Antibacterial soap leads to tumour growth



Using some antibacterial soaps may promote tumour growth, according to a study just published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The findings add to a body of concerns about triclosan, one of the most common antimicrobial chemicals in consumer products, including links to allergy development in children, and potentially to breast cancer via disruption of hormone signals that may also cause thyroid dysfunction and weight gain.
"Our interest in this was that triclosan is just so abundant," said lead researcher Robert Tukey, a professor at University of California San Diego School of Medicine. "It's really everywhere in the environment."
Today's study found that mice who were exposed to triclosan regularly for six months showed abnormal cell proliferation, liver fibrosis, and inflammatory responses—all of which, the researchers write, "resemble the environment within which human liver cancer forms." The researchers expect that the same triclosan-induced formation of liver tumors "would occur in humans as it occurs in mice."
Triclosan is regulated in many countries, but the U.S. isn't among them. In 1974 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed a ruling on the safety of triclosan; but, four years later, the agency said that was not possible due to insufficient evidence. In 2010, still with no FDA ruling, the National Resources Defense Council sued the FDA over the matter. Still today there's no ruling, but the FDA has said that it will commit to something by 2016. The chemical is in an estimated 75 percent of antimicrobial soaps and body washes, though some companies have begun voluntarily phasing it out due to health concerns. Products like Johnson's baby shampoo and Palmolive no longer contain triclosan.
Still a study in August from the University of California, San Francisco, found that about three-fourths of doctors and nurses had triclosan in their urine, and another study earlier this year found triclosan in the urine of 100 percent of pregnant women tested in Brooklyn. Because triclosan-infused products have been so widely used for many years, exposure to the chemical entirely is unavoidable. It is among the most common chemicals to be detected in streams.
"The result that it led to liver fibrosis was startling to us," Tukey said. The researchers also noted a similar effect in kidneys. Their findings suggest that triclosan does not cause liver tumors by itself, in that it does not mutate DNA. But it does promote tumor formation once a mutation has occurred. Liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma, specifically) is the world's number-three cause of cancer death.
“If non-triclosan-containing soaps are available, use the alternative," said Paul Blanc, a professor of medicine at UCSF, earlier this year in a press statement. "This is based on the precautionary principle–that is, if you don’t know for certain that something is unsafe, it’s better to err on the side of caution.”
Pair that with findings from the FDA last December that "there is currently no evidence that [antibacterial soaps] are any more effective at preventing illness than washing with plain soap and water," and the case against them is pretty clear.
So is the point that this sort of chemical should be tested for safety before it's introduced so widely?
"Well," Tukey said, "that would be a good scenario."
To know the effects in humans would require clinical trials, he noted, which have not happened. "We aren't saying that triclosan causes cancer," Tukey said. "We're just saying that with constant exposure, this environmental agent, which is extremely ubiquitous, can promote development of tumors." Because, you know, in the right amount, everything is toxic. "If one can avoid it," he said. "I would avoid it."
So once again, in attempt to become extremely healthy by ridding ourselves of bacteria, we may have actually become less so.

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Dr Theresa

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Neurons that wire together, fire together

What is neuroplasticity?

Want to break a habit or change the way you feel about something? Change your brain physically with contemplative exercises and watch your thinking and points of view change............
It’s relatively easy when you know how.

Meditate. Several research studies have shown that contemplative practice, such as meditation, can physically transform the structure of your brain and thought patterns. The physical changing of the structure of one’s brain is known as neuroplasticity. In essence, they are saying that “neurons that fire together, wire together.”

The following is dialog excerpted and edited from the Institute of Noetic Sciences’ teleseminar series “Exploring the Noetic Sciences” with neuropsychologist and meditation teacher Rick Hanson, originally posted by the Institute of Noetic Sciences:

Broadly defined, contemplative neuroscience is the study of what happens in the brain when people are doing contemplative practices, how the brain changes with such practices.

Although the word contemplative sounds fancy, everyone has been contemplative – you know, looking up at the stars, going to the ocean and getting a sense of the enormity of it all, or looking into your baby’s eyes and thinking, Holy Moly, how did I get you and how did you get me? All of that is contemplative. In addition to that, all the major religions have formal contemplative practices. But people can engage in contemplative activity without framing it in terms of a relationship with God or something like that.

The contemplative tradition I know best is Buddhism. It’s also the contemplative tradition that has had the greatest crossover with Western science; much of the research on meditators has been on Buddhist meditators. Arguably, though, the majority of research has been on those who practice TM, or Transcendental Meditation, which is nested in the Hindu tradition.

The field of contemplative neuroscience is just exploding, in tandem with the explosion of knowledge about brain science in general. People know twice as much about the brain today than they did in 1990, and I’d have to say science knows a hundred times more today than it did in 1990 about what happens in the brain when people engage in contemplative practices.

I’ll give you a couple of examples. One of the enduring changes in the brain of those who routinely meditate is that the brain becomes thicker. In other words, those who routinely meditate build synapses, synaptic networks, and layers of capillaries (the tiny blood vessels that bring metabolic supplies such as glucose or oxygen to busy regions), which an MRI shows is measurably thicker in two major regions of the brain. One is in the pre-frontal cortex, located right behind the forehead. It’s involved in the executive control of attention – of deliberately paying attention to something. This change makes sense because that’s what you’re doing when you meditate or engage in a contemplative activity. The second brain area that gets bigger is a very important part called the insula. The insula tracks both the interior state of the body and the feelings of other people, which is fundamental to empathy. So, people who routinely tune into their own bodies – through some kind of mindfulness practice – make their insula thicker, which helps them become more self-aware and empathic. This is a good illustration of neuroplasticity, which is the idea that as the mind changes, the brain changes, or as Canadian psychologist Donald Hebb put it,neurons that fire together wire together.

I think of thought as immaterial information that flows through the nervous system. Buddhism teaches that the mind takes the shape of whatever it rests upon – or more exactly, the brain takes the shape of whatever the mind rests upon. So, if you regularly rest your mind on regrets, resentments, quarrels with others, self-reproach – you know, the voice in the back of the head yammering away about what a nobody you really are and if others only knew better, et cetera – if you rest your mind there, it will change your brain in that direction, because neurons that fire together wire together, for better or worse. On the other hand, if you rest your mind on wholesome themes, those things that are going well, what you’re grateful for, good connections you have with others, your good qualities, what you accomplish in a day, the conditions in the world that are okay, you’re going to build up neural substrates and circuits of positivity.

To add to the above, other research shows that the brain can rewire its neural pathways in remarkably little time. So to change a habit, meditate or perform some contemplative practice every day for 40 days and your brain will be rewired. You will then find you have a different perspective or point of view regarding the old behavior. Try it.

Dr Theresa

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REPROGRAM YOUR BRAIN

Did you know that our neurons that fire together, wire together? 

This is why our paths continue in much the same fashion every day; we do the same things day in and day out.  We continue to do these things until something forces us to shift and change our belief systems and encourage the neurons to fire differently.

Some examples of this would be when a smoker who wants to stop keeps smoking or a drinker who's trying to get on the wagon keeps drinking.

There are far more examples than the above though:  It is why our hamstrings stay tight and why we do not achieve the success we want.

Each one of us is hardwired from a young age. You do have the power to change the brain and therefore your current reality. 

Step 1 - MEDITATE:
Meditation can activate change.  It helps to open the frontal lobe of the brain, which is considered one way to change your belief patterns and has been called the gateway to the subconscious mind.

Every time you meditate and concentrate your full mind's power on your "internal dialogue", the connection between your mind and body increases. You become more "self aware".

Meditating on the Word of God leads to what the Apostle Paul calls a renewed mind. [Romans 12:2]

Step 2 - SET A CLEAR INTENTION:
Clearly state to the Universe (God), what it is you want in your life; this can be an emotional, physical or spiritual issue.  Spend a few minutes each day revisiting your intention.

Step 3 - MAKE IT VISUAL:
The subconscious mind does not know the difference between fact or fantasy.  This is huge for you!  You can help rewire your brain using visualization skills. 

Step 4 - AWAKEN:
Each time you go to do something that you don't really want to do but are still doing out of habit or because of the brain's programming, stop!  Awaken yourself to the fact you are doing this thing because of the pre-existing wiring in your brain.  Make a conscious decision to change the behavior.  In the case of something physical, tell your body how much you love it!  It sounds quirky, however it is a very powerful option for change.  For example, you may have extremely tight hamstrings.  Begin to stretch them and as you do, have a conversation with them.  "Relax, hamstrings, relax.  It is safe for you to let go and move forward."

We have the power to shift and change our brains "hard wiring".
Be aware it does take time to do this;  however, the benefits far outlast the work involved in making these changes.

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Loving ways to deal with Toxic Behaviour

Toxic behavior can zap your positive energy and leave you feeling heartbroken, stressed, angry, drained and even unwell. Knowing how to deal with toxic encounters is the key to peace of mind, good health and happiness. This involves using your heart and soul instead of your head and ego to resolve your emotional injuries.

We all live in glass houses

No one is perfect. We all make mistakes. Everyone gets hurt, and hurts others. Knowing that means we all should understand when someone says or does something that hurts us. Unfortunately the ego doesn’t agree. It’s so busy judging others it has no capacity for love. The ego insists on being right, not happy. When your ego is engaged, you play the blame game, and no one wins.

Suggestion: The key to happiness and emotional freedom is knowing how not to take things personally. Instead of trying to resolve the issue with your brain and its companion the ego, try seeing through the eyes of your soul. This higher perspective will help to re-frame the situation in a loving, compassionate light.

Take nothing personally

Just because a person does something you dislike doesn’t necessarily mean their actions are directed at you. The aggressive driver who tailgated you, and then cut you off after he passed you, may be late for a job he fears losing if he doesn’t get there on time. The short-tempered salesperson may be concerned about her sick child and wishing she could be home to take care of her instead of having to deal with customers all day.

Suggestion: Think of the times when you’ve been under stress, and acted in an unkind manner. How did people react to you? Were they kind and understanding, or did they push back? How did their reactions make you feel? Choose to act in a heart-based manner and pay positivity forward.

If people could do better, they would

The majority of people do not intend to cause harm. Chances are, if someone has injured you in any way, s/he was acting out of fear or pain. Instead of asking for help, their ego-fueled pain body lashed out at you. Just as a desperate animal is more likely to attack, a desperate person is more likely to hurt you. If their behavior was not appropriate, then rest assured it had nothing to do with you.

Suggestion: Instead of being angry with them, use your heart to see things from their perspective. What’s going on in their life?  Are they in pain, and if so do they need help?

We project our feelings onto others

Happy people tend to treat others with kindness and consideration because they feel good inside. Negative people, on the other hand, can always find a reason to complain. Toxic people may be coping with feelings of depression, anxiety and anger, and so they project their angst onto others. Whether positive or negative, a person’s nature is determined by his/her internal landscape.
Suggestion: Try to be mindful of your own thoughts and feelings. If you are upset by someone else’s behavior, chances are you are projecting your own insecurities or judgments. If that’s the case, ask yourself what you need in order to feel better.

We attract what we feel, not what we want

The way others treat you is a reflection of how you feel about yourself. For instance, people with low self-esteem can find themselves in relationships that compound their insecurities. Instead of finding someone with genuine strength, they may attract a bully who is domineering and controlling, the other end of the insecurity spectrum.

Suggestion: Examine your relationships objectively as possible. What patterns do you see? What do these say about you and how you feel about yourself? If you don’t like your relationships with others, what needs to change in the way you feel about yourself?

The least lovable people need the most love

Some people are so busy reacting to things they inadvertently block the very things they desire, and then become their own worst energy. Without knowing how to break the cycle, it’s easy to get caught in a cycle of negativity and reactivity. Inside, they are fighting a never-ending battle. It’s exhausting and damaging to their physical, mental and emotional health. What they need is love and TLC.

Suggestion: If you don’t like other people’s behavior, imagine what’s it’s like to be them. You can get away from their toxicity, but they can’t. Have compassion for them, and send them loving energy.

Forgiveness will set you free

If you’ve been injured or wronged by someone’s toxic behavior, you may find yourself reliving the hurt. In severe cases, this is known as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and it requires medical care and professional counselling. But for less traumatic injuries, forgiveness is the most powerful healing tool available. Forgiveness doesn’t mean you condone how you were treated, or that you give the person permission to hurt you again. It’s simply a way of stopping the hurt so that you do not continue to repeat the abuse. It’s your ticket to emotional freedom.

Suggestion: Employ Ho’oponopono, an ancient Hawaiian practice of reconciliation and forgiveness. Think of the person who hurt you and say, “I’m sorry. Please forgive me. Thank you. I love you.” Keep repeating this mantra until you feel a shift in your heart.

Know when to walk away

As Kenny Rogers said, “You gotta know when to hold ‘em, and you gotta know when to fold ‘em”. Some people are just too toxic to be around. No matter what you do to help them, nothing seems to work. They either can’t get better because they need more help than you can give, or they don’t want to get better. They may be fighting a battle with themselves/ego, shadow boxing with ghosts of the past, or they may be so firmly entrenched in victim consciousness that they’ve lost their desire to reclaim their personal power. They may even have serious mental health issues. Whatever the reason, if they are constantly draining, abusing, manipulating or hurting you, it’s time to break the co-dependency so that you both can lead healthier lives.

Suggestions: If the person needs more than you can give them, encourage them to seek help. If it’s a spouse or child, tell your family doctor. If it’s a friend or co-worker, encourage them to see a licensed mental health care processional. If it’s a friendship or romantic partnership, you may have to walk away temporarily or even permanently in order to break the toxic bond. Sometimes ending a bad relationship is the most loving thing you can do.

 People will project their insecurities on others. Often times, they will reflect that which they fear the most. For example, if someone says, "I hate you," then chances are, it isn't you but something they hate within themselves. At times, it can be difficult when words have so much power to hurt us, but try to understand why certain words were said and you'll gain a whole new perspective on how to handle such situations.

I now offer online coaching & counselling

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DNA Activation

 

 

DNA Activation is a spiritually focused process of awakening dormant potentials within the multidimensional human DNA codex.

 

 

WHAT IS THE DNA - and what does it stand for?

DNA stands for Deoxyribonucleic Acid (pronounced dee-oxy-rye-bow-nu-clee-ik acid). It is the generic material of a cell. The chromosomes inside the nucleus (control centre) of the cell are mad...e of DNA. Lots and lots of DNA. It is very fine and tightly coiled, but there are may be as much as a metre in a single cell. DNA is really a code. It is divided up into sections. These sections are genes, which carry all the instructions for making up our body. So, there is a gene that tells the body to have brown hair and so on. Each gene is a code for a particular protein. Our bodies are made up of proteins. So the genes dictate how ware are made and what our bodies look like.

DNA molecules are shaped in a double helix. They are long strands coiled round each other. You inherit half your DNA from your mother and half from your father.

DNA is our chemical blueprint, but the Human Genome Project found that over ninety percent of it is not coded. In fact, only approximately four percent creates 23,000 genes in Human Body. The rest? It's a puzzle to the extreme and to this day there is no answer why most of DNA seems to have no symmetry codes of any kind. In fact it seems to be random.

Is it that DNA is mostly quantum instructions - information that speaks to the Human Body? There is a full revelation of the twelve layers, or energies of DNA. The twelve layers of study around our DNA, each has a Hebrew name, which is a "name of God". To make it even more esoteric, each one also has a numerological energy and a complex interaction with the others in the group of 12.

 

Restoring your original Organic Imprint so you can experience your break through in awareness and manifest health.  It is the awakening of your Avatar Consciousness, so that you can experience Unity, Integrity, Interdependence and Harmony.

 

Three Sessions are required, Each Session (Allow 30 Minutes per session) will be done one week apart to allow the integration of each session to take place.
 

 Total Cost = R  1 350.00    

My Intention is to unlock these codes using Frequency Treatments. 

 

Dr Theresa Higgo

078 308 9907

Meditation - Conscious Mind Primer

Imagine your unconscious mind is the hard disk of a bio-computer with its own operating system and software that runs your current life.

Your unconscious mind is irrational and deals with habitual behaviors. It cannot distinguish from negative or positive, it just replays programs (habits) loaded into it since your were born.

Your conscious mind deals with rational decision making, it also acts like a filter for all the noise and information that bombards you all day long from your environment.

Your conscious mind hates multitasking and it prefers doing one activity at a time. Under stress and when forced to multitask, as many of us do in this hectic modern times, its ability to protect your unconscious mind from negative information is disrupted.

Sleight of hand magicians and stage hypnotists take advantage of this fact when they distract their subjects and bypass the rational conscious mind planting suggestions into the unconscious.

Your conscious mind is a powerful tool to getting the life you want. When you learn to take control of your conscious mind you can write positive programs into your unconscious mind that form empowered habits.

The Conscious Mind Primer is a powerful 30 minute hypnotic journey designed to speak directly to your conscious mind and to prepare it for the transformation ahead.

This session is designed to prepare your conscious mind to allow your unconscious to be reprogrammed for the key success habits.

Dr Theresa

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INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE

What is Integrative Medicine?

DEFINITIONS "Integrative Medicine recognises the holistic and unique nature of human-beings, which encompasses physio-energetic information systems. It investigates the multi-factoral causes of dis-ease. In this approach the practitioner and the sick individual form a team working towards an integrated protocol of management best suited for that person. The priority is to support health using the least invasive and most natural approach; this does not exclude symptomatic treatment of disease, where appropriate." SASIM mission statement, April 2006

"Integrated or Integrative Medicine is practising medicine in a way that selectively incorporates elements of Complementary and Alternative medicine into comprehensive treatment plans alongside solidly orthodox methods of diagnosis and treatment. "

British Medical Journal 2001, 322:119-120

 

 

Integrative Medicine:

• Is based on a partnership of patient and practitioner, within which conventional and alternative modalities may be used to stimulate the body's healing response;
• Shifts the orientation of medicine from one of disease to one of healing;
• Engages the mind, spirit, and community as well as the body;
• Neither rejects conventional medicine nor uncritically accepts alternative practices;
• Is committed to good science that is driven by inquiry and open to new paradigms;
• Is grounded in the philosophy that prevention is a primary responsibility of medicine and that healing is possible even when curing is not;
• Works to activate innate, natural healing mechanisms
• Uses natural, less invasive interventions before costly, invasive ones whenever possible; and
• Asks that practitioners seek to model health and healing and commit to the process of self-exploration.

New terminology of Integrative Medicine includes the following:

• Art of medicine
• Systems
• Webs
• Non-linear dynamics
• Informational systems
• Patterns
• Probability dynamics
• Relationships
• Complexity
• Meaning and medicine
• Order and chaos
• Intuition and experience

As the philosophy develops and become more sophisticated a newer medicine will emerge which will naturally integrate many aspects of traditional medicine, newer developments in physics and quantum theory and recent advances in nutritional medicine.

 

THE 3 PILLARS OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE

Integrative medicine is not Alternative Medicine or Complementary Medicine. It is really an expansion of the limited conventional medicine as practised today. Conventional medicine has become focused on 'the disease' to the exclusion of the person and the dysfunction within the system. This would be equivalent to fixing the part that is broken in a motor car without doing a tune-up or speaking to the driver.

 

First pillar: Lifestyle Management
Deficiencies in the following aspects of lifestyle comprise the underlying causes of ill-health:

• Healthy food choices
• Appropriate and sufficient exercise
• Appropriate weight-to-height ratio [Body Mass Index]
• Ability to process and remove toxins from the body
• Stress management
• Psycho-spiritual balance

Second pillar: Management of the Underlying Dysfunctions
The dysfunction is not quite the disease yet. Dysfunction precedes the disease just as the motor car getting out of tune precedes the breakdown.
The dysfunction takes on many forms such as insulin resistance, nutrient deficiencies, under- or over-functioning of glands, sympathetic or parasympathetic imbalance, stomach acid too high or too low, immune system imbalance, hormonal dysregulation, pH abnormalities, metabolic disturbances of many kinds, etc.
Integrative Medical doctors will detect and diagnose the dysfunctions and will correct these problems before they manifest as breakdown/disease. Natural products that work well with [rather than against] the body's own systems, are usually employed to correct the imbalances.

 

Third pillar: Treatment of Disease
This is often not necessary, as correcting the body's deficiencies and dysfunctions, allows the body's own innate healing processes to deal with the 'disease'. Herbal or homeopathic medicines may be needed at this point to complete the healing. Integrative Medical doctors are also able to use drugs and surgery, to relieve symptoms when appropriate. When these are required the body still needs the support of natural remedies to improve health.

 

                

Dr Theresa

078 308 9907

Key Ways to Boost and Rebuild your Immune System

1) Eliminate processed food
2) Eliminate junk food, including diet and regular soft drinks and soda
3) Dramatically reduce or eliminate sugar
4) Eliminate all artificial sweeteners ...
5) Eliminate trans fats. Replace them with healthy fats, like macadamia oil
6) Consume healthy fats
7) Eat raw foods, such as fruits and vegetables
8) Opt for organic food options when available
9) Consider adopting a gluten free diet
10) Consider grain alternatives such as quinoa
11) Don't assume that everything labeled “organic” or “gluten-free” is healthy
12) Eat omega-3 rich foods
13) When possible take supplements that are based on whole foods
14) Pay special attention to the quality of your protein choices
15) Eat foods that fight inflammation, such as turmeric and ginger
16) Take issues such as food order into consideration
17) Get enough sleep
18) Meditate and stay in touch with yourself through journaling
19) Exercise
20) If you need to lose weight, do so
21) Stop smoking
22) Restrict or eliminate alcohol consumption
23) Consume foods rich in prebiotics and probiotics
24) Drink purified water
25) Take steps to purify your air and water
26) Discover your food sensitivities
27) Listen to your body and respond accordingly

All these steps will help you boost your immune system and at the same time help you heal and recover from your leaky gut syndrome. By following these tips, you will be far healthier at the end of the process than you were when you began.



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MYTHS AND FACTS ABOUT HEPATITIS C

 

Is Hepatisis C rare?  False
Some 3.2 million Americans have hepatitis C, and about 17,000 more are infected each year. Hepatitis C is the most common infection in the U.S. that is spread through blood. Hepatitis B is also commonly spread through blood. Hepatitis A is usually spread through food or water. All three forms are caused by viruses.

The Liver is the body part most affected by Hepatitis C?  True
"Hepatitis" means inflammation of the liver. In addition to a virus, hepatitis can also result from overuse of drugs or alcohol, illnesses, medications, or even an immune disorder.
 
The liver's jobs are to clean your blood, help digest fats, and store energy. A liver that's swollen and damaged by hepatitis C slowly stops working as it should.
 
Hepatitis C can stay active in your body and slowly damage the liver over time. This is called chronic hepatitis C. You may develop cirrhosis, a condition in which most of the liver has been destroyed and has become scar tissue.

The first symptom of Hepatitis C is high Fever?  False
Hepatitis C usually doesn't cause any symptoms. If it isn't diagnosed, it can take as long as 30 years for serious signs of liver damage to develop.
 
Some people can have symptoms such as nausea or vomiting. But because these symptoms can be signs of so many other things, it's best to ask your doctor to test you. If you have hepatitis C, you can spread the virus even if you aren't having symptoms.


Teenagers are most likely to have Hepatitis C?  False
Baby boomers -- people born from 1945 to 1965 -- have the highest rates of hepatitis C. It may be that they became infected in the '70s and '80s when hepatitis C rates were high and blood wasn't screened as well as it is now.    
 
The CDC says all boomers should be tested, along with anyone who ever used illegal drugs, had blood transfusions before 1992, or has HIV or liver disease symptoms. If you think you've been exposed to hepatitis C, talk to your doctor about getting tested.

You can get Hepatitis C by having Sex?  True
It isn't easy to get infected with hepatitis C through sex, but it's still possible. If you have multiple partners or if you or your partner has hepatitis C, it's a good idea to use a latex condom.
 
You're more likely to get hepatitis C by sharing needles or other equipment to inject drugs. Health care workers sometimes get it from needle injuries.

Getting Tattoos and Piercings can put you at risk for Hepatitis C?  True
Your chances of having problems at a licensed, commercial facility are slim. But tattoos or piercings done with nonsterile instruments can spread hepatitis C.
 
If you get a tattoo or piercing, look for a facility that works with all single-use items like gloves, needles, and ink pots. The shop should properly dispose of all items that have touched blood, use a disinfecting solution to clean work areas, and sterilize reusable tools.

A vaccine can prevent Hepatitis C?  False
There are vaccines for hepatitis A and B, but there isn't one for hepatitis C. To keep from getting infected, avoid contact with other people's blood. Don't share personal items like razors and toothbrushes, especially with someone who has hepatitis C.
 
Hepatitis C cannot be spread by hugging, kissing, coughing, sneezing, or breastfeeding. Unlike hepatitis A, you can’t get hepatitis C from food or water.

 

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Dr Theresa Higgo

 

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HOLISTIC HEALING

Holistic healing means taking a holistic approach when seeking treatment for imbalances and choosing to live a more balanced lifestyle. What primarily distinguishes holistic healing apart from alternative medicine, complementary medicine, and integrative medicine is that physical health is not necessarily the main focus. Even so, it is often the experience of physical discomfort that will first prompt a person's pursuit of holistic healing.

It is true that our pains and other physical discomforts demand our attention. This is where the saying "sticking out like a sore thumb'" originated from. It is difficult to ignore the obvious when we are physically hurting. Common sense tells us that we should seek help to alleviate our discomforts. Holistic healing is not an "alternative" to conventional medical care. Sometimes going to a medical professional is the best solution to addressing a dis-ease.

Physical illnesses are the symptoms of a greater imbalance that may or may not have a root cause in the physical.

Holistic or "wholistic" healing addresses all parts of the individual, not just the physical aspect of a person where manifested illnesses are most apparent. Holistic healing is not intended to serve as a band-aid or a one time fix. It is an ongoing journey of discovery in search of more answers and ultimately; living better, being healthier, and striving for wholeness.

Holistic Healing Goes Beyond the Mind-Body Connection:

Holistic healing is really a lifestyle approach. The holistic approach goes far beyond the Mind-Body connection of finding and maintaining wellness. Overall wellness AND "wholeness" is highly valued. All parts of a person's life (physical healing, mental health and wellness, emotional well-being, and spiritual beliefs and values) are considered. Taking a holistic approach involves seeking the tools that will help us attract our desires and find personal power.

A person who embraces the desire to find wholeness within his own being soon learns the importance of tending to relationships, caring for the planet and our environments, having compassion for humankind in general, and accepting and tolerating differences among a diverse population of people.


Role of the Holistic Healer:

The holistic healer recognizes that our discomforts or pains are merely symptoms of an imbalance. The imbalance could be a physical issue, the result of abusing the physical body through an unhealthy diet, lack of exercise, or too little sleep. Or, the imbalance may be the result of mental, emotional, or spiritual needs not being met. No aspect (mind, body, spirit, or emotions) of a person is overlooked when an holistic treatment is sought.

The holistic healer looks at the "whole person" in order to make his or her complete evaluation and uses all information gathered before suggested treatments to the client are offered. Keep in mind, not all holistic healers are equal, each has his or her own specialty or expertise to offer. It will benefit you to shop around for a good fit. Choosing to go to a holistic healer is no different from choosing a medical professional. You decide.

 

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Let's face it...... most Doctors, the FDA and big drug companies are practicing voodoo medicine in every possible area of health

 

The Shocking Truth About Chemotherapy

Let me ask you…

When it comes to treatment choices, where do you turn for the real truth about cancer therapies…Chemo and radiation… Side effects and secondary outcomes?

Can it be that the treatment is worse than the disease?

And just how effective are those mainstream treatments? Are you being deceived by numbers that have been “rigged” to be more hopeful than they really are?

 

Ralph Moss, a well-known researcher of natural cancer treatments, reports that a prominent oncologist at the Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York told his colleagues, “Do anything you want—but no chemotherapy!” when he discovered he had advanced stage cancer. 

 

The American Cancer Society has made their yearly prediction: more than 1.6 million new diagnosed cancer cases. That makes cancer the second most common cause of death in the U.S.
 

It’s scary. But you don’t have to be one of the statistics.

 

There's a smart way to fight cancer—and it is not by cutting it out, burning it out, or poisoning yourself hoping that the cancer dies before you do.

No, the smart way to fight cancer is to separate the good cells from the bad.
 

No chemo drug can do that.
 

But your own immune system can. It’s always your first line of defence. So anything you can do to strengthen it will guard against invaders like rogue cancer cells.
 

That’s why we’ve included a treatment that could not be simpler. Hundreds of cancer clinics throughout Asia already use it. In fact, it is one of the top alternative cancer therapies in Japan.
 

You'll be amazed at how this powerful substance ramps up your body's army of immune cells. It has been shown to increase natural killer cell activity by as much as 900%!

 

Do you want to do everything in your power to stay healthy? Do you have a frightening family history of cancer? Do you have cancer yourself…or maybe a friend or family member who has received the dreaded diagnosis?

What would it be worth to those friends, family, and yourself if you had information that could help?
 

It would be priceless, of course.

 

Best of all? You don't have to pay a fortune for this cutting-edge research and advice.

Here’s the thing…

These natural treatments don’t just mask the symptoms of cancer…they address the cause and help your body overcome and eliminate it at the source.
  

Ever wonder how cancer cells spread like they do? Well, it's partly because they are very "sticky." That's how they manage to clump together and grow into tumors.

So what if you could make them "un-sticky"? What if they were more like Teflon and couldn't cling to each other?
 

That's exactly what researchers have studied. Because when cancer cells can't stick together they have nowhere to go. And without new blood vessels to bind to, they can't survive, let alone spread. Soon they die from lack of nourishment.
 

But there’s something most people—heck, most DOCTORS—don’t even realize… You can help make this happen!

 

There is a natural compound that actually interrupts the binding process of cancer cells. The early results are promising. Very promising.

 

Let’s face it… Doctors, the FDA, and big drug companies are practising voodoo medicine in every possible area of health.

It is almost as if their goal is to keep you dependent on drugs and doctors for the rest of your life!
 

Take diabetes, for example.
 

I mean, how many diabetics are completely dependent on insulin injections every day, sometimes several times a day, just to survive? And it’s only getting worse.

 

But don’t worry. That does not have to include you.

 

 

Invest in your Healthcare and Lifestyle Choices and make an appointment for your Full Body Assessment

 

Terazione Health and Wellness

Dr Theresa

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e-mail:  terazione.wellness@gmail.com

 

Eat Yourself Skinny

Stock up on these fat-burning wonders and lose weight                                                    

Some foods have a high thermogenic effect, so you burn calories just by eating them, while others contain compounds and nutrients that boost your metabolism, helping you to burn fat fast.

Here’s what to stock up on…

 

Chillies

Capsaicin, the compound that gives chilli peppers their heat, raises the body’s temperature and fires up the metabolism. Studies show that eating just one tablespoon of chopped red or green chillies can achieve a temporary metabolism spike of 23%. So spice it up!

 

 

Oily fish

Omega-3 fatty acids found in oily fish help to boost the body’s fat-burning enzymes and regulate metabolism. According to scientists in the US, eating oil

 

 

 

 

Celery

Fed up with water retention and bloating? As well as having a diuretic effect, celery has a slight negative calorie count, which means you use more energy eating it than it contains. Plus it’s full of fibre, so it fills you up

 

 

Oats

Oats are high in soluble fibre, which lowers cholesterol and fat in the blood. And because they digest slowly, they don’t raise your blood sugar, and so keep you feeling full for longer. Even better, because they’re a whole grain, the body burns lots of calories just digesting them

 

 

Green Tea

Celebrated for its thermogenic (fat-burning) properties, green tea also contains the amino acid theanine which helps reduce stress. Why is this good for dieters? Stress leads to raised levels of the hormone cortisol, which encourages fat storage, especially around the middle

 

 

 

Feekeh

Freekeh is packed with protein and has four times as much fibre as brown rice and twice as much as quinoa (so the body has to work hard and expend energy to digest it). As well as acting as a prebiotic, promoting good bacteria along your digestive tract, it is low on the glycemic index – so keeps you feeling full

 

 

Apples

Apples are high in the soluble fibre pectin, which helps limit the amount of calories your cells can absorb. And because they’re high in fibre, they help fill you up and curb appetite too

 

Chicken

Protein has a high thermogenic effect. When you eat something like lean chicken, your body burns about 30% of the calories it contains during the digestion process.

 

 

Brown Rice

The body uses twice as many calories to break down whole foods compared to processed foods, where the breaking down has already been done for you. Eat whole grains, like brown rice, and you’ll burn lots of calories just digesting them

 

 

Cinnamon

A study of diabetics found that eating cinnamon can help the body metabolise sugar. You only need to eat a quarter to two teaspoons of cinnamon a day to reduce blood sugar levels and cut cholesterol from 10 to 25 percent

 

Low Fat Dairy

Studies show that the calcium, vitamin D, and low-fat protein in skimmed milk and zero-fat yogurt can trigger weight loss and help build and maintain lean muscle. And the more lean muscle you have - the more fat you burn

 

 

Grapefruit

Eating grapefruit helps lowers insulin levels, regulating your blood sugar and metabolism. According to one 12-week study, dieters who ate a grapefruit with each meal lost 3½lb (1.5kg) more than those who ate the same calories, but didn’t eat the fruit

 

 

Coconut Oil

Coconut oil is high in medium-chain triacylglycerols, a chemical compound that encourages the body to burn fat for energy

 

 

Eggs

The body expends more energy processing protein than carbohydrates or fat. Eggs are a great choice – they’re packed with healthy protein and actively reduce the level of bad cholesterol in your blood

 

 

Blueberries

Blueberries aren’t just packed with powerful antioxidants. The fruit may also help fight fat. Researchers in the US found that blueberries can cut the number of fat cells in the body by up to three-quarters, breaking down existing fat cells and preventing new ones from forming

 

Watermelon

Studies show that eating watermelon could help promote weight loss. The magic ingredient is the amino acid arginine (also found in seafood, nuts, and seeds), which is believed to enhance the oxidation of fat and glucose in the body

 

 

Chia Seeds

 

Chia seeds are very high in soluble fibre - which, in addition to filling you up, helps prevent the absorption of fat in the body

 

 

Beans

Beans are high in resistant starch, which means that half the calories they contain are not absorbed. They also reduce blood sugar levels, and create the fatty acid butyrate, which may burn fat faster

 

 

Pumpkin Seeds

High in omega-3 fatty acids, pumpkin seeds are believed to decrease the body’s ability to store fat. They’re also rich in protein, which helps to keep the appetite in check.

 

 

Avocados

are high in fat but it's the healthy monounsaturated kind that's easily burned for fuel during exercise and actually encourages the body to burn fat. Avocados also blunt insulin release and promote calcium absorption, both of which are important for enhancing fat loss

 

Please note:  not all of us can have the same kind of foods because of our bodies allergic reaction to certain types of food due to medications / Hypertension / Hypotension / Diabetes etc.

 

For a Full Body Assessment
Dr Theresa

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