November 29, 2012
Zig Ziglar...See You at the Top...has Died, But never Gone...!!
I met Zig Ziglar at a Motivational rally in LA in 1987 and again in 95. He talked like a Southern Preacher on stage. His high energy and loud method of getting the audience all excited was something to have seen. But off stage, he was a gentle, open and a very sincere man who cared for everyone's future.
I stood in line waiting to buy a tape series of his at the products table. A woman in front of me started to cry as she explained to the cashier that she only had enough money to buy one tape or she couldn't pay for her bus ticket home.
Zig overheard this woman and jumped into action. He grabbed a bag and filled it with everything they had to sell inclding a shirt. He took this lady aside and gave her a roll of cash. He then cried with her and hugged her as he wrote down his cell number so he could follow her progress in the future.
I don't think that there was one person in that line with a dry eye.
Zig Ziglar was an amazing example of why Givers Gain. He showed the world that there is a huge difference between "being Rich" and "attaining Wealth". Zig was a Wealthy man to the end based on all of us that he touched over the years. I know I ( like everyone out there) will miss him dearly.
Here is a nice article on his passing....please read on...
Zig Ziglar died today at age 86. A World War II veteran, Zig Ziglar became the top sales person in several organizations before striking out on his own as a motivational speaker and trainer.
With a Southern charm and lessons grounded in Christianity, Ziglar wrote over two dozen books and amassed a following of millions who were encouraged by his lessons for success.
Below are 10 quotes from Zig Ziglar that have the power to completely change the direction of one’s life.
10) “Remember that failure is an event, not a person.”
9) “You will get all you want in life, if you help enough other people get what they want.”
8 ) “People often say motivation doesn’t last. Neither does bathing—that’s why we recommend it daily.”
7) “There has never been a statue erected to honor a critic.”
6) “People don’t buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons.”
5) “Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.”
4) “If you go looking for a friend, you’re going to find they’re scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you’ll find them everywhere.”
3) “A goal properly set is halfway reached.”
2) “Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.”
1) “If you can dream it, you can achieve it.”
MY Story: I am a burned out traveling salesman...& veteran...who needed to get off the road after 25+ years of rental cars and hotel rooms. I decided to create a business from home and replace my day job in order to create a new life style. How about you..?
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Zig Ziglar...See You at the Top...has Died, But never Gone...!!
I met Zig Ziglar at a Motivational rally in LA in 1987 and again in 95. He talked like a Southern Preacher on stage. His high energy and loud method of getting the audience all excited was something to have seen. But off stage, he was a gentle, open and very sincere man who cared for everyone's future.
I stood in line waiting to buy a tape series of his at the products table. And, a woman in front of me started to cry as she explained to the cashier that she only had enough money to buy one tape or she couldn't pay for her bus ticket home.
Zig overheard this woman and jumped into action. He grabbed a bag and filled it with everything they had to sell inclding a shirt. He took this lady aside and gave her a roll of cash. He then cried with her and hugged her as he wrote down his cell number so he could follow her progress in the future.
I don't think that there was one person in that line with a dry eye.
Zig Ziglar was an amazing example of why Givers Gain. He showed the world that there is a huge difference between "being Rich" and "attaining Wealth". Zig was a Wealthy man to the end based on all of us that he touched over the years. I know I ( like everyone out there) will miss him dearly.
Here is a nice article on his passing....please read on...
Zig Ziglar died today at age 86. A World War II veteran, Zig Ziglar became the top sales person in several organizations before striking out on his own as a motivational speaker and trainer.
With a Southern charm and lessons grounded in Christianity, Ziglar wrote over two dozen books and amassed a following of millions who were encouraged by his lessons for success.
Below are 10 quotes from Zig Ziglar that have the power to completely change the direction of one’s life.
10) “Remember that failure is an event, not a person.”
9) “You will get all you want in life, if you help enough other people get what they want.”
8 ) “People often say motivation doesn’t last. Neither does bathing—that’s why we recommend it daily.”
7) “There has never been a statue erected to honor a critic.”
6) “People don’t buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons.”
5) “Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.”
4) “If you go looking for a friend, you’re going to find they’re scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you’ll find them everywhere.”
3) “A goal properly set is halfway reached.”
2) “Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.”
1) “If you can dream it, you can achieve it.”
MY Story: I am a burned out traveling salesman...& veteran...who needed to get off the road after 25+ years of rental cars and hotel rooms. I decided to create a business from home and replace my day job in order to create a new life style. How about you..?
HOW ABOUT BOOSTING YOUR EARNINGS IN 2013...? Join me and come to Empower Network..... 100% commissions and you are in Your Business....learning Network Marketing from the best in the World.... click here... http://bit.ly/N3IWyO
SEMPER FI
Kevin Flanagan "The Road Warrior"
PS: Dig In and Push for Your Dreams...NOW...lead with your Heart
I stood in line waiting to buy a tape series of his at the products table. And, a woman in front of me started to cry as she explained to the cashier that she only had enough money to buy one tape or she couldn't pay for her bus ticket home.
Zig overheard this woman and jumped into action. He grabbed a bag and filled it with everything they had to sell inclding a shirt. He took this lady aside and gave her a roll of cash. He then cried with her and hugged her as he wrote down his cell number so he could follow her progress in the future.
I don't think that there was one person in that line with a dry eye.
Zig Ziglar was an amazing example of why Givers Gain. He showed the world that there is a huge difference between "being Rich" and "attaining Wealth". Zig was a Wealthy man to the end based on all of us that he touched over the years. I know I ( like everyone out there) will miss him dearly.
Here is a nice article on his passing....please read on...
Zig Ziglar died today at age 86. A World War II veteran, Zig Ziglar became the top sales person in several organizations before striking out on his own as a motivational speaker and trainer.
With a Southern charm and lessons grounded in Christianity, Ziglar wrote over two dozen books and amassed a following of millions who were encouraged by his lessons for success.
Below are 10 quotes from Zig Ziglar that have the power to completely change the direction of one’s life.
10) “Remember that failure is an event, not a person.”
9) “You will get all you want in life, if you help enough other people get what they want.”
8 ) “People often say motivation doesn’t last. Neither does bathing—that’s why we recommend it daily.”
7) “There has never been a statue erected to honor a critic.”
6) “People don’t buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons.”
5) “Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.”
4) “If you go looking for a friend, you’re going to find they’re scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you’ll find them everywhere.”
3) “A goal properly set is halfway reached.”
2) “Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.”
1) “If you can dream it, you can achieve it.”
MY Story: I am a burned out traveling salesman...& veteran...who needed to get off the road after 25+ years of rental cars and hotel rooms. I decided to create a business from home and replace my day job in order to create a new life style. How about you..?
HOW ABOUT BOOSTING YOUR EARNINGS IN 2013...? Join me and come to Empower Network..... 100% commissions and you are in Your Business....learning Network Marketing from the best in the World.... click here... http://bit.ly/N3IWyO
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Kevin Flanagan "The Road Warrior"
PS: Dig In and Push for Your Dreams...NOW...lead with your Heart
Attitude, Mindset and Motivation is All We can Control Today
by kjflanag376 | on November 29, 2012
I read and hear all the time that we can control Our state of mind. And, how we think and what we have our mind focused on makes a real impact in our daily lives. I like to use the past to motivate my present and future in the form of Famous Quotes.
There are several great sites online that offer quotes on any subject or need. Being able to read the spoken words of very enlightened or super successful people helps to create a healthier mindset. For me, It’s the little things that make the most difference. Try these quotes and start adding to them daily in your own library. See you at the Top.
“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.”
- Albert Einstein
“Life is 10 percent what you make it and 90 percent how you take it.”
- Irving Berlin
“You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.”
- Michael Jordan
“The road to success has no speed limit.”
- L. Nicole Green
“You’ll see it when you believe it.”
- Wayne Dyer
“Don’t be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can’t cross a chasm in two small jumps.”
- David Lloyd George
“Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.”
- Napoleon Hill
“Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.”
- General Omar N. Bradley
“The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.”
- Michael Altshuler
“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”
- Will Rogers
Don’t wait for other people to be loving, giving, compassionate, grateful, forgiving, generous, or friendly… lead the way! ~ Steve Maraboli
William Jennings Bryan Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved.
Helen Keller I can not do everything, but I can do something. I must not fail to do the something that I can do.
Mary Kay Ash Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as you mind lets you. What you believe, you can achieve.
Abraham Lincoln Always bear in mind that your own resolution to success is more important than any other one thing.
Mahatma Gandhi The future depends on what we do in the present.
We can change our lives in an instant. You can rewrite your past with a New Career or New haircut….!! Our ability to adapt and change is very quick and can be permanent. No one cares where you came from. You have to care where you are going next and take Action!!!
WHAT ARE YOU NEEDING TO CHANGE….Your income…Life Style….Both..?
MY Story:
I am a burned out traveling salesman…veteran…who needed to get off the road after 25+ years of rental cars and hotel rooms. I decided to create a business from home and replace my day job in order to create a new life style. How about you..?
HOW ABOUT BOOSTING YOUR WALLET IN 2013…? Join me and come to Empower Network….. 100% commissions and you are in Your Business….learning Network Marketing from the best in the World…. click here… http://bit.ly/N3IWyO
SEMPER FI
Kevin Flanagan “The Road Warrior”
PS: Dig In and Push for Your Dreams…NOW…lead with your Heart
There are several great sites online that offer quotes on any subject or need. Being able to read the spoken words of very enlightened or super successful people helps to create a healthier mindset. For me, It’s the little things that make the most difference. Try these quotes and start adding to them daily in your own library. See you at the Top.
“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.”
- Albert Einstein
“Life is 10 percent what you make it and 90 percent how you take it.”
- Irving Berlin
“You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.”
- Michael Jordan
“The road to success has no speed limit.”
- L. Nicole Green
“You’ll see it when you believe it.”
- Wayne Dyer
“Don’t be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can’t cross a chasm in two small jumps.”
- David Lloyd George
“Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.”
- Napoleon Hill
“Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.”
- General Omar N. Bradley
“The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.”
- Michael Altshuler
“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”
- Will Rogers
Don’t wait for other people to be loving, giving, compassionate, grateful, forgiving, generous, or friendly… lead the way! ~ Steve Maraboli
William Jennings Bryan Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved.
Helen Keller I can not do everything, but I can do something. I must not fail to do the something that I can do.
Mary Kay Ash Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as you mind lets you. What you believe, you can achieve.
Abraham Lincoln Always bear in mind that your own resolution to success is more important than any other one thing.
Mahatma Gandhi The future depends on what we do in the present.
We can change our lives in an instant. You can rewrite your past with a New Career or New haircut….!! Our ability to adapt and change is very quick and can be permanent. No one cares where you came from. You have to care where you are going next and take Action!!!
WHAT ARE YOU NEEDING TO CHANGE….Your income…Life Style….Both..?
MY Story:
I am a burned out traveling salesman…veteran…who needed to get off the road after 25+ years of rental cars and hotel rooms. I decided to create a business from home and replace my day job in order to create a new life style. How about you..?
HOW ABOUT BOOSTING YOUR WALLET IN 2013…? Join me and come to Empower Network….. 100% commissions and you are in Your Business….learning Network Marketing from the best in the World…. click here… http://bit.ly/N3IWyO
SEMPER FI
Kevin Flanagan “The Road Warrior”
PS: Dig In and Push for Your Dreams…NOW…lead with your Heart
November 26, 2012
Creating Passion – How To LOVE What You Do
Creating passion is a challenge isn’t it - trying to love what you dread. Be it a client account or even a certain process in the work you do.
Sometimes just that one thing alone makes it difficult for you to even climb out of bed. Passion for your work is such a romantic term. Can passion be truly created? I believe it can. How do you create passion for your work?Here are some simple steps I have used in creating passion for what I do. Get excited over them and perform well at work.
1. Ignore The Inner Chatter. Do It Anyway.
Whether you like it or not, you have to do the work. Our mind acts in such a way that it tries to control us. While you feel that you own your mind, unless you train it to, you will never be able to ignore it. Especially, the inner chatter.
Before you even start, it will tell you, it sucks, it cannot work and it this will destroy your life. Ask yourself, does whatever you need to do help you in whatever way in your life later? If it is a yes, do it well. If it is a no, ask yourself can it possibly help you later? Chances are it will. So, look at this as a way of paying your future dues. This is one way of creating passion.
Learn to change your perception. When you change your perception, you change your reality. Because your perception is your reality.
2. The Why of You?
Why are you, you? And what is it you do that matters? What is your contribution so that you matter? We live because we want to matter. We want to contribute in meaningful ways. Work is our service to the world. It is what allows us to sweat to earn a spot in this world. Do you understand the why of you? If you do not, work is an excellent place to discover - YOU.
And how do you discover yourself? By doing. By experimenting. If you continue to say, I do not like this and never try, your life will be miserable. This world isn’t about you, you, you. It’s about how you add to the world. When you can connect what you like to how you do what you do not like, you light the path to the why of you. You can be creating passion just by learning to discover you.
3. What Is It You Do Not Know?
Surely, you cannot know everything. So, what you do not like makes you learn new things. If we keep doing what we like we will not improve. If you are a pianist and you keep playing the pieces you do best, you won’t improve much. To improve ourselves at work and in life, we have to force ourselves to learn and do things we may not enjoy. Learn to be curious. It helps in creating passion.
The more we are curious about things, the more we find out why. The more why we know, the more meaningful things are to us.
4. Make It Meaningful
If you want passion to appear, you need to make things meaningful to yourself. How does this relate to you? In the most obscure fashion, we can all make things seemingly unrelated to us carry some meaning. Dig deep into yourself. See it from another perspective.
How can you use this to contribute to your life? How can you use this to contribute to your world? Your family? How will someone you love benefit from this?
5. Cut The Ropes
Stop feeling miserable. Unless you quit your job, you still have to do what you have to do. You might as well do it well. After all, your reputation is on it. Tell yourself, I GET to do. Not, I HAVE to do. It’s a huge difference. Get tells you, it’s an opportunity. Have makes you feel forced.
One trick to creating passion is not to worry about the results. Focus on the process. What you will learn and how it will contribute to your future. At the very least, it teaches you patience and it challenges your limits.
6. Set A Goal
Most of us are goal oriented people. We want to reach a certain destination. Gives yourself a goal as far as your work is concerned. What is that goal. When you have an objective in sight, you naturally look for the fuel that propels you there. It’s kind of like having a car and knowing where you want to go. But without fuel. What would you do next? Look for fuel.
Same goes with work. Be clear with your goals. Once you have the goal, your next task is to focus on getting the fuel. The frustration of standing still will force you to get moving. Having goals can help you in creating passion.
7. Surround Yourself With Energy
Get around people who are excited. It cannot be that everyone on the team is not excited. We are who we communicate with because we feed off each other. If you feel you are not as enthusiastic about a certain project, get behind people who are as excited. Their excitement will rub off on you. It will make you overcome the initial inertia. You will gain traction and momentum when you make an effort internally and you surround yourself with energetic people.
Passion is not innate. We can learn to be passionate about our work. No one job has all the nice things. Each have it’s nice and ugly side. The trick is to make sure we accept the good and the bad. As we alter our own perception and ACT upon our work, naturally the passion will well up inside us.
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PS: Dig In and Push for Your Dreams...NOW...lead with your Heart
November 25, 2012
Appreciation At Work: KEEP IT ALIVE. Do These In The Next Four Weeks.
I have been in the corporate world for almost 30 years and have never heard of this idea until I read this great article. The theory is so true no matter what position you have. If your not feeling that you are contributing enough then you probably are not...!!
So, please read all of this post and take it to work with you for the next month. You will make a difference to you and your company.
Have you ever felt your contribution is not being appreciated at work? Do you feel appreciation at work is lacking? If you have, then join us to keep appreciation at work ALIVE.
This November 24 till December 24 is “The International Death Of Appreciation At Work Month”.
The idea is simple.
If you have felt being unappreciated at work before then you know how it feels. If you know how the lack of appreciation feels then make sure you appreciate those whom you work with by expressing your appreciation to them.
If you keep it alive then appreciation at work will not be dead.
So What Do You Have To Do? Choose a day in the month to wear black - ideally November 24 since it is the first day. It’s just a symbolism to remind you that, for this month you will be mindful and aware of the kindness others have shown you at work and express your appreciation to them.
How Else? Every week for the next four weeks, choose at least 3 people (of course, you can choose more) at work whom you would express your appreciation. It can be an email, a post it note, a letter, a thank you note, buy them lunch or better yet face to face. The important thing is to make it sincere. Be specific about your experience where they have helped you and appreciated their contribution.
Why November 24 To December 24? It’s the year-end, a time for you to reflect and contemplate what you have done for the year. Many people have contributed to your success, big or small on your path to success. Learn to thank these people. If you have felt unappreciated before, kill that vicious cycle.
Let it stop with you. Keep the appreciation alive by expressing your gratitude.
Who Should Participate? Everyone regardless if you are a newbie or a big boss, your motivation at work will get a big boost when people show you gratitude. That way, it builds teamwork and positive feeling at work. You would have created a positive cycle.
Help spread the word, blog it, tag it, put a link on your facebook or email your friends. Keep the appreciation alive by celebrating “The International Death of Appreciation At Work Month”. If you do not keep appreciation at work alive, then it will really die.
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Kevin Flanagan "The Road Warrior"
PS: Dig In and Push for Your Dreams...NOW...lead with your Heart
So, please read all of this post and take it to work with you for the next month. You will make a difference to you and your company.
Have you ever felt your contribution is not being appreciated at work? Do you feel appreciation at work is lacking? If you have, then join us to keep appreciation at work ALIVE.
This November 24 till December 24 is “The International Death Of Appreciation At Work Month”.
The idea is simple.
If you have felt being unappreciated at work before then you know how it feels. If you know how the lack of appreciation feels then make sure you appreciate those whom you work with by expressing your appreciation to them.
If you keep it alive then appreciation at work will not be dead.
So What Do You Have To Do? Choose a day in the month to wear black - ideally November 24 since it is the first day. It’s just a symbolism to remind you that, for this month you will be mindful and aware of the kindness others have shown you at work and express your appreciation to them.
How Else? Every week for the next four weeks, choose at least 3 people (of course, you can choose more) at work whom you would express your appreciation. It can be an email, a post it note, a letter, a thank you note, buy them lunch or better yet face to face. The important thing is to make it sincere. Be specific about your experience where they have helped you and appreciated their contribution.
Why November 24 To December 24? It’s the year-end, a time for you to reflect and contemplate what you have done for the year. Many people have contributed to your success, big or small on your path to success. Learn to thank these people. If you have felt unappreciated before, kill that vicious cycle.
Let it stop with you. Keep the appreciation alive by expressing your gratitude.
Who Should Participate? Everyone regardless if you are a newbie or a big boss, your motivation at work will get a big boost when people show you gratitude. That way, it builds teamwork and positive feeling at work. You would have created a positive cycle.
Help spread the word, blog it, tag it, put a link on your facebook or email your friends. Keep the appreciation alive by celebrating “The International Death of Appreciation At Work Month”. If you do not keep appreciation at work alive, then it will really die.
Share With The Rest How You Can Show Your Appreciation At Work
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Kevin Flanagan "The Road Warrior"
PS: Dig In and Push for Your Dreams...NOW...lead with your Heart
November 18, 2012
Twinkies: Even nutritionists mourn the ultimate junk food
Twinkies: Even nutritionists mourn the ultimate junk food
After eating these yummy little zero nutrition morsels my whole childhood the experts are upset they may go away…? Hugh…? We were told that they could exist for 20 years out of the package and still be good to eat. So, here is the straight scoop on our best memory from childhood.
A photo of a twin pack of Hostess Twinkies and CupCakes taken January 11, 2012, made by Interstate Brands, which asked courts to liquidate its assets on Nov. 16.
By Maggie Fox, NBC News
Ok, admit it. With the imminent threat that Hostess Brands could really go out of business, you are seriously considering a run to the grocery store to stock up on Twinkies. And yes, everyone jokes that you can really stock up because they’ll last forever.
The maker of Twinkies, Ho-Hos, the iconic Hostess Cupcakes with exactly seven white loops on the icing and every first-grader’s favorite, Wonder Bread, has asked a court to help it liquidate its assets and close its plants.
It’s a brand that has touched every living generation of Americans. The first Hostess brands hit the shelves in the 1930s and kids have been carrying them in lunch boxes ever since. The memories are so sweet that even top nutritionists defend our right to eat them.
“There is a lot of emotional happiness tied up with something like Twinkies or Sno Balls or Yodels or whatever it is that you like,” says Madelyn Fernstrom, diet and nutrition Editor for TODAY and a professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. “It can bring you back to the innocent days of childhood,” she added.
“I am mourning the death of Twinkies,” says Marion Nestle, the New York University nutritionist who wrote “What to Eat”, among other books.
“I would say Twinkies are an enormously important cultural icon. It is the epitome of American processed food, made from ingredients lasting forever, chemically based.”
Every Hostess snack, from Ding Dongs to Sno Balls, has its own fierce fan base, but Twinkies rise above them all. The sponge-cake fingers filled with a cream-like ingredient gave rise to the Twinkie Defense, the Twinkie Diet and a book about Twinkies that sources their 39 ingredients – many of them not normally recognized as food.
“The real food in there is pretty hard to find,” said Nestle, who once sat down with writer Steve Ettlinger to eat a Twinkie and chat about how it’s evolved.
Ettlinger tracked down the ingredients in Twinkies for his book, ”Twinkie, Deconstructed”. “I was so amazed that these little delicate snack cakes were part of an industrial chemical complex. I call it the Twinkie Nexus,” Ettlinger said.
More than anything, Twinkies symbolize junk food to Americans — the junk food that is at least partly blamed for helping make more than 60 percent of us overweight or obese and for driving epidemic rates of diabetes, heart disease and cancer.
And there’s an even darker side to Twinkies. In 1979, Dan White invoked what became widely known as the “Twinkie defense”. The former city district official was on trial for killing San Francisco mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk when his lawyer brought a psychiatrist to the stand who testified that White was clinically depressed, marked by a junk food binge. White was convicted of voluntary manslaughter.
But can Twinkies alter your brain? Emmanuel Pothos of Tufts University in Boston says there is a lot of evidence that they can.
)A view of a box of 10 Hostess Twinkies is seen in this photo taken January 11, 2012. Hostess Brands, the baker of Twinkie cakes and other iconic American foods announced November 16, 2012 that it is going out of business, closing plants, laying off its 18,500 workers and putting its brands up for sale.
He studies the hedonic aspects of eating. “That’s eating just because we like to eat, because we like the taste,” says Pothos, an associate professor of Molecular Physiology & Pharmacology. Sweet, fat-laden processed foods such as Twinkies act on the brain just like addictive drugs do, he’s found.
“The brain is affected significantly by junk food,” Pothos says.
Tasty, high-energy foods affect the message-carrying chemical dopamine, a key brain neurotransmitter. Just as with heroin or cocaine, it gradually takes more and more tasty food to get the same pleasure, Pothos has found. “Neurotransmitters are released less and less and therefore more and more high-energy food, junk food, is needed to get the same neurotransmitter effect,” he said.
“That’s a defect an individual could try to overcome for life and they would never actually be able to. So they compensate by overeating.” And, he adds, it can result in feelings of depression.
Worse, it appears that the effect can actually be passed from one generation to the next, Pothos and other researchers are finding.
“Everybody is bewildered right now. It appears that within one or two generations, exposure to junk food can leave a permanent trait on our brains, a permanent change that is actually passed on to our offspring,” he said. “They will pass it, amplified, to the next generation.”
Fernstrom isn’t convinced Twinkies are evil. “Something I always liked about Twinkies and Sno Balls is that there are two in a pack. It is the perfect sharing item,” she said. ”This is one thing that hasn’t been supersized. They seem puny in comparison to the size of cookies and other treats you see now.”
Nestle mentions Mark Haub, a professor of nutrition at Kansas State University who went on a “convenience store” diet in 2010 consisting mainly of Twinkies, Oreos and chips and lost 27 pounds in two months.
“You can eat anything and lose weight if you don’t eat too much of it,” Nestle says.
As for the legend that Twinkies will last forever, the myth-busting website, snopes.com, says it’s not entirely true. According to Snopes, Twinkies do last longer than many other baked goods because they contain no dairy products, but they are only formulated to stay fresh for 25 days.
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A photo of a twin pack of Hostess Twinkies and CupCakes taken January 11, 2012, made by Interstate Brands, which asked courts to liquidate its assets on Nov. 16.
By Maggie Fox, NBC News
Ok, admit it. With the imminent threat that Hostess Brands could really go out of business, you are seriously considering a run to the grocery store to stock up on Twinkies. And yes, everyone jokes that you can really stock up because they’ll last forever.
The maker of Twinkies, Ho-Hos, the iconic Hostess Cupcakes with exactly seven white loops on the icing and every first-grader’s favorite, Wonder Bread, has asked a court to help it liquidate its assets and close its plants.
It’s a brand that has touched every living generation of Americans. The first Hostess brands hit the shelves in the 1930s and kids have been carrying them in lunch boxes ever since. The memories are so sweet that even top nutritionists defend our right to eat them.
“There is a lot of emotional happiness tied up with something like Twinkies or Sno Balls or Yodels or whatever it is that you like,” says Madelyn Fernstrom, diet and nutrition Editor for TODAY and a professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. “It can bring you back to the innocent days of childhood,” she added.
“I am mourning the death of Twinkies,” says Marion Nestle, the New York University nutritionist who wrote “What to Eat”, among other books.
“I would say Twinkies are an enormously important cultural icon. It is the epitome of American processed food, made from ingredients lasting forever, chemically based.”
Every Hostess snack, from Ding Dongs to Sno Balls, has its own fierce fan base, but Twinkies rise above them all. The sponge-cake fingers filled with a cream-like ingredient gave rise to the Twinkie Defense, the Twinkie Diet and a book about Twinkies that sources their 39 ingredients – many of them not normally recognized as food.
“The real food in there is pretty hard to find,” said Nestle, who once sat down with writer Steve Ettlinger to eat a Twinkie and chat about how it’s evolved.
Ettlinger tracked down the ingredients in Twinkies for his book, ”Twinkie, Deconstructed”. “I was so amazed that these little delicate snack cakes were part of an industrial chemical complex. I call it the Twinkie Nexus,” Ettlinger said.
More than anything, Twinkies symbolize junk food to Americans — the junk food that is at least partly blamed for helping make more than 60 percent of us overweight or obese and for driving epidemic rates of diabetes, heart disease and cancer.
And there’s an even darker side to Twinkies. In 1979, Dan White invoked what became widely known as the “Twinkie defense”. The former city district official was on trial for killing San Francisco mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk when his lawyer brought a psychiatrist to the stand who testified that White was clinically depressed, marked by a junk food binge. White was convicted of voluntary manslaughter.
But can Twinkies alter your brain? Emmanuel Pothos of Tufts University in Boston says there is a lot of evidence that they can.
)A view of a box of 10 Hostess Twinkies is seen in this photo taken January 11, 2012. Hostess Brands, the baker of Twinkie cakes and other iconic American foods announced November 16, 2012 that it is going out of business, closing plants, laying off its 18,500 workers and putting its brands up for sale.
He studies the hedonic aspects of eating. “That’s eating just because we like to eat, because we like the taste,” says Pothos, an associate professor of Molecular Physiology & Pharmacology. Sweet, fat-laden processed foods such as Twinkies act on the brain just like addictive drugs do, he’s found.
“The brain is affected significantly by junk food,” Pothos says.
Tasty, high-energy foods affect the message-carrying chemical dopamine, a key brain neurotransmitter. Just as with heroin or cocaine, it gradually takes more and more tasty food to get the same pleasure, Pothos has found. “Neurotransmitters are released less and less and therefore more and more high-energy food, junk food, is needed to get the same neurotransmitter effect,” he said.
“That’s a defect an individual could try to overcome for life and they would never actually be able to. So they compensate by overeating.” And, he adds, it can result in feelings of depression.
Worse, it appears that the effect can actually be passed from one generation to the next, Pothos and other researchers are finding.
“Everybody is bewildered right now. It appears that within one or two generations, exposure to junk food can leave a permanent trait on our brains, a permanent change that is actually passed on to our offspring,” he said. “They will pass it, amplified, to the next generation.”
Fernstrom isn’t convinced Twinkies are evil. “Something I always liked about Twinkies and Sno Balls is that there are two in a pack. It is the perfect sharing item,” she said. ”This is one thing that hasn’t been supersized. They seem puny in comparison to the size of cookies and other treats you see now.”
Nestle mentions Mark Haub, a professor of nutrition at Kansas State University who went on a “convenience store” diet in 2010 consisting mainly of Twinkies, Oreos and chips and lost 27 pounds in two months.
“You can eat anything and lose weight if you don’t eat too much of it,” Nestle says.
As for the legend that Twinkies will last forever, the myth-busting website, snopes.com, says it’s not entirely true. According to Snopes, Twinkies do last longer than many other baked goods because they contain no dairy products, but they are only formulated to stay fresh for 25 days.
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New approach could treat MS, other autoimmune diseases
For all of us who have friends or family members with an autoimmune disease this article will Give cause for great Hope. Please read on…!!
By Maggie Fox, NBC News
Researchers trying to find a way to treat multiple sclerosis think they’ve come up with an approach that could not only help patients with MS, but those with a range of so-called autoimmune diseases, from type-1 diabetes to psoriasis, and perhaps even food allergies.
So far it’s only worked in mice, but it has worked especially well. And while mice are different from humans in many ways, their immune systems are quite similar.
“If this works, it is going to be absolutely fantastic,” said Bill Heetderks, who directs outside research at the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, part of the National Institutes of Health, which helped pay for the research. “Even if it doesn’t work, it’s going to be another step down the road.”
In autoimmune disease, the body’s immune cells mistakenly attack and destroy healthy tissue. In MS, it’s the fatty protective sheath around the nerves; in type-1 or juvenile diabetes it’s cells in the pancreas that make insulin; in rheumatoid arthritis it’s tissue in the joint.
Currently, the main treatment is to suppress the immune system, an approach that can leave patients vulnerable to infections and cancer. The new treatment re-educates the immune cells so they stop the attacks.
The approach uses tiny little balls called nanoparticles made of the same material used to make surgical sutures that dissolve harmlessly in the body. They’re attached to little bits of the protein that the immune cells are attacking, the researchers report in Sunday’s issue of the journal Nature Biotechnology.
Stephen Miller of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago had been trying a slightly different approach to treating MS. When normal cells die naturally through a self-destruction process called apoptosis, immune cells called macrophages come in and eat up the mess.
The macrophages are carried to the spleen where they show these ground-up bits of cells to other immune cells called T-cells. It’s a kind of introduction that familiarizes the T-cells with the body’s normal cells. Then T-cells know not to attack healthy cells.
Miller’s team had been trying to find ways to use this process to re-educate the T-cells. They have been attaching bits of the myelin that T-cells mistakenly attack to healthy cells from MS patients that were self-destructing, then infusing the concoction back into MS patients.
The idea would be to “introduce” the myelin to the T-cells at the same time they were “meeting” the healthy tissue, and educate them to leave the myelin alone.
So far the team has only shown the process is safe – a phase 1 clinical trial. But Miller says the experiment also seemed to show they were beginning to repair the patients’ immune systems.
However, it was hideously expensive. “It cost probably about a million dollars to treat 10 patients using live cells,” he said.
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By Maggie Fox, NBC News
Researchers trying to find a way to treat multiple sclerosis think they’ve come up with an approach that could not only help patients with MS, but those with a range of so-called autoimmune diseases, from type-1 diabetes to psoriasis, and perhaps even food allergies.
So far it’s only worked in mice, but it has worked especially well. And while mice are different from humans in many ways, their immune systems are quite similar.
“If this works, it is going to be absolutely fantastic,” said Bill Heetderks, who directs outside research at the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, part of the National Institutes of Health, which helped pay for the research. “Even if it doesn’t work, it’s going to be another step down the road.”
In autoimmune disease, the body’s immune cells mistakenly attack and destroy healthy tissue. In MS, it’s the fatty protective sheath around the nerves; in type-1 or juvenile diabetes it’s cells in the pancreas that make insulin; in rheumatoid arthritis it’s tissue in the joint.
Currently, the main treatment is to suppress the immune system, an approach that can leave patients vulnerable to infections and cancer. The new treatment re-educates the immune cells so they stop the attacks.
The approach uses tiny little balls called nanoparticles made of the same material used to make surgical sutures that dissolve harmlessly in the body. They’re attached to little bits of the protein that the immune cells are attacking, the researchers report in Sunday’s issue of the journal Nature Biotechnology.
Stephen Miller of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago had been trying a slightly different approach to treating MS. When normal cells die naturally through a self-destruction process called apoptosis, immune cells called macrophages come in and eat up the mess.
The macrophages are carried to the spleen where they show these ground-up bits of cells to other immune cells called T-cells. It’s a kind of introduction that familiarizes the T-cells with the body’s normal cells. Then T-cells know not to attack healthy cells.
Miller’s team had been trying to find ways to use this process to re-educate the T-cells. They have been attaching bits of the myelin that T-cells mistakenly attack to healthy cells from MS patients that were self-destructing, then infusing the concoction back into MS patients.
The idea would be to “introduce” the myelin to the T-cells at the same time they were “meeting” the healthy tissue, and educate them to leave the myelin alone.
So far the team has only shown the process is safe – a phase 1 clinical trial. But Miller says the experiment also seemed to show they were beginning to repair the patients’ immune systems.
However, it was hideously expensive. “It cost probably about a million dollars to treat 10 patients using live cells,” he said.
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November 4, 2012
Sisters- What Good Are They..? In dedication to Susan...!!
Sisters- What Good Are They..? In dedication to Mine...!!
My sister name is Susan Flanagan(Avis). She is 54 years old. And, as I write this she is stage 4 with Lung cancer in a Hospice unit with only hours to live.
So, this is the hardest and easiest blog post I will ever have to write. So let me explain what makes her a good sister from the start. And, what I credit her with for my developement.
Patience: Sisters follow around their older brothers asking the classic questions... What are you doing...? Where are going...? Can I come..? Does Mom know...? Susan was amazingly aware for her age. She learned early how to manipulate the chain of command and came across to my parents as the perfect victim...!! Amazing...what a brat...!
Negotiation Skills: If you have a Sister.... there is no court in the land who will convict them of Blackmail. And, as my sister became very skilled at threatening to tell Mom or Else. It worked every time...!! I paid her hundreds of dollars as a kid to get her to SHUT UP and leave me alone.
How can one little girl always be there when you break something or screw up..? Today, I have made a successful living using these skills honed by a pain in ass Sister.
Forgiveness: My sister was an early pro at passing the blame on her brothers. And, when my parents were getting ready to believe us and not her....the floodgates opened. Can you picture the sweet baby of the family crying her way to inocense? You have to love the great timing and acting skills.
Protectiveness: I was there to beat up the kids who treated her bad. It taught me how to protect my family as well as my country later in life. I also tried to be a good example for her even when it wasn't wanted. After all...no sister really wants her brother to do better than her.
Fun Experiences: Sisters are great when they have Cute Babies like Susan had. I have 3 nephews who I got to be part of their lives. I have a wonderful time being a Fun Uncle and keeping the boys as a relief. My sister has taught me to always make family your of a priority and everything else takes care of itself. I will always picture her on a boat treating everyone to a great day on the water.
Cooking: I think I learned to be a very good cook because of visits to Susie's house. When she was raising her family she couldn't cook at all. I would constantly give her a hard time as brothers do. The credo of the day was to buy take out and fast food as a better idea...lol.
Warmth: My Sister taught me to get over the little things and care for each other. No matter how long it had been since we had been last seen each other....my sister would always have a Big Hug and Kiss for her Brothers. I can remember being very mad at her until I'd see that look in her eyes.....gotta be a sister thing....and then you melt.
Reflections: There have been years when we were very close. Then, I went into Marines and later lived on the west coast. I now see how we could have been better friends. And, I needed to be more accepting of her choices in life. But, all that will never change the fact that I am the Big Brother of my Baby Sister....it's a lifetime responsibilty and a Heart felt honor.
I know she knows that all the names she called me growing up were all in fun and I do Love Her for the rest of my life. I hope she will be happy in heaven....Keep Laughing Suz....
What Good Are Sisters....They Give Us Guys Practice on How to Love a woman later in life.....I am very Grateful for my Flaming Red Haired Sister.... Love You....Thank You and Good Bye...!!
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A Clear Look at Water Bottles
A Clear Look at Water Bottles
Every time I look at my recyle bin I ask myself what to put were..? This article will help you too. And, we all can make a little difference one day at a time. Great article...!!
Luz Claudio, PhD • Prevention
A Prevention reader asks, "Should I stop using plastic water bottles?" The short answer is no. You don't need to round up your plastic water bottles and banish them to the recycling bin. But reducing their use — drastically, if possible — is a smart idea for your wallet, the environment, and your health.
I've fielded lots of questions on this topic lately. My favorite came from a 9-year-old girl participating in one of our studies on environmental contaminants, who asked: "What's the problem, anyway? I'm not eating the bottle, just drinking the water." Putting the smarty-pants factor aside, it's a good point. But chemicals from the plastic end up in the water — and scientists are trying to figure out whether this should worry us. In a report released last April, the federal government's National Toxicology Program expressed "some concern" that one chemical in many plastics could harm children's neurological development and reproductive organs.
More: Hydration Basics
The possible bad guy is a chemical called bisphenol A, or BPA. Increasingly strong evidence suggests that BPA is an endocrine disruptor, which means it can mimic or block the function of hormones. In animal research, BPA and other endocrine disruptors have been linked to a range of unwanted effects — earlier puberty in females, enlarged prostates in males, and even cancer. (One recent review suggested that in some circumstances, endocrine disruptors could increase the risk of obesity!)
BPA is in many sports bottles, watercooler jugs, and baby bottles. These are usually marked by a "7" inside the recycling symbol (though not all "7" products contain BPA). Heating these bottles can be particularly problematic: When scientists poured boiling water into a number 7 plastic bottle, BPA entered into the water 55 times faster than when they used water at room temperature. So don't put your sports bottle (or a baby bottle!) into the dishwasher or microwave.
More: 13 Cancer Prevention Tips
On the other hand, you may be relieved to hear that most of the single-serving water bottles sold at grocery stores don't contain BPA. They're made of polyethylene terephthalate (PETE or PET), designated by a number "1" in the recycling sign. But even though PETE doesn't contain BPA, it does contain other chemicals called phthalates — which are also believed to be endocrine disruptors. Like BPA, these chemicals leach into the water more quickly when the plastic is heated, so don't leave these water bottles in a hot car or out in the sun.
This isn't a panic situation. But you get BPA and phthalates from many sources in the environment — so why increase your consumption if you can avoid it? Get cheaper, greener, and healthier water by taking these easy steps:
More: The Many Wonders of Water
At home:
Save yourself some money — and save the environment some grief — by drinking from the sink. Municipal tap water is constantly tested to ensure its safety. If you don't like the chlorine taste or are concerned about other impurities such as lead, use an activated carbon-based filter. Brita and PUR are popular brands, and both companies say that their plastic pitchers contain no BPA.
On the go: Put your tap water into an aluminum or stainless steel sports bottle, such as those by Klean Kanteen or SIGG — or a new, BPA-free plastic sports bottle from Nalgene.
In a store:
For those parched times when you don't have your own bottle handy, pick bottled water instead of a sugary drink. Just be sure to recycle!
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10 Natural Race Food Alternatives You can Use Today
10 Natural Race Food Alternatives You can Use Today
If you are any kind of runner then you know this is race time. Between now and the end of November there are hundreds of races to enter. Here is A Great article to eating the right Super Boost Foods...Good Luck.
By Vanessa Rodriguez, R.H.N. • Active.com
Race nutrition can be an experiment if you aim to fuel with whole foods as much as possible. It’s important to look for food that is natural, compact, easy to carry, and tastes good. These 10 race foods fit those criteria. Give them a try when training for your next race.
1. Dates
These can be used for making your own energy bars, or can be eaten on their own. They contain natural sugars and simple carbs that will keep you running over long distances. They’re also easy to chew.
More: 5 Foods to Try This Spring
2. 100% Natural Coconut Water
This drink provides the electrolytes your body needs to replenish the minerals you lose through sweat. It also tastes great and is extremely refreshing on a run.
3. Homemade Baby Food
Use a variety of fruits and vegetables to make your own “baby” race food. Anything is fair game, so get creative and use your favorite fresh ingredients to blend flavors that you will love. Just mush everything up so it’s easy to digest. You can pack it in small Ziploc bags and just suck it out like a gel when you’re ready to fuel.
More: How to Fuel Your Body for Energy
4. Sunflower Seed Butter
This has a great nutty taste and is a source of both healthy fat and protein. Sometimes you can find these in small gel-like packs that are easy to carry. Otherwise you can pack your own in small Ziploc bags. A good brand is Sunbutter, which is completely peanut-free and gluten-free.
5. Frozen Grapes
Frozen grapes are just as sweet as candy. They cool your mouth and they’re easy to carry. Freeze small bags of grapes and carry them on your long runs.
6. Homemade Gels
Making your own gel is fun and saves you money. Here’s a recipe to try.
Combine:
7 and 1/3 tablespoons of honey
3/4 teaspoons of blackstrap molasses
1/10 teaspoons of table salt
7. Watermelon Dipped in Salt
The watermelon rehydrates you while the salt replenishes your electrolytes. This is a refreshing and satisfying snack that can immediately boost your energy and help you pick up the pace.
More: 7 New Super Foods
8. Dehydrated Fruit
I bought my own dehydrator so I could make a lot more of this. Dehydrating fruit allows it to keep longer and it’s easier to carry. I also find it sometimes makes fruit taste sweeter. With a dehydrator you can make your own natural fruit rolls, and you can even dehydrate meats and vegetables. You could almost carry entire meals. The possibilities are endless.
9. Honey
Use raw, natural honey as a sugar source. Your body will appreciate the fuel and the good quality honey can also boost your immune system.
More: Eat Green to Run Better This Spring
10. Navitas Power Snacks
These are just a combination of fruit and nuts. They come in small bite sized pieces and they are gluten-free and dairy-free. They’re less chewy than a bar, but not as watery as a gel. I enjoy the consistency and the flavors are delicious. Don’t be afraid to experiment with different foods during training and long runs. On race day, always stick to what you know will work.
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If you are any kind of runner then you know this is race time. Between now and the end of November there are hundreds of races to enter. Here is A Great article to eating the right Super Boost Foods...Good Luck.
By Vanessa Rodriguez, R.H.N. • Active.com
Race nutrition can be an experiment if you aim to fuel with whole foods as much as possible. It’s important to look for food that is natural, compact, easy to carry, and tastes good. These 10 race foods fit those criteria. Give them a try when training for your next race.
1. Dates
These can be used for making your own energy bars, or can be eaten on their own. They contain natural sugars and simple carbs that will keep you running over long distances. They’re also easy to chew.
More: 5 Foods to Try This Spring
2. 100% Natural Coconut Water
This drink provides the electrolytes your body needs to replenish the minerals you lose through sweat. It also tastes great and is extremely refreshing on a run.
3. Homemade Baby Food
Use a variety of fruits and vegetables to make your own “baby” race food. Anything is fair game, so get creative and use your favorite fresh ingredients to blend flavors that you will love. Just mush everything up so it’s easy to digest. You can pack it in small Ziploc bags and just suck it out like a gel when you’re ready to fuel.
More: How to Fuel Your Body for Energy
4. Sunflower Seed Butter
This has a great nutty taste and is a source of both healthy fat and protein. Sometimes you can find these in small gel-like packs that are easy to carry. Otherwise you can pack your own in small Ziploc bags. A good brand is Sunbutter, which is completely peanut-free and gluten-free.
5. Frozen Grapes
Frozen grapes are just as sweet as candy. They cool your mouth and they’re easy to carry. Freeze small bags of grapes and carry them on your long runs.
6. Homemade Gels
Making your own gel is fun and saves you money. Here’s a recipe to try.
Combine:
7 and 1/3 tablespoons of honey
3/4 teaspoons of blackstrap molasses
1/10 teaspoons of table salt
7. Watermelon Dipped in Salt
The watermelon rehydrates you while the salt replenishes your electrolytes. This is a refreshing and satisfying snack that can immediately boost your energy and help you pick up the pace.
More: 7 New Super Foods
8. Dehydrated Fruit
I bought my own dehydrator so I could make a lot more of this. Dehydrating fruit allows it to keep longer and it’s easier to carry. I also find it sometimes makes fruit taste sweeter. With a dehydrator you can make your own natural fruit rolls, and you can even dehydrate meats and vegetables. You could almost carry entire meals. The possibilities are endless.
9. Honey
Use raw, natural honey as a sugar source. Your body will appreciate the fuel and the good quality honey can also boost your immune system.
More: Eat Green to Run Better This Spring
10. Navitas Power Snacks
These are just a combination of fruit and nuts. They come in small bite sized pieces and they are gluten-free and dairy-free. They’re less chewy than a bar, but not as watery as a gel. I enjoy the consistency and the flavors are delicious. Don’t be afraid to experiment with different foods during training and long runs. On race day, always stick to what you know will work.
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