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Many people think of Dandelions as a nuisance. This time of year, I always hear folks sharing ideas on how to get rid of those darn dandelions and which poisons work the best. On the other end of the spectrum, there are those throughout the world who welcome and embrace the dandelion as both food and medicine. The dandelion is a wild vegetable that is abundant, extremely nutritious and still free. The parts used are mostly the leaves and root. They are high in vitamin A, B, C, beta carotene, minerals and fiber. Dandelions act as a natural diuretic and are a popular blood and liver cleanser. They are also considered a general tonic to help nourish and strengthen the liver, gallbladder, pancreas, spleen, kidneys, stomach and intestines. Dandelions have been known to help with anemia, cirrhosis of the liver, hepatitis, and jaundice, reducing serum cholesterol and uric acid levels. Dandelions have even relieved menopausal symptoms for some. Hot flashes have been linked to liver congestion in certain individuals. When there is liver congestion, previously used hormones that are ready for discard become trapped in the liver, recycled and used repeatedly, eventually causing toxicity.

There are many causes of indigestion including stress, smoking, alcohol, ulcers, and of course a high fat diet. But what many people do not realize is that most common forms of indigestion in basically healthy people can be prevented by simply eating foods in the correct combinations, or more importantly, avoiding food combinations that are likely to cause indigestion. This article will give you a brief overview of the food combinations that are most likely to give you a pretty bad case of indigestion. Hopefully, after reading this and avoiding these combinations, you’ll find that your bouts of indigestion are few and far between.

Unfortunately, foods high in cholesterol have a major impact on your total cholesterol level. Sadly, the better your food tastes, the more likely it is to be bad for you.

When I was high school I loved Wonder Bread. This had to be some of the softest and best tasting bread I had ever eaten…

I had a daily little routine when I got home from school that revolved around my favorite bread. I would eat 2 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, drink a glass of grape juice, and sleep for about 2 hours.

Bring me up. Bring me down. Despite certain dangers with certain drugs, there are some safer kinds of diet pills available than the other, more dangerous than certain others. However, when you take enough diet pills to really suppress your appetite (especially when you use them around dinner time) you will often have too much energy to get a good night of sleep. The reason is because diet pills will often stimulate someone’s metabolism. However the chemicals that induce this elevated metabolic rate (among other things) can also keep an individual quite wakeful. Thus, in order to maintain a regular sleep schedule he or she will often turn to sleep aids.

Abuse of the drug phentermine is common once someone begins to take it. If it is taken, doctors intend it to be a short-term booster to a weight condition such as exogenous obesity. However, the short term use is highly emphasized. Nonetheless, as often occurs with potentially addictive drugs, a patient will continue the medication (one way or another) long after the few weeks restriction recommended by his or her doctor has passed. Tolerance often builds quickly thus increasing the amount of pills that someone will take. Without even noticing what is happening, an individual can become insane, stroke, have a heart attack, develop epilepsy, fall into a coma, and more terrible possibilities when he or she is taking too man diet pills.