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1. Dangerous Sleep Habit
2. 5 Most Lacking Nutrients in a Typical Daily Diet
3. Factory Farms - what are they? Why they should be boycotted.
4. Just what is Vitamins and Minerals and How Essential are they?
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"We
need to shift our focus from treating disease to generating
health..." Hippocrates (AMA"The Father of
Medicine")
Dangerous Sleep Habit
The
first-ever federal health study about sleeping pill usage found that
nearly nine million Americans take prescription sleeping pills in
pursuit of good night’s rest, and rates are highest among the elderly
(age 80 and up)
Prescription
sleep aids are associated with increased risk of cancer, diabetes,
obesity, amnesia, depression, disorientation, and an increased risk of
death
Sleeping
pills are also associated with bizarre and risky nighttime behaviors
such as sleepwalking, sleepdriving, sleep eating, “sleep-sex,” and
sleep-texting messages you have no memory of sending the next day
Insomnia
comes with its own risks, including increased risk of infection,
depression, cancer, and heart disease; sleeping poorly is also
associated with junk food cravings and diminished ability to make good
food choices
Studies
are beginning to show a link between vitamin D level and quality of
sleep; optimizing your vitamin D level may improve sleep quality,
although more studies are needed to establish the exact mechanism
See
complete article - Americans
Popping Sleeping Aids in Alarming Numbers
5 Most Lacking Nutrients in a Typical Daily Diet
If you don't eat a good diet, you must supplement. Here is a
good article giving you the nutrients that is most off
lacking.
Lacking
Nutrients
Factory Farms - what are they? Why they should be boycotted.
A very interesting article about our food supply and what is created
by the factory farm that puts profit before health and animal welfare
There is a series of articles you can read on this. But start
with this one and follow the links if you're interested.
A
Consumer Guide For Boycotting Factory Farms
Just what is Vitamins and Minerals and How Essential are they?
We've written a lot about this subject and thought we'd get someone
else to comment on it.
Read Vitamins
& Minerals by Ken Sissons
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