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Estacion Ruiz

2011-10-12T14:01:00.001-07:00

Estacion Ruiz Nayarit Mexico
Leonor Serrano Bernabe

Very hard to send money to Ruiz Nayarit, you have to be aware of and you need to put Estacion in front of Ruiz or it will mess up.

Sheeple

2011-10-08T00:35:00.000-07:00

reaty

Sheeple

Sheeple (a portmanteau of "sheep" and "people") is a term of disparagement, in which people are likened to the herd animals sheep.
Sheeple (a portmanteau of "sheep" and "people") is a term of disparagement, in which people are likened to sheep. The term is often used to denote persons who voluntarily acquiesce to a perceived authority figure's suggestion without critical analysis or sufficient research to understand the ramifications of that decision. By doing so, Sheeple undermine their own individuality and may willingly give up their rights. The implication of the term is that people fallaciously appeal to authority and believe or do what they are told by perceived authority figures who they view as trustworthy. The term is generally used in a political, social, and sometimes spiritual sense.

Usage

The label originated in the United States, possibly referring to British John Brunner's novel The Sheep Look Up, and designates people who tend to accept and take statements at face value, especially if it is cited in mainstream media. There is documented print usage of this word as early as 1950, in the form, "We, the Sheeple", in the Emory University Quarterly, v.6-7 1950-1951, page 64. "The Wall Street Journal first reported the label in print in 1984; the reporter heard the word used by the proprietor of an American Opinion bookstore affiliated with the John Birch Society. In this usage, taxpayers were derided for their blind conformity as opposed to those who thought independently. Shortwave radio host Milton William Cooper used the term commonly during his Hour of the Time radio show during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Ann Tintera used the word in an essay on Political and Religious implications which was published in the Denver Post February 27,1978.
The term is also used more broadly to describe any person whom the speaker feels is exceedingly conformist.

Governance

The term is also used for those who are deemed inordinately tolerant, or welcoming, of government intrusion and regulation. In a column entitled "A Nation of Sheeple," columnist Walter E. Williams writes, "Americans sheepishly accepted all sorts of Transportation Security Administration nonsense. In the name of security, we've allowed fingernail clippers, eyeglass screwdrivers and toy soldiers to be taken from us prior to boarding a plane." This usage emphasizes that Americans sheepishly accept all sorts of imposed official nonsense. It describes those who blindly submit to the judgment of public servants or political parties as leading authorities, thereby empowering the civil government through their acquiescence.

In popular culture

Former Canadian MP Garth Turner authored a book titled Sheeple, which is about his second time in the Canadian House of Commons .

"Freedom Fries" by James Verbicky. Oil on canvas. 'Sheeple' series.

Canadian born abstract and Neo-pop artist James Verbicky created a series of conceptual works in 2008 entitled "Sheeple". in 2010, the "Sheeple" flagship piece "Freedom Fries" was exhibited at the Laguna Art Museum in Laguna Beach, CA

Purpose

2011-10-07T11:16:00.000-07:00

"You and you alone are responsible for find purpose in your life. This isn't something that is going to fall into your lap, or that you are going to find at the end of a rainbow. You have to work at and design your own purpose." ---Ann Tintera

Sheeple.

2011-09-29T15:06:00.001-07:00

Sheeple

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sheeple (a portmanteau of "sheep" and "people") is a term of disparagement, in which people are likened to sheep. The term is often used to denote persons who voluntarily acquiesce to a perceived authority figure's suggestion without critical analysis or sufficient research to understand the ramifications of that decision. By doing so, Sheeple undermine their own individuality and may willingly give up their rights. The implication of the term is that people fallaciously appeal to authority and believe or do what they are told by perceived authority figures who they view as trustworthy. The term is generally used in a political, social, and sometimes spiritual sense. This term was first used in print by Ann Tintera of Colorado, in 1978.

flying ants gone finally

2011-09-28T22:44:00.000-07:00

this is the first day I am sure I didn't see any that means they last for 2 and1/2 months. This is too long to tolerate an infestation. :(.

flying ants

2011-07-19T15:59:00.001-07:00

Every year for the last few years we have had a large amt of flying ants appearing in our house. They come from cracks in the floor between the bathroom and kitchen walls.

Raid. yukky

The idea is to get to the hive and stop it, but it is certainly under my home.
I have cleaned it with vinegar, and put out ant bait. Borax and equal amts of sugar for attraction.
Lets see what happens.

clogged kitchen sink

2011-07-05T07:51:00.000-07:00

July 4th, 2011

It is always a pain to have a clogged drain.
I always figure the best recourse is to be careful what goes down the drain, but when you live with other people it usually happens that the drain clogs eventually.

Unclogging it without harsh chemicals is of course the goal.
So when my sink clogged.
First I tried a plunger. I didn't get anywhere with that.
So I dumped some baking soda down the sink followed with vinegar.
ugh. worse clog
So I opened up the sink drain and tried a snake.
I think I made the clog worse.
So, I did use some harsh chemicals.
Liquid Fire and the sink is working now, it still has a slow clog which i will work on with baking soda vinegar and boiling hot water.

Do the hustle

2011-03-25T13:32:00.000-07:00

How to Do the Hustle

Spring Cleaning

2011-03-12T20:45:00.001-08:00

1) Start from top to bottom so start with the ceilings.
start with the bathroom, main room, bedroom
remove all cobwebs and wash if possible, make a list of which rooms may need a painting on the ceiling.
Clean all the light fixtures.
2) After the ceilings walls
same as above
I also need to tile the walls in bathroom and kitchen this goes on the after clean list along with painting.

2011-03-12T20:34:00.000-08:00

Hero Dog Tries To Help Wounded Dog - Click here for the funniest movie of the week

I love this story!
Yes, the dogs know more than we give them credit for knowing.

2011

2011-03-07T18:33:00.001-08:00

International Womans Day

2011-03-07T18:26:00.001-08:00

Simple, Green, Frugal Co-op: Houseplants for Clean Air

2011-02-24T17:26:00.000-08:00

Simple, Green, Frugal Co-op: Houseplants for Clean Air

Use those leftovers.

2011-02-23T10:25:00.000-08:00

Shopping day I look and see if I can make a left over meal from the house.

plan one good dinner for the week/ check home for ingredients.

write down another meal that uses many of the same ingredients from that first meal - eg ingredients for a stew are often very similar to say a stir-fry or savoury pie. Repeat till you have 4 dinners. What you should now have is a list of meals that allow you to buy ingredients in bulk.

Review all dinners and ingredients for the dinners and see if you can expand the ingredients to include lunches and breakfasts - eg. if the ingredients for 4 dinner will use up "6 eggs" and you know that you probably will buy a dozen eggs, then you know that you probably have enough to make omelettes for at least 2 breakfasts or 2 lunches. By doing it this way, you can now buy in bulk with a purpose (as opposed to buying in bulk but never really using it all up).
Write down any other ingredients you may need for the breakfasts and lunches.
Now that you've written 4 dinners and (hopefully) 7 breakfasts and lunches, you should now review what you can do with any of the leftovers from the above. (Think of it as a "Masterchef challenge" :P). I've found that by having 4 dinners, 7 breakfasts and lunches, then I can always come up with atleast 2 more meals using leftovers.
And so that makes 6 dinners, 7 breakfasts and lunches AND the 1 dinner using just existing ingredients in the fridge/pantry.

Leftover meals taste better its like the ingredients have time to get married.

Use every bit of food you have.
Roast a Chicken: yummy

first leftover day: Have leftover roast chicken sandwiches - include a bit of the stuffing as part of the sandwich.

Night 2: Using what should now be the carcass of the roast chicken, make chicken stock. Set aside any leftover stuffing. After making chicken stock, it time to throw away the bones. (Eat something else ;) )

Night 3: Using the chicken stock, make rice. When rice is just about cooked through, use the leftover stuffing to flavour your rissoto even more. Add any other ingredients for your rissoto (hopefully the ingredients are also leftover ingredients from other meals).

A stir fry maybe for another meal! Stir frys are mostly vegetables with a bit of meat for flavor. I prefer chicken in mine.

Jorgenson Ice Skate Rink

2011-02-10T22:35:00.000-08:00

It looks like this could have been worse and the rink will open back up this Sunday.

http://www.gunnisontimes.com/index.php?content=C_news&newsid=6913

Toxic carbon monoxide fumes looming at ice rinks may be putting the thousands of children who skate and play hockey at risk, according to a "Today" show investigation.

Former Ice Capades dancer Linda Davis was diagnosed with long-term carbon monoxide poisoning, which has left her with chronic lung and memory problems and requires her to use a respirator, she tells the show.

"It started small, and then it progressed into completely debilitating me," she said. "You just don't know what your child is exposed to."

Nancy Fischer recently learned what her 14-year-old son, who plays ice hockey three or four nights a week, has been exposed to after he fainted in the locker room and couldn't get up. He had to be rushed to the hospital, where doctors told his family he'd been stricken by carbon monoxide poisoning -- along with the rest of his team.

"It was very scary," Fischer tells "Today." "I didn't know the long-term effects. You think your kids are safe in a rink -- and he wasn't."

But how are the dangerous fumes getting trapped inside the rinks? Through the machines used to clean and resurface the ice, experts say.

Many rinks sweep the ice with fuel-powered resurfacers, which spit out both carbon monoxide and miniscule particles. The fumes and the particles linger inside the enclosed rinks and can wreak havoc on those who breathe them in.

"There's very little ventilation," certified industrial hygienist Joseph Cocciardi tells the show. "Whatever toxic materials are in the ice rink stay there."

Last week, at least 61 people taking part in an ice hockey tournament in Gunnison, Colorado, were sickened by fumes and had to be treated for carbon monoxide poisoning. The "Today" investigation found that at least 250 in all have been poisoned at ice rinks around the country.

Watch a video from the "Today" show detailing the issue.

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The show conducted its own air quality testing of a rink in Pennsylvania, finding that due to both the fuel-powered ice resurfacer and another machine called an ice edger, the air quality was far worse than is acceptable by environmental safety standards.

Carbon monoxide levels were almost double the levels deemed safe, as were the amounts of fine particles in the air, Cocciardi said. It was so unhealthy that he ordered the machines be shut off and everyone leave the rink.

Exposure to carbon monoxide can, over time, cause heart, lung and brain damage. Only three states -- Minnesota, Rhode Island and Massachusetts -- require the air quality to be tested inside rinks, and there is no federal law mandating that it be monitored.

The Environmental Protection Agency declined to be interviewed by the "Today" show, as did several in Congress who head up the environmental safety committee. The problem has a simple fix: using an electric resurfacer instead. The issue? It costs twice as much as the older fuel models.

"Are they waiting for something tragic to happen?" wondered Fischer. "Because as far as I'm concerned, my son going to the hospital was tragic."

2011-02-06T23:19:00.000-08:00

54 people have been treated for varying degrees of carbon monoxide poisoning during a skating tournament in Gunnison.

Two (girls from Teluride) were transported to Denver for hyperbaric oxygen chamber treatment. The pressurized chamber treatment restores a patient's oxygen levels and reduces carbon monoxide as quickly as possible.

The rest of the victims were treated and released including my cousin Cdog..

There's no word yet on what may have caused the carbon monoxide leak.

Cat litter that is enviromentally ok

2011-02-02T17:08:00.000-08:00

Chicken food, or lay crumbles is an inexpensisive and envromentally wise replacement.

Also, homemade newspaper litter is a great idea.

I have tested a lot of different natural kitty litters, and honestly, I don’t like most of them. I’ve read horrible things about the chemicals that go into conventional clumping litters and the damaging effects of clay mining on the environment, so I’m not about to go back to clay litter.

Someone suggested this homemade litter recipe.

Shred newspaper in a paper shredder. I collect the shredded paper in an unused litter box.
Soak the paper in warm water mixed with a few squirts gentle, biodegradable dish soap (like Ecover). The shredded paper takes on a cooked oatmeal consistency. The paper won’t come completely clean, but the water will turn grey.
Drain the water (an old colander works wonders) and repeat the soaking process minus the soap.
Sprinkle baking soda liberally on the wet paper. Knead it in to the mixture (you might want to wear gloves to avoid getting ink on your hands).
Squeeze the remaining moisture out until it’s as dry as you can get it.
Crumble over a screen and leave to dry (it takes a few days).

Once it’s dry, I put about an inch and a half to two inches of the paper crumbles in the litter box, scoop solids daily and change it once a week. It takes about a half an hour to 45 minutes to make a 2-3 week supply of litter.

Natural laxative colon cleanzers

2011-02-02T13:28:00.000-08:00

Psyllium Husk: A type of root that you can buy at most stores, and contained in things like Metamucil. It is one of the easiest natural colon cleansing products to use from home, because you can just add it into your cooking. This is going to clean out your colon and make your feel better about yourself. It works because it is a natural bulking fiber.
Cumin seeds: 2 tablespoons of cumin seeds ground, a pinch of asafetida,some rock salt, a few drops of lemon juice combine and drink quickly.
Baking soda: mix in equal parts of baking soda and plain old water. Should work very quickly.
coriander juice, fresh buttermilk, and a pinch of cumin seeds: works well too.

Flax seeds - It increases the intestinal volume and the peristaltic motion that helps in the movement of bowels.
Aloe leaf - A very good laxative.
Ginger - Stimulates the colon. Reduces bloating.
Garlic - Eliminates toxins from the body. Helps to reduce parasites.
Barberry - Stimulates the colon.
Fennel - Helps to eliminate mucus from the colon.

Doctors believe we should keep our colon clean with the things we eat. Adding more fiber to your diet is a great way to keep your colon clean. Eating a high fiber diet over the course of a weekend could clean out your colon naturally. Of course, during this time you will have to lay off fatty foods and low fiber foods. This will mean eating a lot of vegetables and soups.
Here is a short list of fruits that help against constipation...

Papayas
Apples
Apricots
Figs
Oranges
Grapes
Prunes
Berries
Bananas
Cherries
Cantaloupes

Most fruits contain ample amounts of fiber, which helps keep your bowel normal.

Vinegar and Baking soda

2011-01-09T09:16:00.000-08:00

All you need to clean with?

Here are Some Natural Healthy Tips for Kitchen Cleaning

How to get rid of grease and grime inside your oven...

Make a paste of one-cup vinegar and 1/4 cup powdered laundry detergent.

Heat your oven for 5-minutes at 350 degrees and turn off.

Spread the paste around the oven, applying it more heavily to very greasy areas. Leave paste on for an hour, and then use a plastic spatula to gently scrape the dirt away.

To prevent greasy buildup in the first place, dip a sponge in full-strength vinegar and wipe down all sides of the oven

Unpleasant Odors...

To stop unpleasant cooking odors from permeating throughout the entire house, boil a cup or two of vinegar in a pot in the stove. The vinegar will absorb the odors.

When cooking cabbage, add a few drops of vinegar to prevent the unpleasant odors in the first place.

Accidentally burnt the pot roast? Soak a towel in vinegar, wring it out, and wave it around the room. No one will know what you did to his or her dinner.

Prefer using the microwave? Boil 1/4 cup of vinegar in a bowl of water to keep it grease free and smelling as fresh as the day you bought it.

Small Appliances...

Get rid of the sludge in your automatic drip coffee maker by running full-strength vinegar through a normal brew cycle. Rinse by running plain water through the cycle two or three times.

Remove the lime coating on your teakettle by filling it with water and adding a half-cup of vinegar. Let it stand overnight, then rinse with clean water and dry.

BAKING SODA:

A box or small bowl of baking soda in the refrigerator, freezer, or any cupboard will keep away unpleasant odors.

Similarly, baking soda will keep away garbage odors; sprinkle the bottom of the pail, and then sprinkle again after you put a new bag in.

Grease Fires can be extinguished by sprinkling baking soda on them.

To clean surfaces, sprinkle baking soda on a damp cloth. Wipe, then rinse with clean water.

To remove stale smells from food containers, rinse out with hot water and baking soda. If the smell persists, let the container soak overnight in the baking soda and water mixture.

To clean silver, use a paste of 3 parts baking soda to one part water. Rub the paste onto each item, then rinse with warm water and dry with a soft cloth.

To remove scuff marks or grease spills from the floor, sprinkle with baking soda and then wipe with a warm, damp cloth. This is even safe for no-wax floors.

For burnt-on food in the bottom of pots, sprinkle with baking soda, and then add hot water. Let soak overnight; the dried on food will come loose much more easily.

Vinegar as a Disinfectant?

The disinfectant properties of vinegar have been verified by numerous studies including those conducted by the Good Housekeeping Institute, as reported on 48 hours (on CBS) in 2000. A straight 5% solution of vinegar kills 99 percent of bacteria, 82 percent of mold, and 80 percent of viruses, however in the USA,Heinz can't claim on their packaging that vinegar is a disinfectant since the company has not registered it as a pesticide with the Environmental Protection Agency. However, it seems to be common knowledge in the industry that vinegar is powerfully antibacterial. Even the CBS news show “48 Hours” had a special years ago with Heloise reporting on tests from The Good Housekeeping Institute that showed this.

Here are Some Natural Healthy Tips for Bathroom Cleaning

Clean sink and tub with full-strength vinegar. Simply apply with a sponge, wipe clean to a sparkly shine.

Clean you ceramic tiles with a solution of 1/4-cup vinegar to one-gallon warm water. If the grout between your tiles is looking hard, dip a toothbrush in full strength vinegar and gently scrub.

Get rid of that nasty, grimy dirt that builds up around the faucets by soaking paper towels in full strength vinegar and wrapping them around the fixtures. Let sit for one hour, and then clean as usual.

Soap scum & hard water spots on the tub and shower stall? Soak a sponge in full strength vinegar, wipe, let stand for five minutes then rinse with clean water. Water spots on sliding shower doors disappear after cleaning with half water and half vinegar solution.

To remove stubborn stains from most surfaces, use a baking soda paste (3 parts baking soda, one part water). Apply, let stand, then scrub or wipe clean.

Hairbrushes and combs can be cleaned in a baking soda solution.

To help avoid clogged drains, pour 1/4 cup baking soda down weekly. Rinse throughly with hot water.

Here are Some Natural Healthy Tips for Cleaning the Living Room and Bedroom.

A solution of equal amounts of vinegar and water is a well-known window-washing trick. Dip black and white newspaper pages into the solution and wipe the glass until it's almost dry. Finish wiping with a dry newspaper page. The streaks will disappear and the window will shine.

Stains on your bedroom carpet? Combine 2 tablespoons of detergent, three tablespoons of vinegar and one quart of warm water. Work mixture into the stain, but don't soak. Blot with clean cloth.

Accidentally spilled white glue on rug or sofa? Remove it with white vinegar.

Clean up a puppy accident on your carpet by blotting up as much of the liquid as possible. Dab the spot with equal parts vinegar and warm, soapy water. Blot again with a clean, white cloth until no more liquid is absorbed.

If your animal continues to stain the place, try spraying vinegar on the spot. The smell should turn him off.

To remove scents from a carpet, sprinkle with baking soda. Let stand for at least fifteen minutes, then vacuum. Repeat as needed.

If there is a smoker in the house, put baking soda in the bottom of each ashtray to keep away some of the stale smoke smell, especially in the bedroom.

Baking soda in the litterbox will help prevent odors.

To quickly clean pets and remove "wet dog" odor, sprinkle with baking soda and brush out their fur.

To help remove spills, blot as much as possible. Then clean as you normally would. When finished, sprinkle with baking soda. Vacuum. This will decrease the chance that some of the spilled item will remain in the carpet and cause unpleasant odors later.

Children's toys can be cleaned using 1/4 cup baking soda in 1 quart warm water. Submerge in this mixture (or wipe with a cloth dampened in it), then rinse with clear water.

Here are Some Natural Healthy Tips for the Laundry

Never Mix Vinegar and Bleach!!! The Results Are Toxic.

Stains...

Antiperspirant :

Blot the spot with paper towel dampened with a solution of baking soda and vinegar. Wash as usual in the hottest water that's safe for the fabric.

Glue:

Loosen the dried on glue by soaking a clean cloth in vinegar and saturating the spot until it's gone. Grass - Mix one-third cup vinegar and two-thirds cup water. Apply the solutions to the stain and blot. Repeat the process, as needed, then wash as usual.

Lint Remover:

Keep lint from clinging to your dark clothes by adding 1/2 cup vinegar to the rinse cycle.

Mildew:

Dab vinegar on the soiled areas to kill the mildew. Let the item sit in the sun for a few hours and then wash separately from other items.

Replace half of each measure of laundry detergent with baking soda to keep clothing fresh.

To remove grease stains, either add baking soda to the wash load or pretreat the stains with a baking soda paste.

Pretreat diapers in their pail with baking soda. This will keep odors from becoming overpowering between washings.

If you keep a laundry hamper, add some baking soda every day to keep the hamper from smelling between loads

28 Practical Uses for Vinegar, Nature's Magic Cleanser

By Michelle Satanek

Have you overlooked the many practical uses of vinegar? Clean, disinfect and shine for pennies!

Heinz company spokesperson Michael Mullen has cited numerous studies to show that a straight 5 percent solution of vinegar

such as you can buy in the supermarket kills 99 percent of bacteria, 82 percent of mold, and 80 percent of germs (viruses). He noted that Heinz can't claim on their packaging that vinegar is a disinfectant since the company has not registered it as a pesticide with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). However, it seems to be common knowledge in the industry that vinegar is powerfully antibacterial.

Here are twenty-seven uses for vinegar:

* Deodorize your sink drains: Pour a cup down your drain, let stand about thirty minutes, then run cold water.

* Unclog a drain: Dump 1 cup of baking soda down your drain and follow it with 1 cup of vinegar. When they mix, they foam and expand, cleaning your drain. Allow a few minutes for the mixture to do it's job, then flush with hot water for several minutes.

* Disinfect and clean wood cutting boards: Rub with vinegar to disinfect and clean. If your cutting board has deep grooves, you can also soak the board in vinegar for 5-10 minutes.

* Cut grease: When washing greasy pans or dishes, add a few tablespoons of vinegar to your soapy dishwater.

* Clean the dishwasher: Vinegar reduces soap build up, so throw a cup of vinegar in your dishwasher and let it run a full (empty) cycle once a month or so.

* Clean the coffeepot: Hard water can clog a coffeepot and cause yucky buildup inside it. To remedy this, pour 1 cup vinegar in your coffeepot, fill the rest of the way with water, then run it through a cycle as usual (without coffee grounds in the filter). Rinse the coffeepot out. Fill it with fresh water and run another cycle without coffee to rinse the inside of the coffee maker.

* Loosen food grime and clean the microwave: Place a microwave-safe bowl with 2 cups water, 1/2 cup vinegar inside the microwave and microwave on full power for 3-4 minutes (it needs to boil). Keep your microwave closed for a few minutes to allow the steam to loosen the grime, then open your microwave, carefully remove the bowl, and wipe clean!

* Clean windows: Mix 1 cup vinegar with 5 cups water, and you've got a great window cleaner. If you must have blue window cleaner, just a few drops of blue food coloring!

* Remove grease from kitchen walls: Put straight vinegar on a dishcloth to wipe grease off kitchen walls, or the stovetop.

* Remove pet urine stains (and smells) from carpet: Mix about 1/4 cup of vinegar to a quart of water. Soak a washcloth in the mixture and blot the area several times.

* Clean kitchen and bathroom faucets: Soak a paper towel in vinegar then wrap it around your faucet to remove mineral deposits.

* Clean and shine no-wax vinyl or linoleum floors: Mix 1 gallon of water with 1/2 cup vinegar in a bucket, then mop or scrub your floor with the solution.

* Inexpensive scouring powder: Combine two tablespoons each of vinegar and baking soda for an effective scouring powder.

* Clean the toilet rim: Put straight 5% vinegar in a squirt bottle and use it to clean the rim of the toilet. It disinfects, too!

* Prevent mold and mildew in the shower: Wipe down tile or Formica shower walls with a sponge or cloth dampened with water and vinegar. The vinegar will clean the walls and inhibit the growth of mold and mildew.

* Unclog the showerhead: Mineral deposits from hard water can cause a sputtering, clogged shower head. Place the showerhead in a pot, add enough vinegar to completely cover it. Heat the vinegar to just below boiling, then remove from heat. Allow to sit for at least 6 hours. The acid in the vinegar will eat away the deposits. Rinse the showerhead well, and it's ready to go again.

* Get rid of the funky smell in that lunchbox: Soak a piece of plain bread in vinegar, then place it in the lunchbox overnight and the smell will disappear!

* Remove rust: To get rid of rust, soak items in vinegar (do not dilute). This will work on any metals.

* Remove residue and styling product build up from hair: After shampooing, rinse your hair with a mixture of 1/2 vinegar, 1/2 warm water to remove all the build up and get rid of that dullness.

* Eliminate smells: Run a hot tub of water and pour in one or two cups of vinegar. Hang smelly clothes on hangers along your shower curtain rod. This will remove smoke and other tough smells.

* Get rid of stickers, decals and sticky residues: Rub a few coats of vinegar on the area and allow to soak. Then wash off with a wet washcloth and the sticky will rub right off.

* Polish patent leather purses and shoes: Place vinegar on a clean cloth, then rub over patent leather. Wipe dry with another clean cloth.

* Remove stains: Rub a small amount of vinegar gently on fruit, jelly, mustard or coffee type stains and wash as usual. No more stain!

* Clean your glasses: Place a drop of vinegar on the lens, then rub with a cotton cloth.

* Get the smell out of your cloth diapers! Next time those cloth diapers start to smell, add a 1/2 to 1 cup of vinegar in your last rinse.

* Polish

your car: Rub vinegar on chrome to clean and shine it.

* Remove bumper stickers: Soak a cloth in vinegar and lay it over the bumper sticker. Allow to soak a few minutes. The bumper sticker should peel right off. Rub vinegar over the area to remove the sticky residue, if necessary.

* Next time you have a sore throat, try gargling with cider vinegar!

Michelle Satanek is the author of the monthly “Frugal Mommy” column. She lives in Alaska with her husband and their two young sons.

Don't sit for it.

2011-01-04T11:50:00.001-08:00

The "Active Couch Potato" - Why Prolonged Sitting is Hazardous To Your Health

By Tom Venuto

Health researchers have been warning us for some time now about the metabolic and health risks of too much sitting. In fact, this made front page headlines last year when British research identified an association between sitting time and... DEATH!

The latest research has added a new twist: Experts are now saying that too much time spent sitting is an independent risk factor for obesity and metabolic health problems separate and distinct from getting too little exercise.
Physiologically, there are distinct effects between prolonged sedentary time and too little exercise time. For example, research has shown that chronic unbroken periods of muscular unloading associated with prolonged sedentary time can have negative biological consequences.
Even though there are very low levels of calorie expenditure from standing still, standing elicits electromyographic and hormonal changes. Physiologically, it has been suggested that that loss of local muscle contractual stimulation due to sitting leads to suppression of skeletal muscle lipoprotein lipase activity and glucose uptake.
By contrast, the mere act of standing involves isometric contraction of the antigravity (postural) muscles. Yet in the past, standing still would have been called "sedentary" behavior. NASA has done extensive zero gravity research showing the metabolic consequences of extreme muscular unloading and there are interesting parallels being drawn here.
There's another new wrinkle in the story: The latest research also suggests that you could meet what is considered an ideal guideline for physical activity, but if you also sit for prolonged periods, there could still be negative consequences. In other words, your formal workouts may not undo some of the negative consequences of long periods of sitting.
They have actually created a name for this phenomenon - "THE ACTIVE COUCH POTATO"
An example is the person who jogs or bikes to and from work, but who sits all day long at his job for 8 or more hours and then spends several hours watching TV or surfing the internet in the evening.
One study found a strong association between metabolic risk and TV watching time even when physical activity was 150 minutes per week of moderate to vigorous exercise! They also suggested that this association may be stronger in women than in men.
Because these types of studies only show associations, it's very difficult to say with certainly that too much sitting specifically causes adverse health consequences. However, better scientific measurement with tools such as accelerometers has given us more insights than the older studies that were based only on surveys of self-reported TV and sitting time.
It is also very difficult and always has been, for health organizations to make broad physical activity guidelines for the entire general population.
Nevertheless, the latest research is pushing fitness experts and public health officials to send more messages that include not just guidelines on how much and what kind of formal exercise to do, but also to specifically reduce sedentary behaviors like TV watching and computer time.
They're also calling for a distinction between too much sedentary time (particularly sitting) and too little exercise. In particular, they're recommending that you break up sitting time whenever that's possible.
Researchers in the Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study found beneficial associations in metabolic risk markers just from the presence of breaks in sedentary time. That could include a simple transition from sitting to standing or from standing still to starting to walk. They also found an association between a higher number of breaks in sitting time and beneficial changes in waist circumference, BMI, triglycerides and blood glucose.
When news reports hit the media previously about the sitting - obesity - health connection, some people shrugged it off as common sense. However, I think the idea that you might be an "active couch potato" is not something to shrug off at all, because unless you work out formally as well as hold a physically-active job, this includes the majority of fitness-conscious people in our modern, technologically-based society today.
Many people work out diligently at least a few days per week, but they sit behind a desk for 8 hours without more than a lunch and bathroom break or two, and then when they get home, it's straight for the couch/TV or the computer/internet.
A strong focus on nutrition and portion control can ensure weight loss despite a low activity level, but according to these latest findings, a minimalist workout program may not be enough to overcome all the negative health effects of an otherwise sedentary lifestyle.
I believe this is a message to be taken seriously, and it got my attention on a personal level because it wasn't so long ago that my lifestyle changed in a way that put me behind a desk and in front of a computer even more than most nine to fivers.
For nearly a decade and a half, I worked in health clubs, where I was up on my feet and on the gym floor the majority of the day, as a personal trainer and club manager. When I became a full-time writer, researcher, author and internet publisher, I found myself glued to a desk and computer screen for 10-12 hours a day.
Many people have responded to this latest health news with exasperation because they feel trapped by virtue of their 9 to 5 desk jobs. We are a knowledge and technology based society today and we're not going backwards to a predominantly labor-based society any time in the near future.
But that's not something to get frustrated about. I'm now in the same boat myself, but I've stayed in great shape with great health and so can you. The solutions are simple:
1. Do what the Australian researchers suggested: When you can't avoid long stretches of sedentary time due to a desk job, break up that sitting time as much as possible. Stand more if you can, get up out of your chair at regular intervals and walk around at every opportunity.
2. Continue with your diligent formal training programs, but take a closer look at how you spend your leisure time. Take a portion of your sedentary leisure time, particularly TV and web surfing, and replace it with active but fun leisure activities like sports, recreation, house or garden work, hobby work and walking.
3. Think about physical activity beyond the gym. Think constantly about how you can move more and live a more active lifestyle - every single day.
These may seem like little details, but sometimes the little things DO matter, and sometimes, the little things add up and matter the most.

Denver Art Musemum

2010-12-28T19:52:00.000-08:00

Phone number 720-865-5000 cost $10 adult,$8 senior or student.
www.denverartmuseum.org

Beaches

2010-12-28T19:45:00.000-08:00

Top 10 USA beaches
1) Coopers Beach, Southampton, N.Y.
2) Siesta Beach, Sarasota, Fla.
3) Coronado Beach, San Diego, Calif.
4) Cape Hatteras, N.C.
5) Main Beach, East Hampton, N.Y.
6) Kahanamoku Beach, Waikiki, Oahu, Hawaii
7) Coast Guard Beach, Cape Cod, Mass.
8) Beachwalker Park, Kiawah Island, S.C.
9) Hamoa Beach, Maui, Hawaii
10) Cape Florida State Park, Key Biscayne, Fla.

Visa Travel money

2010-12-28T19:35:00.001-08:00

check online before traveling again for a Visa Travel/Money card at AAA.com/travelmoney.

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Morning Headache

2010-12-28T13:21:00.001-08:00

Woke with a morning headache it is still lingering a little, my sinuses seem to be involved. I went for a walk took an aspirin, and am boiling water after airing out our home. Hopefully these measures will make everything fine again. I have finished with the parasite control and am planning a liver flush when I feel well. I will probably wait until after the New Year now.

Two 4 pnt. Bucks

2010-12-26T22:36:00.000-08:00

Two 4 pnt. Bucks crossed the street near Moca's that was nice to see. Charlie was taking me to the store to get pet supplies. We have been seeing alot of deer in town.

Christmas

2010-12-26T22:34:00.001-08:00

Christmas at Aunt Helens, Stan his boys Liam and Landon, Kathleen, and Kaleb Redding. She is wonderful to have such a nice get together.

SEEDS

2010-12-11T18:00:00.000-08:00

YaY! Seeds means that in the spring there will be plants.

Garbage Day

2010-12-08T13:36:00.001-08:00

Wednesday is garbage day! The garbage man came at 2:35 Titler side. 3:05 my side. So 1/2 hour between.

No more feelings of sickness, I have resumed the parasite control stuff.

Head Cold?

2010-12-05T14:37:00.001-08:00

This morning I woke up with stuffed sinus's and a headache, a stomach ache from the headache.
I have once again put the parasite control off for a day.
I took two aspirin's on rising. I think they made the stomach ache worse. I vomited. Tried to eat an apple to calm my stomach then I vomited more. Rested.
When my stomach felt better I took some cold medicine, that my son had left over from france. I feel better now. I am going to dress and go for a walk. I may do a Nettie later. If I feel well I will start my cold meds again tomorrow.

Gallbladder action

2010-12-03T22:40:00.000-08:00

For a week, my gallbladder was good. I was doing my parasite control and everything. Last night I felt not so good. This morning at 4:30am I woke with gallbladder pain that lasted about 2 hours, I took a hot bath and drank lemon tea. I didn't take my parasite control today. I also took a bile tablet. My bowel movement showed undigested food. Hopefully this is a one day thing and I can continue with my parasite control in the morning.

The Storyteller

2010-11-29T13:49:00.000-08:00

The Storyteller

Alone in her world
of make believe
weaving her stories
of magic and light

She brings joy
to the eyes
of innocent minds
less jaded and free

For only they know
what's in her heart
holding the secrets
she guards so well

Life's hidden mysteries
belong to those
whose wisdom and truth
shine on in imagination

Written for Ann
~Dawn Drover~

Twisted Sister

Health

2010-11-25T21:41:00.001-08:00

No new pain, the last 5 days. I don't feel one hundred percent. My back hurts a bit, however I am pretty sure I will be fine. I am drinking tea with lemons and doing a parasite routine. When I finish the parasite removal(I see no signs of having any parasites however everything I have read about doing a liver flush suggests that I may need to do this first), I will then try another liver flush.

Gallbladder

2010-11-20T11:12:00.000-08:00

November 18th, I woke up in the middle of the night with a gallbladder attack. It was nearly unbearable. I drank some beat juice and took hot baths. Lived through the night. I had eaten a hamburger when getting off the airplane after our trip to france. No more hamburgers for me for a while.
I am going on a parasite kill routine and then I am going to go on an apple diet and do the liver flush again. I have to do something.
November 19th, I woke up with a very bad headache, my neck was also sore. I took some pain medication (extra strength aspirin) the pain went away in about an hour or so.
November 20th, I feel healthy today.

You know

2010-03-27T01:56:00.001-07:00

I am too old to have to put up with stupid men and their stupid issues.

Sugar Blues

2010-03-17T23:43:00.000-07:00

WHY SUGAR IS TOXIC TO THE BODY

WHY SUGAR IS TOXIC TO THE BODY
In 1957, Dr William Coda Martin tried to answer the question: When is a food a food and when is it a poison? His working definition of "poison" was: "Medically: Any substance applied to the body, ingested or developed within the body, which causes or may cause disease. Physically: Any substance which inhibits the activity of a catalyst which is a minor substance, chemical or enzyme that activates a reaction." The dictionary gives an even broader definition for "poison": "to exert a harmful influence on, or to pervert".

Dr Martin classified refined sugar as a poison because it has been depleted of its life forces, vitamins and minerals. "What is left consists of pure, refined carbohydrates."

The body cannot utilize this refined starch and carbohydrate unless the depleted proteins, vitamins and minerals are present. Nature supplies these elements in each plant in quantities sufficient to metabolize the carbohydrate in that particular plant. There is no excess for other added carbohydrates. Incomplete carbohydrate metabolism results in the formation of 'toxic metabolite' such as pyruvic acid and abnormal sugars containing five carbon atoms. Pyruvic acid accumulates in the brain and nervous system and the abnormal sugars in the red blood cells. These toxic metabolites interfere with the respiration of the cells. They cannot get sufficient oxygen to survive and function normally. In time, some of the cells die. This interferes with the function of a part of the body and is the beginning of degenerative disease."

REFINED SUGAR IS LETHAL!

Refined sugar is lethal when ingested by humans because:
* it provides only that which nutritionists describe as "empty" or "naked" calories.
* It lacks the natural minerals which are present in the sugar beet or cane.
* It drains and leaches the body of precious vitamins and minerals through the demand its digestion, detoxification and elimination make upon one's entire system.
* Sugar taken every day produces a continuously over-acid condition, and more and more minerals are required from deep in the body in the attempt to rectify the imbalance.
* Finally, in order to protect the blood, so much calcium is taken from the bones and teeth that decay and general weakening begin.

AFFECTING THE WHOLE BODY!

Excess sugar eventually affects every organ in the body. Initially, it is stored in the liver in the form of glucose (glycogen). Since the liver's capacity is limited, a daily intake of refined sugar (above the required amount of natural sugar) soon makes the liver expand like a balloon. When the liver is filled to its maximum capacity, the excess glycogen is returned to the blood in the form of fatty acids. These are taken to every part of the body and stored in the most inactive areas: the belly, the buttocks, the breasts and the thighs.

When these comparatively harmless places are completely filled, fatty acids are then distributed among active organs, such as the heart and kidneys. These begin to slow down; finally their tissues degenerate and turn to fat. The whole body is affected by their reduced ability, and abnormal blood pressure is created.

The parasympathetic nervous system is affected; and organs governed by it, such as the small brain, become inactive or paralysed. (Normal brain function is rarely thought of as being as biologic as digestion.) The circulatory and lymphatic systems are invaded, and the quality of the red corpuscles starts to change. An overabundance of white cells occurs, and the creation of tissue becomes slower. Our body's tolerance and immunising power becomes more limited, so we cannot respond properly to extreme attacks, whether they be cold, heat, mosquitoes or microbes.

SUGAR AND BRAIN FUNCTIONING!
Excessive sugar has a strong mal-effect on the functioning of the brain. The key to orderly brain function is glutamic acid, a vital compound found in many vegetables. The B vitamins play a major role in dividing glutamic acid into antagonistic-complementary compounds which produce a "proceed" or "control" response in the brain. B vitamins are also manufactured by symbiotic bacteria which live in our intestines. When refined sugar is taken daily, these bacteria wither and die, and our stock of B vitamins gets very low. Too much sugar makes one sleepy; our ability to calculate and remember is lost.

SUGAR: HARMFUL TO HUMANS AND ANIMALS
Shipwrecked sailors who ate and drank nothing but sugar and rum for nine days surely went through some of this trauma; the tales they had to tell created a big public relations problem for the sugar pushers.

This incident occurred when a vessel carrying a cargo of sugar was shipwrecked in 1793. The five surviving sailors were finally rescued after being marooned for nine days. They were in a wasted condition due to starvation, having consumed nothing but sugar and rum.

The eminent French physiologist F. Magendie was inspired by that incident to conduct a series of experiments with animals, the results of which he published in 1816. In the experiments, he fed dogs a diet of sugar or olive oil and water. All the dogs wasted and died.

The shipwrecked sailors and the French physiologist's experimental dogs proved the same point. As a steady diet, sugar is worse than nothing. Plain water can keep you alive for quite some time. Sugar and water can kill you. Humans [and animals] are "unable to subsist on a diet of sugar".

The dead dogs in Professor Magendie's laboratory alerted the sugar industry to the hazards of free scientific inquiry. From that day to this, the sugar industry has invested millions of dollars in behind-the-scenes, subsidised science. The best scientific names that money could buy have been hired, in the hope that they could one day come up with something at least pseudoscientific in the way of glad tidings about sugar.

It has been proved, however, that (1) sugar is a major factor in dental decay; (2) sugar in a person's diet does cause overweight; (3) removal of sugar from diets has cured symptoms of crippling, worldwide diseases such as diabetes, cancer and heart illnesses.

Sir Frederick Banting, the co-discoverer of insulin, noticed in 1929 in Panama that, among sugar plantation owners who ate large amounts of their refined stuff, diabetes was common. Among native cane-cutters, who only got to chew the raw cane, he saw no diabetes.

"HIRED CONSCIENCES" - THE WAY TO SELL!
With undaunted zeal for increasing the market demand for the most important agricultural product of the West Indies, the Committee of West India was reduced to a tactic that has served the sugar pushers for almost 200 years: irrelevant and transparently silly testimonials from faraway, inaccessible people with some kind of "scientific" credentials. One early commentator called them "hired consciences".

The House of Commons committee was so hard-up for local cheerleaders on the sugar question, it was reduced to quoting a doctor from faraway Philadelphia, a leader of the recent American colonial rebellion: "The great Dr Rush of Philadelphia is reported to have said that 'sugar contains more nutrients in the same bulk than any other known substance'." (Emphasis added.) At the same time, the same Dr Rush was preaching that masturbation was the cause of insanity! If a weasel-worded statement like that was quoted, one can be sure no animal doctor could be found in Britain who would recommend sugar for the care and feeding of cows, pigs or sheep.

We have no right to be surprised when we read the introduction to McCollum's "A History of Nutrition" and find that "The author and publishers are indebted to The Nutrition Foundation, Inc., for a grant provided to meet a portion of the cost of publication of this book". What, you might ask, is The Nutrition Foundation, Inc.? The author and the publishers don't tell you. It happens to be a front organisation for the leading sugar-pushing conglomerates in the food business, including the American Sugar Refining Company, Coca-Cola, Pepsi-Cola, Curtis Candy Co., General Foods, General Mills, Milk Co. and Sunshine Biscuits-about 45 such companies in all.

When the researchers bite the hands that feed them, and the news gets out, it's embarrassing all around. In 1958, Time magazine reported that a Harvard biochemist and his assistants had worked with myriads of mice for more than ten years, bankrolled by the Sugar Research Foundation, Inc. to the tune of $57,000, to find out how sugar causes dental cavities and how to prevent this. It took them ten years to discover that there was no way to prevent sugar causing dental decay. When the researchers reported their findings in the Dental Association Journal, their source of money dried up. The Sugar Research Foundation withdrew its support.

The more that the scientists disappointed them, the more the sugar pushers had to rely on the ad men.

SUCROSE: "PURE" ENERGY AT A PRICE
When calories became the big thing in the 1920s, and everybody was learning to count them, the sugar pushers turned up with a new pitch. They boasted there were 2,500 calories in a pound of sugar. A little over a quarter-pound of sugar would produce 20 per cent of the total daily quota. "If you could buy all your food energy as cheaply as you buy calories in sugar," they told us, "your board bill for the year would be very low. If sugar were seven cents a pound, it would cost less than $35 for a whole year." A very inexpensive way to kill yourself.

"Of course, we don't live on any such unbalanced diet," they admitted later. "But that figure serves to point out how inexpensive sugar is as an energy-building food. What was once a luxury only a privileged few could enjoy is now a food for the poorest of people."

THE PURITY OF SUGAR!
Later, the sugar pushers advertised that sugar was chemically pure, topping Ivory soap in that department, being 99.9 per cent pure against Ivory's vaunted 99.44 per cent. "No food of our everyday diet is purer," we were assured. What was meant by purity, besides the unarguable fact that all vitamins, minerals, salts, fibres and proteins had been removed in the refining process? Well, the sugar pushers came up with a new slant on purity.

"You don't have to sort it like beans, wash it like rice. Every grain is like every other. No waste attends its use. No useless bones like in meat, no grounds like coffee."

"Pure" is a favourite adjective of the sugar pushers because it means one thing to the chemists and another thing to the ordinary mortals. When honey is labelled pure, this means that it is in its natural state (stolen directly from the bees who made it), with no adulteration with sucrose to stretch it and no harmful chemical residues which may have been sprayed on the flowers. It does not mean that the honey is free from minerals like iodine, iron, calcium, phosphorus or multiple vitamins. So effective is the purification process which sugar cane and beets undergo in the refineries that sugar ends up as chemically pure as the morphine or the heroin a chemist has on the laboratory shelves. What nutritional virtue this abstract chemical purity represents, the sugar pushers never tell us.

QUICK ENERGY - AT A PRICE!
Beginning with World War I, the sugar pushers coated their propaganda with a preparedness pitch. "Dieticians have known the high food value of sugar for a long time," said an industry tract of the 1920s. "But it took World War I to bring this home. The energy-building power of sugar reaches the muscles in minutes and it was of value to soldiers as a ration given them just before an attack was launched." The sugar pushers have been harping on the energy-building power of sucrose for years because it contains nothing else. Caloric energy and habit-forming taste: that's what sucrose has, and nothing else.

All other foods contain energy plus. All foods contain some nutrients in the way of proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins or minerals, or all of these. Sucrose contains caloric energy, period. The "quick" energy claim the sugar pushers talk about, which drives reluctant doughboys over the top and drives children up the wall, is based on the fact that refined sucrose is not digested in the mouth or the stomach but passes directly to the lower intestines and thence to the bloodstream. The extra speed with which sucrose enters the bloodstream does more harm than good.

NOT ALL SUGARS ARE GOOD!
There are many different types of sugars which the sugar pushers make good use of based on public ignorance. Glucose is a sugar found usually with other sugars, in fruits and vegetables. It is a key material in the metabolism of all plants and animals. Many of our principal foods are converted into glucose in our bodies. Glucose is always present in our bloodstream, and it is often called "blood sugar". Dextrose, also called "corn sugar", is derived synthetically from starch. Fructose is fruit sugar. Maltose is malt sugar. Lactose is milk sugar. Sucrose is refined sugar made from sugar cane and sugar beet.

Glucose has always been an essential element in the human bloodstream. Sucrose addiction is something new in the history of the human animal. To use the word "sugar" to describe two substances which are far from being identical, which have different chemical structures and which affect the body in profoundly different ways compounds confusion.

It makes possible more flimflam from the sugar pushers who tell us how important sugar is as an essential component of the human body, how it is oxidised to produce energy, how it is metabolised to produce warmth, and so on. They're talking about glucose, of course, which is manufactured in our bodies. However, one is led to believe that the manufacturers are talking about the sucrose which is made in their refineries. When the word "sugar" can mean the glucose in your blood as well as the sucrose in your Coca-Cola, it's great for the sugar pushers but it's rough on everybody else.

People have been bamboozled into thinking of their bodies the way they think of their cheque accounts. If they suspect they have low blood sugar, they are programmed to snack on vending machine candies and sodas in order to raise their blood sugar level. Actually, this is the worst thing to do. The level of glucose in their blood is apt to be low because they are addicted to sucrose. People who kick sucrose addiction and stay off sucrose find that the glucose level of their blood returns to normal and stays there.

"Made from natural ingredients", the television sugar-pushers tell us about product after product. The word "from" is not accented on television. It should be. Even refined sugar is made from natural ingredients. There is nothing new about that. The natural ingredients are cane and beets. But that four-letter word "from" hardly suggests that 90 per cent of the cane and beet have been removed. Heroin, too, could be advertised as being made from natural ingredients. The opium poppy is as natural as the sugar beet. It's what man does with it that tells the story.

If you want to avoid sugar in the supermarket, there is only one sure way. Don't buy anything unless it says on the label prominently, in plain English: "No sugar added". Use of the word "carbohydrate" as a "scientific" word for sugar has become a standard defence strategy with sugar pushers and many of their medical apologists. It's their security blanket.

CORRECT FOOD COMBINING
Kicking sugar and white flour and substituting whole grains, vegetables and natural fruits in season, is the core of any sensible natural regimen. Changing the quality of your carbohydrates can change the quality of your health and life. If you eat natural food of good quality, quantity tends to take care of itself. Nobody is going to eat a half-dozen sugar beets or a whole case of sugar cane. Even if they do, it will be less dangerous than a few ounces of sugar.

Sugar of all kinds-natural sugars, such as those in honey and fruit (fructose), as well as the refined white stuff (sucrose)-tends to arrest the secretion of gastric juices and have an inhibiting effect on the stomach's natural ability to move. Sugars are not digested in the mouth, like cereals, or in the stomach, like animal flesh. When taken alone, they pass quickly through the stomach into the small intestine. When sugars are eaten with other foods-perhaps meat and bread in a sandwich-they are held up in the stomach for a while. The sugar in the bread and the Coke sit there with the hamburger and the bun waiting for them to be digested. While the stomach is working on the animal protein and the refined starch in the bread, the addition of the sugar practically guarantees rapid acid fermentation under the conditions of warmth and moisture existing in the stomach.

One lump of sugar in your coffee after a sandwich is enough to turn your stomach into a fermenter. One soda with a hamburger is enough to turn your stomach into a still. Sugar on cereal-whether you buy it already sugared in a box or add it yourself-almost guarantees acid fermentation.

SUGAR AND MENTAL HEALTH
In the Dark Ages, troubled souls were rarely locked up for going off their rocker. Such confinement began in the Age of Enlightenment, after sugar made the transition from apothecary's prescription to candymaker's confection. "The great confinement of the insane", as one historian calls it, began in the late 17th century, after sugar consumption in Britain had zoomed in 200 years from a pinch or two in a barrel of beer, here and there, to more than two million pounds per year. By that time, physicians in London had begun to observe and record terminal physical signs and symptoms of the "sugar blues".

Meanwhile, when sugar eaters did not manifest obvious terminal physical symptoms and the physicians were professionally bewildered, patients were no longer pronounced bewitched, but mad, insane, emotionally disturbed. Laziness, fatigue, debauchery, parental displeasure-any one problem was sufficient cause for people under twenty-five to be locked up in the first Parisian mental hospitals. All it took to be incarcerated was a complaint from parents, relatives or the omnipotent parish priest. Wet nurses with their babies, pregnant youngsters, retarded or defective children, senior citizens, paralytics, epileptics, prostitutes or raving lunatics-anyone wanted off the streets and out of sight was put away. The mental hospital succeeded witch-hunting and heresy-hounding as a more enlightened and humane method of social control. The physician and priest handled the dirty work of street sweeping in return for royal favours.

Initially, when the General Hospital was established in Paris by royal decree, one per cent of the city's population was locked up. From that time until the 20 century, as the consumption of sugar went up and up-especially in the cities-so did the number of people who were put away in the General Hospital. Three hundred years later, the "emotionally disturbed" can be turned into walking automatons, their brains controlled with psychoactive drugs.

Today, pioneers of orthomolecular psychiatry, such as Dr Abram Hoffer, Dr Allan Cott, Dr A. Cherkin as well as Dr Linus Pauling, have confirmed that mental illness is a myth and that emotional disturbance can be merely the first symptom of the obvious inability of the human system to handle the stress of sugar dependency.

In Orthomolecular Psychiatry, Dr Pauling writes: "The functioning of the brain and nervous tissue is more sensitively dependent on the rate of chemical reactions than the functioning of other organs and tissues. I believe that mental disease is for the most part caused by abnormal reaction rates, as determined by genetic constitution and diet, and by abnormal molecular concentrations of essential substances... Selection of food (and drugs) in a world that is undergoing rapid scientific and technological change may often be far from the best."

In Megavitamin B3 Therapy for Schizophrenia, Dr Abram Hoffer notes: "Patients are also advised to follow a good nutritional program with restriction of sucrose and sucrose-rich foods."

Clinical research with hyperactive and psychotic children, as well as those with brain injuries and learning disabilities, has shown: "An abnormally high family history of diabetes-that is, parents and grandparents who cannot handle sugar; an abnormally high incidence of low blood glucose, or functional hypoglycemia in the children themselves, which indicates that their systems cannot handle sugar; dependence on a high level of sugar in the diets of the very children who cannot handle it.

"Inquiry into the dietary history of patients diagnosed as schizophrenic reveals the diet of their choice is rich in sweets, candy, cakes, coffee, caffeinated beverages, and foods prepared with sugar. These foods, which stimulate the adrenals, should be eliminated or severely restricted."

SUGAR AND THE ADRENALS!
In the 1940s, Dr John Tintera rediscovered the vital importance of the endocrine system, especially the adrenal glands, in "pathological mentation" - or "brain boggling". In 200 cases under treatment for hypoadrenocorticism (the lack of adequate adrenal cortical hormone production or imbalance among these hormones), he discovered that the chief complaints of his patients were often similar to those found in persons whose systems were unable to handle sugar: fatigue, nervousness, depression, apprehension, craving for sweets, inability to handle alcohol, inability to concentrate, allergies, low blood pressure. Sugar blues!

Dr Tintera finally insisted that all his patients submit to a four-hour glucose tolerance test (GTT) to find out whether or not they could handle sugar. The results were so startling that the laboratories double-checked their techniques, then apologised for what they believed to be incorrect readings. What mystified them was the low, flat curves derived from disturbed, early adolescents. This laboratory procedure had been previously carried out only for patients with physical findings presumptive of diabetes.

A glucose tolerance test at any of these periods could alert parents and physicians and could save innumerable hours and small fortunes spent in looking into the child's psyche and home environment for maladjustments of questionable significance in the emotional development of the average child.

The negativism, hyperactivity and obstinate resentment of discipline are absolute indications for at least the minimum laboratory tests: urinalysis, complete blood count, PBI determination, and the five-hour glucose tolerance test. A GTT can be performed on a young child by the micro-method without undue trauma to the patient. As a matter of fact, I have been urging that these four tests be routine for all patients, even before a history or physical examination is undertaken.

In almost all discussions on drug addiction, alcoholism and schizophrenia, it is claimed that there is no definite constitutional type that falls prey to these afflictions. Almost universally, the statement is made that all of these individuals are emotionally immature. It has long been our goal to persuade every physician, whether oriented toward psychiatry, genetics or physiology, to recognise that one type of endocrine individual is involved in the majority of these cases: the hypoadrenocortic.

Tintera published several epochal medical papers. Over and over, he emphasised that improvement, alleviation, palliation or cure was "dependent upon the restoration of the normal function of the total organism". His first prescribed item of treatment was diet. Over and over again, he said that "the importance of diet cannot be overemphasised". He laid out a sweeping permanent injunction against sugar in all forms and guises.

While Egas Moniz of Portugal was receiving a Nobel Prize for devising the lobotomy operation for the treatment of schizophrenia, Tintera's reward was to be harassment and hounding by the pundits of organised medicine. While Tintera's sweeping implication of sugar as a cause of what was called "schizophrenia" could be confined to medical journals, he was let alone, ignored. He could be tolerated-if he stayed in his assigned territory, endocrinology. Even when he suggested that alcoholism was related to adrenals that had been whipped by sugar abuse, they let him alone; because the medicos had decided there was nothing in alcoholism for them except aggravation, they were satisfied to abandon it to Alcoholics Anonymous. However, when Tintera dared to suggest in a magazine of general circulation that "it is ridiculous to talk of kinds of allergies when there is only one kind, which is adrenal glands impaired...by sugar", he could no longer be ignored.

The allergists had a great racket going for themselves. Allergic souls had been entertaining each other for years with tall tales of exotic allergies-everything from horse feathers to lobster tails. Along comes someone who says none of this matters: take them off sugar, and keep them off it.

Perhaps Tintera's untimely death in 1969 at the age of fifty-seven made it easier for the medical profession to accept discoveries that had once seemed as far out as the simple oriental medical thesis of genetics and diet, yin and yang. Today, doctors all over the world are repeating what Tintera announced years ago: nobody, but nobody, should ever be allowed to begin what is called "psychiatric treatment", anyplace, anywhere, unless and until they have had a glucose tolerance test to discover if they can handle sugar.

So-called preventive medicine goes further and suggests that since we only think we can handle sugar because we initially have strong adrenals, why wait until they give us signs and signals that they're worn out? Take the load off now by eliminating sugar in all forms and guises, starting with that soda pop you have in your hand.

The mind truly boggles when one glances over what passes for medical history. Through the centuries, troubled souls have been barbecued for bewitchment, exorcised for possession, locked up for insanity, tortured for masturbatory madness, psychiatrised for psychosis, lobotomised for schizophrenia. How many patients would have listened if the local healer had told them that the only thing ailing them was sugar blues?

Cystic Fibrosis

2009-09-15T21:29:00.000-07:00

Regular swimming can benefit patients with cystic fibrosis. The inherited disease involves the pancreas, sweat glands, and respiratory system this leads to thick mucus that causes the lungs to be clogged. Chronic cough, rapid breathing, and persistent respiratory infections are amongst the symptoms.

Swimming leads to marked improvement in clearing the mucus and breathing function.

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Coughing

2009-09-15T21:19:00.000-07:00

If you are having a hard time getting the mucus up when coughing, try this.
1) Exhale as much air as you can forcing it all out.
2) With all the air out cough hard a couple of times.
3) Now take in a small amount of air and cough again a couple of times.
4) Take in a little more, cough again... do this over and over again, until a lot of air is taken in and coughing is done in the usual way.
Using this method you should be able to feel the secretions moving up and being coughed out.

Cough medicines: Expectorants and Suppressants.
Use an Expectorant in most cases, it will liquify the material and help get rid of unwanted mucus and stuff.
Suppressants should be avoided as long as there is a lot of mucus or when you cough a lot of material comes up. If the cough turns dry and hacking go ahead and use a suppressant.
Read your labels if you are unsure of which is an Expectorant or a Suppressant.
Expectorants will have glycerin guaiacolate, potassium iodide, and chloroform. Suppressants will have codeine or a codeine relative such as dextromethorphan hydrobromide.

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Constipation

2009-09-15T15:21:00.002-07:00

Breast disease and constipation are related. Severely constipated women often have damaged cells in their breast fluids, that could cause them to have a higher potentiality to developing breast disease.

Tea and constipation, if your a heavy tea drinker and you also have severe constipation there could be a link between the two. Apparently a chemical found in tea theophylline can in large quantities expel a lot of fluid through the kidneys. It can remove this needed fluid from the large intestine and cause constipation.

To help with constipation:

Add fiber to your diet, vegetables, fruit, bran, wholegrain breads, and cereals.

Drink lots of fluids, except tea(see above). 8 or more glasses of water is recommended.

Drink coffee when you first get up if you are constipated. The moment you feel the urge, answer it.

Get exercise, walking, climbing, biking, swimming, or jogging.

Cut down and eliminate laxatives if you are using them. This can have an adverse effect in the long term.

If you need a laxative, use a bulking one that contains psyllium seed.

Add 1tsp of flax seed to your daily diet.

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Colic

2009-09-15T15:21:00.001-07:00

Colic is the uncontrolable crying in small infants. The condition is harmless, however it is very distressing.

Cows milk may be responsible for colic in babies. If the baby is bottle fed switch from cows milk to soy milk. If the baby is breast fed have the mother go off of cows milk in her diet. This should clear up the colic within 4 days, if that is the problem.

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Cold sores/Fever Blisters

2009-09-15T13:43:00.000-07:00

There seems to be no know side effects to lysine and using lysine does not kill the virus's that cause cold sores. It does suppress them as long as it is used. Click Here for more information on Lysine.

If you quit eating chocolate, nuts, seeds, and cereals you may notice a decrease in your cold sores. Coffee also can increase the frequency of cold sore flareups.
Dairy products and yeast seem to help keep the virus from growing. This is because of the calcium in the dairy products so taking a calcium suppliment should help. Which may account for babies not having cold sores until they are weaned.

Vitamin therapy would include Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Zinc and eating yogurt.

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Colds

2009-09-15T13:19:00.000-07:00

Contagion: It was believed a person is usually contagious two days before cold symptoms appear and three days after they do. Here is the new belief system, and it is logical. (click here) You are contagious a day before you show symptoms and throughout the symptoms life. The reason this is important is the use of cold and flu medications and returning to work. If you are truly contagious throughout the cold or flu, you shouldn't work while symptoms are present. I would think this is extremly important for people who work with food.

The most common way a cold is spread isn't through coughs and sneezes, it is by touch and physical contact. Usually through contacting surfaces that have been contaminated by the cold virus. You can follow the following recommendations to reduce the risk of catching a cold even when someone in your family has one.
Wash your hands this is number one even more important than the second way which is to cover your coughs and sneezes. Avoid eye rubbing and picking your nose as much as possible. Only about 8% of people spread their cold virus with a cough or sneeze whereas 40% spread it as the virus is shed into their hands. Active virus's have been retrieve as long as 3 hours after being deposited on wood, stainless steel and Formica surfaces, also on such fabrics as dacron and nylon. Virus's do seem to last less long on cotton fabrics and tissues, perhaps because they are more porous. Drying doesn't seem to effect the virus sustainability.

The use of Vitamin C remains controversial at this time in its ability to combat colds. Some believe it has little or no effect.
Most are familiar with the studies done by Linus Pauling using vitamin C however. He suggested 200mg everyday for everyone and 1000mg for some people in a higher risk or seeming to be needing it more. He also suggested that at the first sign of a cold a person should up their vitamin C intake to 1000-2000mg and to take it hourly to throw the cold off.

Aspirin or acetaminophen(aspirin substitute) is helpful in bringing down a fever and helping with muscle aches. Follow the instructions.

Drink a lot of fluids. More fluids are needed when a fever is present. Fluids also make the mucus more liquid and may help the individual avoid bronchitis, ear infection or some other complication. A vaporizer can also help to liquefy secretions.

To help your cold along so that it doesn't last as long, drape a towel over your head and stand over a steaming ta kettle, be very careful not to burn yourself. Inhale the steam deeply for several minutes. Do this every two hours and it is likely to loosen up your chest, liquefy your cough and make you more comfortable.

Chicken Soup has great value with a cold. If you add pepper, garlic and curry powder to it, it will stimulate secretions and increase expectoration. It also speeds nasal mucus flow during the common cold, helping to get rid of the disease organisms. Other hot beverages speed the flow but chicken soup works best.

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Coffee

2009-09-15T12:56:00.000-07:00

Coffee has an ingredient in it called caffeine, unless you buy the decaffeinated kind. Caffeine can help with allergies, allergic rhinitis the inflamed, stuffy nose that you get when you have hay fever. Caffeine can reduce the overall discomfort and number of sneezes.

Coffee has also been seen to help prevent colon cancer. The caffeine and hot liquid helps with constipation so the colon is less stressed.

Coffee contrary to popular belief does not make you sober. Coffee decaffeinated and with caffeine does not lower blood alcohol concentration and does not counteract the alcohols effect on the nervous system. The only way that a cup of coffee might help is buying time. Remember alcohol peaks at about 90-120minutes after drinking and then leaves the body by about 3 hours later, so a cup of coffee can only help if you buy 3 hours.

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Cholesterol - fiber intake

2009-09-14T21:50:00.000-07:00

High levels of cholesterol have been linked with coronary heart disease. Fiber in the diet cuts choleterol absorbtion because it decreases the amount of time that the cholesterol is in the body. The time the food takes to pass through the GI tract has a definite bearing on the absorbtion. So a good way to bring cholesterol readings down is to increase fiber intake.

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List of Health Tips and Disclaimer

2009-09-14T16:35:00.001-07:00

List of health issues I am going to write some future posts about
Disclaimer: I am not a Doctor, I am a Licenced Practical Nurse,Certified Massage Therapist and Mom. I have studied Nutrition and Health all my life in one form or another. I am writing about observations I have made. Helpful hints that are not commonly known. Information I have gleaned over years of living and working.This is the Internet and I am not a Doctor. On the Internet you should think(even a Doctor isn't a Doctor.)Health isn't something to mess around with, always seek proper medical care.Enjoy my little guide of information, I hope some of it can help someone. If you do find it handy drop me a comment so I know.Thanks.

Acne to Burns
Calluses
Cancer
Canker Sores
Carsickness
Cholesterol
Coffee
Colds
Cold Sores/Fever Blisters
Colic
Coughing
CysticFibrosis
Constipation
Ears
Eczema
Exercise
Eyes
Fat
Fitness
Feet
Gallstones
Headaches
Immunizations
Insect Bites and Stings
Long Life
Nosebleeds
Obesity
Pregnancy
Salt
Shaving
Sleep
Smoking
Snoring
Sunburn
Toothache
Ulcer
Walking
Water

Carsickness

2009-09-14T09:23:00.000-07:00

Children and adults that ride in the front seat have a better time with carsickness. With very little children it has been found that if you put the car-seat up higher so they can see out the front window they have less carsickness.
Eating a meal before traveling helps with car sickness. Peppermint candy sucked on in the car helps. When changing altitude chewing gum, or sucking on a bottle helps keep the ears clear.

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Canker Sores

2009-09-14T09:15:00.000-07:00

The old-time preparation of--tincture of myrrh and tincture of benzoin may be something that you can talk your pharmacist into preparing for you. Dabbing on as often as needed with a Q-tip provides immediate relief.
Rinsing with a weak solution of sodium bicarbonate is also another good way to get rid of canker sores.
Using a silver nitrate pencil obtainable in almost every pharmacy is another good cure, just apply it to the sore the sore will turn white and the pain will go away.
Vitamin E oil is easier to obtain and also has good results, it is also good for dry sore lips.

Deficiencies in iron, vitamin B, and other nutrients can contribute to canker sores. A vitamin therapy has shown to relieve canker sores.

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Cancer -

2009-09-12T14:14:00.000-07:00

Breast Cancer may be influence by the following dietary choices: The more frequent beef and pork are eaten the greater the risk. The more frequent the eating of sweet deserts the greater the risk. Also using butter at the table and using butter to fry with instead of vegetable oil seems to contribute.
According to Diana Grant Dyer - The Breast Cancer Fighting Diet you should eat 3 to 6 servings a day of whole grain foods, 1 to 2 servings of beans a day, and a handful of nuts at least once per week. Nine servings a day of fruits and vegetables. 1-2 servings of low fat dairy products. 1-2 servings a day of soy products. Fatty fish 2-3 times per week. garlic, herbs and spices. 1-2 tablespoons of ground flax seed per day. 4-6 cups of green tea per day. Extra virgin olive oil or canola oil to cook with. 25-30 grams of fiber which will be consumed if you eat all the aforementioned items.

Any woman with a mass in her breast, persistent discomfort, or nipple discharge should get a mammogram.
Any woman 20 years of age on up should preform a monthly self breast exam.
Women 35 - 40 should have a baseline mammogram for comparison later on.
Women over age 50 should have a yearly mammogram.
Women with more of a family history should see about doing these more frequently or starting the yearly mammogram before age 50.

Carotene and Cancer: Beta-carotene is a natural pigment present in some foods. The body converts it to vitamin A. Lack of vitamin A in the diet can contribute to lung cancer.
Be sure to:
Avoid excessive amounts of vitamin A. Too much can have a poisonous effect.
Include two servings of the vegetables or fruits that contain vitamin A in your daily diet.
They are:
Papaya, sweet potatoes, collard greens, carrots, chard, beet greens, spinach, cantaloupe, broccoli, butternut squash, watermelon, peaches, yellow squash, apricots, hubbard squash, zucchini squash, prunes, acorn squash.

Vitamin C may be helpful in preventing cervical cancer.

All programs for conservative treatment of cervical cancer should include the use of a condom during intercourse. Cancer of the cervix seems to be a venereal disease transmitted by intercourse. There is also a vaccine that has been highly recommended for all females to have at the age where intercourse is possible. It is controversial amongst some religion groups they believe having the shot and teaching young women about protective measures such as birth control, and prevention of venereal disease is encouraging them to be promiscuous. Except in Russia where the government is rewarding people for having children and the best day to get pregnant if the pregnancy would go the full term and not over is September 15th. The rest of us have to consider the overpopulation problem and the problem of too many unwanted babies in the world.
Use of a condom does not only stop the spreading of the virus that causes cervical cancer it seems to prevent the cancer from progressing. In Atlanta Georgia women treated with condom that had premalignant or early malignant changes in the cervix showed slower progression, stopped progression and even regression of the disease. When treated with surgery and a follow up of condom use all women showed a regression of the disease. Women who didn't have surgery and just used a condom showed a regression of the disease. Any treatment of cervical cancer should implement the use of a condom.

High temperatures and longer cooking times for beef and eggs show an increase in substances that cause cancer. These substances are called mutagens. Mutagens cause genetic mutation in bacterial cells in the laboratory.
Frying, grilling and broiling have been found to create the greatest number of mutagens. Baking and roasting follow these methods.
On the other hand very few mutagens are created in cooking methods that cook the food in their own juices, such as simmering, steaming, stewing, boiling and microwave cooking.
Broccoli and brussel sprouts provide substances which protect us against mutagens. They do so by stimulating our own natural defences.
I suggest that you cook your food slowly at temperatures between 280-360, this method tends to boil foods in their own juices.

Two thirds of people that survive cancer go on to live their lives almost as normally as before they got it, preforming all their usual activities. The cancers that people recover from that lend to the best afterlife are: head and neck, colorectal, breast, urinary tract, leukemia, lymphoma, and malignant melanoma. 15% of these patients require a little care, but are mostly able to live their lives for themselves. Only 1.5 percent require full time nursing care. 90% have no need for nursing care at all.

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Calluses

2009-09-11T17:09:00.000-07:00

Calluses are dead, hard, thickened skin, they are caused by continued injury. Calluses are painful when any pressure is exerted on the sensitive underlying areas. To treat them: Use sandpaper or an emery board to reduce them. Even very thick calluses will respond well to sand paper. Sand them as often as necessary, stopping short of exposing sensitive skin.
How to get rid of things: How to get rid of caluses has some more ideas for you. (click)

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Burns

2009-09-09T23:26:00.000-07:00

Three degrees

A first degree burn -- for example, light contact with a hot object, brief scalding with water, sunburn. Only the outer layer of skin is involved and it feels dry and painful, and it is red and mildly swollen

A second degree burn -- gas or kerosene burns, boiling water contact, and severe sunburn. There will be redness and maybe mottling, blisters, oozing, wetness, swelling and pain. Deeper layers of skin are involved.

A third degree burn -- clothing on fire, exposure to flames, electrical burns, any hot objects. There may not be pain in the burn itself because the fire could have destroyed the pain nerves, but there will be severe pain in the area surrounding these kinds of burns. The skin will be swollen, pale white or charred black, and often the underlying tissue will be exposed. This burn not only involves all the layer of skin, but the tissue below.

About.com puts out a good First Aid Identify degree of burns guide. (click here)

For third degree burns seek immediate emergency medical attention. For some second degree burns you will want to do so also. Especially if the Face and Hands are involved. Very seldom do first degree burns require such attention, however it is always best to error on the side of caution.

For burns that you have decided do not require immediate emergency attention.
1) Apply cold water or immerse the burned area in cold water until the pain stops.
2) Re-apply cold if the pain returns. This not only helps with the pain but may speed the healing.
3) Do not break any blisters and do not apply an antiseptic or anesthetic spray or ointment.
4) If necessary, after the cold applications apply a layer of non adherent sterile gauze, such as petrolatum gauze (available in most drugstores.)

Next time you burn your tongue with hot food or beverage, sprinkle a little sugar on it. That will take away the pain.

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Breathlessness

2009-09-09T23:15:00.000-07:00

When emphysema or some other chronic lung disease produces breathlessness, a simple form of relief is to take a "leaning forward" position while sitting, with the hands or elbows resting ont he knees. This compresses the abdomen, which then stretches the diaphragm upward, improving its ability to make breathing more effective. Cambridge University Hospital put out diagrams of 5 helpful positions you can view them here (click).

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Breathing, Excessive (Hyperventilation)

2009-09-09T12:19:00.000-07:00

Hyperventilation can be responsible for many other symptoms; seeming shortness of breath, pounding heart, racing pulse, lightheadedness, giddy feelings, numbness or pins and needles sensation, abdominal cramps, weakness, fainting, chest pain, anxiety, blurred vision, tension, swallowing difficulty or a sensation of a lump in the throat, muscle pains, trembling, and blackouts. The symptoms are caused by abnormal alkalinity in the bloodstream created by the excessive loss of carbon dioxide, which is given off during hyperventilation. See MedicineNet.com.

If you notice any of the above symptoms and suspect hyperventilation there are a few things you can do to confirm that.
Deliberately over-breathe, take breath after breath in succession if within a few minutes you have the above symptoms that is a good indicator. If something else is wrong this will only help you because you will have more oxygen in your blood supply.
If you get those symptoms immediately start breathing into a paper bag held over the mouth and nose. This forces you to inhale excess carbon dioxide and the above symptoms will decrease and subside.

If you are a frequent hyperventilation you may try changing your method of breathing to diaphragmatic breathing this type of breathing emphasises the use of abdominal muscles and diaphragm.
Relax the abdomen and lower chest, as the abdomen protrudes, the diaphragm -- the dome-shaped muscle of breathing that separates the chest from the abdomen -- has more room to descend, thus allowing more room in the chest for the lungs to expand. Diaphragmatic breathing is slow, deep and effective. It takes some conscious effort for a time before it becomes habitual.

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Breast Self Exam

2009-09-08T10:16:00.001-07:00

A monthly exam should be done by all women. The best time to do this is right after your menustration because the breast tissue tends to be softer during that time.
Looking in a mirror, raise both arms over your head so the sides of the breasts become visible. Note wheather one breast looks higher than the other or one seems larger than it was the previous month.
Using the right hand ont he left breast and vice versa, gently push the breast back angains the chest, feeling for any small lumps.
Feel the armpits for any swelling.
Read this article by The American Cancer Society for more explicite directions.

How does a breast lump feel? If you not sure what a brast lump or cyst would feel like, you can tray this practical "tongue in cheek" method. Just press your tongue against your cheek and feel the bulge with your fingertips; a lump or cyst in the breast feels much the same.

On abc News in July of 2008 this video (click here) was published, it is a debate on the value of self-breast exams. I go with the theory that one womans life saved is enough to make it valuable.

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Breast Prosthesis - An inexpensive, homemade one

2009-09-07T21:44:00.000-07:00

Homemade breast prosthesis can be made at home, for use after a mastectomy. A cotton bag roughly the shape of the breast is filled with bird seed until it matches the size of the remaining breast. Held in place under the normal brazier it has several advantages. It can be made to the exact size required. It is the same weight as the normal breast. The seed falls into the shape of the breast. The prosthesis alters its shape and position with movement as the normal breast does, and the cost is inconsequential.

Click here About.com breast cancer- for more homemade breast prosthesis

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Breast Disease, Fibrocystic

2009-09-07T12:02:00.000-07:00

The most common noncancerous breast condition in women of childbearing age, fibrocystic breast disease is related to the menstrual cycle, around that time women afflicted with it will produce breast lumps, tenderness, and pain. It is related to the hormones that regulate the menstrual cycle and it usually ends with menopause. Medicine Plus Library.

Women with this condition should go to a Doctor to rule out the possibility of breast cancer.

Asprin or acetaminophen, can provide relief.
Taking caffeine and similar chemicals (called methylxanthines) out of the system helps. Caffeine seems to exacerbate the pain and fluid filled cyst's.
Foods that contain those substances are: chocolate, cocoa, coffee, colas, teas, and other beverages look for caffeine on the labels.
Look at prescription drugs and non-prescription drugs for the ingredient methylxanthine.

Also cutting dietary fat in the diet can help with this problem.

The effectiveness of vitamin E, vitamin B6, and herbal preparations, such as evening primrose oil, are somewhat controversial. Discuss their use with your health care provider.

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Bloating

2009-09-04T15:07:00.000-07:00

I know this sounds strange but it works. Next time you feel bloated, try placing a cold cloth over your ear for relief. This works because a branch of the same nerve, the vagus, which supplies the gastrointestinal tract, also serves the ear -- and stimulating it in the ear has helpful effects on the gut, providing some relief for the bloated feeling.

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Boils

2009-09-04T14:58:00.000-07:00

Handle boils gently. Don't squeeze them. A boil is a local staphylococci bacteria infection that starts under the skin, forms a pus-filled pocket, and eventually ruptures, drains, and heals. Squeezing or rough handling, may push the infection in deeper.
Apply warm, moist soaks to hasten tbringing the infection to a head. The soaks also soften the skin for rupture. Apply several times a day.
Once rupture occurs and drainage begins, continue soaks.
Wash the entire skin often with soap and water to help prevent re-infection of the area and new area infection.
If you experience fevor with a boil see your physician they can lance the boil and prescribe antibiotics.

The bacteria that causes the boil may lie too deep within the skin to remove with soap and water. It may also be too surfacely to respond to oral antibiotics. If that is the case your doctor may subscribe applications of an anhydrous ethel alcohol solution of aluminum cloride. This works really well to heal boils on the buttocks.

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Blood Pressure

2009-09-04T14:44:00.000-07:00

If you are tense or upset when you have your blood-pressure taken you can receive a false reading. This can suggest hypertension even if your blood pressure isn't elevated. So relax before you get your blood-pressure taken. A good way to do this is deep breathing. Take and hold at least two deep breaths before your blood pressure is taken. This works because it is a diversion and takes your attention away from having your blood-pressure taken. Here is a WebMD article that can help you with stress problems, and lower your blood-pressure.

Cutting down on salt can significantly lower your blood pressure, in fact many people that cut salt out of their diets find they don't need blood pressure medications anymore. About.com has a good article concerning salt intake and how it influences your blood pressure.

There are things you can do when your cooking to help your blood pressure. Many of us do not get enough potassium in our food, and that is a reason for craving salt and salty foods. We now know that better potassium to salt intake ratio's improve blood pressure readings. Potassium is significant for helping with diabetes as well.
When a potato is boiled, with or without being peeled they lose as much as 50% of their potassium -- and if they are peeled they will also absorb about half the salt in the cooking water.
When potatoes are steamed only about 3 percent of the natural potassium is lost, and no sodium is absorbed.
The same is true for carrots, beans and peas.
Steamed fish has a good high content of potassium.
If we would steam our food we would get 33% more potassium in relation to sodium.

Cutting fatty foods from your diet can also improve your blood pressure significantly. See this article in Science News -- Finding the link between fat and high blood pressure. Also, maintaining a healthy weight will help you with high blood pressure as well as other diseases.

Getting regular exercise helps maintain a proper blood pressure, any amount of exercise helps if done daily.

Moderation in drinking helps, if you have high blood pressure limit your drinks, if you are a woman to no more than one drink and a man can have two.

Be sure to intake calcium daily, this does not have to be in a supplement in fact it is believed that calcium and magnesium are better if obtained from your diet. Milk, yogurt, and cheese are great sources. Bastyr Center for Natural Health cites the Journal of Human Hypertension, as showing the effects of calcium on high-bloodpressure.

There has been some suggestion that garlic may help lower blood-pressure.

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Blisters

2009-09-04T14:37:00.000-07:00

Prevention is my favorite word when dealing with anything! Blisters are very common on the feet especially in athletic people. If you're prone to them make sure your shoes fit, there should be 1/4 inch between the tip of your toe and the end of your shoe, and your heal should not slide upward. Apply petroleum jelly to areas prone to blistering before activities that cause blistering. Wear two pairs of socks, an inner form fitting thin pair and an outer moisture wicking pair.

If you get a blister the best thing you can do is leave it alone and let your body reabsorb it. Your skin is the best bandage there is. Sometimes if you have a large blister that is in a sure area to be broken you can break it. I suggest not but if you decide to do it the right way. Wash the area gently with soap and water. Sterilize a needle over a flame, or with alcohol, very carefully make the smallest of all possible puncture on the edge of the blister.Gently press the edges opposite the puncture and force the fluid out gently. If the puncture is too small or you can't properly drain the area make another puncture in a different location of the blister, once again on the edge. Apply a sterile bandage.
If the blister has already broken clean the area gently with soap and water, dry it, apply neosporin to the area and cover with a sterile bandage.

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Bladder Infections

2009-09-04T14:24:00.000-07:00

Shower or Bath Bladder infections (cystitus) are, for many women, a reoccurring problem no matter what measures they take, including antibiotic use. Could taking a bath be a means of reinfection? I can't find anything conclusive on this, however there is a link to bubble baths, and certain soaps and bladder infections. I believe if you have reoccurring bladder infections it is worth a try to lay off baths and bath soaps for awhile and see if you get better.

Urinate within fifteen minutes after sex There is a strong indication that urinating after sex will help you prevent a bladder infection, along with proper hygiene before sex you will decrease your chances of a bladder infection significantly. My optum health.com supports this along with other measures to help you keep from getting a bladder infection. It is much more effective if you pass a significant amount of urine within 15 minutes. This is a critical piece of information in the prevention of bladder infections.

Also, make it a practice to always completely empty the bladder without delay: wipe the perineum from front to back, drink at least 6 glasses of water a day. Use adequate lubrication during intercourse.
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Bicycle Hands - Helping with numbness and loss of strength

2009-09-04T13:59:00.000-07:00

A nerve in the palm of your hand may be the problem if you experience numbness and loss of strength when you ride your bike for extended periods of time. Putting pressure on that nerve is preventable with some easy solutions. First stretch your hands and forearms before riding along with your other stretches. Also, if possible stop and move your hands if you are on a longer trip. Install a foam handlebar cover or wrap the handlebars with padded tape. Get cycling gloves that have extra padding on the palm area. Also, if you change your hand position during long rides it would be helpful.
After the ride, ice your hands for 20 minutes.

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Backaches

2009-09-02T13:38:00.000-07:00

Good prevention is always a first. Stretch, move, exercise... and stretch some more. Massages provide passive stretching for back muscles as both a pre-exercise choice and after a strenuous day of exercise.

Your feet could be causing your backache. Our body is like a building the feet are the foundation so you should consider good shoes as a preventative method to backaches, and arch supports will help even if you are flatfooted. When your heel hits the ground you will have an electric shock travel throughout your bodies skeleton system. The intervertebral discs in the spine are and do act like shock absorbers. Studies using special equipment to measure bone vibrations have shown that the muscle and skeletal systems of patients with low back pain are less able to reduce the vibrations caused by heel strikes.
Here is an article by Sandra Koehler about shoes, orthonics and back pain that you might find interesting.
Back Pain? Check your feet.

When you sneeze, sneeze up rather than down. When you cough, arch backward rather than forward. Avoid twisting your back when you bend. Sit upright. If your work involves mostly sitting, use a char that provides low-back support. Stand tall; it is good for the spine. Work at surfaces-- benches, kitchen counters, the ironing board, and so on -- of proper height. You can generally figure that if, standing erect, you can place the palm of your hand on the work surface without having to bend your arm or back, the work-surface height is right. In lifting keep your back as straight as possible and the object as close as possible to your body. Use your hips and knees rather than your back for bending. In bed curl up in the fetal position with a pillow between your knees or behind your back, another hugged to your chest Use a feather pillow for your head because it yields more than a synthetic one does.

You have done everything to prevent a backache and suddenly one day you have agonizing spasmodic back pain. You don't know why-- and cause, at the moment, is not important: when severe pain is present, even your doctor probably can't determine the cause. What you need/want is to relieve the pain. First try the simple measures I am going to tell you about below-- use them properly and don't stop with just one or two, as most of my clients do, because a combination of many is probably what will help. The immediate problem is spasm, the contraction of strained muscle fibers. With spasm the fibers can't get adequate blood supply and dispose of waste. What happens is you have more pain and a cycle of pain, spasm... What you have to do is attack both the pain and the spasm.

Immediately take two aspirin, or acetaminophen(aspirin substitute)tablets and lie down. Apply heat for 20-30 minutes and then change positions to avoid stiffness.
If your back is putting out a lot of heat ice may help more than heat. This is an individual preference and if you prefer doing ice do it!
Next if you can have someone(or if not do it the best you can for yourself) rub the area with Ben Gay, Heet, Icy hot or infra rub... or any commercially available counter-irritant.
Continue taking the aspirin every 3 or 4 hours.
If you can make it into the bathroom take a hot bath for a half hour at a time, 4 or even more times a day.
Repeat the gently rubbing massages several times a day.
Repeat cold and heat applications.
Within 24 hours as the pain subsides continue the heat and cold treatments and the aspirin, and the massage start to move your arms and legs gently and arch your back this will keep you from getting stiff.
As the pain subsides even more start gently exercising. Pull in your stomach muscles gently, hold briefly,then relax and flatten the curve of your back against the mattress, if you can repeat this every half-hour.
If you have a mild attack you may not need to confine yourself to bed, but cut back on physical activities and use aspirin or acetaminophen, hot or cold, or hot and cold applications, and counter-irritant and massage until the pain is gone.
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Baby - - Giving medications to, weaning, shoes and other tips.

2009-09-02T13:27:00.000-07:00

There is a trick to giving a bottle fed baby liquid medications. Give the baby the nipple off the bottle they are used to drinking out of and put the medications in the nipple once they start to suck on it. This way the medication gets into the baby before it even realizes that you have given it to them.

Bottle fed babies sometimes develop cavities from drinking from a bottle too long. An easy way to wean a bottle fed baby is to give the good liquids, milk and juices to the baby in a cup. Use the bottle for water. That will keep the liquid in the bottle as a non-cavity liquid and the babies teeth will be better. Also, the baby will want to drink all the liquids from a cup sooner.

Taste your babies skin, if the taste changes or gets salty you may want to have your baby tested for Cystic Fibrosis. Although there isn't a cure for Cystic Fibrosis, modern methods make the life of these people more tolerable and easier, so a diagnosis is a good idea. Cystic Fibrosis causes skin pores to clog and makes the babies skin taste salty. Other things can make a baby taste like salt, however an early diagnosis of Cystic Fibrosis can be very helpful.

Baby's food should be as salt free as possible when making homemade baby food use only fresh unsalted ingredients.

With bottle fed babies you can see how much they are eating and if the infant is getting enough. With a breast fed baby it is a little more tricky. The best way is to weigh and measure your baby. Get a good growth chart don't panic on it, but make sure that growth is consistent and that the baby isn't dehydrated. Often times a nursing mother will think a baby is getting enough to eat when it isn't.

The growth charts are not always accurate, my own child was off the charts, way below on height and weight. He is now a tall teenage boy, with a good weight. It is more important that the child is growing than living up to the charts.

Shoes for babies are not important, in fact children that are allowed to walk barefoot learn how to walk better and faster. Wearing shoes on the very young causes deformity and less mobility of the foot. Soft growth shoes are a better choice for very young babies. So my advice is even if those shoes are cute avoid wearing them on the baby. Sneakers are healthier even if the salesmen recommend those hard sole shoes. Steel shanks and hard soles are the least desirable shoes. A soft leather moccasin is great, and canvas shoes would be a good choice.

See also Air Travel

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Acne

2009-08-27T22:52:00.000-07:00

There are not very many studies on the effects of diet and acne. Drying agents and frequent washings are the common recommended by dermatologists - treatment for acne. People on low fat diets have non-greasy skin free of excess oil. Both animal and vegetable fats can end up on the skin from handling and eating foods high in fat. Bacteria thrive on the oil in skin and produce pimples. Carbonated cola's and chocolate seem to also have an effect on the skin.

Wash your face frequently clean pimples with hydrogen peroxide. Avoid fatty diet, don't drink soda's like Dr. Pepper or Coke.

Athletic Injuries

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When injured cold treatments should come first. Ice should be applied as soon as possible after sprain, strain, and other kinds of injuries, cold not only helps relieve pain, it also restricts selling and helps relax muscles and reduce the spasms (involuntary muscle contractions) that often accompany injury. Depending on where the injury is apply cold by submersion in a pail or bowl of cold water, or use wet towels, crushed ice, or frozen foods.

Heat should not be used on a new injury, but once the injury has aged 12 to 24 hours then heat can be applied. With older injurys an ice to heat application always ending with heat can certainly keep the pain down. Moist heat is more effective with most atletic injuries than dry heat such as a heating pad.

The best recipe for most injuries after the first 12 hours is RICE rest, ice, compression and elevation.

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Athletes Foot

2009-08-27T20:49:00.000-07:00

There are two kinds of Athletes foot the first form is tinea pedia, it is a dry form and the primary form, it is caused by a fungus and an anti-fungal medication such as Tinactin or Desenex often help.
The second kind happens once soggy, white, malodorous lesions appear between the toes, it is because bacteria in the presence of perspiration, have taken over from the fungus and the infection is now bacterial. its secondary form. A 30% solution of aluminum chloride is most effective. Applied with a cotton tipped applicator twice a day, it relieves itching, causes malodor to disappear within 48 to 72 hours, and abates other symptoms within a week. The preparation combats both bacteria and wetness, is inexpensive, and can be made up by a pharmacist.

Again best way to treat anything is to avoid it. Simple measures to prevent athlete's foot are: Allow shoes to dry thoroughly between wearings. Change socks frequently. Avoid deodorant soaps: they tend to remove surface protecting oils and may irritate the skin. Cornstarch powder can help decrease friction on the skin and absorb perspiration. If perspiration is excessive it may be reduced by cutting consumption of caffeine containing beverages such as coffee, tea, and cola. If you are unable to prevent wetness for some period use zinc oxide on your feet between the toes especially.

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Asthma

2009-08-27T15:49:00.000-07:00

The cheesy solution, aged cheddar cheese contains tyramine which dilates air passages. So people with asthma may benefit from eating it.
Dust mites may be one of the contributing factors to asthma in children. A child with Asthma may benefit from a dust free bedroom. To achieve that: vacuum the mattress 2x a week, launder curtains, blankets and mattress pads 2x a month. Use zippered vinyl covers for pillows, mattresses and box springs. Clean drawers and closets with damp cloth and use them only for storing laundered clothes. Remove toys, models, books, and upholstered furniture and carpets from the room. Clean floor daily. Electric heat is a cleaner way to heat the room.

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Arthritis

2009-08-27T11:25:00.000-07:00

Make your life easier with new movements. Open bottle containers with the heal of your hand. When carrying things hug them into you rather than have them dangle at your arms length(like shopping bags). Comb your hair with a longer-handled comb or brush to reduce shoulder motion.

Warmth makes arthritic bones feel better. Hot water bottles cool too quickly and heat pads don't cover enough area and they also can burn your skin if set on too high. Sleeping under an electric blanket works wonders. An electric blanket provides continuous heat to painful joints and muscles, resulting in less stiffness in the morning.

For knees ice is the answer. Just 20 minutes three times a day can alleviate knee pain and make life easier. Results can be remarkable in just a month of time. This is a natural inexpensive pain relief method that reduces the need for pain medication, which is costly and dangerous for your body. Just like massage icing one knee can help the other one too.

Stretch gloves help the arthritic hands heal. American College of Rheumatoid Arthritis reports on the therapeutic value of such gloves. Results within 2 days and people reporting being able to sleep through the night for the first time in years. Combining heat with gloves can increase your therapeutic results. These gloves connect to your USB port and contains its own heating pad inside. With the power from the USB, your gloves get heated and your hands stay therapeutically warm.

Iron supplements can worsen Rheumatoid Arthritis. This article documents the evidence against iron supplements. This study in the Annals of Rheumatic Diseases shows the reason why this is so. Iron encourages the growth of bacterial in the joints, most arthritic medications suppress the bodies ability to absorb iron, causing people to become anemic. If you can treat your arthritis as naturally as possible without using these drugs I believe you will find better overall results in the long run.

Exercise helps arthritis. You will feel like not moving, you will think if you stay still you won't hurt. However if you move you will hurt less. Exercise builds up too, the more you do it the less you will hurt.
Even moderate amounts of exercise will improve your pain. Exercise will help you in all the other parts of your life too.

Food allergies can cause arthritis. I know that this isn't something that is widely accepted. In fact I couldn't even find an article on it when I did a google search. However, people have reported improvement in their arthritis when they have been on an elimination diet and when added back the foods their arthritis has come back. I think it is worth a try, doesn't cost anything and it can only help you.

Copper Bracelets for Arthritis? There is no scientific evidence that copper bracelets work. If you like to wear a copper bracelet and you don’t have a copper metal allergy, there’s probably no harm in wearing one if you have arthritis, but don’t count on a cure or a dramatic reduction in symptoms.

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Allergies dustmites, food, hayfever

2009-08-25T21:49:00.000-07:00

Some allergies are caused by dust mites. We live with these dust mites. They are on our eyelashes, in our hair, and most of all in our bed. They are very small you can't really see them.
Vacuuming your bed when you change the sheet helps get rid of them. Washing your sheets in really hot water also helps. Here is some good news about dust mites. They can be controlled.
Other things you can do if this is a problem you have is to have hardwood or vinyl floors, any hard surface. Avoid scent agents. Store unused clothing away in boxes outside of the bedroom.
All of the above will also help with allergies to dust, pollen, insect parts, and mold spores.

Food allergies that are causing problems but not to the extent of a visit to the doctor: problems like crampy pains, headaches, anxiety, mental dullness,constipation and anal itching, can sometimes be detected through an elimination diet. Take things out of your diet like chocolate, milk, cola, corn, eggs, citrus fruits, tomatoes, shellfish, fish, corn,strawberries, nuts,wheat and other small grains.
To do this simply don't eat the item for two weeks then add it back into your diet and note the differences in your symptoms. Food is the simplest allergen to find and eliminate.

For hay fever a Nettti Pot, this little jewel has personally helped me with my allergies to Cottonwood trees and other dusty particles in the air. There are so many drugs out there for allergies, and using this will cut down on your use of them. With the Neti Pot practice makes perfect. I believe you get the same results as swimming in the ocean for those of you lucky enough to live near the ocean. For the rest of us. Make a saline solution either using packets or a correct amt of salt this is for your comfort. Put your nose over the sink or another receptacle to catch the out flowing liquid. Relax your face muscles. Keep your mouth open and breathe through your mouth, tip your head to the side and gently pour the solution into one nostril, let the solution flow out the other nostril. Repeat with the other side. Blow out your nose to remove any left over liquids. Make sure you clean your Netti pot after every use.

Chemicals in natural and man made products can cause allergies in sensitive people. The best thing to do when faced with these kinds of allergies is to avoid the thing that caused them if you can pinpoint what did.

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Air Travel

2009-08-24T22:23:00.000-07:00

This one is a personal problem for me. I get air sick, I get car sick, motion sickness of all kinds. I used to think eat less before traveling and that way less would come up in transit. Eat a good meal before traveling on a plane, and drink lots of water before and during the trip. The food in the stomach seems to keep the lining from rubbing together and air travel makes you dehydrated. So even if the water is yukky as airplane water tends to be drink it. This will also help with jet lag later.

To avoid ankle swelling don't sit still the whole flight, move around. Walk around if you can. Exercise in your seat. In fact long trips will suggest it and even guide exercise. Move toes and ankles every half hour or so.

To avoid ear and sinus pain. Chew gum, sigh and move your jaw. Babies also have this problem, they can't tell you but notice babies crying when a plane takes off. If you travel with your infant give it a bottle when taking off, the swallowing and sucking helps the ears.

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Air Swallowing - Aerophagia

2009-08-22T20:06:00.000-07:00

Air swallowing is one of the major causes of gas in the stomach. We all swallow some air while eating and drinking. It becomes a problem when large amounts are swallowed, emotional upset causes some people to swallow air. Other ways of swallowing too much air are eating too quickly, chewing gum, and smoking. Drinking carbonated drinks is one of the biggest causes of air swallowing.
The problems associated with air swallowing are: excessive belching,abdominal distention, breathing difficulty, heart palpitations, a smothering sensation and severe chest pain resembling a heart attack. It can be one of the major causes of many digestive problems.
The effective solution to this problem once it starts happening, especially when associated with an emotional anxious response, is to put your chin to your chest. This position makes it hard for the closing mechanism at the top of the esophagus(the tube that leads to the stomach from the throat) to open.
Ways to avoid air swallowing: (you know the old saying; an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure)
When emotionally stressed try to be aware of sighing, being aware will lead you to stop this behavior.
Do not eat fast: Slowing down your meals will help you lose weight as well as keeping the amount of air you swallow to a minimum, also I find if you exhale just before swallowing this helps, because what isn't there can't go down.
Rather than gulping or slurping your drinks, sip. Just it is better to eat slowly, it is better to drink slowly. Also if you are drinking from a glass, which is always preferable to a bottle, submerge your upper lip by tilting the glass.
Let very hot liquids cool for a little bit, if they are hot you will want to inhale to cool them as they go down.
Avoid soda pop and carbonated drinks as well as milkshakes. Also, if you are lactose or carb intolerant, refer to the article below, keep those types of intake to a minimum.

It was difficult to find an article or any information on air swallowing online. So I went off the standard air swallowing or aerophagia search and found this article.
Manage Your Heartburn
This article touches on lactose intolerance, and carb consumtion which I didn't mention as causes.

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Aresol Medications

2009-08-22T15:27:00.000-07:00

There are the obvious safty factors to adhere to:

The things everyone that uses Aresol Medications knows.

Don't touch the metal disk on the aersol head.

Clean the nebulizer after every use.

Never use any medications with a nebulizer that are not prescribe by a doctor.

I have found another method of inhalation that is a little different and not so well known.
The open mouth Method. I did find an article online about it! For more intense reading on this subject my recomendation.
ASHP

For the open mouth method:
Hold the aerosol very close to (1 to 2 inches from your mouth)and aimed at the mouth. The open mouthed method produces greater symptom improvement because less of the medication is swallowed, leaving more of it to act on breathing passages.

Disclaimer and list of other issues.

List of health issues I am going to write some future posts about

2009-08-21T22:12:00.000-07:00

Disclaimer: I am not a Doctor, I am a Licenced Practical Nurse,Certified Massage Therapist and Mom. I have studied Nutrition and Health all my life in one form or another. I am writing about observations I have made. Helpful hints that are not commonly known. Information I have gleaned over years of living and working.
This is the Internet and I am not a Doctor. On the Internet you should think(even a Doctor isn't a Doctor.)
Health isn't something to mess around with, always seek proper medical care.
Enjoy my little guide of information, I hope some of it can help someone. If you do find it handy drop me a comment so I know.
Thanks.

Acne
Aerosol Medications - How to use them.
Air Swallowing
Air Travel
Allergies
Arthritis
Asthma
Athletes Foot
Athletic Injuries
Baby
Backaches
Bicycle Hands
Bladder Infections
Blisters
Bloating
Blood Pressure
Boils
Breast Disease, Fibrocystic
Breast Prothesis
Breast Self Examination
Breathing Excessive (Hyperventilation)
Breathlessness
Burns
Calluses to Water

Charlies Trip to Utah

2009-08-16T17:42:00.000-07:00

Bees

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Bees

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Bees

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Birds

2009-07-19T21:42:00.001-07:00

Birds

2009-07-19T21:33:00.001-07:00

Cat

2009-07-19T21:15:00.001-07:00

Dog

2009-07-19T20:24:00.000-07:00

Monkey and sketches

2009-07-19T20:02:00.000-07:00

vultures and alligators

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seagulls

2009-07-19T14:23:00.001-07:00

Mushrooms

2009-07-19T14:20:00.001-07:00

swan

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Moon

2009-07-19T13:47:00.001-07:00

Owl in Florida Everglades

2009-07-19T11:44:00.000-07:00

Hummingbirds

2009-07-19T07:42:00.001-07:00

Out my back door

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Owls

2009-07-18T21:27:00.001-07:00

Nature Trail

2009-07-18T21:14:00.000-07:00

Lizzard

2009-07-18T21:11:00.000-07:00

Bugs

2009-07-18T21:07:00.000-07:00

peregrin falcon

2009-07-18T18:14:00.001-07:00

eagles

2009-07-18T18:10:00.001-07:00

chasing rainbows

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2009-07-17T22:13:00.000-07:00

flowers

2009-07-17T21:53:00.000-07:00

Balloons out my front door.

2009-07-17T21:45:00.000-07:00

Green Mama's Mountain Blog

Estacion Ruiz

Sheeple

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Sheeple

Contents

Usage

Governance

In popular culture

Purpose

Sheeple.

Sheeple

flying ants gone finally

flying ants

clogged kitchen sink

Do the hustle

How to Do the Hustle

Spring Cleaning

2011

International Womans Day

Simple, Green, Frugal Co-op: Houseplants for Clean Air

Use those leftovers.

Jorgenson Ice Skate Rink

Cat litter that is enviromentally ok

Natural laxative colon cleanzers

Vinegar and Baking soda

Don't sit for it.

Denver Art Musemum

Beaches

Visa Travel money

Morning Headache

Two 4 pnt. Bucks

Christmas

SEEDS

Garbage Day

Head Cold?

Gallbladder action

The Storyteller

Health

Gallbladder

You know

Sugar Blues

Cystic Fibrosis

Coughing

Constipation

Colic

Cold sores/Fever Blisters

Colds

Coffee

Cholesterol - fiber intake

List of Health Tips and Disclaimer

Carsickness

Canker Sores

Cancer -

Calluses

Burns

Breathlessness

Breathing, Excessive (Hyperventilation)

Breast Self Exam

Breast Prosthesis - An inexpensive, homemade one

Breast Disease, Fibrocystic

Bloating

Boils

Blood Pressure

Blisters

Bladder Infections

Bicycle Hands - Helping with numbness and loss of strength

Backaches

Baby - - Giving medications to, weaning, shoes and other tips.

Acne

Athletic Injuries

Athletes Foot

Asthma

Arthritis

Allergies dustmites, food, hayfever

Air Travel

Air Swallowing - Aerophagia

Aresol Medications

List of health issues I am going to write some future posts about

Charlies Trip to Utah