Health and Fitness – Fitness Made Easy

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...

Arthritis – There are more than 100 types of arthritis, but the most common type is osteoarthritis.

Symptoms include painful stiff swollen joints in any part of the body. The pain is the result of wear and tear on cartilage,  the gel-like shock-absorbing material between joints.

When cartilage wears away, bone grinds against bone.

Although you can develop osteoarthritis at any age,  it usually occurs in people over 45,  and is more common among women.
Other forms of the disease are rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis.  Read more...

Insomnia can take three forms:

1. You toss and turn instead of  falling asleep.
2. You fall asleep okay, but then wake up repeatedly during the night.
3. You wake up much too early and can’t get back to sleep again.

The most common causes of  insomnia are emotional stress and depression.  Other reasons for poor sleep include pain or illness,  medications  ( such as decongestants,  diuretics,  some antidepressants,  steroids and beta blockers) eating a heavy meal late at night or alcohol too near bedtime.  Read more...

Consult a doctor if you experience all or most of these symptoms for more than a week.

• Chronic fatigue unrelieved by rest.
• Unexplained chronic muscle pain or joint pain.
• Dry eyes and mouth.
• Fever
• Rash
• Mouth or skin ulcers
• Swollen glands

See a doctor immediately if you experience:
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Prescription tranquillizers such as  diazepam ( Valium )  aren’t all bad.  They can help you cope with acute anxiety.  When you take tranquillizers day by day to control chronic anxiety,  they can actually cause the very problem they’re suppose to treat.

That’s because tranquillizers are addictive.  Your brain and body may develop a physical dependence on them within 4 weeks of daily use.  Then, if you try to stop using them,  the inevitable period of physical withdrawal produces  anxiety.  Therefore if you have been taking prescription tranquillizers daily for more than 4 weeks,  you need a program to help you stop taking the drugs,  since the symptoms of sudden withdrawal can be overwhelming.  Read more...

High Energy secrets to wipe out Fatigue.

Fatigue isn’t a disease.  It doesn’t show up on diagnostic tests.  No drug can cure it.  There isn’t an operation that will cut it out of the body.  Some conventional doctors,  who are trained to detect illnesses with tests and solve them with drugs or surgery,  may dismiss fatigue as incurable.

Some doctors simply tell their patients that fatigue is as natural a consequence of growing older as grey hair and wrinkles,  they say you simply have to live with it.  That is sheer and utter nonsense.  Read more...

Heal Brain Cells Naturally to Stop Memory Problems

You’re over 40 and you seem to have developed a Bermuda Triangle in your brain,  a place where names,  facts,  and even recent events seem to mysteriously disappear.

That  ” triangle ”   is called age-related memory loss.  If  you ask most conventional doctors what you can do about it,  they’ll probably tell you that it’s normal,   it’s inevitable,  and you should learn to live with it.

Forget about it !  Read more...

Yoga without doubt will create a more relaxed feeling as well as supplying your mind with positive thoughts.

Yoga  is still popular in India today, and is considered to be a spiritual exercise. Those who practice Hinduism believe that Yoga is away of getting close to God. Practitioners will often chant, and may perform breathing techniques as well. Samadhi is a complex mental state where a person can achieve ecstasy.

Here are  just a few of the benefits of using yoga:  Read more...