Even though you have never experienced an anxiety attack, one of the ways to fully understand anxiety is through knowing about its symptoms. The key to understanding these attacks is in the body’s internal system.

Symptoms of Anxiety Attack

The body’s nervous system has developed over a number of millennia. For the most part, the human race has faced, head on, significant threats from ferocious animals, extreme weather conditions, and other people as well.

Because of this, the brain has evolved to figure out a way to respond instantaneously to these signs of trouble or danger, and more often than not, even before we become fully aware of it.

This physical manifestation was made by Walter Cannon and referred to it as the fight-or-flight response.

For example, think of being alone in the woods, in a cabin that you barely know. You then go outside so you can gather wood and light a fire inside. How does your body respond to this kind of situation?

1)      The cardiovascular system works double time.

• The heart palpitates, and the heart rate increases as well. At this point, it pumps blood five times more than usual—from a gallon to a whopping five gallons every minute.
• The blood will rush to the extremities like the hands and the feet, and in the muscles to make fight or flight possible.
• Areas like the upper layers of the skin are not that important in an anxiety attack situation, so blood is not so much distributed there. This is the reason why people look pale when experiencing an attack.
• Your mouth experiences dryness because blood in the digestive system and kidneys also become limited.
• The body needs to lighten its load as well, so the bladder and the bowels try to release its contents. Hence, we feel an upset stomach.
• We sweat a lot to be able to cool down and release body heat.

2)     The respiratory system also feels the pressure.

• The nostrils and the lungs expand more as the breathing becomes faster. This makes more air enter the body, thus allowing more oxygen to be brought to the muscles and especially the blood. This gives the person the capacity to scream.

3)     The inside the body is also affected.

• We are able to endure pain because of the release of endorphins in the body.
• Different senses in the body become sharper and our vision becomes clearer.
• Metabolism is faster and energy is used faster. The fat is distributed from the cells and sugar is extracted from the liver to have an energy source.

4)     The brain is locked down when having an anxiety attack.

• Chemicals that may distract you through positive feelings are blocked so that you do not lose focus to the task at hand.

• Your brain is gravely focused on trying to figure out how to solve the danger you face even if it is not yet known. The mind also digs deep to recall past experiences to help you.
• You have a faster reaction time.

Gout is a form of arthritis. It usually appears in male patients ages 40 to 50 and in female patients after menopause. Symptoms include pain in swollen and stiff joints. It is usually caused by build up of uric acid when the body overproduces it or can’t expel it properly. In some cases, this is caused by medications taken for other illnesses.  Since the symptoms of gout mimic other, more serious diseases, you should not try any of the gout remedies available without a prescription until you are diagnosed using a blood test or through lab analysis of fluid from a swollen and stiff joint.

Gout has been around for hundreds of years.  Traditional gout remedies available today are effective but may require prescriptions because they can cause serious side effects. They are based on what scientists now know about the causes of this malady. Alternative gout remedies can also be effective and do not require prescriptions because they have few or no known side effects. They are based on knowledge gained by the trial and error practices of homeopathic healers.

Traditional Gout Remedies

Traditional gout remedies may include the pain killer indomethacin, an anti-inflammatory, and allopurinol, a drug that stops your body from producing uric acid. Allopurinol can have some bad side effects including kidney damage caused by overworking the kidneys in an effort to expel excessive uric acid. For this reason, it can only be obtained by prescription and usage must be monitored by your doctor.  Colchicine is also prescribed as a traditional gout medication for patients with liver problems. But it has its own set of side effects including numbness, stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, weak spells, and unexpected bleeding or bruises.

If they help you, these alternative gout remedies do not require a prescription nor dothey have any side effects.  They work by manipulating the flow of fluids in your body in such a way that the production of uric acid is kept below the marginal amount that can crystallize and cause pain. Not all of these natural gout remedies work for everyone. Some trial and error is required to determine which works best for you:

The quickest and easiest one is to press the bottom part of your nose against your upper lip. Apply this pressure for at least 30 seconds and repeat it until your gout pain subsides. When it does, you may be ok for hours or days before the gout returns and then you just repeat the treatment again.

This alternative treatment is a little more difficult to apply but may be more effective. Use your thumb to massage the ball of your foot as you apply pressure to the bottom of your big toe on each foot. Apply pressure for at least 30 seconds. Follow up by stimulating a point halfway between the base of the little toe and the heel pad on your left foot only.

Use your head for this alternative treatment. Just press both thumbs into the back of your neck, moving inward and upward on the underside of the protuberance at the base of the skull. Repeat this manipulation several times until your gout pain subsides.

A final word of caution regarding traditional and alternative gout remedies: not all painful or swollen joints are caused by gout. If you try the alternative gout treatments and none of them work, you should see your doctor for a medical exam and diagnosis. Many of the diseases whose symptoms mimic gout are more difficult to cure if treatment begins too late. If your doctor confirms that you have the gout, then it is your decision whether you want to try homeopathic treatments or prescription drugs.

Dr.OZ show:

The world’s most recognized doctor OZ featured in his TV health green coffee bean extract as a miracle fat burner. This when converted as a weight loss supplement can act as a magical pill for anyone to lose weight at a comfortable pace without any negative side effects.

Dr. Lindsay Duncan (ND, CN) recommendations:

Naturopathic doctor and Certified Nutritionist  Dr. Lindsay Duncan who  has a clinical experience over 28 years appeared in Dr.Oz show and was all excited about this natural supplement.

He mentioned about the results of the research conducted by Doctor Joe Vinson at university of Scranton, Pennsylvania on 16 participants for a period of 22 weeks who were fed on 2400 calories of high fat diet along with green coffee bean extract. Each participant lost about 17 pounds of weight, about 10.5% of overall weight and 16% of body fat which confirmed the positive correlation between the bean extract and weight loss.

Green coffee bean extract is a raw, unroasted seeds extracted from red coffee cherry berries. These when picked fresh contain a compound chlorogenic acid which is found to assist weight loss in human body. Similar to the popular green tea extract, the pure green coffee extract contains many more promising health benefits than just losing weight faster.

Chlorogenic acid (CGA) is a powerful polyphenolic antioxidant found in green coffee beans helps absorb the free radicals and neutralize them thus preventing the damage they cause in our body. They inhibit the absorption of glucose by small intestine. This forces the body to use the fat present in the liver to be used for energy production. This in-turn causes all the body fat to be dissolved and thus a reduction in weight.

On the whole this natural compound helps to also lower blood pressure, maintain body sugar levels, acts as an effective anti-oxidant, boosts body metabolism and promotes overall healthy body.

And to answering a question on why coffee does not provide the same benefit, Doctor Duncan states, by roasting the beans the chlorogenic acid contained in the bean is lost and with that the essence is lost. Only caffeine is contained in the roasted beans which does not produce the same effect.

In contrast the green coffee bean extract contains very low levels of caffeine and hence does not cause any jittery, nervous side effects but works to boost body metabolism to burn fat faster.

The recommended dosage is about 400mg of capsules twice every day, 30 minutes before meal time, along with surplus water as the green coffee bean tastes bitter.

“Pure” green coffee bean:

Dr.Oz on his TV show cautioned his viewers to choose the “pure” form of green coffee bean extract. Since the market gets flooded with many brands of the natural supplement, it is important to choose the purest form which contains no fillers, binders or altercations. He also mentioned a quality diet and good fitness regimen can never replace any weight loss product but these products only help assist the process better and is being recommended because it is natural and contains no negative side effects.