AN OVERVIEW OF THE B5 VITAMIN The B5 vitamin is also known as Pantothenic Acid. The B5 vitamin is the most prolific of all the vitamins and is found in every type of food. In fact, it is impossible for a person to consume less B5 vitamin than they need. That means that there is no little possibility that a …
A Guide to the B Complex Vitamins
A GUIDE TO THE B COMPLEX VITAMINS There is a lot of discussion about the B complex vitamins and how it is essential for the body to perform a multitude of functions. However, the B complex vitamin is not simply one very complicated vitamin, as the name might suggest. There are actually eight B vitamins that are in the B …
Antioxidants Health Benefits
ANTIOXIDANTS HEALTH BENEFITS Antioxidants are a class of nutrients that protect the body from damage caused by different factors, most importantly oxidative damage caused by substances called free radicals. Free radicals are known as reactive oxygen species, or ROS. They are produced when your body uses oxygen for energy. Just as fire emits smoke as a by-product, ROS are emitted …
Amazing Antioxidants
AMAZING ANTIOXIDANTS The prefix ‘anti’ means against, in opposition to, or corrective in nature. In this case, the ‘anti’ in antioxidants describes the effect these chemicals have against oxidants. Oxidants, usually referred to as ‘free radicals’ are produced as a natural by-product of the millions of biochemical processes undertaken by the body every minute. The same life-giving oxygen that supports …
What is alternative health care?
WHAT IS ALTERNATIVE HEALTH CARE? Health care has become a major issue for most Americans. Costs are skyrocketing, many of us do not have health care coverage and a visit to the doctor can prove both costly and unfruitful. The typical medical doctor has spent about eleven years in college and residency programs to earn their degree. While well educated, …
Alternative Medicines – Why The Silence?
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINES – WHY THE SILENCE? If there are alternative medicines and natural treatments that really work, why don’t we hear more about them? I don’t think there are many true conspiracies around, but this is one of those areas that makes me wonder. The movement between government posts and positions in the pharmaceutical corporations is well documented. This easy …
Alternative Medicine to Lower Your Blood Pressure
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE TO LOWER YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE Home remedies and homeopathic medicine have begun popular over the years as an alternative to prescription drugs. Many people are not aware that there are also home remedies available to lower your blood pressure. What is nice about a home remedy is the lower cost and eliminating the unfavorable side effects of prescribed …
Alternative Medicine is Preventive; Western Medicine is Curative
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE IS PREVENTIVE; WESTERN MEDICINE IS CURATIVE Have you heard the term wellness? It has two contexts, one in alternative medicine and one in Western medicine. In the alternative medicine world, wellness means taking care of yourself so you don’t get sick. Let’s find ways to avoid cancer, heart disease, mental illness. We can do this through changing our …
Alternative Medicine – What Happens During Acupuncture Treatment
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE – WHAT HAPPENS DURING ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT Acupuncture is one of several popular alternative therapies tracing its roots to traditional medicine in China more than 5,000 years ago. Although the treatment is regarded as one of the most common and oldest worldwide, acupuncture only started to become recognized in the US after New York Times journalist James Reston wrote …
Alternative Medicine – Gaining Popularity And Acceptance
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE – GAINING POPULARITY AND ACCEPTANCE Alternative medicine has been gaining in both popularity and acceptance in recent years. Many cities now have a plethora of shops where a person interested in buying alternative medicines can go to find whatever they are seeking, in addition to being able to take advantage of many alternative medicine services at local practitioners’ …