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Wow! Can you believe it January is over. It just flew by. How many of us “thought” about our new goals but that was it? How many didn’t even get to “think” about the goals?

February, the month of heart awareness and LOVE. So love yourself and set your “plan” for the year.
Do you want to “feel” better?
Do you want to “live” better?
Do you want to get our of debt and not rely on those “credit cards”.

I book I strongly suggest is one by Dave Ramsey. The Total Money Makeover. Read the book and start your plan. Do it in baby steps but DO IT!

9 years ago I ventured into a home business ( one backed by the BBB and US Chamber) and because of that we are able to stay out of debt. Many times people go out and get a 2nd or even a 3rd job but that pulls us away from family time. What ever you choose to do. Do it NOW.

How are YOU going to reach your 2010 goals?

Chronic disease is on the rise

More than 30 years of environmental health studies have led to a growing consensus that chemicals are playing a role in the incidence and prevalence of many diseases and disorders in our country, including:

Leukemia, brain cancer, and other childhood cancers, which have increased by more than 20% since 1975.[2]
Breast cancer, which went up by 40% between 1973 and 1998.[3] While breast cancer rates have declined since 2003, a woman’s lifetime risk of breast cancer is now one in eight, up from one in ten in 1973.[4]
Asthma, which approximately doubled in prevalence between 1980 and 1995 and has stayed at the elevated rate.[5][6]
Difficulty in conceiving and maintaining a pregnancy affected 40% more women in 2002 than in 1982. The incidence of reported difficulty has almost doubled in younger women, ages 18–25.[7][8][9]
The birth defect resulting in undescended testes, which has increased 200% between 1970 and 1993.[10]
Autism, the diagnosis of which has increased more than 10 times in the last 15 years.[11]

http://healthreport.saferchemicals.org/

Learn how you can buy safer products at WHOLESALE

THIS WAS ORIGINALLY SENT OUT IN MAY 09. So good it needs to be on my blog.

http://health.msn.com/health-topics/aging/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100203163

Flavonoids May Help Treat Alzheimer’s
Compounds found in fruits and vegetables reduced brain plaques in mouse experiments
By Steven Reinberg, HealthDay Reporter

FRIDAY, May 9 (HealthDay News) — Flavonoids, compounds found in many fruits and vegetables, may be able to battle the ravages of Alzheimer’s disease, a new study suggests.
In experiments with mice, two flavonoids called luteolin and diosmin reduced levels of beta-amyloid, which forms the harmful plaques that build up in the brains of those with Alzheimer’s disease.
“Our lab has been investigating beta-amyloid, which is associated with Alzheimer’s, and how we can reduce it using natural compounds,” said lead researcher Kavon Rezai-Zadeh, from the Rashid Laboratory for Developmental Neurobiology at Silver Child Development Center at the University of South Florida.
The research team would like to use the two flavonoids to see if they can reduce amyloid plaque in humans, since they believe flavonoids would be safe and have few side effects compared with drugs that are being developed to reduce amyloid plaque.
Rezai-Zadeh also thinks that flavonoids, which have strong antioxidant properties, might guard against Alzheimer’s. “A lot of these compounds can be derived from the diet, and they may have preventive effects against Alzheimer’s disease,” he said. “Increasing the flavonoids in your diet may help reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s.”
“The question is, can we use these flavonoids in people that have cognitive impairment?” Rezai-Zadeh said. “That’s the million-dollar question.”
The report was published in the May 8 online edition of the Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine.
In the study, Rezai-Zadeh’s team used a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease to test their theory. Using, luteolin and diosmin, the researchers were able to reduce the levels of beta-amyloid in the rodents’ brains.
In addition, the researchers found these two molecules were targeting a protein called presenilin-1, which has been linked to a genetic cause of Alzheimer’s disease. These findings could lead to a new approach for treating Alzheimer’s patients, they said.
One expert is concerned this potential treatment could also affect a patient’s cognitive functioning.
“The authors of this study believe that they have identified a drug with a reasonable safety record that could reduce both plaques and tangles,” said Greg M. Cole, associate director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine in Los Angeles.
However, the enzyme (GSK3) targeted by these flavonoids has many important functions, including a role in processes required for normal cognitive function, Cole said.
“In fact, complete inhibition of GSK3 causes neurons to degenerate. Since cognitive function was not evaluated in this study, researchers still need to learn how much inhibiting GSK3 will be beneficial and side effect-free. That said, this may be a promising new direction,” Cole said.
Another expert cautions that promising findings in mice often do not translate into effective treatments in humans.
“While this paper also shows some promising results in amyloid-depositing mice, we know from our recent experience with Alzhemed [a drug to treat Alzheimer's] and statins that the path from ‘mouse cures’ to ‘human cures’ may be a tough path indeed,” said Dr. Sam Gandy, chairman of the National Medical and Scientific Advisory Council at the Alzheimer’s Association and associate director of the Mount Sinai Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City.
“Both Alzhemed and statins were effective in mice, yet failed in the clinic, so the flavonoid data join NSAIDs, vaccines, PBT2, IVIg, secretase modulators, among others, in the queue of interventions that look promising in mice but remain to be thoroughly assessed in humans,” Gandy said.

Alternatives are safer than “drugs” Fine alternatives and use them.
I use alternatives for hot flashes, mood swings, colds, statin drugs, digestive heath and heart health. How about you? I can refer you to the ones I use daily, just let me know.

Linda
GreenMindedTeam.com

My dear friend Sharon S sent me this movie. Most of the time we do not make people feel important. We take many for granted. This movie touched my heart and I know it will touch yours!

Enjoy

You can practice this at home, at work and EVERYwhere!

GreenMinded makes a difference in the lives of many.

I have been a “sorta” user of Face Book for months now but most recently have stepped it up a few notches. As my home business brings me in contact with people all over the country I use Face Book to connect with them. This way as I build a client relation I am able to learn more about the client and out a “face” with a name!

One of my client connections has her “childhood” pictures posted to Face Book and now I even have a better relation as that we have talked about our childhood.

Look we up on Face Book, I’m under Linda Hamann Blanco

Man is it cold here. Down here in South Florida we are not use to cold weather. This is way cold. They say my 36 degrees is a “feel like” temp. of 24!!!!!!!!!!!
I figure I will start cleaning the house and that will warm me up for sure! So happy cleaning

How do YOU stay warm when it is FREEZing out????

Have you ever heard of a “Vision” Board”? Oprah did an episode on creating a vision board and the “power” behind one. If you want it and can “vision” it then put it on paper and “see” it everyday. LIVE it and it will happen!

WHAT’S A VISION BOARD?
A vision board is simply a visual representation or collage of the things that you want to have, be, or do in your life. It consists of a poster or foam board with cut-out pictures, drawings and/or writing on it of the things that you want in your life or the things that you want to become. The purpose of a vision board is to activate the law of attraction to begin to pull things from your external environment that will enable you to realize your dream. By selecting pictures and writing that charges your emotions with feelings of passion, you will begin to manifest those things into your life.

HOW TO MAKE AND USE YOUR VISION BOARD

Your personal vision board is only limited by the extent of your own creativity. Some of my students have produced simple vision boards and others have made vision boards that could probably sell at an art show for hundreds, if not thousands of dollars. Having artistic ability is not a prerequisite for creating a functional vision board however and the procedures I’ve outlined below can be used by anyone.

The general elements that a well-designed vision board should include are:

Visual. Your subconscious mind works in pictures and images, so make your vision board as visual as possible with as many pictures as you can. You can supplement your pictures with words and phrases to increase the emotional response you get from it.

Emotional. Each picture on your vision board should evoke a positive emotional response from you. The mere sight of your vision board should make you happy and fuel your passion to achieve it every time you look at it.

Strategically-placed. Your vision board should be strategically placed in a location that gives you maximum exposure to it. You need to constantly bath your subconscious mind with it’s energy in order to manifest your desires quicker than you hope.

Personal. Negative feelings, self-doubt, and criticism can damage the delicate energy that your vision board emits. If you fear criticism or justification of your vision board from others, then place it in a private location so it can only be seen by yourself.

Well it is back to school for us here in South Florida which means getting into the routine. I work best with a routine. I need to have a plan for the day so at the end of the day I can “check” off those accomplished tasks. What a great feeling that is!

Working from home as well as my “outside” consulting job I need to “calendar” everything from household chores, to laundry, to running errands to conference calls. Many times we have a tendency to get “off task” and then we just are spinning our wheels and getting nothing accomplished.

Whether you use an online calendar system, a paper calendar system or your cell phone apps you NEED to get organized. Just see how much better it feels to get things done!

Happy New Year. Will it be a “NEW” year for YOU? Will you be making changes?

GreenMindedTeam

Real Christmas Trees are biodegradable, which means they can be easily reused or recycled for mulch and other purposes.

To learn about the many ways that Real Christmas Trees are being recycled and reused in communities nationwide, go here

Other sites to check out

Earth911
CleanUp

Have ideas of your own? Let me know!

Boy did the Holidays come faster this year for all? I thought at the beginning of December I was so organized and in good shape as far as timing goes but here it is one more week, basically, and I still have things to do. Not to mention parties to attend!!

A suggestion for all and that is to just STOP, take some deep breaths and make a list! I find writing things down really helps me. I feel less scattered and more together with my list. Then of course there is that sense of accomplishment when I get to “cross” things off the list!

Enjoy the Holidays and make memories!

A Holiday Wish from the GreenMindedTeam

Make the plan to be “green” in 2010. Let me show you how. We would love to have you join our “green” mission.