Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", Advice & Tips.
Tags: anxiety, body, day, depression, diet, emotions, energy, exercise, feelings, fish, food, Games, health, heart, meals, mental, physical, stress, sugar, turkey, vegetables, vitamins, weather
Eat these foods, lower your stress levels.
Reach for these items next time you’re feeling under pressure, under the weather, or just too close to that breaking point. Munching on these stress-free foods will help pull you back into the game.
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Oranges
A German study in Psychopharmacology found that vitamin C helps reduce stress and return blood pressure and cortisol to normal levels after a stressful situation. Vitamin C is also well known for boosting your immune system.
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Sweet Potatoes
Sweet potatoes can be particularly stress-reducing because they can satisfy the urge you get for carbohydrates and sweets when you are under a great deal of stress. They are packed full of beta-carotene and other vitamins, and the fiber helps your body to process the carbohydrates in a slow and steady manner.
..Dried Apricots
Apricots are rich in magnesium, which is a stress-buster and a natural muscle relaxant as well.
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Apr 21 2009
Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", Inspirationals.
Tags: advice, channel, choice, companion, couple, exercise, eyes, husband, inspiration, language, life, listening, man, meals, mountain, partner, photos, program, show, sound, spouse, television, time, tips, vacation, vision, voice, volume, wife, woman, words
My wife and I are away on a retreat.
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We decided to go to the hotel gym for a workout. The gym was
ultramodern and we were the only ones there. There were five
TV’s positioned over the treadmills and exercycles.
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She wanted to watch a cooking show.
I wanted to watch a sci-fi program.
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She got on the last treadmill on the left, I got on the last
treadmill on the right and we both tuned to different channels.
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Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", "LOVE is LOVELY".
Tags: , christmas, family, friends, gift, God, holidays, hope, love, meals
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| Dear Covenant House Friend,
Christmas always reminds me of the warmth, love and hope that Covenant House brings to homeless youth all year long. It also reminds me how the kids whose lives we touch really have come so far. Tommy is just such a kid.
Give Covenant House kids like Tommy a
Christmas full of hope.
When he first arrived at Covenant House, Tommy had already learned the meaning of sadness. Abuse, malnutrition, suicide attempts, and foster care defined his young life. When he finally left home, life on the streets seemed better than what he had endured…but he soon realized he couldn’t survive the cold winter alone.
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Dec 05 2008
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