THE CHOLESTEROL MYTH- IT COULD COST YOU DEARLY Written by Tunji Akinseloyin
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Selenium is very important, especially to men: about half of their body selenium is in their sperm store. Selenium lowers risk of prostate, colon, rectal and lung cancer-Science News Jan 4 1997. Dr Rudolph Riermers of University of Edinburgh in Scotland, Dr Fred Gey of University of Berne in Switzerland, found that people with adequate levels of beta carotene, vitamin C and particularly vitamin E are "less likely to experience clinical symptoms of heart disease." The arteries are prevented from undergoing "oxidative stress" with help of these nutrients. These findings have been confirmed in Japan, Italy, Finland etc. These researches confirmed Dr Rath's findings-that cardiovascular diseases are NOT NECESSARILY caused by blood cholesterol but by POOR NUTRITION. You would think that this good news would be shouted from every rooftop. Do'nt bet on it. Cholesterol lowering drugs are been aggressively marketed. But most cholesterol lowering drugs are carcinogenic! The FDA knew this a long time ago. Not only that, cholesterol lowering drugs depletes body's CoenzymeQ10 supply.CoQ10 is an important heart nutrient. It's lowering can actually trigger more heart attacks. But there is good news in all of this- fact that there are some things we can do to enhance our chances of beating number one killer in America- with adequate information and involvement in our own well being. This article could be reprinted only on condition that author is given proper credit, and resource info is included and clickable
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| | What a Bully Taught Me About Public SpeakingWritten by Melissa Lewis
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A State of Shock I was stunned. Not from inelegance of sentiment, but rather from realization that Kyle—even KYLE—had capacity to feel and express compassion. “I’m sorry your old man croaked” wasn't exactly poetic, but to me it was sweetest expression of kindness I had ever heard. It was in that moment that I realized that everyone, no matter how intimidating, has good in there somewhere. A Lesson for Speaking I think we need to remember this when we speak to our audiences. We look out and see grumpy frowns or intimidating scowls but even those listeners have hearts and potential to connect with us. We might not be able to connect right away--maybe not ever--but just about everyone has that basic human spark of goodness through which we all connect. Besides, you’ve heard old saying, “Behind every jerk is a sad story.” We need to remember that most intimidating, obnoxious audience members you will ever face most likely got to be that way because of pain. Looking back, Kyle’s bullying no doubt stemmed from a miserable home life. His lashing out at me on schoolyard is not much different than heckler at a comedy club or a nit-picking critic at a presentation. Frustration, disappointment, powerlessness—they all lead to acting out, and as speakers we’re sometimes on receiving end. But no matter how bad behavior, those difficult listeners in your audience still have capacity to support you. I think we can foster their humanness by being first to reach out in a spirit of openness and service. When we speak to serve, with a genuine desire to do good for our listeners, we increase likelihood that their negative energy will diminish in favor of a positive connection. There’s no guarantee that they will reach back to support us, and they may even keep up their offensive behavior, but let’s at least allow for possibility that they might not be as evil as we think. *Name has been changed to protect privacy
Melissa Lewis turns traditional thinking about public speaking upside down to give people more comfort, confidence and charisma in front of groups. She is a former comic actress, a certified facilitator of SPEAKING CIRCLES, president-elect of the National Speakers Association Kansas City Chapter and author of the soon-to-be-released book, Upside Down Speaking. For more information call (913) 341-1241 or visit www.upsidedownspeaking.com.
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