Health Freedom – Stop S.510 Food Safety Bill

Your health freedom is at stake!

Stop what you are doing NOW and take action against S.510 food safety bill. If this bill passes, you and your family’s future is at stake. Your health and food freedom is in grave danger. Your Health Freedom is your first God given right.

Dr Rima Laibow MD tells how massive public PUSH BACK has held of the forced industrialization of food bill, S.510 in the US Senate, since last November. Now the PUSH BACK must continue or we risk the bill being rushed through in September as a “noncontroversial” unanimous consent bill. Action Item at www.healthfreedomusa.org to educate decision makers. Act Now, while you still can! Contact all your congressmen immediately. Your Health Freedom will not exist if you don’t.

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Mind Body Nutrition – what’s wrong with our diet?

“Food just ain’t what it used to be!”. That’s right! If you are looking for the proper mind body nutrition you just might not find it in the standard American diet.  In fact our food supply doesn’t not even remotely resemble that of our ancestors. Even organic  and natural health foods aren’t what they are cracked up to be. Mark Bittman sums it up with “What’s wrong with the food we eat?” Mark Bittman is an American food journalist and author. He writes a weekly column for The New York Times dining section called The Minimalist.

There is hope though. God has provided us with a near perfect food source in the form of the Moringa Tree. One company comes to mind that has captured virtually all parts of the tree in a pure, organic and 100% bio-available form. This product is called Zija and supplies over 92 verified nutrients.

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Cannot Lose Weight – Fat (or lack thereof) could be the culprit

Tried everything and still Cannot Lose Weight ?

Ok…You think you’ve done everything right, but no matter what you still cannot lose weight. You are probably at your wits end and whatever program you desperately follow, you just can’t seem to burn fat quickly enough.

Here is something to consider. If you can’t burn fat quick. You are not getting enough fat. Now that just doesn’t seem to make sense does it?  You’re fat…but you don’t get enough fat. Huh? You have been existing on a no fat/low fat diet thinking that this will help you drop the weight. But how’s  it working for you?  Did you know that eliminating fat from your diet is actually causing you more harm than good? That’s right! You will actually find it harder to lose weight by eliminating fat.
The low fat frenzy of the mid 90’s is basically responsible for the idea that anything with fat is bad. Teenagers especially, who are obsessed with their weight totally buy in to the concept of life with no fat at all. They are so wrong!  You need fat!  And you need it now!  But that isn’t to say that you need to quickly run out and gorge on a thick shake, burger and fries.

Truth of the matter is…there is good fat and bad fat.  Eating the wrong types of fats will add pounds to your middle and surely clog your arteries, but eating no fat at all is just as dangerous.  Certain healthy fats are required by your body to stay in balance. Without healthy fats we never feel satisfied after eating. We are virtually hungry within minutes of eating a meal. Fats protect our cells from harmful toxins.
Eating foods high in healthy fats  are essential for a fit and healthy body. Foods high in omega 3  polyunsaturated fats and monounsaturated fat (omega -9) fatty acids and healthy  saturated fat are just what the body needs. Foods with good healthy fats are as follows: salmon, lamb, goat meat, goat’s milk and cheese, nuts and olives. Even butter is far more beneficial than margarine. Coconut oil (a medium chain fatty acid) is good for you as well as olive oil. Coconut oil is great for cooking and is loaded with anti-oxidants and reduces the bodies need for Vitamin E.

Saturated fatty acids constitute half of all cell membranes and play a critical role in bone health, liver protection from alcohol and other toxins, guard against harmful micro-organisms in the gut, and enhance the immune system. It’s no wonder why those who are obsessed with no- fat eating seem to be getting sicker and fatter in the process.

What Fats are Bad?

Now, I’ll bet you’re wondering just what fats are bad for you. Remember, they will wreak havoc with your body.
Avoid these fats like the plague. Hydrogenated fats like margarine or Crisco type products. Hydrogenated fat is just about found in every type processed food imaginable, from your standard loaf of bread , to cakes, cookies, crackers and peanut  butter.
Commercial vegetable oils like canola, soybean, corn, safflower and cottonseed are not all they are cracked up to be. You have been led to believe (by the food industry) that these are good. Wrong! These are partially hydrogenated oils that go rancid quickly and can cause oxidative stress to the system and unnecessary  inflammation.

If you cannot lose weight, I highly suggest you stick to the omega 3’s and natural sources of fats like avocados and use coconut oil or even butter for that matter for cooking and virgin cold pressed olive oil for salad dressings.

Let me show you how to finally lose those unwanted pounds, eliminate toxins and get much healthier in the process  all without dieting.   You can Get Your Skinny On ! It’s easy!

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The Mediterranean Diet and a Healthy Heart

If you are a woman under the age of 50, in pretty good physical shape, you may believe that you have nothing to worry about regarding your heart. However, you’d be wrong. The truth is that heart disease in women is on the rise. Once a woman turns 35, the risk of heart disease rises drastically, to the point that heart disease is the leading cause of death for women of this age group. Around 35,000 women that are younger than age 50 die each year of heart attacks. Most women post age 35 do not realize that they are risk for heart disease, believing it only to be a disease that primarily affects men and older women.

If you are a woman over age 35, the first thing you should do is check to see if you have any risk factors that would cause a heart attack or other heart problems. Major risk factors include a family history of heart disease, high cholesterol, being overweight, having diabetes during pregnancy, high blood pressure, previous heart attacks, age and being a smoker. If you have determined that you fall into one of
these categories, then you need to develop a prevention plan. Most prevention plans involve changes in diet, weight loss, increased exercise and possibly medication.

If you are looking for a way to modify your diet, here are a few
tips.

Try to stay away from prepared and frozen foods – preparing food from
scratch is healthier than a highly processed meal filled with preservatives. Add plenty of fiber and vegetables to your diet, and consider eating lean proteins like chicken and fish instead of red meat.

If you are looking for a specific diet plan, consider the Mediterranean diet. The Mediterranean diet is a food plan based on countries in the Mediterranean Basin, focusing on places like Italy, Greece and Crete. This diet is thought to be beneficial as it is high in monounsaturated fat (“good fat”) and fiber, as well as being low in saturated fat (“bad fat”). A person on this diet should eat plenty of fruits and vegetables along with low to moderate amounts of dairy products, fish, chicken and wine. The main source of fat should come from olive oil, and eggs and red meat should be eaten rarely if not completely cut out of the diet.

Many believe that the reason why the Mediterranean diet is successful is due to the use of olive oil. Olive oil tastes good, is very nutritious and has a high level of monounsaturated fats, which may help reduce heart disease and regulate cholesterol.

About the Author

Valery Fortie is the author of Mediterraneanbook.com. A non
commercial blog focused on Mediterranean eating habits to help people understand the factors of high blood pressure to live longer and better.

Mediterraneanbook.com is a non commercial website created to preserve
the Italian Healthy Eating Traditions. Founded in 2004 in Italy,
Mediterraneanbook.com feels very strongly about having informed
consumers on duty in all healthy eating fields.

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Breast Cancer – the case against chemical toxins

Breast Cancer – the case against chemical toxins.

Could long term exposure to chemical toxins be the cause of breast cancer?

I am sure right now you are thinking that you don’t come into contact with poisonous chemicals or pesticides…you are just a regular person living your life. No exposure here!

Think again!!! Life just isn’t what it used to be. Once upon a time… about 60 years ago everything was pretty much natural, then along came the Chemical revolution bringing along with it a massive increase of about every existing modern day disease known to mankind, such as cancers, asthma, immune system disorders such as ITP disorder, MS , Lupus etc. 60 years ago thee diseases were not common.

A new survey of scientific evidence conducted by researchers working with the Breast Cancer Fund makes a very compelling  case that the industrialized world’s rising breast cancer rate may stem from exposure to radiation and chemicals in plastics, pesticides, cosmetics and other common household goods, including personal care products as well as cleaners. Women are especially at risk because they are the ones taking care of their homes.

“Increasingly sophisticated and compelling data link radiation and various chemicals in our environment to the current high rates of breast cancer incidence,” says the study, “State of the Evidence – The Connection Between Breast Cancer and the Environment,” published in the February issue of the International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health.

Just what are toxins and how can they help me develop breast cancer?

Toxins are poisonous chemicals that are placed in products and toiletries that we use every day. From household cleaners, to body care products, toxins are everywhere.

These products contain chemicals like formaldehyde and dioxins. They are disbursed in the air we breathe and absorbed into our skin.

Because we live in such tight homes there is no way for these chemical poisons to escape. And when we use personal care products, our skin acts as a sponge and absorbs all of the toxins. Even when we shower our skin happily soaks up the chlorine in the water. No different than the way a trans-dermal patch is used to quit smoking or for birth control or a hormone imbalance, the process is the same. We soak up what we come in contact with just like a thirsty sponge. These toxic chemicals weaken our immune system and cause acute inflammation of the body, which slows the bodies’ ability to fight off germs. Our toxic load makes it take longer for your body to fight off a cold or the flu. They also can trigger many of our immune system disorders such as ITP, MS and Lupus. and are suspected of being a main contributing factor to cancer, especially breast cancer.

Over the last 20-30 years, as more and more unregulated toxic chemicals have been introduced in greater amounts, the level of toxins stored in fatty tissues has increased dramatically. It is acknowledged that this accumulation can be stored in our bodies for life. The long term consequences is a toxic body with an extremely compromised  immune system that is not capable of, nor was ever designed by our creator to handle such a toxic chemical load. This load eventually destroys our bodies’ health. Then comes disease.

“The picture of breast cancer causation that emerges is complex,” said Breast Cancer Fund president Jeanne Rizzo. “While there is no single smoking gun, the trends that emerge lead us to stop asking IF there is a link between breast cancer and synthetic chemicals, and to instead ask how to act to reduce our exposure, given the strong and compelling evidence we now have.”

Let me ask you this….Don’t you think it’s time to consider that perhaps your immune system disorder such as cancer could be triggered by toxic overload?

If you think seriously about it, I am sure you will agree that it is a real possibility. It’s time to literally clean house. Get rid of all the toxic chemicals and see if it makes a difference.

Remember, only you can take action personally for your health!

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