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Bananas

noreply@blogger.com (Glen Brink) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:05:18 PST

A professor at CCNY for a physiological psych class told his class about bananas. He said the expression "going bananas" is from the effects of bananas on the brain.. Read on:

Never, put your banana in the refrigerator!!!
This is interesting.
After reading this, you'll never look at a banana in the same way again.

Bananas contain three natural sugars - sucrose, fructose and glucose combined with fiber. A banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy.

Research has proven that just two bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout. No wonder the banana is the number one fruit with the world's leading athletes.

But energy isn't the only way a banana can help us keep fit. It can also help overcome or prevent a substantial number of illnesses and conditions, making it a must to add to our daily diet.

Depression: According to a recent survey undertaken by MIND amongst people suffering from depression, many felt much better after eating a banana. This is because bananas contain tryptophan, a type of protein that the body converts into serotonin, known to make you relax, improve your mood and generally make you feel happier.

PMS: Forget the pills - eat a banana. The vitamin B6 it contains regulates blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood.

Anemia : High in iron, bananas can stimulate the production of hemoglobin in the blood and so helps in cases of anemia.

Blood Pressure: This unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt, making it perfect to beat blood pressure. So much so, the US Food and Drug Administration has just allowed the banana industry to make official claims for the fruit's ability to reduce the risk of blood pressure and stroke.

Brain Power: 200 students at a Twickenham (Middlesex) school ( England ) were helped through their exams this year by eating bananas at breakfast, break, and lunch in a bid to boost their brain power. Research has shown that the potassium-packed fruit can assist learning by making pupils more alert.

Constipation: High in fiber, including bananas in the diet can help restore normal bowel action, helping to overcome the problem without resorting to laxatives.

Hangovers: One of the quickest ways of curing a hangover is to make a banana milkshake, sweetened with honey. The banana calms the stomach and, with the help of the honey, builds up depleted blood sugar levels, while the milk soothes and re-hydrates your system.
Heartburn: Bananas have a natural antacid effect in the body, so if you suffer from heartburn, try eating a banana for soothing relief.

Morning Sickness: Snacking on bananas between meals helps to keep blood sugar levels up and avoid morning sickness

Mosquito bites: Before reaching for the insect bite cream, try rubbing the affected area with the inside of a banana skin. Many people find it amazingly successful at reducing swelling and irritation.

Nerves: Bananas are high in B vitamins that help calm the nervous system.

Overweight and at work? Studies at the Institute of Psychology in Austria found pressure at work leads to gorging on comfort food like chocolate and chips. Looking at 5,000 hospital patients, researchers found the most obese were more likely to be in high-pressure jobs. The report concluded that, to avoid panic-induced food cravings, we need to control our blood sugar levels by snacking on high carbohydrate foods every two hours to keep levels steady.

Ulcers: The banana is used as the dietary food against intestinal disorders because of its soft texture and smoothness. It is the only raw fruit that can be eaten without distress in over-chronicler cases. It also neutralizes over-acidity and reduces irritation by coating the lining of the stomach.

Temperature control: Many other cultures see bananas as a "cooling" fruit that can lower both the physical and emotional temperature of expectant mothers. In Thailand , for example, pregnant women eat bananas to ensure their baby is born with a cool temperature.

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): Bananas can help SAD sufferers because they contain the natural mood enhancer tryptophan.

Smoking &Tobacco Use: Bananas can also help people trying to give up smoking. The B6, B12 they contain, as well as the potassium and magnesium found in them, help the body recover from the effects of nicotine withdrawal.

Stress: Potassium is a vital mineral, which helps normalize the heartbeat, sends oxygen to the brain and regulates your body's water balance.. When we are stressed, our metabolic rate rises, thereby reducing our potassium levels. These can be rebalanced with the help of a high-potassium banana snack.

Strokes: According to research in The New England Journal of Medicine, eating bananas as part of a regular diet can cut the risk of death by strokes by as much as 40%!

Warts: Those keen on natural alternatives swear that if you want to kill off a wart, take a piece of banana skin and place it on the wart, with the yellow side out. Carefully hold the skin in place with a plaster or surgical tape!

So, a banana really is a natural remedy for many ills.. When you compare it to an apple, it has four times the protein, twice the carbohydrate, three times the phosphorus, five times the vitamin A and iron, and twice the other vitamins and minerals. It is also rich in potassium and is one of the best value foods around So maybe its time to change that well-known phrase so that we say, "A banana a day keeps the doctor away!"
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PS: Bananas must be the reason monkeys are so happy all the time! I will add one here; want a quick shine on our shoes?? Take the INSIDE of the banana skin, and rub directly on the shoe...polish with dry cloth.. Amazing fruit !!!

THB: Banish Hunger with this Hormone

noreply@blogger.com (Glen Brink) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:52:47 PST

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By Jon Herring - Editorial Director	Tuesday, November 9th
In Friday's issue of Total Health Breakthroughs, I talked about two types of hunger... Physical hunger is the feeling you get at the end of a long day. It is how you feel after a vigorous workout. Your stomach growls. You become tired and weak and your thinking slows down. This is your body telling you that it needs nutrients and energy. Hormonal hunger, on the other hand, has little to do with mealtime. In fact, it can often strike shortly after a big meal. Hormonal hunger can cause strong cravings and a near continual desire to eat. This type of hunger is the result of various hormones and neurotransmitters rising and falling in response to the foods we eat. These hormones not only influence your hunger mechanism, they also play an important role in how your body stores and burns fat. One of the most important "hunger hormones" is leptin... A team of researchers at the Rockefeller University discovered leptin in 1994. They were studying a genetic line of mice that continually consumed food until they became morbidly obese. These mice just did not "know when to say when." Their fat-burning metabolism was also dysfunctional. Once the fat was on their bodies, it was there to stay. The scientists discovered that these mice were missing a particular hormone. When the researchers injected this hormone into the animals, it curbed their appetite, stimulated their fat-burning metabolism and restored them to a normal body weight. They called the hormone leptin, derived from the Greek word for "thin." Further research has proven that leptin is a very powerful messenger hormone. It helps perform countless functions in the body. Two of these are very important when it comes to hunger and body fat: Leptin sends a signal to your brain that you are full. This shuts down your hunger mechanism. It also signals the fat inside your cells to break down into a usable form for energy. When these signals are working, you stay feeling full for longer and the fat that is stored on your body is burned for fuel. This is a powerful combination for helping you to stay slim. However, for many of us, leptin does not work as it should. It is blocked. The Closest You'll Get to Effortless Weight Loss Suppose you could drop all of your unwanted fat ... without going to the gym or forcing yourself to eat rice cakes and tofu burgers? A new clinical study says it's possible. It may be the most successful weight loss compound ever tested. The people in this study – which was published in the medical journal Lipids in Health and Disease – lost an average of 28 pounds and 6 inches off their belly. And they didn't change their diet or exercise habits. Click here to find out how they did it... Are you resistant to leptin? Leptin functions as a negative feedback loop. The hormone is produced by your fat cells. The more fat cells you have, the higher your levels of leptin. This helps to suppress your appetite and it stimulates your metabolism to burn fat. The result should be a return to a healthy weight. However, when too many fat cells build up, a substance called C-reactive protein (CRP) sticks to the leptin. This blocks leptin's ability to send your brain the "I'm full" signal. It also stifles your ability to burn fat. This condition is called leptin resistance, and it is highly correlated with obesity (not to mention heart disease and diabetes). Leptin resistance can make losing weight nearly impossible – you are always hungry and your body is programmed to hold fat and not let go. There are a number of things you can do to improve leptin "sensitivity." Here are four that are very important: Avoid large, gluttonous meals Reduce your consumption of high-glycemic carbohydrates Never go to bed on a full stomach Eat protein with breakfast There is also an herbal supplement that can help... Several years ago, Dr. Julius Oben was performing population studies on West African tribal cultures. He noted that one particular region had very low incidences of obesity and diabetes. Then he discovered that the populations in this region use a paste derived from the seed of a bush mango to thicken their soups. They use this substance an average of ten times per week. The plant is irvingia gabonensis, and Dr. Oben's discovery led to the development of a powerful extract. What Oben and a team of researchers later discovered is that this substance has an extraordinarily powerful effect on leptin sensitivity. In a 10-week controlled clinical trial, published in the medical journal Lipids in Health and Disease, the researchers tested the effects of this substance on 120 men and women. Some were normal weight. Some were obese. They split the groups in two. One group took 150 mg of the irvingia extract twice a day on an empty stomach – a half hour before lunch and a half hour before dinner. The other group received a placebo. The two groups made no other lifestyle or dietary changes. By the end of the ten weeks, the placebo group lost a mere three pounds. The irvingia group lost an average of 28 lbs and six inches off their waist! And that's not all... The group who took the extract also dramatically improved several markers for health, including a substantial 49% drop in leptin (indicating that their leptin sensitivity increased). They also saw a 52% decrease in C-reactive protein (CRP) – the protein which binds to leptin and disrupts its capacity to turn off the hunger switch. For good measure, the Irvingia group also experienced and average 22% decrease in blood sugar and a 26% drop in total cholesterol. Scientists still do not know exactly how the extract produces its effect on leptin and other health markers, but the results speak for themselves. And several other studies have confirmed it. Along with a low glycemic diet, the herbal supplement – irvingia gabonensis – can go a long way toward curbing your appetite and helping you achieve your optimal weight. To Your Health Jon Herring Editorial Director Total Health Breakthroughs Learn This Ancient Healing Secret Discover the amazingly simple – yet powerful – Chinese healing practice to alleviate pain, sickness, and disease. The gentle movements and easy meditations of Spring Forest Qigong can help you if you suffer from arthritis... back pain... migraines... heart and circulatory diseases... weight problems... digestive ailments... autoimmune disorders... reproductive issues... depression... and other health problems. So much can happen when you practice Spring Forest Qigong. Download a free 51-page booklet to learn how the process works -- and why it should work for you (included is a sample you can try right away). You'll also learn why everyday people, medical doctors, and experts such as Deepak Chopra endorse this remarkable program. With a 6-month satisfaction guarantee, you can prove for yourself how much better you will feel. Download your informative booklet today!
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One Hundred Calories Can Make or Break You

noreply@blogger.com (Glen Brink) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:35:11 PST

One Hundred Calories Can Make or Break You

November 9, 2009

When you think about weight gain, you probably think overeating to excess or failing to get any activity. The reality is a simple 100 calories a day could make the difference in weight loss or gain.

According to the Univ. of California Wellness Letter, the average American gains about two pounds a year. Since every pound of body weight equals 3500 calories, two pounds translates into an extra 19 calories a day. Nineteen calories is easy to surpass so when you look at the overweight incidence it's feasible to think in terms of 100 extra calories on a daily basis.

Did you know if you consume 100 fewer calories per day you might lose 10 pounds in a year? When you burn another 100 calories every day through exercise, you might lose up to 20 pounds per year.

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Take Up to 6 Inches off Your Belly in Just 10 Weeks

noreply@blogger.com (Glen Brink) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:10:18 PST

Dear Total Health Breakthroughs Reader -

Remember your college days... when you could eat anything you wanted without getting fat? Turns out, there's a reason for that. Your body has a series of "fat signals" that send command messages. These messages tell your body to feel full after a meal or to burn fat instead of storing it in your belly.

Dr. Sears has a way of resetting those fat signals so you can naturally burn fat and feel full before you overindulge. It's backed up by science and has a great track record. Keep reading and you'll find out how to make it work for you. I recommend that you do... Dr. Sears has done his homework on this one and stands behind everything he does.

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Editorial Director
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Al Sears, MD

Newly Discovered West African Herb is...

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Dear Health Concious Reader,

Suppose you could drop all of your unwanted fat ... without going to the gym or forcing yourself to eat rice cakes and tofu burgers?

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About
Dr. Sears

A physician, author, physical trainer and researcher, Al Sears, M.D. is one of today's leading voices in anti-aging medicine and natural health. Dr. Sears has seen over 20,000 patients at his thriving private practice, located in Royal Palm Beach, Florida.

Dr. Sears has written six books and over 500 articles on supplements, alternative medicine and anti-aging. He also publishes the newsletters Health Confidential and Doctor's House Call. With the publication of The Doctor's Heart Cure, Dr. Sears established himself as a leading authority on alternative and natural medicine.

He has since published High Speed Fat Loss in 7 Easy Steps, and a revolutionary theory of exercise, PACE: Rediscover Your Native Fitness. Thousands of readers credit Dr. Sears' PACE program for their return to health and fitness.

Dr. Sears is a member of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine and is Board Certified in Anti-Aging Medicine. He is also the founder and director of The Wellness Research Foundation, a non-profit organization involved in on-going original research to evaluate natural alternatives to pharmaceutical therapies.

When the rest of the world catches up – this little-known West African herb could potentially become recognized as the most effective weight loss supplement ever discovered.

But you can start using it to drop pounds – and lose inches – RIGHT NOW!

My own enhanced version of this formula is ready today. It's even more effective than the compound researchers used in the clinical tests. I'll show you how to get started in this letter.

First, I want you to see the results.

Imagine watching yourself in the mirror... every week you get slimmer and slimmer. Fat starts to melt. Your waist starts to shrink and get firmer. You put on your favorite pair of jeans and they fall down around your ankles.

Sounds great, right? But it gets better. In addition to all that fat loss you start to feel better too... You have more energy; more stamina and you feel more optimistic.

When you go to the doctor for your annual check up your blood tests come back with amazing results: your blood sugar, cholesterol and triglycerides have all improved.

Your doctor is stunned. What on earth did you do?

You smile and say, "All I did was take this little pill."

It sounds like a dream. But it's just become reality.

The people in this study – which was published in the medical journal Lipids in Health and Disease – lost an average of 28 pounds and 6 inches off their waist. And they didn't change their diet or exercise habits.1

Reset Your Body Clock and Burn Fat Like You Did Years Ago

There's an all-natural herb that grows deep in the forests of West Africa. And it helps reset your body to the point where you naturally and easily resist the production of new fat cells.

Remember the days when you could eat anything you wanted... and nothing made you fat? There's a reason why. Your body had the right balance of certain factors that control the size and production of fat cells.

It's easy when you're young. But as you age, things get thrown off balance. Especially when the food you eat is processed and full of additives and chemicals. This interferes with the signals that move between the cells in your body.

That's why it's hard to lose weight as you age... even you when you try your best to eat right and exercise.

This herb improves those signals and resets your body's delicate machinery. When it regains its balance your body has the ability to control fat production – just like it did when you were younger.

This Miracle Nutrient Helps Burn Fat Away...

Staying lean and trim as you age is not easy. You can eat right and exercise and still end up with a "spare tire" around your waist. It doesn't seem fair.

But if you know why this is happening you can do something about it.

The West African herb – called irvingia gabonensis – can help you get that extra weight off. It's one of the all-star nutrients in my new slimming formula Primal Lean.

How does it work?

Your body has a "signal network" that controls your fat cells.

If this communication system breaks down, your fat cells get bigger and bigger... and you get more and more of them.

As you age that's exactly what happens.

Fat Signal #1: Burning Fat for Energy – Naturally

When things are running smoothly, your fat cells produce leptin. This messenger sends out two signals: One, it tells your brain you're full. That shuts down your hunger. Two, it tells the fat inside your cells to breakdown into a kind of fat that can be burned as energy.

When these signals are working, you don't get hungry as often and your fat gets burned naturally.

But when too many fat cells build up, a protein called CRP sticks to the leptin and prevents it from delivering its message to your brain. Signal lost.

This is called leptin resistance. The bottom line is you'll always feel hungry and the fat inside your cells will stay there forever.

When this happens it triggers a series of other signal problems.

Fat Signal #2: Controlling Sensitivity to the "Fat Hormone"

Another messenger – adiponectin – controls your sensitivity to insulin. When you have lots of adiponectin, your body responds well to insulin and everything is fine – your waist is small, your heart is healthy and your arteries are clear.

But as you age, your levels of this critical fat signal drop... then you're more likely to get bigger and fatter.

Fat Signal #3: The Bad Guy... Turning Blood Sugar into Fat

The 3rd messenger is actually a bad guy you want to get rid of... it's called glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase. This enzyme turns blood sugar into fat. Not what you want.

The magic behind Primal Lean is its ability to restore your body's signal network. After a few weeks the leptin signal to your brain is reconnected, adiponectin levels rise and the bad guy – the fat making enzyme – gets cut off.

Problem solved.

You see, as you age these fat signals get thrown off. No matter how much you exercise or how well you eat you could always be vulnerable to age-related fat gain.

Unless, of course, you have a communication network that's firing on all cylinders. When it does, it's a beautiful thing to see. Extra weight and fat simply begin disappearing – in a matter of weeks!

How many years have you been fighting the love handles... the pot belly? Probably decades. In 10 weeks or less you'll drop a good chunk of that extra fat... I guarantee it.

Compared to years of struggle 10 weeks seems to happen overnight.

As Soon as I Discovered this Breakthrough Fat Buster

I read this study back in December. Within days I had a dozen sample bottles. As the Christmas holiday approached I already had a few volunteers.

One my patients – Arlene H. – started taking this weight loss herb on December 18, 2008. Here's an excerpt from her letter:

I'm always interested in new Dr. Sears formulas so I was excited – although a bit skeptical – to hear about this new weight loss herb from Africa. I started taking it right before the holidays, so I was probably eating more than I normally do, but I noticed an effect within a few weeks. My hips and waist started to feel tighter.

My "love handles" were the big deal for me... it was the only place I really felt self-conscious. I have this favorite pair of white, Capri-style jeans and I could not get them on. They were so tight I just left them in the closet. After a while I broke down and bought a few other pairs of jeans that were a few inches bigger in the waist. These were my new "fat clothes."

But luckily, after about 7 or 8 weeks I didn't need them anymore. I slimmed down and in spite of all the holiday food I got back into the Capri pants... Even better, my "fat jeans" started to slide right off me... it feels like a real victory. But honestly I didn't do anything. I didn't change the way I eat and I didn't really exercise... After the ten-week period I asked Dr. Sears if I could keep going. I didn't want to give up this new fat loss secret... who would?!

Arlene H.; Wellington, FL

This is a typical response. Everyone who tries it has something good to say about it... And when they run out they're always want more. No one wants to stop taking it.

When you have a good thing going, why stop?

Primal Lean may be one of the best ways to firm up and tone down – without spending hours in the gym or forcing yourself to eat bird food.

Before the study, the group taking the herb in Primal Lean averaged 215 pounds. After the study they averaged 187 pounds – for a net average loss of 28 pounds.

The control group started at 212 pounds and went to 211 pounds. They lost an average of one pound, which means nothing happened.

But hold on a sec, there's more to this than burning fat.

Remember... This bombshell study first appeared in the journal Lipids in Health and Disease. "Lipids" means "fatty acids," like cholesterol. The editors of this medical journal were more interested in the remarkable way this herb normalizes blood fats.

Recognize any of these names?

Total cholesterol... HDL... LDL... Blood glucose... C-reactive protein...

These are some of the terms you'll find on your blood tests when you go to a doctor. Like the "fat signals" that normalize your body's natural fat burning, this West African herb has the power to "normalize" other parts of your body too.

This kind of herb is called an adaptogen. An adaptogen is a natural substance that helps your body adapt to stress and exerts a normalizing effect on bodily processes. Ginseng is a good example.

But this potent weight loss herb is more powerful. It's more than just a tonic you take for increased energy. It has very specific talents. It ramps up your body's ability to burn fat and may help promote normal cholesterol and c-reactive protein levels.

That makes it a monumental find.

If you take this herb by itself you'll get great results.

But there's a Way to Make it Better...
A Way to Make it Stronger and More Effective

I didn't just take an herb and put it in a bottle. I made it better.

Ironically, I found out about this new herb while I was working on another fat buster called fucoxanthin. (Pronounced: fu co ZAN thin) This is a seaweed extract with powerful fat burning properties. Fucoxanthin was discovered by Japanese researchers quite by accident.

When a group of Japanese marine biologists fed their study animals with fucoxanthin something remarkable happened... a microscopic protein – called UCP1 – suddenly became active.

This protein turns up your metabolic furnace and lets your cells burn fat for energy – not during exercise but while you're resting.

This nutritious and very safe seaweed extract actually flips your metabolic switch and "turns on" your body's fat burning machinery.

Clinical tests suggest fucoxanthin is a powerful fat buster. Many are animal tests but there are some very exciting human tests too.

The Japanese researchers were startled by the results. So they went work. In a series of experiments they gave two groups of mice the same diet, but one group supplemented with fucoxanthin.

In the fat tissue of the mice that supplemented with fucoxanthin the researchers found high levels of the fat-burning protein UCP1. As a result, those mice lost a significant amount of fat. In the control group there was no difference.2

The same researchers later discovered that fucoxanthin even prevented potential fat cells from "growing up" and becoming mature fat cells.3

Not only does fucoxanthin help you burn fat you already have... it helps prevent the formation of future fat cells. It stops fat dead in its tracks.

Clinical studies suggest fucoxanthin may be effective for people too. The trials were finished last year and the studies have been submitted for publication. From what I've seen, they look impressive.

In the test group, people taking fucoxanthin lost an average of 15 pounds in four months. The people in the control group lost just three pounds. Those are good numbers.4

Here's another bonus: fucoxanthin also helps suppress your appetite. This effect is not part of the scientific literature but it's something I've noticed when I take it myself. Many of my patients have the same experience.

I'm Very Excited about Primal Lean – The Results are
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Primal Lean is setting records in my office. It's safe and effective. And everyone who tries it wants to stay on it.

Just keep in mind... it takes eight to ten weeks before you feel the whole effect. Sure, you may feel something before that. I have patients who do.

But in the spirit of full disclosure I want you to understand that it takes a couple of months to really kick in.

There's a reason for that.

Primal Lean is not a drug. It's a safe and natural remedy that resets and rebalances key systems in your body. It takes time for these systems to return to normal.

But like I said, if you look back and consider all the years you've tried every new idea that came along... ten weeks feels like nothing!

I Want You to Feel this for Yourself...

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1 Oben JE, et al. Irvingia gabonensis significantly reduces body weight and improves metabolic parameters in overweight humans. Lipids in Health and Disease. 2009, 8:7
2 Maeda H, et al. Fucoxanthin shows antiobesity effect through UCP1 expression in white adipose tissues. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2005 Jul 1;332(2):392-7.
3 Sugawara T, et al. Antiangiogenic activity of fucoxanthin. J Agric Food Chem. 2006 Dec 27;54(26):9805-10.
4 Ramazanov, Z. Effect of fucoxanthin on energy expenditure in obese women: a double-blind, randomized and placebo-controlled trial. Submitted for publication 2008.

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THB: Organic Junk Food

noreply@blogger.com (Glen Brink) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:06:22 PST

Saturday - November 7, 2009

In the 1960s, the edible oils industry began a campaign to convince us that vegetable oils are healthy.

Yes, these oils are derived from natural sources. But by the time they make it to your grocery store, they are anything but good for you. Corn oil, for example, contains none of the vitamins, minerals, and fiber found in the plant itself.

A number of studies have shown a link between processed oils and heart disease. Processed oils have also been associated with asthma, blindness, cancer, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's, stroke, and liver problems. Meanwhile, the average American is consuming more than 50 times as much vegetable oil as he once did.

Vegetable oils are not easy to avoid. They are in all salad dressings and processed foods. But some are healthier than others.

Choose coconut oil for cooking. Choose olive oil (which is easily damaged by cooking heat) for salads.

We're seeing more and more junk food passed off as health food these days. Manufacturers have learned that they can increase sales (and justify significant price increases) simply by putting the word "organic" on the label. But "organic" doesn't always mean "healthy."

You can buy organic sugar, white flour, potato chips, corn chips, donuts, waffles, sugar-added cereals, pizza, and frozen dinners at your local health food store. All of these products are highly processed. They contain little to no nutritional value, and they have a high glycemic index.

My advice is to skip the same aisles in the health food store as you would in the regular grocery store. Avoid the baked goods, snack foods, cereals, and ice creams. Stick to whole foods and fresh produce.

Unemployment is already at 11 percent or 16 percent, if you do the right sort of accounting. In this type of environment, people lose jobs. Even good, hardworking, loyal people.

Don't make the mistake of thinking your job is secure. You don't want to get to work one day and find a pink slip on your desk or, worse, the front door padlocked.

There are two things every smart working person must do immediately to secure his or her financial future.

Become an invaluable employee.
Develop valuable skills that can be used to get another job or start a business.

There is a difference between a good and an invaluable employee.

Good employees come in to work every day and do a good job. They have a good attitude. They work overtime when asked. They don't complain.

Invaluable employees are instrumental in producing profits for their business. Salespeople, marketers, copywriters, and profit center managers -- if they are really good at what they do -- are invaluable.

If you are working in customer service, accounting, or engineering, your salary is on the expense side of the ledger. You may be great at what you do -- but when a business has to cut expenses, employees who fall on that side of the line will always be let go sooner than employees who are bringing in the bacon.

But if you demonstrate a superior attitude by volunteering to do extra work and showing an interest in the profit side of the business, you may be considered "potentially invaluable" when it comes time to chop off heads. (When I consult with clients about cutting down payroll, I ask them to focus on individual people and their potential, not their current roles.)

The core profit-driving mechanisms of every business are salesmanship and direct marketing. So I recommend that you study one or both of these skills. The more knowledge you have of them, the more potential you will show for becoming invaluable one day.

This is also a good time to look into home-based business opportunities. If you have spare time in the evenings or on weekends, why not put it to good use by developing a second stream of income?

Between the programs that we have developed at ETR and those we endorse from American Writers & Artists Inc., you have the following "second-income" opportunities available to you right now:

If you are too hungry when you sit down to a meal, you will probably overeat and end up feeling way too full. Try this: Drink two full glasses of water 15 minutes before you eat.

I tried it recently and found that I ate considerably less. You wouldn't think the water could have that much of an effect. But it does!

Neiman Marcus is cutting merchandise orders by 20 percent in anticipation of weak Christmas sales. Saks Inc. is dong the same. American Eagle Outfitters says it expects to hire fewer temporary workers this Christmas.

Friends of mine who own a chain of jewelry shops will need a holiday miracle to save their business. Sales have been decreasing since the Great Recession started. (When was that? Two years ago?) They've just filed for bankruptcy protection. They are closing stores. "We are staving off the inevitable," one of them said to me.

Unemployment is going to go up sharply in the next six months. I don't have a crystal ball, but how can it not?

Just think about all those people who expected to get temporary work in department stores. What will they be doing? Filing for benefits, that's what.

And that's not to mention all the temporary cooks and waiters and floor cleaners and bookkeepers and sweepers and whatnot who are employed during the biggest buying frenzy of the year.

Last year, I predicted that a weak retail showing would start the collapse of the commercial real estate market after the first quarter. That is what happened.

This year, I'm betting we'll see a steep hike in unemployment across the board, starting with a rash of retail bankruptcies that will begin in March or April.

You aren't hearing about this in the media, because most of it will involve small companies (i.e., with less than $500 million in revenues). But those companies are a huge part of our economy -- and they account for most new hires.

The government won't provide any useful help. On the contrary, the Obama administration is spending most of its time cranking up regulations. That makes doing business more expensive and less productive -- especially for the small guys. But who's looking?

Total Health Breakthroughs' Managing Editor Jon Herring has certainly stirred things up with his latest THB Undercover issue. The topic: whether or not early detection of cancer really does increase your chances of survival.

Here's a small sample of the reader comments so far:

"7 years ago I had a sore throat that didn't get worse or better --I had it checked and got a MRI and discovered I had squamous cell cancer that had gone from my tonsil to 4 lymph nodes--the doctors acted quickly and I went through 35 treatments of radiation (burn) 8 treatments of chemo (poison) They didn't cut me thankfully--my point is I have been cancer free for over 6 years and early detection and treatment did work for me--now I eat better and work out and hope to go well beyond my 58 years." - Rob

"At last some commonsense facts to counteract what we have been fed by the media for so long and suffered from as a result of governmental drives for more, and yet more, money to be spent on screening." - Patricia

"As a counselor I absolutely agree with these statements. The war on cancer (just the name of it) is enough to terrify people into depression or brutalising therapy." - Jacqui

"I beg to differ & say out loud I think you & this article are incorrect. I also wonder from WHERE are you receiving your funding? As in the thought - Follow the Money." - Buster

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The Future of Medical Technology

noreply@blogger.com (Glen Brink) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:17:05 PST

The Daily Reckoning
Friday, November 6, 2009
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Gold jumps to a new record high, eyes the $1,100 mark, Where might that barbarous ol' relic go from here? And why we're glad this doesn't look anything like a real recovery...

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We left our Crash Alert flag up while we were away in the mountains. And for a while last week it looked like we were geniuses. Stocks seemed like they were going to crash.

But along came two very important bits of information.

First, we got word that the crisis was officially over. GDP grew last quarter. Thanks to all the Cash for Clunkers, Cash for Bankers, Cash for Houses, Cash for Trash, and cash for every other blessed thing under heaven, the number crunchers were able to report positive economic growth for the third quarter.

Let's not get too excited. Stocks bounce. Bonds bounce. An economy bounces. Even dead economists bounce. And if we're following the Japanese experience, with a long, slow on-again/off-again period of depression, we can expect some quarters of growth, followed by quarters of non-growth. It's going to be a painful adjustment to the 'new normal,' whatever that is.

The other important bit of news was that the Fed - faced with undeniable evidence of growth and prosperity - decided to err on the side of caution. It will keep monetary policy loose from here until kingdom come, if necessary, in order to avoid a Japan-style slump.

But so far, a Japan-style slump is just what we seem to have...and our public officials are fighting it, Japan-style.

Unemployment is headed up. The U6 figure - a more accurate picture of how many people are out of work - is up to 17%. There are 1.5 million homeless children in the US now, including 300,000 in the state of California alone. One out of 10 Americans will not bite the hand of government - for it is the hand that gives him his food stamps.

Foreign direct investment has dropped 30%. International trade is down 10%.

Do you call this a recovery? We don't.

As David Rosenberg puts it, the man on the street is perhaps "less enthused by the fact that a lower rate of inventory de-stocking is arithmetically underpinning GDP growth at this time."

In other words, it's 'growth' that only an economist could love...and then, only an economist who was an idiot. Rosenberg:

"Put simply, a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll just found that 58% of the public believe the economic recession still has a ways to go - and that is up from 52% in September and means that the private investor, unlike the hedge fund manager, is not interested in adding risk to the portfolio even after a 60% surge in the equity market.

"Only 29% of those polled believe the economy has hit bottom - imagine having that psychology with nearly zero interest rates, a bloated Fed balance sheet and unprecedented fiscal deficits (poll was taken from October 23-25). Nearly two in three (64%) said the rally in the stock market (still a bear market rally - not the onset of a new bull market) has not swayed their view (or ours for that matter). There is going to be some very tough slogging ahead as far as the economy is concerned."

Growth is largely illusional. It is the result of delusional policy- making at the Fed.

So, we'll just keep our Crash Alert flag flying.

Meanwhile, gold hit a new record high yesterday. It's at 1,089. More on gold, below.

The Dow went up too - 203 points yesterday. It's over 10,000 again. Not very impressive for a bear market bounce. A 50% retracement would take the Dow to 10,300.

But you have to give the bounce credit. It's been going on since March. That is impressive.

And now everyone is bullish, except us. We'll see who's right... in the fullness of time...

Gold seems to be advancing towards a new milestone - $1,100. Makes us nervous. We always feel more comfortable out in the wide, open spaces...that is to say, in trades we have all to ourselves.

But gold is still a marginal holding by marginal investors - like us. Central banks - especially those in emerging countries - have very little gold. The man on the street doesn't know anything about gold. He wouldn't know a gold coin if it hit him on the head.

As gold becomes accepted as a true store of value, we can expect more and more people to want to own it.

Governments are running breathtaking deficits...and accumulating alarming debts. Japan has a national debt of nearly 200% of its GDP. Where did that debt come from? It came from 20 years of trying to buy its way out of a slump with borrowed money. Of course, it didn't work. But now, Britain and America are following the Japanese lead...and the Japanese are still at it! At the present rate, Japan's government debt will grow to 300% of GDP in 10 years. America's debt could grow to 100%...and then 200% of GDP...over the next decade (depending on whose projections you believe). And Britain, if we read the report in The Financial Times correctly, will have debt equal to 200% of GDP within 3 years.

Just what kind of crisis do these numbers portend? It's hard to say. Probably a combination of confidence, followed by debt default and inflation.

Would the US actually default? We agree with Paul Samuelson; the answer is 'maybe.' Samuelson, writing in The Washington Post:

"The idea that the government of a major advanced country would default on its debt - that is, tell lenders that it won't repay them all they're owed - was, until recently, a preposterous proposition. Argentina and Russia have stiffed their creditors, but surely the likes of the United States, Japan or Britain wouldn't. Well, it's still a very, very long shot, but it's no longer entirely unimaginable. Governments of rich countries are borrowing so much that it's conceivable that one day the twin assumptions underlying their burgeoning debt (that lenders will continue to lend and that governments will continue to pay) might collapse. What happens then?

"...People have predicted such a crisis for decades. It hasn't happened yet. The currency's decline has been orderly, because the dollar retains a bedrock confidence based on America's political stability, openness, wealth and low inflation. But something could shatter that confidence - tomorrow or 10 years from tomorrow.

"Despite huge deficits, interest rates on 10-year Treasury bonds have hovered around 3.5 percent. In time of financial crisis, investors have sought the apparent sanctuary of government bonds. But the correct conclusion to draw is not that major governments (such as Japan and the United States) can easily borrow as much as they want. It is that they can easily borrow as much as they want until confidence that they can do so evaporates - and we don't know when, how or whether that may happen."

Why wouldn't the US just "print its way out of debt?"

Because it's not that easy. In effect, the feds are trying to print their way out of debt now. They've added huge amounts to the monetary base. But that money is not getting into the real economy. Instead, it's going into vaults and speculations.

"Jittery Companies Stash Cash," says The Wall Street Journal.

And banks, too, borrow...but they don't lend. They can borrow at negligible rates of interest...and buy US Treasury bonds on a leveraged basis...producing a 20% yield. That means, the US dollar has replaced the yen as the go-to currency for speculators.

Net effect? Lots of cash in what appears to the Mother of all Carry Trades. The Financial Times:

"The US dollar has become the major funding currency of carry trades as the Fed has kept interest rates on hold and is expected to do so for a long time. Investors who are shorting the US dollar to buy on a highly leveraged basis higher-yielding assets and other global assets are not just borrowing at zero interest rates in dollar terms; they are borrowing at very negative interest rates - as low as negative 10 or 20 per cent annualized - as the fall in the US dollar leads to massive capital gains on short dollar positions."

But in the economy itself? As in Japan, very little economic progress comes from this kind of speculation.

Bankruptcies rose 7% last month. Unemployment gets worse.

The financial markets bubble up. The real economy shrivels up. And people with any sense are stocking up.

David Rosenberg, again, on gold:

We are still contemplating the massive gold purchase by the Reserve Bank of India - the largest in at least 30 years that took up half of what the IMF intends to sell. Look for China to come in next.

But here is the reality. All India did was bring gold to a 6% share of its total FX reserves from 4%. Fifteen years ago, that representation was closer to 20%. China has increased its gold holdings by 76% over the past six years but they are a mere 1.9% of the aggregate 2.2 trillion of reserves and Russia's gold holdings is just under 5%. This is not the 1990s when Bob Rubin was running a hard US dollar policy, US fiscal deficits were vanishing and gold production was on the rise. Today's world is exactly the opposite. Policymakers beginning in the 1990s wanted disinflation and got it. Now they want inflation - it will take years, maybe a decade, but it will come. For the near-term, we are still optimistic on Treasury securities but be forewarned that this view has an expiry date that is earlier than the peak we are likely to see in gold.

It is very clear that central banks are behaving in a way that would suggest that gold is now again being considered a currency within the global monetary system. As we said before, it is all about relative scarcity and a well-defined supply curve - fiat currency at this juncture does not share that quality. As a good friend reminded me yesterday, when the Fed was created nearly a century ago, it was acceptable to have at least 40% of the money supply backed by gold reserves. The US now has 8,133 tons of gold in reserve, which equates to $285 billion at this year's pricing.

Meanwhile, the Fed has spiked the punchbowl to such an extent that the monetary base now stands at $1.7 trillion. Do the math - under the old regime (which indeed hamstrung the Fed), the US alone would need to buy an incremental $400 billion of bullion or the equivalent of what would be nearly four times the typical level of annual demand. We could do the same calculation based on M2 but we don't want anyone falling off their chairs.

And finally today, we're still ruminating about what to tell you about our trip to the ranch. The funny thing was...it had little to do with cattle ranching...and a lot to do with the personalities that we brought with us. It's no easy job being a parent...especially when the kid is 38 years old...and not your kid.

More to come on that another time...

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The Daily Reckoning PRESENTS: As the unemployment rate soars to a new 26-year high and gold soars to a new all-time high, the distresses and difficulties of the American economy seem to be intensifying. But these signs of distress are nothing new to Daily Reckoning readers; we've been worrying aloud about these things for years. Today, however, we'll take a brief break from our habitual hand-wringing to explore one of the things America is "doing right." Read on for the details...

The Future of Medical Technology
By Doug Hornig
Afton, Virginia

In the future, a visit to your family physician, or any specialist, will begin with a quick scan of the computer screen, where a few keystrokes will tell the doctor everything he or she needs to know about you - all the way from how much you weighed at birth, to X-rays of that bone you broke when you flipped your motorcycle thirty years ago, to how much you spent on blood work last year, right up to the hypertension pills you took after dinner yesterday (and maybe even what you ate, although hopefully not).

Much of your medical info is already stored electronically, of course, but much more is stuffed into old paper file folders. Nor is there any centralized database that routes your records wherever they are wanted. That is going to change, and change dramatically.

The present system has too many embedded inefficiencies, and the industry wants them gone with yesterday's used latex gloves. Whether you like it or not, someday soon there will be a collection of bits and bytes that stores all the most intimate details of your health history.

Making that happen is a daunting job, and a touchy one.

On the one hand, think of how much medical data each American accumulates each year. Multiply that by 300 million. The amount of paper currently required to track it all would stretch to the moon. Doctors want to set fire to that stack.

But on the other hand, they don't want their patients' records falling into the hands of every Eastern European hacker for whom such data would be a major arm shot to his fake Viagra business. Data security has to be tight.

Thus software solutions must be developed both to serve and to protect. Billions will be spent in the process of digitizing, maintaining, and guarding medical records, and guess whose pocket the money will be extracted from. Did you select mine?

Don't care for this idea of white jackets anywhere in the world having access to your private info at the click of a mouse? Or don't like the idea of footing the bill for the conversion? Well, tough. On both counts. You won't be able to prevent the medical business from setting up the grand database, nor from using your own money to manufacture the electronic you.

In fact, the government has already installed the plumbing that will feed the big money shower. As in, very big.

That happened on February 17, when President Obama signed the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH), which its sponsors had tacked onto the comprehensive American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

Everyone loves ARRA, right? Well, maybe. But citizens who cheered it might not have been quite so happy if they were aware of everything they were agreeing to fund with their hard-earned dollars. Buried inside HITECH is an allotment of $19 billion (yep, that's billion with a B) just for the conversion of paper medical records into electronic.

Tell you who was cheering lustily, for certain: health care software developers. For example, maybe you read about the recent deal whereby Dell acquired Perot Systems, a premium software company, for about $4 billion. What that was largely about was HITECH. Dell didn't have real access to it. Perot Systems - whose annual revenues derive 25% from government and 48% from health care - did. Sound the wedding bells.

Dell, of course, is by no means the only company eager to step into the generous governmental shower stall. You can bet that IBM, Hewlett- Packard, and the rest of the heavies in the field are all busily preparing proposals, if they haven't already filed them.

And the big guys won't have that field all to themselves. There's a lot of cash to be spread around. Smaller competitors will nab their share.

Those are the kinds of companies Casey's Extraordinary Technology searches for and recommends as longer-term investments. The ones whose bottom lines will profit the most from political largesse.

Subscribers learned about one such firm in the September issue. There will be others, as anyone who has both a solid product and the savvy to play Washington's money game, is going to prosper mightily in the years ahead.

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THB: The Most Effective Way to Feed Your Hunger

noreply@blogger.com (Glen Brink) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:28:56 PST

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Friday, November 6th

I used to always be hungry and crave food...

I was hungry when I woke up. I was very hungry before I went to bed. And I was even hungry not long after a big meal. Thankfully, I was not obese. I was younger then and I liked to exercise. But I did carry about 20 pounds too many. And I had a round face and a soft belly.

I was eating and drinking a full menu of high-density carbohydrates back then. Pizza, cereal, bagels, sandwiches, chips and soda were all on the list. I consumed plenty of calories. Yet, I was still hungry.

And not only was I frequently hungry, but my mood and energy levels would swing wildly. I would become irritable... sometimes depressed. And I always felt like I needed a nap about two in the afternoon. But there was one thing that always seemed to boost my mood and energy – more carbs!

Then, about 10 years ago, I began to study the diet of our Paleolithic genetic ancestors...

Before that, I had not thought much about what I should eat to remain healthy and lean. But I didn't like the fact that I was gaining weight.

I quickly learned that high-glycemic carbohydrates are foreign to our metabolism. Especially when we consume them in large quantities – as we have since the dawn of the food processing revolution. This is a drastic departure from the diet on which we evolved.

Therefore, I decided to make my own drastic departure. I didn't go on a "diet" or start counting calories. I didn't buy meals from Weight Watchers. And I didn't join the Atkins revolution, with all of their artificial sweeteners and fake, processed foods.

I just decided to start eating real, organic, whole foods. I ate lots of leafy green salads and a variety of colorful vegetables. I made my own vegetable juices. I snacked on fruit, nuts and seeds. I ate eggs (The whole egg, of course. You don't think our ancestors would have thrown the yolk away, do you?). Grass-fed beef, pastured poultry, raw cheese and dairy. And lots of wild salmon.

My hunger and cravings simply vanished (along with the spare tire around my belly)...

Within about two weeks, my cravings for food were almost completely gone. I had energy that lasted all day. I didn't need a nap in the afternoons. My moods were stable and upbeat. My mind was sharper and more alert.

And my excess body fat simply melted away. Within about eight weeks, I lost more than 20 pounds. I reached my ideal weight and have remained within three or four pounds of that target ever since. My experience taught me first hand that hunger is about a lot more than just an empty stomach.

There are two types of hunger...

Physical hunger builds slowly and occurs several hours after a meal. This is how you feel after exercise or a long period of work, when you have depleted your energy stores. You feel discomfort. Your stomach growls. You might feel tired and your brain doesn't work as it should. This is your physiological need for nutrients and energy. Food provides relief from this feeling almost instantly.

Hormonal hunger comes on suddenly. It often has nothing to do with mealtime. In fact, hormonal hunger can strike right after you have had a meal. Have you ever wondered where that "extra room" for dessert comes from? Hormonal hunger can cause strong emotional cravings for specific foods – especially carbohydrates. It can also cause mood swings and low energy. And it creates a near continual desire to eat.

I don't take credit for the term, "hormonal hunger." Fitness and nutrition author, Rob Faigin, coined it in his superb book, Natural Hormonal Enhancement. He points out that hormonal hunger has nothing to do with a real need for food. It is the result of the interplay of various hormones in the body.

To avoid physical hunger, eat before you become hungry. To avoid hormonal hunger, you have to know what to eat.

Foods that are high on the glycemic index (60 and above) are those that convert to blood sugar very rapidly. That's what you want to avoid. When your blood sugar spikes, the hormone insulin spikes too. This can provide a burst of energy, but it is fleeting and followed by a crash.

The whole process puts us on a hormonal roller coaster that causes us to become hungry and consume food, even when our body does not physically need it.

That's why most of the foods we eat should score low (20 and below) on the glycemic index. These foods take longer to break down and they contain fewer carbohydrates, so the secretion of insulin is lower. Eating these foods will get you off the hunger cycle and curtail the constant cravings.

The chairman of our advisory board, Dr. Al Sears has a glycemic index and glycemic load chart on his website, if you would like to learn which foods score the lowest and highest.

To Your Health

Jon Herring
Editorial Director
Total Health Breakthroughs

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The Closest You'll Get to Effortless Weight Loss

noreply@blogger.com (Glen Brink) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:04:18 PST

Dear Total Health Breakthroughs Reader -

Suppose you could drop all of your unwanted fat... without going to the gym or forcing yourself to eat rice cakes and tofu burgers?

According to Dr. Al Sears, a new clinical study says it's possible.

The people in this study – which was published in the medical journal Lipids in Health and Disease – lost an average of 28 pounds and 6 inches off their belly. And they didn't change their diet or exercise habits.

Keep reading to find out how they did it ...