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Detoxification Is Essential For Better Health by Brandon H. Masters -

Regular internal cleansing and detoxification is essential for restoring healthy liver function and healing the digestive tract. This is basic for achieving digestive wellness and vibrant health.

Detoxification, as the term suggests, is the process of throwing out all the harmful toxins from the body. It is a total-body process that cleanses all the channels of the body, namely the colon, kidneys, skin, lungs, liver, lymphatic system and blood. Here are some of the most effective ways in which you can facilitate total-body cleansing and detoxification:

1. Dietary changes – In order to eliminate toxins from the body in general, and the digestive tract in particular, it is essential to adhere to dietary guidelines. No detoxification process can achieve results if you continue to allow toxins to enter the body. It would be like pressing the accelerator and the brake simultaneously. So, make sure your diet includes adequate quantities of fiber and lots of water. Water is essential to cleanse the kidneys. A high-fiber diet includes plenty of fruit, vegetables, legumes, nuts and whole grains. Fiber helps to absorb and eliminate toxins as it passes through the digestive tract.

2. Herbal cleansing programs – The use of herbs is the most natural way of internal cleansing. The medicinal value of herbs was discovered thousands of years ago in many parts of the world. Medical science is gradually recognizing the value of some herbs. They acknowledge that approximately 25 herbs have medicinal qualities and can be used regularly for cleansing and detoxification. These herbs are classified as herbs for purification and herbs for revitalization. While purification herbs cleanse the organ systems revitalizing herbs are used to soothe and strengthen the organs.

3. Saunas and steam baths – The body’s largest organ is the skin. It eliminates waste through perspiration. Toxins are released from the cells into the lymphatic fluid with heat. When the body perspires the toxins from the lymph are released because sweat is manufactured from lymphatic fluid. Sweat is a natural phenomenon in hot climate, but in cold countries, saunas (dry heat) or steam baths (wet heat) are used to create sweat intentionally to help release toxins from the skin.

4. Colon hydrotherapy – Colon can support the elimination process through colon hydrotherapy. Colon hydrotherapy is the therapeutic application of water into the colon. It involves repeated infusions of filtered, warm water into the colon. Chronic constipation problems can be cured through colon hydrotherapy. It effectively helps to tone the bowel so that it resumes normal function. It reduces your dependence on chemical laxatives, which can become addictive. It is an improvement on the traditional enema.

5. Nutrient supplementation – Another way of detoxification is to supplement the diet with extra vitamins and minerals, particularly those with antioxidant properties (vitamins A, C, E and the minerals selenium and zinc) and B vitamins. You need to support the body with a multivitamin and mineral supplement as it purges toxic chemicals.

6. Exercise and deep breathing – Exercise is an important part of the detoxification process. It tones the muscles, produces heat and sweat and throws out the toxins. Deep breathing eliminates toxins from the cells and enhances immunity because the lymphatic system is part of the immune system.

Brandon H. Masters is a health enthusiast, researcher and veteran of the Natural Products industry. He is devoted to educating others on the benefits of weight management using natural solutions including a balanced diet. weight loss motivation

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The Beck Diet: Train Your Brain to Think Like a Thin Person-and Maintain Target Weight (Part 1) by Alvaro Fernandez

Today we are honored to interview Dr. Judith Beck on how cognitive techniques can be applied to develop a number of important mental skills. The latest application of these?. Losing weight.

Dr. Judith Beck is the Director of the Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research, Clinical Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania, and author of Cognitive Therapy: Basics and Beyond. Her most recent book is The Beck Diet Solution: Train Your Brain to Think Like a Thin Person.

Alvaro Fernandez (AF): Dr. Beck, thanks for your time. What does the Beck Institute do?

Judith Beck (JB): We have 3 main activities. One, we train practitioners and researchers through a variety of training programs. Two, we provide clinical care. Three, we are involved in research on cognitive therapy.

AF: Please explain cognitive therapy in a few sentences

JB: Cognitive therapy, as developed by my father Aaron Beck, is a comprehensive system of psychotherapy, based on the idea that the way people perceive their experience influences their emotional, behavioral, and physiological responses. Part of what we do is to help people solve the problems they are facing today. We also teach them cognitive and behavioral skills to modify their dysfunctional thinking and actions.

AF: I understand that cognitive therapy has been tested for many years in a variety of clinical applications. What motivated you to bring those techniques to the weight-loss field by writing The Beck Diet Solution?

JB: Since the beginning, I have primarily treated psychiatric outpatients with a variety of diagnoses, especially depression and anxiety. Some patients expressed weight loss as a secondary goal in treatment. I found that many of the same cognitive and behavioral techniques that helped them overcome their other problems could also help them to lose weight-and to keep it off.

I became particularly interested in the problem of overweight and was able to identify specific mindsets or cognitions about food, eating, hunger, craving, perfectionism, helplessness, self-image, unfairness, deprivation, and others, that needed to be targeted to help them reach their goal.

AF: What research results back your finding that those techniques help?

JB: Probably the best published study so far is the randomized controlled study by Karolinska Institute's Stahre and Halstrom. The results were striking: nearly all 65 patients completed the program and this short-term intervention (10-week, 30-hours) showed significant long-term weight reduction, even larger (when compared to the 40 individuals in the control group) after 18 months than right after the 10-weeks program.

AF: That sounds impressive. Can you explain what makes this approach so effective?

JB: A unique feature is that the book doesn't offer a diet but does provide tools to develop the mindset that is required for sustainable success, for modifying sabotaging thoughts and behaviors that typically follow people's initial good intentions. I help dieters acquire new skills. We have sold over 70,000 books so far, and are planning to release a companion workbook this month to further help readers implement the 6-week program and track progress.

AF: So, in a sense, we could say that your book is complementary to all other diet books.

JB: Exactly-it will help readers at setting and reaching their long-term goals, assuming that the diet is healthy, nutritious, and well-balanced.

The main message of cognitive therapy overall, and its application in the diet world, is straight-forward: problems losing weight are not one's fault. Problems simply reflect lack of skills--skills that can be acquired and mastered through practice. Dieters who read the book or workbook learn a new cognitive or behavioral skill every day for six weeks. They practice some skills just once; they automatically incorporate others for their lifetime.

AF: What are the cognitive and emotional skills and habits that dieters need to train, and where your book helps?

JB: Great question. That is exactly my goal: to show how everyone can learn some critical skills. The key ones are:

1) How to motivate oneself. The first task that dieters do is to write a list of the 15 of 20 reasons why they want to lose weight and read that list every single day.

2) Plan in advance and self-monitor behavior. A typical reason for diet failure is a strong preference for spontaneity. I ask people to prepare a plan and then I teach them the skills to stick to it.

3) Overcome sabotaging thoughts. Dieters have hundreds and hundreds of thoughts that lead them to engage in unhelpful eating behavior.

NOTE: the interview continues now in the article The Beck Diet: Train Your Brain to Think Like a Thin Person (Part 2).


Copyright (c) 2007 SharpBrains

Alvaro Fernandez is the CEO and Co-Founder of SharpBrains.com, which provides the latest science-based information for Scientific Brain Training and Brain Exercise, and has been recognized by Scientific American Mind, MarketWatch, CBS, Forbes, and more. Alvaro holds MA in Education and MBA from Stanford University, and teaches The Science of Brain Health at UC-Berkeley Lifelong Learning Institute. You can learn more at http://www.sharpbrains.com/

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Linen­ - The Holy Cloth by Gabriel Adams -

Linen comes from the fiber of the flax plant, and is the oldest “vegetable” material used for clothing. It is natural that since it has been around so long that it would have been mentioned in the Bible. Linen was not easily dyed, and so was usually left white, which was its natural color, and this might be part of the reason it was seen as a symbol of purity. There are frequent mentions of it in this context in the Old Testament.

As far back as the Hebrew captivity and the story of Moses, linen was involved. One of the seven plagues directed against the Egyptians destroyed crops, and the Bible states that “the flax and the barley was smitten.” Flax is the plant that yields the fibers woven in linen.

As the story continued, and the Tabernacle became the center of worship for the Tribes of Israel, the curtains were made of fine linen. Aaron, the high priest, wore a linen coat and a linen mitre when he entered the holy place.

In the New Testament’s Book of Revelations, the final book of the Bible, John is given a revelation of what was to be the future of mankind by seven angels holding in their hands the past and future of mankind. They were clothed in pure white linen. The final quotations from the same book inform us that those of us who get chosen for eternal life and happiness are going to be wearing white garments made of linen. This a fact most comforting to linen manufactures and sellers today who can anticipate having gainful employment in heaven handling the demand for robes.

The idea that linen is associated with purity is not solely a Biblical concept. In the 2nd century AD, Plutarch informed us that the Priests of Isis were wearing linen robes because of it supposed purity. The white color and antiquity of linen has much to do with its association with religion, but its longevity could also play a role. Linen mummy covers recovered from 6000 year old tombs in Egypt were virtually intact although all other fabrics had long since turned to dust. This is caused by the fabrics natural resistance to microbes, a fact that makes linen an ideal and sanitary cloth for bedding. Early man might have viewed this remarkable ability to seemingly last forever with a bit more superstitious eye, and might view linen as not merely a practical fabric, but a true gift from the gods.

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C21 Communications: Mobile VoIP and Fixed Mobile Convergence delivers significant savings to organis by Alison White

C21 Communications, is a Fixed Mobile Convergence solutions provider and exclusive distributor of products in the UK. It concludes from a recent benchmark study on mobile VoIP and Fixed Mobile Convergence by Aberdeen Group: organisations deploying mobile VoIP report saving over ₤75 per user per year and an average return on investment (ROI) of 49 percent. The analysts said best-in-class organisations leverage mobile VoIP for productivity and cost savings.

The report analysed organisations’ use of mobile VoIP to better understand how Best-in-Class organisations used the technology to improve their workforce’s productivity and lower their cellular costs. In fact 69% of organisations surveyed look to mobile VoIP as a way to enhance productivity, while 60% also expect to reduce their cellular costs. Over 300 organisations worldwide contributed their experiences to the study in order to be heard.

The best-in-class organisations represent the top 20% of the responding organisations and are defined on the basis of Process, Organisation, Knowledge and Technology. 'Best-in-class organisations deploy a mobile VoIP solution for the productivity benefits first and for the lower cost second,' said Philippe Winthrop, Research Director for Wireless and Mobility research. 'They are using mobile VoIP to develop seamless coverage capabilities within the enterprise and implementing tools such as mobile instant messaging to provide their employees a mobile dimension to their unified communications solution.'

Additionally, the study found best-in-class organisations are four times more likely than others to have a high level of expertise in integrating their mobile VoIP solution with other unified communications solutions. 'They understand how to most effectively leverage the technology for a unified and mobile voice and data network.'-Winthrop.

Media gateways and fixed cellular terminals provided by C21 Communications offer connectivity between 2G/3G mobile networks, PSTN and VoIP networks for Least Cost Routing and Fixed to Mobile Convergence applications.

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