Lower Your Salt Intake? Fugetaboutit! « Dr. Brownstein Folks, I have written to you many times about the benefits of unrefined salt. Human beings are designed to desire and utilize salt on a daily basis. We can’t live without salt. Remember, we have no stores of salt in our bodies. Either we ingest adequate amounts of salt on a daily basis or we become salt deficient. Let’s get a few salt numbers straight. A new article in the New England Journal of Medicine (August 14, 2014) studied the sodium levels in 101,945 persons from 17 countries. Over a mean follow-up of 3.7 years, the authors found that those with the lowest sodium excretion (less than 3 grams of sodium per day or ½ teaspoon of salt) had the highest rate of death or cardiovascular events—4.3%. This article is another in a long-line of salt articles debunking the myth that we need to lower our salt intake. Salt is a vital, essential substance that we cannot live without. Unrefined salt should be the salt of choice. Should you lower your salt intake to control blood pressure?
16 Things I Wish They Had Taught Me in School I am 28 now. I don’t think about the past or regret things much these days. But sometimes I wish that I had known some of things I have learned over the last few years a bit earlier. Because some of these 16 things in this article a teacher probably spoke about in class. Some of it would probably not have stuck in my mind anyway. But I still think that taking a few hours from all those German language classes and use them for some personal development classes would have been a good idea. So here are 16 things I wish they had taught me in school (or I just would like to have known about earlier). 1. This is one of the best ways to make better use of your time. So a lot of what you do is probably not as useful or even necessary to do as you may think. You can just drop – or vastly decrease the time you spend on – a whole bunch of things. And if you do that you will have more time and energy to spend on those things that really brings your value, happiness, fulfilment and so on. 2. 3. 4. 5.
New Study: Exercise positively influences over 4,000 genes (NaturalHealth365) This is a wake-up call for all Americans. Current research, produced by the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition, reveals that less than 5% of the U.S. adult population participate in 30 minutes of physical activity per day. And, for children, it’s far worse thanks to wireless technology and all these computer gadgets – which have kids spending around 7 hours per day on computer screens, cell phones and T.V.’s. To stop disease – we’ve got to get physical. Researchers have long been trying to understand the connections between exercise and disease risk. The study reveals that regular exercise has a direct and positive influence on more than 4,000 genes, and inactivity has a negative effect on those same genes. Epigenetics help modulate processes within the body. Researchers at the Karolinska Institutet studied epigenetic methylation in healthy adults before and after completing a three-month endurance training program.
7 Smart Ways to Deal with Toxic People Don’t let toxic people rent space in your head. Raise the rent and get them out of there. Surviving the ups, downs, and lightning storms of other people’s moodiness can be quite a challenge. But there’s another type of moody, negative behavior: that of the toxic bully, who will use his or her mood swings to intimidate and manipulate. I’m a firm believer that toxic mood swings (like chain letter emails) should not be inflicted on one person by another, under any circumstances. 1. If you know someone who insists on destructively dictating the emotional atmosphere, then be clear: they are toxic. When you delete toxic people from your environment it becomes a lot easier to breathe. A healthy relationship is reciprocal; it should be give and take, but not in the sense that you’re always giving and they’re always taking. 2. Constant drama and negativity is never worth putting up with. 3. Stand up for yourself. “I’ve noticed you seem angry. Even if they say: “What do you mean?” 4. 5. 6. 7.
Brassica Vegetables And Other Cruciferous Vegetables Brassica vegetables include broccoli, cauliflower, and cabbage, and other closely related, famously healthy and cancer-fighting vegetables. (See below for a list of Brassica and cruciferous vegetables, also called crucifers.) You might be as surprised as I was to learn of the controversies surrounding these vegetables. They have anti-cancer effects but can also suppress thyroid function. There are many scientific studies on both anti-cancer and anti-thyroid effects, but the arguments are technical. However, the conclusions from both sides are about the same: a relatively small amount of these vegetables is beneficial! Three raw servings a month protected against bladder cancer, in the study by the Roswell Park Cancer InstituteSeveral steamed servings a week should not suppress thyroid function in most people, according to the Weston A. Perhaps the best strategy for the average person might be to: And, as with every food "family," the cruciferous vegetables are not for everyone. Cooking
One Woman's Lessons From Living On The Street Susan sits on a park bench in Washington, D.C. She has struggled with homelessness for nearly two decades. Gabrielle Emanuel/NPR hide caption itoggle caption Gabrielle Emanuel/NPR Susan sits on a park bench in Washington, D.C. Gabrielle Emanuel/NPR The grass is fraying around the edges in Washington, D.C.' Many of the park benches are occupied by homeless men — but there are a few women too. Susan says life on the streets is a constant battle for all homeless people, but for women it's particularly hard. In nearly two decades on the streets, Susan, with graying hair and bright eyes, has learned some tough lessons. Lesson One: Don't Look Like A Woman "It's not easy to be a woman on the streets, OK?" When darkness falls, Susan pulls out her dark and bulky clothes. A slight Boston accent betrays her childhood origins, and it's particularly strong when she speaks of her children and grandchildren. Susan sometimes stays in shelters but she doesn't like them. Lesson Two: 'Act Crazy' Dr.
What Food Cravings Are Telling You About Your Nutrition What Food Cravings Are Telling You About Your Nutrition Please be sure to Join our email list and receive all our latest tutorials daily – free! 24K+ Image – herbs-info.com Humans evolved to seek out high calorie foods – particularly sugars and fats – instinctively as part of our survival mechanism. Human breast milk is quite high in both (around 4g fat and 7g lactose per 100ml). [1] Most of us experience food cravings – strong desires for certain types of foods beyond normal hunger, especially at times of stress. Often it’s the case that eating food with quick-release calories allows the body to feel “safe” – in other words it tells us that we don’t need to stay in survival mode. The main problem in the modern world is that a lot of processed foods use fats (or fat substitutes) with salty and sweet tastes to mask ingredients that lack nutrition – we can’t trust our instincts to tell us that we’re eating the right foods any more! ps. If you enjoyed this page:
How to Find Your Purpose and Do What You Love “Find something more important than you are,” philosopher Dan Dennett once said in discussing the secret of happiness, “and dedicate your life to it.” But how, exactly, do we find that? Surely, it isn’t by luck. Every few months, I rediscover and redevour Y-Combinator founder Paul Graham’s fantastic 2006 article, How to Do What You Love. What you should not do, I think, is worry about the opinion of anyone beyond your friends. More of Graham’s wisdom on how to find meaning and make wealth can be found in Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age. Alain de Botton, modern philosopher and creator of the “literary self-help genre”, is a keen observer of the paradoxes and delusions of our cultural conceits. In The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work, he takes his singular lens of wit and wisdom to the modern workplace and the ideological fallacies of “success.” His terrific 2009 TED talk offers a taste: One of the interesting things about success is that we think we know what it means. 16.
Green juicing - The ideal fruits and vegetables to use as the base (NaturalNews) Juicing fruits and vegetables is one of the best ways to improve one's health. Juicing is the easiest way to provide mega-doses of powerful vitamins, minerals and living enzymes into the body. It is ideal to include low-glycemic fruit and super hydrating vegetables as the base of a green juice. Juicing removes the fibers from the various fruits and veggies and thus makes it easier on the digestive system. This process brings in highly bioavailable nutrients that get right into the bloodstream and cells of the body. Some of the best things to juice are green apples, cucumbers, celery, lemons and limes as these all make a lot of juice and are low in sugar and rich in nutrients. It is best to be considerate of how much apple and carrots you are using to keep sugar to a minimum. Lemons & limes: These sour citrus fruits are rich in vitamin C and vitamin P otherwise called citrus bioflavonoids. Sources: 1) 2) 3)
When Your Calling Seems Vague and Unclear, You’re on the Right Track When Your Calling Seems Vague and Unclear, You’re on the Right Track Most people don’t know what to do with their lives. And that’s okay. “We see in order to move; we move in order to see.” These days, there’s a lot of talk about discovering your dream. More and more people are unwilling to exchange their ideals for a paycheck. I’m sure there are people who know exactly what they were born to do, who have had a vision of their life since they were six years old. So where do you go from there, if all you’ve got is an itch, a vague premonition of an un-lived life? That was the question I sought to answer in my book, The Art of Work. Lesson 1: Don’t wait for clarity “I have never had clarity. The other day, I was on a call with a young woman who was passionate about getting involved in social work — she just didn’t know where to start. As the discussion continued, she confessed that she didn’t know what her calling was. But why is failure something to be avoided instead of embraced?