Thursday, July 26, 2007

DIET PILLS

There are two prescription medications commonly in use to reduce weight. One acts by blocking fat absorption (Meridia). You must also be careful not to eat too much fat while at a meal, because excessive fat intake with this medication leads to diarrhea. It is thought that one reason this medication helps people lose weight is by training them not to eat too much fat or they will suffer the consequences.The other type of medication is an appetite suppressant. It is in the same category as amphetamines. There are some risks of cardiovascular complications, high blood pressure etc. Your doctor is unlikely to prescribe this. If you are craving carbohydrate-type foods (starches and sugars), a non-prescription nutritional supplement that helps regulate your glucose metabolism can be helpful.

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Kinesiology

Kinesiology is defined primarily as the use of muscle testing to identify imbalances in the body's structural, chemical, emotional or other energy. It is used to establish the body's priority healing needs and to evaluate energy changes brought about by a broad spectrum of both manual and non-manual therapeutic procedures. Kinesiology is a new branch of science which was developed by doctors, chiropractors and acupuncturists in the USA. They pooled their knowledge and added it to Chinese medicine to develop a totally new technology efficient at balancing the body so that it can return to health, energy and emotional strength. Kinesiology is a 'wholistic' system, because it looks at the whole person (not just at selected parts). Kinesiology as looks at all types of stresses which can cause disease. They include emotional, nutritional, structural and electrical stress.The basis of Kinesiology is that the body is like an electrical piece of equipment, which is controlled by an incredibly complex computer, namely the brain. The brain is continually in communication with each of the 639 muscles in the body. If a muscle is electrically in balance, it is possible to measure a constant electrical signal from the brain to that muscle and back again. However, when the body is overstressed, the electrical signals in one or more muscles go weak. It is like a fuse in your fuse box blowing. The body figures that it is better to blow a fuse than the whole thing. This is the basis of muscle testing which is the main tool used in kinesiology.