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Has the credit crunch affected your relationship?

It just cannot be avoided all the doom and gloom around us at the moment, all the talk of recession, credit crunch, and falling house prices, and fuel prices on the increase, we have to consider the emotional cost this has on us as a society.  Debt can cause havoc in our lives, and we juggle things from one pot to another, but ultimately its our emotional well-being that can suffer in my opinion. The symptoms can be anxiety, stress, and depression.  Alongside the debt, counselling that is available for people in serious debt, there is Counselling to talk about the issues of anxiety, and stress, and the daily implications of this.

The other big issue at the moment is thousands of people have lost their jobs, and are continuing to do so on a daily basis, and again the impact of this on their self esteem, and confidence will leave them in tatters. Alongside this their relationships usually suffer also, as the breadwinner is no longer earning and
this can lead to arguments, and resentment, and ultimately end their relationship. 

Start of the year, don't catch a cold

The start of the year can mean the beginning of something positive within work, hobbies or a start of a new friendship.

But this new beginning shouldn't mean the start of flu symptoms that could cripple positivity and end the change you were creating.

I suggest Echinacea, which can effectively boost your immune system at the first sighns or threat of infections such as colds.  

Flue Epidemic

Flue epidemic is upon us once more, with the number of cases reporting twenty five percent of the population within England and Wales in the past week.

Statistics showed for last week there were fifty one GP consultations for flue like symptoms per hundred thousand of the population, this seems to have risen up from forty one percent per hundred thousand during the Christmas week.( Sourced from the BBC health website)

Fish could reduce a child's chances of developing Eczema

A long term study into the health of children has found that the introduction of fish before the age of nine months could cut the risk of a child developing eczema by a quarter.

The children were all part of an on going health study looking at almost seventeen thousand infants born in 2003 in western Sweeden. Questions were asked about diet, home environment and evidence of eczema when children were six and twelve months old.

At six months old, thirteen percent of the families said their child had already developed eczema. This rose to twenty percent by their first birthday. Children with sibling or mother with ecema were almost twice as likely to be affected by twelve months but whilst breast feeding, the age at which dairy products were introduced and the presence of a fury pet in the home had no detectable influence on eczema; the introduction of fish before nine months cut the risk by twenty five percent.

Life is Sweet

Simple Sugar is the building block of all carbohydrates and is supplied to the blood from the intestines when carbohydrate is digested and absorbed. The height and rapidity of blood-sugar rises are significant factors in insulin response and when a substance such as refined sugar is rapidly absorbed into the blood, blood sugar levels may peak before the body has time to regulate them.( written by Amanda Grigg and Michelle Laud) sourced from camlifestyle  

What is stress

Stress is a psychological and physiological response to events that upset our personal balance in some way. When faced with a threat, whether to our physical safety or emotional equilibrium, the body's defenses kick into high gear in a rapid, automatic process known as the “fight-or-flight” response. We all know what this stress response feels like: heart pounding in the chest, muscles tensing up, breath coming faster, every sense on red alert.

If you have a lot of responsibilities and worries, you may be running on stress a good portion of the time—launching into emergency mode with every traffic jam, phone call from the in-laws, or segment of the evening news. But the problem with the stress response is that the more it’s activated, the harder it is to shut off. Instead of leveling off once the crisis has passed, your stress hormones, heart rate, and blood pressure remain elevated.

Bottled Water is Impure?

 A two-year study by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) analysed ten popular brands of water. They found thirty eight chemical pollutants, with an average of eight contaminants in each brand. Further, more than one-third of the chemicals found are not regulated in bottled water. What types of pollutants did they find?

• Disinfection byproducts

• Urban waste water pollutants like caffeine and pharmaceuticals (Tylenol)

Running the gauntlet of Colds

As the cold dark nights creep upon us it seems everyone around is carrying a cold or cough and it seems that the only help we have is in the form of cough medicine, not any more.

Nutritionally we can prepare for these symptoms, by eating foods which are high in vitamin C. Also taking echinacea will increase the white blood cell count in your body increasing your body's fighting ability to ward of viruses.

Though its not just keeping clear of catching the common cold from other people we have to watch out for, its ourselves.A build up of emotional stress can lower the efficiency of the immune systom.

NUTRITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS

Balance blood sugar levels:

 

 Always have protein and carbohydrates together at each meal and snack to promote steady release of sugars into bloodstream.

This helps reduce headaches, poor concentration, sugar cravings, PMT symptoms, tiredness, mood swings.

 Limit simple carbohydrate foods found in cakes, biscuits, white flour products, white pasta and where possible replace with wholegrain products. This releases sugars more slowly and helps avoid the above symptoms.

 

Limit wheat intake:

High wheat intake combined with sugars produces wind/gas which leads to abdominal bloating, gassy stomach, and problems with elimination which causes body to retain toxins. In turn this leads to accumulation of fluid to try and dilute toxins………resulting in difficulty losing weight and fluid retention.

 

Increase intake of omega 3:

 

Daily intake of nuts and seeds (preferably ground)

Oily fish 3 times/week…salmon, sardines, herring, pilchards, mackerel, haddock.

Flax seed oil – use as salad dressings, on jacket potatoes, vegetables, stirred into soups, curries.

This will help improve skin quality, balance hormones and vital for healthy pregnancy.

Effects of Omega 3’s on Heart Deaths

A report in the Lancet this week following two long term studies shows that omega 3 fish oils significantly reduce the risk of death or hospitalisation compared with statins. 1g of omega 3 cuts the mortality risk by nine percent and rate of hospital admission by eight percent compared to placebo. After 4 years of statin therapy there was no reduction in risk. This supports the importance of increasing omega 3 intake through diet and supplements. For effectiveness, a good quality fish oil supplying one gram omega 3 fish oil should be taken each day and foods rich in omega 3 should be included daily in the diet. Foods rich in omega 3 include: Oily fish – salmon, sardines, herring, mackerel, pilchards Nuts and seeds – flax seeds, hemp, pumpkin, sesame, sunflower Flax seed oil