Originally published October 20 2005
Nurse offers advice on public health issues
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Nurse Patti takes questions from readers regarding exercise, diet and childrearing, offering her own blend of personalized treatments and common sense therapies.
Dear Tim, Although "focused exercise" such as just working on your abs sounds good in theory, it's not as easy to achieve as one thinks, as you're finding out.
There's a reason that male models have the awesome six-pack abs you're referring to: They're young, not middle-aged.
While exercise directed at one part of the body can certainly strengthen that area and increase the size of those muscles, it doesn't necessarily mean that you can shrink the fat in that area.
Bottom line, you cannot transform an abdomen with excess fat into the six-pack of your dreams simply by doing crunches and working out.
You will, however, lose the fat by diet and exercise combined, and you'll increase muscle mass by exercising those muscles.
Dear Nurse Patti, I'm 53 years old and came down with this illness in 2001 called chronic fatigue immune dysfunctional syndrome.
All my doctor has me on is pain meds, which I need because, when it flares up, I feel like I have been hit by a truck.
Dear Bill, Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a complicated illness that often begins suddenly, sometimes following a flulike infection or an episode of physical or psychological trauma such as surgery, a traumatic accident or the death of a loved one.
You are correct, the exact cause is a mystery.
Even though the illness sometimes occurs after infections such as Lyme disease or mono, there is no real proof that these infections caused the illness.
Patients begin an exercise program with the help of a physical therapist and slowly increase aerobic exercise.
Hereditary-pattern baldness is the most common cause of hair loss.
Dear Nurse Patti, I'm a first-time mom, and am dreading my baby's teething experience.
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