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May 31, 2009

What Have Hormones, Stress, Sleep and Weight Got To Do With Each Other?

Everything!

Hormones

As you know, the glands of your body produce hormones. In fact, they produce more than 600 different hormones. Hormones are the chemical messengers that your glands send out to give instructions to your cells – like produce energy, go to sleep, time to wake up, digest this food, produce milk to feed the baby etc.

If there’s a breakdown in this communication system, the messages either can’t get through or they’re too weak or too strong and so get scrambled (wires get crossed), so your body starts to malfunction.

Adrenals

These glands are situated in various parts of your body and they include the adrenals (the little triangular glands above the kidneys – “ad” means above and “renal” means kidney) .

Your adrenals have a responsible job and perform many functions. One of these functions is to release a hormone called cortisol when you have any inflammation. Cortisol is your body’s own anti-inflammatory. That’s right. Your adrenals run a little factory that produces cortisol. So, when you’re under stress, those adrenals are pumping out the cortisol. Sounds good.

Stress

Stress can be defined as any mental or physical condition that causes the destruction of a few or many cells. Even something as basic as missing a meal or having an upset with someone puts stress on your body and your adrenal glands are the ones that respond to the stress.

Those tiny little glands excrete cortisol to deal with the stress. If you have any stress, they will just pump out the cortisol to deal with it.

Inflammation

Now, let’s say you have inflammation in your body and your adrenals start pumping out the cortisol to deal with it, that’s fine.

But, how about when there’s constantly some kind of inflammation caused by undetected viruses, parasites, candida, bacteria, allergies to things in the environment, food sensitivities chemical pollutants, vitamins etc, etc?

Did you know that they cause inflammation in your body? They do. Even vitamins can do this. If you're doing a hit or miss thing with the vitamins in an attempt to resolve symptoms and you're using the wrong ones or excessive doses, they add more strain to your adrenals as they have to deal with them too. Strange but true. More on What Have Hormones, Stress, Sleep and Weight Got To Do With Each Other?

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January 7, 2008

How Do Calcium and Magnesium Help Relieve Arthritis?

An estimated 40 million Americans have some form of arthritis or other rheumatic condition. That number is expected to climb to 59.4 million, or 18.2% of the population by the year 2020, according to a new report published by the National Institutes of health (NIH), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Arthritis Foundation, and the American College of Rheumatology. This increase is largely due to the aging of the US  population. Rheumatoid Arthritis is a progressive disease of the joint structure. It varies significantly in severity, producing symptoms that range from minor aches to severe disability and joint deformity.

A typical medical treatment for arthritis is cortisone. However, this medication can be highly toxic and debilitating over time. Therefore, any dietary supplement that would promote the body's own ability to produce natural cortisone would be recommended. Vitamins C and B5, the anti-stress vitamins, are natural supplements that promote the production of cortisone by the body. Aspirin has been prescribed in place of cortisone because it is much less toxic. However, continued use of Aspirin greatly accelerates the urinary loss of calcium, potassium, vitamin C and all the B vitamins, which can worsen the symptoms.

Oddly enough, people with arthritis frequently make mistake of avoiding calcium in their diets thinking it is excess calcium that is causing the arthritis. The truth is that calcium can deposit in the joints when it is NOT taken in the proper ratio with magnesium and in the correct pH balance. In fact, calciuim is known to relieve the pain of arthritis and, in some cases, can stop its development or even lessen its effects, IF properly absorbed by the body.

Instant CalMag-C calcium and magnesium supplement provides both the doctor recommended 2 to 1 ratio of calcium and magnesium and in the correct pH balance necessary for optimum absorbtion.  The vitamin C is what makes Instant CalMag-C’s pH balance perfect.

You can test how quickly it works by giving a hyperactive child a glass of it and see how quickly the nervy jumpy behavior calms down.

Each 7 oz. bottle of Instant CalMag-C calcium and magnesium supplement contains 35-40 doses.

It does not contain any sugar, wheat, yeast, gluten or aspartame and is safe for all ages - from baby to granny!  Everyone can enjoy the benefits of Instant CalMag-C and it’s also safe for diabetics.  In fact, it’s essential for them. 

 

It’s as easy as making a cup of tea!  Simply add boiling water to one teaspoon in a cup and stir for a few seconds until dissolved.  You can drink it straight, add your favorite tea, or chill it with ice and add your favorite juice.  Whatever you do, don’t add sugar, otherwise you will jusst cancel out some of the benefits.

 

Treat yourself and your family to the many benefits of Instant CalMag-C and put a coating on everyone’s nerves.  Order some today and feel the difference!

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