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Decoding 'The Secret'
Oprah lives by it. Millions are reading it. The latest self-help sensation claims we can change our lives by thinking. But this 'new thought' may just be new marketing.
MSN Story

One of the refrains we hear most often covering the health and science beat is: You tell me one day something is bad for me and then it is good. There are many legitimate reasons for this perception, and this story is a fine example.

About three decades ago, dermatologists alarmed at the rising incidence of skin cancer began a campaign to get people to stop spending so much time in the sun, or at least to cover up with strong suntan lotion if they did. The effort was enormously successful.

Now there is a big problem with it. When the sun's rays (unfiltered by lotion) strike our skin, our bodies produce vitamin D. Scientists always knew vitamin D is critical for good health. Children not exposed enough to the sun can get a terrible disease called rickets. But around 1989 scientists began to discover that vitamin D played an important critical role in all the cells in the body, and they hypothesized that a lack of vitamin D could increase the risks for cancer.

Large population studies have now verified that people with low vitamin D levels indeed have higher levels of several common types of cancer, including colon and breast. Some of the best research comes from the Nurse's Health Study and the Health Professionals Study -- two efforts run by the Harvard School of Public Health that have been following tens of thousands of people for decades. The latest study looks at cancer incidence in men. In addition to the Harvard study, two others came out today demonstrating an increased incidence of breast cancer in women with low levels of vitamin D. Those were presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research.

So how much vitamin D do we need? Based on these latest studies, experts now recommend a minimum of 1,000 units a day. We get about 200 from food and supplements usually contain 400. That is where the sun comes in. No one is saying people should get sunburned or even tan. But you can get 1,000 units of vitamin C by spending 10 minutes in the sun in the middle of the day with your arms and face exposed. Amazingly, with our automobile and indoor lifestyle many Americans do not get even that much. So here is an example where the advice is changing not because of confusion, but because science is making genuine progress. {end of article}

Once again, science is confirming the age old wisdom that sunlight is essential and beneficial to all living things. As the colors and smells of spring are beginning to fill the air, we encourage you to start the season by doing a Tri-Decathlon or a Liquithon which, incidentally, includes an hour a day of walking, fresh air, and sunshine. These 13 day programs of whole foods, water, walking, and sunshine turn out to be life changing events for many who rise to the challenge. Are you up to the challenge?

At your service,
The Wholefood Farmacy Team
Sheryl Loch
Whole Food Farmacy

New Marketing Trends for 2007

I wrote and published this about two years ago and now it is more than a reality!

These predictions have been in the wind for a couple of years now and the reality is starting to hit. The new online movement is to lead with inspiration, not money. These communities that inspire prosperity are going to be all the rage in the near future.

People are getting fed up with being demoralized by corporate America. Things like the drug companies, Enron, World Com, and the fleecing of Americans by the government itself are disturbing many people.

The new word in marketing is an old concept, Network!! Trust and integrity will produce a network that will work for the good of all. This is too powerful to ignore and will produce profits greater than ever before. The commodity is everyone's individual network that is the bottom line.

Personal networks have become bank, this is the new economy. Gather your intangibles and hold on to them. Things like your reputation, your word, helping people with out asking for reimbursement, and performing like the good old days on just a hand shake. These things will be worth more than money. But will in turn cause money to roll your way like never before with less effort. Integrity will sell whatever your product is.

I call it the underground honesty movement.

Join Our group in this trend and prosper.

Brad West

Onomoney