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Leaky Gut Syndrome – What You Should Know

Leaky Gut Syndrome (often shorted to LGS) is a condition wherein partially digested food, toxins, bacteria, and abnormally large macromolecules “leak” from the stomach and intestines into the bloodstream. This permeability of the stomach and intestines is caused by antibiotics, poor diet, parasites, various toxins, or an untreated infection. These causes affect the cells in the wall of the stomach, causing spaces to occur between them, allowing foreign substances to pass. Symptoms of LGS include gas, indigestion, chronic joint and/or muscle pain, diarrhea, constipation, fatigue, respiratory problems such as wheezing or coughing, a mild pyrexia (fever), temporary abdominal pain, digestive difficulties, increased frequency of infections, skin disorders, and the inability to properly absorb nutrients.

While Leaky Gut Syndrome can be fatal if left untreated for a lengthy amount of time, it is easily detectable. A solution of Mannitol and Lactulose is administered to the patient, who would then need to collect urine samples for the subsequent five to six hours. The amount of each chemical apparent in the urine, therefore unabsorbed into the intestines, determines how permeable the stomach and intestinal walls have become.

Treatment of Leaky Gut Syndrome may include the removal of harmful bacteria or parasites, the adoption of a diet high in fiber, as well as the elimination of sugary and starchy food, and the use of nutritional supplements and digestive aids, such as fish oil and flax seed oil. In time, the spacing between cells in the stomach and intestine walls will decrease.

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Multifocal Contact Lenses: An Excellent Choice for Presbyopia

Bausch & Lomb | Multi-Focal Contact Lenses

Along with graying hair, wrinkles, and other tell-tale signs that we are getting older is a condition of the eyes called, Presbyopia. Presbyopia is from the Greek word, “presbys” which means, “old man, or “elder” in conjunction with the Latin term “-opia,” which means, “eye.” It burdens us with less ability to see things close up.

The signs of Presbyopia can be first noticed around 40 years of age. In low light, reading small print begins to become more difficult. Also, eyestrain becomes a problem after reading for long periods of time. When reading, it becomes more and more necessary for the sufferer to have their reading material further and further away in order to focus. This symptom is even more prevalent, in lower light conditions. But, conversely, it becomes less of a problem in brighter light conditions. That is because, like a camera’s lens, the lens of the eye or “iris,” closes down to a smaller diameter to let in less light. In doing so, the focal ratio increases the variant in distance, so that the depth of field is greater. It means that we can see more normally; seeing less objects out of focus.

Since Presbyopia is a naturally occurring symptom of old age, it is basically incurable; just like graying hair or wrinkles. But, just as we can touch up and color gray hair, or put creams and ointments on our skin to diminish wrinkles, we can reduce the symptoms of Presbyopia with reading glasses or contact lenses.

In the case of contact lens, there are at least two methods that people use to help them with reduce the symptoms of Presbyopia. One is the “monovision” method. In this process, a person would choose to wear two different prescriptions of contact lens; one to correct an eye for seeing objects that are near, and one for seeing objects that are far away. But, this method of correction is based on older technology. Science has now provided us with multifocal contact lenses; allowing us to see better in varying situations of light and distance.

Multifocal contact lenses are an excellent choice for correcting Presbyopia in that they eliminate the need for glasses, while providing good far and near distance vision. Some multifocal contact lenses work with a bifocal design with two different lens powers built in; one for distance and the other for close up. The other common design is “progressive” in that there is a gradual change in the power of the lens so that a person has more of a natural experience of transitioning between close-up and far distances.

Multifocal contact lenses also come in a soft, or a rigid style; for daily wear or extended wear. Wearing contact lenses overnight or for extended periods of time would require the extended or rigid style, while the occasional use of contact lenses would allow you to choose the soft multifocal contact lenses style.

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Must-Have Anti Wrinkle Ingredients in Any Kind of Skin Product

There are many skin care products on the market that claim to prevent, ease, and even cure wrinkles. It is hard to determine which skin care products are the most beneficial, while giving the most value for the money spent. The best, most effective, must have anti-wrinkle ingredient available today is retinol, and can be purchased at a reasonable cost at your local drugstore or department store.

A lot of research has been done on various skin care products, and the prevailing attitude seems to be that retinol is indeed the most effective anti wrinkle ingredient on the market today. Retinol is considered a must have ingredient in anti wrinkle skin care products for people who are looking for real results at minimal cost. Depending on the manufacturer, the amount of retinol in anti wrinkle products will vary, but typically over the counter products are quite effective in providing a quality wrinkle treatment.

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Candida Yeast Treatment

If you are currently suffering from a yeast infection or if you get yeast infections frequently, you should use a candida yeast treatment called the candida diet. The candida diet will help to kill off those pesky, itchy, painful infections by “starving” them of their “food”.

A yeast infection is an overgrowth of yeast (which is a fungus) in the vagina and in some cases other parts of the body including the skin and mouth. Yeast are living organisms which use sugar as food. Take food away from a human or animal long enough, and it will die. The same is true for yeast.

The candida diet is a great candida yeast treatment. It involves eating things with little or no sugar and few to no carbohydrates. (carbs convert to sugar in your body, so eating carbs is pretty much the equivalent of eating a sugary candy bar or putting sugar in your coffee.) Instead of using sugar in your coffee or eating a candy bar or anything else with sugar, try using artificial sweetener. Make sure you are careful of what kind of artificial sweetener you use, because there is some suspicion that some artificial sweeteners can feed yeast in the same way sugar does because it they are made from sugar.

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Beating the Itch

With the heat of Summer just around the corner, the last thing any of us want to worry about when it’s time to bare all is hiding our skin. So if you’re one of over sixteen million Americans who suffer from some type of dry, itchy skin, listen up, because this one’s for you.

There are several underlying causes to annoying dry skin, but some of them are pretty surprising. We’re all aware of the old stand-bys: rough work outdoors, soap with too many artificial fragrances, itchy clothing. But did you know that issues with dryness and itch can be caused by poor air circulation in the home, prolonged exposure to hot water, and even lowered immunities after a lengthy illness? As today’s viruses become more aggressive and resistant, the average length of illness during a flu, fever, or upper respiratory infection is becoming longer. So what are the indiscrete scratchers of the world to do?

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