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from my book (in progress) Type 2 diabetes is characterized by elevated blood sugars, either in the context of insulin resistance or an inability to produce insulin. However, elevated blood sugar can also be a problem for anyone especially heart patients. it is believed to be a major cause of ageing and various chronic diseases.
The X Zone online radio program and The ‘X’ Chronicles Newspaper, published monthly since 1992, is “the only North American Newspaper/Publication that covers the paranormal, parapsychology, new age spirituality and alternative medicine.” Here is the one- hour podcast interview with X Zone online radio host Rob McConnell and Letha. They discuss simple foods and herbs for stopping chronic pain, infection-prevention, the flu shot controversy, and how to support basic health and beauty naturally. Click for the Podcast
Take steps daily to help eliminate impurities, pollution, and stress that damage your health. Here are simple foods and herbs that can help. The photo above is Pu Erh tea sold in Chinese herb and food markets as a large round dried tea disc. Take a pinch of the dried tea, rinse it with boiling water in your tea pot. That awakens the flavor and warms your teapot. Then add water to steep the tea for 5 – 10 minutes.
This video filmed last fall in New York City’s Chinatown is posted at ConsumerEyes.com a major New York based Marketing Firm. It covers well-known and unknown Chinese herbs that protect health and well-being–from teas, mushrooms, and heart-protector herbs to snakes used for medicine.
The devil made you do it? The sugar skull is part of a Mexican celebration of the dead in early November, but it is our heritage as well. Sugar, corn syrup, processed sugars like maple syrup all hit the body like sugar, like poison according to new research from California. A recent study supports the idea that excess consumption of high fructose corn syrup is linked to an increase in risk factors for heart disease by increasing a type of cholesterol that can clog arteries. The University of California, Davis, study also indicated that calories from added sugars are different than those from other foods. Subjects had 25 percent of their caloric intake replaced with sweetened drinks. Nutritional biologist Kimber Stanhope was surprised to see that after only two weeks, “We found that the subjects who consumed high fructose corn syrup had increased levels of LDL cholesterol and other risk factors for cardiovascular disease.” . . .What can you do to reduce your sweet tooth? The Ayurvedic herb Gymnema sylvestra is recommended for diabetes, the support of healthy pancreas function, and for reducing your sweet tooth. Find Gymnema at Vitamin Shoppe.
Women tend to underestimate the importance of daily heart care. Heart trouble remains the most frequent killer of men and women and women at 65 are more likely to have heart trouble than men. Even if you don’t smoke, if you exercise, and practice ways to reduce stress –how many of us take the time?– even with that wise prevention, you still may be at risk. Most women do not recognize the early signs of heart trouble. They are different than those for men. We may have stiff shoulders, neck, pain in the arm or stomach discomforts. Here are important ways to stay stronger and help prevent heart discomforts. Asian herbal medicines are quite helpful for regulating cholesterol and heart rhythm. See articles at this website featuring the Ayurvedic herb arjuna and the herbal combination called HeartCare made by Himalaya herb company. Here are the main ingredients and how they work to protect heart health and circulation.
It is coming–Beijing fog–You may think it is just a bad-air day in Seattle or Los Angeles. Do your eyes water? Do you cough or feel short of breath? It is creeping, choking, and killing people as it comes. How can you avoid asthma, heart trouble, stroke, and depression resulting from heavy atmospheric pollution? Do you need more convincing evidence? Here are articles describing the problem. My answer is a natural approach using Asian herbs from your supermarket that are available online. Often what we need most for survival grows in our own backyard or is an everyday pleasure such as tea.
Recently I took part in a panel discussion, fund-raising event for the American Botanical Council. It was sponsored by “The Meaning of Tea” and Scott Hoyt, writer and film director of a colorful and informative tea documentary. The lavish event held in a Tribeca loft overlooking the Hudson River had tea beverages and hors d’oeuvres and lively discussion on the many health benefits of tea. One thing I learned was that a favorite digestive tea Pu-Erh, a red fermented tea produces natural statins (like the statin drugs but natural and safe) that protect against heart trouble and stroke. Here is a review of the tea event by a beautiful natural foods critic Sunara Weaters in her blog “My Life Runs on Foods.”
Serve them raw or lightly steamed – an anticancer, heart protector food. The bright red color of beets says a lot about their health benefits. Beets get their red color primarily from betalain antioxidant pigments. They are also a good source of vitamin C and manganese which are beneficial for the liver. The antioxidant in beets is not beta-carotene, but two different carotenoids lutein and zeaxanthin. These make beets important for eye health and vision. Beets also contain powerful nutrient compounds that help protect against heart disease, birth defects and certain cancers, especially colon cancer. Cooking reduces the effects of beets’ antioxidants. Dr. Bernard Jensen PhD recommends adding one tablespoon of grated raw beets on top of salads as a way to detoxify the liver and blood while supplying necessary iron.
This inexpensive dried culinary fungus (a form of mushroom) is called tree ear, cloud ear, and black fungus sold in Chinese supermarkets in plastic bags or online. It is a natural blood-thinner that reduces harmful cholesterol and protects blood vessel elasticity. If you have ever had Chinese hot and sour soup you have eaten this crunchy cooking ingredient. See the previous article on PAD. Peripheral Arterial Disease a common circulation problem in which the arteries that carry blood to the legs or arms become narrowed or clogged. The most common cause of PAD is atherosclerosis, often called “hardening of the arteries” a gradual process in which cholesterol and scar tissue build up, forming plaque that clogs the blood vessels. . Soak and cook (black fungus, cloud ear, tree ear) in soup, pasta, or oatmeal. This natural blood-thinner can help prevent heart trouble and stroke. Its action has been compared to warfarin (Coumadin) a drug used to inhibit the synthesis of clotting factors, thus preventing blood clot formation–without side-effects.
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