Natural Health Expos

Attending Health Expos in the summer is a favorite pastime of health enthusiasts world wide. They provide an opportunity to enrich your natural health education and network with other like-minded people. Whether you are a holistic practitioner or just interested in maintaining your own health naturally, attend a natural health expo or convention. Health expos are generally held throughout all 50 states and internationally. There is probably natural health fair right in your local community, right in your very own backyard! Plan to attend a natural health expo today.


A great site that lists information on natural health expos is:

SC Certified Natural Health Professionals : http://www.sc-cnhp.org

They include expo listings in their event calendar.


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Naturopathic-Medicine.net

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High Blood Pressure and Minerals

Three minerals have been shown to be particularly helpful in easing high blood pressure and heart disease. These minerals are calcium, magnesium, and potassium.

Here's how they help:

Calcium: Builds and maintains bone strength, which prevents stress fractures. Builds and maintains teeth, Regulates and relaxes heart function, Assists in muscle growth and contraction. Induces sound sleep. High calcium intake has been linked to lower blood pressure.

Magnesium: Aids in the body's energy production, Combats stress. Assists in bone growth. Helps regulate body temperature. Helps the metabolism of vitamin C and other minerals. A Japanese study found that daily magnesium nutritional supplements dropped blood pressure.

Potassium: Aids in the conversion of glucose to glycogen. Nourishes the muscles. Stimulates the kidney to get rid of body wastes - balances body fluids. Calms the nerves. Insufficient dietary potassium levels have been linked to high blood pressure.

Often many vitamin supplements include minerals as well. To maintain a healthy, holistic lifestyle, make sure your diet contains these key nutrients or add them with nutritional supplements. Be sure to incorporate only organic supplements or those that are readily bio-available and easily absorbed.


For natural health solutions for high blood pressure and heart disease:

http://www.herbsexpress.com

For additional information about alternative medicine and other nutrition facts:

Naturopathic-Medicine.net

To learn how to optimize nutrition and learn about holistic health:

SC Certified Natural Health Professionals : http://www.sc-cnhp.org

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Essential Fatty Acids and Nutrition

What are Essential Fatty Acids? Essential Fatty Acids are fats that must be obtained from our diet. They are called "essential" because our bodies cannot create them. Essential fatty acids are necessary for almost every bodily function.

In terms of the types of fats that we need to include in our diet, essential fatty acids top the list. Because essential fatty acids assist in controlling cholesterol levels and lowering blood pressure, they play a major role in reducing the overall risk of cardiovascular disease, stroke, and heart attacks.


Additionally, essential fatty acids help fight inflammation, arthritis, infection, auto-immune disorders, diabetes and depression. Furthermore, they have been shown to be beneficial in relieving symptoms associated with vision problems, PMS, and hair / skin disorders.



For additional information about alternative medicine and other nutrition facts:

Herbal Nutrition Systems

To learn how to optimize nutrition and learn about holistic health:

SC Certified Natural Health Professionals : http://www.sc-cnhp.org

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Heart Disease Risks

Do you know the primary risks of heart disease? Heart disease can come from two sets of factors.

Hereditary Factors for Heart Disease

• Age
• Family History
• Gender

Non-hereditary Factors for Heart Disease

• High Cholesterol
• Diabetes
• Sedentary Lifestyle
• High Homocysteine Level
• Smoking or inhaling passive smoke
• Stress

The hereditary factors for heart disease are pre-determined and can not be avoided. However, the non-hereditary factors are completely in your control. Take care of our heart and it will take care of you.

For additional information about alternative medicine and other nutrition facts:

Herbal Nutrition Systems

To learn how to optimize nutrition and learn about holistic health:

SC Certified Natural Health Professionals : http://www.sc-cnhp.org

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Heart Disease, Inflammation, and Cholesterol

Inflammation is considered a risk and potential indicator for heart disease. Inflammation is considered an even greater indicator of heart disease than cholesterol.

Here are the facts. Roughly 40 million baby boomers have high inflammation levels, but at the same time have normal cholesterol levels. They actually have twice the risk of heart attack as people with what's considered to be high cholesterol. However for those suffering from both, high cholesterol and high inflammation levels - the news is not so good. Their risk level of having a heart attack increases by a factor of nine.

What's the heart disease connection?
Inflammation aggravates and deteriorates arterial plaque. This enables it to become fragile and increases the potential of it breaking off and causing a blood clot or blockage. This leads to heart attacks and strokes. Inflammation additionally allows free radials to thrive which oxidize LDL or bad cholesterol and make it more toxic.

Please check back for additional blog posts in this series to find holistic methods to combat inflammation.

For additional information about alternative medicine and other nutrition facts:

Herbal Nutrition Systems

To learn how to optimize nutrition and learn about holistic health:

SC Certified Natural Health Professionals : http://www.sc-cnhp.org

For high quality, all-natural, herbal nutritional supplements:

http://www.herbsexpress.com

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Holistic Heart Month

Whether it's the color red or Valentines' day, February is designated as heart month. Throughout the month, you will see articles and ads about heart health and heart disease. It's no wonder. Cardiovascular disease kills roughly 500,000 Americans each year. Furthermore, it causes disability and pain for another 17 million.

On this blog, Holistic Health Nutrition Facts, we are declaring February to be Holistic Heart Month. Throughout February, we will present articles on improving your heart health and incorporating alternative, holistic behaviors into your lifestyle. Whether it is improving your cholesterol level, blood pressure, or preventing heart attacks, knowing how to protect yourself is key. Remember knowledge is power. Heart disease is a silent killer. Stay informed and stay ahead of the disease.

For natural health solutions for health health and heart disease:

http://www.herbsexpress.com

For additional information about alternative medicine and other nutrition facts:

Naturopathic-Medicine.net

To learn how to optimize nutrition and learn about holistic health:

SC Certified Natural Health Professionals : http://www.sc-cnhp.org

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Mineral Nutrition Facts

Why Minerals for good health and nutrition? They assist with metabolism and body function. The major minerals required by the body are calcium, chloride, phosphorous, potassium, magnesium, sodium, and sulfur. Important trace minerals include copper, fluoride, iodine, iron, selenium, and zinc.

Here's how they help:

Calcium: Builds and maintains bone strength, which prevents stress fractures. Builds and maintains teeth, Regulates and relaxes heart function, Assists in muscle growth and contraction. Induces sound sleep.

Iodine: Controls metabolism. Needed for proper thyroid, brain, and nerve function.

Iron: Along with protein, helps form hemoglobin, which carries oxygen from the lungs through the blood to the body tissues, which includes the muscles.

Magnesium: Aids in the body's energy production, Combats stress. Assists in bone growth. Helps regulate body temperature. Helps the metabolism of vitamin C and other minerals.

Phosphorus: Helps in almost every chemical reaction in the body, assists in the use of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins for energy. Stimulates heart and muscle contractions. Prevents tooth decay.

Potassium: Aids in the conversion of glucose to glycogen. Nourishes the muscles. Stimulates the kidney to get rid of body wastes - balances body fluids. Calms the nerves.

Selenium: Powerful antioxidant. Boosts your immune system and helps protect your body from cancer.

Sodium: Protects nerves. With water, helps retain fluids that counteract dehydration. Helps our bodies produce a thirst sensation so we'll drink more fluids.

Zinc: Helps remove carbon dioxide from exercising muscles. Aids in healing. Boost the immune system. Protects against pollution.


Often may vitamin supplements include minerals as well. To maintain a healthy, holistic lifestyle, make sure your diet contains these key nutrients or add them with nutritional supplements.

For natural health solutions for health health and heart disease:

http://www.herbsexpress.com

For additional information about alternative medicine and other nutrition facts:

Naturopathic-Medicine.net

To learn how to optimize nutrition and learn about holistic health:

SC Certified Natural Health Professionals : http://www.sc-cnhp.org

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Weight Loss Caution

When establishing a goal for weight loss, people sometimes really don't take the time to really analyze what is really entailed. To be sure, there is a right way and a wrong way to go about it. Fad diets, starvation... these are the wrong ways to go about weight loss and can really do more harm than good. The ultimate goal for weight loss is to lose fat.

For example, if you do not incorporate strength or weight training, you lose muscle mass. This ultimately leads to weight gain due to a slower metabolism. Lack of exercise can also cause loss of bone mass. While this would result in a loss of weight, your overall health would decline due to a weakened skeletal structure.

When you starve yourself, in addition to not having the necessary calories for optimal body function, you lose water weight. This is due to the burn off of glycogen. But this is only a false positive. This loss of glycogen makes you overeat to replace it, which restores the perceived weight loss and you are back to where you started. Or worse still, you've gained more weight by over-eating.

Be targeted and specific in your weight loss and exercise program. Do it the right way, the holistic way, through proper diet and exercise. Have fat loss as your goal, not just weight loss.

For additional information about alternative medicine and other nutrition facts:

Herbal Nutrition Systems

To learn how to optimize nutrition and learn about holistic health:

SC Certified Natural Health Professionals : http://www.sc-cnhp.org

For high quality, all-natural, herbal nutritional supplements:

http://www.herbsexpress.com

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Herbal Echinacea - Winter's Remedy

Echinacea has been known for centuries as an immune booster. In the winter, millions of people count on the curative powers of echinacea for relief from cold and flu and traditionally also for bacterial infections. Echinacea works by activating some of the body's immune cells. Studies have shown that echinacea can bolster resistance to colds and the flu, especially if taken with the onset of symptoms.

Common names for the herb echinacea include Purple or Prairie Coneflower, Black Sampson, or Rudbeckia. Echinacea angustifolia is the official species of which the dried root is used in herbal preparations. Echinacea purpurea and Echinacea pallida are other common types but are considered weaker in action than Echinacea angustifolia.

There is a "gotcha" however with echinacea. The immune-enhancing effects generally take several weeks to build up. However, you should generally not take echinacea for more than 8 consecutive weeks. Your body needs to have a rest period. It is not to be used for daily immune system support. It should be used only when needed. As it does affect the immune system, those with auto-immune disorders such as AIDS or lupus should probably avoid it all together or take only under a physician's supervision.

Echinacea can be purchased as a nutritional supplement or harvested. The fresh or dried roots of 3-year old plants are used in herbal medicine.

For natural health solutions for healthy immune systems:

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For additional information about alternative medicine and other nutrition facts:

Naturopathic-Medicine.net

To learn how to optimize nutrition and learn about holistic health:

SC Certified Natural Health Professionals : http://www.sc-cnhp.org

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Cloned Meat - Informed Choices

This week, the FDA deemed clone meat safe and that no specific labeling will be required when it is placed on store shelves. Please take our poll. What's your perspective on the safety of this new food source as either a certified natural health professionals or as a holistic or alternative medicine enthusiast.

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Naturopathic-Medicine.net

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Weight Training for Fat Loss

To provide permanent weight loss, you need to incorporate weight training into your exercise routine. Building or adding lean muscle mass increases your metabolism and burns excess calories. These extra muscles burn fat and calories each day even when you are resting.

Studies have shown that if you just add an extra ten pounds of muscle tissue, you will lose an average of an extra two pounds of fat per month even without making any other changes.

Conversely, if your diet and weight loss plan does not include weight training, then the weight you lose will be from loss of muscle tissue. This will slow down your metabolism and cause you to regain the weight you had lost, plus gain back even more. This is due to your body storing fat as it thinks you are starving. The body's natural impulse is self-preservation and it will fight against what it thinks is harm such as perceived starvation.

Recommendation: To accelerate your weight loss goal, include at least 3 days of strength training with weights into your weekly exercise program. For even more dramatic results, strength train every other day and practice holistic nutrition daily for permanent weight loss.

For additional information about alternative medicine and other nutrition facts:

Herbal Nutrition Systems

To learn how to optimize nutrition and learn about holistic health:

SC Certified Natural Health Professionals : http://www.sc-cnhp.org

For high quality, all-natural, herbal nutritional supplements:

http://www.herbsexpress.com

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