If something is good for you, wouldn’t it be awesome if it was so good you would want to eat it regularly? Think about vegetables. In taste terms they are fine, but they are not drive-you-nuts good. Compare them with french fries, and I note the irony that potatoes are vegetables, but when you fry them out goes the healthy part of them, don’t you think?

You don’t have to say it, unhealthy food rocks. And if you say it doesn’t or if you swear you would rather eat healthy food, more likely than not you are lying. Lying to me, or lying to yourself. Note that I said -or wrote, anyway- “more likely than not” as it is possible that you are not a big fat liar, specially not fat if you really like healthy food the most.

I just wish eating better would be easier. But then probably there are a lot of things in life that could be easier and are not. I guess if everything was easier life would be a bit dull. Or a lot.

So the only chance we have to improve our diets is making healthier food tastier. Or we could make junk food horrible and therefore we would opt for healthier food, but that doesn’t seem as such a wonderful idea. I guess my inspiration comes from diet Coke. Who would say that Coca Cola isn’t good? Just a few I can count with my fingers, not including toes. We can also say most people would accept it is not healthy. And then they came with diet Coke, which is a bit better for you, but still a soda. I still can’t get over how good diet Coke is. There is no drink that I like more, and I know it is no good but at least is healthier than regular Coca Cola, isn’t it?

There are a lot of ways in which healthy food can be prepared in order for it to be tastier. It does require two ingredients we usually lack of, or at least we think are scarce: research and time. There are several recipes that, in spite of just trying to force vegetables down your throat involve cooking great tasty meals. Typically the best ones are the ones that just include the good and the bad, a bit of vegetables, some meat, and then some grease, butter or the like.

Don’t go overboard, but consider your options. I would be a horrible person if I propose we just eat junk food or all those things that make you bad. On the other hand, let’s be realistic and acknowledge what we really prefer.

Just wish healthy food was tastier. Did I say that before?

A Nap isn’t supposed to take long, but it shouldn’t be any shorter than 30 minutes or you would be torturing your body. If your really sleeping then the recommended maximum is 45 minutes, lying in your bed awake doesn’t count, were talking about sleeping, napping.

Anything above 45 minutes will confuse your body. I know how the story. You wake up wondering which day it is and you don’t want that, cause it actually results in more dizziness than rest.

Naps have great characteristics. Afterwards you’ll be refreshed, spirited and often relieved from your problems. You will be able to think more clearly and hence they will also be priceless if your a hard worker. Whats 30 minutes compared to the hours you cant get past a problem because you cant think straight.

The nap is a tradition in many countries, although there it is referred to as Siesta. This tradition started in spain and through colonialism spread to many latin american countries. In those countries naps are part of the daily business because temperatures can become unbearable and after having lunch you would become so drowsy you had no choice but to take a nap.

But there are also studies that say a 30 minute nap can work wonders in your health and even increase the length of your life.

Unfortunately I don’t take a nap everyday but I know I should. Just try to fit 30 minutes of napping into your schedule each day and you will see how your body will thank you. Trust me you can only win when you take naps.

According to a study conducted in the United States, morning sex, the couple is a good day, as well as strengthening the immune system. The reason for this is the hormone secreted during ‘oxytocin’ sex. Scientists, healthier and happier than those who have sex in the early morning hours of football, he says.

Experts in the morning, sex hormone oxytocin to trigger-happy, so full of love that the couple during the day and said he felt connected. In addition, they feel more beautiful and more powerful.

Sexy in the morning, the body increases the level of IgA is an antibody immuno-savings. Reaches a saturation level of estrogen rises, and this improves the structure of hair and skin.

Darwin theory … minute

For almost three decades, Robert W Fogel tried to understand what they say about the human body shape and size of the social economic changes in history and … vice versa.

“In the twentieth century, the rate of technological and human psychology schimarilor was remarkable,” Fogel said in a telephone interview granted to the NY Times, adding that “more than a synergy between technological advance and the psychological is something deeper than a simple addition of the two. “

This “evolution tehnopsihica, fueled by improved methods of food production and improve the health system, has passed in both the evolution of traditional oamanii today that no longer differentiates only remaining species, but all previous generations of Homo sapiens.

Without improvements in the twentieth century, nutrition, healthcare and medicine, only half the U.S. population would be alive today, consider Samuel H. Preston, one of the most renowned researchers in the field of demography and sociology at the University of Pennsylvania.

For example, in America:

In 1850, the average male
height: 1.70 m
weight: 66.2 kg
Life expectancy: 45 years

In 1980, the average male
height: 177.8 m
weight: 78.9 kg
Life expectancy: 75 years

Over the Atlantic, during the Revolution, a French about 30 years, weighed about 49.8 kilograms, compared to 77.1 kilograms today. In Norway, a young man of 22 years was 14 inches tall (1.79 m) in the late twentieth century than in the mid eighteenth century (1.65 m).

Great achievement of the team formed by Fogel and his colleagues was to find a method by which to measure a part of this growth recorded by the human body. There are many available – birth, death, longevity, living standards, productivity, food production and manufacturing – but so far nobody has taken into account throughout.

Over the years, Fogel and his colleagues analyzed the health data of thousands of people from different countries. Won the 1993 Nobel Prize was awarded by the Swedish for “renewal of research in economic history by applying economic theory and quantitative methods to explain FOR THE economic and institutional changes.”

The volume “The Changing Body” is full of statistical tables and charts, including height of girls from Croatia and Germany caloric energy derived from potatoes, fish and wine, and average annual intake of grains and meat for widows of Middlesex County, Mass.., from 1654-1799 – both evidence of the massive amount of data acumlate, and collaborative nature of this approach.

The basic premise is quite understandable: health and nutrition for pregnant women and their children contributes to the strength and longevity of the next generation. If babies are deprived of nutrients, both in the womb, and early in life, they will be more sensitive and more vulnerable to disease. These adults “weak” among their offspring will generate less prepared for survival and the cycle continues …

Technological advance has saved humanity from centuries of disease and malnutrition. Before the nineteenth century, most people were trapped in a cycle of subsistence farming. For example, a colonial farmer was working 78 hours for 5 days and a half. People needed more food to flourish, but they could not produce more food without being strong.

What happens in Africa and Asia?

On the other hand, Angus Deaton, Princeton University economist who studies health in poor countries and developed countries, says Fogel admire his work, but is reserved in connection with an emphasis on nutrition, as well as to other conclusions that scientists they deduced taking into account height.

“I do not understand very well why adults and children in Africa are much higher than adults and children in India. But it can not come, because Indians are more affluent,” says Deaton. India has a per capita income two times higher than that of Kenya and almost three times higher than in Tanzania.

“Overnutritia” threatens to break down the growth model

When this research began, Fogel did not expect to be confronted with a problem of “supranutritiei, a leading cause of health problems in the U.S. and other Western nations.

Obesity increases the risk of heart disease and some cancers, threatens to mess up the model of body size, health and longevity, the model that Fogel and his colleagues have documented it for many years.

However, Fogel remains optimistic. The human body is so flexible and respond to stimuli that easy, he says, that makes him confident that this “trend toward larger bodies and longer lives will continue in the future.”

The body is changing … from 1700

Research conducted by Fogel, together with a small group of colleagues, have come to form a new branch of study of history, launching at least one interesting theory, namely that in the last century, technology has accelerated at an unprecedented step, the evolution man.

In May, Cambridge University will publish the culmination of this research, the book “The body is changing: Health, Nutrition and Human Development in the Western world, from 1700, just weeks before Robert Fogel 85 years to accomplish.

 
If you don’t remember your dreams, don’t worry because you will remember many dream images and scenes once you start caring about your dreams. Even only a face or an object that you can remember from a dream will already give you information about your mental stability to work with.

 
Depression has a positive side in the beginning. It shows you that you are not happy and you must do something to change your life. However, when it becomes too deep it becomes dangerous for you. Your depression may be caused by external factors. However, you have inherited an absurd content in the wild side of your conscience (anti-conscience) that takes advantage of your sadness and despair. The anti-conscience sends absurd ideas to your conscience when you are desperately looking for solutions. If you accept its absurd suggestions, you’ll do many things that will ruin your life.

 
You need to fight against your depression and find solutions that will help you evolve. The wise unconscious mind will guide you in your dreams, and I will help you put the unconscious guidance into practice.
 

The unconscious psychotherapy in the dream messages is very clear when we know the dream language. As an expert, I will tell you directly what is going wrong with you and your life and how you will find peace and happiness. When I translate your dreams I don’t give you my opinion about their meaning, but I accurately translate the unconscious messages. You’ll verify that these translations are true because you’ll see that your dreams reflect your life and your psychological reality. You’ll see that the information you have in the dream messages fits with what is happening to you.

 
After recuperating your courage, you will study dream interpretation according to the scientific method with great interest. You will know that all the confused and strange images that appear in your dreams have very important meanings. You will also have come to realize that understanding the meaning of your dreams heals your wounds. Thus, you’ll study dream translation with enthusiasm.

All dream images are basically warnings and predictions. The unconscious mind protects your mental health and helps you become more intelligent. It also helps you solve your daily problems, your relationship problems, and all the other problems of your life. This means that you’ll definitively stop being depressed, and take a new healthier direction in life.

Christina Sponias continued Carl Jung’s research into the human psyche, discovering the cure for all mental illnesses, and simplifying the scientific method of dream interpretation that teaches you how to accurately translate the meaning of your dreams, so that you can find health, wisdom and happiness.

Learn more at:

http://www.scientificdreaminterpretation.com

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It is confirmed that one’s happiness may influence his/her health. An American psychologist finds that there are ten simple factors that can increase one’s happiness and make them healthier.

The study, written in the journal of The Psychological Science, explains that those who have the ability to be happy because of the simple things will be spared from various diseases in their old age. In addition, they also can live seven years longer than people who do not do these ten simple things.
 
Here are ten simple things that can make you happier and healthier:
 
1. Be happy to share your thoughts with others.
2. Remember good memories.
3. Praise more often.
4. Think positively.
5. Think that what you do is definitely better than others.
6. Do activity that you like.
7. Pretend to be happy even when you are feeling sad.
8. Celebrate important moments in your life.
9. Banish thoughts of fear and doubt.
10. Say ‘thank you’ as often as possible.
 
Do you agree with the ten things in the list?

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I’m a true believer that words and thoughts are infinitely powerful. In fact, studies have even repeatedly shown that people with positive outlooks on life tend to stay healthier and happier throughout their lives.

It’s undeniable that words have strong meanings and can change our moods much more than most people realize. For example, some times people go home with a headache not understanding why.  But, if one were to slowly reenact that person’s day, it would be easy to connect the dots and discover how that came about. 1+1 = 2. Danger = tense muscles, etc. Doctors are even starting to catch on to the power of words these days doling out prescriptions coupled with advice to repeat words like, “I’m getting better everyday.” And, “My body is healing itself.” These doctors know what they’re doing.

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So, if you often find negative thoughts running through your mind because of how you were raised, the people you work around and for any other reason, don’t worry. You can learn to block that negativity out. To combat this, you can learn to play a positive “mental tape” in your mind all day long.

Furthermore, because words are nourishment to our bodies and mental state, instead of offering junk food to another person today, why not offer them a compliment a day? For an incentive: realize that whatever you give another person comes back to you in some form or another.  For the altruistic: when you do compliment another person you will see how it will literally transform your relationship with them. You may or may not see it at first, but often it will dramatically change the totality of that person’s life. Because whatever love and support we receive, we’re able to give to another person. While the person you complimented may not give your kindness back to you to you at all, they may give it back to someone who will pass it on to another who will continue the ball rolling. And, you never know if one day one of those people will meet someone you love and treat them better because of what you did. Keep this in mind for every person you meet throughout your life.

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”
-Mahatma Gandi

Currently, the new book I’m reading is called “Think Big & Kick Ass” by Donald Trump; funny title, extraordinary message. His no frills, practical yet surprisingly humanistic approach to success gives me a clear picture as to why he’s so incredibly wealthy.

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Words are truly powerful and really do transform your mind and well-being, so please enjoy the following amazing passages from it:

“What you dream about is what you will do.”

You attract into your life what you think about the most. This is true for every aspect of your life. If you want true love, you must think about loyalty, happiness, etc. If you want financial freedom you must explore ways to make this come true. You must think about how you will feel when you reach that level of success, where you will be, what you will be doing, and who will be there.

“It does not cost anything to dream. Spend your time enjoying your big dreams.”

Dream, talk, and write down every detail of your dreams. Tell friends and loved ones who believe and support you about them.  Make them physical on paper. These are crucial steps toward making them physical and materializing them in real life!

“What you do today will produce results tomorrow. If you want to keep the good times rolling, you have to keep on planting those seeds everyday!”

In other words, keep writing everyday! Every comment you leave, every article you write, every link you add, adds up in the long run and becomes a cumulative progressive path you’re creating toward the pot of gold at the end of your rainbow!

“Learn to trust your gut.”

When you do, you save yourself a great deal of time. Often people have an initial gut reaction, but choose to ignore it only to spend months or years mulling it over and finally ending up with the same conclusion. Don’t let that happen to you. Know that your instincts are there for a reason; to keep you safe and focused on your journey toward making all your dreams come true.

If you feel the need to mull something over because, of course, sometimes our instincts do need refinement due to lack of knowledge or misinterpretation of a circumstance, give yourself a reasonable amount of time to think it over and then if nothing has changed, give yourself the ability to move on without regret. Give everything you’ve got, heart and soul. If something’s meant to be in your life it will be. If it slips away easily it was never yours to begin with.

Joie Schmidt © Copyright 2010 All Rights Reserved.

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We all have certain times, in our lives, where we are

involved in something, tangible or intangible, when

we just refuse to let it go. Whatever it is, be it a dream

lost for the moment, a supposedly, permanent relationship,

a love affair, a friend turned non-friend, or anything else.

Things we deem so valuable, that we continue to hold on,

until it becomes, so all consuming, to the point of distraction.

We refuse to see that we are doing ourselves, more harm

than good.

A toxic friend perhaps, who delights in taking away any

Joy, that you might be experiencing, over whatever, turning

your good day into a gloomy one. They are so selfish, because

it is all about them, and when you hear their voice on the

telephone, you know that when the conversation has ended,

you will be much less happy, than when you picked up the

phone.

Make the decision to free yourself of such people, they should

be called “vampires”, because they want to sap you of your

emotional happiness. They are miserable most times, and

their mission, and they have accepted it, is to create misery,

wherever they can, if you choose to participate, then you will

be the receptacle of their outpouring of grief. Cut the cord,

stop chasing ghosts, hoping that this individual will change,

and suddenly, become the person you wish they could be. It is

not going to happen.

The same applies to lovers, if you are always arguing over

everything, there is some underlining problem, that needs to be

resolved, there has to be discussion and resolution. If you can’t

work it out, you need to stop chasing ghosts. This may not be

the person, you want to send your life with, in the future. End

it, face reality, and move on. There will be someone else, who

will be more compatible. Stop chasing ghosts, thinking that if

you just hold on, he or she will change and everything will be

better, and less cantankerous, not going to happen.

For your peace of mind, and serenity, the best thing to do, is

to move on down the road, lighten your burden, it will give

you clearer air to breathe, you will be able to focus and be

more productive, when these ghosts are turned out to pasture.

Let them find other attics to dwell in, life is too short, ghosts

will always be who they are, and your life is just that, your life,

take charge and be a happier person, free of people, places and

things, that weigh you down and curtail your growth and

happiness. Let go of illusions, and things that are not good for

you, or your well being.

1. Take out time for exercise:

   I know that we all are in a hurry to do some or the other thing in the morning. But you will need this body to do all these works in future as well so you have to spare some time for it. Now to start with don’t set targets for days because if you will not be able to achieve the targets, you will be disheartened and you will stop exercising. So set the targets for weeks, at least 2hours a week. So about 15-20 minutes a day and of course you can complete the missed targets on weekends. For those who can’t even spare this much time you walk as much as you can in the morning or go cycling to your workplace. Even if that is not possible then you avoid driving in the morning and that time you must do some breathing exercises and meditation instead of just plugging in your earphone!

2. Healthy breakfast:

   There are various types of food and you can’t just name a few to tell anybody that this should be taken. So I will try to explain you in simple words. You can just take any kind of food, provided it should be in its natural form. This means that the breakfast should not be fried, boiled or if possible not even cooked. So the best example can be fruits, milk, juices (try to take fresh fruits along with the pulp), lentils or beans should be taken in the sprouted form, some nuts are a must (in winters can be taken in the natural form but in summers soak them overnight in water and consume them without the skin and even drink that water in which you soaked them).Do take some cereals like cornflakes, or flatbreads or fermented wheat bread. It would be best if you can take a combination of some fruits, cereals, nuts and juice/milk.

3. Short breaks from work:

   It is very important to take short breaks while working. It will prevent you from stressing out and you will be able to perform more. Even this principle is applicable for those who are at home. One must relax in between whatever we do. It can be a tea/coffee break, or take a short walk, or talk to someone or just deep-breathe for sometime in open area. If you are a homemaker take some nap in the day so that you are fresh and energetic when your loved ones are back from work!

4. Give time to your family/loved ones:

   Always remember that money and materialistic things are meaningful and will give you happiness when you have the support and love of your family and loved ones. So next time when you reach home after work, don’t just stick to your laptop or music player! Talk to your loved ones, share things with each other, play with your kids and try to give some small surprises to each other!

5. Early to bed or at least early dinner:

   Try to finish your routine and go early to bed. But these days I know people say that they find time for themselves only at night, thanks to technology! Anyways if you can’t go to bed early just take care that 6-8hours sleep is a must. Even if you can’t sleep early just take care that you finish with your supper at least 2hours before you go to bed otherwise your intestines will have to work really hard and you will have to pay for it in the long run.