Month: July 2010

Grateful to be Alive! My July 4th Accident: Jonny Bowden’s Summer Diet Boot Camp

Today, I’m just grateful that I’m alive, writing to you.
That’s because on July 4th, I had a frightening, close encounter with a glass window that I never realized was even there.
I’m lucky to even be here today!
More specifically, without knowing it, I ran headlong into a large piece of glass, because it wasn’t covered with decorative decals.as these, these or these.
Ouch is a major understatement!
Right now, I’m still shaken up, wiped out and hit by a horrific headache, nose ache, etc.
Plus, my hand is still sore — somehow, in the middle of my accident, it got split open. (Thankfully, my cut got glued back together.)
My nose and side of my eye are sore, too. My face demonstrates (thankfully, not too obviously) that I got too friendly with a piece of glass.
But right now, I’m determined to keep an attitude of gratitude.
It could have been much, much, much, much worse!
My accident could have killed me.
Or, I could be in emergency care right now, battling for my life.
Yikes! The glass could have completely shattered, with shards splitting open my face rather than just giving me a few bruises and bang-ups from my sunglasses. My hand could have been cut up way, way worse than it was.
Anyhow, I’m grateful to be alive and relatively intact, even if it’s difficult to type right now.
Now that I’m so glad to be alive, I’d like tell you how grateful to you, dear readers. Thank you for your readership, support and connection.
I do hope that my close encounter with a piece of glass will inspire you to think about how grateful you are, too, for many things.
Stephanie gunning Coincidentally, last week I did a radio show about gratitude. I invite you to listen now to last week’s Gab with the Gurus Radio Show about gratitude with Stephanie Gunning.
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http://tinyurl.com/GratitudeGabWithGurusStephanie
It’s time to go to ice my face and head. But before I do that, let me share 2 quick things.
(1) Have you voted yet for the name of my next book (the follow-up to Sugar Shock?)
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Jonny bowden (2) If you’d like to shed wei*ght this summer, I urge you to join my friend Jonny Bowden’s inspiring Summer Diet Bootcamp Challenge and his other other amazing products. Jonny is a recognized health
and weight loss expert, who has helped thousands of people around the world. Learn more now:
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By the way, I’m a proud affiliate-partner of Jonny’s, and I’m excited to share this information with you. I’ve interviewed Jonny on numerous occasions, and his material is top-notch, and I gladly share this with you. While the link below earns me a little for telling you about this, I only provide it because I believe in it so highly.
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Grateful to be Alive! My July 4th Accident

Gratitude I’m so grateful that I’m alive today, writing to you.
That’s because on July 4th, I had a frightening, close encounter with a glass window that I never realized was even there.
More specifically, without knowing it, I ran headlong into a large piece of glass, because it wasn’t covered with a decorative decal such as these, these or these.
Right now, I’m still a bit shaken up.
Plus, my hand is still sore — somehow, in the middle of my accident, it got split open.
And my face demonstrates that I got too friendly with a piece of glass.
But right now, I’m determined to keep an attitude of gratitude.
It could have been much, much worse!
My accident could have killed me. I could be in emergency care right now, battling for my life.
The glass could have shattered, with shards splitting open my face rather than just have a few bruises and bang-ups from my sunglasses. My hand could have been cut up a lot more than it was.
Anyhow, I’m grateful to be alive and relatively intact, even if it’s difficult to type right now.
Also, now that I’m so glad to be alive, I’d like tell you how grateful to you, dear readers. Thank you for your readership, support and connection.
I do hope that my close encounter with a piece of glass will inspire you to think about how grateful you are, too, for many things.
I invite you to listen now to last week’s Gab with the Gurus Radio Show about gratitude with Stephanie Gunning.
Listen to internet radio with Gab With the Gurus on Blog Talk Radio.

High Fructose Consumption Linked to High Blood Pressure

The evidence keeps pouring in pointing to the dangers of fructose, which are found in soft drinks and most processed foods, from breads to cookies to crackers.
The latest study, which finds that people who consume the amount of fructose found in two-and-a-half soft drinks a day appear to have a higher risk of hypertension, appears in the current issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
People who took in at least 74 grams (about 18.5 tsp.) per day had 26% to 77% greater odds of crossing various thresholds of elevated blood pressure (P<0.05 for all), compared with lower levels of consumption, according to Diana Jalal, MD, of the University of Colorado Denver, and colleagues. "Limiting fructose intake is readily feasible, and, in light of our results, prospective studies are needed to assess whether decreased intake of fructose from added sugars will reduce the incidence of hypertension and the burden of cardiovascular disease in the U.S. adult population," they wrote online in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. One of the best ways to reduce your consumption of high fructose corn syrup is to just eliminate soft drinks. There is no human requirement for soda! To get a flavor for how soft drinks can pack on the pounds -- one that will make your stomach turn -- watch this "Pouring on the Pounds" ad from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.