Thursday, July 8, 2010

Heartburn and Indigestion: Is too much Stomach Acid the Cause?

Have you ever experienced the discomfort of heartburn or indigestion? Most people would assume that gastric acid is the cause and immediately resort to antacids, but this may not be the right thing to do.

To understand the cause of your heartburn or discomfort, it’s important to know what is happening within your stomach. Gastric juice is secreted from tiny glands lining your stomach’s walls. The main component of this gastric juice is hydrochloric acid (HCl) that fulfills two important roles:

      1. HCl acts as the first line of defense against food-borne pathogens (e.g. bacteria, fungi, and parasites)

      2. It activates pepsin, the enzyme responsible for breaking down food proteins into peptides.

Your gastric juices normally have a pH of at least 1 to 2. These juices are very acidic (the pH scale is from 0 to 14), but your gastric fluid needs to be this acidic so as to destroy food and water-borne bacteria and other harmful pathogens, such as Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori).

It should be noted that most peptic ulcer disease is attributable to H. pylori, a common stomach bug that thrives in less acidic environments.

Other components of your gastric juices also play an important role when it comes to the protection of your stomach and your health in general. For example, pepsin works in conjunction with HCl to ward off infections (including H. pylori and E. coli).

In order for you to attain optimal stomach health, you need to strive for a gastric juice pH of below 2.5. This will give you maximum protection against common threats posed by pathogenic (disease causing) micro-organisms that can make you ill.

The antacid industry is booming. Most people start popping antacids when they get heartburn or indigestion. But is this the right thing to do?

Prolonged use of antacids could have serious implication for your stomach health. Antacids neutralize the acid in your stomach and this will affect your levels of HCl and pepsin, both of which are essential to your health. Clearly, antacids are not the solution to the problem.

Most people do not know this, but very often the heartburn and indigestion you have is the result of dehydration. Quite often, the pain you experience is your body’s cry for help. It needs water. You should be drinking water on a regular basis throughout the day.

If your increased water intake is not the solution to the cause of your heartburn or indigestion problem, then you should consider taking natural supplements that will help optimize the pH of your stomach. Talk to your local health to see what they recommend.

But remember this: Many of the digestive problems that you have do not stem from an excess of HCl, but rather a deficiency of HCl. Popping more antacids is not the solution to your heartburn and indigestion problems, and you do not want to unnecessarily be adding any more toxins to your body.

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Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Genome Multiplex: The Solution to a Better Tomorrow

Genome Multiplex, a natural compound, was specially formulated to help balance the HPA axis.

Genome Multiplex can benefit you in so many ways. Persons taking Genome Multiplex have reported the following benefits: Increased energy, Improved memory, Improved sexual function, Increased lean muscle mass, Improved blood pressure, Reduced body fat, Improved mood, Reduction of pain from arthritis and Decreased blood sugar. The list goes on.

Genome Multuplex: The Solution to a Better Tomorrow

A balanced HPA axis is crucial to disease prevention, good health and vitality, and longevity. The use of a powerful natural product such as Genome Multiplex can play a major role in helping your body back to a state of homeostasis.

If miscommunication between our cells is part of the reason for progressive aging and disease, you can now understand why our organs begin to fail as we age. On the other hand, if we can improve cellular signaling as we age, we will be able to better support our cells, tissues and organs. Our bodies will function better and our health and well-being will improve. When hormones are restored to more youthful levels, cellular signaling improves, homeostatic balance is reinstated and cell receptor site sensitivity is improved.

And this is precisely what Genome Multiplex seeks to do!

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You can watch the following videos on Genome Multiplex:

Genome Multiplex and Adrenal Stress

Genome Multiplex – Your Antiaging Solution

Genome Multiplex – Optimal HPA Axis Support

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Salt Crystal Lamps - Do They Work?

Himalayan salt crystal lamps have been used for centuries for their reputed health benefits, but do they work? According to many health experts, salt rock lamps offer a myriad of health benefits.

THE SCIENCE

From a scientific perspective, this is how salt crystal lamps work.

The atomic structure of crystal salt is bound electrically, not molecularly, and this enables the salt crystal to change back and forth from a crystalline to a liquid state.

Salt crystal lamps offer a myriad of health benefits.

The heat of the bulb in the salt crystal lamp creates a higher surface temperature than the surrounding air in the room. This attracts water molecules in the cooler surrounding air, resulting in condensation on the surface of the salt rock crystal. This process enables the electrically bound sodium chloride mineral to split into independent (positive) sodium and (negative) chloride ions.

Once the water molecules evaporate, the sodium and chloride ions revert to their crystalline mineral form. This natural ionization process takes place over and over again, invisible to the eye, and does not affect the quality of the salt crystal.

When lit by a small light bulb of 15 watt or less, a rock crystal salt lamp emits an electrical charge that releases healthy negative ions into the air. These negative ions kill bacteria, molds, mildews and spores, odors, cigarette smoke, chemical gases, pet odors, pollens, dust and dust mites, animal dander, viruses, static electricity, carbon monoxide, and much more.

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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Healthy Living Tips and Advice

Most of us want to be healthy, but because of work commitments or raising a family, we simply don’t have the time to educate ourselves. Nor do we have the time to do the required research necessary to adopt a healthier lifestyle.

Fortunately, others have done the work for us. If you don’t like to read, take advantage of the healthy living videos by clicking on the link.

You can also follow the HealthyLivingTips channel on YouTube.

If you prefer to read, you will find many healthy living articles by clicking on the link.

The resources mentioned above are full of healthy tips and advice that will enable you make healthy choices for disease prevention and overall good health.

To your better health!

Saturday, June 19, 2010

Antiaging Nutritional Supplement

Discover How to Reverse Those Age-related Diseases
and Illnesses With a Nutritional Supplement that
Supports True Antiaging

We are all searching for the Holy Grail, an antiaging nutritional supplement that will turn back the hands of time. True anti aging can only occur at a cellular level. Read further and you will discover how it is possible to reverse those age-related diseases and illnesses with a nutritional supplement that supports true antiaging.

The key to living healthy as you age resides with your hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (or HPA axis as it is generally known), but before we discuss the importance of the HPA axis in more depth it would be a good idea to put things in perspective so that you fully appreciate how our bodies function.

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Genome Multiplex is a natural antiaging supplement that assists in bringing balance to the HPA axis. This in turn helps the endocrine system to achieve homeostasis and operate efficiently. The endocrine system then secretes hormones at more youthful levels resulting in improved cellular signaling. In this manner we are able to support the age-reversing process at a cellular level that ultimately translates to an improvement in longevity, vitality, health and wellness, and true antiaging.

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Adrenal Stress: The HPA Axis is the Key

Adrenal stress is a term that describes a set of symptoms related to the way your body manages stress. Stress is a part of your daily life. Some stress is good, some stress is bad. You’ve probably heard this expression before: Stress is a killer. Well, it’s not quite correct. It’s not stress that kills us, but rather our inability to adapt to it.

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We live in a fast-paced world. We constantly push our minds and bodies to the limit working long hours, fighting endless traffic on the roads, dealing with family-related issues, coping with financial problems, eating fast food on the run, etc.

With the combined effects of a decrease in the quality of our food sources (depleted soils, GMO food production and processed foods), environmental pollution and the emotional stress induced by our fast-paced lives, our bodies are finding it harder and harder to successfully adapt and maintain metabolic equilibrium.

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Sunday, June 6, 2010

Processed Meat is a Serious Health Risk

Salt and chemical preservatives appear to be the problem!

A recent study has revealed that eating bacon, sausage, hot dogs and other processed meats can raise the risk of heart disease and diabetes. The study focused on the link between eating processed and unprocessed red meat and the risk of heart disease and diabetes.

Eating processed meat increases the risk of
heart attacks and diabetes

This study noted that eating unprocessed beef, pork or lamb appeared NOT to raise risks of heart attacks and diabetes.

The results of the study suggest that salt and chemical preservatives may be the real cause of these two health problems associated with eating meat.

Discover more by clicking here to watch the video.