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Lisa
S. Lawless, Ph.D., C.E.O.
Holistic Wisdom Founder
Lisa
S. Lawless, Ph.D., CEO
I am sure
that many of you are like me and are so busy that you sometimes
will look at the calendar and suddenly realize that it is an
anniversary, birthday, holiday or other special day that warrants
a gift. Then there is the moment of panic following of thinking
how can you take care of that from work, long distance or instantly
to make sure that someone special knows you are thinking of
them.
That is
why I love electronic gift certificates because you can have
them sent the same day you order them to the eMail address of
the recipient and stay on schedule. I decided to make our gift
certificates electronic in addition to paper in hopes of allowing
our customers the convenience and allowing their special someone
the ability to select exactly what they want.
Electronic-
All you need is the recipient's eMail address and we'll do the
rest. Your gift will arrive in their inbox a matter of hours
with your personal message (or on a date of your choosing).
It's a perfect present for the person who's hard to buy for,
because they can select whatever they desire!
Paper-
We use a
beautiful black and gold embossed jacket shown below with a
gold embossed ivory certificate printed with your recipients
name and the amount with our web site address and contact information
for them to redeem it. We will also provide a gift card with
your certificate if you desire, when you write in the "note"
section (below) to send a special message to the recipient.
If you order the paper gift certificates you can have them mailed
anywhere you choose and will be given the shipping options upon
check out.
Terms-
Gift certificates
are transferable, there are no expiration dates, and we will
provide credit for our products with a product should the gift
certificate's denomination not fully be used. So if you purchase
a $100.00 gift certificate, and the recipient purchases a product
for $75.00 then we will send the product and a $25.00 credit
receipt.
As always,
we are open to special requests, so do not hesitate to contact
us if you would like something extra special!
Overweight
People Are Often "Starving" Why
We Are So Hungry And Obese As A Culture
Lisa
S. Lawless, Ph.D., C.E.O.
Holistic Wisdom Founder
One of
the greatest frustrations I have with society today is our constant
dismissal of common sense and need to embrace fads. I know that
most of us walk around tired from our day at work and when we
are home we tend to hand over our right to be empowered thinkers
and accept what media and clever marketing tells us. The problem
with this is that we are losing our ability to discern even
the most simple, logical thought when we embrace diets like
Atkins.
It is not
that we are lazy, or stupid; we are just overwhelmed. How can
we not be overwhelmed when we are bombarded with so much information.
From spam eMails filling our in-boxes to watching a news program
that has advertising on one side, a news story in the center
and a a stream of text with other news coming in while our cell
phone rings and sends video from a friend and more eMails!
So it is
no wonder why we have our heads so turned around on the issue
of the rising rate of obesity in this country. But, let's just
take a moment to recall what common sense says about it.
What
Are The Core Issues Today?
When you
read this, you'll probably have a "well, duh!" moment,
but it is needed to be said in this ridiculous Atkins, no carb
atmosphere in which we live today. There are two issues I want
to address.
1)
Most Americans are starving in that we are getting food, just
not full of nutritionally
rich vitamins and minerals causing us to
have a vast array of health problems. We
also need exercise and with increased technology
we are getting less and less of it.
2)
We need carbohydrates to be healthy, but those need to be the
right kinds of
carbohydrates. The Atkins
diet is a fad, it is unhealthy and it is causing great
damage
to people's bodies. Recent reports just concluded
that you will have difficulty
conceiving if you are following the Atkins
regime... let me tell you now that it is the
least of possible problems that we will continue
to see by those who have decided
to follow this dangerous fad and the American
Dietetic Association (ADA) agrees.
Why
We Are Starving This
Applies To Anyone Suffering From Malnutrition Thin Or Overweight.
Often our
society sees overweight people as more than covered when it
comes to nutrition. In actuality it does not matter if you are
thin or overweight you can be just as "starving" for
nutrition. If you do not eat nutritious food, your brain will
tell you that you are hungry, even through you just ate a huge
amount of fries with a giant coke and burger a couple hours
before. Why? Because there aren't nearly enough vitamins and
minerals in what you just ate.
Think about
it, what do most overweight or thin nutritionally starved people
eat? Bleached flour, sugar and high fat foods like bacon, burgers,
etc... Now ask yourself... is there really any reason to think
that our brain isn't going to be screaming for nutrients that
comes with vegetables fruit and whole grains? Of course you
are going to get signals that you are hungry even when your
stomach is full, because you have not really fed your body what
it needs!
Sure we
fill our stomachs with a bunch of crappie food that the body
is not only going to feel it got gypped on when it comes to
nutrients, but it is probably filled with toxins, chemicals
and heart clogging fats as well. Bonus!
There is
a huge difference between being "full" and being truly
sated when it comes to the nutrients your body needs to function.
No wonder we always feel tired, and have acid reflux, irritable
bowel syndrome, and other such lovely crap to deal with.
Why
The Medical Profession Is Failing Us: My Story
I am not
an alcoholic, I am not a drug addict, nor do I smoke... but
when life gets stressful a nice blueberry muffin or high fat
food can be my best friend. The pleasure I get from food is
truly amazing, and I know that millions of you out there can
relate to me on this.
So let me
share with you how I woke up from the delusions that many companies
marketing crappie food and beverages, and doctors who want you
to need their services want you to have.
A decade
ago when I was in my early twenties I was working for a mental
health insurance company 40 - 50 hours a week, getting my Masters
of Social Work part time, and doing a 20 hour a week internship
at a group home for the chronically mentally ill. You could
say that I was a bit stressed and it was common for me to stay
up until 3am to finish a paper, and then get up 3 hours later
to go to work.
I was eating
a great deal of dairy and "white carbohydrates" back
then. They are the "food drugs" I so dearly love like,
pizza, doughnuts, popcorn and other nutritionally void, yet
tasty foods. Call it comfort food, call it crap... it tastes
good!
Now, before
I continue let me stress... I am not talking about the good
carbohydrates like brown rice, beans, etc. I am talking about
taking rich wheat or grains and killing it with chemicals and
processing until you suck anything that was nutritional out
of it to make white flour... "bad carbs."
So, I was
pretty much living off these tasty "food drugs" of
the 21st century when suddenly during the few hours of sleep
I was trying to get, I was experiencing acid that felt like
it was going to burn a hole in my esophagus.
So, I went
to my doctor and explained my symptoms. She of course (as unfortunately
many western doctors tend to do these days) wanted to treat
me with medication... not placing any importance on what could
be causing it... rather just putting a "Band-Aid"
on it.
I began
taking Prevacid (which at the time was a prescription). It worked
for a while, but I found myself still hurting at times... as
the acid was really intense. So my doctor told me that it must
be Acid Reflux Disease. However, there could be something more
serious going on, so... I
went to get an Upper GI. This is where you have the lovely experience
of swallowing liquid barium (which tastes like mint flavored
liquid cement) while they x-ray it going down the the esophagus
and stomach to see if there are any irregularities.
So a week
later the doctor called to tell me that there does not seem
to be anything wrong, so the official diagnosis is excess acid
and keep taking the medication with no suggestions on what is
causing it or how to prevent it.
I kept popping
Prevacid and other antacids while continuing to eat all the
lovely processed comfort food I had grown used to eating and
my doctor said nothing about. I also began to gain weight. I
was terribly unhappy, so I decided to change my diet.
I took an
Asian cooking
class and learned about nutrition through an incredible
teacher there. What I learned changed my life. I say "learned"
when really what I mean was that I was reminded, because deep
down we all know this...
We need
to eat vegetables, fruit, healthy carbs like brown rice, beans,
and a very low amount of meat. We should not consume dairy,
soda, sugar substitutes, nor refined flour and sugar and we
should exercise and drink water. I know... when I say it out
loud, it seems so basic, but why have we forgotten these things?
I mean isn't it common sense?
Okay, so
it is not easy, but it is the truth. The basic diet (and when
I say diet I mean nutritional lifestyle... not some fad, short
term diet) I am suggesting is not going to sell books, and it
is not going to make Coke come out with Coke3, because Coke2
the low carb soda isn't the new fad anymore. The bottom line
is that we simply need to get back to basics. I am not talking
about the 1950's basics of a huge glass of milk and giant steak
basics, I am talking about what humans have been meant to consume
since day one... vegetables, grains, water and for your carnivores
out there a little meat. We are not meant to be eating processed,
refined while flour and sugar all the time, or large amounts
of high fat bacon, beef and pork and yet we do!
We
Are starving Ourselves To Death! Literally!
Our brain
is screaming to please give it some nutrients and our answer
to that is to go out and have pork rinds and Coke2 on our low
carbohydrate diet? What the hell? Have we lost our minds? Apparently
the pharmaceutical companies and food and beverage corporations
marketing crap think so, and they are loving every dollar of
it.
What
Not To Eat
Why
should we not eat dairy?
Well, I wrote an article
about the details, but in short because it produces a huge amount
of acid in our system which in turn may contribute to cancer,
it actually requires more calcium to digest then it provides
thus, depleting us of calcium from our bones, and it creates
a great deal of phlegm in our body causing diarrhea, gas, congestion,
and many other lovely side effects. For another great article
by a doctor to his patients whom has done extensive research
on this topic CLICK HERE
Why is dairy
constantly being plugged for it's health benefits? Because there
are a lot of dollars in the dairy industry as there are in the
meat industry. These are powerful lobbying groups and like some
politicians know that if they keep repeating lies to us over
and over and over again... we will become so familiar with the
lie that it will feel true. It's called brainwashing, or in
this day and age clever marketing or politics.
Why
should we avoid too much protein?
Again, I wrote an article
about the details, but in short because it creates huge amounts
of acid in our system, and don't get me started on what too
much meat does to your bowels. You probably don't want to know!
I know there were moments after seeing graphic pictures that
I was wishing I could simply not have looked! But the bottom
line was that I did look, and I began to see things so much
more clearly.
The Atkins
Diet, and others like it, trigger short-term weight loss through
a process called ketosis. Ketosis occurs whenever the body lacks
a sufficient supply of carbohydrates, a prime source of energy.
During ketosis, carbohydrate-depleted metabolisms turn to other
sources, including ketones from stored fat or protein, to satisfy
daily energy needs. The weight loss from this is temporary,
it is dangerous and the long term effects may be worse than
being overweight!
So
What Happened?
One week
after changing my diet to eating vegetables, fruit, beans, rice,
low amounts of meat as well as beginning to exercise and drink
more water, I not only dropped weight, but for the first time
in two years, I did not need antacid medication.
My teacher
who was an Asian influenced nutritionist actually showed me
one day what happens in your stomach when you add dairy and
sugar by doing a little experiment for me in two glasses. In
each glass, he had the properties for stomach acid and other
ingredients so that it was just like the conditions inside a
stomach and then added dairy in one and sugar in another. They
both began to bubble and foam until they not only filled the
glasses but ran over the sides. I remember my mouth dropping
and saying "no wonder!" I mean no wonder I felt bloated
all the time, and could barely sleep from all the stomach acid
bubbling up toward my throat.
Common sense
would tell a doctor to recommend to a patient that they change
their diet before running expensive medical tests and throwing
prescription antacids at them... but that is not the world we
generally live in is it? Common sense would suggest to people
to look past the marketing hype and eat nutritional food to
feed their body, not just fill their stomach. Yet, Taco Bell's
new commercial featuring people running around saying they're
"full" from their value menu is quite the poster child
for what we value... low cost, low quality, quick food that
makes us feel full.
Aren't we
then saying... "Scew nutrition and make me feel full so
that my brain can tell me in an hour that I am still hungry
because I did not get nearly enough nutrients so that I can
eat some more crap and feel full again?" No wonder we are
so hungry and need such large portions! We are starving our
bodies to death!
You think
if we started a new tasty cardboard diet that we could still
feel full? You bet! You put enough cardboard with artificial,
toxic sweeteners and flavors in there and we'd have the next
new fad diet! And, guess what... you feel full while losing
weight because the card board is low in calories. It's brilliant!
Mad,
Mad, Mad!
Okay, I
know I sound highly sarcastic in this article, but to be honest
I am pissed off. I am angry that there are so many companies
out there treating us like we are complete morons and selling
us things that further our food addictions, filling us with
toxins while they make millions off of us. It's hard not to
be angry about that! I believe we are worth more than that as
the consumer and I really wish that companies would show that
they not only value our wallets but our minds and health too!
Dr. DM
Hagstead, Professor of Nutrition & Public Health for Harvard
University had this to say regarding the responsibility of nutrition
and health experts-
"The
diet of the American people has become increasingly rich in
meat and other sources of saturated fats (dairy) and sugar.
Ischemic heart disease, cancer, diabetes and hypertension are
the diseases that result from this and these diseases can kill
us. They are an epidemic in our populations. We have an obligation
to inform the public of the current state of knowledge and to
assist the public in making the correct food choices. To do
less is to avoid our responsibility."
Where
Does The Accountability Ultimately Lie?
I am not
saying that we are not accountable for our behavior. If we chose
to go to McDonalds and stuff our face with crap than there is
no way you will convince me that we are not responsible for
that. We are responsible for our own behavior and no matter
how many commercials McDonalds or any other company that helps
to contribute to this madness, we have the free will not to
consume it.
That leads
me to my next point. If we as the consumer showed companies
like Wendy's and Burger King that we were not interested in
their nutritionally void food, and yes even their salads with
empty iceberg lettuce loaded with stuff that is not really that
good for you but seems like it could be because it is a "salad"
(high fat dressings, high fat cheese, high fat beef, croutons
saturated in fat, high fat bacon bits, etc.) then maybe we would
have "health food to go" on every corner.
Health oriented
supermarkets like Wholefoods,
Vitamin Cottage,
Wild
Oats and Trader
Joes that cater to the consumer interested in
quality food are an example of what we need more of. If we as
the consumer made stores like this as big as McDonalds than
companies like McDonalds would have to change their tune. So
isn't the power still in our hands?
We can bad
mouth companies all we want, but the truth is that we have co-created
them. If we did not provide the demand, they would not provide
the crappie food to us. If there weren't so many people choosing
the low carb fad, companies would not be busting at the seams
to provide more and more low-carb products. The bottom line
is that they are selling... and we as the consumer are making
this happen!
We have
to accept responsibility for what we are choosing, and when
we eat nutritionally devoid food understand that the consequences
for that behavior will not only affect our health, but the message
to the companies is to keep selling us crap. It is only when
we see ourselves as worth having quality products that we get
them. Yes, we often have to pay more... but aren't our bodies
worth the extra money. I mean most people have no problem paying
for the extras on their house or car... but will skimp on their
body. Yet if you don't take care of your body you won't get
to enjoy the car or house!
Want
To Lose Weight?
Remember
the following and you will not go wrong-
Calories
Vs. Carbs
A calorie is a calorie, is a calorie. Don't make the mistake
of zooming right past the calories only to check if it is low
carb. You are missing the point of how weight is lost if you
do this. It is a very simple equation. Burn more calories than
you consume. A fat calorie is the same as a carb calorie is
the same as a protein calorie... it is much like the old trick
question of what is heavier... a pound of feathers or a pound
of gold? Well, if they are both a pound then they weigh the
same.
Where it
gets confusing is how the body burns them and that is where
Atkins tries to tell you that protein is better for you. I will
not debate that protein is needed, but you truly need more carb
calories to be a healthy person. Again, it is what kind of carbs
which I will cover below.
Don't
Starve Yourself
There are two ways that we typically starve ourselves and sabotage
our diets. One is that we do not consume enough calories. This
is important because if you eat too little for your body size,
then your metabolism will slow down because it will think that
you are starving and will want to go into survival mode to conserve
all the body fat you have and that kinda defeats the point.
The other
way we make a diet harder is eating food that is low in nutritional
value. Make sure you are getting your vitamins and minerals
through fresh vegetables, fruit, whole grains and small amounts
of meat if you choose to eat it. Drink water and herbal teas
such as green tea, and try not to burn out your nervous system
on caffeine.
Avoid
Late Night Eating
The word Breakfast means what is says... you "break your
fast." The body needs to detoxify at night (that is why
we have bad morning breath and the skins is oily and sometimes
heavily scented in the morning). Our bodies need time to detox.
If you work nightshifts than simply try not to eat heavily before
going to bed to allow your body time to cleanse. If you eat
too close to your sleeping time the body is not as able to detox
and you end up putting more calories into retained fat as the
body is not burning the calories you have just ingested as easily.
Eat
Foods Low In Acid
Your pH (potential of Hydrogen) levels are reflective of your
health. Your body needs the opposite of acidic foods to keep
your body running smoothly. These are called alkaline foods
and are minerals that help us to keep our body balanced. They
are usually found in fruits and vegetables.
Hi acid
in the body creates disease such as cancer. If you have ever
visited a cancer wing in a hospital you will know the strong
ammonia smell that comes with that. It is also often found in
babies spit up or urine as cows milk is high in acid and unfortunately
is not healthy for us to be consuming let alone in mass quantities.
Acid in our bodies is also created through emotional stress
in our bodies and is why perspiration from stress often smells
worse than basic exercise.
High acid
foods have to be processed through the kidneys and the kidneys
in turn generate ammonia which has a pH of about 9.25.
When your
body has been inundated by high acid foods and high stress that
generates acid for long periods of time your organs have to
work overtime to try to keep the body balances. This is fine
to have happen once in a while, but the organs in your body
are not meant to stay on high functioning all the time. Eventually
after months or even years the organs become exhausted and eventually
disease will become an issue.
This
is not to say that foods that are acidic are BAD for you. They
are not inherently bad for you, rather they should be eaten
in moderation making sure to eat high alkaline foods that will
help process them. A list of examples is shown below. You may
be surprised to know that some citrus is actually high in alkaline...
I know I was.
Alkaline
Foods
To Help Neutralize Acid
Acid
Foods
Consumed In Moderation
Or Not At All
Almonds
(Raw)
Bacon
Apples
Beef
Apricots
Blueberries
Avocados
Bran
Bananas
Bread
(White)
Dried
Beans
Butter
Beet
Greens
Carob
Beets
Cheese
Blackberries
Chicken
Broccoli
Cod
Brussel
Sprouts
Corn
Cabbage
Soda
Crackers
Carrots
Cranberries
Cauliflower
Currants
Celery
Eggs
Chard
Flour
Cherries
Haddock
Cucumbers
Honey
Dates
Lamb
Fig
Lentils
Grapefruit
Lobster
Grapes
Milk
Green
Beans
Noodles
Green
Peas
Oatmeal
Lemons
Oysters
Lima
Beans
Peanut
Butter
Limes
Peas
(Dried)
Millet
(Grain)
Plums
Molasses
Pork
Mushrooms
Prunes
Onions
Rice
Oranges
Salmon
Parsnips
Sardines
Peaches
Sausage
Pears
Scallops
Pineapple
Shrimp
Potatoes
Squash
Sweet
Potatoes
Sunflower
Seeds
Radishes
Turkey
Raisins
Walnuts
Raspberries
Wheat
Germs
Rutabagas
Yogurt
Sauerkraut
Sugar
Soy
Beans
Chocolate
Spinach
Corn
Syrup
Strawberries
Olive
Oil
Tangerines
Tomatoes
Watercress
Watermelon
Exercise
I know, many of you hate it. I personally have never been much
of an athlete and exercise has always been a battle for me.
The thing is, that as much as I enjoy not doing it... it really
does add to my energy, weight maintenance and overall well being
and when you sit in front of a computer as much as I do for
my work... it is essential for your health!
Healthy
Ways To Cook
Pressure Cookers-
A pressure cooker seals the pot and heats food without damaging
it's nutritional value. It also seals flavor and is fairly quick
to cook.
Stir
Fry-
Rapidly searing bite-sized pieces of food using a very hot wok
locks in flavors, juices and nutrition. Using water instead
of oil helps to preserve the oil's nutrients if you add it as
a topping after cooking rather than exposing it to the high
heat which changes it's chemical properties.
Juicing-
Juicing is a great way to quickly extract fresh nutrients from
vegetables and fruit. Juice helps to reset the body's appetite
control by providing high quality nutrients. It is also a great
way to help lose weight as it keeps the metabolism going by
giving the body rich nutrients and letting it know it is not
starving! Read more in our juicing
article.
Use Organic
Foods -
Keeping your body as free of toxins, pesticides and steroids
that are in foods today is always a good idea. Read more in
our organic foods
article.
A Healthy
Diet
I know we
all dream of fast food that is actually healthy for you, or
for that miracle diet that does not require much effort of discipline,
but don't let being tired and overwhelmed let the truth about
this issue disappear. Don't fall into the trap of believing
the hype because it is convenient. Stay empowered, stay in touch
with your common sense enough to know that a pound of meat for
dinner is bad for you!
The truth
is that diets don't work, lifestyle changes do. These have to
be changes that are made for the long term and ultimately because
of healthy eating and exercise you will have more energy to
deal with all the spam in your eMail in-box and the insane amount
of work, information and stress we all deal with in this chaotic
world.
Being someone
who has always been drawn to food as a coping skill when things
get rough, I know that it is hard to lose weight, to exercise
and to commit to it for the long term. Many days I have rationalized
in my head why ordering Pizza is the right thing to do for dinner.
None of us are perfect, nor should we strive to be. What we
should instead strive for is to nurture ourselves through positive
choices as much as we can and never give away our empowered
decision making by giving up on common sense and our intuition.
We are worth more than that. We each have something to contribute
to this world and taking care of ourselves is one of the best
ways to do that.
Healthy
Food
Good
Foods
Good
Grains (Carbs)
Fresh
Garlic
Brown
Rice
Shiitake
Mushrooms
Whole
Wheat
Ganoderma
Mushrooms
Barely
Seaweed
(Nori)
Oats
Soy
Rye
Mung
Beans
Millet
Adzuki
Beans
Corn
Black
Beans
Spelt
Daikon
Radish
Carrots
Celery
Cabbage
Broccoli
Brussels
Sprouts
Things
To Avoid When Possible
Cauliflower
Smoking
Kale
Dairy
(Except Ghee)
Clarified Butter
Red
Beets
Meats
Parsley
Sugars
Asparagus
Carbonated
Drinks
Ginger
Caffeine
Drinks
Onions
Cooking
Oils (Except Ghee)
Clarified Butter
Cucumber
Spices
In Excess
Squash
Alcohol
Garnet
Yams
Chocolate
Potatoes
Fatty
Foods
Apples
Overeating
Oranges
Foods
Too Hot
Grapefruit
Foods
Too Cold
Lemons
Food
Additives
Green
Tea
Refined
Foods
All
Green Leafy Vegetables
Microwave
Cooking (Kills Nutrients)
In
Closing
The suggestions
above are just that... suggestions. It is important for you
to discern what is the right diet for you is and to be educated
about what you are choosing to do. Also, please don't think
that just because I wrote an article on healthy food means that
I always make the right choices and live a perfectly nutritional
life.
I struggle
with eating healthy and have gained and lost weight quite often.
Struggling with binge eating when I am under a great deal of
stress, I consider food issues to be one of the biggest struggles
in my life. In order to deal with this, I have spent time researching
healthy eating because I am challenged by it and I simply want
to pass on information that I have found helpful to me.
If you struggle
with this as well, you are certainly not alone and I truly empathize!
From feeling weak and worthless because I have gained weight
to becoming angry and pushing myself too hard I know the extremes
of struggling with eating healthy and exercise.
Being overweight
or struggling with it has been a sign of weakness in our society,
and often overweight people are thought to be lazy. As someone
who has often struggled with weight issues, I can assure you
that stereotype is not true! Most people would not call a smoker
lazy for choosing that as their coping skill, and food is no
different.
The important
thing is not about being perfect, but understanding that this
comes down to simply nurturing ourselves through tenacity and
love for ourselves (self esteem). Let's
face it... discipline in doing anything good for us can be challenging.
We all need
to work at taking care of ourselves whether that means we need
to focus on physical, emotional, mental or spiritual needs.
Nurturing ourselves is one of the biggest tasks we can take
on in life. Whether we nurture our bodies or nurture our integrity
or emotional needs there are many ways we can take care of ourselves.
After all, that is how we ultimately fulfill our purpose here...
take care of ourselves so that we may offer the world the best
of who we are!
If you have
suggestions or feedback about this article, feel free to contact
me. I always love to hear from our readers.
Lisa
S. Lawless, Ph.D., C.E.O.
Holistic Wisdom Founder
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will from time to time feature a porn movie that is high profile
whether it is to report on it or allow our customers to purchase
it. We will not make porn a focus on our site and any porn we
offer will be free of derogatory scenes, rape scenes and certainly
no actors or actresses that are very young or under 18.
Link
To Us-
Asking
those of you who visit chat rooms or with web sites to link
to us was effective as those of you who did made our rankings
on the search engines go up. In addition we saw more traffic
to our web site this week because of it and we appreciate you
telling people about us!
Sponsored
Events-
We
received numerous requests for business cards and other marketing
material to send to you who tell people about our company and
we truly appreciate your efforts. We even sponsored various
events from swingers parties to home sex toy parties by providing
free gift certificates, products, coupons and more. We believe
in our purpose over profit and we were happy to do this!
Lisa
S. Lawless, Ph.D., CEO
Member
of American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors,
and Therapists
( AASECT )
Word
of Mouth-
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often get people who tell us that they were reffered by a friend
or lover and really appreciate our company. Thank you for helping
us to continue educating and providing pleasure to so many people
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We
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them as we really do want your feedback. Suggestions of having
a Spanish web site to providing new products like our Fleshlights
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that not only are the ideas often great, but we work to implement
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Advanced
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Read
and see much more through The Art of Fellatio Manual available
online or in a soft cover binder with
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See
what is covered in the
manual and video below-
Positions
Techniques
Instruction
Media
Basic
& Best
68 1/2
69
Face Fucking
On Your Knees
On The Side
Visual Importance
Stage Fright
The Exhibitionist
Deep
Throat
Gagging Remedy
Using
Teeth
Kisses & Tongue
Do The Twist
Shirley Temple Licks
Head, Shaft & Scrotum
Grabbing His Behind
Making Him Tight
Hand Job Combo
Vacuum
Double Penetration
Teeth Guards
Thigh Highs
Hummers
The Harmonica
The Drum
Hot & Cold
Women's Lubricant
Hands On Your Head
Adore The Cock
Penis Anatomy
Messes
Orgasms
Perineum Love
Anal Love
Nipple Love
Mouth Love
Fatigue Warning
Health Concerns
STD Prevention
Hygiene
Tips For Receiver
Clean Up
Post Etiquette
Toys & Products
Fellatio In Water
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Pictures- A variety of close ups from
Lisa Lawless' home library.
FREE
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video clips from Lisa Lawless' home library.
The video clips are for entertainment and do not contain
instruction. They are available as a download or on CDROM.
Real Player or Windows Media Player is required to view
it.
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