Natural Foods Defined

Written by Stephanie Yeh


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to include such definitely non-natural substances such as aspartame,repparttar artificial sweetener. More liberal food manufacturers argue that “natural” means any material that exists in nature. While aspartame does not exist in nature (you have to use a chemical process to create it), manufacturers say thatrepparttar 115378 resulting product is made up of two amino acids, both of which do exist in nature. Never mind that they don’t exist glued together as aspartame!

So what canrepparttar 115379 savvy nutritionally-conscious consumer do about this? Go with a term that is clearly defined and regulated byrepparttar 115380 FDA: organic. Inrepparttar 115381 next issue we’ll delve intorepparttar 115382 intricacies of organic foods, including basic regulations and differing levels of organic production. Inrepparttar 115383 meantime, avoid foods that are only labeled as “natural” and go for those labeled “organic” or “natural and organic.” It’srepparttar 115384 real stuff.

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Open, Full and Imperfect: What You Must Know About Your Heart

Written by Maya Talisman Frost


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Anyone suffering from any kind of illness, injury or decreased ability already knows this. I am guilty of ignoring my body onrepparttar most important level—recognizing its power over me. In my continuing effort to connect body, mind and spirit, I’ve forgotten thatrepparttar 115377 three don’t always share equal billing.

Empedocles, a philosopher and scientist who lived in Sicily inrepparttar 115378 400s BC, wasrepparttar 115379 first to state in any sort of medical way thatrepparttar 115380 heart wasrepparttar 115381 origin of human emotions. I guess we’re supposed to believe, based on current research, that this is completely inaccurate. Our emotions are actually connected to our brains.

But really, it just isn’t as satisfying to think of love as being a head thing. Our hearts seem more poetic, more romantic, more likely to be swept away byrepparttar 115382 sheer force of nature that is love. We understand what it means and how it feels to be brokenhearted. We feel an ache in our hearts in quite a literal way. A headache is nothing like a heartache.

We use a lot of language that calls attention to this link between our hearts and all that is good, true, beautiful, and just. Whether we’re listening to our heart, opening our heart, connecting to our heart, trusting our heart, or simply living to our heart’s content, we regard it asrepparttar 115383 seat ofrepparttar 115384 soul andrepparttar 115385 source of tremendous compassion and tenderness.

Women are supposed to have a pretty good handle on all this, and that’s why I believe that we haven’t really considered women as being susceptible to heart disease. We’re great at picking up onrepparttar 115386 importance of being aware of breast cancer, but when it comes torepparttar 115387 heart, we want to believe that we are somehow protected from what we have come to think of asrepparttar 115388 stressed-out man’s disease. Orrepparttar 115389 fat person’s disease. Orrepparttar 115390 don’t-pay-any-attention-to-your-health disease. We hope that by simply being aware of our emotions, our habits and their effect on our bodies that we’re somehow immune.

I guess what I’m trying to say is this: if you have a heart, then you are at risk. It’s that simple. It’s terribly important to do allrepparttar 115391 right things, but even then, you’ve still got this ticker that needs tending. You need to know your risks, and you know to know how to reduce them.

I’m not sure what I’m going to learn about my heart when all is said and done, but I’ve already learned an extremely valuable lesson. My heart may be open, it may be full of love, but that doesn’t mean it’s perfect.

I’m hoping for some seriously good news for Valentine’s Day this year. I’ll be waiting, and wearing red.

Maya Talisman Frost is a mind masseuse. Her work has inspired thinkers in over 80 countries around the world. She serves up a unique blend of clarity, comfort and comic relief in her free weekly ezine, the Friday Mind Massage. To subscribe, visit http://www.massageyourmind.com.


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