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Every year it seems that the same Top Ten New Year resolutions crop up. Why? It's obvious. Because they're just so hard to keep!
I have trouble keeping my resolutions, but this time I'm determined to finally do better.
Success is not an accident, it begins with a well-conceived plan. You can and will achieve more in the next year than you have in the past ten with a disciplined plan of action. By investing your efforts into a New Years Resolution, you give yourself a launch pad for starting your new year and your new life.
My list includes many of the items listed below, but this Lens is not about my New Years Resolutions, but the Top Ten Resolutions.
The Top Ten Resolutions List
1. Stop Smoking
2. Get into a Habit of being Fit
3. Lose Weight - the Battle of the Bulge
4. Enjoy Life More.
5. Quit Drinking
6. Organise Yourself - this is one of the keys to reaching your goals
7. Learn Something New
8. Get out of Debt
9. Spend More Time With Family
10. Help People.
Make those Resolutions stick! Set your Goals
So, that's the Top Ten New Years Resolutions. Write them down and see how successful you are at keeping them. I hope that you have more success than I've had in my resolutions over the years. Happy New Year!
What's the Most Important New Years Resolution for You?
We all have our New Years Resolution every year. What's your number one resolution for 2011?
What is Your Number One New Years Resolution
Stop SmokingGet FitLose WeightEnjoy Life MoreQuit DrinkingGet OrganisedLearn Something NewGet Out of DebtSpend More Time with the FamilyHelp OthersVote
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StumbleuponFacebookMySpaceTwitterDiggDeliciousEmail 1. Stop Smoking
(You may gain 25 lbs)
It's so easy to drop one vice and pick up another - overeating. When you quit smoking the food tastes so much better! Incredibly delicious! Your taste buds came alive after quitting. And it's so easy to substitute the cigarette in your mouth for a chocolate bar. Carry chewing gum. Have sticks of celery close to hand. Drink lots and lots of clean fresh rejuvenating water - pure water - your body craves it.
This will be my third quit campaign. I've done it twice and held on - once for almost two years - but I fell by the wayside. Now I realise that my response to stress is to reach for a cigarette and, let's face it, who doesn't have a stressful life these days? So this time I'm taking an active stand about stress. When it hits me, I will run! Or at least jog. Two or three times around the block. The craving for nicotine should be controlled and, who knows, my stress may very well have disappeared too.
Many people find the will to quit when they read a book about just what a terrible habit smoking is. How it makes you smell, how it controls your life, how often you do things just so you can have a cigarette, apart from the health risk that smoking brings.
What spurs me to succeed this time is the cost of the cigarettes!
Dying to Quit
Learn the connection between mood and tobacco use. Nicotine, a mild euphoriant, provides "quick relief" to anxiety! With some 16 million smokers trying to quit every year, just 1.2 million succeed. Be one of those who succeed!
Dying to Quit: Why We Smoke and How We Stop
by: Janet Brigham, A Joseph Henry Press Book
Amazon Price: $29.95 (as of 12/31/2010)
An engaging and well documented book which helps you understand why quitting smoking is so difficult-- and why you really must do it.
It's been called the "Silent Spring" for smokers.
2. Get into a Habit of being Fit
Getting Fit will take care of losing weight.
This always sounds easier than it really is! I am not going to tell you the number of times that I've started some exercise programme and gradually cut back (with one excuse or another) until it was non-existent. The best exercise I've found is walking.
If you saw a bottle of pills on the supermarket shelf that promised to strengthen your heart, manage your weight and boost your spirits, you would surely dismiss it as snake oil. But walking does this! Walking is simple, natural, and doesn't cost a cent. If you haven't been active for a while, it's a gentle low-impact exercise to ease you into a higher level of fitness and health.
A popular way to lose weight and feel good is with Wii 5-In-1 Fitness Bundle
N.B. Always consult your health care professional before you start on any exercise program.
How to Stay Fit
Staying Fit in our Busy World is Hard
Staying fit in our busy world can be hard. Usually when we're busy, our exercise programme is the first activity that suffers. We put off the exercising so we can cram more things into our day.
But exercising is a top priority item, it makes us more productive, makes us sleep better, makes us feel better all round and so naturally we can accomplish more things.
It helps us maintain a good strong body in our thirties, fight off those cramps and fatigue that come on as we reach our forties and helps to keep at bay the wearing down of our bodies as we move to our fifties. If we stay as fit as we can during our adult years we can avoid a lot of troubles as we get older - staying fit helps to combat old age diseases which can so easily cut into what should be our senior and still productive years. I want a long healthy, active life and to maintain my independence into my nineties. You should too.
The Little Abs Workout Book
by: Erika Dillman
Amazon Price: (as of 12/31/2010)
Make the Connection: Ten Steps to a Better Body and a Better Life
by: Bob Greene, Oprah Winfrey
Amazon Price: (as of 12/31/2010)
Pilates Lite: Easy Excercises to Lose Weight and Tone Up
by: Karon Karter
Amazon Price: (as of 12/31/2010)
The Biggest Loser Fitness Program: Fast, Safe, and Effective Workouts to Target and Tone Your Trouble Spots--Adapted from NBC's Hit Show!
by: The Biggest Loser Experts and Cast, Maggie Greenwood-Robinson PhD
Amazon Price: $14.93 (as of 12/31/2010)
The Miracle Ball Method: Relieve Your Pain, Reshape Your Body, Reduce Your Stress [2 Miracle Balls Included]
by: Elaine Petrone
Amazon Price: $12.21 (as of 12/31/2010)
3. Lose Weight - the Battle of the Bulge
The main reason to lose weight is for health, not appearance.Nearly 112,000 deaths per year may be attributable to obesity.
•The risk of death rises with increasing weight
•Even moderate weight excess (10 to 20 pounds for a person of average height) increases the risk of death, particularly among adults ages 30 to 64.
•Overweight and obesity are associated with an increased risk for some types of cancer
•For every 2-pound increase in weight, the risk of developing arthritis increases by 9 to 13 percent.
•The incidence of heart disease is higher in persons who are overweight or obese
It all starts with inspiration. Lose Weight with these. Get one and start on your New Years Resolution.
The Biggest Loser Cookboo...
Skinny Bitch in the Kitch...
The South Beach Diet Quic...
Weight Watchers New Compl...
Healthy Cooking for Two (... Help from our Lensmasters
7 Day Meal Planner - Meal Plans For Your Road To Success
Setting up a 7 Day Meal Plan can be hard if you don't know what it looks like. I would like to provide you with a sample which is provided below. You don't have to make a 7 day meal plan. You can make it for the next four weeks, the next 10 days, the...
YOU: The Owner's Manual
An Insider's Guide to the Body that Will Make You Healthier and Younger
Find out how diseases start and how they affect your body-as well as advice on how to prevent and beat the conditions that threaten your quality of life. Complete with exercise tips, nutritional guidelines, simple lifestyle changes, and alternative approaches.
YOU: The Owner's Manual, Updated and Expanded Edition: An Insider's Guide to the Body that Will Make You Healthier and Younger
by: Mehmet C. Oz, Michael F. Roizen
Amazon Price: $17.79 (as of 12/31/2010)
Facts and advice you need to keep your body running long and strong.
An easy, comprehensive, and life-changing how-to plan for fending off the gremlins of aging. Also includes even more great-tasting and calorie-saving recipes as part of the Owner's Manual Diet-an eating plan that is designed with only one goal in mind: to help you live a younger life.
Welcome to your body. Why don't you come on in and take a look around?
4. Enjoy Life More.
Success in what you like to do
Find what you like to do, and do it. If you read the biographies of successful people, this is what they did. An obsession grew into a business, or sports dream was fulfilled, or writing about it resulted in being acknowledged as an expert.
I enjoy reading autobiographies, and biographies, of authors. What inspires them to write, how they fit the act of writing into their day and how they go about getting their work published.
Doing what you like doesn't make it into a weary chore of drudgery, you don't even look at as work. You want to succeed at what you like to do.
How to Enjoy Your Life
You only live life once, live it to the fullest!
Living The 80/20 Way: Wor...
Less Stress More Success...
How to Be Happy, Dammit:...
The Secret to True Happin...
Enjoy the Ride: How to Ex... The Meaning of Success
The Right Mountain: Lessons From Everest On the Real Meaning of Success
by: Jim Hayhurst Sr.
Amazon Price: (as of 12/31/2010)
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
by: Stephen R. Covey
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 12/31/2010)
The One Minute Entrepreneur: The Secret to Creating and Sustaining a Successful Business
by: Ken Blanchard, Don Hutson, Ethan Willis
Amazon Price: $13.57 (as of 12/31/2010)
One Year in 40 seconds
Video by Eirik Solheim
Eirik Solheim - eirikso.com explains how he made this amazing video of a whole year in less than a minute.
powered by Vimeo
5. Quit Drinking
This one is tough. If you were like me and thought you were an occasional drinker, then please take a few moments to think again.
Recommended Safe Limits of Alcohol
Men should drink no more than 21 units of alcohol per week (and no more than four units in any one day).
Women should drink no more than 14 units of alcohol per week (and no more than three units in any one day)
What is a unit of alcohol?
One unit of alcohol is 10ml (1cl) by volume, or 8g by weight, of pure alcohol. For example: one unit of alcohol is about equal to:
half a pint of ordinary strength beer, lager or cider (3-4% alcohol by volume), or
a small pub measure (25ml) of spirits (40% alcohol by volume), or
a standard pub measure (50ml) of fortified wine such as sherry or port (20% alcohol by volume).
Three pints of beer, three times per week, is at least 18-20 units per week. That's nearly the upper weekly safe limit for a man. However, each drinking session of three pints is at least six units, which is more than the safe limit advised for any one day.
A 750ml bottle of 12% wine contains nine units. If you drink two bottles of 12% wine over a week, that is 18 units. This is above the upper safe limit for a woman.
I was knocking back 3 to 4 bottles of chardonnay a week! I didn't realise that I was way over the limit for a long time.
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6. Organise Yourself - this is one of the keys to reaching your goals
I had to work really hard on this one. Remember when it was said that the computer would usher in the Era of the Paperless Office? Ha to that! Almost at once I had five times the amount of paper.
Worse than that, I never seemed to have time to do all of my jobs and the one that was invariably left out was my house. There's nothing worse than having a messy cluttered house, it makes you feel messy and cluttered too.
Zen Habits
My favourite site in keeping life simple and unmessy. All about achieving goals, being organised, motivation, eliminating debt, saving, simplifying, living frugally, happiness, and successfully implementing good habits.
Get Organized Now!
Literally thousands of tips and ideas to help you organise your home, organise your office and organise your life! With a free Get Organized Now! Idea-Pak.
7. Learn Something New
With access to the internet, we are no longer restricted by time. All of us can learn at any time of the day or night.
You don't have to step out of your home to learn something new or pursue your interest. Try one of the many online courses and learn at your own pace from the privacy of your own computer.
IT Courses at eLearning
Short and complete 2 to 6 hour online training courses. Javascript training, visual basic, windows server, XHTML and more.
BBC Online Courses
The BBC aims to provide help and support to anyone who is thinking about or returning to the world of adult learning
Small Business Administration
Free online courses in business management, marketing, business plans, ecommerce and more
Free and Affordable Distance Education
Great list of free or cheap distance and online courses.
8. Get out of Debt
Gas prices are through the roof, food prices aren't far behind, jobless rolls are increasing, the mortgage mess is continuing, the housing market is still tanking, and the "R" word is on everyone's lips.
More and more people are turning to credit cards and home equity loans just to stay afloat and some are even using credit cards to pay their mortgages.
Make a determined effort to cut back some of your debt this year - you have to start somewhere.
12 Steps to get out of debt
There isn't one way to get out of debt, and the best program should be tailored to each person's individual situation. But if you feel like you just don't know how to begin, this give syou a sort of guide - one that should be adjusted to fit your financial situation.
Debt Snowball
When you start knocking off the easier debts, you will start to see results and you will start to win in debt reduction.
9. Spend More Time With Family
Make a resolution to spend more time with your family this year.
Schedule family time
At least one day a week sit down to dinner with your family. Eating together, talking together, you can share your successes, and create an atmosphere safe enough to share failures.
Get your family involved in chores such as meal planning. Plan your menus for the month during your next family dinner and you'll have a captive audience.
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The Creative Family: How...
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Family Nurturing Circle - Game Activity
The possibilities for this activity are endless. The primary goal is to involve everyone in the spirit of 'play', not so much competition, however, this would be a good time to address any values you have to share about competitive atributes with you...
365 TV-Free Activities You Can Do With Your Child
Make the most of your time with your child - whether it is five minutes or a whole afternoon - with simple, fun activities that will excite the whole family. From arts and crafts to toymaking to math and number games, 365 TV-Free Activities You Can D...
Kids In The Kitchen
Most working parents worry about not spending enough quality time with their kids. One simple way of spending time with your kids is to bring them into the kitchen while you complete your own chores instead of letting them watch TV or play video game...
10. Help People.
Volunteering is an important expression of citizenship and an essential component of democracy. It means the commitment of time and energy for the benefit of society and the community. It's undertaken freely and by choice, without concern for financial gain and can be a fulfilling and gratifying experience.
Make a Difference: Americ...
The Busy Family's Guide t...
How to Live Your Dream of...
Volunteering Around the G...
Giving from Your Heart: A... Make those Resolutions stick! Set your Goals
Make this the year for success
No matter what you've done or failed to accomplish in the past, that was then and this is now!
Let's starting by projecting forward and then thinking back. Project forward to the end of the next twelve months and ask yourself, "If everything happens perfectly, what will it look like?"
Write down your goal.
Write down a list of all the little steps you have to take to reach your goal.
Prioritise those steps.
Do something every day to take yourself along the steps towards your goal.
What are your New Years Resolutions?
We all make them, let's work to keep them
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Every year it seems that the same Top Ten New Year resolutions crop up. Why? It's obvious. Because they're just so hard to keep!
I have trouble keeping my resolutions, but this time I'm determined to finally do better.
Success is not an accident, it begins with a well-conceived plan. You can and will achieve more in the next year than you have in the past ten with a disciplined plan of action. By investing your efforts into a New Years Resolution, you give yourself a launch pad for starting your new year and your new life.
My list includes many of the items listed below, but this Lens is not about my New Years Resolutions, but the Top Ten Resolutions.
The Top Ten Resolutions List
1. Stop Smoking
2. Get into a Habit of being Fit
3. Lose Weight - the Battle of the Bulge
4. Enjoy Life More.
5. Quit Drinking
6. Organise Yourself - this is one of the keys to reaching your goals
7. Learn Something New
8. Get out of Debt
9. Spend More Time With Family
10. Help People.
Make those Resolutions stick! Set your Goals
So, that's the Top Ten New Years Resolutions. Write them down and see how successful you are at keeping them. I hope that you have more success than I've had in my resolutions over the years. Happy New Year!
What's the Most Important New Years Resolution for You?
We all have our New Years Resolution every year. What's your number one resolution for 2011?
What is Your Number One New Years Resolution
Stop SmokingGet FitLose WeightEnjoy Life MoreQuit DrinkingGet OrganisedLearn Something NewGet Out of DebtSpend More Time with the FamilyHelp OthersVote
Skip voting, see results
Thanks for voting! Now invite your friends to vote.Tweet it | Share on Facebook
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StumbleuponFacebookMySpaceTwitterDiggDeliciousEmail 1. Stop Smoking
(You may gain 25 lbs)
It's so easy to drop one vice and pick up another - overeating. When you quit smoking the food tastes so much better! Incredibly delicious! Your taste buds came alive after quitting. And it's so easy to substitute the cigarette in your mouth for a chocolate bar. Carry chewing gum. Have sticks of celery close to hand. Drink lots and lots of clean fresh rejuvenating water - pure water - your body craves it.
This will be my third quit campaign. I've done it twice and held on - once for almost two years - but I fell by the wayside. Now I realise that my response to stress is to reach for a cigarette and, let's face it, who doesn't have a stressful life these days? So this time I'm taking an active stand about stress. When it hits me, I will run! Or at least jog. Two or three times around the block. The craving for nicotine should be controlled and, who knows, my stress may very well have disappeared too.
Many people find the will to quit when they read a book about just what a terrible habit smoking is. How it makes you smell, how it controls your life, how often you do things just so you can have a cigarette, apart from the health risk that smoking brings.
What spurs me to succeed this time is the cost of the cigarettes!
Dying to Quit
Learn the connection between mood and tobacco use. Nicotine, a mild euphoriant, provides "quick relief" to anxiety! With some 16 million smokers trying to quit every year, just 1.2 million succeed. Be one of those who succeed!
Dying to Quit: Why We Smoke and How We Stop
by: Janet Brigham, A Joseph Henry Press Book
Amazon Price: $29.95 (as of 12/31/2010)
An engaging and well documented book which helps you understand why quitting smoking is so difficult-- and why you really must do it.
It's been called the "Silent Spring" for smokers.
2. Get into a Habit of being Fit
Getting Fit will take care of losing weight.
This always sounds easier than it really is! I am not going to tell you the number of times that I've started some exercise programme and gradually cut back (with one excuse or another) until it was non-existent. The best exercise I've found is walking.
If you saw a bottle of pills on the supermarket shelf that promised to strengthen your heart, manage your weight and boost your spirits, you would surely dismiss it as snake oil. But walking does this! Walking is simple, natural, and doesn't cost a cent. If you haven't been active for a while, it's a gentle low-impact exercise to ease you into a higher level of fitness and health.
A popular way to lose weight and feel good is with Wii 5-In-1 Fitness Bundle
N.B. Always consult your health care professional before you start on any exercise program.
How to Stay Fit
Staying Fit in our Busy World is Hard
Staying fit in our busy world can be hard. Usually when we're busy, our exercise programme is the first activity that suffers. We put off the exercising so we can cram more things into our day.
But exercising is a top priority item, it makes us more productive, makes us sleep better, makes us feel better all round and so naturally we can accomplish more things.
It helps us maintain a good strong body in our thirties, fight off those cramps and fatigue that come on as we reach our forties and helps to keep at bay the wearing down of our bodies as we move to our fifties. If we stay as fit as we can during our adult years we can avoid a lot of troubles as we get older - staying fit helps to combat old age diseases which can so easily cut into what should be our senior and still productive years. I want a long healthy, active life and to maintain my independence into my nineties. You should too.
The Little Abs Workout Book
by: Erika Dillman
Amazon Price: (as of 12/31/2010)
Make the Connection: Ten Steps to a Better Body and a Better Life
by: Bob Greene, Oprah Winfrey
Amazon Price: (as of 12/31/2010)
Pilates Lite: Easy Excercises to Lose Weight and Tone Up
by: Karon Karter
Amazon Price: (as of 12/31/2010)
The Biggest Loser Fitness Program: Fast, Safe, and Effective Workouts to Target and Tone Your Trouble Spots--Adapted from NBC's Hit Show!
by: The Biggest Loser Experts and Cast, Maggie Greenwood-Robinson PhD
Amazon Price: $14.93 (as of 12/31/2010)
The Miracle Ball Method: Relieve Your Pain, Reshape Your Body, Reduce Your Stress [2 Miracle Balls Included]
by: Elaine Petrone
Amazon Price: $12.21 (as of 12/31/2010)
3. Lose Weight - the Battle of the Bulge
The main reason to lose weight is for health, not appearance.Nearly 112,000 deaths per year may be attributable to obesity.
•The risk of death rises with increasing weight
•Even moderate weight excess (10 to 20 pounds for a person of average height) increases the risk of death, particularly among adults ages 30 to 64.
•Overweight and obesity are associated with an increased risk for some types of cancer
•For every 2-pound increase in weight, the risk of developing arthritis increases by 9 to 13 percent.
•The incidence of heart disease is higher in persons who are overweight or obese
It all starts with inspiration. Lose Weight with these. Get one and start on your New Years Resolution.
The Biggest Loser Cookboo...
Skinny Bitch in the Kitch...
The South Beach Diet Quic...
Weight Watchers New Compl...
Healthy Cooking for Two (... Help from our Lensmasters
7 Day Meal Planner - Meal Plans For Your Road To Success
Setting up a 7 Day Meal Plan can be hard if you don't know what it looks like. I would like to provide you with a sample which is provided below. You don't have to make a 7 day meal plan. You can make it for the next four weeks, the next 10 days, the...
YOU: The Owner's Manual
An Insider's Guide to the Body that Will Make You Healthier and Younger
Find out how diseases start and how they affect your body-as well as advice on how to prevent and beat the conditions that threaten your quality of life. Complete with exercise tips, nutritional guidelines, simple lifestyle changes, and alternative approaches.
YOU: The Owner's Manual, Updated and Expanded Edition: An Insider's Guide to the Body that Will Make You Healthier and Younger
by: Mehmet C. Oz, Michael F. Roizen
Amazon Price: $17.79 (as of 12/31/2010)
Facts and advice you need to keep your body running long and strong.
An easy, comprehensive, and life-changing how-to plan for fending off the gremlins of aging. Also includes even more great-tasting and calorie-saving recipes as part of the Owner's Manual Diet-an eating plan that is designed with only one goal in mind: to help you live a younger life.
Welcome to your body. Why don't you come on in and take a look around?
4. Enjoy Life More.
Success in what you like to do
Find what you like to do, and do it. If you read the biographies of successful people, this is what they did. An obsession grew into a business, or sports dream was fulfilled, or writing about it resulted in being acknowledged as an expert.
I enjoy reading autobiographies, and biographies, of authors. What inspires them to write, how they fit the act of writing into their day and how they go about getting their work published.
Doing what you like doesn't make it into a weary chore of drudgery, you don't even look at as work. You want to succeed at what you like to do.
How to Enjoy Your Life
You only live life once, live it to the fullest!
Living The 80/20 Way: Wor...
Less Stress More Success...
How to Be Happy, Dammit:...
The Secret to True Happin...
Enjoy the Ride: How to Ex... The Meaning of Success
The Right Mountain: Lessons From Everest On the Real Meaning of Success
by: Jim Hayhurst Sr.
Amazon Price: (as of 12/31/2010)
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
by: Stephen R. Covey
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 12/31/2010)
The One Minute Entrepreneur: The Secret to Creating and Sustaining a Successful Business
by: Ken Blanchard, Don Hutson, Ethan Willis
Amazon Price: $13.57 (as of 12/31/2010)
One Year in 40 seconds
Video by Eirik Solheim
Eirik Solheim - eirikso.com explains how he made this amazing video of a whole year in less than a minute.
powered by Vimeo
5. Quit Drinking
This one is tough. If you were like me and thought you were an occasional drinker, then please take a few moments to think again.
Recommended Safe Limits of Alcohol
Men should drink no more than 21 units of alcohol per week (and no more than four units in any one day).
Women should drink no more than 14 units of alcohol per week (and no more than three units in any one day)
What is a unit of alcohol?
One unit of alcohol is 10ml (1cl) by volume, or 8g by weight, of pure alcohol. For example: one unit of alcohol is about equal to:
half a pint of ordinary strength beer, lager or cider (3-4% alcohol by volume), or
a small pub measure (25ml) of spirits (40% alcohol by volume), or
a standard pub measure (50ml) of fortified wine such as sherry or port (20% alcohol by volume).
Three pints of beer, three times per week, is at least 18-20 units per week. That's nearly the upper weekly safe limit for a man. However, each drinking session of three pints is at least six units, which is more than the safe limit advised for any one day.
A 750ml bottle of 12% wine contains nine units. If you drink two bottles of 12% wine over a week, that is 18 units. This is above the upper safe limit for a woman.
I was knocking back 3 to 4 bottles of chardonnay a week! I didn't realise that I was way over the limit for a long time.
powered by Youtube
6. Organise Yourself - this is one of the keys to reaching your goals
I had to work really hard on this one. Remember when it was said that the computer would usher in the Era of the Paperless Office? Ha to that! Almost at once I had five times the amount of paper.
Worse than that, I never seemed to have time to do all of my jobs and the one that was invariably left out was my house. There's nothing worse than having a messy cluttered house, it makes you feel messy and cluttered too.
Zen Habits
My favourite site in keeping life simple and unmessy. All about achieving goals, being organised, motivation, eliminating debt, saving, simplifying, living frugally, happiness, and successfully implementing good habits.
Get Organized Now!
Literally thousands of tips and ideas to help you organise your home, organise your office and organise your life! With a free Get Organized Now! Idea-Pak.
7. Learn Something New
With access to the internet, we are no longer restricted by time. All of us can learn at any time of the day or night.
You don't have to step out of your home to learn something new or pursue your interest. Try one of the many online courses and learn at your own pace from the privacy of your own computer.
IT Courses at eLearning
Short and complete 2 to 6 hour online training courses. Javascript training, visual basic, windows server, XHTML and more.
BBC Online Courses
The BBC aims to provide help and support to anyone who is thinking about or returning to the world of adult learning
Small Business Administration
Free online courses in business management, marketing, business plans, ecommerce and more
Free and Affordable Distance Education
Great list of free or cheap distance and online courses.
8. Get out of Debt
Gas prices are through the roof, food prices aren't far behind, jobless rolls are increasing, the mortgage mess is continuing, the housing market is still tanking, and the "R" word is on everyone's lips.
More and more people are turning to credit cards and home equity loans just to stay afloat and some are even using credit cards to pay their mortgages.
Make a determined effort to cut back some of your debt this year - you have to start somewhere.
12 Steps to get out of debt
There isn't one way to get out of debt, and the best program should be tailored to each person's individual situation. But if you feel like you just don't know how to begin, this give syou a sort of guide - one that should be adjusted to fit your financial situation.
Debt Snowball
When you start knocking off the easier debts, you will start to see results and you will start to win in debt reduction.
9. Spend More Time With Family
Make a resolution to spend more time with your family this year.
Schedule family time
At least one day a week sit down to dinner with your family. Eating together, talking together, you can share your successes, and create an atmosphere safe enough to share failures.
Get your family involved in chores such as meal planning. Plan your menus for the month during your next family dinner and you'll have a captive audience.
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Let's starting by projecting forward and then thinking back. Project forward to the end of the next twelve months and ask yourself, "If everything happens perfectly, what will it look like?"
Write down your goal.
Write down a list of all the little steps you have to take to reach your goal.
Prioritise those steps.
Do something every day to take yourself along the steps towards your goal.
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We all make them, let's work to keep them
The old neon cross « Route 66 News
The old neon cross « Route 66 News
The old neon cross January 1, 2011
Posted by Ron in People, Preservation, Religion, Signs.
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The Alton (Ill.) Telegraph published a story about the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Hamel, Ill., which has featured a blue neon cross atop it that Route 66 and Interstate 55 travelers have gazed upon since the 1940s.
A story about the neon cross that you may not have known:
The cross was dedicated in 1946 as a memorial by the parents of Oscar Brunnworth, a local brave soldier who was killed on a battlefield of World War II.
The church receives letters from people who see the cross in the middle of the night as they drive along I-55 across the country.
“The lighted cross of Christ is a blessing to people who are driving far away from home on Christmas,” Weedon said.
Drivers along the highway stop to see historic Saint Paul Church and travelers with personal problems seek spiritual advice from the pastor.
The Ace Jackalope blog also reports that Brunnworth died in Italy. Ace says:
What impresses me most about the St. Paul cross is that it looks like it belongs there – like the original architect would have approved. Kudos to the church powers-that-be who decided over 60 years ago to allow something different, and what an enduring way to remember the sacrifice of Oscar Brunnworth.
Military records indicate that Brunnworth died in the line of duty, in a non-combat situation.
The fact the neon cross is a memorial explains why it’s been well-maintained over the years. Decades ago, Many churches routinely used neon crosses and other such lighting, but they fell out of favor during the 1970s and were often thrown away when maintenance costs became too troublesome.
The church’s original name was New Gehlenbeck, and it’s more than 150 years old. It was founded by German immigrants, and the first church was in a log cabin. The current church building is about 80 years old.
A photo of the church with its cross can be found on the church’s website here.
The old neon cross January 1, 2011
Posted by Ron in People, Preservation, Religion, Signs.
trackback
The Alton (Ill.) Telegraph published a story about the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Hamel, Ill., which has featured a blue neon cross atop it that Route 66 and Interstate 55 travelers have gazed upon since the 1940s.
A story about the neon cross that you may not have known:
The cross was dedicated in 1946 as a memorial by the parents of Oscar Brunnworth, a local brave soldier who was killed on a battlefield of World War II.
The church receives letters from people who see the cross in the middle of the night as they drive along I-55 across the country.
“The lighted cross of Christ is a blessing to people who are driving far away from home on Christmas,” Weedon said.
Drivers along the highway stop to see historic Saint Paul Church and travelers with personal problems seek spiritual advice from the pastor.
The Ace Jackalope blog also reports that Brunnworth died in Italy. Ace says:
What impresses me most about the St. Paul cross is that it looks like it belongs there – like the original architect would have approved. Kudos to the church powers-that-be who decided over 60 years ago to allow something different, and what an enduring way to remember the sacrifice of Oscar Brunnworth.
Military records indicate that Brunnworth died in the line of duty, in a non-combat situation.
The fact the neon cross is a memorial explains why it’s been well-maintained over the years. Decades ago, Many churches routinely used neon crosses and other such lighting, but they fell out of favor during the 1970s and were often thrown away when maintenance costs became too troublesome.
The church’s original name was New Gehlenbeck, and it’s more than 150 years old. It was founded by German immigrants, and the first church was in a log cabin. The current church building is about 80 years old.
A photo of the church with its cross can be found on the church’s website here.
Monday, November 22, 2010
TSA workers face verbal abuse from travelers - Travel - News - msnbc.com
TSA workers face verbal abuse from travelers - Travel - News - msnbc.com
By Harriet Baskas
Travel writer
Airline passengers aren’t the only ones complaining about the Transportation Security Administration’s new enhanced security procedures. Many TSA employees aren’t too happy, either.
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the union that represents TSA workers, is urging the TSA to do more to protect its employees from abuse from airline passengers angry over the new security methods. The union reports that some members “have reported instances in which passengers have become angry, belligerent and even physical with TSOs (transportation security officers). In Indianapolis, for example, a TSO was punched by a passenger who didn’t like the new screening process,” the union said in a Nov. 17 statement posted on its website.
Related coverage AP Fed-up fliers protest airport security measures
For 30 years, Marcia Miller has flown to Toledo, Ohio, to join four generations of her family for Thanksgiving. But this year, thanks to new airport security measures, she's opting to stay home. Full story
..Union President John Gage called on TSA to provide an educational pamphlet to each passenger describing both their rights and the details of the new procedures, which include full-body scans and enhanced pat-downs.
“This absence of information has resulted in a backlash against the character and professionalism of TSOs,” said Gage in a statement. “TSA must act now — before the Thanksgiving rush — to ensure that TSOs are not being left to fend for themselves.”
“Our concern is that the public not confuse the people implementing the policies with the people who developed the policies,” said Sharon Pinnock, the union's director of membership and organization.
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Monday the government will take into account the public's concerns and complaints as it evaluates airport security measures. He says TSA procedures will continue to evolve.
Story: TSA chief apologizes to traveler with ostomy
Some travelers have vowed to disrupt airport security Wednesday in a protest timed for the busiest travel day of the year, as millions of Americans fly off for annual family feasts.
“TSOs are trained security professionals,” Pinnock said. “Despite this call for chaos and disruption, it’s our belief that our members and people we represent will respond as the security professionals that they are.”
Valyria Lewis, local president of AFGE Local 555, which represents TSA screeners in Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina, said TSOs are trained to screen passengers who opt out of full-body scans.
“But we’d like TSA to hand out pamphlets detailing what opt out means. When someone opts out of the X-ray scanners, they’re opting in for the pat-down,” Lewis said. “And once we explain what the pat-down is, you can’t go back and change your mind and say ‘OK, I’ll go through the scanner.’ We’d like that explained so officers aren’t caught in that crossfire.”
The National Treasury Employees Union, the largest independent federal union, has launched a campaign in support of the TSA to educate the public about the critical role played by TSA officers in helping secure the safety of air travel.
“We stand by them this holiday season and ask the American public to stand by them as well and respect the difficult job they perform to protect our skies and our country,” said NTEU President Colleen M. Kelley in a statement.
Complaints of verbal abuse
Full-body scanners are now in place at close to 70 airports and send virtually naked images of passengers to a TSA screener at a remote location. Those who wish to avoid the scanners must instead undergo a new, open-palmed pat-down that many travelers, and even some security officers, feel is too personally invasive.
Aviation and security blogger Steven Frischling said he has received comments from TSA front-line screeners complaining of verbal abuse.
“Molester, pervert, disgusting, an embarrassment, creep. These are all words I have heard today at work describing me. ...These comments are painful and demoralizing,” one unnamed TSO posted on Frischling’s website.
Another said: “Being a TSO means often being verbally abused. You let the comments roll off and check the next person; however, when a woman refuses the scanner then comes to me and tells me that she feels like I am molesting her; that is beyond verbal abuse.”
“I have encountered a few TSA transportation security officers that have the ‘We're keeping people safe’ attitude,” said Frischling, “But when you ask them about specific aspects of the TSA's policy or procedure, they backpedal a bit and admit there are problems.”
Interactive: Airport Security (on this page)
TSA chief John Pistole said Monday on NBC’s TODAY show that the agency is reviewing its passenger screening methods to ensure they are as minimally invasive as possible. "We're going to look at how can we do the most effective screening in the least invasive way knowing that there's always a trade-off between security and privacy," Pistole said.
Pistole noted that those getting body searches constitute "a very small percent" of the 34 million people who have flown since the new policy went into effect.
“Obviously our work force has received the brunt of the frustration from passengers but seem to be dealing with it quite well, as they have been reassured they are doing a critical job at a critical time,” said TSA spokesman Nico Melendez. He added that TSA employees are prohibited from talking to the media “without prior approval.”
“The thing to keep in mind is that stress affects screeners as much as it does travelers,” said Tom Murphy, director of the Human Resiliency Institute at Fordham University. Murphy has provided customer-service training to screeners at many U.S. airports. “While senior government officials explore how to achieve optimum security in less intrusive, and therefore less stressful, ways my recommendation to travelers is to try to see this from the screeners’ point of view.”
A stressful job
Guy Winch, an expert on the psychology of complaining and customer service and the author of a forthcoming book, “The Squeaky Wheel,” is concerned with the stress levels TSA employees may be experiencing this week on the job.
He explains that the “emotional labor” TSA workers must do — “processing people regardless of hostile exchanges … and looking for explosives and weapons” — makes the stakes for performing their duties correctly “as high as they get.” Winch says the best thing TSA administrators can do for employees doing enhanced pat-downs is to provide an extra layer of managerial and supervisory support. “They need to convey the message that superiors are aware of the stresses the employees are under and are there to support them.”
Winch says having a mental health professional on staff or available as a referral “can be crucial in helping the people who did not make these rules but are charged with enforcing and implementing them nonetheless.”
Stewart Baker, who worked at the Department of Homeland Security as its first secretary of policy under President George W. Bush, suspects the new security protocols and the aggressive reaction of some passengers is hurting TSA morale.
“TSA has made a lot of progress in training its officers to be professional even in the face of unhappy passengers, but the latest protocols — and press coverage of the most inflammatory stories — have led to a much higher level of hostility,” said Baker.
“Instead of making this Wednesday National Opt-Out Day in which a bunch of self-appointed guardians of liberty slow down the line for everyone by asking for pat-downs,” said Baker, “maybe what we need is a day when everyone who goes through the line says, ‘Thanks for what you do.’ ”
Information from the Associated Press was included in this report.
Harriet Baskas is a frequent contributor to msnbc.com, author of the “Stuck at the Airport” blog and a columnist for USATODAY.com. You can follow her on Twitter .
By Harriet Baskas
Travel writer
Airline passengers aren’t the only ones complaining about the Transportation Security Administration’s new enhanced security procedures. Many TSA employees aren’t too happy, either.
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the union that represents TSA workers, is urging the TSA to do more to protect its employees from abuse from airline passengers angry over the new security methods. The union reports that some members “have reported instances in which passengers have become angry, belligerent and even physical with TSOs (transportation security officers). In Indianapolis, for example, a TSO was punched by a passenger who didn’t like the new screening process,” the union said in a Nov. 17 statement posted on its website.
Related coverage AP Fed-up fliers protest airport security measures
For 30 years, Marcia Miller has flown to Toledo, Ohio, to join four generations of her family for Thanksgiving. But this year, thanks to new airport security measures, she's opting to stay home. Full story
..Union President John Gage called on TSA to provide an educational pamphlet to each passenger describing both their rights and the details of the new procedures, which include full-body scans and enhanced pat-downs.
“This absence of information has resulted in a backlash against the character and professionalism of TSOs,” said Gage in a statement. “TSA must act now — before the Thanksgiving rush — to ensure that TSOs are not being left to fend for themselves.”
“Our concern is that the public not confuse the people implementing the policies with the people who developed the policies,” said Sharon Pinnock, the union's director of membership and organization.
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Monday the government will take into account the public's concerns and complaints as it evaluates airport security measures. He says TSA procedures will continue to evolve.
Story: TSA chief apologizes to traveler with ostomy
Some travelers have vowed to disrupt airport security Wednesday in a protest timed for the busiest travel day of the year, as millions of Americans fly off for annual family feasts.
“TSOs are trained security professionals,” Pinnock said. “Despite this call for chaos and disruption, it’s our belief that our members and people we represent will respond as the security professionals that they are.”
Valyria Lewis, local president of AFGE Local 555, which represents TSA screeners in Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina, said TSOs are trained to screen passengers who opt out of full-body scans.
“But we’d like TSA to hand out pamphlets detailing what opt out means. When someone opts out of the X-ray scanners, they’re opting in for the pat-down,” Lewis said. “And once we explain what the pat-down is, you can’t go back and change your mind and say ‘OK, I’ll go through the scanner.’ We’d like that explained so officers aren’t caught in that crossfire.”
The National Treasury Employees Union, the largest independent federal union, has launched a campaign in support of the TSA to educate the public about the critical role played by TSA officers in helping secure the safety of air travel.
“We stand by them this holiday season and ask the American public to stand by them as well and respect the difficult job they perform to protect our skies and our country,” said NTEU President Colleen M. Kelley in a statement.
Complaints of verbal abuse
Full-body scanners are now in place at close to 70 airports and send virtually naked images of passengers to a TSA screener at a remote location. Those who wish to avoid the scanners must instead undergo a new, open-palmed pat-down that many travelers, and even some security officers, feel is too personally invasive.
Aviation and security blogger Steven Frischling said he has received comments from TSA front-line screeners complaining of verbal abuse.
“Molester, pervert, disgusting, an embarrassment, creep. These are all words I have heard today at work describing me. ...These comments are painful and demoralizing,” one unnamed TSO posted on Frischling’s website.
Another said: “Being a TSO means often being verbally abused. You let the comments roll off and check the next person; however, when a woman refuses the scanner then comes to me and tells me that she feels like I am molesting her; that is beyond verbal abuse.”
“I have encountered a few TSA transportation security officers that have the ‘We're keeping people safe’ attitude,” said Frischling, “But when you ask them about specific aspects of the TSA's policy or procedure, they backpedal a bit and admit there are problems.”
Interactive: Airport Security (on this page)
TSA chief John Pistole said Monday on NBC’s TODAY show that the agency is reviewing its passenger screening methods to ensure they are as minimally invasive as possible. "We're going to look at how can we do the most effective screening in the least invasive way knowing that there's always a trade-off between security and privacy," Pistole said.
Pistole noted that those getting body searches constitute "a very small percent" of the 34 million people who have flown since the new policy went into effect.
“Obviously our work force has received the brunt of the frustration from passengers but seem to be dealing with it quite well, as they have been reassured they are doing a critical job at a critical time,” said TSA spokesman Nico Melendez. He added that TSA employees are prohibited from talking to the media “without prior approval.”
“The thing to keep in mind is that stress affects screeners as much as it does travelers,” said Tom Murphy, director of the Human Resiliency Institute at Fordham University. Murphy has provided customer-service training to screeners at many U.S. airports. “While senior government officials explore how to achieve optimum security in less intrusive, and therefore less stressful, ways my recommendation to travelers is to try to see this from the screeners’ point of view.”
A stressful job
Guy Winch, an expert on the psychology of complaining and customer service and the author of a forthcoming book, “The Squeaky Wheel,” is concerned with the stress levels TSA employees may be experiencing this week on the job.
He explains that the “emotional labor” TSA workers must do — “processing people regardless of hostile exchanges … and looking for explosives and weapons” — makes the stakes for performing their duties correctly “as high as they get.” Winch says the best thing TSA administrators can do for employees doing enhanced pat-downs is to provide an extra layer of managerial and supervisory support. “They need to convey the message that superiors are aware of the stresses the employees are under and are there to support them.”
Winch says having a mental health professional on staff or available as a referral “can be crucial in helping the people who did not make these rules but are charged with enforcing and implementing them nonetheless.”
Stewart Baker, who worked at the Department of Homeland Security as its first secretary of policy under President George W. Bush, suspects the new security protocols and the aggressive reaction of some passengers is hurting TSA morale.
“TSA has made a lot of progress in training its officers to be professional even in the face of unhappy passengers, but the latest protocols — and press coverage of the most inflammatory stories — have led to a much higher level of hostility,” said Baker.
“Instead of making this Wednesday National Opt-Out Day in which a bunch of self-appointed guardians of liberty slow down the line for everyone by asking for pat-downs,” said Baker, “maybe what we need is a day when everyone who goes through the line says, ‘Thanks for what you do.’ ”
Information from the Associated Press was included in this report.
Harriet Baskas is a frequent contributor to msnbc.com, author of the “Stuck at the Airport” blog and a columnist for USATODAY.com. You can follow her on Twitter .
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Facebook | Living With A Death Sentence
Facebook | Living With A Death Sentence
EditLiving With A Death Sentenceby John Thomson on Wednesday, November 3, 2010 at 4:06pm
John Thomson Speaking:
Baskically, this article describes my life. I have all of these conditions. I take all of these medications. And I have almost all of the side effects. I have also had the privilege to have had chelation treatments in California in 2005. The treatments however were not intended for my heart condition as much as it was for my over all health situation. I did not return to chelation treatments when I returned from California. So there it is layed out for me quite clearly. In my present predicament I am under a death sentence I already have had a double-bypass and two angio-plasties.
Sugar is my enemy even moreso than cigarettes. I wonder should I trade sugar for cigarettes. My sugar count is at the diabetic level over 7. I don't sleep because of in part the medications, so I eat, my nurse tells me I should not snack after 10 pm, what can i do at 3 am? I finally asked her, "well, what about whiskey." She said not with the medications. So this article says the medications are harmful and everyone says sugar is white and anything white is bad for you. (Wheres my race card) So Im back to Jack Daniels "if you please" and call for Phillip Morris. Stay tuned for "One More Day, Please" Oh and read the article, if you have a heart it just might have something to say to you as well.
Wednesday November 3, 2010
Therapy May Be Able to Save 30 Percent of U.S. Lives... Condemned!
Do you know what happens when your blood doesn't flow freely to your heart? Or your arteries don't pump enough blood to your legs? Or what happens when your brain doesn't get enough oxygen from your blood?
You can get gangrene... suffer stroke or heart attack... or even die.
That's because as you age your arterial walls grow thick with plaque deposits. As that happens, your blood flow slows down. And when your plaque grows too thick... it strangles your blood flow altogether. It's a condition we call atherosclerosis. And it accounts for one‐third of all deaths in the U.S.
Doctors often tackle this problem with statin drugs. But these drugs are expensive and sometimes ineffective. Worse, they can do more harm than good.
Experts and research alike oppose their use. Despite this, statins remain our first-line of defense.
And yet, there's another therapy which some doctors claim is effective and safe. They point to evidence which has been compiled over 50 years - and in over 3,000 studies. Those pioneering surgeons say they have been successfully using this therapy for years. A Nobel-Prize winning doctor champions it.
But the medical industry has condemned its use. The FDA... American Heart Association (AHA)... and the American Medical Association (AMA) have joined together to shut this therapy out.
We reveal what this therapy is... and investigate whether it's worth considering...
Battling Plaque
Plaque deposits form when decaying muscle cells, fibrous tissues, fat, cholesterol, and calcium deposits build up inside your arteries. These deposits can form anywhere in your body. But they are most dangerous when they grow near your heart or brain.
Growth usually starts in areas with turbulent blood flow. Where narrow vessels cause pressure to build up. Or where valves don't close tightly.
Plaque increases with age. It causes your arteries to become hard and lose elasticity. When this happens, blood clots may form and break off. That blocks smaller vessels.
According to conventional medicine, high levels of blood cholesterol indicate plaque build-up. When that happens, your doctor will likely advise you to start taking statin drugs, which can lower your bad LDL cholesterol.
Getting Serious about Statins
It's true that statins can lower cholesterol levels. But many experts believe that cholesterol is not the primary cause of heart disease. (See "The True Cause of Heart Disease")
There's certainly plenty of evidence that suggests they're not the best treatment for atherosclerosis.
Here are just some of the many side effects of statins:
dizziness
nausea or upset stomach
lack of appetite
reduced liver function - which can cause jaundice
itchy skin
abdominal pain
dark‐colored urine
constipation
cramps and muscle pain
joint pain
weakness
fever‐like symptoms
insomnia
nightmares
loss of memory
sexual dysfunction
depression
shortness of breath
irritating cough
No wonder some doctors advise against using statins.
Among them is Garry Gordon MD, DO, founder of the Gordon Research Institute.
"I will not recommend something with a five percent so‐called benefit if there is a known risk as we have with statins," says Dr. Gordon. "I can avoid [these risks] with alternative approaches."
Seeking Alternative Therapies
Dr. Gordon is known worldwide for his study of EDTA chelation. Years ago, he studied and learned about EDTA chelation therapy. EDTA (ethylene diamine tetra‐acetic acid) is an amino acid that's chemically similar to vinegar.
EDTA chelation was first created in the 1930s. Back then it was used as an intravenous treatment for heavy metal poisoning. But as patients recovered from metal poisoning, they noticed a dramatic improvement in other symptoms including coronary artery disease.
And so the studies began. Dr. Gordon researched the therapeutic effects of EDTA. He focused primarily on heart disease.
He discovered that over the past 50 years, more than 3,000 studies, articles, and reviews have confirmed that EDTA is a safe and effective treatment for heart disease. It's since been used by over two million patients.
"Look at my patients," says Dr. Gordon. "They have any level heart disease and many of them are alive after five years. Compare [that to] those on standard therapy."
He has spoken out about how most doctors see heart disease. He says that "they consider the diagnosis of congestive heart failure to be a death sentence."
He notes that is "because over 60 percent of their patients are dead within the first year."
On the other hand, he says, "I haven't lost one patient with congestive heart failure in 10 years."
He states that he's saved patients who were inoperable. Patients who had already had every known form of bypass surgery, "until there were no more veins in their legs to strip out to put in their hearts."
"They were sent home to die and I could get those people back to full functioning," says Dr. Gordon. "I've had doctor friends who wouldn't take the IV at first. They're now on oral EDTA and are able to pass a treadmill stress test that they couldn't pass for five years."
Dr. Gordon advises patients against surgery, statins, and stents. He's not convinced that cholesterol is the primary reason for heart attacks. Rather, he thinks it's a combination of plaque buildup, blood clots, and inflammation.
His therapy tackles these conditions with a multi-pack of oral pills. These include a strong multivitamin, omega-3, primrose oil, a phosphatidyl serine with Gingko biloba, and three capsules containing the EDTA-enhanced institute formula. He says his tests show that such a combination lowers viscosity. This helps prevent fatal blood clots. It also breaks down plaque and helps tackle inflammation.
He also prescribes a diet rich in omega 3 fatty acids and low in toxins to combat inflammation and reverse plaque.
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Closing Ranks
Dr. Gordon points to the 3,000 studies that support the benefits of this therapy. But despite all the research, the AHA says the benefits of such therapy haven't been proven. It says it's reviewed the literature and doesn't find enough evidence to support this therapy.
The AHA's official policy states:
"Employment of this form of unproven treatment may deprive patients of the well-established benefits attendant to the many other valuable methods of treating these diseases."
Many other mainstream medical groups agree. These include the FDA; the American College of Physicians; the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; the National Institutes of Health; the AMA; and the American College of Cardiology.
But Dr. Gordon disagrees and points to 50 years or research that he says supports this treatment. He also notes his own documented success.
With so many naysayers, does anyone else support EDTA chelation therapy?
The Artery Health Institute has done its own tests. They found EDTA - mixed with garlic extract, malic acid, and parsley - immediately improves circulation. Full effects can be reached within three months of therapy.
And two‐time Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling, PhD, has publically championed the therapy.
"EDTA chelation therapy fits in well with my views on health care," says Dr. Pauling.
He recommended that doctors embrace this new therapy if they want to save lives.
"Physicians who administer EDTA integrate the results of my own research into their chelation program," says Dr. Pauling. "Chelation therapy will be of great advantage to the nonsurgical treatment for atherosclerosis."
Plenty of other experts are championing this therapy.
Bruce Halstead, MD, founder of the World Life Research Institute, says over two million chelation treatments have been performed in the U.S. alone. There was not a single fatality in the group.
In 2003, the National Institutes of Health started an extensive $30 million clinical double‐blind trial on EDTA chelation therapy for coronary heart. But the 10‐year study was shut down in 2008 - just halfway through its run.
The Office for Human Research Protections demanded its suspension. That's because several pharmaceutical groups complained, citing "inadequate informed consent."
Dr. James P. Carter, M.D., PhD, suggests the government might be bending to pressure from Big Pharma to suppress therapies like EDTA.
Dr. Carter is a 50-year medical professional. Before retiring in 2007, he ran his own private practice in Mandeville, Louisiana... and served as the long-time Head of the Nutrition Section at Tulane University School of Medicine.
"The new therapy threatens the financial well-being of a politically powerful and well established branch of the medical profession," says Dr. Carter. "Quite the opposite occurred with the immediate and widespread acceptance of bypass surgery and balloon angioplasty. It quickly brought wealth and fame to surgeons, cardiologists, large teams of health care professionals, and the hospital industry."
That leaves prospective patience with two choices: opt for FDA approved methods. Or explore this alternative therapy.
The smartest option is to speak with a doctor you trust. Be sure it's a physician who doesn't profit from chelation treatments... but one who values a natural approach.
In the meantime, we'll be reporting further on this important issue in the near future.
To your health,Ian Robinson, Managing Editor, Natural Health Dossier "Health Watch"
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EditLiving With A Death Sentenceby John Thomson on Wednesday, November 3, 2010 at 4:06pm
John Thomson Speaking:
Baskically, this article describes my life. I have all of these conditions. I take all of these medications. And I have almost all of the side effects. I have also had the privilege to have had chelation treatments in California in 2005. The treatments however were not intended for my heart condition as much as it was for my over all health situation. I did not return to chelation treatments when I returned from California. So there it is layed out for me quite clearly. In my present predicament I am under a death sentence I already have had a double-bypass and two angio-plasties.
Sugar is my enemy even moreso than cigarettes. I wonder should I trade sugar for cigarettes. My sugar count is at the diabetic level over 7. I don't sleep because of in part the medications, so I eat, my nurse tells me I should not snack after 10 pm, what can i do at 3 am? I finally asked her, "well, what about whiskey." She said not with the medications. So this article says the medications are harmful and everyone says sugar is white and anything white is bad for you. (Wheres my race card) So Im back to Jack Daniels "if you please" and call for Phillip Morris. Stay tuned for "One More Day, Please" Oh and read the article, if you have a heart it just might have something to say to you as well.
Wednesday November 3, 2010
Therapy May Be Able to Save 30 Percent of U.S. Lives... Condemned!
Do you know what happens when your blood doesn't flow freely to your heart? Or your arteries don't pump enough blood to your legs? Or what happens when your brain doesn't get enough oxygen from your blood?
You can get gangrene... suffer stroke or heart attack... or even die.
That's because as you age your arterial walls grow thick with plaque deposits. As that happens, your blood flow slows down. And when your plaque grows too thick... it strangles your blood flow altogether. It's a condition we call atherosclerosis. And it accounts for one‐third of all deaths in the U.S.
Doctors often tackle this problem with statin drugs. But these drugs are expensive and sometimes ineffective. Worse, they can do more harm than good.
Experts and research alike oppose their use. Despite this, statins remain our first-line of defense.
And yet, there's another therapy which some doctors claim is effective and safe. They point to evidence which has been compiled over 50 years - and in over 3,000 studies. Those pioneering surgeons say they have been successfully using this therapy for years. A Nobel-Prize winning doctor champions it.
But the medical industry has condemned its use. The FDA... American Heart Association (AHA)... and the American Medical Association (AMA) have joined together to shut this therapy out.
We reveal what this therapy is... and investigate whether it's worth considering...
Battling Plaque
Plaque deposits form when decaying muscle cells, fibrous tissues, fat, cholesterol, and calcium deposits build up inside your arteries. These deposits can form anywhere in your body. But they are most dangerous when they grow near your heart or brain.
Growth usually starts in areas with turbulent blood flow. Where narrow vessels cause pressure to build up. Or where valves don't close tightly.
Plaque increases with age. It causes your arteries to become hard and lose elasticity. When this happens, blood clots may form and break off. That blocks smaller vessels.
According to conventional medicine, high levels of blood cholesterol indicate plaque build-up. When that happens, your doctor will likely advise you to start taking statin drugs, which can lower your bad LDL cholesterol.
Getting Serious about Statins
It's true that statins can lower cholesterol levels. But many experts believe that cholesterol is not the primary cause of heart disease. (See "The True Cause of Heart Disease")
There's certainly plenty of evidence that suggests they're not the best treatment for atherosclerosis.
Here are just some of the many side effects of statins:
dizziness
nausea or upset stomach
lack of appetite
reduced liver function - which can cause jaundice
itchy skin
abdominal pain
dark‐colored urine
constipation
cramps and muscle pain
joint pain
weakness
fever‐like symptoms
insomnia
nightmares
loss of memory
sexual dysfunction
depression
shortness of breath
irritating cough
No wonder some doctors advise against using statins.
Among them is Garry Gordon MD, DO, founder of the Gordon Research Institute.
"I will not recommend something with a five percent so‐called benefit if there is a known risk as we have with statins," says Dr. Gordon. "I can avoid [these risks] with alternative approaches."
Seeking Alternative Therapies
Dr. Gordon is known worldwide for his study of EDTA chelation. Years ago, he studied and learned about EDTA chelation therapy. EDTA (ethylene diamine tetra‐acetic acid) is an amino acid that's chemically similar to vinegar.
EDTA chelation was first created in the 1930s. Back then it was used as an intravenous treatment for heavy metal poisoning. But as patients recovered from metal poisoning, they noticed a dramatic improvement in other symptoms including coronary artery disease.
And so the studies began. Dr. Gordon researched the therapeutic effects of EDTA. He focused primarily on heart disease.
He discovered that over the past 50 years, more than 3,000 studies, articles, and reviews have confirmed that EDTA is a safe and effective treatment for heart disease. It's since been used by over two million patients.
"Look at my patients," says Dr. Gordon. "They have any level heart disease and many of them are alive after five years. Compare [that to] those on standard therapy."
He has spoken out about how most doctors see heart disease. He says that "they consider the diagnosis of congestive heart failure to be a death sentence."
He notes that is "because over 60 percent of their patients are dead within the first year."
On the other hand, he says, "I haven't lost one patient with congestive heart failure in 10 years."
He states that he's saved patients who were inoperable. Patients who had already had every known form of bypass surgery, "until there were no more veins in their legs to strip out to put in their hearts."
"They were sent home to die and I could get those people back to full functioning," says Dr. Gordon. "I've had doctor friends who wouldn't take the IV at first. They're now on oral EDTA and are able to pass a treadmill stress test that they couldn't pass for five years."
Dr. Gordon advises patients against surgery, statins, and stents. He's not convinced that cholesterol is the primary reason for heart attacks. Rather, he thinks it's a combination of plaque buildup, blood clots, and inflammation.
His therapy tackles these conditions with a multi-pack of oral pills. These include a strong multivitamin, omega-3, primrose oil, a phosphatidyl serine with Gingko biloba, and three capsules containing the EDTA-enhanced institute formula. He says his tests show that such a combination lowers viscosity. This helps prevent fatal blood clots. It also breaks down plaque and helps tackle inflammation.
He also prescribes a diet rich in omega 3 fatty acids and low in toxins to combat inflammation and reverse plaque.
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Closing Ranks
Dr. Gordon points to the 3,000 studies that support the benefits of this therapy. But despite all the research, the AHA says the benefits of such therapy haven't been proven. It says it's reviewed the literature and doesn't find enough evidence to support this therapy.
The AHA's official policy states:
"Employment of this form of unproven treatment may deprive patients of the well-established benefits attendant to the many other valuable methods of treating these diseases."
Many other mainstream medical groups agree. These include the FDA; the American College of Physicians; the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; the National Institutes of Health; the AMA; and the American College of Cardiology.
But Dr. Gordon disagrees and points to 50 years or research that he says supports this treatment. He also notes his own documented success.
With so many naysayers, does anyone else support EDTA chelation therapy?
The Artery Health Institute has done its own tests. They found EDTA - mixed with garlic extract, malic acid, and parsley - immediately improves circulation. Full effects can be reached within three months of therapy.
And two‐time Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling, PhD, has publically championed the therapy.
"EDTA chelation therapy fits in well with my views on health care," says Dr. Pauling.
He recommended that doctors embrace this new therapy if they want to save lives.
"Physicians who administer EDTA integrate the results of my own research into their chelation program," says Dr. Pauling. "Chelation therapy will be of great advantage to the nonsurgical treatment for atherosclerosis."
Plenty of other experts are championing this therapy.
Bruce Halstead, MD, founder of the World Life Research Institute, says over two million chelation treatments have been performed in the U.S. alone. There was not a single fatality in the group.
In 2003, the National Institutes of Health started an extensive $30 million clinical double‐blind trial on EDTA chelation therapy for coronary heart. But the 10‐year study was shut down in 2008 - just halfway through its run.
The Office for Human Research Protections demanded its suspension. That's because several pharmaceutical groups complained, citing "inadequate informed consent."
Dr. James P. Carter, M.D., PhD, suggests the government might be bending to pressure from Big Pharma to suppress therapies like EDTA.
Dr. Carter is a 50-year medical professional. Before retiring in 2007, he ran his own private practice in Mandeville, Louisiana... and served as the long-time Head of the Nutrition Section at Tulane University School of Medicine.
"The new therapy threatens the financial well-being of a politically powerful and well established branch of the medical profession," says Dr. Carter. "Quite the opposite occurred with the immediate and widespread acceptance of bypass surgery and balloon angioplasty. It quickly brought wealth and fame to surgeons, cardiologists, large teams of health care professionals, and the hospital industry."
That leaves prospective patience with two choices: opt for FDA approved methods. Or explore this alternative therapy.
The smartest option is to speak with a doctor you trust. Be sure it's a physician who doesn't profit from chelation treatments... but one who values a natural approach.
In the meantime, we'll be reporting further on this important issue in the near future.
To your health,Ian Robinson, Managing Editor, Natural Health Dossier "Health Watch"
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