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Pay Attention to the Food You Eat, It May Save Your Life!
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Do I smell like garlic? Probably, I eat enough for a family of 10! Yes, I am Italian, but that is only part of my decision to load up on this healthy food.
As I expand my knowledge base in the health and wellness arena, I have become increasingly aware of the critical role the food we eat, not only how much but our choices, plays in our health and well-being. Both our physical and mental well-being depends on the fuel we feed our bodies, this vehicle that carries us through life.
Most of you have followed me on this blog as I successfully dealt with an extremely high cholesterol level with changing my food choices, a paradigm shift for me that was not that difficult. I would like to now share with you a short video from Ted.com, which features William Li, President and Medical Director of the Angiogenesis Foundation, the title “Can We Eat to Prevent Cancer”. It is a 24 minute video and I highly recommend you watch it, whether you are concerned with getting cancer or just interested in learning more about staying healthy. It is worth your time.
Dr. Li talks about angiogenesis, something I know a little about after having researched antiangio-
genesis for possible treatment for my niece, who had breast cancer, and my friend, who had lung cancer. Angiogenesis is the body’s process of developing new blood vessels. Abnormal angiogenesis can feed cancerous tumors. Antiangiogenesis is the process of starving tumors by cutting back their blood supply. We can do this with drugs, but we can also address this with the foods we eat.
Dr. Li explains how much of the food we eat has naturally occuring inhibitors of angiogenesis. Something we should pay attention to since our diets account for 30-35% of the environmentally caused cancers.
Angiogenesis may also apply to obesity since fat tissue is highly dependent on angiogenesis.
Can we be proactive in our approach to cancer, obesity, and other diseases by the food choices we make? Are you willing to add tomatoes, red grapes, green tea and strawberries to your diet for your health and well-being? Please let me know your thoughts after you watch this very worthwhile video.
Here again is the link http://www.ted.com/talks/william_li.html. To your health!
A Book That Teaches You When to Quit
Posted by: | CommentsI recently read an article about the book “The Dip, A little book that teaches you when to quit.” It was written by Seth Godin of “Tribes” and “Linchpin” fame. I believe he primarily works with companies to get their employees motivated and moving forward. He is also a marketing guru. But, like with all things, you can take the message and apply it to your personal life as well as professional. The book was released in 2007, but I had never heard of it. It was intriguing for someone like me who does not know how to quit to read about a book that tells you that quitting the right things is the road to great success, and “winners quit fast, quit often and without guilt.”
The gist of the article, and I assume the book, is that you need to focus on a few important issues and learn to avoid the “dead ends”. The “dip” is the wall we hit when we lose some of our enthusiasm on our journey to succeed. If you have too many things that you are trying to succeed in, you spread yourself too thin and your chances of success become diluted. So, decide “the right dip for the right reasons” and stay focused and concentrate your energy.
In my practice, I administer an assessment called the Print Survey. The assessment is a DNA of your personality. Everyone says the same about it. It is amazing how your true self is idenified by this 25 minute quiz. One of my strong characteristics, which was revealed in this assessment, is ”relentless determination”. As is pointed out in the results of the assessment, your strong characteristics can also be your shadow or “needs work” characteristics. Relentless determination, what does that really mean? It means I do not know how to quit and am pretty much driven to succeed.
Is that a good thing? Read More→
The Law of Attraction
Posted by: | CommentsI truly believe in the Law of Attraction and it is working full force in my life right now. I am attracting into my life opportunities to help people who are ready to take responsibility for their health and well-being.
I was in the grocery store the other night and was approached by a young man with a weight loss book in his hand and a long list of “things to buy”. He had a very confused look on his face and asked me if I had ever heard of this author and if I knew what raw butter was. We didn’t find raw butter, but what was interesting to me was the fact that he thought the “light butter” was the best choice. When we looked at the “light butter” and all the artificial ingredients and dextrose that was added, I told him the regular butter was a much better choice. I then handed him my business card with this blog address and told him about my recent lifestyle and diet change and my reduction in weight and cholesterol. The young man said meeting me was like meeting a mechanic when your car was broken down. I loved that analogy!
When you decide to take control of your health and well-being and change your eating pattern, it shouldn’t be hard. If you are having to carry books to the grocery store with you and look for esoteric ingredients, there is a good chance you will not stick with this new way of eating. I am going to suggest a book to you that was given to me by my neighbor. This book has been out for several years, but it will give you a solid understanding of the “basics”. The book is Read More→
How I Am Treating High Cholesterol with Diet and Lifestyle Changes
Posted by: | CommentsA few weeks ago I received the results of my latest blood work. Everything looked pretty good except for really high cholesterol and a somewhat low white blood count. The high cholesterol is nothing new for me. I have had high numbers every time I am tested, but what was new this time is how high the numbers were. Total cholesterol 324, HDL 88, good cholesterol, and LDL, bad cholesterol, 224, triglycerides 67. Because of the high HDL numbers, I have felt somewhat protected over the years, but with the LDL numbers so high, Read More→
