Are Showers Harmful to Your Health?Written by Ed Bishop
The last thing you would think about when you are taking a nice, refreshing shower is, "Am I jeopardizing my health"?Chlorine is used by many municipalities to disinfect their water supply. Unfortunalely, according to many health experts, chlorine has been linked to breast, bladder and colon cancer. When I first read about this, my first thought was, "I don't drink water in shower, so what is there to worry about"? What I didin't know was, our skin can absorb 7 - 10 times more chlorine than from drinking water that contains chlorine. When showering, chlorine can vaporize and form chloroform gas, which is inhaled, affecting those with respiratory problems such as asthma and bronchitus.
| | Revealed! The Secrets of Mangosteen.Written by Barry Dench
Do you spend at least some time in your day thinking about your health or that of a loved one? Do you also find subject is frustrating, mainly because there is a lot of confusing and sometimes contradictory information out there?You are not alone! My wife and I have been involved with complimentary health care for 10 years and we are sometimes confused too! So are many of our friends and clients. So, I want to share with you, a very pleasant surprise I received a few months ago. I was chatting to an acquaintance who is a homeopathic doctor and subject got on to food supplements. I believe strongly that "you are what you eat" and Hippocrates centuries ago said "Let food be your medicine.." My friend had been reading some laboratory research on powerful benefits of a fruit called Mangosteen. (No, I had not heard of it either!) Called "Queen of Fruits" where it originally grew in Southeast Asia, it is prized and valued above all others. Mangosteen juice is rich in super anti-oxidant called 'xanthones'. This juice has been subject of extensive scientific research for over 30 years and in last 15 years there have been more than 50 scientific journal articles published on subject. Why? Because xanthones have been shown to kill or stop spreading of viruses fungi, bacteria, and free radicals which are strongly associated with cancer. Another area of research has shown how xanthones inhibit oxidation of low density lipoprotein (LDL) one of causes of atherosclerosis (furring up of arteries) and heart attacks.
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