Vitamin D – A Brief Introduction
Vitamin D belongs to the group of fat-soluble vitamins. The two important forms of Vitamin D are vitamin D2 or ergocalciferol – the plant source of vitamin D – and vitamin D3 also reffered as cholecalciferol. Vitamin D3 is produced in the skin when the skin is exposed to the sun – when the light energy is absorbed by it. If an individual is exposed adequately to sunlight there is no further need for Vitamin D in the form of supplements. Natural food sources might not typically have the sufficient amount of Vitamin D and so a conscious consumption of Vitamin D rich foods and deliberate exposure of the skin to sunlight is required to prevent possible deficiencies.
Some of the benefits of Vitamin D are:
- Whether Vitamin D is acquired from the sunlight or from the food sources, sufficient supply of Vitamin D is essential to maintain strong and healthy bones and joints since vitamin D helps retain and absorb calcium. It’s been proven that people who ensure a sufficient and regular intake of Vitamin D are less likely to develop osteoporosis and joint pains.
- It is found to be highly beneficial in slowing down and lessening the effects of arthritis and reducing backache.
- Research conducted towards the advantages of Vitamin D has shown that it can be helpful in preventing certain types of cancers.
Apart from the regulated exposure to sunlight, other sources that can provide a good amount of vitamin D are herring, mackerel, salmon, oysters, cottage cheese, egg yolk, fortified soy beverages, etc. Vitamins A, C and E protect the vitamin D.
Can I Take Flax Seed and Fish Oil Taken Together?
With a rise in the sedentary lifestyle, an increasing number of people are
suffering from the problem of high cholesterol. This is possibly one of the main
reasons why a lot of people prefer to take additional supplements to maintain
their health.
People are slowly realizing the benefits of fish seed oil and flax seed oil.
Though people know the fact that consuming these supplements can prove
beneficial for their health, people are often flummoxed regarding the fact
whether these both supplements can be consumed together or not.
It is very important for a layman to first understand what purpose the two supplements serve before including them as a part of their daily diet. Actually, both of the oil supplements are extremely rich in omega 3 fatty acids and almost serve the same purpose. Moreover, the consumption of these supplements is considered extremely important as the fatty acids provided by them are not produced in the body.
Thus, an individual needs to fulfill their requirement by consuming them from external edible sources. Since both the supplements provide our body with same nutritional elements, there are several vegetarians who prefer flax seed oil over fish oil so as to completely eliminate any traces or smell of fish from their nutritional supplements. But it is not feasible everywhere as the flax seed oil cannot be produced and processed everywhere depending upon different circumstances.
Several people find it hard to digest flax oil supplements as it requires the
body to convert the element named ALA into DHA before it can be finally absorbed
by the body. Also, this conversion uses up a lot of body heat and energy in the
process. Therefore, consumption of flax seed oil is never advised for people who
are sick, old and who do not have too much of energy to spare. They prefer
sticking with fish oil supplements as the fatty acids present in it are already
in their crude form and can be easily absorbed by the body.
Though a person may choose either of the two but still enough precautions must
be taken to ensure that these omega 3 fatty acids which are generally available
in capsule and gel form are of the highest quality and of pharmaceutical grade.
Also, it is advisable to consult a physician or family doctor before including
these supplements in the daily diet.
Several doctors and researchers are of the view that fish seed oil is better
than flax seed oil as it contains the same elements i.e. EPA and DHA which can
also be found in the human brain. Therefore, an individual can choose either of
the two for consumption as a dietary supplement as both of them will serve the
same purpose and provide the body with same nutritional elements.
Though several people prefer fish seed oil as it is the crudest and popular
source of omega 3 fatty acids, flax seed oil remains popular with strict
vegetarians and vegans who do not want to consume fish in any form.
Diabetes Diet, What Are The 10 Best Fruits And Vegetables For Diabetic Patients
This is the question my diabetic patients always ask. Hopefully this article will enhance your knowledge about diet for a diabetic patient.
AVOID THESE FOODS
If you are a diabetic patient try to avoid following list of foods.
1-Sugar, artificial sweeteners and honey. However you may take sweetener like stevia. It is difficult to omit sugar from your diet at-once, I will recommend you to decrease sugar in your diet gradually.
2-You should stop taking sweets and chocolates. If you are in a party and want to take chocolate, then preferably try to take Continental dark chocolate with at-least 70% or more cocoa solids, and try to avoid chocolates where sugar is the first named ingredient
3-Try to avoid foods containing ingredients end in (ol) or (ose) as these are mainly different forms of carbohydrates like fructose, glucose, dextrose.
4-Avoid grains like cakes, biscuits, pies, tarts, breakfast cereals, wheat, rye, barley, corn, rice, bread, pasta, pastry,
5-Avoid vegetables which contain larger amount of starch and carbohydrates like potatoes,carrots, peas, beans, parsnips, beet.
6-Also avoid fruits like watermelon, mangoes, banana, Chikoos(Pakistani), jackfruit, grapes, Strawberry, Sugarcane.
7-You may take milk but in small quantity. Avoid fat yogurts and cheese. Also be careful not to drink too much coffee or tea and add only as much sugar as in needed for taste.
8-Avoid commercially packaged foods like TV dinners, “lean” or “light” in particular, and snack foods, fast foods.
9-Avoid fresh fruit juices as these are highly concentrated carbohydrates. If you like fruit juices you may dilute one part of juice with 3 or 4 parts of water.
10-Always avoid saturated fats like fatty meat, full fat dairy products, butter, lard. Try to prefer unsaturated fats like olive oil, corn oil, canola oil, sunflower oil, soy oil. Avoid cottage cheese as it has a high carbohydrate content and very little fat
You must be thinking that I have mentioned here all the stuff, and nothing is left to eat, these are foods you can eat:
1-You may take fruits like apple, Grapefruit, Lime, Peaches. You must divide your fruit and vegetable diet in five portions through all the day, by Spreading the fruit you eat through the day helps to avoid a sudden rise in blood sugar levels.
2-You must take high fibre diet. Fibrous diet is Cereals, Fruits, Nuts, Pulses, Seeds, Vegetables. Fibrous diet not only lowers your glucose level but also decreases blood cholesterol.
3-Always try to take whole grain rather than processed food and take things like whole-wheat spaghetti and brown rather than white rice(Indian Pakistani). Pakistani and Indian people do like white rice very much, but if you are diabetic, please avoid these.
4-You may take meat of lamb, beef once or twice a week. Organ meats can also be taken like liver kidneys and heart to meat your vitamin needs.
5-Try to take white meat like poultry chicken fish meat duck etc.
6-You may take Fish and seafood of all types. It is recommended to boil, steam, bake or grill fish rather than frying it.
7-Always prefer non-fatty dairy products such as “skimmed milk”, non-fat cheese and yogurt.
8-You may take eggs as well but try to take whitish part not the yellow one as it may increase your cholesterol level.
9-All cheeses can be taken except cottage cheese.
10-You may take all vegetables, onion and garlic are known for decreasing blood glucose level.
Generally Type 2 diabetic patients need 1500-1800 calorie diet per day to promote weight loss, however calories requirement may vary depending upon patients age, sex, activity level and body weight. 50% of total daily required calories should come from carbohydrates.One gram of carbohydrate is about 4 calories. A diabetic patient on a 1600 calorie diet should get 50% of these calories from carbohydrate. In other words it will be equal to 800 Calories from Carbohydrates, it means you have to take 200gms of carbohydrates everyday.It is better that you buy food tables with calories measurements to know more about your daily required food.
HCG Weight Loss Diet Meal Plan
HCG Diet Overview
During the first two days of taking HCG drops, you should be eating very high calorie foods that contain high fat and sugar contents. There is no limit to the number of calories or the types of foods that are eaten. Sweets, cookies, ice cream, deep fried foods, etc are all acceptable foods. It is important that you “load” properly, this is a very critical part of the diet. Do not begin loading if you have not started taking the HCG Drops. It is common for people to gain 3-5 pounds in the first two days. Don’t worry, you will lose it all in the follow 48 hours. People that chose not to “load” properly have found that the rest of the unwanted weight does not drop as easily as those people who took the time to “load”.
So, start your diet with a party and eat as much as you can!
Sample Diet (after loading) Drink lots of water each day (at least 2 liters)
Breakfast: Tea or coffee in any quantity without sugar. Only one tablespoonful of milk allowed in 24 hours. Saccharin or Stevia may be used. Stevia is a much healthier choice.
Lunch:
100 grams of veal, beef, chicken breast, fresh white fish, lobster, crab, or shrimp. All visible fat must be carefully removed before cooking, and the meat must be weighed raw. It must be boiled or grilled without additional fat. Salmon, eel, tuna, herring, dried or pickled fish are not allowed. The chicken breast must be removed from the bird. Boneless and skinless.
One type of vegetable only to be chosen from the following: spinach, chard, chicory, beetgreens, green salad, tomatoes, celery, fennel, onions, red radishes, cucumbers, asparagus, cabbage.
One breadstick (grissino) or one Melba toast (Wasa Bread is also acceptable).
An apple, orange, or a handful of strawberries (6-9 depending on their size) or one-half grapefruit.
Dinner:
The same four choices as lunch (above.)No oil, butter or dressing.
Hint: Our clients have found that saving your fruit and/or melba toast for a snack between lunch and dinner has helped them to not feel as hungry as well as keep their metabolism burning more steadily throughout the day.
5 Sample Recipes
When you order a 21 or 40 day kit, the Diet Manual contains another 17 hCG Diet Recipes for main dishes, drinks, marinades and desserts in the manual when you order the 21 or 40 day kits.
Green Onion Soup
Green onions (allowed amount)
2 c vegetable broth
1-2 t liquid aminos
1 t parsley
1 t zsweet
1/2 t paprika
1/2 t salt
1/2 t dill
1/2 t thyme
1/8 t cayenne or red pepper flakes
1/8 t celery seed
Briefly steam the green onions until tender.
Preheat saucepan over MED heat.
Chop steamed green onions.
In a saucepan, saute the green onions in a bit of vegetable broth for a couple of minutes, then add the parsley, zsweet, paprika, salt, dill, thyme, celery seed, and cayenne. Saute 1-2 mins more.
Add remaining vegetable broth, reduce heat, cover and simmer 20-30 mins.
Lemon Pepper Fish
100g whitefish
juice of half lemon
1-3 cloves minced garlic
1/2 t black pepper
1/4 t salt
1/4 t cumin powder
1/8 t turmeric
Place fish in small bowl. Add garlic, black pepper, salt, cumin, and turmeric. Ensure to coat both sides.
Cover & marinate at least 1 hour in refrigerator.
Preheat oven to 400.
Place the fish in a non-stick baking dish, & cover with the marinade.
Bake 10-20 minutes depending on thickness, until fish easily flakes.
Squeeze with lemon juice.
Serve.
Crockpot Swiss Steak
100g steak
1 T shake ‘n bake
1 T liquid aminos
3-4 cloves minced garlic
1 stalk celery – sliced
1 onion – sliced
1 tomato – diced
1/2-1 c beef broth
Preheat pan over MED-HI heat.
Sprinkle steak with liquid aminos.
Dip steak in shake ‘n bake, coating both sides.
Add steak to pan and brown on both sides.
Transfer steak to crockpot.
Cover with garlic, celery, onions, and diced tomato.
Top with beef broth. Don’t stir!
Cover and cook on low until reaches desired doneness.
When done, serve immediately, and cover with juices from crockpot.
NOTE: This dish includes 3 vegetables which are meant only for flavor. When finished cooking, you can discard veggies, or choose to eat just one of them (as we aren’t allowed to mix veggies on phase 2 per Dr S).
Asparagus Frittata
3 egg whites
1 whole egg
Asparagus (allowed amount)
1-2 cloves minced garlic
1 T dehydrated minced onion
1 T water
1 t parsley
Salt/pepper (to taste)
Tabasco (optional)
Preheat pan over MED heat.
Snap woody ends off asparagus and discard.
Snap each asparagus spear into 2-3 pieces. Add to pan with garlic & heat through until tender.
Preheat oven to 400.
In bowl, mix eggs & water. Add asparagus, minced onion, parsley, salt/pepper.
Pour egg mixture into non-stick baking dish (or dish lined with parchment paper).
Place in oven and cook 10-15 mins until done.
Top with tabasco (optional) and serve immediately.
Orange Ginger Chicken
100g chicken – cut into chunks
Black pepper
orange – cut in 1/4s
2-3 cloves minced garlic
1 T fresh ginger root (about 1/2″-1″ long piece, peeled & minced)
1/2 t basil
Juice of half lemon
Preheat pan over MED heat.
Sprinkle chicken with pepper.
Add chicken to pan and stir fry until brown on all sides, about 5-10 mins.
Add garlic and cook for 1 min.
Squeeze juice of orange quarters over chicken.
Peel & separate orange into sections. Add orange sections, ginger, lemon juice, and basil. Stir well.
Cover and simmer for about 20-30 mins.
NOTE: This includes your meat and fruit portion for this meal.
Recommended Shopping List for Grocery Store
Meats
Shrimp, White Fish (Talapia, Halibut, Orange Ruffy, etc).
Turkey, chicken breast.
Lean Ground Beef, Steak or Roast
Vegetables
Asparagus
Cucumbers
Onions
Celery
Beet Greens
Lettuce
Green Onions
Spinach or Swiss Chard
Tomatoes
Radishes
Fruit
Lemons
Strawberries
Apples
Oranges
Grapefruits
Spices
Mrs Dash
Bragg Liquid Amino (Like Soy Sauce)
Garlic Cloves
Stevia- Both powder as well as liquid and flavors
Kosher Salt or Sea Salt
Other spices (be careful of ingredients, no sugars)
Other Items
Herbal Tea
Green Tea
Coffee
Water container with ounces for tracking
Apple Cider Vinegar
No Fat Cottage Cheese
Eggs
Fresh Salsa (no sugars or preservatives)
Melba Toast, Grissini Bread or Wasa Bread
Multi-Vitamin (make sure that there are no oils).
Miracle Noodles can be found online.
There is a great deal more detail and specifics in the manuscript itself, which you’ll get a free copy of when you order the 21 or 40 day kit. It is suggested that this summary be used as a quick reference only. As with any diet program, if you experience complications or if you have any health risks or concerns, consult your Doctor immediately before beginning this or any other diet program.
Testosterone Injections
Testosterone injections are the most widely practiced and cost effective means of testosterone therapy. These injections are carried out in persons suffering from low circulating testosterone levels. Testosterone injections are safe and effective, and they produce immediate results. They enhance metabolic and mental activities in men. Testosterone injections are widely resorted to by hypogonadal men. These injections are to be administrated once in every two to three weeks.
Testosterone injections are intramuscular injections, in which the hormone is injected directly into the muscle so that it is directly absorbed into the blood stream. The quantity of testosterone to be injected depends on the person?s health conditions and testosterone levels in blood. An intramuscular injection of 200 to 300 mg is usually sufficient to make body testosterone levels to normal.
Testosterone is esterified first to inhibit degradation and to make it soluble in oil-based injection vehicles. The common esterified compounds used for injection are testosterone cypionate and testosterone enanthate. This esterified compound is then injected into the body. Testosterone injections are generally given by a healthcare professional in a hospital or clinic setting.
Before taking a testosterone injection, tell your doctor about all other medicines, nutritional supplements and herbal products you are taking. If you are diabetic, these injections can affect your blood sugar levels. These injections and esterified compounds are available at medicine stores, and often require prescription from doctors. The cost of these medicines is roughly around $10 for a 10 cc vial, which is sufficient for fifteen weeks.
The benefits of testosterone injections include muscle and strength improvement, body hair and skin thickening, improvement in sexual desire, and decreased irritability and depression. Testosterone injections are also recommended for persons having mild/moderate heart diseases as they improve blood flow to the heart during exercise. Testosterone enhances the dilation of coronary arteries, arteries providing blood to heart muscles, thus increasing blood flow and decreasing blood pressure.
Immediately after every testosterone injection, blood testosterone level can go much higher than natural levels. After 4 or 5 days it tends to drop. Disadvantages of testosterone injections include pain in injection field, complexes due to inconvenient scheduling, adverse changes in blood lipids, and itching and irritation
The Health Benefits of Bilberry
Bilberry is made from a little blue berry that is related to blueberries and cranberries. Bilberry is a powerful anti-inflammatory. The herb is also a powerful antioxidant and has glucoquinine (lowers blood sugar levels). Bilberry contains flavonoids called anthocyanosides that protect the collagen structures in the blood vessels of the eye. Bilberry is used to treat eye problems such as Macular Degeneration, diabetic neuropathy, and/or cataracts.
Benefits of Bilberry
Bilberry is found mostly in dark skinned fruits. It is used to treat diarrhea, vericose veins, and mucous membrane inflammation. The herb is beneficial in the treatment of hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis) and in eye health.
This herb may also help night vision. During World War II, British Pilots ate bilberry jam before going out on night flights. They claimed it improved their vision. It is believed that the bilberry herb helps the eyes to adjust to changes in light quickly. This is one of the greatest benefits of bilberry and can be very beneficial for ones eyes according to many studies.
In Europe it is used to treat venous insufficiency- a condition that causes swelling and varicose veins. It further relieves pain and itching, and it also. Helps combat skin ulcers on the legs. Reynaud’s disease may benefit from bilberry. Reynauds causes pain and numbness in the outer extremities (fingers, toes and nose) when cold.
Bilberry improves circulation and makes artery walls. The herb may reduce inflammation, ease gastro-intestinal problems, and gum problems that have been linked to heart disease. Diarrhea and mouth sores can benefit from Bilberry as well. Bilberry has strong antiseptic properties, relieves peptic ulcers, diabetes, fibrocystic diseases, and painful menstruation.
Our conclusion For The Benefits Of Bilberry
Because of Bilberry’s strong antioxidant composition, the herb makes an excellent free radical scavenger, which helps combat the cell damage that leads to premature aging and disease. The most noted benefit that we briefly discussed above, is its ability to treat a range of problems relating to ones eye health. For example, the herb protects collagen structures in the blood vessels of the eyes, thus promoting healthy capillaries that carry many vital nutrients, such as oxygen-rich blood to your eye muscles.
Various Studies have confirmed that the benefits of bilberry go even further than one might be aware of. The herb can be useful for protecting against macular degeneration, cataracts, night blindness, and poor or fading vision. We believe bilberry to be one of the best herbs available for the protection of ones eyes health. Clinical studies have even shown that if given orally to healthy people, it improves visual accuracy. Our conclusion is that everyone should consider consuming bilberry as it helps as part of an overall maintenance of ones health.
Other benefits of bilberry include treating menstrual cramps and helping aid stomach ulcers. Varicose veins, thrombosis, angina, and poor circulation may also be improved with the use of bilberry, as the herb helps with healthy blood flow.
Our last point to note is that bilberry contains a substance called glucoquinine, which has the ability to lower ones blood sugar levels significantly and its antioxidant, anthocyanin, within the herb itself, can reduce high blood pressure.
Possible Precautions for those considering using Bilberry
Some side effects related to the use of Bilberry, include the possibility of: stomach upset, dizziness, or headache. It could cause diarrhea, and thin out blood. Caution should be used as bilberry could interfere with medications. However, there are no known adverse interactions with prescription drugs, or have there been any harmful effects noted in the literature for this herb to the best of our knowledge. As always, though, use your common sense when taking nutritional supplements: if you notice any unwanted side effects, discontinue usage, or reduce your dosage level straight away. Remember to always consult with a qualified physician before beginning supplementation of any kind.
Pregnant or nursing women should always refrain from supplementation with nutritional products until they speak with their personal doctor.
Our opinion on the Bilberry Herb
The evidence for bilberry’s benefits as a herb are long, varied, and shown in many clinical trails when it comes to treating eye disorders and maintaining clear vision in healthy individuals. However, many of the recent beneficial discoveries need further study in our opinions to validate the benefits further. Among these new findings are bilberry’s benefits for menstrual cramps and helping treat stomach ulcers.
Because of the many benefits of bilberry, along with more or less unknown adverse side effects, we would say it is a supplement well worth checking out especially since there is a lack of side effects of bilberry — unlike many other herbs on the market.
Tips On Getting The Best Benefits Of Bilberry
1. Make sure you purchase a bilberry supplement produced with a standardized extract. Standardized extracts contain the highest level of therapeutic benefits within the herbs. Most other herbal supplements on the market, however, do not even contain the amount of ingredients stated on the label. This is worrying within the nutritional industry and consumers need to take this issue seriously.
2. Dosages range from 20 to 160 mg. However, people who are in good overall health should take lower dosage levels, but maintain long term use. However, those people with specific conditions, such as macular degeneration, cataracts, glaucoma, etc mentioned above in our article, may wish to supplement with dosage levels in the higher ranges, but do not go over what we have stated above.
Force Factor Supplement Side Effects – Force Factor Pills Review
Force Factor is a bodybuilding supplement that boost blood flow in our body. The main ingredient of this supplement is Nitric Oxide. Mostly bodybuilders and marathon runners require endurance which can be easily stimulated in our body through Nitric oxide intake. Force factor claims to build muscles, strength and performance.
There are various health benefits of Nitric Oxide, which was incorporated by this supplement for the betterment of our entire body. Nitric Oxide not only helps in muscle pumping but also prevents you from various diseases such as diabetes, heart attacks, cancer, osteoporosis and Alzheimer’s disease. Weight training workouts usually causes joint pains and injuries, which can be easily cured by NO2. It can easily decrease the recovery time.Nutrition plays an important role in sculpting your body. You should have 6-8 small meals daily for creating metabolism in your body, which eventually leads to lots of fat burning. It is always advisable to combine force factor and other protein supplements in your diet for increasing the energy levels.
Force Factor Pills Review
Force factor pills are made up of concentrated Nitric Oxide. In order to build muscles quickly, one should consume these pills regularly. Cardio workouts and bodyweight workouts are exceptionally important for muscle development. You should always perform these workouts before weight training exercises. Your overall fitness regime depends upon the amount of endurance in your body, which can be easily stimulated by NO2. You may face minor side effects such as allergies, nausea and headaches due these pills, which are mostly temporary. It is always advisable to order free trials for understanding the product benefits. You can easily return these pills after one month, if you aren’t satisfied with its performance.
Male Libido – The Best 4 Natural Supplements To Increase Male Libido
Many natural supplements sold to boost male libido, simply don’t work and are sold without any medical substantiation whatsoever.
The good news however is, that some do, you just need to pick the right ones and here we are going to give you the best one of all, which has been medically proven to increase male libido.
Male Libido first things first
Male libido does not work in isolation from the rest of your body. A whole host of inputs are present that go into making you feel in the mood.
Your moods and your diet all affect your libido. Big passion killers include:
Tiredness, stress, depression, a poor diet, alcohol, smoking and drugs.
If you suffer from any of the above then you need to make sure that you improve your diet, get some exercise (a great stress booster) and cut down on drugs cigarettes and alcohol.
What is L- Arginine?
L-Arginine is a non essential amino acid and is necessary for normal functioning of the pituitary gland.
The production of L-Arginine decreases with age and many experts believe this is responsible for many degenerative processes that are related to aging.
Research shows it plays role in maintaining wellbeing and particularly male sexual health.
Why it is so important
In 1988 researchers discovered that L-arginine’s wide-ranging health benefits were due primarily to its role as a precursor to nitric oxide.
L-arginine stimulates the release of nitric oxide from the walls of blood vessels, improving circulation.
L-arginine is a particularly important amino acid for overall circulatory health and is sold as natural supplement for sexual health.
L-arginine has been proven to help increase blood flow to the penis, much like Viagra does, and the difference is it does it naturally.
How an erection occurs.
Nitric oxide is produced in response to messages from the brain; which triggers the release of nitric acid, which causes the smooth muscles of the spongy tissues inside the penis to relax, the tissue then fills with blood and an erection occurs.
L-arginine is so effective because it helps with the release of nitric oxide. Low levels of L-Arginine can lead therefore to decreased libido.
Medical proof
A study published in 1994 showed an 80% improvement in the erectile function of men given 2.8 grams of argentine a day after a two weeks period
Combining L-Argentine with other herbs has also shown impressive results.
Combining L-Argentine with the tree bark Pycnogenol has seen over a 90% increase in male libido in recent studies.
Other great products for male libido
There are other natural supplements that can be taken to increase male libido and two that are very popular are Ginseng and Gingko Bilbao
Ginseng
Korean Ginseng has been used in China as a sexual tonic for over 7000 years.
Korean ginseng in particular is taken for its ability to boost energy and sex drive. It also helps you adapt to physical or emotional stress and fatigue and helps improve blood flow
Gingko Bilbao
Is used to improve blood flow around the body including to the genitals and also functions as an anti-oxidant in the body.
Ginkgo has long been thought to heal male impotence, and is a standard herbal remedy prescribed in China and is now popular worldwide.
A combination of the above four natural supplements will help increase male libido
As we have said already, healthy sex drive depends on all round well being, as well as the realize of nitric oxide to create an erection.
The above four supplements all help with blood circulation and the realize of nitric oxide and this is why they are the best natural supplements for increasing male sex drive.
The Health Benefits of Curry
Basically curry’s medical benefits are derived from their spice rich ingredients; here is the break down of usual spices found in curry (and their benefits):
Turmeric, curry’s main ingredient is recognized by its yellow color. A member of the ginger family, turmeric has long been associated with its healing properties. Used as a common antiseptic in India, turmeric is used regularly to treat damaged skin such as cuts or burns. It’s even being touted as a possible cure for Alzheimer’s disease.
Cinnamon – Cinnamon is a natural antioxidant which is beneficial to the beautification purposes, not to mention cinnamon oil has antimicrobial properties which prolongs the life of the curry.
Black Pepper – Black pepper has a very long history of medical benefits, the list goes like this: Alleviated hemorrhoids, Alleviates gas, helps constipation, improves digestion, improves appetite lost, promotes sweating (cardio workout), Promotes urination, anti-bacterial effects, natural anti-oxidant, and everyone’s favorite; helps in breaking down fat cells.
Allspice – Allspice is also known as Jamaican pepper, Myrtle pepper. It’s beneficial attribute comes from folklore whereby it provide relief for digestive problems.
Anise – Anise leaves in curry are used to treat digestive problems, toothaches and the oil extract can be used to treat lice and scabies.
Asafoetida – the main medical usage for Asafoetida is for the aid of digestive system, mild cases of asthma, bronchitis and is traditionally used in the aid of children’s cold.
Cardamom – Cardamom is used traditionally in Chinese medicine to treat stomach-aches, constipation, dysentery, and other digestion problems.
Chili Pepper – Red chili peppers are very rich in vitamin C and pro-vitamin A. Additionally, peppers are a good source of most vitamins B, especially B6. Potassium in chili that are high magnesium and iron would really make up for those lazy days.
Clovers – Clovers are reported by many people to be extremely effective in their struggle with nicotine cravings. Well, imagine having craving for curry instead (who’d complaint).
Coriander leaves – Coriander leaves has been used as a folk medicine for the relief of anxiety and insomnia in Iranian folk medicine.
Cumin – Cumin can be really helpful in asthma, common and a booster in immune system during cold and flu season. Capsulated Cumin can be beneficial to hair and nails, and if mixed with moisturized cream you can reap the benefits of a healthier skin.
After listing only a fraction of the benefits for eating curry, the people that gave the word curry should really give it a new identity, not as a combination of different herbs, but a combination of different medical miracles that really taste GOOD.
Testosterone Side Effects
Testosterone is an androgenic hormone produced chiefly by the testes. It is responsible for the growth of secondary sex characteristics in men. A small amount of testosterone is present in the body of women also. The deficiency or excessive amounts of this hormone causes many side effects in the human body. Many debates have been conducted among scientists and healthcare professionals on the side effects of testosterone.
Almost all unwanted side effects of testosterone are caused the androgenic properties of the hormone. The usage of synthetic testosterone helps people with HIV-related wasting gain weight.
A man with testosterone deficiency experiences decreased sex drive, moodiness, and fatigue. Testicular function deceases with age. This phenomenon is usually found in men after the age of thirty. The supplementation of the hormone sometimes tends to slow down the body?s natural ability to produce testosterone. This is the major side effect found in men.
Vomiting, nausea, swelling of the arms and legs, yellowing of the skin and eyes, and prolonged and painful erections are the early signs of serious side effects. Using excess amount of artificial testosterone causes serious allergic reactions such difficulty in breathing, swelling of the tongue, lips, or face. In women, hoarseness, male-pattern baldness, deepening of voice, excessive hair growth, and menstrual irregularities are the main side effects. Prolonged use of testosterone in higher doses may result in shrinking of testicles, gynecomastia (breast growth in men), decreased or increased sex drive, and a number of less serious side effects such as acne, decreased sperm production in men, clitoral enlargement, male pattern baldness, and water retention. Liver damage and cancer are the other serious side effects caused by testosterone.