Edited by John Stokes

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Antioxidants have been in the headlines for years. And we know they’re good for us. But what exactly are they?

Antioxidants can be vitamins, minerals or other nutrients that battle free radicals. Free radicals are unstable molecules that are missing a vital, stabilizing electron. Antioxidants neutralize free radicals by providing the elusive electrons free radicals seek.

Seems natural enough, but free radicals are desperately searching for electrons; this means they steal electrons from unsuspecting molecules with reckless abandon, leaving damage in their wake. This is because when a molecule loses an electron, it becomes unstable itself – it becomes a new free radical. This ongoing theft-fest creates a domino effect of unhappy molecules and wreaks havoc on cells, DNA and more. So while free radicals are making mischief in your body, you suffer the long-term consequences of their cumulative damage, called oxidative stress. This oxidative stress is believed to play a role in many diseases, including heart disease, Alzheimer’s and cancer.

Antioxidants in your diet

Many substances can act as antioxidants. However, some are more potent than others. Top contenders include: beta-carotene, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, selenium and manganese.

These antioxidants – among others – are found in a wide variety of foods, most notably fruits and vegetables. The efficacy of the antioxidants can be affected by many things, including how long they’ve been stored, if they’re eaten cooked or raw, and so on. Avoid overcooking or boiling foods, as this can reduce their antioxidant heft.

Antioxidant heavyweights

So, which foods pull in the best numbers in terms of antioxidants? Below are some top contenders. Keep in mind that in order to get a full spectrum of health-giving nutrients, you should eat a wide variety of fruits and vegetables.

– Prunes

– Small red beans

– Blueberries

– Kidney beans

– Cranberries

– Artichokes

– Russet potatoes

– Apples

– Raisins

– Sweet cherries

– Pinto beans

– Alfalfa sprouts

– Eggplant

– Onions

– Pecans

– Plums

– Cinnamon

– Oregano

– Spinach

– Kale

– Brussels sprouts

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Conservatives who are in the majority in the Senate are seeking to push though legislation that would destroy the independence of the Canadian public healthcare system, as well as health and social policy in Canada. 

The name of this privatization bill is C-36, and is linked to the so-called “North American Union” agenda which is being pursued by the Harper government in Canada, and the U.S. President Barack Obama administration:  SPP.gov.

Special to The Canadian

I want to take this opportunity to introduce myself as one of the hundreds of thousands of investors/voters concerned about my health care choices in Canada. There can only be two types of government in Canada, one where the government owns the people or one where the people own the government. I view myself as a principal investor/voting shareholder in my Canada. I need your immediate assistance, as my government representative, to improve my rights of informed freedom of choice to better access all of the information pertaining to the risk/benefits of the two major health care fields in Canada in order to permit me to make the best decision for my family.

            I strongly support the concept of improved consumer safety, but do not support the past legislative proposals contained in Bills C-51, C-52 and C-6 or the newly introduced on June 9, 2010 Bill C-36 [See Exhibit 60]. Our Canadian Coalition for Health Freedom [see www.canadiancoalitionforhealthfreedom.ca] and Trueman Tuck are my authorized face and voice of freedom in Ottawa on these matters and have been since our massive Health Freedom uprisings in the mid 1990’s. [See Exhibits 1, 2 & 3]

I have had enough of BIG PHARMA and their financial allies attempting to monopolize and control the practice of medicine and the information and supply of products and services to the detriment of my good health and well-being. The allopathic/Big Pharma cartel has been engaged in these practices for centuries [See Exhibit 4].

It is my right to have access to all viable potential options and evidence based truth about the risks and benefits of each of the choices available to me and those I care about. I cannot have “Informed Freedom of Choice” without your immediate assistance to stop Health Canada and CFIA bureaucrats from their current campaign to restrict, censor and keep “Traditional Holistic Health Care options” off the Canadian market while totally failing to protect my good health and well-being from toxic synthetic chemicals and ALLOPATHIC/BIG PHARMA/BIG FOOD/BIG CHEMICAL/BIG OIL business activities.

On June 26, 1997 our Canadian Health Freedom movement filed a historic lawsuit that stopped Health Canada’s determined efforts to change classifying bottled carrot juice, powdered barley greens, vitamins D and C, calcium, magnesium, etc. to the new drugs/drug subclass “Natural Health Products”. [See Exhibits 2 & 3]

We defeated this effort, as did our Health Freedom movement colleagues in the U.S. [See Exhibit 5] in 1994. One would think that given the importance of equivalency between the two countries that “Dietary Food Supplements” as defined in the U.S. DSHEA 1994 should have resolved these issues pushed for by Health Canada.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Health Canada/CFIA bureaucracies have been under attack for serving big business interests at the disadvantage of the rights, freedoms, liberties and good health of American and Canadian voters both in the media and in the courts [See Exhibits 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13].

             It is also important that you understand that contrary to ongoing suggestions from Big Pharma and their related investments, THHC products and services are safe with de minimis risk factors and are essential to my family’s good health and well being [See Exhibits 14, 15, 16, 17, & 18].

I need you to encourage your colleagues to convene immediate hearings before the Standing Committee on Health and include the following agenda items:

1. Investigations into allegations of misconduct by Health Canada, CFIA, CBSA, CBC, CRA, by its regulatory officials and staff towards our Health Freedom movements over the last 15 years.

1. Review and update the Hazardous Products Act.

1. The implementation of the 1998 Standing Committee on Health Report and Health Canada’s handling of the aforementioned health regulations, which include but are not limited to:

1. Restrictions of consumer and practitioner access to THHC products and services;
2. Restrictions and reductions of new and innovative THHC product development;
3. Unlawful creation of technical barriers to trade;
4. Increased creation of THHC product hazards to Canadian good health and well being;
5. Interference of integrative medical options and medicines differing from allopathic approaches.

1. Investigation into the continuation of the drug subclass Natural Health Product Regulations and the pending revival of Bill C-6 without governmental due diligence of proper, investigative and equal witness appearances of both the THHC and allopathic industries by the Joint Committee on the Scrutiny of Regulations [See Exhibits 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 & 24].

1. An explanation as to why, when section 23 seizure powers without a warrant, were struck down as unconstitutional in 1987, [See Exhibit 25] Bills C-51, C-52 and C-6 would attempt to create new legislation with this court determined unconstitutional provision.

1. In light of this court ruling pertaining to section 23 of the FDA and the tremendous support that Dr. James Lunney’s and Colin Carrie’s Private Member’s Bill C-420 received, why have there been no effort to update the 1920, 1927 and 1934 use-based definitions and censorship provisions of the FDA [See Exhibits 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36 & 37].

1. Investigation into the governmental obligations toward federal offenses. Under the heads of power jurisdiction, the federal government administration corporations can create criminal offenses with both criminal and financial sanctions [See Exhibit 38]. Civil offenses and related legal procedures are under the exclusive provincial jurisdiction [See Exhibits 39 & 40].

          The Peoples of Canada need all MPs and senators to clearly recognize that the federal government is a simple administrative Crown Corporation created with very limited powers by the British North America Act, 1867 [See Exhibit 39] and to acknowledge that there is no “Sovereign Supremacy” in the two federal corporate advisory bodies – the House of Commons and Senate.

          The House of Commons and Senate in Canada, prior to the Second World War, fully respected that there was a division of powers between the “Provincial Nations” that compose the confederation of the Dominion of Canada.

          It is clear with Bills C-51, C-52 C-6 and the new introduction on June 9, 2010 of Bill C-36 [See Exhibit 60] that, over the last 25 years or more, most MPs and senators have lost sight of the important fact that in Canada, sovereignty is only vested in the individual Canadian citizen in each of the provinces, and that in most local matters including food, health, property and civil rights and civil law, the provinces are superior in jurisdiction to the massive maze of sole and aggregate corporations that now make up the Canadian federal administrative government [See Exhibit 41 & 42].

There is also a federal government problem with run away federal regulations and I need you to encourage your party to put aside partisan party bickering and to immediately schedule an investigation before the Joint Committee on the Scrutiny of Regulations pertaining to the three health regulations, including but not limited to: (1) Schedule F; (2) Drug Identification Numbers (DIN); and (3) Natural Health Products Regulations (NHPR) [See Exhibits 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 & 25].

As was not the case with Bill C-6, I need you to ensure that equal, full and proper witness appearances are scheduled for the experienced Health Freedom Movement leaders/spokespersons who represent our interests in the THHC field and our ongoing ‘Our healthy medicinal foods are not drugs’ freedom campaign since 1995 [See Exhibits 62 & 63].

GENERAL COMMENTS

         Due to the direct result of Health Freedom movements in Canada pertaining to Bills C-420 [See Exhibit 43], C-51, C-52 and C-6, as well as, the issues pertaining to the NHPR, Schedule F and DIN regulations, Health Canada has been clearly identified as a major health hazard to all Canadians and is systemically getting worse.

             The Canadian government, as our political representatives, need to be focused on nurturing, supporting and protecting the rights of all Canadians and their businesses. Health Canada has been allowed to self-govern with the aid of the Food & Drugs Act and the NHPR. There has been no control, management or focus on their bureaucracy that is there to allegedly protect the good health and well being of all Canadians. Instead, the bureaucracy within Health Canada has been evidenced to show massive bias and prejudice towards the THHC industry relating to its professionals, products, devices and treatments.

             If Parliament had protected our rights found within the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and upheld the limiting powers of the federal and provincial governments found within the Constitution Act, Bill C-6 would not have seen the light of day. A detailed legal and constitutional analysis listing the numerous flaws of Bill C-6 was developed by the Canadian Coalition for Health Freedom (CCHF) to stop this bill from implementation in December 2009 [See Exhibit 44].

             Surprisingly, most MPs had not even read through its entirety before its passing. Bill C-6 was clearly unconstitutional and should never have been passed through Parliament in June 2009. Some constitutional statements include:

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   1. Shawn Buckley, a constitutional lawyer in the private sector. Previously, he was a prosecutor for Health Canada. He testified that this bill violated at least eight of our constitutional rights. Instead of his testimony being before the Social Affairs/Science/Technology Committees, it should have been before a Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee. [25-11-09]

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   1. Senator Joseph Day, a lawyer, proposed a number of amendments limiting Health Canada’s ability to abuse the sweeping powers being granted under Bill C-6 to the Social Affairs Committee. [2-12-09] He stated: “There are sections of this legislation that will not stand up to scrutiny or to court challenge…I found the misrepresentations that were made by the Minister in relation to the amendments to be very disappointing…this legislation is an unnecessary overreach and will cause problems in the future.” These amendments were defeated by the senate by a 44 to 42 vote, with two abstentions and 14 senators absent. [10-12-09]

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   1. Senator Elaine McCoy, a lawyer, stated: “At the heart of the amendments was a sincere attempt to balance the power of the state against the rights of citizens, whether they be innocent consumers or innocent entrepreneurs…several of the senators appeared not to have the benefit of intimate familiarity with legal principles of natural justice and other traditional aspects of the common law…What is at stake here is how far the state [read civil servants] should be empowered to impose their will upon citizens.” She further stated: “This legislation does not need to break a tradition that we have had in this country, which is to protect the civil liberties of people the civil liberties of people while we are enforcing the law. When Senator Baker read out the opinion of the Supreme Court of Canada that talked about why we have these protections in our law, it was essentially to show that we not end up in a police state…There will be court challenges on this legislation.”

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   1. Senator Celine Hervieux-Payette, a lawyer, stated: “This bill establishes a precedent that has not even been seen by criminals…Once inspectors are given permission to enter a house, they can search the entire house. This is something that we see in political systems other than democracies. We do not do this in democracies.”

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   1. Senator George Furey, a lawyer, stated: “As Bill C-6 now stands, consumer safety inspectors enter our homes and seize our property, such as computers and documents, without any judicial supervision…The inspector has to show nothing more than a desire to check compliance or non-compliance with the act. This is not how our law has developed. We would essentially have no freedom and no privacy if that was the state of our law. We would be living in a police state.”

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   1. Senator Tommy Banks, a lawyer, stated: “Some of the intrusive powers contained in this act will end up in court, and the court will strike them down because they will be ultra vires…This act does not say that you have been convicted of anything or found to have committed a violation. It says a person named in a notice of violation has no defence by reason of due diligence or by reason of having believed that they were acting with the colour of right…It is undoing 400 years of common law.”

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   1. Senator George Baker stated: “This bill actually says one has no privacy rights…An inspector who is carrying out their functions or any person accompanying them may enter on or pass through or over private property…there is no expectation of privacy more reasonable and more demanding of constitutional protection than our right to expect that we will be let alone in the privacy of our homes during the night.”

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   1. Senator Sharon Carstairs stated: “Each individual Canadian has a right to privacy. They have a right to the protection of their own home. They have a right to live in peace.”

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   1. Senator Romeo Dallaire stated: “No one has the right to infringe on human rights…As legislators; our primary responsibility is to ensure that this legislation corresponds to the rule of law and that people are protected to the full extent of our intellectual, physical and human capacities.”

            As lay rights advocates, the CCHF should not have needed to develop a detailed legal and constitutional analysis of the multiple flaws within the proposed legislature of Bill C-6. The CCHF, along with hundreds of thousands of voters, had to fight very hard from July to December 2009 to stop the implementation of Bill C-6.

          The press coverage was quite revealing as were the witness selections [See Exhibits 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50 & 51].

         We need to develop and implement an innovative and improved solution on a non-partisan basis for better legislation, regulations and programs for the good health and well being of myself and all Canadians. Some of these solutions include the following proposals:

1. Our political representatives becoming intimately informed and more active in the defense of our rights of informed freedom of choice in health care, personally and professionally.

1. Party loyalties in the Parliament and Senate cannot interfere with a full and proper debate and/or analysis of legislation or regulations which enter the House of Commons and the Senate. There can be no fear of our political representatives breaking ranks for the betterment of their constituents.

1. The government needs to be proactive when ensuring product safety for Canadians without disrespecting their constituents’ freedom of choice and legal rights.

1. Witness appearances before the Joint Committee on the Scrutiny of Regulations need to be equally from the THHC and the allopathic industries. There can be no steering of witnesses pre-selected to speak in favor of one viewpoint with a minority speaking against it.

1. The government needs to move away from the idea that Health Canada ideas and radical changes are the only options available to keep Canada safe from hazardous products. Simpler ways to accomplish product safety can be found without disregarding our individual rights.

1. Parliament needs to develop and implement a Human Health Safety Act that incorporates evidenced-based systems, including but not limited to: (1) National Poison Control Centers for toxin reporting; (2) Implementation of products generally regarded as safe (GRAS); and (3) Death Registry Act and the recommendations and the points covered above. [See Exhibit 52, 53, 54 55 & 56]

1. Amending the Hazardous Products Act to include a toxicity rating system on all product and services. These include the following toxins/dangers levels: Schedule A: top 100 (maiming & killing); Schedule B: 101 to 500 (Level 9); and Schedule C: 501 to 1,000 (Level [See Exhibit 14]. Toxic synthetic drugs need to be included in the Hazardous Products Act as well.

1. Parliament needs to re-evaluate the division of powers between federal and provincial governments found within the Constitution Act and disallow legislation and regulations which combine criminal and administrative elements in the same legislation.

1. Removal of all criminal offenses for individual Acts and incorporate them into a consolidated Criminal Code of Canada. Fair, objective and timely criminal offenses need to be developed and investigative measures implemented when adulteration, fraud and/or hazardous products are being distributed.

1. Implementation of Bill C-420 needs to be incorporated into the Food & Drugs Act [See Exhibit 43]. In fact, the original Food & Drugs Act was the Adulteration & Fraud Act [See Exhibits 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36 & 37].

1. Health Canada and CFIA must not be allowed to be the policy maker, investigator, judge and enforcer of the Food & Drugs Act, its regulations and the NHPR. The Act needs to be split. A newly created Synthetic Drug Oversight Agency needs to be implemented which removes empowerment from Health Canada. A secondary Food Oversight Agency needs to be implemented which removes empowerment from the CFIA.

1. By empowering the Synthetic Drug Oversight Agency and the Food Oversight Agency, along with the essences of the U.S. Dietary Supplemental Health Education Act and Bill C-420, it ensures criminal activities, such as adulteration, fraud and selling of hazardous products does not occur in Canada.

          The THHC industry is the dominant primary health care approach globally for a majority of the world’s population. Unfortunately, in Canada, the vast majority of MPs and senators are unable or unsure of how to effectively help constituents defend their rights to the free flow of THHC products and services for its citizens.

         I would like you to meet with Trueman Tuck and give him the opportunity to provide you with our Health Freedom Movements’ evidenced-based examples of bureaucratic tyranny occurring within the aforementioned federal regulatory bodies. Your active intervention is required to correct the issues pertaining to the THHC industry that I depend upon for my good health and well-being and to safeguard my personal rights of informed freedom of choice in health care.

        Also Trueman Tuck has our grassroots created Consumer Health Safety Act that I would like to see implemented in my Canada. Now that Bill C-51, C-52, C-6 has reappeared on Wednesday June 9^th as Bill C-36 [See Exhibit 60] we have a unique opportunity to prior to the second reading amend significantly Bill C-36 to protect both my good health and my well-being and my inalienable Written and Unwritten Constitutional rights [See Exhibit 61]

       Please see our spring edition of Health Freedom Update newspaper which is attached. A hard copy will be sent to you [See Exhibit 57], as well as the May edition of the Vitality magazine [See Exhibit 58] and our Friends of Freedom International recent Codex Update [See Exhibit 59].

       I need your written response to this letter. Thank you for your anticipated co-operation in doing the right thing for the majority of your constituents.

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NC — This naturally hydrating polishing scrub will give you glowing skin from head to toe. The combination of healing ingredients will gently exfoliate and moisturize the skin, giving it a polished, healthy look with a subtle fresh fragrance. This recipe is ideal for all skin types.

1 cup (250mL) cubed watermelon flesh

2 tbsp (30mL) Greek yogurt (strained)

1 tbsp (15mL) raw honey

1 tbsp (15mL) coconut oil

1 tsp (5mL) thyme leaves

3 tbsp (45mL) cream of rice cereal

1 cup (250mL) fine cornmeal

In a bowl, mix together all the ingredients, adding enough fine cornmeal to create a smooth paste. Let stand for 20 minutes to thicken. Unused portion may be kept in a sealed container in the refrigerator for up to one week.

Application:

1. Beginning with the face and neck, massage polishing scrub over entire body.

2. Leave on for fifteen minutes.

3. Rinse off with cool water.

Source: Mareena Ostrovsky, Ici Paris Skin Care Clinic for LINK.

by Gabrielle Moore

Tantric touching is a great part of Tantric sex. It forms as a great primer to hours upon hours of lovemaking. Since it ’s such an important element, you need to make time for it. You cannot just ask your woman to lie down and be touched! You need to set a time and place for tantric touching.

Sexual Tantric touching is a great ‘bonding time’ activity with your partner. Engage in it and you’ll benefit from more than just physical pleasure.

Tantric Touching Tips

Here are some tips that will surely heighten the level of sexual touching for you and your woman. Touching is not only done with the hands.

Sure, you can start the session with light touches like touching her toes and/or closed eyelids with just your fingertips but don’t be limited with just using your hands. You can use your wrists, your arms, your legs or even your whole upper body!

Tantric touching examples:

– Dab a little scented oil on the insides of your wrists and rub your wrists together. Now glide your wrists on either side of her face, from her forehead to her chin and back again. Apply little pressure, the scent of the oil and the silky touch of your wrists should relax her mind.

– Ask her or position her arms above her head. Using the length of your arms, run them along the side of her body. If you’re a bit hairy, all the better; the different texture will feel good on her smooth body.

– Ask her to lie face down. Put some scented oil or massage oil on your upper body and glide against her bare back. Be careful not to put all your weight on her!

Touching can be as soft, light, or rough as you guys want it to be.

Touching can mean many things. It can mean feathery like running a single fingertip from her collarbones to her belly or a bit harder like using your nails and (mildly!) scratching her arms.

Tantric touching examples:

– Use your fingers and TAP on her forearms.

– Use your whole hands and RUB her back (or front if your naughty).

– Use your nails and lightly scratch her bare buttocks.

Tantric touching should make use of different intensities.

Try to alternate between light and hard strokes or touches. However, make the transitions slow. Don’t just rub her back and then immediately run a fingertip on over her spine. You want her to relax, not tense up.

Tantric touching should be done when you BOTH feel up to it.

One very important tip is this: don’t force tantric touching to happen. Tantric sex is all about giving and receiving so if either one of you (or worse, both) are too tired to engage in tantric touching, then simply re-schedule! No pressures remember?

Tantric touching tenet: there are no ‘orgasmic’ goals.

Keep in mind that tantric touching does not have to necessarily culminate in reaching an orgasm. Again, it ’s bonding time so if you guys reach an orgasm, great! If not, that ’s great too. Focus your mind on what you’re doing NOW – touching and exploring each other ’s bodies – and not on any later sexual goals.

Don’t be ashamed to use props.

Tantric touching can incorporate so many things! It can include different types of fabric (e.g., satin, silk, cotton, velvet, etc.), different pillow sizes, and even some select food items.

Don’t be ashamed to let your imaginations run wild.

Role playing has its place in Tantric touching. If it helps you both, you can crate your own scenes and situations. Just don’t forget to imagine the flow of energy between the two of you two. For example, as you run your hand against her thighs, imagine the warm, tingly energy flowing from your body into her thighs (or vice versa).

It ’s ok to take breaks… but try not to break contact.

Sometimes, breaks are necessary during Tantric touching. For instance, she might have reached an orgasm and touching her erotically further may not be a good idea. In this case, simply change the pressure, rhythm and location of your touch and give her a few minutes to ‘come down to earth’. However, is possible, don’t break skin contact. Continue to touch her with your fingertips or ensure your knee is in contact with her leg, etc.

Also since Tantric touching can last for hours, it ’s not a bad idea to have a decanter of wine or pitcher of water, and some food items (e.g., fruit, cheese, etc.) nearby.

About the writer:

Gabrielle Moore is the co-author of The Female Ejaculation Mastery. It is a step-by-step guide to teach men about female ejaculation. For more information, check out, LINK

Abstinence: Not Recommended by many Doctors

by Kaveh Mohebbi

With Labour Day behind us, and as the first signs of fall begin to spill over the golden brim of the horizon; we need to establish a more prominent, effective way to deal with the stress that often comes with the start of a new season. When turning to stress reduction techniques, it turns out, nothing is more failsafe than the tried and true natural approach to having a ‘brawl’ between the bed sheets with your significant other. Whether involved in a serious relationship, or just practicing safe casual sex with a close friend, here are twelve medically supported health benefits that will help justify that extra jump in your ‘mojo’ this fall season.

Health Benefit #1 – Cut Risks of Life Threatening Attacks In Half

A positive sigh of relief for all men out there, last year Forbes Magazine reported that a study conducted at Queens University in Belfast shows that men who engage in sexual intercourse at least three times a week cut their risks of heart attack and stroke in half.

Health Benefit #2 – Increase Your Senses (At least one of them)

A similar study conducted at Queens University also suggests that sex hormones, when at it’s most active, help develop neurons in the brain that lead to a heightened sense of smell. Queens is not the only university to have reached the same conclusion in their studies, putting more meaning to the phrase “wake up and smell the flowers”.

Health Benefit #3 – Who Needs To Go To The Gym When You Can Just Have Sex?

A more commonly known benefit to sex is that it is a very good workout, with certain sessions burning about the same as 15 minutes on a treadmill. It’s a great form of both physical and psychological exercise. As reported on WedMD’s Health and Sex column, ‘Thirty minutes of sex burns 85 calories or more and is a great mode of exercise according to Patti Britton, PhD, a Los Angeles sexologist and President of the American Association of Sexuality Educators and Therapists.’

Health Benefit #4 – Looking to Bulk Up?

Needless to say, sex also boosts the production of a steroid hormone from the androden group. The name of that hormone? Testosterone. A greater production of testosterone leads to stronger bones and healthier muscles.

Health Benefit #5 – Sleep Tight

Having trouble sleeping at night? An article in the Health and Sex column of WebMD.com reports that according to medical research, the oxytocin released in your brain during an orgasm helps promote better sleep. Putting to rest any other home remedies you’re mom might have suggested to you as a kid [i.e. warm milk?]

Health Benefit #6 – Save Money on Tylenol

Suffering from a bad headache? As it turns out, the very same oxytocin which help you go to bed at night also release endorphins as they surge throughout your body. This release of endorphins is a natural painkiller, which can help alleviate headaches, reduce Arthritic pains as well as reduce Menstrual cramps.

Health Benefit #7 – Lower Blood Pressure

As reported on WebMD.com, one big health benefit of sex is lower blood pressure and overall stress reduction. Researches in Scotland found that subjects had better response to stressful situations (i.e. public speaking, verbal arithmetic) when engaging in sexual intercourse beforehand.

Health Benefit #8 – When The Bun’s In The Oven…

It is commonly promoted in the medical world that having sex during pregnancy can trigger natural labour when the time is right. According to AOLHealth.com, Sex can trigger the onset of labour when you’re at term. “Semen contains prostaglandins, when they’re against the cervix, prostaglandins help it dilate and induce natural labor.”

Health Benefit #9 – Super Human Immunity (Sorta)

Many members within the medical profession would agree, a healthy sexual life could reflect positively on a healthy physical life. According to WebMD.com, a study at Wilkes University shows that having sex several times a week has been linked with higher levels of an antibody called immunoglobulin A [or IgA] which ‘can protect you from getting colds and other infections’. The study showed that college student who claimed to practise abstinence had much fewer immunoglobulin A in their saliva samples than those who claimed to be sexually active.

Health Benefit #10 – Just Being Confident

Published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior, a study conducted by the University of Texas, ‘Boosting self-esteem was one of 237 reasons people have sex. WebMD.com has this to say on the finding. ‘That finding makes sense to Gina Ogden, PhD, a sex therapist and marriage and family therapist in Cambridge, Mass., although she finds that those who already have self-esteem say they sometimes have sex to feel even better. “One of the reasons people say they have sex is to feel good about themselves,” she tells WebMD. “Great sex begins with self-esteem, and it raises it. If the sex is loving, connected, and what you want, it raises it’.”

Health Benefit #11 – Pleasant For The Prostate.

Last year, Australian researches reported that frequent ejaculations, particularly in men in their twenties, may reduce the risk of prostate cancer later in life. When the research was followed men diagnosed with prostate cancer and those without, they found men who had roughly 20 or more ejaculations a month while in their twenties reduced their risk of getting prostate cancer later in life by a third.

Health Benefit # 12 – Fountain of Youth

Holding on to your youth life grim death? Well the solution to that youthful beauty you’re looking for might just be found in-between the bed sheets. According to Dr. David Weeks, a clinical neuropsychologist at Scotland’s Royal Edinburgh Hospital, there are clear signs that suggest that an active sex life may help us live longer. Conducting a study of over 3000 people of ages ranging from 18 to 102, Dr. Weeks publishes his results in his book Secrets of the Super Young. “Sex actually slows down the aging process.”

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by Edward Cheung and Jessica Ngui-Yen

Imagine being raised in a filthy cage with hundreds of other animals, just like you, with no room to walk.  To make matters worse, you are all being fed hormones that make you grow unnaturally fast and your bodies cannot sustain it.  All of this physical and mental stress will ultimately lead to sickness and death.  However, your ‘caregiver’ tries to prevent the outcomes of the intense stress by force feeding you mass amounts of antibiotics.  Why are you being raised in these conditions?  The answer is easy.  You are simply just another innocent animal being mass produced on a modern intensive production farm waiting to be slaughtered, packaged, and marketed.  The meat industry is producing low quality meat in high volumes, using manipulative marketing techniques for increased consumer consumption, ultimately leading to an abundance of negative health effects.

Modern intensive production farms focus on quantity instead of quality to meet the high demand for meat.  Chickens, cows, pigs, and fish are the main types of animals that are being mass produced and raised in harsh conditions.  Animals are given unnatural diets to keep up with production for the supply and demand of consumers.  For example, cows are fed grains, protein supplements, hormones, and antibiotics.  These grains, primarily corn, ensure the animals are as fat as possible.  Consequently, corn-fed cows have higher saturated fats and contain only 15-50% of omega-3 fatty acids in comparison to grass-fed livestock.  Along with these nutritional factors, the gross amounts of hormones and antibiotics may have negative long-term health effects on consumers, which is why livestock health should be of a major concern.

The integration and development of healthy living conditions for live stock would not only be beneficial for the livestock, but would also produce better quality meat with improved nutrition for human consumption.  There is a clear difference in the health benefits for humans when comparing well fed livestock in good living conditions to those exposed to growth hormones and poor living conditions.  A prime example is chickens raised in good living conditions exposed to sunlight would produce vitamin D levels, which would enrich the fats, making it a good source of vitamin D for humans.  Another example is cows fed grass instead of grain have a higher composition of omega-3 fatty acids, which has shown to lower cardiovascular disease in humans.  Also, grass-fed cows are also four times higher as a source for vitamin E.  As a result, improving both livestock living conditions and diet will contribute to a healthier diet in humans who consume meat.  Although living conditions and diets of live stock can increase, there is also a problem of public awareness which must be taken into account.

Fast food companies attract budget-conscious consumers and keep them spending by implementing a “more-food-for-less” strategy.  The high demand for meat is established by the manipulative marketing techniques of the meat industry, which seeks to maximize production and profit.  For example, in 2003, McDonald’s offered a double cheeseburger on its dollar menu and it is one of the chain’s biggest sellers.  Consumers should question the quality of a one dollar burger.  Aside from the cost and quality perspective, the portion of meat being promoted is unhealthy.  Eating fast food in moderation becomes difficult due to the competitive marketing campaigns between fast food chains.  Advertisements are designed to capture the attention of many ages, genders, and cultures of people.  Within our fast paced society, fast food proves to be convenient, which often overpowers the healthier choices.  Consuming the amount of fat and cholesterol from fast food meals on a regular basis is detrimental to individuals’ health.  As such, it is the manipulative marketing tactics that have contributed to the rise in obesity, heart disease, and some cancers around the world.

Negative health affects also arise from disease outbreaks and environmental degradation.  As farms and factories try to keep up with the mass production of meat, the sheer volume of animals being raised and slaughtered develop filthy conditions that become breeding grounds for bacteria.  Common bacterial food-borne disease outbreaks have been caused by campylobacter, salmonella, and E. coli.  Further, inadequate living conditions and poor sanitation contribute to the spread of recent epidemics such as Mad Cow Disease, SARS, and Avian Flu.  Some companies cannot afford to properly dispose of waste produced, which leads to contamination of soil and water sources, which enhances the propagation of these diseases.  The meat industry’s ecological footprint is astronomical considering it consumes 2500 gallons of water per pound of beef, requires over 3 acres of land to produce enough grain to feed the live stock for one year’s worth of meat fir an average meat-eater, and requires vast amounts of fossil fuels for production, transportation and storage. With this huge cost in both expenses and health values, humans need to find alternative food sources which would result in a more sustainable and healthy eating lifestyle for humans and for the environment.

Although the meat industry is producing low quality meat using strategic marketing ploys, it does not mean we must stop consuming meat.  Society can help improve the meat industry through advocacy and diversifying food choices.  There must be a greater promotion of healthier living conditions for animals and stricter rules and regulations for production.  The public needs to bring the concern of meat quality and portion control to the meat marketing industry.  As consumers we also have the choice in shifting to eating free range organic meats.  Although free range organic meat is more costly, the long-term health and environmental benefits are significant and an increase in demand would result in an increase in supply.  These steps can help protect today and tomorrow’s society in terms of health, environment, and overall well-being.

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NC — The facts are pretty clear: eating breakfast is good for you. The nutritional benefits of eating breakfast include higher intake of fibre, vitamins and minerals, and breakfast consumption has been associated with a lower likelihood of being overweight. However, in a landmark 2004 study, Statistics Canada found that close to 10 per cent of people report not eating the meal.

Among Canadians who don’t eat breakfast, the main reason for many is because they don’t have time. This is especially true for moms who are often juggling morning tasks like preparing lunches, making kids’ breakfasts, and getting to work.

For those who complain that a time-crunched morning is preventing them from eating a real breakfast, there is good news: a nutritious breakfast can be prepared literally in one minute.

Products like new Quaker 100% Whole Grain Oatmeal packets that are ready in just one minute, make it easy to squeeze a nutritious breakfast into the busiest of schedules.

Hurried Morning Tip

Still don’t think you’ve got time for a nutritious breakfast? Before you go to bed at night, prepare for breakfast by putting your oatmeal out on the kitchen counter. Put a bowl and spoon beside it and even set out your favourite toppings to add. Then, the only step you’ve got left to execute in during the morning rush is to add water and use the microwave.

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NC — While the winter months offer a break for many seasonal allergy sufferers, it’s never too early to start thinking about the upcoming change in seasons and what allergies may come along with it. Allergic rhinitis is one of the most common chronic diseases, affecting more than nine million Canadians and over 500 million people worldwide. “There are so many misconceptions around allergies,” says Toronto allergist, Dr. Mark Greenwald. “Seasonal sufferers should be aware of the facts in order to effectively manage their allergies. Using an antihistamine such as Reactine, which starts to work in just 20 minutes, on a regular basis is just one way people can help manage their symptoms.”

 Think you know everything about allergies? Here are some fast facts about the allergic reactions we love to hate, and some popular myths – debunked.

 • Allergies are annoying but are generally harmless to your health.

If left untreated, allergies can disrupt sleep, learning, and possibly result in chronic respiratory problems like asthma or sinusitis. Non-drowsy antihistamines like Reactine relieve allergy symptoms for a full 24 hours.

• Women are more likely to stick with what they know. According to a recent Harris-Decima survey conducted on behalf of Reactine, many women will take an antihistamine to help their allergy symptoms, while men are more likely to not treat their allergy symptoms at all. Over one-quarter of allergy sufferers have never taken an antihistamine before symptoms onset.

• If it works, it works. There is no scientific proof behind the myth of tolerance to antihistamines or a ‘rebound effect’. As a result, if you have found an allergy medication that works for you, stick with it. You cannot build up a tolerance to antihistamines which are proven effective in relieving both indoor and outdoor allergy symptoms.

• The truth is that allergy symptoms can be controlled, but the cure can take many years.  By making changes in your environment and reducing exposure to certain allergens, you can effectively manage your allergy symptoms.