Combatting Allergies For Healthy Aging
The beautiful season of spring is here. The earth is bursting with color. – White apple blossoms, the pink of cherry trees, the yellow of forsythia, and the purple of lilac to name a few. However, there is also pollen, which brings terrible allergies.
Respiratory allergies are very prevalent today. Pollen also affects the eyes making them itchy, and the nose stuffy. Asthma becomes a nightmare for some. It seems that one is never born with asthma but over the years it develops due to allergies.
More and more people today are diagnosed with these symptoms, which is probably due to our modern way of living. Allergies come from an over-developed immune system.
Feeling miserable with allergies can effect your age esteem, so for healthy aging and healthy age esteem practice the following tips when pollen fills the air.
When spring approaches and the pollen is rampant, there are a few things one can do to help. Close windows in the morning when the pollen is most present; do not put clothes or sheets outside; wash hair in the evening and avoid picnics and nature walks. Unfortunately, this is difficult to do during this season. but it will help to control the allergies.
Should symptoms become really bad, medical attention should be received because the allergies can become severe.
One positive point: This condition does not last!
Grandma Nature
Friendly Bacteria
Did you know that more than 100 billion bacteria, 1.5 kilograms of them, live in our intestines!!
Their task is varied. There are friendly bacteria, which help to digest the food we eat, maintain the immune system and prevent pathological bacteria from developing. Thus your intestines should be well looked after.
How? By what you eat. A balanced and varied diet is essential. Foods rich in fat are to be avoided. Plain yogurt without sugar and the bifidus drinks are the answer.
Grandma Nature
Can Money Buy Good Health?
They say that money cannot buy good health. However, some research shows that rich people are in better health than poor people. This is based on the result of a study that indicates that people with lower incomes go less often to the doctor because of the expense involved. Let’s face it. Healthcare can be very expensive.
Yet, in today’s world, there is so much about nutrition and good health that one just needs to read and to research to know what should be eaten and what lifestyle to lead.
Pharmacies, too, can be a great aid in helping people manage their health.
Grandma Nature
Free Fitness Workout For Healthy Aging
Housework. Does just the mention of the word make you cringe? Perhaps. And yet, housework is good for you! It is relaxing and it is a free fitness workout. So tell your cleaning person good-bye, put on your work clothes and get down to some serious business.
Housework is healthy exercise for all ages and both men and women.
Believe it or not, studies have shown (British Journal of Sports Medicine) that doing housework decreases stress and the risk of depression. The mind is occupied in thinking about what is to be cleaned, with what, and which type of cleaning product. Then the fact of doing the cleaning with the stretching, knee bending, arm movements, and even weight lifting in carrying laundry or other heavy things to tidy up the house or apartment is good physical exercise.
The joy of seeing an improvement is uplifting. Furniture sparkles; rugs are clean; mirrors shine. – And just think. It is something that you have done yourself. Already the body feels better.
The word housework should no longer make you cringe, but motivate you. You are doing something positive and even artistic and creative; for example, you might re-arrange furniture, add some flowers, or move around objects for a new look in the room.
Whatever you do, do not throw away your cleaning equipment!
Grandma Nature
Hair And Healthy Aging
Our hair is important to us. As we begin to lose it as we age, it may even seem more important to us. It is “the frosting on the cake” for the human body, making one feel and look beautiful.
The hair industry certainly helps the economy as well. Think of all the hair products for sale and the advertisements that you see everywhere. The hairdressing profession also engages many people
Yet, there is an even more important role that hair plays. – That of telling us how many toxic metals we have in our body. Toxic metals are minerals that are not useful for human health and are poisonous to the body. They can promote such conditions as fatigue, memory loss, depressive humor and lack of concentration.
Lead, arsenic, nickel and mercury, which is often found in fish, are some of these toxic minerals. Necessary elements for the body are iron, zinc, magnesium and calcium.
A few strands of hair can be analyzed to show which substances are in your body. Some pharmacies will perform this analysis. In today’s world it is easy to accumulate these toxins. The body absorbs them even through the jewelry that you wear. Maybe it would be wise to remove your jewelry when at home, except for wedding rings, of course, where no one sees you!
How to get rid of toxic metals? Drink a lot of water, exercise to transpire a lot and go to saunas. Dandelion greens and garlic also help to eliminate toxic metals.
The hair, therefore, is a wonderful gift of nature which stores information that can improve health and heal the body.
Grandma Nature
Something Is Fishy
The expression, something is fishy, seems appropriate as we receive mixed messages concerning the benefits of eating fish for our aging bodies.
For years we have been encouraged to eat fish. Latest studies show that salmon, even though it is valuable and efficient against cardio-vascular disease, is now known to be polluted and can be dangerous to your health. Also antibiotics are used in some farm-raised fish and seafood which raises health questions as well.
It is recommended not to eat more than two or three portions of fish each week and to alternate fatty fish with non-fatty fish.
Grandma Nature
Lemon – A Friend To Aging Bodies
Lemon is indeed a friend to aging bodies and to how you feel about yourself, your age esteem.
Lemon offers much more than vitamin C. It is known to help in easing the pain of acne, prostate and arteriosclerosis. It even benefits weight loss.
For beauty treatments, lemon aids in eliminating spots on the skin, destroys dandruff and beautifies nails.
Two other practical benefits: Lemon also chases mosquitoes away and helps to prevent tears when you are peeling onions.
Grandma Nature
Relieve Nervous Tension To Free Age Esteem
It can be difficult to feel good about yourself when you are tense with tight muscles.
Treat nervous tension with these natural remedies to feel good at the age you are and enhance your age esteem.
Rapeseed oil, because of its great quantity of omega-3 fatty acids, is very effective in calming. Omega-3 assures the good functioning of the membranes of nervous cells. The vitamin B complex, especially 6, 9 and 12 are necessary for good nervous equilibrium. Magnesium is necessary for the brain’s working on the nervous system.
Herbal teas such as chamomile are soothing. Essential oils such as lavender, basil, mandarin and geranium aid via massages in calming one’s nerves.
Last, but not least, exercise of all kinds, even a gentle walk in the woods, will alleviate nervous stress.
Grandma Nature
Dates For Healthy Aging
Dates are often considered as a miraculous fruit providing fertility and prosperity.
Low in calories, they are energy providers as they contain a lot of sugar and fiber. Dates improve lazy intestines and contain minerals such as potassium (good for muscles and the nervous system), magnesium and phosphorus. Dates also contain natural aspirin.
We often eat dates during the year-end holiday season. It is a relief to know that this wonderful little fruit is a holiday delicacy that is actually good for us.
Grandma Nature
Ginger For Healthy Aging
Ginger has been known and used for centuries as a relief for nausea and stomach ailments. Even a ginger snap cookie will be effective in calming motion or morning sickness. Ginger ale helps as well or adding fresh ginger, so delicious, to cooking – especially in Chinese recipes.
In addition to being a miracle cure for all kinds of motion sickness, ginger has many other attributes as well. It is rich in minerals and the B6 vitamin, so necessary for the nervous system. Ginger soothes headaches, helps in easing arthritic pain, stops acidification in the body and strengthens the immune system against colds. It can be consumed through various ways: in cooking, in candy, and in cookies to name a few.
When we eat healthfully it also enhances our age esteem as we have more energy to contribute our talents and experience in meaningful ways.
Grandma Nature
