Take a walk. A ten-minute walk at any time of the day will work wonders. “Our research has shown that a ten-minute walk—even during the mid- to late-afternoon hours, when your energy has fallen—can raise your energy levels to those of your high-energy periods, such as mid-morning,” says Dr. Thayer. And that burst of new energy can last for one to two hours. (more…)
Read a dozen articles on the subject of cellulite and each one seems to give a different explanation, including total denial that such a condition exists. But look around any beach and, unless most of the women are young, sleek and super-fit, you’ll see some degree of puckered, quilted flesh on their thighs and whatever part of their buttocks that is visible. Men can be old, unfit and overweight and yet most of them miss out on this problem. (more…)
True aromatherapy is a total treatment of the face and body via the skin. It alleviates many health troubles such as insomnia, toxic retention, tension, and menstrual and menopausal problems, and helps your body to achieve a healthy, natural balance. It can certainly improve all skin problems from young and blemished to dry and atrophied. It can make one feel so wonderfully relaxed or stimulated, depending on one’s needs and the oils used. The secret is that one’s highly developed olfactory organ immediately reacts to the smells which form the basis of aromatherapy. (more…)
When your blood is riddled with pollutants, your skin is starved of the nutrients it needs for healthy cell renewal. It ages quickly, sags and looks dull. Skin also becomes damaged through chemical and physical changes, some of which are irreversible. Clean up your blood and within days you can reawaken a youthful glow. That’s how the Inner Face Lift Diet works its wonders. Try it. Long term, protecting skin from toxic damage means understanding how widespread a threat this is and how to handle it. (more…)
With mere forgetfulness, the inability to remember is not permanent — you usually remember the snippet of information later.
This is not to say that forgetfulness is necessarily innocent. Most people forget smaller details from time to time. There are, however, researchers who believe that more and younger people are becoming forgetful these days. The causes of this are not clear, but factors under suspicion include magnetic fields, microwave radiation, pollution, stress and information overload. (more…)
Breathing is a powerful way of constantly controlling the release of adrenaline. Breathing in faster than breathing out is calming. Breathing out faster than breathing in is energising. Deep, regular breathing, using the stomach as guide (and not the lungs as we’ve come to believe) is a natural way to keep the levels of chemicals stable. (more…)
We don’t just look at our surroundings, we experience them with all our senses. We drink in the sounds, scents and tactile sensations around us. Many places deny us these sensory perceptions. A dead and sterile environment is therefore a form of sensory deprivation and our home could induce us to feel cold and isolated. (more…)
A number of different terms are commonly used to describe the various types of nerve pain encountered. The main terms used are neuralgia (meaning pain resulting from injury to a nerve, particularly in the face), sciatica (pain mediated by the sciatic nerve, running from the lower part of the spine down each leg), and neuritis (inflammation in any nerve).
Nerve pain—aching, tingling, pins and needles, and a stabbing or burning sensation are the most common—can be caused by a number of factors, both physical and psychological, but the main ones are circulatory insufficiency, poor posture, wrong diet, stress, and over-exertion. Natural therapies can ease discomfort and accelerate the recovery process. (more…)
CBT works on the basis that there is a close connection between thoughts (cognitions), feelings and behaviour. The treatment focuses on patterns of thinking that are negative and examines their underlying dysfunctional beliefs. For example, a person who isdepressed may have the belief: “I’m useless”. The underlying belief could be: “If I am not as competent as my colleague, I might as well resign from my job”. While the person in distress likely holds such beliefs with great conviction, with a therapist’s help, the individual is encouraged to view such beliefs as hypotheses rather than facts and to test out such beliefs. Furthermore, those in distress are encouraged to monitor and record the maladaptive thoughts which pop into their minds (called “negative automatic thoughts“). (more…)
Wile drug treatments have demonstrated their effectiveness in treating biological symptoms such as poor appetite, interrupted sleep, low energy and psychomotor retardation, they have little effect on psychological symptoms, for example, pessimism, low confidence, feelings of hopelessness, guilt, self-hatred and the like. These should be addressed using psychological approaches. The most common approach is Supportive Psychotherapy. (more…)
Psychological approaches work best for persons who are able and willing to describe their thoughts and feelings. In other words, they must be reasonably verbal about their problems. Many patients are so preoccupied with physical symptoms that they are unwilling to discuss their thoughts and emotions. Some are obviously anxious and or sad but deny experiencing these emotions. They will be less likely to benefit from psychological therapies. (more…)
Besides wrinkles, which come to us all, many people may have their faces marred by rough scars, of diverse origin, or permanently marked as a result of acne or chickenpox. There are three treatments which may correct some or all of these problems, depending upon their extent. They are — chemical face peel, dermabrasion, and collagen implants. (more…)
There are thousands of self-help books available that actually have some very good advice. While some of the advice may not apply to your situation, most books at least have one nugget of knowledge that can be useful. Visit your local bookstores and libraries, and read as much as you can. The internet also has useful information to offer although care must be exercised as some sources of information may not be reliable. If in doubt, one should check with one’s mental health provider concerning the validity of information obtained from the internet. Some people have a problem when they read self-help books. (more…)
Each day, confide in your diary. This is a way of expressing your feelings. You may not always have friends with you, but your diary can take the place of friends for the time being. Write freely about what most bothers you. Make a list of things you are most grateful for each day. Looking at the good side will help you to have a balanced view of yourself, the world and your future. If you have not made it a habit to keep a diary, start one today. It is therapeutic. (more…)
Depressed feelings need to be expressed. Keeping a tight lid on one’s feelings will, in the long run, intensify the feelings and drive one to deeper levels of depression. If you have a friend or a confidant, speak to him candidly about how you feel. The tendency in depressed people is to withdraw from others and this adds to their sense of isolation. Loneliness is not good for depression. It can worsen depression. So resist the tendency to withdraw into your own world. (more…)
Depression sometimes drives people to drink and sometimes alcohol abuse leads to depression. In any case, drowning your sorrows will not help you overcome depression in the long run. Some seek out their doctors for sleeping tablets. Merely taking sleeping tablets will not relieve one of depressive symptoms. There are many depressed patients with chronic insomnia. Despite being given sleeping tablets, their insomnia does not get better. What they need are antidepressant medications. Long-term, regular use of sleeping tablets may result in dependence and tolerance whereby there is a need to take higher and higher doses to achieve the same effect. Hence the depressed person should not just look to sleeping tablets but should seek psychiatric help and obtain antidepressant medications instead. (more…)
Women with newly diagnosed breast cancer are concerned about any possible risk to their daughters and sisters. If a woman does not appear to be in a family that has breast cancer in approximately half the women on one side, then she probably does not have either the BRCA-1 or BRCA-2 gene. Gene positivity is associated with bilateral breast cancer, ovarian and breast cancer in the same family, and Ashkenazic Jewish ancestry. Women who are gene positive tend to develop breast cancer at a younger age than women with non-hereditary breast cancer. (more…)
Scientists have also discovered the next defective gene to contribute to an increase in breast cancer susceptibility, which they naturally called BRCA-2. The incidence of BRCA-2 appears to be slightly less than BRCA-1. BRCA-2 is autosomal dominant also and resides on the thirteenth chromosome. Initially, it was believed that the presence of the BRCA-2 gene defect did not appear to increase risk for ovarian cancer. (more…)
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