Eight Kinds of Food Improve Children's Intelligence

By Lv Hongyu

 


In addition to the genetic and environmental factors, the function of children's brain is also highly related with the nutrition of their daily diet. You may not know, a lot of common food is very beneficial to the development of children's brain. As a result, parents can provide more of these foods for their children.

First, millet:
Millet contains a lot of protein, fat, calcium, iron, vitamin B group and other nutrients, so it is known as the major food for the health of the brain.

Second, egg:
Egg contains plenty of lecithin, which can increase the release of acetylcholine in the brain, so as to improve children's memory. Eating one to two eggs every morning not only can strength children's physique and improve their intelligence, but also can make them full of energy.

Third, fish:
Fish not only contains globulin, albumin and a large number of unsaturated fatty acids, but also is rich in calcium, phosphorus, iron and vitamins, so it can also enhance children's memory.

Fourth, shrimp:
Shrimp contains a great amount of calcium. Every 100 grams of shrimp contains about 2,000 milligrams of calcium. Adequate intake of calcium can ensure the brain in the best working state. In addition, it can also prevent other pediatric diseases caused by calcium deficiency. If the children eat the right amount of shrimp, it can effectively enhance their memory and prevent rickets.

Fifth, milk:
100 grams of milk contains 3.5 grams of protein and 125 milligram of calcium. The calcium in milk can regulate the excitability of nerve and muscle. If the children drink a glass of milk every morning, it can help to improve their cognitive ability and ensure the brain to work efficiently.

Sixth, soybean:
Soybean is rich in quality protein and unsaturated fatty acids, which are the basic ingredients for the growth and repair of brain cells. What's more, soybean also contains lecithin, iron and a variety of vitamins, so adequate intake of soybean can enhance children's memory.

Seventh, onion and garlic:
Both of onion and garlic contain prostaglandin A. As a result, parents can let the children eat some onion and garlic in daily life, which can promote the growth and development of brain cells.

Eighth, animal liver and kidney:
Animal liver and kidney not only are rich in quality proteins and glycolipids, but also contain a lot of choline and iron. Choline can improve the memory, while an adequate supply of iron can provide the brain with sufficient oxygen. As a result, the memory will be improved.

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Quick and Easy Relaxation Techniques To Release Stress

By Elizabeth Beresford

 

 

Are you in need of some quick and easy relaxation techniques that you can use whenever you feel tension build up? Today's world can be very stressful because we have to manage so many strands of life at once. Even when things are going well for us relaxation techniques can help us to keep on top of things, because life isn't easy. So here are some quick and easy techniques to help you to relax when you need to.

Breathing Relaxation Technique

Take a deep breath right down into the bottom of your lungs and hold it for a couple of seconds. Now slowly, to the count of 3 breathe out saying in your mind "relax" and feel your body relaxing and releasing tension. Repeat this sequence four or five times.

When you are going about your normal business try to breath from your diaphragm, that's the bottom of your chest, instead of from the top. If you do this you will feel less stressed all the time.

Imaginary Holiday Break

Close your eyes and breath in and then out slowly as in the previous exercise. Now begin to imagine a place in which you feel calm and relaxed. It could be a beach, the countryside, on a luxury cruise or any place you choose, either real or imaginary.

Simply relax into the scene so that you can feel, hear and even smell the parts of the scene that you are imagining. Let yourself be immersed in it for a few minutes. Then take a deep breath in and then out as you come back to the present.

Office Yoga Relaxation Technique

This one is relaxing for the hands wrists and upper back so it is great for anyone who works at a computer all day.

Place your hands in a prayer pose and press the palms together hard for a moment or two. Then release and lower your hands and arms. Repeat this several times. You will feel the tension in your back being released.

Head and Shoulder Rolls

Bend your head onto your left and then your right shoulder several times. Then bend your head forward onto your chest and backward as far as you can. Repeat a few times. Now turn your head to the right and to the middle and then to the left as far as you can. Repeat each of these head turns two or three times.
Now shrug your shoulders up and hold for a count of five. Then relax down. Repeat a few more times.

Daily Meditation Relaxation Technique

This relaxation technique isn't as quick as the others but if you have 10 or 15 minutes to spare it will help you to cope with daily stress. Simply sit in a chair and close your eyes. Think about your breath going in through your nose down into your lungs resting there for a moment or two and then being released. As you do this your mind will wander but when you catch it just go back to thinking about your breath again.
This is a form of meditation and it should be practiced every day at least twice. If you do it regularly it will have deep healing effects and will be a way to improve your stressful life on a permanent basis.

Progressive Muscle Relaxation

You can't really do this relaxation technique when you are at work but it is worth learning to do at home if you feel very tense. It is a useful one to use if you have trouble sleeping.

For this you simply tense and release each muscle group in turn starting with your feet and working up to the top of your head. As you hold each group very tightly and then release it notice the difference between how it felt before and how it feels now that it is completely relaxed.

This method aims to help you to learn the difference in your body between a relaxed and a tense muscle.

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Four Things You Should Know About Your Subconscious If You Want to Make Changes

 By Gregory Brice




Thousands of people struggle daily with all kinds of problems that seem to resist their best efforts to change them. You know the sort of things I'm talking about. It might be feelings of inadequacy, low self-esteem issues, lack of confidence, overeating and chronic overweight problems, constantly sabotaging relationships, 'performance blockages', fears, depression, anger issues, the inability to let go of bad habits or any one of a million other things.

These kinds of problems are almost always driven by subconscious dynamics - things that are beyond our conscious awareness and conscious control. When this is the case and we want to make true and permanent changes, the subconscious is the only part of us that can make the changes. If it's being caused by the subconscious, it has to be changed by the subconscious. Regardless of the kind of professional or self-help methods we choose, there are several things we should understand about the manner in which our subconscious operates.

* Don't bully your subconscious

Firstly, our subconscious does not respond kindly to being 'bullied'. It does not like being pushed and shoved and 'told what to do' or 'how to be'. Our subconscious demands respect. It responds to what we might call 'gentle persuasion' and suggestion. In most cases, to continue demanding change or bombarding our self with 'positive thinking' or 'affirmations' amounts to 'bullying'. If you have tried those things and have not succeeded, then stop it! If it hasn't worked for you in the past, it will likely not work for you in the future. There is nothing inherently 'wrong' with thinking positively or using the common strategy of 'positive affirmations'. However, where there are deep-seated beliefs, feelings and thoughts that are in opposition to your positive affirmations, you will usually make it worse rather than better. If somewhere deep inside, you don't feel and believe you are 'worthy' for example, to keep consciously telling yourself you are, amounts to lying to yourself and you simply strengthen the underlying belief.

* Don't test your subconscious

Secondly, our subconscious does not like being 'tested'. If you are either doing or think you have done what is necessary to create some kind of change, and then proceed to 'test the results', you will probably be disappointed. By deliberately testing the results of your efforts, you are subtly and strongly implying that you may not have made the changes. After all, why else would you be 'testing' it? This 'negative' implication of course, goes straight to your subconscious. You are in effect, telling your subconscious that you haven't made the change and you will usually respond accordingly! We are naturally and automatically drawn towards our predominating thoughts (especially those that are mostly subconscious) and in this case the predominating (subconscious) thought is the opposite of what you want.

* Analysis is paralysis 

Thirdly, our subconscious hates being analysed. There is a natural process of 'analysis' going on at a subconscious level, 24 hours a day and this is necessary to simply get us through the day. However, if we deliberately and consciously start analysing our thoughts, feelings and responses, we will be trespassing on our subconscious' domain and interfere with this natural process. Regardless of how uncomfortable, unhealthy, or downright bizarre the symptoms might be, the original, subconscious intention behind those symptoms is always positive and protective. Trying to consciously analyse and figure out how or why we feel like this, can be perceived as a threat to this protective role of the subconscious. It is not uncommon for people to undergo years of analysis, only to find the problems remain as deeply entrenched as ever. Thankfully, there are better ways to deal with these things.

* Clock watching

Finally, the subconscious part of us hates being put on a time limit. For reasons similar to those mentioned above, we will often get the opposite of what we want if we try to dictate a time limit for change. The subconscious (when given the right opportunity) will make changes when it is right to do so. With the correct help, some people make change very quickly and others do it more slowly. We are all different and we all respond to change differently. It is again to do with showing the subconscious respect. Putting a time limit on the process of subconscious change can amount to bullying. Due to the universal, so-called 'Law of Reversed Effect', the more impatient you are, the longer it may take you to change. The secret of successful change is to give your subconscious the opportunity it needs and allow the changes to unfold in the manner and the time that is right for you.

Modern therapy methods side step these subconscious 'no-go-zones' and when used correctly, most people get the results they have struggled for, quite quickly and easily. If it's 'too hard' or takes 'too long', you are probably treading on the toes of your subconscious. Remember - its intentions are always pure and it always wants the best for you.

It does, however, demand respect and the proper opportunity to do what is needed. If you would like more information about this, please feel free to visit my Website and contact me.

By, Greg Brice

DCH CACH GSPP FASCH MASTA

Registered P.S.H. therapist
& therapist trainer

Aquamarine - The Romantic Feminine Gemstone for March

By Nigel Hay Mckay

A feminine stone

Aquamarine is a romantic gemstone loved by all women, because its fine blue color suits almost any complexion and eye-color. It's natural shade also makes it a fantastic gemstone to make jewelry with. From lightest sky-blue to the deep-blue of the sea, aquamarines comes in a beautiful range of light blues. A divine and eternal color, since it is the color of the skies.

A gemstone for lovers

Aquamarine's blue brings a feeling of sympathy, trust, harmony and friendship - the ideal gemstone for lovers and married couples. And traditionally, carrying aquamarine is supposed to guarantee a happy marriage and to make its owner happy and rich.

Bringing the ocean

Aquamarine blue is also the color of water with its life-giving properties and the light blue of the seas. According to legend it has its origin in the treasure chest of the legendary mermaids, and has for ages been reputed to be a lucky stone for sailors. The name Aquamarine comes from the Latin terms "aqua" meaning water, and "mare" meaning sea. Allegedly its powers develop best if the stone is immersed in sun-drenched water.

Best aquamarine

Often aquamarine is heat-treated to enhance the color. However, this color change is permanent and quite normal with many gemstones these days. When choosing aquamarine, go for intensity of color and clarity of the stone.

For jewelry

If you make hand-crafted jewelry, aquamarine is a must-use gemstone, ideal for feminine necklaces and bracelets, and jewelry for the spring and Easter seasons. It is the gemstone for March and Pisces and Aries people. Combine it with other pastel light-colored stones, like jade and pearl.

This article is from the new book Gemstone Properties - The benefits of 48 of the most popular gemstones used to make jewelry today. To download a free copy click: http://www.easytofollowbooks.com/gemstonepropertiesdownload.htm.

By Nigel Hay Mckay

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How to Release Stress by Coloring

By Patricia M Hines

 

 

 

  Coloring is a natural childhood joy. You see pure bliss on a child's face when given a new coloring book and especially a new box of crayons. Did you ever notice that one of the first things a child does with her crayons is to smell them? Their smell is invigorating and tantalizing.

Applying color to the black and white pages of a coloring book, is creative, fun, relaxing and you get to create something to be proud of.

Unfortunately as adults, we tend to put our crayons aside for more grown up endeavors. As we mature we put away our artistic aspirations and replace them with more worthwhile activities.

I must admit that personally I bought into this concept hook, line and sinker. When my two older daughters were small, I colored with them, and enjoyed doing it. I never realized the calming effect it had on both the girls and me.

My older daughter continued to draw; she especially drew mandalas and other geometric types of pictures. I was proud of her endeavors for they were truly beautiful. Years passed and any thought of coloring was far from my mind, then after my third daughter was born, coloring resurfaced. I was still too deeply entrenched in the line between childhood and adulthood that I resisted the draw of the crayons.

My daughter is developmentally delayed and autistic, which is very sad, yet at the same time there are many joys. She loves coloring, even as a teenager she has a very large box of coloring books of many types. She loves crayons, especially the new scented crayons; these are crayons that leave behind a scent after you color with them. They have some really good scents such as roses and linen, but most of them smell, well yucky, to me. They have scents such as dirty sneakers, wet dog, and other unusual scents.

I have to admit to ridiculing her for wanting such childish things; I wanted her to be normal. What I didn't realize is that her fondness for coloring and crayons is very normal. It just isn't what most teenage girls spend their time doing.

Finally I saw the light and recognized the almost instant calming and relaxing effect that drawing had on her. It was a fantastic mood-altering, anger reducing experience. At long last, I shut up about telling her to grow up.
I joined her in coloring, using the time to tune into her instead of against her. I found that I enjoyed coloring once again. It did its work on me also. Along with bonding with my child, I also relaxed and enjoyed the calming effect that coloring had on me.

I then did research on the values of coloring for an adult. I found that my kids were right. Coloring is indeed a stress buster. It breaks the circuit of our over-loaded brains filled with never-ending thoughts. I found out that coloring quiets your mind as you focus on your masterpiece.

I also found out that there are no rules when it comes to coloring, color outside the lines; it is surprising a way of breaking the rules, and it feels so good. There are no coloring police to arrest you for breaking the color inside the lines rule. Nor do you have to follow the instructions and use the suggested colors. It is a release that is outstanding.

There are coloring books of every type available for a low price, plus there are pages on the web that you download for free. There are wonderful stained glass types of coloring books that you use colored pencils to color and then put the picture on a window facing the sun and the effect is truly fantastic. Every time you look at it you will re-capture the pleasure you had in creating your masterpiece.

In conclusion get yourself some crayons, colored pencils, markers or paint and allow your self the freedom and stress reducing pleasure of coloring. It is good for you!

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How Humor Makes Stress Disappear

By Patricia M Hines

 

 

 

  We have often been told that laughter is the best medicine. This is a true statement.

Having a sense of humor and finding the funny side of many situations is truly a life saving act.

Much of the distress that stress causes us is the result of perceiving normal daily events in a negative, pessimistic light. Viewing stress in this light can produce illness and disease if it becomes chronic.

If you are able to see the lighter, humorous side of things your stress level will not climb to a dangerous level. In fact, using humor can make negative stress into a positive event and may give you the winners' edge and competitive attitude you need to get ahead.

Research has shown that laughter has amazing health benefits. It can relieve stress, increase pain tolerance and support your immune system.

What can laughter and a good sense of humor do for you?

• It reduces the level of stress hormones and increases the level of health-enhancing hormones. This results in a stronger immune system and fewer physical effects of stress.
• Laughter is a physical release: Have you ever said that you either have to laugh or cry? If you choose laughing you will get a physical and emotional release.
• Internal Workout: A good laugh exercises the diaphragm, contracts the abs and even works out the shoulders leaving more relaxed you afterwards. It even provides a workout for the heart.
• Distraction: Have you ever experienced a child throwing a tantrum, and if you react in an unexpected way or do something silly the tantrum turns into laughter? Laughter breaks the cycle of stress, and anger.
• Social Benefit: People connect with each other through laugher. It is contagious just as smiling and kindness are.
• Find humor in your life: Laugh about life's frustrations instead of complaining about them. Many of the most frustrating events later turn out to be something that you later laugh at. Try a more lighthearted and silly approach to life. You will find life a lot more fun and less stressful.· Fake until you feel it: Just as you should smile until the smile becomes real. Fake laughter provides the same benefits. You body can't tell the difference between 'fake' laughter and real thing the physical benefits are the same.

A good sense of humor and the ability to laugh at life are great ways to enjoy a less stressful life.

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Namasmaran Skepticism, Cynicism And Sarcasm

By Shriniwas Kashalikar

 

There are broadly four stages of our development; which takes us to perfection, self realization, objective existence, eternal truth, sacchidananda, ishwar, paramatma or parmaeshwar.

Traditionally these stages are identified as baddha, mumukshu, sadhak and Siddha.

Baddha means completely oblivious to one's true self and totally lost in one's subjective or petty self. One can say, totally individualistic.

Mumukshu means one who gets ambiguous but haunting "wake up" calls promptings from the core of his or her heart. The restlessness begins. The search of the "self" though, without direction or clarity begins. There doubts, distractions, disturbances and frantic activity like that of a person who just begun to learn swimming.
Sadhak stage begins when the mumukshu gets the guidance and direction for the search. The efforts get rectified and refined. The pace, the swiftness and the momentum increase. The progress however is full of subtle, conflicting, confusing, harrowing, dreadful spells of ordeals in physical, instinctual, emotional and intellectual realms of an individual. These are often destabilizing, uprooting and violent in nature. These are essentially the ordeals which destroy all kind of subjective frameworks of an individual and bring him closer to objective state of existence.

Siddha is a stage; marked by the final and extremely subtle processes of dissolution of subjective or individual self into cosmic self. The struggles in this stage are often beyond the comprehension through language of digits and letters. These stages are beyond the comprehension of our all stages of individual consciousness. These stages are also beyond three dimensions.

When we are in the first 3 stages of development we are tender and delicate within. We are amenable, accessible, vulnerable and susceptible to damaging and harmful influences and inflictions coming from within us; and from the people trapped in various phases of the stage of baddha. Baddhas manifest in many ways. But; possibly the most dangerous manifestations are the powerful inflictions such as the skepticism, cynicism and sarcasm. These manifestations of the baddha individuals are stupefying, disorienting, distracting, distorting, dragging and devastating in nature. The baddha individuals knowingly or unknowingly manifest these and energize, expedite, facilitate the process of dementia, amnesia i.e. loss of memory of our self or soul consciousness; and suck us in the hell of VINASHA! The meaning of VINASHA i.e. ghastly total destruction; according to Geeta, Dnyaneshvari and Dasbodh; and in my experience also; is obliviousness or forgetfulness of God i.e. our true self.

Hence it is said; "To prevent VINASHA; avoid the company of those, who forget, deny or denounce God i.e. self and/or malign their motherland, guru, mother and father! Such avoidance whether physical, mental or intellectual; is possible; through the unshakable steadfastness and persistence in the practice of NAMASMARAN. Is it not possible to avoid VINASHA in some other simpler ways and through some short cuts? In my experience; NO! It is not possible in any other way!"

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