Hot Tubs - Jets & Pumps

Hot Tubs - Jets & Pumps
Does the number of Jets in a Hot Tub really matter or is it
a question of the motors and pumps that also have to be
considered.

It is highly amusing when you get some so called hot tub
specialists (usually the ones with sun glasses on) talking
about the number of jets in a Hot Tub with out having
even taken into account the strength of the pumps which are
going to power those very Jets..

So these many jets (not that many really) do not have
enough power to actually make these Jets perform properly,
So for performance in a Hot Tub it is just not a simple
question of the number of Jets but it does come down to
things like engineering and design and the combination of
the Jets with the correct motors and water pumps to produce
the better product.

More often than not these Hot Tubs with lower rated motors
have to have a diverter valve fitted so that other parts of
the spa can be turned off so as to get any decent power
where one is actually sitting.

I know a few UK dealers who sell spas like this which they
describe as unbranded models as the manufacturer has
deliberately produced a cut down model. That's fine as long
as they are priced accordingly and the consumer understands
that he is not buying the top of the range model nor indeed
a middle range model but a bottom of the range model.

Quite often many vendors (with or with out sunglasses) keep
stressing that their Hot Tubs have air when all they
really mean is the venturi effect of air being mixed with
the water Jets not in fact an independent air blower. Air
is great for blue or varicose veins. The basic idea of air
coming out of those pepper pot type jets in a Hot Tub
Jacuzzi is too provide air blower therapy which increases
the natural blood circulation to your skin and medical
Doctors that I have spoken to have confirmed this train of
thought. . Our skin represents by far the largest component
of our body which helps us to remove poisons and the like.

When our skin is invigorated, naturally our overall health
and feel good factor is increased and improved and this
goes a long way to help to remove toxins from our body and
this has a direct result on increasing our personal
vitality as both our mind & body receive the natural
rejuvenating treatment.

It is a well known medical fact that the lower legs, the
Tibia & Fibia areas, between the knee and the feet and
ankles are the longest distance from our hearts. That is
why if you break your leg below the knee the "lower third"
is the area which is the hardest to heal often needing bone
grafts to get the healing process on its way. I speak with
personal experience having spent more than a little time
with my leg in traction with a broken femur and the leg
below the knee in a plaster cast with a broken Tibia &
Fibia. This lack of circulation is also why the ankles can
get those blue looking spidery blood veins, and then of
course our legs often get varicose veins. Air Jets go a
long way to helping to reduce them.

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The author supplies Luxury American Hot Tubs on the Costa
Del Sol In Spain and his web site is at
http://www.hot-tubs-jacuzzi-spain.com

Your Psychological Food Relationship and Your Health

Your Psychological Food Relationship and Your Health
Your physical food relationship is based on your eating
habits and food preference, while your psychological food
relationship is related to how you think about food and its
effect on your weight and body image.

Your psychological food relationship begins to dominate
when you succumb to eating to satisfy your appetite instead
of your hunger, which is a physical need to supply your
body with nutrients.

Your appetite, not your hunger, is in control when you
decide to eat a to-die-for dessert even though you have
just finished eating a hearty meal. Indulging your appetite
to satisfy your eating pleasure rather than your physical
hunger is an unhealthy psychological food relationship.

What make you form a psychological food relationship?

You may remember a pleasant experience with a specific
food, thereby triggering your appetite. In addition, your
emotions, positive or negative, can trigger your appetite.
For example, an occasion for celebration may induce you to
indulge your appetite and eat for sheer pleasure;
isolation, loneliness, and depression may lead you to
overeating.

It must be understood that self-defeating thoughts and
unhealthy eating behaviors only perpetuate unhealthy
emotions and bring on another food-addiction episode,
thereby forming a vicious circle of uncontrollable eating.
Unless you recognize and acknowledge the trigger, which is
often the emotion itself, you will continue to overeat.

So, how do you resolve your problem of having an unhealthy
psychological food relationship?

Seek a positive solution to your negative emotion, instead
of comforting yourself with food. Admittedly, it is easier
said than done.

If you are bored, you would most likely keep on telling
yourself that you are bored until you eventually become
part of your belief system; it is like a self-fulfilling
prophesy. To keep yourself occupied, you begin to eat for
the pleasure of it. However, the pleasure soon dissipates,
and you become bored again. Remember, comfort food is never
comforting. To alleviate the boredom, you resort to eating.
Before you know it, you have become a food addict who has
developed an unhealthy psychological food relationship.

The solution to the problem is to find something to do
other than eating to overcome your boredom. Of course, that
requires some discipline and determination.

In addition to boredom, another common emotional trigger of
overeating is anger. You may be angry with yourself or with
someone else. Anger is a response to fear, frustration or
pain. You unwittingly use food to suppress your emotion.
After indulging yourself with food, you may become
frustrated with yourself for overeating, and you may end up
eating more to deal with the emotion of frustration, and
thus forming a vicious circle of emotional eating. Do not
use food to distract yourself from feelings of anger;
instead, learn to deal with your anger head-on. Never hold
in anger because it will turn back on yourself. Neither
should you internalize anger, for it may lead to
depression. The key is to release your anger instead of
suppressing or ignoring it.

Other than boredom and anger, stress is another
food-addiction trigger. Contemporary life is stressful, and
part of the stress stems from within yourself. Life
stressors can initiate your emotional appetite, and thus
creating an environment for overeating. Once you respond to
stress by overeating or giving up on yourself through
self-defeating behavior, you are allowing yourself to
develop an unhealthy psychological food relationship.

The solution to the problem of stress-related food
addiction is to identify your stressors and change the way
you respond to them. Remember, the stressors are always out
there, and it is the way you respond to them that makes a
difference in your life.

Did you know that fear is also an emotional trigger of
unhealthy food addiction?

Fear could be an underlying emotion that precipitates your
unhealthy eating behavior. You might be afraid of eating a
normal amount of food out of fear of getting fat. Or you
might be afraid of not reaching your weight loss goal. Your
subconscious fear often turns you into a food addict.
Remember, some food addicts are not overweight, but they
are so obsessed with their body image that they form an
unhealthy relationship with food. They incessantly count
fat grams and calories, and they weight themselves all the
time.

The only way to change your unhealthy food relationship is
to change the way you think about your body image. If you
are a woman and a perfectionist, you will always be unhappy
with your weight and body image, and you will have an
increased risk for developing an eating disorder during
your lifetime. Remember, your self-worth should be tied up
with who you are, not with what you see in the reflected
mirror, which is often grossly distorted.

From time to time, we all eat for emotional reasons.
However, emotional eating becomes a problem when it
interferes with your health and well-being. Improving your
psychological food relationship may prevent emotional
eating from developing into an eating disorder.

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Stephen Lau is a researcher, writing medical research for
scientists. His publications include "NO MIRACLE CURES" a
book on healing and wellness. He has also created several
websites on health and healing.
http://www.longevityforyou.com
http://www.zenhealthylifestyle.com
http://www.chinesenaturalhealing.com
http://www.rethinkyourdepression.com

Statin Dangers: This Cholesterol-Lowering Fad Has 7 Side Effects That Can Imperil Your Life

Statin Dangers: This Cholesterol-Lowering Fad Has 7 Side Effects That Can Imperil Your Life
High cholesterol and heart disease kill 1,000,000 Americans
every year. That's why your doctor might be telling you to
take some form of cholesterol-lowering drugs, the class of
drug typically known as statins. While statins do lower
cholesterol, they seem to come with a minefield of severe
side effects, some of them permanent. You must know what
the side effects are so that you can make a proper decision
on how to achieve health; after all, it's your life.

1. Cancer. Research is showing statins to be carcinogenic
in experimental animals in similar dosages as those given
to patients. Some studies are showing a disturbing increase
in breast cancer, though there seems to be a lag time of a
decade or more between exposure to the drug and clinical
detection of the disease.

2. Kidney Failure. Statins have been shown to cause
rhabdomyolysis. This is a condition in which there is a
breakdown of skeletal muscle, which can result in acute
renal failure due to the accumulation of muscle breakdown
products in the bloodstream.

3. Heart Failure. Though it may seem to be a paradox, since
taking statins is supposedly for heart-health, but studies
are showing an increase in congestive heart failure in
people taking statins. One report states that a
cardiologist studied 20 patients with normal heart
function. After six months on a low dose of statins,
two-thirds of the patients had abnormalities in the heart's
filling phase, when the muscle fills with blood.

4. Liver Dysfunction. Even the drug companies own
advertisements acknowledge this!

5. Memory Loss and Cognitive Impairment. Search the web
and you'll find countless reports of people taking statins
and then suffering from mild to severe memory loss and
cognitive impairment. One doctor has found that 15 percent
of statin patients develop some side effects pertaining to
cognitive function. Duane Graveline, a former astronaut,
has written a book, Lipitor: Thief of Memory, in which he
describes incidents of complete loss of memory known as
"global transient amnesia," in which the sufferer can
suddenly forget their own name, where they are, or anything
else for that matter. The episode can occur suddenly and
disappear just as suddenly. Graveline points out that we
are all at risk when the general public is taking
statins--do you want to be in an airplane when your pilot
develops statin-induced amnesia?

6. Nerve Damage and Numbness. Polyneuropathy, also known as
peripheral neuropathy, is characterized by weakness,
tingling and pain in the hands and feet as well as
difficulty walking. Researchers who studied 500,000
residents of Denmark, about 9 percent of that country's
population, found that people who took statins were more
likely to develop polyneuropathy. Taking statins for one
year raised the risk of nerve damage by about 15
percent--about one case for every 2,200 patients. For those
who took statins for two or more years, the additional risk
rose to 26 percent. The damage is often irreversible in
statin patients, even after they stop taking the drug.

7. Miscellaneous Maladies. There are many reports of other
side effects such as depression, pancreatic rot, muscle
stiffness and pain, coenzyme Q10 depletion, and the list
goes on.

If you have high cholesterol you must get it lowered. But
are statins worth the risk? Only you and your doctor can
make that decision.

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Jeff Popick is a leading expert in achieving optimum
wellness. He is a renowned author, passionate speaker,
successful businessman and former radio host. Jeff is
now a dedicated advocate for consumers worldwide. For
more information about cholesterol, statin drugs and heart
health, go to http://www.EradicateHighCholesterol.com .

Anti Aging: Can You Defy The Odds?

Anti Aging: Can You Defy The Odds?
Anti aging is a term that is used heavily today. Yet, there
are many ways in which you can see a better skin or
improved health and even defy the odds of getting older. As
your body ages, each part of it seems to function less
optimally and that's where the problem often lies. But, if
you can successfully manage to provide for the needs that
your body is now lacking, you may actually be able to
successfully find the anti aging treatment rewards that you
are looking for and at least look as young as you feel.

Anti aging skin care options are many, that's the first
thing that you will see when you do a simple search for
them. But, before you do that, and get yourself bombarded
with countless spam emails that seem to offer no real
benefit, look at what it is that your body is requiring.
Often, it is just a matter of providing for the new needs
your body has.

When you were born, your parents provided the highest
quality nutrition so that your body could grow. Later, when
you were a young adult, you found ways to eat the right way
and do the necessary things to maintain your weight. As you
age, you need to consider your body's new needs and provide
for them. That's the trick.

What does your body require that you are not providing for?
If you are aging , one of the first things to consider is
calcium for strong bones. Without added calcium, your
bodies need still increases and to get the calcium that is
required it must go to your bones to get it. That weakens
bones, causes pain and even can lead to additional injury.
Anti aging vitamins go a long way in keeping a healthy
body. But, what about anti aging for the skin?

The skin ages and wrinkles in its own way. The body doesn't
produce the collagen that it used to which causes your
wrinkles to appear. There simply is not enough fat under
the skin to allow the skin to stand up. To remedy this
problem and incease wrinkle reduction, simply invest in a
nutritious natural anti aging diet rich with antioxidants.
Or, you can look towards injections and cosmetic touch ups
that will help to restore some of that lost collagen.

Finding out what your body needs and then adding addition
resources to it to help provide for those needs is a great
way to avoid aging and defy the odds. You can increase your
body's ability to defy age by providing for your needs now,
while you still have the ability to do so.

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Jim Moore has spent the last 20 years as a professional
writer working for some of the world's largest companies.
Jim's personal goal is to pass on what knowledge he has
gained throughout his career to help as many people as
possible.
http://www.ultimateantiagingsolutions.com

How Much Is Breast Augmentation?

How Much Is Breast Augmentation?
Breast augmentation, also known as breast enlargement or
breast enhancement, is a surgical procedure used to
increase the size of a woman's breasts using either saline
or silicone gel breast implants. Women may choose to have
breast augmentation either to enhance their figure, as a
reconstructive technique following breast surgery, to
balance different sized breasts, or to balance the contours
of the body.

Whatever the specific purpose, women who undergo breast
augmentation can expect larger, firmer, and more visually
satisfying breasts.

Although the national average of breast surgeons' fees is
between $3,000 and $4,000, this does not reflect the full
amount a patient is likely to pay. Firstly, this figure may
include the cost of breast implants themselves and their
placement, but not the anesthesia, medical facility fee,
prescriptions, surgical garments, medical testing, or any
other charges related to pre- and post-operative care.

Secondly, the surgeon's fee and related charges will
fluctuate not only from region to region, but also from
practice to practice. Cosmetic surgeons, surgical
facilities, and anesthesiologists in larger cities or more
affluent neighborhoods are likely to charge more for their
services.

Finally, every breast enhancement procedure is unique and
there are a variety of factors that will influence the
breast augmentation surgery cost, including the type of
implant chosen, the way it is placed, and the level of
complexity presented by the particular case. If you are
considering breast augmentation, be sure to ask you surgeon
what fees will be charged and what those fees cover.
Although the cost of breast augmentation should not be the
determining factor in choosing a surgeon, you should be
well informed about the overall cost of your procedure
before beginning the process, in order to avoid any
unpleasant surprises.

Standard Breast Augmentation Fees: Total Price:
$5,000-$10,000 Surgeon's fee: (can range from) $
3000-$5000. Anesthesia: $700-$1500. Facility fee:
$950-$1300. Implant fee: $1,300-$1800. Average Total Cost :
$5000-7000.

It is difficult to provide a concrete figure of breast
augmentation costs. This is because rates will vary related
to where an individual is obtaining their treatment. The
availability of plastic surgeons in an area will have a
great effect on the costs of breast implants. Additionally,
the professional reputation and expertise of plastic
surgeons will also be reflected in the breast augmentation
prices. As a result, famed plastic surgeons may charge more
than plastic surgeons that are attempting to gain
experience within the industry.

Although breast augmentation prices can be intimidating and
most insurance companies do not cover the costs, you should
know that most plastic surgeons offer financing options to
help their patients find affordable options for breast
enlargement surgery. Having the ability to finance breast
implant surgery has made it a realistic option for millions
of women each year.

By spreading out breast augmentation prices over a period
of time, you will find that you will be able to afford this
breast enlargement surgery much easier, especially when you
have other financial obligations. There are some financial
institutions that offer financing payments that are less
than a hundred dollars a month.

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The Truth about How to Burn Holiday Fat

The Truth about How to Burn Holiday Fat
"Activity is not Achievement"

Does the solution to losing those unwanted holiday pounds
really lie in doing more cardio? We justwrapped up a 6-week
period where we were bombarded with strategies to burn off
the dreaded holiday weight gain that sound great in theory
but don't measure up in the real world.

They tell you that the more active you are, the more
calories you burn, right? Sure, but how much time do you
have? If "moving more" is THE solution, are you ready to
make the time to add in the extra activity?

Did you eat a piece of pumpkin pie with whipped cream?
Well it taked a lot of 'activity' to burn 450 calories.

Misleading Solution - Brisk Walking, to burn 3-5.7 calories
per minute. So do you have 80 to 150 extra minutes just to
burn this one indulgence off? What about all the other
treats you indulged in over the holidays?

Do you want to Maintain or Achieve?

"So go ahead and indulge, just plan on some extra time on
the treadmill, and you will be back to your pre-holiday
weight."

This is a quote that is floating around out there that
comforts us as we go back for second helpings!

Yes, there is a difference between maintaining your weight
after the holidays vs. getting back to having the body you
want.

Extended periods of cardio offer little return for the
precious time you invest. Beating the holiday bulge is more
than how many calories you burn during a workout. Rather,
the solution lies in increasing and maintaining lean muscle
through short burst exercise.

Cardio does nothing to increase muscle and in come cases
actually breaks down your muscle! Unlike traditional
cardio, short burst exercise will boost your metabolism and
increase the number of calories your burn 24-7, essentially
making your body work for you!

Do not abandon the basic principles of Fat Loss following
the holidays. Working longer and harder will not get you
faster results. Stop wasting your time with hours of
traditional cardio.

Your Post-Holiday Fat Loss Solution lies in moderation and
Short Burst Resistance Training and Intervals. With as
little as 90 minutes a week, you can lose up to 2 pounds of
fat. Practice a bit of balance and moderation with your
diet and your results will be even greater! So integrate
Short Burst Training into your New Year's Plan and watch
those holday pounds disappear!

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Holly Rigsby is a nationally recognized women's fitness
coach, certified personal trainer (CPT) and the author of
the internationally popular e-book - Fit Yummy Mummy - Burn
Your Baby Fat & Get Your Body Back. Go to
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Cancer Prevention - How to Reduce Your Risk of Cancer

Cancer Prevention - How to Reduce Your Risk of Cancer
Traditional medical treatments for cancer may include
surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and hormone
therapy. Many doctors use a combination of methods in an
effort to increase the effectiveness and speed at which
they attack the cancer. The treatment or combination of
treatments is often dependent on the type, location, and
severity of the cancer. While all of these therapies have
been used with varying degrees of success - NONE OF THEM
address the main problem with cancer - TOO MANY PEOPLE GET
CANCER!

What is the ultimate solution to cancer? What should YOU
be focused on?

How about not getting sick in the first place!

If given a choice, would you rather take a few simple steps
to avoid cancer or do you want to take your chances and
fight it once your doctor tells you you've got it? Would
you rather spend your retirement money on the latest
creative treatments and expensive high-tech equipment or
spend time with the ones you love doing the things you love
the most?

Just how much does our cancer crisis cost you? Consider
that every man, woman and child in the U.S. contributes
nearly $720 each year - that's almost $3,000 for a family
of four! That number was calculated by taking the total
health care cost of cancer and dividing it by the total
U.S. population. No tricks. No funny money games. What
could your family do with that $3,000 today?

Why spend hard earned money on treatments that often impact
our quality of life? Many of the therapies for cancer are
so physically debilitating that patients are often not able
to return to work or do daily tasks around the house.
People with cancer often require family members to help
with the basic necessities of life, including getting
dressed, taking a bath, and going to the bathroom.

Just as with heart disease, there are VERY SIMPLE lifestyle
changes that you can start doing today that can decrease
you risk of developing cancer. These same simple changes
can also improve your overall quality of life. Ready?
Here's the list:

1. Don't use any tobacco products. Don't smoke. Don't
chew. Don't puff. Smoking is responsible for 90% of all
cases of lung cancer. Want to drop your chances of
contracting lung cancer to 10%? It's simple....don't
smoke, chew or puff.

2. Protect yourself from the sun. Skin cancer is one of
the most common forms of cancer yet it is the MOST
PREVENTABLE. Avoiding peak sunlight (between 10am and
4pm), wearing sunscreen, and avoiding tanning beds and
sunlamps can virtually eliminate the risk of skin cancer.

3. Maintain a healthy weight. There is a direct
relationship between excess body weight and those that die
of cancer. The American Cancer Society found that the more
overweight you are, the greater your risk of dying from
cancer.

4. Keep your immune system working properly. Cancer cells
appear in our body every day, but our immune system knows
how to recognize an unhealthy cell and eliminate it. Our
central nervous system plays a major role in the function
of our immune system so anything we can do to strengthen
our central nervous system will reduce our risk of cancer.
Two key ways to keep our central nervous system operating
at peak performance is spinal alignment (yep, go see the
chiropractor) and eating nutrient dense foods. Studies
have found that this one-two punch increases the amount of
antibodies within your system within minutes after a spinal
adjustment or consuming a nutrient dense supplement.

5. Exercise on a regular basis. Physical activity is one
of the primary methods of maintaining your ideal weight and
in keeping your body's organs, tissue, muscle, ligaments,
and bones strong and healthy.

6. Eat nutritionally dense meals and supplement. Eat
lighter and leaner by choosing to eat fewer high-fat foods.
High fat diets may increase your risk of prostate, colon,
rectum and uterus cancer. Supplement with nutrient dense
supplements that are made from nutrient dense plants such
as aloe vera and sea vegetables.

7. Think healthy. Studies have shown over and over again
that reducing stress will reduce the risk of cancer AND
heart disease. Take time out of your day, better yet, plan
each day to remove stress. Stress weakens cells, weak
cells makes the body more susceptible to developing cancer.

That's it. Seven of the easiest steps you can do today to
reduce your risk of cancer. To make them really work for
you, learn a bit more about each. There is plenty of
information about exercise, nutritional supplements,
reducing stress, losing weight, etc. Learn more, do more,
and choose to NOT be one of the million plus people
diagnosed with cancer each year.

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Cure the Common Cold or Flu

Cure the Common Cold or Flu
We know that in modern medicine that people can come in
contact with the germs that cause the flu and not get it
due to a good immune system. Why is the flu season during
the cold weather? What is the fastest way to get over the
flu and how do you avoid them? What do colds have to do
with the cold weather?

If your immune system is strong enough then you will not
get the flu. When a person's health is too low, the body's
intelligence tries to raise it. Its job is to constantly
try to make the person healthy and fit, not fat. Its only
goal is the best health possible. But people have many
other priorities like entertainment, fun, being, getting a
lo done, making money and being admired.

So when your health (immune system) drops too low, the
body's intelligence tries to force you to do something
about it. How healthy your immune system is, is
proportional to how clean or free of toxins the body is.
These toxins include the body's metabolic waste. Your body
is constantly eliminating toxins but sometimes it gets
backed up. Things that help the body detoxify are heavy
sweating caused by heat or exercise, fasting, sleeping and
eating a healthy diet. The opposite things, like lack of
sleep, causes the body to get backed up with these toxins.

During cold weather people get less sunlight which means
less vitamin D that is good for the immune system. Also
people sweat a lot less during the cold weather so saunas
and exercise can help create more sweating. The skin is one
of the 4 excretory organs of the body which also include
the lungs, liver and kidneys. The colon is an organ of
elimination. It is not an excretory organ since it is
outside the body proper. That is medical jargon (2: the
technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special
activity or group).

With Bikrams Hot Yoga, you do yoga exercise in a room that
is over 100 degrees Fahrenheit and this causes you to sweat
a great deal. Americans have a tendency to over eat and
under sleep especially around the holidays. I saw on the
forums before Thanksgiving that more people are asking
about what to do about a cold.

The body's intelligence allows you to get sick so you will
do the things that you were unwilling to do, like taking
off work, eating less and sleeping more. Then after the
flu, you are healthier than you were before the flu. If you
do not do these things then the flu can last a long time.

The fastest way to get over a cold or the flu is fasting,
according to Mark Twain and I. That causes the body to
detoxify at the fastest rate possible. The book,
Prescription for Natural Healing (by James Balch M.D. and
Phyllis Balch CNC), says "When you feel a cold or illness
coming on or are just depressed-- fast!" If you can't fast,
then just eat only fruit, especially fruits high in vitamin
C, until you are better. Fruits require the least amount of
digestive energy. You already know about getting plenty of
rest and drinking enough fluids.

There is an another type of fasting that has become
popular. Since it is easier and supplies vitamin C in a
food form it may be better for colds and flus. When it
comes to vitamin pills, try to avoid consuming them. They
are not foods. Studies show that they act very differently
inside the body than vitamins in foods. Since vitamin C
pills are so cheap (about 8 cents each) and each one
(500mg) contains the amount of vitamin C in 7 whole
oranges, then no one should never get a cold or the flu.
But the vitamin C in one whole orange is better for you
than 100 vitamin C pills.

Try to buy organically grown produce until The USA becomes
as civilized as Russia where it is against the law (a
crime) to sell anything but organically grown produce. This
alternate fast is discussed on the fasting webpage. It is
called Lemonade Diet, Master Cleanse or the Master Cleanser
Lemonade Fast. Lemons contain a lot of vitamin C like other
citrus fruits. Copyright 2007 by Chuck Bluestein

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Chuck Bluestein is a nutritionist, herbalist and a fasting
expert. His website has information on weight loss, healthy
diet, fasting, neck and back pain, natural cures, pure
water and how to be happier. http://www.phifoundation.org

How To Burn Stomach Fat And Get 6 Pack Abs

How To Burn Stomach Fat And Get 6 Pack Abs
Here's the secret on how to burn stomach fat and get 6-pack
abs. No it isn't complicated ab workouts or exercises or
countless hours on the treadmill. The best way to burn
stomach fat and get a tight stomach is through proper
nutrition, weight training and interval cardio.

The first step is looking at the type of food that you are
eating and more importantly the quality of the food that
you're eating. The worst thing that you can do for a set of
hard abs is to eat sugar or any processed carbohydrates. In
just a few short days you can lose a good percentage of
body fat by just eliminating fried food, fruits juices,
sports drinks and soda as well as fast food.

The next step is to focus on important, proven fat burning
training methods like full body workouts and circuits as
well as interval training. No one enjoys doing endless
crunches that just end up hurting their low back and not
their abs, plus slow and long cardio is very ineffective
for burning stomach fat and sculpting a lean, tight stomach.

Research from Australia has even shown that the best way to
target stubborn belly fat is through interval training.
This same research has shown that interval training burns a
greater percentage of body fat than slow cardio training.

After you have proper nutrition and are performing full
body training circuits and interval training then you can
begin to start performing abdominal workouts. Here are some
surprising ab facts:

If you are new to ab training the last thing that you
should do is jump into crunches and leg raises. Get strong
at movements like planks, side planks, dead bugs and
birddogs first. These movements will make your ab training
so much more effective later on. Plus, these movements will
get your back strong and healthy.

Once you've progressed from a beginner to an intermediate
then you can start performing more challenging moves like
-Reverse Bent Knee Crunches
-Plank on a stability ball or foam roller, which has been
shown to be safer on the back and better on the abs, then a
traditional plank
-Stability ball rollouts, which absolutely hits every
single ab muscle that you have.

From here you can start training with some unknown ab
movements. These movements work multiple muscles but really
work the abs hard.
-Barbell Deadlift
-Feet elevated on stability ball push-up
-Hands on stability ball push-up
-Dumbbell pull over
-Lying triceps dumbbell extension
-Front Squat

So the question is now what can you do to really bring out
those hard abs? The answer is to train them heavy. My
favorite move is weighted stability ball crunches. This
move is without a doubt the absolute best way you can
really get those abs to show. What everyone needs to
realize though is that you can get hard, tight abs without
ever doing a single crunch in your life. You just need to
focus on proper nutrition, full body exercises and interval
training cardio. That's the recipe for success.

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Tonight was One of Those Nights

Tonight was One of Those Nights
Tonight was one of those nights. Our friend Michael, who
lives in Denmark, came over for a visit. We sat and talked
for two hours, and then we brought out the cake. It wasn't
a light sponge cake with confectioners sugar sprinkled on
it. It was the chocolate torte, layered with cake and
chocolate mousse. And I didn't just want one piece, I ate
three. Did I need three pieces? No, but for some reason,
I just wanted to eat three slices (and I ate one after
Michael left).

Once he was gone, and after that last piece of cake, I sat
and thought: tomorrow I'm going to skip breakfast. No, I'm
going to fast. No, I'm going to just have these meal
replacement bars and get rid of this heavy feeling I have
in my stomach as soon as humanly possible.

Then I realized-I'm not going to do any of those things.
I'm going to get up in the morning and eat breakfast and
move on with my day. I'm not going to fall into the "I am
fat and have to starve myself to lose the weight I just
gained" trap.

But you know, those thoughts were certainly crowding my
sugar laden brain cells! It's a purely emotional response,
and a trap so large that it is hard to miss.

See, intellectually I know I did not put on 5 pounds by
just eating three extra slices of cake. I know that if I
got on the scale tomorrow morning, it would show a weight
gain, but it's not a gain in fat. I haven't eaten those
extra 3500 calories that make up a pound of fat. But I
know it's hard NOT to think that I have done exactly that.

The point is- I don't eat like this very often. For
whatever reason (company, the glass of wine, or
just….because) I ate a lot of a cake tonight. I do know if
I kept up this type of behavior on a regular basis, of
course I would gain a lot of weight. For many years, this
was indeed the case. But for me, I can honestly say, this
is no longer my usual behavior.

It has taken a long time for me to get to this point-this
"being at peace with food." It took years of crazy
dieting, fasting, and punishing myself for overeating.
This went on until I finally declared a truce. Yes, it felt
like a war between myself and the food I ate. But now I
know I'm past that. As a matter of fact, I'd say it's not
a truce I've declared with food; rather it's a peace treaty.

I'm allowing myself to have this treat, for whatever reason
(time to stop obsessing, Leeann), and tomorrow I will get
up and move forward. I'm not going to be stuck in the "oh
I sssshould never have done this", or "I'm a bad person for
overeating, I have no control." I'm going to get up, eat
breakfast, and go to work. I know that I will do my best
to meet my walking goals (it's hard when the weather is
bad, but that's when I try to walk around my house)-and
just keep moving forward. I am going to wear clothing that
makes me feel comfortable, I'm going to feel good about
myself.

After all these years I have learned how to balance my
overeating with healthy eating, I now that regular activity
is part of my life (as well as healthy eating), and
regardless of what I eat, I am still a responsible, smart
(occasionally witty) person who is at peace with food.

Tonight I ate a lot of cake. And do you know what? It was
absolutely delicious!

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10 Steps To Weight Loss The Natural Way

10 Steps To Weight Loss The Natural Way
If you need to Lose Weight there's good news, it's not that
difficult if you follow a plan. Everyday, just follow
through on these simple steps and you will be on your way
to losing weight naturally and keep it off forever. Take a
look at these steps and do them...

1) You need to set a goal of how much body fat you want to
lose and please be realistic. Men and women require a
different caloric intake. A safe plan is to eat 300 to 500
fewer calories a day to lose 1 to 2 pounds a week. Set a
goal for yourself and get real about achieving it. You goal
need to be specific and written down. If losing body fat is
what you want to do, you simple must take in less calories
than you burn everyday. One great motivator that helps many
is Tony Robbins. Check him out for some good inspiration.

2) Start exercising today, it's not hard. Here's a big
tip...tell yourself you are just going for a nice nature
walk. Do at least 30 minutes of exercise (walking or
something), most days of the week. The idea is to use up
more calories than you eat. Find physical activities you
enjoy. You don't have to pump iron at the gym or run
marathons. Do whatever you enjoy, whether it's taking long
walks, gardening, or playing Frisbee. Cardiovascular
exercise will increases your metabolic rate so that the
rest of the day you will burn off more calories.

Remember to talk to your doctor first.

3) Eat In Moderation. Many of use eat too much of even
lowfat foods. Most restaurant portions are large enough for
two or even three people. Make sure you eat Breakfast, this
gets you started for the day. Some people find that
measuring food for a week or two helps them learn healthy
portion sizes. Your stomack is not much larger than your
hand so your intake should be approximately that size.

4) Eat 5-6 small meals a day. This technique will increase
your metabolism and energy levels. It will also curb that
hungry feeling which leads to cheating. This technique will
train you body to stay in a constant food burning mode with
a steady, but not overabundant flow of nutrients. But look
at point 7)

5) Eat Less Sugar and Carbs. Learn to prepare healthful,
low-calorie foods that taste good by checking healthy cook
books for new recipes. Eating well doesn't have to mean
eating dull. Will find that over the days and weeks your
craving for sugary and fatty food will decrease and you
will desire higher quality food.

6) Drink lots of water and as often as you can. Water is
used in every single cell of your body. Water will help you
increase your energy and help make your stomach feel more
full. Try to drink 3-4 litres of water a day. Keep a bottle
wherever you spend most of your day, at your desk at work,
in your car, etc. Remember whilst exercising especially
when wearing the sweat suit to drink plenty of fluids.

7) Don't Eat After 6 PM. If possible, try not to eat in the
hours before turning in for the night. Most people are not
as active after their evening meal as they are earlier in
the day. It is best to keep the total calorie level, as
well as carbohydrate level, lower in your later meals. This
will prevent extra fat storage that would occur as we sleep.

8) Cut down on soda and other sugary drinks. Soft drinks
provide a lot of hidden calories without making you feel
full. For every cup of soda you replace with water, you'll
reduce your caloric intake by about 100 calories.

9) Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables. Nearly every major
health organization makes this simple suggestion, since
most fruits and veggies are nutritious and naturally low in
fat and calories.

10) Learn to control your stress. Most people say that they
eat more when they are stressed out. Simple solution, learn
to control your stress by doing your exercises, going for a
walk or talking to a friend. Remember, as with any change
you try to achieve, it's a mind game. Get you mind off of
food and onto a healthy life.

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Life Coach: The Only Clinically Proven Process for Depression

Life Coach: The Only Clinically Proven Process for Depression
If you look up "clinically proven process for depression"
on any search engine (be sure to include the quotes as this
will eliminate the medication sites) you will find the only
clinically proven process for depression just as you would
have ten years ago. The majority of people who suffer from
this debilitating disorder have been so programmed with the
use of medication for depression that a process that
actually fixes the problem at the source has been all but
ignored since its introduction into psychiatric care in
1990.

Depression is the primary symptom for almost all behavior
disorders. Go to a psychiatrist or psychologist with
symptoms of depression and you have just signed up for a
prescription for an anti depression medication, many of
which are linked to suicide. This is probably the most
profound example of attacking the body to try and change
the mind. This is not to say that a prescription to an
antidepressant should never be done. It just does not make
any sense as a first step when there is a clinically proven
process for depression.

In May 2007, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
recommended a new warning label for all antidepressant
medications. The current "black box" label includes a
warning about the increased risk of suicidal thinking and
behavior in children and adolescents. The FDA wants to
expand this warning to include young adults from ages 18 to
24. Children and young adults should also be monitored for
the emergence of agitation, irritability, and unusual
changes in behavior, as these symptoms can indicate the
depression is getting worse. The risk of suicide is
particularly great during the first one to two months of
treatment. Does medication make any sense with this type of
warning especially when there is a clinically proven
process for depression that gets to the very root of the
problem?

Everyone can agree that your health and well-being is
dependent on your doctor's expertise, so it's important to
choose the physician, psychologist or psychiatrist who is
best qualified. What does the best qualified mean in regard
to your mental health? In terms of the only clinically
proven process for depression it means beginning with an
answer to the most fundamental question about the state of
depression or any emotional state and that is: "What brings
about an emotional state and or behavior?" If your
physician, psychologist or psychiatrist cannot answer this
question how qualified are they? The answer is simple. If
they cannot answer this question they are guessing, this is
why medication for depression is so widely prescribed. The
reality is there is not a physician, psychologist or
psychiatrist who can answer this question because none of
these groups even asks the question. You simply cannot fix
it if you do not know how it works and you do not know how
it works if you cannot answer the question.

There is complacency if not outright resistance within the
community of psychology toward this clinically proven
process. The first study of this process in 1992 has had
virtually no impact on how depression was treated then or
now. The medical and mental health communities have all but
ignored it and continue with dispersing medication with a
seemingly high tolerance if not acceptance toward people
who commit suicide while depressed or while on depression
medication.

The most disturbing suicide statistics of late are the
average of eighteen military personnel who are committing
suicide every day as reported by NBC on December 13, 2007.
NBC also reported that 20% of active duty soldiers are
reporting serious mental health problems including
depression and post traumatic stress. All the while the
medical and mental health communities are content with not
even posing the question that will lead to a resolution to
this problem and that is: "What brings about an emotional
state or what determines human behavior?"

Question 15 of the clinical study was: Do you have thoughts
that life is not worth living and you would be better off
dead? There was a 95.7 percent improvement in regard to
this question and no one was prescreened for depression
before the study.

The hope here is that people who have a friend, relative,
child or know someone in the military who can be helped by
the only clinically proven process for depression will now
take action on their own.

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and Certification with the only clinically proven process
for depression. Kelly's two current books are THE Burris
Life Coach for Adults and THE Burris Life Coach Ages 7-17.
These two new books are the foundation of this program
process. Please visit http://www.KellyBurris.com for the
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Probiotic Miracle for Baby Boomers...

Probiotic Miracle for Baby Boomers...
What are Probiotics?

Probiotics are live microorganisms with clinically
documented health benefits.Our bodies are designed to
function best with millions of these friendly probiotic
bacteria living in our intestinal tract.

When we are healthy, over 100 trillion of them flourish in
our intestinal tract. They help with digestion, absorption
and the production of significant amounts of B vitamins and
enzymes. Most importantly, they overpower the negative, bad
bacteria.

WHY DO WE NEED PROBIOTICS?

We need Probiotics in our body because they help to boost
our immunity and guard against many illnesses. Most people
eat a terrible diet composed of highly processed foods that
are filled with chemicals and simple sugars and
carbohydrates, these are seriously lacking in probiotics.

Because of the heavy use of pesticides and fertilisers,
these soil-based microorganisms (probiotics) are no longer
living in the dirt of most farms. Drinking chlorinated
water destroys our intestinal flora. Even farm animals are
fed antibiotics to keep diseases down and of course
antibiotics kill off the good bacteria.

Regrettably, most people do not realise that the health
they are experiencing has a direct connection to the
billions of beneficial microorganisms that live in their
gastrointestinal tract.

WHAT DESTROYS GOOD BACTERIA?

Significantly for 'baby boomers' Probiotics can make a big
difference to how we look, feel and rejuvenate.As we age,
the colonies of friendly bacteria just naturally age and
lose their vitality and ability to fight off negative
bacteria.

Life style and stress disrupt the effectiveness of the good
bacteria. Anti-inflamatory drugs destroy the good fauna in
our tract. Chlorine in drinking water, kills bacteria but
also destroys the ecology of the fauna in our intestine.
All meat and chicken (not organic) are injected with
antibiotics, these destroy all the good bacteria. Processed
foods are filled with chemicals, sugars and
carbohydrates-not good news for probiotic bacteria.

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF TAKING PROBIOTICS?

Lowered cholesterol Cleaner intestinal tract. B-Lymphocyte
and related anti-body production stimulated. Help to kill
viruses and parasites. Allergies and skin problems are
aided by taking probiotic bacteria Yeast and fungal
infections may be prevented with supplements of probiotics.
Protection against stomach ulcers.

A Healthy intestinal tract is one of the body's first lines
of defense against invaders and it enhances healthy immune
function. Experts now believe that declining levels of
friendly bacteria in the intestinal tract may actually
indicate the onset of chronic degenerative diseases. It is
therefore essential to take supplements to maintain these
important microorganisms.

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Duncan Sequeira, is passionate about health and nutrition.
He lives with his daughter and dog Daria, in London. He
helps people build a global business from home in the
health and nutrition market. Get cutting edge information
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5 Easy and Fast Weight Loss Tips

5 Easy and Fast Weight Loss Tips
Are you looking for weight loss tips that will help you
lose weight fast or weight loss tips that will keep the
weight off for good? There's a big difference. It's
tempting to opt for the former type of tip. Looking for
shortcuts and quick results are just a part of human
nature. The problem is that you'll be right back to square
one when the weight comes back (and it will) when you lose
weight quickly. Here are some weight loss tips that will
help you do what is necessary to achieve permanent weight
loss and look forward to a lifetime of being healthy.

Weight loss tip #1: Keep a food and exercise journal for
one week. Keep track of calories eaten per day and
calories burned per day. Don't cheat! Put everything
down. Being honest with yourself is a critical step
towards weight loss. At the end of the week, you'll have a
good idea of your average calories consumed and burned per
day. Then, move on to the next one of these weight loss
tips and determine what you should be consuming per day.

Weight loss tip #2: Learn the basic formula for weight
loss. Calories in must be less than calories out. We all
have a certain amount of calories that for our height,
weight, sex, age and activity level that will just maintain
our current weight. These calories are spent on the daily
requirements for our bodily activities like breathing and
digestion as well as our normal task activities, whatever
those may be. Figure this amount of calories using a
calorie calculator. If you wish to lose weight you must do
two things: 1. Lower this calorie intake. 2. Increase the
amount of calories burned.

Weight loss tip #3: A healthy, lasting weight loss occurs
over time. One to two pounds per week is the
recommendation to achieve this. A pound of fat equals
roughly 3500 calories. Therefore, if your goal is to lose
one pound per week, you must have a calorie deficit of 500
calories per day. If you are aiming for two pounds per
week, then this deficit should be 1000 calories per day.
If you determined that your calories per day to maintain
your current weight are 2000 calories, then reduce your
intake to 1750 per day and burn an additional 250 calories.
This could be as simple as eating a half a sandwich for
lunch instead of a whole sandwich and going for a brisk two
mile walk. If you wish to achieve a two pound per week
weight loss, don't lower your calories too drastically.

Weight loss tip #4: Read food labels. Nobody wants to
spend the rest of their lives counting the calories of
everything they put in their mouths. In the beginning,
understanding portion sizes and caloric amounts is crucial,
but after awhile, you'll be able to ball park most of what
you eat. You'll probably be surprised in the beginning as
well. It hardly seems fair that a portion size of ice
cream is a half a cup! As painful as it is, you need to
know this so that when you think you're eating 350 calories
of non-reduced fat ice cream, you'll understand that
filling that cereal bowl with what you used to think was a
portion is really more like 1000 calories. One slice of
bread is a serving of bread and is usually around 100
calories. I started eating open-faced sandwiches when I
figured that one out!

Weight loss tip #5: Realize that what you are doing now is
one of the most important things you could be doing for
yourself! Healthy, lasting weight loss is a priceless
reward for all your hard work. Patience is the key. Pay
no attention to that co-worker that lost ten pounds last
week on whatever fad diet she tried! In five to six weeks,
I guarantee you, she'll have gained most of that back and
you'll be reaping the rewards of your slow, steady weight
loss. Not only that, but you'll have built up the tools
and knowledge to keep the weight off for good!

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Drought And Wildfires: The Myth Exposed

Drought And Wildfires: The Myth Exposed
If you live in California, perhaps the wildfires are
getting dangerously close to your home. You realize that,
at any moment, you could lose everything - or maybe you
already have. If you get any news at all, you've been
hearing about the dry conditions, which provide fertile
ground for the fires, and the ever-worsening drought that
leaves little water to fight them. The government tells
you to stop washing your car and to take shorter showers.
Then, your friend from across the continent - in Georgia -
called to say that their governor just issued an urgent
message saying "Georgia will have no more water in 90
days." Your kids are really terrified and can't be
thoroughly comforted, because you can't hide YOUR fearful
face. It all seems like a surreal horror movie, but this
is reality.

Water is the elixir of life, so what happens when it's
gone? Well, the good news is there is a real solution, but
first you have to understand the real problem and how you
contribute to it.

If you want to do nothing other than wish these problems
would go away, or if you just want to continue pretending
they don't exist, then stop reading this right now. Still
reading? Good, I am about to show you one of the chief
culprits of our water problems and, in so doing, offer the
real solution.

There are some statistics originally published by John
Robbins in his book, Diet For A New America, showing where
all the water is going. While it takes about 23 gallons of
water to grow one pound of tomatoes and 25 gallons of water
to produce one pound of wheat, it takes over 5,200 gallons
of water to produce one pound of beef.

The world's fresh water is getting sucked up by "meatism,"
i.e., the production and consumption of meat and dairy.
What's worse, of the water that's left, virtually all of it
is being contaminated in the process. It is a blatant myth
that fire, desertification (dust bowls) and drought are
caused (or would be helped) by short showers and dirty
cars. We would have no water problems if we were all vegan
and took long showers.

That is certainly not to say that anybody should be
wasteful of our resources, but let's understand the real
problem. Also understand that it doesn't take an action on
the part of the government to fix our water woes, because
this is one problem the government didn't cause (at least
not at this level). Look on your breakfast, lunch and
dinner plate and if you see anything related to meatism,
you are contributing to the problem. Abundant clean water
and meatism are mutually exclusive.

The terrific and all-empowering news is if we all turned to
a plant-based diet, a vegan diet, the ever-increasing
parched earth would once again have plentiful water.

Your call.

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Jeff Popick, also known as "The Vegan Sage," is a keen
visionary and a leading expert on the diverse effects our
diet has on our health, environment & even our
spirituality. Jeff has worn many hats over the years, from
Hollywood stunt man, to radio host ("Vegetarian
Lifestyles," KIEV 870AM) to millionaire businessman to
passionate author & speaker. For more info go to
http://www.JeffPopick.com or
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