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Hi, this is Dr. Mittag at Cure Insomnia Naturally.com. If you want to cure your insomnia and do it naturally, If you do not want to have to use drugs that knock you out at night, or even use green drugs that are just sedatives that you have to rely on forever, what you want to do is look at the cause of insomnia.

For most insomnia the cause is actually high levels of stress hormones that alert the brain and keep you awake day and night. So these stress hormones are in a sense doing their job, they are keeping you alert, even if it is at night when you want to sleep. So what you want to do to relieve your insomnia is to lower the level of stress (and of stress hormones) in your body, and there are natural remedies that can do that.

Let us look at some of those remedies.

When you are lying awake at night and can not sleep, the reason is the high levels of stress hormones that are alerting the brain.

You can use drugs to knock yourself out, or you can use milder sedating herbs that essentially have a similar action to the drugs. The good thing about herbs is that they do not have the side effects that the prescriptive drugs have.

One of these is jujube seed. The jujube seed is harvested from the jujube berry. Extracts of the jujube seed have been shown to affect part of the brain called the hippocampus.

Many prescriptive sleep drugs are used both as anti-anxiety drugs and as sedatives to promote sleep. For many drugs it is just a matter of how much you take. If you use more it has a sedative effect and if you use less it relieves anxiety.

A study in the Journal of Ethnopharmcology found that jujube seed had a sedating effect that was useful in treating either anxiety or insomnia, depending on the dose.

Jujube trees have been cultivated in China for over four thousand years and the seeds have been used medicinally in Chinese medicine for that long.

We all know how good you feel after a good night sleep. The product that we recommend to restore healthy sleep is called Vitalisom AM and PM. What is unique to this product is that the AM has herbs that help buffer the impact of stress on your body while the PM has a combination of mildly sedating herbs (including jujube seed) that help you to get to sleep at night.

Here is the experience of one client, Paul who had trouble sleeping before taking Vitalisom AM and PM:

Since taking Vitalisom I no longer feel the need to take naps during the day and I have also found my sleep to improved. It feels deeper to me and I feel a lot more rested when I wake up. My intention is to continue to take Vitalisom because I find it to be a benefit in my daily life in the direction I am headed, maintaining my health and becoming healthier.

In summary, jujube is a mildly sedating herb that can help you get to sleep at night. But if you want to cure your insomnia, you will want to use it in combination with something that will help to remedy the underlying cause of most insomnia, which is stress.

For more information on how to cure insomnia naturally visit CureInsomniaNaturally.com. You will be able to download a free ebook entitled Wake Up Energized. It is thoroughly researched and gives natural solutions so that you can cure insomnia naturally.

Holistic treatment for acne is one of the most effective and logical way to cure acne naturally. When acne happens, it is a sign of our body to tell us that our health is out of balance. Acne is one of the way toxins from our body tries to get out through the skin thus resulting to acne.

Most of the time, we keep using products like creams, gels and many more to clear acne that appears on the surface of our skin. Unfortunately, when it is visible, the problem has already taken place in creating the damage. This means that by applying skin care products is only helpful to solve the problem that is already halfway in its process. With so many products and the ever complicate labels, it is obvious that our skin care contains a lot of chemicals and that even if there is a mention of natural ingredients, it is not a way to cure acne naturally.

Skin care products have its own way of solving acne problems and so does natural methods. When you cure acne naturally, you will not be looking at a fast solution. It takes reasonable amount of time but the advantage is that it is a long term solution and can keep acne under control.

Holistic approach to cure acne naturally means that you are fixing your acne problem internally focussing on all the system of your body works. Everyday we are exposed to chemicals with the food we eat and the products we use. Acne is just one of the small consequences when our health is out of balance. Severe cases of of imbalance can be seen from chronic diseases that can cost our lives.

To cure acne naturally, start paying attention to your body. Watch your food and eliminate all possible factors that contributes to your health imbalance. This includes your eating habits, products you use, environment and lifestyle.

While many couples every year choose to place their reproductive health in the hands of doctors and infertility specialists there are an increasing number of couples who are looking to natural and holistic cures for infertility. Both couples that have been diagnosed as being infertile and those that are simply having difficulty in becoming pregnant are choosing to try more natural methods of treating infertility than ever before.

Many women and couples these days are finding not only more success in treating infertility with holistic and natural methods based around sound nutritional practices and Traditional Chinese Medicine but they agree that it seems like the right thing to do. Instead of resorting to pills, drugs and surgeries the common sense approach of making the body healthy so it can not only heal itself but provide a healthy place for their baby to grow and flourish just makes sense.

Traditional Chinese Medicine and other natural forms of treating infertility holistically have been around for centuries. These methods take a more total body approach to curing infertility and while some of the methods may seem a little bizarre or weird, they have been proven to help even couples that have been turned away by modern medicine. Women who were once told that they suffered from unexplained infertility, which means that a doctor can find no reason or cause for the couple’s inability to conceive, have found success with these natural methods.

As a matter of fact, in light of the success that many couples have found with many of these methods, many infertility specialist and even doctors are suggesting that their patients use methods that are taught as a part of Traditional Chinese Medicine in addition to their treatment. Our question to you though is where is the success found and what methods are the real reasons for many of these couples becoming pregnant?

If modern methods of treating infertility by using drugs, pills and hormone treatments can’t stand alone as a cure for infertility then maybe they aren’t as successful as you are being led to believe. If natural treatments for infertility, on the other hand, can stand alone and have been proven successful then maybe the introduction of drugs and pills and the like sound come secondarily only as a last resort or last ditch effort.

Can you see the flawed thinking in presuming that just because a pill or hormone treatment or surgery is suggested and recommended by a doctor that doesn’t mean that it is safe or even necessary? It has actually only been recently that many of the methods that are a part of Traditional Chinese Medicine have started to be recommended by doctors and infertility practitioners as a form of treatment in addition to modern methods which should give you a hint that there is actually something to these methods.

So, if you are having difficulty in becoming pregnant or have been diagnosed as being infertile why not see if these natural and holistic forms of treating infertility might make sense to you.

Blaming each other for the inability to conceive will make both partners more stressed up and this will actually affect your fertility even more. Difficulty in getting pregnant not only lies with the woman. Approximately 30-40% of infertility problems are due to the male factors. Most men face sexual dysfunction such as premature ejaculation, delayed or absence of ejaculation and many more that affect fertility.

Other male infertility problems are low quantity and quality of the sperms due to genetic problems, smoking, alcohol consumption and other unhealthy lifestyle. Medications to control a chronic condition such as high blood pressure, inflammatory bowel disease or gout have a harmful effect on fertility. If both partners are on a medication, consult your doctor whether you may need to discontinue or try alternative safe medicine when trying to get pregnant. Infertility problems can be treated if couples seek early professional help. Chances will be less if both the partners just leave it untreated for a long time or if the women is above 35 yearsof age. What is important is for the couples to have sex at least 3 times a week. Infrequent sex may be not enough to make you pregnant. As a matter of fact, the chances of getting pregnant are the highest when a woman ovulates. A woman need to know when is her fertile period in her monthly cycle. In a normal case, ovulation will occur around 11 to 21 days after the first day of menstruation. So, having sexual intercourse a couple of days prior to the date of ovulation may increase your chances of getting pregnant.

Both couples need to sacrifice and forgo their unhealthy lifestyle if they decide to have a baby. This include taking care of their cleanliness, health and avoid exposure to toxins, be it in your food or drinks, or even the environment. Avoiding these hazards may help in your fertility. Managing stress, quit smoking, stop drinking alcohol, exercise on a daily routine, getting enough sleep and a positive attitude is part of a healthy lifestyle.

Healthy eating is crucial for optimal health, both for the mother-to-be and the unborn baby. Healthy eating can help correct hormone imbalances that may affect your ability to get pregnant. Food that is high in fat and sugar, contain preservatives and artificial colouring should be avoided. You should eat a variety of food which includes fruits and vegetables, carbohydrate food, protein such as chicken and fish, dairy food and iron rich food. Most important of all is to drink lots of water to flush off toxins in your body.

These are a few of the natural and safe approach in trying to overcome your fertility problems before resorting to a more complex treatment or surgeries. Not only are these treatment costly but in some cases will even do more harm to your body.

As you know, most people start an exercise program to lose weight. Well, of course, this is not the objective during pregnancy exercise but there are lots of other reasons to get started on or continue on a regular exercise routine when you’re pregnant.  The nine months of your pregnancy are an excellent time to be doing smart, safe exercises that will keep you in shape for the birth and beyond.  Here are the five basic areas to focus your pregnancy exercise routine on:

1. Cardiovascular exercise: great for circulation, energy, stamina and weight control.  Walking is the most recommended cardio exercise because very few women are going to get overly hot or dehydrated when they’re walking.

2. Flexibility and 3. Leg strength; While cardio is great for your heart, it is strength training that will enable you to handle the positions of labor for hours at a time and prepare you for the physical demands of being a mom. In addition, it is strength training that will play a bigger role in getting your pre-pregnancy body back, or making it even better than before!

4. A strong back: Helps you deal with the extra weight in your uterus, which could otherwise pull you out of alignment.

5. Well-toned abs will assist you in carrying the fetus, avoiding back pain and recovering your shape afterward.

While most pregnancy exercise programs focus highly on cardiovascular activities, it is strength training [as you can see from the list] that will make your routine more complete and beneficial.

Pregnancy strength training will help:

• Reduce back pain
• Increase your energy levels
• Make labor and delivery easier
• Keep you strong and injury free
• Combat postural changes during pregnancy
• Make post-partum weight loss MUCH easier and faster
• Flatten your tummy after delivery

If you were a regular exerciser before your pregnancy, it is usually safe to continue your routine, although some modifications may be necessary.

If you didn’t have a consistent program in place, the general rule of thumb is to wait until your 2nd trimester (when you’ll be feeling much better) to ease yourself into a routine. Either way, check with your doctor/midwife first to be sure you don’t have any complications that could be affected by a pregnancy exercise routine.

Having a holistic approach to pregnancy will give you the confidence that you are eating the right foods to give you and your baby the nutrients you need to stay in top physical condition and have a healthy 9 months growing together.  It will also allow you to loose your pregnancy weight much faster than you can imagine.  There’s so much more you need to know so, follow this link: http://www.squidoo.com/a-natural-holistic-approach-to-pregnancy and don’t wait another second to start living a life of optimal health and wellness for both you and your baby.

Hi, this is Dr. Mittag at Cure Insomnia Naturally.com. The fact that stress is a major cause of insomnia makes good common sense. But, let us hear what Dr. Meir Kryger former President of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine had to say about this connection between stress and insomnia:

One of the big causes of insomnia is stress. Right now in the United States there is a lot of stress for various reasons: the election, the war in Iraq, the economy. People are watching the news constantly and most of it is bad.

So daytime stresses, whatever they are, whether its over work, or too many bills or the economy spills over into the night time and keeps us awake. This is because of stress hormones which alert the body and issue a state of alarm to the brain. The stress keeps the brain in a state of alertness. Part of the stress system is the adrenal glands which also secret hormones which activate the brain.

One way to make sense of this is to imagine that you are totally relaxed in the middle of the day. Imagine lying in a beautiful meadow with a pleasant breeze. It would be nothing to fall asleep in the middle of the day if your stress hormones were low. The lowered level of stress in the body allows you to fall asleep.

But there is good news. A group of herbs called adaptogens have been shown by modern research to buffer the impact of stress on the body. Many of these herbs have been in use in traditional medicine for thousands of years in different parts of the world.

Herbs like licorice root, rhodiola, ashwagandha and ginseng all belong to this class of what are called adaptogenic herbs. They are called adaptogens because they help the body to better adapt to stress.

We have combined these herbs in a product called Vitalisom AM that is designed to buffer the effects of stress on the body in order to promote healthy sleep. It is designed to be used in combination with Vitalisom PM which contains mildly sedating herbs that have been shown to improve sleep quality. We are getting very good results with this combination. People are reporting back that they are getting much better sleep.

For more information and for a copy of our free ebook Wake Up Energized please visit us at CureInsomniaNaturally.com.

Hi, this is Dr. Mittag at Cure Insomnia Naturally.com. L-theanine is a substance found in green and black tea that lessens the impact of stress on the body and that this promotes healthy sleep.

If you want to cure your insomnia and do it naturally, if you do not want to have to use drugs that knock you out at night, or even use green drugs that are just sedatives that you have to rely on forever, what you want to do is look at the cause of insomnia.

For most insomnia the cause is actually high levels of stress hormones that alert the brain and keep you awake day and night. So these stress hormones are in a sense doing their job, they are keeping you alert, even if it is at night when you want to sleep. So what you want to do to relieve your insomnia is to lower the level of stress (and of stress hormones) in your body, and there are natural remedies that can do that.

Let us look at some of those remedies.

When you are stressed, the experience of stress includes stimulation of the brain and the release of stress hormones that affect your brain and your entire body. One way of trying to deal with stress is to consciously let it go.

Another common strategy for slowing down is to have a cup of tea to relax. This is interesting because tea (green or black) contains a substance called l-theanine. L-theanine is an extract of tea which has been shown to reduce stress.

Research shows that l-theanine helped student test subjects to relax and induced what is called an alpha state in the brain. It has been shown that once it is absorbed through the intestine into the blood it crosses the blood-brain barrier and increases the brains production of neurotransmitters (serotonin, dopamine and gaba).

One study out of Japan showed that if workers took l-theanine before and during a stressful task, it diminished activation of the sympathetic nervous system (which is the stress system).

By lowering the impact of stress on the body and thereby lowering the state of arousal of the brain, l-theanine could also help to promote healthy sleep. This is the paradox in treating insomnia, that we do it by lowering the amount of stress in the body and the activation of the brain, rather than by knocking you out at night the way sleep drugs do.

To cure insomnia naturally requires lowering the impact of stress on the body. Our product Vitalisom PM contains l-theanine and several mildly sedating herbs that help to promote healthy sleep without the side effects of sleep drugs.

For more information on how to cure insomnia naturally visit CureInsomniaNaturally.com. You will be able to download a free ebook entitled Wake Up Energized. It is thoroughly researched and gives natural solutions so that you can cure insomnia naturally.

One of the most difficult times for a woman can be when she is ready to get pregnant, but it just doesn’t seem to happen. It can eventually cause more stress in a relationship and the woman may wonder if there is simply something wrong with her. The added worrying and the added stress may only make it more difficult to become pregnant. There are ways to get pregnant naturally, without have to take all the fertility pills and without the extremely expensive doctor’s visits and laboratory costs. Here are three tips to help you get pregnant.

#1 Take Good Care of Your Body

This is one of the most important things you can do to prepare your body to get pregnant. Your body needs to adequately nourished, such as with the proper balanced diet. Avoid fats, sugars, and empty calories. Exercise is also vital to your overall health. You’ll need to get as physically fit as you can. However, too much exercise could cause your monthly menstrual cycle to be out of schedule. Exercise for 20 minutes everyday, but don’t overdo it. This will help keep your body strong and make it much easier to get pregnant naturally.

#2 Quit Smoking and Alcohol Consumption Now

In order to maintain your optimal health, you need to quit smoking and refrain from any alcohol consumption while you are trying to conceive.  Not only will you have more energy, your body will be better prepared to take care of the fetus when you are expecting. It’s crucial to the health of your baby that you do not smoke or drink while you are pregnant. There are many research studies that tell of the many dangers to unborn babies when the mother smokes or consumes alcohol. Quitting now improves your chances of getting pregnant and for having a healthy baby.

#3 knows Your Body’s Time Clock

There are a couple of ways that you can figure out what time of the month offers the best chance for you for getting pregnant naturally. Most women ovulate during the 14 days before the first day of their period.  While it’s not recommended that you have sexual relations everyday during these two weeks, if you want to improve your chances of getting pregnant, you may need to up your intercourse to every other day. Many physicians recommend this b because it gives the male’s sperm a chance to build up again.  The sperm may be more mobile, thereby increasing your chances for pregnancy.

The other way to determine your ovulation period is with a Basal Body Thermometer. This is a specially made thermometer that is inserted in the vagina. When the temperature rises significantly, it’s the best time to become pregnant.

A Few Final Thoughts

While you may feel a lot of stress over not being able to get pregnant quickly, the worst thing you can do is let the stress build. This will make it even harder to conceive. Keep the above tips in mind to prepare your body for pregnancy.

Infertility is now a major problem in the United States, as well as in many other countries. In fact, more women cannot become pregnant now than at any time in history. While there are many theories and treatment methods on the market today, the truth is that many factors play a part in the body’s ability to become a parent. The inability to conceive can be a result of trauma, a medical condition, current medications, a sedentary lifestyle, or something that is yet unknown. However, there is now an option for women who have unsuccessfully tried to conceive using medical options. No matter why you are infertile, you too can get on the road to becoming a parent very quickly and you don’t have to take harmful drugs or try risky procedures that can leave you worse off than when you began.

Diet and Exercise Plan an Important Part

In today’s fast paced environment, eating right and working out can seem like a hard thing. However, your body needs to feel healthy and vibrant in order to become pregnant. If your body is unhealthy and tired all the time, it is going to struggle to conceive. However, with a special diet developed especially for women trying to conceive, you can see quicker results. Look for a holistic dietician in your area that can help you determine which foods will get you back on track and make your body a healthy environment for a baby. If your body or womb is toxic, how do you expect it to support additional growing life?

Holistic Medical Treatments to Increase Fertility

In addition to building a healthy environment for your child, there are also several treatments that can increase your ability to conceive. For example, acupuncture can help to balance hormones that are needed to get pregnant. Whether you are producing too many hormones, not enough, or simply have to wide a swing in production, acupuncture can help. In fact, acupuncture of the ear can quickly balance hormone levels when you have thirty treatments over the span of three months. These treatments are also beneficial for men who are not producing enough sperm. Acupuncture has proven to be a safe and effective treatment for increasing a man’s sperm count.

The Whole Body Approach to Fertility

Holistic treatments for infertility use a whole body approach to treating the problem. Instead of focusing only on diet or hormone levels, you should focus on becoming healthy from head to toe. This includes your diet, exercise plan, treatments, mental state, and avoidance of unhealthy habits. When you use the whole body approach to health, you can prepare for a healthy pregnancy, delivery and child. After all, getting pregnant is only half of the solution. You also need to carry a baby to full term and give birth to a healthy child. If you want to skip the invasive fertility treatments, such as invitro fertilization or hormone injections, holistic medicine is your best option for becoming pregnant.

If you have tried unsuccessfully for some time to become pregnant, you may feel like you have very few options. If you seek out the help of a traditional fertility specialist, they will recommend drugs, invasive treatments, and tests. However, over half of the time, the doctor will not even be able to pinpoint what the cause of your infertility is. At this point, you have only a few options. You can take a hit and miss approach and try drugs or procedures to see if you get pregnant, or you can try a holistic approach that treats your whole body. Holistic treatments aim to create a balance in your body so that you can get pregnant naturally and quickly.

Understanding Infertility

Infertility can be due to a lack of hormones, a defect in the reproductive organs, or because the body is simply not a healthy environment for creating and supporting a baby. In any of these cases, there are options for using natural treatments to get your body back on track and healthy enough to become pregnant. There are many options for achieving this balance, including developing a healthy diet and exercise routine or avoiding toxins that can make the body unhealthy. There are also treatments, such as acupuncture, which can help to bring a balance to your hormones and reproductive system. These treatments are not dangerous and leave no long term side effects in your body.

Eating a Healthy Diet and Avoiding Toxins

In your search for a way to get pregnant fast, you should know that there are certain foods that will help you along the path and certain foods that can be stumbling blocks. For example, fish, legumes, and whole grains can help the body to be healthy and strong. However, soda, coffee, and chocolate can cause nervousness, irritability, and these substances can actually destroy vitamins and minerals needed for a healthy body. Recent studies have actually shown that one cup of coffee can delay pregnancy for a significant amount of time. Therefore, it is imperative that women who are trying to get pregnant should eat a diet high in fruits, vegetables, and healthy foods.

Holistic Treatment vs. High Risk Traditional Treatment

Holistic treatments that will help you to get pregnant do not leave a lasting effect on your body. For example, acupuncture has shown very effective results when it comes to leveling out hormone levels. However, acupuncture does not scar the body or cause any type of negative after affect. On the other hand, procedures such as invitro fertilization, are not guaranteed, but these procedures can actually have severe side effects. Some women become pregnant when their body is not capable of carrying a child and then end up having a miscarriage that can leave scar tissue behind. In this situation, you can actually end up in a worse position than you began in.