Proper Nutrition for a High Performance Body… Amp Up Your Energy!

Water is amazing!  It's such a simple solution and we all have access to it.  Water does a body good!  Rachel Leslie, a certified holistic health counselor and founder of A Cup of Life, Holistic Health Counseling says, "there are simple steps that will make a world of difference:  reduce the amounts of caffeine, sugar and refined foods you are eating and replace them with lots of water, fruits, vegetables and whole grains."  For more holistic information on how to boost your energy, see Leslie's article for Proper Nutrition at http://www.pr.com/article/1052.

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Your Health is in Your Food

Do you want to have a healthy, useful for your body food while enjoying delightful meal? Do you know what kind of vitamins and minerals you can get with the food products?

Check out these Web sites:

http://www.webmd.com/diet/guide/vitamins-and-minerals-good-food-sources -  WebMD provides you with the list of vitamins and minerals, amounts that you need daily and why you need them, and food products that have them.

HealthCheck Systems also have a list of the most relevan vitamins and minerals and their sources. http://www.healthchecksystems.com/vitamins.htm

Allrecipes.com also has articals concerning your health. Check them out at http://allrecipes.com/Info/Healthy-Cooking/Nutrition/Vitamins--Supplements/Main.aspx and learn what do you need for stronger bones, healthy hair and nails and strong heart.

Also, check out an interview with nutritionist Joy Bauer with "Today's Health" at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15027475//

And remember: it is always better to take your vitamins and minerals from the natural foods first and then take necessary supplements that are unavailable as a food.

Ala

Creative Table Decoration Tips!!

A well decorated table sets the right mood and ambience for any kind of celebration. This is a link to directions for table arrangements and wedding table decorations: http://www.targetwoman.com/articles/table-decoration.html
 
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Eat Healthy Even When You Eat Out

When you can't have fun cooking and have to eat out, use this site to "decode" the menu and still eat healthy.  http://eatthis.menshealth.com/menu-decoder/?cm_mmc=ETNTNL-_-2009_10_05-_-HTML-_-body1  Posted by PAR

What’s better than food? Food and a Beer!

The third most popular drink after water and tea!
So whenever you go overseas here is how to order beer in 10 languages!

Chinese Ching gay woh ee bay pee joh
Dutch Un beer, ahls-yer-bleeft
French Oon bee-air, seel voo pleh
German Ine beer, bitt-uh
Irish Byohr awoyn, lyeh doh hull
Italian Oo-na beer-ra, pair fa-vo-re
Japanese Bee-ru ip-pon ku-da-sai
Portuguese U Oo-ma ser-vay-ja, poor fa-vohr
Russian Pee-vah pah-zha-loosta
Spanish Oo-na ser-veh-sa, por fa-vor

…but if you decide to stay home you can just use the good old “gimme a bud”

DD

Meryl Streep provides a stunning performance on Julie & Julia talking about post war France and her passionate love for cooking, outgoing personality and life while producing the book that would change several lives. The movie is a perfect date night movie that talks about food and how the life of two women cross in the most unpredictable of ways. By DD.

All you need to know about chocolate!

Did you know that there is a chocolate museum in Bruges, Belgium? It is called Choco-Story and is located in the historical Huis ‘de Crone’ building, "one of the largest medieval houses in Bruges". Museum walks visitors through the history of the chocolate, tells them secrets of making chocolate, lets them taste different sorts of chocolate and has all the variety of Belgian chocolates.

Check out their Web site at http://www.choco-story.be/ENG/

You'll find there recipes, history of a chocolate, health facts and much more.

You can find some Things You never Knew About Chocolate in the Choco-Story' Press Kit (under downloads), such as:

Did you know that ...

… in bygone days chocolate was served to ladies of nobility during mass?

… the church banned the consumption of chocolate at one time because it was deemed to be an aphrodisiac?

… there are over 800 (!) different constituents in chocolate?

… chocolate contains antioxidants (e.g polyphenols) that help prevent heart disease and cancer?

The information and picture are taken from http://www.choco-story.be/ENG/

A.S.

Study Finds Chocolate has Anti-Depressant Qualities

Professor Gordon Parker from the Black Dog Institute said that the opoids found in chocolate are morphine-like and lower pain and that also flows through into mental well being. You can read more at http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/10/02/2049304.htm?section=world
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