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Antibiotic Addiction vs Antibiotic Resistance

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Whether it’s cold or body ache, lack of time to be sick, urges majority of patients to demand for antibiotics. Worldwide use of antibiotics in humans has soared to 39 percent since 2000. Despite of the known fact that antibiotics do not cure viral infections doctors still write the drugs unnecessarily for ailments they cannot treat. This has led to the evolution of drug resistant bacteria and has also raised the addiction to antibiotics. “For some reason, faith in the body’s natural ability to heal itself has waned and everyone believes that an antibiotic is the only possible cure that could help.” Dr. Anna Julien Antibiotic resistance  is an emerging threat to the globe and has been aggravated by smooth availability of drugs with pronounced growth in β-lactam antibacterial. These are easily accessible globally through prescriptions written by non-allopathic doctors as well as outdated prescriptions. A
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Celiac Disease: The New Terror

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Celiac Disease , literally known as gluten allergy, is a serious lifelong auto immune disorder. Two and a half million Americans remain undiagnosed. In this, the patient develops immune responses against gluten protein attacking the small intestine thereby reducing the absorption of nutrients from food. This is most common in Caucasians but now found globally. The rate of incidence is 1 in 100 worldwide. What is Gluten? Gluten is a protein found in wheat, rye and barley. Ingestion of these grains triggers cellular immune responses, development of antibodies against gluten protein, damaging the lining of small intestine. Small finger-like projections, micro-villi , line the small intestine. Antibodies generated in response to gluten protein damage these tiny projections hampering optimal absorption of vitamins, minerals and other nutrients from food. 3 W’s: When, Whom and Why Celiac can develop at any age once humans start eating foods and medicine
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Rh Factor: Are you positive or negative?

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Ever pondered upon the + or – sign ahead of your blood type? Rh blood types were discovered in 1940 by Karl Landsteiner and Alexander Wiener.  This was 40 years after Landsteiner had discovered the ABO blood groups. The Rh system was named after rhesus monkeys, since they were initially used in the research to make the antiserum for typing blood samples.  Rhesus protein is second in its clinical importance only to the ABO blood group. The D antigen, discovered in 1939, was the first Rhesus antigen to be described. D positive patients were termed Rhesus-positive. In 1946, a quantitative variant with a weakly expressed D antigen was discovered and termed “D u ”. This variant, now called “weak D”, is of clinical and diagnostic importance. Since 1953, is has been clear that there are also qualitative variants of the D antigen. Although patients with this partial D variant are positive for the D antigen, they can also form anti-D. Up to 1% of all pregnant women have clinically
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"ONE-DIET-FITS-ALL 4"- The Myth

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Shut Soul ’s last blog “One-Diet-Fits-All 3”- The Myth had content related to Blood Type B and their respective physiological traits like digestive capacities, muscular strength and stress handling. This blog will throw some light on  Blood Type AB and its respective functioning in response to diet, stress and exercise. Also it will highlight lifestyle strategies to maintain overall health. BLOOD GROUP “AB” People with blood type AB carry both antigens A and B on their red blood cells. But they possess  no antibody  which undoubtedly makes it receive blood from all blood types whether its blood types A, B, AB or O donors but can donate to none other than self. Thus, it’s called Universal Recipient . Type AB is Different! Blood group AB is the rarest of all the blood groups, found only in 5% of the total population. It’s newest of all the blood types formed due to intermingling of blood types A and B. They share qualities and drawbacks of both Type A and Type B. Typ
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"ONE-DIET-FITS-ALL 3 "- The Myth

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Shut Soul ’s last blog “One-Diet-Fits-All 2”- The Myth had content related to Blood Type O and their respective physiological traits like digestive capacities, muscular strength and stress handling. This blog will throw some light on Blood Type B and its respective functioning in response to diet, stress and exercise. Also it will highlight lifestyle strategies to maintain overall health. BLOOD GROUP “B” People with blood type B carry antigen B on their red blood cells. But they possess antibody A which undoubtedly makes it receive blood only from blood type O or B donors. Blood Type B descended from Savannahs of Eastern Africa to cold areas of the Himalayan highlands and now a part of present day India and Pakistan. As the Mongolians swept through Asia, the gene for Type B blood was firmly established. The Mongolians swept northward, following a culture dependent upon herding and domesticating animals - as their diet constituted meat and cultured dairy products.
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"ONE-DIET-FITS-ALL 2"-The Myth

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Shut Soul ’s last blog “One-Diet-Fits-All”- The Myth had content related to Blood Type A and their respective physiological traits like digestive capacities, muscular strength and stress handling. This blog will throw some light on Blood Type O and its respective functioning in response to diet, stress and exercise. Also it will highlight lifestyle strategies to maintain overall health. BLOOD GROUP “O” People with blood type O carry neither antigen A nor B on their red blood cells. But they carry both antibodies A and B which undoubtedly convey little advantage over survival than other blood types. Possession of both antibodies proved to be a great defensive benefit on one hand whereas many-a-times this innate immunity can prove to be a hurdle to achieve good health.                                       Type O is Different! Blood Type O is predisposed to certain illnesses such as ulcers and thyroid disorders. Individuals with Type O have the tendency towards hig
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