Per client requests, I am going to start a Wednesday blog dedicated to recommended books. Seems how I read quite a bit, this should be... besides the question where to start.
Lately I've had a few clients on my weight loss program, whom after going through a grocery store field trip with me would ask, "Now that I know my way around the store and what to eat, how do I make a meal?"
Hmmm. My answer for this is throw things together or make a naked burger and some greens, this didn't suffice. I can cook. I can't bake - I can't follow directions. This is for those of you who are switching from the drive-thru suppers to home cooked meals.
Dr. Mercola has a great book that is not sugar coated (pardon the pun) and goes into some of the how's and why's of what foods effective our bodies, both good and bad.
Mind you this just the beginning of a long list, more great recommendations coming each Wednesday. Make sure you subscribe to my blog to keep up with my latest articles about nutrition, fitness, health and wellness, weekly product reviews, as well as some weekly motivation! You won't want to miss out!
Showing posts with label Mercola. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mercola. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Friday, July 31, 2009
How To Get Sick
1. Stay out of the sun- In addition to the benefits of Vitamin D production, we also tend to be happier or less depressed.
2. Go to bed after midnight- 1 hour of sleep before midnight = 4 hours after midnight according to Elmer Josephson. It has also been proven that we can die from lack of sleep before lack of water or food.
3. Never let them see you sweat- Could talk forever about this but I’ll sum it up with benefits of exercise and detoxification.
4. Take Mega Vitamins- the angle here is the cheap synthetic vitamins and excessive quantities. Think quality not quantity.
5. Use fluoride toothpaste and mouthwash and drink fluoridated water. Do a web search on fluoride or type in fluoride on mercola.com, the history of how fluoride and human consumption is disturbing.
6. Use artificial sweeteners and avoid sugars - Backing off on sugars is a good idea but there is a reason why we need to consume carbohydrates (sugars). Another blog on artificial sugars is the works. One tidbit would be that artificial sugars are classified as neurotoxins. Ah I don’t know if I want to knowingly and willingly put neurotoxins in my body.
7. Shower every day, but don’t take a bath - Depletes hair oils, alters body pH and the shower head aerates the chlorine in tap water causing inhalation of chlorine in small frequent doses.
8. Swim in chlorinated pools.
9. Don’t breastfeed your baby.
10. Get tattoos.
11. Get all of your immunization shots - The preservatives they contain have been linked to autism and Crohn’s disease.
12. Travel in airplane often - The cabins recirculation of air also recirculates all those little cold and flu bugs as well as disturb inner ear pressure regulation.
13. Expose yourself to electromagnetic energy. Power lines, large generators, frequent talking on cell phone directly to ear have all been shown to increase free radicals (the stuff antioxidants clean up).
14. Use a lot of skin care products, cosmetics, hair care products, nail care products, shampoos, soaps, perfumes, shaving cream, suntan lotion, and antibacterial soaps
16. Get your cavities filled with mercury (silver amalgam, silver fillings, amalgam fillings) - vapor releases continuously and is linked to neurological and psychiatric problems.
17. Do excessive aerobic exercise - lower immune system, creates more oxidation stress, chronic ligament and joint problems with repetitive motion. Dr. Al Sears has an interesting perspective on how we should exercise.
18. Wear contact lenses and receive implants of other foreign objects - risk to immune system.
19. Live in a toxic home - toxic paint, new carpet, mold, paraffin candles, etc.
20. Wear synthetic fabrics
21. Breathe with shallow breaths - infants are instinctively belly breathers. You can actually increase your metabolism just by breathing in more air by belly breathing.
22. Swallow your food without chewing well (or at all)
2. Go to bed after midnight- 1 hour of sleep before midnight = 4 hours after midnight according to Elmer Josephson. It has also been proven that we can die from lack of sleep before lack of water or food.
3. Never let them see you sweat- Could talk forever about this but I’ll sum it up with benefits of exercise and detoxification.
4. Take Mega Vitamins- the angle here is the cheap synthetic vitamins and excessive quantities. Think quality not quantity.
5. Use fluoride toothpaste and mouthwash and drink fluoridated water. Do a web search on fluoride or type in fluoride on mercola.com, the history of how fluoride and human consumption is disturbing.
6. Use artificial sweeteners and avoid sugars - Backing off on sugars is a good idea but there is a reason why we need to consume carbohydrates (sugars). Another blog on artificial sugars is the works. One tidbit would be that artificial sugars are classified as neurotoxins. Ah I don’t know if I want to knowingly and willingly put neurotoxins in my body.
7. Shower every day, but don’t take a bath - Depletes hair oils, alters body pH and the shower head aerates the chlorine in tap water causing inhalation of chlorine in small frequent doses.
8. Swim in chlorinated pools.
9. Don’t breastfeed your baby.
10. Get tattoos.
11. Get all of your immunization shots - The preservatives they contain have been linked to autism and Crohn’s disease.
12. Travel in airplane often - The cabins recirculation of air also recirculates all those little cold and flu bugs as well as disturb inner ear pressure regulation.
13. Expose yourself to electromagnetic energy. Power lines, large generators, frequent talking on cell phone directly to ear have all been shown to increase free radicals (the stuff antioxidants clean up).
14. Use a lot of skin care products, cosmetics, hair care products, nail care products, shampoos, soaps, perfumes, shaving cream, suntan lotion, and antibacterial soaps
- Brown and black hair products increase: hodgkins lymphoma (20% of all cases), mult. myeloma -Tea tree and DEA are carcinogenic.
- Toluene is associated with asthma which is found in every fragrance since 1991.
- Shampoos break down to formaldehyde.
- Antibacterial products have triclosan - absorbed through skin and pose a liver threat.
16. Get your cavities filled with mercury (silver amalgam, silver fillings, amalgam fillings) - vapor releases continuously and is linked to neurological and psychiatric problems.
17. Do excessive aerobic exercise - lower immune system, creates more oxidation stress, chronic ligament and joint problems with repetitive motion. Dr. Al Sears has an interesting perspective on how we should exercise.
18. Wear contact lenses and receive implants of other foreign objects - risk to immune system.
19. Live in a toxic home - toxic paint, new carpet, mold, paraffin candles, etc.
20. Wear synthetic fabrics
21. Breathe with shallow breaths - infants are instinctively belly breathers. You can actually increase your metabolism just by breathing in more air by belly breathing.
22. Swallow your food without chewing well (or at all)
- Chewing produces saliva
- Saliva breaks down carbohydrates
- Chewing action stimulates parotid gland behind the ears which signals thymus gland to produce T cells in case food contains toxins or pathogens.
- Best to deliver food to stomach in a near liquid state.
- Optimally chew food 35-50 times.
- Proposed that simply chewing your food can prevent Crohn’s disease and Addison’s.
Friday, April 24, 2009
Recommended Site - Mercola
If you look at some of the sites that I recommend visiting you’ll see Mercola.
Dr. Joseph Mercola is the mastermind behind his own site. He often posts the latest health findings (both good and bad) and then comments on the fallacies presented by mainstream publications or praises the raw truth or amazing discoveries that living in an informational era often presents.
After following him for the past 5 years, I’ve developed new insights on how to distinguish between the latest health topics as to whether it’s a fad, hype, under researched scare, twisted truth or a hidden solution, unorthodox view, refreshing solution on health and fitness.
Sure he struggles with the why and how of certain topics, we all do, but he’s so straight forward about his thoughts. My favorite example is why humans should or shouldn’t eat raw eggs. Other creatures in nature do it, why do we have problems with it? It wouldn’t be fair for me to try to paraphrase his findings. I encourage you to search his site for “raw eggs.”
His site is easy to navigate. He generally has half a dozen new topics each week he presents. Not all are necessarily health related. He’s a curious guy about many things (i.e. tech, natural science, trivia, etc). After each post he has related topics for you to research even deeper. And a really good search tool to find topics on past posts.
Like all great minds, Dr. Mercola will stumble across a great product. If it’s truly a worthy and remarkable product that he feels would benefit his readers he will recommend it and even sell it on his site for convenience to his followers.
Beware! This information he provides can be contrary to what you may have learned or thought before. Very educational stuff for folks with an open mind; please expand your knowledge and dive into his pages.
I don’t receive commission or kickbacks from referring his site; I just believe he does a great job.
Dr. Joseph Mercola is the mastermind behind his own site. He often posts the latest health findings (both good and bad) and then comments on the fallacies presented by mainstream publications or praises the raw truth or amazing discoveries that living in an informational era often presents.
After following him for the past 5 years, I’ve developed new insights on how to distinguish between the latest health topics as to whether it’s a fad, hype, under researched scare, twisted truth or a hidden solution, unorthodox view, refreshing solution on health and fitness.
Sure he struggles with the why and how of certain topics, we all do, but he’s so straight forward about his thoughts. My favorite example is why humans should or shouldn’t eat raw eggs. Other creatures in nature do it, why do we have problems with it? It wouldn’t be fair for me to try to paraphrase his findings. I encourage you to search his site for “raw eggs.”
His site is easy to navigate. He generally has half a dozen new topics each week he presents. Not all are necessarily health related. He’s a curious guy about many things (i.e. tech, natural science, trivia, etc). After each post he has related topics for you to research even deeper. And a really good search tool to find topics on past posts.
Like all great minds, Dr. Mercola will stumble across a great product. If it’s truly a worthy and remarkable product that he feels would benefit his readers he will recommend it and even sell it on his site for convenience to his followers.
Beware! This information he provides can be contrary to what you may have learned or thought before. Very educational stuff for folks with an open mind; please expand your knowledge and dive into his pages.
I don’t receive commission or kickbacks from referring his site; I just believe he does a great job.
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