Natural Living in the US

A new community to be built in Ghana using 21st century methodology derives its form from the traditional African Round House

This clip follows the process of producing homeopathic remedies commercially. Taken from the documentary “Homeopathy” available at FirstScience.tv. Download in full from: firstscience.tv

discussing the power of herbs and their healing powers

Have you been considering using an all natural weight loss regime to shed those extra pounds? If so, you are not alone. For many people, an all natural weight loss program is the only option they will consider.
But if you are new to this type of diet, the vast amount of information out there on the subject can be daunting. How do you cut through the worthless and get to an all natural weight loss program that works and has been proven to work?
An excellent place to start would be by reading the new book, The Doctors Thin, 101 Weight Loss Secrets 2 Doctors Use to Help People Lose Weight. This book was written by two doctors who have gathered up the very best information on this somewhat confusing subject and put all of that into one easy to read book.
An all natural weight loss program differs in many ways from a traditional program. The foods that are suggested are different in many cases, and the portions vary as well. There are also issues on exactly what constitutes an all natural weight loss plan. Does that mean only organic foods are allowed, or does it mean something else?
These are just a few of the questions that many people have when they consider going this route. And, again, as mentioned above, the vast amount of information out there now can seem endless and contradictory at times. One plan tells you to do this, while another vehemently tells you to do something else.
While it is never a good idea to limit yourself to one source, a reading of this book will explain to you why whole foods can help you live longer and live healthier during those added years. It can also explain how to best prepare these foods so you keep the most nutrition possible contained within the food. Surprisingly, it can also explain to you why eating less can actually cause you to gain pounds rather than lose them. Perhaps just as importantly as the above, it also gives clear instructions on how to keep the pounds off once they are gone. For many people, this is the key to living longer and healthier lives.
In addition, it will also explain why you need to be good yourself. There is no reason for anyone who is trying to lose a few pounds to feel badly about himself. Even if you fail, you should not beat yourself up. We all deserve peace of mind and that is obtainable for nearly every person alive today. You can avoid that up and down emotional roller coaster if you truly wish to.
Lastly, this publication details the importance of setting goals and teaches you how to reach those goals in a logical way.
If you would like to learn more about this exciting new book, visit the website at http://www.thedoctoristhin.com and see how you can begin a new you today.

See www.thenaturalguide.com for more info. Based on Chapter 1 from The Beginners Guide to Natural Living by Larry Cook, host Zoë Simpson explains why it is important to properly filter your tap water, if you drink it.

This wonder herb has been used for centuries in Chinese and Indian medicine, but is only now coming to our attention here in the West, as turmeric use in natural healing increases, and we discover more of the incredible benefits to be had.

The main active ingredient responsible for the healing powers is curcumin, a powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory substance, which gives turmeric its strong yellow color. It is being researched now for its abilities among others to help prevent cancer.

It seems it induces the cancerous cells to kill themselves while leaving the healthy ones alone. This could be a breakthrough for turmeric use in natural healing areas like this. Compare this to chemotherapy which kills the healthy cells as well and you can see why the scientific community is so excited.

It has been shown to naturally protect the heart from disease and lower bad cholesterol levels, helping to keep the arteries free from the build-up of fatty deposits responsible for heart attacks and strokes.

It amazes me that we are only starting to see the benefits of this and other nutrients to prevent many of the common diseases today, rather than having to try to cure them, often unsuccessfully, after they take hold.

In Indian Ayurvedic medicine, turmeric use in natural healing has long been known to naturally treat a wide range of minor ailments like wound healing, bruising, toothache and improving liver function, as well as giving more mental clarity and warding off common colds and flu.

One of the interesting turmeric benefits that I found conducting my research was how it can help us stay sharp as we get older, and with half of us predicted to get some form of dementia, this is really good news.

Be sure to get the most from this super herb by taking it in a high quality nutritional supplement like I do, with at least 95% pure curcumin extract, as many on the market won’t give you this amount or the same quality.

Turmeric use in natural healing has shown us some of the health benefits we can have now, with many more to be discovered just around the corner.

Visit my website today to learn more about how to choose a quality turmeric supplement.

 

 

You may have heard of “homeopathy” but you are not sure what it is. Simply put, it is a system of medicine that treats a condition with highly diluted natural substances that mimic the symptoms of the condition being treated. This concept seems paradoxical to most.
Homeopathy is a difficult concept to grasp. How do you cure someone of an illness by giving them a tiny concentration of something that can actually cause the disease? One would think that this would simply make the person even more sick.
But, according to proponents of the science, homeopathy not only works, but is much more effective than conventional medicine. They claim that conventional medicine only suppresses the immune system and prolongs the illness.
There are actually quite a few homeopathic products in your local pharmacy. The FDA requires that homeopathic products indicate what kind of product it is somewhere on the packaging. The easiest way to tell what kind of product you are buying is by examining the list of ingredients on the back or the on the side of the packaging.
With homeopathy, all of the ingredients are diluted, so each ingredient in such a product has the letter “X” after it. So, if one of the ingredients is “Zinc 20X”, that means the product contains Zinc that has been diluted 20 times. One of the most popular cold medicines on the market, “Zicam,” is actually a homeopathic remedy that consists of diluted zinc in the form of a nasal gel.
There are homeopathic remedies available for almost every condition. Cold, flu, allergy, even bedwetting; there is a homeopathic remedy available for almost every condition.
Homeopathy is universally recognized as being safe, as the ingredients used are natural substances diluted many times over. Because there is such a small concentration of the ingredients, many opponents of the science, including the drug companies that make conventional medicines and are afraid of the growing popularity of natural medicine, claim that any relief an ill person receives after using a natural product is the result of the placebo effect.
Since the FDA does not require most natural products to undergo clinical testing before being sold to the public, the detractors feel that it does not actually work. So, who is telling the truth? Does homeopathy really work or is it a bunch of nonsense?
In my opinion, it works. There have been several clinical trials done over the years to test the efficacy of homeopathic products. Liddell Laboratories makes a product called Vital HGH. Vital HGH is designed to treat the symptoms of aging and/or a rundown condition.
In a small clinical trial performed years ago, a group of test subjects who were deficient in human growth hormone, ranging in age from 45 years and up, were given the Vital HGH formulation. The results speak for themselves. During the five month clinical trial, the levels of HGH in the blood increased in every test subject, and more than doubled the average level of HGH.
Homeopathy does work. I speak from personal experience. I used such a remedy to deal with the allergy attacks I was having, and the medicine not only stopped the attacks faster than the Claritin I had been taking previously, but it also prevented subsequent allergy attacks.
So, why is there a controversy? Well, there is a public perception that homeopathy is the same thing as holistic healing or faith-based medicine. This is simply not accurate.
Homepathy and natural medicine in general make big drug manufacturers worry that such products might be more effective for treating common illnesses as opposed to the more expensive prescription versions that make the pharmaceutical companies rich. Most natural products are incredibly cheap. A prescribed conventional medicine costs a lot more.
If the public began demanding natural remedies to treat their ailments, drug companies would have to make these kinds of products to stay in business, and then their profits would shrink. Imagine if Pfizer had to stop manufacturing Viagra, which they sell at $20-$30 per pill, and instead make a homeopathic product that would retail for only $20 for a one month supply.
This is why drug companies often spend significant amounts of money to debunk claims that homeopathy works, using a wide variety of misinformation tactics to instill a belief in the public that natural medicine is is not effective for treating common ailments.
I am not saying that you should discontinue the use of conventional medicines. But, next time you go to the pharmacy, take a look at some of the natural brands on the shelf and give them a try. For common ailments that are not life threatening, a homeopathic product is probably a cheaper and more effective alternative.

Our Breathing is often overlooked in our quest to heal ourselves. The quality of our breathing, of our exhalation and inhalation, reveals a great deal about our self-image, our basic stance regarding life. We can greatly boost our knowledge and awareness of ourselves by observing our breathing in the midst of action.

If we observed our breathing in the various conditions of our lives, we may notice, for instance, how the extent and comfort of our inhalation reflects the degree of our readiness and ability to embrace life at that moment. We may notice that during fear we restrict the flow and duration of our breathing by contracting various parts of our body in order to reduce the energy available for feeling. We may also notice how the extent and comfort of our exhalation reflects the degree of our readiness and ability to let go, to believe something other than the accouterments of our self-image. And we may also notice how during more pleasant emotions we increase the flow and duration of our breathing to take in more energy and therefore to feel more.

The Emotional Topography of Our Breath

As our ability to sense ourselves grows, we will begin to receive many precise impressions of the interrelationships of our emotions and breath. For example, we may see how anger is associated with shallow inhalations, strong exhalations, and tension throughout the body–especially in the neck, jaw, chest, and hands. Of course, each of us will discover variations in her or his own physical and emotional topography.

Our Breathing Is Influenced by Our Emotions

Through awareness of our breathing and a deep work of self-sensing, we not only learn about the subtle, constantly changing needs of our bodies, but we also begin to learn about the ways in which our emotions and our breathing influence each other, our health, and well-being. By listening to the sensation of our body, especially our breathing, no matter when we are in quiet circumstances or when we are in the middle of the difficult situations of our lives, we become aware of connections between parts of ourselves that ordinarily escape our attention. By sensing both the way our breathing changes in relation to changing circumstances and the attitudes, tensions, postures, and emotions that arise in these same conditions, we begin to learn, with exacting detail, about the intimate relationship of our breathing to our overall sense of ourselves. This new, direct knowledge of ourselves in action gives our brain and nervous system the knowledge and perspective it needs to help free us from our habitual psychophysical patterns of action and reaction. Self-sensing helps create new connections between existing neurons in the brain and nervous system. These new connections help increase our overall consciousness, and promote greater sensitivity and flexibility in our perception and behavior.

Restricted Breathing and Self-Image

As we receive more impressions of ourselves through self-sensing, we will see that in general our breathing, like our self-image, is very restricted. Most of us are shallow breathers–that is, our breath is confined mainly to the top of the chest. However, if we are to live healthy, we need to rediscover the inner mental, emotional and physical conditions necessary for free, natural breathing, breathing which involves not only the various spaces of our chest but also the spaces of our belly, back, spine, and solar plexus. Free, natural breathing can have an enormous beneficial impact not only on our health and well-being, but also on our spiritual development.

We need to learn how to sense ourselves from the inside and to release the unnecessary tensions associated with our self-image–tensions that are reflected evidently in our breathing. So that the free, natural breathing can become the norm rather than the exception in our lives. These tensions are closely linked to our habitual patterns of thinking and feeling, patterns that often consume our energy and undermine our health and well-being. Through the work of free, natural breathing, we can begin to get in touch with the energy locked into these tensions, and free up this energy for our health and inner growth.

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