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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

[AlternativeAnswers] Health Benefits of Chocolate!

I personally love chocolate, that's why when I found this article I thought it was very balanced and helpful and wanted to share it with you:

Health Benefits of Chocolate
From Mark Stibich, Ph.D., former About.com Guide
Updated April 26, 2009
"Why is Dark Chocolate Healthy?:
Chocolate is made from plants, which means it contains many of the health benefits of dark vegetables. These benefits are from flavonoids, which act as antioxidants. Antioxidants protect the body from aging caused by free radicals, which can cause damage that leads to heart disease. Dark chocolate contains a large number of antioxidants (nearly 8 times the number found in strawberries). Flavonoids also help relax blood pressure through the production of nitric oxide, and balance certain hormones in the body.
Heart Health Benefits of Dark Chocolate:
Dark chocolate is good for your heart. A small bar of it everyday can help keep your heart and cardiovascular system running well. Two heart health benefits of dark chocolate are:
• Lower Blood Pressure: Studies have shown that consuming a small bar of dark chocolate everyday can reduce blood pressure in individuals with high blood pressure.
• Lower Cholesterol: Dark chocolate has also been shown to reduce LDL cholesterol (the bad cholesterol) by up to 10 percent.
Other Benefits of Dark Chocolate:
Chocolate also holds benefits apart from protecting your heart:
• it tastes good
• it stimulates endorphin production, which gives a feeling of pleasure
• it contains serotonin, which acts as an anti-depressant
• it contains theobromine, caffeine and other substances which are stimulants
Doesn't Chocolate Have a lot of Fat?:
Here is some more good news -- some of the fats in chocolate do not impact your cholesterol. The fats in chocolate are 1/3 oleic acid, 1/3 stearic acid and 1/3 palmitic acid:
• Oleic Acid is a healthy monounsaturated fat that is also found in olive oil.
• Stearic Acid is a saturated fat but one which research is shows has a neutral effect on cholesterol.
• Palmitic Acid is also a saturated fat, one which raises cholesterol and heart disease risk.
That means only 1/3 of the fat in dark chocolate is bad for you.
Chocolate Tip 1 - Balance the Calories:
This information doesn't mean that you should eat a pound of chocolate a day. Chocolate is still a high-calorie, high-fat food. Most of the studies done used no more than 100 grams, or about 3.5 ounces, of dark chocolate a day to get the benefits.
One bar of dark chocolate has around 400 calories. If you eat half a bar of chocolate a day, you must balance those 200 calories by eating less of something else. Cut out other sweets or snacks and replace them with chocolate to keep your total calories the same.
Chocolate Tip 2 - Taste the Chocolate:
Chocolate is a complex food with over 300 compounds and chemicals in each bite. To really enjoy and appreciate chocolate, take the time to taste it. Professional chocolate tasters have developed a system for tasting chocolate that include assessing the appearance, smell, feel and taste of each piece.
Chocolate Tip 3 - Go for Dark Chocolate:
Dark chocolate has far more antioxidants than milk or white chocolate. These other two chocolates cannot make any health claims. Dark chocolate has 65 percent or higher cocoa content.
Chocolate Tip 4 - Skip the Nougat:
You should look for pure dark chocolate or dark chocolate with nuts, orange peel or other flavorings. Avoid anything with caramel, nougat or other fillings. These fillings are just adding sugar and fat which erase many of the benefits you get from eating the chocolate.
Chocolate Tip 5 - Avoid Milk:
It may taste good but some research shows that washing your chocolate down with a glass of milk could prevent the antioxidants being absorbed or used by your body."

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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

[AlternativeAnswers] Risperdal and other drugs for autism

There are no drugs that really work to cure or solve ADD to Autism. They
may relieve some symptoms, but their main purpose is to make profits for
Big Pharma. MD's are "trained" to use such, and they make children
"easier" to handle in school for teachers, but the long term use is
dangerous. Like street drugs which are similar, they are addictive, and
that's never good. There has never been a case where they cured anything.

If you want to "solve" ADD to Autism problems, there are non drug solutions
that are proven to work. Many are simply too expensive for a mid or low
income family, but there are some that aren't expensive and that are done
at home. If you go to seminars, or conventions, or workshops, you can find
lots of these. There's a lot of money in ADD to Autism today because it is
epidemic. If you want to research many of these schemes (that do work
towards solutions) check out
http://drbate.com/content/alternateTherapies.shtml

There are two "solutions" that remove allergy stress. One has been proven
for about 50 years. That is Neurofeedback, or earlier named EEG
biofeedback. By relieving stress, It allows the brain to function better,
and the child to grow up much more clearer thinking. The drawback to this
is the cost. For an ADD/ADHD child, it requires 50-60 sessions costing an
average of $100 each. For an autistic child, it may require up to 200
sessions or more. In addition, for autistic children, it is difficult to
use. Getting sensors placed and kept in place is hard to impossible, and
many NFB clinics today won't even take autistic kids.

There is a newer therapy called Neuroliminal Training (NT) that changes
brain waves similar to NFB, but uses a simpler technique that is easy to do
at home. It utilizes sleep therapy and subliminal messaging, that uses a
simple CD that plays all night every night. This gradually solves
allergies and that stress, allowing the brain to work much better. It
costs only $147 total for any length of use.

In addition, there are 3 additional therapies all done at home that help to
solve heavy mineral toxicity, the leading cause of autism by using simple
vitamin C; getting better nutrition desperately needed; and getting the
digestion system working normally. This set of therapies has solved
hundreds of autism problems over the past 8 years. For a lengthy free
article explaining these 4 therapies, go to
http://drbate.com/content/integrated.shtml

The ADD/ADHD part of this continuum is pretty simple, and use of the NT CD
works within 60 days has school students sitting still in class, increasing
their attention and concentration, raising their grade average, and
increasing their IQ score 10-15 points. (By the way, all ADD/ADHD kids are
much above "average" in IQ generally, but cannot use that intelligence due
to the "static" of stress. All autistic kids have actual brain damage,
mostly from heavy metal (mercury or aluminum) in addition to the allergy
stress.

There is lot more free information on all the above at http://drbate.com
Autism has been called a "family bankruptcy disease", but it can be solved
without that if done at home.

--
Phil Bate PhD - Orthomolecular Psychologist (30+ years)
Inventor of (at home) inexpensive Neuroliminal Therapy
NT Solves ADD-Autism, Depression, and much more
There are NO drugs that "cure" mental diseases
http://drbate.com - drbate@bellsouth.net
<philbatephd@gmail.com>

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