GOOD BREAKFAST to School Children – 3

Dietitians say that, while unnecessary, it is desirable for a child to have one egg a day. In any case, he should have five a week, though not always at the breakfast table. Egg are welcome as a main dish at other meals as well. They can also be used in milk drinks, puddings or in other ways, especially if your child is not fond of the usual fried or scrambled eggs.

Milk should be the breakfast stand-by for young children. Choco milk or Cocoa is also good milk modifiers for children who cant take them straight.

There is no limit to the value that can be placed on a good, well-planned and adequate breakfast for your school-age child. The opposite will not only deplete his physical and mental energy reserves, but will also send his grades down, which is something no mother would want to happen.
Serving your child a good breakfast is important if you want him to grow up well-nourished, mentally alert and physically healthy. So for a happier, healthier child, make sure he eats a good breakfast.

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Do not let distractions, such as getting the kids off to school, get in the way of your breakfast routine. If they must be off to school by 6:30, give them a bath the night before, then lay out their uniforms and school books. Get everything ready so that when they wake up in the morning, most of their attention will be foucsed on breakfast. Half an hour is usually enough.

But what do you feed them? Fruit is an excellent appetite pick-me-up and a good way to start every breakfast. Fresh orange juice or better yet a locan version made from dalandan is a good idea, but don't get in a rut with organge juice. In a country like the Philippines, there are many fuirts, and serving a variety makes them more appealing. A daily portion of Vitamin D-rich food is a requirement of a good diet.

Breakfast cereals will not only provide energy; served with milk, it will also help you get enough milk into the diet of the child who doesn’t take too well to drinking it. Young children love surprises, so once in a while, you can add variations to your cereal to make it more appetizing and appealing. Try adding fruits of raisins. The nutrients provided by cereals may also be sourced from breads, whole-grain rice and enriched noodles or macaroni.

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Breakfast is the foundation and most important of all meals. It is called “breakfast” because it is your child’s first meal after eight hours of sleep. Breakfast provides the energy your child will need to sustain himself through three to eight hours of school a day. Even an extra 15 minutes of sleep in the morning before the school bus arrives will be of little value if it means a hurriedly gulped down breakfast.

The idea that even if a child skips breakfast, he can make it up at another meal., say lunch or a mid-morning snack, is wrong. Chances are, if your child has an inadequate breakfast, he will miss quite a few food essentials. This will affect his performance in school, make him drowsy and inattentive in class. If this happens everyday, he may be headed for trouble. He will be more likely to get sick than a child who eats a good, unhurried and balanced breakfast.

According to dietitians, at least one-fourth or preferably one-third of the day’s caloric intake should be offered in the first meal of the day if a child is to received sufficient nourishment. This is true for a child of preschool age as well as for his older brother and sister. Whatever your child’s age, help him form the habit of eating a good breakfast.

Stressed Out? .....Stretched Out! - 3

Basic massage strokes include effleurage (long light gliding strokes made with the entire inside surface of the hands and used on the arms, legs, back and chest), kneading (firm, grasping pressure used to move muscles and skin, and similar to the movement used on the abdominal region, buttocks, arms, legs, hands and feet) and rolling (used for moving large masses of skin; it is like rolling clay between your hands and used on the thighs, claves of legs, upper arms and buttocks).
Yoga, another great stress-reliever, keeps your mind, body and joints supple and flexible. Although it may be difficult to learn in the beginning, constant practice will yield immeasurable benefits.
Another popular way to manage stress is acupressure, otherwise knows as “reflexology” or “zone therapy”. Acupressure involve exerting pressure on various points in the body. Each point corresponds to an important organ or muscle area. To locate and treat a health problem or break down stress, you merely massage the corresponding area on the foot or hand. Unlike massage, acupressure does away with creams and oils. Here, strong pressure is the key, as much pressure as you would use in pushing a thumbtack into a piece of wood. You must also press everywhere. Work thoroughly over the entire sole or palm, then lift the foot slightly and work your way to the sides of the heel all the way to the ankle bone. Pain in any region indicates a health problem in the area. Constant massage will do the trick. Even the most difficult tasks become more bearable when your life is stress-free. Although stress makes life interesting, exciting and challenging, you must know how and able to handle it to your advantage.

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Want something even simpler? Take a deep breath. Deep breathing is another great way to relieve stress. When we feel stressed, our breathing becomes shallow. Research has shown that people unable to manage stress effectively breathe higher and higher in the chest cavity, making it more difficult ot get the oxygen they need. If breathing is shallow, the body manufactures more carbon dioxide than it is able to expel. Deep breathing counteracts this.

What about creative visualization? When you are stressed, you worry. Visualize your self in different surroundings. If you feel the pressure of work, imagine yourself in control. Imagine yourself sailing smoothly from one appointment to another, meeting deadlines with a lot to spare, and your life will be virtually stress-free. If this techniques fail, there’s always the age-old arts; massage, yoga and acupressure.

Massage, probably the most popular of the three, helps reduced the amount of stress we feel as a result of tense situations at home or at work. It can induce actual physical relaxation, improve circulation and promote a sense of well-being. And a massage feels good and costs nothing if you and your spouse can learn to do it for each other. A massage can be given on a firm surface like a table or on the floor, but never on a bed, which is too soft. Use oil, powder, lotion or a combination.

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Good day to everyone! Now I’m sharing with you about stress, I’m sure that many will be hit by this article. Stress has become a common ailment, no longer “The Yuppie Disease” that afflicts only upwardly mobile young professionals out to make a name for themselves in the corporate world. Stress afflicts everyone, especially working parents who must struggle with two (or more) roles everyday. There are many ways of relieving stress

A common stress-relieving technique is the head roll, which others call the “neck roll”. This exercise helps relieve tension in the neck and shoulders, the body’s usual stress spots. Sit on a chair with both feet on the floor. Put your hands on your lap and slowly roll your head clockwise for four or five times. Let your neck extend as far as it will reach comfortably. Don’t force it. Take your time, allowing at least eight to ten seconds per rotation. If it helps, put on some soothing music, turn down the lights and close your eyes. Then reverse.

Checking Food Supply

A sanitry or health inspector checks the meat sold at the markets. He sees to it that the meat are free from diseases. Only the meat coming from the government slaugtherhouses may be sold at the markets.

The cattle from which fresh milk is taken are also inspected. Inspectors make sure that the animals are free from diseases. Milk is made safe by heating it under sanitary conditions. The germs re killed then, and milk is safe to drink. At home the milk should be heated. It should be kept in clean bottles. The bottles should be tightly covered.

Why should food be inspected? Water is sometimes added to milk or to vinegar. Food coloring is
sometimes used in cakes instead of eggs. This is not allowed by law so health inspectors inspecy the food. Sometimes the Bureau of Health collects samples of milk, coffee and ice cream to find out if they are fit to be eaten. This is one way to keep the food safe.

Health Care Essentials

Most of the time, as we get carried away with the daily grind of life, we tend to forget that, at anytime, we can get sick, or get involved in some mishap or accident. Even if we do all we can to stay healthy: eat right, exercise more, get enough sleep, don’t drink or smoke, drink lots of vitamins, there is always that possibility that a simple mosquito bite could lead to dengue. Then, we realize that we are not invincible after all.

Early detection of a dreaded disease is actually what saves lives! If we find out early enough what illness we are afflicted with, we could easily determine the right cure. As the saying goes, “An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure”. A yearly annual examination keeps us updated with the status of our health. The most basic annual check up includes annual medical history, CBC, urine, fecal tests, x-ray. For females, the annual check up includes PAP Smear, for the early detection of cervical cancer. The more comprehensive (meaning: more complete and more expensive), the annual physical check up may include the treadmill test (for early detection of heart ailments), ECG (electro cardiogram), etc. A very good health care provider offers this kind of services.

Health is Happiness (2 of 2)

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Be creative. Your thoughts become your reality throughout the journey from imagination to intuition to intention.

Find your passion and pursue it. We must always change, renew and rejuvenate ourselves, otherwise we harden and stagnate. Have a purpose and mission in life.

Serve others. Our greatest well-being is dependent on giving and sharing. Look up to the example of Mother Teresa. Take a lesson from Buddha: Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to yourself and others.

Forgive. Release toxic emotions and set yourself free through forgiveness by giving up the need to always be right. Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.

Be grateful. Gratitude is fertilizer to the soul.

Laugh. Laughter is one of the few infectious things that cannot make you sick.

Be positive. Cherish family and friends. Be with good people and fellow optimists.

Attain inner peace. Time out. Rest, relax and meditate.

Health is Happiness (1 of 2)

After I woke up this morning, as usual it started with my daily routine. Preparing my breakfast. While I’m eating I opened my television and watched some programs there until I reached the program about health. I want to share it with you.

Are we ready to invest in preventive and holistic care now, in the same way that we are putting our hard-earned money in insurance to pay for a future that may be too late to save a body already in a state of disrepair? Why not, when it doesn’t take much to follow some sensible and practical ways to achieve well-being? Health is synonymous to happiness. Here are some of the tips I gathered for surveying different people.

Stay in Balance. Maintain a healthy formula of 50% diet, 20% exercise, 20% mental activity and 10% spiritual development. Devote proportionate attention to family, nutrition, career, spiritual, social and mental activities.

Eat well. You are what you eat. Nature is the doctor’s assistant. Digest, assimilate, eliminate.

Exercise. Be active; walk, dance, swim, stretch, breathe. Exercise is the most powerful antidepressant and creates happiness hormones known as endorphins.

Cope with stress. Stress is not what happens to you. It is what you do about it. Explore the heart-brain connection. Live each day fully, productively, joyfully.

Seafood For Thought

Good cholesterol, lower risk of heart disease, brain power! - seafood is considered one of the best and most important sources of protein. However, experts throughout the world agree that the global supply of fish is dwindling and in some cases collapsing under the heavy pressure of increased global population. In the Philipines, if current, trends of overfishing, environmental degradation, and population growth continue, fish will no longer be a staple food.

Fish and Food Security. Fish and the habitats that nurture them - coral reefs, seagrass beds, and mangrove forests - are among the most fundamental elements of the Philippine environment. However, overfishing, habitat destruction, and land based pollution have resulted in the declining fisheries stocks, an alarming rate of environmental degradation, and further deepening of poverty in coastal areas throught the Philippines. Food security security and poverty alleviation in coastal areas will only be achieved when fisheries and coastal habitats are managed for sustainable use.

Food security means that a stable, sustainable, and predictable supply of nutrientionally balanced food is available to all people for all times. Fish provides approximately 25% of the animal protein in Asia and as much as 50% of the animal protein in the Philippines; however, national food security programs rarely consider fishery resources in the inventory of stable, sustainable, and predictable food supply.