The healthiest oils are made of olives, flax seeds, walnuts and cedar nuts. Peanut oil and corn oil may provoke an allergic reaction in some people. Nevertheless, all vegetable oils can treat many disorders.
Vegetable oils have the ability to increase the HDL (good) cholesterol that your body needs and this will help to cleanse the blood vessels from the deposits. Also, vegetable oils will lower the LDL (bad) cholesterol. It will prevent atherosclerosis.
Rapeseed oil, wheat seed oil, flaxseed and walnut oil are very rich in alpha-linoleic acid (ALA or Omega 3), a polyunsaturated fatty acid, which is very important for the biochemical processes in your nervous system. Lack of alpha-linoleic acid will lead to a decreased ability to learn, nerve signal’s deflection, an increased risk of thrombosis and it will decrease your body’s ability to resist alcohol. You can get your daily dose of alpha-linoleic acid, if you take 1 table spoon of rapeseed oil or eat 4-6 walnuts a day.
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Diabetes Mellitus Information
Diabetes, or Diabetes Mellitus to give it its proper medical name, is a disorder of assimilation. When the pancreases become inactive or atrophied and cease to produce insulin, the body is unable to convert the sugar into energy for the muscles. Its chief symptoms are weakness and loss of weight, great thirst and increase in the amount of urine passed. There is sometimes voracious appetite but the patient. Gradually becomes more and more emaciated. Owing to poor vitality of the tissues, various skin eruptions like boils and carbuncles appear. There may be itching in the groins and eczema. A serious complication could be gangrene of the skin of the feet, beginning with the toes. A curious phenomenon is that the younger the patient, the more rapid is the course of the disease.
Allopathy depends mostly on administration of insulin to, dissolve the sugar in the blood and forbidding starchy and sugary foods to the patients modern science has not been able to pinpoint the real cause of the disease: what is available is only generalizations such as, obese persons are more susceptible to the disease, it attacks males more than females, or that it runs in the families etc. (more…)
Despite some evidence linking depression with low levels of omega-3 fatty acids, there is currently no convincing evidence that omega-3 fatty acids alone can relieve depression, according to a report published this week.
And there is limited evidence that omega-3 fatty acids given in combination with antidepressant drugs can relieve depression — but this needs to be confirmed before the routine use of omega-3 fatty acid supplements can be recommended for depression, the report states.
Circumstantial evidence has suggested a link between omega-3 levels and behaviour and mood disorders, such as depression, findings that have attracted widespread attention. (more…)
Key points
This fact sheet provides an overview of the use of valerian for insomnia and other sleep disorders and contains the following key information:
- Valerian is an herb sold as a dietary supplement in the United States.
- Valerian is a common ingredient in products promoted as mild sedatives and sleep aids for nervous tension and insomnia.
- Evidence from clinical studies of the efficacy of valerian in treating sleep disorders such as insomnia is inconclusive.
- Constituents of valerian have been shown to have sedative effects in animals, but there is no scientific agreement on valerian’s mechanisms of action.
- Although few adverse events have been reported, long-term safety data are not available.
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This fact sheet provides basic information about cranberry–common names, uses, potential side effects, and resources for more information. Cranberries are the fruit of a native plant of North America. These red berries are used in foods and in herbal products.
Common Names–cranberry, American cranberry, bog cranberry
Latin Name–Vaccinium macrocarpon
What It Is Used For
Historically, cranberry fruits and leaves were used for a variety of problems, such as wounds, urinary disorders, diarrhea, diabetes, stomach ailments, and liver problems. (more…)
Three cases of breast tissue enlargement in young boys, reported in The New England Journal of Medicine, apparently resulted from the application of products containing lavender or tea tree oil.
The development of prominent breast tissue in men or adolescences, also known as “gynecomastia,” is extremely uncommon in prepubertal boys, the authors note. If it does occur in a young boy, it may be due to a condition that is disrupting hormone activity.
Co-author Dr. Clifford A. Bloch, a pediatric endocrinologist in Greenwood Village, Colorado, diagnosed three boys, ages 4, 7, and 10 years old, with gynecomastia. Blood levels of the patients’ steroids, which are essential for the formation of hormones, were normal. (more…)