You are Your Own Best Medicine - A Doctor's Advice on the Body's Natural Healing Powers

Zusatztext “Dr. Saldmann gives guidelines on losing excess weight! exercising! improving sleep patterns! having a more fulfilling sex life! eliminating stress and depression! training cognitive and memory functions! and more. He has solutions for common health problems including allergies! advice on using pressure point therapies for emergencies and everyday care! and explanations on how mysterious! spontaneous healing forces can be used to advantage. He cites surprising statistics! e.g.! that reducing your daily calorie intake by 30 per cent can increase your life expectancy by 20 per cent! and that exercising for 30 minutes a day can reduce your risk of getting cancer! Alzheimer's and cardiovascular disease by 40 per cent. This is sound! actionable advice for one and all.” Informationen zum Autor Frédéric Saldmann, M.D., is a physician at the hospitals of Paris and a recognized expert in cardiology, nutrition, and hygiene. The author of several books, including Wash Your Hands: Dirty Truths about Germs, Viruses, and Epidemics , he lives in France. Klappentext Simple do-it-yourself home remedies for better health and healing. Chapter 3 Improving Your Sleep The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat. --Jules Renard Sleep is the essential foundation of good health. Physiologically it allows the organism to regenerate, and psychologically it helps get rid of tension and unconscious thoughts through the mechanism of dreams. The number of hours of sleep that you need varies from one person to the next, but, on the whole, if you are under seven hours you are going short on sleep. As well, a night that is interrupted by waking up frequently will not be as effective as a period of sleeping straight through. Besides having trouble concentrating and the unpleasant sensation of “brain fog,” bad quality sleep engenders a state of chronic fatigue that leads to numerous pathologies of a psychological nature (stress, depression) or of a physical nature (cardiovascular disease, type II diabetes, obesity). GETTING TO SLEEP Basic Reflexes Sleep is essential for regenerating your brain. To give yourself the best chance of having a good night, you only need to apply a few commonsense rules. You need to avoid having too big an evening meal or working out just before going to sleep. Have your evening meal relatively early so that the process of digestion is well under way when you go to bed. You need to take care that your bedroom is quiet, well ventilated, and especially not too hot. A body temperature that is even slightly too high will disturb your sleep. The ideal temperature for the bedroom is between 60 and 68 degrees Fahrenheit. The hour before sleep should be devoted to activities that are quiet and not stressful. Therefore, it is best to turn off screens (computers, TVs, smartphones) and to give yourself over to pastimes that promote serenity. Also you will find it helpful to go to bed at the same time every night. By fostering such bedtime rituals your body will get used to distinguishing activity time from sleep time. Cherry Juice--a Natural Sleep Inducer British scientists have recently shown the astonishing effects of cherry juice on falling asleep. Cherry juice acts by increasing the level of melatonin secreted at night and promotes sleep cycles. By drinking only 30 milliliters (a tenth of an ounce) of cherry juice twice a day, volunteers noticed that their time asleep increased by twenty-five minutes after one week. Kiwis also have beneficial effects. As for me, I really prefer having a cherry kiwi drink to promote a good night’s sleep to using sleeping pills, which produce poor-quality sleep and a heavy waking up. Lighting Insofar as possible, you need to have complete darkness in your bedroom. If that’s not possi...

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Frederic Saldmann, Frédéric Saldmann, Frederic (Frederic Saldmann) Saldmann, Frederick Saldmann, Frederick Saldmann M. D.
• Edition: Healing arts press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Broché
• Sortie: 31.01.2016
• EAN: 9781620554296
• ISBN: 978-1-62055-429-6
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 228 mm x 14 mm
• Catégorie: Livres de conseils > Santé