With the ever increasing use of anti-depressants and the possibility of severe side effects from these drugs, the article below suggest a viable alternative way to rid ones self of depressing thoughts, EXERCISE.
Some of the benefits of exercise in overcoming depression are:
1. During vigorous exercise your mind is concentrating on your body and it’s almost impossible to think of anything else. Music along with exercise will be even more helpful in focusing on your body instead of your troubles.
2. Exercise helps to rid your body of the neuro-toxins that can cause unhealthy thoughts.
3. People who are depressed are likely to have low self esteem. Nothing can build self esteem like a strong healthy body through exercise. (Author)
Exercise Better Than Drugs At Relieving Depression
Exercise may be as effective as medication for battling depression, researchers suggest.
“People who are ready to make a commitment and can mobilize themselves and actually start exercising can really expect the same kind of beneficial result that they might get with other kinds of treatment,” said researcher Dr. Steve Herman of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.
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Our “bought and paid for” politicians are ruining the America that our forefathers envisioned. The lobbyists for The Axis of Greed are contributing to the impending downfall of our once powerful and respected country. Our civil freedoms are being infringed upon, our national debt is the highest in history, nearly anything is manufactured in America anymore and our president and the congress are are sitting on their butts in their mansions doing nothing to rectify our country’s downward spiral.
There is nothing I could say that would enhance this wonderful critique by Lee Iacocca below, (it’s from his book, ‘Where Have All the Leaders Gone?’) except my two categories of most politicians. They are either very greedy or very stupid.
If you are the least bit interested in what it would take to get America back on track and to regain our constitutional power of the people over our elected servants. Please read this insightful article. (Dr Garrett)
Iacocca: Where Have All the Leaders Gone?
American Empire | Books Excerpt: Where Have All the Leaders Gone?
By Lee Iacocca with Catherine Whitney
04/11/07 Had Enough? Am I the only guy in this country who’s fed up with what’s happening? Where the hell is our outrage? We should be screaming bloody murder. We’ve got a gang of clueless bozos steering our ship of state right over a cliff, we’ve got corporate gangsters stealing us blind, and we can’t even clean up after a hurricane much less build a hybrid car. But instead of getting mad, everyone sits around and nods their heads when the politicians say, “Stay the course.” Stay the course? You’ve got to be kidding. This is America, not the damned Titanic. I’ll give you a sound bite: Throw the bums out! You might think I’m getting senile, that I’ve gone off my rocker, and maybe I have. But someone has to speak up. I hardly recognize this country anymore. The President of the United States is given a free pass to ignore the Constitution, tap our phones, and lead us to war on a pack of lies. Congress responds to record deficits by passing a huge tax cut for the wealthy (thanks, but I don’t need it). The most famous business leaders are not the innovators but the guys in handcuffs. While we’re fiddling in Iraq, the Middle East is burning and nobody seems to know what to do. And the press is waving pom-poms instead of asking hard questions. That’s not the promise of America my parents and yours traveled across the ocean for.
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The article below is the most concise indictment of the powerful, money hungry drug companies that I’ve encountered in my years of research on the subject. The 25 points of fact listed here pretty much says it all. From the almost criminal activities in marketing, over pricing and withholding information, to the coercive coaching of the drug reps, this article portrays the all too typical greedy mindset of the drug companies. Moreover, these are not just drug companies, these are run by REAL PEOPLE.
Unscrupulous multi-millionaire CEOs who are the captains of this drug ship of greed should be the first to be called on personally to justify their actions. The politically controlled head of the FDA who turns his back on unsafe practices and approves drugs known by the drug companies to be dangerous, the heads of academia who research new drugs to get a piece of the action, the members of the FDA advisory committee who have ties with the drug companies and cast biased votes for drug approval. These men and all other accomplices should be brought to justice for crimes that others are doing jail time for.
The drug company Merck knew of the deadly dangers of the drug Vioxx and its propensity to trigger heart attacks. It has been proven that they withheld this information from the FDA to get approval for the drug. As a result, many patients died from side effects of Vioxx and thousands of law suits have been launched against Merck. Merck has quietly settled some of those law suits without ever admitting doing anything wrong. Having sold $2.5 billion worth of Vioxx in 2003, the few million dollars to settle these suits would probably come out of Merck’s ‘petty cash’ box.
Having known in advance that Vioxx caused deaths and putting it on the market anyway, could this not be classified as murder? If a wife knowingly salted her husband’s scrambled eggs with arsenic causing his death, she would be brought to justice and put in prison. Using subterfuge to market a known deadly drug causing an untimely death, is that murder? Can anyone tell me what the difference is??
For anyone who values their health and wants to make intelligent decisions concerning medications prescribed for them, I have this advise, not as a doctor, but as a concerned citizen. Ask your doctor questions about the medication. Ask many questions. What is the mechanism of this drug and what biological effect will it have on my body systems? What side effects can I expect? How will this medication interact with meds I am already taking? Is there a cheaper genetic version of this drug? Then read the entire very small print leaflet that you get from the pharmacist. After reading the leaflet, go back to your doctor to explain the leaflet to you. Then read the following article. Your life may depend on it. (Author)
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These were the days when there were no cell phones or play stations. TVs had 3 channels and were watched mostly at night. Lawyers and drug companies were not allowed to advertise on TV.
No child was poisoned by 48 doses of mandatory vaccines before the age of 6. One out of five children was not diagnosed with autism. An unruly child was not put on Ritalin to numb their brain, a whack on the bottom with a paddle or a crack on the knuckles with a ruler would do the trick. If you were depressed, Mom was always home when we needed a hug.
We rarely saw a doctor except when we were cut or broke a bone and everybody could afford the fees. Hardly anyone had health insurance, it wasn’t needed. No one died of chickenpox. Antidepressants, Cholesterol Drugs, Restless Leg Syndrome, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Cluster Headache or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder were not in our vocabulary.
The whole family sat at the table for healthy meals. Fast Food was a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Mom fixed our school lunch. There were no coke or candy machines in our schools. Every student had PE or outdoor exercise every day. Childhood obesity was rare.
Now, in 2008, we are the sickest country in the modern world. we spend 3 times more on health care ($2.5 trillion in 2007) than any other country and yet we have the shortest life span. Those members of the ‘Axis of Greed’ want it to stay that way while they pour our money into their bank accounts. (Author)
The following article says it all about how it was when we were healthy:
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Obesity is increasing at a phenominal rate in the U.S. We are becoming the fattest country in the world. Obesity can be linked to nearly all of our deadly diseases, particularly diabetes and heart disease.
Unfortunately, our children are mimicking our eating and exercise habits and the chance of changing those habits is nearly as probable as putting water back in a cloud. Most of obese children will become obese adults.
If this trend isn’t reversed, we will be rearing a new generation of chubby kids that will eventually overwhelm our already overloaded and inefficient health system. The place to start reversing this trend is in the schools, starting with kindergarten.
The article below presents an excellent plan of attack on childhood obesity. This plan needs to be adopted in every school in America, with even more emphases on exercise. (Author)
Philly school effort cuts weight gain
By STEPHANIE NANO, Associated Press 4-7-2008
Five Philadelphia elementary schools replaced sodas with fruit juice. They scaled back snacks and banished candy. They handed out raffle tickets for wise food choices. They spent hours teaching kids, their parents and teachers about good nutrition.
What have they got to show for it?
The number of kids who got fat during the two-year experiment was half the number of kids who got fat in schools that didn’t make those efforts.
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