About extended wear contact lenses

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Bone healing cheat sheet

So, you got a bone fracture? Besides proper immobilization, during the first 6 weeks, nutrition is pretty important. Bone is basically minerals held together by protein chains. To make bone you need to keep ingesting adequate quantities of its ingredients throughout the healing period. Here is what you need to take:

• meals with a lot of protein and especially fish (best is Salmon)
• Specific amino acids of special importance include lysine, arginine, proline, glycine, cystine, and glutamine
• lycopene, and alpha-lipoic acid
• bioflavonoids and flavonols such as quercitin and proanthrocydins
• omega-3 fatty acids (fish oil)
• proteolytic enzymes such as bromalain and trypsin
• minerals: zinc, copper, calcium, phosphorus, silicon
• vitamins: C, D, E, K, B6

Good Luck!

Constipation, gas, IBS and Colitis

Some great info on naturally treating constipation here
Some good info on constipation related disorders here

Something that I have used and really helps with gas, bloating and constipation is vegetable carbon products that usually contain more than just carbon. The one that I have used here in Italy is TrioCarbone and is really good.

Vegetable Carbon (aka Activated Charcoal) is not known to have any side effects. See here Also see here Products like CharcoCaps (see previous link) and Trio Carbone is what you need (usually over the counter).

Enzyme and probiotic type of treatments/products (e.g. Beano) have not helped me.

However after trying this new probiotic tratment I found it to be the most effective yet - in fact, together with cetrtain diet changes described elsewhere on this site, it has completely solved my problem.

Hydrocortisone cream and wounds

Topical hydrocortisone cream is mainly used for the treatment of hives or other allergic reactions of the skin (e.g. eczema).

However, is it safe to use hydrocortisone cream on hives or eczema in case the skin of these areas is broken/open (e.g. because of scratching) ?

It turns out that it is definitely safe. In fact, it seems that in case of infected wounds, the use of hydrocortisone can be beneficial, while in teh case of uninfcted wounds hydrocortisone seems to make healing slower.

References:
http://www.ecolife.nl/polysaccharide.htm
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?artid=1515458&blobtype=pdf

Increasing the potency of your sperm

Many couples trying to conceive try to maximize their chances by making sure they have sex while the woman is ovulating and maybe assuming the right position during and after sex. However few pay attention to the possibility of naturally increasing the potency of sperm.

Here is a few quick, painless and safe ways to increase your sperm potency:

• Take zinc, vitC and vitE. Other minerals can help too (e.g. take a multi-mineral pill)
• Take L-carnitin
• Have as little sex (or masturbation) as possible during the days that your wife is not-ovulating. Sperm deposits are limited and if exhausted your cum will be just spermless liquid.
• Avoid heat directly on your testicles (laptops, hot water, etc.)
• Avoid persistent pressure on your testicles (tight underwear, tight jeans, etc.)
• Take sperm pills like "Semenax" and "Volume Pills" that are supposedly very effective and also act as afrodisiacs
• Less stress = Better sperm quality

Good Luck!