You are the river: An interview with Ken Wilber

April 30, 2008

April 28, 2008 | Ken Wilber may be the most important living philosopher you’ve never heard of. He’s written dozens of books but you’d be hard-pressed to find his name in a mainstream magazine. Still, Wilber has a passionate — almost cultlike — following in certain circles, as well as some famous fans. Bill Clinton and Al Gore have praised Wilber’s books. Deepak Chopra calls him “one of the most important pioneers in the field of consciousness.” And the Wachowski brothers asked Wilber, along with Cornel West, to record the commentary for the DVDs of their “Matrix” movies.

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http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/04/28/ken_wilber/

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You Name It, and Exercise Helps It

April 30, 2008

By JANE E. BRODY

Published: April 29, 2008

Randi considers the Y.M.C.A. her lifeline, especially the pool. Randi weighs more than 300 pounds and has borderline diabetes, but she controls her blood sugar and keeps her bright outlook on life by swimming every day for about 45 minutes… “The single thing that comes close to a magic bullet, in terms of its strong and universal benefits, is exercise,” Frank Hu, epidemiologist at the Harvard School of Public Health, said in the Harvard Magazine.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/29/health/29brod.html

Keywords: heart attack, stroke, hypertension, diabetes, obesity, depression, dementia, osteoporosis, gallstones, diverticulitis, falls, erectile dysfunction, peripheral vascular disease, cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, congestive heart failure, osteoarthritis

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The doctor will Tai Chi you now

April 29, 2008

‘THE doctor will Tai Chi you now’ could soon be called out in waiting rooms as Sedgemoor health professionals line up to learn the technique.

GPs, nurses and other carers are being offered the country’s first Tai Chi Qigong qualification.
The course means doctors can qualify as instructors in the ancient Chinese exercise to treat patients in recovery.

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Which Food Additives Are Safe? Which Arent?

April 28, 2008

b>Nutrition Action Healthletter Revisits Chemical Cuisine, the Classic A-to-Z Guide/b>br/>WASHINGTON—Would you like some butylated hydroxytoluene with that?
If a waiter offered you some BHT in a restaurant, youd probably decline. Yet that chemical is one of scores of hard-to-pronounce additives that routinely show up in the fine print on packaged foods ingredients lists. Is BHT safe? For the record, food manufacturers use it to keep oils from going rancid, but animal studies differ on whether in promotes or prevents cancer. The Center for Science in the Public Interest, publisher of Nutrition Action Healthletter, says it warrants caution. Nutrition Actions revised Chemical Cuisine, its classic guide to food additives, is the cover story in the May issue…

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Brewers Urged to Stop Marketing Beer Shirts to Young Girls

April 28, 2008

b>Miller, Guinness, and Fosters Logos Used on Tees at Popular Teen Retailer Forever 21/b>br/>WASHINGTON—The nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest today urged Miller Brewing Co., Fosters, and Diageo, the parent company of Guinness, to stop allowing logos for those beers to be used on tee shirts sold at Forever 21, a retailer popular with teenage girls. CSPI says that the arrangement is in violation of the beer industrys voluntary advertising and marketing code. Though it is administered by the Washington, D.C., lobby group the Beer Institute, the code explicitly states that no beer brands or logos should be used or licensed for use on clothing …intended for use primarily by persons below the legal drinking age.

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Can you really be ‘fit but fat’? Study says no

April 28, 2008

Overweight, active women face 54 percent higher chance of heart disease

CHICAGO – New research challenges the notion that you can be fat and fit, finding that being active can lower but not eliminate heart risks faced by heavy women.

“It doesn’t take away the risk entirely. Weight still matters,” said Dr. Martha Gulati, a heart specialist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24356209/

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Need(le) broader acupuncture law

April 24, 2008

Queens Courier BY VICTOR G. MIMONI

Wednesday, April 23, 2008 8:50 PM EDT

Assemblymember Ellen Young hopes her colleagues will get the point when they consider a bill she introduced recently – herbal remedies are an integral part of acupuncture, the ancient Chinese medicinal therapy.

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http://www.queenscourier.com/articles/2008/04/24/news/local/news12.txt

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Meditating with Lynch

April 24, 2008

The Daily Iowan
“You can be a meat-eater who doesn’t like David Lynch films,” said Bob Roth, the vice president of the David Lynch Foundation. He was describing the kind of lifestyle required to practice transcendental meditation: “To learn requires no change in lifestyle.”

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Mind over body in sports

April 23, 2008

by Lidia Wasowicz

For the Olympian and for the Little Leaguer, the adage, “Strong minds make strong bodies,”‘ has never been truer, according to sports psychologists.

In a presentation at the 51st Annual Convention of the California Psychological Association in Pasadena, Calif., those in the know say reaching peak athletic performance requires not only physical strength and control but also sharp mental skills, such as concentration, stress management and visualization.

Richard Suinn of Colorado State University notes the influx of sports psychology into training programs of U.S. National Team members in such sports as track and field.

For peak performance, he recommends seven mind skills: relaxation, stress management, thought control, self-regulation, visualization, concentration and programming for competition.

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http://www.heartmonitors.com/exercisetips/mind__body_in_sports.htm

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