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Alternative Medicine in the News
March 2010 edition 65
published weekly
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Greetings!
I got a last minute notice of postponment from Citizen. I hope it'll be on this week...
1) This Sunday, 28 March and Monday, 29 March, at 9 pm, Citizen TV, Kenya will do spotlights on Abha Light and our College
2) The Abha Light College team are the contributing editors for the April edition of the HPathy.com e-zine. So check it out at the beginning of April at Hpathy.
ABOUT CONTRACEPTION
It seems last weeks email on Norplant stirred up a few people. "Now what do we do?" and "Do you know anything else?" So I did a little googling and came up with a few leads.
If anyone else knows anything alternative for drug-based contraception, pass it along to us.
Enjoy!
Didi
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Herbal Contraception
http://www.sisterzeus.com/HContra.htm
[NOTE
from Didi: this newsletter makes no claims, we are only passing
information on. Intereseted persons should contact the relevant
websites directly]
Numerous herbs have been used historically to
reduce fertility, and modern scientific research has confirmed
anti-fertility effects in at least some of the herbs tested. Herbal
contraception may never reach the level of contraceptive protection as
the pill, but it offers alternatives for women who have difficulty with
modern contraceptive options or who just want to try a different way.
Very little is known about many of the herbs, or about long term side
effects or safety concerns. Most herbalists I've spoken with don't
recommend herbs for contraception, because of their potential
unreliability.
Michael Tierra wrote in his response to
questions about herbal contraception and abortion on his website "I
lived and explored communally with a number of women herbal methods for
contraception or inducing menstruation at within two weeks of its due
time. Many herbal methods were tried with mixed results. People who are
not interested in getting pregnant are usually not interested in mixed
results."
With any method of contraception, there is some risk of pregnancy. Each
woman has to decide how much of a risk is too much. Most modern forms
of birth control are 70% to 99% effective depending on the method
chosen. For women who can't use modern forms of contraception, herbs
can offer alternatives, and reducing fertility would be better than no
birth control at all
Before experimenting with herbal
contraceptives, I think it's important to spend some time learning to
tell, with accuracy, when you are fertile each cycle. Once ovulation
occurs, menstruation should follow in about 14 days. If you can
identify when fertility passes each cycle, you'll know when to expect
menstration - based on signals your body has given you, rather than an
estimated guess (calendar methods). This way - you know if and when
menstruation is late. The date ovulation occurs can vary from cycle to
cycle, even if we cycle very regularly, our bodies can do the
unexpected.
There's not a lot of information
available on using herbs for contraception, but there are historical
references with clues to what ancient women did,
and the scientific community has published some studies, mostly on
animals, showing some of the herbs do seem to have contraceptive
effects. There have also been informal studies where the herbs were
tested by women for contraception. If you try any of these herbs, know
that you are experimenting on yourself. Consider beforehand what you
would do if the herbs were to fail. For those of us who want to
minimize the risk of getting pregnant, herbs may not be the best option
for our primary method of birth control.
Each herb has its own way of being taken,
some are taken daily, while others are used on an as needed bases,
after potential exposure to sperm during a fertile time. Generally,
herbs that are taken on a daily basis need some time to take effect, an
alternative method of birth control should be used during the waiting
period to provide protection. So it's important to know how they are
used, when to take them, and how much to use. I will supply as much
information as I can, but for many of the herbs there's not a lot of
information available. I've created pages for most of the herbs, you'll
find links below with more information.
If you choose to use herbal
contraceptives you do so at your own risk, be sure to follow any
instructions to the letter. Know what you will do if they fail. I'd be
interested to know of any experimentations, your experiences add to our
collective body of knowledge. I can be reached by email, and I love
details!! Some may wonder why I have not experimented with these
alternatives any more than I have, to put it quite simply, I'm at a
point in my life where I'm not willing to take any chances of getting
pregnant. My contraceptive method (fertility awareness) works just fine
for me. I believe women should know about all possible options and make
the choice for themselves.
Herbal Contraceptives & Implantation Inhibitors
Herbal contraceptives is a catch all category for
herbs that have an anti-fertility effect. There are many different ways
in which herbs can impair fertility. Some herbs may affect the ovary,
while others act upon the uterus, affect normal hormone production or
block certain hormones, and others we don't really understand their
action, or how they got their reputation. Some herbs have the ability
to interfere with implantation, these herbs can be taken on an as
needed basis, and are useful as an emergency contraceptive. There are
also some herbs that have been found to interfere with normal sperm
production, or mobility. Each herb is used in its own way, so its
important to have some idea of how they are used, or could be used.
Lets further define the possible avenues of actions.
Daily Herbal Contraceptives: Some
herbal contraceptives have a cumulative effect in the body, they need
to be taken regularly (usually daily) to maintain the contraceptive
effect. Often needing a period of time to establish effectiveness, so a
barrier method should be employed. Examples are, wild yam and neem.
Wild Yam
is a good example of a typical herbal contraceptive, taken daily,
needing a period of time to establish effectiveness, and mixed results
reported. There is absolutely no scientific documentation that I've
been able to find. But I have come into contact with one woman who used
it effectively for a year, stopped, and got pregnant her next cycle.
This method stems from a midwife in Utah, which was originally
mentioned in a magazine, she was never able to find again. She and her
ladies experimented with it, to find the dosage which prevented
pregnancy consistently, later, she wrote a book about it. I strongly
recommend reading her book
before attempting it on your own. Doses must be taken twice daily,
every day, and never forgotten. The herb needs to be taken for a
minimum of a month to allow it time to take effect, waiting two months,
may even be better before relying on it for birth control.9
The herbalists I have spoken to however
don't have a lot of faith in this herb's ability to prevent pregnancy.
Bridgette Mars did an informal study (I never did find out the details)
which concluded that the wild yam was not an effective form of
contraception. I've also received reports through the grapevine of
women who used wild yam, I've heard of both success and failure, I've
heard of women using it successfully for a time, then something happens
and pregnancy occurs.
Another possibility to consider to
increase wild yam's reliability, and to bring your partner into the
realm of birth control responsibility, recently, an oral herbal
contraceptive for men has come to my attention. Again, I can't verify
its effectiveness or safety, but, there has been successful human
experimentation conducted in India.
And one final thought to help increase
wild yam's reliability, is to ask your lover to withdraw before
ejaculation. This way the number of sperm released is considerably less
or none, and if there's ever a slip up, you'll be covered. It all
depends on how much of a risk you are willing to take when choosing
your method of contraception, it can't hurt to do everything possible
to minimize the risk.
Neem Oil,
a tree from India, with numerous uses, used for just about anything and
everything. Quite a bit of scientific research is available about this
herb, for both general uses as well as contraceptive uses. Most of the
research has been conducted in India, the tree's native home. There are
commercial preparations available that can be used for contraception
for both men and women. For women it is used vaginally as a spermacide,
and men use it orally as a daily contraceptive to induce temporary
sterility. I can't vouch for its effectiveness or safety. I encourage
you to do your own research.
Pomegranate
(Punica granatum) a fruit used by ancient women to prevent conception.
This is more for historical interest. Rudolf Fritz Weiss notes the
seeds contain an oestrone identical to the genuine hormone [estrogen]
and states Punica seeds are the best source of plant oestrone to date.
What this all means in the big picture, I have yet to figure out! But
this may have something to do with its historical uses as a
contraceptive. On an interesting note, I found a Roman statue of a
woman holding a pomegranate in her hand, and just before that a
painting (on a card) done by a famous painter way back when (don't
recall his name off the top of my head) of a woman sitting at a table,
her expression is distant and quiet, in her hand she hold a pomegranate
with a bite taken from the unpeeled fruit.
Implantation Inhibitors: Some herbal contraceptives have the
ability to interfere with implantation, the actual effect in the body
can vary from herb to herb, but the end result makes it difficult for
the egg to implant or maintain its grip on the uterine wall.
Implantation occurs about 6 days after the egg has been fertilized. If
the egg is unable to get a grip on the uterine wall, it cannot survive,
it begins to break down, and menstruation will arrive as usual.
Queen Anne's Lace Seeds(Daucus carota)
also known as Wild Carrot, the seeds seem to have the best reputation
for contraception. Women from the Appalachian Mountains to India have
used the flower heads and mature seeds to prevent conception. This herb
is in use today, and has some documentation to it's effectiveness, both
in scientific studies and through individuals who've used it. I tend to
put more faith in this herb than any other contraceptive herb that I
know about to date. Robin Rose Bennett, has done extensive work with
queen anne, and she has really refined the method and how to best use
it.
It works best as a morning after type
contraceptive, the big advantage to this is that it can be used on an
as needed basis. The first dose taken within 8 hours of being exposed
to sperm, followed by another dose or two as needed. It can also be
used in tinture form, which elliminates the need to chew the seeds,
which for those of us have tried it, know its pretty yucky. Using the
herb as a tincture also elliminates the occassional symptoms of vaginal
dryness.
QAL seems to work best for women who
have their cycle established and cycling normally. This doesn't
necessarily mean regularly. QAL seems to fail most for women who have
just come off the pill, who have recently given birth, or experienced
some other type of hormonal even that interferes with a woman's natural
balance.
Its getting easier to find the seeds for
sale than it use to be. If you harvest your own plants please make sure
you have correct identification as the inexperienced may mistake QAL
for other poisonous members of the carrot/parsley family. Once you are
familiar with the plant, its very easy to identify, and remember, Queen
Anne has hair legs (the stem is hairy rather than smooth) Please follow
the links for more information.
Rutin - This is found at local health food markets, it is also known as Vitamin P. Susun Weed
writes it can be used to prevent pregnancy, when taken in tablet form
in doses of at least 500 mg daily for several days preceding and
following ovulation, or when taken after fertilizing intercourse and
continue until menstruation begins.
Neem Oil
has also been found to prevent implantation. Testing so far has
involved rats; the implantation inhibitory effects were seen in as many
as 10 days after fertilizing intercourse occurred, although it was most
effective if used within 3 days of fertilizing intercourse. At this
time, I really have no idea what a safe human dosage would be. Its more
thoroughly researched uses include a spermacide and oral contraception
for men.
Smartweed leaves (Polygonum hydropiper) - Susun Weed also writes in her book, The Child Bearing Year
Smartweed grows as a weed all over the world, and is used worldwide as
a fertility regulator. It contains rutin, quercitin and gallic acid,
all of which interfere with normal pregnancy. An infusion can be
prepared using 4 ounces of the fresh leaves or one ounce of the dried
leaves in a quart of boiled water. Drinking freely until menstrual
bleeding begins. Smartweed may be used to prevent implantation after
fertilizing intercourse, or to bring on a missed period. If it does not
work - do not carry the pregnancy to term as Susun clearly states it is
not safe to do so.3
Apricot Kernels Suspected to have anticancer qualities which might treat the developing fetus as a foreign body.5
Nan Koehler uses them in an early anti-implantation remedy. She says to
eat 5-10 apricot kernels three times a day, starting immediately
following fertilizing intercourse and continuing until menstruation
comes, (hopefully on schedule). This is the first of four steps. For
this recipe to work a woman must be aware of her cycle and know when
she is ovulating. If she doesn't know fertilizing intercourse has
occurred and don't start treatment until menstruation is late, this
remedy won't work. I will add the rest of the remedy soon.
Other implantation inhibitors.
Cotton Root Bark
Rue
Vitamin C - Ascorbic Acid
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Conception, Contraception, Baby Gender Selection - a Healthy Alternative
http://lunarconception.com/
[NOTE from Didi: this newsletter makes no claims, we are only passing information on. Intereseted persons should contact the relevant websites directly]
About the Lunar Conception Method1. The Discovery In the middle of 1950s a young Slovakian doctor named Eugen Jonas has discovered something completely unknown to the contemporary science: that in addition to the scientifically established hormonal cycle, women have another fertility cycle that resonates with the cycles of the Moon. He was led to this discovery by his interest in astrology that Dr. Jonas developed in his student years. It all began from an assertion in an Assyrian source that Dr. Jonas happened to find in a library: "Woman is fertile during a certain phase of the Moon." But which exactly phase? After a lengthy period of research and endless calculations, he managed to find the answer. As he wrote himself, "Finally, on August 15, 1956, I arrived at the first three fundamental rules on conception, the determination of sex and life capability of the fetus, all of which can be precisely formulated" (quoted from [1]).
These three rules are:
- The time of fertility occurs during the same phase of the Moon as that in which the woman was born. For instance, if the woman was born at the time of the Full Moon, when the Moon makes an angle of 180° with the Sun, the time of fertility during her adulthood will be whenever the Moon is full, and this independently of her menstrual cycle.
- The sex of the future child will be determined by the position of the Moon during the time of the woman's fertility - whether the Moon is found in the male or in the female sign of the Zodiac.
- Unfavorable distribution of gravitational forces of the near celestial bodies at the time of conception produces complications during pregnancy, particularly for the fetus.
These rules were officialy tested by experienced gynecologists (Dr. Kurt Rechnitz of Hungary was one of the most active researchers in this ares). It was discovered that on the lunar phase day a woman is usually significantly more fertile than on the day of ovulation in her hormonal cycle. ====== Services provided by this website are based on the discovery of Dr. Eugen Jonas from Slovakia, who back in 1950s found that women have two different fertility cycles. One of them is officially recognized and widely known - this is the hormonal cycle described in many textbooks.
The other fertility cycle was known from times immemorial but was never recognized by the official science as it is based on the relative position between the Sun and the Moon at the moment of woman's birth. In fact, Dr. Jonas has simply rediscovered this cycle following a hint found in an ancient Babylonian source.
The knowledge of Lunar Fertility Cycle can help to understand those cases when women conceive during their menstrual period, or when breast feeding, or when already being pregnant - cases that are very difficult to explain from the officially adopted point of view. But more importantly, this knowledge can become very useful in woman's everyday life.
What Are The Benefits of the Knowledge Of The Lunar Fertility Cycle? The knowledge of the Lunar Fertility Cycle allows you: - To conceive a child of the desired gender with reliability of more than 90% without any unnatural manipulations.
- To increase the reliability of the natural method of contraception to about 98%.
- To increase the probability of conception if you are having difficulties with conceiving a child.
- To increase the probability of a viable birth if you are prone to miscarriages or if you have a history of giving birth to children with serious problems.
You will definitely have many questions and doubts. Was this method scientifically tested? How exactly it works? Can I have some detailed instructions on how to use the knowledge of the Lunar Fertility Cycle? To answer these and many other questions, we have created the About the Method page that describes the Lunar Conception method in more detail, as well as the Questions and Answers page that contains answers to many of the questions asked by the users of our service.
If you wish to have a personal consultation, you are welcome to the Odan Institute website.
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Over Two Hundred Thousand demand USDA ban GE alfalfa once and for all
A few weeks ago, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
began accepting comments concerning the legality of planting Monsanto's
genetically-engineered (GE), "RoundUp Ready" alfalfa. Over 200,000
non-governmental organizations (NGOs), farmers, organic producers, and
regular citizens have flooded the dockets of the USDA, opposing the use
of the dangerous GMO crop.
After first approving GE alfalfa, the
Center for Food Safety sued the USDA for illegally approving the crop
without proving that it was safe and providing a proper environmental
impact statement (EIS). Federal courts agreed - outlawing the crop
until the USDA provided the proper information.
Recently, the
USDA submitted an EIS that claims GE alfalfa is safe and that organic
farmers are not really all that concerned about the contamination of
their crops. In reality, farmers are greatly concerned about GE alfalfa
and GE crops in general. They are difficult to control and have the
potential to destroy not only the integrity of organic food but also
the entire food supply.
More than 75 percent of consumer
respondents have also indicated that they do not want to eat GE foods.
Among those who purchase organic food, the threat of GE contamination
is one of the top five reasons why they purchase organic food in the
first place.
The resounding opposition to GE alfalfa should send
shock waves to the USDA which seems unconcerned about real food safety
and the preferences of the people it is supposed to be protecting. By
planting GE crops, particularly alfalfa, the integrity of the entire
food supply is at risk from cross pollination and contamination.
According
to records, there have been over 200 cases of GE contamination within
the past ten years. According to the Center for Food Safety, the most
serious contamination problem involves canola, also known as rapeseed,
crops. There has been so much cross contamination among canola fields
that canola oil can no longer be verified as being truly organic or
even non-GE in all of Western Canada.
GE crops threaten the
livelihoods of farmers, the integrity of all crops, and the environment
itself. They promote the growth of "superweeds", deadly pathogens, and
harmful fungi. The pesticides that accompany their use also end up in
nearby fields, rivers and streams, and local groundwater supplies.
Concerned citizens need to stay informed and continually oppose any and all attempts to unleash GE crops into the food supply.
Sources:
More
Than 200,000 NGOs, Farmers, Consumers, and Organic Producers Call for
USDA to Prohibit Genetically Engineered Alfalfa - The Center for Food
Safety
Court says USDA violated law in approving GE alfalfa - The Organic & Non-GMO Report
Re:
Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Recommending
the Deregulation of Genetically-Engineered Alfalfa, Docket No.
APHIS-2007-0044 - National Organic Coalition
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Use Natural and Alternative Help for Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia is a misunderstood and frequently misdiagnosed condition.
It is characterized by widespread chronic pain involving multiple
"tender points" in the upper neck, back, shoulders, and hips.
Treatments, such as painkillers, antidepressants, muscle relaxants, and
the injections of anesthetics are rarely effective. However, many may
find relief from nature and alternatives as opposed to mainstream drugs
and treatments.
A natural alternative which may heal
fibromyalgia is to take plenty of colloidal silver (start off with 2-4
ounces per day and maintain at least an ounce a day until you achieve
satisfactory results) and plenty of proteolytic/digestive enzymes to
dissolve the fibrin (take up to 5 or more capsules two to three times
daily on an empty stomach).
Here are some additional options:
Curcumin,
magnesium, blackseed oil (Nigella sativa) and herbal oleander extract
are all powerful immune modulators which may help. Magnesium deficiency
has been associated with Fibromyalgia and it is estimated that as many
as 80 to 95% of us are deficient in magnesium.
Consume apples
and/or apple juice. They contain "malic acid", a substance that appears
to ease pain and inflammation. Consume at least 2 apples, or 2 8-ounce
glasses of juice daily.
Other good dietary practices that may help are:
* Eat plenty of essential fatty acids and omega 3's.
* Cut back on consumption of whole grain foods.
* Avoid sugar, artificial sweeteners and foods containing bleached flour.
* Eat yogurt which contains active yeast cultures.
Try
acupuncture. The National Institutes of Health has deemed acupuncture
to be an acceptable alternative, or part of a comprehensive treatment
program, for several types of pain. Acupuncture is a 2,500 year-old
practice, and the Chinese believe it works by affecting the energy
pathways called "meridians" that run through the body. The "meridians"
are thought to carry "qi" (pronounced chee), an energy force that must
be in precise balance for good health. Poor health habits, such as
getting too little sleep, eating the wrong foods, etc. cause qi to
become unbalanced. Acupuncture rebalances qi by stimulating specific
points along these meridians with extremely fine needles.
Fibromyalgia
has also been associated with heavy metal contamination. Parsley,
chlorella and cilantro are all good for removing heavy metals.
Consider
niacin and niacinamide. Niacinamide slows down phase 1 of the body's
natural detoxification process while niacin speeds up phase 2. Niacin
is also known as inositol hexanicotinate, vitamin B3 and nicotinic
acid. The body's natural liver detoxification process involves two
steps: Phase 1 and Phase 2. In Phase 1, toxins are reduced to smaller
fragments. These fragments then progress to Phase 2, where they are
bound to glutathione, glycine, sulfate and other molecules. In the
process, new non-toxic molecules are created that are eliminated via
the bile duct, urine or stool. In effect, Phase 1 either directly
neutralizes a toxin or modifies it to form intermediates which are then
neutralized by one or more of the several Phase 2 enzyme systems.
One
or both detoxification phases can be overloaded and/or inefficient. A
particularly damaging combination for someone who is ill is an
excessive overload of toxins coming into Phase 1 and an inefficient
Phase 2. Such a combination is believed in many instances to be the
cause of marked environmental sensitivities and drug intolerances and
interactions that characterize many fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue
sufferers.
Do not give up on exercise. People with fibromyalgia
often stop exercising because it is painful. However, inactivity
weakens muscles and makes them more sensitive to pain. Low impact
aerobics, conditioning exercises, such as swimming, stationary
bicycling or stretching, are often helpful for people with fibromyalgia.
Sources included:
http://www.naturalnews.com/028105_F...
http://www.ctds.info/fibromyalgia-d...
http://www.everydayhealth.com/fibro...
http://www.diagnose-me.com/treat/T3...
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Weight Watchers says eat at McDonald's to lose weight
(opinion)
Weight Watchers has now officially endorsed Chicken McNuggets
as a "healthy meal" in New Zealand, where McDonald's restaurants will
begin carrying the Weight Watchers logo on several menu items. This
bizarre and inexplicable decision has now made Weight Watchers the
laughing stock of the health world where nutrition and weight loss
experts normally don't use "McDonald's fast food" and "weight loss" in
the same sentence.
As The Guardian reports, "As part of
the deal, which the company says is the first of its kind in the world,
McDonald's will use the Weight Watchers logo on its menu boards and
Weight Watchers will promote McDonald's to dieters."
Nutritionists,
not surprisingly, were shocked at the announcement. The idea of eating
at McDonald's to lose weight seems a bit ridiculous, and anyone who
believes that eating Chicken McNuggets will cause you to lose weight is
arguably one nugget short of a Happy Meal. Sometimes you just
have to point out the stupidity of these things, even at the risk of
offending someone who has convinced themselves that eating more Chicken
McNuggets is their ticket to a slim, fit and sexy body.
Watch your weight balloon!
Weight
Watchers, by the way, never actually claims that eating the foods they
endorse will cause you to lose weight. If you examine it carefully,
even their name isn't really about weight loss. It's about weight watching... as in, watch your weight grow larger by the day...
A
"weight watch" is sort of like a "tornado watch" or a "tsunami watch."
You keep your eyes peeled and wait for something disastrous to happen
-- such as ballooning to 300 pounds while engaging in unhealthy eating
McHabits based on snarfing down meat parts from factory-farmed cows
raised in bovine concentration camps that might more accurately be
called "Cowschwitz."
If Weight Watchers is going to endorse
McNuggets, then why not just endorse the entire McDonald's menu and
throw the logo behind Big Macs and ice cream shakes, too? It's not like
Weight Watchers is trying to "protect its reputation" by not crossing a
line, you know. Once you've endorsed McDonald's as "healthy" food, that
line is no longer anywhere in sight.
Of course, McDonald's
products merely join a long list of questionable foods marketed under
the "Weight Watchers" brand name -- a brand that in my opinion has
discovered great commercial success in selling the false hope of weight loss to clueless consumers who are unwilling to read ingredients lists on food labels.
Not
coincidentally, Weight Watchers has now become the "McDonald's" of the
weight loss industry -- and industry filled with so many scams and
shams that the idea of eating Chicken McNuggets to lose weight doesn't
even seem that strange to many people.
We live in a world where
corporate promotional lies are disgusting at best, and criminal at
worst. We're told that psychiatric drugs will make you happy, that
chemotherapy will make you healthy and that eating at McDonald's will
make you lose weight. We're told that sugary junk drinks will give you
"energy", that toxic vaccines are necessary for your immune system to
work correctly and that buying silly pink-ribbon products will somehow
cure cancer.
At the same time, we're told that vitamins are dangerous, that sunlight causes
cancer and that there's no such thing as a cure for type-2 diabetes.
Everything that's good for you is discredited as bad while everything
that's toxic is hyped up as "healthy."
I suppose in light of the
corporate-sponsored sick-care insanity that passes for medical advice
these days, the idea that eating at McDonald's will make you lose
weight doesn't seem as insane as it really should.
But that doesn't make it any more true.
In
a world gone mad with dietary misinformation touting fictional foods,
insanity can now be marketed to the intoxicated mainstream as if it
somehow made sense.
... and people swallow it.
Sources for this story include:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/...
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How Runners can Combat Impact Related Injuries the Natural Way
Shoe companies have invested millions of dollars in making high tech,
good quality running shoes. The investment has paid off! Well known
shoe manufactures have become household names, boosting profits to
record highs. However, despite wearing these high tech shoes, research
suggests that as many as 30% of runners get injured every year.
Benefits of Running and Walking Barefoot
Man
has been running for thousands of years, apparently without the
injuries experienced by modern sportsmen/women wearing modern shoes.
The human foot is designed to run without the aid of a shoe. In the
past runners were either barefoot or wore minimal footwear such as
sandals or moccasins with smaller heels and little cushioning relative
to modern running shoes. As the incidence of running injuries remains
significant despite advances in footwear technology, it seems that the
best shoes may be no shoes at all.
Running Shoes and Sports Injuries
The
modern running shoe was invented during the 1970's. Prior to that,
shoes offered little or no real protection against impact injuries.
Due
to the high prevalence of impact related sports injuries amongst
runners, research has been undertaken to study the reasons for such
injuries and to design the ultimate high tech running shoe. As it turns
out, nature got there first. The startling fact is that research has
shown high tech running shoes may be contributing to impact related
injuries amongst runners.
According to a study conducted by
Daniel Lieberman and colleagues at Harvard University it was found that
shod runners are more inclined to heel strike as opposed to mid foot or
front foot strike when running. Their research also showed that many
shod runners, when asked to run barefoot in laboratory conditions on a
treadmill or track way, switch to a mid foot or forefoot strike.
Lieberman
concludes that, until recently, most humans had much more varied gaits.
Sometimes they landed on their heel, but more often they were mid foot
or front foot striking. The heel is not designed to absorb impact all
of the time. Running in a mid foot or front foot strike style spreads
the impact more evenly across the foot. Considering that most runners
will strike the ground around 60 times per kilometer, this
significantly reduces the likelihood of developing repetitive stress
injuries.
The high tech running shoe, on the other hand, gives
the runner a false sense of security, allowing him or her to
comfortably heel strike most of the time. Unfortunately, even the most
advanced shoe cannot prevent the accumulated damage suffered by
consistently running in this way.
Easing into Walking and Running Barefoot
People
in the modern age are accustomed to wearing shoes, so running or or
even walking barefoot is something to be eased into for many - build
calf and foot muscles slowly. By practicing each day, barefoot running
and walking will eventually come easily, naturally and painlessly.
Sources:
http://www.barefootrunning.fas.harv...
http://www.nature.com/nature/journa...
http://www.thenakedscientists.com/H...
http://www.associatedcontent.com/ar...
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Biofuels Bust: Not as Good for the Climate as Previously Calculated
By failing to take the larger ecological impacts of biofuels production
into account, scientists have allowed governments to present the fuels
as better for the world's climate and environment than they really are,
according to a paper published in the journal Science. This has put the debate over biofuels dangerously off course, the authors warned.
"We
made an honest mistake within the scientific framing of the debate, and
we've got to correct it to make it right," said co-author Steven P.
Hamburg of the Environmental Defense Fund
Because biofuels such
as ethanol and wood chips come from plants that absorbed carbon dioxide
as they grew, climate laws in the United States, Europe and other
countries consider these fuels "carbon neutral" - they release only
what they had already removed, and so need not be considered as carbon
dioxide polluters. But this fails to take into account the fact that
massive areas of natural forest and grassland are being cleared to
plant biofuels - a process that not only threatens biological diversity
and immediately releases all the carbon dioxide stored in the bodies of
those plants, but also permanently removes important planetary "carbon
sinks."
This oversight has since been legislated and made its
way into all major climate treaties. Biofuels are treated as carbon
neutral and governments are providing incentives for their production,
while carbon emissions from land-use activities remain glaringly
unregulated.
"If you only count part of the carbon, you set up a
set of incentives that are all wrong," said Jae Edmonds of the U.S.
Energy Department's Pacific Northwest Laboratory.
Lead author
Timothy D. Searchinger of Princeton University warned that the biofuels
oversight must be corrected immediately, before the industry becomes
too large and influential.
"You think it's hard to solve now?" he said. "If you don't solve it now, it just doesn't get solved."
Sources for this story include: www.washingtonpost.com.
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Magnesium helps you stay smart, and improves memory
17 March 2010
If you want to be a little smarter, increase the amount of magnesium in
your diet. The nutrient is one of the most vital for healthy brain
functioning, something that becomes increasingly important as we get
older.
High magnesium levels in your body can improve cognitive abilities and
memory, and can stop the brain from deteriorating as we age, a new
study confirms. Beijing University recently tested magnesium levels on
laboratory rats to see how their brain functioning improved. The rats
given a high-magnesium diet displayed improved cognitive abilities
compared with rats fed a standard diet, which is usually thought to
contain sufficient magnesium for our body's needs.
Aside from supplements, magnesium can be found in spices, nuts, in
coffee and tea, and in green leafy vegetables, such as spinach.
(Source: Neuron, 2010; 65: 165-77).
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Heat therapy kills cancer cells, scientists prove
http://www.wddty.com
17 March 2010
In February 2009, WDDTY told its subscribers that heat treatment is a
proven way to kill cancer - and now researchers have demonstrated it in
laboratory trials.
Cancer cells were altered in one therapy that involved a sustained heat
of 43 degrees Celsius for 30 minutes - and the cells started to die
when they were exposed to a burst of heat therapy of 50 degrees Celsius
for one to two minutes. At that level, there was permanent tissue
damage to a prostate tumour, and which led to necrosis, or cell death.
The laboratory experiments have been carried out at the Hashemite
University in Jordan.
In the WDDTY report, other experiments have demonstrated that cancer
cells can be killed when exposed to temperatures of 42 to 43 degrees
Celsius. (Source: AACR Dead Sea International Conference on Advances in
Cancer Research, March 7-10, 2010).
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Short and sharp: the best way to exercise (as long as you're young)
http://www.wddty.com
17 March 2010
What's the best type of exercise? For those who have limited time on
their hands, it's good news - because the most effective way to get fit
is by short and sharp training bursts.
Ten one-minute sprints on a training bike achieve as much as hours of
strenuous 'slogging', researchers from the McMaster University in
Canada have discovered. The key is little and often, and to take rests
between bursts of activity, says lead researcher Martin Gibala.
However, he warns that the short and sharp approach is ideal for
younger people; if you are older, less fit or overweight, the standard
approach of moderate and lengthy exercise is still the safer option.
(Source: Journal of Physiology, 2010; doi:
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