How to Eat Well?

Eat this not that food. It is also a social act, sensual, emotional and vital in the strictest sense. We eat often because we are hungry; sometimes to fill a gap or emotional to please its guests ...

We would all "eating well", if only because of the impact, now scientifically proven the power of health. "A healthy diet is the foundation of good health and a key element in the development of human health," said Health Canada clearly. 1

But what to eat ? Many different things, and sometimes contradictory, depending on your point of view one takes, in our culture, our way of life, our beliefs, our values ​​... Not easy to navigate, particularly theories food abound, and are also often contradictory.

In this form, you will not find definitive solutions or recipes. We will attempt to locate the food in a global context, to see how the science of nutrition has evolved over the last fifty years and present the main recommendations it offers today. We will particularly focus on nutrition as a specific approach to health: "Let your food be your medicine" said Hippocrates.

Eating is living
We are much more attached to our eating habits , good or bad, that we can imagine. Changing these habits can be a challenge! Most immigrants, for example, adopt the clothing, language, customs of their adopted country, but keep very long their culinary traditions. Requires strong reasons to change.

Top of the scale incentives are the weight loss and resolution of a health problem . If eating less animal fat or more fruits and vegetables, helps to cure a specific disease, it may be sufficient motivation. But eliminating junk food ( junk food ) or prepare meals more balanced to prevent a hypothetical disease or to be in better shape, is much more difficult.

Experience has shown that it is better to change your eating habits very gradually incorporating one or two changes at a time. These changes can affect both food themselves (less chips, more fruits) that our relationship with them (compensation, gluttony, habits) or the way we eat (chew slowly, sit down to eat).

Basic needs

The food is closely related to the image we have of ourselves and our values. Some would even say that the way we eat has dimensions karmic energy. In Chinese diet , for example, foods are considered as the energy characteristics within philosophical and symbolic but also very pragmatic, based on an observation millennium.

In the dominant Western scientific perspective, by cons, the approach is the same biochemical and mathematical considering that these are the various chemical compounds in foods that combine to provide what the body needs.

Anyway, we can agree that food reflects essentially four basic needs:

- Provide daily resources needed to create the energy and remain active (which allows you to compare the role of food in the fuel for a vehicle).
- Maintain the health of the body , as nutrients ensure optimal growth and function of cells, tissues, organs, etc..
Cure or help to cure various diseases.
- Procure pleasure and well-being through certain qualities of food (taste, smell, color, etc..) and satiety.

The science of nutrition
The nutrition specifically addresses the field of study that applies to "the process by which living things absorb, metabolize, and eliminate the use of food." This science is still young and tackles a terribly complex domain.

It must be remembered that the systematic identification of key nutrients and their roles did not begin until the early XX th century. From the 1950s, the science of nutrition is increasingly concerned with diseases chronic, degenerative or overweight ( diabetes , cardiovascular disease , cancer , obesity , allergies ) that have genetic origins, but also external ( diet, lifestyle, pollution, etc.)..

Since then, the concept of balanced diet has appeared and the potential harms of the modern diet, too refined for industrial technologies were highlighted. More recently, we began to understand the role and synergy of vitamins , the minerals , trace elements, antioxidants ( flavonoids , carotenoids ) and amino acids.

Food assimilation
The digestion begins in the mouth and is not even completed two days later. During this process takes place countless chemical transformations which together various enzymes and several organs. In addition, many personal characteristics influence how our body absorbs nutrients: age, state of health, allergies or food intolerances, the amount of adipose tissue reserves of nutrients in the body, the type work, physical activity, quality of sleep, smoking, nervous and emotional state, the time at which it eats, the posture during meals, etc..

The assimilation process is so complex that has always been advocated all sorts of approaches intended to better suit our digestive system : the vegetarian , the choice of foods according to blood group, the acid-base balance , food combinations, the crudivorisme, various schemes (method Montignac , Pritikin , Kousmine ...), not to mention the Chinese diet, ayurvedic food, etc.. In addition, public health agencies in most countries publish guides food officials who constantly evolving. But still, experts do not agree with each other and new hypotheses food appear regularly.

Finally, when it comes to combat specific diseases or conditions, there is a multitude of dietary recommendations and specific regimes, where the types of food and the portions are accurately determined. We found several sheets in our Special Diets and Plans .

We must get to the evidence, the regime ideal does not exist. Although nutritional needs are basic similar for all human beings, optimal nutrition will differ for each person. Given the complexity of actual data in nutrition, it can be useful for most of us to periodically consult a competent person able to determine our needs and guide us in the best nutritional choices.

The nutrition experts who have received a university education and are part of a professional title are reserved nutritionist , dietician or dietitian (the name varies by country). However, other health care providers, such as naturopaths, may also have very good knowledge on the subject. To determine the nutritional needs of a person and discover the food choices that suit them best, we often use a blood test (for iron levels, cholesterol, etc..) And questionnaires that address various aspects of fashion life.

What is Alexander Technique

What is Alexander Technique? The Alexander Technique with various other approaches, is part of somatic education. The plug Somatic Education presents a summary table to compare the main approaches.

Indications
Contribute to the relief of symptoms of chronic pain. Improve the quality of life of patients with Parkinson's disease.

Increase breathing capacity. Improve the sense of balance.

Presentation

According to Frederick Matthias Alexander, the way we use our bodies (what he called "self-use") may contribute to the health or, conversely, harm. However, all human beings have bad habits of posture and breathing - automation - which cause many problems, back pain and headaches, fatigue, respiratory limitation, lack of flexibility, etc.. Obviously, the whole concept is inherent in this theory, where each part is crucial to the whole. As for the reasons to be inadequate habits they follow for much of the sedentary lifestyle and hypermental the contemporary world.

We must face the facts, it is not because it is "natural" it is ideal. Among the current and automation issues include a strong tension in the region head-neck-back. Indeed, in all sorts of circumstances, human beings tend to push back and head - called the startle reflex , the "startle pattern." However, according to Alexander, a dynamic and balanced between the head, neck and back is crucial for the quality of all human movements. He therefore called primary control ( primary control ) this dynamic relationship, the "overall scheme" between the head, neck and spine.

There are also numerous learning of childhood neuromuscular require a great effort and are rarely managed holistically, like writing, that causes children to develop extremely tense postures.

You should know that when tension whatsoever, is not consciously and quickly dispersed, the body adapts to it. Therefore, the Alexander Technique promotes the development of care ( awareness ), that is to say, a sharp sense of postural behaviors and anything that can affect the balance. In this work, we must adopt a mechanism to stop ( inhibition ) that is consciously slow the onset of a habitual action or automatically then replace it with the help of the speaker by another more appropriate.

A technique to unlearn
The Alexander Technique is not a therapy, but a method of somatic education, which may also be called postural reeducation or rehabilitation psychomotor its practitioners are not therapists, but educators dealing with students rather than patients. Technique designed to unlearn some ingrained habits, the process takes time and requires active participation and followed by the student.

If the technique is highly appreciated by the people in the scene, it is open to all, young and old, athletic and sedentary men and women. Its objectives are to improve coordination and balance, reduce muscle tension, relieve pain, reduce fatigue and problems with certain diseases and promote wellness.

Question wellness, according to the Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique, she would learn how to:

- stand with feet without stiffness;
- move with ease;
- keep in mind both awake and calm;
- be both active and energetic, without excessive tension;
- apply the appropriate effort, more or less, in all our activities.

Sir Stafford Cripps, one of the English nobles who benefited from the technical, made known its discretion in the following terms: "Instead of feeling as an aggregate of parts nested evil, full of friction and dead weight, due to which the mere fact of existence becomes exhausting the body reveals a set of living and coordinated, composed of parts that fit perfectly and articulate.'

An actor without a voice

1890, Australian Frederick Matthias Alexander , then actor, experiencing hoarseness repeated when his benefits, which could put an end to his career. The doctors could not detect any physiological cause, he thought he might be caused himself the problem and initiated - including using mirrors - an intense observation of posture and vocal technique. It took almost ten years to get rid of inappropriate behavior.

People from the scene began to consult for problems that interfered with their work. Soon, doctors began to send customers to problems of various kinds. In 1904, education became his main occupation, and he decided to settle in London called more customers. Among those who consulted throughout the next 50 years, several scientists testified publicly the merits of this approach, including Sir Charles Sherrington, considered the father of modern neurology.

Beginning in 1930, Alexander began to send its technical apprentices, both in Europe and the United States, where he stayed periodically. At 79, he managed to regain control after engine side paralysis caused by a stroke. He taught until his death in 1955, at the age of 86 years.

Three years later, the main London apprentices formed the Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique (STAT). To date, this association is the main umbrella organization and the main body to manage training programs. There are now more than 2,500 practitioners throughout the world, especially in Europe, North America and Australia, while the technical part of the curriculum of many schools of music and theater. It is generally recognized Matthias Alexander a pioneering role in approaches to body awareness.

What is Acupuncture

Acupuncture: In Traditional Chinese Medicine, there are protocols acupuncture for treating or preventing a variety of conditions. See the many indications in the section Research on acupuncture .

Acupuncture, what is it?

The acupuncture is one of the five branches of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), with the Chinese diet , the Chinese medicine (herbs), the Tui Na massage and energy exercises ( Qi Gong and Tai Chi ). Acupuncture is based on an energy approach and holistic. According to the Eastern medical thought, it acts on the Qi (pronounced chee ) which circulates in the body through the meridians . Needles inserted in the skin surface stimulates specific acupuncture points to regulate the Qi and physiological functions, organic and psychic targeted. In Western terms, we could say that it helps to strengthen the processes of self-regulation and healing that are normally in motion when the body undergoes an attack (caused by a virus, stress, injury, etc.).. There is a detailed map of acupuncture points and meridians as well as their role to restore the health and balance of the patient.

According to TCM, the acupuncture can treat, often in tandem with other practices, a variety of "imbalances" related, among others, musculoskeletal system ( arthritis , tendonitis , bursitis), respiratory ( bronchitis , asthma ), gastrointestinal tract (kidney, diarrhea ), nervous system ( depression , stress ), etc.. It also helps to relieve various common ailments ( headaches , colds , nausea), but it can not cure certain serious diseases or correct genetic defects.

The acupuncture could also play an important role in the prevention of disease. Maximizing the functional activity of the viscera and the movement of substances , it would balance all body systems. This would result in preventing the disease find fertile ground to implement.

If you are not familiar with the concepts Chinese energy , see our fact sheet on Traditional Chinese Medicine that will give you a good overview of the fundamental principles on which are based the acupuncture and TCM.



The first consultation
At the first visit to the acupuncturist , do not expect to see him appear needles in hands with a smirk ... Acupuncture is a highly elaborate and methodical discipline, based on thousands of years of practice. First, the therapist assesses the state of health of the person and detects its energy imbalances. To do this, it uses the observation , the palpations and questionnaires detailed. It may ask you or even climates the flavors you prefer - additional clues to corroborate his assessment. It takes note of your medical history and your characteristics (height, weight, complexion, breathing rhythm, tone of voice, movement, emotion, etc.).. It examines the pulse and tongue, listening to the sounds of the stomach, body odors and is auscultates sore spots associated meridians.

Tingling deep relaxation
In general, the treatment effect of acupuncture is relaxing. Even if the needles are, at first sight, uninspiring, they are rarely wrong. They are only 3 times bigger than a human hair and are designed to fit into the skin without resistance. Typically, the acupuncturist uses needles 1 to 15, it leaves on different points for 15 to 40 minutes, depending on the problem at hand. We compare the sensation caused by the needle to a mosquito bite. But sometimes it is more pronounced, ranging from tingling to numbness light or an electric shock. Usually, these sensations last time, however, that insertion of the needle. In fact, some people fall asleep during the session!

There is not the needles
To enhance the effects of treatment, acupuncturists may use complementary processes. They can, for example, print movements rotation needles for amplifying stimulation. For more details, see our section 101 Chinese medicine.

- The moxibustion is to apply, on the needles or above the acupuncture points, the heat generated by combustion of a cone or a stick of moxa (mugwort), dried grass.
- The Ba Guan Zi are suckers that are fixed on a point or is dragged along a meridian.
- The Pi Fu Zhen , also called plum blossom resembles a small hammer with needles which strikes the surface lightly to the skin.
- The electrostimulation can apply a mild electrical current to the needles. It is often used to combat pain. But it is also used when you want to get stronger stimulation than that obtained by simple manipulation of needles.
- There are different schools of thought in acupuncture . Koreans, for example, insert the needles only the hands and feet, while other acupuncturists implanting only in the ears, especially when it comes to treating addictive disorders. In Japan, the traditional approach is to stimulate energy points more by touch ( acupressure ) with needles. Practice is constantly evolving and new styles emerge regularly.

If the sight of a needle makes you dizzy, acupuncture laser (which uses laser light directed precisely) could be an attractive alternative. This technique is particularly useful to people whose treatment requires prolonged stimulation and with children .

A long journey to the West
The Chinese medicine have been born 6000 years ago. It was the Jesuits who were the first to have brought Chinese writings on acupuncture at the end of the XVII th century. At the beginning of XIX th century France, the great names of medicine became interested. It is, however, under the leadership of Georges Soulie de Morant (1878-1955), Consul of France in Beijing for more than 12 years, acupuncture took a considerable growth in Europe from the 1920s.

In Quebec, acupuncture has gradually been introduced through European practitioners. It is a profession officially recognized since 1985. In the United States it was not until 1972 that the approach has caught the attention of the public in the wake of President Nixon's historic visit to China. In 1997, acupuncture has been officially recognized as a therapeutic option for safe and effective in the treatment of certain conditions at a conference organized by the National Institutes of Health U.S..

Therapeutic applications of acupuncture
Evaluate the acupuncture based on objective criteria and reproducible modern Western science has proved far disappointing process. The main reasons for this state of affairs are the difficulties of "standardization" of the disease, the overall effect rather than specific acupuncture, methodological problems of placebo acupuncture, the multiplicity of techniques and schools of thought the lack of funding, the fact that the majority of studies are published in Asian languages ​​and the low quality of much research. Several papers have also been published on this subject. For more details, see the article Acupuncture: the challenges of assessment "Western".

There is therefore a gap between what the acupuncture claims to treat, particularly in China and Japan, and has been evaluated so far in the context of scientific studies meet Western standards.

Research
Counter the nausea and vomiting associated with surgery and chemotherapy.since 1997, several research groups and committees concluded that the effectiveness of acupuncture for these uses, compared to placebo treatment.

Regarding nausea and vomiting post-surgery , the results are particularly well established. In 2008, a systematic review of 15 randomized clinical trials including 1,166 subjects, showed a significant decrease in the risk of nausea, vomiting and use of antivomitif following acupuncture treatment. In addition, a greater reduction in pain post-surgery was observed 8 and 72 hours after surgery in the acupuncture group compared with the control group.

Treat migraine. A systematic review published in 2009 and revised in 2011, has evaluated the effectiveness of acupuncture for treating migraine . Twenty-two randomized trials including 4419 subjects were included. The researchers concluded that acupuncture was as effective as conventional pharmacological treatments, while causing less harmful side effects. She also prove a useful adjunct to conventional treatments.

Dentistry: analgésier and postoperative pain relief . Acupuncture is widely used in dentistry and can be used as a primary or supplementary analgesic treatment. Results of randomized trials of its analgesic effects against pain post-surgery were positive. A systematic review of 16 controlled trials demonstrating a clear majority of positive results.
Moreover, according to the results of a systematic review of 14 randomized trials, acupuncture is effective for treating temporomandibular disorders.

Relieve pain epicondylalgia side (tennis elbow). Although acupuncture is widely used to relieve pain associated with various joint disorders , until recently the scientific data do not allow to rule on its effectiveness for treating ' epicondylalgia ( tennis elbow). However, in 2004, the authors of a systematic review of six randomized clinical trials involving a total of 282 patients found that acupuncture was effective in relieving pain associated with epicondylalgia side.

Relieve nausea and vomiting, especially those associated with pregnancy . The antiemetic general (against nausea and vomiting) of acupuncture is widely shown. More specifically, a randomized placebo-controlled conducted with 36 pregnant women showed that it was effective during pregnancy.

Relieve menstrual pain . In 2011, a meta-analysis of six clinical trials concluded that acupuncture relieves pain more effectively than did placebo, anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) or Chinese herbs 31 . However, the authors are cautious in their conclusions and believe that more studies are needed to determine the effectiveness of this approach. National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the United States 2 and the World Health Organization (WHO) recognize that there is some evidence of the effectiveness of acupuncture in relieving menstrual pain .

Various
The World Health Organization (WHO) published in 2002 a list of conditions for which acupuncture was likely to be effective This list was based on controlled clinical studies identified in the literature. More than 300 systematic reviews have been published since that time.They identified new conditions for which acupuncture may be effective, but it has been scientifically established beyond any doubt.

Acupuncture: the challenges of assessment "Western"

Evaluation of acupuncture based on the criteria of Western science has been until now a considerable challenge. Many scientific articles have been published on this subject. We discussed the situation with Manny Pascal , Professor, Department of Acupuncture Rosemont College, and Denis Umbriaco , acupuncturist, Doctor of Neurological Sciences and founding member of the Scientific Committee of the Association of Acupuncturists of Quebec.

Here are the main reasons behind the low number of studies published confirming the efficacy of acupuncture for relatively few conditions.

The difficult standardization
For Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), there is no standardized disease as in conventional medicine where cause is isolated viral, bacterial or otherwise, we are trying to eradicate. In TCM , it treats the individual and not the disease. Thus, two people with flu like and apparently caused by the same virus will not necessarily be treated in the same way. Indeed, a person may have been victim of the virus due to cooling and the other due to a weakened immune system, for example. And a third, having been exposed to exactly the same virus, has successfully fought without even being noticed.

Thus, since for the MTC there is no standardized flu , we can apply a standard treatment to hundreds of people with the "same" flu to draw statistical results. In addition, the application of personalized treatment to each patient contrary to the principles of the "objective" assessment of a single treatment, which is the basis of scientific protocols Western. Hence the difficulty of designing studies that do justice to the fundamental principles of TCM while satisfying the criteria of scientific research.

Action baggy
Drugs and western medicine interventions are generally designed to cause a specific action and specific pathogen on a particular organ or function. The effect is direct and relatively easy to measure.

The acupuncture is more holistically and often indirect. To fight a virus, for example, the intervention of acupuncture will help to mobilize the vital force of the person or to stimulate its immune system . It is through this enhanced healing ability of the virus can be fought and that the balance will be restored.

Healing is not only due to the direct action of a drug or treatment, but is also a function of a set of physical and psychological factors (fitness, vitality, state stress , diet, quality of sleep , depressed or optimistic character, etc.).. We understand it is difficult to evaluate the specific role of acupuncture as it is often the trigger of a very complex process.

It's a bit like Western medicine lingered separately to each of the instruments of an orchestra, or strings of a violin, one by one, while the MTC taking into account especially the conductor or orchestra as a whole.

Placebo effect?
In Western science, it is very important to compare a real treatment with placebo (similar but inert) to determine the distinctive action of the real treatment. Despite many efforts in this direction (needle shallow, fake needles, bad acupuncture points), a sham treatment of acupuncture truly inert and effect does not seem to have been found 2 . Indeed, in many studies, real acupuncture treatments gave comparable results (or higher ) to conventional treatment, but were only slightly better than "fake" acupuncture treatments. For many researchers, this demonstrates that fake treatments are not really inert. The mixed results of several studies may be indicative of a methodological problem rather than therapeutic ineffectiveness of acupuncture.

All kinds of acupuncture
There are many forms of acupuncture (Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, etc..) and each comes in several schools of thought or style. In addition, training of acupuncturists can vary greatly from one place to another. It is therefore difficult to determine objectively the quality of therapeutic interventions. This lack of standardization makes it particularly dangerous comparisons between different studies.

In addition, most research scientists evaluate acupuncture from a fixed protocol, limited to puncture some predetermined points without considering the characteristics of each patient. This is not representative of how to actually practice acupuncture.

Lack of research funds
Research quality is very expensive, and acupuncture can lead to the marketing of products or treatments patentable. Because of this, apart from government agencies, few companies are willing to invest in such studies. In addition, there are still relatively few funds dedicated to education and academic research in acupuncture and TCM. But the situation tends to improve, particularly in the United States.

The number of studies is limited and they are often more or less good quality. Moreover, a finding that is frequently found in the following summaries of their studies or critical analysis is that it should make more high quality studies ... However, thanks to the creation of new standards for research (CONSORT stricta and, for example), it seems that the quality actually improves recent years 6 .

This is the Chinese
Many studies are written in Asian languages ​​(Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese), but few have been translated into English. In addition, the cultural differences that often are not considered valid by the Western scientific community.

The right questions?
As noted by a group of researchers, the reviews that conclude that "acupuncture studies provide no evidence of its effectiveness for valid any affection whatsoever " face the full brunt of the positive results observed yet daily around the world. They ask if we ask really good questions, including taking at all costs to create a placebo acupuncture . And it would not be more important to look primarily at how acupuncture compared with other conventional treatments.


See document Acupuncture

Therapeutic Applications of Brainwave Synchronization

Until now, little scientific research has evaluated the synchronization of brain waves as a therapeutic tool. Some, however, have attempted to evaluate its ability to counter anxiety or decrease analgesia during surgery.

Reduce anxiety. During 2007, a pilot study has evaluated the effect of synchronization of brain waves in the management of stress and the anxiety . For 60 days, 1 time per day, 8 healthy subjects listened to a soundtrack composed of binaural beats combined with imitating sounds of rain and bells. Of psychological changes positive were observed at the end of the study. A decrease in anxious behavior ( trait anxiety ) was found among participants.This suggests an improvement in the perception and management of stress and anxiety in general.

These results support those published in 2001 by a Montreal clinic evaluating subjects with mild levels of anxiety . The researchers found that the anxiety level of participants before and after the viewing was spent on average 41% to 21%. These results show that the synchronization technique could also be useful in cases of mild anxiety. However, it is impossible to conclude with certainty the effectiveness of therapy, because too few studies have been conducted to date.

Reduce preoperative anxiety and reduce analgésiants. synchronization of brain waves has been the subject of several randomized clinical trials in the context of surgery . In one of them, published in 2007, 20 patients have been listening for 20 to 60 minutes before surgery, a soundtrack composed of binaural beats or the music of their choice . The researchers observed decreases of anxiety preoperatively in the 2 groups, but more significantly in the group with binaural beats.

Four other studies using this technique during surgery were recorded . Both of these indicate that patients undergoing surgery under general anesthesia with listening to music and binaural beats require less anesthesia than patients in control group . For cons, the other 2 were not found significant differences between the groups .

Synchronization of brain waves in practice
It is easily found on the market records with music or nature sounds naturally generate wavesalpha conducive to relaxation . There are also, but this is less common records in which we integrated sounds alpha or beta for the specific purpose of inducing a state of relaxation orconcentration . These records because they do not contain binaural beats can be heard without headphones, just released by a stereo. Generally, the program follows a progression to bring the pace brain wave at the desired frequency in 30 or 40 minutes.

This type of product is also available in computerized version for broadcast on the computer while you work (preferably a version for concentration rather than relaxation ...).

Appliances that combine binaural beats sound effects and flashing lights are not as among practitioners or on the Internet. They are known under the general name of audiovisual stimulators or Mind Machines . One device can offer several programs - relaxation, creativity, concentration, etc.. Some massage centers, spas or floating baths offer sessions using these devices. A session usually lasts 30 minutes.

The Monroe Institute and the people who have been trained sessions offer up to 6 days with much more elaborate equipment whose purpose is the development of emotional , mental or spiritual(expansion of consciousness), and improved of health

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