05.22.07
Posted in Encouragement, Philosophy at 4:58 am by Administrator
Eustace Conway left home at 17 to live in the wilderness. He reflects on two different kinds of worlds while speaking to an elementary school crowd:
“‘I live, in nature, where everything is connected, circular. The seasons are circular. The planet is circular, and so is its passage around the sun. The course of water over the earth is circular coming down from the sky and circulating through the world to spread life and then evaporating up again. I live in a circular teepee and I build my fire in a circle, and when my loved ones visit me, we sit in a circle and talk. The life cycles of plants and animals are circular. I live outside where I can see this. The ancient people understood that our world is a circle, but we modern people have lost sight of that. I don’t live inside buildings, because buildings are dead places where life stops. I don’t want to live in a dead place. People say that I don’t live in the real world, but it’s modern Americans who live in a fake world, because they’ve stepped outside the natural circle of life.
‘I saw the circle of life most clearly when I was riding my horse across America and I came across the body of a coyote that had recently died. The animal was mummified from the desert heat, but all around it, in a lush circle, was a small band of fresh green grass. The earth was borrowing nutrients from the animal and regenerating itself. This wasn’t about death, I realized; this was about eternal life. I took the teeth from that coyote and made myself this necklace right here, which always circles my neck, so I’d never forget that lesson.
‘Do people live in circles today? No. They live in boxes. They wake up every morning in the box of their bedroom because a box next to them started making beeping noises to tell them it was time to get up. They eat their breakfast out of a box and then they throw that box away into another box. Then they leave the box where they live and get into a box with wheels and drive to work, which is just another big box broken up into lots of little cubicle boxes where a bunch of people spend their days sitting and staring at the computer boxes in front of them. When the day is over, everyone gets into the box with wheels again and goes home to their house box and spends the evening staring at the television boxes for entertainment. They get their music from a box, they get their food from a box, they keep their clothing in a box, they live their lives in a box. Does that sound like anybody you know?’”
Gilbert, Elizabeth, “The Last American.” pg 18-19. Peguin Books: New York, 2002
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Posted in Pediatrics at 4:38 am by Administrator
Parents need to be in charge of the TV. It’s not a harmless machine in the home. If you had a guest for dinner who would make your children fat or teach them about alcohol, sex and violence, would you invite them in?
Adapted from “Fed Up – Winning the War Against Childhood Obesity.” Oke, Susan. John Henry Press. 2005; 137.
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Posted in Weight management at 2:00 am by Administrator
People think of a weight loss program as a short term sacrifice, then they can revert to their old habits of over endulging, watching hours of TV and not exercising.
Studies have shown that within 5 year of losing weight 90-95% of the participants gained it all back. Changing your eating habits is more important than losing weight. Eating healthy makes you feel better.
For further information see http://www.DavidRosenthalDC.com/nutrition.html
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Posted in Pediatrics at 1:30 am by Administrator
An interesting study from 1993 found that children sitting with the TV turned on burned few calories while watching TV than their peers who just sat there with the TV off. The researchers hypothesized that the children fidgeted less while watching TV. Klesges, R.D., et al. 1993. Pediatrics 91:281-286.
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Posted in Allopathic Medicine, Uncategorized, Weight management at 1:26 am by Administrator
The New England Journal of Medicine recently published and article showed that the drug Avandia increased the chances of having a heart attack by a wopping 45%. Avandia has been used for type II diabetes in sensitizing the pancreas to glucose. The previous drug Vioxx, also produced by Glaxo was pulled off the shelf for the exact same reason.
Question everything and everyone, always.
Natural medicine options include:
1) Decreased caloric intake.
2) Increased physical activity.
3) Increased intake of low GI (glycemic index) foods.
4) Nutritional supplementation (see how to change your life in just 30 days).
For more information on diabetes and childhood obesity contact Dr. Rosenthal for a consultation at David@DavidRosenthalDC.com or visit my website at http://www.DavidRosenthalDC.com/Nutrition.html
Look better, Feel Better and Live Longer,
DR
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05.21.07
Posted in Encouragement at 5:50 pm by Administrator
that they were part of a small experiment on a warm Monday morning in Dallas. I was on my way to an hour run in sub-80 degree weather when I decided to see what would happen.
I was in my small suburb community when I decided to see how many people would wave back at me while I was running. To my surprise 16 out 16 people waved back. That included construction workers, soccer moms, fellow runners and the neighborhood man picking up his morning paper.
We all need encouragement. See how well it comes back to you with just the wave of a hand.
For more tips on health visit http://www.DavidRosenthalDC.com
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