Bottled water in your car is very dangerous!

On the Ellen show, Sheryl Crow said this is what caused her breast cancer. It has been identified as the most common cause of the high levels of dioxin in breast cancer tissue. Sheryl Crow’s oncologist told her: women should not drink water that has been left in a car. The heat reacts with the chemicals in the plastic of the bottle which releases dioxin into the water. Dioxin is a toxin increasingly found in breast cancer tissue. So please be careful and do not drink bottled water that has been  left in a car.
Pass this on to all the women in your life. This information is the kind we need to know that just might save us! Use a stainless steel canteen or a glass bottle instead of plastic!

LET EVERYONE WHO HAS A WIFE/GIRLFRIEND/  DAUGHTER KNOW PLEASE!

From Johns-Hopkins:
This information is also being circulated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center:

• No plastic containers in microwave.

• No water bottles in freezer

• No plastic wrap in microwave.

A dioxin chemical causes cancer, especially breast cancer. Dioxins are highly poisonous to the cells of our bodies. Don’t freeze your plastic bottles with water in them as this releases dioxins from the plastic.

Recently, Edward Fujimoto, Wellness Program Manager at Castle Hospital , was on a TV program to explain this health hazard. He talked about dioxins and how bad they are for us. He said that we should not be heating our food in the microwave using plastic containers…This especially applies to foods that contain fat.  He said that the combination of fat, high heat and plastic releases dioxin into the food and ultimately into the cells of the body…Instead, he recommends using glass, such as  Corning Ware, Pyrex or ceramic containers for heating food.. You get the same results, only without the dioxin. So such things as TV dinners, instant ramen and soups, etc., should be removed from the container and heated in something else. Paper isn’t bad but you don’t know what is in the paper. It’s just safer to use tempered glass,   Corning  Ware, etc. He reminded us that a while ago some of the fast food restaurants moved away from the foam containers to paper. The dioxin problem is one of the reasons…Also, he pointed out that plastic wrap, such as Saran wrap, is just as dangerous when placed over foods to be cooked in the microwave. As the food is nuked, the high heat causes poisonous toxins to actually melt out of the plastic wrap and drip into the food. Cover food with a paper towel instead.

This is an article that should be sent to anyone important in your life!

The Baby Boomer Athlete: Self-Treatment for Minor Injuries

Are you a Baby Boomer? If you were born between the years of 1946 to 1964, you are part of the 79.1 million Boomers, comprising 29 percent of the total US population. According to the AARP, every seven seconds a Baby Boomer turns 50! And – about one-third of Americans who take part in sports activities are Baby Boomers.

What does this all mean? As our generation grows older (yes, I too, am a Boomer), we are working harder to keep our youth and vitality, are staying active with physical activity, and unfortunately are experiencing more injuries than the generation before us.

A US Consumer Product Safety Commission report states there were approximately 1 million sports injuries to persons between the ages of 35 and 54 in 1998. This is a 33% increase over the same statistics of 1991. While this sounds like distressing news for aging bodies, many sports-related injuries are minor aches, sprains and strains that can be treated or even prevented using self-treatment techniques. Whether you are a weekend warrior or a lifelong athlete, the following recommendations may help you stay limber and relatively pain-free.

Warm-up before stretching or an activity. Muscles that are warm through slow-paced pre-exercise such as jogging, will be less likely to tear. For warm-up drills see Peak Performance – Warm-up Exercises

Stretching before and after exercise. Stay limber and flexible. Stretching is one of the best preventive measures against injury. For stretching suggestions see About Walking or try a great little book called The Pocket Trainer by Jack Holleman and Ginny Porter.

Get fitted with the proper shoe. This is a top priority especially for running, hiking, and cross training. Go to a running store with someone on staff who will analyze your walk, arch, and how your foot turns in or out during activity. They will then fit you with a shoe having the right amount of support or cushioning for your particular body type. This alone can substantially reduce the incidence of injury.

Start daily conditioning. Do some type of activity every day to help condition your body for more strenuous weekend exercise.

Try low-impact activities: Pilates, Yoga, Tai Chi, Elliptical Trainer, Recumbent Cycling, Spinning.

Add strength training to your weekly routine. Stronger muscles, mean better joints and a more energized body.

Create a workout program with balance. Combine stretching, strength training and cardiovascular exercises to keep your body in balance.

Use R.I.C.E. Ice Therapy. If pain does creep into your body after an activity, use the technique of R.I.C.E. immediately to reduce inflammation. Never use heat in the first 48 to 72 hours after an injury occurs, as this will increase swelling and bruising. Rest-Ice-Compression-Elevation can make the difference in a fast, effective recovery from a sprain or strain. (See our archived article: Why R.I.C.E.?)

The Calf/Shin Splint-Calf Compression Sleeves recovery sleeves are made with gradient compression which provides wide ribbing in the front for shin support, and tight ribbing in the back for calf support

Try massage. For tight, stressed muscles, massage therapy can be a relaxing and helpful treatment for minor pain. Self-message is easy to do on legs, ankles and feet.

Give cognitive behavior therapy a go. This therapy works on the concept that you can reprogram your mind to increase performance or decrease pain triggers, incorporating relaxation and other visualization techniques. Professional athletes have been using it for some time to rehearse a perfect performance in their mind before an event.

Physical activity may produce its own set of challenges for Baby Boomers. But inactivity itself is a threat to health. A sedentary lifestyle is associated with an increased risk of diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, osteoporosis, stroke and some cancers. Regular physical exercise helps Boomers strengthen muscles, which in turn stabilizes joints, increases flexibility and keeps age-related diseases at bay. Better to be a buff Baby Boomer than a middle-age couch potato!

Sources:
United States Consumer Product Safety Commission, Baby Boomer Sports Injuries, April 2000, http://www.cpsc.gov
MSNBC Health Report by Julia Sommerfeld
Oh, My Aching Body by John Casey, WebMD Feature
Running Injury Free, by the editors of Runner’s World
Managing Pain with Therapy for Mind and Body, Mayo Clinic, Newswise Medical News

Disclaimer: This information is not intended as a substitute for professional medical treatment or consultation. Always consult with your physician in the event of a serious injury.

Keep striving to learn the most you can regarding technology and your health, it will make your life easier in the long run.

Consumer electronics is usually all about catering to the young and hip. But this year at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas — the industry’s big showcase — there was a spotlight on the market for seniors.

As consumer electronics companies face a shrinking overall market, there’s a big market for aging baby boomers. While there were fewer people than last year at the show and the lines were shorter, organizers for the first time set aside an area of the floor for technology that caters to older people — including video games.

While there’s nothing unusual about a man in a suit trying to sell a computer game at the show, Dan Mitchell says it isn’t a typical game. It’s for people over 60 who want to keep their minds alert and avoid dementia. That means no music from the latest Coldplay album.

“We have movie clips and music all from the period of time when these people were younger,” Mitchell says.

In one game, players watch a scene from a movie with Jimmy Stewart and then are asked to remember details from it, such as how many people he greeted.

In one way or another, most of what is on display for seniors is related to health or its deterioration, like a talking pillbox that says, “You’ve taken 48 pills in the last 24 hours.”

Also, if the patient — maybe an elderly grandmother — fails to take her pills, it will send a caretaker a notification.

“You will be able to call your grandmother, for instance, that’s living in Florida. And you’re in New Jersey and you can call her and find out what the problem is,” says Jerry Hahn, who is selling this pillbox for MedSignals.

Hahn says MedSignals is also working on alerts that will tell a patient when to take his or her blood pressure, or check their weight or blood glucose. Larger companies such as Microsoft are also trying to spin their products to make them more appealing to seniors.

“So when I push the little key that looks like the Windows logo and the plus button, you’ll see that I’m actually just zooming in the screen,” says Daniel Hubell, one of Microsoft’s technical evangelists. He showed Windows software that has the ability to zoom, making images and words larger and easier to read.

Mary Furlong, who consults with tech companies on the elderly market, points out that there are 78 million boomers in the U.S. and 450 million worldwide.

“Every dissonance of aging is a market opportunity,” Furlong says. “So when the boomers turned 40, Nordstrom’s starting selling designer glasses and we started seeing, ‘Well, maybe I’ll take a computer with a little bit bigger screen.’ ”

But that also means people need to be skeptical. The evidence that playing video games is going to ward off dementia is not yet conclusive. The only thing that’s clear is that it’s going to make you better at a particular game.

Keep at it Boomers,

Bill

The federal Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990 provides that manufacturers can make certain claims on processed food labels only if they meet the definitions specified here:

SUGAR:

SUGAR-FREE: Less than 0.5 g per serving

NO SUGAR ADDED; WITHOUT ADDED SUGER; NO SUGAR ADDED:  No sugar is added during processing or packing, including ingredients that contain sugars (for example, fruit juices, applesauce, dried fruit). Processing does not increase sugar content above the amount naturally in the ingredients (a functionally significant increase in sugars is acceptable from processes used for purposes other than increasing sugar content). Food for which it substitutes normally contain added sugars.

REDUCED SUGAR: At leasst 25% less sugar than reference food.

FAT:

FAT-FREE: Less than 0.5 g of fat per serving.

SATURATED FAT-FREE: Less than 0.5 g of saturated fat per serving, and the level of trans-fatty acids does not exceed 1% of total fat.

LOW FAT: 3 g or less per serving & if the serving is 30 grams or less or 2 tbs. or less, per 50 g of the food.

LOW SATURATED FAT: 1 g or less per serving & not more than 15% of calories from saturated fatty acids.

REDUCED OR LESS FAT: At least 25% less per serving than reference food.

FIBER:

HIGH FIBER: 5 g or more per serving (Also must meet low-fat definition or must state level of total fat).

GOOD SOURCE OF FIBER: 2.5 g to 4.9 g per serving

MORE OR ADDED FIBER: At least 2.5 g more per serving than reference food

SODIUM:

SODIUM-FREE: Less than 5 mg per serving.

LOW-SODIUM: 140 mg or less per serving and, if the serving is 30 g or less, or 2 tbsps or less, per 50 g of the food.

VERY LOW SODIUM: 35 mg or less per serving and, if the serving is 30 g or less, or 2 tbsps or less, per 50 g of the food.

REDUCED OR LESS SODIUM: At least 25% less per serving than reference food.

CALORIES:

LOW-CALORIE: 40 calories or less per serving, if the serving is 30 g or less, or 2 tbsps or less, 40 calories or less per 50 g of food.

CALORIE-FREE: Under 5 calories per serving.

REDUCED OR FEWER CALORIES: At least 25% fewer calories than reference food.

CHOLESTEROL:

CHOLESTEROL-FREE: Less than 2 g of cholesterol & 2 g or less of saturated fat per serving.

LOW CHOLESTEROL: 20 mg or less & 2 g or less of saturated fat epr serving and, if the serving is 30 g or less or 2 tbsps or less per 50 g of the food.

REDUCED OR LESS CHOLESTEROL: At least 25% less than reference food.

Source is U.S. Food & Drug Administration Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition

PUT THESE TIPS IN YOUR PDA FOR YOUR NEXT TRIP TO THE GROCERY STORE.