_ Pomegranates are such a beautiful looking fruit I can hardly walk past a bush with them growing on without wanting to pick and suck the bitter sweet unusual fruit. 

Pomegranates have high levels of antioxidants and, according to US researchers, drinking just 1 glass of the fruit juice a day has been shown to keep prostate cancer at bay, and could even prevent men dying from the disease.

_SORRY THIS BOOK IS NO LONGER FREE>Amazon does alter prices at their discretion. It was free when I posted this blog and I got my own free copy.
This $9.99 (what I assume would be healthy eating but have not checked yet) Book is FREE to download from Kindle today and if you don't have a Kindle, don't worry just download the apt for FREE on to your computer from Amazon
Diabetes Diet: Fast And Quick Recipes
www.amazon.com
Descripton: Important Notice: Buy today as there will be a probable price increase! A diabetes diet is a guide that tells you how much and what kinds of food you can choose to eat at meals and snack times. A good meal plan should fit in with your schedule and eating habits. Some m...

_Does repositioning your behind in the seat as you read and write, constitute exercise? lol - OK - I know I have to make up for this wonderfully contentedly, productive day though sedentary activity day.
Reg is happy playing with fishing lures, reading fishing mags and watching the cricket, I guess we will both need to walk the dog to the lake later - for now, back to contentment :-)

_ Summer Dehydration Warning:

Anyone can lose weight. Just dehydrate.

Your body is mainly composed of water. Water is as essential to your life as oxygen. In good health you can only live for three days without water. In sickness or infancy this might only be twenty-four hours. Dehydration will show as weight loss. This is not something to become elated about. Get off the scales, eat a balanced diet and drink plenty of fluids, preferably  water.

Remember that soda water and caffeine are both calcium robbers. Combine both of these and drink coke soft drinks and you have a strong bone density destroying mixture in your body as your body draws calcium from your bones to re-alkalize your blood steam. 


Technical information:

Textbook of Medical Physiology states that "the total amount of water in a man of average weight (70 kilograms) is approximately 40 litres, averaging 57 percent of his total body weight.

In a newborn infant, this may be as high as 75 percent of the body weight, but it progressively decreases from birth to old age, most of the decrease occurring during the first 10 years of life. Also, obesity decreases the percentage of water in the body, sometimes to as low as 45 percent.

There is not, and cannot be, a figure that is exactly the same for all people. Jackson's (1985) Anatomy & Physiology for Nurses gives a figure of 60% for the proportion of body-weight attributable to water

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What is Christmas to You?

Our Christmas.

The main thing is :-) Our Family getting together - we love them so much.

The best gps sure come in handy as Christmas gifts and to help direct people to holiday destinations and into towns to visit all those friends and relatives we try to catch up with at this time of year.

Reg and spend nothing on cards and decorations or gourmet food at this time of year, so don't expect a Christmas card - we never send them. We have always emptied our wallets of anything left after the essentials are bought - to go to the needy - not judged on the basis of race or religion or who your parents were - as any God I could believe in would approve.

It is a time we look forward to then celebrate my getting together with our two daughters and the families they have made and celebrate how much we love our family and the little peaceful world we created for ourselves and wish peace to everyone.

We have a little aboriginal foster grandson joins us this year and I especially wish him and his family joy. I may even 'work' Christmas day' - if I feel like it. The book I am writing contains within it a message of religious and racial tolerance, and working on that is 100% in agreement with my feelings about Christmas being about wanting peace for all.

_Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas Music Videos This reminds me of my mum. Mum loved classical music and Christmas carols were the Mormon Tabernacle Choir or the Herald Sun Aria winner guest appearance on Carols by Candlelit - that was when people performed more for the quality of voices than pop star or TV fame personality and I loved that music.

I could not see this Mormon Tabernacle Choir name without thinking of my mum. (((Hugs)) to all who don't have a parent they loved with them this Christmas.

Not sure when it stopped hurting, (mum not being around at Christmas) but it doesn't anymore. Too long ago when I said goodbye to my mum. Gotten close to her though my novel - she wanted to write one and didn't - so I'm doing it for both of us. oh lol, I always did waffle :-). Should have written novels decades ago.


79 Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas Music Videos www.lds-videos.org‎
79 LDS Christmas Music Videos covering The Nativity. Singing by the The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, with some guests.

_I was in the Shepparton Base Hospital waiting area the other day and saw a very outdated food pyramid on show that showed we should eat mostly carbohydrate food. Thee examples given were of white pasta and grain plus potato.  I thought the potato was fine but 'white refined grains'?   I am a whole grain advocate and still think in the 1970's term of 'pure white and deadly' where it comes to my grain choice.

The main conversation in the waiting room was about Christmas weddings and gifts for the wedding party, the gifts for groomsmen the main concern. People tend to find it easier to buy gifts for women. I would be easy to buy for. A big gift basket of fruit and vegetables, never mind the flowers.

The dietary guidelines outlining what foods Australians should be eating have been updated for the first time in eight years.New draft advice from the National Health and Medical Research Council gives more detail about what kinds of food help reduce chronic diseases.

The council says the rising incidence of obesity and diabetes shows Australians need to re-assess their diets.

The draft also outlines the dietary needs of pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers and babies from as young as seven months old for the first time.

Review committee chairwoman Doctor Amanda Lee says the new advice is based on a comprehensive review of the latest scientific evidence.

"What we have now is greater differentiation between different types of food; for example for the vegetable group we now know that we need to eat a variety of different types and colours to decrease our risk of various kinds of cancer," she said.

_Health & Well-being  menu

BREAKFAST Breakfast smoothie

• 99Cal Banana, 1 medium (180g with skin)
• 25 Peaches, canned in natural juice, drained, 0.25 cup(s)
• 125 Low-fat milk, 1% fat, 1 cup(s)
• 81 Low-fat yoghurt, any flavour, 100 g
• 70 Linseed, sunflower seed and almond mixture (LSA), 1 tablespoon(s)
• Preparation Place all ingredients into a blender together with 3-4 ice cubes if you would like, and process until smooth (around 30 seconds).

Total 399 Cal

LUNCH Cheese and tomato toastie

• 286 Turkish bread, 1 medium slice(s), cut in half
• 76 Hummus, 1.5 tablespoon(s)
• 33 Tomato, 1 large, sliced
• 57 Cheddar cheese, reduced fat (15% fat), 1 sandwich slice(s)
• 47 Mixed salad, 2 cup(s)
• 84 Pumpkin seeds, 1 tablespoon(s)
• 41 Sweetcorn, canned, drained, 0.25 cup(s)
• 29 Salad dressing, oil based, any flavour, 2 teaspoon
• Preparation
  
  1. Make a toasted sandwich by spreading bread with hummus and topping with cheese and tomato.
  2. Serve with a side salad topped with corn and pumpkin seeds.
• Total Cal  653
  

Steak with avocado salsa

• 40 Olive oil, 1 teaspoon(s)
• 218 Beef fillet, lean, raw, 150 g
• 3 Steak seasoning, 0.5 teaspoon(s)
• 77 Avocado, 0.25 medium
• 2 Coriander, 0.25 cup(s)
• 4 Red onion, 1 medium slice(s), diced
• 1 Lime juice, 2 teaspoon(s)
• 2 Chilli powder, 0.25 teaspoon(s), or to taste
• 83 Mixed vegetables, any type, cooked without oil, 2 cup(s), eg. carrots, beans, cauliflower
• 136 Sweet potato, peeled, 1.5 cup(s), cooked without oil
• 197 Mixed grain bread roll, 1 roll(s)

Preparation

1. Coat the steak on both sides with the pepper seasoning and half a teaspoon of oil.
2. Heat a non-stick pan or barbecue grill and cook the steaks for 2-3 minutes each side, or until cooked to your liking. Remove the steak and rest it in a warm area for 3 minutes.
3. In a bowl, combine the avocado, chilli, red onion, coriander, lime juice and remaining oil. Mix well and serve with the rested steak, boiled vegetables and bread roll.

Total 763 Cal



Assorted snacks

• 88 Fresh fruit, any type, 1 medium piece(s), eg. apple, pear, banana
• 67 Rice crackers, 10 cracker(s)
• 45 Tzatziki, 2 tablespoon(s)

Total 201

Total Calories for day, aprox 2,000 

EXERCISE

Walking outdoors 20 minutes

A great low impact cardio exercise to boost health and fitness
Instructions
When walking at a brisk pace, you'll be able to talk but you'll find it difficult to continue a normal conversation without having to catch your breath.

The distance you can cover in this time depends on how your fitness is progressing. At this pace, maintaining a conversation will become a little difficult.

Technique tips

• Maintain a good walking posture - keep your shoulders back and relaxed, and tummy muscles (core) pulled in.
• Take nice big steps - stride as wide as possible.
• Swing your arms - it helps to raise your heart rate and uses your upper body muscles.
• Keep your breathing controlled - take deep steady breathes to get as much oxygen as possible.
  
• This session burns 79 Calories - 330 Kilojoules

Walker's stretch 1  x 1 rounds
Workout details Perform these exercise(s)

Tai chi wraps 
0.5 minutes each side

Windmill stretch  0.5 minutes each side
Spinal stretch  3 repetitions.

Hip flexor stretch  0.5 minutes each side
Calf stretch 0.5 minutes each side
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_Oh yes. I went to the dentist yesterday. 

I found the perfect way to relax afterwards by taking off, off highway and along the riverside tracks.
I was pleased I had studied the gps reviews and bought our GPS device as I used it again today to find a great spot along the Goulburn River and walk off all those high indulgences.  I walked the bush trail along the Goulburn River and that's more than many my age get off their buts and do. We had a wonderful time too.

It seems my 65 year old teeth were wearing down and needed to be rejuvenated. 

Today booked the revisit for tomorrow, to get him to undo all the work he did yesterday.  He went and built my teeth up - said it needed doing so I let him. Now they do not fit in my mouth..I kid you not. lol. It is like I am clunking on a stone when I close my mouth...where did this fellow train?

I was able to get another appointment and the result was a success and I was not charged for the return visit, so all is good. If things are not right, don't put up with them. Ask to have them fixed.

Have you ever had something like that happen to you?