Not For Sissies
By Lawrence Bienemann - 1/4/2008
Recently I got together with an old friend (pun intended). The problem is, it took us a couple of tries to get it right. "Get what right?" you`re probably thinking. Although in retrospect it seems simple, I`m referring to both people being in the same location at the same time ... on the same day. E...
The Many Benefits of Yoga
By Ron King - 1/4/2008
Many studies have been conducted to determine which areas will benefit from an extended practice of yoga. Yoga practitioners are most likely to see improvements in the areas of physiology, psychology, and biochemistry. Furthermore, practitioners of yoga speak of a unification of the body, mind and s...
5 Diet Fitness Tips You Can Use Today
By James Allen - 1/4/2008
Are you ready to live a more powerful life by taking control of your
weight and physical condition? If so, here are five ideas that can
start you on the path to a healthier, slimmer body today. 1. Stop using remote controls. Remote controls are the bane of a
prospective weight loser. They may be rem...
Enlightening Your Physical Environment: Let There Be Light!
By Soni Pitts - 1/4/2008
One of the best ways to enrich and energize your environment is to infuse it with beautiful and inspiring light. Doing so not only brightens up the look and feel of any space, it encourages you to play and work with more vigor and enjoyment. It eases eyestrain and clears away the clouds of muddled t...
`Thrill` Sex
By Kevin Davies - 1/4/2008
Ever wondered why some people engage in unprotected sex? It`s because they enjoy (or require) that risk aspect having unprotected sex gives them. They do it for the same reason that other people parachute from planes or leap from bridges tied only to single piece of rope. Can people who like to have...
Top Ten Healthy Ways to Give your Energy Levels a Boost
By Janice Elizabeth Small - 1/4/2008
- Feeling overwhelmed and got to keep going? Drink a glass of water and go for a 10 minute walk. You`ll feel 100 times more refreshed on your return.
- Instead of drinking coffee to get a caffeine-induced high try sipping ginger tea to pep you up. Add a little honey if you like.
- Give...
What Increases and Decreases Good & Bad Cholesterol?
By Linda Giles - 1/4/2008
Poor eating habits Diet that is high in saturated fat tends to elevate cholesterol. Saturated fats are found mostly in foods that come from animals. Saturated fat raises you LDL (?bad?) cholesterol level more that anything else in the diet. Eating too much saturated fat is the main reason for high l...
Drug and Alcohol Addiction and Rehabilitation
By Jerry Goldfarb - 1/4/2008
Just what is addiction, you asked? Addiction is a physiological dependence on something, and is both physical and psychological in nature. When a person is addicted they literally need to feed that addiction constantly. Addiction is a traitor it sneaks up on you. People who are addicted often do not...
Why Do Athletes Use Ephedra?
By Todd Brenner - 1/4/2008
You are probably familiar with the weight loss connection with the ephedra pill, but did you know that the ephedra pill is also extremely popular with performance athletes? For decades, athletes have been seeking out ways to enhance their performance. One of the most common and popular enhancing su...
Use Ginkgo Biloba to Starve Off Alzheimer`s and Dementia
By Rudy Silva - 1/4/2008
Dementia, Alzheimer`s, and other mental diseases are accelerated by the, * The lack of blood to the brain * The lack of oxygen to the brain * The lack of minerals and vitamins to the brain * The lack of glucose to the brain * Increase of toxins to the brain. The lack of blood to the brain ...
A Look at Designer Medical Alert Bracelets
By Richard Romando - 1/4/2008
Medical ID bracelets are growing in popularity, despite the fact that some won?t wear a medical alert bracelet unless they are stylish. That is why shopping for a designer medical alert bracelet has become more and more common. With the vast capabilities of the Internet, you can easily find a design...
What I?m Giving Up for Lent?
By Deborah Caruana - 1/4/2008
Don?t worry I?m not going off into religious rantings. ? Having recovered from my trials and tribulations of January I headed into February with a revived passionate verve. I was finally over the lingering cold and ready for action. I broke into the workout regime, gently not expecting too much of...
The Rumbly-Grumbly Tummy After Gastric Bypass
By Kaye Bailey - 1/4/2008
If you?ve been enjoying life after gastric bypass surgery you will know exactly what I?m talking about. That rumbly-tumbly stomach growl that?s more bark than bite. It?s the inactive tummy talking, the lower part of the stomach that was bypassed. And it growls at the oddest moments seldom accompanie...
Epidural and Subdural Hematomas: Dangerous Blood Clots on the Brain
By Gary Cordingley - 1/4/2008
To understand epidural and subdural hematomas -- two serious consequences of head injuries -- we need to know the basic anatomy of the brain and its coverings. Imagine an evil carpenter with an electric drill intent on drilling into a person`s brain. What layers would the drill encounter in its pass...
How You Can Unite Meditation, Divine Essence, And Personal Tenacity to Serve Your Highest Purpose
By Burt Dubin - 1/4/2008
1. Meditation: Meditation is a sacred practice. Shamans, gurus, priests, medicine men and other wise beings have practiced meditation for over 5000 years. In the 20th century, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi popularized one form of meditation he named Transcendental Meditation, (TM). This is a simple form of ...
Turn to Diet for Everyday Ailments
By Robb Ksiazek - 1/4/2008
The old cliché that you are what you eat is quite true. Many people suffer from certain health conditions that even though may not be cured, can be controlled through your diet. All foods have certain qualities that affect the body in different ways. Nutrients are broken down and used in differen...
Genetically Modified Foods ? Have You Been Eating Them?
By Thomas Clouser - 1/4/2008
Genetically modified organisms, or GMO?s, are any plants or animals that contain genetic structures that have been manipulated by scientists. Using genetic engineering, scientists can pinpoint beneficial traits in any organism, in terms of added nutrition, better flavor, or greater ability to fight...
Positive Affirmations
By Gene Simmons - 1/4/2008
Never used ?em. Not likely to start now. OK, so I just lied a little bit. (Is that anything like being a little bit pregnant?) I really didn?t mean to. (Hmmm, that comment could be applicable to the pregnant thing too but actually I was referring to my lying.) I guess the one positive affirmatio...
Mankind`s Ten Worst Enemies: #2 Arrogance
By Saundra L. Washington - 1/4/2008
According to H. G. Bosch, the newspaper cartoonist H. T. Webster once amused himself by sending telegrams to 20 of his acquaintances whom he selected at random. Each message contained just one word: ?Congratulations.? As far as Webster knew, not one of his friends had done anything special for which...
Stress Management - The Agony and the Ecstasy
By Jim Kitzmiller - 1/4/2008
Stress Management can be frustrating when we keep repeating the same patterns. We can spend years with the same old situation recurring in our lives. We make ourselves suffer. We have patterns. Ten years ago we were stressed out by creditors. Today we`re still stressed out by creditors. Or perhaps t...
How Should We Pray?
By Caleb Osborne - 1/4/2008
Many Christians often wonder, "How should we pray?" I`m going to touch on this subject of prayer a few more times in the upcoming weeks, so today we`ll deal with asking for forgiveness in prayer. This question of prayer isn`t a new one but is in fact one that the disciples asked Jesus while he was s...
Stay Mentally Focused When Training
By Kris Bierek - 1/4/2008
When you decide to exercise, try to really stick to your training routine and don`t get sidetracked by too much socializing. When you socialize with friends, your mind usually starts to wander off and you really start to lose focus on your main objective, which is to train hard and get out of there....
The Ultimate In Positive Thinking?
By Roy Thomsitt - 1/4/2008
I will never forget an evening in 2003, when I met an amazing gentleman. I had, for several weeks, had a problem with my foot and ankle, having great trouble walking because of the pain. It was a bit swollen, and I thought it was an injury of some sort, although I could not recall how it had happene...
Hepatitis 101 What You Need to Know About
By Mansi Aggarwal - 1/4/2008
Not many of us know about something that is common between Evil Kenivel and Naomi judd along with thousands of other lesser, known mortals. Well the answer is Hepatitis. Both stars have or had the virus, in particular the hepatitis c. there are basically three types that infect people every year. Ho...
The Good in Pilates Reformers
By Michael Bens - 1/4/2008
Pilates is a method of exercise invented by Joseph Pilates in the early 1910?s. Joseph Pilates was a frail child, getting sick most of the time, he eventually got into exercising to improve his health. When he was detained in an English detention center for being an ?enemy alien? in World War I, he ...
Teachings of the Success Masters
By Rodney Ohebsion - 1/4/2008
Authors such as Napoleon Hill have produced a great deal of writings that form the classic success philosophy of the early 1900s. Most of this material is as applicable today as it was back then, and forms the basis of the teachings of many modern success gurus. Here is a sampling of selections fro...
The Atkins Low Carb Diet - Heart Attack City or Weight Loss Heaven?
By Gene D. Millen - 1/4/2008
One of the big stories in the weight loss world is the recent acceptance of the Atkins Diet by an increasing number of recognized researchers in the medical field. This is a remarkable turn of events. For nearly thirty years Dr. Atkins has been described as a fraud, charlatan and quack by the medica...
Creative Destruction
By Victor Gonzalez - 1/4/2008
This past Memorial Day weekend I decided to revisit my bookshelf to poke around and reminisce with books I?d read over the last decade. You see, I not only like to collect great books, I also date each one to remind me of when I read it. My ?invisible finger? guided me toward a book I read seven y...
6 Ways to Release Stress
By Kenia Morales - 1/4/2008
We are currently living in a capitalist society where money and power rule. Therefore, many of us have become workaholics and often overlook signs of tiredness in order to stay on track. I am not saying that people should stop working hard to achieve their goals. However, there is a slight proble...
Why We Choose Our Parents
By Michael Ozair - 1/4/2008
There is a concept in Jewish mystical thought known as
gilgul, which can be translated as reincarnation.
Gilgul does not necessarily mean that a soul in its
entirety has been reincarnated; it may only be a
nitzotz, or spark of a soul, that is reincarnated.
That is to say that an individual can posse...
Living With Arthritis: 6 Ways to Cope for Arthritis Sufferers
By John Robben - 1/4/2008
Just because you?ve been diagnosed with arthritis doesn?t mean that you have to wait in pain for your doctor to contact you. There are quite a few things you can do as an arthritis sufferer while waiting for new medications, an appointment for a specialist or just to work on the problem yourself. Th...
Organic Juices for Constipation
By Rudy Silva - 1/4/2008
Organic fresh made juices have cleansing and laxative action, which will help you eliminate constipation. Taken regularly they will help you have daily bowel movements. Organic juices contain loads of mineral, bioflavonoids, vitamins, enzymes, antioxidants, and other nutrients. Citric fruits have ...
Building Bridges, Not Walls!
By Willie Jones - 1/4/2008
Only twenty years ago, people would casually stroll the neibourhood, stop and chat with each other or walk down the street and greet you cordially. Nowadays people walk at a very fast pace and for the most part just walk past you looking at the ground lost in their own thoughts. It seems less peop...
Beware of Radical Mint Enthusiasts
By David Leonhardt - 1/4/2008
Some things are as boring as the dust that clings to your TV screen. Take toothpaste, for example. If you happen to be a radical mint enthusiast, brushing your teeth might be the highlight of your day. You might have the shiniest teeth in town. You might not want to interrupt your brushing for di...
Emancipation
By Wayne Mitchell - 1/4/2008
Direct Answers - Column for the week of September 8, 2003 When is it time to divorce a family member? I`ve been helping my partner manage his father`s long-term care. This entails working with his brother who controls the purse strings. My partner and I are both artists, juggling multiple careers ...
Healthy Supplements Make Diet Pills Obsolete!
By Armand Dupuis - 1/4/2008
Diet Pills Taking diet pills is definitely not an effective weight loss strategy, because as soon as you stop taking them, all the weight you lost will return with a vengeance, because... Most diet pills are nothing more than drugs which act as appetite suppressants, and the side effects can ...
Hypnosis and the Magical World of Words
By Michael Hadfield - 1/4/2008
One of the many things that I find fascinating about hypnosis is the power of words. The same words spoken to someone in normal conversation take on an almost mystical power when they are spoken during a hypnotic trance. When we are in our normal everyday, alert, aware, waking state we are in a stat...
The Finer, and Finest, Things in Life
By Chris Widener - 1/4/2008
In America, we have a saying: The finer things in life. These are the things that most people talk about when they are speaking of thing of high quality. In fact, much of that which propels people to pursue success, particularly financial success, is the desire to participate in the finer things in ...
The Rapture, A Coming Event; Part 1
By Anthony Smith - 1/4/2008
Daniel 2:44-11:35 To begin with, what is prophecy? It`s the study of future events. There are those who think that the rapture has already taken place, and that Jesus has already set up His kingdom on earth. I`m here to show that this type of thinking was the same in Paul`s time. Lets look at 2...
You Are a Child of the Most High God
By Daniel N. Brown - 1/4/2008
It`s unfortunate to see so many Christian people finding themselves living from paycheck to paycheck with unpaid bills lying around, bald tires on their cars, and zeros in their savings accounts. Not to mention their health and relationship problems. These things ought not be. Life happens to us all...
Rose Rouge: Beyond the Healing Powers of Love
By Nur Syahid - 1/4/2008
"The rose distils a healing balm The beating pulse of pain to calm".-- Anaceron A symbol of love and purity, the rose has been used throughout history for all kinds of purposes. Be it therapeutic, ornamental or even as a gesture of affection, the rose has never fallen short of its usefulness. Histor...
Fat Lady in a Thin Body: WLS Patients Feel Like Imposters
By Kaye Bailey - 1/4/2008
Every weight loss surgery patient I?ve met said they at sometime during the weight loss experience felt like a fraud. A fraud is someone who pretends to be what they are not, an imposter. Given this definition, of course we feel like a fraud! Almost overnight we become the exact opposite of what we...
Tarot Spreads: The Planetary Spread, for Insights into a Personality
By Jennifer Dunne - 1/4/2008
The Planetary Spread is an excellent layout to use when you want insight into a personality. You will lay out eleven cards in a circle, and read each card individually. Start with the first card in the center of the circle, then lay out the next eight in a circle starting with the NW position in a s...
A Look at Winsor Pilates
By Michael Bens - 1/4/2008
Winsor Pilates has gone all the rage in today?s ever changing market for the best weight Loss programs, and so far, it ha received good reviews both form users and professional analysts. But for someone, who just got introduced to this form of the ever famous exercise regimen, one cannot resist to a...
The Truth About What the American Pharmaceutical Industry Does Not Want You to Know
By Stephen Dayton - 1/21/2007
As pointed out by `Jack Shapiro, an internationally-known healthcare marketing consultant `For the first nine months of this year, the U.S. imported $40 billion in pharmaceuticals and exported only $21 billion. In 2003, we imported $50 billion and exported $23 billion.` So what makes buying from you...
Food that`s good for a healthy heart
By Nitin Jain - 2/10/2006
Here`s a conundrum: While experts agree that high cholesterol and blood pressure are crucial heart disease risk factors, many people who suffer chest pain or even heart attacks have levels that are perfectly normal. This puzzle has prompted researchers to scour the body for other cardiovascular vill...
Beating the Weight Loss Bandits
By Janice Elizabeth Small - 2/4/2006
If you`re on a weight loss program you`re under constant attack - attack from the food bandits all around you.
There is food waiting to ambush your weight loss efforts at every turn.
- It`s there on every street corner: available, fast, in huge portions and full of fat.
- It`s ther...
Getting Rid Of Gallstones Naturally
By Dr. Rita Louise - 1/21/2006
The gallbladder is a small pear-shaped organ that sits on the right side of our bodies just beneath the liver. Its primary function is to store and secrete bile. Bile is a yellow-brown fluid produced by the liver, which helps us digest fats. Our liver produces up to three cups of bile a day. Our...
Serious Dieting Tips, Humorous Explanations
By David Leonhardt - 1/19/2006
A few months ago, I set out to lose 22.6 pounds, then to put back on at least half of it.
Huh? Anybody who`s ever found herself stuck on a yo-yo diet is probably thinking that I am either crazy or planning way too hard for the inevitable yo-yo heartaches. However, my plan is more sneaky than tha...
Why We Do Not Sell Coral Calcium
By Rusty Ford - 1/17/2005
Since coral calcium is one of he hottest products on the market for the treatment of arthritis you would think that a site that is called the Arthritis Store would sell it. So why don`t we sell coral calcium. It is simple we care too much for our customers. We do not sell products just because we ca...
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