Seven Compelling Reasons to Choose Holistic Medicine Over Conventional Western Medicine

Drugs can cause numerous side effects, long-term physical damage, and even death-without effectively treating the condition for which it was developed. Surgery often removes vital organs, which can never replaced and whose absence can bring on more trouble than the organ itself was causing.

The rate of deaths among hospital patients soar compared to people with similar conditions and similar levels of severity receiving care at home.

For such reasons holistic medicine-or, alternative medicine-is growing in popularity. People want real answers to their physical challenges, not another drug. Holistic medicine provides those answers by looking at people as whole units, rather than parts.

Alternative medicine includes such treatments as nutrition, energy healing, herbal therapy, magnet therapy, oxygen therapy, acupuncture, exercise and homeopathic remedies. Even better, it puts the onus of responsibility on the patient rather than the practitioner. Any patient seeking help from the network of holistic medicine soon comes to know that they are expected to play an active, positive part in their treatment or healing.

Here are seven reasons to favor holistic medicine over conventional medicine.

1. It addresses the root cause. Conventional medicine merely attempts to eliminate or alleviate symptoms.

2. A person can safely undergo multiple holistic techniques simultaneously. Someone with cancer, for example, might get a weekly massage, radically change their diet, use magnet therapy, and go through chelation therapy. None of the methods contraindicate the other.

3. Holistic medicine techniques work with the body's innate tendency to heal itself. Cutting out all processed food, taking certain herbs and committing to regular oxygen therapy, for instance, may all jump-start the body's natural healing reserves.

4. It's non-toxic. Holistic medicine, whether homeopathy, herbal therapy, or energy healing will never cause any dangerous side effects, and certainly not death. Drugs can cause, and have caused, both.

5. Alternative medicine is effective. Obviously, the same healing method won't necessarily work on two people with the same condition in the same way. However, the practitioners are trained to seek out various solutions, taking individual differences into account. When they find the right solution, healing accelerates.

6. There is no addiction risk connected with holistic medicine. Drugs can become highly addictive, even when taken in the appropriate amounts.

7. Holistic medicine is perfectly safe for pregnant and breastfeeding mothers. Certain herbs should not be taken by women who are either pregnant or nursing, and any kind of detoxification can potentially harm the child. However, they can still receive acupuncture, chiropractic adjustments, and a host of other alternative treatments.

It's time to take a hard look at what modern medicine has become, and start advocating for more traditional, natural, and safer ways of preventing and treating illness.

Murder So Cold by Patricia Springer - True Crime Book Review

Married for eight years, the Smiths seemed the perfect couple. On September 28, 1994, in Portage, Michigan, Candace Smith was told by her father Russ that her mother had run away with another man. But he never explained to the young seven year old child why the bathroom upstairs was a wreck and why there was blood in the sink. They then drove miles out of state to her grandparent's house with a barrel loaded into the back of a pickup truck.

I saw this original story on the Crime & Investigation channel and wanted to know more and so I ordered the book online. I was right in that there was so much more information in the book which obviously they could not all fit onto a half an hour show. I am amazed at how this man got away with murder for so long. In fact he was only caught by a cold case squad a few years later. The original investigators seemed to be incompetent in that they dismissed the case as a woman who had run away from home despite relatives and friends assurances that she would never have left her child. It seems that if you murder someone and hide the body well enough (and this man travelled miles with the body) the chances are very good that you might get away with murder. This murderer was blatant in his actions even remodelling his bathroom. The amazing thing is you could think that maybe this was so long ago that the investigators were perhaps not so well trained that they did not know how to conduct an investigation but this case was as recent as 1994.

The entire time I read this book I had a constant feeling of disbelief that this man was not getting caught so I can well imagine the reactions of the people close to the victim. They had to live the nightmare and incompetence in the investigation of this case. I was also constantly worrying about the child still with this unstable father.

The book reads well but was a bit of a disappointment as I had watched the tv program before so I knew about the main twists and turns. Paricia Springer does however fill up the spaces in between with pertinent information and a few surprises here and there. I would recommend this book if you are passionate about true crime books and especially if you have never seen the tv program before.

How to Build a Backyard Chicken Run - Start by Getting a Chicken Coop Plan

Do you know chicken makes great household pet? Many people have never thought of raising chickens at home. Usually they will get a dog, cat, fish, hamster etc to keep as pet in their home. Bantams are actually great as pets because they are very low maintenance. The wonderful thing is the hens will produce fresh and delicious eggs. A healthy hen is capable of laying 5 eggs per week. However, due to their relatively small size, chicken are preyed on by cats, dogs, large rats, raccoons etc. To keep them safe, you have to make a shelter for them. How do you build a backyard chicken run? You start off by getting a set of chicken coop plans.

Building a chicken housing is similar to building a house, but only at a much smaller scale. With any building construction, you will need the design blueprints. The best place to source for chicken coop designs is on the internet. Some of the plans are free while others you have to pay for. Beware of free stuff from the web. There is always a catch. Free plans are usually low quality and may not even be accurate. If you are serious about making a practical, pretty and sturdy chicken coop for your backyard, it is wise to make the investment to buy the plans from a reputable vendor.

How do you find the right chicken run plans? You can do your research online also. Just do a query on the search engine for chicken housing design plans and read the users review. If the plans are good, you will find a lot of positive comments about it.

Dallas Mortgage Brokers

Mortgage brokers earn their living by bringing lenders and borrowers together. They are similar to real estate brokers, who bring buyers and sellers together.

As you have to be careful in getting a real estate agent, you have to take similar care to get a mortgage broker. The borrower pay the commission to the broker, so may encounter certain brokers who would be tempted increase the fee. One of the ways that he can achieve that is by approaching a lender who is charging a higher interest rate, resulting a high borrowing for you and higher commission for him.

Also, watch out for brokers who encourage you to take some extra mortgage for other expenses at home. It is always nice to have some extra money, but you should analyze what this extra cash would cost you. If your loan amount goes up, the net payment required to be paid goes up as well as the commission you pay the broker. Obviously, these brokers may not be the best suited for you.

Sometimes, the broker are awarded fee from the lender that they are suppose to pass on to you, but this does not happen always. You need to be vigilant and watch for any extra fees paid by the lender and listed on your closing statements. These are usually referred to as "paid outside closing" or "POC." Check your closing statement for such fees, which often are listed in a different place than other closing costs. Also, ask your broker if he is receiving any such fees because you would reduce his commission by the same amount as any "POC" fees.

So why would you use a broker? Brokers have access to several lenders and provide a wide selection of loan products and terms from which you can choose. Brokers will usually contact multiple lenders regarding your application.

Understanding Your Caravan Insurance Quotes

There are many things that you would have to take into account when applying for caravan insurance and many things have an effect on your caravan insurance quotes. The cost of insuring your caravan can vary and with some providers the insurance could cost a great deal more than with other providers. However there could be many more benefits to a policy that costs just a little more in monthly premiums so this would have to be taken into account.   Whichever policy you are considering you would have to check the terms carefully as this is where you can find the exclusions and limitations that might apply in your insurance policy. For instance whilst steps, gas bottles and awnings are generally covered in caravan insurance there is usually a limit as to the amount that you could claim for them.   For instance if you are looking for touring caravan insurance then you would have to take into account whether European cover would be included in your caravan insurance quotes. If it is and you do not plan on travelling outside of the UK then you might want to search for a policy that does not add European cover in as standard. European cover however is needed if you do plan on taking your caravan outside of the UK. It would payout in the event that you could not stay in your caravan for example if you were in an accident. The policy would provide you with money towards alternative accommodation. If this is needed then check and compare as to how many days coverage and up to how much the policy would provide you with.   Another thing that affects caravan insurance and the cost of it is how secure your caravan is. If you have a static caravan and it is on a site that has excellent security and which is walled in with security lightning then your caravan would be classed as being fairly secure. You could also install an alarm system and window and door locks.   If you have a touring caravan and are looking for insurance then you could install a hitchlock onto the caravan whilst towing. This would make it impossible to unhitch which would deter thieves whilst the caravan was hitched up to the car and you stopped at a rest station. You could also install an alarm which would deter thieves and so help to keep down the cost of the premiums for your policy.   When applying for caravan insurance quotes whether they are for static or touring caravans there will be a certain amount of excess that you would have to pay if you were to make a claim. This would have to be paid as a lump sum and then the insurance company would take over the rest of the claim. While you could keep down the cost of the premiums by paying out more should you be unfortunate enough to have to make more than one claim in the same year you could lose out on any savings that you had made by way of the premiums.

General Honore Leads the Charge Tor Preparedness

Lt. General Russel Honore (for those of you who are not familiar with military ranks, that is a three star general) has a new mission. In addition to training new recruits for the urban combat environment of Iraq and Afghanistan, General Honore is now touring the country, speaking to churches and Rotaries, in town halls and community government auditoriums not as an ambassador for the United States military but rather as an evangelist preaching the gospel of preparedness.

General Honore served with distinction, pride, and true leadership in New Orleans, Louisiana in the days and weeks following Hurricane Katrina. In the year and a half since Katrina much attention has focused on the recovery effort, or lack thereof, in the ninth ward; but little attention has been paid to preparedness in Louisiana or elsewhere. Everyone believes that the Federal government will take care of preparing cities yet in the newest iteration of the free online education from the Federal government a prominent point in the first objectives of each lesion is the fact that the Federal government pays for none of the community's preparedness plan.

That is right, it is up to us.

Now it may not seem like an unusual mission for a 3 Star General to tour the country. Eisenhower, McArthur, and Patton toured the United States during the bond efforts of World War II. It is however an unusual mission for a 3 star general to tour the United States in support of humanitarian preparedness. General Honore calls this "a new normal." According to General Honore we are in an environment now where terrorism, major natural disasters, and industrial accidents are unavoidable and due to the technological complexities of our society potentially catastrophic.

General Honore points out that there is a "nine ward" in every city. A place where the infirm and the elderly, children and the disabled, the poor and the homeless live and are unable to help themselves in the event of disaster. General Honore's message: no government and no military no matter how strong or well prepared can protect an unprepared citizenry.

General Honore advises that at Christmas and birthdays:

"Don't give grandpa a tie, give him a weather radio."

"Don't give grandma a picture frame... give grandma a weather radio."

To this I would add give mom a three day disaster pack with all of the clothes, food, water, and personal toiletries that she will need for 72 hours to ensures that she will see next mother's day. Give dad an electronic personal medical records dive watch and ensure that if dad ends up in the emergency room or a field hospital and cannot speak for himself his electronic personal medical records speak for him.

General Honore's mission reminds us that government can teach, government can reinforce our own preparedness, but it is up to each of us individually to prepare for the next Katrina or the next 9/11.