PEOPLE WITH ASTHMA CAN EXERCISE

If you have asthma you can exercise without triggering an attack if you do the following:

 Do warm-up and cool down timesDrink plenty of water before, during and after exercisingKeep salt under 2,000 mg per dayIncrease Vitamin C to 2,000 mg per dayDo swimming and water aerobicsAvoid weather extremesKeep your inhaler handy just in case

And don't forget to have fun!

LICORICE TEA MAY STOP ASTHMA

Asthma is reaching epidemic levels. Now there's an interesting alternative to medicines. It's been reported that drinking licorice root tea can stop the symptoms of asthma. Try drinking it a couple of times a day. You may not need your inhaler.

 

Be sure to check with your doctor first to make sure you don't have high blood pressure. If you do, then don't take licorice as it can raise it even higher.

Merry Christmas - I will be taking a break next week but back in the new year! 2015!!!

Electromagnetic Fields Can Affect Pregnant Women’s Babies

A study published in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine strapped monitors to pregnant women to measure their exposure to low-frequency electromagnetic fields. These are fields generated by everything from power lines, microwave ovens, hair dryers and vacuum cleaners.

The researchers followed the children over their first 13 years and found that those born to mothers with the highest levels of exposure were three times as likely to have asthma as kids whose moms had the lowest exposure. 

The Importance Of Magnesium

Magnesium is a critical co-factor in more than 300 enzymatic reactions in our bodies. It also affects virtually every organ in the body, which makes it an extremely important mineral that is has been underutilized in this country.

Recently docs have been using magnesium to treat patients with acute heart attacks, chronic cardiovascular disease, heart arrhythmias, diabetes, asthma, and chronic fatigue syndrome which are just a few of its positive impacts.

A blood test for magnesium is not the best way to tell if you have enough magnesium in your system since magnesium is found primarily in the cells. This means you could be deficient in magnesium even though your blood levels are normal.

A better test is the magnesium loading test. In this test, you collect a 24 hour urine sample and the total magnesium is measured. Then the person is given an injection of a specified amount of magnesium and another 24 hours urine sample is collected. If the body retains more than a certain amount of magnesium, then it is concluded that the body is deficient in magnesium.

The best forms of magnesium supplements are chelated magnesium, magnesium glycinate, magnesium aspartate and magnesium taurate. The prescription form of magnesium chloride is also useful.

(The Importance of Magnesium to Human Nutrition, by Michael B. Schachter, M.D., F.A.C.A.M.)