Re: Three things you should never skimp on

Ablang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Three things you should never skimp on
> 
> By Julie E. Houston ? Bankrate.com   
> 
> Sometimes it just doesn't pay to be cheap. 
> 
> You cut coupons, buy store-brand everything and wouldn't dream of eating 
> out unless it's an all-you-can-eat buffet (and you have a doggie bag hidden 
> in your purse). But face it -- there are some things in life that you 
> should not skimp on. The three biggies are footgear, mattresses and tires.
> 
> If the shoe fits ... wear it
> If your walking habits are anything like the average person's, you'll log 
> 115,000 miles in your lifetime, according to "Walking Magazine." But your 
> body can feel like you take on this trek daily if the shoes you wear aren't 
> foot-friendly.
> 
> Michael Gazdar, a chiropractor and author of Taking Your Back Into the 
> Future, explains that most consumers often "buy cheap shoes, or shoes that 
> are too soft and don't offer proper arch support. The midline of the foot 
> starts to cave in, causing legs to start misaligning, causing pain in the 
> knees and the pain goes into the hips into the lower back and up into the 
> neck" ... and the knee bone's connected to the thigh bone ... 
> 

there's no evidence for that.  barefoot is a better option. 
strengthen your body the way it's supposed to be used!  it's this
wierd North American thing that you have to wear shoes.

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Kate, http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~kolina/advantages-of-formula.html   
..misguided propaganda on
infant feeding should be punished as the most criminal form of 
sedition....anyone who ignorantly or lightly, causes a baby to be fed
on
unsuitable milk, may be guilty of that child's death." ~ Dr. Cicely
Williams in
1939.
       http://www.thememoryhole.org/index.htm