Sunday, June 21, 2009

Do Cocoa Help Heart Health ?


Antioxidants in cocoa might help your heart by keeping your blood vessels relaxed, thus easing blood pressure and helping circulation.

The study shows that cocoa's antioxidants -- called flavonoids -- coax the body into making more nitric oxide, which relaxes the blood vessels.

Chocolate also contains flavonoids, but the problem with chocolate is the burden of fat it carries...

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Children on Speed


Amphetamines have had a relatively short, though chequered history.

From their use in wartime, their abuse by the beat generation, up to the popularity of Ecstasy in the late 20th century, many have found amphetamines an enjoyable, though unpredictable, stimulant.

More than that though, amphetamine-based treatments have been found to have beneficial effects for those suffering from attention deficit disorders, and are now widely prescribed in the US and elsewhere as a treatment for children and adults.

What is the truth behind these medical claims? What are the real effects of stimulants like Ecstasy? Just how harmful are amphetamines?

In this book, a leading authority on psychoactive drugs explores the uses and abuses of amphetamines.

Starting with a look at the origins of amphetamines, their use in wartime, their use by poets, musicians - even a President of the US, it presents a fascinating and accessible account of amphetamine use.

It examines the evidence for the claims that drugs like Ecstasy kill, and considers the widespread use of amphetamines for ADHD, presenting a thorough account based on science and fact, rather than dogma.



Monday, June 8, 2009

Herbs Against Cancer

More than 120 herbs and traditional medicines will eventually be evaluated by Campbell’s team and others at UCSF.

16 of the herbs tested so far have been deemed “highly active” against breast cancer cell growth.

Among these, rz rhei, a Chinese Rhubarb root, was especially promising in laboratory tests.

Other herbs that showed significant anti-cancer activity in laboratory tests included ban zhi lian, zhi mu, and wang bu liu xing.

These may be the focus of future clinical trials in human breast cancer
and other patients.

Americans are turning more and more often to herbal remedies as a natural alternative to drugs.

But before you head off to the health food store for that bottle of St. John's wort or kava kava, you should know that natural does not necessarily mean safer.

In fact, evidence is mounting that some of the most popular herbs can have serious side effects.



Saturday, June 6, 2009

Saltpipe for children


Alphant is a Saltpipe designed for children.

It is a natural product that produces the benefit of natural salt air to aid the breathing system.

We observe that when asthmatic children go on holiday to the seaside, the asthma attacks seem to rarely happen.

Because salt is natural product and it has been used for centuries to cure breathing problems, it is safe for our children.

Many parents that purchased the Salphant for their children have found that their children benefited from inhaling through the Salphant.

Friday, June 5, 2009

Energy Balancing - Chun Do Sun Bup


EB Is the art and practice of realigning, balancing, and re-attuning the body.

Everything in creation is energy, and we, as energy, relate to it harmoniously or inharmoniously depending upon the degree to which we are in a balanced state of harmony within ourselves.

Chun Do Sun Bup is a 6,000-year-old healing Art whose principle is that energy shortage or disruption is the cause of all diseases and pain.