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Drug Companies Hijack Clinton s Heart News
by Dr. Donald A. MillerWhen Bill Clinton was scheduled for heart surgery, reportersspoke of how he had been a junk food addict, loving burgers,fries, and shakes, even eating a whole pie at one sitting.After his quadruple bypass surgery, the major TV news showstalked about how Bill had stopped taking his statin drugs,and showed many of the pricey brands of pills.Naughty, naughty, bad Bill.Whoa! Stop! Time out!Bad eating habits can clog arteries, despite any medicationstaken. Good eating...
Exercise Can Decrease Hunger
by Dr. Donald A. MillerIt is obvious that exercise directly helps the loss ofexcess weight by burning calories. It is less well knownthat exercise also has indirect benefits for controllingweight.Many studies have found that even moderate exercise canimprove the feeling of well being and vitality. When you putaside a sluggish body, you also tend to put aside cravingsfor food, especially harmful foods. Of course, if you havereally gone all out in burning calories, your body will tellyou that...
Wellness versus Ignorance
by Dr. Donald A. MillerIf you ask most Americans whether wellness is important,most will agree. Parents will usually say that family healthis one of their major concerns. Yet most are rather ignorantabout nutrition information. Blame our public educationsystem, false or misleading reporting, and ads, ads, ads.Recent news increasingly reports that obesity is epidemic inthe United States, and that it is the major cause of earlydeath, after tobacco. Yet the solution is really simple.It used to...
Truths about Diet Obesity and 75 Billion
Truths about Diet, Obesity, and $75 Billion by Dr. Donald A. MillerSensible diet prevents obesity! Healthy living prevents most diseases! (Unfortunately, old age is not a disease.)These truths should be self evident.Yet recent shock headlines tell us that medical problemscaused by obesity are costing U.S. tax payers $75 billionper year.The human body is a biological machine. We all know thatoverloading a mechanical machine can cause it to breakdown, yet we allow ourselves to overload our...
Jesus Diet
by Dr. Donald A. MillerYou don't have to be Christian to benefit from the Jesusdiet. After all, Jesus was not a Christian. In fact, youdon't even need to believe in God.Please note: This article has nothing to do with several hits found on google.com. Some of those providefood for thought, while others are just plain foolish.For numerous reasons, exact knowledge about Joshua benJoseph, the person, is rather scarce. The New Testament wasassembled several centuries after his death, and really...
Exercise for Immunity
by Dr. Donald A. MillerRecent publications and news items show that moderate exercise works with good diet to enhance immune systems. It does not take much. Just walking a few miles per week can help prevent cancers in various parts of the body, as an example.I'm not a body builder, although I respect people who are. My ideal is to keep a slender, wiry body, such as a runner or swimmer. Typically I spend only 15 to 45 minutes per day, which is nothing compared to an Arnold Schwarzenegger...
Don t Just Rent Your Body
by Dr. Donald A. MillerHave you noticed that some people treat rental housing with total disrespect? Whether house or apartment, some people scuff the floors and trim, poke holes in walls, break toilets and faucets, let kids write on any surface, neglect worsening problems, omit to pay the rent by due date, then blame the landlord for all problems real or imagined.Sometimes the same type of behavior exists with car rentals, but the major companies seem to keep up with service and repairs to...
Garlic for Health
by Dr. Donald A. MillerGarlic is a traditional tonic in many cultures.In my teens and twenties, I was very aware that one shouldnot eat garlic or onions out of respect for other people (e.g., bosses or potential dates). However, garlic breath does not bother me nearly so much as the foul stenches caused by tobacco use, lazy dental care, lack of exercise,obesity, and / or poor bowel regularity. I now use a lot of garlic, bought as pre-peeled cloves or dried minced chunks. I frankly like the...
Health News as Source for Laughs
by Dr. Donald A. MillerGoogle News can be entertaining (http://news.google.com/).Late August 2004 headlines show that at least some USAgovernment experts understand the difference between goodand bad sugars. However, they stopped short of telling usto limit refined sugar intake, in updated dietary guidelinesfor 2005.Could this reluctance to state the obvious be signs thatcommercial interests are taken seriously by the Feds? Newsarticles said that 7 of the 13 panel members have...
Fat burner myths
by Dr. Donald A. MillerA surprisingly high number of books by physicians and nutritional consultants teach that foods in combinations,or special supplements, can turn up your fat burners. Publications by the Mayo Clinic, US Government, and otherreliable sources all say this is TOTAL NONSENSE.If one could ignore calories and eat fat burner foods to lose weight, the combinations would have to work the same as weight loss drugs, which pose significant health risks.Here are real ways to cheat...
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