Avoiding Stress

With the holidays approaching there will be many important decisions to be made. Arranging get-together, parties, shopping, cooking, travel and other mind boggling details, that go together with the preparations. There are also decorating, attending church services, and looking forward to a new year. But for me the most important task is keeping fit, healthy and remaining positive and focused. Great health can never be compromised. Without excellent health success at everything else is limited.

It take time, tremendous effort, and in most cases several doctor visits to combat stress. Prevention is much simpler. Not being aware of how quickly, these annoying symptoms can transform into a negative situation, make you even more vulnerable. Stressors are more prevalent around holiday seasons. All sicknesses are stress related, so is 90 percent of all doctor visits. Chronic stress can lead to fatal diseases, such as, cancer, diabetes, gum disease, depression, hypertension and much more.

Not all stress is negative. A certain degree of the stress our bodies experience, is required for healthy purposes. When produce in excess, the flight-or-flight mode respond. But in this information you are avoiding this. So, prepare accordingly. Now that you are aware of this illness here is what to do:

1)First and foremost, eat fresh, health foods from any and all varieties.

2)Be sure that each meal is well balanced and is consumed in moderate portions.
Do not over or under-eat.

3)Plan each meal a day or more ahead of time.

4)Do all of your shopping, and errands, on days when the streets and stores
are less busy.

5)have a planned budget, and a spending limit on every item or products.

6)Avoid caffeine close to bedtime and get a good night sleep.

7)If you have not had a physical in over a year, get one.

8)Whenever you are prescribed medicine, stay on them, and use as prescribed.

9)Seek out the company of those who make you happy, laugh, treat you kind; and
who you find supportive.

10)Keep away from unhappy people who are insensitive, annoying, and have bad
habits.

11)Stay physically and mentally active by eating healthy and exercising. Listen to soft relaxing music, meditate, and recite positive affirmations.

12)Be organized: select your clothing for the week in advance. keep all
household items and products always in the same place, and well organized.

By deciding not to become a victim of stress, you stay a step ahead. Focus on your joy, happiness, health, success and prosperity. And please pass this information on to someone else this holiday. If you do, you will have given a priceless gift.

The Importance of Eating Healthy

I learned the importance of eating healthy, at a early age in life. Therefore, I can honestly say that great food is the foundation of life, health, prosperity and fabulous living. What would we be without our healths? As a child I knew better than to frequent the candy store. I knew of other children who would spend their summer, hanging out at the confectioners. I knew candy tasted good, but I was made aware that it would rot my precious teeth. This was enough to scare me, because I had seen people with rotten teeth, and I did not want mine to look like that. Eating too much refined sugary products is bad for health and overall well-being and appearance.

I appreciate my healthy upbringing, and will continue to strive to do all the right things to be healthy and to maintain by body, mind and appearance. I prepare all my meals from the healthy recipes inside Fabulous Foods: Fun Flavors. I wrote this cookbook because I was dissatisfied with the other cookbooks; even the five star ones. Like everyone else, I have had fluctuating weight, but if I did not, I would not be able to help others to become aware of what works and do not--in the form of food, diets and nutrition. We should all love ourselves, enough to practice healthy living. Shying away from the delicious foods in which we love and enjoy will result in feeling deprived, depressed and distressed. A simplier and wiser solution is to adjust these same delicious recipes by finding a healthier method to prepare them.

A heathier solution of preparing a popular snack like popcorn, would be to Pop a quarter cup of dry kernel, in a tablespoon of olive oil, in a covered pot on the stove. This would make a nutritious satisfying snack, it would keep you full for a very long period. You could save at least three hundred calories, as the amount you eat would only be one hundred and ten calories. Compare this to pre-prepared of the same amount at over four hundred calories. This is only an example but the same preparation technique can be applied to any and all delicious recipes. When you practice preparing healthy meals, not only that you are prolonging your life but you are maintaining a good-looking and youthful appearance. When we are healthy we look and feel better and have better attitudes.

In general all food is good, but adding unnecessary ingredients take away from their goodness. Food was created to sustain us, to make us healthy, happy and strong. Therefore, the next time you are craving a delicious snack consider the healthiest alternative. The gourmet cookbook Fabulous Foods: Fun Flavors provide many healthy alternatives for delicious recipes to its readers. If you are already preparing your meals for the healthy recipes inside this book, also read the frequent articles. These articles are intended to provide continious help, support and to motivate all those who aspire to live and follow a healthy lifestyle. To be notified of newly posted updates follow on, http://Twitter.com/marciamiles. Fabulous Foods: Fun Flavors, can be ordered online, or at any bookstore.

FABULOUS FOODS: FUN FLAVORS

Food is enjoyable, food is fun.

Eating fabulously will keep you young.

If you are considering eating right,

prepare a fabulous recipe and share a bite.

Don't let "fabulous" cause you fear

because, for your health you care.

Spend wisely, eat right.

Great health is everyone delight.

Marcia Miles (Author, Fabulous Foods: Fun Flavors.)

Reducing High Blood Pressure

Approximately 60 million people, both male and female are affected by hypertension. Of this number, more than one million cases are undiagnosed. Because there are no symptoms, victims are unaware that they have this fatal disease, thus, blood pressure became known as the "silent killer." If your systolic pressure is 140 and dialostic 90, you are in the pre-hypertension stage. Systolic is the top number on the measuring devise and dialostic is the number below. At 140 over 90, you should not necessarily panic; because there is a good chance that this illness can be reversed.

If you are over weight, work on reducing. As few as ten pounds of weight loss can make a significant difference in your life. An expanded waistline is a major indicator of trouble. Male whose waist measure 40 inches (102 centimeters) and waist of women 35 inches (88 centimeters) are most at risk. At this point consider a healthy lifestyle change. Follow a healthy diet of fruits, vegetables and carbohydrates. Potatoes of all varieties are proven to reduce blood pressure. Bananas and green leaf vegetables are great. Potassium is said to have blood pressure lowering properties. Therefore, get some information from your doctor of how much potassium you need to consume, to gain the maximum benefits.

When starting on a lifestyle change one of the keys to remember is: everything in moderation. Salt should be avoided Instead, use a generous blend of herbs, seasoning, spices and condiments. You will have flavorful meals without remembering that there is no salt. Although you are omitting the salts from your recipes, there is salt in can, and package goods. Read food labels carefully. There are low sodium and no-salt-added products available at your store. You should not consume more than 1500 milligrams of sodium per day, but aim for much less.

If you are a smoker gradually decrease the amount, until you have completely stopped using tobacco. Alcohol escalate blood pressure, so this should be of concern. If you stop drinking abruptly you could harm yourself. A small glass of wine per day over a period of two weeks is a good way to get off these drinks. If your hypertension increases visit your doctor regularly until it is safely reduce. Also be aware that alcohol will decrease the effectiveness of any medications you may be given. Caffeine is another culprit, but it can be also be gradually reduce to one cup per day. Be active, get some movement into your life, as part of your healthy lifestyle change. Keep busy, walk, work in the garden, cycle (this can be a stationary bike)swim. Any form of exercise that add movement will be beneficial. Know stressful situation and avoid them. Prepare your meals from the wholesome, healthy and flavorful recipes inside the gourmet cookbook Fabulous Foods: Fun Flavors. And continue checking this website for other beneficial information about: food, health, budgeting and nutrition.

Recession Proof Foods To Save You Money

Here we are, in the twentieth century, the world has advanced considerably with new technology and more awareness for the environment. Our lives should be better, right? Unfortunately it is just the opposite. The reality is, we are in a recession. Of all the wonderful things we can live without, food is not on the list; and it will never be. You can spend an exorbitant amount of money purchasing food. Be careful when shopping for food.

So, how can families stay fit, healthy, and maintain proper nutrition, while saving money? First, and foremost, all foods are healthy. It is the manner in which they are being prepared that is unhealthy. Some of these preparations strips healthy foods of their nutrition, while adding on calories. And second, all foods should be eaten in moderation...even super foods. Regardless of health benefits, a super healthy food product done wrong can be fatal to your health. Any food eaten in excess will result in serious health problems.

There are many healthy foods that are low cost and steadily stays the same prices. These foods can be purchased any season, and just about everywhere. Depending on store, local or national markets, and brand, prices may vary, but not much. Below are a list of some of the cheapest foods to be found:

Vegetables: Carrots, corn, cabbage, lettuce, cucumber, onions, tomatoes and
most herbs and spices.

Fruits: Apples, bananas, oranges, cantaloupe.

Grains: Rice, oats, bread, pasta.

Protein: Beans, chicken, pork, fish, eggs, cheese, nuts.

Carbohydrate: Flour, potatoes.

The recipes inside Fabulous Foods: Fun Flavors, places emphasis on healthy food preparations. This makes the book a great resource, both for saving money and permanently maintaining a healthy lifestyle. The supporting web blogs and articles make this book invaluable. To find a copy of Fabulous Foods: Fun Flavors, order from, Barnes and Noble, Amazon, Abebooks, PublishAmerica or other online bookstores.

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How To Avoid The Trap Of Obesity And The Pitfall Of Anorexia

Have you order your copy of the gourmet cookbook, Fabulous Foods: Fun Flavors yet? You may be among the millions who have questions, concerning the right cookbook to get. The perfect choice of a fabulous cookbook should be a multipurpose one. Not the brand of an individual diet. When you begun preparing your meals, from the healthy, flavorful, sensible recipes inside Fabulous Foods: Fun Flavors, you will immediately appreciate it's uniqueness. These meals are simple, inexpensive and satisfying.



The emphasis on these recipes are, to help you maintain the right nutritious balance, without health risk. Placing restrictions on diets, in order to keep healthy usually cause cravings. Cravings causes excessive overeating, and obesity. Being obese can result in many fatal illnesses. On the other hand becoming content with little or no food is starving. Starving your body for too long often leads to anorexia. You become obsessive of getting so thin, that you are never contented with you image. In time it becomes addictive, just as overeating. Both of these conditions are very destructive health conditions and can cause death.



Desiring perfection is positive, but this should be approached cautiously, and with great care. Maintaining optimum health should be our goals. Very little can be accomplished without good health. If you want to avoid disappointments, from making the wrong decisions; then Fabulous Foods: Fun Flavors is your best choice of a sensible cookbook. You will be able to maintain a healthy, nutritious balance, from flavorful, satisfying, recipes, successfully. Don't chose a cookbook based on pictures of fattening foods. They are not in your best interest and are only meant to tempt and entice.



Our bodies must function in peek condition; our organs chronogogically. We should also have strong bones and healthy blood flow. This is impossible if we are obese or anorexic. Any form of excercise should be practice, and taking a multivitaming daily is recommended. Drinking eight, eight ounce glasses of water daily is of great benefit. Being satisfied, content, and well nourished is eating wisely. This is possible with the aid of the right recipes.



So, next time you consider purchasing a sensible cookbook, place the emphasis on affordable,flavorful, healthy and balance recipes. Reading articles alone will not help, until you order your very own copy of Fabulous Foods: Fun Flavors, it is available on http://BarnesandNoble.com/ http://PublishAmerica.com/ http://amazon.com/ and other online bookstores. Please leave your questions and comment here.