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"All disease begins in the gut."
~ Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine


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Friday
May292009

How To Listen To Your Body - The Vital Basics Of Biofeedback

Biofeedback is using the power of the mind to improve health. Through biofeedback, health is improved without the use of medication. The ability to use mind power in this way has been demonstrated in numerous scientific research studies. In fact, research has shown that biofeedback helps control or remedy approximately 150 different medical conditions, such as hot flashes, asthma, irritable bowel syndrome, Reynard's disease, headaches, incontinence, high blood pressure, irregular heartbeats, epilepsy, and side-effects of chemotherapy, such as vomiting and nausea.

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Thursday
May212009

Chronic Pancreatitis And Alternative Therapy

Chronic pancreatitis means persistent inflammation and swelling of the pancreas an elongated, tapered gland that is located behind the stomach. Pancreas secretes digestive juice into the small intestine and the hormones insulin and glucagon into the blood. Digestive enzymes help to break food down into its smallest units - amino acids, carbohydrates, and fatty acids and to release the vitamins, minerals and other vital nutrients from the food. Hormones such as insulin and glucagon regulate the metabolism of glucose.

Pancreatitis begins when the digestive enzymes become active inside the pancreas and start "digesting" it. Chronic pancreatitis often leads to scarring and loss of function of pancreas.

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