Archive for the ‘Alternative Medicine’ category

Green Tea and Breast Cancer

December 8th, 2010

green tea F250x250 Green Tea and Breast CancerEven a few researches have shown that levels of antioxidants which contained in green tea can prevent breast cancer, but in fact a recent study concluded that green tea was not able to prevent this number one disease on women. In a previous study of animal and human cells, it is known that warm green tea can boost the immune system in order to ward off the cancer.

However, a recent study which involved 54 thousand women did not find any connection between green tea and breast cancer. In human studies, the result has indeed been quite accurate. This study is probably the first study that analyzes the benefits of green tea in a large scale. This study was analyzing the women who drank green tea at least once a week and who drank up to 10 cups per day. It turned out that there was no connection between green tea and the risk of breast cancer.

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Using Fish as A Therapy

August 7th, 2010

610x Using Fish as A TherapyFish therapy lately is very much developed, some therapy places are easy to find now and receive therapy services. Fish therapy uses a special type of fish that have been through research and it is believed to bring benefits to the human health. When endure fish therapy you must understand several things. Because it can be avoided possible problems can occur when there is a wrong procedure.

First, wash your feet first so that the germs on your feet do not contaminate fish ponds where the therapy is going take. Second, you need to calm down when the fish began to sting you like a small electric shock. Many benefits can be felt by the fish therapy that is health of the skin, because the fish would bite and replace dead skin cells and replace with new skin cells. Good luck.

The Importance of Water

July 24th, 2010

water 04 The Importance of WaterWater has an important role for health, fitness, concentration, and maintain the quality of life. Water also played a role in preventing various diseases, and optimize your physical abilities, because most of the human body contains liquid or water. Decrease 4 to 6 percent of the water in the body, will create headaches, dizziness and weak body.

Meanwhile, when it reached 12 percent of fluids that lost, then someone will be difficult to chew and need medical assistance. And more severe, if a person decreased water up to 15 to 25 percent, it would be fatal, because someone could have fainted. While the characteristics of a dehydrated person, for light dehydration such as, thirst, dry lips, dry throat, dry skin.

Apples Can Prevent Asthma and Allergies

May 15th, 2010

apples Apples Can Prevent Asthma and AllergiesApples which are eaten by women during pregnancy in fact can help to sprevent asthma and allergie on children. Flavonoid inside apples that provide these benefits. A new study examining foods of nearly 2000 pregnant women and checked the lung health of 1253 children at the age of 5.

Among the variety of foods that are eaten and recorded by pregnant women, only apple consumption that showed a consistent protection against asthma and shortness of breath. The children of pregnant mothers who eat more than 4 apples per week as much as 37% which had less history about shortness of breath and had 53% less of asthma after confirmed by the doctor, compared with mothers who ate one or no apples per week during pregnancy.

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