Your Health is Not in Their Corporate Interest
This is an interesting phrase; Your Health is Not in Their Corporate Interest. I first heard this phrase this week about the tobacco companies and possible changes in regulatory the law for tobacco. I had been thinking about this concept though, for the last few weeks. My thoughts turned in this direction after reading a Wall Street Journal article on Prilosec and its parent company, Proctor and Gamble.
This article described how a member of Prilosec’s marketing team had attended an evening of Bunco, a social game that included (at least this particular evening) a table full of heartburn-causing foods. So, guess what happened. Prilosec’s target market is middle-aged women who love to party with friends. Voila, an opportunity! So now, Prilosec is sponsoring Bunco tournaments to help more middle ages women achieve even higher levels of indigestion and heartburn so they can sell more Prilosec.
This struck me as especially strange because personally I have been following a vegetarian, non-fat diet and losing lots of weight while feeling great, healthy, and satisfied. I have been following the diet recommended by Joel Furhman in his book Eat to Live and have been very excited about how great it makes me feel. So, when I read about corporate sponsorships designed to improve the ill health of large numbers of middle-aged women (prime heart attack and diabetes candidates, never mind heartburn candidates) I became more than a little shocked. I begin to wonder how else we as consumers are being manipulated into thinking that self-destructive behavior is the right action.
Maybe you have run across examples in your own experience?
Kegel Exercises are Important for Women’s Health
Kegel exercises are an often overlooked aspect of women’s health. However, with the wear and tear of childbirth, age, and injury the performance of regular Kegel exercises becomes as important as any other exercise routine. Adding resistance to kegel exercises improves their effectiveness and one of the easiest and cheapest ways to improve kegel exercises for women who are already showing symptoms of pelvic floor weakness is by busing vaginal weights or vaginal cones. These small devices are held inside while standing and come in graduated weights so as the muscles become stronger heavier weights can comfortably be worn over time.
It’s True…Kegels are for Men Too!
Men with urinary and/or fecal incontinence can benefit from Kegel exercises. Men who strengthen the pelvic floor muscles can dramatically improve and cure these incontinence problems. Using the PFXA biofeedback device, men can be sure they are exercising the right muscles and doing it correctly
