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Pack A Banana!

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:36:02 +0100

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?

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:07:29 +0100

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 stress levels
Relieve arthritis and back pain
Strengthen muscles, bones, and joints
Improve sleep
Elevate overall mood and sense of well-being.

Start today! Lynn xx www.nicholsons.tk

Are You Getting Your Oats?

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:09:36 +0100

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 blood cholesterol level. It also contains very high levels of calcium, potassium and magnesium, coupled with Vitamin B-complex. All these vitamins and minerals are very essential for the nervous system.

Health and Nutrition Benefits of Eating Oats:

Eating oats regularly helps to keep the blood cholesterol level low.
Oat has also been proven to act as an anti-depressant. It will make you feel calm and will treat depression as well.
Cooked oats relieve fat from the body while unrefined oatmeal can reduce stress.
Oats also prevent bowel cancer because of its high fibre content.
Having oats can cure constipation.
Oats also help in lowering chances of heart-disease.
Apart from being a good source of protein, oats also provide vitamin E, zinc, copper, iron, etc.

It is without doubt a Superfood! Lynn xx www.nicholsons.tk

Do Not Wear Fur..

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:07:07 +0100

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 hunt only when they need to.

There is no excuse, do not wear fur, and before you ask what has this got to do with a wellness site, well let me tell you. How can you be emotionally balanced, spiritually aware and happy with yourself whilst you are drapping the skin of a dead animal around you. The two do not combine.

check out more info at www.peta.org Lynn xx www.nicholsons.tk

Soy Milk

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:43:38 +0100

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 show that the typical Asian diet results in lower rates of breast, prostate, and colon cancers, compared to the typical Western diet. The mortality rate from breast and prostate cancers in Japan, which has the highest soy consumption, is about one fourth that of the USA. This Asian diet is comprised mostly of plant foods (legumes, fruits, and vegetables) and is low in fat. The Western diet has lower amounts of plant foods, is lower in fiber, lower in complex carbohydrates, and is high in fat. A particular difference is that soy is a dietary staple in Asian diets, but is not common in the Western diet.

Studies show that soy foods, in particular, the isoflavones found in soy, reduce prostate cancer risks. Research has shown that soy food consumption is a factor in the rarity of death due to prostate cancer among Japanese men. Several studies show that soy isoflavones prevent the growth of prostate tumors, preventing them from progressing to the more advanced form of the disease.

Start by switching from cows milk to soy milk, it is readily available everywhere, and it does taste a little different, but on cererals and used in cooking you will not know the difference, but your body will. Lynn xx www.nicholsons.tk

Green Tea

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:51:53 +0100

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 Cancer Institute published the results of an epidemiological study indicating that drinking green tea reduced the risk of esophageal cancer in Chinese men and women by nearly sixty percent. University of Purdue researchers recently concluded that a compound in green tea inhibits the growth of cancer cells. There is also research indicating that drinking green tea lowers total cholesterol levels, as well as improving the ratio of good (HDL) cholesterol to bad (LDL) cholesterol.

To sum up, here are just a few medical conditions in which drinking green tea is reputed to be helpful:

cancer
rheumatoid arthritis
high cholesterol levels
cariovascular disease
infection
impaired immune function

If you can always buy the tea loose, but a bag will do! It is just as good cold as hot, so make a jug and keep it in the fridge to sip on through long hot summers!Lynn xx www.nicholsons.tk

Why You Must Feed Your Children Correctly

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 09:29:19 +0100

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 start in life. I know I go on about this alot, but do you really want to see your children suffer as they get older because you really could not be bothered to encourage them to eat healthily? Is your microwave more important than your childs, and your own, health? Can you really not see the benefit of preparing fresh vegetables, in having fresh bowls of fruit around the house?

Consider this:-

Of course children want to eat ´burgers´and ´´chips´ but you are more than capable of working out a way to make healthy versions of these. Yes you have to make an effort but having children is a big, big job and you have only one opportunity to get it right. Lynn xx www.nicholsons.tk

An Interesting Piece of Info from PETA.org

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:00:35 +0100

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

Want to slow down your Aging?

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:57:01 +0100

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. They are seeds, like whole grains or nuts.Water, an especially important part of maintaining the efficiency of the body, is also one of the anti-aging foods. When you want to find anti aging foods, think colorful, fresh and unprocessed. Fill your fridge with raw veg like carrots, cucumber, celery, raddish, tomatoe and peppers. Buy fresh, prepare it yourself,do not be tempted to buy bags of ready chopped vegetables, once chopped they are already dropping in their benefits. In short, do not be lazy and spend what you would on trying to save your skin on good food. The difference will be much clearer and you will notice not only a change in your skin, but in your whole wellbeing! Lynn xx www.nicholsons.tk

Why Is Success A Bad Word?

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:45:19 +0100

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 an unknown his personality was labelled as refreshing, daring and different and now people seem to watch his programes just to be able to count how many times he swears and then complain about it. If you do not like it, then do not watch it. I see no reason why Gordon should be punished just because some people are too stupid to turn over the channel, in the same way, if you invite him to come and sort out your restaurant, what did you expect? He did not become top of his game because he could not cook, or because he served up rubbish in a dirty hole, no he has standards and by god, if you want him to help then you had better be ready.

Why people cannot simply enjoy someones success with out picking on their family, their career and the essence of who they are is sad. What these people really need to do is take a look a themselves, I think they would find that even more alarming.Lynn xx www.nicholsons.tk