Apr 05 2010

Personal Health Care and Common Cold Remedies

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True health is harmony between the individual (body, mind, heart and soul) and his or her environment. – unknown

Your personal health care is the most important thing as it is the best long-term investment you can do for yourself. In the short term it fixes the discomfort and the mood. In the long term it sharpens the mind, improves sleep patterns and boosts the energy. Body is getting older everyday, so you’re doing yourself a favour by getting it to the top shape now.

Also don’t be a tough guy or girl and ignore the pain. Have ANY DISCOMFORT checked as soon as possible. Don’t allow your ego to ignore the problem! Fix it NOW before it’s too late! Healthy body feels good. Ideally, under normal circumstances, it should be free of any pain and discomfort.

Put up your best hopes and intentions and become your own doctor applying fixes on as many fronts as possible. Healthy diet, multi-vitamins, gently increasing exercise intensity, positive mindset, and some self-hypnosis can play a huge role in your health project. Either one of the fixes will work, or the accumulation of many small things will add up to a grand result (Kaizen).

Try to get to the root of each problem and fix it long term – not masking it with drugs. Start with a physical exam: check your chemistry, blood and urin. Then start researching and fixing whatever is broken.

If you’re recovering from an accident do a lot of sleeping, physiotherapy, Shiatsu massage, acupuncture and Chinese medicine, and multi-vitamin. Follow all that with chiropractic adjustments to help the body with the healing process. The spinal cord, which is enclosed in the spine, carries all the healing impulses from the brain to the entire body, so it is crucial that the spine allows the central nervous system to operate flawlessly.

Here are some useful tips on Top Performance Health:

  • Become your own doctor, do your own research, assume responsibility
  • Talk to doctors from the angle of super health and top performance
  • Check your spine for any problems and see a chiropractor to fix them if any
  • Drink 8 to 10 glasses of water and 1-3 cups of green tea throughout the day
  • Have a shot of Wheatgrass juice and Acai berries smoothie few times a week
  • Consume uncooked/raw vegetables and eat healthy as much as possible
  • Replace white rice/bread/sugar with brown and whole wheat equivalents
  • Significantly limit dairy, meat, salt, simple sugars, coffee, alcohol and bad fats
  • Exercise 3 to 5 times per week, walk and take stairs as much as possible
  • Breathe through your nose and into your lower abs as often as you can
  • Find your purpose – a worthwhile reason to get up joyful every morning

You will feel good, light, sharp, clear, and full of energy within days. You will effortlessly lose excess weight in a matter of weeks without dieting (ie. eating just the right size meals regularly throughout the day). You will look and feel healthy. Your body will start to heal immediately and you will see the top health progress after a few weeks. After a couple of months you will feel exploding with energy and jumping for joy!

Get pH Balance strips (little orange paper strips available at Health Stores) and measure your body’s alkaline/acidity level (touch the orange paper to saliva on your tongue for a few seconds). With the top performance diet (lots of blueberries and green tea) you can easily achieve a healthy range (around 7.0). Acidic level (below 5.5) is a perfect environment for illness.

Pay attention to what your body is trying to tell you. At one point I started getting a sugar-ill feeling. It stayed with me for a few hours at a time. I kept being hungry all day and my teeth became super sensitive to sugar for no reason. Finally I figured that it was a nudge to watch my sugar intake when I relaxed my strict healthy diet regime after about a year. As soon as I limited my sugar and sweets, everything was fine within a day!

I wish you a super health and top performance of your body, mind, heart and spirit:) Read entire article.

Oct 16 2009

What is Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) Or Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD)?

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APD can be defined as difficulties in the perceptual processing of auditory information by the Central Nervous System. Put simply APD is a deficit in the neural processing of auditory information. The child has normal hearing but experiences difficulty in discriminating, processing and understanding sound signals.

Difficulties discriminating between speech and noise /sounds is a common experience for the child with APD. The disorder can often go undetected but can significantly impact a child’s ability to cope with the language requirements of a classroom and to develop essential reading and writing skills. Typically a child with APD copes well in a one to one context but experiences difficulty in large classroom environments.

Signs of APD

APD can even impact the child’s ability to socialize and follow conversations. Typically a person may experience difficulties in the following:

Children with CAPD may exhibit:

Short attention span Difficulty following instructions Easy distraction May be noise sensitive or reactive to loud noises eg. Vacuum cleaner – May be overwhelmed by very noisy environmentsSchool-aged children with CAPD may exhibit:

Difficulty following complex verbal directions Spelling and reading difficulties Language delay / disorder Poor sound / phonological awareness needed for literacy skills (reading and writing) Difficulty maintaining attention to auditory information Frustration and distractibility Difficulty with sound localization Difficulty following the flow of discussions Difficulty listening / comprehending when there is background noise Difficulties with short term auditory memoryFacts about APD

Boys are 3 times more likely to have auditory processing disorder than girls Almost 75% of children with APD have had a speech or language difficulties Children with APD often have a history of middle ear infections (otitis media) A child with Auditory Processing Disorder does NOT have an intellectual or cognitive problemWhat to do?

Consult an audiologist or speech pathologist in your area. An Audiologist can only conclusively diagnose APD however Speech Pathologists do have an important role in supporting diagnosis and some forms on intervention particularly relating to language processing and literacy.

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By: John Don

Sep 30 2009

Learn the Awesome Health Benefits of Ginkgo Biloba and Green Tea

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Do you know what are the health benefits of ginkgo biloba and green tea? There are many health supplements on the market today that contain these two substances. Let me show you why they are used and why they make such a great combination.

Ginkgo biloba and green tea make a powerful combination. The ginkgo medicinal health benefits come from the ginkgo biloba tree. This tree has been in existence for thousands of years in China.

These two substances work together by supplementing each other to give you even greater health benefits than if they were taken individually.

Many years of research has shown green tea to be able to be effective in fighting cancer, it helps lower bad cholesterol (LDL) levels, and boost the immune system to keep you from getting sick easily.

Ginkgo biloba on the other hand has shown to have great health benefits by effectively treating the central nervous system and is great for circulation, it aids concentration and help to give you a clearer memory. Both substances working together are great for boosting the immune system thus keeping you healthy preventing your from being vulnerable to bacteria and viruses.

They have also been linked to Alzheimer’s disease. It has been discovered that they slow its progression and also help to decrease depression and anxiety.

If you ask me I can definitely say they both have a lot to offer that is why I take them on a daily basis and you should look at how they can benefit you and your family as well.

The best way to get all these benefits is to take a supplement with these two ingredients. Taking them in a natural product that contains many other natural ingredients that will all work together to provide you with the most optimum health benefits available ensuring you have a longer, healthier life.

To learn about the purest, most effective form of ginkgo biloba and green tea supplement visit my website for more information.

By: Ingrid Gillette