Eczema Help 101

Dermatitis, eczema, rash, allergies? ... These are problems one doesn't like to hear about. Do you know that 15 million Americans – of which 10-20% of kids - are plagued with eczema (also called topical dermatitis)? If not you are lucky. That's quite a lot of people and that's really too many kids! It is about every 17th of us!

Does it make you feel like you are in a crowd of like-sufferers? If so... Read on!!! I'll tell you about a simple and yet very effective cure.

To make things, in mainstream medicine there is no cure for these conditions. And with so many people affected, it is amazing that there is even no effective relief. The most common proposed treatment is to avoid scratching! - This is easier said than done. You know what I mean if you have eczema! And you can imagine what kind of torture it is for kids - not to be able to scratch.

The only solution your doctor has to help you is a panel of drugs ranging from OTC cortisone ointments to cyclosporine A. The latter kills the immune system and has terrible side effects. Some other recommendations to prevent eczema:
- moisturize frequently and reduce stress
- avoid harsh soaps, detergents, solvents and scratchy clothes (e.g., wool or other irritants)
- avoid environmental factors causing allergies (e.g., pollens, molds, mites, animal dander) and sudden changes in temperature or humidity
- be aware of any foods that may cause an outbreak

But even the dermatology experts of the American Academy of Dermatology recommend first and above all to moisturize your skin, especially after bath or shower. That might help, but
there is a very simple solution which will save you a lot of pain and misery
Nature has crafted some very special plants packed with soothing and moisturizing and healing ingredients with no side effects. 100% good stuff!
Shea butter is the best example of Nature's solution to eczema and damaged skin. This plant butter is extracted from the nuts of the Karite tree growing in Africa. African people have been using it for centuries to heal, beautify and feed themselves (yes, they even use it in food!).
This creamy butter is full of vitamin A, C, D, E and F and (most importantly!) phytosterols. If you have never heard of phytosterols, they are anti-inflammatory plant hormones. The very unique composition of shea butter makes it more soothing and moisturizing than anything else: a little dab of pure shea butter will immediately calm your itching, nourish and protect your skin. You will feel relieved from the eczema itching in less than 30 seconds and shea butter will leave a silk-soft protecting film on your skin. This nature wonder is also hypoallergenic, anti-aging and regenerating. It is even a mild sun-protector.

But ... yes! There is a but: you MUST get the pure, raw, unrefined shea butter, organic grade. This shea butter is golden color and has a very specific smell. You see… for the shea butter to work you need these phytosterols, the vitamins and the other specific ingredients. Most shea butters you will find today in stores are white and don’t have any smell or have slightly sweetish vanilla smell. This whiteness is achieved through extracting the butter from the nut by dissolving it in chemicals. Chemical extraction also takes the specific smell away, but it destroys the precious phytosterols which could take the itching and inflammation away.

You can read more about shea butter here. So try this simple solution from Nature and feel the relief.

Besides being a very powerful cure for eczema and dermatitis, shea butter is also great for:
• winter bite healing
• extremely rich skin moisturizer for dry feet and hands and very dry skin
• skin irritation pacifier for baby’s diaper rash, insect bites and after shave
• chapped and damaged skin treatment for cracked skin, cold sores
• effective hair revitalizer for dull or damaged hair

Fatty Future for Most in US ?!

Have you check your BMI (Body Mass Index) lately? If not, you can do it here or here

Have you always been in the normal range, do you eat healthy and do you exercise regularly? Even if you do it does not necessarily mean you are SAFE! Here is bad news for you: it looks like you are still at risk for overweight and obesity in the future - this is conclusion of a new study of the Framingham Heart project.

The study surved 4000 patients over 30 years. And overeating and lack of exercises aren't the only culprits for the epidemics of overweight and obesity in the US! Good news is that you can do something about it! Medical studies show that the exponential exposure to toxic chemicals plays a major role in overweight and obesity. Why? - It is simple! A lot of these chemicals are fat-soluble and your body uses fat to store them because it cannot get rid of them. This is because most of our everyday chemicals didn't exist 50 years ago...so your body may not be equipped to eliminate all of them properly. More importantly, some of these chemicals (like hormone-disrupting pesticides or phthalates that you can find in some personal care products and perfumes) are well-known to sabotage the natural weight-control mechanisms of the body and to promote weight-gain.

Dr Jerrold J. Heindel from the prestigious US National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences wrote in one of his articles: "(Science) provides fascinating examples of chemicals that have been tested for toxicity by standard tests that resulted in weight gain in animals at lower doses than those that caused any obvious toxicity. These chemicals included heavy metals, solvents, polychlorinated bisphenols, organo-phosphates, phthalates and bisphenol A).
Here comes the good news: we are not all doomed to be fat or even very fat! The above is just statistical projection and luckily not everything projected happens. For this statistics does not apply to you, you have to take action.

What can you do to help your body have its weight under control? DETOXIFY REGULARLY! Detoxifying means to flush toxic chemicals and toxins out of your body.

Clay is a very potent and safe detoxifier. It has been used for millennia all over the planet to heal and cleanse people and animals. Taken internally (yes, it's safe and beneficial to drink it) or used externally, it acts as a sponge and a sticky paper for toxins and chemicals (as well as for some bacteria, viruses and parasites). When you start a detox cure, take clay at least for 3 weeks daily and drink a lot of water. The only contra-indications are pregnancy, high blood pressure and chronic constipation.

Go ahead, use clay regularly with a healthy diet and a reasonable amount of exercise. This way, you give yourself the best chances to stay slim or to get back to slenderness.

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