Omaruru - Namibia

The town where I was born - Omaruru, Namibia

I've always wondered what impact the location of my birth town and country have on my health and fortunes.

I suspect not much but that the country and its people influenced my psyche - that I am sure of.
And of course, my skin - I have a lasting legacy of that unforgiving sun with numerous basal cell carsinomas that have required surgery and continues to be of concern - even thought the insurance guy syas - that's not cancer!

Goes to show that what all of us mere mortals now accept as just one of the "normal" things a lot of us get, medicos refer to as malignant and insurance companies penalise us for that in terms of higher premiums.

The sun's impact is getting felt more keenly. Whilst we need Vit. D - and the best way to get it is to spend roughly an hour a day in the sun - please do it early morning or late afternoon.
You don't need to spend time in the sun during the hottest part of the day - especially on the Australian Eastern Seaboard where we are feeling the effects of global warming quite keenly - right underneath the whole in the ozone layer!

Slip, slap, slop people - but be choosey about your sun block!

Watch out for "yeast extract"

Watch out for the 3 worst types of ingredients that food manuacturers are adding to our foods are:

1. Sodium nitrite = causes cancer and is commonly found in processed meats like hot dogs, bacon, sausage. It is also used to make meats appear red.
   
2. Hydrogenated oils = causes heart disease, nutritional deficiencies, general deterioration of cellular health, and much more. It is commonly found in cookies, crackers, margarine and many "manufactured" foods and is also used to make oils stay in the food, extending shelf life. Sometimes referred to as "plastic fat."
   
3. Excitotoxins = aspartame, monosodium glutamate and others.
   Accrding to Dr. Russell Blaylock these neurotoxic chemical additives directly harm nerve cells, over-exciting them to the point of cell death. They're found in diet sodas, canned soups, salad dressings, breakfast sausages and many manufactured vegetarian foods. They're used to add "flavour" to over-processed, boring foods that have been cooked beyond recognition.

Once customers learned to avoid MSG / monosodium glutamate, food companies started using yeast extract. Some are now naming it "torula yeast" - still the same thing.

Other hidden sources of MSG include "Autolyzed vegetable protein", "Hydrolyzed vegetable protein", "Calcium caseinate", "Sodium caseinate", "Textured protein".