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Sunday, 14 January 2007 16:00 |
" As 2007 swings into gear, there's no better time to give your body a healthy, fresh start than now! Plus if you're thinking about lowering your weight - and your RealAge "eating clean" is a great first step. Add these 10 foods to your grocery cart and you'll get three terrific benefits:
1. Lots of super-healthy liquids to flush out the body while pouring in nutrients.
2. Fiber to keep your GI tract fit.
3. Foods that energize cleansing enzymes in the liver, your body's built-in detox center.
The top 10:
1. Green leafy vegetables. Eat them raw, throw them into a broth, add them to juices. Their chlorophyll helps swab out environmental toxins (heavy metals, pesticides) and is an all-round liver protector.
2. Lemons. You need to keep the fluids flowing to wash out the body and fresh lemonade is ideal. Its vitamin C - considered the detox vitamin - helps convert toxins into a water - soluble form that?s easily flushed away.
3. Watercress. Put a handful into salads, soups, and sandwiches. The peppery little green leaves have a diuretic effect that helps move things through your system. And cress is rich in minerals too.
4. Garlic. Add it to everything - salads, sauces, spreads. In addition to the bulb's cardio benefits, it activates liver enzymes that help filter out junk.
5. Green tea. This antioxidant-rich brew is one of the healthiest ways to get more fluids into your system. Bonus: It contains catechins, which speed up liver activity. 6. Broccoli sprouts. Get 'em at your health-food store. They pack 20 to 50 times more cancer-fighting, enzyme-stimulating activity into each bite than the grown-up vegetable. "
.... Read the rest of this article From "Yahoo Food"at: Food.Yahoo.com
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 21 March 2007 11:03 )
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Written by Administrator
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Saturday, 13 January 2007 16:00 |
" Researchers can now watch the brain as memories are stored within it
BEFORE a big exam, a sound night's sleep will do you more good than poring over your textbooks. That, at least, is the folk wisdom. And science, in the form of behavioural psychology, supports that wisdom. But such behavioural studies cannot distinguish between two competing theories of why sleep is good for the memory. One says that sleep is when permanent memories form. The other says that they are actually formed during the day, but then “edited” at night, to flush away what is redundant.
To tell the difference, it is necessary to peer into the brain of a sleeping person, and that is hard. But after a decade of painstaking work, a team led by Pierre Maquet of the Cyclotron Research Centre at Liège University in Belgium has managed to do it. Dr Maquet and his colleagues have persuaded enough people to fall asleep inside a noisy, cramped brain-scanning machine to collect the evidence needed to show what is happening. Steven Laureys, one of Dr Maquet's collaborators, revealed their results to a meeting of the Organisation for Human Brain Mapping in Sendai, Japan, earlier this month. "
.... Read the rest of this article From "Economist.com"at: http://www.economist.com
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 21 March 2007 11:17 )
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6 steps to being your own boss |
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Friday, 12 January 2007 16:00 |
" Got that entrepreneurial spirit? You aren't alone. In fact, two out of three teen-agers who completed a recent Junior Achievement "Interprise" Poll on Teens and Entrepreneurship said they hope to start their own business one day.
But it takes more than a good idea and a desire to be your own boss to launch a successful venture. Just ask Max Durovic. At 18, he increased his odds of making it with formal and thorough business planning. By taking the right steps, he built a booming business before he even graduated from college. "
.... Read the rest of this article From "MSN Money"at: http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 21 March 2007 11:04 )
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40 FACTS ABOUT SLEEP YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T KNOW... |
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Wednesday, 10 January 2007 19:00 |
(OR WERE TOO TIRED TO THINK ABOUT) "
-The record for the longest period without sleep is 18 days, 21 hours, 40 minutes during a rocking chair marathon. The record holder reported hallucinations, paranoia, blurred vision, slurred speech and memory and concentration lapses.
- It's impossible to tell if someone is really awake without close medical supervision. People can take cat naps with their eyes open without even being aware of it.
- Anything less than five minutes to fall asleep at night means you're sleep deprived. The ideal is between 10 and 15 minutes, meaning you're still tired enough to sleep deeply, but not so exhausted you feel sleepy by day.
- A new baby typically results in 400-750 hours lost sleep for parents in the first year - One of the best predictors of insomnia later in life is the development of bad habits from having sleep disturbed by young children.
- The continuous brain recordings that led to the discovery of REM (rapid eye-movement) sleep were not done until 1953, partly because the scientists involved were concerned about wasting paper.
- REM sleep occurs in bursts totaling about 2 hours a night, usually beginning about 90 minutes after falling asleep. "
.... Read the rest of this article From "The National Sleep Research Project" at: http://abc.net.au/science/sleep/facts.htm
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5 Fundamentals of Fiscal Fitness |
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Tuesday, 09 January 2007 19:00 |
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"1. Save at least 10% of your annual income Begin saving to build a liquid cash reserve. Once you have achieved sufficient liquidity, direct savings toward balancing and building your portfolio. Savings also include retirement plan contributions.
2. Have sufficient liquidity Most wage earners should have 10% of their annual income in a primary cash reserve (A1) and another 20% in a secondary reserve. Self-employed and retired individuals should build their cash reserves to an even greater level.
3. Fully fund your pensions Take advantage of tax deferred savings plans, especially if your employer matches contributions.
4. Have the right size house For most middle income Americans, your home is the most significant investment you will ever make. Buy a home 2 or 2 1/2 times your annual income, with a mortgage of 50% or more of its value. If the value of the home reaches 100% to 125% of your income, sell it and trade up again.
...Read the rest of this article and other articles from "Roman Financial Advisors" and check out their great website at: http://www.feeonlyadvisor.com/fiscal_fitness.html
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Last Updated ( Friday, 09 March 2007 09:10 )
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Procrastination: Ten Things To Know |
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Monday, 08 January 2007 19:00 |
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" Is your procrastination hindering you? Ten things you should know. There are many ways to avoid success in life, but the most sure-fire just might be procrastination. Procrastinators sabotage themselves. They put obstacles in their own path. They actually choose paths that hurt their performance. Why would people do that? I talked to two of the world's leading experts on procrastination: Joseph Ferrari, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology at De Paul University in Chicago, and Timorthy Pychyl, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. Neither one is a procrastinator, and both answered my many questions immediately. 1. Twenty percent of people identify themselves as chronic procrastinators. For them procrastination is a lifestyle, albeit a maladaptive one. And it cuts across all domains of their life. They don't pay bills on time. They miss opportunities for buying tickets to concerts. They don't cash gift certificates or checks. They file income tax returns late. They leave their Christmas shopping until Christmas eve. 2. It's not trivial, although as a culture we don't take it seriously as a problem. It represents a profound problem of self-regulation. And there may be more of it in the U.S. than in other countries because we are so nice; we don't call people on their excuses ("my grandmother died last week") even when we don't believe them." .... Read the rest of this article from "Psychology Today" at: http://www.psychologytoday.com/rss/pto-20030823-000001.html
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10 Steps to Becoming Stress Free |
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Saturday, 06 January 2007 16:00 |
"Start with following the 10 tips to becoming stress free, but remember not everyone deals with stress in the same manner. Be prepared to make some adjustments to better suit your lifestyle.
1. Start by saying no. Everyone is making demands upon you during this festive time of year, but you do not have to agree to everything. Your coworkers are begging you for favors, but you have a deadline on a project. Saying no every once in a while to give yourself some room to breathe is definitely the first step to keeping your sanity.
2. Simplify your day. The easiest way to make sure everything is getting done is to make a "To Do" list. Add new items as demands are placed on you and prioritize. When you finish a task, mark it off the list. You will be surprised at how much easier it is to keep track of your work by doing something so simple.
3. Clean your workspace. Clutter can make anyone stressed out and uncomfortable. Take time each morning or afternoon to tidy your desk or office space. This can eliminate distraction and clear your mind to concentrate on the tasks at hand."
.... Read the entire article at: www.EmeraldCoast.com
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Last Updated ( Friday, 23 March 2007 06:56 )
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Written by Administrator
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Monday, 01 January 2007 16:00 |
Even if you're not a genius, you can use the same strategies as
Aristotle and Einstein to harness the power of your creative mind
and better manage your future." The following eight strategies
encourage you to think productively, rather than reproductively, in
order to arrive at solutions to problems. "These strategies are
common to the thinking styles of creative geniuses in science, art,
and industry throughout history.
To see the strategies go to: http://www.studygs.net/genius.htm
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Written by Administrator
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Friday, 29 December 2006 16:00 |
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There are only so many hours in a day, a week, a month and a year.
You cannot change the number of hours, but you can decide how best
to use them. To be successful in life, you must carefully manage
your time.
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