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Mercury Dental Fillings are TOXIC

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Mercury pollution is growing across the globe.

In the words of Charlie Brown, President of the World Alliance for Mercury-Free Dentistry, “Amalgam is a “primitive, polluting, 19th century product that began when physicians were sawing off legs. Medicine has since moved forward.”

Consider these disturbing facts:

  • Amalgam is the MOST EXPENSIVE dental material when you count environmental costs and clean-up costs.
  • Amalgam is the number one cause of mercury exposure for consumers, according to the Canadian government and other sources.
  • Mercury from dental offices is the largest source of mercury in wastewater. At least 40 percent of mercury flowing into municipal water treatment plants begins in dentist offices. And those plants are not set up to remove it, so it ends up in your fish.
  • Amalgams of the dead post a risk to the living. Emissions from the combustion of mercury fillings during cremation are a significant contaminator of air, waterways, soil, wildlife and food. It is estimated that, left unchecked, crematoria will be the largest single cause of mercury pollution by 2020.

In Sweden, it is mandatory that teeth be extracted prior to cremation.

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According to Charlie Brown, the FDA is far behind the rest of the world in stepping up to the plate to reduce mercury. The FDA has been standing in the way of banning these dangerous dental materials since 1976.

  • Canada advised dentists to stop placing amalgam in children and pregnant women in 1996!
  • Denmark, Norway and Sweden have essentially banned amalgams.
  • There are 5,636 hospitals in developing countries that are committed to or already mercury-free. The majority of these are in the Philippines, India, and Argentina.

Check what your dentist is planning to use. And if it is a mercury amalgam, Refuse. Also, it’s  wise to have existing amalgam fillings removed, but by a qualified dentist, for the procedure is delicate and can be potentially risky.

 

Applause for the Coconut!

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Mother Nature is incredibly generous in the way she provides – offering a bounty of fruits and vegetables rich in vitamins, minerals and nutrients to nourish your body so you can enjoy a long healthy life.

One fruit in particular – the coconut – is so abundant in its healing properties it’s referred to as “the tree of life.”

The coconut is a “functional food” rich in vitamins, minerals and fiber – the essential nutritional building blocks for perfect health.

For generations, island people considered it “The Cure for All Illness” and consumed the meat, milk and coconut oil daily. Although this diet was high in saturated fat, Western conditions like diabetes, cancer and heart disease were virtually unheard of.

The islanders were instead rewarded with a lovely youthful complexion, soft wrinkle-free skin, almost no skin cancer – even with excessive exposure to year round sun – and abundant good health.

Coconut oil – a saturated fat – is chock-full of health-promoting properties – and is in no way responsible for high cholesterol, obesity and heart disease.

Finally, modern medicine and science are starting to realize this fundamental truth… and it’s been a long time coming. But sadly not before heart disease, cancer, diabetes, obesity and a whole host of other catastrophic diseases have reached epidemic proportions!

Some oils which should be avoided:

Canola

There is no such thing as a canola in nature. Canola oil is actually a modified version of rapeseed oil. The rape plant (in the mustard family) contains cyanide-containing compounds and wild animals and even insects avoid it in nature.

The refining process of deodorizing and bleaching to become canola oil involves exposing rapeseed oil to high heat, which greatly reduces the omega 3 content (perhaps it’s only original redeeming factor).

Consumption of this “GMO Oil” has been linked to muscular disorders and fatty degeneration of the heart, kidneys, adrenals and thyroid gland.

Cottonseed Oil

Thousands of commercially produced foods contain cottonseed oil; everything from canned foods to chips and other packaged items. It is even in beverages such as Gatorade. However, cotton is not a food crop, and is therefore not treated like an edible crop but an industrial one.

Virtually anything can be sprayed on cotton plants to ward off insects and induce growth. Dangerous poisons such as trifluralin, cyanide, dicofol, propargite and naled are used on cotton crops. These work their way deep into the plants, literally transforming them into toxic organisms.

Safflower


Researchers now have evidence that it may not be cholesterol that kills, but omega-6’s. When a group of individuals replaced animal fats with omega-6-rich safflower oil, their cholesterol levels decreased, however, the rates of death from cardiovascular disease and coronary artery disease increased significantly as compared to those consuming the animal fats.

Soybean

Soybean oil is highly processed and heavily hydrogenated and found in a vast majority of products on supermarket shelves. And choosing organic soy does not make it safer… as some so-called “organic” soy farms have been found to be fraudulent, passing off the GMO-product for the real thing. It’s best to avoid soybean oil completely.

Coconut Oil is safe and healthy

It’s no secret breast feeding is about the best thing a mother can do to boost her child’s immune system. What makes mother’s milk so healthy is that it contains high amounts of lauric acid and coconut oil contains nearly 50% lauric acid.

Coconut Oil Fuels Metabolism

 

Researchers have discovered that in cultures where unrefined coconut oil is a part of the everyday diet, there is less obesity and less lifestyle-related disease.

Coconut Oil BoostsThyroid

Many people suffer from low thyroid function with little understanding of the cause. It’s really no wonder because most processed foods contain iodine blockers, and iodine is essential for optimum thyroid function! Plus, without a healthy thyroid, weight loss is nearly impossible—especially for women.

Coconut Oil Protects and Beautifies Skin

People living in the tropics have beautiful, wrinkle-free skin because coconut oil is not only part of their diet—but also their beauty regimen!

Coconut oil is a naturally moisturizing cleanser—and an effective sunscreen, blocking out 20 percent of harmful rays… thanks to the medium-chain fatty acids that protect and heal the skin at the same time.

Coconut Oil Can protect the Brain

 

Alzheimer’s is on the rise. But by helping the body produce ketones—an alternative energy source for your brain, you can protect your brain from the devastating effects of this savage disease. When MCTs—medium chain triglycerides—are metabolized by the body, ketones are created. And coconut oil is rich in MCT’s.

 

Coconut Oil is Good for Heart Health

Heart disease is a scary disease often treated with even scarier drugs—like statins!
Statins (cholesterol lowering drugs) deplete the body of vital heart-nourishing nutrients and can do more harm than good. Coconut oil is full of heart-healing benefits and can help prevent the need for such drugs—and even help keep you from getting sick in the first place.
Eat Healthy and Stay Healthy.

Sitting is the new Smoking

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 How Can I Fit in Exercise at Work?

Fortunately, the way to cure sitting disease is simple: Wake up your muscles (especially the big ones in your legs, butt and core) with just two minutes of movement every 30 minutes!
Here are 10 ways to integrate a little stand-up into your workday and at home:

Set a timer. Use the alarm clock on your phone to remind you it’s time to rise up. Set it, then put your phone out of reach. When you get up to turn it off, try the moves below. Aim for a walk around every hour. Easy!

Strike a plank pose. We’re big fans of this multitasking yoga pose. It’s the ultimate one-move routine that quickly works three major muscle groups — your arms, legs, and core. Lie on your stomach with your feet together and forearms placed on the ground. Your arms are straight down from your shoulders to your elbows. Your toes are tucked as they are in a push up. Tighten up stomach and glutes. Then raise your body off the floor so you form a straight line from your feet to shoulders — keep your head in line. Hold the position for a few seconds — 25 is good, but 45 is better, and build toward 2 minutes….BRAVO!

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Take a quick walk. Head to the bathroom, water cooler, grab a cup of Joe, or meet a coworker to discuss a work issue. Tiny breaks are proven to help. Extra points for a glass of water!

Challenge yourself. How far can you walk at work and still be back at your desk in two minutes?

Head for the stairs. You’ll burn about 29 calories climbing stairs for three minutes — proof that the steps in your office or home are really exercise equipment hiding in plain sight!

Sit on an exercise ball. Keep the big muscles in your legs, butt, and core engaged while you work by perching on a big exercise ball instead of your office chair. Do it for 10-15 minute periods every hour or two throughout the day.

March in place. Tethered to your headphones? Stand up and start marching. Lift those knees! Keep it up for a minute, then do this…

Stand up, sit down, repeat. Keep your back straight and your arms at your sides or held out in front of you (in other words, don’t push off with your hands). Use your thigh and butt muscles to rise from your seat, then slowly sit down again. Repeat as many times as you can.

Just stand up. Your body works 30 percent harder when you’re on your feet. Try a standing desk at work—they’re available these days. Or get a treadmill desk!

At home: Take a commercial break. Prime time’s 14-21 minutes of advertisements every hour give you plenty of time to move around without missing a minute of your favorite shows.

Get Healthy!

Why we can’t stop eating, and what can we do to beat the habit

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Many people falsely believe that weight gain (and loss) is all about calories and willpower.

The fact is, there are biological forces in play.

1. Sugar is a drug. And it’s not just a figure of speech. It has been proven scientifically that sugar has the same negative effects like heroin, cigarettes or alcohol.
Even though people who are obese or overweight have an intense desire to lose weight , they just can’t stop because foods with sugar are addictive.

2. Fat cells in our bodies take in and store excessive amounts of glucose and other calorie-rich compounds. Since fewer calories are available to fuel metabolism, the brain tells the body to increase calorie intake (we feel hungry) and save energy (our metabolism slows down). Eating more solves this problem temporarily but also accelerates weight gain. Cutting calories reverses the weight gain for a short while, making us think we have control over our body weight, but predictably increases hunger and slows metabolism even more.

3. Scientists are increasingly pointing their fingers at a hormone called leptin.

People who are obese have a lot of body fat in their fat cells. Because fat cells produce leptin in proportion to their size, obese people also have very high levels of leptin. Given the way leptin is supposed to work, these people shouldn’t be eating… their brain should know that they have plenty of energy stored.

However… the problem is that the leptin signal isn’t working. There’s a whole ton of leptin floating around, but the brain doesn’t “see” that it is there.

This condition is known as leptin resistance. It is now believed to be the main biological abnormality in human obesity.

When the brain doesn’t receive the leptin signal, it erroneously thinks that the body is starving, even though it has more than enough energy stored.

  • Eating More: The brain thinks that we MUST eat so that we don’t starve to death.
  • Reduced Energy Expenditure: The brain thinks we need to conserve energy, so it makes us feel lazier and makes us burn fewer calories at rest.

In this way… eating more and exercising less is not the cause of weight gain, it is the consequence of leptin resistance, a hormonal defect.

For the great majority of people, trying to exert willpower over the leptin-driven starvation signal is next to impossible.

Losing weight reduces leptin, so the brain tries to regain the lost weight. The reduced leptin makes the brain think it is starving… so it initiates all sorts of powerful mechanisms to regain that lost body fat, erroneously thinking that it is protecting us from starvation.

This is the main reason so many people “yo-yo” diet… they lose a significant amount of weight, only to gain it back (and then some).

Leptin resistance can be caused by inflammation, and by high leptin levels themselves.
A key to reversing leptin resistance, is reducing diet-induced inflammation.

There are several things we can do:

  • Avoid processed food: Highly processed foods may compromise the integrity of the gut and drive inflammation..
  • Eat Soluble Fiber: Eating soluble fiber can help improve gut health and may protect against obesity.
  • Exercise: Physical activity may help to reverse leptin resistance.
  • Sleep: Poor sleep has been implicated in problems with leptin.
  • Lower  triglycerides: The best way to lower triglycerides is to reduce carbohydrate intake.
  • Eat Protein: Eating plenty of protein can cause  weight loss. There are many reasons for this, one of them may be an improvement in leptin sensitivity.
  • AVOID SUGAR. Every time you want to add it into your drinks or buy packaged products (remember that most products, even if they taste salty, they still contain amounts of sugar), think – would you add heroin into your coffee or would you give it to your child or loved ones? Changing the way you see sugar and realizing the disastrous effects will help you in eliminating sugar from your meals.
  • No more soda and other sweetened drinks
    Try to replace any type of bottled soda or juice with water. Soft drinks can cause untold damage. Replacing juices with water will help you stay hydrated, you will feel much more relaxed, your sleep will be more peaceful and your brain will also send you signals of good disposition. Don’t fool yourself with diet sodas… Even though they are advertised as no calories and no sugar,  they are synthetic products made in a lab, loaded with chemicals.
  • Avoid packaged food.
  • Stop being fooled by “healthy” foods.
    ‘Fat-free’, ‘sugar-free’ – are all poor choices. They usually contain sugar, artificial sweeteners or a ton of chemical additives to make them palatable.

Take Home Message

Obesity is not caused by greed, laziness or a lack of willpower. There are strong biochemical forces at play… which are mostly driven by changes in the environment, and particularly the Western diet.

The truth is… everywhere this diet goes, obesity and chronic disease follows. Not because this diet turns people into gluttons and sloths, but because it alters our biology in a way that changes our behavior.

CHALLENGE YOURSELF TO STAY OFF SUGAR AT LEAST FOR ONE DAY AND TELL ME HOW IT WAS.

Be Healthy. And Stay Healthy.

 

 

Terrific Turmeric

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Curcumin extract is an ancient Asian medicine that’s becoming an integrative medicine star.

As Indians, we use haldi in our cooking liberally and consistently. So is that enough? Unfortunately, no. What we need is the extract, curcumin.

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Lets see what curcumin does..

Functions of Curcumin
• Powerful antioxidant
• Suppresses inflammation
• Regulates immune function
• Modulates pain
• Supports organ function
• Promotes regeneration
• Alters gene transcription
• Repairs mitochondrial damage
• Prevents carcinogenesis

Benefits of Curcumin
• Improves liver function and lowers liver inflammation markers
• Improves skin health and reduces wrinkles
• Improves blood flow in the heart
• Lowers blood pressure
• Improves exercise tolerance and reduces recovery time
• Inhibits tumor growth
• Delays onset of Alzheimer’s disease and improves neurocognitive function
The Best Way To Take Curcumin

So we can’t just take it as turmeric powder. But also it doesn’t mean we stop using turmeric powder!

Taking the dried root as a tea or as powder in a capsule is not effective. Because curcumin doesn’t absorb well, it’s combined with vegetable gums or essential oils, or using nanotechnology to make it more bioavailable.

Thousands of research papers have been published about curcumin. In 2014 alone, there are more than two hundred published studies. This volume of research shows there is considerable interest in the humble turmeric plant’s abilities as a medicine for humans.

Stay Healthy!