New Year New Brain! (Do You Suffer From…ummm….CRS?)
The New Year has brought some exciting new discoveries in natural health….especially in the field of brain health and help for those predisposed to or suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease and loss of memory or cognitive function as they age. Specifically, recently announced studies have shown that Coconut Oil, Green Tea, and Sleep all have significant abilities to aid and protect against (and even possibly reverse) these degenerative diseases, brain aging, and CRS (“Can’t Remember Stuff” or “$h*!”). Magnesium may also be very helpful (it is definitely needed to complement your calcium intake!). Of course, exercising your mind daily makes a great difference too…as well as not overeating! Like anything else health-related, eliminating the toxins like Aspartame, HFCS, and Gluten – while replacing these with nutrients (good Omega-3′s) and essential minerals -usually fixes the problem and makes you better in no time!
Is Grass-Fed Beef and Organic Meat Really Worth The Cost? Can you say MEAT GLUE?
Do you think that meat is just meat – and that all meat is created (and eaten) equal? Parts are parts – right? The question for all us meat eaters really is – Is Organic, Grass-fed beef and lamb, organic-raised chickens (and their eggs) on actual farms, wild fish from the rivers, lakes, and oceans really WORTH the substantial extra cost you will have to pay over the factory-raised versions? Can you just feed an animal ANYTHING (waste by-products) – and have it still be considered food (and nutrition) when you actually eat it? Garbage in, Garbage out? What’s really in that $.99 hamburger anyway?
For all those still pondering this dilemma, I offer the following TWO WORDS which should never, ever be put together ever again:
MEAT GLUE (please click for what this is and what it means for you)
Like most things in life – you get what you pay for. Something cheap now may turn out to be far costlier in the long run. If you’re going to eat meat (and I do, although not near as much as I used to), PLEASE be kind to yourself, to the poor animals (because its bad enough to be born to be eaten, let alone mistreated all your “life”), your loved ones (because they will be taking care of you), and the planet. There is a reason that some politicians are trying to make it a crime to videotape factory farm operations and what goes on there! Go for the golden rule and the gold standard – get meat from animals raised locally, naturally and organically, without chemicals, hormones, waste products, and torture – and you will taste the difference as well. It’s time to understand what “sustainable” really means!
SURPRISE! Sports and Energy Drinks are NOT Healthy!
(NaturalNews) Manufacturers of sports drinks appear to have successfully deceived children and their parents into believing that their products are healthy, according to a study conducted by researchers from the University of Texas Health Science Center and published in the journal Pediatrics. “So-called sports drinks should be eliminated, since they are high in calories,” writes J. Douglas Bremner in the book Before You Take that Pill.
Rest of the article HERE
XYNG (“ZING”) is an ALL-NATURAL energy and weight loss supplement. It will get you moving, boost your metabolism, help reduce your cravings, elevate your mood, and give you an incredible mental focus that lasts all day. XYNG does have some caffeine (naturally sourced from cacao), but it won’t give you jitters, upset your stomach, or give you a crash later like coffee, sodas or most of the energy drinks will, and it costs 2-3X LESS per use! (Caffeine in small amounts has been demonstrated to have many health benefits – you just don’t want to overdo it). Other ingredients include B6, Barley Grass, Kelp, and Chromium. I like this product so much that I have signed on to distribute it! Find out more about XYNG here.
IF you want a FREE SAMPLE or an ingredient breakdown of what makes it special, please e-mail me (Kelly@thehappyholistic.com) and let me know… or just take a chance and ORDER it today! You won’t regret it! XYNG also has a MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE so you can’t lose!
The Truth About Sunlight, Cancer and Vitamin D
(NaturalNews 7-06-10) We’ve all been told that sunlight causes skin cancer. This message has been drilled into our heads for so long that most people actually believe it. But what if this “truth” was actually a medical myth? What if dermatologists and health experts didn’t know the whole story? What if their explanations about sun exposure and skin cancer were too simplistic and outdated?
Mike Adams, the “Health Ranger” has released a video that exposes the lies of dermatology and the cancer industry while explaining the truth about sunlight, vitamin D and skin cancer. That video is available now on the new video site NaturalNews.TV: http://naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=234
The Happy Holistic: I never wear sunscreen. (OK, well if I’m going to be out all day, especially from 10AM-2PM I will put a dab of a natural sunblock on my nose, which needs it more than anywhere else 
Try Astaxanthin and Spirulina. The best is made by Nutrex-Hawaii and comes from the pure waters off the Big Island of Hawaii. It also protects your eyes from sunlight! Take these algaes, and other anti-oxidants, juice your veggies, eat berries and omega-3′s in increasing amounts for about 30 days and then start to build up your time in the sun, from a few minutes per day to at least a half-hour. Soon most of you will be able to stay out for a few hours at a time without burning. Of course, everyone’s skin is different and some people have certain conditions and genetics that will affect their ability to stay out in the sun – so approach it as you would in starting an exercise routine. (You can also try a great all-natural sunscreen). The best part is – the sun is still free. They haven’t taxed it yet!
Can you really eat your way to happiness? The mood food connection
(NaturalNews) Yes, you really can eat your way to happiness, but perhaps not in the way you might first imagine. By “happiness,” I mean lasting happiness, not the fleeting kind of sensory happiness that might be experienced from sucking the cream filling out of a twinkie. And that’s the distinction that really matters here: When I talk about happiness, I’m talking about sustainable happiness, not a brief moment of spurious excitement that soon reverses itself and leads to depression.
You see, a lot of people try to eat their way to happiness by eating the “instant joy” foods like ice cream, donuts, cookies and yes, even twinkies. Sugar can, indeed, make us momentarily uplifted because this refined molecule temporarily boosts blood sugar and actively alters brain chemistry. But like any drug, the depression after it wears off is far worse than the brief happiness it appeared to give us. And in the worst cases, we sometimes fall into a pattern of treating that mental rut with yet another hit of sugar to try to keep the happiness going.
Weight Watchers Worships at the Temple of the Golden Arche$
The Happy Holistic: Weight Watchers has recently announced a partnership with McDonald’s, that will feature the junk foods of the long-enduring symbol of American obesity as being a healthy alternative for those Down Under in Australia and New Zealand. Who says America doesn’t export anything anymore?
“…As part of the deal, McDonald’s will use the Weight Watchers logo on its menu boards and Weight Watchers will promote McDonald’s food to dieters. So far, the Fillet-O-Fish, with 18g of fat and 380 calories; Chicken McNuggets, with 29g of fat and 485 calories; and Sweet Chilli Seared Chicken Wrap, with 18.8g of fat and 404 calories, have been approved by Weight Watchers.”
But that’s just for starters…
Junk Food As Addictive As Drugs
(London Telegraph 10-28-09) A diet of burgers, chips, sausages and cake will programme your brain into craving even more foods that are high in sugar, salt and fat, according to new research. Over the years these junk foods can become a substitute for happiness and will lead bingers to become addicted… The researchers believe it is one of the first studies to suggest brains may react in the same way to junk food as they do to drugs… When researchers electronically stimulated the part of the brain that feels pleasure, they found that the rats on unlimited junk food needed more and more stimulation to register the same level of pleasure as the animals on healthier diets.
The Happy Holistic: This is old news, and those of us in the natural health community have known this for years. The FDA will allow large corporations to put chemicals such as high-fructose corn syrup and MSG in these junk foods and fast foods, which have already been shown to promote these addictive behaviors leading to obesity and illness, yet they will prosecute natural health practitioners for helping people overcome them. It reminds me of how cigarette companies knowingly put chemicals in their products to make them even more addictive! Than nicotine! How can we ever get healthy and get raging health costs under control when these addictive drugs are allowed to poison our bodies and minds?
MEANWHILE, THERE is at least one good thing to come out of the FDA – unfortunately, he no longer works there. The former head of the FDA, David Kessler, has authored an outstanding new expose of the American Food industry and its success at exploiting our addictions and avoiding all regulation called The End of Overeating. In this interview, he explains how our brains are hardwired for these addictive behaviors.
Halloween 2009: Attack of the GMO Mutant FrankenFood Sugar
(Byron Richards, Wellness Resources 10-26-09) Half the refined sugar in the U.S. is from beets – and insiders say the industry has quickly converted to the GMO Frankenfood beets, estimating up to 95% of farmers are now using them. Beet sugar is often mixed with cane sugar, meaning that unless a product lists the ingredient as cane sugar or organic cane sugar then it now likely contains GMO mutant beet-derived sugar….
…Avoid GMO food like the plague. Don’t buy any product made with GMO food or any product made by a company that uses any GMO food. Demand that GMO food be labeled so that consumers have a clear choice. And look out for sugar, the latest food to undergo Frankenfood mutation.
The Happy Holistic: Halloween is a blast. But its also the start of Sugar Season, and that means sugar, sickness, SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder), and lots and lots of calories and weight gain. Make sure you don’t go overboard on the sweet stuff. If you do, you may need to do some detoxing to clean up your blood and enhance your immunity.
One happy and healthy alternative to sugar is Stevia, the herb that South Americans have been using for thousands of years as a sweetener – with zero calories! Some people find the powder to be slightly bitter at first but many have no problem with the liquid form to sweeten drinks. Stevia can also be used to replace sugar in baking and many recipes exist. Stevia also has health benefits, its anti-viral, anti-bacterial and it actually helps to regulate blood sugar – something regular sugar will never do! Another safe sugar alternative is xylitol. Artificial Sweeteners (Aspartame “Nutrasweet”, Splenda, etc.) are even worse than sugar. If you must use sugar, try to find organic cane sugar.
Astragalus Can Help Prevent the Flu AND Help You Live Forever!
(Natural News) Certain astragalus molecules have been found to contribute to telomere growth, effectively reversing the aging process…research suggests that large doses of these molecules have the potential to not only prevent telomere depletion but to actually rebuild the telomere that has been already lost.
http://www.naturalnews.com/027312_astragalus_aging_health.html
The Happy Holistic: So…in other words….each time your cells divide, your telomeres get shorter. When your telomeres run down, cell division stops and your life ends! Yikes! But wait, Time Out! It appears that the Astragalus root, known to Traditional Chinese Medicine for thousands of years to be effective in helping to prevent colds and flu, is also a powerful anti-aging element! It can even rebuild the telomeres and REVERSE AGING! In fact, the researchers have recently been awarded a Nobel Prize for their findings, and this guy has been reversing his gray hair for two years now (and suggests it may also prevent cancer) - it seems to be a documented natural fountain of youth. Yet, Dr. Weil is being attacked for suggesting its use in his products to help prevent the flu – while a new untested vaccine with toxic ingredients has been subsidized by taxpayers and hysterically pushed upon the general public by the health authorities – for what appears to be a non-existant crisis (see below)!
CDC Caught Hyping Swine Flu “Epidemic”
(CBS) If you’ve been diagnosed “probable” or “presumed” 2009 H1N1 or “swine flu” in recent months, you may be surprised to know this: odds are you didn’t have H1N1 flu. In fact, you probably didn’t have flu at all. That’s according to state-by-state test results obtained in a three-month-long CBS News investigation.
