Good Morning!


                          


This is your friendly informer:

"To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art." La Rochefoucauld


We all have heard the saying emotional eater. An emotional eater is a person who eats based on how they feel, eating what they want instead of what the their bodies need. With this type of attitude one does not necessarily make the right choices. An emotional eater is not just a person who appears to be overweight but it can be a person who appears to be the right size. It is eating because you are feeling depressed or lonely or excited, or just out of habit. Whatever the emotion anyone can fall prey to that. Instead eat the foods that will help bring you out of that emotional state verses foods that will keep you in it.

We often make choices based on our emotions at the time. Instead of intelligent choices based on the right way to think about our health. Think about it are you an emotional eater or intelligent eater? Do you eat with your brain or emotions? Do what you know in your heart is the right thing to do.

Food for thought: Choose today to become a person who eats with there brain and not their emotions. Paint the picture of wisdom today, by making healthy, wealthy and wise choices. We want the brain and heart to stay connected in the right way to help us to make intelligent decisions concerning our health.

Until we meet again: Have a Hearty Thoughtful Thursday!

Good Morning!


This is your friendly informer:

Reminding you of your fitness regiment for the brain and heart which will benefit your physical body as well. Are we up and about getting that blood pumping and circulating throughout our bodies, by exercising that heart muscle and stimulating that brain?

Did you know that the brain needs 20 percent of your body's blood supply; twenty percent of the body's total oxygen supply and 65 percent of it's glucose? Along with the rich supply of glucose comes a host of nutrients that are needed by the brain. Your heart needs to help your brain receive the supply it needs by pumping the necessary blood supply.

Did you know that exercise helps to boost your self confidence. When you feel good about yourself you will care about yourself. Let's learn to love who we are. Don't give up on you. A healthy heart and a healthy brain will help encourage that.

Food for Thought: Take a look at the foods that help produce a healthy heart and brain. Chicken 
fish, turkey are also healthy foods, along with other nutrient rich supplements.

Until we meet again: Have a heart felt thoughtful day!

Taking The Time


Good Morning!


This is your friendly informer:


Greeting you with a provoking thought for the today.

"Those who think they have no time for healthy eating will sooner or later have to fine time for illness." Edward Stanley

Think about, it's your choice; choose life.

Until we meet again: Have a healthy thoughtful day! 

Thursday Morning Triumph


Hello this is your friendly informer:

Hello everyone, yeah I know it's been a couple of days seen I have posted anything. It's Thursday, and we are over the hump of the week! So how have we been doing with the information I've been giving so far.
Are we sticking to our routine of exercise, for the brain as well as the heart. Remember it is extremely important that you not only exercise your physical body but your heart and brain as well, don't you agree I thought so. 

Let's get those bodies up and going. Walking as we have said is a great exercise for the total body, walk at whatever pace is comfortable for you. Are we still getting some reading in to help stimulate your brain and soothe your heart from the day to day stress of life? These are just little things that we can do to improve our over all health, just one step at a time.

Food For Thought: The five basic food groups are fruits, vegetables, whole grains, protein and dairy. Color your plate today with these food groups. Just eating right will make you feel better about treating your body right, try it you may think feel and rest a whole lot better.

Until we meet again: Have a Thursday Morning Triumphant Good Time! 
    


   

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Monday Morning Good Mood


Today I want to give you something to think about. You change your thoughts you change your life, everything changes with a decision.

So it is with your health make a decision to better your health. Your life depends on it. 

Food for thought: Let's start out small and end big. Small baby steps will help you to stick with the healthy plan you have created for yourself, so you won' revert back to old eating habits. Have a nice healthy meal and snack on some fruit instead of cookies, chips and candy. Feel the difference in your body. Once you experience a feel good you will never go back. Nothing like feeling better.

Until we meet again: Have a Monday Morning Good Mood!



Feeding the hungary


Hello this is your friendly informer:

 It's Flaming Friday

Well it's Friday, and we have made it to the end of the week! Most of us are winding down from a work week to relax or to get geared up for the weekend. Just as we prepare our schedules for work, family, friends, social events etc., let's also prepare for ourselves. Sometimes we lose ourselves in the process, and leave ourselves unattended.

We have been talking about the health of the brain and the heart. We don't want to forget those things that need special attention. Without the health of these, we would not be able to do the other things we enjoy so much.

As we prepare our meals or main dishes for our families, friends, colleagues etc., prepare your heart and brain to be fed also. On yesterday, we discussed reading as being a very healthy exercise for the heart and brain, that helps to keep it alert, active, and calm. Reading takes your imagination to another realm. It stimulates brain activity in a positive way, while at the same time creating a mood to soothe the heart from the daily stress of a work day, or just life in general.

This country is experiencing a government shutdown because of the lack of agreement. So many people are suffering because of it. Are you one of them? Just think of the affect your life will have on the people around you if your government decided to shut down, meaning your bodily functions (brain and heart), because of a lack of agreement based on a wrong decision. All it takes is making the right decision to do something so that others may benefit. Remember, your life is not just about you; it's about the welfare of other people as well as yourself. We ought to live our lives unselfishly.

Make a decision to get healthy for the people you say you love, exercise that body, brain and heart. Take a nice long walk, or short one. We all know what we can handle. You must start somewhere. Seek the advice of professionals for your personal physical needs to know what works best for you. Remember, the health of your government depends on it. Let's get the fire started!

Food for thought: We are in the Fall of the year. A season when the body's resistance is not very strong at times. Remember vitamin C is very necessary for the immune system, along with some others foods that have this vitamin in it, to remain strong enough to fight off these colds, and viruses. Plenty of water, oranges, broccoli, etc. are a good source of this vitamin. Don't forget the chart posted on Tuesday.   

Until we meet again: Have a Friday Flaming Good Time!  

Brain Health


Hello this is your friendly informer:

Triumphant Thursday


Well yesterday was Wednesday, also known as hump day. We have gotten over the hump of the week and are now triumphant, we made it!

We have been talking about how important it is to have brain health as well as heart health. The heart needs the brain and the brain needs the heart to function properly, along with good nutrition and exercise. Don't you agree? I thought so...lol. Let us understand that we are never to old to start again. While some may believe it's too late, others may say it's not soon enough.

Let us try an exercise that helps the brain to be active, because just as the physical body needs exercise to function at it's optimal level, so does the brain. Let's work to help keep it sharp and alert. This exercise is called Reading, yes reading is a great exercise for your brain to help improve the rate in which your brain thinks. Reading also helps to calm you down, which in turn relieves stress, which is good for the heart. How about that, two birds with one stone.

So grab a good book and let's exercise that brain and soothe away the stress.

Food for thought: Read and Feed your brain the nourishment it needs to stay active, alert and thinking properly. Read and Relieve your heart of the stress so your heart can relax, while your brain works.

Remember to keep viewing the chart that was posted Tuesday on the foods that help contribute to the health of your brain.


Until we meet again: Have a Triumphant Thursday Good Time!


Heart Health


Hello this is your friendly informer:

Yesterday we talked about laughter. The benefits it serves to the heart and body. Did you remember to take your stress free tonic today?

A stress free mind is a productive mind. Remember we need our brain to be healthy so we can continue to think, look and feel good at any age.

Food for the heart: Laughter, it does good like a medicine.

Until we speak again.

Hope you had a Wednesday Whoping Good Time!

Brain Health


Tuesday Morning Good Time


Hello this is your friendly informer:

It's another day and we  have been talking about the health of the brain. So did you have your avocado? Since it's Tuesday I thought we share a little more information on brain health. First let us talk about what the brain needs to be healthy. We shared on yesterday a little information, and Food For Thought. Those of you who read the post on Monday know what I'm referring to.

Place two fists together, with your inner wrists touching. Your brain is about this size and shape. It is amazingly soft, composed primarily of fat and water. It is grayish and pudding like, composed of 100 billion brain cells, called neurons, that drive our thinking, learning, feeling and states of being. Neurons need good fats, protein, complex carbohydrates, micronutrients, vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients and water. These nutrients are used to drive the learning functions of neurons. Neurons are shape somewhat like an outstretched hand, with fingers spread. Dendrites (the fingers) receive information from other neurons, which is then sent through the axon (arm) to another neuron. As neurons connect, they communicate using a process called neurotransmission. As a person thinks, speaks, moves or feels, electrical impulses triggers the release of messengers chemicals, called neurotransmitters, which travel across the synapse, transmitting information to the next cell. This is called cell to cell communication, which forms the basis of learning. NT's help connect verbal, emotional, visual and kinesthetic memories. They connect prior learning to new learning.

Food For Thought: Neurons are prone to damage from environmental toxins that make there way into our systems, as well as toxic byproducts formed in the body. The first line of defense, antioxidants from food. Diets low in antioxidants have consistently been shown to cause and contribute to illness and disease. The brain, due to it's high fat content, is especially vulnerable to damage  and requires high levels of antioxidants for protection. What nourishment does the brain need? The blueberry I've learned is a good antioxidant, there also are some other choices in case you are not fond of blueberries such as:  

RankFood itemServing sizeTotal antioxidant capacity
per serving size
1Small Red Bean (dried)Half cup13,727
2Wild blueberry1 cup13,427
3Red kidney bean (dried)Half cup13,259
4Pinto beanHalf cup11,864
5Blueberry (cultivated)1 cup9,019
6Cranberry1 cup (whole)8,983
7Artichoke (cooked)1 cup (hearts)7,904
8Blackberry1 cup7,701
9PruneHalf cup7,291
10Raspberry1 cup6,058
11Strawberry1 cup5,938
12Red Delicious apple1 whole5,900
13Granny Smith apple1 whole5,381
14Pecan1 ounce5,095
15Sweet cherry1 cup4,873
16Black plum1 whole4,844
17Russet potato (cooked)1 whole4,649
18Black bean (dried)Half cup4,181
19Plum1 whole4,118
20Gala apple1 whole3,903

Remember to also drink plenty of water, it does the brain good.

So until we speak again have a Tuesday Morning Good Time!

Monday Morning Good Mood: Brain Health




When we speak of being physically fit, or getting into shape, it is often just associated, to be fit and trim physically, with our physical bodies that we concentrate on and not our brain. Have you ever considered  the mental fitness of your brain, how healthy is it?

Just like the physical body we alter and change what we eat and exercise in order to attain or maintain the weight that we want or the physical appearance we desire. Even so, we must do the same to attain or maintain brain health to function at the optimal level of which we were created.

Understand the importance of your brain and how it works in order to keep it functioning well. It is the most valuable and precious computer you will ever have. It works day and night to keep you alive, brilliant and vital.

Food For Thought: Did you know that avocados are good in promoting brain health? It is a fatty fruit, with monounsaturated fat, which contributes to healthy blood flow. Healthy blood flow means a healthy brain. avocados also lower blood pressure. Hypertension is a risk factor for the decline in cognitive abilities.

So instead of having Monday Morning Blues, you can have a Monday Morning Good Mood...LOL. Have an avocado, it just might change your mood.

Until we speak again. Have a Monday Morning Good Mood!

Heart Health


Be kind to your heart:


Be careful what you feed your heart just like the body it can get sick too.

With all the pressure we have to deal with in life, sometimes it can be very stressful. But one of the things that we can do to help relieve stress, is are you ready LAUGH. Laughter is good for the body and heart. It helps to stimulate many organs, activate and relieve your stress response and soothe tension.

When the pressures of life try to wrap you in depression and hopelessness. Just laugh and set your body and mind free.


Until we speak again LAUGH OUT LOUD!

21 Foods to Boost Your Immune System

We know stress affects the immune system in a negative way, and many times we hold up during stress only to let down on vacation and get sick. Use the following food strategies to boost your immune system for any trip:

1. Take Extra Vitamin C Before You Travel

Adding extra vitamin C to your diet two or three days before you leave for a trip helps your immune system fight viruses before they make you sick and helps breakdown stress hormones. It is best to double what you normally do. This can mean taking supplements or by eating the proper foods.
Foods packed with vitamin C include:
  • Red bell peppers
  • Strawberries
  • Tomatoes
  • Broccoli
  • Citrus
  • Sweet potatoes
If you have been taking a vitamin C supplement, double the amount and try to choose a supplement with flavonoids for optimal absorption.

2. Mine for Minerals

Activate your immunce system with beta glucan-, zinc- and other mineral-rich foods such as:
  • Mushrooms
  • Barbanzo beans
  • Squash
  • Deep greens (turnip or beet greens are the best)

3. Add Color to Your Plate

To help nourish the thymus gland, which is responsible for much of the immune-system function, eat two servings a day of foods rich in carotenes. Foods high in carotenes include colored vegetables and dark greens, such as:
  • Yellow and orange squash
  • Carrots
  • Yams
  • Brussels sprouts
  • Cabbage
  • Cauliflower
  • Collard greens
  • Kale
  • Berries
  • Garlic

4. Boost Your Digestive Tract with Bacteria

The live active cultures of friendly bacteria in the following foods boost your digestive-tract health and are very helpful to the immune system:
  • Yogurt or Kefir

Sugar Free or Not?


by Marci Sloane, MS, RD, LD/N, CDE
March 30, 2011

Hello !
Sugar free items or no sugar added items remove the processed sugar (sugar, corn syrup, brown rice syrup, molasses, etc.) and replace it will a slower digesting carbohydrate known as “sugar alcohol”. Some familiar names of sugar alcohols are sorbitol, xylitol, mannitol and lactitol. Most of them end in “ol” just like alcohol. These sugar alcohols will still have an impact on your blood sugar, however, because they digest more slowly you may see less of a spike. The “regular” cookie has sugar and flour, etc. and the sugar free cookie will have sugar alcohol, flour, etc. Sugar alcohol is not as sweet as sugar, therefore, artificial sweeteners are used to enhance the sweetness.

It’s important to remember that there is an affect on your glucose levels from these foods so please discourage yourself from overeating them. Many of us forget that “free” may not mean “free of everything”! There are still calories (and the majority of us do not need the encouragement to eat more. “No sugar added” foods just means the sugar is replaced with sugar alcohol but the product contains a natural sugar (fruit sugar or fructose or milk sugar or lactose) so it cannot be called sugar free. When you shop for cookies, candy or ice cream that is “sugar free or no sugar added” please be careful to read the label and look at the total carbohydrates. Then remind yourself that it still turns into sugar and not to overeat! If you are not convinced of it’s affect on your glucose levels, then simply check your blood sugar before and 2 hours after your meal.

Do this with the “real” cookie and the “sugar free” cookie. Notice the difference and make your informed decision. Diabetes is a very individualized disease which is why testing blood glucose levels is encouraged. You may find that you like the taste of regular jam as opposed to sugar free jam – so you can use 1 teaspoon instead of 1 tablespoon of it. However, if you like adding a bit more jam to your food then you may benefit from using the sugar free jam since there are fewer total carbohydrates in it. You have choices. Make the right one for you.

Eating Fruit - An Eye Opener


Dr. Stephen Mak treats terminal ill cancer patients by "un-orthodox" way and many patients recovered. He believes in natural healing in the body against illnesses. See the article below.


Fruits and juices offer one of the strategies to heal cancer. As of late, my success rate in curing cancer is about 80%. Cancer patients shouldn't die. The cure for cancer is already found. It is whether you believe it or not. I am sorry for the hundreds of cancer patients who die under the conventional treatments.


God bless.
Dr Stephen Mak

EATING FRUIT...

We all think eating fruits means just buying fruits, cutting it and just popping it into our mouths. It's not as easy as you think. It's important to know how and whento eat.

What is the correct way of eating fruits?

IT MEANS NOT EATING FRUITS AFTER YOUR MEALS!
* FRUITS SHOULD BE EATEN ON ANEMPTY STOMACH.

If you eat fruit like that, it will play a major role to detoxify your system, supplying you with a great deal of energy for weight loss and other life activities.


FRUIT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FOOD. Let's say you eat two slices of bread and then a slice of fruit. The slice of fruit is ready to go straight through the stomach into the intestines, but it is prevented from doing so.

In the meantime the whole meal rots and ferments and turns to acid. The minute the fruit comes into contact with the food in the stomach and digestive juices, the entire mass of food begins to spoil....

So please eat your fruits on an empty stomach or before your meals! You have heard people complaining -every time I eat watermelon I burp, when I eat durian my stomach bloats up, when I eat a banana I feel like running to the toilet, etc - actually all this will not arise if you eat the fruit on an empty stomach. The fruit mixes with the putrefying other food and produces gas and hence you will bloat!

Graying hair, balding, nervous outburst, and dark circles under the eyes all these will NOT happen if you take fruits on an empty stomach.

There is no such thing as some fruits, like orange and lemon are acidic, because all fruits become alkaline in our body, according to Dr. Herbert Shelton who did research on this matter. If you have mastered the correct way of eating fruits, you have the Secret of beauty, longevity, health, energy, happiness and normal weight.

When you need to drink fruit juice - drink only freshfruit juice, NOT from the cans. Don't even drink juice that has been heated up. Don't eat cooked fruits because you don't get the nutrients at all. You only get to taste. Cooking destroys all the vitamins.

But eating a whole fruit is better than drinking the juice. If you should drink the juice, drink it mouthful by mouthful slowly, because you must let it mix with your saliva before swallowing it. You can go on a 3-day fruit fast to cleanse your body. Just eat fruits and drink fruit juice throughout the 3 days and you will be surprised when your friends tell you how radiant you look!

KIWI: Tiny but mighty. This is a good source of potassium, magnesium, vitamin E & fiber. Its vitamin C content is twice that of an orange.

APPLE: An apple a day keeps the doctor away? Although an apple has a low vitamin C content, it has antioxidants & flavonoids which enhances the activity of vitamin C thereby helping to lower the risks of colon cancer, heart attack & stroke.

STRAWBERRY: Protective Fruit. Strawberries have the highest total antioxidant power among major fruits & protect the body from cancer-causing, blood vessel-clogging free radicals.

ORANGE : Sweetest medicine. Taking 2-4 oranges a day may help keep colds away, lower cholesterol, prevent & dissolve kidney stones as well as lessens the risk of colon cancer.

WATERMELON: Coolest thirst quencher. Composed of 92% water, it is also packed with a giant dose of glutathione, which helps boost our immune system. They are also a key source of lycopene � the cancer fighting oxidant. Other nutrients found in watermelon are vitamin C & Potassium.

GUAVA & PAPAYA: Top awards for vitamin C. They are the clear winners for their high vitamin C content.. Guava is also rich in fiber, which helps prevent constipation. Papaya is rich in carotene; this is good for your eyes.

Drinking Cold water after a meal = Cancer! Can u believe this?? For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you. It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion. Once this 'sludge' reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine. Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.

A serious note about heart attacks HEART ATTACK PROCEDURE': (THIS IS NOT A JOKE!) Women should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting. Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line. You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack. Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms. Sixty percent of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up. Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let's be careful and be aware. The more we know the better chance we could survive.

Hello BLOG Family,

With the lent season approaching (40 days beginning 3/9), let us be mindful of what we put in our bodies. Our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit so we should be careful of what we allow to go in our bodies that maybe damaging to us physically. There are some foods that can affect our moods and comprehension. Some of our health challenges will change when our diet changes. Try it, what do you have to lose, it's your body you only get one how well are you caring for it? Check out the “NO MORE” plan (I think I’ll publish this if it goes well. Watch out Atkins!). For those of you who dare to take the challenge with me - we can help keep one another accountable.



NO

French Fries (fried in fat or grease)
Donuts
Chips (potato or corn)
Soda Purified Water
Snack Cakes & Cookies
Crackers & Pretzels
Microwave / mostly processed foods

MORE

Fish and Free range poultry
Fresh & Frozen Fruits
Fresh & Frozen Vegetables
Beans
Nuts & Berries

*For Extra Credit:
Decrease
Sugar
Caffeine
Stress
Milk
Food Portions
Canned Foods Store bought / fast foods


Increase
Vitamins & Minerals
100% Juices
Rest / Sleep (bed before 12 a.m.)
Olive Oil
Number of small meals
Live Foods
Home-cooked meals
Laugh More, Pray More, Live More!