Archive for June, 2008

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Why Do You Want To Eat Raw Food

June 17, 2008

Because cooking takes so many nutrients and vitamins OUT of food, you automatically start feeding your body what it needs when you stop cooking food and start eating uncooked, nutrient-rich foods. A raw carrot has exponentially more nutrition than a cooked carrot.

Cooking also alters the chemistry of foods, often making them harder to digest. Why do we have so many digestive problems in this country? Because we’re putting foods into our bodies in a form that we weren’t designed to absorb. High fiber, high water content fresh produce abolishes constipation of the bowels, cells and circulatory system. Obstructions are cleared and blood flow increases to each and every cell in the body. Enhanced blood flow is significant for two reasons: as mentioned above, blood delivers nutrients and oxygen to living cells, and carries away their toxic metabolites.

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Natural Remedies – A Different Perspective and Practice for Health

June 10, 2008

You’ve heard about people taking natural remedies to either improve their health, or to cope with a chronic illness such as diabetes, or for an acute illness like a cold. It might surprise you to find out that natural remedies are not a new idea. Cultures around the world have used them for thousands of years. So read a little more about the history of treating disease, and the choices you’ve got in treating yourself with alternative medicines.

Some of the eastern practices of medicine coming from the country of China is slowly becoming accepted by the western practice of medicine in the US and Canada. The general public has accepted the idea of using natural remedies much quicker than the medical establishment. The focus of this type of remedy is to naturally return the body to it’s stability before sickness occurred.  For example, the use of green tea leaves has natural antioxidants that fight and slow down cancer production. Other vitamins exist in the tealeaves and that’s why it fights the common cold and flu so well.

Today it’s good to know that there are some doctors that are practicing an integrative approach of natural remedies and traditional western medicine for their patients. Many years ago, it would’ve been impossible to find one. Even if you’re not lucky enough to have a local doctor or specialist that considers natural remedies important, there is a solution. You can use some of the natural remedies on the market as a preventive measure, or to fight with an already existing disease. However if you do always check with your doctor to make sure that there could not possibly be an interaction with any treatments or drugs that you’re taking.

Whatever road of medical treatment you decide to travel make sure that it’s a well informed one. Always study your options and you’ll find a treatment or preventive care plan that will work for you. Natural remedies are as old as mankind, and they’ve worked well for others, but remember what may work well for one might not for you.