Cut colds by 25% with Yoghurt...

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Cut Colds By 25% With Yoghurt



Want fewer sniffles? One of the answers to fighting the common cold may lie in yoghurt and its ability to produce antibodies, the "healthy bacteria" needed to boost our immune systems.

Each year, thousands of AUstralians catch colds and get the flu. Colds can occur year-round, but they occur mostly in the winter (even in areas with mild winters). The beneficial bacteria in active yoghurt cultures can help prevent colds (as well as tummy aches, diarrhea, food poisoning, food allergies, eczema, sinus infections, bronchitis, and pneumonia - among other things).

Physician and researcher, George Halpern, of the University of California, believes that it is best to start eating yoghurt at least 3 months ahead of cold season. His study of 68 participants found that eating 2 cups of yoghurt each day for four months boosted their immune systems and gamma interferon in their blood 5 times more than non-yoghurt eaters.

In a year long test, subjects who ate 3/4 cup of yoghurt daily had 25% fewer colds than non-yogurt eaters.

Simin Meydani, Ph.D. recently published his review of yoghurt-related research in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition which indicated that the health benefits of yoghurt stretch beyond protein and calcium. One of the suggestions was that yoghurt might help one's resistance to immune-related diseases in part due to the live and active cultures
found in yoghurt.

Other preventative measures you can take is to get your yearly flu vaccination and increase your consumption of ginger, garlic, shiitake mushrooms and vitamin C.

So increasing your yoghurt intake before the cold season is a preventative action you can take in fighting the common cold. Make sure label says "live and active cultures" indicative of the "healthy bacteria" that your body needs.

Source: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition; National Yoghurt Association; USA Weekend

Yours To Good Health,

Chris Rogers for Quantum Health
http://www.quantumhealth.com/au/

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Rheumatoid arthritis - the scourge of aging human beings...

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Rheumatoid arthritis - the scourge of aging human beings...


By Peter Petterson

First published at Qondio:

Just what is rheumatoid arthritis? It is a chronic, progressive and debilitating auto-immune disease. There are about 400,000 sufferers in the United Kingdom alone.
It is also a very painful condition, which can cause severe disability and inevitably affects sufferers from carrying out day to day tasks. It causes swelling and damages both cartilage and bones in and around joints.

Rheumatoid Arthritis Symptoms:

The most common arthritis symptoms are pains in one or more joints. Many people overlook these RA symptoms as just being part of overuse, but the enlightened ones take these symptoms seriously and get them confirmed by their doctors.

Classic symptoms and warning signs:

1/ Constant joint pain in several locations

2/ Swelling, stiffness and redness

3/ Specific pain in specific spot

4/ Decrease in the range of motion - flexibility

5/ Joints begin to deform

6/ You are always feeling weak, tired and extremely fatigued

Rheumatoid arthritis and your heart:

RA doubles heart attack odds.

People with RA typically face double the risk of a heart attack compared to the general population. A new ten-year European study found that women with RA under the age of 50 years are six more times more at risk of a heart attack, while for anybody else with RA the risk was comparable to those with diabetes.

"Cardiovascular risk management is urgently needed for RA patients," commented Dr Michael Nurmohammed of the VU University Medical Centre in the Netherlands.

"Treatment with statins or antihypertensives may be required." he added further.

Qondio

Kiwipete

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