Vitamin C is a water-soluble vitamin, meaning that your body doesn’t store it.
You need vitamin C for the growth and repair of tissues in all parts of your body. It helps the body make collagen, an important protein used to make skin, cartilage, tendons, ligaments, and blood vessels. Vitamin C is essential for healing wounds, and for repairing and maintaining bones and teeth. Read more...
It is important to maintain a healthy colon because if it becomes clogged, it will have an effect on your health. Once the colon is overloaded with toxins, you may become ill. As with the normal body functions, the digestive system cleans the colon to make it function properly. However, if there are too many unhealthy foods that are clogging in the colon like junk foods and preservative-filled foods, the colon and body becomes too stressed to keep up with the cleaning. To help your colon become clean and get rid of the excess waste, you may want to use detoxification program. Read more...
You should contact a doctor if you have stiffness and pain in one or both knees, especially if it lasts for more than 6 weeks;
knee pain, swelling, or tenderness, especially swelling that occurs within 24 hours of an injury; or any pain that interfered with mobility or daily activities.
The knee is composed of two bones ( the femur and the tibia) balancing on one another and lashed in place on all sides by muscles and connective tissue.
It is the only weight-bearing joint in the body with this design. And that makes the knee prone to arthritis, injuries, and pain. Read more...
If you experience fatigue, dry hair, bloating, muscle soreness and cramps, painful joints, abdominal pain, mood swings, depression and decreased
concentration, you may have an underactive thyroid, and you should see your doctor right away for a diagnosis. Read more...
You should only use alternative remedies as part of a treatment program that is to help to slow Parkinson’s and reduce its severity,
but you should always inform your doctor regarding any addition supplements you are taking.
Tell your doctor if you notice an increase in one or more of the following symptoms of Parkinson’s disease:
muscle rigidity; tremor in the limbs; head; neck; face; slow movement response; poor balance or walking problems. Read more...
A Mineral Deficiency May Trigger Many Cases of Dermatitis
There are many different types of dermatitis, a skin rash that can be red, itchy, swollen, oozing, crusty, scaly, or any combination of these symptoms.
There is irritant contact dermatitis. Allergic contact, Photo contact, Eczema, Nummular, Seborrhea, Hand,and Peri oral.
Although a dermatologist can figure out which kind of dermatitis you have, he may not be able to do much about getting rid of it.
Most conventional treatment fall into either of two categories. Read more...
Pre and postmenopausal women may hold excess fluid because they’re not eating enough protein, have a high salt diet, or aren’t getting enough vitamin B6.
Food or chemical sensitivities may also contribute. While short-term fluid retention isn’t necessarily serious, a long standing problem could be a sign of a hormone imbalance or even acute heart or kidney failure.
If it isn’t part of a monthly menstrual cycle or if it’s accompanied by shortness of breath, pain in the calf muscles, or a decrease in urination, see a doctor straight away. Read more...
You should use the alternative remedies discussed only as part of a treatment program that is guided and monitored by a doctor in partnership with an alternative medicine practitioner, both of whom are experienced in caring for your condition.
HIV is the virus that causes AIDS, a disease that destroys the immune system and ravages the body.
There is no cure for AIDS, no way to eradicate HIV (the human immunodeficienty virus) from the body. Read more...
Intermittent Claudication can be a real pain – usually a burning, cramp like sensation that typically hits after you’re walked a short distance.
If you have intermittent claudication , it’s almost certain that you have severe arterial disease in other parts of the body and are at risk for heart attack and stroke.
When you have intermittent claudication, the arteries that feed the muscles of your legs are blocked. The resulting calf discomfort can range from painful to debilitating. The typical drug treatment consists of two medications that improve circulation by “thinning the blood: pentoxifylline and aspirin. Read more...
Imagine some of the liquid in your body suddenly turned into glass-and the glass shattered.
That’s similar to what happens when you have an attack. Some of your body’s uric acid, a normal by-production of protein metabolism,
changes from a liquid into tiny crystals. Those crystals, sharp spikes and all, can settle in your joints. (The joint of the big toe is their favourite.)
The resulting pain, redness, heat, and swelling can be so intense that you can’t even walk. Read more...
If you have a case of bursitis or tendinitis – perhaps from typing for hours everyday or from an injury or infection that lasts more than 4 days, you need to contact a doctor. The doctor will find the cause and work with you to devise a long term treatment plan.
A dietary deficiency of the mineral manganese can lead to chronic tendinitis by causing your tendons to stretch abnormally, you should have a blood test for levels of this mineral. Read more...
Conventional medicine has lots of ways to fix a wrinkled face.Collagen injections to fill wrinkles.
Laser surgery to “resurface” lined areas. A brow lift for your forehead.
Maybe cosmetic surgery doesn’t appeal to you, though. If that’s the case, alternative beauty care have a wealth of
natural options for reducing wrinkles and “implanting” more youth in your skin. Read more...
Left untreated, gingivitis can become periodontist, a condition in which receding gum’s and bone loss eventually start to loosen the teeth in your mouth.
But gingivitis is also a sign that you have an underlying health problem, your gum’s are telling you that there is an imbalance in your system from a high-fat, nutrition-poor diet ; too much stress; or any number of other possible causes. Read more...
