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"FOR YOUR WAIST-TO-HIP RATIO: Divide your waist measurement by your hip measurement. A waist-to-hip ratio of 0.7 for women and 0.9 for men is considered safe. A waist-to-hip ratio of 1.0 or more is considered high risk for heart disease, diabetes, and cancers of the breast and prostate. raise levels of certain hormones (like estrogen and insulin), which may stimulate tumor growth. The good news is that many elements of a cancer-prevention lifestyle, especially diet and regular exercise, are also major weapons in the fight against obesity." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.)

"Unfortunately, osteoporosis has SPEAKING OF SIGNS no early warning signs; its first indication may be the dowager hump, or a broken bone or hip. The hump can also be a telltale sign or tuberculosis, a spinal tumor or injury, or degenerative arthritis. (See Stiff Joints, below.) The spine is a series of bones running down your back. You sit on one end of it and your head sits on the other. —Anonymous WARNING SIGN An osteoporosis-related hip fracture is a warning sign of increased risk of death. Nearly 1 out of 4 people older than 50 who break a hip die in the year following the fracture." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"She mentioned that one leg was shorter than the other and her hip hurt. So I asked her to go and look in the mirror and tell me if one hip was higher than the other. Her right one was. So I said, "What would it be like if they were even?" She mentioned that her hips felt funny. I told her to look in the mirror again. Her hips had evened out. The pain was gone. —Marie The Healing Power of a Mother's Love 1 have been healed long distance. I hurt my thumb. The doctors took X-rays and said the thumb was broken and a tendon had been ripped off, and that I would need surgery." - Richard Bartlett, Matrix Energetics: The Science and Art of Transformation (Get the book.)

"Then divide the waist measurement by the hip measurement. Ideally, if your hips are wider than your waist, the ratio is not more than 1.0. Since women naturally have broader hips than men, we expect their ratio to be a little lower. Men should be 0.9 or less. When they approach 1.0, they are just starting to develop a potbelly. A man with a 34-inch waist and 38-inch hips would have a ratio of 0.9. If he gains weight, it would be quite typical for him to first distribute fat on both waist and hips. For example, he might add two inches to each measurement, for a 36-inch waist and 40-inch hips." - Covert Bailey, Smart Exercise: Burning Fat, Getting Fit (Get the book.)

"Next, measure your hip circumference toward the top of your buttocks. Now use a calculator to divide your waist measurement by your hip measurement. For example, if your waist is fifty-four inches and your hips are forty inches, your waist-hip ratio is 1.35. Here is what the different ratios mean: • If your ratio is 0.95 (men) or 0.80 (women) or less, you have a low risk of developing prediabetes and diabetes and are not overweight. • If your ratio is 0.96 to 1.0 (men) or 0.81 to 0.85 (women), you have a moderate risk. • If your ratio is 1.1 (men) or 0." - Jack Challem, Stop Prediabetes Now: The Ultimate Plan to Lose Weight and Prevent Diabetes (Get the book.)

"After the peak in the market, business reporting took a major hit in reaction to declining public interest. hip business magazines like Red Herring, the Industry Standard, and others went out of business. Viewership of major business television networks took a hit. Sales of business books fell sharply after 2000. Attention to the stock market by surviving newspapers also declined. According to my search of Lexis-Nexis, the number of articles mentioning the stock market in major U.S. newspapers more than tripled from 1990 to 1998, buoyed for a while by news about various financial scandals." - Brian Fagan, Floods, Famines, and Emperors: El Nino and the Fate of Civilizations (Get the book.)

"Now use a calculator to divide your waist measurement by your hip measurement. For example, if your waist is fifty-four inches and your hips are forty inches, your waist-hip ratio is 1.35. Here is what the different ratios mean: • If your ratio is 0.95 (men) or 0.80 (women) or less, you have a low risk of developing prediabetes and diabetes and are not overweight. • If your ratio is 0.96 to 1.0 (men) or 0.81 to 0.85 (women), you have a moderate risk. • If your ratio is 1.1 (men) or 0.86 (women) or higher, you have a high risk. Are You Prediabetic or Overweight?" - Jack Challem, Stop Prediabetes Now: The Ultimate Plan to Lose Weight and Prevent Diabetes (Get the book.)

"So I asked her to go and look in the mirror and tell me if one hip was higher than the other. Her right one was. So I said, "What would it be like if they were even?" She mentioned that her hips felt funny. I told her to look in the mirror again. Her hips had evened out. The pain was gone. —Marie The Healing Power of a Mother's Love 1 have been healed long distance. I hurt my thumb. The doctors took X-rays and said the thumb was broken and a tendon had been ripped off, and that I would need surgery. I called my mommy (my practitioner) and asked for assistance." - Richard Bartlett, Matrix Energetics: The Science and Art of Transformation (Get the book.)

"This position over-stresses the hip flexor muscles that extend from the front of your lumbar spine to just below your hip joint. If these muscles are tense or taut, pressure is put on your lower back. You can relax these muscles by bending at the hips; flex (bend) one or both of your hips. Assuming a hips-flexed position will help protect your lower back from irritation. 4. Don't bend your neck too far backwards or forward. Overly bending your neck (particularly backwards) may place excessive stress on the cervical curve of your spine. 5." - James H. Wheeler and James A. Peterson, Doctors Guide to Back Pain Relief: The Goodbye Back and Neck Pain Handbook (Get the book.)

"Anonymous WARNING SIGN An osteoporosis-related hip fracture is a warning sign of increased risk of death. Nearly 1 out of 4 people older than 50 who break a hip die in the year following the fracture. Many of those who survive will require long-term care because they're left with significant trouble walking. UNGAINLY GAIT UNSTEADINESS If your elderly aunt seems unsteady on her feet, or tends to lean backward when standing or even sitting, it may be a sign of a newly recognized posture disorder named psychomotor disadaptation syndrome (PDS)." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"This position over-stresses the hip flexor muscles that extend from the front of your lumbar spine to just below your hip joint. If these muscles are tense or taut, pressure is put on your lower back. You can relax these muscles by bending at the hips; flex (bend) one or both of your hips. Assuming a hips-flexed position will help protect your lower back from irritation. 4. Don't bend your neck too far backwards or forward. Overly bending your neck (particularly backwards) may place excessive stress on the cervical curve of your spine. 5." - James H. Wheeler and James A. Peterson, Doctors Guide to Back Pain Relief: The Goodbye Back and Neck Pain Handbook (Get the book.)

"And, in fact, there are numerous studies that have appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association that show a significant increase in hip fractures in areas with fluoridated water. In addition, The New England Journal of Medicine reported that fluoride treatment of osteoporosis patients resulted in higher hip fracture rates." - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.)

"They are used to make rose hip syrup, a nourishing drink for young children. The tannin content of rose hips makes them a gentle remedy for diarrhea. The hips are mildly diuretic. Additionally, dog rose hips reduce thirst and alleviate gastric inflammation. Description Deciduous shrub growing to about 5 ft (1.5 m). Has a smooth stem, sharp thorns, serrated leaves with 2—3 pairs of leaflets, semidouble deep pink or red flowers and scarlet hips. Habitat & Cultivation Native to the Middle East, the rose is not now found in the wild except as a garden escape." - Andrew Chevallier, The Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants (Get the book.)

"She became so active, in fact, that she fell down and fractured her hip! Previously considered a high surgical risk, L.G. underwent a successful hip replacement operation. Her blood level was 4.8 pg/ml on 300 mg of coenzyme Qi0 daily, an ideal level for her severe cardiac condition. Supplementation with Coenzyme Q10 What can we learn from L.G.'s case? First of all, research indicates that if levels of coenzyme Qio decline by 25 percent, our organs may become deficient and impaired. When levels decline by 75 percent, serious tissue damage and even death may occur." - Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology (Get the book.)

"For everyone, without enough vitamin D, bones become brittle, key hip and leg muscles become weak, and the chance of falling and breaking bones soars. When people this old break hips," Greg nodded toward Gozei, "they usually die very quickly." "But I thought staying out in the sun too long gave you cancer, especially with all these changes in the ozone layer," I said. "Sure, if you burn easily and don't get much sun in the first place," Greg rejoined, still whispering. "It's different now than it was for our parents—you don't want to go out and fry yourself." - Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest (Get the book.)

"But in herbal healing, rhis planr becomes noteworthy only aftet the velvety petals have fallen away, revealing the rusry-colored, cherry-shaped rose hips, or Rose hip / Nutritional Value Per 100 j Edible Portion Hips, Dried Hips, Dried Calories 341 Sodium 4,600 mg Protein 13.3 g Zinc trace Fat » 8 Manganese 4.000 mg Fiber 30.0 g Beta Carotene (A) 7,015 IU Calcium 810 mg Thiamine (Bi) 0.380 mg Iron trace Riboflavin (B2) 0.720 mg Magnesium 139 mg Niacin (B,) 6." - Dianne Onstad, Whole Foods Companion: A Guide For Adventurous Cooks, Curious Shoppers, and lovers of natural foods (Get the book.)

"Consider these facts about exercise and weight, which will inspire you to lace up your sneakers: According to researchers, women 40-66 years of age who accumulate 10,000 or more steps a day have a significantly lower percent body fat, waist, and hip circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, and body mass index compared to inactive women.2 Individuals who successfully lose weight exercise enough to burn an average of 2,600-2,800 calories per week.3 This may seem like a lot, but let's break it down: 2,800 calories a week equals 400 calories a day equals. . . an average 4 miles per day ..." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

"Rosa Mosqueta Rose hip Seed Oil ($12.98 for 0.36 ounce) contains nothing more than organic rose hip seed oil. It is a soothing, nonvolatile plant oil that is often touted for its vitamin C content. Although fresh rose hip seed oil is rich in this vitamin, most of this nutrient is destroyed during the drying and processing necessary to cteate products like this. Still, this product can be a good spot trearment for patches of very dry skin. © Sea Buckthorn with Ester-C Antioxidant Serum ($15-98for 0.36ounce)." - Paula Begoun and Bryan Barron, Don't Go to the Cosmetics Counter Without Me, 7th Edition (Get the book.)

"A rose hip is actually a receptacle that encloses the true fruits of the plant, called the ach-enes, or "seeds." Some linguists contend that the original English word for rose was hip. Rosehips were once regarded as sacred. In fact, during the Middle Ages, the Catholic rosary was so named because rosehips were once used to count the prayers as they were being said. Come to think of it, the beads of the rosary do, indeed, resemble smooth, elongated rosehips, similar to the graceful fruits adorning many species of roses." - John Heinerman, Heinerman's Encyclopedia of Healing Herbs and Spices (Get the book.)

"They are used to make rose hip syrup, a nourishing drink for young children. The tannin content of rose hips makes them a gentle remedy for diarrhea. The hips are mildly diuretic. Additionally, dog rose hips reduce thirst and alleviate gastric inflammation. Description Deciduous shrub growing to about 5 ft (1.5 m). Has a smooth stem, sharp thorns, serrated leaves with 2? pairs of leaflets, semidouble deep pink or red flowers and scarlet hips. Habitat & Cultivation Native to the Middle East, the rose is not now found in the wild except as a garden escape." - Andrew Chevallier, The Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants (Get the book.)

"Some linguists contend that the original English word for rose was hip. Rosehips were once regarded as sacred. In fact, during the Middle Ages, the Catholic rosary was so named because rosehips were once used to count the prayers as they were being said. Come to think of it, the beads of the rosary do, indeed, resemble smooth, elongated rosehips, similar to the graceful fruits adorning many species of roses. In general, species roses are easier to care for than hybrids, and they also tend to produce more succulent hips for eating." - John Heinerman, Heinerman's Encyclopedia of Healing Herbs and Spices (Get the book.)

"Prejudices: Second Series, 1920 Contents Foreword: "So hip, So Quickly" xi part one Neurons, Incorporated one Who Medicated Iowa? 3 two The Commerce of Mood 2 2 three The Triumph of Biological Psychiatry 60 four American Misery 100 part two A Series of Alternative Approaches five Cogito, Ergo Sum 139 six The Human Factor 168 seven The Sea Snail Syndrome 191 Postscript: Emotional Rescue 211 Acknowledgments 227 Notes 231 Index 267 Foreword "So hip, So Quickly" In 1988, almost by accident, I began working with homeless people suffering from mental illness in New York City." - Charles Barber, Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry Is Medicating a Nation (Get the book.)

"Determine the waist-to-hip ratio by dividing the waist measurement by the hip measurement. For men, a ratio of .90 or less is considered desirable. For women, a ratio of .80 or less is considered desirable. To measure waist circumference comfortably, measure the distance around the area one inch above the belly button. To measure hip circumference, comfortably measure the distance around the largest protrusion of the buttocks." - Michael T. Murray and Michael R. Lyon, Hunger Free Forever: The New Science of Appetite Control (Get the book.)

"Step 3: Measure your hips around the widest part of your hip bones. Tighten the tape without pressing your skin. Write down this number. Step 4: Compare your measurements to the following guidelines. FOR YOUR WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE: A larger waist circumference is associated with an increased risk for type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease in people with a high body mass index (BMI), between 25.0 and 34.9. For them, an unhealthy waist measurement is above 35 inches for women and above 40 inches for men." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.)

"Would safety be kept a priority when even some of the university's surgeons were high-paid consultants to the manufacturers of the pacemakers, the hip replacements, the metal spinal disks, and other devices they implanted in their patients? The university had plenty of rules for professors who worked for the industry. But the bottom line of each of these policies, based on my review of them in 2006, was that in many cases the conflict could be "managed" or explained away. Or the physician could get what university officials called a waiver." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.) "About 20 percent of people fracturing a hip die within five years. This problem appears to be escalating as people take more pills. The death rate from falls among Americans age sixty-five or older spiked by 5 5 percent between 1993 and 2003. In recent years, various drug companies have publicized this danger of falling, but they have not made it clear that medicines are often to blame. Instead, the companies have used the statistics on falls to create a new blockbuster pharmaceutical market for drugs they claim will reduce the chance of breaking a bone." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.)

"Most trials included nonvertebral or- hip fractures as an outcome, although some trials assessed vertebral fractures. In a meta-analysis of the trials [71], which numbered almost 10,000 women, there was a 23% reduction in nonvertebral fractures. When the daily vitamin D dose was only 10 pg (400 IU), there was no reduction in fracture risk. This finding is not unexpected because that low amount of vitamin D3 would result in only a small rise in serum 25(OH)D, approximately 7 to 10 nmol/ liter [65], and the subjects receiving this might not have 25(OH)D levels above 50 nmol/liter." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "Although men have a lower prevalence of osteoporosis than women, perhaps 25% as great, fragility fractures certainly occur in men, and some of these, particularly at the hip, carry a less favorable prognosis in men than for women. The most common osteoporotic fractures occur as compression deformities of the thoracic or lumbar spine. Although two-thirds of these do not acutely produce symptoms, they must not be viewed in any sense as benign events. Even mild compression fractures aggravate by four- to fivefold the short-term risk for subsequent fractures." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"This can lead to backache, hip pain, and constipation. • hip and back pain • Infertility, if the fibroid is blocking the fallopian tube • Miscarriage, if the fibroid is pressing on the cervix SYMPTOMS TREATMENT GOAL • Often, no symptoms are present • Painful periods • Heavy periods • Irregular periods • Bowel or bladder discomfort • Frequent urination/constipation Most fibroids do not require treatment. If the fibroids are causing complications, they may need to be removed. Conventional and complementary therapies focus on relieving the discomfort of symptoms." - Marshall Editions, 1000 Cures for 200 Ailments: Integrated Alternative and Conventional Treatments for the Most Common Illnesses (Get the book.)

"When you've taken note of this energy, move to your right hip. In what ways does this feel different? Now feel the energies inside your entire body by taking the path illustrated in figure 5. Focusing your awareness on different body parts by following this path is easy. It amounts to scanning your bodily energies from the crown of your head, to the tip of your spine, down your extremities on the right, and then down the left side of the body. After you practice this path once or twice, it becomes second nature. As you practice, spend some time at each stop." - Rick Levy and Lou Aronica, Miraculous Health: How to Heal Your Body by Unleashing the Hidden Power of Your Mind (Get the book.)

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