some pictures to get your heart pounding and blood pressure up.... ha ha

This is not a page specialising in HIV and Aids. This is a random page on health and fitness as sent in by you or found to be of interest by me and shared. It can cover any topic - and area of health and we always need to remember that treating the symptom is not always the best way of treating the illness... using a holistic approach to the complete person., mind, body and soul, will always be more beneficial to healing, and as John Bellamy always says - 'laughter is the best healer of all.'

http://articles.mercola.com:80/sites/current.aspx

This is a very good web site and sends out regular updates to your e mail address concerning articles on health that will be greatly of interest.

EXERCISE FOR OVER 30'S

I came across this exercise suggested for the over 30's to build muscle
strength in the arms and shoulders. The article suggested doing it three
days a week.

1. Begin by standing on a comfortable, flat surface, where you have plenty
of room at each side. With a 2kg potato bag in each hand, extend your arms
straight out from your sides and hold them there as long as you can. Try
to hold for a full minute, then relax.

2. Each day, you'll find that you can hold this position for just a bit longer. After a couple of weeks,
move up to 5kg potato bag. Then a 25kg potato bag and eventually try to
get to where you can lift a 50kg potato bag in each hand and hold your
arms straight for more than a full minute (I'm at this level).

3. When you feel confident at that level, put a potato in each of the bags.

BBC NEWS: 8.30am. 21/06/08

Around 50% of gay men who are HIV are practicing unsafe sex - or Bare Backing as we know it - and the spread of HIV is once again on the rise.

No Ice at the North Pole
http://www.truthout.org/article/no-ice-north-pole
Steve Connor reports for The Independent UK: "It seems unthinkable, but for the first time in human history, ice is on course to disappear entirely from the North Pole this year. The disappearance of the Arctic sea ice, making it possible to reach the Pole sailing in a boat through open water, would be one of the most dramatic - and worrying - examples of the impact of global warming on the planet. Scientists say the ice at 90 degrees north may well have melted away by the summer."

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The Way of Silence

Thursday 10^th July, 7:00 – 8:30pm

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Silence restores the spirit. It provides a still, safe space inside, away from our everyday concerns, where we can emerge and experience our inner power and beauty. In silence we move into a different dimension - a place of intuitive wisdom, in which the spirit heals and refreshes itself.

A Healthy Heart

Thursday 17^th July, 7:00 – 8:30pm

With Dr. Craig Brown, general practitioner in Rustington, West Sussex

Is your heart healthy? Or does it sometimes feel empty or closed. Are there any blockages in your heart? Dr. Craig Brown will explain how opening our hearts and returning to an authentic way of being can benefit the heart physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually.

Readings for Pleasure

Thursday 24^th July, 7:00 – 8:30pm

Sounds that inspire us from... Inside the Treasure Store. Behind the etched glass doors of the Book Shop in Global Co-operation House lies a veritable Treasure House of precious gifts – words and music, books, CDs, tapes and all kinds of treasure to delight the ear and engage the mind. The music and songs, prose and poetry that inspires us is, undoubtedly, itself inspired. Come and meet the artists, writers and singers who were moved to create the jewels that make up this casket of treasures.

Courage of Compassion

Thursday 31^st July, 7:00 – 8:30pm

With Meera Javed

Compassion is a deep awareness of the suffering of another, coupled with the wish to relieve it. How ‘alive and well’ is the quality of compassion in today’s world? Most people would insist that they are compassionate - and this is innately true. So, what is the missing link between that innate state and its practical application?

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Pre Viagra - what was used in the past...

In 1917, a cure was found for impotence and related maladies that involved transplanting the glands and testicles of goats, monkeys and humans into the patient. Though ultimately found to be fraudulent, it became a craze that swept across the U.S. and captured as patients a wide swath of Americans from movie stars to moguls:

"Ever since man began to walk upright, he had been obsessed when his penis would not behave likewise and searched for ways to fix the problem. The world's earliest known medical document, the so-called Edwin Smith Papyrus of Egypt (right) dating from 1600 B.C., presents a strikingly sophisticated view of trauma surgery--except on the back, where one finds 'Incantation for Transforming an Old Man into a Youth of Twenty.' In ancient Greece an herb called satyrion, recommended by the philosopher Theophrastus in 320 B.C., was swiftly harvested to extinction. During the ensuing centuries cloves, ginger, and massaging one's genitals in ass's milk all had their vogue. In England around the year 1000, men were devouring 'love bread' (naked maidens romped in wheat, which was then harvested counterclockwise). The Middle Ages favored lubrication of the afflicted member with melted fat from camel humps. ...

"[For doctors experimenting in the 1910s],finding a human donor was actually easy, thanks to the help of Dr. Leo Stanley, (above left) chief surgeon at San Quentin prison (right) in California. Three or four hangings a year offered the perfect chance to relieve relatively young men of their testicles without an argument. ... Testicles of these deceased felons were inserted into other prisoners, usually geezers with no chance of parole. According to Dr. Stanley's reports, most showed improvement. Seventy-two-year-old Mark Williams, half-senile at the implant, perked up within five days. ... Scientific journals, including JAMA, gave this work wide and respectful coverage. Dr. Stanley himself ... injected or implanted testicular material, both animal and human, into 643 inmates and 13 physicians. ...

"At the Park Avenue Hospital in Chicago in 1920, Dr. John Brinkley performed thirty-four goat-gland transplants, pausing often to chat with reporters. ... He had to say that his own technique, in which the goat gland 'humanized' in the scrotal sac, was 'far in advance of the Old World experts.' ... Dr. Stanley was now averaging fifty operations a month at $750 apiece, for a take of almost half a million dollars a year (in 1920s currency). Most patients walked in and lay down without even asking how the thing worked. 'I suppose a goat gland is a good deal like a potato,' said seventy-seven-year-old A.B. Pierce of Nebraska. 'You can cut a potato all in pieces and plant it and every eye will grow.' "

Pope Brock, Charlatan, Crown, Copyright 2008 by Pope Brock, pp.32-53.

Justices Cut Damages Award in Exxon Valdez Spill
http://www.truthout.org/article/justices-cut-damages-award-exxon-valdez-spill

'COMPLETELY CRAP SEX AND FULL OF FUCKED UP ATTITUDE'

Dear John: Seeings as how you were an escort for so long, can you tell me why so many times when I visit escorts they are either fucking rude and full of attitude and more often crap at sex, and I mean crap. Many do not have a clue. Some have been really unattractive when they open the door and I just walk away while the cute ones have been up themselves and boring to talk to and boring at sex. Some make appointments and then are not there when you arrive and others are simply not what they say and you can add 10 years to their age easily. Some are quite honestly plane shit ugly and one had the awfullest stink imaginable and how he thought anyone would want to pay for sex with him is beyond imagination. has he got no brains at all. I try and visit an escort every week but am really feeling put off the whole idea. I have had one or two good experiences over the years but these were very few.

Ralph

Dear Ralph: Many guys assume it is easy work and have false illusions of their sexual worth and bless them for having the guts to have desires above their abilities, which is annoying when between two guys who have met in a bar etc. but especially annoying when the client is paying and has seen an advert often with someone else's picture and not the guy who is providing the service. You are right to walk away and you need to tell these guys the reason why before you go and don't be afraid to tell them the truth, otherwise they get away with it. Many have attitude. Many assume they are there to be adored and many - quite simply - ARE boring sex, even though they should be taking the lead as a sex worker and guiding the client. Don't be put off, there are some good ones around, ask a million questions when you phone and trust your instincts. Do not allow them away with shit service and tell them clearl;y how they could improve their service and maybe - tell them about Hamilton Hall and how we can help them improve not just their sexual prouse, but their own inner self - as it is a very hard business to be in - selling sex - and sometimes some simple guidelines and less attitude can really help - and that is where we come in...

John

Dear John: Saw your thing about prostitutes and agree. I've had some brill times with some and not so brill times with others. Some were really fucked up guys on drugs while others were paying there way thru college. One guy was a surgeon and another a lawyer, both were mega hot men and both gave a good service and enjoyed the sex and extra cash. Some guys fall victim to life and end up as low life whores - victims - while others go into business and offer a decent service at a price and it is decent. Some end up fucked up and a few survive intact and enjoy the biz and use the money wisely, bit like you did John. Judging all sex workers with the same level of input is wrong as they are all different. I wish I was man enough to be one but I am too old (63) and too fat. I admire them big time as it cant be an easy job and thank God some are good at it as it brings much enjoyment to people like me.

Brian.

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15th Conference on Retrovirus and Opportunistic Infections

Boston. Ma. February 3-8th 2008

Condom-Free Sex?
Controversial Swiss Declaration

February 12, 2008

At the 15th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Boston, Regan Hofmann talks with Bernard Hirschel, MD, of the University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland about a controversial Swiss position paper declaring that HIV-positive people with undetectable viral loads cannot transmit HIV.

http://www.aidsmeds.com/articles/hiv_condoms_virus_2151_14010.shtml

Masturbation 'cuts cancer risk'

Men could reduce their risk of developing prostate cancer through regular masturbation, researchers suggest. They say cancer-causing chemicals could build up in the prostate if men do not ejaculate regularly. And they say sexual intercourse may not have the same protective effect because of the possibility of contracting a sexually transmitted infection, which could increase men's cancer risk. Australian researchers questioned over 1,000 men who had developed prostate cancer and 1,250 who had not about their sexual habits.

They found those who had ejaculated the most between the ages of 20 and 50 were the least likely to develop the cancer. The protective effect was greatest while the men were in their 20s. Men who ejaculated more than five times a week were a third less likely to develop prostate cancer later in life. Fluid. Previous research has suggested that a high number of sexual partners or a high level of sexual activity increased a man's risk of developing prostate cancer by up to 40%.

But the Australian researchers who carried out this study suggest the early work missed the protective effect of ejaculation because it focussed on sexual intercourse, with its associated risk of STIs. Graham Giles, of the Cancer Council Victoria in Melbourne, who led the research team, told New Scientist: "Had we been able to remove ejaculations associated with sexual intercourse, there should have been an even stronger protective effect of ejaculations."

The researchers suggest that ejaculating may prevent carcinogens accumulating in the prostate gland. The prostate provides a fluid into semen during ejaculation that activates sperm and prevents them sticking together. The fluid has high concentrations of substances including potassium, zinc, fructose and citric acid, which are drawn from the bloodstream. But animal studies have shown carcinogens such as 3-methylchloranthrene, found in cigarette smoke, are also concentrated in the prostate.

'Flushing out'

Dr Giles said fewer ejaculations may mean the carcinogens build up. "It's a prostatic stagnation hypothesis. The more you flush the ducts out, the less there is to hang around and damage the cells that line them." A similar connection has been found between breast cancer and breastfeeding, where lactating appeared to "flush out" carcinogens, reduce a woman's risk of the disease, New Scientist reports. Another theory put forward by the researchers is that ejaculation may induce prostate glands to mature fully, making them less susceptible to carcinogens.

Dr Chris Hiley, head of policy and research at the UK's Prostate Cancer Charity, told BBC News Online: "This is a plausible theory." She added: "In the same way the human papillomavirus has been linked to cervical cancer, there is a suggestion that bits of prostate cancer may be related to a sexually transmitted infection earlier in life." Anthony Smith, deputy director of the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society at La Trobe University in Melbourne, said the research could affect the kind of lifestyle advice doctors give to patients.

"Masturbation is part of people's sexual repertoire.

"If these findings hold up, then it's perfectly reasonable that men should be encouraged to masturbate," he said. Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/health/3072021.stm

www.autogenics.net

Frank Baker

(Member of the British Autogenic Society)

020 8741 2595

qfrankbaker@hotmail.com

In Autogenic Therapy we learn a series of very simple mental exercises that teach us to switch off the stress-related ‘fight and flight’ response of the body, allowing us to enter deep states of relaxation and to experience relief from the negative effects of stress. Once learned, Autogenics is an everyday tool for stress- management and can be adapted to suit any lifestyle.

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“Based on the evidence available to date, there

are few treatments better suited than Autogenics

to help us out of the current stress epidemic.”

Professor Edzard Ernst The Guardian

This web site is really worth taking a look at.

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ABOUT DRINKING WATER

The following will probably amaze and startle you.

One glass of water shuts down midnight hunger pangs for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a University study.

Lack of water is the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.

Preliminary research indicates that 8-10 glasses of water a day could significantly ease back and joint pain for up to 80% of sufferers.

A mere 2% drop in body watercan trigger fuzzy short-term memory, trouble with basic math, and difficulty f ocusing on the computer screen or

Drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases the risk of colon cancer by 45%, plus it can slash the risk of breast cancer by 79%, and one is 50% less likely to develop bladder cancer.

Are you drinking the amount of water you should every day?

Do you dribble in your underpants ?

by John Bellamy

( You have to laugh.... or you'd cry...)

I teach the guys that attend our Man-2-Man Sexuality workshop weekends that once a man passes 40 years of age, he can't trust a fart.

If you are now laughing, it's because you know exactly what I mean.

It's the same when they ask why they dribble when they stop peeing and why it always seems to have one last dribble once they have put their dick away - just to make a damp patch in their underpants - or why they don't shoot as far when they have sex now they have passed middle age.

The answer is easy and needs just a little time and exercise that can be done sitting on the bus or at the computer...

Both men and women have a PC - (Pubococcygeus ) muscle that is responsible for the well being and healthy function of the pelvic floor, ( and not the one under your chair...it's in your stomach ) and like most things, it is multi functional. To maximize your sexuality, this muscle needs regular exercise.

When you find yourself peeing alone, keep stopping and starting, squirting your urine out as hard as you can. Stop - start - stop - start, using your muscles to the best of their abilities. Be firm and completely stop the flow just for a few seconds before squirting again and then squeeze and stop... all the way through your pee - at least 2 or 3 times a day.

When you get a hard on, squeeze the muscles in your dick from within and see how your dick bounces up - if you can't do this or you cannot stop and start once a pee is in mid flow, then you REALLY need to get doing these exercises as soon as possible.

Keeping this muscle exercised will prolong your sexuality by keeping a better hard on - for we know that as we get older, a long and sustained erection is harder to maintain and an orgasm often is not as good as it use to be. Keep this muscle in tip top condition, and this will not be a problem. Viagra is fine but not good for you if taking Poppers and not good to keep turning to chemicals when a simple exercise is of benefit.

One good exercise for passive gay men is to tighten the ass around a cock as it fucks you. Tighten and loosen throughout the sex play and the fucker will love you for it - as who can feel bugger all through a condom ? and if you are a little older and your ass has been fucked a few times over the decades, you will be somewhat looser than a nubile 18 year old and your ass will need to be exercised to keep it tight so the fucker can actually feel anything. ( There's nothing worse than fucking a sloppy old mans hole that is gaping wide open. Now - picture that in your minds eye... Nice huh ??? ha ha ha It may not be you today... but the years do pass oh so quickly... )

Exercise

Quickly clench and release your PC muscle ( imagine you are trying to stop a fart in an elevator full of people...) for a 5 second period - take a 5 second break and repeat 10 times. Then repeat allowing 10 seconds each time and do this 10 times in a row. Then at the end repeat doing the same as above but keep the PC clenched for 30 seconds and repeat for at least 3 times.

You can play at all sorts of different times, 5 - 10 - 20 and 30 seconds a time and in as many groups of 5 - 10 - 20 times repeated as you feel comfortable with doing. Never strain and always build it up slowly at first. Like any exercise, take care not to give yourself a cramp or be sore afterwards.

This needs to be done as many times a day as you think of it... 3 - 4 - 10...

Happy clenching guys.

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