Detox Supplements: Down Syndrome and Vitamin Therapy by Kent MacLeod

Down Syndrome and Vitamin Therapy

This book is an absolute necessity for parents and doctors alike.  It explains:

• How and why antibiotics can cause harm to your child
• Safety issues surrounding vaccinations
• Reasons that children with Downs Syndrome should not undergo anesthesia unless absolutely necessary
• The connection between Down Syndrome and Alzheimer’s Disease
• Why a certain drug known to be a life-saver could be deadly to Down Syndrome children
• Five ways to help your child’s digestion
• Common nutrient or dietary deficiencies that could cause your child’s health to deteriorate

About the Author

Kent MacLeod is a world-renowned authority on nutrition and its influence on children with Down Syndrome.  He lectures across North America and Europe on this and other developmental disorders, focusing primarily on nutritional supplementation and its benefits for those suffering from these conditions.

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Detox Supplements: Health Benefits of Vitamin K2 by Larry M. Howard and Anthony G. Payne, Ph.D.

A Revolutionary Natural Treatment for Heart Disease And Bone Loss

Health Benefits of Vitamin K2: A Revolutionary Natural Treatment for Heart Disease And Bone Loss

Vitamin K is an important but largely overlooked element of good health.  It aids in the normal clotting of blood and helps form and maintain healthy bones.  Vitamin K2 is stored only in very small amounts in the human body, and certain drugs like antibiotics can cause a deficiency.  A certain type of Vitamin K, known as MK-7, is becoming more widely recognized as an effective natural treatment for both heart disease and bone loss.  This book explains how to get your daily dose of Vitamin K through diet and supplements.  It also covers dosage requirements and potential drug interactions.

About the Author

Larry M. Howard is a former teacher and therapist who later became president of companies specializing in nutritional foods and supplements.

Anthony G. Payne, Ph.D. works as a biological theoretician and science writer at the Steenblock Research Institute.

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How to Tell if You Have a Common Cold

The common cold is one the most common reasons people miss work. In fact, companies and businesses lose billions of dollars in lost work due to the cold every year. While a cold is not a serious illness, it certainly isn’t any fun to have one. Sometimes it can be hard to tell the common cold from other diseases with many similar symptoms like bronchitis, the flu, strep throat or a sinus infection. What symptoms do you look for to tell if it is a common cold that has you feeling bad?

Below are the common cold symptoms:

• a hacking cough accompanied by phlegm
• constant sneezing
• stuffy of runny nose
• pain in your throat
• pressure in your chest
• feeling tired and weak

Usually with a cold, you start to feel worse and worse over the next few days. However, symptoms like a high fever, chills and headaches are not usually associated with the common cold. Body aches rarely occur with a cold but instead occur with the flu.

You can expect your cold to go away in a week or two. Hopefully, you won’t even have it that long. If you still are having the symptoms of cold after two weeks, it’s best to see your doctor to rule out a more serious illness. You may also need to take antibiotics.

You should watch for symptoms like a high fever, blisters in your throat, or yellow or green discharge from your nose because these could indicate a more serious illness, not a common cold. If you have any of these symptoms, call your doctor.

Treatment for the Common Cold

There is no magic medicine that will make your cold go away. You can try some over the counter treatments and some homeopathic treatments that might help your cold go away faster and be less painful. Zinc is available in many over the counter medicines and is said to be helpful in fighting the common cold. Herbs like Echinacea, garlic and licorice are also said to be good cold remedies. You can treat some of the symptoms of your cold such as runny and/or stuffy nose and the cough with some commonly available medicines so at least you won’t feel as bad.

While you aren’t going to die from the common cold, you’ll sure feel awful when you have one. You can’t go to work, to school or even socialize with your friends and family. Drinking a lot of liquid and taking it easy are two of the best things you can do for the common cold.

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Probiotics: “Growing” Your Digestive Strength

You may have heard the term probiotics in the past but never really given any consideration to what they are or whether or not this is something that you should make a part of your life.

Let’s see what this is all about, shall we?

Probiotics are actually something that everyone can use because they have wide-reaching benefits that are scientifically proven to boost your health. For most people, probiotics will not only help you improve your current state of health, they will also prevent future conditions. Now that’s worth investigating!

Understanding Probiotics

Probiotics are essentially dietary supplements that provide the body with beneficial or “good bacteria.” Here’s the dictionary definition of probiotics:

“Live microorganisms, which when administered in adequate amounts, confer a health benefit on the host.”

In other words, there are “good bugs” and “bad bugs,” and probiotics are the good kind!

There are many different types of probiotics in use today with the most common being lactic acid bacteria. This is a common type of probiotic because of its ability to convert sugar and carbohydrates into lactic acid.

This probiotic called “lactobacillus” is present in many dairy product, and that’s why doctors often recommend that someone with gastrointestinal problems eat yogurt. This way, you get more “good bugs” in your intestines to fight off the “bad bugs.”

Here’s how it works: probiotics basically assist the body’s naturally occurring flora (good bacteria) to re-establish themselves. Doctors as well as nutritionists often recommend probiotic supplements after a patient has undergone antibiotic treatment since antibiotics tend to kill off the “good bugs” leaving you susceptible to illness.

Other reported benefits of probiotics:

• strengthens the immune system
• alleviates allergies
• eliminates toxins
• improves digestion
• fights off disease

Here’s an even simpler way to understand probiotics: you want to increase the body’s beneficial bacteria in the hopes of outnumbering the negative or harmful bacteria.

Amazingly, this simple principal has been shown to work time and time again, so if you’re going through any sort of medical treatments or struggling with your health in any way, it’s a good idea to take probiotics both as treatment and as preventative natural medicine.

Inside our body, there are little battles happening every day. Foreign bugs and invaders are constantly trying to take over, so the more beneficial bacteria we have, the better prepared our body will be to win the war!

Probiotics have been used for ages, dating back to the 1920’s and 1930’s before there was even a concrete understanding of what was taking place inside the body.

Today, it’s believed that these beneficial bacteria can even help with the tolerance of lactose, the prevention of colon cancer, lowering cholesterol and blood pressure, and reducing inflammation.

Probiotics have also been linked to improving mineral absorption and immune function, as well as helping to relieve diarrhea caused by the intake of antibiotics. Generally, probiotics have no negative side effects making them a great option in just about every case where better health is the goal.

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