Most people don’t think about nutrition, let alone medicine, when they think of mushrooms. They’re usually thinking about the flavor and texture mushrooms add to a wide variety of dishes. However, mushrooms have been been used for both food and medicinal purposes for thousands of years, and not just in fairy tales and cartoons…
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One of the most important tools you can use to help you manage your menopausal symptoms is your diet. There are certain foods that you should avoid like large quantities of caffeine and carbonated beverages which can increase bone loss…
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Despite the advances in medicine and the improvement in medications many people with chronic diseases like Parkinson’s disease are seeking alternative treatments to relieve their symptoms. People with Parkinson’s disease frequently complain about the side efects of the medications currently used to treat the symptoms of PD and look for other options…
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A headache is something that everyone gets during the course of their lives or at least once in...
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Cerebral palsy (CP) is a disorder that has no cure and many caregivers and sufferers are getting frustrated with the ineffectiveness of standard care. So like millions of others suffering from chronic illness they are turning to more natural and alternative treatments…
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These days almost everyone suffering with a chronic illness is looking for more natural and alternative treatments and that includes people with cystic fibrosis (CF). In CF the first step is nutrition, what to eat and what not to eat. ..
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Herbs and herbal preparations have been used to treat everything from headaches to the plague for thousands of years. Though there is no scientific proof and very limited clinical documentation to verify the effectiveness of herbs and herbal supplements the fact that they continue to be in use significantly speaks to their effectiveness…
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Today many patients diagnosed with chronic inflammatory disease like MS are turning to natural and alternative medicine to treat the symptoms of their disease. Alternative medicine is a term used to describe any and all forms of treatment that has no scientific proof or documented clinical studies verifying it as safe and or effective…
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There is no known cause for Alzheimer’s though there continues to be research into the causes. There are numerous theories on why people get Alzheimer’s in their old age – most of them point to nutrition (or lack there of) and metals. Different studies have shown certain vitamin deficiencies contribute to Alzheimer’s disease while others have studied the effects of certain metals…
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Scientists and researchers began to take notice of the noni fruit in the 1950’s. Since then, then there has been a great deal of research and numerous studies to determine just how the noni works and why it works. The noni was found to contain a diverse array of naturally forming compounds including phytonutrients, polysaccarides, antioxidants …
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Epilepsy is not one particular disorder, it is a term that encompasses a vast array of seizure disorders. There are many different types of seizure disorders as well as numerous causes of seizure disorders…
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While most of us are excited as the change from the long cold winter into spring arrives finally arrives. Many are making plans for hiking and camping and spending time outside. Then there are the over 40 million Americans suffering from allergies that are preparing for that change in a much different way…
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