If you suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, it may pay you to study if you have any food allergy. An article "Rheumatoid Arthritis and Food: a Case Study" in the respectable British Medical Journal describe the ordeals of a 38 year old woman. Ms X suffered from rheumatoid arthritis for 11 years. The joints of her arms, legs and hips were severely inflamed and swollen. She had no had grip and can

Brian Godfrey first started experiencing depression when he was a teenager and although he tried everything from drugs to psychotherapy, suffered chronic depression for about 40 years. "It was terrible, I would wake up in the morning with a fuzzy head and just could not get going. I felt tired and depressed. Some days it would be so bad I would lay in bed crying." He even thought of suicide.

Eating banana and plantain strengthen the surface cells of the stomach lining, making a stronger barrier against digestive juices. Rats fed banana powder had a thicker stomach lining, while rats fed aspirin have thinner stomach lining. When rats are fed both banana powder and aspirin, the banana counteracted the drug's erosive effects. In fact, the stomach lining still increased by almost 20%. So if you have to take aspirin for any reason, make sure you eat some banana as well.

Banana also contain high pectin content which helps lower chloresterol. This is another reason to put bananas on your diet.

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Having a strong immune system is important to good health and can keep us from getting infections and even cancer. Especially now with the threat of a bird flu epidemic, it is good to have a well functioning immune system. Various factors can influence one's immunity among which are diet. Various food have been found to promote one's immune system. The foremost one is yogurt. Studies on animals

My body is talking and I listen. It wasn't always like that though. As a child I used to have problems with constipation. I would be miserable. Spending hours and hours in the bathroom. I didn't want to eat the things that I needed to eat that would make me feel better such as fruits and vegetables. I was a picky eater and that didn't help my situation. One day I had an episode and I was determined to eat the things I needed to eat so, I could feel better. I was only 12-years-old at the time but, I was sick of being constipated. From than on I included fruits and vegetables in my diet. Even today, if I don't eat fruits and vegetables I will get constipated. Drinking water helps me too. I have also discovered that Vemma helps prevents me from getting constipated and helps me with my energy as well.

When I was 14-years-old I developed this rash on both of the cheeks on my face. The rash was glossy and it itched something terrible. Than it started weeping and bleeding. I would put my face under the shower and let the water run over my face. It felt so good. I started getting this crusty stuff on my face that was forming over the rash. I would rinse it off in the shower and it would come right back. Besides that, it was still weeping and bleeding. I began putting cortaid on the rash. I had to completely stop washing my face. The crusty stuff on my face became like some kind of shell and it looked horrible. I continued to apply the cortaid. The shell started to come off and when it did my face was completely healed.

Last year, I started to get that rash again. I began to panic because I didn't want it to start weeping and bleeding. Before it got too bad I started putting A&D ointment on it and it went away. Even though I had stopped letting the water blast over my face in the shower. I was still scrubbing down my face with soap and water everyday. Who would of thought that I would get something like that just from my face being too dry? My problem was solved. Now, I don't scrub my face down everyday like I used too. Now, I just wet my wash cloth with some warm water and wash it gently and to keep it from getting dry I use a little bit of olive oil, or shea butter.

In the year 2000 I had a horrible case of diarrhea. I had never had it like that before. I was running to the bathroom so much that I couldn't even sleep. I didn't know what was going on. I couldn't eat for three days. I didn't know how I could of kept emptying myself out because there shouldn't of been nothing left for me to dispose of. I looked back on that situation and after reading some natural health books I believed that my colon needed cleaning. So, that's what I am now doing. I haven't had diarrhea since. Thank God! Another problem was solved with a simple solution.

A couple of years ago I was getting excruciating pains in my colon area. So, much so, I was thinking about going to the doctor and I don't really like to go to the doctor. I took a shower to see if it would stop the pain and help me calm my nerves. It didn't do anything at all. I layed down and the pain just kept coming. I decided to go get me a glass of water. As soon as I drank the water my pain completely stopped. I couldn't believe it. I would of never thought I would get pain like that just because I didn't drink enough water.

What really surprised me was that all of the solutions were simple? I was able to pay attention and find out what my body needed. I was truly able to get to know my body. I believe it is going to be a life-long process. I now treat my body as a friend. I can honestly say, I feel much better for it.