Natural Sweeteners, Cooking And Your Health

What is happening in America? So many people walking around with high blood pressure (hypertension) and not getting any better. Obviously, this ailment is not understood except to treat the symptoms rather than the underlying problem. Below here are some pervasive stats from the American Heart Association that indicates just how this condition is not improving:

High blood pressure (hypertension) killed 57,356 people in the United States in 2005.

• About 73.6 million people in the United States age 20 and older have high blood pressure.
• One in three adults has high blood pressure.
• Of those people with high blood pressure, 78.7 percent were aware of their condition.
• Of all people with high blood pressure, 69.1 percent were under current treatment, 45.4 percent had it under control, and 54.6 percent did not have it controlled.
• The cause of 90-95 percent of the cases of high blood pressure isn’t known; however, high blood pressure is easily detected and usually controllable.
• From 1995 to 2005 the death rate from high blood pressure increased 25.2 percent, and the actual number of deaths rose 56.4 percent.
• Non-Hispanic blacks are more likely to suffer from high blood pressure than are non-Hispanic whites.
• Within the African-American community, those with the highest rates of hypertension, are more likely to be middle aged or older, less educated, overweight or obese, physically inactive, and to have diabetes.
• In 2005 the death rates per 100,000 population from high blood pressure were 15.8 for white males, 52.1 for black males, 15.1 for white females and 40.3 for black females

As you can see this is a serious epidemic in the U.S. and it seems we are not taking a deserving all out attack on this enemy. This is a more extreme threat than any terrorist attack. This is where the money and research needs to be focussed. Wouldn’t you agree?

It is very clear to see that one contributing cause of the condition is not knowing the origin which is essential to finding its solution.

The UNDERLYING CAUSE 

DO YOU HAVE TOXIC BLOOD? HOW DOES THE BLOOD BECOME TOXIC?

When the blood becomes saturated with unfiltered blood then its ability to maintain body systems and organs is compromised. Blood quality determines every cell’s capability to carry out its function. The blood has the potential to nourish or pollute the entire body. As we age, over-stress, ingest a poor diet, etc. blood components can build up unless detoxification is employed or the primary blood filters in the body are supported to do their function.

The liver, spleen, and every circulatory system organ can be involved in an obstructive process that impedes natural blood flow. This results in the body lowering in energy or Qi (Traditional Chinese medicine), high blood pressure, with every body function suffering from poor nutrition and de-oxygenation. No amount of vitamins or minerals can overcome the level of toxicity that develops except through gradual elimination of toxins in the blood. If detoxification happens too quickly, then a crisis can occur where nausea, exhaustion, and further setbacks in the cleansing process. If elimination is allowed to proceed on a gradual improving pace then expulsion is optimized. This requires working with the body as opposed to making physiology conform to a standardized strategy.

If the blood remains toxic for too long then an acidic environment is created. The result is a breakdown of vascular walls. This involves a scarring effect with blood components filling in the damged areas. This build-up complicates the process of cleansing. If the circulatory plumbing is not cleared out then all organs suffer while the aging process speeds up. Its important at this stage that balance is re-established before established damage occurs.

There are different conditions that are involved with causation of toxic build-up. From a Chinese medicine perspective, the body can involve singular or multiple constitutional conditions. The primary (6) body types are:

cold<—————>hot
damp<————->dry
deficient<——–>excess

When the body becomes or specific organ become extreme in one of the constitutional conditions above then toxicity occurs. In order to move the imbalance or over toxicity to a balanced or neutral status, the body or its organ(s) need help to move in the other direction of the continuum.

Additionally, Its very important to discern which constitution is primary so treatment priority can be arrived at before tackling obvious symptoms. Again, the goal of the correction process is to achieve balance or neutral status. That is the mid-point between cold and hot, damp and dry, and deficient and excess. Establishing the center of these continuums brings about optimal health where the symptoms subside, health anchors.

Summary: Excess constitution with heat and dampness characteristics stemming from over-ingestion of rich, greasy, spicy, refined, intoxicating foods. Foods: excess red meat, eggs, cheese, fried foods, salt, excess sweet, refined & stale flour and oil products, chemicals, drugs and acoholic drinks.

When the body becomes overwhelmed by the above foods then the blood, organs and body becomes toxic and malfuctioning. The excess wears the body down into deficiency resulting in conditions of arthritis, tumor, diabetes, etc. The blockages in vasularity produces heat and pressure resulting in the following conditions – high blood pressure, constipation, excess weight, stroke and circulation ailments. The remedy is purging and cleansing.with bitter herbs and foods. Bitter cools and reduces dampness in the body. There may be exceptions which require a seasoned Master herbalist’s (traditional chinese herbs) input.

“Sweet makes you bitter while bitter makes you sweeter” Nei jing

FOOD THERAPY FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

FOODS THAT BALANCE BLOOD PRESSURE

Legumes: mung bean sprouts, soy bean sprouts, tofu, tempeh, peas, Adzuki Beans, Black Beans, Black-eyed peas, Broad Beans (Fava Beans), Butter Beans, Calico Beans, Cannellini Beans, Chickpeas (Garbanzo Beans), Edamame
Great Northern Beans, Italian Beans, Kidney Beans, Lentils, Lima Beans, Mung Beans, Navy Beans, Pinto Beans, Soy Beans, including black soy beans, Split Peas, White Beans

Grains: (whole grains, ½ cup for all grains) sprouted wheat – hard red winter wheat, Amaranth, Barley, pearled, Buckwheat (kasha), Bulgar, Oats, whole kernel, Rice, brown, Rice, wild, Rye, whole kernel, Quinoa, Wheat, whole kernel, All Bran with Extra Fiber, Bran Buds, Fiber One, Kashi, Go Lean, Shredded Wheat, Shredded Wheat and Bran, Buckwheat Groats, Oat Bran, Old Fashioned Oatmeal, Steel-Cut Oats

Vegetables: (Pungent) radish, horseradish, hot peppers, onion family (garlic, onion, leek, scallion, shallot, chive), Leafy greens (cabbage, spinach, carrot greens, mint leaf, nasturtium leaf, dandelion greens, kale, wheat greens, barley greens, broccoli, parsley), asparagus, bell peper, rose hip, tomato, celery
Green seaweeds: Green rope, Green tuft, Dead man’s fingers, Encrusting codium, Bird guano alga, Sea lettuce, Stringy, hairy, ribbon Ulva, Green barrels, Brown seaweeds: Winged kelp, Bottlebrush seaweed, Seersucker, Three-ribbed kelp, Northern bladder chain, Flattened acid kelp, Witch’s hair, Green acid kelp, Geather Boa, Rockweed, Spiraling rockweed, Sea cauliflower, Perennial kelp, Twisted sea tubes, Bull kelp, Dwarf rockweed, Woody-stemmed kelp, Sea fungus, Sugar kelp, Stiff-stiped kelp, Sea cabbage, Split kelp, Wireweed, Soda straws, Studded sea balloons), Red Seaweeds (Turkish towel, Bleached burnett, Winged rib, Sea moss, Sea sac, Rusty rock, Sea tangle, Turkish washcloth, Tar spot, Iridescent seaweed, Coarse sea lace, Black pine, Flattened sea brush, Sea brush, Sea laural, Red ribbon, Sea comb, Bleachweed, Sea noodles, Red eyelet silk), chlorella, cucumber
Mushrooms: Honey Mushroom, Brown Stew Fungus, The Miller, Shaggy Ink Cap, Green Russula, Russula integra, Weeping Milk-Cap, Saffron Milk-Cap, Hedgehog Fungus, Man on Horseback, Wood Blewit, Chantarelle, Funnel Chantarelle, Horn of Plenty, Yellow-Crack Bolete, Slippery Jack, Brown Birch Bolete, King Bolete, Sheep Polypore, Pestle Puffball

Fruit: (citrus) Clementine, Kumquat, Minneola, Mandarin, Orange, Satsuma, Tangarine, Tangelo, Lemon, Rough Lemon, Lime, Leech Lime, Grapefruit, Pummelo, Sweety, Ugli, banana, persimmon

Nuts & Seeds: Almonds, hazlenuts (filbert), flax seed, chia seed, pumpkin seed (lightly roasted to remove surface E coli), poppy seed, walnut, sunflower sprouts

Animal products: fish: sardine, salmon, mackerel, Cold water fish (LAKE TROUT, RAINBOW TROUT, BROOK TROUT, BROWN TROUT, ARCTIC GRAYLING, ARCTIC CHAR, SPLAKE, etc.) raw honey, bee pollen

Herbs: hawthorn berry, dandelion root, burdock root, chaparral, peppermint (palpitations), cayenne pepper, ginger, rhubarb root (constipation), yarrow, chamomile, motherwort, valerian (Traditional Chinese herbs & American herbs)

FOODS TO AVOID (worsens high blood pressure)

Sugar, or foods with added sugars, Processed grains, or foods containing them (except as listed on the Grains List e.g. packaged cereals, even whole grain cereals, are usually processed, verify), Refined grains (which don’t say “whole” in front of each grain on the label) or foods containing them, “Wheat” or “wheat flour” without the word “whole” is usually a code word for “white” (includes white rice, “Flour” listed alone is always white flour), Potatoes, Cakes, cookies, muffins, etc. Crackers, unless whole grain, Cereals, unless whole grain and at least 8 grams of fiber per serving, Chips, Ice cream, Jams and Jellies, Maple Syrup, Regular Soda and other sweetened beverages, Juices, Oils except for extra virgin olive oil, nut oils, and canola oil, Mayonnaise, Creamy salad dressings, Butter, Magarine, Dairy products that are not fat-free, including cheese, cream cheese, milk, etc., Fatty meats such as bacon or sausage, Anything with hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated fats in it.

“The sages follow the laws of Nature and therefore their bodies are free from strange diseases. They do not lose any of their natural functions and their spirit of life is never exhausted.” — Inner Classic

Mark Hammer C.M.H.,  Master Herbalist - Longevity Mountain    5/09 

Despite the multitude of dermatological procedures that can fade or remove age spots, topical tretments remain the easiest and cheapest, and can be very effective. In this article we’ll try to aid you in finding the best age spot hand cream.

We all hate those age spots that start showing up on our skin later in life. A product mainly of sun exposure, these are places where the dark skin pigment melanin has formed spots. The older you get, the more of these areas will develop and they may also grow darker in color.

1. Protection from the sun

A good starting point is to realize that just preventing unnecessary or unprotected sun exposure can already help to decrease the development of age spots.

The minimum recommended sun protection factor (SPF) is 15, and it’s a bonus if your topical treatment already provides that.

2. Beware of the hidden dangers

Next, be aware of the hidden dangers of many topical treatments. A particularly popular recommendation is a prescription drug called Hydroquinone. After studies conducted in 2006 produced evidence that linked hydroquinone to cancer in mice and rats, a ban was proposed by the FDA on all cosmetics containing this substance.

However, there is no evidence to suggest danger to humans when the product is only applied topically. Care should be taken not to apply it with other skin treatments like Benzoyl Peroxide as this could cause dark stains on your skin. 

Other compounds commonly used in topical treatments, like Tretinoin, comes with a long list of possible side effects.

3. Natural ingredients that help

Most importantly, the best age spot hand cream needs to be safe and packed with natural goodness.

Little known natural ingredients like Extrapone nutgrass root has been proven to be particularly good at inhibiting the formation of melanin. This is the pigment that gives the skin its dark color. Used in a high quality topical cream with the correct formulation, this can produce great results in fading blemishes.

Another great ingredient is shea butter. This provides natural sun protection, although the actual amount can vary and is seldom more than SPF6. Shea butter is also non-greasy and easily absorbed, while providing great benefits as a natural moisturizer.

In conclusion, before you go the over-the-counter or prescription chemical route, you owe it to the long term health of your skin to try a safe and natural age spot hand cream first. The results may surprise you.

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We’ve been told for years that for some reason wine seemed to be good for your health. It may seem strange now, but for a long time many people thought it might be the alcohol itself in some wine that was responsible for the health benefits. But they couldn’t have been more wrong.

And we’ve recently seen now, from the trials and studies that have been done, that the true health benefits we’re getting from the wine are from the resveratrol.

y the way, give me a second and then we’re going to go through the reasons why drinking wine for the resveratrol really isn’t the smartest way to go about things.

For example, if you’d like to know how to get resveratrol into your system without having to do damage to your body by drinking massive amounts of alcohol, then check out this resveratrol and wine article.

I really can’t stress enough just how important this is. So please check it out.

But before we do that, let’s talk about what resveratrol is, what it does, and how it relates to wine.

So after all this time we finally know what the substance is that is responsible for the French Paradox — this is the mystery surrounding how cultures to eat a high fat diet still don’t succumb to the diseases that strike so many Americans.

And no one knew until recently that resveratrol was really as powerful as it is. We now know that it’s as much as 50 times more powerful than vitamin C, for example, and has been shown to do everything from protect against cancer to slow down — dare I say reverse — the aging process.

Excellent stuff. But there is a problem with resveratrol, and that is that in order to get enough of it you have to drink lots of wine. And of course this is because of all the wine you’d be forced to drink to get enough resveratrol to realize the benefits. While this may sound like fun, the amount that you have to drink would quickly lead to other health problems that even resveratrol couldn’t solve.

The bottom line is that you can counteract the benefits of resveratrol because you have to drink too much alcohol in the process. Your body has to work extra hard to remove the toxicity associated with the alcohol you’re drinking. And when that happens, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to realize that you’re doing more harm than good, although you are getting a nice amount of resveratrol.

Earlier I said that we’d go over some of the ways to get resveratrol safely, so let’s get to that now. Keep in mind, it’s importance to get your hands on sources of resveratrol that don’t require alcohol. So you see, someone would have to drink way too much wine in order to get the full benefits of the resveratrol, and this would do more harm to you in the process. So, here’s what I recommend…

Right now, go see this Resveratrol and Wine site, where you’ll get videos that show the best sources for resveratrol. Perhaps the best part is that you don’t need to drink any alcohol.

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We've heard this story before, haven't we? Isn't it true that whenever we see a new supplement hit the market, were usually told that this is the one that's going to make all the difference.

If you're like me, you've probably gotten excited in the past and have rushed out to buy expensive supplements, powders, pills, capsules, tinctures, teas, or some other concoction that promised to rejuvenate your mind and body.

Some of them have no doubt been beneficial to you. There are definitely a good number of supplements that I take regularly that are giving me lots of benefits. Yes, lots of them definitely work. But also remember that there are some that don't.

Do you know what I mean? So when the news first broke about resveratrol and it’s supposed fountain-of-youth qualities, I naturally got excited and wanted to rush out and buy resveratrol, but I also tried deliberately to tone down my enthusiasm. So this is what happens when you've been down the same road before.

Don't forget that there is a difference between resveratrol and a host of other solutions that we've heard about before. If you study the literature you'll see that there are true studies that back up the hype.

In fact, the research is so promising, and apparently so convincing, that even major U.S. drug companies are getting in on this.

But is resveratrol the real deal? Now I may not be a doctor, but I still believe the evidence and think it is.

Now, of course, there is a caveat to this. What we're seeing with resveratrol is that there are now many suppliers who may not take quality so seriously, and you are simply trying to get a product out on the market as quickly as possible.

So of course this means that you need to be careful about how you go about getting your resveratrol. I’m show you what I think is the very best way to find the highest quality resveratrol around at this Buy Resveratrol Supplements review page. Go ahead and click on the link and I'll show you what I mean.

Oh, and the only other thing I want to mention is that you'll also see how easy it is to get your own supply of resveratrol for free. This is great little tactic, so click that link and check it out!)

First, just in case you weren’t aware, I wanted to go through some of the resveratrol benefits so that you can see what has everyone so excited.

Imagine this -- Vitamin C, that wonder antioxidant, is 1/50th as powerful as Resveratrol?

But that's only the beginning. In tests, lab animals who were given resveratrol scored higher on challenges designed to measure physical and mental ability, which basically means that they performed as though they were younger. And believe it or not, this isn't even a full story.

And I think it's this that is responsible for all of the hysteria. Remember, we're talking about something that occurs naturally in nature and that seems to shut down the aging process.

It's important to just mention that we don't have lots of studies on the long-term effects of resveratrol yet. It might just be me, but I don't really see any sense in waiting until you're already old and gray to try and slow down the aging process and recapture your youth.

I'd choose to start short-circuiting the aging process now. So I am hoping that 20 years from now I will be able to look back and say that I made a pretty smart decision.

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It’s been set up that the cost of Lasik eye surgery is somewhat easy on the pocket if you choose to get it finished in smaller areas. If you are seeking to reduce the cost of Lasik eye surgery, move on for the smaller urban treatment centers. When you estimate the cost of Lasik eye surgery, you will discover that it brings in quite a few different mechanism.

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The fee of Lasik eye surgery involves various different fees. Health check insurance will take in a specific proportion of the procedure except only if it is considered medically critical. While the price of Lasik eye surgery is expensive, there are methods that can be used to facilitate bring down the total that you give.

With regard to blackjack strategy there are usually 2 schools of thought. The 1st, which is hailed over all others on the Internet, is the strict adherence to ‘basic blackjack strategy.’ This is the most statistically advantageous decision for any particular situation. The 2nd school of thought includes just about anyone who claims to have a reason to do something other than what basic blackjack strategy says you should do. Now, these two blackjack strategies aren’t mutually exclusive, in fact, I think the majority of basic blackjack strategy players make a decision based on a feeling that doesn’t fit what basic blackjack strategy says during the course of a game. Really, how often have you seen anyone surrender in blackjack? What I really mean by a 2nd school of thought is the people who attempt to bring systematic approaches to the game, for better or for worse. See you at the online casino.

Although you may have been hoping to hear something other than ‘always employ basic blackjack strategy’ it’s really not going to happen right here today. How can you argue with the fact that basic blackjack strategy is comprised entirely of statistically correct moves? Well strangely enough, although they are statistically correct, the suggestions don’t always seem logical. Occasionally there is a strong human urge to do what it sees as logical, while the basic blackjack strategy chart says to do something different. For instance, when you are dealt two nines and the dealer has a 7 showing, part of you will have an urge to split them, as you envision two nineteens by your finger tips, but basic strategy suggests to stay. What’s the logic here? Obviously basic blackjack strategy is working on the premise that they dealer will most likely have a 17 and you already have that beat with an eighteen, but why not try to get two nineteens? At that point you’re taking a risk, and it affects the numbers. Although it is not a very big statistical difference, you would be expected to win $40 (for every $100 bet) standing on double nines, and only stand to earn $36.90 when splitting. Get a free blackjack review now.

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