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Are You Losing This With Age?

I’m sure we have all been to the eye doctor, covered one eye and read a line of letters/numbers and repeated with the other eye. After that we were told our vision was 20/20 or otherwise. If you were told you have 20/20 vision this means that you read at 20 feet the same that people with perfect vision read/see. If you were told that you have 20/30 vision, this means that what you can read comfortably at 20 feet, an optimal seeing person can see at 30 feet. Once you are at 20/40 you have half the vision of an optimal seeing person.

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Wheat Belly – Fad or Fact?

“Would you like that on white, wheat, sour dough or, rye? Uh, none of the above! Wheat Belly, the New York Times #1 Bestselling book by Cardiologist, Dr. William Davis reveals the history and reality behind the falsehood of “healthy whole grains.” The truth we find out is that the wheat we’ve been consuming over the last 50 years is a completely different version of the wheat our parents and grandparents consumed, as it is now a product of extreme genetic modification.

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Non-Hormonal Contraception

The same reason that Diaphragms quickly dropped from favor is the same reason they are coming back as popular use. Women want to take more control of their bodies with the least amount of chemicals, synthetic hormones and procedures. I used to have to educate women about this method and now they are coming to me, requesting it. What a switch!

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Vitamin D: How Much is Enough?

Vitamin D is known as the ‘Sunshine Vitamin’ because our body produces Vitamin D in response to sunlight. We can also obtain vitamin D from fish liver (cod liver oil was the way grandma got it in us) and egg yolks. Although we know how to get it, about 75% of the population is Vitamin D deficient simply because our need outweighs our intake.

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Green Coffee Beans — Magic?

Green coffee beans or seeds contain the highest concentration of chlorogenic acid in the plant kingdom, which is a strong antioxidant and proponents say contributes to weight loss among other touted benefits. Today, the newly heralded weight loss product on the market is the Green Coffee Bean Extract or GCA, which stands for Green Coffee Antioxidant.

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Can a Heart Break?

Outside of the million cases of heart disease per year, a newer diagnosis surfaced in 1991 initially in Japan. The condition called Broken Heart Syndrome (BHS), did not gain recognition in the US until 2004. BHS is not true heart disease as it occurs as a result of a stressful event. The mind – heart connection is so powerful that we can actually experience the identical symptoms and attributes of a heart attack with the onset of any one of these highly emotional life-traumas, surprises or losses bring.

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Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) — Prosperous & Poisonous

he debate on the hazards and benefits of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO’s) continues as man persists in mutating our natural food sources, negating the nutritional value, and subsequently creating “Frankenfood” for the American public. Webster defines “frankenfood” as genetically engineered food. (Franken = Frankenstine – food)The debate on the hazards and benefits of Genetically Modified Organisms continues as man persists in mutating our natural food sources.

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Excitotoxins – Cause Brain Cells to Fire Uncontrollably

Chemicals known as excitotoxins are used in high levels in all processed foods as flavor-enhancers and because of their makeup are also highly addictive. Our food suppliers are no longer in the business of providing nutritious foods because it’s not as profitable as being in the manufactured-taste-to-addict and the extended-shelf-life business.

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2013 — What is the Flu?

The virus turns on your immune system to fight it. Your immune system has such a great ability to up-regulate and take over that you could be sick for 4 days. You may not have a strong enough immune system and will be sick longer and need more support. The flu is linked to 3 to 49,000 deaths and 200,000 hospitalizations each year in the United States.

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Stress-Less Holidays

We look forward to the holidays as we have more time to be with friends and family, we have more time away from responsibilities and we get to “cheat” on our diets and our exercise routines. In order to enjoy the holidays we have to keep our bodies healthy. If our body isn’t healthy, our minds cannot be healthy. When our minds are stressed we can’t enjoy fully.

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