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It’s Worth a Revisit

January 31st, 2011

treeThe Environmental Working Group is worth mentioning again to promote what they do for me, for you , your family, and the planet.

It is a struggle for sure to not only raise awareness in how we can clean up the enviornment of chemical exposures, but how to do it in our own homes!  Especially if you have family members who resist change.

When ever there is healthy change, it may seem boring and unglamourous but in the long run it is usually always beneficial.  You just have to discover what is right for you and your family.  There are so many websites/blogs to go to now to learn and get great ideas and tips from – that there should be no excuse to create a chemical free home.

And if you have kids – even more important. 

Watch this video


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Fast Tube by Casper

 As always, thanks for stopping by.

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Your Amazing Body Series 5 – Fat Cells

October 24th, 2010

fat cellsAh … the infamous Fat Cell. Is it friend or foe? Actually it’s both depending on you, your lifestyle, and amount of stress experienced in your life be it psychological, physical, or social.

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) predicts by the year 2015 one in three people will be obese and have diabetes. Now there’s a sobering thought!

Fat cells have a purpose to store energy for muscles and other cells in the body.

We are all born with millions of fat cells and if you look to the image to your left, you can see what a normal cluster of fat cells look like. These cells are actually filled with liquid and push the nucleus (the “heart” of the cell) out of the way (they have no manners either).

Fat cells grow in response to increased calories consumption and hormones. To name a few, progesterone, estrogen, and cortisol (a stress hormone).  As you gain weight, fat cells grow and multiply. This puts more stress on your heart which needs to pump more blood to fat cells. This is pretty interesting too because the more weight you gain, the more blood vessels the body creates to reach those fat cells to nourish them. Yet when you lose weight, the number of fat cells accumulated stay the same. They just shrink in size.

Most of us don’t think about these annoying fat cells that can really cause havoc with our health in terms of having control over them through lifestyle changes. Getting to know these potentially troublesome cells could be a way for you to decide if you want them as a friend or an enemy.

Hmmm ….. would I want greedy fat cells to take over my body and my health? I think not.

Watch this video, great explanation …


Let me know what you think! I’d love to read your comment. Thank you in advance!

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Your Amazing Body Series 4 – Stem Cells

October 16th, 2010

stemcellHealing, regenerate, replace, renew is the work of the Stem Cell. They are perhaps the most amazing cell in the body for what they can do. At a very early age of development they can morph into just about any other kind of cell in the body thus bringing back to life, or healing the organ in need.

There are “embryonic” stem cells and “Somatic” (adult) stem cells that have the incredible ability to differentiate themselves.

Stem cells are unique in two significant ways from other cells in the human body. First, they are overspecialized cells and have the ability to renew themselves through cell division if inactive for long periods of time.  Second, stem cells can change into most other cells of the body specific to a particular tissue or organ with specific functions. Imagine that!

Knowing this, the statement that “your body can heal itself” is not mumbo jumbo but a fact.  The fact that Stem Cells can repair worn out or damaged cells in various organs is inspirational. I would think motivational too in an enlightening way – to take better care of ourselves because when doing so we enable the communities within our bodies to work batter and more harmoniously, which = better, optimal health.

But I always ask the question, where does all the energy come from? All the activities of our cells use up energy to travel, to cell divide, to morph, to carry nutrients or rid them, to make up who we are … it’s fascinating. Dr. Bruce Lipton has a theory about energy and cellular communication that will really get you scratching your head.

Watch this video which explains how Stem Cells work and why they are so, so very special and important in healing and saving the lives of others …

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