JOIN US FOR LOHAS 10 APRIL 26-28th, SANTA MONICA

LOHAS 10 is a three-day business conference that brings together leaders from Fortune 500 companies, LOHAS businesses, the entertainment industry, and celebrities to focus on how businesses, media and entertainment can be leveraged to educate, shape and influence consumer behavior and purchasing decisions while promoting lifestyles of health and sustainability. If you or your business is involved in conscious commerce, this is an event that should not be missed.

Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability (LOHAS) describes a $226.8 billion U.S. marketplace for goods and services focused on health, the environment, social justice, personal development and sustainable living. The consumers attracted to this market have been collectively referred to as Cultural Creatives and represent a sizable group in this country. Approximately 30 percent of the adults in the U.S., or 63 million people, are currently considered LOHAS consumers.

Was Congress Bribed to Steamroll Consumer Labeling Laws Without Hearings?
H.R. 4167, the "National Unity for Food Act", passed the House of Representatives yesterday by a 283-139 vote. This Act will take away the power of local and state governments to require warning labels of food and beverages, keeping consumers in the dark about what is truly in their food. The bill has been met with opposition and concern from consumers, state health officials and attorney generals. These groups are now calling on the Senate to not approve this bill.

Dramatic Changes in U.S. Aging Highlighted in New Census, NIH Report
The face of aging in the United States is changing dramatically — and rapidly. Today's older Americans are very different from their predecessors, living longer, having lower rates of disability, achieving higher levels of education and less often living in poverty. And the baby boomers, the first of whom celebrated their 60th birthdays in 2006, promise to redefine further what it means to grow older in America.

The Real Cause of Bird Flu: Industrial Agriculture
Industrial poultry is the cause of the spread of the bird flu outbreak worldwide. Wild migratory birds and backyard poultry are the victims, not the carriers of the disease. Inside factory farms viruses becomes lethal and multiply. Air thick with viral load from infected factory farms travels for miles, while integrated trade networks spread the disease through live birds and chicken manure.

MORE HEALTH NEWS...
To keep up-to-date with news in the world of health and medicine, visit our Healthy News and our Healthy News Archive.

OLA LOA - A NUTRITIONAL BREAKTHROUGH

Ola Loa Energy is an effervescent, great tasting multi-vitamin vitamin powder that provides quick recovery from stress, sports and the rigors of daily life, with all the natural energy boosters and a doctor's selection of strategic nutrients providing greater absorption. Designed by renowned nutrition pioneer, Richard A. Kunin, M.D., Ola Loa is so gentle on the body it can be taken anytime.

No shipping charge on orders of 3 or more boxes.

Simply Well
Wellness is realized by being present and unburdening yourself of all that prevents a natural state of basic healthiness. In "Become a Beginner--Simplify" John W. Travis, M.D., M.P.H., explains why being well involves becoming more simple. He offers suggestions to get you thinking and moving like a beginner.

Keeping Fit
In "Effects Of Exercise Focus On Strength Training Performance" Wayne L. Westcott, Ph.D. reports on a study showing that if participants' physiological improvement was the top priority, best results were achieved when fitness instructors provided high levels of exercise focus. However, subjects who received low levels of exercise focus experienced significantly greater increases in revitalization and significantly greater decreases in feelings of physical exhaustion immediately after their strength training sessions. These are important considerations with respect to emotional wellness and exercise adherence, especially for previously sedentary adults who need to establish an exercise habit for ongoing wellness.

Healthy Stress
When stress persists, physical preparation turns into physical deterioration. In "6 Steps For Handling Stress" Lauri M. Aesoph, N.D. offers simple suggestions for decreasing the stress in your life.

TAKE MORE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR HEALTH

Rising healthcare costs and cuts to employee health benefits are driving us all to one conclusion - we must take a greater responsibility for maintaining our health & wellbeing. The Wellness Inventory helps you do just that. The online program helps you to focus on the areas of your life that you can make the greatest impact in creating a higher level of health and wellbeing, and supports you in making those changes. Bring more balance into your life! To learn more, go to www.mywellnesstest.com/HealthyUpdate.asp

Understanding Homeopathy
Involuntary urination is ironically a problem experienced at both ends of a person's life, both during infancy and aging. Older adults have difficulty with bladder control usually because of either urinary tract disease, nervous system dysfunction, allergic response, ruptured disk, or psychological stress. Women tend to experience involuntary urination after childbirth, surgery, or inflammation of the urethra, while men tend to get it if they have a prostate problem. In "Homeopathic Medicines for Involuntary Urination" Dana Ullman, M.P.H. explains the common causes of this condition, and outlines homeopathic remedies that may resolve the problem, rather than just eliminate the symptom.

Healthy Alternatives
Naturopathy is a system which is concerned with the whole person, rather than just the problems afflicting his/her various organs and systems. In "Naturopathy" Leon Chaitow, N.D., D.O., M.R.O. states the study of emotional (psychological), structural and biochemical (diet, toxicity, deficiency) factors as they interact with the unique individuality (biochemical, structural, emotional and genetic) of each of us, to create a formula for health or ill-health, is the naturopathic way of understanding the complex influences affecting everyone.

Women's Health Detective
Twice a year we change our clocks to adjust for lengthening or shortening days. But do you re-set your inner clock as well when you set your household clocks to spring ahead or fall behind? If not, you may be facing weeks of sleep-disturbed nights before your body adjusts to its new schedule. In "Spring Ahead ... Fall Behind ... With Melatonin" Nan Kathryn Fuchs, Ph.D. explains why getting a good night's sleep is vital to your health.

Holistic Healthcare For Children
Although parents often believe that young children do not think about tobacco or alcohol, prevention of these behaviors should probably begin with 2 or 3 year-olds. In "Preschoolers Use of Cigarettes and Alcohol" Randall Neustaedter, O.M.D. cites the disturbing results of a recent study on the impact of parental actions and the media on children, and urges parents to evaluate their own behavior as role models to create healthy habits in their very impressionable children.

Healthy Woman Update
Thirty percent of American women have fibrocystic breast disease, a benign (noncancerous) condition characterized by round lumps that move freely within the breast tissue. In "Fibrocystic Breast Disease" Susan M. Lark, M.D. presents prevention tips - including eliminating caffeine, saturated fats, and salt and increasing fruits and vegetables, beans and peas, raw seeds and nuts, and whole grains, and fish high in the Omega-3 fatty acids like salmon, trout, and mackerel.

Find an Alternative Healthcare Professional
The Professional Referral Network contains searchable directories for 20 leading professional associations in complementary and integrative health care, with over 17,000 professionals. Looking for a healthcare professional specializing in acupuncture? The Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine section includes the Acupuncture And Oriental Medicine Alliance and American Association of Oriental Medicine member databases.

Healthy Bookstore - A Life in Balance

Inspired by those diverse influences, Dr. Kathleen Hall has written "A Life in Balance: Nourishing the Four Roots of True Happiness" as a guided journey to joy, peace, and an intentional life grounded in the four roots of the SELF:
* Serenity. Find what brings us peace, and channel it into everything we do
* Exercise. Align the body with energy and health through walking, yoga, martial arts, and more
* Love. Build community and relationships that heal others as well as ourselves
* Food. Pay attention not just to what we eat, but to what we experience through all our senses

Raw Food Materia Medica
Spinach leaves are considered antioxidant, digestive, diuretic, laxative, lymphatic cleansing, nutritive, and tonic. Spinach has been used throughout history to treat acne, alcoholism, anemia, constipation, hemorrhoids, neuritis, obesity, and scurvy. Its high lutein content makes it a food of choice for vision weakness, night blindness, and as protection against macular degeneration. Spinach has traditionally been used to restore energy. It is considered a cancer preventative food, which has a special affinity for the lungs and large intestines.

Fabulous Functional Foods
Chef Oscar Umahro Cadogan of Denmark offers us another Fabulous Functional Foods recipe. "Aromatic Carrots and Beets" is a whole new approach to vegetables. The spicy oil enhances the natural sweetness that has been teased out of the carrots and the beets by gentle roasting in the oven. This dish goes very well with gently braised lamb or goat or seared fresh tunafish.

AN ENLIGHTENING EXPERIENCE OF WELLNESS... AT YOUR FINGERTIPS

The Journey to Wild Divine is a unique training program that uses biofeedback to teach breathing & meditation techniques for a healthier mind & body. It's the perfect addition to your daily wellness program. This unique program for mind & body links biofeedback hardware with your computer to create an enlightening experience of wellness.

Step out of time and into endless possibility, where you'll practice breathing and meditation techniques, like the heart breath, an ancient yogic breathing technique that will help you achieve control over your mind & body to help reduce stress and improve physical and mental wellness. Take an amazing online demo or for more information.

Mind Over Matter
It often seems like there's so much to do, and so few to do it. The pattern seems to be that the same people do the majority of the work most of the time. In "Whose responsibility? Food for Thought" Barry Bittman, M.D. tells us stories that illustrate how we can improve our odds of success immensely if we join forces, accept our responsibility, and support each other.

Spiritual Wellness
How do you watch ball games on television? In "Sporting Grace" Philip Goldberg tell of how sometimes he watches sports with all the spirituality of couch potato, but at other times it's a profound spiritual practice. He believes that anything can be spiritual, depending on what you bring to the occasion. If you bring to sports a spiritual intention and a fully attentive mind, a game is more than a game; it’s a step on the soul's ladder of progress, win or lose.

THE DETOX BOX (CD COURSE) - MARK HYMAN, M

This unique kit contains from Mark Hyman, MD, and produced by Sounds True, has everything you need to complete a comprehensive detoxification program at home. The program can be done in 7, 14, or 21 days. Contents include: 2 CDs, 64-page book, 70 flash cards, 2 questionnaires. Mark Hyman, M.D., is co-medical director at Canyon Ranch in the Berkshires Health Resort in Lenox, Massachusetts. He combines the best of conventional and alternative medicine with a blend of science, integrity, intuition, and compassion.

More great audio courses: HealthyShopping.com/SoundsTrue

HEALTH PRACTITIONERS & LIFE COACHES -
Whole Person Wellness Program for Your Practice
Are you looking for a tool to:
* Build your practice
* Bring a dimension of wellness to your work
* Determine your client's readiness for change
* Set up personalized wellness programs
* Track your client's wellness progress
* Enhance patient health & wellbeing
* Create new profit centers

The Wellness Inventory may be your answer.

For more information, visit: WellnessInventory.net
([email protected] - 310-823-9553)

Nutritional Medicine Sourcebooks and Textbooks

Botanical Medicine Sourcebooks & Textbooks

What Doctor's Don't Tell You (newsletter)

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HEALTHY SHOPPING - PRODUCTS & SERVICES FOR HEALTHY LIVING

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HEALTHY SHOPPING NETWORK
HealthyShopping.com
American Botanical Council (Botanical Medicine Tests) -
HealthyShopping.com/ABC
Aquasana (Home Water Filtration Systems) -
HealthyShopping.com/Aquasana
Bookstore (Health and Wellness) -
HealthyShopping.com/books
ChildLife (Nutrition for Kids) -
HealthyShopping.com/childlife
Here, There & Beyond (Essential Oils) -
HealthyShopping.com/heretherebeyond
Inner Peace Music (Steven Halpern) -
HealthyShopping.com/innerpeace
MigraSpray (Natural Migraine Relief) -
HealthyShopping.com/MigraSpray
Natur-Leaf (Anti-Aging Products) -
HealthyShopping.com/NaturLeaf
Nutraceutics (Anti-Aging, Women's Health) -
HealthyShopping.com/nutraceutics
Ola Loa (Drink Your Vitamins) -
HealthyShopping.com/OlaLoa
PainDefense (Joint & Muscles Formula) -
HealthyShopping.com/paindefense
Remo HealthRHYTHMS (Drumming for Wellness) -
HealthyShopping.com/remo
Sounds True (Audios - Wisdom for the Inner Life) -
HealthyShopping.com/SoundsTrue
SweetLeaf (Stevia-Natural Sweetener) -
HealthyShopping.com/sweetleaf
Teeccino (Caffeine-Free Herbal Coffee) -
HealthyShopping.com/teeccino
Third Line Press (Nutritional Medicine CD) -
HealthyShopping.com/thirdline

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GLOBAL HEALTH CALENDAR

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2006 NCH Annual Conference
San Jose, CA USA
April 7-11, 2006
Contact: National Center for Homeopathy - 877-624-0613

13th International Symposium on Functional Medicine
Managing Biotransformation: The Metabolic, Genomic and Detoxification Balance Points
Tampa, FL USA
April 19-22, 2006
Contact: Institute for Functional Medicine - 800-228-0622

Lohas Forum
Los Angeles, CA USA
April 26-28, 2006
Contact: LOHAS Forum - 303-222-8263

AOMAlliance 13th Annual Conference and Expo
Keystone, CO USA
May 3-10, 2006
Contact: Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Alliance - 253-851-6896

2006 NHWPC - National Health Wellness and Prevention Congress
San Francisco, CA USA
May 8-10, 2006
Contact: Transmarx, LLC - 804-266-8122

2006 CDHCC - Consumer Directed Health Care Conference
San Francisco, CA USA
May 8-10, 2006 
Contact: Transmarx, LLC - 804-266-7422

For more leading health events visit www.healthcalendar.com

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