Life does zoom by, with or without you

Amazing how fast time seems to go these days. Does it seem to you that time is flying by, and that if you blink you seem to miss the day completely? I feel that we are all in such a hurry these days that we do not take anytime to enjoy the now, we either dwell on the could- shoulda -wouldas, or we are planning Christmas dinner in July.

When I was younger it seemed as if the special times of year could not get here fast enough, and today I wish they would slow down because most of the time I am either too busy to fully enjoy them, or not prepared when they get here, or the worst, miss them completely.

This feeling also ties in with making the changes we need to make.You know, dieting, cleansing, exercising, eating better, drinking more water, stopping the vices like smoking and alcohol, and doing those things we keep saying we are going to do.

Sometimes I think we immerse ourselves in the business of day to day life, so that we do not have to focus on the things that need to be changed. Think about it, going to the gym, "I am too busy", dieting," I will start next week, and so on". I feel our safety zone is just that , the excuse of being busy when we all know we could work smarter not harder, and we could prioritize just a little better.

I know people that I have waited on that have become great friends, and a few of them were always planning for the day when they could take the time to enjoy life. Meanwhile, life was zooming by at the speed of light and they made themselves so busy they missed it completely. Finally when they were mentally and financially at the stage when they could slow down and enjoy it, they looked in the mirror and had some rude awakening to deal with.

They were now on many medications, overweight and out of shape, full of arthritis and not able to move as freely as they wished they could. They were looking at an old person where a younger vibrant one had stood not so long ago. I am sorry to say that almost everyone that rushed through their lives died soon after mentally achieving the time to slow down. All the work, missing all of those special events and times , very few memories other than the dreams that pushed them to continue, but not much to mentally take with them.

Very sad, I still see it every day, people in a hurry to go nowhere quickly. Missing wonderful events and the chances to make memories, missing the fun along the way time, the learning as you go and special events that actually makes life worthwhile.

Just yesterday I heard of another "go getter" that passed away two months after achieving his slow down time. All the money in the world but no family nobody to share it with. He died a lonely millionaire with little to no personal memories.

The moral of this entry is to get you to let yourself enjoy life. Take the time to achieve your goals, but not at the expense of missing your life. Do not put off good healthy living and nutrition as you will need to be healthy along the journey you take. Start those goals you keep making and remember year after year those goals start off as mole hills and end up becoming mountains and you will then never be able to achieve them. Living a quantity of life is not living a quality life, and if your" to be done list" is causing negativity and keeping you from being happy, prioritize the list and knock them out one goal at a time. Achieving goals helps us to feel great about ourselves and makes us stronger as we achieve everyone no matter how large or small/Like they say, "use it or lose it".

An overheard conversation that started a domino effect

I was shopping yesterday and was picking up some dog food, I use a good brand because my feeling is our animals are only as healthy as we allow them to be. I overheard a couple arguing that the good brand was too expensive and the eight dollar bag for fifty pounds was good enough. I must have made a gesture because they were aware that without saying anything I was appalled at her statement.

I walked away and thought to myself that some people should not have pets, and for that matter I wondered if she had kids and they were living on Top Raman? I left the store and went home and later that day I took a few of the Border Collies to the park, I can only handle two of them at a time. Border Collies are very intelligent and any more than two their combined brain power will most likely be more than mine and I am a goner!!

We arrived at the dog park and a half hour later guess who showed up with two of the skinniest unhealthy looking Great Danes I have ever seen, yep, the cheap dog food lady. I waited and watched these poor under fed dogs walk around, you could see their ribs and I kept quiet as long as I could. I walked over to the table where she was sitting, and two ladies were actually pointing and commenting on the skinny dogs. I walked over to the lady and said may I ask you a question? She said yeah, so I asked why she had dogs. She said I love my dogs, I said no you do not. I reminded her of the morning conversation I overheard, and now seeing the evidence I told her that I would be reporting her to the ASPCA. She said "dogs are expensive", I said "you should have realized that before you got the dogs". I then commented on the Mercedes SUV she drove up in with new car tags on it, not that it should be an issue, and was none of my business, but I was stating priorities and she had a bad set of them. I said you should immediately put these dogs up for adoption. She was upset but soon six or seven people came up and started giving her HELL. She got up, went to her car and came back with a folder. She opened it up and signed two pieces of paper, she then threw them on the table and said, they are yours now, have fun. I looked at the papers and they were the AKC papers on her dogs, she left us all sitting there in utter amazement.

She drove away, and to be honest this is the longest time in my life I have ever been speechless. Soon after this a lady came in the park and came up with a beautiful and healthy Great Dane and came over and said is this a party? Her dog out weighed the others by almost fifty pounds, she looked at them and said she was going to be sick. She said she was here visiting her sister from San Diego where she owns and operates a large dog, no kill rescue center. I filled her in and she said she would love to take them, but for herself not for adoption.

We turned around and all three Danes were running and playing. It was as if the two knew they had been saved from the Hell they have been in. Everyone looked at me to make a decision, and instantly the answer was yes. The women formally introduced herself to us and presented papers and articles on her center. Rave reviews from the city of San Diego, articles from the newspaper and her book had hundreds of thank you letters from satisfied adoptive humans.

So the moral of the story, sometimes we do need to get involved as animals cannot speak for themselves. Some people should never have pets, or children and some should not even have friends.

While we are on the subject here are a few healthy tips for your animals. Always get a good quality food, maybe not the most expensive, but at least the highest quality you can afford. Add fresh vegetables to the diet either in the food or as treats, they are great for their breath and digestive tract. Large soup bones are a wonderful treat, the marrow is good for their bones and for their teeth, most butchers will cut some up for you if you ask. Supplement the diet with things like Barley dog green food powder, Mezotrace pet minerals, Barleans flax oil for joint lubrication and joint health formulas for older dogs with problems. One thing, I mean another plus, all of these steps can save you costly vet bills while you keep your animals in top shape.

Just as you car will run lousy on bad gas and cannot run at peak performance, your animals are only as healthy as you take the time to allow them to be..Remember unconditional love is a saving grace for many people, and dogs never care that you are having a bad hair day, they just want to be there when you need some lovin.

After lunch bloat and blues

Today's question is very common and one of my favorite to answer. Dear Jeff, I start out my day with great morning energy but after lunch I am mentally and physically done for the day, why?

Chances are you do the same thing that most Americans do for lunch, you hit the caffeine, and not a small size, a jumbo one. You then order a large lunch loaded with carbohydrates, white bleaches flour, sugar, deep fried goodies and you woof it all down because your lunch time is short lived. You then get back to work and all that food and treats are laying heavy on your stomach, your digestion is shot, and it is all floating around in a gallon of cold beverage, and your body focuses every ounce of energy on digesting it all and the rest of your body falls apart.

Every year when I put people on a cleansing and low carb diet to follow, the feedback is always the same. Thank you, I have not had gastric disturbances in weeks, I have lots of energy, I am not bloated or tired or fatigued after lunch, and I have dropped twenty pounds. Most of these people try to slide back into their old ways, but after only one or two days they realize they do not want to feel like that ever again.

If your problem is always feeling tired, rundown, fatigued and bloated, overweight and uncomfortable after meals send me an e- mail and I will forward a three month program that can change all the things that make you feel so lousy. You can drop weight, fix your digestive system, correct constipation, increase your energy and positively adjust your self body image.

I can also get you on a good nutritional program and give you digestive help to make sure everything is assimilating and then work on other areas nutritionally that need attention. You just have to decide that you are sick and tired of feeling sick and tired, and then we will be off and running.

Men, how many times are you getting up during the night?

So men, how many times are you getting up during the night to use the restroom? If it is more than once you could have BPH or prostate enlargement. The first thing to address is maybe you just drink too much liquid at bedtime, but chances are, if you are over thirty five, you may have enlargement of the prostate.

This is more common than you can imagine, but the interesting thing is it never used to happen until men were about fifty to sixty years of age.I am sure we can blame most of this change on our diets, our caffeine consumption, inactivity, our weak abdominal muscles, our failure to drink enough water and the extreme amount of stress we are under. The reason I mentioned weak abdominal muscles is that fifty years ago most men did extreme amounts of physical exercise, they ate lower fatty diets, and keep muscles in the abdominal region strong as well as the lower muscles in the groin, this is a factor to consider.

Most men will go to the Doctor, the Doctor may do a digital exam, you know the prostate white glove test, and may also order a blood workup that will show your PSA level. The PSA is not a fool proof test, but it does in many cases at least alert the patient as well as the Doctor that it may be more than just enlargement, possibly an infection or even prostate cancer. Once the Doctor has ruled out the major things he or she may suggest medication to help with the prostate enlargement problem. This is when you may want to say NO, and let the Doctor know that you would like to take three months to go the natural non side effect route, they will always agree, and some of them will even suggest it before you do.

Next, get your self to the highest quality most knowledgeable health food store in your town or city, if you live in Nevada send me an email and I will direct you where to go. Pick up the strongest prostate formula, and possibly even some additional nutrients to relieve the swelling.

Before I go any further, you need to have an understanding of the prostate. Yes it is a small walnut shaped organ, but it is also very important. It secretes sex hormones, helps with reproduction and also can increase or DECREASE your libido!!!

Imagine you are in the back yard watering the lawn with a hose in the summer, and as long as there are no kinks in the hose you get a nice smooth steady stream of water to do the job. Now imagine, same scenario, one of your friends or your kids stands on the hose, the water will still come out, but the flow is diminished and it will take a lot longer to finish the job. Welcome to the prostate, the urethra runs trough the prostate and when all is normal and not swollen,the urine flow is normal, with age and all of the above mentioned factors the prostate enlarges and clamps down on the urethra and the flow is diminished. This is why you get up so many times during the night, because it takes two, three even up to five times to empty the bladder, so you have to keep getting up, because the urge will wake you up.

When you take prescription medicine first of all it takes up to six months or more to get the full but small effect, also side effects are very possible like low libido, impotence and moodiness. Many tomes you are given a high blood pressure medication, not for your pressure but for the side effect which is urination, and also you may be given a bladder medication that does nothing for the swelling it just empties the bladder better, a band aid basically.

So get your natural products and start drinking more water. I always tell you but now it is not a luxury it is a necessity! Take some supplemental zinc, eat a handful of raw pumpkin seeds every day, start walking and doing lower abdominal exercise, and have sex, yes believe it or not, it helps the prostate.One other thing, prostate enlargement can also be directly related to high cholesterol, so get that checked, and once again, try the natural way first, you liver will thank you.

Prostate enlargement is not a death sentence, but it can cause problems that can psychologically cause major problems, as well as the night time frequency and the daytime slow stream,lack of sex drive and in some instances inability to perform sexually, so fix it and correct it and get on with your life, it is easier than you think.

The holiday fifteen

Happy holidays and happy fat and sugar consumption! You guessed it, the time of the year when we are drawn to sugar and fat like a magnet. We cannot resist walking by the plate of cookies, free samples at the mall, and lets face it, sweet and fat are what we love to eat, BUT, not so sweet and fat are what we end up becoming.

So how do we get through this season without putting on the Holiday fifteen, and then more in January and February? Because you know the first warm day when you have to uncover yourself from all of the heavy clothes, and you see yourself in a full length mirror, you will most likely have a coronary and need a prozac chaser.We arenot new to this, we go through it every year, you would think we would expect it but as we get more mature, we just do not recover from the holiodays as quickly, and our bodies show it plain and simple. Those ten pounds you used to be able to shed in a week now takes a few months. It is as if the body wants it and refuses to let go of it. So I am always asked, so what do we do?

First of all, watch your carbohydrates. Potatoes, bread, muffins, rice, pasta, sugars and sweets, dairy and the such. Limit yourself to the higher protein foods and green veggies, you are always safe this way. Then if you do partake a little, it is not way above and beyond, it actually does fit the category of a treat, or splurge, rather than plain old pig out. Drink a lot of water, not only for dehydration purposes, but also to keep you full. Never go to the grocery store hungry, never, because you will bring home all the stuff you do not need and forget all the stuff you do need.

As far as nutrition I recommend two things one is Lipotropics, which is a natural fat emulsifier, and a concentrated form of lecithin with no stimulants so everyone can use it safely. It lowers cholesterol, breaks down body fat deposits and helps to eliminate cellulite. It also increases circulation as it breaks down fatty plaque, and gives us more energy as we are then able to get more blood to the brain, and the choline helps our weakened and compromised memories. You can use as many as two to three each meal, and flush the fat away. The next product is a non stimulant carbohydrate blocker called Carb Arrest, This my friends is a cheat pill to take when you over carb indulge, it also works on sugars and fats at the meal. It blocks those calories from converting to sugar fat, and then ultimately to more butt, thigh or gut fat. It is best used with a low carb high protein diet, but is also very effective when someone just wants to have a cheat day, and since there are no harmful stimulants everyone can use it safely.

Next, try parking far away from the mall so you have to walk in. Even if you do need to be at that end of the mall, park there anyway so you can get in a good walk while shopping. Eat at home so you will not be tempted at the food court, and stay far away from it as the blowers are on and pushing that great smell of junk food into you nose and brain, and all of a sudden you WILL be hungry again. Sometimes even if your shopping is done, going to the mall, and walking around and enjoying the people and the music and getting exercise is a way to help with the battle of the bulge as well.

Remember to keep moving, eat only when you are hungry, get good amounts of rest and enjoy the holidays. If you follow these tips when New Years Day gets here, you will not have to add fifteen more pounds to your New Years resolution.

Holiday Heart Syndrome??

Have you heard of this new syndrome, it is called Holiday Heart Syndrome? It occurs around the holidays and happens to frequent every day drinkers of alcohol as well as non drinkers that partake in the festivities only around the holidays.

It is a situation that causes a increasing of the heart beat and sometimes a tightening of the chest, upper chest ,throat and pulse. Many people feel they have trouble catching their breath, or that they may be having a heart attack and many end up in the emergency room. Although in many instances heart rhythm will adjust itself back to normal,sometimes it could need to be shocked back into rhythm or medication may need to be used. There also is that possibility that a heart attack could be happening, we need to keep that in mind too.

My feeling is that this is also a time of year when people are very dehydrated and alcohol intensifies the dehydration. Stress is also in peak levels during the holiday season and many people are on work deadlines as well as holiday shopping, and dealing with travel and upcoming scheduled events. I think all of this together with over consuming alcohol all combined together add up to Holiday Heart Syndrome as they are now calling it.

A few hints, first of all if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure avoidance of alcohol is of course the intelligent route to pursue. If you decide to partake anyway or anyone else that does enjoy the holidays through some alcohol consumption, be careful, pace yourself over the evening so your body does not get overly saturated all at one time. Take a break and have a bottled water after a few drinks to re- hydrate yourself. Make sure to eat, empty stomach drinking almost always means you will get to that level very quickly and sometimes before you even realize it. Of course leave your car keys at the door, and designate a driver before your group starts to enjoy the festivities.


If you are prone to a rapid heart beat, get it checked out, many times it is nothing more than stress. Start to do some cardio exercise and add some Co enzyme Q 10, Hawthorn, B Complex, Garlic and some Cayenne pepper capsules to your daily nutritional arsenal, as these all help with circulation and protecting your heart.

Enjoy the holiday season but pace yourself, make good judgments, and do not over indulge, in the long run your head, stomach, and heart will be glad you did.

World AIDS day

Today is world Aids day. A day of remembering those who have succomed to the disease, which is now one of the top five reasons for premature death world wide. I though today I would give statistics for this disease, and maybe open or re- open some of the eyes in the world. I think sometimes we think this disease is centered on one or more specific groups, and it is stereotyped that way. The fact is, it is growing in every category of sexual preference, race, financial demographics and nation all over the world.

The latest statistics on the world epidemic of AIDS and HIV were published by UNAIDS/WHO in November 2006, and refer to the end of 2006.

People living with HIV/AIDS in 2006 39.5 million
Aduts living with AIDS/HIV in 2006 37.2 million
Women living with AIDS/HIV in 2006 17.7 million
Children living with AIDS/HIV in 2006 2.3 million
People newly infected with HIV 2006 4.3 million
Adults newly infected with HIV in 2006 3.8 million
AIDS deaths in 2006 2.9 million

More than twenty five million people have died of AIDS since 1981. Africa has over twelve million orphans due to AIDS deaths. Now at the end of 2006, women account for 48% of adults living with HIV and AIDS. Young people ages 15-24 account for half of all of the new cases of HIV worldwide at an average of 6000 new cases every day.

As you can see it has not slowed down and is rising everyday. Education and continual reminders to not make stupid and foolish sexual choices need to be driven home everyday. If you are a parent, make your self completely annoying to your children with continuous reminders, and if you are out in the promiscuous sexual scene, please be careful and remember the face of AIDS looks like everybody else. You always need to remember that when having unprotected sexual contact with an individual, you are then having sexual contact with everyone they have ever had unprotected contact with.

You also need to remember that many people wear blinders and have the "it could never happen to me mentality". I know so many of these people that are either sick now, newly infected and or whom have already died from this terrible disease. The pharmaceutical organizations are getting closer to a cure and have medication that is keeping people alive, but remember this it also come with a cost. If you know anyone on the drugs they will tell you it can damage the liver, cause depression, stimulate weight gain and bloat, screw up your digestive tract, cause sever diarrhea, and generally put wear and tear on your entire body. The drugs are lengthening your life span, but the ideal would be abstinence from unprotected sexual contact, and monogamous relationships.

Keeping your immune systems strong is so important these days, and many people that have made foolish mistakes and were lucky enough to have dodged the bullet have a strong immune system to thank for it, and hopefully it was an eye awakening experience. If you have ever been tested for HIV and you really were not sure how the test would come back, and you had to wait the two to three days for the results, I think you will understand the word prayer and promises made if all ca,e back negative.

So this day is for education, remembering and giving thanks that you are still here, healthy and although there might have been foolish times you have had and bad decisions made, hopefully we, you and all of us will learn from our mistakes, and maybe eventually only education will be contagious.