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Everyday Health Tips for
Healthy Living
Tip 1. Colour Therapy:
A Basic Guide to Putting Colour in Your Health Are you suffering nervous
tension, ulcers, sexual disorders, hay fever, colds, or even cancer? Consider
colour therapy. This evening is an ideal time to begin putting your tensions
away by enhancing your environment with the colour green. Green gently relieves
tension and mildly sedates the body. It strengthens eyesight. Being highly
medicinal and depressive, green is of great help in the treatment of
inflammatory conditions. How can be sure to get benefits of green. One method of
colour therapy is simple: Just be sure to eat green foods. Eat any of the green
vegetables and fruits such as gourds, spinach, plantain, lettuce, pea, green
mango, gooseberry, pears, and beans.
Tip 2. Recognize the Problem with Conventional
Treatments,
The Example of Tonsillitis The treatment of the tonsillitis on the lines of
modern medical system by means of painting and spraying is both harmful and
suppressive. It does not help to rid the system of the toxins, which are the
root of the trouble. In fact it forces these toxins back into the system, which
may cause more serious trouble later on. The correct way to treat the disease is
to cleanse the system of toxic waste through proper dietary and other natural
methods. To begin with, the patient should fast for three to five days by which
time serious symptoms would subside. Nothing but water and orange juice should
be taken during this time. The bowels should be cleansed daily with a warm water
enema during the period of fasting. A cold pack should be applied to the throat
at two-hourly interval during the day. The procedure is to wring out some linen
material in cold water, wrap it two or three times around the throat and cover
it with some flannelling. The throat may be gargled several times daily with
neat lemon juice. Gargle made from the fenugreek seeds is very effective in
severe cases. To make such a gargle, two tablespoonful of fenugreek seeds should
be allowed to simmer for half an hour in a litre of water and then set aside to
cool. The entire quantity should be used as a soothing gargle in a day with
beneficial results.
Tip 3. Use the Recovery Diet:
The Example of the Recovery Diet for Tonsillitis After the acute
symptoms of tonsillitis are over, the patient should adopt an all-fruit diet for
further three or four days. In this regimen, three meals of fresh, juicy fruits
such as apples, grapes, grapefruit, oranges, pears, pineapple, peaches and melon
may be taken. The juice of fresh pineapple is most valuable in all throat
afflictions of this kind. After the all-fruit diet the patient may gradually
embark upon a well-balanced diet on the following lines:
• Breakfast: Fresh fruits, or grated raw carrot or any
other raw salad, and milk. Prunes or other dried fruits may be added, if
desired. •
Lunch: Steamed vegetables, as obtainable, and whole wheat chapattis. Vegetables
likes bitter gourd and fenugreek are especially beneficial.
• Dinner: A good-sized raw salad of vegetables as
obtainable, sprouts seeds as mung beans and alfalfa seeds, whole meal bread and
butter or cottage cheese.
Raw vegetable juices are
also valuable in the treatment of tonsillitis. Juice of carrot, beet and
cucumber taken individually or in combination are especially beneficial.
Remember to use three parts carrot juice to one part beet and one part cucumber.
Tip 4.
Anti-Aging Cures:
The Example of Lecithin To stay young, take lecithin.
Besides reducing the cholesterol level in the blood, there is mounting
scientific evidence to suggest several other benefits from lecithin. It has been
suggested that its intake in sufficient amounts can help rebuild those cells and
organs which need it. Lecithin helps to maintain their health once they are
repaired. It may mean that a deficiency of lecithin in the diet may be oneof the
causes of ageing and that its use may be beneficial in retarding the ageing
process. Edward R. Hewith in his book, The Years Between 75 and 90 says," with
older people the fats remain high in the blood for from five to seven hours and
in some cases as long as 20 hours, thus giving the fats more time to become
located in the tissues. If lecithin is given to olderpeople before a fatty meal,
it has been found that the fats in the
blood return to normal in a short time,in the same way
they do in younger people."
Tip 5. Getting to Know the Basic
Concepts of Human Nutrition:
The Example of Potassium Potassium deficiencies are associated with breathlessness, fatigue, insomnia and
low blood sugar. Potassium is essential for healthy heart muscles. Nuts and
unrefined grains are good sources of potassium. Calcium is a natural sedative.
Deficiencies can cause fatigue, nervousness and tension. Dairy products, eggs,
almonds, and soyabeans are rich sources of calcium. Magnesium is known as
nature's tranquilliser and is associated with the prevention of heart attack.
Deficiencies may lead to excitability, irritability, apprehension and emotional
disorders. Magnesium is also necessary for absorption of calcium and potassium
and is foundin many fruits, vegetables, seeds, dates and prunes.
Tip 6. Get to Know Basic Diet Concepts:
The Example of How Fibre in the Diet LowersCholesterol in the Blood The
amount of fibre in the diet also influences the cholesterol levels and LDL
cholesterol canbe lowered by taking diets rich in fibres. The most significant
sources of dietary fibre are unprocessed wheat bran, whole cereals such as
wheat, rice, barley, rye; legumes such as potato, carrot, beet and turnips;
fruits like mango and guava and green vegetables such as cabbage, lady's finger,
lettuce and celery. Oat bran is especially beneficial in lowering LDL
cholesterol. Expect effects of 8 to 15 mg/dlafter consuming 30 g of oat bran
each day for 30 days.
Tip 7. Get to Know Vegetarian Principles Example:
To Lower Blood Pressure, Be Faithfully Vegetarian Vegetables are also good
for the patient of hypertension. They should preferably be taken raw.If they are
cooked, it should be ensured that their natural juices are not burnt in the
process of cooking. Vegetables like cucumber, carrot, tomatoes, onion, radish,
cabbage and spinach are best taken in their raw form. They may be cut into small
pieces and sprinkled with a little saltand the juice of a lemon added to them so
as to make them more palatable.
Tip 8. Get to Know Healthy Kitchen Practices
Example:
Foods That Require Careful Cooking Certain foods, especially if they are not
properly cooked, cause indigestion. Some people react unfavourable to certain
foods like beans, cabbage, onions, cucumber, radishes and seafood. Fried foods
as well as rich and spicy foods often cause abdominal discomfort and gas, and
aggravate the existing condition. What are some other important considerations?
• Excessive smoking and intake of alcohol can also cause stomach upsets.
• Constipation may interfere with the normal flow of ingested matter through
the gastro-intestinal tract, resulting in gas and abdominal pain.
• Drinking too much water with meals, insomnia, emotions such as jealousy,
fear andanger and lack of exercise are among the other causes of indigestion.
Tip 9. (Basic Healing Principles)
Control Inflammation with Cold For controlling inflammation, use the
cold compress. This is a local application using a cloth that has been wrung out
in cold water. The cloth should be folded into a broad strip and dipped in cold
water or ice water. The compress is generally applied to the head, neck, chest,
abdomen and back. The cold compress is an effective means of controlling
inflammatory conditions of the liver,spleen, stomach, kidneys, intestines,
lungs, brain, pelvic organs and so on. It is alsoadvantageous in cases of fever
and heart disease. The cold compress soothes irritations of thedermis and
inflammations of external portions of the eye. When the eyeball is affected, the
coldcompress should follow a short fomentation.
Tip 10 (Basic Healing Principles)
Control Pain with Heat For relieving pain, use the hot
compress. This is a cold compress covered in such a manner as to bring warmth. A
heating compress consists of three or four folds of linen cloth wrung out in
cold water which is then covered completely with dry flannel or blanket to
prevent the circulation of air and help accumulation of body heat. The hot
compress sometimes applied for several hours. The duration of the application is
determined by the extent and location of the surface involved, the nature and
thickness of the coverings and the water temperature. After removing the
compress, the area should be rubbed with a wet cloth and then dried with a
towel. A heating compress can be applied to the throat, chest, abdomen, and
joints. A throat compress relieves sore throat, hoarseness, tonsillitis,
pharyngitis and laryngitis. An abdominal compress helps those suffering from
gastritis, hyperacidity, indigestion, jaundice, constipation, diarrhoea,
dysentery and other ailments relating to the abdominal organs. The chest
compress also known as chest pack, relieves colds, bronchitis, pleurisy,
pneumonia, fever, cough and so on, while the joints compress is helpful for
inflamed joints, rheumatism, rheumatic fever and sprains
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