Dr Pete's Health Secrets

      Losing weight to achieve the “killer figure” has been all the rage over the past few years. But it’s about more than just self-image, it’s about your health.  When you have excess fat in the body, you increase risk factors for diseases that affect the heart and the other vital organs of your body. Many people turn to crash diets, a very unhealthy way to lose weight. Another draw back is you tend to put it back pn when you stop the diet. Did you know that there are certain foods you can include in your diet to help loose weight.  In this article I will examine 10 foods that you can incorporate into your diet, that will help you loose weight and better still, keep the weight off. 1. Chilles Chilli peppers belong to the plant group, Capsicum. The bioactive ingredient is called Capsaicin , the substance responsible for the heat in chili peppers.  It has been found to have numerous health benefits, from reducing the risk of heart disease t...

      Garlic 'Allium sativum', commonly known as garlic, the world's favourite culinary herb, is a species in the onion genus, Allium.  In this article I will examine the health benefits of adding this ancient herb to your meals. In foods and beverages, fresh garlic, garlic powder, and garlic oil are used to add flavor. Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, chive, and rakkyo.  It is thought that garlic is native to Siberia, but spread to other parts of the world over 5000 years ago. Heart and blood vessels Garlic whoose active ingredient is Allicin, is used for many conditions related to the heart and blood system.  These conditions include high blood pressure, low blood pressure, high cholesterol, inherited high cholesterol, coronary heart disease, heart attack, reduced blood flow due to narrowed arteries, and arteriosclerosis. According to a 2007 study done at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, garlic can help relax b...

    There are lots of supplements and multivitamins out there being marketed aggressively by big pharma, no wonder we get confused.  When one of the highest paid sportswomen in the world, tennis star, Maria Sharapova, failed a drug test, she tested positive for Meldonium.  She claimed that she used the drug to treat a magnessium deficiency which adversely affected her health and exercise tolerance. Whatever the merits of her case, it brought into the limelight the importance of magnesium a largely overlooked mineral. Magnesium is a very valuable mineral to the human body, but it is not a nutrient you usually hear about. For the rest of us we probably don't know we are deficient. Unfortunately, because of this lack of information about the mineral, many people come out as magnesium-deficient. It is the 4th most abundant mineral in the body after Calcium, Sodium and Potassium. Yet 60% of American adults are deficient in Magnesium. The daily requirement of t...

      A loose vagina can be a source of severe psychological and emotional distress for couples. Of course, sex isn’t everything in a relationship, but sexual satisfaction is certainly an important part of it! So if you feel like you have a stretched vagina, or a loose vagina, this can be a serious source of stress. You feel pressure to perform, feel, and look, a certain way for your partner. Vaginal looseness can seriously damage a woman’s confidence, and make her feel insecure about pleasing her partner, or herself for that matter. In this article I would explore the range of methods that firm the muscles of the vagina and successful restore its thighness. A lady recounts her personal experiences. " After I had my first child, I didn’t feel sexy, confident or secure in my ability to perform sexually. In fact, to put it bluntly, I felt like I had a flappy vagina. I wanted to find a solution for natural vagina tightening and was willing to try an...

             I personally  consider cosmetic breast surgery unnecessary except after surgical removal of breast tumours. If however you are contemplating it then you may want to consider simpler alternatives. In this article I will examine proven natural methods of breast enlargement or fullness. Fenugreek has a long history as a gradual breast enlarger and contains diosgenin which is used to make synthetic estrogen.  It has been found to promote the growth of new breast cells and increase the size and fullness of the breasts.  Of all the herbs used for breast enlargement fenugreek has the highest concentrations of the effective plant compounds. To be effective it is best taken as herbal capsules over a period of months.  Diosgenin , a steroid sapogenin is the starting compound for over 60% of the total steroid production by the pharmaceutical industry.  Other sapogenins found in fenugreek seed include yamogenin, gitog...

  Most people innocently use toxic makeup or hygiene products every single day.  In this article I will discuss how make up products can damage your health.  Please always read the label to know what you are applying to your body. Several of these products, such as body washes, lotions, shampoos, lip-stick, cosmetics and even toothpastes, are high in toxins and harmful chemicals that can weaken your immunity and lead to illness and cancer. In fact, the use of such harmful products on the skin or scalp is more detrimental to the body than you can even imagine. Yeah. Harmful chemicals on the skin get absorbed into the bloodstream through capillaries just under the skin surface, without any filtering.  From there these chemicals are transported to the cells responsible for providing immunity and protecting you from disease and cancer.  This can have a direct impact on the long run on how well your immune system functions. A 2003 study publ...