Homeopathic Remedy Is Useful for Depression |  | Several previous studies have shown that one in five cardiac patients suffers from depression, according to Robert M. Carney, Ph.D., and associates at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
During their study, reported in the July 1993 issue of The American lournal of Medicine, the researchers established a link between depression and ventricular tachycardia (VT), an abnormal and potentially lethal heart rhythm. In fact, they said, depressed patients with a history of heart disease are eight times more likely to develop the potential lethal heart rhythm than comparable, non-depressed individuals.
Unless a depressed patient is going to a practitioner of alternative medicine, they are likely to be prescribed a variety of antidepressants, such as diazepam (Valium), one of the most addictive drugs in the pharmacopoeia. As reported in The Tranquilvdng of America, during a 12-month period, 54,400 people sought emergency room treatment related to the use or overuse of Valium; there were 950 deaths attributed to Valium during this period.
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To Boost Your Immunity, Try Garlic Supplements |  | Historians know that garlic has been cultivated for at least 5,000 years, because ancient Egyptian writings attest to its importance as a crop as early as 3200 B.C., according to Foods and Nutrition Encyclopedia. Herodotus, the Greek historian, reported that the laborers who built the Cheops pyramid around 2900 B.C. lived mainly on onions and garlic.
"The first strike in history may have been called by Egyptian pyramid builders when their garlic rations were cut," the Encyclopedia reported. "Four garlic bulbs were found in King Tut's tomb, obviously intended to feed the pharaoh in afterlife. Roman gladiators ate garlic before combat, and Roman noblemen gave garlic to their laborers and soldiers."
A rich source of the mineral selenium, garlic is also a good source of calories, protein, phosphorus, iron and potassium and a fair source of vitamin Ń.
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Proper Nutrition Helps Athletes Get Stronger |  | Although supplements will not necessarily ensure that you will become Mr. or Ms. Universe or will win the Heisman Trophy, you definitely cannot expect to be a winner with an impoverished diet. A supplement program is, therefore, needed to provide an investment against possible deficiencies.
Since athletes consume more oxygen than couch potatoes, they may suffer damage from oxygen-generated free radicals. In fact, reported Elizabeth Somer, M.D., R.D., in The Nutrition Report, researchers speculate that many consequences of exercise, including muscle soreness, tissue energy, increased susceptibility to infection, mood swings, and so forth, might be at least partially a result of free-radical damage to tissues.
She quoted Ian Gillam of Victoria, Australia, as saying that tissue damage, including cell membranes and red blood cells, was lowered 25 percent after intensive exercise when athletes consumed 1,000 mg of vitamin Ń and 1,000 IU of vitamin E daily. It was suggested that muscles recover more quickly when high levels of these antioxidants are maintained in the tissues.
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