It’s The Holidays: The Benefits Of Dark Chocolate Keep Growing

The benefits of eating dark chocolate just keep getting better and better (or tastier and tastier – sorry, I couldn’t resist). A number of studies have now been published confirming the health benefits from eating cacao in the form of dark chocolate.

Here are some of these benefits. You can:

1. Slash your risk of cardiovascular disease by 37% and stroke risk by 29%

2. Lower your insulin resistance, reduce your blood pressure and increase blood vessel elasticity

3. Reduce inflammatory diseases, metabolic disorders and help prevent cancer

4. Inhibit persistent coughing by reducing vagus nerve activity.

5. Lowers the risk of Alzheimer’s Disease.

So…this is my tasty advise - Eat a small piece of dark chocolate that is 70% or higher on cacao every day. You’ve got to admit this is a yummy prescription!

(Reported Mercola.com, 8/2/16)

Caregivers Need To Take Care Of Themselves

 As the baby boomers age, more and more people will fall into the role of primary caregiver for that aged person. While caregivers report a new sense of purpose and closer ties with the person they are caring for, there are also many negatives that the caregiver has to confront. According to the National Institute on Aging caregivers have an increase in the number of health and emotional problems, including depression and panic attacks. They also skip health screenings and don’t seek medical help when they need it.

What can a caregiver do to take charge of their life again? According to Virginia Sole-Smith there are five steps that have been researched and backed by experts that you can take to lighten the caregiver role.

If you are caring for an aging parent, keep treating them as your parent even though it feels like you are the parent. This will help preserve your relationship and your parent’s dignity.

Join a caregivers support group as this will reduce your feelings of burden and depression. You’ll also get practical caregiving ideas from people in the group. There are even caregiving groups for specific illnesses, e.g. caregivers of people with cancer.

You must exercise! Exercise can remedy the top complaints among caregivers of lack of energy, sleep difficulties, stress, pain and depression.

Learn how to meditate or do mindfulness training. After 2 months caregivers doing mindfulness training felt less depressed, slept better and believed their overall quality of life had improved.

Ask for and accept assistance. First, you need to realize that you can’t do it alone. Next you need to ask other family members, friends and colleagues to help.

So…if you are a caregiver, keep in mind that you are not hopeless and helpless. You can take care of the person and yourself at the same time.

 The Benefits Of Cholesterol

We’ve been told about the benefits of statin drugs to lower cholesterol levels even though lowering cholesterol doesn’t change the death rate. We’re finally starting to wake up and recognize that cholesterol has many beneficial effects on the body. One could even say that cholesterol is vital to human health and the real danger is that our cholesterol can get too low, especially as we age. Let’s look at some of the latest research supporting this statement.

Yale’s Department of Cardiovascular Medicine reported that older people with low cholesterol died twice as often from a heart attack as did people with high cholesterol. Yes, you read this right, it was low cholesterol that was the killer.

University of Minnesota looked at 68,000 deaths and found that low cholesterol predicted an increased risk of dying from gastrointestinal and respiratory diseases.

A study with over 15,000 people over 18 years old found that people with higher LDL and total cholesterol levels had a lower risk of developing atrial fibrillation, which is an irregular heart rate.

A review article found that high total cholesterol doesn’t raise heart disease mortality rates for people older than 40 to 50.

Columbia University found that people with the lowest cholesterol and LDL levels were twice as likely to die within three years compared to those with the highest levels.

So…it’s time to forget about no fat, low fat, 1 and 2% fat products and start using whole fat products. And there’s another plus to this change and that’s these products will taste better, too!
(Reported Alliance for Natural Health USA, July 14, 2015)

 
  Coming Up - A Dramatic Increase In Autism

According to researcher, Stephanie Seneff, PhD, she predicts that by 2025 autism will be affecting one in two children. Dr. Seneff is a researcher in biology and technology and has published over 170 scholarly peer-reviewed articles.

She attributes this explosive jump in autism to the use of Monsanto’s Roundup on crops and on GMO seeds. Seneff says that the effects of autism closely mimic those of glyphosate toxicity which is the key ingredient in the herbicide Roundup. Unless you buy organic products, you’ll find glyphosate in most everything that you eat that has corn and soy in it including corn syrup, chips and cereals. Glyphosate also in our beef and poultry because the animals are fed GMO corn and soy.

While there are other causes of autism, our food supply is a major component of this projected increased rate of autism. While the USDA recently released a study looking at pesticide residue in our foods, they did not test for glyphosate because of “cost concerns”. How’s that for a non-excuse for avoiding testing a substance that can have a major impact on our kid’s health because of “cost concerns”. We need the USDA to do a legitimate study on the impact of glyphosate as well as all the other chemicals in Roundup that are labeled “inert” as they may be increasing the toxic impact of glyphosate on our kids health.

Using Essential Oils To Stop The Overuse Of Antibiotics On Farms

You’re probably aware of the overuse of antibiotics in raising animals for food consumption and that these antibiotics get into our soil and water causing antibiotic resistant bugs to flourish. These antibiotics are used to increase weight gain in the animals and because of overcrowded living conditions to prevent diseases from killing the animals.

What you may not be aware of is the use of essential oils to take over the role of antibiotics without the negative side effects. Here are some of the studies reporting these results.

A study published in Poultry Science found that adding oregano oil to chicken feed reduced the risk of mortality from a common infection in poultry by 59%.

A study in BMC Proceedings found that using a combination of plant extracts resulted in weight gain and protection against intestinal infection.

Another study used turmeric, chili pepper and shitake mushrooms to also increase weight gain and protection from infection.

Using rosemary and oregano oil were effective against pathogenic bacteria and achieved the same growth rate in chickens as the antibiotic avilamycin.

So…the conventional farming industry is running out of excuses for using antibiotics in animal feed and if more people buy organic this will put even more pressure on those farms to literally clean up their practices.
(Reported Mercola.com, 7/4/15)

Using Cell Phones Is Having A Negative Effect

More and more of us are using our cell phones for everything and especially for playing games and texting. This is leading to a condition called Text Neck. It turns out that 90% of us text with our necks bent forward. This put a major strain on our neck and shoulder muscles, tendons and ligaments. When you flex the neck forward at a 60-degree angle this put the equivalent of 60 pounds of weight on your spine, leading to spine degeneration and arthritis. The Millennial generation could become the first generation where everyone walks around with their heads stuck in a forward tilt position.

The fix to prevent this is simply to stand upright and keep your phone 12 to 14 inches from your face when you are texting or playing games. And of course there are apps to help you do this. They are Headup (https://apkpure.com/headup-protect-your-neck/pawnshop.headup.lite) and Text Neck Indicator alert (http://text-neck.com/text-neck-indicator--a-mobile-app.html) which let you know when you’re doing it wrong. I was recently on a plane and watched a teenager in my row playing a game on an iPad. His head was jutting forward from his neck as he played for an hour and a half.

SPECIAL : Stocking Stuffers for Everyone! 

Right in time for the holidays! You can get all of your loved ones and friends great stocking stuffers with our subliminal and gentle music selections! You may recall that in the past,  I have talked about the benefits of using Stephen Halpern's Subliminal Music. 

Achieve Your Ideal Weight, Stop Smoking, Attracting Prosperity, and Enhancing Success are just a few of the great choices you can select from! 
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With the new year right around the corner, this is a great time to get some help with those soon to be set 2017 resolutions!!

I’d like to make you a special Holiday offer. Buy 4 CDs and you’ll get the 
5th free plus Free Shipping

You will need to call or email our office to get this special! Ask for Sandra Lee at 800-777-3529 or email her at Sandy@Teplitz.com and she will assist you. Must order by December 15 to arrive by Christmas. 

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Stocking Stuffers! 

If you’ve attended my seminars, you may recall that I’ve talked about the benefits of using Stephen Halpern’s Subliminal Music. He’s got subliminals, such as, Listen and Lose Weight, Accelerated Learning, Enhancing Creativity, Enhancing Productivity and many others. We also have on our website gentle music and classical music. 
 
I’d like to make you a special Christmas offer. Buy 4 CDs and you’ll get the 
5th free plus Free Shipping. 

 For the list of all the music you can choose from, CLICK HERE.

You will need to call our office to get this special! Ask for Sandra Lee at 800-777-3529 and she will assist you. Must order by December 15 to arrive by Christmas. 

(free shipping only for contiguous United States)

Happy Holidays!

Jerry

THANKS, THAT'S IT FOR THIS MONTH!