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Very interesting info here from Dr. Mercola. I knew sleep is very important and adequate amounts of it as well. But did not realize the importance of getting your sleep while it’s dark and to avoid sleeping in during daylight. One should sleep in total darkness and sleep as many hours before midnight as possible and up by sunrise.

I had sometimessacrificed sleep for exercise time, but learned later what a bad idea that really is. Exercise is important, but not a the expense of sleep since sleep is when most of the body repairs take pace. Some of those repairs are a result of exercise. An ironic part of posting this now is as you’ll see and hear. I should already be in bed:):) Watch and learn. I sure did.

I just posted about the Swine Flu Vaccine and the importance of naturally boosting your immune system. The reality since cold and flu season is upon us, now it’s extra importnat to do so. Interestingly many are not quite sure how to do that. If you’ve read previous blog postings of mine you know I’m AGAINST vitamin supplements. I advocate whole food for the best health. Here is a link…the first of many to help guide you to that goal. There is one thing mentioned here I don’t agree with and that is dairy. I don’t agree that dairy helps the immune system. I’ll post more info on that later. The other food items on concepts are good.

http://www.mapi.com/ayurveda_health_care/newsletters/boost_immunity__food_ayurveda.html

Contact me for an easy and additional clinically proven way to boost your immune system. Email me at Rick@rickfigley.com

OK, enough is enough.

We know we need to eat healthier, but there are those who like the idea of a pill of for this and a pill for that, some not realizing that the pills are usually a drug and drugs are synthetic. Synthetic substances have bad side effects because they are made by mad scientists….oops, I mean man, sorry for the Freudian slip, not nature and should only be used for a short period of time, not indefinitely.

Now we have the substance, resveratrol that has been brought more to light recently and is in the skins of grapes and found in red wine. Now they want to make a drug from that to increase longevity? When will the pharmaceutical madness in this country stop?

We’ve seen the TV commercials for drugs to allegedly prevent degenerative diseases, that are followed by a ton of disclaimers about not taking this if you have a list of other conditions. Does anybody remember years ago when Saturday Night Live had what were called “Non-Commercials” that  joked about commercials like this? Perhaps they still do, haven’t watched SNL in years but why are Americans so easily accepting of what the pharmaceuticals are doing? Why does 60 minutes report this as if it’s a good thing, a new drug being developed to slow aging.  When will we poo poo anything that tells us that a drug will work better than what nature has provided and not charge us crazy amounts of money to get it?

Here is the 60 Minutes story http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3TGKOQeTrc&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Enews3news%2Ecom%2F048%2Ehtml&feature=player_embedded