Health Alternatives and natural self healing

If you enjoy this post, please share it using the buttons to your right >> , or email it to a friend , we'd really appreciate it! You can also get natural health articles delivered free by email or RSS - AND get a free mini-course on the Healing Art of Reflexology! Hoodia Gordonii is a member of the plant family Apocynaceae and is called a “stem succulent” due to its prickly cactus-like appearance. Hoodia gordonii feature large, creamy pink blossoms on the tops of their prickly stems. Tribal African bushmen have been utilizing hoodia gordonii for hundreds of years to reduce hunger while on lengthly hunting and gathering trips. It’s also reported that they ate hoodia to relieve pain as well. Only available in the United States since 2004, the only authentic hoodia gordonii on the market comes from the Western Cape of South Africa in the Kalahari desert. There are several varieties of hoodia but only the gordonii type possesses weight-loss properties. There are no adverse sid...

By Barbara Cronin What laymen (or even a trained medical professional) would have bet that the deficiency of one common vitamin could plague the modern world today? With all the awe-inspiring medical breakthroughs and technology one would imagine that we had the Vitamin D problem well taken care of by now. However, Dr. Michael Holick proposes a groundbreaking theory that much of human disease and pain is a result of the lack of this vital nutrient as discussed in his book “The Vitamin D Solution.” In this amazing, eye opening look at the role of Vitamin D in our lives both today and throughout history, Dr. Holick takes the reader step-by-step, with easy to understand words for grasping a true understanding of the important and extremely vital role Vitamin D plays in our lives. Discover why most of the Western world is deficient in Vitamin D despite our access to the best medical care in the world as well as the healthiest nutritional choices. Compare our lack of Vitamin D to the norma...

There are tens of thousands of people who are affected by asthma in their lives. Because of the large number of people who are affected there are also a large number of that are urban legends. Is it fact or is fiction? You may be surprised by the answers. Myth about asthma number one: Asthma is all in your head. FALSE! Although asthma was once treated as a psychological illness, researchers and scientists have proven that asthma results in consistent physical changes in the bronchioles and alveoli of the lungs. Doctors were once slow to treat asthma. Unfortunately even mild asthma, left untreated, will result in pulmonary hypertension and heart damage. Although asthma is exacerbated by psychological triggers such as emotional stress it is not caused by the emotional stress. Myth about asthma number two: Asthmatics out grow their condition. FALSE! Asthma is a condition that is not outgrown and not cured. In fact there are adults who develop asthma after the age of 20. Asthma can be cont...