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You: Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

Your boss wants you, your kids want you, you've got telecommunications gadgets that beep and buzz in symphony, you've got deadlines, you've got bills, you've got meetings, you've got twenty-minute traffic backups, you've got six appointments in four hours, and you've got about wee much patience to juggle it all. And, oh yeah, how about a little lovin' for your neglected honey-poo? While Calgon may have achieved advertising immortality with a slogan that capitalized on our overstressed society, most of us are so beaten and bruised and burdened by stress that we've actually gotten used to it.

Honeybee colony collapse disorder: Alternative causes still being explored Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Although the outbreaks are now generally believed to have been caused by a virus imported from Australian bees (a charge which Australia denies), some scientists and researchers are putting forth a new theory that the radiation given off by cell phones and other high-tech gadgets is interfering with bees' navigation systems. The signals from nearby cell phone towers are preventing the bees from finding their way back to their hives. This phenomenon, referred to as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), is not yet well understood; even the existence of the disorder remains in dispute.

New Online Health Seminar Featuring 9 Health Experts is Free for NewsTarget Readers (Register Before Sunday) Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Craig Pepin-Donat: Author of a great book about health and fitness lies (and the fraud of cheap exercise gadgets). Craig is a no-B.S. expert who used to run one of the largest fitness center chains in the country! ... plus Dr. Richard DiCenso, Jill Fleming and more! Exclusive interviews with all these people are offered in an online health seminar format, so you can listen in either via telephone or over the internet. There's no charge for participating in the live broadcasts of the exclusive interviews.

The Myth of Alzheimer's: What You Aren't Being Told About Today's Most Dreaded Diagnosis Peter J. Whitehouse and Daniel George See book keywords and concepts

Most patients would probably be horrified if they knew how much money the pharmaceutical industry puts into providing meals, travel, parties, gift certificates, pens, and gadgets for doctors who prescribe their drugs. Consider this: The industry estimates that it spends approximately $5.7 billion on marketing to physicians. If you do the math, that means nearly six thousand dollars is being spent per doctor!8 This is money that could be applied to the development of drugs that could potentially help relieve the suffering of people all over the world.

In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto Michael Pollan See book keywords and concepts

The mainstream media is full of advertisements for new gadgets and drugs for diabetics, and the health care industry is gearing up to meet the surging demand for heart bypass operations (80 percent of diabetics will suffer from heart disease), dialysis, and kidney transplantation. At the supermarket checkout you can thumb copies of a new lifestyle magazine, Diabetic Living. Diabetes is well on its way to becoming normalized in the West—recognized as a whole new demographic and so a major marketing opportunity.

Health Begins in the Colon Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN See book keywords and concepts

Without a doubt, most Americans do nothing to counteract the effects of electron-stealing radiation and they also saturate themselves with harmful EMF's by surrounding themselves with all the latest trendy gadgets, toys, technology, and other trivial "conveniences". You might be thinking, "Hey, a little radiation when I use the Internet, watch TV, or talk on my cellphone won't hurt. It really doesn't matter. It's not like I'm sticking my head in the microwave oven." Well, guess what— it does matter! If you ingest a teaspoon of salt 100 times a day, it's going to add up.

Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain John J. Ratey, MD See book keywords and concepts

These gadgets are the cornerstone of the revolutionary physical education program in Naperville, and they're simple enough that elementary school kids there know how to use them. They consist of a chest-strap sensor that picks up your heartbeat, and a digital watch that receives the signal and displays the number of beats per minute on its screen. Let's say your regimen calls for a high-intensity run. If you're forty-five years old, your theoretical maximum heart rate would be about 175, based on the rough formula of 220 minus your age.

Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown David Steinman See book keywords and concepts

Most people who buy the hybrids have money and want all the gadgets. There's an option package that comes with a navigation system. That's the fun part of the car because you get to show all your friends how it works. You have this display in front of you and you tend to drive better because you can see visually on the dash when the car is shifting into its electric motor, is using gasoline, or both. You can develop a really good feel for the vehicle and find its sweet spot." Car & Driver said, "Our hybrid Escape was delivered with an eye-bulging $32,450 price tag.

Put another way, these sleeping gadgets keep the equivalent of seventeen 500-megawatt power plants running year-round, just to keep your light-emitting diodes glowing," he told the magazine. Meier, however, has come up with several innovations that should help to reduce electricity consumption by replacing the more wasteful adapters with the more efficient switching power supplies, and redesigning the software in electronics devices such as printers to automatically turn off everything but the most essential components.

Every house is full of little plastic power supplies to charge cell phones, digital cameras, cordless tools, and other personal gadgets. Keep rhem unplugged until you need them. ?Use power strips to switch off televisions, home theater equipment, and srereos when you're nor using them. Even when you think these producrs are off, together their "standby" consumption can be equivalent to that of a 75- or 100-watt lightbulb running continuously. ?Enable the "sleep mode" feature on your compurer, allowing it to use less power during periods of inactivity. ?

Financial Armageddon: Protecting Your Future from Four Impending Catastrophes Michael J. Panzner See book keywords and concepts

Must we have the latest gadgets?" There will be little to gain and much to lose by cutting back on critical maintenance expenditures, however; doing so costs more in the long run, either because replacements are needed sooner than expected or because of needless accidents. Experience suggests, for example, that automobiles remain roadworthy for longer when the engine oil is changed regularly, while regular servicing of costly home heating and cooling systems can extend their useful lives. Spending on food and other household necessities should also be analyzed under a microscope.

Alternative Medicine Magazine's Definitive Guide to Sleep Disorders: 7 Smart Ways to Help You Get a Good Night's Rest Herbert Ross, DC with Keri Brenner, L.Ac. See book keywords and concepts

If not, the snorer can try some of the antisnoring gadgets available, including a wrist bracelet that gives sleepers a mild electric shock if they snore. Sleeping on a Body Friendly Mattress Part of making your bedroom a restful sleep haven is to have a bed that is firm enough to support your body weight but cushioned enough to let you sleep through the night. Mattresses generally start to deteriorate after about eight years. If yours is relatively new, you may only need to add a top layer of extra cushioning.

The Intention Experiment: Using Your Thoughts to Change Your Life and the World Lynne McTaggart See book keywords and concepts

Keep your space free of electrical gadgets and computers. POWER UP In order to "power up" to peak intensity, you must first slow your brain waves down to a meditative, or "alpha," state of light meditation or dreaming—when the brain emits frequencies (measured on an EEG) of 8-13 hertz (cycles per second). Sit in a comfortable position. Many people like to sit upright in a hard-backed chair, with their hands placed on their knees. You may also sit on the floor cross-legged.

Health Begins in the Colon Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN See book keywords and concepts

If we want to keep all these gadgets and live wherever we want, we'll just have to protect ourselves as much as we can from cellular towers, fault lines, and underground sources emitting negative radiation. We can take measures to limit the amount of daily electromagnetic radiation to which we and our loved ones are exposed. By following the recommendations in the chart below, I believe you can reduce your daily radiation exposure by up to 80%.

HydraBrush is a revolutionary toothbrush that cleans six surfaces at once Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

REPPED: There are always new gadgets available in dental care, and after trying several different ones that I really wasn't satisfied with, I found one that is quite interesting. It's called the HydraBrush. The HydraBrush is a delightful and effective toothbrushing device that is, in every sense, remarkable. It's not just a single vibrating head like you might get with other products.

Seeds of Change: Six Plants That Transformed Mankind Henry Hobhouse See book keywords and concepts

With pre-packaged foods, homes full of labor-saving gadgets, children (if any) handed over to the local school, there is little role for the unemployed unskilled husband—father except to slouch in front of the television set. Boredom is the most important emotion. The sexual tevolution of the 1960s and 70s turned into a reappraisal of the role of gender at work, and the 1990s have seen the advent of congruent, co-operative, consensual feminine virtues in the workplace. Aggressive male characteristics have no longer much of a role in reaching decisions, even in sales or marketing.

The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-term Health T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D. and Thomas M. Campbell II See book keywords and concepts

With all of the doctor's gadgets, technologies, training and knowledge, nothing is more effective than guiding the patient to make the right lifestyle choices. But Ess is quick to point out that doctors are not malicious people engaged in a conspiracy: The only person that likes change is a newborn, and it's natural, it's human nature. Anywhere you go, 99% of the people are eating incorrectly. The numbers are against you, and it's very hard for those 99% to look at you in the 1% and say, "Yes, he's right, we are all wrong." Another obstacle: lack of nutrition knowledge amongst physicians.

Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century Alex Steffen See book keywords and concepts

Leapfrogging means more than simply adopting new gadgets. The red-hot core of the concept is freedom. Being poor or lacking access to established technologies can liberate individuals and communities to embrace the new, because they haven't poured money into the old.

The computer of the future will be recyclable, its parts reusable After years of packing hazardous chemicals and heavy metals into their gadgets, and having the whole pile of materials speedily obsolesce, more and more companies must now consider the scenario of seeing their old goods dropped back into their laps. Requiring manufacturers to take back their own products when customers discard them is a simple but powerful force for changing the production process.

This is the premise behind LOCA: Location Oriented Critical Arts, a Finnish project that explores the use of consumer gadgets as nodes for monitoring networks. The idea could be both sinister and constructive; LOCA's projects test both sides of the fence. If the idea of being tracked stirs uneasiness, there are other great applications for sensing technologies. Myriel Milicevic's Neighbourhood Satellites allow users to playfully monitor the conditions of their environment through a handheld gadget that measures air quality, light, and cell-phone reception.

Many new gadgets offer twenty functions in one handheld unit, the idea being that the more things it can do, the better (or at least the more attractive) the product is. But consumers have started wondering, "Why can't I get a cell phone that is just a cell phone?" So why do manufacturers, despite these complaints, continue to develop products that do more and more? Obviously, they aren't taking the consumer's pleas for simplicity as an indication of true preference.

The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century James Howard Kunstler See book keywords and concepts

There are other ways of using the sun and the wind that don't rely on high-tech gadgets such as solar arrays and turbines, and we will rely on them much more in the years ahead. A draft horse is a solar-powered farming implement that is capable of reproducing, i.e., a self-renewable. It implies, however, an entirely different system of agriculture. Home gardening is a solar-powered activity that produces food at the family scale. In our time, home gardening has degenerated to little more than exterior decoration.

If It's Not Food, Don't Eat It! The No-nonsense Guide to an Eating-for-Health Lifestyle Kelly Harford, M.C., C.N.C. See book keywords and concepts

Throw out expired foods and kitchen gadgets that are broken or never get used. Organize what remains with like items in accordance with their frequency of use. For example, place frequently used items close to the area in which they will be used and can be easily accessed, such as spices and hot mitts near the stove. Stow away fine China, the turkey roaster, and other infrequently used items in the more difficult to access places of the pantry, cupboards or even in a closet or storage place outside the kitchen.

Bagged carrots and salad greens, rice cookers, vacuum sealers, food processors and other kitchen gadgets can all help cut down on time spent in the kitchen. Wholesome food is one of the causes of the growth of living beings and unwholesome food is one of the causes for the growth of diseases. Charaka implementing guideline #3 eat an abundance of whole, fresh, natural foods .. .and little to no processed foods.

Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century Alex Steffen See book keywords and concepts

Sure we could make a mobile phone out of soy plastic, but when the ants start climbing into our pockets to eat our gadgets, we'll become all too aware of the drawbacks of narrow approaches to green design. All good intentions become null and void when things cease to work, so objects such as electronics need to be stable enough to function—to say nothing of surviving an onslaught of hungry insects. Crushed sunflower shells can make great coffee tables, but they make really terrible solar panels. Without plastics, we'd have neither pacemakers nor drip irrigation systems.

Toxic Childhood: How the Modern World is Damaging Our Children and What We Can Do About it Sue Palmer See book keywords and concepts

Other technological gadgets can be just as harmful. A Belgian researcher found the sleep of young teenagers was disturbed by incoming text messages on their mobile phones, and also that they slept at a different level because they were constantly aware of the phone, waiting for communications. His conclusion that this leads to a different - presumably shallower - level of sleep is very worrying, as it's during deep slow-wave sleep that academic learning is transferred to long-term memory.

Although the minutiae of domestic life may be commonplace for adults, it is still new and original for young children - and seeing it through a child's eyes allows adults to rediscover all the small wonders forgotten in our usual busyness: the sounds, textures, shapes and objects in our homes; how simple gadgets work; the exigencies and effects of the weather; the way a nearby tree changes through the seasons; the buildings, people, pets in the local neighbourhood.

But the problems of babies who bite, pre-schoolers struggling to write before they can talk, and children corralled for several hours with unqualified minders round the edges of every school day will not be assuaged by purchase of the latest technological gadgets. As the twenty-first century progresses, the problem of who's looking after the children isn't going to go away. DET0XIN6 CHILDCARE • Make sure you're clear about the difference between childcare and education.

In the meantime, the sooner we get those TVs and other gadgets out of children's bedrooms and back into family space, the better. DETOXING THE ELECTRONIC VILLAGE • As with all aspects of child-rearing, start as you mean to go on, if possible before you even have a family. Discuss your attitudes to electronic entertainment with your partner and devise policies that will work for you. • From the point of view of children, think of strangers on screens as you would think of them in real life.

Slow Food Nation: Why Our Food Should Be Good, Clean, And Fair Carlo Petrini See book keywords and concepts

Children can acquire the natural knowledge that is possessed by people who live in close contact with food production (in the country); they can transcend the limits that ensue from the loss of their local dietary model, from the diffusion of the products of agroindustry, from the diminishing practice of home cooking, and from the spread of fast-food establishments (which persistently court them with enticing advertisements and gadgets of every kind).

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