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"DIVERTICULITIS • weight training Strengthens Intestines, Too File this item under those that don't often get discussed at the health club. Long-term, moderate weight training can speed up one's digestion by cutting the transit time of food as it moves through the intestines. That makes for healthier colons. Long transit times (28 hours, say, versus a more average 18) are associated with increased risk of diverticulitis, a kind of inflammation that results in intestinal-colon blockages." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.)

"After 45-60 days, if you are continuing to Juice Feast, your coach may advise you to begin weight training, as your body is now in a state of rebuilding as much or more than a state of cleansing. The possibility of weight training is new to the world of cleansing technologies, and is made possible by Juice Feasting—drinking sufficient quantities of green vegetable juice to provide the body with the nutrient-dense building blocks necessary to build lean body mass." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"Weight training: After eating right, the building of muscle tissue with weight training will be your greatest weight-gain maneuver of all! If your health condition allows, weight train for 30-60 minutes every other day. If you are too ill or weak to go a full 30 minutes, start with 5 or 10 minutes. Train 3 times a week, and take one full day each week for complete rest. Weight-training sessions should consist of the following: first, a 5-minute warm-up of stretching; second, the weight-training session itself; third, a 5-minute cool-down of more stretching." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"Add weight training to the mix and you get even more benefits. Weight training—or any weight-bearing exercise (e.g., body weight exercises like push-ups)—forces your muscles to work hard against resistance. This ultimately causes them to grow (or at the very least, not to atrophy). And that's a very good thing indeed. Most older people wind up in nursing homes largely because they are no longer mobile or strong enough to take care of themselves." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"But as a young adult, weight training or any sport that involves running or jumping will counteract the natural loss. The degree to which you can prevent the loss is impressive: one study found that women can double their leg strength in just a few months of weight training. Even women in their nineties can improve their strength and prevent this heartbreaking disease. 8. It boosts motivation. The road to successful aging really begins with desire, because without the desire to stay engaged and active and alive, people quickly fall into the death trap of being sedentary and solitary." - John J. Ratey, MD, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (Get the book.)

"Vigorous weight training can be equally damaging. It leads to abnormally enlarged, bloated muscle fibers that actually become dysfunctional and prone to injuries. Oversized muscles constantly use up a lot of precious energy (complex sugar reserves), energy that your body requires for its more important activities. weight training also adds excessive muscle tissue to parts of the body where it was never designed to be, thus hindering natural patterns of movement. Lifting heavy weights can also raise your blood pressure and increase the risk of strokes and aneurysms." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"I recommend that all of my patients exercise at least three times each week with thirty or more minutes of an aerobic session, and weight training twice weekly for bone health. Environmental Pollutants In the 1950s, one woman in twenty was likely to develop breast cancer; currently, one in nine is at risk. Exposure to environmental toxins is believed responsible for as much as 75 percent of all breast cancers." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"We also include superfoods and supplements during Juice Feasting as well as exercise (including weight training). These additions give a significant advantage in terms of remineralizing, rebuilding, and generally renourishing the body after so many years of diabetogenicity. The superfood concentrates help shift the body to a rebuilding, alkalizing physiology. Pushing the Reset Button The diabetogenic diet and lifestyle you knew in the past has created a mental and cellular memory that has covered up who you really are." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.) "We also discussed the introduction of weight training later in the Juice Feast, when the body is ready for muscle-building activity. Let us briefly review a typical day of Juice Feasting. You wake up to a quart of water to assist in rehydration (the body loses 1?.5 quarts of water during the night), and with that water you can add MSM, 15 drops of Natural Cellular Defense, and 3-5 caps of proteolytic enzyme Vitalzym. Next is an enema with warm water to release any waste matter made ready for evacuation while you rested during the night, then dry skin brushing and a warm shower." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.) "The possibility of weight training is new to the world of cleansing technologies, and is made possible by Juice Feasting—drinking sufficient quantities of green vegetable juice to provide the body with the nutrient-dense building blocks necessary to build lean body mass. Everyone is unique, so you may have a need to increase the amount of juices or nutrient-dense superfoods to provide the calories and macronutrients required for this kind of building program. At this stage you will be sensitive enough to know how to make the adjustments." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"Light weight training, jogging, aerobics, and organized sports such as golf and Softball are excellent, if your body is up to it. Any type of exercise can improve your balance and energy level and can provide psychological and social benefits that contribute to your well-being. Use your head to save your brain When exercising, you must be sure to protect against head injury, which increases the risk of accelerated brain aging, especially when there is loss of consciousness or when the injured person is older than seventy. Head injuries at any age can be detrimental to neurons." - Peter J. Whitehouse and Daniel George, The Myth of Alzheimer's: What You Aren't Being Told About Today's Most Dreaded Diagnosis (Get the book.)

"In one study of elite university athletes, swimmers actually had lower bone mass than gymnasts or nonathletic controls, despite increased muscle bulk and regular weight training [15]. Young athletes who spend more than 20 hours each week in a buoyant environment for many years may simply not experience sufficient gravitational stress to promote fully the expected degree of bone acquisition. These comparisons of athletes and control subjects must be interpreted with caution." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"The good news is that you do not have to become an Iron Man to derive benefit from resistance and weight training. A whole variety of exercises yield bone-building benefits, although working with weights at a gym with a trained professional is one safe way to engage in this form of activity, especially if you have never done it before." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.) "V ft ft E x a i: ] 'j e A number of studies dating from the mid-1990s to more recently show that cardiovascular and resistance or weight training combat mild to severe depression. It turns out that exercise results in a surge of serotonin, the neurotransmitter that makes us feel good right after working out, as well as in a long-term mood shift once we've started exercising regularly, effects that may be related in part to an increased growth in brain cells." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"For example, a person who does squats but no upper body weight training will develop stronger chest muscles. This can be attributed solely to the release of growth hormone. This effect has been shown to occur even when only one side of the body is being used in weight training. If a person were to lift weights only with his right arm, over time his left arm would also grow stronger. Not surprisingly, though, the untrained muscles do not develop as quickly as the trained ones. Nevertheless, the exercise instigates body-wide renewal. This is a powerful feature." - Brendan Brazier, The Thrive Diet: The Whole Food Way to Lose Weight, Reduce Stress, and Stay Healthy for Life (Get the book.)

"Research from the University of Maryland has shown that long-term weight training not only increases the strength of the arm, leg and shoulder muscles, ^ but of the digestive tract, as well. 'ij//? Therefore, the intestines' wave-i__-5 small and large intestine. In the past, slower digestion time has been associated with hemorrhoids. That's one more reason to pump iron in the name of prevention. • Qigong Remedy ./Vnal swelling and itching is literally an age-old problem." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.)

"Older adults who have participated in walking programs improve significantly on tests of high-level executive functions such as scheduling, planning, and task-coordination; and studies that have combined light weight training with aerobic activity have yielded even more dramatic results in improved cognitive function. A six-year study published in 2006 tracked 1,700 older persons in Seattle and assessed how their exercise habits correlated with dementia risk." - Peter J. Whitehouse and Daniel George, The Myth of Alzheimer's: What You Aren't Being Told About Today's Most Dreaded Diagnosis (Get the book.)

"Just keep in mind that while most of the research has been h done on aerobic exercise, most health profes-sionals now think weight training is equally vj important. If you want to get the full benefits of exercise as the outstanding natural cure that it is, you'll want to do both. Interval Training for Fat Loss HOLD ON TO your seats because I'm about to burst one of the biggest bubbles in exercise mythology The "fat-burning zone" is an urban legend. Like most urban legends, slaying it is easier said than done." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"Tips for Safe weight training During Pregnancy 1. Do not compete, not even with yourself. 2. Begin with very light weights. 3. Avoid holding your breath while lifting. Breathe in during relaxing part of exercise and breathe out during effort part of exercise. 4. Rest between exercises. 5. Take a mouthful of pure water between exercises. 6. Do not lift while lying on your back. Pregnant women should not lie on their backs while exercising, especially after the sixth month, because blood supply may be reduced to the fetus. 7. Stay cool." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.) "Exercise: Regular weight-bearing, strengthening, and aerobic exercise with light weight training Herbal: Choose one of the following: Black cohosh standardized extract capsules (40 mg): 1-2 capsules 1-2 times per day Consider herbal combination formulations: dong quai, licorice root, motherwort, burdock root, hops, Saint John's wort, red clover, maca Bio-identical progesterone cream (400 mg/oz or more): apply lA tsp twice daily 3 weeks on and 1 week off if perimenopausal Bio-identical estrogens/progesterone (estriol 1 mg/estradiol 0." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.) "Consult an exercise consultant to learn the safest program both for aerobic and strength/ weight training. Solutions to Selected Problems Insomnia. In determining individualized treatments for insomnia, it is imperative to identify and address the underlying cause as well as provide options for short-term relief. The basics start with good sleep hygiene. This includes going to bed at the same time each night and avoiding or reducing naps. A comfortable bed and room temperature along with low levels of light and noise contribute to better sleep hygiene." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.) "Strength or weight training can be done as little as twice a week to achieve these benefits and can be done on very inexpensive home equipment that includes as little as a chair, a bench, and some hand weights. One word of caution is for women who already have osteoporosis. Heavy weight-bearing exercises and vigorous stretching and lifting can be enough to trigger a fracture of the spine. One of the more important aspects of physical activity, especially in women who are 75 and older, is its role in reducing the risk of falls." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"A recent study looked at the hormone levels during weight training versus aerobic activity in well-trained men. Doing squats doubled HGH levels compared with running at high intensity for thirty minutes, and I think this will turn out to have important implications for exercise recommendations. There is even less research into the effect of rhythm, balance, and skill-based activites on the brain. Small studies have shown that yogic breathing reduces stress and anxiety levels, and tai chi reduces the activity of the sympathetic nervous system (judging from heart rate and blood pressure)." - John J. Ratey, MD, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (Get the book.) "The degree to which you can prevent the loss is impressive: one study found that women can double their leg strength in just a few months of weight training. Even women in their nineties can improve their strength and prevent this heartbreaking disease. 8. It boosts motivation. The road to successful aging really begins with desire, because without the desire to stay engaged and active and alive, people quickly fall into the death trap of being sedentary and solitary." - John J. Ratey, MD, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (Get the book.)

"A moderate investment of time is all that's needed: fifteen to thirty minutes of weight training two to three times per week provides the bone density you need to prevent osteoporosis if you work all your different muscle groups and let your muscles rest for a day between workouts. Of course, it's great if you can start resistance training before you enter menopause, but even if you start later you will avoid the usual bone loss and even increase bone density slightly." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"Aerobic exercise can increase HGH levels by as much as 200%. weight training can inctease HGH levels an astounding 400%. Strength Benefits Everyone thinks of strength training as a young person's activity, but in fact, the older you are, the more benefits it provides. • As reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association, two 45-minute weight (strength) training sessions a week can improve bone density, muscle mass, strength, balance, and physical activity in older women (ages 50-70)." - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.)

"But even those who remained in their armchairs and ran through a mental rehearsal of the weight training in their minds increased muscle power by almost half as much. Volunteers between 20 and 35 years old imagined flexing one of their biceps as hard as they could during daily training sessions carried out five times a week. After ensuring that the participants were not doing any actual exercise, including tensing their muscles, the researchers discovered an astonishing 13." - Lynne McTaggart, The Intention Experiment: Using Your Thoughts to Change Your Life and the World (Get the book.)

"It increases your resting metabolic rate and makes your body burn calories faster. weight training also prevents loss of crucial muscle tissue. Start with the walking and let your body guide you to what you would like to add. But start. Before long, exercise may become a wonderful part of each day's routine. You will wonder how you ever lived without it. Or you may find that you still don't like it. But do it anyway. Be tender, humorous and simply diligent. In the next chapter you will see why exercise becomes such an awesome part of your recovery." - Kathleen DesMaisons, Potatoes Not Prozac: Solutions for Sugar Sensitivity (Get the book.)

"It's invaluable as part of your aerobic and weight training sessions to prevent injuries. It's also great exercise on its own. In addition to helping prevent injuries, stretching also: Lubricates your joints. Squeezes lymph through your body. Revitalizes the discs in your spine. Backbends, in particular, squeeze the discs like a sponge, so that when you telease the stretch, the discs soak up water and fill up to their original size. ? Rebounding is great exercise, particularly for moving lymph." - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.) "Aerobic exercise can double HGH levels in the body, but weight training can increase levels by as much as 400-800%. DHEA: I do not recommend supplementation with DHEA at this time without monitoring DHEA levels in your blood. If you insist, try the new 7-Keto formulas. In any case, supplementation with pregnenolone and/or HGH will help raise DHEA levels in the body. If you choose to supplement, do not use daily, as supplementation may suppress the body's own production of DHEA. Pregnenolone: Start with 5 mg a day and increase by 5 mg a day (to a maximum of 30 mg) until you "feel" really good." - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.)

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