Most of life is habitual. You do the same things you did yesterday, the day before and every day for the last month. It’s estimated that out of every 11,000 signals we receive from our senses, our brain only consciously processes 40.
Habits, good or bad, make you who you are. The key is controlling them. If you know how to change your habits, then even a small effort can create big changes.
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Monday, June 27, 2011
Constipation
Constipation
A clogging up of the entire pipe system of the human body. Special accumulation points are the tongue, the stomach and particularly the entire digestive tract. This last is the real and deeper cause of bowel constipation. The average person has as much as 40 pounds of undigested feces in the bowels continually, poisoning the blood stream and the entire system. Think of it.....
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A clogging up of the entire pipe system of the human body. Special accumulation points are the tongue, the stomach and particularly the entire digestive tract. This last is the real and deeper cause of bowel constipation. The average person has as much as 40 pounds of undigested feces in the bowels continually, poisoning the blood stream and the entire system. Think of it.....
For more information on natural health and wellness go to http://www.ancestralmedicinals.com/
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Stress
Stress is any change in your normal routine or health. Stress occurs when bad things happen, as well happy things. Getting a raise or promotion is stress, just as getting fired from your job is stress.
Speculative changes cause just as much stress as veritable changes. Pensiveness or anguish about whether you will get that new job is stress the same as being offered a new position is stress.
What Causes Stress?
Women are particularly susceptible to stress caused by hormonal changes. During puberty, your menstrual cycle, pregnancy, and menopause your hormone levels fluctuate consistently and cause stress.
Emotional and physical changes that happen in your life, illnesses, and environmental components such as extreme heat, cold, or altitude, and toxins cause stress. Pushing your body too hard at work or at play will soon deplete your body of the energy it needs to restore itself and result in your becoming over stressed.
Stress Related Illness
Science is constantly learning about the impact that stress has on your overall health. Stress is or may be a contributing factor in everything from backaches and insomnia to cancer and chronic fatigue syndrome (many people believe that CFS and fibromyalgia are the same illness).
Stress is often a key factor when women experience either absence of menstruation or abnormal bleeding. Hormonal imbalances caused by stress may proliferate the symptoms of fibroid tumors and endometriosis, as well as make pregnancy difficult to achieve for couples with fertility problems.
Heart disease is the number one killer of American women. High blood pressure, heart attacks, heart palpitations, and stroke may be stress related cardiovascular conditions. Some women experience changes in their sexuality and encounter various sexual dysfunctions such as loss of desire and vaginal dryness as a result of stress.
Often people feel the effects of stress as fatigue, various aches and pains, headaches, or as emotional disorders such as anxiety, depression, and sleep disturbances. Stress affects others by causing gastrointestinal disorders such as ulcers, lower abdominal cramps, colitis, and irritable bowel syndrome.
Frequently people under the effects of over stress will have more colds and infections due to lowered immune system responses. Stress can initiate dermatological conditions such as itchy skin and rashes.
Steps to Reducing Stress and Improving Your Health...
Eliminating stress completely from your life is impossible. However, implementing some stress management techniques can subdue some of its' harmful effects. Stress management includes following a healthy diet, getting regular exercise, and making time for uninterrupted relaxation. For more information on natural health and wellness go to http://www.ancestralmedicinals.com/
Speculative changes cause just as much stress as veritable changes. Pensiveness or anguish about whether you will get that new job is stress the same as being offered a new position is stress.
What Causes Stress?
Women are particularly susceptible to stress caused by hormonal changes. During puberty, your menstrual cycle, pregnancy, and menopause your hormone levels fluctuate consistently and cause stress.
Emotional and physical changes that happen in your life, illnesses, and environmental components such as extreme heat, cold, or altitude, and toxins cause stress. Pushing your body too hard at work or at play will soon deplete your body of the energy it needs to restore itself and result in your becoming over stressed.
Stress Related Illness
Science is constantly learning about the impact that stress has on your overall health. Stress is or may be a contributing factor in everything from backaches and insomnia to cancer and chronic fatigue syndrome (many people believe that CFS and fibromyalgia are the same illness).
Stress is often a key factor when women experience either absence of menstruation or abnormal bleeding. Hormonal imbalances caused by stress may proliferate the symptoms of fibroid tumors and endometriosis, as well as make pregnancy difficult to achieve for couples with fertility problems.
Heart disease is the number one killer of American women. High blood pressure, heart attacks, heart palpitations, and stroke may be stress related cardiovascular conditions. Some women experience changes in their sexuality and encounter various sexual dysfunctions such as loss of desire and vaginal dryness as a result of stress.
Often people feel the effects of stress as fatigue, various aches and pains, headaches, or as emotional disorders such as anxiety, depression, and sleep disturbances. Stress affects others by causing gastrointestinal disorders such as ulcers, lower abdominal cramps, colitis, and irritable bowel syndrome.
Frequently people under the effects of over stress will have more colds and infections due to lowered immune system responses. Stress can initiate dermatological conditions such as itchy skin and rashes.
Steps to Reducing Stress and Improving Your Health...
Eliminating stress completely from your life is impossible. However, implementing some stress management techniques can subdue some of its' harmful effects. Stress management includes following a healthy diet, getting regular exercise, and making time for uninterrupted relaxation. For more information on natural health and wellness go to http://www.ancestralmedicinals.com/
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Summer Solstice
The sun unleashed a powerful solar flare and eruption Tuesday just in time for the summer solstice: the first day of the summer in Earth's Northern Hemisphere.
The solar storm occurred in the early hours of Tuesday and was spotted by the space-based Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) operated by NASA and the European Space Agency, according to the website Spaceweather.com, which monitors space weather and skywatching events.
Spaceweather.com officials said a moderate C7-class solar flare kicked off the solar storm and triggered a massive eruption of plasma, known as a coronal mass ejection.
"Magnetic fields above sunspot complex 1236 erupted during the early hours of June 21st, hurling a coronal mass ejection (CME) almost directly toward Earth," Spaceweather.com stated in an alert. "The incoming CME does not appear to be particularly potent; nevertheless, the cloud could trigger polar geomagnetic storms when it reaches Earth on or about June 23rd."
In one SOHO image from about 12:12 a.m. EDT, the eruption can be see streaming out from the sun near the top of the frame, appearing like a bright crown over the star. The event coincided with the summer solstice on Earth — a time when the sun is at its most northern point in the sky — which mark's the start of summer in the Northern Hemisphere, as well as the first day of winter in the Southern Hemisphere.
Class C7 solar flares are the least powerful type of flares. The more-powerful M-class solar flares are classified as medium-strength events, with intense X-Class flares topping the solar storm list.
Coronal mass ejections are massive eruptions of charged particles and solar material from the sun's surface. Some of these particles are blown out into space, while others can rain back down onto the sun's surface.
For more information on natural health and wellness go to http://www.ancestralmedicinals.com/
The solar storm occurred in the early hours of Tuesday and was spotted by the space-based Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) operated by NASA and the European Space Agency, according to the website Spaceweather.com, which monitors space weather and skywatching events.
Spaceweather.com officials said a moderate C7-class solar flare kicked off the solar storm and triggered a massive eruption of plasma, known as a coronal mass ejection.
"Magnetic fields above sunspot complex 1236 erupted during the early hours of June 21st, hurling a coronal mass ejection (CME) almost directly toward Earth," Spaceweather.com stated in an alert. "The incoming CME does not appear to be particularly potent; nevertheless, the cloud could trigger polar geomagnetic storms when it reaches Earth on or about June 23rd."
In one SOHO image from about 12:12 a.m. EDT, the eruption can be see streaming out from the sun near the top of the frame, appearing like a bright crown over the star. The event coincided with the summer solstice on Earth — a time when the sun is at its most northern point in the sky — which mark's the start of summer in the Northern Hemisphere, as well as the first day of winter in the Southern Hemisphere.
Class C7 solar flares are the least powerful type of flares. The more-powerful M-class solar flares are classified as medium-strength events, with intense X-Class flares topping the solar storm list.
Coronal mass ejections are massive eruptions of charged particles and solar material from the sun's surface. Some of these particles are blown out into space, while others can rain back down onto the sun's surface.
For more information on natural health and wellness go to http://www.ancestralmedicinals.com/
Monday, June 20, 2011
Doormat Syndrome
‘Doormat’ Syndrome
Healthy living isn’t about just caring for our bodies, but it’s also about looking after our mental and emotional well-being too. People who behave passively often feel that their lives are outside of their own control, something that not only impairs their quality of life but also can even lead them into depression and anxiety. Unable to express their own opinions, wants and needs, they frequently back down in the face of even the slightest resistance and often feel obliged to say yes when what they really want to say is no.
Although, in certain circumstances, all of us will choose the path of least resistance, there is a big difference between this and feeling unable to stand up for ourselves. In the first case, we do things willingly and we are not filled with resentment. In the second, though, the sense of obligation that comes out of our low sense of self-worth and our feelings of inferiority and guilt makes us feel angry and put-upon as we continually ignore our own needs and meet the demands of others.
Essentially, we teach others how to treat us with every interaction that we have, and if we behave like a doormat, others will treat us as such. In some cases, where feelings of low self-worth are long-standing and deep-rooted, professional help is necessary to address these so that we can learn to act more assertively, but in others, all it takes is to attend a short assertiveness course.
For more information on natural health and wellness go to http://www.ancestralmedicinals.com/
Healthy living isn’t about just caring for our bodies, but it’s also about looking after our mental and emotional well-being too. People who behave passively often feel that their lives are outside of their own control, something that not only impairs their quality of life but also can even lead them into depression and anxiety. Unable to express their own opinions, wants and needs, they frequently back down in the face of even the slightest resistance and often feel obliged to say yes when what they really want to say is no.
Although, in certain circumstances, all of us will choose the path of least resistance, there is a big difference between this and feeling unable to stand up for ourselves. In the first case, we do things willingly and we are not filled with resentment. In the second, though, the sense of obligation that comes out of our low sense of self-worth and our feelings of inferiority and guilt makes us feel angry and put-upon as we continually ignore our own needs and meet the demands of others.
Essentially, we teach others how to treat us with every interaction that we have, and if we behave like a doormat, others will treat us as such. In some cases, where feelings of low self-worth are long-standing and deep-rooted, professional help is necessary to address these so that we can learn to act more assertively, but in others, all it takes is to attend a short assertiveness course.
For more information on natural health and wellness go to http://www.ancestralmedicinals.com/
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Why Cleanse?
Due to unhealthy lifestyles and poor eating habits most people, young and old, are developing serious problems in the intestinal tract which often times may contribute to the development of many degenerative diseases such as: heart problems, cancer, diabetes, obesity, etc. It has been said that modern day man digs his own grave with his fork and spoon. It is estimated that over 90% if disease can be directly or indirectly related to an unhealthy digestive system.
Cleansing is a way to get rid the body of waste material that has been eliminated. The terms: cleanse and Detox are used often but there meanings are not the same. The term Detox is short for detoxification and it means eliminating toxins from the body. The liver is the main detoxification organ and it is responsible for neutralizing toxic substances, but it eventually the toxins become too much for the liver to handle, leaving the body exposed to these toxic materials, that’s why Detoxifying the body is so important. On the other hand, cleansing usually means eliminating waste material from the body.
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011
FOODS TO EAT
Before and During Detox (7-Day)
FRUITS
Apples, Apricots, Bananas, Berries, Cherries, Cucumbers, Dates, Figs,
Grapes, Grapefruit, Lemons, Limes, All Melons, Mangoes, Nectarines,
Oranges, Peaches, Plums, Pineapples, Pears, Persimmons, Tomatoes
VEGGIES
Asparagus, Beets, Bell Peppers, Bok Choy, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts,
Cabbage, Cauliflower, Celery, Collards, Corn (fresh), Dandelion Greens,
Eggplant, Flax seed, Garlic, Green foods(Algae, Spirulina, Chlorella),
Green Peas, Green Beans, Kale Greens, Kohlrabi, Leeks, Lettuce, Mustard
Greens, Jicama Mushrooms, Okra, Onions, Peppers, Purslane, Quinoa,
Radishes, Rhubarb, Seaweeds (Nori, Dulse, Kelp, Wakame, etc.), Shallots,
Spinach (raw),Sprouts, Squash (summer), Turnip Greens, Vegetable
Broths and Soups, Watercress, Wheat Grass juice.
Avocados, Apple Cider, Vinegar (raw), Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Garlic, Maple
Syrup, Parsley
FOODS TO AVOID
Alcohol, Arrowroot Powder, Aspirin, Barley, Black Pepper, Cake, Canned or
Frozen Food, Cereals, Chick Peas, Dairy Products including Butter and Ice
Cream, Eggs, Grains (EXCEPT Starch-less ones), Honey, Legumes, Lentils,
Mustard, Niacin, Oatmeal, Nuts, Pasta, Popcorn, Rice, Salt, Seeds, Soda,
Soft drinks, Sugar-All Forms (Any Ingredient ending –ose), Stimulates, Tofu,
and Soy Products, Vinegar (distilled), Cigarettes.
All Wheat products including Germs, and Bran All Preservatives, Artificial
colors, and Flavors - NO PROCESSED FOODS, NO HIGH PROTEIN FOOD,
NO STARCH & ABSOLUTELY NO ANIMAL OR ANIMAL BY- PRODUCTS.
For more information on the seven day detox and natural health and wellness go to http://www.ancestralmedicinals.com/
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