Thursday, September 15, 2011

Check With Your Doctor If You Take This Drug

If you are diabetic and take a prescription drug called Avandia according to a special warning on television researchers warn that it can cause heart problems.


Check with your family physician before making any decisions about this!

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Could You Use A Guide Dog to Detect Diebetic Attacks?

If any young person in your family, or some other family, suffers from diabetes or other illness causing seizures or other problems  they can now be helped by specially trained canines who have been trained to detect chemical imbalances in a person's body and alert the victim to seek help before a seizure or other problem occurs -- or to alert somebody else to the problem.


For more information on this check out Global T.V. channel 11 Wednesday, September 15, 2011.


The story about these dogs first appeared on the evening news hour.

Tune In to Dr. Oz To See How One Whiff Can Save Your Life

Tune in the Dr. Oz Show on television  Thursday, September 15, 2011 to see how one whiff of your "poop" or urine can help to save your life by detecting a host of illnesses such as kidney disease, Chrohn's Disease, cancer and other killers.


Check your T.V. guide to see which channel this is in your area.  We watch it daily on channel 9 here in Vancouver, B. C., Canada

Tune In to Dr. Oz To See How One Whiff Can Save Your Life

Tune in the Dr. Oz Show on television  Thursday, September 15, 2011 to see how one whiff of your "poop" or urine can help to save your life by detecting a host of illnesses such as kidney disease, Chrohn's Disease, cancer and other killers.

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

What Kind of Self Defense Are You Learning?

As fall winter are about to hit us and many of us are considering registering for some type of continuing education class  a self defense class wouldn't be a bad idea in this day and age especially


, But the question is: "What kind of self-defense class you should  enroll in? Should it be one of the classes that stress competitive martial arts?  Or should it be one that teaches self-defense techniques that would help you to survive a savage street attack?


Just remember they are not the -- usually -- the same thing.

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

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

Monday, August 29, 2011

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"