WALKING FOR HEALTH The University of Texas, Austin conducted a small trial on treadmills and found a 30 minute brisk workout good for patients feeling low. It was as good as drinking coffee, or a cigaratte. The effects - feeling vigourous and good, lasted up to an hour. Walking is man's best medicine. - Hippocrates. http://www.healthfoodstorenet.info/health-food-blog.html Get to know the latest buzz in the health circuit, with spicy food for thought added. http://www.healthfoodstorenet.info/health-food-blog.html Wed 25 January, 2006 9:32 AM The forbes top ten elixirs for a long life: Don't oversleep. Be optimistic. Have more sex. Get a pet. Get a VAP. Be rich. Stop smoking. Chill out. Eat your antioxidants. Marry well. The 4 th and 10 th tips seem just alright. A good pet and a good wife. Numbers 6, 1, and 7 clash. A rich man is wont to sleep more and smoke. For antioxidants, try fresh, slender carrots in the winter season. Wash them with water and eat them raw as I do. They come really cheap, as I just bought them yesterday evening. Never purchased anything so cheap - just a dime. http://www.healthfoodstorenet.info/health-food-blog.html Fri 10 February, 2006 9:34 AM MIND AND HEALTH Deepak Chopra, the well known new-age guru says to change the print out of the body you need to change the software of the mind. A health columnist in today's newspaper agreed and went on to say how mind and heart are connected. People who are freindly, modest and easy going sail through the problems of life effortlessly. I think if only one can find joy in struggling with life - then life can become less disturbing. A TV actress commited suicide yesterday, saying she was fed up with life. Or rather its problems perhaps. But most of these are created, often with malice and intent. If only one can remove these from one's own mind - remove the anger and sense of losing - then perhaps we can march ahead, which is the main thing. http://www.healthfoodstorenet.info/health-food-blog.html