Read Your Labels!

Play detective with food labels checking them carefully before tossing anything into the shopping cart at the supermarket -- or even  an organic grocer.


The importance of this was driven home the other when my wife  just could not sleep no matter what she tried until the wee hours of the morning. She didn't discover what had kept  her awake until the next morning when she discovered that the  the two large glasses of  of "organic" fruit juice she had consumed not too long before going to bed  was laced with a substantial amount of caffeine.  Any caffeine always plays havoc with her sleep when she drinks it too late in the day.


So always check your labels, if possible as carefully as a background investigator if you are on any type of restricted diet. And don't be afraid to contact the packing or importer direct if you have any questions.


That's what reporters for consumer magazines do

We Need To Look To Other Types of Cancer Treatment

 The recent death of  popular Canadian politician and Leader of the Opposition in the Canadian Parliament who died recently from prostate cancer, which apparently had spread to other parts of his body, and the news that Steve Jobs,  the founder of  Apple, has resigned as the CEO,  because of  spreading cancer after a successful initial battle against this disease are grim reminders of the need to find new ways to fight cancer  -- whether these ways are mainstream medicine techniques or some form of  naturopathic or complementary care techniques.


One of these other types of treatments is reflexology, a type of massage treatment of  points in our feet, legs, hands, head, and even ears. These massages help our bodies to cure themselves through the restoration of a proper nerve supply to various organs and other body parts.


Nobody claims these treatments are some type "magic bullet" that will make diseases and other health problems disappear but researchers such  as  Bernard C. Kolster, MD. and Astrid Waskowiak, M.D. who wrote the book, The Reflexology Atlas and Ann Gillanders, Principal of the British School of Reflexology and writer of The Complete Reflexology Tutor, have pubished evidence showing that such treatments can succeed in curing diseases  or bringing relief from health problems  where  mainstream medicine and surgery fails.


Personally and professionally as  a reflexology practitioner for the past 40 years I have found this to be true.




More information on reflexology can be found by searching online or by contacting one of the reflexology associations  or treatment centers in your city or town, such as the Pacific Reflexology Institute in Vancouver, B.C.  or the Canadian Reflexology Association.


Another type of treatment that has been successful with some persons is the power of mind which can have have a tremendous impact on our health.


I'll never forget the case of a local fireman who had been condemned to death because of cancer which had spread through much of his body but who survived because of using his mind to battle it.  And he is not alone in such success.


Just how strong the mind-body connection is can be seen in Tony Buzan's book  Head Strong  How to Get Physically and Mentally Fit  and in the September 2011 edition of  Alive  magazine with its feature "Change your brain"

Protect The Young in High Rises

If you're creative and have the resources you might be able to prevent young children from being injured or killed in falls from high-rise balconies.


A recent  newspaper article highlighted this danger in article that reported some hundreds of young people are killed or injured in such falls from high-rise apartment buildings or condominiums.


Something that might help prevent such tragedies would be a type of safety harness used (or should be used) by construction workers when they are working on buildings of more than one floor. These are usually safety lines that the worker buckles.


It should't be too hard to design such a thing that could be adjustable to fit children of all ages to wear when they are playing on high rise balconies.


Why not look it developing such a thing if you have the resources to design and market such a life-saving device?

Have You Wondered How You Would Escape?

Have you ever wondered how you and other members of your family sleeping on the second or third floor of your home would escape if the lower floor or floors were suddenly engulfed in flame in the middle of the night?


Do you have a working fire and or smoke alarm?


Do you have something handy that would help you to punch out the glass windows quickly and safely?


Do you have some type of fire extinguisher -- fully charged -- that would help you to extinguish flames burning around exits like doorways or windows?


Do you have some type of ladder you could hook over the window sill and escape?


Are you wife and children trained in the use of such equipment. Are you sure?  Could they use this emergency equipment to save their lives if you were not around to help them? When was the last time you had some type of drill?


Colder weather is coming and so is the increased risk to your family and house from fire. Don't take safety for granted because nothing ever happens. Remember, emergencies, like that unsuspecting  earthquake along the eastern seaboard of the United States recently, can strike "just like that thief in the night".

Will Your Smoke Detector Kill You?

Your smoke detector could kill you if it doesn't work and according to one survey  one in four Canadian homes does not work.


A recent example of the  likely fatal outcome in a fire  is a story by CTV Global  News account  on the Wednesday August 16, evening news of the death of a man and his young son because of a faulty smoke detector.


By the time Montreal firemen reached their home both of them had died from the smoke and fumes --caused by a kitchen fire.


To avoid becoming another victim  now is a good time to make sure your fire alarm system , whether it has a smoke or heat detector is working (I'm off the the store right to get some more batteries to bring our backs to life.) and also to check your fire extinguisher to make sure it is fully charged and working properly before winter returns.


Taking it for granted that either of these two pieces of equipment are working is a habit that is easily to fall into but it could be deadly for you and your family.

Cut That Sugar!

Nearly everybody knows that too much salt can be deadly -- causing not only high blood pressure but also a host of other health problems -- but what about sugar?


According to Dr. Oz it too can create havoc with your blood pressure as well as your liver and other organs in your body.


Tune into the Dr. Oz show today,  August 16, 2011 or check out his web site on the Internet to listen to or read  his dire warnings about the over consumption of this popular sweetener -- which, like salt, is widely used.


"Throw it out!" Dr. Oz warns and don't  rely on many of the sugar substitutes which create their own hazards in your body. Natural honey and maple syrup  are your best bets.


You'll find Dr. Oz's  web page at: www.doctoroz.com. From there you can find information about his daily television show.  Why not check it out?

Protect Yourself from Failure

Here are three  tips on how to protect yourself from failure -- although at first they might seem contradictory!.


The first is a quote from  Thomas Watson, founder of IBM who said: "If you want to succeed double your failure rate."


And yet another one -- this one from John Keats reminds us: "Failure is in a sense the highway to success, in as much as every discovery of what is false leads us to seek earnestly after what is true, and every fresh experience points out some form of error which we shall afterward carefully avoid."


The third  is from Lewis Lehr, former Chairman 3M Corporation. He said: " If you don't have failure, you aren't doing it; And if you aren't doing, you can't have success."


If you would like more ideas on this type of thing check out Head Strong How to Get Physically and Mentally Fit by Tony Buzan, who collected  these  quotes in his book.


It is really an interesting and motivating book published by the Thorsons division of Harper Collins.  

If You Want to Live Take a Look at These Two

If you want to live and remain healthy  take a look at these two sites.


The first is scottmumby@wellness.com. It is a promotion for his new e-book it is true but in this book  A World Without Antibiotics  he claims that the world is about to be swept by  bacteria such as NDM-1
and another super pneumonia out of India which has already reached 35 of the American States.


According  to Keith Scott Mumby MD. Ph.D. the cures to these are relatively simple ---if you know what they are.


the other site is the NHD  Health Watch which often comes out with timely warnings and steps you can take to protect your health from things the mainstream media do not tell you about.


The current one is about metal hip replacement surgery, which apparently thousands have people have undergone in the hope it would end their suffering.


It turns out, however, that the metal replacements are disintegrating somewhat leaving metal fragments in some patients.


Wouldn't hurt to check both of these sites out.

Protect Yourself When Working On Your Next Project With Others

Protect yourself from frustration when working on your next project with others by remembering -- and putting into practice -- the ideas in this quote by Edmund Burke 18th- Century British Stateman as quoted in The Leader's Digest by Jim Clemmer:


He said: " No men can act with effect who do not act in concert; no men can act in concert who do not act with confidence; no men can act in confidence who are not bound together with common opinions, common affections and common interests."


We have seen recently how American leaders from both the Republican and Democratic parties achieve in this is finding some measure of success to the American debt crises. Hopefully they will continue to do this.


This, of course, is the road to success in all human activities from the family level right on up to the national and international levels.


It would be good for all of us to keep this in mind and -- practice -- this principles in our family, social, and business activities more often.

Think Positively

You have probably heard this many times and wondered whether this type of thing really works.


It does!  It help my wife recover from as weakened immune system caused by doctor-prescribed drugs. And it can help you recover from a variety of health problems such as cancer (a fireman we met survived cancer after his doctors wrote him off as dead by doing this) and other ailments such as heart  disease and depression.


For more information on this click on Healthier Talk at : http//:www.healthiertalk.com/simple-mind-trick-could-help-you-avoid


If you have trouble with this link  just click on: healthiertalk.com


Through either link you will come the  "Healthier Talk" web site. Once there click on the link that starts "Simple Mind Trick..."


There you will find a short feature on the benefits of thinking positively as well as some other links on related topics at the bottom of the article.


Check it out!