Social Connection |

July 26, 2012

| by Briana

How Are Your Parent Child Relationships Changing Over Time And How Does That Effect Your Health?

Yesterday was my 19th Birthday!

My mom said, “where has the time gone?” … multiple times!

It feels like it has taken forever to graduate from high school, but mom seems to feel like the time flew by!

Your parent child relationships are bound to change with time. We have both become entirely different people over the past 19 years.

Mom says that my “wholesome childlike approach to life” has kept her from aging rapidly. I guess she worries about me and my siblings.

She’s always been very involved in our lives. She says that staying connected is Continue reading article →

Meditation&Exercise |

July 23, 2012

| by Chad Kubo

Can Swing Dance Overcome Pain Better Than Pain Pills?

If you suffer from chronic pain please know that I have the deepest sympathy for what you live through every day!

Pain robs you of so much of the Joy in life.

You don’t pursue happiness or anything else if your chronic pain is significant!

It’s heart breaking to watch your elders age when they are in a great deal of pain. Many times the elderly are neglected simply because their family just can’t handle watching their loved one suffer.

I’m not making excuses, but I’m not trying to judge either.

Pain is difficult to live with all the way around!

The Life Breath Coach here on Heart Failure Solutions will tell you that taking pain medication to cope with pain contributes to heart disease.

But even heart disease later is better than pain NOW … isn’t it?

With heart disease you think you will just grab your chest and fall to the ground. But the world is experiencing an epidemic of heart failure and succumbing to that fate means Continue reading article →

Ideal Weight |

July 18, 2012

| by Carrie Tucker

What Does An Epidemic of Heart Failure Have To Do With Emotional Eating?

You may hear argument that there is NOT an epidemic of heart failure.

It would be nice to put heart disease behind us.

However, heart disease is still killing us more than everything else.

Emotional eating has everything to do with heart failure. Think about the things you do everyday instead of thinking in terms of “someday”.

Surviving a heart attack “someday”, does not mean that you won’t suffer heart failure within a year!

Heart failure is no joke, but at first you may not notice it much.

But by the time the disease process advances, you become painfully aware of what heart failure feels like.

Heart failure will erase YEARS of your life time earning potential costing you millions!

Heart failure will cost you the gift of watching your grand children grow.

The planet is facing an epidemic of heart failure and if you don’t figure out how to avoid it, you may become a victim before you know you have a problem!

Today I’ve decided to curate a post from Dr. Mark Hyman because so much of the issues surrounding heart failure happen because Continue reading article →

Drug Safety |

July 12, 2012

| by Carrie Tucker

Are You Concerned About Metoprolol Side Effects?

What’s in your little yellow bottle?

When you go to the doctor, the “help” he/she offers usually comes in a little yellow bottle.

If you are like most people, you take what your doctor gives you.

Do you wonder if it’s the right option, or do you just take the pill?

It’s a really good idea to at least check out the side effects for the drug you have just been given BEFORE you swallow it!

Should you be concerned about Metoprolol side effects or would you rather let your doctor worry about that?

I mean, your doctor wouldn’t give you a drug that would cause you harm, would he/she?

It’s easy to trust your doctor because you know that your doctor knows more than you do.

The problem is that your doctor has been educated by an educational system with incredible bias built in. The drug companies that subsidize your doctor’s education are invested in making sure that your doctor’s job is to drug your symptoms!

Many doctors feel fearful to even tell you that nutrition is one choice for managing your symptoms. Nutrition is MUCH safer than drugs and the side effects that come with them, so why so much concern about nutritional advice?

The fear of nutrition is not about your well being, it’s about their liability.

Your doctor isn’t liable if the drug he (or she) gives you KILLS you, but he is worried that he may risk his livelihood by giving you solid harmless advice.

The drug companies as well as the corn refiners want you to “ask your doctor” for advice.

Yet, clinical nutritionists who should know nutritional facts much better than any other doctor are threatened to cease and desist from telling you the bitter truth.

Drugging symptoms is not removing cause and high fructose corn syrup is NOT corn sugar, it is poison. Those are 2 facts your Clinical Nutritionist can tell you are true, but they will be threatened when they say it!

The truth will suppress profits and the powers that be know it.

Today I want to talk to you about a drug that I see so often that it concerns me.

Do you take Metoprolol?

You need to know all the facts if you do.

After reading the following information re-posted from another web site, you may decide you’d like to explore alternatives before agreeing to drug yourself with Metoprolol.

From www.Drugs.com

What is metoprolol? Continue reading article →

Meditation&Exercise |

July 8, 2012

| by Chad Kubo

Do You Have Swing Dance History That Brings a Smile To Your Face?

It’s already Sunday and we are heading into a new week.

Did the holiday turn your schedule upside down last week?

Falling mid week the way it did messed with the entire week.

The 4th of July was also my birthday.

And this year my celebration was bittersweet.

For many years, my family and I have gone to the Marin County Fair to celebrate my birthday.

It’s a great place to celebrate because the Preservation Jazz Hall Band performs, and it’s always guaranteed that swing dancers will show up and have a great time.

With my Swing Dance History, it’s the perfect place to celebrate another year!

Since my divorce I have gone each year with my youngest daughter.

This year, my ex-wife was planning to go with friends and my teen-aged stepdaughter and called asking us to meet them there.

I had my reservations about it – would it be awkward? would my ex want to dance with me? should I accept? Continue reading article →

Social Connection |

July 8, 2012

| by Carrie Tucker

Is Community Spirit Pain Reliever Without Heart Risk?

How was your fourth of July holiday for 2012?

Mine has caused a lot of reflection.

I’ve shared a couple emotional posts on past Independence Day celebrations here on Heart Failure Solutions.

I’m actually grateful to have those articles as a record of some very happy memories.

In years past our fourth of July celebration has definitely been pain reliever without heart risk.

Pain meds increase your risk of heart failure, but community spirit has the power to keep you well and reduce your pain without drugs!

Pain relievers cause constipation and further ALL disease processes! It isn’t just your heart risk you need to be concerned about!

Have you ever heard the expression: “Death begins in the bowel” … ?

Staying connected with your community, getting active outdoors, living with passion and purpose are very specific ways you can attend to your pain level so that you can resort to drugging your pain far less often. If you don’t believe that, give it a good honest effort. Just don’t get discouraged too quickly. Some events are more uplifting than others, but community is as much about YOU as it is about your neighbors. Just keep showing up.

The fourth of July parade in your community is one opportunity to show up.

This year my troops were gearing up for the celebration bright and early. Our preparation at home in the morning felt like it does every year.

Our pace was hectic and we left our breakfast mess, so it felt like a traditional fourth of July morning! haha!

Nick and I dropped off the girls to Continue reading article →