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WHY CHOOSE A HOLISTIC DENTIST? Many wellness-focused people call themselves “holistic.” If you fall in this category, you know that it is often difficult to find a doctor who not only takes you seriously, but is also open minded to your requests and supportive of your needs. Unfortunately, in today’s insurance and Big Pharma driven healthcare system, finding a sympathetic and knowledgeable doctor can be quite a challenge. Equally as daunting is finding a doctor who is sincere and not just uses the “holistic” angle as a marketing ploy. When it comes to health care, patients have a choice between naturopaths, DO’s chiropractors, acupuncturists and functional medicine physicians. However, dentistry is very limited in its choices. In fact, most dentists view holistic patients as “crazy quacks.” The following is a sample of remarks made by dentists around the country at a popular private dental Internet forum regarding holistic patients: “My experience with most (not all, but most) holistic followers is that they lean towards being extremists. I just had a woman in last week and she tied me up for 20 minutes talking about how holistic medicines were the only natural things we should be ingesting and so on.” “The types of patients that are into holistic tend to be a bunch of head cases. They’re against x-rays, medications, root canals, etc. Some of them lean toward the irrational. I think I'd go out of my mind if I had a practice that relied on these people.” “This crowd is made up of too many "true believers" in naturopathic nonsense. I'd steer clear unless you wanna embrace all that Hal Huggins stands for, and more!” “I had a ton of holistic patients. … they are exactly what would be described as, head cases. No x-rays, extraction of teeth with root canals, and no amalgams. Too much trouble to deal with. I weeded them out.” “A lot of them wanted their amalgams replaced. Problem was most came in with a "compatibility test" a book about 50 pages long stating which materials I could use in their body. I just got so sick and tired of dealing with them. Now it’s my way or the highway!” “I used to think holistic types are anti-amalgam and some basket cases extend this courtesy to root canals.” “The sane way to deal with them is to protect your sanity. Get rid of them. You will always have to fight with them over stupid things. It isn't worth it.” “The whole "holistic" thing is so ludicrous!” With attitudes like this, it’s no wonder that health conscious people are not receiving the health care that they want to receive. What most dentists do not under-
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stand is that “holistic” patients are either sick or trying not to get sick and are trying to avoid toxins that are harmful to the body so that they have the best chance of recovery or are healthy and do not want to get sick in the first place. They are not “crazy,” “quacks,” “weirdos,” nor are they “annoying” and “a waste of time.” Dr. Shvartsman Dr. Golan and their clinical and office staff are focused on toxin-free dentistry. They empathize with their patients and follow a holistic lifestyle themselves. This makes them open-minded to their patients’ needs and requests. The entire office is committed to patient comfort and focused on providing the most healthy and natural dentistry. He is careful not to use mercury, BPA, cadmium, formaldehyde, gluteraldehyde, nickel, systemic fluoride and other toxic materials, which are commonly used in dentistry. Biomimetic Dentists, Dr. Shvartsman and Dr. Golan follow the following paradigm: when it comes to biology, nature-made is always superior to humanmade. This is why they make every effort to preserve the healthy natural tooth through minimally invasive dentistry. Teeth are restored teeth via a modern, science based approach of biomimetic dentistry to rebuild teeth as close to their natural state as possible. By respecting nature and preserving tooth structure, his goal is to help his patients keep their teeth for their lifetime. This is critical since in todays’ world of advanced medicine and health focused people have the potential to live a longer and healthier life. People tend to get along better with like-minded individuals. Dr. Shvartsman follows a health-focused lifestyle himself. He has been personally helped by alternative medicine, when traditional medicine failed. He is a believer that eating a natural, unprocessed diet is critical to health, as well as spending more time in nature and keeping the earth clean. So why choose a holistic dentist? Well it is easier to “preach to the choir” than to argue with your doctor about why mercury is harmful to your health. Dr. Shvartsman
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Summer is gone, but not Lyme Disease! by Dr. Howard Robins The illness that never ends! Michael came into the office taking short baby steps. His 19 year-old arms and hands were bent and twisted into a weird spasmodic position. His head tilted to the side, eyes nearly closed with his face in a strange grimace. He spoke in short three or four word sentences. He had been suffering since he was 13 years old and his father was ready to institutionalize him for the rest of his life. Until he became ill he was a normal boy and a commuter whiz. One day he developed what appeared to be the flu, except it was in the summer and not the flu season. His doctor recommended typical care for the flu, bed rest and lots of fluids. Things got worse. Testing showed “nothing wrong” just a high white blood cell count. The doctor was savvy so he tested for Lyme disease. It was negative. That is, until 2 years later. Several courses of oral and intravenous antibiotics failed to work. Thee symptoms improved but never went away and came back with a vengeance when the medicine was stopped. His symptoms worsened over the years and several Lyme experts later left him in the state in which he arrived into our office. He had late stage Lyme disease. Are you suffering with symptoms of an illness that doesn’t seem to respond to any normal treatment? Have the doctors changed the diagnosis several times or can’t agree on a diagnosis? Does nothing seem to help get rid of it that should? Maybe, just maybe, you are suffering from the “great mimicker”, Lyme disease. Even if you know you have it but believe you can’t get rid of it, don’t give up hope! Read on.
The Cause Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne disease in the Northern Hemisphere. Borrelia burgdorferi is the main cause of Lyme disease in North America, though up to five co-infections are often present. The disease is named after the towns of Lyme and Old Lyme, Connecticut, USA, where a large number of cases were identified in 1975. It is a worldwide pandemic. The infection is transmitted to humans by the bite of infected ticks. The ticks are extremely small and often fall off the body after feeding, thus masking the fact that you’ve been bitten. They are so light that they can be air-bourn thus night requiring contact with grass, plants, bushes or animals.
The Symptoms and the Difficulty in Diagnosis Early symptoms may include fever, headache, fatigue, depression, and a characteristic circular skin rash, which has a “bulls-eye” (target-like), appear-
ance. The “bulls-eye rash” is thought to occur in only about 80% of infected patients adding to misdiagnosis. Patients often experience flu-like symptoms, such as headache, muscle soreness, fever, and malaise, which can also confuse early diagnosis. Unfortunately, left untreated, symptoms may involve the joints, heart, and central nervous system. The disease can affect multiple body systems at the same time and produce a wide range of symptoms. Not all patients with Lyme disease will have all symptoms, and many of the symptoms are not specific to Lyme disease, but can occur with other diseases as well, also making it difficult to diagnose. Also, blood testing frequently shows false negative testing or indeterminate results, causing doctors to delay diagnosis and treatment until it’s too late to easily kill the infections. It may take several years after numerous false negatives to finally test positive for Lyme infection! Every part of the body can be affected. Various acute neurological problems including facial palsy, which is the loss of muscle tone on one or both sides of the face, as well as meningitis, which involves severe headaches, neck stiffness, and sensitivity to light are common in untreated cases. Nerve inflammation causes shooting pains that may interfere with sleep, as well as abnormal skin sensations. Mild encephalitis may lead to memory loss as well as sleep disturbances, and mood changes. In addition, some case reports have described altered mental status as the only symptom. All this makes often makes it extremely difficult to diagnose leading to incorrect treatment and unnecessary suffering often for many years. The late stage is where the infection has fully spread throughout the body. A polyneuropathy that involves shooting pains, numbness, and tingling in the hands or feet may develop. A neurologic syndrome called Lyme encephalopathy is associated with subtle cognitive problems, such as difficulties with concentration and short-term memory often accompanied by profound fatigue. Other progressive late stage symptoms include cognitive impairment, weakness in the legs, awkward gait, facial palsy, bladder problems, vertigo, and back pain. In some cases untreated Lyme disease may cause psychosis, which has been misdiagnosed as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. Panic attacks and anxiety can occur; there may also be delusional behavior. Lyme arthritis usually affects the knees and feet and in some patients, arthritis can occur in other joints, including the ankles, elbows, wrist, hips, and shoulders. Pain is often mild or moderate, usually with swelling at the involved joint. In some cases Lyme disease kills. If it doesn’t, by late stage IV the symptoms it causes will sadly and likely make you wish you were dead.
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HIDDEN ANXIETY The single greatest block to getting the job you want, the education you want, the relationships with the people in your life that you want, or anything else that is important to you, is chronic low level anxiety. And the worst part is, you may not even know this is going on. Chronic low level anxiety does not show symptoms that a person can recognize in all cases. A level of anxiety creates a state in the body where our higher level thinking is cut off and the rest of our body and brain is getting the message to shut down. Low level anxiety is a message to our system to freeze in place. This system is also present in other mammals. The best option for an animal that is likely to be lunch for another animal is to avoid being seen in the first place. There is some evidence that the earliest mammals faced the threat of being eaten by animals that were very good at seeing motion. These animals developed a switch that is activated by fear that causes them to freeze in place and not be allowed to move no matter what the other parts of their brain were saying. For animals, the messages to change behavior come from instincts. The animal does not go through a thought process when it sees a predator. When it saw a predator that wanted to eat it, the instincts are triggered. At the base of this animal’s brain, is a system called the amygdala. It is at the base of the brain because this is where it can control all of the other areas of the brain. One part of the brain that is disabled by activation of the anxiety center is the cortex, or the part of the brain where our higher level thinking is done. So the effect of anxiety causes us to freeze where we are and to disable our higher level thinking. The problem that this causes us human beings in modern society is that we tend to freeze in the same situation that is creating the anxiety. And the exact part of the brain that could get us out of the problem is disabled. The effects of anxiety will be seen every place in our life. If it starts in childhood, it will affect whom we choose as friends and how we are seen by our teachers and friends and yes, even our family. If you can’t use the higher part of your brain, then you are not going to do very well with taking tests, nor anything else. When we have a career, it affects how well we do. Even before that, it effects what career you would even be willing to choose for yourself. It
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will affect who you choose to spend time with, your choice of relationship and how you raise your children. Anxiety patterns that you don’t address will by passed on to your children. My experience with anxiety is that it is mostly a chemical process in the brain. If we try and correct the thought patterns without addressing the underlying chemistry, then whichever therapy is being used will not work. I believe therapy has value but only in combination with treating brain chemistry. There is no point in pouring water in a bucket that is leaking. All of this can occur without a person even knowing that they are experiencing anxiety. The anxiety is a low level chemical state in the brain that is activating the danger response system that may not even be creating symptoms that are typically experienced as anxiety. Any state of chronic inflammation can create this hidden anxiety also. This means any kind of chronic pain syndrome can cause this whether it is back pain, neck pain, shoulder pain or any other pain experienced for more than a few days. Anxiety is one of those issues that still has a lot of judgement surrounding it. Society’s vision of the anxious person is one of a weak person that lacks internal fortitude. Probably someone that basically just needs to suck it up at some level and get on with life. In this sense, we haven’t changed much from the days when physical illness was blamed on some defect in character, person or spirit. If you have places in your life where you are stuck, either in a relationship, or your career, or your education or any other area of growth, then you have to suspect hidden anxiety. If you see in your children any anxiety, you have to treat that the same way that you would if you saw swelling on their knees or they were complaining of a sore throat. A “little bit of anxiety” is no more natural or beneficial than a little bit of swelling in the knees of your son or daughter after they play sports. Any anxiety that a child experiences will decrease their success and affect the choices they make and how they see themselves. Opportunities evaporate when we are not present enough or confident enough to act on them. They evaporate when our level of anxiety prevents us from making even a very simple step toward our own progress. It is easier to see in children where anxiety or lack of confidence is having an impact on their life choice, but it is much more difficult to see that for ourselves.
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GLUTEN FREE VEGAN RECIPES “Seafood” Stew (Encebollado) 1 can (20 ounces, or 560 g) hearts of palm, drained and chopped into small bites 1 tablespoon (3 g) dulse flakes 1⁄2 teaspoon sea salt Juice of 1 lime 1 tablespoon (15 ml) olive oil for sauteing 1 green bell pepper, chopped 1 yellow onion, diced 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper 1 tomato, seeds removed and diced 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 teaspoon additional sea salt 1 can (13.5 ounces, or 400 ml) coconut milk 1 tablespoon (10 g) superfine brown rice flour mixed with 3 tablespoons (45 ml) water 1⁄2 cup (8 g) chopped cilantro 3 cups (555 g) cooked rice or quinoa, for serving Place the hearts of palm and dulse flakes in a small bowl. Toss with sea salt and lime juice and cover. Let rest at least 1 hour, up to 3. Drain and set aside. Once the hearts of palm have marinated, place a large, deep frying pan over medium-high heat and add the olive oil, bell pepper, onion, red pepper, tomato, garlic, and the sea salt. Saute about 7 minutes or just until peppers become tender. Add the coconut milk and hearts of palm and cook over medium heat for about 10 to 15 minutes or until the bell peppers are thoroughly cooked. Drizzle in the flour slurry and whisk quickly to combine into sauce. It will thicken immediately. Let cook briefly while stirring constantly. Toss in the chopped cilantro and serve immediately over cooked rice or quinoa. Recipe Note: This stew is usually made with shellfish of various species, so I replaced it with a common plant-based mock fish, hearts of palm. The result is a zesty dish that is so hearty that you won’t even miss the meat.
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Research-Based Resistance Training Exercise Prescription: Part 3 In the July issue, I summarized an article by Ogasawara et al. in the Journal of Applied Physiology. The authors studied rats performing either a single resistance exercise bout, 12 bouts on non-consecutive days, 18 bouts on non-consecutive days or the 12-bout protocol followed by 12 days of detraining and a single bout that resumed it. Results showed that muscle growth and strength gain were present after 12 and 18 sessions, but not after one, and each of these enhancements remained despite 12 days of detraining. However, signaling proteins thought to be responsible for muscle growth that were elevated after only one bout were less elevated after repeated exposure, although for the one bout after the detraining period, the initial most powerful response was restored. Upon first inspection, these findings imply that a oneday-on-12-days-off training regimen might provide the best approach! But a more logical conclusion is that when you train regularly, homeostasis (the body’s drive for internal constancy) wins out in the end and its triumph doesn’t take long. This explains why people who have been training with weights for many years have not grown to mammoth proportions. The fact is, that just like not enough muscle can threaten survival of the species, too much also has its drawbacks. For example, an excessively-developed muscle could outstrip the ability of the cardiovascular system to adequately perfuse it. What is more, muscle growth in fibers with a “pennate” architecture (i.e., with angled fibers that attach to a central tendon; for example, the rectus femoris of the thigh) increases the angle of pennation. This means that the bigger muscle shortens less per given degree of fiber shortening. Apparently, this is not a problem up to a point (although it might decrease velocity of shortening a bit), but if the muscle ever became large enough such that the angle approached 90 degrees, we’d be in big trouble! Down regulation of the adaptive response to resistance training after as few as 12 sessions supports the notion that we reach our genetic plateau for muscle growth in a relatively short period of time. How long? Well, that’s difficult to answer, but it might be better quantified in months as opposed to years! Now, one reaction to this is to be discouraged if you have been training long enough to know that you have gained as much muscle as you ever will. After all, it’s like starting a new job and having your pay cut after the first month despite doing all that was asked of you. But it’s a fact so the best bet is to accept it as reality and act accordingly. Long-term muscle growth might not be possible due to the body’s drive for
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constancy, but it’s important to recognize that the increased level of development you do achieve when you reach your genetic potential must be maintained via quality training. Obviously, it’s human nature to always strive to get better, but when it comes to muscular development, I’ve come to appreciate that maintenance is a noble objective. And this is especially true as Father Time takes his toll. Slowing the reduction in muscle that occurs with aging has many benefits in addition to those that are appearance related. For example, more muscle means greater strength, a higher basal metabolic rate, less cardiovascular activation (and, therefore, stress) for any given physical effort and better control of blood glucose. So, staying as close as possible to your genetic plateau for muscular development as the years pass is good for your health. This means that training simply to stay the same is a prudent game plan because muscle will leave if it is not regularly challenged. For example, although the study by Ogasawara et al. found no muscle or strength loss after 12 days of detraining, others that have assessed longer periods of inactivity have been more sobering. Case in point, a 2000 study by Hakkinen et al. in the European Journal of Applied Physiology that had middle-aged (37-45 years) and elderly (62-78 years) subjects perform a two-time-per-week strength training program for 24 weeks followed by either three weeks of detraining and 21 weeks of resumed training or 24 weeks of detraining. The good news was that both age groups achieved large increases in strength after the initial 24 weeks and during the period of resumed training, further strength gain occurred throughout in middle-aged subjects and until week 41 in the elderly. Muscle gain also occurred during the initial period in both groups, but not of the same magnitude as strength, which suggests that much of the strength enhancement was attributable to improved nervous-system function. This is also exemplified by the fact that no further muscle gain occurred during the second training period when strength continued to improve. More good news was that three weeks of detraining resulted in only minor decreases in strength and no change in muscle mass. This is similar to the findings of Ogasawara et al. detailed above. However, long-term detraining brings us to the bad news. Specifically, 24 weeks of detraining caused reductions in both strength and muscle size such that by week 48, muscle cross-sectional area was actually smaller than it was at the start of the experiment in both groups! The authors conclude by stressing the importance of on-going resistance training for increasing/maintaining muscle mass and strength. Fred DiMenna is a two-time Natural Mr. United States and retired WNBF drug-free professional bodybuilder who has a PhD in exercise physiology from Exeter University's School of Sport and Health Sciences in the U.K. Visit him at www.freddimenna.com or email him: mrnaturalus@yahoo.com
JESSE VENTURA COMES TO LONG ISLAND IN OCTOBER FOR A SPECIAL BOOKSIGNING! In his new book, “They Killed Our President: 63 Reasons to Believe There Was a Conspiracy to Assassinate JFK” with Dick Russell and David Wayne (Skyhorse Publishing, October 1, 2013), former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura reopens the investigation on the most controversial case in American history: the assassination of JFK. What does coverage of a “conspiracy theory” book belong in New Living Magazine? For one, knowing history gives you an edge on human behavior. If you know all the facts of a situation or event, it gives you a unique and very empowered view. Before you shrug off “conspiracy” theories, consider first the definition of a conspiracy. It is defined as two people getting together and agreeing to perform an illegal, wrongful, or subversive act together. So-called conspiracy theorists are not engaging in criminal behavior, only trying to get at the truth. They are not performing an illegal act. They demand that other facts and science be introduced and examined so the citizenry can be empowered, so the people really know the whole truth and nothing but the truth. They are not making the stuff up because the stuff already exists – it’s just that it is being suppressed by the powers that be. "When I was a teenager, back in the '60s, I initially believed the Warren Commission when they told me that Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone assassin, but then too much didn't add up." They Killed Our President not only discusses the most famous of theories, but also brings new and recently discovered information to light. Ventura proves that the United States government was behind this egregious plot dubbed "the Big Event" and that it took every step to ensure the truth would not come out. Jesse Ventura's book “They Killed Our President: 63 Reasons to Believe There Was a Conspiracy to Assassinate JFK” also sheds light on behind-the-scenes information he personally compiled through investigating JFK's assassination for the TruTV show Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura. Some of the most compelling evidence includes the mysterious deaths and murders of President Kennedy's many mistressesnot only celebrities like Marilyn Monroe, but also Mary Pinchot Meyer, with whom the president had an ongoing affair. Pinchot was expertly shot from a faraway distance while jogging; her killer was never found. After presenting recently declassified CIA and FBI documents as well as exclusive insider information he gathered from his many years of serving in government and investigative reporting, Governor Jesse Ventura allows readers to decide: * Did Lee Harvey Oswald act alone? Did Lee Harvey Oswald act at all? * To what extent were Presidents Gerald Ford, Richard Nixon, George H. W. Bush, and
Lyndon Johnson involved? * Was there a connection to Watergate? * Why did so many eyewitnesses die mysteriously before giving testimony? * Did the CIA's Operation 40 hit squad arrange "the Big Event" because JFK wanted to disband the unit? The president ordered them to stand down on their original orders to assassinate Castro shortly before the assassination. * Why didn't Marina Oswald, Lee Harvey Oswald's widow, believe her husband was the sole shooter? * Was the photo of Oswald holding incriminating firearms doctored? * Was Oswald working with the CIA? * If Oswald was such a terrible shot and if he did in fact use the rifle, how did he so accurately shoot and kill in the split seconds-especially if the particular firearm was known for its inaccuracy? * Gerald Ford's involvement in changing the Warren Commission's reports: Why did he go against JFK's official autopsy to change where the bullet actually struck the president? Why was he so determined to make the "magic bullet theory" possible? * Why would the Texas Book Depository's Sixth Floor Museum Curator-who chronicles the silver bullet theory-say "there's got to be more to it than Oswald"? Jesse Ventura is the former Independent governor of Minnesota. He is also a former US Navy Frogman, professional wrestler, movie actor, visiting fellow at Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and New York Times bestselling author. He was the host and executive producer for TruTV's Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura; the show lasted three seasons and remains a top-rated program on TruTV. He has a reputation as the ultimate nonpartisan truth-seeker, and he has no qualms about questioning authority. His official website: www.facebook.com/OfficialJesseVentura There will be “AN AFTERNOON & BOOK-SIGNING WITH JESSE VENTURA” in connection with the 50th Anniversary of JFK's Assassination on October 5 at 2:00 pm at the Cinema Arts Center, 423 Park Avenue in Huntington. The afternoon will include lively Q&A along with intriguing film clips on the JFK assassination from Ventura's TV program, "Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura." Tickets are $20 pp. Best-selling author Jesse Ventura is, of course, the former wrestling pro known as "The Body," as well as a former Navy Frogman, Rolling Stones body-guard, major motion picture actor (co-starring with Arnold Schwarzenegger among others), confidante of director Oliver Stone - and the former Governor of Minnesota. Straight-talking and controversial, Ventura is a much-sought commentator of national TV. Go to www.newliving.com/venturatheykilledourpresident for an exclusive radio internet interview with Governor Ventura on his new book.
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INSPIRING OTHERS ON THE PATH OF YOGA: Lori Gentzlinger Lori Gentzlinger knows the true transformative power of yoga to change one's life for the better. While attending a workshop at Kripalu Center in the beautiful Berkshire Mountains of Massachusetts about 20 years ago, Lori says she felt so good after the class, that she wanted to find out more about yoga. After she returned to Long Island, Gentzlinger sought out a yoga teacher. "Back then, yoga wasn't as widespread as it is now," she says. She found a yoga teacher working out of a local gym in the Medford area. Gentzlinger was hungry for more. She decided to take it to the next level by taking a teacher training course. "I never intended to teach because I was very, very shy," she says. There was also only one teacher training class on Long Island held in Northport and Queens. The only other accessible training was at Kripalu that offered 6-week long trainings. Being a single mother with two small boys to raise, going away for 6 weeks was not feasible. Plus, she ran her own successful commercial embroidery business and could not leave it unattended for an extended period. Gentzlinger called about signing up for the class and was told she would have to be put on a waiting list. A few days later, she was called by the teacher and told there was an opening in the class. A friend had also sold some of Gentzlinger's embroidery items at a craft fair and came back with the exact amount of money required for the training. "I saw it as divine intervention," she says. Committed, she traversed traffic on the LIE several times a week to obtain her certification. After being certified, her yoga teacher needed a class covered. "I told my mother, dive in now or it's never going to happen." She filled in for the class and never looked back. Gentzlinger's yoga style is eclectic hatha drawing from various yoga styles and traditions but the main focus healing at all levels of being. She is also a yoga therapist, taking subsequent trainings at Kripalu. "It's very focused on alignment and healing the body, mind and spirit."
When asked to explain how yoga can heal the body, Gentzlinger explains: "Energy, called prana, is stored in the body. Like a garden hose that is kinked, the water will trickle through and when you un-kink it, the water flows freely. The same thing happens in the body. Yoga can help you unkink the energy and open the body. When you do the asanas or postures, it helps the energy flow freely through the body. The end result is you have more energy, more vibrance, less pain and increased quality of life. Many people come to yoga for the physical benefits, but the magic of yoga gets in, and it just changes your life in so many wonderful ways," she says. Dispelling the myths of yoga, Gentzlinger says you do not have to bend yourself into a pretzel. "People who say they are too inflexible to do yoga is like saying you are too dirty to take a bath." The whole point of yoga is helping not only your body, but your mind as well, to become flexible, supple and young again. Gentzlinger says she feels better today at 52 than she did at 25. "People are amazed at all I can do; my energy levels, peace of mind and joyful attitude are a result of my yoga practice." Unfortunately, the images of yoga that the media portrays misrepresents yoga. Often, they are poses that average people find intimidating. "You don't need to be Gumby to get the full benefits of yoga," says Gentzlinger. "One small change leads to another and with time and practice, change will occur. With time, you will find you cultivate healthier habits, and a more peaceful, joy-filled life." Gentzlinger believes yoga is medicine, not only for your body, but for the mind and spirit. She named her yoga classes and teacher certifications Healing Movement. "Many of the students that have taken my teacher training course, like me, never wanted to teach when they first took my training." But now, almost all of them are teaching from yoga for cancer to chair yoga for seniors as well as public classes. In addition, people who meet each other through her trainings have fostered deep long lasting friendships. The upcoming 200 Hour Teacher Training Program begins in October. Registration is still open. This program is life-changing. Students will be trained in all 8 Limbs of Yoga. Focusing on using the postures as ways to bring optimum health and healing, the class covers many different traditions of yoga asana from Chair, Yin, Restorative, Prenatal and Vinyasa with a heavy focus on optimal alignment through awareness of anatomy and kinesiology. Use the coupon in Lori's Healing Movement ad on page 4 of this issue to try a free class with her. Her next yoga teacher training class is in October. For more info, call 631-428-4271 or email: yogaasmedicine@aol.com
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You Can Create an Exceptional Life At the appropriate hour, I dialed Louise, clicked on the video button, and we were connected. There she was! Beaming smile, glasses perched high on her nose, sitting upright in her chair, and clearly ready for business. After chatting for a few minutes, we got to work. I set my iPhone to record, placed my fingers on my computer’s keyboard to take notes, and listened carefully as Louise considered my first question: What prompted you to get on the spiritual path? “My spiritual growth started when I was around 42,” she began. “I had been married to a delightful Englishman who had given me the opportunity to learn the social graces, manners, and ways of operating in the world that had been missing from my childhood. I grew up in a violent family, and we never went anywhere or did anything. I ran away from home at 15, and while I did learn survival skills, I had no skills for living well in the world. So, when I married this man who was very worldly and had the best of manners, I learned a lot from him. We did all sorts of wonderful things together, and just as I was telling myself that good things can last and we’d probably be together forever, he told me he wanted a divorce. I was shattered.” My goodness, that must have been awful, I told her. “Yes. My husband was a prominent person, and our divorce was all over the newspapers. It was a very painful time because I immediately told myself, ‘See, once again, you can’t do anything right.’ But when I look back now, I see that the marriage was an important door that needed to close in order for me to move toward the next step on my pathway. If I had not been divorced, I would never have become this Louise Hay. Instead, I would have stayed the dutiful little English wife—a very good wife according to my concept of it, but not who I was meant to be. It was time for it to end.” As I listened to Louise, I thought about the classic wake-up call, the often-abrupt and unexpected rupture that can occur in a comfortably numb life. I certainly had my share of these before I finally started to wake up—gut-
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wrenching heartbreaks, the shame of being fired from a job, and a real fire that destroyed our family business. In fact, it was that fire that ultimately brought me out of my deep sleep and planted me firmly on the spiritual path. “It was a year later, after dealing with the loss of my marriage, that a new door opened,” Louise continued. “I had a friend who invited me to a lecture at a Church of Religious Science in New York. She asked me to join her because she didn’t want to go by herself. I agreed, but when I arrived, she wasn’t there. I was left to decide whether or not to attend by myself, and I decided to stay. So there I was, sitting in this lecture, when I heard someone say, ‘If you are willing to change your thinking, you can change your life.’ While it sounded like a small, tiny statement, it was huge to me. It caught my attention.” I asked her why she thought that was, and she admitted that she didn’t know. “I have no idea why it caught my attention because I was a person who never studied anything. I remember having a friend who kept trying to get me to go to the YWCA for classes, and I wasn’t interested. But something about this subject spoke to me at that time, and I made a decision to go back. I can now see the perfection in my friend not showing up. If she had, I probably would have had a different experience. You see, everything is perfect.” Everything is perfect. When Louise said this, I realized that hearing that phrase is like hearing that everything happens for a reason. It’s a tough message to swallow when faced with tragedy or deep pain of any kind. But, by training ourselves to see the perfection in our most difficult moments—a perspective that, at first, can only be seen in hindsight—we learn to trust Life. We come to understand that, while we might not like a certain outcome, Life may be leading us in a new, more appropriate and beneficial direction. “Everything happens for a reason or Everything is perfect” are beliefs born from a decision to see life as a schoolroom. When we choose to become a student of life who learns and grows from his or her experience, everything does, in fact, happen for a reason. In this way, we make our most difficult moments mean something by using them to our spiritual advantage. Excerpted from “You Can Create an Exceptional Life” by Louise Hay and Cheryl Richardson (Hay House 2012). To learn more about Cheryl Richardson, Louise Hay and other inspirational authors such as Dr. Wayne Dyer, Kris Carr, and more, we invite you to join us at the Hay House I Can Do It! event in New York, NY, October 26th & 27th, 2013. For more information please visit www.icandoit.net or call 800-654-5126.
Strengthen Your Inner Light It is important to strengthen and keep your inner light of your Spirit shining bright in order to remain peaceful in a negative, ego-based world. The best way to do this is to intentionally surround yourself with energy that honors, respects, and delights the Spirit in every way. This begins by being aware of the effect of sound on your Spirit. Sound is vibration, and all vibration is either positive, and resonant with your Spirit, or it is negative, or dissonant to your Spirit. Be selective about what you listen to and to whom. People who speak calmly, lovingly, positively of life, and others are respectful of the Spirit and affirm the light. People who rant, swear, curse, or attack life, or others are disturbing to the Spirit and should be avoided at all costs. And, of course, don’t create that vibration yourself. As it says in the classic poem, The Desiderata by Max Ehrmann, “Avoid loud and aggressive persons for they are vexations to the Spirit and remember what peace their lies in silence.” Silent prayer also builds the inner light. It establishes a direct link from your Spirit to your higher self. This link then continues on from the Higher Self to Source. Silent prayer has a powerful and healing sound vibration, which the human ear does not hear it. The human heart does, however. It feels it as well, because this vibration though subtle, is calming, peaceful, and receptive to receiving guidance and sustenance from God. Christ said it best in the prayer, “Our Father.” The prayer says, “Give us this day our daily bread…” This does not only mean food for the body. It also means sustenance and light for the soul. Silence, when focused on prayer, in gratitude for the love, and goodness of God, is the equivalent of plugging into Source power. It clears away all negative psychic debris dimming your inner light and brightens your aura, your body, and even the atmosphere around you. Prayer creates a vortex of light leading directly to God. This creates a brilliant force field of love that shines out into the world and inspires everyone. It protects against all negative energies and any hidden forces behind them. My mom says it best. “Prayer brings God to you. And if God is with you, no one, or no thing is against you, as there is no greater power than God.” Another way to strengthen your inner light is to surround yourself with beauty. Create an organized environment that calms the Spirit and eases
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the tension in your body. Steer away from clutter and keep at least your sleeping area free from too much stuff. The Spirit appreciates simple surroundings that are peaceful and calm. Filling your environment with fresh flowers is another gift to the Spirit and strengthens your inner light. In fact, all of nature strengthens your inner light, so be in nature as much as possible. Take walks outdoors. Visit arboretums, gardens, beaches, the woods, and parks. Bring nature to you in other ways as well, by using aromatherapies made from flowers to sweeten the body and stimulate the senses. A beautiful rose aroma-therapy, for example, will lighten the Spirit and clear the heart immediately, while eucalyptus aromatherapy will stimulate the senses an re-energize your body. To strengthen your inner light, let your Spirit, and not your ego pace you. Proceed about your day with grace and dignity, and refuse to allow your ego to rush you around like a chicken with your head cut off. Check in with your Spirit before you make commitments. The ego believes it can manage everything in a day, and must, only to over-commit, and then feel stressed, and overwhelmed from morning to night. Rushing through your day, like a fire engine going to the inferno will most certainly drain your inner light. This is because such rushing about is fueled by fear, and fear always dims the inner light of Spirit. Life is not an emergency to rush through, even though your ego would beg to differ. It is a sacred gift that is to be savored and enjoyed, starting right now. Life is as good as you make it, and the better you make it beautiful the more you will feel its beauty inside. The more beauty you feel inside, the brighter your inner light will shine in the world. To strengthen your inner light: Listen to beautiful music, Pray, Be silent and go within to Source energy for sustenance, Dress beautifully, Be well groomed, Smile, Be in nature, Use aromatherapies, Eat beautiful meals, Slow down and enjoy your meals, Take naps, Pace yourself, Be discerning about what you listen to, Go about your day with grace and dignity, Relax! Sonia Choquette is a spiritual teacher, six-sensory consultant, storyteller, and visionary guide known for her delightful humor and skill in quickly shifting people out of difficulty and into flow. She is the author of 19 bestselling books on intuitive awakening, personal growth, creativity, and transformational leadership, including the New York Times bestseller The Answer Is Simple. Her work has been published in over 37 languages, making her one of the most widely read experts in her field. SoniaChoquette.com
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BREAKING THE JAWS OF MENOPAUSE Ben Franklin once said that nothing in this world is certain “except death and taxes.” Allow me to add another inevitable, especially reserved for ladies 40 to 50 years old. It is the slow deceleration of the menstrual cycle (perimenopause) until it ceases altogether (full menopause). Although this is a part of life, there are medical professionals qualified to address any negative symptoms and side effects in a bio-identical fashion. Although I support any safe and proven approach to this issue, I would like to write about how this somewhat scary time is approached by the affected woman on a personal level. Some women are very much ready to receive it in a straight-forward healthy exercise and nutritional lifestyle. This makes for a smooth rollover into menopause rather than the typical avalanche of panic and emotion. On the other hand, a lack of education and understanding, along with doing too many of the right things the wrong way can turn the overall outcome into a revolving door of frustration and failure. It can even make you a less fun person to be around. Let’s start with those facts that will more than likely not sound like your favorite love song to your ears if you are a concerned mature-minded woman. Your physiological structure is going to change. In other words, if you were a fit-looking, youthfully toned younger woman between 18 and 40 years old, you will begin to notice that your shape and outside body landscape is shifting. Now don’t go looking for a 30-story building with easy window access just yet. Allow me to explain some facts first. I also want to share my many many years of physical culture, passion, knowledge and hands-on experience. The facts are, if you were engaged in an adequate progressive resistance exercise lifestyle several years prior to the peri-menopause onset, you are armed and ready for the new mature and still sexy you. Your physical economy is on solid ground. Your retirement from youth into maturity will be minimally noticed. What I would like to share with you readers is what I have witnessed many times over. It’s what the uninformed amateur health-minded person does when they start to feel the walls of menopause closing in. Some of my clients call it “the Jaws of Menopause.” Too many women and a lot of older men begin to do an abundance of catabolic or muscle using exercises, activities that burn off an abundance of calories from active repetitive movements with little to no regard to increasing the strength, quality and quantity of the muscle itself. There are two types of physical activities…those that use muscle but
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don’t build them up and those that use muscle but also build them up in quantity and tone. For example, let’s compare the long distance lower speed runner to the short distance higher speed runner (men and women alike). The more intense runner is chiseled and well-muscled and has a lean solid body. The distance runners’ muscles look flat and much less strong in appearance. I am in no way suggesting these activities to the general public. They are competitive in nature and can come with unnecessary orthopedic concerns. This was just an analogy to make a point. I would also like to point out that the well-toned runner has a very high resting fat burning metabolism. Increasing resting metabolism is of utmost importance. Aerobic-only activity will use up calories, but will not increase tone and muscle density (i.e., the runners analogy). I am not suggesting a non-cardio exercise lifestyle, but rather a must do resistance and strength training protocol as your primary activity in order to stay healthy, leaner and more youthful in your maturity. The safest and most profitable outcome will come from full function range of motion movements with a resistance load of at least 60 to 65% of your strength ability (barring any orthopedic or medical concerns). You also need a recipe of frequency and basic fundamentals. That fact is that the monthly menstrual cycle of five days accelerates a woman’s resting metabolism by about 300 calories per day, or up to 1,500 calories per month. Multiply that by 12 and you will have about 17,000 calories per year used up by the annual menstrual resting metabolism. One pound of fat is 3500 calories. Doing the math equates to an accelerated weight gain once this part of life kicks in. Adding 5 to 10 pounds of muscle will not only increase your resting metabolic rate, but will add strength, tone and health, as well as allow you to look better in and out of clothes. My final thought is to seek out assistance. Exercise is a science that you do not learn from a magazine or from just walking into a gym. Exercise is not entertainment. It is a personal responsibility to keep you vital, strong and independent. LIFE IS A SPORT…TRAIN FOR IT. John Boos is a two-time Mr. World/Mr. New York State champion. He is a Certified Personal Trainer with NSCA and ACE, as well as a licensed massage therapist and certified medical exercise specialist. For more information, visit www.boosworld.com or call 631-587-4786.
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ON THE COVER: Suzanne Bowen NL: Please describe your fitness journey. Have you always been fit? Were you fit as a child? Please describe your family’s interest in fitness and sports. Also describe where you came from, where you lived and what kind of sports you did in school/college… SB: I grew up tumbling and cheering. We weren't an athletic family, but being from a small town in Alabama, we were always outdoors doing things like climbing on gym sets and riding four wheelers! I also lived on my hands doing cartwheels, backbends and back handsprings. NL: Did you receive any special fitness trainings? If so, what… SB: I apprenticed at the Lotte Berk Method Studios in NYC and Bridgehampton on Long Island. I completed 1200 teaching hours my first year. I learned directly from Lydia Bach, owner of Lotte Berk Method and the original "barre" teacher. I consider that extremely special. NL: How did you come to develop your personal fitness style? (how is Lotte Berk & Barre different than other Pilates methods). SB: After beginning my pursuit of a career in fitness, I happened upon an ad in the Village Voice for receptionist at Lotte Berk Method. After taking a series of classes at Lotte Berk, I was hired not as a receptionist but as an apprentice instructor. I was pinching myself because not only was this a huge step toward my goal, but I learned one of the greatest methods in fitness. I loved the precision, attention to core and challenge. Barre is weight baring. So the results are phenomenal in mind and body. NL: How did you come to form your fitness business? SB: I left NYC soon after filming the Lotte Berk DVDs and began teaching barre in Nashville. I have simply kept building up my methods and brands since then. It is a passion! NL: Describe what BarreAmped & Seren Motus is all about...do you offer trainings to other fitness professionals and if so, what/where/when is the next training? SB: BarreAmped is a very form-focused barre technique taught from a neutral spine which builds from the smallest movements to teach clients the form and get them strong. It then progresses to bigger ranges of motion to continue to challenge the body and shake up the workouts. Seren Motus is a mind-body alignment technique that I am happily still perfecting in my studio overlooking the lagoon in Panama City, FL. I do offer certifications in BarreAmped and it is taught in over 50 locations
worldwide including Hong Kong and the Bahamas. Our next certification is in October 4-6 in Princeton, NJ. NL: What do you do in a typical day (training and diet-wise- what is your specific workout regime and what do you eat – whole foods, vegan, low glycemic, etc. water intake? SB: I teach my streaming workouts which are challenging and help me keep my strength. I am paddle boarding almost daily. I am trying to paddle surf now. I like to be out of the water. Diet wise, I eat mostly plants (lots of greens and color) and lean protein. I don't eat many starches and definitely do not eat gluten. I feel so much better! NL: Do you take any supplements, if so, what? SB: I take Magnesium at night, krill oil and probiotics during the day. Supplement wise, that is it. I try to get my nutrients from food as much as I can. NL: When does fitness interfere with living a normal life (you talk about being obsessed with perfection on your website)? SB: I lived much of my life feeling like if I could just lose five more pounds through diet and excessive cardio I could be happy. We're talking obsessed to the point of self-destruction. It was really eating away at me. When I got pregnant with my first child, lost the body I so trusted in and realized my family and friends still liked me, I found some degree of freedom. Over the last 10 years I have learned more and more that my value doesn't come from how I look but from who I am. NL: What can you say to inspire our readers (words of advice)? SB: I would have to say to lighten up on yourself if you happen to be struggling with body image, self-image or self hatred disorders. You are not your thighs. I don't want you to wake up in 10-20 years and regret not appreciating how amazing and unique you are. NL: How is your new video ‘Tighten, Tone and Torch’ different from other DVDs on the market? SB: Tighten, Tone and Torch is my favorite DVD to date because you can have the style of a barre class without the barre, fat burning cardio and serious mat work all in one. The workouts are totally my style of being kind to your body while getting great results. NL: What fitness methods do you employ in your new video? SB: Mostly barre, body sculpting, yoga and interval cardio. For more info on Suzanne Bowen, http://Facebook.com/suzannebowenfitness and suzannebowenfitness.com. Suzanne is giving away one free month of online streaming fitness classes on her website. Use the code word: newliving.”
Foods That Harm/Foods That Heal Recipes Salsa Quinoa Salad Cont’d from page 5 1 large green bell pepper, cored, seeded, and diced 1 teaspoon chili powder 1 teaspoon ground cumin 1 cup (250 g) salsa ¼ cup (60 ml) olive oil (*omit oil and use extra salsa) Juice of 1 lime ½ to 1 cup (8 to 16 g) chopped cilantro ½ teaspoon salt In a saucepan, add the quinoa and water and bring almost to a boil. Decrease the heat to low and cook for 25 to 30 minutes until the tails unravel on the quinoa. It’s a signal that they are ready. While the quinoa is cooking, add the beans, summer squash, and green pepper to a large mixing bowl. In a smaller bowl, combine the chili powder, cumin, salsa, oil, lime juice, cilantro, and salt. Please note that you can substitute extra salsa for the olive oil if you want to keep it fat-free. Pour the dressing over the bean mixture and stir to combine. Once the quinoa is done and completely cooled, add it to the bowl and mix again. Excerpted from The Great Vegan Bean Book by Kathy Hester (Fairwinds Press; 2013; $19.99. Hester’s website is www.healthyslowcooking.com
ly, for 2 minutes, or until chard just begins to wilt. Stir in beans. Simmer, covered, for 10 minutes. Uncover and cook for 5 minutes, or until chard is tender. Add salt and pepper. Remove bay leaf. Sprinkle with cheese and serve.
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Sidelined by a Soft Tissue Injury? How to Get Back on Track! You may be going along fine, taking your favorite group fitness class, spinning or running, or even taking part in outdoor activities that you have always enjoyed. Then, one day, you wake with an unusual ache, perhaps the knee, shoulder, neck, ankle, or hip. What happened? Did you pull something? Should you go right to the doctor? You may have not even felt it happening. This is a common scenario. Most likely, you have a soft tissue injury (STI). The vast majority of them cannot be seen on an x-ray or digital scan, so unless the pain is debilitating and severe, there may not be a need to run to the doctor (unless, of course, there is an existing injury or a preexisting condition). STIs occur in the muscles, ligaments and tendons. They are often caused as a result of overuse, imbalances, a fall, a sudden twist or trauma. Even long hours in a car, or on a plane, with little movement, can stiffen, tighten or exacerbate muscles and become an injury. To be clear, there are several levels of injury to specific soft tissues of the body. The most severe would be a sprain. This would indicate the overstretching of a ligament, or the tearing of a muscle. This type of STI would require immobilization and possibly surgery. The most common joints are ankles and wrists, but sprains can occur at any joint. Severe swelling and bruising would indicate a sprain. The next, less severe STI, would be a strain. A strain could occur at either a muscle or a tendon when it has been over-stretched or repetitively over-used. There could also be severe pain with a strain. It is important to manage the pain with therapeutic modalities (such as ice and rest), however, chronic, relentless pain could indicate a muscle or tendon has been torn, which would require immediate care. Strains are very common and are usually localized. Relief should come after a few days of caring for the injured area. Ruptures occur when a traumatic or forceful movement tears the muscle or tendon (sometimes from the bone), and a large amount of blood pools in the muscle. Ruptures often occur in the calf or pectoral muscle, but can happen in any muscle. Once you have an injury, whether it is severe, moderate or mild, it is most important to begin some therapeutic modality as soon as possible. A mild injury may have slight swelling and pain in certain movements, however, more severe could be bruising, spasms, limited or impaired function and strength. To remember the most basic therapeutic modalities the acronym PRICE will help you remember what to do in order. P =Protect: you must support the injured area. I have many times encouraged client to wear support bands on elbow or knee joints during exercise. This is to provide the extra support to the joint during movement. Braces, wraps, bandages and crutches can provide the support without compromising circulation. R= Rest: If you have an injury, you have to honor it. If you push through the pain, as many do, the set- back will be worse. If your injury is on your upper body, you can and should continue to train you lower body and vice versa. The exercise does not need to stop, but rest is essential for the injury to heal. I= ICE: There is no better way to reduce swelling and inflammation than icing the area. Most therapists recommend 10 or 15 minutes on, and then 10 or 15 minutes off, for up to an hour. Even if there is little to no swelling, the time you take to do this will greatly increase the ability for your body to funnel in the essential nutrients and blood needed to heal the affected area.
C= Compression: You may have seen people leaving physical therapy with an ice pack strapped around a body part. The ice combined with the compression is the best treatment for a STI. Be sure the compression is not too tight as to cut off blood supply and cause more pain. E = Elevation: Combine elevation and ice compression and the swelling of an injury will reduce greatly. Elevation helps reduce swelling dues to gravitational pull of the blood away from the injury. Reduce the swelling, reduce the pain. Recently, a client of mine came to her session complaining of knee pain. She had no prior injury but had been wake boarding the day before and felt pain in the middle of the night and during the day when sitting. This is a perfect example of a mild soft tissue injury. She began icing and elevating for an hour a day. In addition, she wore a knee wrap during her session and at times, she would be sitting for longer periods of time. Within a week, the pain subsided and she felt fine. Another client came in after an outdoor bike tour wondering why her hip was bothering her since she was an avid participant in spin classes. The outdoor biking provided a challenge with regard to the elements of being outdoors; something she wasn't used to, causing her to change her speed and tension for a duration she wasn't accustom to. Inevitably, she overused some muscles in her pelvis resulting in hip pain. With stretching, ice and rest, she was back cycling within a week. For exercise junkies and serious athletes, the word rehabilitation is sounds like surrender. We often justify abusing a body part for the greater good of the desired goal. We sideline ourselves by not being concerned with the presence of pain, swelling or loss of some function. These are the clear indicators that there is a STI needing immediate rehabilitation and therapy. Leanne Neville, MS, is a Certified Pilates Instructor at Equinox Fitness, and a Certified Personal Trainer. She is currently teaching Pilates in Roslyn and Great Neck locations. For more info, contact: leanne.neville@equinox.com
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The Honeymoon Effect Think back to the most spectacular love affair of your life-the Big One that toppled you head over heels. You made love for days on end, didn't need food, barely needed water and had endless energy. You were humming all the crazy-in-love songs you've ever heard and for once they made total sense. You had created The Honeymoon Effect with the love of your life and you knew that this time it was going to last forever. Except it didn't. Here's a scenario that may be all too familiar to you: You're basking in The Honeymoon Effect, full of love for your supportive partner who lights up your life. Then one day, you ask him a simple, loving question. He's not thinking about how good your relationship is. His conscious mind is preoccupied with fixing the car or paying the rent so he responds reflexively and nastily with a tone that says, "Leave me alone." Shocked, you respond: "Who are you?" You have just experienced the moment when honeymoons generally begin to fall apart. He responded so unconsciously that he didn't even notice how nasty he was. And, in his response to what he perceives as a personal "attack" on his character, he starts digging in his heels to defend himself to the death. He's thinking, "She accused me of not being me. I'm the same me I've always been. I don't know what she's talking about. What's her problem?" Meanwhile, you're thinking, Where is the loving man I married? Your conscious mind detaches from the current moment to assess the unpleasant situation in which you now find yourself. Uh-oh, unbeknownst to you, you also unconsciously default to your own formerly hidden subconscious behaviors that you acquired from your family and culture. Now it's your partner's turn to be shocked as his once loving spouse shifts into criticism and blame, as well as other less than loving programs you downloaded from your parents. As the daily issues of life increasingly occupy you and your partner's conscious minds, more disharmonious unconscious behavior patterns begin to rise to the surface. Soon, you both shift from appreciating your partner to focusing on his or her periodic nasty outbursts. Both you and your partner turn defensive and begin to critique other faults: he never cleans up, she never puts the cap on the toothpaste, and on and on. All the things you ignored in the first glow of love now start to bug you.
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If you met through an online dating service, both of you want your money back! He/she didn't fill out the questionnaire honestly! But actually, you both filled it out in good faith. You both filled it out consciously-and that's the rub. Your thoughtful submissions from your conscious minds truly represent the people you aspire to be. Unfortunately, the character of the "you" who answered the questionnaire normally expresses itself only about 5 percent of the time. What both partners failed to include in their surveys were the sabotaging and limiting subconscious programs they acquired from others, which all of us unconsciously engage in about 95 percent of the time. With the appearance of uninvited behaviors 95 percent of the time, you and your partner have most definitively left the honeymoon and are back on the road of conventional life. If any of these heretofore unseen, destructive, and disturbing behaviors had surfaced on the first day of your relationship, there probably would not have been a second day. Now you're wondering if you should lower your expectations and accept what your relationship has become because "This is the way life is and I have to accept the bad with the good." Or will the many compromises you make as you adjust to abusive behavior become so intolerable that your once seemingly unbreakable bond shatters? You say, "The hell with this. I can't do this." And then you go out (again) and try to find what you once had. The culprit for this repeating cycle is invisible: it's the behaviors programmed in you and your partner's subconscious mind, and it is destroying what you've created. But once you know how you created it and how you lost it, you can quit whining about your bad karma in relationships and create a happily-ever-after relationship that even a Hollywood producer would love. You have the power to create The Honeymoon Effect each and every day of your life. Bruce Lipton, Ph.D. is author of the new book "The Honeymoon Effect" (Hay House 2013). To learn more about Bruce Lipton and other inspirational authors such as Dr. Wayne Dyer, Cheryl Richardson, Kris Carr, Congressman Tim Ryan and more, we invite you to join us at the Hay House I Can Do It! event in New York City on October 26th & 27th, 2013. For more information please visit www.icandoit.net or call 800-654-5126.
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Over the last 40 years, there has been a lot of research in brain chemistry. I have seen myself, in my own health, how that understanding can be applied to make us healthier without the potential side effects of conventional medications. In my own health, I had years of chronic inflammation that had a profound effect on my brain chemistry. I remember at some point during naturopathic medical school training telling the professor that I used to have a good memory. And that was really the way I felt. When I was sick, I really felt that my brain was operating at ten percent of what it was capable of. Now I have no acceptance for anything other than feeling my best. I wake up in the morning and immediately assess how my body and brain are feeling. If anything is off, then I fix it immediately. To me, this is no different than if I was sleeping in a boat overnight and woke up to find that the boat had taken on water. Seeing this situation, you would immediately take action, and I treat my brain the same way. As I have continued to heal, it becomes both easier to see the imbalances and easier to treat them. My years of ulcerative colitis came with years of severe anxiety and depression. Being able to cure the physical symptoms was wonderful, but what I didn't realize until years later, was that the mental changes had not been fixed. If you have been through inflammatory brain syndrome, then you know that I am not talking about life's various ups and downs. I am talking about a persistent state that, in spite of common sense efforts, continues to persist. It is an intolerable situation that leads many people to various forms of self-destructive behaviors and beliefs. Imagine now that you were in one of these states, but that it was below the level of your conscious perception. This is the state I call hidden anxiety or hidden depression. We now have access to testing that lets us see our own brain chemistry. The levels of various signaling chemicals in our brain is the number one cause of how we feel. More important than anything may be going on in your life outside, it is the chemistry inside your brain that will determine how you feel about the world, and in a way how the world feels about you. There is very little in life that you have more direct control over that can affect your success on every level than your brain chemistry. Testing allows us to figure out your brain chemistry through saliva and urine samples for the concentration of brain chemicals, or neurotransmitters in your brain. Neurotransmitter literally means the chemical that transmits the signals from one part of your brain to the other.
To figure out exactly what is out of balance and how to fix it, we measure a few different things. We measure the cortisol at four times during the day so that we get a graph of how high the cortisol is. Knowing the level of cortisol is very important because if the cortisol is too high or too low at different times of the day, it can block that action of any of the other neurotransmitter brain chemicals. Then, we measure twelve different brain chemicals to see what the balance or imbalance is. The way I think about it when we are measuring the brain chemistry by measuring neurotransmitters is that we are basically looking at the gas pedals and the brakes of the brain. We want to see if you are all gas pedal and racing out of control. An example of this is a person with out of control inflammation like arthritis, or very high anxiety. Another situation we could see is when a person is all brake pedal and no gas pedal. This person is fatigued, unmotivated or depressed. This is usually the end stage of a chronic inflammatory process that has drained the system of energy. Of course there are two other states that can show when we test our brain chemistry and neurotransmitter. We can see a person that is all gas pedal and all brake pedal in the brain. We can also see a state where the person has no brake and no gas pedal. The first state is usually present at the beginning of chronic illness when a person has not identified what is causing inflammation in their body. The constant stress between the inflammatory stimulation and the body drying to stop it creates the last state. In this last state, a person has no gas pedal and no brakes. They are coasting like a ship lost at sea. They have no control over acute inflammation attacks on one hand or depressive attacks on the other hand. They may battle fatigue or anxiety or both. It is remarkable to see these people present with both anxiety and depression. All of this is the end state of a chronic process that began years before. Now we can address these situations before they become worse through testing. If they are already severely out of balance, the testing tells us not only what is out of balance but how to fix the problem most effectively. This is true healing.
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PET HEALTH: OUTDOOR TO INDOOR CAT: Healthier, Safer Kitty
Consider building a cat enclosure or “catio” for your indoor cat. Most people think cats need to roam outdoors to be happy. Unfortunately, projecting what you think will make your cat happy and what actually makes it happy defies logic. In these trying economic times, you can save a lot of money on costly and unwarranted veterinary bills by keeping your cat indoors. An outdoor cat is at a 40% higher risk of being fatally hit by a car. Statistics show that many more cats are hit and killed by cars annually than are euthanized at shelters. Outdoor cats are at higher risk for contracting fatal illnesses like FeLV (Feline Leukemia), FIP (Feline Infectious Peritonitis), Panleukopenia (Feline Distemper), FIV (Feline Immunodeficiency Virus) and Rabies among other diseases. They are more likely to get: infected with hook/whip/round and tapeworms and other parasites, sick from eating garbage and being accidentally/intentionally poisoned. Your cat can also get trapped in dumpsters, or in places that can deprive them of food or water for days and weeks at a time. If your cat is not spayed or neutered, it will cross roadways to mate increasing the likelihood it will get hit by a car. Life-threatening infections caused by abscesses occur when your cat gets bit by another cat or animal during a fight. And all cats fight as they are extremely territorial. In fact, they will fight to the death to protect their turf. You also can not monitor changes in your cat's urinary and bowel habits on a daily basis since you can't see anything wrong if it goes to the bathroom outside; noticing whether your cat is straining when urinating may indicate a life-threatening urinary tract infection, or mucous and blood in the stool can indicate a condition known as mega-colon which is fatal. Light colored cats are at higher risk for skin cancer since they are over-exposed to the sun. A roaming cat may also urinate in your neighbor's yard causing your neighbor to resort to extreme measures (poisoning your cat or calling the town shelter to come pick up your cat). Statistics show that 65% of all pets that enter shelters are euthanized! Outdoor cats who live near golf courses or in neighborhoods where herbicides and fertilizers are heavily used on lawns, have higher rates of cancer and serious immune-related diseases. Cats are also targets of other predators (dogs, coyotes, foxes, raptors like owls, fisher cats, cougars, bobcats, etc. depending on where you live) not to mention human predators or cat-haters who will hurt or kill your cat for amusement. Bunchers are people who sell cats to research labs for a profit. Their prime resources are "free kitten" ads posted in bulletin boards and in newspaper classifieds or on Craig's List and Petfinder. A friendly, affectionate cat sitting on his front lawn is fair game for a buncher, or those who use cats as "bait" to train fighting dogs. More reasons to keep your cat indoors to avoid these tragic outcomes. Cats do not need to roam outdoors to satisfy their hunting urges. Interactive toys (fake mice and birds that chirp when played with) and playing with your cat with a teaser or laser pointer will satisfy these urges. Cats need mental stimulation, challenge and affection to make them happy. This can all be accomplished by keeping them indoors. Plus, keeping your cat indoors will save native songbird and other small mammal populations which are being killed in the millions annually by free-roaming cats. Before converting your outdoor cat into an indoor one, consider the following: 1. Take your cat to the vet to be tested for worms, checked for fleas and ticks and have the usual battery of tests performed. If your cat has spent any time outdoors, it may have contracted certain illnesses and parasites. 2. Is your cat litter trained? If not, you will need to train kitty in the fine art of using the litter box. Most cats naturally take to the litter box as kittens, but some need a little coaxing. If kitty "makes" outside the box, pick up your cat's scat and place it in the litter box or dab up a urine mishap with paper towels. Lay the urine soaked paper towel and/or scat on the top of the litter so your cat can smell it. If you know where your cat goes to the bathroom outdoors, pick up its scat and scoop up some dirt where it urinates. Sprinkle the dirt and scat into the litter box. Most cats prefer unscented clay litter. The clumping kind works best. You can add baking soda or natural enzymes with non-pathogenic bacteria to remove odors once your cat is trained to use the box. Make sure the box is accessible and in a quiet part of the house. If kitty can't find the box, or if it is in a bad location (garage or basement where the door is always shut), it will end up having accidents. 3. Have a variety of scratching mediums so your carpets and furniture do not succumb to kitty's claws. Cats have a strong need to scratch. If you do not provide it,
they will scratch furniture and rugs. If you have multiple cats, they all may have different scratching habits. A sisal scratching post is the most durable. Buy a tall enough one so kitty can stretch out. Also make sure the post is sturdy enough so it doesn’t topple over every time kitty tries to use it. Many posts are either too short or not heavy enough. Cats love to sink their claws into different kinds of materials. A tall laundry basket or storage basket made of water hyacinth, an old wicker or fake leather office chair, throw rugs, mats and baskets made out of coir, seagrass and sisal are enticing to cats. Several corrugated cardboard scratching boards and cheap cloth storage cubes from the dollar store filled with laundry or something to weigh them also work great. Place the scratching aids all around your house at the entrance of each room at the corner of a bed or sofa. Rub catnip and scratch with your fingernails vigorously to simulate cat scratching sounds. You may have to do it several times before your cat catches on. Cats learn by observing. Once one cat catches on, others in your house will follow. 4. Consider enclosing/securing an outdoor porch or patio with see-through but thoroughly cat-proof fencing or screening. There are a bunch of cat-friendly options on the internet with search terms like "outdoor cat enclosures," "cat runs," "catteries" and "catios." You can also build your own. Training your cat to walk on a leash or with a harness is also possible, but, training an adult cat takes extreme patience. It is easier to harness train a kitten. 5. Under no circumstances declaw your cat. Declawing is akin to chopping off the last digit of your fingers and toes and if your cat escapes to the outside, it will have no way of defending itself. Plus, declawing all claws is extremely expensive and more costly than replacing a couch ruined by clawing. 6. Caterwauling: That's the annoying cry cats make when they want to go out. Once you neuter or spay your cat, this will usually stop completely or at least diminish in intensity until kitty learns staying indoors is going to be the norm. Since cats can be a little neurotic and obsessive compulsive, they may continually claw a certain spot on the rug at the corner of a door to get out. Those sprays that are supposed to deter them do not work. You can place cheap plastic carpet protector, also bought at the dollar store, on the floor with little bumps facing upward so when they claw to get out, they will get an unpleasant surprise. Secure the plastic with duct tape on the underside. Duct tape also works great by itself. Tape pieces in loops on the spots in your house where kitty is clawing or jumping on to. You may need to replace the tape a couple of times before kitty's learning curve is reached. Other training aids to stop unwanted behavior include putting pennies in a can and shaking the can loudly and/or spraying a “can of air” (used to clean dust from computer keyboards) at kitty when you catch her misbehaving. 7. Make sure all screens, doors and windows are cat-proofed. Also repair any openings or holes in your walls, closets, attic, eaves, roof, basement, and/or storage cellar. Cats are very proficient at finding these openings and can get stuck in them with tragic results. If you follow these above tips, you will have a safer, healthier and happier indoor kitty. Good luck!
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THE BIG BAR DEBATE by Robin Barrie Kaiden Ok, so you are headed to the gym and pop into your local health food store to grab a snack pre-workout. You had an early lunch, and dinner won’t be until later, so you definitely need something to power you through your hour of lifting. You get to the counter and look down at all your options: How do you choose? Which tastes the best? Which has the most protein? Are the chocolate-covered versions really any better than having a Snicker’s bar? Can you use them as meal replacements? Will they help you lose weight? Read below for these answers and more on this hot topic. The first thing I recommend doing when selecting a bar is to view the ingredient label-not the Nutrition Facts that list the grams of protein, fat, and carbohydrates-but the actual itemized list of exactly what is in this package. 1. Look out for hydrogenated/partially hydrogenated oils, which are trans (artery-clogging) fats. Most bars no longer contain these ingredients (although some still do!), since the FDA started requiring food labels to list trans fat in 2006. However, I guarantee that just about every bar that as a chocolate, yogurt, or candylike coating will contain one of the following: palm oil, palm kernel oil, fractionated palm kernel oil. Although palm oil isn’t a hydrogenated or trans fat, it is still a saturated fat has been shown to raise cholesterol in many research studies. It is not as unhealthy as hydrogenated, trans, or saturated animal fats, but it is not a “healthy” fat.You also may see “vegetable mono- or diglycerides”. They are emulsifiers used to extend shelf life. Although they won’t show up as trans fat on the label, they are processed and may contain unhealthy trans fats. 2. Added sugar: Again, don’t look at the grams of sugar. Look at the actual ingredients. Sugars are often disguised under different names: cane sugar, fructose, corn syrup, corn syrup solids rice syrup, evaporated cane juice, dextrose, maltose, or molasses. Maltodextrin is another common ingredient to look out for. Although it’s not technically sugar (it’s hydrolyzed by enzymes from corn, rice, wheat or potato starch), it has a glycemic index double that of table sugar, and excess can be stored as fat in the body. It’s used so much because it’s inexpensive, increases product shelf life, adds a fat-like texture, tastes sweet, and mixes well with other ingredients. 3. Protein source: Protein is one of the main components of the body, found in muscles, skin, bone, and other tissues. It helps the body recover from microtrauma created in muscle during workouts and can decrease post-workout soreness. Protein also helps you feel more satiated and full since it takes longer to digest than carbohydrates, thus aiding in weight management. But not all protein is created equally. The main sources of protein found in these bars come from milk (which is made up of whey and casein), whey, casein, or soy. This is clearly seen on the label which protein is in each bar. Since whey is easiest to absorb, it gets to muscles the quickest for recovery. Soy, on the other hand, is a bit controversial. Some people find it more difficult to digest. Research shows that it may disrupt hormone levels, metabolism, and even cause cancer in those who are sensitive. Other research suggests the heart-healthy benefits of soy. Also, note that soy that is not organic is most likely GMO, or genetically modified, which is another reason it may be more difficult to digest: it has been altered from it natural state. Soy is a hot topic and I will not go into this any further: just note that whey is better for muscle recovery. 4. Potential allergens: If you have a food allergy or severe food sensitivity, you are likely already careful to real ingredient labels. I will point out however, that milk proteins are often added to these bars. For example,“nonfat milk powder” is a common one. If you happen to have a milk or lactose allergy/sensitivity, you may
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actually be able to tolerate whey protein well, as the casein is the slower and harder to digest. If you are however very sensitive to milk, make sure to note that many bars to contain milk products. If you are sensitive or allergic to wheat, know that these bars often have “wheat starch” or “wheat flour” or even “wheat protein” in their ingredients. Nuts are listed in the ingredients as well and many packages note that their product is produced in factory that also manufactures other potential allergens: wheat, soy, milk, or other nuts. But just keep this in mind in case it’s not noted. 5. Artificial ingredients: There is a reason the Paleo or Stone Age diet has gained such popularity lately. It promotes the idea of eating foods that our ancestors ate to ensure they are best digested and metabolized in the body. There is truth to the matter that our bodies were not created to digest artificial colors and flavors. FD&C red #40 and FD&C yellow #5 are just not natural! 6. Difficult to digest ingredients: In order to keep sugar and carbohydrate content down, many companies use sugar alcohols in their place. They are lower in calories and still taste sweet. However, items such as Maltitol and Sorbitol can cause gas, cramping and bloating. Vegetable glycerin is another preservative that is used to extend shelf life and sometimes fills in as a sugar substitute, but it can also cause diarrhea and cramping in large amounts. Below is a partial list of my favorite bars from a professional, taste and personal standpoint. However, there are many more on the market that may not be listed here. Use the above guidelines and try to avoid the above unhealthy ingredients! 1. LaraBar: These are made exclusively from fruits and nuts mushed together. For example, the Cashew Cookie flavor contains only cashews and dates. It does have 6 grams of protein, which make it a filling snack or pre-workout option. They taste like real food without that artificial aftertaste. Post-workout, however, you would want to aim for at least 20 grams. You could do this by adding a Greek yogurt or shake for after your workout 2. KIND Fruit and Nut bars: These do contain added honey and a bit of vegetable glycerin, but overall, the ingredients are all natural. They are only 200 calories, 3 grams of fiber, and have 6 grams of protein like the Larabars. They are also found everywhere, including at most Starbucks and convenient stores, so great to grab on the run as part of a quick breakfast or a snack. They are sweet, chewy, and even a bit gooey with the honey. Avoid the varieties with chocolate: they have added sugar and palm kernel oil. (And milk powder if you are sensitive to milk.) 3. Pure Organic bars: First, all of the ingredients are organic, which I like. Second, each ingredient is all natural. Even the chocolate varieties contain only pure cocoa. Agave is used as a sweetener. The bars, like the two above, have about 6 grams of protein, 200 calories, and 3 grams of fiber. Most are made with nuts and fruit. 4. The REAL Bar: This bar is packed with chocolate flavor and has 9-11 grams of protein and 9-11 grams of fiber. It also contains whey protein powder, coconut, pomegranate, and nuts and seeds. It’s 100% organic and 100% natural as well. With its higher calorie content (270-340), it’s a great post-workout bar. Each person has different needs, goals, and taste preferences when it comes to bars. Many of the bars out there, which I have not named, have many if not all of the ingredients that I recommend be avoided. Sure they have tons of protein BUT so does a protein shake or a Greek yogurt, or a meal of chicken/vegetables and brown rice. A Snickers bar contains hydrogenated oils, sugar and corn syrup. It contains 250 calories and 4 grams of protein, but it actually may contain less additives, preservatives and hard to digest ingredients than a super high-calorie protein bar! Real, or all natural foods are the best when it comes to fueling the body for general nutrition or for sports. Bars are a convenient option at times, but make sure you know what you are putting into your body. Robin Barrie Kaiden is renowned for helping people of all ages embrace a healthier lifestyle through nutrition and fitness counseling. As a Licensed Registered Dietitian and Personal Trainer, her smart and sensible approach has resonated with hundreds of people across the United States. A recognized expert on healthy eating, Robin is a trusted resource for print, television, and online media. She appears regularly in various news, lifestyle, and entertainment stories for CBS, NBC, ABC, Parenting, Golf Fitness, Forbes.com, and other media outlets. She is also a blogger, columnist, guest speaker and consultant. For more information, visit www.robinbarrie.com.
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Ozone Treatment for Lyme Disease The Answer In many but not all cases, antibiotics may eliminate the infection and its symptoms, especially if the illness is treated early. Unfortunately, even when caught early, antibiotics don’t always work. Many people are allergic to the drugs needed or develop sensitivity reactions and have to stop them. Delayed or inadequate treatment (often treating for too short a period of time) can lead to the more serious symptoms, which can be disabling and even harder to treat, that is, unless medical ozone is used. Over the past 22 years intravenous medical ozone has been safely and effectively used to destroy and eliminate Lyme disease, even in late stage infections. Often when all hope is gone, even after years of suffering medical ozone has proven successful. What happens is, when medical grade oxygen and ozone gas is safely and painlessly injected by trained professionals into a vein (you can’t get an embolus from oxygen, only from nitrogen gas), the extra ”O” in the ozone molecule acts like a glue stealing an electron from anything in our body that it can latch onto. Healthy cells in our body contain natural anti-oxidants that protect them against damage or destruction. Only pathogens are destroyed.
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You can learn more about intravenous medical ozone at www.ozoneuniversity.com. Recently Gary Null, PhD, made a powerful documentary called “Ozone Therapy: The Miracle Medicine” (available at www.garynull.com) discussing the use, safety and medical benefits of it. Some 40 patients also appear giving testimonials demonstrating ozone’s ability to completely get rid of many diseases and conditions including Lyme Disease. You can also call Dr. Howard Robins in his Manhattan office at 212-581-0101 with questions. He is considered my many to be the foremost clinical expert on intravenous medical ozone in North America with over 22 years experience and over 185,000 treatment performed. Treatments are available on Long Island! Please don’t wait any longer. You’ve suffered long enough, haven’t you? Isn’t it time to stop living in pain and misery and get your life back?
Ozone is simply a nonpatentable medicine. Since it is a highly reactive gas it has to be made “fresh” at the time of its use in a machine that passes electric current through medical grade oxygen in a special hand-blown glass tube. It can’t be stored in a powder, tablet, capsule or liquid form like other medicines.
And did I say it does it safely and with virtually no adverse reactions? The most famous study done on its safety was published in Germany in 1982. In Germany medical ozone therapy is used pre and post-operatively to prevent infections. Jacobs, et al.,
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reported in his published study that close to 400,000 patients were given over 5,500,000 treatments over a two-year period with an adverse reaction rate of .0007! There is no pharmaceutical medicine that comes even close to that safety record. Easy to see why ‘Big Pharma’ is not interested in letting the news out about ozone.
So why haven’t you heard about ozone therapy? Follow the money trail! It may be hard to believe but the pharmaceutical industry along with help from the FDA has suppressed information about it’s benefits and it’s use here in the USA, because of the money that would be lost if the use of antibiotics, antivirals and antifungal medicines were diminished due to it’s amazing benefits.
Usually in just a few weeks ,symptoms begin to diminish offering hope and finally giving relief. Intravenous medical ozone when it enters the body attacks and kills all Lyme disease causing bacteria. It does it safely, virtually with no adverse reactions. In addition it destroys all unwanted viruses, fungus, yeast, mold, harmful free radicles and toxins, thus cleansing your body and boosting your own natural immune system.
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