Rebuilding After Adrenal Fatigue
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- Created on Sunday, 29 August 2010 11:13
It’s hard not be stressed these days. Our lifestyles are becoming increasingly busy and the opportunities for rest and relaxation seems to be decreasing.
Increasingly, we are seeing clients in our clinic that are affected by adrenal fatigue, or adrenal exhaustion. Fortunately, correct nutrition and herbal supplementation can help to treat this common disorder.
What are Adrenal Fatigue and Adrenal Exhaustion?
When you are in a stressful situation, your body produces a number of hormones. These include:
- Epinephrine, more commonly known as adrenaline;
- Nor-epinephrine, or nor-adrenaline; and,
- Cortisol.
These hormones, serve a number of important roles in the body.
They help you to survive - the adrenal hormones are the source of those amazing surges of strength and speed you often hear about in accidents, adventure stories or other potentially life threatening situations.
They help protect your body from the side effects of stress - the ongoing exposure to stress, is dangerous to your body. Adrenal hormones, help to protect your body from this damage.
What Happens When Adrenal Fatigue Sets In?
All the hormones produced by the adrenal glands also have other important functions in your body. When your bodies adrenal glands stop producing enough of these you may notice symptoms
Boron? Not so Boring for Arthritis or Osteoporosis
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- Created on Wednesday, 25 August 2010 09:11
Don’t know Boron from Vandaium? Or maybe you just think a boron is the kind of person that just talks on and on about nothing in particular? For those with osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis or osteoporosis, it might just be worthwhile getting better acquainted with Boron.
So just what the heck is Boron?
Boron, is a hard metalloid micro mineral that is increasingly in the spotlight for osteo and rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis and general bone and skeletal health. Boron’s uses don’t stop there though: Boron is showing some great potential in helping to protect from some forms of cancer, particularly those of a hormonal nature by increasing free levels of the good form of oestrogen and testosterone in both men and women.
Unfortunately modern farming practices and high density agriculture mean that soil levels of boron, along with many other important trace minerals, are not what they once were. As a result in a typical Australian diet the intake of Boron is somewhere in the vicinity of 1.5-3 mg per day. Now while no RDI has been set for Boron, various worldwide, government, nutrition bodies have suggested that up to 20mg daily could be consumed by those over the
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Affected By Hayfever or Allergies? Enjoy Spring Again
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- Created on Tuesday, 17 August 2010 12:54
Are you affected by seasonal hay fever and allergies? A report published by CSIRO in 2001 indicated that over 40% of Australian’s aged 20-44 suffer from hay-fever and nasal allergies. With the increasing number amount of toxins in the air, this will not has gone down in the last nine years, making spring time a season that quite a few of us would prefer to bypass.
What Are The Symptom of Hayfever
There are a number of common symptoms of hayfever that most people will immediately recognise. Who could mistake:
- the runny, sometimes streaming, nose;
- tickling in the nose, throat, ears and roof of the mouth;
- uncontrollable bouts of sneezing or coughing;
- blocked nostrils and ears;
- reddened, puffy, watering, itchy eyes;
Like most auto immune conditions however, the symptoms don’t just stop at the nose and eyes. Live Blood Analysis typically shows high levels of inflammation and excessive activity of white blood cells when affected by bouts of hayfever. For those prone to other auto immune conditions, i.e. rheumatoid arthritis or IBS, this can exacerbate these conditions.
What Are The Treatment Options
When hit by a bout of hay fever most people head down to the chemist and grab anti-histamines. While these will
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Have You Fed Your Bacteria Today?
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- Created on Friday, 20 August 2010 10:20
The good ones that is!
So, how do we keep our intestinal flora fed and happy?
First of all, there are a few things that our intestinal flora really don’t like. These are things to be avoided for anyone that wants to keep the internal balance.
- Antibiotics – it’s like carpet bombing. Not only does it kill the bad bacteria but devastates the good bacteria. On a typical Aussie diet there’s no prizes for guessing which type of bacteria grows back quicker;
- Alcohol and coffee – regardless of the talk of the supposed health benefits of alcohol and coffee, they are just bad news to the good bacteria;
- Chlorine – your intestinal flora will thank you for leaving the toxic, Brisbane water behind;
- Stress – it doesn’t make you happy, nor does it make your good bacteria happy;
- Ageing – unfortunately there’s not a lot you can do about this one, if you have a solution to it let me know!
But, what do good bacteria like? Prebiotics, they’re like an all you can
Got Mercury Amalgams? Iodine May Be Beneficial
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- Created on Friday, 13 August 2010 09:09
Mercury is a highly toxic substance that should be avoided at all costs. The US Environmental Protection Agency classifies mercury filling material, once removed from the mouth, as so toxic that it must be handled in special containers and buried in toxic waste sites. Proper toxic waste sites do not include your teeth, the WHO has suggested that mercury in fillings leaks into the patients system at a rate of 3-17ug/day just from chewing. This does not include gas fumes from heated liquids.
Symptoms of Heavy Metal Toxicity
The main signs of mercury toxicity, in addition to lots of silver in the mouth, typically include:
- irritability and fits of anger or even violence;
- depression and brain fog;
- fatigue, lethargy, chronic fatigue syndrome;
- muscle / joint aches / tenderness and fibromyalgia;
- weight gain and an inability to lose weight;
- kidney malfunction;
- colds, flues and weakened immune system;
What Are The Options?
While the long term solution for mercury amalgams is removal and replacement with inert, biological compatible substances,