By Abigail Aaronson
 For most anxiety suffers, traditional treatments (including drug therapy and psychotherapy) serve as a Band-Aid, but never fully correct the physiological imbalance that causes anxiety in the first place. Fortunately, natural approaches exist to fight stress by replenishing the body of essential vitamins and supplements missing from the brain or nervous system.
Anxiety may surface in a variety of forms, ranging from brief discomfort and uneasiness to full-blown panic disorder. Depending on the patient's condition, sufferers will generally be prescribed SSRI's (selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitors) such as Zoloft or Lexapro, in addition to a tranquilizer such as Xanax or Ativan to control attacks.
Unfortunately, the side effects that accompany these treatments can be just as life altering as the disorder itself. Anti-anxiety medicine has been known to cause drowsiness, short-term memory loss, severe weight gain and nausea. Furthermore, tranquilizers such as Xanax or Ativan are only temporary fixes for intense periods of panic. These drugs have no impact on the essential vitamins and minerals naturally found in the body that can cause anxiety when depleted.
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By Bob Alexander
 My cat Spike was mad! He is used to eating breakfast around 7:00 a.m., but I didn't awake until almost 8:00. I heard his meowing in the garage and from the sound I knew he was still in his bed, but complaining that breakfast had not been served! He gets loud when he's not fed his Meow Mix on time.
The sight that welcomed me was not pretty. The vagrant band of raccoons that visit my garage on a regular basis had discovered the buckets of pecans I'd picked up during the day. I had collected more than I had time to process, but this didn't bother the raccoons. They proceeded to crack and shell pecans all over the garage.
Over the last several years my garage appears to have become a half-way house for raccoons. They use my cat's food dish to treat themselves to human food without having to scatter the contents of my garbage can all over the yard. Spike's cat food is also more nutritional!
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By Richard Williams
 Medical science is a constantly changing thing. New discoveries signal departures from age-old treatments, while new inquiries into traditional medicine often reveals previously unknown substances with curative, preventive and healing properties. It is always important, of course, to maintain what is called an evidence-based view of health and nutrition, while remaining reasonably open-minded about new things, however old they are!
When the subject of vitamins comes up, there are many voices competing for your ears, mind and wallet. Americans spend billions of dollars a year on over-the-counter treatments, vitamins, mineral supplements and other natural healing products. Some work, most are harmless at best but some can be damaging to your body. In fact, taking megadoses of the wrong vitamins can have serious consequences. Always take care to use the recommended amounts of vitamins and minerals and dont get creative without seeking authoritative counsel with your doctor.
Fighting and treating colds
The vitamin most often mentioned as a treatment for the common cold (coryza virus) is Vitamin C. Linus Pauling, a two-time Nobel Prize winner (chemistry and, later, peace) was a |
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