A Wisdom Archive on nutritional

NUTRITIONAL THERAPY: The diet can have dramatic influences on our health and well being. If we recognise that the body chemistry of each person is different, the need for different diets is apparent.

 
(See also: NUTRITIONAL THERAPY, Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul )

Nutrition therapy: Counseling on a broad range of topics from food groups and categories to allergies and lifestyle change to vitamins and herbal supplements.

 
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Nutritional Counseling: Nutritionists counsel clients on a wide variety of issues ranging from proper levels of vitamins, minerals and other nutrients to weight loss, food allergies and optimal health. Many follow a "whole foods" approach to proper diet.

 
(See also: Nutritional Counseling , Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul)
 

Ayurveda and Yoga can be called sister sciences of 'self-healing and self-realisation'. Both evolved from a Vedic background in ancient India, based on the same philosophy, sharing many practices. Ayurveda, the 'yogic form of healing', is aimed at bringing us back into harmony with our true Self or Atman . The great Ayurvedic teacher Charaka defines Ayurveda as the harmony of body, prana , mind and soul. Patanjali defines yoga as controlling the mind in order to realise the Purusha .
 

 
(See also: Ayurveda, God and Religion, Peace on Earth, Peace of Mind, Love and Happiness, Life and Beyond, Body Mind and Soul )

Read more here: » Ayurveda: Ayurveda and Yoga - Healing Touch  

A man who wished to be initiated into meditation went to a great sage and asked to be accepted as his disciple. The sage made him close his eyes gently and told him that the first step of meditation was to practise compassion. "Amity, compassion, amity, compassion" - the sage kept repeating.
 
The man, however, was not concentrating. Finally he opened his eyes and begged to be allowed to say something. "I can wish everybody well but my neighbour. I have a lawsuit against him. Can I leave him out?"

 
(See also: Love and Happiness, Life and Beyond, Body Mind and Soul )

Read more here: » Love and Happiness: Forgive and Forget To Create Amity

Electrolyte drinks containing sodium and potassium salts are used to replenish the body's water and electrolyte levels after dehydration caused by exercise, diaphoresis, diarrhea, vomiting or starvation. Giving pure water to such a person is not the best way to restore fluid levels, because it dilutes the salts inside the body's cells and interferes with their chemical functions. This can lead to water intoxication. Sports drinks such as Gatorade are electrolyte drinks with large amounts of added carbohydrates, such as glucose, to pro ...

Read more here: » Electrolyte: Encyclopedia II - Electrolyte - Nutrition

Bruce Lee cared deeply about his physical fitness and tracked the evolution of his training in personal notes and diary, which have been recollected and published in The Bruce Lee Library by John Little, a "martial arts historian" from The Bruce Lee Estate. Lee typically exhibited a muscular and very lean appearance in his films, particularly in his upper body. Bruce Lee felt many martial artists of his day lacked the necessary physical fitness to back up their fighting skills. In his book the Tao of Jeet Kune Do, he wrote " ...

Read more here: » Bruce Lee: Encyclopedia II - Bruce Lee - Physical Training Fitness and Nutrition

In physiology, the primary ions of electrolytes are sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, chloride, phosphate, and bicarbonate. All higher lifeforms require a subtle and complex electrolyte balance between the intracellular and extracellular milieu. In particular, the maintenance of precise osmotic gradients of electrolytes is important. Such gradients affect and regulate the hydration of the body, blood pH, and a ...

Read more here: » Electrolyte: Encyclopedia II - Electrolyte - Physiology

Nutritional Medicine: Practitioners use diet and vitamin/mineral supplements to help the body fight illness and injury and maintain overall health and longevity. The underlying philosophy suggests that the modern diet lacks some essential nutritional elements.

 
(See also: Nutritional Medicine, Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul )