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Countless studies carried out over the world have found that for most men, they are dissatisfied with their penis size. Smaller sizes make us feel incompetent in the bedroom and our self esteem goes down hill. Thoughts of rejection in bed because we’re too small are also a common problem. So what most men end up asking themselves at some point is, is there a way to make myself any bigger?
Well the purpose of this article is to separate the myths from the facts. Enlarging your penis can be a dangerous process, so it’s important that before you start to go down that road, you must understand the risks associated with it. For example, if you go in for surgery, and it goes wrong, you could end up a "woman" for the rest of your life, so it’s important to separate the myths from facts.
First of all, I would like to start off by warning all readers that medical pills do not work. If you see a site popping up on your screen with a special herbal pill claiming to increase your penis size, it will not work. In the same way that drinking protein shake alone will not turn you into a bodybuilder, popping pill cannot make you penis significantly longer. Now let's go on to the more creditable (although still questionable) forms.
The first type of enlargement process I’ll talk about is surgery. Like I said before, surgery is a risky business. There have been large amounts of complaints after the procedures, many resulting in disfigured penises. At least one person to date has died from bleeding after surgery.
The two types of surgery available are lengthening and girth procedures. In both cases, the penis is cut open. For the lengthening, the suspensory ligament is cut, and plastic surgery is used to lengthen the penis. Yet in case’s involving this, men have complained that after surgery they see an increase in the flaccid length, but the overall erect length is still about the same, and that instead of pointing upwards, the penis drops to the floor. Why does this happen? Mainly because the suspensory ligament is the reason your penis points upwards, and cutting it will remove this function.
The most common surgery to increase girth is to either have liposuction fat injected into your penis, or to have grafts of skin and fat from the buttock area placed within the penile shaft. While no long term results have been clarified from the second option, injecting fat into your penis has proved disappointing to most patients. This is because your body reabsorbs the fat over a period of time, resulting in the loss of your very expensive surgery.
There are other consequences to take into account before penis surgery is considered, such as scrotalisation, where the penis appears to be attached to the scrotum instead of the abdominal wall.
Another form of penis enlargement is the traction device. The very basic concept of this is that it slowly stretches your penis out over time. With the added pressure on your penis, cells are caused to divide and multiply to fill the gaps. Well quite a few experts have some concerns about the device. While it does increase length, there are risks associated with it that can be quite substantial. Putting pressure on your penis could cause something to break, like a blood vessel. Other concerns are that if it’s put on too tight, you’ll literally strangle the life out of it, restricting the blood flow, and ultimately causing damage. However these same experts admit that when used as directed, just like with anything, true results may be possible- but not without a strong commitment.
Another way to enlarge your penis is through exercises. Of course criticisms have been made about these as its split pretty much 50/50 in the medical world as to whether these work. Some claim that there are no muscles in the penis to stretch, while others say that they work more like the traction device, but slower and with fewer risks. There are a wide variety of sites out there that offer penis enlargement skills, although some require you to pay them money. The only real risk with this form is whether it's effective. Will you be wasting your time for the next couple of months only to find nothings happened?
As you can see, while penis enlargement is definitely on the wish list for most men, caution must be exercised to avoid unnecessary risk. And while there's no guarantee, countless antedotal evidence suggests that it is, in fact, possible.
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From our deconstruction of hundreds of Hollywood blockbusters at at www.managing-creativity.com
The Hero's Journey is the template upon which the vast majority of successful stories and Hollywood blockbusters are based upon. In fact, ALL of the Hollywood movies we have deconstructed are based on this template.
Understanding this template is a priority for story or screenwriters.
The Hero's Journey:
a) Attempts to tap into unconscious expectations the audience has regarding what a story is and how it should be told.
b) Gives the writer more structural elements than simply three or four acts, plot points, mid point and so on.
c) Interpreted metaphorically, laterally and symbolically, allows an infinite number of varied stories to be created.
and more...
Transamerica (2005) deconstructed
FADE IN: the voice range; this is the voice I want to use.
Meeting the Hero: Bree getting dressed.
Hero in her Ordinary World: walking out of the house; waiting for the bus.
Developing the Hero: the doctor asks questions about her.
Motivation / the Elixir: you can sign that consent form.
Refusing the Elixir: the doctor is resistant.
Hero's Backstory / Foreshadow of the Transformation: my family is dead.
Developing the Hero / Elixir: Bree pushes her penis back.
Devolved State: Bree is a busboy in the restaurant.
Hero's Capabilities / Ordinary World: Bree telemarketing.
Call to Adventure: Toby calls.
Refusal: Bree tries to ignore the call.
Meeting the Mentor: the therapist, Margaret.
Pushed toward the First Threshold: Margaret won't give her permission.
Resisting: he's probably a scam artist.
Time Pressure: I can't delay my operation, the waiting list is a year long.
Preparing for the Journey to the First Threshold: thinking about it in her room.
First Threshold from Afar: outside the police station.
Threshold Guardian: the officer.
Backstory of Hero 2: Toby is into drugs and a prostitute.
Meeting Hero 2: Toby brought out.
Outer Cave: at the restaurant.
Middle Cave: inside Toby's room.
Foreshadow of the Transformation: maybe I'll be a blonde.
Resisting the Inner Cave: Bree calls and lies to Margaret.
Inner Cave: Bree agrees to take Toby home.
Consciously agreeing to the Transformation: Toby refuses the drugs.
Physical Separation: on the road.
Journey to the Belly of the Whale: in the car.
Resisting the Belly of the Whale: Toby doesn't want to go home.
Developing Characters and Relationships: Filling up at the gas station; Toby hides his money.
Developing Characters and Relationships: arriving at a hotel; Toby lying naked.
Resisting the Belly of the Whale: Toby repeats he doesn't want to go home.
Developing Characters and Relationships: waking up in the morning.
Developing Characters and Relationships: driving in the car; talking Lord of the Rings.
Push to the Belly of the Whale: Turning off to Calcun.
Resisting the Belly of the Whale: Toby runs away.
Forced to the Belly of the Whale: Grandma gives Toby a hug.
Developing Characters and Relationships: grandma plucks out Bree's nasal hair.
Pushed to the Belly of the Whale: Bree fetches Toby's step dad.
Belly of the Whale:
Toby and his Dad have a fight; Dad's been abusing him.
Polarization: Bree apologises.
Polarization: Toby camps outside.
Push to the Physical Separation: Grandma tells Bree that Toby's Ma killed herself.
Physical Separation: Toby hitchhiking; Toby getting in the car.
Polarization: in the car; Toby won't talk to Bree; Toby insists on the drugs.
Polarization: in the café; I'm not his mother; sitting on the other side.
Creatures of the World of the Transformation: filling up at the gas station; the men watching.
Trial 1:
Outer Cave: Toby is camping out.
Preparing for the Outer Cave: Bree shopping for camping gear.
Outer Cave: Bree cooking.
Middle Cave: Going to the ladies room; do you think there are snakes around here.
Inner Cave: Toby talking about his dad by the campfire; Bree takes her pills.
Transformation 1:
Waking up; the bright idea; Bree will set him up in the telemarketing field.
In the car; working in a pet store is not very ambitious.
Trial 2:
In the café / store; Toby meets the girl.
The child reads Bree.
Bree phones Margaret.
The girl kisses Toby.
Transformation: (Bree acting as a mother) Bree wants to be introduced to Toby's new friend.
Resisting the Transformation: "..Margaret, I don't think I'm cut out to be a mother…"
Trial 3:
Forced to the Transformation: Bree forced to pray at the table.
Acting like Mother: eat your vegetables; a condition for buying the hat is not to do drugs.
Resisting the Transformation: Toby does drugs.
Transforming: Toby gives Bree the hat.
Celebration: Toby hanging out of the window of the car.
Journey to a (glimpse of ) the New World: why are we going to Dallas?
Warning: I hope you'll be on your best behaviour.
Threshold Guardian: Marianne welcomes them.
Outer Cave:
New World: Bree surprised to be at the Gender Pride meeting.
Initiates: Marianne passes the word that Toby doesn't know.
Middle Cave:
Creatures of the New World: the characters at the party.
Inner Cave: Toby almost sees Bree undressed, not ready to reveal herself.
Regression:
Driving; what did you study?
Proximity: Blowing bubbles.
Deception Revealed: Toby sees that Bree has a penis.
Polarization: Toby ignores Bree; continues smoking.
Polarization: Toby doesn't speak to Bree in the car.
Journey to the Communion: Toby wants to go to Sammy's Wigwam.
Foreshadow of the Oracle: seeing the hitcher.
Communion: Toby tells that she has a Dick.
Communion: Bree walks away.
Communion: Arguing in the car; Bree tells Toby about the operation she wants.
Meeting the Oracle: Picking up the hitcher.
Meeting the Oracle: The hitcher endears himself.
Communion: The hitcher and Toby get undressed and swim in the pool.
Developing Characters and Relationships: talking while swimming.
Communion: Toby doesn't think Bree is a freak, just a liar.
Oracle Reveals: The hitcher steals the car.
Pushed to the Sword: walking and hitching the ride.
World of the Sword: on the back of the truck.
Seizing the Sword [Toby]: Toby picks up someone in the toilet and gets some money.
Seizing the Sword [Bree]: Bree meets Calvin Manygoats and gets a ride and a place to stay.
Developing Characters and Relationships: Bree sits with Calvin on the porch; "..keeps the dogs off the porch…"
Developing Characters and Relationships: Bree has the hots for Calvin.
Developing Characters and Relationships: the hat keeps the sun off my face better than a headband and a couple of eagle feathers.
Threshold Guardian: Bree goes to the powder room; Toby tries to tell Calvin that there's more to her than she's letting on.
Seizing the Sword: Calvin gives Bree his phone number and Toby a hat.
Near Death Experience: Toby asks for Sidney at the door; Elisabeth closes the door on him.
Resisting the Atonement: On the grass.
Atonement with the Father: Bree knocks on the door; Mom and Dad it's me.
Apotheosis: with her Dad; it's Subrina! we love you but we don't respect you; meeting Sidney; he's your grandson.
Ultimate Boon: the parents treat Toby really well.
Journey to / Foreshadow of the Elixir: Bree needs to borrow $1000 for the airfare.
Transforming: Bree gets ready and steals the tablets.
Transformation (New Clothes): Bree in her dress; Elizabeth combs Toby's hair.
Resisting the Transformation: arriving at dinner; Bree has to pull out Elizabeth's chair.
Transformation: the joint photo; Toby pulls out Bree's chair.
Journey to / Foreshadow of the Elixir: Bree asks to borrow $1000 for the airfare.
Guardain of the Elixir: Elizabeth tries to dissuade Bree from the operation.
Guardain of the Elixir: Elizabeth offers the money on condition that Toby stays.
Guardain of the Elixir: Elizabeth running after Toby.
Foreshadow of the Elixir: Bree wishes that they could just look at her and see her; Bree agrees to let Toby come and live with her.
Disgust / Refusal: Toby tries to sleep with Bree; Bree tells him she's his father.
Magic Flight:
Bree pursues Toby.
Bree recovers from the punch.
Toby disappears; putting out an APB.
Crossing the Return Threshold: Bree returns to the hospital and gets the operation.
Obstacle: after the operation; Bree unhappy that Toby has disappeared.
Obstacle: Toby in LA on the beach, taking drugs.
Master of Two Worlds: Bree a woman now.
Transformed: Bree a waitress, not a busboy now; learning Spanish.
Transformed: Toby doing porn as a blonde.
Freedom to Live: Toby turns up at Bree's door.
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Reading the Kama Sutra or the Perfumed Garden and learning the positions outlined in them will bring you numerous sexual positions to give you and your partner huge satisfaction in your sex life.
The 3 top best sex positions are culled from the two works above, and also the life of Casanova.
There seems to been, in our ancient past, an extensive knowledge of a lady’s erogenous zones, including by not limited to the clitoris, the G-spot and T-Zone…all having to do with pagan sexual rights and knowledge, as well as the sacred writings of India and China.
In fact, the early treatise such as the Tantra has classified the sexual act in much greater detail than even could be imagined in our own day.
There are three powerhouse positions that stand out in the human experience as very special, and they are indeed the top 3 best sex positions in history. They are the Crab (modified doggy style), Dok-al-Arz (translated from Arabic as ‘pounding the spot’, a sitting position), and the Horse position (a modified missionary position).
The Crab:
This is NOT the doggy style, as in that pose - the woman has her head parallel with the floor (or the bed). She is on all fours, but her head is down, touching the bed, and her arms stretched out in front of her for balance and support.
The man enters from the rear, and begins a slow and rhythmical thrusting. In this position you have some clitoral stimulation, but lots of G-spot stimulation if aim for this area. You will also have the thrill of pure sex.
You have deep penetration, and your hands are free to explore your partner’s body. You can also raise the head of your partner till it is parallel with the bed, or even higher, adjusting your thrusting the whole time.
Dok-al-Arz.
This is the most famous position mentioned in the classic Arab work on sex (from the early 1400s), called the Perfume Garden.
This is recommended if you wish the woman to love you afterwards. It is quite simple to achieve. The man will sit on the edge of the bed, with his legs firmly on the floor.
The woman will mount him, face to face, inserting his penis as she mounts. She will then wrap her legs around the man’s waste.
There is no thrusting in this position, only some circular motion, as in a belly dance. The woman is in control, and there is maximum clitoral and G-spot stimulation, even T-Zone at the back of the uterus. When orgasm arrives, it is profound and long-lasting.
The Horse.
This is a favorite mention in works of Tao of Sex, and gives the man a maximum time for this erection, and the woman has a deep penetration, and super G-spot stimulation, as well and full T-Zone.
The woman is placed on her back on a high-raise bed or table. The man must be standing and able to offer a full pelvic swing.
The woman’s legs are spread apart and raised at knee length towards her chest, exposing her genital area.
The man then penetrates the woman, and begins thrusting. The thrusting should follow four short thrusts followed by one or two complete and deep thrusts. The motion must be slow and rhythmical and not forced.
Sooner than you might expect, due to all the stimulation, the woman will arrive at a spectacular orgasm.
Naturally there are almost endless variations to these, but throughout the ages, there are the top 3 best positions in history.
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Maureen Dowd was on Imus the other morning plugging her new book, “Are Men Necessary”; a book I plan to buy so I can get some slightly demented insight into the mind of a troubled woman. During the interview, Imus and his sidekick Charles challenged Ms. Dowd about a female perception she had just suggested that all heterosexual men froth at the mouth at the mere mention of a trip to a strip club or the possibility of a cat fight or the chance two women might lock in lesbian love making. Imus proclaimed that he, even amidst the weakness of lowly cocaine induced comas and vodka fed stupors, never stepped inside a topless joint. Charles nodded his head in brotherhood like the bobble-head doll he is sometimes. Their point being, not all men are beasts; that some have evolved above such shameful sexual servitude.
A couple of things.
First, Imus and Charles are probably lying through their coffee stained teeth about visiting strip clubs.
Second, I have frequented such establishments years ago. I eventually concluded that go-go bars are places where prematurely balding, man-boobed, middle aged business men hire enterprising young shapely women, forming a convenient unholy alliance of distrust to tap into the cash cow created when injured fragile male egos are deceived by alcohol induced sexual fantasy. All the females need to do is squirm provocatively while whispering real sweet nothings into customers’ hair filled ears. And if carried out correctly, the dollars shoot out of the slobbering stooges like ATMs in gleeful male orgasm. Make no mistake about it; the dancer is always in control of the patron. And when she is not, she moves on to the next penis clad cash machine. The only cost to her is to turnover some obscene percentage of the take to her sleazy male boss. It’s a business after all, and business is still a male dominated endeavor.
Third, if one has ever listened to Imus for more than an hour, one knows he and his cronies takes delight in sexually stereotyping and demeaning women. This idea that Charles and he are better than that is all part of the act.
For instance, a few minutes further into the same interview, Imus commented on the “balls” it took for Maureen Dowd to write a particular op-ed piece about Judith Miller—a remark that she quickly and graciously accepted with a simple and sweet, “thank you”. Although I haven’t checked, I’m going to go out on a limb and say that Ms. Dowd does not have testicles. So why was she so quick to acknowledge and accept what I’m guessing she felt was a compliment? I’m pretty sure that bravery, fearlessness, strength, and conviction—all nice attributes to have when kept in check by common sense—are not gender assigned. And I’m positive they are not a function of male genitalia. I’m equally convinced that reluctance, fearfulness, and weakness do not require one to have a vagina.
It’s one thing, a very feeble thing at that, for Imus and his crew or even Jon Stewart and Al Franken for that matter—all professed non-chauvinists—to use male-centric language in an “equal opportunity” way; misguided into believing that somehow they are treating women and men equally.
It is another thing though for Maureen Dowd to acknowledge and welcome her inclusion into the club. She could have simply said, “Imus are you suggesting that I have to be a man to be tough?”
I am sure if asked Maureen Dowd would say without hesitation that she is a feminist or at least a proponent of feminist beliefs. Why then did she let Imus off the hook and indulge in the myth?
Like many things about feminists, I don’t get it. They can be their own worst enemy from time to time—just like Democrats when they run a national campaign.
Here is another example of something I don’t get. Why do some corporate feminists find short tight skirts, plunging necklines and push-up bras to be the business suit of choice? I suppose they might argue, just as strippers might, that they are simply using their power over men to get what they want. And on some level I understand that argument: play into the male need to be the sexual alpha dog as long as the targeted objective is personal gain. This attitude however strikes me as feeding the very stereotyping and sexism women want to end, which leads me into a short discussion of another dilemma I have with feminism. Within the last few years, I have been introduced to the forefront of feminist thought. Well not introduced exactly, more like pummeled. Here is what I have learned. I have something called. “white male privilege”. Essentially, whether I consciously or subconsciously acknowledge that privilege, it doesn’t matter. I have it and I need to “own it”. I’m pretty sure that means I have to fess up to it and wear it like a scarlet letter (although a white penis will do just fine). Believe me! I understand the importance of the concept. The dried blood tracking from my ears is proof positive of the difficulties and hard work it took me to reach that understanding.
But that’s as far as the feminists have taken me. I’m afraid to tell them but it’s like a false crescendo. It can’t be the end of the symphony. Okay, so I “own” white male privilege. What next? There must be more. Am I supposed to give it up someday? Is it like owning an unregistered gun? Will there be a turn-in-your-white-male-privilege amnesty day? I’d be more than happy to if I just knew when, where and to whom? Or come to think of it, maybe not. What takes its place? Or worse, who gets it next? Gee, maybe I should take advantage of it more consciously while I still have it.
Anyway, in the meantime, as I meander aimlessly, I’m going to refrain from saying stuff like, “Hey that Barbara Boxer, she sure has some pouch of brass nuggets on her.” I will also try to be more cognizant of this privilege I have and renounce it at every turn. It’s all I can do until I get further instructions.
You know, I can’t help but think if reincarnation happens, I might want to come back as an earthworm. They have both the male and female sex organs. When they mate they impregnate each other. Everything is “even up”. And the result is that they are a pretty happy bunch. You don’t hear about earthworms having male/female issues. Okay so they have other issues—fish hooks being a big one. But quite frankly, I’m not sure that is any worse; sometimes I think it is a whole lot better.
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Lesson Purpose:
Your body is a precious gift that should be properly nourished, cleansed, and kept free from harmful substances. By preserving the sanctity of your body, you keep it as a holy temple for your spirit.
The Lesson
“And the LORD God formed man [of] the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.” Bible, Genesis 2:7
“If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.” Bible, 1Cor 3:17
“If anything is sacred the human body is sacred.” Walt Whitman, I Sing the Body Electric.
“For the body at best
Is a bundle of aches,
Longing for rest;
It cries when it wakes.” Edna St. Vincent Millay, Moriturus
Robert Lewis Stevenson is an example of a person living with his body. I realize that not everyone has a healthy body and that they have to compromise to meet their life's objectives. Robert Lewis Stevenson died in the last decade of the nineteenth century at age forty-four. One of the greatest writers of all time, he said that there was never a day in his life that he was not ill and that he felt strong enough to get out of bed. But he said that if he didn't get up, nothing would be accomplished that day. So he got up and wrote the wonderful literature for young and old that will be enjoyed as long as man can pull a chair up to a lamp and read.
We don't have to go back that far, do we? We have a young mother in our town who is horribly crippled and raising her children on her own. She is a beautiful creature with long black hair that drops down to her waste. I sometimes see her down by the town lake. Crutches in both hands and braces on her legs, she struggles to walk around the lake. I go up to her and ask her is she is okay. Can I take her back to her car? She gives me her beautiful smile and says, “I'm going to try and make it.”
Her picture was in the paper the other day. Habitat for Humanity is building her a house. She is so happy and what did she say? “I'm going to work on that house too.” And she will. Why? Because she has too, to achieve what she wants to get out life. (Note: I worked on her home and three others while living in Arizona. She lives in it today with her two children, a boy and a girl.)
Most of us have reasonably healthy bodies. We should be grateful to God for that. If people with terrible ailments press on in their lives despite the suffering, we should strive to use our bodies to help others. And that's what we do, isn't it? We go to work. We go shopping for groceries. We pack the kids in the car and take them off to school and sports activities. We are on the run all the time! And that is why we have to stop and think and ask ourselves, “Am I taking care of the body that God gave me? Do I give my body enough rest? Do I give my body enough exercise? Do I feed my body the right foods? Am I putting dangerous chemicals and drugs into my body?
When did I last have the doctor give me a checkup?”
We are what we eat, they say. And that's what we like to do most, isn't it? EAT! There are two problems here related to Quality and Quantity. You can eat all the carrots, lettuce, watermelon, and other such vegetables and fruits that you want without ill effects. Why? There are few calories, but lots of vitamins and minerals that you need.
You can't eat all the meat, ice cream, cake, hamburgers, hot dogs, cheese, and such, without getting too much fat and too many calories.
Moderation is the key, isn't it? Sure it is! If you eat lots of fruits and vegetables and much less meat, ice cream, cake, hamburgers, French fries, fried onion rings, etc., you will have more energy and vigor.
Many folks are overweight which leads to heart decease, diabetes and other ailments. To lose weight, I have to write down my daily intake of food item by item on a sheet of paper so that I don't over do it. By doing that, I automatically say: “Hey! I’m eating too darn much.” When I first started doing this, I would count the calories and stopped when I reached my limit. I found this not necessary. Just jotting down the items slows me down.
We need exercise too. They say that we old folks need at least three thirty-minute exercise periods every week and that hefting a few weights can keep our muscles strong. I walk around the track at our high school pumping five pound weights.
Younger people get plenty of exercise, at least most of them, but they still need to watch what they eat.
Tired about me talking about Korea? Well, this isn't one of my war stories. It's a fact that the doctors working in aid stations and field hospitals in Korea, many who had served in WW II, found that the arteries of the Korean GI’s were heavily laden with plaque. Much more than what the doctors saw in WW II. The reason was that those that went into W.W.II lived during the “kettle of beans” era of America called the Great Depression.
The diet was not HIGH FAT.
We ate a lot of vegetables. Our mother's canned fruits and tomatoes. I remember carrying jars of fruit and vegetables down our basement steps until my arms dropped off.
Then came the hamburger era.
When the war brought money into the land of the poor, we went on a richer diet. We loved ice cream and hamburgers and hot dogs and French fries. When I was in high school and, even later after the Korean War, at the university, a good lunch was hamburgers with fries. I paid for it. Years in industry, after I left teaching engineering at Iowa State University, required lots of travel and lots of meals away from home. I traveled to England, Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Holland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Mexico, Japan, Korea, and on one trip, I flew around the world, crossing the Great Soviet Union after flying over Finland, and then dropping down into Japan.
We ate and ate and ate!
Wherever we went, we ate like hogs.
After I retired and was editor of an industrial magazine, I flew to Mexico, Ecuador and Columbia. In Columbia, I was escorted by guards with machine guns. But I didn't eat fatty foods.
The reason was that I had bypass surgery and no longer was allowed to eat artery-blocking goodies. My first surgery was in 1992. In the spring of 2005, one of the grafts was replaced and I was supplied with the aortic valve of a hog (which seems appropriate).
So, what should we eat?
The “Nutrition Action Healthletter,” published by the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest, 1875 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20009 says that the following are good things to eat: oranges, whole-grain bread, cantaloupe, broccoli, sweet potatoes, watermelon, beans, salmon or other fatty fish, all-bran or 100% bran cereals, spinach, and kale.
Salmon and other fatty fishes reduce the chance of a sudden-death heart attack. All-bran and 100% bran reduce the risk of cancer and heart disease.
When you shop for groceries, read the labels. Quaker 100% Natural Oats & Honey Granola sure sounds healthy to me. Not so says the Center. Too much sugar and fat. Look for a low-fat variety from Mister Quaker if you want granola. Many plastic-bag items like chips are loaded with fat and salt. Breakfast sandwiches are packed with fat. Pizza is loaded with fat. Buy a low-fat brand or eat in moderation. Donuts and such are loaded with sugar and fat. Look for fat-free varieties. Noodles and such by themselves are not high in fat, but when you fry them they are. Canned soups can be loaded with salt. Read the labels.
Breakfast eating out: Well, Denny's Slim Slam is much better for you than the Grand Slam.
What about meat? My wife lives without it, and she doesn't feed me much. Some meat, or equivalent, is essential to good health, but purchase lean cuts and eat in moderation. Use it as a garnish more than the main part of the meal. I make spaghetti using chicken as the meat instead of meat balls. You can eat turkey burgers rather than hamburgers.
What about pork? When I was a boy, I use to work at a hog farm owned by our church. Stink! Wow! The pigs were as big as cars. When I drove through Iowa in 1956, the pigs were still huge. When I went back to teach at Iowa State University in 1966, the pigs had shrunk. They got smaller still by the time I left in 1974. All this was accomplished through breeding and diet. The pigs were slimming down. Lean pork can have a lot less fat than some beef cuts. Read the labels at the supermarket.
Everyday eat: cereal, fruit, vegetables, little or no meat, and fish once or twice a week.
My wife doesn't cook fish and the trout I catch don't have much omega-3 fatty acid. I take the pills. Take a multipurpose vitamin and consider taking extra vitamin C, especially during the cold season.
Physical Examinations
Middle-aged men should have an annual physical. Men are subject to prostate problems. The problem is enlargement with the distinct possibility of cancer. (My friend died a few weeks ago after an eight-year fight with prostate cancer. A sad lose.)
Women are subject to breast and ovarian cancer and need checkups before middle age.
Any person having a family history of heart disease, diabetes, cancer, or other ailment, should notify their doctor of this fact.
Remember to Exercise
Walking is good. When you are young, you can be as vigorous in exercise as you want. (There may be exceptions.) When you are old, walking is the best exercise, or perhaps swimming. My wife swims three times a week. On her 70th birthday, she swam 70 laps at the Olympic pool.
Golf is good if you walk the course pushing your bag by hand cart or carrying it. Driving around the course in a motorized cart is not quite as healthy, but you can still get a lot of exercise if you are a bad golfer and spend lots of time in the rough. England is good for golf. They usually don't have motorized carts and the rough is really rough. I do love playing golf in England with the brassy weather and the foxes scampering out of the brush and the kids running out on the course stealing your balls, and all such fun.
Keep your body clean and lean if possible. If not, keep it fat and clean. But obesity is a major health risk for heart attack and cancer.
Make sure you get enough sleep and resttoo, and make sure you take time out for recreation to alleviate the stresses of out times.
For The Little Children
Mr. Brown set on the front porch watching the cars go by.
Freddy said, “I've never see Mr. Brown out of that chair.”
Peter replied, “That's because Mr. Brown never gets out of that chair. He brings it out in the morning and sits there until after dark.”
“Yes,” Freddy said, “He's in that chair even in the winter and late at night. The only difference is that he goes inside the house when it’s too cold outside.”
Peter nodded his head. “Yes, all he needs is that chair and that radio blasting away.”
One day, two of Mr. Brown's older sons came to the front of the house with an ax. Freddy said, “What are they up to now? I've never seen the Brown boys work. They just horse around all day.”
Peter said, “I think they are going to cut down that tree.”
Freddy replied, “What makes you think they can use an ax. They'll probably cut off a foot.”
The Brown boys started swinging the ax at the tree. They chipped the tree here and there but they couldn't seem to get the hang of it.
“I can't believe it!” said Peter.
“You can't believe what?” asked Freddy.
“Mr. Brown is getting out of that rocking chair!”
“I’ll be!” said Peter.
“Give me that ax!” said Mr. Brown. "You boys don't know how to swing an ax." He took the ax and started swinging like Paul Bunyan. He knew how to use an ax and the chips were flying.
Freddy said, “Look how red his face is getting.”
“More like blue,” said Peter.
Then poor Mr. Brown fell to the ground. The Brown boys called their mother and she came running out of the house. She send one of the boys to use the Neighbor’s telephone to call an ambulance. But it was too late. Poor Mr. Brown was dead by the time the ambulance arrived. He had a massive heart attack. Mrs. Brown was crying.
Peter and Freddy felt sad. They told the Brown boys they were sorry.
Later, Freddy told his father what happened. His father said, “It's too bad. He wasn't in good enough health to cut down a tree. You have to keep fit to do that kind of work. You have to know your own limitations.” Freddy said, “I’ll try to remember that, Father. When I'm old, I will walk a lot like Grandfather does. I’ll try to keep healthy and strong.”
His father smiled at him and said, “You are thinking good, Son.”
Yes, this is a true story. The names were changed.
Copyright©2001-2005 by Taylor Jones, John T. Jones, Ph.D.
