Archive for September, 2009
September 29th, 2009 -- Posted in Uncategorized |
Welcome back!
Many people believe that losing some excess body fat is the answer to looking and feeling better. Although this is so the methods that are sometimes used to achieve this can have devastating effects on the metabolism (the body’s engine). This is the reason that 95% of all diets fail.
Although low calorie diets can have an immediate effect of some weight loss it is only temporary and it soon piles back on with some extra to boot. When calories are reduced below a certain level the body soon wakes up to what is happening and quickly goes into ’survival mode’. This slows the metabolic rate down and lowers energy levels in an attempt to avoid starvation.
This process is often repeated over and over in a yo yo manner causing much frustration along with damage to the body’s chemistry and metabolic efficiency. A strong, lean and healthy body can never be obtained with chronic under eating, poor quality processed foods or from missing meals.
It most certainly cannot be achieved with excessive amounts of ‘cardio’ type activity and a lack of proper muscle building and maintaining exercise. Keep your walking; jogging or activities like swimming or cycling as part of your active lifestyle just do not expect them to be able to replace a proper exercise program if losing weight is your goal.
Strength training is extremely important in cases of unsuccessful weight loss and “metabolic damage”. This is because this is the main stimulus that will keep the muscle tissue you have and begin rebuilding new muscle tissue, which is the engine that drives your metabolism.
If the thought of muscle toning exercise which is an essential component of a successful fat loss program is not something you are comfortable doing then you can expect very poor results with weight loss. You will need to get comfortable in an over fat but skinny body as it is going to be a very, very long time if ever, that you can expect success.
Most people try and do things around the wrong way; they try and lose weight first in the hope of getting leaner and healthier. But you have to get healthy to lose weight. You need a healthy metabolism - metabolic fitness - before you can burn off the fat. And this only comes when you eat properly so it supports a proper exercise program that contains mostly strength training exercise.
You see, you need to be able to put some effort (intensity) into your strength training exercises so you can increase the strength of your muscles. Only then will your metabolism be increased which is your fat burning machinery that will give you increased fat burning every minute of the day and night.
And to be able to exercise with sufficient intensity to make a difference to your body you need to give it the right fuel. Try and eat high quality natural whole foods cooked from scratch as much as possible. Ditch the processed foods that contain unhealthy chemicals that do nothing to support a healthy metabolism.
Once you ‘get it’ and understand this healthier, whole person approach to fitness and fat loss you will have an advantage over 95% of the ‘miracle’ diet programs out there. And yes, you will lose body fat and more importantly you will also improve the quality of your life so being overweight will never be a problem again.
My name is Carolyn Hansen, and my goal is to show you how to automate your weight loss by mastering your metabolism in as little as 30 days. I have been doing it for years, and you can do it too. Come find out how.
Article Source:http://www.articlesbase.com/alternative-medicine-articles/how-you-can-achieve-better-results-than-any-diet-1281167.html
September 29th, 2009 -- Posted in Uncategorized |
Traditional head lice treatment generally means a visit to your GP or pharmacist, purchasing a toxic chemical killer and applying this noxious substance to your cherished child’s head. With unknown consequences to the absorbed toxins.
Frequently, the lice remain.
Great. Now you’ve wasted your time, wasted your money, increased your child’s load of toxins and you’re back where you started.
Other kids at the school, don’t seem to be getting very much further either. So, of course, they all re-infect each other. It seems an endless cycle.
How can you effectively deal with your child’s problem without using a harsh chemical? Is it even possible?
The homeopathic medicine Staphysagria is a great and effective way to eliminate lice. Naturally. Without side effects. Without increasing their toxic load.
The medicine is taken orally (in the mouth). This alters your child’s skin, to become unattractive to head lice. This means they leave in their droves. It also means that your child will not be re-infected by contact with other children who are still affected.
Depending on the potency (strength) of the medicine, which is indicated by the number which follows the name, several doses will be needed. Instructions will be on the bottle, but as a general guide, dose once or two a day for about a week.
One or two repetitions may be necessary at subsequent times, but that should be the end of your worries. At least for this condition.
Head lice treatment using homeopathic medicines is safe, non toxic and effective. Whilst Staphysagria is the most common medicine for effectively dealing with head lice, it isn’t the only one.
September 29th, 2009 -- Posted in Uncategorized |
Some years ago, in my pre-homoeopathic era, a horse bit me on my bum. And I mean hard, she meant it! The bruising was impressive, over a large area, up my back and down my leg and the pain made it uncomfortable to sit down. The discomfort lasted a good two weeks. A different picture from this bite…
Imagine, for a moment, the picture of an angry horse about to attack - head up, neck stretched out, ears flat, mouth open, teeth bared and lunging forward, about to strike.
That’s how my mare Pippa normally behaves towards a horse I look after. She really doesn’t like her and lets her know. The other horse easily gets out of the way. She’s used to it.
I, on the other hand, am not used to such treatment! But, that’s what I experienced this weekend! Well, I know I wasn’t really the target of Pippa’s attack, I just got in the way.
And when there’s food involved, Pippa is really aggressive towards the other horse.
For some reason I decided to clean out the pantry. (I’m not noted for my eagerness to clean). I found a couple of packets of bread sticks, which had gone stale.
Now horses love bread and wheat products, and I hate waste, so out I went into the paddock. Give the horses a treat I thought, not realising it would be me in for the treat.
I fed Pippa first then went over to the other mare, not realising Pippa was following me. Before I could feed the horse, my right elbow was clamped! And how! I yelled out, more in shock than pain and my arm was released.
It took me a few moments to realise what had happened. There was no real pain (pain takes a while to develop after shock), just a slight grazed and bruised feeling in my arm and a weird sensation in my hand.
I took a dose of the homeopathic remedy Arnica straight away and waited to see what would develop. Nothing did. The weird sensation went away as did the bruised and grazed feelings. Another dose followed after about 10 minutes. I repeated the dose a couple of hours later when I felt the grazed feeling return. And I took another dose before bed, just in case. Four doses altogether.
No bruises developed, I never experienced any pain, and I wasn’t even mad at Pippa…
Here are a few other tales about Arnica
A man with dyspepsia had so lost his strength he had to give up work. Years and many drugs later he visited a homeopath who wanted to know when the dyspepsia had started. On being told that it had come on after a kick in the stomach from a horse, he was given Arnica. It wasn’t long before he was back at work, with no dyspepsia.
A woman with depression and chorea consulted a homeopath who found this had started after she had been knocked off her bicycle and was unconscious for 24 hours. A few doses of Arnica rid her of the left overs from the concussion.
A woman had taken Arnica for a fairly minor physical injury and this had healed up nicely. Then an old scar on her hand flared up, and pus oozed out. The scar was from a bad cut from broken glass she had sustained at a party 18 years ago. So she squeezed the pus and out popped a small piece of glass… that had been there 18 years.
A eight year old boy in hospital after a head injury was still in a coma ten days later. After receiving a dose of Arnica he came out of the coma the following day.
A ten year old girl had broken her arm after falling off her pony. Since then, she remained fearful of being hurt, not daring into the playground. A year later she was diagnosed with appendicitis (severe abdominal pain and a high white blood cell count). After a few doses of Arnica, the pain stopped completely, her white blood cells returned to normal and she kept her appendix. Her behaviour returned too, to how it was before the fall.
This lovely poem was written by Phyllis Speight, who wrote a little book called Arnica.
ARNICA MONTANA
Jack and Jill went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water
Jack fell down and broke his crown
And Jill had a bruised hindquarter
They both had pains inside their head
And suffered much from shock
And both their little noses bled - They’d taken quite a knock
But now they’ve both, I’m pleased to tell
Established their “Mens Sana”
And what do you think has made them well?
Why! Arnica Montana.
Keynotes for using Arnica are:
- any injury minor or serious, including concussion
- overwork, over tired, over use of muscles
- bruised feeling
- fears being approached
- post operative pains, post dental extraction
- can’t get comfortable, even a soft bed feels hard
- labour and post birth
- jet lag
- shift workers who can’t sleep
- a great cold and flu remedy with aching muscles
Having one bottle of Arnica in the kitchen, one in each bathroom and one in your handbag or on your key chain makes good sense to cater for the unforeseen.
