Rescue Your Health Newsletter
July, 2005 Vol.7 No. 7
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Forget Stress
Don’t let stress hormones hamper your brain activity. High levels of stress
hormones muddle memory in people of all ages by impairing brain areas involved
in cognitive processing, a recent study concludes. Keep your memory sharp by
fighting stress with regular exercise, social interactions with supportive
people, and deep-breathing. Real Age
Stress Fighters
Nutri-Calm (Stock No. 1617-3) Nature’s Stress-Buster
Description: Nutri-Calm is a key product designed to support the nervous
system, especially when under stress. During times of stress, the nervous system
uses extra B-complex vitamins and vitamin C. Nutri-Calm provides generous
amounts of these nutrients.
Benefits:
• Soothes occasionally frayed nerves by providing healthy doses of the
B-complex vitamins.
• Aids in relaxation and encourages restful sleep.
• Boosts the immune system.
• Is a source of antioxidants (vitamin C and lemon bioflavonoids).
• Helps provide energy.
AdaptaMax (Stock No. 872-9)
Giving You Energy to Adapt
Description: AdaptaMax is an exclusive combination that combines powerful
adaptogens with other nutrient-rich, immune-supporting herbs for a complete,
energizing formula. These herbs help the body cope with a variety of stressful
conditions, including stress on the immune system, fatigue and aging.
Benefits:
• Supports the immune system.
• Provides energy to overcome stress.
• Fights oxidative cellular damage.
Distress Remedy (Stock No. 8975-1)
Soothing Relief
Distress Remedy is a homeopathic flower medicine that provides relief for
minor accidents, injuries and bruises; pain and inflammation; and emotional
upset due to physical trauma. It contains the same ingredients of other flower
remedies on the market, plus the added benefits of comfrey, arnica and
calendula. It features leopard’s bane, garden marigold, rock rose, traveler’s
joy, impatiens, cherry plum, star of Bethlehem and nightshade. It also contains
purified water, glycerin and potassium benzoate. Use before, after and/or during
times of physical and associated mental stress. Take 10–15 drops under the
tongue every 10–15 minutes, or as needed until symptoms improve. Then decrease
to every one to two hours, then to four times daily until symptoms are relieved.
For children under 12, consult your health care professional. 4 Kids Too!
Chinese Mood Elevator (Stock No. 1878-8)
Improve Sense of Well-Being
Mood Elevator, Chinese is composed of 18 herbs used in Traditional Chinese
Medicine used as a “fire enhancing” combination to regulate and untrap the chi
(vitality). Its two key ingredients, bupleurum root and cyperus rhizome, may
support the liver, the organ (according to Chinese philosophy) that plays an
integral role in mood. According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, when the liver
is functioning at its peak, positive mood may be maintained. Its Chinese name
jie yu can be translated to mean “relieve depression.”
Stress-J (Stock No.1087-0)
Relieve Anxiety
Stress-J This anti-stress formula provides nutrients to help facilitate
proper function of the nervous system. The formula contains one of the most
favored herbs of Europe, chamomile, which is known for its calming effects. This
combination is designed for occasiona lstress relief. Complementary products
include B-complex vitamins, bee pollen and vitamin C:
It contains:
Chamomile flowers Passion flowers Fennel seeds Feverfew herb Hops flowers
Marshmallow root
It’s available in capsule and liquid glycerin form
Confessions of a Soft Drink
Hello, I am a humble, effervescent liquid. Humble? Well, that is debatable.
Actually, I am quite proud of myself. Allow me to brag a little.
I fizz, sparkle, and bubble my way into thousands of people all over the
world, every day. I HAVE MUCH POWER! I can cause masses of humanity to make
beelines for snack dispensers in plush, high-rise buildings. I stir men, women,
and teenagers to ash into their cars late at night to speed to their nearest
24-hour convenience store. I motivate others to root through their purses or
pockets for the last pennies, nickels, dines and quarters, with which they will
gladly part in exchange for me.
The best thing about me is: I AM ADDICTING! I am responsible for giving
thousands of addicts their daily “fixes.” This is because I sometimes contain a
substance called “caffeine.” Caffeine is a stimulant. It makes their hearts beat
very fast, and makes their nervous systems work like crazy. They feel as though
they could take on the world. I tell you, I have OVERWHELMING PERSONAL
MAGNETISM. I’m a sneaky double-agent, too. I pretend to give people all the good
they need because caffeine gives them a “lift.” However, a few hour afterward
they come crashing “down,” get shaky, and need me AGAIN......for another
pseudo-charge. This plays havoc with their hearts and nerves, but still, they
look to me for relief. I feel very, very smug because I CALL THE SHOTS!
To give me an appetizing brown tint, I contain “caramel coloring,” which has
genetic effects and is a cancer-causing suspect. I sometimes have polyethylene
glycol as one of my ingredients. Glycol is used as antifreeze in automobiles,
and as an oil solvent.
The bubbles and fizz with which I potently burn human insides is caused by my
phosphoric acid and carbon dioxide. The phosphorus in the acid upsets the body’s
calcium-phosphorus ratio and dissolves calcium out of the bones. This can
eventually result in OSTEOPOROSIS, a weakening of the skeletal structure, which
can make one susceptible to broken bones. Also, the phosphorus fights with the
hydrochloric acid in human stomach and renders it ineffective. This promotes
indigestion, bloating and gasiness in may individuals. Carbon dioxide is a waste
products exhaled by humans, but they ingest it when they drink me.
I offer a selection of three types of sweeteners, according to the customers
preference. The sweeteners are Saccharin or Aspartame in the diet type, and
sugar and corn syrup in my regular drinks. These substances enhance my appeal
and come disguised as “good” for everyone. Tastes can be deceiving! Let me
explain.
SACCHARIN is an artificial sweetener which has been shown to cause cancer in
laboratory animals. There are warning labels on all my containers in which
saccharin is an ingredient. ASPARTAME comes under the brand name NUTRASWEET, and
has been linked to convulsions, depression, insomnia, irritability, weakness,
dizziness, headaches, mood changes and metal retardation.
SUGAR and CORN SYRUP can induce both HYPOGLYCEMIA (low blood sugar), and
HYPERGLYCEMIA (high blood sugar), in susceptible individuals. Hypoglycemia has
been linked to mental illness and hyperglycemia to diabetes.
Studies done at the University of Alabama have shown that when healthy
volunteers ingested 24 ounces of a sugary cola drink it was very detrimental to
their health. The “good” blood cells, which attack harmful bacteria and viruses,
decreased substantially, reducing the body’s immunity to disease. Sugar gives
you a lift or burst of energy, then sends you crashing down to a severe fatigue.
To get another charge, more sugary drinks are consumed. This pattern exhausts
the adrenal glands, and leaves a person with a chronic tired feeling!
GORGEOUS! THAT’S WHAT I AM! I come dressed in a shiny metal can in various
colors and tints. Sometimes I am silver, sometimes gold, sometimes blue, red,
etc. I beckon and dazzle shoppers as they stroll past me in the supermarket. On
a HOT DAY I am especially ATTRACTIVE, and hands reach for cases of me to share
with friends at picnics and parties. However, I am very tricky. My
thirst-quenching liquid, which is alluringly encased in the aluminum can,
contains traces of the same metal. The acid in the soft drink eats away the
aluminum, which floats around until it is ingested by the consumer. Aluminum is
a very toxic substance and builds up in the human body. It has a particular
affinity for the brain and has been linked to the degenerative senility
affliction, ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE.
Many times humans think they can LOSE WEIGHT by drinking me in the “diet”
form. NOT SO! My high sodium content helps them retain water in their bodies and
they become “edemic.” The kidneys and bladder do not function properly after a
long time habit of soft drink intake. The ingredients in me destroy the
beneficial flora of the colon and so constipation results. This locks the
“toxins” in the body so they cannot be eliminated properly. The blood is not
pure, as a result, and the cells are affected. In order to lose weight, fat must
be flushed from the cells. The enzymes responsible for aiding the process of fat
release are paralyzed when they are poisoned, and so cannot do their job. People
DEFEAT THEIR PURPOSE when they try to lose weight by drinking me.
In conclusion, I would like to admit there is not a “smidgen” of humility in
me. I am very EGOTISTICAL!! I am MASTER over much of the decision-making ability
of the human race. HA!. You don’t believe me??? Look on school campuses, in city
parks, at ball games, in business offices, at street corners -- anywhere there
are people......SEE YOU AROUND!
New Study on Soda’s
A brand new study just came out implicating sodas in weight gain—both regular
AND diet sodas!
The University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio ran an eight
year study to study the effects of soft drink use. Fowler, MPH, who ran the
study, had this shocking statement to say, “What didn’t surprise us was that
total soft drink use was linked to overweight and obesity. What was surprising
was when we looked at people only drinking diet soft drinks, their risk of
obesity was even higher.”
Of the 622 participants—all of normal weight at the beginning of the study,
about a third became overweight or obese.
For the regular soft drink drinkers, the risk of becoming overweight or
obese was:
26% for up to ½ can each day
30.4% for ½ to one can each day
32.8% for 1 to 2 cans each day
47.2% for more than 2 cans each day.
Look at the increase for diet soft-drink drinkers!
36% for up to ½ can per day
37.5% for ½ to one can per day
54.5% for 1 to 2 cans per day
57.1% for more than 2 cans each day.
For each can of diet soda consumed, a person’s risk of obesity went up
41%!!!
One of the theories of why the difference may have something to do with
trying to fool our bodies. We give them the sweet taste of a diet drink, but no
calories.
If you offer your body something that tastes like a lot of calories, but it
isn’t there, your body is alerted to the possibility that there is something
there and it will search for the calories promised but not delivered. If you are
not giving your body those calories you promised it, maybe your body will
retaliate by wanting more calories. Some soft drink studies also suggest that
diet drinks stimulate appetite.”
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