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THINK RIGHT - continued

.... for those of you who don't know what an affirmation is I will give you a brief lesson. An "affirmation" is a statement that you read daily. Eventually, usually in 30 days it becomes part of your "Belief System". This is your homework assignment for this month. I want you to print out this affirmation, and tape it to your bathroom mirror. Every morning I want you to read the following affirmation OUT LOUD. Do this EVERY MORNING, not some mornings, EVERY MORNING!
 
      Then just see how your life changes in a SHORT 30 days. I would greatly appreciate it if you would give me some feedback. Tell me your story. I want to hear how this simple change at the start of each and every day of your life for the next 30 days of it impacts you, your loved ones, you co-workers, and your life. Be dedicated to this process. Don't cheat, it will only hurt you!
 
      Thank you all. I am excited for you,
 
                Dr. P.
 

"I'm going to be happy. I'm going to skip. I'm going to be glad. I'm going to smile a lot. I'm going to be easy. I'm going to count my blessings. I'm going to look for reasons to feel good. I'm going to dig up positive things from the past. I'm going to look for positive things where I stand. I'm going to look for positive things in the future. It is my natural state to be a happy person. It's natural for me to love and to laugh. This is what is most natural for me. I am a happy person!"
 Onto the next article

EAT RIGHT - continued

     If You Don't Digest It, And Absorb It, You Won't Use It!" They produce Vitamin K in the gut, and stimulate Immune Function. I would like to focus on this last function and give you more detail about this critical function. Remember what I said to you last month - Our naturally occurring Probiotic Intestinal Flora has been decimated. We have killed these good guys off with the widespread abuse of Broad Spectrum (meaning killing many different strains of bacteria) Antibiotic Drugs. We also have not fed our "gut bacteria" the plant fiber that they require to survive. What a cool system; we help them and they help us!  This is as it should be in a balanced system and a balanced world. But unfortunately most in our culture are out of balance! According to the American Gastroenterological Association: "The bacteria (probiotic bacteria in our gut) may produce antibodies for certain viruses, produce substances that prevent infection or prevent harmful bacteria from attaching to the gut wall and growing there." You must also understand that many DRUGS will wipe out the population of these "Good Guys", and open the flood gates for all of the potentially HARMFUL BACTERIA to flourish.

     Here are a couple of disorders that we now KNOW through previous studies probiotics help repair. We know that "common gastrointestinal disorders" which often times do involve an "imbalance" in the intestinal flora will respond to the oral administration of probiotics. I have had patients in both of my practices who have experienced a "yeast infection". This type of an overabundance of yeast is typically due to a number of different issues including a patient's sugar-laden diet, but in every case that I have treated there is an imbalance in the intestinal flora. Unfortunately for these patients the yeast begin to overpopulate the person's body and create a whole host of health issues. Once again the treatment includes re-inoculating the patient's bowel with good probiotic flora. I want you to recognize that our goal is to see that you have both sufficiency and purity in every aspect of your health and wellness protocol. So I don't necessarily want to see you doing the typical crisis management when a health issue arises. Our goal is to see that you maintain sufficiency of everything including the intestinal bacteria in your gut. Not that you should have to do the typical medical emergency management for a "Condition" that arises because you haven't maintained "Sufficiency and Purity". So our goal is to see that you maintain a good, healthy population of these "Little Guys" in your bowel at all times!

     "How do I do this", you might ask? The first thing to be cautious about is to not use antibiotics unless it is an absolute necessity. Thus means that you should support your own immune system as well as you possibly can. That is a theme that will be woven through my articles on the "Swine Flu". What I mean by this is that you must "Eat Right, Move Right, Think Right, and Sleep Right." Eating Right as our "Cleansers" just learned means to eat whole raw foods, NOT PRODUCT! The next thing that is of extreme importance is to see that you are feeding your "Little Buddies" some good fiber, which is Indigestible to you, but a smorgasbord to them. Fiber obviously has a number of other health benefits, but one of these is to feed these guys. The third is to re-inoculate your bowel with probiotics on a regular basis. This brings us to a subject which I have written a great deal about in the past. That is making sure that the supplements that you choose are of a high quality. For years I have made a point of searching out the highest quality nutritional supplements. At the Center we use only the highest quality whole food organic (whenever possible) nutritional supplements. This applies to our probiotics as well. Our Innate Choice Probiotics are the best quality that I have been able to find. They must be refrigerated as with all good quality probiotics, since heat destroys them. For those of you who would like to get a supply of the best probiotics available, and begin the process of improving your immune function in one more way just click the link below and let Kerry know that you want to purchase some of these little guys, or if you just want more information just click here. She will assist you with your question or to fulfill your order.

     In closing I will leave you with a statement from Dr. Gary Huffnagle, a professor of internal medicine and microbiology at the University of Michigan Medical School. He states that "one of the best things about probiotics is they're safe and your own trials should yield answers in a few weeks."

     So go ahead and give it a try. By doing so you will be taking one more step towards overall Health and Wellness! On to the next article

MOVE RIGHT - continued

    Apply the kaizen concept; continuously trying to improve your health and fitness by doing one small thing every day to get you closer to living a healthy lifestyle. Do one thing today. Maybe it's walking for 30 minutes, or cutting back on your coffee, or increasing your water intake, or whatever you want to tackle first.  (Note that these changes will also help you "Sleep Right"!) Nail that over the next few days then try tackling something else (like the "Move Right" Tip below). If every day you do a small, simple thing to improve yourself, eventually all those simple things will build up and have a cumulative effect. Before you know it you'll have reached your fitness goals.

Move Right Tip
     The Plank is such an effective exercise and one of the best core strengtheners, but only when done properly. I often see people doing planks with their butts in the air or with a drooping spine, no good! Here is a good outline of how it's done:

·    Start by lying face down on a mat. Place your hands on the mat with your shoulders aligned directly over your elbows. NOTE: these can also be done on your forearms.
·    Extend your legs behind you and rest on your toes, as if you are going to do a push-up. Your hips should not be lifted toward the ceiling, nor should your back be arched. You should look to attain a straight line between your shoulders and toes.
·    Tighten your abdominal muscles to help you hold the position correctly, and hold it as long as you can. When you begin to feel your lower back start to sag from fatigue, take a break, then get back into the proper position and hold the move once again.
·    Breathe evenly throughout the move. Doing so sends vital oxygen to your muscles and helps them stay strong longer.
·    Make the move more challenging by lifting a leg behind you a few inches off the floor and hold for several seconds Onto the next article

SWINE FLU VACCINE - continued

   from approving the vaccine." This statement was made by attorney Jim Turner who will be filing the suit. Turner alleges that the FDA has not "... done the proper safety and efficacy tests on the vaccine to allow it to be released at this time." As I have said to all of you in the past "the swine flu vaccine has not been tested."

     Officials are already giving warnings of some of the "difficulties" being encountered with the vaccine such as the fact that the vaccine "concoction" must be shaken well enough before it is used. What exactly does "well enough" mean? According to Turner the vaccine manufacturers are also allowing the constituents of the vaccine to be shipped separately and then mixed by "retailers" (local "clinics and pharmacies"). This is another source of potential error in this "scientific" vaccination process.

     So why would there not be, as this suit alleges, the typical paper trail of documentation of the research that was done to prove the efficacy of this vaccine? I always hate to be the cynical "conspiracy theorist type" about as potentially grave an issue as a "mass inoculation" program in the Good 'Ol USA, but I can't help but look at the "dollar trail" as well. The vaccine is retailing for $24.95. If we multiply that by the millions, possibly 100 million individuals who will anxiously roll up their sleeves in order to "protect" themselves from the "dreaded Swine Flu" then you can get some feel for the billions that are at stake here! I am sorry to take such an important issue as your Health and Wellness down to a "dollars and sense level", but the drug industry is a multi-billion dollar business. They are in business to make a profit for their share holders. They certainly do stand to make a significant profit from the "Swine Flu Epidemic" that has been "created".

     So where do you in our Silver Inner Health Circle™ go from here? Well the number one thing that I want you all to do is to think logically about this entire issue. The next thing that I want you to do is ask questions. Questions like these, of your health care provider:

1.    Was the standard research process that the FDA typically requires for any new drug to be released onto the market, used for the new Swine Flu Vaccination?
2.    If so where can I read it? (You will have trouble finding it if your Dr. tells you it was done.)
3.    Is there any Mercury incorporated in the vaccine? (You will probably be told emphatically "No", or "Not much is used", or "It is always used, but only in minute quantities that "will not harm you" (I always love that one)."
4.    Next you can ask him or her to describe the signs (what you show or demonstrate) and symptoms (what you feel). See if they match what I have described to you in our "Swine Flu Alerts".

      As I have told my patients for the last 23 years: Always ask your Doctor. "Why do I need this? What are the side affects? What will potentially happen if I don't do this?"

     You must always remember that it is your body you are dealing with, not your Doctor's. In most instances if something goes wrong the affects can not be easily erased! Top of Page

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