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ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE – An introduction to Holistic and Integrative Therapies

August 31, 2009 By: mafth Category: medicine

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE – An introduction to Holistic and Integrative Therapies

Do you have recurring ailments that do not seem to improve with treatments provided by traditional western medicine? If you said yes, then you re not alone. According to the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine at the National Institutes of Health, 36 percent of U.S. adults have used at least one alternative or complementary treatment for an illness or chronic condition. Dangerous side effects from prescription drugs, experience with a misdiagnosis or botched surgery, or dealing with dismissive doctors are just some of the reasons many people decide to pursue alternative treatments. The use of alternative medicine is not just merely the latest trend, however. (more…)

Tags: acupuncture, alternative medicine, alternative therapies, complementary medicine, homeopathy, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, reflexology, reiki, surgery, treatment for an illness, United States

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The Great American Detox Diet: Feel Better, Look Better, and Lose Weight by Cleaning Up Your Diet

August 30, 2009 By: mafth Category: Detox

The Great American Detox Diet: Feel Better, Look Better, and Lose Weight by Cleaning Up Your Diet

When Morgan Spurlock, the star of Super-Size Me, gained nearly 30 pounds after a month of eating at McDonald’s for every meal, nobody was more horrified than his fiancée Alex Jamieson, a vegan chef and holistic health counselor. When his liver showed signs of damage just 20 days into his fast-food diet experiment, she knew he’d need serious help to recover at the end of his “gastrointestinal form of hari-kari.”[p.viii] The Great American Detox Diet is her prescription for helping him shed the chub as well as rid his body of the chemical additives (such as propylene glycol alginate—yuck) so prevalent in fast food. She notes that since a British medical journal recently reported that eating fast food just twice a week increases one’s risk of (more…)

Tags: alcohol detox, Alex Jamieson, author, chemical additives, dairy products, detox centers, detox diet plans, drug detox, Erica Jorgensen, food, fresh food, health care, healthy detox, Holistic Health, insulin resistance, Morgan Spurlock, typical fast-food meal, vegan chef and holistic health counselor

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Living Beauty Detox Program: The Revolutionary Diet for Each and Every Season of a Woman’s Life

August 30, 2009 By: mafth Category: Detox, Diet

Living Beauty Detox Program: The Revolutionary Diet for Each and Every Season of a Woman’s Life

“Protecting our beauty begins in our youth and continues throughout every age and stage of life,” says Anne Louise Gittleman, author of Beyond Pritikin, Super Nutrition for Menopause, and several other books. The answer, however, isn’t anything you can buy at the cosmetics counter. “The right nutrition, internal cleansing, and hormonal harmony are the pathways to attaining natural beauty and vitality,” says Gittleman. Following her program is not an easy task–you’ll be carting supplements from the health food store and warily reading ingredient labels on every item that comes into your house or near your face. Her Living Beauty regimen is based on seven “beauty fundamentals”: (more…)

Tags: Anne Louise Gittleman, author, chemicals, food choices, green food supplement, health food store, household products, Joan Price, white-flour products

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