Every article in this edition of the newsletter contains, as always, important health information that you should know and can use in your daily life. But because it's always a good idea to enjoy life and some of the fascinating things you'll find in it, I decided to also have a little fun in this issue.

At the bottom of every article in this edition of the newsletter, you'll find some of the most incredible optical illusions that have ever "tricked your eyes." These were created by a noted genius in the field, Akiyoshi Kitaoka, who is Associate Professor of Psychology at the College of Letters, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan. His books, "Trick Eyes" and "Trick Eyes 2," contain many of these works of art but are, unfortunately, only available in Japan: if you can read Japanese, you'll find them at Japan's Amazon.com site, where they may be able to ship internationally.

People who have been reading this newsletter for some time are already familiar with some illusions behind the conventional healthcare system, while those who are new to the newsletter will discover some of these -- and how to overcome them -- in every issue. In this issue, we're focusing on a number of popular illusions -- such as The Sugar Industry Insisting their Sugars Do Not Cause Obesity in Kids -- to go along with the theme provided by Kitaoka's amazing works.

These optical illusions were a big hit in my blog, so I thought newsletter readers would enjoy them also; the idea of tying the tricks they play on people's eyes with the tricks the conventional healthcare system plays on people's minds was, of course, a little too tempting too pass up.

So please read through each article to discover the health and dietary illusions and what you can do about them, and then check out the optical illusions at the bottom of every page. If you think these articles and the illusions found in them are worth passing on to others, you can use the feature found atop every page.

A final word of caution, though: these works of "anomalous motion illusion" can make a small number of observers feeling dizzy. If that happens to you, read the important articles, but avoid scrolling to the page bottom for the illusions.

Here's the first amazing optical illusion: