Natural Remedies for health
GemFromJannah
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Hiya
I've been getting interested with natural remedies and discovered a few great things that have really helped me.
Cinnamon for sugar control
Garlic for blood pressure
Turmeric for inflammation
No wheat to avoid bloating, sugar highs & depression
Black seeds (nigella seeds) for everything
Does anybody know of anything else with powerful health benefits? Eg things to help anxiety or immune system etc?
Also I rebound daily on my trampette for lymph system drainage.
I get painful back from inflammation & arthritis, have asthma, get colds/flu very easily & suffer with anxiety & depression
I've been getting interested with natural remedies and discovered a few great things that have really helped me.
Cinnamon for sugar control
Garlic for blood pressure
Turmeric for inflammation
No wheat to avoid bloating, sugar highs & depression
Black seeds (nigella seeds) for everything
Does anybody know of anything else with powerful health benefits? Eg things to help anxiety or immune system etc?
Also I rebound daily on my trampette for lymph system drainage.
I get painful back from inflammation & arthritis, have asthma, get colds/flu very easily & suffer with anxiety & depression
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No, and THOSE HERBAL/HOMEOPATHIC SUPPLEMENTS CAN BE DANGEROUS! They're not regulated by the FDA, which means that there's nobody overseeing to make sure there's nothing else being added or replaced within the supplements or anybody making sure that what the supplements are claiming to do actually works. The company might claim that the pill is pure cinnamon, but in reality there could be other things in it that could interact with other supplements/medications. Remember that it's difficult to find out how much of a supplement could become toxic to the body (heck, even water is toxic in very large quantities), so taking more than what is recommended by the manufacturer could be dangerous (I remember reading something over the summer about a young woman dying from a diet pill overdose).
The best thing someone can do for their body is eat a well-balanced diet (fruits, vegetables, dairy, nuts, fish, lean meats, whole grains, unsaturated oils, etc.), be physically active, and get an annual physical to identify any medical issues. If you want to start taking additional dietary or herbal supplements, it is a good idea to discuss it with your doctor first to make sure that it will not interact with other medications (or to see if you really need the supplements in the first place).
The body is an amazing system and is pretty self-efficient. There's no need to manually drain your lymph channels (lymph is like a "sewage system" for your body and is involved in our immune function and transporting fat from the digestive system to other body cells). In terms of immune function, some of the best things to prevent colds/flu is to practice good hand hygiene, covering up any open wounds (the skin is the immune system's first line of defense), and to get an annual flu shot.
I really hope that chart for DKA and organic honey is a joke. I would have died if I took organic honey instead of IV insulin, electrolytes, and water (and an all-inclusive stay in ICU) for DKA. Cinnamon also does squat for my blood sugar (I will need to inject insulin, or I will die).
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No, and THOSE HERBAL/HOMEOPATHIC SUPPLEMENTS CAN BE DANGEROUS! They're not regulated by the FDA, which means that there's nobody overseeing to make sure there's nothing else being added or replaced within the supplements or anybody making sure that what the supplements are claiming to do actually works. The company might claim that the pill is pure cinnamon, but in reality there could be other things in it that could interact with other supplements/medications. Remember that it's difficult to find out how much of a supplement could become toxic to the body (heck, even water is toxic in very large quantities), so taking more than what is recommended by the manufacturer could be dangerous (I remember reading something over the summer about a young woman dying from a diet pill overdose).
The best thing someone can do for their body is eat a well-balanced diet (fruits, vegetables, dairy, nuts, fish, lean meats, whole grains, unsaturated oils, etc.), be physically active, and get an annual physical to identify any medical issues. If you want to start taking additional dietary or herbal supplements, it is a good idea to discuss it with your doctor first to make sure that it will not interact with other medications (or to see if you really need the supplements in the first place).
The body is an amazing system and is pretty self-efficient. There's no need to manually drain your lymph channels (lymph is like a "sewage system" for your body and is involved in our immune function and transporting fat from the digestive system to other body cells). In terms of immune function, some of the best things to prevent colds/flu is to practice good hand hygiene, covering up any open wounds (the skin is the immune system's first line of defense), and to get an annual flu shot.
I really hope that chart for DKA and organic honey is a joke. I would have died if I took organic honey instead of IV insulin, electrolytes, and water (and an all-inclusive stay in ICU) for DKA. Cinnamon also does squat for my blood sugar (I will need to inject insulin, or I will die).
Pretty sure the entire chart is a joke, with the point being that you should never treat serious health issues with natural remedies.0 -
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Keto diet cures IBS and prevents dementia.
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I certainly hope so. But yet, this is mfp . people here seem to love to believe in magical cures and all types of derp .No, and THOSE HERBAL/HOMEOPATHIC SUPPLEMENTS CAN BE DANGEROUS! They're not regulated by the FDA, which means that there's nobody overseeing to make sure there's nothing else being added or replaced within the supplements or anybody making sure that what the supplements are claiming to do actually works. The company might claim that the pill is pure cinnamon, but in reality there could be other things in it that could interact with other supplements/medications. Remember that it's difficult to find out how much of a supplement could become toxic to the body (heck, even water is toxic in very large quantities), so taking more than what is recommended by the manufacturer could be dangerous (I remember reading something over the summer about a young woman dying from a diet pill overdose).
The best thing someone can do for their body is eat a well-balanced diet (fruits, vegetables, dairy, nuts, fish, lean meats, whole grains, unsaturated oils, etc.), be physically active, and get an annual physical to identify any medical issues. If you want to start taking additional dietary or herbal supplements, it is a good idea to discuss it with your doctor first to make sure that it will not interact with other medications (or to see if you really need the supplements in the first place).
The body is an amazing system and is pretty self-efficient. There's no need to manually drain your lymph channels (lymph is like a "sewage system" for your body and is involved in our immune function and transporting fat from the digestive system to other body cells). In terms of immune function, some of the best things to prevent colds/flu is to practice good hand hygiene, covering up any open wounds (the skin is the immune system's first line of defense), and to get an annual flu shot.
I really hope that chart for DKA and organic honey is a joke. I would have died if I took organic honey instead of IV insulin, electrolytes, and water (and an all-inclusive stay in ICU) for DKA. Cinnamon also does squat for my blood sugar (I will need to inject insulin, or I will die).
Pretty sure the entire chart is a joke, with the point being that you should never treat serious health issues with natural remedies.
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No, and THOSE HERBAL/HOMEOPATHIC SUPPLEMENTS CAN BE DANGEROUS! They're not regulated by the FDA, which means that there's nobody overseeing to make sure there's nothing else being added or replaced within the supplements or anybody making sure that what the supplements are claiming to do actually works. The company might claim that the pill is pure cinnamon, but in reality there could be other things in it that could interact with other supplements/medications. Remember that it's difficult to find out how much of a supplement could become toxic to the body (heck, even water is toxic in very large quantities), so taking more than what is recommended by the manufacturer could be dangerous (I remember reading something over the summer about a young woman dying from a diet pill overdose).
The best thing someone can do for their body is eat a well-balanced diet (fruits, vegetables, dairy, nuts, fish, lean meats, whole grains, unsaturated oils, etc.), be physically active, and get an annual physical to identify any medical issues. If you want to start taking additional dietary or herbal supplements, it is a good idea to discuss it with your doctor first to make sure that it will not interact with other medications (or to see if you really need the supplements in the first place).
The body is an amazing system and is pretty self-efficient. There's no need to manually drain your lymph channels (lymph is like a "sewage system" for your body and is involved in our immune function and transporting fat from the digestive system to other body cells). In terms of immune function, some of the best things to prevent colds/flu is to practice good hand hygiene, covering up any open wounds (the skin is the immune system's first line of defense), and to get an annual flu shot.
I really hope that chart for DKA and organic honey is a joke. I would have died if I took organic honey instead of IV insulin, electrolytes, and water (and an all-inclusive stay in ICU) for DKA. Cinnamon also does squat for my blood sugar (I will need to inject insulin, or I will die).
DSHEA oversees supplements. Labels are still FDA regulated. There isn't much research on supplementation but even that is growing by people who privately fund them to do the research.
People can overdo anything and die from it. This isn't limited to supplements. FDA regulated stuff as well. What do they do when anything adverse happens in a study for something FDA regulated? They 86 them out of study all together as if it never happened. I've seen it happen first hand.
BTW cinnamon doesn't lower blood sugar, you'd want to look into gymnema for that. Cinnamon only stops a outrageous sugar spike from occurring in those who blood sugar levels are within normal range.0 -
Flaxmeal is full of omega 3's. I add it to oatmeal. You could also take fish oil.
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I don't take supplements I eat the actual food. Eg I chop up two cloves of garlic & drink them down with water or I drink turmeric milk (Google golden milk) I eat cinnamon on my porridge or fruit salad. So it's all safe. Or I cut out wheat so don't eat bread pasta etc
I have noticed a positive difference to be honest. I haven't needed pain relief for my arthritis lately and my medication for asthma was reduced.
My mum has really bad cancer and they said she needed chemotherapy and to remove her breast, but she refused! She changed her diet, only ate organic, cut out dairy, ate things like Spirulina etc and they operated to just remove the lump and she got better, when they had said she only had 30% survival rate.
So I strongly believe there are properties in certain foods that aid the body & fight illness, just how certain foods damage the body & cause illness. It's not false, it's like saying a kiwi doesn't have vit C and doesn't fight infection. We know fruit has vit C eg lemon & vit C fights infection. Other foods has vitamins & minerals that help the body.
Scientific studies have been done on wheat that proved it had a negative impact on mental health patients, because it causes a release of certain hormones, which activate the "addiction" type behaviour.
All foods have properties in them that help the body or destroy it. My friends grandma was badly diabetic & couldn't have tomatoes but after a few weeks of cinnamon in her herbal tea she could have tomato.
I'm not sure about pill-form supplements, I'm refering to the real food form0 -
JanetYellen wrote: »Flaxmeal is full of omega 3's. I add it to oatmeal. You could also take fish oil.
Very good answer about cinnamon only helping for sugar spikes.
I've never heard of flaxmeal - I'll google it thank you! I get terrible memory & brain fog, I need omega 3, I don't think I'm getting enough via my diet
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GemFromJannah wrote: »I don't take supplements I eat the actual food. Eg I chop up two cloves of garlic & drink them down with water or I drink turmeric milk (Google golden milk) I eat cinnamon on my porridge or fruit salad. So it's all safe. Or I cut out wheat so don't eat bread pasta etc
I have noticed a positive difference to be honest. I haven't needed pain relief for my arthritis lately and my medication for asthma was reduced.
My mum has really bad cancer and they said she needed chemotherapy and to remove her breast, but she refused! She changed her diet, only ate organic, cut out dairy, ate things like Spirulina etc and they operated to just remove the lump and she got better, when they had said she only had 30% survival rate.
So I strongly believe there are properties in certain foods that aid the body & fight illness, just how certain foods damage the body & cause illness. It's not false, it's like saying a kiwi doesn't have vit C and doesn't fight infection. We know fruit has vit C eg lemon & vit C fights infection. Other foods has vitamins & minerals that help the body.
Scientific studies have been done on wheat that proved it had a negative impact on mental health patients, because it causes a release of certain hormones, which activate the "addiction" type behaviour.
All foods have properties in them that help the body or destroy it. My friends grandma was badly diabetic & couldn't have tomatoes but after a few weeks of cinnamon in her herbal tea she could have tomato.
I'm not sure about pill-form supplements, I'm refering to the real food form
I dont even know where to start......0 -
Wetcoaster wrote: »GemFromJannah wrote: »I don't take supplements I eat the actual food. Eg I chop up two cloves of garlic & drink them down with water or I drink turmeric milk (Google golden milk) I eat cinnamon on my porridge or fruit salad. So it's all safe. Or I cut out wheat so don't eat bread pasta etc
I have noticed a positive difference to be honest. I haven't needed pain relief for my arthritis lately and my medication for asthma was reduced.
My mum has really bad cancer and they said she needed chemotherapy and to remove her breast, but she refused! She changed her diet, only ate organic, cut out dairy, ate things like Spirulina etc and they operated to just remove the lump and she got better, when they had said she only had 30% survival rate.
So I strongly believe there are properties in certain foods that aid the body & fight illness, just how certain foods damage the body & cause illness. It's not false, it's like saying a kiwi doesn't have vit C and doesn't fight infection. We know fruit has vit C eg lemon & vit C fights infection. Other foods has vitamins & minerals that help the body.
Scientific studies have been done on wheat that proved it had a negative impact on mental health patients, because it causes a release of certain hormones, which activate the "addiction" type behaviour.
All foods have properties in them that help the body or destroy it. My friends grandma was badly diabetic & couldn't have tomatoes but after a few weeks of cinnamon in her herbal tea she could have tomato.
I'm not sure about pill-form supplements, I'm refering to the real food form
I dont even know where to start......
Placebo effect, maybe? Combining these "magical wonders" with better diet and exercise and seeing results from the diet/exercise?
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Wetcoaster wrote: »GemFromJannah wrote: »I don't take supplements I eat the actual food. Eg I chop up two cloves of garlic & drink them down with water or I drink turmeric milk (Google golden milk) I eat cinnamon on my porridge or fruit salad. So it's all safe. Or I cut out wheat so don't eat bread pasta etc
I have noticed a positive difference to be honest. I haven't needed pain relief for my arthritis lately and my medication for asthma was reduced.
My mum has really bad cancer and they said she needed chemotherapy and to remove her breast, but she refused! She changed her diet, only ate organic, cut out dairy, ate things like Spirulina etc and they operated to just remove the lump and she got better, when they had said she only had 30% survival rate.
So I strongly believe there are properties in certain foods that aid the body & fight illness, just how certain foods damage the body & cause illness. It's not false, it's like saying a kiwi doesn't have vit C and doesn't fight infection. We know fruit has vit C eg lemon & vit C fights infection. Other foods has vitamins & minerals that help the body.
Scientific studies have been done on wheat that proved it had a negative impact on mental health patients, because it causes a release of certain hormones, which activate the "addiction" type behaviour.
All foods have properties in them that help the body or destroy it. My friends grandma was badly diabetic & couldn't have tomatoes but after a few weeks of cinnamon in her herbal tea she could have tomato.
I'm not sure about pill-form supplements, I'm refering to the real food form
I dont even know where to start......
Placebo effect, maybe? Combining these "magical wonders" with better diet and exercise and seeing results from the diet/exercise?
I have a good friend that does similar things and swears they're helping...and maybe there is some truth to it. Maybe some people aren't bad enough off that they need prescription medication and these natural things get their bodies back to normal.
But that whole chart is just wacky.
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Wetcoaster wrote: »GemFromJannah wrote: »I don't take supplements I eat the actual food. Eg I chop up two cloves of garlic & drink them down with water or I drink turmeric milk (Google golden milk) I eat cinnamon on my porridge or fruit salad. So it's all safe. Or I cut out wheat so don't eat bread pasta etc
I have noticed a positive difference to be honest. I haven't needed pain relief for my arthritis lately and my medication for asthma was reduced.
My mum has really bad cancer and they said she needed chemotherapy and to remove her breast, but she refused! She changed her diet, only ate organic, cut out dairy, ate things like Spirulina etc and they operated to just remove the lump and she got better, when they had said she only had 30% survival rate.
So I strongly believe there are properties in certain foods that aid the body & fight illness, just how certain foods damage the body & cause illness. It's not false, it's like saying a kiwi doesn't have vit C and doesn't fight infection. We know fruit has vit C eg lemon & vit C fights infection. Other foods has vitamins & minerals that help the body.
Scientific studies have been done on wheat that proved it had a negative impact on mental health patients, because it causes a release of certain hormones, which activate the "addiction" type behaviour.
All foods have properties in them that help the body or destroy it. My friends grandma was badly diabetic & couldn't have tomatoes but after a few weeks of cinnamon in her herbal tea she could have tomato.
I'm not sure about pill-form supplements, I'm refering to the real food form
I dont even know where to start......
Placebo effect, maybe? Combining these "magical wonders" with better diet and exercise and seeing results from the diet/exercise?
Well I only started dieting & exercise a couple weeks ago & before eating the turmeric & cutting out wheat (because wheat causes inflammation and turmeric prevents inflammation) I could hardly exercise from the pain of arthritis and needing steroids due to bad asthma, working out was very difficult. I decided not to take the steroids and stopped pain meds, started natural remedies and after about 3-4weeks I felt better & was able to start exercise and been cutting calories for 2weeks.
I think these remedies really work.
Well I guess not many on here believe in homeopathy or naturopathy - but if anybody does have other natural remedies tried & tested by their own experience please let me know
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GemFromJannah wrote: »Wetcoaster wrote: »GemFromJannah wrote: »I don't take supplements I eat the actual food. Eg I chop up two cloves of garlic & drink them down with water or I drink turmeric milk (Google golden milk) I eat cinnamon on my porridge or fruit salad. So it's all safe. Or I cut out wheat so don't eat bread pasta etc
I have noticed a positive difference to be honest. I haven't needed pain relief for my arthritis lately and my medication for asthma was reduced.
My mum has really bad cancer and they said she needed chemotherapy and to remove her breast, but she refused! She changed her diet, only ate organic, cut out dairy, ate things like Spirulina etc and they operated to just remove the lump and she got better, when they had said she only had 30% survival rate.
So I strongly believe there are properties in certain foods that aid the body & fight illness, just how certain foods damage the body & cause illness. It's not false, it's like saying a kiwi doesn't have vit C and doesn't fight infection. We know fruit has vit C eg lemon & vit C fights infection. Other foods has vitamins & minerals that help the body.
Scientific studies have been done on wheat that proved it had a negative impact on mental health patients, because it causes a release of certain hormones, which activate the "addiction" type behaviour.
All foods have properties in them that help the body or destroy it. My friends grandma was badly diabetic & couldn't have tomatoes but after a few weeks of cinnamon in her herbal tea she could have tomato.
I'm not sure about pill-form supplements, I'm refering to the real food form
I dont even know where to start......
Placebo effect, maybe? Combining these "magical wonders" with better diet and exercise and seeing results from the diet/exercise?
Well I only started dieting & exercise a couple weeks ago & before eating the turmeric & cutting out wheat (because wheat causes inflammation and turmeric prevents inflammation) I could hardly exercise from the pain of arthritis and needing steroids due to bad asthma, working out was very difficult. I decided not to take the steroids and stopped pain meds, started natural remedies and after about 3-4weeks I felt better & was able to start exercise and been cutting calories for 2weeks.
I think these remedies really work.
Well I guess not many on here believe in homeopathy or naturopathy - but if anybody does have other natural remedies tried & tested by their own experience please let me know
I'm all for trying a natural remedy in many situations. But I've seen too many cases of a parent insisting on trying some "natural" medicine for things like an ear infection, and then their child has to be hospitalized because the symptoms just got worse and worse over time. There are times when medicines are the best way to handle an issue.
I'm fine with adults doing what they wish for themselves. For many things, a change in diet and/or exercise can have a positive impact. There are plenty of things we still don't know about how the body works. Someday we'll have more answers. For now, about all we have is anecdotes, which aren't sufficient evidence to say that a specific food does/doesn't work for item X.
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Wetcoaster wrote: »GemFromJannah wrote: »
I have noticed a positive difference to be honest. I haven't needed pain relief for my arthritis lately and my medication for asthma was reduced.
My mum has really bad cancer and they said she needed chemotherapy and to remove her breast, but she refused! She changed her diet, only ate organic, cut out dairy, ate things like Spirulina etc and they operated to just remove the lump and she got better, when they had said she only had 30% survival rate.
I dont even know where to start......
How about starting with the fact that this poster's mum had her cancer removed and she got better (that's a fair bit of medical intervention). A 30% chance is far from zero. It doesn't mean that her diet had anything to do with her recovery. Though I am glad that she is in remission.0 -
Wetcoaster wrote: »GemFromJannah wrote: »
I have noticed a positive difference to be honest. I haven't needed pain relief for my arthritis lately and my medication for asthma was reduced.
My mum has really bad cancer and they said she needed chemotherapy and to remove her breast, but she refused! She changed her diet, only ate organic, cut out dairy, ate things like Spirulina etc and they operated to just remove the lump and she got better, when they had said she only had 30% survival rate.
I dont even know where to start......
How about starting with the fact that this poster's mum had her cancer removed and she got better (that's a fair bit of medical intervention). A 30% chance is far from zero. It doesn't mean that her diet had anything to do with her recovery. Though I am glad that she is in remission.
Thank you, she's out of remission now, it never came back. My grandma had cancer too, within 3months of my mums diagnosis, she did the same diet, her cancer went as well. They cut out dairy due to the hormones in cows milk apparently feeding female cancer, cut out things that weren't organic due to the chemicals, and stopped sugar.
We know for a fact things have vitamins & minerals eg red meat has lots of iron, eat it with a vit C food to help absorption & it helps to treat anemia - even doctors advise this!
Being deficient in certain minerals and Virs causes health problems. Nutrition is about knowing what nutrients the body needs, what foods contain them. So food has a direct link on our health. People with low vit C are prone to scurvy for instance, low vit D leads to weak bones. So naturally you'd eat foods with these vitamin properties right?
So how does it sound so strange to people that certain foods & spices, contain vitamins & minerals that can help aid the bodies recovery? Every conventional medicine has a list of side effects, they take away 1 symptom to give you another! I'm not saying don't take medicine at all, but I strongly believe the properties in foods can prevent illness & also slowly aid towards curing them.
This isn't just rubbish, it's nutrition! Nutritionists will tell you if your body lacks certain things it will start shutting down. You eat protein knowing it can help muscles, so if somebody said "my muscles are weak & I have low strength" certainly besides being advised exercise they'd be advised to up protein. So the same rules apply, if I have weak bones & joints, what foods can aid it? There must be something! This is why we eat, we eat to nourish the body, different foods help different bodily systems. Why is it so hard to believe if you admit some foods aid muscles and energy, that other foods will aid the lungs or aid the blood or aid the joints or aid the brain? We know it's proven omega fats are good for brain function.
So for those with illnesses that think natural remedies won't aid you, I suggest you re-think, research & give it a go. Don't give up your medication, but if you notice improvement whilst using natural remedies, you might be able to slowly reduce your meds under the watchful eye of a doctor0 -
“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food” ~Hippocrates
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pinggolfer96 wrote: »“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food” ~Hippocrates
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I love this saying.. Too many people concentrate on just calories, when good nutrition should be equally as important.
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pinggolfer96 wrote: »“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food” ~Hippocrates
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GemFromJannah wrote: »Wetcoaster wrote: »GemFromJannah wrote: »I don't take supplements I eat the actual food. Eg I chop up two cloves of garlic & drink them down with water or I drink turmeric milk (Google golden milk) I eat cinnamon on my porridge or fruit salad. So it's all safe. Or I cut out wheat so don't eat bread pasta etc
I have noticed a positive difference to be honest. I haven't needed pain relief for my arthritis lately and my medication for asthma was reduced.
My mum has really bad cancer and they said she needed chemotherapy and to remove her breast, but she refused! She changed her diet, only ate organic, cut out dairy, ate things like Spirulina etc and they operated to just remove the lump and she got better, when they had said she only had 30% survival rate.
So I strongly believe there are properties in certain foods that aid the body & fight illness, just how certain foods damage the body & cause illness. It's not false, it's like saying a kiwi doesn't have vit C and doesn't fight infection. We know fruit has vit C eg lemon & vit C fights infection. Other foods has vitamins & minerals that help the body.
Scientific studies have been done on wheat that proved it had a negative impact on mental health patients, because it causes a release of certain hormones, which activate the "addiction" type behaviour.
All foods have properties in them that help the body or destroy it. My friends grandma was badly diabetic & couldn't have tomatoes but after a few weeks of cinnamon in her herbal tea she could have tomato.
I'm not sure about pill-form supplements, I'm refering to the real food form
I dont even know where to start......
Placebo effect, maybe? Combining these "magical wonders" with better diet and exercise and seeing results from the diet/exercise?
Well I only started dieting & exercise a couple weeks ago & before eating the turmeric & cutting out wheat (because wheat causes inflammation and turmeric prevents inflammation) I could hardly exercise from the pain of arthritis and needing steroids due to bad asthma, working out was very difficult. I decided not to take the steroids and stopped pain meds, started natural remedies and after about 3-4weeks I felt better & was able to start exercise and been cutting calories for 2weeks.
I think these remedies really work.
Well I guess not many on here believe in homeopathy or naturopathy - but if anybody does have other natural remedies tried & tested by their own experience please let me know
Wheat only causes inflammation in people who lack the enzyme that breaks down gluten, a type of protein commonly found in grains. It's like being lactose intolerant. Those people lack the ability to naturally produce an enzyme that is key to breaking down lactose, a protien found in dairy.
Just as not everyone is unable to efficiently digest lactose, not everyone is unable to digest gluten. The inflammation effect ONLY affects those with the inability.0 -
pinggolfer96 wrote: »“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food” ~Hippocrates
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oyChihuahua wrote: »pinggolfer96 wrote: »“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food” ~Hippocrates
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So people would be better served by seeing a chef than a physician.
Actually, most chefs have no nutritional sense or education and only care about flavor. Physicians also have very little sense of nutrition and most who do try to provide help are basing their recommendations off of outdated studies. I would recommend a registered and credible dietitician as the best source of health and wellness from a nutritional standpoint. Idk if your response was to question me, but I never stated you should see a chef instead of a physician. I stated a quote I liked that correlated with the title of the forum post(:0 -
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GemFromJannah wrote: »Wetcoaster wrote: »GemFromJannah wrote: »I don't take supplements I eat the actual food. Eg I chop up two cloves of garlic & drink them down with water or I drink turmeric milk (Google golden milk) I eat cinnamon on my porridge or fruit salad. So it's all safe. Or I cut out wheat so don't eat bread pasta etc
I have noticed a positive difference to be honest. I haven't needed pain relief for my arthritis lately and my medication for asthma was reduced.
My mum has really bad cancer and they said she needed chemotherapy and to remove her breast, but she refused! She changed her diet, only ate organic, cut out dairy, ate things like Spirulina etc and they operated to just remove the lump and she got better, when they had said she only had 30% survival rate.
So I strongly believe there are properties in certain foods that aid the body & fight illness, just how certain foods damage the body & cause illness. It's not false, it's like saying a kiwi doesn't have vit C and doesn't fight infection. We know fruit has vit C eg lemon & vit C fights infection. Other foods has vitamins & minerals that help the body.
Scientific studies have been done on wheat that proved it had a negative impact on mental health patients, because it causes a release of certain hormones, which activate the "addiction" type behaviour.
All foods have properties in them that help the body or destroy it. My friends grandma was badly diabetic & couldn't have tomatoes but after a few weeks of cinnamon in her herbal tea she could have tomato.
I'm not sure about pill-form supplements, I'm refering to the real food form
I dont even know where to start......
Placebo effect, maybe? Combining these "magical wonders" with better diet and exercise and seeing results from the diet/exercise?
Well I only started dieting & exercise a couple weeks ago & before eating the turmeric & cutting out wheat (because wheat causes inflammation and turmeric prevents inflammation) I could hardly exercise from the pain of arthritis and needing steroids due to bad asthma, working out was very difficult. I decided not to take the steroids and stopped pain meds, started natural remedies and after about 3-4weeks I felt better & was able to start exercise and been cutting calories for 2weeks.
I think these remedies really work.
Well I guess not many on here believe in homeopathy or naturopathy - but if anybody does have other natural remedies tried & tested by their own experience please let me know
Wheat only causes inflammation in people who lack the enzyme that breaks down gluten, a type of protein commonly found in grains. It's like being lactose intolerant. Those people lack the ability to naturally produce an enzyme that is key to breaking down lactose, a protien found in dairy.
Just as not everyone is unable to efficiently digest lactose, not everyone is unable to digest gluten. The inflammation effect ONLY affects those with the inability.
This isn't entirely true.
This is the Dr who I found out information regarding wheat from:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UbBURnqYVzw
He did studies on his patients and also studies were done on mentally ill patients. It wasn't just patients who had wheat intolerance.0 -
oyChihuahua wrote: »pinggolfer96 wrote: »“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food” ~Hippocrates
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So people would be better served by seeing a chef than a physician.
A combination of both. Many people report using natural remedies helped reduce or cut off their meds, and many had been using meds long term. But I don't know enough about it to advise not getting medical help. So see a doctor and then use natural remedies also and as the natural remedies start to work, slowly reduce meds under medical guidance
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snickerscharlie wrote: »
Rebounding .... You basically bounce on an exercise trampoline. It helps drain toxins through the lymph system. Prevents illnesses and enlarged glands and inflammation. It is amazing fun cardio too. You can find rebounding workouts on YouTube. It's the cardio I do daily, it's really fun
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