I everyone, I am very excited to be here with you. Alexandria J. Snowdon, has written her fourth book and as a person who loves and appreciate book, I am happy to be a part of the adventure. and you can be too. We are looking for book lovers to go to www.amazon.com/author/alexandriajsnowdon There you can read a free preview of each book. If you enjoy a certain book and would like to see more of its kind--leave a short review, it will be highly appreciated. However, if you love all the books as much as I do please leave a review for each individual book, and explain why you love the book. We all will be empowered with the ability to influence what is produced and what we as book lovers want for ourselves and our families. Please keep in touch and I can also pass messages on. Thank you for visiting enjoy the rest of your Summer. Love Marcia.

The Art of Curbing Your Appetite

With obesity on the rise keeping slim, trim and healthy should be first on everyone's agenda; family and finance follows. Beside living a long healthy and prosperous life there are more positive benefits to being slender and fit:
(1) You are more appealing to a would be partner.

(2) Finding the right kind of employment is more likely.

(3) So is getting a promotion or a salary increase.

(4) You have the ability to move around freely without aches and pain.

(5) Great health and attractivenes boost confidence.

(6) You will be more motivated, and productive therefore, you will achieve
more.

(7) You will have less medical expenses, and less need for medical care.

All diets do not work the same for everyone. And with the multitude of dieting advise there are just as much confusion. Many of us do not eat because we are hungry, but because of excessive cravings for food in general. Thirst is often mistaken for hunger. Too much stress and boredom will cause emotional eating. Therefore instead of "gambling" on diets which are always failing, or those that work temporary, practice controlling your appetite. It may not be as quick as a fad diet, but on becoming a lifestyle, you will reap the splendid rewards to resist overeating too much of anything. You will also be able to have whatever your taste bud desire without getting our of control.

Gradually controlling your appetite is an art. To achieve perfection it takes relentless and dedicated effort and discipline. Begin each day with at least sixteen ounces of water. The first thing that you eat or drink has enarmous consequences. It determined what you will have an appetite for, the rest of the day. Water is pure, cleansing and refreshing. it is also very inexpensive. Have fresh fruits or a natural fruit drink along with your breakfast. Prepare all your meals on a medium size plate. If the plate is large you will be tempted to finish everthing, although you are full. And a plate which is too small, will leave you consciously wanting more.

Begin lunch, dinner and each snack with sixteen ounces of water. Believe me, this is not too much. It is your calling card for what you will have an appetite for, throughout the day. Snack should be nuts carrots or celery stick, Popcorn is alright, provided you pop it yourself. Always rinse out your mouth after eating anything, it will help magically, and tremendously. Gradually reduce all sugar, salt and animal or trans fats these are poisons. There are enough sugars, salts, and the good kind of fats, in all the other foods mentioned. Eat enough fiber and protein with each meal. Have small portions of complex or other carbohydrates. The reason for a special diet is to train your appetite. Once you are in control you can eat everything in moderation. When your system desire less food you will be fit, strong and healthy. Amazingly you will be naturally rejecting most of the bad stuff that cause illnesses, craving and obesity, due to your new lifestyle.

The fresh taste of water inside you mouth often will give you a fresh taste for everything else.

(A) Chew your food until it liquifies.
(B) Use small eating utensils.
(C) Always take very small bites.

Continue with your excellent eating habit for at least six weeks until it is perfected. The art of curbing your appetite works for weight control, maintaining a small figure, and staying healthy at all times. The reason is because it addresses the root cause of overeating, obesity, and prevent bad eating habits. Make eating fresh fabulous, healthy and inexpensive a lifestyle; you will whish that you had started doing it sooner.

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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.

How To Reduce Your Risk for High Cholesterol

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in America. The illness is often brought on by high (LDL) cholesterol, precautions can be taken to avoid this deadly disease. A healthy diet is a great way to start reducing your risk of cholesterol. Decreasing saturated fats from your diet is a good, easy, and effective method. Keep in mind that cardiovascular illnesses can be hereditary. A simple blood test will determine the risk and levels of LDL intensity, to decide if statin drugs is needed. Medication by itself will not reduce your risk of high cholesterol.

There are two forms of cholesterol that you should be aware of: Low Density Lipoprotein or LDL (bad) cholesterol, and High Density Lipoprotein, or HDL (good) cholesterol. To avoid high levels of LDL always trim all visible fats from meats, especially red meats. If you are a smoker you should consider discontinuing. Be cautious of refined foods which has the ingredients "syrups" such as, high fructose corn syrup. Limit intake of caffeine, found in coffee, some teas and most often soft drinks. Avoid stressful situation, try meditation, any relaxation technique and some exercise.

Cholesterol keep our bodies functioning normal. Every cell in our bodies is surrounded by cholesterol, its job is to insulate nerve fibers. Insulation signals, need to travel properly, this is extremely important. Cholesterol also produces hormones, which carry signal around the body. Too much cholesterol cause heart disease. Cholesterol narrows or hardened the artery, from a build up of plaque. Weight loss is beneficial for lowering LDL (bad) cholesterol. It reduces the triglycerides and raised (HDL) the good cholesterol.

To begin lowering your risk of high cholesterol, prepare meals from healthy recipes. High fiber foods, and foods rich in Omega-3 fatty acids are the best. Some other effective foods are: avocado, olive oil, fish such as salmon, nuts, berries, green vegetables and brightly colored ones. The cookbook Fabulous Foods: Fun Flavors, has a wide variety of healthy recipes. Reduce your risk of heart disease now. Fabulous Foods: Fun Flavors is available at, http://Barnes&Noble.com/ http://Amazon.com http://PublishAmerica.com and other online bookstores.

Eat Right

Some people are blessed to the point that they can eat without gaining weight. I am not certain if this is a good thing. Whenever I gain weight, I know that something is not quite right. The first thing that usually come to mind, is the state of my health. Then, I immediately start on my Fabulous Foods: Fun Flavors, plan. Most of us have to work hard to keep the weight off. That is, being attentive to food intakes. I don't mind that occasionally I gain an extra five pounds. Because, with the weight increase, I am encouraged to do better, and become the best.

Eating right does not mean being overly strict. Foods should not be boring; Instead it should gives us great pleasure. The state of our healths should determine the quality of foods we consumed. Feeling good always, is a good indication that we are eating right. Healthy foods does not cause belly ache, or tiredness. Prepare foods from sensible recipes, such as the ones inside the cookbook, Fabulous Foods: Fun Flavors. Eat what you love, but with moderation. Although a meal is superbly healthy, when you are full-- discontinue eating. Preparing foods from healthy, and realistic recipes will help you to maintain a fabulous diet. Therefore, you will look and feel great when you eat right.

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A Great Breakfast Drink

Each day do you procrastinate about breakfast, or just occasionally? Many of us are far too busy to prepare breakfast. And even so, if we do, it is either not satisfying or lacking in nutrition. When we wake up in the mornings, we may not feel like having breakfast. But breakfast is a necessity. Our bodies has rested and has depleted itself of the last meal. We are required to replenish our bodies each morning. When we replenish, we will perform our daily tasks better, and accomplish more. A quick breakfast don't have to be coffee and donuts; there are healthier options.

Breakfast sorbets are quick, healthy, versatile and delicious. Try introducing them into your diets. Breakfast sorbets are great for busy families. Having to report for work at a certain time does not leave enough time for elaborate cooking. The nutritious value of many of the breakfast featured inside Fabulous Foods: Fun Flavors, are very high in dividend. For example, starting the day with a creamy nutritious fruit sorbet, (page 51) will make your day truly productive. A creamy fruit sorbet is easy, satisfying and filled with essential proteins, vitamins and minerals.

Fabulous Foods For Less

Good food is equally important as finances. Now is the time to make the two work together, amicably. Good food gives us health, strength and energy --to earn our income. We all have to be careful with money. We need to avoid spending over excessively, on a variety of things. But if we are smart, we can make these earning go much, much further. When it comes to our grocery bill adjustment can be made. There are items which we purchase that is not a must to have.

People seemed to believe that good food cost more. From experience, good food cost less. Use plenty of fresh produce which must be obtained frequently. Fresh produce is nutritious and satisfying, therefore, we will eat less. Investigate the foods that are in season, and are locally grown, the prices are very reasonably. Use store coupons whenever you can, you will save tremendously. Meat and dairy is not always cheap, but our bodies only need moderate portions.

Also, there are other places to get proteins, like from legumes which will cost next to nothing. They are high in protein, and comes in many variety. Shop for items that are on sale and spend some time inside the store. The weekly specials is a must, for true savings. Some stores has a sales paper, carry it around as you shop. Coordinate meals, variety is best. Mix your meat, produce and staples proportionately with a wide variety of other foods. By doing this you will create a satisfying balance. you will eat less and therefore spend less. There are some great inexpensive recipes inside my gourmet cookbook, Fabulous Foods: Fun Flavors. Enjoy!

THE TRUTH ABOUT DIETS

Every day millions of people are starting on a diet; coming off a diet; or, are planning to diet. The desire to be thin and also to be healthy, is the main motivation. People whose desires are to be both thin and healthy, will be more successful at losing weight; than those whose attempt is to fit into a bikini. Losing weight can be a challenge. Whether you are a celebrity, health professional, or health enthusiast, reducing is not always easy. Different people has different standard of weight loss. For some being five pounds over what is required medically is a good reason to start a diet. Majority of the population have to be declared morbidly obese by a physician, before attempting a diet.

As often seen in the media, rapid weight loss is irrelevant of size, age, or status. Morbidly obese people have known to lose a hundred pounds, in one year. A person who is trying to lose five or ten pounds may find it impossible. Size, age, height and body mass index should be the determining factor of how much weight to lose. Studies on rodents and animals are being updated daily. Most of these studies are very inaccurate. Provided that there are no underlying illness in existence, dieting can be easier than presumed. Because of the flood of different diets; dieters are confused of which diet to choose.

There are too many diets on the market making unrealistic, and outrageous claim of success. The majority of these diets are deceptive. Following a safe diet which is balanced with all the food groups is the simplest. Because a simple diet, does not generate exorbitant cash revenues it is hidden from the public. Following a balanced diet should be the message being sent. Inside the cookbook, Fabulous Foods: Fun Flavors, you will find many versatile recipes to prepare a healthy, and balanced diet. Fabulous Foods: Fun Flavors, is available at: Amazon.com/ Barnes&Noble.com/ PublishAmerica.com/ and all online bookstores. Enjoy!

Make Dieting a True Success.

Are you attempting to lose weight without progress? You may be taking the wrong approach. Dieting is not always easy. Although I have had many successes in losing weight; sometimes it just isn't happening. This is not always a bad thing, because it make me more knowledgeable of what works, and what is a waste of money, effort,your time and mine. And by me reporting back to you, it will save you from being dissapointed. However, I am certain that starving oneself is the gravest dieting mistake. Why? Because starving and food deprivation will make you weak, tired, and frustrated. If you lose ten pounds on a starvation diet, you will gain twenty pounds.

The recipes inside my cookbook, Fabulous Foods: Fun Flavors, are sensible, versatile, and very satisfying. This make weight loss goals attainable. This cookbook will help you to lose, maintain and enjoy a flavorful, healthy and balanced diet. If we must stay healthy and keep fit, we must incorporate all the essential food groups. Prepare your meals from the recipes inside Fabulous Foods: Fun Flavors, practice portion control, and avoid the starvation diet. Fabulous Foods: Fun Flavors, is available at Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble .com, and Publish America.

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By following the recipes in this cookbook entitled "Fabulous Foods Fun Flavors", you will familiarize yourself with the varieties of ingredients that blend smoothly with each other. You will be able to conjure up the flavors and aroma that you desire.

By preparing your own meals you are assured of the freshest meals possible. Whenever you eat outside the home it is never easy to estimate the freshness of your dish.

Purchase your staples and produce as frequently as possible. Avoid over storing. Busy supermarkets have a reasonable turnover, therefore, they have to replenish daily. Left-overs should be consumed within twenty-four hours of the next day. Check the expiration date on each item before you make your purchases, particularly dairy, meats, seafood, poultry, fish, and pure fruit juices. It is wise to equally check all staples and examine produce for imperfections and freshness. Look for dents on cans, torn labels etc. Check for holes inside paper and plastic wrappings.