Day 299

Thoughts: How to breathe properly...There is something you do approximately 18 times per minute, 1,080 times an hour and 25,920 times a day – and you don't even think about it: breathing. I always thought I breathed correctly - like it was a natural ability of me as a human being! Turns out not the case! Breath is, of course, fundamental to being alive. So why do so few of us know how to breathe properly? Consider this:* Science has proven that cancer is anaerobic - it does not survive in high levels of oxygen.* Shortness of breath and heart disease are directly linked - the heart goes into spasm...

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Day 298

Thoughts: Help your baby; gain less during pregnancy.This is an article written by a health like minded friend of mine, Peter Springberg. Dr. Peter Springberg is a retired Air Force Nephrologist now living in Colorado. In 1997 he invented a diet, actually a lifestyle change, which he has followed since. His basic premise was to lose weight and maintain that weight loss over an extended period of time, you clearly had to eat less and do more. The problem for most people who want to lose significant amounts of weight, is they do neither for very long.As a serving Air Force officer, especially when...

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Day 297

Thoughts: Surprisingly, most people have never tasted real chocolate. The cacao used in chocolate candy bars, cookies, breads and other common foods is actually a hybridized cacao from a plant that doesn't have the alkaloid potency of "real" cacao.Today Natural News brings us this fascinating article about real "heirloom" cacao vs. hybridized cacao, why chocolate is called the "food of the Gods" and how you can try real cacao yourself!Most people have never eaten real chocolate. Sure, we've all wolfed down plenty of "chocolate" candies, bars and cakes. But as you'll see here, very little of that...

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Day 296

Thoughts: YogaTonight I did yoga - peaceful, challenging, relaxing and powerful :) I know my body, mind and essence has missed yoga immensely. I feel so much more alive and connected after the class then I did before the class.Yoga refers to traditional physical and mental disciplines originating in India. The word yoga has many meanings, and is derived from the Sanskrit root "yuj", meaning "to control", "to yoke" or "to unite". Translations include "joining", "uniting", "union", "conjunction", and "means". It is also possible that the word yoga derives from "yujir samadhau," which means "contemplation"...

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Day 295

Thoughts: Study shows genetically modified crops 'can cause liver and kidney damage.Fresh fears were raised over GM crops yesterday after a study showed they can cause liver and kidney damage.According to the research, animals fed on three strains of genetically modified maize created by the U.S. biotech firm Monsanto suffered signs of organ damage after just three months.The findings only came to light after Monsanto was forced to publish its raw data on safety tests by anti-GM campaigners.They add to the evidence that GM crops may damage health as well as be harmful to the environment.The figures...

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Day 294

Thoughts: "Millions served," ran the headline in the US magazine Forbes over an article that declared, "While the West debates the ethics of genetically modified food, Florence Wambugu is using it to feed her country."Florence Wambugu is the Monsanto-trained scientist who headed up a project to create a genetically engineered virus-resistant sweet potato for farmers in Kenya. It was a showcase project intended to position GM as the saviour of Africa, and Florence Wambugu travelled the world promoting it."In Africa GM food could almost literally weed out poverty," she told New Scientist. In the...

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Day 293

Thoughts: Is there a monster in your gut?Do you experience 'brain fog', hay fever, weight gain, infections, constipation, acne, depression, thrush, fatigue, bloating, cravings for sweets, alcohol, breads, pastries, chocolate, sugar, lollies (candy), fast foods? Are you still hungry even after you have just eaten. And in addition to physical discomfort, you feel cranky and irritable? Is there a little voice that says "I want chocolate now!" or "Just one more". Most people are unaware that it even exists, because most main stream doctors are uneducated about its impact on our health. People suffering...

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Day 292

GE salmon compared to normal one.Thoughts: Genetically engineered salmon under FDA consideration. Despite the risks of GMO fish, widespread consumer concern, and the dubious track record of the company bringing GMO salmon to market, the US government continues to fund research and development of GMO seafood through its Sea Grant programs. Research into numerous GMO species, including catfish, sea bass, tilapia, oysters and other fish and seafood is ongoing at many of the country’s thirty-two Sea Grant universities. *AquaBounty is seeking FDA approval for a genetically engineered fish that reaches...

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Day 291

Thoughts: GMO Crop Sabotage on the Rise: French citizens destroy trial vineyard.Early Sunday morning, French police stood helpless as sixty people, locked inside an open-air field of genetically modified grapevines, uprooted all the plants. In Spain last month, dozens of people destroyed two GMO fields. On the millennial cusp, Indian farmers burned Bt cotton in their Cremate Monsanto campaign. Ignored by multinational corporations and corrupt public policy makers, citizens act to protect the food supply and the planet. The French vineyard is the same field attacked last year when the plants...

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