How often have you said to yourself, I wish things would slow down? I wish life was simpler! Modern life can be taxing. Today we live faster, work more, and have less free time than ever before. In addition, our ‘conveniences’ often come at the expense of the purity of our environment. It’s no wonder we are the ’stress generation’. Did you know that you hear more news in one DAY that your great-grandparents heard in an entire year? One day! Combine the stress caused by too much information with the changes in our environment and the food we eat and you end up with a losing combination.
The USDA has issued a uniform standard for labeling foods with the word Organic, with symbols to tell you that the food is grown without artificial pesticides, genetic engineering, growth hormones or irradiation. Fine points in the labeling laws let you know if the food is made from 100 percent organic ingredients, 95 percent or 70 percent. None of this makes foods more nutritious or safer.
One of the most important aspects of living a healthy and prosperous life is understanding risk. By this I mean knowing how to understand and analyze situations in life that affect health. Being able to accurately weigh benefits and risks when making health decisions is very important! Too often decisions are based on incomplete or inaccurate information and this is a huge mistake with significant consequences!
Health and nutrition experts continually advise us that the more we exercise the healthier we will be. In magazines, the doctor?s office or on television we are never far from information showing us how to exercise, what to eat and how to lose weight. One constant rule, in the expert?s opinion, is that regular physical activity is an essential element to successful weight loss and fitness maintenance. There are a few tried and true strategies that will help you to stay fit and trim. Most of all, as you plan your personal fitness goals, be reasonable and keep them within reach. Setting unrealistic ideals will only lead to failure.
Sea salt and table salt both contain sodium chloride. Sea salt also contains small amounts of magnesium chloride, magnesium sulfate and calcium sulfate, which are nutritionally insignificant. Sea salt, kosher salt, monosodium glutamate, and seasoning salts are all treated the same way in your body.
Want to lose a little weight? Even better, would you like to keep that weight off? Weight loss can be easier than you think. Try eating several small meals a day. This does not mean eating several small meals of high calorie food. It also does not mean you need to give up all the foods you love. Eat half of what you think you want and you will be surprised at the difference this can make in the area of weight loss. When you eat five or six small meals a day you are not as likely to overeat because you will not be as hungry. People make a big mistake when they try to lose weight by eating only once a day.
There is only one drug in the world so well known that it’s called the Pill. For more than forty years, more people have taken ?the Pill? than any other prescribed medicine in the world. Sex, pregnancy, and contraception have been hot topics for millennia. It wasn’t until the U.S. government approved the birth control pill in 1960 that possibilities for contraception changed dramatically. The majority of women — and plenty of men — welcomed ?the Pill?.
Life is extraordinary filled with wonderful people to show up to teach us things. Mitzi, a special friend from high school, sent me a book, The Game of Life and How to Play It, when I was struggling with a sickness years ago. The author speaks about the law of attraction, which I have written about previously. In addition, she writes, ?No man is your enemy, no man is your friend, every man is your teacher.? When you look at life this way, it becomes so simple.
Unless you’ve been living in a cave for the last few years, you’ve probably noticed that low-carb mania is sweeping the nation. Food manufacturers are in a heated race to see who can get the most low-carb fare into the grocery stores, and every advertiser worth their salt is emphasizing the low-carb message. Popularized by the late Dr. Atkins, the low-carb diet has taken the nation by storm and promises to be a trend with staying power. So, does the low-carb diet work? Anecdotal evidence and recent studies both conclude that following a strict low-carb diet will in fact help you lose weight. Serious questions remain, however, and must be addressed before fully embracing the low-carb lifestyle. SOME of these questions include:
Secretly we all want just a few things in life, none the least of which is to live a life that is healthy and energetic. One way to accomplish this is to eat a well balanced diet that fuels the body to take on life?s challenges. Did you know that one of the best things you can do to improve your overall health and well being is to eat a diet that is well rounded and nutritious? Diet can make the difference between feeling great and feeling just o.k. But how do you know which foods will propel you to health and well being? |