Asthma: 10 hints to help you live with it.

Having "twitchy airways" is propbly the best way to describe asthma. What this means is that your bronchial airways will contract and you will experience tightness in your chest and a shortness of breath, which will make you cough and wheeze.

For 90% of younger peoples asthma is thought to be set off by allergies of some kind or another. By younger people, I mean any body under 40. These allergies can be animal fluff, pollen, dust mites, any kind of mould, city pollution or bad air that can be found in stuffy rooms or such.

In general, people over 40 who have asthma, it is more then likely caused by diseases, like Emphysema, for instance.

If you have asthma the first thing that you have to do is see your doctor. After your diagnoses the doctor will give a some form of medication to help you and really the rest is commonsense. Once you know what triggers your asthma; avoid it as much as possible.

• Some people who have asthma find the open fireplaces and wood smoke will bring on an attach by aggravating your breathing. If you can avoid such places or at the very least try and make sure that the room is ventilated.

• Smoking is really fast becoming a very unsociable habit, but it does still goes on. Stay well away from people who smoke and areas where smoking happens. It is not good for anybodies health particular asthmas suffers and children who are very open to health problems.

• Always wear a scarf across your mouth in cold weather because cold air is one of the worst triggers for asthma. Wearing the scarf will ensure that the air that your breath in is warm.

• People who have asthma are told (like everybody else) to lay off the salt because there appears to be a deified link between how much salt you take and asthma. But what is food without salt? If you must take, salt then at least use salt that is not “common salt”. Use Himalayan salt that is pure and straight out of the primeval sea.

• Try and stay out of the kitchen when there are strong smelling foods being cooked, also avoid the kitchen if frying is being done, as this can also bring on asthma.

• If you are have acid reflux after eating, then it is best not to eat too late at night. Using two pillows and taking an antacid before going to bed may help you sleep better.

• Cars,nowadays, are nearly always fitted with air conditioning. This is not really a good thing for asthma suffers. The reason is that the system will draw in air from the outside which, if you are in town traffic, will be full of pollen and fuel fumes; just the sort of environment that you do not want.

• It is a well know fact that many food additives have a big impact on your asthma, practically if you are a child. There are so many of these additives it is impossible to list them all here. Metabisulphite is the main culprit. Always check the food labels before buying and try and stay with the purest foods you can.

• As an asthma sufferer it is best to avoid the use of aspirin as a painkiller because asthma makes people very sensitive to the pill. The use of aspirin by people with asthma has been known to bring death on more then one occasion.

Make sure that you use your inhaler correctly. Learn the specific technique to using an inhaler by somebody who knows what he or she is about. Many people find great relief from asthma by using a Himalayan Salt Pipe on a daily basis. The Himalayan salt is pure and natural.

Asthma is not a life sentence; learn all you can about how to managed it and you can live a normal productive life like everybody else.

Salt and your blood pressure

We all know that too much salt can upset our blood pressure.But what is our blood pressure? Before you find out if you have high blood pressure or not, you need to know what the right blood pressure is. Most people think that the right blood pressure is only based on people’s idea of what it should be. But there is a very reliable way of finding out just what is a good blood pressure. A doctor or nurse can take a pressure reading and find out if you have a high or low blood pressure, there is no guesswork evolved. Read the full article here

Salt and your blood pressure

If you are one of those people who has high blood pressure, then you know that you are in danger of many mishaps like the risk of stroke, kidney failure, heart disease and heart attack, to name but a few. Every body likes bit of salt, but salt is not good for you because it helps your body retain water and that extra water that is stored in you body raises your blood pressure. So what can you do? Eat less salt is the answer to that one. Common salt is not good for you and one of the first things you should do is stop buying it and try a more natural salt. You will use less of it because the taste is much stronger.

Himalayan Salt

Our Himalayan Salt is a whole food salt that comes to you straight from the earth's crust: it was deposited hundreds of millions of years ago when huge oceans dried up, before there was any pollution; so this pristine, ancient salt needs no refining and is also guaranteed additive-free.

The Himalayan Salt is one of the finest organic salts in the world, it contains naturally occurring minerals which make it compatible with your body's needs and also give it the rosy-pink hues for which it is famous. Its minerals are a perfect match for those, which our bodies need, since we have a saline fluid base very like that of the seawater from which this salt originated. .

Do your self a favour and stop taking “common salt” switch now to the real stuff.

What are Salt Lamps?

I often get asked: what is a Salt Lamp? Good question if you have never seen one; well a salt lamp is simply a chunk of mined salt that has been hollowed out to allow room for a light bulb. The light glows through the medium of the salt crystal, which can range in colour from a dark salmon pink to a pale orange or even purple.

Salt crystals for salt lamps are mined in Russia and central Europe as well as in the Himalayas and Persia. Salt lamps make attractive accent lights.

Their main attraction, however, is that the heating of the salt causes the crystal to release negative ions (often called simply 'ions') this helps "clear the air.

Take extra Salt In the Summer

Summer time is coming to us in the north. It is a time when you are likely to sweat more and because of this salt loss, you must take in more salt.
Make sure you drink plenty of water as well. Otherwise you will suffer from dehydration.

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