Dr. Mercola & Hodge Podge Of Links & Videos

I'm off to Carson City for the day to shop, and to tour the house Jerry's been remodeling. He's very happy about how nice it's turning out. People are already showing interest in it although it's not officially on the market. This house is a two-story charmer overlooking the governor's mansion in one of Carson City's nicer historic districts. Seems everyone who enters this house falls in love with it. Now with all the upgrades it's irresistible.

Last night, Bruno and I stayed up late making a trampoline video but it came out sort of dark. We're going to do a remake today. The kid can jump for 30 minutes nearly non-stop. He's a bundle of energy. We'll post the video eventually.

When we get home, we'll make homemade pizza and play Scrabble into the evening. Sunday will be a relaxing day in the swimming pool. Hope everyone has a great weekend!

I'm a fan of Dr. Mercola. He's (almost) always right.

Clearing Up Confusion On Non Sugar Sweeteners mercola.com



Is Whole Wheat Bread Really Good For You? www.mercola.com



Who Else Wants to Painlessly Lose Weight? www.mercola.com/MT



Lose Weigh With The Law of Attraction



Goodbye Gluten. Hit The Road High Fructose Corn Syrup by Dr. Mercola

HEALTH BOMB #1: High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) has become a modern-day plague. Not only does it contribute to our obesity epidemic, but it has also been linked to:

* Pancreas dysfunction, diabetes and insulin resistance
* High cholesterol and heart disease
* Cancer
* High blood pressure
* Anemia
* Liver damage
* Infertility
* And more

Sadly, the average consumption of fructose has doubled between 1980 and 1994. Soft drinks and some fruit drinks are a major source of HFCS, but it is also found in many other products, from crackers to salad dressing. Read more.

Fat Friends And Poor Education Helps People Think Thin

ScienceDaily (July 25, 2008) — Research by economists at the University of Warwick, Dartmouth College, and the University of Leuven, finds that people are powerfully but subconsciously influenced by the weight of those around them. Without being aware of it, the researchers believe, human beings keep up with the weight of the Joneses.

For a whole society, this can lead to a spiral of imitative obesity. The researchers will present their results on July 25th at a National Bureau of Economic Research conference in Cambridge Massachusetts in a paper entitled Imitative Obesity and Relative Utility at the NBER Summer Institute on Health Economics.

Using data on 27,000 Europeans from 29 countries, the researchers find that nearly half of European women feel overweight. Less than a third of males feel overweight.

The authors suggest that whether for reasons of job promotions or finding a mate it is someone’s weight relative to others that matters. They show that overweight perceptions and dieting decisions are influenced by people’s comparisons with others of the same age and gender.

Highly educated Europeans hold themselves to a particularly tough standard, the research shows. For any given level of Body Mass Index (BMI), somebody with a university degree feels much fatter than someone with low educational qualifications.

Overall, the researchers believe that a person’s "utility" (an economic term roughly meaning satisfaction levels) depends on their own weight relative to the weight of those around them. They suggest that it is easier to be fat in a society that is fat.
Read more.

How Cranberry Juice Can Prevent Urinary Tract Infections

ScienceDaily (July 25, 2008) — For generations, people have consumed cranberry juice, convinced of its power to ward off urinary tract infections, though the exact mechanism of its action has not been well understood. A new study by researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) reveals that the juice changes the thermodynamic properties of bacteria in the urinary tract, creating an energy barrier that prevents the microorganisms from getting close enough to latch onto cells and initiate an infection. Read more.