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Sadly, most people choose to allow marketing to educate them about their own health. From “alternative medicines” that say they can cure everything from the common cold to cancer to bogus “medical” certifications given to anybody with money and a free weekend.

Profiting from the weak & dying

Hope is all you have when you are sick, finding out you have been scammed and cheated out of hard earned money is just deplorable. I don’t know how people who knowingly cheat others of hope can sleep at night. No wonder many people have lost hope in improving themselves and their bodies, just about every worthless piece of trash out there that promises them big changes in their bodies with little or no work is trusted into their consciousness. When will people realize that there is no magic pill or product that will cure them from bad lifestyle choices?

Who would say no to becoming GOD?

If you find the cure (or vaxxine) for AIDS, you are guaranteed a Nobel Prize, more money then you can spend in multiple lifetimes and worldwide fame – INSTANTLY. Your face will be plastered everywhere and you will be regarded as a living GOD. Who wouldn’t want this? I absolutely would- but I sure as hell wouldn’t be on a late night infomercial or in a booth selling this potion at $19.99 and telling people the reason why I am not at the U.N. doing a speech in front of the world is because the evil pharmaceutical industry is against me.

If big pharmaceuticals still haven’t found the cure to a common disease after spending billions of dollars and decades in research, a person with a marketing firm behind them probably isn’t something you should take too seriously.

Deception creeps from under a rock

I recently read an article on abcnews.com about Kevin Trudeau, whose “cure everything” infomercials try to masquerade themselves as a non-biased late night talk show. Although the format and focus is actually quite effective from a marketing standpoint, I never believed for one second what he was saying. If it sounds too good to be true – it usually is, especially when money is involved.

How to protect yourself

quackwatch.org, I find this site absolutely fantastic and I wish I found it years ago. It gives you a glimpse of the market forces out there in addition to actually researched articles for but mostly against “proven” products and services. Although I may not agree with everything, I believe it is definitely a site you should visit to learn more about your conditions and products you may have used in the past or still using. I don’t believe science is the answer to everything, I believe its track record is by far better then the “alternative”. I still take my supplements religiously even if it does end up being just an expensive sugar pill – it makes me fell better at the very least :

Another site you should also add to your bookmark list is Infomercialscams.com, its great to read about people who feel they where scammed out of the promises they where sold. Next time you’re tempted in purchasing an infomercial product, visit this site first.

Trust is earned, not given

Let common sense prevail, if you go to a trade show, watching TV or hear an influential speaker tell you what you want to hear but for a price, be not only skeptical but question them. Rest assured you are definitely not the only one with concerns about a product.

People selling bogus products are usually very slick and will easily be able to convince you, some even have medical degrees, PhDs and other high levels of education. No matter their education, background or how nice they may appear, do not give your trust out so blindly – trust must be earned, not given.

The Bottom Line

If you want to achieve something in life, you must work towards it. Money can buy many things but there are no shortcuts towards achieving good health.

For the past 6 years, I have been producing my own pure water at a fraction of bottled water using city water. If you want to be healthy, you got to start with the quality of your water as it is essential for just about every bodily function.

Reverse Osmosis VS Distillation

For me, the choice was easy, the two leading methods of water purification are reverse osmosis and distillation. The main advantage to reverse osmosis is that it uses filters, which means you can produce water, as you need it. This is also a huge drawback because you need to keep buying these filters and my guess is that water quality slowly degrades as the filters fill up with gunk. The other method, distillation, uses no filters and simply captures the steam from boiling the water in an enclosed capsule. The huge advantage to this is you purchase it once without any ongoing expense other then electricity but the disadvantage is you may have to wait for the water (run it over night and this isn’t a problem).

Distilled water controversy

There seems to be a controversy regarding drinking distilled water, the main one is you ONLY have H2O (2 Hydrogen atoms and 1 Oxygen atom), everything is taken out – including minerals and fluoride. This is the reason why I bought mine in the first place! I want all that stuff out of my water! Since when is water considered as a way to supplement an inadequate diet? Toothpaste has fluoride by the way

Why are distillation systems so hard to find?

Simple answer is a 5-letter word that starts with G and finishes with D. Listen, if you could purchase 1 system and never need anything else for 10-15 years, those companies would go out of business. They push reverse osmosis (and other systems) for a reason; you need to keep coming in to purchase filters and equipment. If they try to pull this on you, go somewhere else – they don’t have your health in mind, only their bottom line.

The Bottom Line

If you want pure cheap water, get a distillation system. They range from a few hundred to a few thousand depending on the quality you need. For one person, a counter top version produces more then enough for cooking and drinking. Nothing comes close to the quality of water it produces short of mixing hydrogen gas with oxygen gas. From all that I have read, I have come to the conclusion with a good diet, distilled water is superior to “polluted” water in every way except one, the profit margins for other companies.

Additional Information
I have not cited any scientific studies regarding the effects of distilled water on the body, I consider them flawed and to narrow in scope as they do not take into account diet (before, during or after the study), exercise (amount or type) and medical history of the people involved. This is a HUGE and glaring hole in their methodology, enough to make them worthless in my opinion.
“No to distilled water” camp
Lenntech_Water treatment &_Air Purification
Dr. Joseph Mercola
Dr. Rona Zoltan
“Yes to distilled water” camp
Durastill Export
Living Nutrition
Dr. Ron Kennedy

Time doesn’t wait for people who have passions in life. Thank God the average lifespan has almost doubled in the past 100 years, because the blink we exist within already goes way too fast! My father told me last summer he couldn’t believe how fast life goes… we both seem to suffer from the same condition!

Plan your life before life plans you

You have two choices in regard to the limited time you have in your life. You can decide to take control over it or you can let events in your life take control over you. So much of our life is in the hands of others but in the end, you control either directly or indirectly where you end up in life. If you play an active role in your life, I believe your chances of ending up where you want to be instead of where others want you to be are much higher.

How to take control of your life?

Makes notes and checklists
I myself do a daily plan before going to bed at night, deciding what I want to accomplish the next day – a checklist. I find if I don’t do this, the next day easily goes bye without achieving much of what I wanted to do. I also do this for a monthly, quarterly and yearly so I am always heading towards what I want in life. Like Santa Clause, check them twice

The Bottom line

You are in control of your lot in life. Develop contacts and circumstances that will allow you to reach your destiny and drop those that are dead weight before they drag you down.

My ultimate goal behind all this research I do for myfoodcount.com is seeing 2100, suffice it to say, I always look both sides of the road before crossing it. There are many theories behind what causes aging, but it’s most likely a combination of free radicals damaging our cells DNA, environmental degradation, UVA/UVB rays from the sun and “wear & tear.

All roads lead to Olderville

No matter the cause, it cannot be stopped nor reversed with current technologies. Let me repeat, aging CANNOT be stopped nor reversed. “Anti-Aging” products and pharmaceutical, either speed up natural processes or act as a masking agent. Sure, you may look or feel younger but I am sorry to say, all the roads lead to Olderville.

Grow old gracefully? No Way!

This is the message being beamed to baby boomers around the world, give me $$$ and I will make you “appear” younger. You need to face the reality that sooner or later you will look like your grandparents. There is also nothing “fun” about aging, who wants to end up with no hair on their head and more wrinkles on their body then their favorite shirt? But after anger and resentment comes acceptance- we all have to deal with our own mortality – rest assured that you are not alone.

You have the power to slow down aging

The good news is that the aging process can be slowed down. Anybody can do it and it won’t cost you a thing! Although you are never too old to make lifestyle changes, remember that the process of aging is cumulative, the sooner you start (now is a fantastic time), the more dramatic the effect later in life.

The Bottom Line

Now, you may say- “I use XYZ product- ” or “that is way too easy”, for the first question read the second paragraph again, for the second – I am happy you find it so easy- so do it!

A few years back during a very stressful time in my life when it seems everything was going the wrong way, my appendix decided it had enough and wanted out of my body. After a night of vomiting and a general feeling of being hung over, I visited the doctor in the morning and asked him what was wrong. It took him about 10 seconds to tell I had appendicitis and to head to the hospital.

Introduction to an opiate

I woke up the next day, not sure when but feeling so tired even though I slept all night. I asked the nurse if this was normal and she told me it was because I was on alternating IVs of antibiotics and an opioid called demerol (meperidine). I figured since I was in the hospital, I might as well experiment so I asked the nurse if she could hook me up with some morphine, I was curious about it but she told me Demerol produced similar results with less side effects. My experimentation was over and my curiosity was satisfied.

Second hit of opiate

About a year ago, I went in for a colonoscopy to check a few things out, the doctor who was performing the procedure mentioned the word Demerol to me for pain management but at first I refused. Around the end of the procedure, I told the doc to inject me, as I wasn’t feeling very well with too much hose up inside of me. Right after the injection, I felt very easy going – the stress just melted away and I was very relaxed.

Am I hooked?

From my two experiences with a mild opiate thus far in my life, I can easily say NO. It is probably safe to say that heroin, oxycodone (oxyContin), methadone (dolophine), morphine sulfateand and all those other opioids out there probably have a much stronger effect on the mind/ body then demerol. But for me, I actually enjoy knowing what is going on in my body, not somewhat spaced out. I enjoy the process of thinking clearly.

The Bottom Line

I can’t fathom the attraction to being strung out like I was for 3 days at the hospital and calling that a life. My two sisters seem to, and it even cost one of them their life, but I guess that I either physical or mental block as to craving or wanting that type of lifestyle. That is a good thing