Friday, July 18, 2008 

Magic Johnson's wife in public eye on HIV campaign (AP)

AP - Magic Johnson's normally publicity-shy wife Cookie is emerging as a spokeswoman in a campaign urging black women to get tested for HIV.

It seems strange, that in an age when so many people are better educated, they do not recognize, or treat their bodies as their best friends. Absurdly, the body is frequently abused by the deliberate, or passive, intake of toxins, to the extent that it makes you wonder whether education is on the right track. It seems to fail, insofar as dealing with buy bulk edta disodium powder health is concerned, and equipping people to avoid health problems, which are frequently of their own making.

Rather than developing their own natural defenses, people have come to rely on outside help if anything goes wrong. They seem to be unaware that years of abuse, or lack of exercise, or eating the wrong foods has contributed to their inability to cope. Let us reiterate that people very often do not give sufficient time and attention to looking after their most precious asset, their own body, that is the temple in which they live. You can only get away with not caring for yourself properly for so long, before the crunch comes. Then you may turn to orthodox western medicine for something to fix the parts of you that have gone wrong, not realizing that even if it does work, it will not be for long if you do not change to a more natural health lifestyle.

Strangely there are many who dismiss complementary medicine as rubbish, or at least something that is not proven to be of any value. Eastern traditions of medicine are responsible for Yoga, some forms of meditation, and other techniques that are widely accepted in the West. Are you aware that there are reputable insurance companies, in the United States, who reduce life insurance premiums for those who practice transcendental meditation? It is generally accepted that acupuncture relieves pain and it must be said that an increasing number of western doctors, include some form of Eastern medicine in their services.

It has been suggested that you are what you eat, but who would like to wake up one morning as a grease laden sausage or hamburger? The analogy holds true because naturally grown fruit and vegetables are so much better in your quest for natural health. Think about the smell of fresh fruit, such as a newly peeled orange, or fresh plate of strawberries. Look at the color and texture of this sort of food, and contrast it with the smell of burning fat. Rest assured that the advice to consume between 5 - 9 fruits and vegetables per day is good, and try to err towards the upper end of the range.

Everything we do requires a certain amount of energy, and in this respect food is our fuel. No more than we would consider filling our cars with sand, should we fill our stomachs with grease and fat. Similarly its no use having a tank full of the right fuel if you do not burn it wisely, which is where exercise comes in, to sustain our natural health. There are so many ways to expend energy usefully, and enjoyably; walking, swimming, golfing, working out at the gym, to name but a few. Of course some of your calories are used up at work, but for your natural health's sake choose something of positive benefit when you have time for yourself.

Richard Wise writes articles on natural health, aromatherapy, herbal remedies, antioxidants, allergies and vegetarianism. If you would like to find out more, about natural health matters, please visit his web site http://www.naturalhealthforall.com which includes information concerning Natural Health and Beauty, and many other natural health considerations.

 

Laparoscopic gastric bypass provides better results (Reuters)

Reuters - Performing gastric bypass surgery to reduce hyaluronic acid na hyaluronate therapy weight of morbidly obese patients using a laparoscopic method, rather than the conventional more invasive "open" abdominal method, reduces postoperative complications, the need for a second operation, and shortens hospital stays, new research shows. Nevertheless, laparoscopic gastric bypass is more expensive.

When getting into bodybuilding many people lose sight of the fact that sound nutrition forms the basis of any muscle building program and no amount of supplementation with the latest and greatest products will make up for bad eating habits. If you are serious about bodybuilding, building muscle mass or sculpting your body you will most likely have to supplement your diet with commercially available whey or soy protein powders (and possibly other supplements) but before you jump into the supplement craze you need to build a solid nutritional foundation.

It is really hard for new people to bodybuilding to avoid getting caught buying supplements that don't work or that they don't need. A lot of people when they start bodybuilding want to take the quick and easy road to being big, but they don't realize that there is no easy road or quick road for that matter. If bodybuilding was easy then everyone would be doing it and if getting big muscles was as easy as buying the newest supplement then everyone under the sun would be big!

The best way to start in the bodybuilding game is to read about proper diet and nutrition, and build a solid nutritional foundation to build upon. Once you have a good nutritional base you can start to add things such as more protein, creatine, vitamins etc. But if you skip this step you will never be a good bodybuilder because you will never have the proper nutrition for optimal growth.

So if you want to start bodybuilding then you need to educate yourself about proper nutrition for bodybuilding so that you know how to supply your body with the basic building blocks for proper muscle growth.

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