Insight for Today 6/28/12

"Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you're ready or not, to put this plan into action."

Napoleon Hill
1883-1970, Author of Think and Grow Rich

Today's Recipe - Broiled Salmon Salad

Today's Recipe
 
If you don't know what to serve for dinner tonight ...

This is great-tasting, easy-to-prepare salmon salad with a refreshing sauce. The herbs are not only flavorful, but are also full of nutrients. Feel free to add more salad ingredients to your liking.

Broiled Salmon Salad
 
Prep and Cook Time: 20 minutes
Ingredients:

• 3/4 lb salmon filets cut in 4 pieces
• 2 TBS chopped fresh mint
• 3 TBS chopped fresh basil
• 2 TBS chopped fresh cilantro
• 2 TBS lemon juice
• 2 TBS extra virgin olive oil
• 3 TBS chopped pumpkin seeds
• salt & pepper to taste
• 1 head romaine lettuce, rinsed and chopped
• 1 medium tomato, seeds and excess pulp removed and sliced
• 1/2 medium avocado cut into 1 inch chunks
• 2 TBS lemon juice
• extra virgin olive oil to taste
• salt & pepper to taste

Directions:

1. Cut salmon into 4 pieces, season with salt and pepper, place on a plate and set aside. Preheat broiler on high and put stainless steel skillet (make sure handle is also stainless) for about 10 minutes until very hot. Do not use glass or pyrex for this.
2. Mix together mint, basil, cilantro, lemon juice, olive oil, chopped pumpkin seeds, salt and pepper. Set aside. This is your herb mixture.
3. Prepare lettuce, tomato and avocado and toss with lemon juice, olive oil, salt and pepper.
4. Remove pan from heat and place salmon on hot pan. Broil salmon for about 4 minutes. Do not turn. Because pan is hot salmon will cook very quickly. Place on a plate next to salad and top with herb mixture. You will have some herb mixture left over. It is so good you may also want to drizzle it on the salad greens.

Serves 4 For optimum flavor and nutrition serve with:

• Seafood Gazpacho

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Healthy Food Tip

Can you eat too many sunflower seeds?

Yes, a person can eat too many sunflower seeds. It's possible to eat too much of any individual food. That's why it's so important for each of us to develop our own individual Healthiest Way of Eating. In the specific case of sunflower seeds, here are some of the ways in which too many sunflower seeds might become problematic.

First is the issue of calories. One cup of sunflower seeds contains approximately 800 calories. That amount is 40% of an entire day's calories if you are following a 2,000-calorie diet. You would only be left with 1,200 calories' worth of food to provide you with all of the nutrients that are missing from sunflower seeds. Even though sunflower seeds are a very nutrient-rich food, there are many important nutrients that sunflower seeds do not contain, or contain in extremely small amounts. These nutrients include vitamin C, vitamin K, beta-carotene, and many others (particularly in the phytonutrient category, including lycopene, lutein, zeaxanthan, and a wide variety of flavonoids). It would be very difficult for a person to get optimal amounts of these other nutrients from the calories that remained after consuming 800 calories' worth of sunflower seeds.

Second is the issue of balance. In and of themselves, sunflower seeds cannot provide a person with the correct balance of nutrients. A person might need a very different ratio of calcium-to-magnesium than the ratio that sunflower seeds provide. The same might be true for a ratio of zinc-to-copper, or a ratio of protein-to-carbohydrate. As nutrient-rich as sunflower seeds are in certain nutrient areas, they are unlikely to help a diet become balanced if they take up 40% of the total calories in that diet.

Finally, there is the question of purpose. What would be the purpose of consuming as many sunflower seeds as a person wanted, especially if that amount was unhealthy? Excessive consumption of any food-even a very healthy food like sunflower seeds-can sometimes involve an approach that works against our best interests. For example, there are times when we might crave and overconsume a food when we actually have an allergy to that food. (While sunflower seeds are not a commonly allergenic food, this pattern could still be possible.) At times, we may also overconsume a food that is especially convenient and "easy to grab," just as a way of making do when we haven't done any food planning for the day.

All of these issues point to the same conclusion: eating too much of a single food-even a healthy food like sunflower seeds-carries along with it some added risks in terms of nourishment and well-being. We're much better off keeping our favorite food consumption in a moderate range and increasing the frequency with which we eat those favorite foods.

Insight for the Day 6/27/12

"Be enthusiastic about your decision. It's YOUR decision! Reach, seek, risk! Don't ever stop. Follow your thoughts and don't listen to others. It's your life and you'll get it... You Can Do It!"

Sirleny Rodrigues Garcia
Author of You Can Do It 
 

Today's Recipe - 5-Minute Cold Cucumber Salad

Today's Recipe
If you don't know what to serve for dinner tonight ...

Stay cool with this easy-to-prepare summer salad. One serving provides 246% of your Daily Value (DV) for vitamin C and 52% DV for vitamin A.

5-Minute Cold Cucumber Salad
Prep and Cook Time: 5 minutes
Ingredients:

• 1/2 medium red onion, sliced thin
• 1 medium clove garlic, chopped
• 1 medium cucumber, halved, seeds removed, and sliced
• 1 medium tomato, cubed
• 1 medium red bell pepper, diced
• 1 TBS feta cheese
• 6 kalamata olives, cut into halves or quarters
• 2 TBS fresh lemon juice
• Sea salt and pepper to taste
• Fresh or dried dill (optional)

Directions:

1. Chop garlic and slice onions and let sit for 5 minutes to bring out their health-promoting properties.
2. Combine all ingredients and serve.

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Healthy Food Tip

The Latest News About Bell Peppers

A wonderful combination of tangy taste and crunchy texture, sweet bell peppers are the Christmas ornaments of the vegetable world with their beautifully shaped glossy exterior that comes in a wide array of vivid colors ranging from green, red, yellow, orange, purple, brown to black. Despite their varied palette, all are the same plant, known scientifically as Capsicum annuum. They are members of the nightshade family, which also includes potatoes, tomatoes and eggplant. Sweet peppers are plump, bell-shaped vegetables featuring either three or four lobes. Green and purple peppers have a slightly bitter flavor, while the red, orange and yellows are sweeter and almost fruity. Paprika can be prepared from red bell peppers (as well as from chili peppers). Bell peppers are not 'hot'. The primary substance that controls "hotness" in peppers is called capsaicin, and it's found in very small amounts in bell peppers. Although peppers are available throughout the year, they are most abundant and tasty during the summer and early fall months.

What's New and Beneficial About Bell Peppers

• Bell pepper is not only an excellent source of carotenoids, but also a source of over 30 different members of the carotenoid nutrient family. A recent study from Spain took a close look vitamin C, vitamin E, and six of these carotenoids (alpha-carotene, beta-carotene, lycopene, lutein, cryptoxanthin and zeaxanthin) in all commonly eaten foods and found that only two vegetables contained at least two-thirds of all the listed nutrients. One of these foods was tomato, and the other was sweet bell pepper! Bell pepper alone provided 12% of the total zeaxanthin found in the participants' diets. (Bell pepper also provided 7% of the participants' total vitamin C intake.)
• If you want to maximize the availability of vitamin C and carotenoids from bell pepper, allow this amazing vegetable to ripen. Recent studies have shown that the vitamin C content and the carotenoid content of bell pepper both increase with ripening. When the vitamin C and carotenoid content of bell peppers increases, so does their total antioxidant capacity, which can be a source of great health benefits. Growers can allow bell peppers to ripen on the plant prior to harvest (which means that you will be able to purchase them in the grocery store in a ripened state). Or, if harvested early in the ripening stage, bell peppers can still be allowed to ripen post-harvest and after you've purchased them and brought them home from the market. In one recent study, the vitamin C in not-fully-ripe bell peppers continued to increase during home storage over a period of about 10 days. It can, though, be difficult to tell whether a bell pepper is optimally ripe. Most--but not all--gr een bell peppers will turn red in color over time, but they may be optimally ripe before shifting over from green to red. A good rule of thumb is to judge less by their basic color and more by their color quality as well as overall texture and feel. Whether green, red, yellow, or orange, optimally ripe bell peppers will have deep, vivid colors, feel heavy for their size, and be firm enough to yield only slightly to pressure.
• Higher heat cooking can damage some of the delicate phytonutrients in bell peppers. In one recent study from Turkey, the effects of grilling on sweet green bell peppers were studied with respect to one particular phytonutrient - the flavonoid called luteolin. Prior to grilling, the bell peppers were found to contain about 46 milligrams/kilogram of this important antioxidant and anti-inflammatory flavonoid. After grilling for 7-8 minutes at a temperature of 150C (302F), about 40% of the luteolin was found to be destroyed. This loss of luteolin from hi gher heat cooking is one of the reasons we like cooking methods for bell peppers that use lower heat for a very short period of time.
• Although we tend to think about cruciferous vegetables like broccoli or allium vegetables like onions and garlic as vegetables that are richest in sulfur-containing compounds, bell peppers can also be valuable sources of health-supportive sulfur compounds. Several recent studies have taken a close look at the presence of enzymes in bell peppers called cysteine S-conjugate beta-lyases and their role in a sulfur-containing metabolic pathway called the thiomethyl shunt. These enzymes and this pathway may be involved in some of the anti-cancer benefits that bell pepper has shown in some animal and lab studies. They may serve as the basis for some of the anti-cancer benefits shown by green, yellow, red and orange vegetable intake in recent studies, including a recent study on risk reduction for gastric cancer and esophageal cancer.

WHFoods Recommendations for Bell Peppers

Of all of the cooking methods we tried when cooking bell peppers, our favorite is Healthy Sauté. We think that it provides the greatest flavor and is also a method that allows for concentrated nutrient retention.
To Healthy Sauté bell peppers, heat 3 TBS of broth (vegetable or chicken) or water in a stainless steel skillet. Once bubbles begin to form add sliced red bell peppers, cover, and Healthy Sauté for 3 minutes on medium heat. After 3 minutes add 2 TBS broth, then cook uncovered on low heat for another 4 minutes, stirring constantly. Transfer to a bowl and toss with our Mediterranean Dressing. (See our Healthy Sautéed Red Bell Peppers recipe for details on how to prepare this dish.)

Health Benefits of Eating Bell Peppers

Bell Peppers provide numerous health benefits including:

• Anti-oxidant support
• Potential anti-cancer benefits

For more details on bell peppers' health benefits, see this section of our bell peppers write-up.

Nutritional Profile of Bell Peppers

Bell peppers are an outstanding source of antioxidant and anti-inflammatory phytonutrients. These phytonutrients include flavonoids (luteolin, quercetin, hesperidin) and hydroxycinnamic acids (especially ferulic and cinnamic acids). But the hallmark phytonutrient group found in bell peppers is the carotenoid family, with more than 30 different carotenoids being provided by this vegetable. Included in bell pepper carotenoids are alpha-carotene, beta-carotene, cryptoxanthin, lutein, and zeaxanthin. One cup of raw, chopped red peppers provides over 100% of the DV for immune-supportive vitamin C and vitamin A. Red peppers are also an excellent source of nerve-supportive vitamin B6. Green peppers are a very good source of heart-healthy fiber, folate, and vitamin K as well as the enzyme-supportive molybdenum and manganese.
For more on this nutrient-rich vegetable, including references related to this Latest News, see our write-up on bell peppers.

Insight for the Day 6/26/12

"Most people are not going after what they want. Even some of the most serious goal seekers and goal setters - they're going after what they think they can get."

Bob Proctor
Author and Speaker

Insight for the Day 6/25/12

"Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced."
James Baldwin

1924-1987, Novelist, Playwright and Poet

The Meaning of Dreams

So is Freud on to something when talking about interpreting your dreams? Maybe, maybe not.


The fact remains that dreams are a part of our night whether or not the meaning of dreams can be tied to what’s going on in our lives. However, we can’t deny that dreams can be powerful and intense and can impact the beginning of a brand new day.

Are You Smart About Sleep?

Do you wake up feeling rested on most days of the week, or are you just not a morning person? Getting a good night’s sleep affects every aspect of your day, including your mood and your ability to be productive. And if that doesn’t get your attention, listen up: Your sleep habits can even affect the number on the scale. Find out if you’re smart about sleep, or if you need to be schooled by the Sandman with this sleep quiz.

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Ever feel like you are running in place? An Article by Dr Robert Anthony

I recently talked with a friend who said he'd turned his $50,000
per year business into a $300,000 per year business in just 2
years! He asked if I wanted to know how he did it. I replied that
of course I wanted to know. 

His answer was quite simple. In fact, it's so simple that you're
likely to dismiss it as too obvious. I agree that it sounds like
common sense, but it's not commonly applied. When you really put
this idea into action, you can take your results to a whole new
level. 

In a nutshell this was the lesson: 

In life you will always have your ups and downs, your successes and
failures. Sometimes things go well for you. Sometimes they go
poorly. 

When you succeed or fail, there's always a CAUSE. You can backtrack
your results to figure out what caused them. You might not be able
to do this perfectly, but you'll usually have a pretty good idea of
the contributing factors. 

What caused your income, your health, and your relationships to
improve over the past few years? 

What caused things to get worse? 

Can you identify the specific causes of your best and worst results? 

Once you know the contributing factors to your hits and your
misses, your goal is to deliberately do more of what causes the
successes and deliberately do less of what caused the failures. 

Of course some of the contributing factors may not be under your
direct control, but some of those factors will be. Focus your
efforts on what you can control, and don't worry about what's
outside your control. 

I must admit that it was hard for me. I thought this was an
oversimplification, but I decided to try it anyway. I thought maybe
he knew something I didn't. I figured I had nothing to lose. 

What I discovered was there were several things that I was doing
that were not working very well, but I kept doing the same thing. 
Also, there were several things that I was doing that worked really
well, but they were often neutralized by the things that were not
working so well.  In the end it seemed like I was running in place
or advancing very slowly.

You can apply this same idea to improve your results in any area of
your life -- your income, your career, your relationships, your
health -- even your spiritual development. Notice what creates a
success for you, and do more of it. Notice what causes less than
desirable results or a dry spell, and do less of it. 

If you haven't had a success experience for a long time, you can 
basically throw out whatever you're currently doing in that area 
because it clearly isn't working. You'll have to experiment more 
to figure out what does work. If you already know that your 
current efforts aren't working, there's no point in continuing 
along the same path. 

You aren't doomed to become a victim of your past, but your past
surely contains clues that can help you enjoy an even better
present and future. Sometimes the simplest ideas are the best. 

Today will bring you a new awareness, a lesson or a manifestation
that you are making progress - IF YOU LOOK FOR IT!  No matter how
large or small, please record it in your Evidence Journal. It will
only take a few moments and will AUTOMATICALLY put you in the Flow.

Truly Caring for Your Success!

Dr. Robert Anthony

Today's Recipe - 15-Minute Braised Fennel Salmon

Today's Recipe
If you don't know what to serve for dinner tonight ...
This is a great way to enjoy fennel. The flavor of the fennel wonderfully complements the rich taste of salmon for a complete meal that takes only 15 minutes to prepare!

15-Minute Braised Fennel Salmon

Prep and Cook Time: 15 minutes
Ingredients:

• 1-1/2 lbs salmon fillet, cut into 8 pieces, skin and bones removed
• 1 TBS + 1/4 cup chicken or vegetable broth
• 1 large fennel bulb sliced thin, save 1 TBS chopped green tops to use for garnish
• 2 TBS fresh squeezed lemon juice
• salt and white pepper to taste

Directions:

1. Season salmon with a little salt and white pepper. Set aside.
2. Heat 1 TBS broth in 10-12 inch stainless steel skillet. Healthy Sauté fennel bulb in broth over medium heat for 1 minute stirring constantly.
3. Add 1/2 cup broth, lemon juice, pinch salt and pepper, and place salmon on top.
4. Reduce heat to low and cover. Cook for about 5 minutes. Do not overcook fennel, or it will lose its flavor. Sprinkle with chopped green fennel tops. Adjust seasoning to taste and serve.

Serves 4 Serving Suggestions: Serve with

• Pureed Sweet Peas

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Healthy Food Tip

Can the way different nutrients react with each other be problematic for your health?

If you are asking this question very broadly-not necessarily in the context of food-the answer is definitely "yes." Nutrients can undergo what are called "antagonisms" with each other. Nutrient antagonisms are interactions that prevent each nutrient from being fully active in our metabolism. (The opposite of nutrient antagonisms are called "synergisms." Sometimes nutrients cannot be fully active unless they are present in combination.) There are literally hundreds of nutrient antagonisms-so much so that very large research volumes (like Bodwell and Erdman's Nutrient Interactions, Marcel Dekker, New York, 1988) have been written on this topic.

However, if you were asking specifically about food and food nutrients, I would not ordinarily worry about the interactions based upon levels of nutrients that are present in natural, whole foods.

All whole, natural foods contain many different nutrients, and there will be natural antagonisms and synergisms among nutrients found within every whole food. There may be situations in which you want to avoid some foods specifically because of the nutrient antagonisms involved. For example, if you were very deficient in copper, but very well nourished in zinc, you might not want to regularly consume zinc-rich foods because zinc and copper are minerals that can interfere with each other metabolically. However, this type of situation would be unique to a particular individual at a particular time for reasons of personal health history, lifestyle, and genetic predisposition. A balanced Healthiest Way of Eating focused on whole, natural foods could not create this type of imbalance. One of the reasons I like whole, natural foods is that nature has taken care of the nutrient interactions for us. Nutrients are supposed to interact with each other while we are digesting food and also after we have absorbed it. In fact, the nutrients found in food were interacting with each other long before the food was ever harvested. Provided that a food is whole, natural, organically grown, and carefully handled post-harvest and during the preparation of a meal in our kitchen, I trust the naturally occurring nutrient interactions to work in support of our health.

Insight for the Day 6/21/12

"Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind."

Eric Hoffer
1902-1983, Author

Today's Recipe - 3-Minute Scallops

Today's Recipe
If you don't know what to serve for dinner tonight ...
For great flavor without the use of heated fats or oils, "Healthy Sauté" your scallops.
3-Minute Scallops
Prep and Cook Time: 10 minutes
Ingredients:

• 1/2 lb bay scallops or sea scallops
• 1 TBS low-sodium chicken or vegetable broth
• 2 medium cloves garlic
• 1 TBS extra virgin olive oil
• 1 TBS fresh lemon juice
• sea salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

1. Chop garlic and let sit for 5 minutes to enhance its health-promoting benefits.
2. Heat 1 TBS broth over medium heat in a stainless steel skillet.
3. When broth begins to steam, add scallops and garlic and sauté for 2 minutes stirring frequently. After 2 minutes, turn scallops over and let cook on the other side for 1 minute. Scallops cook very quickly so watch your cooking time. Overcooked scallops become tough. (If you are using larger sea scallops, you'll need to cook for 1-2 minutes longer.)
4. Dress with extra virgin olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, salt and pepper.

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Healthy Food Tip

Can salmon be a good source of iodine?

If you are trying to maximize your iodine intake from fish, you'll probably want to stick with saltwater versus freshwater species since they tend to contain more iodine. Examples of saltwater fish include cod, halibut, and tuna. Examples of freshwater fish include lake trout and lake herring. Scallops, clams, shrimp, mussels, and oysters all come in both freshwater and saltwater varieties and the saltwater varieties are more likely to provide you with iodine than the freshwater ones. Since salmon go through both freshwater and saltwater phases during their lifecycle, they can vary widely in their iodine content for this reason. While not a reliable source, salmon can sometimes provide up to 60-70 micrograms of iodine in about 3-4 ounces of fish, or about 40% of the recommended daily value.

Who are you spending time with? Great article by Dr Robert Anthony

Here is something that I find holds most people back from achieving
the riches they deserve, but it is one of the most difficult things
to change. It concerns relationships.

As you expand and grow, so will your relationships.  When you
choose to become great, people around you will line up in force to
convince you to stay where you are and keep you stuck. Not because
they are bad. They're not. It's because they value security and
dislike uncertainty.

If your objective is to vibrate at a higher level and attract higher
and higher results in your life, you will find it difficult, if not
impossible to do so, if everything around you is reinforcing the
contrary. 

If you look at the people you are close to and they are not going
in the same direction, or at least not supporting you in the 
direction you are going, then they are most likely not thinking 
the things you are thinking or doing the things you are doing. They 
will hold you back, plain and simple.  If you want to grow you 
must surround yourself with like minded people.

Are you spending time with people who support you and are helping
you move toward your intentions? Or, are you investing your time and
energy with people who are holding you back? 

This was a hard lesson for me to learn.  At one point in my life I
tried to "ration lies" in my mind that I could still surround
myself with the same people that I had outgrown. I tried to make it
work, but in my heart I knew they were bringing me down to a level
where I was no longer comfortable.

I decided I no longer wanted to spend high quality time with people
I didn't want to be around. It wasn't easy, but I have never
regretted it. I started spending time with people who aspired to
values, traits and accomplishments similar to mine. It wasn't long
before I had new friends who supported who I was becoming and where
I was going. It is without a doubt one of the most empowering
things I have done.

Just accept that when you choose to pursue your greatness that your
peer group doesn't possess, they will try to stop you or slow you
down. Surround yourself with people who share the vibrations that 
you are giving to the universe and you will find that you will 
achieve your dreams and desires much faster and much easier.

Today will bring you a new awareness, a lesson or a manifestation
that you are making progress - IF YOU LOOK FOR IT!  No matter how
large or small, please record it in your Evidence Journal. It will
only take a few moments and will AUTOMATICALLY put you in the Flow.

Truly Caring for Your Success!

Dr. Robert Anthony
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Insight for the Day 6/20/12

"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts."

Marcus Aurelius
121-180 AD, Roman Emperor and Philosopher

Insight for the Day 6/19/12

"The only people you should get even with are those who have helped you."

Napoleon Hill
1883-1970, Author

Are you surrounded? Article by Dr Robert Anthony

Here is something that I find holds most people back from achieving
the riches they deserve, but it is one of the most difficult things
to change. It concerns relationships.

As you expand and grow, so will your relationships.  When you
choose to become great, people around you will line up in force to
convince you to stay where you are and keep you stuck. Not because
they are bad. They're not. It's because they value security and
dislike uncertainty.

If your objective is to vibrate at a higher level and attract higher
and higher results in your life, you will find it difficult, if not
impossible to do so, if everything around you is reinforcing the
contrary. 

If you look at the people you are close to and they are not going
in the same direction, or at least not supporting you in the 
direction you are going, then they are most likely not thinking 
the things you are thinking or doing the things you are doing. They 
will hold you back, plain and simple.  If you want to grow you 
must surround yourself with like minded people.

Are you spending time with people who support you and are helping
you move toward your intentions? Or, are you investing your time and
energy with people who are holding you back? 

This was a hard lesson for me to learn.  At one point in my life I
tried to "ration lies" in my mind that I could still surround
myself with the same people that I had outgrown. I tried to make it
work, but in my heart I knew they were bringing me down to a level
where I was no longer comfortable.

I decided I no longer wanted to spend high quality time with people
I didn't want to be around. It wasn't easy, but I have never
regretted it. I started spending time with people who aspired to
values, traits and accomplishments similar to mine. It wasn't long
before I had new friends who supported who I was becoming and where
I was going. It is without a doubt one of the most empowering
things I have done.

Just accept that when you choose to pursue your greatness that your
peer group doesn't possess, they will try to stop you or slow you
down. Surround yourself with people who share the vibrations that 
you are giving to the universe and you will find that you will 
achieve your dreams and desires much faster and much easier.

Today will bring you a new awareness, a lesson or a manifestation
that you are making progress - IF YOU LOOK FOR IT!  No matter how
large or small, please record it in your Evidence Journal. It will
only take a few moments and will AUTOMATICALLY put you in the Flow.

Truly Caring for Your Success!

Dr. Robert Anthony
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Insight for the Day 6/18/12

"A good character is, in all cases, the fruit of personal exertion. It is not inherited from parents; it is not created by external advantages; it is no necessary appendage of birth, wealth, talents, or station; but it is the result of one's own endeavors - the fruit and reward of good principles manifested in a course of virtuous and honorable action."

Joel Hawes
Pastor

Today's Recipe - Crispy Turkey Salad

Today's Recipe
 If you don't know what to serve for dinner tonight ... Add this nutrient-rich, meal-in-one salad to your Healthiest Way of Eating. Salads are only limited by your imagination......


           Crispy Turkey Salad 
   


Prep and Cook Time: 10 minutes
Ingredients:

• 4 cups mixed salad greens
• 1/2 medium tomato, sliced
• 3 oz sliced turkey breast, cut into 1/2-inch strips
• 2 oz crimini mushrooms, sliced
• 1 TBS blue cheese dressing

Directions:
Top salad greens with rest of ingredients and top with blue cheese dressing (or your favorite vinaigrette).
Serves 1
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Healthy Food Tip

Can oils be purely saturated or unsaturated?

Oils are always a mixture of fat types. There is no such thing as an oil that is purely saturated, purely monounsaturated, or purely polyunsaturated. There is saturated fat in the very best cooking oil you will ever buy! But in most cases, there is not more than 20%, and most plant oils will contain at least 75% unsaturated fat. The only common exceptions I know to this rule are coconut oil and palm oil, which contain about 75% and 50% saturated fat, respectively.

Once you get into the unsaturated contents of a cooking oil, you find very different balances of monunsaturates and polyunsaturates. Olive oil (about 77% monounsaturated), avocado oil (about 68% monounsaturated) and canola oil (about 60% monounsaturated) are unusual in their high level of monounsaturates. For plant oils, they are relatively low in polyunsaturates and less susceptible to heat and oxygen damage for this reason. Despite its very high monounsaturate content, I still don't like cooking with olive oil because its phytonutrient contents (for example, its polyphenols) are just too delicate.

At the other end of the spectrum, you'll find oils like sunflower, safflower, corn, and soy to contain at least 60% polyunsaturates. This high polyunsaturate content makes these oils especially susceptible to heat and oxygen damage. If you insist on cooking with these oils, I recommend that you select the high-oleic versions of these oils to gain a little more protection from heat damage.

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A Thought for Today 6/15/12

Today's Recipe - 15-Minute Healthy Sautéed Asparagus and Tofu

Today's Recipe
If you don't know what to serve for dinner tonight ...
 

Add this quick-and-easy vegetarian meal to your Healthiest Way of Eating this week. Prepared by using our Healthy Sauté cooking method it has great flavor with a minimal number of ingredients and without any heated oils. Enjoy!

                                         15-Minute Healthy Sautéed Asparagus and Tofu

Prep and Cook Time: 20 minutes
Ingredients:

• 1 medium onion, cut in half and sliced medium thick
• 4 medium cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 TBS vegetable broth
• 2 TBS minced fresh ginger
• 3 cups thin asparagus, cut in 2-inch lengths
• 1 medium red bell pepper, thin julienne in 1-inch lengths
• 4 oz extra firm tofu, cut in 1/2-inch cubes
• 1 TBS soy sauce
• 2 TBS rice vinegar
• 1 tsp toasted sesame seeds
• salt and white pepper to taste

Directions:

1. Slice onions and chop garlic and let both sit for at least 5 minutes to bring out their hidden health benefits.
2. Heat 1 TBS broth in a 10-12 inch stainless steel skillet. Healthy Sauté onion in broth over medium high heat for about 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
3. Add garlic, ginger, asparagus, and peppers and continue to healthy sauté for another 1 minute, stirring constantly.
4. Add tofu, soy sauce, and vinegar. Turn heat to low and cover for about 2 minutes, or until vegetables are tender, yet still crisp.
5. Season with salt and pepper and sprinkle with sesame seeds.

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Healthy Food Tip

Can I get an antioxidant overdose from the World's Healthiest Foods?

What's so remarkable about research on antioxidants is that food studies consistently show benefits-and only benefits-to balanced consumption of whole foods that provide a natural combination of antioxidants. Studies showing increased health risk from consumption of antioxidants have always been studies that included dietary supplements of antioxidants-and usually a few select antioxidants. While antioxidant supplements can definitely play a helpful role in lowering our risk of disease, it's a mistake to think about antioxidant supplements as a kind of "insurance program" or "safety net" where we're just building up our army of "good guys." Our bodies depend on natural combinations of antioxidants that are present in whole, unprocessed foods, and that's one of the key reasons the World's Healthiest Foods are your best antioxidant bet.

Health Thought for Today 6/15/12

Funny Joke for Today 6/15/12

Insight for the Day 6/14/12

"Fantasies are more than substitutes for unpleasant reality; they are also dress rehearsals, plans. All acts performed in the world begin in the imagination."

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
1934-2002, Journalist and Essayist

Today's Recipe - Asian Chicken Salad

Today's Recipe
If you don't know what to serve for dinner tonight ...

Avoid dry chicken breasts by using our Quick Broil cooking methodâ€"it's a great way to retain the moisture and flavor of chicken when you want to include it as part of your Healthiest Way of Eating. Enjoy this tasty recipe and the health benefits that come from it's wealth of health-promoting nutrients.

Prep and Cook Time: 30 minutes
Ingredients:

• 2 boneless chicken breasts, skin on
• 5 cups Chinese cabbage, sliced thin
• 1/2 cup shredded carrot
• 1/2 cup minced scallion
• 1/2 cup sliced almonds
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
• 2 TBS toasted sesame seeds
• Optional: 2 TBS dried hijiki or arame seaweed, soaked in 1 cup warm water and chopped*
• Dressing
• 2 TBS extra olive oil
• 2 TBS soy sauce
• 1/4 cup rice vinegar
• 3 TBS honey
• pinch red pepper flakes
• salt & white pepper to taste
• *The safety factors regarding sea vegetables, such as hijiki

Directions:

1. Preheat broiler. Place a stainless steel (be sure the handle is also stainless steel) or cast iron skillet in the broiler, about 7 inches from the heat source, to get it very hot. Season chicken with a little salt and pepper.
2. If you are using hijiki or arame place it in a small bowl of hot water to soften for about 10 minutes.
3. While pan is heating, thinly slice cabbage, and shred carrot. Carrot is easily shredded in food processor with shredding blade. Otherwise you can shred it by hand, or slice it thin. Chop cilantro and scallion cabbage and carrot mixture. Add sliced almonds. Squeeze excess water from hijiki, chop if needed, and add to salad.
4. When pan is hot, about 10 minutes, remove from broiler, and place chicken in pan, skin side up, and return to broiler. Cook for about 15 minutes depending on thickness of chicken. This is our Quick Broil cooking method. When done and cool enough to touch, remove skin, and cut into bite-size pieces.
5. Whisk together olive oil, soy sauce, rice vinegar, honey, red pepper flakes, salt, and pepper. Toss with cabbage mixture and chicken. Sprinkle with sesame seeds. (You can buy sesame seeds that are already toasted.)

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Healthy Food Tip

Which has more nutrients - the stems or florets of broccoli?

The florets and stems of broccoli are very similar in their nutrient content, and both are excellent parts of broccoli to include as part of your Healthiest Way of Eating. The amount of most B vitamins, minerals, and fiber are very similar in the two parts of the plant (on an ounce-for-ounce basis). The largest difference I've seen documented in the research literature involves beta-carotene, which is about seven times more plentiful in the florets than in the stems. On an ounce-for-ounce basis, the darker green florets also contain more chlorophyll than the lighter green stalks. Since the stalks take a little longer to steam than the florets, it is best to begin cooking them first and after about two minutes add the florets to the steamer.
You didn't mention broccoli leaves in your question, but the leaves of the broccoli plant are also excellent sources of nutrients. They are actually higher in beta-carotene than the florets and can contain phytonutrients that aren't found in the stems and florets.
For more information on this topic, please see:

• Broccoli

Today's Recipe - 5 Spice Salmon

If you don't know what to serve for dinner tonight ...
 

The balanced flavor in this Asian flavored dish with Chinese 5 spice (a combination of star anise), cloves, cinnamon, huajiao (Sichuan pepper) and ground fennel seeds) is wonderful. This is a surprising dish that is both light, yet very flavorful. It is full of nutrition, and very easy to prepare.

Prep and Cook Time: 30 minutes
Ingredients:

• 1 lb salmon filet cut into 4 pieces
• 6 dried medium shiitake mushrooms soaked in 3/4 cup hot water for about 15 minutes (save water)
• 1 medium sized onion, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 TBS fresh ginger, chopped, or 1/3 tsp dried
• 1 cup vegetable stock
• 1 tsp 5 spice powder (can be found in Asian section in supermarket)
• 3/4 cup fresh orange juice
• 2 TBS molasses
• 2 tsp arrowroot
• 4 cups shredded Chinese, or Napa cabbage
• 6 scallion, chopped
• salt and white pepper to taste

Directions:

1. Soak shiitake mushrooms in 3/4 cup hot water. Slice when soft cutting out stem. Preheat broiler on high.
2. Healthy Sauté onion in medium saucepan over medium low heat for about 5 minutes stirring frequently. Add ginger and garlic and continue to sauté for another minute. Add vegetable stock, 5 spice powder, orange juice, and molasses. Simmer for 15 minutes. Strain and discard all but liquid. Place liquid back into pan, and thicken with arrowroot dissolved in a little water while simmering.
3. While sauce is cooking, simmer in another medium sized sauté pan cabbage, mushrooms, scallion, salt and pepper in mushroom water for 5 minutes.
4. Rub salmon with salt and pepper. (You can Quick Broil with the skin on; it just takes a minute or two longer. The skin will peel right off after cooking.)
5. When pan is hot, use a hot pad to pull out the pan from the heat and place salmon on it, skin side down. Return to broiler. Keep in mind that it is cooking rapidly on both sides so it will be done very quickly (usually about 7 minutes for every inch of thickness.

Serves 4 For optimum flavor and nutrition serve with:

• Cucumber, Seaweed Salad

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Healthy Food Tip

Can I eat shrimp everyday?

Wild shrimp and organically farmed shrimp are nutrient-rich and low in calories-two of the reasons that we included shrimp on our website as a World's Healthiest Food. It's also very unusual to find a food that is rich in the same combination of nutrients as shrimp-selenium, vitamin D, and vitamin B12. Because this particular list of nutrients is often deficient in the U.S. diet, shrimp could play a unique role by "filling in the gaps" for all three nutrients all at once.
Shrimp is also a good seafood to include in a Healthiest Way of Eating since many varieties are very low in mercury levels, good news for those who are looking to enjoy seafood but reduce their exposure to this contaminant. In its excellent 2007 report (Sunderland EM. Mercury Exposure from Domestic and Imported Estuarine and Marine Fish in the U.S. Seafood Market. Environmental Health Perspectives Volume 115, Number 2), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) determined wild-caught shrimp to have an average of .03-.04 ppm (parts per million) of mercury. I classify any fish with mercury content lower than .1 ppm level as a fish with "very low" mercury since this level is 1/10th of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Action Level for mercury in fish and shellfish.
All of that being said, and even if a person was deficient in selenium, vitamin D, and vitamin B12, I would not recommend eating shrimp every day. We don't know enough about any individual food-or any specific food combinations-to know that constant consumption of a single food is better than variety and rotation of foods within the Healthiest Way of Eating. But we have plenty of evidence to suggest that variety is your best bet when it comes to the World's Healthiest Foods.
The other concern about shrimp is that they do contain cholesterol. Four ounces of cooked shrimp contains about 220 milligrams of cholesterol. For some people, this isn't an issue, but for others it is. Therefore, I would suggest that while you may want to include wild shrimp or organically farmed shrimp as a healthy addition to your Healthiest Way of Eating, you might want to not include it every day. I think it is better to alternate it with other nutrient-rich protein sources such as other types of seafood or legumes/beans.
For more information on this topic, see:

• Shrimp
• Weight loss diet

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The symptoms of menopause are enough to make a grown woman cry. From hot flashes to mood swings to weight gain, you might feel like you are trapped in someone else’s body. To make matters worse, menopause is often accompanied by other life upheavals, such as the kids going off to college and leaving you with an empty (and hot!) nest. Rest assured, you can combat these common symptoms of menopause and perimenopause with your sanity and sexuality intact.

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Working and Exercising!

 

Exercise boasts many benefits - it burns calories; decreases the risk for many chronic diseases; reduces or prevents, high blood pressure; lessens feelings of depression and anxiety; strengthens bones and muscles; and improves mood.

Adults should get at least 150 minutes of moderate intensity aerobic activity each week along with 2 or more days of muscle strengthening activities. However, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 60% of adults do not achieve the recommended amount of physical activity. In fact, 25% of all adults perform no activity at all.For many people, finding time to exercise before or after work is near impossible. But physical activity need not be separate from work. Several research studies have found that people are more productive and in better moods at work when they exercise during the day. Here are some tips to help you reach your physical activity goals while you work. 

Use a Balance Ball

 Exchanging your desk chair for a balance ball is an easy way to improve your health immediately. A balance ball requires the body to constantly adjust in order to achieve stability and proper alignment of the spine. The body must use the core muscles - the abdominals, hips and back - to achieve this. Not only will a balance ball improve your posture, but it will give you a low impact workout throughout the day.

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This is a KEY to success -- are you missing it? - Another great article by Dr Robert Anthony

Are you an optimist or a pessimist?  Psychologist Martin Seligman,
the godfather of the positive psychology moment, conducted
extensive research in optimists versus pessimists. What he found
was optimism can be learned. He discovered that optimists
consistently talk about what they are rather than what they are
not, or what they have instead of what they don't have. Pessimists
have one thing in common, they talk about why things are not the
way they should be and what they don't have. 

We are not born pessimists. In fact, all children are optimists
until we program them differently. Stand outside any amusement park
on any given weekend and talk to the families that exit. Kids come
out and you ask them, "What did you think of the park?" The gush,
"Oh that was so cool!" Now talk to the parents and here is what
they say, "Lines are too long".  "Food was overpriced". "The damn
noise and crowds get on my nerves". So is the amusement park a
happy place or a place from hell? The answer is - it is neither. It
depends on the meaning we give to it.

How did we go from being born optimists to being pessimists?
Somewhere along the way we were trained not to be optimistic in
case things don't work out.  If you are too optimistic and things
don't work out you will be very disappointed.  But if you are
pessimistic and they don't work out you will be less disappointed
and of course, you will be "right".  

Seligman also states that we can learn or relearn how to be
optimistic. According to his research optimists outperform
pessimists ten to one!  Maybe it is time to reprogram our thinking
and ask, "What is good about this situation?" and if we cannot find
the good, ask, "What does my reaction to this say about me?" This 
can help you to become more of an optimist.

Today will bring you a new awareness, a lesson or a manifestation
that you are making progress - IF YOU LOOK FOR IT!  No matter how
large or small, please record it in your Evidence Journal. It will
only take a few moments and will AUTOMATICALLY put you in the Flow.

Truly Caring for Your Success!

Dr. Robert Anthony

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How do we create meaning? - An article by Dr Robert Anthony

Nothing in life has any meaning besides the meaning we give it.  
How do we create meaning?  In many cases we are programmed by our
culture and the people around us.  The truth is that all meaning is
subjective.  Some of us are taught that having designer clothes, a
perfect body and having a lot of money is the true meaning of
success. In other cultures having a loin cloth, a lip plate, long
earlobes and living off the land is the true meaning of success. 

Some of us are taught that death is sadness and others believe it is
joyful because we get rid of our warn-out bodies so our spirit can
move on and have more fun!

Imagine you are in the ocean and you are a poor swimmer. Behind you
is a huge wave. Now what do you think? Do you think what an
exciting and fun wave? No! You're scared as hell. Now imagine you
are an experienced surfer and the same wave comes up behind you. 
You say, "Cool. Hang ten. What a wave dude". Did the wave change?
Obviously it was just the meaning you gave to it.

If nothing in life has any meaning besides what you give to it then
your experiences in life have nothing to do with what is happening 
in your life, but everything to do with the meaning you attach it 
to.

Understanding that you can choose the meaning to the events in your
life gives you a tremendous power to change the quality of your
experiences, the quality of your results and the quality of your
life.  

If you feel angry or upset ask yourself, "What does my reaction to
this say about me?" In other words, what do I have to believe to
experience the emotions I am experiencing right now in this
situation?  In short, you define your own experiences.  You create
your own meaning.

Today will bring you a new awareness, a lesson or a manifestation
that you are making progress - IF YOU LOOK FOR IT!  No matter how
large or small, please record it in your Evidence Journal. It will
only take a few moments and will AUTOMATICALLY put you in the Flow.

Truly Caring for Your Success!

Dr. Robert Anthony
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Insight for the Day 6/13/12

"My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose - somehow we win out."

Ronald Reagan
1911-2004, 40th President of the United States

Insight for the Day 6/12/12

"It is not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left."

Hubert Humphrey
1911-1978, Politician

Insight for the Day 6/11/12

"You have to believe in yourself, that's the secret. Even when I was in the orphanage, when I was roaming the street trying to find enough to eat, even then I thought of myself as the greatest actor in the world."

Charlie Chaplin
1889-1977, Comic Actor

Insight for the Day 6/6/12

"If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much."

Jim Rohn
1930-2009, Author and Speaker

Insight for the Day 6/7/12

"Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start."

Nido Qubein
Author and Speaker

Insight for the Day 6/4/12

"If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence."

Richard DeVos
Co-founder of Amway

Insight for the Day 5/31/12

"Decide where you are going and how you are to get there. Then make a start from where you now stand."

Napoleon Hill
1883-1970, Author of Think and Grow Rich