CONNECTIONS to HEALTH Issue 27

I am certain there is too much certainy in the world Hello! and welcome to this issue. Thank you for all your kind comments we've received about our newsletter and the presents we've been sending out. It's good to know you're enjoying receiving them as much as we enjoy sending them. Do you know your level of health? What is it that determines your level of health?  This piece reveals all. Read Article The Funny Bone Why do they call it your funny bone if it hurts so badly? Read Article Ghost Writing of Drug Trials We are very concerned about this  alarming practice.  This article explains how pharmaceutical companies get drugs passed as safe based on fraudulent science fabricated by their own marketing departments. A must read for anyone taking any form of pharmaceutical drug. Read Article In Case of Emergency This is a great idea to help in times of emergeny. Read Article Spring Cleaning Thinking of spring cleaning?  Here's some ideas for getting away from the usual toxic cleaning agents, by using essential oils instead from Claire Phillipson. Read Article Mother's Day It's Mothering Sunday soon and if you don't know what to get your mum here's a suggestion. Read Article Codex Alimentarius Our freedome of choice is being erroded.  Do you know it will soon be illegal to eat two brazil nuts or three carrots.  Well not quite, but the supplement equivalent will be unless we take action. Read Article Are you sitting comfortably? Good: then we'll begin. OK ,so that's given my age away to older readers.  Younger readers need only know that if you're not sitting comfortably then you shouldn't begin. Find out how to get comfy here. Read Article Do you need an eye test? Not the usual kind of eye test this one.  An interesting foray into perception. Read Article What exactly is the Bowen Technique? A few people have asked us what the Bowen Technique is. It's a difficult question to answer. Claire Phillipson, our Bowen Therapist, has given us this link to let you know. This Month's News We are organising a pamper evening at Christ Church First School on Friday March 6th, 6.30 pm to 8.30 pm.  Come along and meet the therapists and try out a taster. There are also talks and a yoga class. All profits go to the school fund. Income Opportunities With the downturn in the present economic climate people are looking to supplement their income. We think this is a good idea and this occasional series will give you some ideas of how to save some money and how to make some money. This month's idea. Book of the month Each month we'll give you a suggestion for a book that can make a big improvement to your wellbeing. This month's book. Recipe of the month Mouth watering yummyness that's good for you too! This month's recipe. Audio program of the month Each month we aim to give you a free audio program which you can download and listen to anywhere you like. They will be in mp3 format but you can simply burn them onto a CD for ease of listening. They are streamed audio which means that it will take a little time for the buffer to download, which depends on the speed of your internet connection. Happy listening. This month's audio. Once you've open the above link, if you want to save the file directly to your hard drive then right-click the link for the audio program and select Save Target As... Humour A little something each month to make you smile. After all laughter is the best medicine... ...unless, of course, you have tuberculosis! This month's effort. A closing thought Something to ponder until next time. Bye for now. Read Article If you have been forwarded this newsletter and would like to subscribe to it yourself then click here.

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