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Tips For Safely Giving Your Child Medicine

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

1. Read the label carefully each time – it doesn’t matter if you just opened the bottle or are using up the last dose. You have to read the directions carefully.
2.Read what active ingredient(s) are in the medicine and let your doctor know of any allergic reactions to medication.
3. Choose the right strength to avoid accidental overdoses – an adult strength formula can be deadly for an infant or small child.
4. Use the dosing tool that comes with the medicine – a different cup or kitchen spoon might hold too much medicine.
5. Let one parent be the medicine giver – if neither parent knows the other one has already given the child his dose, this can lead to double dosing and accidental overdose.
6. Ask your doctor or pharmacist if this medicine will mix well with vitamins or other medications your child may be taking.
7. Know your child’s weight – this is the most reliable way to gauge the correct dosage for your child.
9. Have your Poison Control Center phone number readily available and don’t be afraid to use it! Post this number by each phone and call them if you have any concerns at all.
10. Be sure the child-resistant caps are locked when closing the medicine bottles – kids love the fruity candy flavors of some medicines and you don’t want them trying to sneak more when you’re out of sight.
11. Keep all medications in a safe place out of reach of children – whether the safety cap fails to lock or you have an inventive child who can figure out how to break the cap open, you don’t want them able to get extra doses of medicine.
13. Look at the expiration dates on both prescription and OTC medications – there’s some controversy about whether it’s safe to take expired medicines. Do you want to risk your child not getting the potency necessary to make her feel better? Or possibly risk it being dangerous to ingest after the expiration date?

The Crazy Vital Acai Supplement

Saturday, February 21st, 2009

The Crazy Vital Acai Supplement is definitely taking our modern world today by surprise. After we saw it in the famous television shows of Oprah Winfrey and Rachael Ray, this fruit became more popular and seemed to be driving people insane because of its amazing health benefits. Even medical doctors like Dr. Perricone and Dr. Oz recommended this fruit because of its ability to improve our health at the same time make us lose weight. In this article, we will find out how this tested product can do a lot for your body.

The Crazy Vital Acai Supplement came from the Acai fruit that was first seen thriving in South Brazil by the Amazonians. They first used this as a traditional medicine to heal their small open wounds and later on, as energy booster to help them win their battles. This fruit remains superior among the others because it is the only fruit with the highest antioxidants and overwhelming vitamins, minerals, nutrients, and proteins. In fact, it has fiber, calcium, phosphorus, Omega 6, Omega 9, fatty acids, and vitamins B1, B2, B3, C, and E.

Below are some of the known health benefits of this wonderful fruit supplements from Brazil:

1. With its high level of antioxidants, it helps us fight cardiovascular diseases like hypertension and ventricular fibrillation. It has twelve times more level of antioxidants than red grapes as well as Omega acids that are responsible for reducing LDL or bad cholesterol at the same time increases HDL or good cholesterol.
2. This supplement is very rich in fiber, which greatly improves our digestion and metabolism. With regular intake, this can prevent digestive problems like gas or bloating, constipation, irregular bowel syndrome, and even esophageal and stomach cancer.
3. It also cleanses and rejuvenates our body because of the vitamins it contains. It helps detoxifies and flushes toxins out of our body.

These are just some of the Crazy Vital Acai Supplements. It is great and perfect for our body, so try it now!

Now you want to have more energy, be Healthier, look Younger, lose weight, and cleanse your body, right?

I Can’t Stop Compulsive Overeating

Friday, December 19th, 2008

Many individuals suffer from Compulsive Overeating Disorder and they are not aware that help is available. This eating disorder is a learned behavior traced back to early childhood. The individual learned to develop dysfunctional eating habits - possibly from watching a role model or as an instinctive response to a trauma; this eating disorder leads to obesity which causes shame, guilt and embarrassment, which, in turn, continues the cycle of addiction. When an individual is overweight he or she can’t hide the problem - they wear it for everyone to see. Typically, depression and anxiety appear early on and then isolation begins.

Some co-morbidities associated with Compulsive Overeating Disorder are Diabetes, Hypertension, High Cholesterol, Heart conditions, Fatigue, Low Self-Esteem, Depression, Anxiety to name a few. Even though the physical signs are obvious, the scale tells the person the bad news every time he or she steps on the scale; the cycle of addiction perpetuates the disorder. Compulsive Overeaters spend years watching the scale go up and down. Sadly, every time they experience weight loss it is only short lived. The individual breaks the rigid diet they are on and “cheats” or goes off the diet and the result is more weight gain than when they initially started.

People who are close to the Compulsive Overeater often give unsolicited advice in the misguided belief they are being supportive. A Compulsive Overeater already feels hopeless and unworthy. The help from “friends”, no matter how well intentioned, reinforces what they believe to be true “they can’t stop”, so why try? Inpatient treatment for a Compulsive Overeater is a valid course of treatment. Learning new coping skills and ways of dealing with normal day stressors is essential for success! The foundation to a new way of life is through a supportive dual diagnosis inpatient treatment program where eating disorders are addressed.

Joanna works for the Women’s Behavioral Program. She has overcome adversities and shares her hope with anyone she comes in contact with. Joanna is a known published author in the Bariatric and Weight Loss Community, she has spent the last 13 years helping to inspire and motivate people on the value of the body, mind and spirit connection.

I Am Depressed So I Eat

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

So often people get in a cycle of depression and eating for comfort and develop a food addiction. The cycle perpetuates the depression and eating and it goes around and around. Addiction happens and the individual is caught in the cycle of addiction long before they identify a problem with food. Many individuals would like to be able to say there were no warning signs of an eating disorder. Individuals in recovery refer to that rationalization as denial.

Addiction whether to food, alcohol or drugs develop over-time. As the disease progresses so does the behavior, the lie the person tells themselves is I can control this on my own I don’t need help. That is typically when the individual has crossed the line into the addiction and are unable to get out of the cycle. Food is a required means of energy used to fuel the body, when food is misused and turns against the person invariably the person blames the food, people around them, his or her job, spouse, family, friends anyone except themselves.

Typically the blame goes on until the person says enough and starts to recognize the only way out of the eating disorder cycle is through it. No one ever said it was going to be easy; the addiction process did not happen overnight and will not go away overnight. Finding an eating disorder treatment program to help the person overcome the addictive behavior patterns and to help them formulate a plan to live a life without using and abusing food is essential for the recovery process. After reading this article he or she feels motivated and ready to break free from the cycle of food addiction contact an eating disorder treatment program and begin the life intended.