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Researchers at Harvard University predict if our friends become obese, we are half as likely to become obese as well. They also state 42% of Americans will be considered obese (over the course of 20 years that is). Believing this increase your chance of it being true, exercising your will power and controlling your taste buds won’t. Research and doctors can state their findings and give a prognosis of death all they want. Ultimately, the way we look and feel is our doing. This study goes on to say, ” obesity can spread like an infectious disease and people can catch it from their friends.” When and where does the brainwashing end?

In conclusion, they believe befriending only thin people does not guarantee you’ll be thin. This practically goes against what the study showed, which is correct? Apparently, it seems that unless fat friends lose weight together (or remain obese), nothing will change. If anyone buys into this, then yes, they’ve lost half the battle and they will be the ones half as likely to become obese.

Dutch researchers conducted a 40 month long study on the effects of low doses of Omega-3 fatty acids in margarine on heart disease. Their conclusion?  According to Ben Hircshler, it did not significantly reduce rates of serious heart attacks and other cardiovascular events. Were they serious to believe it would? Obviously they have not read the following:

L. Eugene Arnold, M.Dd., M.D.; a Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at Ohio State University writes:

“Do you know the difference between margarine and butter?”

*Both have the same amount of calories.

*Butter is slightly higher in saturated fats at eight grams compared to five grams.

*Eating margarin can increase heart disease in women by 53% over eating the same amount of butter, according to a recent Harvard Medical Study.

*Eating butter increases the absorption of many other nutrients in other foods.

*Butter has many nutritional benefits where margarine has a few only because they are added!

*For most people, butter tastes better than margarine and it can enhance the flavors of other foods. (The best claim margarine can make in ads is that it tastes the same as butter.)

*Butter has been around for centuries where margarine has been around for less than 100 years.

“And now, for Margarine…

*Very high in trans-fatty acids.

*Triple risk of coronary heart disease.

*Increases total cholesterol and LDL (this is the bad cholesterol).

*Lowers HDL cholesterol, (the good cholesterol).

*Increases the risk of cancers by up to fivefold.

*Lowers quality of breast milk.

*Decreases immune response.

*Decreases insulin response.

“And here is the part that is very interesting! Margarine is but ONE MOLECULE away from being PLASTIC. This fact alone was enough to have me avoiding margarine for life and anything else that is hydrogenated (this means hydrogen is added, changing the molecular structure of the substance).

“You can try this yourself: purchase a tub of margarine and leave it in your garage or shaded area. Within a couple of days you will note a couple of things: no flies, not even those pesky fruit flies will go near it (that should tell you something). It does not rot or smell differently. Nothing will grow on it – not even those teeny weeny microorganisms will find a home to grow. Why? Because it is nearly plastic.

“Would you melt your Tupperware and spread that on your toast?”

Share this with your friends, it just may butter them up.

Researcher at the University of California Berkeley found that pregnant women exposed to pesticides (organophosphate type) are more likely to have children with attention problems such as ADHD. There are a lot of causes and chemicals that can cause ADD or ADHD, just as there are a host of other problems that can arise from pesticides. From allergies, to asthma, disease and more.

Pesticides were created to kill, reduce or repel – why would someone in their right mind pay to not only spray something with them, but eat food tainted with them?  Their mind was lost to begin with, and attention not given to consequences. I once helped a man who suffered from pesticide poisoning. He knew exactly when it happened and said he has never felt the same, yet he couldn’t quite pinpoint what the problem was, and neither could his doctor. A family member recently became allergic to avocados. I offered her an organic one, she ate, and wouldn’t you know… she was not allergic!

Not only is organic much tastier, it is healthier for you, your brain, and the planet. Consider paying yourself forward by buying organic. It is was nature intended… health insurance without the use of drugs, invasive procedures, medical bankruptcy, or the premature loss of life.

What doctors refer to as an incurable disease is quite often a disease found in its later stage, one that they refer to as not having “caught it in time.” This of course, is, as seen in the eyes of conventional medicine. Doctors who truly know the miracles of the body, know any disease can be won without the use of drugs or invasive procedures. What is critically important as well is the patients state of mind and spirit, and not only of their body. The patient must believe it as well, then take action.

A diagnosis all too often precedes a prognosis (AKA death sentence). Being told we are going to die within a set amount of time should be against the law and never be accepted or expected. This alone is killing people. After both my parents were misdiagnosed, they were given their “death sentences” and both were gone  sooner than told. This is no way to live, let alone be close to the ideal mindset needed to begin healing.

We are each equipped with built-in gauges to warn us of failing health, something not quite right. An unfortunate problem is many haven’t a clue how to read and listen to their own body’s signs and symptoms. Their body, mind, and spirit are blocked, numb and riddled with aches and pains that the majority of the population has unfortunately come to accept and expect. Isn’t it time we pay more attention to the engine that drives us? God forbid we put a french fry or spoon of sugar in our gas tank. Curing a so-called “Incurable Disease” can be done – what we believe, we can achieve. For some, some this may mean emotional healing, whatever the root cause, we can survive and thrive despite any prognosis or odds against us!

A study done at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center found that U.S. girls continue to reach puberty at an earlier age. They also state they haven’t a clue why, but state obesity may be a culprit. They’re calling it a trend. What they may consider doing is comparing girls who eat non-organic foods to those who eat only organic. They may be surprised to find that the hormones and steroids used to “pump up” the animals larger and faster may very well be doing the same thing to young girls. Not only will they reach puberty sooner, menstruation, perimenopause, menopause, and postmenopause equally be affected not as nature intended.

I’ve seen young loved ones go from being optimal weight on an organic diet to becoming obese and developing breasts practically overnight, with that comes the onset of menstruation. Where is the childhood in that? It doesn’t end with girls or women in general, men and boys are growing breasts and prostrate cancer is on the rise. What hormones and steroids do to animals, they do to humans with an even more  detrimental health effect. The amount of money saved in buying non-organic can cost you your life. Why age faster and die sooner when we can live long strong naturally healthy lives?

A higher body mass can be a culprit, but the real culprit lies in the food causing the obesity and the early onset of puberty.