Healthy nuggets of news to keep your motor humming

Welcome to the 28th issue of our newsletter:

Healthy World Digest

In this issue:

* Mercury water contamination in the U.S.

* Strength exercise for fat loss

* Sweet potatoes for cancer

* Anti-aging supplements

* Great migraine herb

* Hidden cause of belly fat

* Oh those wonderful fruits

* Major inflammatory, common food

* Fighting fat with herbs

Pennsylvania is experiencing significant problems with excess mercury in its air and water. Of course, this assures excess mercury in its food especially seafood, which bathes in the mercury before being caught.

Mercury is a powerful poison that effects major organs and systems in humans. Some mercury exposure may be unavoidable However, there are 2 things that you can do to decrease exposure to mercury.

Drinking green or black tea block the mercury in seafood from getting into your bloodstream. So, just sip tea on your next seafood binge.

Also, be sure that you use a high quality water filter to assure that your drinking water does not contain mercury.

For more on the issue of Pennsylvania water contamination

* Strength exercise for fat loss

It’s quite simple. Testosterone helps build strength and muscle. As importantly, exercises that increase strength and build muscle help increase testosterone.

As we get older, even in our 20s, the big reasons for fat and weight gain include the loss of muscle, strength and testosterone.

So, make sure to muscle build and strength train. It helps burn fat for men & women. Specifically, try to do weight training.

I notice all too many people doing endless hours of cardio. It is hypnotic.

Weights, well, they’re harder.

Here’s a strategy that I use that all the weightlifting manuals discouraged. I do weights after cardio. Yes, that does slightly weaken me but I also end up doing my tough bodybuilding while the feel good endorphins are whizzing around my body.

For more on weights and strength training, visit our page on weight training exercises

* Sweet potatoes for cancer

So, let's see, chocolate is good for you. Coffee is healthy. Tea is great. Oh, happy days.

We all kind of know that sweet potatoes are healthy so it’s not a big wow that we’re told that components in sweet potatoes starve cancer cells. Just about a cup daily should help out.

Click for more on cancer herbs

* Anti-aging supplements

We are all understandably obsessed with anti-aging. The basic formula is quite simple. Exercise, drink lots of water, eat real food and do try to relax some.

Additionally, there could be a couple of extremely helpful supplements to help keep us young.

Both cetyl l-carnitine and alpha lipolic acid (ALA) have been shown to improve the intra-cell mitochondria. Essentially, that’s like stalling or reversing aging at the cellular level, a very exciting prospect, indeed.

Great migraine herb

An especially exquisite herb is being touted as an effective long term migraine cure. Butterbur is a shrub that grows in marshy areas. It has been used medicinally for hundreds of years. Now it’s being seen as a godsend by migraine sufferers.

How does Butterbur work?

It is thought to relax blood vessels whose constriction can lead to migraines.

But it does not work as an instant silver bullet. It may take days or weeks for butterbur to relieve migraines so be patient.

Get it in capsule, powder, extract, tincture and soft gel form. Take as directed. I would take a little more than directed at first, as long as you deem this safe, and then take as directed.

Using herbs for migraines makes a lot of sense. For more, visit our page on herbal remedies for migraines

* Hidden cause of belly fat

Of course there are several reasons for that stubborn belly fat. It's is often hard to exercise or diet away. But why?

One probable answer is - stress. That’s right, stress absolutely leads to retention of belly fat. Reason?

In ancient times, the biggest cause of stress for our ancestors was lack of food. And so we developed a defense against wasting away while waiting for future meals.

Our bodies learned to release a hormone, cortical, which enables our bodies to hold on to fat. That’s a good thing.

But it's a good thing for our ancient ancestors.

But now, food want is relatively rare. However our bodies react to stress just as our ancestor's bodies reacted tens of thousands of years ago.

Right body. Wrong time.

Anything you can do to manage stress will greatly aid weight management and overall health. I like to play sports, do yoga, joke around.

* Oh those wonderful fruits

Is it so hard to replace some of those doughnuts and Snickers bars with fresh fruit? OK, sometimes it is.

But fruits are delicious to most people and provide benefits that no candy bar can.

For example, papaya provides a great energy boost, the fiber in pears help you lose fat and the antioxidants in plums help you stave off aging.

So, I’m not saying NEVER munch a Mars bar but do try to grab what’s in the fruit bowl too. Your body will thank you.

Which bring me to…

Fight inflammation caused by common food

Inflammation is bad, really bad. It is being credited with causing heart disease, cancer and other serious disorders. It even leads to wrinkles.

Well guess what one of the most inflammatory common foodstuff is. Sugar.

Table sugar, whether spooned out of your sugar cup or taken in thru numerous foods, acts like gasoline being poured onto a fire in your body. In fact, when you take in sugar, your body acts as if it has been invaded and goes into a crisis alert.

Maybe you shouldn’t grab that Mars bar.

Try and curb your sweet tooth by having some fruit. You can also replace table sugar with all natural, low carb stevia. It is now available in many grocery stores.

For some good herbals for inflammation, visit our page on anti-inflammatory herbs

Fighting fat with herbs

There are many herbs that help fight fat gain. Here are 3 of the best ones.

Apple pectin supplement provides fiber and nutrients to speed fat our of your body. Take 500 mgs 3x daily.

Grape seed extract is good for boosting your metabolism. Take 150 mg daily.

Forskolin extract aids many conditions. One of its benefits is that it helps transfer fat out of your body. One warning, however, it is not safe for pregnant women.

We have a very excellent page on herbal weight loss remedies

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Sal

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