Media hoax exposed: Recent attack on vitamins is a fabricated scare campaign
Famous newspapers and media, including Time, USA Today, LA Times, and several newspapers and median in Croatia - 24 hours, and Index.hr Dnevnik.hr - all spread negative information on vitamins, minerals and dietary supplements.
Through a variety of sensational headlines they are trying to tell us that vitamins can kill us.
“Study links vitamins to higher death rates in women” - CTV
”Study: Vitamins may increase death risk in older women” - USA Today
”We've Been Wasting a Ton of Money on Vitamins and Dietary Supplements” - TIME
”Some common vitamin supplements could increase death risk” - MSNBC
The spring has come, the time to cleanse the body!
With spring comes the time of awakening, renewal and growth. The days get longer and the sun's rays become warmer.
The birds are singing happily, and the trees are preparing to bloom.
Following our instincts, we clean the house and open the windows wide to let the fresh spring air to enter our home.
In the rhythm of the spring, our body also wakes up and gets restored.
We may not realize it, but during winter toxins accumulate in our body. This is because in winter we exercise less, we go out less, we breathe less fresh air and we consume heavier food.
Achieve perfect health by exercising
It is a well known fact that the sport has a positive effect on human health.
However, in spite of existing knowledge about the importance of exercise, data on the percentage of people who engage in some form of physical activity in Croatia are devastating.
Research conducted at the University of Split has shown that only one in two male students is engaged in any form of sport activities, while only one in four female students is physically active.
Students participate in a sporting activity only once a week, which is insufficient to maintain their health at the desirable level.
Getting fat due to insufficient sleep?
If you don't have the time to sleep during the work week, you won't be able to compensate for the lack of sleep over the weekend however hard you try.
If you lose just 30 minutes of quality sleep and rest per night, your scale may show an increased weight after just one week. At the same time, your risk of developing diabetes type 2 may get higher.
These are the findings of a research conducted by the scientists of the Weil Cornell Medical College in Doha, Qatar, presented at the annual conference of the Endocrine Society in San Diego, USA.
The scientists and doctors studied 522 people recently diagnosed with diabetes type 2, following their sleep diaries, height, weight and waist circumference and noting the connection between their sleep and the other data.
Natural SPF – safe sunbathing without artificial sun lotions
Cosmetic industry offers us a variety of sunscreen products, many of which are harmful to our health.
It is good to know that there is a natural and safe alternative in the form of natural oils and minerals.
You can, by yourself, make natural products for sunbathing!
It will be just as effective as the most commercialized product on the market, but it will not contain any toxic ingredients.
Natural products for skin protection are especially recommended to people with the sensitive skin, people suffering from allergies and especially to children.
Vegetable oils and butters should be combined with natural minerals (zinc oxide, titanium dioxide or seaweed extract - Helioguard 365).
How to eat healthy and save money
Unfortunately, we are not all able to grow healthy food in our own garden.
With the increasing prices it is good to know where and what kind of food to buy.
Take time for serious shopping, allow yourselves trial and error.
In this way you will find out where you can make the best purchase.
If your city has more health food stores, find out who has the better deals for certain foods.
You will be surprised when you realize that in some expensive stores some items are costing less than elsewhere.
Fact: a common ingredient in bakery products is obtained from human hair that comes from China
In the times past, bread was made by hand from flour and water with the addition of yeast or sourdough.
The process of making bread lasted for hours, often through the night.
Today, the bakery products are made on the industrial lane.
The process of bread manufacture, from the moment the dough is made to packaging and selling the finished product, today lasts even less than 4 hours.
To achieve this, manufacturers use a variety of accessories - acidity regulators, flavor enhancers, colors and compounds for strengthening the dough and for preventing the formation of lumps.
All this is done to return lost taste and smell of bread, and to improve the damage done by its fast preparation.
Three recipes for buckwheat on your autumn table
Three recipes for buckwheat on your autumn table
You wish to surprise your close ones with the original and delicious food?
With a dish that is also healthy?
I suggest three recipes with buckwheat, which will amaze your family and warm them in this cold weather.
Alternative treatment of brain parasites
Brain parasites are not very common, but they are an extremely dangerous phenomenon.
Their presence in the brain can cause more than just the unpleasant symptoms like headache, dizziness and nausea.
Parasites in the brain can cause a life-threatening condition - cysts, inflammation of the brain, seizures, paralysis and death.
Do you find this story unreal?
But the presence of parasites in the brain is the actual fact that is confirmed by the established and the alternative medicine
Astragalus fights flu, relieves allergies and eliminates stress
Astragalus is a perennial plant from the Fabaceae family and it originates from China.
Astragalus is being used in traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of years, sometimes in combination with other herbs, for strengthening body's resistance against colds and flu.
In the West, astragalus became popular in the 80’s of the last century.
This plant is known in our parts as milk vetch, and in other parts of the world as bei qi, ogi, and huang qi.
There are more than 2,000 species of Astragalus, but only two species that are used for medicinal purposes are Astragalus membranaceus and Astragalus mongholicus.
With the growing interest in the astragalus, the number of investigations of this plant was significantly increased.
The danger of amalgam tooth fillings
Amalgam is being used for many years as a product for filling teeth damaged by cavities.
Tooth fillings made of amalgam are known as “silver fillings”.
Despite the known fact that “silver fillings” contain up to 50% of mercury, in most countries they are still considered as safe for human health.
Furthermore, many dentists give them priority because they are mechanically more resilient and are twice as lasting as white tooth fillings.
One of the advantages of amalgam tooth fillings is their price, which means they are available to anyone.
Practice Pilates and learn to control your body with your mind
Pilates is a system of exercises, which was developed at the start of the 20th century by a German athlete and trainer Joseph Pilates.
The man who created this type of training has given it a name Contrology because he believed that it was a way of exercise in which your mind controls the body.
The first pilates studio was opened in 1926th in New York.
No other physical activity has experienced a greater expansion in the past decade than Pilates.
From elitist activity reserved only for a narrow circle of people, Pilates has become an exercise for the masses worldwide.
Given all its benefits, it is not surprising that an increasing number of people are opting for this form of exercise.
Mulberry - the most powerful natural remedy at hand
Mulberry is somewhat forgotten, but delicious fruit that grows wild or planted.
In our region, we find it in black, red and white variety, while there is about one hundred varieties throughout the world.
Black mulberry, of all varieties, has the strongest aroma.
The fruit grows on same deciduous tree from Morus family, and mulberry leaves are known as food to silkworms.
Virgil wrote that mulberry is the smartest plant since it is the last one to develop buds and waits for warm weather.
In the past in the Valley of Neretva River mulberry wood was highly prized and was used for making barrels.
How to prevent motion sickness during the travel
Motion sickness during travel causes many problems to many of us.
See how you can fight with it in a natural way.
Motion sickness, sea sickness or kinetosis is actually quite natural reaction of the body to movement.
It occurs when multiple sensory systems of the body register movement in different ways.
For example, when we are in a cabin of a boat, on a plane or in a car, the sense of balance sends a message of movement, while the sense of sight sends a message of sitting.
Thus a conflict that causes unpleasant symptoms is created.
Your guide to alkaline foods
Our bodies digest almost everything that enters them.
The remains of food after digestion can be measured by pH.
It is determined by the chemical reaction of food eaten and by this method we can see if the food was acidic or alkaline.
As I mentioned, our bodies are naturally alkaline and we do not get pleasure from foods which are too acidic.
PH stands for the potential of hydrogen, which will indicate the acidity or alkalinity of certain foods, and that scale is from 0 to 14.
When food has a pH of 7, it means that it is neither alkaline nor acidic, and that the value is neutral.
All food that has a pH below 7 is acidic, while those with above 7 are alkaline.
Cleanse and rejuvenate your skin from the inside
Cleanse it, rejuvenate it, give it new strength and a quality foundation for its renewal and care with the help of the skin-friendly foods.
Learn which fruits and vegetables are essential for the skin care. Use them to make healthy juices for detoxification and include them in your everyday menus.
4 prescriptions for colon cleanse with psyllium husk
Psyllium or Indian plantago (Latin Plantago ovata) is one of the most effective herbs for maintaining and supporting good digestive health – naturally and painlessly.
It is an ideal ingredient for your body's spring detox, helping your body get rid of the toxins that have built up in the digestive tract and thereby reducing the risk of developing chronic diseases.
Psyllium effectively removes food residues that build up in the colon and may eventually become difficult or impossible to remove completely.
Psyllium seeds are coated with a substance called mucilage that swells or bulks up when exposed to water.
There is a fifteenfold increase in the volume, which stimulates the movement of material through the bowel, enhances the sensation of fullness (makes you feel fuller) and reduces hunger cravings.
Cleanse the lungs with deep breathing
Do you know the capacity of your lungs is 6 litres of air and that you breath in 9000 litres every day?
Still, it does not mean your lungs work at their full capacity.
Unfortunately, most people use only a part of their lungs because they apply shallow breathing, which prevents the oxygen from reaching all the parts of this vital organ.
If you don't use your whole lungs by not applying the deep breathing method and other methods that help the lungs, harmful substances may accumulate in them.
Detailed instructions for cleansing the liver the natural way according to Dr. Clark
The normal operation of the liver is critical for maintaining good health.
The irregular liver functioning may be the hidden cause of many diseases.
One of the most common causes of abnormal operation of the liver is known to all as stones.
Another cause is parasites that often affect the liver.
Cleansing the liver of stones is very easy.
There is a natural way of cleansing the liver with the help of olive oil and grapefruit juice, developed by Dr. Hulda Clark.
Ghee - Ayurvedic healing butter
Why use plain butter, when you can enjoy the benefits of ghee, which is its purified form?
Yoga teachers say that ghee protects joints, and Ayurvedic doctors recommend it for a variety of diseases - from indigestion to memory loss.
But what exactly is the golden liquid and how it differs from regular butter?
Ghee (rhymes with "see") is purified butter. It is produced by cooking butter at a low temperature. During cooking the water from the butter evaporates, while milk solids are separated and removed with a spoon.
Skin cleansing
There are many ways of detoxifying the body - cleansing the liver, kidneys, lungs, intestines etc.
However, sometimes we forget that the skin is our largest organ.
What's with that? Is there a way of detoxifying the skin?
Dry brushing is a technique that allows you to cleanse the skin while helping to detoxify the internal organs.
Method of dry brushing was introduced a Finnish doctor called Paavo Airola 30 years ago.
This method is popular today and is used in many spa salons and health centers.
The most healing plants in the world: hawthorn
Hawthorn is among the plants with the longest tradition.
The Chinese used it for making a fermented drink, and its remains were found in 9000 years old pots.
It is believed that it was an important plant in religious services.
Legend has it that Christ's crown of thorns was made from this bush.
Many other beliefs are tied to this plant and even myths like the one about it being used to destroy vampires.
Hawthorn in those times grew all around Europe, Asia, North America and the Mediterranean, but now it has spread throughout the world.
Horror: A woman woke up in the hospital while her organs were being harvested
Theory of hospitals that kill patients with a goal of taking their organs for transplantation was first developed in a Robin Cook's novel "Coma", which Michael Crichton adaptedused to make an excellent thriller.
It may no longer fictionbe fiction.
In mid-July ABCNews reported on the case of certain Colleen Burns, who was hospitalized at St. Joseph's Hospital in Syracuse.
Apparently, the woman woke up on the operating table moments before the surgeons would wanted to start extracting her organs for transplantation.
Astonished doctors immediately suspended the procedure.
The incident occurred because doctors wrongly pronounced Mrs. Burns dead after she overdosed on a cocktail of drugs.
Take in a deep breath, rejuvenate and - heal
We all know that breathing is the most important natural process.
The average person can live without food for about three weeks, without water for about three days and without oxygen for only three minutes!
Life begins and ends with breathing.
One of the major problems of modern man is irregular breathing, or the use of only 30-40% of their lung capacity.
This is one reason why our bodies get tired, why we have many diseases and a loss of energy and zest for life.
The small amount of oxygen which is brought into the body through improper breathing or so-called chest breathing causes the choking and cellular death, making the body start aging early.
Coenzyme Q10 - the energy of our body
Lately, we are hearing more and more about the strangely named food supplement called Coenzyme Q10.
Also known as CoQ10 or ubiquinone, this supplement has become popular in recent years.
But is it really so miraculous? Or is it yet another trend in the modern world of nutrition?
Coenzyme Q10 is a natural substance found in our body and helps convert food into energy.
Coenzyme Q10 was discovered in 1957 by Professor Fredrick L. Crane.
How to cure hyperactivity using natural remedies
Statistics show that almost every tenth child in the Western world is hyperactive.
Hyperactivity is a chronic problem that continues into adulthood for 50% of people.
Hyperactivity is a condition in which a person is abnormally active.
Hyperactive children have a constant need for movement. Find it difficult to sit still and quietly carry out their activities. They keep talking and it is impossible to stop them. They are very impatient – they can not wait.
Together with hyperactivity, attention deficit disorder is other problem children often have. This problem is called ADHD - attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder.
Alternative hemorrhoid treatment
Are you suffering from hemorrhoids - this insidious and painful problem?
Are you hiding it from others, because you are embarrassed to admit that you have them?
Are you doing nothing and you are waiting for them to disappear on their own?
You are not alone. Between 50 and 85 percent of people have experienced problems with hemorrhoids at least once during their lifetime.
Even though people do not often speak about them, hemorrhoids are the plague of the modern age.
Natural hair care
Hair is not only a part of our body.
It is a symbol of beauty, health, and even social status.
People who have a strong and beautiful hair immediately attract attention.
Who among us would not want to have that kind of hair?
Beautiful hair is not just a gift from heaven. In most cases it is the result of proper nutrition and a healthy lifestyle.
So, if you want to have shinny and strong hair, you have to nourish it with necessary nutrients every day.
A wonder called garlic
For thousands of years this miraculous herb cures a variety of ailments.
Homer wrote about it in the Odyssey as the "plant of salvation", in the Vedas it is described as "the holy divine herb and remedy."
Pharaohs gave garlic to slaves during the construction of the Cheops pyramid in order for them to have a strong, healthy and robust body for heavy physical work.
There is a story that garlic was the reason for the first known strike. Namely, during the construction of the pyramids, slaves stopped receiving garlic and they started a mutiny and stopped construction.
Dandelion green super-smoothie for liver cleansing
Help your liver - the "central lab" of your body which helps in the process of the metabolism, produces bile, stores iron and vitamines.
Another liver's duty is to eliminate the toxines from the body.
Spring is the ideal time for detoxification, especially of the liver, which from time to time requires rest, new strength and nutrients to regain its functions.
Here is a new recipe with time-tested foods which your liver loves.
Along with parsley, celery, orange and lemon, make this detoxifying beverage with dandelion leaves, an ideal natural food that spring offers you as an aid for numerous ailments.
Collard greens - Dalmatian treasure
Collard greens (Lat. Brassica oleracea acephala) are an herbaceous Mediterranean vegetable available in all seasons.
It is green in color and has a bitter-sweet taste. Although cultivated since ancient times, scientists have only recently discovered it contains a wealth of nutrients.
Its origins are unknown, but it was cultivated in the time of the pharaohs in ancient Egypt.
It was also used in the cuisine of ancient Greeks and Romans and in the parts of present-day Croatia people started cultivating it in the early fourth century. In Dalmatia, it has long been the most popular cabbage plant.
Today it is cultivated in gardens in Dalmatia - especially the hinterland, on islands and in Herzegovina, while we do not find much of it in the continental regions.
Why are bowel deposits and how to get rid of them naturally
How to enable a normal bowel function? Everyday bowel movement is not always a sign that the bowels are clean from deposits.
These are the remains of old, frequently hardened stool in the large intestine, that has been forming for years. It takes time and work to get rid of those deposits.
7 essential oils for natural asthma treatment
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways.
The inflammation causes swelling of the bronchi and thus prevents normal breathing.
According to the World Health Organization, 235 million people worldwide suffer from asthma.
The escalation of the disease has been caused by air pollution, sedentary lifestyle, infrequent trips to the nature, processed foods without nutritional value, low immunity and genetic predisposition.
Mild asthma is suppressed by conventional medicine with the use of inhalers, while strong bouts require medical attention.