The book of tea

Tea began as a medicine and grew into a beverage. In China, in the eighth century, it entered the realm of poetry as one of the polite amusements. The fifteenth century saw Japan ennoble it into a religion of aestheticism--Teaism. Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence. It inculcates purity and harmony, the mystery of mutual charity, the romanticism of the social order. It is essentially a worship of the Imperfect, as it is a tender attempt to accomplish something possible in this impossible thing we know as life. The Philosophy of Tea is not mere estheticism in the ordinary acceptance of the term, for it expresses conjointly with ethics and religion our whole point of view about man and nature.

It is hygiene, for it enforces cleanliness; it is economics, for it shows comfort in simplicity rather than in the complex and costly; it is moral geometry, inasmuch as it defines our sense of proportion to the universe. It represents the true spirit of Eastern democracy by making all its votaries aristocrats in taste. The long isolation of Japan from the rest of the world, so conducive to introspection, has been highly favourable to the development of Teaism. Our home and habits, costume and cuisine, porcelain, lacquer, painting--our very literature--all have been subject to its influence. No student of Japanese culture could ever ignore its presence. It has permeated the elegance of noble boudoirs, and entered the abode of the humble. Our peasants have learned to arrange flowers, our meanest labourer to offer his salutation to the rocks and waters. In our common parlance we speak of the man “with no tea” in him, when he is insusceptible to the serio-comic interests of the personal drama.

Again we stigmatise the untamed aesthete who, regardless of the mundane tragedy, runs riot in the springtide of emancipated emotions, as one “with too much tea” in him. The outsider may indeed wonder at this seeming much ado about nothing. What a tempest in a tea-cup! he will say. But when we consider how small after all the cup of human enjoyment is, how soon overflowed with tears, how easily drained to the dregs in our quenchless thirst for infinity, we shall not blame ourselves for making so much of the tea-cup. Mankind has done worse. In the worship of Bacchus, we have sacrificed too freely; and we have even transfigured the gory image of Mars. Why not consecrate ourselves to the queen of the Camelias, and revel in the warm stream of sympathy that flows from her altar? In the liquid amber within the ivory-porcelain, the initiated may touch the sweet reticence of Confucius, the piquancy of Laotse, and the ethereal aroma of Sakyamuni himself.

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Alternative Therapies for Type 2 Diabetes

Type 2 diabetes is a chronic metabolic disease that has a significant impact on the health, quality of life, and life expectancy of patients, as well as on the health care system. Exercise, diet, and weight control continue to be essential and effective means of improving glucose homeostasis. However, lifestyle management measures may be insufficient or patient compliance difficult, rendering conventional drug therapies (i.e., oral glucose-lowering agents and insulin injection) necessary in many patients. In addition to adverse effects, drug treatments are not always satisfactory in maintaining euglycemia and avoiding late stage diabetic complications. As an alternative approach, medicinal herbs with anti hyperglycemic activities are increasingly sought by diabetic patients and health care professionals. Commonly used herbs and other alternative therapies, less likely to have the side effects of conventional approaches for type 2 diabetes.

Diabetes mellitus is a serious chronic metabolic disorder that has a significant impact on the health, quality of life, and life expectancy of patients, as well as on the health care system. In the United States, diabetes is the sixth leading cause of death. 1 Diabetes is divided into two major categories: type 1 diabetes (formerly known as insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus or IDDM) and type 2 diabetes (formerly known as non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus or NIDDM). The overall prevalence of diabetes is approximately six percent of the population, of which 90 percent is type 2. Treatment and care of diabetes represents a substantial portion of the national health care expenditure, over $105 billion annually. This represents a substantial portion of the health care expenditure more than one of every 10 U. S. health care dollars and one of four Medicare dollars.

Type 2 diabetes represents a syndrome with disordered metabolism of carbohydrate and fat. The most prominent clinical feature is hyperglycemia (fasting plasma glucose level > 126 mg/dL, or glycosylated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) > 6.9%). In most patients with type 2 diabetes, the onset is in adulthood, most commonly in obese people over 40 years of age. Hypertension, hyperlipidemia, hyperinsulinemia, and atherosclerosis are often associated with diabetes.

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Obesity, Smoking and Dieting - Ebook

Obesity and overweight are the last decades, becoming more common, more than half of the west - of the population is overweight and one fifth. obesity in young increase has been rapid. Obesity, particularly when combined - tea, and smoking increase the morbidity of cardiovascular disease, metabolisiin illnesses such as diabetes, and many cancers. Obesity and tobacco are developed countries, the most important preventable causes of death. At the same time, obesity in slimming, and even harmful to health weight loss methods, such as smoking, weight management is a means to become a more general friendly ".

Rapid weight loss-oriented weight reduction is often adverse health effects such as weight gain over the original weight and body changing unhealthy. Three-quarters significantly says have increased the weight back. Smoking and repeated weight reduction effects of overweight and obesity development of NCP - each other.

Rapid weight loss-oriented weight reduction is often adverse health effects such as weight gain over the original weight and body changing unhealthy. Three-quarters significantly says have increased the weight back. Smoking and repeated weight reduction effects of overweight and obesity development of NCP - each other.

Adolescent smoking predicted waist obesity in both sexes and in addition to overweight women. Repeated slimming was the context of late - weight gain and obesity in men. In addition, the repeated - that and smoking were found to be linked in young adults. In older age groups of men who smoke, less than from smoking - tomat. Obesity and waist obesity-related pre - prevention of smoking and repeated reduction of weight reduction may be previously thought effective
methods.

Contents
1 ABSTRACT
2 TIIVISTELMÄ
3 LIST OF ORIGINAL PUBLICATIONS
4 ABBREVIATIONS
5 INTRODUCTION
6 REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

6.1 Obesity
6.2 Dieting, intentional weight loss and weight cycling
6.3 Smoking, dieting, body mass index and abdominal obesity
6.4 Summary of open questions

7 AIMS OF THE STUDY
8 SUBJECTS AND METHODS

8.1 Subjects
8.1.1 FinnTwin16 cohort
8.1.2 The Finnish Twin Cohort
8.1.3 Cohort of male elite athletes

8.2 Measures
8.3 Validity assessment
8.4 Statistical Methods

9 RESULTS

9.1 Smoking and obesity
9.2 Smoking and dieting
9.3 Dieting and obesity

10 DISCUSSION

10.1 Summary of key results
10.2 Smoking, body weight and abdominal obesity
10.3 Smoking and dieting
10.4 Weight cycling and obesity
10.5 Methodological considerations
10.6 Implications for further research and health promotion

11 CONCLUSIONS
12 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
13 REFERENCES
14 APPENDICES

1. Relevant parts of the FinnTwin16 questionnaires
2. Relevant parts of the Finnish Twin Cohort questionnaires
3. Relevant parts of the questionnaire for the cohort of male elite
athletes

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The Science of Being Well - ebook

This volume is the second of a series, the first of which is The Science of Getting Rich. As that book is intended solely for those who want money, so this is for those who want health, and who want a practical guide and handbook, not a philosophical treatise.

It is an instructor in the use of the universal Principle of Life, and my effort has been to explain the way in so plain and simple a fashion that the reader, though he may have given no previous study to New Thought or metaphysics, may readily follow it to perfect health. While retaining all essentials, I have carefully eliminated all non-essentials. I have used no technical, abstruse, or difficult language, and have kept the one point in view at all times.

As its title asserts, the book deals with science, not speculation. The monistic theory of the universe — the theory that matter, mind, consciousness, and life are all manifestations of One Substance — is now accepted by most thinkers, and if you accept this theory, you cannot deny the logical conclusions you will find here.

Best of all, the methods of thought and action prescribed have been tested by the author in his own case and in the case of hundreds of others during twelve years of practice, with continuous and unfailing success.
I can say of the Science of Being Well that it works, and that wherever its laws are complied with, it can no more fail to work than the science of geometry can fail to work. If the tissues of your body have not been so destroyed that continued life is impossible, you can get well, and if you will think and act in a Way, you will get well.

Those who wish more detailed information as to the performance of the voluntary function of eating, I would recommend the writings of Horace Fletcher and of Edward Hooker Dewey. Read these, if you like, as a sort of buttress to your faith, but let me warn you against making the mistake of studying many conflicting theories, and practicing, at the same time, parts of several different “systems.” For if you get well, it must be by giving your WHOLE MIND to the right way of thinking and living.

Remember that the Science of Being Well claims to be a complete and sufficient guide in every particular. Concentrate upon the way of thinking and acting it prescribes, and follow it in every detail, and you will get well, or if you are already well, you will remain so.

Contents:
Preface
Wallace D. Wattles
Chapter 1 - The Principle of Health
Chapter 2 - The Foundations of Faith
Chapter 3 - Life and Its Organisms
Chapter 4 - What to Think
Chapter 5 - Faith
Chapter 6 - Use of the Will
Chapter 7 - Health from God
Chapter 8 - Summary of the Mental Actions
Chapter 9 - When to Eat
Chapter 10 - What to Eat
Chapter 11 - How to Eat
Chapter 12 - Hunger and Appetites
Chapter 13 - In a Nutshell
Chapter 14 - Breathing
Chapter 15 - Sleep
Chapter 16 - Supplementary Instructions
Chapter 17 - Summary of the Science of Being Well 72

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Ebook : choosing a healthy lifestyle

Every day, you make choices about your health — choices that affect the quality of your life. Your physical and emotional well-being are largely determined by the foods you eat, your level of activity, daily habits and general outlook on life.

Millions of Americans suffer from preventable causes of chronic disease and death such as:
* Cancer.
* Diabetes.
* Heart disease.

You may be able to avoid these problems, even if heredity is a factor.

Making good health choices may seem overwhelming. It can be hard to keep up with all the information available to you — and even harder to decide what advice to follow. The best advice is to:

* Understand and address your health risks.
* Do not smoke.
* Increase physical activity.
* Eat healthy foods.
* Develop other healthy habits.

This publication contains tips, tools and resources to help you begin enjoying a healthier life.

Contents
make healthy choices
An introduction
understand risk factors
Assessing your risk for various health issues
Do not smoke
Avoiding tobacco use
increase Physical activity
Improving health and fitness levels
eat healthy foods
Making balanced choices
Develop other healthy habits
Improving your quality of life
live a healthy lifestyle
Enhancing your emotional and mental well-being
get healthy together
Sharing what you have learned
for more information

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Ebook : Healthy Eating, Active Living: An action plan to improve diet, increase physical activity and tackle obesity

This paper outlines how the Scottish Government will use the resources identified in the recent Scottish Budget to improve the nation’s diet, encourage greater physical activity and begin to establish a base for tackling obesity through both targeted interventions and by supporting us all in achieving and maintaining a healthy weight. We have identified key life stages and settings in which we will act.

Scotland has made significant progress in recent years in reducing the number of deaths from chronic disease which has resulted in an increase in life expectancy. 1 However, there is concern that the impact of rising levels of overweight and obese people will reverse that progress.

Contents
Foreword
1. Introduction
2. Trends and Habits in Scotland
3. Building on Success – Strategies, Targets and Goals
4. The Action Plan

4.1 Early Years
4.2 Schools and School Age Children
4.3 Adults and Workplaces
4.4 Older People
4.5 Communities

5. Delivery and Evaluating Success
6. Health Improvement Social Marketing Strategy
7. Developing a Longer Term Strategy to Tackle Obesity
References

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Ebook : Herbal Remedies For Acid Reflux

Gastroesophageal reflux disease is the medical term for what we know as acid reflux. Acid reflux occurs when the stomach releases its liquid back into the esophagus, causing inflammation and damage to the esophageal lining. The regurgitated acid most often consists of a few compounds: acid, bile, and pepsin. Stomach acid is used in the digestion of food and can be a major irritant to the esophagus due to its tendency to damage tissues. Bile is created in the liver and may back up into the stomach, causing it to be released. Pepsin, the last common compound, is actually an enzyme which helps to kick-start the stomach into breaking down proteins.

Once afflicted with acid reflux, a person will generally continue to face the disease for the rest of his or her life. The Esophagitis which is caused by acid reflux can also be expected to be a life-long problem. Once treatment for acid reflux has begun, a patient is usually advised to continue taking the medication for as long as they want to prevent the disease from affecting them.

It may surprise you to know that research has shown most people experience a minor form of regurgitation on a fairly frequent basis. However, those afflicted with acid reflux have a higher acid content in the liquid brought into the esophagus than the liquids of a person who doesn’t have the disease. The fluid also often stays in the esophagus for longer periods of time.

Our bodies do the best they can to prevent acid reflux from actually causing harm. During hours in which a person is awake, the reflux is usually remedied by a simple swallow. Also, the saliva generated in our salivary glands contains bicarbonate, which is a neutralizing agent to the effects of acid. When we sleep, however, we are usually horizontal, causing acid to rest in the esophagus for extended periods of time, which often leads to greater damage.

Acid reflux often leads to heartburn, which is pretty much the defining characteristic and symptom of reflux. The pain of acid reflux can actually be quite similar to angina, which is a serious heart condition. or that reason, you should go to a doctor if you experience heavy heartburn.

Acid reflux is most commonly experienced after eating a meal. People who are afflicted with acid reflux may also experience a complete regurgitation of liquid, leaving a nasty taste in their mouth and esophageal damage. Nausea can also occur in some people with reflux, and it may be accompanied by full-out vomiting.

Heartburn and nausea are the two most common reasons people discover that they are afflicted with reflux. If either of the symptoms sound similar to your personal experience, it's well worth your time to sit down with a health care professional to investigate what can be done to eliminate the problem.

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Ebook : Laser Hair Removal

Laser hair removal is a one of the more popular minimally-invasion cosmetic procedures; in 2006 there were about 887,000 laser hair removal procedures, placing laser hair removal third behind chemical peels and Botox® in terms of numbers of procedures performed.

Laser hair removal works by using a laser to locate the hair, then “stun” it. The hair then falls out. The laser, delivered in bursts over a small area of skin, detects the pigment in the hair against the background skin color; the contrast of dark hair on light skin gives the best contrast, and usually better results than other combinations of hair and skin color. Darker skin, for example, may require use of a lower powered laser (and hence more treatments).
One laser pulse can cover more than one hair, providing a quicker treatment when compared to techniques such as electrolysis. About one-third of the hairs do not grow back after a treatment. Complete hair removal will most likely involve multiple treatments.

Questions about whether the technique is a medical procedure, and who should be able to perform the procedure, have been raised. The Texas Medical Board attempted to formulate a rule designed to answer those questions; this rule was challenged by lawsuits, and then those lawsuits were abated when legislation on the subject was introduced into the Texas legislature.

Currently the situation is at a stalemate. The Legislature has not enacted legislation on laser hair removal, the lawsuits remain undecided, and the Texas Medical Board has recently decided to repeal the rule. The uncertainty leaves physicians, non-physician providers of the service, and potential clients without clear guidance regarding whether laser hair removal is a medical procedure, and what qualifications may be demanded of those performing the procedure.

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Ebook : Herbal D-Tox Cookbook For Cleansing

Out with the old and in with the new. Detoxification is one of the central concepts of natural healing. Why? It is impossible to build healthy new tissue without eliminating old cells and their by-products. This has never been truer than in modern society. We are being flooded continuously with synthetic chemicals, hormones and toxic material in our food, air, cosmetics and clothing. Even a person with a healthy diet comes into contact with all sorts of these undesirable toxins. Our ancestors felt it was very important to cleanse at least twice each year and they had an organic diet by default. Some of the best times to cleanse are during spring and fall, as these are the same times nature goes through a similar organic process. A “detox” is also a good way to start a new, healthy routine, increasing the potential outcome of the program. Many of my patients like to cleanse at the beginning of a weight loss program or during the festive season so they don’t feel as guilty for their over-consumption. A “detox” does not have to be a time of deprivation; it can be a time of good, nourishing food and a time of inner focus. This cookbook is designed to help you have a festive time with your food plan as you go through the cleansing process.

Well over 70% of my patients do a cleansing program at least once a year. This is becoming one of the major reasons people visit a health food store. Often this is the only program they do during the year. It is also very helpful to get you back on track to better nutrition maintenance if you have slipped up a little by over-consumption. During a “detox”, people often report that they feel lighter, less bloated, more energy and just generally clearer. Some people experience a mild headache or even nausea during the first day or two of changing their diet and using herbal products. This feeling of malaise usually disappears by day four or five of the detoxification process.

During a detoxification program, it is important to cleanse the intestinal tract, the liver, blood, lymphatic system, and the urinary tract. We suggest that a twelve-day cleansing diet, supported with botanicals, is a good ‘tune-up’ for the body. It will also help you get the most benefit out of the other supplements in your health program. One of the most important rules of natural healing is ‘cleanse a little, build a little, then cleanse a little and build a little more’. By incorporating this cycle into a health program, we can copy nature in its never-ending cycle of seasonal changes. People often go into other health maintenance programs after the Herbal D-Tox. Some of the most common programs are: weight loss, arthritis, liver rejuvenation, Candida, blood sugar maintenance or a parasite cleanse.

At the Wild Rose Clinic, we usually start most health programs with a “detox” program as it can result in better compliance and effectiveness of long-term health programs. We suggest the use of an herbal “detox” program 100 times more often than a fast. If you cleanse too hard, as can happen during a fast, you often end up with a “Healing Crisis”. This is a term from the early days of botanical medicine, which refers to an acute condition associated with therapeutic treatment. Symptoms can range from headaches and nausea to fever and rashes, and can be very unpleasant. Healing crises are similar to shifting gears without a clutch; the gears grind. If a treatment plan involves slower cleansing with a healthy Meal Plan, as outlined in this book, the gears don’t grind and we can usually avoid the crisis.

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Ebook : Micro Food Macro Blessing

Two thirds of the world is covered with water. The earliest life form, which began in water, was algae. There are around 25,000 species of algae in the world. Walk on the beach and you will find seaweed, which are the biggest forms of algae, some like little trees with roots, stems, branches and leaves. Kelp and carrageen moss are the best known seaweed and are red or brown in colour. At the other end of the big family are tiny single-celled algae which are the most primitive plants on earth. Many people react
negatively when thinking about algae because the first thing that comes to their mind is algae in swimming pools or toxic algae like the blue-green algae in Australian rivers. With increasing world population and decreasing agricultural land, algae is discussed more frequently for its nutritional value as a future food source which we desperately need. The nutritional as well as the therapeutic value of algae varies with the water’s quality (minerals, nutrition, pH), the water temperature, ocean currents and the intensity of sunlight.

The degree of pollution in waters for food production is a concerning factor for the qualities of the product. The most prominent food alga is Spirulina. Chlorella, fresh water green algae, is one of the smallest organisms and is approximately the size of a human red blood cell. Spirulina is approximately 100 times larger and gets its name from the shape of the plant which looks like little spirals. The dark green colour of Spirulina comes from the high amount of plant blood or in other words, chlorophyll, which is only one molecule different to haemoglobin in human blood. Chlorophyll in plants is collected sunlight. All energy on the earth comes from only one source, the sun. First life, and with the first life the first food or, so we have been told, the algae. Algae can live on water and sunlight only. Humans are not as lucky because they cannot live from sun energy directly. They are on top of the food chain. The lowest on the food chain is the chlorophyll in our nature or in other words the “green” in our nature. Green matter is eaten by animals and animals are eaten by humans. To feed a human being in Western countries, with high meat consumption, the land use per head is 800 times higher than if we were to eat algae directly. The largest mammal on earth is the whale which lives solely on phyto-plankton algae; the largest mammal on land is the elephant which eats green matter only.

The diet of humans has changed a few times since they first walked on the earth. For most of the time we only gathered the seasonal foods - roots, fruits and seeds available within an hour's walking distance and we hunted and fished; the only food intake was fresh. As we became more sophisticated we started to preserve our food by smoking, salting and drying. The oldest and still the best way of preservation is lactic acid fermentation as in sauerkraut where the nutrients and vitamins are preserved as well. Only in recent years have we learned to preserve by heating, drying and freezing, and part of our food's value is lost during its processing.

I was introduced to Spirulina in 1984 by a good friend who worked in Spirulina research for a very long time, and she gave me my first book on Spirulina, Food from Sunlight, by Christopher Hills.

Contents
Introduction
Why Spirulina?
First Food
Spirulina as Food for Humans
Commercial Spirulina
Australian Spirulina
Spirulina is not Spirulina ?
Natural and Processed Foods
Super Food
The biggest selling items
Health Food 18
The Sun Food Spirulina
Total Food - Whole Food
Dosage - how much should I take?
Does Spirulina Have Negative Side Effects?
Spirulina - Drug or Food?
Spirulina as a Food Additive
Recipes
Spirulina for Better Health
The Complete Protein
Radicals. Eh?
Vitamins through the Alphabet
Vitamins Supplied by Spirulina
Other Good Things!
Chlorophyll - The Green Gold
Minerals
Typical chemical analysis of Spirulina
Nutritional Information
Best value for your money
Overdose of, or Too Much of a Good Thing
Spirulina for General Well Being and Body Cleansing
What people have experienced using Spirulina
Acne
AIDS
Allergies
Anaemia
Arthritis
Cancer
Depression
Pain
Protection against Radiation
Heavy metal detoxification
Cholesterol, Hypertension, Arteriosclerosis
Pancreatitis
Loss of Vision, Cataracts and Glaucoma 48
Hepatitis and Cirrhosis
Spirulina - Micro Food Macro Blessing
Gastric and Duodenal Ulcers
Sexual Vitality
Anti ageing
Slimming - Spirulina for the Ideal Weight 50
Spirulina for Beauty
Future Food
Land area required to grow one food ration per year
Water Use
Energy Use
Chemical-free Food production 60
What will we be eating tomorrow?
Food for the Hunger in the World
Spirulina affordable for starving people?
The now ill and starving people will be as
healthy as Western society.
Growing your own Spirulina at home?
Plants and Animals
Spirulina compared to Chlorella and Green Barley
Other Spirulina Products
Bibliography

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Ebook : European Guidelines for Prevention in Low Back Pain

Low back pain (LBP) is defined as pain and discomfort, localised below the costal margin and above the inferior gluteal folds, with or without leg pain. Non-specific (common) low back pain is defined as low back pain not attributed to recognisable, known specific pathology (e.g. infection, tumour, osteoporosis, ankylosing spondylitis, fracture, inflammatory process, radicular syndrome or cauda equina syndrome).

Acute low back pain is usually defined as the duration of an episode of low back pain persisting for less than 6 weeks; sub-acute low back pain as low back pain persisting between 6 and 12 weeks; chronic low back pain as low back pain persisting for 12 weeks or more. Whilst this categorisation is convenient for clinical purposes, it is less helpful when considering the matter of prevention, where back pain and its consequences tend to occur in an episodic manner (de Vet et al. 2002).

In this guideline, recommendations concern common low back pain, covering both
episodic and persistent symptoms: recurrent low back pain is defined as a new episode after a symptom-free period, not an exacerbation of persistent low back pain.

The WG considered that, overall, non-specific low back pain is important not so much for its existence as for its consequences. Therefore, this guideline considers the consequences of common low back pain to be a primary concern for prevention. Consequences are important from the perspectives of the individual and of society. They include broad issues such as recurrence (including severity and disability), work loss, care seeking, health-related quality of life, and compensation.

The lifetime prevalence of low back pain is reported as over 70% in industrialised countries (one-year prevalence 15% to 45%, adult incidence 5% per year).. The prevalence rate during school age approaches that seen in adults (Watson et al. 2002; Taimela et al. 1997), increasing from childhood to adolescence (Balague et al. 1999), and peaking between ages 35 and 55 (Andersson 1997). Symptoms, pathology, and radiological appearances are poorly correlated. Pain cannot be attributed to pathology or neurological encroachment in about 85% of people. A role of genetic influence on liability to back pain is suggested from recent research (Hestbaek et al. 2004; MacGregor et al. 2004).

Acute low back pain is usually considered to be self-limiting (recovery rate 90% within 6 weeks) but 2%-7% of people develop chronic pain. Recurrent and chronic back pain is widely acknowledged to account for a substantial proportion of total workers’ absenteeism. About half the days lost from work are accounted for by the 85% of people away from work for short periods (<7>1 month; this is reflected in the social costs of back pain, where some 80% of the health care and social costs are for the 10% with chronic pain and disability (Nachemson et al. 2000).

These statistics, however, tend to be based on the clinically convenient classification of acute and chronic, which does not fully reflect the pattern of back pain among the population. Recent evidence shows that back pain manifests as an untidy pattern of symptomatic periods interspersed with less troublesome periods (Croft et al. 1998; Hestbaek et al. 2003a; de Vet et al. 2002), though for some the symptoms (and associated disability) may become persistent. Around two-thirds of people are likely to experience relapses of pain over 12-months, and around a third are likely to have relapses of work absence (Hestbaek et al. 2003b). These issues present interpretive difficulties when considering prevention, but are considered, as far as is practical, in the formulation of this guideline.

Importantly, for the scope of this guideline, back pain should be seen as an issue for all ages, and all sectors of society: the prevalence in adolescents is similar to adults (Watson et al. 2002), and the prevalence in workers generally does not dramatically differ from non workers (Nachemson et al. 2000). It is important to distinguish between the presence of symptoms, care seeking, work loss, and disability; these have different prevalence rates and are influenced by a varying balance of biological, psychological, and social factors (Burton Page 8 8 1997; Nachemson et al. 2000). For instance, an episode of back pain can occur for no apparent reason or may result from some strenuous event (whether during work or leisure), whilst disability and sick leave are influenced largely by psychosocial factors (Waddell & Burton 2000).

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Ebook : The Seven Secrets of a Good Diet

There is so much conflicting information about a good diet, that people often come to me and really don’t know what to do anymore. Is it best to eat everything cooked, baked and steamed, like in Macrobiotics, or is it better to eat it all raw, as the Rawfood movement prescribes. Is it better to take supplements and if so, which ones? Or can we simply do without? In this report I will provide answers to such questions, based on my experience in with nutrition over the past 30 years.

My first interest in diet arose at age thirteen. At high school there was a girl in my year that was vegetarian. She was so passionate about it that I became interested in what I ate. At the age of sixteen, I spent some time in London and found a book named “Not all in the Mind” by Dr. Richard Mackarness, “How Unsuspected Food Allergy Can Affect Your Body – And Your Mind”. It explained the negative effect of different foods on behavior. From then on I became even more interested in the effect of different foods on our wellbeing.

When I started talking about this subject, many people thought there was something wrong with me, especially when I told them that food does have an effect on behavior. Years later the same people came back to me for dietary advice. Slowly but steadily medical science becomes convinced, that there is a strong relationship between diet and physical and psychological wellbeing.

Now what is really a good diet?
In this report I’ll share with you the seven important secrets, when it comes to diet. Very soon my complete book full of practical tips and recipes will be available on this website.

Contents
Secret 1: A good diet is personal
Secret 2: A good diet takes environment and season into consideration
Secret 3: A good diet stresses the importance of pure water
Secret 4: A good diet consists of natural foods
Secret 5: A goo
Secret 6: A good diet is eaten in the right mindset
Secret 7: A moderate diet is the key to a long and healthy life
Conclusion
Medical Disclaimer

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