6 Simple Ways to Improve Your Liver Functioning

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By Christine . S

Posted Thursday, September 4, 2014 at 02:30pm EDT

Keywords: Improve Your Liver Functioning, liver, Ways to Improve Your Liver Functioning

The liver is enormously important to the body, but many people do not realize just how essential it is until something goes wrong. Its most important function is act as one of the body’s filters to help remove toxins such as pesticides, heavy metals or even the by-products of medicines from the body to help prevent dangerous build-ups of these substances. Nourishing the liver is simple to do and enormous health benefits can be reaped from it. Below are six ways to love the liver.

Hydrate
To help the liver drive toxins out of the body, drink 8-10 glasses of filtered water a day. Starting the day out with a glass of water with the juice of half a lemon added is also a great way to bolster the liver’s detoxifying functions. This is because the lemon juice stimulate the liver to make bile, which the body uses as a vehicle to get rid of unwanted substances.

Love Your Greens
Make sure to include plenty of liver-nourishing vegetables in the diet. These include leafy green vegetables, beets, cabbage, kale, arugula, collards and other similar veggies. That is why they often appear on the menu of a liver detox regimen. Sulfur-rich veggies like garlic, onions and broccoli will also boost liver function.

Massage
This might sound strange, but a little DIY massage can also improve liver health. Lying flat on the back, get comfortable and then gentle massage the portion of the abdomen below the right lower rib, where the liver and gallbladder are located. This will help improve circulation to the area.

Avoid Overburdening
Even for people leading a healthy lifestyle, the liver has a lot of work to do. Over-consumption of alcohol or use of over-the-counter pain killers can add substantially to its workload and causes problems like cirrhosis in the course of time. As a matter of fact, though, the number one cause of liver failure is not alcoholism but chronic use of pain killers, with acetaminophen being particularly notorious for this.

Take Liver-Nourishing Supplements
Apart from a healthy diet and lots of water, it is also possible to nourish the liver with the use of certain supplements. Try 45 mg of turmeric, 400mg of milk thistle or 400 mg of dandelion extract daily to keep the liver healthy and happy.

Eat a Mineral-Rich Diet
Optimum liver function is dependent upon adequate levels of a variety of minerals in the body. To achieve this, eat a mineral rich diet and/or use a multi-mineral supplement. If using a such a supplement, be sure to look for one which contain magnesium, calcium, potassium, copper, sodium, zinc, manganese, and iron.

None of these suggestions are complicated or expensive to do. However, the benefits from them to someone’s overall health can be enormous and have big effects on one’s immune system, energy levels and even longevity.

Thanks to :http://blogs.naturalnews.com/6-simple-ways-improve-liver-functioning/

Eat Some Garlic

Eat Some Garlic. In animal studies, garlic increased both testosterone levels and increased 

hormonal production of testosterone. Garlic’s secret ingredient for boosting testosterone is called allicin. It 

breaks down quickly, so it’s tough to get a good amount from a supplement. 

My favorite way to get garlic is to brew a bedtime elixir of four mashed garlic cloves steeped in eight ounces 

of hot water and flavored with the juice of a lemon. To ward off garlic’s tendency to make your breath smell 

“garlicky,” eat some neutralizing fennel seeds, like those served at Indian restaurants.

Rajgir a best nutrition grain ....from IE

http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/third-millennium-grain-highprotein-amaranth-is-rich-in-iron-calcium/1111172/0

 High-protein amaranth is rich in iron, calcium

Ishi Khosla : Sat May 04 2013, 16:05 hrs

Amaranth, commonly known as rajgira (king seed), ramdana (seed sent by God) and keerai, is regaining popularity in India. Believed to be of Indian origin, the grain is from America. Native to the ancient Aztec and Inca civilisations, amaranth was cultivated in the Andes mountains and in Mexico. With time, Amaranth faded into obscurity, as staple crops such as corn and wheat cultivation took over.

The American amaranth underwent a remarkable migration to Asia. In the last century, it became increasingly popular among hill tribes in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Tibet and China.

Considering its nutritional properties, it is not difficult to understand why it is called the "third millennium grain". One of the most striking features is its exceptionally high protein content and quality. Unlike most conventional grains such as wheat, rice and corn — which are low in lysine — amaranth contains a balanced set of essential amino acids, making it an unusually complete protein source among grains.

Considering its high protein content, it is categorised as a pseudo-cereal. However, due to its readily digestible starch, it has a high glycemic index. To obtain maximum benefits, it is best combined with nuts, seeds, pulses, legumes and vegetables. In addition, amaranth is a relatively a good source of cholesterol-lowering soluble fibre, calcium, iron, magnesium, zinc, vitamin A, C and several B vitamins. It contains about four times as much calcium as wheat and twice as much iron and magnesium. Flavonoids (such as rutin and some phenolic acids as gallic acid, p-Hydroxybenzoic acid and vanillic acid) with anti-oxidant effects also occur in amaranth seeds and sprouts. Amaranth is gluten-free and easy to digest.

The health benefits attributed to amaranth include decreasing plasma cholesterol levels protecting the heart, stimulating the immune system, exerting an anti-cancer activity, reducing blood glucose levels and improving conditions of hypertension and anaemia. In addition, it has been reported to possess anti-allergic and anti-oxidant properties. Most of these properties are explained by the presence of bio-active compounds. Unsaturated fatty acids in amaranth may contribute to cholesterol lowering effects. Being a good source of magnesium, which helps relax blood vessels and prevents constriction and rebound dilation, it helps fight migraines.

Research has suggested that the amaranth grain can be used in the development of non-allergenic food products, with an added potential for use in fighting allergies. Amaranth can be baked, steamed or cooked as a cereal, ground into flour, pop like corn, sprout or toast, added to salads, casseroles, stir-fries, desserts or can even thicken your soups and stews. Amaranth flour can be added to breads, rotis, flour mixes, cookies, porridge, health bar or as fillers, toppings and beverages. Sprouting these seeds further increases their nutritional value. Sprouted seeds can be added to salads or juices. Amaranth, the nutrient-rich grain makes an excellent choice for everyone, especially for individuals with gluten sensitivity, irritable bowel syndrome and wheat intolerance. Future research should be directed to epidemiological studies towards understanding the mechanisms of action and determining the minimum amount of amaranth that should be consumed in the diet in order to derive its benefits.

Does Less Housework by Women Lead to More Obesity?

Does Less Housework by Women Lead to More Obesity?

By Michael O'Riordan

Medscape Medical News

March 5, 2013 -- A new study adds yet more evidence that the decline in physical activity is contributing to the rise in obesity in the U.S. This study, however, is bound to cause some controversy, as researchers found the increase in obesity in women is tied to a falloff in the amount of housework they currently do compared with days gone by.

Published in PLoS One, the study shows that women were doing far less housework in 2010 than they were in 1965, and this has led to burning about 360 less calories per day. In 1965, women cooked, cleaned, and did laundry, among other household work, an average of 26 hours per week. In 2010, the amount of time spent doing the same work declined to 13 hours per week.

The researchers stress, though, that they are not suggesting women, or men, do more housework. Instead, the results should get people to think about how much energy they use throughout the day and also get policymakers to think about addressing the "calories out" aspect of obesity and the energy equation.  

"Our results show that we have engineered physical activity out of the workplace, out of the home, and out of our daily commute," says researcher Edward Archer, MD, of the University of South Carolina in Columbia, "and this has severe and dramatic consequences for our health. We need to find a way of reintegrating that activity to make up for the [decrease] in calories expended."

Calories In, Calories Out

The researchers used historical data to get a better idea of the amount of time spent on specific activities in the past. They found that the time spent doing housework declined from 25.7 hours per week in 1965 to 13.3 hours per week in 2010, with non-employed women cutting the amount of weekly housework by nearly 17 hours and working women by nearly seven hours.

The amount of energy used in household management declined 42% for non-employed women, down from 6,004 calories burned per week in 1965 to 3,486 calories burned per week in 2010 -- a weekly reduction of 2,518 calories.

"We found that non-employed women are spending about 360 calories less per day in physical activity, and if we look at obesity as calories in and calories out, this is a huge number of calories," Archer says. "It's about 15% of their total daily energy expenditure. We spend hundreds of millions of dollars studying diet and nutrition, which is the energy in, but we spend almost no money on the energy-expenditure portion of the equation. The most modifiable factor in the energy-balance equation is physical activity."

The researchers also found that the amount of time women spent watching television, and later using the computer, doubled from eight hours in 1965 to 16 hours in 2010.

Archer says the physical activity guidelines for health recommend 30 minutes per day, which is enough to lessen the risk of heart disease and stroke. However, this is not going to have much of an effect on weight and body fat. For that, the Institute of Medicine recommends at least an hour per day of moderate activity for weight maintenance, and at least 90 minutes to two hours of daily moderate exercise to lose weight.

Archer says that while patients complain they are not going to have enough time for that, he says the television is the biggest source of wasted time.

"The number one recommendation is to turn off the television and replace that time with walking and lifting weights," he says.

To see a version of this story for physicians, visit Medscape, the leading site for physicians and health care professionals.

Thanks to : http://women.webmd.com/

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RE:My Experience in Ghataprabha Naturopathy Centre in Karnataka State.

shrikumarmenon <shrikumarmenon@pnb.co.in>	7/11/13
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Dear Sir,

My experience was very good. I  had lost 5 Kgs, from 76 to 71 kgs. at the time of discharge. The atmosphere was very clean ,neat & homely. Many persons loose weight from 5 to 5.5 kgs ,on an average, depending on your body. Many persons who have BP, Diabetes, Cervical Spondylisis, Arthritis, Cholestrol related problems become normal when they leave the centre after 10 days. Even if they are on tablets, it gradually tapers off. It has a pollution free atmosphere & my expenses were Rs.8,200/- for 13 days in a special room, with 2 persons sharing. Everyday ,one has to get up at 5 a.m, go for walk 6a.m. to 7a.m.is Yoga& Jal  Neti. After that the doctor comes for round & your B.P.& weight is checked  on a daily basis. Treatments are Oil Massage, Jacuzzi, Under water Massage, Enema, Mud Treatments, Sauna, Whirlpool Bath, Spinal bath, depending on your ailment.Health related talks are given daily at 7 p.m. The facilties are quite good. Toilets, bathroom are clean & hygienic. All in all a good & refreshing experience & I plan to go every year. It is recommended for B.P.Diabetes patients that every six months the visit the centre. They have given the Maintainence diet ,to be maintained as far as possible.

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Important Information About Vitamin D!

Important Information About Vitamin D!   Vitamin D prevents osteoporosis, depression, prostate cancer, breast cancer,and even effects diabetes and obesity.  Vitamin D is perhaps the single most underrated nutrient in the world of nutrition. That's probably because it's free: your body makes it when sunlight touches your skin.    Fifteen facts that are important to know about vitamin D and sunlight exposure:   1. Vitamin D is produced by your skin in response to exposure to ultraviolet radiation from natural sunlight.    2. The healing rays of natural sunlight (that generate vitamin D in your skin) cannot penetrate glass. So you don't generate vitamin D when sitting in your car or home.  3. It is nearly impossible to get adequate amounts of vitamin D from your diet. Sunlight exposure is the only reliable way to generate vitamin D in your own body.    4. A person would have to drink ten tall glasses of vitamin D fortified milk each day just to get minimum levels of vitamin D into their diet.  5. The further you live from the equator, the longer exposure you need to the sun in order to generate vitamin D. Canada, the UK and most U.S. States are far from the equator.  6. People with dark skin pigmentation may need 20 - 30 times as much exposure to sunlight as fair-skinned people to generate the sam e amount of vitamin D. That's why prostate cancer is epidemic among black men - it's a simple, but widespread, sunlight deficiency.    7. Sufficient levels of vitamin D are crucial for calcium absorption in your intestines. Without sufficient vitamin D, your body cannot absorb calcium,rendering calcium supplements useless.  8. Chronic vitamin D deficiency cannot be reversed overnight: it takes months of vitamin D supplementation and sunlight exposure to rebuild the body's bones and nervous system.  9. Even weak sunscreens (SPF=8) block your body's ability to generate vitamin D by 95%. This is how sunscreen products actually cause disease -by creating a critical vitamin deficiency in the body.   10. It is impossible to generate too much vitamin D in your body from sunlight exposure: your body will self-regulate and only generate what it needs.  11. If it hurts to press firmly on your sternum, you may be suffering from chronic vitamin D deficiency right now.    12. Vitamin D is "activated" in your body by your kidneys and liver before it can be used.  13. Having kidney disease or liver damage can greatly impair your body's ability to activate circulating vitamin D.  14. The sunscreen industry doesn't want you to know that your body actually needs sunlight exposure because that realization would mean lower sales of sunscreen products.    15. Even though vitamin D is one of the most powerful healing chemicals in your body, your body makes it absolutely free. No prescription required.  On the issue of sunlight exposure, by the way, it turns out that super antioxidants greatly boost your body's ability to handle sunlight without burning. Astaxanthin is one of the most powerful "internal sunscreens" and can allow you to stay under the sun twice as long without burning.  Other powerful antioxidants with this ability include the super fruits like Acai, Pomegranates (POM Wonderful juice), blueberries, etc.    Diseases and conditions cause by vitamin D deficiency: * Osteoporosis is commonly caused by a lack of vitamin D, which greatly impairs calcium absorption.  * Sufficient vitamin D prevents prostate cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, depression, colon cancer and schizophrenia.  * "Rickets" is the name of a bone-wasting disease caused by vitamin D deficiency.  * Vitamin D deficiency may exacerbate type 2 diabetes and impair insulin production in the pancreas. * Obesity impairs vitamin D utilization in the body, meaning obese people need twice as much vitamin D.  * Vitamin D is used around the world to treat Psoriasis. * Vitamin D deficiency can cause schizophrenia.  * Seasonal Affective Disorder is caused by a melatonin imbalance initiated by lack of exposure to sunlight.  * Chronic vitamin D deficiency is often misdiagnosed as fibromyalgia because its symptoms are so similar: muscle weakness, aches and pains.  * Your risk of developing serious diseases like diabetes and cancer is reduced 50% - 80% through simple, sensible exposure to natural sunlight 2-3 times each week.  * Infants who receive vitamin D supplementation (2000 units daily) have an 80% reduced risk of developing type 1 diabetes over the next twenty years.  Shocking Vitamin D deficiency statistics: * 32% of doctors and med school students are vitamin D deficient.    * 40% of the U.S. population is vitamin D deficient.    * 42% of African American women of childbearing age are deficient in vitamin D.    * 48% of young girls (9-11 years old) are vitamin D deficient.    * Up to 60% of all hospital patients are vitamin D deficient.    * 76% of pregnant mothers are severely vitamin D deficient, causing widespread vitamin D deficiencies in their unborn children, which predisposes them to type 1 diabetes, arthritis, multiple sclerosis and schizophrenia later in life. 81% of the children born to these mothers were deficient.    * Up to 80% of nursing home patients are vitamin D deficient.

How is ur papa ??? warning ....diabetes and BP is silent killer

My writings are harsh, crisp, but directly attacking the target,I do not mince words so very beneficial and eye opening so is useful to universe and hence sharing a person letter written to beloved sister .......not interested then just write ....REMOVE and send. ....ALOK 

The diabetic patients when get anginal  pain ( heart problem) one does not know. 

Diabetes patients do not  feel the pain when they get heart attack. So heart attack is silent in many specially diabetic patient. So do not wait for symptom and do Periodic Cholesterol, sugar test is a must. On any indication must rush him for ECG. If angioplasty / bypass  is advised then same must b done without delay and is 100% safe. Try to reach only large hospital and atleast in planned treatment as smaller hosp do not hv required equipment, trained staff and so on. In planned admission try to go to cashless hospital. 

Family of diabetes patient has to be very careful . Last Sunday when jijaji was here at the Res of Shri Arvind Jain he had all the sweet items. It is the duty of those with him to b careful , watchful.  

Diabetes patient after a certain age has to sleep in time, take all medicines in time, should not get stressed, must avoid long uncomfortable journey, spouse must accompany everywhere to assist, everyone must keep him/ her cheerful. Yoga, pravachan and music is a must. 

just enter words angioplasty, diabetes, anginal pain , symptoms of anginal pain etc in Google and u ll get answers in seconds. 

Remember cost of loosing a member in family is highest specially when he / she is only bread earner or he / she has old spouse ( in old age u need ur own company) / if he / she has child who r not on their feet and so on. If person is engaged in complicated business, is dealing in cash transactions, does not have clear/ inheritable  property papers, not made will, investments are not known then situation is well defined in phrase" andha pise kutta khaye" . 

Thanks and Regards,
Alok Tholiya,

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