Pegan Diet Facts & Myths

Facts and myths about the pegan diet combining the “health benefits” of vegetarian and paleo diets. Pegan is the brainchild of Dr Mark Hyman, best selling diet book author and PBS pledge drive program host. Like most fad, miracle diets, pegan’s health benefits are miraculous results are only documented on Dr. Hyman’s website, books, and PBS program. There are no published clinical trials to back up his claims.

Like most fad diets, pegan emphasizes eating mostly organic foods, and pasture raised or grass-fed meat. It is another diet for the haves while the have nots struggle with increasing obesity and diabetes.

In this video:

• What is a pegan diet? 00:39
• Approved pegan diet foods. 1:30
• Banned pegan diet foods. 2:15
• Claimed health benefits. 5:15
• Returning to home cooked meals. 7:34
• Pegan diet facts & myths. 9:05

Lowering Uric Acid Fad Diet Facts & Myths

2022 introduced the uric acid diet. Another fas diet that concentrates on theoretical chemical imbalances instead of address the poor American diet of highly processed food  providing too many fat and sugar calories. This video shares facts and myths about blood uric acid a byproduct of metabolizing purine in foods and beverages.

In this video:

• What is uric acid? 00:42
• Normal blood uric acid levels. 00:57
• High uric acid health risks. 1:55
• High and low purine foods. 4:22
• Low uric acid diet facts and myths. 6:33

Cord Pose

Cord pose continues our serious of balance poses. Good balance is important as one grows older. Falls are a leading cause of death among the elderly.

You can do Cord pose from Garland 1 or Mountain poses.

In addition to improving balance, Cord pose stretches arm and leg muscles, relieves neck stiffness, and improves focus and concentration.

English Name: Cord

Sanskrit Name: Pasasana

Difficulty Level: 5

Start Position: Garland 1

Instructions:

Step 1.

From Garland 1, place your knees and feet together and twist your body to the left.

Step 2.

Hook your right shoulder outside of your left thigh and place your left arm behind your back.

Step 3.

Grab your your left wrist with your right hand. Use a strap if you cannot reach your wrist.

Step 4.

Hold the pose for 4 or 5 breathes, or as long as it feels comfortable. Release and return to Garland 1. Repeat on the other side if desired.

Physical Benefits:

  • Stretches the spine
  • Strengthens arms and wrists
  • Improves balance and upper body strength
  • Opens the hips
  • Relieves sciatica
  • Tones abdominal muscles
  • Improves digestion
  • Relieve constipation
  • Strengthens feet and ankles
  • Relieves knee stiffness

Mental Benefits

  • Reduces stress and anxiety
  • Improves focus

Contraindications:

  • Wrist, arm, or shoulder injury
  • Back injury
  • Ankle, hip or knee injury
  • Leg, arm, or back injury

 

Fast Food Calorie Quiz

How well do you know the number of calories in popular fast food items? Supersized fast food and prepared meals provide more calories than most people need. One meal can have a days worth of calories. Check your knowledge for 25 foods and beverages.

In this video:

• Quick serve, fast food and prepared foods. 00:42
• Calories and excess body fat. 1:19
• Satisfying wants versus needs. 2:24
• Fast food calorie quiz. 4:06

Fast Carbs Versus Slow Carbs

People have talked about carbohydrates decades. The talk revolves around eating too many sugar and starch carbs. This video shares why the type not quantity of carbs can affect your weight and health, and how some natural foods are condemned as high carb and high glycemic index when in truth they are not.

In this video:

• Types of carbohydrates. 00:35
• Fast carbs. 3:44
• Slow carbs. 5:08
• Fast carbs and glycemic index. 6:47
• Slow carb food calories. 10:52

USA Wealthcare System Part V: Health Insurance

USA Wealthcare System Part V: Health Insurance

For as little as a $500 out of pocket deductible, auto and homeowner’s insurance can pay hundred’s of thousands of dollars in damages. U.S. health insurance, even company provided plans, costing thousands of dollars can leave policy holders owing huge medical bills and face debt collection and bankruptcy. Insurance companies have no incentive to reduce the cost of healthcare and save policy holders money. In some cases, the a procedure can cost less paying in cash compared to the insurance companies “negotiated rates.”

In This video:

• Why have medical insurance? 00:48
• The medical insurance savings myth. 2:10
• Surprise billing. 4:16
• The medical insurance maze. 5:14
• The appeals and grievance blackhole. 7:09
• Prescription drug insurance. 8:18

Garland 1

Garland I takes you from a standing pose (Mountain) to a squatting balance pose.

Garland I may appear to be a simple pose, but it is still a balance pose that requires concentration (focus) to maintain your balance. It also strengthens your legs while providing numerous physical and metal benefits.

English Name: Garland 1

Sanskrit Name: Malasana I

Difficulty Level: 4

Start Position: Mountain Pose

Instructions:

Step 1.

From Mountain pose, place your feet about 2-feet (60 cm) apart and squat in between your thighs.

Step 2.

Bring your hands to prayer position (pranamasana) at your hearth.

Step 3.

Hold the pose for 4 or 5 breathes, or as long as it feels comfortable. Release and return to Mountain pose. Repeat if desired.

Physical Benefits:

  • Stretches the spine
  • Strengthens arms and wrists
  • Improves balance and upper body strength
  • Opens the hips
  • Relieves sciatica
  • Tones abdominal muscles
  • Improves digestion
  • Relieve constipation
  • Strengthens feet and ankles
  • Relieves knee stiffness

Mental Benefits

  • Reduces stress and anxiety
  • Improves focus

Contraindications:

  • Wrist, arm, or shoulder injury
  • Back injury
  • Ankle, hip or knee injury
  • Leg, arm, or back injury

 

The USA Wealthcare System Part IV Dental, Vision & Hearing Care

Most health insurance plans do not cover routine dental, vision, and hearing care. Millions of Americans cannot afford insurance for routine dental, eye, and hearing care or the cost of care without insurance. This can reduce their quality of life and increase healthcare costs years later.

In this video:

• Routine dental care. 00:42
• Routine vision care. 4:51
• Routine hearing care. 7:04

USA Wealthcare System Part III: Prescription Drugs

American’s pay the highest prices in the world for prescription medications. Politicians campaign to lower drug prices and then accept billions of dollars in campaign contributions from the drug industry. The drug industry spent $100 million to defect legislation giving Medicare the right to negotiate lower drug prices. Although the legislation passed, the drug industry is waiting for Republican control of Congress to repeal the legislation.

Millions of Americans ration or do not fill their prescriptions because they cannot afford them. That can result in higher medical costs due to complications from controllable chronic diseases.

The U.S.’s high prescription drug costs is all about profits than actual drug costs.

In this video:

• The highest priced drugs money can buy. 00:54
• Big Pharma wrote the Medicare Part D laws. 2:55
• Putting wealth and profit before people. 4:17
• The doctor prescription drug monopoly. 6:40
• Prescription drug prices. 8:33
• Insurance company formularies. 10:00
• Generic versus patented drugs. 11:12
• The risk of online pharmacies. 12:09

Clinically Proven Dietary Supplement Facts & Myths

When it comes to dietary supplement, clinically proven has little or no meaning since supplement makers are not required by law to prove efficacy before they can sell their products. With the exception of vitamin and mineral supplements, a supplement’s mental and physical benefits are largely due to the placebo effect.

In this video:

• Why food should be your medicine. 00:32
• What are dietary supplements? 1:43
• The unregulated dietary supplement industry. 2:55
• Company funded versus independent research. 3:49
• Clinically proven and peer reviewed! 4:54
• Marketing supplements most people do not need. 6:23
• Common dietary supplement myths. 8:01

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