“As a doctor, let me tell you what self-love does: It improves your hearing, your eyesight, lowers your blood pressure, increases pulmonary function, cardiac output, and helps wiring the musculature. So, if we had a rampant epidemic of self-love then our healthcare costs would go down dramatically. So, this isn't just some little frou-frou new age notion, oh love yourself honey. This is hardcore science.” IfsLoveInspirationalLittlesDoeSelfHelpingAgeBloodLove YouSelf LoveCostAnxietyDoctorsLet MeFunctionIncreasePressureNotionHearingSelf AcceptanceHoneyLove YourselfHealthcareImprovingNew AgeEpidemicsOutputHardcoreBlood PressureEyesightWiringGynecologistsCardiacObstetricians Author:Christiane Northrup
“Studies by Andrew Newberg and others have shown that long-term practice of meditation produces significant alterations in cerebral blood flow in parts of the brain related to attention, emotion, and some autonomic functions.” LongTermEmotionAttentionBrainPracticeStudyMeditationBloodProduceFlowFunctionSignificantLong TermRelatedAndrewCerebralAlterationsBlood Flow Book:Hallucinations Source: Hallucinations
“The idea that we are "stewards of the earth" is another symptom of human arrogance. Imagine yourself with the task of overseeing your body's physical processes. Do you understand the way it works well enough to keep all its systems in operation? Can you make your kidneys function? Can you control the removal of waste? Are you conscious of the blood flow through your arteries, or the fact that you are losing a hundred thousand skin cells a minute?” WayHumansWellsIdeasEnoughFactsBodyEarthProcessImagineBloodMinutesThousandWasteLosingConsciousHundredFlowTasksSkinsFunctionEnvironmentalYour BodyCellsOperationsArroganceSymptomsStewardshipRemovalKidneysStewardsArteriesBlood FlowOverseeing Author:Lynn Margulis
“Recognizing that we have the kind of blood we have because we have the kind of kidneys we have, we must acknowledge that our kidneys constitute the major foundation of our philosophical freedom. Only because they work the way they do has it become possible for us to have bones, muscles, glands and brains. Superficially, it might be said that the function of the kidney is to make urine; but in a more considered view one can say that the kidneys make the stuff of philosophy itself.” WayKindSaidPhilosophyMightStuffViewsBrainBloodMajorsFunctionPhilosophicalFoundationBonesAcknowledgeMusclesRecognizingKidneysGlands Author:Homer Smith
“The everyday brain could be dubbed "the baseline brain," because it operates at the minimum functioning to keep you alive and healthy. It controls your heart rate, your blood pressure, your immune function, all of your subconscious impulses. That's not a minor role; the baseline brain is a marvel of complexity and efficiency. But too much of it is devoted to habits, old conditioning, unconscious reflexes, and lack of self-awareness.” HeartSelfBrainRolesToo MuchAliveBloodAwarenessHabitHealthyFunctionPressureSelf AwarenessEverydayRateImpulseComplexityUnconsciousDevotedMinorsEfficiencyMinimumSubconsciousConditioningImmuneReflexesBlood PressureHeart Rate Author:Deepak Chopra
“Remember laughing? Laughter enhances the blood flow to the body’s extremities and improves cardiovascular function. Laughter releases endorphins and other natural mood elevating and pain-killing chemicals, improves the transfer of oxygen and nutrients to internal organs. Laughter boosts the immune system and helps the body fight off disease, cancer cells as well as viral, bacterial and other infections. Being happy is the best cure of all diseases!” WellsHelpingBodyPainRememberFightingNaturalLaughingBloodDiseaseLaughterFlowFunctionKillingCancerMoodCuresReleaseCellsInternalsChemicalsOrgansOxygenImmuneTransfersBoostInfectionImmune SystemNutrientsExtremityElevatingViralEndorphinsBlood FlowCardiovascular Author:Patch Adams
“The word courage comes from the same stem as the French word Coeur, meaning "heart." Thus just as one's heart, by pumping blood to one's arms, legs, and brain enables all the other physical organs to function, so courage makes possible all the psychological virtues. Without courage other values wither away into mere facsimiles of virtue.” HeartInspirationValuesBrainVirtueBloodArmsFunctionMereLegsPsychologicalOrgansStemSelf Development Book:The Courage to Create Source: The Courage to Create
“The essential function of art is moral. But a passionate, implicit morality, not didactic. A morality which changes the blood, rather than the mind.” MindArtLiteratureMoralBloodMoralityEssentialsEthicsArt IsFunctionPassionateMotherhoodImplicitDidactic Book:Studies in Classic American Literature Source: Studies in Classic American Literature
“One reason milk consumption may lead to cancer risk is insulin-like growth factor, IGF-1 (not to be confused with bovine growth hormone, rBGH). Milk contains IGF-1 for good reason: milk is designed for babies, and IGF-1 helps us grow. IGF-1 affects growth, as well as other functions, and is normally found in our blood. Higher levels of IGF-1, however, appear to stimulate cancer cells.” WellsMayReasonHelpingFoundGrowsGrowthLevelsRiskBloodBabyHigherFunctionCancerFactorsCellsConfusedMilkConsumptionHormonesHigher LevelInsulinBovineGrowth Hormones Author:Alison Stewart