If you have been watching the Raptor games lately, you will definitely know that one of our boys is out with a "stinger". A stinger can be quite painful, causing any where from sensations of pins and needles to a burning sensation down the arm or even weakness in the arm. If the injury isn't too serious then Ford can definitely benefit from the following:
Immediate after an injury, he should start dosing on two homeopathic remedies. Want to know what they are?
Arnica and Hypericum.
Dosing with arnica would help to heal the bruising and the "shock" from the injury itself. The hypericum is for the nerve pain, especially for spinal cord injuries.
This should be followed by some physical therapy with the application of Traumeel cream. Traumeel should be found in everyone's gym bag for all types of injury and even for muscle soreness. There is no odour and it is fairly non-greasy and absorbs well.
A key supplement for T.J. is some bromelain and papain pills. Taken away from meals it is an amazing natural anti-inflammatory. And he should take a vitamin B complex to help nourish the nerves.
Get better soon T.J. and hope there will be no more stingers!
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Odourous Flatace? What's that? AKA Smelly Farts
The sound of a fart can conjure up a great amplitude of laughter or embarassment depending on what "end" you are recieving it on. Oh cliche! So what is causing all that odour or sulphuric gas? Well, we can blame it on those bugs that line your bowels. The bad ones not the friendly gut bacteria. They love sugar and they love meat. Hmmm now they are starting to sound like humans. So our sugar cravings can stem from these monsters that are no bigger than, well let's just say you can't see them. So number one thing to do is to eat a good diet, lots of fibrous foods to give them a good brushing and not to eat all that meat that can ferment and form your smelly fart or worse yet change into free radicals that can lead to more destructive disease further down the road.
So are you now safe from releasing gas that even makes yourself cringe? Not exactly. Here is what happens to our food in our stomach when we ingest protein. Once protein (meat, beans, eggs etc.) reaches our stomach, it is suppose to unravel so that digestive enzymes can get at it. But digestive enzymes can't start tearing the protein molecues without recognizing specific protein sequences and if the protein is all rolled up so that these sequences are not available for reading, then nothing gets digested. The protein gets passed along into the gut in its entirety and that is when the nasty bacteria starts to ferment the proteins. So what causes the proteins to unravel? Stomach acid. There are a lot of people out there that are walking around with not enough stomach acid to help them digest. Best thing to test this out is to just do a stomach acid test. Simple test you can do at home, but if you already have odourous flatace, you probably already have your answer.
For the stomach acid test ( which is also the treatment), you would need to purchase from a health food store or your local health care practitioner a bottle of betaine hydrochloric acid. Before each meal take one tablet. If after taking the one tablet and you don't have any warming sensation in your stomach or heartburn, then you most likely don't have enough stomach acid. Continue increase the number of tablets at each meal and spacing the number of tablets throughout your meal ( ie. if you are up to 3 tablets, then take one at the beginning, one in the middle and one at the end of your meal). Do not exceed taking eight tablets but usually you should feel some warmth before that. Once you do, you will do the opposite by reducing your pills incremtally.
I find that this normally takes care of 90% of people who have odourous flatace. But keep in mind that one should have good eating habits too. Eating on a regular basis ( as our body has a rhythm of it's own, and will start to generate acids accordingly, but if there is no food in our stomach, our brain is going to start getting signals that we don't need the acid produced), chew our foods and not to drink with our meals. There are so many people who just swallow their foods whole without chewing. The chewing mechanism is there to help digest food as well. Our saliva has enzymes in it that start the whole breakdown process.
So are you now safe from releasing gas that even makes yourself cringe? Not exactly. Here is what happens to our food in our stomach when we ingest protein. Once protein (meat, beans, eggs etc.) reaches our stomach, it is suppose to unravel so that digestive enzymes can get at it. But digestive enzymes can't start tearing the protein molecues without recognizing specific protein sequences and if the protein is all rolled up so that these sequences are not available for reading, then nothing gets digested. The protein gets passed along into the gut in its entirety and that is when the nasty bacteria starts to ferment the proteins. So what causes the proteins to unravel? Stomach acid. There are a lot of people out there that are walking around with not enough stomach acid to help them digest. Best thing to test this out is to just do a stomach acid test. Simple test you can do at home, but if you already have odourous flatace, you probably already have your answer.
For the stomach acid test ( which is also the treatment), you would need to purchase from a health food store or your local health care practitioner a bottle of betaine hydrochloric acid. Before each meal take one tablet. If after taking the one tablet and you don't have any warming sensation in your stomach or heartburn, then you most likely don't have enough stomach acid. Continue increase the number of tablets at each meal and spacing the number of tablets throughout your meal ( ie. if you are up to 3 tablets, then take one at the beginning, one in the middle and one at the end of your meal). Do not exceed taking eight tablets but usually you should feel some warmth before that. Once you do, you will do the opposite by reducing your pills incremtally.
I find that this normally takes care of 90% of people who have odourous flatace. But keep in mind that one should have good eating habits too. Eating on a regular basis ( as our body has a rhythm of it's own, and will start to generate acids accordingly, but if there is no food in our stomach, our brain is going to start getting signals that we don't need the acid produced), chew our foods and not to drink with our meals. There are so many people who just swallow their foods whole without chewing. The chewing mechanism is there to help digest food as well. Our saliva has enzymes in it that start the whole breakdown process.
RAW Vs. COOKED
Ladies and gentlemen, tonight in our rink we have Randy the Raw food eater -known for his tossed salads, fresh fruits and juiced fruits and vegetables. His apponent, Collin the Cooked food Cook who loves to stir-fry, steam and bake his food. So without hesitation let the fight begin.
"Ding"
I, myself am a big fan of cooked foods. Why you may ask. Well first of all, constitutionally, I was not blessed with a stomach that can digest raw foods and squeeze out all that vital energy to absorb those valuable nutrients. When people choose eating trends blindly and not realize that each individual is different then problems with digestion can creep up. For instance, if our boxer Randy were to continue to eat raw foods even though he is experiencing diarrhea or loose stools, gets bloated all the time and has icy cold hands and feet, eventually he will start feeling fatigued and will no longer have any energy to fight his matches. But you say " isn't he getting all the nutrients from his food?". Very good question indeed. Well, if his stools are loose, I doubt he absorbed too much of anything. By cooking the foods, we give our stomaches a boost in the digestion round of things. Important is not to over cook the foods. So the next time you grab a salad for lunch, ask yourself if it is for you or would you rather order the stir-fry?
On the other hand, if you don't have any digestive problems, then eat and be happy with your salads. But keep in mind that our body doesn't always stay the same way, so just remember the "M" word. Everything in MODERATION.
Your stomach and everything connected will thank you.
"Ding"
I, myself am a big fan of cooked foods. Why you may ask. Well first of all, constitutionally, I was not blessed with a stomach that can digest raw foods and squeeze out all that vital energy to absorb those valuable nutrients. When people choose eating trends blindly and not realize that each individual is different then problems with digestion can creep up. For instance, if our boxer Randy were to continue to eat raw foods even though he is experiencing diarrhea or loose stools, gets bloated all the time and has icy cold hands and feet, eventually he will start feeling fatigued and will no longer have any energy to fight his matches. But you say " isn't he getting all the nutrients from his food?". Very good question indeed. Well, if his stools are loose, I doubt he absorbed too much of anything. By cooking the foods, we give our stomaches a boost in the digestion round of things. Important is not to over cook the foods. So the next time you grab a salad for lunch, ask yourself if it is for you or would you rather order the stir-fry?
On the other hand, if you don't have any digestive problems, then eat and be happy with your salads. But keep in mind that our body doesn't always stay the same way, so just remember the "M" word. Everything in MODERATION.
Your stomach and everything connected will thank you.
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