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YEAST

Yeast used to bake bread could be used in a drug to fight Parkinson’s disease.

Researchers have found it contains a protein that seems to interrupt the chain of events leading to the incurable condition.

Parkinsons affects around 120,000 people in the UK. Brain cells that produce a vital chemical called Dopamine start to die, triggering symptoms such as shaking and muscle stiffness.

Drugs can control the severity of the symptoms by compensating for the lack of Dopamine – a chemical that acts as a ‘signal agent’ between the parts of the brain that are involved in movement and co-ordination.

Ylang Ylang Essential Oil

Calms anger, fear, frustration, irritability. Emotionally healing and balancing for feelings of guilt, resentment, jealously and selfishness.

Relaxes the nervous system.

Balances hormones. A uterine tonic. May help with sexual problems such as impotence or frigidity.

Its antiseptic qualities seem to have an effect on intestinal infections.

A tonic for skin and scalp.

YOGA

Yoga is among the oldest known health practices in the world, and research into yoga has had a strong impact on the fields of stress reduction, mind/body medicine, and energy medicine. The physical postures, breathing exercises, and meditation practices of yoga have been proven to reduce stress, lower blood pressure, regulate heart rate, and even retard the aging process.

It has recently been discovered that the practice of yoga can increase the levels of gamma amino butyric acid (GABA) which is a principle inhibitory neurotransmitter of the brain. Low GABA levels are associated with anxiety and depression disorders and increasing these levels has up until now been achieved by the use of pharmaceutical preparations.

A team of researchers at McLean Hospital and the Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) conducted a test with 8 people who practiced yoga for one hour and 11 people who read for one hour but did no yoga.
Both before and after the test the subjects were tested with magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging. The yoga practitioners showed a 27 percent increase in GABA levels whereas the control group did not register any change in their levels. The technique was developed by Professor J. Eric Jensen, PhD who assists in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and another physicist from McLean Hospital

Zinc has multiple roles in the body and a wide range of uses. It helps to promote a strong immune system by revitilising the production of white blood cells that help fight off infection. By boosting the immune system, it may also also protect against fungal infections and various infectious disorders, such as conjunctivitis and pneumonia.

Some of the conditions which may also respond to zinc supplement include colds and flu, male infertility, anorexia nervosa, acne and peptic ulcers. Good food sources of this mineral include oysters, seafood, eggs and meat. Shortens the duration of respiratory infections.

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