finely tuned biological clock. And there’s an important nutrient that can help it “take a licking” as the old Timex commercial used to say, and protect you from cancer, heart disease, inflammation and other maladies. The nutrient is lipoic acid. According to scientists at Oregon State University, lipoic acid resets the body’s internal clock (its circadian rhythm) improves the heart’s response to stress, keeps your hormones in balance, helps muscles perform more efficiently, balances blood sugar and slows the aging process. Lipoic acid is a potent antioxidant used for aerobic metabolism. The best food sources include leafy vegetables like broccoli and spinach as well as organ meats. “This could be a breakthrough in our understanding of why lipoic acid is […] Read More

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25 Ways To Use Oregano Essential Oil For Health And Wellness

Five years ago, if someone were to mention the use of oregano essential for health and wellness purposes I would have looked at them cross-eyed.  Although well versed in the benefits of essential oils, for one reason or another, oregano essential oil was nowhere to be found on my radar screen.  Oregano for wellness?  Although I grow it in my yard and use it in pasta dishes and on pizza, I had never considered it to have healing qualities. Moving forward in time, as I began to toss out conventional over-the-counter remedies, I discovered that Oregano essential oil has some amazing qualities.  Not only that, it is inexpensive and can be effectively used in so many ways that like lavender, it should be called the […] Read More

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Local Honey: Taking a Closer Look

Is your local honey really local? There is considerable conversation on the Internet these days about the benefits of eating local honey. Much of the discussion revolves around using local honey to help with pollen related allergies. Some say that local honey contains a blend of local pollen, which can strengthen a person’s immune system, and reduce pollen allergy symptoms. Is this true? Let’s take a look. The first fact is that there has been very little scientific research on whether local honey is helpful for the reduction of pollen related allergy symptoms. There are a few studies to consider, and a huge amount of personal opinion on the topic. I will show you two of the most significant studies. But before I do, I […] Read More

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10 Signs You’re A Shaman & Don’t Realize It

Are you a shaman and you don’t know it? As I feel indebted to the shamans who saw themselves in me and helped me understand why I have always felt like I don’t belong in mainstream medicine, the intention of this article is to respectfully honor the shamanic tradition, and not to violate it in any way. Because modern culture doesn’t have a role for the shamanic archetype, many people who grow up outside indigenous villages are shamans and don’t know it. Many naturally wind up in overtly healing professions, such as medicine, psychology, or life coaching. But some wind up in professions where they may feel like they don’t fit in at all. Even those who enter the healing professions may feel out of […] Read More

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Free Your Mind by Detoxing from Heavy Metals

Detoxification is big news these days. From special drinks to diet programs, there are now ways to rid your body of a host of different toxins. Toxins can come from a variety of sources and understanding what you’re most vulnerable to and what the effects can be can help you identify toxins which may be affecting you and devise a plan to deal with them once and for all. Heavy metals have been getting plenty of attention as we learn more about how and where our food comes from. The fact is that we’ve been exposed to these metals for years but we’re just now understanding how far-reaching their effects can be. What Are Heavy Metals? As its name implies, heavy metals are literally metal […] Read More

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Health Risks at Your Local Grocery Store (Hidden Dangers)

As a preface to what you’re about to read, the intent of this article is not to make you paranoid. The purpose is to create awareness! Public places can often times be much more contaminated than you think. A simple trip to the grocery store can expose a person to a staggering array of germs. These can potently translate to sicknesses and diseases. While working at a grocery store, this concept is something that I drastically overlooked. My role at the grocery store where I was employed was to complete the duties of the produce department. Every morning I came to work bright and early and received produce orders from the delivery trucks. I worked pallets of produce and created organized displays. I also completed […] Read More

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Does your Mind Influence Your Autonomic Immune System?

Do we have to feel sick?  Do we have to feel cold?  Or do humans have the potential and ability to influence our immune system with the power of the mind? The immune system of a human being  is a system of many biological structures and processes within us that protects us against disease. Among other functions it is what regulates how our internal organs work. In theory, it operates unconsciously without any sort of input from our consciousness. February 24th, 2016, by Seth Leaf Pruzansky Conventional scientific thought has long said that we can not choose to influence our immune system or our autonomic nervous system. According to this school of thought, the body does what it does and our mind is only along for […] Read More

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High-dose vitamin C injections shown to annihilate cancer

Groundbreaking new research on the cancer-fighting potential of vitamin C has made the pages of the peer-reviewed journal Science Translational Medicine. A team of researchers from the University of Kansas reportedly tested the effects of vitamin C given in high doses intravenously on a group of human subjects and found that it effectively eradicates cancer cells while leaving healthy cells intact. Building upon earlier research pioneered in the 1970s by the late Linus Pauling, a chemist from Oregon State University who today is recognized as the world’s foremost proponent of therapeutic vitamin C, the new research involved injecting high doses of vitamin C into human ovarian cells. The tests were conducted in vitro in a lab, as well as directly in both mice and a […] Read More

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In a world with no antibiotics, how did doctors treat infections?

Bloodletting was treatment for infection in the past. The development of antibiotics and other antimicrobial therapies is arguably the greatest achievement of modern medicine. However, overuse and misuse of antimicrobial therapy predictably leads to resistance in microorganisms. Alternative therapies have been used to treat infections since antiquity, but none are as reliably safe and effective as modern antimicrobial therapy. So how were infections treated before antimicrobials were developed in the early 20th century? Blood, leeches and knives Bloodletting was used as a medical therapy for over 3,000 years. It originated in Egypt in 1000 B.C. and was used until the middle of the 20th century. Medical texts from antiquity all the way up until 1940s recommend bloodletting for a wide variety of conditions, but particularly […] Read More

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Mental Health Bill Caters to Big Pharma and Would Expand Coercive Treatments

On its surface, the mental health reform bill introduced by Congressman Tim Murphy looks promising. On closer inspection, however, the “Murphy Bill” appears to serve the pharmaceutical companies more than the people. Rep. Tim Murphy (R-Pennsylvania), right, and former House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) during a news conference about the Affordable Care Act at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, October 23, 2013. (Gabriella Demczuk / The New York Times) On its surface, the mental health reform bill introduced by Congressman Tim Murphy of Pennsylvania looks promising. Murphy is the only licensed psychologist in Congress, everybody agrees that our mental health system is not working, and we would all like to help families in crisis. On closer inspection, however, the Helping Families in Mental […] Read More