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		<title>Who defines holistic medicine?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The field of holistic medicine can confuse newcomers and experts alike. At the most basic level, people use the term &#8220;holistic&#8221; to mean different things. Sometimes they mean that any natural product that they use instead of a drug is &#8220;holistic.&#8221; But, that may not always be a valid way to think about it.
In my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://holisticmedicinetips.com/2008/05/31/who-defines-holistic-medicine/</link>
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		<title>Are You Addicted to your Favorite Food?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Food addiction appears to be very real. Studies with sugar (sucrose) have shown that it has effects on the reward centers of the brain similar to those of drugs like morphine or heroin or even cocaine. Foods that contain wheat or milk are themselves digested into opiate-like peptides. In animals that have had binge-like exposures [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://holisticmedicinetips.com/2008/05/28/are-you-addicted-to-your-favorite-food/</link>
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		<title>Holistic treatments for diabetes becoming more important to consider</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When people with chronic illnesses like type 2 diabetes think about their treatment options, about half choose to include complementary and alternative medicine therapies in their overall package. However, like most people who use holistic approaches, they usually combine the CAM with conventional medicines.
There is a new finding that confirms an old finding about the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://holisticmedicinetips.com/2008/04/20/holistic-treatments-for-diabetes-becoming-more-important-to-consider/</link>
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		<title>Holistic Programs - Tai Chi for People with Heart Failure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent study suggests that practice of the Chinese medicine exercise modality known as tai chi can help people with moderate heart failure - and without causing adverse effects. Here is the abstract below:


Postgrad Med J. 2007 Nov;83(985):717-21. 


An evaluation of the effects of Tai Chi Chuan and Chi Kung training in patients with symptomatic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://holisticmedicinetips.com/2008/02/21/holistic-programs-tai-chi-for-people-with-heart-failure/</link>
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		<title>Holistic Tip of the Day - non-drug antiinflammatory products</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When assembling a holistic program of foundational products, an antiinflammatory diet program is basic. In addition, especially if you already suffer from a chronic condition in which inflammation plays a role (most of them), there may be times when a package of herbs and nutrients will make sense for you - these might include tumeric [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://holisticmedicinetips.com/2008/02/01/holistic-tip-of-the-day-non-drug-antiinflammatory-products/</link>
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		<title>Holistic Medicine Tip of the Day - supplements for osteoporosis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Holistic medicine offers some options to women and men who suffer from early loss of bone density (osteopenia) or who have a diagnosis of osteoporosis. The most interesting possibilities, again used as part of a package of care that includes weight-bearing exercise (as recommended by your physician and/or physical therapist), involve a set of nutrients [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://holisticmedicinetips.com/2008/01/31/holistic-medicine-tip-of-the-day-supplements-for-osteoporosis/</link>
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		<title>Holistic Prevention of Colds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When you put together the available information, preventing colds even in elderly people or people with chronic health problems is improved by taking a few nutritional supplements regularly:   In addition to a good multivitamin/multimineral and vitamin D (preferably as vitamin D3 form), adding vitamin E at 200 units/day to the total program seems [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://holisticmedicinetips.com/2008/01/29/holistic-prevention-of-colds/</link>
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		<title>Holistic Treatments for Colds and Flu</title>
		<description><![CDATA[During the winter cold season, most people who prefer to use natural treatments and holistic approaches to health issues look for options for treating colds and flu. Here is a short list of items to consider:

vitamin C supplements shorten colds, though may not prevent them
research on zinc lozenges and nasal products is mixed - but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://holisticmedicinetips.com/2008/01/17/holistic-treatments-for-colds-and-flu/</link>
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		<title>Thinking holistically - calcium and everything else</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When you think about holistic medicine, you sometimes forget the implications of the term. It actually implies that you are part of the interconnected web of life (as Fritz Capra discussed in his book the Web of Life), but also that you are comprised of an interconnected set of parts. Along the same lines, holistic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://holisticmedicinetips.com/2008/01/17/thinking-holistically-calcium-and-everything-else/</link>
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		<title>Holistic Medicine Self-Help</title>
		<description><![CDATA[People often find that other people who carry a diagnosis similar to their own can help them with everyday practical tips and support to get through the long haul of chronic illness.
One site that has formed forums or discussion boards just for patients with certain  diagnoses such as multiple sclerosis is the following:
http://www.patientslikeme.com/
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		<link>http://holisticmedicinetips.com/2008/01/06/holistic-medicine-self-help/</link>
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