Super PAC Money Flooding The Country

I don’t usually write about politics. I want to make an exception this time to write about the Super PAC situation. This is where the Supreme Court has said that Corporations can give as much money as they want to groups that will influence the election. This has resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars coming from very few donors.

On top of this, these groups are creating misleading and false advertisement. It turns out that advertising by candidates is protected by free speech so they can say what they want even if it is false. With Super PACs since they are not candidates, TV stations have the right to refuse misleading and false advertising.

How big a problem is this? Well, the Annenberg Public Policy Center found that from the Iowa caucuses through the Wisconsin primary almost 57% of the $41.1 million spent on ads by the four highest spending Super PACS on 19 ads containing misleading claims. While the TV stations will be making a ton of money from this advertising, you can now email your local station managers where you stand on this issue. Go to www.FlackCheck.org to encourage your local stations to let the truth be heard and not the lies and deceptions!
 

Dangerous Chemicals In Our Water Supply

Senator Frank Lautenberg recently told ABC News that there are more than 140 chemicals in the U.S. drinking water supply that are not even regulated by the EPA. This includes gasoline, pesticides, rocket fuel, drug prescriptions and many more nasty chemicals.

How can you find out what’s in your water? You can get a testing kit from the National Testing Laboratories to test your water. You can get a kit for well water or for city water. So…find out what you are drinking as it can have an impact on you and your family’s health.

(Reported Mercola.com)
 

A Sweetener That Taste Good And Is Good For You!

Sugar is bad for you and so is high fructose corn sweetener, aspartame and a lot of the other artificial sweeteners. So, how can you sweeten beverages and dessert?

Now, you can use stevia from a company that is making a version that doesn’t have a bitter taste and is also great for baking.

For a free sample to use in your beverages, go to the website www.nunaturals.com. They also have a baking product that you can substitute one for one with sugar.

Stevia is a natural sweetener that comes from a plant. Get the free sample and find out how you can have your sweetness and eat it too!

 

Going To The Hospital Can Be Dangerous For Dementia Sufferers

A new study found that people with dementia are more likely to be hospitalized than other older adults. While the reason they go into the hospital was not related to their dementia, just going into the hospital increased the likelihood that within the next year they would wind up in a nursing home or they would die.

The study examined the medical records of 771 Alzheimer’s patients who were living at home and fairly high-functioning. About half wound up in the hospital. Normally each year about 4% of the patients who weren’t hospitalized entered a nursing home and 2% died. With the Alzheimer’s patients, 29% wound up going from the hospital to the nursing home and 43% of those with delirium wound up in the nursing home.

Finally, of those who survived the initial hospitalization, 9% died in the next year and 15% of those suffering delirium died.

The researchers are not clear on why this was happening. So…the easy answer is to stay out of the hospital as it can be bad for your health.

(Associated Press, June 20, 2012)

 

Magnesium Deficiency Showing Up In Alzheimer’s Patients

A study published in Magnesium Research found that people with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease who had low levels of ionized magnesium had the most impaired cognitive function compared to a control group.

There are two way to test for magnesium levels. One is the one docs usually use which is serum total magnesium levels. This test did not show a deficiency. The deficiency did show up when the ion test was done.

The researchers said that magnesium deficiency overexcites the brain’s neurons which results in less coherence and reduced cognitive function. So…to make sure you have the right levels of magnesium, make sure to ask your doc to run the ion test.

 

Having Friends At The Office Increases Productivity

Researchers have reported that loneliness at the office decreases productivity. Having a least one friend at work actually increases a worker’s productivity.

So, loneliness is not just a personal problem, it’s an organizational problem.

If you manage others, make sure your folks have at least one person that they are friends with.

(Reported Prevention, June 2012)

 

Finding Locally Grown Food Has Gotten Easier

So, you’re interested in buying locally and supporting local farmers.

Well, it’s just gotten easier to find sustainable food that is grown near you.

A new website at FarmPlate.com has more than 40,000 listings of farmer’s markets, community-supported agriculture, restaurants, artesian food, drink producers and shops selling organic fare.

Find those in your area today!

 

THANKS, THAT'S IT FOR THIS MONTH!