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Healthy Aging Through a Balanced Diet

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   Essential nutrients are components in food that your body can't make on its own, and that we need to grow, function, and stay healthy. So we must get these nutrients through our diets. There are six classes of essential nutrients. Carbohydrates are the main source of calories,or energy, in the diet. Fats also give us energy and help with normal growth and development, immune function, vitamin absorption, hormone production, and more. Proteins, and the amino acids they are made of, are major structural components of our bodies' cells, and are responsible for building and repair of tissues, and maintenance of muscle and lean body mass.  There are 13 essential vitamins which have important jobs such as keeping our nerves healthy, helping us resist infection, assisting with blood clotting, and keeping our metabolism running. Minerals are only needed in small amounts but play a vital role in muscle contraction, fluid balance, food digestion, bone building,blood pressure reg...

Olive Oil Health Benefits You Should Know

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 I want to talk to you about why olive oil is such an important part of our protocol, and it's kind of deceivingly simple. People think it's a little strange and, but quite honestly, olive oil is one of the major protective components that gives the strength to the Mediterranean diet, alright.  That olive oil and the fish oil, but fish oil I will talk about it in another blog. So,olive oil, so let's, here's the background: one, when we were Stone Age humans we would eat plants and animals, things like that, and we had this balance of what are called omega fatty acids. So you have Omega-6 fatty acids that turn oninflammation, you have Omega-3 fatty acids that turn OFF inflammation, alright, and we need some of each of these, roughly 1:1 ratio some wherearound there. And so, if you sprained your ankle as a caveman, so to speak, you needed the Omega-6's to turn on inflammation, and then once the damage is repaired you have these Omega-3's that help shut off the rep...

Facial Toning for Natural Beauty & Wellness

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                                                       Facial toning It consists in passing an aqueous lotion, the tonic, with a cotton ball to eliminate residual cleansing milk and above all to supply the skin with nutrients that restore the hydrolipidic film to protect the face from external agents. It is good to prefer low alcohol tonics and without added fragrances that can irritate. It is an excellent product as it helps skin tone: its temperature is much colder than the skin, in this way the subcutaneous muscles contract and tone up. Protection with day and night cream                                                          After cleansing, the skin needs to be prepared for the day.  We need to ...

Massage Therapy for Cancer Patients - ONCOLOGY MASSAGE- Benefits & Safety

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Cancer is both a physical and emotional journey for anyone living with the disease. While the physical symptoms of the disease can be treated through medicine, the emotional impact leave patients feeling overwhelmed and defeated. If left untreated, this can negatively affect patient health and quality of life. According to the American Cancer Society, massage therapy can be a good medicine for the emotional stresses of cancer. Massage therapy uses various techniques to enhance body functions and promote relaxation. Therapeutic massage offers temporary relief from physical pain and emotional stress by increasing the production of endorphins, “feel good” chemicals in the body. Massage Benefits for Cancer Patients Medical massage can be extremely beneficial for cancer patients. This type of massage involves therapists with more medical training, and the therapy sessions are focused and specific. According to the Stram Center for Integrative Medicine in upstate New York, medical massage g...

What is Ayurveda? A Beginner’s Guide to Holistic Healing

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  About Ayurveda                                            An Introduction to Ayurveda Ayurveda is a Sanskrit word, derived from two roots: ayur, which means life, and veda, knowledge. Knowledge arranged systematically with logic becomes science. During the due course of time, Ayurveda became the science of life. It has it's roots in ancient vedic literature and encompasses our entire life - the body, mind and spirit. Purusha / Prakruti According to Ayurveda, every human being is a creation of the cosmos, the pure cosmic consciousness, as two energies: male energy, called Purusha and female energy, Prakruti. Purusha is choiceless passive awareness, while Prakruti is choiceful active consciousness. Prakruti is the divine creative will, Purusha doesn't take part in creation, but Prakruti does the divine dance of creation called leela.   Manifestation of Creatio...

5 Effective Ways to Fight Stress Naturally

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Stress is hard to avoid in today’s busy world. People are working harder and longer, and getting less time to disengage and find a quiet moment to relax. Symptoms of stress vary, but people who are stressed sleep less and are more irritable. Life becomes less pleasurable overall. Worse, it’s a vicious circle. As symptoms mount up, so does stress, until your ability to think clearly is compromised and you both work and home life suffer. Here are five ways to beat stress and get your life back on track.                                                                                 1. Budgeting.  It may not sound like a stress-reliever, but financial pressure and lack of time is a major cause of stress. Stop juggling. Sit down and write out a comprehensive budget with a schedule to get b...