Wellness 4 Life

I Can Imagine How Sick He Felt...

Many of of think of our stomach as a steel drum - impenetrable, and able to withstand anything.  I got thinking about this after I saw a commercial with a man taking a cannon ball shot to the gut.  What I'm going to be taking about here is injuring our gut starting from the inside.  Our normal gut flora is known to help us to produce many of our essential vitamins and nutrients.

 

A recent experiment showed a college student to have killed about 40% of the normal gut bacteria by eating McDonald's for 10 straight days.  This student, Tom, said he felt fine for the first 3 days and then felt very fatigued and lethargic.  His friends noted that he started "to take on a strange grayish appearance."  Tom ate Big Macs, fries, chicken nuggets, and drank soda.

 

We all can guess that this much fast food can be very bad for us.  I myself, playing the Monopoly game, at more than I should have over a couple weeks.  I didn't necessarily eat it for ten straight days, or eat it exclusively, but I can tell you that I started to get sick.

 

It's one thing to get a pain unintentionally or that's out of our control, but this was self inflicted pain...

Is Shoulder Pain Linked To Neck Pain?

If you have a shoulder issue, is your neck, on that side effected and vice versa?  It often is.  The whole controversy with the Mayweather - Pacquiao is that many thought Pacquiao was in perfect health, when in fact he wasn't.

 

Hey, everyone gets injured, but we can't control when it's going to happen.  In this case, let people know, postpone the fight, and then get the "ok" from a doctor.  

Pain Relief Drugs...

Many of us think of drugs being alcohol and tobacco, but there is a reason they're legal.  So when we talk about the deadliest drugs; I guess.  When I think of drugs I think of pills.  The last one in this group of biggest killers is prescription painkillers.  In fact the biggest overall killer by far are drugs that are legally used.  They may be used by a doctor and not legal for anyone at at given time however.

 

But, if you group smoking and drinking together with prescription painkillers, what about coffee or those drinks that boost energy.  They have caffeine...a drug to.  Bottom line is that their are natural ways to end your pain.

Egg Yolks For Healh?

Yep; a new study has found that eating eggs with raw veggies has shown some health benefits.  At the American Society for Nutrition’s Annual Meeting, the results of this study was presented.

 

In a nutshell there were about 16 men who ate salads with raw veggies and ones without.  The ones with the egg and vegetable combination showed increased absorption of carotenoids (a natural anti-oxidant)...

 

The salads included tomatoes, carrots, romiane lettuce, spinach, and a couple other veggies.  I post this here on Pain Relief 4 Life because nutrition and eating right helps keep us pain free.