Your agenda today:

Meeting with a client for a new product presentation

Wow, you need to be well prepared. You’d better concentrate, too, to win your client’s attention.

Do you know that your breakfast menu can help you concentrate?

Have tuna for it’s rich in protein as well as low in fat. The combination is great to improve your concentration.

Plus, it contains Omega 3 that’s good for your brain function and heart health.

Successful presentation and healthy heart, why not?

Good luck!

I believe you all know the importance of breakfast. Yet, I also believe some of you sometimes skip it for lack of time.

Karyn’s friend’s decision to skip breakfast, hopefully didn’t end her up to fatigue.

Why would it cause fatigue?

Imagine, when you wake up in the morning, you’ve passed eight to ten hours since your last meal. That makes your blood sugar low. If you don’t refill your energy by having breakfast, you’ll get tired by mid-day.

Even if you don’t have much time, try to prepare a meal that contains carbohydrates for energy and protein for endurance. Simply have a whole grain bagels with cheese or cereal with fruit and yogurt or scramble eggs, toast and fruit.

But, do you skip breakfast because you worry about the calorie?

Well, you should be more worried, then. Skipping breakfast can even make you overeat at the next meal. Plus, you might end up having unhealthy snacks.
So, make sure you have your breakfast today! It’s just a friendly reminder for your health.

Have a nice day!

You only need to answer these two questions below to check your immune system out:

1. If you have to choose among these foods, which ones would you take?

a. Pasta, salad, sweet corn, lettuce
b. Chestnut, melon, tomato
c. Pineapple, biscuits, celery
d. Pudding, potato salad, brownies

2. Do you take supplement everyday?

e. Yes
f. No

Your Score: Give 0 for a, d, f; 1 for c and e; 2 for b.

Result:

• 0: If analogyzed to gas in a car, your immune system is so empty that you can get kaput
• 1: You need to consume more healthful foods
• 2: Congratulations! Your immune system is totally alert!

The Washington Times reported that German medical researchers have announced that honey is more effective in healing problem wounds, ulcers and skin conditions than standard antibiotics.

Honey is also effective in treating stomach ulcer. The bacteria causing it, staphylococcus and heliobacter pylori, are two of the strains of bacteria that can be destroyed by honey.

So, if you have stomach ulcer, you should consider using honey to heal it. You can take one teaspoon before breakfast, lunch, dinner and bedtime. To well transport the honey into your stomach, you’d better put the honey on a small piece of bread.

Actually, even if you don’t have such disease, you can consume honey for your health. As mentioned, not only honey can be used against the two bacteria, it is also effective against other 58 strains of bacteria.

You can use honey in food or drink, just like Jen did. She made Honey Bourbon Salmon and Honey Lemon-Limade.

Be healthy now, be healthy forever.

Do you like paprika? If you do, this weekend, you can try these recipes since they have paprika or bell pepper as one of the ingredients:

• Stuffed Flank Steak & Coconut Chicken
• Stuffed Chicken with Blueberry Sauce
• New Hummus

Paprika, not only it contains Vitamin C, Beta-carotene, Vitamin B1 & B2, but also Capsaicin.

Capsaicin is the chemical oil found in chilli peppers that gives them their hot taste. [foodprocessing-technology.com]

Not only related to taste, capsaicin is also related to cancer. Some researchers in the University of Pittsburgh, found that capsaicin can cause apoptosis death in pancreatic cancer cells. The spicy compound kills pancreatic tumor cells but does not affect normal, healthy pancreas cells. Researchers in Los Angeles report that capsaicin kills prostate tumor cells.

So, start your healthy life now by consuming paprika, just like Justine did.

Have a nice weekend!

A diet rich in carbohydrates with a low glycemic index appears to be more effective in reducing fat mass and lowering the chances of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) than diets with a high glycemic index or high in protein, an Australian research team reports.[reuters.co.id]

This should be a great news to many dieters out there like Susan and The Whimsy. Good luck to you both on your diet and don’t stop trying.

You can try this one, too.

Yet, Dietician, Amy Fleishman, of the Mt. Sinai Medical Center, said, “There’s nothing on a label that will tell you what a glycemic index is.”

So, it’s not an easy diet to follow.[whdh.com]

However, what matters in dieting is that you start it with a strong will. So, whatever diet program you choose, it’ll end up with a great result.

Good luck, again!

Answer the questions below to find out the answer:

• Do you consume anything made of sugar everyday?
• Do you always keep chocolate, candies, or any sugary meals in your drawer or fridge?
• Do you often have the urge to eat anything sweet?
• Do you consume sweet food very much?
• Does your need to consume sweet snacks make you do anything like walking out to the nearest store in the middle of the night just for a chocolate?
• Do you often feel lack of energy in the middle of the day?
• Do you eat chocolate and candies whenever you feel sad or not in the mood?
• Do you eat sweet food more often than healthy food?
• Do you always consume anything sweet after every mealtime?
• Do you often skip breakfast or eat irregularly?

If your “YES” answers are:

• 1-3: You have such a healthy relationship with sugar. It seems like you have enough important nutrients
• 4-6: You consume much sweet food, but you keep trying to control it. Pay attention on which food with too much sugar and what makes you eat them.
• 7-10: Wow, you’re very intimate with sugar. It’s not healthy. You’d better control your sugar intake starting now. Try to hold back your desire to have sugary snacks. Grab some fruits whenever you feel like eating something out of your mealtime.

Don’t you love cinnamon?

A study published in the journal Diabetes Care found that half a teaspoon of cinnamon a day significantly reduces blood sugar levels in people with type 2 diabetes.

It also reduces triglyceride, LDL cholesterol, and total cholesterol levels among this group.

Cinnamon’s other benefits include:

• Supports digestive function
• Constricts and tones tissues
• Relieves congestion
• Relieves pain and stiffness of muscles and joints
• Relieves menstrual discomfort
• Blood-thinning compounds that stimulate circulation
• Anti-inflammatory compounds that may relieve arthritis
• Helps prevent urinary tract infections, tooth decay and gum disease
• It’s a powerful anti-microbial agent that can kill E. coli and other bacteria [mercola.com]

Some of the healthy bloggers have just posted recipes using cinnamon that you can try this weekend:

• Anna with her musli cookies
• Laurie with her yummy banana bread
• Steven with his Quick Cinnamon Buns with Buttermilk Icing
• BlueJules with her Cinnamon Apple Wafer

If you are detoxing, it’s better to have a detox journal. That way, you can:

• record how you feel–both physically and emotionally
• write down all ideas about your hopes, your fears, your thoughts about the past, and your feelings about the present and he future

The journal can be a notebook or a even blog–if you’re ready to have others read it.

Nice writing!