O2 Innovations Portable Oxygen Bar Kit

You can take care your health with this product. This Portable Oxygen Bar filters dust and delivers 40% (+/- 2%) oxygen enriched air with quiet operation, sleek design and is user-friendly. This Unit provides the highest oxygen output of any non-medical personal oxygen concentrator. Comes with 6 Spa CD"s, 1 Aromatherapy 30ml blend, owner"s manual. Light weight and portable. Comes with built in 10, 20 and 30 minute timer. State-of-the-art headset & 5 nose hoses. FREE additional air intake filter. FREE protective cover. 10 Day Money Back Guarantee (less S&H). 1 Year Limited Warranty. Extended Warranty available. Listed by Underwriters Laboratory. Technical support available. Oxygen is vital to your immune system, memory, thinking and sight. Promotes healing and counteracts aging. Frequently Asked Questions: What is this? This is an oxygen bar. This oxygen bar dispenses 40/% oxygen enriched air with optional aromatherapy double what you breathe in fresh country air. How much oxygen is in the air we normally breathe? About 19% - 21%. How am I supposed to feel or what will this do for me? This oxygen bar combines oxygen enriched air with elements of aromatherapy for an uplifting, energetic, refreshing and positive experience. How long should a session last? A 30-minute oxygen session is an optimum session. A 10-minute session will give you the beginning effects. Is this medical oxygen? No. Medical oxygen is 100% pure oxygen and you must have a license to dispense and a prescription to receive. Disclaimer: Oxygen bar personnel are prohibited from making any specific claims as to the benefits of inhaling pure oxygen. This is recreational oxygen only and is not a cure nor is it meant to address or treat diseases and or any medical problems of any kind. None of these statements have been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
The O2-B Portable Oxygen Bar delivers 40% (+/- 2%) oxygen enriched air at 3 LPM (liters per minute) with quiet operation, sleek design and is user-friendly. The O2-B Unit provides the highest oxygen output of any non-medical personal oxygen concentrator. The O2-B Portable Oxygen Bar comes complete with a state-of-the-art headset, 5 nose hoses, 30 day money back guarantee, 1 year limited warranty, free additional air intake filter, protective cover, 12 mouthpiece filters and bonus free aromatherapy to use with your O2-B Portable Oxygen Bar, an $18.00 value, plus 6 free relaxation CDs, a $60.00 value. Ideal for home, office or commercial use.

AMERICANS STILL NOT EATING ENOUGH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES

Despite mom"s good advice, most of us aren"t eating our fruits and vegetables, at least not enough of them, according to a large recently released government study.

Only about 27 percent of adults in the USA ate vegetables three or more times a day in 2005, and 33percent ate fruit two or more times a day that year. A higher percentage of women than men ate this much, according to interviews with more than 305,000 people conducted for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Research shows that diets high in these foods decrease the risk of heart disease, cancer, diabetes and help with weight control. For years, the government"s dietary guidelines have recommended that people eat at least two servings of fruits and at least three servings of vegetables daily. Now the guidelines are more specific, suggesting consumption of at least 2 cups of fruit and 2 1/2 cups of vegetables a day for someone eating about 2,000 calories.

Other findings from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System:

• College graduates have the highest level of vegetable intake.
• Hispanics have the highest intake of fruit consumption and lowest intake of vegetables.
• Whites have the highest intake of vegetables.

The CDC"s Larry Cohen says people may not be eating these nutrient-rich foods because of cost, lack of time for preparation or lack of easy access to them.

To get people to eat more of these nutrient-rich foods, the CDC, the Produce for Better Health Foundation and other leading health groups are launching a new initiative Monday called "Fruits & Veggies � More Matters." This will replace the "5 A Day" campaign. This will be a "rallying cry" to get people to eat more fruits and vegetables, says Elizabeth Pivonka, president of the Produce for Better Health Foundation. She says the group"s research with moms shows that they know their families should be consuming more fruits and veggies, but they don"t know how to work more into their diets. "They told us that they didn"t want to be lectured to or made to feel guilty or scared into eating more fruits and vegetables. They wanted help and ideas on how to do what they already know that they should do."

Summer Fitness for Busy Women: 4 Quick Exercises

It"s summertime, and the living is easy - except when you have to think about putting on an itsy-bitsy-teeny-weeny yellow polka dot bikini! But don"t worry, there"s still time to get in shape to strut your stuff on the beach or the boardwalk!

These tried-and-tested exercises can give you quick results with just 10 minute focused workouts every other day. (If you"re on a serious mission and feeling really motivated, feel free to go for it every day!) And don"t forget ...

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VACCINE NEWS UPDATE OCTOBER 2004

Flu Crimes At The CDC



This is an excerpt from a short article on Dr. Mercola"s site. You should read it and then go to the referenced site "Vaccine Alternatives" to get some real info on how to protect you and your family wholistically and without dangerous drugs with questionable contaminants.



"Vaccines, like mega-billion drugs, actually do little to protect you from the flu. Most people have been lead to believe -- by the pharmaceutical powers that dominate conventional medicine and really like your money -- that viruses like the flu bug are the problem, but they aren"t.

"The real problem: Most people have weakened and impaired immune systems that are unable to function as they"re designed to because of horrendous dietary habits (the same culprit behind the obesity epidemic in this country).

"Dr. Mark Sircus wrote an excellent piece for his association that he agreed to share with us about the history behind the flu vaccine and the method behind the madness of our government"s push to strike fear in the hearts of its citizens. This exposes provides more motivation to further my personal mission to topple the existing health care paradigm." Full article at:



http://www.mercola.com/2004/oct/23/flu_crimes.htm

The Many Health Benefits Of Coconut Oil

Author: Dianne Ronnow

Have you heard about coconut oil yet? People are adding coconut oil to their diets and are getting incredible results. They are losing weight, getting more energy, and getting healthier.

Coconut oil is safe to use, and does not turn to fat in your body. It raises the metabolism, so you burn more fat and have more energy. It does not increase your cholesterol, but actually helps lower it. Coconut oil is wonderful diet addition for just about everyone.

Coconut oil is full of healthy benefits. Next to mother"s milk, it is nature"s highest source of medium chain fatty acids (MTC"s), which raise the body"s metabolism, leading to weight loss. It has fatty acids such as lauric acid and monoglycerides, similar to mother"s breast milk.

When lauric acid is consumed in the body, whether through mother"s milk or coconut oil, it enhances the immune system to help the body fight infections, diseases, bad bacteria and yeast
invasions. Lauric aid is known to be anti-viral, anti-fungal and anti-bacterial.

Coconut oil raises the metabolism, which helps people who are trying to lose weight and people suffering from thyroid problems. Coconut stabilizes the blood sugar levels, helping with diabetes. It also protects the heart cells from damage.

Coconut oil helps relieve the symptoms of menopause, and pre-menstrual syndrome (PMS). Many women who suffer the effects of PMS have found the symptoms lessened when coconut oil was consumed often in their diet.

Coconut oil does not raise cholesterol. Studies have shown that people who use coconut oil have lower cholesterol than those who do not, even when the people consuming coconut also eat other high cholesterol foods like eggs and meat.

Coconut oil smells good, tastes pleasant and is so good for our bodies that some people consume it straight, by the tablespoon, and use it in place of other oils on their salads. Many people also use it as an ingredient when juicing or making smoothies.

If all this good news isn"t enough, coconut oil one of the best things you can apply directly on your skin and hair. It not only gives temporary relief to skin problems like rashes, but it aids in healing and restoring skin to a younger appearance. It has also been known to help with people who suffer from yeast infections in the skin, and there is solid research that shows the MCTs in coconut oil do overcome yeast infections. Coconut oil also makes an excellent massage oil.

About the author:
By Dianne Ronnow, � 2005 Mohave Publishing. From the FREE ebook on coconut oil found at Coconut-Oil-Diet.com. Discover the secrets of coconut oil and weight loss at http://Coconut-Oil-Diet.com now!

How To-91: "How to Lose Weight Fast"

How to Lose Weight Fast

from wikiHow - The How to Manual That You Can Edit

Obesity is the second leading cause of preventable death in the U.S. [1]Want to slim down fast for that beach vacation or high school reunion? While there are many things you can do to shed pounds, losing weight too quickly, like any sudden change to your body, can be dangerous. While fad diets, diet pills, and fasting may indeed induce rapid weight loss, these methods can cause you to lose muscle and may also injure your heart and other organs fairly quickly. The best solution? Don"t go for an overnight miracle. Instead, follow these steps to lose fat rapidly, healthily, and sustainably.

Steps

1. Determine your daily calorie intake . Losing weight is simply a matter of expending more calories than you take in, through exercise and your daily activities. To win the battle, it helps to know how many calories you are consuming in a day.
   
• Write down all the things you eat on a typical day. Carry a small notebook with you and write down every snack, every drink, and the contents of every meal. There are also great websites that you can use to keep track of calories, get recipes, and help achieve your goal. Don"t forget to include the pats of butter or the spoonful of sugar in your coffee. It"s best to do this for at least a couple weekdays and a weekend; it"s even better if you can go a full week. There are also calorie tracking websites that can help you to do this, for example the US government website, My Pyramid Tracker.
  
• Do an itemized calorie count. When possible, write down the number of calories in each thing you eat as you eat it. Keep in mind that the recommended serving size is often considerably smaller than the serving you actually eat. Look up the calorie count on the internet for foods that don"t have calories listed on the container or for fast food meals. You don"t have to be 100% accurate, but you do want a good estimate of the number of calories you"re taking in. There is an idea that multiplying your own weight by ten will produce a rough estimate of the number of calories you need to eat per day to maintain your weight. This is NOT true, you may wind up grossly under (or perhaps over) estimating the number of calories you should be eating. Use a scientific or health website to determine the number of calories you should eat a day or consult your doctor. Everyone has different metabolisms and there is no blanket rule that covers everyone"s recommended calorie intake. Reducing 500 calories per day from the calories you eat to maintain your weight can help you lose a pound of fat per week.[2]
  
2. Go over the list and decide which foods to cut out or reduce. Cutting calories is usually a lot easier than you might think. For example, that daily tall latte in the morning may pack 500 calories. Since a pound of flab (lost or gained) is roughly equivalent to 3,500 calories, replacing that rich beverage with black coffee can help you lose a pound a week. Other easy cuts include salad dressing (salad dressing is the number one source of fat in the average American woman"s diet) soda pop, candy, and butter. Look at the nutritional information for the foods you eat, pay special attention to your intake of saturated fats and empty calories (high-sugar foods). You don"t need to cut these things out entirely, but if you reduce your intake of high-fat, high-calorie foods you"ll lose weight faster.
   
3. Seek out alternatives to the unhealthy foods you"ve identified. You can simply reduce the amount of soda you drink or mayonnaise you put on your sandwiches, or you can substitute healthier choices. Drink water instead of soda, for example, or use mustard instead of mayo. Low-fat and low-calorie options are also available for most foods, and many of these are natural, (although some are made with strange chemicals), and tasty. Start trying to eat healthy in most meals:
   
• Choose lean meats. Chicken and fish are both very low in fat (and certain fish like salmon, sardines, and fresh tuna are an excellent source of antioxidants, which are also beneficial to your health), so aim to replace some or all of the beef or pork in your diet with these foods.
  
• Replace high-calorie side dishes with healthier alternatives. Many people get a ton of calories from side dishes such as macaroni and cheese, French fries, or potato salad. You can eat healthier and lose weight by replacing these with fresh vegetables and salads. Pre-made salads are practically effortless, and when accompanied by a reduced-calorie dressing or no dressing at all, they"re weight-loss gold.
  
• Start your days off right. A fattening breakfast of bacon and eggs or a pastry can be replaced with yogurt, oatmeal, high-fiber, low-sugar cereals; or fresh fruit for fruit smoothies. However, for those on a low carb diet bacon and eggs are a great combo for breakfast, since neither have carbs. But don"t fall into the trap of skipping breakfast. Eating a healthy breakfast increases your rest metabolic rate earlier in the day, and reduces snacking before lunch.
  
4. Plan your meals. Look for healthy, delicious meals online or in your cookbooks, and create a menu for the week. Make sure that your meal plan reduces your total calorie intake: you"re not going to lose weight if you consume the same amount of calories by eating different foods. Make a list of what you"ll need for these meals, and -- except for a few snacks, of course -- don"t stray from your list when you get to the market. Planning your meals helps ensure you get a balanced diet and reduces the temptation to stop off for fast food or order a pizza. Remember, it"s easier to stick to your shopping list if you shop when you aren"t hungry.
   
5. Watch your portion sizes. Opening a bag of rice cakes and eating all of them in one sitting isn"t going to help you lose weight. When eating chips, nuts, or dried fruit put a portion in a small bowl and then put the bag away. That way you won"t mindlessly eat a larger portion than you had intended. Even if you only make minimal changes to your diet choices, reducing portion size will inevitably reduce caloric intake. A great way to watch portion sizes while snacking is to buy one serving 100 calorie packages - and they come in many favorite snack food items![3]
   
6. Graze on healthy snacks. Just because you"re getting healthy doesn"t mean you can"t snack. In fact, eating small meals and snacks throughout the day, or grazing, has been shown to aid weight loss, (compared to eating three large meals a day), by keeping metabolism steadier. Pick snacks that are low in calories and fat and high in fiber (dried apricots, nuts, rice cakes, fruits, baby carrots, cherry tomatoes, and so on). Vegetables are generally very low in calories, very high in fiber, and full of flavor and nutrition. Avoid starchy vegetables like potatoes, and try to eat vegetables plain, without fatty dressings or dips. Fruit also makes a good snack. Fruit contains more soluble fiber than vegetables, which slows your body"s absorption of carbohydrates, thus releasing energy more slowly, (preventing sugar highs), and keeping you feeling full longer. Fruit juices are not a replacement for the real thing. You need that fiber, and juices often have more calories than the equivalent serving of fruit -- as many calories as soda! Be careful with dried fruits, because without the water, you tend to eat more, and fruits, when dried, are calorie-rich per ounce. With any dry or dried food, be sure to drink plenty of water.
   
7. Get more fiber. There are many myths about fiber, but there is science to back up its helpful role in the diet. Fiber keeps the right amount of water in your intestines, making your digestive system work more efficiently and helping to keep you regular. Thus, just eating enough fiber may help you feel slimmer in just a day or so. There is also evidence that fiber in the diet can help prevent stroke and heart disease, ease the effects of diabetes, and may even directly help in weight loss.
   
8. Drink plenty of water. Adequate water is essential for health, and a great many people simply don"t get enough. What"s more, if you"re chronically dehydrated, your body will retain water in unflattering places, so if you make sure to get plenty of fluids you can start visibly trimming down in as little as a day. Remember, the more you exercise, the more water you"ll need. See the related wikiHow for more details on how much water you should be getting.
   
9. Exercise. Remember, you can lose weight either by decreasing your calorie intake or increasing the number of calories you burn. Any health strategy should include both, but if you want to lose weight fast, exercise is essential.
   
10. Perform high-level aerobic activities. Moderate aerobic workouts incorporating jogging, brisk walking, cycling, aerobic machines, or classes not only burn calories -- they also keep your heart healthy. Swimming is also great, especially if you are quite overweight or have joint problems, because you can get the same benefits of running -- typically burning even more calories -- with much less stress on your joints. Try to get at least 30-40 minutes of aerobic exercise at least three or four days per week.
    
11. Pump some iron. Resistance training, (weight training), can help both sexes stay lean by building muscle and raising metabolism. The fact is, hours and hours of aerobic exercise won"t help most people lose weight fast because your metabolism drops back to normal fairly quickly after stopping the exercise. If you gain muscle, however, your body"s resting metabolism, (the amount of calories you burn when you"re just sitting still), increases, because muscle requires a lot of calories to maintain. Studies have shown consistent weight training to raise the body"s metabolism by 15%. This means an average woman might burn 200-300 more calories at rest every day! Resistance training is the gift that keeps on giving! Although, keep in mind that muscle mass weighs more than fat (don"t be surprised if you gain weight but look slimmer).
    
12. Rest properly. This means not only taking at least 24-48 hours between strength training the same muscles, (and taking 1-2 days off from exercising each week); it also means getting enough sleep at night, since sleep deficiency impairs your ability to lose fat.
    
13. Be realistic. Don"t expect a miracle. Healthy weight loss can be achieved fairly quickly, but you"ll need to be patient. In addition, be sure to set realistic goals. Make sure that the weight you"re trying to reach is a healthy weight for you, and keeping in mind that gaining pounds of muscle will help you lose fat, be trimmer, and look better even though you don"t actually lose any weight. Your goal should be a healthy body, not a number of pounds! Everyone looks good at a different weight. A short person may look really good at about 112 pounds, but a person of a taller height would just look unhealthy. Keep yourself at a weight that makes you look good, not at a number that sounds good.
    
14. Make adjustments. A successful weight loss strategy based on reducing calorie intake and increasing activity can be adjusted to maintain your desired weight once you reach it. Unlike typical diets, this method is sustainable -- it is a lifestyle change, not a binge-and-purge exercise. Slowly adjust your diet and exercise to include more weight training and calories, as much as is comfortable for you. If you do gain any weight back, you want that weight to be lean, toned muscle, not fat. In addition, weight training, no matter what your age, prevents muscle atrophy and can help stave off osteoporosis.
    
• Instead of thinking of it as losing a certain amount of pounds, think of it as being a certain weight. So if you are 145 pounds, and you would like to lose 10 pounds, think of it as being 135 pounds. This helps you think about it as a long-term goal and not just losing the weight to gain it back again.
  
15. Be confident. You need to believe in yourself! If you want to diet, and you know that it will make you feel better, then you need confidence. Otherwise, the temptation to cheat on your diet will make it harder, and you will not feel better when you do lose weight. Avoid temptations like chocolate, ice cream, and cookies. They may taste good, but there are other foods that taste delicious, too, without being unhealthy. You need to always encourage yourself to achieve the goals that you have set. Learn to evaluate your efforts fairly and objectively. If you fail to achieve your target for the week, find out why is it so. Is it because you have missed a jogging session? Or you have been eating junk food for one of the days? After evaluating, look ahead to next week and try your best to stick to your plan.[4]
    
16. Be consistent and disciplined, and have self motivation. To lose weight effectively, you need to stick to your weight loss plan religiously so as to see results. When you have the thought of giving up, visualize how good you will look when you manage to slim down successfully. [4]

Tips

• Determine your objectives to lose weight. To succeed in doing something, you need to have a very compelling objective or reason so that you will not lose track of your goal. Losing weight just for vanity"s sake is usually less helpful than losing weight to improve health. Other than just exercising, you need to have a healthy diet so that you will have a better body and more energy to be positive throughout the day.[4]
  
• It"s very good to do a blood test before you begin your new diet and exercise regimen. Some people may not need to lose a lot of weight, but they may need to lower the blood sugar level slightly. You can also check for mineral deficiencies.
  
• The goal is to lose fat, not just weight in general. If you are doing strength training during your weight loss (which you should be), you might actually see an initial gain in weight -- don"t worry! You have probably lost fat and gained muscle, which is denser than fat and is much healthier.
  
• A better measurement than what a scale reads is body fat percent. If you don"t have access to calipers or a body fat scale, a better gauge is how your clothes fit and how you look rather than your absolute weight. If you can, though, it is good to measure your body fat about once per month. Men should be between 15%-25%, but no lower than 4%; and women 20%-30%, but no lower than 15%. Females have higher fat percentage due to pregnancy and menstrual requirements.
  
• Generally, you want to - with a combination of calorie reduction and increased activity - reduce and burn a certain number of calories a day, causing a net loss of calories so your body is forced to use its own stores of fat. How much aerobic exercise you need to perform depends on what you eat, how fast you"d like to lose weight, and how much muscle you gain. A pound of fat contains 3500 calories. Men can safely lose around two pounds a week, and women can safely lose around one pound a week. Any more than this and you might be losing more muscle mass than fat. Thus, with a combination of calorie restriction and aerobic exercise, a man should aim to run a 3500-7000 calorie deficit each week, and women should aim for a 1750-3500 calorie deficit.
  
• With regard to weights, men and women differ on their goals with weight training. Women, don"t worry, no amount of weight training will make you as bulky as a man; women just don"t have enough testosterone to build large muscles. The female body-builders you see are either taking steroids or training 2-3 hours every day. Male and female beginners should start with 3 sets of 8-12 repetitions, and should use the heaviest weight you can while still maintaining good form, even to the last repetition of the last set. Get a weight training book or find a reputable website that will show you different exercises and the correct form. When lifting properly, you will stretch the muscle during the exercise, but you should still stretch properly to prevent injury!
  
• No matter what the magazine article says, spot improving is a myth! When your body burns fat, it takes it from all over your body, even if all you do are crunches. No amount of crunches will get rid of that gut if they are not backed up by proper aerobic exercise and diet! Washboard abs do not come from millions of sit ups; they come from having low levels of body fat. So if that is your goal, make sure you do plenty of aerobic exercise in addition to your ab routine.
  
• Sugar comes in many disguises. Check your food labels: fructose, glucose, molasses, and corn syrup are all sugars. Limit all sugars, but especially stay away from high-fructose corn syrup. It is just a corn syrup full of sugar. Choosing foods without it will help you reach your weight loss goals faster.
  
• Remember your body needs "fuel" just like a car needs "fuel". Your body needs the "right" kinds of food to lose weight effectively.
  
• Don"t taunt yourself by not letting yourself eat the occasional snack that you"re craving. Just make sure you burn it off later with exercise
  
• Despite popular belief it is not terrible to eat after 6 p.m. A reasonable dinner (with extra protein if you"ve had a good weight training session) is going to help deliver nutrients to the body to prepare it for the next day. Additionally if you find yourself very hungry before bed, a small bowl of high fiber cereal and low fat milk will actually help maintain your metabolism while you sleep. The key is to not overeat in the evenings.
  
• Take a multivitamin. While it is better to always get your nutrients from your food, most people miss something in their diet, especially when they"re trying to cut calories. Vitamins and minerals play an important role in keeping your body chemistry balanced and your energy levels healthy.
  
• If you find yourself missing some of your favorite foods, don"t worry. There is no harm in having your treat once a week. Pick a day each week where you treat yourself to your guilty pleasure--remember, everything in moderation. If it"s pizza, try going to a gourmet pizza place that will use better ingredients and fresher vegetables. If it"s a Big Mac, try making your own. A homemade burger is generally much healthier than the food they serve in fast food restaurants. Electric grills that are slanted to allow most of the fat to slide off make nice, lean burgers.
  
• Save some calories for potassium and protein for after you work out, this will help reduce soreness. (A banana and an egg does the trick.)
  
• Do not forget to stretch. Stretching can help increase your strength and flexibility.
  
• Cut down on your sodium. Many prepared foods have as much as 30% of your daily value. You get your daily requirement of sodium from a healthy diet; too much can cause you to retain water weight.
  
• Try not to skip any meals as this only makes your body to retain fats for energy. A good weight loss plan is to eat healthily and exercise regularly.
  
• To continue to lose weight fast[5] - eat a variety of foods. Just like in weight training, the body will get used to the same routine and plateau. Mix up the foods you eat to keep your metabolism high and prevent a metabolism plateau.

Warnings

• Do not try to starve yourself. In the short run, reducing your calorie intake to unhealthily low levels will slow metabolism and actually cause you to lose weight more slowly. Then your body cannot process potassium so when you DO eat again, (the alternative to dying,) you will gain much more weight than you would if you weren"t starving yourself and overall, you may end up gaining more than you lost. In the long run, starving yourself (anorexia or bulimia) can kill you.
  
• When creating a weight lifting routine, do not focus on a single muscle or group, doing so will overbuild that muscle while under building others - in other words, if you work your biceps, and not your triceps, your arms will begin to curl inward and you will look silly. If you work your chest and not your back, you will have a hard time maintaining good posture as your pectoral muscles overpower your back muscles and pull your shoulders forward.
  
• If you have a serious medical condition (such as asthma or diabetes, or allergy to protein such as dairy products or you have lactose intolerance) or you are severely obese, consult with your doctor as well as a dietitian.
  
• Do not take any harmful drugs. They are unhealthy and may ultimately make you gain weight instead.
  
• Carefully consider whether you need dietary supplements. Most people may get the basic minerals and nutrients they need to sustain life through eating food. For example, excessive multivitamin supplements can make you overdose in some vitamins you need, and you can"t store most water-soluble vitamins like vitamin C as any excess will be urinated. Although you could be below the recommended daily intake, that doesn"t necessarily mean you are deficient in it if it"s a kind that is stored. So you may wish to consult with your doctor or dietitian to inquire whether you need supplements and how much you should take.
  
• Losing weight too quickly is dangerous and can have adverse effects on your health. Despite the title of this article, getting into shape is best done slowly. If you find yourself losing more than a pound or 2 (or more than 500g) each week, you are probably doing something wrong.

Related wikiHows

• How to Eat Healthy for Life
  
• How to Drink More Water Everyday
  
• How to Know How Much Sleep You Need
  
• How to Get Six Pack Abs
  
• How to Start Your Own Exercise Regimen and Stick to It
  
• How to Start Walking for Exercise
  
• How to Eat Properly
  
• How to Get Wider Shoulders
  
• How to Eat out and Lose Weight

Sources and Citations

1. ^ Obesity Statistics from obesity.synthasite.com


2. ^ http://www.acaloriecounter.com/calorie-counting.php


3. ^ Fat Loss 4 Idiots


4. ^ 4.0 4.1 4.2 http://ezinearticles.com/?How-To-Lose-5-Pounds-of-Stomach-Fat-in-5-Days-With-This-Weight-Loss-Plan&id=961266


5. ^ Lose Weight Fast from 101diettips.com

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A Day in the Life

Ever wonder what an average day is like for a Maternal-Fetal medicine fellow? I decided to keep a little log of my day today and post it on the blog. I decided that last night, and then I proceeded to have a day that is so odd (not bad.. just odd) that I"m wondering if I"m actually delusional or if all of these things are really happening. However, I didn"t change my day, because it didn"t seem like it would be true to my original intent. So.. enjoy.

5:15 am: First alarm. The exercise alarm. Decide not to exercise, and turn it off.

6:00 am: Second alarm. The real alarm. Snooze x 2.

6:20am: Awake to some commotion in my kitchen. Decide it"s probably just the cats. Roll over for a few minutes, hear animal screaming.

6:21 am: Arrive in kitchen to find the cats finishing killing a racoon. Yes that"s right. A racoon. A smallish racoon, but a racoon just the same. I always thought my cats were sweet, and kind of fat, and kind of lazy. I guess I forgot that they"re killers. And since when do housecats hunt in packs?

6:22 am: After deciding that this really was real, clean up racoon carcass. Brief moment of happiness when realizing that the cats rabies vaccinations are up to date.

6:30 am: Breakfast. Today it"s yogurt.

6:35am: Shower, get dressed, start the first 6 of the 18 pills a day I"m supposed to be taking right now.

7:00am: Leave for work.

7:30am: Arrive at the first hospital. A community hospital, to now be known as Random Community Hospital (or RCH) where I get paid to teach. A tidy moonlighting type gig that lasts for an hour in the morning a few times a month. Spend the next hour discussing patients at the residents" morning board signout rounds.

8:30am: Leave RCH for real job at Mothership Hospital (or MSH).

9:00 am: Arrive at MSH. Ponder going to grand rounds and realize that grand rounds is about global warming. They must have been desparate for speakers. Decide to skip.

9:20 am: Arive at the basic science lab I"m doing my project in. Chat with science geeks for a while.

10:00 am: Start a day long project isolating DNA bound to certain proteins.

11:30 am: Half hour incubation step in project. Work on paperwork and updating lab notebook.

12:15 pm: Second half hour incubation step. Eat lunch with science geeks.

1300: Third half hour incubation step. Continue quest to update lab notebook.

13:50: 3 hour incubation waiting period. Work on lab notebook more.

1400: Start 3 hour RNA isolation protocol.

1700: Start PCR to check the newly isolated RNA for DNA contamination.

1815: Finish DNA isolation.

1830: Medical student ob-gyn interest group mixer. Fun, conversation, all that.

2015: Mixer over. Stop at grocery store on the way home. Outside of grocery store is a man walking around with a live possum over his shoulder. Question my sanity.

2115: Call best friend to discuss very surreal day.

2135: Put groceries away. Wash dishes in sink. Make lunch for tomorrow, and get clothes laid out for the morning.

2215: Blogging!

2300 (estimated): Collapse into bed, read 15 minutes of "Middlesex" (I do at least 15 minutes of pleasure reading a day, every day unless I can"t keep my eyes open).


So, anyway, I guess that"s my day. Other than the rodent mischief, it"s a pretty normal day while I"m on a research month. I"ll be sure to do this again one day when I"m on a different service.

You are old, Father Eric

I have a new-found respect for waitresses and anyone else that spends all day on his or her feet. I wasn"t expecting my feet to hurt this much after spending all day in the lab. And getting off them doesn"t seem to help all that much, either. I think it just restores all the bloodflow to the areas that had been missing it; when they wakeup, they wake up angry.

Of course, wasting half a day in the lab because we couldn"t get a computer working right, doesn"t do much for my mood. It seems a software update had been installed that changed all the commands from Alt-(letter) to just (letter). Took us four hours to realize that. We"d rebooted the machine and had been looking for mechanical faults for some time when I foumd that out. You"d think that an important change like that might have made into -- oh, I don"t know -- the freaking instructions?

Skepticism: Where it is, Where it isn"t

Where it is: The lates issue of the Skeptic"s Circle, over at Left Brain/Right Brain. Read. Learn.

Where it isn"t: The campus newspaper, Imprint. Last week, it included an article which took the merits of organic foods for granted. I sent in a letter trying to set them straight. This week? Letter wasn"t published, and no word on the issue whatsoever.

UPDATE: Okay, they"ve now published it, a week later. Better late than never, I guess.

Specter"s spectre

There"s a big brouhaha growing in DC about Arlen Specter"s comments about what will happen when Bush II should nominate a pro-life judge for a federal or even Supreme Court position. He is now being attacked right and left, or rather Right and left, for being "disloyal." This increasing notion that Party loyalty trumps every other consideration is beginning to disturb me.

Arlen Specter wasn"t elected by his consituents to do what"s best for the Republican Party. He was elected to look after Pennsylvania"s best interests. And the idea that he and, presumably, every Republican is expected to rubber stamp any action by the President is dangerous.

It"s been said many times that politics is about compromise. Hundreds of Senators and Representatives come together from many different states, with many different competing interests, and try to hammer out aggreements and make laws that are good for the country as a whole. Not to implement Party doctrine. And, lately, it seems that the Republicans are treating this election with the attitude of, "Ha, ha, we can do whatever we want now."

Similarly, the CIA has begun a purge of those similarly "disloyal" to the president. The linked Houston Chronicle article reads in part:

"The agency is being purged on instructions from the White House," said a former senior CIA official who maintains close ties to the agency and to the White House. "Goss was given instructions ... to get rid of those soft leakers and liberal Democrats. The CIA is looked on by the White House as a hotbed of liberals and people who have been obstructing the president"s agenda."

Let me make this very clear: it is not the CIA"s job to assit the President"s agenda. It is the CIA"s job to provide intelligence to the government. Period. If the administration can not spin that intelligence to support their policies, that"s their problem. They have no business firing people because they might tell the Emperor he has no clothes. Dissent is not disloyalty.

These two things taken together bother me greatly. Now, I don"t say this lightly --- I am not a conspiracy theorist and I don"t want to sound shrill -- but I think these could be the baby steps toward an authoritarian state. We are seeing one branch of the goverment acting more and more to secure, not the ability to serve the electorate, but it"s own power. There is a fine line between no one being able to speak the truth for fear of reprisals to no one being permitted to speak without punishment.

Just a further note about the Specter situation: the right-wing press machine is already starting to spin him as a "liberal," and even an "extreme liberal." He"s not. He"s a moderate Republican. He is reasonably pro-choice and pro-stem-cell-research. The Christian Coalition gave him an 81% rating in December of 2003.

Acne - Dermatologists

Dermatologists are skin specialists who treat disorders of the skin. But they don"t just treat skin problems: they treat health problems of the hair and nail as wells. They are full-fledged medical doctors trained to diagnose and treat diseases and disorders of the skin, hair and nails.

The most common skin disease that dermatologists treat is acne. Acne is a skin condition that nearly all people have to contend with at some point during their teen years. The cases of acne vary from mild (the occasional pimple or zit) all the way to very severe (which consists of deep acne lesions and often extensive scarring). Acne is caused by the overproduction of oil from the hair follicles sebaceous glands, which combines with dead cells to clog pores. This can lead to whiteheads, blackheads, pustules and papules, or in the most severe cases, cysts.

Most acne cases don"t require the services of a dermatologist, as a healthy skin care regimen and over the counter medications can control it. But for those persistent, moderate to severe cases, a dermatologist is almost always needed. These doctors can prescribe stronger topical medications as well as oral antibiotics, to help get a handle on difficult cases. They can also provide the medical means by which acne scars are reduced or eliminated.

Dermatologists also diagnose and treat other skin disorders such as skin cancer. Doctors will examine suspected skin cancer sites on the body and if need be, perform a biopsy to verify cancer"s presence. There are a variety of types of skin cancer of varying degrees of seriousness. Needless to say, a doctor should examine any person who suspects that he or she may have some form of skin cancer, immediately.

Psoriasis is another skin ailment treated by these skin doctors. This is a chronic red scaly, sometimes itchy rash that affects a fairly large segment of the population. It can range in severity from barely noticeable, to needing hospitalization. Aside from the skin rash, a person may experience some degree of pains in various joints - which can be debilitating. It is thought that the immune system is involved in causing psoriasis, though this is not certain. There does seem to be a genetic predisposition to this disease. While there is no cure for it there are effective treatments that a dermatologist can provide after diagnosis.

Dermatologists also treat warts. These rough skin tumor-like growths can appear anywhere (but usually on the hands and feet), and are caused by viruses. Some warts go away by themselves but others can persist for many years. Dermatologists can treat warts in several ways. One option is to wait and see if it goes away on it"s own. Also, they can use salicylic acid in liquid form or patch. This often will gradually make the wart disappear. They can freeze it, gently, over a period of time. They can also employ surgery, lasers, and chemical cautery to get rid of them.

Dermatologists can also treat patients to remove scars. They can use lasers of varying types to reduce, or completely get rid of scars. The types of scars that can be treated are those that result from injury, acne scars, keloids, and hypertrophic scars. With today"s modern lasers, scarring can be reduced to a degree that it never could be before.

These are but a few of the many conditions dermatologists can treat. This is a field of many different specialties and areas of expertise and it is the state of the art in medicine.

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Homeopathy Study

Here"s an interesting homeopathy study:

Homeopathy - what are the active ingredients? An exploratory study using the UK Medical Research Councils framework for the evaluation of complex interventionsTrevor DB Thompson and Marjorie Weiss BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2006, 6:37 doi:10.1186/1472-6882-6-37
Published

13 November 2006Abstract (provisional)
The complete article is available as a provisional PDF. The fully formatted PDF and HTML versions are in production.

Background
Research in homeopathy has traditionally addressed itself to defining the effectiveness of homeopathic potencies in comparison to placebo medication. There is now increasing awareness that the homeopathic consultation is in itself a therapeutic intervention working independently or synergistically with the prescribed remedy. Our objective was to identify and evalute potential active ingredients of the homeopathic approach in a prospective formal case series, which draws on actual consultation data, and is based on the MRC framework for the evaluation of complex interventions.

Methods
Following on from a theoretical review of how homeopathic care might mediate its effects, 18 patients were prospectively recruited to a case series based at Bristol Homeopathic Hospital. Patients, who lived with one of three index conditions, were interviewed before and after a five visit package of care. All consultations were recorded and transcribed verbatim. Additional data, including generic and condition-specific questionnaires, artwork and significant other reports were collected. Textual data was subject to thematic analysis and triangulated with other sources.

Results
We judged that around one third of patients had experienced a major improvement in their health over the study period, a third had some improvement and a third had no improvement. Putative active ingredients included the patients openness to the mind-body connection, consultational empathy, in-depth enquiry into bodily complaints, disclosure, the remedy matching process and, apparently, the homeopathic remedies themselves.

Conclusions
This study has has identified, using primary consultation and other data, a range of factors that might account for the effectiveness of homeopathic care. Some of these, such as empathy, are non-specific. Others, such as the remedy matching process, are specific to homepathy. These findings counsel against the use of placebo-controlled RCT designs in which both arms would potentially be receiving specific active ingredients. Future research in homeopathy should focus on pragmatic trials and seek to confirm or refute the therapeutic role of constructs such as patient openness, disclosure and homeopathicity.

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A Tale of Two Births (Part 2/2)

So, the first post talked about one form of operative delivery, a low forceps assisted vaginal delivery. This post is going to be about a vacuum assisted vaginal delivery.

It was about 2:30pm. I"d been on call the night before, and I was just on the verge of being able to leave the hospital, after having been there since 6am the previous morning. I wandered to L&D to say bye to the attending of the day, and one of the midwives (my favorite midwife, actually, so we"ll call her Favorite Midwife, or just FM) came up to me and asked for my help with one of her patients. This patient was Spanish speaking only. In trying to deliver her first baby, she"d been pushing for 2 hours, and she"d become exhausted.

I go to assess her, and there was enough molding in the baby"s skull (the skull becomes deformed by the forces of labor and the pelvis. In this baby"s case, the sutures in the skull were overlapping each other, making it difficult to feel the baby"s position) that I couldn"t really tell the position with certainty. I tried to feel for an ear, but couldn"t quite get there. There did, however, seem to be adequate space to deliver the baby. I thought the baby was LOA with a significant asynclitism (baby"s head kind of turned off to one side). Because it was a private midwife patient, FM was there to assist me. There weren"t any residents available (it was a busy day on labor and delivery, and the residents were all in other deliveries or the c/s in the back) to do the vacuum, anyway, so I didn"t bother calling one to ask if they wanted to do the vacuum. Besides, it"s kind of nice to get to actually do a procedure I"m always letting the residents do anyway.

I discussed the options with the mom through the interpreters. The options were: 1) C/S now. 2) attempt at forceps (which I didn"t recommend because I"m not great at using forceps to correct an asynclitic head, although it certainly can be done) 3) Vacuum.

The patient agreed to a vacuum assisted delivery. The first vacuum I was handed was malfunctioning and could not hold any suction. I applied the second vacuum, waited for a contraction, and asked the patient to push as I started to pull. Some patients get to the point where they can"t focus, they can"t push because they"re too scared and too exhausted. The interpreters (also family members) were yelling. This was just too much. After about 5 minutes of trying to get this to work, the vacuum broke. It"s just a plastic thing and one of the plastic connections broke. But seeing the vacuum break made the mom totally freak out. The mom was yelling in Spanish. The family members/interpreters were yelling. The father was yelling, "I don"t care about the baby, just save my wife!" It was total chaos.

So I stopped.

I waited.

The baby was fine. The tracing was fine. There was no reason we couldn"t wait. But a vacuum assisted delivery requires more help from the mom than a forceps assisted delivery, and there was no way the mom was going to be able to cooperate while she was freaking out. I looked at FM and kind of sighed. She smiled and gave me a little hug. It gave me hope that I would get out of the delivery and out of the hospital eventually.

After probably 3 minutes of freaking out (although it seemed like 30), the mom had stopped yelling, the interpreters stopped yelling, and the father stopped yelling. I told everybody, "We are not going to be able to deliver this baby with all of this yelling. I need you all to know that everything"s going just fine. The baby is just fine, mom is just fine. But I need her to listen to me. I need everybody else to be quiet. Only one person should talk at a time, and we need everything to be calm for this to work. Otherwise, we should move towards a c-section now."

That seemed to quiet everybody down. With less chaos in the room, mom was much more able to cooperate and push when the contractions came and I pulled. After pulling the baby down a bit, I was better able to adjust the vacuum to correct for the asynclitic head, and the baby delivered without much further ado. She required an episiotomy, mostly just because of the operative delivery, but it was performed by FM and did not extend into the sphincter or the rectum. It should heal just fine.

The mom was very grateful afterwards, and the father gave me a hug. Really the mom did almost all of the work, I just gave her a little hand.

The thing is, never underestimate the value of calm. Calm is key. The previous delivery was easy because of the calm. This delivery was difficult because of the chaos.

The Best Muesli In the World

I just love the muesli from Alara. They do some interesting varieties and now I"ve discovered that my local Morrison"s supermarket sells one of them - Goji and Yacon.

It"s just wonderful and feels like a great way to start the day. The company is doing all the right things too .. aiming to be Carbon neutral by 2010.

They sell orgnaic muesli, a great one for coeliac"s and lots more.

Thank You Michael Crichton

First, I would like to point out that whoever scheduled a total of ten different examinations over the course of a three-week period needs to be informed that cruel and unusual punishment is prohibited by the Bill of Rights. I suspect that by the end of this week I will have lost what little sanity I have left.

But that"s not what I"m posting to say--complaining about examinations may be part of student life, but there are more entertaining remarks that I can make. So here are a couple funny highlights from recent work shifts.

A girl calling me for a refill on her oral contraceptive pills expressed sincere belief when I told her that we didn"t have the item in stock and that it would not come in until Thursday. The particular product recently went generic and there are still a few holdovers (despite the fact that they"re made by the same company), but either way supplies of the brand name are not as numerous as they once were on our shelves.

I believe her exact phrasing was "wow, you guys can run out of drugs?" No, silly me, let me go open up the extradimensional pharmaceutical holding chamber where we keep the infinite supply.

But why reference Michael Crichton?

Those of you who have seen the movie Jurassic Park may recall a particular scene in which the power is out and most of the main cast is sealed in one of the bunkers, hiding from the rampaging dinosaurs. Attempting to formulate a plan, game warden Robert Muldoon brings up "the lysine contingency," a totally ridiculous safeguard thereafter explained by Samuel L. Jackson"s computer programmer character:

"The lysine contingency - it"s intended to prevent the spread of the animals is case they ever got off the island. Dr. Wu inserted a gene that makes a single faulty enzyme in protein metabolism. The animals can"t manufacture the amino acid lysine. Unless they"re continually supplied with lysine by us, they"ll slip into a coma and die."

Of course, this makes absolutely no sense. Lysine is an essential amino acid, meaning that it cannot be synthesized by the human body--it must be consumed in the diet. In fact, no animals "manufacture" lysine. And as it is common enough--contained in many plants and all meat products--the "lysine contingency" isn"t much of a plan at all.

I mostly mention this because I had trouble refraining from laughing the other day when a woman was desperately searching for L-lysine supplements. I should"ve asked her if she needed it to keep her pet dinosaur alive.

How To-18: "How to Use Music Therapy for Relaxation and Stress Management"

How to Use Music Therapy for Relaxation and Stress Management

from wikiHow - The How to Manual That You Can Edit

Research has demonstrated that a variety of music therapy relaxation and stress management approaches are effective for people requiring rehabilitation. In addition, these approaches are also effective for healthcare professionals and caregivers. Benefits include decreased heart and respiratory rate, blood pressure, anxiety, agitation and depression, along with general stress reduction, improved coping skills and better psychosocial adjustment. Music has also shown to be an effective sedative component in pre-operative and operative procedures. You can help yourself with stress management and relief by exploring the following self-help techniques, compiled by Institute for Music and Neurologic Function director of music therapy clinical training, Benedikte B. Scheiby, MA, MMEd. DPMT, CMT, LCAT.

Steps

1. Take notice of how listening to various types of music and nature sounds with or without music can help you relax.
   
2. If you play an instrument, record a piece of music that you find relaxing. Then listen to the tape when you need to relax.
   
3. Listen to relaxing background music at work or during lunch break. Add some body stretching at the same time. This also works just before going to sleep.
   
4. Participate in local community programs and centers that offer stress management and relaxation activities accompanied by music.
   
5. Place your hands on a drum and become aware of the many rhythms that exist within you such as your breathing and heartbeat. There is a rhythmical symphony that is the homeostasis of our biology. Breathe deeply and play this rhythm for 3 or 4 minutes. You may reconnect with your inner natural rhythms, intuition, and feelings, and ultimately feel renewed.
   
6. Consult with a music therapist to find effective recorded music for your needs.
   

Tips

• Music with a strong beat can stimulate the brain and ultimately cause certain physiological processes to attune to the rhythm of the music. This phenomenon is called entrainment.
  
• Slow rhythms can also encourage the slow brainwaves that are associated with meditative states.
  
• Stress may come from anxiety, fear or other emotions. Sudden or long-term illness can certainly be stressful, especially if the patient is experiencing pain or problems with breathing. Tension caused by pain manifests itself not only in the part of the body that is experiencing the pain; it can be felt as stomachache, headache, or neck or shoulder tension as well. Likewise, when there are problems taking a full breath or if the respiration rate is too fast, the body may respond with anxiety and fear. Music can elicit the body�s natural counterbalance to stress: The Relaxation Response. It is defined by being in a physical state of deep rest where the physical and emotional response to stress changes and may cause changes in heart rate, blood pressure, rate of breathing, metabolism and muscle tension.
  
• A music therapy practitioner can alleviate stress and help a person achieve the benefits of relaxation and stress reduction through a variety of specific active interventions that involve music.
  

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Sources and Citations

• Institute for Music and Neurologic Function, [1] - original source of content, shared with permission.
  

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Ugh, more traveling.

Back again. Sigh. The last for a while, I certainly hope.

But I came home to find a new, itty bitty fish in my tank. It looks like one of the plays had a baby. Possibly multiple babies. We won"t discuss what happened to the little guy"s brothers and sisters. Anyway, it"s cute. Pictures coming soon. Does this mean I"m a grandfather or just a fish pimp?

UPDATE: Here is a photo of the baby.

Overweight And Old Age

A new study by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and Brigham and Women"s Hospital (BWH) researchers has found that, among a large study population of women who lived until at least age 70, being overweight in mid-life was associated with having more health problems later in life, including multiple chronic diseases, and impaired cognitive function, physical function and mental health. Women who were lean at age 18 and maintained a healthy weight through mid-life had the best odds of achieving optimal health later in life. It is the first study to show the role adiposity may play in the overall health of women who survive to older ages.

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House Means from the General Problems

There are some problems which are extended, not from the medical point of view threatening in most cases. Problems, such as dandruff, spots, age stains, and fetid breath, probably, do not resemble monumental problems, but they can be irritating and confusing. People do tons of money, selling "treatments" which can or, probably, do not work to get rid of these problems. Fortunately for you, there are houses of means which can help to reduce, or even to eliminate, these irritations. Plus, house means stand much less than purchase of some tonic (or some book to tell to you about them).

There are actually some house means from dandruff. Probably most easy and least quantity of labour-consuming treatment use an aloe vera. Take some aloe gel vera and rub it in the scalp for 10-15 minutes before you will flow. Leave an aloe on the scalp within approximately 10 minutes and then shampoo as usually. Performance of this everyday can separately hold dandruff.

If you not in everyday processing, you can use this means which only should be made two or three once a week: a scalp of Massage and hair with warm coconut oil. Add juice from two lemons and then ?????? the hair. Leave within two hours and then washing with moderate shampoo.

Spots - probably one of more confusing and irritating misfortunes, known to mankind. It can be especially confusing if it is the adult beginning. There are some house means, you can try to hold your spots under the control. The pound orange clears well with water and concerns the mentioned area. You can rub also parts of a cucumber and put on the areas mentioned by spots. The new garlick carnation of reduction wiped on area or a spot, can get rid of it also. Drink of eight points of water in day also is useful in prevention of spots and granting of your skin healthy heat.

People on age 55 often start to see age stains. They are caused by collections of pigments in a skin, is frequent because of ??????????? from the sun. They are extended on hands, the weapon, the person, and other usually exposed areas. While you possibly not be able remove completely age stains, you can reduce their colouring and outstanding position, directly applying vitamin E oil to stains every day.

Fetid breath can be the real Romance murderer. It can cause also problems in professional parametres of adjustment and induce your family and friends to recede every time when you approach. Some ways to get rid of fetid breath include chewing things as cardamom seeds, parsley, and only simple leaves. All these things consider as natural deodorants and ??????????????? substances of breath. Other thing which you can make, the capture juice from half of lemon is and to stir it in a water glass. Then rinse the mouth with it.

These house means can help to feel better to you about you directly and to reduce some irritating problems. However, if your condition does not improve, there can be more serious medical forces on work, and you should consult to the doctor that can cause your constant problems.

ORGANIC ADVANTAGES

Here is another great reason to eat organic and only organic. You can find good organic food at stores like Trader Joe"s, Whole Foods, Lassen"s and at local farmer"s markets. It is your life; take care of it. From mercola.com

"Residues of Monsanto�s Roundup herbicide found in GM food and feed can cause cell damage and even death, even at very low levels. The authors of a study on the subject say their research "... points to undesirable effects which are currently masked or hidden from scientific scrutiny.

"Roundup herbicides are among the most commonly used in the world, especially on GM crops that are engineered to be Roundup resistant. Their residues are among the major pollutants, and they are authorized as residues contaminating GM foods and feed at the tested levels.

The researchers studied toxicity mechanisms of four different Roundup formulations in human cells. The formulations were diluted at minimal doses (up to 100,000 times or more), but they still caused cell death within a few hours. The researchers also noted membrane and DNA damages, and found the formulations inhibit cell respiration."

For Dr. Mercola"s comments and sources please see:

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/04/07/Monsantos-Roundup-Residues-in-GM-Food-Cause-Cell-Damage.aspx

Why be burdened by highly publicized fears that decades later did not turn out to be true?

Michael Crighton writes about scaring ourselves:

It may be mostly forgotten now, but back then many climate scientists shared his concern: Temperatures around the world had fallen steadily for 30 years, dropping half a degree in the Northern Hemisphere between 1945 and 1968. Pack ice was increasing. Glaciers were advancing. Growing seasons had shortened by two weeks in only a few years.

At this time we wasn�t concerned about global warming, we worried about global cooling and the coming ice age. Within a decade, scientists would be decrying a global warming trend that threatened to raise temperatures as much as 30 degrees in the 21st century. Such predictions implied palm trees in Montana, and they have since been revised downward. By 1995, the UN midrange estimates were about 4 degrees over the next 100 years. Although concern about warming remains, the prospect of catastrophic change seems increasingly unlikely.

He mention more scary stories like machines are taking over (it never happened, instead we are regarded as overworked, overstressed and sleepless), people fearing cancer from power lines (they shown to be false?) and now people velcome magnets as healthful (superstition?), nowadays people are afraid of saccharin, cyclamates, deodorants, cell phones and the list goes on an on. And the magnificent Y2K, experts predicted collapse in computers.

Human beings never get tired of discussing the latest report that tells us the end is near, it"s only convincing me that we might regard each new claim with skepticism, search information and make our own mind up.

As I didn"t knew Michael Crighton, I made a search on google.

He denies the global warming, he argues that scientific evidence for global warming is weak. Crichton rejects many of the conclusions reached by the National Academy of Sciences and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change�for example, he does not believe that global temperature increases in recent decades are most likely the result of human activities.

Right now earth is clearly getting warmer, but I believe that the jury is still out. I am somewhat skeptical of global warming.

Some few links about global warming and Michael Crighton:

Michael Crichton�s State of Confusion
Real Climate
Bad Science, Bad Fiction:
In Michael Crichton"s work, the two are intimately connected.
Michael Crichton Takes on Global Warming in Latest Work

DRUG RESISTANT SUPER BUGS ARE HERE

WHAT YOU CAN DO NOW TO STAY HEALTHY

Are you ready? When Vancomycin and drug cocktails do not work anymore, because the bugs have become resistant as they are doing, what will you do then? Why is this important to you? Because, as this article explains, these diseases are resistant to drugs and they are spreading fast. See some possible solutions below:

Excerpts from Yahoo at
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091227/ap_on_he_me/as_med_when_drugs_stop_working_killer_tb

First case of highly drug-resistant TB found in US

By MARGIE MASON AND MARTHA MENDOZA, Associated Press Writers Margie Mason And Martha Mendoza, Associated Press Writers Sun Dec 27, 8:14 am ET

LANTANA, Fla. – It started with a cough, an autumn hack that refused to go away.

Then came the fevers. They bathed and chilled the skinny frame of Oswaldo Juarez, a 19-year-old Peruvian visiting to study English. His lungs clattered, his chest tightened and he ached with every gasp. During a wheezing fit at 4 a.m., Juarez felt a warm knot rise from his throat. He ran to the bathroom sink and spewed a mouthful of blood.

Juarez's strain — so-called extremely drug-resistant (XXDR) TB — has never before been seen in the U.S., according to Dr. David Ashkin, one of the nation's leading experts on tuberculosis. XXDR tuberculosis is so rare that only a handful of other people in the world are thought to have had it.

Today, all the leading killer infectious diseases on the planet — TB, malaria and HIV among them — are mutating at an alarming rate, hitchhiking their way in and out of countries. The reason: Overuse and misuse of the very drugs that were supposed to save us.

• In Cambodia, scientists have confirmed the emergence of a new drug-resistant form of malaria, threatening the only treatment left to fight a disease that already kills 1 million people a year.

• In Africa, new and harder to treat strains of HIV are being detected in about 5 percent of new patients. HIV drug resistance rates have shot up to as high as 30 percent worldwide.

• In the U.S., drug-resistant infections killed more than 65,000 people last year — more than prostate and breast cancer combined. More than 19,000 people died from a staph infection alone that has been eliminated in Norway, where antibiotics are stringently limited.

"Drug resistance is starting to be a very big problem. In the past, people stopped worrying about TB and it came roaring back. We need to make sure that doesn't happen again," said Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who was himself infected with tuberculosis while caring for drug-resistant patients at a New York clinic in the early '90s. "We are all connected by the air we breathe, and that is why this must be everyone's problem."

This April, the World Health Organization sounded alarms by holding its first drug-resistant TB conference in Beijing. The message was clear — the disease has already spread to all continents and is increasing rapidly. Even worse, WHO estimates only 1 percent of resistant patients received appropriate treatment last year.

"We have seen a huge up burst in resistance," said CDC epidemiologist Dr. Laurie Hicks.

Now we know the problem, what can be done? Well, other than boosting your immune system by healthy living habits, which most Americans only indulge in the day after New Years until they give up on their resolutions, there are some things.

Alternative medicine and health give us some guidance as to how to deal with diseases that medical science has giving up on, like cancer, lyme disease, aids, MS, etc. there is no cure all, but the prudent use of several synergistic therapies, can ameliorate or even cure many so-called incurable diseases. This is a matter of fact and the evidence is out there. However, the orthodox medical establishment, drug companies etc. work very hard to suppress these solutions as they would end their monopoly on sickness and keeping people dependent.

There is not enough space here to go into the details of the major remedies, but a careful reading of these several sites will provide you with a vast advantage in understanding and utilizing alternative techniques to keep yourself and your family healthy in these dangerous times. There is an encyclopedia of information in these sites that you cannot find elsewhere for the simple investment of reading and thinking a little. Don’t wait for the next epidemic to hit. Start now to learn and you will be way ahead of the mutating germs even if medical science is not.

Here is a good place to begin:

One of the best articles on this site, but there are many others you can check out. Rife therapy, one of the most suppressed alternative treatments in the world, is probably the most effective in many cases. It targets disease that is germ based, which includes most and uses an approach based on physics rather than chemistry as drugs do. It is non-invasive and produces little or no side effects. A wealth of information on this subject, with practical application, by one of the greatest minds of this century. His knowledge is based solidly on science since he is a plasma physicist and knows of what he speaks.
http://www.rifeenergymedicine.com/vema.html

THE CURE FOR EVERYTHING E-BOOK--- This may sound like hubris, but if you read and apply everything in it, it comes close to being a cure for whatever ails ya. It explains how there really is a panacea of sorts, but it is 85% prevention in most cases. You will learn how to prevent most disease, and if sick, how to cure most maladies with scientific and sometimes suppressed cures from around the world. A very wide ranging treatise and easy to read.

http://www.ultrashaman.com/WELLNESS.html

One of the most used alternative therapies on the planet is nearly unknown and certainly under-utilized by western doctors, perhaps due to the incredible death hold the pharmaceutical companies have on the universities and doctor’s education. This therapy has been used for over 60 years in Germany is now used by over 8000 physicians around the world. The results, when used properly, are astounding and with almost zero side effects! Like rife therapy, it is effective in most microbial based conditions, which encompasses the great per cent of disease.
http://oxygenmedicine.com/cancerandozone.html

DRUG RESISTANT SUPER BUGS ARE HERE

WHAT YOU CAN DO NOW TO STAY HEALTHY

Are you ready? When Vancomycin and drug cocktails do not work anymore, because the bugs have become resistant as they are doing, what will you do then? Why is this important to you? Because, as this article explains, these diseases are resistant to drugs and they are spreading fast. See some possible solutions below:

Excerpts from Yahoo at
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091227/ap_on_he_me/as_med_when_drugs_stop_working_killer_tb

First case of highly drug-resistant TB found in US

By MARGIE MASON AND MARTHA MENDOZA, Associated Press Writers Margie Mason And Martha Mendoza, Associated Press Writers Sun Dec 27, 8:14 am ET

LANTANA, Fla. – It started with a cough, an autumn hack that refused to go away.

Then came the fevers. They bathed and chilled the skinny frame of Oswaldo Juarez, a 19-year-old Peruvian visiting to study English. His lungs clattered, his chest tightened and he ached with every gasp. During a wheezing fit at 4 a.m., Juarez felt a warm knot rise from his throat. He ran to the bathroom sink and spewed a mouthful of blood.

Juarez's strain — so-called extremely drug-resistant (XXDR) TB — has never before been seen in the U.S., according to Dr. David Ashkin, one of the nation's leading experts on tuberculosis. XXDR tuberculosis is so rare that only a handful of other people in the world are thought to have had it.

Today, all the leading killer infectious diseases on the planet — TB, malaria and HIV among them — are mutating at an alarming rate, hitchhiking their way in and out of countries. The reason: Overuse and misuse of the very drugs that were supposed to save us.

• In Cambodia, scientists have confirmed the emergence of a new drug-resistant form of malaria, threatening the only treatment left to fight a disease that already kills 1 million people a year.

• In Africa, new and harder to treat strains of HIV are being detected in about 5 percent of new patients. HIV drug resistance rates have shot up to as high as 30 percent worldwide.

• In the U.S., drug-resistant infections killed more than 65,000 people last year — more than prostate and breast cancer combined. More than 19,000 people died from a staph infection alone that has been eliminated in Norway, where antibiotics are stringently limited.

"Drug resistance is starting to be a very big problem. In the past, people stopped worrying about TB and it came roaring back. We need to make sure that doesn't happen again," said Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who was himself infected with tuberculosis while caring for drug-resistant patients at a New York clinic in the early '90s. "We are all connected by the air we breathe, and that is why this must be everyone's problem."

This April, the World Health Organization sounded alarms by holding its first drug-resistant TB conference in Beijing. The message was clear — the disease has already spread to all continents and is increasing rapidly. Even worse, WHO estimates only 1 percent of resistant patients received appropriate treatment last year.

"We have seen a huge up burst in resistance," said CDC epidemiologist Dr. Laurie Hicks.

Now we know the problem, what can be done? Well, other than boosting your immune system by healthy living habits, which most Americans only indulge in the day after New Years until they give up on their resolutions, there are some things.

Alternative medicine and health give us some guidance as to how to deal with diseases that medical science has giving up on, like cancer, lyme disease, aids, MS, etc. there is no cure all, but the prudent use of several synergistic therapies, can ameliorate or even cure many so-called incurable diseases. This is a matter of fact and the evidence is out there. However, the orthodox medical establishment, drug companies etc. work very hard to suppress these solutions as they would end their monopoly on sickness and keeping people dependent.

There is not enough space here to go into the details of the major remedies, but a careful reading of these several sites will provide you with a vast advantage in understanding and utilizing alternative techniques to keep yourself and your family healthy in these dangerous times. There is an encyclopedia of information in these sites that you cannot find elsewhere for the simple investment of reading and thinking a little. Don’t wait for the next epidemic to hit. Start now to learn and you will be way ahead of the mutating germs even if medical science is not.

Here is a good place to begin:

One of the best articles on this site, but there are many others you can check out. Rife therapy, one of the most suppressed alternative treatments in the world, is probably the most effective in many cases. It targets disease that is germ based, which includes most and uses an approach based on physics rather than chemistry as drugs do. It is non-invasive and produces little or no side effects. A wealth of information on this subject, with practical application, by one of the greatest minds of this century. His knowledge is based solidly on science since he is a plasma physicist and knows of what he speaks.
http://www.rifeenergymedicine.com/vema.html

THE CURE FOR EVERYTHING E-BOOK--- This may sound like hubris, but if you read and apply everything in it, it comes close to being a cure for whatever ails ya. It explains how there really is a panacea of sorts, but it is 85% prevention in most cases. You will learn how to prevent most disease, and if sick, how to cure most maladies with scientific and sometimes suppressed cures from around the world. A very wide ranging treatise and easy to read.

http://www.ultrashaman.com/WELLNESS.html

One of the most used alternative therapies on the planet is nearly unknown and certainly under-utilized by western doctors, perhaps due to the incredible death hold the pharmaceutical companies have on the universities and doctor’s education. This therapy has been used for over 60 years in Germany is now used by over 8000 physicians around the world. The results, when used properly, are astounding and with almost zero side effects! Like rife therapy, it is effective in most microbial based conditions, which encompasses the great per cent of disease.
http://oxygenmedicine.com/cancerandozone.html