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  • The Hidden Essentials to Losing Weight – Developing Healthy Habits | Developing Healthy Habits, LLC

    The Hidden Essentials to Losing Weight – Developing Healthy Habits | Developing Healthy Habits, LLC:

    This relates to sustainability because it pertains to the healthy balance of one’s body.

    When your body is working well (correctly) then losing weight or gaining weight should typically not be much of a problem. (And a kabillion studies show that the off-and-on fasting is rarely effective and often downright dangerous.)

    This is a very readable article about covers the basics of carbs, proteins and fats (including the essential fats, EFAs). She talks about the balance of omega-6 to omega-3 (which should be about 4 to 1, not the typical 20 to 1 for highly processed foods in a typical American diet).

    Good bacteria in the intestines should be about 80% with no more that 15% bad for healthy gastro tract.

    Having these things in stable balance should result in very stable energy, lubricated joints, stabilized insulin and blood sugar levels.

    She argues that you should do these things long before trying to take other measures to weight management (losing extra pounds).

    She will also tell you more about why eating fat is good for your health.

    keywords: health, wellness, intestines, fat, diet, weight loss, sustainable living

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  • Chia… The super healthy alternative to … The Costco Connection – July 2013 – Page 47

    The Costco Connection – July 2013 – Page 47:

    Really cool about Chia.

    We knew about the tea and the drinks, but who knew about all the other uses of Chia.

    Substitute for eggs.

    Even tells a little history. Short article is jam-packed as is the little Chia seed.

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  • How much should a hip replacement cost? CBS News

    How much should a hip replacement cost? Study raises more questions than answers – CBS News:

    Paying cash for a procedure can get wild in terms of the prices. (They did this for a similar ailment and got similar results.)

    Offering to pay cash, and pay up front will result in serious discounts, say 70%.

    But this is still a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad world of medicine.

    What’s missing is transparency. If you can’t figure out how much something is going to cost, how can you plan for it.

    Oh, and here is a case in point on the Hip-to-be-squared problem. If hip is a pre-exiting condition, then you have to pay out-of-pocket. But, if you let your insurance laps, then you can not be denied… BUT in next year, 2014, more of Obamacare will kick in and then it’s no worries (maybe?).

    This whole area of healthcare is fuzzy and morphing, so it really is not sane to try to make rational decisions.

    Maybe the best idea is to go an medical tourism vacation. Trip it up to Canada, down to Costa Rica or drink it up in Spain. It seems that the pain before and after surgery, just might, kinda put a damper on the whole vacation thing though. But the $50-100,000 would be a nice incentive to enjoy the trip.

    It’s going to be hard to bring healthcare costs under control when the mess in pricing and the lack of transparency is out of control.

    It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World of medicine.

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  • Fracking is unearthing surprise bacteria | Health, Medical, and Science Updates

    Fracking is unearthing surprise bacteria | Health, Medical, and Science Updates:

    Hmmm….

    I’m not sure that many of us have been thinking about this? What is living in the oil and gas before we extract it from the wells?

    This study starts to bring that to the (fore)ground. It is interesting that some of these guys do better, much better, related to the fracking process and/or being brought to the surface.

    Hmmm… And I always thought the the main risks from fracking were: water contamination and possibly the increased chance for earthquakes.?

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  • Earth Day Number 1 (of 4) Wellness… Gleaning feeds the needy | Highlands Today

    Gleaning feeds the needy | Highlands Today: “Gleaning feeds the needy”

    Earth Day… Basic four things to do. Right now.

    Number 1. Health and wellness. People can’t be healthy, and they certainly can’t be productive, if they don’t have the basics of health and living conditions. Just drinkable water and basic sanitation is a critical issue. This combined with the lack of basic nutrition results in major health and wellness issues for approximately 2 billion of the world’s population.
    ToDo: One of the things that can be done here is to go on missions to developing countries to help them learn and develop the sanitary and development skills. You will want to develop your own survival skills first in a programs such as the HEART program at Warner University.
    ToDo: Consider helping with composting, urban gardens and gleaning projects. Gleaning, as mentioned in the bible, is where volunteers are allowed to go through the fields after they have been harvested to pick the edible — but not necessarily pretty — fruit and vegetables. (See Gleaning For The World (www.GFTW.org), End Hunger (www.EndHunger.org), gleaning in Florida (this article). 

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