Natural Health Tips

Archive for August, 2009

1. Diet :-

Very often what you eat is devalued as a trigger of acne. This has become widespread because of such acne myths as consuming bread triggers acne. Or that eating candy triggers acne. The problem with these myths is that they simplify the subject so very much that the reality gets twisted into a catchword in place of an explanation.

The fact is that a number of foods do cause acne but they do not cause acne alone. Certain foods are not handled satisfactorily by the body or initiate adverse reactions in the body in the presence of stress or at the moment the person is in a condition of hormonal imbalance. Which is why a number of individuals can consume all the incorrect things and still not get acne. However others eat just the smallest quantity of something and they breakout inside minutes.

2. Hormonal Elements :-

Hormones are documented as the source of acne yet this also is not totally true. This is best comprehended with examples instead of a long winded description. For example, you consume fast food and nothing but fast food every day. That food is full of oils, carbohydrates and sugars that are supposed to be unhealthy for you and cause acne. Your friend ingests the same things however gets no acne. You get acne why?

3. Stress and Emotion :-

A lot has been written about the effects of stress and emotional elements as being a main trigger of acne. Again, this is not wholly accurate. The end product of stress or undesirable emotion will be a disturbance to your body’s routine functions. So from that we can deduce that the stress will produce hormonal imbalance and that will end with acne.

Heart disease is a leading cause of death in the United States, and is an illness which concerns many men and women over the age of forty. Even if you maintain a healthy diet and exercise regularly, you can still benefit from additional, precautionary measures such as taking supplements.

One of the best supplements for heart health is Vitamin E. Vitamin E has been shown to lower the risk of heart disease by up to 40% over time, so long as it is taken consistently and regularly. Vitamin E should be taken while ingesting fat. Unlike many other vitamins which are water-soluble, vitamin E is a fat-soluble vitamin which means it can only be properly digested and utilized with fat in the body.

Also worth mentioning is that while vitamin E is wonderful for heart health, there is some truth to the old adage “too much of a good thing can be a bad thing”. Vitamin E can cause diarrhea or excessive bleeding if consumed at high levels, and you also need to take care when combining Vitamin E with fish oils. Natural vitamin E, also known as d-tocopherol, is among the best kinds to take. A good dosage for heart health maintenance is 200 to 400 IUs per day. Most supplements are sold in either 200 or 400 IU capsules.

Another great vitamin is Vitamin C. Unlike “E”, Vitamin C is water soluble. Unfortunately, humans do not produce their own vitamin C in their bodies and therefore must constantly replenish their levels with outside sources. A lot of people enjoy vitamin C-rich foods, which are easier to eat at plentiful levels than Vitamin-E rich foods. Sources of Vitamin E tend to be animal sources, while vitamin C can be found in great-tasting foods like oranges, strawberries, and many other fruit and vegetable sources.

This plan of the doctor worked out very well and further he also wrote a book on this topic of diet This book was then published and it was given a name a Letter on Corpulence Addressed to the Public. It entered into the book of history as the first book to be on the topic diet.

Chewing the food in the right manner :-

By the end of 19th century, the British Prime Minister, William Gladstone had told the people that the food that one eats has to be chewed for 32 times before swallowing it The underlying principle of the theory is that it lessens the appetite and that could lead to the weight loss.

Based on the theory of Willaim he was given the title “Great Masticator named as Horace Fletcher” . However on the other hand, he also gave the people another step that the food that is taken must be chewed till it got liquefied. And he also suggested that eating of meat should not be followed by having tea, alcohol or coffee. It was also him who spread the principle that people shouldn’t eat until they felt hungry and that people should have a happy disposition during meal times

Calories taken :-

Wilbur Atwater, a chemist, was the one to discover the calorific value of food . but when he suggested this there were not more takers. But after almost twenty years people believed in this and made it something very important for dieting A doctor from California, Lulu Hunt Peters, was the first to introduce the calorie counting diet People were very much surprised because it was scientific and it was a huge success