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know it’s not spring yet - a few weeks still to go- but as the sun rises higher each day in the sky, it brings the hope of a new day. Spring is a miracle of nature. It happens without intervention, without prodding, without any help from humans. (thank goodness, we would ruin it ) Spring is vibrant and spectacular. Spring conquers the death and silence of winter. Spring overcomes the harsh reality of suffering and scarcity with joyous growing abundance. If you are suffering from hardship, illness, adversity of unspeakable sorrow and frustrations- have courage. Take heartspring is here. Take a moment - clear out the oven cleaning fumes and feel how the sun warms your face. It is good. Life is good.
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1.6 MILLION
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The number of sportsrelated concussions that occur in the United States each year, with football having the highest concussion rate, according to estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
THE WIDTH OF A HUMAN HAIR:
The size of nanoparticles inside a new smart foam developed by graduate student Aaron “Jake” Merrell (BS’13). Inserted in a football helmet, the foam generates an electric signal that is sent wirelessly to a tablet computer on the sidelines each time a player’s head compresses the nanoparticles.
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The amount of electricity the compressed nanoparticles generate from an especially strong impact. Coaches can use the data to determine how hard players were hit and whether or not they need additional evaluation.
BIBLE BEE COMPETITOR –––––––––––––––––
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The time Tia N. Thomas (‘16) studied the bible each day from June unit mid-November, taking a semester off from school to prepare for and compete in the 2013 National Bible Bee. Thomas won first place in the 15-18 age division at the local level and advanced to nationals, where she placed 19th out of 120 competitors.
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20PASSAGES IN 10MINUTES What competitors recite for the oral portion of the contest. At the national level, a passage can range from 1 to 26 verses. The written portion of the bee consists of a 200-question test of both memorization and comprehension of Bible passages.
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The number of versus participants memorized from 1John and Ephesians, the bee’s designated Bible books of the year. BYU Alumni Magazine
CONTENTS • Brain Injury Awareness • The Power Of Green • Nutritional Deficiencies • The Migraine Solution • Enjoy Every Minute • Sleepless Nights • Are Eating Disorders Addictions • Water Water Water • Vaccine Fraud Exposed • Kissed By A Toad • Change The Way You Think
THE STATS ON INTERNET PORNOGRAPHY
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ornography has been traded online since the 1980’s. Even in the form of ASCII art, and then, with the rise of the world wide web in the 1990’s, adult websites began springing up everywhere. Here are the figures for the enormous world of internet pornography.
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12% of the websites on the internet are pornographic.
That’s 24,644,172 sites.
Every Second... $3,075.64 is being spent on pronography.
40 million americans are regular visitors to porn sites 70% of men aged 18-24 visit porn sites in a typical month
1 in 3 porn veiwers are women
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28,258 internet users are veiwing porn.
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In the U.S., internet porn pulls in $2.84 billion per year. The worldwide industry is worth $4.9 billion.
Utah has the nations highest online porn subscription rate per thousand home broadband users: 5.47
Internet Porn Revenues
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U.S. $2.84 billion Worldwide $4.9 billion
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There are 116,000 searches for “child pornography every day
2.5 billion emails per day are pornographic.
12. That’s 8% of all emails.
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34% of internet users have experienced unwanted exposure to porn either through pop up ads, misdirected links or emails
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25% of all search engine requests are pornography related. That’s 68 million a day.
The average age at which a child first sees porn is 11
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20% of men admit to watching porn online at work. 13% of women do.
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The average porn site visit lasts 6 minutes and 29 seconds.
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35% of all downloads are pornographic.
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The least popular day The most popular day of the year for viewing of the week for viewporn is Thanksgiving. ing porn is Sunday.
Top pornographic search terms: Thanksgiving
Number of search terms in millions. “sex” “adult dating” “porn”
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Proper Nutrition: Chemical dependencies and alcoholism go hand-in-hand with neglected nutrition. For the body’s nutritional balance to be restored, the brain must be supplied with vitamins, minerals and amino acids necessary to restore proper chemical balance. A quality micro nutrient program is part of our recovery oriented system of care.
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BRAIN INJURY AWARENESS MILO
started experiencing concussions during his football practices and games when he was 15 years old. In one year, he had been to his family physician for 4 of them. Then they became commonplace and he stopped going to the doctor -As if that was just part of the game. By the time Milo was 21 years old he reports 17 concussions from various sports activities. Milo can’t focus in his college classes. He has ringing in his ears, constant headaches and he has no motivation to do much of anything. His attention deficit has increased and also displays more frequent occurrences of anger and aggression. There is a growing awareness to how easily our brains can be damaged by previously believed innocuous activity such as playing school yard football or soccer and as a result treatment approaches are changing. CONCUSSION Concussions are a common cause of brain injuries. According to the Mayo Clinic website, although the severity of concussions range from minor to major, all concussions temporarily affect the way a person’s brain works, interfering with memory, judgment, reflexes, speech, balance and coordination. Concussions typically are caused by a blow to the head, and not everybody who sustains a concussion loses consciousness. The majority of people who experience a concussion remain conscious, and some people may not even realize they have suffered a concussion. Concussions are an especially common brain injury in athletes, particularly athletes that play contact sports such as football, hockey or rugby. While most concussions are mild, a person with a concussion must avoid further head trauma so that her concussion-associated brain injuries can heal sufficiently. “Brain injury is not an event or an outcome. It is the start of a misdiagnosed, misunderstood, under-funded neurological disease. Individuals who sustain brain injuries must have timely access to expert trauma care, specialized rehabilitation, lifelong disease management and individualized services and supports in order to live healthy, independent and satisfying lives. The mission of the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) is to advance brain injury prevention, research, treatment and education and to improve the quality of life for all people affected by brain injury. We are dedicated to increasing access to quality health care and raising awareness and understanding of brain injury. With a network of state affiliates, local chapters and support groups, we are the voice of brain injury.”
National health statistics that are gathered from emergency room reports show that the most notorious head injury offenders are: Skateboarding without a helmet Bike riding and crashing Motorcycle accidents Falls at home or in the bath tub. Along with concussions, fractured skulls are the most common source of brain injury.
THE COMMON SIGNS OFAN INJURY TO THE BRAIN ARE: Seek medical attention if you are experiencing: • Numbness • Excessive drowsiness • Severe Headache • Weakness in your arms or legs • Dizziness or loss of vision • Slurred speech • Loss of consciousness or confusion • Vomiting or nausea
A brain injury should be treated immediately to mitigate the risk of permanent damage. The brain is a resilient and self healing organ that can rebound in many situations. An injury to the brain can cause a cascade of other deficiencies post injury such as a damaged pituitary gland, adrenal gland slow down, neurotransmitter deficiency, and so on. A good course of action to discuss with your physician would be to add a micro-nutrient supplement protocol to your recovery plan to rebuild the brains ability to produce the right balance of chemicals and hormones or look into neuro feedback to help restore the cognitive functionality to damaged areas. The NFL when studying head injuries found significant improvement in players brain health when they added CES (cranial electrical stimulation ) to treatments. There are wonderful resources available through biausa.org. And wear a helmet. Source: mayoclinic.com LiveWise Staff
Detecting Nutritional Deficiencies A healthy diet can provide all a growing body needs, but the reality of our busy lifestyles and sometimes finicky eating patterns can lead to vitamin deficiency. Knowing what to look for is part of the battle. We want to help you detect nutritional deficiencies.
HANDS Cold Hands: Magnesium deficiency, hypothyroidism, chronic fatigue with low cardiac output.
NAILS White spots: Mineral deficiency but often low zinc. Ridges: Zinc deficiency. Soft or brittle nails: Magnesium deficiency. Bitten nails: General mineral deficiency.
THE POWER OF GREEN
SKIN Stretch marks: zinc deficiency. Follicular hyperkeratosis: vitamin A deficiency. Spontaneous bleeds: vitamins C or K or platelet deficiency. Dry scaly skin with hair follicles plugged with coiled distorted hairs and a red halo: vitamin C deficiency. Yellow palms: excessive beta carotene intake. Pimply rough skin at the back of the upper arms “chicken skin�: essential fatty acid deficiency.
ROMAINE lettuce is a fantastic leafy
FACE SKIN Greasy red scaly skin of face and side of nose: vitamin B2 deficiency. Seborrheic dermatitis around nose and an acne like forehead rash: vitamin B6 deficiency.
LEGS Tender calf muscles: magnesium deficiency. Brisk knee reflexes: magnesium deficiency.
HEART Irregular beat, high blood pressure, cardiomegaly: magnesium and Co Q10 deficiencies or sensitivity to caffeine.
EYES Cataracts: chromium deficiency or excess free radicles. Bags or dark rings under eyes: allergies or food intolerances. Blue eyes and premature grey hair: vitamin B12 deficiency a feature of pernicious anemia.
THROAT Thyroid swelling: iodine deficiency, hypothyroidism.
MOUTH Pale fissured tongue: iron deficiency Sore painful fissured tongue: vitamin B3 deficiency. Sore burning tongue and peeling of lips: vitamin B2 deficiency. Swollen tongue with lateral teeth indentations: food intolerance. Painful sore tongue with a smooth appearance: folic acid deficiency. Cracked lips: vitamin B2 deficiency, thrush. PositiveMed.com
green that contains all 8 of the essential amino acids. It is also high in omega-3, calcium, and iron and has more vitamin C than an orange. Romaine is rich in beta carotene, folate, and vitamins E & K. The beta carotene and folic acid in romaine lettuce can reduce the risk of heart attacks and stroke, while the vitamins E & K can help balance blood sugar, strengthen muscles and bones, and build a healthy immune system. It can also help to prevent the oxidation of cholesterol and its high silicon content helps to repair and renew joints, bones, arteries, and connective tissues. Romaine is also unique in that it contains very low levels of oxalic acid making it an ideal leafy green for those who are prone to kidney stones and/or joint pain. Its antispasmodic properties aid the cardiovascular system and the digestive tract. Romaine lettuce contains sedative compounds that relax the nerves and calm the body. It can help prevent nightmares and provide support for a good nights sleep. Romaine is an excellent addition to smoothies. Blend a head of romaine with two oranges, this has more calcium than a glass of milk. Or make a smoothie with bananas, blueberries, romaine, and a little coconut water for a protein & antioxidant energy boost. For salads, chopped romaine makes an excellent crunchy base for all of your fixings. Or try stuffing whole leaves with guacamole, salsa, and sprouts and eat like a taco. Source: www.medicalmedium.com via facebook visit www.Medicalmedium.com for information
THE MIGRAINE SOLUTION LIFE
doesn’t stop for a migraine headache. And for many people, migraine headaches have become so unmanageable, there seems to be no solution. Prescription medications are rather ineffective and provide little if any relief. Everyone experiences these horrible headaches differently. And for many, these headaches are linked to other conditions and unexplained symptoms. And for many the pain is often indescribable. This pain can take on a life of its own and the intensity is compounded because it involves so many of the sense. This pain could be described as a stick in the eye or like being stabbed with a sharp object - an icepick. You feel every bristle of a hair on your head, every noise is magnified and the light blinds you. Studies are beginning to show that those who suffer from regular migraines are also at risk for major cardiovascular disease and strokes. Which makes some sense as migraines are a cardio vascular event. A migraine is brought on by triggers and many people can “tell� when one is coming on. Some of those triggers are: Environmental changes (weather, altitude, time zone changes) Strong odors, bright lights, loud noises Food additives (monosodium glutamate (MSG), nitrates) Interrupted sleep patterns Hunger, fasting (this causes low blood sugar levels) Alcohol (especially red wine and beer) Smoking Caffeine Hormonal changes in women (menses, birth control, HRT) Medications Stress Fatigue and mood changes
Research is also showing that migraines are likely to occur when there is a specific brain chemistry imbalance. This can be described as an imbalance in hormones or neurotransmitter deficiency such as; low dopamine,or low serotonin. These deficien-
cies can also combine with nutritional deficiencies such as low vitamin B-12 or low Vitamin D to create a blood flow problem to the brain resulting in regular migraine activity. During a migraine a person experiences extreme constriction of the blood vessels followed by rapid dilation. However, the exact mechanism remains unknown. According to JB Bardo in her article on migraines she shares natural solutions for relief from migraines. “Migraine sufferers are often anxious to rid themselves of the terrible pain characterizing this condition. Healthconscious individuals choose natural treatments to avoid drug side effects. Many migraine sufferers don’t realize the effects certain foods and chemicals may have on their systems, contributing to the development of migraines, or to their resolution. Diet, herbs and supplements can provide natural relief to some migraine patients.”
FOOD TRIGGERS Avoid specific foods that are known triggers for migraine headaches. Chocolate, alcohol, caffeinated beverages, sodas, refined sugars, gluten-containing grains, aged cheeses and peanuts are some of the more common food culprits that may be causing your migraines. Easy natural solutions to add are: • Lavender • Tryptophan • Ginger • Peppermint • Eliminate Food additives and artificial sweeteners
• Cayenne
• Butterbur
Other Physicians who practice natural solutions also suggest that these following supplements are helpful. As with any supplement protocol, you should consult your personal physician. • Feverfew
• Magnesium Citrate
• Vitamin C, D3, B2 and B6
• Zinc
For more detail and the complete article visit this website: naturalnews.com/037419_migraines_headaches_pain_relief.html##ixzz2wFFR5pZT Six safe, natural solutions for getting rid of migraine headache pain Thursday, October 04, 2012 by: JB Bardot Sources for this article include: healthy-holistic-living.com, sweetpoison.com msgtruth.org/migraine.htm mckinley.illinois.edu/handouts/migraine_headache.htm umm.edu/altmed/articles/lavender-000260.htm, JB Bardot is an herbalist and a classical homeopath, and has a post graduate degree in holistic nutrition. Bardot cares for both people and animals, using alternative approaches to health care and lifestyle. She writes about wellness, green living, alternative medicine, holistic nutrition, homeopathy, herbs and naturopathic medicine. You can find her at The JB Bardot Archives at www.jbbardot.com LiveWise Staff
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September of 1998, our group of high school friends headed out on our annual adventure to the beach. Off to Santa Cruz we went, staying in a cute little beach condo, we were all looking forward to a weekend of eating, laughing, sunning and gossiping together. Best friends since girl’s camp, the five of us had been through ups and downs, sharing life’s struggles as best friends do. Life was going to shake us up on our last weekend together. Elaine and I strolled down the boardwalk in an oddly somber mood, remembering the fun teenage times chasing boys, beach frolicking from so long ago. It was a cool breezy day. The sea air was clean and salty refreshing. The beach was quiet and empty for a Saturday. We headed to our favorite salt water taffy shop and out of the blue; Elaine said “I have a lump.” Quietly I pondered “a lump”. “What do you mean a lump in your breast? You are going to get it checked out -aren’t you? “ Her concern was that it had appeared so suddenly as she had just had a mammogram a few months earlier that had shown nothing. Yikes, I thought - this is annoying. I get all squirmy when people are sick - I rarely have the wisdom or the experience to know what to say. Why did she tell me first - what am I supposed to do about it? I just listened as we walked arm and arm. Then we bought taffy. I was glad we were together - there at the beach. The place we had such great memories as teenagers, a place where the sun and sea warmed and welcomed us. A place where trust could sit with us in the sand and not judge. She told the rest of the girls. “I have a lump in my breast, what if I die.” No one freaked out. They listened and loved. I pouted- it is ruining our weekend. I couldn’t focus - life got serious. But in our naive resilience, we knew it would be okay. We joked about girl’s camp and how Elaine had the biggest bosom of all of us in our youth. The irony of it. Laughing about the time we froze her bra and ran it up the flagpole. We sat in the sand scooping out body
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cozy’s that we could sink into while the salty wind blew above us, we were warm. I will never forget Tom, her college sweetheart, Father of her 6 children, husband of 28 years, came to my house to tell me the news. It was a warm fall day. All I could do was hug him and without words we both knew it would be okay. Terminal. How is that possible? I am not good with sick. Not one of us could have fathomed the loss we would feel 3 months later when she passed from her earthly life. I called or emailed every one of our circle of friends with the news and cried and cried. The legacy of Elaine was she loved life, and she embraced her time with such strength and humor. She always bounced back with a laugh and a smile. She did what was necessary and agreed it would be okay. Near the end, her pain was excruciating but yet, she figured out how to attend her Daughter’s wedding on a hospital gurney. She was not going to miss
it - she could do it. I was fortunate to be able to spend time with her as we lived fairly close to each other, laughing together as she lost her hair, struggled with pain, confined to her bed in the kitchen. She expressed her truth as the cancer swept into her body and bones like a raging fire. And yet, we laughed, made plans for the future and knew it would be okay. We would share post cards and emails back and forth. Truly postcards from the edge, the edge of her life. I am so grateful for them. On the back of this one, my favorite postcard, it says “Is this just the tackiest. I’ve had some really good days; drugs are nice too. What an adventure long adventure.” Elaine’s earthly journey ended Jan 1, 1999. I miss her every day. I also know when life hands you the impossible, we are resilient, we will bounce back, we do overcome. By: Me, Elaine’s friend
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SLEEPLESS NIGHTS HOW
many of you woke up this morning and thought to yourself “ I am so tired” Are you experiencing regular sleepless nights? Are you waking up bright eyed and not so bushy tailed at 3am? Do you toss and turn begging the sandman to help you fall asleep? You and 75% of the rest of America are suffering from sleepless nights according to the National Sleep Foundation. An estimated 60 million Americans the most sleep deprived nation in the world, complain of disturbed and insufficient sleep. Sleeplessness is taking a serious toll on the quality of life of the average American. It leads to depression, anxiety, other illness as well as raging tempers, crankiness, lost work hours, missed appointments and unhappy parenting. They say bad days lead to bad nights. (I do not know who said that - but that's what they say.) “Everybody is sleeping less; we do live in a nation of sleepy people,” said Dr. Jose Loredo, a professor of medicine and director of the Sleep Medicine Center at the University of California, San Diego, who was on the poll committee. When interviewed,
study participant shared that the have reduced their nightly sleep by two hours over the average sleep hours in the last 40 years. The average recommended amount of hourly sleep has been eight hours. Many folks report only five or six hours and even if the total amount may add up to 8 hours - it is broken sleep with periods of restless waking in the middle of the night. “Sleep duration is a very important variable in health, especially cardiovascular health,” Loredo said. “There are a strong association of sleeping less and hypertension, sleeping less and heart attacks, sleeping less and obesity.”
WHY AREN’T YOU SLEEPING? People worry over money, parenting, fighting with each other, job issues and certainly last but not least health problems. More than 75 percent of the people polled were apparently aware of the dire consequences of lack of sleep on their health. Those who are suffering from long term depression, anxiety, chronic pain and conditions with unexplained symptoms all report issues with sleep. Brain experts can associate different types of sleep loss or sleeplessness with different SOME HELPFUL TIPS: • Eat protein in the morning for breakfast • Exercise at least 15 min. sometime after 7 pm • Don’t eat after 7 pm or within 3 hours of sleeping • Drink 8 glasses of water throughout the day • Avoid any and all caffeine after 6 pm • Remove your electronics from the bedroom (and the TV) • Don't look at any electronic within the last 45 min before bed (reducing blue light exposure) • Keep your bedroom dark as possible as melatonin is activated in the dark. • Work towards six hours of unawakened sleep. • Add 3mg of melatonin in the early evening. • Take up mediation
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chemical and hormone imbalances. Serotonin is the neurotransmitter that regulates the body rest and regeneration. Melatonin is a precursor to regulating the production of serotonin. Many people will take melatonin as a natural sleep aid. Unfortunately, there are many reasons this may not work for folks. If you have a hormone imbalance or a different type of depression or you may be taking other medications that block melatonin production in your body/brain...this may continue to impact your sleeplessness. If you have chronic sleeplessness or insomnia. It would be helpful to have a complete hormone checkup. And for some even a genome test to determine any inherited factors that may be preventing you from metabolizing vitamins and minerals, or impacting hormone production as you age. You can then learn more about how neurotransmitters and brain chemicals affect your daily stress, your levels of illness and chronic conditions and your sleep. LiveWise Staff
ARE EATING DISORDERS ADDICTIONS MANY
in the medical community have begun to classify eating disorders as an addiction. It certainly fits the criteria: first, of being something that the person begins doing with no thought of the destructive implications, fully believing at the time that he has complete control over what he is doing; second, failing to recognize that a problem actually exists; and third, the psychological factors which underscore the problem. The inability to see that he has no control over it whatsoever is the primary factor that underscores an eating disorder as being an addiction. This is the case whether the individual is a teenage girl who is insisting that allowing herself no food is “nothing but normal dieting,� or whether it is a person who stuffs in an amount of food at one sitting that is appropriate for three people instead of one. It can be a very helpless feeling for the observer, because there is very little that one can do on a reasonable basis to be of help. Source: http://www.theeatingdisordersfacts.com/eating-disorder-and-addiction.html QUESTION: Is there any connection between eating disorders, alcoholism, smoking and drug addiction? Are the causes of anorexia, bulimia and binge eating the same as the causes for alcoholism, smoking and other addictions? ANSWER: Research on eating disorders has shown that there are similarities between many cases of eating disorders and addictive conditions such as alcoholism and drug addiction. The human brain has special reward centers and these are normally activated when a person feels well, takes care of the body, behaves sensibly, is praised, is in love, exercises, etc. It is also possible to stimulate these reward centers by artificial means. Drugs of all kinds forbidden and permitted, produce chemical stimulation which is an important part of the cause of addiction. Stimulation also blocks unpleasant feelings and therefore those with eating disorders, as well as those with other addictive disorders, may use them to block unbearable feelings. Normal people get their stimulation of the reward center by doing good things. They are stimulated by exercise because it is good for the body to get exercise. They are stimulated by eating, because it is good for the body to get nourishment. They are stimulated by
being in love, because it is good for the survival of the human race that people mate. They are stimulated when they have achieved something or when they get appraisal because it is good that people do constructive things. However, if the reward centre is stimulated by drugs, alcohol or abuse of food, they cease to function in the way they should. Abuse is a short cut to false happiness, a happiness which doesn’t come from doing something good. Incorrect usage of the reward centers is especially common with people who have a personality requiring a lot of reward effects in order for them to feel well, and also have worry and stress which can be reduced by drugs. There is accordingly a common factor with many types of addiction: • Alcoholism and drug disorders • Eating disorders • Compulsive sex dependence • Compulsive gambling • Compulsive exercising • Self-injury and anorexia nervosa (even body injury can stimulate the reward center in order to protect the body from pain).
This means that much of what is known about the treatment of alcoholism and drug addiction can be used for eating disorders. The patient’s own ego must be strengthened and taught to refuse the kind of eating pattern which tempts with quick artificial solutions.
A similarity between eating disorders and drug addiction is that the addiction is compulsively developed into an even stronger form regardless of the effect on the patient’s health. Despite serious medical complications, it is difficult for addicts to give up their addiction. More. Starvation in anorexia reduces the activity of the hormone Serotonin and this in turn reduces anxiety in a patient with an overactive nervous system. Patients with anorexia are, less often than others, drug addicts and alcoholics while those with other eating disorders more often are so. Those anorectics who alternate between eating attacks and starvation are more like bulimics. Research shows, for example, that personality types that more often feel stress and anxiety, need more stimulation in order to feel well. Research also shows that those with eating disorders often have excessively low values for dopamine and CSF-5-HIAA as well as Serotonin which causes them to feel more stressed than others (More) and that many drug addicts began with compulsive eating before going over to drugs and furthermore that certain hereditary characteristics increase the risk of eating disorders and drug addiction. However, everybody with these hereditary characteristics does not become an addict as there are other ways of managing the problem, e.g., medicine which stabilizes the concentration of Serotonin in the brain may help (in combination with other treatment) those who have eating disorders. Gunborg Palme Oct. 26 2008
Water Water Water OUR
bodies should be an oasis of water not a dehydrated diseased bag of bones and droopy
withered skin. For many years, fitness, nutritionists and medical experts have been pining the call to action for 8 glasses of water a day but generally speaking, we are much happier to drink calorie driven, high sugar laden sodas, coffee, power drinks and kool-aid. And heaven forbid if you do have a glass of water that it should come out of the tap. A person who complains of low energy, sour mood, bad hair, lack of focus and even memory loss will have related levels of dehydration. They will vastly improve their symptoms by simply drinking water. soda cup with water and carry it around Water is the most important source of According to Wiki Answers: with you. Add some lemon or some energy for our brain, skin, heart, bones, How many bottles of coke are sold each fresh berries for added natural vitamin and all the other organs in our body. year? Well.......people buy 3 million a day, so enhancement. Drinking water incredibly With spring just around the corner, if you want to do the math. . . 1,095,000,000. inhibits cravings for your soda. outside activity is picking up. If you How many sports bottles sold each year? “Your body can help you stay properare going hiking, take water. If you are In statistics around 14 million, 88 thousand ly hydrated by regulating the amount of jogging, take water. If you are playing just for football so all together it would be water in your system. The body can hold softball, take water and so on. You will around 123. on to water when you don’t have enough always need more water when you are How many plastic water bottles are proor get rid of it if you have too much. If actively engaged in exercise. duced each year? 25 million. your pee has ever been very light yellow, According to www.mangosteen-natuHow many water bottles get thrown away your body might have been getting rid of ral-remedies.com/benefits-of-drinking. each year? 22 billion water bottles. excess water. When your pee is very the 11 benefits of drinking water are : dark yellow, it’s holding on to water, so If you want to lose weight drinking water with lemon slices will not only help fill you up, lower it’s probably time to drink up.” Kidshealth.org For many people who are on medications, they can be cravings and hydrate your body but you will have the added dehydrated and not aware of the added seriousness. Some benefit of detoxifying. Some people will balk at the idea of drinking 8 glasses of medications may cause you to retain water - but that never water a day. But they have no problem guzzling down a giant jug means you should stop drinking water. If this is the case, a of cola from the local convenience store fountain.... Some are as good consultation with your Doctor about your medicalarge as 64 ounces. 8 glasses of water are typically in a 6 ounce tions is in order. Water is our life. Drink up glass = 48 ounces. Live Wise Life Staff So maybe to fool your soda addled brain fill your 32 ounce
VACCINE FRAUD EXPOSED DISCLAIMER:
I am not an opponent of the theory of inoculation. Nor am I opposed to science. What I am opposed to is fraudulent science, and that’s what this article is all about. Measles and mumps are making a huge comeback in the United States, but doctors and journalists all make the same critical error in understanding why. They blame “parents who don’t vaccinate their kids” as the cause, but the real cause -- as revealed by whistleblowing scientists working for top vaccine manufacturers -- is that measles and mumps vaccines are designed to fail from the start. Scientific fraud, it turns out, is an inherent part of the vaccine industry. How do we know? Because whistleblowers who worked in the industry have found the courage to speak out and tell the truth. These people are the Edward Snowdens of the vaccine industry. FALSIFIED EFFICACY RESULTS Merck knowingly falsified its mumps vaccine test results to fabricate a “95% efficacy rate” say former Merck virologists Stephen Krahling and Joan Wlochowski in their shocking False Claims Act document. As I wrote last year, “In order to do this, Merck spiked the blood test with animal antibodies in order to artificially inflate the appearance of immune system antibodies.” FROM THE FALSE CLAIMS ACT COMPLAINT: Merck also added animal antibodies to blood samples to achieve more favorable test results, though it knew that the human immune system would never produce such antibodies, and that the antibodies created a laboratory testing scenario that “did not in any way correspond to, correlate with, or represent real life ... virus neutralization in vaccinated people,” according to the complaint. Merck, of course, denies the claims, just like all the drug companies deny ever engaging in bribery, or using children for medical experiments, or ghostwriting “scientific” studies that get published in science journals, or conspiring to suppress competing generic drugs and so on. Yet, as history has shown, all the top drug companies are routinely engaged in widespread criminal behavior, including conspiracy, fraud, bribery and more. Stephen Krahling and Joan Wlochowski are simply telling us what we already suspected: that Merck falsifies the efficacy of their vaccines in order to make them appear to be working when they actually aren’t. Why would a drug company do such a thing? Consider the fact that Merck has both motive and opportunity. WHY DRUG COMPANIES DESIGN VACCINES TO FAIL The vaccination dogma is so deeply embedded in the minds of doctors, journalists and the public, that any time a communicable disease starts to spread, everybody immediately leaps to the false conclusion that “more vaccines are needed.” This is very nearly a Pavlovian reaction in the minds of the brainwashed masses. “Spread of disease = lack of vaccines.” Thus, the spread of disease actually boosts vaccine sales. Epidemics are a “marketing tool” to create demand for a profitable product that people can be convinced to purchase over and over again, year after year, whether it works or not. And how do you create that demand? You engineer an epidemic by making sure your own vaccine products don’t work. Fear drives people to get
“97 percent of children vaccinated, so fear is used as the primary marketing tool. But why hasn’t the con been exposed yet? Why haven’t scientists announced that most of the children afflicted with measles and mumps are the very same children who were vaccinated? One study showed that 97 percent of children afflicted with mumps had already been vaccinated against mumps. In 2010, a mumps outbreak spread in New Jersey, and 77 percent of children afflicted with mumps had already been vaccinated against mumps. The same is true with measles. Most measles outbreaks spread among those who have been vaccinated against measles. When a swine flu outbreak swept through Britain in 2010, it turns out that 70 percent of those infected had already been vaccinated against swine flu.Far from protecting people from disease outbreaks, vaccines often promote the pandemic they claim to prevent.
caught shipping live viruses to vaccine manufacturers of flu vaccines in 18 countries. This was done by none other than Baxter International, Inc. one of the top suppliers of “weakened” flu virus material for use in vaccines. Except in this case, they weren’t weakened. Vaccines made with this material simply gave people the flu! In the realm of desktop computing, many people believe that anti-virus companies write and release viruses in order to cause fear and boost demand for their products. It’s an incredibly effective way to sell more products. All you have to do is pay a group of hackers a couple of million dollars to keep writing viruses that get covered in the mainstream media. The scarier the story, the more people buy anti-virus software. I happen to know firsthand that McAfee uses dishonest scare tactics to sell their security software services, claiming your website is infected when it actually isn’t. Vaccine companies, it turns out, use the same tactic. From time to time, they allow live viruses into the flu shots, thereby spreading influenza and causing the very kind of fear and panic that drives people into pharmacies to buy more vaccines. The WHO and CDC are all part of it too, stirring up irrational fear and panic like they did with the H5N1 virus a few years ago. It turns out that WHO panel members receive kickbacks from drug companies to engineer these anti-science scare stories. During the swine flu pandemic, it was revealed that 5 of the 15 members of a WHO advisory panel had financial ties to the very same drug companies who would financially benefit from the pandemic. That’s called “conflict of interest” in any other industry, yet for some reason it is fully tolerated in the fraudulent vaccine industry. In 2010, an outstanding article by Dr. Gary Null explained much of this in excruciating detail. The deeper you dig into the vaccine industry and its longstanding practice of scientific fraud, misrepresentation, fear mongering and “medical false flags,” the more you realize just what a total con the vaccine industry has become.
afflicted with mumps had already been vaccinated against mumps.”
VACCINES ARE ASSUMED TO WORK Why does the industry keep getting away with this fraud? The answer is because nobody ever compares infection rates of vaccinated vs. unvaccinated people. They all just ASSUME vaccines work because that is the dogma of modern medicine. Assumption becomes “fact” in the minds of brainwashed medical experts. This is one of the tenants of the fraud-based medical system: Vaccines are assumed to work 100% of the time, without exception, and anyone who questions this is immediately branded a heretic. There is no tolerance whatsoever for any critical thinking or scientific inquiry when it comes to vaccines. And God forbid if you bring up the issue of mercury in vaccines, as the vaccine industry apparently believes that mercury magically becomes non-toxic when used in vaccines and injected into the body. Thus, vaccines that fail (due to low efficacy) are never detected or even questioned. The fraud continues right under our noses. So a vaccine company can easily put a mumps or measles vaccine into circulation that is designed to fail while actually weakening the immune system from the mercury, formaldehyde, MSG and aluminum that are still used in vaccines today. This actually causes an increase in the spread of these diseases, resulting in more alarmist media stories about the “spread of measles and mumps” which then results in more parents rushing to CVS pharmacies to get their children injected with yet another useless vaccine. How’s that for an insidious profit model? But it’s even worse than that. While some vaccines are simply designed to fail, other vaccines are designed to cause outbreaks of disease. SOME VACCINES ARE ACTIVELY SPIKED WITH LIVE VIRUSES TO CAUSE PANDEMICS As Natural News previously exposed, the vaccine industry was
READ MORE: http://www.naturalnews.com/029124_flu_vaccin...http://www.nat uralnews.com/036328_Merck_mump...Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/042864_measles_outbreak_mumps _vaccines_scientific_fraud.html#ixzz2vxXmqIzc LEARN MORE: http://www.naturalnews.com/042864_measles_outbreak_mumps _vaccines_scientific_fraud.html#ixzz2vxWlhlIM Article originally published Monday, November 11, 2013by Mike Adams, the Health RangerEditor of NaturalNews.com (See all articles...)Tags: measles outbreak, mumps vaccines, scientificfraud
KISSED BY A TOAD AS
a child, we played in the creeks and streams of our small town, scooping up tadpoles and carrying them home in jars, hoping for magical frogs to spring forth in the days ahead. At night we could hear the frogs serenading each other as they jumped about the wet grasses of our yard. Did it ever occur to me to give a frog a kiss? No- because that would be gross and ridiculous unless it was a dare and then I might just have to do it. And if I caught a wart- it would certainly appear all bumpy with hair and heaven forbid it would hang off the end of my nose. Warts are atrocious events , even stigmatizing for children and there is the fear of contagious spreading through the village as if it were a plague (they can spread through direct contact).Warts are
annoying, hideous and can be uncomfortable - they are not deadly. My Grandmother would say to cut a potato in half and rub the wart with the starchy juice. There are natural properties in a potato such as vitamin B6, B1, B2, vitamin C, vitamin A, folate and beta carotene , calcium, iron, magnesium and potassium, reducing inflammation and benefiting organ function that certainly could inhibit the wart event but there is no evidence to support the cure of warts. They can be "burned" off, cut off, frozen off with topical wart removal preparations or by a physician in his office. They do tend to bleed quite profusely when removed but it is not dangerous. The best medicine is certainly prevention. LivwWise Staff
HERE ARE SOME WART FACTS: • Common warts are most commonly found on peoples hands. • Plantar warts are on the foot and can be quite painful. • Flat warts are small, pink,brown or yel low bumps and can be found more typically on the face, arms and legs • Filiform warts are found around the mouth or nose - witches warts - they tend to have "hair" • Warts are contagious through direct contact • Warts are caused by a herpes virus • Warts do not have roots - they exist in the epidermis layer of the skin • They say there is no cure - virus stays with you forever but you can prevent them with vitamin D3 - which boosts your immune system.
42.5 MILLION
People over the age of 18 in the U.S. have experienced a mental illness in the past year, at a rate of 18.2 percent. Severe mental illness affected 9.3 million people at a rate of 4 percent.
WHAT IS A PROCESS ADDICTION? PROCESS addictions are typically referred to as those behaviors that result in self destruction are not behaviors dependent on the use of a substance. The unmanageable behaviors or mood altering behaviors include the following :
National survey on drug use and health sponsored by SAMSHA
Utah has the highest rate of mental illness
22.4% 5.14%
of adults in Utah experienced a mental disorder in 2013.
of adults in utah experienced a severe mental illness in 2013
States with the highest rate of mental illnes
States with the lowest rate of mental illnes
1. Utah 2. Oklahoma 3. West Virginia 4. Oregon 5. Washington
1. New Jersey 2. Illinois 3. Nevada 4. Connecticut 5. North Carolina
22.4% 21.9% 21.4% 20.9% 20.8%
14.7% 15.9% 16.1% 16.7% 16.8%
• Pornography • Sexual activity • Addicted to love or attention • Eating disorders • Gambling • Spending or shopping • Internet abuse • Work-aholic • Tattoos • Plastic surgery • Risk Taking • Violence and Spousal abuse • Child abuse – sexual and physical
“Caught in deadly processes. Recovery: it’s not just for “addicts” anymore. It’s not even just for persons, not when addictive processes permeate every social system we’ve got, from schools to churches to workplaces to governments. We’re up to our ears in addictmaking processes, and we can’t take two steps out of bed without running into them.” The Paradigm Conspiracy Denise Breton and Chris Largent, Any behavior can become an addiction when the behavior or activity controls your thinking. When the rest of your life is unmanageable and your family, work or other relationships start to suffer because of your obsessive behavior – it is an addiction. Often process addictions do accompany substance abuses or other mental health issues. This is referred to as a Dual Diagnosis. Process addictions often occur in the behaviors of people who have strong core values that would not allow them to initially use drugs or alcohol and so they transfer their inability to cope to a behavior.
CHANGE HOW YOU THINK Your Cells Will Thank You For It
FOR
centuries, philosophers have advised the populous to mind what they think. Modern day “self help” gurus espouse the mantra of the Law of Attraction as far back as James Allen in “You Are What You Think” at the end of the 19th century. We even find in scriptures, instruction to mind what we think as our “thoughts may condemn you”. Modern therapists spend countless hours with clients on the couch dissecting thoughts and beliefs to find solutions to their suffering, but can change your thoughts- change your cells, be real beyond the here-say of philosophers and therapists? Do our thoughts condemn us to poor health, bad relationships, unemployment, depression, anxiety and poverty? The scientific evidence is mounting in agreement that training the mind or influencing the consciousness can indeed have a positive impact on health and wellbeing. With new studies completed by researchers in Europe as well as in the US, the results show molecular changes in the body following intense periods of mindfulness. When compared to a group of unskilled control subjects who were not experienced in meditation or the practice of mindfulness, the subjects who were experienced showed patterns of change. “After eight hours of mindfulness practice, the meditators
showed a range of genetic and molecular differences, including altered levels of gene-regulating machinery and reduced levels of pro-inflammatory genes, which in turn correlated with faster physical recovery from a stressful situation.” The study's authors included, Richard J. Davidson, founder of the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds and the William James and Vilas Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Perla Kaliman, author of the article and a researcher at the Institute of Biomedical Research of Barcelona, Spain (IIBB-CSIC-IDIBAPS), where the molecular analyses were conducted. The study was published in the Journal Psychoneuroendocrinology. Your perceptions can alter your gene activity Dr. Bruce Lipton is a renowned developmental biologist best known for promoting the idea that genes and DNA can be manipulated by a person's beliefs. His groundbreaking work “the Biology of Belief,” bridges the gap between spirit and science. In Dr. Lipton's extensive research in this area, he sheds evidential light on daily changing gene behavior. If the perceptions developed in your brain and by neurotransmitter activity reflecting your environment and circumstance, is reflected in your blood chemistry and if the nervous system interprets those signals and thus controls your blood chemistry....you can influence your cell activity by changing how you think. Commentary by those who have reviewed these studies and the researchers themselves suggests that, when it relates to serious diseases that take the lives of millions each year; “ we need to change the way we think if we are to heal cancer.” “The function of the mind is to create coherence between our beliefs and the reality we experience,” Dr. Lipton said. “What that means is that your mind will adjust the body's biology and behavior to fit with your beliefs. If you've been told you'll die in six months, and your mind believes it, you most likely will die in six months. That's called the nocebo effect, the result of a negative thought, which is the opposite of the placebo effect, where healing is mediated by a positive thought. “We live in a technology driven world, where every day new discoveries make what believe a new reality. The science of Epigenetics reveals how our molecular body is ever changing as a result of the events and experiences encountered everyday. Where evidence is mounting that our cells can and do change, creating inflammatory conditions or healing themselves. “If you build it, they will come.” No article about the power of the mind would be complete without a baseball quote. It is empowering to have evidence that each mind has the ability steer destiny. The ability to heal and be healed and live a life that flourishes with possibilities is within us all. For more information about these studies and to read the original article please visit: Article sources:wisc.edubrucelipton.comts-si.org Michael Forrester is a spiritual counselor and is a practicing motivational speaker for corporations in Japan, Canada and the United States. Source: preventdisease.com