Gandhi's Health Guide

Millions of people today continue to be inspired by Mahatma Gandhi's teachings because he was a genuine man of God. He also was an original thinker with an inquiring mind who refused to accept untested principles. What many people may not know is that Gandhi's thoughts on health are as original as his thoughts on spirituality and politics. This book shows how his renunciation of Western medicine transformed the man and his ideas.
Gandhi's Health Guide



The great Mahatma Gandhi, at the age of 32 became a student of nature cure. First he became a vegetarian and then a fruitarian. After six months as a fruitarian, he said in his book - The Health Guide:
"A period of six months is all too short to arrive at any definite conclusions on such a vital matter as a complete change of diet. This, however, I can say, that during this period I have been able to keep well where others have been attacked by disease, and my physical as well as my mental powers are now greater than before. I may not be able to lift heavy loads, but I can do hard labor for much longer time without fatigue. I can also do more mental work and with better persistence and resoluteness. I have tried a fruit diet on many sickly people invariably with great advantage. My own experience, as well as my study of the subject has confirmed me in the conviction that a fruit diet is the best one for us." - Gandhi.

Gandhi's Health Guide


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If You Wouldn't Do This to a Dog, Why Do It to a Fish?

Anglers will have more than fishing on their minds when they see PETA's new billboard on the road to their favorite fishing hole.
No one would consider doing to a dog what some so casually do to fish—trick them into impaling themselves in the mouth and pull them into an environment where they can't breathe. But the fact is—fish feel pain just as all animals do.
When it comes to feelings, a child is a dog is a fish.
Sylvia Earle, one of the leading marine biologists and ocean explorers of our time, has spent thousands of hours diving and knows a thing or two about the denizens of the deep. “I never eat anyone I know personally,” says Earle. “I wouldn’t deliberately eat a grouper any more than I’d eat a cocker spaniel. They’re so good-natured, so curious. You know, fish really are sensitive, they have personalities, they hurt when they’re wounded.”Bass and basset hounds, cods and collies, all animals treasure their lives and feel pain.

Why do we throw a frisbee to some animals and a barbed hook to others?
Even when thrown back, fish are forced to endure a violent and frightening ordeal. Naturalist David Quammen has said: "I've had more and more trouble with catch-and-release fishing as time goes on. I've concluded that it's speciesist to tell ourselves it's a game to the fish. It's deadly mortal serious to them. These animals were hysterically fighting for survival ..."
Fishing is just as cruel as tossing Rover a biscuit on a hook and then reeling in the old boy. The only difference is that Rover is cute and cuddly. But don't let the scales and gills fool you: Those fish have feelings, too.
"Imagine using worms and flies to catch ... eagles and ospreys and hauling them around on 50 feet of line while they tried to get away. Then when you landed them, you'd release them. No one would tolerate that sort of thing with birds. But we will for fish because they're underwater and out of sight."

—Jack Turner, former angler

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Basil - queen of the herbs!

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I love Basil and use it almost every day.
I found through Jim site very interesting, informative site about Life Style.
There is about Basil too:

Basil leaves are known as the ‘queen of the herbs’.

The following are its health benefits:

• Benefit the immune system by increasing the number and activity of neutrophil cells, which are normally decreased by stress.
• Has an antimicrobial property useful in the topical treatment of ringworm.
• Basil can stop all the nasty symptoms of food poisoning, stomach flu, and general children ailments including diarrhea, and vomiting.
• Basil juice if taken for 6 months will allow for the easy expulsion of kidney stones via the urinary tract.
• Relieves migraines and headaches
• Aids in digestion • Excellent for treating many cancer
• Prevents heart diseases
• Improves immunity and hence protects against infection
• Helps lower blood sugar levels
• Relieves stress
• Good for skin infections, tooth infections
• Relieves cough and sore throat
• Very useful in the treatment of respiratory disorders
• Sharpens memory

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Tylenol May Cause Serious Liver Damage

If you take Tylenol for four days as directed you may be at risk of liver damage, says a new study.
Tylenol has been on the market for decades. Previous studies had shown that Tylenol in combination with hydrocodone caused liver damage - experts had thought the liver toxicity was associated with hydrocodone. This new study clearly shows that the Tylenol poses the risk, rather than the hydrocodone.

Researchers from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA, were surprised when they found out that the liver damage had nothing to do with the opiate (hydrocodone). They found a previously unrecognized but pretty remarkable effect of acetaminophen (Tylenol) alone when taken as directed for four days.

The scientists said that patients who really need Tylenol should not stop taking it. If they are concerned they should discuss their medication with their doctor before considering switching.

Tylenol is a popular painkiller taken by millions of people all over the world. It is an alternative to aspirin for people who are concerned about its gastrointestinal side-effects.


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