the worlds best water bottle

Great X-mas gift ideas!  Everyone on our list is getting one this year.Our whole family uses these bottles and we have cut down on the amount of plastic bottles that we use tremendously.  We use to have 2 garbage cans full of bottles for recycling and every time you opened the car door, a plastic bottle fell out.  Now everyone has their own bottle and we fill them at home from our Brita filter.Due to SIGG’s special, proprietary internal coating, these high-tech bottles are resistant to fruit juice acids, energy drinks, alcohol and virtually any consumable beverage. Because the liners are taste and scent neutral, you can enjoy any beverage you’d like – without any lingering smell or taste of the last beverage you drank. The composition of the liner also reduces the chances of bacteria build-up. And because the liner is virtually baked into the inner walls of the bottle, it will not flake or chip even if dented on the outside.Recently, there has been a lot of press concerning Lexan plastic water bottles (Polycarbonate #7) leaching harmful chemicals into the container’s ingredients. It’s extremely important to note that SIGG bottles exceed FDA requirements and have been thoroughly tested to ensure 0.0% leaching – so they are 100% safe.Get yours at www.mysigg.com

Doctor says meditation can extend life

Dr. Michael Roizen appeared on Oprah Monday and offered tips on living better and longer.  Roizen of the Cleveland Clinic shared information with NewsChannel 5’s health reporter Alicia Booth that he didn’t share on the show.

Happy Thanksgiving!

- the lab rat

sweet misery

This is a long video (over an hour), but it tells the story about aspartame and is a classic.

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salad vs. big mac

Why does a salad cost more than a big mac??

stop making yourself sick

If you believe you need to take all the pills the pharmaceutical industry says you do, then you are already on drugs.

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primary food

All that we consider today as a source of nutrition is really just a secondary source of nourishment. Think back to a time when you were passionately in love. Everything was exciting. Colors were vivid. You were floating on air, gazing into each other’s eyes. Your lover’s touch and the feelings of exhilaration were enough to sustain you. You forgot about food and were high on life.Or remember a time when you were deeply involved in an exciting project. You believed in what you were doing and felt confident and stimulated. Time seemed to stop. The outside world faded away. You didn’t need to eat; someone had to come by and remind you.Or remember when you were a child, playing outside with friends. Your mother would cry out, “It’s dinner time! Come in and eat!” No, Mommy, I’m not hungry yet,”you’d respond. Once at the table your mother had to convince you to eat the requisite number of bites to ensure “good nutrition” (remember “Children are starving in Africa”?). You’d force down the minimum acceptable, and rush out again to play. At the end of the day, you’d come in exhausted and go to sleep with no thoughts of food at all.Primary food feeds us, but doesn’t come on a plate. Things like love, hugs, touch, kisses, warmth, massage, meditation, fun, freedom, self-expression, tears, hot baths, nature, downtime, close friends, and play all feed our souls and our hunger for living.Now think of a time when you were depressed or your self-esteem was at a low. You were starving for primary food. No amount of secondary food would do. No matter how much you ate, you weren’t satisfied. Even in good times we come home at night and look in the refrigerator for something to eat, when all we really want is a hug or a friend to talk to.It is my opinion that the more primary food we receive, the less we’ll depend on secondary food. The opposite is also true: the more we fill ourselves with secondary food, the less we are able to receive the primary foods of life. That is why every spiritual tradition encourages followers to fast, to have times during the year when secondary food intake is reduced, so that we are more able to be present to God’s love and the primary foods in our lives.

Written by Joshua RosenthalFounder and Director of The Institute of Integrative Nutrition