Drug Safety |

January 17, 2010

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Does Lowering Your Bad Cholesterol Levels Eliminate Your Heart Disease Concerns?

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Dr. Dwight Lundell is a heart surgeon who has seen more than his fair share of heart disease.  He knows plenty about the patients he cuts open, and he says that cholesterol is not the concern.

If Dr. Lundell says that lowering cholesterol is NOT your answer, you owe it to yourself to find out why.

Over 25% of the population is taking statin medications because they are VERY concerned about the health of their heart due to bad cholesterol numbers.  There is also a push to begin prescribing these drugs to otherwise healthy people without elevated cholesterol levels.

If statins prevent heart disease, why is heart disease increasing year after year and kills more people than every other cause of death combined? Continue reading article →

Sleep Apnea |

January 13, 2010

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Can a Sleep Study Save Your Life?

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If you have sleep apnea (you stop breathing while you sleep) a sleep study can most definitely save your life.  However, if you don’t apply the treatment to prevent your sleep apnea, then the sleep study is worthless!

Sleep apnea is deadly!

When you stop breathing during your sleep, your oxygen level drops robbing your body of this life giving nutrient, but that isn’t the worst part.

When you stop breathing, your carbon dioxide level climbs causing an acidic condition in your body that literally fries your brain and all your internal organs!

If you are ignoring your sleep apnea, you MUST be aware that you are risking your life!

Got a death wish?

Sleep apnea will cause: Continue reading article →

Meditation&Exercise |

January 7, 2010

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Why Is Physical Fitness So Important? Step 3, Have Fun To Keep Moving.

Why is physical fitness so important?

We have already discussed Step 1, Getting Started, and Step 2, Knowing Your Limits.

As long as you are getting into motion habitually and honoring your limits while you stretch them, the only step left is to Keep Moving!

It’s really just that simple.

That doesn’t mean that you should beat yourself up if you fall off of your program!  Hey, if you get back up tomorrow, and have an active day, then you are on the right track!  Allow yourself your resistance, BUT get past it and get moving again!

You haven’t given up until you don’t get back up!  The longer you wait to get moving again, the harder it will be.

Getting back on your program is VICTORY!

All that is required is that you keep on going!  If you can do that, you will see results.

Don’t feel like you need to kill yourself.  You should be able to talk comfortably while you move.  Respect your limits and you will not deplete yourself.

If your health is already compromised, you may not be able to do much at first.  No problem!  As long as you Continue reading article →

Meditation&Exercise |

January 4, 2010

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Why Is Physical Fitness So Important? Step 2, Know Your Limits!

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2010 has begun!  In a hurry to get in shape?

You’ve already made your first mistake.

If 2009 wasn’t an active year, your pace should be slow and steady in 2010.  Consistency is the way to achieve ALL your fitness goals.

Pushing yourself might just be your undoing.  Do you know that the first sign of heart disease is often a heart attack?

So, what is your motivation for wanting to get in better shape?

Do you have major health concerns, a family history of heart disease, or do you just want to look better this year?

Your motive for getting in shape might drive you, that’s not a bad thing.  Just don’t make immediate results be the measure of your success.   Whether you’re hoping to look better, feel better or both, the secret is Continue reading article →

Heart Disease |

January 1, 2010

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What Do You Plan To Do About the Heart Failure Epidemic?

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Heart failure is increasing at an alarming rate in the US and around the world.

You should be MUCH more concerned about heart disease than any other health issue, because you are more likely to die of heart disease than any other health concern you may have!

Having said that, I want to STRESS the following FACTS:

 

  • diabetes and sugar intake significantly increase your chance of succumbing to heart disease and heart failure!
  • high blood pressure is a paved road to heart failure!
  • highly processed foods lead to heart failure through weight gain, mal-nutrition, and water retention.
  • inactivity will drain the strength of your muscles, including your HEART MUSCLE.  (So will Statins!)
  • your inability to process your emotions in a healthy way contributes to heart failure as much as every point listed above.
  • sometimes the first sign of heart disease is a HEART ATTACK!
  • most women who have a heart attack succumb to heart failure within one year.
  • heart failure is very difficult to diagnose, so you may not even hear the term until you are fighting for your life in intensive care.
  • the CDC says that 20% of patients die within one year of a heart failure diagnosis, and 50% die within five years.
  • young people are also succumbing to heart disease, including heart failure.

Are you going to wait for your doctor to sound the alarm about heart disease and heart failure? Continue reading article →

Mind Set |

December 29, 2009

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Does Your New Years Resolution Involve Creating Happiness?

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No matter what you want to accomplish in the new year, it is all about greater happiness, isn’t it?

I am hoping that your New Year’s Resolution is not the only goal you set this year.  Goal setting is something I do on a regular basis, and I’ve taught my children to do it.

If life is worth living, it is worth setting goals, achieving them and celebrating your success!

Do you have any goal in your goals journal that is NOT about greater happiness?

So what is it about your New Years Resolution that makes it different from all your other goals?

If you are like most people, your New Year’s Resolutions is probably one of the goals that you never find the time to get to!

The “To Dos” that nag at you are the ones that you know you SHOULD get to.  When you don’t, you beat yourself up.

Bad habits are at the top of the list of things you never get around to tackling.

Don’t overwhelm yourself.  If you have more than one bad habit you’d like to get rid of …  Continue reading article →