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Natural Migraine Cure
If you or a loved one suffers from migraines, you know the side effects can be brutal. They include nausea, vomiting, ulcers, seizures, dizziness, and extreme sensitivity to light. You may be tempted to pop a pill and sleep the pain away in a dark room. The most common pain relievers include, aspirin, naproxen, and ibuprofen. But prolonged use of these pain relievers can actually make the pain worse. They can cause an “analgesic rebound effect.” This means your headache can come back when you stop taking the pain reliever. Your body actually creates more pain, like a withdrawal symptom, when you stop taking it. It causes your body to create more headache pain, so it can receive a larger dose of drugs. It’s like creating a painkiller addiction in your body. These pain relievers have also been linked to internal bleeding and liver damage. You don’t need to risk your life or your health in order to have a better quality of life. You can live pain-free naturally. The good news is there are a few simple nutrients you can take to help you get rid of migraines for good. CoQ10 – Researchers from the Head and Pain Unit at the University Hospital Zurich discovered in a clinical trial that 300 mg of CoQ10 daily cuts migraine frequency by half.1 But it’s important to take the right form of CoQ10. A high-potency, reduced form of CoQ10 makes it convenient to take. Because it contains ubiquinol, it’s eight times more absorbable than other forms of CoQ10. So, 50 mg is equal to 400 mg of regular CoQ10. That means you can take just two capsules instead of the 10 capsules of regular CoQ10 to get the therapeutic levels you need to fight migraines. Riboflavin(vitamin B2) – High doses of riboflavin increase the energy production in the brain cells which reduce headaches. One study showed that 400 mg of riboflavin a day cut the frequency of migraines in half.2 You can get riboflavin from many foods. But you’d have to eat enormous amounts of liver, nuts, dairy, eggs, seafood, and greens to get to 400 mg a day. So, while you should still eat these foods, I also recommend you supplement your diet with riboflavin. You can find riboflavin (vitamin B2) supplements at your local health food store. Magnesium – One of magnesium’s main jobs is to tone the blood vessels. Scientists have linked certain types of migraines to problems with blood flow and pressure in the vessels. So, if you have low magnesium levels, you could benefit from taking magnesium supplements.3 Studies have shown that 600 mg a day reduces migraines by up to 41 percent.4 Look for magnesium that is bound to citrate, malate, or aspartate. Take it with vitamin B6. It will increase the amount of magnesium that accumulates in your cells. You can find magnesium and B6 at your local health food store.
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Ginger the natural painkiller
Today I want to recommend to you a painkiller that’s not scary at all. In fact, you probably don’t have to look beyond your kitchen cabinet to find it. I’m talking about ginger. For centuries it’s been used throughout Asia to treat joint pain, colds, and even indigestion. It can reduce pain in the muscles and joints by as much as 25%.1 And taking raw and cooked ginger daily can be an effective pain reliever – even for inflammatory conditions like osteoarthritis. That’s because inflammation is the root cause all kinds of problems – from arthritis to back pain to muscle aches. Ginger contains 12 different compounds that fight inflammation. Some block the Cox-2 enzyme which triggers it. Some lower pain receptor and nerve-ending sensitivity. Together they work almost the same as anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen and aspirin. So, if you want to cut back on painkillers and avoid the harmful side effects, supplement your diet with ginger. Here are some ways to get your daily doses: Stir fry food with it: It’ll add an invigorating taste to any meat and vegetable dish. Sprinkle some grated ginger on top for even more great flavor. Supplement: Most pharmacies or health food stores sell ginger powder in pills or capsules. Look for an extract with 5% gingerols. Use a ginger compress on painful areas: It’ll stimulate blood flow and ease achy joints. Drink ginger tea: It’s cheap. It’s easy. It tastes great. And it heals. Here’s a recipe I use: Ingredients water, 4 cups 2-inch piece of fresh ginger root optional: honey and lemon slice Peel the ginger root and slice it into thin slices. Bring the water to a boil in a saucepan. Once it’s boiling, add the ginger. Then cover it, reduce the heat, and let it simmer for 15-20 minutes. Strain the tea. Add honey and lemon to taste. 1 Ozgoli G, Goli M, Moattar F. “Comparison of Effects of Ginger, Mefenamic Acid, and Ibuprofen on Pain in Women with Primary Dysmenorrhea.” J Altern Complement Med. 2009 Feb;15(2):129-32. Does gaining weight run in the family?
Have you resigned yourself to gaining weight because it “runs in the family”? Bad genetics doesn’t have to catch up with you. You can change your genes simply by making a few adjustments to your diet.1 When you eat certain foods, nutrients release hormones that switch your genes on and off. And the nutrients in low-glycemic foods turn off genes that lead to weight gain and diseases that may follow. We found this out when we studied the response to the glycemic index (GI) in people who have metabolic syndrome. The glycemic index measures how fast your food breaks down to sugar in your bloodstream. Metabolic syndrome is a medical term for overweight people whose cholesterol, triglycerides, and blood sugar levels are high. It puts them at risk for diabetes, heart attack, and stroke. In the study, one group ate foods with a low GI rating of 40-60. The other group ate foods with a high GI rating of about 80-100. In just 12 weeks, the high GI diet increased the activity of 62 genes that lead to disease. These genes activate your stress response. It puts your body in a constant “fight or flight” mode. This lowers your immunity and causes damage to your cells. But the low GI diet decreased the activity of 71 disease-causing genes, including hormone-sensitive lipase (HSL).2 High HSL is what causes fat to settle around your middle.3 But when scientists studied animals bred to have little HSL, they found the animals became resistant to obesity, whether it was hereditary or from diet.4 I suggest you eat a wide variety of low GI foods. Follow the example handed down by our primal ancestors. Choose foods you could have gotten either by hunting or gathering: Eat fresh, low-glycemic foods. Look for grass-fed beef. Fish. Beans. Plenty of above-ground and green, leafy vegetables. Onions and garlic. Berries, nuts, and seeds. Fresh fruits. Avoid high-glycemic foods. These include white potatoes, most grains such as rice, corn, and wheat, cereals, cereal bars, and low-fiber or sweetened foods. Shun pre-packaged items and fast food. These products contain high-glycemic ingredients and artificial chemicals. Avoid sweetened foods. Diet foods. Foods like these turn on the genes responsible for weight gain and disease.5 Finally, if you have a family history of disease, you may want to supplement with additional nutrients:
Do You have the Symptoms of Irregular PH Balance?
It’s no secret that your body is made up of about 70 percent water. Every one of your 100 trillion cells is filled with water. And every other chemical in your body—from the stomach acid you need to digest food… to the blood that carries oxygen and nutrients to the cells of all your organs—either contain water or are suspended in water. Therefore, for you to be healthy, that water needs to have a healthy pH balance—even out into the tissues of the organs where metabolism actually occurs. The letters “pH” mean “potential of hydrogen” and simply measure how acidic or alkaline your body is on a logarithmic scale from 0 to 14. Your body will work hard to keep your organ tissues in pH balance. You will achieve optimum health much easier when your organ tissues stay in a slightly alkaline environment—about 7.0 to 7.5 as measured by saliva. Blood pH is very different, however. It remains in the 7.34 to 7.38 pH range normally. And urine is normally acidic at a pH of 6.2 to 6.8 upon your first morning bathroom visit. What some people don’t realize is that saliva is a fairly good reflection of tissue pH which can vary, while blood pH will be one of the very last things to change in a sick person. Is an acidic pH balance behind YOUR symptoms? Take this simple test:
Toxins Everywhere
Toxins are in just about everything we come into contact with. They enter our body through the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat, and even through our skin. Our bodies haven’t adapted quickly enough to flush out the countless man-made chemicals, toxins, and pollutants that are now present in our everyday lives. It’s a manifestation of a larger problem. The world we were designed to live in millions of years ago has changed. Did you know that pesticides sprayed on fruits and vegetables today are the same family of pesticides used for nerve gas in WWII? Getting rid of these toxins will help you live a healthier life. It will help support your immune system, clear your mind, balance your hormones, and much more. It will simply help you feel more energetic and healthy. Toxins are everywhere in our bodies. And the best place to start getting rid of them is in your colon. Because when your colon doesn’t work right, it can have a snowball effect on your entire body. All of the food you eat eventually winds up in your colon. And what your body doesn’t use can remain as waste byproducts and toxins. Our modern world can cause fecal waste to get backed up. Sometimes to the point of having 10 to 20 pounds or more of putrefied waste trapped in your colon. This can cause you to feel bloated, constipated, fatigued, and just plain terrible. The truth is having a toxic digestive system is one of the main reasons people are not as healthy as they could be. When toxins overwhelm your large intestine, it goes into bunker-mode. It protects itself by producing extra mucous. This gunk sticks to the sludge produced by a low fiber diet creating a build-up that narrows the colon. This build-up makes your colon work less efficiently and slows down the time it takes to rid your colon of fecal matter. The good news is there are steps you can take to put your colon back in balance. Steps you can take to help maintain healthy bowel function and start feeling better. One of the best ways to do this is with a colon cleanse. A colon cleanse can reduce the level of toxins in your digestive system and help you maintain more regular and healthier bowel movements. There are many natural ways to safely cleanse your colon. Here are three that I recommend: Cascara Sagrada – This plant extract helps to stimulate the muscles of your colon to contract, helping to push waste out of your body. It also helps strengthen and tone your colon, bringing bowel function back to normal. Slippery Elm Bark – This herb acts as an “internal soother.” It absorbs toxins which can cause intestinal imbalance. It helps stabilize gastritis, diarrhea, irritable bowel syndrome, and even hemorrhoids. Natural Blood Pressure Miracle
Today, I’m going to tell you how you can lower your blood pressure – naturally. There’s a crunchy red root that works wonders with lowering bloodpressure. And here’s the kicker… no side effects.1 To put that last statement into context: Here are just some of the side effects of nitroglycerin used in may blood pressure tablets: Dizziness Fainting Headache Nausea and vomiting Allergic reactions Rapid or slow heartbeat Sweating Chestpain You don’t have to worry about any of these with my natural solution. I’m talking about beetroot. Just a small amount of beetroot or beetroot juice can help reduce your blood pressure. Here’s how it works. When you eat it, the beetroot is mixed with your saliva and bacteria on your tongue. This combo turns into nitric oxide (NO2). It’s the chemical from the lining of your blood vessels that makes them expand. When NO2 gets to your stomach, another reaction occurs, and the nitrate is recirculated throughout your body. This recirculation is what causes your blood pressure to drop. You see the biggest drop 3-4 hours after eating beetroot. But the effects last for up to 24 hours. 2 When these naturally produced nitrates are circulated through your body, your blood vessels relax. This lets your blood flow easier and reduces strain on your heart. The result? Lower blood pressure. You can get the most out of beetroots by either chewing them raw or throwing them in your juicer. Here’s a fresh juice recipe you can try: Fresh Beetroot and Vegetable Juice: 2 raw organic carrots 3 organic celery sticks 1/2 an organic cucumber 1 organic beetroot Roughly chop all the vegetables, put them in your juicer, and blend. 1 Vikas Kapil; Alexandra B. Milsom; Michael Okorie; Sheiva Maleki-Toyserkani; Farihah Akram; Farkhanda Rehman; Shah Arghandawi; Vanessa Pearl; Nigel Benjamin; Stavros Loukogeorgakis; Raymond MacAllister; Adrian J. Hobbs; Andrew J. Webb; and Amrita Ahluwalia, “Inorganic Nitrate Supplementation Lowers Blood Pressure in Humans. Role for Nitrite-Derived NO.” AHA Journal 2010. 2 Webb. A. Hypertension, Feb. 4, 2008, early online edition. News release, Queen Mary, University of London Resveratrol an anti-aging breakthrough
Recently on 60 Minutes there was an anti-aging story that caught my attention. Morley Safer spoke to Dr. Christoph Westphal about the remarkable power of resveratrol, a natural compound found in red wine. Dr. Westphal is impressed by resveratrol’s potential. He co-founded a biotech company to develop resveratrol-based drugs. The idea is that this drug will activate your longevity gene. But here’s the deal with resveratrol: You don’t have to wait for a resveratrol-based drug to get its anti-aging benefits. Resveratrol is available right now. You can take the pure, natural form of resveratrol – not the chemical, synthetic version researchers cook up in their labs. It’s proven effective and completely safe. Research on resveratrol started with the French Paradox, a term coined to explain a phenomenon observed in French people. They have better heart health in spite of eating a high-fat diet and drinking more red wine than most other cultures. Lab tests traced this effect back to resveratrol, which is most abundant in the skins of red grapes used to make red wine. It slows the build-up of platelets in blood vessels, making them less sticky. This thins your blood and improves blood flow. Research also shows that resveratrol can help prevent unhealthy cell growth. It switches on your immune system, lowers inflammation and acts as a powerful antioxidant. In fact, researchers at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston consider resveratrol the best way to fight certain health disasters. It also modulates hormones, stops damaged cells from multiplying, and can actually destroy these dangerous cells. Resveratrol may add years to your life, too. Studies using both mice and yeast show resveratrol turns on a gene that stimulates a protein called SIRT. The greater the activity of SIRT, the greater the life span of yeast and mice. The newest round of studies from the Institute of Genetics, Molecular and Cellular Biology in France found that resveratrol helped mice run twice as far during exercise. It super-charged their muscles, reduced their heart rate and gave them endurance power comparable to trained athletes. A study of men and women from Finland showed that resveratrol is likely to operate the same way in humans. “Resveratrol makes you look like a trained athlete without the training,” said Johan Auwerx, one of the lead researchers from the Institute in France. What’s more, resveratrol protected mice from gaining weight and developing the symptoms of diabetes and obesity. The benefits included a heightened sensitivity to insulin, which is the key to maintaining your ideal weight and avoiding diseases like diabetes. Your Not Stuck With Your Family's Genes
Have you seen the January 18th issue of Time Magazine? It's some exciting new research that puts to rest the long-held belief that you are stuck with what you've got at birth! If you think there's nothing you can do to prevent getting a disease that runs in the family, THINK AGAIN. As it turns out, you can literally reprogramme your DNA-telling your body to slow ageing, live longer and prevent diseases. Express the Genes that Fight Disease This new branch of science is called epigenetics. Much to the surprise of the old way of thinking your fate isn't sealed by your DNA! The impact of this study is far reaching. You have some control over whether or not a disease that has run in your family catches up with you, OR NOT! The "epigenome" makes this possible. Your epigenome interacts everyday with your environment. That means everything you come into contact with and everything you put in your body has the power to turn genes on or off via different chemical pathways. The end result is the ability to change the way your body expresses your genetic coding. Live Longer, Beat Disease The good news is that taking control of you genetic code is simpler than you might think. At Breakthrough Health Clinic we have a medically researched and proven 8 step programme to change your DNA and your destiny NOW.... SUGAR BREAKTHROUGH SHAKES MEDICAL WORLD
They've told you that all sugar is bad, but SURPRISE... An acclaimed research physician un the US, Dr. Wright has discovered that, much like fats, there are "bad" and "good" sugars, and the difference can transform your health in days - or even minutes. "BAD" sugars attract dangerous germs... You see, sugar isn't just sweet for us - germs love it too. The sugar in your body sends out chemical signals that draw them like moths to a flame. By reading the "sugar code" on your cell walls, these pathogens target cells all over your body. But what if you could turn that secret code against your microbial enemies? Incredibly, now you can, with... "GOOD" sugars that disable germs These "exotic" varieties aren't found in table sugar, but they do show up in small quantities in certain fruits, like cranberries. Their molecules are just a little different, but it makes a huge difference to germs... Instead of just waiting to be eaten, these good sugars overwhelm germs by jamming their chemical "radar" and blocking the cellular receptors these pathogens grab hold of (kind of like coating your cells with Teflon). Suddenly, germs have a hard time even finding your cells - but if they do manage to locate a few, they're too slippery to cling to. Because they can't hang on, your body fluids then wash these germs away harmlessly. Too good to be true? WRONG. Dr. Wright has found sugars that do exactly this. Take "Sugar X", for example, it looks and tastes a lot like ordinary table sugar, but actually disables bacteria... What better place to test a "good" sugar than in your mouth? To start with, researchers created a gum made from Sugar X. Amazingly, people who chewed it got 80% less tooth decay , even though they didn't change their eating habits. But it gets better... CONQUER tooth decay with sugar? Strange but true... In addition to washing out germs, it apparently works the same magic on pollutants, pollen grains and other allergens that attach to your mucous membranes, triggering hay fever and asthma attacks. Suddenly, all those micro-particles get "unstuck" and slip away. Can the same thing work for more serious diseases? BIG YES. For example, researchers placed Sugar X in a nose spray and gave it to people with chronic ear and sinus infections. Lifelong sufferers were shocked to find... Sinus and ear infections SLASHED BY 93% Yes, this same sugar "unsticks" the germs in your nose, sinuses and ear canals! Spray it in, wait a bit, blow your nose, and away go the bacteria. You better believe I've tried it myself. You can feel the difference in minutes. If you're a sinus sufferer, or know a child tortured by ear infections, think of what this means. Instead of being doomed to a lifetime of antibiotics and all the nasty side-effects they bring...no more diarrhea and cramps, no more yeast overgrowths, no more fatigue, no more suffering, period. But that's just the start, because now... Sugar X proves equally miraculous for ASTHMA AND HAY FEVER SUFFERERS In addition to washing out germs, it apparently works the same magic on pollutants, pollen grains and other allergens that attach to your mucous membranes, triggering hay fever and asthma attacks. Suddenly, all those micro-particles get "unstuck" and slip away. And there's similar sweet news about BLADDER AND URINARY INFECTIONS.... If you or your spouse have ever suffered these painful attacks, I don't have to tell you what antibiotics can't do. They can't keep the infection from bouncing back as soon the drugs stop. Worse, the germs quickly gain immunity to the antibiotic. Drugs like penicillin that used to work well must now be taken at triple the old dosage. In a frightening number of new cases, they can't kill the bugs at all... "Sugar M" washes out bugs that resist THE MOST POWERFUL ANTIBIOTICS... The scientific name for this miraculous sugar is D-Mannose. And it has already proved a godsend for hundreds of patients at Dr. Wright's clinic, and readers of Nutrition & Healing who have tried it themselves. In most cases, patients are infection free in less than 48 hours. The bacteria become so slippery they can no longer cling to your cell walls. You literally flush them down the toilet. More good news. These healing sugars even taste delicious, yet... They don't make you fat, because they "slip-slide" right through your digestive system. They can even help you lose weight... Are you starting to see why so many doctors are starting to study Dr. Wright's theories? His solutions don't just stave off disease, they wipe it out for good. Yet all this is just the beginning. Think even bigger. Like heart disease ... "What? Cut cholesterol with SUGAR CANE??!! Actually, it's even more astonishing than that... EVEN IF YOU'VE BEEN BLISSFULLY IGNORING your doctor's advice for years, drinking, eating the wrong foods, not getting enough exercise... Maybe you won't have to pay the piper after all. To a stunned world, Dr. Wright recently revealed details about an all-natural sugar cane extract that's now doing patients more benefit than the latest cholesterol-controlling statin drugs. Unlike dangerous drugs that simply lower cholesterol, this harmless extract does just about everything your heart could desire. Several studies show that it can:
Skeptical? So were a lot of scientists. They proceeded to test the sugar cane extract against top prescription drugs - substances with some very dangerous side-effects. In three different double-blind, placebo-controlled studies, they put it up against prevastatin (Prevachol®), lovastatin (Mevacor®), simvastatin (Zocor®)... The sugar cane miracle whomped them all . More benefits, no side-effects, and all at a slender fraction of the cost. The results leave little room for doubt... Yet it's so safe, even diabetics use it with NO HARMFUL SIDE-EFFECTS In fact, it's been carefully tested on people with type II diabetes and has proved totally safe, with no adverse impact on glucose control. Yes, even though it's a sugar cane extract. Because this remarkable substance has practically zero carbohydrate content. (Technically, it's not even a sugar.) And this most amazing of "sugar cures" has even more tricks up its sleeve... At Breakthrough Health we have studied Dr Wrights research and have his breakthrough Sugar Products avaulable to our clients. |
 Robyn Meywes
Robyn is a qualified Herbalist and has practised natural medicine for over 25 years in Australia. Archives
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