Ingesting worms on purpose?

I have read several articles in that past week about this new craze that really isn't new.

Apparently, people in Hong Kong are ingesting intestional roundworms to lose weight. Now I have to say that this just totally gives me the creeps and I can't imagine being able to actually swallow a worm. Sadly, they are doing a lot of damage and the Hong Kong government has issued warnings to get folks to stop this practice.

This was something that I have read about in the past and was popular in the early 1900's as a weight loss tool.

I am an advocate of anything alternative and natural, but this is one "remedy" that was better left in the history books.

This one takes the cake!!

If you have ever used an ear candle, please make sure to read the entire article.


www.healthfreedomusa.org/?p=4790

The FDA has told 14 of the 15 known companies that manufacture ear candles to cease doing business immediately and are now regulating the candles as a medical device.

This is about the dumbest thing I have ever heard.

If you are as outraged as I am, please sign the petition at the bottom of the article.

We need to get this reversed.

Feeling Overwhelmed?

Keep Swimming !

Two frogs fell into a deep cream bowl,
One was an optimistic soul;
But the other took the gloomy view,
"I shall drown," he cried, "and so will you."

So with a last despairing cry,
He closed his eyes and said, "Good-bye.
"But the other frog, with a merry grinSaid,
"I can't get out, but I won't give in!

I'll swim around till my strength is spent.
For having tried, I'll die content.
"Bravely he swam until it would seem
His struggles began to churn the cream.

On the top of the butter at last he stopped
And out of the bowl he happily hopped.
What is the moral? It's easily found.
If you can't get out -- keep swimming around!

-Author Unknown -

What is a Naturopath?

The term Naturopathy originated in the late 19th Century but the art had been traced back through Germany into Greece, to Hippocrates himself, and beyond. There have always been people who understood that healing will occur naturally in the human body, if it is given what it truly needs --- proper diet, pure water, fresh air, sunlight, exercise, and rest. For these people, the emphasis has not been on finding a disease and killing it, but rather on helping the body establish its own state of good health. In today’s world these people are known as naturopaths. True naturopaths recognize that allopathic health care is sometimes necessary. They also know that many people can achieve and maintain good health through the use of Naturopathy.

When determining the root cause of a client's issues, true naturopaths do not diagnose or treat disease, but instead focus on health and education. They teach clients how to create an environment that is conducive to good health, enabling their clients to make their own choices and be very proactive about their health and well-being.

Chinese New Year

Happy Chinese New Year!

The Year of the Tiger is upon us.

Have a great time ringing in the new year.

Have your resolutions fallen by the wayside?

We didn't put any time frames on the changes we plan to make this year. Just day by day doing the best we can. Our main goal is our diet so we are using up the things that we want to eliminate (because we just can't waste) and hope to have our new "diet" phased in completely by March 1st.

We won't be following any one plan entirely but a collection of things based on our tastes and of course not making the shopping too difficult when we are unable to get to the mainland. The overview is this.

High quality protein
No starch - pasta - potatoes
No high sugar content vegetables
Phasing out coffee altogether

We plan to follow a strict pattern for a month and see how we feel. Eventually we will slowly add somethings back in to see if we notice any difference.

Not really a resolution... more like a science experiment!

Happy New Year

Well, all the hustle and bustle of the holiday's are over and hopefully everyone survived the chaos. We are lucky in that we can keep things very simple and so there isn't much in the way of stress during this time of the year.

If you have chosen to make any New Year's Resolutions I wish you all the best in keeping them!

Happy New Year!