Over the past week, asthma and allergy symptoms have doubled. This was reported by the N.Y.C Department of Health and mental Hygiene.  The amount of asthma cases seen in the emergency rooms went from 250 a day in early April to 500 per day just last week. 

When I hear this I cringe in disbelieve.  There are natural treatments that can help reduce these numbers and help save lives.   

It is as simple as education of diet and making those dietary  changes as well as learning how lifestyle can impact allergies and prevent chronic health disorders such as asthma, and sinustitis. 

REad more about prevention of allergies and asthma.  Don't be a victim, taking your medications is crucial, but learning about prevention of asthma is equally crucial.

In the article on snoring and women over 50, an association  with snoring seems to occur more often with  woman in their 50's.  And the heavier a woman is, the more likely she is to snore.  For many, I have found snoring a direct result of eating certain foods and overeating.  The foods that seem to be the culprit are carbohydrates, yeast, sugar and dairy.  This includes bread, pasta, icecream, cookies, cakes, cereal, bars, and candy. 

Try avoiding these foods completely for 10-14 days, and see if there is a decrease in snoring.  Losing weight will usually occur with this diet, which will also help with snoring.  Complete avoidance is recommended, and take a digestive enzyme with foods.  This will cut down on craving for these foods.  Remember yeast is in breads, cookies, cakes, pastries and donuts. 

Wonderful news!  The top beverage companies are going to pull out all the soda machines in the schools within three years time.  Down with high fructose corn syrup and do away with  obesity.  This is great news.  Why does it need to take over three years?.  In this day and age, why not do it immediately.  Easy to replace with water or other healthier beverages. 

But I will not complain, it is a first step and hopefully more will come.  Education is key for these children and the education needs to begin early on in school.  As they learn to read and write, they should learn how to care for their bodies and how to prevent illness-eating correctly, balanced, the down side to sweets and carbs, exercise and what obesity is, and the health risks accompanying obesity.  Kids are fascinated by their bodies and love to learn how to care for it and make it strong and healthy. 

Happy to hear soda will need another home besides the schools. 

If you are experiencing stuffy nose, sore throat, coughing - usually indicative of a cold or flu symptoms, quite possibly you are reacting to pollen season which is now in full swing.  We are bombarded with grasses and flowers blooming and of course there is mold and fungus all around us.  There are ways to investigate and ascertain what is bothering us(pollens, molds, or virus).  I have not yet written in these blogs  about using muscle testing for testing what ails us.  I haven't written much about muscle testing because it is so controversial.  But it really does work and can be useful for testing pollen, foods and even deciding on what cosmetic to buy, seeing what you are sensitive to with doing a muscle test, (there are muscle testing protocols w using an  assistant or self testing).  It is really fun and pretty accurate.

As far as what to do for the stuffy nose, and allergy symptoms, check out treatments of allergies , and some good recommendations is xlear w/colloidal silver added to the xlear;as well as afrin w/ colloidal silver added.  Works really well. and take a digestive enzyme before meals, vitamin C enzyme formula and cut out the sugars and carbs. 

Today a young man, age 24 came to the BioSET clinic with a severe case of poison oak. He was completely covered with the rash.  He said " I am spreading this over my entire body"  I am sure most of you think that what he is saying is true, that you can continuously spread the rash.  But this is not true !!

Basically the rash doesn't appear until after the oil is absorbed into your skin.  Once you get the rash, you can't spread it around by scratching.  The reason most people think it will spread is because of secondary infection. You touch a poison oak plant, the oil is on your hands, you rub your face, and  it gets there. The oil is spread. After a bit of time, there isn't as much oil to spread around, so some parts are more heavily comtaminated than others.  And therefore the rash appears soon in some spots, and takes a couple of days to appear  in other spots. This gives the illusion that you've spread the rash by scratching or whatever. (more…)

Since I had written about the phenomenal results with complementary medicine for allergies, I have come across many articles on this topic.  One such article appeared in Medscape titled "A Role for Complementary and Alternative Therapies in Patient Care".  It states that one of the most common areas for CAM is  allergies.  And often the therapy prescribed  are supplements with herbal ingredients.  But one caveat is that these herbal ingredients may give an allergic response.  (more…)

It appears that allergic disease is an  important issue worldwide. The incidence of allergies is rising and they present in different ways such as sinusitis and ear infections ,asthma, headaches, food allergies, skin allergies such as eczema, and hives. The increasing incidence of allergies  and asthma has not been completely explained but may be due to many factors. Factors contributing to the increasing asthma prevalence may include home and office construction and resulting allergen exposures, as well as poor digestion, food allergies, poor food choices,  and increasing obesity and, outdoor and indoor  air quality. I believe the health care providers need to look into lifestyle changes to change the trend of the increasing occurence of allergies.  People are frustrated with the treatment options for allergies and asthma.  The results are poor, they are temporary and the side effects are more than one can bare.   Let's finally turn the attention to common sense life style changes.  It is easy, fun and you have one side effect- FEELING GOOD !! AND NO MORE ALLERGIES !!See treatment of allergies and asthma

I just finished listening to a segment on allergies on a national TV morning show.  It is time that the natural way to prevent and treat allergies are supported and publicized.  I have been listening year after year from so called experts in this area of allergies, about their nebulous understanding  and ineffective treatments for allergies.  There is a natural approach that natural doctors all over the world know about and recommend.  These natural approaches do not cause side effects, such as drowsiness, fatigue, lack of focus and poor attention for work and school activities.  I know for a fact that just taking a digestive enzyme will reduce allergies, and reducing sugar intake will add to the beneficial effects.  This will prevent the allergy symptoms and work to reduce them during allergy season.  It is time that people know and hear about this.  And I also have BioSET that works with those stubborn allergies, -natural, non invasive allergy elimination.  I hope more people can learn and hear this.

Those of you who are suffering from hay fever type allergies, try taking a digestive enzyme with each meal,reduce your sugars in half and eat less.  I know that you will have relief.  Sugars I mean cereals, added sugar, bagels, breads, rice, fruit, dairy products, and any candy. 

I came across an article today on the detrimental effects of the fad diet craze with teenagers, focusing on losing weight and staying thin.

Teaching our children the correct dietary habits from day 1 is the key to avoiding dietary fads and food eating disorders. That is why it must begin at home with the parents. If children and teenagers see parents eating wrongly, how can we expect them to eat differently. Lessons on diet and nutrition should begin in kindergarten. Children can learn and understand why we eat somethings and don’t eat others. Why we try to avoid pesticides, and food additives. processed foods, trans fats and sugar laden food. And what a balanced, healthy meal looks like.
Craving foods can be alleviated with taking a digestive enzyme before meals. Digesting your foods and consequently utilizing the nutrients provide satiety for your body, so the craving can desist. Learn good dietary habits - eat more organic, eat more raw food and eat less sugar, carbs and artificial ingredient. Many of these problems we see with our teenagers, which also includes obesity can be prevented.