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Archive for the ‘herb medicine’ Category
The equine internal medicine specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of horses with diseases including:
The equine medicine service has recently launched its new pulmonary funtion testing service. Why might I need an equine internal medicine specialist? An equine internal medicine specialist is able to provide specialized care in areas such as:
You might want to consider replacing your Green Eggs and Ham with Green Tea and Ham the next time you break your fast in the morning - or any other time, for that matter. It appears that a green tea diet may hold at least a few properties of those golden elixirs, fountains of youth, and magic potions we’ve all heard about over the years. Here are just a few: Staving off Alzheimer’s - A green tea diet may delay the onset of Alzheimer’s disease. A British study found that drinking green tea inhibited three important brain-battering chemicals: acetylcholinesterase, butyrylcholinesterase, and beta-secretase. Before you get your tongue twisted around your eye teeth and can’t see what your saying with these three-dollar words, all you really need to know is that they are three chemical culprits associated with breaking down chemical messengers and forming plaques and protein deposits in the noggin’s gray matter - definite hindrances to crystal clear thinking. Fighting Flu - Incorporating a green tea diet to your daily intake of consumables may also be a key flu-fighting strategy, according to researchers. Drinking green tea stimulates those heroic gamma-delta T-cells provided gratis from Mother Nature that boost immunity against viruses. There’s a remarkable substance in green tea called L-theanine that triggers the T cells to secrete a staggering 10 times their normal output of virus-battling interferon. Even gargling with green tea coats the oral cavity’s membranes with one of green tea’s potent components - catechins - which successfully neutralizes the vicious virus. Battling the Bulge - A recent scientific paper from the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition concludes that a green tea diet increases metabolism and oxidizes fat - without raising heart rates. The heart-rate item merits significance because increased heart rates can lead to adverse cardiac effects. Since there are only two ways to get rid of fat - decreasing food intake (diet) or increasing energy expenditure (exercise) - this makes green tea a much-needed helper for those unable to do the former (diet), at least successfully. And to expend energy without putting a load on the ticker makes green tea even that much more a winning alternative to stimulant-laden weight-loss concoctions. Love the idea of a green tea diet but can’t stand the taste of tea? Don’t despair. There’s hope for you, yet! Green tea extract comes in pill form, as well, so you’ll need to come up with some other excuse! Taken as a dietary supplement, green tea extract usually comes in 500 mg. capsules taken two or three times daily. Now, that’s not hard, is it? And no bitter-beer-face aftertaste, either! So whether you take pills or sip it from a cup, the benefits gained from a green tea diet cannot be ignored. Well, they can, but that would be stupid, right? And since you’re smart enough to be reading this great article, that proves you’ve got a leg up in the brains department (please don’t take that literally!). But I digress. The point here is to consume green tea - one way or another. And if you’re not willing to give up the green eggs with your ham, well, then, at least add green tea to the meal. But if the ham is green … toss it!
Any natural ingredient that has a 4,000 year history of treating a wide variety of ailments is worth knowing more about. Green tea falls right into that category. In fact, Chinese people have been touting the benefits of green tea since the first Dynasty and earlier. Although green tea has been a “folklore medicine” for all of that time, recent scientific research into the curing properties of green tea indicates that there is something there after all. As early as 1994 an article published by the Journal of the National cancer Institute showed that a regular diet that included green tea could reduce the risks of esophageal cancer by as much as 60%. The study found that certain compounds found in green tea tended to inhibit the growth of cancer cells. As a side benefit, green tea was also shown to reduce total cholesterol levels and increase the ratio of HDL (good) cholesterol to LDL (bad) cholesterol. The Chinese already knew that and they also believe that green tea is an effective remedy for rheumatoid arthritis, cardiovascular disease, and certain immune deficiencies. So, what’s in green tea that’s so good? Apparently it’s the fact that green tea is high in an anti-oxidant known as “epigallocatechin gallate” , or EGCG for short. Clinical tests show that EGCG not only inhibits the growth of new cancer cells, but it kills some existing cancer cells without harming normal cells. EGCG also reportedly inhibits the unnatural formation of blood clots which have been known to cause thrombosis, one of the leading causes of heart attacks and stroke. Green tea and black tea both come from the Camellia sinensis plant yet only green tea has been found to have these medicinal properties. Researchers believe this is because green tea is manufactured using a process where the tea-producing plant’s leaves are steamed instead of being fermented like the other varieties. This steaming process leaves the EGCG compounds undamaged. The fermenting process, on the other hand, converts the EGCG into an inert substance which loses its medicinal properties. The dark side of drinking green tea.Well, the good news is that there isn’t any bad news other than the fact that green tea contains caffeine which may or may not be something that you want in your body. The caffeine count is substantially lower than coffee and other teas, however, and the benefits of drinking green tea seem to greatly outweigh the side effects of caffeine; at least for most people. How much green tea is right for you? That depends upon who you listen to. Some Chinese homeopathic health practitioners call for 10 cups a day, while some health researchers say that 2 to 3 cups will do the trick. When you look at all of the varying research, and take the average, 4 to 5 eight ounce cups of green tea per day should be good enough for most people. If you don’t like drinking green tea, or find the process of brewing green tea to be more that you are willing to go through 4 to 5 times per day, there are companies who produce “Green Tea Capsules” which contain doses of EGCG. It’s been said that anything that doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Since no one has found any instances of “death by green tea”, it certainly can’t do you any harm (and it just might do you some good), to introduce green tea into your life. World over people are getting very conscious about their health. There is high rate of heart disease and stroke, diabetics, Gallbladder Disease, Cancer, Sleep Apnoea, Osteoarthritis and etc. If obesity is not control in time then you can risk your life or face bad consequences that you will be inflicted by numerous diseases. However, it is better to lose weight and make yourself look good and feel healthy and that helps in avoiding terrible diseases. The evidences and health surveys show that men and women through out the world have developed the tendency of getting obesity. The high intake of fatty food and unsystematic life style is the main cause of obesity. Overweight people are more prone to have high blood pressure, the main risk factor for triggering heart disease and stroke. High level of cholesterol and blood fat (triglycerides) in the blood can drag you towards heart diseases, diabetics and other health problems. The modern world today are getting very conscious about health and fashion, that is to look good and have comfort life free from diseases. People are trying to lose their weight to get away from the harmful effect of overweight. But it is important to know about what are the ways of losing weight. Many try to combat obesity through doing physical exercise and balance diets. This is the right and appreciable method and way to loss weight naturally. There are also majority of people inclined towards taking weight loss pills without knowing the literature and side effects of the pills. It has been witnessed that people taking weight loss pills have serious side effects.
Medicine companies come out with strange and different types of weight loss pills without proper scientific drug research and these companies claim that there weight loss pills are best result oriented and authentically certified by FDA (Food and Drug Administration). Medicine companies advertise their product through print and electronics media in very effectively; People get influence by the media stunt and advertisement and decide to buy the weight loss pills. Then majority of people think that they will get instance benefit by taking these weight loss pills but in fact they don’t get any good result other than they come under the clutch of serious side effects. Finally when the news come to FDA then it becomes too late that the companies selling weight loss pills are not certified by FDA. Food and Drug Administration has taken serious notice about sale of illegal overweight loss pills in the market. It is not that easy for the medicines companies to get clearance certificate from FDA because it needs all the scientific data and report about the drugs to be sold in the market. The desperateness and eagerness of the general masses to lose weight has created FDA a great concern about the weight loss pills. FDA has recently approved few weight loss pills such as Xenial and Alli and these medicines should be sold under prescriptions. The FDA also does not deny that these drugs do not have side effects; people should take these drugs with lot of precaution under strict medical supervision. |