Immune System

Vitamin C: Researches, Benefits, Usage

June 4, 2011 By admin 1 Comment

Vitamin C or Ascorbic Acid"We're conducting research projects that explore the role of vitamin C in cardiovascular disease, cancer, HIV infection, cataracts, skin health and other physiological and pathological conditions," says Stephen Lawson, chief executive officer of the Linus Pauling institute. Linus Pauling is dead at the age of 93 from cancer. But at the Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine in Palo Alto, California, and in research labs across the country, his scientific … [Read more...]

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Vitamin E: Researches, Benefits, Usage

June 4, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

Vitamin EVitamin E may effectively show to be one of the most potent nutrients on the encounter of the earth. Research indicates that it combats cardiovascular disease, helps prevent most cancers, reduces the respiratory system troubles as well as improves the immune system's potential to protect against infectious condition. This may also avoid a few of the destruction which diabetic issues gives the entire body, specifically towards the eyes.How does a simple vitamin achieve such complex … [Read more...]

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Vitamins For Dermatitis: Ending the Irritation

May 28, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

When a husband or wife overreacts at home, the pot roast can end up in the petunias. When your immune system overreacts to an irritant, you get dermatitis.Dermatitis is simply your immune system flashing its message—“I’m irritated”—on your skin in the form of an itchy red rash. And it doesn’t take much to irritate some folks’ skin. Culprits include things such as nickel and latex and even certain foods. And such outbursts occur fairly often: 10 percent of all children suffer from … [Read more...]

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Vitamin C, Infections, Common Cold

May 4, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

The idea that vitamin C supplementation might be of benefit against colds achieved wide popularity in the 1970s when Linus Pauling wrote a best-selling book titled "Vitamin C and the Common Cold". Linus Pauling was a prominent chemist who won two Nobel prizes. Whether or not vitamin C helps prevent or cure the common cold remains a matter of great controversy. While supplementary vitamin C has not been confirmed to lower the incidence of colds, vitamin C consumed in fruits and vegetables is … [Read more...]

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Vitamins B: Vitamins For Energy

May 3, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

The B vitamins were identified and isolated early in the twentieth century when refined grains were first found to cause deficiency diseases. The B vitamins work so closely together that it is hard to tell which individual B vitamin is missing when a deficiency occurs. The B vitamins need to be taken together in food or in supplements. Thеу аrе water soluble аnd include thе following vitamins: thiamine (vitamin B1), riboflavin (vitamin B2 аnd vitamin G), niacin (vitamin B3 аnd vitamin P … [Read more...]

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Deficiencies Of Vitamins

May 3, 2011 By admin 2 Comments

If you don't get a particular vitamins for a long time, you develop a deficiency. If the deficiency goes on long enough, you get a deficiency disease. The classic example of a deficiency disease is scurvy, caused by a lack of Vitamin C. Long before you start having any of the signs of a deficiency disease—and long before the deficiency shows up in the usual medical tests—you could be marginally deficient in a vitamin or mineral. Here's very good example: Many older adults are marginally … [Read more...]

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Andrographis For Cold And Heart Disease

May 1, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

Within the last ten years, the little-known concentrate of andrographis happens to be widely used at Scandinavia for a treatment for the common cold. It truly is commencing to come to be to be found in the United States along with Great Britain at the same time. Andrographis is a shrub found throughout India and other Asian countries that is sometimes called "Indian echinacea." It has been used historically in epidemics, including the Indian flu epidemic in 1919 during which andrographis was … [Read more...]

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Vitamins For Diabetes

March 24, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

Natural Treatment Of Diabetes: Researches, BenefitsWhat You Must Know About DiabetesMost of us know that people with diabetes have problems with too much sugar in their bodies. But there's a bit more to be aware of in understanding this complex disease. For one thing, diabetes comes in two different forms.Type I diabetes, formerly called juvenile diabetes, results from a lack of insulin, the hormone that allows cells to take up glucose circulating in the bloodstream. Glucose is the simple … [Read more...]

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Vitamin B6: Researches, Benefits, Usage

March 6, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

Vitamin B6 or Pyridoxine"Vitamin B6 is as important to your body as oxygen and water," says Dr. Ellis. "Except it takes six weeks for B6 to get functioning in there like it should."For more than 30 years, learning about Vitamin B6 has consumed much of John Marion Ellis's life. This retired M.D. from Mount Pleasant, Texas, has conducted studies and written papers about it. He has assembled notebooks containing the latest clinical findings. And of course, both he and his wife faithfully … [Read more...]

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Magnesium Can Offer Effective Allergy And Asthma Relief

February 16, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

We all know that magnesium is required to help build strong bones, but many don't know that the body needs adequate levels of this trace mineral to function properly. Magnesium in food is lost when it is refined, so chances are if you aren't taking mineral supplements then you are very likely low and could easily be deficient. If you have asthma, find out how increasing your intake can make a big difference to your general health and fitness, offer asthma relief and even prevent allergy and … [Read more...]

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The Amazing Health Benefits of Triphala

December 9, 2010 By admin 2 Comments

Triphala, an Ayurvedic herb, has many major health benefits for preventing aging, cancer, weight loss, digestive problems and more.Triphala is actually made up of three fruits - Amalaki, Haritaki and Bibhitaki, which correspond to the three doshas (Vata, Pitta and Kapha), and are equally effective for treating all three. Vata (wind/air) works with the mind and nervous system, Pitta (fire) works with metabolic processes of digestion and assimilation, and Kapha (water/earth) connects to … [Read more...]

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Anti-Stress Vitamin B1 Thiamine

December 3, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

Vitamin B1 or Thiamine, a vital human nutrient belongs to the Vitamin B complex. It plays an important role in maintaining a healthy nervous and cardiovascular functioning of the body.Vitamin B1 is one of the eight water-soluble vitamins in the B complex family. It helps in the conversion of carbohydrates into glucose, which in turn is used to produce energy for carrying out various body functions. Vitamin B1 is required for the breakdown of fats and protein. In addition to these vitamins … [Read more...]

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Attain Optimum Cholesterol Through Ayurveda Herbs

November 7, 2010 By admin 1 Comment

In this day and age, too much fuss has been created about high cholesterol levels and the numerous health hazards associated with it. People have actually started having apprehensions about the very mention of the word cholesterol. But it is not just the high cholesterol that is hazardous, extremely low levels of cholesterol can be as equally unhealthy. However, cholesterol is not something bad that should be wiped out of your body. It is all about attaining the optimum and well-balanced levels … [Read more...]

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Amla – Benefits Of Amla In Human Life

November 6, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

Amlaoften referred to as Indian gooseberry, is one of the richest known sources of vitamin C it contains 30 times the amount found in oranges making it useful for treating throat and respiratory tract infections. Not only is amla fruit revered by Ayurvedic (ancient Indian) practitioners, extensive research is revealing that it is beneficial in preventing and treating many conditions including stress, hay fever, arthritis, cataracts, and even cancer...Chinese researchers have … [Read more...]

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Ashwagandha- Important Herb Used in Ayurveda

September 5, 2010 By admin 2 Comments

Ashwagandha,also known by names such as winter cherry, Ashgandh, Achuvagandi, Amikkira-gadday, Amkulangkalang, Amukkira-kilzhangu, etc; has been used for 4,000 years plus in India.The name comes from the peculiar odor of this herb, smell akin to that of a sweaty horse. Aswagandha is an erect branched shrub with a greenish or lurid yellow flowers. Aswagandha in India is akin to ginseng in other parts of the orient. Both are touted for their longevity enhancing and sexually stimulating … [Read more...]

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