Filed under: 07-Health
Here’s more evidence from the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease to show that coffee might help in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease. “Mice with a rodent equivalent of the disease showed a 50 per cent reduction in levels of amyloid protein in their brains after scientists spiked their drinking water with caffeine. The change was reflected in their behavior as the mice developed better memories and quicker thinking.” (link)
It’s always amazing how simple it is at times – Use It or Lose It.
It can be physical strength and stamina or confidence and self-esteem.
You’re either getting stronger or weaker – the choice is up to you.
Note how crowded this gym is – and it’s free!
The red arrow points to my favorite equipment for strengthening my back.
It seems to work!
Filed under: 04-Action-Attraction
This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and Everybody was asked to do it. Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that, because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody thought anybody could do it and Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody, when actually Nobody did what Anybody could have done.
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On a recent TV show, they mentioned that there really wasn’t much difference between turkey bacon and regular bacon. I decided to do a little research and here’s what I found.
They both have 2 grams of protein, 35 calories, 1 gram of Saturated Fat and 3 grams of total fat.
The turkey bacon has 15 mg of cholesterol while the regular bacon on 7.5 mg.
The turkey bacon has 180 mg of sodium, while the regular bacon has 145 mg.
It looks like regular bacon wins out in every category!
I’m wondering why turkey bacon can make the 50% less fat claim?
I notice that it does say when using USDA data – I wonder if that is old data for fatter pigs?
I recently visited a St. Louis organization whose sole purpose is to help people who are out of work. It’s called Businesspersons Between Jobs. www.bbj.org. I went there to to let them know about Toastmasters and how it might help people with their jobs interviews. I passed out a flier about our clubs upcoming Open House and briefly told them of the benefits of Toastmasters. I handed out 35 fliers. I also sent the same information to two people I know who are out of work.
Of the 37 people who knew about the meeting, only one showed up.
Guy Kawasaki talks about the need to go from Evolutionary to Revolutionary.
Unforunately, there’s a category before Evolutionary. I call it Rutionary.
These are people in a rut and either too lazy or too scared to get out of their rut.
That probably describes 90% of the population and in this case 36 out of 37 people.
The coach of the Missouri football team, Gary Pinkel, made some great philosophical comments which apply not only to football, but life in general. He said, “You’re never built. It’s a never-ending process. So, to this point, we’re proud of what we’ve accomplished, but there’s a lot left out there.”
That pretty much says it all about life.
We are all never finished, never done, never at the end of the journey.
We can always learn and grow and improve.
I remember talking to a friend one day about whether she was exercising. She replied that no she wasn’t, she just wanted to stay the same. Unfortunately, there is no just staying the same. We’re either getting better or getting worse. Doing nothing is tantamount to losing ground and getting worse.
What are you doing to improve, to get better, to get the most out of your journey?
Every once in a while, I get an email which tells me about some problem with one of my websites – either a link isn’t working or a page doesn’t load correctly. I always thank the person profusely and make the corrections ASAP.
Yet – it’s always amazing to me the people and organizations which I offer to help, but who don’t respond.
Just in the last week, I offered to help a speaker with his presentation for no charge, yet I never heard back from him. I also offered an organization some free tech help and they never got back with me either. Are these people just lazy or stupid? Probably the former. People realize they need to change, yet aren’t willing to do the work to make the changes.
It’s aggravating, but I’m used to it by now.
One of the great things we do in Toastmasters is provide feedback to everyone who speaks. As a speaker you will get an oral evaluation and 20 other written evaluations to help you with your next speech.
I encourage you to ask for feedback and take action when you do receive it.
I was recently talking to Noppadol Paothong, a photographer for the Missouri Dept. of Conservation, about what it took to get pictures of a monarch butterfly emerging from its chrysalis.
I gave him two monarch caterpillars to raise and told him that when the chrysalis turn translucent, that the butterfly would emerge usually that same day.
When the two chrysalises turned translucent, Nop stayed awake for almost 48 hours straight to get the best picture. In all he got only 3 hours sleep in 48 hours and then had to go out and make a presentation that same day.
It just goes to how us all that Success is not easy.
It takes time, work, perseverance and some pain to accomplish your goal.
If you’d like to see some of Nop’s pictures, you’ll find them at:
http://nopnatureimages.com/
According to one scientific journal, green tea might help with weight reduction. I’ve been taking them for a month with no results – Save Your Money.
A government sponsored study of Glucosamine/Chondroitin supplements show that there are zero benefits to using these supplements other than the placebo effect. This information came from the Dec. 2008 University of California, Berkley, Wellness Letter. Save your money.
Note – both my wife and I felt that Glucosamine might be helping us, but we’re stopping the supplements now.
