Protect Yourself from Disease By Eating Sugar?

Protect your health by eating sugar?  You must be kidding !   For years we have been warned about the increasing dangers of eating sugar haven't we?


Yes we have have but now according to the folks at Angora eating a certain type of sugar can do much to protect yourself from illness and disease.


I first learned about this through an e-mail sent to me this morning alerting to a  video free over the next 24 hours explaining all of this. It looks (and sounds good).


For more information contact the publisher at: catalog@pubsvs.com or the publisher of Nutrition and Healing online.


Do it right away as it is a time-limited offer.

Protect Yourself from Cockroaches

There is probably not household pest that inspires more sense of disgust and uneasiness in the average Canadian and American householder than the common cockroach which is so easy to attract to your home and so hard to exterminate once in has taken up residence in your house.

Most of us associate the cockroach with something filthy or dirty and it is true most of them are attracted to decaying organic materials such as garbage or food but others in certain parts of North American are attracted by other things as well – even plants, the glue on the back of wallpaper and book bindings and the damp moisture around window sills and the clutter around storage cabinets—especially f they are used to store starchy foods in cardboard containers.

When you  read the cockroach profiles on some of the professional and do-it-yourself extermination sites which take you down through descriptions of the American, German, Woods, and other species you quickly get the picture that these "nasties" can eat a wide variety of things, organic and inorganic to survive – with some species – even greenhouse plants.

So how do you protect yourself? Certainly using the services of one of the many professional extermination companies you can find might be a food investment. You can also find do-it-yourself products on store shelves and the internet. But as with most problems preventative measure are also needed in the form of getting ride of clutter in food cabinets and other areas of house – especially organic debris such as garbage. And don't forget to give your home a good cleaning as often as possible with one of those new steam cleaners available at most home supply stores now if you do have inspect infestations problems in your area or house.

This disposal or garbage from food preparation etc can be a problem. You want to get it out of your house as soon as possible and into tightly sealed disposal containers. This can be especially important if your city, like ours, now has programs for storing all organic material in special containers that the city picks up every so often for their composting sites.


Another must do is to be more on-the-look-out for cockroaches and other bugs and insects. Become more aware of the different species of cockroaches and what  -- and other "undesirables such as silverfish like so you can detect them easier. Then when you see that lone bug or insect jogging or flying (some cockroaches do fly) around your kitchen don't assume it is just another harmless bug or inspect. Check it out and take quick eradication measures since cockroach and egg and quickly erupt into a whole-house invasion.
Make sure that such containers are kept tightly sealed and well away from easy access into your house by cockroaches and other pests that are attracted by organic waste.



Such effective measures as good household cleanliness  and early eradication steps can not only prevent cockroach infestations but can also save you a minimum of a few hundred dollars several times a year by not having pay for professional exterminators – needed for major infestations.


 

Never Forget Things Can Go Horribly Wrong

 

I got only a glimpse on a television spot by some safety organization warning how no matter what we are doing we have to look beyond anticipated pleasure in some future activity – to the possibility that our activity can result in tragic results.

The short advertisement pictured two young boys looking at a collection of fish in an aquarium while one of the boys tells the other that his father is taking him on (I think) an outing on the ocean to search for another captive fish to add to his collection. Just before the advertisement ends as the boys rush off camera in response to a man's voice one tells the other something like, "my father says I can keep any one I want!"

However just as they are leaving a female voice over warns, "Nobody wakes up in the morning expecting to drown that day !" Apparently the owner of the aquarium is going to drown on this outing!

The warning here is obviously that you should never get so lost in your activity – no matter how enjoyable or attention riveting it is – that you do not stay constantly aware of tragic problems that could erupt from your actions or the actions of somebody your are with. Remember every action has a reaction.

Combine this with Murphy's Law – if something can go wrong it will and at the worst possible moment – and you have a lethal combination you should stay aware of.

 

Yet how many of us do? How many snowmobilers die or see their friends die because they missed the signs of an avalanche? How many skiers die because they ski in "out of bounds" areas? How many drivers die in vehicle accidents because they get caught up in cell phone use while driving? How many pedestrian die or get crippled every year because they step off the street – with their heads down and without looking -- into oncoming traffic – simply because they feel safe in a pedestrian crosswalk? How many cyclists die each year because some cities have now given them more rights on the road in North Anmerica and they often aggressively assert those rights in dealing with motorized vehicles?

Like that television advertisement said in effect: "Nobody gets up that morning expecting something bad to happen to them!" – but with Murphy around it often does if you do not stay aware of your surroundings and possibly tragic actions.

 

 

 

Life Is Like Coffee

Protect your happiness during the coming year by keeping in mind  the reminder you'll see in this short video on coffee.


It comes from the Early to Rise folks.  Click on http//www.flickinspire.com/m/EarlyToRise/LifeIsLikeCoffee


If you have any trouble with this link just type in
 "Early To Rise ". The link is in the latest e-zine I just received from them.

Beware of Fake Mystery Shopper Opportunity

I recently partially fell for a scam involving a mystery shopping opportunity which seemed like a dream come true in this economy; I was offered $400.00 US a week plus additional cheques to cover transportation expenses etc from a company that frequently passes itself off as Ocean View Company Limited or Ocean View Consults, a fake international mystery shopping company.

As I have done this type of work before and I have worked as a journalist for years for various community and business newspapers in addition to other projects it seemed like an ideal opportunity for much needed additional income.

The last person I spoke with assured I would have a package containing complete instructions and the cheques in the mail within four business days –but when they seemed reluctant to give me background information on the company and then gave me the name of Canadian Paid Surveys which has nothing to do with them or mystery shopping I started checking through the Internet and thankfully came across the Anti Fraud International web site which warned me about this scam.

If you look at their web site by typing in "Ocean View Consults" you'll see how at least one person made the mistake of cashing their cheques and had to pay the money back. Many more persons have discovered that it is all a scam.

They could be trying to steal personal information or infect your computer with a virus when you click on these e-mails so BEWARE.


 

 
Another danger here is that these people might be trying to steal personal information and or infect your computer with a virus as well. So beware.


 

Whom Can You Trust?

Everywhere you look you see reports of fake medicines, foods like baby milk contaminated by toxic materials, baby toys and other items with toxic paint, fake research done by supposedly ethical medical research but who slant their findings to paint pharmaceutical companies in the best light. This list could go on and on; this is just the top of that old iceberg.

For instance how many persons have bought insurance policies that were supposed to protect only to find out that when an emergency did arise the policy contained loopholes that enabled the insurance company to deprive them of expected coverage?

How many times have consumers bought health food supplements or organic foods on the basis of what was promised on the labels only to find out later that the label was lying?

How many times have you gone back to your family physician or psychiatrist because the medication he or she prescribed was causing adverse reactions – only to be told something to the affect that, "You are a troublesome patient who does not want to get well! You have to take more of the pills you are taking – and finish them all! If you don't listen to me I am going to drop you."

While most of the people you deal with are going to be honest and ethical not all of them are. All of these situations arise because you or somebody else initially trusted the word of the person they were dealing with. Unfortunately, in today's world such blind trust can lead to traffic problems: Like the case of investors being defrauded of their life savings; like a mother watching her son die in a hospital because of fake medicine or contaminated food; or like patients who die because their doctor forced them to continue taking medication that they were allergic to.

All of this could easily make you very paranoid, but fortunately there is a relatively simple to thwart the efforts of the occasional unethical person you deal with by learning to ask questions. Remember the reporter's "Five W's" – who, what, why, where, when" Don't forget the "how" either !.

For instance when you are talking to your doctor about some health problem ask questions about what he or she is telling you concerning test results and suggested treatment with questions such as: "How accurate is that test? What have been the results with other patients? Who designed the test? If I take this medication you suggestion and I find that it does not work with me what are you going to do – are you going to be willing for me to try something else –even some type of complementary treatment?"

This type of interview with the person you are dealing with -- whether it is a doctor or insurance agent, or any other person you are dealing with -- can avoid a lot of problems later. If they object to you asking questions you should drop them right away.

 

Remember that such effective questions (that the person can not just answer with a "yes" or "no" valuable tools not just for reporters or legal investigators but –everyone s—to protect yourself from fraudsters. And remember too to be diplomatic and friendly. You do not want to sour potentially beneficial relationships by being aggressive or antagonistic to start with.

 

 

 

The Complete Picture is Critical

Here is another example of the need to take in the complete picture when you meet somebody and remembering to do this could be critical to you regardless of who you are to protect yourself from unsuspecting attack or to detect a criminal despite clever disguises.


 
In this particular example a security officer was stationed in a lane behind a burned building to protect it from thieves or unauthorized entry by homeless persons or people with some criminal intent.


 
He soon met two different men from different races who were in reality the same man, sometimes wearing readily available facial prosthetics that enabled him to create a completely different racial appearance very quickly.


 
Fortunately this guard was trained to take in the complete picture when he met people – meaning not just their physical appearance at any given time but also any voice or physical mannerisms that made them unique from other persons. This enabled him to quickly detect this ruse, take pictures of both individuals which he turned over to the police and be prepared for action.


 
What gave this individual away was the similarity in physical stature shared by the two men: their height, approximate weight, physical shape, shape other their head and eyes and other features – as well as their similar gait when walking and the way the held their cigarette in their left hand.


 
This individual who disguised himself never tried to use his disguise to try and catch the security officer off guard or anything else, but if he had tried the security officer was prepared to take whatever action he had to protect himself and the property he was guarding. And that is the important thing. Whenever he saw either individual he was doubly alert and ready to act.

This need to take in the complete picture like this is critical not just to security people but all of us when we meet new people in this age when it is so easy to somebody to change their appearance so radically and quickly.