Now THAT is sustainable!

Amazing speech by Dan Barber, How I fell in Love with a Fish.

Barber speaks of a fish farm off the coast of Spain:

• Which does not feed their fish
• The fish feeds a population of 600 000 birds
• The farm acts as a huge water purifier

Green Tea Extract Capsules

I take one Green tea extract capsule with my other vitamins and minerals daily. Green Tea is a nutritional staple in Japan where it has been used for centuries. Green Tea contains beneficial flavonoids, which are natural phytochemicals that provide antioxidant support and health-enhancing properties. This Green Tea Extract contains naturally occurring EGCG. Capsules may be opened and prepared as a tea if you prefer to drink it.
Green tea has been shown to mildly lower total levels and improve the cholesterol profile.
Green tea is generally free of side effects.

Green tea is more powerful antioxidant than Vitamin E. I recommend to take it daily.

Vitamin B12

As you may know, the B Vitamins play many important roles in the body, including energy metabolism. Specifically, the vitamin known as B-12 helps maintain proper metabolic functioning and circulatory health, and contributes to the health of the nervous system. It also aids in normal development and the regeneration of red blood cells.

Vitamin B12 deficiency causes fatigue. Years ago, a small, double-blind trial reported that even some people who are not deficient in this vitamin had increased energy after vitamin B12 injections, compared with the effect of placebo injections.
A lot of body builder use Vitamin B-12 because of the metabolic effect of it, but not only body builders can benefit from B 12.

B 12 injections available on the market you need only a person (doctor) to take it in injectable format.

Vitamin B12 is found in all foods of animal origin, including dairy, eggs, meat, poultry, and fish.

If you like more natural energy take Vitamin B 12 daily.

Nature is fantastic

Another speech by renowned chef Dan Barber. This time about foie gras, fat liver from duck or goose, which is considered to be an exquisite delicacy. The controversy of foie gras is gavage, or force feeding the animal. However, Barber's speech show that, if we cooperate with nature instead of try to overcome it, nature rewards us.

-Why don't you sell the foie gras to world class chefs?
-They don't deserve my foie gras.
-What do you think of conventional foie gras?
-An insult to history.

Great and inspirational stuff.

Diabetic nephropathy and the lost Swede

Chris over at Conditioning Research forwarded me the link to the PLoS paper demonstrating partial reversal of diabetic nephropathy in a couple of mouse models. This isn't exactly a world shattering finding as anyone with diabetes who is not eating a mildly ketogenic diet probably has shares in dialysis machines or is being grossly mismanaged.

Anyway, the first thing to do with a paper like this is to check whether the authors cited Nielsen's 2006 case report of a human being having their diabetic renal failure halted and partially reversed. I mean, this might be relevant...

They didn't.

The Swedish group simply fixed a patient without a mouse model in sight. They got ignored for their temerity. Shocking to fix a human without the death of a single leptin deficient mouse, but there you go. And it's not so hard to do either............


As a complete aside:

It turned out to be interesting to go back and see where the mouse folks were coming from. They cited this paper.


Here is part of figure 6, the line to follow is the open triangles.





Up to day 84 a high fat diet was fed. As happens so often, the high fat diet is 31.7% sucrose/maltodextrin by weight and (gasp) 20.7% lard.

From day 84 onwards these lazy, greedy porkers of mice were switched to a diet which was 47.5% lard and, utter horror, 19.95% butter. Of course this is not really a high fat diet as it has no sucrose or maltodextrin...

Look at the weight drop to below (ns) that of the mice fed crapinabag throughout........

Obviously this must be the satiating effect of protein, so often cited by idiots as the reason for weight loss of LC diets. Except it's not, the ketogenic mice had the lowest protein intake, 9.5% by weight cf 24% in the crapinabag and HF diets. That is very low in protein.

Here are the actual diets in Table 1:



A far more plausible explanation is that ketosis induces dissatisfaction in these mice concerning their body image due to their obese state so they then started to cut calories and go to the gym every night. Duh.

Now please don't make me put up the fasting insulin levels. Aw, okay, you twisted my arm.

Edit: I noticed that these are the FED insulin levels, we don't get fasting levels in the paper...



No comment.

Peter

A Few Body Hair Removal Techniques That Are Popular

body hair is a natural occurrence, and all of us have to some degree. But if you want to show your body in professions like modeling it can be unpleasant.

As a general rule, if you want to go to the beaches or take a bath in a public swimming pool, body hair can be very embarrassing. In fact, many people have excessive body hair, they always hide their bodies, which are not desirable.

This is the reason why more and more people are in the beauty salons to get rid of their body hair. Many new and effective techniques that help you the hair permanently removed or temporary methods are also available.

the first women to be concerned about body hair removal but now-a-day are men who have similar interest in doing.

The proven and effective method of hair removal is body waxing. This method is used since ages and it is quite easy to do at home. You pour the hot wax on the spot where you feel you have a lot of unwanted hair and the hair is then pulled with the help of a piece of cloth and hair from the roots.

Now, this is a method if you are not all side effects such as dark marks or allergies, etc. The other mode tried shaving of body hair removal is. This is a painless method, but also the danger of cutting you. In addition, some people after shaving the rough and hard areas, which are not desired.

plucking of the hair is a process that you do not try yourself and you have to visit a parlor for that. This is done with a thread and therefore you can also use the threading. There are different types of creams and lotions are available, are rich in ammonia and this is the reason why they develop black spots on the body, where it.

The final and lasting method of hair removal is electrolysis with the laser beams. The rays kill the roots of the hair almost permanently, and you will not feel much pain. But the only constraint is money. The costs involved in this process is too high, and this is the reason why not everyone can apply for them. Women can find the recipe Eflornithine cream to the facial hair.

joint work are the techniques that you can try to get rid of these unwanted body hair and flaunty cleanse your body, without hesitation.

 

April Kerr hopes that you'll also want to look at chest hair removal and femal facial hair removal.

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Second Trimester Exercise Experiences

The third trimester is here! And, boy, my second trimester was a great one! Yep, I'm now at 28 weeks and a few days and am definitely looking pregnant (instead of just chubby...haha). However, for the most part, I wouldn't even know I was pregnant except for when I look in the mirror - I feel great!

My second trimester was just awesome. I taught boot camps 8 times a week (three on Tuesdays and Thursdays, one on Friday and one on Saturday) and for the most part, actually physically did teach them and had no issues what-so-ever! My classes consisted of everything from high intensity Tabata training, to battle ropes and prowler pushes (as seen in the you tube video above), to weight lifting circuits and kettlebell intervals. So, pretty serious and nothing pink and fluffy.

The second trimester started in the month of October (I became pregnant pretty much exactly on July 1st). By this time all my nausea had left and my energy came back. My strength was also very similar to pre-pregnancy except for a few things, which I'll outline below.

In summary, here's how my second trimester was in terms of exercise and training:

1) Energy
As I said, my energy came back at about the 10 to 12 week mark and I took that as a sign to start kicking up the intensity. Which I did. My first few days of teaching Tabata classes were a bit rough, but once my endurance improved in a few weeks, I was doing better than some of my class participants.

2) Strength
I'm amazed at how strong I've stayed, other than for many body weight exercises. Because of my increasing body weight (I've gained about 14 lbs to date), exercises such as pull-ups, inverted rows, and now, even pushups, are a lot more difficult. I definitely am unable to do an pure unassisted pull-up, and lately, my pushups have been lame. However, my lower body and back strength in lifts like the deadlift and squat are pretty awesome. Even my bench press still rocks at a max of 135 lbs (yes, I'm still doing supine work because it doesn't bother me at all - my OBGYN even approves).


3) Endurance
I will have to say that my endurance now is better than it was pre-pregnancy. But, that wasn't hard to improve: prior to becoming pregnant I was both finishing my PhD dissertation and RD internship, so rarely had time to workout hard at all. Now, with all my HIIT training in my classes, my endurance is excellent.

4) Body Heat Regulation
Thankfully I'm progressing through my pregnancy in the winter, so keeping my body temp in a safe range while exercising is not an issue. When it's been hot outside or when I have too many layers on, I do definitely feel uncomfortable.

5) Recovery
My recovery still leaves a bit to be desired. Whenever I lift heavy, I pay for it for a few days. I've tried a few different nutritional tactics to try and improve this, but I'm pretty sure it's just the fact that I'm growing another human that my recovery isn't so great. But, I still push myself hard and just make sure to take more time to relax after.

6) Body Composition
Interestingly, my belly is definitely growing, but I haven't gained a pound in the last 4 weeks (during my 6th month I've stayed at 150lbs). My husband has told me that he noticed that my body is looking leaner, especially in my butt and thighs. He said it's because I'm finally eating better - in my first four months, I was craving sugar and food like I'd just come back from a hard outdoor excursion. Now, my cravings and appetite are so much more manageable. This combined with my exercise routine probably is leading to some fat loss (yes, fat loss during pregnancy is possible!).
One of my girlfriends who just had her baby this past February 2009 told me that she didn't gain anything in the last 3 months and her arms, thighs and butt shrank. Her baby was born at a healthy 8lbs and had no issues at all. So, I'm hoping I'll have something similar happen because I did pile some fat on my legs in the first trimester from my outta control sugar binges.

7) Aches and Pains
With my back issues (spondylolithesis), I thought I was going to be in much more pain by this point in my pregnancy. But, with all the core strengthening work I do and the absence of exercises that hurt my back (like back squats and ultra-heavy deadlifts), I've been pretty much pain-free. There were a few weeks where I had sciatica pain, but I think that was due to the baby, because it just magically disappeared one day. Now, I'm experiencing rib pain from my expanding rib cage, but, unfortunately, there's not much I can do about it. I just try to ignore it and working out actually helps me forget about it.


8) Goals for the next three months:
Well, given that I feel great and have almost no issues doing what I'm doing now, I'll continue to train hard for as long as my body will let me. A lot of people ask if I'm going to lighten up, but I've told them that I'll only do that if I have to (i.e., I hurt, I'm feeling sick, etc). Other than that, why do I have to reduce my intensity if everything is progressing in a healthy direction? My baby and belly are growing at the proper rate, my health is great (yes, I am fighting off a slight cold right now, but it is the winter and I was bound to get a bit sick at some point), and my energy is wonderful. What else could I ask for?

Now, just keep in mind: every woman is different, and every woman has to listen to her own body and make the best decisions for her and her baby. Just because I'm staying really active doesn't mean every woman has that luxury. Be smart, listen if your body says stop and ensure you fuel it with the best foods possible.

Foods You Should Be Eating If You Want to Grow Taller

Growing slightly larger, millions of people are worried, and it is much easier than you might think, if you use the help of good nutrition on your side. Here are some basic tips to make you:

Make sure to eat foods rich in calcium. You probably already know, but you will be amazed at how many people skip this part entirely. Enter your bones what they need, is very important and should not be overlooked. In addition to eating foods rich in calcium, you should also eat foods rich in vitamin D to help your body absorb calcium. Here is a brief list of calcium and vitamin D-rich foods should be included in your diet as soon as possible.

Calcium Rich Foods:

oatmeal

almonds

Sesame seeds
Kohl


Turnip Greens

yogurt

Cheese

Broccoli

Oranges

Milk

Tofu

Black Turtle Beans

soybeans

Soy Milk

navy beans

White

beans vitamin D-rich foods:

Mackerel

-liver

egg

Beef

Salmon

Sardines

Tuna Fish

After your food is imported, you need to follow up with a stretching exercise program. The most effective every now grows Taller For Idiots by Dr. Darwin Smith. With his program you can gain 3 inches in just 6 weeks. The best part is that you do not have to give medication or hundreds of dollars. He has dozens of different techniques, exercise your spine and are easy for everyone to do.

 

If you want to learn more about of Dr. Smiths Grow Taller For Idiots program, click here.

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Earth Day - One World Day Pledge

I will eat a sustainable healthy plantarian, pure vegetarian, vegan diet: Saving the world one day at a time!

Getting Your Daily Dose of Sunshine

John Denver, a folk singer, was a well-known song that started "Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy ..." While in this case the wording was to describe the simple pleasures of a nice sunny day, the singer was on target when he realized. Research shows that children who are today (and today, we mean in the last ten years or so) have far less hardy immune system and show significant vitamin D deficiency, even if they are well fed and are for the health-oriented families. Many scientists believe that this shortage is partly due to a move indoors in the last ten to twenty years. At the beginning you can laugh, wondering what vitamin D has to do with the weather outside, but in reality it has everything to do with each sunny day.

As our social lives, our jobs and our livelihoods will be electronically based, as a culture we have begun to spend more time inside. Our children also learn to live, work and play online, in addition to those with a large repertoire of video games and other electronic entertainment available. As more people live in cities and other urban areas, the outdoors, many options to decrease even further. The result: a net loss of sunlight exposure.

While on the surface this may be a good thing - especially if you fear of skin cancer - in reality, some sun exposure is an integral part of a truly healthy lifestyle. Sunshine helps the body produce and use of vitamin D, which plays an essential role in many aspects of health and your immune system. .. Vitamin D deficiency can lead to problems, autoimmune diseases such as diabetes and psoriasis, the risk for certain types of cancer as well as hair loss and other physical symptoms of malnutrition.

Fortunately, the solution is quite simple. A nice walk every day, an hour or two of the yard work once or twice a week or a quick splash in the pool are all possibilities, your sunlight directly and fire up your vitamin D levels. Of course you can also use a vitamin D supplement, but not always is also a good way to get more active. This does not mean that you neglect your Sun safety habits. But in practice moderation. Wear sunscreen and a hat if you burn easily, but not completely around the sun for fear of sunburn. Instead, to monitor and moderate your exposure to ensure that one out without paying for later. You will find that you feel better and you enjoy nature, because more of it!

 

Tricia Cardone, CN, is a gifted nutritional consultant that is devoted to helping others find balance in their lives as well as celebrating their bodies and their health.

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Women from a Male Perspective

I have a friend. Her name is Helene. She has four children and she is single. Two of them are now adults, and two around ten or so. Helene has been one of my heroes for a long time. Being a single mother of four is something almost unimaginable for a man. To succeed in bringing up four children alone is an admirable feat. Her children are great. Some parents can't even manage one child. And they are twice as many.

I know another mother. Her name is Heather. She has three children. Her life has been hell to say the least. But her children are fine and she has struggled like an beast to make ends meet and to raise her children well. She is another of my heroes.

I listened to a radio show a while ago. Four mothers were talking. One said:

"The mother is always the dumpster. She always stays. The children know a mother never abandons. Fathers are away so much the children are grateful for what little they get from him. The father must not be pressured, questioned or intimidated. If he is, he might leave for goodThen maybe he abandons the kids forever. The mother's reward for her loyalty, kindness and love is - she gets to be the garbage can. "

We live in a so-called equal country. An equal country where women still face discrimination daily. Equal pay for equal work is probably not even worth mentioning. Nor that typical "female professions" are lower paid than typical "male professions".

When you go shopping together, it does not matter if it's the woman who starts off the negotiations with the salesman. The salesman sooner or later turns to the man to conclude the sale. I have personally experienced this multiple times and every time I shake my head: Don't look at me, talk to her.

Women give birth. They have their period. When they give birth, they get stretch marks. They go through menopause. Men shave. Poor men.

In the United States, a single mother over thirty is as attractive on the relation market, as that moldy thing in the back of the fridge you know you should throw away, but you think is too disgusting to touch, so you wait a little longer to toss it.

On the coast of West Africa, there is an indigenous tribe ruled by women. Their language has no word for war. That says everything needing to be said about women. And men.

Men are not really worthy of women's love. Men rape, murder and pillage. Women love, educate and nurture.

Women deserve all our respect. I love women. Because they exist and because they tolerate us men. Thank you.

Interview with an ex-vegan

I discovered I was deficient in a multitude of different nutrients that are readily available in animal products. (b12, zinc, iron, magnesium, vit D, Retinol Vit A). I also found out I had hypothyroidism, and when I did some research I found the link between raw cruciferous vegetables and soy blocking thyroid function.  Protein and pre-formed Vitamin A from animal products are critical for thyroid health.  When you have a slow thyroid you cannot convert beta carotene into Retinol Vitamin A, the form you need for healthy thyroid function.

Entire interview.

Oh, and one more thing:  Why do vegans eat fake meat? You don't see carnivores eat fake vegetables. Honest question.

Natural Remedies to Cure Excessive Sweating

In today's high-tech world of medicine and convenience, we have experienced relief from a multitude of diseases and suffering, but in the process we have become a culture on Medicines. Against this background, there is a new movement to get back in the direction of holistic living, and many Americans, the more natural alternatives for their complaints.

Mike Ramsey, hyperhidrosis sufferer is one of the many people overall natural remedy. Ramsey addressed the embarrassment of excessive underarm sweating for a large part of his life. For years all he could do was to manage the problem and try to conceal. Ramsey began natural medicine, when a light bulb went. He decided to apply the principles he learned in a hyperhidrosis treatment.

... The result, he developed a cure for excessive sweating, it really works. Ramsey treatment does not address the problem, but putting it firmly. He reported that 96% of people who have tried his treatment have effective results. Everything you need is less than a minute of your time per day for the implementation of treatment, and the results can take 2 weeks or less.

The combination of 3 products, which can easily be incorporated into your local store, you can use the amazing effect by Mike Ramsey of the treatment and cure of excessive underarm sweat for life. Forget expensive drugs, expensive doctor visits and invasive surgery. You can create your relief from excessive underarm sweating the all-natural way. Do not live in fear or embarrassment, no more. Find out more and be on their way to a better life and a better you. Stop sweating and start living today.

 

Stop profuse sweating by using natural methods. Stop trying to hide the under-arm sweat and feel comfortable going out in public without dripping sweat. Find out how...

=> How to Stop Sweating

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Fight Cancer With Chocolate Mousse | NBC Dallas-Fort Worth

Fight Cancer With Chocolate Mousse | NBC Dallas-Fort Worth:

Free cooking classes promote nutrition to prevent and fight cancer

At 27 years old, Katherine Lawrence was an Iraq war veteran, but it was the battle she was facing at home that would prove to be the toughest.

"I started to have really bad pain in my abdomen, and I found out I had severe endometriosis and uterine cysts and ovarian cysts," said Lawrence.

"My doctor wanted to put me into early menopause, and then schedule me for a hysterectomy," said Lawrence.

Desperate to avoid that, she started eating a low-fat, vegan diet and in just five weeks her health problems were virtually gone.

"My doctor was amazed," said Lawrence.

Now, she teaches cooking classes to help prevent and battle cancer in conjunction with a non-profit group called The Food for Life Alliance working with the charity The Cancer Project that was set up by PCRM.

Late 2010 Katherine came over to the UK to teach 14 students and train them to deliver Cancer and Diabetes fighting Cookery workshops.

To find out more see One World Day and Saladmaster

Making ends meet

Not the kind of foods I would recommend, but still an amazing mother. She feeds a family of 6 with 4 dollars a week.

How to Grow Taller Naturally - The Unique Way to Increase Your Height

It is a common assumption that people are gaining greater popularity and they are widely applauded. If you are short or dwarf, to a certain degree and the growing desire for bigger, then you've come to the right place. Just go on reading the article and find the unique opportunity to secure your height that you always desired. If it was your secret desire to grow larger, I would like to view the secret to grow bigger and make your request, practical and real. Simply go to read this article in which you will find the way to increase your height.

First we go to the heart of the matter. Our skeletal system is the basis for determining the amount of our growth. The limbs and spine in combination determine our growth. However, with strict tests we can make the height of front and rear limbs. Calcium is an essential element in growing and hardening of the bones can help to increase your height. To eat the food and drink milk, the calcium-factors.

Stretching exercises with suspensions are of great importance to your height. That is why using a stationary bicycle, to suspend in the air from a horizontal pole for a few minutes and aerobic exercises are helpful to properly tone your bones and give them the direction to increase. Moreover, sitting and standing erect in the way are helpful to the backbone straight. Suspicion of the backbone holds the growth of the bones and makes you appear shorter. That is the reason why some habits to maintain order in upright positions standing and sitting.

Not only regular physical activity, but also the complementary food and deep sleep are the things that are contributory to your height. A balanced diet with dairy products is important to harden and increase your bone.

 

To Grow Taller Fast you need special set of proven instructions and some proven exercise. On next page you will find these secret exercises, with the help of that you can easily increase you height for 4 to 6 inches. The only condition is you have to start early to get good and fast result.

Do you know simple yet effective height growing techniques? If no, then no need to worry. On next page, I had shared it, and now with the help of these proven techniques you can easily grow taller even after puberty, so now without wasting time just check the next page, it will take just 2 minutes. Believe me, these two minutes will be the most important for your rest of life. Click Here To Read More.

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Picture Time!

My fellow blogspot mommy-to-be Nicole in Australia at YummyMummyProject posted some recent pics of her belly on her blog and this has inspired me to share a few with all of you.

I follow Nicole's blog because she's a workout mama like myself AND because her and I are due almost the same time. It's pretty cool to see how her pregnancy is going compared to mine... and the fact that's she across the globe! I love the internet :)

I've posted pics on Facebook, but since not all my readers are FB'ers, I'll share here too. First is a side pic of my belly post-workout. You can't really tell, but my belly button has almost turned into an outie.

Second picture is from New Years Eve, right before my hubby and I headed out for a party at one of our friend's house. (disclaimer... all I did was eat... no alcohol of course).
For exercise today, well, I've been battling a cold for about a week. I swear, I've not been sick for longer than 2 days in a LONG LONG time. But, this one was one that just didn't want to leave. I trained really hard yesterday doing a metabolic circuit for an hour after I taught boot camp, but today all I did was go for a walk, wash the floors and shovel... no lifting because I was now just finally feeling better. I guess pregnancy really does depress the immune system. Thankfully I'm only battling a cold and nothing more serious.

Hope everyone is looking forward to a great week back at reality! Now that the holiday season has passed, there is a lot to do in 2010.

Best, Cass

Wound Closure Products Ensure the Most Effective Recovery

wound closure products for the latest suturing procedure for use of materials obtained from deliveries made of synthetic threads, absorbable, non absorbable, staples, tapes and adhesives. The mechanics of the seams in plastic as well as the standardization of commodities, such as catgut and silk, for the most favorable results. Also, the production of natural adhesives, brackets and bands to stand-in for seams has expanded and improved the practice of wound closure techniques. Wound closure products are the devices for healing cuts, injuries, margins, and abrasions. The wound closure suitable products, to ensure optimal healing.

In order to understand, however, wound closure, it is crucial for each to know how her body reacts initially their injuries and then the healing process. The healing takes a course of three levels, inflammation, tissue formation, and matrix formation and Remodeling. Immediately after the injury, inflammation occurs, is required in order for the bleeding to set in motion in the immune system. In the next phase, tissue formation goes through reepithelialization, angiogenesis, and fibroblast proliferation and migration predominate. Finally, in the extracellular matrix, collagens type III and in a mature type I collagen, which for an effective healing results.

Categorization of common threads include natural and synthetic, resorbable and non-absorbable and monofilament and multifilament. Natural materials are conventional and are still used worldwide in the suturing procedure. Synthetic materials, on the other hand, have become less irritation and inflammation in the post-surgery. Absorbable suture is appropriate that the wounds heal quickly and requires little attention. These types of threads easy load on the wound itself, while maintaining their strength, until the sutures dissolve. Non-absorbable suture materials for greater sustainability in the wound, but must be supervised by a specialist in health care after surgery.

needles are responsible for the placement of threads in a wound. The needles are made from premium stainless steel. They are sharp enough to tissue with minimal trauma, solid enough against bending, and flexible enough to break before. Hand-sanded or electrohoned needles are sharper than that of the grinding machine. Sharper needles penetrate more easily through tissue and lead to less trauma to the wound. When selecting a needle for the surgery, tissue thickness, tissue type, location, need for cosmesis and suture size are taken into account.

Other wound closure products such as glues facilitate the healing process. Cyanoacrylate adhesives are strong and flexible and are usually for minor injuries. Others, such as fibrin-based tissue adhesives are of pooled blood. They are usually for the better hemostasis and can seal tissue. Although they do not have sufficient strength to close the skin, tissue fibrin glue can be used to fix or seal skin spinal fluid discharge.

Wound closure products like brackets for a quick recovery wounds. Stapling requires minimal penetration of the skin, which in turn protects the wound from outside infection. While braces are more expensive than sutures, and demand more attention, after the surgery, a person with a physically smoother healing, with minimal scarring. Tapes to ensure that wound edges are splinted and secured, while the additional gain seam.

 

Andy West is a writer on a number of topics, including medical supplies. You can find wound closure products in an Ethicon surgical catalog.

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How to Grow Taller Naturally - This is Feasible Even If You Seem Stopped Growing

If you go into a panic at the surgeon's scalpel and not take at all ready at any steroids to increase your height, then here are some natural ways to increase body size. Exercise is the best way to grow naturally bigger. Sport and physical activity are the activities with which you can add inches to your height difficult.

sports such as cycling and swimming as well as participation in a field and track events can be helpful to stretch your body to the outer limits and you'll find that you are getting bigger over time. Stretching exercises are useful for warm-up before starting any exercise program. Touch your notes and crunches are essential exercises to stretch the spine. Hanging by a horizontal bar through the ankles or fingers is helpful to you stretch every part of your body.

A healthy diet is important for the bones to provide calcium, phosphorous, chondroitin and glucosamine. These supplements are useful to activate growth hormone cartilage and bone of the body. A healthy diet is processed junk and fast food like burgers, fries, and no greasy foods. The junk food will only add fat and calories to your body, your body will make you obese and will look shorter. The cooked green, green vegetables, salads, fruits and dried fruits like an apple, orange, pineapple, almonds and cashews do not contribute to your body size to increase significantly. Along with food, you should have a glass of milk a day, milk with vitamin D to promote calcium-rich beverage, the essential element for the growth of the bone, and thus help to grow taller. In addition, 8-10 glasses of water is sufficient for you excrete toxins from a body that discourages your hormone balance growth.

 

To increase your height you need special set of proven instructions and some proven exercise. On next page you will find these secret exercises, with the help of that you can easily increase you height for 4 to 6 inches. The only condition is you have to start early to get good and fast result.

Do you know simple yet effective height growing techniques? If no, then no need to worry. On next page, I had shared it, and now with the help of these proven techniques you can easily grow taller even after puberty, so now without wasting time just check the next page, it will take just 2 minutes. Believe me, these two minutes will be the most important for your rest of life. Click Here To Read More.

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Please stop GMO in Europe

We say no to Monsanto, and change our mind 12 years later?


New York Times: E.U. Approves First Modified Crop for Planting in 12 Years

The European Union today approved the first new genetically modified (GM) crop for domestic growing in more than a decade, ending what has been a long stalemate over a backlog of GM crops awaiting cultivation approval. 

The decision by the European Commission, the E.U.'s executive arm, will allow farmers to grow Amflora potatoes, a controversial GM crop developed by the German chemical giant BASF. The potatoes can be used solely for industrial or animal feed purposes, the bloc said. 

The potatoes, engineered to produce high levels of starch for use in paper production or textiles, are the first crop to be approved for farming since a strain of Monsanto's insect-resistant corn 12 years ago. That decision set off a storm of protest from European countries, some of which, like Austria and Germany, have invoked science-based protection clauses to prevent the corn's growth (Greenwire, Oct. 21, 2009).

 http://nyti.ms/9RXvxG

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Monsanto's GMO Corn Linked To Organ Failure, Study Reveals

In a study released by the International Journal of Biological Sciences, analyzing the effects of genetically modified foods on mammalian health, researchers found that agricultural giant Monsanto's GM corn is linked to organ damage in rats.

http://huff.to/bYojbQ

A Comparison of the Effects of Three GM Corn Varieties on Mammalian Health

Effects were mostly concentrated in kidney and liver function, the two major diet detoxification organs, but in detail differed with each GM type. In addition, some effects on heart, adrenal, spleen and blood cells were also frequently noted. As there normally exists sex differences in liver and kidney metabolism, the highly statistically significant disturbances in the function of these organs, seen between male and female rats, cannot be dismissed as biologically insignificant as has been proposed by others [4]. We therefore conclude that our data strongly suggests that these GM maize varieties induce a state of hepatorenal toxicity.

http://bit.ly/cZeQ94

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Please sign the petition to STOP GMO in Europe once and for all.

GM Food: get the facts first


The EC has just allowed GM crops into Europe, ignoring the concerns of the public. I've signed a petition for independent research and a moratorium on GM crop development. With 1 million citizens' signatures, we can make an official legal request to the European Commission. Sign below and let's get to 1 million:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/eu_health_and_biodiversity/98.php?CLICK_TF_TRACK

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Dear friends,

The European Commission has just approved growing genetically modified crops in the European Union for the first time in 12 years!

Caving to the GM lobby, the commission has ignored 60% of Europeans who feel we have to get the facts first before growing foods that could pose a threat to our health and environment.
A new initiative allows 1 million EU citizens to make official legal requests of the European Commission. Let's build a million voices for a ban on GM foods until the research is done; they will be delivered to the President Barroso of the European Commission. Sign the petition and forward this email to friends and family:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/eu_health_and_biodiversity/98.php?CLICK_TF_TRACK  

Consumers, public health, environmental and farmers groups have long rallied against a few international GM companies having such significant influence over European agriculture. Concerns about growing GM crops include: contamination of organic crops and the environment; their impact on climate due to the excessive need for pesticides; the destruction of biodiversity and local agriculture; and the effects of GM food on public health.

EU member states have voiced strong opposition to last week's decision to authorise BASF's potato and Monsanto's maize -- Italy and Austria are opposed, and France said it would ask for further scientific research.

There is still no consensus on the long-term effects of GM crops. And it is the GM industry, pursuing profits not public well being, that is funding the science and driving the regulatory environment. That is why European citizens are calling for more independent research, testing and precaution before crops are unleashed onto our land.

Now, the "European Citizens' Initiative" gives 1 million EU citizens the opportunity to submit policy proposals to the European Commission and offers us a unique chance to drown out lobbyists' influence.
Let's raise 1 million voices to put a moratorium on the introduction of GM crops into Europe and set up an independent, ethical and scientific body to research and determine the strong regulation of GM crops. Sign the petition now and then forward it widely:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/eu_health_and_biodiversity/98.php?CLICK_TF_TRACK

With determination,

Alice, Benjamin, Ricken, Luis, Graziela and the entire Avaaz team.
 


More information:

Last Eurobameter Survey 2008 'Attitudes of European citizens towards the environment', page 66:
http://bit.ly/aMkeVJ

The Independent, Fury as Brussels authorises GM potatoes:
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/fury-as-eu-approves-gm-potato-1915833.html

Reuters, France blasts GM crop approvals by EU agency:
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE6241ZQ20100305

New Report: GMOs Causing Massive Pesticide Pollution:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-kimbrell/new-report-gmos-causing-m_b_362888.html

Summary of the International Assessment on Agricultural Science and Technology for Development, including critics of GMOs use in agriculture:
http://globalpolicy.org/social-and-economic-policy/international-trade-and-development-1-57/genetically-modified-organisms.html#key

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Update 2010 March 25th: Total signatures 300,925
Update 2010 March 26th: Total signatures 315,553
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A video to make you laugh!

NROL4W girl versus Average girl video



One of my clients, Kayla, sent me this video she made about lifting and women. I laughed so hard and thought you all would like it too.

For those following this from Facebook, I've pasted the URL above too.

Enjoy! Thanks Kayla!

Vitamin A

Vitamin A is an important vitamin and it helps maintain the eyes, skin, bones, teeth, and a healthy immune system.

Prostate cancer paradox

Many observational studies associate prostate cancer with markers of metabolic syndrome. Which gives us the omega3/trans fat paradox, well discussed in several places around the net.

Here's a similar prostate paradox.

How come these two exceptions buck the trend? Here's a random thought:

Let's assume prostate cancer is related to chronic hyperinsulinaemia, a reasonable idea, ie it is "metabolic syndrome of the prostate".

Conversely, castration is a component of conventional prostate cancer treatment.

Getting to the chemical-castration stage of metabolic syndrome might well be prostate cancer protective.

Omega 3 fats probably slow progression of metabolic syndrome, trans fats probably accelerate it.

If you want to get to the castration level of metabolic syndrome as fast as possible, to maximise this prostate benefit, never forget to ask for your favourite lipotoxin by name.

For metabolic castration you should always ask for Crisco.

Peter



Alternatively I have a couple of bricks available. It's an old anaesthetist's joke:

Surgeon: "I don't need to use anaesthesia for castration."

Anaesthetist: "Really, what's your technique?"

Surgeon: "I have these two bricks and I smash them together on the testicles."

Anaesthetist (aghast): "Doesn't that hurt?"

Surgeon: "Only if you get your thumbs in the way."

Men: Five Nutrients Short of a Picnic

Men: Five nutrients you're not getting enough of -The Independent:

According to a report in The Independent ripped from health and fitness magazine Men's Health 77 per cent of men aren't getting enough magnesium, are vitamin D deficient, and perhaps even short on vitamin B12.

What all those big steak eating macho hunks forget is that most of the vitamins and minerals we need are in plant foods - fruits, vegetables, beans, nuts and seeds - burgers, fried chicken, pizza and chicken curry just doesn't deliver guys.

Guys, next time you are throwing stones and ridiculing a Plantarian, vegetarian or vegan just be aware you could be in a nutritionally deficient greenhouse.

Here's what you need to know about what may be missing in your diet says the Independent

1. Vitamin D - Great for bone health but it's so much more: A study in Circulation found that people deficient in D were up to 80 percent more likely to suffer a heart attack or stroke. Ask your doctor to test your blood levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D. "You need to be above 30 nanograms per milliliter," said Michael Holick, M.D., Ph.D., a professor of medicine at Boston University, in the report. If you come up short, Holick recommends taking 1,400 IU of vitamin D daily from a supplement and a multivitamin.

Nutritionist London Yvonne Bishop-Weston "Vitamin D is now considered more important than Vitamin C for a healthy immune system scientists are now finding it in plants but Sunshine is your best source, your body then makes it."

2. Magnesium - Surveys reveal that men are lacking in this mineral, consuming only about 80 percent of the recommended 400 milligrams per day. Fortify your diet with magnesium-rich foods, such as halibut and navy beans. Or supplement with a 250 mg supplement, but look for magnesium citrate, which is best absorbed by the body, states Men's Health.

Yvonne says "Magnesium is important for women too - find it in hazelnuts, good for relaxing muscles"

3. Vitamin B12 - While most men do consume their daily dose of 2.4 micrograms, some medications, such as acid-blocking drugs and diabetes medications, can interfere with the vitamin's absorption in the body. Try eating lamb, salmon or fortified cereals to be sure you're covered.

Yvonne says "many of the men I see in clinic are B12 deficient even though they eat meat, one reason may be that due to modern farming methods meat no longer contains as much B12. There is some evidence that true vitamin B12 can be found in algae such as Chlorella as well as added to various food such as Dairy free milk and cereals. We recommend a good regular multivitamin and mineral complex with B12 as health insurance as B12 is so important for heart health and Brain health"

4. Potassium - Nutrition surveys report men are eating just 60 to 70 percent of the recommended 4,700 mg a day. Fix the problem by eating half an avocado (contains about 500 mg potassium) or a banana (about 400 mg). One large russet potato contains 1,600 mg of potassium.

"Please note that's potatoes not McDonalds french fries guys!" says Yvonne "Avocado is also a good source of good fats"

5. Iodine - Think table salt is the answer? When researchers tested 88 samples of iodized table salt, they found that half contained less than the recommended amount of iodine. Try getting more iodine not from salty foods but from milk. Or eat at least one serving of eggs or yogurt a day.

"Seaweed is the best source of iodine - try some miso soup or sushi!" says Yvonne "milk has saturated animal fat in it as well as natural hormones that you probably don't need more of unless you are a calf!"

Read more here: http://www.menshealth.com/mhlists/five-essential-nutrients/

The Health Dangers of Genetically Modified Foods

Playlist continued here.

Myths About Excessive Underarm Perspiration

Did you know that 5% of the world population suffers from excessive underarm perspiration? If you do not know, now you are.

However, there are some myths about excessive underarm perspiration that you are so that you do not fall victim to them should be aware of.

Here they are:

- shaving - shaving underarm hair does not necessarily stop sweat. What does shaving underarm hair is to reduce the smell. Armpit sweat comes from sweat glands and not the hair itself

- baby powder under your arms does nothing good. If excessive underarm perspiration deodorant causes to make white rings on your clothing, what do you think baby powder will?

- Phreneton - This is a blend of natural herbs in the pill for a long time was not yet around. Some say that it does not work, but it is too early to tell. However, one of the side effects that people report is nausea.

However, keep in mind that you do to alleviate the problem, before he was in an even bigger problem. If left untreated, you can have a very embarrassing question, and you definitely do not want, dass Make do with a doctor or such things as changing your diet, exercise, and drink lots of water to get to toxins from your body. As the sweating, your body is rid of toxins, you might consider that your body back into balance.

If you bring your body back into balance, you'll find that your question is a little past the sweat, and you can ward it off in the present and future.

 

I hope the article helped you out in anyway. Go here to get more info about how to stop underarm sweating.

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The Fitness and Happiness Connection

In a recent Time Magazine cover story titled Why Exercise Will not Make You Thin , author John Cloud presents evidence for the theory that the more you practice the support You get hungry, and the less likely you will lose weight. His arguments seem to humans to give up exercise as a whole aligned. Unfortunately, the article has very little insight into the positive relationship between movement and joy.

Even if the dietary habits to prevent weight loss, there is no denying that sports is an important part of good health. It is well documented that aerobic exercises can make you happier, because they are the body's production of endorphins, the chemicals that you may be a feeling of increased well-being and even euphoria. Exercise can also sleep better able to fight mild cases of depression and increase your self-esteem.

Finding time to practice is not always easy, but for people who do the jobs that are within the acceptable idle hours, it is important to find a few hours a week for the exercise thereof. Create a fitness plan is a way to ensure that you stay motivated to exercise regularly. A good fitness plan should include these three components of balanced exercise: aerobic exercise, strength training and flexibility training.

Aerobic Exercise

This type of exercise gives the heart a workout. It consists of physical activities that accelerate the heart rate and respiration for at least 20 minutes. Cycling, running and swimming are the major forms of aerobic exercise. Team sports such as tennis and basketball, you also get a good aerobic workout, and the development of machines such as treadmills, cross trainers and Exercycle. You can avoid boredom in your fitness plan by selecting between different forms of aerobic exercises.

Strength Training

Besides the heart, other muscles in the body also need a workout. Strength training with weight machines and free weights to the muscles of the arms, legs and trunk tone. Yoga and Pilates can also be used for strength training. Another advantage of the training is to build up muscles that prevent the loss of bone mass and slower the onset of osteoporosis.

Flexibility Training

Flexible can prevent injuries and improve performance for aerobic activities. Stretching on a regular basis is one of the best ways to remain flexible. Most gyms offer flexibility and stretching class and there are also DVDs that are used to learn how to stretch properly. In addition to stretching, lots of activities to promote flexibility, including karate, dance, gymnastics, Pilates and yoga.

A balanced fitness program should be more sessions per week from each of these three types of sports. Note that you are not a top competitor in a sport in order to benefit from it - is enough to participate only on a regular basis. Apart from looking and feeling better, you will gain a sense of performance by focusing on new challenges. Investing time in a fitness program is one of the best ways to ensure happiness and a feeling of well being.

 

Are You Happy?
TheHappySelf.com: Personal Transformation for Thinking People
http://www.TheHappySelf.com

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Proven: Vitamin D Prevents the Flu -- Throw Out Your Tamiflu

"Well, technically we only "prove" things in math and logic, when we assume our premises. But the most recent study on vitamin D and the flu, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, gets as close to proving anything as we can get in nutritional and medical science."

The Daily Lipid: http://bit.ly/autPy3

Another study showing the benefit of choline for pregnancy

When I first got pregnant, I wanted to know what I supposed to eat to grow the healthiest baby possible. Luckily, right before I conceived, I spoke at the 2009 American Egg Board's Annual Meeting in Chicago and got the chance to learn the benefits of choline for a healthy and smart baby.

Choline is not an essential nutrient technically because your body can make it on it's own. However, you need much more than your body can make both for your own brain health and your baby's.

Recently, Science Daily news published a summary of a recent scientific investigation showing more evidence for the importance of choline in pregnancy.

In summary: a new research study published in the January 2010 print issue of the FASEB Journal by a team of University of North Carolina researchers shows that choline plays a critical role in helping fetal brains develop regions associated with memory.

"Our study in mice indicates that the diet of a pregnant mother, especially choline in that diet, can change the epigenetic switches that control brain development in the fetus," said Steven Zeisel, the senior scientist involved in the work and a senior member of the FASEB Journal's editorial board. "Understanding more about how diet modifies our genes could be very important for assuring optimal development."

To read the rest of the story click here.

Although the title of this story is, "Finally, an excuse for pregnant women to eat bacon and eggs", which I think is just silly because why the heck CAN'T a pregnant women eat bacon and eggs in the first place? Because of the fat? Oh yes, that's right... fat is bad and it's going to kill us. Give me a break.

In any matter, egg yolks are one of the richest sources of choline a mother can get in her diet. Each yolk contains ~125 mg of choline, where the recommended dose of choline for women (humans) is at least 450 mg per day. This is why I recommended pregnant women eat two eggs a day in a blog post I wrote July 2009.

Other than the benefits for your child's memory and brain development, choline is also necessary to help prevent any neural tube defects in a growing fetus - yes, even with adequate folic acid in the diet.

So, sure, you can eat bacon (nitrite free would be best), but don't forget about those eggs and their yolks! It'll help you produce a little baby Einstein... and who wouldn't love a child that could pay their own way through college due to amazing brain power? Heck, I would!

For more information on choline, check out these reports:

Choline, the new essential nutrient

Eggs: a good choice for moms to be

Sources of choline

Natural Approach to Curing Excessive Sweating

excessive sweating or medically low sweating called hyperhidrosis. This can be a nightmare for any person affected with the disease because they can affect the whole person, not just the physical aspects. Excessive sweating affects the social, mental and emotional aspects of the person who will suffer, because the social stigma associated with the said condition.

The person concerned has with all these dilemmas and employ more, because the condition has no definitive cure. So far there is no special treatment, a definite stop to the excessive sweating and can put the other unpleasant symptoms experienced by the individual. Finding the technology, the most effective cure of the disease is to try different approaches.

people suffer from excessive sweating of the hands generally avoid holding too slippery objects, especially in large crowds due to fear of these things can possibly slip through your hands are wet. These people may also have the habit of wiping her hands dry on a cloth as their trousers and shirts before they shake the hand with other people.

As the underarms or armpits have more than average concentration of sweat glands, they are also suffering with excessive sweating. There are other kinds of excessive sweating, but they can in the body, which can be hidden easily occur. However, excessive sweating of the head and face, which are very visible, can not be denied. Therefore, most of those involved would prefer to stay away from the presence of other persons to avoid possible humiliation.

A negative effect of excessive sweat body odor. This effect is likely to diminish the confidence and self-esteem of an interested party. They would shy away from other people all the more. There are also cases in which this condition someone could get hold of the ideal limit of their jobs, because some employees to avoid hiring people with hyperhidrosis to. This is because it is messy to uniforms that are heavily soaked with sweat and looking to smell the foul odor of sweat.

The holistic approach to curing sweating is more to a change in the diet of the person concerned. Avoid sharp and strong-smelling foods. Reduce the intake of alcohol. To get rid of underarm odor, underarm hair regularly to remove, because it can serve as a breeding ground for bacteria. The use of herbal treatment is more effective than the use of antiperspirants alone. Surgery, antiperspirants, and medicines are cure of the disease, invasive species.

 

Visit ExcessiveSweatingInfo.Com and learn how to stop excessive sweating!

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Vitamin B12 Crying Babies & Pregnancy

Crybabies may lack vitamin B12 mothers advised

The meat manufacturing, production, processing and industry is now clutching at straws following the UK Government's announcement that we should eat no more than the equivalent of a small lamb chop and restrict our meat consumption to the bare minimum to avoid increased risks of cancer.

Once again ignoring the facts that there are safer plant based sources of all of the handful of nutrients that are found in meat, and that meat is not only missing most anti-oxidants, fibre and many other essential nutrients, vitamins and minerals but is also implicated in thwarting our ability to attain a healthy synergistic balance of these nutrients.

Once again it's the essential vitamin B12 that meat industry lobbyists have got their blood stained mitts on.

Acording to FIGO The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics almost 3,000 pregnant women took part in the study, in which researchers in the Netherlands measured the levels of vitamin B12 in the bloodstream of the mothers-to-be.

The Dutch researchers found the women with the least amount of the vitamin B12 nutrient in their blood had babies who were eight times more prone to crying.

Leading UK Nutritionist, London Yvonne Bishop-Weston explains the implications of the new findings.

The new study (reference) has shown a link between the level of vitamin B12 in the mother and excessive infant crying (more than 3 hours a day for more than 3 days a week for more than 3 weeks). The reasons for this are not fully understood but it could be due to the fact that a lack of vitamin B12 and folic acid hinder the foetal development of the nervous system before birth and also that in the first 6 months after birth lack of these vitamins can affect the development of the protective myelin which surrounds the nerve cells and helps them communicate.

Excessive infant crying is also called infant colic and may also be due to B12 deficiency. Excessive infant crying was found to be stronger when the mother experienced high levels of psychological problems so could affect the circadian rhythm. The circadian rhythm of the body controls the sleep/wake cycle, the development of which starts in the womb.It also takes about 3 months after birth to settle into a rhythm. As lack of B12 has been seen in people with sleep disorders it is suggested that lack of B12 may the infant circadian rhythm interfere with serotonin melatonin and trigger gut cramps and crying.

The developing baby relies on the mother to provide B12 and if it is deficient in her diet and her stores are too low the baby is likely to be deficient too. B12 is made by bacteria in the gut and meat, fish and eggs the usual source recommended by NHS dietitians.

Plantarians and Vegans maintain there are healthier, safer, more sustainable sources of vitamin B12  that come without the extra calories and detrimental effects of saturated animal fat and natural hormones but with essential fats and a range of useful vitamins, minerals,  anti oxidants and fibre.

Yvonne seems to agree;

I would be cautious in recommending women eat more animal foods as meat and dairy comes along with saturated fats which can hinder the body's use of essential fats which are needed for the baby's brain and nervous system development. Due to the potential levels of toxicity in fish no more than 2 portions a week should be eaten in pregnancy and egg consumption tends to be lower in pregnancy as they can only be eaten fully cooked. If anything this study is a strong argument for basic nutrient testing at the start of women's pregnancies and addressing any deficiencies as well as of course more promotion of either better, more nutritious diets or the need for effective, easily absorbable prenatal supplements.

Vitamin B12 is made by mimicing the human digestive system's ability to produce B12 from yeasts and bacteria in the gut and is then added to a number of foods from breafast cereals and plant milks to fruit juice.

Unfortunately, most natural plant sources of vitamin B12 have been proven to contain biologically inactive vitamin B12 analogues (non absorbable pseudo-vitamin B12) , inadequate for human supplementation.

Algae seems to be the most reliable plant based source of true Vitamin B12 so far. Following a research study in France in 1978 (Greiko et al) scientists in Finland (Rauma et al ) and  Japan (Watanabe et al)  have found true vitamin B12 in Nori and Chlorella (but only non-absorbable pseudo-vitamin B12 in Spirulina) whilst Italian researchers say a strain of Klamath blue green algae appears to be, in a preliminary study, an adequate and reliable source of vitamin B12 in humans (L Baroni et al , published in The International Journal of Vitamin and Nutrition Research 2009)

Pregnancy Insomnia

This past Wednesday my husband and I attended our first baby-care class. It went from 630pm to 9pm and was stocked full of very helpful information. Everything ranging from care of the umbilical cord to the sleeping habits of your baby.

Speaking of sleeping habits, we learned that babies tend to be nocturnal creatures. The instructor asked us when our babies were most active and most of us said at night before bed.

Well, apparently, this behavior doesn't stop once these little humans are born. Apparently babies tend to be more active throughout the night, which isn't great news for all of us who enjoy our night-time slumber.

I kind of already kind of knew I was going to be kissing my solid night sleeps goodbye, but now, I'm totally convinced.

I don't know if it's from this new news or not, but the past 2 nights, I've been waking up at 330-4am and have not been able to sleep at all. Too many thoughts go racing through my head and so I end up doing something like cleaning the house, working on the computer or reading just because I can't sleep. And, all during this time, my baby is dancing in my belly. Seriously, last night I looked down at my tummy and it was moving all over the place. It was wild (but slightly annoying because I would have rather been sleeping... oh well).

If any mothers out there have any tips on how to improve the sleeping habits of my future baby, I'm all ears. Of, if you want to just let me know there is no solution and I'm just going to have to live with it for awhile, I'll take that too.

Well, it's now 8am and I've been up for 4 hours. Now it's time for me to go teach boot camp and hope I fall asleep sometime this afternoon.

10 more weeks to go! Exciting!!!

Is That Prescription Really What You Need For Good Health?

It's hard to say no more, if your doctor has prescribed the most effective drug for your condition if you also need medication, or if he or she is prescribing a pill because of an expected kick-backs. And if so, will help the pill, or kill, perhaps?

Consumers do not want to believe that their doctors prescribe medications based on kick-backs and goodies they receive from pharmaceutical companies, but most have long known that it was true.

Together with cash bonuses and benefits such as small lunch delivered to the office, free samples, etc. high-producing medical conferences are invited to high-end places, where they are treated like a king. Together with all expenses-paid trips, they receive such benefits as free golf, massages and fine meals.

As we do not understand before was that it was illegal, but the pharmaceutical company believes that the payment of fines for this conduct as a "cost of doing business." Even during the investigation and negotiation of fines for the unlawful conduct by pharmaceutical companies have continued to investigate the practice is not currently using drugs.

The current 2.3 billion U.S. dollars fine for the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Pfitzer Inc., is apparently the result of taking this marketing year just a little too far. As well as promoting illegal doctors prescribe drugs for their intended use, Pfitzer started promoting their pills for uses that have not been addressed, approved by the FDA, in cans, not had, as have been safe. For example,

, was approved the drug Bextra for arthritis, but it proved Pfizer Seller encouraged physicians in acute pain, and operations. In addition, encouraged to doses that were above the permitted maximum. Then, in 2005 the drug was pulled from the market to show that it increases the risk of heart attack, stroke and death.

The idea that medical drugs are based on claims by requiring sellers - even without reading the reports and studies and determining their proper use and safety - is appalling.

Consumer advocates had hoped that bringing the size of the punishment these dangerous and illegal practices to a halt. But somehow the fact that Pfizer does currently negotiating to buy Wyeth for 68 billion U.S. dollars is their 2.3 billion U.S. dollars fine, seems like a more insignificant "cost of doing business."

My question is: "Why were not confronted the doctors who prescribed the monetary benefits and accepted bribes - and drugs - with fines and /or public shame?"

The bottom line for all consumers should be this: Do your own research. Before you take medication, read all the materials contained in the package, then go online to see what else you can find them. What are you in your body affects your health and well-, so you need to take responsibility for it.

 

M. G. Cliff is a freelance copywriter with a strong interest in natural health. She enjoys writing for a variety of companies who promote health and well-being through safe, natural products and practices. Marte's natural health site, http://www.pharmfreehealth.com, presents natural alternatives to pharmaceuticals, health warnings, news about health-giving foods, and more.

Readers are invited to visit the blog at http://www.pharmfreehealth.com/wordpress add their comments, experiences, and natural health advice on the blog posts.

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8 Surprising Health Benefits of Sex

Yes, sex can lead to pregnancy but there are other benefits you'll be happy to learn about. In the following article from Woman's Day magazine by Sarah Jio, Dr Desmond Ebanks explains more reasons for you to get intimate tonight with your loved one.

8 Surprising Health Benefits of Sex
Find out how getting intimate can improve your well-being
By Sarah Jio Posted January 04, 2010 from WomansDay.com

Of course sex is healthy, but did you know that a good sex life can provide specific health benefits? We spoke to the experts to find out just how sex improves our health (not that you needed any convincing).

1. It May Make You Thinner
Dread working out? Don’t break up with your treadmill just yet. But if it’s late and you haven’t made it to the gym, don’t forget that sex counts as exercise, too! “Sex burns between 75 and 150 calories per half-hour,” says Desmond Ebanks, MD, founder and medical director of Alternity Healthcare in West Hartford, Connecticut. It’s comparable to other physical activities, he says, like yoga (114 calories per half-hour), dancing (129 calories per half-hour) or walking (153 calories per half-hour).
Bonus: Sex may also help your muscles stay lean in the process. “Sexual arousal and orgasm releases the hormone testosterone, which, among other things, is necessary to build and maintain bone and lean muscle tissue,” he adds.

2. It May Improve Your Heart Health
You’re probably already aware that heart disease is the number-one killer of women. Eating a healthy diet, and keeping your cholesterol low and sodium in check are great ways to stay on top of heart health, but so is having sex. “Sex is exercise that raises heart rate and blood flow,” says Dr. Ebanks. “In a study published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, researchers found that having sex twice or more a week reduced the risk of fatal heart attack by half.” While the study results were focused on men, Dr. Ebanks suspects similar effects for women, too.

3. It Can Help You Get a Better Night’s Sleep
What do you do to help you sleep? When chamomile tea and other remedies aren’t doing the job, sex may help—especially if you’re having trouble sleeping due to anxiety or stress. “People having frequent sex often report that they handle stress better,” notes Dr. Ebanks. “The profound relaxation that typically follows orgasm for women and ejaculation or orgasm for men may be one of the few times people actually allow themselves to completely relax. Many indicate that they sleep more deeply and restfully after satisfying lovemaking.”

4. It Can Boost Your Immune System
With all the concerns about cold and flu viruses, combating germs can sometimes feel like a full-time job. Surprisingly, there may be something you can do in the bedroom to keep your immune system strong, says Dr. Ebanks, who points to a study by researchers at Wilkes University in Pennsylvania. “Individuals who have sex once or twice a week show 30 percent higher levels of an antibody called immunoglobulin A, which is known to boost the immune system,” he says. So, make this your new cold-and-flu season mantra: Wash your hands and make a bedroom date with your sweetie—often!

5. It Can Improve Your Mental Health
The quickest way to boost your mood, fight depression and beat anxiety? Patricia Tan, MD, a board-certified internist in Arizona and medical expert for JustAnswer.com, says the answer is simple: sex (in a loving, committed relationship, of course). “Psychologically, sex improves one’s mental health by building intimacy and reducing stress,” she says. “The stress reduction component lowers a person's cortisol level, thereby reducing the chances of increased blood pressure, hyperglycemia and increased acidity in the abdomen.”

6. It Can Help Relieve Pain
You might change “Not tonight, honey, I have a headache” to “Yes, tonight, honey, I have a headache,” or so says Dr. Ebanks, who believes there’s a real correlation between sex and pain management. “Through sexual arousal and orgasm the hormone oxytocin is secreted in your body, which in turn causes the release of endorphins,” he explains. “Because of these natural opiates, sex acts as a powerful analgesic.”

7. It Can Help You with Bladder Control
It may sound weird—the idea that sex can help you minimize incontinence—but it’s true, say experts. Sex therapists have long recommended that women do Kegel exercises (flexing the muscles in your pelvic floor) throughout the day, but also during sex. Why? Not only can the exercises help increase pleasure, they also strengthen the muscles associated with incontinence. You can do Kegels anywhere (including during intercourse), so don’t be shy! Gently flex and tighten your pelvic floor muscles in the same way you would to stop the flow of urine. Hold for three seconds, then release.

8. It May Give You Healthier Skin
Could sex make you more beautiful? It sounds far-fetched, but Eric Braverman, MD, founder of PATH Medical Center in New York City, says having sex releases a key compound in the body that is good for all kinds of things—including improving your complexion. During sex, your body produces a hormone called DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone). “It can boost the immune system, give you healthier skin and even decrease depression,” he says. So much for the night cream!