Food sensitivity manifests itself in people who react adversely to food and drink that they consume. You can be ‘allergic to’, or ‘intolerant’ of a substance. The distinction between allergy and intolerance is important; allergy and the various forms of intolerance have different patterns of symptoms, and they are detected by different tests and diets, [...]
Moulds have a high degree of cross-reactivity and if you know you are allergic to one mould, you are likely to react to other moulds or yeasts. Some foods are moulds or yeasts (fungi), such as mushrooms and yeast, and other foods contain moulds or yeasts, although they are not fungi by biological classification. These [...]
Use as few cleaning products as possible, and only when you really need to. Most situations or mishaps can be dealt with effectively by rapid intervention with hot water. You can meet virtually all cleaning needs with a cupboard containing just salt, sodium bicarbonate, washing soda and Borax. A low-allergen washing powder, detergent and vinegar [...]
This advice is designed to be helpful to you if you are just starting to add solids to a baby’s milk diet, or if you have already started a young baby on solids and are finding that the baby is reacting to the new foods. For early weaning of a severely ill baby intolerant of [...]
If you are chemically sensitive, you are best advised to avoid mite-killing paint and mite-killing chemicals, which usually contain strong insecticides or other chemicals. Allerite, the mite-loosening solution, contains cleaning and other chemicals, including eucalyptus oil. Residues are minimised because the liquid is largely recovered, but they might upset the highly sensitive. Nitrogen gas treatment, [...]
Yohimbine, a drug that’s extracted from the bark of a tree, is credited by some experts with increasing erection. Some doctors prescribe yohimbine pills to men who have potency problems and low libido.
One theory holds that yohimbine works by affecting parts of the nervous system which control erection. But the jury is still out on [...]
Here are some very basic yoga stretches that will increase flexibility of the spine and pelvis and ultimately enhance blood flow to the penis. Do them every day. When you perform these exercises remember to breathe in sync with the movement and slow your pace, concentrating on every aspect of each motion.
The first stretches are [...]
Thomas learned the importance of this, but it took a while. This tall, thin, 55-year-old businessman first developed an erection problem as a side effect of some medication he was taking. Thomas’s doctor changed his prescription, thinking that would be the end of the problem. But it wasn’t. Thomas still could not become erect. He [...]
Years ago I could only hope that medical science would one day find an oral medication for erectile dysfunction. But thanks to the pioneering efforts of doctors like Adrian Zorgniotti, Ronald Virag, Gorm Wagner, Ian Osterloh, Irwin Goldstein, Harin Padma-Nathan, Tom Lue, Arnold Melman, and Raymond Rosen, sexual medicine, although still very much in its [...]
Let’s look at an example of unconscious and extremely effective self-sabotage. William, 43 years old, is a hardworking engineer for an aerospace company. He has been married to his second wife, Sharon, for the last four years. Like any couple, they have their ups and downs, but for the most part, this is a happy [...]