Healthy Eating

 CARBOHYDRATES INFOGRAPHIC
from: http://infographicality.com/?s=carbohydrates

Begin quote (from  Prodigy Diabetes Care blogpost) :

Nutrition

"One of the most important ways to manage diabetes is by eating the right foods in the right amounts. Everyone with diabetes should have a meal plan. Knowing how much to eat, what to eat, and when to eat is also important. Your doctor, dietitian or certified diabetes educator can help you develop a meal plan that works for you.

Some guidelines to eating healthy are: 

• Plan your meals

• Do not skip meals

• Eat when you are hungry and stop when you are satisfied

• Eat meals and snacks at regular times every day

• Eat three balanced meals a day plus snacks, spread them out during the day

• Eat a variety of foods

• Add color to meals with fresh fruits and vegetables

• Enjoy plenty of whole grains

• Make sure you get enough fiber every day

• Watch portion sizes

• Slow down and enjoy the flavor of each bite of food

The three major nutrients in food are:

• Carbohydrates

• Proteins

• Fats

Carbohydrates

Carbohydrates are the body’s main energy source. The majority of the carbohydrates we eat are in the form of starch or sugar. Carbohydrates increase blood sugar the most. Almost 100% of carbohydrates are absorbed as sugar or glucose. On average, 50% of calories each day come from carbohydrates. Carbohydrates are measured in grams. All types of carbohydrates have the same effect on blood sugar levels.

Protein

Protein is broken down into amino acids. Amino acids are used to repair and replace body tissues. Protein has much less effect on your blood glucose levels than carbohydrates. It does not easily turn into glucose. Protein is mainly found in meat, fish, poultry, eggs, cheese, milk, nuts, and dried beans. It is recommended that you eat 2-3 servings per day. Select lean meats such as chicken (white meat, without skin), low fat or fat free cheese, and beans.

Fats

There are two types of fats, healthy fat and unhealthy fat. Healthy fats are monounsaturated, polyunsaturated, and omega-3 fats. Unhealthy fats are saturated and trans fat. To lower your risk of heart disease, eat less of the unhealthy fats. All fats are high in calories so it is important to eat the correct portion sizes. Cut back on saturated and trans fats, substitute them with the healthy fats. Instead of 1 cheese stick for an afternoon snack, have 12 almonds. The change will help in keeping a healthy heart.

Unhealthy Fats

Saturated fat increases blood cholesterol levels. High blood cholesterol is a risk factor for heart disease. People with diabetes are at high risk for heart disease, by lowering your saturated fat intake you can lower your risk of having a heart attack or stroke.

Saturated fat foods include high-fat dairy products such as; full-fat cheese, cream, ice cream, whole milk and 2%, and our cream. High-fat meats include regular ground beef, bologna, hot dogs, sausage, bacon, poultry with skin, and spareribs.

Trans fat increases blood cholesterol levels. It is actually unhealthier than saturated fat. For a heart-healthy diet; you want to eat as little trans fat as possible by avoiding all foods that contain it. Trans fats are listed on the label, making it easier to identify these foods. Unless there is at least 0.5 grams or more of trans fat in a food, the label can claim 0 grams. If you want to avoid as much trans fat as possible, you must read the ingredient list on food labels.

Trans fat foods include:

• Processed foods

• Snacks (crackers and chips)

• Baked goods (muffins, cookies and cakes) with hydrogenated oil or partially hydrogenated oil

• Stick margarines

• Shortening

• Some fast food items such as french fries

Another unhealthy fat is cholesterol. The body naturally makes some cholesterol in your blood. The rest comes from the consumption of some foods. Foods from animals are mainly sources of dietary cholesterol. Cholesterol that comes from the foods you eat may increase blood cholesterol, it is recommended to eat less than 200 mg per day. Cholesterol is required on food labels. Foods that contain cholesterol include high-fat dairy products, egg yolks, liver and other organ meats, and high fat meat and poultry skin.

Healthy Fats

Monounsaturated fats are called “good or healthy” fats because they can lower your bad (LDL) cholesterol. Foods that contain monounsaturated fat include avocado, canola oil, nuts, olives, and peanut butter.

Polyunsaturated fats are also “healthy” fats. ADA recommends that you include these in your diet as well as monounsaturated fats. Some sources of polyunsaturated fats come from oils such as a corn, cottonseed, soybean and sunflower oils. Walnuts and salad dressing are also sources of polyunsaturated fats.

Omega-3 fatty acids help prevent clogging of the arteries. Some types of fish that are high in omega-3 fatty acid are albacore tuna, herring, mackerel, rainbow trout, and salmon. Some plant foods are also sources of omega-3 fatty acids for example tofu, walnuts, and canola oil. The ADA recommends eating non-fried fish 2 or 3 times a week.

Source: http://www.diabetes.org/food-and-fitness/food/what-can-i-eat/fat-and-diabetes.html NOTE: The Food & Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency have issued a joint consumer advisory about mercury in fish and shellfish. This advice is for women who might become pregnant; women who are pregnant; nursing mothers; and young children. Your fish and shellfish consumption should be limited to no more than 12 oz. per week."

End quote (from Prodigy Diabetes Care blogpost - http://prodigymeter.com/?page_id=143)

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Why Do Dogs Live Less Than Humans? Answer of a 6-year-old boy (Français: Pourquoi les chiens vivent-ils moins que des humains ? Réponse d'un garçon de 6 années)

Portrait of beloved Jessie (1994 - 2006) who forever sleeps
in peaceful beauty and final harmony at Les Zeribas with our
lost loves, Maggie (1993 - 2007) and Mona Lisa (1992 - 2007)

Begin quote from blog post: "Love is a Four-Legged Word - Share your love for your pets":

"This is not my story, I didn’t write this, but I truly enjoyed it, so here goes:

Being a veterinarian, I had been called to examine a ten-year-old Irish Wolfhound named Belker. The dog’s owners, Ron, his wife Lisa, and their little boy Shane, were all very attached to Belker, and they were hoping for a miracle.

I examined Belker and found he was dying of cancer. I told the family we couldn’t do anything for Belker, and offered to perform the euthanasia procedure for the old dog in their home.

As we made arrangements, Ron and Lisa told me they thought it would be good for six-year-old Shane to observe the procedure. They felt as though Shane might learn something from the experience.

The next day, I felt the familiar catch in my throat as Belker ‘s family surrounded him. Shane seemed so calm, petting the old dog for the last time, that I wondered if he understood what was going on. Within a few minutes, Belker slipped peacefully away.

The little boy seemed to accept Belker’s transition without any difficulty or confusion. We sat together for a while after Belker’s Death, wondering aloud about the sad fact that animal lives are shorter than human lives.  Shane, who had been listening quietly, piped up, ”I know why.”

Startled, we all turned to him. What came out of his mouth next stunned me. I’d never heard a more comforting explanation. It has changed the way I try and live.

He said, ”People are born so that they can learn how to live a good life — like loving everybody all the time and being nice, right?” The Six-year-old continued,

”Well, dogs already know how to do that, so they don’t have to stay as long.”

Live simply.

Love generously.

Care deeply.

Speak kindly.

Remember, if a dog was the teacher you would learn things like:

When loved ones come home, always run to greet them.

Never pass up the opportunity to go for a joyride.

Allow the experience of fresh air and the wind in your face to be pure Ecstasy.

Take naps.

Stretch before rising.

Run, romp, and play daily.

Thrive on attention and let people touch you.

Avoid biting when a simple growl will do.

On warm days, stop to lie on your back on the grass.

On hot days, drink lots of water and lie under a shady tree.

When you’re happy, dance around and wag your entire body.

Delight in the simple joy of a long walk.

Be loyal.

Never pretend to be something you’re not.

If what you want lies buried, dig until you find it.

When someone is having a bad day, be silent, sit close by, and nuzzle them gently.

ENJOY EVERY MOMENT OF EVERY DAY!

Author : Unknown

Please share"

End quote from blog post: "Love is a Four-Legged Word - Share your love for your pets"  http://fourleggedlove.wordpress.com/2013/03/18/why-dogs-live-less-than-human-answer-of-a-6-year-old/

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The Best Diet

The science is clear 

The science is in and it's crystal clear on what the healthiest diet is.

It's also possibly the least expensive and the tastiest too, but that's another story.

This diet not only helps prevent 12 major life threatening and disabling diseases, it can also stop their progress and even in some cases like diabetes and heart disease, reverse it.

Why haven't you heard of this diet?

Because the corporations that control the US food industry can't get rich on it and the Corporate State would prefer that you not know about it and be endlessly confused.

Thanks to Brasscheck TV for editing down the essence of this hour long presentations into less than 10 minutes.

Text/video from: http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/health-and-medical-1/the-best-diet.html
Video embedded from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDUP4qQn4es

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Humpback Whale Shows AMAZING Appreciation After Being Freed From Nets

Blood Sugar Level Balance: Strategy to Reduce Belly Fat and Brain Fog

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Blood Sugar Level Balance: 

Strategy to Reduce Belly Fat and Brain Fog

by Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo, MS. DC, CCN, DACBN

(from: The Best Years in Life at http://www.tbyil.com) 

Earlier, I posted articles about managing your stress and a very special type of exercise called Burst training. Third on the list of strategies for reducing belly fat and brain fog. is reducing excess insulin production and reversing insulin resistance. This is hugely important

Function and Dysfunction of Insulin

Insulin gets secreted in response to elevation of your blood sugar. This can be after a meal or as a result of stress. The relationship between cortisol and insulin is circular. Increased cortisol raises blood sugar which causes an increase in insulin which causes cortisol to go up.

Under normal circumstances, after a meal, the increased glucose and/or amino acids in the blood cause the pancreas to secrete insulin. The more glucose, the more insulin that’s produced. Insulin binds to the cell membranes and triggers glucose receptors in cell membrane to open up and let the glucose in. Glucose, amino acids, fats, magnesium and other nutrients are then transported into the cell, the mitochondria produce energy and everyone is happy. Once the nutrients are cleared from the blood, the pancreas stops secreting insulin.

Even under normal circumstances, insulin has some undesirable effects. But like most things in your body, it’s a double edged sword. It has its good side and its bad side. Insulin is absolutely necessary to get the sugar out of your blood and into the cells where it can be converted to energy. Without insulin, your blood sugar would skyrocket and you’d become diabetic.

The negative effects of insulin are

Preferential use of glucose over fat as fuel
Inhibits the burning of fat by the cells
Inhibits growth hormone
Slightly depresses thyroid effects by blunting conversion of T-4 to T-3.

Insulin is chronically elevated when you eat foods high in carbohydrates that stimulate a rapid rise in glucose, and when you eat your meals too close together. When this happens, you are in a constant state of inhibited fat burning, low growth hormone and, lowered metabolic. The end result is you can’t lose the belly fat.

Excess insulin can cause your blood sugar to get too low, leading to the brain fog, irritability and ravenous appetite caused by low blood sugar.

On top of everything else, after a while the insulin receptors on your cells get tired of the constant insulin stimulation and they basically put their hands over their ears and say: Enough!

Flash
Flash

When your cells become resistant to insulin, one of three things happens.

Insulin can’t keep up with the demand and your blood sugar starts to rise, leading to diabetes
Insulin gets really good at clearing the blood sugar triggering fat storage and your midsection grows steadily.
Insulin gets too good at clearing the glucose. Not only does your fat storage increase, your blood sugar plummets and you experience the symptoms of reactive hypoglycemia.

The problem happens when you eat a lot of foods that trigger insulin to be released or when you’re chronically stressed and cortisol causes your blood sugar to elevate. Then what happens is either the circulating insulin does not bind to the insulin receptors on the cell, or it binds, but its effects are deficient, and the nutrients are not efficiently cleared from blood. This causes your pancreas to continue to secrete more insulin causing high levels of insulin for a long period of time before nutrients are cleared. As a result you experience deficient function in insulin resistant cells, like your liver, fat, and untrained muscle due to insufficient energy production. It also results in the anabolic effects of excess insulin, namely increased body fat, especially around the middle.

Not all cells become insulin resistant. The cells lining your blood vessels don’t become resistant to excess insulin and thus suffer the adverse effects of excess insulin, namely oxidative damage to blood vessel linings. This can result in thickening, narrowing and plaque formation resulting in atherosclerosis, high blood pressure and increased risk of heart attack.

Excess insulin can also result in the adverse systemic effects of inflammation, water retention, suppressed fat burning, blunted growth hormone and low thyroid hormone.


SO…what should you do?

First and foremost, get off ALL sugar and processed foods. That means no bread, even gluten free, no cookies, crackers (except raw dehydrated ones, made from vegetables, nuts and seeds) no cakes, pastries, candies and fruit juice. These foods trigger blood sugar spikes which trigger excess insulin release.

You also need to restore your cell’s receptivity to insulin. There are a number of nutrients like chromium, magnesium, glutamine and zinc that are important here.

I’ve had great results with a 30 day program for restoring insulin receptor sensitivity. I call it my IRS restoration system, short for Insulin Receptor Sensitivity Restoration System.

Insulin Receptor Sensitivity Restoration System

Remove all foods that trigger blood sugar spikes: sugar, all grains, potatoes, fruit juice, dried fruit and high glycemic fruits like bananas and grapes. I recommend my patients purchase a glucose meter and test the fruits to determine which ones they need to eliminate. I also recommend that whenever fruit is consumed it’s taken with green leafy vegetables like lettuce, spinach and sprouts. Smoothies are the best way to eat fruit.

Supplement with the nutrients needed to restore regulation. In general these may be chromium, magnesium, glutamine, zinc and the B vitamins. It can vary from person to person.

Supplement with DHA, an omega 3 fat that’s vital for insulin sensitivity. This can be in a plant form, from algae or from fish.Insulin resistance and blood sugar level imbalance are not minor inconveniences that can be ignored. The long term consequences are serious and life threatening.

Retrain your tongue and get your blood sugar and insulin under control so you can live a long and happy life with a flat belly, clear head and a renewal enjoyment of your life.

Love, Health, and Joy,

Dr. Ritamarie

References:

Bellisle F, et al. Meal Frequency and energy balance. British Journal of Nutrition. 1997; 77:(Suppl. 1) s57-s70.
Byron, J. Richards, CCN. Mastering Leptin.
Clark, Dr. Dennis. PhD. Belly Fat Book: 5 Steps to a Slimmer and Healthier You.
Halberg N, et al. Effect of intermittent fasting and refeeding on insulin action in healthy men. Journal of Applied Physiology 2005; 99:2128-2136.
Heilbronn LK, et al. Alternate-day fasting in non-obese subjects: effects on body weight, body composition, and energy metabolism. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2005; 81:69-73.
Moller N, Jorgensen JO. Effects of growth hormone on glucose, lipid and protein metabolism in human subjects. Endocrine Reviews. 2009; 30:152-177.
Pilon, Brad, MS. Eat, Stop, Eat.
Verboeket-Van De Venne WPHG, et al. Effect of the pattern of food intake on human energy metabolism. British Journal of Nutrition. 1993; 70:103-115.
Vogels N, Westerterp-Plantenga MS. Successful Long-term weight Maintenance: A 2-year follow up. Obesity: 15 (5); 2007 1258-1266.

See also:

Natural Help for Diabetes at http://www.tbyil.com/Diabetes.htm

About the author

Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo holds a Doctor of Chiropractic Degree with Certification in Acupuncture, and is a Diplomat of the American Clinical Nutrition Board. She is a Certified Clinical Nutritionist, with a Master of Science in Human Nutrition. She also holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from New York University. She is also certified as a living foods chef, instructor, coach and teacher.

Her articles have appeared in the Journal of Nutritional Perspectives, Natural Awakenings, Purely Delicious, and many other national magazines as well as countless online publications. She is in great demand as a speaker at conferences nationwide. She is the founder of the International Association of OnLine Holistic Nutrition Professionals (AOLNP) and the author of several books.

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Be sure to visit her main website at: http://drritamarie.com/

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from: http://www.tbyil.com/Blood_Sugar_Belly_Fat_Brain_Fog_Ritamarie_Loscalzo.htm

"Sugar, the society stealth killer" by Auroria

Four Stages of Acidic Life

Sugar, the society stealth killer

Counting the Many Ways Sugar Harms Your Health

Contributed by Nancy Appleton, PhD

Author of the book Lick The Sugar Habit

http://junocristi.blogspot.com/2012/03/counting-many-ways-sugar-harms-your.html

In addition to throwing off the body's homeostasis, excess sugar may result in a number of other significant consequences. The following is a listing of some of sugar's metabolic consequences from a variety of medical journals and other scientific publications.

•Sugar can suppress your immune system and impair your defenses against infectious disease.
•Sugar upsets the mineral relationships in your body: causes chromium and copper deficiencies and interferes with absorption of calcium and magnesium.
•Sugar can cause can cause a rapid rise of adrenaline, hyperactivity, anxiety, difficulty concentrating, and crankiness in children.
•Sugar can produce a significant rise in total cholesterol, triglycerides and bad cholesterol and a decrease in good cholesterol.
•Sugar causes a loss of tissue elasticity and function.
•Sugar feeds cancer cells and has been connected with the development of cancer of the breast, ovaries, prostate, rectum, pancreas, biliary tract, lung, gallbladder and stomach.
•Sugar can increase fasting levels of glucose and can cause reactive hypoglycemia.
•Sugar can weaken eyesight.
•Sugar can cause many problems with the gastrointestinal tract including: an acidic digestive tract, indigestion, malabsorption in patients with functional bowel disease, increased risk of Crohn's disease, and ulcerative colitis.
•Sugar can cause premature aging.
•Sugar can lead to alcoholism.
•Sugar can cause your saliva to become acidic, tooth decay, and periodontal disease.
•Sugar contributes to obesity.
•Sugar can cause autoimmune diseases such as: arthritis, asthma, multiple sclerosis.
•Sugar greatly assists the uncontrolled growth of Candida Albicans (yeast infections).
•Sugar can cause gallstones.
•Sugar can cause appendicitis.
•Sugar can cause hemorrhoids.
•Sugar can cause varicose veins.
•Sugar can elevate glucose and insulin responses in oral contraceptive users.
•Sugar can contribute to osteoporosis.
•Sugar can cause a decrease in your insulin sensitivity thereby causing an abnormally high insulin levels and eventually diabetes.
•Sugar can lower your Vitamin E levels.
•Sugar can increase your systolic blood pressure.
•Sugar can cause drowsiness and decreased activity in children.
•High sugar intake increases advanced glycation end products (AGEs)(Sugar molecules attaching to and thereby damaging proteins in the body).
•Sugar can interfere with your absorption of protein.
•Sugar causes food allergies.
•Sugar can cause toxemia during pregnancy.
•Sugar can contribute to eczema in children.
•Sugar can cause atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease
•Sugar can impair the structure of your DNA.
•Sugar can change the structure of protein and cause a permanent alteration of the way the proteins act in your body.
•Sugar can make your skin age by changing the structure of collagen.
•Sugar can cause cataracts and nearsightedness
•Sugar can cause emphysema.
•High sugar intake can impair the physiological homeostasis of many systems in your body.65
•Sugar lowers the ability of enzymes to function.
•Sugar intake is higher in people with Parkinson's disease.
•Sugar can increase the size of your liver by making your liver cells divide and it can increase the amount of liver fat.
•Sugar can increase kidney size and produce pathological changes in the kidney such as the formation of kidney stones.
•Sugar can damage your pancreas.
•Sugar can increase your body's fluid retention.
•Sugar is enemy #1 of your bowel movement.
•Sugar can compromise the lining of your capillaries.
•Sugar can make your tendons more brittle.
•Sugar can cause headaches, including migraines.
•Sugar can reduce the learning capacity, adversely affect school children's grades and cause learning disorders.
•Sugar can cause an increase in delta, alpha, and theta brain waves which can alter your mind's ability to think clearly.
•Sugar can cause depression.
•Sugar can increase your risk of gout.
•Sugar can increase your risk of Alzheimer's disease.
•Sugar can cause hormonal imbalances such as: increasing estrogen in men, exacerbating , and decreasing growth hormone.
•Sugar can lead to dizziness.
•Diets high in sugar will increase free radicals and oxidative stress.
•High sucrose diets of subjects with peripheral vascular disease significantly increases platelet adhesion.
•High sugar consumption of pregnant adolescents can lead to substantial decrease in gestation duration and is associated with a twofold increased risk for delivering a small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infant.
•Sugar is an addictive substance.
•Sugar can be intoxicating, similar to alcohol.
•Sugar given to premature babies can affect the amount of carbon dioxide they produce.
•Decrease in sugar intake can increase emotional stability.
•Your body changes sugar into 2 to 5 times more fat in the bloodstream than it does starch.
•The rapid absorption of sugar promotes excessive food intake in obese subjects.
•Sugar can worsen the symptoms of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
•Sugar adversely affects urinary electrolyte composition.
•Sugar can slow down the ability of your adrenal glands to function.
•Sugar has the potential of inducing abnormal metabolic processes in a normal healthy individual and to promote chronic degenerative diseases.
•I.V.s (intravenous feedings) of sugar water can cut off oxygen to your brain.
•Sugar increases your risk of polio.
•High sugar intake can cause epileptic seizures.
•Sugar causes high blood pressure in obese people.
•In intensive care units: Limiting sugar saves lives.
•Sugar may induce cell death.
•In juvenile rehabilitation camps, when children were put on a low sugar diet, there was a percent drop in antisocial behavior.
•Sugar dehydrates newborns.
•Sugar can cause gum disease

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Photo from: http://articlesofhealth.blogspot.com/2007/12/four-stages-of-acidic-life.html

Content from blog post:
"Which Drugs Actually Kill Americans"
by Katie Peek - Posted 04.23.2013

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-04/which-drugs-actually-kill-americans

and in comments after article by Auroria at 4/23/12 @ 10:58 AM

Young Man Follows His Heart and Dream with Creative Resignation Letter on a Cake!

quoted from www. business insider.com:

"Man Brilliantly Quits His Job To Pursue Dream Job 

with Resignation Letter Written On A Cake"

"If you're going to quit your job to pursue your dream job of making cakes for a living, then writing your resignation letter on a cake is definitely the right move.

The cake notes that it's the person's 31st birthday, and that he realizes how precious life is, so he wants to do a job that lets him spend more time with his family, while pursuing something he's actually interested in.

Note the bottom of the cake has a nice plug for his business, so this is great marketing as well:

So, my brother-in-law has resigned from his 9-to-5 job in spectacular  

fashion. Jerry Maguire meets Masterchef. twitter.com/ee_stu/status/…

— stuart jackson (@ee_stu) April 16, 2013(Via @lucytobin and @Roeld_)"

from http://www.businessinsider.com/resignation-letter-written-on-a-cake-2013-4

Charlie Chaplin's Great Dictator's Final Speech (Oct.1940) - A Message for All Humanity

from: Tragedyand Hope YouTube channel - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsgaFKwUA6g

Charlie Chaplin's Great Dictator's Final Speech

""Speak - it is our only hope" "Hope -
I'm sorry but I don't want to be an Emperor - that's not my business - I don't want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone if possible, Jew, gentile, black man, white. We all want to help one another, human beings are like that.
We all want to live by each other's happiness, not by each other's misery. We don't want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone and the earth is rich and can provide for everyone.
The way of life can be free and beautiful.
But we have lost the way.
Greed has poisoned men's souls -
has barricaded the world with hate;
has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed.
We have developed speed but we have shut ourselves in:
machinery that gives abundance has left us in want.
Our knowledge has made us cynical,
our cleverness hard and unkind.
We think too much and feel too little:
More than machinery we need humanity;
More than cleverness we need kindness and gentleness.
Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost.
The airplane and the radio have brought us closer together.
The very nature of these inventions cries out for the goodness in men, cries out for universal brotherhood for the unity of us all.
Even now my voice is reaching millions throughout the world, millions of despairing men, women and little children, victims of a system that makes men torture and imprison innocent people.
To those who can hear me I say "Do not despair".
The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed, the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress: the hate of men will pass and dictators die and the power they took from the people , will return to the people and so long as men die [now] liberty will never perish. . .
Soldiers - don't give yourselves to brutes, men who despise you and enslave you - who regiment your lives, tell you what to do, what to think and what to feel, who drill you, diet you, treat you as cattle, as cannon fodder.
Don't give yourselves to these unnatural men, machine men, with machine minds and machine hearts. You are not machines.
You are not cattle.
You are men.
You have the love of humanity in your hearts.
You don't hate - only the unloved hate.
Only the unloved and the unnatural.
Soldiers - don't fight for slavery, fight for liberty.
In the seventeenth chapter of Saint Luke it is written "the kingdom of God is within man "
- not one man, nor a group of men - but in all men - in you, the people.
You the people have the power, the power to create machines, the power to create happiness.
You the people have the power to make life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure.
Then in the name of democracy let's use that power - let us all unite.
Let us fight for a new world, a decent world that will give men a chance to work, that will give you the future and old age and security.
By the promise of these things, brutes have risen to power, but they lie.
They do not fulfil their promise, they never will.
Dictators free themselves but they enslave the people.
Now let us fight to fulfil that promise.
Let us fight to free the world, to do away with national barriers, do away with greed, with hate and intolerance.
 Let us fight for a world of reason, a world where science and progress will lead to all men's happiness.
Soldiers - in the name of democracy, let us all unite!
. . .
Look up! Look up!
The clouds are lifting - the sun is breaking through.
We are coming out of the darkness into the light.
We are coming into a new world.
A kind new world where men will rise above their hate and brutality.
The soul of man has been given wings - and at last he is beginning to fly.
He is flying into the rainbow - into the light of hope - into the future, that glorious future that belongs to you, to me and to all of us.
Look up. Look up."

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from original: Charlie Chaplain's Great Dictator's Final Speech

from: Daniel M. Kobayashi YouTube channel -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX25PDBb708

Does Processed Food Addict and Ultimately Kill Us?

Big Food Corporations Are Making The World Fat

Packaged food sales are exploding with world obesity
from: "Big Food Corporations Are Making The World Fat - 12.21.12"

the above chart and below comment are from the following highly recommended article: http://www.businessinsider.com/big-food-corporations-are-making-the-world-fat-2012-12

NotSheeple on Dec 21, 8:15 PM said:

The single biggest contributer to FAT is MSG in all its many forms (24 or so, headings). It causes a hyper-pancreatic response that dumps insulin into the system, causing mass fat storage and diabetes type 2. It has to be the single most widely used ingredient besides corn derivatives, it is in 90% of food, on the shelf, or in restaurants. Here is a good example, you get more insulin, and fat storage from one small lunchbox sized bag of Doritos than you do from a 12x12, 2 layer, box of chocolates. To top it all off, light products have way more MSG than regular products, sometimes on the label 4-5 times (kraft ranch dressing, Kraft light ranch). This is slightly nefarious, by consuming light products you are more likely to gain weight and get type 2 diabetes, and then you consume more light products to lose that extra weight you just gained, etc etc. It should be banned from ALL food, because it doesnt stop there, MSG is also a neurotoxin (excitotoxin class), and does weird things to the brain (hence the headache side effect). It is extremely addictive, studies have shown that rats will consume MSG over any other drug, including opiates, nicotine, meth, crack, etc etc. Have you ever been full, but still cant stop reaching for that next Dorito? It is literally addiction, cleverly disguised, and explained away as binge eating, or overconsumption. I will say quite frankly, it is a evil nasty drug, that they put in all food to make you fat, make you addicted, and make you sick, one could even call it "soft kill" weapon technology, as the food industry, and pharmaceutical companies know exactly how it works. What do you think they give lab rats when they are fattening them up for experiments...MSG. Time for the public to stop being lab rats.

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Become Modern Hunter-Gatherer to Save Your Life

Dr. Terry Wahls, M. D. before and after her self-treatment for MS

Co-Create Healing: Dr. Terry Wahls Demonstrates How Food Heals - She Healed MS After Finding the Building Blocks of Life 

posted on www.selfhealgo.com on June 1, 2012

"For four years, secondary progressive multiple sclerosis confined Dr. Terry Wahls to a tilt-recline wheelchair. But by using Functional Medicine to create the Wahls Protocol™, Dr. Wahls has transformed her health and body: now she walks easily without a cane and commutes by bicycle. Dr. Wahls uses these diets and protocols in her primary care and traumatic brain injury clinics and is leading a clinical trial to test her protocols on others."
from: www.terrywahls.com

from: Minding Your Mitochondria: Dr. Terry Wahls at TEDxIowaCity  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLjgBLwH3Wc

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Yeo Inhyeok - One-man-band, Solo A Capella !!

Stevie Wonder Cover - "I Wish" / Yeo Inhyeok 

Yeo Inhyeok doing Micheal Jacksons "Thriller" 

from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC_mNyn9vDE   and   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SJGDeRTx7I  respectively

Thought of You - by Ryan Woodward

 "The birth of “Thought of You” came from my desire to unite several of my passions into one art piece. Figurative works, 2d animation, EFX animation, and contemporary dance. Put all three of these forms together to support a theme centered around the complexities of intimate relationships…and whalaa, “Thought of You” is born!" - Ryan Woodward.

 “World Spins Madly On“, performed by “The Weepies”, courtesy of Nettwerk Music Group.

The animated short, “Thought of You“, by Ryan Woodward.

Conte Animation website containing Ryan's short film. http://www.conteanimated.com

video embedded from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBk3ynRbtsw

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What 10 things should you do every day to improve your life? by Eric Barker

"Morning-Sunlight" - Get Out There: Nature’s Healing Power, by Frank Lipman
from - http://www.drfranklipman.com/get-out-there/

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1) Get out in nature:

You probably seriously underestimate how important this is. (Actually, there’s research that says you do.) Being in nature reduces stress, makes you more creative, improves your memory and may even make you a better person.

2) Exercise:

We all know how important this is, but few people do it consistently. Other than health benefits too numerous to mention, exercise makes you smarter, happier, improves sleep, increases libido and makes you feel better about your body. A Harvard study that has tracked a group of men for more than 70 years identified it as one of the secrets to a good life.

3) Spend time with friends and family:

Harvard happiness expert Daniel Gilbert identified this as one of the biggest sources of happiness in our lives. Relationships are worth more than you think (approximately an extra $131,232 a year.) Not feeling socially connected can make you stupider and kill you. Loneliness can lead to heart attack, stroke and diabetes. The longest lived people on the planet all place a strong emphasis on social engagement and good relationships are more important to a long life than even exercise. Friends are key to improving your life. Share good news and enthusiatically respond when others share good news with you to improve your relationships. Want to instantly be happier? Do something kind for them.


4) Express gratitude:

It will make you happier. It will improve your relationships. It can make you a better person. It can make life better for everyone around you.


5) Meditate:

Meditation can increase happiness, meaning in life, social support and attention span while reducing anger, anxiety, depression and fatigue. Along similar lines, prayer can make you feel better — even if you’re not religious.

6) Get enough sleep:

You can’t cheat yourself on sleep and not have it affect you. Being tired actually makes it harder to be happy. Lack of sleep = more likely to get sick. “Sleeping on it” does improve decision making. Lack of sleep can make you more likely to behave unethically. There is such a thing as beauty sleep.Naps are great too. Naps increase alertness and performance on the job, enhance learning ability and purge negative emotions while enhancing positive ones. Here’s how to improve your naps.

7) Challenge yourself:

Learning another language can keep your mind sharp. Music lessons increase intelligence. Challenging your beliefs strengthens your mind. Increasing willpower just takes a little effort each day and it’s more responsible for your success than IQ. Not getting an education or taking advantage of opportunities are two of the things people look back on their lives and regret the most.

8) Laugh:

People who use humor to cope with stress have better immune systems, reduced risk of heart attack and stroke, experience less pain during dental work and live longer. Laughter should be like a daily vitamin. Just reminiscing about funny moments can improve your relationship. Humor has many benefits.

9) Touch someone:

Touching can reduce stress, improve team performance, and help you be persuasive. Hugs make you happier. Sex may help prevent heart attacks and cancer, improve your immune system and extend your life.

10) Be optimistic:

Optimism can make you healthier, happier and extend your life. The Army teaches it in order to increase mental toughness in soldiers. Being overconfident improves performance.

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from: http://au.businessinsider.com/10-things-you-should-do-every-day-to-improve-your-life-2012-8

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Que 10 choses que vous devez faire tous les jours pour améliorer votre vie?

par Éric Barker

de: http://au.businessinsider.com/10-things-you-should-do-every-day-to-improve-your-life-2012-8

Terrible Secret!

"Today, it is estimated that 3.6 million people, including 1.5 million children under the age of 5, die every year of diseases borne by unhealthy water, making it the world's leading cause of death.Yet the public isn't aware of it and political leaders do not demonstrate the drive it takes to end the terrible deaths. The campaign calls on journalists to spread awareness of this scourge and appeal to readers to sign a petition that will be personally handed to the French president during the 6th World Water Forum in March 2012."

from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq9mw8wR-1Q

Artist: "created by BDDP Unlimited, produced by Hush and directed by Clément Beauvais, a young director, illustrator, musician and photographer."

 to learn more, please visit: http://solidarites.org

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I Love the World - Discovery Channel

from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EdaLfJjDuE&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Wealth Inequality in America by politizane

The actual distribution of wealth in America is far, far removed from what we, on average, believe it to be; and light years away from what we believe is fair and just.

from politizane's channel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPKKQnijnsM

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Landfill Harmonic - Making Music in a Wasteland

An inspiring tale of folks, though poor in financial resources, are very rich in courage and desire to make beautiful music and musical instruments from discarded "waste."

"The world sends us garbage. We send back music."
--- Favio Chavez, Orchestra Director

From: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXynrsrTKbI

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Street Art Utopia - What is "real" Art?

What is Art? Why does an Artist spend his or her time, energy and tremendous efforts in pursuits that are often not payed for, or even acknowledged - especially if done anonymously? What is "real" Art? Is the "Audience" the most important thing for an Artist? Is the Artist's role to speak to the "Collective Unconscious" of mankind like the DreamMaker does to each one of us in our nightly dreams? (As: "All dreams come in the service health and wholeness." - Jeremy Taylor).

Does this explain why Street Artists do what they do? Does this explain why we almost all understand when we see "real" Art? And does this explain why Artists sometimes work for "free" monetarily (i.e. the "Starving Artist" stereotype), when the "real" remuneration for a "real" Artist is in this connection with their Audience?

Here are a few examples of anonymous Street Art that touched me: (please see http://www.streetartutopia.com/ for hundreds of examples from across the world).

(1) A little girl, being pulled by her busy mother who is ignoring the sad, begging man with a sign reading: "J'AI FAIM" (I'm hungry), kindly offers to him her precious sucker to assuage his pain.

Street Art in Bordeaux, France

From: http://www.streetartutopia.com/?p=8445
Photo by: http://bit.ly/pUgmGu

(2) An enormous but tender picture of a submerged girl in a rainstorm reading one of many pages of a love letter, and thereby transforming a tremendous eyesore and dull, urban blight into a bright and colorful canvas expressing an eternal message of love and hope.

Street Art by ARYZ - Galeria Urban Forms in Lodz, Poland

From: http://www.streetartutopia.com/?p=8564
http://www.galeriaurbanforms.org  is a listing on an interactive map of Lodz, Poland showing where to find as many as 20 large, street-art canvases like this one.

I believe Street Art - like any "real" Art - can transform ugly, shameful urban pain into priceless beauty and meaningful value. Thank you to all those anonymous "real" Artists whose work adds beauty and meaning to all of our lives. May you always follow your internal DreamMaker in the service of health and wholeness, while become a aid and messenger to the DreamMaker for all mankind.

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The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

Here's an incredible lecture given by Dan Pink at RSA Animate and creatively animated by RSA which tells us that our larger motivations are not what we are led to expect in our normal cultural understanding. It explains why so many are motivated to work for free or even pay a high price to work toward "higher" goals and dreams. 

from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc

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YouTube smiles! by Daniel Gardner

Uploaded by DanielGardner on Oct 20, 2008

Send this to anyone who needs a smile.

Music: "Sunray Smile" recorded by Amber Van Vleet (used with permission)

Download the song for free here:
http://www.thesixtyone.com/ambervv

Distributed by TubeMogul.com

Daniel uploaded the "Show your Smile" video 11 months ago, and over 280 YouTubers have made video replies since then. That's over 280 different smiles. This video is a compilation of 100 of those smiles and if it doesn't make you smile...see a doctor. :) Special thanks to the 280 youtubers who were brave enough to share their smiles.

Lyrics:
What a difference a sunray can make
in a world that's tired of the rain.
What a difference a smile can make
in a heart that's filled with pain.

(She had a) Sunray smile
Fairer then the spring or a rainbow
Sunray smile
Come to melt away the snow

The darkness of a shadow always flees
where ever a sunray is found
The darkness in a heart always leaves
when the glow of that smile is around

(She had a)
Sunray smile
Fairer then the spring or a rainbow
Sunray smile
Come to melt away all the snow.
In my heart today.

[Guitar chords: C G Am F G C (G) ]

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Build the Healthiest Possible Body with the Primal Blueprint

This is one of the best posts I've ever read. The Original Primal Blueprint® – The Rules of Living 10,000 Years Ago (from www.marksdailyapple.com).

Here's a quick summary that doesn't really do it justice:

The Primal Blueprint

Build the Healthiest Possible Body with the Primal Blueprint

"My basic premise is this: The Primal Blueprint is a set of simple instructions (the blueprint) that allows you to control how your genes express themselves in order to build the strongest, leanest, healthiest body possible, taking clues from evolutionary biology (that’s the primal part)...

The essence of the Primal Blueprint is this: Most of life is really much simpler than modern medicine and science would like to have you believe. You can have a tremendous impact on how your genes express themselves, simply by providing your cells the right environments. All you need is a basic understanding of how your body works and a simple philosophical roadmap you can use to find answers to just about any questions of health and fitness – whether it involves personal choices or lifestyle adjustments or whether medical intervention might be appropriate. With this simple strategy, you will forever be able to examine or evaluate any food choice, any form of exercise or any other behavior in the context of how it impacts your genes! Even if you decide to opt for a “bad choice”, at least you’ll know why it’s bad…"

The Original Primal Blueprint® – The Rules of Living 10,000 Years Ago:

1. Eat lots of animals, insects and plants.
2. Move around a lot at a slow pace.
3. Lift heavy things.
4. Run really fast every once in a while.
5. Get lots of sleep.
6. Play.
7. Get some sunlight every day.
8. Avoid trauma.
9. Avoid poisonous things.
10. Use your mind. 

Read more: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/definitive-guide-primal-blueprint/#ixzz1z5hrugAc

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The Beauty of Pollination HD

"Pollination: it's vital to life on Earth, but largely unseen by the human eye. Filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg shows us the intricate world of pollen and pollinators with gorgeous high-speed images from his film "Wings of Life," inspired by the vanishing of one of nature's primary pollinators, the honeybee." from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DoClq5gPxU

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Bald Eagles and babies in Decorah, Iowa

Following are video captures from an amazing webcam placed within a few meters near a Bald Eagles nest in Decorah, Iowa. As of today, 29 March 2012, two babies have been hatched (the last one yesterday), and a third egg has "pipped" which apparently means it has begun the process of breaking free and being born. The Decorah Eagles webcam website says it is the largest live video of all time! The incredible live web cam can be found at: http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles

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REGRETS OF THE DYING by Bonnie Ware

from the blog, "Inspiration and Chai, Warmth for the Soul and the Body" by Bonnie Ware http://www.inspirationandchai.com/Regrets-of-the-Dying.html


REGRETS OF THE DYING

For many years I worked in palliative care. My patients were those who had gone home to die. Some incredibly special times were shared. I was with them for the last three to twelve weeks of their lives.

People grow a lot when they are faced with their own mortality. I learnt never to underestimate someone's capacity for growth. Some changes were phenomenal. Each experienced a variety of emotions, as expected, denial, fear, anger, remorse, more denial and eventually acceptance. Every single patient found their peace before they departed though, every one of them.

When questioned about any regrets they had or anything they would do differently, common themes surfaced again and again. Here are the most common five:


1. I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.

This was the most common regret of all. When people realise that their life is almost over and look back clearly on it, it is easy to see how many dreams have gone unfulfilled. Most people had not honoured even a half of their dreams and had to die knowing that it was due to choices they had made, or not made.

It is very important to try and honour at least some of your dreams along the way. From the moment that you lose your health, it is too late. Health brings a freedom very few realise, until they no longer have it.


2. I wish I didn't work so hard.

This came from every male patient that I nursed. They missed their children's youth and their partner's companionship. Women also spoke of this regret. But as most were from an older generation, many of the female patients had not been breadwinners. All of the men I nursed deeply regretted spending so much of their lives on the treadmill of a work existence.

By simplifying your lifestyle and making conscious choices along the way, it is possible to not need the income that you think you do. And by creating more space in your life, you become happier and more open to new opportunities, ones more suited to your new lifestyle.


3. I wish I'd had the courage to express my feelings.

Many people suppressed their feelings in order to keep peace with others. As a result, they settled for a mediocre existence and never became who they were truly capable of becoming. Many developed illnesses relating to the bitterness and resentment they carried as a result.

We cannot control the reactions of others. However, although people may initially react when you change the way you are by speaking honestly, in the end it raises the relationship to a whole new and healthier level. Either that or it releases the unhealthy relationship from your life. Either way, you win.


4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.

Often they would not truly realise the full benefits of old friends until their dying weeks and it was not always possible to track them down. Many had become so caught up in their own lives that they had let golden friendships slip by over the years. There were many deep regrets about not giving friendships the time and effort that they deserved. Everyone misses their friends when they are dying.

It is common for anyone in a busy lifestyle to let friendships slip. But when you are faced with your approaching death, the physical details of life fall away. People do want to get their financial affairs in order if possible. But it is not money or status that holds the true importance for them. They want to get things in order more for the benefit of those they love. Usually though, they are too ill and weary to ever manage this task. It is all comes down to love and relationships in the end. That is all that remains in the final weeks, love and relationships.


5. I wish that I had let myself be happier.

This is a surprisingly common one. Many did not realise until the end that happiness is a choice. They had stayed stuck in old patterns and habits. The so-called 'comfort' of familiarity overflowed into their emotions, as well as their physical lives. Fear of change had them pretending to others, and to their selves, that they were content. When deep within, they longed to laugh properly and have silliness in their life again.

When you are on your deathbed, what others think of you is a long way from your mind. How wonderful to be able to let go and smile again, long before you are dying.


Life is a choice. It is YOUR life. Choose consciously, choose wisely, choose honestly. Choose happiness.


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Based on this article, Bronnie has now released a full-length book, titled The Top Five Regrets of the Dying - A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing. It is a memoir of her own life and how it was transformed by the regrets of dying people. It may be ordered through bookstores worldwide or from Balboa Press. It is also available via the link on this page. Details for wholesale orders may be found on Bronnie's official website. http://bronnieware.com/

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