It is often said that your brain is probably the greediest organ in your body, and it requires a very specific type of nutrition from your diet. It shouldn’t be surprising then that your diet affects how your brain performs, and it performs well with a steady supply of glucose. Before you go out of your house in the morning, it would be great if you can give your brain the fuel it needs by eating a hearty breakfast. A salad packed full of antioxidants, including beta-carotene and vitamins C and E, should also help keep your brain in tip-top condition by helping to reduce damaging free radicals (damaging molecules). As you grow older, your brain has lesser capacity to defend itself from daily threats like free radicals, inflammation, and oxidation. That’s why aging people need more nutrition than younger ones.

You’re getting older-think of it as shifting gears rather than as a precipitous decline. It’s time to take stock and take steps to ensure a high level of cognitive function over the course of your lifetime. Sustaining a regimen of physical activity should be at the top of your list.

In the philosophy of natural healing, the mind and body compose one whole, and the mind has a profound effect on the body. Healing is both mental and physical because the body is not just a separate machine-like entity, but an integral part of the whole, an expression of the mind. In traditional thinking, there is medicine to treat the body and psychotherapy to treat the mind, but natural methods treat the person, and expect improvement in all areas of the person’s life.

Success in public speaking can open a whole world of opportunities for you. It can help you conquer new frontiers. It can broaden your horizons through personal development, influence, and advances in your profession.

And it just might be you if you don’t slow down and focus. Multi-tasking is an over-rated way to spend your time. There’s no payoff to running around like a chicken with its head cut off-just ask that chicken running around with no head.

We often picture athletes as trim people clad in sporty get-ups, feet fitted with the latest running shoes, and under strict training for an upcoming sports event. Without these things, we hardly think of anyone as an “athlete.”

In reality, it is really you who can determine and plot a way out of being lonely. It can take a lot of practice and patience, however, so you might want to start with the following suggestions.

When it comes to choosing a nursing home for a beloved family member you owe it to them and to yourself to become informed and do your research. Make quality of care your uppermost consideration.

Stress begins when a particular event disorients you and knocks you out of balance. You are nudged or shoved into an unbalanced state and need to
right yourself. This life situation could be a change in temperature, a threat from another person, death of a loved one, or some other change in your life to which you need to adapt. We all know, however, that the same situation presented to different people may result in different reactions. That is because different people will interpret the situation differently. This is termed their ‘cognitive appraisal’ and can be controlled.

Immediate attention is critical to surviving a cardiac event. But how do you know whether to head for the hospital or your bathroom medicine cabinet? A guide to making the distinction between heartburn and heart attack.