The Shocking Truth about Aspirin – It Doesn’t Work!

Aspirin has been around for over half a century. It’s primary and “original” use was for pain relief. But when Tylenol and NSAIDs (such as Advil) took over the pain relief field, the aspirin industry “bigwigs” pulled out the “big guns” and went after: heart disease.What the heck, they figured. After all, a billion-dollar medicine has to go somewhere. And like most businesses, you have to keep growing and finding new “revenue streams” to increase revenue and profits. The “big killer” of heart disease seemed like a natural avenue to go down. So aspirin decided to acquire “new indications” as a blood-clot fighter and is already widely used to treat and prevent strokes and heart attacks.It Didn’t Work For ApplesJust about every male I know over the age of 60 (including younger men) and many women (BOTH my parents in fact) are taking “an aspirin a day to keep the doctor away.” Well, it didn’t work for apples and I don’t think it works for aspirin either. But that isn’t stopping its promoters from telling people it will do that and a whole lot more.Crazy ClaimsTake a quick look at some of the other claims the “Aspirin Institute” is making about its product. The “Institute” strongly hints (”studies suggest that…”) that this “miracle drug” cures, decreases, alleviates, or prevents:- Breast cancer - Migraine headaches - Hodgkin’s disease Alzheimer’s disease - Prostate cancer - Cancer of the pancreas - Colon cancer Birth defects - Leukemia Immune disorders, including AIDS And that’s just a partial list, But geez … take a look at the last one - AIDS! Wow, if Aspirin really could do that, it would be a “miracle” drug, right? … So the “experts” seem to think that at least 95 percent of the population needs aspirin on a daily basis. But the dangers associated with extensive use of aspirin are downright horrifying.Aspirin Does The OppositeResearchers have reported that aspirin might, in fact, increase your risk for stroke, heart attack, macular degeneration (blindness), and cataract formation! You didn’t hear anything about these findings because no one reported on them in the popular press. So if you don’t read medical journals in your spare time, you probably missed these REAL bits of news. Here’s what the researchers have to say:- 40% of people who regularly take large doses of aspirin actually demonstrated an INCREASED risk of both stroke and heart attack. - Regular aspirin users have a significantly increased risk of macular degeneration with blindness! - Aspirin use also puts people at a 44% increased risk of cataracts. Of course, there’s always the widely known increased risk of gastrointestinal bleeding that accompanies aspirin too. And these sorts of findings weren’t published in some lowly rag. No, the highly respected prestigious rags, like the British Medical Journal, Lancet, and the Journal of the American Medical Association, came to a similar conclusion: aspirin shows no benefit in the prevention of heart attacks!To Be Continued …I try my best to keep these articles short. But sometimes, especially with an important topic that most everyone is familiar with - like Aspirin - I tend to just keep on writing. Well, I’ll stop for today since I don’t want to overload you with too much information at once.

Suzanne Somers has single-handedly aroused world-wide interest in bio-identical hormone therapy – this is good.

She has made women and men aware that they have to be proactive about their health – in other words, take responsibility – this is good.

However, the specific recommendations that she is championing with regard to hormone replacement is not only ill-advised, it may actually be dangerous. She is a strong advocate of the hormone estrogen – which is fairly ironic since this is the hormone that gave her breast cancer, contributed to her life-long battle with weight (it is lipogenic, i.e. it causes fat to be deposited around the hips, thighs, buttocks, breasts, etc.), and recently caused her to undergo a gynecological procedure for uncontrollable bleeding.

When advising women to take high dosages of a toxic hormone it is important to give them the entire picture. Estrogen is known to cause six different cancers, it predisposes to strokes, heart attacks, and pulmonary emboli (it is contraindicated in coronary artery disease), it is the hormone that causes menstrual symptoms, such as cramps, PMS, breast tenderness, and migraine headaches, it can cause gallbladder disease, asthma, lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, and causes nausea during pregnancy.

Nature is a lot smarter than we are – it allows estrogen levels to diminish at a certain time in a woman’s life when procreation is not necessary. I suspect nature recognizes that estrogen is not a safe hormone which is another reason the levels are decreased.

Women, and their doctors, should be aware that women never stop making estrogen, so very often it is not necessary to be replaced except in specific instances (i.e. vaginal dryness, low body fat (because estrogen is produced primarily in fatty tissue, etc).

From a bio-identical hormone replacement standpoint, progesterone is the only hormone that has to be replaced. Prior to the menopause, this hormone prevents or eliminates all the downsides to estrogen. Ms. Somers was on birth control pills for 21 years which meant she did not ovulate for 21 years, which means she was without progesterone for 21 years. The progestins in B.C. pills are not progesterone – they are synthetic and are as dangerous as the estrogen in B.C. pills.

After stopping B.C. pills it is my understanding that Ms. Somers was on extremely high levels of estradiol, the strongest estrogen – no wonder she got breast cancer. I am confused why she feels it necessary to surround herself only with hormone doctors that recommend estrogen.

The purpose of this article is not to criticize Ms. Somers – I am extremely grateful that her activities brought BHRT out of the closet. I would simply recommend that she speak to doctors that may have a different viewpoint.

In her latest book called Ageless, she is now recommending human growth hormone (HGH) therapy to her readers. She states her IGF-1 levels were low which is why she started on this therapy. Perhaps one of her hormone specialists should have pointed out that estrogen lowers IGF-1 levels. She might be interested in the fact that IGF-1 is a hormone that speeds up aging – it is not an anti-aging hormone. People should also be aware that it is illegal to give this hormone for anti-aging purposes; it is only allowable for documented growth hormone deficiencies.

Let me now address some of the critics of Suzanne Somers. They claim that bio-identical hormones are not FDA approved. Wrong. All compounded hormones put out by compound pharmacies are FDA approved. Upjohn Pharmaceuticals was producing FDA approved bio-identical hormones 70 years ago (and most physicians are still not aware of them).

Critics say that it is better to go with known medications such as Premarin, which are “safer”. In point of fact, all estrogens (except bio-identical estriol) are unsafe. The first 10 years Premarin was on the market, they estimate somewhere between 200,000 and 2,000,000 women got uterine cancer.

Bio-identical hormone therapy, although in existence for 70 years, is still in its infancy. Ms. Somers is in the position of receiving the kind of ridicule that Semmelweiss and Lister received a hundred years ago when they suggested that doctors should wash their hands prior to surgery. I salute her for her courage. I would recommend that she educate herself about hormones. They are extremely potent chemicals and must be used in a safe, logical manner.

Eventually, she may get to the full realization of the potential bio-identical hormones have for healing. They control every system of the body and are major determinants of our health. A person should not be waiting for the menopause or andropause to get their hormones in balance.

Michael E. Platt, M.D., Board Certified Internist, is the author of The Miracle of Bio-Identical Hormones. He is in private practice in Palm Desert, CA. His website address drplatt period com.

Americans are spending 40 percent of their food dollars eating out. Our food is processed, refined, concentrated, sugared, salted, and chemically engineered to produce taste sensations high in calories and low in nutrients. Our cattle get fat in feedlots without exercise and with antibiotics and growth hormones. The result: bigger cattle producing juicier steaks containing nearly twice the fat as ranged cattle. In addition, we are paying dearly for these advances. Although we eat to live, what we eat is killing us.

The foods that we eat are causing most of the diseases that we are seeing in major numbers today. The statistics are real. In 1900, about 10 to 15 percent of Americans died of heart disease and strokes. Today it is 45 percent. Back then, less than 6 percent died of cancer, while today the figure is over 25 percent.

This is not nature’s way. We were not meant to die in such numbers from heart attacks, strokes, diabetes, and from cancer of the lungs, breast, prostate, and colon. Significant cardiovascular disease started to emerge in America after World War I. It became rampant only after World War II, when people could afford diets rich in animal products and when the food industry started producing processed foods crammed with calories and emptied of nutrition.

This problem is unique to the westernized people. Rural populations in China and Southeast Asia who have little access to rich foods experience few heart attacks. Similarly, most people in rural Africa and South and Central America have little fear of diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Yet in North America, Australia, New Zealand, and the increasingly rich countries in Europe and Asia, where diets are rich in fat and cholesterol, heart disease and diabetes are epidemic.

The villains, low fiber, high fat, and cholesterol, take their toll by damaging the body’s oxygen-carrying arteries and by upsetting important metabolic acts. Because of thickened, narrowed arteries, 4,000 Americans have heart attacks every day, every third adult has high blood pressure, and thousands are becoming crippled from strokes. Because of disordered metabolisms from unbalanced lifestyles, obesity is epidemic, and a new diabetic is diagnosed every 50 seconds.

Lower High Blood Pressure without Medicine

Lower Blood Pressure Naturally without Medicineby Barry ShoreRecently, in “Health Watch” an article written by Harvard Medical School states, “A hand grip designed to keep fighter pilots from blacking out during sharp turns and steep dives has an interesting therapeutic benefit on the ground — lowering blood pressure without medication.Squeezing the grip for a few minutes a day has been shown to lower blood pressure as much as a first-line antihypertension drug. How it does this is still something of a medical mystery.”Also, as reported in the Associated Press, “…breathing … slowly for a few minutes a day is enough to help some people nudge down bad blood pressure”. Dr. David Anderson, who heads research into behavior and hypertension at the NIH’s National Institute on Aging, is doing a study to try to prove it.As reported by AP, “65 million Americans have high blood pressure, putting them at increased risk of heart attacks, strokes, kidney damage, blindness and dementia. Many don’t know it. Hypertension is often called the silent killer, because patients may notice no symptoms until it already has done serious damage. Anyone can get high blood pressure, measured as a level of 140 over 90 or more.”There are 3 commercial methods on the market today which encompass the techniques outlined above to lower blood pressure. Zona Plus offers a squeezing device, and Resperate offers a breathing device. BPDown combines both squeezing and breathing into one program. The Zona Plus and Resperate systems sell for hundreds of dollars each while the BPDown program sells for $49 including free shipping.All of these systems are for sale on Ebay and elsewhere on the internet. Many users of the BPDown system exclaim that their blood pressure goes down after the very first usage. However, it usually takes a few weeks for the lower blood pressure to be maintained on a steady basis.The BPDown system is designed to be lightweight and compact, and requires no electronics or batteries. Therefore it is expected to last longer with less maintenance and be carried anywhere so the squeezing and breathing program can be done anytime. People say they do it watching TV, while riding in a car, while waiting for an appointment, etc.More information can be obtained at www.bpdown.us.

Fitness and exercise prevent disease. That is a proven fact, and yet more people than ever are suffering from obesity and type 2 Diabetes. This is now being considered as an epidemic in the United States. If you are overweight, and especially if you are obese, or if you’ve been diagnosed with diabetes, then listen to your doctor and begin a regular fitness and exercise program. You’ll be glad you did. It will improve the quality of your life.

The Benefits

One of the benefits of fitness and exercise, as any physician will tell you, it that fitness and exercise help control blood sugar. A diabetic who takes medication daily may find that less medication is needed with a regular fitness and exercise program. Many diabetics who stay with fitness and exercise programs find that they are able to quit the medication and get their diabetes under control in a totally natural way.

Triglycerides are also too high for many people in the western world. High triglycerides are linked to heart disease, including heart attacks and strokes. A great natural way to reduce your level of triglycerides is to simply begin and stick with a fitness and exercise program, while eating a sensible diet. Triglycerides at too high a level are also linked to high blood sugar, and it is common for diabetics to have high triglyceride levels. Therefore, in this case fitness and exercise can take care of two potential health risks at the same time.

Contributory Factors

Being over weight has become a way of life for far too many people and there have been many investigations into what has caused it.

Sedentary lifestyles.

Working in front of computers.

Watching too much television.

Diets high in fat and carbohydrates.

All shown to be contributory factors. But whatever the root causes taking part in fitness and exercise programme is a significant part of the cure for the problem. Engaging in physical activity, increasing the heart rate, and just getting active can help a person loose weight, control triglyceride levels and reduce the problems caused by diabetes.

Exercise and fitness cannot be ignored and must become an habitual part peoples lifestyles.

Parents should monitor and restrict time spent by children using computer games or watching television. They must encourage children to engage in fitness and exercise the way children in past generations have, playing games like baseball, basketball and jump rope. Leading by example and taking part themselves. It really does not matter if you are any good, it is more important to enjoy doing it and having that all important quality time with your kids. Doing it regular helps it become a habit and also maximises the benefits.

Children who learn the benefits of fitness and exercise at an early age are more likely to continue the habit into adulthood. They will lead healthier lifestyles and tend to live longer, healthier and obviously happier lives.

What greater gift could you give them than that?

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Hypertension or high blood pressure is a common disorder. To cope with the problem, it is important to maintain a healthy diet and lifestyle. Precaution is definitely better than cure.

Hypertension or high blood pressure is a common disorder of blood circulation that may lead to fatal heart attacks, stroke, or even kidney diseases. Statistic shows almost 1/5 of adults in the West are affected by this dreaded disease.

Experts say hypertension could be hereditary. It is a common disease for people in their mid and old age than the young. Hypertension is affecting more men than women. However, women on contraceptive pills are prone to it. Not to mention also, short people and those under stress are very susceptible to it. Smokers should also be aware of this disease because they are likely to have high blood pressure.

Medications can help solve hypertension problem but the cure cannot be found on drugs. Drugs can only sustain what is deemed safe limits but cannot guarantee that there will be no attacks. Dietary practices and physical activity can help prevent or control hypertension. Obese people are more likely to have hypertension than slim bodied people. There are prescribed ideal weight for a particular height and age of a person. Trimming down to an ideal weight will be a big help.

Alcohol is not advised when you are hypertensive because it induces high blood pressure. But doctors advise one shot of red wine after every meal to help gain anti

oxidants. Taking more is not advisable.

Studies proved that foods low in salt are very helpful. Limit salt intake to 4 g a day or ask physician for better advice. Keeping the taste of your foods as natural as possible is the best diet.

While cutting down salt intake, consume more fruits and vegetables, especially foods rich in potassium such as dried apricots, nuts, and others. Potassium can help lower blood pressure. For those with kidney disorder, avoid taking potassium-rich foods as it can complicate the matter.

Calcium and magnesium are two dietary minerals that show positive effect against high blood pressure. Fruits and vegetables high in soluble fibre also show good sign of lowering blood pressure. Essential fatty acids such as omega 3 fatty acids from oily fish like tuna have also been shown to lower blood pressure. Garlic and moderate alcohol intake (1-2 shots per day) can have the similar effects.

Vegetarians have less incidence of high blood pressure probably due to high fibre content, flushing out toxic cholesterol and fats from the body. Many vegetables contain potassium, calcium, magnesium and vitamin C which can lower blood pressure. Above all, it is important to maintain a healthy diet and lifestyle. Precaution is definitely better than cure.

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As a nurse I learned if you want to lose belly fat and you’re carrying a little or a lot of belly fat around, it’s important to lose it, especially for the health of your heart. Studies have shown that people with pear shapes or who are carrying extra pounds around the waist have more incidences of heart attacks than those who don’t. Weight loss problems and dieting failures do not help your middle section either.

1. But what you can do is first of all completely understand that you’re headed for some serious health problems if you don’t lose not only your belly fat but any other excessive fat you might be carrying around. Your body and its health should be a top priority if you plan to be around for a long time and live a healthy quality of life also. Keep this first and utmost goal in mind that you must lose the weight or suffer some serious health consequences. Many people never think about the possibility of chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes, stroke, heart attack and many others affecting them. Plaque from fatty diets can collect around all the organs, not just the heart and blood vessels.

2. Next start an eating or food diary and start immediately to document what you eat every day down to the last morsel. Make this exact. Look it over after a couple of days or so and see what you can eliminate. Eliminate any food that you are indifferent about. Food that you nibble on or chow down on that you don’t care that much about should go first. Immediately stop drinking any soda or diet pops, which really aren’t foods and pack a lot of calories. If you can cut down or eliminate meat and dairy products. That may seem hard but they are acidic and have high concentrations of fat and dangerous added hormones, pesticides, herbicide and growth factor in milk. Start eating a ton of veggies and fruits every day - go for a diet that includes a lot of raw or living foods. These will nourish your body, provide you with a lot of nutrients, give you plenty of fiber and natural water and help you lose weight fast. If you drink beer, quit. This is a sure way to develop a beer belly from excessive calories. If you do this you will not need any fad diets, diet pills, expensive weight loss plans or programs. Most are designed to part you with your precious hard-earned cash. Focus on buying fresh fruits and fresh veggies and make huge salads (red-leaf lettuce, green leaf lettuce or romaine, not iceberg lettuce which has few nutrients).

3. Belly fat is resting on top of the abdominal muscles of course. I see many articles claiming that you can lose belly fat by exercising, but this can’t be true. You can strengthen your abdominal muscles and this will help BUT you must make an effort to lose weight to get rid of your belly fat. Sit-ups are one of the best approaches to tightening the abdominals. Practice sucking in your stomach to tighten the abdomen throughout the day when you’re driving or watching television or anytime.

You can lose your belly fat and experience a lot of other weight loss too. Just get started today. Even one little change is a start in the right direction. Do make one change in your diet and lifestyle today and add one change or more each day for the next week and you should start to see your belly fat disappear. Continue your diet and lifestyle changes to keep the weight off! YOU can do it!

For more info on weight loss, losing weight, belly fat loss and weight loss diets go to my nurse’s website www.Best-Weight-Loss-Secrets.com for the best dieting tips, natural diets, advice, help and FREE info on weight loss pills, diet pills, surgery and weight loss programs

Imagine being told that to enjoy the %26#8217;best years%26#8217; of your life, you needed a tablet. Imagine having your identity reduced to the consequences of your hormones. Welcome to menopause, and the development of the pharmaceutical spin.

The medicalization of menopause is a process that has subtly been going on since the 1930%26#8217;s, although it wasn%26#8217;t until the 1960%26#8217;s that it really picked up momentum in the public eye. This medicalization has transformed the understanding of what is a natural process, into one defined as a disease.

When you define something as a disease, then treatment becomes compulsory. And the implication is that if you don%26#8217;t get treatment, or what is defined as acceptable treatment, then you are being irresponsible and negligent in your own health. Women%26#8217;s menopausal experiences were for a long time dismissed as the product of their own imaginations, then later embraced by pharmaceutical companies and subverted to push their shiny new pills.

And given that HRT has been so widely taken up by women, and is still used despite its risks, it has been a successful approach by the drug companies.

The celebrity factor in promotional campaigns has been very effective at selling both the idea of menopause as a disease, and the promises of hormone replacement therapy. The FDA and their comparative bodies in most countries require that product claims are verified by appropriate and legitimate studies. But celebrities in interviews are not subject to those rules, which are designed to protect the public from misleading and harmful information. So when an actress or aging supermodel enthusiastically enacts the lines of the drug company%26#8217;s scripts - that menopause is fraught with risks of diseases like alzheimers, heart attacks, colon cancer, cataracts, teeth loss, bone fractures and more (p43), in the guise of %26#8217;education%26#8217; and personal sharing, this is seen as legitimate. There is no reference to the fees they were paid for this work, the source of their information, or its scientific validity (or lack thereof). Nor is their any mention of the fact that even initially, though there were short term benefits, the long term effects of hormone replacement therapy were not known. These celebrities were either ignorant themselves of their own status as human guinea pigs, or didn%26#8217;t care.

Menopause is sold with the language of %26#8217;decline%26#8217;, as though once a woman%26#8217;s estrogen %26#8217;dried up%26#8217;, so did she. She was relegated to an image of being %26#8217;less%26#8217; than she was before, with the implication being that her value and contributions as a person were defined by something that time would take away. Unless of course she accepted the %26#8217;help%26#8217; of the drug companies with their

%26#8217;medicine%26#8217; for her newly defined %26#8217;disease%26#8217;. So instead of being supported as her body moved into another phase of its life, women were basically told they were losing what defined them as %26#8217;women%26#8217;, as though one hormone was responsible for what made them unique individuals. As though femininity was characterized not by their own choices and expressions, but driven by hormones. And as though %26#8217;femininity%26#8217; was equated with youth, and that once this passed, women would not enjoy their %26#8217;best years%26#8217; as they would otherwise. And, of course, if a woman wasn%26#8217;t feminine, in the appropriately defined way, then she was not really a woman…

Add to this mix the spectre of diseases that women would supposedly be in greater danger of getting, despite the fact that if scientists really knew the single cause of these diseases they would have triumphantly been marketing the cure to everyone - regardless of gender. When doctors treat alzheimers, heart attacks, colon caner, cataracts and teeth loss, they do not have one treatment for men and one for women. And in most cases, they don%26#8217;t guarantee a cure with their treatments anyway. So this suggests not only do they not have the cure, but they don%26#8217;t fully understand the cause. The murky waters of risk assessment are both complex and already muddied.

Women were given estrogen only in the early years of medical promotion. As studies emerged which showed women taking estrogen were more at risk of developing endometrial cancer, progestogen or progestin was added to form the combined hormone replacement therapy that became known as HRT. It was advertised for a long time as reducing the risk of heart disease, amongst other things. But in 1998, a high quality study, the HERS trial, found that in the group of 3000 older women they were studying over 4 years, who all had some form of heart disease, those on HRT were not in fact protected from heart attacks after all. And during the first year of the study, there was a higher incidence of heart attacks in the women on HRT compared with the placebo group. This was completely the opposite of what the drug companies had been advertising, based on their own observational studies, as opposed to the randomized control trial that the HERS study was.

The HERS trial was not the only one that would raise some niggly little facts about the menopause gravy train.

References: R Moynihan %26 A Cassels, Selling Sickness - How Drug Companies are Turning Us All Into Patients (Allen %26 Unwin, 2005)

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Aromatherapy and Health Benefits The Natural Healing Power
by Nick Mutt

Aromatherapy is a complimentary therapy that helps to restore the body and mind to a balanced, healthy state, using healing essences extracted from plants, shrubs and trees.

In aromatherapy these essences are usually applied to the body by way of a gentle massage, although they can be used effectively in many other ways. Apart from their healing powers, these aromatherapy plant essences exude powerful scents which have an effect on the memory and sensory nerves. As a result, aromatherapy treats the whole person, both mind and body. It is a very helpful way of treating the stress-related problems that many of us seem to suffer now that our lives have become so pressured.

Health benefits of aromatherapy

Aromatherapy helps us to keep healthy by improving the circulation, soothing the nervous system, reducing waste products and lessening the effects of stress. It can to help chronic conditions such as migraine, eczema, rheumatism and sinus problems, offering more relief to some sufferers than others. Obviously, there are acute conditions which you wouldnt treat with aromatherapy, such as heart attacks and appendicitis.

Aromatherapy oils which are safe to use if used with care are benzoin, bergamot, black peeper, clary sage, camomile, sweet funnel, frankincense, jasmine, lavender, ginger, marjoram, geranium, eucalyptus, grapefruit, tea tree, lemongrass.

Four common aromatherapy oils

Lavender Lavender is one of the most versatile aromatherapy oils of all and is even safe to use neat on the skin. It helps all sorts of problems, from burns to headaches, is great for relieving tension and is naturally antiseptic and soothing.

Eucalyptus This is very helpful oil for all respiratory problems coughs, colds, catarrh and flu. If used in a vaporizer or burner it keeps germs at bay, so can protect other members of your family from common viruses.

Camomile This is calming, soothing oil. It is helpful for itchy rashes and dry skin conditions, and because it is sedative, it is useful for encouraging sleep and relaxation.

Tea tree This is a fantastic antiseptic and anti-fungal treatment. Use it to clean up cuts and grazes and to treat such irritating problems as thrush and athletes foot.

Disclaimer: This article is not meant to provide health advice and is for general information only. Always seek the insights of a qualified health professional before embarking on any health program.

The Top Four Herbs - The Four %26quot;G%26quot;s For Ultimate Health

It’s true; the top four herbs in the world are all begin with the letter G. They are ginger, ginkgo biloba, garlic and ginseng. These mighty four herbs cure and prevent literally hundreds of ailments. Here is what each of them can do for you!Ginger. Although widely used in cooking, but is a very powerful anti-oxidant Ginger is more than just a spice and is widely used as a digestive aid used in the treatment and prevention of nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain. Ginger is also used to alleviate menstrual cramps, morning sickness, and postoperative sickness. In addition, ginger is effective in maintaining a clean and healthy colon.Ginger helps relief the symptoms of colds, flu, and coughs, acts as an effective anti-inflammatory treatment for arthritis, acts to relieve both high cholesterol levels and blood pressure, relieves headaches and toothaches. Eating ginger regularly is said to reduce the risk of heart attacks or strokes. Ginkgo Biloba. The Ginkgo tree is considered a living fossil. It is the oldest living tree, and has been around for more than 200 million years. The Chinese have passed it down to our current generations, and considered a vital herb for health and longevity. Ginkgo increases blood flow to the brain and the rest of the body.It aids metabolism, increases the oxygen flow to the brain, the boosts the nervous system. It will aid memory and act to keep the mind active. Ginkgo is a powerful anti-oxidant, and will also keep cholesterol levels in the body to normal levels. Ginkgo comes close to being a panacea. Garlic. Garlic has gained recognition as a medicinal remedy in both Chinese and Western cultures. Considered as a panacea, garlic and has often been referred to as a wonder drug. Garlic’s active ingredient allicin, aggressively destroys, and inhibits various bacteria and fungi. Garlic is effective in lowering the risk of heart disease, has anti-carcinogenic and anti-inflammatory properties, and enhances the resistance of the immune system. Additionally, garlic is said to protect the liver from damage induced by pollutants i.e. synthetic drugs. Eating garlic regularly will help in the treatment of digestive disorders, diarrhea, and food poisoning. Additionally, garlic helps in the treatment of high blood pressure, bladder infection, flu, liver and gallbladder problems, sinusitis, Ginseng. Ginseng is one of the most popular healing herbs ever used. It is ancient, and as is important today as it was thousands of years ago. Ginseng is an effective general rejuvenator and tonic. Additionally ginseng contains vitamins A, B-6 and the mineral zinc, which promotes the production of thymic hormones, necessary for the functioning of the immune system and is often prescribed to ward of colds and minor illnesses. Ginseng helps the body to manage stress. Ginseng increases estrogen levels in women and is used to treat menopausal symptoms. Chinese medicine uses ginseng in the treatment of diabetes, as it helps lower blood sugar. It acts as an appetite stimulant, and is believed to possess anti-cancer properties.Ginseng aids in promoting sleep, it enhances endurance, stamina, performance and general wellbeing. It stimulates the immune system and the ability of body to ward off common aliments. Ginseng relieves tension and anxiety and improves mental alertness. It is used to normalize blood pressure and increase blood circulation. The Chinese use it as a sexual stimulator. Ginseng reduces the risk of heart disease; it improves memory, concentration and cognitive abilities.So these are the mighty 4 “G” herbs, and can be taken daily in combination without fear. Enhance your life, your lifestyle, and be healthy.