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Nutritional Supplements: Food for the Brain
Posted On 2009-04-11 , 9:02 AM
How are you feeling today? How you feel is likely to be directly connected to what food and drink you ingest. Your body is your only home for this lifetime, and it will respond well to good treatment. One of these ways is to make sure that you get adequate nutrition, another is exercise, but I'll talk about that another time. Studies have shown that children's abilities at school improve with nutritional supplements  ; they were literally found to be food for the brain. Now most people want the best for their children, and so they will probably make sure that they have the nutrition they need. It's similar with animals, these days there are so many 'complete' foods to choose from for your pets and animals that you care for (if you were a farmer, optimum nutrition is an important factor in your profits. Sub-standard goods won't achieve such a high price at market.) I've heard it said of a man who owned a stables: “See his horses, they're in fantastic shape, but look at him, he's a MESS.”
 One way is to learn about foods and their nutritional value. It's great to learn how to prepare good, simple foods of the highest quality. In the West we are highly likely to be overweight or even obese [your heart has to pump your blood another mile for every 1 lb overweight that you are], so it's better to eat less food and eat good quality food. Choose Free Range food if you're a carnivore, it's caring for the animals and for your digestive system, and organic as well for vegetables and meat/fish products. Fast, good food is possible and it can be fun. Teach your children the same, and you'll set them up for a healthy life. Now you are probably an adult, and responsible for yourself. That's a fact we can resist, and yet if a parent tells us something, we feel we're being nagged and resist being told – we can be so contrary!
Another alternative is to get nutritional supplements as food for your brain and for your life. Health is about living life to the full, not waiting until you've had a diagnosis of illness. Why wait until you're ill? It's got to be more fun and easier by far to implement good nutrition into your lifestyle. Use your ability to think to get a better life for yourself and those you love. So love your loved ones enough to let them off the task of nagging you to look after yourself, and get nutritional supplements to give you food for the brain.
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Children, Stress, and Time Management
Posted On 2009-04-07 , 10:11 AM
All your aims for time management become stress creators when children are involved in your life! You would think that when your kids grow up they'd be away from home and off your hands, right? Well, WRONG! As no doubt many of you find.
Example: You're trying to get out the door, and your daughter phones for information from the various items now deposited in your guest room, so that she and her husband may complete their online booking information for the first leg of a six month trip. You're not ready, and the clock ticks precious seconds and minutes away while you frantically try to find what she needs. The previous weeks you've been clearing your attic and guest room, and generally making room for the contents of their apartment, now being rented while they travel. This was exhausting. You've also been filling your car with said contents over several journeys, and taken some for recycling (like the good citizen you are). So the day finally arrives, they turn up with yet more contents to find room for, and then begin re-packing and generally making themselves at home in your guest room (which still needs to be available for your son and his family, due in two weeks): this morning's attempt at online booking hasn't worked. They both shower before their day-long air journey, and leave the towels plus more washing, ironing, mending, and stain-treating clothes for you (a wonderful parting gift to remember them by) in the guest room. Your nerves are beginning to frazzle, and you're wondering how you're going to make room for everything and get everything done!
Still, you manage to remain calm (deep breathing techniques and remaining in the moment), and you all go out for a final meal with his parents before taking them to the airport. The restaurant has had a power cut! The electrician is fixing it, but meanwhile their menu is drastically reduced. More stress, mainly for the staff, but you're beginning to wonder if you'll get to the airport on time. Still, the meals they could offer were OK, and it all goes down fine.
 After, you set off for the airport on the busiest highway around: luckily today the road was clear – this must be a first! You park and get into the airport, and now your daughter's sleeping back is slipping off her backpack. A friend rushes off to urgently purchase a strap to tie it firmly in place. Meanwhile, having gone to one desk to book in, you find they're redirected to another (it's a shared flight with two companies), so off to the other end of the building, now you MUST book-in electronically before taking the luggage to the desk, and the machine still won't recognise your booking. A member of staff starts helping, and he can't do it either! You begin to panic that they didn't get their booking done after all, and they MAY HAVE TO MOVE IN WITH YOU, but luckily, another staff member turns up, and finally booking-in is completed. Now you can have a final shared time over coffee at Starbucks before waving goodbye (about 20 times) through the departure area to flight-side. You think it's over, but no, you still have to go to their apartment, vacuum, fix the electrics and leave the place ready for tenants. Smile, it's just your children still vying for attention.
The only way to deal with stress like this is to remember that if you knew all the way through that everything would be OK, you'd be less stressed as it happens. Your task is therefore to remind yourself that it's going to be OK. After all, if they had needed to come back home, you'd cope, wouldn't you? The best security you can have is to laugh at life and know you'll cope with anything life throws at you.
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