Tuesday, March 27, 2012

5 Natural Solutions for Varicose Veins

Are varicose veins or spider veins ruining your ability to wear short shorts? Or are they actually affecting your health by causing you to feel tired, especially in your legs, ankles, and feet?

Varicose veins, those bulging veins in your legs, are the result of weakness in walls of your veins and leaks in the valves that connect your veins. Health-wise, varicose veins are a sign that your vascular system isn't working as well as it should be. Luckily, there are 5 easy natural solutions that can support your body's vascular system.

1. Take natural antioxidants like wheat sprouts, coenzyme Q10, or rutin to reduce swelling and inflammation.
2. Increase your intake of essential fatty acids found in nuts, fish, and blue-green algae.
3. Add the herbs Butcher's Broom, nattokinase, and hawthorne to your daily regimen to increase circulation and strengthen venous walls.
4. Up your fiber and water intake while decreasing your consumption of meat, dairy, and fatty or refined foods.
5. Lose weight if you are overweight, and avoid standing for long periods of time.

These natural solutions are especially important to follow if you are a woman, as women are four times more likely to be affected by varicose veins than men. If your varicose veins are extremely bothersome, consider applying a witch hazel or apple cider vinegar compress twice daily.

Finally, get out and move your body! Life is all about movement, and conditions like varicose veins are simply messages from your body telling you that you are not moving nearly enough!


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Thursday, March 22, 2012

Daily Energy--Feed Your Cells, Silly!

In college my friends and I used to joke about the fact that we
never listened to our bodies. We ate when we were tired, and we
slept when we were hungry. As a result, we didn't have as much
energy we would have liked for, well, doing whatever people did
in college [you fill in the blanks with your imagination!].

But it turns out that if you need more daily energy, just feeding
your body better food won't totally deliver what you want. You
will feel better, but you won't get as much daily energy as you
seek.


Daily Energy--Feed Your Cells Instead
It turns out that for our bodies to have peak daily energy, we
need to not only feed our bodies with the food we eat, but we
need to feed our cells as well. It makes sense when you think
about it because we are built of a mass of cells.

So what do we feed our cells? What do cells "eat"? Cells need:
  • essential fatty acids (EFAs)
  • proteins
  • amino acids
  • complex sugars
  • vitamins and minerals

In addition, the mitochondria inside the cells, which are the
actual producers of cellular energy, need CoEnzyme Q10.

Finally, our brain cells need TWICE the energy of regular body
cells yet are more difficult to "feed" than regular body cells.
Why? Because brain cells are protected by a barrier called the
blood brain barrier, which only allows very small molecules to
pass to the brain. Thus some people's brains are actually starved
for complex sugars, micro-nutrients, and other small molecules
that feed the brain.

A Menu from which to Feed Your Cells
So now you know what your cells need to provide you with plenty
of daily energy, what's on the menu? If you want to keep the menu
short, simple, and sleek, check out these three simple
supplements:

- Whole bluegreen algae: Feeds cells on a macro level and
provides all the basic "cellular foods." Anywhere from 1 to 4
capsules daily can make a difference.

- CoEnzyme Q10: Feeds the mitochondria so it can churn out
cellular energy. Adding 1 to 2 gel caps daily can provide the key
nutrient mitochondria need to stay active.

- Bluegreen algae with cell wall removed: This "stripped down" version of the
blue-green algae is small enough to slip through the blood brain
barrier to feed hungry brain cells. Taking 1 to 4 capsules daily
can help with mental clarity and stamina.


That's a pretty simple menu of cellular food that will give you
plenty of daily energy!

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