Taking Multiple Drugs Can Be Hazardous To Your Health
I recently read an article by Gary Graig on The Menacing Mathematics of Multiple Meds. He offered a fascinating discussion on the interactions of different medications. Very few drugs have been tested to see if there are negative side effects when you take them with other drugs. While the odds of negative side effects might be small when you take just one drug, the math changes as you increase the number of drugs a person is taking.

To test three drugs for adequate safety in the various combinations would require 7 separate tests. If you take 4 drugs, the combinations require 25 separate tests. Taking 5 drugs calls for 121 tests and 10 drugs would require 362,881 separate tests.

How many people are taking between 5 and 10 drugs a day and have no idea what the combination of these drugs will do? I personally remember when my father was in a nursing home taking multiple drugs each day. When they added another drug he started to develop dementia symptoms. Since the symptoms didn’t show up immediately after he started to take it, it took a while for us to realize what was happening. My brother is the one who actually told the doctor to take him off the drug. The result – his symptoms disappeared almost overnight.

So…if you know someone taking a lot of drugs, be very wary when other unexplained symptoms show up. It may be due to side effects.
 

Chia Seeds - The Easy Way To Get More Omega 3 and 6 Into Your Diet
Until recently, the only good choice for getting a vegetable source of Omega 3 and 6 into your diet was using flax seeds. Chia seeds are an even better choice for getting extra Omega 3 and 6 fatty acids, which are the good fats that you need in your diet. These seeds have a higher amount of Omega’s than any other plant. They also have 38% more fiber and 247% more calcium (that number is not an error) than flax seeds. While flax seeds can go rancid, you don’t have that problem with Chia seeds (I’m also talking about Chia seeds that you eat and not the Chia Pet grass that grows from seeds). I’ve been sprinkling Chia seeds on my morning cereal for six months now and am pleased with the ease of using them. It doesn’t change the taste of the cereal at all. It just adds a little crunch.

A good source to order your Chia seeds is by going to http://www.goodcausewellness.com/servlet/StoreFront.
 

Blackberry’s Cause Hums In Other Electronics – What About Us?
The Wall Street Journal reported about the “Blackberry buzz” which is a buzzing sound that that comes from stereos, alarm clocks and public-address systems when Blackberry and Treo-type devices are in close proximity to them. From my standpoint, what was missing from this article is what these devices might be doing to our body. Since our body operates by electrical signals, it may be possible that this “hum” is also affecting our cells negatively.
 

The Power Of The Placebo
More and more research is confirming that the existence of the placebo effect is very real and very powerful. Psychiatrist Patrick Lemoine said in New Scientist that the placebo effect “rests on the relationship between the patient and the doctor – the belief on the part of the patient that what the doctor has given him will work.”

In one study with 46,000 heart patients, where half were taking a placebo, the placebo patients fared as well as those taking the heart drug. The patients who were taking the placebo as prescribed by the doctor had a survival rate that was the same as those taking the real drug. Patients who tended not to survive were those who had been lax with following the doctor’s orders, regardless of whether they were taking the placebo or the actual drug.

In another study reported in Science, a group of patients were treated for Parkinson’s disease. The patients given the placebos were told they had received dopamine. When the placebo patients had a PET scan, it showed that their brains substantially increased the release of their own dopamine.

So…when you get treated for an illness, remember that your mind can be part of the solution to your healing!
 

Listen To An Interview I Just Did Last Week On Internet Radio
I was just interviewed on Inside Success Radio By Dr Proactive Randy Gilbert. It was a great interview. Here is what the promotion said about what we talked about:

The topic for today is “Switched-On Living”; learning how to unleash the power of your mind to identify and overcome stress and achieve peak energy.

This special guest believes that there is an intricate connection between the mind and the body which relates to all aspects of the body's functioning, including health and healing, emotional well-being, and the immune system.

If you want to learn valuable techniques for switching-on and balancing various aspects of your life, then I highly recommend you take notes as you listen to this Wholistic Health Sciences guru in this proactive interview.

Here’s the link if you’d like to listen to this 1 hour interview.
http://www.insidesuccessradio.com/GuestPage1.php/Jerry-Teplitz
 

The Power Of Creating Marine Reserves
In an interview with Elizabeth Kolbert published in OnEarth, Kolbert talked about the power of setting aside marine reserves to restore habitats and fisheries. In marine reserves, all the fish and other sea life get bigger since no fishing is allowed. What this means is that these larger individuals live longer and have more young. As an example, a 14-inch vermilion rockfish will generate about 150,000 young. Let it grow to 24 inches and it will generate 1.7 million babies! If this was a financial investment, that would be quite a return! Come to think of it, it is an investment – an investment in our collective future!

The Australians have even turned a third of the Great Barrier Reef into a reserve network. South Africa has decided to set aside a quarter of its coastline in reserves. In the US we have only set aside 1 percent of our coastal waters in reserves. One way to save our fish species is to support the establishment of more coastline reserves.
 

Stop Worrying And Live Longer
A study conducted at Purdue University and published in Psychological Science found that stopping excessive worrying may lengthen your life. The researchers analyzed data on personality changes and mortality rates for 1,663 men aged 43 to 91. During 18 years of follow-up, men who became more neurotic had a much higher risk of dying earlier than those who stayed the same or became less neurotic. The researchers also found that learning to cope and overcome the tendency to stew over changes seemed to make the difference in longevity.
So…when stuff happens, letting it go becomes good advice.
 

Recent Warnings Against Taking Vitamin C & E Are Wrong
There were recent reports in the media about a study that found that taking Vitamins C and E caused a higher risk of death. In the Danish study researchers reported a 4 to 7 increase in death risk in those taking the vitamins. According to Jeffrey Blumberg, Ph.D., director of the antioxidants research lab at Tufts University in Boston, the methodology was flawed since most of the people in the study were already very ill. Blumberg also said that hundreds of studies have been conducted showing the safety of Vitamins C & E.

So…I’m still taking mine.
(Reported in AARP, July&August 2007)
 

A Non-Chemical Way To Get Rid Of Fleas In Your Yard
There’s a great way to get rid of fleas in your backyard. It’s by using a tiny bug called a nematode. This bug specializes in eating all kinds of grubs. In its earlier stage a flea is in the grub stage. As soon as the nematodes finish eating all the grubs in your lawn, they will die. This will rid you property of all kinds of bugs as well as fleas! The nematodes come on a sponge and since they are microscopic, you’ll never see the millions of them there. Just spread them on your lawn and let them do their work! To order the nematodes go to www.gardensalive.com.
 

Your Next Opportunity To Attend My Switched-On Selling, Network Marketing or Management Seminars & Instructor Training Is Coming Up In Virginia Beach This August
You can attend one of my Switched-On Seminars in Virginia Beach, VA and take a vacation at the same time (a business expense write off!) towards the end of August. For exact dates and times, go to https://teplitz.com/switched-main.htm. You can also become certified to teach these seminars. For information, go to https://teplitz.com/Switched-On-Instructors/SO_Instructor_Aug2007.pdf.

Here are some of the comments we receive on the impact of the seminars.

RESULTS WERE INSTANTANEOUS
"The day after the seminar the results were instantaneous. We closed 7 contracts, more than we had done during the preceding 8 months. By the end of the week, we had 18 signed contracts."
– Serge Gravelle, Largo, FL

NOW TOP AGENT IN THE OFFICE
"Before I completed your course, I was averaging one insurance sale a week, then afterwards it went to 2.5 sales a week. After five months of maintaining this level, I changed companies and my sales increased even more dramatically. After my first five weeks, I was the top agent in the office."
- Veda Stone, Insurance Agent

So…take advantage of this opportunity to attend one of the seminars or instructor trainings and vacation in Virginia Beach at the same time!
 

The result is a work force that is more positive, effective, focused, energized and more productive. He is an author of four books and has been interviewed on over 200 radio stations. He speaks and consults in the areas of Stress Management, Management and Leadership Training, Sales Development and Brain Integration.  

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