Liquid Minerals and their Value for Human Body

By Clifford H Woods

Just about 4% of the mass of the body contains minerals. Some of them are categorized as major mineral values, with the body needing more than 100 mg/day, while some are referred as trace minerals with the body needing less than 100 mg/day.

The minerals considered to be major consist of calcium, sodium, potassium, phosphorus, manganese, magnesium, sulphur, cobalt, and chlorine. The trace minerals consist of iron, copper, zinc, iodine, selenium, fluorine, and chromium.

Minerals are not able to be formed in the body and must be gained through diet. The daily mineral values needed by the body must be obtained from a well-balanced diet, but just as with vitamins, excess amounts of minerals can frequently have toxic effects.

Minerals play a role in immune functioning, healing, and overall regulation of cell metabolism. The body easily absorbs liquid minerals. Mineral supplements in liquid form give the body an easy to absorb, quick supplemental formula that spurs on the efforts at wellness where health is concerned.

Supplemental liquid trace minerals can even be bought online and are commonly added to a drink. The conviction is that liquid minerals and vitamins are better metabolized in the body and are easier to swallow for those having difficulty taking tablets. Liquid trace minerals go one step further in an attempt to optimize metabolism.

These trace minerals in the liquid form are either negatively or positively charged to make them unstable, because in this form they will more easily bond to water and can move nutrition directly into the cell. These charges also are believed to create a “dynamic equilibrium”, so the body can move the nutrients right to the place where they are needed the most.

Many healthcare professionals believe that since trace minerals are only required in low mineral values and are stored in the body when not being used – there is a risk of taking more than the suggested daily amount, which can be very toxic to the body.

It is also believed by many physicians that taking a liquid vitamin-mineral combo can provide much assistance to your health. It can help your immune system, meaning you may have less sick days and are less likely to cultivate any diseases.

Other potential benefits include: better combating stress by adding extra energy and helpful for your memory, heart, digestion, vision, and bones. So, if you don’t currently take a good vitamin-mineral supplement, a liquid supplement is something to consider. There are many brand names of liquid mineral-vitamin supplements in the market. 

You can speak with your pharmacist who would be happy to go over the pros and cons of all the major brands and offer you a brand that is least apt to cause problems with toxicity.

And – and this is important – before starting this liquid mineral-vitamin supplement it is recommended to discuss this with your physician, since a toxic amount of any mineral, in certain cases, can cause the very health problems you are trying to fix. 
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How to Save Yourself from Dementia and Alzheimer’s

By Clifford H Woods

A lot of people think that Alzheimer and dementia are conditions that abruptly happen and there’s little to nothing that can be done to reverse it. Most people also think that the onset of these conditions only happen when they reach their old ages.

The latter may be true but the signs and symptoms can actually happen in the early adult life of a person. Most people have been misinformed that there is no prevention of such conditions and the only way to cure it is by obtaining pharmaceutical medications.

The truth is that all you have to do to spare yourself from developing different types of dementia is exercising, eating right, staying socially and mentally active and making sure that you are not too stressed most of the time. If you lead a healthy lifestyle for yourself, you will be able to prevent symptoms of Alzheimer from happening or at least slow down the deterioration process.

To start with, it would only take you to live a healthy lifestyle to be spared from these diseases. Researchers have long been studying the right cure for Alzheimer but they have also found out that there are a lot of prevention strategies that are effective in saving a person from developing dementia and other diseases. 

Like what your doctors always say, prevention is better than cure. With a combination of healthy habits, you may prevent any form of illnesses, even as simple as memory loss. You do not even have to wait for a certain age to get started on these prevention strategies. The earlier you promote good health, the longer you will have a good state of overall health.

Keeping good health should be maintained daily. Your health will depend on different kinds of factors. There are factors that you cannot control, such as your genes, and there are also factors that will depend on the lifestyle that you live by everyday. Although vitamins, minerals, multivitamins and other pharmaceutical remedies and concoctions can aid you in being healthy, there are cheaper and easier natural remedies that can promote a healthy lifestyle.

The best contributors to promoting a healthy life is by having regular exercises, maintaining a regular diet often, having frequent mental stimulation, maintaining quality sleep, having effective stress management and maintaining an active social life. If you strengthen each of these factors, the more robust and healthier you will be. Keeping this kind of lifestyle will not make you suffer even the shortest memory loss when you grow old.

When you maintain regular exercises, you reduce your stress, increase your energy, improve your memory and boost your mood. Your brain would need the same nutrition that your body would need to stay fit and strong. You have to avoid saturated and trans fats, eat vegetables and fruits, take 4 to 6 small meals in a day rather than eating 3 big meals, enjoy cups of tea and eat a heart-healthy meal often.

It would also help if you lay off your vices such as drinking and smoking since these are the most effective way of maintaining a healthy lifestyle. It would also not hurt to learn something new every day, such as a new word that you can use for your daily vocabulary.

No matter what your age is, it is healthy to play some games and puzzles to stimulate your brain. Partying, surfing the net and gaming can wait until the morning, having a good quality sleep can make your body have its well-deserved rest. If you feel stressed, practice to find inner peace and do things that would relax you. Prevention of isolating yourself and going out to meet new friends!



Social life is a priority so it is also healthy to check into Facebook, volunteer in charitable works, join a club or set a weekly date with your buddies!

Who says keeping the brain healthy involves a boring lifestyle? 

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Author: Clifford H Woods is the Executive Director of Vibrant Life.
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How To Increase Vigor The Natural Way

By Clifford H Woods

Many people are expected to balance many things in life such as family, work, social events and a whole list of other obligations. That is why you may feel tired even after sleeping for 8 hours a day. There are several natural ways to increase your vigor and energy levels so that you can do more in a day.

One of the ways to do this is to be sure to eat a good, healthy breakfast every day. This is the most important meal of the day. If you eat in the morning you are guaranteed to have energy throughout the day. People who skip breakfast are likely to be less healthy. They also have a low concentration span and low energy level. To maintain a constant supply of vitamins and nutrients it is advisable to have regular afternoon snacks such as nuts and yogurt. This ensures that your energy level is maintained.

Eating a well balanced diet improves your health naturally. This ensures that your body is receiving the right level of nutrients. You should incorporate foods that have fibers in your diet. This includes grains, oats, nuts and vegetables. Foods with soluble fibers even out your level of energy by slowing down the absorption rate of sugars. And organic is always best.

Vitamin C is a very important nutrient that helps to combat fatigue. It helps to absorb other nutrients from food. Getting a daily dose of Vitamin C helps you to be more energized and healthy. It also improves your mood. Fruits are a good source of this nutrient. Nutrients deficiency is a common source of fatigue for many people.

The use of energy drinks is not advisable. This is because they will give you extreme energy and after that result in a crash. The more you depend on them the more fatigued you are likely to feel with time.

Another option is to exercise regularly. This is a natural way that encourages general well being. Keeping a healthy weight boosts your energy. You should however refrain from increasing your exercise level drastically. This can be short lived because it is very exhausting.

Waking up at the same time everyday is also recommended. It sets the clock in your body to ensure that the natural healing process begins and ends at the right time. It can be hard to set this but it is worth the effort.

Quitting smoking has also been linked with an increase in vigor. According to research people who stop this habit generally experience an energy boost of more than 200%. This is because cigarettes and other drugs affect how you sleep and they add chemicals in your body that can make you unhealthy and lethargic.

Another way to be healthy and to maintain vigor the natural way is to balance your life. This can be hard to achieve especially if you have a busy and hectic life. It is important to have a hobby as well as time to bond with your loved ones. Having a good laugh with friends gives you enough energy to live. Drop some commitments that are not really necessary; this way you will have time to relax your body and mind.

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Author: Clifford H Woods is the Executive Director of Vibrant Life. 
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High Blood Pressure, Causes, and Natural Remedies

High Blood Pressure, Causes, and Natural Remedies

By Clifford H Woods

As your blood circulates through the body, it presses up against the walls of the arteries. This force of pressure is referred to as blood pressure. When the pressure against the arterial walls becomes too high, these walls often become narrow or thicken and this adds an extra burden of stress on the heart.

Blood pressure may in some cases temporarily rise from stress, exercise or other emotions from joy to anger. But the pressure quickly returns to normal once the stressor has passed. But in many individuals, the blood pressure is high all the time.

Approximately 50 million Americans have high blood pressure or hypertension, with almost half of those over the age of 65. This disorder can cause very other serious conditions, such as stroke, heart disease, eye damage, diabetes, and kidney problems; so hypertension is considered one of the nation’s leading health problems.

Causes: it is believed by most doctors that the root causes deride from one of these:

1. Diet high in sugar, fat and/or salt
2. Alcohol or caffeine and any other stimulates
3. Obesity
4. Smoking
5. Inactivity
6. Pregnancy or birth control pills
7. Underlying medical disorders
8. Poisoning with heavy metal

There are natural remedies that may help any high blood pressure.
These include but not limited to:

• Hawthorne (Crataegus oxycanthae): this is an herbal medicine that dilates the artery walls and will decrease blood pressure. The berry is the part of the plant that is used and can be taken as a tincture, capsule, or tea. It is considered an excellent tonic for the heart but should not be mixed with any heart medications prescribed by your physician.
• Calcium and magnesium: these are minerals that have shown with studies to lower blood pressure. It is advised to take a combination of 500 mg of calcium and 250 mg of magnesium twice daily.
• Coenzyme Q10: studies show that this nutrient also reduces blood pressure when one takes 100 mg 2 to 3 times daily.
• Fish Oil: this is great for reducing blood pressure when taken on a long-term basis – this is usually 3000 mg 3 times each day.
• Garlic: several studies confirm garlic’s ability to lower blood pressure on a 600 mg twice-daily regimen of an aged garlic extract.
• Vitamin C: this has a mild effect with lowering of the blood pressure and also helps the body to detoxify any toxic metal, such as lead, which can contribute to high blood pressure. 1000 to 2000 mg or more daily is recommended – Vitamin C is water-soluble and the body does not store it.
• Potassium: this is a mineral that has been shown in many studies and tests to lower blood pressure. Use as part of a product that is a salt-substitute. Or else, use up to 2000 mg only under the management of a physician. Do not use potassium if you are taking any diuretic that is potassium sparing or have heart disease or kidney problems that are serious.

Other natural remedies include:

• Passionflower (Passiflora incarnate) this relaxes the nerves and is helpful for blood pressure that increases due to stress. Take 0.5 ml or 250 mg no more than 3 times daily.
• Valerian (Valeriana officinalis) very strong nerve relaxer nerve much like Valium and can lower blood pressure indirectly. Take 0.5 to 1.0 ml or 300 mg up to 3 times each day.
• Oatstraw (Avena sativa) and Chamomile (Matricaria recutita)are herbs for relaxing the nerves. They can be used as a tea throughout the day.
• Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum) is extract and should be taken in 500 mg doses three times each day for a blood pressure-lowering effect.
• Dandelion leaf (Taraxacium officinale) works like a very gentle, natural diuretic that lowers blood pressure. Take 300 mg of capsule form or 2 ml up to three times daily.

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Effects of Heavy Metals and How Oral Chelation Can Help

Effects of Heavy Metals and How Oral Chelation Can Help

Clifford H Woods

Heavy Metals: Free radicals (tissue damaging molecules that cause aging and bodily deterioration) are the result of the ever-present toxins within our environment. Heavy metals are contained in these toxins and produce free radicals. They contribute to many health issues. From the moment, a person comes into the world he/she is exposed to said toxins, increasingly with the invention of new products using these threatening metals.

From the air to the materials we touch, there are harmful molecules everywhere. With age comes prolonged exposure to numerous, dangerous heavy metals, due to the natural environment or self-induced exposure (e.g., consumables or inhalants). Bone mass and muscle tissue can be extremely affected.

Adverse Effects of Heavy Metals: Effects of heavy metal toxicity range from the mildest of ailments to the most severe symptoms, even the onset of a complete neurological breakdown. We are exposed to heavy metals when we drink tap water or from the paint on our walls and fillings in our teeth. Although these may produce only low levels of exposure, small amounts accumulate within the entire body until it reaches dangerous levels, resulting in illnesses.

High levels of heavy metals, five or more times denser than water, such as lead, arsenic, mercury and aluminium can be extremely toxic. This, in turn, affects the peripheral and central nervous system, the colon, kidneys and liver, hormonal system, urinary system, cardiovascular health and even the skin.

Heart conditions and extreme stress due to heavy metals can be critical and are somewhat unpreventable with the daily exposures present. The impact of dangerous toxin levels on mental health can be detrimental, bringing on a loss of brain function or ‘craziness’. Circulation complications can surface and bring a vast array of health concerns. Heavy metals can be a highly threatening force within our body.

There is something that can reduce symptoms and detoxify the body, ridding the body tissue and organs of harmful and even deadly toxins… Oral Chelation!

Oral Chelation Can Help: As a revolutionary treatment; Oral Chelation offers an answer to adverse effects of heavy metals and, importantly, a prevention measure against the body’s toxic accumulation.
Oral Chelation is, in basic terms, a product that filters the body of harmful heavy metals, which is taken orally. Scientifically speaking, Oral Chelation removes toxic heavy metals.

Benefits: A flexible, administer anywhere therapy, Oral Chelation simultaneously replaces lost, necessary antioxidants and minerals whilst cleansing the body. This is an alternative to medical or surgical treatment, which offers ease of use.

Oral Chelation can help to stop and potentially reverse adverse effects of heavy metals. This method of cleansing is an inexpensive and non-intrusive, effective form of treatment which can provide people with a healthy body, regardless of surrounding potential health hazards and heavy metals. There are also the potential additional benefits of improved circulation; something people with cold feet will love!

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Clifford H Woods is the Executive Director of Vibrant Life 
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Headaches and Their Natural Remedies

Headaches and Their Natural Remedies 

By Clifford H Woods

Imagine starting your day early in the morning with some serious lack of sleep, your kids are screaming at the top of their lungs, you are navigating tumultuous traffic on every turn and corner and when you finally reach your office, you receive a sour note from your manager.


By this time, you feel like your head is about to fall off from the mind numbing and throbbing pain. These would be the typical reasons why most people experience headaches and migraines. Although it may sound common and simple that you can just take a couple of aspirin and a few hours of rest, there are different causes of headaches that you should know about.

One type of headache is called the tension headache. This is the one chronic type that most people experience. It has a nature of inducing dull pain while the site of the pain changes to different areas of the head. The head may feel as if it has a tightening sensation with a sense of tension, like wearing something heavy on top of the head. The person may experience nausea and vomiting. There are also tensions in the forehead and neck muscles.

To relieve this sort of pain, a massage would be a good idea, especially around the head and the neck area. Specifically, this kind of headache may either be caused by improper posture or positioning of the head, shoulder, neck, and ischemia which would result in somewhat continuous muscle contraction; may also be caused by excessive melancholy or anxiety with mental tension; or it can also possibly be a secondary symptom due to other pain within the body.

When it comes to migraines, it is a type of a throbbing headache that attacks recurrently. It is usually due to vasomotor dysfunction of extra-cranial and intra-cranial vessels. This condition may even be traced ahead of time by the family history of the patient. Most of the time, this is caused by women’s menstrual cycle, the intake of vasodilatation, hormonal or contraceptive drugs.

Environment-climate factors like drastic change of weather and sudden change of altitude; dietary habits and lifestyle like sleeping in late or intake of improper food selection.
Other factors such as work strain and anxiety; and physical stimulus of the outside world such air pollution or radiation exposure.

As you can see, migraines can have many different causes.

Everyone knows that it only takes a phone call to a family physician or a visit to the emergency room to ask for a prescribed medication to cure the throbbing and pounding pain. It may be the easiest way that most people know but you might end up waiting to be served by the emergency room since there are more urgent cases that need to be attended to.

The medications may also be quite costly and the side effects of some drugs can be gruesome! To save money and to avoid hospital crowds and the possible side effects of drugs, you may want to learn about the natural remedies that can soothe your headaches.

If you are experiencing headaches because of excessive tension, worries, food allergy or stress, you should apply an ice pack to your head, shoulders and neck. It would also help to drink water slowly since dehydration and heat may cause pain in the head. You can also soak or dampen a towel with ice-cold water and place them on your eyes for 10 minutes. If you want a massage, you can use peppermint oil for 15 minutes since it can soothe the nerves and revitalize ones energy levels.

For an ancient effective remedy, you can try acupressure or acupuncture; just make sure they use sterile techniques. A decrease flow of blood in the brain may cause pain, so apply a heating pad on your neck muscles.

As much as possible, take a break from work or studying and stay away from the computer or use anti-glare glasses. Relax, drink some tea, watch a short comedy film, and set up a lavender aromatherapy and get a sufficient amount of sleep so you can wake up feeling all rejuvenated. 
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Clifford H Woods is the Executive Director of Vibrant Life.
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Got Toxic?

By Clifford H Woods

Most households are full of toxic products that are quite hazardous to your health. These can be products that carcinogenic, and, and they are easy accessible to others in your homes. Disinfectants, air fresheners, and cleaners found beneath your kitchen sink are undeniably dangerous products, without you even giving them a serious thought. If you mix bleach with ammonia, you get a toxic fume cloud that was used by the military during World War I.


Teflon Cookware: Non-stick cookware – when these non-stick pans were introduced into American households in the 1960s, they were believed to be godsend. Gone were the days of soaking pans and scouring for hours with steel wool. But in 40 years, we have become knowledgeable on the ease of this cleaning comes at a steep price; the coating that makes non-stick in Teflon pans is “polytetrafluoroethylene” or PTFE for short. When this chemical gets hot, it gives off toxic gasses linked to many types of cancers and other health complications.

Use at Medium Heat:  the problems with PTFE-coated pots and pans happen at high temperatures, so if you have to use Teflon, cook foods on only medium heat or less. The best option is to simply avoid these non-stick pans completely.

Plastic Bottles: another problem is plastic bottles that have dangers of BPA and these BPA mimics the effects of certain hormones that can be harmful to your endocrine system. Most manufactures have switched to BPA-free plastic. Single-use plastic bottles are worse for leaching chemicals, particularly when they are left in a hot car or used in a microwave.

Oil for Plastic Bottles: every year, barrels of oil equaling one million barrels are used to manufacture the more than over 25 billion single-use plastic water bottles used in the U.S. Try to find a glass bottle or stainless steel bottle instead.


Oven and Store Cleaners: toxic chemicals in cleaners for all-purposes often contain ammonia, which is a strong oxidizer, and burns the eyes and the skin.  Another danger lies in cleaners for the oven, which can cause burns from chemicals and produce toxic fumes that are harmful to the respiratory system.  Each year 120,000 children beneath the age of 5 are involved in incidents containing household cleaners. 2006 was the most recent year for data on these toxic products.


Pest Control Products: other toxic products are those that kill pests. These all have ingredients that are harmful to humans. The active ingredient in Round Up weed killer is known to cause damage to the kidney and reproductive harm in mice. Raid, a common roach killer has cypermethrin that is known to be an irritant to skin, eyes, and respiratory system and also has negative effects on the central nervous system.

Chemical Fertilizers: toxic and harmful to health. They also are noted for causing destruction to local water supply and are a known contributor to algal blooms. When the yard is watered or it rains, the runoff goes into storm-drains and this untreated water is dumped into rivers, ocean, and streams. This creates an inequality in the delicate water ecosystem that can kill fish and degrade water quality. If you have a lawn, it is best to use organic fertilizers.

Compost Pile: another alternative to harsh chemicals is to start a compost pile to create nutrient rich soil for flowerbeds and vegetable gardens. This is your own inexpensive fertilizer that can be created by letting little food scraps and yard trimming set. This also helps to divert waste from landfills.

These are only a few of the toxic products that can damage your personal and environmental health in various manners.

Make an effort to get rid of them.

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Clifford H Woods is the Executive Director of Vibrant Life.
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