Saturday, September 29, 2012
Relief Found with Alternative Medicine
This nicely written blog entry is so similar to my own son's experience with food allergies and alternative treatments that I could have written it myself. Check out this link and the comment section for a more indepth look: http://gnowfglins.com/2010/10/05/our-experience-with-curing-food-allergy/#
Monday, September 24, 2012
What Hasn't the Kid Eaten Lately?
What hasn't the kid eaten lately, that should be the real question. He had two birthday parties over this past weekend, and he pretty much chowed down on the same things all the other kids were indulging in. He had lots of pizza, lots of cake--even the same grocery store brand that he reacted to back in April!, soda pop, Superman ice cream (loaded with a lot of terrible crap), multiple ring pop suckers, numerous days of pancakes, and regular restaurant bacon and sausage. Can you say SUGAR HIGH? That was about the extent of any reaction, he was ultra hyper and talkative, but other than that no reaction and no medication required. Funny how today I was talking with my co-worker who has an autistic daughter and she was saying how pop makes her otherwise shy and introverted kid so talkative. Something about the sugar...
Sunday, September 23, 2012
The Debate About Flu Shots
Curious about the origins of the flu, what the 'H' and 'N' stand for, or ever wonder why researchers miss thier influenza tartget from time-to-time? Check out this article: The Debate About Flu Shots
The rising furor over the influenza vaccine differs from the controversy over most other vaccines because the central argument is not over the risk but rather if it works at all. Defenders insist that widespread vaccination will confer a herd immunity to the general population, protecting the weakest among us, who might actually succumb to influenza if exposed. They say that manufacturing an influenza vaccine year after year keeps the factories primed for the dreaded day a more virulent strain threatens a true pandemic, like the one that killed hundreds of thousands of Americans in 1918. But skeptics label such benefits hypothetical at best, and argue that even the smallest risk or side effect is unacceptable...
The Debate About Flu Shots
The rising furor over the influenza vaccine differs from the controversy over most other vaccines because the central argument is not over the risk but rather if it works at all. Defenders insist that widespread vaccination will confer a herd immunity to the general population, protecting the weakest among us, who might actually succumb to influenza if exposed. They say that manufacturing an influenza vaccine year after year keeps the factories primed for the dreaded day a more virulent strain threatens a true pandemic, like the one that killed hundreds of thousands of Americans in 1918. But skeptics label such benefits hypothetical at best, and argue that even the smallest risk or side effect is unacceptable...
The Debate About Flu Shots
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
NMT: Neuromodulation Technique
NMT: Neuromodulation Technique--Anyone out there ever try it? What's been your experience? My neighbor was considering NAET for her daughters horrendous ragweed allergy when she stumbled upon NMT. NMT seems to share some similairities with NAET, but there is no avoidance period and multiple allergens can be treated at the same time. After having 3 treatments this child is no longer on any allergy medication at all and is doing great, which says alot as this has been a helluva ragweed season in our area.
There's only one NMT pracitioner is my area, and she is also an RN. When she entered the world of alternative medicine (after many years in a hospital setting) she started with NAET. I spoke with her at great length today, and she told me the results are much faster with NMT and has had great success with ANA allergies. I really want to get through this peanut allergy which we have yet to attempt with NAET. I'm going to spend the next few days further researching NMT and determine if this is a course we want to try.
There's only one NMT pracitioner is my area, and she is also an RN. When she entered the world of alternative medicine (after many years in a hospital setting) she started with NAET. I spoke with her at great length today, and she told me the results are much faster with NMT and has had great success with ANA allergies. I really want to get through this peanut allergy which we have yet to attempt with NAET. I'm going to spend the next few days further researching NMT and determine if this is a course we want to try.
Monday, September 10, 2012
Could Vitamin D Help You Avoid the Flu? - Articles - LifeTime WeightLoss
Could Vitamin D Help You Avoid the Flu? - Articles - LifeTime WeightLoss
More of a mainstream article addressing the need for optimal vitamin D levels to keep the immune system at peak performance. Excerpts from the article, "Vitamin D triggers the body to make its own antibiotics called antimicrobial peptides (AMPs). These AMPs have been shown to inactivate the flu virus...Although it’s a northern climate country, Norway maintains the highest levels of vitamin D in Europe due to the population’s high levels of year-round fish consumption. There is also little rise in flu outbreaks in Norway compared with other European countries like Great Britain...[from] researchers who published an article in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition:
"Increasing serum 25(OH)D levels is the most cost-effective way to reduce global mortality rates, as the cost of vitamin D is very low and there are few adverse effects from oral intake and/or frequent moderate UVB irradiance with sufficient body surface area exposed.”
My family takes 2,000 IUs of D3 per person each day and we're all around 60-70 ng/ml, which is in the optimal range.
More of a mainstream article addressing the need for optimal vitamin D levels to keep the immune system at peak performance. Excerpts from the article, "Vitamin D triggers the body to make its own antibiotics called antimicrobial peptides (AMPs). These AMPs have been shown to inactivate the flu virus...Although it’s a northern climate country, Norway maintains the highest levels of vitamin D in Europe due to the population’s high levels of year-round fish consumption. There is also little rise in flu outbreaks in Norway compared with other European countries like Great Britain...[from] researchers who published an article in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition:
"Increasing serum 25(OH)D levels is the most cost-effective way to reduce global mortality rates, as the cost of vitamin D is very low and there are few adverse effects from oral intake and/or frequent moderate UVB irradiance with sufficient body surface area exposed.”
My family takes 2,000 IUs of D3 per person each day and we're all around 60-70 ng/ml, which is in the optimal range.
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