The damaging toxic results of heavy metals such as; lead, mercury and dozens more, that are used in; children’s toys, foods, drinks,  tooth pastes, vaccines and 100′s of other poison’s used for consumer products and medical drugs for patients, as well as 100′s of toxic chemicals, and other contaminants, tend to create in sensitive developing bodies, many kinds of mental dysfunction’s and disorders.

Hans Asperger is where the original name came from, first it was called Aspergers disease Then came a renaming of most of the symptoms into what today is called, Autism.

It all ties back to I.G. Farbin, the original dye makers of the 1890′s. The food dyes caused and still do cause mental dysfunction or mental disorders;  some call these symptoms: psychiatric disorders.

Staggering Autism  Rates In The United States

In the 1960′s it was estimated that in the United States, 1 in 60,000 children suffered from Autism. As of 2013, in the United States,  it’s 1 in every 88 children except in Utah where it’s 1 in 47 children.

The number of children diagnosed annually with autism is escalating at a truly frightening rate. In the 1980s, a study showed that 4 in every 10,000 children showed signs of autism.

A recent study by Cambridge University`s Autism Research Center showed that approximately 1 in 60 children has some form of the condition. The controversy over what causes autism spectrum disorder has grown almost as rapidly as the number of cases.

With Big Pharma funding millions to lab studies (trying to hide from the public what are they are doing and have done to cause this), most researchers are searching frantically for a genetic culprit, while others point to environmental factors, and yet it has been consistently shown that the main cause is immunizations, vaccines, and other meds.

Ten’s of thousands of parents have seen perfectly healthy, functional children lose it all within 24-72 hours of ‘shots’ given by doctors and nurses!

Many have pointed to childhood vaccinations as the cause of autism, and the debate continues on that point. Some researchers dismiss the correlation while others refer to data showing that un-vaccinated children show a significantly lower rate of autism than children who have been vaccinated.

Specifically, some researchers blame mercury, which is still present in the flu vaccines and others given to children as part of the vaccination regime. Others point to the dramatic increase in the number of vaccinations given in accordance with the CDC Mandatory Vaccination Schedule. In 1983, the total number of vaccines given to children from birth through 6 years of age was 10. In 2007, that number had grown to 36!!!!!

The range of environmental toxins that could be triggering autism envelopes everything from the previously mentioned mercury to lead and other toxic metals, pesticides, food additives, flame retardants, phthalates (found in cosmetics and vinyl, including vinyl flooring), antibacterial soaps, pet flea shampoos, and even fluoride tooth paste and fluoride dental treatments.

What Can Be Done Te Reverse This Trend?

So, what can be done to clear the heavy metals and toxic residues from the body and help Develop Mental Clarity???

Mud Baths

Mud baths date back to the dawn of time. The ancient Romans valued mud baths as a preventative and curative measure where members of the entire population – male and female, young and old, ill and healthy – would gather to immerse themselves in the mud. In Egypt, Cleopatra used clay to preserve her complexion.

The Wappo Indians used mud baths of volcanic ash and spring waters for their health treatments. Other native groups used clay to cure wounds, as well as paint caves.

Sadly, in some countries, eating dirt has become a way of surviving, but it works.

Present day, we can still thank Mother Nature for the value of dirt.  Mud baths have been used to treat everything from tired, achy muscles, radiation and chemical/pesticide exposure and heavy metal poisoning.

Very recently, some surprising and encouraging results have been reported when using clay baths to clear Autsim, Asperger’s Syndrome, fibromyalgia, ADD and more, since clay baths help to clear toxins and heavy metals.

Today many autism treatment centers are incorporating the use of Bentonite clay in their successful treatment regimens. Detoxing and chelating with calcium Bentonite clay baths is proving to be a key factor in their success.

Studies are showing the clay’s unique ability to safely remove metals and environmental toxins from the body clears the way for the return of mental cognitive function.

Chelation, Internal Cleansing and Detoxification

With environmental toxins playing such a significant factor in the onset of autism, it becomes imperative to protect ourselves from them, and to remove them from our systems as rapidly as possible.

Unfortunately, it’s impossible to completely avoid these toxins; they are in the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the food we eat!

Internal cleansing and detoxification are needed to remove these substances from our bodies. Many naturopaths and holistic doctors are recommending chelation and detoxification programs in addition to behavioral therapy for their autistic patients.

Experts agree that when you remove these toxins, all other behavioral and integrative therapies such as music therapy and applied behavioral analysis, work much more easily and effectively.

Chelators are substances that bind to heavy metals. The two most common chelators used by medical professionals are transdermal DMPS and oral DMSA. These chelation therapies generally work well, but they are quite expensive and there is a greater risk of side effects (headache, diarrhea, fatigue, fever, cramps), especially for children.

There is a better, more natural way to detoxify the body that has less risk of reactions, and works just as well, if not better. It’s called calcium Bentonite clay.

What is Calcium Bentonite Clay, and How Does it Work?

Calcium Bentonite clay is a member of the Montmorillonite/Smectite family of clays.

Also called Living Clay, it is one of the most sought after of the healing clays. It carries a uniquely strong negative ionic charge which causes it to ‘magnetically’ attract any substance with a positive ionic charge (i.e., bacteria, toxins, metals, etc.).

These substances are both adsorbed (sticking to the outside like Velcro) and absorbed (drawn inside) by the clay molecules. The toxins are then eliminated from the body as the clay is eliminated or removed.

Calcium Bentonite clay is used both internally and externally to detoxify the body. Clay cannot be digested, so when taken internally in liquefied form, the clay passes through your system collecting the toxins, and removing them as the clay is eliminated.

If drinking the liquefied clay is not palatable to you, it can be added to food, juices, or smoothies. Used externally, clay baths have proven to be highly effective at removing toxins. Because of clay’s excellent drawing effect, the clay has the power to literally pull toxicities through the pores of the skin in the bath.

Dr. Miriam Jang, M.D., author of Breakthroughs in Autism stated:

“I have put a huge number of patients on these clay baths and the levels of heavy metals — mercury, lead, arsenic, aluminum, and cadmium — have come down dramatically.

I have been monitoring the levels of metals using all three methods (TD DMPS, oral DMSA and clay baths) and the clay baths are way faster in the removal of metals.

One particular patient had very high levels of mercury and levels of lead that were off the charts. In 3 months of twice weekly clay baths, the lead came down dramatically and the mercury disappeared.

The muscle weakness associated with high lead levels improved dramatically.”

Unfortunately, since clay is nature made, it cannot be patented by the pharmaceutical companies, so they are not willing to promote its use, as with anything that heals but is not toxic or poisonous and therefore, the medical society is largely unaware of the benefits of Bentonite clay.

It is for this cause that I have put together for those of you interested,

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Talk Soon,

Cowboy Don Tolman

Coming to Las Vegas, Nevada.

Thursday, June 27, 2013
4pm – 10pm

The Cube Theater
4241 South Arville Street
Las Vegas, Nevada 89103

Please R.S.V.P. By June 20, 2013
Contact Laura Johnson
(702) 608-7476

To attend, you must register by visiting
http;//www.ticketcake.com

Presented By
House of Transformation

I truly hope you can come out and support me and the conference.  I would love to see you there!

The conference will be held on0:

Saturday, June 22nd
8:30 am – 5:00 pm

Paradigm High School
11577 S. 3600 W.
South Jordan, Utah

27 qualified practitioners in the holistic field will present 50 classes, so there are choices to suit everyone.  (This conference is from an LDS perspective, but many topics are of general interest).  There is also an incredible vendor area that is free and open to the public.  It’s almost as good as the classes themselves!

Early Bird registration for the Saturday conference is $55 until June 1.  At about $10 a class, it’s a steal!.  After June 1, the price goes to $65.  You can also register at the door, but that’s $75, or $17 per class.

Early Bird registration for the Friday Keynote is only $20 until June 15.  You can also register at the door, but it’s $25 then.

You can get a discount on both, though!  Register for both Friday and Saturday by June 1 and it’s only $70.

Register here!

So, as you can see, the sooner the better when it comes to signing up!

The website to register or view more information is: www.ldsholisticliving.com

Here’s schedule for the Keynote and Conference:

Register here!

Saturday, June 22, 2013:  Conference & Expo

8:00-6:00, Paradigm High School in South Jordan

8:00-6:00:  Vendor Area Open

8:30-10:00:  Session 1

Caleb Warnock:  Self Sufficient Organic Gardening

Staci Sadler:  Aura Personalities from an LDS Perspective

Alisha Worthington and Kristin Hodson:  The Godly Design of Intimacy

Connor Boyack:  The Enemy Within: Why We, Not Terrorists, Are Our Greatest Enemy—and What We Can Do About It

Michael Merchant:  Changing One’s Way of Walking in the World with Others

Tatia Nelson:  Herbal First Aid

Kristen Bowen:  Healthy Hands on Skin Care

Julie Behling-Hovdal:  Essential Oil Basics

Caleb Warnock:  Get Healthy with Natural Yeast

Vern Cox:  The Roots of Addiction

4:00-5:00:  Session 5

Carolyn Cooper:  The Art of Muscle Testing

Judi Sears:  Green Smoothie Girl Class and Demo

Mindy Heath:  Marital Ecstacy:  Are You There?

Connor Boyack:  Put Down the Constitution for a Moment: Good Government Begins With You!

Michael Merchant:  Justification, The Deeper Addiction

Leanne Dunford:  Yoga: Standing in Light and Truth

Julie Behling-Hovdal:  Medical Preparedness with Essential Oils & More

Tatia Nelson:  Homemade Herbal Remedies

Tiffany Sowby:  Taking Care of the Person Inside the Mom

Dr. John Humiston:  The Subtle Epidemic of Hypothyroidism

8:00-6:00

Vendor Area Open

Download/Print the Class Map and Schedule here

Register here!

The ear contains three parts: the outer ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear.

The outer ear is the visible part of the ear. The soft outermost part of the outer ear collects sound waves, which travels down the ear canal into the eardrum.

Sound waves cause the eardrum to vibrate. Vibrations from the ear drum are sent to the middle ear. Small bones in the middle ear, called ossicles, amplify the vibrations and send them to the inner ear.

The cochlea, of the the inner ear, a small organ shaped like a snail, contains tiny cells called hair cells. Hair cells move in response to the vibrations passed from the ossicles.

Movement of the hair cells produces an electrical signal that is conveyed to the brain through the auditory nerve.

Causes of hearing loss
There are two basic types of hearing loss: conductive and sensorineural. Conductive hearing loss occurs when something interferes with the transmission of sound from the outer to the inner ear.

Possible causes include:

• Blockage of the outer ear (wax)
• Collection of fluid in the middle ear (“glue ear” in children)
• Damage to the eardrum by infection or an injury
• Middle ear infections (otitis media)
• Otosclerosis, a condition in which the ossicles of the middle ear become immobile because of the growth of the surrounding bone.
• Rheumatoid arthritis, which can affect the joints between the ossicles (rarely this occurs)

Sensorineural hearing loss is due to damage to the pathway from the inner ear to the auditory nerve and the brain.

Possible causes include:

• Acoustic neuroma, a benign tumor affecting the auditory nerve
• Acoustic trauma to the hair cells (caused by loud noise)
• Age-related hearing loss
• Brain tumor
• Drugs, such as aspirin, quinine and some antibiotics, which can affect the hair cells.
• Infections or inflammation of the brain or brain covering (meningitis)
• Meniere’s disease (abnormal pressure in the inner ear)
• Multiple sclerosis
• Stroke
• Viral infections of the auditory nerve (such as mumps and rubella)
• Viral infections of the inner ear (caused by viruses such as mumps or measles)
• Multiple sclerosis

Deafness in Children
Pregnant women who develop rubella face the risk of their baby being born with profound deafness (among a host of other possible abnormalities).

Cochlear implants can be valuable for deaf children when they are implanted around the age of two or three, when language skills are developing fastest.

Diagnosing hearing loss
Hearing loss may occur gradually in adults, as in age-related hearing loss, or it can occur very suddenly, as in some viral infections of the inner ear.

Treating hearing loss
The treatment of hearing loss depends on the specific cause. A bacterial infection of the middle ear can be treated with probiotic foods, which include: fermented foods, garlic, onions, peppers, and yogurt. Blockages of the middle and outer ears can be cleared, damaged eardrums can be repaired surgically; and ossicles affected by otosclerois can be replaced with artificial bones.

Some causes of sensorineural hearing loss can also be improved. An acoustic neuroma, for example, can be removed surgically.

In many cases, there is no cure for hearing loss (as with age-related hearing loss). Hearing aids are helpful for most people, whether the hearing loss is the result of conductive or sensorineural problems. Many different types of hearing aid are available. An audiologist can help pair individuals with hearing aids that are best suited their needs.

Ear hygiene is critical. Bulb syringe, cotton tip cleaning, warm oil drops and warm saline and water solutions for the ear. People who are older and deaf or losing their hearing often times get it back during or after extended fasting.

Heartburn, also called acid reflux disease or gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), is a burning sensation in the lower chest, accompanied by a bitter or sour taste in the mouth and throat.

It usually occurs after eating a big meal or while lying down and can last up to a few hours.

What causes heartburn?
When you eat, food passes from your mouth into a tube (about 10 inches long), called esophagus.

Before entering the stomach, food travels through an opening at the end of the esophagus. This opening acts like a gate, which allows food to pass into the stomach.

The opening to the stomach closes as soon as food passes through. If the opening does not close, acid in the stomach can leak into and travel through the esophagus. This phenomenon, called reflux, is cause of heartburn.

Hiatal hernia can also cause heartburn. This is a condition in which part of the stomach is pushed up through the diaphragm and into the chest.

What factors add to heartburn?
Heartburn is most common after overeating, when bending over or when lying down. Other factors affecting heartburn include: eating certain foods, pregnancy and stress.

Can heartburn be serious?
Having occasional symptoms of heartburn is not very serious. If heartburn continues to persist, however it can lead to a serious of problems. Esophagitis, an inflamed lining of the esophagus, can lead to bleeding and trouble swallowing. Heartburn can also be a sign of ulcers.

What can I do to feel better?
You make find relied from heartburn by making some simple changes in your lifestyle.

Tips on preventing heartburn

• Avoid overeating
• Avoid wearing clothes with tight waistlines and belts that are too tight.
• Lose weight if you’re overweight.
• Raise the head of your bed by placing four to six inch blocks under the legs at the bed’s head.
• Try to eat at least two to three hours before lying down. If you take naps, try sleeping in a chair.

Will antacids take care of heartburn?
Antacids neutralize the acid that your stomach makes and most people find fast, short-term relief. However, antacids contain aluminum hydroxide. They may lead to diarrhea and ultimately neuro toxic effects of the brain and nervous system. Instead try bicarbonate of soda, or a piece of hard white cheese.

Three days on water knocks the condition totally out.

Raw foods do the trick as well, but take seven to ten days.

Recommendations

• Avoid stress
• Change your eating habits. Eat more raw vegetables. Eat small more frequent meals. Chew your food well. Eat slowly and enjoy your food.
• Do not consume caffeine products, carbonated beverages, fats, fried food, processed foods, sugar or tobacco.
• DO not eat for three hours before bedtime.
• Drink a big glass of water at the first sign of heartburn.
• Drink a glass of fresh cabbage or celery juice every day.
• Eat a fresh papaya or pineapple to aid digestion.
• Sip one tablespoon of raw apple cider vinegar, mixed with a glass of water, while eating a meal.
• Try raw potato juice. Do not peel the potato – just wash it and put it in the juicer. Mix with equal parts water. Drink it immediately after preparation, up to three times daily.

There appears to be three types of insomnia. The first type is called sleep-onset insomnia, which is when people who have trouble getting to sleep. The second type is called sleep-maintenance insomnia and is when people have trouble staying asleep. The final type is early-awakening insomnia in which people find their eyes blinking open long before the rooster crows.

There are many contributing factors to insomnia, such as: anxiety, inappropriate use of medications, physical conditions such as sleep apnea or restless leg syndrome, poor diet and lack of exercise.

Symptoms:

• Persistent trouble falling asleep.
• Failure to sleep through the night.
• Waking up earlier than usual.

Prevention:

• Avoid drinking caffeinated beverages after 3pm. Eat complex carbohydrates late in the day.

Treatment:

• Use any of these relaxing essential oils by either adding five drops to bath water or applying two drops on your pillow: Chamomile, lavender, neroli, rose or marjoram.

Breathing: In order to help your body to relax, try to exhale through your mouth and then inhale through your nose for four seconds. Then hold your breath for seven seconds. For eight seconds exhale through your mouth. Repeat the cycle three times.

Exercise:  In order to help you develop healthier sleep patterns, exercise moderately for 30 minutes three times a week. Calming exercises such as sex also promote sleep.

And remember……

Try a relaxing pre-sleep ritual, such as a warm bath with Epsom salts.

Have a light snack or read ten minutes before sleep.

It has been found by Italian researchers that people who sleep on linen sheets fall asleep faster than those who use cotton or other fabrics. Linen disperses body health better than other fabrics and thus this is thought to be the reason in which one falls asleep faster.

Paint your bedroom a different color. The color green evokes feelings of serenity and lowers the heart rate. Or try the to secrete tranquilizing hormones.

To help prevent insomnia eat onions, celery, cabbage, avocados and apples.

It would also be beneficial to drink a warm non-caffeine drink and have a hot 20 minute soak with 2 cups of salt and 30 drops of essential lavender oil before bed.

They are sometimes referred to as a ‘Charley horse’ or leg cramp, since most cramp occur in the legs.

In elderly people, leg cramps frequently occur and can be extremely painful. If severe leg cramps are present, they may be followed by residual tenderness and evidence of muscle fiber necrosis.

Normal cramps are those in the calf muscles. More generalized cramps, though, may be a sign of chronic disease of the motor neuron.

For cramps, complaints of muscle pain and muscle fatigue are among the most frequent symptoms offered by people.

Muscle cramps can be particularly troublesome for pregnant women, for people with electrolyte disturbances, which means not eating enough salt and bananas, called hyponatremia, and in people on hemodialysis.

Spasms, which are abnormal movements of muscle, may arise from abnormal electrical activity of the central nervous system (CNS) medicated via the motor neuron. They may also occur within the motor neuron or muscle fiber itself.

Causes of Leg Cramps
Most of the time, it is impossible to determine the cause of the leg cramps. Muscle cramps can arise from spontaneous firing if special nerve groups followed by contraction of certain muscle fibers. When the cramps are recurrent and localized to one muscle group, it may suggest nerve root problems.

When the muscle suddenly and forcefully contracts leg cramps occur. The most common muscles to contract in this manner are muscles that cross two joints. These muscles include the calf, which crosses the ankle and knee, the hamstring, which crosses the knee and hip, and the quadriceps, which also crosses the knee and hip.

Although leg cramps usually last less than one minute, it may take several minutes before the contraction subsides. In some people, the leg cramps occur primarily at night, and can wake you from sleep.

Even though the exact cause of a leg cramp is not well understood, there are some factors that are thought to contribute to this condition:

• Dehydration
• Electrolyte imbalances (not enough salt in the diet)
• Heavy exercising
• High weight (not necessarily obesity)
• Muscle fatigue

A common cause in leg cramps is from exercising in an unusual way, doing more activity or doing a different activity. This normally affects people who regularly get leg cramps, adolescents and seniors those over 65. Also, people who weigh more are more prone to developing leg cramps, and some medications can case side effects of leg cramping.

Stay Hydrated. It is not well known exactly how dehydration and muscle cramping are related, but it is known that dehydration can predispose leg cramps. Drink at least eight to ten full glasses of water each day, including one before bedtime. Also drink plenty of fluid before, during and after exercise.

Stretch Regularly. Stretching can relax muscle fibers. When working out, a good post work out stretching routine can help relax muscles and prevent crams. Make sure you cool down after exercising and do not exercise vigorously just before going to bed.

Train Gradually. Gradually build up an exercise program, and try to avoid sudden increases in activity. The 10% rule is a good rule of thumb: never increase your exercise over one week by more than 10% compared to the week before. Sudden changes in activities can cause leg cramps.

What is the best way to make a leg cramp go away?
Massage and stretch the sore muscle when a leg cramp begins. Many times people instinctively do this, which is good because it often solves the problem. The best steps are:

Massage the cramped muscle.

• Stretch the muscle (gently!)
• Take a hot shower or bath to warm and relax the muscle.
• Put bare feet on a cold floor or bathtub bottom and often relief is immediate.

The retina is the layer of tissue on the inside back wall of your eye. This disease can be serious as the part of your retina that’s responsible for central vision is damaged.

It may cause blurred central vision or a blind spot in the center of your visual field, or worse.

The first sign of macular degeneration may be a need for more light when your concentrating on things close to the eye. Fine newsprint may become harder to read and street signs more difficult to recognize.

Eventually, straight lines may appear distorted or crooked. Gray or blank spots may mask the center of your visual field. The condition poses the threat of progressing rapidly, thus leading to severe vision loss in one or both eyes, but usually develops gradually.

Macular degeneration affects your central vision, but not your peripheral vision. This means that it doesn’t cause total blindness.

Still, the loss of clear central vision, which is critical for reading, driving, recognizing people’s faces and doing detail work, greatly affects your quality of life.

It is common that the damage caused by macular degeneration can’t be reversed, although early detection may help reduce the extent of vision loss.

Macular degeneration tends to get worse with age, which is why as an older adult has a greater risk of developing this disease.

It is the leading cause of severe vision loss in people age 60 and older, and more than 1.6 million American adults have the advanced form of age-related macular degeneration.

Signs and Symptoms
Macular degeneration usually develops gradually and painlessly. Depending on which of the two types of macular degeneration you have, the signs and symptoms of the disease may vary.

With dry macular degeneration you may notice the following symptoms:

• The need for increasingly bright illumination when reading or doing close work.
• Increasing difficulty adapting to low levels of illumination, such as when entering a dimly lit restaurant.
• Printed words that appear to be increasingly blurry.
• Colors that appear to be less bright.
• Difficulty recognizing faces.
• Gradual increase in the haziness of your overall vision.
• Blurred or blind spot in the center of your visual field combined with profound drop in your central vision acuity.
• A need to scan your eyes all around an object to provide a more complete image.

With wet macular degeneration, the following symptoms may appear and may progress rapidly:

• Visual distortions, such as straight lines appearing wavy or crooked, a doorway or street sign that seems out of whack or objects appearing smaller or farther away that they should.
• Decrease in or loss of central vision.
• Central blurry spot.

Your vision may falter in one eye while the other remains fine for years in either form of macular degeneration.

You may not notice any or much change because your good eye compensates for the weak one. It is when this condition develops in both eyes that your vision and lifestyle begin to be dramatically affected.

Prevention
Eat raw foods. A nutritionally balanced diet with plenty of leafy greens, fruits and other vegetables may be among the most important factors in promoting good retinal health.

Eat lots of raw nuts and seeds, as well as foods rich in vitamins A, C and E. People who eat diets rich in vegetables, particularly leafy, green vegetables have a lower risk of macular degeneration.

Although there are no conclusive studies demonstrating that supplements of these nutrients can slow vision loss, high levels of lutein and zeaxanthin are nutrients found in high concentrations in egg yolk, corn and spinach as well as other orange, yellow and green foods.

Moles are also called nevi, while a single mole is a nevus. Most are present on the torso, but can also be commonly found on your arms, face and legs.

Moles can be found in more obscure location as well including on your scalp, under your nails, in your armpits and around your genitals.

Most of us have between 10 and 40 moles on our bodies. The number of moles you have may constantly change. New moles may appear up through your mid-adult years, but most appear by age 20 and some moles disappear with advancing age.

Moles come in a wide variety of colors, shapes and sizes. They can be flesh-colored, brown, blue or black spots that vary in shape from oval to round. They can be as small as a pinhead or large enough to cover an entire limb

Moles that are larger than eight inches in diameter and present at birth are a special problem and many need to be removed.

The surface of a mole can be flat, raised, smooth or wrinkled. Some of your moles are likely to change over your lifetime as they may darken due to expose from the sun.

Moles may also start out flat and brown in color and later become slightly raised and lighter in color. Some may become raised enough that they form a small stalk and are eventually rubbed off, while others may just disappear.

There are certain times in your life when moles may be more apt to change. For example, during adolescence, moles may darken and become larger.

During pregnancy, women may develop numerous and darker moles.

Moles have no known purpose, and scientists don’t know why they develop. Most moles are harmless and don’t require special care. If a mole is irritated or unattractive, however, you may want to have it removed.

Treatment of most moles usually isn’t necessary. For cosmetic reasons, a mole can be removed in several ways.

Shave excision is one way to remove an unwanted mole. In this method, a doctor numbs the area around a mole and then uses a small blade to shave off the mole close to your skin.

Punch biopsy is another removal procedure. A doctor may remove a mole with a small incision or punch biopsy technique, which uses a small cookie-cutter-like device.

Excisional surgery is another option. In this method, a doctor cuts out the mole and a surrounding margin of healtyh skin. These procedures are usually performed in the office of a doctor or dermatologist and take only a short time.

Anytime you cut or irritate a mole be sure to keep the area clean.

Another way of helping a lot of moles disappear is taping a slice of garlic on it or dab lemon juice two to three times a day until it softens, fades and vanishes.

The temporal artery enlarges during a migraine. The temporal artery is an artery that lies on the outside of the skull just under the skin of the temple.

Enlargement of the temporal artery stretches the nerves that coil around the artery, causing the nerves to release chemicals. The chemicals can lead to inflammation, pain and further enlargement of the artery, which magnifies the pain.

Migraine attacks may be triggered by:

• Alcohol or caffeine
• Allergic reactions
• Bright lights, loud noises and certain odors or perfumes
• Changes in sleep patterns
• Commercial chocolate
• Extreme dehydration and a lack of salt in the diet
• Foods containing tryamine, such as smoked fish, chicken and livers, mono-sodium glutamate (MSG) or nitrates like bacon, hot dogs and salami
• Menstrual cycles fluctuations, birth control pills
• Physical or emotional stress
• Skipping meals
• Smoking or exposure to smoke
• Tension headaches

Migraine headaches, which can be dull or sever, usually:

• Are worse on one side of the head
• Feel throbbing, pounding or pulsating
• Last anywhere from six to forty eight hours
• Symptoms accompanying migraines include:
• Fatigue
• Loss of appetite
• Nausea and vomiting
• Numbness, tingling or weakness
• Sensitivity to light or sound

The warning signs that a migraine is coming include seeing stars or zigzag lines, having tunnel vision or temporary blind spot.

Symptoms that may linger even after the migraine has gone away include:

• Feeling mentally dull as though your thinking is not clear or sharp
• Increased need for sleep
• Neck pain

How can I treat a migraine at home?

Sometimes, at the onset of a migraine, lying down in a dark room with a cold pack can help.

Stress management techniques, such as relaxation and massage, can help limit pain. They may also make them less often.

Try avoiding any food which seems implicated and at a later stage take a small trial dose of the food again to see whether it genuinely is involved.

The number one solution is to drink a gallon of water each day.

At the first sign of an impending migraine, drink one quart of cold water and lay down for at least 30 minutes.

This should work wanders and provide fairly quick relief from the pain.

The uterus is a hollow, pear-shaped organ where a baby grows. Each ovary is around the size and shape of an almond, and produce eggs and female hormones.

Hormones are chemicals that control the way particular cells or organs function.  During the monthly menstrual cycle, a process called ovulation takes place. Ovulation is when an egg is released from one ovary. The egg moves from the ovary through the fallopian tube to the uterus. The ovaries are also the primary source of the female hormones estrogen and progesterone. These hormones control the development of a women’s breasts, body shape and body hair. They also regulate the menstrual cycle and pregnancy.

What are ovarian cysts?
A cyst is a fluid filled sac that is located anywhere in the body. Different types of cysts can form on the ovary. The most familiar type of ovarian cyst forms during the normal menstrual cycle and is called a functional cyst.

A women’s’ ovaries grow tiny cysts that hold the eggs every month. When an egg is mature, the sac breaks open to release the egg allowing it to travel through the fallopian tube for fertilization. Afterwards, the sac dissolves. In one type of functional cyst, referred to as the follicular cyst, the sac doesn’t break open to release the egg and may continue to grow. Within one to three months, this type of cyst normally disappears.

If the sac doesn’t dissolve, a different type of functional cyst, called a corpus luteum cyst, forms. The sac seals off following the egg’s release and fluid builds up inside of it. It will normally go away on its own after a few weeks.

On the other hand, this corpus luteum cyst can grow to almost four inches and may bleed or twist the ovary and cause pain. Clomid or serophene are drugs used to induce ovulation and can raise the risk of getting this type of cyst.

These cysts are rarely associated with cancer.

Quite a few women have ovarian cysts without having any symptoms. Sporadically, though, a cyst will cause these problems:

• Breast tenderness
• Dull ache in the lower back and thighs
• Nausea or vomiting
• Pain during sexual intercourse
• Painful menstrual periods and abnormal bleeding
• Pressure, fullness or pain in the abdomen
• Problems passing urine completely
• Weight gain

How are cysts treated?
Watchful waiting is a common treatment option for women who are in their childbearing years, do not have symptoms and have a fluid filled cyst. Postmenopausal women could also use this option.

Alternative Treatment
Alternative treatment recommendations to help prevent and treat ovarian cysts include a vegetarian diet that includes beets, carrots, dark green leafy vegetables, garlic onions and lemons. Plus, it includes black current oil, borage oil and evening primrose oil.

Castor oil packs may help reduce inflammation. Hydrotherapy applied to the abdomen can possibly prevent rupture of the cyst and assist its absorption.

In any case, a 21 day CABALA (Carrots, Apples, Beets and Lemons) juice fast will remove even the most advanced cysts.

Apart from the discharge, conjunctivitis does not impair vision.  Most cases of conjunctivitis are due to a virus or bacterial infection.  Soft contact lens wearers should practice careful hygiene when handling their lenses.

Symptoms include itching, swelling and discharge.

The infection should clear within about a week.  To prevent conjunctivitis do not share makeup, towels or others’ eye medication.  Treatment normally involves eye drops or ointment.

Hygiene is important to prevent spread of an infection because conjunctivitis tends to be contagious.

Treatment
This varies depending upon the course, but usually involves the administration of saline drops. Cool compresses applied to the eye may help reduce itching and one tablespoon of salt to one quart of water in a dropper reduces swelling. If soft contact lenses are worn they should be disposed of. Once the infection has been resolved, new lenses can be inserted.

Helpful Foods

• Bilberry, blueberry, other berries, wheat grass, garlic, fennel, tempeh, kale, spinach, grape seed extract, carrots, pumpkin, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, oranges, melons, plums, flaxseed oil, nuts, reishi mushrooms and kiwifruit.
• Herbs
• Eyebright
• Cayenne (chilli) pepper
• Because the eye contains a high percentage of vitamin C, adding this vitamin has marked effects. Most notable are the prevention and cure of cataracts, a cure for conjunctivitis, relief from bloodshot eyes and easing of inflammation. Vitamin C and lipoic acid is also especially helpful for reducing the pressure associated with glaucoma.
• Sterile, cold water, vitamin C Juice solutions, calendula tea, golden seal and chamomile, compresses are topical treatments for conjunctives that are soothing to inflammation and healing. To relieve conjunctivitis symptoms as well as general eye inflammation and fatigue, drinking eyebright tea as its name implies helps do this. Another thing that works well is applying eyebright topically after the tea is strained and put into a glass eye cup can work very well.

Maintaining Health Eyes
The eyes need to be nourished properly, like all other parts of the body. Proper eye care includes a healthy diet containing sufficient amounts of vitamins and minerals in addition to making sure that they eyes are not strained by too much intense close work or inadequate light.

You must make sure your diet contains the proper amounts of the B vitamins; vitamins A, C and E; and the minerals selenium and zinc in order to promote good eyesight. Good sources of these vitamins and minerals are fresh fruits and vegetables. Include plenty of these in your diet, especially yellow and orange foods such as carrots, yams and cantaloupes. To keep your eyes healthy, a well balanced diet with plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables can help.

Recommendations

• Broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, green vegetables, raw cabbage, squash, sunflower seeds and watercress.
• To help prevent or alleviate most eye problems drink fresh carrot juice.
• Eliminate sugar and white flour from your diet.
• Avoid wearing tinted eyeglasses, especially on a regular basis. Dark glasses prevent needed light from entering the eyes. The sunlight largely governs the function of the pineal gland, which plays an important role in the regulation of metabolism, behavior and physiological functions.
• Using hair dyes containing coal tar on the eyelashes and eyebrows can cause injury or blindness. Although coal-tar dyes are legal, it is illegal to market them for the eyebrows and eyelashes.

Men in their thirties and forties rarely develop prostate cancer, but it increases steadily after the age of fifty.

Approximately 80 percent of all cases occur in men over the age of sixty-five, and by the ages of eighty, 80 percent of all men have prostate cancer to some degree. Every man will eventually develop prostate cancer, many experts say, if he lives long enough. For the past several years, prostate cancer deaths have been declining.

The prostate, a walnut sized gland at the base of the bladder that encircles the urethra, is the tube through which urine is voided. The prostatic fluid, which makes up the bulk of the male ejaculate and nourishes and transports the sperm is produced by the prostate.

Although the exact cause or causes of prostate cancer are not known, there are certain risk factors that have been linked to its development.

At increased risk are men aged sixty-five and older, and men who have a first-degree relative (parent or sibling) with prostate cancer.

The incidence is higher among married men that it is among unmarried men. Men who have had recurring prostate infections, those with a history of venereal disease and those who have taken testosterone are also at increased risk.

Maintain a whole foods diet by eating plenty of whole grains, raw nuts and seeds, and unpolished brown rice. Millet cereal is a good source of protein. Eat wheat, oats, and bran. Eat plenty of cruciferous vegetables, such as broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage and cauliflower.

Also eat yellow and deep orange vegetables, such as carrots, pumpkin, squash and yams. For the prevention of cancer as well as for healing, this type of diet is important.

Include in the diet, fresh cantaloupe, apples all kinds of berries, especially blueberries and strawberries; Brazil nuts, grapes, cherries, legumes, including chickpeas, lentils, red beans plus and walnuts. All of these foods help to rid the body of cancers.

Consume freshly made vegetable and fruit juices daily, carrot and cabbage juices being good choices.

Eat plenty of grapefruit, watermelon, tomatoes and tomato products such as tomato juice and tomato bases sauces. These contain a protection against prostate cancer called lycopene.

Include in your diet foods that are high in zinc, such as mushrooms, pumpkin seeds, spinach, sunflower seeds and whole grains. Zinc is vital for proper immune function and nourishes the prostate gland.

Drink at least eight 8-ounce glasses of water a day. This keeps the prostate working efficiently, hydrates the body and helps to eliminate toxins from the body.

Intake of cooked dairy products should be restricted. Consumption of sourced products such as yogurt and kiefer is very helpful.

To obtain essential fatty acids, use cold-pressed organic oils such as sesame, safflower or extra virgin olive oil.

Do not eat meat. There is a definite connection between high meat consumption (five servings a week or more) and the development of prostate cancer.

Eliminate hard alcoholic beverages from the diet.

Get regular physical activity. Active men have lower risk of developing prostate cancer and maintain better health.

Enjoy regular sexual activity. Regular ejaculation activates the prostate gland, keeping it from getting stagnant and inflamed.

Now after years of observation and dealing with sickly, even terminal people, I am what one would properly call, “a plant based, whole food, ‘free range ovo,’ kindly and lovingly treated, ‘lacto’ vegetarian.” 

I avoid any and all animal products and animal by-products as is reasonably possible, here in the 21st century, you know, the animals that have suffered at the hands of the hideous, out of control pharmaceutical agricultural factory chop shops.

I say that I “reasonably avoid” them, because today’s phones and cellphones, books and computers, cars and car tires, bicycles and airplanes and more all contain elements of animal products.  Even processed sugar is filtered through, “animal bones”, unless the sugar is certified kosher, then it’s filtered strictly through cows bones (no pigs there baby).  (Like that makes a lot of difference).  Well, guess to some it does.

Now, instead of focusing strictly on personal purity, over the years it’s become apparent to me that, we need to focus on reducing suffering.

Instead of eating the legs off of dead chickens and drinking the drug laced chemical fluidiums of cooked factory (white mustache) cows milk all pumped up with growth hormones – maybe we can learn to support the neighbor next door that has a family pet, “Bessy: or even milk goats who roam freely in the grassy flower studded pasture’s – It’s pretty easy for lots of folks to have some chickens wondering in the yard.  Happy, content and friendly.

I’ve seen too many under developed children that couldn’t even walk by age 4 –get up and walk after just two weeks on raw milk from lovingly treated animals, to deny the life giving and sustaining energy of grass magically made white and sweet by these gorgeous beings to deny an observable functional truth.

I have watched terminally, emaciated, sent some to die “patients,” turn around, fill out and live another 10-15 years of vital happy life, eating a diet of specially made red potato salad with free range boiled eggs in abundant supply.

If more people could stop eating factory animals and drinking factory milk, and factory eggs, we could eliminate the animal agricultural industry, as billions of innocent beings would be spared miserable lives of suffering and pain as they are led to their own slaughter.

We can choose animal products that don’t support animal exploitation.  For instance, in India, Pakistan, Nigeria and even in some U.S state there are companies that make leather boots and clothing from animals that die on the farm from old age or other natural causes, like lightening hitting a nearby tree etc.

It is following the path of the nerve where the virus has been sitting. Cingulum, a Latin word meaning belt or girdle, is where most believe the name shingles came from.

It is possible however, for the rash to occur around one eye or on your neck. The blisters caused by shingles may resemble chickenpox, and will be more painful and less itching when you get shingles.

Although shingles is very painful, it will properly heal entirely within about one month.

Varicella-zoster virus, the same that causes chickenpox, is the cause of shingles. It is considered the second eruption of chicken pox. It is also part of the group that causes the herpes virus, which causes cold sores and genital herpes.

Many of these viruses have the ability to lie hidden in your nervous system after an initial infection and remain at a standstill for many years before causing or seeing another infection.

If you have ever had chickenpox, you can develop shingles. If during the initial infection of chicken pox your immune system does not destroy the entire virus, you may end up with shingles.

Because the virus may lie hidden in nerve cells that are close to the spinal cord for many years before emerging to nerve pathways, you may not get shingles for many years after chickenpox.

No one is certain on why the repeat happens; it seems to be linked to factors such as age and immune systems.

Although people may develop shingles more than once, it is unlikely. About 20 per cent of people that have chickenpox will develop shingles at some point. It is most often those with weakened immune systems as well as adults 50 and older.

For people have shingles, they may experience symptoms such as:

• A feeling pain, burning, tingling, itching, numbness or extreme sensitivity in a limited area of your body.
• A red rash with fluid filled blisters that begin a few days after the pain and last two to three weeks before scabbing over and healing.
• Fever
• Headache
• Chills
• General feeling of unease and discomfort also called malaise.

Although shingles is not contagious, the virus can still cause chickenpox for those people who have not had them. Therefore if you have blisters due to shingles avoid contact with:

• Anyone who’s never had chickenpox.
• Anyone with a weakened immune system.
• Newborns
• Pregnant women, because the infection is dangerous to a growing fetus.

Immediate treatment of shingles is crucial since it can reduce the severity of the disease as well as reduce the risk of developing postherpetic neuralgia.

If you develop shingles make sure you wash the blisters regularly to prevent a bacterial infection.

Also try these self care soothing strategies:

• Apply cool, wet compresses of water to relieve pain and dry out blisters.
• Soak in a tub of lukewarm water or rub on calamine lotion or coconut oil to relieve itching and discomfort.
• Get plenty of rest.

Detoxification is one way to cure shingles. This is because the primary cause of the disease is extra un-eliminated wastes. Sometimes the body’s natural cleansing system can no longer continue to be up to the task.

Conditions that may occur include headaches, fatigue, congestion, backaches, aching or swollen joints, digestive problems, allergy symptoms and sensitivity to chemicals, perfumes and synthetics. Also included are constipation, hemorrhoids, mood changes, ulcers, psoriasis and acne. One benefit to detoxification therapies is that it allows your body to take a vacation.

In other words, by cleansing the body it will reduce the stress on the immune system and promote healing.

Juice Fasting
When an animal gets sick, he stops eating. This is a powerful thing that humans hardly ever use. We should do just that, stop eating. Food takes a lot of energy to digest, energy we might not have. The muscles and tissues fill with blood within a digestive system. When you stop eating, the digestive system can take a break. All the blood and energy can reroute itself to heal you.

Watch your diet
Include foods like yogurt, nutritional yeast, brown rice, garlic, raw fruits and vegetables and whole grains in the diet.

Tinnitus is a symptom of almost any ear disorder including ear infections, foreign objects or wax present in the ear, otosclerosis, Menier’s, acoustic trauma and others.

Tinnitus may be associated with hearing loss including occupational hearing loss. It is also a symptom of certain forms of cardiovascular disease such as occlusion of the caroid arteries, anemia, vascular (blood vessel) malformations, aneurysm and tumors in the head.

The sounds perceived include ringing noises, blowing, buzzing, hissing, whistling, roaring, pulsating, high or low pitched sounds, and others. The mechanism that causes the perception of sounds where there is no outside source of the noise is not known.

Tinnitus is common. Almost everyone experiences a mild form of tinnitus where they hear noises for several minutes. Persistent tinnitus sometimes accompanies sensory hearing loss. Tinnitus may interfere with the ability to concentrate or sleep, and it may cause psychological distress.

Is ringing in the ears abnormal?
Not at all. Nearly 36 million Americans suffer from this discomfort. Tinnitus may come and go. It can vary in pitch from a low roar to a high squeal or whine. And you may hear it in one or both ears. When the ringing is constant, it can be annoying and distracting. More than seven million people are affected so severely that they cannot lead normal lives.

Can other people hear the noise externally?
Not usually, but sometimes they are able to hear a certain type of tinnitus. This is called objective tinnitus, and it is caused either by abnormalities in blood vessels around the outside of the ear or by muscle spasms, which may sound like clicks or crackling inside the middle ear.

What causes Tinnitus?
Most tinnitus comes from damage to the microscopic endings of the hearing nerve in the inner ear. The health of these nerve ending is important for acute hearing, and injury to them brings on hearing loss and often tinnitus. In older people, advancing age is generally accompanied by a certain amount of hearing nerve impairment and tinnitus, especially if there has not been ear hygiene over years. In younger people, exposure to loud noise is probably the leading cause of tinnitus, and often damages hearing as well. There are many causes for subjective tinnitus, the noise heard only by the affected individual. Some causes are not serious a small plug of wax in the ear canal might cause temporary tinnitus. Tinnitus can also be a symptom of stiffening of the middle ear bones (otosclerosis).

Tinnitus may also be caused by allergy, high or low blood pressure which can be blood circulation problems, a tumor, diabetes, thyroid problems, injury to the head or neck and a variety of other causes including medications such as anti-inflammatory, antibiotics, sedatives, anti depressants and aspirin.

Tinnitus Treatment – The best solutions are:

• Giving the ear a warm water enema (irrigation) with a child’s rubber nasal bulb, followed by warm virgin olive oil retained by a cotton ball for approximately four hours.
• Cyclophones, today called ear candles, are especially effective. They can be purchased online or at any health food store.
• The following list of DO’s and DON’Ts can help lessen the severity of tinnitus:
• Avoiding exposure to loud sounds and noises.
• Eating foods that lower blood pressure.
• Avoiding stimulants such as sodas and tobacco.
• Exercising daily to improve circulation.
• Getting adequate rest and avoid fatigue.

Do people cope with Tinnitus?
Concentration and relaxation exercises can help to control muscle groups and circulation throughout the body. The increased relaxation and circulation achieved by these exercises can reduce the intensity of tinnitus in some people.
Tinnitus is usually more bothersome in quite surroundings. A competing sound at a constant low level, such as a ticketing clock or radio static (white noise), may mask the tinnitus and make it less noticeable. Products that generate white noise are also available through catalogs and specialty stores.

Hearing aids. If suffering from a hearing loss, a hearing aid may reduce head noise while being worn and sometimes cause it to cease temporarily. It is important not to set the hearing aid at excessively loud levels, as this can worsen the tinnitus in some cases. However, a thorough trial before purchase of a hearing aid is advisable if the primary purpose if the relief of tinnitus.

Tinnitus maskers can be combined within hearing airs. They emit a competitive but pleasant sound that can provide distraction from head noise. Some people find that a tinnitus masker may even suppress the head noise for several hours after it is used, but this is not true for all users.

Finally, 21 days on water as a fast cures even the worst cases of tinnitus. The ears will suddenly pop loudly and the sounds end.

Stretch marks occur in the resilient middle layer that helps the skin retain its shape or the dermis.

The skin becomes less elastic and the small connective fibers within it break when the dermis is constantly stretched over time. The result is what we know as stretch marks.

For most girls and boys, stretch marks are a normal part of puberty. When a person grows or gains weight really quickly, like during puberty, that person may get fine lines on the body called stretch marks.

Stretch marks happen when the tissue under the skin is pulled by rapid growth or stretching. Even though the skin is usually fairly elastic, when it’s over-stretched, the normal production of collagen, the major protein that makes up the connective tissue in your skin, is disrupted.

As a result, scars called stretch marks may form.

A stretch mark is also called “striae atrophica”, which can be described as fine pinkish-white or grey lines, usually 14cm in length, seen in parts of the body where skin has been stretched.

Females, both girls and women have stretch marks. In girls, they tend to show up in commonly seen places like on the thighs and abdomen. In women, they show up on the breasts, especially if they are pregnant, and in persons whose skin has been stretched by obesity, tumor or swelling or in persons who have taken steroids for a prolonged period. Although stretch marks are more common in girls, guys can get them as well.

Stretch marks tend to follow body builders because of the rapid body changes that bodybuilding can produce. People who are obese often have stretch marks. Stretch marks are also more likely to occur if a person uses steroid-containing creams or ointments, such as hydrocortisone on their skin for more than a few weeks, or if a person is to take high dose of corticosteroid by mouth for months or longer.

Stretch marks may at first show up as reddish or purplish lines that may appear indented and have a different texture from the surrounding skin. Fortunately, stretch marks often turn lighter, whitish or flesh colored, and almost disappear over time. However, the fact that stretch marks usually fade and become less noticeable over time can be little consolation if you plan to spend most of your summer in a bathing suit.

By using vitamin E, vitamin B complex and adequate intake of zinc and vitamin C whole foods, stretch marks can be prevented and sometimes removed. Natural sources of vitamin E are cold pressed oils, wheat germ, vitamin B, whole grains, nuts legumes, green leafy vegetables. Zinc sources are pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, mushrooms, soybeans, and wheat germ. Vitamin C sources are citrus fruits, strawberries, broccoli, tomatoes and green peppers.

Fresh lemon and sunshine can fade these scars out.

Here are other suggested ways to get rid of stretch marks:

• Ground flaxseeds or linseeds are an excellent source of omega-3 fatty acids, which promote good skin health.
• Vitamin A is essential for health skin. This includes plenty of dark orange, carrots and sweet potatoes, broccoli, spinach and kale vegetables. All of which are high in vitamin A.
• Vitamin E helps promote good looking skin, which is why this diet includes nuts such as hazelnuts and almonds that are high in vitamin E as snacks.

When a muscle isn’t getting enough oxygen-carrying blood to meet its needs muscle cramps can occur. When stress, overindulgence or heavy exercise after a big meal sets the stage, your stomach can become the fall guy for cramping.

Stomach cramps are usually a painful squeezing sensation that comes and goes over a span of minutes. They crescendo up and then decrease. By the way, the squeezing sensation does not always originate in your stomach. Sometimes the trouble is further down.

Take, for example, irritable bowel syndrome or IBS, a troubling and unexplained digestive problem that can cause pain, cramps, diarrhea and constipation. What you perceive as stomach cramps are actually spasms of the intestines. You get cramps only when you have the urge to go to the bathroom with less severe cases of IBS, and they go away after you’ve defecated.

What you put in your mouth is another common cause of stomach cramps.

Lactose intolerance, or the inability to digest the sugar in dairy products, affects a third of Americans and can cause cramps.

Downing spoiled potato salad at your company picnic or any other inappropriately handled good, usually leads to a bacterial battle down below called food poisoning that features cramping, vomiting and sometimes diarrhea.

Not enough fiber or water is the leading causes of both constipation and diarrhea, often linked to cramping.

Characterised by small pouches filled with stool diverticulosis is a disease characterised by irritating bacteria that form on the muscle walls of your small bowel. It not only causes spasms and cramping but haemorrhaging as well. Another medical problem. Viral infection, can also cause cramps.

Stress also apparently plays a role in stomach cramps for children as well as adults. It doesn’t cause the cramps, but it can bring them on.

By eating the right foods and keeping stress under control, you can minimise the possibility of stomach cramps.

Here’s how:

• Get wise to water. Pour on the water, when constipation is causing stomach cramps. Drink at least 64 ounces of water a day. That’s eight ounce glasses! That should help make you regular in no time.
• Sometimes watching what you eat can manage stomach cramps. So, eat small, portions of high fiber whole foods. Boosting fiber can help not only to end constipation and diarrhea but also to control diverticulitis and irritable bowel syndrome.
• Colas make a tense stomach only worse. Use water instead of cola or try fresh juices or a taming natural tea like fennel, lemon balm, valerian, chamomile or ginger.
• Try walking. If you’re feeling full after a sumptuous repast, try ‘walking it off.’ Light exercise, especially walking, helps speed the movement of digested food through your bowels. By allowing the stomach to empty faster this may reduce stomach cramps.
• Sage may help with stomach cramps because it improves digestion. Leaving out cooked dairy products may also help. Try raw dairy or soy instead. Essential oil of peppermint and rosemary also may soothe cramps.

Sometimes these symptoms make even the simplest activities like opening a jar or taking a walk, difficult to manage.

Unlike osteoarthritis, which results from wear and tear on your joints, rheumatoid arthritis is an inflammatory condition. The exact cause is unknown, but it’s highly probable that it is caused by acid-toxic plagues. It is also believed that it is the body’s immune system attacking the synovium, which are the tissue that line your joints.

Just over two million Americans are affected with rheumatoid arthritis. It generally strikes between the ages of 20 and 50 and it is two to three times more common in women than in men. Rheumatoid arthritis does also affect young children and adults older than age 50.

Signs and Symptoms

The signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis may come and go over time.

They Include:

• Pain and swelling in your joints, especially in the smaller joints of your hands and feet.
• Generalized aching or stiffness of the joints and muscles, especially after sleep or after periods of rest.
• Loss of motion of the affected joints.
• Loss of strength in muscles attached to the affected joints.
• Fatigue, which can be severe during a flare up.
• Low grade fever.
• Deformity of your joints over time.
• General sense of not feeling well, which is called malaise.

Rheumatoid arthritis usually cause problems in several joints at the same time. When rheumatoid arthritis first begins, joints in your wrists, hands, feet and knees are the ones most often affected. As the disease progresses, your shoulders, elbows, hips, jaw and neck can become involved. It generally affects both sides of your body at the same time; for example the knuckles of both hands.

Causes
Rheumatoid arthritis involves inflation of the joints as is the case with other forms of arthritis. Lining each of your moveable joints is a membrane called synovium. When you have rheumatoid arthritis, white blood cells, who’s normal job is to attach unwanted invaders such as bacteria and viruses, move from your blood stream into your synovium. There, these blood cells appear to play an important role in causing synovial membrane to become inflamed (synovitis).

Self Care
Exercise regularly. Different types of exercise achieve different goals. After asking your doctor or physical therapist, begin a regular exercise program for your specific needs.

Walking is a good starter exercise if you’re able, if not, try a stationary bicycle or hand and arm exercises. A chair exercise program may be helpful or try an aquatic exercise option.

Every day it’s good to move each joint in its full range. Maintain a slow steady rhythm as you move but don’t jerk or bounce. Also, remember to breathe; holding your breath can temporarily deprive your muscles of oxygen and tire them. It’s also important to maintain a good posture while you exercise. Stop if you feel new joint pain. It probably means that you’ve overdone it if you get the new pain that lasts more than two hours after exercise.

Control your weight
Excess weight puts added stress on joints in your back, hips, knees and feet, which are the places where arthritis pain is commonly felt. Excess weight can also make joint surgery more difficult and risky.

Eat a healthy diet
A healthy diet emphasizing fruit, vegetables and whole grains can help you control your weight and maintain your overall health. This will allow you to better deal with your arthritis.

Arthritis pain responds incredibly quickly to water fasting. It may seem extreme, but depending on the severity of your condition, 7 to 14 days, even up to 40 days on water or fresh juice can totally remit nearly all arthritic conditions.

The Mediterranean diet uses olive oil as its main source of fat - unlike the American diet that consists of fats from animals.

Olive Oil, made by pressing ripe olives, is 77 percent monounsaturated fat; this is the good kind of fat that helps your body rather than hurting it.

Olive oil is also rich in Vitamin E and has several compounds scientists believe withstand cancer. This flavorful oil helps to rid you of heart disease, rheumatoid arthritis and diabetes. It also acts as a mid laxative and helps with gallbladder problems.

Benefits Of Olive Oil

• Battles diabetes
• Combats cancer
• Eases arthritis
• Promotes weight loss
• Protects your heart
• Smooths your skin

Olive oil has been around for thousands of years and throughout those times has been praised for both its cooking and healing properties. The Cretes become extremely rich from exporting olive oil as far back as 2575 B.C, and both the Bible and Greek mythology refer to it.

Currently it is exported mainly from France, Spain, Italy and Greece. You can find olive oil in any local grocery store and pouring on olive oil is like pouring on the health benefits.

Five Ways Olive Oil Keeps You Healthy

Trumps Heart Disease
In spite of their high-fat diet, the Greeks rarely ever develop heart disease or hardening of the arteries, called arteriosclerosis. This is mainly because their diet includes foods rich in fiber like grains, fruits and vegetables and lots of olive oil. They also drank red wine and beer moderately.

Not all fats or cholesterol’s are equally made. Monounsaturated fat, the kind you find in olive oil, gives you the biggest benefit because it cuts down on the bad cholesterol without harming the good cholesterol. It also helps make blood less likely to clot, which lowers your blood pressure and your risk for stroke. Don’t forget that high blood pressure contributes to heart disease because your heart has to work harder than it should.

Halts Those Hunger Pains
How hungry you are at dinner could be affected by what type of fat you eat during lunch. Anyone battling a few extra pounds knows the growl in your belly is difficult to ignore. If you are 20 to 30 percent over the average weight for your age, sex and height, it is extremely important you take back control of your weight. Not only are you a prime candidate for high blood pressure and diabetes, but different types of cancers as well.

Although not many people consider oil a diet food, because of the high calorie count, there is a reason why substituting olive oil for others could help you lose weight. The first reason is because oils rich in monounsaturated fat, like olive oil, will fill your belly more than others. During a study, people who ate mashed potatoes prepared with monounsaturated oils weren’t as hungry later in the day than people who ate the same food cooked with polyunsaturated oils. This means that when you aren’t hungry, you’re less likely to snack or overeat; if you don’t snack you’re less likely to gain weight. Olive oil also has a rich flavor making it so you don’t need to use as much of it.

Arthritis
Oil your joints with olive oil; it works topically and internally for arthritis.

Keeps Cancer at Bay
The free radicals that roam through your body can cause damage including cancer. Luckily olive oil contains properties that keep free radicals in check. Studies show that adding olive oil to your daily diet may reduce your risk of breast, colorectal, prostate and esophageal cancers.

Diabetes
Because olive oil can cut the amount of LDL cholesterol as well as triglycerides in your blood, it helps reduce your risk for developing Type 2 diabetes. Also, it appears to lower your blood sugar, or glucose, levels. High blood sugar is a major symptom of diabetes. Once again, the benefit comes from monounsaturated fat.

To get the most from your olive oil, try to use the “Extra Virgin” variety. This less refined product has the most of what makes olive oil good for you and adds some powerful flavor. If you want a weaker taste, buy olive oil labelled “Virgin” or “Light”.

If olive oil is kept in a tightly capped container away from heat and light, Olive Oil can last approximately two years. If you refrigerate it, it will become cloudy. Although when it reaches room temperature again, the cloudiness will vanish.

Olive oil is great for therapeutic massages, treating wounds, minor burns, eczema and psoriasis. It also softens earwax and relives constant ring or pain in your ears.