Eliminate the Variables, Part II

This post is about a few more details from yesterday's post.  What is a good diet?  One without anything artificial, without sugar or fructose (HFCS), anything that is processed, and without added chemicals.  And if you can get organic, better still.  Again, Dr. Mercola's site goes into more detail on these things.  Since starting this type of diet, food actually tastes better, and by eliminating most or all of the above variables, my health has improved drastically.

What else should you do?  READ all labels.  Whether it's food or supplements.  There was an excellent sounding supplement that I was ready to try.....until I looked at the label, specifically the other ingredients.  In the other ingredients there are several items that have been implicated as possible carcinogens - now, maybe they will turn out to be OK, but why take that chance?  There is one ingredient that is supposed to give you the listed benefit, so why add all those other things that have no added benefit?  Might some of those ingredients get stored in your body, and add up over the years until it reaches some dangerous level?  They are all more variables - why would you add them...you want to eliminate all these variables.  By the way, this is a list of those variables:  Mannitol, Natural and Artificial Mint Flavors, Sucralose, Silicon Dioxide, Stearic Acid, Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose, Magnesium Stearate, Titanium Dioxide (color), Natural Glaze, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Triethyl Citrate, Citric Acid, BHT, Mono and Diglycerides, Polysorbate 80.  At least 15 ingredients that do nothing good for you, and may cause harm.  The only ingredient that it is being sold for is anatabine citrate, so why not have just that ingredient, along with perhaps a few supporting nutrients?

I think that covered what I wanted to pass along today - and remember, "He who has health, has hope.  And who has hope, has everything."  Well, Here's to Your Health (that was the name of my vitamin supplement store).

Now, back to photography.  What is the difference between a professional taking your pictures and you taking the pictures - after all, with the camera technology today, you will have trouble getting a bad exposure.  Well, there is too much to discuss here today, but the best way is to look at professionally done photography compared to non-professionally done photography.  Both have their place and benefits.  There are many day to day events in people's lives that can't be captured by a professional (unless he or she lived with you and followed you everywhere - not very practical), and then there are beautifully done artistic images that only a professional will capture.  Below are some samples of photos that were shot by a professional, or by a family member - they both have their place, and I am happy to have both, as they are of my parents, and also a cousin.

The above two photos had a surface texture which caused problems while scanning.  They were taken, most likely, over 60 years ago.  The photo on the left is of my cousin, also taken around 60 years ago.













And finally, one more photo to stare at if you're in the middle of a heat wave - in another four months or so, you may be out in something that looks like this, depending on location.