Green Tea Helps Ease Mental Stress

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Drinking five cups of green tea per day may reduce the incidence of psychological distress by 20 percent.

In a study of more than 42,000 individuals, 6.6 percent suffered from psychological stress, and green tea consumption was found to improve their psychological well-being. Since it was an epidemiological study, the authors could not offer any evidence as to the reason for the apparent psychological benefits.

Green tea and its extracts already have a positive reputation, with studies reporting they may offer protective effects against Alzheimer’s and certain cancers, improve cardiovascular and oral health, and play a positive role in weight management.

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Green tea also has L-theanine in it which has been shown to not only to boost your immunity, but also ease anxiety, nervousness, and mental fatigue.

Michelle Clark Personal Trainer

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Hello my name is Michelle denBoer and I am a personal trainer.  I have been educated and certified by ISSA. I have always been involved in the fitness world most of my life. As a personal trainer my job is to assess your fitness level, set up a program for you and keep you motivated. I will push you past your comfort level–something difficult to do on your own. Even though I may push you we will have fun during the process.  I enjoy working with all of my clients and I will enjoy working with you as well.

As a trainer I also provided:

• guidance on reaching your goals
• education about strength training, cardio and basic nutrition
• a reason to show up at the gym each week
• accountability
• ways to help track your progress

It is a proven fact that people who work with a personal trainer reach there goals in the proper manner and are able to maintain their results.

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Flu Shots For Children

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Margaret Park, a mother of five, isn’t having her kids vaccinated against seasonal influenza or H1N1 swine flu this year.

Park, a registered dietitian from Manassas Park, Va., is fighting the flu on her own terms — by making sure that her children eat well, wash their hands frequently, get plenty of sleep and take their “gummies,” a multivitamin and a supplement containing vitamin C, zinc and echinacea.

Although public health officials recommend seasonal flu vaccines even for healthy kids, Park doesn’t see how her clan, aged 3 to 11, would benefit.

“I’m not convinced that getting it is going to keep you from getting the flu,” the 35-year-old explained, noting flu shots don’t protect against every possible strain of influenza.

She’s particularly leery of the H1N1 vaccine, which manufacturers began shipping this week. “I just think that’s being totally rushed,” she said.

Park isn’t the only skeptic.

Jo-Lynne, 37, a Philadelphia-area mother of three who preferred not to give her last name, has never had a flu shot and doesn’t intend to have her two girls get either a seasonal or H1N1 vaccine. She thinks kids get too many vaccines, and like Park, she is choosing to take preventive measures instead.

But she also has a son with asthma who gets a flu shot every year. She plans to abide by his allergist’s advice on whether he should have the H1N1 vaccine, too.

In reviewing blog postings on the topic, HealthDay observed wide divisions — pro and con — on whether to vaccinate children against the flu. Continue Reading

Donna Eden Presents Energy Medicine For Woman

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For those of you who have not heard about Donna Eden she has one of the best selling energy books out for health called Energy Medicine. She is a very gifted person who has a great talent and love for helping others.

Quote Of The Day

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Men spend their lives in anticipations,—in determining to be vastly happy at some period when they have time. But the present time has one advantage over every other—it is our own. Past opportunities are gone, future have not come. We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock of wine; but if we defer the tasting of them too long, we shall find that both are soured by age.
Charles Caleb Colton