Mindful Meditation, Light Isometric Tensing (LIT), and Socrates It was Socrates who said, "The unexamined life is not worth living." I paraphrase that by saying: If you do not examine what you are doing and do not do the right thing, you are not going to have a very long or healthy life to examine. The concept of Mindful Meditation as recommended by Thich Nhat Hahn, Jon … [Read more...]
Macrobiotic Diet Reduces the Risk of Breast Cancer, by Alex Jack
Macrobiotic Diet Reduces the Risk of Breast Cancer by Alex Jack In a random case control study involving 104 middle-aged women, Italian researchers reported this year that a macrobiotic diet could substantially reduce hormonal levels associated with higher risk of breast cancer. Known as the DIANA (Diet and Androgens) Trial, the study was conducted by the National Tumor … [Read more...]
Modern Slavery
Modern Slavery He was a 33-year old very decent and hard working slightly overweight man, a minimal smoker with an important family history for heart attack, who ate "sandwiches" for lunch. A sandwich to him was a ham and cheese, and he was now complaining of a "lump" on his right wrist. Chinese or Alternative medicine states what I believe to be the fact: the fat in his diet … [Read more...]
Why is the Preventive Medicine Center special?
Cancer Facts About 7,000 Connecticut residents died from cancer in 1990. Nearly 1 in 4 people in the USA develop cancer-men and women. In 1990 there were 1 million new cases of cancer in the USA. More than 4 per week of alcohol drinks (1 beer=1 glass of wine/shot of whiskey) may increase your risk of throat, esophagus, stomach and liver cancer. In 1990 there were … [Read more...]
Motivation (Doing the Right Thing)
Motivation - Doing The Right Thing In the first chapter of the Bible (Genesis), God advisedadmonished Adam and Eve that all was theirs except the apple from the Tree of Wisdom. That is, the Choices of Good were broad and there was apparently only one bad. However, and as you know the story, humans being what they are, the apple was tasted. Thereafter, all of us have had to … [Read more...]