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Happiness 'immune to life events'
BBC News
Here is an excellent study that supports one of the basic principles of the growth program Heartflow. It shows that how happy or unhappy you are has little to do with your life experiences and everything to do with the basic relationship you have with life, much like a thermostat. What they don't mention is the exciting work at changing that "happiness thermostat" through improving your relationship with life. Normally this relationship is learned in childhood and does not change much after that. But certain techniques like Gracework and Heartflow reshape those primary relationships to create a new lease on life.
Totally cool computer interactive art
http://volcanic-penguin.deviantart.com/art/LineTo-experimental-14080073
Soy foods 'reduce sperm numbers'
For many years now
I have been warning patients about the dangers of soy as a food
source. It is bad. Here is one more way soy disrupts your health.
We have the illusion that soy must be a health food because of a sly
bit of propaganda put out by the seed oil industry. - the same folks
that lied to us about the dangers of tropical oils. After pressing
out the oil from soy beans the waste pulp left over wasn't good for
much as it had failed as a feed for livestock. So those clever
marketing guys introduced us to tofu as a healthy protein
replacement. They lied and used the statistics for heart disease in Asia as evidence that soy is a healthy food. The lie was that Asians
eat soy as a protein source. They don't. Soy is used in Asia as a
flavoring agent, not as a protein. The average daily consumption of
soy products in Asia is only 2 teaspoons per day per person. When
they do use soy, it is usually in its fermented forms which
neutralizes most of the harmful properties of the soy.
Farmers know the
dangers of soy, because when pigs or cattle are fed soy they develop
wasting diseases and fail to thrive. To be able to feed animals soy
based feeds, the soy has to be heated to very high temperatures for
long periods of time to destroy the harmful enzymes (yes, not all
enzymes are good for you) and the hormone like substances.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7519459.stm
Exercise 'slows down Alzheimer's'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7505091.stm
One
of the key revelations from the brain research arena is that the
human brain was designed to function while in motion. For years I
have been telling patients to "Move it or lose it". Apparently
this is also true for brain function also. Many studies have shown
that brain function is enhanced through exercise. Memory, critical
thinking skills, creativity, and so on are all greatly improved with
regular movement. I am not talking about being an athlete. I am
talking about simple walking, bicycling, swimming, etc. Now this
newest piece of research shows 4 times as much brain shrinkage in
those who are not active and fit than those who are. Brain shrinkage
is one of the early tests for Alzheimer's. So now being a couch
potato takes on a whole new meaning...more like becoming a mental
vegetable.
Worry 'ups men's diabetes risk'
I found this
report interesting, not because worry is linked to diabetes, but
because it only seems to affect men. We well understand in my
practice that unbalanced or stuck feelings cause health problems.
80% of the patients I see have some degree of feeling cause behind
their symptoms. This is why I created Heartflow and Gracework. But
to find out that this particular imbalance only affects men says that
women must have some powerful skills at reducing the stress of worry
that men are just clueless about. I wonder how many other skills
women have that us guys have missed out on.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7524096.stm
How Food Affects Behavior
Most of you know
that I have been checking patients for blood sugar problems for 25
years now. Finally the press is beginning to catch up with the
awareness that blood sugar imbalances devastate peoples lives in many
ways. They shut down your immune system, set you up for food
sensitivities, cause panic attacks, and destroy your energy systems.
Blood sugar responses are in my opinion the main cause of heart
disease/hardening of the arteries. This is all without even talking
about diabetes. Alternative doctors have known this for a long time.
The common press is not interested however...perhaps because so much
of their revenue comes from advertising sugar and high carb based
foods. Here is a report outlining one doctor's efforts to make the
public more aware of this insidious health threat.
http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/353246.aspx
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