Health Campbell Style
By: Mary Campbell
One thing all people in any aspect of the health-based industry can agree on is a healthy body begins with the basics. Along with exercise your diet is extremely important. However, if you're like me, most of us find it hard to eat right all of the time. Sometimes that fast food just calls to you.
Limiting intake of those items and eating healthier is the way to go, but trying to get all of your recommended doses of vitamins and minerals can make you crazy! Then think about the fact that foods have lost their mineral and vitamin content over the years and things can get a little crazier.
This is where BodyBalance comes in. My friend John Obraza let me know about this product - a product he uses on a daily basis. It is chock full of great ingredients to help balance your body's needs. This product contains aloe Vera, which has been long touted as having healing effects since the days of the Egyptians.
It has several different types of sea vegetables; alaria esculenta, ascophyllum nodosum, chondis cripus, palmaria palmate, porphyra yezoensis, ulva iactuca, fucus vesiculosus, gigartina chamissoi, and laminaria. Sea vegetables have various health benefits ranging from high levels of antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, and amino acids to studies showing them to be anti-cancer, anti-viral, and anti-inflammatory.
Also contained in BodyBalance is stevia, honey, and black cherry. Black cherry adds flavor and provides phyto-nutrients. Honey contains vitamins, minerals and amino acids. Stevia is used to offer sweetness in a low-carbohydrate and low-sugar form. All in all, BodyBalance is a whole food, liquid nutritional supplement that is sure to offer some sweet relief. Still don't believe it, here is John's story.
John Obraza's Story
It's not everyday that an injury ends up being a blessing in disguise. I certainly didn't feel blessed eleven years ago when I ruptured 3 discs in my spine. Even less so when 4 surgeries in 4 years left me with 3 fused lumbar discs and debilitating chronic pain that had me confined to bed for days at a time.
The pain medication my doctor gave me made me nauseated or incoherent for most of the day. Taking the meds as a single dad with three school-aged children at home was not an option either. So I didn't take them.
For the next three years I was in and out of physical therapy with no real change in my condition. I became extremely frustrated and began seeking answers outside of established medical protocols. This was a big step for me because I had been raised that when you are sick or injured you go to the doctor and they make you better.
I had taken a popular multi-vitamin pill for years; because, the TV told me I should, however, the reality was I felt no health improvement. So, when a long time friend of mine called me up one day telling me about a supplement that he was taking had helped him recover from 12 years of knee pain, I was skeptical to say the least. I initially turned down his offer to try this supplement but after a couple of more weeks living with my chronic pain I gave in and decided I had nothing to lose.
My friend told me the company who manufactured this supplement had a 45-day 100% money back empty bottle guarantee. I figured when it didn't work for me I could at least get my money back. So I ordered this supplement called BodyBalance.
I decided to research BodyBalance and was surprised to find it had extensive use in the mainstream medical field. BodyBalance had been around for over 20 years (26 now), and was being used and recommended by over 6000 medical professionals.
This was not some "miracle" pill but a liquid whole food supplement of sea vegetables and aloe Vera juice. I figured it had to taste bad but was willing to risk the taste for any appreciable health benefit.
To my surprise my order came to my front door two days after I ordered it. I followed my friend's advice on how to take BodyBalance and discovered it tasted pretty good after all. No slimy seaweed smell or flavor, things were looking up.
After a month I was feeling better. There was an appreciable decrease in pain level due to what I figured was a reduction in the level of inflammation in my back. So, I eagerly awaited my second month's order.
The second month I felt even better. My back wasn't as painful, my range of mobility increased; I began to get my life back. By the end of my third month on BodyBalance the pain and inflammation in my back had been reduced, in my estimation ~ 70%! No one was more surprised than I and no one was happier.
Not only did BodyBalance help me with my chronic back pain, but also, my life long seasonal allergies are gone. I used to take three prescription meds for these allergies, but, no longer. Another health issue I no longer suffer with is sinus infections. I would get at least one if not two sinus infections each year. For these past five years I have had nary a sniffle even when those around me are suffering with colds or flu.
I have continued to take BodyBalance daily for the past five years and I will continue to take it for the rest of my life.
For more information about BodyBalance please contact:
John Obraza
Ph: (805) 646-1999
Email: healthy_lifestyle@roadrunner.com
Health Blog: www.johnslfi.wordpress.com
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Homemade Beauty Remedies
By: Mary Campbell
Times are tough; however, we still want to look and feel our best. As much as I want my clients to come see me for ALL their haircare needs, I also, would like to think that the more I share, the more my clients appreciate what I do. So, to ensure that everyone I touch feels touched, I'm going to reveal some at home beauty secrets. These are simple things using household ingredients to help you look your best in between professional appointments. These tips are to help with your beauty regime during these hard economic times. However, as a licensed cosmetologist, I stress that these treatments are not a substitute for seeing your hairstylist or esthetician.
HAIR RINSE FOR SOFT SHINY HAIR
- Mix 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- the juice from 1/2 a lemon
- 1 cup water
Hair Rinse Directions: Shampoo and rinse as normal. Pour mixture on hair and massage into hair. Rinse with cool water for extra shine.
MOISTURIZING CONDITIONER
Combine 1 egg yolk with a mashed avocado.
Moisturizing Conditioner Directions:
- Apply to hair for 10-15 minutes.
- Rinse out.
- Follow with normal shampoo regimen.
MAYONNAISE HAIR MASK
Hair Mask Directions:
- Apply 1/2 cup of mayonnaise to damp hair.
- Cover with plastic cap and let sit for 15-30 minutes.
- RINSE WELL.
- Shampoo as normal.
EXFOLIATING LEMON AND
TOMATO FACIAL MASK
Combine:
- 1 over-ripe tomato
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon instant oatmeal
Facial Mask Directions:
- Put ingredients in blender until smooth.
- Apply mixture to face for 15 minutes.
- Rinse with warm water.
- Follow with moisturizer.
SMOOTHING ALMOND-HONEY
FACIAL MASK
- Mix 1 egg yolk
- 1/2 teaspoon almond oil
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 tablespoon plain yogurt
Facial Mask Directions:
- Stir until blended.
- Apply thin layer to face for 15-20 minutes.
- Rinse with warm water.
- Follow with moisturizer.
I hope these tips and tricks will help rejuvenate and revive! Any other questions or comments or you just want any more tricks, do not hesitate to call Mary @ Tangerenz (805)648-5564 or maryhda@hotmail.com.
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Swine Flu Prevention Tips
Happy Breathing From An RN Friend
Dr. Vinay Goyal is an MBBS, DRM, DNB (Intensivist and Thyroid specialist)
having clinical experience of over 20 years. He has worked in institutions like Hinduja Hospital, Bombay Hospital, Saifee Hospital, Tata Memorial, etc. Presently, he is heading ourn Nuclear Medicine Department and Thyroid clinic at Riddhivinayak Cardiac and Critical Centre, Malad (W).
The following message given by him, I feel makes a lot of sense and is important for all of you to know.
The only portals of entry are the nostrils and mouth/throat. In a global epidemic of this nature, it's almost impossible not coming into contact with H1N1 in spite of all precautions. Contact with H1N1 is not so much of a problem as proliferation is.
In order to prevent proliferation, aggravation of symptoms and development of secondary infections WHILE YOU ARE STILL HEALTHY and not showing any FLU SYMPTOMS of H1N1 infection, some very simple steps, not fully highlighted in most official communications, can be practiced (instead of focusing on how to stock N95 or Tamiflu):
1. Frequent hand washing (well highlighted in all official communications).
2. "Hands-off-the-face" approach. Resist all temptations to touch any part of face (unless you want to eat, bathe or slap).
3. Gargle twice a day with warm salt water (use Listerine if you don't trust salt). H1N1 takes 2-3 days after initial infection in the throat/nasal cavity to proliferate and show characteristic symptoms. Simple gargling prevents proliferation. In a way, gargling with salt water has the same effect on a healthy individual that Tamiflu has on an infected one. Don't underestimate this simple, inexpensive and powerful preventative method.
4. Similar to 3 above, clean your nostrils at least once every day with warm salt water.
Not everybody may be good at Jala Neti or Sutra Neti (very good Yoga asana to clean nasal cavities), but blowing the nose hard once a day and swabbing both nostrils with cotton buds dipped in warm salt water is very effective in bringing down viral population.
5. Boost your natural immunity with foods that are rich in Vitamin C (Amla and other citrus fruits).
If you have to supplement with Vitamin C tablets, make sure that it also has Zinc to boost absorption.
6. Drink as much of warm liquids as you can. Drinking warm liquids has the same effect as gargling, but in the reverse direction. They wash off proliferating viruses from the throat into the stomach where they cannot survive, proliferate or do any harm.
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