Healthy World Digest 4: 8/1/09

August 2009

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In this issue:

* High carbohydrates = liver damage

* Be hip (Exercise, that is.)

* Italians aren't fat

* Arthritis and vitamins

* Want to improve immunity? Take a hike.

* Fibromyalgia doesn't exist

* Reply to eMail
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* High carbs = liver damage

Duke University researchers found that eating too many carbohydrates can not only cause you to pack pounds but can also hurt your liver. That is because excess blood sugar converts to fat in your liver. Good news is that keeping to a reduced carb diet can improve the related liver condition in 6 months.

* Be hip (Exercise, that is.)

Ever think about your hips when working out? Start to. If the spine's health is the best index of youth, according to the Yogis, then the hips are 2nd.
For improved performance and to avoid injury, click hip exercise

* Italians aren't fat

When I was a little nipper, I asked my Sicilian mom why Italians were so fat. She looked at me in feigned horror and said, "Italians aren't fat. Americans are fat!"

She was referring to Italian-Americans who ate, well, Italian-American stuff. You know, the sort of stuff that's featured at the corner pizzeria.

But that's not the food my family served. Real Italian food features good bread, rich, fresh cheeses, salads with a little Italian olive oil, lots of greens & fresh fruit. Yeah, it's quick food but it's good for you.

I understood that whatever was imperfect in the diet, was offset by the good stuff: the salads, cooked greens, fresh fruit and fish.

Future newsletters will contain recipes for dishes served in my family that are simple, delicious and healthy. If I forget, remind me.

So go ahead and eat Italian, REAL Italian.

* Arthritis and vitamins

Arthritis is a serious, pervasive problem in the West. There are no cures to date. But a number of nutrients can truly be useful.

Think fish oils, magnesium, calcium, Vitamin E & Vitamin C.

Click for much more on arthritis vitamins

* Take a hike!

Researchers found that a walk in the woods boosts your immune system. Just the kind of health news that brightens my day.

Researchers observed that, on hikes, we absorb the natural protectants that the trees give off.

Yeah, and I could think of several other features of that hike that contribute to immunity. The exercise, the relaxation, the link to nature, etc.

If you don't take anything else out of this item, just remember this bit of exercise information: Exercise is THE most powerful action you can take for your health.

* No such thing as fibromyalgia

I don't think there is such a thing as fibromyalgia. The pains are real, patients' suffering is real, someTHING(s) is going on.

But that someThing has been placed in a category that doesn't add to our understanding or our fibromyalgia treatment.

I believe that persons diagnosed with fibromyalgia are actually suffering from a few or many health problems with shifting symptoms. Perhaps, a large part of the distress includes an emotional component, part of the reason why symptoms appear to be shifting and vague.

My advice is for sufferers is to treat the symptoms as THE disorders.

Then work on getting generally healthy.

Eat correctly

Exercise

Drink lots of filtered water. Visit our sister site for more information on water & health.

Use natural herbs

Do one thing that is emotionally fulfilling. Make a friend. Volunteer your time. Take up yoga. See a psychotherapist. Just do one constructive emotional thing.

Then reevaluate your fibromyalgia treatment.

* Reply to eMail

Hope this isn't too self serving. In response to an email I received asking if Healthy World is a front for some company, I replied as follows:

No, Healthy Water & Healthy World Online's other sites are not fronts for any other companies.

We have a few partners we work with, ones I trust, and Google ads pay for some of our bills. Yes, HW makes some money and I am very happy with our direction.

But HW is a group of information sites based on my decades of research into {health|wellness|health issues. There is no compelling reason for visitors to do anything more than just evaluate the info presented and make their own decisions as to how to best use the info.

I don't hard sell any products or brands. You can purchase a good water filter at your local home store, herbs at any herbal store and there's no shortage of available equipment at sporting stores that is not affiliated to the exercise site.

I hope you and Healthy World's other visitors (about 30,000 monthly) find the sites helpful and I genuinely hope that they encourage you to be active vis a vis yourself and others when it comes to health.

That would be satisfaction enough for me.

Anyway, thanks for visiting & good health,

Sal

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