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INFLUX Upper Body Workout | HEALTH
Above is an upper body workout that is proven to get you fit, trim, and healthy. I use this same workout with my clients, as well as in my own training. This workout is designed to train and condition your upper body muscles as well as your cardiovascular system. Use this workout every other day or three days on and three days off. Always remember to supplement with a total body/lower body workout alongside with this workout. Remember to hydrate and supplement well with high protein and nutrient based foods.
Thomas McGregor, CPT
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Protein Blender Shake| NUTRITION
In Aristotle the mind, regarded as the principle of life, divides into nutrition, sensation, and faculty of thought, corresponding to the inner most important stages in the succession of vital phenomena.
-Wilhelm Wundt
Shake Form
1 Teaspoon: Flaxseed (coarsely ground)
Why? Flaxseed is a good source of natural oil, Omega’s, and fiber.
1 Teaspoon: Cacao Nibs
Why? Cacao is great for mental and concentration properties.
1 Teaspoon: Natural Coco (powder)
Why? Natural coco has been used for centuries for its blood, heart, and nerve enhancing properties.
2 Scoops: Whey Protein 80g protein
Why? Whey is the third best protein source of protein aside from eggs and hemp.
2 Teaspoon: Natural Peanut Butter
Why? Peanut butter is a source of natural oils and proteins.
1/2 Cup: Water (or to fill out)
Why? Hydration and digestion.
1/2 Teaspoon: Natural Honey (to taste)
Why? Honey is a great source of natural carbohydrates, and can be seen as a blood sugar stabilizer.
Blended: Ice
Why? For texture and temperature regulation.
To Your Health!
Thomas McGregor
Household Hazards Effecting Expecting Mothers| HEALTH
A Closer Look at Household Cleaning Hazards
Formaldehyde, phthalates, dioxane, petroleum distillates, glycol ethers – these are the names of some of the chemicals that dr. Rapp says pose a definite dangerous threat to pregnant women. “Some of the most dangerous groups of chemicals to pregnant women are found in household cleaning products,” says Dr. Rapp. “Two highly toxic chemicals, particularly during pregnancy, are petroleum distillates and glycol ethers, which are found in furniture polish, floor cleaners, air fresheners, glass, leather and upholstery cleaners and other formulas. Both petroleum distillates and glycol ethers can have the same effect on the developing fetus as regularly imbibing alcohol, depressing the nervous system.” She adds that human and animal studies have shown that these chemicals cause adverse reproductive, developmental and blood (hematological) damage via inhalation, skin absorption and ingestion. “The central nervous system, blood and blood forming organs and reproductive system are major targets in acute and chronic poisoning,” she adds. In an article[I] in the July-August 2002 issue of Archives of Environmental Health, researchers from MD Anderson Cancer Center conducted a clinical evaluation of 41 offspring of 28 females exposed to glycol ethers at their jobs for an average duration of 4.6 yeras. six offspring of five women wo were occupationally exposed during pregnancy exhibited characteristic dysmorphic (malformation of face or body) features that were not observed in 35 off spring of 23 women who worked in the same facility but who were not pregnant at the time of the exposure.
According to Dr. Rapp, some of the dangers of exposure to chemicals toxins in the home include the following:
- Lower birth weight
- Smaller head size and developmental delays
- Movement, mental and behavioral problems
- Increased or decreased activity levels
- Slowed thought processing and “less bright” appearance
- Lower reaction times
- Compromised nervous systems
{T}Although, this may seem like a scary subject to approach, it is of best interest that we do. Today we face many challenges including a world filled toxins and poisons that slip into our daily lives. However, the healthy life we seek can only be defined by the efforts we place into finding the path to those answers. For sometimes I hear excuses from people regarding health and wellness. Always implying that what they are looking for, they can find. My question to them is always, “Have you looked? Really looked?”. The answers for which you seek are usually the equivalent to the effort of your search. In the name of good health in this toxic world, I must suggest that the search may be tiresome. Is this search worth the effort? In the interest of your child (in the case of the above article), this is a nonsense question. For the search for clean air, a healthy supportive bodily organism, and brilliant birth outcome, the answer is instinctive. The job of understanding your surrounding environment is not that of one reserved just for the scientist. In this case, this understanding is your duty. The learning of this knowledge in regards to products you use and the resulting effects of your inhalation of these products is a learning of love. Just like you learned how to breath correctly for the birth. Just like you attended classed to know how to relax with your body as you enter into labor. Just as you have done all these preparations - this to is a clean preparations towards a healthy family.{T}
Thomas McGregor
Continuing Information:
This is a link to a website that promotes clean air and clean living. You will find an article listed there for which a study depicts further results surrounding adverse effects on children due to pollution and chemical intake via air inhalation.
Stressed Parents + Air Pollution = Kids with Asthma
“The study took a close look at the selected group of children, paying particular attention to parental stress levels and the air pollution of the area in which they lived. In terms of parental stress, this was gauged based on interviews with the parents; those who cited unmanageable, unpredictable and chaotic lives were deemed to be more stressed than those who seemed to have a better handle on things. Air pollution rates were based on traffic air pollution in the local area; things like whether or not the mother smoked during her pregnancy were also taken into consideration.”
*[I]July-August 2002 issue of Archives of Environmental Health
TECHNOLOGY:: DVE: Immersion Room
DVE TelePresence(Digital Video Enterprises, Inc) is a multi-million dollar technology company that specializes in telecommunications and teleconferencing via the highest quality of multi dimensional streaming video. Jeff Machtig and Steve McNelley manage this multifaceted company, striving for perfection in your long distance communication experience. Below I have listed a video of their newest brain-child, Immersion, as a testament to how powerful technology has escalated:
Steve McNelley, PhD is the Co-CEO of Digital Video Enterprises, Inc. Mr. McNelley is a very well spoken and smart individual, you will find this interview with him very insightful into how the Immersion technology emerged.
Technologies of this splendor, 20 years ago was sought after in sciencefiction novels and films. The idea that there is now technology that can transport your image in 3 dimensions with high definition stereo sound, and convert it to video is astonishing. For the normal tech-geek this technology has been developing for years and may not seem to be as groundbreaking as it might to a person never hearing of such technological possibilities. Even so, I submit to you; to step back from your every day perspective(whatever that may be)and really see the wondrous things we have created as humans. In this case the amazement isn’t in an artform of “typical” merit. For this artform, that has been cultivated and produced presents the opportunity to communicate with other humans, just shy of the non-living. What does 20 years from now hold? Based on where we are starting, with technologies such as DVE Immersion, we may be able to speak with the dead after all.
By: Thomas McGregor
SCIENCE:: *DO NOT EAT!*: Aspartame:>Biochemistry>Analysis
During a recent research session of mine into the biochemistry of the main line sweetener chemical Aspartame, I found some very very disturbing information about this toxin in regards to our every day food consumption.
Opening Statement:
I had to post my findings on this[hidden in plain view]nastiness: Researchers at Purdue University(a major research institution known for discoveries in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), Carolina, found that rats gained on average 20 percent more weight with artificial sweetener such as Aspartame than with natural sugar. They could not say why but believed that “… the artificial sweetener somehow interrupts the body’s ability to regulate or register the amount of calories it has consumed resulting in carbohydrate cravings and/or reduced metabolism.” The contradiction in this is a single finding of mine: On a can of Red Bull you will find that following statements: “Red Bull Sugarfree, low calorie *Improves performance, especially during times of increased stress of strain *Increases concentration and improves reaction to speed *Stimulates the metabolism” If these statements were true, scientifically, you could not find Aspartame as the 11th ingredient on the Red Bull Sugarfree listing. Aspartame is only 11th subject to; Carbonated Water, Citric Acid, and Caffeine, to name a few. Aspartame is located in over 40 readily available products, claims the chemical’s very own website(aspartame.org). Including: Anything labeled as “sugerfree”, “diet”, “fat free”, cereals, nutritional bars, and 90% of soft drinks regardless of ingredient-al merit. Read what you eat if its in a package, eat more things that aren’t packaged!
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Let me break down the chemical reactions that happen within your body:
(All underlined and italicized words will be defined and expanded upon.)
1. The chemical Aspartame is an non-saccharide compound.
- Saccharide: Means – Carbohydrate and is had an empirical formula of Cm(H2O)n.
In relationship to Aspartame: This means it is a non-carbohydrate chemical.
2. The chemical Aspartame is made up of two bacteria cultured amino acids, aspartic acid and phenylalanine combined with free form methanol.
- Aspartic Acid: Labeled as Aspartate, it is a non-essential precursor to amino acids in mammals. This means it can by synthesized through chemical laboratory manipulation. It is an α-amino acid with the chemical formula HOOCCH(NH2)CH2COOH.
- Phenylalanine: Is is an α-amino acid with the formula C6H5CH2CH(NH2)COOH, as well. According to several sources, Phenylalanine is produced for; Medical, Feed, and Nutritional applications ONLY for the sweetener Aspartame. By adding this to the products it has been to known to genetically generate Escherichia coli. This genetic engineering is produced by manipulating the genes controlling enzymes responsible for the synthesis of the amino acid
- {Escherichia coli: Commonly referred to as “E. Coli” is a Gram-Negative – rod-shaped bacterium that is commonly found in living organism mammals, such as humans. Most strains of the bacteria are harmless minus the serotypes types for which are responsable for food poisonings of various degrees. This can cause many product retailers to recall their products due to lack of costumer support based on the costumer sickness.
- Methanol: Also referred to as methyl alcohol is a chemical with the formula CH3OH. Methane is often used in the the following applications: Feed Stock, Gas, Synthetic Fuels, Solvent, Antifreeze for Pipelines. During World War II Methanol was used to fuel German rocket propulsion systems. For humans, methane has a very high toxicity for humans. If ingested, for example, as little as 10 mL of pure methanol can cause permanent blindness by destruction of the optic nerve, and 30 mL is potentially fatal – according to a study conducted by Vale on Methane in the journal of Medice in 2007[35 (12): 633–4].
List on Aspartame’s very own website[aspartame.org] you will find a listing of the following products. All of this products are listed as “The Following Reduced Calorie Products Have Aspartame-Sweetened Choices” :
- Breath Mints
- Carbonated Soft Drinks
- Cereals
- Chewing Gum
- Flavored Syrups for Coffee
- Flavored Water Products
- Frozen Ice
- Frozen Ice Cream Novelties
- Fruit Spreads
- Gelatin, Sugar Free
- Hard Candies
- Ice cream Toppings
- Ice Creams, No Sugar Added or Sugar Free
- Iced Tea, Powder
- Iced Tea, Ready to Drink
- Instant Cocoa Mix
- Jams & Jellies
- Juice Blends
- Juice Drinks
- Maple Syrups
- Meal Replacements
- Mousse
- No Sugar Added Pies
- Non-Carbonated Diet Soft drinks
- Nutritional Bars
- Powdered Soft Drinks
- Protein Nutritional Drinks
- Pudding
- Soft Candy Chews
- Sugar Free Chocolate Syrup
- Sugar Free Cookies
- Sugar Free Ketchup
- Table Top Sweeteners
- Vegetable Drinks
- Yogurt, Drinkable
- Yogurt, Fat Free
- Yogurt, Sugar Free
At the point that the website has to defend itself is reason enough for investigation. For on the aspartame website you will find the following statement:
“The Food and Drug Administration, the Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) of the World Health Organization, the Scientific Committee for Food of the European Community and regulatory agencies in more than 100 countries have reviewed aspartame and found it safe for use. The American Medical Association, the American Dietetic Association and the American Diabetes Association also have found aspartame safe.” -aspartame.org
To the normal consumer this statement can come as a reassurance if that had any preconceived notions to if the chemical is safe for consumption or not. For, in all actuality this is probably why they list the statement on their site in the first place – because people have been negatively warned about it. There is only one fault to the above statement, however; they left out what aspartame does over a dosage of long-term usage. The studies in this regards reveal a very different marrit in results.
Depression:
Phenylalanine, one of the amino acids I described above. After ingested it reacts to the hormonal levels in your digestive tract and act as a serotonin inhibitor, resulting in paralysis of normally gauged serotonin levels. The body produces serotonin from the amino acid tryptophan found in carbohydrates, such as your every day pastry roll or sandwich. The desire to eat is switched off as soon as an adequate level serotonin is reached in the body’s chemical levels. But with a constant supply of phenylalanine from aspartame, blocking the production of serotonin, the right levels are never reached and we keep craving carbohydrates. This craving is not as much in our head as some might imply. For this is truly a chemical issue within our bodily systems. This can be corrected by exiting aspartame containing products from our diet. Psychologically, as we continue to eat products containing aspartame and therefor increasing our cravings for carbohydrated products, we gain weight. This can cause depression issues to the point of emotional eating disorters. Unfortunately, most eating disorters are warped around eating large amounts of sugary, pastry-like foods for comfort. Therefore we are continuing the process for which we are trying to escape. On a biochemistry level, sadly, many products in our supermarkets today that contain aspartame are carbohydrate based products.
Neurobiological Effects of Aspartame on the Humanoid Organism:
After ingesting aspartame the chemical methanol is released and converted to formaldehyde and then formic acid. Numerous tests by Universities show methanol breaks down into formaldahyde in the laboratory rats. Formaldehyde is a deadly neurotoxin, is a known carcinogen, causes retinal damage, interferes with DNA replication and causes birth defects. In natural foods such as fruit and alcoholic beverages methanol is always found together with ethanol which neutralizes the toxicity.
- Formaldehyde: Is an organic chemical compound with the formula CH2O. Popular uses include: Color Negative Film Productions, Woodworking and Cabinet-Industries, in the making of glues, in the making of particle bored, and plastic laminent.
- Carcinogen: A carcinogen is any substance, radionuclide, or radiation that is an agent directly involved in causing cancer.
- Deadly: Causing or able to cause death: “a deadly weapon”. – webster’s dictionary
Closing Statement:
You must understand the severity of how this can effect everything and everyone you know, by now. For my hopes is that I have loaded the informational gun, in your defense. Read the labels on your packaged food, and eat more whole foods. For there are many evils in this world, and this is one we can actively avoid. Avoid not only for ourselves, but for our future generations.
- Actively: in an active manner; “he participated actively in the war”.
- Avoid: Keep away from or stop oneself from doing (something).
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By: Thomas McGregor, CPT
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HEALTH: Dosing – Functionally
The fist I heard the term “functional dosing” was during a Ben Fuchs radio broadcast on the GCN Radio Network. On his radio program, The Bright Side, Mr. Fuchs discusses different remedies and aids through nutritional supplementation. After hearing this term used multiple times on his show, I started thinking about how this applies to your daily life in terms of food consumption, supplementation, and exercise. Functional dosing is literally defined as: “A systematic approach to dosing yourself appropriately, either less or more, as required for your body”. This makes the most of sense due to the fact that everyone is different in their body make-up. This, in one sense, debunks most models for nutrition and exercise that are set as a “end all” solution to your needs. Below I have listed the three aspects for which I mentioned above. I have outlined how one might go about functionally dosing yourself:
FOOD CONSUMPTION
- |When you are hungry eat} When you approach eating in this manner you run into a few obstacles. 1. Most people aren’t getting the nutritional values from their everyday food for which their body requires to be healthily satisfied. This is due, in part, to the fact that most conventional food products available today are full of additives and fillers that do not constitute healthy nutritional intake levels. In this, if you just “eat when you are hungry” then you will find yourself gaining in weight feeling sick, more often. Simply answered, change what you eat. If you are hungry eat an apple, banana, or a rich source or protein. If you have a tendency to gravitate towards fast foods or convenient store items, just simple make those harder to obtain and the healthier items easier to access. For you can eat all the time, if you are eating nutritionally full foods.
SUPPLEMENTATION
- |How many pills}When dosing appropriately in a healthy manner, one wants to take into consideration that when you first start a supplement, the reason you have started the supplement in the first place was because your bodily system was lacking in that substance prior to your intake of it. So when you start a new supplement, you might want to consider take more than less of it. As time continues forward with your intake of the specific supplement, you may notice that you body has not become accustomed to it and may require a higher dosage. This does not mean that you will end up taking two full handfulls of pills everyday. Strive to get your main nutrition from whole foods. The supplements are just that, supplementation. But in regard to taking supplements, take as many was your body requires at that moment. As time goes on, you body will heal itself and may require less supplementation.
EXERCISE
- |How often do I exercise} The word exercise has developed a stigma revolving around gym-goers and a strenuous routine of heavy weight lifting. The reason for this is due to our stream line societal disposition for readily availability. Exercise could simply be taking a walk or cleaning your entier house in an afternoon. Exercise should be treated as your body requires. If you are looking for that higher degree of exercise, take every feeling your body produces and listen to it. Workout until you simply can’t anymore and stop. In one sense you will build honest endurance, in the second sense you will be able to gauge how long your workouts should be on a day-to-day basis. For somedays, your workouts may be light/shorter then other days.
By: Thomas McGregor
PHILOSOPHY:: Interconnected: Experiential Connectedness
I find that in the midst of such physical and mental destruction there is a peace that can come from simply attempting to communicate with another human being on a mutually understood level. When you take the time to investigate the connections that two individuals have, you find that there is possibly less to fight about than recently hypothesized. This can come as a shock, only to those that are used to looking at the world through the eyes of segregation and particle analysis. For if you continuously project the idea that you are seemingly completely separate from your outward environment, then this will yield the results of a fogged perception of separateness. But, if you are to take into consideration that possibility of interconnectedness between yourself and another, you might find that there are more things that you have in common than you are willing to admit. For we find ourselves in a state of slight comfort in separateness. For we believe, that if we can set ourselves apart from an object, person, or situation, then there is that same value of possibility for us to be above that object, person, or situation. Also, for if we can manage to separate ourselves from a situation that we are in, this continuously places a false depiction of control in our hands. We gain the sense that there is a possibility for us to control the situations we enjoy, and change the situations we don’t like. This, presents us with the idea of power over our own lives. Furthermore, you are raised in a community of persons for which are accustomed to the societal norm of “taking control of your life, or you wont amount to anything” you are placed with actual esteemed pressure by your parents, peers, and public figures to take charge and make something of yourself.
In contrast, if you are to take a situation and attempt to find the direct conneciont from you to that situation, you may find that the struggle for which you were accustomed to before is placed at bay momentarily. For when you take a situation that you are not comfortable with and strive for the access to connection the situation there seems to present you with more unconnected options. So, out of instinct you might tend to rise to the separated aspects of your experience and mounting your defenses. For when you stumble upon your first connect with an experience that, was at first unpleasant, you might notice several aspects: 1. For there is very little struggle, if any, in accordance to your searching for connection. 2. You will find the connect-ability between you and your experience in both, simple and complex natures. 3. You will find that the connections run deep within yourself.
The interconnect explorer might experience a shift in his or her’s mind when approaching this. You will find something of a difference in a nature to how you approach a person, as well. Instead of your inner monolog being, “What can you do for me?” it may change to “How can I connect with you?”. Even though these two perspectives seem relatively approximate in nature, they are vastly different in subconscience alibi. For when you approach a person with the attitude of willingness to connect, you will seemingly find yourself reserving your inner energy for giving purposes, rather than taking purposes. This is a direct link to the part of your ego that is self centered. For when you take an interconnected approach you might find that you are thinking less about yourself and what you can profit, and more to how the other persons qualities can connect with yours. In this, you will see a combining of forces between you and your situation. You will see that this marriage of egos diminishes both player’s psyche to the point of acknowledgment of two becoming one. Interestingly enough, you may also come into recognition of that which is timeless. But, you won’t “know” it when you are in the moment. Conclusively, seeing the interconnectedness between yourself and another person can seem novel at the time. But, as you continue in a practice-like manner, you will find it much easier to find the connectedness between yourself and another person much easier than the struggle of separateness, for which you were accustomed to encompassing previously.
By: Thomas McGregor 
GOVERNMENT:: Testing Missile Defense Intelligence: Israel
JERUSALEM — Israel says it has successfully tested an upgraded radar for the Arrow missile defense system, developed with the United States and designed to intercept projectiles that might be fired at the Jewish state from Iran.
Defense official Yair Ramati says the test was conducted on Friday in conjunction with the U.S. Missile Defense Agency.
He says the purpose of the test was to validate the system’s improved radar.
He said a Blue Sparrow 2 missile was fired west to east from “deep within the Mediterranean” but he would not say how far from Israel it was fired or what sort of threat it was designed to simulate.
A defense ministry statement says the Blue Sparrow was “representative of potential ballistic missile threats facing Israel.” -The Huffington Post
In light of the interesting developments with today’s economical stability foundations, I find it even more interesting that you have Israel building and testing a new missile defense system in a soup of 151 billion dollars in debt. This, of course does not accountably amount to the $15.4 trillion that the United States is under. But, this still poses an interesting set of events that may signal something of a larger situation in the future. Most people don’t realize, but in order for someone to get a new desk in a government building it takes(just about)an act of congressional approval. Anything associated with governmental spending, control, or legislation takes significant and detailed planning on the parts of the delegated people in those positions of power. With this in mind, you must take into consideration the recent release by RIA regarding the successful testing of a new missile defense system by Israel. In order for this to come into nationwide play, many many steps had to be played out in direct succession and accordance to Israeli governmental protocol. After realizing this, you could imagine for just a moment what this could mean. For if the government of Israel went through all of the systematic steps to produce, fund, and test a Block 4 stage of the interceptor that will soon enter service with the Israeli Air Force (IAF). Estimates are that they bought half a dozen missiles. Including some nuclear tipped Sunburn missiles for the US battle groups, from Russia. The plans that are subsequential to these actions give into the assumption that the Israeli government believes they are in need of such powerful weapons. Conclusively, you must take into consideration that for a country that is nearly $200 Billion in debt to create such expensive weaponry, is possibly equal to a country that is $15 Trillion in debt continuing to participate in a war lasting for 12 years.
By: Thomas McGregor
