Session Notes

Lifestyle and Strength

[Myth #] 5. Coffee is bad for you.

FICTION – This myth has been perpetrated from studies that have now been disproved. According to the Mayo Clinic, “Earlier studies didn’t always take into account that known high-risk behaviours, such as smoking and physical inactivity, tended to be more common among heavy coffee drinkers at that time.”

PsychCentral

Worth reposting: This is simply one patient’s dissection of some basic rules for coping with panic disorder. Most of it is well written — though some is a bit over dramatic…

A Huge Number of Illnesses are Caused by Inflammation:

“One last point – do we want to ‘boost’ our immune system if it is already ‘over-active’ due to inflammation? The answer is yes and no! There is only one PART of the immune system which gets over-active and begins to create problems with inflammation. Another part of the immune system works along a different line of attack; it does not create inflammation but does a very important job fighting off bacteria, parasites, cancer cells and viruses.

Q&A: Food fears | Food and drink | Life and Health:“Stay away from certain foods. Sodium benzoate