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The story of a certain allergy to the SUN and a few words about health
For many years, I struggled with a terrible, painful, and very burdensome allergy to the sun! As far as I can remember, it started about 20 years ago – at first, just a slight redness and itching, then over the years, swelling, a huge red wrinkled patch that itched so terribly that it could drive one crazy! The allergy always appeared on the outer sides of both arms and the entire neckline and neck. Changing tanning creams didn’t help, drinking calcium with quercetin didn’t help, NOTHING helped! Finally, when I ended up at the emergency room in Norway – because I only got allergic reactions from simply WALKING in the…
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Microbiome – superorganism!
For centuries, the focus was solely on the study of the pathogenic properties of microorganisms. However, how to shows the presence of microbes on the surface as well inside our body does not necessarily mean a state that deviates from physiology. Both skin and mucous membranes of organs such as: nose, mouth, genitals and digestive system are naturally colonized by various microorganisms. The ratio of the number of bacterial cells to the cells of the human body is as much as 1.3:1. Means that the number of bacterial cells inhabiting our the body exceeds the number of human cells. These beneficial bacteria – this whole magical environment we call the…
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Health alphabet #1 Vitamin D3
Yes, yes, it’s not a mistake that I start the health alphabet with vitamin D3 and not with vitamin A 😉* The most important,* the most underrated* its deficiency causes serious diseases* and we usually have too little of this vitamin 🙁 Let’s start from scratch: What is this?Vitamin D, along with vitamins A, E and K, belongs to the group fat-soluble vitamins. She was discoveredonly in 1919 by Mellanbe, who for the first time the first to show that rickets could be caused by eficiencies in the diet of soluble substances in fats. Vitamin D can be supplied to the body in two ways – with food products or…
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Food in plastic? NO! BPA (bisfenol A) is your poison!
The plastic monomer and plasticizer bisphenol A (BPA) is one of the highest volume chemicals produced worldwide. BPA is used in the production of polycarbonate plastics, epoxy resins used to line metal cans, and in many plastic consumer products including: cans, plastic bottles (pets), plastic food packaging, food containers, thermal paper, baby bottles, toys, water pipes, drinking containers, eyeglass lenses, sports safety equipment, dental monomers, medical equipment and tubing, and consumer electronics (1). BPA can contaminate food, beverage, air, and soil. It accumulates in several human tissues and organs and is potentially harmful to human health through different molecular mechanisms. Due to its hormone-like properties, BPA may bind to estrogen…
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Daily activity
My friends often ask how to be healthy, what to do to be in good shape and how to live a long and happy life 🙂 To be honest, I don’t know the golden recipe, but I’ll tell you what I do 😉I love the mountains – so I try to do a little training on Floyen at least once a week,I also need good stretching – so I do stretching yoga twice a week – usually 20-30 min,I also need to strengthen my muscles – so 2 times a week I do strengthening workouts – with dumbbells, leg weights and bands – 30-40 min.On the weekend I read books,…
