Spring water also known as live water is known to be organic, fresh and unprocessed. It is also known as fresh spring water or simply water from rainfall. This kind of drinking water is very essential, pure in form and has wide variety of benefits. Spring water is free of all contaminants that come with tap water like bacteria, lead, copper, and other toxins that are picked up from pipes it passes through. Aside from that, here are some of the essential benefits to our body of drinking spring water 

Critical Nutrients

One of the real benefits of drinking spring water is that it gives our body critical nutrients. Basically, when water passes through the soil, it also passes through microorganisms and microbes within the soil. And because of the new chemical makeup that exists in this process, the water natural gravitates upward toward the sun through a spring. This is also considered the path that has least resistance. As a result, when all of these nutrients together with other additional ingredients, our body will benefit from its natural organisms.

Oxygenates Body Cells

Another essential benefit of drinking [google_bot_show][/google_bot_show]natural spring water is that it oxygenates our body cells. As what we’re told, our body needs 80 % water while our brain alone needs to be 90 % water. Without water, our mind and body will be having a hard time to focus and eliminate diseases. In addition, our blood absorbs inhaled oxygen and reacts with sugars to generate the heat and energy we need. This process is also known as metabolism. So, the less water we have, the slower metabolism there will be. So it is always advisable to drink 8-10 glasses of water everyday.

Balances Body’s PH

Drinking spring water also balances our body’s PH levels. PH stands for power of hydrogen. Normally, our PH levels fall on a scale between 1 and 14 with 7 being the neutral or the ideal scale. Studies show that the balance in our PH levels is very crucial for us to have a healthy body. So by drinking more spring water, we can balance an over-acidic system and we can bring the vitality of our body. This will help in balancing all of our other bodily systems. Water is considered as the neutral beverage amongst acidic ones.

Cure Addictions

Last but definitely not the least benefit of drinking spring water is that it can cure addictions. Studies show that people with long-term addiction on alcohol, cocaine, and heroin do not really drink enough water. But when the medical experts had them drink high quality spring water, their addictions were significantly reduced. This cure can be used in other addiction such as caffeine, salt, and even nicotine. Aside from addiction, there are several diseases and health problems that can be reduced by drinking high quality water. Hence, always make sure to drink water regularly. But make sure that what you’re drinking is quality, clean and safge.

In a March 2010 report by Amnesty International, the United States was ranked 41 in the world for maternal mortality. This means that mothers in the US have a higher risk of dying due to pregnancy and birth related causes than mothers in 40 other countries. Many of the deaths are related to the high number of C-Sections performed in the United States. Many of these C-sections are necessary, however studies show that the majority of these surgeries are unnecessary and with a little preparation and education C-sections can almost always be avoided.

C-sections are major abdominal surgeries that carry the same risks as other surgeries. These risks include infection, permanent scarring and problems with future fertility. Babies who are born by c-section have a higher risk of breathing problems, difficulty breastfeeding, and low apgar scores.

Choose the Right Doctor

When interviewing obstetricians or midwives, be sure to ask what percentage of their first time mothers deliver via c-sections. Ideally, c-sections should only be performed on about 10% of mothers. A list of the [google_bot_show][/google_bot_show]top spine surgery surgeons in New Jersey will be available at online websites for the patients. From the list, there can be selection of the right one. The services should be compatible to cure headaches and other muscular pain from the body through right medicines.  

Hire a Doula

According to DONA International, clinical studies show that having a doula present at birth greatly reduces the risk for all medical interventions, including c-sections. Doulas are trained to be advocates for the laboring mother and provide natural pain relief methods so that epidurals, which increase the chance of needing a c-section, can be avoided.

Avoid Induction

The International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN) warns that inducing labor doubles a mother’s need to have a c-section. The reasons for this are complex but seem to stem from the fact that if a baby is not ready to be born and a cervix is not ready for birth, induction is ineffective and leaves a woman with a labor that is not progressing, thus the need for a cesarean section.

Avoid Pain Relief Medication during labor

Using pain relief such as epidurals or other anesthesia increases the risk for complications for both mother and baby. When these complications arise, a c-section may be necessary.

Take Measures to Stay Low Risk

Healthy mothers and babies are less likely to need a c-section. Stay healthy by eating a well balanced diet. Many natural chilbirth advocates recommend following the pregnancy diet created by Dr. Brewer. This information can be found at www.blueribbonbaby.org.

Question your doctor

If your doctor tells you that your baby is too big to birth vaginally, or that labor is stalled, ask if there are ways to be sure that a c-section is absolutely necessary. In late pregnancy, an ultrasound is not a reliable way to estimate the weight of an unborn baby and should not be used in determining whether or not a baby needs to be born by c-section. In the case of a stalled labor, there are natural measures that can be taken to get labor going again. Even if labor is stalled for hours, there is no harm in waiting for labor to begin again on it’s own.

I need a miracle. I need the Youth Fairy to bash me over the head with her magic wand, and banish these frown furrows that make me appear distressed even when I’m trying to exude Happily. I see the age spots that at one point I thought were cute freckles until they multiplied like fat cells and oh is That another story…I see the crepey skin of my eyelids. Are they really creeping downwards, and how long will it take till I have the hooded lizard eyes I see in my nightmares? When do I make that inevitable decision to fight back? Or throw in the towel and make room for the next crop of youngsters. Grow old gggg-gracefully?

It is a dilemma for most of my friends. I’m not sure what age you have to be, to be a woman of a “certain age”, but I know we are advancing on it quickly. I used to think lying about age was ridiculous and pathetic. But damn, I wish I could. Unfortunately in my job, flying international flights, there is an evil sheaf of papers called the General Declaration or GenDec. Well, the General knows all. The crew is listed in alphabetical order, with a birth date right there in black and white for all curious crewmembers to peruse. It is fortunate for me that I do happen to look a bit younger than my actual age. I have people each trip exclaiming over it, and it should be flattering but it’s not anymore. It reminds me of my dear departed Nana, who appeared so young in her late 80’s before she passed away. She was so proud of it too. “Can you believe she is 87?” People would exclaim after they found out (well she told them!!) and she would smile and acknowledge her fabulous genes. I would nod along when they told me how lucky I was to be the recipient of such a genetic boon. And I am. I just didn’t want to be grateful for it this soon.

Most days I have too much of a life to worry about stuff like this. I’m a wife and mother of two, and when I’m not flying around the world I am staring at my messy house and wishing for a genie to come to blink the mess away…and repack for me, and go to the gym for me.

It’s simple, really, why I’m obsessing about this today. Brand X Air started a hiring binge and I just flew with the freshest youngest most beautiful child of 21 years. She towered over me, was half my weight, and looked seriously like the freak love child of the non-skanky Brittney Spears and Bridget Bardot. And she was super sweet and I couldn’t even hate her.

By the way, the fact that she had not ever heard of Bridget Bardot made me want to smash her, but in retrospect, it’s like someone coming up to me and saying, “why you’re the spitting image of Mary Pickford”. huh?

So topping this off, Trixie’s mother is a retired flight attendant, and Trixie herself was born the year I started flying. There I said it. Now you know I am halfway down to hell in a handbasket, and there seems to be no way out. Or is there?

My first experience with [google_bot_show][/google_bot_show]the Botox treatment was horrible and sad. When my little boy, who has cerebral palsy, was not even two, the doctors recommended Botox injections in his legs to help loosen the muscles. This is a practice that goes on today. Botox was not all about faces in the beginning! Well it was a nightmare. The numbing cream did not work, and my poor boy was just screaming. We were in a darkened room and they were holding down his legs and I was holding his body and he was looking at me like Why? If I dwell on this point I will burst into tears and then not be able to explain why I could even consider this evil substance injected into my Face, by my Eyes, for gods’ sakes.

So, fast-forward seven years later. Life has been difficult, to put it mildly. Try as I may keep a good attitude..well it is starting to show. Now Botox is everywhere. Probably 75% of the mature women I fly with get regular botox injections. (this is not a scientific fact but I betcha it’s close) Plus flight attendants know who to go to in other countries to get it at a much lower cost than in the states. They look good too. Yes we all know a couple of gals (guys too) who have gone overboard and look like pulled back skull heads. Just because they also have Restylane and Collagen and every other kind of gen you could wish to stuff into your creases, and just because it is Two for One Tuesday in Rio doesn’t mean you should go for it. One woman I flew with was so disconcerting to look at (and I sat across from her at dinner) I wanted to tell her to try to reverse whatever process she had undergone. Her face was an expressionless mask. Was she scowling at me just then or laughing at my joke? I’ll never know.

There have been a couple of occasions where I actually took the step of making a call to the doctors. Something made me chicken out and, to this day, I think I will pass. I even like my smile lines (crows feet, whatever you want to call them) I smile a lot, and if you can’t see it in my eyes then you won’t feel it in your heart. And you know, I have earned every single line on my face. They’re like lifetime battle scars or the lines on your palm. The stories they could tell.

I guess I won’t’ be getting Botox after all. There will always be someone younger round the bend. Even Trixie is going to age one day (probably faster than I, with that porcelain skin). It’s enough that my husband still tells me I’m beautiful in the morning, with no makeup on. I’m one lucky lady.

If only I could just erase that one frown line right between my eyes…and those horizontal stripes on my forehead..then I’d be happy. Maybe just a quick chemical peel…take care of those spider veins..lipo anyone?

There is a famous phrase that everyone must have heard off called ‘clash of the titans’, which is most used when two huge superstars’ films are vying for the box office collections on Friday where huge stars will tap their potential and win their respective audiences’ heart.

Some people might disagree with the above statement but it is true that nothing creates more excitement for movie lovers to watch the clash between two equals but in reality they’re not clashing at all.

It is the different set of audience that has various tastes regarding actor and genre that are clashing but this is something that is common in the more serious medical field as well and we are going to look at it now.

Worthy Comparison

Two important surgeries that deserve an entire article based on comparison are plastic and cosmetic surgery, two similar and yet different spectrums in the field of surgery that have played an important role in changing many a life for the better.

People are generally skeptical and scared on hearing that they have to go through a surgery but it isn’t that difficult if you overcome your phobia with doctors and their instruments like syringe, scissors, scalpel, cutter and others because fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.

Plastic surgery is the process where facial features are reconstructed to give it a completely new look while cosmetic surgery can be categorized as a subpart of its more erstwhile counterpart.

Both are related to reconstruction but the medical treatment is different in the sense that they are more into enhancing the appearance of an individual but with an entirely varied approach.

The medical field requires a tremendous amount of discipline to perfect which is why surgery isn’t considered a good option to choose as a career and people follow the advice of their experts to be on the safer side.

Would it be worthy to compare a renowned surgery to its subpart? It might confuse the people and they would start equating both as different entities because they are already a confused lot to decipher complicated things like plastic surgery.

In simple terms, plastic surgery is about reconstructing distorted facial structures while cosmetic surgery is about enhancing them to give it a natural and shiny look, which film stars can relate to the most.

Education

As it has been already mentioned, the treatment process for both plastic and cosmetic surgery is different so it is only natural that the training undergone by surgeons would also be different.

Due to the medical approach being the same, both surgeon bodies work together in perfect coordination like for example, [google_bot_show][/google_bot_show]the top plastic and cosmetic surgeons in Birmingham UK have an official department for themselves where doctors and staff workers from both sides can divide the number of cases among each other.

In order to become a surgeon, you need to be fully qualified in different medical fields where rigorous training has to be undergone for a couple of years that includes oral and written tests of the highest order.

United Concordia, which is the dental insurance carrier for active duty military dependents, is sponsoring a Prize Giveaway for the “Month of the Military Child” starting in April. According to the United Concordia Tricare Dental Program Monthly Newsletter, the drawing will be held on line so the families that are interested can enter their child’s name at the TRICARE Dental Program website at www.TRICAREdentalprogram.com, from now until midnight on April 29, 2009 Eastern Standard Time.

Depending on the age of the child there are different prizes available. I’ve listed the age bracket/category and the prize given for first, second, and third places. Note that this is more than just a game as it promotes the best pediatric dentistry Batavia IL services around the area to get utmost dental healthcare.

Ages 0-2

First Prize is a Disney’s Baby Einstein’s “Water, Water Everywhere”, book; “Baby Neptune Ocean Adventure Gym”, “Discovering Water” DVD; and “Teethe and tug Pals”: Baby and Neptune.

The “Adventure Gym” has a whale prop-up pillow, a sea scenery play mat, an electronic water filled toy, and a soft teething toy.

Second Prize is a Baby Einstein’s My First Story Reader which contains three interactive books and a “First Sounds” DVD. This prize helps babies with sounds, colors, shapes, and learning how to matching items.

Third Prize for this age group is a $50.00 gift certificate for the Military Exchange.

Ages 3-6

First Prize is an “Active Learning System” from VTech. This helps children learn math, science, reading, and spelling. The game console can be connected to the web, it is both wireless and motion-activated and the system plugs directly into a television. In addition to the system, it includes a “Scooby-Doo” game cartridge.

Second Prize for this age group is a “Reading System” from VTech. This helps children to read and makes it really fun because the child can either create and animate their own story or have a story read to them. It also includes “My Friends Tigger  amp; Pooh” books and one story cartridge.

Third Prize is a Military Exchange gift certificate for $50.00.

Ages 7-17

First Prize is a “Nintendo Wii” Game System and “Play bundle”. It has a wireless controller and a cartridge with nine games.

Second Prize is a “Nintendo DS Lite” which is a hand held game system and includes a “Super Mario Bros.” game cartridge.

Third Prize is also a $50.00 Military gift certificate for the Exchange.

It’s important to keep in mind that children can only be signed up by either their legal guardian or parent and only one entry per child. This is for all children that are dependents of Active Duty, National Guard, and Reserve members that are enrolled in the TRICARE Dental Program which is United Concordia. Winners will be posted on the TRICARE Dental Program Website on May 28, 2009.

Although some may say the prizes awarded are very expensive, I believe the military child is a special one and they too deserve to be appreciated and honored for what their parents do.