Friday, June 11, 2010

“Sensory acuity.”

In Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) lingo, this is called having "sensory
acuity." In plainer English – it's when you get really "tuned in" to your body so
that you notice even the tiniest changes. The neat thing I discovered about
skinfold testing in general as compared to other methods, is that doing weekly
skinfold tests on yourself helps you build your sensory acuity and helps you get to
know your body better. When you grab your own skinfold and pinch it with a
caliper, (even the $20 plastic calipers), you can get a "feel" for skinfold thicknesses
and really understand what 10 mm or 7 mm or 3 mm really is like. You also
become aware of it when then skinfold gets smaller.
But getting back to the body fat scales... with all the previous admonitions taken
into consideration, the body fat scale is certainly a second option, especially if your
fat level is in the extreme range in either direction, or there's some other reason
you can't or don't want to use a caliper. All things considered though, the Accu
Measure gets my first place vote for home self testing, for most people, most of
the time.

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Wednesday, June 9, 2010

How Is Nutrition Involved in Cancer Prevention?

How Is Nutrition Involved in Cancer Prevention?
There are many components of the food supply or human lifestyle that
have either been shown to or are at least speculated to impact cancer
either by increasing or decreasing its occurrence. Those that may provide
benefit include vitamins A, E, C, and folate, calcium and selenium, dietary
fibers, omega-3 fatty acids, carotenoids, organosulfur compounds, and
polyphenolic substances. Those that possibly increase the risk of cancer
include fat, alcohol, smoking, nitrites, aflatoxin, and pesticides.
   Many chemical carcinogens can be rendered powerless by optimizing
normal cell defense mechanisms such as antioxidants and detoxifying
enzyme systems. Optimal nutrition helps assure us of maximal defensive
mechanisms. Furthermore, once cancer has established itself, optimal
nutrition has been reported to slow and in some situations reverse the
spread of cancerous cell growth.
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Sunday, June 6, 2010

What Is the Relationship Between Elements and Atoms?

What Is the Relationship Between Elements and Atoms?
Atoms are the building blocks of everything that exists. From the clothes
on your back to the car you drive to the food you eat—everything is
composed of atoms. Each individual atom belongs to only one element.
This is to say that even though there are an incomprehensible number of
atoms on this planet and the universe making up everything we know and
are yet to know, all of these atoms belong to only one of a hundred or so
elements (see Appendix A). This is similar to each one of the billions of
people living on this planet being native to only one of a hundred or so
countries.
   In a world where size is judged relative to the size of humans, the atom
is indeed minuscule. It has been said that if we could line up a million
atoms end to end they would barely cover the distance across the period
at the end of this sentence. However, they do indeed exist even though
you cannot see them with the naked eye.
   All atoms have a similar blueprint to the image displayed in Figure 1.1.
There are three principal particles called neutrons, protons, and elec-
trons. Because they are smaller than the atom that they come together to
form, they are often called subatomic particles. Protons bear a positive
charge (+) while electrons have a negative charge (−) and neutrons do not
bear any charge at all. By design an element has the same number of
electrons as protons and is said to be neutral. However, as we’ll see next
that isn’t how many atoms exist naturally.