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If you or your partner are a woodworker just take a look at this package. You can search, print…just take a look. Click on the download button.
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“Advice of medical specialists should be considered before trying cinnamon supplements and other forms of alternative medicine. Side effects and interaction with other drugs may take place.”
Confession
For a long-time, a shortcut breakfast for me consisted of toast with a heavy coating of peanut butter. It was fast and always held me over ’til lunch. (I am NOT recommending peanut butter to anyone). As I got older, I noticed that even after brushing my teeth, I might have “peanut butter breath”. And then, my wife hears that cinnamon lowers bad cholesterol so she started adding a 1/4 teaspoonful of cinnamon to her applesauce. She had a big container of cinnamon sitting on the countertop so one day I sprinkled some on my toast. Voila! No more burping peanut butter or peanut butter breath. I decided to look up the benefits of cinnamon which appears to be quite a list. Add a little honey and the list of claimed benefits grows even longer.
This spice is now being heralded in the long line of herbal medicine wonders. It’s benefits may include:
Lowering LDL cholesterol
Regulatory effect on blood sugar (great for people with Type 2 diabetes)
Ability to stop medication-resistant yeast infections
Anti-clotting effect on the blood
Relief in arthritis pain
Fights the E. coli bacteria in unpasteurized juices
Curbs cravings
Supports digestive function
Relieves congestion
Constricts and tones tissues
Boosts brain function by boosting cognitive function and memory
Relieves menstrual discomfort
Improves circulation by thinning blood
Provides calcium and fiber protect against heart disease
Improves colon health, by removing bile salts from the body
Prevents urinary tract infections and irritable bowel syndrome
Helps address tooth decay and gum disease
Now you noticed that the beginning of this list said “benefits MAY include”… I saw mention of several studies and lots of undocumented claims. As a non-medical specialist and a natural skeptic, I don’t see how many of these claims could be true. However, it seems generally accepted that cinnamon contains manganese, fiber, iron and calcium. If I had high LDL (bad) cholesterol, Type 2 diabetes or peanut butter breath, I’d be eating more cinnamon right now. If I had any of the other problems in the list above, I would be doing more research on the studies of that illness and cinnamon. I saw a reference that might be relevant to many of us Baby Boomers:
In a study at Copenhagen University, patients given half a teaspoon of cinnamon powder combined with one tablespoon of honey every morning before breakfast had significant relief in arthritis pain after one week and could walk without pain within one month. (This could be the result of the anti-clotting properties that makes cinnamon and “anti-inflammatory food”)
Warning: Do not inhale cinnamon dust. It irritates the airway, which could trigger a bronchospasm and stop your breathing. And of course check with your doctor before trying any dietary supplement.
If you haven’t downloaded it yet, “Remedies and Cures – The Natural Way” is a seventy-five page book available for free to paid members of www.addedyears.com
Filed under Health for Everyone, Men's Health, Women's Health by on Aug 30th, 2010. Comment.
We all have made compromises to create a “comfortable” life for ourselves. Will you settle for “comfortable” in your Second Adult Life?
You have worked hard for many years, perhaps raised a family, built a career or both. Your life has become fairly routine. Whether this is good or bad, you have recently begun to realize that you may live another thirty to fifty years or more. That is another entire adult life! The next thought that crosses many minds is, “I can’t go through all this again.”
So what does it take to get out of a rut and make the coming years the very best of your life?
YOU MUST MAKE TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF YOUR TOP PRIORITY.
There seems to be a lot of resistance to this concept. Women have sacrificed their well being “for the sake of their spouse, their children, their parents and even their career or their company.” For whatever reason, many women never realized that they could have “served” everyone around them even better if they had taken care of their own needs first. There is a good reason that the airlines say, “put your emergency oxygen mask on first, before helping anyone else.”
Trying to convince the doubters of this concept takes more words than I have today. So I’m going to concentrate on the one area that almost all agree. “The freedoms and comforts available from having money will help me live a happier, healthier and more fulfilling “second adult life.”
Money is just a tool; a way to make bartering easier. It has no qualities of good or evil. The sole purpose of collecting it now is to help you take care of yourself in the future and make it easier for you to share the very best of yourself with the rest of the world.
So what steps can you take now to ensure this future happiness?
• Personal Savings – You must have a place to accumulate money.
• Retirement Fund – An IRA or 401K or other plan if you work outside the home
• Savings Mindset – “Sock-It-Away” either by habit or auto-withdraw
• Question spending – Do you really need a new __________?
• Avoid & Eliminate Debt – The future is unpredictable but “Cash is always king”
• Avoid having to say, “No” by not telling your friends and relatives about your nest egg.
There are hundreds of excuses not to save. Eliminate them from your mind and replace them with ways and reasons to save. Use your positive thoughts to find ways to add to your account. If it helps, make it a game and add some incentives. Calculate how much the ten dollars you deposited this week will be worth in twenty years. If you want singing lessons, your own apartment, a trip to Tahiti, imagine what that will be like. Remember, this is not a savings account for auto repairs or a birthday gift for your spouse or bail for your sad-sack brother. This is for your future.
Where to save. You want your “pot of gold” to be safe, earn interest if possible and not so easily accessible that you are tempted to dip into it for daily living expenses. Online banks can offer such a place but do your homework and avoid any “hidden” fees, minimum deposits or charges for holding your money. Don’t look for just the highest interest rate. Unless you have a substantial initial deposit, fees and charges can be a lot more that any interest income you might make. Ask questions; call the institution and tell them what you plan to deposit and how you plan to add to it. Specifically ask if there will be any charges or fees. Take notes on each institution you call including who you talk with and when. If you have a few thousand dollars to start with or you have an IRA, you can open multiple accounts with an online broker like E*Trade who will recognize your brokerage account, retirement account, savings and checking accounts as one balance, making it easier to eliminate minimum fees and monthly charges.
You can do this and should DO IT NOW! I’ll let you come up with more reasons to save for your better future years. Here are some ideas for finding and making more deposits to your savings:
• The coins collecting dust around the house
• Cash rebates from product purchases
• Cash birthday or Christmas gifts
• Make sure to use employer matching funds to your retirement account if available
• Automatic deposits from your pay check
• Every time you choose to “brown bag it” instead of eating out, put aside $5 for a deposit
• Sell any “junk” that has been in your storage area for years.
When you start feeling good about doing this for your future you may be ready to start doing more things for yourself. In the years to come, you can keep growing as a productive, happy individual, benefiting everyone around you. If this is a new idea for you, it may take some time to sink in but it is true. It is time to take care of yourself. Remember the oxygen mask…
I’m here to inform and encourage.
Rick Perkins
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Filed under Personal Improvement, Practical Day-to-Day Tips, Women's Health by on Jun 10th, 2010. Comment.
Most of us love the look and feel and smell of a new vehicle. And all we have to do is make enough money to buy a new one. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could do the same with our aging bodies? Sorry, its not going to happen.
The best we can do is take care of the one we have. The sooner you start, the better. Every year you wait makes it harder to maintain the level of mobility and good feelings we would all like to have in our second adult life.
- EXERCISE Mature adults must strive to maintain balance, strength and a good circulatory system to stay active.
- NUTRITION Weight control may actually get easier but watching sodium and sugar levels are more important than ever.
- SLEEP I thought I could avoid the consequences of sleep deprivation but everyone was right; my memory went first…
- REGULAR CHECKUPS Avoid hospital stays whenever possible so practice preventative medicine and go to the doctor regularly.
Of course, you already know this so tomorrow will probably be a lot like today. If you need some incentive, volunteer at a senior center for a few days. You may see ninety year olds dancing and having a great time and sixty year olds in wheelchairs or just too fat or creaky to move away from the tv. If this doesn’t wake you up, nothing I can say will.
There is plenty of practical “anti-aging” information in the main membership site and more on the way. Here are a few of my “101 Tips for Losing Ten Pounds” :
#6 Include in your diet things that contain more water like tomatoes and watermelons. These things contain 90 to 95 % water so that there is nothing that you have to lose by feasting on them. They fill you up without adding to the pounds.
#19 Go easy on tea and coffee. Tea and coffee are harmless by themselves. It’s when you add the cream and sugar that they become fattening. Did you know that having a cup of tea or coffee that has cream and at least two cubes of sugar is as bad as having a big piece of rich chocolate cake?
#44 Instead of frying things try baking them without fat. Baking is by far a healthier method of preparing food than frying. Baking requires lesser oil or fat.
#47 Carry parsley with you. Parsley is an excellent thing to munch on in between meals. Not just is it good for you in terms of vitamins, but it is also a perfect way of making your breath fresher.
Join with us to make the next thirty years the very best of your life.
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Filed under Health for Everyone, Men's Health, Personal Improvement, Practical Day-to-Day Tips, Women's Health by on May 11th, 2010. Comment.
Many wealthy people have lost a lot of their wealth in the last eight years (and I’m not talking about Tiger Woods). Most poor people have stayed poor. Working Baby Boomers have taken a few steps toward the poorhouse and small business owners, the economic backbone of America have taken hit after hit with many not surviving. Focusing this is depressing and frankly many will never get over it. Unfortunately, they have let the loss of “money” destroy their happiness and ruin their sex life.
By this time in your life, you have probably noticed that your sex life is a lot better when you feel good about yourself. Feeling strong and healthy and good about your body certainly helps. What about feeling successful, confident and financially comfortable? You bet!!
Can a person be poor, happy and have a good sex life? YES.
Can a person be rich, unhappy and have a miserable sex life? Of course.
With just those two statement, it would appear that money has nothing to do with being happy and having a good sex life. Mae West said, “I’ve been rich and I’ve been poor. Rich is better.” Donald Trump went from “poor” to multi-millionaire to almost bankruptcy a few years ago. I’ve heard that he so disliked the feeling of not having the multi-millionaire lifestyle that he didn’t take the time to be depressed or even recall all his losses to anyone who would listen. He just went back to work, building up an even bigger financial empire. I have the feeling that his sex life didn’t suffer a bit during this time.
Those who say, “Money can’t buy happiness”, don’t know where to shop. This brings me to the point of this post. Money itself doesn’t belong in the same group as Happiness and Good Sex. The benefits derived from having money are what we all are seeking. When you can buy good health care, good food, freedom to pursue your passion and help others in need, then your happiness and good sex life just come so much easier. But you should not allow losing your “money” to take away the happiness and good sex that you already have. Separate these in your mind and in your daily affirmations. “I may not have the money I once did, but that does not affect my happiness and good sex life. I will work to fill my coffers once again while I continue to enjoy my happy life.” Focus on the good life and whatever you want in your future and the “Law of Attraction” has to make it happen. Focus on loss & misery and you will only create more of the same.
Rick
Filed under Personal Improvement, Relationships, Dating & Sex, Wealth Building by on May 11th, 2010. 1 Comment.
When you have multiple streams of passive income, it is easy to be a little “loose” with your money. You might pay full retail because it is more convenient at the time or buy things you know you will never use because it is for a good cause. For some of us, the frugal traits of yesteryear never go away no matter how much money we have in the bank. Here are two fun sites that are very “frugal friendly”…
Sites for finding the cheapest gasoline in your area have been around for a long time. You can always find a few by entering “cheapest gasoline” in a Google search. However, MSN has a new site that is very professional, up-to-date and show maps to the lowest priced retailers. The MSN site is: http://autos.msn.com/everyday/GasStationsBeta.aspx
You may have seen ads on tv for books about finding lost money. They want you to pay them for telling you where to find government listings of money left in bank accounts or deposits never claimed or benefits checks never cashed. Even a frugal person can forget a utility deposit or may not even know about a refund that was made but never claimed. I think these things happen more frequently to people who have moved many times during their life. I’m giving you one of these sites for free. If you have an unusual name, it will pop right out, for more common names, you will have to scroll through and look at the addresses. If you have lived in several states, try your name in each one. http://www.missingmoney.com
Good luck!
Rick
Filed under Just for FUN, Practical Day-to-Day Tips, Wealth Building by on Apr 26th, 2010. Comment.
Hi Rick,
Got a question for you. I’m in my 50’s and need to know.
As we know when men get a certain age they tend to loose their erection may it be by age, or a medical condition, or lack of desire but yet I’ve heard men say they are still sexually aroused. How can that be if they can’t have an erection??
I hope I’m not embarrasing anyone by asking this question but I’m curious just how a man feels sexually when an erection is not possible. Can you answer this question for me?
Brenda
Filed under Men's Health, Relationships, Dating & Sex by on Apr 14th, 2010. 1 Comment.
I have a large list on the main membership site for basic computer tips.
Casual computer users can sometimes be amazed how much easier a task can be when they are shown a basic tip. Here is an example:
Enlarge Your View
When you are browsing the Internet, you may want to take a closer look at a particular page. While that page is on the screen, hold down the Ctrl key and press the plus key (+). Each time you press the + key the image will get larger. While holding down the Ctrl key, press the minus key (-) and the image will get smaller.
Hold Ctrl key press + Enlarges
Hold Ctrl key press - Shrinks
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If your mouse has a scroll wheel, you can try this: Hold down the Ctrl Key while you roll the wheel forward or backward.
Try it.
Rick Perkins
Happy Browsing! Send me your questions rick@addedyears.com
Filed under Practical Day-to-Day Tips by on Apr 3rd, 2010. 1 Comment.
I know we are all tired of people saying “When you reach a certain age, that’s what happens”.? Don’t fall for that line!? That can be a self-fulfilling mindset.
If you are having doubts about your aging brain, make sure you are following these seven steps to boosting your brain power.
1. Engage yourself in a Regular Exercise
Do simple exercises like a simple walk or jog. It may not be as intense as a full-blown work-out. You just have to keep your body physically fit and active.
Simple work-outs may trigger the release of neurochemicals known as endorphins. These chemicals are responsible for making us feel happy and by feeling happier, a more positive effect on the brain can be observed.
2. Supplement your Diet
Natural supplements are believed to have a good effect on the brain. These supplements not only keep your body healthier, they also maintain the fitness of your brain; thus resulting to better brain power! These supplements are so popular that they can be found anywhere, from your local health and food store up to the web pages of the internet.? We pass along any natural remedies that grab our attention in the member’s site.
3. Use your Brain
If you are to exercise your body, you should exercise your brain as well. Use your brain muscles more often ? think and learn. You may read, talk with other people or even play educational games. Any activity that can keep your brain working effectively may be tried out.
4. Play Games
Choose games that will definitely have a good effect on your brain. Refrain from playing games which are ?no-brainer.? Nowadays, most computer games are designed to exercise your brain, so all you have to do is to choose well the games that you will play. Gaming consoles are also following the fad into increasing brain function. So, do your part in boosting your brain power, play games that will increase your brain power.
5. Enjoy an Educational Hobby
Choose a hobby that will give you some lessons at the end of the activity. This will not be such a difficult task since most of the time, we learn something from our experiences. Just be sure to do things that are not monotonous. Your hobby should be something that will help you learn new things every time you perform it. This way, you will be able to use some parts of your brain which are left unused before.
6. Sleep Well
Sleeping is the time when your body rebuilds and recharges itself. Most professionals believe that you should sleep for at least six to eight hours a day. Aside from these hours, you should also try to take ten-to-thirty minute power naps.? After these refreshing sleeps and naps, you will surely feel energized to take on more activities for the day. From personal experience, I have found that sleep deprivation has a long list of bad side-effects.? Memory loss is one of the first to appear.? Do not deprive yourself of sleep, and you will then realize that your brain will function better with more hours of sleep.
7. Relax
Because of the complexities of our society today, your brain is exhausted just as much as your body. Thus, you should take the time to relax and cleanse your mind of the worries and stresses that might overwhelm your thoughts. You may want to try on spas or meditations to give your mind a break from all the hassle. After the relaxation, you will feel that you are prepared to take on another complex day! This is how you make better your brain?s health and performance.
Filed under Health for Everyone, Personal Improvement by on Mar 16th, 2010. Comment.
My surveys say the number one Baby Boomer problem is “how to make and keep more money“.? No matter how I seem to phrase the question, the number two problem is also money related; “Where do I find affordable health care?“? Now that I have shown you how to create passive streams of income with an Internet marketing business (A Smart Person’s Guide to A Great Retirement) , are you ready to solve some more problems?? First of all, isn’t it great the number of problems that can actually be solved by having money?
Baby Boomers are now between 46 and 64 years old.? After the Wealth issues,? it didn’t surprise me that Health issues jumped up.? I will continue to post Natural and Alternative solutions to our most common health concerns.? I am not a doctor and cannot give medical advice.? I can only provide what may have worked for other people and suggest that you investigate further and bring up the topic with your physician.
Healthy eating habits and moderate exercise continues to fuel the desire for a Great Sex Life but I’m amazed at how little some people have learned since their teenage years.? It is certainly not too late to learn how to WOW your partner with multiple orgasms and unbelievable good feelings.? And if you don’t have a partner, learn to use online dating sites in a safe and effective manner.? These are not insurmountable problems!? Some solutions are easier than others but so far, If you are willing to do the work, I’ve got you covered.
So I’m now open to finding solutions for very specific problems.? What will it take to make the coming years the very best of your life?
- Self Improvement – Finding happiness, success, fulfillment
- Curious about sex toys, escorts, sensual massage, tantric sex but too shy to ask?
- Need some general financial tips that your Financial Adviser may never tell you?? Like? why you don’t want to just sell your accumulated stock outright.
- Have trouble swallowing?? You are not alone.
- Will you someday be a huge burden to your children?? Why not plan to be a hero.
- Need help with that damn computer, cell phone, DVD player or HD TV?
- Do you really understand what will happen if you have LASIK or Lens Replacement eye surgery?
- If you had to go into the hospital, do you have someone close to act as your advocate?
- Do you have a reason to be excited about getting out of bed in the morning?
- And the fun problems…A great hiking vacation, How to best help the grandkids, How to be a mentor, Where to find a recipe, Be a Secret Santa
If you are a member of? “addedyears.com“, you already have access to some of these solutions.? If you have a specific question, ask it here (in the Comments section below) and I’ll try to point you in the right direction.? Be active and curious and stay out of the “rut”.???? Rick
Filed under Boomer Surveys, Health for Everyone, Men's Health, Relationships, Dating & Sex, Wealth Building, Women's Health by on Dec 28th, 2009. Comment.
