Healthy Lifestyle Tweaks
Surprisingly Simple Changes for
Feeling Good by Kathleen Barnes
will find their range of motion is notice- ably limited in the event of an untruth or something else that is not helpful. A practical solution: Apply this
technique in making any choice related to personal health.
Control Electronic Pollution Turn away from using cordless phones and turn off the Wi-Fi. Keep cell phones out of pockets and purses. Move the TV out of the bedroom. These devices emit enormous amounts of radiation, disturb- ing our sleep patterns, thickening our blood and causing inflammation and a number of associated diseases, accord- ing to Dr. Stephen Sinatra, an integrative cardiologist and co-author of The Great Cholesterol Myth.
Recent findings of Sinatra’s re- A
ll of us have heard the admoni- tion: “Eat lots of veggies and exercise daily and you’ll live a
long, healthy life.” There’s no question this advice is
sound, but what about other helpfully healthy lifestyle adjustments we can make? Experts attest that doing easy things, such as going braless, walk- ing barefoot or using a plug-in model instead of a cordless phone can all support wellness. Results range from stress relief to prevention of cancer, heart disease and other ailments often associated with aging.
“Making some of the simplest
changes can have far-reaching posi- tive effects on your health,” contends Frank King, a doctor of chiropractic and naturopathic medicine, presi- dent of King Bio Natural Medicine, in Asheville, North Carolina, and author of The Healing Revolution. “When we consider the huge negative effects shadowing the field of prescription drugs, it is just good sense to try things foundational to our health that are
natural, inexpensive, effective and free of problematic side effects.”
Muscle Testing “The human body is an excellent lie detector. It is the world’s most sophisticated laboratory, with more wisdom than all medical professionals put together,” says King. His favorite technique is to tap into the body’s vast wisdom using applied kinesiology, or muscle testing. “The principal is simple. When you are telling a truth or when something is good for the body, wheth- er you are conscious of it or not, your body loosens up. When you are telling a lie or the body is rejecting something, your body tightens.” Many holistic practitioners use ap- plied kinesiology as a diagnostic tool. An easy way to use muscle testing at home is to bend forward, fingers stretching toward the toes. Set a baseline truth by saying out loud, “My name is _______,” and notice the length of the stretch. Then utter an untruth, like calling
yourself by a different name. Most people
search team at the University of Cali- fornia-Irvine, published in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, confirm that physical contact with the Earth naturally thins blood. “Grounding appears to be one of the simplest and yet most profound inter- ventions for helping reduce cardiovas- cular risk and cardiovascular events,” the researchers concluded. A recent study of animals by the Bioelectromagnetics Laboratory at Zhejiang University School of Medi- cine-Hangzhou, in China, shows that exposure to radio and electromagnetic frequencies (EMF) like those found in cell phones can alter some genes. An Indian study by the Bioelectromag- netic Laboratory at Jawaharlal Nehru University-New Delhi suggests that EMF exposure increases the production of free radicals in animal brains, which can lead to inflammation, cancer, heart disease and other serious diseases. Swiss research published in the jour- nal Somnologie by University of Bern scientists shows a clear connection between radio frequencies (RF) and sleep disturbances. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) admits a possible link between exten- sive cell phone use and exposure to RF waves and brain cancer. Sinatra calls Wi-Fi signals “the new coronary risk factor” and warns, “Be aware that if you are on a com- puter at home on Wi-Fi, that is toxic to your body.”
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