A Natural Way to Get Vitamin D in Your Body

By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Rosalie_Lynch]Rosalie Lynch

I have read that one simple vitamin deficiency is causing the increase in diabetes, arthritis, many cancers, multiple sclerosis, high blood pressure, and a host of other preventable diseases. Nearly 100% of people with the diseases listed above lack the proper amounts of vitamin D in their body.

Our lives have changed so much from when our grandparents and great-grandparents were outside, working, walking where they were exposed to the sun every day soaking up the rays on their skin. Sun is a great source of vitamin D; however, in today's world we manage to get 30 seconds it takes to walk from our cars to the building and stores we are entering. And if we do actually go out in the sun, we cover ourselves with sunscreen and hats which blocks the vitamin D production. There are dangers in being over exposed to sun. Do you remember when people use to lay outside for a couple of hours, some falling asleep in the sun, to get a beautiful tan? How about golfers playing 18 holes and developing skin cancer? These illustrations are not what we are talking about in receiving the benefits of sunshine on our skin. When you participate in the above activities, it is necessary to use sunscreen and wear hats for protection.

I was shocked when I learned that half of adults and 40% of all children in the United States are deficient in vitamin D. The Food and Nutrition Board of the US does make recommendations on the amount of vitamin D people should receive by age categories; such as:

200IU for those under 50 years of age,

400IU for ages 51-70, and

600IU for those 71 and over

Unless you take a vitamin pill daily you can receive the necessary dosage in a natural way. How about going outside for:

15-20 minutes daily in the summer

25-30 minutes in the spring and fall, and

35-40 minutes in the winter.

Make an effort to expose as much skin as you can to sunshine.

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Can This Green Food Kill Bacteria Antibiotics Can't?

By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Joseph_F._McCaffrey_M.D.]Joseph F. McCaffrey M.D.

You may or may not have heard about a unique bacterium called Heliobacter pylori - H. pylori for short. It's unique because it can survive in the acid of the stomach. And infection with H. pylori can cause serious problems. It's associated with irritation of the stomach wall, ulcers and even stomach cancer.

Eradicating H. pylori reduces the risk of recurrent ulcers as well as the risk of other problems, including stomach cancer.

However, treating H. pylori with traditional medications often proves to be difficult. Physicians typically treat the infection with at least three drugs for 2 or sometimes 4 weeks. Even with that aggressive treatment, the success rate is only around 80%.

Now there's good evidence that a simple green sprout added to your diet can reduce or eliminate H. pylori.

The sprout is question is broccoli.

You've undoubtedly heard the advice to eat more vegetables. You've probably heard that vegetables of the cruciferous class (broccoli, cabbage, etc.) are especially good for you. There are any number of beneficial nutrients in these vegetables, but one compound that has been studied extensively is sulforaphane.

Sulforaphane is a phytochemical that triggers the production of beneficial enzymes in the stomach. These enzymes protect against inflammation, free radicals and DNA damage - and have a number of health benefits.

Research studies show that regularly including vegetables containing sulforaphane in your diet protects against several types of cancer (including bladder cancer), heart disease and may even help arthritis.

Sulforaphane levels are 50 times higher in broccoli sprouts than they are in mature broccoli, so sprouts are an especially good source.

In addition to the already known health benefits, there's now evidence that broccoli sprouts are effective against H. pylori. In a study in mice infected with H. pylori, over 70% percent of the infections were cleared in the treated group while none were cleared in the placebo group.

Other laboratory studies have shown that sulforaphane kills over 90% of tested strains of H. pylori, even those resistant to antibiotics, by 2 mechanisms - induced enzymes and direct effect.

A study in humans infected with H. pylori showed significant suppression of H. pylori infection, if not complete eradication, in people who ate about 2 ounces of broccoli sprouts a day.

You can make your own sprouts, but they're widely available under the brand name BroccoSprouts. They're available in my little town so you can probably find them where you are. Even if you don't have any concerns about H. pylori, including broccoli sprouts in your diet regularly is still a great idea. It's another example of why we all should emphasize a wide variety of fruits and vegetables in our diets.

By the way, there's an interesting "inside story" about the Australian researcher who first recognized importance of H. pylori. I use it to help my colleagues keep their perspective when they seem a little closed minded. You can read about it at: [http://www.jfmccaffreymd.com/another-reason-to-eat-your-broccoli.html]Another Reason to Eat Your Broccoli

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You'll learn a simple way to painlessly transform the quality of your diet.

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Physical Therapy Software - Increasing Net Revenue Per Patient

By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Jill_Howell]Jill Howell

With 35 employees and ten physical therapy clinics throughout central Missouri, Peak Performance Physical Therapy needed to find a way to solve its mounting IT challenges to avoid administrative and clinical problems. The group's existing patient care tracking and billing processes were simply not efficient for the rate at which the clinics were opening, and Peak Performance decided to take control of clinical documentation and reimbursement. By using a therapy software system, the group was able to increase the accuracy and quality of its clinical documentation, while improving productivity and optimizing reimbursement schedules.

Peak Performance now experiences a 35 percent increase in net revenue per patient visit - contributing directly to the group's profits and ability to expand into new regions. For years, all areas of Peak Performance's documentation process - including administrative and clinical functions - had been conducted manually, and it was beginning to show. This outdated process was having an effect on not only workflow efficiencies, but also on bottom line results. On the administrative side, Peak Performance was constantly at risk of losing money because the group often unknowingly scheduled visits that were not approved by the payor. If a patient was authorized for eight physical therapy appointments, but ended up meeting for ten visits, the group was not reimbursed by the payor and had to incur the expense of the additional two visits.

In their daily schedule, therapists would postpone the handling of administrative functions such as charting clinical notes to the end of the day, but with a stack of patient charts piled up, the quality of the clinical notes inevitably dropped. "It just wasn't an efficient system because the delay from treatment to charting would sometimes lead to not only poor documentation in the patient charts, but also incorrect and incomplete application of billing codes," said Phil Threatt, Administrator of Peak Performance Physical Therapy. From an accounts receivable standpoint, it was clear that the reimbursement process was ineffective and just not up to payor standards. Claims were regularly reimbursed at a lower rate, and were sometimes rejected altogether. "Physical therapy practices continually need to find ways to become more efficient and receive payments faster while providing great patient care," said Threatt. "Care and reimbursement are always intertwined and you cannot separate the two. We needed an outpatient information system that would bring the two elements together in a cohesive, fluid process."

The Solution After a long assessment process in which multiple outpatient information systems were evaluated, Peak Performance selected a software designed as a complete solution for rehabilitation clinics, and manages everything from scheduling, registration, management reporting. "We chose the the system because it is built for physical therapists, by physical therapists," said Threatt. "The company understands our market, challenges and nuances. This was a refreshing change from the other software companies who try to be all things to all people and sell the same practice management system to a physical therapist that was just sold to a pediatrician or OB/GYN. "We needed a specialized solution." Upon implementation, the system immediately solved Peak Performance's scheduling challenges because it automated the front desk processes through task prompts and intelligent drop-down menus. The group's administrative staff no longer had to worry about scheduling unauthorized visits, because the system actively notifies the user if a patient has met his/her allotted visits.

Their [http://www.sourcemed.net/therapysource/]physical therapy software merges patient care and administrative aspects by providing a much needed structure in the way Peak Performance therapists enter clinical notes. The group's clinical notes are laid out against both short-term (2-4 weeks) and long-term (4-8 weeks) goals. When therapists create daily S.O.A.P. (Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan) notes for their patients, the system prompts therapists through each step of the process. Therapists can then instantly track the progress of each patient, so they can justify directly to the payor, the rate at which each patient is reaching treatment goals. Because of the inherent flexibility of the system, Peak Performance's therapists have been able to customize the use of the software to their own documentation needs and past experience with similar information system tools.

"The support team assigned to us by the company has been very receptive to implementing our suggestions," said Threatt. "The company continually offers upgrades and added functionality to the system to make it more useful to our specific needs." The wireless, point-of-care system has enabled Peak Performance to increase revenue by strengthening its ability to capture and manage more complete and accurate clinical documentation. The group now experiences a 35 percent increase in net revenue per visit by limiting the clinical errors associated with poor handwriting, treatment omissions and unclean notes. "The therapy software provides us with an intelligent way to track the number of patient visits, referrals and treatment histories," said Threatt. "And, because scheduling, registration and reporting can be accessed from multiple computers and facilities through a secure connection, this solution just made more sense than competitive offerings based at an on-site server." Today, the group also uses the system as a self evaluation tool.

At any given point, Peak Performance administrators can use the physical therapy reporting functions to evaluate therapist and administrative staff efficiency, which can be an invaluable tool when trying to coordinate the workflow of employees across ten locations. "The software makes the parts of the job that therapists like least - documentation and administrative processes - easier," added Threatt. "With all of the automated functionality, our therapists have been able to spend less time on administrative processes and more time on what they do best... patient care."

The therapy software chosen by peak performance was SourceMedical's TherapySource. The industry leading outpatient rehabilitation software.

Jill Howell

Source Medical Software Solutions

Marketing Director

[mailto:jill.howell@sourcemed.net]jill.howell@sourcemed.net

205-969-4685

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World of Emotions

By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Kiran_Bala]Kiran Bala

A Typical day: Alarm goes off and you continue to sleep, suddenly you wake up. You are late. You are upset. First encounter with Emotion. You run, grab a cab. Reach office. It's late. You are scared. You are nervous. Emotions. You focus. Share a joke with friends. Get an appreciation mail. You are happy. Emotions - again. While crossing the road a taxi splashes water on you. You are furious. Emotions - again & again. Kids playing. You smile. Emotion-yet again. And life goes on in this roller coaster of emotions!

The word emotion has come from the Latin word 'emovere' which means 'to move'. Something which moves us is an emotion. Centuries ago when man was a caveman, all of his survival decisions were based on emotions. Neo-cortex or the thinking brain was not developed and learning was purely emotional. Simplest of decisions were driven by emotional memory like whether to stay in particular place based on what happened there yesterday, if he was attacked by predators there, fight or flight?. Learning was all based on emotions stored in 'Amygdala' (part of brain responsible for processing emotions and storing them, otherwise called 'feeling brain'). As human beings evolved, neo-cortex or new brain got developed. New-cortex is mainly responsible for thinking (logic/reasoning). In other words, it's called the 'thinking brain'. However evolution of new brain in no way discards the importance of Amygdala or the 'feeling brain'. Even after centuries the way our brain works- we still FEEL before we think!

Let's look at the simplest of decisions you make day in and day out. For instance, you have to make a decision on whether to take stairs or the elevator to go down from second floor. Most people will press the button for elevator and then take the stairs! Surprised? Well that's purely because this is the way our brain functions. It's the feeling that comes first, somewhere in your feeling brain you have the memory of comfort associated with elevators and that makes you press the button without any thought. However when you get down to waiting, you realize and reason you could very well take the stairs as its only second floor. That's how emotions govern smallest of decisions to biggest of challenges in life.

When you are making biggest decisions of your life, no matter how strong the facts, if something is not feeling right, chances are you won't go for it. How one is feeling when he/she enters the boardroom more or less decides how he/she is going to look at the figures presented, points raised, perspectives shared. If one is upbeat or happy in general, while discussing the possibilities or new business opportunities he or she will generally look at things presented in a positive manner and vice versa. There was a recent article in Harvard Business Review on how one feels while entering a business meeting dictates the course of meeting and decisions made.

Emotions are body's manifestation of information received and processed, simply ignoring them has helped no one. They are to be understood and managed, which we all know is easier said than done. Emotions have lot of energy ( positive and negative), anyone who is angry and want to thump the table knows it, anyone who feels furious and wants to scream or cry out loud knows it, anyone jumping with joy knows it. It is this energy in different emotions we want to harness and channel which can only happen once we are able to perceive, assess and manage emotions of ourselves and those of others. That's Emotional Intelligence is all about!

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Understanding Integrity Can Free You From Emotions of Unworthiness

By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Leon_Cautillo]Leon Cautillo

For the most part your integrity is 'out' whenever you are giving your attention to something you believe doesn't work according to what you believe does. For example if you believe eating meat on Friday is a sin and you do, you'll feel some degree of emotional guilt. If no one ever suggested to you that it was a mortal sin you will not feel guilty for there is no conflicting emotion. Now that is a fairly simple example but I'm sure it conveys the message.

There is a significantly more primary understanding that must be considered here. How does the context that would allow the idea that eating meat on Friday get considered? How does a human being believe something is 'bad' or 'sinful'? They feel it. If I told you that wearing blue shirts before noon was a mortal sin and you came in wearing a long sleeve bright blue André Benjamin, I don't believe you'd feel bad. Why? Now why is that? You might feel silly but you surely would not have any negative emotion.

If you were told early on as a child that if you were to disobey the Commandments and Jesus died for you, that would be enough to make you feel guilt and shame and you would be unworthy, undeserving. If you were a rational 25 year old adult you could not feel these kinds of emotions as the brain by now has built a rational defense. Well there is no context for it, no good and bad emotions.

How you know you are out of alignment (that your integrity is out) is by your ability to interpret your emotions rightfully. You have the emotion you desire to feel and the emotion you are feeling that you ate that meat. If the feelings are conflicting there will be the experience of two conflicting emotions that will cause a vibrate 'negatively'.

The scale of emotions could range from possible 'happy, joy, bliss' to the other side 'hopelessness, despair, powerlessness'. These will surely inhibit a positive self esteem.

There are a few notions to dispel in order to understand the road to joy. First, integrity has nothing to do with right or wrong, good or bad and second, or that a human being could be unworthy. These are things a human being can think but nothing a person could ever be.

The context for life is the phenomenon that the word 'works' points to.
The actions of the particles in the cells are moving in a direction that works or does not work to produce life. To what end? To live, to exist, to self actualize.

The question to ask is does it work? Not is it right or wrong good or bad. Is it moral or immoral? The notion that something could be immoral is a man made invention to manage societies. Particles attract like particles not because they are good particles, they do so because it works to produce life.

Your strongest wish is to exist and continue to exist. But before that which is most desired is turned into words, such as I want to exist, I want to live there is the desire to feel more joy as I continue to reach for more of life. The intention to live is primary, to feeling better. The reach towards more joy and happiness is always a reach for live, for freedom. Though there is much more to be said on this subject, these are the fundamental notions. The release of negative emotions allows for greater and greater experiences of happiness to fill ones life.

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Biofeedback has advanced beyond our imagination. You can discover and manage your emotions such as to seek and discover more joy and happiness than you can imagine. And because of the personal computer, the cost is affordable and the advances have been remarkably pleasing.

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5 Healthy Tips For Cooking Veggies

By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Ansaar_Modack]Ansaar Modack

We all remember our moms yelling at us to eat our veggies when we were kids but most kids hate veggies and adults too. However vegetables are an absolutely crucial part of healthy eating and you must consume the correct number of servings daily. You can make this easier by knowing how to choose and cook your vegetables. Here are 5 tips to help you.

Know how to shop: When you go shopping for veggies you need to know what to purchase. How they feel, the color, how they look are crucial if you want the best and freshest produce. How, I hear you ask. Through trial and error, the more you learn about how veggies should look the better you'll become at picking the best. Also try an buy at a produce stand or a farmer's market in your neighborhood. They usually have veggies of high quality.

Skip the salt: Too much salt in our diet is a growing concern and a killer if you are into healthy eating. Adding butter to your veggies is also a no-no.You should look at substitutes for salt and butter such as low-salt broths or bouillon cubes. These are low in fat and calories.

Choose fresh, raw veggies: Fresh vegetables are much better than processed or canned veggies. Granted, eating canned veggies is better than eating no vegetables at all, they are very high in sodium. Also they are cooked so little or no nutrients are left. And they certainly cannot be said to be fresh. How long does it sit on the supermarket shelf and then in your cupboard? With fresh produce your range of choice is much greater and therefore you can cover a much larger variety, which brings us nicely to the next tip.

Eat a wide variety: Everyone has their favorites, mine is cauliflower by the way, But eating the same veggies all the time isn't exactly fun. One way to add some variety is to pick seasonal vegetables throughout the year. Just try a new vegetable now and again. Who knows, you might just find something new to like.

Get a vegetable steamer: Using a steamer, you can cook vegetables to perfection. The main reason though, is that all or much of the nutrients are maintained, so the veggies don't only taste great but are very healthy. So if you serious about healthy eating I suggest investing in a vegetable steamer.

Follow these 5 tips and eating vegetables as part of your healthy eating diet will never be easier. And your mother won't have to yell at you!

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Vitamin E could well be the miracle vitamin for senior citizens. As we age the oxygenation of our cells decreases and oxidation increases. The increased oxidation causes the formation of certain substances called free radicals. Free radicals damage normal cell metabolism. Vitamin E is a natural anti-oxidant that prevents the formation of free radicals. Vitamin E also increases the body's resistance to stress as it improves circulation, strengthens the heart, prevents oxidation and increases oxygenation of our tissues and cells. Although vitamin E is available in our foods, most nutritionists believe we do not get enough vitamin E from our diet and recommend a supplement. Our cells are held together by an intercellular element called collagen.

As we age, this element degenerates. However, vitamin C counteracts this deterioration and helps maintain cellular and collagen integrity. Vitamin C also protects against premature cell aging and the various stresses that threaten our health. The capillaries carry oxygen and nutritive substances to all of the cells in our body. When the capillary walls are very permeable, more oxygen can be transported to the cells. Vitamin A increases the permeability of the blood capillaries so vitamin A also helps improve cell oxygenation. Vitamin A is found in green, leafy vegetables, carrots, tomatoes and fish liver oils. The important B vitamin group contains over twenty different vitamins. However, some are more useful in combating the aging process. Vitamin B1 or Thiamine protects the heart and nervous system.

Niacin, another member of the B group, protects us against heart attacks and strokes. Pantothenic acid increases cortisone production and helps our bodies combat infection. Vitamin B15 helps the body tolerate a lowered oxygen supply, important for people who live in an area of air pollution. Polluted air contains carbon monoxide. Carbon monoxide makes it difficult for the lungs to absorb oxygen. Vitamin B15 fights the effects of carbon monoxide. Folic acid reduces your risk of developing high blood pressure. It does this by helping the blood vessels to relax and dilate properly. Folic acid also helps to keep our glands working effectively. Lecithin, a fat substance, is the primary component of the brain and nerve tissues. It is also an essential constituent of the endocrine glands. Lecithin has the ability to prevent heart disease caused by atherosclerosis as it destroys the cholesterol deposits in the arteries. Lecithin also contains important vitamins such as E, D, and K, B vitamins choline and inositol, and essential fatty acids.

Another important vitamin is Vitamin P. Vitamin P is not as popular in the United States as the other vitamins mentioned above. However, Vitamin P has been studied extensively in Russia. Vitamin P or rutin is a bioflavonoid, a co-vitamin of ascorbic acid, or vitamin C. When taken together with vitamin C it increases the effects of vitamin C. But by itself, it strengthens the blood capillaries and regulates their permeability. `

It is important to remember however, that before trying any type of supplement, you should check with your health care provider. This is especially true if you are taking any type of medication. Although these supplements may have no side effects when taken alone, problems may arise if they are combined with other medications.

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