Avoid "The Horror of a Life HALF Lived." Enjoy Becoming a Healthier YOU!

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First, a BIG THANK YOU to readers who've bought

Sales are rising. That's good for me and for my readers ;^ )

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Now, back to the rest of this blogpost ;^ )

YOWZA! My messages about non-vegetarian diets, food additives and biologically friendly hormones came on strong last week. Let's look at the issues again, with calming clarity. My book and blog put YOU in charge of your life, health and future to a large extent.

It's not your fault that you like carefully, cunningly marketed products. Advertisements can mislead you; they're designed to dampen your critical thinking skills. Chemical cocktails in popular treats lull you into complacency as you load up on no-nutrition calories and chow down with misguided, health-endangering cheer. Madison Avenue is very invested in making you feel insecure if you fail to follow the lead of greedy marketers who, uh, will not chip in for your future health care costs.


It's not YOUR fault that you enjoy colorful, long-lasting treats! Meat is delicious and nutritious. Well, it used to be. Those non-nutritious additives put into cold cuts, frozen foods and drive-thru meals are NOT user-friendly. They attack your well-being. So do snack foods and just about any processed and packaged food.

Pesticides can kill your health just as they kill off bugs.

Flavor enhancers are Fake Food Flavor,

Fooling with every mouthful as marketers

con your taste buds with killer contaminants!

and

Preservatives undermine basic body functions

(See the Center for Science in the Public Interest site).

Canned goods and other packaged foods such as cereals, snacks, etc. hold far more sugar and salt than a body needs. Your scale isn't lying when it reflects that you've packed on unnecessary pounds.

Blame the MEDIA and MANIPULATIVE MARKETERS.

They messed with your mind.
They're ruining your health:

Obesity Linked to Specific Cancers

European Doctors Seek to End
Cancer & Other Diet-Linked
Chronic Diseases

Novelist Herman Melville shared a powerful thought. I've added one word: Avoid "The Horror of a Life HALF Lived." EMPOWER yourself to live life as health-FULLY as possible.

Go organic with that chicken, beef and other meats. Buy simple, unadulterated foods at whole foods markets, health food shops and directly from organic farmers.

Non-enhanced produce is colorful and calming. Simple foods hold a bouquet of enticing smells and flavors. You'll delight in them as you discover whole food heaven.

Take pride in your effort to reduce the dietary depth bombs attacking your very being. Smile with increasing sparkle in your eyes. Delight in decreased pain. Dance heart and soul as you decrease your dangerous dietary choices. Your decisions and self-control could put you back on steadier feet!

Increase the body-building whole foods in your diet. Slim down into a better-nourished person without feeling hungry. Your spirit can soar when you allow yourself to feel and to be better off!

Take control. Embrace a healthier life.

EMPOWER Yourself to Cope with a Medical Challenge.

Yocheved Golani
Coping with a Medical Crisis?
Make the Changes You Need in Your Life

Painbusters! Doctor's Orders that Work!

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Here’s some potentially helpful information for anyone healing from a bone fracture as I am, or for anyone interested in protecting their bone health.

Though my physical therapy sessions hurt quite a bit, I stopped taking narcotic painkillers a while ago, fearful of addiction problems from prolonged use.

I’m minimizing what could become mega-wattage pain by:

1. Using my Personal Pain-o-Meter (see my January 31 2008/Shvat 24 5768 post)

2. Listening to soothing music

3. Sitting in cheer-me-up sunshine (it provides Vitamin D for strong teeth and bones)

4. Basing part of my grocery list on advice from Dr. Neal Barnard’s Foods That Fight Pain book. I bought it several years ago after interviewing Dr. Barnard about his innovative health-promoting techniques (I’m still a health writer/journalist for hire, folks).

Shop as I do and you just might feel better after buying from the organic green-grocer and health food store:

Almonds and Raisins (really!)
Beans (soak them for a day, changing water 2-3 times before cooking so you won’t develop belly bloat)
Broccoli
Capsaicin Cream (natural remedy made of – get this – chili pepper extracts!)
Fresh and powdered Ginger Root
Fresh Figs and/or Fig Jelly
Sweet Potatoes
Vitamin B6 (50-150 mg)
Vitamin E 400 IU
Zinc

Some old standbys are also helping me:

• Arnica Montana (natural remedy that resembles tiny white pills)
• Cuprum Metalllicum (natural remedy that also resembles tiny white pills)
• Rescue Remedy Creme
• Rescue Bach Remedy Drops
• Any bar of soap at all.
  

I have no idea why this works, but after I place a bar of soap under a sweatshirt sleeve, under bed sheets, or upon some other area of sore muscles, the pain reduces noticeably. It's an folk remedy I've relied on since I ran track in high school or danced too hard at some joyous occasion.

Here are some sites that Dr. Barnard’s office recommends (I do, too):

http://www.strongbones.org/ ,

www.pcrm.org/health/veginfo/vsk/calcium.html ,

and for more information about the role of nutrition in a variety of diseases and conditions, visit http://www.nutritionmd.org/.

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I hope you choose a 9 or a 10.

To your good health,

Yocheved Golani
Coping with a Medical Crisis?
Make the Changes You Need in Your Life.