I’ve left Maui to attend three health events in California.

Yesterday I boarded a plane, and left my Hawaiian paradise for the California mainland (for the first time in a year). I won’t be back for three weeks.

First stop is Anaheim, California. Alas, I’m not going to Disneyland. Instead I’ll be at the Natural Products Expo West (March 12-14) with an estimated 53,000 …

	This Japanese macaque knows that proper sleep is essential for bowel health.

If you’re not getting enough deep sleep then your body isn’t able to “process your pooh” properly.  It’s during the night that much of the process of elimination takes place (while daytime is the time for eating and assimilation).

Emails flooded my inbox asking me to write more about Thursday’s The Proof is in the Pooh wellness tip – where I explained how unhealthy bowel movements usually mean whatever diet you are following isn’t working for you.

But today I want to emphasize another major factor that can lead to constipation or loose stools: Lack of quality sleep …

	After only one week supplementing magnesium, one reader of my book the Magnesium Miracle started experiencing consistent orgasms.

In addition to ridding herself of her gag reflex, insomnia and chronic muscle pain… a reader reported that supplementing with magnesium has allowed her to have consistent orgasms.

“I was on Paxil to keep my sanity,” Susan writes. “I was miserable.”

It wasn’t until she pulled out her 1971 Pennsylvanian State college textbook, Introductory Nutrition, that she first discovered …

You know you are living a healthy lifestyle compatible with your constitution when your bowel movements are the consistency of a ripe banana.

What you drop into the toilet each day can help you make many important personal health decisions like… Which diet is best for you… How much sleep you need… Or whether a particular supplement benefits you or not.

Now, I hope today’s wellness tip won’t gross you out. I was so annoyed when the technical editor for IBS Cookbook for Dummies tried to forbid me from advising readers to take a backward glance into the toilet. She didn’t want people becoming obsessed.

And I agree — forming the perfect bowel movement should not be your life ambition.

Nonetheless, healthy BMs indicate how your current health program is working for your body. Your stools should …

Here’s a photo I took, the day after the earthquake in Chile, of the “aftermath” of the tsunami that never hit Hawaii.

Last weekend, I listened to endless predictions (on my computer — I don’t own a TV) of a tsunami from the Chilean earthquake drowning Hawaii. It only reinforced what I have always said about the mainstream news: It’s trying to scare you out of your mind so you’ll go buy the stuff they advertise on their commercials.

Now, of course, I appreciate the tsunami warning – living here on this rock in the Pacific. To help stay positive, I threw a “Tsunami Party” …

	While The Island from LOST may very well be a focal point of the Earth’s healing energies – you can still tap into those same powers in your own backyard.

The TV show LOST suggests that its mysterious South Pacific island emits magnetic radiation that rapidly heals the survivors of Oceanic 815 and other inhabitants of diseases and injuries.

Here in Maui I believe our island draws up similar vibrations from Mother Earth. I’m literally living on a mountain of molten rock that is taller than Mt. Everest (when measured from the ocean floor).

So am I suggesting you quit your job and move to “Reiki Island”? While that’s always a possibility… A more practical suggestion would be to …

	Unpacking fresh fruit from the local Maui farmer’s market which I recommend should be eaten on an empty stomach 30 minutes before meals.

A Future Health Now! member asked a question about eating fruit and avoiding high blood sugar:

In Modules 31 & 32 you recommend eating fruit at least 20-30 minutes before a meal. But I thought it was better to eat fruit after a meal so that it absorbs more slowly and doesn’t spike your blood sugar level.

The main reason I discourage combining fresh fruit with protein, starch and fat  is because it …

	A Despair Inc.’s “demotivational” poster uses dark humor to demonstrate what kind of propaganda machine the television set really is.

Despair Inc. released a poster showing an empty couch before a glaring television above the following words:

PROPAGANDA: What Lies Behind Us and What Lies Before Us Are Small Matters Compared to What Lies Right to Our Faces

Now, we all know about the propaganda that …

While Avandia enabled people to lower their blood sugar doing nothing more than downing a prescription – we are now seeing that they were simply trading the risks of diabetes for the risks of heart failure.

After a two-year investigation, the U.S. Senate has released a 342-page report showing that the popular diabetic drug Avandia is associated with a 43% greater risk of heart attack.

The report says that the manufacturer (GSK) was well aware of the risks. The senators even caught the FDA and GSK conspiring to do a trial comparing two of their diabetes drugs to see which one killed the most people …

	While magnesium is famous for helping people with constipation… taken the wrong way, this miracle mineral can cause a new problem: diarrhea. (Photo by Andrew Dunn.)

Joanne O. from Pennsylvania asks why supplementing with magnesium is causing her diarrhea…

I have difficulties whenever I have more than 400mg of magnesium. I tried taking 800mg for awhile and it always causes diarrhea… Is this normal?”

Generally, magnesium will cause diarrhea because not enough is being absorbed into your bloodstream. If it doesn’t make it into your bloodstream it ends up in your colon where it has a laxative effect.

Here are four strategies to stop magnesium from causing diarrhea …