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    The Little Book of Home Remedies: Mind and Body: Natural Recipes for Peace of Mind
    The Little Book of Home Remedies: Mind and Body: Natural Recipes for Peace of Mind
    The Little Book of Home Remedies: Mind and Body: Natural Recipes for Peace of Mind
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    The Little Book of Home Remedies: Mind and Body: Natural Recipes for Peace of Mind

    By Linda B. White, Barbara H. Seeber and Barbara Brownell Grogan

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    In this giftable mini booklet of The Little Book of Home Remedies, Mind and Body, Barbara H. Seeber and Barbara Brownell Grogan join Dr. Linda White to draw on years of training in the area of natural healing to help you ease your stress and the effects that it has on the body. This handy guide provides remedies and advice for stress, anxiety, fatigue, depression, and more.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateDec 1, 2014
    ISBN9781627882927
    The Little Book of Home Remedies: Mind and Body: Natural Recipes for Peace of Mind

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      The Little Book of Home Remedies - Linda B. White

      Introduction

      In today’s high-powered, health-conscious world, we’re all smarter, more informed about our bodies, and preoccupied with ways to live long, healthy lives. We’ve accomplished half of that goal: living longer. But we’re missing the living healthier part of the equation.

      On December 15, 2012, the British medical journal The Lancet published data from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Here are the key findings, starting with the good news: Around the world, longevity has increased. We’re less likely to succumb prematurely to malaria and measles, but more likely to drop dead later in life from heart attack or stroke. The bad news is, we’re more likely to spend our last years disabled by diseases—most of which are preventable.

      Chronic illness has long dogged Americans. Now it’s spreading to other countries. Where have we gone wrong? We have health-related facts and figures at our fingertips. We have expensive diagnostic tests, highly trained doctors, and cutting-edge treatments. The shelves in supermarkets groan under the weight of boxes, cans, and bags. Modern conveniences have reduced our need for physical labor. Computers give us up-to-date medical bulletins.

      Despite these advances, and to some extent because of them, we’ve become fat, flabby, and frequently ill. We’re too often hurried, harried, sleep-deprived, and socially disconnected. We eat in our cars, at our desks, in front of televisions—everywhere but at the dining room table in the company of others. We sit too much and move too little.

      It turns out that health springs largely from old-fashioned behaviors—eating wholesome food, enjoying friends, relaxing, getting enough sleep, moving our bodies, and using natural remedies to heal.

      The goal of this book is to help you get back to the basic lifestyle measures that point you toward a healthy, vibrant future.

      We provide lots of practical information on preventing and managing ailments. You’ll find time-tested recipes and lifestyle tips—all designed to give you sometimes quick, always natural, ways to soothe, calm, and heal.

      We hope you enjoy this book. May it enlighten you, guiding you along natural and simple paths to your healthy future.

      Brain Health

      A 2013 study showed that women who’ve crossed the menopause threshold experience subtle declines in cognitive function. These skills include learning, remembering, problem-solving, and paying attention. Before you beg your doctor for a prescription for hormones, know that (1) the early menopause brain fog is transient; (2) the long-term effects of menopause on mental function are negligible; and (3) hormone replacement doesn’t seem to help and may, in fact, worsen cognitive performance.

      For men and women, rates of dementia rise with age. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the risk of Alzheimer’s disease (the most common type of dementia) doubles every five years for people over age sixty-five. By age eighty-five, between 25 and 50 percent of people have signs of the disease.

      Does that mean that if you live long enough, you’re destined to develop dementia? Certainly not! Dementia is a disease, not a normal age change. It’s marked by the progressive deterioration of memory, other intellectual functions, and the ability to perform daily tasks. The other most common type of dementia is vascular dementia (also called multi-infarct dementia), a condition that occurs when blood clots in brain arteries destroy small areas of tissue.

      How do you know if memory loss is normal? Some degree of age-related forgetfulness happens to almost everyone. Whereas long-term memory (the names of your loved ones, significant events from your past) is normally well preserved, short-term memory gets a bit fuzzier. For instance, you may remember exactly what you were doing when you learned about the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, but forget where you put your car keys, why you walked into a room, or the name of the actor in the movie you saw last week. People with dementia forget big things: the names of close friends, how to balance a checkbook, or how to navigate from home to grocery store.

      Research has shown that some two-thirds of memory-zapping aging can be attributed to lifestyle. This means there’s a lot you can do to head it off!

      RECIPES TO ENHANCE BRAIN HEALTH

      Simple Salmon

      If you remember to eat just this fish, you may find the adage, Seafood is brain food may turn out to be true.

      1 pound (455 g) salmon fillet, or 4 fillets

      (4 ounces, or 115 g each)

      Freshly ground black pepper (optional)

      1 tablespoon (15 ml) olive oil

      1 teaspoon (1 g) crushed fresh oregano

      1 lemon, cut into wedges

      PREPARATION AND USE:

      Preheat the oven to 450°F (230°C, or gas mark 8). Wash the fillet(s) and pat dry. Place the fish skin down on a baking sheet. Sprinkle with pepper, if using. In a small bowl, mix the olive oil and oregano. Brush this mixture onto the salmon. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes until flaky. Serve with the lemon wedges.

      YIELD: 4 servings

      How it works: People who eat more cold-water fish, which is rich in the brain-friendly fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), reduce their risk of cognitive decline and dementia. Fatty fish is also one of the few food sources of vitamin D, a vitamin with multiple functions, including proper brain function and nerve protection. Many Americans have insufficient blood levels of this vitamin. Unfortunately, low levels correlate with dementia.

      Spicy Milk

      I learned about this remedy while interviewing a National Institutes of Health pharmacologist for a story on herbs that protect against dementia. ~ LBW

      1 teaspoon (2 g) ground turmeric

      ¹/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1 cup (235 ml) whole milk

      PREPARATION AND USE:

      Mix the turmeric and pepper into the milk. Drink one serving twice daily—morning and evening.

      YIELD: 1 Serving

      How it works: The key ingredient in curry is turmeric. It contains the potent anti- inflammatory and antioxidant agent curcumin, which may help to counter the inflammation and oxidation that promotes nerve-degenerating conditions such as dementia. Furthermore, cur- cumin inhibits the formation of beta-amyloid and improves its clearance. However, cur-cumin isn’t well absorbed from the intestine. Consuming it with fat (as in full-fat milk, butter, or oil) and pepper improves absorption.

      Berry Strong Brain

      This sweet dessert salad will not disappoint your taste buds or brain cells.

      1 cup (150 g) halved red grapes

      1 cup (160 g) halved strawberries

      1 cup (145 g) blackberries or blueberries

      ¹/2 cup (87 g) pomegranate arils (sometimes called seeds)

      ¹/2 cup (87 g) dark chocolate chips (optional)

      Plain or honey-flavored Greek yogurt, for topping

      PREPARATION AND USE:

      Mix the grapes and

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