Thursday, 22 November 2007
Are you in Charge of your Life?
Take charge over your life.
How many times have we not thought about that?
Once a day or once a week?
Maybe it comes once per year due to an event occurring.
Whatever it is it’s good for us. We take an inventory over things that happened. Look over the social net of people we surround us with. Where do I live? Am I happy there?
We think about the financial structure. Is it working for me?
Do I make enough of money? If not how do I do?
I love changes. Not many people like changes.
We don’t have to make huge changes just small adjustments.
Think about what it can do for us.
You can have a new home. A new profession. A new spouse.
The options are numberless.
Some people do whatever it takes to make too many changes.
It is like they find it thrilling to do that.
We humans are in way set in our minds.
When we look of how we structure things around us.
The brain likes to have everything in an order.
Every night when we go to sleep the brain deletes old unused programs. It organizes it in files. When we need it the brain just have to go to that specific place to use it.
When we are in a stressful environment or state the brain can not get in to the files due to a net, like a filter.
The more stressful we feel the tighter the net will become.
Then the brain signals can’t get through. We are getting confused. Confused people do nothing.
Have you ever been in to the crazy situation of doing nonsense things like watering the flowers, doing the dishes when you need to do phone calls, meeting etc?
Well it s the brain telling the body to do some actions.
The brain wants everything in order s the body starts to create it. Not the things you would like to have done. The brain is confused and sends down strange information to the body.
So it starts watering the flowers instead.
If you are confused take a power nap. Just lie down and do nothing. Think about the brain. How it is working now to set everything in an order.
You just need to rest for 20 minutes.
Look at the Latino countries how they do. They take siesta in the middle of the day when it is hot.
In that way you will have more energy. You ill also have more strength during the whole day.
It is important to slow down our tempo time to time.
Let things have its course. See how old people walking, slowly. Have you noticed why people run in the office?
Will they finish earlier or the job gets quicker done?
There are so many strange ways to live at.
I prefer to stay healthy. To eat well. Be able to have a good sleep. Let the brain work in a quiet environment.
Be out in the nature. That’s great healing for us.
Stay in love. Laugh a lot and be happy.
Tuesday, 21 August 2007
Dietary Sources of Vitamin C
Food, Standard Amount | Vitamin C (mg) | Calories |
Guava, raw, ½ cup | 188 | 56 |
Red bell pepper, raw, ½ cup | 142 | 20 |
Red bell pepper, cooked, ½ cup | 116 | 19 |
Kiwi fruit, 1 medium | 70 | 46 |
Orange, raw, 1 medium | 70 | 62 |
Orange juice, ¾ cup | 61 to 93 | 79 to 84 |
Green bell pepper, raw, ½ cup | 60 | 15 |
Green bell pepper, cooked, ½ cup | 51 | 19 |
Grapefruit juice, ¾ cup | 50 to 70 | 71 to 86 |
Vegetable juice cocktail, ¾ cup | 50 | 34 |
Strawberries, raw, ½ cup | 49 | 27 |
| 48 | 28 |
Cantaloupe, ¼ medium | 47 | 51 |
Papaya, raw, ¼ medium | 47 | 30 |
Kohlrabi, cooked, ½ cup | 45 | 24 |
Broccoli, raw, ½ cup | 39 | 15 |
Edible pod peas, cooked, ½ cup | 38 | 34 |
Broccoli, cooked, ½ cup | 37 | 26 |
Sweet potato, canned, ½ cup | 34 | 116 |
Tomato juice, ¾ cup | 33 | 31 |
Cauliflower, cooked, ½ cup | 28 | 17 |
Pineapple, raw, ½ cup | 28 | 37 |
Kale, cooked, ½ cup | 27 | 18 |
Mango, ½ cup | 23 | 54 |
Food sources of vitamin C are ranked by milligrams (mg) of vitamin C per standard amount; also calories in the standard amount. (All amounts listed provide 20% or more of the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) of 90 mg/day for adult men.)
Dietary Sources of Iron
Food Sources of Iron ranked by milligrams of iron per standard amount; also calories in the standard amount. (All amounts listed provide 10% or more of the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for teenage and adult females, which is 18 mg/day.)
Food, Standard Amount | Iron (mg) | Calories |
Clams, canned, drained, 3 oz | 23.8 | 126 |
*Fortified dry cereals (various), about 1 oz | 1.8 to 21.1 | 54 to 127 |
Cooked oysters, cooked, 3 oz | 10.2 | 116 |
Organ meats (liver, giblets), cooked, 3 oza | 5.2 to 9.9 | 134 to 235 |
*Fortified instant cooked cereals (various), 1 packet | 4.9 to 8.1 | Varies |
*Soybeans, mature, cooked, ½ cup | 4.4 | 149 |
*Pumpkin and squash seed kernels, roasted, 1 oz | 4.2 | 148 |
*White beans, canned, ½ cup | 3.9 | 153 |
*Blackstrap molasses, 1 Tbsp | 3.5 | 47 |
*Lentils, cooked, ½ cup | 3.3 | 115 |
*Spinach, cooked from fresh, ½ cup | 3.2 | 21 |
Beef, chuck, blade roast, cooked, 3 oz | 3.1 | 215 |
Beef, bottom round, cooked, 3 oz | 2.8 | 182 |
*Kidney beans, cooked, ½ cup | 2.6 | 112 |
Sardines, canned in oil, drained, 3 oz | 2.5 | 177 |
Beef, rib, cooked, 3 oz | 2.4 | 195 |
*Chickpeas, cooked, ½ cup | 2.4 | 134 |
Duck, meat only, roasted, 3 oz | 2.3 | 171 |
Lamb, shoulder, cooked, 3 oz | 2.3 | 237 |
*Prune juice, ¾ cup | 2.3 | 136 |
Shrimp, canned, 3 oz | 2.3 | 102 |
*Cowpeas, cooked, ½ cup | 2.2 | 100 |
Ground beef, 15% fat, cooked, 3 oz | 2.2 | 212 |
*Tomato puree, ½ cup | 2.2 | 48 |
*Lima beans, cooked, ½ cup | 2.2 | 108 |
*Soybeans, green, cooked, ½ cup | 2.2 | 127 |
*Navy beans, cooked, ½ cup | 2.1 | 127 |
*Refried beans, ½ cup | 2.1 | 118 |
Beef, top sirloin, cooked, 3 oz | 2.0 | 156 |
*Tomato paste, ¼ cup | 2.0 | 54 |
Food Sources of iron are ranked by milligrams of iron per standard amount; also calories in the standard amount. (All amounts listed provide 10% or more of the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for teenage and adult females, which is 18 mg/day.)
How much iron do I need?
If you have already been diagnosed with iron deficiency, talk to your doctor or healthcare provider about treatment. For healthy individuals, the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for iron is listed in the following table.
Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for iron by age and sex. | ||
Age/Group | Life Stage | Iron (mg/day) |
Infants | 0–6 months | 0.27* |
| 7–12 months | 11 |
Children | 1–3 years | 7 |
| 4–8 years | 10 |
Males | 9–13 years | 8 |
| 14–18 years | 11 |
| 19–30 years | 8 |
| 31–50 years | 8 |
| 51–70 years | 8 |
| >70 years | 8 |
Females | 9–13 years | 8 |
| 14–18 years | 15 |
| 19–30 years | 18 |
| 31–50 years | 18 |
| 51–70 years | 8 |
| >70 years | 8 |
Pregnant Women | 14–18 years | 27 |
| 19–30 years | 27 |
| 31–50 years | 27 |
Lactating Women | 14–18 years | 10 |
| 19–30 years | 9 |
| 31–50 years | 9 |
*This value is an Adequate Intake (AI) value. AI is used when there is not enough information known to set a Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA).
Previous Posts
- Are you in Charge of your Life?
- Dietary Sources of Vitamin C
- Dietary Sources of Iron
- How much iron do I need?
- What can I do to prevent iron deficiency?
- How is iron deficiency treated?
- How is iron deficiency detected?
- Signs and Symptoms of Iron Deficiency
- Who is most at risk?
- What causes iron deficiency?