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Health & Wellbeing
Wake Up Worlds articles to keep you body healthy and your soul happy.
Belief Systems
Feb 22nd
22nd January 2012
Guest Writer for Wake Up World
Our belief systems are thoughts that have become our habits that determine what we think, what we feel and how we react to life. They influence every fiber of our being.
In our everyday life when we talk about “beliefs” we usually refer to the values we adopt consciously in our life, to our social, political and religious ‘beliefs’ according to which we act and behave. However, here we are talking about something of a wider perspective: about convictions that we have embraced regarding the world and ourselves in general of which we are not always aware. In this sense, belief systems operate on an unconscious level so that we are not even aware of them and the power they hold.
Is Barefoot Contact With the Earth Necessary For Health?
Feb 22nd
22nd February 2012
By Sayer Ji
The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Feeling “grounded” is an increasingly uncommon experience in this day and age, and it should be, considering we no longer regularly touch the ground with our bare feet, as nature intended.
It is no great mystery that the human foot was designed, over countless millenia, to be in direct contact with the Earth, the literal and symbolic ground of our being. And the Earth is no inert substance, but rather a living and breathing entity (of which we are but a mere part) capable of infusing us with its life, ‘singing the body electric,’ as Walt Whitman once mused.
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The Effects of Yoga in Deployed Military Personnel
Feb 21st
21st February 2012
Yoga has many benefits to the body, mind and spirit and can help one to heal from many types of traumas. Our nation’s military personnel who have served in combat zones are one of the most traumatized segments of our population and as such it is wise to find new ways of helping them to return to normal lives. Yoga has the power to help.
Below are excerpts from a military study on the effects of Hatha Yoga on soldiers stationed in Iraq. As one may guess, the soldiers who received instruction in Yoga showed significant improvement in their emotional and physiological well-being, leading to the conclusion that Yoga is indeed a useful tool in dealing with combat and environmental stress.
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New Research: GMO Food Far Worse Than We Think
Feb 20th
20th February 2012
By Sayer Ji – Wake Up World
Disturbing new research published in the Journal of Applied Toxicology indicates that genetically modified (GM) crops with “stacked traits,” that is, with multiple traits such as glyphosate-herbicide resistance and Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) insecticidal toxins engineered together into the same plant, are likely far more dangerous to human health than previously believed, due to their synergistic toxicity.
Resistance to glyphosate, the active ingredient in the herbicide Roundup, has been engineered into many GM plants, so that fields can be sprayed indiscriminately with herbicide without destroying the crops. While the GM glyphosate-resistant plants survive, they subsequently contain residues of glyphosate and its various metabolites (e.g. aminomethylphosphonic acid) that present a significant health threat to the public.
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Probiotics And Mitochondria: Bacteria Are Not “Other”
Feb 17th
17th February 2012
By Sayer Ji – Wake Up World
The close symbiotic relationship between our bodies and intestinal bacteria is so profound that some scientists have suggested we be viewed as “metaorganisms.”
Indeed, without these friendly bacteria we could not perform critical life-sustaining functions, such as:
- Counteract vitamin B12 deficiency
- Produce the B-group vitamins, as a whole
- Break down pesticides
- Break down xenobiotic hormones like BPA
Probiotics also perform at least 30 essential biological functions, with 13 viewable below:
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Self-Kindness: Seven Habits That Will Help You Live a Happier Life
Feb 16th
16th February 2012
By Henrik Edberg - positivityblog.com
“Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.”
Henry James
“Kind words are short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.”
Mother Teresa
No relationship in the world is more important than the one you have with yourself.
But still, people often have a far worse and far more destructive relationship with themselves than they have with other people.
So in this article I’d like to explore 7 habits that can help you to form a better and happier relationship with yourself. And as an extension of that probably better relationships with the people around you too.
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Tips to Stay Healthy While Travelling
Feb 15th
15th February 2012
By Dr. Mercola – articles.mercola.com
Travel can increase the stress on your immune system, even if it’s for fun. If you’re not careful, you may come home from your trip with an unwelcome memento – like a cold or flu.
Some people even expect to get sick during a trip. But it doesn’t have to be that way!
It’s very important to take care of your immune health while traveling, whether it’s for business or pleasure.
Acupressure is the practice of pressing or massaging certain points on your body, which can stimulate your body’s self-curative abilities.
Chocolate: Candy or Cutting-Edge Medicine?
Feb 15th
15th February 2012
By Sayer Ji – Wake Up World
Chocolate is clearly one of the most enjoyed foods on the planet, and has one of the oldest documented histories of use going back to 1100 BC. And yet many still harbor guilt about consuming it because they associate it with “candy” and have never been exposed to the research indicating it may actually be closer to a “medicine.”
Now, new research from the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition has revealed that the consumption of chocolate, or its active constituents (cocoa, flavan-3-ols), reduces a broad range of risk factors for cardiovascular disease including insulin resistance. The researchers looked at 42 acute and long-term studies and found a 33% median reduction in insulin resistance following chocolate consumption. What is so unique about this new study is that chocolate consumption is generally believed to elevate blood sugar and blood insulin levels; not only does it disprove this myth but it sheds additional light on why chocolate consumption (especially dark, organic) may be beneficial in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
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Is Cancer An Ancient Survival Program Unmasked?
Feb 14th
14th February 2012
By Sayer Ji – Wake Up Wolrd
Ever since Richard Nixon declared a war on cancer in 1971 through the signing of the National Cancer Act,[i] over a hundred billion dollars has been spent by our government on research and drug development in an attempt to eradicate the disease, with trillions more spent by the cancer patients themselves, but with disappointing results. Even after four decades of waging full-scale conventional (surgery and chemo) and nuclear (radiotherapy) war against cancer, close to one in every four Americans will be diagnosed with the disease within their lifetimes. Could this colossal failure reflect how profoundly misunderstood the condition is, and misguided are our attempts to prevent and treat it?
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Crude Awakening: Mineral Oil Pollutes Everyone’s Bodies
Feb 12th
12th February 2012
by Sayer Ji – Wake Up World
The scientific literature indicates that there are at least two dozen adverse health effects linked to exposure to mineral oil, a crude oil derivative. New research indicates these fat-soluble hydrocarbons are accumulating to disturbing levels in our bodies, and affecting newborns by contaminating breast milk.
How did they get there? Mineral oil is legally allowed to be added to our foods, drugs and cosmetics, where they accumulate in our bodies over time, with the highest concentrations found in our fat deposits. One autopsy study performed in 1985, revealed that 48% of the livers and 46% of the spleens of the 465 autopsies analyzed showed signs of mineral-oil induced lipogranuloma (a nodule of necrotic, fatty tissue associated with granulomatous inflammation or a foreign-body reaction around a deposit of an oily substance), indicating just how widespread pathological tissue changes associated with exposure reallly are.
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FDA’s Bold Claim: “Your Body Is a Drug – We Have the Authority to Regulate It!”
Feb 10th
10th February 2012
By anh-usa.org
In another outrageous power-grab, FDA says your own stem cells are drugs – and stem cell therapy is interstate commerce because it affects the bottom line of FDA-approved drugs in other states!
We wish this were a joke, but it’s the US Food and Drug Administration’s latest claim in its battle with a Colorado clinic over its Regenexx-C™ procedure, a non-surgical treatment for people suffering from moderate to severe joint or bone pain using adult stem cells.
The FDA asserts in a court document that it has the right to regulate the Centeno-Schultz Medical Clinic for two reasons:
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Walnut And The ‘Doctrine of Signatures’
Feb 10th
10th February 2012
By Sayer Ji – Wake Up World
Walnuts resemble both the human head (skull and brains) and prostate, and are a prime example of what ancient herbalists called ‘the doctrine of signatures‘: namely, herbs or foods that resemble various parts of the body can be used to treat ailments of that part of the body. In fact, the 17th-century herbalist William Coles, author of The Art of Simpling and Adam in Eden, stated that walnuts were good for treating head ailments because “they have the perfect Signatures of the Head.”
