Thursday, September 6, 2007
The prostate gland has a reputation as a health destroyer. Hypertrophy of the prostate gland, which affects nearly every elderly male, strangles the urethra. This troublesome condition makes urination difficult and increases the risk of bladder infections and kidney damage.
However, there are many good foods that may already be a part of your everyday diet that can help thwart the onset of prostate problems.
Tomatoes, watermelons, red grapefruit, papaya and red berries are all great sources of lycopene, a health-promoting plant pigment known for its cancer-battling ability. It also promotes a strong immune system and helps support prostate health in men.
Though fresh are always an excellent option, the lycopene in cooked tomatoes is actually absorbed more readily by the body. It is also your ally in the battle against heart disease.
Quercetin, a flavonoid that forms the backbone of many other flavonoids, may have positive effects in combating or helping to prevent many different types of cancer, including prostate. It also acts as an antihistamine and has anti-inflammatory properties, which may be helpful in relieving the pain of an inflamed prostate.
Foods rich in quercetin include apples, black and green tea, onions, raspberries, red wine, red grapes, citrus fruits, broccoli and other leafy green vegetables, and cherries. Quercetin can also be found in honey and sap, including the type from eucalyptus and tea tree flowers.
It is vital to remember to get a healthy balance of foods to keep your prostate healthy, including antioxidants, vitamin E from nuts and seeds, and drink plenty of clear fluids to help flush the bladder.
Try to avoid caffeine, alcohol, and spicy foods. Keeping your weight in check will also help maintain a healthy prostate.
Adilene Lohan writes articles on different topics. To know more about exposed skin care review, exposed acne kit visit http://www.squidoo.com/exposedacnetreatment/
Mastering Your Life and Tinnitus
Over the last several months I’ve written dozens of articles on Tinnitus. In those articles I’ve addressed everything from getting relief from tinnitus, to sleeping with tinnitus, sex and tinnitus, marriage and tinnitus and even quantum physics and tinnitus. Today is the day you get on with it and start mastering your life and your tinnitus.
I’ve said it hundreds of times before and will continue to say it. Some people wake up day after day hoping something will change, but never take any action to affect change. If you want more joy in your life, you must create joy. It will not happen to you by accident. You must take steps to create change that will allow joy to come into your life.
If you are seeking less anger in your life, less stress, or less pain, you must do something today that will allow more peace, more pleasure and more relief into your life. It’s not enough to think about it, to wish it, to hope for it. You see, hoping keeps you in the state of hoping. Wishing keeps you in the state of wishing. Thinking keeps you in the state of thinking.
There are two things you must do to attract those things you desire into your life. The first is to stay open to the opportunity you seek. Stay open to healing and open to joy. If you keep openness in your heart you will be in a state of allowing. which means allowing things to come into your life.
Most people stay closed off to such things by feeling constant anger, pain, stress, or by constantly complaining. Feeling is the key. If you constantly feel anger, you are closed off to feeling pleasure. Your feelings, your emotions expand and create more of that reality for you.
On the other hand, if you do something that makes you feel pleasure and focus on that pleasure, you are allowing pleasure to enter your reality, and that will expand. What you focus on expands. Again, your feelings are the key to creating your reality.
I used to consider myself a tinnitus patient. Hence, what expanded for me was being a tinnitus patient. I used to consider myself a tinnitus sufferer, therefore, I not only allowed more suffering to come into my life, I encouraged that simply by letting my thoughts be the pilot of my life.
If your thoughts lead to your emotions, and your emotions lead to your actions, and your actions lead to your reality, then the key to mastering your life is this; take your thoughts away from the guy now at the helm. He’s on auto pilot. You take the controls back, and you become the pilot and navigate your life.
You will not become the master of your life over night. It takes practice to become aware of your thoughts and emotions, and then choose to focus on them or not. But, I believe this with all my heart. What you focus on expands, and your emotions are the key to the ignition. Your thoughts are now on auto-pilot, yet you can take the controls back and pilot your vessel on your own. Once you do this, you are now navigating your life from your soul rather than from random thought (whatever comes into your mind). Once you practice noticing what you are thinking, you will see how repetitive your thoughts are, how useless they are and how much they sabotage your life.
It’s not positive thinking that will change your life. It’s more than that. It’s mastering your emotional controls, plus navigating your thoughts with positive intention. Will you continue to make mistakes? Sure! But, mistakes are beacons of opportunity which are intentionally put there in order for you to change your navigation and get on the right course!
So, in essence, it’s positive thinking plus positive feeling plus positive action. There is no such thing as random suffering. You can’t heal your tinnitus with the same mind that created it. You must now become a conscious participant in your life. Change your thoughts and change your emotions and your tinnitus will change.
Nancy Houle is the wife of Paul Tobey a concert pianist, motivational speaker who discovered a path to healing ringing in the ears without medical intervention. His self-help book on reducing tinnitus Volume is a popular Ringing in the Ears Download.
Herbal Home Remedies for Gastritis Treatment
Gastritis is a condition that occurs when the white blood cells move into the wall of stomach due to some injury or some other reason. It refers to mild irritation and inflammation and infection of the stomach lining. It is of two types: acute and chronic. The more chances of chronic gastritis are in people who are suffering from severe iron deficiency. The stomach is J-shaped where the foods and liquid consumed and are collected and later break down into pieces for proper digestion. Any disorder in the stomach lining will interfere with the proper digestion of food resulting in physical disorders.
Main Causes of gastritis
* Alcohol
* Viral and bacterial infections
* Peptic ulcer disease
* Pernicious Anemia
* High intake of spicy rich foods
Home Remedies of gastritis
* A teaspoonfull of ajwain (Carom seeds) with a pinch of salt is an effective remedy for gastritis.
* A fresh ginger if chewed before taking meals stimulates digestion.
* Coconut water is an excellent remedy for gastritis cure.
* A combination of 200 ml of spinach juice mixed with 300 ml of carrot juice is very beneficial in the treatment of gastritis.
* Dry friction and sponge bath is recommended.
* Application of heat through hot compressor or hot water bottle twice in the day with empty stomach has also proven beneficial.
* Half cup of potato juice before taking meals is also beneficial.
* Lemon juice is an effective remedy for the treatment of gastritis.
* High intake of water and juices is recommended.
* Mix Sprague powder six parts and black salt one part. Take 2-3 grams of the mixture with warm water.
* 125 grams of curd, 2 grams of Sprague and half gram of black salt taken together provides relief from gastritis.
* Chewing roasted fennel after meals imparts relief from gastritis.
* Use of buttermilk and curd along with asafetida and cumin water is highly beneficial.
* Tamarind water should be taken along with asafetida and cumin water.
* One or two pieces of garlic rolled in dry grape without seeds, immediately provides relief from this condition.
* Use of alcohol, nicotine, spices and condiments, flesh foods, chilies, sour things, pickles, strong tea and coffee, sweets, pastries, rich cakes and aerated waters should be avoided as far as possible.
Alien writes for Herbal remedies . He also writes for best cosmetics and how to get rid of blackheads
