Yearly Archives: 2020

The Sunshine Vitamin -Joke of the Day

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Getting enough natural sunlight is very important to our mental health. When sunlight hits the skin it triggers the body’s production of vitamin D. Vitamin D is also known as “the sunshine vitamin.” It is a crucial ingredient for overall health; protects against inflammation, lowers high blood pressure, helps muscles, improves brain function.

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Laughter the BEST Medicine

In these very strange and trying times, it is very difficult to find laughter.  Laughter can be a tonic to soothe life’s woes, and
it’s true: laughter is strong medicine. It draws people together in ways that trigger healthy physical and emotional changes in the body. Laughter strengthens your immune system, boosts mood, diminishes pain, and protects you from the damaging effects of stress. Nothing works faster or more dependably to bring your mind and body back into balance than a good laugh. Humor lightens your burdens, inspires hope, connects you to others, and keeps you grounded, focused, and alert. Laughter brings joy!!
So, where do you find this laughter.  It is different for everyone.  You can find it through old stories retold by family members, watching children play, watching funny movies, sitcoms, or YouTube videos, and of course through the telling or hearing of a funny joke.  Trying to remember what makes you laugh, and starting your day with laughter can set the tone for the day.
A FEW LAUGHTER BASICS:

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CORONA VIRUS Basic Facts

Contrary to what mass mainstream media would have you assume, coronaviruses aren’t uncharted territory. In fact, human coronaviruses are responsible for 15-30% of common colds each year. COVID-19 is a new disease, caused be a novel (or new) coronavirus that has not previously been seen in humans.  On February 11, 2020, the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses, charged with naming new viruses, named the novel coronavirus, first identified in Wuhan, China, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, shortened to SARS-CoV-2.
As the name indicates, the virus is related to the SARS-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) that caused an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2002-2003, however it is not the same virus.
Typically, the mortality statistic (approximately 2.3%) are based on people with other health issues such as heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, cancer, etc.  Also included are people with immune compromising health issues. 
There are some good preventatives to try and adhere to:

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“Prostate Control” can help with enlarged prostate

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 Urine pooling in the bladder can lead to a UTI-Urinary Tract Infection?
As men age, they can deal with an enlarged prostate – also called BPH (Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia). There are many symptoms that go along with BPH. Including incomplete bladder emptying, which can cause urine to pool in the bladder and lead to a UTI.
Prostate Control is a supplement that relieves the symptoms of BPH. These symptoms are:
Weak urinary stream and urine dribbling, hesitancy-difficulty in starting to urinate, incomplete bladder emptying, abdominal straining, frequent urinate-especially at night, wetting accidents, pain or burning with urination and blood in urine or semen, and painful ejaculation.

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We can become resistant in antibiotics

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Over half of all recurrent Urinary tract infections are caused by the same strain of bacteria as the initial infection? And most times UTI’s reoccur even with appropriate antibiotic therapy. Research tells us that re-infection after antibiotic therapy is common.
 One problem is that the bacteria responsible for urinary tract infections are growing resistant to antibiotic therapy. In other words, they are genetically adapting to the drugs that are designed to kill them.

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Women have a 50% higher likelihood of UTI infection

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 Both women and men can get infections in the urinary tract?
 Women have an even higher likelihood – a 50% chance – of having a urinary tract infection during their lifetime. And if you’ve had one, you know how painful they can be. They are most often caused by bacteria, so keeping your urinary tract healthy is your first line of defense.

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Beating a UTI qiuckly

Why is it vital to know the causes and symptoms of urinary tract infections and how to treat and prevent them? Unrecognized and untreated urinary tract infections (UTIs) can quickly turn into more serious conditions. A lack of symptoms or ignoring symptoms may result in a UTI going untreated and then spreading to the kidneys, and then the bloodstream-and could then become a potentially fatal condition.
UTIs are more likely to strike women than men. They also occur often in older men. In both older men and women, the symptoms of a UTI may not be so obvious as they are in young women. The most common UTI symptoms include burning with urination, frequent urination, a sense of urgency to urinate, and pain in the area of the bladder. Symptoms don’t always appear in older adults.

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Did You Know? Grow Bone

Did you know there is a product that stimulates bone strength and bone mineral density, and has been clinically demonstrated to do so? The product Grow Bone System by Garden of Life is backed by human clinical studies. (more…)

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