Exercise is one of the most important
thing in life.
Drink more than half
gallon of water a day! Stay away from the "purified"
stuff if you can. Your car battery and steam iron do not need the
Calcium, Magnesium and other minerals found in water, but your body does.
I've heard that a lack of fluids can even cause an irregular heart beat.
You regularly change the oil in your car, so why pump sludge through your
arteries? "CLUSTERED
WATER" is HYPE. "VITAMIN
O" is salt water, sold for up to $65.00 an ounce. The FTC
took it's HYPEsters to court!
CANCER
MAY BE PREVENTABLE
If your job requires you to sit for a
long period of time, the most important thing you can do is get up and walk
around every half hour or so. If you've been sitting for a long time,
massage your "hindquarters" and the back of your thighs. All
of us form small clots when we sit because we restrict blood flow. The
small clots formed are usually broken down by the body, before they can
cause serious damage. Some however, get lodged in the lungs, brain
(stroke), or elsewhere. It is not enough to exercise 30 minutes a day
if you sit for hours at a time! You
can also drink 100% PURPLE Grape Juice! CAUTION:
Check with your doctor first if you are taking blood thinners or any other
drugs. While Vitamin D can
PREVENT COLON CANCER. Aspirin is not only good for your heart, but
reduces your chance for various cancers, including genetically pre-disposed
families, by 35%.
If you don't mind having Cancer,
Alzheimer's Disease, Arthritis, et., don't Read
This.
Vitamins and minerals are NOT
SUBSTITUTES for food; they SUPPLEMENT it. NOTE (and this is only
MY belief): Don't rely on foods cooked in a microwave oven for full
nutrition ! ! ! Enzymes, Vitamins, and other Nutrients in
foods are broken down under high temperatures, so what do you have left???
You still have the minerals and some vitamins, but a mother who breast-feeds
her child is told NOT to microwave her stored frozen milk, because it breaks
down the enzymes. Think about it ! Maybe those old
cauldrons and crock-pots were really the best way to cook. Avoid
overcooking and overheating your food and you will avoid changing its
chemical structure and nutritional value. You are what you eat.
Fiber is a must. You should be getting
24 grams per day, but most people are lucky to get less than half of that.
Take a close look at the nutrition labels on the foods you eat. Lack
of fiber promotes Colon Cancer, so I've been told (my own mother recently
died from it). Eat whole grain breads, plenty of fruit, and lots of
veggies. The best book I have found is by Dr. Barry Sears,
"ENTER THE ZONE". I use it as a guide, but not as a
bible.
I avoid irradiated
food and PRESCRIPTIONS sent through the mail.
There are 10
foods that you should eat.
As an average ACTIVE person, I should
get about 60 grams of protein per day. I should keep my Carbohydrate
intake between 100 to 200 grams per day, and my total fat intake should
ideally not exceed 45 grams.
I DO eat FREE RANGING beef sparingly because it contains CLA, a potent
anticarcinogenic. My Saturated fat intake should not exceed 20 grams per
day. I try to eat smaller meals, usually 4 or 5 per day, but I don't
hesitate to "pig out" at my favorite restaurant. I try to
keep my portion of meats and fish no larger than the size of the palm of my
hand, eat plenty of different colored vegetables,
and go easy on the breads, buns, gravy, salad dressing, and butter.
(Did you know a Caesar Salad can have in excess of 60 grams of fat?)
I use butter and AVOID
HYDROGENATED FOODS, especially margarine, french fries, and
hydrogenated peanut butter (which has the peanut oil removed, and
hydrogenated Canola Oil added for that "creamy smooth" texture).
"Mono-Diglycerides"
is just a new name for HYDROGENATED OILS
Know the dangers of TRANS FATTY ACIDS:
The New
England Journal of Medicine -- June 24, 1999 -- Vol. 340, No. 25
Erin recently showed me some articles
warning about the DANGERS
OF CANOLA OIL.
Canola Oil is listed as both a food and a PESTICIDE with the EPA. Despite
all these warnings, the debate about Canola Oil is not finished.....
but to be on the safe side, I'll stick with Olive Oil for the time being.
I eat Oatmeal at least 3 times a week
(but avoid "Quick" or "Instant" Oatmeal). Oats
provide GLA (Gamma
Linolenic Acid). GLA is necessary throughout life, but the human
body cannot produce GLA
for the first several months of life.
That's why breast-fed babies are healthier, leaner, and have a head start on
life.
Eat Salmon at least twice a week.
The Omega-3
Fatty Acids combine with the GLA in the Oatmeal, and from what
I've learned and felt, is necessary for good health under stress, and proper
GH release, which decreases as you get older.
STAY AWAY FROM REGULAR USE OF DHEA
(just my opinion). This is a Hormone..... Don't try to fool
Mother Nature. USA
WEEKEND: Eat Smart by Jean Carper, 2/15/98
("DHEA can trigger heart palpitations and irregular heartbeats --
possibly even a heart attack, warns Los Angeles physician Ray Sahelian,
author of DHEA: A Practical Guide.)
AVOID SWEETS, SODA, AND OTHER SIMPLE
SUGARS WITHIN 3 HOURS OF GOING TO SLEEP. Your body releases GH
(Growth Hormone) after you go to sleep, but releases less if insulin is
present. GH directly affects your immune system.
Don't cheat your body out of sleep.
No project is more important than your life.
Vitamins and Minerals, especially
iron,
are necessary for good health, but
an excess can be detrimental. A good Vitamin-Mineral formula for
me is a product by "SOLARAY" called "SPECTRO". If
you are a male, and take in enough iron through foods, the "IRON
FREE" version is recommended, because additional iron supposedly
results in arterial plaque in men. Women need the additional iron.
Spectro TM Multi-Vita-Min
IRON FREE is a
favorite. "BABY ME NOW"
is a Pre-Natal vitamin that is quite complete for both women and men.
FOLIC ACID is highly recommended
to reduce fat lipids in the blood, called TRIGLYCERIDES. Many in the
health field say that Triglycerides are a more important risk factor than
cholesterol. I take 800 mcg of FOLIC ACID per day, in addition
to what I get in the "SPECTRO" Vitamin-Mineral formula.
Vitamins A, E, and C act
synergistically, that is, when they are used together, they are much more
potent than their individual sum. Vitamins A, E, and C are the most
well known FREE RADICAL Quenchers. FREE RADICALS can also
be a source of health food store hype, so please read about
FREE RADICALS from GRAY Cancer Labs. BE INFORMED FROM NEUTRAL
SOURCES - DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH. For those who have had heart attacks,
or to help prevent them, here is a good article from The
National Institute Of Health (nih.gov).
I take Supplementary Vitamin C a couple of times a day, but I take it
in a
500 mg CHEWABLE tablet form called "Orange Juce" by "NATURE'S
PLUS" Why burn a hole in your stomach
by taking this ACID in a pill form without eating a meal? I've also
heard the body won't absorb more than 250 mg of Vitamin C at one time.
Just because you take a 500 mg dose doesn't mean your body can use 100% of
it. If your body absorbs 50% of it, you're in the ball-park.
Many Vitamins are ACIDS, so take them
in the middle of a meal.
Now we come to one of the most
important recent breakthroughs. This is a class of drugs known as
NSAIDs (Non Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs). As
medical science traces back the causes of diseases, and the breakdown of the
body and its functions, one thing stands out above all others: inflammation.
Inflammation is a by-product of natural body functions, including the immune
system. Remember that swelling when that #&!!#@ wrench
slipped?
Enter a product that is 100% Natural, called ZYFLAMEND.
The more we find out about medical science and COX-2 Inhibitors, the more we
have to say that Grandmother was right. Spices like Turmeric (first
prescribed by Hippocrates), Basil, Rosemary, Oregano, et. have been found to
have fantastic anti - inflammatory properties, great
for arthritis and pain, supposedly
preventing and/or relieving even migraine headaches, replacing Aspirin,
extending the quality of life, with claims as
an aid in Alzheimer's, Colon
and Lung Cancer, et.
I now take this faithfully, but for a totally different and unexpected
reason:
For me it has virtually stopped the occasional PVCs that comes along with
MVP (Mitrol Valve Prolapse). SURPRISED? I know I
was. It may just be a fluke with me, but the darned stuff works for
me, and it's not even a prescription drug! It usually sells for around
$25, but I buy it on the internet for $13.95 ZYFLAMEND
can be found here
Please be aware of
JAMA
warnings on some
COX-2 Inhibitors.
Another
supplement is "GLUCOSAMINE & CONDROITIN". This stuff is
now widely known for it's proven ability to retard and / or prevent
deterioration of cartilage in joints. I started taking this
before it became a fad, because I have played PaddleBall on a concrete
surface since 1985. I have seen kids in their teens with knee braces,
yet I have had no problems, and I used to play 2-3 hrs per day. I'll
leave the search for the best price to you. You may want to look into
a formula that also contains MSM
, but I would personally hesitate to take 2-6 grams per day that some
recommend.
Dental Hygiene is
EXTREMELY important. I've heard some Pharos died very young
because of Gum Disease and Rotting Teeth. See your dental hygienist
regularly.
GIVE YOUR BRAIN A
REST. After a hectic day at work, think about taking a quiet
walk, instead of flooding your body with adrenalin, caused by watching
"COPS" on TV.
A Cure for Alzheimer's
Disease may be around the corner. Researchers at University of
California, San Diego, will be starting trials using Gene Therapy on humans
in 2001. Monkey Brains have been injected with NGF (Nerve Growth
Factor) and results are very promising. "Side Effects"
also include a reversal of aging in the brain. More information about
Alzheimer's is available at
http://www.alz.org/
Many clinical trials
are going on for a variety of ailments (including cancer), but are not
generally known to the public. They are listed at
http://clinicaltrials.gov/
