The subject of ALCOHOL??

ON  MY  FACEBOOK......THE  SUBJECT  OF  CHRISTIANS  AND  ALCOHOL  HAS  BEEN  BROUGHT  UP  BY  ONE  FRIEND.

IT  IS  A  LARGE  SUBJECT  TO  ANSWER  ALL  THE  PROS  AND  CONS.

I  HAVE  A  LARGE  IN-DEPTH  STUDY  OF  IT  ALL  ON  MY  WEBSITE.

FOR  THOSE  WHO  REALLY  WANT  THE  TRUTH  OF  THE  MATTER  THEY  NEED  TO  BE  WILING  TO  STUDY  THAT  STUDY.

THE  BOTTOM  LINE  IS  THAT  IT  COMES  UNDER  THE  PRINCIPLE  OF  WHAT  PAUL  WROTE  IN  ROMANS  14.

NEVERTHELESS  A  CHRISTIAN  SHOULD  KNOW  WHAT  GOD  TEACHES  ON  THIS  MATTER.
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THE TERRIBLE GETTYSBURG BATTLE

HERE  IN  KELOWNA  I  WENT  INTO  A  DVD  STORE,  SEE WHAT  THEY  HAD,  FOUND  A  MOVIE  ON  THE  GETTYSBURG  BATTLE  OF  1863.

CALLED  JUST  "GETTYSBURG."

SO  WARS  FROM  TIME  IMMEMORIAL.

MANY  WARS  FAUGHT  IN  EUROPE  IN  THE  PAST  CENTURIES  WERE  THESE  KINDA  "GENTLEMAN"  WARS  OF  FIGHTING ---  EACH  SIDE  LINED  UP  MARCHED  TOWARDS  EACH  OTHER  AND  CLOSE  ENOUGH  OPENED  FIRE,  THEN  MARCHED  ON  TO  HAND  TO  HAND  FIGHTING.

THE  GETTYSBURG  BATTLE  WAS  THE  CRAZIEST  OF  SUCH  FIGHTING.  THE CONFEDERACY  ARMY  PUSHED  NORTH  INTO  PENNSYLVANIA,  UNION FORCES  CONVERGED TO FACE  THEM.

THE  LEADER  OF  THE  SOUTH  THOUGHT  THEY  COULD  LINE  UP  A  CERTAIN  WAY  AND  MARCH  INTO  THE  UNION  ARMY  AND  WIN  THE  DAY.

THE  SECOND  IN  COMMAND  FOR  THE  CONFEDERACY  SAID  IT  WOULD  NOT  WORK.  THEY  WOULD  BE  MARCHING  INTO  OPEN  GROUND  OF  ABOUT  A  MILE.  THE  CANONS  WOULD  TAKE  A  GREAT  TOLL,  THE  RIFLES  WOULD  MOWN  THE  ARMY  DOWN.  BUT  HE  WAS  IGNORED.

SURE  ENOUGH  THAT  IS  EXACTLY  WHAT  HAPPENED.  THE  SOUTH  SUFFERED  A  GREAT  DEFEAT.

AS  I  VIEWED  THIS  DUMB  WAR,  THIS  CRAZY  WAR,  OF  USA  MAN  AGAISNT  A  USA  MAN.  AS  I  LOOKED  ON  TO  SEE  THE  MADNESS  OF  THIS  BATTLE,  I  THOUGHT  WAS  THERE  NO  ONE  THERE  AMONG  THESE  FAMOUS  WAR  LEADERS,  TO  SAY,  "THIS  IS  CRAZY  MADNESS.  WHY  ARE  WE  KILLING  EACH  OTHER  LIKE  A  BUNC H  OF  MENTALLY  INSANE  PEOPLE  GOING  ON  A  RAMPAGE  AMONG  THEMSELVES." 

THEY  KNEW  IN  THAT  BATTLE  THOUSANDS  WOULD  DIE  AND  BE  MUTALATED  IN  SOME  WAY.  YET  THEY  WENT  TO  THE  SLAUGHTER  INDEED  AS  TO  ME  A  BUNCH  OF  MENTALLY  INSANE  PEOPLE.

I  CAN  ONLY  THINK  THE  DEMONS  WERE  HAVING  A  FIELD  DAY  WITH  ALL  THOSE  MAD  MEN  FIGHTING  EACH  OTHER,  INSTEAD  OF  SOLVING  THE  ISSUES  WITH  SANITY  AND  THE  DEMOCRATIC  VOTE,  OR  WHATEVER  WAY,  BUT  THE  CIVIL  WAR  OF  1861  TO  1865.

53,000  MEN  IN  THAT  BATTLE  --  SINGLE  YOUNG  MEN,  HUSBANDS  WITH  WIVES  AND  CHILDREN,  ETC.  LOST  THEIR  LIVES,  OR  WERE  INJURED;  THE  BIGGEST  LOSS  OF  CASUALTIES  IN  A  3  DAY  BATTLE  ON  USA  SOIL.....  EVER!!

TRULY  THE  EARTH  HAS  BEEN  IN  THE  GRIPS  OF  SATAN  AND  THE  DEMONS  FOR  CENTURIES  NOW. 

WE  DECEPTIVELY  THINK  IT  IS  THE  RIGHT  WAY.  AS  WE  THINK  SAME  SEX  MARRIAGE  AND  ABORTION  ON  DEMAND  IS  THE  RIGHT  WAY  ---  BUT  IT  LEADS  TO  DECEPTION,  SIN,  AND  EVENTUALLY  DEATH.

HOW  WE  NEED  GOD'S  KINDOM  TO  COME,  WHEN  NATIONS  WILL  LEARN  WAR  NO  MORE.
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WHY BEES ARE DYING

AN  EXPERT  INTERVIEWED  ON  CBC  RADIO  THE  OTHER  DAY  MAY  HAVE  THE  ANSWER  AS  TO  WHY  SO  MANY  BEES  HAVE  BEEN  DYING  IN  THE  PAST  RECENT  YEARS.

HE  HAS  NOTED  TWO  PESTERSDES  THAT  ARE  USED VERY  WIDELY,  AND  NOT  ONLY  BEING  USED  WRONGLY,  BUT  EVEN  FOLLOWING  THE  INSTRUCTIONS  OF  USE  BEFORE  "BUDDING"  OF  FLOWERS  AND  TREES [INSTRUCTION  SAY  TWO  MONTHS  BEFORE  BUDDING];  STILL  IS  DEADLY  TO  BEES.  WHY?  BECAUSE  THE  PLANTS  AND  TREES  STILL  RETAIN  THE  PESTERSIDES  WITHIN  THEM,  AND  THEN  IT  STILL  COMES  OUT  IN  THE  BUDS.

THEY  HAVE  BEEN  WONDERING  WHY  WE'VE  HAD  THIS  EPIDEMIC  OF  DYING  BEES  IN  THE  LAST  NUMBER  OF  YEARS.

THIS  ANSWER  DOES  NOT  SURPRISE  ME  AT  ALL.

WE  POLLUTE  AND  POLLUTE  AND  MORE  POLLUTE,  WE  USE  PESTERSIDES  AND  PESTERSIDES;  WE  HAVE  "CHEMICALLED  OUR  PLANET"  -  THE  LAND  AND  VEGITATION;  WE  HAVE  THROWN  UP  CO2  IN  THE  AIR  SINCE  THE  INDUSTRIAL  REVELUTION;  IT  SHOULD  ONLY  BEE [PUN  INTENDED]  COMMON  LOGIC [WHICH  MOST  DO  NOT  HAVE   ANY  MORE]  THAT  YOU  CANNOT  DO  SUCH  THINGS  AND  NOT  HAVE  IT  COMING  BACK  AT  YOU  WITH  A  KICK  TO  THE  STOMACH.

WE  ARE  POLLUTING  AND  DESTROYING  THE  EARTH.  WE  HAVE  THROWN  OUT  THE  BIBLE  AND  ITS  LAWS  -  MORALLY  AND  PHYSICALLY  -  AND  WE  ARE  REAPING  WHAT  WE  HAVE  SOWN  -  NAMELY  SICKNESS  AND  DEATH.

WE  ARE  WELL  ON  OUR  WAY  TO  DESTROYING  OURSELVES.

FINALLY  BIBLE  PROPHECY  SAYS  MOST  NATIONS  ON  EARTH  WILL  DESTROY  EACH   OTHER;  BRINGING  IN  THE  GREATEST  TRIBULATION  HUMAN  KIND  HAS  EVER  SEEN.  AND  WHEN  YOU  SEE  THE  HORRORS  OF  WORLD  WAR  1  AND  2,  AND  YOU  KNOW  THE  END  HORROR  WILL  PALE  TO  INSIGNIFICANCE  BOTH  OF  THOSE  WORLD  WARS  COMBINED.......IT  IS  MORE  THAN  SOBERING,  IT  IS  MIND-BLOWING.

WE  ARE  LIVING  IN  THE  LAST  EVENTFUL  DAYS  OF  THIS  AGE,  BE  IT  10,  20,  30  OR  MORE  YEARS;  WE  ARE  COMING  TO  THE  END  LAST  42  MONTHS  OF  THIS  AGE,  WHEN  ALL  THAT  IS  WRITTEN  ON  PROPHECY  IN  THE  BIBLE  WILL  COME  TO  PASS.

WE  SHALL  CONTINUE  TO  HAVE  MORE  AND  MORE,  LARGER  AND  LARGER  NATURAL  DISASTERS,  AROUND  THE  WORLD.

THE  NEXT  LARGE  EVENT  FOR  NATIONS  IS  TO  WTACH  FOR  AN  ARAB  FORMATION  OF  NATIONS  LED  BY  EGYPT  -  THE  "KIND  OF  THE  SOUTH"  OF  DANIEL  11: 40-45.

BE  SOBER,  WATCH  WORLD  EVENTS;  KNOW  THE  SIGNS  TO  WATCH  FOR,  ALL  EXPOUNDED  FOR  YOU  ON  MY  WEBSITE.

BEYOND  THE  HORRORS  OF  THE  FUTURE  WE  HAVE  THE  WONDERFUL  AGE  TO  COME  -  THE  RETURN  OF  JESUS  CHRIST  TO  ESTABLISH  THE  KINGDOM  OF  GOD  ON  EARTH;  TO  BRING  PEACE,  PROSPERITY,  HEALTH,  SALVATION,  RIGHTEOUSNESS;  WHEN  THE  KNOWLEDGE  OF  GOD  SHALL  COVER  THE  EARTH  WAS  THE  WATERS  COVER  THE  SEA  BEDS.

WHAT  AN  AGE  THAT  WILL  BE.  COME  LORD  JESUS  COME.
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Arrived SAFELY

ARRIVED  SAFELY  TO  VISIT  MY  DAD  IN  KELOWNA  B.C.

SMOOTH  JOURNEY  ALL  THE  WAY  -  7  HOURS.

MY  DAD  IS  HOLDING  IN  GOOD,  DOING  VERY  WELL  FOR  93  COME  AUGUST  26.

THIS  PART  OF  B.C.  ALSO  HAD  A  RAINLY  JUNE,  RAINING  THEY  SAY  ECH  DAY  SOME,  VERY  UNUSUAL  FOR  THIS  SEMI-DESERT  VALLEY  OF  THE  OKANAGAN.

NICE  TO  BE  ABLE  TO  PICK  UP  FRUIT  FROM  THE  FRUIT  SATNDS - THIS  IS  A  LARGE  FRUIT  GROWING  VALLEY - PEACHES,  PLUMS,  CHERRIES,  AT  THIS  TIME  OF  THE  YEAR.

NEXT  WEEK  HERE  AND  IN  CALGARY  SUPPOSED  TO  BE  IN  THE  90s  F.  CALGARY  ESPECIALLY  NEEDS  WARM  WEATHER  SO  THEY  CAN  CLEAN  UP  FROM  THE  RECENT  FLOOD  AND  GET  THE  GROUNDS  READY  FOR  THE  FAMOUS  CALGARY  STAMPEDE,  TO  START  ON  JULY  5TH.  THE  BIGGEST  PRIZE  WINNING  MONEY  FOR  ANY  RODEO  IN  THE  WORLD.  THEY  TRY  TO  BRING  IN  SOME  "BIG  STAR"  MUSIC  GROUP  OR  MAN/WOMEN  IN  TE  SADDLE  DOME [HOLDS  18,000  PEOPLE]  BUT  AS  IT  WAS  FLOODED  UP  TO  THE  14  ROW  OF   SEATS,  IT  WILL  BE  A  NO  GO  IN  THE  SADDLE  DOME;  MAYBE  THEY  WILL  HOLD  SUCH  ENTERTAINMENT  IN  THE  FOOTBALL  ARENA;  WILL  BE  AN  OUTDOOR  EVENT  IF  SO.

WILL  PLAN  ON  RETURNING  TO  CALGARY  ON  THE  4TH  OF  JULY,  AND  THEN  OUT  TO  THE  KIDS  HORSE  CAMP  FOR  THE  5TH,  TO  PUT  ON  MY  ROY  ROGERS  AND  SONS  OF  THE  PIONEERS  SHOW  FOR  THE  CAMPERS  AND  PARENTS,  AND  THEN  HELP  IN  THE  OUTDOOR  ARENA  WITH  THE  KIDS  SHOW  THEY  DO  FOR  THEIR  PARENTS  ETC.

ONLY  WORKING  FOR  THE  SUMMER  HORSE  CAMP  ON  FRIDAYS  THIS  YEAR.  WILL GIVE  ME  MORE  TIME  TO  SPEND  WITH  MY  HORSE  GOLDIE  ON  SOME  NEW  TRAIL  RIDES  ETC.  AND  TO  CONTINUE  TO  UPLOAD  HORSE  ARTICLES  TO  MY  WEBSITE  UNDER  "THE  UN-OFFICIAL  WEBSITE  OF  ROY  ROGERS  AND  TRIGGER."
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The Wonderful "BRIGADOON" musical with Gene Kelly

I  HAD  NEVER  HEARD  THAT  GENE  KELLY  HAD  DONE  THE  MUSICAL  "BRIGADOON"  -  SET  IN  THE  GREAT  COLORS  OF  THE  SCOTTISH  HIGHLANDS.

YES  FINE  COLORS,  FINE DANCING,  WITH  SOME  SCOTTISH  DANCING,  THE  BAGPIPES,  AND  SOME  GREAT  SINGING  FROM  ONE  TENOR,  AND  THE  MELODIC  SMOOTH  VOICE  OF  GENE KELLY,  AND  A  FEW  GALS  ALSO.

IT  WAS  FILMED  IN  1954.

IT'S  ABOUT  A  PLACE  THERE  BUT  NOT  THERE,  BUT  A  PLACE  YOU  CAN  GO  TO  IF  YOU  HAVE  REAL  LOVE,  A  PLACE  THAT  LIVES  FOREVER.  GENE  AND  HIS  BUDDY  VAN  JOHNSON,  STUBBLE  ACROSS  IT,  AND  THE  STORY  BEGINS....ENCHANTMENT,  DREAMS,  LOVE,  AND  MAGIC.

WE  ALL  NEED  "TIMES  OUT"  TO  JUST  SIT  AND  RELAX,  PUT  OUR  FEET UP,  AND  BE  SOOTHED  WITH  SONG,  MUSIC  AND  DANCE.

A  REALLY  FINE  MUSICAL.

HIGHLY  RECOMMEND  IT.

CAN  OBTAIN  IT  FROM  AMAZON.COM  OR  MOVIESUNLIMITED.COM
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LEAVING TO VISIT MY DAD

THE  RECENT  MASSIVE  FLOODING  IN  SOUTHERN  ALBERTA,  WASHED  OUT  PART  OF  THE  TRANS-CANADA  HIGHWAY,  HENCE  CLOSED  DOWN, IN  BOTH  DIRECTIONS.

THEY  HAVE  TODAY  MADE  IT  PASSABLE.

SO  I  WILL  HEAD  OUT  TODAY,  THURSDAY,  TO  VISIT  MY  DAD  FOR  A  WEEK,  IN  KELOWNA,  SITUATED  IN  THE  BEAUTIFUL  OKANAGAN  VALLEY  OF  BRITISH  COLUMBIA,  ABOUT  7  HOURS  WEST  OF  CALGARY,  ALBERTA.

WILL  TAKE  MY  PC  LAPTOP  SO  WILL  BE  IN  TOUCH  VIA  MY  BLOG  AND  OF  COURSE  EMAILS.

WOULD  APPRECIATE  YOUR  PRAYERS  FOR  ME  TO  HAVE  A  SAFE  SMOOTH  CAR  TRAVEL  GOING  AND  RETURNING.

Keith

THE IMPORTANCE OF SLEEP!!

Helpful Tips for Sleeping Better This Summer

June 27, 2013 

By Dr. Mercola

If you’re like most Americans, you’re likely not getting enough sleep. Nearly 41 million US adults are sleeping just six hours or less each night, which recent research has linked to an increased risk of chronic inflammation and heart disease in women.¹

Over the course of the five-year long study,² women who slept poorly—quantified as sleeping less than six hours per night—had 2.5 times higher increases in inflammation levels compared to men who slept poorly. As reported by the featured article:³

“Researchers speculated that the gender difference may be due to lower estrogen levels in the study's post-menopausal female subjects, whereas men were protected by higher levels of testosterone.”

But regardless of gender-based hormonal differences, summertime can be a time of year when sleep becomes harder to come by, courtesy of rising temperatures. This is just one of a whole host of factors that can have an adverse effect on your sleep. Restless legs syndrome is another ailment that can prevent you from getting sufficient amounts of shut-eye.

Interestingly, a recent observational study⁴ found that men with restless legs syndrome have a whopping 40 percent higher risk of total mortality. This finding was independent of other known risk factors, including a variety of chronic diseases. As reported by MedPage Today:⁵

“The relationship between restless legs syndrome and all-cause mortality was stronger for men who had symptoms 15 or more times per month compared with those who had symptoms five to 14 times per month.”

According to the researchers, one (of several) potential mechanisms that might account for this increased mortality risk is disturbed sleep. Previous research has also found that people with chronic insomnia have a three times greater risk of dying from any cause.

Sleep Deprivation Takes a Serious Toll on Your Health...

You can have the healthiest diet on the planet, doing vegetable juicing and using fermented veggies, be as fit as an Olympic athlete, be emotionally balanced, but if you aren’t sleeping well it is just a matter of time before it will adversely, potentially seriously affect your health.

Sleep deprivation is such a chronic condition these days that you might not even realize you suffer from it. Science has now established that a sleep deficit can have serious, far reaching effects on your health. For example, interrupted or impaired sleep can:

• Dramatically weaken your immune system
• Accelerate tumor growth—tumors grow two to three times faster in laboratory animals with severe sleep dysfunctions, primarily due to disrupted melatonin production. Melatonin inhibits the proliferation of a wide range of cancer cell types, as well as triggering cancer cell apoptosis (self destruction). The hormone also interferes with the new blood supply tumors require for their rapid growth (angiogenesis)
• Cause a pre-diabetic state, making you feel hungry even if you've already eaten, which can wreak havoc on your weight
• Seriously impair your memory; even a single night of poor sleep—meaning sleeping only 4 to 6 hours—can impact your ability to think clearly the next day. It’s also known to decrease your problem solving ability

What You Need to Know About Sleeping Pills

While it may be tempting to look for a pill to quickly help you sleep, these willnot address any of the underlying causes of insomnia. In fact, researchers have repeatedly shown that sleeping pills don’t work, but your brain is being trickedinto thinking they do...

In one meta-analytic study, they found that, on average, sleeping pills help people fall asleep approximately 10 minutes sooner. From a biomedical perspective, this is an insignificant improvement. On average, sleeping pills increase total sleep time by about 15-20 minutes. But here is the catch: This study also discovered that while most sleeping pills created poor, fragmented sleep, they also created amnesia, so upon waking, the participants could not recall how poorly they’d actually slept!

Worse yet, sleeping pills have also been linked to a wide variety of health hazards, including a nearly four-fold increase in the risk of death, along with a 35 percent increased risk of cancer.

Additionally, most people do not realize that over-the-counter (OTC) sleeping pills -- those containing Benadryl -- can have a half life of about 18 hours. So, if you take them every night, you're basically sedated much of the time. Not surprisingly, they're associated with cognitive deficits in the morning. Trust me, there are far better, safer and more effective ways to get a good night's sleep...

Tips for High-Quality Shut-Eye from a Sleep Wellness Consultant

As previously discussed by Dr. Rubin Naiman, a leader in integrative medicine approaches to sleep and dreams, sleep is the outcome of an interaction between two variables, namely sleepiness and what he refers to as "noise.” This is any kind of stimulation that inhibits or disrupts sleep. In order to get a good night's sleep, you want your sleepiness level to be high, and the “noise” level to be low. Under normal conditions, your sleepiness should gradually increase throughout the day and evening, peaking just before you go to bed at night. However, if noise is conceptually greater than your level of sleepiness, you will not be able to fall asleep.

In a recent CNN article, ⁶ sleep wellness consultant Nancy Rothstein offered up six tips to improve your sleep, wisely starting off by addressing environmental “noise” in your bedroom (for the rest of her suggestions, please see the original article):⁷

• Create a sleep sanctuary. This means removing items associated with entertainment, recreation, work and hobbies, and turning your bedroom into a single-purpose space—one for sleeping. Of utmost importance: Make sure your bedroom is cool, dark and quiet. These three factors can have a major impact on your sleep.
With regards to temperature, studies show that the optimal room temperature for sleep is quite cool, between 60 to 68 degrees Fahrenheit, so keep the temperature in your bedroom no higher than 70 degrees.
As for light, even the tiniest bit of light in the room can disrupt your internal clock and your pineal gland's production of melatonin and serotonin, hormones involved in your body’s circadian rhythm of sleep and wakefulness. So close your bedroom door, get rid of night-lights, and most importantly, cover your windows. I recommend using blackout shades or heavy, opaque drapes. Also cover up your clock if it has a lit display. Alternatively, you could wear an eye mask to block out any stray light.
• Turn off your gadgets well before bedtime. Again, the artificial glow from your TV, iPad, computer or smartphone can serve as a stimulus for keeping you awake well past your bedtime by disrupting melatonin production. I recommend turning off all electronic gadgets at least one hour before bed. As Rothstein suggests, that time is far better spent reading a good old fashioned book, practicing relaxation techniques or meditating.
Some people find the sound of white noise or nature sounds, such as the ocean or forest, to be soothing and sleep-promoting. An excellent relaxation/meditation option to listen to before bed is the Insight audio CD. Another favorite is the Sleep Harmony CD, which uses a combination of advanced vibrational technology and guided meditation to help you effortlessly fall into deep delta sleep within minutes. The CD works on the principle of "sleep wave entrainment" to assist your brain in gearing down for sleep.
• Exercise to sleep better, but do it early! Exercising for at least 30 minutes per day can improve your sleep, but if you exercise too close to bedtime (generally within the three hours before), it may keep you awake instead.
• Party-goers beware: alcohol tends to prevent good sleep... Summertime tends to spark party invitations, but as Rothstein warns, it would be wise to consider how a few drinks will affect your sleep pattern. Although alcohol will make you drowsy, the effect is short lived and you will often wake up several hours later, unable to fall back asleep. Alcohol can also keep you from entering the deeper stages of sleep, where your body does most of its healing.
The same applies to eating. Ideally, you’ll want to avoid eating or snacking at least three hours before bed. Especially troublesome are grains and sugars, as these will raise your blood sugar and delay sleep. Later, when your blood sugar drops, you may wake up and be unable to fall back asleep.

Two More Aces Up Your Sleeve When Sleep Becomes Elusive...

My personal favorite fix for insomnia is the Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT). Most people can learn the basics of this gentle tapping technique in a few minutes. EFT can help balance your body's bioenergy system and resolve some of the emotional stresses that are contributing to your insomnia at a very deep level. The results are typically long lasting and improvement is remarkably rapid.

Another strategy that can help is to increase your melatonin. Ideally it is best to increase your levels naturally, by exposing yourself to bright sunlight during daytime hours (along with full spectrum fluorescent bulbs in the winter) followed by absolute complete darkness at night. If that isn't possible, you may want to consider a melatonin supplement. In scientific studies, melatonin has been shown to increase sleepiness, help you fall asleep more quickly and stay asleep, decrease restlessness, and reverse daytime fatigue. Melatonin is a completely natural substance, made by your body, and has many health benefits in addition to sleep.

If you decide to give melatonin supplements a try, start with a very small dose, about an hour before bed—as little as 0.25 mg can be sufficient for some.⁸ Many end up taking too much right off the bat, which could end up having the reverse effect you’re looking for. Taking too much could also result in side effects⁹ such as drowsiness, confusion, headache, nightmares, and more. So, start with a tiny dose, and if after three nights you notice no improvement, take a little more. The tips discussed so far are among the most important for a restful night's sleep, but they are only the beginning. For more, please read my comprehensive sleep guide: 33 Secret's to a Good Night's Sleep.

Improving Your Sleep Hygiene Pays Off in Health Dividends

There's convincing evidence showing that if you do not sleep enough, you're really jeopardizing your health. Everybody loses sleep here and there, and your body can adjust for temporary shortcomings. But if you develop a chronic pattern of sleeping less than five or six hours a night, then you're increasing your risk of a number of health conditions, including heart disease.

To make your bedroom into a suitable sleep sanctuary, begin by making sure it’s pitch-black, cool, and quiet. Remember, even the tiniest bit of light can disrupt your pineal gland's production of melatonin and serotonin. For this reason, I highly recommend adding room-darkening blinds or drapes to your bedroom, or if this is not possible wearing an eye mask to block out any stray light.

For even more helpful guidance on how to improve your sleep, please review my 33 Secrets to a Good Night's Sleep. If you're even slightly sleep deprived, I encourage you to implement some of these tips tonight, as high-quality sleep is one of the most important factors in your health and quality of life.

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NOW  IT  IS  MOST  CERTAINLY  TRUE  THAT  GOOD  SLEEP,  QUALITY  8  HOURS  SLEEP  EVERY  DAY  IS  VERY  IMPORTANT  FOR  GOOD  HEALTH.

NOW  I  SUFFER  FROM  INSOMNIA  -  CAME  DOWN  WITH  IT  ABOUT  13  YEARS  AGO.

WHILE  THE  ABOVE  I  HAVE  NO  ARGUMENT  WITH  PER  SE,  I  FEEL  I  MUST  ADD SOMETHING.

I'VE  TRIED  NEARLY  EVERYTHING  MENTIONED  IN  MERCOLA'S  ARTICLE  ABOVE,  INCLUDING  MELATONIN  AND  ALL  THE  VARIOUS  THINGS  MENTIONED.

IN  MY  CASE  NONE  OF  THEM  WORKED.

I  GET  LOTS  OF  EXERCISE,  KEEP  A  VERY  BLACK  ROOM,  NO  LIGHT,  AND  ETC.  AS  GIVEN  IN  THE  ABOVE  ARTICLE.

I  FELT  I  HAD  NO  CHOICE......I  USE  A  PRESCRIPTION  SLEEPING  PILL.  EVEN  THEN  SOMETIMES  I  DO  NOT  GET  TO  SLEEP  UNTIL  2  OR  3  AM.

FORTUNATELY  NOW  AT  AGE  71  COME  9/11,  I  HAVE  NO  MORNING  WORK,  SO  CAN  SLEEP  IN  TILL  10  OR  11  AM.

I  FEEL  I  HAVE  NO  CHOICE  IN  TAKING  A  PRESCRIPTION  SLEEPING  PILLS,  HAVE  NOW  FOR  13  YEARS.  THANKING  GOD  MY  LAST  FULL INDEPTH  HEALTH  EXAM  A  FEW  MONTHS  AGO,  CAME  BACK  WITH  FLYING  COLORS.  WILL  I  DIE  FROM  TAKING  SLEEPING  PILLS  AND  NOT  LIVE  TO  THE  AGE  OF  MY  DAD (93  IN  AUGUST).....WHO'SE  NEVER  TAKEN  SLEEPING  PILLS.....WELL  MAYBE.

BUT  I  PRAY  I  WILL  NOT  AND  GOD  WILL  LET  ME  LIVE  AS  LONG  AS  MY  DAD.

I  AM  ZEALOUS  FOR  GOD'S  WORK;  SO  I  DO  AS  MUCH  AS  I  CAN  TO  FURTHER  THE  GOSPEL  OF  SALVATION  AND  THE  GLORIOUS  AGE  TO COME.  I  HAVE  BEEN  BLESSED  SO  FAR  WITH  PRODUCING  A  MIGHTY LARGE  WEBSITE,  AND  HAVE  PLANS  FOR  MORE  GREAT  MATERIAL  TO  BE  UPLOADED  OVER  THE  NEXT  FEW  YEARS.

YOUR  PRAYERS  FOR  MY  CONTINUED  HEALTH  FOR  A  FEW  MORE  DECADES  [DESPITE  MY  TAKING  PRESCRIPTION  SLEEPING  PILLS]  I  WOULD  APPRECIATE.
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SERVING AND GIVING ALBERTANS!

OUT  OF  TERRIBLE  FLOODING  DISASTER  IN  THE  CITY  OF  CALGARY,  ALBERTA,  CANADA,  WHICH  IS  NOW  ESTIMATED  TO  BE  ANYWHERE  FROM  3  TO  5  BILLION  DOLLARS  IN  DAMAGE,  HAS  COME  AN  OUTPOURING  OF  PEOPLE  SERVING  AND  HELPING  THOSE  IN  NEED,  SOME  WITH  PLACES  TO  STAY,  OTHERS  HELPING  CLEAN  UP  THEIR  HOMES  AND  LAND.

MANY,  STILL  CANNOT  GO  HOME,  HENCE  MEALS  AND  FOOD  PROVIDED  BY  MANY  WHO  JUST  SIMPLY  GOT  TOGETHER  TO  MAKE  MEALS  AND  SANDWICHES  ETC.

FRIENDS  AND  STRANGERS  ALL  JUST  DIVING  IN  TO  GIVE  A  HELPING  HAND  WHERE  IT  WAS  NEEDED.

THE  DOWN-TOWN  CITY  IS  STILL  CLOSED  TO  WORKERS  WHO  WORK  IN  OFFICES  AND  BUSINESSES  DOWN  TOWN,  AS  OF  MONDAY;  MAY  BE WEDNESDAY  BEFORE  PEOPLE  CAN  "GO  BACK  TO  WORK."  SO  MANY  OF  THEM  ARE  OUT  SERVING  AND  HELPING  OTHERS  IN  NEED.

THE  CALGARY  STAMPEDE;  THE  MOST  FAMOUS  RODEO  ON  EARTH,  LARGEST  PRIZE  MONEY,  AND  BILLED  AS  THE  GREATEST  OUTDOOR  SHOW  ON  EARTH  -  THE  OFFICIALS  SAY  THE  SHOW  WILL  GO  ON.  THEY  ARE  WORKING  AROUND  THE   CLOCK  TO  CLEAN  UP  AND  GET  IT  ALL  READY  TO  OPEN  JULY  5TH.

THE  PART  OF  CALGARY  WHERE  I  LIVE  -  BOWNESS  -  WAS  HIT  HARD  BY  THE  FLOODING,  PART  OF  IT  WAS  HIT  HARD,  THE  OVERFLOWING  OF  THE  ELBOW  RIVER.  I  BELIEVE  WHEN  I  DECIDED  TO  MOVE  TO  BOWNESS  12  YEARS  AGO  FROM  SOUTH-EAST  CALGARY,  THE  LORD  LED  ME  TO  THE  LOWER  HOUSE  APARTMENT  ON  THE  OTHER  SIDE  OF  BOWNESS,  ABOVE  THE  BOW  RIVER.  THAT  RIVER  MIGHTILY  OVERFLOWED  ALSO,  BUT  WHERE  I  AM  IS  UP  ABOVE  THE  RIVER  MAYBE  150  FEET,  WELL  ABOVE  ANY  FLOODING  AREA.

THE  TOWN  NEAR  WHERE  I  BOARD  MY  HORSE  GOLDIE  WAS  ALSO  FLOODED  VERY  BADLY  FROM  THE  ELBOW  RIVER.  BUT  THE   "MOOSE  HILL  RANCH"  [WHERE  MY  HORSE  IS]  ESCAPED  ANY  MAJOR  FLOODING.  I  HAVE  NOT  BE  ABLE  YET  TO  VISIT,  BUT  HOPE  TO  DO  SO  IN  THE  NEXT  DAY  OR  SO.

THE  TOWN  OF  "HIGH  RIVER"  [25  MILES  SOUTH  OF  CALGARY]  IS  STILL  A  "NO  ZONE"  FOR  ANYONE  BUT  THE  POLICE  AND  CANADIAN  ARMY......IT  HAS  NOW  BEEN  SEEN  TO  BE  A  HUGE  MISTAKE  TO  EVER  BUILD  A  TOWN  ON  THAT  LAND,  AS  IT  WAS  KNOWN  AS  A  "FLOOD  PLAIN"  LAND,  BUT  NO  DEVASTATION  HAD  HAPPENED  FOR  OVER  100  YEARS.  THE  FLOOD  CAME  SO  QUICKLY  THE  PEOPLE  COULD  ONLY  EVACUATE  WITH  THE  CLOTHES  ON  THEIR  BACK.

SOME  AREAS  OF  CALGARY  THAT  HAD  TO  BE  EVACUATED  HAVE  NOW  BEEN  DECLARED  SAFE  FOR  THE  RESIDENTS  TO  RETURN.  SLOWLY  THE  POWER  TO  THE  CITY  CENTER  IS  GETTING  BACK  ON  LINE  AGAIN.

BOWNESS  PARK [THE BEST AND MOST FAMOUS PARK OF CALGARY] JUST  BELOW  WHERE  I  AM,  WAS  BADLY  FLOODED  IN  THE  FLOODS  OF  2005,  HENCE  THE  CITY  DID  SOME  LARGE  REMODELING  AND  STRENGTHENING  AND  PLACING  HUGE  STONES  ALONG  THE  RIVER  BANK,  WHERE  THE  BOW  RIVER  PASSES  THE  PARK.  IT  WAS  ONLY  FLOODED  IN  2005  SAY  ABOUT  50  YARDS  INTO  THE  PARK,  THIS  TIME  AROUND  THE  WHOLE  PARK  WAS  UNDER  10  FEET  OF  WATER.  THE  WATER  HAS  GONE  DOWN  TO  BASICALLY  A  FOOT  OR  SO  BELOW  THE LARGE  STONES,  AND  THE  PARK  IS  AGAIN  VISIBLE,  HOLDING  IN  TACK  VERY  WELL,  BUT  FOR  TREE  BRANCHES  AND  SOME  OTHER  RUBBISH  BROUGHT  DOWN  BY  THE  FAST  FLOWING  RIVER.  THE  PATHWAYS,  NEW  PARKING  LOTS  STOOD  UP  VERY  WELL,  I  AM  SOMEWHAT  SURPRISED  TO  SEE.

I'M  SURE  THIS  TIME  AROUND  THE  CITY  OF  CALGARY  WILL  PLAN  ON REBUILDING  THINGS [THEY  ARE  SAYING  A  TEN  YEAR  PROJECT]  IN  SUCH  A  WAY  THAT  IT  WILL  PREVENT  THIS  KIND  OF  FLOOD  DISASTER  HAPPEN  AGAIN.  AND  THE  "EXPERTS"  ARE  SAYING  "LOOK  OUT,  WE  ARE  IN  FOR  MANY  MORE  WILD  AND  CRAZY  WEATHER  PATTERNS  IN  THE  FUTURE,  AS  THE  PLANET  CONTINUES  TO  WARM  UP."

TODAY  THE  CANADIAN  NEWS  SAID  IT  WAS  IN  THE  30s  C  OR  90 F  IN  THE  "NORTH  WEST  TERRITORIES"  -  AGAIN  UNHEARD  OF  AT  THIS  TIME  OF  THE  YEAR.....BUT  THE  NORTH  POLE  IS  MELTING.

WHAT  TIMES  WE  ARE  LIVING  IN,  AND  BIBLE  PROPHECY  HAS  A  WAY TO  GO  YET,  BEFORE  LEADING  TO  THE  GREATEST  TRIBULATION  ON  EARTH,  THAT  HAS  EVER  BEEN  SEEN,  OR  WILL  EVER  BE  SEEN  AGAIN.

BIBLE  PROPHECY  IS  COVERED  IN  DEPTH  ON  MY  WEBSITE.
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We are KILLING ourselves!

• Tests show that people in 18 countries across Europe have glyphosate in their bodies. Of the urine samples tested, an average of 44 percent was found to contain glyphosate; 70 percent of Germans, Britons, and Polish tested positive
• Researchers have determined the mechanism by which glyphosate residues in food disrupt normal body functions and induce disease; the pathway glyphosate uses to kill plants also exists in human and mammals’ gut bacteria
• Glyphosate has estrogenic properties and promotes breast cancer in the parts-per-trillion range. Meanwhile, the EPA proposes raising allowable residue levels in certain vegetables from 0.2 to as high as 6 parts-per-million
• The phytoestrogen genistein, naturally found in soybeans, has been found to heighten the estrogenic effects of glyphosate, prompting the warning that genetically engineered soybeans may therefore pose a breast cancer risk
• A new EU-US free trade agreement has again cracked the door open for genetically engineered (GE) crops and foods into Europe.
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WE  JUST  WANT  TO  MESS  WITH  GOD'S  CREATION,  THINKING  WE  KNOW  BEST.  AS  THE  PROVERB  SAYS,  "THERE  IS  A  WAY  THAT  SEEMS  RIGHT  UNTO  MEN,  BUT  THE  WAYS  THEREOF  ARE  THE  WAYS  DEATH."

STROKE... HIGHEST for disability and 4TH in death!

Are You Using These Simple Lifestyle Strategies to Decrease Your Stroke Risk?

June 24, 2013 

By Dr. Mercola

According to the National Stroke Association,¹ stroke is the number one cause of long-term disability and the fourth leading cause of death in the United States. The most common type of stroke is called "ischemic stroke," which results from an obstruction in a blood vessel supplying blood to your brain. Once you suffer a stroke, the damage, should you survive it, can be absolutely devastating.

Thankfully, up to 80 percent of strokes are preventable. According to researchers,² lifestyle factors such as diet, exercise, body mass index, blood sugar levels, blood pressure, and smoking can have a direct bearing on your individual risk.

There’s also compelling evidence showing that your vitamin D status, grounding, stress, and use of statin drugs and hormone replacement therapy and/or birth control pills play a role.

Even Small Changes in Habits Can Make a Big Difference

Daniel Lackland, a professor of neuroscience at the Medical University of South Carolina and a spokesman for the American Heart Association, has developed a scale of lifestyle factors that have a bearing on stroke risk, called the “Life’s Simple Seven” scale, ³ which includes:

• Get active
• Control your cholesterol
• Eat better
• Manage your blood pressure
• Lose weight
• Reduce your blood sugar, and
• Stop smoking

The really good news here is that even minor changes can reduce your stroke risk. As reported by the featured NPR article:⁴

“[The] scientists dug into a large study that tracked 30,239 people to see how much improvement it takes to prevent stroke....The good news is it doesn't take much to make a difference.

Each risk factor for stroke was scored from 0 to 2, with 0 being crummy, 1 kind of OK, and 2 terrific. Even a one-point improvement in the total score across all seven factors significantly reduced stroke risk.

Each improvement of a point on the 14-point scale meant an 8 percent reduction in stroke. ‘The neat thing of this finding is that anything makes a difference... If you make a small change, you make an improvement," Lackland says. "If you make a bigger change, you make a bigger improvement.’

Some changes can give you a really great payoff. The study showed that reducing your systolic blood pressure by 20 millimeters (regardless of how high your blood pressure currently is) decreases your risk of stroke by 50 percent. Reduce it by another 20 mm, and you cut your individual risk in half yet again. Not smoking, or quitting smoking equated to a 40 percent lower risk.

Beware of Flawed Dietary Recommendations

First, with regards to cholesterol and stroke risk, what we’re talking about is having low levels of HDL (good) cholesterol and high levels of LDL (bad) cholesterol. Proper balance between these two ratios is best achieved through a healthy diet, as outlined in my Nutrition Plan, and exercise. It’s well worth noting that cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins have been found toboost stroke risk.

When it comes to diet, you’d be well advised to scrutinize the standard recommendations,⁵ which include cutting down on saturated fats and dietary cholesterol.

It’s important to understand that cholesterol is in fact essential for your good health, as it carries out essential functions within your cell membranes, and is critical for proper brain function and production of steroid hormones. Vitamin D is also synthesized from a close relative of cholesterol: 7-dehydrocholesterol. In fact, we now have evidence showing that cholesterol deficiency has a detrimental impact on virtually every aspect of your health.

For example, there's reason to believe that low-fat diets and/or cholesterol-lowering drugs may cause or contribute to Alzheimer's disease, and violent behavior, due to adverse changes in brain chemistry.

Furthermore, studies have shown that dietary cholesterol has little to do with raising your serum cholesterol. For example, although egg yolks are relatively high in cholesterol, numerous studies have confirmed that eggs have virtually nothing to do with raising your cholesterol. For instance, research published in the International Journal of Cardiologyshowed that, in healthy adults, eating eggs every day did not produce a negative effect on endothelial function (an aggregate measure of cardiac risk); nor did it increase cholesterol levels.

But that’s not all. One 2009 study⁶ discovered that proteins in cooked eggs are converted by gastrointestinal enzymes, producing peptides that act as ACE inhibitors—common prescription medications for lowering blood pressure, which would actually lower your stroke risk!

Most Saturated Fats Are Actually Good for You

The same can be said for saturated fats, which provide the building blocks for cell membranes and a variety of hormones and hormone like substances in your body. They also act as carriers for important fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E and K. Dietary fats are also needed for the conversion of carotene to vitamin A, for mineral absorption, and for a host of other biological processes. When you eat saturated fats as part of your meal, they also slow down absorption so that you can feel satiated longer.

It's important though to understand that not all saturated fats are the same. There are subtle differences that have profound health implications, and if you avoid eating all saturated fats, your health will likely suffer. There are in fact more than a dozen different types of saturated fat, but you predominantly consume only three: stearic acid, palmitic acid and lauric acid.

It's already been well established that stearic acid (found in cocoa and animal fat) has no adverse effects on your cholesterol levels, and actually gets converted in your liver into the monounsaturated fat called oleic acid. The other two, palmitic and lauric acid, do raise total cholesterol. However, since they raise "good" cholesterol as much or more than "bad" cholesterol, you're still actually lowering your risk of heart disease. Sources of healthy fats include:

Avocados	Butter made from raw grass-fed organic milk	Raw dairy	Organic pastured egg yolks
Coconuts andcoconut oil	unheated organic nut oils	Raw nuts, such as almonds or pecans, and seeds	Grass-fed meats

Trans fats, on the other hand, should clearly be avoided. They are known to promote inflammation, which is a hallmark of most chronic and/or serious diseases, not just strokes and heart disease. For example, in one 2010 study,⁷ post-menopausal women who consumed the most daily dietary trans fat had a 30 percent higher incidence of ischemic strokes. So please, understand that while most health journalists and "experts" will lump saturated fats and trans fats together, they have markedly different health impacts, and the vilification of saturated fat, which arose from an unproven hypothesis from the mid-1950s, is a myth that has since been firmly debunked by nutritional science.

Fiber May Also Be Important for Stroke Prevention, Study Shows

In related news,^8, 9 researchers have found that for every seven-grams more fiber you consume on a daily basis, your stroke risk is decreased by seven percent.¹⁰ This conclusion was drawn based on data from eight observational studies. Fiber is the non-digestible parts of plants, which can be either soluble or non-soluble. Water soluble fiber was found to reduce stroke risk the most. Soluble fiber can also help propel food, sugars, cholesterol and fats cleanly through your digestive tract, and aids in the formation of beneficial bacteria in your gut, which is a critical aspect of optimal health. Healthful sources of soluble fiber include:

• Chia seeds
• Berries
• Vegetables such as broccoli and Brussels sprouts
• Root vegetables and tubers, including onions and sweet potatoes
• Almonds

While conventional recommendations call for 25 grams of fiber daily, I believe most people need upwards of 32 grams a day. Most Americans get nowhere near this amount. According to the New York Times:¹¹

“...the current average fiber intake in the United States is about 13 grams a day for women and 17 for men. Increasing these amounts by seven grams a day would bring them close to the recommended levels of 21 to 25 grams for women and 30 to 38 for men. ‘Seven grams a day increase is an achievable goal,’ Dr. Burley said. ‘You’re talking about... increasing vegetable and fruit by two portions a day.'”

Ideally, your diet will have foods high in both soluble and insoluble fiber, such as:

• Psyllium seed husk, flax and chia seeds
• Green beans
• Cauliflower
• Dried beans
• Peas

Other Stroke-Prevention Guidelines

It's important to realize that the vast majority—up to 80 percent, according to the National Stroke Association—of strokes are preventable, so your lifestyle plays a major role in whether or not you're going to become a statistic here. Exercise is clearly at the top of the list in terms of recommendations, as maintaining a regular fitness program will go a long way toward improving your insulin and leptin receptor signaling.

I recommend a comprehensive program that includes Peak Fitness exercises along with super slow strength training, Active Isolated Stretching and core work. If you've had a stroke, exercise is also very important, as research shows it can significantly improve both your mental and physical recovery.¹² Besides exercise and the specific dietary factors already discussed above, other lifestyle factors that can have a direct impact on your stroke risk include:

• Processed meats: Certain preservatives, such as sodium nitrate and nitrite found in smoked and processed meats have been shown to damage your blood vessels, which could increase your risk of stroke. I recommend avoiding all forms of processed meats, opting instead for organic, grass-fed or pastured meats
• Diet soda: Research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference in 2011 showed that drinking just one diet soda a day may increase your risk of stroke by 48 percent. Ideally, strive to eliminate all soda from your diet, as just one can of regular soda contains nearly twice my recommended daily allowance for fructose in order to maintain good health and prevent disease.
• Vitamin D deficiency: According to research presented at the American Heart Association's (AHA) Annual Scientific Sessions in 2010,¹³ low levels of vitamin D—the essential nutrient obtained from exposure to sunlight—doubles the risk of stroke in Caucasians. To get your levels into the healthy range of 50-70 ng/ml, appropriate sun exposure is your best bet. If sun exposure is not an option, a safe tanning bed (with electronic ballasts rather than magnetic ballasts, to avoid unnecessary exposure to EMF fields) can be used.
As a last resort, a vitamin D3 supplement can be taken. Research suggests the average adult needs to take 8,000 IU's of vitamin D per day in order to elevate their levels above 40 ng/ml, which is the absolute minimum for disease prevention. If you opt for a supplement, you also need to make sure you’re getting sufficient amounts of vitamin K2, as it works synergistically with vitamin D and activates matrix GLA protein, which inhibits arterial calcification.
• Stress. According to a 2008 study,¹⁴ the more stressed you are, the greater your risk of suffering a stroke. The researchers actually found that for every notch lower a person scored on their well-being scale, their risk of stroke increased by 11 percent. Not surprisingly, the relationship between psychological distress and stroke was most pronounced when the stroke was fatal. My favorite overall tool to manage stress is EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique). It's a handy, free tool for unloading emotional baggage quickly and painlessly, and so easy that even children can learn it. Other common stress-reduction tools with a high success rate include prayer, meditation, laughter and yoga, for example. For more tips, see my article 10 Simple Steps to Help De-Stress.
• Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and birth control pills. If you're on one of the hormonal birth control methods (whether it's the pill, patch, vaginal ring or implant), it is important to understand that you are taking synthetic progesterone and synthetic estrogen -- something that is clearly not advantageous if you want to maintain optimal health. These contraceptives contain the same synthetic hormones as those used in hormone replacement therapy (HRT), which has well-documented risks, including an increased risk of blood clots, stroke, heart attack, and breast cancer.
• Statins. Statin drugs are frequently prescribed to reduce your risk of heart disease and stroke. However, researchshows that these cholesterol-lowering drugs actually increase your risk of a second stroke if you’ve already had one. There are two reasons why this might happen: the drugs may either lower cholesterol too much, to the point that it increases your risk of brain bleeding, or they may affect clotting factors in your blood, increasing the bleeding risk.
Chances are greater than 100 to 1 that you do not need a statin drug. Seventy-five percent of your cholesterol is produced by your liver, which is influenced by your insulin levels. Therefore, if you optimize your insulin level, you will automatically optimize your cholesterol. For a refresher on how to do this, please see my recent article, Statin Nation: The Great Cholesterol Cover-Up.
• Grounding. Walking barefoot, aka “grounding,” has a potent antioxidant effect that helps alleviate inflammation throughout your body. The human body appears to be finely tuned to "work" with the earth in the sense that there's a constant flow of energy between our bodies and the earth. When you put your feet on the ground, you absorb large amounts of negative electrons through the soles of your feet.
In today's world, this is more important than ever, yet fewer people than ever actually connect with the earth in this way anymore. High-sugar diets, smoking, radiofrequencies and other toxic electromagnetic forces, emotional stress, high cholesterol, and high uric acid levels are examples of factors that make your blood hypercoagulable, meaning it makes it thick and slow-moving, which increases your risk of having a blood clot or stroke.
Grounding helps thin your blood by improving its zeta potential. This gives each blood cell more negative charge which helps them repel each other to keep your blood thin and less likely to clot. This can significantly reduce your risk of stroke. Research has demonstrated it takes about 80 minutes for the free electrons from the earth to reach your blood stream and transform your blood, so make it a point to regularly walk barefoot on grass or on wet sand for about 1.5-2 hours, if possible.

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MY  DAD  HAD  EATEN  BASICALLY  HEALTHY  ALL  HIS  LIFE;  HE  HAD  KEPT  EXERCISING  IN  DIFFERENT  WAYS.  BUT  HE  HAD  ALLOWED  HIMSELF  TO  DEVELOP  AN  OVERSIZED  BELLY,  THROUGH  SOME  WRONG  DIET  HABITS.
HE  HAD  A  MINOR  STOKE  AT  AGE  90.  IT  LEFT  HIM  WITH  NO  USE  OF  HIS  LEGS  FOR  WALKING,  SO  IN  A  WHEEL  CHAIR.  IT  LEFT  HIM  WITH  VERY  POOR SHORT  TERM  MEMORY  AT  TIMES,  AND  MOST  OF  THE  LAST  10  YEARS  OF  HIS  LIFE  PRETTY  WELL  GONE,  EXCEPT  REMEMBERING  PEOPLE.  NOW  IN  A  24/7  CARE  FACILITY,  HE  HAS  LOST  HIS  BELLY,  WHICH  IS  GOOD  FOR  HIM,  AND  AT  93  IN  AUGUST  IS  SO  FAR  HOLDING  HIS  OWN  WELL.
I  BELIEVE  IF  HE  HAD  KEPT  HIS  WEIGHT  DOWN  WITH  NO  BIG  BELLY,  HE  MAY  NEVER  HAVE  HAD  THE  STROKE.  NOW  HE'S  LOST  THE  BELLY  AND  WEIGHT  AND  HOLDING  IN  VERY  GOOD.

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