Depression affects many men and women in the United States and of those affected very few are aware there are diet supplements that can help their depression. Too often people just want to go to the doctor and get a prescription that they overlook all the herbal diet pills that could help them with their depression while saving them money and being healthier overall. There are quite a few herbs that have been used as a treatment for depression in the past although there are only a few that have been researched enough to know they really are good treatments for depression.
St. John’s Wort is perhaps the most researched herb in the treatment of depression. In fact, many studies have results that show that the herb is very effective in its treatment of depression and that it is very likely that the herb has similar results as tricyclic antidepressants but fewer drawbacks or side effects. The side effects that were experienced from using St. John’s Wort were not too difficult to handle. They included oversensitivity to the sun, stomach problems, fatigue, and more. St. John’s Wort is great for depression although if mixed with other drugs it can be very dangerous. It should never be mixed with oral contraceptives, other antidepressants, warfarin, reserpine, theophyline, indinivir, as well as others.
There are quite a few other drugs that professional herbalists believe can help with depression. Keep in mind that if you are visiting a professional herbalist you should listen carefully to his recommendations and even write them down. It is too easy to forget or make a mistake if you don’t. So, keep a paper and pen handy. The other drugs include Damiana, Valerian root, ginseng, and others. Each of these herbs has its own special effect on the body and on depression. If you have been using these herbs and you feel they are really working for you then continue using them because they just may be. One thing is for sure and that is that St. John’s Wort has been identified by scientists and doctors that it plays an important role in treating depression and may be even better than the prescription drug method for curing depression.
Those are the basics when it comes to herbal dietary supplements and depression treatment. If you are feeling depressed then consider St. John’s Wort after discussing it with your doctor. More than likely you can take it and in no time feel better about your situation.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Improve your physical performance with Herbal Dietary Supplements
Although, there are many products on the market promising to increase your stamina or just boosting your overall energy level, many of them are chemical compounds, which are prejudicial to your body, far away from helping to improve your physical performance.
Whether you are looking for weight loss alternatives, fat burners or just diet supplements to enhance your nutrients, going natural is a good choice for a safe change. Herbal dietary supplements are designed according to specific needs, but most of the time are harmless and with no side effects.
If you have gained some pounds and need to be back in shape, your health care provider or dietitian can provide you with a low carb diet. However, these types of diets are often missing basic nutrients that your body needs for physical and mental performance.
Diet supplements are necessary to balance the nutrients that the body demands on a daily basis, but especially when you are enrolled in a weight loss program. One of the biggest mistakes people suffering from being overweight and obesity is believing that eating little food or stop eating will serve as fat burners, when this is a misconception.
Fat is stored in our fatty tissue and liver, so even depriving your body of food, fat deposits remain stored in the adipose cells, and only exercising or drastic methods can burn such fat. A well-balanced diet contributes to stopping the excessive intake of fats and junk food, but does not remove your fatty cells as if it was a miracle cure.
Furthermore, depriving the body of food only leads to malnutrition and potential health problems. Inclusion of diet supplements in your diet, benefit and protect your organism against such risk, and round out any diet plan. Along with eating well, you can begin an exercise program to burn fat naturally, instead of trying chemical fat burners with risky side effects.
However, there are also herbal supplements used as fat burners with good results. If you design a weigh loss plan supervised by a physician, dietitian, or professional health care provider, your chances to defeat being overweight will be increased dramatically and with no need of weight loss surgeries, or another risky or costly method.
Herbal dietary supplements are safe and can help you to boost your energy level while you accomplish you weight reduction program. Whether you choose natural fat burners or include diet supplements with your weigh loss diet, not only will you increase your energy level, but your overall health and well being will be improved.
Whether you are looking for weight loss alternatives, fat burners or just diet supplements to enhance your nutrients, going natural is a good choice for a safe change. Herbal dietary supplements are designed according to specific needs, but most of the time are harmless and with no side effects.
If you have gained some pounds and need to be back in shape, your health care provider or dietitian can provide you with a low carb diet. However, these types of diets are often missing basic nutrients that your body needs for physical and mental performance.
Diet supplements are necessary to balance the nutrients that the body demands on a daily basis, but especially when you are enrolled in a weight loss program. One of the biggest mistakes people suffering from being overweight and obesity is believing that eating little food or stop eating will serve as fat burners, when this is a misconception.
Fat is stored in our fatty tissue and liver, so even depriving your body of food, fat deposits remain stored in the adipose cells, and only exercising or drastic methods can burn such fat. A well-balanced diet contributes to stopping the excessive intake of fats and junk food, but does not remove your fatty cells as if it was a miracle cure.
Furthermore, depriving the body of food only leads to malnutrition and potential health problems. Inclusion of diet supplements in your diet, benefit and protect your organism against such risk, and round out any diet plan. Along with eating well, you can begin an exercise program to burn fat naturally, instead of trying chemical fat burners with risky side effects.
However, there are also herbal supplements used as fat burners with good results. If you design a weigh loss plan supervised by a physician, dietitian, or professional health care provider, your chances to defeat being overweight will be increased dramatically and with no need of weight loss surgeries, or another risky or costly method.
Herbal dietary supplements are safe and can help you to boost your energy level while you accomplish you weight reduction program. Whether you choose natural fat burners or include diet supplements with your weigh loss diet, not only will you increase your energy level, but your overall health and well being will be improved.
Monday, March 10, 2008
Alternative Herbal Diet Pills
Herbal diet pills are very popular these days as an alternative to more traditional methods of weight loss like diet and exercise. Herbal treatments in general are very trendy today, which I find a little worrisome for several reasons.
First of all, just about anything can be in an herbal diet pill. ‘Herbs’ are a kind of loophole in the FDA system, as they are not classified as drugs and therefore don’t have the rigorous standards for testing and safety that drugs normally get. Make no mistake about it though, herbs can be every bit as potent and harmful as drugs. The difference between medicinal herbs and drugs is really quite vague anyway, as most drugs themselves come from a kind of plant or herb.
Most of the time the ‘herbal’ classification doesn’t last very long; the FDA eventually calls it a drug and brings in the scientists. When that happens herbal diet pills often either become available only by prescription or are banned completely. Snooping around a little from site to site selling herbal diet pills, it is clear that the makers of these things are all too familiar with the FDA. Many sites even use it to their advantage saying things to the effect of ‘buy it now before the FDA bans it!’. You have to ask yourself, if the FDA is likely going to ban an herbal diet pill you’re interested in, should you be taking it at all?
I took a few herbal diet pills in college once on a whim, and I didn’t eat anything for nearly two days afterwards. I also didn’t really get much sleep either. Anything that makes you wired like that and kills your appetite so completely just isn’t good for you. While they were ‘ephedra free’ and were supposedly totally natural and safe, I don’t think I’d ever felt so polluted and ill in my life. A year later I discovered that the FDA had banned the same herbal diet pills I had taken, and I have to wonder what it was I had put in my body.
Anyway, just don’t be fooled by the word ‘herbal’ in an herbal diet pill. I would actually trust a regular diet pill that is FDA approved a lot more than some herbal diet pill concoction that has who knows what in it. The words herbal and natural are marketing ploys and should never be confused with the word safe unless there’s been some testing to prove it.
First of all, just about anything can be in an herbal diet pill. ‘Herbs’ are a kind of loophole in the FDA system, as they are not classified as drugs and therefore don’t have the rigorous standards for testing and safety that drugs normally get. Make no mistake about it though, herbs can be every bit as potent and harmful as drugs. The difference between medicinal herbs and drugs is really quite vague anyway, as most drugs themselves come from a kind of plant or herb.
Most of the time the ‘herbal’ classification doesn’t last very long; the FDA eventually calls it a drug and brings in the scientists. When that happens herbal diet pills often either become available only by prescription or are banned completely. Snooping around a little from site to site selling herbal diet pills, it is clear that the makers of these things are all too familiar with the FDA. Many sites even use it to their advantage saying things to the effect of ‘buy it now before the FDA bans it!’. You have to ask yourself, if the FDA is likely going to ban an herbal diet pill you’re interested in, should you be taking it at all?
I took a few herbal diet pills in college once on a whim, and I didn’t eat anything for nearly two days afterwards. I also didn’t really get much sleep either. Anything that makes you wired like that and kills your appetite so completely just isn’t good for you. While they were ‘ephedra free’ and were supposedly totally natural and safe, I don’t think I’d ever felt so polluted and ill in my life. A year later I discovered that the FDA had banned the same herbal diet pills I had taken, and I have to wonder what it was I had put in my body.
Anyway, just don’t be fooled by the word ‘herbal’ in an herbal diet pill. I would actually trust a regular diet pill that is FDA approved a lot more than some herbal diet pill concoction that has who knows what in it. The words herbal and natural are marketing ploys and should never be confused with the word safe unless there’s been some testing to prove it.
Natural Herbal Treatments And Remedies
Today, herbal treatments and remedies are all the rage. People are increasingly turning to natural herbal remedies to fix what ails them. Many people have become fearful of the side effects of pharmaceutical medicines and have begun to investigate what nature has to offer as an alternative.
Herbs have been used as medicine for thousands of years, in every culture around the world. Many ancient uses of herbs stand today as effective treatments. In the Bible, it is said that God gave the people herbs to serve as medicine. Many people find that hard to argue!
Although natural herbal remedies have now attained almost a “fad” status, being a trendy topic in our society, there's more to this than meets the eye. The study of natural herbal remedies is a fascinating subject when you consider that individual societies, thousands of miles apart, have found the same plant to be an effective treatment for the same condition, hundreds of years apart and with no communication between the cultures. This observation alone leads you to conclude, there must be something to this!
Another interesting facet to the study of natural herbal remedies is that of plants indigenous to a certain region addressing conditions inherent to the particular environment. For example, in tropical regions, malaria is rampant. Coincidentally, Cinchona, a tree native to Peru and Ecuador, yields a medicinal dose of quinine in the bark of the tree sufficient to cure malaria.
Another example of these natural herbal remedies is Hoodia. Hoodia is currently a weight loss ingredient in tablets touted to burn the fat off a toad. Hoodia is naturally occurring in the Australian outback, where indigenous peoples have used this herb for centuries to quell their hunger while on long hunting trips.
Chapparal, also known as “creosote bush” has been known as a treatment for certain types of cancer by Native Americans in the American southwest. Anecdotal reports of skin cancer cures are still appearing in news stories, credited to a tea prepared from the leaves of Chapparal.
There are many outstanding natural herbal remedies which effectively treat some fairly horrendous terminal illnesses. There is the famous Essiac cancer cure, a combination of a number of herbs developed by a 19th century Canadian nurse, gleaned from native sources. Dandelion root has cured people of liver cancer.
The main obstacle to general acceptance of natural herbal remedies lies in the culture of major pharmaceutical companies. Herbs cannot be patented, so these natural herbal remedies are not profitable enough to support millions of dollars of research money spent to produce these magic pills. Instead, pharmaceutical companies extract individual components of herbs and combine them with synthetic ingredients to produce a chemical wonder that may be patented, and sold at a high price.
It's indeed a sad commentary on our society's values when good medicine is cast aside and maligned, motivated by simple greed. Natural herbal remedies deserve a closer look.
Herbs have been used as medicine for thousands of years, in every culture around the world. Many ancient uses of herbs stand today as effective treatments. In the Bible, it is said that God gave the people herbs to serve as medicine. Many people find that hard to argue!
Although natural herbal remedies have now attained almost a “fad” status, being a trendy topic in our society, there's more to this than meets the eye. The study of natural herbal remedies is a fascinating subject when you consider that individual societies, thousands of miles apart, have found the same plant to be an effective treatment for the same condition, hundreds of years apart and with no communication between the cultures. This observation alone leads you to conclude, there must be something to this!
Another interesting facet to the study of natural herbal remedies is that of plants indigenous to a certain region addressing conditions inherent to the particular environment. For example, in tropical regions, malaria is rampant. Coincidentally, Cinchona, a tree native to Peru and Ecuador, yields a medicinal dose of quinine in the bark of the tree sufficient to cure malaria.
Another example of these natural herbal remedies is Hoodia. Hoodia is currently a weight loss ingredient in tablets touted to burn the fat off a toad. Hoodia is naturally occurring in the Australian outback, where indigenous peoples have used this herb for centuries to quell their hunger while on long hunting trips.
Chapparal, also known as “creosote bush” has been known as a treatment for certain types of cancer by Native Americans in the American southwest. Anecdotal reports of skin cancer cures are still appearing in news stories, credited to a tea prepared from the leaves of Chapparal.
There are many outstanding natural herbal remedies which effectively treat some fairly horrendous terminal illnesses. There is the famous Essiac cancer cure, a combination of a number of herbs developed by a 19th century Canadian nurse, gleaned from native sources. Dandelion root has cured people of liver cancer.
The main obstacle to general acceptance of natural herbal remedies lies in the culture of major pharmaceutical companies. Herbs cannot be patented, so these natural herbal remedies are not profitable enough to support millions of dollars of research money spent to produce these magic pills. Instead, pharmaceutical companies extract individual components of herbs and combine them with synthetic ingredients to produce a chemical wonder that may be patented, and sold at a high price.
It's indeed a sad commentary on our society's values when good medicine is cast aside and maligned, motivated by simple greed. Natural herbal remedies deserve a closer look.
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