Archive for the ‘natural treatment’ Category

update to reasons for high triglycerides

Update to reasons for high triglycerides  : My husband had his blood test about a month ago.  His total cholesterol was down to 200.  This a remarkable achievement.  His triglycerides had dropped from over 300 down to 139.  No medication was involved.  He simply stopped drinking Mountain Dew  and continued to take his fish oil. His [...]

March 19, 2010 · fitness blog · 101 Comments
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Crohn’s disease

My husband was recently diagnosed with Crohn’s disease.  This is a nasty little condition that apparently has no known cause but rather like arthritis appears out of nowhere.  I t is basically an inflammation of the digestive tract and can appear anywhere from your mouth downward.  In his case it seems to be confined to [...]

February 27, 2010 · fitness blog · 90 Comments
Tags: , , , , , ,  Â· Posted in: Colon health, Crohn's disease, diet, fish oil, Natural health, natural treatment, omega 3, supplements, type 2 diabetes

Taking charge of our health

I have heard concerns from many people over the amount of fish oil I am ingesting.  First, let me say that knowledgeable doctors have and do prescribe this on a regular basis.  As I mentioned Randall McCloy’s doctor, Dr. Bailes, consulted with Dr. Barry Sears , a leading expert in nutrition and prescribed 18 mg. [...]

January 5, 2010 · fitness blog · 28 Comments
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The miracle of fish oil

Since I was stricken last week with carbon monoxide poisoning,  I have been concerned about any damage to my brain.  As a result,  I have increased my intake of fish oil.  I normally take 2 or 3 pills but now I am taking 12 – 16 pills. I know this sounds like a lot but [...]

January 3, 2010 · fitness blog · 56 Comments
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Poor lifestyle habits and disease

 Poor lifestyle habits are responsible for the vast majority of the health problems most Americans are facing.  High blood pressure, high cholesterol, Type 2 diabetes and obesity are all around us and yet these illnesses are preventable and, if you have them, controllable.  The healthiest way to control them is by changing your eating and [...]

December 13, 2009 · fitness blog · 35 Comments
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New Year’s resolutions

It’s almost time for making New Year’s resolutions.  It your goal is to lose weight and get healthier, this year resolve to make a change that will get you the results you want.  Beachbody has all the tools, programs, and motivations to keep you going in the right direction. Exercise and healthy diet are not [...]

December 12, 2009 · fitness blog · 36 Comments
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Soft drinks as one of the reasons for high triglycerides

Several years ago, my husband, who can be the king of unhealthy, having grown up in a house where they ate eggs, bacon, gravy, and biscuits for breakfast nearly every morning, spent 2 months in the hospital with the worst case of acute pancreatitis that his doctors had ever seen. Acute pancreatitis is inflammation of [...]

August 19, 2009 · fitness blog · 52 Comments
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Lower your blood pressure and cholesterol naturally

It amazes me how many people take for granted that as you get older you will be on medication for high blood pressure and/or high cholesterol.  They think that it is an inescapable part of growing older. Doctors and pharmaceutical companies reinforce this with adverting.  Doctors even more so when the first thing they do [...]

August 4, 2009 · fitness blog · One Comment
Posted in: healthy diet, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, Natural health, natural treatment, Uncategorized, weight loss

Dealing With Lower Back Pain

At some point in their lives most people suffer from lower back pain. The pain can be mildly annoying to downright painful. In any case you need to find the best and safest way to treat or deal with the pain so that you can get on with your life in some normal fashion There [...]

July 5, 2009 · fitness blog · 91 Comments
Posted in: arthritis, back pain, joint care, middle age, natural treatment, seniors

Dieting vs. a healthy diet

Why is it that whenever I talk about my eating habits or turn down cake or doughnuts everyone assumes I am on a “diet”? Or they say “I need to get back on my diet”. I am not on a “diet” and they shouldn’t be either. Or should I say everyone has a diet. Some [...]

June 21, 2009 · fitness blog · 2 Comments
Posted in: diet, fat loss, healthy diet, natural treatment, weight loss