Dr. Stengler's Holiday Stress Busters

Don't miss any Bottom Line Secrets. Add our address, bottomlinesecrets@ebls.bottomlinesecrets.com, to your Address Book or Safe List. Learn how here. December 23, 2010 Forever Young Natural Stress Busters for the Holidays and Beyond Blood Pressure 'Switch' Found on Human Body... 'Tis the Season for Feel-Good Films Marge Couldn't Remember Her Phone Number... But Now Her Brain Is 20 Years Younger... Dear healthwellness82@gmail.com, Stress need not be inevitable this season -- even though there’s so much to do. You can enjoy holiday festivities more by taking supplements that enhance your ability to maintain a calm and relaxed state of mind. Mark Stengler, NMD, author of our Bottom Line Natural Healing newsletter, explains these three natural stress busters and tells how to select the one that best fits your needs. Another way to reduce stress and add joy to the holiday season -- Introduce (or reintroduce) yourself and your family to a feel-good holiday film classic from the golden age of cinema. Noted film historian Lou Sabini takes us beyond It’s a Wonderful Life with his seven favorites, all of which are easy to find on most cable systems this season. All the best, Jessica Kent Editor BottomLineSecrets.com Forever Young Getting old can be awful. Aches... pains... illness... constant bouncing from doctor to doctor. We all dread it. You can't stop the clock, but you can banish the miseries that sometimes come with it. Bulging belly Cholesterol-choked arteries Brain failure and fatigue Weakness and impotence Frozen joints or back pain Spotted, decrepit skin Tumors taking over your body Parkinson's tremors Menopausal miseries Fading, cloudy vision And all other indignities of aging! Read on... Natural Stress Busters for the Holidays and Beyond Mark A. Stengler, NMD Stengler Center for Integrative Medicine When it comes to your health, getting a good night’s sleep is just part of the equation. It’s also important to maintain a calm, relaxed state during the day. This is not always so easy, especially during the holidays, when people’s stress levels can soar because of overloaded schedules. Stress is bad for your health. It can cause gastrointestinal problems... increase risk for cardiovascular disease... and weaken immune response. To stay on an even, upbeat course through the New Year’s holiday and beyond, I recommend several remedies. Use only one daytime remedy at a time -- in conjunction with the sleep remedies that work for you. For ongoing stress or anxiety... Calm Natural Mind. Created by natural physician Hyla Cass, MD, this remedy contains gamma amino butyric acid (GABA), which increases levels of the calming neurotransmitters serotonin and dopamine, and L-theanine, a substance in tea leaves that has been shown to increase brain waves associated with a relaxed state. Take as recommended on the label during stressful or anxious periods. It helps some people within a day or two. Try for at least five days, and see if you have any improvement. There are no side effects, and it is safe for everyone except those on antipsychotic medications. To order, call 866-778-2646, or visit www.drcass.com (and click on "Health Store"). For quick relief of bouts of anxiety... Bach Flower Rescue Remedy. If you find yourself in a stressful situation during the day, this homeopathic formula, available in health-food stores, can provide relief in about 10 seconds to a few minutes. (It is not as strong or long-lasting as Calm Natural Mind, mentioned above.) Take four drops in a glass of water. It also can be a "back to sleep" aid when you wake up in the middle of the night. For compulsive or extreme worrying or mind-racing... Coffea cruda. This is an excellent homeopathic calming therapy. Take two pellets of a 30C potency when your mind goes into overdrive. It’s also a sleep aid when you can’t sleep because of mind-racing. Mark A. Stengler, NMD, a naturopathic medical doctor and leading authority on the practice of alternative and integrated medicine. Dr. Stengler is editor of the Bottom Line Natural Healing newsletter, author of The Natural Physician’s Healing Therapies (Bottom Line Books), director of the La Jolla Whole Health Clinic in La Jolla, California, and adjunct associate clinical professor at the National College of Natural Medicine in Portland, Oregon. To learn more about his work, visit www.DrStengler.com. Blood Pressure 'Switch' Found on Human Body... Chicago, IL: A recent study conducted by the Hypertension Center at the University of Chicago identified a small spot (the "Atlas area") on the body that appears to control blood pressure. In minutes, a single touch lowers blood pressure back to healthy levels. Top number drops 14 points, bottom number drops 8 points. No drug on Earth can match this instant miracle. Who knew it was this simple? It’s almost like a switch that allows doctors to dial down your blood pressure in minutes. Learn more... 'Tis the Season for Feel-Good Films Lou Sabini These forgotten films offer wonderful holiday entertainment. Most are available on DVD and usually are shown on Turner Classic Movies (TCM) during the holiday season. Babes In Toyland (1934). Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, the classic comedy team, intervene to keep the "old woman" from being evicted from her "shoe" while helping along a romance between Bo-Peep and Tom-Tom. Holiday (1938). Cary Grant plays a carefree nonconformist who is engaged to Katharine Hepburn’s snooty sister. Once he gets to know the real person behind the sister’s façade, it’s Kate who wins his heart. Bachelor Mother (1939). When a salesclerk (Ginger Rogers) picks up a baby that had been abandoned on a doorstep, her coworkers think that the infant is hers. When Ginger’s employer’s son (David Niven) gets involved, the results are hilarious. Remember the Night (1940). Barbara Stanwyck is a shoplifter who is arrested just before the holidays. The court’s prosecutor (Fred MacMurray) takes pity on her and offers to bring her home to his house for Christmas. The Shop Around the Corner (1940). If you liked the Tom Hanks/Meg Ryan movie You’ve Got Mail (1998), you’ll love the original, starring Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart, who dislike each other in real life but adore each other as pen pals. The Cheaters (1945). A self-centered rich family invites a has-been actor (played by Joseph Schildkraut) to be their guest for the holidays and eventually are taught the true meaning of Christmas. Christmas in Connecticut (1945). Barbara Stanwyck stars as a Martha Stewart-type who writes an article about what she plans to prepare for her family for their Christmas meal. Stanwyck is put on the spot by her boss, who, as a publicity stunt, invites himself and a famous war veteran (and the press) to her Connecticut home for Christmas. Bottom Line/Personal interviewed Lou Sabini, a noted film historian, writer and archivist currently conducting film screenings throughout Connecticut and New York. He is writing a book called Hollywood Exposed, which includes many forgotten films of the 1930s and 1940s worthy of rediscovery. www.LouSabini.org Marge Couldn't Remember Her Phone Number... But Now Her Brain Is 20 Years Younger... "I used to have a great memory," Marge told Dr. Ray Sahelian. "All my life I've worked with numbers," this former bookkeeper explained... "But now I can't remember simple phone numbers... it's so frustrating!" She'd lose things right after she put them down -- it was demoralizing. She was only 71, but she felt like a useless antique. Other doctors might have shrugged and said, "Sorry Marge, you're getting old... " But Dr. Ray Sahelian reversed her frightening decline almost immediately. Soon Marge's memory picked up dramatically, and she was focused all day. Marge now says she hasn't thought so clearly in 20 years... Learn more... Important: Help your friends get much more out of life -- forward this E-letter to them. Better: Send it to many friends and your whole family. This is a free weekly e-mail service of BottomLineSecrets.com and Boardroom Inc. Boardroom Inc. 281 Tresser Boulevard Stamford, CT 06901-3229 ATTN: Web Team You received this e-mail because you have requested it. You are on the mailing list as healthwellness82@gmail.com. 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