People fly in from all over the world to visit the famed California clinic of Dr. Mark Stengler. His naturopathic speed cures are the stuff of medical legend -- sought after by film actors, sports stars and mega-millionaire CEOs. Legions of patients can attest to the power of this amazing new botanical "nano-cure." An NFL hero was stunned by its speed, as it eased his chronic hip pain in minutes! Better still, the relief "held" for days.
You already know that there’s all sorts of dangerous, disgusting stuff like pesticides, carcinogenic additives, chemical dyes and fillers made from unappetizing ingredients such as wood in packaged and processed foods... but what you might not realize is that the bags, boxes and plastic containers those foods come in may be even worse for your health. New research has found that by simply getting rid of these packages as quickly as you can, you’ll be bringing yourself and your family astonishing and practically immediate health benefits.
You’re no doubt aware of the dangers linked to use of the toxic chemical Bisphenol A (BPA), found in polycarbonate plastic food containers, including but not limited to bottles and takeout food containers. There’s been much written on the dangers of using BPA in packaging including breast and prostate cancer and early puberty. However, now that we’ve all been exposed to it for years, are we doomed? The Breast Cancer Fund and Silent Spring Institute (both San Francisco-based organizations focused on environmental causes of breast cancer) conducted a study to measure how dangerous these packages are, specifically zeroing in on how quickly and meaningfully the BPA levels in the body decline when people stop eating or drinking foods packaged in BPA containers.
As part of their study, the Breast Cancer Fund and Silent Spring Institute enrolled five families, each consisting of two parents and two children, who had regularly consumed prepackaged, processed foods and drinks in cans, frozen dinners, bottled water and foods designed to be microwaved in their own containers. Then, for three days, these families were presented with fresh, organic food cooked by the research team and stored only in glass or stainless steel containers. To measure the direct and immediate impact of the change, researchers collected urine samples from all participants before, during and after the diet.
dramatic results
After just three days, everyone’s BPA level fell, with an average drop of two-thirds. BPA has a half-life of six hours in your body, notes Connie Engel, PhD, program coordinator at The Breast Cancer Fund. This means that six hours following exposure, half of what you’ve taken in is eliminated. When the families resumed their normal diets, their BPA levels returned to pre-intervention levels by the next urine sample.
These findings were published in March in the online journal Environmental Health Perspectives.
To Get Healthier Right Now
This study demonstrates that we all can quickly lower our own BPA levels by making basic changes in what we eat and drink...
- Buy whole foods -- and carry them home in paper bags.
- Do not microwave in plastic -- even if it is labeled "microwave-safe"! Heat raises BPA levels in plastic, upping the health hazards. Instead, microwave food in glass or ceramic containers.
- Consider switching to a French press coffeemaker. Typical coffeemakers may contain traces of BPA and other toxins in the bin that holds the coffee filter and coffee. These grow more concentrated when heated.
- Kick the cans. Avoid canned foods except those that are in BPA-free cans, such as from Eden Foods, Vital Choice, Oregon’s Choice and Trident Seafoods.
- Watch out for the kids. Developing children are at even greater risk for harm from BPA. Use glass baby bottles or BPA-free plastic bottles. For older children, get stainless steel lunch boxes instead of plastic.
Dr. Engel told me that the families in the study were thrilled with the results and are now taking matters into their own hands to cut back on BPA exposure. You can do the same with your own family.
Source(s):
Connie Engel, PhD, program coordinator, Breast Cancer Fund, San Francisco.
Shocking #2 Cause of Cancer
An official at the American Cancer Society said that it's easy to avoid half of all cancers.
However, an adviser to the American Institute for Cancer Research was even more optimistic when he said that nine out of 10 cancers are related to factors we control.
Of course, their #1 piece of advice is "stop smoking." We all know that. But I bet you don't know the #2 cause of cancer. It's something totally under your control -- it's much easier than quitting cigarettes -- and it's the last thing you'd ever expect. I'll tell you about it in a moment.
Keep reading...
Sweat Your Way Past Cravings
Let’s not kid ourselves -- the use of marijuana to get high is increasing, not decreasing (data shows it)... and this is not just a teenage problem. That’s the bad news, but I have good news to share, too, which is that there’s another kind of high that not only feels great but that is now proven to help people kick the pot habit -- and it’s actually safe.
Before we get into this news, however, let me share some statistics that I think you may find surprising. According to a survey done by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Association (part of the Department of Health and Human Services), the number of Americans age 55 to 59 who smoke marijuana tripled between 2002 and 2008 -- from 1.6% of all Americans in that age group to 5.1%. There’s no reason to think that adults older and younger than this aren’t using pot, too.
While some people believe that recreational use of marijuana is harmless, nothing could be further from the truth. Pot is not the innocuous substance that we thought it was in our teens. In fact, marijuana smoke contains more carcinogenic hydrocarbons -- 50% to 70% more -- than cigarette smoke. And then there’s the burnout factor -- it’s known that long-term use can impair motivation. In adolescents, marijuana is associated with increased likelihood of developing psychosis. And, if all that isn’t off-putting enough, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, heart rate can escalate by 20% to 100% in the period shortly after smoking marijuana, an effect that can last up to three hours, dramatically raising some users’ risk for heart attack by nearly 500% in the first hour after smoking.
Running Away from the Problem
Now that I’ve got your attention, let me share the surprisingly simple solution -- exercise. New research from Vanderbilt University has found that a program of regular exercise is enormously beneficial in helping heavy marijuana users to smoke less. It’s a small study, but the results are compelling.
The research: Twelve marijuana-addicted people (they smoked an average of 5.9 joints per day) who weren’t interested in quitting and who did not have any noted health problems or addictions other than to marijuana (although some smoked cigarettes) agreed to participate in a two-week regimen of five-times-a-week exercise. The previously sedentary participants ran on a treadmill for a half-hour five days a week at a pace that increased their heart rates between 60% and 70% (relatively strenuous, but not an all-out sprint). The researchers found that the workout routine not only reduced the participants’ self-reported desire to smoke (measured by having them rank their cravings when they looked at pictures related to pot-smoking, such as images of marijuana... pictures of people smoking it... and photos of bongs, pipes and other paraphernalia, but it also cut their actual use in half, to 2.8 joints per day on average! And, when the study ended and the participants were no longer required to exercise, their marijuana use began to increase all over again.
Works For Other Addictions, Too
Keep in mind that the only change these heavy marijuana users made in their lives during this study was that they started exercising. So to me, the beneficial results seem almost magical. And according to Peter R. Martin, MD, director of the Vanderbilt Addiction Center, where the study was done, there is reason to suspect that this finding would also hold true for other addictions, for instance to cigarettes, alcohol, overeating and gambling. "All addictions have a common basis," Dr. Martin said, describing an addiction as basically "a natural drive that has gone awry. Exercise seems to be a way to bring the balance back." Not only that, but abstaining (or at least cutting back) along with adding exercise to your life can help undo the damage that destructive habits have wrought... adding yet another reason to replace your harmful habits with this highly beneficial one. What the long-term effect of exercising would be for a heavy pot user, we don’t yet know... would the desire to smoke reassert itself eventually even with continued exercise? I hope that research will answer that question, too -- in the meantime, we now know about an easy, powerful tool that can help right away. There’s no reason not to try it.
Source(s):
Peter R. Martin, MD, professor of psychiatry and pharmacology, director, division of addiction psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry Interdisciplinary Research Training Program and Vanderbilt Addiction Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville.
Be well,
Carole Jackson
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