August 29, 2007
Obesity Risk Starts In The Womb
Research now report that the risk of obesity starts in the mother’s womb before birth.
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August 23, 2007
Are You Showering With Chlorine?
Did you know that showering ‘naked’ without a filter is allowing chlorine (along with other toxins and impurities found in tap water), a dangerous chemical, to be absorbed into your bloodstream and wreak havoc in your system?
Here is a description of what chlorine can do from Dr. Z Rona MD MSc, a best selling Canadian Author and holistic doctor:
“Chlorinated water contains chemical compounds called trihalomethanes which are carcinogens resulting from the combination of chlorine with compounds in water. These chemicals, also known as organochlorides, do not degrade very well and are generally stored in the fatty tissues of the body (breast, other fatty areas, mother’s milk, blood and semen). Organochlorides can cause mutations by altering DNA, suppress immune system function and interfere with the natural controls of cell growth.
Chlorine has been documented to aggravate asthma, especially in those children who make use of chlorinated swimming pools. Several studies also link chlorine and chlorinated by-products to a greater incidence of bladder, breast and bowel cancer as well as malignant melanoma. One study even links the use of chlorinated tap water to congenital cardiac anomalies.
Anything you can do to filter tap and shower water that eliminates or even minimizes chlorine would certainly be helpful and possibly curative for some immune system problems. The use of at source water filtration devices is increasingly popular and affordable. Discuss their use with your health care practitioner”.
Watch this video from Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, to see the dangers of these chemicals and impurities and how you can minimize the effects.
Learn more about how to filter your water and your water filter, shower filter and whole house filter options at Aquasana.com.
To your best health!
Mark
Just ran across an interesting statistic about the true cost of eating meat, specifically hamburgers.
“Producing a quarter pound of hamburger requires 100 gallons of water, 1.2 lbs. of feed grain and energy equal to a cup of gasoline, causes the loss of 1.25 lbs. of topsoil and causes greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to a 6-mile drive in a typical U.S. car. The average person in the United States consumes 260 lbs. of meat per year, most of it hamburgers.” (Source: United Nations Population Fund)
So what does it –really– cost each time you buy a burger for $1.99 ? And who’s paying the rest of the tab?
Put aside the health implications of eating meat, from causing dozens of cancers to an untold number of different diseases, is it worth the price?
Personally, I’ve never felt worse after eating a hamburger… sluggish, tired, belching, bloated, constipated, depressed. Where is the pleasure in that? I’ve never seen anyone jump up, full of life, excited, raring to go after eating a hamburger. Have you?
Fresh fruits and vegetables that are full of life can give you that feeling and keep you in great health with plenty of energy. The more you eat, the better you feel.
To your best health!
Mark
Your Health and Weight Loss Coach
Diets Don’t Work
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August 17, 2007
Dangers Secretly Hidden In The Food We Eat
You may not know this but most of the processed and packaged foods as well as those foods you select when eating out are most often filled with a dangerous substance that’s not only hazardous to your health, but is secretly counterproductive if you’re trying to lose or maintain your weight. It’s often hidden or disguised and rarely, if ever called by it’s real name: MSG.
Watch this video to learn more about this hidden, silent killer found in most processed foods we eat every day.
To Your Best Health!
Mark
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dangerous substance msg processed foods silent killer snacks whole organic foodsAugust 14, 2007
Magic Pill For Weight Loss and Other Health Issues?
It seems like every day there’s a new diet, pill, herb or medicine that will help you lose weight, doesn’t it?
Frankly, I’m tired of seeing people like you and I get swept into that… believing there’s a ‘magic pill’ that will do the trick when there is only one way to achieve permanent results.
That’s right, only one way.
Eat well and stay active.
That’s it?
Yes. But, there is one more important component. Your emotions and attitudes.
You see, many times, we eat more or make less than healthy food choices because we allow our emotions to take over. We may allow ourselves to be unhappy, angry, sad, depressed… and those states can lead to making poor choices. You may know what to do, but your emotions can override and take over.
Here’s what I’ve learned over the last 20 years of researching and looking for the answer to better health and to never worry about weight again. If you’re happy, content, relaxed and feel good about your life, it’s very easy to be healthy. In fact, that’s you’re birthright… to be happy, feel good and be well.
In our world today, stressing out is no longer occasional, it’s an every day event along with deadlines, pressure and responsibilities that keep us from taking care of ourselves.
There is a solution. You don’t have to quit your job, move to the country or send the kids away to school 
. It’s called emotional freedom.
Learn more about how you can take back your life, reach your health goals and overcome issues that are keeping you from what you want, watch this video:
In many cases, emotional freedom has worked where nothing else did… medicine, diets, therapy… it’s proven effective and can change your life, regardless what your health issue is. From weight loss, diabetes, MS, addiction, energy, disease, cravings…. check it out.
You CAN do it!
To your best health!
Mark
Your Health and Weight Release Coach
http://www.HealthyLivingTalk.com
http://www.NaturalWholeFood.com
August 7, 2007
Is Being Fat Contagious?
A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that yes, if your friends or those that you surround yourself with are obese, you are more likely to be obese as well. Watch out!
The study included over 12,000 participants and showed that if a subject had a friend that was obese, they had a 57% higher chance of becoming obese themselves. That number went up to 171% if both friends identified each other as strong friends. Friendship seemed to be the strongest correlation and it didn’t matter how far apart the friends were. Influence of siblings was also ranked highly with a 40% higher chance of becoming obese if another sibling was also obese.
The lesson here is one that just like any other goal, surround yourself by those that you’d like to become more like. In your finances for example, you normally make about the average income of your 5 closest friends and this transfers to your health and other parts of your life as well. Want to be healthier? Surround yourself with happy, healthy and positive minded friends and experiences!
Read more about the study in the New England Journal of Medicine.
To your best health!
Mark
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August 4, 2007
Why You Want To Avoid HealthCare
If you value your health, probably the last place you’ll want to go is to a hospital. (unless it’s a life or death emergency of course)
Here’s why.
A relative recently admitted herself to the hospital because she had trouble breathing (she’s in her 90’s). While in the hospital, here is what she was offered to eat over a one and a half day period:
- Steak
- Chocolate Pudding
- Ice Cream
- Hot Dog
- Bacon and Eggs
- Jello
- Pork
She has difficulties with her digestion and elimination and when she was admitted, that information was given to the nurses. Of course after the first day of eating these foods, she couldn’t have a bowel movement and spent most of the day in the bathroom trying!
Where are the fresh fruits, vegetables and greens that have the needed fiber to allow you to eliminate easily? Why would a hospital, entrusted to ‘care for your health’ provide such unhealthy meals? Aren’t the benefits of fresh fruits, vegetables and greens available to hospitals and health care facilities? This diet alone will shorten your life if not kill you! Certainly not a ‘healthy’ place to eat.
It baffles me that in this day and age with the common knowledge of the risks of increased animal food consumption along with processed foods that they are almost exclusively what are offered to patients who already have health issues to begin with.
This, in addition to the recent statistics that revealed over 100,000 people die every year from infections acquired while at the hospital as well as approximately 750,000 people dying each year at the hands of our health care system.. and doctors and health care facilities labeled as the third leading cause of death in America.
“The estimated total number of iatrogenic deaths — that is, deaths induced inadvertently by a physician or surgeon or by medical treatment or diagnostic procedures — in the
Read more about the Modern Health Care System is the Leading Cause of Death. Going to the hospital should always be a last resort decision, after all other alternatives have been exhausted. They are wonderful at saving your life in an emergency situation and the only time I’d consider being admitted to one.
The real solution is to maintain your health and immune system by eating a diet full of fresh fruits, vegetables, greens, nuts and seeds, staying active, reducing unneeded stress and avoiding toxic elements in our life. This will allow you to take responsibility for your own health, avoid our health care system and allow you to enjoy a happy and long life.
To your best health!
Mark
Learn the truth about food and health: NaturalWholeFood.com
August 3, 2007
Do You Want Fries With That? (parody)
In the beginning, God created the Heavens and the Earth and populated the Earth with broccoli, cauliflower and spinach, green and yellow and red vegetables of all kinds, so Man and Woman would live long and healthy lives.
Then using God’s great gifts, Satan created Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream and Krispy Creme Donuts. And Satan said, “You want chocolate with that?”
And Man said, “Yes!” and Woman said, “and as long as you’re at it, add some sprinkles.” And they gained 10 pounds And Satan smiled.
And God created the healthful yogurt that Woman might keep the figure that Man found so fair. And Satan brought forth white flour from the wheat, and sugar from the cane and combined them. And Woman went from size 6 to size 14.
So God said, “Try my fresh green salad.” And Satan presented Thousand-Island Dressing, buttery croutons and garlic toast on the side. And Man and Woman unfastened their belts following the repast.
God then said, “I have sent you heart healthy vegetables and olive oil in which to cook them.” And Satan brought forth deep fried fish and chicken-fried steak so big it needed its own platter And Man gained more weight and his cholesterol went through the roof.
God then created a light, fluffy white cake, named it “Angel Food Cake,” and said, “It is good.” Satan then created chocolate cake and named it “Devil’s Food.”
God then brought forth running shoes so that His children might lose those extra pounds. And Satan gave cable TV with a remote control so Man would not have to toil changing the channels. And Man and Woman laughed and cried before the flickering blue light and gained pounds.
Then God brought forth the potato, naturally low in fat and brimming with nutrition. And Satan peeled off the healthful skin and sliced the starchy center in to chips and deep-fried them. And Man gained pounds.
God then gave lean beef so that Man might consume fewer calories and still satisfy his appetite. And Satan created McDonald’s and its 99-cent double cheeseburger. Then said, “You want fries with that?” And Man replied, “Yes! And super size them!” And Satan said, “It is good.” And Man went into cardiac arrest.
God sighed and created quadruple bypass surgery.
See what you’re getting into before you go there!
Then Satan created HMOs.