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Natural Cure by Ayurveda and Herbs
Ayurveda is perhaps the oldest system of health care in the
world and originates from the Indian subcontinent. Ayurveda is
based on scientific principles of diagnosis and treatment. It
differs from conventional medicine in the basic principles...
The Calcium and Weight Loss Link Uncensored
Question:
What has calcium and weight loss got to do with tiny glands
found inside your thyroid ?
Give Up ?
Well, apparently some think it has a lot to do with it.
Quite recently you might have heard...
The True Meaning of Alternative Medicine
Many people who are suffering from disease or pain have thought about trying the alternative medicine route. Before you try alternative medicine, you may want to learn a bit about it. There are a lot of different types of alternative medicine and...
The Year Of Happiness
I have decided to declare 2004 as the YEAR OF HAPPINESS for me. What about you? Yes, you can also do so! Anyone living in any part of the world has the right to be happy and enjoy every moment of his/her life. There is no harm in declaring the...
What do you need to know about schizophrenia
What is schizophrenia?
Schizophrenia is an incurable mental illness. It is taken to be a psychotic disorder that makes the person unable to link thought, emotion and behavior. This leads to a withdrawal from his personal relationships and reality....
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Discover the Truth About Apple Cider Vinegar Remedies
I was reviewing an ebook on vinegar remedies and uses recently,
and came across some surprising assertions. Despite the ebook
author claiming that vinegar was not a cure all, the list of
complaints vinegar supposedly fixed was astounding. Almost as
astounding as the rationale behind using vinegar to fix said
complaints.
Apart from the evils of satisfying one's 'debased' taste buds
over nourishing the body - which is apparently the cause of all
of modern man's ills. The author suggest we start looking to
'natural resources' that have been used in the days before
Christ. Apparently that was a bit of a turning point
nutritionally.
Anyway, sunshine, water and air aside, its all herbs, honey, and
homebrews. These are the antidote to the 'unnatural chemical
compounds' that are plaguing us. Hmmm - that must be why we our
ancestors lived about double the life span that we do. Oh, I'm
sorry, its we who live on average twice as long as our
ancestors...
It would be lovely if we could explain away the plethora of
chronic and acute illnesses that affect so many people. There is
no doubt that in some cases nutritional choice has played a
causative or aggravating factor in a person's ill health. But
people who follow very healthy, natural diets also get sick.
People who exercise still have heart attacks. The answer is not
always simple, nor is it always to be found by glorifying folk
remedies or taking complex Oriental classification systems and
treatments out of context. Which is not to say there is not some
value, for certain things, in either traditional medicine, or
folk remedies.
But giving herbal treatments, or folk remedies, the veneer of
pseudo science, does not help anyone.
The author of this ebook stated that 'a number of outstanding
authorities' have proven the 'therapeutic' value of using apple
cider vinegar for complaints ranging from obesity to arthritis
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without naming said authorities. And the chief rationale behind
apple cider vinegar's supposed wide ranging value is that, like
apples, it contains Phosphorous, Chlorine, Potassium, Sodium,
Magnesium, Calcium, Sulfur, Iron, Fluorine, Silicon, plus many
trace elements. And, Potassium.
Now, apple cider vinegar may in fact contain all of these
things. It certainly does contain potassium, but only very small
amounts - about 15mg per tablespoon as compared to 159mg per
apple, or 288mg for 10 rings of dried apple. Cider vinegar has
no sodium, no magnesium, and about 1mg of calcium and
phosphorus. Hardly noteworthy. But that doesn't stop the book
promoting apple cider vinegar as encouraging the health of veins
and capillaries, and therefore heart health and blood pressure.
And whilst we're at it, it helps the blood clot better, though
there is no explanation as to this mechanism. By this rationale,
tomorrow it will help colonize mars. Presumably in the same
mysterious way as it stores the fiber this ebook attributes
cider vinegar as having.
But just as apple cider vinegar in fact has no fiber - unlike
apples - so cider vinegar is not nearly as miraculous or
mysterious as the ebook's logic. Vinegar may in fact have
promise in cleaning without having to resort to harsh chemicals.
And in may also be beneficial for some health purposes. But it
does not do nearly as much as is claimed. And by creatively
linking it to every ailment imaginable, it serves to turn herbal
remedies into a bad joke. Mars anyone?
About the author:
Rebecca Prescott presents practical herbal remedies and
naturopathic approaches to health at her website, www.vitaminstohealth.com. Examples include
this article presenting popular home remedies
for a toothache.
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