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Hormones and the autonomic nervous system have to be balanced in order to initiate and maintain sleep. Many studies have shown that acupuncture treatments can help maintain the balance of biological chemicals in the central nervous system and promote the recovery of homeostasis.
 


Acupuncture can help your body produce more melatonin:


In an article published in the Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, Spence et al. explored the relationship between melatonin and acupuncture treatments. They observed a significant increase in endogenous melatonin secretion in all of the 18 patients suffering from severe insomnia who were given acupuncture treatments twice a week for 5 weeks. Records of electrical and muscular states during the entire sleeping time indicated that, after acupuncture treatments, the patients took less time to fall asleep, had ...

Presently, getting that sun-kissed glow is all about searching for the best tanning lotions of which you can obtain a quality product by looking among the designer skin lotion variety. It is official that using the sun and solariums as means of tanning present the risks of skin cancer and burns due to exposure to the harmful UV-ultra violet rays and therefore using a sunless solution is the most advisable option.
 
A typical search of the best tanning lotions will reveal a mammoth number of products and it can be quite confusing to decide on the ideal lotion. As such, this is not the best way to go about shopping for tanning products. Today’s shopper has to be well informed so as to make wise shopping decisions.
 
With regards to the designer skin lotion variety you ...

Eating slowly and chewing your food properly is called masticating, and the health benefits of this practice are becoming more numerous with every study that is currently being conducted. You might think that your food needs to be chewed simply so that you can swallow it without choking, but there is so much more that is actually going on during this process, and without being aware of these processes, you might not be convinced about the benefits.
 
Digesting your Food
 
Most people know the basics about the process of digestion, but many people simply assume that this process starts the moment you swallow. However, if you speak to any of the Online Doctors, you will find out that this is not so. In fact, digestion actually begins in your mouth. Your saliva is one of the ...

Gout is an extremely painful illness caused by excessive amounts of uric acid in the body. The body naturally produces waste products in the form of uric acid, but when it can no longer get rid of this waste effectively, the uric acid builds up in the form of crystals, which then gather around the joints of the body, including the knees, wrists, feet, elbows and hands.
 
Eating the Right Foods
 
While many people immediately panic and consult their Online Doctor when they experience these symptoms, there are much simpler ways to reduce them or prevent the occurrence of Gout in the first place. Cherries contain high quantities of Vitamin C, and people who suffer from acute attacks should eat at least 10 cherries a day or drink a glass a cherry juice every day to suppress them.
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Performing at an optimum rate isn't always easy to do when you face days that are filled with never-ending tasks that do nothing more than leave you stressed by the time you unwind at the end of the day. In fact, everything goes downhill from this point onwards, because you become so busy and tired, and when you finally do go home, you don't feel in the mood for cooking a decent meal, and the thought of having to still make a decent lunch or breakfast makes you feel exhausted enough to fall asleep right where you are standing. No wonder so many people need to visit a Doctor online; too much stress leads to serious health conditions that usually turn out being chronic, and while Online Doctors might be able to provide effective treatment, there is a point where even their expertise ...

By Li Zheng, Ph.D., Lic. Acu.
 
 
In a 2011 Journal of Endocrinology Investigation, Dr. Jiang YL, et. al used a single abdominal injection of a chemical called streptozotocin (STZ) to induce high blood sugar in rats. Rats were randomly divided into six groups: control, diabetes, preventive acupuncture plus streptozotocin injection, STZ injection plus therapeutic acupuncture, streptozotocin injection plus preventive and therapeutic acupuncture, and preventive and therapeutic acupuncture control. Body weight, blood glucose, serum insulin, lipid peroxidation, and antioxidant enzymes were measured by routine standard methods. Histological analysis of pancreatic islets was conducted. Their results showed preventive acupuncture significantly reduced blood sugar ...

There are several possible bases for the increasing prevalence of ovarian cysts:
1. High insulin levels due to high sugar intake: Many doctors including Dr. Steven Hotze and Dr. Carolyn Dean suggest a connection between obesity coupled with high sugar intake and polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). The term Syndrome X indicates a group of symptoms including hypertension, obesity, high cholesterol, elevated triglyceride, and elevated uric acid, a chemical causing severe joint pain and kidney stones. High sugar intake can trigger insulin secretion, and the high insulin level shuts down the body’s ability to burn fat, thus moving the sugar into fat cells. Furthermore, high insulin interrupts the balance between estrogen and progesterone, causing many cysts formed in ovaries.
2. Birth ...

There are several possible bases for the increasing prevalence of ovarian cysts:


High insulin levels due to high sugar intake: Many doctors including Dr. Steven Hotze and Dr. Carolyn Dean suggest a connection between obesity coupled with high sugar intake and polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). The term Syndrome X indicates a group of symptoms including hypertension, obesity, high cholesterol, elevated triglyceride, and elevated uric acid, a chemical causing severe joint pain and kidney stones. High sugar intake can trigger insulin secretion, and the high insulin level shuts down the body’s ability to burn fat, thus moving the sugar into fat cells. Furthermore, high insulin interrupts the balance between estrogen and progesterone, causing many cysts formed ...

Q. Wei et al.’s research on obese rats found that tryptophan and serotonin levels were decreased in certain areas of the brains in the obese group as compared to the control. Acupuncture could produce weight reduction by optimizing the serotonin (5-HT) level. Serotonin not only makes people relax and feel good, but also enhances intestinal motility to help discharge toxic materials that could produce food stagnation and internal heat. Internal heat, from a Chinese medical perspective, leads to increased appetite and more craving for food. In Western medicine, if food cannot be properly absorbed and converted into blood sugar to provide energy, it will be stored instead as fat in the body. Then, the person feels hungry all the time and must eat constantly to ...

Hormones and the autonomic nervous system have to be balanced in order to initiate and maintain sleep. Many studies have shown that acupuncture treatments can help maintain the balance of biological chemicals in the central nervous system and promote the recovery of homeostasis.
 


Acupuncture can help your body produce more melatonin:


In an article published in the Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, Spence et al. explored the relationship between melatonin and acupuncture treatments. They observed a significant increase in endogenous melatonin secretion in all of the 18 patients suffering from severe insomnia who were given acupuncture treatments twice a week for 5 weeks. Records of electrical and muscular states during the entire sleeping time ...