Calcium: the Miracle Mineral

Calcium: the Miracle Mineral
 by: Charlene J. Nuble

We've heard it not only once or twice or even thrice but a lot of times. If you want healthy bones and teeth then pack up on the Calcium intake. While it is true that calcium is absolutely necessary to the health and strength of bones and teeth, this essential mineral also serves several other important purposes in the body. Yet, many people still routinely fail to consume enough calcium in their daily diets.
In addition to the benefits to teeth and bones, calcium plays a role in blood clotting, muscle functions, and the cell membranes maintenance. It is also important to the prevention of debilitating bone diseases, such as osteoporosis.
Despite the known importance of consuming adequate amounts of calcium daily, some research have found that as much as 75% of Americans do not have a sufficient daily intake of calcium. Comprising most of these numbers are those who are following strict vegetarian diets.
Fortunately, there are several varieties of calcium supplements available on the market. Adults need between 1000 mgs and 1300 mgs of calcium per day and should not exceed beyond 2500 mgs as overdose in daily calcium intake can cause other health problems. Your health care professional can help you to choose the amount that you need daily as preexisting conditions, such as bone loss or damage due to previous deficiencies, can make a difference in how much you should be taking daily. The most common calcium supplements include calcium citrate, calcium carbonate, oyster shell or bone meal based calcium supplements, coral calcium, and calcium gluconate and calcium lactate based supplements.
In choosing your supplement, you should be aware of how to read the label to ensure that you are getting the amount of calcium that you think you are. Elemental calcium is the term used for the calcium that your body will be able to absorb. Some supplements have this and other types of calcium, but it is only the elemental calcium that can count towards your daily intake. Calcium is absorbed best in acidic circumstances, which is why many supplements are recommended for use after meals, when the stomach acids are at higher levels.
Current research has found that calcium citrate is the most efficient of the supplements because it can be absorbed easily by the system. However, although it is absorbed easier and can be taken at any time of day, whether or not there is food in the stomach, this type of calcium supplement often contains less of the elemental calcium, and thus more pills daily will be needed. On the other hand, calcium carbonate is the most common over the counter calcium supplement. It has a special instruction though and that is it should be taken only after meals when there is increased stomach acid production. These, however, should be watched for sodium content.
Calcium is needed by our system to enable us to live healthy and normal lives. Insufficient daily supply of this mineral in our body can lead to numerous health problems causing not only a lot of damage in the pockets but also an abnormal lifestyle. To avoid these complications and inconvenience, it is therefore essential to intake the right amount of calcium needed daily by our body. A little research and consultation with a nutritional specialist can help you to plan your daily diet so as to be able to obtain the healthy amount of daily calcium.
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Charlene J. Nuble 2005. For up to date links and information about Vitamins, please go to: http://vitamins.besthealthlink.net/ or for updated links and information on all health related topics, go to: http://www.besthealthlink.net/.

This article was posted on August 12, 2005

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Balancing Wisdom & Love

Balancing Wisdom & Love
 by: Eli Galla

One of the light & energy templates, which I work with on the body, connects the head with the heart. Doing this energy work alignment, balances wisdom with love. When this permanent connection into the energy anatomy has been made, and the head and the head are balancing one another; it is so much easier to see and feel negative beliefs pop up. These negative beliefs tend to overtake your body with stuck energy feelings. Through the activation of the head & heart template your own inner wisdom guides you to where this new energy will serve your highest good.
The grace of feeling the vast abundance of universal love is truly a blessing. All too often the mind will run its negative programs of fear and lack. Sometimes it may even be hard to discern what negative beliefs are running our minds. We just know that something feels tight, as if it is holding us back, and we would rather it not be stuck there.
Recently I bought a book called the, "Path of Empowerment" by Barbara Marciniak. She channels for the Pleiadians. A good segment of the book has to do with how feelings are always connected to beliefs; and how one of the main reasons that all of us are here on Earth, doing our journeys of life and death, has to do with us managing energy. This means taking responsibility for the fact we decided to be here at this time, and that we all create our reality.
It is necessary to be inside of our bodies, consciously breathing, in order to know that what we are feeling isn't serving our best interests. This isn't easy to do sometimes. In the accelerated energy of today, stress is fed by the electromagnetic polluters of the environment, such as microwaves, cell phones, computers etc. These electronic instruments tend to drain our energy. These are only some of the negative influences in our environment, but right now they are a mighty big one.
Negative beliefs are part of the program we are fed by society, from the time of conception. Of course now the energy dynamics have changed since the Harmonic Convergence in 1987. The polarities that we set up in our imprints aren't being carried over into the genetic code of the New Children, (read Indigos, Crystals, Diamonds etc) who are coming onto the earth-plane now.
Those of us who aren't New Children are still cycling the negativity of society's imprints within our subconscious, and unconscious. The other night I was meditating and all of a sudden I felt something wrapped around the right lobe of my brain and tightness in my solar plexus, (stomach) & creative/sexual center (a couple of inches below the waist). It was a very constrictive feeling. I asked spirit for guidance. I traced the feeling back to the beliefs: It's the nature of duality to be against whatever I want to create. There's always something outside of me that will prevent me from manifesting my intent. It's always going to be against me!!!
I released these beliefs via a prayer that Benu (the Arch Angel Gabriel) gave us. As soon as I said the prayer, separated my hands, and acknowledged it was permanently and fully released, I envisioned this fluorescent golden/lime green light turn into a snake and saw it slither out of the right lobe of my brain.
I had never had this happen before. I immediately felt a whole lot more space within my being. A gigantic burden had been lifted, and a new exhilarating lightness had replaced it. I believe that when we concentrate on opening the heart and feeling the divine current of unconditional love that it will continue to pour through us and liberate those parts of the mind that are still running the negative programs.
Praying is the asking for our intents to be heard and acted upon by Prime Source (our Creator). Meditation is the receiving of the answer we have prayed for. My prayer was heard this night.
The type of energy work I do is the EMF Balancing Technique®. Since I have received the first four sessions about a year and a half ago, my process of cycling negative beliefs has accelerated. Polarities, that I had been hanging onto, since early childhood, have come up and cycled through my being, across different time lines. This is interdimensional healing!!!
The first session connects up the head and the heart. This new dynamic is a permanent activation that keeps on working within all four levels of our being: the spiritual, physical, mental, & emotional.
After the template of the head and heart is activated, inner wisdom is always at play. It manifested the other night in my meditation to free me of this really nasty three pronged negative belief system that had embedded itself around my brain, causing the deep feeling of fear-- the fear of failure and unworthiness. It's times like these I can indulge in a hearty laugh over the insidious nature of these deep-seated beliefs and how ludicrous they really are. If we can't consciously feel them and trace them to a belief we don't have the needed insight to cycle them.
Since I've released excess electro-magnetic energy, (attachments & traumas) surrounding old events, it's been so much easier to be fully inside of my body and feel when the energy is being blocked. When we voice intents, pray, and meditate we stimulate the flow of the new energy dynamic; it becomes much easier to stay centered in the Now.
The deeper our connection of being grounded in the Now, the easier it is to be cognizant of when negative beliefs are taking us further away from realizing out intents. It is easier, because now we are more aware of when are bodies are holding onto energy in a certain chakra, or when our bodies are in pain; or when we are feeling depressed or angry; or when we are running around the same thoughts that only lead to more chaos. In other words we become more sensitive in all four bodies of our being: the emotional, mental, physical, & Spiritual.
The game that we have created for ourselves, here on Gaia, has changed. We've empowered ourselves with this new energy dynamic that supports our own inner knowing. Discernment is the key word right now. We only need to ask who the lies benefit? Why is there so much corruption? Why is such a power struggle going on right now? Why is there a war being waged over oil?
Instead of feeling bitter and judging these events, I'm learning to accept it and shine my own inner light to make the reality I desire. We can all do this. When we shine our own individual lights we take away the power of the darkness that is fed by fear, lack, and violence. It is the bedrock of the old energy dynamics.
The new energy dynamic, of being the truth of our own inner being, is just waiting there to be implemented by anyone who wants to use wisdom and love to access the universal energy source, (the Cosmic Lattice).

About The Author

Eli Galla is a certified practitioner of the first four sessions of the EMF Balancing Technique®. He has lived in Seattle for 15 years. He helps his clients integrate the new energy dynamic, by providing information about prayer, meditation, and nutrition. He may be contacted at 206-344-5164, eli@seaofjoy.com & www.seaofjoy.com

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This article was posted on August 12, 2005

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Tips on Choosing the Best Skin Care Product for You

Tips on Choosing the Best Skin Care Product for You
 by: Ellen Kennedy

Your face is the first thing that people notice when they meet you. So, it is no wonder that skin care is big business! Millions are spent each year to treat acne, under eye circles, wrinkles, discolorations, and a variety of other ailments. If you are in the market for a skin care line, there are a few things that you should consider before settling on a product. First you need to look at the type of ingredients the product contains, and then find out what works best for your particular skin type. So, get ready to put your best face forward!
A good skin care product is only as good as its ingredients. Make sure to read the label before you buy. If you are unable to pronounce anything on the bottle, move on to something else. The best skin care products are made with natural ingredients. Look for a formula with Aloe Vera and vitamin E for a great complexion. You want a skin care line that keeps you looking your best, while feeling great on your skin. Cleansers and creams shouldn't burn or sting. Depending on your skin type, you may find that formulas that contain alcohol can actually aggravate your problem. So do your homework beforehand. If you have a specific problem like acne or sun damage, you will want to find a skin care line that focuses on your problem areas. Benzyl peroxide has been known to work wonders on acne, while alpha-hydroxy helps improve the appearance of wrinkles or sun damage.
If you have dry skin, you will want to find a formula that helps replenish the moisture in your face. Products made with Aloe Vera and Vitamin E are particularly good at this. Look for skin care lines that come in a cream or a lotion form. A good humidifier used at night may also help improve your complexion. Always remember that excess washing can actually dry your face out further, so limit your washings to once or twice a day.
If you are plagued by oily skin, you may find that acne is a major problem for you. Here again excess washing can aggravate the problem, so limit washings to once or twice a day. Follow up your skin care routine with a quality astringent or toner. This will help control the amount of oil on your face, and reduce the number of breakouts.
Combination skin can be a tricky situation. You have patches of dry skin as well as oilier regions. Look for a formula that is specifically designed for your type of skin. Oil absorbing masks applied to the T-zone (your forehead, nose, and chin) once a week will help control oil and breakouts.
No matter what type of skin you have, you should have no trouble finding a skin care line to suite your needs. The key is to understand what different ingredients do. Research anything that you don't understand- and don't be fooled into thinking that a product has to be expensive to work. Some of the best products on the market cost less than $10 dollars a bottle!

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Ellen Kennedy is a freelance health writer and contributing author to http://www.fixoilyskin.info – a site that provides free skin care information and tips.

This article was posted on August 12, 2005

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Lower Your Blood Pressure With Diet

Lower Your Blood Pressure With Diet
 by: Beverley Brooke

With one in four Americans suffering from high blood pressure, it's critical we're all aware of the dangers posed this disease which affects millions. The fatal result could be a heart attack or stroke. With the nature of high blood pressure being so 'silent', it's crucial we get ourselves checked out on a regular basis – every year for checking blood pressure is fine, especially for those over 60 years of age.
Lowering your blood pressure can be done in many ways. The most crucial aspect of lowering your blood pressure is by making smart dietary choices like removing salt and high in fat foods from your diet and replacing them with delicious fresh fruits and vegetables. You could even grow the vegetables yourself and take up a new hobby while you're at it.
The Nutritional Committee of the Heart Association of America recommends you eat a diet containing lots of calcium, magnesium and low in salt and cholesterol. With the Internet being so vast these days all you have to do is hit Google and type in calcium and magnesium foods and you will see thousands of results recommending foods rich in these properties. I shall recommend a few here for you:
Foods rich in calcium: Cottage Cheese Frozen Yoghurt Ice Cream Spinach Tofu Almonds Oysters
Foods rich in potassium: Peaches, Pears and Kiwi Fruit Raisins Watermelon Asparagus Broccoli Cabbage Carrots Pumpkin Sweet Potatoes
Above all, research your diet, food and drinks wisely, exercise regularly and your blood pressure will fall accordingly. In all cases if you think you may be suffering from high blood then seek out your doctor and have a talk with him, get tested and discuss your options and treatments with him.

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Beverley Brooke, visit the section on high blood pressure at her website to learn more about lowering your blood pressure

http://www.healthandfinesse.com/blood-pressure.html

This article was posted on August 12, 2005

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