Ethan Walker
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Ethan Walker Quick Facts
Ethan has been pursuing healthy living and a natural diet since 1968. He has been a vegetarian since that time and has been a vegan since 2007. His primary influence is Dr. John McDougall, MD, who proposes a dietary lifestyle based on a whole foods, low-fat, vegan way of eating. He is a musician and played professionally until about the age of 40. He has written 3 books on spirituality - The Mystic Christ, Finding God's Love and Soft Moon Shining. Ethan's goal is to be in harmony with the order of the universe as much as possible. His current project is a natural remedies website Great Natural Home Remedies
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Acne Home Remedy - Diet is the Ultimate Cure
In the United States, about 85 percent of all teenagers will suffer with acne with many of these persons carrying the affliction into their adult years. Nonetheless, there is a very effective home remedy and cure for acne. Without a doubt, the waves of hormones that come with puberty are responsible for an increase in the secretion of sebum (skin oil) which is associated with the onslaught of acne. Some researchers have forwarded the theory that acne is a skin problem that is genetically transmitted.
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Constipation with Diet As Home Remedy
Ask 10 people what is constipation and you will get 10 different answers. There are some people who have bowel movements once a week or every 10 days and only then with the aid of a powerful laxative. This pattern is accepted as normal because it has become a habit and they don't know any other way. Any of us would view this as normal function of the bowel if that is all we had known since we were children.
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Heart Disease Natural Home Remedy with Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Diet
It is widely recognized that the omega-3 fatty acids, DHA, EPA and ALA, are vital nutrients. Medical literature contains volumes of research data that underscore the advantages of omega-3 fatty acids as a natural home remedy for preventing and combating heart disease. Omega-3s have demonstrated their ability to lower pulse pressure, improve the regulation of blood pressure, improve levels of lipids, reduce inflammation, prevent the accumulation of arterial plaque and lower the possibility of sudden death by heart attack.
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Type 2 Diabetes And Diet Natural Home Remedy
High blood sugar is the most obvious symptom of type 2 diabetes from which over 20 million people suffer in the United States. What follows this are other serious complications such as vision loss, failure of kidneys and heart disease. This is what we should fear if we have developed diabetes. Diet is the most effective natural home remedy and treatment for type 2 diabetes. This is a disease of over-consumption and is caused by the rich fatty sugary diet that is common in the west. We observe in cultures which still eat their traditional diet, that diabetes is not common.
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Try Some Basic Natural Cures against Cancer
With the various changes in lifestyle over the last decade or so, we have seen a huge increase in the number of cancer cases all around the world and especially in highly developed countries like the USA. The good news is there are significant natural cures for cancer that are available today. Though the occurrence of cancer has increased manifold, the treatment for the same has not progressed much and even today, with all the advances in the medical field, the success rate for the treatment is only about 3% and our medical advances haven’t been able to make much progress.
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Allergy Natural Home Remedies for Springtime
Hurrah! Spring has finally come! This is a good opportunity to look at natural home remedies for allergies. Most of the time, spring brings beautiful aspects such as—small baby birds, blossoming buds, and even small bunnies —this season brings some additional suffering related sources to millions of people suffering from allergies and having to brace for the sneezes, sniffles and wheezes of this early season. One of the most common allergies is hay fever which affects one in five Americans.
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Fluoride Health Dangers in Drinking Water
Did you know that the fluoride in drinking water can be dangerous to your health? Fluoride is commonly added to the water supplies of 60% of our cities to improve dental health. Some reports suggest that fluoride is directly linked to the increased rates of thyroid related disease. It doesn’t improve dental health instead it causes hypothyroidism, cancer and a host of other serious health problems.
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Health Benefits of Soy
Much propaganda has been released lately on the "dangers" of soy foods. This has mostly been on the Internet but also in some magazines and publications. Many believe this propaganda has been perpetrated by the dairy and beef industries.
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White Rice as a Risk for Diabetes
In the United States just over 20 million people (which is approximately 8% of the population) have adult onset type 2 diabetes. The average prevalence of diabetes in adult people is about 6% and in Asian countries it is somewhat higher than other countries (11% in Japan and 9% in China and Korea). It is most interesting to consider this fact. Despite much more obesity present in the USA and despite the fact that so many of us eat a dangerous diet, there is still so much more diabetes in Japan, Korea and China. This is caused in great measure by white rice.
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Trans-fats Risks and Dangers
In the early 1900's scientists managed to discover a process whereby liquid vegetable oil could be brought to a solid state. This effort was made in order to imitate butter. It is a sophisticated process which involves hydrogen gas, intense pressure and very rare metal catalysts. This process produces "hydrogenated" fats also commonly referred to as "trans-fatty-acids." These do not exist in nature in any form and must be made artificially in a manufacturing facility.
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High Blood Pressure Meds Can Elevate Risk Of Dying
In a Research Paper published by Herman Haller in the New England journal of Medicine on March 10, 2011, it was revealed that the high blood pressure medication olmesartan was related to a delayed occurrence of protein in the urine, even though the control of blood pressure in both clinical study groups was very good according to established standards. The report went on to say we should be significantly conce ed about the higher occurrence of death from cardiovascular events among patients with established coronary heart disease who were taking olmesartan.
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