A Better Immune System Booster

It’s the most natural wonder of the world that a baby is born and gets their first food from the mother’s bosom. 

We call it mother’s milk but as with all mammals, for a while after birth it’s exceptionally rich in colostrum.

Colostrum provides the very first boost to the baby’s immune system. The milk is a way of ensuring the digestive system is working and this is why babies are usually a few months old before the next stage of mashed soft solids. 

Colostrum can be taken as a supplement later in life and is frequently and legally taken by many athletes. In its original form for the baby, it’s just about the most concentrated food stuff packed with anti-bodies.

This in adults has had a remarkable result in staving off flu. If we all took it then most of us would not need that once a year flu jab.

If asked what is colostrum most people would not know the answer. But the bovine version adults can buy is like the mother’s milk, low in fat by very high in protein.

It’s also helped people sort minor digestive problems like gut pains and diarrhoea. Packed with natural antibodies and nutrients it can many benefits that we may not even have explored fully.

Most of a person’s immune system exists within their guts. That early helping a new-born gets is vital to giving the child a better chance of fighting diseases.

Athletes put themselves through a lot of stress in their training and anything that helps to keep a strong immune system is a good thing. In fact, some gastroenterologist recently suggested that it may well be beneficial for soldiers particularly in the heat of the Middle East conflicts.

Whatever your beliefs, there is no question that this is one of nature’s finest products in terms of human well-being. As grown adults would probably end up in gaol if going for the original source, then the supplement is the safer bet.

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How Can You Tell If a Supplement Brand Is Any Good?

The supplement market is a multi-billion dollar industry. That’s a lot of supplementing people are doing! However, as with all large markets, there is some variation in the quality of the products. Some supplements are excellent, some are OK, and some are frankly dangerous. If you're buying such products, it’s important that you understand the difference. Today, we’re going to teach you how to spot a good brand. 

 

1. Popularity

Yes, as with many things, the more popular the product, the more likely it is to be good. People like it because it works and because they find that it offers value for money. If people didn’t think this, the brand would be unable to sell their products at such a large volume.

2. If the Brand Is Stocked by Supermarkets and High-Street Health Shops

The supermarkets and high street shops are very heavily regulated. They have to adhere to many different rules, including health and safety rules and fairness of sales. This means that the products you find on their shelves are safe and reasonably offered. There may be the occasional product that slips through the net, but it is soon discovered and scandal quickly follows.

Brands such as Biocare products, Natrol, and BioKult are all stocked by several supermarkets and high street shops, so you can tell that they are a decent brand.

3. If They Have a Decent Business Record

If you find a brand that you like, look them up on Companies House. N.B. we’re assuming that you're reading this in the UK. Companies House is a list of all businesses in the UK that turnover more than £80K per year. It provides a variety of information on the company, including how long they have existed, and how much money they have turned over. It can give you a wealth of information on a specific company.

For example, if you were to look up Biocare products, you would find that it’s been around since 2006 – that’s a relatively long time, and more than enough time for them to build a good, or bad, reputation. It’s clearly not bad, or they would have closed by now.

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Feel The Benefits Of Extra Vitamins

We get most of our vitamins from natural products and until something as essential as vitamin C was recognised through scurvy on naval warships and the lack of this, we now understand more about what products give which vitamins.

The answer to the scurvy as most of us will know, was to give sailors fresh lemon or limes. And hence the Americans giving us the name limeys.

Even though our understanding of vitamins and their source through foods is better understood, we can still lack some of them if our diet is poor. 

It’s an eating problem with usually too many carbohydrates and sugars that can lead to an outbreak of candida. 

This irritating condition leads to a number of possible cures. One of these is the humble bayberry although for some strange EU reason it’s discouraged. In its place we can now buy a supplement known as a wild endive formula.

This medicinal herb has been known about for centuries and in many parts of the world is taken to help certain liver problems. 

Most modern medicine we are prescribed owe their origin to ancient medicine that was derived from plants. The most quoted example is an aspirin that is the most widely taken pill in the world.

Its origin goes back to the bark of willow trees and the salicylic acid that it contains. Some ancient Egyptian presumably had a monstrous headache, maybe even a hangover, and for some strange reason chewed on the bark of this tree.

It quickly became the fashion to do this for headaches and high temperatures.

Bayberries also contain lecithin and this is useful helping with brain function. Some dementia sufferers are known to benefit from its use. This doesn’t imply it’s a cure but it is thought that it may slow down this disease.

As a supplement it’s an easy way to take daily as instructed. But in the wild it grows in abundance and at certain times of the year when the leaves are fresh and young it can make a pleasant addition to any salad.

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Four Things That Helped Me Manage My Chronic Fatigue

Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is horrid, and I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. Initially, it’s a whole host of confusion, wondering what’s wrong with you and why the doctors aren’t helping. Then, after numerous tests (months of tests, sometimes even years), the doctor eventually tells you that you have CFS.

The diagnosis is both a blessing and curse, a blessing, because you finally have answers, but a curse, because you have CFS and it takes a lot of effort to try to live a normal life. Over the years, I’ve learned to manage my CFS fairly well, and I wanted to share a few things with you.

Pacing

Yep, all doctors will recommend this and it’s true, it does work. It takes a long time to get right, though. And most people try to push themselves too far.

The key to successful pacing is stopping before you become tired! Don’t stop once tiredness sets in: stop before it sets in. Even if you only mange 10seconds a day to begin with, it’s an upward trajectory if you stop at the right time, i.e. before you become tired.

Supplements

Doctors tend not to recommend supplements, but I’ve found a few that work. These are Oxygen element max, magnesium, Co-Enzyme Q10, Iron, and folic acid.

The technique I use is to mix them up and not take them every day regularly. For example, on a Monday, I might take Oxygen element max, on a Tuesday some Iron, Wednesday Q10, and magnesium, Thursday magnesium again.

This intermittent consumption of supplements seems to work much better than taking the same supplement every day. I think when I take it every day, my body somehow gets used to them and doesn’t process them in a way that gives me energy.

Good Diet

A good diet has given me so much strength to deal with CFS. I make sure that I eat plenty of fruit, veg, starch, and meat. I avoid junk food where I can. Yes, junk food is lovely, but unfortunately, eating it tends to make me feel bad the next day.

Meditation and Self-Help Books

Finally, I realised that I needed my brain to function as rationally and calm as I could muster. I used to be stressed about the CFS, but with these exercises, I feel so much better. I personally recommend the Dr Claire Weekes books and the Headspace app. They’re both fantastic.