Finally I seem to be allowing this head and chest cold to loosen its hold on me.  I lost 4 days of work when it began because I didn’t recognize it as a cold at first.  That means I didn’t jump in right away with my immune tincture, vitamin C and grapefruit seed extract, and consequently I spent the first 4 days sleeping almost around the clock.  When I was awake, I was busy using up all the tissue in the house and coughing, coughing, coughing.  Since I never feel like eating when I can’t breathe, I lost a few pounds in the process.  YAY!  The next 5 days, I began feeling better.  I still wasn’t psyched about cooking, so I began eating canned soups and Kahiki frozen egg rolls.  I love Campbell’s condensed Chicken Noodle Soup and, like the egg rolls, it is delicious and low fat.  Then suddenly it seemed my cold got worse.  I felt I was back pedalling and didn’t know why.  I began feeling low energy and my head was filling up again.  Then I realized that, by trying to save time by not cooking, I was resorting to processed foods, which I don’t typically eat much of.  So, along with my cold, my body now had to work to fight off the energy zappers I’d so quickly introduced.  Darn, and I know better. Continue reading →

The saga of the head and chest cold continues! I’m on day 10 of my cold and at this point it’s obvious it’s going to run the entire 2 weeks.  It’s been so long since I had a cold that at first I simply thought it was hay fever, since it’s the season.  Had I began taking vitamin C and grapefruit seed extract at the first sneeze, I would have nipped it in the bud. I didn’t do that. But it’s a far easier cold than it would have been.

A friend emailed he was tired of seeing the tons of stupid stuff friends posted on his Facebook Wall. I reminded him they were simply posting to THEIR OWN Facebook Wall. The reason he could see it was because he had them showing on his “News Feed”.

Simply “hide” from your News Feed whoever’s stupid stuff you don’t want to see. I thought the same thing at first until I figured out how it worked.

So they are not putting graffiti all over YOUR wall, simply their own 🙂

I’m just discovering Facebook
Managing Incoming Information; What Is Facebook For?
Facebook quizzes; every little bit of insight helps
Facebook posts; I’m in charge of what I attract
Facebook friends to the rescue, helping me Excel
If a Friend Asks For $$ In Facebook, Ask A Personal Question
You Want To Be My Friend On Facebook?
The Zen of Farmville on Facebook? WTF?
Are Your Facebook Friends Really Your Friends? Don’t Assume Mine Are Either
What I post on Facebook
Finding childhood buds on Facebook, flashback to age 18
Putting personal details on Facebook and Myspace
Is it ok to break up with someone over Facebook?
Why I like Facebook

Yes, I’m still posting other people’s stuff on the blog here for a few days.  I’m getting over my big head and chest cold, so I’m giving all my energy to finishing the final layout of the October Horizons. Last month I wore out my paws doing both the final layout AND writing new daily blog posts and had a flare up of the ole carpal tunnel.  I’m just now out of the wrist splints, so I’m not pushing it.  The good news is the cold kept me off the keyboard long enough to heal the paws right up.  In a few days I’ll be back to my typical blathering on about all the little details of my goofy life.  Thanks for bearing with me!

7 thoughts that Are Bad For You:  Our personalities do more for us than determine our social circles. Temperament can impact a person’s physical health.  “The idea that behavior or personality traits can influence health is one that’s been around for a long time. We’re just now getting a handle on to what extent they do,” said Stephen Boyle of Duke University Medical Center in North Carolina.  From those with a chill demeanor to the completely frazzled types, mental factors are ultimately tied to physical health. And while a highly neurotic person might deteriorate more quickly than others, not every character trait will kill you. Some might even boost lifetimes.   — Jeanna Bryner Continue reading →

A girlfriend made me laugh this week.  She knows I eat a healthy, natural diet most of the time, so I confessed that I’d eaten a turkey sandwich for dinner – knowing that bread and meat wasn’t the best thing to eat while I was getting over a big cold.  She emailed back, “I am the LAST person to comment on anyone else’s eating habits. I read your blogs and am amazed at how well you eat. If I resist a chicken sandwich, baked potato and cookie dough Frosty, I think I’m Deepak Chopra!”

Exercise and Mediterranean Diet Associated With Lower Alzheimer’s Risk Being more physically active and adhering to a Mediterranean-type diet appears to be associated with reduced Alzheimer’s disease risk.   According to a study, elderly individuals who had a diet that included higher consumption of fruits, vegetables, legumes, cereal and fish and was low in red meat and poultry and who were physically active had an associated lower risk of Alzheimer disease. Continue reading →

Saturday September 19, 2009 WHITE SPRINGS 10am – 5pm Come to the River Healing Arts Festival  “Discover the Nature of Your Heart”

The Stephen Foster Folk Cultural Center State Park in Historic White Springs, FL hosts the third annual Healing Arts Festival. You will be able to experience: laughing meditation, gentle hatha yoga, Qigong, Tai Chi, acupuncture, aromatherapy, Native American healing techniques and more.  Leading practitioners will present free mini seminars throughout the day teaching you mind-body techniques and natural remedies. Have fun and discover the rhythm of your own heart with the Paralounge Drum Circle. Drums will be provided and you may join the group at your leisure at the Riverside gazebo all afternoon. Understand all the aspects of your heart in this powerful one day event!

Over 30 vendors offering healthy products, hypnotherapy, massage, acupuncture, chiropractics, art, photography, pottery, herbs, rocks, shells and hand crafted items will be on hand in the Craft Square area near the main stage.   FREE ADMISSION to the event with paid entrance into the park ($5.00/CAR UP TO 8 OCCUPANTS) For more information call 386-397-1920 or visit us on the web at www.stephenfostercso.org

Laughing cuz you busted me

Yes I’m re-posting other stuff this week on the blog here since I am rushing to get the October Horizons Magazine to press on time after my head/chest cold knocked me on my butt for a week 🙂

Bear with me!

Higher Cognitive Performance with High Intake of Fruits and Vegetables.  Researchers have investigated the relationship between fruit and vegetable intake, plasma antioxidant micronutrient status and cognitive performance in healthy subjects aged 45 to 102 years. The study results, published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, indicate higher cognitive performance in individuals with high daily intake of fruits and vegetables.  Subjects with a high daily intake (about 400 g) of fruits and vegetables had higher antioxidant levels, lower indicators of free radical-induced damage against lipids as well as better cognitive performance compared to healthy subjects of any age consuming low amounts (< 100 g/day) of fruits and vegetables. Modification of nutritional habits aimed at increasing intake of fruits and vegetables, therefore, should be encouraged to lower the prevalence of cognitive impairment. Continue reading →