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• 2nd Healthy Weight Loss Study
After the resounding success of our first Healthy Weight Loss Study in Bundaberg in 2005, we were contacted by Body Wisdom and asked to facilitate a second study, this time in Redcliffe. These studies are based on the advice in our book, Healthy Slim People EAT FAT. The second study is half way through, and once again the results are very impressive.
• KOKONUT PACIFIC WILL BE PROVIDING CERTIFIED ORGANIC COCONUT OIL AT HALF PRICE TO THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM.
In the beginning, God created the Heavens and the Earth and populated the Earth with broccoli, cauliflower and spinach, green and yellow and red vegetables of all kinds, so Man and Woman would live long and healthy lives.
Then using God's great gifts, Satan created Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream and Krispy Creme Donuts. And Satan said, "You want chocolate with that?" And Man said, "Yes!" and Woman said, "and as long as you're at it, add some sprinkles." And they gained 10 pounds. And Satan smiled. And God created the healthful yogurt that Woman might keep the figure that Man found so fair. And Satan brought forth white flour from the wheat, and sugar from the cane and combined them.
And Woman went from size 6 to size 14. So God said, "Try my fresh green salad." And Satan presented Thousand-Island dressing, buttery croutons and garlic toast on the side. And Man and Woman unfastened their belts following the repast.
God then said, "I have sent you heart healthy vegetables and olive oil in which to cook them." And Satan brought forth deep fried fish and chicken-fried steak so big it needed its own platter. And Man gained more weight and his cholesterol went through the roof.
God then created a light, fluffy white cake, named it "Angel Food Cake," and said, "It is good." Satan then created chocolate cake and named it "Devil's Food." God then brought forth running shoes so that His children might lose those extra pounds. And Satan gave cable TV with a remote control so Man would not have to toil changing the channels. And Man and Woman laughed and cried before the flickering blue light and gained pounds.
Then God brought forth the potato, naturally low in fat and brimming with nutrition. And Satan peeled off the healthful skin and sliced the starchy center into chips and deep-fried them. And Man gained pounds. God then gave lean beef so that Man might consume fewer calories and still satisfy his appetite.
And Satan created McDonald's and its 99-cent double cheeseburger. Then said, "You want fries with that?" And Man replied, "Yes! And super size them!" And Satan said, "It is good." And Man went into cardiac arrest.
God sighed and created quadruple bypass surgery. Then Satan created provincial health care plans.
Thought for the day...
There is more money being spent on breast implants and Viagra today than on Alzheimer's research. This means that by 2040, there should be a large elderly population with perky boobs and huge erections and absolutely no recollection of what to do with them. If you don't send this to five old friends right away there will be five fewer people laughing in the world.
Don't get too concerned about bird flu, which seems to be a political beat-up. Do be concerned about our overuse of antibiotics. The New England Journal of Medicine warns of a lethal bacteria which shows in people being treated with antibiotics, and is spreading in North America. The frightening thing about this bacteria, according to two studies just published, is that it has grown resistant to drugs. This bacteria, provoked by antibiotics inside the intestines of hospital patients, showed an ability to mutate and increase its resistance to drugs. Symptoms include watery, malodorous diarrhea and cramps, and over 13 years the incidence of the bacteria has grown fourfold in Quebec, and has caused the deaths of 117 people in the first month after they were diagnosed.
The bacteria, Clostridium difficile, has become very resistant to floroquinolone antibiotics which are usually used to treat such infections. There is a call for monitoring, as the bacteria seems to be spreading. It is a killer, and has already shown its ability to mutate. This frightens me more than the possibility that bird flu might mutate to infect humans. We are taking extraordinary precautions against the remote possibility of a bird flu epidemic, precautions that will be completely useless - but a great boon for big pharma. What steps is the Government taking to address the antibiotic abuse?
Homefirst Health Services, a Chicago clinic, has cared for 35,000 children. Of these many thousands of children Homefirst cares for who have not been vaccinated, not one that they have delivered has ever suffered from autism. The rate of autism in Illinois is 38 per 10,000, more than a third below the national average which is 60 per 10,000. Why is the rate of autism so low in Illinois? Could it be because they allow faith-based exemptions for toxic treatments like vaccines? This would have to make you think very, very carefully before allowing your child to be vaccinated. This information was reported in the Washington Times December 7, 2005
The World Health Organization tells us that more than one billion adults around the world are overweight, 300 million obese. In the US, obesity rates remained stable from 1960 to 1980 at around 13 per cent of men and 17 per cent of women. By 1991 this had risen to 21 per cent of men and 26 per cent of women - with more than a quarter of American men - 28 per cent - and a third of women - 34 per cent - obese.
Australia cannot be complacent with 19 per cent of men and 22 per cent of women obese, according to the Obesity Task Force. As you can see obesity is on the rise. You can avoid joining the statistics by taking these simple steps:
E exercise
N no sugar
G good oil (fish oil, butter, coconut oil)
E enough sunshine
L lots of clean air
M meat (organic, or grass fed)
A artificial fats are out
N no processed food
N nutritious organic foods (eat plenty)
The New England Journal of Medicine (Jan 2, 2003,) provides sound reason for mothers to watch their nutritional habits during pregnancy. A new study found that people with primary hypertension or high blood pressure may have fewer nephrons in their kidneys than people with normal blood pressure. The number of nephrons in the kidneys, typically about a million is set during foetal development. We went into this in a lot of detail in our weight loss study because all but one of the participants experienced a large fall in blood pressure as a result of healthy eating. After considerable investigation in trying to find the cause this is the only explanation we could find. This has stimulated our interest in investigating the importance of taking great care of the mother's nutrition during pregnancy. Primitive tribes knew the importance of this.
There has been a curious rise in supposed experts, generally professors, questioning the value of organic food, and suggesting that there is no evidence of its superiority over 'factory food'. The truth is that there are lots of small studies. We found one study conducted by the Danish Research Centre for Organic Farming, (March, 2005) particularly interesting. They fed rats in three different ways.
The organically fed rats
Although we provided our study volunteers with a range of strategies to facilitate weight loss we don't feel that many fully appreciated the benefit of taking two tablespoons of vinegar before a meal. Carol Johnson at the Arizona State University reported in January 2005 that doing so removed spikes in blood sugar. Interestingly it was the pre-diabetic people who reaped the biggest gains in that vinegar cut their blood glucose rise in the first hour after a meal by about 50 percent. Results like this would justify every young woman who wants to remain slim and wrinkle free taking vinegar in some form. A Swedish team reported that pickled cucumber dramatically blunted the blood sugar spikes after a high carb breakfast.