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Alternative Answer to Pills

As we start to get older we may find our bodies subject to poor circulation, often resulting in bodily aches and pains. This pain can get in the way of everyday activities and we simply can’t do all the things that we used to be able to do.

Of course there are pills to help mask the pain however eventually these are likely to have less of a response and could even have an adverse effect on our overall health.

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Article Courtesy of Readers Digest

Lighting the fire of the oldies

It's an interesting thing. Motivation. Motivated people make change. Peter Russell-Clarke is one bloody motivated guy and for 74, he leaves the majority of people for dead. Here is a nice little article of how a motivated person can make a start to change the lives of others.

I hope you enjoy the read!

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Peter has teamed up with Sunshine Coast company, High Tech Health, to promote their now famous Circulation Booster which is available in pharmacies right around Australia.

The potty-mouth Chef is back to get oldies active

He was swearing his head off and cooking up a storm on our TV's well before Gordon Ramsay had learnt how to spell.This week we launched a new campaign with Australia's original celebrity chef, Peter Russell-Clarke. A lot of fun. And if you have seen his You Tube blooper reels, you would recognise that at times, it can be hilarious!

Here is a nice little article by The Sunshine Coast Daily today on Peter teaming up with us at High Tech Health to promote The Circulation Booster. Enjoy the read!

Here's the article for you to read: Download SCN_28-08-2009peter

Modern addiction to prescription drugs

Here is a nice little commentary from respected cardiologist, Dr Ross Walker. As a society we are groing more and more impatient and want the fix NOW!.

"With the death of Michael Jackson, the modern addiction to prescription drugs has come under the spotlight. It appears that in developed countries a large number of people are addicted to painkillers, anti-depressants, sedatives and sleeping pills.
I believe the major explanation for this is our increasing need for the quick fix. Rather than trying to find the deeper cause of our issues, a pill can acutely make us feel better."

Kind Regards
Dr. Ross Walker

ATTN: All Editors - Check your crops

In the latest Business Matters Magazine on The Sunshine Coast (www.mattersmagazine.com.au). I think the editor is putting out subliminal messages, exposing his desires or just didn't realise what you get when you crop photos sometimes.

Something light to finish the year with...

Monocle - So much more than just another magazine

Every month my treasured Monocle arrives from the UK by air. It's an exciting thing because each issue is a whole new world. But it's not just another magazine. See www.monocle.com.   

Monocle only started at the beginning of 2007 and I found it in a random Melbourne newsagency during its second issue. Since then I have kept every issue. Since then my wife has filed them away on a bookshelf where visitors can easily gain access to them.

My latest arrived, I opened it, sat on the couch and started reading. 5am. My wife said "You read it like it is the best book you have ever read". And I do. I don't know why.

I don't know what makes Monocle so much better than every other magazine in the world. Perhaps they have been able to create an identity and soul and then put a magazine (and other accessories) to it. Unlike other mags that try to give their publication an identity.

The world of print isn't dead. It's just that the people who have been doing print for years don't know how to do it anymore.

Do yourself a favour, buy a copy of Monocle and feel the world that it offers. It's so much more than just a read.

Enjoy!

Sam.

Some quick fluoride facts

Fluoride is just about to be pumped into the water where I live on The Sunshine Coast whilst many other places around the world are taking it out because of potential dangers. Anna Bligh, our state premier declared that she will ensure we have fluoridated water, even though the majority of Queenslanders didn't want it. What's up Captain Bligh?

Here are some facts:

For 11 years between 1986 and 1997 a national survey of 39,000 United States schoolchildren revealed no statistically significant differences in tooth decay between children drinking fluoridated versus non-fluoridated water. In addition it was found that instead of building strong healthy teeth, fluoride damaged brain enzymes and lowered IQs (Zhao, Foulkes).

Want a quick hit of fluoride? Take Prozac. The prescription anti-depressant contains three fluoride molecules per molecule of fluoxetine.

And next year we start drinking recycled sewage. Is my government trying to kill me?

Should I persist flying with Qantas?

The results are in, Qantas in August had the worst On-time departures, the worst On-time arrivals and the highest number of cancellations of any major Australian airline.

The figures are collated by the Federal Government and were published on the 10th October. Naturally, the new figures have not made it to the Qantas website yet; even though it does show an improvent of their bloody poor July results.

So the big questions; Should I persist flying with Qantas?

Is Qantas a company in trouble?

A picture tells a thousand words. Here is the on-time performance for Qantas Domestic taken straight from their website. I write this as I walk out the door to catch a Qantas flight to Sydney. I'll let you know how I go.

Does Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon have big balls?

Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon has "urged a major reshaping of funding for Australia's health system, saying prevention must be a key focus in order to improve people's lives" (Pharmacy Daily).

In Australia, Billions of dollars are spent on people because they are sick, because they have not looked after themselves and because they have not tried to fix their problem by eating better and (dare I say it) exercise. Whoah!

Every year we hear politicians talking about "prevention is better than cure" and that we should be doing more to improve our state of affairs. However, it takes big balls for a politician to stand up and say "We are going to invest more in prevention because this is more important than hospital funding".

The average voter is concerned about waiting lists, hospital funding and doctor shortages. Due to lobby groups such as the AMA, this dominates our media. Our media pay attention to it because it pulls at the heart strings. If someone dies on a waiting list, then they are right onto it. But do they pay any attention to the failure of our society to prevent that person from being on the waiting list in the first place because they are a smoker, ate too much McDonalds or just didn't get of their fat arse and exercise?

We all know that our government's investment into hospitals an investment in a sickness system, not a healthcare system.

Time will only tell if Nicola Roxon has balls big enough to stand up to groups like the AMA, but more importantly, voters, and make everyone realise that $1 invested into prevention now saves us $10 in the future. This is real healthcare. I just hope that Ms Roxon can do more than talk and actually make action. But let's face it, we haven't seen a lot of action yet out of this government.

Damn those Smart People!

We always look at those people in the financial industry with a somewhat elevated view. We consider them to be more intelligent and the people who control so much of our lives. This financial crisis that we now find ourselves in makes me ponder how smart are the Smart People? There is obviously an industry of Smart People who create financial tools that are so complex, even they don't get it. But they are Smart!

If they were so Smart, then why would we have these collapses so often? I thought they were Smart? I thought they would have learned from their mistakes? How can the Smart People cause the collapse of institutions such as AIG, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch. Institutions that have been around for decades? What are the Smart People doing?

AIG, run by Smart People (obviously), got so consumed by complex debt securities and credit default swaps that it has taken the US Federal Reserve to bail it out with a $85billion loan. But worse still for the Smart People, the Fed now owns 80% of AIG! Hmmm... I don't think this is a good outcome for the world.

But hey, at least the Fed has come to the saviour of the millions of people who would be greatly affected by an AIG collapse. At least we know that with Government people holding the purse strings, you have the dumb people now in charge of the Smart People and that the Dumb People have heaps of money to ensure that they will never get into trouble. But then again, the Dumb People of US Government have a terrible healthcare & welfare system, A monsterous debt and continue to spend billions each day on useless fights.

It is the Smart People who mean that the world suffers. It is the Smart People who cause the loss of jobs around the world. It is the Smart People who will forget about this in 2yrs time and continue on to make the same mistakes leading to another downturn in maybe 10yrs time.

These Smart People really are Dumb.