Living Pure in an Impure World

Written by Margot B


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These foods can often cause sensitivities: milk, wheat, sugar, corn, peanuts, tomatoes, strawberries, chocolate, green beans, orange juice, soy products, eggs, food colourings, flavourings, and additives.

If you find that you are sensitive to some food, avoid it for three to four months.

If you react to it again, remove it from your diet for another six months. If you are an adult and react to this food again, you may have a fixed sensitivity and you may never be able to tolerate this food. Children have fixed reactions less often.

A food sensitivity usually causes symptoms within 5 minutes to an hour after eating. Food sensitivities rarely occur 2 hours after eating.

Take your pulse 20 minutes before eating, and 20, 40, 60, and 90 minutes after eating. Skipped beats or a change in pulse rate may indicate food sensitivity.

As far as possible, avoid stimulants such as coffee, tea, alcohol and cigarettes.

Remember that you are an individual. No two people reactrepparttar same.

Chemical Sensitivity: Substances to avoid are gas, oil and petroleum byproducts, coal, natural hydrocarbons such as terpenes and marsh gas, alcohols, glycols, formaldehydes, insecticides, herbicides, pesticides, chemical fertilizers, synthetic fabrics including vinyl, rubber, polyester rayon, nylon, etc. - synthetic food additives such as colours, flavours, and preservatives. Avoid solvents, inks, and dyes.

Common Sources of Chemical Exposure: Inrepparttar 115728 home; gas appliances including ranges, heaters, etc., vinyl upholstery, plastic food containers, synthetic carpeting, carpet backing and padding, synthetic shower curtains, garment bags, garbage bags, and furniture coverings, ironing board covers, plastic planters and artificial flowers, shelf paper, synthetic handbags, briefcases, luggage. Synthetic toys, household polishes, waxes, cleaning sprays, ammonia, cleansers, detergents, deodorants, disinfectants, television filters and electrostatic filters [use with charcoal filter].

Environmental: Oil refineries, oil and solvent storage facilities, chemical plants, incinerators and dumps, automobiles, trains, airplanes, municipal and agricultural pest control programs, municipal water supply, road and roofing repair projects.

Ways to Minimize Chemical Exposure: Do not smoke, do not use scented cosmetics, when possible, wear garments made of natural fibers, which have not been chemically treated. Minimize drug use. Avoid foods with chemical additives or preservatives. Drink water that has no fluoride or chlorine added.

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Tips for Making Your New Years Resolution Work!

Written by David Junno Psy.D.


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Set a goal to explore your need to make a health related change, getrepparttar facts, find out what action steps are necessary, realistically assessrepparttar 115727 potential obstacles in your life to making these changes. Use this information to develop your own plan. We tend to be much more successful following through on plans we make than ones others make for us.

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Too many health related changes feel like deprivations. We are going to give up foods we like, stop smoking, and/or stop drinking. It is hard to maintain motivation for not doing things. It is more rewarding focusing on what we are going to do.

For example, for a diet goal think about what you can add to your life. If you need to reduce high fat foods, consider a goal of eating more lower fat foods. I have a goal of eating more fruit each day, so every time I want a snack I see it as an opportunity to have a fruit or some juice. I have also maintained a goal of eating an extra portion of vegetable with my dinner. This makes me feel more like I am doing something for myself rather than just taking something away.

For a goal like stopping smoking, consider doing more activity when normally you would be tempted to smoke. If you need to quit drinking consider setting a goal of spending more time with family or friends, or participation in non-drinking related activities.

------------------------------------- Make thisrepparttar 115728 year you get it right. -------------------------------------

Set appropritate expectations, learn what you need to be successful, focus on what you want to do, and have a great New Year!

---------------------------------------------------------------- Quotes:

“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing.” Abraham Lincoln

“If at first you don't succeed, you are running about average.” M H Alderson ----------------------------------------------------------------

Remember, havingrepparttar 115729 right diet and getting enough exercise will not only improve your health- IT WILL IMPROVE YOU LIFE.

Until next time, Dave Junno Psy.D.

************************************************* References:

Polivy, Janet, Herman, C. Peter."If at First You Don't Succeed." American Psychologist Sept. 2002: 677-689.

Roberts, C. K., Vaziri, N. D., Barnard, R. J. "Effect of diet and exercise intervention on blood pressure, insulin, oxidative stress, and nitric oxide availability.." Circulation Nov. 12 2002: 2530-2532. ---------------------------------------------------------------

You have permission to publish this article electronically or in print, free of charge, as long as repparttar 115730 bylines are included. A courtesy copy of your publication would be appreciated.

Copyright 2002: David Junno

Dave Junno Psy.D. is a psychologist, coach and author of Lowering High Cholesterol and Reducing Your Risk of Heart Disease- READY OR NOT! To contact him mail to: drjunno@drjunno.com or visit his website: http://www.lower-high-cholesterol-ready-or-not.com and sign-up for his free e-mail newsletter: Ready or Not.


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