Healthy World Digest, #22, January 2011

"Healthy nuggets of information to keep your motor humming."

Welcome to the 22th issue of our newsletter.

In this issue:

January, 2011

* Herbal remedy promotes sleep

* Water contamination & hexavalent chromium

* Meals that prevent handle ulcers

* Vitamin D, yet again

* Anaerobic physical exercise is much better than aerobic exercise

* Health supplement glucomannan root herb for fat loss

Ready? Let's go.

* Herbal remedy to promote sleep

Genuine dark cherry fruit juice will boost your brain’s production of sleep inducing carbohydrates. Consume 4 ounces ahead of bed.

Warm milk? Very well, it may have a placebo effect but the protein in it reduces serotonin, the chemical which induces sleep.

Hey, in my youth, my immigrant family and other Sicilians in Brooklyn would offer a beverage that was supposed to help us sleep. It did. Every time.

The beverage. Coffee. Ah, the placebo effect.

For more on insomnia and herbs, take a look at our web page on herbal remedies for insomnia

* Water contamination & hexavalent chromium

The Environmental Working Group recently put out a research study on the rise of hexavalent chromium, a heavy metal, in our drinking water supply. The major problem? It damages important internal organs and is cancer causing.

One remedy is a great drinking water filter.

For a lot more on this study, take a look at our web page on water contamination & hexavalent chromium

* Foods that prevent ulcers

Let's see. Let's start with pineapple, papaya, banana, red pepper, rhubarb, garlic, plantain.

Yep, real foods, from the soil, as opposed to “Frankenfoods,” lend so many advantages that the research community is having problems just cataloguing them.

Some time in the future, once the storehouse on information concerning the worth of natural herbs, vegetation, seed products, nuts and so on is overwhelming, I envision a harried researcher going on some mountaintop and bellowing, “Just eat natural foods!”

And then you’ll stroll out of McWendy’sKing, go to a produce store and get some chick peas & spinach. BTW great as a garlicy stir fry.

For a lot more on natural remedies for ulcers, take a look at our web page on home remedies for ulcers

* Supplemental Vitamin D, yet again

We have been over the importance of vitamin D, in particular for us as we get older and for the duration of the wintertime season.

Now a new examination suggests that supplemental D can prevent bronchial asthma attacks in youngsters and teens.

Make sure you get adequate vitamin D. Best via 20 minutes of sun exposure daily. If not supplement with vitamin D.

For a lot more on supplemental vitamin D, take a look at our web page on vitamin D facts

* Anaerobic physical exercise much better than aerobics

Correct. Anaerobic physical exercise {weight lifting, flexibility, movements, Yoga, Pilates, and so on.) can have all of the positive aspects that aerobics are recognized to have such as better heart and lung performance.

However, on top of that, it keeps your body strong, straight, working, flexible and beautiful. What more can you want in a exercise routine?

Well then, why do so many health lovers minimize anaerobics? For one, ignorance concerning its significance. Two, it is tougher to do.

It is way easier to simply plop your self down on an exercycle and mindlessly pedal for an hour, grooving to your MP3 player.

Do yourself a favor, be sure to mix in anaerobic physical exercise, focusing on important muscle mass groups for about 1/3 of your exercise session and see how much more you get out of a exercise routine.

For a lot more, take a look at our pages on anaerobic exercise

* Supplemental glucomannan for weight loss

Health supplement, glucomannan, can greatly assist fat loss. What’s glucomannan & how does it help with weight loss?

Glucomannan is a soluble fiber that is derived from the root of the konjac plant. Yes, it is an all natural herb. Little wonder that an all natural herb derivative can possess health benefits.

The fiber in glucomannan expands once mixed with fluids which helps make you feel fuller. It also slows insulin release which encourages your body to burn fat. Take 60 minutes ahead of meals for best results.

Want more remedies for weight loss? Go to our web page on herbal weight loss remedies

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See you next month!

Sal

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