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Quinton Minerals for Optimal Hydration
Why drinking water isn’t enough to keep your cells hydrated. Staying hydrated, having enough fluid in the body, takes more than just drinking the standard 6-8 glasses daily. Our bodies have both extracellular fluid, which includes water in the veins, arteries, lymphatic system and abdominal area, etc., and intracellular fluid, which refers to fluid within cells. The water you ingest must be able to optimally hydrate both areas and to combat the dehydration which almost everyone suffers from due to the low level of minerals in our food. In order to pass through the cell membrane into the cell water must have a crystalline structure, and salts (minerals) are an integral…
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THE IMMUNE SYSTEM: AN INTRODUCTION
Let me introduce you to the immune system. The immune system is an auto-regulating system which aims to create a purposeful defense against internal and external toxins or threats of all kinds. PARTS OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM THE BARRIER SYSTEM – presents physical obstacles to invasion by foreign cells or particles The skin – Composed of tightly packed cells with an inter-cellular cement between them. The mucous membranes – play an important role in keeping toxins and microbes from entering the body, secreting sticky fluids to trap and wash away invaders (saliva, stomach acid, tears, oily secretions of the skin, urine and secretions of the vagina). These secretions also contain…
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Hair Loss in Women
Hair loss – Increased daily hair loss is called “effluvium”; visible hairlessness is called “alopecia”, which can be diffuse (all over the head) or focal (small patches), chronic or acute. Normal Hair Cycle A hair follicle has a three-phase life cycle. A growing phase, which lasts 2-5 years (anagen), a dying off phase lasting 3-6 weeks (catagen), and a resting phase, lasting 3-5 months (telogen). Most of the hair is in an anagen phase. During the telogen phase the hair shaft matures into a club hair, and eventually sheds from the follicle. If the percentage of scalp follicles present in the telogen phase increases, this results in excessive shedding…
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Better vision through eye exercise – part 2
Exercises shown here were developed for better vision by Meir Schneider, who healed himself of congenital blindness using the Bates Method. His even principals for healthy vision are: Deep relaxation Adjusting to light frequencies Looking at details Looking into the distance Expanding your periphery Balanced use of the two eyes Body and eye coordination Deep Relaxation Exercises Step 1: The Long Swing- This exercise develops a sense of fluidity and flexibility that will allow you to look at details with more ease, to adapt to light easier and to adapt to new livelier visual habits. Stand with your legs far apart, hold one forefinger up before your eyes, about two…
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Toxins – hidden poisons destroying our health
Toxins do all sorts of damage, contributing to inflammation, digestive problems, mitochondrial dysfunction, hormonal imbalances, low energy, low immunity etc. The build up of toxins over time overburden the body and cause disease. We are exposed to toxins via foods, personal care products, home-building materials, mold, industry. Toxins damage every aspect of our physiological function and plays a role in virtually all diseases. Dr. Joseph Pizzono, The Toxin Solution How Do Toxins Cause Disease? poison enzymes causing them not to work properly and efficiently. Every function within the body depends on enzymes to produce proteins, energy, create molecules like serotonin and create cellular structures. replace minerals in cellular processes, e.g.…
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Your Eyes: A Window to your health-part 1
Do you ever think about your eye health? Do you just expect your eyes to get worse as you age? From the moment we wake up our eyes are working hard, bringing us the world. We spend most of the day staring at either a phone or a computer, and then come home and look at a TV screen. Our eyes were not meant to do some much forward focused activity, and be exposed to moving light as a result they weaken. “If you take care of your vision you will not only see better, but you will also feel better and you will positively affect your whole body’s health”…
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Natural Health Alternative to Treating Alzheimer’s Disease
Copy of article written by Denise Melton which was published in Avena Magazine, Summer 2015, Vol 15 (4), quarterly magazine of the New Zealand Association of Medical Herbalists Introduction Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disease and the fourth leading cause of death in developed countries, with the incidence set to rise dramatically over the next thirty years at huge cost due to the fact that medium to late stage AD requires full time care. AD can be familial, caused by gene mutation with early onset or related to environmental factors, with age being one of the biggest risk factors, along with type 2 diabetes and obesity. AD is…
