A Natural Solution 4 You - 7/24/06 - by Donna
A NOTE FROM DONNA
Welcome new visitors and subscribers and thanks to all of you who share this newsletter with others!
If you enjoyed my updates about Bluebird Cove, where we live, visit the Bluebird Cove Chronicles Blog. Bookmark the site and stop by often.
Now that I don't need this space to talk about my life here at Bluebird Cove, I can chatter a bit about some health topic of interest to me.
I promised you links to the photos from the arboretum Randal and I visited over in the Shenandoah Valley. Well, they have been deleted from the camera. I was having a problem and during my "fix" I deleted those photos before I downloaded them to the computer. Too bad. Guess I will have to go back to take more.
Many of you still inquire about Squeek, our little black kitty that was diagnosed with FIV. Although the vet did not expect her to live out that week in February, she's been doing really well and we are thrilled. She takes her daily herbs and vitamins on her food and doesn't complain. Maybe she knows she needs them. I've had other pet owners tell me that. The animal balks at the food and doesn't want to eat it but it is left for them as the only food to eat ... and they do. Then after a few days it's like they crave the herbs.
We had a Rottweiler "client" years back at the store. He was a hyper dog and the owner had a home embroidery business. When customers would come to pick up their order, the dog would run to greet them. Very friendly dog, but most people didn't take it that way. She was torn between the dog's freedom of the house and her customers' fears. Since she was already a client of ours, she scheduled an appointment for the dog.
Being a dog, they had no problem getting the herbs down by tossing them into his mouth. He didn't mind swallowing anything. The funny thing was that after a few days, any time they opened a bottle of herbs, he came running for his. I guess he knew he felt better and wanted them.
Until next time, make it a happy and healthy day!
Donna
HEALTH NEWS AND TIPS
Women’s Sleep Habits Predict Weight Gain
Skimping on sleep may mean greater weight gain for women. That’s the finding of a study presented in San Diego at the American Thoracic Society’s International Conference.
Data came from 68,183 healthy women who took part in the Nurses’ Health Study. The Nurses’ Health study started in 1976, when women were 30-55 years old. In 1986, the women reported how much sleep they usually got per night. They reported their weight every two years for the next 16 years.
Women who reported sleeping five or six hours per night gained more weight than those who got seven hours of nightly sleep, the study shows. The researchers included Sanjay Patel, M.D., of Cleveland’s Case Western Reserve University. Read the rest of the story
Spoiled Meat Looks Fresh 8 Weeks After Sell-by Date
From Consumer Reports
Attention, meat shoppers: Your supermarket may be selling ground beef and steaks packaged with gas that keeps it looking red for a month or longer. Our tests found that meat packaged using that method stayed red even if it was spoiled.
The process, used in factory-wrapped (or case-ready) meat, replaces most of the oxygen in the package with other gases. Those include tiny amounts of carbon monoxide, which react with the pigment in meat, producing a red color.
Consumer Reports decided to do limited testing to check whether carbon-monoxide-packaged meat can stay red even when spoiled. Since there’s no requirement that the process be listed on meat labels, we called manufacturers to verify that the brands purchased were packed with carbon monoxide.
We tested 10 samples of locally purchased ground beef and steaks from three companies. We found that the meat appeared red even if it was spoiled or had bacterial counts that were close to indicating spoilage. By their use- or freeze-by date, seven samples were fresh but two packages of ground beef from one company were spoiled; an additional sample was on the brink of spoilage a day before the stamped date. Get more information and find out what you can do at your grocery in the complete article here
FEATURED TOPIC
Walking. Yes, you've heard it again and again how beneficial it is, but ...... Personally, I've tried to do the daily walk thing on asphalt and it's too routine for me. I get tired of the hard surface and the same old route. For Randal, it's a different story. He loves routine and walks every weekday at exactly 6:45 AM with a neighbor. A measured two-mile route. I knew I wasn't getting in enough exercise gardening and doing housework on most days, but I also knew that routine didn't work for me, because I'd tried it several times.
The AARP magazine came (yep! I'm over 50 so I qualify) and in it there were some interesting challenges for walking. Now I'm excited and have joined the walkers. I've chosen the Appalachian Trail, well virtually. The soles of my feet won't be touching the trail, but they will be taking more steps because I'm mentally walking the trail and virtually seeing my progress online. I began in Maine and am now about to exit Vermont.
Yesterday I folded laundry while stepping away in place. I love the challenge of getting my step counter to what I need to finish the trail in 70 days. I'm even hoping I'll get to enjoying it so much that I might be able to make a round trip in the 70 days. Hey! I'm out there in the middle of nature .... I can dream can't I? :-)
Here's some information in case you want to join me on the trail. Let me know if you take the challenge too. It will be fun walking the trail with you. Of course, you may choose another optional trail depending on how many steps you want to do a day ... and you can even change trails at any time to match your stepping ability, so there's no failure here! Go for it! The step counters are only $9 if you are an AARP member. Here's the info:
Join Us on a Walk on The Appalachian Trail
Want to make exercise fun? Track your virtual path along famous trails like the Appalachian Trail, or the Lewis and Clark, Alaska Highway, or Highway 50. "Step Up to Better Health" is a motivating 10-week walking program designed to boost daily activity. Wearing a step counter and tracking your steps online, you’ll be inspired to move more as you enjoy the benefits of an active lifestyle. You’ll have access to health and fitness articles, healthy recipes, and health-related resources on the web.
If you own a step counter you can begin tomorrow morning. If you don't, you can order one at a reasonable price from AARP and get an informative booklet with a section you can log-in your miles until you get to enter them online. Members pay only $9. Get More Info On The "Step Up to Better Health" Program
How About a Program Based on Timed Exercise Instead?
Get Fit on Route 66
If you'd rather not count steps but want a physical activity adventure designed to inspire you to be more active, trace the famous route of this virtual highway by exercising. Whatever physical activity you enjoy doing - tennis, jogging, swimming, biking, softball, or something else, this is a fun way to motivate yourself into keeping fit.
Your goal is to "travel" from Chicago to Santa Monica (2,448 miles) by recording your physical activity minutes. You'll record your minutes of exercise online, where our program will convert the minutes to miles; one minute equals one mile. You set the pace, whether it's ten or sixty miles a day. Find out more about this free program here
NUTRITION IS A CHOICE
Food Labeling - Beware of Marketing Come-Ons
Ignore the hype on the front of the package. This part of the label is designed by the food processor's marketing and advertising departments. It will contain whatever trendy words will help sell the product. While the meanings of many of these terms are regulated by law, it's still easy to be deceived by them. The food may not be as good for you as these large and colorful words want you to believe. Manufacturers cannot legally lie on a food label, but they can stretch the truth a bit. Be wary of these tricky terms:
Consider the word "pure." Everyone wants to eat food that's pure. You would not want to put contaminated food into your body. But "pure" has no regulated, agreed- upon meaning in food labeling. It tells you nothing about what's in the package that perhaps should not be there.
"Natural" is probably the least trustworthy of all the label terms. While the term "natural" sounds appealing, it really says little about the nutritional quality of the food, or even its safety. In reality, "natural" is empty of nutritional meaning. Consumers believe that "natural" means the food is pretty much as Mother Nature grew it, but this is seldom the case. And even then, "natural" is not the same as nutritious, or good for you. The fat marbling in a New York strip steak is "natural," but it's not good for your arteries.
"Made from" simply means the food started with this product. For example, the claim "made from 100 percent corn oil" may be technically correct, yet it is misleading. Consumers are led to believe they are eating 100 percent corn oil. They think of fields of corn under a clear blue Iowa sky. But a lot can happen to corn oil before it gets to the grocery store. The label really means the processor started with 100 percent corn oil, but along the way may have diluted or hydrogenated it, changing it into a fat that will clog your arteries, not one that flows free and golden. Another common label lie is "made from natural..." This simply means the manufacturer started with a natural source, but by the time the food was processed it may be anything but "natural."
"Made with real fruit" is a good example of a misleading claim. The law does not require the label to say how much real fruit is in the product. This boast is particularly prevalent in snacks for children, which may contain a grape or two in a snack that is otherwise mostly sugar. "Made with whole grains" is another little, "white" label lie. The consumer is led to believe that this is a whole-grain cereal or waffle, yet the package label is not legally required to say how much "whole grain" is in the product. Its main ingredient could be refined flour with just a small amount of whole wheat added. So, the food won't contain all the fiber and other nutrients associated with whole grains. "Made with vegetables" is another misleading term, which sounds healthy, but says nothing about how much nutrition is really in the box.
Understand the real meaning of "fat free" on a label. For example, suppose a food is labeled 95 percent "fat-free." This means that five percent of the total weight of the food is fat, (which may not seem like much), yet a single gram of fat contains nine calories compared to four calories in a gram of protein or carbohydrates. Five grams of fat in 100 grams of ground or dark-meat turkey represents one-fourth of the calories in that serving.
is a tip-off that something bad was done to the food, requiring another process to put some of the good stuff back in. Enriched flour or enriched white bread are not as healthy as their whole wheat counterparts.
"Smoked" legally describes the flavor of the food, not how it was smoked. The consumer imagines the food is smoked in a backyard barbecue or an old-fashioned smokehouse. Really, the food could be artificially or chemically smoked and/or just contain smoked flavoring and still legally be labeled "smoked."
Beware of fruit "drinks," which may contain little or no real fruit juice. Look at the ingredients to find out what's really in there. "Drink" on the name of the product tells you that it is not 100 percent juice. It may, in fact, be mostly sugar and water, with added vitamin C. This enables the manufacturer to say the product is "high in vitamin C," even if it's a long way from being real orange juice.
Experienced label-readers look right past the banners and big hype on the front of the package and look for the facts in small print on the back.
Source: www.askdrsears.com
Read the entire article.
LAUGHTER IS GOOD MEDICINE
Two elderly gentlemen from a retirement center were sitting on a bench under a tree when one turns to the other and says, "Ted, I'm 83 years old now and I'm just full of aches and pains. I know you're about my age. How do you feel?"
Ted says, "I feel like a newborn baby."
"Really? Like a newborn baby?"
"Yep. No hair, no teeth, and I think I just wet my pants."
ABOUT ESSENTIAL OILS
Shop for Essential Oils & Accessories
Essential Oil Kits
Tell Me About Essential Oils
What About Quality and Purity
Essential Oil Recipes
Free Email Newsletter: "Essential Oil Recipes & More"
INFORMATION FOR CHILDREN
Natural Health Information for Parents
Herbasaurs Supplements for Kids
Research Health Topics for Children
NATURAL HEALTH CONSULTANTS FOR YOU
Due to the high traffic of our website and FDA/FTC rulings, we can't answer individual questions. However, we have two friends and business associates with the expertise to help you, so we refer to them. Look over the information about them on the websites shown and be sure to place your order through them to get a free 30-minute consultation.
For People - Dianne Frase
For Pets - Robin Sockness
NATURAL HEALTH LINKS FOR YOUR PETS
Pet Supplements by Health Topic
Pet Success Stories Using Nature's Remedies
Flint River Ranch Oven-Baked Pet Foods
Healthy Pet Foods & Supplements
Free Natural Pet Newsletter
FREE NATURAL HEALTH CLASSES
Learn how your body works one system at a time or with a health topic class. Knowledge is essential in making wise health decisions. Take the entire course or choose a system you want to know more about (i.e. digestive, glandular, intestinal, etc.). View the class topics here.
PLEASE PASS IT ON!
If you enjoyed what you read today, please forward this newsletter to your friends by clicking on the white envelope below.
COPYRIGHT AND REPRINT INFORMATION
© 2006 Donna L. Watkins
The stories, suggestions, and information in this newsletter are not meant to diagnose or prescribe for you. If you have a medical problem, you may want the advice and recommendations of a medical doctor. All stories, recipes, information, etc. that are passed along in this newsletter are for informational purposes only and are not necessarily endorsed by the businesses of Sunshine Life Center, Inc. This is a personal publication by Donna L. Watkins. The ideas and information expressed in it have not been approved or authorized by anyone either explicitly or impliedly. In no event shall Donna L. Watkins or Sunshine Life Center, Inc. be liable for any damages whatsoever resulting from any action arising in connection with the use of this information or its publication, including any action for infringement of copyright or defamation.
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Welcome new visitors and subscribers and thanks to all of you who share this newsletter with others!
If you enjoyed my updates about Bluebird Cove, where we live, visit the Bluebird Cove Chronicles Blog. Bookmark the site and stop by often.Now that I don't need this space to talk about my life here at Bluebird Cove, I can chatter a bit about some health topic of interest to me.
I promised you links to the photos from the arboretum Randal and I visited over in the Shenandoah Valley. Well, they have been deleted from the camera. I was having a problem and during my "fix" I deleted those photos before I downloaded them to the computer. Too bad. Guess I will have to go back to take more.
Many of you still inquire about Squeek, our little black kitty that was diagnosed with FIV. Although the vet did not expect her to live out that week in February, she's been doing really well and we are thrilled. She takes her daily herbs and vitamins on her food and doesn't complain. Maybe she knows she needs them. I've had other pet owners tell me that. The animal balks at the food and doesn't want to eat it but it is left for them as the only food to eat ... and they do. Then after a few days it's like they crave the herbs.We had a Rottweiler "client" years back at the store. He was a hyper dog and the owner had a home embroidery business. When customers would come to pick up their order, the dog would run to greet them. Very friendly dog, but most people didn't take it that way. She was torn between the dog's freedom of the house and her customers' fears. Since she was already a client of ours, she scheduled an appointment for the dog.
Being a dog, they had no problem getting the herbs down by tossing them into his mouth. He didn't mind swallowing anything. The funny thing was that after a few days, any time they opened a bottle of herbs, he came running for his. I guess he knew he felt better and wanted them.
Until next time, make it a happy and healthy day!
Donna
HEALTH NEWS AND TIPS
Women’s Sleep Habits Predict Weight Gain
Skimping on sleep may mean greater weight gain for women. That’s the finding of a study presented in San Diego at the American Thoracic Society’s International Conference.
Data came from 68,183 healthy women who took part in the Nurses’ Health Study. The Nurses’ Health study started in 1976, when women were 30-55 years old. In 1986, the women reported how much sleep they usually got per night. They reported their weight every two years for the next 16 years.
Women who reported sleeping five or six hours per night gained more weight than those who got seven hours of nightly sleep, the study shows. The researchers included Sanjay Patel, M.D., of Cleveland’s Case Western Reserve University. Read the rest of the story
Spoiled Meat Looks Fresh 8 Weeks After Sell-by Date
From Consumer Reports
Attention, meat shoppers: Your supermarket may be selling ground beef and steaks packaged with gas that keeps it looking red for a month or longer. Our tests found that meat packaged using that method stayed red even if it was spoiled.
The process, used in factory-wrapped (or case-ready) meat, replaces most of the oxygen in the package with other gases. Those include tiny amounts of carbon monoxide, which react with the pigment in meat, producing a red color.
Consumer Reports decided to do limited testing to check whether carbon-monoxide-packaged meat can stay red even when spoiled. Since there’s no requirement that the process be listed on meat labels, we called manufacturers to verify that the brands purchased were packed with carbon monoxide.
We tested 10 samples of locally purchased ground beef and steaks from three companies. We found that the meat appeared red even if it was spoiled or had bacterial counts that were close to indicating spoilage. By their use- or freeze-by date, seven samples were fresh but two packages of ground beef from one company were spoiled; an additional sample was on the brink of spoilage a day before the stamped date. Get more information and find out what you can do at your grocery in the complete article here
FEATURED TOPIC
Walking. Yes, you've heard it again and again how beneficial it is, but ...... Personally, I've tried to do the daily walk thing on asphalt and it's too routine for me. I get tired of the hard surface and the same old route. For Randal, it's a different story. He loves routine and walks every weekday at exactly 6:45 AM with a neighbor. A measured two-mile route. I knew I wasn't getting in enough exercise gardening and doing housework on most days, but I also knew that routine didn't work for me, because I'd tried it several times.
The AARP magazine came (yep! I'm over 50 so I qualify) and in it there were some interesting challenges for walking. Now I'm excited and have joined the walkers. I've chosen the Appalachian Trail, well virtually. The soles of my feet won't be touching the trail, but they will be taking more steps because I'm mentally walking the trail and virtually seeing my progress online. I began in Maine and am now about to exit Vermont.
Yesterday I folded laundry while stepping away in place. I love the challenge of getting my step counter to what I need to finish the trail in 70 days. I'm even hoping I'll get to enjoying it so much that I might be able to make a round trip in the 70 days. Hey! I'm out there in the middle of nature .... I can dream can't I? :-)
Here's some information in case you want to join me on the trail. Let me know if you take the challenge too. It will be fun walking the trail with you. Of course, you may choose another optional trail depending on how many steps you want to do a day ... and you can even change trails at any time to match your stepping ability, so there's no failure here! Go for it! The step counters are only $9 if you are an AARP member. Here's the info:
Join Us on a Walk on The Appalachian Trail
Want to make exercise fun? Track your virtual path along famous trails like the Appalachian Trail, or the Lewis and Clark, Alaska Highway, or Highway 50. "Step Up to Better Health" is a motivating 10-week walking program designed to boost daily activity. Wearing a step counter and tracking your steps online, you’ll be inspired to move more as you enjoy the benefits of an active lifestyle. You’ll have access to health and fitness articles, healthy recipes, and health-related resources on the web.
If you own a step counter you can begin tomorrow morning. If you don't, you can order one at a reasonable price from AARP and get an informative booklet with a section you can log-in your miles until you get to enter them online. Members pay only $9. Get More Info On The "Step Up to Better Health" Program
How About a Program Based on Timed Exercise Instead?
Get Fit on Route 66
If you'd rather not count steps but want a physical activity adventure designed to inspire you to be more active, trace the famous route of this virtual highway by exercising. Whatever physical activity you enjoy doing - tennis, jogging, swimming, biking, softball, or something else, this is a fun way to motivate yourself into keeping fit.
Your goal is to "travel" from Chicago to Santa Monica (2,448 miles) by recording your physical activity minutes. You'll record your minutes of exercise online, where our program will convert the minutes to miles; one minute equals one mile. You set the pace, whether it's ten or sixty miles a day. Find out more about this free program here
NUTRITION IS A CHOICE
Food Labeling - Beware of Marketing Come-Ons
Ignore the hype on the front of the package. This part of the label is designed by the food processor's marketing and advertising departments. It will contain whatever trendy words will help sell the product. While the meanings of many of these terms are regulated by law, it's still easy to be deceived by them. The food may not be as good for you as these large and colorful words want you to believe. Manufacturers cannot legally lie on a food label, but they can stretch the truth a bit. Be wary of these tricky terms:
Consider the word "pure." Everyone wants to eat food that's pure. You would not want to put contaminated food into your body. But "pure" has no regulated, agreed- upon meaning in food labeling. It tells you nothing about what's in the package that perhaps should not be there.
"Natural" is probably the least trustworthy of all the label terms. While the term "natural" sounds appealing, it really says little about the nutritional quality of the food, or even its safety. In reality, "natural" is empty of nutritional meaning. Consumers believe that "natural" means the food is pretty much as Mother Nature grew it, but this is seldom the case. And even then, "natural" is not the same as nutritious, or good for you. The fat marbling in a New York strip steak is "natural," but it's not good for your arteries.
"Made from" simply means the food started with this product. For example, the claim "made from 100 percent corn oil" may be technically correct, yet it is misleading. Consumers are led to believe they are eating 100 percent corn oil. They think of fields of corn under a clear blue Iowa sky. But a lot can happen to corn oil before it gets to the grocery store. The label really means the processor started with 100 percent corn oil, but along the way may have diluted or hydrogenated it, changing it into a fat that will clog your arteries, not one that flows free and golden. Another common label lie is "made from natural..." This simply means the manufacturer started with a natural source, but by the time the food was processed it may be anything but "natural."
"Made with real fruit" is a good example of a misleading claim. The law does not require the label to say how much real fruit is in the product. This boast is particularly prevalent in snacks for children, which may contain a grape or two in a snack that is otherwise mostly sugar. "Made with whole grains" is another little, "white" label lie. The consumer is led to believe that this is a whole-grain cereal or waffle, yet the package label is not legally required to say how much "whole grain" is in the product. Its main ingredient could be refined flour with just a small amount of whole wheat added. So, the food won't contain all the fiber and other nutrients associated with whole grains. "Made with vegetables" is another misleading term, which sounds healthy, but says nothing about how much nutrition is really in the box.
Understand the real meaning of "fat free" on a label. For example, suppose a food is labeled 95 percent "fat-free." This means that five percent of the total weight of the food is fat, (which may not seem like much), yet a single gram of fat contains nine calories compared to four calories in a gram of protein or carbohydrates. Five grams of fat in 100 grams of ground or dark-meat turkey represents one-fourth of the calories in that serving.
is a tip-off that something bad was done to the food, requiring another process to put some of the good stuff back in. Enriched flour or enriched white bread are not as healthy as their whole wheat counterparts.
"Smoked" legally describes the flavor of the food, not how it was smoked. The consumer imagines the food is smoked in a backyard barbecue or an old-fashioned smokehouse. Really, the food could be artificially or chemically smoked and/or just contain smoked flavoring and still legally be labeled "smoked."
Beware of fruit "drinks," which may contain little or no real fruit juice. Look at the ingredients to find out what's really in there. "Drink" on the name of the product tells you that it is not 100 percent juice. It may, in fact, be mostly sugar and water, with added vitamin C. This enables the manufacturer to say the product is "high in vitamin C," even if it's a long way from being real orange juice.
Experienced label-readers look right past the banners and big hype on the front of the package and look for the facts in small print on the back.
Source: www.askdrsears.com
Read the entire article.
LAUGHTER IS GOOD MEDICINE
Two elderly gentlemen from a retirement center were sitting on a bench under a tree when one turns to the other and says, "Ted, I'm 83 years old now and I'm just full of aches and pains. I know you're about my age. How do you feel?"
Ted says, "I feel like a newborn baby."
"Really? Like a newborn baby?"
"Yep. No hair, no teeth, and I think I just wet my pants."
ABOUT ESSENTIAL OILS
Shop for Essential Oils & Accessories
Essential Oil Kits
Tell Me About Essential Oils
What About Quality and Purity
Essential Oil Recipes
Free Email Newsletter: "Essential Oil Recipes & More"
INFORMATION FOR CHILDREN
Natural Health Information for Parents
Herbasaurs Supplements for Kids
Research Health Topics for Children
NATURAL HEALTH CONSULTANTS FOR YOU
Due to the high traffic of our website and FDA/FTC rulings, we can't answer individual questions. However, we have two friends and business associates with the expertise to help you, so we refer to them. Look over the information about them on the websites shown and be sure to place your order through them to get a free 30-minute consultation.
For People - Dianne Frase
For Pets - Robin Sockness
NATURAL HEALTH LINKS FOR YOUR PETS
Pet Supplements by Health Topic Pet Success Stories Using Nature's Remedies
Flint River Ranch Oven-Baked Pet Foods
Healthy Pet Foods & Supplements
Free Natural Pet Newsletter
FREE NATURAL HEALTH CLASSES
Learn how your body works one system at a time or with a health topic class. Knowledge is essential in making wise health decisions. Take the entire course or choose a system you want to know more about (i.e. digestive, glandular, intestinal, etc.). View the class topics here.
PLEASE PASS IT ON!
If you enjoyed what you read today, please forward this newsletter to your friends by clicking on the white envelope below.
COPYRIGHT AND REPRINT INFORMATION
© 2006 Donna L. Watkins
The stories, suggestions, and information in this newsletter are not meant to diagnose or prescribe for you. If you have a medical problem, you may want the advice and recommendations of a medical doctor. All stories, recipes, information, etc. that are passed along in this newsletter are for informational purposes only and are not necessarily endorsed by the businesses of Sunshine Life Center, Inc. This is a personal publication by Donna L. Watkins. The ideas and information expressed in it have not been approved or authorized by anyone either explicitly or impliedly. In no event shall Donna L. Watkins or Sunshine Life Center, Inc. be liable for any damages whatsoever resulting from any action arising in connection with the use of this information or its publication, including any action for infringement of copyright or defamation.
Forwarding and Use of This Newsletter
You may forward this newsletter in its entirety or use this copyrighted newsletter on a website if you include the following credit:
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