How To Get The Truth Out of Anyone!(Part 3)

Phase Two – Eleven Attack Sequences

Attack Sequence 1: Direct Questioning

Stage 1. Ask your question directly. Give no advance warning of the subject you’re about to bring up or of any feelings of mistrust. Never reveal what you know first. Ask questions to gather information to see if it’s consistent with what you already know. The way you present yourself can greatly influence the attitude of the other person. Three powerful tips for establishing building rapport:
1. Matching posture and movements – if he has one hand in his pocket, you put your hand in yours.
2. Matching speech – if he’s speaking in a slow, relaxed tone, you do the same.
3. Matching key words – if he’s prone to using certain words or phrases, use them when speaking. Ask a question that you know will produce a response similar to how you expect him to react. In other words, if he waves his arms around no matter what he’s talking about, you want to know this. Use a relaxed and non-threatening posture, and square off so that you’re facing each other. Never, ever interrupt. You can’t learn anything new while you’re talking. Ask open-ended questions.
Stage 2. Silence.
Stage 3. Really? At the end of his answer respond with “Really?”
Stage 4. Sudden Death. Follow with “Is there anything you want to get off your chest?”

Attack Sequence 2: Lead and Confine

Stage 1. Ask a leading question. For example, “you were back by two A.M. last night, weren’t you?”
Stage 2. Reverse course: You’ve got to be kidding! For example, “I was hoping you did, so you would have gotten it out of your system. Please tell me that you’ve done it, so I know that it’s over with.”
Stage 3. This is not going to work. For example, “I thought you were somebody who had a sense of adventure. Someone who knows how to live a little.”

Attack Sequence 3: Time Line Distortion Scenario: You suspect several employees in your store of stealing money

Stage1. Setting the scene. Let the conversation turn casually to stealing and say, “Oh, I knew right from the start what was going on.”
Stage 2. It’s no big deal. “You had to know I knew. How else do you think you could have gotten away with it for so long? I hope you don’t think I’m a complete idiot.”
Stage 3. I appreciate what you’ve done. “I know that you were just going along with it because you were scared of what the others would do. It’s really okay. I know you’re not that kind of person.”

Attack Sequence 4: Direct Assumption / Shot in the Dark

Stage 1. Set the scene. Be somewhat curt and standoffish, as if something heavy-duty is bothering you. This will cause his mind to race to find ways to explain the “error of his ways.” Stage 2. I’m hurt. Say, “I’ve just found something out and I’m really hurt [shocked/surprised]. I know you’re going to lie to me and try to deny it, but I just wanted you to know that I know.” You establish that (a) he’s guilty of something and (b) you know what it is.
Stage 3. Holding your ground. Say, “I think we both know what I’m talking about. We need to clear the air, and we can start by your talking.”
Stage 4. Continue to hold your ground. Repeat phrases such as “I’m sure it will come to you” and “The longer I wait, the madder I’m getting.”
Stage 5. Apply social pressure. “We were all talking about it. Everybody knows.” Now he begins to get curious about who knows and how they found out. As soon as he tries to find out, you’ll know he’s guilty.

Attack Sequence 5: The Missing Link Scenario: You think that your mother-in-law may have hired a private investigator to follow you around.

Stage 1. List facts. Tell her something that you know to be true. “I know you’re not very fond of me, and that you objected to the wedding, but this time you’ve gone too far.”
Stage 2. State your assumption. “I know all about the investigator. Why did you think that was necessary?”
Stage 3. The magic phrase. “You know what, I’m too upset to talk about this now.” The guilty person will honor your request because she won’t want to anger you further. An innocent person will be mad at you for accusing her of something that she hasn’t done and will want to discuss it now.

Attack Sequence 6: Who, Me?

Stage1. Setting the scene. He suspects that his ex-girlfriend broke into his house. He phoned to let her know in a very non-accusatory way that that there had been a break-in and some items were missing. The following type of conversation would ensue:
Winston: The police are going to want to talk to everyone who had access to the house. Since you still have a key, they’re going to want to speak with you. Just routine stuff, I’m sure. Of
course you’re not a suspect.
Ex-Girlfriend: But I don’t know anything about it.
Winston: Oh, I know. Just policy, I guess. Anyway, one of my neighbors said that she got a
partial license-plate number on a car that was by my house that day.
Ex-Girlfriend: (After a long pause) Well, I was driving around your neighborhood that day. I
stopped by to see if you were home. But when you weren’t, I just left.
Winston: Oh, really? Well, they did a fingerprint test too. That should show something.
Ex-Girlfriend: What test?
Winston: Oh, they dusted for prints and…
Stage 2. Inform non-accusatorily. Casually inform your suspect of the situation.
Stage 3. Introduce evidence to be rebutted. As you introduce the evidence, look to see if every one of your statements is met by explanations from him as to how the evidence could be misunderstood. For example, you suspect that a co-worker had shredded some of your files. You would first set the stage by letting him know that you can’t find some important files. Then say, “Well, it’s a good thing my new secretary noticed someone by the shredder the other day. She said she recognized his face but didn’t know his name.” An innocent person would not feel the need to explain in order to avert the possibility that he might be wrongly accused.
Stage 4. Continue. Continue with more facts that the person can try to explain away. But in actuality, as soon he starts to talk about why the situation might “look that way,” you know you have him.

Attack Sequence 7: Outrageous Accusations

Stage 1. Accuse him of everything. In a very fed-up manner, accuse him of doing every imaginable dishonest and disloyal act.
Stage 2. Introduce the suspicion. Now introduce the one thing you feel he really has done, and in an attempt to clear himself of the other charges, he will offer an explanation for his one slip-up. Say, “I mean, it’s not like you just stole a file, that would be fine. But all these other things are unspeakable.” He responds, “No, I just stole that one file because of the pressure to get the job done, but I would never sell trade secrets!” The only way to prove his innocence to all of your outrageous accusations is to explain why he did what you really suspect of him of doing.
Stage 3. Step in closer. This increases anxiety in the guilty. He feels he’s being closed in on.

Attack Sequence 8: Is There a Reason?

Stage 1. Introduce a fact. For example, if you want to know if your secretary went out last night when she said she was sick, “I drove by your house on the way home. Is there a reason your car wasn’t in the driveway?” Had she been home sick, she would simply tell you that you were wrong – the car was in the driveway.
Stage 2. One more shot. “Oh, that’s odd, I called your house and I got your machine.” If she’s guilty she will look for any way to make her story fit your facts.
Stage 3. Stare. Staring makes someone who is on the defensive feel closed in; your glare is infringing on her personal space, inducing a mental claustrophobia. Lock eyes with her and ask again.

Attack Sequence 9: Third-Party Confirmation Scenario: You suspect one of your employees is having someone else punch out on the time clock for him.

Stage 1. Accuse outright. After gaining the assistance of a friend or coworker, you have this person make the accusation for you. Such as “Mel, I was talking to Cindy, and she told me she’s getting pretty tired of your having someone else punch out for you so you can leave work early.” At this point Mel is concerned only with Cindy’s disapproval of his actions. Your friend is thoroughly believable because we rarely think to question
this type of third-party setup.
Stage 2. Are you kidding? “Are you kidding? It’s common knowledge, but I think I know how you can smooth things over with her.” See if he take the bait. A person who’s innocent would not be interested in smoothing things over with someone else for something that he hasn’t done. Stage 3. Last call. “Okay. But are you sure? At this point, any hesitation is likely to be sign of guilt because he’s quickly trying to weight his options.

Attack Sequence 10: The Chain Reaction Scenario: You suspect several employees in your store of stealing money

Stage 1. Setting the scene. In a one-on-one meeting with the employee, let them know that you’re looking for someone to be in charge of a new internal theft program for the entire company.
Stage 2. The iron is… “We’re looking for someone who knows how it’s done. Now don’t worry, you’re not going to get in trouble. As a matter of fact we’ve known about it for some time. We were more interested in seeing how efficient you were. Quite impressive. Anyway, we feel that since you know how it’s done, you’ll know how to prevent it. Granted, it’s pretty unusual, but this is an unusual instance.”
Stage 3. I told them so. “You know, I told them that you would be too afraid to have an open discussion about this. They were wrong, I was right.” Look for hesitation on his part. If he’s guilty, he will be weighing his options. This takes time. An innocent person has nothing to think about. Only the guilty have the option of confessing or not.

Attack Sequence 11: Condemn or Concern

Stage 1. I’m just letting you know. The key with this sequence is not to accuse, just to inform. Let’s say that you’re working in the customer service department of a computer store. A customer brings back a non-working printer for an exchange, claiming that he bought it just a few days before. He has the all-important receipt and the printer is packed neatly in the original box. Upon inspecting the contents you find that a necessary, expensive, and easily removable component of the machine is missing, a clear indication of why the machine was not functioning
properly. Here are two possible responses you might get after informing the customer of your discovery.
Response 1. “I didn’t take it out. That’s how it was when I bought it.” (Defensive)
Response 2. “What? You sold me a printer that has a missing part? I wasted two
hours trying to get that thing to work.” (Offensive)
The person who utters Response 2 has every right to be annoyed; it never crosses his mind that he’s being accused of anything. The person who gives Response 1 knows he never even tried to get the printer to work because he took the part out. It doesn’t occur to him to become angry. He assumes that he’s being accused of removing the part and become defensive when you inform him the part is missing.

How To Get The Truth Out of Anyone!(Part 2)

II. Becoming a Human Lie Detector:

The clues to deception can be used with great reliability in everyday situations and conversations. However, if you
must know the truth in a given situation, this part provides you with a sequence of questions that virtually guarantees
that you will know (a) if you’re being lied to and (b) what the truth is if it’s not obvious from the lie. When used in
order, all three phases offer you the greatest opportunity to get at the truth.

Phase One – Three Attack-Sequence Primers

Primer 1

The objective here is to ask a question that does not accuse the person of anything but alludes to the person’s
possible behavior. The key is to phrase a question that sounds perfectly innocent to an innocent person, but like an
accusation to the guilty.

Suspicion: You feel that your girlfriend was unfaithful the night before.
Question: “Anything interesting happen last night?”

Suspicion: You think a coworker told your secretary that you have a crush on her.
Question: “Heard any good gossip recently?”

Any answers such as “Why do you ask?” or “Where did you hear that?” indicate concern on the person’s part. He
should not be seeking information from you if he does not think that your question is leading. He should also not be
interested in why you’re asking the question unless he thinks that you may know what he doesn’t want you to know.

Primer 2

The objective here is to introduce a scenario similar to what you suspect is going on, using specifics.

Suspicion: You suspect one of your salespeople has lied to a customer in order to make the sale.
Question: “Jim, I’m wondering if you could help me with something. It’s come to my attention that someone in the
sales department has been misrepresenting our products to customers. How do you think we can clear this up?”

Suspicion: A hospital administrator suspects that a doctor was drinking while on duty.
Question: “Dr. Marcus, I’d like to get you advice on something. A colleague of mine at another hospital has a
problem with one of her doctors. She feels he may be drinking while on call. Do you have any suggestions on how
she can approach the doctor about this problem?”

If he’s innocent of the charges he’s likely to offer his advice and be pleased that you sought out his opinion. If he’s
guilty he’ll seem uncomfortable and will assure you that he never does anything like that. Either way, this opens the
door to probe further.

Primer 3

The objective here is to introduce a scenario similar to what you suspect is going on, using general terms.

Suspicion: You think a student has cheated on his exam.
Question: “Isn’t it amazing how someone can cheat on a test and not realize that I was standing behind him the
entire time?”

Suspicion: You suspect a coworker of bad-mouthing you to your boss.
Question: “It’s amazing all the backstabbing that goes on around here, isn’t it? And these people doing it think that
it won’t get back to the person involved.”

Suspicion: You think that your girlfriend may be two-timing you.
Question: “It’s amazing how someone can be unfaithful and expect not to get caught.”

A change in subject is highly indicative of guilt. However, if he finds your question interesting and he’s innocent,
he might begin a conversation about it since he’s unafraid to discuss the subject.

How To Get The Truth Out of Anyone! (part 1)

In an ideal society there would be no need for lies. But we live in a world of deception. And whether you want to
play or not, you’re in the game. The question is, do you want to win?

I. Signs of Deception

Once you realize that you’re being lied to, should you confront the liar immediately? Usually not. The best approach is to note the fact in your mind and continue with the conversation, trying to extract more information.
Once you confront someone who has lied to you, the tone of the conversation changes and gathering additional facts becomes difficult. Therefore, wait until you have all the evidence you want and then decide whether to confront the person at that time or hold off to figure how you can best use this insight to your advantage.

Section 1:

• Body Language The person will make little or no eye contact. A person who is lying to you will do everything to avoid making eye contact.

• Physical expression will be limited, with few arm and hand movements. What arm and hand movements are present will seem stiff, and mechanical. Hands, arm and legs pull in toward the body; the individual takes up less space.

• His hand(s) may go up to his face or throat, especially to the mouth. But contact with his body is limited to these areas. He is also unlikely to touch his chest with an open hand gesture. He may also touch the nose or scratch behind the ear.

• If he is trying to appear casual and relaxed about his answer, he may shrug a little.

Section 2: Emotional States: Consistency and Contradiction

• The timing is off between gestures and words. If the facial expression comes after the verbal statement (“I am so angry with you right now” … pause … and then the angry expression), it looks false.

• The head moves in a mechanical fashion without regard to emphasis, indicating a conscious movement.
  
• Gestures don’t match the verbal message, such as frowning when saying “I love you.” Hands tightly clenched and a statement of pleasure are not in sync with each other.
  
• The timing and duration of emotional gestures will seem off. The emotion is delayed coming on, stays longer than it should, and fades out abruptly.
  
• Expression will be limited to the mouth area when the person is feigning certain emotions happiness, surprise, awe, and so on – rather than the whole face.
  

Section 3: Interpersonal Interactions – When we are wrongfully accused, only a guilty person gets defensive. Someone who is innocent will usually go on the offensive.

• He is reluctant to face his accuser and may turn his head or shift his body away.
  
• The person who is lying will probably slouch; he is unlikely to stand tall with his arms out or outstretched.
  
• There’s movement away from his accuser, possibly in the direction of the exit.
  
• There will be little or no physical contact during his attempt to convince you.
  
• He will not point his finger at the person he is trying to convince.
  
• He may place physical objects (pillow, drinking glass, et cetera) between himself and hisaccuser to form a barrier, with a verbal equivalent of “I don’t want to talk about it,” indicating deception or covert intention.
  

Section 4: What Is Said: Actual Verbal Content

• He will use your words to make his point. When asked, “Did you cheat on me?” The liar answers, “No, I didn’t cheat on you.” In addition, when a suspect uses a contraction – “It wasn’t me” instead of “It was not me” – statistically, there is a 60% chance he is truthful.
  
• He may stonewall, giving an impression that his mind is made up. This is often an attempt to limit your challenges to his position. If someone says right up front that he positively won’t budge, it means one thing: He knows he can be swayed. He needs to tell you this so you won’t ask, because he knows he’ll cave in. The confident person will use phrases like “I’m sorry, this is pretty much the best we can do.”
  
• Watch out for the good old Freudian slip. He depersonalizes his answer by offering his belief on the subject instead of answering directly. A liar offers abstract assurances as evidence of his innocence in a specific instance. Example: “Did you ever cheat on me?” and you hear, “You know I’m against that sort of thing. I think it morally reprehensible.”
  
• He will keep adding more information until he’s sure that he has sold you on his story. The guilty are uncomfortable with silence. He speaks to fill the gap left by the silence.
  
• He may imply an answer but never state it directly.
  

Section 5: How Something Is Said

• Deceitful response to questions regarding beliefs and attitudes take longer to think up. However, how fast does the rest of the sentence follow the initial one-word response? In truthful statements a fast no or yes is followed quickly by an explanation. If the person is being deceitful the rest of the sentence may come more slowly because he needs time to think up an explanation.
  
• Watch out for reactions that are all out of proportion to the question. May repeat points that he has already made. May also be reluctant to use words that convey attachment and ownership or possessiveness (“that car” as opposed to “my car”).
  
• The person who is lying may leave out pronouns and speak in a monotonous and inexpressive voice. When a person is making a truthful statement, he emphasizes the pronoun as much as or more than the rest of the sentence.
  
• Words may be garbled and spoken softly, and syntax and grammar may be off. In other words, his sentences will likely be muddled rather than emphasized.
  
• Statements sound an awful lot like questions, indicating that he’s seeking reassurance. Voice, head and eyes lift at the end of their statement.
  

Section 6: Psychological Profile

• We often see the world as a reflection of ourselves. If you’re being accused of something, check your accuser’s veracity. Watch out for those people who are always telling you just how corrupt the rest of the world is. Beware of those asking you if you believe him. They may respond with, “you don’t believe me, do you?” Most people who tell the truth expect to be believed.
  
• Look at whether his focus is internal or external. When a person is confident about what he’s saying, he’s more interested in your understanding him and less interested in how he appears to you.
  
• In a liar’s story, he will usually not give the point of view of a third party. To illustrate giving a point of view of someone else, “My roommate was so shocked that I would…”
  
• In relating a story, a liar often leaves out the negative aspects (unless the story is used to explain way he was delayed or had to cancel plans). The story of a vacation, for example, should have both positive and negative aspects of what happened.
  
• A liar willingly answers your questions but asks none of his own. For example, during their first intimate encounter, Randy asks his new girlfriend if she’s ever been tested for AIDS. She responds with “Oh, yes, certainly,” and continues on a bit about annual checkups, giving blood, etc. And then nothing! If she was concerned about her health, as her answer implied, then she would have asked him the same question. The liar is often unaware that coming across as truthful means both answering and asking questions.
  

Section 7: General Indications of Deceit

• When the subject is changed, he’s in a better, more relaxed mood. The guilty wants the subject changed; the innocent always wants a further exchange of information.
  
• He does not become indignant when falsely accused. While he is being accused the liar will remain fairly expressionless. The liar is more concerned with how he is going to respond than he is with the accusation itself.
  
• He uses such phrases as “To tell you the truth,” “To be perfectly honest,” and “Why would I lie to you?”
  
• He has an answer to your question down pat, such as giving precise detail to an event occurring two months ago.
  
• He stalls by asking you to repeat the question or by answering your question with a question. “Where did you hear that?” “Could you be more specific?” or even repeating your question back to you, at an attempt at sounding incredulous. For example, “Did I sell you a puppy with a heart condition? Is that what you’re asking me?”
  
• What he’s saying sounds implausible, such as “During the past ten years, I have never used a specific racial epithet.”
  
• He offers a preamble to his statement starting with “I don’t want you to think that…” Often that’s exactly what he wants you to think. Whenever someone makes a point of telling you what they’re not doing, you can be sure it’s exactly what they are doing. Such as, “Not to hurt your feelings, but…”
  
• He implies through a form of denial. You hear, “He’s having marital problems, but it has nothing to do with his wife’s new job.” What’s the first thing you ask? “What does his wife do?” Suddenly you’re in the exact conversation that is “supposed” to have no bearing on the facts.
  
• He uses humor or sarcasm to defuse your concerns, rather than responding seriously.
  
• He offers you a “better” alternative to your request when he is unable to give you what you originally asked for. Before you accept someone at his word that he has something better to offer, first see whether he has what you originally asked for. If he doesn’t, then you shouldn’t believe him.
  
• All of his facts relating to numbers are the same or multiples of one another. Watch out when facts, figures, and information have unusual similarities.
  
• There is evidence of involuntary responses that are anxiety based. Anxiety causes many things. His breather may appear as a deep, audible inhaling in an attempt to control his breathing to calm himself. Swallowing becomes difficult; he may clear his throat. His ability to focus on something is often diminished, unable to pay attention to what’s going on.
  
• He uses an obvious fact to support a dubious action. For example, let’s say that a guard is standing watch over a restricted area. It’s his job to check ID’s of those who enter. “I’m not sure you have authorization,” he says to a man attempting access. “I’m not surprised,” answered the man, “only a few people are aware of my clearance level. My work here is not supposed to be known by everyone.”
  
• He casually tells you something that deserves more attention.
  
• He exclaims his displeasure at the actions of another who has done something similar so that you will not suspect him. For instance, if he is trying to throw you off track of his embezzlement scheme, he may openly chastise another employee for “borrowing” some office supplies for personal use at home. Your impression is that he is moral person who objects to something as minor as stealing office supplies. Certainly he cannot be responsible for a large-scale embezzlement scheme.
  
• He may casually tell you something that should deserve more attention. “Oh by the way, I’ve got to go out of town next weekend on business.” If he doesn’t usually travel for work on the weekends, then you would expect her to make a point of how unusual the trip is. Her downplaying the trip makes it suspicious. When something out of the ordinary happens and the person doesn’t draw attention to it, it means that he is trying to draw attention away from it. Another tactic is running off a long list of items in the hope that one will remain unnoticed.
  
• If he lies about one thing, everything he says is questionable.
  
• His story is so wild that you almost don’t believe it. But you do, because if he wanted to lie, you think that he would have come up with something more plausible.

Compiled By: John J. Webster

The Real Nature of the Concept of Time

What we call "time" is in fact a method by which we compare one moment to another. For example, when a person taps an object, he hears a particular sound. If he taps the same object again, he hears another sound. Believing that there is an interval between the two sounds, he calls this interval "time." Yet when he hears the second
noise, the first one he heard is no more than an imagination in his mind, merely a bit of information in his memory. Aperson formulates his perception of time by comparing the "present" moment with what he holds in memory. If he doesn't make this comparison, he can have no perception of time either.
Renowned physicist Julian Barbour defines time in this way: Time is nothing but a measure of the changing positions of objects. A pendulum swings, the hands on a clock advance. Briefly, time comes about as a result of comparisons of data
stored in the brain. If man had no memory, his brain could not make such interpretations and therefore, he would never form any perceptions of time. One determines himself to be thirty years old, only because he has accumulated information pertaining to those thirty years. If his memory did not exist, then he could not think of any such preceding period and would experience only the single "moment" in which he was living.

from:www.harunyahya.com

Free Radicals and Antioxidents

Oxygen is essential for life. After all without air we canÌt breathe. But
there is a dark side to oxygen. We know that when metal is left to the elements, a phenomena called oxidation takes place, and when we take a bite out of an apple, after a while it begins to turn brown. This is simply the natural aging process that is common to all things; our bodies suffer this same destructive process as well.

Oxidation takes place in our bodies through the interaction of "free Radicals". These "biochemical bad boys" are by nature unstable, and highly reactive. Oxygen is the basis for the development of most free radicals, and when oxygen is used to create energy, free radicals are the byproduct of our own metabolism. Even when the immune system is engaged in fighting its battles, free radicals are given off. So, it's impossible to escape them!

Not only does our body produce free radicals, but we are constantly under attack by free radicals from outside our bodies as well. can be found in the food we eat, for example, diets with a high intake of fat are more prone to free radical activity, because oxidation occurs more readily in fat molecules than it does in protein or carbohydrates.
Free radical generating substances can also be found in our chemically treated water supplies, prescription medicines and drugs, and in the air we breath. Air pollution contributes immensely to the spread of free radicals, as do processes like radiation, pesticides, solvents, fried foods, alcohol, tobacco smoke, etc.--- things most of us are exposed to all the time.

But all free radicals aren't created equal! Some are actually good and necessary for normal health. Free radicals that are produced by the immune system are used to combat bacteria and viruses, while other free radicals are necessary for the production of vital hormones and in the activation of essential enzymes. ItÌs when there is an overproduction of free radicals that it becomes a problem.

Just what are free radicals? A free radical is a molecule with an unpaired electron. Unpaired electrons are very unstable, and highly reactive. They actively seek out and attack other molecules in an effort to steal one of their electrons so they can balance their pairs. This of course turns that molecule into a free radical, which is now unbalanced and needing another pair. The end result is often a chain reaction altering the structure of millions of molecules in a matter of nanoseconds
(a nanosecond is a billionth of a second) by tearing holes through cellular membranes creating havoc with the nucleic
acids, proteins, and enzymes inside. Collectively, these attacks are known as oxidative stress, and they are capable of causing cells to lose their structure, their function, damaging the DNA and enzyme systems, and eventually destroying them. This is what disease and the aging process is all about.

Can you feel the effect of free radical damage? Not immediately. But unless you take the necessary steps to help counteract these unrelenting attacks from free radicals, you run the risk of allowing cumulative damage to your tissues, joints, organ systems, and blood vessels. And you can feel these effects. Overall, free radicals have been implicated in the development of at least 50 diseases!
A partial list includes arthritis and other inflammatory diseases, kidney disease, cataracts, inflammatory bowel disease, colitis, lung dysfunction; pancreatitis; drug reactions, skin lesions, and aging, to mention a few.

Heart disease and cancer are two of the most widespread diseases associated with free radical damage. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in America today, killing an estimated one in every three Americans. Several factors, such as high blood cholesterol levels, hypertension, cigarette smoking, and diabetes, are chief culprits in the promotion of heart disease.

Cancer is the second leading cause of death in this country. It's estimated that antioxidant deficient diets may account for as much as 35% of all human cancers. The amount of antioxidant-rich fruits and vegetables included in one's diet appears to have a significant impact on cancer risk.

There is help!
Anti-oxidants (or free radical scavengers) are the body's defense to these deadly killers. These specialized substances work primarily by sacrificing themselves by giving one of their own electrons to the free radical, thereby stabilizing its structure.

It's this antioxidant defense system that must protect us from the havoc of free radical damage. More and more scientific studies are linking low intakes of dietary antioxidants to an increased risk of heart disease. And many studies have also reported that a reduction in cancer risk is associated with a diet high in antioxidant vitamins.
Good sources of antioxidants are vitamin E, vitamin C, beta-Carotene and Selenium. Left unchecked the inevitable results of this oxidative stress is chronic disease and premature aging.

Many antioxidants can be obtained from food sources such as fresh fruits and vegetables, however when you consider our depleted soils and the number of pesticides we use, itÌs little wonder that our diets now need to be augmented with antioxidant supplements.

Starting Your Own Home Party Business

A dilemma faced by many women today is how to stay at home with their children and still bring in an income, whether it’s to help pay bills or just have some extra money for life’s little luxuries.

One of the fastest, easiest and least expensive ways of doing that is to start your own business as a consultant for a direct sales company. Also called home party businesses, there are over 43 million direct sales representatives around the world, and about 12 million just in the United States alone. The majority of direct selling reps are women, who go into business for themselves so that they can work part time, set their own hours and have the ability to make as much money as they want or need, based on the number of hours they’re willing to put into their business.

If this sounds like something you’re interested in, then here are some things you need to know:

There are as many different direct sales companies and home party businesses as there are direct sales representatives. Most sales reps recommend that new representatives choose a company based on their interests and products that they would want to buy themselves.

Being passionate about your business goes a long way towards your ultimate success as a direct sales rep, especially during the times when you’re struggling to get bookings, recruit other reps or even marking your business.

Before starting to do your research, sit down somewhere where you’re not going to be interrupted for at least 30 minutes, and think about what you want and need from your business.

What are your goals? How much money do you want to make a month? How many hours do you want to work? Think also about your personality – is a home party business going to be right for you? (Do you like meeting and talking to new people? Do you like going out or going to parties? Are you motivated? Are you able to stay focused and on task? Do you tend to procrastinate? Although anyone can learn how to become a successful entrepreneur, it will be harder for you if you have to learn new habits at the same time you’re trying to build your business.)

Once you have a clear idea of what you want and need from your business, then it’s time to start doing your research about the different companies that are out there.

Make sure to thoroughly check out any home party company that you’re considering becoming a representative for. You’ll want to make sure that they have a good reputation, that they guarantee their products and that other reps are satisfied.

The percentage of your commissions, the cost of the initial sales kit, even the rate and schedule of pay should all be taken into consideration. Don’t just go by the sales literature – you want to figure out how much money you need or want to make a month. Then look at the amount of commissions you can make per party, and how many parties and how much in total sales you’ll have to make in order to reach that goal. If reaching your goals is going to require you to work longer hours or more than you’re willing or able to commit to, then choose another company.

Also you want to beware of any company that charges a really high amount for a sales kit, or requires you to pay for training. Your earnings should be based on the products or services you sell, and not on recruiting more people in under you. In fact, any time you’re told that your largest commissions are based on the number of people you recruit or the memberships you sell, be careful. Often times these types of companies turn out to be pyramid schemes or scam companies.

Also, check into the company’s return policy. You should be able to return any unused or unsold merchandise with no questions asked. If the company doesn’t have a clear an open buy-back policy, make sure to get it in writing before committing or signing a contract.

Don’t fall for the promise of easy money – instead, find a company whose products will help you to build a real, growing home party business of your own. A company that you’ll be proud to be associated with, and that will help you to achieve your goals.