Many people do not look forward to getting older, and will instead do everything in their power, including resorting to plastic surgery, to escape the hands of time. But what if all our fears of aging -- and our preconceived notions that it means we will be dependant on others, lonely and unfulfilled, slower mentally and crumbling physically -- are actually unfounded?

What if getting older would actually make us happier?

As it turns out, the “golden years” are aptly named as numerous studies show people do get happier as they get older.

New research presented at the American Psychological Association’s 2009 annual meeting found that people in their 80s and 90s generally report being happier than younger people, and feel less negative emotion such as sadness, anxiety and anger.

Susan Turk Charles, a psychologist at the University of California, Irvine, pointed out several reasons why happiness may increase with age, including that older adults:

• May better regulate their emotions, avoiding negative experiences and limiting their exposure to stressful situations

• Interact mostly with close friends and family members, which may lead to more positive social experiences and increased well-being compared to interactions with new acquaintances.

• Typically do not have exposure to work stress.

• Are generally treated with respect, and may be less likely to be confronted with an argument.

• Limit the time they spend thinking about negative things and focus on positive aspects instead.

• May think of memories in a more positive light.

This is far from the first study to suggest that age may lead to a brighter outlook.

Research by Yang Yang, a University of Chicago sociologist, published in American Sociological Review, involved 28,000 people between the ages of 18 and 88. The findings were based on face-to-face interviews that took place periodically from 1972 to 2004.

While overall happiness levels fluctuated during the study period, at every stage older Americans were the happiest. Further:

• The likelihood of being happy increased 5 percent with every 10 years of age.

• About 33 percent of Americans said they were very happy at age 88, compared to just 24 percent of those aged 18 to early 20s.

"The good news is that with age comes happiness," Yang told USA Today. "Life gets better in one's perception as one ages."

How to Make Aging a Graceful Process for You

“It's never too late to change the two most important ingredients to graceful aging -- attitude and lifestyle,” says meditation expert Mary Maddux, whose guided meditations are featured on the Pure Relaxation CD.

You can choose to accept aging with gusto and embrace it as a natural and joyful part of your life, a choice that becomes easier when you let go of some common myths surrounding the aging process. Here Maddux debunks some common aging myths once and for all:

• Myth #1 - The older I get, the worse my body will feel. The increasing stiffness and aches & pains that often come with age are not a result of age, but are due to lack of movement (if you don't use it, you'll lose it). Although there are some changes in our tissues as we age, we can continue to remain remarkably flexible and free of pain through something as simple as regular stretching.

• Myth #2 - It's too late to start taking care of myself ... it won't do any good at this age. A healthy lifestyle has been found to be one of the most important factors in how we age. Improvements in lifestyle (with the 3 key areas being good food, exercise and regular relaxation and rest) will bring improvements at any age.

• Myth #3 - I'm getting too old to learn new things ("You can't teach an old dog new tricks") Research shows that older people can, and do, learn new things. Attitude plays an important role here - if you think you can't, you won't try. People who believe they can learn new things do!

• Myth #4 - Sex is only for the young. People can, and do, continue to enjoy sex well into their senior years. We are sexual beings throughout the life cycle, but sexuality is experienced differently at different ages. Changes in hormones will affect our experience of sex, and we may need to find different ways to be intimate. Relaxation is key here so that we don't panic when things don't happen the way they used to. We're not "over the hill", but simply need to give ourselves some "breathing room" to become familiar with our changing physiologies.

• Myth #5 - The older I get, the less attractive I become. There is nothing more attractive than someone who has "aged well." Haven't you ever noticed that special "radiance" of an elderly person who is at peace with themselves and life? Attractiveness has absolutely nothing to do with age!

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As Maddux points out, leading a healthy lifestyle is also key to keep enjoying your life well into your golden years.

Some easy ways to take charge of your lifestyle in a positive way right now include:

1. Eat a Healthy Diet, With Lots of Antioxidants. Antioxidants can be vitamins, minerals or enzymes, and they exist in foods (fruits, vegetables, nuts and other whole foods) and certain supplements. Want some help to fortify your diet with antioxidants? Check out our past article for a list of the top 20 antioxidant foods and six disease-fighting super antioxidants.

2. Exercise Regularly. Exercise at a level that's comfortable for you, and do it regularly, rather than overdoing it by exercising too often or too strenuously.

An excellent addition to any exercise routine, simple as it may sound, is stretching. A few well-performed stretches can do wonders for your body and your mind. If you want to learn 15 stretches that stretch all the key muscles groups throughout your entire body, get the top-recommend Stretching for a Healthy Life DVD (with FREE shipping for a limited time).

3. Relax and Find Ways to Relieve Stress. Trying to fit too many tasks into a day, or filling your time with too many stressful activities, will wear you down, no matter how many fruits and vegetables you eat. Organize your life so you have time to appreciate little enjoyments, spend time with family and friends who make you feel good, and take time for yourself when you need it.

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Gardasil vaccine, which protects against the sexually transmitted HPV (human papillomavirus) and is recommended for 11-12-year-old girls, along with those aged 13 to 26, was recently approved for use in boys by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

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The premise for giving the vaccine, which protects against the four types of HPV that cause 70 percent of cervical cancers and 90 percent of genital warts, to boys was that it would lead to greater HPV, and therefore cervical cancer, protection for girls and women.

A CDC advisory panel, however, has just come out saying it does not recommend Gardasil for routine use in boys, though it said it’s OK to give to males who want it.

This latest approval for boys is adding to the growing controversy over the shot, which costs upwards of $300 for the three-shot series and has been linked to a rash of side effects and deaths.

Gardasil Side Effects Raise Serious Safety Questions

A report in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) showed the HPV vaccine has been linked to 32 unconfirmed deaths along with a higher rate of fainting and blood clots than other vaccines.

In fact, thousands of Gardasil-related adverse reactions have been reported to the U.S. Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS). Along with the 32 unconfirmed deaths, adverse reactions including Bells Palsy, Guillan-Barre syndrome, seizures, blood clotting, heart problems, and even miscarriages and fetal abnormalities among pregnant women have occurred in those who received the vaccine.

Is the Gardasil Vaccine Necessary or Effective?

The risks seem steep to many concerned parents and physicians, particularly because the vaccine is intended to prevent a disease that’s already largely preventable. In the United States, cervical cancer causes about 4,000 deaths each year, which experts say are largely preventable with routine pap smears.

While HPV is common, most infections occur without any symptoms and go away on their own within a few years, according to the National Cancer Institute (NCI).

Meanwhile, of the more than 100 HPV viruses (around 30 of which can be transmitted sexually), Gardasil protects against just four. So it is possible to get cervical cancer even if you've been vaccinated. And even among the "high-risk" types of HPV that Gardasil prevents, NCI says, "It is important to note, however, that the great majority of high-risk HPV infections go away on their own and do not cause cancer."

Further, the shot may actually be missing the key years during which it is intended to provide benefit. Said Dr. Joseph Zanga, chief of pediatrics at the Columbus Regional Healthcare System in Columbus, Ga., in an ABC News article:

"Perhaps the most important, currently missing 'warning' is that the vaccine may not be forever. We know that it protects for 5-7 years so that a girl getting the series [of shots] at [age] 11-12 will enter the time of her most likely sexual debut unprotected but believing herself to be."

What they failed to mention is the fact that Heavy Metals injected that build up are difficult for the body to detoxify -- yet over time can cause major health problems.    

So, while over time, all the possible benefits are less and less likely, the side effects remain.

You, yourself could be experiencing some of these “heavy metal symptoms”!

In an accompanying JAMA editorial, Charlotte Haug, MD, PhD, Msc writes:

“The theory behind the vaccine is sound: If HPV infection can be prevented, cancer will not occur. But in practice the issue is more complex. First, there are more than 100 different types of HPV and at least 15 of them are oncogenic [capable of causing tumors]. The current vaccines target only 2 oncogenic strains: HPV-16 and HPV-18.

Second, the relationship between infection at a young age and development of cancer 20 to 40 years later is not known. HPV is the most prevalent sexually transmitted infection, with an estimated 79% infection rate over a lifetime. The virus does not appear to be very harmful because almost all HPV infections are cleared by the immune system.

In a few women, infection persists and some women may develop precancerous cervical lesions and eventually cervical cancer. It is currently impossible to predict in which women this will occur and why.

Likewise, it is impossible to predict exactly what effect vaccination of young girls and women will have on the incidence of cervical cancer 20 to 40 years from now. The true effect of the vaccine can be determined only through clinical trials and long-term follow-up.”

Now that Gardasil has also been approved for boys, it raises even further questions about its relevance, efficacy and safety.

Cervical Cancer and Vaccination

Dr. George J Georgiou, Ph.D.,N.D.,DSc (AM), a holistic medicine practitioner at the DAVINCI NATURAL HEALTH CENTRE who has worked in the field of holistic cancer treatment (www.docgeorge.com) says:

“Cancer is multi-causal and is never a result of one factor alone, least of all one specific virus. Even if it is a virus, one has to think outside the box and try to determine why the specific virus has taken hold – usually one has to look at the internal milieu – the pH of the body tissues, the level of toxicity, heavy metals, Candida, mineral and vitamin deficiencies, food intolerances, electromagnetic stress and a myriad of other factors too many to mention here.

All these factors and more can cause the ideal conditions for anaerobic cancer cells to grow and proliferate. One vaccination is not going to eliminate all these factors, but is likely to exacerbate these conditions in favor of the cancer.”

Does the Benefit Outweigh the Risk?

When considering any type of medical intervention, one must always assess whether the benefit outweighs the risk. The real question that Dr. Haug points out is:

“So how should a parent, physician, politician, or anyone else decide whether it is a good thing to give young girls [and now young boys] a vaccine that partly prevents infection caused by a sexually transmitted disease (HPV infection), an infection that in a few cases will cause cancer 20 to 40 years from now?”

She continues:

“Whether a risk is worth taking depends not only on the absolute risk, but on the relationship between the potential risk and the potential benefit. If the potential benefits are substantial, most individuals would be willing to accept the risks. But the net benefit of the HPV vaccine to a woman is uncertain. Even if persistently infected with HPV, a woman most likely will not develop cancer if she is regularly screened. So rationally she should be willing to accept only a small risk of harmful effects from the vaccine.

When weighing evidence about risks and benefits, it is also appropriate to ask who takes the risk, and who gets the benefit. Patients and the public logically expect that only medical and scientific evidence is put on the balance. If other matters weigh in, such as profit for a company or financial or professional gains for physicians or groups of physicians, the balance is easily skewed. The balance will also tilt if the adverse events are not calculated correctly.”

What is the BEST Way to Prevent HPV?

For now, the choice of whether to get vaccinated with Gardasil is a voluntary one that every parent and young woman needs to make on their own.

For those who decide to forgo the vaccine, NCI states that the surest way to eliminate your risk of HPV infection is to either refrain from sexual activity or, if you are sexually active, to maintain a long-term, mutually monogamous relationship with an uninfected partner. We recommend sharing this article with your children (literally or conversationally): “What You Really Need to Know About Your Partner Before You Commit!”

For women, a pap test can also be used to detect abnormal cells in the cervix. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force guidelines recommend that women have a Pap test at least once every 3 years, beginning about 3 years after they begin to have sexual intercourse, but no later than age 21.

If You do Opt for the Gardasil Vaccine… or have had any vaccine “SHOTS”

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He also holds a Doctor of Science degree in Alternative Medicine from the International Open University of Alternative Medicine. His main research interests at present are studying the use of natural compounds in the detoxification of heavy metals.

Dr. Georgiou has put extensive research into the creation of this very powerful and very unique formula, and using HMD is a simple way to help yourself and your child detoxify some of the harmful effects of heavy metals in your environment, and from vaccines.

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National Cancer Institute: Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and Cancer

A national health care debate on reducing obesity* has resulted in mandatory postings of calories on some of the menus in fast-food chain restaurants. A recent study tracked what people ate at four popular fast-food restaurants -- McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Burger King and Kentucky Fried Chicken -- and found that customers consumed even more calories after they were posted on menus.

*Obesity… Three points of measure:

1. “If the waist measurement doubled (x2) is same or greater than height” (a simple point of measure according to Dr. Oz)

2. According to the CDC, For adults, overweight and obesity ranges are determined by using weight and height to calculate a number called the "body mass index" (BMI). BMI is used because, for most people, it correlates with their amount of body fat.

   • An adult who has a BMI between 25 and 29.9 is considered overweight.

   • An adult who has a BMI of 30 or higher is considered obese.

3. For children and teens, BMI ranges above a normal weight have different labels (at risk of overweight and overweight). Additionally, BMI ranges for children and teens are defined so that they take into account normal differences in body fat between boys and girls and differences in body fat at various ages. For more information about BMI for children and teens (also called BMI-for-age), visit BMI for Children and Teens.

Yet, after calories were posted on the menu boards of the popular restaurant chains, around 28 percent of the customers said that the calorie count information influenced what they chose from the menu, and 9 out of 10 of the customers said that they opted for healthier items after reading the calorie posting.

But what the customers said didn’t match up to the receipts that were reviewed afterward. As a matter of fact, it was just the opposite. It was discovered the typical customer ordered even more calories after a calorie labeling law went into effect in July 2008. The details of the study shed light on these discrepancies:

• Study focused on poor black and Hispanic fast-food customers in neighborhoods of New York City experiencing high rates of diabetes and obesity

• Researchers collected 1,100 receipts two weeks prior to the calorie posting in chain restaurants then again four weeks after

• Customers in New York City placed orders on the average of 825 calories before the calorie label law took effect and proceeded to order 846 calories after it was in effect

Customer Feedback Versus What the Experts Say

When asked about the findings of the study, fast-food customers revealed taste and cost led their decision-making process when it came to ordering.

One customer who was in Harlem for a job interview ordered two cheeseburgers, about 600 calories, for $2 and said that he bought it because it was cheap.

Another customer who bought a Happy Meal with chicken nuggets for her son and a Snack Wrap for herself said that she’s not interested in counting calories because life is short and because she’s pregnant she could eat everything she wants now.

Most experts agree that fast-food decisions made by low-income families are primarily based on cost and items that they perceive as filling.

“Low-income families may use calorie postings to get more for their money. I tend to do that too. When I go to Subway for lunch, I often order what can get me more calories [to fill me up], not what’s healthiest. To people who don’t have a lot of money, it may seem like getting the 95 calorie salad would be throwing money away,” said Adam Drewnowski, Ph.D., director of the UW Center for Obesity Research on why people are eating more despite the posting of calories.

Drewnowski believes the answer to this dilemma is two-fold -- identifying affordable nutrient-rich foods and supplying an affordable nutrition index, which calculates nutrients per dollar, not calories per dollar.

In order of importance, taste, cost, convenience, health and variety were cited as the main factors surrounding the psychological process that goes into eating, added Drewnowski.

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When you eat a meal, your body does not automatically absorb all the nutrients it contains. The term "bioavailability" refers to how many nutrients are actually absorbed by your system, and uncovering just how much of different nutrients are bioavailable in the foods we eat is no easy task.

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Nutrition experts are fond of saying that to get the most benefits, eat a varied diet, one that includes an array of fruits and vegetables, lean meat and whole grains. This is good advice but there is more to it than that.

Digestive enzymes are what allow your food to be broken down, and the nutrients absorbed by your bloodstream, however if you eat a mostly processed, cooked food diet you may be lacking in these crucial catalysts to nutrient absorption.

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AbsorbAid “Platinum” is also an ideal choice for those who:

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Further, by stocking up on the following four food groups, you can eat nutritious meals and feel good about the amount of money you are spending on groceries by getting more nutritional intake (vs. spending same or more for nutritionally less).

1. Brown Rice

Brown rice offers a lot of versatility in meal planning and contains numerous health benefits, including weight loss, increased satiety, blood sugar stabilizing effects and prevention of cancer and heart disease. It can also be used to create a variety of meals such as soups, stews, stir-fries, beans and rice, rice salad, rice pilaf, rice and bean cakes, rice pudding and healthy fried rice.

Brown rice is a whole grain and is high in the following antioxidants and vitamins:

• Manganese: helps with energy production

• Selenium: helps prevent colon cancer

• Thiamin and Niacin: B vitamins that support production of hydrochloric acid for the digestive system and play a critical role in carbohydrate metabolism and energy production

2. Frozen Produce (Can be Just as Nutritious as Fresh Fruits and Vegetables)

Frozen fruits and vegetables retain their soluble vitamins because they are processed at their peak ripeness state and then flash-frozen just hours after being picked.

One report revealed that fresh produce may lose their nutrients and deteriorate during the time spent in the chain of wholesalers and producers before they reach the retail stores.

Frozen vegetables are inexpensive and nutritious, and can be added to soups, stews, stir fries and side dishes and frozen fruit can be dropped in muffin mixes, used in smoothies or as a topping in your yogurt or oatmeal.

3. Eggs

Buying a dozen eggs is an inexpensive way to make many easy meals. Not only are eggs high in protein and low in carbohydrates, but they are also a source of brain-boosting choline, a chemical similar to B 1 vitamins.

Some creative egg dishes are frittatas, omelets, egg salad, hard-boiled and sliced on top of crackers or hard-boiled eggs with salt and pepper for a quick and healthy snack.

4. Beans

If you’re looking for a healthy, inexpensive meat substitute, stock up on beans. Keep in mind you’ll reap a great savings if you buy them in bulk when they are on sale. Beans also help keep you at a healthy weight because they are low in calories and high in fiber, protein and iron.

Other healthy benefits from beans include:

• Helps lower your cholesterol

• Keeps your system regular

• Removes cancer-causing substances from your digestive tract

• Helps stabilize your blood sugar levels

• Can lower your risk of cancer

• Heart-healthy

In addition to purchasing these four types of foods to have on hand you can take on the challenge of eating healthy and save money by planning your meals ahead of time and making a few, simple lifestyle changes.

Seven Tips to Eating Healthy, Saving Money and Staying at an Ideal Weight

• When you go shopping, be sure it’s on a full stomach as there is a tendency to buy more when you are hungry

• Prepare big-batches of food -- you’ll then have leftovers for lunch and dinner the next day(s)

• Take a pass on prepared or pre-cut foods such as vegetables -- these items often cost twice as much as whole ingredients

• Avoid buying pricy boxed cereals: instead buy rolled oats, steel cut oats, millet or other grains to prepare hot cereal for breakfast in the morning

• Eat mainly fresh, whole foods, rather than processed varieties. As you switch over to more fresh foods, we highly recommend you take advantage of the healthy and absolutely delicious recipe book “Alive in 5”: Raw Gourmet Meals in Five Minutes

When prepared with locally grown ingredients from a source you trust, these are among some of the safest meals you can eat.

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• Grow your own food when you can. This is one way you can ensure that your food is pesticide-free. It’s also a great way to save money even if you start by putting together a small window garden for growing fresh herbs. If you don’t have the time to grow your own food, the next best thing is LocalHarvest.org, an excellent Web site to find farmers' markets, family farms, and other sources of safe and sustainably grown food in your area.

• Don’t forget your exercise plan! Daily exercise is a healthy behavior that compliments your eating habits. For a complete mind-body workout to add to your exercise routine, we highly recommend SheaNetics.

Most exercise programs are geared only to give you short term physical improvement. But SheaNetics™ understands the real goal for us all is to find total health and fulfillment that is life-lasting. This can only be achieved by creating harmony in body, mind and self.

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"It's enough to make even the least germophobic person a little worried," Dr. Charles Gerba, PhD, a professor of environmental microbiology at the University of Arizona, told Health.com.

He's referring to all the germs in America, lurking in places you frequent and touch everyday.

This year, with the swine flu on everyone's mind, germs have taken on a whole new meaning. It's said that 80 percent of infections are spread through hand contact. In other words you touch a germ-infested object, get the germ on your hand and then touch your eyes, nose or mouth.

Just like that, the germ makes a happy home in your body.

The germiest places in America are not what you might think. They're not restricted to public bathrooms and grungy bus seats … many are actually right in your own home.

12 Germiest Spots

Health.com asked Dr. Gerba and a panel of experts to reveal the "dirty dozen" places with the most germs, and here is what they found:

1. Your Kitchen Sink

More than 500,000 bacteria per square inch are likely to inhabit your sink's drain!

2. Airplane Bathrooms

Think about it. There's only one bathroom for every 50 people, and the sinks are tiny and difficult to use. So there's often traces of E. coli and fecal bacteria on faucets and door handles. Plus, the toilet flushing can spew particles into the air and coat the floor and walls with its contents.

3. Wet Laundry

According to Gerba, one soiled undergarment is enough to contaminate the whole load and your washing machine. So when you transfer those "clean" clothes to the dryer, you're likely going to get E. coli on your hands.

4. Public Drinking Fountains

All public drinking fountains are germy, but school fountains are the worst. They can have anywhere from 62,000 to 2.7 million bacteria per square inch on the spigot.

5. Shopping Cart Handles

Saliva, bacteria and fecal matter can all be found on shopping cart handles, which are touched by dozens of different people every day, yet rarely, if ever, cleaned.

6. ATM Buttons

Chinese researchers found that each ATM key they tested contained an average of 1,200 germs.

7. Your Purse

Your purse likely goes with you everywhere, and gets plunked on the floor, on countertops and on countless other surfaces … and it shows. Dr. Gerba and his team tested women's purses and found most had tens of thousands of bacteria on the bottom. Some even had millions.

8. Playgrounds

Blood, mucus, saliva and urine are all likely coating the monkey bars at the playground, according to researchers. Children are also more likely to put their fingers in their mouths, making the combination particularly gross (and potentially dangerous).

9. Mats and Machines at Health Clubs

Antibiotic-resistant staph bacteria has been found on yoga mats, cardio equipment and resistance machines.

10. Your Bathtub

Your tub may have more than 100,000 bacteria per square inch, including staph bacteria. Even though you regularly clean your tub, you use it to wash germs off your body and the moist environment makes it perfect for germs to grow.

11. Your Office Phone

With more than 25,000 germs per square inch, your office phone (and also your desk, computer keyboard, mouse and cell phone) are fairly well covered in germs.

12. Hotel Room Remote Control

The remote control is touched by nearly everyone who stays in the room, but it's rarely cleaned. So as you might suspect, if someone sick recently stayed in your hotel room there's a good chance the virus is still on the remote (and door handles, light switches and bathroom faucet).

Why Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizers (i.e. Purell, etc.) are NOT a Good Solution

After reading this, you might "first" mistakenly be tempted to carry an alcohol-based hand sanitizer with you at all times, or at least for those times when you can't wash your hands. But you should know that hand sanitizers, including one of the leading brands, Purell, have been given a seven out of 10 score for toxicity (with 10 being the highest hazard) by the Environmental Working Group's Skin Deep Cosmetic Safety Database. According to Skin Deep, ingredients in Purell Hand Sanitizer are linked to:

• Cancer

• Developmental/reproductive toxicity

• Allergies/immunotoxicity

• Neurotoxicity

• Endocrine disruption

• Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive)

• Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs)

Further, several of the ingredients have noted violations, restrictions and warnings and have been labeled as contamination concerns, occupational hazards, and causing biochemical or cellular level changes.

Alcohol-based hand sanitizers can also be harsh on your skin, leading to tiny cracks on your skin's surface -- and these cracks may actually provide an entryway for disease-causing organisms!

How to Keep Your Hands Really Clean

Considering that Americans touch about 300 different surfaces every 30 minutes, it's pretty much impossible to avoid all germs. However, there are ways to dramatically reduce your risk of spreading, and getting sick from, these pesky invaders.

The best continuous alternative to soap and water (before and after you wash your hands) -- ideal for use when you can't get to a sink or have been washing your hands to the point they are getting dry and cracked -- are exclusive PerfectCLEAN Wipers: Terry Cloths and Super Silks.

Antimicrobial Hand Wipes

PerfectCLEAN Wipers: Terry Cloths and Super Silks are made to meet the rigorous standards of the commercial health care market in support of infection control programs that are required in ultra-clean environments.

They are capable of "trapping and removing" 99.99% of bacteria from hard surfaces throughout your home, workplace and those surfaces you have to touch in daily life (doors and door knobs, grocery carts, countertops, etc.).

PerfectCLEAN Wipers: Terry Cloths and Super Silks penetrate invisible surfaces in your skin, then "trap and remove" contaminants, absorbing and concentrating them in the wipes.

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PerfectCLEAN Wipers: Terry Cloths and Super Silks remove many pathogens in their path ... that is because at an astonishing 4-6 microns (bacteria range from 2 – 8 microns) the "polyester-polyamide conjugated filament" are even smaller than most bacteria.

The microscopic size combined with the high percentage of fiber used dramatically increases the surface area of the Hand Wipes (each 12" cleaning hand wipe cloth contains over 300 miles of actual cleaning surface!).

Unlike ordinary cleaning rags that simply push dirt around, PerfectClean's revolutionary ultramicrofiber construction enables them to reach deep into microscopic crevices (NO other cleaning tool available even comes close!) and remove everything in their path, including biological contaminants too small to see with the naked eye. Even better, the terry cloths are ideal to carry with you, and can be used without cleaning agents or even water, and are still incredibly effective.

In fact, we recommend carrying PerfectCLEAN Wipers in your pocket and wiping your hand discreetly any time you shake hands or touch a public surface (especially door knobs, shopping cart handles, light switches and other heavily contaminated but rarely cleaned surfaces). You can also use them to wipe done public surfaces, such as shopping cart handles or hotel room remote controls. Because germs are also easily spread around schools, we recommend you tuck one in your child's backpack and teach him or her to wipe his hands regularly throughout the day.

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How to Use Antimicrobial Hand Wipes

• Place in your pocket or purse. Wipe and rub your hands and fingers thoroughly after you come into contact with people through handshakes or when you touch surfaces that others have touched.

• Clean surfaces using antimicrobial hand wipes: from your car steering wheel and doorknobs, to all the various surfaces throughout your home and office.

• Use these wipes to clean anywhere others touch: on your desktop, telephone, keyboard, door knobs & door frames, chair-arms/back, mirror surfaces, file cabinets, other office furniture and other large surfaces. Can be used dry or lightly dampened.

• Wipe frequently touched areas once per day, as we do more frequently during flu season or anytime others visit your office and/or use your office equipment.

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Health.com March 12, 2008

Sixteen percent of U.S. children and young adults aged 2 to 19 are obese*, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The percentage of overweight and obese kids has been growing steadily since the 1970s, to the extent that the CDC's Healthy People 2010 initiative identified overweight and obesity as 1 of 10 leading health indicators and called for a reduction in the proportion of children and adolescents who are overweight or obese.

Unfortunately, as of 2009 the United States has made little progress toward that goal.

As children get older, losing weight can become increasingly difficult, as according to the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, a child who is obese between the ages of 10 and 13 has an 80 percent chance of becoming an obese adult.

These extra pounds can quickly lead to a host of health problems. Among them is type 2 diabetes, which experts suggest may become an epidemic for young adults as a result of the childhood obesity epidemic.

Overweight children are also at an increased risk of heart disease, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, but perhaps most concerning of all, a review by obesity researcher David Ludwig of Children's Hospital Boston, epidemiologist S. Jay Olshansky of the University of Illinois at Chicago, and colleagues found that if the current epidemic of child and adolescent obesity continues, life expectancy could be shortened by two to five years in the coming decades.

A new study recently published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology has also revealed another risk for obese kids, one that is not yet widely known: allergies.

Obese* Children Have an Increased Risk of Allergies

Researchers analyzed data from 4,000 children and young adults aged 2 to 19, looking at factors such as body weight, antibody levels to indoor, outdoor and food allergens and responses to an allergy-related questionnaire.

They found obese children and young adults are 26 percent more likely to have some kind of allergy, and 59 percent more likely to have a food allergy.

"We found a positive association between obesity and allergies," Dr. Darryl Zeldin, acting clinical director at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, who led the study, told Reuters.

While it's not clear from the study whether obesity causes allergies, it points out the importance of maintaining a healthy body weight in kids as a strategy to help lower the risk of allergies and asthma.

*Obesity… Three points of measure:

1. Waist measurement doubled is same or greater than height

2. According to the CDC, For adults, overweight and obesity ranges are determined by using weight and height to calculate a number called the "body mass index" (BMI). BMI is used because, for most people, it correlates with their amount of body fat.

• An adult who has a BMI between 25 and 29.9 is considered overweight.

• An adult who has a BMI of 30 or higher is considered obese.

3. For children and teens, BMI ranges above a normal weight have different labels (at risk of overweight and overweight). Additionally, BMI ranges for children and teens are defined so that they take into account normal differences in body fat between boys and girls and differences in body fat at various ages. For more information about BMI for children and teens (also called BMI-for-age), visit BMI for Children and Teens.

What Causes Allergies, and Why are They Dangerous?

Allergies occur when your immune system overreacts to a substance that normally shouldn't cause a reaction. The event sets off a chemical chain reaction, namely the release of histamine, that leads to allergy symptoms (typically wherever the histamine is released).

Common allergy symptoms are nasal congestion, runny nose, post nasal drip, itching in your eyes, nose, ears or throat, and sneezing. Skin rash, vomiting and diarrhea can also occur, particularly with food allergies.

In people with severe allergies, the reaction impacts your entire body, and the histamine can cause your blood vessels to dilate and your blood pressure to decrease. Your throat may also become swollen, blocking your ability to breathe.

Along with trouble breathing, wheezing, hives, itching and a weak or rapid pulse, you can also feel faint, dizzy, or nauseous during an anaphylactic reaction. Further, because the event can stop your breathing or your heartbeat, it can be fatal within minutes.

How to Help Your Child With Allergies

Allergy is the third most common chronic disease among children under 18 years old, according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. Along with obesity being a risk factor, allergies also appear to have a genetic component.

If one parent has allergies, there's a one in three chance that their child will have an allergy. If both parents have allergies there's a seven in 10 chance their children will too.

So what can you do to help give your child relief?

The most common cause of allergies and one that affects 20 million Americans is dust mites. Dust mites are microscopic so they aren't visible to the human eye. They live primarily on tiny flakes of human skin that are shed each day and their preferred places of residence include carpeting, mattresses, house dust, stuffed animals and bedding -- and their favorite room of the house is the bedroom.

They can also be found in tiny particles of feathers, dander from cats and dogs, bacteria, food, plant and insect parts, mold and fungus spores. It's the dust mite waste that causes the allergic reaction, not the dust mite creature itself.

One of the most effective ways to eliminate dust mites by a whopping 90 percent is replacing carpeting with hard wood floors, but since this may not be an option for everyone there are specific cleaning tips you can use to minimize dust mite allergens in your home.

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You should also vacuum frequently with a HEPA (high-efficiency particulate) filter. This type of filter will help prevent dust from stirring up in the air, as dust mite particles can remain airborne for up to 15 minutes following vacuuming. Damp dusting with a Antimicrobial Microfiber Cloth immediately after vacuuming will help minimize dust distribution. Don't forget to vacuum any other fabric items in the house such as upholstered furniture and draperies. If your child is highly allergic to dust mites it's best to have him or her wear a dust mask while you're vacuuming nearby.

You can also:

• Protect your bedding with allergen-impenetrable encasings. Invest in these covers as a protective barrier against dust mites. Put them on your mattresses, box springs and pillows. Do not try to save money by skipping out on the mattress pad cover thinking that it's not needed because your body doesn't come in direct contact with it. This is a large misconception as studies have shown that unless all parts of the bed are covered, the entire bed becomes reinfested in a short amount of time. These items can be purchased through allergy supply companies as well as department stores that sell bedding.

• Wash bedding and kids' stuffed toys in hot water every other week. The water temperature needs to be at least 130 degrees Fahrenheit to kill the dust mites. Don't forget to wash your throw rugs whenever possible.

• Reduce the humidity in your home. Dust mites are very content living in temperatures of 68 to 77 degrees Fahrenheit and enjoy relative humidity levels of 70 percent to 80 percent. For this reason, you'll want to keep your humidity levels somewhere between 30 percent to 45 percent. This can be done by turning on the air conditioner and for the cooler months, investing in a dehumidifier.

• Try nasal cleansing. Nasal cleansing, also known as nasal irrigation, involves using a neti pot to pour a lukewarm saline solution (pure water mixed with natural salt) inside one side of your nostril while tilting your head sideways so the water runs out of your other nostril. This cleansing helps to reduce dust, pollen and other allergens in your nasal passages.

Regular neti pot users often report that nasal cleansing relieves nasal allergy and sinus symptoms even better than over-the-counter medications.

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• Filter your home's air -- many allergic reactions are triggered by airborne particles. Sixwise highly recommends the PIONAIR Air Treatment System, as unlike most air purifiers, the PIONAIR™ Air Treatment System doesn't wait for pollutants to contact a filter or plate. Instead, the PIONAIR generates air-purifying technology that migrates through the area and neutralizes organic odors, microbes, & molds at their source. As a result, the PIONAIR produces fresh clean air throughout your home uniformly, by addressing the pollutant source -- without the use of fans, filters, or plates!

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• Use strategically placed doormats. An astounding 85 percent of household "dirt" is carried into your house from the outside, so strategically placing high-quality mats in highly trafficked areas like entrances can dramatically reduce the amount of dirt, dust and allergens that are tracked into your home (and spread via your indoor air).

It is key to use the right type of mats -- AVOID cotton, coir and other fibers, and wood and metal mats, as they can increase versus help the problem. The Waterhog Grand Premier mats are our top-recommended choice for a "healthy" mat (that also looks great!).

• If your child suffers from a food allergy, please read Food Allergies Last Longer Than They Used To: Food Allergy Facts You Need to Know for tips to help your child and your family cope.

How to Help Your Child Reach a Healthy Weight

Since overweight and obesity put kids at an increased risk of numerous health problems, even above and beyond allergies, it's important to make a commitment to helping him or her get healthy.

Kids gain weight for many of the same reasons that adults do, and often this is tied to eating too many unhealthy foods and not staying active enough. Stressful life events, such as divorce, a move, or a death in the family can also contribute.

Helping your child adapt healthier lifestyle habits should be a positive step taken by your entire family, and should include your good example and support. The following steps, made gradually over time, can go a long way toward helping your child to not only lose weight but also lead a healthier life:

1. Eat meals together as a family. Studies show children whose families ate meals together often consumed more fruits and vegetables and fewer snack foods than those who did not.

2. Decrease the time your child watches TV and plays video games or spends at the computer. Numerous studies link TV watching in particular to obesity, as it encourages snacking, exposes kids to junk-food marketing messages and promotes inactivity.

3. Avoid using food as a reward.

4. Use healthy foods as snacks, and keep an ample supply of them around the house.

5. Encourage your child to do active things like going for walks, walking the dog, washing the car, playing sports or tag with friends, etc. You can also enroll kids in specially designed exercise programs for kids. Recent research suggests that this type of exercise not only reduces depression and anxiety, but also helps to reduce anger and aggressive behavior in kids. You can even exercise along with your child, using at-home DVDs such as the highly popular and effective SheaNetics program.

6. Limit fast food meals.

7. Include more nutritious meals in your family's daily diet (try the recipes in "Alive in 5": Raw Gourmet Meals in Five Minutes for some delicious (and fast!) ideas)

8. Eliminate and REPLACE sweetened drinks like soda from your house with health tasty alternatives like AJMERA Incredibles. One of our all-time favorite beverage brands, Ajmera makes delicious and healthy beverages that give you the flavor you crave without all the extra calories and unhealthy soda additives. All six flavors are 100% natural with NO caffeine, no preservatives, no synthetic food colors and no artificial flavors.

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9. Plan your meals for the week so you don't end up going for take-out at the last minute.

10. Pack a healthy lunch for your child to take to school.

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Reuters.com May 4, 2009

CDC.gov Childhood Overweight and Obesity

You've been good all day -- whole-grain oatmeal for breakfast, a salad for lunch, fresh veggies as a snack … but now come dinner that cheeseburger and fries is calling your name. Or maybe you got to work early, stayed late finishing up a major project and now feel like going home to veg on the couch instead of hitting the gym.

Is it coincidence that when we've been pushing our willpower to the max, urging ourselves to keep going on that diet, work schedule, exercise routine, cleaning schedule or you name it … it seems we can only go so long before we need a break?

Not at all. In fact, you only have so much willpower so when you use it for one task you have less leftover to use on the next.

What Science Says About Willpower

Researchers from McMaster University used a Stroop test designed to deplete the self-regulatory capacity of study volunteers. The test has, for example, the word "RED" in blue ink, and subjects must say the color on the screen rather than reading the word.

After participants completed the test, they didn't exercise as hard as those who had not done the test. Further, the more people worked on the cognitive task, the more likely they were to skip exercise sessions during the next eight weeks.

"You only have so much willpower," Kathleen Martin Ginis, associate professor of kinesiology at McMaster University, who led the study, told LiveScience.

A similar study published in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research also found that after completing a task that required self-control, participants had less physical stamina and impulse control and increased difficulty with problem solving.

Fortunately, there are strategies you can take to improve your willpower and make it easier to make healthy and productive choices.

"Willpower is like a muscle: it needs to be challenged to build itself," Martin Ginis told LiveScience.

Too Many Decisions Also Deplete Your Willpower

Your level of self-control can also be depleted by simple, daily decisions, research shows. This may be because self-control and decision-making are both controlled by the same area of your brain, the prefrontal region.

"Even if you just have to decide between two cups of coffee at Starbucks, it's a small choice, true," she said, "but doing that over the course of a day will, by the end of the day, render you less able to be good at self-control," said study co-author Kathleen Vohs, a marketing professor at the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management, on LiveScience.com.

How to Rejuvenate Your Willpower

When your willpower begins to get depleted, there are two major strategies to help restore it:

1. Sleep: Your willpower is more likely to fail if you've already used it numerous times throughout the day and not yet recharged your batteries with sleep.

2. Regular challenges: If you make it a point to not eat chocolate or exercise a bit longer each day, it will increase your self-regulatory capacity.

Further, you can help to reserve some of your brainpower by delegating unimportant choices to others. For instance, let your spouse decide your plans for the weekend or let your waiter or waitress recommend a good entrée to order when you eat out.

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In terms of exercise specifically, researchers found listening to music and making a specific commitment to exercise (setting a time and place) can help rejuvenate your willpower.

You may also find, if you have trouble gathering up your willpower and committing to your regular workouts, that choosing a fitness routine that addresses both your MIND and your body may be very helpful.

If you are currently in a state of mental unrest, be it financial worries, overworking, relationship troubles or any other negative emotional pattern, it will be very difficult to make your health a priority.

So you will want to include a form of physical activity that addresses your mind-body connection, and we are extremely excited to introduce for you a one-of-a-kind fitness program called SheaNetics.

SheaNetics, founded by fitness expert Shea Vaughn, blends ancient and contemporary movements with eastern philosophy, creating a stylized approach to fitness designed to improve the quality of today's western living.

The SheaNetics program incorporates the philosophy that "fitness is both a state of the body and mind" and is based on the Five Living Principles, one of which is self-control.

According to the SheaNetics program, self-control is the realization that you are responsible for everything you do. When you stop to think about it, how you react to the events happening in your life is the only outcome of any event that you can consciously determine. The Crane symbol is used to represent this and the balance and grace to be found in life when you have found a way to control your emotions. Control your emotions and your body will follow!

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One Final Strategy … Avoiding Temptations

Northwestern University researchers have also found that people tend to overestimate their ability to resist temptations and, ironically, those who believe their willpower is strongest may be most likely to cave in. So according to those researchers, the best bet is to not rely on your self control to keep you making positive choices, but rather avoid situations that provide too many temptations.

This advice is referring to "temptations" such as food, alcohol, drugs and other forms of addiction, but you can apply it to many other aspects of your life, including work, family, and relationships, as well.

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Sources

Psychology and Health October 13, 2009

LiveScience.com September 24, 2009

WebMD.com August 7, 2009

LiveScience.com April 18, 2008

Autumn is a busy time of year for many families. Just when you’ve gotten the kids safely back-to-school, it’s time for apple picking, pumpkin carving and trick-or-treating on Halloween ... and then the holiday season officially begins.

However, autumn is also an important time of year to do a quick pet safety check around your home. Just a few minutes now can save your furry family members from some commonly overlooked fall pet hazards that could be lurking around your home right now.

The following seven autumn pet safety tips, compiled by the ASPCA, will keep your cat or dog happy and healthy all autumn long.

1. Keep Your Dog Warm

If your dog has long hair, do not shave it down to the skin during these cooler months, as the longer coat will keep your dog warm.

If you own a short-haired breed, you may need to get him a coat to keep him warm. According to the ASPCA:

"Own a short-haired breed? Consider getting him a coat or sweater with a high collar or turtleneck with coverage from the base of the tail to the belly. For many dogs, this is regulation winter wear."

One high-quality and super warm option is Apache River Dog Coats.

These coats will keep your dog cozy, warm and dry on even the coldest winter days. Manufactured by Norman Equine Designs, a premier maker of horse blankets, these coats impressed us because of their lightweight, yet super-warm, fabric and snug, ingenious fit.

The coat wraps around your dog's chest and belly, something many other dog coats are lacking, and they come in regular and LONG sizes to fit a variety of dogs.

These coats are made of fleece fabric with a full lining and are designed to hug your dog's body like a second layer of fur. Plus, they are a cinch to take on and off: just slip over your dog's head, bring the breast flap through the front legs, then attach the (incredibly strong) Velcro to the body on each side.

It’s also important to be sure you dry your dog thoroughly after a bath in the cooler months. Be especially sure your dog is completely dry before taking him outside for a walk.

2. Be Careful with Rat and Mice Poison and Other Rodenticides

Rodents commonly seek indoor shelters when the weather turns cold, which means you may be noticing an increase of these pesky critters in your home. But rodenticides contain poison that is highly toxic and even fatal to pets.

A safer option for you and your pets are the humane mousetraps you can find in some hardware stores and also online. These reusable traps are completely safe and non-toxic. They catch mice and other rodents alive so they can be released outdoors (you will have to check the traps often so the mice can be released).

If you must use a rodenticide, use them only in areas that are inaccessible to your pets (and also to your children!).

3. Keep Your Pets Away From Mushrooms

Fall is mushroom season, which means you’ve probably noticed an array of fungi popping up in your backyard. While 99 percent of mushrooms are not toxic, 1 percent are ... and those 1 percent are very difficult to distinguish from the non-toxic varieties.

If your dog or cat eats a toxic poisonous mushroom, it can be life-threatening so the best option is to simply keep your pets away from areas where mushrooms grow.

If you see your pet eat a wild mushroom, contact your veterinarian or the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center immediately. (You can call the Animal Poison Control Center at (888) 426-4435 if you’re concerned your pet ate a poisonous substance. They may charge you a $60 consultation fee for the call.)

4. Watch Out for Snakes

Snakes prepare to hibernate in the fall and as the ASPCA says, this means they may be particularly "grumpy" -- and a grumpy snake is never a good thing!

The risk of severe snakebites increases in the fall, so be sure you are aware of what types of venomous snakes live in your area ... and where they like to hide out. Then keep your dog or cat away from those areas.

5. Use Care When Changing Your Car’s Coolant

Autumn is a common time of year to change your car’s engine coolant, but ethylene glycol-based coolants are highly toxic to pets. Switching to a propylene glycol-based coolant is a good choice, as although these can still harm pets they are less toxic than other coolants.

Either way, keep your pets away from your garage when changing the coolant, and clean up any spills immediately.

6. Assess How Much You’re Feeding Your Dog

Pets may need to be given more food in cooler months in order to generate body heat. This is especially true if your pet lives outdoors or exercises heavily outside. And as always, the higher quality food you feed, the better off your pet will be.

7. Keep School Supplies Tucked Away

Crayons, glue sticks, pencils and magic markers can have a way of multiplying around the house once kids get involved with homework and other school projects. While most school supplies are not extremely toxic unless large amounts are consumed, they can cause gastrointestinal blockages and upset if your pet eats them.

So, just as you would if you had a toddler crawling around the floor, be sure to keep school supplies safely stowed away and out of your pet’s reach.

Recommended Reading

What’s Really in Your Dog’s Food? Top Reasons Why Your Pet’s Food Could be Slowly Killing Him

Which Dogs Make the Best Pets? The Top Eight

Sources

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA): Autumn Safety Tips

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA): Cold Weather Tips

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When you eat a meal, your body does not automatically absorb all the nutrients it contains. The term "bioavailability" refers to how many nutrients are actually absorbed by your system, and uncovering just how much of different nutrients are bioavailable in the foods we eat is no easy task.

If a substance is ingested, as foods are for example, its bioavailability is determined by the amount that is absorbed by your intestinal tract. So how do you know how much that is? The problem is you really don’t.

Nutrition experts are fond of saying that to get the most benefits, eat a varied diet, one that includes an array of fruits and vegetables, lean meat and whole grains. This is good advice but there is more to it than that.

Nutrient Levels in Foods May be Declining

There is evidence that suggests food is less nutritious than it used to be, which means that your body is starting off with less to work with.

One study published in the Journal of American College Nutrition evaluated changes in USDA nutrient content data for 43 garden crops between 1950 and 1999. They found that compared to foods grown in 1950, those grown in 1999 had a:

• 38% decrease in riboflavin

• 15% decrease in ascorbic acid

• 16% decrease in calcium

• 9% decrease in phosphorus

• 15% decrease in iron

• 6% decrease in protein content

• A slight increase (0.6%) in water content

There are many theories as to why food may be less nutritious, including nutrient-poor soil, poor crop rotation methods and development of crops that are meant to produce massive yields. There have also been conflicting studies on organic produce, with some finding organic produce to be more nutritious than conventionally grown produce, and others finding no difference.

Many Americans Do Not Eat Enough Fruits and Vegetables

Millions of Americans who eat the Standard American Diet (SAD) are not getting the vitamins and minerals they need to stay healthy. They're certainly taking in enough calories -- that's evidenced by the obesity epidemic facing the nation -- but it's the quality of those calories that are important. You can eat all day long and still be vitamin-deficient if you haven't chosen your foods wisely. For instance, do you:

• Eat fast food often?

• Rarely eat fresh vegetables and fruit?

• Rely on quick, processed foods and snacks?

• Fill up on soda or other sweet beverages?

• Feel you're not eating a nutritious diet?

If so, you're likely in need of some "extra" vitamins (though they're not really "extra" in the event your body is deficient in them, they're what's required to keep you healthy!).

Poor nutrition is nothing to scoff at. It's associated with a host of diseases like cancer, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, liver and kidney disease and osteoporosis. Those who eat poorly, nutritiously speaking, either by choice or because circumstances demand it, may be at risk.

Tips to Increase Your Absorption of Nutrients From the Food You Eat

So what can you do to make sure you’re getting the most nutritional "bang for your buck" from the foods you eat? Here are some simple tips you and your family can try out today:

1. Eat more raw food.

Raw plant and animal foods (such as raw milk) are loaded with beneficial enzymes for your body. (Enzymes are actually special proteins that act as catalysts for the chemical reactions that occur to keep your body functioning.) However, enzymes begin to be destroyed at temperatures above 110-115 degrees. So if your food is cooked, pasteurized or processed, it will contain no enzymes whatsoever.

Your body contains 2,500 or more different enzymes, and they are very important. Enzymes in your saliva, for instance, help break apart starches, while those in your stomach help break down protein. Enzymes in your intestines, meanwhile, are responsible for breaking apart all of your food, whether fat, protein or carb.

A Basic Understanding of Enzymes

These digestive enzymes are what allow your food to be broken down, and the nutrients absorbed by your bloodstream.

The ideal way to add enzymes to your diet is simply by eating more raw foods. Be generous with consuming raw fruits and vegetables, and also consider adding other sources of raw food to your diet, such as raw milk and raw-milk cheese.

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Try out some delicious, enzyme-rich raw food recipes. Get "Alive in 5": Raw Gourmet Meals in Five Minutes is highly recommended. Even those who are new to raw foods will enjoy the simple recipes (most can be prepared in five minutes!) for lasagna, spaghetti marinara, stuffed mushrooms, broccoli in cheese sauce, apple pie and more. They're healthy and delicious, and will make you want to eat raw for the taste value alone.

Another option if your diet consists primarily of cooked foods is to take an enzyme supplement. There are numerous enzyme supplements available on the market to help increase your levels, but Sixiwse.com highly recommends the plant-based, acid-resistant digestive enzyme formulation, AbsorbAid Platinum from Nature’s Sources.

This vegetable-based digestive enzyme system combines its effective ratio of proteases, amylases, lipases and cellulases with two "acid-tolerant" bacteria or a probiotic combination, Lactobacillus acidophilus and Bifidobacterium bifidum.

This product addresses not only the digestive enzyme system deficiencies recognized in most adults, but it combines two effectively beneficial bacterial strains that are metabolically complementary and help create a symbiosis with the digestive enzyme system complex and helps promote immune system excellence.

2. Eat Your Salad With Dressing

Carotenoids, which include beta-carotene, lycopene, lutein, and more, are powerful antioxidants that help protect your body from damaging free radicals. Carotenoids are not only found in orange fruits and veggies, but also red, yellow and even dark green ones.

However, carotenoids are fat-soluble, which means you must eat healthy fats in order for your body to absorb them. If you eat an extremely low-fat diet, you may not be able to absorb enough carotenoids. So when you eat a salad, adding a healthy oil-based dressing like extra virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar is a simple and tasty way to absorb more nutrients.

3. Know When It’s Better to Cook Your Veggies

While many foods are at their nutritional peak raw, there are a handful that are actually better for you cooked. Cooked tomatoes, for instance, are thought to be a more concentrated source of lycopene than raw ones. Though more research is needed in this area, foods that have been processed at high temperatures (such as tomato paste and tomato juice) may allow your body to absorb more lycopene than eating a raw tomato.

Lycopene is also a fat-soluble nutrient, meaning you need to eat it wit some fat in order for it to be properly absorbed. Making homemade tomato sauces with olive oil would be an ideal source.

The carotenoids in carrots and spinach are also more easily absorbed if you lightly steam them before eating, and researchers at Rutgers University and Taiwan found that iron is more easily absorbed by the body from 37 of 48 vegetables they tested when they're boiled, stir-fried, steamed or grilled. So eating a variety of both raw and lightly cooked veggies may be a good compromise.

4. Add Some Black Pepper

Piperine, a compound found in black pepper, is said to increase bioavilability of many beneficial substances, some by up to 2,000 percent! Piperine appears to simulate the digestive enzymes of the pancreas, enhance digestive capacity and significantly reduce gastrointestinal food transit time.

5. Eat More Fermented Foods

Civilizations around the globe have been fermenting foods for centuries.

Fermenting produces good bacteria known as probiotics, which produce beneficial enzymes, aid digestion and promote healthy flora in the digestive tract.

According to Donna Gates, author of The Body Ecology Diet, "Many people's digestive systems are simply too weak to digest raw vegetables in spite of all their natural enzymes."

She recommends "cooking your vegetables by baking, simmering, sautéing or lightly steaming them to make them more digestible" while simultaneously eating more fermented, or cultured, foods. The good bacteria in fermented foods, Gates says, will help you to create a healthy inner ecosystem and digest foods more efficiently.

Another option, along with eating fermented foods, is to take a probiotic supplement.

In choosing a probiotic supplement for yourself, Sixwise.com highly recommends AbsorbAid Probiotic, available from NutritionsFinest.com -- a superlative probiotic supplement that provides clinical activities supporting systemic health and wellness through immune-system protection, allergy reduction and effective and enhanced nutrient absorption.

Probiotics Including Children's Health (offsetting overly clean enviroment to gain back needed good bacteria). Watch this video now.

While antibiotics are by name “anti”= “killing” massive amounts of your internally needed bacteria (“biotics” = “life”) including that bacteria that is “mostly good bacteria” that you need. Returning to good health requires “good bacteria” (“Pro” – “biotics” = “Good Living Bacteria”) that your gut / stomach needs for good digestion of needed nutrients.     

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"AbsorbAid Probiotic" has 30 billion organisms per capsule, with two clinically effective and dominant genera Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus: L. acidophilus and L. salivarius in a 2:1 ratio and B. lactis and B. breve, also in a 2:1 ratio. Each bacterial genus-species has its own specific metabolic activities, which lead to their effective inter-species synergism.

So whichever method you choose (choosing both the supplements and the fermented foods is best), be sure that your body is getting a steady source of good bacteria.

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Sources

Journal of American College Nutrition 2004 Dec;23(6):669-82.

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HealthyTheory.com November 21, 2008

Suite101.com September 28, 2009

Vaccinations are a hot topic, especially this year with the newly released swine flu H1N1 vaccination, which had very little safety testing before being released to the public. Now parents are being urged to get their children vaccinated with two flu shots this year, one for the seasonal flu and one for H1N1.

Parents are also being offered more elective vaccines than ever before, including Gardasil, a vaccine that protects against the sexually transmitted HPV (human papillomavirus), and is recommended for 11-12-year-old girls, along with those aged 13 to 26. However, the shot has been linked to serious side effects, including 32 unconfirmed deaths.

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If you listen to the media, including the two videos above, there’s plenty of fearful statistics being released from both sides of the issue.

Most recently, President Barack Obama declared the swine-flu outbreak a National Emergency, a move that will allow health care facilities to respond more quickly to the "growing number of sick people."

The President wrote in the declaration: "The rates of illness continue to rise rapidly within many communities across the nation, and the potential exists for the pandemic to overburden health care resources in some localities."

The statement certainly would make parents feel a vaccination is an important step to help prevent this "rapidly" growing illness.

Barbara Loe Fisher, Founder of the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) in Washington DC (talking with Natural health care practitioner, Dr. Joseph Mercola).

MOST IMPORTANT: “Becoming an informed healthcare consumer.”  

“We need to find out now whether (or not) all the vaccines that we are giving our children are setting them up (for chronic illnesses)”

“They (the US Government Officials) knew last summer that H1N1 was not as lethal as they first said it was going to be (for the mass population) … it was not mutating into a more lethal form (as it was and is mild for most people which the CDC now admits).”

“When they found this out (last summer) they didn’t adjust their strategy (number of vaccines they were having made)… now they’re stuck… they have over sold the dangers… with Billions (spent by the US Governments response). The people are smarter than the Government is giving them credit for being.” 

“There is a disconnect between the reality of the situation (not being the worst case scenario the US Gov. Officials predicted) and Government’s response (having continued its plan for the worst case scenario while continuing to march down the same road as if it were worst case scenario even now). The Government needs to take responsibility for not adjusting (to the changes in severity for the significantly lower numbers than they had predicated and the lesser public demand for the vaccine)”

“In fact infection in childhood may play a role in the maturation of the immune system necessary for (it) learning how to function normally and robustly (to diseases without vaccines)”     

Dr. Joseph Mercola (one of many Natural health care practitioners) stated:

“Most (H1N1) deaths occurred in immunocompromised individuals.

…every DAY 2,740 people are dropping dead from malaria, whereas less than 13 people per day died from the swine flu in the past year, worldwide (if you disregard that most died not as a direct result of the swine flu virus, but from having poor immune function which led to serious secondary infections and complications).

Did you ever wonder why malaria doesn't get much press coverage? Doesn't it strike you as odd that more isn't done to clamp down on such a deadly disease if governments are talking about quarantine centers at airports and suspending personal choice and freedom over the swine flu?”

This puts swine flu, and the decision of whether to vaccinate your children against it, in an entirely different light.

"Mild Swine Flu and Over-Hyped Vaccine"

This was the title of a recent article by Barbara Loe Fisher, founder of the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC). She writes:

"Every day Americans wake up to news reports that warn us about the dangers of influenza, especially the new H1N1 "swine flu" and the need to roll up our sleeves and get vaccinated. We are witnessing a roll-out of the largest, most expensive mass vaccination campaign in the history of our nation. A rollout that is bigger than even the polio vaccine campaigns of the 1950s.

How much do you know about the disease or vaccine risks so you can make an informed decision about whether to get flu shots for yourself or your children?"

And that is the question you need to ask yourself as a parent. Each of us has to do the research and make an informed decision for ourselves, and for our children.

Here is just a sprinkling of facts from Barbara Loe Fisher’s article to help you get started:

• Swine flu is mild for most people, and the virus is not mutating into a more serious form

• Swine flu vaccines have been tested on only a few thousand healthy people for a few weeks

• There is little or no safety data on how the vaccine will react in pregnant women and chronically ill or disabled children

• If you or your child is injured from a swine flu shot, you cannot take any legal action. Congress has shielded vaccine manufacturers and anyone giving swine flu shots from lawsuits.

• Injectable flu shots in multi-dose vials contain the mercury preservative thimerosal

• There is very little information about whether the swine flu shot will keep you from getting swine flu

Barbara Loe Fisher also writes:

"Federal health officials are already pre-emptively warning Americans that most of the deaths and cases of brain inflammation, seizures, paralysis, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, strokes, heart attacks, miscarriages and other serious health problems that develop after swine flu vaccination will be considered a "coincidence" and not related in any way to the flu shots just given."

Mercury Toxicity & Autism, Dr. Boyd Haley, Professor and Chair of the Chemistry Department at the University of Kentucky.

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No matter which decision you make, however, there is some important information you need to know and consider: how to minimize your child’s risk from the heavy metals vaccines often contain.

Detoxing Your Child (and Yourself) From Heavy Metals Before and After Vaccination is Crucial to Health

Many research studies in the U.S. and Europe have linked heavy metal toxicity with a wide range of illnesses including cancers, neurological degeneration, autism, attention deficit disorders, Alzheimer's disease, joint problems and even obesity.

And because heavy metal toxicity is very prevalent, most of us already have an accumulation of high levels, which are cumulative, meaning it builds up in your body over time. You could already have a dangerous level in your system.

This means one more vaccine shot "could" be the tipping point for one of many resulting illnesses.

The heavy metals from flu and other vaccinations will enter your body along with any others you’ve already accumulated from silver dental fillings, contaminated seafood and other foods, cosmetics, pollution, contaminated water and other sources, creating a potentially dangerous scenario. It would be wise to disarm this potential "time-bomb" now before it potentially causes serious illness or death.

If you want to see it with your own eyes, you can actually watch this video showing how mercury causes brain degeneration now!

So we highly recommend that if you’re going to get your child a flu vaccination, H1N1 vaccine or any other vaccinations, you use HMD™ (Heavy Metal Detox), a natural oral formula that helps to effectively eliminate heavy metals from your body, without any side effects.

HMD™ is actually the ONLY chelator that has undergone a $1 million, three-year double-blind placebo-controlled research trial with several hundred people! During these three years over 25 different natural products and combinations were tried but the synergistic components of HMD were the only ones that worked for all metals tested. It presently has a worldwide patent-pending.

Dr. George John Georgiou -- HMD™ Inventor and worldwide Patent Holder -- has a Bachelor of Science honors degree in Biology/Psychology from Oxford Brook’s University, Oxford, England, a Master’s of Science degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Surrey, Guildford, England, a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Clinical Sexology from The Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, San Francisco, USA. He also holds a Doctor of Science degree in Alternative Medicine from the International Open University of Alternative Medicine. His main research interests at present are studying the use of natural compounds in the detoxification of heavy metals.

Dr. Georgiou has put extensive research into the creation of this very powerful and very unique formula, and using HMD is a simple way to help your body and your child detoxify some of the harmful effects of heavy metals in your environment, and from vaccines.

To optimize results, it is best to take the Ultimate Detox Protocol, which comprises of the HMD™ along with drainage remedies to help remove the toxic metals from your body.

This would include an organic herbal remedy called Organic Lavage (Lavage is the French for "drain") that will help to open up the detoxification channels of your body such as the liver, kidneys and lymphatics as well as clean the blood, as well as organic Chlorella to help clear any metals in your gut and prevent them from being reabsorbed.

You also get a 10% saving on these when ordered together, and this is definitely the best way to chelate / detoxify your body.

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Remember, whether you decide to get your children (or yourself) vaccinated is up to you, but if you decide to go ahead with it, then be sure to take this simple, extra step to help detox and protect your, and your child’s, health.

Recommended Reading

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Sources

NVIC.org September 29, 2009

Mercola.com October 21, 2009

WSJ.com October 26, 2009

ABC News August 19, 2009

CDC.gov October 7, 2009

Waterless, alcohol-based hand sanitizers have become increasingly popular in recent years, and now as flu season is upon us many people make it a habit to regularly use these products to cleanse their hands.

In fact, now that swine flu is a prominent concern for many, the use of hand sanitizers is skyrocketing. ReStockIt.com, one of the leading retailers of cleaning and janitorial supplies, actually reported an increase in Purell sales of more than 200 percent!

But before you stock up on hand sanitizers to keep your family germ-free this winter, there are some very important facts you should know.

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1. Hand Sanitizers Can be Toxic to Children

A Sixwise subscriber sent us an email warning about a 4-year-old girl who had been rushed to the hospital with potentially deadly alcohol intoxication after ingesting some hand sanitizer at school.

You may have received similar e-mail forwards yourself, and each version contains slightly different information and facts involved, but there is some truth to the message.

In 2007, Fox 23 in Tulsa, OK ran a story about a child in pre-kindergarten who licked some hand sanitizer from her hand, rather than rubbing it in. Shortly afterward her behavior became "alarming" and she was taken to a local hospital, acting as though she was drunk (her eyes would not focus and she could not walk).

The story is true, although the varying e-mail accounts contain some factual errors.

Hand sanitizers contain either ethyl alcohol (the same type of alcohol used in beer, wine and liquor) or isopropyl alcohol (rubbing alcohol), in concentrations ranging from 45 percent to 95 percent. The Maryland Poison Center of the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy states that the most commonly used hand sanitizers have alcohol concentrations in the range of 60-65 percent.

So children can easily become intoxicated from ingesting hand sanitizers, and according to the Maryland Poison Center, "It is the dose that determines if it’s a poison."

A typical pump of hand sanitizer dispenses about 1/2 teaspoon of gel, which is a pea-sized amount. Once the product is rubbed into the skin the alcohol evaporates and is not problematic for children, even small children. Even if a child were to ingest that pea-size amount it is not likely to cause harm.

However, if a child ingests a larger amount the product could be toxic.

The Maryland Poison Center states that a 2-year-old child who weighs 30 pounds would have to drink 4 teaspoonfuls, or 8 typical pumps, of hand sanitizer to require medical attention.

Since many hand sanitizers come in squirt bottles rather than pump form, it would be easy for a person to squeeze out a large amount into a child’s hand, or for a child to grab the bottle (as most people do not consider hand sanitizer dangerous and therefore do not keep it out of the reach of children) and do so himself.

2. Hand Sanitizers Contain Potentially Dangerous Ingredients

Hand sanitizers, including one of the leading brands, Purell, have been given a seven out of 10 score for toxicity (with 10 being the highest hazard) by the Environmental Working Group’s Skin Deep Cosmetic Safety Database. According to Skin Deep, ingredients in Purell Hand Sanitizer are linked to:

• Cancer

• Developmental/reproductive toxicity

• Allergies/immunotoxicity

• Neurotoxicity

• Endocrine disruption

• Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive)

• Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs)

Further, several of the ingredients have noted violations, restrictions and warnings and have been labeled as contamination concerns, occupational hazards, and causing biochemical or cellular level changes.

Alcohol-based hand sanitizers can also be harsh on your skin, leading to tiny cracks on your skin’s surface -- and these cracks may actually provide an entryway for disease-causing organisms.

What is a BETTER Option than Purell and Other Hand Sanitizers? And Why?

Because hand sanitizers contain alcohol that can potentially intoxicate a small child if ingested, as well as contain ingredients linked to cancer, allergies, endocrine disruption and other health concerns, you may want to seek out a different way to keep your, and your family’s, hands clean.

The best continuous alternative to soap and water (before and after you wash your hands) -- ideal for use when you can’t get to a sink or have been washing your hands to the point they are getting dry and cracked -- are exclusive "patented Built-in Antimicrobial PRODUCT protection" micro-denier-fiber PerfectCLEAN Wipers: Terry Cloths and Super Silks.

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PerfectCLEAN Wipers: Terry Cloths and Super Silks that are made to meet the rigorous standards of the commercial health care market in support of infection control programs that are required in ultra-clean environments.

They are capable of "trapping and removing" 99.99% of bacteria from hard surfaces throughout your home, workplace and those surfaces you have to touch in daily life (doors and door knobs, grocery carts, countertops, etc.).

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The microscopic triangular fibers in these patented antimicrobial wipes are by design capable of "trapping and removing" 99.99% of bacteria from hard surfaces.

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PerfectCLEAN Wipers: Terry Cloths and Super Silks remove many pathogens in their path ... that is because at an astonishing 4-6 microns (bacteria range from 2 – 8 microns) the "polyester-polyamide conjugated filament" are even smaller than most bacteria.

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Antimicrobial Hand Wipes

PerfectCLEAN Wipers: Terry Cloths and Super Silks are made from high performance Hypoallergenic materials knitted with the highest quality conjugated (splittable) "micro-denier filaments."

Individual fibers are the same size range (or smaller) than most bacteria. These microscopic fibers are produced by a complex manufacturing process that involves hundreds of variables that splits a "polyester-polyamide conjugated filament" (bicomponent) resulting in from 9 to 16 microscopic fibers.

Again, these "split" filaments achieve an individual fiber size of approximately 4-6 microns (bacteria range from 2 – 8 microns).

Graphic Size Relationships to PerfectCLEAN Fibers in Antimicrobial Wipes

PerfectCLEAN performance is further enhanced by the material’s overall positive (+) electrostatic charge. In fact, the electrostatic charge developed by a PerfectCLEAN wiper naturally is greater than the electrostatic charge developed by disposable dust sheets chemically.

Dirt and dust particles, bacteria and pollen, and other organic particles all have a negative (-) charge. Thus, PerfectCLEAN fibers literally act as thousands of tiny magnets (positively charged fibers attract negatively charged dust, dirt, etc.) attracting and binding all types of particles.

When damp, fiber quality and quantity provides an enormous surface area within the material, which accelerates and increases wicking of solution through the material resulting in a powerful capillary action (suction) achieving the highest absorption capacity of any material tested.

PerfectCLEAN products are covered by one or more International and US patents, and patents pending, offering unique designs and "built-in antimicrobial protection."

• Multiple other uses: By design these wipes were also developed and manufactured for multiple commercial hospital applications.

• Eliminates need for most toxic cleaners: No need for glass and all-purpose cleaners. Just mist slightly with clean water to remove dried spots and stains. Cleans everything from stove tops to painted walls; spot cleans carpets and even removes candle wax residue from table tops. No toxic cleaners needed.

• Washing: Durable and chlorine stable these wipes were designed to meet the CDC guidelines for Blood Borne Pathogens (BBP) and withstand the rigors of the health care commercial laundry.

• Independent Laboratory Analysis demonstrates that the wipes are superior to all cleaning materials tested.

• A high density tightly knitted material with a "wickable" directional surface developed to meet concerns regarding the care & maintenance of diagnostic equipment, plasma screens, highly polished optical surfaces and other areas where particulate accumulation and abrasion must be avoided.

• TT280AM is a patented material offering the exclusive "built in antimicrobial product protection" (patent # ...455). This material is converted into a wide range of high performance cleaning products to meet every challenge and application. TT280AM is available in multiple colors, which are pantone coordinated with all other PerfectCLEAN products as part of a high performance system.

Microscopic Fibers

Microscopic Analysis

1. Polyester / Polyamide conjugated filament before splitting

2. 8-triangular polyester micro-denier fibers surrounding the polyamide core = hub & spokes

   • 8 Polyester (4-6 micron’s)
   • Hub and Spokes = Polyamide core

3. Complete separation MUST occur to achieve performance.
   The less separation the less performance.

Antimicrobial Hand Wipes

PerfectCLEAN Wipers: Terry Cloths and Super Silks are completely safe, reducing or even eliminating the need for harsh soaps and cleaners. You can use antimicrobial hand wipes to wipe your hands inconspicuously in your pocket or purse and also to dry your hands after washing with soap and water and upon touching any public surfaces for good hygiene and effective cleanliness.

These exclusive "patented Built-in Antimicrobial PRODUCT protection" PerfectCLEAN Wipers: Terry Cloths and Super Silks have the highest concentration of "micro-denier fiber" resulting in unrivaled performance including:

• The highest absorption capacity of any material tested

• Chlorine and dye stability

• Minimal shrinkage

• Documented third-party laboratory testing supporting the "Trap & Remove" performance standard

• Commercially in-service validation for durability

The material provides the exclusive "patented Built in Antimicrobial PRODUCT protection"

In fact, we recommend carrying antimicrobial hand wipes in your pocket and wiping your hand discreetly any time you shake hands or touch a public surface (especially door knobs, shopping cart handles, light switches and other heavily contaminated but rarely cleaned surfaces). Because germs have also been spreading around schools, we recommend you tuck one in your child’s backpack and teach him to wipe his hands regularly throughout the day.

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How to Use Antimicrobial Hand Wipes

• Place in your pocket or purse. Wipe and rub your hands and fingers thoroughly after you come into contact with people through handshakes or when you touch surfaces that others have touched.

• Clean surfaces using antimicrobial hand wipes: from your car steering wheel and doorknobs, to all the various surfaces throughout your home and office.

• Use these wipes to clean anywhere others touch: on your desktop, telephone, keyboard, door knobs & door frames, chair-arms/back, mirror surfaces, file cabinets, other office furniture and other large surfaces. Can be used dry or lightly dampened.

• Wipe frequently touched areas once per day, as we do more frequently during flu season or anytime others visit your office and/or use your office equipment.

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Sources

Maryland Poison Center, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy

Skin Deep: Cosmetic Safety Reviews

ReStockIt.com May 4, 2009

Snopes.com Hand Sanitizer Alcohol Poisoning

An estimated 300 million people worldwide suffer from asthma, according to the World Health Organization. If you are one of these people, your chances of contracting the flu is the same as anyone else, but once you’ve got it your risk is greater for developing lung problems such as bronchitis and pneumonia.

Asthma Sufferers at Increased Risk of Complications From the Flu

Some early findings have shown that people with asthma or other chronic lung conditions are at a higher risk for developing complications from influenza or swine flu (H1N1).

"As with other influenza viruses, this virus typically attacks the respiratory tract. So if you have a chronic respiratory condition like asthma, it can take a turn for the worse, exacerbating your asthma,” said Dr. Thomas B. Casale, executive vice president of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI).

When you suffer from asthma, the air passages in your lungs overreact to irritants, infections and viruses. Any respiratory infection like the flu mixed with asthma produces inflammation and narrowing of the airway. It can also exacerbate asthma trigger symptoms such as wheezing and chest tightness and cause your airways to secrete substances that cause inflammation and excess mucus.

Further complicating things, viruses can multiply rapidly in the lungs of an asthmatic, even more so than in someone with healthy lungs.

Each year about 5 percent to 20 percent of Americans get the flu. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 200,000 people are hospitalized due to the flu and approximately 36,000 die, mainly due to lung complications associated with the flu, in many cases pneumonia.

Know Your Triggers

You can minimize your asthma symptoms and enhance the quality of your life by identifying your asthma triggers. Some common triggers include:

• Tobacco smoke: An irritant that aggravates asthma symptoms

• Viral and bacterial infections: common cold and sinusitis

• Strenuous exercise

• Exposure to cold, dry air

• Acid reflux

• Certain medications such as aspirin, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen and beta-blockers (used to treat heart disease, high blood pressure, migraine headaches or glaucoma)

• Some foods can trigger asthma reactions such as wheezing. Track any foods that seem to bring on asthma symptoms and make a point to avoid them.

• Emotional anxiety: can bring upon an asthma attack. Getting enough sleep, eating healthy foods and daily exercise are key factors to maintaining your overall health and keeping your asthma symptoms at bay.

• Common allergies such as house dust mites, animal dander, (dead skin flakes), molds, pollen, cockroach droppings or food allergens can trigger asthma symptoms.

Flu Symptoms to Watch Out For, Especially if You Have Asthma

In many cases, despite doing what you can to stay healthy and prevent getting the flu, you may end up contracting it regardless. If you are experiencing symptoms of the flu or suspect you already have it, you should first inform your doctor, particularly if you have any of the following symptoms:

• Increased shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, wheezing

• Coughing up increased amounts of yellow or green mucus

• Temperature over 101˚F or chills

• Increased fatigue or weakness

• Sore, scratchy throat or pain when swallowing

• Sinus drainage, nasal congestion, headaches, or tenderness along your upper cheekbones

What to do if You’re Laid Up in Bed With the Flu

• Get plenty of rest and keep your body hydrated with lots of liquids

• Closely monitor your symptoms and if you notice an attack coming on such as coughing, wheezing, chest tightness or shortness of breath, adjust your medication as directed by your doctor

• Be sure to seek medical care if your condition worsens or you have difficulty breathing or an extremely sore throat. Also, be aware of the signs of pneumonia such as high fever, sharp pain when taking in deep breaths or a cough that produces phlegm.

Four Keys to Asthma Attack Prevention

Making some lifestyle changes and taking other preventive steps are critical to avoiding future asthma attacks. Below are specific steps you can take to prevent infections that are likely to trigger your asthma symptoms.

• Keep your body in optimal shape: a routine exercise program such as SheaNetics strengthens your cardiovascular system and may reduce your sensitivity to asthma triggers

• Try cleansing your nasal passages using a neti pot. Nasal cleansing, also known as nasal irrigation, involves using a neti pot to pour a lukewarm saline solution (pure water mixed with natural salt) inside one side of your nostril while tilting your head sideways so the water runs out of your other nostril.

As Susan Smith Jones, the world-renowned author and health lecturer said:

“Nasal cleansing with the neti pot is one of the very best methods of taking care of your health -- from eliminating postnasal drip to helping with asthma and allergies as well as cold and flu prevention and personal hygiene -- use of the Neti Pot will make a world of difference for your health.”

There are many Neti pots on the market, however Sixwise.com highly recommends Ancient Secrets Nasal Cleansing Pot. It is made from sturdy, lead-free ceramic and coated with a food-grade sealant. Its unique design also makes it very easy and effective to use, plus it’s dishwasher safe.

Ancient Secrets Neti pot has a truly advanced design with easy-grip handle and better nozzle seal. It’s also balanced for ease of use with a concave grip for more assured control, and a better water chamber for less mess and easier cleaning.

Ancient Secrets Neti Pot is also available in a plastic travel model crafted from sturdy food-grade HDPE lead-free plastic. We highly recommend using the ceramic Neti pot at home and taking the plastic version along with you when you travel.

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• Avoid contact with anyone who is sick: germs that cause respiratory infections are easily transmitted from one person to another

• Keep your hands clean: washing your hands kills the germs that can linger on them and potentially cause respiratory infections

• Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth: these are vulnerable areas where germs can find their way into your body and make you sick

• Consider taking a high-quality probiotic such as Nature’s Sources AbsorbAid Probiotic -- a superlative probiotic supplement that provides clinical activities supporting systemic health and wellness through immune-system protection, allergy reduction and effective and enhanced nutrient absorption.

Your key defense against viruses like colds and flu is your immune system -- and 70 percent of your immune system is located in your digestive system. This means that if your gut is overrun with bad bacteria, there’s a good chance your immune system will not be functioning at its best.

"Introducing friendly bacteria into the digestive system improves how we absorb vitamins, nutrients and co-factors, so overall, immunity is boosted," Dr. Tasneem Bhatia, medical director of the Atlanta Center for Holistic and Integrative Medicine, told ABC News.

Flu Vaccinations -- How to Protect Yourself From Metal Toxicity Before and After Administration

Some doctors recommend getting the annual seasonal flu shot or the swine flu vaccination as a preventative measure for people with asthma [note, the nasal flu vaccine called FluMist is not recommended for people with asthma]. With either a seasonal flu vaccination or swine flu vaccination it is crucial to protect yourself from any potentially harmful effects, including those from the heavy metals aluminum and mercury these vaccines may contain.

How to Stay Healthy by Detoxing Your Prior Vaccination Heavy Metals Build Up

Many research studies in the U.S. and Europe have linked heavy metal toxicity with a wide range of illnesses including cancers, neurological degeneration, autism, attention deficit disorders, Alzheimer's disease, joint problems and even obesity.
And because heavy metal toxicity is very prevalent, most of us already have an accumulation of high levels, which are cumulative, meaning it builds up in your body over time. You could already have a dangerous level in your system.

This means one more vaccine shot “could” be the tipping point for one of many resulting illnesses.

The heavy metals from flu vaccinations will enter your body along with any others you’ve already accumulated from silver dental fillings, contaminated seafood and other foods, cosmetics, pollution, contaminated water and other sources, creating a potentially dangerous scenario. It would be wise to disarm this potential “time-bomb” now before it potentially causes serious illness or death.

If you want to see it with your own eyes, you can actually watch this video showing how mercury causes brain degeneration now!

So we highly recommend that if you get a flu vaccination you use HMD™ (Heavy Metal Detox), a natural oral formula that helps to effectively eliminate heavy metals from your body, without any side effects.

HMD™ is actually the ONLY chelator that has undergone a $1 million, three-year double-blind placebo-controlled research trial with several hundred people! During these three years over 25 different natural products and combinations were tried but the synergistic components of HMD were the only ones that worked for all metals tested. It presently has a worldwide patent-pending.

Dr. George John Georgiou -- HMD™ Inventor and worldwide Patent Holder -- has a Bachelor of Science honors degree in Biology/Psychology from Oxford Brook’s University, Oxford, England, a Master’s of Science degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Surrey, Guildford, England, a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Clinical Sexology from The Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, San Francisco, USA. He also holds a Doctor of Science degree in Alternative Medicine from the International Open University of Alternative Medicine. His main research interests at present are studying the use of natural compounds in the detoxification of heavy metals.

So much research has gone into the creation of this very powerful and very unique formula, and using HMD is a simple way to help your body detoxify some of the harmful effects of heavy metals in your environment, and from vaccines.

To optimize results, it is best to take the Ultimate Detox Protocol, which comprises of the HMD™ along with drainage remedies to help remove the toxic metals from your body.

This would include an organic herbal remedy called Organic Lavage (Lavage is the French for “drain”) that will help to open up the detoxification channels of your body such as the liver, kidneys and lymphatics as well as clean the blood, as well as organic Chlorella to help clear any metals in your gut and prevent them from being reabsorbed.

You also get a 10% saving on these when ordered together, and this is definitely the best way to chelate / detoxify your body.

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Even if you are one of the few who isn’t riddled with heavy metal toxins, the benefits you will receive from chelating using HMD™ are enormous to preserving your health at optimum levels. Remember, we are all encumbered with some level of toxins as no one is immune to the adverse health effects of the toxic world that we live in.

How Do You Know Your Asthma is Under Control?

According to Robert Cowie, M.D., head of the asthma program at the University of Calgary, if you have few, if any, asthma flare-ups, are sleeping through the night with no symptoms, experience only mild symptoms during the day (no more than twice a week) and need to use your rescue medication no more than twice a week (excluding before exercise), there’s a good chance your asthma is well under control.

Recommended Reading

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A Secret Weapon for Fighting Off Cold and Flu Viruses

Sources

iVillage Your Total Health October 21, 2009

UPI.com April 28, 2009

My Asthma Central April 29, 2009

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology

Mayo Clinic

Web MD

FreedomPressOnline.com The Healing Power of Neti

ABC News July 27, 2009

Most people are well aware of the recommendations to get plenty of exercise; 30 minutes of activity at least five days a week is the typical recommendation. But what about the other 16 or so hours that you’re awake?

How do you spend those?

Researchers are finding more and more that what you do during these hours is very important to your health … and your waistline. And if you spend the majority of that time sitting -- at work, in the car, watching TV, relaxing -- even a 30-minute date with the treadmill may not be enough to counteract its negative effects.

What’s Wrong With Sitting?

Sitting is not intrinsically harmful, until you do it for hours on end every day. As written by researchers in the British Journal of Sports Medicine:

“Recent evidence underlines the importance of also focusing on sedentary behaviors—the high volumes of time that adults spend sitting in their remaining "non-exercise" waking hours. We provide a brief overview of recent evidence for the distinct relationships between ‘too much sitting’ and biomarkers of metabolic health and, thus, with increased risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and other prevalent chronic health problems.”

A separate series of studies conducted by Theodore Zderic, a post-doctoral researcher, and his research team also looked into the impacts of inactivity. Their research showed prolonged sitting:

• Had negative effects on fat and cholesterol metabolism
• Stimulated disease-promoting processes

Further, they found exercising for even an hour a day was not enough to reverse these effects!

“The enzymes in blood vessels of muscles responsible for 'fat burning' are shut off within hours of not standing," Marc Hamilton, an associate professor of biomedical sciences, told ScienceDaily. "Standing and moving lightly will re-engage the enzymes, but since people are awake 16 hours a day, it stands to reason that when people sit much of that time they are losing the opportunity for optimal metabolism throughout the day."

This may help explain why a study in the International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders found those who had high daily levels of sitting (7.4 hours or more) were significantly more likely to be overweight or obese than those who reported low daily sitting levels (less than 4.7 hours a day).

Sitting Less May Extend Your Lifespan

A study in the journal Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise linked sitting time with a greater risk of death in more than 17,000 Canadians.

Even after accounting for physical activity levels outside of work, body mass index, age, sex, drinking alcohol and smoking, the mortality risk was 1.54 times higher among those who spent almost all of the day sitting compared with those who spent almost no time sitting, the researchers found.

Those who were considered active (at least 30 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise five days a week) had a lower risk of mortality over the 12 years of follow up as well.

Surprisingly, however, only 5 percent of participants compensated for the time they spent sitting at work through exercise. And even among those who did, the risk of premature death increased depending on how much sedentary time they had in their day.

So logic would suggest that the more you get up off your tush, the longer and healthier your life may be!

What Counts as “Sedentary”?

The average person spends eight hours in sedentary behaviors every day, with the worst offenders being older adolescents (16- to 19-year-olds) and adults aged 60 and over. These two age groups spend about 60 percent of their time being sedentary.

So what counts as sedentary behavior? Examples include:

• Watching TV
• Playing video games
• Using the computer
• Reading
• Doing homework
• Driving or riding in a car

Hamilton suggests that as the health risks of prolonged sitting become more widely known, health campaigns will begin that advertise limiting your sitting time, just as they recommend limiting your exposure to secondhand smoke.

“Because our research reveals that too little exercise and excessive sitting do not change health by the same genes and biological mechanisms, it offers hope for people who either are not seeing results from exercise or can not exercise regularly. The lifestyle change we are studying is also unlike exercise because it does not require that people squeeze an extra hour into their days and/or get sweaty at the gym, but instead improving the quality of what they already are doing,” Hamilton told ScienceDaily.

“One misrepresentation is that people tend to say 'I sit all the time, so your studies suggest that I can't even work,' but Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson showed us that you can be very productive and still do great work in an office with a 'standing' desk,” he continues.

Tips for Sitting Less

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If you work all day at a computer or have long commutes, it can be difficult to rearrange your day to include less sitting, so take the opportunity to stand rather than sit as often as you can. Stand while watching your kids play at the park, stand while you talk on the phone or watch TV, etc. Also, take “standing breaks” often.

“Commonsense might suggest that it may be prudent to try to minimize prolonged sitting with 5-minute breaks every hour,” researchers write in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

The Mayo Clinic also points out that your body can only tolerate being in one position for about 20 minutes before it starts to feel uncomfortable. So about every 15 minutes, stand, walk around or change your position for at least 30 seconds.

You can also easily incorporate some of the movements from Sheanetics into your daily routine. SheaNetics, founded by fitness expert Shea Vaughn, blends ancient and contemporary movements with eastern philosophy, creating a stylized approach to fitness designed to improve the quality of today’s western living.

We recommend popping a SheaNetics DVD into your computer at work and completing a five- or 10-minute segment of the video every couple of hours throughout your workday. Most of the moves can be done right in your office, even if you have very little space or privacy. (FIRST Time Ever: MySheanetics.com has agreed to provide FREE SHIPPING … only until November 1).

You can also incorporate some simple yet highly beneficial

stretches into your daily routine. In 15-20 minutes you can even complete Jacques Gauthier’s wonderful Stretching Toward a Healthier Life DVD ONLY $29.79 Plus FREE SHIPPING!, which helps you to keep your body out of a sedentary position and moving instead.

It may take a bit of creativity and a concerted effort to break your sitting routine, but once you do you’ll likely benefit from life-long health improvements.

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Sources

British Journal of Sports Medicine 2009;43:81-83

American College of Sports Medicine May 28, 2009

ScienceDaily.com June 1, 2008

ScienceDaily.com November 20, 2007

The long-term health effects of exposure to chlorinated water are becoming more common in the news headlines. The health effects of chlorine through inhalation (from the steam in your shower, for instance) and ingestion (from tap water) include:

• Cancers of the bladder, liver, rectum and colon
• Heart disease
• Atherosclerosis
• Anemia
• High blood pressure
• Allergic reactions

And now two studies further confirm the risk of exposure of chlorine to the fetuses of pregnant women.

Studies Link Chlorine to Birth Defects 

Two recent studies focused on the health effects for pregnant women who drank chlorinated water. One, published in the Environmental Health Journal, reported that pregnant women who lived in areas with tap water with high concentrations of chlorine disinfectants nearly doubled their risk of having children with heart problems, a cleft palate or major brain defects. Other specific birth defects listed in the study were:

• Anencephalus, a brain condition, rose to .17 percent in high THM areas

• Hole-in-the-heart defects nearly doubled

• Number of cleft palates rose from 0.029 percent to 0.045 percent in high THM areas

• Risks of having children with the above three birth defects increased between 50 and 100 percent

• Slightly raised risk of having children with urinary tract defects and Down’s syndrome

“Our findings don’t just add to the evidence that water chlorination may cause birth defects but suggest that exposure to chlorination by-products may be responsible for some specific and research common defects,” said Professor Jouni Jaakkola of the University of Birmingham who led the research team.

Exposure can happen by drinking the water, taking a bath or a shower or by standing closely to a boiling pot of tea. The danger of exposure to pregnant women happens when the chemical by-products of chlorination called trihalomethanes (THMs) are absorbed through the skin and then transmitted to the womb.

THMs are one type of disinfection byproduct (DBP) created when the disinfectants used to kill bacteria in the U.S. drinking water supply, such as chlorine, react with natural organic matter, such as decaying vegetation, or when certain compounds such as bromide are present in the water.

Studies have linked THMs with low birth weight and neurological abnormalities in infants, along with increased incidences of neural tube defects, small body length, and small head size in babies born to women drinking water containing 400 ppb THMs.

Research has also linked an increased risk of bladder cancer with exposures of 50 ppb, and first trimester miscarriage in pregnant women drinking water with 75 ppb -- both of which are under the EPA “safe” limit.

The second study published by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry showed that some birth defects such as spinal bifida and neural tube defects are linked to total THMs ingested in drinking water. Risks of neural tube defects were doubled among women with the highest exposure to THMs.

How Did Chlorine Find Its Way Into the U.S. Water Supply and Who Regulates it?

Back in 1908, chlorine was added to a community water system in New Jersey as a way to get rid of many types of water-borne diseases such as Cholera and Typhoid fever. Before chlorination, many major cities experienced death tolls of 1 in 1,000 people from Typhoid alone.

For over 80 years, chlorine has been used to disinfect municipal water and it wasn’t until the 1970s that it was discovered that combining water with natural, organic matter such as vegetation and algae produced Trihalomethanes. Today, chlorine is injected into drinking water in two ways: injected directly by bubbling chlorine gas into the reservoir of drinking water or by adding calcium hypo chloride (bleaching powder) to water.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sets the standards for acceptable levels of contaminants in drinking water. Their defined standard for chloroform, the most common trihalomethane found in chlorinated water, is 100 parts per billion or 100 micrograms per liter of water.

They base this on an estimate that this level of contamination results in an added lifetime cancer risk of about 2 per 100,000 person-years, assuming the average person is consuming about two liters of drinking water per day.

Researchers from the Boston University School of Public Health believe that the cancer risk from chlorinated water may be up to 10-50 times higher than the EPA estimate. This is due to the fact that the EPA’s estimate is based solely on ingesting drinking water as the source of trihalomethanes. They didn’t take into account the chloroform exposure from bathing, showering and doing laundry.

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The Dangers of Inhaling Chlorine While Taking Showers or Bathing

Some studies have shown that the amount of chloroform absorbed through inhalation while taking daily showers is at least equal to absorption through drinking chlorinated water and may be six times higher.

Exposure to cancer-causing agents from inhaling chloroform is estimated to be as much as 75 times greater than exposure by ingesting it.

According to some studies, two-thirds of the harmful exposure to chlorine is due to inhalation of steam and skin absorption while showering. Taking a warm shower opens up your skin pores and clears the way for accelerated absorption of chlorine.

The steam inhaled during showers contains up to 50 times the amount of chemicals in tap water. This is because the chlorine, along with other contaminants and DBPs, vaporize at a faster rate and at a lower temperature than water. Once inhaled, the chlorine goes directly into your bloodstream.

Leading experts are confirming the dangerous effects of inhaling chlorine while taking showers.

According to researcher Bruce Black during a meeting of the American Chemical Society:

“Taking long, hot showers is a health risk. The chemicals evaporate out of the water and are inhaled. They can also spread through the house and be inhaled by others. House holders can receive 6 to 100 times more of the chemical by breathing the air around showers and bath than they would by drinking the water.”

Further, a Professor of Water Chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh claims that exposure to vaporized chemicals in the water supplies through showering, bathing and inhalation is 100 times greater than through drinking water.

And according to Dr. Lance Wallace, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, “Showering is suspected as the primary cause of elevated levels of chloroform in nearly every home because of chlorine in the water.”

Chlorinated water in showers also has a negative effect on your skin and hair, robbing it of moisture and elasticity and resulting in a dull and less vibrant appearance.

Protect Yourself and Your Family by Getting a Clean, Chlorine-Free Water Supply

Chlorinated water poses a dangerous risk to your health. The good news is that this chemical, and its dangerous byproducts, are easy to remove from your water by using a high quality wellness water filtration systems.

You don’t have to spend hours researching different water filtration systems as Sixwise.com has done much of the legwork for you and identified the top-of-the-line water filters with direct links to their websites: The Wellness Shower Filter and The Wellness Kitchen Water Filter.

The Wellness Kitchen Filter combines the best filtration and enhancement technologies to deliver the purest and most natural tasting water available. It effectively reduces harmful contaminants, including chlorine and THMs, while at the same time enhancing the water with adding important yet delicate wellness "ions and minerals" that your body needs.

The Wellness Shower Filter effectively reduces up to 99 percent of chlorine from your shower's water for up to 24 months, which is two or three times longer than any other shower filtration system available. But that's not all.

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The Wellness Filter concept was developed in the 1980s by Harusuke Naito, a renowned Japanese sports physiologist and Olympic swimming coach who wanted to produce "perfect water" for his professional athletic clients.

Haru believed that even subtle differences in water purity, surface tension and mineral content could affect body hydration, cellular function, and athletic performance. After extensive field research and study he began experimenting with various natural filtering media in an effort to produce the world's best water.

The Wellness Filter is now widely known for its ability to enhance water beyond the reach of conventional water purification systems.

More Than Just Filtered Water … Enhanced Water

At Wellness, they believe not only in filtering water, but enhancing it to increase its performance on or in your body. After water has been filtered to remove chlorine it is optimized with rare Japanese minerals to enhance your showering experience. First water proceeds through their patented magnetic treatment stage. Here reduced ions are generated that protect your skin from free radical attack and aid the body in repairing damaged skin and hair.

This stage is also responsible for increasing hydration by 115% over tap water, moisturizing your hair and skin without the residue of lotions.

Once the water has passed through the magnetic treatment stage it passes through their proprietary Taicho and Bakuhan medias. Taicho stone gives the water bacterio-static and fungi-static properties, which help your body resist undesirable bacteria and fungus. It also promotes a healthier, sanitized shower.

The Number 1 Health Spa in the world, Hippocrates Health Institute, actually uses the Wellness Shower exclusively, and the Japanese Ministry of Health now uses the filter in over 100 of its hospitals. Japanese doctors even routinely prescribe the filter to their patients for general good health and to aid the body in fighting specific chronic conditions.

Japanese life insurance companies have also recognized its unique qualities and now offer reimbursement programs for the filter when a patient gets a prescription from his doctor (the only filtration system ever granted this insurance status).

You owe it to yourself, and your family, to shower in the luxury of pure water. With The Wellness Shower you'll notice the difference in your skin and hair after just one bath or shower. It's like bringing a spa into your home.

• Effectively reduces up to 99% of chlorine for 24 months

• Increases hydration of skin and hair by 115%

• Used by the #1 Health Spa in the world

• Antioxidant effect assists your body in repairing damaged skin and hair

• Helps eliminate bad hair days

• Supports your body's ability to resist undesirable bacteria & fungus

• Helps promote a healthier, sanitized shower

Given the serious health risks surrounding chlorinated water and DBPs, even the Environmental Working Group (EWG) recommends filtering not only your home’s drinking water, but also the water you shower or bathe with.

Fortunately, this is a simple step to take and one that can reduce your, and your family’s, toxic load significantly.

FREE DVD plus Your WATER TESTED FREE

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This pumpkin patch in southern England is like no other … it has a shed with a roof made out of pumpkins! And that’s not all, the pumpkins form a beautiful mural … this year’s theme? Sunflowers and butterflies!

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When this potential victim bank teller in Indiana is threatened by a robber with a loaded gun, she first shows intent to comply, fearing for her life. But then she prays for him, saying he’s too young to throw his life away at such a young age.
 
The armed robber is moved by her prayers and concern for him … then begins to pray along with her.
 
He then hands over the single bullet in his gun as assurance that he means no further harm (just as in the days of the Knights when both parties greeting one another were the first to shake hands to show they had no weapons).
 
He does in the end take her to the back room to lock her up and then takes only $20 and the teller’s cell phone and leaves.
 
As the economy continues to be devastating for the many millions who are out of work, desperate for some means to feed and support their families, such circumstances are likely to continue.
 
Desperate people do desperate things.
 
Yet if you find yourself in such circumstances (of any sort) it is important to remember that both sides of any emotional and or physical challenges have feelings, and are experiencing stress. Elevating the stress is not necessarily the best option for the perpetrator or the victim.
 
Both have families, strong beliefs and values, and if treated with love and concern may come to similar resolve in the darkest moments.
 
What happened in this video is obviously not always the case and may in fact be the exception.
 
Still, this is proof that concern for your fellow man via prayer can gain shared common ground that most would never have suspected was there.
 
Your comments are welcome!

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Earlier this month we featured a variety of wildly creative Halloween costumes in our article 10+ Ideas for a Creative, Home-Made Halloween Costume. To follow up, we wanted to share one of the most popular costume ideas to date in 2009 …

Dressing up as the swine flu by putting on a pink sweatsuit and a pig nose and pig ears. Oh yeah, and people are dressing up their dogs that way too!

More top costumes were …

The #1 Custom-Made Costume

There is only one man in the dinosaur suit (not two people)!

The #1 Make-Up Costume

Very creative body paint!

The Top 13 Haunted Houses

Some get thrilled by dressing in costume for Halloween, but if your idea of a thrill involves wandering through pitch-black hallway with ghosts and ghouls around every corner you’re in luck.

HauntWorld Magazine has released their reviews of the 13 best haunted houses to get scared in this Halloween season. If you’re looking for a truly haunting evening, try to set aside time to visit one of these … if you dare:

Photo Source: HauntWorld.com

1. 13th Gate Haunted House – Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Rated the best haunted house in America by HauntWorld.com for two years in a row. It’s 13 levels of fear and fright!

2. Netherworld Haunted House – Atlanta, Georgia

Netherworld is one of the few haunted houses that dedicate an army of live monsters to scare patrons while they wait in line and hundreds more waiting for you to enter the door. 

3. The Beast – Kansas City, Missouri

Five floors of fear with set design, ghost illusions, and detail to match the largest big-budget movies out there.

4. The Darkness Haunted House – St. Louis, Missouri

The Darkness is a powerhouse haunted house with Hollywood quality special effects, live actors, hundreds of animations, and amazing set design detailed throughout two floors of fright.

5. House of Torment – Austin, Texas

House of Torment (HOT) brings you an unmatched in-your-face FEAR and takes it to new horrific heights with icon monsters, over the top marketing, edgy scenes and blood-curdling screams!

6. Dent Schoolhouse – Cincinnati, Ohio

The Dent Schoolhouse features incredible story telling, horrific set design, and amazing fright inside one of the creepiest buildings for a haunted house.

7. Bates Motel – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Bates Motel is more than just a haunted house. It’s a major league SCREAM PARK with detailed haunted houses and a massive haunted hayride that’s sure to have you screaming in fear! 

8. Haunted Schoolhouse – Akron, Ohio

The Haunted Schoolhouse and Lab is the oldest running haunted house in America and features five floors of sheer terror and offers some of the best set design out there!

9. Bayville Screampark – Long Island, New York

The façade to Bayvilles main haunted house was designed and created by major production companies, and installed at a cost of several hundred thousand dollars -- and that’s only the façade.

10. House of Shock – New Orleans, Louisiana 

The most controversial haunted house in America, featuring the most elaborate pryo stage show before you enter what might be the most intense haunted house you’ve ever experienced.

11. Dead Acres – Columbus, Ohio   

This makes our list as the absolute most insane haunted house in America and probably the craziest website to boot!

12. Headless Horseman – Ulster Park, New York

Headless Horseman includes one of THE BEST haunted hayrides in America where the Headless Horseman himself chases you over an old rickety bridge!

13. Graystone Manor - Killen, Alabama

When your local haunted house is located in a town named Killen, you know you’re in for the fright of your life, and Graystone Manor does not disappoint!

If you don’t live near any of these 13 haunted houses, have no fear! You can find a spooky haunted house near you using HauntWorld’s Haunted House Finder! 

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Angelina Jolie reportedly does it for an hour three times a week. Julia Roberts reportedly used it to lose her post-pregnancy weight, Madonna does it, and so has Halle Berry, Sting, and even the San Francisco 49ers.

"It" is Pilates, an exercise system developed by Joseph Pilates back in the 1920s to create flexibility and strength for your entire body. As a physical trainer, Joseph Pilates believed physical fitness to be the first requisite of happiness, and he also was a firm believer that physical and mental health were dependent upon one another.

After falling below the radar for several decades, Pilates is back now with renewed fervor, attracting fitness enthusiasts across the board. According to Pilates.com:

"In the U.S., Pilates participants have grown in number from 1.7 million in 2000 to 10.6 million in 2006 -- more than 600% growth in just six years! And it continues to spread around the world."

Why are So Many People Doing Pilates?

Pilates is a popular exercise among dance companies, Broadway shows, students at performing arts schools and universities, sports teams, and celebrities because it lends a coveted "long and lean" look to its followers and creates strength without adding bulk.

But there is much more to Pilates than a slimmer figure. According to the United States Pilates Association (USPA), Pilates:

• Can be an integral part of physical therapy designed to speed recovery of soft tissue injuries

• Provides body conditioning and injury prevention and recovery

• Improves body alignment

• Enhances breathing and circulation

• Increases strength, flexibility and balance

• Improves muscle tone, energy and mental concentration

• Is useful for pregnant women to learn proper breathing and body alignment, improve concentration and recover body shape and tone after giving birth

What Exactly IS Pilates?

You may have looked in on a Pilates class at your local gym, but for those who are still wondering what Pilates is, the USPA describes Pilates as:

" … not just exercise; It is a series of very precise, controlled movements that fully engage the body and mind. These movements are performed on exercise apparatus which was designed to support and guide the body through its ultimate transformation. Programs are tapered uniquely to each individual and their needs …"

However, while many Pilates courses do involve the use of special machines, some simply are conducted on a mat. Either way, all Pilates movements involve these six core concepts:

1. Concentration

2. Breathing

3. Control

4. Precision

5. Rhythm/flow

6. Centering

If you would like to give Pilates a try, courses are available in group sessions in health clubs and spas across the country. You can also take Pilates at a specialized Pilates center, which may offer group or one-on-one sessions. Check out this site from the United States Pilates Association to help you find a certified Pilates instructor near you.

For those of you who would prefer to get a sculpted body and a calm mind right in the comfort of your own home, well there are options for you as well.

There are numerous Pilates home DVDs available, but we suggest you try out a one-of-a-kind program that is used by numerous fitness buffs and professional athletes … a mind-body fitness program that takes the best parts of Pilates and combines them with components of Yoga, Tai Chi, Martial Arts, Gyro-Kinesis, Dance and MORE -- guiding you through unique sequences of movements that strengthen, sculpt, build core and increase flexibility!

SheaNetics: The Unique Fitness Program That is Even BETTER Than Pilates

SheaNetics, founded by fitness expert Shea Vaughn, blends ancient and contemporary movements with eastern philosophy, creating a stylized approach to fitness designed to improve the quality of today’s western living.

Shea is a gifted instructor, personal trainer and CES (Corrective Exercise Specialist). Her background is in dance and ballet and includes numerous certifications including Yoga, Pilates, Gyro-kinesis, BOSU, Zumba and Body Pump in addition to her study of eastern philosophy through martial arts.

Exposure to these multiple physical disciplines evolved into her "best of" concept for lengthening muscles and strengthening the body. It was from this extensive accumulated library of movements that Shea was able to increase the selections of her classes while also adding rhythm and variety to each sequence, producing greater alternatives that are fresh and challenging.

What evolved was a highly successful method to achieve complete body fitness.

Upon introducing this concept to her fitness classes Shea was amazed and overwhelmed by the positive response. Several years of perfecting this physique-changing methodology followed and SheaNetics™ was born.

The range of SheaNetics™ students is impressively diverse from 25- to 75-year-olds, men and women, fitness buffs and athletes, people who want to get in shape, those who wish to maintain their present state of fitness and many who want to take it to a higher level.

SheaNetics has a broad appeal also extending to individuals with special challenges, including physical difficulties, limited range of motion or anyone who just wants to lengthen or stretch muscles and strengthen the body while opening their mind and nourishing their total self.

Shea’s years of learning and teaching also showed her that interest alone is not sufficient to keep a person engaged. Shea believes that "fitness is both a state of the body and of the mind," and this is why SheaNetics is based on the Five Living Principles that follow -- they are a positive guide for all you do:

SheaNetics: Your Pathway to Well-Being SheaNetics realizes your goal is to find total health and fulfillment that is life lasting. This can be achieved by creating harmony in body, mind and self. SheaNetics gives you the practical tools to get into shape and kick it to ever higher levels. Each nearly one hour workout is a new blend of the-best-of-the-best from Yoga, Pilates, Tai Chi, Martial Arts, Gyro-Kinesis, Dance and MORE -- guiding you through unique sequences of movements that strengthen, sculpt, build core and increase flexibility! Separately (Each) List Price ($95.95) Your Special Price Now Just $69.95!* NEARLY A 30% SAVINGS Get FREE Shipping Until November 1 by Ordering your 6-PACK SheaNetics DVD/CD workout collection today!

• Your "Commitment": Making a promise to do something, whether it is a workout, seeking better health or just being a better person.

• Your "Perseverance": Establishing a perpetual belief that "If I try, I will succeed." You build toward your goal one solid step at a time.

• Your "Self-Control": Coming to the realization that you are responsible for everything you do. How you react to the events happening in your life is the only outcome of any event that you can consciously determine.

• Your "Integrity": Not examining the result, only the effort made. It is the level of honesty in the quality of effort you give to the execution of whatever you strive to do -- it has to be the best you can do.

• Gaining, Getting, Giving "Love": Openness and respect for yourself, others and what life has to offer. It is the willingness to explore and interact with people, to listen, learn and share, and to always set the best example possible.

This program is truly unlike any other fitness program. This is "meditation in motion and thought." It reduces stress and allows you to enjoy a lifestyle of fitness, personal balance and well-being.

Most exercise programs are geared only to give you short term physical improvement. But SheaNetics™ understands the real goal for us all is to find total health and fulfillment that is life-lasting. This can only be achieved by creating harmony in body, mind and self.

We encourage you to check out Shea’s new 6-Disc DVD/CD workout set to "get started on your pathway to well-being!"

This groundbreaking DVD collection contains:

• 3 core-building, mind-boosting, complete body-charging workouts!

• As a FREE GIFT you will also receive 3 empowering, "original music" CDs specially composed to power up your journey!

• You also receive the SheaNetics Booklet with The Five Living Principles -- a life-changing guide to finding Your Pathway to Well-Being!

Find Out More and Order SheaNetics at MySheaNetics.com: Your Pathway to Well-Being Now!

And Now Keep Fit for Less!

Sheanetics has nearly sold out and told us that they will soon no longer offer this value of combined DVDs and CDs. They plan to break this set up into individual DVDs and CDs, each costing as much as one half this price or more, which could make this total package as much as three times the price or more.

So we recommend you buy NOW before this offer is no longer available!

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*FREE SHIPPING until November 1 (FIRST Time Ever: MySheanetics.com has agreed to provide FREE SHIPPING … only until November 1).

Order your 6-PACK SheaNetics DVD/CD workout collection today!

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USAToday.com September 22, 2009

Vitamin D, the "sunshine vitamin" your body produces after sufficient exposure to sunlight, has been making headlines recently for its newly revealed role in disease prevention among old and young alike. Now, a new study has found yet another reason why ensuring you’re getting enough of this crucial vitamin should be at the top of your to-do list, especially if you’re in your 60s and beyond.

Researchers at the University of Colorado Denver and Massachusetts General Hospital evaluated the association between vitamin D levels and death rates of those 65 and older and found the vitamin plays a vital role in reducing risk of death associated with older age.

Specifically, older adults with insufficient levels of vitamin D are more likely to die from heart disease and other causes than those with adequate levels. Those with low vitamin D levels were three times more likely to die from heart disease -- and 2.5 times more likely to die from any cause -- than those with optimal vitamin D.

"It's likely that more than one-third of older adults now have vitamin D levels associated with higher risks of death and few have levels associated with optimum survival," Adit Ginde, MD, MPH, an assistant professor at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine's Division of Emergency Medicine and lead author of the study, told ScienceDaily. "Given the aging population and the simplicity of increasing a person's level of vitamin D, a small improvement in death rates could have a substantial impact on public health."

Why is Vitamin D Essential for Your Good Health?

Vitamin D, which is actually not a vitamin but a secosteroid hormone, targets over 2,000 genes in your body; this is about 10 percent of the entire human genome! According to the Vitamin D Council:

"Current research has implicated vitamin D deficiency as a major factor in the pathology of at least 17 varieties of cancer as well as heart disease, stroke, hypertension, autoimmune diseases, diabetes, depression, chronic pain, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, muscle weakness, muscle wasting, birth defects, periodontal disease, and more."

When you go out in the sun in your bathing suit, your body produces between 10,000 and 50,000 units of cholecalciferol in your skin by the time it begins to turn a light pink.

However, because many people no longer spend much time in the sun without sunblock (sunsblock blocks vitamin D production) vitamin D deficiency is thought to be very widespread. The elderly are especially at risk of deficiency because of:

• Limited time spent in the sun

• A reduced ability to make vitamin D, which occurs as we age

Have You Heard of Vitamin D Deficiency Syndrome?

The Vitamin D Council has proposed that Vitamin D Deficiency Syndrome (VDDS) exists when 25(OH)D [vitamin D] levels of less than 25 ng/mL are found in people with two or more of the following conditions: osteoporosis, heart disease, hypertension, autoimmune diseases, certain cancers, depression, chronic fatigue, or chronic pain.

These are all illnesses that are associated with vitamin D deficiency.

VDDS is more common among dark skinned races, the elderly, and those who avoid the sun.

How Much Vitamin D is Optimal?

The Recommended Daily Allowance for vitamin D is 200 IU a day for adults up to 50, 400 IU for those 51-70, and 600 IU for those 71 and over. However, many health experts say that amount is far too low.

"The skin produces approximately 10,000 IU vitamin D in response 20–30 minutes summer sun exposure -- 50 times more than the US government's recommendation of 200 IU per day [for adults]!" states the Vitamin D Council. They continue:

"If well adults and adolescents regularly avoid sunlight exposure, research indicates a necessity to supplement with at least 5,000 units (IU) of vitamin D daily."

Vitamin D experts now believe the minimal acceptable level for vitamin D is 50 ng/ml. The Vitamin D Council explains:

"They [vitamin D researchers] found that the body does not reliably begin storing cholecalciferol in fat and muscle tissue until 25(OH)D levels get above 50 ng/ml. The average person starts to store cholecalciferol at 40 ng/ml, but at 50 ng/ml virtually everyone begins to store it for future use. That is, at levels below 50 ng/ml, the body uses up vitamin D as fast as you can make it, or take it, indicating chronic substrate starvation -- not a good thing. 25(OH)D levels should be between 50–80 ng/ml, year-round."

A blood test from your doctor, called the 25-hydroxyvitamin D, can determine whether your vitamin D levels are high enough.

If You Take a Vitamin D Supplement, Make Sure It’s Being Absorbed

Sun exposure is the best form of vitamin D, but if you cannot get out in the sun regularly, experts recommend supplementing with a vitamin D3 supplement, which is the same natural vitamin D your body makes when exposed to the sun. Avoid vitamin D2, which is synthetic and may be less safe and less effective.

Along with regularly testing your blood levels of vitamin D to make sure you’re in the optimal range – not too high or too low – you should make sure your body has the best chances of absorbing the vitamin D.

Because vitamin D is an oil-soluble vitamin meant to be made by your skin, it is not well absorbed. So you will want to take it in an oil-based form, and also make sure you use AbsorbAid Platinum from NutritionsFinest.com, a vegetable-based digestive enzyme, as a transfer agent. AbsorbAid Platinum will aid the breakdown and absorption of vitamin D present in foods such as fortified cereals, milk, juices, and oily fish, as well as the vitamin D in supplement form.

AbsorbAid Platinum combines its effective ratio of proteases, amylases, lipases and cellulases with two "acid-tolerant" bacteria or a probiotic combination, Lactobacillus acidophilus and Bifidobacterium bifidum to help you break down food groups and maximize nutrient absorption.

As winter approaches in the United States, now is an important time to look into the status of your vitamin D levels, whether you’re 25, 55, or 85. As Dr. Ginde told ScienceDaily:

"Vitamin D has health effects that go beyond strong bones. It's likely that it makes a vital contribution to good health."

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Nearly all pets, just like most children, whimper or "whine" when given a shot.

But it is scarcely known, and typically not shared with pet owners, how heavy metal toxins from these shots are a significant concern for pets, just as they are for children and for you.

Pets are subjected to a tremendous load of vaccines over the course of their lifetime. For dogs, many veterinarians recommend:

• Rabies

• Parvovirus

• Distemper

• Denovirus

• Parainfluenza

• Leptospirosis

• Coronavirus

• Hepatitis

• Lyme (borelia)

• Bortadella (kennel cough) (sometimes recommended as often as every six months!)

Cats are often advised to receive:

• Rabies

• Feline leukemia (FeLV)
  Distemper (panluekopenia)

• Rhinotracheitis

• Calcivirus

• Chlamydia (depending on risk)

• Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) (depending on risk)

• Ringworm (depending on risk)

Many of these vaccines are given initially at 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16 weeks, and then annually for life, despite the fact that the American Veterinary Medical Association states that annual vaccines may not always be necessary. They state:

"Veterinarians have traditionally vaccinated annually; however, they are now learning that some vaccines induce immunity that lasts less than one year, whereas others may induce immunity that lasts well beyond one year. The AVMA recommends that veterinarians customize vaccination programs to the needs of their patients. More than one vaccination program may be effective."

Are Annual Vaccinations for Your Pets Safe?

Many veterinarians still vaccinate on the old every year schedule. There are several reasons for this, including the fact that many still believe your pet is best protected by following the manufacturers' recommendations. Manufacturers, for the most part, have not changed their recommendations because to do so costs hundreds of thousands of dollars for the tests required by the USDA, points out Dr. Kitti Wielandt, DVM. She continues:

"Also, the manufacturers are in business to sell vaccines. In the event of a pet getting a disease for which it is vaccinated, the drug companies will stand behind the veterinarian only if the pet is vaccinated according to label directions. Most vets don't want to get sued.

Some vets are not up to date on the very latest research. Some feel (correctly) that the only way to get a pet in the door for an annual exam is by pushing the vaccines. Even without the vaccines, you should take your pet in for yearly checkups …"

And there is always a risk to your pet in receiving a vaccine. Some veterinarians now believe that over-vaccinating pets is actually responsible for allergies, seizures and even cancer in dogs and cats. In fact, vaccine-induced sarcomas (cancerous tumors) are thought to be as high as one cat in 1,000, or up to 22,000 new cases of sarcoma a year!

Meanwhile, back in 1995 a Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association article stated there was "little scientific documentation that backs up label claims for annual administration of most vaccines." Researchers went on to say that, for many vaccines, giving them every few years, as opposed to annually, would be enough given their potential risks.

Further, whenever your dog or cat is injected with a vaccine, they are also injected with potentially toxic vaccine adjuvants including thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative, and aluminum.

As in humans, these toxic exposures build up over time, contributing to various degenerative diseases.

Animals have very sensitive endocrine systems that are often even more intolerant to toxins than humans.

Your Pet Is Also Very Toxic!

Research is showing that pets are just as toxic as humans and this is why they suffer from similar degenerative diseases. Aside from the toxins injected into your pets every year from multiple vaccinations, other sources of toxins include:

• Environmental chemicals, including paints, varnishes and other chemicals in the house, such as brominated flame retardant (BFR) chemicals used on carpets, cushions and other linen. These flame-retardants are slow to break down, attracted to fat, and able to evaporate into and be transported through air. They may cause cancer and function as hormone disruptors, adversely affecting reproduction and thyroid hormone function.

• Poor-Quality Pet food, including heavy metals like aluminum from canned foods and mercury from fish-based ingredients. Pentobarbital, a drug frequently used to euthanize pets, continues to be found in pet food -- this is probably from pets, cattle and horses that have been euthanized using pentobarbital and then sent to rendering plants. Some veterinarians believe that feeding your pets foods that contain even traces of pentobarbital can definitely be slowly causing chronic degenerative disease to happen much faster.

Common chemical stabilizers added to many pet foods include BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole) and BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) -- both known to cause liver and kidney dysfunction -- and ethoxyquin, a suspected carcinogen. Many semi-moist dog foods contain propylene glycol -- first cousin to the anti-freeze agent, ethylene glycol, that destroys red blood cells, and lead also frequently shows up in pet foods,

• Mycotoxins, potentially deadly fungal toxins that multiply in moldy grains and have been found in pet foods in recent years.

Now there is a scientifically tested natural product that can remove heavy metals and other toxins from your pet and help make them healthy again: HMD "Heavy Metal Detox" 4 Pets.

If Your Pet Gets Annual Vaccines, or Any Vaccines … Detox is Very Important

Help Your Pet Detox From Vaccines and Environmental Toxins Using HMD4Pets HMD4Pets is a scientifically tested natural product that can remove heavy metals and other toxins from your pet and make them healthy again. Use HMD4PETS as a preventative to keep your pet fit and health or as a treatment to clear the detrimental toxins responsible for various degenerative diseases. What are the ingredients of HMD4Pets? HMD4Pets™ is a unique, synergistic compound comprising of: Cilantro (Coriandrum sativum) Chlorella Growth Factor (CGF), a steam distillation extract of Chlorella pyrenoidosa Homaccord of Chlorella pyrenoidosa. It is called a synergistic formulation when the ingredients work together to enhance the effects and only then does it act as a powerful chelator, a process shown in scientific research to mobilize and eliminate many different toxic metals. It does this very gently without the side effects often found with drug chelators. This is why it is dubbed "The GENTLE chelator" and its human version HMD® has been used extensively with adults and children, including autistic children. Learn More and Order HMD4Pets Now!

Why use HMD4Pets™ instead of other toxic metal chelators (for heavy metal detoxing)?

There are a number of reasons why HMD4Pets stands out against the competition:

• It’s the only natural metal detoxifier that has undergone scientific research over a 3-year period with 350 people using urine and feces samples, measured by ICP-MS spectrometers.

• It truly works in detoxifying and eliminating nasty heavy metals such as aluminum, antimony, arsenic, cadmium, lead, mercury and uranium from your body.

• It is NATURAL and non-chemical with no toxic side effects.

• It can be used preventatively by pets.

• It has many other health benefits apart from eliminating metals.

HMD4Pets has undergone extensive scientific research using double-blind, placebo controlled trials with over 350 people and was found to effectively mobilize and eliminate many different types of toxic metals.

This synergistic formula now has a worldwide patent-pending.

HMD4Pets can be used as a preventative to keep your pet fit and healthy or as a treatment to clear the detrimental toxins responsible for various degenerative diseases.

Remember that dry animal food is usually preserved with aluminum to prevent mold. A lot of commercial tinned dog and cat food has high levels of arsenic -- another very toxic metal. Furthermore, it is common to send meat and fish discarded as unfit for human consumption to pet food manufacturing plants where it is processed. This usually involves adding toxins to ‘cleanse’ the meat. Cat litter is also very high in aluminum content and cats usually lick their paws immediately after using their litter boxes.

Protect your beloved pet now from all these toxins before they develop degenerative diseases that are difficult and expensive to deal with -- prevention is always wiser than cure!

Learn more about this natural heavy metal chelator: HMD "Heavy Metal Detox" 4 Pets.

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Your dog is 99.8 percent wolf. Whether he’s a tiny Yorkie, a giant Great Dane or any mixture in between, it’s true. In fact, the DNA of gray wolves and dogs is nearly identical -- their DNA differs by, at most, 0.2 percent.

How can this be? Because all dogs evolved from the gray wolf, and although their appearance has changed greatly over the 10,000 to 15,000 years they’ve been domesticated, their basic internal workings, their physiology, has not.

So to get an idea of what a dog would naturally be eating, and thrive on, one needs look no further than the diet of a gray wolf.

Gray wolves eat a varied diet ranging from bison, elk, deer and moose to smaller animals like beavers and rabbits. Of course, they consume nearly all parts of the animal -- organs, many bones, vegetation left over in the animal’s stomach -- and they eat it all raw.

Contrast that with what most modern-day dogs eat: dry kibble or canned food. Most of which are primarily based on cooked grains and animal byproducts, not meat.

Three Major Ingredients of Commercial Dog Foods … and Why Your Dog is Better Off Without Them

1. Meat or Poultry Byproducts: Meat byproducts are the part of an animal left over after all parts fits for human consumption are taken away. This leaves heads, blood, ligaments, lungs, intestines, unborn babies, spleens, feet, bones and other parts. What you’ll notice is that these items lack one very important element: meat.

Further, it may surprise you to learn that "4D" animals (dead, dying, diseased, disabled), which were (just recently) banned for human consumption, are completely legal to use in pet foods.

2. Meat Meals (Chicken Meal, Bone Meal, Byproduct Meal, etc.): "Meals" of any kind are materials that are "rendered," which means, according to the Encarta® World English Dictionary, "to purify or extract something by melting, especially to heat solid fat slowly until as much liquid fat as possible has been extracted from it, leaving small crisp remains."

The boiling process separates fat, removes water and kills bacteria, viruses and parasites. However, the high temperatures also destroy enzymes, proteins and other nutrients that your dog needs.

3. Starches and Grains: Corn, wheat, potatoes and other grains and starchy vegetables make up a large portion of most commercial dog foods. Even corn gluten meal, which essentially a high-protein extract that has most of the carbohydrates removed, is used to boost protein percentages in foods without having to use an actual animal ingredient.

One of the biggest problems with most commercial dog foods is that they are made up, largely, of grain when what your dog will thrive on is meat (and, typically, raw meat).

Dogs have a hard time digesting grains, and eating grain-based foods will often cause gas, digestive upset, and potentially serious health problems down the line.

Have You Been Warned Not to Feed Your Dog "People Food"?

There's a reason why dogs like real food … and that is because it's also what they thrive on.

Unfortunately, many people have been told that feeding their dog people food will make them sick. Well, as with people, if you feed your dog junk food like white bread and potato chips they most likely will not thrive. But just as you wouldn't feed your child a fortified snack bar or meal-replacement shake to take care of his nutritional needs at each meal, your dog and cat also deserve more than the highly processed kibble they may now be eating.

Like humans, pets of all kinds need a varied diet, with fresh foods added, to function at their best.

So feeding your pet "people food" like high-quality raw meats and veggies, supplemented with essential vitamins and minerals, can actually be very healthy for dogs and cats, provided the diet is properly balanced and varied.

Yet, why is it that so many of us still believe we are doing our pets a favor by feeding them only kibble or food that comes from a can? Heavy marketing on behalf of the pet food industry certainly plays a major role.

In reality, one of the best ways to feed your dog is using a species-appropriate diet, similar to the one they would find in the wild.

Fortunately, there are numerous high-quality brands of top-notch dog foods on the market, typically in frozen or freeze-dried form, that make this easy. If you like the idea of raw, but aren’t sure how to jump in, an excellent starting point is Sojos Grain-Free Dog Food Mix.

This grain-free alternative to kibble is a wholesome pre-mix that you combine with raw meat and water to create a fresh, homemade dog food -- it's optimal nutrition for your dog with minimal effort on your part.

And you can be sure your dog is getting wholesome nutrition when you choose Sojos, as it's made with simple, honest ingredients like dried sweet potatoes, whole eggs and apples -- and absolutely no preservatives and nothing artificial. (If you have cats, Sojos also makes a European-Style Cat Food Mix that allows you to feed your cat the nutritious raw food he craves in just minutes a day).

Another healthy and super convenient option for dogs and cats alike is dehydrated raw food. High-quality dehydrated raw foods are heated just enough to kill any pathogenic bacteria and remove water, but leave almost all other nutrients intact and highly concentrated. One of the best in this area is the Honest Kitchen line, which makes all of their pet food recipes in a human-food plant to ensure the highest possible quality control and production standards. Their facility is FDA inspected -- and humans actually taste their foods as part of their Quality Control process!

Depending on your pet’s needs, you can try any of these healthy options from Honest Kitchen:

• Embark Grain-Free Dog Food: A turkey-based dehydrated raw food designed for active dogs and puppies.

• Force Grain-Free Dog Food: A chicken-based, dehydrated raw food great for all adult dogs -- especially those with sensitive stomachs.

• Preference Grain-Free Dog Food Mix: A grain-free base to make your own homemade, balanced dog food, fast. Simply add the meat, fish, or other protein of your choice and your dog will feast like a king.

• Prowl Grain-Free Cat Food: A dehydrated raw food with absolutely zero grains, which is just the type of natural diet your kitty will thrive on.

These foods truly make it simple to give your dog (and cat) the food he’s meant to eat.

What About Treats?

To give your dog a special, healthy treat, try:

• Dehydrated pure meat treats (cats also love these, and we especially recommend Dr. Harvey’s Whisker Smackers, which are pure, freeze-dried chunks of fish, beef or chicken)

• Dehydrated sweet potato treats. These provide excellent nutrition and a hard, grooved surface that promotes dental health.

• Raw bones

• Raw baby carrots, peas, raw almonds, and berries [excluding grapes, which are NOT safe for dogs and cats]

• Sardines or a fresh shrimp (cats especially love these!)

• Organic, meat-based dog treats like NatureNosh. These are biscuit-style treats with one very special difference: the first ingredient in them is meat! (Organic beef liver, organic chicken liver or organic turkey liver, depending on the flavor!)

Your Dog Will Thank You!

After feeding a high-quality, raw food diet, many pet owners report that their pets have softer, shinier fur, better breath and more energy than they’ve had in years.

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Right now you may be feeling stressed out. You probably have any number of challenging circumstances that you’re trying to work though. We all do. But please take a few moments to remind yourself of the parts of life that make it, well, worth living.

This is by no means a complete list. Please do add your own "natural highs" at the end of this page …

1. Falling in love.

2. Laughing so hard your face hurts.

3. A hot shower.

4. No lines at the supermarket .

5. A special glance from an admirer (or a stranger).

6. Getting mail.

7. Taking a drive on a pretty road.

8. Hearing your favorite song on the radio.

9. Lying in bed listening to the rain outside.

10. Hot towels fresh out of the dryer.

11. Chocolate milkshake (vanilla or strawberry).

12. A bubble bath.

13. Giggling.

14. The beach.

15. Finding a $20 bill in your coat from last winter.

16. Laughing at yourself.

17. Looking into their eyes and knowing they Love you

18. Midnight phone calls that last for hours.

19.  

    Running through sprinklers.

20. Laughing for absolutely no reason at all.

21. Having someone tell you that you're beautiful.

22. Laughing at an inside joke with friends.

23. Accidentally overhearing someone say something nice about you.

24. Waking up and realizing you still have a few hours left to sleep.

25. Your first kiss (either the very first or with a new partner).

26. Making new friends or spending time with old ones.

27. Playing with a new puppy.

28. Having someone play with your hair.

29. Sweet dreams.

30. Hot chocolate.

31. Road trips with friends.

32. Swinging on swings.

33. Making eye contact with a cute stranger.

34. Making chocolate chip cookies.

35. Having your friends send you homemade cookies

36. Holding hands with someone you care about.

37. Running into an old friend and realizing that some things (good or bad) never change.

38. Watching the expression on someone's face as they open a much desired present from you.

39. Watching the sunrise.

40. Getting out of bed every morning and being grateful for another beautiful day.

41. Knowing that somebody misses you.

42. Getting a hug from someone you care about deeply...

43. Knowing you've done the right thing, no matter what other people think.

Pass it On!

Use the SixWise.com Email to a Friend feature (available on every article) to email this inspirational message to your friends and family ... and put in a good word for us if you don't mind, encouraging them to subscribe to the FREE SixWise.com "Be Safe, Live Longer & Prosper" e-newsletter!

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Your home is your safe haven, but it may also be a Petri dish of sorts, growing, emitting and teeming with a variety of contaminants. These toxins can come from the environment, from the outdoors, from materials used to build your home and even from your tap water. But no matter what the source, awareness is the first step to detoxing your home.

Here we’ve compiled a list of some of the most common indoor health toxins, along with the steps you can take to get rid of them. Fortunately, once you’re armed with the correct knowledge you’ll be able to take simple steps to make your home a healthy place for you and your family.

1. Radon in Your Home

Radon is a radioactive gas that can’t be seen, smelled or tasted and can get into any type of building. According to the Surgeon General, radon is the number one cause of lung cancer deaths among non-smokers and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimated it to be the cause of 20,000 deaths each year. Plus, if you are a smoker and live in a home with elevated radon levels you are more prone to the risk of lung cancer.

Radon Points of Entry

Radon comes from the natural breakdown of uranium in soil, rock and water and travels from the soil to the air and eventually into homes through seven entryways:

• Cracks in solid floors

• Construction joints

• Cracks in walls

• Gaps in suspended floors

• Gaps around service pipes

• Cavities inside walls

• The water supply

All homes -- old and new, well-sealed or drafty, with or without basements -- are susceptible to radon problems. Statistics are showing that nearly one out of every 15 homes in the U.S. has elevated radon levels. Once it’s trapped inside your home, it builds up and exposes you to health risks such as lung cancer. This happens when the radon gas begins to decay into radioactive particles that are inhaled and trapped in your lungs when you breathe.

After further breakdown of the particles, small bursts of energy are released that can cause lung tissue damage and can develop into lung cancer over the course of your lifetime.

How to Reduce the Radon Levels in Your Home

One of the primary methods of reducing radon in your home is using a vent pipe system and fan also known as soil suction radon reduction. This works by pulling the radon from beneath your house and forcing it to vent outside. This method is much more effective and easy on the pocketbook if you combine it with sealing the foundation cracks and other openings in the home. You can hire an experienced radon contractor to make the necessary repairs.

Testing for Radon: The Only Way to Find Out if You’re at Risk

The only surefire way of knowing the radon levels in your home is by having it tested. Both the EPA and the Surgeon General recommend testing for radon in all homes below the third floor. The EPA-recommended Home Radon Test Kit that we offer on Sixwise.com is an extremely easy, do-it-yourself kit that allows you to accurately test for radon in your home in just three to seven days.

It is especially important to have your house tested if you are planning any remodeling or renovation jobs, particularly to your basement. If you find you have a radon problem, radon-resistant techniques can be applied as part of your renovation. Once your work is completed, you should have the radon levels tested again as the levels can change in your home after major renovations.

2. Radon in Your Water

A report released by the National Academy of Sciences that was required by the Safe Drinking Water Act reviewed the risk of radon in drinking water and confirmed drinking-water-related cancer deaths, mainly due to radon-induced lung cancer.

Further, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that radon in household water causes 30 to 1,800 deaths every year.

The two main sources of radon in the home is through indoor air and the water supply, which puts you at a higher risk as it poses an inhalation and ingestion risk. Most radon from water is released into the air during shower time and when using water for other household purposes. If your water comes from a well such as a private well or a public water supply system that uses ground water you are at greater risk of radon problems infiltrating your water supply.

Like radon in your air, because radon is tasteless, odorless and colorless, the only way to find out if high levels are in your water is with a water test. Fortunately, you can easily test your water with our top-recommended Radon-in-Water Test Kit. It includes everything you need to determine your drinking water's safety including:

• EPA-approved lab analysis of your home's water for radon

• Complete instructions for this easy-to-perform testing process

• The glass sample collection vial (in bubble wrap packaging)

• The faucet adapter/sampling hose

• Preaddressed packaging for shipment of the sample to laboratory for analysis

All you need to do is collect the water and ship it, preferably the same day, to the laboratory for analysis. This test is especially important for those who get their water from a well.

In the event you find elevated levels, the CDC reports that radon can be removed from water by using one of two methods:

• Aeration treatment: Spraying water or mixing it with air and then venting the air from the water before use.

• GAC treatment: Filtering water through carbon; the radon attaches to the carbon and leaves the water free of radon. (The disposal of the carbon may require special handling.)

It's important to note that to adequately remove radon, the water must be treated where it enters your home. Attaching a filter on your tap or under your sink will only treat a small portion of your water.

3. Chlorine in Your Drinking Water and Shower

Tap water in 42 states is contaminated with more than 140 unregulated chemicals that lack safety standards, according to an investigation conducted by the Environmental Working Group.. Despite these findings, public health officials have not set safety standards for these chemicals and millions of Americans continue to drink the water every day.

The study also showed that approximately 240 million Americans drink tap water contaminated with some level of Chlorination Byproducts (CBPs). CBPs are created when the disinfectants used to kill bacteria in the U.S. drinking water supply react with natural organic matter, such as decaying vegetation, or when certain compounds such as bromide are present in the water.

Health Effects of Chlorination Byproducts

• CBPs cause up to 9,300 cases of bladder cancer deaths each year

• CBPs are linked to miscarriages and birth defects, including neural tube defects, low birth weight and cleft palate

• Exposures to other cancers such as rectal and colon

• Kidney and spleen disorders

• Immune system problems

• Neurotoxic effects

• Weight loss early in life

• Neonatal jaundice

• Increased risk of having small head size and body length in infants

There are two routes of exposure to CBPs: drinking chlorinated tap water and through showering, bathing or swimming in chlorinated water.

Studies show that showers and baths may contribute more to your total exposure to chlorination byproducts than drinking water. When you shower or take a bath, the warm water opens up your skin's pores, making it like a sponge for chlorine, and you also absorb the chemicals when you breathe in the steam from the shower.

In fact, the steam from your shower can contain up to 100 times the chemicals as the tap water itself.

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Meanwhile, when you drink chlorinated water some of these toxins get filtered by your kidneys, liver and digestive system. This is not so when you breathe in these chemical vapors; there is no filtering, just a direct route to your bloodstream.

Take, for example, a study published in a 2007 issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology. The study participants who drank chlorinated water had a 35 percent increased risk of bladder cancer. However, those who spent time swimming in chlorinated pools had a 57 percent increased risk, and those who took long showers or baths also had an increased risk of bladder cancer.

According to some estimates, by taking a hot shower you end up absorbing over 600 percent more chlorine and other chemicals than you would from drinking the same un-filtered water all day!

How to Get the Chlorine Out of Your Tap Water and Shower

As the risks exposure to chlorine and chlorination byproducts from your shower and tap become widely known, it’s essential to know that you can remove these toxins from the water using high-quality water filters. But again, be carefulas they do NOT all filter out chlorine.

The two options that Sixwise.com highly recommend come from Wellness, which produces both The Wellness Shower Filter and The Wellness Kitchen Water Filter.

The Wellness Kitchen combines the best filtration and enhancement technologies to deliver the purest and most natural tasting water available. It effectively reduces harmful contaminants, including chlorine and THMs, while at the same time enhancing the water with adding important yet delicate wellness "ions and minerals" that your body needs.

Meanwhile, The Wellness Shower effectively reduces up to 99 percent of chlorine from your shower's water for up to 24 months, which is two or three times longer than any other shower filtration system available. But that's not all.

The Wellness Filter concept was developed in the 1980s by Harusuke Naito, a renowned Japanese sports physiologist and Olympic swimming coach who wanted to produce "perfect water" for his professional athletic clients.

Haru believed that even subtle differences in water purity, surface tension and mineral content could affect body hydration, cellular function, and athletic performance. After extensive field research and study he began experimenting with various natural filtering media in an effort to produce the world's best water.

You owe it to yourself, and your family, to shower in, and drink, only pure water. To find out more about the Wellness Kitchen Filter and Shower Filter, you can visit their site now.

4. Dirt and Toxins Tracked Into Your House From Outside

When you walk in your home, do you immediately take off your shoes and leave them at the door or do you walk around the house in them? This is a particularly important question to ponder if you have small children who play on the floor. One recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Arizona found nine different species of bacteria on the bottom of people’s shoes -- bacteria that can cause stomach, eye and lung infections.

The below findings give solid reasons to take your shoes off at the front door:

• Bacteria lives on your shoes longer than in other places because as you walk you are constantly picking up more debris and feeding the growth of more bacteria

• When tested, bacteria transferred from shoes to tile floors more than 90 percent of the time

• Carpeting harbors even more bacteria than tile floors

• Children under 2 years of age are most susceptible to germs that are tracked into the house as they play on the floor and put their hands in their mouths on the average of 80 times an hour

Leave the Bacteria at the Door

The quickest way to making sure you’re not tracking bacteria and germs into your house is to remove your shoes at the door and carry them in your hand to the closet. Another option is to place a few high-quality mats, like the Waterhog Grand Premier Mats, strategically around your home (such as in doorways and other highly trafficked areas), to reduce the amount of dirt and dust that get into your home in the first place. Once inside, that dirt gets circulated into the air, and you breathe it in.

You can also throw your gym shoes in the washing machine on the cold cycle with natural detergent such as Enviro-Rite Laundry Detergent to kill the bacteria. If the bacterium has already been tracked onto your carpets, your best bet is to give your carpets a thorough cleaning. At SixWise we highly recommend Enviro-Rite Carpet Cleaner PAGE, which is an excellent vegetable-based cleaning concentrate made with naturally occurring renewable resources, and containing no petrochemicals or added dyes or fragrances.

Getting Rid of Dust, Germs, Viruses, Bacteria and Other Dirt

When you walk around or vacuum, dust particles are stirred up into the air, and along with them come the slew of potential toxic chemicals and other unsavory items like rodent waste and insect parts. You may then breathe in these particles or absorb them through your skin once they settle back down onto a surface you touch.

Since Americans spend 90 percent of their time indoors, there's plenty of time to be around this potentially toxic dust. This is especially concerning if you have small children or infants. Children who crawl and put their fingers in their mouth can ingest 10 grams of dust per day. And, since they're smaller than adults and their systems are still developing, they are at a higher risk from contaminants.

This is why dusting horizontal and other surfaces regularly is necessary to get dust out of your home -- but an ordinary dust cloth, the kind that just moves dust around, won't do.

What's the optimum choice for dusting? Hospital-Grade Microfiber Mops, Dusters, Towels and more, which are used by leading hospitals and other healthcare organizations. Rather than just pushing dust around, or worse, stirring it up into the air, Hospital-Grade microfiber products are made with positively charged ultramicrofibers that pick up everything in their path -- including dust and all of its microscopic attachments.

These ultramicrofibers are so small at an astonishing 3 microns that they're even smaller than most bacteria (each cleaning cloth contains over 300 miles of actual cleaning surface!). They pick up contaminants either used dry or dampened with water-no harsh cleaners needed.

Choosing Hospital-Grade Ultramicrofiber Cloths, Mops and Wipes is by far the smartest choice -- and the most economical since each cloth can be used over 100 times before being replaced -- for dusting in your home.

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5. Indoor Air Pollutants

Studies have shown that indoor pollutants in our homes can be greater than the pollution outside. This is linked to everyday activities such as cooking, heating, cooling, cleaning and redecorating that can trigger the release and spread of indoor pollutants in the home, along with synthetic materials in carpets, pressed wood furniture, cleaning products, pesticides and other toxins. People who spend a lot of time inside the home such as infants, young children, the elderly and those with chronic illnesses are at greater risk of developing health problems due to breathing in these indoor air pollutants.

Five of The Most Common Indoor Pollutants

• Animal Dander (minute scales from hair, feathers, or skin)

• Dust Mite and Cockroach parts

• Fungi (Molds)

• Infectious agents (bacteria or viruses)

• Pollen

Where Pollutants Live in Your Home

• Dirty air conditioners

• Dirty humidifiers and/or dehumidifiers

• Bathroom without vents or windows

• Kitchen without vents or windows

• Dirty refrigerator drip pans

• Laundry room with unvented dryer

• Unventilated attic

• Carpet on damp basement floor

• Bedding

• Closet on outside wall

• Dirty heating/air conditioning system

• Dogs or cats

• Water damage (around windows, the roof, or the basement)

The most common health problems associated with indoor air pollutants are allergic reactions, which may include the following signs and symptoms:

• Watery eyes

• Runny nose and sneezing

• Nasal congestion

• Itching

• Coughing

• Wheezing and difficulty breathing

• Headache

• Fatigue

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Controlling Dust Mites

Dust mites are a common allergen, and keeping dust mites down to a minimum are crucial to people suffering from allergies. Dust mite infestation grounds are sofas, stuffed chairs, carpets, and bedding. Other popular areas include open shelves, fabric wallpaper, knickknacks, and venetian blinds. Dust mites live deep in the carpet and cannot be removed by vacuuming.

Here are some tips for alleviating dust mites in your home:

• Wash your bedding every 7-10 days in hot water, as cold water won’t kill dust mites.

• If you are allergic to dust mites, use synthetic or foam rubber mattress pads and pillows, and plastic mattress covers and stay away from fuzzy wool blankets, feather or wool-stuffed comforters, and feather pillows.

• Do a thorough cleaning of rooms and closets and vacuum to remove surface dust. Keep in mind that vacuuming and other cleaning may not remove all animal dander, dust mite material, and other pollutants. To ensure you are picking up as much bacteria as possible while cleaning, SixWise.com recommends using Hospital-Grade Microfiber Terry Cloths.

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Environmental Working Group December 20, 2005

ABC News June 16, 2008

Brighton Air

Environmental Protection Agency: Indoor Air Quality

Environmental Protection Agency: Radon