by admin | June 17, 2019 7:22 am | Health, Main
Have you been feeling exhausted or lethargic lately?
If so, you are probably experiencing fatigue. When you are fatigued, you are both physically and mentally drained. Daily tasks that were once so easy to perform can now feel like you are trying to climb Mount Kilimanjaro.
There are many different reasons why fatigue may occur. Some of them include depression, lack of sleep, illness, overstimulation, and mental stress. No matter what the idea, here are a few natural remedies that can give you the energy boost you need without the crash later.
#1 – Eat a Good Breakfast
When you wake up in the morning, one of the first things you should do is eat breakfast. As you have heard so many times before, breakfast is the most important meal of the day. When you eat breakfast, your energy levels get a boost. It is this boost that can help you perform your daily tasks more efficiently.
When you skip breakfast, you put yourself at risk for a variety of different health problems. Even if it’s something quick, make breakfast a part of your everyday routine. Try to keep your meal around 300 calories.
#2 – Eat More Broccoli
Broccoli is a superfood that can help prevent stress and fatigue. It contains dietary fiber that can help reduce the amount of adrenal damage caused by stress and fatigue. The result is a better-controlled blood sugar level and less glucose being metabolized in the body.
Broccoli is also able to help eliminate the fat that is often found in the midriff area. Fat in the midriff area causes the hormone cortisol to increase in your body. When this happens, you gain weight. By eating broccoli, you will be able to reduce insulin resistance and improve the metabolism of blood sugar.
#3 – Get Plenty of Rest
Never underestimate the power of sleep. In order for your body and mind to function the right way, you need to get a minimum of 7 hours of sleep every single night. Having a proper sleeping pattern is a crucial step in preventing fatigue. When you get plenty of rest, you will feel rejuvenated and ready for the day. When you don’t get enough rest, you will feel very sluggish and unable to focus.
#4 – Have a Little Lemon Balm
This perennial herb is used to treat a variety of different ailments. The chemicals it contains have a very calming effect. When you are calm, your level of mental fatigue is significantly lowered. For best results mix lip balm with nettle, raspberry leaf, oat tops, ginger, and licorice. Consume this fatigue fighting mixture at least three times a day and you may be able to eliminate fatigue completely.
#5 – Take a Nice, Warm Salt Bath
Salt baths are great for helping you release your fatigue. Just take a little salt and add it to a tub of lukewarm water. Sit in the salt water for about 10 minutes. Allow your body to relax as the salt massages your pores. Never let your face or hair get in the salt water. Tie your hair up and submerge yourself in the water from the neck down.
# 6 – Drink a Glass of Wine
All the wine lovers out there will love this remedy. When it comes to getting rid of fatigue all you may need is a glass of wine.
Take 1 liter of your favorite red wine and mix it with the following ingredients:
- 25gm of sage
- 25gm of rosemary
- 2 tsp. of honey
Find a glass container and mix in the wine, rosemary, and sage.
Put the glass container in a pot of boiling water for 20 minutes.
Remove the container, strain the liquid, and add in the honey.
Let it cool off a bit and enjoy. It is the perfect way to end a long day.
#7 – Consume Rose Petals
Rose petals are known for their ability to help combat depression and tension. Generally speaking, both are a direct result of mental fatigue. Get 20 to 30 rose petals and mix them in a glass of water. Boil the mixture for about 15 minutes. Once it has cooled down, you will need to store it in an airtight container. Have a glass up to 3 times a day and watch the fatigue go away.
#8 – Add Spinach To Your Diet
If you have chronic fatigue, consuming spinach is one of the best remedies. Spinach is a very nutrient-rich food. The folate it contains helps fight chronic fatigue. Spinach also provides your body with other nutrients that give it energy and ward off fatigue.
For best results, consider having spinach at least once a day. You can eat it or drink it in a smoothie or juice. Look for recipe ideas you can avoid burn out.
by admin | June 8, 2019 10:29 am | Cooking ideas, Health, Main
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4 Basic Steps for Food Safety
Each year millions of people get sick from food illnesses which can cause you to feel like you have the flu. Food illnesses can also cause serious health problems, even death. Follow these four steps to help keep you and your family safe.
1. Clean
Always wash your food, hands, counters and cooking tools.
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Wash hands in warm soapy water for at least 20 seconds. Do this before and after touching food.
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Wash your cutting boards, dishes, forks, spoons, knives and counter tops with hot soapy water. Do this after working with each food item.
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Rinse fruits and veggies.
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Clean the lids on canned goods before opening.
2. Separate (Keep Apart)
Keep raw foods to themselves. Germs can spread from one food to another.
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Keep raw meat, poultry, seafood, and eggs away from other foods.
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Do this in your shopping cart, bags, and fridge.
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Do not reuse marinades used on raw foods unless you bring them to a boil first.
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Use a special cutting board or plate for raw foods only.
3. Cook
Foods need to get hot and stay hot. Heat kills germs.
4. Chill
Put food in the fridge right away.
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2-Hour Rule: Put foods in the refrigerator or freezer within 2 hours after cooking or buying from the store. Do this within 1 hour if it is 90 degrees or hotter outside.
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Never thaw food by merely taking it out of the fridge.
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Thaw food:
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In the fridge
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Under cold water
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In the microwave
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Marinate foods in the refrigerator.
Think you have a food illness?
Call your doctor and get medical care right away if you think you have a food illness. Save the food package, can or carton. Then report the problem. Call USDA at 1-888-674-6854 if you think meat, poultry or eggs caused the illness. Call FDA at 1-866-300-4374 for all other foods.
Call your local health department if you think you got sick from food you ate in a restaurant or another food seller.
Anyone can get sick from eating spoiled food. Some people are more likely to get sick from food illnesses.
Some foods are more risky for these people. Talk to your doctor or another health provider about which foods are safe for you to eat.
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by admin | May 13, 2019 12:19 pm | Health
It’s perfectly normal to feel anxious or depressed occasionally, especially in response to life’s stressors. However, when these feelings become prolonged, disproportionate or apparent for no significant reason, they need to be addressed.
Thankfully diagnosis and treatment methods have come a long way, with many public health campaigns working towards bringing mental illness ‘out of the shadows’.
The co-occurrence of anxiety and depression is a noted feature of these disorders. While behavioral and emotional symptoms may differ within the two, the fact remains they are both an unnatural and unwelcome state of mental health.
Characterized by a constant overwhelming state of fear or worry, anxiety can be debilitating in its physical manifestations too. The symptoms of depression may be similar to unrelenting feelings of sadness or despair.
The exact cause is still unclear; however, changes in brain chemistry, genetic factors, and hormone function are all believed to play a role. Irrespective of the cause, mental illness requires and generally responds to professional treatment.
Best Methods of Treating Anxiety and Depression
Our understanding of mental illness has evolved over time, yet it still presents certain difficulties. Diagnostically speaking, depression and anxiety primarily affect the way an individual thinks and feels, and in most cases subsequently behaves; therefore we generally rely upon patients to identify these changes themselves and seek help.
In some case, family members or close friends may be able to identify vulnerable individuals and assist in requesting attention. Once diagnosed, however, treatment can be quite successful using a variety of approaches; the most common of which are psychological therapies or ‘talking therapies’.
Such therapies are generally administered by a qualified psychologist and involve either behavior modification (Cognitive Behavior Therapy or CBT) or examination of intrapersonal and interpersonal patterns and behaviors.
Generally, work will be done to identify and address key triggers and ways of managing future events. Such therapies are often combined with a focus on improving nutrition and encouraging regular exercise, which itself can actively promote a healthy mental state.
Indeed, a safe and effective first step towards self-empowerment is taking control over one’s diet. The benefits are both psychological and physiological. Reducing or eliminating spikes caused by sugar-laden foods and stimulants, such as excess coffee, cigarettes, etc., will help in reducing the debilitating feelings associated with general anxiety.
Children and Adults Can be Affected
Young people and children, unfortunately, are just as vulnerable to mental illnesses such as anxiety and depression. While often harder to detect, once diagnosed, applied therapies specifically designed for children can usually assist the child in living a happier and more fulfilling childhood.
A happier childhood better prepares the child for dealing with the stresses of teen years and young adulthood. The healthy and safe transition of young adulthood enables the individual to prepare for and live a life feeling in control, empowered and able to deal with everyday challenges.
Finally, and hopefully, after exploring other options, the use of antidepressant medication may be required. This depends on the severity of the illness and is most often used in conjunction with psychotherapies. Antidepressants can be very effective in some situations. As in any medical case, treatment is ideally specifically tailored to suit the individual, based on a thorough study of the personal history of symptoms, responses, and environment.
by admin | May 6, 2019 2:00 pm | Health, Main, Meditation
Meditation has been practiced around the world for thousands of years. It is a technique used to quiet the mind and body, and release stress. It can also bring focus and clarity, and often, after meditating, problems that you have been struggling with, miraculously become solved. Meditation has also been known to inspire people to write, and to spur lucrative business ideas, as your subconscious comes to light.
One simple form of meditation requires you to sit in a quiet room, either on a pillow, or cross-legged on the floor, or in a comfortable chair, making sure your spine is straight. It is advised that you use the same place every day. It is also suggested that you personalize your spot, by beautifying it with candles, flowers, and pictures of the people that you love.
The idea is to sit quietly, with your eyes closed, and focus on a point inside of your forehead. Try not to think of anything in particular, but don’t try ‘not’ to think either, allowing your mind to become calm, and peaceful. If you find that your mind is ‘chattering’, don’t try to control it, just let it finish what it is that it is working on, it will eventually quiet down. It is also recommended for beginners to begin with ten to twenty-minute sessions, each day. After a while of doing this, you will start to feel deep relaxation and joy during these sessions.
The first step to this self-hypnosis is to sit in a quiet, comfortable spot, making sure you are facing a wall about eight feet away from you. Pick a spot or object on that wall, and make that spot or object your focal point. Looking at your focal point, begin counting backward from 100, one number for each breath you exhale. As you do this, imagine yourself floating, and feeling very relaxed. You will begin to feel your eyelids getting heavy, and may begin to blink. Let your eyes slowly close, and as you continue to count backward, imagine yourself as limp as a rag-doll, totally relaxed, and floating in a safe and comfortable place. Stop counting, and just float in your space. If any disturbing thoughts should come while in your space, just let them flow out again, and allow yourself to continue to feel safe and relaxed. This technique can help you to cope with stress, and discharge the tension that accumulates during stressful situations.
When you are ready to come out of this self-hypnosis, you can either let yourself drift off to sleep, or you can count from one to three and exit. First, count one, and get yourself ready to exit. At two, take a deep breath, and hold for a few seconds. At three, exhale and open your eyes slowly. As you open your eyes, continue to hold on to that relaxed and comfortable feeling.
You may then want to increase the length of your sessions to thirty minutes, or maybe even an hour. In our highly active lifestyles of today, it is imperative that we include a brief time for meditation in our daily schedule. For more self-help techniques and tips, please return to the main website.
by admin | April 22, 2019 11:42 am | Health, Main, Meditation, Psychic, Well Being
A friend of mine sent me this, I think it is an incredible statement of our life’s facts…
On the surface of the Earth exactly now there is war and violence and everything looks horrible. But, simultaneously, something quiet, calm and hidden is happening and certain people are being called by a higher light. A quiet revolution is settling from the inside out. From bottom to top. It is a global operation. A spiritual conspiracy. There are cells from this operation in every nation on the planet.
You will not watch us on TV. Or read about us in newspapers. Or hear our words on radios. We do not seek glory. We do not use uniforms. We arrive in several different shapes and sizes. We have costumes and different colors. Most work anonymously. Silently we work out of the scene. In every culture in the world. In large and small cities, in the mountains and valleys. In the farms, villages, tribes and remote islands.
We might cross paths on the streets. And not realize … We follow in disguise. We are behind the scenes. And we do not care about who wins the gold of the result, and Yes, that the work gets performed. And once in a while, we will cross paths on the streets. We exchange looks of recognition and continue following our path. During the day many are disguised in their normal jobs. But at night behind the scenes, the real work begins.
Some call us an army of consciousness. Slowly we are building a new world. With the power of our hearts and minds. We follow with joy and passion. Our orders reach us from the Central Spiritual Intelligence. We’re throwing soft bombs of love without anyone noticing; poems, Hugs, songs, photos, movies, fond words, meditations and prayers, dances, social activism, websites, blogs, acts of kindness …
We express ourselves in a unique and personal way. With our talents and gifts. Being the change we want to see in the world. This is the force that moves our hearts. We know that this is the only way to accomplish the transformation. We know that with the silence and humbleness we have the power of all oceans together. Our work is slow and meticulous. As in the formation of mountains.
Love will be the religion of the 21st century. Without educational prerequisites. Without ordering an exceptional knowledge for your understanding. Because it is born of the intelligence of the heart. Hidden for eternity in the evolutionary pulse of every human being.
Be the change you want to see happen in the world. Nobody else can make this work for you. We’re recruiting. Perhaps you will join us, maybe you already have.
All are welcome. The door is open.
~ Author Unknown
by admin | April 15, 2019 11:59 am | Health, Love, Main, Success, Today's Thought
There are many ways to express love, and the least used way in today’s hectic lifestyle is by using poems.
Poems are a fun way to express love without being too pushy.
The Power Of Poems
Most often the female gender seems to find is very pleasing when love is expressed in poems. Escaping from reality gives these poem composers a chance to express themselves in a very “flowery” way. Tapping into this very old method of communicating love seems to appeal to the current generation, probably because of its novelty factor.
Using the internet as an ideal platform for expressing one’s self through love poems will allow the individual to create ways to impress the other party through these poems. For those who are rather shy in expressing themselves in other ways, poem writing can help them to express themselves without feeling any sort of inhibition. Poem writing is also another effective way of showing loved ones they are being thought of, and this, of course, is very ego inflating and rather warming. This is especially so for those who are using the online dating platform to show their feelings in a romantic way, as this will help to “sell” the individual in a better light overall.
Love poems can actually allow the creative side of an individual to be expressed. This is a great platform for the more artistic individual who is interested in wooing the other party, as in most cases it will be viewed in a better light and as well the individual penning the poems does not have to worry about facing any ridicule in person.
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