Women with any type of chronic conditions that are seeking alternative or integrative medicine should be evaluated by their health provider for heavy metal toxicity. Hormonal imbalance, thyroid conditions and other chronic conditions affects millions of women on a regular basis. Heavy metal toxicity plays a vital role in many medical conditions today. Although some metals are necessary minerals our body needs, most heavy metals in the body are toxic and cause thyroid problems, learning disabilities, hormone imbalances, neurological problems, and can cause cancer and many other health problems. Heavy metals can be found in the air we breathe, the food we eat, clothes, machinery, tap water, in buildings, cooking utensils, and dental fillings, to name a few. Essential nutrients…
Author: Camille McClellan
Mental Health On Depression: The First Step is to Acknowledge it
Depression is an illness and needs to be acknowledged as such. It is not a reason to be ashamed. The reason so many people fail to seek help for their depression is that they are ashamed. Unfortunately, this is one of the feelings associated with depression anyway and makes the illness difficult to acknowledge. If you are constantly feeling particularly low, well-meaning friends might tell you to “snap out of it” or even start to get irritated by your mood. Your depression will feed off this negativity and you start to wonder why you can’t just “snap out of it”. You then start to feel that there’s something wrong with you because it should be so easy and it’s just…
Brief History of Osteoarthritis and Back Pain
At the spinal column are the elongated columns of bones, which the thoracic ribs support. The thoracic ribs push the bones the length of bone structure.
Insomnia : The Ticking Time Bomb
What is Insomnia? What is insomnia? Insomnia is when a person has any sleep related difficulties, mainly falling asleep, staying asleep, or waking up too early in the morning.
The History of Treating Disease: Herbs or Medicinal Plants
Herbs or medicinal plants have a long history in treating disease. In traditional Chinese medicine, for example, the written history of herbal medicine goes back over 2000 years and herbalists in the West have used “weeds” equally long to treat that which ails us. We are all familiar with the virtues of Garlic, Chamomile, Peppermint, Lavender, and other common herbs. Interest in medicinal herbs is on the rise again and the interest is primarily from the pharmaceutical industry, which is always looking for ‘new drugs’ and more effective substances to treat diseases, for which there may be no or very few drugs available. Considering the very long traditional use of herbal medicines and the large body of evidence of their…