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Go to bed prepared, and try these amazing sleep secrets to have a longer lasting, deeper rest.

Ban Gadgets From the Bedroom

“Keep computers, TVs and other gadgets out of the bedroom. They’re distracting and the blue light emitted from screens and monitors will disrupt melatonin production and interfere with sleep.”

There are two things in life that you can be 100 percent certain of. One, is that in time everyone will die. The second is that father Time will have big changes in store for you daily as the years go by and as you age. Read these tips so you know how to deal with the various aspects of growing older.

When such a high percentage of the people are overweight it seems fitting that there is significant number of the population who are extremely image conscious. Perhaps this is in part to those health magazine covers with men and women who have desirable, health and fit looking bodies. This of course has had a knock on effect with more fitness clubs and health spas being built.

Type 2 diabetes occurs in the blood when the body is unable to produce enough insulin. People with this type of disease have to take insulin shots to break down the glucose and raise their insulin level. Victims have to watch what they eat and develop a nutritional type 2 diabetes diet. Obviously exercise and managing your weight will reduce the effects of type 2 diabetes, but you also must eat properly as well.

The starting point when looking at diabetes is to understand that it is a chronic disease which is distinguished by a distortion to the metabolism and increased levels of blood sugar that give rise to lower levels of insulin. The symptoms of diabetes can look very much like those of a host of other conditions and the condition can go undetected for many years.

Among the earliest signs of diabetes is a continuous sensation of feeling fatigued and listless. You may find that you easily become fatigued while doing tasks that used to take no effort whatsoever. In the early stages of a disease, in most cases, the body will give subtle hints like this signalling that something may be not quite right with it.

Many people have asked this question all the time about:  Why do you blend and not juice? Why do you use a Vitamix and not a juicer? Are some of the nutrients lost in the leftovers at the juicer? From research and studies it is proven that blending has more benefits. Before you wish to make smoothies using blenders, you need to know its health benefits. Blending has many health benefits.

Womens health is very vital.In many cases, it is seen that women find it hard to maintain their healthy diet during pregnancy period. They start gaining weight while doing so. Thus, to avoid any increase in weight, you should include daily exercise in your routine. You should visit your doctor now and then for regular check up during the pregnancy period. Consulting your doctor becomes more important if you are three months pregnant.

Certain foods and herbs are found to be very useful for the treatment of calcium deficiency. Let’s see here the Ayurvedic supplements for healthy bones and joints. We will first start with stinging nettle. This particular herb is an exotic cure for treating low calcium level in the body. At present, you can easily get calcium compounds from a market in the form of extracts, powders, and tablets.

There are 6 key ingredients in a healthy diet however it is how you combine them and the quantities in which you consume them that will define whether they are healthy or not.

There are many reasons to take a yoga class, but the main one for most Americans is to find relaxation and improve health — not just muscular, but cardiovascular and mental health as well. Yoga for pregnant women can make all the difference in the mother’s mindset. When combating fatigue, weight gain, tenderness, swelling, mood swings, cravings, constipation, leg cramps and headaches, yoga practice can be the only respite.

Believe it or not, being positive actually affects your health in many ways, same thing goes for negativity, but that affects your health in a bad way. Being negative and depressed results in you eating too much, being lazy, and not that much fun. Being positive on the other hand is actually very healthy for you as it will influence your heart, your mind and even your body.

So, have you ever wondered to yourself, “ I know my diet is not perfect, how can l improve my diet and
nutrition?” Maintaining a healthy diet and nutrition can sometimes be a hard task for some women.

Although more variety is better, you can’t eat everything under the sun. Thus, focusing a lot of your nutrition on power foods is a great way to increase vitality and fat loss.

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Below is a TEDx talk given by Mark Mattson, the current Chief of the Laboratory of Neuroscience at the National Institute on Aging. He is also a professor of Neuroscience at The Johns Hopkins University, and one of the foremost researchers in the area of cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying multiple neurodegenerative disorders, like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease.

Woman, 34 years old, with eczema, Lichen Scleroticus et atrophicus, in Vulva and Clitoris area.

Comment: This complex skin issue affects several META-Organs at the same time: Skin-Epidermis, Skin-Dermis and the Connective Tissue.

Organ Reaction: ( – / + )

Stress trigger: Feeling redundant

The specific stress trigger was a company merger resulting in staff reduction. Client was absolutely certain that he could stay, based on 10 years of excellent performance in his job. After the job loss his constant thoughts were “They don’t need me anymore. I am redundant” with strong emotion of fear, fright and speechlessness.

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Stress Trigger: She had an international job for which she had to travel 3 out of 4 weeks. Every time she wanted to go, but she did not want to leave her cats alone at her place.

Stress Phase: No symptoms, the only feeling was that she missed her cats.

Regeneration Trigger: Seeing her cats again.

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Stress Trigger: Territory-Anger.

Mother-in-law moved in permanently which she did not want. She felt that she could never get away from her. She also deeply resented and felt angry about having to make the decision to have her stay. She hated her mother-in-law.

Symptom: Shoulder pain

META-Organ: Bones ( – / + )

Location of symptom: Right shoulder

Handedness: His right hand is on top when clapping; therefore he is right-handed or right side dominant. Because his symptoms are on his right side the emotion or stress trigger is connected to his partner.

Man, age 37, right-handed. Lower back pain (lumbago). Pain comes and goes. He tried everything from traditional methods (injections pain killers) to alternative therapies (chiropractic, acupuncture, massage, energy work, yoga, etc.). These methods seem to improve flexibility and lessen pain. But no permanent healing. Chronic process was active for over 3 years.

Organ Reaction: ( – / + )

Stress Trigger: Feeling of self-devaluation-related to partner and child (bones) in regard to flexibility (knees).
The specific trigger was the voice (auditory) of the partner while having emotional discussions, disagreements and fights.

Stress Phase: Typical sympathetic stress symptoms like conflictive thoughts, feeling stressed, etc. No organ symptoms were noticed

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Stress Trigger: Feeling someone or something intruding into our space or territory.

Client went to a sacred place in the mountain where she had made some very unique connection with the nature and she intended to write a special chapter for her new book. When she came to the gate she found out it was open which meant that the owners were at home and she felt she could not invade their territory. At the same time it felt as if they prevented her from going to her sacred space. All this happened without any interaction with the actual owners.