What is the first thing you need in the morning?
Water!
Drinking plenty of water is vitally important. Here is why and where it is needed:
Where Water Is Used In The Body
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In the column immediately to the right of this blog post, you’ll see a box with books that I wholeheartedly recommend. They are some of my favourites. I’ll be reviewing them here not least because they cover topics that are central to our health: Water and Hydration, Heart Health For Everyone, Special Breakfast Recipes, All About Nutrition, Power Shakes and Why They Are Essential, How To Pick The Right Color Fruit and Vegetables.
You can sample these books for free on Amazon: look inside, check the table of contents, scan the index, read sample chapters, and get a good feel for them.
I look forward to sharing these books with you. If you want to see a list of my reviews, simply click on the category “Recommended Reading” in the second sidebar on the right. Enjoy.
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You will have noticed that I like Herbalife, at the very latest when you had a look at my recipes on my website.
I also get lots of questions about the company, questions hat are frequently founded on misinformation, rumours and prejudice. Here is an objective answer to all those questions: Jim Cramer, CNBC’s “Mad Money” guy, talks to Herbalife CEO Michael O. Johnson.
Enjoy:
If you have any questions about Herbalife, just ask.
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(This is an excerpt from a longer article published by Dr. Mercola)
In today’s modern world of medicine the FDA just will not let companies that sell products make medical claims about them unless they have been tested at great expense, and approved as a drug. But this was not always the case.
In a 1924 booklet published by the Arm & Hammer Soda Company, the company starts off saying, “The proven value of Arm & Hammer Bicarbonate of Soda as a therapeutic agent is further evinced by the following evidence of a prominent physician named Dr. Volney S. Cheney, in a letter to the Church & Dwight Company:
“In 1918 and 1919 while fighting the ‘Flu’ with the U. S. Public Health Service it was brought to my attention that rarely any one who had been thoroughly alkalinized with bicarbonate of soda contracted the disease, and those who did contract it, if alkalinized early, would invariably have mild attacks.”
Recommended dosages from the Arm and Hammer Company for colds and influenza back in 1925 were:
- During the first day take six doses of half teaspoonful of Bicarbonate of Soda in glass of cool water, at about two hour intervals
- During the second day take four doses of half teaspoonful of Bicarbonate of Soda in glass of cool water, at the same intervals
- During the third day take two doses of half teaspoonful of Bicarbonate of Soda in glass of cool water morning and evening, and thereafter half teaspoonful in glass of cool water each morning until cold is cured
Read the full article here.
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The number of people being admitted to hospital for obesity in the UK has risen dramatically, by 60 per cent in the last year alone, in part due to surgery now being widely available on the National Health Service (NHS).
There were 8,085 admissions for obesity in 2008/09 in England, up from 5,056 the previous year, and from 1,746 in 2003/04.
These statistics include treatment for breathing problems, type 2 diabetes, circulation or organ failure, or heart disease and also surgical procedures such as stomach stapling.
Tim Straughan, head of the NHS Information Centre, said: “The large increase in admissions for obesity reflects the growing impact that obesity has on the health of our nation as well as the demands it is placing on limited NHS resources.
“However, it also reflects the fact that overweight people are resorting to treatments such as bariatric surgery to tackle their health problems.” Bariatric surgery involves banding part of the stomach to reduce its size or even removing a portion on it.
Tam Fry of the National Obesity Forum said society was after a “quick fix” for obesity. “We no longer try to use diet and exercise as a way of treating this problem. The increasing demand for bariatric surgery is going to put a lot of pressure on the NHS.”
More here…
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Many of us can’t resist peeking at that the scales every morning even though we know that this is futile. From water retention to glycogen storage and changes in lean body mass, daily weight fluctuations are normal. Water makes up approximately 60% of total body mass. Normal fluctuations in the body’s water content can send scale-watchers into a tailspin if they don’t understand what’s happening.
Two factors influencing water retention are water consumption and salt intake. Strange as it sounds, the less water you drink the more of it your body retains. The solution is to drink plenty of water.
Excess salt (sodium) can also play a big role in water retention. A single teaspoon of salt contains over 2,000 mg of sodium. Read the labels of processed foods. Their hidden sodium content can be sky high.
Women may also retain several pounds of water prior to menstruation. Pre-menstrual water-weight gain can be minimized by drinking plenty of water, maintaining an exercise program, and keeping high-sodium processed foods to a minimum. You can also add water balancing supplements.
Another factor that can influence the scale is glycogen, our body’s carbohydrate store. This energy reserve weighs more than a pound and it’s packaged with 3-4 pounds of water when it’s stored. When the glycogen supply shrink (for instance when you don’t eat enough carbohydrates), you’ll refuel with carbs and water. It’s normal to experience glycogen and water weight shifts of up to 2 pounds per day even with no changes in your calorie intake or activity level.
It’s best to weigh yourself in the morning because everything you eat and drink will show up on the scales until it is digested and expelled.
On a very low calorie diet that causes you to lose 10 pounds in 7 days, it’s physically impossible for all of that to be fat. What you’re really losing is water, glycogen, and muscle. This brings us to the scales’ sneakiest attribute. It doesn’t just weigh fat. It weighs muscle, bone, water, internal organs and all. When you lose “weight,” that doesn’t necessarily mean that you’ve lost fat. Losing muscle is nothing to celebrate. Muscle is metabolically active tissue. The more you have, the easier it is to lose weight. If you are exercising and eating right, don’t be discouraged by a small gain on the scale.
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We all know that water is the stuff of life. Not convinved? Check out this video – nothing can be more persuasive than a thousand pictures about the power and importance of hydration. Enjoy!
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You know that achieving financial freedom basically means starting your own business. You want to give it a whirl but don’t know what kind of business you should start. Like most of us, you probably don’t have a product that everyone wants or an idea for the next big ‘thing’.
People keep telling you to pick a niche. What niche? Where? Here is an idea: pick the next big wave. In the 1980s, the big wave was the PC. It generated a trillion dollar industry. In the 1990s it was the Internet. What is it now? No, it isn’t the Internet. The Internet is just THE best platform for your business for those who feel encouraged to choose it. Not everyone will dare to jump in. Not to worry, there are other huge opportunities, too. But they are all in the same industry. Which industry?
Watch this video by the man who defined this industry, who told us seven years ago how to make a fortune in the next trillion dollar industry and who recently updated his forecast because this wave is now fully on its way to exceed expectations.
Here are a few options for you:
I invite you to take a look at a real life business opportunity in the Wellness industry: click here to check it out.
Still not sure about Wellness? Read my article on “Wellness – Hoax, Hype Or Real?”
For full details on the How to Make a Fortune in the Next Trillion Dollar Industry, here are the books mentioned by Paul Zane Pilzer:
The New Wellness Revolution: How to Make a Fortune in the Next Trillion Dollar Industry
The Next Millionaires
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One of the world’s favourites among alternative breakfast foods, muesli, today comes in all shapes and sizes: boxed, bagged, pre-cooked, fortified, and frequently with ingredients that are as far removed from the original as chop suey is from Chinese cuisine.
Here are 3 facts about muesli:
- Muesli was originally not intended as breakfast but as a light evening meal.
- Muesli was “whole food” not because the oats were unprocessed but because apples were grated into the dish whole, skin, pips and all.
- In Switzerland, it’s actually not called Muesli, which there refers to a cute little mouse, but Müesli (with ‘ü’ and ‘e’ pronounced separately) referring to the mixture of ingredients that has taken the world by storm.
More about Müesli here…
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I just updated my website – www.MyHealthyBreakfast.com. Apart from the new header – can you guess how many different images are rotating? – the home page now explains what a healthy breakfast is: a balanced, protein-based breakfast providing balanced nutrition, the right kind of protein – yes, eggs are back again – and including the right kind of carbohydrates, wholegrain, with sugar coming preferably from fruit. You can read the full article here.
Get the full version in my report on how to “Get Your Day Off to A Great Start.” It’s free.
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