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The Healing Power of Touch:with Ambience Body Therapies!
The power of touch is often underestimated. Touch, in
the form of massage, can have immense positive effects
on a person, physically and psychologically. There are
many more benefits of positive touch experience such
as massage than are widely recognized, with many validated
by scientific study.
Studies conducted at the Touch Research Institute show
that beyond merely reducing muscle tension, regular
massage can lead to:
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Increased energy levels
- Better sleeping patterns (reduction of insomnia)
- Reduction of stress and depression
- Increased immune activity, resulting in less risk
of illness
Medical researchers have estimated that 80% of all diseases
are related to physical or mental stress. Soothing and
relaxing massage therapy treatments can help counteract
the negative effects of stress, and therefore maintain
wellbeing.
Massage has also been shown to have powerful psychological
benefits. Clinical trials where blood samples were taken
before and after massage therapy have shown that blood
serum levels of certain chemicals increase after massage,
mainly endorphins, serotonin and oxytoxin. Endorphins
tell our body to "feel" blissful while serotonin relaxes
us and oxytoxin aids us to feel "connected" with others.
This explains why we not only feel a natural "high"
after massage, but also feel emotionally warmer and
more connected.
It is interesting to note that studies also show the
opposite effect- people who are neglected and do not
receive physical affection or touch during childhood
are much more likely to abuse their own children and
/ or become violent. In light of this, it becomes apparent
how important massage can be in today's low-touch society.
Massage has been utilized for its healing benefits for
over five thousand years-it is an age-old tried and
true healing therapy. Many scientific studies have validated
the use of massage to reduce pain, stress and depression,
increase immunological function and aid in the healing
process of many illnesses. Today regular massage is
considered by many not as a luxury but as an essential
to maintaining good health.
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HYPOGLYCEMIA(Low Blood Sugars): with Craig Hitchins
ND!
SYMPTOMS
Confusion, depression, nervousness, anxiety, antisocial
behavior, emotional instability, exhaustion, headaches,
impatience, inability to cope, fears, craving for sugar,
faintness, dizziness. Symptoms especially occur a few
hours after eating sweets or fats. The more that is
eaten and the longer the span before the symptoms occur,
the worse they are.
CAUSES
The problem is adrenal exhaustion. The cause is too
much stress, worry, and an excess of undigested sugars,
starches, proteins, and dairy products. The cortin hormone
is depleted, so food cannot be digested properly.
People consume large quantities of sugars, caffeine,
soft drinks, and alcohol. These all contain simple sugars,
and insufficient amounts of complex carbohydrates. Add
to this: high stress levels, and the two adrenal glands
become exhausted. Hypoglycemia can be inherited, but
more often it is brought on by an inadequate diet (and
is then called functional hypoglycemia). However, there
are several other physical problems which can weaken
adrenal function and help bring on hypoglycemia. These
include weaknesses in the thyroid, liver, kidneys, pituitary,
and pancreas. Immune deficiency and candidiasis can
also lead to it. Other causes include smoking and large
amounts of caffeine.
Hypoglycemia is sometimes mistakenly diagnosed as asthma,
allergies, fatigue syndrome, stomach, intestinal, weight
problems, or mental or nervous disorders. Half the people,
over 50, who have hypoglycemia, are hypothyroid.
TREATMENT
o Refined starches, sugars, and a high-meat diet
wear out the adrenals. Too much sugar shocks the adrenal
cortex, and the resulting physical reaction is to crave
still more sugar.
o Stop eating or using meat, nicotine, alcohol,
chocolate, soft drinks, black tea, and sugared and fat
foods. Caffeine, alcohol, and tobacco produce wide swings
in blood sugar levels.
o Read the labels at the grocery store, and avoid
dextrose, dextrin, lactose, maltose, sucrose, fructose,
modified food starch, corn syrup, corn sweetener, cornstarch,
and natural sweetener. Only use honey and molasses in
small amounts. Also stay away from sorbitol, hexanol,
mannitol, and glycol.
o Too much salt also exhausts the adrenals and
causes a loss of potassium, leading to lower blood sugar.
o Eat natural foods, the ones you should have
been eating to begin with. Whole grains, raw and simply
cooked vegetables, some fresh fruit. But eat in moderation
starchy foods, such as corn, noodles, pasta, white rice,
hominy, and yams.
o Eat a high-fiber diet and vegetables that are
raw or steamed. These are good for you: beans, lentils,
brown rice, white potatoes, soy products, and fruits.
o Useful fruits include apricots, apples, bananas,
grapefruit, lemons, cantaloupes, and persimmons. For
example, eat a raw apple instead of applesauce, for
the apple has more fiber which will help keep blood
sugar stabilized.
o Licorice acts like cortin and helps the blood
sugar. Bilberry and wild yam help control insulin levels.
Cedar berries help the pancreas. Spirulina tablets,
taken between meals, help stabilize blood sugar.
o During a blood sugar reaction, eat something
that has both fiber and protein, such as rice or bran
crackers with almond butter. Fiber alone (popcorn, rice,
oat bran, crackers, ground flaxseed, and psyllium husks)
has the ability to slow down a hypoglycemic reaction.
A half hour before each meal, eat some of this high
fiber, to stabilize blood sugar.
o Once a month, go on a fresh vegetable juice
fast for a day. Take enemas with some added lemon juice
at that time. If a reaction starts to occur, reach for
the fiber, protein powder, or spirulina. Avoid stressful
situations. You may have a milk allergy, which often
accompanies this disease.
As you can see like many other illnesses, this is
one that can be both treated and avoided by engaging
in the proper eating of raw foods and lifestyle choices
that reduce stress. This problem is also wrongly diagnosed
often as mentioned before which often sees people thinking
they have something worse than they do and this problem
of hypoglycemia goes undetected.
The information you have read here and in any of my
articles is intended to help you understand that eating
properly, exercising and relaxing in moderation are
NOT luxuries but NECESSITIES to being in any way healthy.
Hypoglycemia is just one more dis-ease that is nothing
more than resultant of poor choices in the above areas.
Please my friends make the choice you know is right
for you and begin today with treating yourself well.
Craig
Hitchens (B.Sc.Nat.)
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The Lymphatic System Fat, Fluid or Toxins: By Miriam
Young!
If you want to lose weight presently and have progressed
through the fad of 'quick fix' diets and pills with
no results, then it may be useful to ask yourself a
few questions:
. Is some of your excess weight, fluid?
. What are your bowel patterns like and do you
suffer from constipation?
. Is your liver functioning effectively?
. What is going on for you both emotionally and
spiritually, what are you afraid of and what perhaps
are you suppressing or protecting yourself from?
. When was the last time that you - not dieted
- but detoxified?
Why Should I Look After My Lymphatic Health?
The lymphatic system is the home of your immune defence.
If you have a healthy free-flowing lymphatic circulation
it is highly possible that you will avoid all those
colds and viral infections circulating at the office
or within your child's school. Or if you do become ill,
your recovery rate will be quick and efficient. Having
a healthy lymphatic system will also mean that you will
be eliminating toxins at a faster rate and you will
stay at your ideal weight (so long as your bowel and
liver is also functioning effectively). You may also
have an increased chance of avoiding more serious diseases,
such as glandular fever and cancer of the lymph glands,
particularly if there is a history of this type of cancer
in your family.
What is Lymph?
Lymph surrounds every living cell. We have more lymph
inside of our bodies than we do blood. It is a transparent,
usually slightly yellow, often opalescent liquid found
in the lymphatic vessels. The word "lymph" comes from
Latin for water goddess. It is the same fluid that oozes
from a cut when bleeding stops. Lymph transports nutrients
into the blood and receives waste products from the
blood. White blood cells circulate in the lymphatic
system and are the backbone of the immune system.
The lymph glands have eight functions:
1. Neutralising toxins and poisons
2. Returning water from tissues to the blood.
3. Returning leaked protein to the blood
4. Transporting fats in the body
5. Transporting hormones by the Lymph System
6. Destructs foreign bacteria
7. Produces antibodies and
8. Makes up the largest content of fluid in the body,
carries more waste than blood.
Lymph is constantly moving around the body. Unlike the
heart-driven circulatory system, the lymphatic system
has no central pump. Lymphatic circulation relies primarily
on movement of the body's muscles as well as on respiratory
movement.
A number of disorders or imbalances occur when this
fluid becomes over-burdened with toxins. Such un-eliminated
waste can cause unwanted tissue formation and swelling,
otherwise known as cellulite. Cellulite is a structural
disturbance of fat tissue, related, in part, to local
vein and lymph congestion. Bowel cleansing and proper
skin brushing can help to alleviate this condition.
(See below).
Fluid Retention
Overweight does not necessarily mean excess body fat.
An over-weight woman can hold up to 20 lbs of excess
weight in fluid retention within her lymphatic circulation.
The first questions I will ask such a client is are
they drinking purified water and how are they drinking
their water? Are they taking small sips throughout the
day? Usually not. Mostly women with fluid retention
are not drinking enough water or drink no water first
thing in the morning, gulp down several glasses of water
at lunchtime and then don't remember to drink again
until they get home late in the afternoon. Consequently
their bodies are holding onto fluid in reserve. Tea,
coffee, salt and alcohol are the worst drinks for fluid
retention sufferers.
Cold Showers
Regular cold showers (the colder the better) improve
blood and lymph circulation, aid detoxification and
weight loss. Cold showers extract toxins from the body,
they improve circulation and help prevent cellulite,
as well as slowing down spider and varicose veins formation.
Improved circulation helps to eliminate toxins that
are accumulated in layers of fatty deposits, which not
only makes you feel better as the poisons are no longer
affecting you, but also helps you to lose weight. Improved
circulation and the production of the body's natural
blood thinning enzyme are greatly improved. This makes
cold showers particularly effective in the prevention
of heart attacks.
Our body's immune system also benefits from cold showers
and this has been proven by medical research. The number
of white blood cells produced increases with regular
cold showers, significantly decreasing the likelihood
of catching a cold or viral infection. In hospitals
in the Midlands in the UK, it has been proven that those
patients who had cold showers were able to go home four
days earlier than those that did not! In Chernobyl in
Russia, they are actually encouraging people to have
cold showers to keep their immune system active because
the environment in which they live is so full of pollutants.
Dry Skin Brushing
Dry skin brushing promotes both circulation and lymphatic
drainage, with a variety of benefits. These include
stimulating the exchange of nutrients and wastes, improving
immune function and promoting the flow of vital energy,
or Chi.
The best time to use your skin brush is first thing
in the morning, before a cold shower. (Have a 10 second
cold shower followed by warm and ending with another
quick cold shower). Always brush gently to start with
and always brush towards the heart (up the arms and
up the legs).
Any blockage at the superficial lymphatic level will
result in congestion throughout the whole lymphatic
system. Skin brushing is an excellent way to stimulate
the activity of the entire lymphatic system. Much ill-health
can be avoided or improved upon when the lymphatic system
is circulating freely and regular skin brushing can
be a valuable support in order to achieve this.
The skin is full of nerve endings, and therefore a vital
part of the nervous system. These nerve endings are
stimulated during skin brushing which in turn decreases
muscular tension, improves lung capacity, digestion,
bowel movements, blood circulation, lymph drainage and
also allows for a clear mind!
Toxins
Considering 70% of lymphatic tissue lies within the
intestines, it is worth thinking about the effect a
sluggish bowel may have upon the functioning of the
lymphatic system. Big tummies don't necessarily mean
fat tummies! It would amaze you to know just how much
toxic sludge we hold onto in the small and large intestines.
In many cases what we presume to be 'fat' is in actuality
layers of mucoid plaque or stuck faecal matter sitting
in the walls of the intestines.
Other than a sluggish bowel, most people in the Western
World also have poor liver function. And it is often
lack of bile secretion from the liver that causes a
sluggish bowel. It is worth thinking about the fact
that preservatives in food are there to slow down the
activity of bacteria. However in the gut it is the bacteria
that break down the food. Too many additives and processed
foods take longer to digest. As the gut becomes more
blocked with toxic sludge, burdening the lymphatic system,
we absorb less and less nutrients from our food. This
may cause us to eat more to gain what we need, but if
it is more of the wrong kind of food then we are further
adding to toxicity levels, which in turn means excess
weight and also depletes us of essential nutrients.
By cleansing the bowel, the lymphatic tissue is able
to sigh with relief as excess toxic baggage is towed
away. By ridding the body of this toxic sludge many
people not only experience better health and more energy,
but also discover a sustainable method of losing weight.
There is a very powerful connection between the lymphatic
system and the immune system and therefore many herbs
and foods that aid the immune system (sulphur containing,
such as onion and garlic) will also assist the health
of the lymphatic system. The best way to keep the immune/lymphatic
system clean is to not suppress any discharge out of
the body or any fever the body may develop. A fever
is the body's immune system burning out toxins. By using
medication to lower a fever, we suppress the immune
system. Chlorinated drinking water and chlorinated swimming
pools should be avoided as chlorine can also congest
the lymphatic system and suppress the immune system.
Copyright: Miriam Young
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