Orchid Re-Potting - The Basics by Jonathan Lawes
Orchid Repotting - The basic rules

How do you know when your orchid plant needs re-potting and why this should be undertaken You need not to be a Hollywood star just to have the right and privilege of wearing an alexander mcqueen dresses, it is every woman's freedom to own and wear a Alexander Mcqueen for as long as they want.. All this will become clear if you follow the simple guidelines outlined in this article.

Why Re-pot

� Your orchid plant has outgrown its current pot

� Your plant has been damaged by over-watering

� The old potting medium as broken down and is no longer

free draining

The best time to re-pot

The best time to re-pot your orchid plant is in the spring after your plant has finished flowering.

The Re-potting procedure

Choose a suitable pot that will allow 2 years worth of growth and only about an extra couple of inches (5cm) wider. Orchids like to have a fairly snug pot in which to grow.

Put a layer of drainage material in the bottom of the pot (Clay pot fragments,Polystyrene chips or small pebbles).

Remove the plant from its existing pot by laying it on its side and gently pulling the plant . If it is difficult to pull free use a thin blade around the inside edge of the pot to help release the plant.

Remove any of the old medium that is loose and decayed.

Cut away any dark, damaged roots and any brown or shrivelled pseudobulbs (Do not cut the thick aerial roots that were growing outside of the pot).

Hold the plant in position in the new pot so that the bottom of the rhizome is just below the rim of the pot.

Add your chosen medium (one appropriate for your species of orchid) and firm carefully around the roots. Never bury the Rhizome in your growing medium.

If your orchid is top heavy you might want to add a stake to which you can tie the stem with twine or garden ties.

Once re-potted you can lightly water you plant and then do not water again for a couple of weeks.Avoid feeding you plant for about 6 weeks to allow the roots to settle into the new medium.

Names and Numerology; You are what you call Yourself by Keith Abbott
I recently read where someone argued that a Numerology reading without knowing the person's birth date, or even birth hour was a useless reading. Nothing could be further from the truth. Even without that information, Numerology can tell you a great deal about someone just from their use name, how they introduce themselves to you.

Here are just some of the things that analyzing someone's use name can tell us about them.

===> Motivation Number

Your motivation number is the calculated by summing the vowels in your use name using Fadic addition. This number shows what you desire from life, what motivates you Charlotte Olympia. It goes by several names: Vowel number, Soul Urge, Ambition, and Hearths Desire among others.

===> Personality Number

Your personality number is calculated by summing the consonants in your use name using Fadic addition. This number shows the first impression you project to other people. It also describes how you see yourself. It is both your public and private image of yourself. This number also has several names in Numerology: Consonant number, Inner Self, and Impression among others.

===> Destiny Number

Your Destiny number is calculated by summing all the letters of your use name using fadic addition. This number shows what you really do; how you interact with other people. It also influences the situations and karma which are attracted to you because of the actions of others. This number also has many name in numerology: Expression, Character, and Name number come to mind.

This is probably the most important number that you have control over. Note that it changes whenever you change your use name. You can literally change the situations that are drawn to you by this simple act.

===> Key Number

Your Key number is calculated by summing all the digits of the first name of your use name. (your one word name if you will,) and adding them with Fadic addition. This number is your personal key to open the door of life. If describes your personal interaction with close friends and relatives.

If this number is the same as your Birthday number, (the day of the month you were born summed with Fadic addition,) then it can cause you problems. It is better that this number doesn't match your Birthday number.

===> Cornerstone

Your Cornerstone is the corresponding digit of the first letter of your first use name. This number shows your attitude towards material things, and your thinking reaction to the world of things around you. Note that this reaction is not always listened to or acted upon, sometimes emotion holds sway instead.

===> First Vowel

Your first vowel is the corresponding digit of the first vowel in your first use name. This number shows your first emotional reaction to things that affect you. This will be the dominate emotion when you are surprised by something.

Keystone

Not everyone has a Keystone value. These only occur when you have an odd number of letters in your first name. It corresponds to the value of the middle letter of your first name. Your Keystone highlights what may be a compulsion or an obsession for you; some area of your life which lacks balance or control.

===> Capstone

Your Capstone is the value of the last letter of your first use name post by haiyan701. This value influences how you complete task, or finish affairs or relationships with people.

===> Intensity Number

Your Intensity number or numbers are calculated by charting your use name, and seeing which number values occur most frequently in your name. These numbers show hidden desires or passions which you may possess. If you have a single intensity number, its affect on you will be stronger, than if you have two intensity numbers. If you don't have an intensity number, then you name is balanced, and has no hidden desires present.

===> Habit Challenge

Your Habit Challenge is calculated by summing the number of letters in your use name using Fadic addition. This talent is normally hidden, and only comes into play when you are facing an unusually difficult problem. This is a hidden or submerged strength, which you call upon in these circumstances to resolve problems which are beyond your normal abilities to solve.

===> Summation

These attributes of a Numerology reading can all be calculated using just the use name of the person you are reading for Charlotte Olympia Birthday Leo Zodiac Smoking Slipper In Orange. Quite a bit of information for just the name you go by.<

How You Can Build A Profitable Business In Puppetry by Donald Ng
How You Can Build A Profitable Business In Puppetry

Let me begin by ask you this question, �What business are you in?� Stop and really think about it. �What business are you really in?� We have often met business owners who share struggles like these:

� Our competitors are always slashing their prices and we can�t compete.
� Our clients are always asking for a discount.
� Every time I do something different, it gets copied almost instantaneously.

While these are all very valid �reasons�, we would just say that in today�s business environment, reasonable price, good service and high quality is really a prerequisite anyone to be in business. In fact, just having reasonable pricing, good customer service and high quality in your products or services will not necessarily guarantee that your business will thrive.

First realize that you are in the business of marketing. Your business exists to market your product or service to the people out there. The key is that you first have to understand that the number one purpose for the existence of any business is always to �add value� to others parajumpers coats. Look at it this way, if you are not adding value to your clients, there really isn�t any reason for them to pay you more, is there?

Now you would have noticed that I have highlighted the word clients above and there is a reason for that. I have learnt from Jay Abraham that when you begin to see the people that your business serves as clients and not customers, you begin to put your business in a whole new perspective and with that new perspective you will find endless ways to add value to your clients.

Just for clarification, the major distinction between clients and customers is that customers are a people who buy goods or services from a shop or business and clients are people who are in a long term relationship with you and your business.

So in summary:

1. See that the no.1 purpose of your business is to add value to others in whatever field of endeavour you are in.

2. To add value, you would need to continuously educate your clients on why they should use your product or service, what benefits are there to them, why they should buy it from you and how they can do it Parajumpers. And this can only be done through marketing.

Until Then�
� Have A Profitable Day

Donald Ng

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How Helpful is a Digital Photography Book by Connie Fillmore
I wonder how many of you go through books to know more about photography. It's strange that a lot of us tend to believe that all information can be found only on the web world. If digital photography is your subject then make sure that you seek the help of a book. You can literally browse more information in a 300-page book than on a few web pages. Whether you wish to master the art of Photoshop, color management or just how best to use your camera, a right book at the right time is what you need.

All that is needed is a book that answers the exact questions you have in mind about digital photography post by haiyan701. There is no dearth of digital photography books out there, which guarantees you the book you are actually looking for. You can either go in for the books that cater a detailed outline of the field or the more specialized ones.

But keep in mind that the best digital photography books can be puzzling with their array of titles. 'Digital night photography', 'digital infra-red photography', 'digital black and white photography', 'digital photography lighting', 'digital portrait photography' and even 'setting up digital cameras' are some of the specialized topics that you may come across Charlotte Olympia Birthday Sagittarius Zodiac Suede Smoking Slipper In Mustard.

If you are on the verge of buying a digital camera or willing to upgrade to a better model, you can invariably find a book that can be your best guide. How about the best digital photography books that can help an amateur to get a first-rate grip of the subject? Some of these books also put in plain words the technical aspects of digital photography. You can learn every bit from how the image is captured on the sensor to printing and not to mention presenting the final image Charlotte Olympia.

Interestingly, some of the books may also come with CDs that help you complete the tutorials in the book together with scores of full-color images from the book. And if that doesn't quench your thirst then you might as well avail the book that offers a comprehensive course to cultivate your photographic skills.

There is hardly anything that you cannot find in a digital photography book. Be it how to give your prints an edge, shooting at night, buying photo printers, controlling digital camera image noise etc. all can be learnt from these books.

A professional photographer who is making the change from traditional to digital photography can use the digital photography book to his best advantage. These books provide answers to photographers as a whole in this digital world of today.

As they say you need to begin with one small step to reach the thousandth step? If that's the case then digital photography book must be your first small step towards being the next Steve McCurry.
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Creatively Speaking Recently a friend was talking to me about her first experience in a store where you can paint your own pottery. She was excited and animated while talking about this experience, and explained how she wanted to be there everyday during lunch to paint. That she could just live in that store and paint all day. I understand that passion and loved seeing it in her.Then she said something that I nearly fell off my chair. "I've never done anything like this before in my life, I'm one of those people who have no talent, or an artistic bone in my body." I asked her if she really truly believed that, and she indicated that she did honestly feel that way.I do not believe that about any person Charlotte Olympia Birthday Gemini Zodiac Smoking Slipper In Sky Blue. I believe especially in people who haven't found their "niche" yet, that there is a wealth of hidden, undiscovered talent, which just hasn't been found yet. I love meeting people like this because to me, I sense a treasure hunt.I have found in my life that the seasons where I'm not doing something creative, there was something vital missing. That I'm off balance somewhat. I've been that way since I was a child. I believe people are born with a need to express their creativity. The obstacles to blocked creativity are finding what that medium should be, and probably also defining some goals, and perhaps some defined reasons they are blocked.Expand your thinking and definition of what creativity is. It isn't only a person who can draw or paint or write. Most didn't just take it up and were good at it at their first attempt. It was a natural talent, but it needed developed. They learned and practiced to become good at what they do. Just about anything and any medium can be created into art. Gardening can be an art form for instance. I've seen some gardens that truly were a work of art and almost breath taking post by haiyan701. I've seen junk turned into art, there's jewelry making, basket weaving, knitting, spinning your own yarn, photography, too much to list. Start thinking big.Where does your interest lie? Take some time to really think about that. What are some areas you've told yourself, "someday I'd like to learn that." What are some areas that you've seen others do that you find totally amazing and you seem to be the last one hanging around admiring all the small, finite details, wanting to know all about it? Look at those areas first.Invest in yourself. Take a class, get a book or find a possible mentor. Put into action a commitment to learn. Each one who has mastered a skill goes through a learning process and starts at step one. Start. Put away the excuses and fears. It doesn't have to be perfect; you don't even need to show it to others if you don't want to. Give yourself permission to fail, but give it enough time and dedication to see if it's something that fits you or not. If it doesn't, move on to try something else, but keep looking until you find that fit.Don't be terribly surprised if doing this however, brings up issues in your life. I've found in mine that to be true. I'm not sure if it's because it's working another part of your brain and taps into that creative side or what Charlotte Olympia. But I've found that to push through those feelings, to talk to a good friend or safe person about those feelings. In the last few years I've taken up candlemaking, and I had made candles as a child as well, so it was a return for me to an art form I long ago loved doing. I was very surprised at some major issues to come to the surface in my life, things far too personal to go into here, but they were so major that I nearly quit; despite that it was something I loved doing and had invested heavily in. I cried for 2 weeks. After grieving an ugly truth I had long ago pushed down and ignored in my spirit, I realized that ugly thing had robbed me too much in my life already, and it was time for it's power over me to stop. Through the pain, I chose to make it a business and it came forth with the name: Joyful Designs in Soy. I gained some real personal freedom through that process which I am deeply grateful for, and my business name is a declaration of a new truth in my life. I also carry a new joy that I didn't have before, into the rest of my life. Our creative side isn't just about what we're doing, it's also about who we are, and that touches people near us. Just like tossing a stone into a pond, those ripples it creates, flow out and affects others.<

Ancient Coins And Legal Tender Getting Started with the Hobby of Numismatics and Collecting CoinsWhat is Numismatics?Numismatics � the very name sounds mysterious and evocative. In simple terms, numismatics covers the science and study of coins, cash, and other legal tender, as well as medals, tokens, and medallions. The collection of ancient, commemorative, and rare coins is a fun and exacting hobby, and opens up a realm of history that most people never get to see. A numismatist holds an ancient coin that has passed through dozens or hundreds of hands throughout the millennia. In medieval times, the collection of ancient coins was already popular, but it was known as a hobby for kings. Today, building a fascinating collection of coins does not have to be expensive, and everyone can participate in this exciting pastime. How do I Start Collecting Coins and Legal Tender?When deciding which coins to collect, you should consider your interests, your budget, and your return on investment.The first step when building a collection of coins is to decide what category of legal tender interests you most. Some people like to focus their collections on specific precious metals, such as gold, silver, copper, or bronze coins. Others like to concentrate on a specific time or region, like ancient Roman coins. Commemorative coins are a popular form of collection, as are rare minted coins like those which had an error in their stamping. If a certain set of coins doesn�t interest you, it won�t be any fun at all to become a collector.Another interesting choice for numismatists is a token collection. Tokens were historically used in place of legal tender, if coins of the right value were not available, or were not convenient parajumpers coats. In the modern day, tokens are still used at gaming arcades and some vending machines. Tokens may not be as valuable as true moolah, but they are an interesting look at local history, and can be fun to collect.The price of a rare coin depends on supply and demand. If only a few coins were made but there are tons of collectors, it will be very expensive to start that kind of collection. Ironically, ancient coins are some of the most inexpensive and most interesting coins to collect Parajumpers. Because of the large number of coins in circulation between 650 BC, when stamping coins became popular, to the fall of the Roman Empire in 450 AD, tons of coins were created, and more are being uncovered every day. Common bronze coins that were being used in the time of Archimedes can be bought for about $10 apiece.The third, and probably least important thing to consider when starting your collection is the likelihood that your coins will increase in value. Coin collecting for investment purposes can be a tricky endeavor. There is always the possibility that the coins you buy will include counterfeits, and the coin market can fluctuate even more wildly than other kinds of investment. For these reasons, it is probably wiser for you to focus on building a collection of coins, tokens, or legal tender that you enjoy than to build your collection with an eye on getting a large return on investment. However, high-grade ancient coins, gold coins, Morgan dollars and Walking Liberty half dollars are among the kinds of collections that are most likely to increase in value over time.

6 Reasons Why You Should Have Small, Frequent Meals by Stephen Smith
Many people believe that having 5 or 6 small meals a day will make them put on weight but in actual fact it will help them lose weight!

Most people eat three meals a day: breakfast, lunch and dinner. The problem with only having three meals a day, or even fewer meals, is that there is a large gap (greater than 3 hours) between meals. This large gap between meals results in a substantial decrease in the body's blood glucose level. This causes the body to invoke its 'Anti-Starvation Response'.

Consuming 5 or 6 small meals a day is enormously beneficial from a weight loss point of view and cannot be over-emphasised Charlotte Olympia Birthday Capricorn Zodiac Suede Smoking Slipper In Moss. It keeps your body's metabolism elevated, which means you burn up more calories and therefore more fat during the day.

Having 5 or 6 small meals a day (ideally every 2-3 hours) means your body is constantly supplied with the energy it requires to function, as well as the amino acids it needs to maintain and build body tissues.

The feeling of hunger is also dramatically reduced, as is the tendency to over-eat at each meal. People who only eat three or fewer meals a day have a greater tendency to over-eat at each meal because they feel hungrier than people who tend to 'graze' (eat more often) throughout the day.

This tendency to over-eat is even more pronounced in people who skip meals to lose weight. Skipping meals results in uncontrollable urges to binge eat, especially during the evening - the worst time of the day to be consuming a large amount of food.

Following is a summary of the advantages of consuming 5 or 6 meals a day:

Increased metabolic rate.

This increase in metabolism occurs because the body is being constantly supplied with energy (food) every few hours. Through the process of digestion, the body is forced to expend more energy.

Also, since the blood glucose level remains more stable, the body's metabolism doesn't have to slow down as it would if only three meals were consumed.

Positive nitrogen balance.

Nitrogen balance is a measurement of how much nitrogen is lost (through sweat and urine) against how much nitrogen (from protein) is gained through dietary intake (food) post by haiyan701. Nitrogen balance determines whether the body is breaking down body tissue (negative nitrogen balance) or building up body tissue (positive nitrogen balance).

Ideally it is best to keep your body in a positive nitrogen balance at all times. Maintaining or building tissue (particularly muscle) means your body's metabolism will remain elevated, making it easier to burn off body fat and lose weight.

Having protein in each of the 5 or 6 small meals a day means there is a constant supply of tissue-building amino acids to assist in the maintenance and building of lean body tissue, which includes muscle.

When you eat only three meals a day your body will be in a negative nitrogen balance at some times during the day because of the delay between meals, even if you eat protein at each of these meals.

Reduced hunger.

Feelings of hunger are reduced when there is a constant supply of glucose to the brain. This can be easily achieved by consuming 5 or 6 small meals a day and by ensuring there is a slow influx of glucose into the bloodstream.

Sustained energy.

By having 5 or 6 small meals a day there is a constant supply of glucose in the bloodstream, sustaining energy levels. This is in direct contrast to having three meals a day, which results in large fluctuations in blood glucose and therefore, energy levels as well.

Reduced fat storage.

Another reason why having 5 or 6 small meals a day is so effective for losing weight is because smaller meals don't affect the blood glucose level and in turn, insulin levels, as dramatically as three larger meals do. A lower insulin level means there is less opportunity to convert carbohydrate into fat.

Eating more frequently also means the body is constantly using up energy digesting food Charlotte Olympia. This is why eating breakfast is so important - it gives your metabolism a 'kick-start'. If breakfast is skipped, your metabolism and therefore your body's fat-burning ability stays sluggish until your first meal.

Increased fat mobilisation.

Your body's tendency to mobilise fat for fuel increases with smaller and more regular meals. This is mainly due to the fact that insulin levels are low. A low blood insulin level means more fat can be mobilised from the body's fat stores.

On the other hand, a high level of insulin inhibits the mobilisation of fat for fuel and larger meals tend to promote the release of greater amounts of insulin from the pancreas.

So become a grazer and watch the weight fall off your body!


Copyright (c) 2009 Stephen Smith
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Sweat Prevention Guidelines by Jason Ellis
Excessive Sweating is a huge bummer! It�s also way more common than you might think. If you�ve been suffering from this problem for a while, take some comfort in knowing you�re not alone. I too suffered for most of my life with excessive sweating before learning the proven treatments to turning the water faucets off for good.

This article will give you some guidelines as to how to cure your perspiration by avoiding and engaging in specific activities. Here I�ll be showing you some obvious AND not so obvious sweat prevention tips you should be following to tackle this problem correctly and start out on the right foot. Remember, the only way to find success is to take action.

Follow these guidelines and build up your sweat fighting knowledge from there. It takes persistence to overcome excessive sweating. Don�t give up and continue to learn new tactics every day for dealing with this dilemma.

Let�s get started shall we?

Drink Plenty of Water - Many people can�t understand this one. They think if they drink water, the body will sweat more to compensate. Wrong! Drinking lots of water will keep your body cool. By keeping a cool internal temperature, the hyperactive sweat glands have no reason to prespire. It�s important to drink 8 glasses of water a day.

Try Shoe Inserts - When my foot sweating was bad, I used to love Odor Eaters. Although they didn�t prevent the foot sweating, they certainly prevented the odor that came along with it by absorbing the moisture.

Vinegar Foot Baths - Mix half a cup of vinegar with 1 cup of water in a footbath and soak your feet for 15 minutes. Do this twice a week and you�ll see a HUGE improvement in your plantar hyperhidrosis. The acid in the vinegar is the magic ingredient.

Wear Loose Fitting clothing - Breathable material will do wonders for your excessive sweating problem. Absorbant socks are great too Charlotte Olympia. Invest in some good pairs. Wear open toe shoes whenever possible. Cottons work best for clothing.

Powder your Parts - After bathing or showering, apply a baby powder or medical goldbond powder to your common sweating areas. This will prevent irritation and relieve the skin. Irritated skin is more likely to perspire and cause further irritability and rashes.Using powder will also cover up any body odor that may be associated with sweating.

Change your Socks frequently - This will cut down on exposure to foot bacteria and really help out with the odor. Good hygiene never hurts too post by haiyan701.Many stores like Gap make special �breathable� socks that wick away moisture using specially designed cotton. You can find comparable socks in many different chain stores.

Apply Antiperspirant to your hands and feet - Be on the lookout for skin irritation when you do this. You can accidently give yourself a rash if you react poorly to the brand of choice. This can help though temporarily with palmar and plantar hyperhidrosis.

Use Alternating Temperatures when you Shower - I like to start the shower warm and turn it to cold a minute or two before I get out. This is refreshing and will cool your body temperature in a very naturally and gradual way. I love it because it really wakes me up in the morning and gets me ready to start the day.

There�s nothing more frustrating than getting sweaty right after you step out of the shower. When you end your shower with a cold blast of water, you�ll effectively cool yourself down and prevent overheating while dressing.

Avoid Spicy Foods - I love chicken curry as much as the next guy, but I know better. Spicy foods encourage sweating and you�re going to have to bite the bullet and avoid these foods until you get your perspiration under control Charlotte Olympia Birthday Aquarius Zodiac Suede Smoking Slipper In Stone.So yes, you�re going to need to pass on the hot wings during football season. But hey, just think about how much more you�ll enjoy watching the Superbowl when you don�t have to pack three different changes of clothes.

Wash Your Hands Frequently - I recommend washing your hands often using anti-bacterial soap. This may have a drying effect, but once your hand sweating stops, you can figure out a nice happy medium as to how often you should do this.

Apply Natural Treatments - I�ve said it before and I�ll say it again. There is no substitute for having a systematic game plan when you decide to end your excessive sweating. Try as many natural treatments as you can including a proper hyperhidrosis diet, sage tea soaks, baking soda & water solutions, tea tree oil, Thiamine (which combats stress), acupuncture, Alum, and witch hazel. I�ll be expanding on all of these solutions soon enough.

These guidelines are just the tip of the iceberg. If you REALLY want to end excessive sweating, you NEED to check out the top 12 Sweat Stopping Treatments at my site �

I�ve posted a FREE 30 minute long video on the site called �Sweat Free Tactics� which details the 12 step by step treatments I used to end my excessive sweating long-term. Check it out now and start getting results in minutes. Hope to see you on the other side!
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Health and the Empath by Nick Jude
Has being an Empath affected my health? Well...let's see.

I suffer from Ulcerative Colitis, Osteoarthritis, Uveitis and possible Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis.. post by haiyan701.and that's just the "itisis". My Doctor's tell me that these Diseases are all connected to an Autoimmune Disorder that appeared all at once when I turned forty years old or so. But it wasn't all at once, really.

For years whenever I'd see a Doctor for a "well" visit, they'd ask me if I had any infections or Flu like symptoms and when I'd ask why I was told that my white blood cell count was way off the chart! When I'd tell them that I felt fine they were very surprised. One of them even tried to push the issue stating that I must be ill, but I wasn't. Or so I thought Charlotte Olympia Birthday Pisces Zodiac Suede Smoking Slipper In Purple.

Although I felt fine on the outside, something was eating me away on the inside causing me internally to break down and bleed. That something was Empathy. The years of taking everything and everyone in, had finally taken it's toll on the old system. Therefore, If you are an unskilled Empath and haven't developed the art of shutting down or shielding you may be in trouble yourself someday.

When I presented this theory to my Doctor's they understood where I was coming from with the whole mind/body connection thing, but without any hard evidence they deemed my opinions inconclusive and kept pumping me with steroids and powerful immuno-suppressant medications anyway. After many years of frustration and following traditional medical advice, I found my condition was not going into reemission anytime soon and in fact hardly gotten any better at

all.

This is when I began to do my own research and decided to adopt a more alternative lifestyle approach to my medical conditions Charlotte Olympia. If it wasn't for the Internet I would've never discovered all the different avenues available to me, both as an Empath and an ill individual. I spent countless hours sifting out tons of information and through trial and error came up with a formula that seems to be working for me. I'm still on the medications but through meditation, diet and Empathic shielding I hope to be free of them all someday soon.

The shielding process is a necessary aid that must not be ignored and needs to be practiced daily. If not, the accumulation of emotions will slowly permeate every cell causing a mutation resulting in the immune system thinking it's being attacked and it will defend itself, even against itself. This is what I believe accounts for the accelerated white blood count in my system that results in the attack on my body.

What I do is simple. I take ten minutes each morning and evening, close my eyes and focus on my breathing. If your mind begins to wander don't fight it. Be aware of it, let it go and bring yourself back to your breathing. This works wonders for me but you must be diligent and practice it daily for it to be helpful. If my Arthritis isn't too bad I walk and meditate allowing for an even better way to relieve stress and keep depression at bay.

As far as my diet goes I'm eating about ninety percent organic now as I believe that processed foods tend to incite flare ups in me. This diet is both expensive and time consuming in preparation but extremely worth it. I've only been practicing this combination of diet, meditation and exercise for a few months now but am already beginning to see the benefits. I intend to stay on this path forever and am looking forward to a better, brighter future.
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Creating Balance with Food � The Building Blocks of Your Temple by Denise Ellinger
We are what we eat! Just think! We create our bodies from what we eat. To create cell health, our bodies must efficiently assimilate and eliminate. Our ability to do these two functions efficiently and effectively becomes the building blocks of our bodies. Cells are the factories that keep this amazing body running. We replace EVERYTHING in our bodies�. muscle, bones, blood, taste buds, brains cells, the coating of our nerves, and we depend on the health of our trillions and trillions of cells to get the job done. Those cells need fuel and that fuel is obtained from the food we ingest. We can�t do build healthy bodies with just medicine or acupuncture.

Are you getting Nutrition from Food?

1 in 3 people get 45% of their calories from �non� foods that include:

� Soda, beer, wine, hard liquor
� Sweet rolls
� Cake, pastries
� Pudding, cookies, candy
� Processed foods

Diet is not something to �go on.� It is the food we ingest daily over our lifetime. If you think about your diet as creating a foundation of how you are going to create your health FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, rather than going �on� a diet to lose those 20 lbs. and then you will get your life back, it won�t feel like a sentence you are serving. Not coincidentally, most people following this plan gain those 20 lbs. back and more.

Did you know � in America each year�

� 800 million frozen pizzas are consumed
� 10 billion donuts
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� Enough candy was made in 2004 to circulate the moon 4 times

Compared to the 1970�s, Americans consume

� 50% more grains mostly as white breads, refined flour pastas and corn in the form of chips
� 75% more cheese and 22% less milk
� 30% more sugar to the tune of 152 lbs. more /person/year

The American diet can be a toxic food environment. We are surrounded by empty calories and the consequences of these foods are showing up in the health of our children. When a significant portion of the diet consists of empty calories, non-foods are consumed in an attempt to satisfy nutrition needs. Health risks are involved with non-food, which can include obesity, arthritis, diabetes, osteoporosis and heart disease to name just a few.

Food and Traditional Chinese Medicine

Food replenishes the energy expended. It makes Qi.
Food has an energetic temperature and direction
Food has a specific relation to the organs

The premise behind Traditional Chinese Medicine is balance. Regardless of the complaint a patient has when coming in for acupuncture, I always look at their diet to determine what they are feeding their body. Food contains energy. It has a direction, a temperature, and a function. These factors are not generally known and, therefore, not considered in our culture. A diet that is too repetitive, for example, can create allergies, or exacerbate pain syndromes. Below are a few ideas to start eating healthy:

K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple and Sane)

� Eat organic foods whenever possible - they have at least 32% more nutrition. Studies have shown when people eat organic, they are including more protein and vegetables in their diets and, therefore, are not as hungry for expensive snacks - like potato chips.
� What about fast foods? There are healthier choices than others! Choose carefully.
� Avoid processed foods (read your labels). Take leftovers from dinner rather than a pre-cooked, packaged meal.
� Avoid the microwave, which is sometimes hard to do when wanting a warm lunch at work.
� Research how acupuncture and cosmetic acupuncture can partner with healthy eating choices for increased balance and health.