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Do's
- Increase the quantity of fruits and vegetables and low calorie foods. - Eat tomato in the morning and in salad. Make it a regular habit. - Mint is very beneficial in losing weight. Have some salads, vegetables with it. - Have raw or cooked cabbage as it inhibits the conversion of sugar and other carbohydrates into fat. - Include a source of vitamin B-12 in your diet. - Use vegetable oil instead of butter or stick margarine. - Prefer eating steam, boiled, microwave vegetables - Eat less salty foods, alcohol, dairy products, sugar, margarine - Replace whole milk with skim or low fat milk for your preparation - Roast, bake or boil meat, fish, to destroy all the fat present
Don'ts
- To stop you from overeating take 10 deep breaths immediately. Take the breaths as deep as your body will allow you.
- To decrease appetite stop using artificial sweeteners (even Splenda) and stop eating the sugar-free candies. This is an effective home remedy for appetite.
- Take chickweed herb to decrease the appetite.
- Drink peppermint tea to increase appetite.
- Oranges stimulate the flow of digestive juices, thereby improving digestion and increasing appetite.
- The juice of sour grapes is another effective remedy for anorexia. The juice of these grapes should be used in kneading the flour before preparing chapattis. Chapattis made in this manner should be eaten continuously for two to three weeks.
- About one teaspoon of the juice of lime should be mixed with an equal quantity of the juice of ginger. One gram of rock salt should be added to this mixture. It should then be placed in sunlight for three days. A teaspoon taken after each meal will tone up the digestive system and improve the appetite.
- Apples digestion by stimulating the flow of pepsin, a protein-digesting enzyme, in the stomach.
- Three or four cloves of raw garlic should be boiled in a cup of water. This soup can be reinforced with the juice of half a lemon and taken twice daily. This is also an effective home remedy for appetite.
- About five grams of ginger should be ground and licked with a little salt once a day for the treatment of this condition.
- The application of an ice bag over the stomach for half an hour before meals, and a cool hipbath once or twice daily, will help in curing anorexia.
- An early morning sunbath, taken one day, should be alternated with an early morning cool air bath the next day.
- Restore the person to a healthy weight.
- Restore healthy eating patterns.
- Treat any physical complications or associated mental health problems.
- Address thoughts, feelings and beliefs concerning food and body image.
- Enlist family support.
- In more obstinate cases, the patient is removed to a new surrounding in a psychotherapy institution. Interpersonal psychotherapy helps people examine their relationships with friends and family and to make changes in problem areas.
- Cognitive-behavioral therapy teaches patients techniques to monitor and change their eating habits as well as to change the way they respond to difficult situations.
- Supplements of vitamins and minerals should be taken to increase the appetite.
- Eat an apple to keep the doctor away.
- If you live alone, why not think about sharing with friends or relatives for a while.
There are several drugs that are used for the pain and inflammation of arthritis, but most of them are not very effective, because they cause lot of side effects. For example ibuprofen (Advil) or naproxen (Aleve), and even other more powerful prescription drugs, causes severe gastrointestinal problems, such as, bleeding ulcers, acidosis, stomach pain, and they interfere with the synthesis of collagen, which is fundamental for the formation of cartilage, if cartilage is not rebuilding itself, more damage is going to occur in the joints. - Vitamin C is a good home remedy for rheumatoid arthritis.
- Bog bean is another remedy. It works as an anti-inflammatory, eating this herb or taking the herb in a supplement form can help in combating arthritis.
- Ginger is also known for its properties in fighting joint pain and stiffness.
- Take two teaspoons of lemon juice and a teaspoon of honey in a cup of warm water twice daily. It is highly effective for the treatment of arthritis.
- Half teaspoon of turmeric powder taken with warm water twice a day is also beneficial in curing arthritis.
- Drinking alfalfa tea twice daily is also helpful for the treatment of arthritis.
- Radish juice mixed with sugar is also helpful to fight with arthritis.
- Drinking 15 grams of fresh bathu juice daily with an empty stomach without adding any salt or sugar to it helps in reducing the symptoms of arthritis.
- A cup of papaya seed tea taken six or seven times daily for two or three weeks gives relief in the joint pains.
- Eat porridge of 2 teaspoonfuls of winter cherry with ghee and molasses with an empty stomach for 15 days. This is an effective home remedy for arthritis.
- A tablespoon of fruit pectin in a small glass of cranberry juice taken every morning gives relief.
- A person suffering from arthritis should eliminate sugar, white flour, macaroni, pie, cake, and sweet drinks from diet.
- A drink consisting of four raw finely sliced beets soaked in a quart of berry wine for one day. Drink one small glass of this liquid before meals, three times a day.
- Dissolve 4 teaspoons of blackstrap molasses in one quart of cranberry juice and drink one glass everyday. This is also an effective home remedy for arthritis.
- Two parts pure olive oil and one part kerosene makes a wonderful solution to be applied on the affected joints.
- Add one-tablespoon cod liver oil to the juice of one orange, and drink before going to bed for arthritis treatment.
- Rubbing the aching joints with hot vinegar before going to bed also gives relief to the pain.
- Mix 2 tablespoons mullein, 3 of granulated slippery elm bark, one of lobelia, 1-teaspoon cayenne. Use boiling water to make paste. Spread on cloth and place on swollen joints.
- Bake one or two egg- plants. Mash and fry in about 2 tablespoons of castor oil. Spices like cumin, coriander, turmeric, garlic and salt can be added while frying. Take once daily for two to three months for relief.
- Another herb known as Guggulu is very helpful in curing arthritis. If available, eat half a teaspoon twice a day after meals with warm water. ·Paste of 1 teaspoon red chilies and fresh ginger mixed in half a cup of sesame oil and strain. Gently rub this oil on the affected joints. ·Camphor, wintergreen and cinnamon oils are also beneficial for external application.
- A vegetable-juice fast significantly reduces pain for many patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Carrot juice, celery juice, cabbage juice, or tomato juice can be used
- Application of hot packs and ice packs for 10 minutes also provides relief from joint pains.
- For arthritis natural treatment, soak Spiegel seeds in water, make a paste and apply it on the joints for quick relief..
- Omega 3 fatty acids reduce inflammation of joints. Omega-3 fatty acids can be found in salmon, sardines, other oily fish, walnuts, flax, soy, olive oil, nuts, and avocados
It is important to take a nutritious diet. Diet rich in cereals, rice, pastas, dairy products (milk, yogurt and cheese), vegetables and fruits, meat, poultry and fish, and finally dry beans, eggs, and nuts. Right diet helps to fight against any kind of disease.
- Coffee, tea and ingesting antacids, should be avoided because they decrease iron absorption. Sources rich in iron are lean beef, lean pork, skinned poultry, shellfish, fish, liver, organ meats, egg yolks, pinto, kidney, lima, navy, chick peas, black-eyed peas, lentils, split peas, green peas, spinach, kale, collards, beet greens, chard, broccoli, raisins, prunes, figs, dates, dried peaches, dried apricots, nuts, peanut butter, whole grain breads.
- Licavoli says that when you use a cast-iron skillet instead of Teflon coated or aluminum one, you increase the iron content of foods, particularly when you cook acidic foods like tomato sauce.
- An effective home remedy for anemia is - Take 1 Cup beetroot juice, 1 cup of apple juice, mixed with either sugar or honey once a day.
- To help prevent iron-deficiency anemia in infants, all doctors should recommend breastfeeding, according to Los Angeles pediatrician Paul M. Fleiss, M.D., a pediatrician, lecturer at the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Public Health and assistant clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of Southern California School of Medicine. ''Breast milk supplies almost all the nutrients your baby needs,'' he says.
- Take a ripe banana with 1 tbsp of honey 2 times a day for anemia treatment.
- Our body absorbs iron from meats easier than fruits and vegetables. To increase the absorption of iron from fruits and vegetables, eat them with a good source of vitamin C.
- Soak 10 currants overnight. Remove seeds and take it for 3-4 weeks in the morning This is very effective home remedy for anemia.
- A mixture of apple and tomato juice also helps to fight against the anemia.
- Eating a lot of salad also helps to prevent anemia.
- Honey is very good for an anemic person because it helps increase the hemoglobin in the blood. It is rich in iron, copper and manganese.
- Intake of vitamin C is very important for the absorption of iron. It is recommended to take two any citrus fruits daily.
- Beets are very important in the cure of anemia. Its juice contains potassium, phosphorus, calcium, sulphur, iodine, iron, copper, carbohydrates, protein, fat, and vitamins B1, B2, B6, C and P.
- A cold-water bath is an easy method in curing anemia. Two baths are recommended daily. Sunbaths are also beneficial as sunlight stimulates the production of red cells.
- 3-4 dried figs are recommended a day to prevent anemia.
- Deep breathing and light exercise like walking also helps in increasing the red blood cell in the body and thus treats the anemia.
- Various yoga asanas like sarvangasana, paschomittanasana, uttanpadasana and shavasana are also beneficial
- Do not eat spinach, rhubarb, tomatoes, or chocolate. These foods are high in oxalic acid, a substance that decreases the ability of our body to absorb iron. other iron blockers are sodas, dairy products, coffee and black tea. Avoid cow's milk, which can cause hidden bleeding in the intestinal tract. Do not follow fad diets.
