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Do you have heel pain?

                The British Journal of Sports Medicine states, “Plantar heel pain is one of the most common foot  ailments, accounting for about 15% of foot symptoms requiring medical attention and 10% of running injuries”. Many doctors   recommend shoe inserts to ease this pain by supporting the arches and […]

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Food Intolerances

                Studies show that Lactobacillus Rhamnossus LGG improves food allergy tolerance.  Acquisition of tolerance was evaluated by double blind placebo controlled oral food challenge following 12 months of treatment. In total, 5 out of 12 (42%) LGG treated infants developed tolerance to cow’s milk proteins, whereas all (7/7) […]

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Hangover Help

                If you know you’ll be having a few drinks, taking this natural protocol  beforehand can help      “pre-tox” your body, thereby minimizing the damage associated with alcohol  consumption. N-acetyl cysteine (NAC): NAC is a form of the amino acid cysteine. It is known to help increase glutathione and […]

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Triggers for Auto Immunity

                Did you know that lectins (sugar-binding plant proteins that attach to cell membranes) create leaky gut in people with autoimmune disease and worsen the disease. In a recent paper, Dr Steven Gundry showed that 90 of 102 patients had complete remission of all biomarkers for autoimmune disease […]

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Solutions for Erectile Dysfunction

                Erectile dysfunction is caused by lack of blood supply to the penis and can be an early sign of heart disease. Those with the most severe ED and a history of heart problems had a more than 60      percent greater chance of having been admitted to the […]

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Orthostatic Hypotension

                Ever get dizziness from sitting or lying to standing?  Chances are you have orthostatic hypotension, as a result of your blood pressure being unable to raise quickly enough to adapt to the change in posture. Strategies to improve this: Move regularly-Without gravity, your vestibular system begins to  […]

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NSAIDs

                A new study[1] looked at dosing patterns of 1300 ibuprofen users to better understand how they take NSAIDs. The study showed that 90% took over-the-counter ibuprofen. Also, 37% of  participants took another NSAID during that week (eg, aspirin or naproxen), and most didn’t realize that they were […]

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Depression and Exercise

                Recent studies found that even exercising 1 or 1.5 times a week had a significant effect in preventing depression.  The study investigators estimated that compared with individuals who did not exercise, those who exercised an hour or more a week had a 44% decreased odds ratio of […]

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Varicose and Thread Veins

                  Adults with varicose veins are five times more likely to develop deep   venous thrombosis (DVT), a large retrospective cohort study has found. Among adults diagnosed with varicose veins, there was a significantly increased risk of incident Deep Vein Thrombosis ; the findings for Pulmonary Embolism and […]

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Iodine Deficiency

                At 12 weeks gestation, maternal subclinical iodine  deficiency is associated with  increased rates of stillbirths, spontaneous abortions, congenital abnormalities, maternal goitre & a leading cause of preventable intellectual impairment . Hypothyroidism in children causes the following: Poorer school performance Reduced achievement motivation Higher incidence of learning disabilities […]

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