A few months ago I saw  a documentary on the Discovery Channel about sleepwalkers who have sex while they are in a dream state. This documentary called ” Sleep Sex: My Shoking Story”  featured real sleep walkers who were at parties, or even at home with their spouses and they fell into a type of dream state, engaging in activities that they have no memory of. One guy even was tried for rape, and a wife was on the verge of divorce because her husband said that her dream personality was too aggressive. Here is the link to the documentary http://www.ninjavideo.net/video/29705.

Naturally, I did a double take at this odd story and I did a little investigating  to find out if this was real, what happened and why.

What is it?

 NREM Arousal Parasomnia is the technical  term for this disorder. It’s a type of REM sleep state that resembles sleep walking and other sleep disorders.

How Can I Get This?

When I heard about this, I was sure that this type of crazy thing could never happen to me, but it turns out that people who have breathing disorders like sleep apnea, athsma, respiratory infections or even people who snore a lot are more likely to be affected with some type of parasomnia/ sleep walking.

Treatment…?

So let’s say you find out that you’re a sleep sexer (yikes!!!), what can you do about it? Although this syndrome is still kind of a mystery to doctors, they found that by curing the sleep apnea, or breathing disorders, that people stopped experiencing episodes of parasomnia. Their brains were being deprived of oxygen before and operating in some lower brain capacity, but when the oxygen levels increased, they were able to function normally. Also, doctors have tried using Clonzazepam commonly known as  Klonopin which is a type of muscle relaxant used to treat epilepsy.

I encourage you all to watch the documentary and post your thoughts. This was kind of a bizarre disease to find out about.

A Few Natural Antibiotics

By Joseph Parish

In today’s modern society more and more people are becoming aware of the antibiotic properties associated with raw, crushed garlic cloves. These popular ingredients when placed in a spoonful of native honey do a fair job of fighting off various illnesses. This combination may perhaps burn your stomach as it goes down but it is just about guaranteed to provide positive results.

Garlic has been known to be effective against bacteria, funguses, microbes, parasites, and viruses. As a survivalist, I would highly recommend that everyone maintain a small supply of garlic growing in their gardens at all times.

Additional healing products include vitamin’s C, D, Olive leaf, Oregano, and Zinc. I recommend that you obtain a good textbook on home remedies to use as a quick reference guide and be sure to study the book well. The best way to actually study these plants is to select them one at a time and learn all you can about that particular plant.  

As you become familiar with the various medicinal plants you will discover many different healing herbs that are not only easy to find but also simple to grow. If you have the space to do so by all means plant some healing herbs in your backyard. 

Climate permitting you may wish to read up on plantain. This item grows just about everywhere as a common “weed” and has proven to be a superb skin healer. To see its effect yourself, try rubbing some crushed leaves on the next sting or bug bite that you receive. I personally like the thought of learning all I can about various natural healers as it tends to make me much less dependent upon the both the pharmacies and the doctors. 

Another great choice in antibiotics is colloidal silver. I choose to make my own at home since I would then know exactly how it is made. The major problem associated with CS is the lack of proper filtering after it is made. By making the CS myself I feel more confident about the product then if I merely purchased it at a local heath food store. I use a home made colloidal silver generator and it has been successful in killing bacteria and viruses. When using one of these generators make certain that you use as pure of silver probes as you can obtain. They should be at least 99.999 % pure silver.

As you review your above mentioned reference guide you will no doubt come up with other useful herbs and plants to use in your battle against germs and bacteria. You will also want to avoid chemically laden “food” while alternately choosing the more natural products for consumption.

Copyright @2010 Joseph Parish

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Statistics show doctors  are too eager to do hysterectomies. A UCLA study published in 2007 showed that 70% of all hysterectomies were inappropriately recommended. Doctors are still performing them, often unnecessarily on more than a half million women every year. Insurance companies pay big time for these surgeries, and very little for alternate treatments that might be more appropriate. Hysterectomies are actually going into the larger numbers every year. Women under 44 who suffer heavy bleeding, which is usually caused by endometriosis, are getting the brunt of these unnecessary surgeries.

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There is actually a less complicated treatment for women who have endometriosis that is an outpatient procedure. It is the removal of the uterine lining. The patient can be back at work the next day. Almost all women have to deal with pain and heavy bleeding at some point so we need to educate women to know what to expect and what is appropriate.

Some doctors perform hysterectomies because it’s the only procedure they know to help a woman who complains of heavy bleeding and pain. Another reason is because doctors are paid well by insurance companies for doing hysterectomies. Using an alternate treatment means a huge loss in salary. Some alternate treatments are done by radiologists, resulting in the surgeon losing out completely.

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Other doctors reason, if you are through having kids, why not take the uterus and ovaries out and be rid of any worry about cancer of those organs. Experts don’t believe a fear of uterine cancer warrants an unnecessary surgery. Women often fear fibroid tumors will turn cancerous but a study shows that is not the case, says lead researcher Kristen Kjerulff, Ph. D.

Here are some fixes that don’t involve hysterectomy.

1.Problem: Painful Heavy Bleeding, The Fix, Birth control often works. The pill stops ovulation, reduces buildup of the uterine wall and reduces the amount of blood lost each month.

2. Problem: Irregular Bleeding Cycles, The Fix, Egocentrically Ablation, A procedure that destroys a thin lining of the uterus with either extreme cold, heat,an electric current or hot salt water. May need to have it done again in a few years.

3.Problem: Large Fibroids, The Fix, Uterine Artery Embolization, A method of stopping blood flow to fibroids so they shrink and die. Requires an overnight stay in the hospital. 10% develop new ones

4. Problem: Large Trouble Making Fibroids, The Fix, Myomectomy, A cutting away of fibroids inside the uterus. Usually done through small abdominal incisions. Sometimes with conventional incisions. Means a two to four day stay in the hospital. About 11% develop new fibroids.

After looking at all the options you can decide what you think is best for you. If you plan to have children these alternate options will give you that window of opportunity.

After keeping all this in mind there is still another choice to make. Should you keep your ovaries or let them go? Researchers have found the risk of dying from heart disease caused by the loss of ovarian hormones is almost 20 times greater than risk of dying from ovarian cancer. Keep this in mind and talk to your doctor about all your options.

http://www.triond.com/rw/6239

http://healthmad.com/women/do-a-breast-examination/

http://healthmad.com/beauty/cosmetic-safety/

http://healthmad.com/conditions-and-disease/dermotologists-and-skin-cancer/

http://healthmad.com/healthcare-industry/should-you-go-into-nursing/

http://healthmad.com/health/sex-is-good-for-your-health/

Music: Pop || Workout: Running.

As far as I’m concerned, everyone should have the hustlin’ spirit. A hustler is a go getter, someone who is always on the move trying to “get theirs.” So get on your grind (your gym grind included) if you haven’t already this year.

Inspirational Quote: If you wish to find,you must search.Rarely does a good idea interrupt you. Jim Rohn.
(Photo Credit: brenbot)

Music: Pop || Workout: Running.

As far as I’m concerned, everyone should have the hustlin’ spirit. A hustler is a go getter, someone who is always on the move trying to “get theirs.” So get on your grind (your gym grind included) if you haven’t already this year.

Inspirational Quote: If you wish to find,you must search.Rarely does a good idea interrupt you. Jim Rohn.
(Photo Credit: brenbot)

Rihanna ft. Jeezy. Hard.
Featured on the InStep Workout Playlist.

Sometimes you just have to go hard and push through whatever is trying to hold you back. It might hurt like hell, but we WILL make it to the other side. That’s what I think about when I hear this song. It’s on my weights playlist and I suggest you put it on yours too! Buy it on iTunes or Amazon.com.

Motivation Quote: “Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.” Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Rihanna ft. Jeezy. Hard.
Featured on the InStep Workout Playlist.

Sometimes you just have to go hard and push through whatever is trying to hold you back. It might hurt like hell, but we WILL make it to the other side. That’s what I think about when I hear this song. It’s on my weights playlist and I suggest you put it on yours too! Buy it on iTunes or Amazon.com.

Motivation Quote: “Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.” Ralph Waldo Emerson.

There must be quite a few things that a hot bath won’t cure, but I don’t know many of them. ~Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar