Ten Things To Do Instead of Binge Eating
Posted on January 23, 2010
While we all reach for food for many different reasons, there are big consequences associated with binge eating. Various health problems and obesity are just a few bad things that can happen to a person that binges regularly.
Below are some suggestions of what you can do the next time you want to binge eat. Try some of these to get your mind off of food.
1. Go for a walk. If you have a dog, take him/her with you. Try to really take in everything beautiful outside and shift your focus from food to the pretty flowers you see, the nice houses you see, or the nature that surrounds you.
2. Arts and Crafts. Sew, paint, draw, and create your own masterpiece. You can capture how you are feeling in your drawings. Why not go to your local crafts store and buy something that you’ve never done before?
3. Play an Instrument. Play the piano, violin, trumpet, or any other instrument that you like. Create a new song or just play by reading the notes of your favorite song.
4. Take a nice, relaxing bath. Create a mood for taking a bath: dim the lights, put on relaxing music, light some candles, close your eyes, and feel calmness take over your whole body.
5. Listen to Music. Put on some Mozart or Beethoven to transport you into a relaxed state of mind. If you do not like classical, put on whatever makes you feel good. Singing out loud also helps to put you in a good mood.
6. Write in a Journal. Write down exactly what you are feeling in your journal. Write about whatever happened that day to make you feel like you want to turn to food. You will feel better once you have your feelings off of your chest. In days to come, you will be able to look back on the times that you didn’t give into a binge.
7. Say Affirmations. Say an affirmation out loud and with feeling behind it. Write this affirmation down and post it everywhere you can so that you are always reminded of how you want to be. Put a copy of it on the refrigerator or on the pantry door so you think twice about bingeing. Always try to talk yourself out of the binge.
8. Go for a Drive. Pick up your license and keys and go for a drive. As long as you feel safe, leave all cash and credit cards at home. Try to drive in an area where there is not a lot of temptation for food if you do bring money with you. This will at least make it more difficult to binge.
9. Call a friend or family member. Pick up the phone and call someone that you know you can talk to about how you are feeling. Someone that will encourage you to talk to them until you feel better. It’s better to call someone instead of opening up the pantry door to get food.
10. Read a good book. Pick up any kind of uplifting book that you can find. Reading stories about motivating people that went through challenges will provide hope to you. There are many inspirational stories out there.
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Learn about a Peptic Ulcer
Posted on December 23, 2009
The term peptic ulcer is referred to both, gastric and duodenal ulcers. It is believed to have occurred due to an infection by a bacterium known as Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori). This corkscrew-shaped bug lives in the inner lining of the stomach causing peptic ulcer. If peptic ulcer is located in the stomach it is called gastric ulcer.
- Some of the common symptoms of peptic ulcer are:
• Constant pain in the abdomen – which mainly is a duodenal symptom. This pain occurs within one or two hours after meals and also when the stomach is empty. This pain lasts for several minutes or hours and you can get relief by eating or having any antacid medicines.
• Nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite and losing weight in the same process is another sign.
- Complications in Peptic Ulcer
• These complications have certain symptoms which need immediate care namely hemorrhage of the ulcer causing bleeding. This kind of bleeding occurs without pain making it very hard to detect. It may slowly enter the digestive tract leading to anemia. If the bleeding is fast it may be more dangerous. The symptoms include weakness, blood vomiting and dark-colored stools.
• The other complication is pyloric stenosis (obstruction) where in the valve at the bottom of the stomach leading towards duodenum becomes narrow. This complication obstructs the transition of the content from the stomach into the intestine. This increases abdominal pain, vomiting and causes bloating.
• Perforation occurs when the ulcer completely erodes the stomach or duodenal wall. This leads to leakage of acidic contents into the abdominal cavity causing acute peritonitis (infection of the abdominal cavity). You may suffer one of the worst kinds of abdominal pains during such times and it may worsen with any type of movement. This can be fatal if medical treatment is not given immediately.
Home remedies for Peptic Ulcer
• Avoid smoking, alcohol, drinking caffeinated food products like coffee and coke.
• Salt and sugar intake should be lessened, as it aggravates this problem furthermore.
• Avoid NSAIDS (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) like aspirin, ibuprofen and many more which does not help in the healing process of peptic ulcers.
• You can use dried banana powder (Musa paradisiaca) to treat ulcers. Take two capsules of dried raw banana powder four times a day for eight weeks and see the improvement.
• Calendula plant is also known to have anti-inflammatory and healing properties which have been used as an age-old medicine for peptic ulcers. If capsules are available, have two, three times a day. Or you can use 2 to 3 tsp of calendula juice.
• Marshmallow (Althea officinalis) root extract is rich in protein and mucilage-carbohydrate which helps in production of a new tissue. It also helps in removing acid from your body.
• Papaya Leaf is a great ingredient for digestion. It digests the dead tissue which helps in treating many skin diseases, wounds and ulcers. It has the property to protect the stomach mucosa from any kind of damage and ulcer formation.
• People suffering from this disease should do yoga asanas too which would minimize the peptic ulcer problem. Asanas like Vajrasana, Padmasana, Pawanmuktasana, Bhujangasana and Paschimothasana can surely prove to be very useful to deal with this problem.
Warning: The reader of this article should exercise all precautionary measures while following instructions on the home remedies from this article. Avoid using any of these products if you are allergic to it. The responsibility lies with the reader and not with the site or the writer.
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Indigestion – Disruption Of The Entire Body System
Posted on November 17, 2009
Indigestion is mainly the sign given out by your body due to the excessive and fast eating. Consumption of high fat food does not gel well with your stomach which causes indigestion. The normal symptoms of indigestion are nausea, bloated feeling, burning sensation and heartburn. Indigestion affects in different form like acidity, stomach pain or aches or heartburn. These problems can be dealt by simple home cure remedies.
Home Remedies for Acidity
A spoonful of honey in any form of indigestion is very useful, be it stomach problems, acidity or heartburn
To prevent acidic indigestion mix a tablespoon of lemon juice or cider vinegar in a cup of hot water and have it before your meal.
Take one teaspoon of fresh grape wine 30 minutes before munching onto your grub.
You can also have small amount of fresh pineapples after meals
Drink 1/3 part of a coconut milk from an average size coconut before breakfast
Drinking herbal tea like mint, raspberry, chamomile and blackberry can help you with your indigestion problem
Home Remedies for Stomach Ache
Mix 30 gm of pomegranate seeds with salt and a pinch of black pepper. This would help you with your stomachache problems.
Make a fine powder of two grams of oregano seeds, two grams of cumin seeds and two grams of rock salt. Squeeze a lemon it and have this mixture with lukewarm water to ease your stomach pains.
Trouble with your intestine; eat two ripe bananas with yoghurt daily for a week. Avoid spicy food during such time.
Add two-three drops of garlic oil to half-a-cup of Soya oil. Rub this solution on your stomach after meals.
Mix two pinches of rock salt and half teaspoon carom seeds. Chew it and wash it down with water to alleviate your stomach problems.
Mix 5-6 basil leaves, one fourth teaspoon sea salt and black pepper in three tablespoons of curd. Have this mixture at least four times a day to improve your stomach problems.
Home Remedies for Heartburn
Sucking on to the clove may relieve you from the acidic influx
Having a cup of vanilla ice cream or drinking a glass of cold milk can do the trick
Almonds help in relieving heartburn and having it everyday will help you a lot
Eating lemon strips mixed in salt before meals helps in preventing heartburn
You can also eat lemon rind to prevent heartburn indigestion
Chewing basil leaves every morning also helps
Eating watermelon and banana would help you cool down
Gulp down a cup of water mixed with a pinch of baking soda to ease your heartburn problems
Put 10-15 raisins in your mouth for some time without chewing them. The saliva swallowed would help in easing the burning sensation
Chew a gum
Consume a tablespoon of vinegar to help you with your heartburn
Peppermint tea is very good for heartburn
Grated raw potato also helps in soothing heartburns
Pineapple and Papaya juice is also good for treating the heartburn
Warning: The reader of this article should exercise all precautionary measures while following instructions on the home remedies from this article. Avoid using any of these products if you are allergic to it. The responsibility lies with the reader and not with the site or the writer.
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Herbal Tea and Heartburn
Posted on October 12, 2009
Tea has been used for thousands of years to soothe and ease a variety of health problems. In fact, tea is the most consumed beverage in the world, aside from water. Herbal teas have also proven to be a good choice for those searching for a natural heartburn herbal remedy.
Black, green and red teas contain polyphenols which is an antioxidant that helps to protect our body from free radical damage. The polyphenols found in tea have been shown to provide anti-cancer properties through numerous studies. Additionally, these same studies have suggested that drinking several cups of tea each day may also reduce the risk of gastric and esophageal cancers.
But not all teas are created equal. The leaves from black, green and red teas come from a warm-weather evergreen tree known as Camellia sinensis. However, what we consider “herbal teas” do not come from this tree at all. In fact, herbal teas aren’t really teas but are infusions called “tisane” that are made from various herbs, flowers, roots, and other parts of some plants. Tisane does not contain as much polyphenols as true tea does, although they can be very beneficial in other ways.
When looking at how to get rid of heartburn, you may find some “herbal teas” are more advantageous in regards to easing heartburn symptoms, acid reflux and other gastrointestinal disorders, than others. Unfortunately, some teas may aggravate these conditions rather than relieve them, so choose your herbal tea remedy wisely.
So, if you are looking for a way to relieve heartburn symptoms or other problems associated with digestive orders, such as GERD, here are a few herbal teas you may want to consider trying:
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Heartburn: The Burning Sensation
Posted on September 17, 2009
Heartburn, also called pyrosis, is a condition wherein there is a painful or burning sensation in the esophagus, just below the breastbone because of gastric acid regurgitation. The pain is described to rise to the chest and may even radiate to the neck, throat, or angle of the jaw. The pain worsens when you bend over, lie down, or eat. It may also be more frequent or worse in the evenings.
A common misconception is that heartburn affects the heart. The truth of the matter is, this medical condition is not, in any way, related to the heart. One reason why it was called heartburn is because the pain is usually felt on the breastbone where the heart is situated. Another reason is because the hydrochloric acid from the stomach goes back up to the esophagus because of a problem with the cardiac sphincter, a valve in the stomach, which does not have anything to do with the heart.
What causes heartburn?
To understand what causes heartburn, one must understand how the upper digestive tract works. When you swallow, the cardiac sphincter relaxes to let foods and liquids into the stomach. Then it closes again to prevent food from coming back up. If the cardiac valve weakens of relaxes abnormally, gastric acid may flow back up to the esophagus, causing a burning sensation, or heartburn.
Here are factors that may trigger or make heartburn worse:
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Viagra, is it safe to take for men with Heart Disease?
Posted on August 27, 2009
Yes and no is the short answer but as with most things life is actually slightly more complicated than this. It can cause a problem when taken in conjunction with other types of therapy for Heart conditions such as Nitrates.
The real problem is the increased availability of Viagra online.
Viagra and nitrates both cause the muscles that control the size of blood vessels to relax. When these muscles relax, the vessels enlarge in diameter and, as a result, blood pressure drops. When Viagra and nitrates are taken together, the effects are greater than when either one is used alone. There may be a marked relaxation of the muscles that control the vessels with a great drop in blood pressure.
Nitrate medications such as nitro-glycerine (yes that of the explosive variety but actually quite safe under these conditions) have been mainstays of preventing and treating angina attacks (chest pain caused by poor blood flow to the heart muscle) for decades. The side effects of either Viagra or nitrate medications alone are mild. They both can cause slight drops in blood pressure, flushing, dizziness or headaches, but when used in combination, these effects are dramatically accentuated and may result in very dangerous and even fatal drops in blood pressure. Anyone taking nitrate medications for any reason must not take Viagra.
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Heartburn Natural Remedy
Posted on July 6, 2009
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Because some degree of variation in acidity is normal, and small reflux events are relatively common, such monitors must be left in place for at least a 24-hour period to confirm the diagnosis of GERD. The test is particularly useful when the patient’s symptoms can be correlated to episodes of increased esophageal acidity.
Endoscope test: The esophageal mucosa can be visualized directly by passing a thin, lighted tube with a tiny camera attached (an endoscope) through the mouth to examine the esophagus and stomach. In this way, evidence of esophageal inflammation can be detected, and biopsies taken if necessary.
Manometer test: In this test, a pressure sensor (manometer) is passed through the mouth into the esophagus and measures the pressure of the lower esophageal sphincter directly.
Biopsy test: A small sample of tissue from the esophagus is removed. It is then studied to check for inflammation, cancer, or other problems.
Heartburn Treatment.
Prevention: If heartburn occurs when lying down, raising the head with pillows or sitting up frequently provides relief – although care must be taken to avoid placing continuous strain on the neck. Avoidance of certain foods shortly before bedtime is frequently advised to avoid future attacks.
Medications: Antacids, H2-receptor antagonists and proton pump inhibitors are used – in that order – to treat heartburn. Available from your nearest Pharmacy
Antacids: Daily treatment with Antacids is effective for 25-30% of people with GERD. Acid-blocking medications are the most effective for mild forms of the condition.
H2-receptor antagonists: With the advent of proton-pump inhibitors, H2-receptor antagonists are not widely used.
Proton-pump Inhibitors: Proton pump inhibitors are a class of medications which can be effective for people who do not respond to antacid or acid blockers. Proton-pump inhibitors directly block acid production in the stomach cells and provide more effective relief than less powerful medications. In order to prevent heartburn the medication disfigures and disables the proteins (proton pumps) that control the pH of the stomach, allowing the body to digest them.
Restricting Diet: Restricting diet is very important, since 90-95% of sufferers of heartburn or esophageal disorder can link their symptoms to specific foods. Therefore, it is important that heartburn sufferers manage their diets as a way to treat their heartburn. Sufferers should choose the kinds of foods and drinks which have little risk of causing acid reflux, while some kinds of foods or drinks should be avoided as they are major heartburn triggers.
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Chest Pain Heartburn – we feel your pain
Posted on July 2, 2009
This blog was set up originally with the aim in mind of trying to find out more about the causes and natural treatment of Heartburn, Indigestion and associated conditions.
Folks, these are serious problems and speaking as someone who has probably kept certain providers of antacid products in business for the past 20 odd years this is an issue that causes quite serious grief to a lot of people.
As we become more and more involved with this project then our aim is to provice more information about natural products that can help you cure this very awkward and potentially nasty and sinister condition.
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Chest Pain Heartburn? Think Digestion
Posted on July 2, 2009
We have all heard and read probably a thousand times about the importance of healthy eating. We have been encouraged time and time again to trade fast food meals for meals full of fruits and vegetables. For most of us, healthy eating is a matter of changing the habits we have carried for years. How amazing would it be if we did our children a favor and helped them to establish healthy eating patterns from the time of their birth?
I’m confident that the generation behind us would grow up much healthier and in much less need of major diet or fitness alterations in their adult years. The more we teach our children about the importance of healthy eating and the more we provide healthy options for them to eat, the better off they will be.
One of the biggest reasons that parents do not take the time to provide healthy meals for their children is lack of time. I mean really, who has the time to prepare a home cooked meal filled with fresh fruits and vegetables, lean proteins and whole grains every night? My suggestion to all busy parents is to realize how important the health of your children is. Only as you begin to make their health a priority will you fight for ways to provide healthy eating for them.
Establishing healthy eating patterns for children can be as simple as making some easy substitutions in your grocery shopping and menu planning. Trade whole milk for lowfat or skim milk and only get reduced fat yogurts or ice creams. Go for whole grain crackers and breads rather than filling your cart or their lunch boxes with potato chips or unhealthy snack crackers. Start their day off with healthy eating by only purchasing cereals and oatmeals that are low in sugar and high in essential vitamins and minerals.
Healthy eating is a matter of making better food choices. The next time your children beg you to get them fast food, do so only under the condition that they must choose from the healthier chicken or salad items on the menu. Look for ways to compromise as you bring healthy eating principles into your family. As the parent it is your responsibility to make sure that your children are developing healthy eating habits. There is no better time to do this than now. Your kids will thank you one day when they are still eating healthy as adults.
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Go Nuts with Almonds
Posted on July 1, 2009
Almond is a highly nutritious, effective health-building food both for the body and mind and a valuable food remedy for common ailments. The thin-skinned among the sweet variety is best for use. It is one of the best nut and seed foods. The best way to consume almonds is eating it without the skin.
Almond milk is a very common preparation from almond. Grind blanched almonds to a smooth paste; add sugar and cold boiled water — giving it the consistency of milk for a nutritious, healthy drink rich in vitamins. It is easily digestible than cow’s milk making it an ideal wholesome drink for children. Almond butter is another variation prepared from almonds, beneficial for older people who don’t get enough proteins in their diets. Besides the intake of high calorie protein, other ingredients contained in almonds are easily digestible.
Almond is highly beneficial:
• In preserving the vitality of the brain, strengthening the muscles and prolonging life.
• Face pack made from almond paste mixed with milk cream and rose bud paste is an effective beauty aid.
• Prevents premature appearance of wrinkles, black heads, pimples and dry skin.
• Massage your scalp with a tsp. of almond oil mixed with amla juice and massage over scalp for remedy for falling hair, thinness of hair, dandruff and avoids untimely graying of hair.
• A useful food remedy for anemia as it contains copper, iron and vitamins.
• A handful of almonds, approx 7-10 taken at nighttime with or without hot milk is beneficial in the treatment of constipation.
• Eating almonds regularly will strengthen sexual power and restore sexual vigor.
• Pulverize few leaves of wild almond with water and cream and apply to affected parts with skin diseases. External application of almond oil in case of irritation and itching will ease the pain.
• A tsp. of oil with few drops of fresh white onion juice, ginger juice, taken thrice daily for a fortnight is useful in whooping cough, bronchitis and asthma.
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