http://www.nurtureyourown.com Grow your own healthy lifestyle Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:37:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The moment you shut your heavy eyes, you drift to another world. This world that you are in is the world that you have always dreamt about. It is the sweetest dream that you ever had. You had a long uninterrupted sleep. You woke up 8 hours later, welcoming yourself ... http://www.nurtureyourown.com/Sprouts/1133/manage-your-headache-painlessly-part-1/ Stress is nothing more than a socially acceptable form of mental illness. ~Richard Carlson http://www.nurtureyourown.com/Sprouts/944/health-quote-by-richard-carlson/ Myth: Chocolate causes weight gain. Fact: Any food can be part of a healthy diet if consumed in moderation. An average chocolate bar contains 220 calories, which is low enough to be a part of a weight control diet if other high-calorie foods are eliminated. Enjoying the occasional piece of chocolate ... http://www.nurtureyourown.com/Sprouts/1085/myth-fact-about-chocolate7-weight-gain/ The time to relax is when you don't have time for it. ~Attributed to both Jim Goodwin and Sydney J. Harris http://www.nurtureyourown.com/Sprouts/942/health-quote-by-sydney-j-harris/ Myth: Chocolate lacks any nutritional value. Fact: Chocolate is a good source of magnesium, copper, iron and zinc. It also contains polyphenols (an antioxidant also found in tea and red wine) that have been associated with a decreased risk of coronary disease. An average chocolate bar contains about the same amount ... http://www.nurtureyourown.com/Sprouts/1082/myth-fact-about-chocolate-5-nutritional-value/ Myth: Chocolate is loaded with saturated fat and is bad for your cholesterol. Fact: Stearic acid, the main saturated fat found in milk chocolate, is unique. Research has shown that it doesn’t raise cholesterol levels the same way that other types of saturated fats do. In fact, eating a 1.4 ounce ... http://www.nurtureyourown.com/Sprouts/1057/myth-fact-about-chocolate-2/ There must be quite a few things that a hot bath won't cure, but I don't know many of them. ~Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar http://www.nurtureyourown.com/Sprouts/940/health-quote-by-sylvia-plath/ Myth: Chocolate causes headaches. Fact: While sited as a common cause of migraines, a study by the University of Pittsburgh has shown no link between chocolate and headaches. The results of that double-blind study of 63 participants known to suffer chronic headaches were published in the neurology journal Cephalalgia. Chronic ... http://www.nurtureyourown.com/Sprouts/1071/myth-fact-about-chocolate-4/ Myth: Chocolate causes acne. Fact: Regardless of what your parents or grandparents may still say, studies in the past twenty years have eliminated chocolate as a cause of acne. In fact, many dermatologists doubt that diet plays any significant role in the development of acne. Acne is now believed to ... http://www.nurtureyourown.com/Sprouts/1069/myth-fact-about-chocolate-3/ The man who doesn't relax and hoot a few hoots voluntarily, now and then, is in great danger of hooting hoots and standing on his head for the edification of the pathologist and trained nurse, a little later on. ~ Elbert Hubbard http://www.nurtureyourown.com/Sprouts/938/health-quote-by-elbert-hubbard/