Friday, October 21, 2011
The Lettuce Lies
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
WHAT TO DO TO HELP DETOXIFY THE BODY!
✓ AVOID the C.R.A.P. Caffeine, Refined Sugar, Alcohol/Antibiotics, Pollutants/Processed foods.
✓ Eat a natural variety of wholesome foods.
✓ Drink plenty of water.
✓ Exercise regularly. Move your body and sweat a little.
✓ Take essential fatty acids (EFA) to lubricate the digestive tract.
✓ Take a probiotic (good bacteria) supplement daily to provide a strong immune system.
✓ Manage stress (try meditation, yoga, and various relaxation techniques).
✓ Use Colon Hydrotherapy to assist in cleansing the waste from the large intestine. Colon hydrotherapy also provides much needed hydration and can initiate peristalsis.
You can schedule your Colon hydrotherapy appointment online at Phoenix Studio, by going to:
http://www.agentlecleanse.com/ or call 702-407-2510.
✓ Eat a natural variety of wholesome foods.
✓ Drink plenty of water.
✓ Exercise regularly. Move your body and sweat a little.
✓ Take essential fatty acids (EFA) to lubricate the digestive tract.
✓ Take a probiotic (good bacteria) supplement daily to provide a strong immune system.
✓ Manage stress (try meditation, yoga, and various relaxation techniques).
✓ Use Colon Hydrotherapy to assist in cleansing the waste from the large intestine. Colon hydrotherapy also provides much needed hydration and can initiate peristalsis.
You can schedule your Colon hydrotherapy appointment online at Phoenix Studio, by going to:
http://www.agentlecleanse.com/ or call 702-407-2510.
ARE YOU FULL OF IT?
C.R.A.P. (Cafeine, Refined sugars, Alcohol/antibiotics, Pollutants/processed foods)
You can schedule your Colon hydrotherapy appointment online at
Phoenix Studio, by going to:
www.agentlecleanse.com or call 702-407-2510.
You can schedule your Colon hydrotherapy appointment online at
Phoenix Studio, by going to:
www.agentlecleanse.com or call 702-407-2510.
CRAP or constipation may be de ined as infrequent or incomplete bowel movements that are often hard, dry and difficult to pass.
Conventional medical realms may consider it “normal” to have a healthy bowel movement as infrequently as three times per week. In most holistic practices the normal range of bowel movements to be one to three per day.
Unfortunately due to the poor eating habits of Americans, toxins in our air, soils, and water, our transit time for food to digest and become excreted has slowed
dramatically. In fact the average transit from food in the mouth to waste out the other end takes an average of 72 hours. When waste transit time is slow, it decays and ferments producing poisonous chemicals that get reabsorbed into
the body. This creates conditions for overgrowth of bad and putrefied bacteria that can have damaging effects on the entire body and increases health problems.
Studies suggest that constipation may indirectly cause estrogen to be reabsorbed. Elevated estrogens can give rise to various cancers. Colon cancer is highest in the U.S. as compared to the rest of the world. Toxins created in the constipated bowel damage digestive enzymes that are vital for absorption of various nutrients. The walls of the colon may weaken and become herniated possibly creating diverticulosis.
Increased exposure to toxins in the colon will stress the gallbladder, pancreas and liver, and may increase gas formation and change in gas pressure, which can lead to esophageal damage from reflux (acid reflux disease). The average person carries a load of 2 – 25 pounds of excess waste/toxins in the colon.
The extra load of toxins creates an overall strain on the entire immune system making the person vulnerable to a host of chronic and ongoing illness.
Standard Medical Treatment:
Most mainstream allopathic views consider the cause of constipation to be merely a lack in fiber and commonly recommend the use of fiber supplements and an
increase in dietary fiber. If you follow this standard advice, add bran fiber to your diet slowly, because adding bran fiber too rapidly can cause increased gas, bloating, and actually create constipation. The use of laxatives in the U.S. is astronomical. The overuse of laxatives is actually a cause of constipation.
Habitual use interferes with normal reflex of the intestines, and leads to loss of important nutrients and water.
While lack of dietary fiber is generally agreed upon as a major cause of constipation, some published studies show that a significant number of constipated people do not find relief from fiber upplementation.
Over consumption of caffeine inhibits water uptake in the colon,
and therefore slows transit time of waste. Dehydration is one of the most overlooked causes of illness. Widespread use of over the counter and prescription drugs contributes to constipation. The most prescribed prescription medication
is the “little purple pill” used to cover up our “gut” feelings. Impaired digestion is a beginning of a series of problems that ultimately lead to chronic disease and
needs to be addressed as to the cause. Covering it all up has put Americans at high risk of earlier onset of disease.
Excessive toxins in the water, air, soils and general environment (inside and out) has created an overload that our bodies can no longer efficiently fight off with out some help. The body needs assistance in detoxifying. (See the chart with this article) Leonard Smith, MD, and a renowned general gastrointestinal and vascular surgeon quoted the following:
“In my own experience, constipation is one of the most common complaints of hospital patients; I have personally experienced colon hydrotherapy and believe it is an important therapy for anyone who cares about his/her health. Patients who try this therapy are amazed by the gentle and effective results they achieve.” He goes on to add, “I look forward to the day that colon hydrotherapy becomes a standard of care for the medical profession both in the hospital
and outpatient setting.”
Do what you must to assist the body in elimination of the burden it now carries to keep you healthy and functioning at high levels for a longer healthy life. To sum up in the words of Dr. Paul Bragg, “Cleanse your body!”
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Bigger Badder Food Sells Better
Consumers say they want healthier options, but the Big Bad Food still sells better! (according to a USA today report last month.) The biggest seller is the 1,420 calorie Monster Thickburger sold at Carls Jr.
When Americans eat out, the goal is to… indulge. “Healthy eating isn’t a trend. It’s a slow creep,” says Ron Paul, president of a research firm called Technomic. “Most people would rather take a pill than change eating habits.” That supports the fact that some of the most popular fast food restaurants are adding bigger badder foods to their menus… such as Burger King’s Enormous Omelet sandwich with 2 slices of cheese, three strips of bacon and a sausage patty, and 2 eggs. That whopping 730-calorie breakfast item is a hot seller. BK sells about 100 Whoppers for every Veggie Burger, and about 10 Whoppers to every salad.
IHOP is stuffing their foods. The pancake chain is promoting Stuffed French Toast – filled with sweetened cream cheese... loaded up with fat and sugar! The chain says that less than 1% of guests “show any meaningful interest” in better- for- you foods. Ben & Jerry’s dropped all three of its NO-Carb ice cream flavors and have introduced a wider cone that can hold two scoops instead of one. Marketing director David Stever says “We don’t have better-for-youfood customers, we have full-fat customers who may feel guilty once in a great while.”
Pizza Hut got even cheesier with its new Triple cheese Stuffed Crust Pizza. It took in 20% of the chains business within four days of introduction. The chain sells less than 1 lower calorie Fit N’Delicious pizza
for every 100-pan pizzas. Recently media has portrayed that the public is looking to eat healthier foods, however the proof is in the sales of BIGGER BADDER FOODS… and Americans are eating tons of it. The most popular menu item ordered by men at restaurants last year was Hamburgers. (Reported by the NPD group which tracks consumer eating habits.) French Fries ranks second. Women were reported that the opposite was true in favorite foods… French fries being #1 and burgers to follow. Pizza is ranked #3
by men and women. Even in the age of a better-educated dining public, consumers are choosing the highest in fat, sugar and salt. “Americans have always had the means to eat healthier, but they do not have the will,” says
Harry Balzer, VP of the NPD. Even though this diet is killing us… we still choose to eat this way.
WHY YOU CRAVE A BURGER!
We are redesigning our genetic development by eating these foods for the last few decades says Steven Whitherly PHD., and author of his soon to be published book called
WHY PEOPLE LIKE JUNK FOOD.
He contends that we seek out fats, sugar, and salt because it has become programmed in our genetics. Fats, sugars, and salt stimulate the pleasure centers of our brains and humans naturally seek out pleasurable stimuli. Huge portions of fats, sugars and salt, increases brain chemicals involved in feeling good. And who doesn’t want to feel good?! These foods cause cravings. Taste buds are highly stimulated and we want to repeat that stimulation over and over again. We are addicted to the Bad Foods. This may explain why Fried chicken… not salads or veggies… emerged as the fastest growing food category in 2004.
WHAT’S SO BAD ABOUT BAD FOOD?
Since we are a better-educated generation, don’t we already know the answer to that question? The US has the highest incidence of Colon cancer in the world. And it hasn’t been decreasing! Neither has the onset of diabetes, heart disease, or cancer become less evident. So why aren’t we worried about these facts? It seems like we may have a case of split personality. What we say we want and what we do are totally opposite. Don’t we want to prevent these illnesses? Maybe we want to feel good NOW. Do we really spend much time thinking about the possibility of getting one of these diseases? Preventing diseases isn’t a usual motivator to eat healthier for most consumers. We know what we should do for better health. Each day, millions of us reach for the aspirins, antihistamines, acid reflux caps, pain pills, diet aids, prescriptions, alcohol, caffeine, and illegal substances to help us feel better!
Obviously we want to feel better. Obviously we desire to look better too, so we reach for diets, botox, lotions, tans, even surgery to instantly look better NOW. Have we gone insane? Or have we become too stressed, too lazy, and too fast to plant the seeds for a long and healthier life?
Now we know that the public wants to eat BIGGER BADDER foods, so what can we do to feel better and not guilty over the less than desirable choices we make? Ideally, Americans need to start walking the path to health, in their bodies and minds… and live a philosophy of creating wellness within ourselves. This will eventually improve our ‘genetics’ and addictions. It will also create wellness for the entire planet. Aside from that… what about CLEANSING? Cleansing is the celebs secret to feeling great. You heard that Janet Jackson, Madonna, and Dave Navarro get regular cleansing to stay fit. It’s true, and so can you, despite our need to eat bigger and badder!
It’s an easy, natural and fast way to feel better. Use of Colon cleansing gets out the C.R.A.P. – the Caffeine, Refined sugars, Alcohol, Antibiotics, Processed foods and pollutants. A Gentle Cleanse offers the most up dated colon cleansing equipment, using a pencil thin tube, that you insert only 1 inch into the rectum
with total privacy and comfort.
There is a difference in equipment and facilities, so be sure to get all the facts. Start cleansing out some of that CRAP you have been putting in. Cleansing helps you feel better fast. Would you neglect to brush your teeth or take a daily shower? Then it makes sense to cleanse the inside. Your body is overloaded with toxins
and waste. In fact the average person carries around 2 to 25 pounds of waste in the large intestine, which ferments and poisons the rest of our body. No wonder we feel like CRAP.
You may not be able to stick to a healthier diet, but you now have a comfortable easy way to get some of that waste out… with colon cleansing. For more information contact Charlene Gullotta-Holland at A Gentle Cleanse. 407-2510. visit agentlecleanse.com HEALTH, FITNESS & BEAUTY BIGGER BADDER FOOD SELLS BETTER!
By Charlene Gullotta-Holland, B.S., Certified Colon Hydrotherapist “Americans have always had the means to eat healthier, but they do not have the will.”
When Americans eat out, the goal is to… indulge. “Healthy eating isn’t a trend. It’s a slow creep,” says Ron Paul, president of a research firm called Technomic. “Most people would rather take a pill than change eating habits.” That supports the fact that some of the most popular fast food restaurants are adding bigger badder foods to their menus… such as Burger King’s Enormous Omelet sandwich with 2 slices of cheese, three strips of bacon and a sausage patty, and 2 eggs. That whopping 730-calorie breakfast item is a hot seller. BK sells about 100 Whoppers for every Veggie Burger, and about 10 Whoppers to every salad.
IHOP is stuffing their foods. The pancake chain is promoting Stuffed French Toast – filled with sweetened cream cheese... loaded up with fat and sugar! The chain says that less than 1% of guests “show any meaningful interest” in better- for- you foods. Ben & Jerry’s dropped all three of its NO-Carb ice cream flavors and have introduced a wider cone that can hold two scoops instead of one. Marketing director David Stever says “We don’t have better-for-youfood customers, we have full-fat customers who may feel guilty once in a great while.”
Pizza Hut got even cheesier with its new Triple cheese Stuffed Crust Pizza. It took in 20% of the chains business within four days of introduction. The chain sells less than 1 lower calorie Fit N’Delicious pizza
for every 100-pan pizzas. Recently media has portrayed that the public is looking to eat healthier foods, however the proof is in the sales of BIGGER BADDER FOODS… and Americans are eating tons of it. The most popular menu item ordered by men at restaurants last year was Hamburgers. (Reported by the NPD group which tracks consumer eating habits.) French Fries ranks second. Women were reported that the opposite was true in favorite foods… French fries being #1 and burgers to follow. Pizza is ranked #3
by men and women. Even in the age of a better-educated dining public, consumers are choosing the highest in fat, sugar and salt. “Americans have always had the means to eat healthier, but they do not have the will,” says
Harry Balzer, VP of the NPD. Even though this diet is killing us… we still choose to eat this way.
WHY YOU CRAVE A BURGER!
We are redesigning our genetic development by eating these foods for the last few decades says Steven Whitherly PHD., and author of his soon to be published book called
WHY PEOPLE LIKE JUNK FOOD.
He contends that we seek out fats, sugar, and salt because it has become programmed in our genetics. Fats, sugars, and salt stimulate the pleasure centers of our brains and humans naturally seek out pleasurable stimuli. Huge portions of fats, sugars and salt, increases brain chemicals involved in feeling good. And who doesn’t want to feel good?! These foods cause cravings. Taste buds are highly stimulated and we want to repeat that stimulation over and over again. We are addicted to the Bad Foods. This may explain why Fried chicken… not salads or veggies… emerged as the fastest growing food category in 2004.
WHAT’S SO BAD ABOUT BAD FOOD?
Since we are a better-educated generation, don’t we already know the answer to that question? The US has the highest incidence of Colon cancer in the world. And it hasn’t been decreasing! Neither has the onset of diabetes, heart disease, or cancer become less evident. So why aren’t we worried about these facts? It seems like we may have a case of split personality. What we say we want and what we do are totally opposite. Don’t we want to prevent these illnesses? Maybe we want to feel good NOW. Do we really spend much time thinking about the possibility of getting one of these diseases? Preventing diseases isn’t a usual motivator to eat healthier for most consumers. We know what we should do for better health. Each day, millions of us reach for the aspirins, antihistamines, acid reflux caps, pain pills, diet aids, prescriptions, alcohol, caffeine, and illegal substances to help us feel better!
Obviously we want to feel better. Obviously we desire to look better too, so we reach for diets, botox, lotions, tans, even surgery to instantly look better NOW. Have we gone insane? Or have we become too stressed, too lazy, and too fast to plant the seeds for a long and healthier life?
Now we know that the public wants to eat BIGGER BADDER foods, so what can we do to feel better and not guilty over the less than desirable choices we make? Ideally, Americans need to start walking the path to health, in their bodies and minds… and live a philosophy of creating wellness within ourselves. This will eventually improve our ‘genetics’ and addictions. It will also create wellness for the entire planet. Aside from that… what about CLEANSING? Cleansing is the celebs secret to feeling great. You heard that Janet Jackson, Madonna, and Dave Navarro get regular cleansing to stay fit. It’s true, and so can you, despite our need to eat bigger and badder!
It’s an easy, natural and fast way to feel better. Use of Colon cleansing gets out the C.R.A.P. – the Caffeine, Refined sugars, Alcohol, Antibiotics, Processed foods and pollutants. A Gentle Cleanse offers the most up dated colon cleansing equipment, using a pencil thin tube, that you insert only 1 inch into the rectum
with total privacy and comfort.
There is a difference in equipment and facilities, so be sure to get all the facts. Start cleansing out some of that CRAP you have been putting in. Cleansing helps you feel better fast. Would you neglect to brush your teeth or take a daily shower? Then it makes sense to cleanse the inside. Your body is overloaded with toxins
and waste. In fact the average person carries around 2 to 25 pounds of waste in the large intestine, which ferments and poisons the rest of our body. No wonder we feel like CRAP.
You may not be able to stick to a healthier diet, but you now have a comfortable easy way to get some of that waste out… with colon cleansing. For more information contact Charlene Gullotta-Holland at A Gentle Cleanse. 407-2510. visit agentlecleanse.com HEALTH, FITNESS & BEAUTY BIGGER BADDER FOOD SELLS BETTER!
By Charlene Gullotta-Holland, B.S., Certified Colon Hydrotherapist “Americans have always had the means to eat healthier, but they do not have the will.”
Friday, July 16, 2010
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Eat Drink And Be Happy!
How much time and effort do you put in each week trying to take the right vitamins, choosing just the right food to eat, pumping up the right exercises, and reading the right health articles, books and magazines? How much time do you spend on trying to lose a few pounds? You probably would not be reading this magazine or article if you didn’t think about these things and I bet you really don’t have the answers you think you should have by now.
I’m sure you can come up with a reasonable time estimate.
Now ask yourself how much time and effort do you spend on improving your mental health, adjusting your moods, and improving your relationships? How much do you really think about your life?
Living a long life may have to do with a combination of genetics and a healthful lifestyle. Sorry to say that you may not be lucky enough to live a long life-but you may as well live as happy and healthy as possible with the time you have here.
Research is emerging with indications that obsessions with Cholesterol levels, body mass index, and strict or restricted diet may not be as important to health and longevity, as is our mental state of mind. A less stressed, depression free, happier life, the research says, will increase your chances for living longer.
Positive feelings, happier moods, and laughter appear to have more direct rewards to health than constantly being concerned with losing a few pounds, counting calories, eating or not eating carbs, and dropping cholesterol points.
Taking more pleasure in life sounds a lot better to me than trying out the latest health guru nag. Being Merry, seems to add more healthy years to your life.
The high paced modern lifestyle we live leaves us little or no time for each other, our kids, or ourselves. We need to work a lot to buy the things we need to make us happy! The stress cycle begins here and we can’t seem to get off. Sudden death from heart disease can be more common in people with certain stress reactions and personalities rather than those who have high cholesterol. But getting happy may be as much work as a treadmill run for some, and for others, (and I hope that you are among them) may be easier than it seems.
What Defines Happiness?
What defines happiness is the question that psychology and psychiatry have been constantly struggling with. But I don’t think happiness can be defined by a scientific method. Yet some research on the matter of happiness supports the concept that happy people live longer.
Pessimism can increase the risk of early death. That is a conclusion of a 70 year long study by the University of Michigan
Happier is Healthier!
Let’s discuss current research and scientific data that supports the happier is healthier phenomena. What does science really know about happiness and joy? Not much after surveying the last thirty years of psychology journals. Scientists of the mind focus on pathology and disease, so nobody makes a study of happiness unless it is classified as a disease. There is hope on the horizon since recent leadership at the American Psychological Association wants to refocus research on the study of normal people, not just the abnormal.
Stress kills!
We may not know much about happiness, but we sure know that Stress is a common denominator for not being so happy or healthy. Stress and its chemical reaction and manifestations of the body and mind are widely researched and have virtually concluded that stress causes illness and early death.
Life seems more hectic by the hour, and we are all STRESSING OUT! This age of technology, electronic and mechanical wonders allows us to do tasks in seconds that took our ancestors hours, weeks, and even years to accomplish. Yet rather than having more leisure time to enjoy ourselves, we are required to do even more in response to the demands.
Not only does anger and resentment build under stress, noteable behavioral changes occur. Increased drinking and smoking, lack of sleep, risky sexual behaviors, poor diet, and less exercise are all noted behavioral changes that occur when one is highly stressed. This affects the immune system which is in direct control of your health and longevity.
Immune or not Immune?
Dr. Arthur Stone of the State University of New York at Stony Brook found that the positive effects on the immune system of a pleasant experience persisted longer than did the negative effects of a stressful event. Criticism by the boss can drop the bottom out of your immune system. But fishing or a pleasant family experience will give your immune system a boost that lasts far longer than the downturn after your boss’s ragging. Stone found that criticism at work weakened the immune system for the day, but that having friends over for a fun activity enhanced the immune system for two days.
Having more of the good stuff far outweighs the bad.
What can we do? The answer comes in avoiding those behaviors that science is beginning to find can make you unhealthy and miserable: Stress-Anger-Hostility-Exhaustion-Depression-and loss of control.
These are among the traits that have been linked to disease and early death.
Keep up the pleasure in your life, especially when stress is on the increase. Eat, drink and be merry (happy). Don’t obsess about things you can’t control and be smart about the things you can. Cleanse your body to release the onslaught of chemicals we are exposed to from the outside (environment/foods) and inside (stress).
And remember that we are all unique in our genetics and have different psychological states of mind, so in this, as in all things, beware of the one approach-fits-all guru philosophy.
Dance, laugh, spread the love, live long and prosper!
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