When I first read that the Canadian company Upaya Naturals provided online customers with raw food delights, I wondered what kind of idiot can’t just buy a raw carrot from the local food store and eat it.  Even if you are a shut-in, local stores deliver, so where is the market for Upaya Naturals?

Silly me. Upaya Naturals provides online shoppers with hard to find, all natural, vegan cheeses and ice creams that actually taste good while providing lots of nutrients.They arrive on ice to your very doorstep, where you can be waiting, crackers in hand, or spoon in fist, in eager anticipation of the yummy, delectable treats that are being delivered to your home. 

Cashew-based Ice Cream. It tastes like dairy ice cream, without the guilt.

If you find the wait too exciting, be sure to order aromatherapy essential oils that calm the nerves, and smell divine.

Get all of your favourite blender recipes at the ready also. Upaya Naturals carriesVitamix and Blendtec blenders, the cadillac of blenders/juicers on the market today. You can prepare bread mixtures, and soups, as well as smoothies and ice creams, without having to fiddle with numerous attachments. Push a button and you are off to the races.

The Vitamix Deluxe 5200 is touted as the best blender on the market, but the following videos offer conflicting evidence in this regard. You can also buy Vitamix at your friendly neighbourhood Costco store, if interested. You can save yourself the shipping fees that way, as they are presently on sale, and therefore cost the same as ordering from the company online. Ask for a demo before you buy.

The Vitamix Blendtec Kitchen Aid Challenge. You decide. The facts in these two videos conflict. Kitchen Aid is far less expensive and appears to do the trick.

The Vitamix Blendtec Challenge. 

 Why pay for Blendtec or for Vitamix if Kitchen Aid is just as efficient, if not moreso?  And it’s half the price at $199.00 How do they all fare with breadmaking? We want more tests please, before we take a Vitamix home!

Upaya Naturals also carries Superfoods, Greens etc. that are vegan-friendly. Power up so that you will have th strength inyour arms to lift that spoonful of healthy cashew-based ice cream to your lips, over and over again. After all, you have many delectable flavours to try. You need muscle mass.

So please, do yourself a favour and check out Upaya Naturals’ website.

I can hardly wait to try the cashew-based ice creams. I have never tried them before, but everyone says that they are great. I know that there are some almond and soy-based ice creams that are out there these days that are absolutely delicious. I wonder if the cashew-based ice creams give them a run for their money?

And don’t forget to brush your teeth! Yep. Upaya Naturals carries healthy,  flouride-free tooth cleansers also. And skincare products. And the kitchen sink. Okay, everything but.

Speaking of the kitchen sink. Upaya Naturals carries one of, if not the best, water filtration systems on the market today: Wellness Kitchen S-III Filtration. This countertop water filtration system can also be easily mounted under the sink with the purchase of an adapter kit. What is most wonderful about this Wellness filtration system is that trace mineral that we need for our health are added back to the water supply after filteration has occurred. If you are concerned about pharmaceuticals, heavy metals and fecal matter making it into your drinking and bathing water, this filtration system will give you the quality of water and the peace of mind you need.

Unless, of course, you enjoy all those pharmaceuticals in your water!

Perhaps we could just bottle it and sell it ourselves to those chronics residing in families that have purchased water filters.

Hmmm.

Just an evil, entrepreneurial thought.

Pat.

A strong back. Excellent posture. Good bone and muscle density. Strong, healthy joints. How to maintain this state of affairs as time and traumas march on. That is the key.

Exercise of a reasonable nature obviously factors into the equation. Reasonable, of course, depends upon what traumas you have indeed experienced to various parts of your anatomy. Diet, also, is an obvious consideration. Muscle building proteins and anti-oxidant rich, vitamin-packed foods and/or supplements, all can contribute to the maintenance and repair of the human body at any stage in the game. Adequate rest and stress management are also essential to good health, as we all know.

I cannot begin to tell you how much assistance my family, friends and I have personally experienced  over the last twenty years, from magnetic insoles and magnetic mats. And that is no bull.
Magnetic fields can have anti-inflammatory properties. Asthma and muscle and joint pain all lessen in their severity with magnetic therapy. Colds heal faster. So do ‘flus. I am not going to try to convince you. Try magnetic insoles and a magnetic sleeping mat for yourself. You will be amazed at their effectiveness.

I personally do not sleep on a magnetic mat or wear magnetic insoles all of the time. Some people swear that magnetic insoles and mats can be utilized all of the time, and the body does not get “immune” to them, but I am not willing to find out if that is true or not, since they work so well when I need to use them sporadically when my immune system feels compromised, or when I need my joints and spinal muscles to be amazingly strong for periods of heavy lifting and carrying demanded by my workplace.

Magnetic fields can assist in detoxification, so if you are sleeping on a magnetic mat, it is wise to drink extra water, as magnetic fields may also have a dehydrating effect as they compell the body to get rid of any toxic build-up it may have. Many people find that they sleep like a baby on the magnetic mats. At other times, attempting to sleep on the mat is almost impossible, as one is charged with excess energy. That is when one no longer needs to sleep on the mat. Whatever was making you sluggish has been resolved, and you can put the mat away until you need it again.

Generalising from my personal experience and that of many people that I know, magnetic fields help sprains heal faster, and if applied prior to the stress, they can actually prevent sprains and strains from ocurring in the first place. Hence the usefulness of the magnetic insoles.

Magnetic insoles are like wearing an extra kidney belt or knee or wrist brace, in my extensive personal experience with these products. And you truly can jump higher and throw further with these inserts on than without them. When you go to lift up a heavy box, your back remains straight as a board, and your knees never waiver. The sensation in incredible. And a lifesaver. Try arm wrestling while wearing insoles, and then without. A huge difference.
Unless you have a pacemaker, I highly recommend that you give magnetic insoles a try. And the magnetic mat. Nikken makes both. Magnetico makes an amazing mat. Magnetico’s sleeping pad is designed to be safe to sleep on all of the time, whereas it is not recommended to use Nikken’s mats fulltime, as sleeping on them for more than two weeks can undo any of the good they have performed due to the nature of their design.

Check the literature out on both of these magnetic mats for yourself. Check with you alternative health practitioner and your doctor for their advice on the use of magnetic mats and insoles for your personal situation.

Magnetics have been a godsend for my family. They might prove to be just that for your’s also. Magnetico mats can be found at:  http://www.magneticosleep.com. 

Best wishes, Pat.

Emily Isaacson, a certified naturopath from the Xa:ytem First Nation of British Columbia, has designed The Rainbow Program. Six small meals a day as opposed to the more usual three square (plus elevenses for we Hobbits).

And Rainbow is not just a cute name. Rainbow refers to the fact that if you select one serving from each of the food colour groups each day, you will be providing your body with a completely balanced intake of vitamins, minerals and other nutrients such as antioxidants, in the correct amounts to boost your metabolism, slim down, and stay energized and become mentally sharp.

If you choose a starch from one of the colour groups, for example, you would balance that out with a choice of a protein from another colour group, and a fat from yet another group. Each of the six small meals must cover one of the colour groups not included in the other meals. Fruits are taken away from other foods in order to aid in effective, non-overtaxed digestion.

Apparently, this colour-coded culinary approach works like a charm.

Eat losing weight. (Necessary keyword phrase for the search engines, folks. Gotta do it.)

Please check out Ms. Isaacson’s successful, delightful, and extremely colourful nutritional program at the following URL: http://www.therainbowprogram.com/. Eat losing weight. (Keyword phrase necessary for traffic. My apologies.)

Also check out the Xaytem Healing Program and Xaytem Longhouses. Perhaps you will find this path to health is just for you!

Just think of the fun we could have with colour-blind people.

Yes.

I mean, no.

Pass me a carrot.

And some avocado.

And some nachos?

Fine. No nachos.

Chips? No chips.

cheeburger, pepsi, coke, no pepsi

I miss you John Belushi.

But I don’t feel like joining you anytime soon, so I’ll try the Rainbow diet.

And oh yeah; eat losing weight.

Bad grammar brings big traffic. New online mantra. It’s the only way I’ll get used to the use of keyword inserts.

Pat.

Yes. We should.

Phenylalanine, simply referred to as “this shit” from now on, causes the destruction of digestive enzymes. This, according to every single chemist still alive and kicking on the planet. “And what do digestive enzymes do?” You might ask — if you are an idiot or English is not your first language.They help us to digest food. Break down nutrients. Feed our bodies and our brains. We need them to live, and apparently, to see.

Macular degeneration is the leading cause of blindness in our aging population. And lo and behold, they have just figured out that our digestive enzymes had better be working in order to get the nutrients that the eyes and blood vessels servicing the eyes need to that area of our heads, if we want to retain our retinas.

We need hydrochloric acid (HCL), we need B vitamins and folic acid, and zinc, and vitamins A,C and E, and lutein and zeanthanine.

We need Spell-Check.

That last word isn’t correct.

Nevermind. Spell-check doesn’t know what I am trying to spell either.

Suffice it to say, it makes dark, leafy vegetables dark.

We need all of these things to get rid of an evil amino acid, hymocysteine, that makes plaque that lines our arteries, thus reducing blood-flow and nutrients to the eyes. Destroying our precious retinas.

We do not need Aspartame. We never have. It is suspected of causing brain tumours, and definitely causes gut-rot in more than one person I know. No wonder it makes people slim. It’s a sugar substitute that prevents any food from being absorbed.

Excellent! If we could live off air.

And that isn’t exactly healthy for us either these days, now is it?

– Pat,

The Aspartame-hating Pessimist.

Still love me?

Good. Try stevia as a sweetener instead. Testing worldwide has indicated no adverse side effects. It is the only low-calorie sweetener allowed in Japan over the last twenty-five years. And it tastes great!

Check out Herbal Remedies.com for this product and research references and results.

My eyes are dim, I cannot see. I have not brought my specs with me. I have naw ot brought my specs with me.

That’s because I do not carry a purse and the glasses case is too bulky for my pocket.

I want folding reading glasses! Half-eye folding glasses, actually. I am always looking up and around from whatever it is that I am reading, whether it be momentary, or my nose pressed into a book for hours at a time.

I must look around. And I always pay for it.

Bam

My eyes are smashed by an evil focal point.

Knives-in-my-eyes.com. My new URL.

I believe it’s taken, actually.

“Be near-sighted, goddammit! Don’t try to look past your paperwork.”

I don’t wear my glasses when I should because I keep hurting myself. And because they are never with me.

Half-eye lenses are actually harder to find than folding reading glasses. Eye Bobs dot com has a lot of cool and funky styles, but only one half-eye lense frame, as they call it. Lots of folding glasses, though. But they do not have half-eye lenses in them.

I hate you Eye Boobs! I mean, Bobs. You were to be my funky cool internet saviour. But nooo.

Not much else out there in Webville. So I guess I’ll just hit the local mall and see what’s in-store for me there. Get it?

Remember, always get your eyes checked by a qualified physician. Your opthamolgist knows best. Just buying reading glasses from Walmart without getting a thorough eye examination can result in eye conditions going undetected in their early stages.

And we don’t want that.

Eye Bobs‘ frames are fully compatible with prescription lenses, so punch in the URL and check out this fun sight.

I mean site.

I want folding half-eye lense glasses.

Wah.

If you know where I can find some, please let me know.

Thanks!

Pat

Then I’ll put some clothes on.

I’m sure this image will help you all stick to your diets!

See; I’m always thinking about you.

I have only begun to wear reading glasses this year. I just can’t see the tiny print on small bottles. Being in food service, I can’t not know what ingredients are in the dishes that I am making.

As I have mentioned before, I work in the Toronto film industry. Once a certain continuity lady on set asked me whether  the brown rice and a million vegetables and cashews and cheddar cheese risotto had any red peppers in it. “Why, no,” said I. “Great”, she said, “because I break out in hives and then my throat closes down and I have to be rushed to the hospital.”

I take the finished dish out to the crew craft table amid the myriad of condiments that have been placed there at an earlier time. I return to the truck, but I keep getting a nagging feeling that all is not well in risotto land, so I go back on set to check things out.

Here is the continuity lady sprinkling some pale red spicy-looking stuff on her risotto. I grab the container after she has finished and run to find enough light to read the ingredients, begging her not to taste another morsel until I get back with the verdict.

I cannot read the infinitismally small writing and need to find someone who can.

That was no-one.

The type-face was so small that we had to find a guy with coke-bottle lenses and borrow them.  Does Emily listen and stop mowing down risotto a la hives?

No.

Is the container full of dried red pepper, and only dried red pepper?

Oh, yes it is.

Do I tell her this and advise that she stops eating it immediatement and get ready for a free trip to the nearest hospital?

Yes, I do.

Does she listen?

No.

I was going to say “of course not,” but  the answer really isn’t “of course not”. If you were deathly allergic to red pepper, and you accidentally ate a ton of it because it didn’t look like any rep pepper product that you had ever seen before, don’t you think that you would stop eating it, freak out in circles and grab the nearest person by the throat and demand to be taken to the hospital for a shot of some epinephrine or whatever because you were so stupid that you didn’t carry an epi-pen with you? I think the odds are quite high that you would.

This woman ate another entire bowl of red pepper-laced risotto.

“Was that wise?’ I asked, cooly, but incredulously. “It’s delicious! I’m sure I’ll be alright!”

There are times when “delicious” and “alright” are not copacetic. Usually when one has a deadly allergy to something yummy. One does not usually eat something that one does not find delicious. Hence the danger of delicious-tasting deadly food.

We were filming and the room was velvet black. I left under this cover of darkness, retreating to my truck in order to regroup my thoughts — and my nerves. Any moment now, that stubborn woman would require medical attention, clutching at her throat and pointing wildly with her other hand at the culprit risotto on the table. “Red pepper”, she would gasp with her last breath. Every one would remember that I had come running in and dashed off with Mr. Dash, or something just as suspicious. I had come back in with the same bottle and replaced it on the table. Then Emily had helped herself to more of this substance and poured it all over her risotto, as I had watched from the corner with terrified eyes. “Pat poisoned the spice bottle!” they would say.  “Emily was alright after the first bowl, but the second one killed her!”

They are film people, after all.

An obvious allergy and a person too stupid to not eat it or read a label before dowsing their food with their own personal death-bringer, would be the last thing to cross their minds. It is easier to blame craft service.

If the soup on the stove is hot, and they help themselves and drink it, they still blame us because it wasn’t at perfect drinking temperature.”Hey! This soup is too hot!” And the porridge. You guessed it. “Hey! This porridge is too cold! That’s because it is lunchtime Goldilocks and I’m using it as an ingredient in a cranberry oatmeal loaf for this evening.

No matter. Daggers shoot from everyone’s eyes at a craft person if something is not right on set.

“Hey! This light isn’t working! That’s because the craft person must have tripped and tugged it out of the wall.”

“Hey! This dress doesn’t fit the actress anymore! That’s because she ate too much food from craft service. I told them not to feed her, no matter how much she cries.”

“Hey, that guy just pushed all the shades off the edge of the truck! That’s because the craft person didn’t tell him the gate platform wasn’t down.”

“Hey! My stash is missing!”

That’s because this craft person gave it to the director, so he could function and get this shit-hole of a movie finished.

Kidding.

On the last part.

No-one takes personal responsibility on set if there is someone else to blame for their own mistakes.

Just remember; it wasn’t Craft Service, it was Locations.

As for Emily- which isn’t her real name; I had already informed a production assistant along route that someone was about to need medical assistance due to a previously unannounced food allergy. I had already ordered some allergy medication be sent to set. Short of dragging her out of her chair by her hair, there really wasn’t much more that I could do.

It has been my experience over the last ten years working in Craft, that film people also lie. A lot.  Let’s be nice and call it “taking creative licence.”

Emily did get hives, but the antihistamine worked like a charm. Had she been as allergic as she had said that she was, it would not have made a dent. She had eaten enough red pepper powder to kill a horse — with allergies of course.

She had not read the label, and neither had I. No-one could. So I have bought reading glasses so that I can read very tiny script.

Emily should too.

My reading glasses are okay, but I am on the search for fun and funky.

I’m checking out many sites to see what is out there in the online community. I’ll post my results tomorrow. If anyone has great suggestions with regard to this search for quality products at great prices, please let me know!

I’ll give your suggestions a go.

Pat

Ouch, that hurts.

But not as much as vision distortion or eventual blindness from not wearing any sunglasses at all.

There are some excellent sunglasses out there on the market these days, as anyone with a regular pay cheque probably already knows.

As I said before, ophthalmologists recommend sunglasses that cut glare, leave the colours looking as natural as possible, and protect you from the side (peripherally), as much as from the front, because UV rays do not differentiate. Having said that, aviator glasses remain one of the most popular styles for driving, and for pilots.

Check out Gargoyles brand sunglasses for excellent protection and styling.They rank among the best in the world. They carry Gargoyles Men’s The Steward Aviator Sunglasses which are bevelled aviator sunglasses, and many other excellent styles such as Gargoyles Men’s Shakedown Resin Sunglasses and all sizes. Most of their styles are more suited to men than women, however. Bolles are amazing also. Check out the stylish and safe Bolle King Sunglasses.

The founder of Bolle has come up with a new company recently, dedicated to sports goggles and sunglasses made with polarized lenses:

Haber Vision has top of the line products that are only available on the internet, thus cutting down on costs. The savings, as they say, are passed directly onto you and I — the customers. Love it. The styles are cutting edge, and there are plenty of choices for both men and women. Check out Habervision Dallas Sunglasses and the Habervision Newport Creme Sunglasses.

Smith is another name that is famous for excellent, protective and stylish sunglasses and sports goggles. Check out the bevelled aviator style of Smith Optics Serpico Sunglasses. And I like the cool Smith Optics Proof Sunglasses too. Smith has lots of styles for both women and men.

Dragon sunglasses are very popular these days with both sexes and all ages, and Ray-Ban are still the best sellers world-wide, but their site is anything but user-friendly. Check out the Dragon Riff, the Dragon Cage, the Ray-Ban Bubble Wrap Aviator Sunglasses and the Ray-Ban Original Wayfarer Sunglasses.

My son is a big guy, and often has trouble finding frames to fit his face. I know a lot of men that make my son look short and narrow. Gargoyle and Smith and Dragon make large-framed sunglasses and sports goggles that don’t distort your vision, and apparently can take a bullet!

Who thought up that test? GangstaLenses.com?

Polarized and mirror lenses are the best for cutting glare and the amount of light getting safely to your eyes.

Lenses that adjust their darkness in response to the amount of light available have been suspected by some ophthalmologists of possibly allowing in too many UV rays. These are referred to by a number of terms, such as polychromatic, polychromic, polarchromic, polarchromatic. Too much UV?

This is debatable.

I like to avoid debates if at all possible, especially where my eyesight is concerned. So true or not, I am sticking with the definite; dark green, grey or brown polarized lenses are the best multi-purpose colours for sunglass lenses. All the websites by schools of optometry touching on the subject say so.

Check out the University of Waterloo’s School of Optometry website as an example, if you like. Dr. Chou will tell you that if you suffer from or wish to prevent macular degeneration, cataracts and/or glaucoma from the potential damage of UV rays, wear wraparound sunglasses!

Choose your favourite style of bullet-proof sunglasses from Gargoyles or Smith. They are also crush and drop/scratch resistant. Haber Vision also makes extremely impact-resistant lenses, but whether their high impact resistance is of the calibre needed for a police officer in the field or an undercover narcotics officer, I do not know.

Of course, buying such excellent eye wear presents a bit of a catch-22. With this economy, the guy with the gun coming your way will probably be after the shades on your face.

In which case, he’ll aim for the leg.

Hmmmm.

Pat

The wrap-around style popular with hardcore cyclists are considered the best for blocking the evil and sneaky UV rays that like to launch an effective surprise attack from the periphery. The lenses should ideally be brown, grey or dark green, so as not to distort the natural colours while still reducing glare.

Apparently, if one is driving, orange lenses can make traffic light signals hard to differentiate. Since blood is not my favourite colour, I think I will do what I am told — on this matter

Every bevelled pair of sunglasses I have ever tried to wear, has resulted in a major distortion of my visual field that did not become too apparent until after I had left the store and was walking from my Craft truck to set, two or more blocks away.

Suddenly, upon stepping out of the truck, food trays in hand, the ground would rise up to meet me.

I felt like a 6 year-old.

I have been accused of acting like a six year old on more than one occasion, but I had never had the unexpected and untimely delight of seeing things from a three-foot-tall perspective in quite some time. Not that I mind the altered state (for free!) all that much, but I don’t want to be fired for being suspected of being under the influence of some illegal substance as I scramble to find my centre of gravity. There is also a certain loss of dignity that doesn’t appeal to me in the middle of downtown traffic.

I know; it’s a little late to worry about dignity now.

Shut up.

All sunglasses, with side visors or without, give me pink-eye. Something to do with not enough air circulation in front of the eye, I suppose. If anyone has a solution, please let me know. I don’t want anymore UV damage than I already must have after years of not being able to wear glasses or goggles of any kind for driving, swimming, working or sports, without getting good old pink-eye within twenty minutes of putting them on my face.

Speaking of pink-eye however; good old reliable Herbal Remedies.com has eye drops that work like a charm.

I would like to try Swiss Army brand sunglasses, just because the name sounds cool. They are advertised in a number of places, but just try to order any, and there, the dream breaks down. Now I want to get a pair just to prove that I can.

Not the ones all covered in leather. They look cool for an ex-airforce pilot that shoots baby lambs in his spare time, but not for me. I would like to hunt down and buy the new styles certain sites are advertising, but then, when you click on the site, no-one has the glasses.

Phantom Swiss Army glasses.

Neat.

The challenge is on.

Pat.

Blurry vision, things changing shape, and colours no one else is seeing. It sounds strangely familiar.

Since the last time you tried Purple Microdot was when you were 19, if this is happening to you, chances are you are not having a flashback. I mean, it is possible that you are having a flashback, especially if you are on a severe weight loss diet that has caused your fat cells to break down and release all the LSD you thought that you had stored in them for posterity.

Release all the LSD you have ever taken. All of it, all at once.

Oh my god, what a thought.

I mean, lucky I never touched that stuff back in the day.

No. Instead, the wobbly lines that appear in front of me on the computer monitor when I cover my right eye are probably a sign of macular degeneration.

Lovely.

One eye is often worse than the other with this condition. Objects might also appear smaller with one eye than with the other.

Often, macular degeneration has begun and you don’t even know it yet. The results are not initially evident to the victim, only to the specialized equipment used by your friendly opthamologist.

If you are around fifty years of age, with excellent eyesight, it is still a good idea to get your eyes checked for macular degeneration, as the early stages are undetectable to simple home tests. Don’t wait for blurry vision and distorted images to show up.

The good news is that a recent “blind”  (”hee hee“, okay, “groan“) study undertaken by the National Institute of Health and by the National Eye Institute of the United States, has shown that vitamins B6, B12 and folic acid, taken together, can slow down and possibly prevent the progression of macular degeneration. This study was entitled AREDS, an acronym for “age-related eye disease study”.

Macular degeneration occurs when the arteries feeding the retina are not functioning properly, possibly due to clogging from plaque build-up. Plaque is caused by an evil amino acid known as hymocysteine. Individuals taking these B vitamins and folic acid had significantly reduced levels of this harmful amino acid in their blood stream. More info at www.bloomberg.com.

Including nutritional supplements high in anti-oxidants and zinc in your diet, helps to prevent or delay the progression of age-related macular degeneration, according to the folks at www.emedicinehealth.com. They say that doctors recommend eye-specific supplements that include vitamins A, C, and E, copper and zinc, and possibly lutein and zeaxanthine. The latter two ingredients are responsible for the pigmentation of dark green leafy vegetables and are thought to nourish the eye and/or the blood vessels providing the blood and nutrients to the eye.

Just eat your vegetables.

Or perhaps not.

A recent major study conducted on over 100,00 men and women for 12 to 20 years respectively, concluded that fruits, not vegetables, reduce the incidence of macular degeneration.

Bananas and oranges came out on top. Veggies: zero.

Check out USNews.com

Which is exactly what the doctors prescribe. And your fruits and berries high in anti-oxidants. See my last post, please.

Folic acid is necessary for the formation of red blood cells, and the B vitamins have been linked to a healthy metabolism and nervous system, among many other things. They are highly touted in much of the literature for their importance in the maintenance of eye health. This recent ARAD study bears this out.

Herbal Remedies.com provides quality nutritional supplements at great prices.

Wearing an excellent pair of UV filtering sunglasses is also highly recommended by opthamologists in order to prevent potential retinal damage.  Macular degeneration, cataracts, and glaucoma are all suspected of being caused in whole or in part by overexposure to ultraviolet rays. Apparently, pilots of Icelandic Airlines have a far greater incidence of cataracts than the general population of Iceland (www.bio-medicine.org). It is thought that this is because they are exposed to stronger UV rays at higher elevations. There haven’t been any other reports released regarding how other countries’ pilots are faring in this regard, and probably won’t be. I mean, wouldn’t such studies give rise to across the board demands for a raise in pay due to greater perceived personal danger?

Coastal Contacts is an excellent website for finding top of the line, brand name sunglasses with maximum UV protection at affordable prices. They specialise in the distribution of high quality contact lenses, also at extremely affordable prices, worldwide. Largest distributor on the web.

Check them out at www.coastalcontacts.com.

Seeing is believing!

Tee hee.

Or, no more pilots.

Funnily enough, the vote would probably be for blind with more pay. It’s time for socialism, I say!  Then we would be safe and financially coddled. Not wealthy, but safe.Then we wouldn’t be forced to make employment choices that would ruin our health…or would we?

Now for the latest breakthrough: hydrochloric acid supplements help to prevent, and indeed help to reverse, macular degeneration. It is sold as Betaine with pepsin. Not Beltane with Pepsi — although a little sexual activity might help the old blood flow.  And we should all give it a go if we are not producing enough hydrochloric acid.

Betaine with pepsin, that is.

The sex is your own business.

Let me know if it helps.

Either one.

Ask for a hydrochloric acid availability test from your health practitioner. Or count your birthdays.

I’m 27. Forever.

Apparently our bodies stop producing hydrochloric acid at around 40 years of age, and all that heartburn, gas and bloating is not due to too much stomach acid as it would appear to the logical mind, but rather to not enough. Not enough hydrochloric acid in the system affects the efficacy or actual presence of digestive enzymes, and thus, the quality and amount of nutrients getting to the eyes or anywhere else for that matter. (Franklin Sanders interviews Dr. Wright, in The Moneychanger, among many other sources)

On top of this reduction in the manufacture of hydrochloric acid, we have the proliferation of the use of aspartame in everything from chewing gum and breath mints — after dinner breath mints, to artificial coffee and tea sweeteners and any and all calorie-reduced foods. Aspartame is made with phenylalanine, which every chemist on the planet insists destroys digestive enzymes.

So why in God’s name do we still allow the stuff to be used in any food or drink? I don’t care who owns the rights to it; they are killing us. Japan did studies on artificial sweeteners and has only allowed Stevia for the last 25 years. What is wrong with us? Are we utter morons? Get rid of aspartame people. Unless you can also digest glass or entire computers like the French guy in the Guinness Book of Records.

Herbal Remedies.com carries an excellent Betaine with pepsin capsule. The HCL or hydrochloric acid is derived from beets. It is only $8.95. Very affordable.

I love my eyesight. I’ll be eating a balanced diet of colourful fruits and vegetables, resplendent with dark green leafy stuff and berries of every kind. NO aspartame in my diet. And a vitamin and mineral supplement from Herbal Remedies.com, my favourite website for quality, choice and excellent prices.

Pat