The Zen Den

11/11/2025

Yikes 😬 One good reason not to drink sugary drinks.

Think sugary drinks are harmless? Think again.

A 20-year-old woman in Taiwan underwent surgery to remove more than 300 kidney stones.

The cause of the rare and alarming case? Doctors linked it to her near-total avoidance of water in favor of bubble tea (a very sugary drink).

The woman, identified only as Xiao-yu, was admitted to Chi Mei Medical Centre in Tainan with severe lower back pain and a fever. Imaging scans revealed that her right kidney was swollen and packed with stones ranging from 5mm to 2cm, prompting emergency minimally invasive surgery. Doctors described the removed stones as looking like "small steamed buns."

According to urologist Dr. Lim Chye-yang, the patient's extreme preference for sugary drinks likely contributed to her condition, as dehydration and concentrated urine can cause minerals to crystallize into stones.

While kidney stones typically affect older individuals—most often men aged 50 to 60—this case serves as a stark reminder that young people are not immune, especially if poor hydration habits persist.

In Taiwan, up to 9.6% of the population may develop kidney stones in their lifetime, and hot weather seasons raise the risk. Doctors urge the public to drink more plain water and cut back on sweetened beverages to prevent similar cases.

03/23/2025

Medical Medium: Potato: Healing Benefits - now at www.medicalmedium.com

01/04/2025

❤️ bananas.

Medical Medium: Bananas: Healing Powerhouse - now at www.medicalmedium.com

11/18/2024

Chair yoga poses for beginners

10/01/2024

If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath. Life is a mystery – mystery of beauty, bliss and divinity. Meditation is the art of unfolding that mystery.

05/30/2024

My husband believes in. L-Lysine.

L-Lysine: Pathogen Inhibitor

This amino acid enters the liver and acts as a smokescreen to all of the pathogens that are responsible for liver disease and autoimmune disorders. Pathogens, especially those in the herpetic family such as Epstein-Barr, shingles, HHV-6, HHV-7, and the undiscovered HHV-10, HHV-11, HHV-12, HHV13, HHV-14, HHV-15, and HHV-16, hate lysine. It’s like the powder that comes out of a fire extinguisher—a retardant that deters these bugs from proliferating.

By inhibiting and reducing pathogen load, L-lysine acts as an anti-inflammatory to the entire nervous system, especially the central nervous system and the vagus and phrenic nerves, which get targeted by neurotoxins produced by EBV, shingles, and other bugs.

L-lysine strengthens the immune system and aids in some of the liver’s most important functions. It helps with autoimmune disorders, liver disease, TMJ, bell’s palsy, sciatica, Lyme disease, fibromyalgia, eczema, fatigue, ringing in the ears, balance issues, migraines, thyroid problems, nodules, cysts, PCOS, endometriosis, RA, lupus, MS, TMJ, shingles, cold sores, neuropathy, eye floaters, fibroids, canker sores, mouth and tongue sores and ulcers, and more.

When you take L-Lysine year-round, you have less chance of getting a bad flu or for a pathogen such as EBV or shingles–whether it’s one that you already have or it’s a new strain that you pick up–to proliferate and cause new symptoms or a worsening of existing symptoms.

For more information on how to use L-lysine and other supplements, including suggested dosages, you can refer to Cleanse To Heal (51% off today on Amazon!).

05/26/2024

Interesting

yoga and mind!

04/21/2024

it all began with the basics

10/08/2023

My first yoga teacher.

Lilias Folan brought yoga into living rooms nationwide via her syndicated 1972 PBS television series, Lilias! Yoga and You.

10/05/2023

I do this pose daily.

Let's go yogis!

09/29/2023

Good ab work 😄

let's go yogis! We can do this! 👊

09/10/2023

Since the $7.99 charge is coming, I do not give permission to Facebook to charge $7.99 a month to my account, also, all of my pictures are property of myself and not Facebook!
So now they are doing it, we just saw on Channel 13 News, that Facebook will be charging all users starting Monday. You can do an "opt-out" by posting the above. Hold your fingers over and copy. Bye Bye ads