1. If you are choking on an ice cube, don’t panic. Simply pour a cup of
>boiling water down your throat and presto, the blockage will be almost
>instantly removed.
>
>2. Clumsy? Avoid cutting yourself while slicing vegetables by getting
>someone else to hold them while you chop away.
>
>3. Avoid arguments with the Mrs. about lifting the toilet seat by simply
>using the sink.
>
>4. For high blood pressure sufferers: simply cut yourself and bleed for
>a few minutes, thus reducing the pressure in your veins. Remember to use
>a timer.
>
>5. A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you
>from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze
>button.
>
>6. If you have a bad cough, take a large dose of laxatives, then you
>will be afraid to cough.
>
>7. Have a bad toothache? Smash your thumb with a hammer and you will
>forget all about the toothache.
8. Sometimes, we just need to remember what the rules of life really
>are:
>
>You only need two tools – WD-40 and Duct Tape. If it doesn’t move and
>should, use the WD-40. If it shouldn’t move and does, use the duct tape.
>
>9. Remember: Everyone seems normal until you get to know them.
>
>10. Never pass up an opportunity to go to the bathroom.
>
>
>Thoughts for the day:
>
>If you woke up breathing, congratulations. You have another chance.
>
>Be nice to your family and friends; you never know when you might need
>them to empty your bedpan.
>
>Some folks are like slinkies…they are not really good for anything but
>they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight
>of stairs.
this is not mine, got an email from my cousin

I’m interested in adopting a Raw food diet, however I don’t want to become 100% raw. I still plan to each various cooked foods, and meats(chicken, seafood)… because I can’t let them go sorry! However, majority of my diet with be consisting of raw foods.

I became interested in raw foods, literally last week, when a friend of my cousin was found to be cured of type 2 diabetes, and high blood pressure after suffering with them for 20 years.

My question: Will I still receive the health benefits, and all the good things that come with having a raw food diet.. Even if I continue to add cooked foods and meat to my diet.

My cousin recently told me that his mother at the age of 60, and unemployed, was turned down for health insurance some years back, because one of the first questions the agent she was applying with asked, "Do you have high blood pressure?" When she said yes, the agent said they could not cover her due to the condition. She was of course, not old enough for Medicare, so she was without medical insurance until she could get Medicare. That lack of health insurance ended up being the death of her, because she was not able to affordable treatment on her own and by the time she did have Medicare and a supplement, her serious condition had progressed to the critical stage. How sad. Her husband 65, was already drawing Medicare with AARP as a supplement. He was unable to continue paying the extremely high premiums of the company insurance he had at his job, once he retired. Anyone with a similiar situation, or know someone this has happened to?
This incident happened over 15 yrs ago.