Pack A Banana!

February 24, 2009


Apart from the obvious fact that these taste great and come in their own packaging to keep them fresh, there is many more reasons why you should be eating bananas!

Bananas are good for your heart and nerves

Bananas are good for your kidneys and bones

Bananas can act as mood enhancers or mild sedatives (try eating one before you go to bed)

Bananas are good for your blood

Bananas are good source of dietary fiber

Kids love them and are a great way to get some really good nutrients into their bodies.

So, pick up a bunch today and start having them with your breakfast or your lunch or just as you go off to bed and start to feel the benefit of a banana. Lynn xx www.nicholsons.tk


 

Why Walk?

February 23, 2009




So many people claim not to have the time to exercise and yet taking a simple walk every day can make a huge difference. Dumping the car, getting of the bus a stop early, walking your children to school will soon have you feeling mentally, emotionally and physically better.

When you consider the benefits of walking you really should find the time to take a stroll, here are a few reasons.

  • Prevent depression, colon cancer, constipation, osteoporosis, and impotence
  • Lengthen lifespan
  • Lower...

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Are You Getting Your Oats?

February 17, 2009


One of the best ways to set up yourself and your family for the day ahead is a bowl of porridge and even better if you make it with soy milk. (see previous blog!)

It takes a few minutes to prepare and the health benefits are outstanding. This is a very cheap way to give yourself a great start to the day, why, let me tell you!

Oat is a cereal food that is generally considered to be very soothing for the nerves. Oats are one of the best sources of Inositol, which is very important for maintaining...

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Do Not Wear Fur..

February 13, 2009


why is it that whenever you suggest to someone that wearing fur is wrong that they feel the need to come up with a million excuses.

The native Indians wore fur.
Eskimos wear fur.
I have had the coat for 50 years, it was my mothers.
It was a present.

The list goes on, the fact is, the native indians did not have a choice, and nor did they kill just for fur. The whole animal was used. Eskimos do not have the luxury of shopping centres to buy their clothes and again, they use the whole animal and hun...
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Soy Milk

February 11, 2009



Soymilk is an important soyfood and offers many of the health benefits of soy foods. Research has shown potential health benefits of soy in preventing breast cancer, preventing and slowing prostate cancer, and fighting heart disease, osteoporosis, diabetes, and kidney disease. Soyfoods, including soymilk, are also thought to alleviate symptoms of menopause and to promote eye health.

There are many benefits from including soy milk in your diet, but let us just focus on one. Cancer.

Studies sho...


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Green Tea

February 9, 2009



Is any other food or drink reported to have as many health benefits as green tea? The Chinese have known about the medicinal benefits of green tea since ancient times, using it to treat everything from headaches to depression. Green tea has been used as a medicine in China for at least 4,000 years.

Today, scientific research in both Asia and the west is providing hard evidence for the health benefits long associated with drinking green tea. For example, in 1994 the Journal of the National C...


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Why You Must Feed Your Children Correctly

February 5, 2009
Some 17 per cent of British children - 900,000 - are obese, so fat that their health is in danger.

Two years ago Government scientists said that without action, this figure would soar to 25 per cent by 2050.

Professor Pritchard-Jones said: 'Childhood is when the habits of a lifetime are established. If you want healthy adults you start by making healthy children.

Powerful statements, from the Daily Mail on line today.

As a parent you have a duty to ensure that you give your children the best st...
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An Interesting Piece of Info from PETA.org

February 4, 2009



On any given day in the United States, about 1,000 pigs are killed every hour. The average American meat-eater is responsible for the abuse and deaths of approximately 31 pigs, so imagine what the total is for the whole world?

Please don’t support an industry that abuses these fascinating animals by the billions;

Lynn www.nicholsons.tk

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Want to slow down your Aging?

February 3, 2009



First of all, this is really not that difficult and no amount of expensive creams are going to make a blind bit of difference if you fill yourself up on rubbish. At the end of the day, your skin reflects what goes into your system, so all those burgers, microwave meals, processed bits of meat, fizzy drinks and so on will all reflect back in your skin.

Anti aging foods are all around you. They are foods that come straight from the field. They’re colorful, fresh and definitely not fried. The...

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Why Is Success A Bad Word?

February 2, 2009

OBSCENE: Chef Gordon Ramsay


It seems to me that so long as people are scraping along the floor all is well. So long as certain people can have an air of authority then there is balance, but the moment someone starts to do well, or, heaven forbid, really starts to suceed people start to attack.

They attack from all angles and about anything. Lets look at Gordon Ramsay for a moment. He is known for his swearing, we all know that if we watch one of his programes you are going to hear swearing, so why is it, that when he was...


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