smithlantern asked:


Gone are the days when counting calories could be a measure of a healthy diet.  Healthy diets on the longer about counting calories measuring portions or cutting your carbohydrate intake.  We are in an age where are we to start minding our own business, looking after the diets and well-being of our families, our children, and ourselves. We have all been sold on the idea that fast and easy belongs to the pro active, energetic and active lifestyle of people who of moving places.

It is time to opt out of that lie and start being responsible for the health and fitness of our bodies in order to live a prolonged delay void of disease or illnesses related to obesity , malnutrition and bad diets. We only have two look at our fellow man peers and people roaming streets malls and avenues to know that we are living a lie in the name of and for the sake of convenience.

The best thing we can do for ourselves and our families is to eat a healthy diet, not only when we want to lose weight but as a matter of habit all the time everyday and continuously as we live our lives focused on a healthy lifestyle. Remember that a healthy lifestyle is ears a choice and for some the skill to make part of your life and that you stick with for a lifetime.

So what exactly is this a healthy diet and lifestyle we are talking about? We have all been led to believe throughout our lives that these myths included enough milk for calcium, lean beef for muscle growth and veggies, which can take the form of canned or frozen if desired. This certainly sounds like a diet that will put most Americans to shame, living on fast food and takeout, bud sadly this still remains a poor excuse for a diet and a bad diet in itself.

The best foods are foods that are the closest to its natural form whether unrefined or uncooked and variations of that. Examples of this would be whole grains freshly ground, fresh fruits and vegetables needing little or no cooking or processing. What we are after are the vitamins and minerals that help us stay healthy and maintain excellent life giving health. The whole idea behind food is not to feel full after eating, but to retain the most amounts of natural goodness and nutritional value.

Lean meats and fish are essential from good muscle building amino acids to omega 3 fatty acids that help sustain a healthy body, skeletal structure and provide the building blocks that most American foods lack, especially the fast variety. We have forgotten about the purpose of food as a nutritional value and have become accustomed to food being a fun factor. If we feel full, we have eaten and are well fed. This is unfortunately untrue and a new term has come to light calling most Americans obese starving people, pumped up on carbs but lacking in nutrition.

Stay away from all processed foods, especially the meat variety. You will find that processed meats in all forms, whether lunch meat, bacon, hot dogs or various sausages which all contain saturated animal fats and nitrates which are toxic to your body and the cause of many diseases detected and undetected.

Make sure your foods are balanced into a good ratio of healthy carbohydrates, protein and good fats which can be obtained through lean unprocessed meats, vegetables as raw as possible and healthy nuts, olive oil in the cold pressed form on your fresh salads. These habits 6 days a week will lead to unbelievable health benefits such as weight control and fighting off dreaded diseases and illnesses.

Foods to avoid will be anything passing through human processing, e.g. sugar, soft drinks, oil in fried foods, processed foods, chips, deep fried foods, snacks, white processed flour foods, most canned pastas, cereals that are sugar coated etc.

Among the healthy foods would be fresh fruits, berries and vegetables, leafy greens and lettuce, bright colored vegetables and fruits, nuts and dried fruits, organic beef, cold water fish, legumes, whole grains and lean turkey or chicken etc.

Make a healthy diet part of your healthy eating habits which will strengthen your family into becoming healthy people for life. Living healthy is a lifestyle is a long term commitment to eating healthy and following healthy food tips.



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Jeff Schuman asked:


We all know it is frustrating when you get a common cold or a headache and so on, but what kinds of alternative medicine solutions are out there so you can avoid taking several pills? There are several resources accessible to you regarding alternative solutions to help various health concerns from the internet, news programs, and even a magazine titled Alternative Medicine. The best thing you can do is do a little research for your problem and attempt to find another way to help yourself without swallowing away several more pills.

Alternative medicine is a broad term that covers several different therapies and treatments. Some of the complimentary methods available just to name a few are; chiropractic, diet, yoga, aromatherapy, herbs and nutritional supplements. There are plenty more to name and plenty more that have been used by people on a common basis. In a 2002 study it was found that 62% of American adults had used some form of alternative medicine in the past year.

In a basic sense, an alternative medicine is a health treatment and prevention that is not yet considered to be a part of a conventional medicine. So as mentioned above, these methods of treatment avoid the use of prescription drugs and/or surgery. However, when in dire need alternative medicine doctors do not discourage surgery or prescription drugs.

Another goal of the complimentary medicine treatment is to see the problem through the whole body of a person. As oppose to simply identifying the symptoms and giving a diagnosis, the alternative way of being is to see the underlying cause of the problem and view the persons mind, body, emotions, and spirit.

In the study that was done in 2002, amongst the 34,000+ people that were surveyed the most popular natural treatment used was prayer for health reasons with 110,012 uses. Herbs and nutritional supplements came in a distant second with a little over 50,600 times people said they had used that as an alternative medicine in the last year. Rounding out the top five includes chiropractic, deep breathing exercise, and meditation.

There are several alternative medicine methods out there that can help everything from treatment, prevention and a release of stress. These natural treatments allow a person to soothe themselves from any tension and relax. It is clear from the 2002 study that you are not the only one interested in or using alternative medicines. Thanks to the internet you can visit websites online and do your own unlimited research.



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Markus Wahlgren asked:


Cancer is the name given to any illness resulting from one of our body’s own cells growing out of control. There are many processes that control a cell’s growth and division, each of which can go wrong. Several of these control mechanisms need to be damaged before a cell becomes cancerous. There are more than 200 different types of cancers, which are categorized in to carcinoma, sarcoma, lymphoma and leukemia based on the cells from which they arise.

The principles involved in treating cancer are either directly destroying the cancer tissues or indirectly destroying them by depriving them of blood supply and/or their nutrition. But the irony is that whatever conventional treatment is used to destroy cancer cells do affect to some extent the normal cells also. They may damage the skin, liver, intestine the bone marrow and other rapidly multiplying cells. Sometimes the effect of the treatment is more devastating than the disease itself.

Role of Alternative Medicine in treating cancer

A larger study of Alternative medicine use in patients with different types of cancer was published in the July 2000 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology. It was found that nearly 70% of the patients used at least one form alternative medicine along with the conventional treatment. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) are sponsoring a number of clinical trials at medical centers to evaluate alternative medical therapies for cancer.

Alternative medicine includes therapies like herbal remedies, vitamins, special diets, and acupuncture among others.

Acupuncture: effective in the management of chemotherapy associated nausea and vomiting and in controlling pain associated with surgery. Now used in a trial to reduce the symptoms of colorectal cancer

-Homeopathy

-Ayurveda

-Shark cartilage: Being tried in non-small cell lung cancer. it prevents new blood vessels growth

-Hyperbaric oxygen: In patients who had larynx removed for larynx cancer

-Massage therapy: for cancer related fatigue

-Pancreatic enzyme therapy along with specialized diet for the treatment of pancreatic cancer

-Mistletoe extract: for the treatment of solid tumors

-Wheatgrass therapy

-Macrobiotics: The macrobiotic diet is strictly vegetarian and requires you to consume about half of your daily calories from whole grains, about a quarter of your calories from vegetables, and the rest of your calories from beans, seaweed and soups

-Bioelectric therapies

-Moerman’s Anti-Cancer diet

-Hoxsey herbal therapy

-Essiac herbal therapy: Essiac is a herbal tea mixture that relieves pain and reduces the size of tumors. It contains four herbs- burdock, rhubarb, sheep sorrel and slippery elm

-Pau D’Arco herbal therapy

-Chaparral herbal therapy

-Laetrile (amygdalin): a chemical found in lima beans, raw nuts and the pits of many fruits. Amygdalin produces cyanide, which proponents claim kills cancer

-Alkaline diet: such as fruits and vegetables and restricting acidic foods

-Antioxidant found in fruits and vegetables

-Vitamins A, C and E: These are very good anti oxidants

-Detox therapies including Gonzales nutritional metabolic therapy, colon therapy, and Gerson therapy

The most successful practitioners integrate various components of the alternative cancer treatments for a better outcome.



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Mick Hince asked:


In the last few decades Alternative medicine has matured and is no longer known as something that has been offered by freaks and con men. But what is alternative medicine and how would you define it as there are so many aspects and each seems to want to grab the limelight in different categories?

To write a paragraph on each of the different types of alternative medicine I would be sat at my office desk for years only to find that when I thought I had finished new lines of interest would appear. But knowing which type of alternative cure you should go for is difficult, and the only sure way a patient will know is by trying different ones themselves.

As the world tends to get smaller through modern travel and with the age of the computer more and more local alternative medicines get known. Some may have been round for years like that of Lepidium Meyenii (Macca) from Peru that helps women in their menopause time of life.

Originally this would be used for strength and fertility and only in the last few decades has it been used as an alternative medicine.

Some natural things like honey are nature’s goodness and must never be overlooked. Start taking a tablespoon full of local honey twice a day and it will help with allergies like that of hay fever, asthma and eczema. Carrot juice is another natural product, and as carrots are relatively cheap it is something you can experiment yourself without breaking the bank especially when you look at some of the high prices being charged by some health companies.

Then you might like to look at Homeopathic cures which have been used for centuries or maybe you would rather go down the route of the Supergreens as there are quite a few on the market to go for. These Supergreens do mean that you have to change your diet quite drastically but they are said to work and there are many people that swear by them.

To sum up about alternative medicine I think that there are so many different types it is difficult to know what to go for but on reading about and hearing from different people it is always worth while taking the time to find out more. After all your health is important, and without it you can be doomed to a life of misery.



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Gen Wright asked:


You should not try to revamp your diet altogether when it comes to eating well, maintaining your present weight or losing them. It is better to just make little changes over a period of time since you are more likely to stick with them. For a change, you may try these simple but healthy eating exercises.

At first, you may think that these steps are somewhat ridiculous. You may think that these changes may not make a big impact on your diet and may ignore it. Just think that being big started with being small. These little things can make wondrous changes if taken into consideration and may give you the realization that even a small step can do you good in the end.

Mind your breakfast. A nourishing breakfast will have you energized for the day and aids you to prevent from binging shortly after. An easy-to-prepare breakfast that is also recommended for joggers include toast of whole wheat spread with peanut butter, cereal with low-fat-milk and fruit, whole-grain waffles, or yogurt with fruit. Fruit alone actually is enough as long as you feel satisfied.

Try low calorie, low fat substitutes of your much loved foods. Do not suppose that you need to avoid comfort foods like mac-and-cheese when you are trying to eat better and lose weight. Use low calorie concoctions or prepare it in a different way. For instance, if you use whole milk, butter, and cream cheese, why don?t you try remaking you mac-and-cheese with skimmed milk, a little less on the butter and light cream cheese? To make it even healthier, you may also add tomatoes and spinach.

Look for and use recipes that are low calorie substitutions of your favorite dishes. Just bear in mind not to increase your portion sizes.

Observe your portion sizes. Standard sizes may in fact be lesser than you imagine. If you place more helpings of food in front of you, you will eat it since it’s there.

Eat an abundance of fruits, whole grains and vegetables. Try to eat brown rice as an alternative of white rice. Brown rice tends to be released by your body as it is. Make do with whole wheat pasta as a replacement for regular pasta. Aspire for more servings of vegetables and fruits everyday. You do not require huge quantities of fruits and vegetables.

Maintain healthy food and drinks on hand. Since joggers frequently get hungry all through the day, it is imperative to have healthy snacks accessible, particularly when you are working. Maintenance of healthy snacks like fruits, vegetables, low-fat popcorn, or energy drinks readily available will stop you from coursing to the vending machine for an unhealthful bite.

Begin with lean pieces of meat and poultry. The leanest choice for poultry is the white meat from chicken?s skinless *******. When grocery shopping for beef, look for sirloin, chuck, round or tenderloin. Choices for lean pork include loin chops and tenderloin.

So, you do not have to sacrifice the foods you find irresistible to guarantee your excellent health. You may still take pleasure in all foods as a part of your healthy diet. It is more an issue of how a great deal and how frequently you eat them.



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