Chronic Inflammation and Knee Pain
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Chronic Inflammation and Knee pain
Knee pain is a common reason for people to seek the care of a Naturopathic Doctor to reduce pain and gain mobility. Knee pain can be a symptom of many other health issues such as arthritis, injury, scaring, cartilage wear, and/or tendon and bursa inflammation. Inflammation is the common sign in each of these conditions, and the cause of knee pain and reduced mobility.
Inflammation, while uncomfortable, is essential to the healing process. Swelling recruits the immune system to the sight of damage, causing us pain and reminding us to take it easy. Chronic inflammation however, is a signal that the body is not healing itself, either due to recurrent injury, or a pro-inflammatory environment that lets inflammation go unchecked. To get total body inflammation under control, a Naturopathic Doctor, will address lifestyle factors which may impact inflammation, and prescribe natural anti-inflammatories to reduce pain and help knee pain sufferers regain function of their joints.
Natural anti-inflammatories have significant advantages over pharmaceutical choices: they cause less digestive side effects, and can be taken long-term without influencing other organs, including the liver. Anti-inflammatory botanicals, such as Curcumin and Boswellia, and nutrients like fish oil, can be prescribed to reduce pain in the joints by calming inflammation at the site. Acupuncture can also decrease pain and inflammation in the knees, which can result in reductions in pain, as well as an improved range of motion. Topical preparations of herbs can also be applied to the joints to reduce inflammation and pain. Naturopathic treatments can also conquer inflammation over time through anti-inflammatory diets, stress reduction techniques, and weight-loss. Chronic inflammation is not only a source of pain, it been linked to other diseases such as heart disease, osteoporosis and cancer. Following an anti-inflammatory protocol can therefore not only decrease joint pain, but also can also reduce the risk of these diseases. Some examples of inflammatory foods to avoid include red meats, nightshade vegetables, (tomato, potato, bell peppers and eggplant) and gluten. Regular use of anti-inflammatory oils such as olive and flax can decrease inflammatory markers in the blood; while culinary herbs such as turmeric and ginger, can turn average meals into anti-inflammatory medicines. Chronic stress can be managed by improving coping strategies and adaptogenic herbs, which can be prescribed by your Naturopathic Doctor.
Whatever the cause of your knee pain, there are natural solutions that can restore your joints to optimal health and help you get moving – pain free.
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Chronic Inflammation and Cancer
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Chronic Inflammation
Chronic inflammation, also known as low-grade or systemic inflammation — can play a more puzzling and long-lasting role in the body. Consider the vast array of autoimmune disorders — such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus and polymyalgia rheumatica — where the body's immune system mistakenly initiates an inflammatory response even though there's no apparent inflammation to fight off. Chronic inflammation plays a more obvious role in diseases such as asthma and the inflammatory bowel diseases ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.
And what about the not-so-obvious role of chronic inflammation? Consider the possible connection between gum disease and cardiovascular disease. Research indicates that heart disease, clogged arteries, stroke and bacterial endocarditis may be linked to oral health. Although more study is needed to confirm this possible link, some scientists believe that bacteria from gum disease can enter the bloodstream and make its way to the heart, so you may need to pay more attention to oral health
Even less obvious — but of enormous interest to researchers — is the part inflammation plays in cancer. For instance, chronic bladder inflammation due to repeated urinary infections or cystitis may increase risk of a squamous cell bladder cancer. In some areas of the world, this type of cancer is linked to chronic inflammation caused by infection with a parasite.
Just what does all this mean for you? Can you actually do something to reduce your risk of chronic inflammation that may play a part in disease? That depends. At present, it's still too early in the science to reasonably conclude that reducing inflammation leads to a reduction in cancer risk. Many of the questions concerning cause and effect with cancer have yet to be proven.
What you can do, though, is make a point to avoid certain things that cause inflammation and are proven unhealthy. Prime examples are smoking and excessive alcohol use.
Some people advocate an "anti-inflammatory diet." Although there's less evidence such diets work to directly thwart inflammation, most of the recommended foods are typical of the Mediterranean style of eating and in principle are good choices. Key components of the Mediterranean diet include:
- Eating generous amounts of fruits and vegetables
- Consuming healthy fats, such as olive oil and canola oil
- Eating small portions of nuts
- For some, drinking red wine in moderation
- Eating fish on a regular basis
- Consuming very little red meat
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Pain and Inflammation relief for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Yesterday I was writing about how sunburn can inflame rheumatoid arthritis (RA), so today I thought I would provide more tips for living with rheumatoid Arthritis.
- Lighten your load - Every extra pound you carry puts four pounds of stress on your knees, and even a small amount of weight loss will provide relief. Talk to your doctor about the best program for you.
- Keep mobile - Careful regular and even vigorous exercise is critical for improving flexibility and maintaining muscle to support joints, but opt for low-impact exercises like swimming, biking and yoga that let you work out without painful pounding (and go especially easy during a flare). Avoid lifting heavy weights, which can be hard on tendons around the wrist. You might even consider a few sessions with a personal trainer who has experience with RA patients.
- Protect your heart - Because RA involves inflammation, it increases your risk of cardiovascular disease. Keep your heart as healthy as possible by maintaining normal blood pressure, avoiding smoking and keeping cholesterol levels under control.
- Build strong bones - Corticosteroid treatments can increase your odds of developing osteoporosis up to 50 percent. Prevent bone loss by getting 1,000 mg of calcium per day. Supplements are an option, but the best sources of this mineral are milk, yogurt, broccoli, kale and salmon.
- Deter depression - Living with a chronic pain and inflammation is challenging on many levels. Depression affects approximately 20 percent of people with RA and can actually worsen symptoms. Ask your doctor about treatment options or a referral to a mental-health professional.
- Get a flu shot - The flu is especially dangerous for anyone who has a chronic illness or an immune system suppressed by drugs. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that people who have autoimmune diseases get an annual flu shot.
- Soothe pain your way - Some people find a warm pack or bath soothing and pain relieving. Others prefer cold, which decreases blood flow to the inflamed area and eases muscle spasms. You can buy hot and cold packs from a drugstore, or use a hot water bottle or a pack of frozen vegetables.
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Inflammation and sunburn
One thing I have learn from living in the tropics is to take care to avoid sunburn, although I do occasionally get caught out.
Sunburns are the worst thing ever. But they are even more painful for those with a chronic inflammatory disease like rheumatoid arthritis. A sunburn is an acute inflammatory reaction of the skin that follows excessive exposure to ultraviolet radiation (UVR) from the sun. So basically, if your skin gets burnt it sends a trigger to you immune system (often being suppressed by a biologic medication) to hurry up and heal the burnt area.
But that's the last thing you want to happen — because it can send your body into a full flare-up mode. you could feel like a big puff ball, as your body responds to the inflammation started by sunburn.
With rheumatoid arthritis(RA), your immune system — which usually does a great job fighting germs that want to cause infections — turns its powerful attack on your body. Certain chemicals cause severe inflammation in your joints, which then causes the pain and swelling that comes along with the disease. But according to research, we should not only be worried about the inflammation in our joints that can cause joint damage, because the inflammation runs throughout our entire body with a flare-up. Eventually, it can cause inflammation in your heart. That's why it is important to try to suppress the inflammation caused by RA.
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Toxins and Inflammation
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Why do we get disease? Is it just a matter of time before each and every one of us develop some type of chronic disease? There are two major culprits when it comes to disease today: toxins and inflammation. Your body has several complex pathways to help it deal with toxins and limit the amount of inflammation. However, in today's society we are exposed to hundreds if not thousands of different toxins each day. They are in our food, personal care products, electronics, cleaning chemicals, and the list goes on. We are exposed to so many toxic insults that if the body is not adequately prepared, it loses the ability to deal with this exposure and it begins to accumulate toxins.
If your brain stopped sending signals to your stomach, what would happen? Well you wouldn't be able to digest food, produce stomach acid and enzymes, and eventually it would begin to die. Toxins can have a similar effect on each individual cell in our body. They prevent our cells from communicating with each other, producing essential chemicals, and eliminating was products. When our cells quit communicating properly our body becomes confused or perhaps those cells belong to a specific organ such as the pancreas and soon you get diagnosed with diabetes or pancreatic cancer.
As this process occurs and toxins accumulate our body essentially has two options: die or give us a disease. Which option would you choose? Personally I choose neither. Instead, I have chosen to address this issue, avoid unnecessary toxins, and limit the amount of inflammation in my body so that it can communicate and remain healthy.
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Osteoarthritis Research
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New research has shown for the first time that omega-3 in fish oil (DHA/EPA) could substantially and significantly reduce the signs and symptoms of osteoarthritis.
"There was strong evidence that omega-3 influences the biochemistry of the disease, and therefore not only helps prevent disease, but also slows its progression, potentially controlling established osteoarthritis,"
said lead researcher Dr John Tarlton.
The research was conducted in a strain of guinea pigs that naturally develop osteoarthritis and compared to controls. Fish oil intake reduced the pathology of tissue damage associated with osteoarthritis towards those without the problem. Medical research director of Arthritis Research UK, Professor Alan Silman, said:
"The possibility that omega-3 fatty acids could prevent osteoarthritis from developing has been a tantalising one. Some limited, previous research in dogs has suggested that we were a long way away from understanding the potential use in humans. However, this current research in guinea pigs is exciting as it brings us closer to understanding how omega-3 might fundamentally interfere with the osteoarthritis process, and that it could potentially be taken as a treatment."
The ability to recover from inflammation is required to keep up with wear and tear and prevent for every body structure. This study shows just how important these nutrients are to long term joint health.
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Nopalea Cactus Juice - Chronic Inflammation Relief
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Reduce Inflammation Naturally
Inflammations role in major diseases went undetected for a long time. But now, chronic inflammation is being blamed for a number of well-known illnesses, such as arthritis, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, depression and even cancer. But what is the connection between inflammation and these seemingly unrelated illnesses?
In truth, inflammation is not always bad. Our bodies use this natural reaction to help fight germs and heal wounds. In most cases, inflammation takes care of an injury and then recedes. However, problems arise when inflammation stays in the “on” mode.
For years we have known that inflammation plays a role in rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, certain bowel diseases and the like. But over the last decade, medical leaders have found the impact of persistent inflammation on the body to be much more widespread. This has changed the way we look at how heart attacks, strokes and diabetes are caused. It also provides new opportunities for predicting, preventing, and even treating diseases.
There are a number of factors that trigger chronic inflammation. Thankfully, many of them can be reduced through some simple lifestyle changes.
- Fat – Once thought to be storage units for energy, we now understand that fat cells pump out cytokines that fan the inflammatory process. Because of this reaction, excess fat – specifically belly fat – is now thought to be the link between obesity and Type 2 diabetes.
- High-fat, High-calorie meals – This can often be avoided by laying off fast food and other unhealthy meals.
- Emotional Stress – In response to stress, the body produces hormones such as cortisol and adrenaline, which lead to inflammation.
While anti-inflammatory medications are available and often helpful, they each come with their own set of risks and side effects. So how can we reduce inflammation naturally? The answer may seem like a typical list of remedies, and while they do require a certain level of willpower, they are productive in affecting change for the better.
Diet – Anti-inflammatory foods include colourful fruits and vegetables such as broccoli, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, kale and cauliflower. Also needed are healthy fats which we can access through legumes, nuts, olive oil and fish. Avoid processed foods, junk foods, and Trans fats.
Activity – After exercise the body generates more free radicals. In response, it then makes and uses more antioxidants, which ultimately work to reduce inflammation. Losing weight also provides the added benefit of fat loss.
Stress Management – The hormones that result from stress contribute to the burning sensation associated with inflammation and also contribute to belly fat. Try to take part in stress-reducing activities on a regular basis (e.g. recreation, reading, deep breathing). Getting adequate sleep will also go a long way in reducing stress.
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Reduce Arthritis Inflammation Naturally
Arthritis is a very painful condition in which one or more of a person’s joints are inflamed. This campaign is to educate people on facts and prevention of the condition.
Affecting more than 50 million Americans, arthritis is the leading cause of disability in the United States. The condition is used to describe more than 100 diseases which affect a person’s joints, the area where two bones meet.
Arthritis is the result of a breakdown of cartilage. Joints are typically protected by cartilage, which allow them to move easily. Without an efficient amount of cartilage, the bones rub together causing severe discomfort, swelling, and stiffness.
There are two major types of arthritis. The first is Osteoarthritis, where the joint cartilage breaks down and causes pain and stiffness. The second type, Rheumatoid arthritis, is more severe and is a condition in which the body’s immune system attacks the membrane surrounding the joints, and can lead to joint destruction.
There are many different causes of arthritis; however, there are no known cures for it. The Arthritis Foundation is a non-profit organization working towards finding a cure through education and research.
Although there are no known cures, there are many types of treatment to help reduce pain, improve joint function, and prevent further damage. The types of treatment include exercise programs, such as muscle toning and aerobic activity. Along with this, physical therapy may be recommended. Heating or icing the area, support joints or splints, and massages are proven to help reduce inflammation and pain.
This month is Arthritis Awareness Month in the USA, so make sure you get plenty of sleep each night, at least 8 to 10 hours. You should also stay active, make sure you include plenty of fruits and vegetables in your diet, and participate in stress-reducing activities such as yoga, massage or meditation.
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Reduce Inflammation Naturally
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Reduce Inflammation Naturally
though inflammation medications are widely available, they each come with their own set of risks and potential side effects. so how can we help reduce inflammation naturally? the answer is simple though implementing it can take willpower and determination : lifestyle changes.
thought they might sound a familiar litany of "remedies", a balanced nutritious diet, exercise and stress reduction can go a long way to reducing inflammation in the body.
- Anti-inflammatory diet - just as certain chemicals are pro- or anti-inflammatory so too are certain foods you need to load up on anti-inflammatory foods like colourful fruits and vegetables, particularly cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, kale and cauliflower. research gas shown that compounds in these vegetables reduce the production of inflammatory cytokines.
Also include legumes, nuts, healthy fats such as olive oil, and fish in your diet. the Omega-3 fatty acids in cold water fish such as salmon, mackerel and sardines provide the building blocks it needs to make anti-inflammatory hormones. whole grains should also be a staple in your diet: a study of overweight people found that those that ate whole grains versus refined grains such as white bread, pasta and rice, reduced their blood counts of C-Reactive protein (a marker for inflammation by 30%
Spices such as curry and ginger have anti-inflammatory properties as do green ,white and oolong varieties of tea. avoid processed and junk foods, saturated fats and Trans fat all of which can be pro-inflammatory.
- Activity - the benefits of exercise have been well documented and now include reducing inflammation. After you exercise your body creates more free radicals. then your body makes and uses more anti-oxidants which ultimately work to reduce inflammation. Plus fat cells are inflammation-making -machines, so losing weight an reduce this source of inflammation.
Try to get at least 30 minutes of exercise most days of the week, however do not over do it as exercise regimes of more than 30 minutes can be pro-inflammatory.
- Stresses Management - Stress hormones contribute to the "fire" of inflammation and can increase your belly fat (see yesterdays post). Practice stress reduction techniques such as deep breathing, meditation, yoga and massage to bring the stress under control. Exercise is in fact a great stress buster. also be sure to get plenty of sleep each night as lack of sleep can stress the body.
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Inflammation
Researchers at the David Geffen School of medicine at UCLA have discovered that negative and competitive social interactions increased pro-inflammatory proteins in the body.
The study of 122 healthy young adults who kept a journal of all positive, negative and competitive social interactions for eight days. the participants were then brought in for stressful 25 minute tests, where they did maths problems in their heads and gave speeches in front of strangers. Scientists took check swabs samples before the test , and 25 and 80 minutes after the test. they found that those with negative interactions during the week had high inflammatory protein levels both before and after the stressful mental test.
Interestingly, the negative interactions produced a different pro-inflammatory protein than competitive interactions.
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Controlling pain and inflammation
Once considered a "secret" killer because its role in major disease went undetected, persistent inflammation is increasingly being blamed for a host of illnesses, including arthritis, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, depression and even cancer.
Not all inflammation is bad, however. We need inflammation to help fight germs and heal wounds. Most times, inflammation takes care of an injury and recedes. But when inflammation gets stuck in the "on" mode, trouble can follow.
Medical leaders have known for years that inflammation naturally plays a key role in inflammatory ills like rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, multiple sclerosis and inflammatory bowel diseases. But over the past decade or so, they’ve found that impact of chronic inflammation on the body is widespread.
As evidence builds about the role of inflammation in other, seemingly unrelated diseases, Harvard Cardiologist Paul Ridker, M.D., Ph.D., calls the development
"a fundamental revolution in how we understand what causes heart attacks, strokes and diabetes."
He also says it opens up new ways to predict, prevent and even treat diseases.
So what can cause this killer inflammation – and more importantly, how can we stop or reduce it?
Chronic inflammation has many triggers; luckily, we can modify our lifestyles to reduce and even eliminate some of them.
Fat – No one likes to see it in the mirror, but it’s more than a cosmetic problem. Once suspected to be storage units of energy, fat cells are now known to churn out proteins called cytokines which fan the inflammatory process. Excess belly fat in particular can be a huge source of inflammation.
Experts believe this may explain the link between obesity and Type 2 diabetes. Obesity produces inflammation, and inflammation promotes insulin resistance, a hallmark of diabetes and metabolic syndrome (a group of symptoms which can increase the risk of diabetes, heart disease and stroke).
High-fat and high-calorie meals – Fast food and other unhealthy fare can be triggers for inflammation. Researchers from the University at Buffalo, State University of New York found that after a 900-calorie fast-food breakfast, study participants showed high blood levels of inflammation for the next four hours.
Emotional stress – Hormones produced as part of the stress response – such as cortisol and adrenaline – can lead to inflammation. Plus, cortisol can lead to belly fat, which produces inflammation of its own.
Though anti-inflammatory medications are widely available, they each come with their own set of risks and potential side effects. So how can we help reduce inflammation naturally? The answer is simple, though implementing it can take willpower and determination: lifestyle changes.
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Controlling pain and inflammation
More than 90 percent of people with lupus will experience joint and/or muscle pain that can be disabling. Lupus causes inflammation in the synovial tissues inside joints of fingers, wrists, feet, ankles and knees. As a result of this inflammation, non-erosive arthritis can develop that causes pain, stiffness and swollen joints. Decades before my lupus was diagnosed, arthritis was one of the first symptoms of my lupus that appeared as early as my kindergarten years, and recurred all through high school, college and early adult life.
Medications, both over-the-counter and prescription drugs, are used to used to control the pain and inflammation associated with lupus. Medications for inflammation include non-narcotic analgesics/anti-inflammatory medications such as aspirin, ibuprofen, naprosyn, sulindac, and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Pain medications range from simple aspirin or acetaminophen to strong narcotics used for the most severe lupus pain. Persistent or severe inflammation at times requires the use of steroid medications to reduce swelling in involved joint tissues.
The Lupus Foundation of America provides the following information on NSAID medications used to treat painful inflammation.
Pain and inflammation are common in people with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Sometimes these symptoms indicate serious organ involvement which may require powerful anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive drugs, such as steroids (cortisone, prednisone).
At other times the inflammation is not as severe or does not affect major organs, and a less potent drug is indicated. In these cases, other milder anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs can be used, especially a group of drugs called the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).
While NSAIDs are not approved specifically for SLE by the Food and Drug Administration, they are approved for use in many musculoskeletal pain conditions such as arthritis and tendinitis, which also afflict people with lupus.
Other approaches to dealing with pain may include various therapies such as applying heat, gentle exercise to stimulate pain-relieving nature endorphins, prayer, meditation, bio-feedback and other non-chemical alternative approaches to pain management.
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You don't want to go windsurfing or mountain biking anymore. All you want to do is wake up and be able to walk from your bed to the rest room without feeling like you can't move.
Yet, suddenly you wake up feeling crippled and sore all over.
Even your fingers hurt. You think it's temporary, but it gets worse each morning. It lingers throughout the day. You wonder if it's arthritis or osteoporosis.
If you ache all over, chances are it's Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA).
Your feet, ankles, calves, knees, legs, back, neck, hands, arms, shoulders, wrists…all your joints hurts.
The pain is equally distributed on both sides of your body. You start moving really slowly.
You tell yourself you are too young for this. RA can hit when you're 30 or any time later. It can affect men and women. But there are 2 1/2 times more women suffering from it. It's a long-term disease that leads to inflammation of the joints and surrounding tissues. It can also affect other organs.
Turns out, even a 5% weight gain could trigger it in someone who never had it. Inflammation. Now, they're saying with obesity on the rise –more & more people will get it. And they say the cause is unknown.
I'm thinking if even a slight weight gain triggers it, that's a clue. Some food or something in a certain food can be triggering it. Try the process of elimination to try to figure that out. One more thing…I say look at the 4 E's first whenever your health is off-balance.
- Emotions: Eckhart Tolle, the author of "The Power of Now" says anger affects your physical health when you repeatedly think about something that happened in the past or you worry about the future.
He says those thoughts cause negative emotions, which cause physical pain. It's the reason depression hurts or bullying. Negative words hurt. Literally. Negative thoughts hurt. Literally.
Tolle says anger is contagious. No one should be walking around angry.
Take the time to release it. You benefit. Everyone around you benefits.
Think of a record. If it has scratches, it skips. If it skips, you don't keep listening to it. If you did, it would severely damage the record (physical pain). The record is your mind. Change it.
Meditate on the present moment. Empty your mind of all thoughts. It's hard to do. Keep trying. Go to a quiet place. Close your eyes. Visualize releasing mental, emotional and physical pain. Focus on soft music, rain drops or simply your breathing.
- Environment – You may not be able to change your environment, which is why eliminating anger is so important. If you have to stay in an existing negative environment, go to a different room, step outside or go for a walk in nature. Turning off the computer and all electronic equipment helps too.
- Exercise
– The best exercise for RA is stretching slowly first thing in the morning, walking, yoga and swimming.
- Eating - Can some fats increase inflammation in Rheumatoid Arthritis? (from WebMD)
Yes. Studies show that saturated fats may increase inflammation in the body. Foods high in saturated fats, such as animal products like bacon, steak, butter, and cream, may increase inflammatory chemicals in the body called prostaglandins.
Prostaglandins are chemicals that cause inflammation, pain, swelling, and joint destruction in rheumatoid arthritis.
In addition, some findings confirm that meat contains high amounts of arachidonic acid. Arachidonic acid is a fatty acid that's converted to inflammatory prostaglandins in the body.
Some people with rheumatoid arthritis find that a vegetarian diet helps relieve symptoms of pain and stiffness. Other people with rheumatoid arthritis, however, get no benefit from eating a diet that eliminates meat.
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Controlling pain and inflammation
Scientists believe that the key to extending lifespan and late-life well-being lies in figuring out how to manipulate and cut off chronic inflammation. While diseases such as those listed below manifest themselves in the body in very different ways, they seem to share many commonalities down at the cellular level.
Most people have heard of so-called autoimmune diseases, when the body turns on itself with a hyperactive defence mechanism. Common examples include hay fever, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, pelvic inflammatory disease, colitis, and bursitis.
You can add to this list cancer, Alzheimer's disease, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, Parkinson's, osteoporosis, and even depression. Many researchers also now believe that inflammation isn't just a result of osteoarthritis; it may be a contributing cause."The one thing that unifies most major diseases is inflammation," says the Arizona Centre on Aging's Nikolich-Zugich."Whether inflammation is the root cause or whether these diseases are made worse by the inflammatory process isn't entirely clear yet — but inflammation is almost always a factor."
Because our bodies are exposed to more damage at the cell level than they can handle — a process called oxidative stress — shoring up defences is key. And there’s no easier way to do that than by carefully choosing what we eat and drink.
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Stress and Inflammation
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Controlling stress and inflammation
Sometimes, we can be overwhelmed by the various types of stress that come with everyday life. These include mental stress, such as over-work; physical stress, such as exercising more than usual; emotional stress, as when we're having relationship problems, and environmental stress from pollutants in our environment and food supply.
Today let's look at just one type of stress — emotional — to see how the brain and body respond. Suppose you get a letter from the government tax office saying you owe 40,000. Even if you have that kind of cash lying around, you're going to feel stressed. Your brain will release chemicals called catecholamines that trigger inflammatory processes. One might be the release of insulin, a pro-inflammatory hormone.
Too much stress over an extended time period will cause insulin resistance, which is associated with obesity. That obesity (which itself creates inflammation) triggers the body to produce another pro-inflammatory hormone called cortisol, which creates more stress, and so on and so on. Clearly, then, controlling stress will help break this cycle of inflammation, and help the body return to its natural, balanced state.
Keys to stress management
The first step toward managing stress is to identify the things in your life that are causing it: marital problems, work pressures or illness in the family. Once you identify and understand these stressors, you can begin to find ways to change your environment and manage them. Support groups, exercise and certain nutritional supplements may help modify the levels of stress hormones and help the mind and body to re-balance.
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In its beginning stages, inflammation is the body's healing response to an injury, irritation, or microbial invasion. For instance, if you catch a cold, your body creates inflammation in the form of a runny nose, sore throat, and cough. As annoying as these symptoms are, they are signs of a healthy body healing itself.
However, when the inflammation we can't see — inside our bodies — becomes chronic, it ultimately causes degeneration of our tissues and leads to disease. Simply put, it ages us. Chronic inflammation is thought to be the root of many diseases, including heart disease, obesity, Alzheimer's and other dementia, Parkinson's, osteoarthritis, diabetes, fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, and more.
You can see why naturopathic doctors focus so much attention on the treatment and prevention of chronic inflammation. There are some simple suggestions to help reduce inflammation in the body. Together, these suggestions build a true foundation of health. And if you're thinking,"I'm too old for all of these changes," perish the thought. You're never too old to improve the quality of your life. Try picking and changing the food you eat.
Eat plenty of healthy, anti-inflammatory foods, such as vegetables, fruits, whole grains, fish (good for omega-3 fatty acids), nuts, and legumes. Anti-inflammation diet books are available and can be a great resource for grocery shopping and recipes. Jessica Black's The Anti-Inflammation Diet and Recipe Book
is one.
Avoid inflammatory foods, such as processed foods, sugar, high fructose corn syrup, trans- and hydrogenated fats, alcohol, and caffeine.
Cut out the foods that don't work for you.
Try an elimination diet to check for food allergies or sensitivities. This is a great step, because many people have this problem and don't even know it. Food allergies and sensitivities can lead to a host of physical problems. Start by avoiding the following foods for one month: wheat products, dairy products, soy, tomatoes, potatoes, corn, peanuts, peanut butter, citrus fruits, pork, and shellfish.
What's left to eat? Plenty. Explore your grocery store. When the month is up, add these foods back into your diet one at a time. Wait three days between foods and see how you feel. If a food is aggravating your body, you should eat it in moderation or avoid it altogether.
Eat anti-inflammatory spices such as turmeric, garlic, and ginger. These herbs have been used as medicines for thousands of years — and they taste good, too.
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Nopalea Cactus Juice - Chronic Inflammation Relief
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Arthritis Pain
Continuing on from yesterdays article, here seven warning signs of arthritis,and don't think for a minute that you arthritis is just for the old. Half of those who get it are under age 65. One in five adults — 50 million Americans — has been diagnosed with arthritis. Most wait to see a doctor until pain interferes with daily life — but pain isn't the only sign of trouble.
"Early is better with arthritis diagnosis," says Arthritis Foundation Vice President Patience White, a professor of medicine and pediatrics at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Washington, D.C. Treating the autoimmune disease rheumatoid arthritis (RA) within the first months of onset, for example, can minimize joint deformities and even put the disease into remission, thanks to the latest treatments. With osteoarthritis (OA), a degenerative joint disease that's the most common kind of arthritis, the sooner you start behavioural changes, the better you may be able to manage pain and preserve mobility, White says.
Here's what to watch for.
- Do you find that you are unable to move around easily for the first half an hour on waking up?
Everybody has some morning stiffness, but normally it fades as you stretch and start moving. "With rheumatoid arthritis, it can take 30 minutes or more to loosen up — sometimes hours, or even all day," says Chaim Putterman, chief of rheumatology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Centre in New York City. "People affected say they feel encased, like prisoners, and the feeing of being unable to move can be even more burdensome than the actual pain."
- Do your Your knee joint lock or send stabs of pain when you bend it, as when going up or down stairs. Added red flag: Knee pain if you're overweight."Every extra pound you gain feels like four pounds across your knees,"White says. Excess weight raises your risk of developing arthritis, which some 60 percent of obese people develop.
Related types of painful physical function include limping, being unable to extend your elbow, changes in how steadily you can stand or walk, and trouble standing on tiptoe.
- Chronic tiredness, loss of appetite, weight loss, anaemia, and/or fever that persists for weeks (longer than a bout of flu). Some combination of these symptoms usually appears, along with stiffness and pain. You might even notice changes in nonjoint tissue, such as eyes that feel dry and sore and may be red. These symptoms can come on gradually or suddenly.
Why pay attention: Having these mild, flu-like, across-the-body symptoms, along with stiffness and pain, points to rheumatoid arthritis. RA is a disorder of systemic inflammation, meaning the entire body is affected (as opposed to the problem being isolated in a particular joint)"You shouldn't just take two Tylenol and sleep the discomfort off," Putterman says. These symptoms warrant a physical exam soon.
- Do You have a joint that suddenly hurts like crazy — many sufferers give it a ten on a pain scale of one to ten, likening the pain to kidney stones, White says. The joint is likely also red, hot to the touch, and tender. Although this pattern can happen to other joints, the big toe is the most common site. Usually only one joint is affected at a time.
Why pay attention: Sudden, excruciating pain, especially in the large toe, is likely an attack of gout, the second-most common form of arthritis and the most common type of inflammatory arthritis. Gout occurs when uric acid, a natural waste product that circulates in the blood, builds up in body tissue as needle-shaped crystals. This happens either because the body produces too much uric acid or doesn't dispose of it well through the urine.
- Look for Bony spurs (small enlargements) on the joint of fingers. One may appear on the last joint, where it's known as a Heberden's node, or on the middle joint, where it's called a Bouchard's node. Sometimes the knobby bump appears at the base of the thumb (though this bump wasn't named after the doctor who studied it).
The joint is probably also stiff to move, although not necessarily painful. To the touch, the bump feels more like a bone than like a sponge. Some toes can also be affected.
Why pay attention: Doctors use this visual information to help diagnose arthritis, along with the rest of a physical exam, a history, and, sometimes, X-rays and lab tests. Heberden's nodes and Bouchard's nodes, seen in osteoarthritis, tend to run in families, especially through women, White says. Farmers and others who engage in a lot of manual labour are especially prone to OA of the lower extremities.
- Does pain stop you falling asleep, or do you wake up during the night with joint pain . Some sufferers begin to avoid family and other activities they enjoy because they feel ground down by chronic pain; the very prospect of visiting grandchildren or going to a social outing feels overwhelming.
Osteoarthritis pain is caused by eroding cartilage, which eventually causes bone to rub against bone — and yes, it can really hurt. Everyone has a different threshold for pain. But pain that interferes with your ability to enjoy the most basic, restful activities of life like sleep or enjoying your family? That's a different animal."It shows that what you've been doing before is not adequate and that the pain should be taken care of," Putterman says.
- Achy, hard-to-use hands
Trouble managing fine-motor skills: buttoning a shirt, tying shoelaces, using a fork and knife, turning a key in a lock, grasping a doorknob, snapping fingers.
Affected joints can be redder than surrounding skin, warm to the touch, and tender.
Why pay attention: “Trouble with these activities of daily living all suggest something worrisome is going on,” Putterman says. Many different joints in the hands and wrists tend to be involved with rheumatoid arthritis, making these hand and finger tasks so frustrating. Rheumatoid arthritis is also a symmetrical disease, meaning both sides of the body (and hands as well as feet) tend to be affected simultaneously. (In osteoarthritis, the joints affected usually aren't symmetrical.)
Notice which part of the hand is affected. Rheumatoid arthritis tends to afflict the knuckles and the next joint up, White says. In osteoarthritis, the top joints and the base of the thumb are more affected, and not necessarily all of the digits at once.
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Chronic Inflammation Tips
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Arthritis Pain
Arthritis literally means joint (arthro-) inflammation (-itis). Indeed, there is often inflammation around a diseased joint. But, did you know that arthritis is a disease of dehydration? Yes; long before the joints swell and inflame, the water-rich lining of the joint begins to dry out. That's why most doctors have changed the diagnosis to Degenerative Joint Disease. To effectively care for degenerating joints we need to find a way to get fluid – especially water – back into its proper place.
Have you ever put two “north pole” magnets together? Notice how they repel each other? A similar phenomenon occurs in your joints. Thousands of positively charged proteins called GAGs push each other apart and create a vacuum in your joint space. But nature doesn't like a vacuum. So your body will fill this space with a nutrient-rich soup made of minerals, fats and water. In degenerative joint disease, GAGs are lost and the vacuum collapses. No water gets in and your joints dry out and become inflamed.
Inflammation occurs when a special cell in your joint bursts and releases acids and histamines. This cell is called a mast cell. When a mast cell is damaged by trauma or toxins, or is weakened by nutrient deficiency or other stress, it pops like a water balloon and its contents flood out to neighbouring cells.
Even healthy cells cannot resist this flood of chemicals and they will join in spreading inflammation. Within a short time, all of the joints in a region can become inflamed with arthritis because of dehydration in one joint. Mast cells also exist in your skin. So the area around a diseased joint will become red and warm to the touch.
The solution to this immediate problem is really quite simple.
- Replace the nutrients found in the "soup" of your joints – The most important nutrients to put into your joints are mineral protein complexes. Glucosamine, chondroitin and methyl-sulfonyl methane (MSM) are three good representatives of this family of protein-mineral complexes. Also, basic minerals like magnesium and boron are very important to joint health. These nutrients are pumped in and out of your joints by movement. So, keeping your joints mobile and active is critical.
- Stabilize the mast cell so it doesn't pop – Mast cells are surrounded by healthy fats. Dietary fats from certain fish and nuts can help reduce inflammation. Also, supplemental fats like Perilla seed oil, fish oil and cetyl myristoleate (CMO) create healthy, robust mast cells.
- Clean out any debris left over from the inflammation – Finally, you must clean out all of the fractured proteins to prevent more cell damage in the future. These proteins are like broken glass inside your joints. The enzyme Bromelain is very effective at reducing these fractured proteins and inflammation.
The results
Numerous studies from such renowned researchers as Navarro, Ressel and Bucci have all demonstrated that joints can be re-hydrated by following these recommendations. Just imagine what this means: we may not have found a cure for the common cold but we have found a way to help repair the most common crippling degeneration we face in North America.
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Pain and Inflammation Relief
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Pain
Pain is the way your body signals that there is something wrong requiring immediate attention – withdraw from the pain Switches – like light switches that turn on a light – turn on the pain signal when danger exists and turn it off when danger has passed. So, the first remedy for chronic pain is to withdraw from whatever is causing the pain.
With chronic pain, sometimes the switch gets turned on and never gets turned off These switches, often called pain gates, are ruled by nutrients such as Vitamin D. Also, in chronic nerve pain, a signal is sent from a damaged area or lesion in the myelin sheath. The myelin sheath is ruled by nutrients such as Vitamin B-12 and folate as well as essential fatty acids.
Chronic muscle pain occurs when muscles try to restore balance to an unbalanced muscle region. The imbalance may be caused by injury, stress, a sedentary lifestyle or poor posture (really, poor posture and sedentary living are types of muscle injury). Muscle balance is ruled by magnesium and, to a smaller extent, by potassium and calcium.
Inflammation
Just as chronic nerve pain can become caught in a loop or cycle, inflammation may become chronic even after the cause of the inflammation is removed. The chemicals of inflammation injure your afferent nerves and your brain interprets this injury as chronic pain. Pain and inflammation go hand in hand.
To break the cycle of chronic pain we must:
- Remove the cause: trauma/injury, toxins, etc.
- Restore nutrient balance
- Break the cycle of inflammation
In this way we can learn to listen to the message of pain and achieve the balance of pain-free living!
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Chronic Inflammation Relief
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Researchers at California's Cedars-Sinai medical centre have unlocked the mystery of how an inflammatory molecule is produced in the body, a discovery they say could lead to advances in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, Type 2 diabetes and numerous other chronic diseases that affect tens of millions of people.
The study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, is published online by the peer-reviewed journal Immunity and appeared in the March print edition.
The researchers identified for the first time the mechanism that leads to the production of the molecule interleukin-1beta. It is a major contributor to inflammation, which lies at the root of many serious health conditions, including atherosclerotic heart disease and some types of strokes.
Current drug therapies seek to block this molecule's action after it is secreted by cells. However, the new research could lead to the development of treatments that would prevent the body from producing it, resulting in more effective medications and therapies for inflammatory diseases.
“If we understand how this molecule is made in the body, we may be able to block it before it is produced,”
Said study author Dr. Moshe Arditi, executive vice chair of research in the Department of Pediatrics and director of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology. “Until now, this was the missing piece of the puzzle.”
Arditi, who also directs Cedars-Sinai's Infectious and Immunologic Diseases Research Centre, found that damaged mitochondrial DNA activate specific proteins within dying cells, triggering the release of interleukin-1beta. Previous research has shown the molecule, when over-secreted by cells, can be a significant contributor to major inflammatory diseases.
Three of these diseases alone — atherosclerosis, Type 2 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis – affect an estimated 100 million Americans.
Arditi is planning further studies to build on the findings.
“The discovery by Arditi and colleagues has great potential to impact a wide range of inflammatory diseases, particularly in their early stages where an intervention could prevent more severe and debilitating ravages of such diseases,”
Said Dr. Leon Fine, Cedars-Sinai's vice dean of research and chair of biomedical sciences. “This discovery, at last, may open the door to such therapy.”
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Introducing 2 brain inflammation fighters
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Brain Inflammation Relief
Encephalitis is an inflammation of the brain, usually caused by a direct viral infection or a hyper-sensitivity reaction to a virus or foreign protein. Brain inflammation caused by a bacterial infection is sometimes called cerebritis. When both the brain and spinal cord are involved, the disorder is called encephalomyelitis. An inflammation of the brain's covering, or meninges, is called meningitis.
The inflammation is a reaction of the body's immune system to infection or invasion. During the inflammation, the brain's tissues become swollen. The combination of the infection and the immune reaction to it can cause headache and a fever, as well as more severe symptoms in some cases.Approximately 2,000 cases of encephalitis are reported to the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, GA each year.
There are two natural way to to fight brain inflammation, Take Two: Sublingual B-12 and Nopalea™ Cactus Juice.
You may not know how crucial Vitamin B-12 is to brain health. Study after study shows B-12's role in fighting brain erosion, mental decline and other inflammatory brain conditions.
For a scientific look at why B-12 and Nopalea work so well together, I've asked TriVita Chief Science Officer Brazos Minshew to explain.
This is a story about fat: good fat, properly metabolised fat. Two-thirds of the human brain is fat. The truth is, most of us don't eat enough of the right kinds of fats. But even when we do, there are toxins in our environment that keep us from metabolising them properly (using them for energy.) The soil that most food is grown in that most of us eat is contaminated with lead and other heavy metals that block metabolism of fat. Here's another issue: lead can block even the essential fatty acids you get from food and supplements
.
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Meet taurine, the "pilot" of our fat transport system
Once the good fats have been unblocked by B-12, they need to get to all the places in the brain and body where they do their good work. They need a transport ‘specialist' (actually a transport molecule), and it's an amino acid called taurine. However, we don't get taurine in our diet. Our bodies have to manufacture it, and almost anything can interrupt the process. Here's the exciting part where Nopalea comes in:
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In partnership with Sublingual B-12, Nopalea is a ‘must' to help us think, feel and function at our best. Here's an analogy that may help you remember: think of a gondola on a canal in Venice. Taurine is the gondola, Sublingual B-12 is the gondolier, and the good fats are the happy couple sitting there enjoying the ride to their destination.
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Inflammation
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Chronic Inflammation Relief
Inflammation is the source of many diseases and some people, go from doctor to doctor, prescribed different medications. All our technology and medical advances have gotten us all kinds of ways to treat symptoms, but what is at the root of the problem? Why is the cholesterol in your arteries? It’s there to repair, but why does it need to be there? Well we can lower cholesterol, so let’s prescribed a statin, that will fix it! But then we are left dealing with the side effects of the drug. Do we actually decrease our risk of heart disease? Do we need the drugs? Before we bash inflammation, we need to realize that it is a natural process. We need it. Yes you read right we need inflammation. For most healthy individuals they will become temporary inflamed, heal and then return to homeostasis. However, we were designed to deal with acute inflammation, which could be caused by:
- something traumatic like a punch
- infections
- frostbite
- cuts
- burns
- allergic reactions
So if we look at these and then the corresponding signs of inflammation:
- redness
- swelling
- pain
- loss of function
Then it makes sense. The body is doing what is its innate nature, so we can deal with injury and illness. Our problem is that we’re greedy and our modern lifestyles are breeding grounds for chronic inflammation. We don’t know how to handle this inflammation over and over again. Again there are so many variables and creations for chronic inflammation (most stemming from lifestyle choices, like I mentioned). Things that can promote inflammation:
- Stress
- Poor Nutrition (high in toxic foods
- insufficient in omega-3 while being high in omega-6)
- Poor gut health
- Smoking
- Lack of sleep (Don’t underestimate the power of sleep)
- Obesity and diabetes fuel inflammation. As a result this can encourage: leptin resistance, impaired fat and glucose metabolism, insulin resistance, and beta-cell destruction
- Too much exercise. Awe that chronic cardio is too much stress for the body.
If you ask me these all look that things you can change, not some pill to take but some lifestyle changes can decrease your risk of disease. Obviously there are a lot of factors, so what should we do to decrease chances of chronic inflammation?
- Nourish ourselves: lay off the industrial omega-6 intensive oils, get more omega-3, buy quality REAL foods (grass-fed beef, organic produce), steer clear of gluten and grains, stay away from the sugars, eat foods rich in antioxidants that can neutralize free-radicals and decrease oxidative stress (love my first pressed-olive oil, wild fish, cruciferous veggies and some berries!), eat probiotic foods and sort out your gut health.
- SLEEP
- Don’t stress the small stuff
- Don’t smoke
- Move, don’t over-exercise but don’t be sedentary either
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Chronic Inflammation Relief
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The Effects of Chronic Inflammation
There are so many causes of inflammation, it's highly likely that right now, as you read this, your body has many sites that are inflamed. This isn't the problem, though. The problem is all of sites in your body where, for a variety of reasons, your inflammation isn't being turned off. Instead, the inflammation just keeps going and going. This is chronic inflammation.
There are several factors that can keep your body from turning off its inflammation response, but three factors are especially prevalent:
- Chronic Stress– it keeps your body constantly “revved up,” wasting nutrient stores and impairing its ability to stop inflammation from becoming chronic
- Chronic Nutritional Deficiencies – without the right nutrition, on a daily basis, your body may not have the right resources to put a halt to ongoing inflammation
- Chronic Toxin Overload – in today's world, your body is constantly fighting off toxins, pollutants and contaminants from so many sources that it simply can be too overwhelmed to stop the never ending, triggered inflammation
You'll notice that there's one thing in common with all three of the above factors, the word Chronic. When these adverse factors are chronic (constant), it greatly increases the chance that your body's inflammation will be chronic, too. And it's exactly this type of inflammation – the chronic kind – that TIME Magazine featured in 2004 calling it "The Secret Killer" because it can be so damaging to your health.
Here are some common examples of how you could be suffering from various kinds of chronic inflammation and their related health problems include:
- Muscle, joint and bone inflammation – causing ongoing body pain
- Respiratory inflammation – causing allergies and breathing difficulties
- Arterial inflammation – causing heart health problems
- Digestive tract inflammation – causing ulcers and IBS
- Widespread body cell inflammation – causing overall fatigue
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Natural Pain Relief
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Natural Pain Relief
Most people experiences pain at some time or another. For some, it is a daily battle. Most of us deal with different kinds of pain by taking over-the-counter medications such as aspirin, acetaminophen or ibuprofen or for more chronic pain, prescription drugs. For many people who would prefer not to put prescription drugs in their bodies, those who may be hypersensitive to their effects, wary of possible side effects, or people with sensitive stomachs that may not tolerate even over-the-counter medications, there is good news. There are natural pain killers that are available and effective in relieving pain.
Methyl-sulphonyl-methane (MSM)
MSM is a naturally occurring organic form of sulphur found in all living things and a nutrient our bodies requires but often lacks because it is lost during food processing and cooking. MSM is a powerful painkiller that inhibits the transmission of pain impulses and has anti-inflammatory, anti-spasmodic and analgesic properties. Continuing research and reports from patients and physicians also indicate that MSM is effective in headaches, allergies, heartburn, constipation, and skin disorders. It is available both as a dietary supplement and as a cream for topical application.
Glucosamine and Chondroitin
Glucosamine and chondroitin are nutritional supplements that significantly reduce the pain of arthritic joints. Glucosamine is a natural compound that is found in healthy cartilage. Often taken in combination with chondroitin, Glucosamine is a glycosaminoglycan derived from articular cartilage. Use of complementary therapies, including glucosamine, is common in patients with osteoarthritis, and may allow for reduced doses of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents.
Boswellia
Clinical trials have proved that the Indian herb boswellia is as effective as conventional drugs for both chronic and minor pains. More potent and less toxic than standards NSAIDS, boswellic acids decrease the production of inflammatory compounds implicated in many chronic diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis. Boswellia is available both as a dietary supplement and as a topical cream.
These three natural products also form the main ingredients of
TriVita's Joint Complex which has been specifically formulated to relieve pain and inflammation in your joints.
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Muscle Inflammation
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Inflamed Muscles
There are many natural ways to help your body heal from sore, inflamed muscles. A variety of methods can help you recover quickly, including enzymes, herbal medicines and topical treatments.
Bromelain is one of the most effective natural anti-inflammatory enzymes. Derived from pineapple, it can decrease inflammation and swelling in injured tissues.
According to an article published in December 2003 in the journal Biochemical Pharmacology, Curcumin, which is a compound derived from the herb turmeric, has potent anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. Curcumin has been recommended by naturopathic physicians for decades for decreasing inflammation.
Topical treatments can help alleviate inflamed, painful muscles and assist you with recovery. If your muscles or tendons are acutely inflamed (within 48 hours of injury), use ice topically or soak the affected area in cold water with ice in it.
You can drape a bag of frozen corn or peas over the painful or inflamed muscles for 5 to 10 minutes up to four times a day.
Beyond 48 hours after an acute injury, begin alternating cold with heat. It's best to start with hot water and soak the affected area for 1 minute, then soak in cold water for 30 seconds. Alternate three times, always ending with cold, and do this three times a day until your pain is alleviated.
If you don't have acute pain but you suffer from muscle soreness, a great home remedy is soaking in a hot bath with a cup of Epsom salts. These salts are unique because they are made of magnesium sulfate; when you soak with them in a hot bath, they are absorbed through your skin and help draw out stored tissue wastes.
If you have painful muscles, remember that it is your body's way of telling you that you need to rest until you feel better.
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Nopal Cactus Juice
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The Nopal cactus offers both vegetables and fruits out of which you can make juice. The cactus’s pad is edible, and it is the vegetable part of the cacti. The pear, on the other hand, is the fruit, and it is this fruit that is one of the best anti inflammatory foods. Cactus juice possesses nutrients like:
- Vitamin C
- Calcium
- Magnesium
- Amino Acids (Taurine)
- Antioxidants
- Fiber
As inflammation is responsible for diseases like arthritis, cactus becomes part of many a natural arthritis remedies. It helps other body systems like:
- Bone
- Gastrointestinal
- Arterial
- Muscle
- Cardiovascular
Inflammation is the root cause of many diseases, like heart disease, and people use anti inflammatory drugs that further affect their systems. Regular consumption of cactus juice will help your body stay free from these diseases.
The nutrients in cactus fruit are also powerful antioxidants and help flush your body of harmful toxins.
Cactus, being an anti inflammatory food, has other benefits, like helping you control blood pressure, balance cholesterol levels, and lower blood sugar levels. Apart from all this, the fiber also helps you lose weight.
Cactus juice is a natural remedy for arthritis, it can help you in your old age. If you are lucky enough to have a Nopal cactus growing near you can make your own cactus juice
While making cactus juice, be careful as there are spines all over the cactus, and if they get in to your skin, they can lead to very bad irritation. Make sure to pick them with a large fork or other instrument.
In the case of the pads, you can simply remove the spines, clean them, remove all the bruised parts of the pad, and crush them to extract the juice. The fruit you need to clean with cold water and a brush to remove the spines. Always handle the fruit carefully, as even store-bought cactus fruit can have spines.
Cut out the outer layer of the skin on the top and bottom of the fruit, slit it open, and put it into water to boil. When the insides become very soft, you can take them out to strain the seeds and pulp to extract the cactus juice. The fruit of the cactus tastes the best when it is reddish-brown or purple.
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Inflammation
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Turmeric - Inflammation Relief
Turmeric has been used in India as a medicine, beauty aid, cooking spice, talisman amulet and a dye. Dioscorides spoke highly of it in 60 AD when he wrote the herbal that would be Europe's main herb source for the next 1600 years. Marco Polo praised it in his journals of 1280 AD. It has been used in Chinese medicine for over 1000 years to purify the blood, move Chi and strengthen the reproductive system. Hawaiian Kahuna use it as a sacred healing herb and in Brazil it is used to treat poisonous Viper bites.
Common knowledge to every woman in India, one of the most beneficial aspects of Turmeric is to improve complexion. While supporting the healing of acne, wounds, skin cancer and more, Turmeric purifies and nourishes the blood and skin so that the glow of health is not marred by blemishes and impurities but amplified through radiant clarity.
Close to the core of Turmeric's healing power is its ability to cleanse, build and move blood like no other herb, making it an especially valuable herb to support the skin, liver and the female reproductive system. Turmeric protects your liver from toxins, pathogens and excessive cholesterol and helps to detoxify and rejuvenate it.
As an antioxidant, Turmeric protects the lungs from pollution and toxins. It increases the oxygen transfer from the lungs to the blood and is a good choice for bronchitis and other pulmonary infections, especially when taken with fresh garlic.
When it comes to first-aid, It serves in accidents ranging from cuts to concussions. For any trauma this rhizome accelerates healing and minimizes damage. Turmeric stops bleeding, heals tissue, is a strong anti-inflammatory and is a broad spectrum anti-microbial capable of stopping bacterial, fungal and viral infections.
Turmeric has a triple action against cancer: it helps to neutralizes those substances and conditions which can cause cancer; it has over ten powerful antioxidants that directly help a cell retain its integrity if threatened by carcinogens; and if a tumour does grow, it can often eradicate it. Even if one were using allopathic medicine to treat cancer, they can still use Turmeric to increase the effectiveness and decrease some of the side effects of cancer treatments.
To most people in India, from housewives to Himalayan hermits, Turmeric, affectionately called the "kitchen queen", is the main spice of the kitchen. Being both a ubiquitous spice and a safe healer Turmeric adds a literal meaning to the phrase, "The Spice of Life".
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Inflammation
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Turmeric - Inflammation Relief
Turmeric has been used in India as a medicine, beauty aid, cooking spice, talisman amulet and a dye. Dioscorides spoke highly of it in 60 AD when he wrote the herbal that would be Europe's main herb source for the next 1600 years. Marco Polo praised it in his journals of 1280 AD. It has been used in Chinese medicine for over 1000 years to purify the blood, move Chi and strengthen the reproductive system. Hawaiian Kahuna use it as a sacred healing herb and in Brazil it is used to treat poisonous Viper bites.
Common knowledge to every woman in India, one of the most beneficial aspects of Turmeric is to improve complexion. While supporting the healing of acne, wounds, skin cancer and more, Turmeric purifies and nourishes the blood and skin so that the glow of health is not marred by blemishes and impurities but amplified through radiant clarity.
Close to the core of Turmeric's healing power is its ability to cleanse, build and move blood like no other herb, making it an especially valuable herb to support the skin, liver and the female reproductive system. Turmeric protects your liver from toxins, pathogens and excessive cholesterol and helps to detoxify and rejuvenate it.
As an antioxidant, Turmeric protects the lungs from pollution and toxins. It increases the oxygen transfer from the lungs to the blood and is a good choice for bronchitis and other pulmonary infections, especially when taken with fresh garlic.
When it comes to first-aid, It serves in accidents ranging from cuts to concussions. For any trauma this rhizome accelerates healing and minimizes damage. Turmeric stops bleeding, heals tissue, is a strong anti-inflammatory and is a broad spectrum anti-microbial capable of stopping bacterial, fungal and viral infections.
Turmeric has a triple action against cancer: it helps to neutralizes those substances and conditions which can cause cancer; it has over ten powerful antioxidants that directly help a cell retain its integrity if threatened by carcinogens; and if a tumour does grow, it can often eradicate it. Even if one were using allopathic medicine to treat cancer, they can still use Turmeric to increase the effectiveness and decrease some of the side effects of cancer treatments.
To most people in India, from housewives to Himalayan hermits, Turmeric, affectionately called the "kitchen queen", is the main spice of the kitchen. Being both a ubiquitous spice and a safe healer Turmeric adds a literal meaning to the phrase, "The Spice of Life".
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Inflammation and Your Heart
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Due to our modern day unhealthy lifestyles and the toxins our bodies are exposed to every day, inflammation has now evolved into a destructive process precluding many serious and chronic ailments. The trend in our society towards chemical-laden fast foods and grocery store processed foods has been paramount to the problem due to their inflammation-causing properties. Add to that the high-stress atmosphere in our modern day world, constant exposure to a toxic environment, a vastly overweight population along with rampant obesity; and a deadly cocktail has been born. This "silent" inflammation is a killer and usually remains unnoticed until you fall prey to a disabling autoimmune disorder or crippling disease.
Recent studies, by medical professionals recognise that the real culprit in cases of cardiovascular disease is not so much high cholesterol, but silent and deadly inflammation in our arteries.
Inflammation awareness is vital to preventing and recognizing the signals of silent inflammation. Some situations that can cause you to be more susceptible to the dangers of chronic inflammation are:
- State of being overweight or gross obesity
- Poor diet consisting mostly of fast and processed foods
- Extreme situations of prolonged emotional stress
- Highly strenuous physical activity on a regular basis
- Diabetes
- High blood pressure
- Known exposure to toxins in the environment
Be sure to ask your physician to check your C-reactive protein (CRP) levels, homocysteine,Inflamed Blood Vessel lipoprotein (a) or Lp(a), interleukin6, and fibrinogen levels for inflammatory markers in your blood. CRP blood analysis is especially helpful in determining risk of cardiovascular disease. A scientific research team of physicians headed up by cardiologist Paul Ridker of Harvard University reported that "half of all heart attacks occur in people with normal cholesterol levels". The medical team also established that these additional tests for inflammation are necessary to more accurately predict future risks of heart attack, stroke or heart disease. Cholesterol tests alone simply are not adequate for this determination of future events.
Now that we understand that inflammation is at the root of most major diseases, we can take positive steps to monitor and control our inflammation levels. Changing our diet; controlling our weight; adding a moderate exercise routine; getting enough sleep; and keeping stress to a minimum are all healthy steps to begin reducing inflammation. By adding a highly effective, all natural anti-inflammatory cactus juice to your routine, you will ensure maximum success on your journey to health and wellness.
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Tips to Avoid Pain and Inflammation
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Now that winter has past, its time to get out and about but take care not to overdo things and cause additional aches and pains.
Most of us haven't mowed the lawn, planted bulbs, or gone for a bicycle ride during the winter months. Starting a lawn mower or weed whacker can stress the back and shoulders, putting you out of commission for days, weeks, or longer. As satisfying as gardening is, kneeling and pulling and digging for hours on end can stress muscles and the spine in ways it hasn't seen since last year; and you'll be very unhappy the next day if you overdo it.
Furthermore, those sunny and warm days may have you excited about your new fitness routine, but too many of us will jump in headfirst and pay the price.
One key to caring for your body is hydration. Not only can drinking plenty of water protect you from heat-related illness, but also there's the fact that your body is mostly water. Spinal discs are typically 70, 80, even 90% water! Drinking plenty of pure water can save you spinal problems by protecting your back. The discs of your spine space the bones, and well-hydrated discs means plenty of room for delicate nerve roots to your muscles, allowing your frame to function at its peak potential. How's that for an inexpensive way to care for your body?
Athletes commonly warm up for up to an hour before their events; and you should consider the wisdom inherent in easing into activity. If you're going to sweat and strain, consider a gentle 5-minute walk first. If you're going to bend forward a lot, try "depressurizing" your spinal discs by gently bending backwards a few times. If your activity will involve your shoulders, very gently put them through an active range of motion for a few minutes before you start pulling and straining at those weeds. Let your joints, muscles, ligaments, and tendons warm up to your tasks, and you may save yourself a lot of heartache.
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What Is Inflammation
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Inflammation is associated with a number of health problems, including heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure and even cancer. Dr. Mark Liponis, medical director of Canyon Ranch, shares his expertise on how to identify, treat and prevent inflammation in the body.
"Inflammation is a stress reaction of the immune system for any reason—from infection, for example," Liponis said. "It could be from an injury or some process in the body like an auto-immune disease."
"It’s very nonspecific," he added."It can affect the whole person."
According to Liponis, there are blood tests, which can detect low levels of inflammation in the body. Doctors can either look at white blood cell count—the higher the count, the more inflammation—or look at c-reactive protein, which is an even more accurate test that can find levels of inflammation so low a person can’t feel them.
To prevent inflammation, Liponis recommended a few simple steps, including regular exercise, staying at a healthy weight, and taking various supplements such as vitamin D and fish oil.
For a person who already has inflammation, the same recommendations apply—however, Liponis said it may be necessary to follow them more strictly. In other words, a person with inflammation may need to exercise even more than a person without inflammation or increase his or her intake of supplements.
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Inflammation and Your Heart
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Inflammation and your Heart
We are repeatedly told how "bad" cholesterol is, or the ratio of good and bad cholesterol, but statistics show that 50% of people who have heart attacks have normal cholesterol. Cholesterol does not cause heart attacks. However, all people who have heart attacks have elevated homocysteine levels. This is the true culprit. So homocysteine is a much smarter marker for heart attacks and this is what should be tested to determine whether someone is in a danger zone. Knowledge is power, so if you have high homocysteine levels, and consistently high blood pressure you then can launch a campaign to naturally bring your blood pressure down and strengthen your heart.
Why are hypertension and arteriosclerosis dangerous? When the pressure of the blood on the walls of vessels is high it can be very dicey, especially for vessels going through the brain, heart and kidneys. It is under these conditions that arteriosclerosis can develop – or plaque and cholesterol build up on the walls of arteries veins and capillaries. For women especially, weight gain around the abdominal area triggers an inflammatory response and significantly elevates the risk of heart disease. So burning fat around your belly is not simply a vanity issue anymore, it could be a life saver
Below is a list of foods that set off an alarm system in your body, causing inflammation (or irritation) which can lead to coronary problems.
- All things white (sugar, white bread, flour, cake, pasta, milk, white rice)
- Alcohol
- Artificial sweeteners (Splenda, Equal)
- Red meat
- Processed foods
- Bacon
- Salami
- Potatoes (turn to glucose immediately – the body sees it in the same way as if you ingested one can of soda)
- Lunch meats or cold cuts
- Soft drinks
- Caffeine
- Margarine
- Non free-range eggs
- Cheese
- First-hand and second-hand smoking (Breathing in second-hand smoke increases your risk for heart attacks and strokes by 25-30%)
- Salt
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Inflammation
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Inflammation
Inflammation is running amok each day and everyday as we ingest foods designed for shelf life not human life; foods manufactured to reduce fat that comply with the ill-fated cholesterol theory based on faulty research lacking scientific fact.
Inflammation is neither complicated nor mysterious. It is your body's protective response to a germ, bacteria or foreign invader threatening your life. We cannot see the internal process but we see it externally in bruising, swelling and finally healing.
This army of warriors have scientific names such as macrophage, a type of white blood cell that assists the body's fight against bacteria and infection by engulfing and destroying invading organisms. Another is cytokines, a protein molecule secreted by cells in the immune system
They each play distinctive roles in the battle to keep infection from overwhelming your body. This process occurs naturally without your giving it a thought; a built in response that saves your life countless times throughout your years of living.
The problem is that the body detects processed foods, sugars and simple carbohydrates no differently than a germ, bacteria or foreign invader. The inflammation switch trips on, and the army rushes out to battle.
Inflammation in your heart is heart disease; in your eyes macular degeneration; in your cells obesity and in your brain Alzheimer's.
The good news is, you have the power to take control over inflammation right now.
Return to whole, real foods even a steak and an occasional dab of butter. Before you react with horror to the thought of real butter, look closely at any margarine label. Any food process that requires chemicals with ingredients you cannot name brings out the warriors to attack the foreign substance. Your body has no choice in how it responds.
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What Is Myositis
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Myositis Pain and Inflammation
Inflammatory myositis is among a group of autoimmune diseases characterized by skeletal muscle weakness, elevated serum creatine kinase, and abnormalities seen on electromyography. These disorders often require long-term immunosuppression, usually with corticosteroids and second-line agents such as methotrexate.
However, prolonged use of steroids has been linked to numerous adverse cardiovascular side effects as well as to osteoporosis, cataracts, and increased risk of infections.
Epidemiologic studies have identified a strong association between atherosclerosis and other systemic autoimmune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus, but the cardiovascular risk profile of patients with inflammatory myositis has not been previously studied.
The researchers initially set out to document the complications of corticosteroid and immunosuppressive treatment among patients with myositis. So Limaye and colleagues conducted a review of medical records and pathology reports from 344 patients who were enrolled in the South Australian myositis database between 1980 and 2009.
However, they found themselves
"surprised by an extremely high background prevalence of hypertension and diabetes mellitus in our cohort,"
the authors wrote.
The most commonly used immunosuppressive drugs were methotrexate, used in 83 patients, and azathioprine, given to 48 patients. Smaller numbers received hydroxychloroquine, cyclosporine, mycophenolate mofetil, and intravenous immunoglobulin.
The researchers first considered the presence or absence of comorbidities regardless of the timing of treatment in relation to a diagnosis of myositis.
In addition to the high prevalence of hypertension and diabetes, osteoporosis was also more prevalent in those with myositis compared with the overall Australian adult population (32% versus 3.4%).
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Cactus Juice Chronic Inflammation and Pain Relief
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Pain and Inflammation
The American Osteopathic Association's 2nd annual survey showed that 83% of people in Florida say they, or someone they care for, have experienced pain in the past month. Pain sufferers in Florida are not alone. More than 76 million Americans in the United States live with pain every day which affects more people than cancer, diabetes and heart disease combined.
There is no question that pain is a difficult condition to treat. Frequently, the treatment approach has to be customized according to the underlying cause, the patient's overall health and physical condition, and so forth. Thus, there is no one-size-fit-all approach when it comes to pain.
You can try the following:
1. Remember that pain is our body's "signal" to us that something is wrong. Getting a handle on the underlying problem can go a long way towards developing a plan to deal with both the underlying issue and the pain it is causing.
2. Topical analgesics, like BioFreeze and Sombra can help, but it can depend on the underlying condition. So lower back pain may respond better to a Salonpas Patch, but not to a Sombra roll on. It just depends.
3. Pain location is just as important. Back and neck pain may have very similar causes, but their treatment can be quite different. For example, neck support pillows can help with neck pain, while knee elevator or leg pillows can take the stress off the lower back. Pillows are also nice because they are, of course, drug free! Then there are issues, like sciatic pain, which baffle doctors and sufferers alike
4. Nopalea Cactus Juice has also proved effective in dealing with Chronic pain and inflammation.
These are but a few suggestions for helping you deal with chronic pain. There are many others, like massage, chiropractic care, and other approaches. Do your homework and develop an action plan, along with your doctor, to deal with your underlying condition and pain.
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Systematic Inflammation
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Systemic inflammation
What causes systemic inflammation?
Usually, food allergies or sensitivities we are unaware of. Often we are slightly sensitive to things like gluten, dairy, and eggs. Those are the most common, but you can be sensitive to anything. Also, taking lots of medication, or one medication for a long time, because toxins in the medication do, damage your tissues. Advil causes you to lose 1-2 oz of blood from your stomach lining every time you take 2. Now, don't get me wrong here I take Advil if pain is preventing me from functioning in the world. I work hard, though, to prevent that level of pain. I do this by ridding my diet of inflammatory substances, which for me are gluten and dairy that is not organic, raw and fermented, as well as making sure I have enough minerals and proper electrolyte balance in my body.
Inflammation occurs when the body repairs damaged tissues, which is normal. An example of this is high cholesterol and its relationship to heart disease. Cholesterol is a substance your liver produces. If you are eating it, in terms of animal protein, your body stop making it. Cholesterol is required for hormones…which are important. Cholesterol is not the enemy of your arteries. Inflammation damages the arteries, trying to repair things and making a mess, and Cholesterol comes and sets itself down (plaque) to make the artery walls more stable. Reduce inflammation, and you eliminate the need for cholesterol plaques, the body can heal itself (by reabsorbing the cholesterol), and you can be healthy and happy.
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Chronic Pain Relief
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Chronic Pain Relief
More than 116 million Americans suffer from chronic pain according to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. This results in hundreds of billions of dollars in health care costs in addition to lost wages. Although there are a number of remedies, more than half the people questioned say they have little to no control over their pain.
People who suffer from chronic pain due to fibromyalgia and arthritis and the like often cannot tolerate any over-the-counter or prescription pain relievers, so seek relief from alternative methods. You can do you best to prevent the pain from getting unmanageable by following a few simple practices.
- Prayer. Begin every day in prayer. The quiet, calming effect of meditative prayer is relaxing and encourages deep breathing.
- Warm bath or shower. Shower in the morning. The warm water helps relieve aches and pains and aids flexibility. After a day of strenuous physical activity take another one or soak in the tub.
- Moderate Exercise. Take a walk every day. This is beneficial on many levels. It gives you time to think away from the distractions of home and home office, you get exercise, when outside we absorb sunshine and fresh air, and can enjoy the scenery and people around us.
- Move Throughout the Day. You get stiff if you sit at a desk too long so so drink a lot of water which has the two-fold benefit of keeping you hydrated and forcing you to get up to go to the toilet.
- Balanced Diet. Eat a healthy range of fruits, vegetables, and proteins and feel best if you don't overeat, skip meals, or consume fatty foods.
- Friends and Family. Time with loving, supportive friends and family encourages optimism, laughter, and feeling loved. It also encourages thinking of others rather than myself.
- Soft Music. Listen to classical or other instrumental music which can be inspirational and relaxing whilst working.
- Avoid Stress. Stress is believed to aggravate all illnesses but avoiding it is a tremendous challenge in this fast-paced world. Try to limit unnecessary commitments and over-scheduling.
- Sleep. You body needs sleep and you will feel better after a good night sleep.
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Why is Chronic Inflammation a Problem
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Why is Chronic Inflammation a Problem?
The term inflammation is derived from the Latin 'inflammare’
which means 'to set on fire’! Inflammation can easily
be identified by redness, heat and swelling. Many
common conditions such as osteoarthritis, rheumatoid
arthritis, obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases
and autoimmune conditions are chronic inflammatory
conditions.
The exposure of cells and tissues to chronic
inflammation causes significant damage and if left
unresolved causes cellular impairment and loss of
functional tissue, not to mention the associated pain.
Many of us reach for a 'quick fix’ to relieve inflammation
such as the popular non-steroidal anti-inflammatory
medications.
These medications, particularly when
used long term have a wide range of adverse side
effects including stomach ulceration and perforation,
gastrointestinal haemorrhage and recently they have been
linked to an increased risk of stroke. The good news is that
we can manage systemic inflammation with healthy diet
and lifestyle choices and supplementation with correct
herbs and nutrients.
Herbal and Nutritional Medicines
- Bromelain is an enzyme extracted from pineapples that
reduces swelling and bruising. It also acts as an antiinflammatory
agent.
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Quercetin is recommended in cases of allergies,
inflammation, oxidative stress and cardiovascular complaints.
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Chinese Red Pine is a rich source of procyanidins, these
compounds exert powerful antioxidant effects. It may be
used in any condition where tissue integrity is compromised
such as cardiovascular or metabolic complaints.
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Ginger reduces inflammation and joint pain. Its
effect is comparable to anti-inflammatory drugs to
manage dysmenorrhoea pain. Ginger can be included in
your diet in addition to supplementation.
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Vitamin C is a powerful antioxidant and protects cells
from the damaging effects of oxidants and inflammation.
Vitamin C is also essential for optimal tissue repair by
aiding collagen formation.
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Omega 3 Fatty Acids EPA and DHA exert potent antiinflammatory
effects and need to be considered a core
component in the treatment of inflammatory conditions.
Oily fish such as Salmon, Mackerel, Anchovies and
Sardines are rich sources of omega 3’s and can be
included in the diet.
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What are Betalains
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What are Betalains
The name"betalain" is derived from the Latin name of the frequent beet (Beta vulgaris), from which Betalains were first gathered. The deep red colour of beets, bougainvillea, amaranth, and a lot of cacti results from the existence of betalain pigments.
There are 24 strains of Betalains known to science, each one having a different operation. Beets include up to 6 of the 24; Swiss chard contains 12 Betalains. Nopal fruit has the potential to contain up to all 24 Betalain types, particularly the Opuntia Ficus Indica Nopal fruit from the Sonora Desert, but amounts often vary (this is where the Nopal is harvested for Nopalea cactus juice and immediately sent to a processing facility not far from where the cactus is picked).
What makes Betalains so special is they happen to be uncommon and potent antioxidants found in tremendously elevated and concentrated amounts in the Nopal cactus fruit.
What these antioxidants do is target areas of swelling or inflammation in your body and make you healthy.
A number of research papers highlight that Betalain antioxidants can help the human cell detoxify and get rid of undesirable material as well as risky poisonous substances which help lessen inflammation.
Nopalea juice, Betalains and other anti-inflammatory ingredients work directly on the fluid surrounding your cells. There, they draw off the harmful substances and excess water to cut back swelling as well as rebalancing the cellular condition.
When you consume Nopalea Cactus juice, you take these Betalains directly into your bloodstream, where they tackle inflammation within your body at a cellular level.
Daily servings of Nopalea cactus juice delivers the Betalains that will certainly help decrease swelling and rescue cells under attack from rampant free radicals. Of even more importance is that Betalains act to cleanse dead cells, as well as assists in guarding them from becoming a target for illness as well as sickness.
Betalains will definitely help you thrive as they help your body manage inflammation as well as sustain the marvel of homeostasis.
Even more they are able to shield our body from assault, as well as help detox and build our cells.
The healthier we are at present, allows for us to fight the aging process more so than someone that has excessive free radical damage.
The Betalains in Nopalea assist in defending your body from toxicity and diminish the swelling that has the ability to lead to serious illnesses.
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Inflammation - Sarcoidosis
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Sarcoidosis
Sarcoidosis is a disease in which inflammation occurs in the lymph nodes, lungs, liver, eyes, skin, or other tissues. Symptoms: There may be no symptoms. When symptoms occur, they can involve almost any body part or organ.
Scientists do not know what causes sarcoidosis; it seems to be related to the malfunctioning of the immune system. The disease may possibly be triggered by an infection or exposure to a toxin in the environment, especially airborne toxins.
The lungs are the most commonly affected organs. Granulomas in the lung leave less space for the air exchange that needs to take place. This can cause the lungs to stiffen. Other commonly affected organs are the skin, eyes, liver and lymph nodes. In rare instances, the brain may be affected.
Sarcoidosis seems to cluster in certain ethnic groups and regions around the industrialized world. Some people may be more susceptible to sarcoidosis, especially women of childbearing age of African-American, Northern European, Scandinavian and Irish descent.
Symptoms vary and may include coughing, shortness of breath, rash (may or may not be raised), pain or irritation of eyes, night sweats, swollen lymph nodes, pain, swelling and stiffness in the joints. They can occur in different parts of the body, depending on where the granulomas form.
Most symptoms develop in the lungs, skin, eyes and liver. Multiple body systems may also be affected. Symptoms may come and go. This disease is often acute, but in some patients it is chronic, waxing and waning.
Diagnosis
The doctor will ask about your symptoms and medical history, and perform a physical exam. There is no specific lab test that confirms a diagnosis of sarcoidosis. Instead, the diagnosis is made by noting a group of symptoms and a number of medical tests that are usually positive in patients with this condition.
In some cases there may not be any symptoms. The disease may sometimes be suspected based on the appearance of a routine x-ray. A blood test may show increased calcium levels, which can occur with sarcoidosis and a urine test may show elevated levels of calcium in the urine.
Treatment aims to ease symptoms and minimize permanent problems. Treatment may include:
- Monitoring for symptoms and complications of sarcoidosis
- Medication – usually anti-inflammatory medications (both steroid and non-steroidal)
- Eye drops may be used for mild eye problems
- Pulmonary rehabilitation programs may help improve lung function
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Stress is a major trigger for autoimmune conditions, including sarcoidosis. As you remove toxic chemicals from your environment, give consideration to toxic levels of stress as well. Remember, the four common causes of all states of immune system imbalance are trauma (injury), toxins, deficiency and stress.
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Chronic Inflammation Tips
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Chronic Inflammation and food
Consider what people were eating in the 19th Century eat a time when chronic inflammation and chronic diseases were not rampant. Everything came from a farmer's field, nothing from a food chemist's laboratory. Nothing was homogenized, refined, or processed. There was no need for "nutrition labels" because food was not so altered and compromised it had to have labels.
Eat the wrong food and you give your genes instructions to make you fat. Eat the right food and you give your genes instructions to lose weight. Our ancestors ate lots of butter, eggs, raw milk, and grass-fed meats. Fat and cholesterol? If they lived on a farm, they ate a lot of it. They did not eat a lot of French fries, crackers, pasta, cookies, donuts, and other processed foods. The pantry bore almost no resemblance to the modern pantry full of food "products" in bags with a long shelf life. they did not have a microwave which alters proteins. And they got lots of sunshine – vitamin D is anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer.
A diet rich in vegetables, fruits, and omega-3 fatty acids tones down inflammation. One anti-inflammatory compound in food that has been studied extensively is curcumin, the yellow pigment in the curry spice turmeric. Greg Cole, professor of medicine and neurology at UCLA, has found that small doses reduce TNF-alpha and IL-1. Ginger and turmeric are also anti inflammatory spices. Cole considers curcumin a far safer Cox-2 inhibitor than, say, Vioxx. While drugs usually block a single target molecule and reduce its activity dramatically, he says, natural anti-inflammatories gently tweak a broader range of inflammatory compounds.
Antioxidants protect the body from the inflammatory effects of free radicals. If you snack on wild blueberries and goji berries, you are snacking on foods high in antioxidants. Vitamin C is a wonderful antioxidant. Some of the best foods for vitamin C: guava, bell peppers, oranges, grapefruit, strawberries, pineapple, kohlrabi, papayas, lemons, broccoli, kale, brussels sprouts, kidney beans, kiwi, cantaloupe, cauliflower, red cabbage, mangos, and mustard greens.
wheat free products - change to gluten free grains. Gluten grains are wheat, rye, and barley. Spelt has much less gluten than wheat, although it does still contain some gluten. Rice and tapioca have no gluten. If you do not have celiac disease or significant gluten sensitivity, try spelt bread and spelt spaghetti; a brand called "Pamelas" makes a good array of gluten-free flours.
Wheat grown today is extremely hybridised. It is higher in starch, and lower in protein and trace minerals. Wheat today is also high in glutamine, an amino acid that has an inflammatory effect on the body.
Change from inflammatory foods like sugar, refined carbs (pasta, chips, crackers, cookies), and store-bought milk. Commercial dairy cows are fed an unnatural diet of grain that produces excessive omega-6 fats. If you are allergic to dairy, as many are, that allergic reaction feeds chronic inflammation. Supermarket beef generally comes from cattle fed an unnatural diet of grain, meaning unwanted residues of hormones, steroids, antibiotics – and meat that is acid. Find out where you can buy grass fed meats. Break the habit of consuming acid foods like coffee and soda. Acidity is thought to be one of the major causes of chronic inflammation. Sodas contain phosphoric acid, a major contributor to the development of osteoporosis.
It is better if we cook our foods at lower temperatures. Cooking foods at high temperatures causes AGEs – advanced glycation end products. (Also called glycotoxins.) AGEs are naturally in our bodies, but we drastically add to them by eating foods cooked at high temperatures. AGEs are excreted by the kidneys, whose capacity may be easily exceeded. As the level of AGEs buildup, cells start to signal the production of inflammatory cytokines. In general, frying, roasting, broiling, and "blackened" BBQ result in the most AGEs.
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Betalains and Inflammation
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Betalains and inflammation
Betalains are a powerful, but rare class of antioxidants found in only a few plants on earth. There are 24 Betalains total, but only the prickly pear cactus is known to contain all 24 Betalains, which makes it very desirable for healing purposes. Current scientific studies centre around Betalains role in controlling inflammation and blood sugar levels in humans. Betalains have been found to work at the cellular level, keeping cells detoxified, strong and healthy, which prevents premature aging and chronic health ailments.
Over 200 studies have been conducted on the effectiveness of Betalains and the conclusions support Betalains ability to alleviate acute health issues, naturally. When cells become unhealthy, they can leak and become weak. Betalains attack a enzyme that keeps cells from functioning normally and eventually can correct pain points in the body that affect many peoples quality of life.
Inflammation can lead to many common ailments such as gout, fibromyalgia and Psoriasis. Although inflammation is your body`s natural defence mechanism against trauma, it can spin out of control and begin to have a detrimental effect on the body. In 2004, Time magazine featured the topic of inflammation as it`s cover story for the month in hoping to raise awareness of this silent killer for the general public. Across the board, inflammation has been responsible for many people remaining in excruciating pain for years without relief, reducing their quality of life drastically.
People are taking a more pro-active role in managing chronic inflammation by various means including medications, steroids and creams, etc. Many find that by eating a diet that includes anti-inflammatory foods that their health is improved, with a better state of balance and less inflammation in their bodies. Lifestyle choices like these can make all the difference.
Although inflammation has been the subject of research and treatments, the Nopal cactus is only now becoming known as a effective means of managing inflammation. The Betalains in the plant are regarded as a safe and effective treatment in quelling the fires of inflammation. Most people are finding that by incorporating Nopal cactus juice in their diets, that they have experienced dramatic changes in their health. Many report positive changes in LDL Cholesterol and blood sugar levels as well as reducing their risk of developing blood clots. Bromalain, found in pineapple, is another substance that should be included in an anti-inflammatory diet for effectively managing inflammation.
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Stress Causes Inflammation
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Inflammation and Stress
Many people know that stress can leave you feeling run down, but there is more to it than that and scientists think they can explain why.
A study has shown how long-term stress plays havoc with the immune system, raising the chances of catching a cold.
The same process could also explain the role of traumatic events in raising the odds of illnesses from heart disease to depression.
Feeling the pressure: The study showed that those living stressful lives were more likely to become ill.
The study was conducted in the USA where researchers questioned 176 men and women about difficult experiences they had been through in the past 12 months.
Drops of the common cold virus were then dripped into their nose and scientists checked if they caught the germ. Those who had been under stress were twice as likely to develop a cold.
Importantly, tests showed their immune systems had become less sensitive to cortisol, a stress hormone which dampens the immune system.
This allowed a part of the immune reaction called the inflammatory response to grow, leading to the symptoms of the cold, the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reports.
A second experiment confirmed that the inflammatory response feeds off stress.
Inflammation, which can show itself as redness, itchiness, swelling and pain, occurs when the immune system spots an infection and is a vital first step in fending off disease.
However, when it persists, it not only raises the risk of colds but many other illnesses.
Researcher Professor Sheldon Cohen, of Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania, said:
The immune system’s ability to regulate inflammation predicts who will develop a cold, but more importantly it provides an explanation of how stress can promote disease.
When under stress, cells of the immune system are unable to respond to hormonal control, and consequently, produce levels of inflammation that promote disease.
Because inflammation plays a role in many diseases such as cardiovascular, asthma and autoimmune disorders, this model suggests why stress impacts them as well.
Knowing this is important for identifying which diseases may be influenced by stress and for preventing disease in chronically stressed people.
There are also many other ways that stress can make us ill.
For instance, researchers at the London School of Economics have warned that a growing reliance on fat and salt-laden fast food and time-saving technology, coupled with long working hours, is sending blood pressure soaring.
One third of British adults already suffer from the condition which doubles the risk of dying from heart attack or stroke.
Research has also linked stress, anxiety and low self-esteem in pregnant women with an increased risk of stillbirth and with stunting a child's intelligence.
Children from stressed pregnancies are also more likely to be hyperactive, have emotional problems and not do as they are told as well as suffering from stress themselves.
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Two Types of Inflammation
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Chronic Inflammation and pain relief
Whenever your body is subject to threatening elements or events, it may counter these attacks with one of its automatic defence mechanisms – inflammation. This is normal.
The threats that could trigger the body's inflammatory response could be:-
- little things, such as an injury like a pulled muscle or a broken bone.
- bacterial intrusion.
- Stressful feelings and events can also trigger inflammation to flare up in any number of your body's tissues.
- nutritionally deficient diets can lead to inflammatory flare-ups.
- one of the biggest causes of inflammation is the environment in which we live, which relentlessly exposes your body to an overwhelming flood of micro-sized dangers, such as toxins, pollutants, bacteria, viruses and chemicals from … the air you breathe … the water you drink … the foods you eat … and even the things you touch.
Whilst normal inflammation is good for you and part of healing sometimes it develops into chronic inflammation which is bad.
it's highly likely that right now, as you read this, your body has many sites that are inflamed. This isn't the problem, though. The problem is all of sites in your body where, for a variety of reasons, your inflammation isn't being turned off. Instead, the inflammation just keeps going and going. This is chronic inflammation.
There are several factors that can keep your body from turning off its inflammation response, but three factors are especially prevalent:
- Chronic Stress – it keeps your body constantly “revved up,” wasting nutrient stores and impairing its ability to stop inflammation from becoming chronic
- Chronic Nutritional Deficiencies – without the right nutrition, on a daily basis, your body may not have the right resources to put a halt to ongoing inflammation
- Chronic Toxin Overload – in today's world, your body is constantly fighting off toxins, pollutants and contaminants from so many sources that it simply can be too overwhelmed to stop the never ending, triggered inflammation
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Sleep and Your Heart
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Sleep and your Heart
When it comes to what's best for their hearts, people walk a fine line between getting too much and too little sleep, a new study suggests.
Adults who get fewer than six hours or more than eight hours of sleep a night are at greater risk for a variety of heart conditions, according to research led by Dr. Rohit Arora, chairman of cardiology at the Chicago Medical School.
Sleeping too little puts people at significantly higher risk of stroke, heart attack and congestive heart failure, the researchers found. On the other hand, people who sleep too much have a higher prevalence of chest pain (angina) and coronary artery disease, a narrowing of the blood vessels that supply the heart with blood and oxygen.
The findings were presented recently at the American College of Cardiology annual meeting in Chicago .
The researchers analysed data from more than 3,000 patients over age 45 who participated in the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, making theirs the first nationally representative sample to show the association between sleep duration and heart health.
The study showed that people who got too little sleep were twice as likely to have a stroke or heart attack and 1.6 times more likely to have congestive heart failure. People who slept more than eight hours a night were twice as likely to have angina and 1.1 times more likely to have coronary artery disease.
Previous studies have shown that insufficient sleep is linked to a hyperactive nervous system, glucose intolerance, diabetes, inflammation and a rise in stress hormones, blood pressure and resting heart rate, the researchers noted.
The reasons too much sleep can lead to heart problems are unclear, however, and further research will be needed.
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What Is Pain
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How do you feel pain
When you cut yourself, the pain stimulates specific pain receptors, and this stimulus is transferred via specialised nerves to the spinal cord and the brain. The pain stimulus is processed in the brain, which then sends an impulse down the spinal cord, via nerves which command the body to react. An example of this would be if you withdraw your hand from a very hot object.
Pain receptors are present everywhere in the body, especially the skin, surfaces of the joints, the lining around the bone, walls of the arteries, and certain structures in the skull. The brain itself does not have any pain receptors at all. Extreme pressure, heat or cold, or substances released upon trauma or inflammation, can all stimulate pain receptors.
Fast pain or Slow Pain
A pain stimulus – if you cut yourself – consists of two sensations. The first one is the so-called fast pain sensation, and is experienced as sharp. After a few seconds, this goes over into the sensation of slow pain, which is more a dull and burning pain and can last for days, weeks, or even months.
Fast pain makes the body withdraw immediately from the pain stimulus, in order to avoid further damage. Even strong painkillers may not overcome this pain. This is why you need a local or general anaesthetic during surgery.
The response of the body to slow pain is to hold the affected body part immobile, so that healing can take place. The impulse from slow pain is distributed to many areas in the brain, leading to a whole range of symptoms such as suffering, difficulty in sleeping, because the pain stimulates the wake centre and a depressed mood.
When a surgeon cuts a bowel, this is not painful at all. But for the surgeon to get to the bowel, he has to cut through skin, and that is why you need anaesthetic. However, massive injury to an internal organ like the gall bladder, the uterus or heart can be severely painful. This pain often radiates or is referred to other parts of the body. Opioids prescribed by a doctor are very effective in treating this type of pain, while local anaesthetics also easily take this type of pain away.
What can the body do to temper the pain sensation?
Your body reacts to pain in three ways:
- When you get hurt, you instinctively rub the painful area, which partly relieves the pain. Rubbing or pressing stimulates certain other nerve fibres, whose input in the spinal cord get preference to the input from the pain nerve fibres. So rubbing or pressing can actually block the pain sensation.
- When a pain stimulus reaches the brain, the brain puts a brake on the pain impulse as it enters the spinal cord.
- In the pain-processing parts of the brain there is a system of natural opioids as endorphins, which are released when a pain impulse reaches the brain. They block transmission and perception of pain. Exercise increases the levels of endorphins.
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Measuring Inflammation
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Measuring inflammation
One of the best inflammation indicators we have is a protein in the blood that acts as a proxy for inflammation, called C-reactive protein (or CRP). Levels of CRP rise and fall in response to inflammation, so knowing your CRP measurement tells you a lot about what’s going on in your body. The American Heart Association and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have designated a CRP concentration of below 1.0 mg/L as low risk for heart problems; between 1.0 to 3.0 mg/L as average risk for heart problems; above 3.0 mg/L as high risk for heart problems. Very high levels of CRP (more than 10 mg/L) can also indicate an impaired immune response or inflammatory disease.
Since CRP is a protein found in your blood, the only way you can get information about your levels is to have a blood sample analysed through a service like InsideTracker. CRP is measured in the Performance Panel, along with testosterone, white blood cell count, potassium, sodium, zinc and chromium (in addition to the thirteen other biomarkers).
Inflammation and athletes
Athletes should be particularly concerned with monitoring their levels of CRP since performance is so closely tied to their cardiovascular fitness. Good news for athletes: consistent and moderate aerobic exercise is one of the best ways to lower inflammation. Regular exercise has actually been shown to reduce inflammation by 20-60% and to reduce white blood cell count (another marker for inflammation) during and after exercise. That’s why athletes, especially swimmers, have some of the lowest levels of CRP around.
Interestingly enough, inconsistent exercise can actually have the opposite effect on inflammation. For all you weekend warriors out there, keep in mind that engaging in intense, but inconsistent exercise can increase your white blood cell levels, increase inflammation and weaken your immune system. Research has shown that prolonged strenuous exercise (i.e. running a marathon) can actually triple white blood cell levels! And athletes who over-train or over-exert themselves during competitions can weaken their immune systems, making it more difficult to recover properly.
Controlling CRP through diet
What you eat also has an effect on inflammation. To keep your levels in check, avoid eating foods that are high in fat, calories, sugar, and salt (such as fast foods). Aim for foods that are high in antioxidants like vitamins C and E, fiber, calcium, fish oils, mono-unsaturated fats, and low on the glycemic index. Specific foods that have been shown to have an effect on lowering inflammation include garlic, grapes, herbs and spices, soy protein, nuts, olive oil, black and green teas, and vinegar. (Many of these foods are consistent with following a Mediterranean Diet, a good way to keep your CRP levels in the healthy range.) Aim to eat at least six servings of fruits and vegetables per day, which will benefit much more than your CRP levels. Discover new types of fruits and vegetables to work into your daily repertoire using InsideTracker’s Food Menu tool.
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Chronic Inflammation Tips
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Inflammation and Rosacea
Rosacea is a chronic disorder causing "flare-ups" of inflammation to the skin. Nearly 16 million people suffer from Rosacea, primarily those of Scandinavian, Irish, or British decent. Commonly described as "blushing" or "a flushed look to the skin", Rosacea's most common physical characteristics are redness on the cheeks, nose, chin and/or forehead, visible blood vessels, and sometimes little bumps. Around 40% of people who have Rosacea also have relatives with it, so it is considered hereditary. Other symptoms include burning, stinging, or swelling to the skin, eye irritation, and skin that is extremely dry.
Proven statistics of Rosacea have to do with an inflammatory response to common skin bacteria or harmless skin mites called Demodex (these live on everyone's skin, disgusting I know). Sun exposure, emotional stress, extreme weather (hot/cold), wind, humidity, vigorous exercise, alcohol, and spicy foods are all known triggers when it comes to Rosacea flare-ups. Certain skincare products and cosmetics can also cause them. Rosacea prone skin is easily irritated so, like Psoriasis or Eczema, it's best to stick with products free of fragrance and dyes. Witch Hazel, alcohol, Peppermint, Eucalyptus, Clove, Salicylic Acid, harsh scrubs, and chemical SPFs may also be trigger causing factors so always be aware of the ingredients in what you're using.
There is no cure for Rosacea, but there are affective treatments available. Medications, both oral and topical, have been proven to reduce inflammation and kill bacteria. Laser treatments that remove visible blood vessels have also become quite popular in recent years.
The most import thing is to have the proper skin care regimen. You want to use very gentle products made for your skin type. If a product doesn't say it's specifically for Rosacea, words like sensitive, stressed, or calming on the label means it will help. Also, look for ingredients such as Arnica, Chamomile, and Lavender.
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Inflammation and Weight Loss
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Inflammation and Weight Loss
If you think it's no big deal when your hands swell or your rings don't fit a couple of hours after you eat think again! That bloated feeling probably means you ate something that gave you inflammation. Don't just pass it off as thinking you ate too much. If you want to feel better, you need to figure out what it is that made you feel that way so you'll know what to avoid.
Inflammation can have a serious impact on your health. Chronic inflammation can speed up the aging process, because it floods the tissues with free radicals and promotes the destruction of normal cells.
So what can you do to prevent inflammation? The first thing you need to do is go to the bathroom. After you weigh yourself, try eating something different that might be a problem for you but only one thing. When you get on the scale the next day, you'll know you have inflammation if your weight jumped up. And since you only added one new food, you'll also know which food caused the inflammation.
You may be surprised at some of the foods that most people think are healthy but are actually reactive for a lot of people. Greek yogurt is a great example. Greek yogurt is 85 percent reactive, which means most people shouldn't eat it. Some other highly reactive foods include cottage cheese, asparagus, tomatoes and turkey.
On the other side, there are foods that can help reduce inflammation, like lemon juice in water or on salad to help cleanse the liver. It's also important to drink plenty of water.
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Inflammation
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Eczema and Psoriasis
Eczema and Psoriasis have a lot of similar characteristics. Both are described as skin inflammation "flare ups" caused by allergic reactions, emotional stress, or trauma to the skin. Both are hereditary. However the way they look and where the flare ups occur is where these two skin conditions differ. Now I will go a little more into each condition and possible treatments.
Eczema is caused by a defect in the skin's barrier function, possibly combined with an abnormal function of the immune system. Flare ups can be triggered from soaps, cosmetics, synthetic clothing, detergents, jewellery or sweat. Atopic Dermatitis is another word for Eczema.
Physical characteristics include dry, reddened skin that itches and/or burns, scaly, thick or crusty patches of skin, and sometimes blisters occurring on the hands, feet, inner arms, and the backs of the knees.
Psoriasis is the result of rapid proliferation of skin cells that is triggered by abnormal lymphocytes from the blood. The result produces dry, thickened skin. Weakened immune systems can play a factor in a Psoriasis flare up, as well as emotional stress, infections, reactions to a particular drug, or skin trauma.
Physical characteristics can go from mild (faint, dry patches) to severe (thick red scales). It can also look like small, flattened bumps and mostly occurs on the hands, feet, elbows, and knees.
Neither Psoriasis or Eczema have a cure, but there are ways to treat symptoms. Both can be helped with ointments such as hydrocortisone or steroid creams as well as topical medications prescribed by a physician. Hydrating with oil based body moisturizers on a regular basis will help either condition . People who suffer from Eczema can benefit from a humidifier. Natural ingredients to look for that are known to help ease the symptoms of Eczema are Aloe Vera, Turmeric, Manuka Honey, Apple Cider Vinegar, Coconut Oil, colloidal Oatmeal, Chamomile, Witch Hazel, and Rosemary. Omega 3 & 6 Oils, Flaxseed Oil, cactus juice,Graperoot Extract, and Milk Thistle can all help Psoriasis. Bath salts and tanning beds can also help.
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Hay Fever Inflammation
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Hay Fever
Spring in the Northern Hemisphere is when nature wakes up and trees start bursting into bursting with buds with singing birds and splashes of colour from spring flowers. The world is waking up and everything is great……
Unless you are one of the 10 million hay fever sufferers in the UK.
Hay fever is an allergy to pollen; which is produced in various forms from early spring till early summer. It causes inflammation and irritation to nasal airways and mucosal membranes. Symptoms include itchy eyes, sneezing, sore throats, congested sinus and a general feeling of being unwell. It can also irritate other conditions such as eczema and asthma.
So what can you do about it?
There is no cure but there is evidence to say it usually reduces in severity, as you get older.
There are many ways you can help relieve the symptoms, some orthodox, some slightly less. Each person needs to find what works for them.
Talking to you pharmacist if you suffer badly is the first step. They may give you antihistamines to help relieve the symptoms. If you suffer very badly you may need to see you doctor and consider steroid injections.
For a more natural approach there are several simple things you can try:
- Honey – local. It needs to be eaten for at least one month before you usually get your symptoms. The theory is that as it is made from local pollen you gradually accumulate some immunity. And it tastes good. 1-2 teaspoons a day.
- Wear glasses/sunglasses. Sounds simple but it will keep the pollen out of your eyes, reducing the irritation. It will also stop you being able to rub them easily – which makes it worse.
- A thin layer of Vaseline inside your nose. The pollen will stick to the Vaseline preventing it getting in to your system, reducing the reaction you have.
- Breathe through your nose, not your mouth. Your nose is especially designed to filter as much out of the air before it goes into your body. This reduces the pollen getting into your body naturally. If you breathe through your mouth the pollen will go into your throat and cause a reaction.
- Shower/change your clothes when you get in. The pollen sticks to everything. When you get in change your clothes and have a quick shower. This will reduce your exposure. Reducing your symptoms.
- Don’t dry your clothes outside – the pollen will attach to them.
- Avoid areas where the pollen count will be high – parks, etc.
- Exercising outside? – Do it first thing in the morning. The pollen count is lower then as is the pollution level.
- Diet – ginger is known as a decongestant and may help if your sinuses are bunged up, cumin is known as an anti-inflammatory.
- Water intake – if you don’t drink enough water your mucus remains thick and is harder to get rid of. Also helps flush toxins out.
- Cucumber over the eyes – thin slices help cool itchy eyes. And it is relaxing.
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Understanding Pain
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Pain and Inflammation Relief
Did you know that pain is really a trick played on us by our mind to get us to do something. Let's examine the anatomy of pain to see if we can learn to listen to its message.
Pain fibers
Nerves do many wonderful things, such as empowering our stomach to digest our food, empowering our heart to pump our blood and empowering our eyes to read this page. These are called efferent nerves. Efferent nerves carry signals from your brain to your body.
Nerves that carry signals from your body to your brain are called afferent nerves. Different receptors in afferent nerves help us distinguish hot and cold, a light touch from heavy pressure, and the many faces of pain signals: sharp, dull, throbbing, fixed, migrating, piercing, etc. Even numbness or pins-and-needles sensations are really pain sensations because of their afferent nerve signals.
Pain nerves are covered in a protective sheath called myelin. The myelin sheath may become damaged from injury, toxicity, and certain deficiencies such as Vitamin B-12 and folate. When this occurs, we will feel pain sensations when no injury really exists.This is where the trickery begins.
Interpreting the signals
A pain signal is designed to get you to alert you and help avoid serious injury. If you put your hand on a hot stove, pain signals get you to quickly remove or withdraw your hand before more serious injury occurs. The same with cold, sharp, dull, etc. Pain is very motivating!
Afferent nerves don't really feel pain. You don't really feel pain. Your nerves merely carry a signal from your body to your brain. Your brain, in turn, interprets this signal according to the type of nerve that conveys the message.
When you touch something hot, your brain interprets heat; you don't really feel heat.
When you touch something cold, your brain interprets cold; you don't really feel the cold.
When you experience pain you are not really feeling pain; your brain is interpreting a signal as pain. That becomes very important as we discuss the remedies for chronic pain.
Remedies for pain
Pain is the way your body signals that there is something wrong requiring immediate attention – withdraw from the pain! Switches – like light switches that turn on a light – turn on the pain signal when danger exists and turn it off when danger has passed. So, the first remedy for chronic pain is to withdraw from whatever is causing the pain.
With chronic pain, sometimes the switch gets turned on and never gets turned off! These switches, often called pain gates, are ruled by nutrients such as Vitamin D. Also, in chronic nerve pain, a signal is sent from a damaged area or lesion in the myelin sheath. The myelin sheath is ruled by nutrients such as Vitamin B-12 and folate as well as essential fatty acids.
Chronic muscle pain occurs when muscles try to restore balance to an unbalanced muscle region. The imbalance may be caused by injury, stress, a sedentary lifestyle or poor posture (really, poor posture and sedentary living are types of muscle injury). Muscle balance is ruled by magnesium and, to a smaller extent, by potassium and calcium.
The effect of inflammation
Just as chronic nerve pain can become caught in a loop or cycle, inflammation may become chronic even after the cause of the inflammation is removed. The chemicals of inflammation injure your afferent nerves and your brain interprets this injury as chronic pain. Pain and inflammation go hand in hand.
To break the cycle of chronic pain we must:
- Remove the cause: trauma/injury, toxins, etc.
- Restore nutrient balance
- Break the cycle of inflammation
In this way we can learn to listen to the message of pain and achieve the balance of pain-free living!
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Back Pain Relief
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Back Pain
Back pain is one of the most common health conditions in the UK – it is estimated that eight million people in the UK currently suffer with chronic back pain. It can be further exacerbated by sitting down for prolonged periods of time, so working behind a desk or computer all day can become problematic. Often, this also leads to poor posture. In addition to back pain, sedentary lifestyles can increase the risk of developing health problems such as diabetes and obesity.
Here are some suggestions to reduce back pain
- Stretching in you chair
Basic stretching exercises will help relieve tension in the back and increase energy levels. More strenuous exercises probably aren’t possible whilst at work, but there are simple stretches that may help to combat back pain.
- Watch your posture
It is vital to monitor your posture when you spend long periods of the day sitting down, particularly if you suffer from back pain. When seated always keep your back straight and your shoulders back. If you use a computer then the top of the computer monitor should be level with your eyes. Ideally, feet should be kept flat on the floor. You may need to monitor your posture closely at first if you catch yourself slouching, but soon adopting a good posture will become automatic.
- Move around
If your work requires you to sit at a desk for the duration of the working day make regular attempts to get up and move around. Try to break your eyes away from the computer screen every thirty minutes and focus on something else in the room for at least thirty seconds. This will reduce eye strain and headaches. Also, walk to converse with colleagues rather than email or phone – although I appreciate this is not always possible when you have a busy diary to keep on top of. If you’re really motivated you could try and join a gym near your office. Pop in before or after work, or on your lunch break.
- Changes to your diet
Avoid the vending machines! Chocolates and fizzy drinks provide short bursts of energy that result in a crash soon after eating. Your muscles need a constant supply of energy to function properly so eat foods that offer sustained energy such as complex carbohydrates, whole grains, and pasta. Also try to consume plenty of antioxidant fruits and vegetables and bring your own healthy snacks along to work.
- Drink plenty of water
Dehydration is a leading cause of tiredness and fatigue, and has also been associated with back pain. Try to drink at least 7 to 8 glasses of fresh water per day. Avoid fizzy and sugary drinks as these will result in an energy ‘crash’ soon after drinking, increasing tiredness, fatigue, and back pain.
- Hot and cold therapy
Play around and see which works best for your back pain. Cold therapy is particularly useful in helping reduce inflammation and swelling, whilst heat therapy reduces cramping and muscle spasms. It is easy to keep a hot water bottle on hand if back pain becomes severe whilst at your desk.
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Heart Pain and Inflammation
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Heart Inflammation
Cholesterol has long been seen as the key cause of cardiovascular disease, but 50% of all heart attacks occur in people with normal cholesterol levels, which suggests that other factors are at work.
Researchers at Bostons Bringham and Womens Hospital have identified Cholesterol partner as inflammation.
Inflammation is simply part of your bodies natural defence to foreign invaders such as as bacteria, toxins or virus, However if we chronically expose the body to injury by toxins or foods that the human body was never designed to process, the result is chronic inflammation. chronic inflammation damage can strike all parts of the body including the heart.
In order to keep your heart healthy it is suggested that your diet should include plants that can reduce cellular inflammation, such as healthy herbs and spices like turmeric, ginger, coriander and Garlic. also include vegetables that help break down unwanted fat inside the body, like green onions, leeks and radishes, plus drink a daily does of Nopalea.
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Chronic Inflammation Tips
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Antioxidant
The term "antioxidant" has become popular in a multitude of products from acai to dark chocolate, but the most important antioxidant is the one made by your body: glutathione. Sufficient glutathione is vital for good health.
Glutathione is a molecule that protects the body in many ways. It shields cells from damage caused by oxidation and inflammation, it aids in detoxification, and it helps the immune system function at its best.
When glutathione production drops, you are more vulnerable to:
- autoimmune disease
- chemical sensitivities
- heavy metal sensitivities
- inflammatory disorders
- intestinal permeability (leaky gut)
- other immune issues
Chronic stress depletes glutathione
When we are healthy, our bodies make enough glutathione to protect us. However, chronic stress, whether it is from toxins, poor diet, sleep deprivation, smoking, excess sugar, or other stressors, eventually exhausts glutathione levels. Glutathione levels also decrease gradually as a result of aging.
To raise glutathione levels inside the cells, where it can protect the cells' energy-producing factories called "mitochondria", you must enhance your body's ability to recycle glutathione. Recycling glutathione means taking glutathione that has already been used to protect the cells, and rebuilding it so it's ready for action again.
Studies show a correlation between the inability to recycle glutathione and increased autoimmune disease. Glutathione recycling helps balance the immune system, protect body tissue from damage caused by inflammation, and also helps repair damage. Good glutathione recycling is an important tool in managing autoimmune disease.
Glutathione recycling also helps protect and repair the gut. It's common for people with autoimmune disease and inflammatory disorders to have leaky gut, which exacerbates their immune condition. Poor glutathione recycling weakens gut integrity, making a person more prone to multiple food sensitivities and chronic gut issues. Good glutathione recycling is a vital part of restoring and protecting gut health.
One of the most important steps to enhance glutathione recycling is to remove stressors depleting glutathione levels. These may include lack of sleep, smoking, food intolerance, diets high in sugars and processed foods, excess alcohol intake, and metabolic imbalances, such as with the hormones or immune system.
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Inflamation - Changing Your Diet
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Psoriasis is linked to systemic inflammation. Inflammation is your body’s response to stress from diet, lifestyle and/or environment. It causes many diseases like arthritis and cancer, as well as psoriasis and general aging.
Common treatment of psoriasis includes anti-inflammatory drugs like aspirin and ibuprofen, but these just temporarily ease the symptoms.
We know that our diet is super important to the health of our skin – we are what we eat!
While the affect of certain foods on psoriasis, eczema and acne are well-known; like fried, salty and fatty foods, there are a few foods that are less obvious, but could still be having a big impact on whether you skin is flaring up, or staying calm.
If you struggle with acne, you might want to keep an eye out of the following items in your diet:
Meat fat, mince, sausages, chips, mayonnaise, peanut butter, cheese, cheesecake, chocolate, nougat, fudge, cream, ice cream, protein bars and shakes.
The foods you eat determine the quality of the natural oils your body produces. The fattier the foods you eat, the thicker and sludgier your natural oils become. So, when your skin produces the oil, it’s more likely to cause congested pores.If you have psoriasis or eczema, you need to watch out for inflammatory foods, like:
Oranges, orange juice, strawberries, chocolate, chili, hot spices, curries, wasabi, alcohol and coffee.
Different things will always have different affects on different people. Try to pay attention to what you’re eating to make sure you’re making the right choices for your skin.
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Dealing with Inflammation
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Dealing with inflammation
Well let us talk about how your immune system responds to any injury in your body and that is with inflammation. So when cholesterol assaults your artery walls – you guessed it – the immune system responds with inflammation. Now if your choice is to eat carbohydrates that happen to be rich in soluble fiber into your body, then you just may head off the inflammation process by having cleared out some of that cholesterol
Inflammation can be cooled by filling up with two types of fiber, the soluble and the insoluble.
According to a study at the University of Massachusetts Medical School which has been following a group of more than 500 people for a little over a year. They have been measuring this groups blood levels of CRP.
The 500 people have been asked to detail their diets – especially paying attention to their fiber intake. The people who have eaten the most fiber – more than 20 grams a day – have exhibited 63% less inflammation than the people who ate a low fiber diet.
The 20 grams of fiber per day is the minimum recommended healthy amount by most of the experts.
So why should you want to lower your cholesterol you may ask, although. I hope you are aware that there is little question that persistently high blood sugar increases the threat of your heart attacks. Once again we can blame the free radicals – these compounds oxidize cholesterol particles, making them more dangerous to your arteries. Now how do
Eating a diet that contains at least 20 grams of fiber will clean or clear your arteries . That does not seem to be a difficult task. You also may lose some weight which will also be good for you.
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Inflammation and depression
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Our brains interact with every function of our bodies, which is why it is often difficult to isolate particular relationships. Recently, however, some researchers and physicians are noticing a relationship between one of our bodies' defence mechanisms and depression.
According to several studies, hormones released by the immune system and markers related to inflammation "were positively correlated with depression." Robert Hedaya, DFAPA
www.wholepsych.com. Simply put, the more depression we experience, the more inflammation will accompany it.
Most of us with depression are well aware that aches and pains accompany our brain illness, and so will easily see the link between inflammation and depression, but but we may not be aware that depression often co-exists (or is “co-morbid”) with many other inflammation/immune disorders such as heart disease, diabetes, Chrone's disease, autoimmune diseases, cancers, HIV, and Multiple Sclerosis.
A proposal published online in the journal Molecular Psychiatry even suggests that depression is a by-product of an evolutionary development intended to fight off infection, since inflammation is like an over-reaction by the immune system. Even when people with depression aren't fighting an infection, their levels of inflammation are higher than normal.
Since stress can activate the immune system, it makes sense that depression is linked to the immune system response called inflammation. Some research actually suggests that by decreasing inflammation, depression can be reduced.
This evidence that depression and the immune system may be linked could lead to new approaches in the fight against depression.
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What Is Chronic Inflammation
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Inflammation is a complex biological response by tissues in response to something that is perceived to be harmful, such as bacteria or viruses, irritants, injury, or disease. Inflammation can manifest itself in many ways, such as the runny nose associated with allergies and hay fever. In this case, the body is generating excess fluids in an attempt to flush the irritant out of our noses. Another mild example is the reaction seen after receiving a small cut on a finger. The redness seen around the cut is due largely to the body's immune system fighting a potential infection while at the same time encouraging a scab to form.
More serious diseases that have inflammation as a key component include arthritis, atherosclerosis, and even certain forms of cancer.
Inflammation can be divided into two broad types. Acute inflammation is the initial, rapid response to a harmful stimulation, such as a splinter. Various cells rapidly arrive on the scene to isolate the problem area, remove pathogens and harmful substances, and to stimulate scar formation and healing. Acute inflammation rarely lasts more than a few days.
Chronic inflammation is essentially a persistent acute inflammation. Chronic inflammation is present when an area of the body is constantly being exposed to a harmful stimulation. In this case, the harmful stimulation could be a persistent foreign body, or even a normal part of the body that our bodies are mistakenly recognizing as foreign.
It is this latter category of chronic inflammation that most interests us. In other words, there are a number of "autoimmune" diseases in which the immune system believes a normal part of our body is actually foreign. The body is responding to a body part as if it were infected or somehow foreign. Examples of autoimmune disorders include the many forms of arthritis, such as rheumatoid arthritis. Other chronic inflammatory conditions include various gastric diseases, such as celiac disease and inflammatory bowel disease. Diseases of the brain, such as Alzheimer's Disease, have a strong chronic inflammation component, as do heart diseases like atherosclerosis, lung diseases, such as asthma, and many others.
In summary, inflammation is a normal bodily response to a foreign stimulus. However, a "foreign"stimulus can actually be a normal part of the body that is either damaged, or which for some reason is being recognized by the immune system as foreign. It's really a question of balance, and keeping the immune system active enough to respond to a problem, while simultaneously keeping it in check so that it does not overreact.
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Cactus Juice Chronic Inflammation and Pain Relief
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Inflammation is your immune system response to any injury in your body. So when cholesterol assaults your artery walls – you guessed it – the immune system responds with inflammation. Now if your choice is to ingest carbohydrates that happen to be rich in soluble fiber into your body – then you just may head off the inflammation process by having cleared out some of that cholesterol
The University of Massachusetts Medical School has been following a group of more than 500 people for a little over a year. They have been measuring this groups’ blood levels of CRP. This is the marker of inflammation I talk about.
The 500 people have been asked to detail their diets – especially paying attention to their fiber intake. The people who have eaten the most fiber – more than 20 grams a day – have exhibited 63% less inflammation than the people who ate a low fiber diet. So I say
Now know this – the 20 grams of fiber per day is the minimum recommended healthy amount by most of the experts. If I qualify as an expert and I believe I do – that is also my recommendation – after all I am a wellness coach and mentor for many of you – I wish to make you healthy if I can!
So why should you want to lower your cholesterol you may ask, although. I hope you are aware that there is little question that persistently high blood sugar increases the threat of your heart attacks. Once again we can blame the free radicals – these compounds oxidize cholesterol particles – making them more dangerous to your arteries.
Now how do we clean or clear our arteries – you got it – by eating a diet that contains at least 20 grams of fiber. That does not seem (at least to me) difficult for you to do. You also may lose some weight and that may also be good for you. Going forward I will focus on health issues and healthy living. And as always you must live well to be well. to your wellness-
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Back Pain Relief
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Some clinicians believe the answer to back lies in your muscles. Muscles are thought to be the cause of low back pain and other common pain problems.
Pain that originates from the muscles and connective tissue is often referred to as myofascial pain; similarly, Myofascial Pain Syndrome is frequently the diagnosis used to describe the problem. Further, trigger point pain is often considered to be the same as myofascial pain, so it helps to fully understand how trigger points affect muscles and connective tissue, like tendons and ligaments. Trigger points are small nodules, or knots, in the muscle that when pressed produce pain locally and often at a distant area. For example, if you are experiencing pain in your trapezius muscle (a large muscle that supports the upper arm) you may experience trigger point pain that radiates to the upper arm. Trigger point pain may even lead you to believe that the pain you are feeling originates in the upper arm, rather than the trapezius! Doctors inject trigger points, often with varying results.
When trigger point injections are given in hopes of relieving muscle pain, there are several inconsistencies:
- Doctors choose from several different drugs, including lidocaine, steroids, botox, or sometimes nothing (known as dry needling.)
- Needle length varies from very short (5/8 in) to long (3 ½ in.)
- The injection site may be just the painful nodule in the muscle or the entire muscle, including the areas where the muscle attaches to bone or fascia.
- After injections, patients generally receive some type of recommendation for exercise.
Since muscle injections can vary greatly depending on the clinician giving them, there is currently a variety of research that seems to be unable to determine if muscle injections are a valid approach to the treatment of chronic low back or neck and shoulder pain.
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Inflammation a hidden cause of Heart Disease
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I came across an article recently written by well-know cardiologist,who stated that cholesterol is not the enemy but inflammation caused by numerous substances is the real death sentence. This same doctor has performed over 5000 heart surgeries and has been named as one of the top doctors in the country for many years.
The link between cholesterol and heart disease was established by the "Framingham study" in 1961 and the war on cholesterol began. At this time, the big drug companies and lobbyists saw the writing on the wall and the money that could be made. Soon after, the low-fat theory was born and the Food Pyramid came into play promoting manufactured, low-fat foods filled with sugar, processed starches and unhealthy oils.
These recommendations are no longer scientifically or morally defensible. The discovery a few years ago that inflammation in the artery wall is the real cause of heart disease is slowly leading to a paradigm shift in how heart disease and other chronic ailments will be treated. The established dietary recommendations from the 60's have created epidemics of obesity and diabetes, the consequences of which are not only affecting older adults but to the kids of the future.
Despite the fact that 25% of the population takes expensive statin medications and despite the fact we have reduced the fat content of our diets, more Americans will die this year of heart disease than ever before. The numbers don't lie. Statistics from the American Heart Association show that 75 million Americans currently suffer from heart disease, 20 million have diabetes and 57 million have pre-diabetes.
Simply stated, without inflammation being present in the body, there is no way that cholesterol would accumulate in the wall of the blood vessel and cause heart disease and strokes. Without inflammation, cholesterol would move freely throughout the body as nature intended. It is inflammation that causes cholesterol to become trapped. Inflammation is not complicated — it is quite simply your body's natural defence to a foreign invader such as a bacteria, toxin or virus. The cycle of inflammation is perfect in how it protects your body from these bacterial and viral invaders. However, if we chronically expose the body to injury by toxins or foods the human body was never designed to process, a condition occurs called chronic inflammation. Chronic inflammation is just as harmful as acute inflammation is beneficial.
We have simply followed the recommended mainstream diet that is low in fat and high in polyunsaturated fats and carbohydrates, not knowing we were causing repeated injury to our blood vessels. This repeated injury creates chronic inflammation leading to heart disease, stroke, diabetes and obesity.
What are the biggest culprits of chronic inflammation? Quite simply, they are the overload of simple, highly processed carbohydrates (sugar, flour and all the products made from them) and the excess consumption of omega-6 vegetable oils like soybean, corn and sunflower that are found in many processed foods. Pretty much everything you find in the middle aisles of the grocery store.
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Chronic Inflammation Tips
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Lower back pain will affect up to 80% of us at some stage in our lives.
Pain in your lower back can come from many sources but the most common anatomical structures causing lower back pain are your discs, nerves, joints, ligaments and muscles. Each of these structures can be strained, torn or impinged – causing your symptoms of lower back pain. This results in an inflammatory response – causing pain. Putting it simply – the inflammation causes the pain.
As a general guideline, when symptoms have occurred for a known reason and disappear within 72 hours there isn't much cause for concern. However, if pain lasts longer than 72 hours and occurs for no apparent reason then it is a good idea to seek medical advice from your doctor or a Physiotherapist who specializes in lower back pain.
Lower back pain is caused by poor posture – either over time or as a result of a poor lifting technique or through a direct impact. I have found that while each lower back pain client has an individual story, the underlying common factor is always poor posture.
Let's have a look at the four main causes of lower back pain in some more detail:
- A Poor sitting posture: Bad sitting posture puts excess strain on joints, ligaments, muscles, discs and nerves. Over time this results in a breakdown and strain on one or more of these structures, resulting in lower back pain.
- Poor lifting technique: This is a dominant cause of lower back pain. If lift incorrectly over time – the breakdown of your tissues will occur. Also, someone who is not used to lifting can strain their back from a once-time poor lifting technique.
- Road Accidents: These can cause tears in your ligaments and muscles and cause the pain associated with whiplash injury.
- Various medical conditions: Arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, scoliosis and disc degeneration – these conditions can all be associated with lower back pain. Though manual therapy and exercises may not cure your medical condition, the symptoms of your condition can be treated effectively with manual therapy and related exercises – and vastly improve your quality of life.
The most effective treatments for lower back pain are:
- Mobilization of the affected area with a healthcare professional.
- A good Rest/Activity balance (essential at first).
- Posture Correction.
- Stretching – gently and before the point of pain.
- Strengthening exercises (gentle at first).
- cactus Juice to relieve inflammation
It is essential that following your successful treatment – you continue good postural techniques and strength exercises to prevent further episodes of lower back pain.
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Cactus Juice Chronic Inflammation and Pain Relief
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During past few days I have been suffering from severe dental pain and inflammation, so I have been researching product that can bring the pain under control. Yesterday I started using Nopalea and that has helped a lot with gingivitis, but there are other things you could take as well.
Anbesol (benzocaine) is a topical product to use in the mouth to numb pain, but Aleve (naproxen) and Motrin/Advil (ibuprofen) are NSAIDs (non-steroid anti-inflammatory drug) used to treat pain by bringing down swelling. The main concern with these medications is that over time, they can cause bleeding in the GI (gastrointestinal) tract which includes the oesophagus, leading into the stomach, the stomach, and the intestines, so if you have a history of ulcers or GI bleeding, NSAIDs may not be the right pain relievers for you.
An alternative is Tylenol (acetaminophen), as it works differently, but it does not reduce inflammation. NSAIDs work by reducing the effects of prostaglandins, which cause inflammation, pain, and fever in the body. Two enzymes, cyclooxygenase 1 (COX-1) and cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) make the prostaglandins work. COX-1 makes prostaglandins that support platelets and protect the stomach lining. When they are blocked, the platelets cannot cause the blood to clot as easily. Cox-2 makes the prostaglandins that cause inflammation, swelling, and as a result, pain.
The NSAIDs, Mobic (meloxicam) is thought to go down the COX-1 pathway less than most of the NSAIDs. Scientists were able to make COX-2 inhibitors, which did not go down the COX-1 pathway much, but most of them (Vioxx, Bextra, etc.) were removed from the market, as they caused heart problems.
Celebrex (celecoxib) is a COX-2 inhibitor that is still on the market and is considered safe, as long as the person taking it does not have any past heart problems or risk factors for them
So there you have it, I will stick to using Nopalea and Ibuprofen and also changing my toothpaste to one that is more effective in fighting gum disease.
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Cactus Juice Chronic Inflammation and Pain Relief
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I have had a tooth problem for the past week, it started with what I thought was a loose tooth which was crowned and I though may be it was a gum problem, but then I realised it was the crown that was moving, so I went to the dentist. He diagnosed a case of Gingivitis or inflammation of the gum.
Gingivitis is inflammation of the gums caused by plaque and it seems in my case the plaque had undermined the crown and my tooth was decaying which is why the crown was loose. The dentist removed the crown and cleaned it and the tooth before replacing it. He advised me that I need to treat the gingivitis with hydrogen peroxide mouth wash.
I have alternated the mouthwash with nopalea cactus juice which provides fast reaction to the pain and inflammation, by sipping one ounce of chilled juice and swilling it around the inflamed area. The pain disappears without the need to resort to pain killing drugs.
Now I know that plaque induced Gingivitis can be brought on my using partial dentures I will be more thorough in my dental hygiene.
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Vitamin D has long been known to contribute to bone health by promoting the absorption of calcium. In recent years, much attention has been paid to its possible immune and inflammatory benefits. Low vitamin D levels have been associated with several diseases including asthma, cancer, diabetes, and arthritis.
A group of Researchers from Denver Colorado published a paper in the journal of immunology which could prove interesting as it is estimated that 1 billion people around the world are vitamin D deficient. Vitamin D deficiency has been linked to various inflammatory diseases. However, the mechanism by which vitamin D reduces inflammation remains poorly understood until now.
"This newly identified DNA-binding site for the vitamin-D receptor, and the specific pathways inhibited by higher levels of vitamin D provide a plausible mechanism for many of the benefits that have been associated with vitamin D"
said Dr. Goleva. The lead researcher who continued "The fact that we showed a dose-dependent and varying response to levels commonly found in humans also adds weight to the argument for vitamin D’s role in immune and inflammatory conditions".
In the light of this research, if you are suffering from long term inflammation you might consider checking that you are not vitamin D deficient.
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Cactus Juice Chronic Inflammation and Pain Relief
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Inflammation is a natural process of the body, a protective mechanism the body uses against trauma. Think of when you take a bad fall, you get bruised and pain arises. The immune system sends out an army of chemical substances to go to the injured area. That is why that area gets red and inflamed for a few days. Inflammation becomes problematic when it starts becoming chronic.
Just as the plants in your garden need a good mixture of sun and rain to thrive, we all need a measure of inflammation to survive. Acute inflammation is the short-term immune response our bodies mount in cases of trauma, infection, and allergy. Whether you have broken a bone, burned yourself on a hot stove, or been exposed to a foreign microorganism, the body is programmed to carry out a similar response. During this response, it will identify the infectious or dangerous substance, determine which cells are non-threatening and which ones are. Assess the level of the threat, mount a response, and repair any resulting damage. In a perfect world, this response occurs just as it should, releasing pro-inflammatory compounds when needed and then turning them off with anti-inflammatory compounds when the threat has been stamped out.
Chronic inflammation however arises when this response is not completely turned off or extinguished. It acts like a slow-burning fire, continuing to stimulate pro-inflammatory immune cells when they may not be needed. What happens when these excess immune cells are circulating in our systems? Chronic inflammation can slowly spread and lead to serious metabolic breakdown, with vast implications for your long-term health.
You may have heard that disorders like rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, and eczema stem from inflammation. But chronic inflammation has now been connected to a host of modern diseases, from obesity, diabetes, atherosclerosis, and high blood pressure, to Alzheimer's, osteoporosis, Parkinson's, cancer, and a host of others; all being chronic and degenerative illnesses. Even biological aging, is rooted in chronic inflammation!
Here is a list of symptoms commonly associated with low-grade chronic inflammation:
- Body aches and pains
- congestion
- Frequent infections
- Diarrhoea
- Dry eyes
- Indigestion
- Shortness of breath
- Skin outbreaks
- Swelling
- Stiffness
- Weight gain/obesity
The good news is that there are so many things you can do to cool your inflammation — even if you've already been diagnosed with an inflammatory-related condition or have an elevated C-reactive protein(CRP) level, doing something about it now is one way to ensure aging with vitality and strength. Simple things like cutting back on dairy, red meat and soda, getting more sleep, regular exercise (without overdoing it), and supplementing with natural anti-inflammatories can make a difference.
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Cactus Juice Chronic Inflammation and Pain Relief
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Reducing inflammation is good for all of us. For optimal health, peak exercise performance, disease prevention, and management of chronic conditions. This lifestyle incorporates eating right, regular exercise, adequate and quality sleep and stress management. The diet aspect of an anti-inflammatory life can be summarized with these five ideas:
- Put lots of colour on your plate.
- Use unprocessed ingredients.
- Eat less animal protein and more plant protein.
- Eat smaller meals, and snack only when needed.
- Enjoy tons of spice and flavour!
It does not matter what your situation is if you are a sportsman, someone with high blood pressure or arthritis, each with different goals and unique nutrient needs but everyone shares the need for an anti-inflammatory diet to move them closer to their goals. To prevent muscle soreness and achieve athletic goals, control blood pressure, reduce pain from Arthritis an anti-inflammatory diet will help you achieve these goals.
An anti-inflammatory diet emphasizes colourful vegetables and fruits, unprocessed grains, high fiber legumes, herbs and and spices, plant sources of protein, oily fish, and organic foods. An anti-inflammatory diet is a pattern of eating, not a collection of power foods.
Antioxidants from colourful vegetables and fruit, especially berries, citrus, apples, pears, tomatoes, mushrooms, leafy greens, onion, garlic and cruciferous veggies (kale, cauliflower, spinach, broccoli, radish) and spices, such as ginger, turmeric, and rosemary
Plant protein from non-GMO edamame, non-GMO tofu, legumes and whole grains
Fiber from unprocessed intact grains, legumes, vegetables and fruits
Omega-3 fats from wild salmon, ground flaxseeds, omega-3 enriched egg yolks and non-GMO canola oil
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Inflammation is the body's basic emergency response system and is linked with Heart disease. Inflammation is natural system response when the body is under attack. The immune system then rallies to fight it off. It sends waves of white blood cells to destroy the invader, and eventually layers of clot cholesterol and immune cells pile up. They can become unstable lesions that rupture, triggering a heart attack.
Higher risk groups include are those that are overweight, smoke, highly stressed or consume a carbohydrate rich diet.
Metabolic syndrome (syndrome X)is a name for a group of risk factors that occur together and increase the risk for coronary artery disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes. The metabolic disorder that appears to be connected to a variety of conditions from obesity to diabetes to hypertension and heart disease. Often its sufferers are overweight and unable to use traditional methods to stabilize their weight, glucose levels, and blood pressure.
It's easy to see how diabetes, Syndrome X, and heart disease are all interconnected. All three are rooted in problems metabolising sugar (and our abundant consumption of it), and the inflammation of the organs, arteries, and tissues this sugar ultimately causes.
Chronic high blood sugar will do two key things:
- Sugar inflames the lining of the arteries. As a response, the arteries produce substances such as prostaglandin and cytokines that trigger spasms, endothelial stickiness, and clogging up—the genesis of heart disease.
- Excess sugar causes insulin spiking that over time can fatigue the pancreas and cause inflammation that leads to insulin resistance—a condition where inflamed cells can no longer accept or use insulin to pull glucose from the blood and convert it to energy. Insulin resistance is a classic pre-cursor to diabetes, as well as a frequent companion to Syndrome X.
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Cactus Juice Chronic Inflammation and Pain Relief
Original Article @ David Ogdens Blog
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Is there a link between chronic sinusitis and heart disease? Dr. Stefan Kiechl, a professor of neurology at Innsbruck University Clinic in Austria, belives so.
Kiechl and his colleagues studied people who suffered from chronic sinusitis (sinus inflammation and infections), they found that an inordinate amount of them also ended up with clogged arteries and microvascular heart disease. This was despite each patient's otherwise positive living habits (good dietary habits, good weight maintenance, moderate stress levels, and few family backgrounds of heart disease).
Their conclusion was that when the body's immune system senses the inflammation, it sends out immune cells. However, the bodies of people who suffer from heart ailments often over react and send out more immune cells than are needed to fight the inflammation. This causes the sinuses to become blocked. When the inflammation turns into an infection, the body sends more white blood cells.
Now there are so many white cells roaming around that they don't know what to do with themselves, so some of them go after the fat cells in the body's arteries or microvessels. When the white cells try to pull these fat cells out through the cell wall, they find they're too big and so they get caught. Over time, these trapped immune and fat cells build up in the artery walls and become calcified, blocking the blood flow or even breaking off into dangerous clots.
Dr. Kiechl said,
"Among subjects with chronic infections, the risk seems to be higher in those with a prominent inflammatory response. We are not sure yet whether it is because of the risk associated with the toxic effect of the inflammation itself or the body's immune reaction to it".
Their results did show, though, that of the 826 volunteers, 268 suffered chronic infections. At the end of the five year study, the plaque levels of the patients' carotid arteries were compared to their levels at the start of the study. The study found that 332 (or 41%) had developed plaques where none previously existed or had an increase of about 28% in their plaque levels. This included all 268 of the patients who suffered from chronic infections, as well as 64 who did not. However, the patients with the highest increases or largest new blockages were the ones who had suffered from chronic bronchitis or sinusitis, although the type of sinusitis made no difference.
Dr. Kiechl said,
"It is far too early to recommend that people take antibiotics long term to suppress inflammation".
He pointed out that although several studies, including his, have linked infections with heart disease, none has shown that people who took antibiotics long term had a lower risk of heart disease. Meanwhile, if you find yourself suffering from an inflammation or infection, using an anti inflammatory is highly recommended, especially if you already have a heart condition.
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Cactus Juice Chronic Inflammation and Pain Relief
Original Article @ David Ogdens Blog
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Heel pain is most often caused by plantar fasciitis which is an inflammation of the band of tissue (the plantar fascia) that extends from the heel to the toes. In this condition, the fascia first becomes irritated and then inflamed, resulting in heel pain. The condition that is sometimes also called heel spur syndrome when a spur is present. Heel pain may also be due to other causes, such as a stress fracture, tendinitis, arthritis, nerve irritation, or, rarely, a cyst.
Causes
The most common cause of heel pain relates to faulty structure of the foot. For example, people who have problems with their arches, either overly flat feet or high-arched feet, are more prone to developing plantar fasciitis.
Wearing non-supportive footwear on hard, flat surfaces puts abnormal strain on the plantar fascia and can also lead to plantar fasciitis. This is particularly evident when one’s job requires long hours on the feet. Obesity may also contribute to plantar fasciitis.
Non-Surgical Treatment
- Stretching exercises. Exercises that stretch out the calf muscles help ease pain and assist with recovery.
- Avoid going barefoot. When you walk without shoes, you put undue strain and stress on your plantar fascia.
- Ice. Putting an ice pack on your heel for 20 minutes several times a day helps reduce inflammation. Place a thin towel between the ice and your heel; do not apply ice directly to the skin.
- Limit activities. Cut down on extended physical activities to give your heel a rest.
- Shoe modifications. Wearing supportive shoes that have good arch support and a slightly raised heel reduces stress on the plantar fascia.
- Medications. Oral nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as ibuprofen, may be recommended to reduce pain and inflammation.
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Cactus Juice Chronic Inflammation and Pain Relief
Original Article @ David Ogdens Blog
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Nature has strewn the earth with fruits and vegetables to help us live longer and more enjoyable lives. As modern science and tastes have caught up with local remedies, we are finding that many of the fruits that we simply enjoy are actually good for us. The opening of the world also allows us to benefit from the products of exotic plants or ones far from us geographically as well as local ones. One example of this is Nopal cactus juice. Nopal cactus is also known as prickly pear, and it is native to Mexico, but does grow in other countries.
Science now understands the value of antioxidants in keeping us healthy. It is thought that free radicals are responsible not only for many of the diseases humanity is subject to, but that they also contribute to the aging process. Free radicals are incomplete atoms formed by pollution, smoking, stress, or metabolic processes. They are actually an oxygen atom that is missing an electron in its outer ring.
The Nopal cactus juice contains some of the most powerful and effective antioxidants known – Betalains. Not many fruits or vegetables contain all the variants this vital substances, but Nopal cactus juice contains all twenty four Betalains. Drinking Nopal cactus juice can help to repair damage done to cells and is thought to be important in preventing damaged cells from becoming cancerous.
Betalains are also valuable in heart health. Many heart attacks occur because the veins and arteries become clogged with deposits of stick plaque. The narrowing of these vessels means that it is not only harder for the blood to flow properly, but it also contributes to high blood pressure. Chunks of plaque can also break off and cause heart attack or stroke. The Betalains in Nopal cactus juice have the ability to keep the walls of the arteries and veins healthier and less likely to become impacted with cholesterol. These same antioxidants also help to break down bad cholesterol before it is able to cause damage to your cardiovascular system. Besides betalain, Nopal cactus juice has plenty of pectin, which is also important in reducing LDL (bad cholesterol).
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Inflamation and breast cancer
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Although it’s widely accepted that inflammation is a critical underlying factor in a range of diseases, including the progression of cancer, little is known about its role when normal cells become tumour cells. Now, scientists from the Florida campus of the world renowned Scripps Research Institute have shed new light on exactly how the activation of a pair of inflammatory signaling pathways leads to the transformation of normal breast cells to cancer cells.
The study, led by Jun-Li Luo, an assistant professor at Scripps Florida, was published online by the journal Molecular Cell on February 23, 2012.
The scientists' discovery points to the activation of a self-sustaining signaling circuit that inhibits a specific RNA, a well-known tumour suppressor that helps limit the spread of cancer (metastasis). Therapies that disable this circuit and halt this miRNA repression could have the potential to treat cancer.
In the new study, scientists identified the specific pathways that transform breast epithelial cells into active cancer cells.
The researchers found immune/inflammatory cells ignite the transient activation of MEK/ERK and IKK/NF-kB pathways; the MEK/ERK pathway then directs a consistent activation of a signaling circuit in transformed cells. This consistent signaling circuit maintains the malignant state of the tumour cells.
Luo compares this process to starting a car—a car battery starts the engine much like the transient signal activation turns on the consistent signal circuit. Once the engine is started, it no longer needs the battery.
The scientists go on to show that the initial activation of these pathways also activates IL6, a cytokine involved in a number of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, including cancer. IL6 acts as a tumour initiator, sparking the self-sustaining circuit in normal breast cells necessary for the initiation and maintenance of their transformed malignant state.
In establishing that self-sustaining signal circuit, IL6 represses the action of microRNA-200c, which is responsible for holding down inflammation and cell transformation. Since enhanced microRNA-200c expression impairs the growth of existing cancer cells and increases their sensitivity to anti-tumour drugs, compounds that disable microRNA-200c repression have the potential to act as a broad-spectrum therapeutic.
Interestingly, the new findings dovetail with the "multiple-hits theory"of tumour formation, which posits that once normal cells in the human body accumulate enough pre-cancerous mutations, they are at high-risk for transformation into tumour cells. While the newly described initial pathway activation is momentary and not enough to cause any lasting changes in cell behaviour, it may be just enough to tip the cell’s transformation to cancer, especially if it comes on top of an accumulation of other cellular changes.
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Cactus Juice Chronic Inflammation and Pain Relief in a Bottle
Original Article @ David Ogdens Blog
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Psoriasis is skin disorder that affects close to 7 million people in the US. Immune system imbalances are involved, yet it is not contagious. Psoriasis is characterized by an abnormal growth of skin cells. While psoriasis effected skin cells take an abnormal 3-6 days to mature, normal skin cells mature in a month.
It may seem like a simple skin disorder, but did you know over 45 people die each year from certain complications due to severe psoriasis?
Symptoms include:
- Arthritic joint pain and skin joint inflammation
- a significant pitting of your nails
- inflammation, scaling and redness of skin usually on hands, feet, scalp, knees, behind knees, inside and outside of elbows
- intense skin peeling, sometimes painful
Some severe cases have shown large amounts of skin loss which then make the person susceptible to infections that can become serious.
Excellent results are seen with a holistic approach including natural therapies that help correct psoriasis by focusing on strengthening the immune system, strengthening the nervous system to cope with stresses better, reducing stress, and reducing discomfort with anti-inflammatories.
Healthy skin is attainable as so many have shown when using a natural holistic approach. And this is highly encouraged and stated in a report in The Lancet.
The immune system needs time for strengthening. It can take between 3-6 months to ultimately help the body heal from this disorder.
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Cactus Juice Chronic Inflammation and Pain Relief in a Bottle
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Cancer, heart disease, obesity – these are three of the most common, serious health problems in the United States. Do you know what they all may have in common? Inflammation. That's right, the same inflammation that causes arthritis may be associated with other health problems, and your eating habits can play a big role in reducing inflammation and helping all of those conditions.
Scientists know that the enzymes cyclooxygenase-1 (COX-1) and 2 (COX-2) are major causes of joint inflammation; that's why you may take medications – such as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, which block COX-1 and COX-2 enzymes, or COX-2 inhibitors – to treat your arthritis. Researchers have learned that COX-2 enzymes become more active and cause more joint inflammation when you take in more omega-6 fatty acids than omega-3 fatty acids.
Omega-6 fatty acids are found in corn, sunflower, safflower, soybean and cottonseed oil and are prevalent in many snack foods, fried foods, margarines and other spreads. (They're also in egg yolks and meats.) In fact, many of the foods people overindulge in during "snack attacks"are linked to increasing joint inflammation and obesity. Interestingly, inflammation is connected to obesity – and obesity to arthritis – because fat cells can produce cytokines – proteins that encourage inflammation.
What can you do to reduce inflammation?
Add more veggies, fruit, nuts, tea and even my favourite -chocolate to your diet. Many plant-based foods such as the Nopal Cactus,contain antioxidants and phytochemicals, both of which may decrease the activity of the COX-2 enzyme, reducing joint inflammation. And don't forget to load up on omega-3 fatty acids, found in fatty fish such as salmon and tuna.
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Cactus Juice Chronic Inflammation and Pain Relief in a Bottle
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The Nopal cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica), also known as "prickly pear," is a plant native to the mountains of Mexico. It has been used since ancient times as both a food and as a medicine for its health benefits. The Aztecs considered the cactus, which derives some of its properties from the volcanic soil in which it grows, as a food fit for royalty and a fortifying substance for warriors. A powdered form of Nopal has become popular in modern times as a treatment for a variety of metabolic, digestive and heart problems.
Below are seven areas where taking products manufactured from the Nopal cactus may be good for you
- Stabilizes Blood Sugar
Nopal cactus contains a large amount of slowly-digestible fiber and tends to slow down the digestion of foods when it is taken just before or with a meal. The cactus has the effect of lowering the Glycemic Index (a measure of how quickly a food raises blood sugar levels) of any foods it is eaten with. Clinical testing has shown that people with high morning blood-sugar levels who ate Nopal cactus for breakfast subsequently had lower or normal blood- sugar levels.
- Lowers Cholesterol
The fiber and sterols in the Nopal cactus bind with a bile salt in the intestines, which helps limit the amount of blood fats (cholesterol and triglycerides) absorbed by the body, thereby lowering blood cholesterol levels.
- Scrubs Blood Vessels
Plaques are areas of inflammation that form on the walls of the blood vessels, where they trap blood fats that can harden or even block the arteries. Nopal cactus sterols, along with its polyphenols and glycoproteins, serve as antioxidants that help reduce inflammation and keep plaques from forming.
- Sweeps the Colon
The insoluble plant fibers in Nopal cactus provide dietary roughage, which make it easier to maintain bowel regularity. Nopal also contains soluble plant fiber, which helps absorb toxins, including carcinogens, as it sweeps the colon clean.
- Soothes the Stomach
The Nopal Nopal contains a high amount of mucilage, which helps balance the pH of the stomach and soothes the stomach lining. Tests have shown that Nopal stimulates the healing of stomach ulcers and reduces stomach inflammation.
- Protects the Liver
Because Nopal contains antioxidant flavonoids, it helps neutralize free radicals before they can overtax the liver. It also helps absorb toxins, decreasing the liver’s load. By supporting the liver, it frees that organ to balance bodily functions, including the immune system.
- Hangovers and Obesity
Nopal cactus is sometimes used to help counteract the effects of alcohol consumption. It helps rehydrate the body, soothes the stomach, and improves liver function, thereby preventing the headache, stomach ache and toxic"morning after" feeling. When taken before meals, Nopal's roughage can help create a sensation of fullness that may help prevent overeating and helps stabilize the blood sugar, to ward off hunger. Nopal cactus also contributes calcium and valuable amino acids and other nutrients.
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Healthy Weight Loss Tips
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Body Mass Index or BMI
If you’ve been thinking about your current weight, it may be because you’ve noticed a change in how your clothes fit. Or maybe you’ve been told by a health care professional that you have high blood pressure or high cholesterol and that excessive weight could be a contributing factor. The first step is to assess whether or not your current weight is healthy and BMI is a good indicator.
To calculate your BMI, see the BMI Calculator BMI Calculator. Or determine your BMI by finding your height and weight in this BMI Index Chart.
- If your BMI is less than 18.5, it falls within the "underweight" range.
- If your BMI is 18.5 to 24.9, it falls within the "normal" or Healthy Weight range.
- If your BMI is 25.0 to 29.9, it falls within the "overweight" range.
- If your BMI is 30.0 or higher, it falls within the "obese" range.
"Underweight", "normal", "overweight", and "obese" are all labels for ranges of weight. Obese and overweight describe ranges of weight that are greater than what is considered healthy for a given height, while underweight describes a weight that is lower than what is considered healthy. If your BMI falls outside of the "normal" or Healthy Weight range, you may want to talk to your doctor or health care provider about how you might achieve a healthier body weight. Obesity and overweight have been shown to increase the likelihood of certain diseases and other health problems.
At an individual level, BMI can be used as a screening tool but is not diagnostic of the body fatness or health of an individual. A trained healthcare provider should perform appropriate health assessments in order to evaluate an individual's health status and risks.
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Cactus Juice Chronic Inflammation and Pain Relief in a Bottle
Original Article @ David Ogdens Blog
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Do you notice that your body is not a flexible as it used to be, this is due to Calcification in the body which is a hardening parts of the body and interferes with normal functioning of our system. It causes pain and weakness in the body. When joints feel stiff and we have any inflammation we can be sure that calcification is rapidly taking over the body.
In the beginning of our lives we have much more Hydrogen in our bodies; into our adult life we become much more calcium unless we take responsibility and educate ourselves on the truth.
Have you ever seen someone whom is hunched over and using a cane? They are highly calcified. The body no longer has the flexibility nor the structure to hold itself up properly. This condition is a huge factor into why we age.
Calcification are little nano bacteria's that gravitate to the weak parts of the body. One way you know your weak areas are if you were to fast on water and you feel pain in your neck or hips etc…most likely those areas are beginning to calcify.
Other forms of calcification in the body are gall stones and kidney stones.
We do require good calcium and while cleansing the body green leafy vegetables gives the body the appropriate calcium required.
Below is a list of things that are caused by Calcification:
- Alzheimer’s
- Stroke
- Brain Tumour
- Gum Disease
- Breast Cancer
- Ovarian Cysts
- Cataracts
- Wrinkles
- Cellulite
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You can reduce calcification by drinking plenty of fresh water and doing stretching exercises such as Yoga.
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Knee Pain Relief
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A sudden injury, overuse of the knee joint, an underlying condition or natural wear and tear may cause knee pain. Knee problems are mostly caused by an injury and a few people are more prone to develop this problem. These people include athletes, runners, older people or those who suffer from osteoporosis or arthritis. Let us have a look at some of the causes of pain in back of the knee.
Baker’s Cyst
Baker’s cyst or popliteal synovial cyst can cause posterior knee pain. The posterior herniation of the synovial membrane may lead to formation of cyst. Baker’s cyst behind knee usually indicates presence of meniscal tear or osteoarthritis as an underlying condition.
Hamstring Injury
Semimembranosus, semitendinosus, and the biceps femoris consist of the hamstring. Bicep femoris is more prone to injury and weakness in muscles and may cause pain in back of the knee. Treatment of pain in back of the knee may include application of ice compress, NSAIDs, physical therapy for strengthening muscles, exercises for knee pain and plenty of rest.
Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
Patellofemoral pain syndrome or in simple words Runner’s knee may be a cause of pain in back of the knee. It is commonly seen in runners who’s kneecap irritates the femoral groove in which it lies. The patella maybe larger than the femoral groove or it may be sitting too high above the femoral groove. Dislocated kneecap too may lead to Runner’s knee. One may feel pain towards the back of the knee and may also experience cracking sound. Along with knee pain when bending, one may feel as if the knee joint will snap into two. You may need to consult a medical practitioner who may advice you pain killers as well as suggest some leg exercises to over come the condition.
Meniscus Injury
When the posterior horn of the medial meniscus suffers from a tear it will cause pain in back of the knee. You may be able to hear a popping or clicking sound while squatting. The meniscus tear treatment is surgery. During the surgery the meniscus is repaired by securing the tear cartilage with bidoabsorbable tacks. These tacks get absorbed by the body within 3 years. One may continue to suffer from pain in back of the knee for up to 6 months during the meniscus tear recovery time after surgery. You can read more in detail about meniscus tear symptoms.
Posterolateral Corner Injuries
The popliteus muscle, lateral collateral ligament, the posterolateral capsule, and the popliteofibular ligament together make up the posterolateral corner. When either of these ligaments or muscles are injured it may lead to knee pain. This kind of injury is common in athletes and sportsman. The athlete may have a feeling of his ‘knee giving away’ while walking. The treatment options depend upon the degree of injury. Bracing and rehabilitation may be used to treat mild laxity and severe knee pain and instability may need surgery.
Arthritis
The most common cause of knee pain is arthritis. One experiences anterior knee pain and pain over the joint line where tibia meets the femur. Sometimes, the uneven surfaces on the cartilage may also cause pain in back of the knee
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Cactus Juice Chronic Inflammation and Pain Relief in a Bottle
Original Article @ David Ogdens Blog
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Natural Pain and Inflammation Relief
Does Nopalea cactus juice really work, well I firmly believe it does at least for me, and I am not alone. more and more testimonials flow in on a regular basis from satisfied customers, ranging from people recovering from painful operations, to those who have been suffering pain for many years.
The same Betalains which help the Nopal Cactus survive in the harsh Sonoran desert can also provide effective natural pain and inflammation relief.
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Cactus Juice Chronic Inflammation and Pain Relief in a Bottle
Original Article @ David Ogdens Blog
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Natural Pain and Inflammation Relief
Here is a bit of news that I did not know, Chocolate is good for your inflammation problems
Now my readers should all know by now that some inflammation is good – it’s needed for wounds to heal. However, a whole bunch of bad diseases can result if your body’s inflammation goes haywire. Allergies, asthma, arthritis, inflammatory bowel disorder and a whole host of other hypersensitivities are due to inflammation. The component in your body responsible for all that is called C-reactive protein. Eating moderate amounts of dark chocolate will significantly reduce the amount of that protein floating around, and so may provide improvements for any of those diseases that result from a faulty inflammation system.
So what other benefits can be derived from chocolate not that I need an excuse to eat it.
Chocolate is good for your cardiovascular endurance
For awhile, it has been known that chocolate milk is a better drink for exercise recovery than commercial sports drinks. However, that has less to do with anything from the chocolate itself, and more to do with chocolate milk having the perfect levels of protein, fats, sugars and electrolytes. Sports drinks only have sugar and electrolytes.
New research looked at chocolate itself, and found that small amounts of chocolate before exercising can reduce fatigue and allow you to go further. The mice in the study who were fed a purified form of the flavonol epicatechin were able to go about 50% further than the mice forced to exercise without it. Even cooler, biopsies of their leg muscles showed the chocolate-group had formed new capillaries and mitochondria as a result! The researchers suggest that a small 5 gram serving of dark chocolate, about half the size of a typical square, will help enhance your workout. This will only work with dark, since the processing for milk chocolate destroys the epicatechin.
As a former adventure racer I used to include dark chocolate in my ration packs, perhaps that's why I became a chocoholick.
Chocolate is good for your heart
Of all the claims chocolate can make for your health, the impact it can have in reducing your risk of cardiovascular disease is the most impressive and the most thoroughly studied. A recently published study reviewed several other studies and trials, including over 100,000 subjects, looking at many factors to see if chocolate had a protective effect on the heart. They found that across the board, no matter if the chocolate came from the oft-recommended dark chocolate, or if it came from cakes, cookies, drinks or even nutritional supplements, the groups that ate the highest amounts of chocolate had a 37% reduced risk of cardiovascular disease and a 29% reduced risk of stroke.
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Nopalea Cactus Juice - Pain and Inflamation Relief
Original Article @ David Ogdens Blog
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Natural Pain and Inflammation Relief
Arthritis is actually an inflammation of joints which you can find in different parts of the body like your elbow, hips and knees. It has been considered as one of the oldest maladies in the world and affects millions of people today. And though over-the-counter medications are always to the rescue, they can sometimes bring more harm than good. Anti-inflammatory drugs like ibuprofen, for example, can cause undesirable stomach aches and can even slow down the synthesis of cartilage. As a result, different classifications of arthritis like osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and gouty arthritis will come to the picture. Arthritis, in general, is caused by a combination of factors with effects that can debilitate a person in the long run.
Lucky for us, alternatives for over-the-counter drugs have been proven effective over the years. I have listed five of the most popular and effective home remedies for arthritis in the Philippines and all over the world.
- Ginger
If you thought that ginger was only made to spice up your recipes, then you’re probably underestimating a natural pain reliever. According to Dutch doctors, ginger contains properties that decreases pain and inflammation in the body. Not only that, they are also being considered as one of the best and cheapest home remedies for cases like tendinitis, bursitis and, of course, arthritis. You can use ginger extracts as ointments that you can apply directly to your skin or as a tasty addition to your rice, soups, salads and other dishes.
- Celery
Aside from being a perfect choice for garnishing, celery seeds and its other parts also contain hidden chemicals that will greatly help anyone who has been debilitated by arthritis. According to latest research, celery boasts a total of 25 anti-inflammatory compounds and is also rich in potassium, a deficiency of which is commonly associated with arthritis cases.
- Water Therapy
We all know that water is the universal solvent that is essential for everyone’s survival. However, heat the water to a desired temperature and you will now have a fast and accessible relief for your stubborn arthritic pain. To get the best benefits from water therapy, you will need to pamper yourself using warm water bath and not cold bath because the latter will only aggravate the pain that you have. Temperature should be 93.5 degrees Fahrenheit and immersion of affected parts of the body should take place from about 30 minutes to an hour. Experts also recommends adding about three or four tablespoons of Epson salt to the bathwater for a faster and more effective relief from joint pains.
- Mango Bark
Mango is not only known as Philippines’ national fruit because as early as the Spanish period, use of mango barks to provide a safe relief from arthritic pain had been proven effective and easily accessible. This is because the extracts from mango barks naturally contain anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties. To make a home remedy out of mango barks, you can boil a piece of chopped bark and then use the decoction for hot compress.
- Yerba Buena
Yerba buena (Mentha cordifolia), or also known as peppermint in foreign countries, is considered one of the most effective herbal medicines endorsed by DOH. It is brimming with anti-inflammatory properties and is also perfect in cases like toothaches and mild headaches. You can use its extracts either as a hot compress or drink it directly as a juice. As a hot compress, simply heat enough fresh leaves (including the stems and petioles) over a fire, then pound and apply on the affected joints while still warm. Apply bandage to keep the leaves in place. Change the dressing every four hours, as needed. As a juice, boil 4 tablespoons of dried leaves in 2 cups of water for 15 minutes and drink 1/2 glass, every 4 hours.
Living the Philippines I see home remedies being used as effective alternative on a daily basis for those who are seeking effective relief for arthritis-related pains and discomforts but let us remember that eating the right way and mild to moderate exercise can also improve ones health.
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Nopalea Cactus Juice - Pain and Inflamation Relief
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Natural Pain and Inflammation Relief
Over the counter pain medication is the most popular class of drugs. If you add into that figure the number of non-steroidal anti-inflammatories, we are talking about a lot of people experiencing pain and inflammation. Maybe that's you or someone close to you. Dealing with chronic pain is like a puzzle; and the pieces have to be systematically examined until the major one is discovered.
One piece is the need for essential fatty acids. Another piece is the epidemic deficiency of vitamin D.
The next piece to this puzzle most clinicians are less likely to be sensitive to is silent infections. According to the journal "Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases," a 1991 article disclosed that 70% of patients with chronic inflammatory arthritis's are carriers of "silent infection". Bacteria, yeast/fungi, amebas, protozoa, and other "parasites" are an unknown cause of neuromusculoskeletal inflammation. Incidentally, when we talk about parasites we're not just talking about worms.
Dysbiosis also is the condition of having microbial imbalances on or within the body. Dysbiosis is most prominent in the digestive tract or on the skin but can also occur on any exposed surface or mucous membrane such as the vagina, lungs, nose, mouth, genitourinary tract, sinuses, ears, nails, or eyes.
So as we piece together the puzzle, ultimately we are seeing Gastrointestinal(GI) dysregulation. And whether it is from allergens like gluten or dairy or the immunological battle between white blood cells and the infectious agents, the GI tract becomes compromised. Toxins in the form of antibodies, endotoxins, or even metabolic byproducts are released into the blood- stream and new levels of inflammation are mounted to combat the invaders.
The link between dysbiosis and systemic inflammation becomes clear: GI bacterial overgrowth leads to excess production and absorption of toxins. This initiates immune dysfunction and a systemic pro inflammatory response. This means reducing bacterial overgrowth or reducing the "bugs" can help cure otherwise "incurable disease". The beauty is that we don't have to use harmful agents with side effects.
So what do we do with all this information? Clinicians who understand dysbiosis and the mechanisms involved look for ways to integrate this information when treating patients with gas, bloating, alternating constipation/diarrhoea, irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, multiple chemical sensitivity, severe allergies, arthritis, and autoimmunity. In fact the more unusual the case, the more we need to focus on the gut.
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Inflammation and Heart Disease
No matter if you eat "heart-healthy" diet, exercise regularly, and maintain a healthy weight you can still be at risk for heart disease.This is because the root cause of heart disease is inflammation, and managing inflammation goes beyond standard prevention advice.
If you are following popular guidelines by eating a whole grain diet and opting for whole wheat bread may seem like a healthy choice; however research suggests that as many as one in five people have a gluten sensitivity.
For the gluten-intolerant person, even whole wheat products cause inflammation, increasing the risk of heart disease. In fact, more and more people are discovering that they can significantly reduce inflammation by eliminating grains all together.
Other foods—such as dairy or eggs—may also cause sensitivities and increase inflammation. An anti-inflammatory diet can help ferret out which foods increase inflammation.
Other causes of inflammation include: an overgrowth of harmful bacteria in the gut, poor function of the digestive organs, and gastric irritation. All play a role in increasing the risk of heart disease.
Studies suggest that the overgrowth of one strain of gastric bacteria in particular—“H. pylori”—increases the risk of heart disease. Caused by insufficient acidity in the stomach, the usually symptomless H. pylori is responsible for peptic ulcers—a condition estimated to affect many Americans.
How inflammation increases the risk of heart disease
Inflammation creates lesions on arterial walls, thus contributing to the formation of plaque within the arteries—a process known as "atherosclerosis". In order to quickly repair the lesions, the body "patches" them up with cholesterol. Although an effective short-term fix, this eventually leads to the creation of artery-clogging plaque, and drives up the risk of a heart attack.
People in the U.S. with hypothyroidism have it as a result of Hashimoto's disease—an autoimmune disease that attacks and destroys the thyroid gland. An unmanaged autoimmune condition is another factor that can lead to chronic inflammation, increasing the risk of heart disease.
You can see why reducing inflammation is at the root of reducing your risk of heart disease, and why statin drugs do not address the root cause for most people. The source of inflammation can vary for each individual, but typically it involves evaluating one's diet, immune health, and digestive function.
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People who play contact sports such as American Football or Rugby are putting themselves at greater risk of premature deaths according to a grow number of reports which demonstrates in sobering reality the silent killer in all of us: inflammation. Consider the following:
- Heavy (overweight) NFL players are twice as likely to die before the age of 50.
- Twenty-eight percent of all pro football players born in the last century who qualified as obese died before their 50th birthday, compared with 13 percent who were less overweight.
- One of every 69 nine players born since 1955 is now dead. Twenty-two percent of those players died of heart diseases; 19 percent died from homicides or suicides.
- The average weight in the NFL has grown by 10 percent since 1985 to a current average of 248 pounds. The heaviest position, offensive tackle, went from 281 pounds two decades ago to 318 pounds.
- In 2011, scientists at Loyola University Chicago’s Stritch School of Medicine found that 35 percent of 513 retired NFL players scored poorly enough on a test for Alzheimer’s symptoms to indicate dementia.
- Paul Russell of Bolton University in the UL commenced a three year study of 200 young rugby players in 2010 looking at the pressures they face to bulk up too fast.
The core reason known as Muscle dysmorphia or reverse anoreia nervosa involves gaining a lot of weight and also effects body builders is a disorder where a person becomes obsessed with the idea they are not muscular enough.
Sufferers often believe they are skinny when they are actually above average in terms of muscle mass. It is a relatively new condition but the prevalence is thought to be increasing.
Muscle dysmorphia can leave sufferers vulnerable to a range of psychological, biological, and environmental risks including depression, heart failure, renal failure, and dehydration.
The sports psychologist Paul Russel believes the condition can be particularly damaging for young rugby players, whose determination to make the first team can lead to them turning to extreme methods of gaining muscle as they try to 'make weight'.
'These young players will be aged between 17 and 19 and nowhere near fully grown or ready to deal with a 16 stone adult, first-team player,'
'But the pressures to get into the first team are huge and to do that you have to make weight.
'Muscle dysmorphia can also lead to extreme dieting, exercise addiction and the use of anabolic steroids that have been associated with the premature death of several bodybuilders.'
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Modern day laving is responsible for many kinds of stress
- Mental Stress
Worrying or excessive thinking about the many different aspects of your life can create enormous internal stress. Job commutes, work problems, school assignments, finances and bills, taking on too much, persistent thoughts of illness, and so on – all of these mental preoccupations can create stress that damages your health.
- Physical Stress
You can put your body through a lot of physical stress without realizing it.
Illnesses and chronic health conditions (such as allergies, breathing problems, digestion ailments, etc.) create stress in your body. But so does any physical activity or exertion if it strains, overstretches, overtaxes or injures your body’s muscles, tendons, ligaments, skin or organs. Which means your body can experience considerable stress from things such as gardening, hiking, moving or lifting heavier objects, exercising more than you are used to, twisting or turning in unusual or sudden ways, and so on.
- Emotional Stress
Your relationships with others can cause considerable stress whenever they are adversely affected. Similarly, any negative emotions you experience on a daily basis are also damaging. Common emotional stressors can include… the loss of a loved one… a misunderstanding with a family member or friend… a disappointment over a particular outcome… feelings of regret, guilt, anger, fear or sadness – all of these things can fuel and sustain the kind of internal stress which can harm your health and your body.
- Environmental Stress
The environment alone can cause enormous, ongoing stress on your body. In today’s world, you’re constantly in contact with so many different toxins, pollutants and environmental threats every single day. These contaminants typically enter your body through… the air you breathe… the water you drink… the foods you eat… even the things you touch. Once inside you, these toxins can wreak havoc in your body’s cardio, pulmonary, digestive, immune and other systems.
- Nutritional Stress
Your body needs to manage, repair or replace millions of cells involved in hundreds of processes – each and every day. But if your body’s nutritional needs go unmet, it can’t fully execute all of its functions, so your overall health suffers. This is an immense problem because most people today eat nutritionally deficient diets due to a combination of four factors.
(1) A standard diet of poorly chosen foods.
(2) Heavily processed foods with additives the body has trouble coping with.
(3) Modern farming methods, which grow foods in nutritionally-depleted soils and with many chemicals.
(4) Aging and/or digestive tract health problems, both of which lower the body’s ability to absorb whatever nutrients are present.
Chronic stress can lead to crucial health problems.
Our bodies have different types of stress response mechanisms, and everyone’s body is unique. So stress can affect each person’s body and health in different ways. For instance, the exact same type of stress stimulus could cause … a migraine in one person … an ulcer attack in a second person … and elevated blood pressure in a third. But no matter how stress affects you in particular, chronic stress in general can lead to a number of very serious health problems
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Nopalea Cactus juice is produced from the Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica). as you can imagine the fruit is protected by prickles The “Prickly Pear Cactus” grows in most soils, but it especially likes sandy or rocky soils on steep slopes – soils that are not usually good for other crops,it grows on infertile soil, which also helps to combat soil erosion in dry areas. It grows well with little rain, and with a lot of rain they grow even better. It is very resilient and contains Betalains.
The fruit grows on the side of the leaf and looks like a small, round cucumber with prickles. It is also called the desert fig. The fruit is sweet and refreshing. It can also be made into jellies, juices and even dried to name a few uses. The young leaves can be eaten as a vegetable they look like pear-shaped disks and are covered with prickles or thorns, so you have to be careful when picking or preparing them One way to pick Cactus fruit when its ripe is cover each one with a plastic cup, or use gloves to keep your hands from getting prickles. Cut the fruit off at its base~ then place the fruit on a hard surface ~ then hold the fruit still with a fork and cut through the outer skin with a knife. Peel the skin back all around leaving the pitty fruit. Now it is ready to eat! The whole fruit can be eaten -pits and all. But be careful! People who eat a lot of the fruit have had problems with the pits compacting in their intestines.
Benefits - When the Cactus is cut open and heated, the leaves of the have medicinal use in treating sores and swelling. A commercial dye can be made from the cochineal, an insect that lives on the Cactus.The fluid of the can be used as an adhesive in agricultural spraying or made into soap. The leaves of the can be used for animal feed in times of drought… There a book called "Prickly Pear Cactus Medicine" this book explains the health benefits you can expect when prickly pear cactus is consumed daily … It has been clinically studied, the studies have show to help diabetics control blood sugar better, high and lows, lowering the bad cholesterol, with some forms of cancer and lowering Blood Pressure.
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A few Years ago Time Magazine ran an article entitled "The Secret Killer" that documented the destructive power of inflammation on the body. Chronic inflammation can have devastating effects on heart health. Many people associate inflammation with muscles and joints, but the truth is that inflammation can affect many other areas of the body, including vital organs.
Chronic inflammation can cause damage to the arteries and over the long-term can lead to atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, is one of the most common forms of death in the United States. Chronic inflammation puts stress on the body and often leads to LDLs ("bad" cholesterol) oxidizing and injuring arterial walls. The injured arterial walls then become inflamed and begin to get sticky, which then leads to cholesterol building up in the arteries. Once arteries start get clogged, the risk for heart attack and stroke go up immensely.
It is recommended to eat a diet rich in antioxidants and take antioxidant supplements in order to reduce the likelihood of a heart attack. Additionally, it is also extremely important to reduce chronic inflammation in the body. One of the best know types of antioxidants are called Betalains, which are found in a few plants, but are concentrated in the Nopal Cactus, where all 24 known forms are found. The Nopal Cactus is only found in a few places on earth, but is concentrated in the Sonoran desert of the Southwestern US and Northern Mexico. In addition to being a powerful antioxidant, Betalains are also very effective at reducing inflammation.
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Why is Chronic Inflammation related to obesity, heart disease, and depression?
Inflammation becomes chronic once it ceases to be an acute response, and it becomes a constant feature of your physiology that's always engaged, always fighting what your body sees as a low level, constant threat.
This is how things really get confused, because inflammation is supposed to be an acute, short-and-sweet response to injury, and because a big part of inflammation is tissue break-down, targeting pathogens and damaged tissue, a chronic inflammatory response has the potential to really mess up your body! You can see how things have the ability to get way out of hand.
Modern day living is at the root of chronic inflammation,take a look at the items below, they all lead to a systemic breakdown of the finely tuned and tightly managed inflammatory system. The first two are the most important!
- Toxic diets: High-sugar, high-processed carb, high-industrial fat, high-grain, high-CAFO meat: Leads to leptin resistance, insulin resistance, obesity, abdominal fat accumulation, diabetes, poor recovery, weak immune system, chronic heartburn, the list goes on and on and on….
- Excessive PUFA intake: Polyunsaturated fats form the precursors for inflammatory eicosanoids, which are an integral part of the inflammatory response. High omega-6 status (High PUFA status in general) means excessive production of inflammatory eicosanoids and an exaggerated inflammatory response to normal stimuli: Leads to heart disease and atherosclerosis, and obesity.
- Lack of sleep: Poor sleep is linked to elevated inflammatory markers. Poor sleep is a chronic problem in developed nations. Either we go to bed too late, wake up too early, or we use too many electronics late at night and disrupt the quality of what little sleep we get. Or all three at once. Try a harder mattress, or no mattress. It's natural!
- Lack of movement: People lead sedentary lives, by and large, and a lack of activity is strongly linked to systemic, low-grade inflammation.
- Poor recovery: Other people move too much, with too little rest and recovery. Overtraining is a form of chronic inflammation.
- Lack of down time: When you're always on the computer, always checking your email/Facebook/smartphone, you are always "on". You may think you're relaxing because your body is stationary, but you're not relaxing.
- Lack of nature time: We spend too much time stuck in cubicles, cars, trains, and cities, away from the forest and soft earth. We evolved from hunter-gatherers, so the wilderness is naturally home for us. Plus getting enough sun gives us much needed vitamin D. Going camping certainly has its measured benefits!
- Poor gut health: The gut houses the bulk of the human immune system. When it's unhealthy, so is your inflammatory regulation. Leads to: depression, illness, weak immune system, poor recovery, and acne.
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In 2008 and Group of Italian researchers from Milan led by Mantovani described inflammation as the 7th hallmark of cancer, citing its importance both for tumour development but also maintenance of the cancer state. What is becoming clear is that inflammation has implications for symptom management as well.
Cancer cachexia which is a syndrome of progressive weight loss, anorexia, and persistent erosion of host body cell mass in response to a malignant growth is well recognised to have systemic inflammation at its core and possible therapies to treat this underlying inflammation are currently being investigated (preMENAC Study-PRC). Pain is also related to inflammation. This has been described as early as the 1st Century AD by the roman encyclopaedist Celcus. Recently the specific link between pain and inflammation in cancer has been described (Laird et al, Pain 2011).
In addition to pain and cachexia, inflammation has been suggested as a cause of some symptom clusters (pain, depression, fatigue) in cancer. This cluster is similar to animal models of cytokine induced sickness behaviour and further examination of this in human studies would be of interest.
In treating cancer symptoms, we treat from the front; once symptoms have developed symptoms are attenuated, where possible, with medication. As our understanding of inflammation in symptom development increases, inflammation may provide a target in treating cancer symptoms at their genesis.
Such an approach would be of interest and potentially therapeutic value. Studies fully exploiting the pro-inflammatory response as a target in the treatment of cancer symptoms are eagerly awaited.
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Inflammation is when a part of the body becomes swollen and is usually a reaction to an injury, an example would be the swelling of a sprained ankle. But inflammation can be caused by allergies to food, medications or environmental irritants and can manifest in many different parts of the body: skin, muscles, organs, etc. Chronic inflammation can lead to serious diseases such as atherosclerosis (hardening and thickening of the arteries), rheumatoid arthritis and even cancer.
According to the statistics from the World Health Organization, about 12.9 million people worldwide died from some form of cardiovascular disease in 2004. And each year, the World Cancer Research Fund estimated that some eight million people died from cancer. Heart disease and cancer, the deadly manifestation of chronic inflammation, are expected to remain as the leading causes of death in developed countries for many years to come.
Study after study shows that the risk of heart disease and cancer are modifiable by our lifestyle choices which include the food we choose to eat each day. With every bite that we take, we’re either balancing the pro- and anti-inflammatory compounds in the body, or tipping the scale to one end.
To shift the balance to your favour, other than incorporating more natural anti-inflammatory foods in your diet, it’s also equally important to avoid or cut down on foods which are known to promote inflammation.
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How chronic inflammation worsens your health over time
Though you may not see or even feel chronic inflammation, it could be silently causing trouble within your body right now. Over time, it can result in two kinds of damage: first to the immediate area of your body that's chronically inflamed; and second to your overall health as well. Common problems can include:
- Heart Problems chronic inflammation is believed to contribute to the formation of plaque in blood vessels, as well as the formation of blood clots. When these blood clots break free into the blood, they can block blood flow to the brain or heart, resulting in a heart attack or stroke.
- Brain Problems chronic inflammation plays a role in Alzheimer's disease, yet scientists are still uncertain what that role is. However, one theory is that inflammation kicks into gear because of the plaques and tangles in the brains of Alzheimer's patients. In trying to solve the problem, inflammation just makes matters worse.
- Joint Problems chronic inflammation of the joints can result in destroyed ligaments and tendons, damage to joint cartilage and bone and even bone erosion. This leads to pain, deformity and an inability to perform daily tasks drastically affecting quality of life.
- Mouth and Gum Problems dental researchers once thought bacterial infections caused gum disease, but now it is thought that some of the more severe symptoms of gum disease are attributable to chronic inflammation. The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, part of the National Institutes of Health, report that inflammation can even break down bone and connective tissue that keep the teeth in place.
- Emotional Health Problems chronic inflammation may even play a role in your emotions. Scientists at the University of Illinois (Champaign/Urbana) discovered that an enzyme secreted by the immune system caused inflammation-related, depression-like symptoms in mice. Because inflammation is linked with conditions often accompanied by depression such as diabetes, cancer and heart disease researchers expect that this study will provide insight into chronic inflammation's role in depression.
- Cancer Problems although researchers haven't discovered the exact mechanism of chronic inflammation's role in cancer, they believe it encourages cancer growth. According to the American Cancer Society, inflammation creates just the right conditions for cancer cells to grow and multiply.
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Many doctors may prescribe above the counter medicines such as a non-steroid anti inflammatory (NSAID) like Ibuprofen, some patients do not think in the usefulness of OTC drugs. These sufferers will then insist that the doctor prescribe a more powerful alternative.
Opium or opium based drugs are often prescribed to fight back pain, even when its not essential. While these opium based drugs are efficient at relieving pain, there side effects can effect your daily life and therefore are notoriously addictive when misused. Narcotic addiction is the main reason why these pain killers are difficult to get recommended for lower back pain relief.
In addition to the risks of addiction, it has been shown that Opioid based drugs are not all that effective in dealing with continual lower back pain. For long term lower back pain relief because of to a persistent issue, it has been demonstrated that non-addictive pain killers are just as effective as the more robust Opioid drugs. Nevertheless doctors may consider persevering with with narcotic pain relief therapy if the affected person is allergic to other drugs such as ibuprofen or acetaminophen or if the facet results of the non-narcotic are as well severe for the affected person.
Pain management is a big part of providing lower back pain relief. However if the doctor does not feel that its essential to use some thing as strong as a narcotic, the affected person should believe in that recomendation rather than try to shop around for better pills. While narcotics can sometimes be more successful than OTC drugs, in many instances they only appear to be assisting more because of the "high" that many people may experience when using them. Addiction and drug abuse are very real problems and narcotic pain killers are a gateway into those issues when used incorrectly.
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Any kind of discomfort or pain sensed in the right or left side of the chest is referred to as chest pain. There are several medical reasons that can be the causes of chest pain. In this article, we find the main reasons for left and right sided chest pain.
Heart attack is the first thing that comes to mind. However, it is not essential that all types of chest pain are related to heart health. Chest pain can be caused due to non-cardiac problems as well. Sometimes, the pain may not serious and only causes mild inconvenience. However, there are times when chest pain can be an indication of threat to life. Many a times, abdomen pain is mistaken with chest pain. Chest pain due to muscle catch is quite a common occurrence. Suppose, while at a high speed you stop suddenly, you can get a twitch in the muscles of the chest wall. This can result in severe chest pain. Muscle catch can be due to fast breathing or abnormal posture as well.
Causes of Left Sided Chest Pain
Since our heart is located at the left side of the chest, left sided chest pain causes people to panic as heart attack is often thought to be the prime cause of left sided chest pain. It is not so every time. Even minor problems like acid reflux, heartburn or gas can lead to left sided chest pain. The gas formation in the intestines and stomach give an upward thrust on the chest wall that can give rise to a condition of breathlessness or tightness or pain in the chest, which is similar to cardiac pain.
Whenever, there is some mental stress or physical exertion, the heart needs more blood to sustain the heart beat. In case of any blockage in the artery, sufficient amount of oxygen fails to reach the heart and this causes acute pain. This kind of pain is due to heart attack. This pain is usually not confined to only to the chest, but gets extended to the shoulder, the throat and sometimes the jaw. It is accompanied by other symptoms like palpitation, excessive sweating, vomiting or paleness of skin.
Causes of Right Sided Chest Pain
Right sided chest pain is unlikely to be a result of any problems related to the heart. Some of the causes of right sided chest pain can still be dangerous to the health; while others are not serious conditions. The serious causes behind right sided chest pain are: right sided chest pain due to pneumonia, gall bladder diseases or liver inflammation. If there is right sided chest pain, the first thing that needs to be identified is whether the pain is oriented locally or centrally. In some cases, it has been observed that when the gas problems turn severe, an acute pain is experienced by the patient. In these cases, the patient fails to determine whether the origin of the pain is the chest or the abdomen.
The most commonly observed cause of right sided chest pain is gallstones. Gallstones are formed due to crystallization of bile and cholesterol in the gallbladder, which leads to an inflammation of the gallbladder. This type of pain is severe and constant. Right sided chest pain could be the symptom of some liver diseases like hepatitis as well. Though it is not a very common symptom, in certain cases, it has been noticed that prior to the diagnosis of hepatitis, patients have complained of right sided chest pain.
The root cause of chest pain needs to be established, before starting of any treatment. Thus, anyone suffering from chest pain should consult the doctor without any delay. In case of any kind of chest pain, electrocardiogram and chest radiograph may be suggested to detect any heart problems.
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Many arthritis sufferers use what is known as complementary and alternative practices to manage their symptoms.
Patients use alternatives for many reasons. It may be because conventional medical treatment isn't giving them the relief they need, or they may be concerned about the side effects associated with drug therapy, else they may feel that alternative therapies are safer because they are "natural."
Whatever the reason, many patients are finding additional relief by incorporating these five practices into their arthritis management regimen:
- Regular exercise
The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) recommends that arthritis sufferers use these types of exercise:
- 1. Range-of-motion exercises such as dancing to help maintain normal joint movement, relieve stiffness, and increase flexibility.
- Strengthening exercises such as weight training to help keep or increase muscle strength.
- Aerobic or endurance exercises such as bicycle riding to improve cardiovascular fitness, help control weight, and improve overall function. Weight control is important because extra weight puts extra pressure on many joints.
- A healthy diet
Since there are over 100 known types of arthritis, there is no single diet that will help everyone. However, the Arthritis Foundation has established the following guidelines to assist patients in maintaining a diet that will help manage their symptoms:
- 1. Eat a variety of foods, and avoid those that can interact with your medications.
- Use fat and cholesterol in moderation.
- Eat plenty of vegetables, fruits and whole-grain products.
- Use sugar and salt in moderation.
- Drink alcohol in moderation.
- Take in the daily requirements of vitamins and minerals, including calcium.
- Dietary supplements
The American College of Rheumatology has noted that there is some evidence that ginger and willow bark extract may relieve pain.
These remedies, however, may contain chemicals that are similar to those found in naproxen (Aleve) and ibuprofen (Advil), which can cause inflammation of the stomach and intestines. They also may interfere with blood clotting and cause fluid retention, which may be problematic for people with high blood pressure or cardiovascular disease.
- Chondroitin sulfate and glucosamine supplements are sold separately or in combination, and are recommended for pain relief when used in conjunction with other pain medication. Although their effectiveness is unproven, the college says they
"appear to be relatively safe, and may be worth considering for people who have severe pain despite conventional treatments."
- Fish oils that contain omega-3 fatty acids have been reported to relieve pain and joint tenderness. It may take several months before a patient sees results. Side effects include gastrointestinal distress and breath odour.
- Manage stress
Stress is a normal part of life; but for arthritis sufferers, there are additional stress factors like increased dependence on family members and changes in appearance due to joint deformities or the side effects of drugs.
The Arthritis Foundation says that controlling stress is imperative for arthritis patients because
"when you feel stressed, your body's muscles become tense. This muscle tension can increase your pain and fatigue and may limit your abilities, which can make you feel helpless."
Stress can lead to depression, which can touch off a cycle of stress, pain, fatigue, and limited/lost abilities. Managing stress can break that cycle.
- Hot and cold applications
The Mayo Clinic makes the following recommendations:
"Heat will help ease your pain, relax tense, painful muscles and increase the regional flow of blood. One of the easiest and most effective ways to apply heat is to take a hot shower or bath for 15 minutes. Other options include using a hot pack, an electric heat pad set on its lowest setting or a radiant heat lamp with a 250-watt reflector heat bulb to warm specific muscles and joints. If your skin has poor sensation or if you have poor circulation, don't use heat treatment.
Cold may dull the sensation of pain. Cold also has a numbing effect and decreases muscle spasms. Don't use cold treatments if you have poor circulation or numbness. Techniques may include using cold packs, soaking the affected joints in cold water and ice massage."
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Pain and Inflammation Relief
In today's world, toxins bombard us from all areas of our lives
chemicals in our food, water and air, cleaning products, pesticides, herbicides and a host of other environmental pollutants. Air Pollution in the Philippines is particularly bad
To counter these increasingly prolific external toxins, a variety of methods have been proposed from detoxifying products such as colon cleanses and sweat spas to extreme fasts and special diets. But these methods are unproven and potentially harmful. One product that is been used in Manila is a paint that uses sunlight to transform poisons in the air, particularly nitrogen oxide, into a harmless residue that is easily washed away by rain.
Nutrients in Nopalea cactus juice can also help your body detoxify by supporting your body's natural detoxification processes, many of which occur in the liver and kidneys.
The liver's role in detoxifying the body
The liver is the largest internal organ in the body and performs many vital functions, including:
- Creation of bile, a yellowish-green fluid that is necessary for digestion
- Production of clotting factors and proteins
- Regulation of glucose in the blood and storage
of extra sugar
- Storage of vitamins and minerals
The liver also plays a key role in detoxifying your body. Enzymes in the liver help break down toxins in the bloodstream, which are then excreted into the bile or blood. Bile by-products enter the intestine and eventually leave through the stool. Blood by-products head toward the kidneys.
Detoxifying the body is not without risks to the liver: over time, breaking down certain prescription and over-the-counter medications, chemicals and alcohol can damage liver cells, which can result in liver disease.
The kidneys' role in detoxifying the body
The kidneys are two fist-sized, bean-shaped organs that work to keep the blood clean and chemically balanced. Each day, the kidneys process about 200 quarts of blood, sifting out about two quarts of waste and extra water, which become urine.
Waste in the blood comes from food and the normal breakdown of tissue. After the body takes what it needs from food, the waste is sent to the blood. Units in the kidneys called nephrons filter out this waste, keeping normal proteins and cells in the bloodstream. There are about a million nephrons in each kidney. If the kidneys did not filter waste, it would build up in the blood and damage the body.
In addition to waste removal, kidneys also:
- Regulate the body's salt, potassium and acid levels
- Produce a hormone that stimulates the bone marrow to make red blood cells
- Release hormones that regulate blood pressure
- Help maintain calcium for bones and for chemical balance in the body
Kidney diseases, arising from conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure, birth defects and genetic diseases, attack the nephrons, reducing their filtering ability. When kidney function is less than 25%, serious health problems can occur. When it drops below 15%, dialysis or kidney transplant is required to prevent death.
Toxins, medications and drugs can also damage the kidneys.
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Diabetes
Diabetes comes in two types:
Type 1 Diabetes occurs when your immune system attacks the insulin producing part of your pancreas. It kills these cells and you can no longer produce insulin. The function of insulin is to take the glucose (blood sugar) from the bloodstream into the muscles and other cells where it can be burned to produce energy. When you dont have enough insulin, the glucose from your diet accumulates in your bloodstream. Glucose becomes toxic very quickly. Within a short time, this blood sugar overload can damage your eyes, brain, lungs and kidneys.
Type 2 Diabetes occurs when the pancreas functions just fine, but the cells in your muscles and the rest of your body become resistant to insulin. The insulin cannot signal the cells to open up and receive the glucose. Just as in Type 1 Diabetes, glucose (blood sugar) increases to dangerous levels. The fuel cannot be burned to create energy, so you feel tired. As the glucose level climbs in the bloodstream it can destroy your eyes, brain, lungs and kidneys.
Type 1 diabetes is characterized by low insulin and high glucose. Type 2 Diabetes is characterized by high insulin and high glucose. This extra high insulin hormone is very inflammatory. It can destroy your blood vessels, disrupt your entire family of hormones and make you fat.
Controlling diabetes
The key to controlling the damage from Type 1 Diabetes is to control your carbohydrate levels. Determine how many carbs you have eaten and adjust your supplemental insulin levels to match. Carbohydrates in Nopalea are listed on the Supplemental Facts Panel.
The key to controlling Type 2 Diabetes is to limit the number of carbohydrates per day: 1 gram of carbohydrate per pound of body weight daily. (Healthy people will often eat 2 grams of carbohydrate per pound of body weight daily.) Determine how many grams of carbohydrate you need and plan a diet to match. Include your servings of Nopalea in the final carb count.
In order to lose body fat, it is often necessary to employ a low-carb diet. Limiting carbohydrates to 60 grams or less will often result in reducing blood sugar and increasing insulin sensitivity. Reducing stress, increasing exercise and increasing dietary fiber help with insulin resistance as well.
Type 2 diabetes is at epidemic proportions in developed lands around the world. We all need to increase our activity, dietary fiber, good fats and lean proteins as well as reduce stress to improve our health. Once we lose our health it is difficult to get back. Guard it jealously.
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Pain and Inflammation Relief
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Pain and Inflammation Relief
You've probably heard the expression, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." This means that taking small actions now is better than doing nothing and then having to deal with a big problem later. This is especially important when it comes to your health because health disorders can be extraordinarily difficult to resolve.
According to the National Center for Health Statistics, the most common causes of death in North America are:
- Cardiovascular disease
- Cancer
- Respiratory disease
- Accidents
- Diabetes
The most common reasons why people lose their vitality and eventually their lives, according to the Journal of the American Medical Association, include:
- Tobacco
- Poor diet
- Physical inactivity
- Alcohol
- Infections
- Toxins
From this you can see that tobacco, poor diet, physical inactivity as well as alcohol abuse can lead to disability and death from heart attack, cancer and lung diseases.
Your family history can teach you much about your risk factors for disability and disease. You should pay special attention to closest relatives: your parents, siblings, children and grandparents.
- How long did they live?
- What were their health challenges?
- How can I help avoid similar challenges?
What is your family history telling you? What nutrient strategies can you use to help reduce the likelihood of disease and disability? By assessing your health risks as an individual you can create a program to help you reduce these risks.
Most of us know we need to care for our basic physical, emotional and spiritual needs and to look at our family histories for disease risk. So, coming up with the right health recommendations from these actions is usually not too big a problem.
Use healthy foundation nutrients every day
- Find your sense of purpose
- Determine what you need in terms of:
Physical, emotional,spiritual and Financial resources
- Develop a strategy based on:
Passion, mission, desire and purpose not fear!
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Pain and Inflammation Relief
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Pain and Inflammation Relief
Do you ever consider how much that little bottle of pills costs you? Or your insurance company?
You go to a doctor and pay around $175 for a 10-minute consult. He writes a prescription. You go to the pharmacy and wait while it is filled, pay between $3.50 and $550 (sometimes there is a difference between the two), go home and take the medicine for a week or two. If you have problems along the way, you return to the doctor for another $150 appointment so he can refer you to a specialist who now charges $275 and writes another prescription
In many areas, you often do not even see a doctor. Physicians Assistants do that. It still costs $175, but it only takes a few extra years of school. They write the prescriptions.
This is not unusual at all. If the doctors office is private, he might have a nurse, a receptionist, a clerk and a bookkeeper. If you visit an office with several physicians you will see people everywhere, and few of them have anything to do with medicine. The primary role of these sundry people is government compliance.
You also face the prospect of being sent to the hospital or clinic for "special tests." You might visit a doctor because of a stomach complaint, and he might want you to have blood drawn, get an ultra-sound, a barium test, and leave a gallon of urine for a twenty-four hour creatinine clearance. If you refuse, he will write a prescription for antacid. If the pain does not gone away after a week, it might then appropriate to get the tests.
Another problem is pain medicine, any kind of hormone (including human type insulin) and anti-biotics. Because it is so closely controlled, chronic pain requires chronic payment to get the "good stuff." You have to poke your head in every month (at a cost of $250 or so) so the PA can hand you the same prescription you were handed last month. The only option is aspirin or ibuprofen.
Yes, you might need the stuff every month for the rest of your life, but the doctor has to assure the government that you have paid for the right to get it. Its called "sanctioned health care." It means expensive. It also means controlled.
The only alternative is to find a a non prescription pain and inflammation resource.
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Osteoarthritis Pain and Inflammation Relief
A review article from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver shows that exercise does not increase the rate of knee damage in people with osteoarthritis, and usually reduces knee pain and disability (Canadian Family Physician, September 2009).
If you develop pain in your knee that was not caused by an accident or trauma, your doctor will usually check you for known causes of joint damage. If he finds no cause, he will tell you that you have osteoarthritis, which means that he doesn't know why your knee hurts. Most people with osteoarthritis (not associated with trauma) are overweight, do not exercise, and/or have weak muscles that support knee movements.
Osteoarthritis causes a higher incidence of disability than any other chronic condition It affects about 8 million people in the United Kingdom and nearly 27 million people in the United States.. It makes exercise difficult, and not exercising increases risk for heart attacks.
People with osteoarthritis should of course avoid contact sports, but exercise is more effective than any medication to treat this condition. The best activities include swimming and other water- based exercises, stationary cycling or cycling on the road, and muscle strengthening exercises using Nautilus machines or similar equipment at a gym. People with knee osteoarthritis should avoid sports that involve sudden shocks to the knee, such as when the foot hits the ground during running. Inactivity and overweight increase your chances of further knee damage and often lead to a joint replacement.
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Pain and Inflammation Relief
Fibromyalgia (FMS) and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) are often grouped together because they share many of the same symptoms. Indeed, the majority of symptoms are the same and the major difference in the syndromes is whether fatigue or pain predominates as the chief complaint. (All people with FMS experience fatigue and all people with CFS experience pain. The key distinction is which symptom predominates.)
Further, the brain map of people with CFS and FMS is different from the brain of otherwise healthy people. However, they are not different from each other. It may be that these are the same conditions viewed from a different perspective or in a different stage of the process. This has been compared to viewing a tree during different seasons of the year: it is the same tree, but it looks different depending on when you look at it and from what perspective.
Shared Features of Fibromyalgia (FMS) and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)
CFS and FMS share many body processes in common. Really, all imbalances are rooted in trauma, toxins, deficiency and stress. CFS/FMS are no different.
- Trauma For example, brain trauma may link these conditions. Dr. Daniel Amen reported discovering that the majority of those suffering with CFS/FMS share a common brain injury leading to a weak nerve impulse signal (neurasthenia) and an inability to relax (hyper-arousal).
- Deficiencies Deficiencies may connect these conditions as well. Dr. William Dement linked CFS/FMS to an imbalance in the Delta brain wave pattern resulting in un-refreshing, non-restorative sleep. A sleep deficiency is coupled with many other deficiencies, primarily Essential Fatty Acids, Vitamin B-12 and magnesium.
- Toxins Many physicians have linked toxins from our environment or toxins from infection to the immune system dysregulation of FMS/CFS. These often result in glutathione deficiency. Glutathione is the chief antioxidant in all cells of the human body. It is induced by other antioxidants such as Vitamin C and herbal preparations, especially adaptogens. Using the Vitamin C Flush can help you calibrate the maximum amount of Vitamin C your body can use to induce glutathione.
- Stress Speaking of adaptogens, CFS/FMS are associated with people who exhibit a particularly skillful adaptation to stress. For most people, stress starts a process of arousal, adaptation and exhaustion. In people with FMS/CFS the adaptation/exhaustion response is prolonged for months, years and even decades. These ingenious people are very creative in pushing the performance envelope to the brink of exhaustion again and again until they collapse and are finally disabled by fatigue or pain. Adaptogens are critical in helping to repair the damage caused by exhaustion.
Brain trauma, toxins from our environment and infection, deficiencies in nutrients and sleep, and the ability to skillfully prolong the stress response all lead to the constellation of symptoms associated with CFS/FMS. These are the features. In light of these universal symptoms, the distinction of fatigue versus pain seems relatively minor unless it is happening to you!
According to the excellent research work on CFS/FMS presented in the book Oslers Web, most people with these conditions eventually go into remission on their own. Time and rest are the keys to success.
Specific nutrients mentioned above are also keys to filling the deficiencies and reducing both toxins and stress. Guarding your sleep is crucial to reducing symptoms and moderate daily exercise is your key to improving general performance.
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Pain and Inflammation Relief
Let's talk about inflammation. In the short-term, inflammation is your body's intelligent healing response to an injury. The pain and stiffness associated with inflammation after you stub your toe forces you to protect your foot from further injury while the tissues heal. When inflammation becomes systemic and chronic, it damages your body. In 2004, Time magazine published a special issue about inflammation. Heart disease, cancer, diabetes, chronic pain, thyroid disease, autoimmune conditions, even brain conditions like depression and Alzheimer's disease have all been linked to chronic inflammation.
Why is chronic inflammation bad? It damages your cells. Chemical signals created during the inflammatory process are called cytokines. When cytokines are elevated, they interfere with normal cellular communication. They can go even further and damage your cellular membranes, which starts you down the path to organ dysfunction and illness.
One surprising piece of information is that what that what we think of as a "healthy diet" is in fact pro-inflammatory? Doctors, magazines, and websites typically recommend avoiding saturated fat and cholesterol, eating pro-inflammatory polyunsaturated seed oils, and eating grains. Grains, even "heart-healthy" whole grains, contain the pro-inflammatory sugar amylose, which is an element of starch. In fact, an excess of sugar drives inflammation, which plays a part in developing type 2 diabetes. Sugar is known to feed cancer cells, and it is the damage from high levels of sugar in blood that causes plaque to form in the arteries. So we should really get the message to focus on eating low-sugar, not low-fat! in order to curb inflammation
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Pain and Inflammation Relief
Let's talk about inflammation. In the short-term, inflammation is your body's intelligent healing response to an injury. The pain and stiffness associated with inflammation after you stub your toe forces you to protect your foot from further injury while the tissues heal. When inflammation becomes systemic and chronic, it damages your body. In 2004, Time magazine published a special issue about inflammation. Heart disease, cancer, diabetes, chronic pain, thyroid disease, autoimmune conditions, even brain conditions like depression and Alzheimer's disease have all been linked to chronic inflammation.
Why is chronic inflammation bad? It damages your cells. Chemical signals created during the inflammatory process are called cytokines. When cytokines are elevated, they interfere with normal cellular communication. They can go even further and damage your cellular membranes, which starts you down the path to organ dysfunction and illness.
One surprising piece of information is that what that what we think of as a "healthy diet" is in fact pro-inflammatory? Doctors, magazines, and websites typically recommend avoiding saturated fat and cholesterol, eating pro-inflammatory polyunsaturated seed oils, and eating grains. Grains, even "heart-healthy" whole grains, contain the pro-inflammatory sugar amylose, which is an element of starch. In fact, an excess of sugar drives inflammation, which plays a part in developing type 2 diabetes. Sugar is known to feed cancer cells, and it is the damage from high levels of sugar in blood that causes plaque to form in the arteries. So we should really get the message to focus on eating low-sugar, not low-fat! in order to curb inflammation
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Pain and Inflammation Relief
According to one medical resource, there are 2,186 disease conditions that are characterized by pain. On the other hand, there are people who experience no pain whatsoever. Would you like to live a life without pain? Definitely not! Pain is the special communication from your body that tells you when something is wrong.
We should all know that pain is a message. Our brain tells us that something is so very wrong that our health and well-being are threatened.
Acute pain
We take our hand off of a literal hot stove because of what is called a withdrawal reflex. We will often withdraw our hand or foot from a painful experience even before we have fully defined what is hurting us. In acute (short-term) pain, removing the trigger is very important. Common triggers for acute pain are:
- Trauma
- Toxins
- Deficiencies
- Stress
Chronic pain
Some pain persists even when you "take your hand off the stove." This is called chronic (long-term) pain. For instance, chronic back pain and chronic headaches persist long after the trauma that caused them. Many times there is no specific trauma. The pain just starts and won't go away.
This happens because of the way our nerves are constructed. You see, nerves don't really feel pain; they merely sense stimulation. It is up to our brain to interpret the signal as pain. We have specific nerve fibers that a activate under specific conditions. One group of fibers may be triggered by a sharp jab, another group by dull pressure. One group may be triggered by heat and another by extreme cold. The nerves carry this specific message to our brain for interpretation. Our brain interprets the signal as painful. The volume of the signal helps us determine the intensity of the pain.
In chronic pain:
The signal goes from the nerve ending to the spine.
From the spine it travels to the brain for interpretation.
Then a signal goes back along that route: from brain to spine and from spine to nerve ending. This return message is supposed to shut off the pain signal when the irritation is gone.
In chronic pain, the return signal is not switched off. Instead, it is amplified.
Have you ever heard a microphone/speaker screech with feedback? This happens when the microphone is too close to the speaker or when it is directed in such a way that the microphone picks up the sound waves from the speaker and amplifies them. This amplified signal is played through the speaker again and picked up by the microphone again where the signal repeats even louder. The result is the feedback screech that is definitely painful!
Your nerves can amplify pain signals. The signals don't even have to come from the nerve endings. Certain conditions may cause random signals to be amplified and pain may be projected to a perfectly healthy nerve ending. Remember, it is the interpretation of the intensity of this signal that we call pain.
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Pain and Inflammation Relief
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Pain and Inflammation Relief
Arthritis, gingivitis, heart disease and psoriasis are conditions that affect very different parts of the body, yet they all have something in common: inflammation. Inflammation also plays a role in dozens of other conditions, from allergies, eczema, bowel disease and autoimmune disorders like lupus to macular degeneration and memory loss.
Inflammation is your immune systems first reaction against infection. The injured area often becomes hot, red, swollen and painful. The heat is produced by the increased blood flow to the injured area. Redness occurs because the battle and repair processes are underway. The area usually becomes swollen because of all the fluid and immune cells at the site. Pain is often the first indicator of inflammation.
Inflammation is an effective way of ensuring that invaders do not enter your body and create havoc, but when it becomes low-grade and chronic, your immune systems army stay revved up and damages healthy issue in the crossfire.
Stress, bacteria, viruses, parasites, environmental toxins, certain foods, smoking, high blood insulin levels and obesity are just a few of the factors that promote inflammation.
Your diet can either promote or prevent inflammation. Foods containing arachidonic acid, such as offal, beef, dairy products promote inflammation. Through a complicated process the body breaks down arachidonic acid into inflammatory compounds.
A healthy diet including six servings of vegetables and one serving of fruit everyday. These are foods that have a low rating on glycemic index, meaning the body takes longer to break them down into blood glucose. They are an excellent choice for reducing inflammation.
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Pain and Inflammation Relief
Arthritis is an insidious disease, eating its way into the joints of nearly 70 million Americans, or nearly one out of every three U.S. adults. It is considered one of our most prevalent chronic health problems, costing the economy more than $124 billion in healthcare and lost wages each year.1 One of the more unnerving aspects of this disease is the fact its prevalence has nearly doubled in the past two decades,2 adding 23 million more to its "hit list" in the past seven years alone.
Attacking men, women, and even children, arthritis can worsen with a coming storm, a less-than-healthy diet, and advancing age. The pain associated with this disease can be brutal, sometimes turning a healthy hand into a deformed, unrecognisable extremity.
Interesting facts?
Even though many of us have one vision of what arthritis is, there are actually more than 100 different forms of the disease, each presenting with their own particular symptoms. While osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis are the most widely recognized, here are just a few of the others:
- - Bursitis
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Fibromyalgia
- Flat Feet
- Lyme Disease
- Rheumatic Fever
- Scleroderma
- Tennis Elbow
Unfortunately, one-third of us are destined to experience this disease, at least to some degree, as we move into our "golden years." While many have relied inherently on pharmaceuticals to ease arthritis pains, others have sought out more natural approaches to treat the disease.
From massage and yoga to diet and positive thinking, there are a host of therapies not traditionally associated with arthritis that can offer both temporary and lasting relief. It's important to understand how bodywork can help treat the disease and provide comfort, relief, and options to the pain-ridden client.
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Pain and Inflammation Relief
Chronic inflammation is now known to be the culprit for almost every disease state that afflicts humans. Even a short list of these diseases lupus, diabetes, hepatitis, allergies, asthma and arthritis can be traced to chronic inflammation, and theyre all difficult to get under control. Most of these diseases are treated by allopathic (conventional medicine) physicians with traditional pharmaceuticals such as steroids, anti-inflammatory pills, or even injectable immune-modulating agents. Unfortunately, these traditional treatments are toxic to many organ systems and if taken incorrectly can cause serious adverse effects.
Fortunately, there is now a better understanding of chronic inflammation and its causes. A simple explanation of how inflammation occurs will help explain.
First, when an incident occurs to your body, whether it be trauma, infection or other, your immune system sends messengers to the site of the insult to scope out the injury. These messengers cause the initial response of inflammation that almost always occurs with insult or injury: redness, heat, pain and swelling. Next, your immune system will send a series of messages back to the organs that are responsible for producing the immune cells to further fight off infection. These immune cells, known as B and T cells, secrete additional bio-chemicals which instruct the organs of immunity to secrete and produce many other immune-fighting proteins. These proteins are like an army of soldiers and are sent to the front line of the infection or injury and go to battle, fighting any foreign invaders and/or cleaning up the infection or injury. All of this leads to an inflammatory state.
In the short term, inflammation is necessary to fight off infection and help in the healing process. However, if inflammation continues unchecked and does not settle down (e.g., becomes chronic), then serious consequences will occur. Most people suffer from pain and other negative responses when their bodies are undergoing chronic inflammation. Here are four examples:
The damage from chronic inflammation
- In hypertensive (high blood pressure) heart failure, where there is a chronic inflammation of the blood vessels and the heart pump has become weaker over time, the body holds onto fluid excessively to help the heart pump more blood volume to each and every part of the body. This actually weakens the heart further, strains the kidneys and worsens the underlying high blood pressure.
- Allergy sufferers, the immune system over-reacts to pollen, cat dander, ragweed or some other environmental or food product by producing excessive immune responses and resulting in chronic inflammation. The symptoms of allergies we all know include watery, itchy eyes, runny nose and nasal congestion, wheezing, hives and more. Some allergies are life-threatening.
- The latest science has confirmed that even brain diseases, including Alzheimers disease and multiple sclerosis, are inflammatory in nature.
- Finally, Americas growing epidemic of obesity and insulin resistance is a direct result of chronic inflammation, caused mainly by excessive fat in the internal organs sending out inflammatory bio-chemicals throughout the body.
Fighting the #1 enemy of our lives
Chronic inflammation is the #1 enemy of our lives! How do we slow it down, stop it, or even reverse it? The answer is so simple,
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Pain and Inflammation Relief
There are so many causes of inflammation, it is highly likely right now, as you read this, your body has many sites which are inflamed. This is not the problem, though some are not a problem. The problem is all the sites in your body where, for a variety of reasons, your inflammation is not being turned off. Instead, the inflammation just keeps going and going. This is chronic inflammation.
There are several factors which can keep your body from turning off its inflammation response, but three factors are especially prevalent:
- Chronic Stress it keeps your body constantly revved up, wasting nutrient stores and impairing its ability to stop inflammation from becoming chronic;
- Chronic Nutritional Deficiencies without the right nutrition, on a daily basis, your body may not have the right resources to put a halt to on-going inflammation; and
- Chronic Toxin Overload in todays world, your body is constantly fighting off toxins, pollutants, and contaminants from so many sources it simply can be too overwhelmed to stop the never-ending and triggered inflammation.
You will notice there is one thing in common with all three of the above factors: chronic. When these adverse factors are chronic (constant), it greatly increases the chance your bodys inflammation will be chronic, too. It is exactly this type of inflammation the chronic kind the TIME Magazine story warned about because it can be so damaging to your health.
Some common examples of how you could be suffering from various kinds of chronic inflammation and their related health problems include:
- Muscle, joint, and bone inflammation causing on-going body and joint pain
- Respiratory inflammation causing allergies and breathing difficulties;
- Arterial inflammation causing heart health problems
- Digestive tract inflammation causing ulcers and irritable bowel syndrome and
- Widespread body cell inflammation causing overall fatigue.
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Pain and Inflammation Relief
In 2004, TIME Magazine ran an amazing story about inflammation and its destructive effect on the bodys health.
During the years following TIME Magazines story, medical science went on to find even more links between chronic inflammation and highly debilitating conditions, including allergies, chronic aches and pains, irritable bowel syndrome, and others.
These links were astounding: so many different conditions can all stem from just one problem chronic inflammation.
The type of chronic inflammation being studied is not just the sore, swollen muscle and joint kind so many naturally think of. It also includes the deeper and internal types of inflamed tissues affecting vital body systems, such as:
- Chronic cardiovascular inflammation in the heart and arteries;
- Chronic pulmonary inflammation in lungs and airways;
- Chronic digestive inflammation in the stomach, oesophagus, and intestines;
- Chronic inflammation in the other major organs (liver, kidneys, etc.) and glands; and
- Chronic widespread body cell inflammation existing throughout the body.
All of these different types of chronic inflammation can lead to many different kinds of severe health problems, such as:
- On-going and never-ending pain in parts of the body;
- Allergies and asthmatic reactions;
- High blood pressure and deteriorating heart and blood vessel health;
- Ulcers and irritable bowel syndrome; and
- Constant and overall tiredness and lethargy.
Whenever your body is subject to threatening elements or events, it may counter these attacks with one of its defence mechanisms inflammation. This is normal.
The threats which could trigger the bodys inflammatory response could be little things, such as an injury like a pulled muscle. The threat could be a bacterial intrusion. Stressful feelings and events can also trigger inflammation to flare-up in any number of your bodys tissues. Nutritionally deficient diets can lead to inflammatory flare-ups.
Finally, one of the biggest causes of inflammation could be todays world, which relentlessly exposes your body to an overwhelming flood of micro-sized dangers, such as toxins, pollutants, bacteria, viruses, and chemicals from the air you breathe, the water you drink, the foods you eat, and even the things you touch.
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Pain and Inflammation Relief
Pain and Inflammation is a problem for many people and there are some natural remedies. that reduce ongoing pain and inflammation.
Below are some of the best anti inflammatory drinks that can be found and used these day so you can remember what it feels like to live pain free again.
- Chamomile This drink is a tea that many people already drink, without realizing that it has health benefits for them. The chamomile is a plant that belongs to the family of sunflowers, which has the natural properties for anti-inflammatory.
It has antioxidants that are good for your body and will easily help reduce the inflammation that you experience on a regular basis.
You can replace your morning coffee with a cup of chamomile tea to help you receive the benefits from it, or you can drink it at another time during the day.
The key is to ensure that you drink this on a regular basis so you can start seeing the reduction of your inflammation problem for yourself.
- Green tea When you have chronic inflammation, this is a drink that will definitely provide relief for you. To help reduce inflammation that you may experience, it has a natural anti inflammatory that will help with this.
Chronic inflammation is not good on anyones body because it can lead to other health problems you dont needs such as heart disease. You will definitely start to notice less inflammation and more relief when you drink green tea on a regular basis.
- Prickly pear cactus drink For many different people, this is a drink that has been known to help reduce inflammation. It is a kind of cactus that has been used in a drink to help provide relief from this problem in recent years.
It is very effective and if you are serious about reducing the inflammation you experience daily, then you will benefit by giving this natural drink a try.
To help you reduce inflammation, these are some of the most effective natural anti inflammatory drinks that you can use. You will never know if they will provide relief for you until you have tried them. Dont hesitate in trying one or more of these drinks today because you dont know if they will help you or not if you dont try them, plus you wont be able to relieve your pain without out relying on over the counter drugs.
David Ogden
CEO TheInterbiz LLC
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Mechanical Back Pain
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Many people suffer from back pain. They go to the doctor and the doctor tells them that they have mechanical back pain, so what exactly is it.
Mechanical Back Pain
When back pain is mechanical, it means that the problem lies in the parts of the back that move. This means that youre dealing with your spine; the vertebra and discs as well as the muscles and ligaments. It doesnt sound very specific, but when you consider at what times your back hurts the most, its probably when youre moving or working it. When back pain comes from this area it might seem alarming, but you dont always have to be worried, you just need to know whats causing it so you can fix it.
Since this type of back pain is often caused from movement of any kind, its most common that the pain begins when you have done something to injure these parts of the back. It could have been something small, such as lifting a box the wrong way, but youre going to feel it for a long time.
Once youve strained your muscles, you might find that tired muscles cause the back to become weaker or out of alignment. The stronger side of the back pulls at the weaker side and over time this can cause problems with the discs of the back.
Pain Relief
Okay, so you know that youve hurt yourself somehow. It took a while to heal up but you still have pain. How can you fix it?
Most of your health care providers will tell you that after a few days of rest, the best thing you can do to ease your mechanical back pain is to start doing certain exercises. The idea is to strengthen both sides of the back and the muscles in the core so that youre less likely to strain your back. Over time, youll find that your back is stronger and youre more able to do the lifting and yard work that until now youve worked so hard to avoid.
You should be careful when youre doing any kind of back muscle exercises, however as you could injure weak muscles if you arent careful. It will likely hurt a little bit at first, but with time you will become stronger and your back and core muscles will be less painful. Youll probably also notice that as you balance the strength of the muscles in your back you begin to reduce your mechanical back pain for good.
David Ogden
CEO TheInterbiz LLC
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