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The paleo
and keto diets are probably among the two most contended ways of living
currently and are seeing an increase year after year. But what are they
compared to 'Other' diets and what makes them so popular and appealing? Firstly it would be a good idea to look at the one word that scares
most people and that is the word 'Diet'. A diet is just a way of
describing how someone eats. An American 'diet' for example is a way of
saying western traditional foods and a way in which that particular
continent eats rather than an Asian Diet and the types of food their
population eats compared to the rest of the world. Using the word to
'Diet' has become a way of people thinking it means to cut back and not
to eat certain foods or just to eat 'Rabbit' food to lose weight, which
is not always the case. (Continued below.....)
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(......continued....) Some peoples' diets consist of eating foods which 'Bulk' up the body,
so to use the word diet as a means of saying 'weight loss' can be false.
This then really just suggests a way of describing the types of food
you do eat and perhaps the ones you don't or shouldn't eat using either
the Paleo or Keto 'Diet'. The Paleo and Keto lifestyles has gained traction this past decade,
largely thanks to medical reports that link obesity and poor eating
habits to the modern way of living, such as the amount of sugar in soda
drinks, fast food that bulks up the main food content with substitutes
like Soy and the amount of snacks that people eat between meals, not
just to cut out hunger cravings but to replace healthier meal times by
actually being too lazy to make a sandwich or light meal, but preferably
open a packet of chips (crisps) along with a chocolate bar for 'energy'
purposes, when actually these are slowing the body down, adding weight
and unconsciously making people lazy, because it's easy. By returning back to the idea of feeding the body its more natural
sources of food such as organic grass fed meat and vegetables along with
small portions of fruit, most fruit has its own natural sugar source,
then proponents of these diets say they and those that follow these
types of 'dieting' lifestyle are fitter, stronger, have a clearer mind
and are less likely to suffer from illnesses, not just the ones that are
obviously associated with being overweight, such as diabetes and joint
inflammation problems due to the body carrying the extra weight. A paleo diet would consist of high calorie density made up generally
with meat and vegetables.By calorie density, you would most certainly
say proteins and fats make up the largest portion of the Paleo eater’s
macronutrient intake. It is not, however, just about the meat. By mass,
vegetable consumption would top the list based on the fact it has a
lower calorie density. You could indeed find yourself eating more
vegetables than even your vegan and vegetarian friends and certainly
more than in your former life, should you be considering this route.
There is plenty of room in a paleo diet to eat a wide variety of
plant-based foods like vegetables, fruit, nuts, spices, and herbs simply
because your daily calorie needs are not made up of nutrient-devoid
processed foods. It’s about eating real food that you are comfortable
with and provides a balance of nutrients to work towards gaining optimal
health. The keto diet has a similar ethos about not eating processed foods
and chemically produced fizzy drinks. The keto diet though for some has
become a religion and more than a lifestyle, achieving 'Ketosis' is the
mantra. Ketones are the main focus and how they control the bodies
immune system and regulate the distribution of fats and protein. A
ketogenic lifestyle consists of eating low carb, high healthy fat, and
moderate protein 99 percent of the time. While the paleo diet can also
claim to be low carb, the keto diet can for some be about zero
carbohydrates for the simple reason it deliberately manipulates the
ratios of carbs, fats, and protein to switch fat into the body’s primary
source of fuel. Our bodies are used to using carbohydrates as fuel.
Fats, which is a secondary source of fuel, are rarely tapped on when we
eat and drink sugary foods. That means the extra fat is stored and keeps
adding on the pounds. On the keto diet, you don’t count calories. You count carbohydrates
and adjust the intake of carbs vs. fat and protein. A typical keto diet
will get 60 percent of its calories from fat, 15 to 25 percent of
calories from protein, and 25 percent of calories from carbohydrates.
The only limitation on the diet is sugar, which you need to avoid.
In conclusion, both have a high success rate of those who use either
the paleo or keto diets to either lose weight or to bulk up on natural
food sources. Quite simply though it requires a mind shift as well as a
change of eating habits. To suddenly go from eating one particular food
source to another can be a challenge in itself. Just like any such
challenge prepare yourself by changing at a pace that is you and not at a
'this must work for me attitude' otherwise you are set for failure.
Having goals, not just for weight loss and the amount of pounds you will
and want to lose but what you want to achieve in looks and exercise for
a fitter healthier you. Taking this in to consideration will add more
impetous to your objectives and you are more likely to succeed.
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Cultural Medicine Distracts from National Health Literacy
Author
Dee Richards
Traveling
in other countries offers many unique experiences. Yet, at some point
in the day, you will take a break from your cultural extravaganza.
Resting, you may still wish to continue absorbing some foreign culture,
working to assure that you increasingly understand the nuances your
experience. Television with subtitles in English is a great tool with
which to continue to see images, hear the original language, and read
translations. Some systems are better than others regarding the speed
and quality of translations. However, making the effort to take on the
foreign environment while engaging considerable effort honing your
language skills takes you closer to a native experience and is
appreciated by the local population. Taking personal responsibility for
such learning is simply a laudable attitude versus that of expecting all
around you to translate everything for you. (Continued below..............)
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(.....Continued....)If rather than visiting, you have moved to a foreign country for an
extended period, if not emigrated, there are two primary questions to
consider. For the country into which you have moved, do you contribute
so much to their society that they should translate everything for you,
or could you convince those who would pay for such services for you that
there is sufficient ROI for them to do so? And, if such convincing
arguments cannot be made, are you willing to engage in and pay for your
own language and important cultural skills development? Radio Bilingüe was the first Latino radio network in the United
States. Enjoying twenty-four-hour daily programming, listeners across
all elements of North America could learn about many issues,
opportunities, products, and services deemed important for the diverse
audiences targeted by the broadcaster. As a private corporation, it
could also determine what content merited commercial support versus that
which it could provide as public services. Radio Bilingüe (RB) persists
and its audience may be as broad as its funding agents are numerous.
Functioning in the U.S., a country with global economic outreach, it is
clear that many of RB’s current funding sources see its listeners as
potential customers, whether American citizens or foreign nationals.
However, American taxpayer-sponsored investment should only fund the
marketing of basic medical systems. The information should direct new
and existing Latino citizens to work with local medical resources, and
should also encourage audiences to develop enhanced English literacy to
optimize utilization of available medical services. No one would question the wisdom of a restaurant that does not
attempt to be great in all things, for all possible patrons, including
not creating menus in all dialects spoken around the world. But, maybe
because state and federal budget debts are already so unfathomably
large, proponents of "separate medical programs for everyone", as
designer Cultural Medicine, do not see the costs of these programs as
being real dollars or funding of such to be their responsibilities or
concerns. Our national health care systems cannot be all-inclusive,
international smorgasbords. Designer label, newly created, Cultural
Medicine, would open the doors to everyone, suggesting that no
individual proclivity, no imaginable service, no sense of entitlement,
no group that can muster culture-oriented, no one that can muster media
recognition should be without special service provision, regardless of
costs. At least, such is what many would wish for and for which they
would publicly demonstrate, so long as someone else pays for it. As the national language is English, promote learning it, enhancing
national literacy all around. Promote and invest in English-based Heath
Literacy, not distracting Cultural Medicine.
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"Woman attacked by stranger in parking lot" "Officers investigating robbery in which a woman was punched and her purse was stolen" "Man attacked while jogging" Headlines like these make the news almost daily somewhere in the USA
and in other countries. These cases are very real and the fear of being
attacked by a stranger when you are just going about your daily business
can also be very real.
Statistically, your chance of being attacked by a stranger in the
United States is just somewhere around 1.3%. With these kind of odds,
why should anyone take the time to prepare for something that will
likely never occur? Answer: because it does occur daily and because it
can occur to you! If you are not prepared, the consequences could be
deadly. But, if you take some common-sense precautions and have some ability
to defend yourself, the odds that you will survive the attack physically
unscathed dramatically increases. And, knowing that you can defend
yourself against an attack gives you a sense of confidence and helps
allay the palpable fear of being accosted. Self-defense experts abound and a multitude of self-defense weapons
exist. Many feel the best self-defense weapon is a concealed handgun.
But not everyone has the ability or desire to carry a handgun and not
everyone wants to invest the time to become proficient with it. And,
sometimes a situation calls for a less lethal defense. There are all kind of sharp knife-like objects that a person can
carry in their hands to cut, stab, or dice an attacker. Some of these
like the TigerLady Self Defense Claw and Kuba-Kickz are quite different.
The TigerLady Claw gives you retractable claws like a lion so you can
scratch and claw an assailant and the Kuba-Kickz are spikes you can put
on your shoes so you can kick the crap out of your assailant’s shins.
The manufacturer claims the shoe spikes are "devastatingly effective." All of these defensive tools have two common drawbacks: Most of the time they will not be quickly accessible if you are
suddenly attacked (who is really going to walk around always carrying
one of these tools in their hands) and they require close-up
face-to-face interaction with the attacker. If someone has grabbed you
and you happen to have one of these sharp-angled tools in your hand –
great. Use it with no mercy to slash, claw, and stab your intruder until
you repel them. Situational Awareness The best option and your first level of defense should always be to
make a conscious effort to avoid a potentially hazardous situation if at
all possible. Constantly being aware of your surroundings and
consciously, as a matter of habit, avoiding locations and situations
that make you feel queasy or situations that just don’t seem right is
always best. DISTANCE = SAFETY Not all situations can be avoided by heightened situational
awareness. Sometimes things just happen. If you should be accosted by
someone intent on doing you harm, you can benefit from a self-defense
weapon that you can deploy from a distance. This is especially true if
you have invested even a modicum of time and effort in familiarizing
yourself with the weapon. If at all possible avoid going "hands-on" with a potential attacker
and if you are attacked, try to put at least a few feet of distance
between you and the attacker. One of the first tenants of self-defense
training is that DISTANCE = SAFETY. The farther away you can get from
the assailant the harder it is for the assailant to hurt you. Even
getting a few feet away from an attacker is advantageous. Three self-defense tools that can be used at a stand-off distance are
the extendable baton, pepper spray, and Fast Strike – a metal whip like
device. Extendable Baton: The extendable or collapsible baton goes by several brand names but
all consist of a telescoping metal rod that you can use to strike your
attacker. One of the advantages is that it collapses into a 6-8" length
and can be used close in, or with a good swing can reach out and touch
someone several feet away. The collapsible baton offers reasonable
concealability and can be carried in many pant or coat pockets. In real life situations it can be quite effective. The effectiveness
of a baton depends largely on how hard you strike the person, the
location where you hit the person (arms, shoulder, head, etc.) and the
rapidity of your strikes. Swift, multiple strikes, continuing until the
attacker stops attacking is recommended. Pepper Spray: Personal defense pepper sprays (also known as capsicum spray) come in
many sizes, canisters, and potency. Police and security personnel have
used law enforcement potency pepper spray in real life situations with
mixed results. While it can sometimes be better than nothing, it has
many tactical considerations. Depending on the wind direction, you might
just end up getting a cloud of pepper in your face, effectively
disabling yourself. In a stressful situation it is also often difficult
to hit a small, sometimes erratically moving target. The Journal Police Practice and Research recently published a
comprehensive study on the effectiveness of pepper spray and concluded
that it was a "suitable tool for handling low threat situations" but was
not suitable for "high threat situations." You might just be better off
throwing the pepper spray canister at the attacker’s face and making a
run for it. A new pepper spray product called The Defender claims to "Bridge the
gap between technology and personal safety." This pepper spray canister
contains a camera and a siren. When you spray the attacker, it takes a
picture and emits a siren to draw attention, and hopefully scare away
the attacker. It also transmits the photo to the company so law
enforcement can later view the photo. And, upon activating the spray,
your GPS location is automatically transmitted to the company which
offers 24/7 monitoring, and the company can then report your location to
local law enforcement. Whether The Defender lives up to it’s potential
is unknown, but the merging of technology with old-fashioned pepper
spray is intriguing. Metal Whip: Another intriguing self-defense tool is a hand held flexible
"rope-like" metal rod that you can use to strike an assailant in a
whipping or swatting motion. This tool gives you about 15" of striking
distance and like with a baton, if you get a good swing, you can reach
out and touch the assailant from a distance. The Fast Strike is definitely better than having to try and use your
bare hands to fend off an attacker, but carrying it requires you to put
it down you pant leg or loop it around your waist or belt. This might
work for some but presents definite carry limitations. Because it’s relatively new the effectiveness in real life situations
compared to pepper spray and the collapsible baton, is unknown. From
watching the manufacturers YouTube video, it sure looks like this tool
could put a real hurt on an assailant. Are you prepared to defend yourself from an attacker? If not – get prepared! And, get prepared today! There are many self-defense tools available that will give you a
fighting chance if you are attacked. But, for any of them to work you
need to become familiar with them, practice with them, and have them
quickly accessible should the need arise.
George W. Babnick, is a 34 year law enforcement veteran
from Portland, Oregon with an extensive background in physical security
and criminal and administrative investigations. He is the editor of a
popular blog devoted to physical & personal security issues and a
licensed Private Investigator in his home state of Oregon. He can be
reached at: www.physicalsecurityonline.com and
www.babnickandassociates.com.
It’s impossible to live without coming into
contact with people during our daily routines. Some individuals are easy
to deal with. Others have emotional issues that threaten to reach out
and trap us in strife, making us miserable. However, being in strife
with anyone isn’t God’s will for us.
Strife is defined as discord, antagonism, or vigorous and bitter
conflict that leaves behind lingering anger and bad feelings. It’s a
demonic spirit that’s determined to destroy us and block the flow of
God’s grace into our lives. It divides people, and comes straight from
the enemy, a thief who intends to kill, steal, and destroy the abundant
life God wants us to enjoy. Strife breeds other emotions like jealousy and envy. These feelings
cause intense emotional pain; allowing them to influence us moves us
away from God’s plan for our lives. Wherever jealousy and envy are,
there’s confusion and every evil work. We need to guard against this,
because God isn’t the author of confusion, but of peace. Succumbing to strife puts us in an adversarial position with others.
We fight this mindset by remembering that our real enemies aren’t other
people, but the devil. We’re engaged in spiritual warfare. We’re not
fighting against flesh and blood, but against the rulers of the darkness
of the world, against spiritual wickedness. To win this battle, we must focus our aggression on the spiritual,
not the physical, level. The weapons of our warfare aren’t carnal, but
mighty through God for the pulling down of strongholds. We effectively
shut down strife and render Satan defenseless when we begin walking in
love, which doesn’t envy, isn’t provoked, thinks no evil, and never
fails.
Operating in the grace and love of Jesus Christ gives us the
advantage over the devil’s sneaky emotional attacks. Jesus has already
won the battle against the enemy; we share in this victory through faith
in Him. Strife can’t touch us when we let Christ, not the world, guide
our emotions. Prayer: Lord, You gave us specific strategies to win over strife and protect
our peace of mind from the enemy. Your Word tells us the danger signs to
look for, gives us details on how to wage spiritual warfare, and
provides insight on what we’re up against. Thank You. In Jesus’ name,
amen. Scriptures: John 10:10 James 3:16 1 Corinthians 14:33 Ephesians 6:12 2 Corinthians 10:4 1 Corinthians 13:4, 5, 7, 8, NKJV For more on how to win against strife, click on the link for the four-message series, Success Against Strife.
Sometimes children who need protection from bullies
find it by forming an alliance with someone stronger and more powerful
than them. This gives them the security and the peace of mind knowing
that if trouble comes their way, they can depend on that stronger person
for safety. As adults, we face similar situations from time to time,
only the stakes are higher. When scary things in life threaten us, we
can always find supernatural protection in a God who loves us.
Trouble can come in many forms, but we always come out victorious
when we depend on God. In the Old Testament, a young shepherd boy named
David trusted God to take care of Goliath, a bully who made the
Israelite soldiers cower in fear (1 Samuel 17:1-51). David made a name
for himself after he slew the giant who threatened the children of
Israel, but he was smart enough to realize that God was ultimately
responsible for his victory. He had the wisdom to realize that no matter
how big the problem looks, God is bigger. David most likely felt some fear when he saw and heard this giant,
but his faith was strong enough to propel him forward. He refused to
give up or back down, even when others much bigger and stronger than him
fled. We can have the same victory over the goliaths in our lives when
we acknowledge and believe God’s promise of deliverance for those who
trust Him. “And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me”
(Psalm 50:15). This is a straightforward promise that we can always
count on in any situation. We simply have to remember to call on Him. There are no guarantees in life; things can go well one day and
downhill the next day. Like David, we’re wise when we realize we need an
ally bigger than us. This ally is the Rock Himself, who stands ready to
help. “The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my
God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my
salvation, and my high tower” (Psalm 18:2). There will always be situations we can’t handle on our own, and
issues we have no control over. Even if we’re not facing threats from
others at the moment, the news media is great at frightening others by
reporting everything bad happening in the world. If we get caught up in
something evil, we can call out to God for help with the full assurance
that He always keeps His promise. “The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears, And delivers them out of all their troubles” (Psalm 34:17, NKJV). When we trust God more than ourselves, He’ll honor that trust; He’ll never let us down when we need Him. If we get too involved in what’s going on around us, we can lose our
focus on the only one who can help us when we get in trouble. Depending
on our own strength or knowledge to keep us safe won’t get us very far,
but God shields those who run to Him for protection. “The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe” (Proverbs 18:10). God is greater than any tower built from solid rock. His strength can’t be overcome. To learn more about how God’s supernatural protection overcomes fear, click on the link below for the CD series and book, Never Be Afraid Again. https://bit.ly/NeverBeAfraidAgainCDSeriesAndBook
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It was
not until I became pregnant with my son that I began to scrutinize a
world overrun with chemicals. I thought I would be done with the
research portion of the program following a few hours on the internet
one Saturday afternoon. Three years later, stacks of books, newspapers,
magazines, countless hours following online leads, numerous
conversations with environmental advocates, I am no closer to
understanding chemical exposure but I have added reason to be concerned.
Environmental scientists have been sounding the alarm for years but
not much is being done to stop the poisoning of our supply of food, air,
and water. For every step forward we take, we slip back even further
as thousands of new chemicals are introduced each year with almost no
testing being done as to how these chemicals will react when combined
together.
During this journey I have learned that it is not only the future at
issue but where we are right now. Consider today's escalating disease
statistics and if you delve just a little bit deeper than acknowledging
sickness and disease is running our economy and our lives, you will see
that chemicals and a varied mixture of chemicals are at the ship’s helm
determining our course and will continue to do so long into the future. When I learned that a vast majority are not similarly concerned at
the daunting statistics associated with chemical exposure, it occurred
to me that when evidence is unpleasant and would require too great an
effort to change the outcome, one inevitably redefines what is normal.
Apparently it is now normal to have bodies that deteriorate after death
at a slower rate because of all the preservatives contained therein! It is normal to have our infants and small children injected with
dangerous chemicals, such as mercury, aluminum, MSG, and formaldehyde –
chemicals linked to disorders ranging from brain and nerve damage to
autism and attention deficit disorder – and call it vaccination from
disease. Apparently it is now normal to be surrounded by people with chronic
ailments, drugging symptoms into submission until the next symptom
emerges (as a side effect) and needs another drug to suppress that
symptom. Conditions such as fibromyalgia, autoimmune disorders,
multiple chemical sensitivities, osteoporosis, heart disease,
Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s Disease, ADD/HD,
autism, brain tumors, crippling pain, not to mention frequent colds and
viruses, strep throat, ear infections, and subsequent overuse of
antibiotics and pharmaceutical drugs. I do not even work in an industry
that is at high risk for chemical exposure but the topic of disease has
now replaced “water cooler chatter”. It is now normal to be young and yet have attended several funerals of friends who have died of cancer. I began to study nutrition and supplementation like I have never
studied it before – and I was no slacker during previous years. My son
was not going to succumb to a life of ill health – not on my watch! And
as I implemented my strategy I quickly learned that I did not have the
support of my peers, medical advisors, corporate America, government,
and certainly not the pharmaceutical drug industry which, of course,
would prefer I use their method of immune support – vaccinations! My desire to detoxify and arm the immune system was met with mockery
from nearly everyone I encountered until I slipped slowly into the
sub-subculture of natural health where I found acceptance, although
there is always reason to disagree. Some of the individuals I have come to admire most have been driven
from the country and have opened clinics in Tijuana, Mexico, and some
are merely isolated from their peers for practicing “quackery”.
Numerous medical doctors have become licensed naturopathics just so they
could drop ties to the pharmaceutical drug companies and actually help
people get well. Others try to lead their patients to better health by
carefully chosen words, trying to not upset the guarded mindset of those
who need to believe they are not being poisoned by the food they eat,
air they breathe, water they drink, and the very alluring appeal of
consumerism which is cloaked in chemicals. It occurred to me that I live in a country where the word “choice” is
a battle cry from every corner, an undeniable right, and yet there is
to be no choice when it involves caring for your health naturally. Your
health insurance provider will not reimburse you for it, the
pharmaceutical drug company will not tolerate it, and your doctor is not
allowed to recommend it. How is it we have come to this state of anti-choice when it involves
our health? We have excellent doctors who now must practice medicine
out of the country in sub-standard clinics and in turn will be
criticized by the drug industry for practicing medicine in sub-standard
conditions! The hypocrisy abounds. We are now the guinea pigs in a grand experiment of chemicals,
simmering in a pot of toxic soup just waiting to see who survives and
what mutant species emerges strong enough to withstand the poison of our
environment. Not only are we playing a nasty game of Russian roulette
with ourselves as we accept each new chemical being released into the
environment but we have absolutely no idea what happens when you mix
certain chemicals together. More than 3,000 synthetic chemicals are
regularly introduced to U.S. food products each year. Most have not been
tested for their toxin producing effects in the human body. The EPA
relies on safety data determined by the manufacturing company. Now let’s consider the medical profession’s tool to help us deal with
our toxic bodies shaking and burning with disease from all these
chemicals. Synthetic drugs that are, once again, toxic to our systems.
Consider this, seriously, when you observe pharmaceutical drugs being
pulled from the market after years of approval, as was the case with
Vioxx, a drug being used to treat arthritis responsible for causing
thousands of individuals to experience strokes and heart attacks before
the FDA finally stepped in and had the drug removed (the manufacturing
company actually knew of the danger four years before it was officially
pulled!); patients prescribed Propulsid for heartburn and also Rezulin
for diabetes experienced intestinal damage, heart arrhythmia and liver
toxicity; Mellaril – after five decades of use has been linked to heart
damage; Posicor, a treatment for angina and hypertension interacted
dangerously with 25 other medications; vaccines containing thimerosol
have now been linked to neurological disorders (however, the drug
companies denied the connection even while pulling the vaccines out of
U.S. clinics and shipping to third world countries for distribution!).
There are numerous similar reports. Please note, as dangerous as
thimerosol is to our health, it is still being used in some vaccinations
and you should always make sure your fu shot or vaccination does not
contain this mercury-laden preservative. So I ask you, why would you EVER trust the pharmaceutical drug
company to treat your ill-health? Why would you trust ANY drug when you
do not know which one will be later pulled following you dropping to the
floor? Considering the fact that the Journal of American Medical Association
revealed 106,000 people die each year in American hospitals from the
side effects of properly prescribed prescription medications, why would
you not do everything in your power to stop drugging yourself and
instead strengthen your immune system through natural means, buy organic
food, supplement your diet, and avoid chemicals every single chance you
get! We need to stop and consider the consequences of a modern age
constructed on the precept that life is better when created through
chemistry. Perhaps we have been heading in the wrong direction for 100
years and now need to strip our belief system down to one that can lead
us to a better quality of life. The first step: Denial of our
chemically laden reality will need to be shed if we are to change this
tragic course. Imagine if for the past 100 years we had put the same sort of effort
and financial resources into developing natural supplements, and
studying health rather than disease intervention – instead of developing
toxic drugs? Personal responsibility has never been more critical to
our continued survival. We have become so distracted by terrorism from outside forces, we did
not even notice the dangers lurking right inside the borders of this
country, legally operating and profiting from this new version of
chemical warfare being waged on our society! As we are lulled into a
false sense of security, adverse reactions to properly prescribed
medications have become the fourth leading cause of death in the U.S. Take a look at your own family and if you find that you are
constantly dealing with sickness, begin the journey today to get well.
It will not be found in a bottle of Robitusson, Tylenol, asthma inhaler,
shot of insulin, blood pressure medication, etc. but in a radical
change in your internal climate which can only be accomplished through
restricting chemical exposure in your food, water and air;
detoxification of the chemicals that are now currently making you sick;
supplying your body with the nutrients necessary to thrive rather than
just survive.
Paula Rothstein has been involved in the natural health
industry for over 10 years with a specific emphasis on promoting
products and introducing lifestyle changes which address chronic
diseases relating to high levels of toxicity.
Best and Safest Strength Training for Young Athletes
Author
Ron Stratten, M.S.
Growing
young talent is a delicate and risky challenge. Strength training for
young athletes must be approached with caution. Parents often push their
children who play on sports-specific travel squads toward weight
training or, for some, personal trainers. But, what works best and what
method is safest? Because the legs are the foundation for almost every
outstanding performance, the focus should be on building leg strength,
speed, agility and coordination in a youngster whose muscles and body
are still developing. (continued below.....)
This chest workout from Abel Albonetti can be done anywhere. He won't be using any machines or free weights, but will instead only use resistance bands and body weight.
...(continued) Unfortunately, there has been no one approach that has proven
effective and safe. For many years young athletes have looked for a
simple way to build leg strength and speed by using ankle weights,
resistance bands or weighted vests and time spent in the weight room
with barbells and dumbbells. These solutions are cumbersome and often
harmful. A popular misconception has been that more is better. Adding more
weight means more strength, more repetitions mean more speed. But more
can mean problems for young bodies. Young athletes are developing at
different rates and must be dealt with individually. Light to moderate
weighted insoles can be an excellent answer for building young athletes'
lower body strength, speed and coordination. The weight can increase as
the athlete's body matures. Moreover, placing the weight below the
body's weight prevents the harmful injuries caused by carrying it above
young joints and allows the athlete to maintain a normal stride. Whether
the athlete is playing football, volleyball, basketball, or soccer, or
participating in track and field, speed, agility and the same overall
athleticism are the qualities young athletes and their parents are
seeking. Weighted insoles allow the young athlete to play a specific sport
while using them, unlike ankle weights resistance bands or weighted
vests, which must be removed during practice or competition. In other
words, you can take the weight room to the field or court! Weighted insoles can be safer than other weight training approaches
for young legs. Look for insoles that are light enough to accommodate
younger athletes eleven or twelve years and up. Six ounces seem to work
well with undeveloped beginners. As the young athlete practices and
develops more skills and as the body matures, he or she can move up to
the eight-ounce insole. Many companies recommend heavier weight to build
strength faster. Unfortunately, maintaining a normal stride length
(important for safe training) with more weight can be difficult. A well
planned workout with age-appropriate weights is a good basis for
strength training, just don’t go overboard! Look also, for a tool that can stabilize the heel and ankle area.
Early shoe choices are very important to parents wishing to insure the
healthy participation of their child in the sport of their choice. The
shoe companies oftentimes put their emphasis on the upper part of the
shoe and neglect the part of shoe that has the most direct contact with
the athlete: the shoe's liner or insole. Choose a weighted insole that
is comfortable and focuses on foot and ankle safety by stabilizing the
heel with a deep heel cup. The deep heel cup prevents the foot from
sliding inside the shoe, which creates an unstable foundation for the
athlete. There is no quick and easy way to develop strength. Weighted insoles
can make the journey safer, more convenient and more comfortable.
Carrying a small amount of weight with every step can make a positive
difference with each workout. They can be used in your favorite cross
trainers, walking shoes or running shoes. Weighted insoles provide a
training edge for any athlete who is striving to reach the next level
safely!
Ronald Stratten is the Manager /Owner of StrataSoles
Enterprises, LLC, and has served as NCAA Vice President for Education
Services and former Portland State University Head Football Coach.
StrataSoles Enterprises, LLC, is featuring the introduction of its
weighted-insole system, The StrataSoles™ Training System.
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