Heart Health Naturally
I have a friend that is in her early 40′s have a heart attack last week. On January 3, 2011 I had another friend have Congestive Heart Failure. I was reading a book last night about a Dairy Free Diet. I had been at the Doctors and my blood test indicated that I was sensitive to Casein. Never heard the word “Casein” before, but there are two types of Casein. A1 Casein has been associated with an increased risk of diabetes and heart disease. I knew I was Lactose Intolerant, so I have not drank Cow’s Milk for years.
Concerned about your Heart Health? Presentation on Heart Health Tuesday, February 22, 2011 in Sterling Heights Michigan from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. Keeping Your Heart Healthier & Happier Naturally
When it comes to life, your heart is the most important factor; without it, there is no conversation.
Discover natural ways to nurture and help your heart by applying emotional & nutritional wellness principles.
Have a Heart! send e-mail for directions.
Are You Vitamin D Deficient?
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I need no doctor to tell me that I am Vitamin D deficient. In the summer I very rarely have much skin showing. Since I am lactose intolerant I stay away from the milk products and try to stay away from the fruit juices. The fruit juices that I have found have to many grams of sugar. As far as the sunscreen, I usually do not use it even though I am fair-skinned and burn easily. I found a mixture of a Vitamin C spray helps reduce sunburn.
January 7th, 2011
The primary cause of vitamin D deficiency is lack of adequate exposure to the sun. Vitamin D is produced by ultraviolet rays from the sun entering through the skin, and is crucial to good health. The vitamin D produced through sun exposure is in the form of vitamin D3.
Vitamin D is essential for the absorption of calcium, which is important for strong, healthy bones. Because of this, vitamin D deficiency in the body can contribute to the development of osteoporosis because a lack of vitamin D means less calcium absorption
Vitamin D is important to the modulation of neuromuscular and immune function, and helps to reduce inflammation. The interaction of Vitamin D and the endocrine system helps to balance the production of hormones.
How to Cut Back Your Stress
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Individuals in western societies are stressed out. There are three forms of stressors:
– Body
– Psychological
– Environmental or Social.
The first group of stressors have an effect on the body, such as: starvation, cold and warm, illness, aches and damage, viruses, and lack of sleep.
The Psychological impacts your mind. Examples are: loneliness, fear, demise of a relative or friend, threats to security, rejection, and depression.
The Social or environmental stressors are similar to: unpleasant work, excessive climate, economic despair, family atmosphere and friends.
The Job stress is a very powerful stressor that dominates our lives. It’s unlikely to find somebody without stress.
Some of the symptoms of stress are: Tension, anxiety and confusion. Withdrawal and depression. Feelings of isolation and alienation. Boredom and job dissatisfaction. Low self-esteem.
How can stress be reduced? Nutrition is diminished. Most of us eat junk food, like quick meals, snacks, refreshments which comprise a lot of sugar, etc. The Sad America Diet (SAD) will trigger sickness in the end and there is no method that will reduce your stress.
Smoking particularly combined with caffeine is another issue. Smoking and caffeine trigger the stress response.
Medical analysis has proved that during the stress conditions, nutritional vitamins are needed to keep up correct functioning of the nervous and endocrine systems.
Deficiencies of vitamins B-1, B-5 and B-6, can lead to nervousness reactions, melancholy, insomnia, and cardiovascular weaknesses. Deficiencies in vitamins B-2 and niacin have been recognized to cause stomach irritability and muscular weakness. The depletion of Vitamin B’s lowers your tolerance to and ability to cope with stressors.
One theory is that the need for vitamin C will increase when under stress.
There are two reasons: Vitamin C is stored within the adrenal gland. After the gland releases adrenal hormones as part of the stress response, the supply needs to be replenished. The production of adrenal hormones is accelerated by vitamin C.
Secondly, Vitamin C is used for the synthesis of the thyroid hormone. Thyroid hormone manufacturing regulates the metabolism.
Where do you find vitamins B and C? The B vitamins are amply equipped in protein wealthy foods. Vitamin C is found in: citrus fruits, broccoli, strawberries, tomatoes, and green peppers.
Rest will help scale back stress. You will achieve relaxation by the following methods:
– meditation
– yoga
– hypnosis
– deep respiratory
– Progressive rest
Leisure primarily means paying attention to something calming. For example, you may concentrate on your breath and your body. Your goal is to calm your thoughts and lower your metabolism.
Stress management is a lifelong process. With constructive adjustments you will find improvements in your health, relationships, performance, vitality, concentration, and capability to cope effectively.
Stress Affects Your Digestion and Weight!
This video clip of Dr. Mercola’s Inner Circle expert interview with Marc David exposes the tremendous impact stress can have on your digestion, and in turn your weight and overall health.
The fact is, you can’t separate your wellness from your emotions. Every feeling you have affects some part of your body. And stress can wreak havoc even if you’re doing everything else “right.”
What is “Stress”?
The classic definition of stress is “any real or imagined threat, and your body’s response to it.” Celebrations and tragedies alike can cause a stress response in your body.
Some stress is unavoidable. Some mild forms of stress can even be helpful in some situations. But a stressor becomes a problem when:
- Your response to it is negative.
- Your feelings and emotions are inappropriate for the circumstances.
- Your response lasts an excessively long time.
- You’re feeling continuously overwhelmed, overpowered or overworked.
It’s important to realize that all your feelings create physiological changes. Your skin, heart rate, digestion, joints, muscle energy levels, the hair on your head, and countless cells and systems you don’t even know about change with every emotion.
Marc notes that Americans, in general, tend to eat under a state of stress and anxiety.
While under stress, your heart rate goes up, your blood pressure rises, and blood is shunted away from your midsection, going to your arms, legs, and head for quick thinking, fighting, or fleeing.
All of these changes are referred to as the physiological stress response.
Under those circumstances, your digestion completely shuts down. So a major problem with eating while your body is under the stress response is that you could be eating the healthiest food in the world, yet you won’t be able to fully digest and assimilate that food, and your body will not be able to burn calories effectively.
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