Archive for May, 2008
Obesity May Be Regulated Like Smoking
Many in the health world are calling for the American obesity epidemic to be treated like smoking currently is here in the US. What that may mean is that in the recent past, we’ve seen cigarettes extremely regulated in the way they can be marketed and not marketed, and even to what age groups they could be geared toward, including where they can even spread their advertising letter.
Junk foods are currently marketed to kids, big duration, and we are already seeing better foods being marketed to the nation’s youngsters, such as smaller 100 calories snack packs, and even healthier options in kid’s meals at our landmark fast food joints such as McDonalds and Wendy’s, in an effort to at least give the nation’s kids a good start in life and get them off on the right foot when it comes to their future weight and weight maintenance, not to mention their future tastes for fats and sugars, the nemesis to the thin, trim you that everyone tries to beat when they’re adults.
What the new guidelines may include in an effort to nip obesity in the bud, is to put guidelines forth for public schools in how they feed the kids, making them feed them meals that meet a convinced nutritional criteria instead of some of the junk today that is high in fat and sugar and sets the stage for obesity and diabetes, a growing problem for our nation’s youths today.
They say the problem is that in industrialized nations such as ours, we have food companies coming out with highly processed and refined foods that, certain they taste good, but at the expense of the basic fulfilling nutrition. By eating them, you basically get more hungry and get more cravings for poor foods, so it becomes a self perpetuating situation that can only be rectified by eating wholesome, real foods that are minimally processed and have minimum preservatives and additives.
We need to get back to basics in the way we eat. I think when that happens, most of the battle against obesity may be taken care of. Of course portion control always matters as well, but the quality of the foods we eat would be a huge step in the right direction.
Original post by EatingToLive
A Simple Strategy for Managing ADD
A Simple Strategy for Managing ADD
By ADD Coach Jennifer Koretsky
? Copyright 2003
As an ADD Coach, I usually begin my conversations with new
and potential clients by saying, ?Tell me about yourself and
why you?re looking for coaching.? Most people answer with a
long list of their ADD challenges. Very few people answer
that they are looking to discover, enhance, or utilize their
strengths. This is a big part of coaching, and a part that
many people need a lot of help with.
Unfortunately, many ADDers spend too much of their time
focusing on what they think they do wrong. This is
understandable; as most of us have spent a lifetime learning
how to deal with attention inconsistency, impulsivity,
hyperactivity, emotional reactivity, and other challenges
that our ADD has presented. However, few of us actually
take time to appreciate our ability to manage these
challenges and bounce back from the difficult times. And
when we don?t balance the good stuff with the not-so-good
stuff, we can become frustrated, unmotivated, and unhappy.
Every single person in this world has strengths and
interests ? things we do well and things we like to do.
Learning to focus some time on those strengths and interests
can help lift the spirits ? and self-esteem ? of ADDers.
Here are some ways in which you can increase the time you
spend thinking about your strengths and interests:
* Make a list of all your accomplishments in life ?
both large and small ? and post this list where you?ll see
it often
* Make a list of all the things you do well, and all
the things you like to do ? and post this list, too
* Keep a journal or notebook in which you detail all
your daily successes
* Accept every compliment you receive with a smile
and a ?thank you?
After you have spent some time thinking about your strengths
and accomplishments, you can take this knowledge and
self-awareness a step further by setting some small goals
for yourself that involve your strengths and interests. If
you?re good with people, maybe you?d like to try
volunteering at a homeless shelter or senior center. If you
like dancing, perhaps you can take a class every week.
We all deserve to spend time doing what we like to do, and
not just what we have to do. So allow yourself to
appreciate your strengths and interests, and treat yourself
to the luxury of enjoying them! Chances are, it will make
you a much happier person.
Jennifer Koretsky is an ADD Coach who helps people find
peace through ADD management. She encourages them to
increase self-awareness and focus on their strengths and
talents to achieve meaningful goals and transform their
lives. She offers private and group coaching, teleclasses,
and a free e-newsletter. For more information, please visit
http://www.ADDmanagement.com
New Concept in Weight Loss Service for New England - The Coach Approach offers Personal Coaching Solutions to accelerate Weight Loss
Westford and Littleton, MA May 28, 2004 -? The Coach Approach, LLC is pleased to announce the official opening of The Coach Approach, a comprehensive, personalized weight loss service available to individuals and small groups throughout New England. Started by Doris Eder-SanGiovanni of Westford and Lori Grant of Littleton, The Coach Approach offers individualized coaching sessions to help clients achieve their weight loss goals.
Coaches, Doris and Lori, work with clients as partners in change, to motivate them, assist them with menu planning, and provide them with personalized strategies to help them achieve and maintain their weight and health goals. The founders of the company are former weight loss leaders with Weight Watchers International and offer their clients over ten years of experience in the weight loss industry.
?The fundamental philosophy of our business is setting achievable weight loss goals and providing one-on-one guidance to reaching them,? said Lori Grant co-founder of The Coach Approach. Grant, who has lost and kept off 100 pounds for over 3 years, brings years of first hand experience and techniques to produce tremendous results in different individuals.
?Our goal is simple: we want to help people take control of their lives by losing weight and keeping it off?, explained co-founder Doris Eder-SanGiovanni. ?With our unique approach, you get to choose the food plan that works best for you. We then help you focus on winning strategies that will accelerate your weight loss and keep you on a path to a new, healthier lifestyle. The Coach Approach is designed to help you take action and change unhealthy habits and attitudes towards food and exercise.?
Today, there is a confusing array of diets and weight loss plans on the market. The Coach Approach can help clients bring clarity to this confusion no matter which plan they choose. Through personal coaching and ongoing support, The Coach Approach makes weight loss happen.
What you can expect from a 12 week Session with The Coach Approach
?A 12 week Victory Journal to track your eating habits.
?At least one 45-minute in-person coaching session with a weigh in that focuses on your weight loss needs and general topics about health and exercise.
?At least one weekly phone call from your coach to help you with your challenges.
?At least one weekly e-mail to support you with your personal concerns.
?Additional ongoing support and services as needed.
?There will be a topic that will be discussed weekly to help with your weight loss.
?The Coach Approach is different from other weight loss programs because we provide the one element proven to work no matter what diet,? explained co-owner Lori Grant. ?That element is the personal support needed to stay focused long enough to lose weight and get fit. It?s all about tailoring a program to the specific needs of our clients.?
The Coach Approach offers individual and group coaching for people who are committed to losing weight and getting healthy, through the assistance of a personal coach. The Coach Approach will work with clients in the workplace or at their homes, and provide flexible scheduling for added convenience. In addition, email and telephone support are available, as well as other weight loss enhancement services such as Shop Smart, and Quick and Healthy meals.
About The Coach Approach
Have you ever wished you could hire a coach to help you lose weight? Do you want to lose weight in a private and personalized setting? Do you want to get fit and healthy? Start today and give yourself the best gift ever: the gift of weight loss. For more information on available solutions and pricing, contact The Coach Approach by telephone at 978-828-7540 (Doris) or 978-549-4279 (Lori), or via email by sending an email to Doris@MyCoachApproach.com or Lori@MyCoachApproach.com.
Crystal*Loid? Minerals: A New Alternative to Colloidal Minerals
March 14, 2004–Crystalloid minerals are delivered in sizes measured in angstrom units or less (one-ten-billionth of a meter), the ideal size for absorption (osmosis) at the cellular level. We found that other mineral supplements, including supplements labeled colloidal, are provided in micron units (one millionth of a meter) or larger, generally too large to pass through a cell?s membrane during the osmosis process. The body?s digestive system will allow the micron sized colloidal to enter the blood stream. However, Colloidals are too large to be efficiently absorbed by our cells. The minerals remain in our blood stream and may be deposited anywhere in our bodies, resulting in mineral build-up or toxicity. It Takes One Million Angstrom size particles on a horizontal plane to cross the diameter of One Micron.
Crystalloid Minerals are the purest minerals available on the market. The mineral source is 99.99% pure. The water is purified through a five-step process, assuring absolute purity. Through a complex proprietary process minerals are liquefied to a state where (when dehydrated) they will grow crystals. Each mineral present?s unique challenges in processing that are overcome in various laboratory processing methods and solutions.
This process duplicates natures? method of converting minerals from the earth into a form that is usable by man, (a true solution as opposed to a suspension). After a plant inducts minerals and water from the soil, the minerals are stored in a water-soluble crystalline state, in the ideal form to be used and easily absorbed by the body?s cells. Our pH Balanced Water Soluble Minerals in an Ionic Crystalloid Form are Nontoxic as Opposed to Colloidal Minerals. If you take more than your body needs, the excess is eliminated in your bodily secretions and excrements. Conversely, Colloidal Minerals may cause a toxic accumulation of minerals, which may be deposited in our bodies, because our bodies are unable to efficiently and effectively eliminate the excess and / or unabsorbed Colloidal Mineral Particles.
As a result of using Crystal*loid mineral products, some people have felt a difference within 48 hours; for others, there is a subtle change recognized over a longer period of time. Ultimately, most people feel increased energy, an improved sense of well being, and suffer less often from illness.
Be part of a new and revolutionary process of using water-soluble mineral products.
Contact: Mr. Irvin C. Christian
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718-658-6477 / 877- 826-5818
www.crystal-loid.com
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Body Composition and Weight Control
Body composition is related to your metabolism as science and biology clearly state. The higher the ratio of muscle to fat, the faster your metabolism will be. It is a fact that a pound of muscle at rest will burn 60 times the calories than a pound of fat will.
Apply that theory to what type of workout you do when considering diffferent types of exercise for weight control. Cardiovascular types of programs are great for your heart and lungs but may not have as much benefit for as lengthy of a date as a weight training program would do.
So, the ideal workout would combine a cardiovascular and a weight training routine into your exercise program. A weight training program will help you to build muscle and therefore fuel your metabolism to burn your calories faster and more efficiently.
As we age, we often lose muscle mass which can conclusion in gaining weight even when we cut calories and constantly diet. Often, public do a cardio workout alone to attempt to control weight. With a cardio workout only, you will burn calories during the workout and for a short date afterward.
If you weight train and build muscle mass, you’ll burn more calories 24 hours a day, even at rest.
Weight training should be done at a level appropriate for your personal fitness and age. It should be started with guidance from a trainer, gradually starting with resistance training.
Combine the weight training with cardio and adjust your diet to include more protein, vegetables and carbohydrates that are unrefined whole grains. You’ll notice you’ll feel better, look better and have improved weight control.
Weight training is not just for body builders. It is part of a complete exercise routine that should not be overlooked. Weight training has the added benefit of slowing bone loss that occurs with aging.
Original post by EatingToLive
HGH Human Growth Hormone and Hypothyroidism
The Thyroid Gland and Thyroid Hormone
The thyroid gland is a butterfly shaped gland that is located over the trachea (wind pipe) just below the larynx (voice box). The thyroid gland plays a very important role in most all the metabolic processes of the body. The thyroid gland with its thyroid hormone is responsible for regulating metabolism.
How Thyroid Hormone is Made
The hypothalamus, often referred to as the body’s “thermostat” is responsible for making sure the thyroid blood levels are normal. When the hypothalamus notices the thyroid blood levels decreasing it releases TRH (thyroid releasing hormone). The TRH then signals the pituitary gland to release TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone). TSH stimulates the thyroid gland to begin producing thyroid hormone.
When the body’s levels of thyroid hormone become normal and the body is functioning normally the pituitary gland will cease its release of TSH and the process stops until the hypothalamus notices the thyroid hormone levels decreasing again.
Hypothyroidism
Hypothyroidism is caused by insufficient production or absorption of thyroid hormone that causes abnormally low blood thyroid hormone levels. This problem with the thyroid gland is usually brought about as a result of iodine insufficiency, a tumor, a damaged thyroid gland, or vitamin deficiencies. This type of hypothyroidism is called “primary hypothyroidism”.
Hypothyroidism can also be a result of the pituitary gland and/or hypothalamus failing to function properly. This type of hypothyroidism is called “secondary hypothyroidism”.
Low thyroid hormone levels may not only make you feel old, they can propel you into the conditions and diseases associated with aging. Low levels of T4 can be responsible for weight gain, since T4 plays a role in controlling the body’s metabolism. The changes that are brought about as a result of the aging process such as changes in the fat to muscle ratio and the shrinkage of organs can also be caused by a lack of thyroid hormone. A decrease in the amount of lean body mass can in turn interfere with the activity of an enzyme that converts thyroxine (T4) into triodothyronine (T3). T3 is about 5 times more potent than T4.
Adequate levels of thyroid hormone are needed to regulate blood sugar, so a deficiency of thyroid hormone can lead to mature-onset diabetes. Low levels of thyroid hormone can also greatly increase the risk of cardiovascular disease due to an increase in the levels of cholesterol and triglycerides and may cause high blood pressure. Also, iodine is essential to the proper functioning of the thyroid gland, several studies that have been done have shown a correlation between low iodine levels and an increased risk of cancer.
Hypothyroidism is a fairly common problem. About 1 in 10 women and 1 in 20 men over the age of 50 will develop some symptoms of hypothyroidism. Thyroid hormone production decreases as we age, however the usual age related decrease in thyroid hormone production is not considered true hypothyroidism. Hypothyroidism is diagnosed when the thyroid hormone level drops below what is considered “normal for age”.
The general opinion of many in the medical community has been that the drop that occurs in hormone levels is a normal part of the aging process and replacement is not necessary. Although some of their aging patients are having clear symptoms of insufficient thyroid hormone levels, some physicians refuse to place these ailing patients on thyroid medication because they consider their ailing condition a normal part of the aging process. These patients are missing out on thyroid replacement therapy that should alleviate or improve most, if not all their symptoms. Thankfully this negative opinion is slowly changing.
In the older population hypothyroidism is one of the most overlooked conditions.
HGH and its Effects on the Thyroid Gland
Dr. Ronald Klatz states “Human growth hormone exerts its actions either directly or indirectly through its intermediary insulin growth factors to every organ system of the body, ……..almost nothing escapes its magical touch.”
Jens Sandahl Christiansen of the Aarthus Kommunehospital of Denmark stated in a report “untreated HGH deficient adults have been shown to have increased cardiovascular mortality, reduced exercise capacity, reduced muscle strength, subnormal glomerular filtration rate and renal plasma flow, defective sweat secretion and defective thermoregulation, reduced energy expenditure and basal metabolic rate, abnormal thyroid hormone metabolism, reduced myocardial function and clinical signs of premature atherosclerosis. Body composition has been found abnormal with increased fat mass, decreased lean body mass, decreased muscle fat ratio, visceral obesity, reduced extracellular fluid volume, and reduced bone mineral content
Improving the body’s release of and use of HGH is known to help to improve the function of other organs in the body and help to stabilize other hormones in the body, this includes the thyroid gland and thyroid hormone. Many patients who undergo successful HGH therapy see improvements in their hypothyroidism condition. This includes a decrease in their need for thyroid medications.
Patients with hypothyroidism should consult their private doctor before beginning any HGH therapy.
Anyone with hypothyroidism should see improvements with HGH therapy, however their doctor will need to monitor their thyroid levels to determine their need for continued thyroid medication as the HGH therapy improves their thyroid gland’s function.
When a patient with hypothyroidism begins taking one of my HGH products I always tell them to pay close attention to their body. They should have their thyroid levels checked before beginning therapy with my product, and they should continue to monitor their thyroid levels as the therapy progresses. The reason for this is because the product should improve the function of the thyroid gland, and as the function of the thyroid gland improves, its release of thyroid hormone should also improve and so the need for thyroid medication should decrease. The thyroid levels should be checked after the first 3-4 weeks of therapy with my product, even sooner if the patient notices any significant changes. The patient’s private physician will decide if and when the thyroid medication should be decreased or stopped.
Lisa Wells, RN
http://www.hgh-pro.com
A registered nurse since 1983, licensed in the state of California. Offering HGH therapy along with personal consults and advice online at http://www.hgh-pro.com since 1999.
U of T research supports Ontario ban on cigarette displays
Toronto, ON. Just weeks before Ontario implements a ban on the retail display of all tobacco products, new research from the Ontario Tobacco Research Unit at the University of Toronto shows that consumers have been bombarded by extensive tobacco promotion at point of sale. Places where tobacco is sold have become urgent environments for the tobacco industry to communicate with current, former and potential smokers through large tobacco product displays, countertop displays and signs advertising tobacco……..
Original post by Heather Craven
