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Posts for June 2013

Marissa cured of Asthma and frequent Colds

This is the record of my treatment of Marissa who is now 8 years old whom I treated last year for her Asthma which was usually triggered by a Cold which she does not seem to catch so often today.

Carol

Submitted on 2013/05/12 at 21:05
This is further to the post that I had made last year in the month of March 2012 w.r.t. her rhinitis. As prescribed by Mr. Joe I started giving her Eupat Perf 30, for her rhinitis it has not only has helped her to get over her rhinitis but has also helped her to control her asthma. For the last 8 months she’s not had an asthma attack at all. Immediately after starting Eupat Perf. 30C the frequency of her asthma attacks had reduced she got just 3 attacks. I started her treatment on 15th of January 2012. Usually month of April – May used to be very bad for her. – we are in the middle east – weather changes around this time- She used to get at least around 4 attacks. Last year May -2012 as well as this year till now she’s not got an attack, also in the month of December she used to catch cold and get atleast around 3 attacks but this December she never got an attack. For the last 8 months she’s not got an attack at all. The last attack she got was in the month of September it was very mild. In the month of March she was really down with cold, with continious coughing which was so bad that she used to not get sleep in the night at all. She was down with the flu for 3 weeks but inspite of her being so weak,… she did not get an asthma attack. Here again I repeat Mr Joe’s dose of Euph Perf 30c only helped her to overcome her asthma. These days I occasionally give her ice cream and she is fine. I usually used to not give her the same.
These days as suggested by Mr. Joe I have changed to Euph. Perf 200c from April 2013
Thank you very much Mr. Joe for the help and guidance that you given me this last 16 months. It is rare nowadays to find people who will do something for a person and not get anything in return.
Thank you, Joe

Posted on March 26 2012 by

Carol Merilyn Fernandes
As a child Marissa did not have any problems w.r.t cold. Though when she was small she had skin allergy. This passed off with application of a home remedy.

When she was around 4 and half years we shifted to Abu Dhabi. Here the room that we used to sleep in had a window A/C. Well from that time on she started getting allergic cold with fever. As usual after she got the cold she would get her bout of coughing. We used to go to the Dr. , he used to prescribe all the medicine.. right from antibiotics. Then one day when she had got the cold I showed her to per Dr. in Dubai who had treated her when she was small. He diagnosed that she was asthmatic.

She used to often get asthma attacks. Having breathing difficulty – spasmodic breathing etc.

By then, it was March, she had developed rhinitis as well, we showed her to another Dr. he prescribed an ayurvedic medicine for her rhinitis. This helped her a lot. Her rhinitis was quite under control. The doctor had advised a break of 15 days after taking the medicine for a month. But as soon as she stopped the medicine. She used to develop rhinitis again and it was quite severe. Showed her to many doctors, for her rhinitis, was not much worried about the asthma as in the last year she got her attacks only when the climate changed. i.e. in November and March.

Though her rhinitis is still there. I stopped the ayurvedic medicine in July after two years and started giving her loratidine 3ml to 5ml in the night, depending on the severity of her sneezes in the morning as she developed a reaction for the ayurvedic medicine, Loratidine used to help her to a certain extent. She used to get the sneezes but not many – maybe around 15-20. But with the sneezing the phlegm also used to come. Without loratidine she used to get maybe around 30 to 40 sneezes with eyes watering. Also gave her cetrizine but this did not help her.

Now from 14th January, 2012 started giving her Eup Perf 30 c. There is a remarkable difference.

She just sneezes 2-3 times in the morning with no phlegm coming out, and there is no nasal congestion. She usually used to get irritation/throat pain, watering of the eyes etc, Per Eup 30 c has helped her, a lot and she has not complained about the above since the last almost two months.

I also feel that the above medicine has given her relief against asthma, she had only a very mild attack in late January, this she had got as a result of being out when it was cold and windy. But then she overcame the cold without any medicine other than eup per 30 c.

Turmeric equals exercise in its ability to prevent aging

Sunday, March 31, 2013 by: David Gutierrez, staff writer

(NaturalNews) A chemical that naturally occurs in turmeric root appears to protect the heart from aging as much as moderate aerobic exercise, according to a trio of studies conducted by researchers from the University of Tsukuba in Japan.

Turmeric root has been an important component of traditional Asian medicinal systems for hundreds of years. In recent decades, scientific studies have confirmed the potent anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties of the trio of turmeric chemicals known as “curcuminoids,” which give the root its distinctive yellow-orange color. Although only one of these chemicals is properly known as “curcumin,” the name is commonly used to refer to all of them collectively.

The three new studies all compared the effects of exercise and curcumin on heart health and postmenopausal women over an eight-week period. All the studies were randomized, double-blind and placebo-controlled. Curcumin was delivered by means of colloidal nanoparticles.

Can turmeric prevent heart disease?
In the first study, researchers assigned 32 women to either take a curcumin supplement, engage in moderate aerobic exercise training, or undergo no intervention at all. The researchers measured participants’ vascular endothelial function – the responsiveness of the layer of cells that line the blood vessels, a key indicator of overall cardiovascular health – both at the beginning and end of the study. They found that while there was no improvement in the control group, endothelial function significantly increased in both the exercise and curcumin groups. Most surprisingly, the improvement in the two experimental groups was identical.

The second study examined curcumin’s effects on the responsiveness of arteries to changes in blood pressure (“arterial compliance”), another key measure of cardiovascular health. In this study, 32 women were randomly assigned to receive either a curcumin supplement or a placebo pill, or to undergo an exercise routine plus either a curcumin or placebo pill. The researchers found no significant improvement in the control group, significant (and equivalent) improvements in both the exercise-only and curcumin-only groups, and the greatest improvement among participants who exercised and also took the supplements.

In the final study, researchers examined the effects of exercise and curcumin on the rate of age-related degeneration of the heart’s left ventricle. 45 participants were randomly assigned into one of the same four groups used in the second study.

The researchers once again found that both exercise and curcumin produced significant increases in heart health. In this study; however, curcumin alone did not appear to provide any benefit. Specifically, brachial systolic blood pressure (SBP) decreased among participants who exercised, whether or not they took curcumin. In addition, heart-rate-corrected aortic augmentation index (AIx) and aortic SBP both decreased significantly only among participants who both exercised and took curcumin.

“Regular ingestion of curcumin could be a preventive measure against cardiovascular disease in postmenopausal women,” the authors of the first study wrote. “Furthermore, our results suggest that curcumin may be a potential alternative … for patients who are unable to exercise.”

Curcumin is best absorbed from turmeric root, rather than from supplements.

Sources:

http://www.vitalchoice.com/shop/pc/articlesViewprint.asp?id=1953
http://www.prohealth.com/library/showarticle.cfm?libid=17666

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/039718_turmeric_exercise_aging.html#ixzz2P631S1sq

March 24 2013
Study finds that turmeric Prevents and Treats Diabetes
by David Gutierrez

Turmeric has a long history of use in a variety of traditional Asian medical systems for treating a wide variety of ailments. Now, Western scientists are increasingly finding that this culinary root and its active ingredients may be potent weapons in the fight against diabetes. Indeed, it has been shown to be effective at nearly every stage of diabetes and pre-diabetes.

Biochemical activity
One of the earlier studies on turmeric’s effectiveness in diabetes prevention was conducted by researchers from the National Centre for Cell Science in India and published in the European Journal of Pharmacology in 2007. Researchers exposed pancreatic cells from mice to a stressor after first incubating some of them in a solution of curcumin for 24 hours.

Curcumin is the active ingredient that gives turmeric its orange-yellow color. Along with related chemicals, it comprises the family of curcuminoids.

The researchers found that curcumin-treated cells were significantly less damaged by free radicals and suffered significantly less damage than untreated cells. This has implications for diabetes because damage to the pancreas can interfere with its ability to produce healthy levels of insulin.

“We show here for the first time, that prophylactic use of curcumin may effectively rescue islets from damage without affecting the normal function of these cellular structures,” the researchers wrote.

Another study, published in the journal Nutrition in 2011, found that when people ate a meal high in turmeric and other spices, their blood levels of triglycerides and insulin decreased significantly, even when that meal was high in fat. Antioxidant activity in the body was also increased.

Diabetes prevention and treatment
It’s not just in the short-term that turmeric provides protection against diabetes. A study published in the journal Diabetes Care in July 2012 found that it may actually prevent prediabetes from developing into diabetes.

The researchers assigned prediabetic participants to take either a 250 mg curcuminoid supplement or a placebo every day for nine months. By the end of the study, not a single person in the curcuminoid group had developed diabetes, compared with 16.4 percent of the participants in the placebo group.

But even if you have already been diagnosed with diabetes, it’s not too late for turmeric to provide real benefits. A 2012 study from Harbin Medical University and the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention found that people with Type II diabetes who were given 300 mg of curcuminoids each day for three months dramatically lowered their glucose levels and insulin resistance, as well as their levels of hemoglobin A1c and free fatty acids.

“This is the first study to show that curcuminoids may have an anti-diabetic effect by decreasing serum fatty acid possibly through the promotion of fatty acid oxidation and utilization,” the researchers wrote.

Turmeric has also been linked to a number of other health benefits, including reducing the inflammation and oxidation damage that can produce chronic diseases including diabetes, heart disease and cancer; promoting healthy fat loss; promoting liver health; and reducing the risk of heart disease. Turmeric is also one of the most effective cancer-fighting foods.

Sources:

http://www.vitasearch.com/get-clp-summary/37120
http://www.emaxhealth.com
http://naturalsociety.com/turmeric-and-diabetes-curcumin-protect/

7 March 2013

PROCESSED MEAT “EARLY DEATH” LINK
By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News

Sausages, ham, bacon and other processed meats appear to increase the risk of dying young, a study of half a million people across Europe suggests.

It concluded diets high in processed meats were linked to cardiovascular disease, cancer and early deaths.

The researchers, writing in the journal BMC Medicine, said salt and chemicals used to preserve the meat may damage health.

The British Heart Foundation suggested opting for leaner cuts of meat.

The study followed people from 10 European countries for nearly 13 years on average.

Lifestyle factors
It showed people who ate a lot of processed meat were also more likely to smoke, be obese and have other behaviours known to damage health.

However, the researchers said even after those risk factors were accounted for, processed meat still damaged health.

One in every 17 people followed in the study died. However, those eating more than 160g of processed meat a day – roughly two sausages and a slice of bacon – were 44% more likely to die over a typical follow-up time of 12.7 years than those eating about 20g.

In total, nearly 10,000 people died from cancer and 5,500 from heart problems.

Prof Sabine Rohrmann, from the University of Zurich, told the BBC: “High meat consumption, especially processed meat, is associated with a less healthy lifestyle.

“But after adjusting for smoking, obesity and other confounders we think there is a risk of eating processed meat.

“Stopping smoking is more important than cutting meat, but I would recommend people reduce their meat intake.”

Health benefits
She said if everyone in the study consumed no more than 20g of processed meat a day then 3% of the premature deaths could have been prevented.

The UK government recommends eating no more than 70g of red or processed meat – two slices of bacon – a day.

A spokesperson said: “People who eat a lot of red and processed meat should consider cutting down.”

However a little bit of meat, even processed meat, had health benefits in the study.

Ursula Arens from the British Dietetic Association told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that putting fresh meat through a mincer did not make it processed meat.

“Something has been done to it to extend its shelf life, or to change its taste, or to make it more palatable in some way… and this could be a traditional process like curing or salting.”

She said even good quality ham or sausages were still classed as processed meat, while homemade burgers using fresh meat were not.

“For most people there’s no need to cut back on fresh, red meat. For people who have very high intake of red meat – eat lots of red meat every day – there is the recommendation that they should moderate their intake,” she added.

Ms Arens also confirmed that the study’s finding that processed meat was linked to heart disease was new.

Mr Roger Leicester, a consultant surgeon and a member of the Meat Advisory Panel, said: “I would agree people should eat small quantities of processed meat.”

However, he said there needed to be a focus on how meat was processed: “We need to know what the preservatives are, what the salt content is, what the meat content is…meat is actually an essential part of out diet.”

Growing evidence
Dr Rachel Thompson, from the World Cancer Research Fund, said: “This research adds to the body of scientific evidence highlighting the health risks of eating processed meat.

“Our research, published in 2007 and subsequently confirmed in 2011, shows strong evidence that eating processed meat, such as bacon, ham, hot dogs, salami and some sausages, increases the risk of getting bowel cancer.”

The organisation said there would be 4,000 fewer cases of bowel cancer if people had less than 10g a day.

“This is why World Cancer Research Fund recommends people avoid processed meat,” said Dr Thompson.

Tracy Parker, a heart health dietitian with the British Heart Foundation, said the research suggested processed meat might be linked to an increased risk of early death, but those who ate more of it in the study also made “other unhealthy lifestyle choices”.

“They were found to eat less fruit and vegetables and were more likely to smoke, which may have had an impact on results.

“Red meat can still be enjoyed as part of a balanced diet.

“Opting for leaner cuts and using healthier cooking methods such as grilling will help to keep your heart healthy.

“If you eat lots of processed meat, try to vary your diet with other protein choices such as chicken, fish, beans or lentils.”

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