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Grassroots Victory for Dietary Supplements
Posted in: Search of Well-Being & Wellness Center |
In a recent article (“Thank You Mr. Waxman”), I told you about an insidious attempt at strangling the dietary supplement industry. Basically, while no one was looking, Henry Waxman (D.CA) attached...
Tags: dietary supplement health and education act, grassroots organizations, nutritional supplement companies
Boomers: Coming of Age and Old Age
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The process of getting older reminds me a lot of what Ernest Hemingway had to say about going broke. He commented that people go bankrupt in two ways: “…gradually and then suddenly". That seems to...
Tags: fact of life, health care providers, mortality, psychological factors
Baby Boomers: Are We Sick of the Right and Left? When Does Common Sense Prevail?
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I’m supposed to write a column about wellness. Wellness describes a state of sustained health, harmony and wellbeing. But, I reserve the right to occasionally write about state of dis-ease. States of...
Tags: american values, human trafficking, illegal immigrant workers, us mexico border, work ethics
Nightmare on NutraStreet
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Back in 1965, a chemist working for the G.D. Searle Company accidentally discovered aspartame while testing an anti-ulcer drug. By 1983 it was approved by the FDA as an additive – an artificial sweetener...
Tags: artificial sweetener, gran mal seizure, high blood pressure, methanol poisoning, nutrasweet
Is Irradiated Food Good for Our Bodies?
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Food, clothing and shelter are the things that we require above all others, according to Maslow’s, “Hierarchy of Needs”. I think that we all would agree with that. What comes next? Probably health. ...
Tags: abnormal blood cells, food irradiation, harmful microorganisms, quality foods, vital nutrients
Thank You, Mr. Waxman
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Mr. Henry Waxman thinks he is the Elliot Ness of Congress. For some obscure and probably “shady” reason, he has been the enemy of the dietary supplement industry for many, many years. Currently,...
Tags: congressional approval, dietary supplement industry, health movement, natural health
Baby Boomers and the Lessons of Change from the Great Recession
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The Great Depression shaped two earlier generations. It changed how our parents worked and saved. It haunted my grandparents. As hard as it has been to experience this most recent economic turmoil, we...
Tags: baby boomers, economic calamity, economic turmoil, grandparents, retirement portfolio
Boomers Aging …Feared or Embraced?
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Boomers, those in their 50’s and 60’s do not want to think about getting old, no way...and for good reasons. Aging has been thought of as synonymous with dread, disease, decline, disablement and finally...
Tags: aging well, attitudes, boomers
Where Do Your Vitamin and Mineral Supplements Come From?
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Many people think that all nutritional supplements are “created equal”. Well, that is simply not the case. Many, in fact, most of the supplements in the US are concocted in a laboratory. They...
Tags: nutritional supplements, synthetic forms, vitamins and minerals
Take Charge of Your Health
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Whenever something that has been etched in granite is threatened by a new trend or force, we become uneasy. We strive hard to maintain the status quo. Our familiarity gene feels comfortable with routine,...
Tags: boomers, health issues, participation
Boomers….If You’re Aging, Count Your Blessings
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As boomers we are growing older, not so far off from what was once called old age. We can dismiss these scary and unpleasant thoughts, perhaps until we notice one or more of the following...
When we...
Tags: aging process, attitudes, boomers
Baby-Boomers: The End of Multi-Tasking Is Single-Mindedness
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A few decades ago, there was a wonderful commercial hawking a margarine that had less fat but all the taste of butter. It was so good that even Mother Nature was fooled but, at the close of the commercial,...
Tags: brains, focus, multi-tasking, thinking style
Vitamin Supplements Under Attack Again
Posted in: Search of Well-Being & Uncategorized & Wellness Center |
Senator John McCain and a Senator Byron L. Dorgan from North Dakota are trying to restrict your health freedom and access to good quality supplements. They introduced a bill – Senate Bill S.3002. There...
Tags: natural vitamin c, quality supplements
Baby Boomers: When Parents Forget
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When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not; but my faculties are decaying now and soon I shall be so I cannot remember any but the things that never happened.
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Tags: baby boomers, faculties, parents, river of forgetfulness
Baby Boomers in the Cold on Global Warming
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As baby-boomers, we must face the possibility that our generation may go down as the most despised in history. Why? Because, despite being the wealthiest and most politically powerful generation...
Tags: baby boomers, ecological awareness, green peace, organic vegetables, rain forests
Boomer Holidays
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As boomers, we have a big handicap as we approach the holiday season; namely, the clichés don’t sound quite as corny as they used to and begin to sound as if they actually mean something as we...
Tags: boomers, greatest gifts, holiday season, peace on earth, profound gratitude
“Please Step to the Right, and Leave the Left Side of the Escalator Free for Those Who Wish to Go Faster “
Posted in: Search of Well-Being & Uncategorized & Wellness Center |
My uncle died suddenly last week. He was in his late seventies. He had just come home from the office. He had walked the fourteen blocks to and from there as he did every day, mostly five days a week,...
Tags: courage, fond memories, smile, well wishers
Has Healthcare Reform had a Cardiac Arrest?
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The debate over healthcare has loomed large on the national stage this year. Naturally, few topics draw as much political attention (or zeal) as this one among our generation of baby boomers. For good...
Tags: baby boomers, health care costs, healthcare system, insurance coverage, political attention
The Greatest Medical Discovery of All Time-the Silver Bullet for which Humanity Has Been Waiting
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The scene looks like this: CNN has live coverage of the announcement at one of the world’s leading medical centers. The cameras are currently holding on an empty podium, bristling with myriad microphones.
The...
Tags: medical center, medicine, research
Allan J. Hamilton, MD, FACS
Posted in: Boomer-Living's Authors & Search of Well-Being & Wellness Authors |
Allan J. Hamilton, MD, FACS, Boomer-Living Director. After studying art in college, which earned him a career as a janitor, he went on to attend Harvard Medical School, and to become the chief of neurosurgery...
Tags: american health care, renowned surgeon, university of arizona health sciences center
Why Am I In My Own Way?
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Often we undertake bringing about healthful, positive changes in our lives, but we always seem to find ourselves falling short of our expectations. Our resolution just seems to eventually fizzle out. We...
Tags: positive changes, weight loss exercise
Job Redux and the Third Chapter
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The downturn in the economy has done us a favor in a strange and back-handed fashion. As many of us boomers watched our retirement accounts and 401Ks lose half of their value during 2008 and 2009, we begin...
Tags: boomers, early retirement, retirement accounts
Renewal
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Every morning, we wake up to a choice: status quo or something better? We must decide if we are content to live as we have been doing or do we, can we, change? Wayne Dyer has summed the challenge like...
Tags: inspiration, personal vision
Mom – The Fifth Commandment
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Real loss never hits until it gets personal. Till it’s someone you love. Till you feel it. Up until then you’re just talking about it but you’re not living it.
Two weeks ago my eighty-three...
Tags: grandparents, parents, second chance
Getting Your Affairs in Order: Tell Stories
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When you hear a doctor tell a patient, “It’s time to get your affairs in order” that’s usually medicalese for “the end is near.” Well, the end can be around the corner for any of us.
Therefore,...
Tags: first world war, korean war, remembrances
