Bruce Backman

Tip #1…

 

Here is a quick and inexpensive way that seems to work really well for us at improving the health of our teeth.

 

As I am not a doctor or dentist I am not trying to tell you anything other than our very positive experiences in implementing any of the tips that I share.

 

They may also work for you and your family…all you can do is try. My only hope is that I can somehow help your life in some way or another. Please watch the 3-4 minute video below:

 

 

If you have any questions…let me know.

 

Also, if you want to buy anything that we use I'll put a link to where we get them ourselves. Some of these things we represent and sell and others we do not.

 

To purchase the Silver Shield go here…

 

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Just a short post to say "congratulations" to Manchester United. They secured their 19th league title to eclipse Livermore as the most successful English Club in History.

 

With their 1-1 tie with Blackburn they were able to celebrate another English Premier League Victory. After 37 games out of 38 they have made it impossible to be caught in the race for becoming Champions once again. Up until now they have been tied with Livermore with 18 league victories but now they sit alone in front of history.

 

Great Job!

I grabbed some photos from the Manchester United web site.

 

We have heard this phrase so many times in regards to our family's physical and emotional health I lost count many years ago.

Our latest experience…

We have had many people in and around our lives, friends and neighbors and extended family members, come down with some sort of bronchial/lung congestion that really puts them down for a time.

Some of these folks ended up with pneumonia but all had a chronic cough that hangs on for a number of weeks.

My son is dealing with this right now. In the last few days he has had to dial back his activities just a bit but he has not stopped living. He never developed an actual cough but has definitely had bronchial congestion for a few days. Here is the thing though…he is now in the residual stages after 3 days and is feeling much better. I wouldn't be surprised to see the congestion dissipate within the next day or two and be completely better.

Everyone we know who has had a form of this has been laid out for a week or so and then it takes them another couple of weeks to get to the stage where my son is at after 3 days.

My son probably wouldn't have even had to deal with it even to this extent had he not trained with his soccer team a couple of days ago. He never was really feeling bad the first day until after he over-exerted himself in training.

Anyhow…I just spoke with him and he is feeling good.

This is what we will hear however: "You are lucky you did not get what I had."

I was thinking about this phrase yesterday and had to chuckle to myself. I have heard it so many times it is crazy. I wonder…how can we (my immediate family) be so lucky nearly every time some sort of "bug" is being spread around?

I coach soccer at many different age groups from young boys up to a couple of High School Teams. A good portion of the battle for me as a coach is dealing with the fact that on any given day we are missing people from illness or injury. It is a massive problem to navigate through.

Our High School Women's team that had a roster of 17 only played with a full team 1 out of 15 games. The vast majority of games were played with 11-13 players and only about 7 or 8 of them feeling healthy at any given time.

Our young men's competitive team was even worse. We had a roster of 22 and often played with 10 or 11 missing 5 to 7 players on any given day due to illness and injury.

We have 6 in our family that play at the moment (and 7 if you count my second youngest who always trains with his older brother's team). In an entire year we may miss 4 or 5 training sessions (and never a game…maybe 1/year) due to illness and/or injury. That is all 7 of us.

We are fortunate for sure and are very thankful to God that we have avoided issues that we have not been able to take care of at home. But there are certainly reasons why "our luck" is so very consistent year after year.

There are reasons why our injuries heal 5-7 times quicker than anyone else we know. There are reasons why any illness that we may encounter typically only lasts a quarter of the time or less than everyone else around us.

I don't believe it is because we are lucky…I believe it is because of the way we take care of ourselves.

There is no way we can be so "lucky" after 17 years of having children and having 7 of them all delivered at home and taken care of in the home.

We do things a certain way…and it works…consistently…day after day…week after week…month after month…and year after year.

I am going to be sharing some of our secrets in the coming days and weeks and months…one tip or trick at a time. I have never counted but I would guess there are many hundreds or even thousands of super simple ways to live a more productive life in the sense of having less down time due to physical illness or injury or emotional stress and/or depression or the like.

We live these things and our "luck" never seems to run out.

In closing…again I am grateful to God for how well we have been able to walk this journey out in our family…how healthy we truly are even under some extreme circumstances. I don't want anyone to think that we have figured everything out. However, we certainly have been blessed with many simple answers to living a better and more productive life than anyone we know simply because we have hundreds if not thousands of solutions at our fingertips that we have been given or searched out or developed on our own.

I truly hope these help you and your family. I'll be posting the first one shortly…

It has been quite awhile since I posted here but if you have been used to visiting you will see lots of changes. The theme I was using became corrupt and it developed all sorts of troubles. I tried fixing them but could not put my finger on the root problem.

I ended up having to download the database and completely purging everything else in the directory. It did fix my problem but somewhere in my database there is a problem so I have lost hundreds and hundreds of comments. I don't know if I will be able to ever get them back but at least I have most of my posts and pages here.

I am reorganizing everything I do here so it will be much easier to get around and I am working on refocusing on what we are all about here.

Anyhow…please be patient.

I appreciate it…

About  a month ago I had one of those "AHA" moments that you get from time to time. I had been going through a significant period of evaluating my strengths, weaknesses, passions, desires and narrowing down exactly what it is I am desiring to accomplish through my time and energy spent online. It was quite a process. I spent time nearly every morning reading and reflecting and praying and writing for close to three months. It was indeed quite a process…a bit life-changing too.

One of the things I was looking for was recurring themes in my huge array of varied interests and passions. I was also simply trying to be quiet in order to listen to what God was saying to me and take my lead from that each and every day I sat down during this evaluation process. There were a couple of things that unfolded during that time period but one of them was an idea that seemingly came in an instant but I knew had been "brewing" for a number of weeks before it actually came to the light.

It is an interesting story…but it will have to wait until another time. For the moment…that "AHA" moment spurred on what is now my son's and my first podcast together. That podcast, below, is about 20 minutes in length and it was a great start to what we hope will be a weekly event (or at least close to it).

I don't know of anything else like it. My son, Spencer, and I decided that we simply want to share some of the dynamics of our family life. There are so many components to it but at the heart of our family life is an undergirding of love for one another that is seemingly becoming very rare these days. We have been told countless times how much our children have impacted others who watch us from a distance. It typically happens if we are all at a restaurant, or store or an event of some sort.

My wife and most of my children recently helped put on a wedding for our friend and neighbor. By the time I showed up (after most of them had been working for a couple of days) my family had made such an impact on people…nearly everyone I saw there had to tell me about how "amazingly well they get along" and how "they take care of each other so well" and how "incredible it is that they work so hard and stay focused" and so on. I had one gal tell me we should teach what we know on a website or something.

Now if you haven't read around this blog or any of my others then you may not know that I have seven children. They are amazing people. I couldn't be more happy with who they are…how they have turned out and who they are all becoming as they grow. They are so very supportive of one another and all of the older ones love the younger ones to the point that even I am amazed at the extent of their love and caring.

So…one of the big things that came out of this time of evaluation was this idea that my eldest son and I simply talk about our lives and what makes our family life work the way it does. I don't know of anyone else doing anything like this…a father/son podcast of this sort.

But…we have not come up with a name. We are looking for some ideas to spur us on…or maybe you'll have the perfect idea…I don't know.

Please listen to the podcast down below…listen to it now or download it and listen another time and then PLEASE leave a comment with your idea as to a title for our new podcast and/or what you think.

 

Thanks so much…

If the download button on the player does not work simply click here to download.

 

Keep Working at Your Game-an example from Dimitar Berbatov

 

 

A bit more than a year ago when Manchester United sought out and brought Berbatov over from Tottenham I was very excited. They spent a great deal of money on him and I have always felt like he was a quality player.

 

As it turns out…he did not perform up to people's expectations last year and there were a lot of very disappointed people. People were very harsh on him and questioned whether or not it was a mistake to bring him to the club.

 

I never wavered in my belief that he would be a tremendous asset to Manchester United and saw a great deal of it even last year when it appeared to many as a rather bleak time for him.

 

You see I saw something above and beyond the goals scored or not scored. I saw some real talent with the ball and whether or not he was scoring he always drew a great deal of attention from the defense. This, of course, allowed the offense to open up a bit when he was in.

 

And…I trust Sir Alex (the Manager at Manchester United) and his choices. I also listened carefully to him and he always publicly supported Berbatov all the way through the hard times.

 

Sir Alex used terms like "brilliant" when he talked about Berbatov…even in his off times.

 

I think there is a great many things to learn from this:

 

1. Dimitar Berbatov continued to work hard even when things weren't going the way he would have liked.
2. His boss and colleagues continued to believe in him…even through the hard times.
3. Because of the above 2 items…it helped Berbatov continue to believe in himself and continue working toward being a vital part of his team.

 

 

If you are in business or in sports or in a family life that is currently going through hard times…whether it is yourself or someone close to you…keep your belief in yourself or your colleague/partner high and learn how to find ways to encourage yourself and/or the other person involved.

 

Showing trust in another person is possibly the most powerful ingredient to their success. Berbatov's manager and team trusted that he was not only giving it his all but that he was growing into what they needed.

 

The trust and encouragement that is shown to you or that you show to others will help them exceed their highest aspirations. People are much more apt to continue to give it their all even when things look bad.

 

Also…a positive environment is so much easier for growth than any other type of environment.

 

Here is a result from last Sunday's game of what I am talking about:

 

 

 

Please leave a comment and share this with your friends if you like it.

 

Thanks,

 

Class size for the Crushers College Product Development Course 401 is limited and space is dwindling fast. There is no other place on the planet that you can learn how to create your own downloadable product (the essential ebook mechanics of how to create your own ebook or audio or video product), market it and sell it all in one place.

 

Crushers College Product Development Course 401 is the only online course available that walks you through the entire process and enables you to make money out of the gate on the other side.

 

This course takes only 4-6 weeks to finish and then can start bringing in an extra income for anyone who wants to make it happen. But…you must attend Crushers College and take the Product Development Course first.

 

You will not only make money up front…but your informational product will be for sale for ever…and you will make a residual income as your name and your product becomes well known to the world out there.

 

You will also become "THE" expert or guru in your passion area and people will begin to seek you out for more interaction and possibilities of working with you.

 

All of this is inevitable if you create a fantastic product that actually comes from the core of your being and then are able to market it through a system that is already in place.

 

You do not have to spend the hundreds and hundreds of dollars/month or the countless hours to set up the marketing funnel and the shopping cart and everything else that goes along with creating a really dynamic informational product like an ebook or a video tutorial etc…and selling it. This is all included in the very low cost tuition of Crushers College.

 

You also get one on one help all the way through the process and as much help as you need to be successful.

 

The Professors at the college are absolutely dedicated to your success. I very much encourage you to check it out. It may just change your life…and you wouldn't be the first to say so.

 

It is so much more than simply creating an ebook, or a video series or an audio series…it is a transformational experience.

 

 

Here is what a couple of the graduates of Crushers College and the Product Development 401 course have to say:

 

 

 

Go Here to Find out More Information and to Enroll:

http://enroll.crusherscollege.com/401

Thanks and please get the word out…this really does change people's lives otherwise I wouldn't even bother.

 

Becoming Educated about the Supplements You take is Vital. I just read an article by consumer reports that listed 12 ingredients in supplements that they labeled dangerous.

 

The article is vague at best with very little evidence to back up its claims. However, I would tend to agree with the article in this one supposition:

 

"What consumers might not realize, though, is that supplement manufacturers routinely, and legally, sell their products without first having to demonstrate that they are safe and effective."

Can this be a problem? Absolutely it can. The article writer clearly believes it is a regulatory issue. I do not.

 

I believe it is a personal responsibility issue. I had to do my research before I found the products we have used safely for about 16 years. We use many of the products listed in this consumer reports article:

 

http://health.yahoo.net/articles/nutrition/dangerous-supplements

 

We do not see any of the ill-effects they talk about in our family. We have 9 in our family and using a medication or even going to the doctor is not even on our radar. I suppose we would if the situation called for it…but we never have had to do so.

 

You would be amazed (I truly mean AMAZED) at what we have overcome in our family through the use of good quality herbs and supplements. When I get some more time I may start a section on my blog just sharing stories of how we have dealt with hundreds if not thousands of issues in our lives.

 

From birthing at home to completely caring for each of our own health issues as they come up along the way, I could share stories that you would think are unbelievable. To the average "go-to-the-doctor" sort of person I guess maybe they are.

 

There is an entire world available to people that they really only have a vague concept of.

 

This is true of the article writer as well. Consumer Reports did their "due-diligence" but they missed so much that they could have said. They shared a couple of stories that I believe they were looking for in order to satisfy their slanted views. If their views were not slanted, then the article would have been written far more objectively.

 

Are some supplements dangerous? YES!

 

It is pretty simple. In fact…I don't believe you could actually come up with a list of the "dangerous" ones. It depends upon the supplier  and the manufacturer.

 

Just as most people would not "connect" and do business over the internet without having established a bit of trust with a particular company or person…so you should never purchase supplements from a company or individual you do not trust.

 

If everyone simply followed that guideline…the number of quality issues would nearly disappear.

 

When we use a supplement it is because we trust the source. I used to own a store that sold primarily herbs and supplements. I had dozens if not hundreds of sales people come in and tell me how their products were the "best" in the marketplace.

 

They would leave me samples and then I would thank them and send them on their way. I would do some simple muscle testing (I will have to explain or create a video later explaining what this is) first and then either throw them away or follow up and contact the individual company that manufactured the product.

 

I was used to dealing with companies that had extensive quality control tests and measures in place. I was astounded at how little quality control tests are actually done for 98% of the products out there.

 

The primary company we used (and still use) does hundreds of quality control tests. The best I found in my years as a store owner and following up on the products brought to me is a company that did two (2)…most not doing any at all…simply relying on the suppliers for the quality.

 

So…you can imagine the possibilities of how bad most supplements actually have the potential to be. I'm not saying that all are…or even most are. In fact…I would say there are a great deal of decent supplements out there.

 

The problem is "how do you know" given the fact that most companies do little quality control testing. The answer is…you are just gambling because there is no other way to be sure.

 

Government regulations are not the answer and I have many reasons for believing this (after all it worked so well with BP (a highly, highly regulated industry) and the gulf fiasco recently. We don't need to talk about the pitfalls of regulation right here but it is important to understand that the best way for you to know if you are taking a quality product is to do your own research and due diligence.

 

It is truly up to you, not the government or anyone else, to figure out which supplements are going to be safe and effective and which are not.

 

Here is a check list:

 

—Use what have been used for years by others. For instance we have used particular products for 16 years with babies, children, adults and pets. We have never had a questionable thing happen with the products we use.

 

—Call the companies and find out what testing they do. They should have a list of 100-200 tests that they perform at their facility. Perhaps at another time we can cover some specific tests and what they mean.

 

—Find out who the founders, the CEO, the President etc. are and see if you can find anyone who knows these people. The integrity of the leaders is super important.

 

—Don't make your primary reason for purchasing be pricing. If a company does not do quality control…their products are not going to cost nearly as much as a company that does. It is a simple fact of life that it costs money to do these things. You have to pay for the equipment, the researchers and the facilities to do these things.

 

—If you can…visit the facilities and get a personal tour. Also…visit their home offices if you can as well and get a feel for the atmosphere and the type of people employed there.

 

—Do research about safety complaints relative to particular companies. I am sure you will find something on any given company. Be careful not to believe the skeptics out there because their motivation is simply to make all supplement companies appear in a bad light.

 

—Do research about effectiveness of a company's products. Are the testimonials believable or hype? You need to figure that out. A lot of this comes down to trust issues as well.

 

—Use Common Sense and find people who truly know what they are talking about to help you figure out how much and what would be helpful.

 

You Truly NEED to take responsibility for YOUR own health and figure these things out.

 

Out of the 12 items listed in the article (aconite, bitter orange, chaparral, colloidal silver, coltsfoot, comfrey, country mallow, germanium, greater celandine, kava, lobelia, and yohimbe) we use at least two-thirds of these on a fairly regular basis. Any herb or supplement if overused can have negative effects…that is simply common sense.

 

All of these items have their place when they are manufactured or processed safely with plenty of quality control measures behind the process…but they can be overused or mis-used and that can create problems.

 

It does take a pretty good amount of mis-use or over-use for these things to be dangerous in general…but that is why you must learn about what you put into your body.

 

We don't use medicines of any kind because I have done research and figured out that they are truly dangerous. There is plenty of government regulation surrounding prescription drugs and even taken in the amounts recommended to be safe I believe are terribly dangerous. Good thing we have someone looking out for us…right?

 

There are hundreds of thousands of people who die every year as a result of medications being dangerous. Some of these are because of human error but most because of adverse affects. Then there is a whole host of people who stay alive but are affected adversely immediately and long term.

 

If anyone ever truly wanted to study this one problem alone…the numbers would be staggering…beyond, I believe, what we could even imagine.

 

So…my "due-diligence" steps above would also relate to anything you put into your body.

 

Anyhow…I did not intend to wake up and write this post but I read the referenced article above from Consumer Reports and I needed to respond. I hope you found it helpful and would appreciate you leaving a comment and sharing it with your friends, family and followers.

 

Thanks,

 

The Health Crushers (myself, Eric Lujan, Beverly Monical & Eleni Liapakis—you will hear and  learn much more about these fantastic people in the coming weeks) are just about to launch a Revolution in Getting Healthy. We Call it the 45 Day Health Revolution and it will be Six Weeks of Practical, Down to Earth, Action Oriented Material that Will Quite Possibly Change the Course of Your Life.

We are taking out all of the "fluff" and just giving what works and what doesn't. We have spent years (decades) wading through the available info. and have narrowed it down to the things that will actually bring results to giving people more energy…really just a better quality of life—more active, more involved, less fatigue, more energy, more clarity of thought and many other areas of life that are helped just by getting the mental, emotional and physical areas of your life in tune.

Anyhow…I don't want this to sound like a sales letter…but I did want to share what is coming up. This 45 Day Health Revolution is a class being given through "Crushers College." But…we need your help in choosing a logo. If you would please go here to vote I would very much appreciate it. And…please tell all of your friends to do so as well.

Then…simply stay in touch and I will be sharing more about the upcoming course in the next week or so.

 

Thanks…very much!