Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Part Two Foods That Harm and Foods That Heal!!

ASTHMA

Consume Plenty of
* Chicken Soup, Broth, and other fluids to help thin Bronchial mucus.
* Foods high omega-3 fatty acids to counter inflammation.

Avoid
*Any foods, including dairy products or additives that seem to bring on attacks.
* Mushrooms, cheese, soy sauce,and yeasty breads if molds trigger attacks.
*Salicylates, and ingredient in aspirin, tea,vinegar, salad dressings , many fruits, and a few vegetables
*Any food preserved with sulfites
*Foods containing tartrazine, or yellow food dye 5

Caffeine

Benefits
* Temporarily enhances mental alertness and concentration.
*Can improve athletic performance by temporarily increasing muscle strength and endurance
*May abort an asthma attack by relaxing constricted bronchial muscles

Drawbacks
* Is mildly addictive and can result in withdrawal symptoms.
* Can cause insomnia
*Excessive amounts can produce tremors, palpitations and feelings of anxiety
*Diuretic effects increase urination
*Lowers the body's absorption of calcium by increasing the amount lost in urine and stools.

Sources of Caffeine

Average Caffeine Content

Coffee (5oz) Milligrams

Decaf 1-5

Ground regular
Drip method 100-180-
Percolated 75-170
Instant 65-120

Tea

Brewed 1 min 9-33
Brewed 3 min 20-46
Brewed 5 min 20-50
Decaffeinated 1-5
Iced tea (from mix) 22-36
Instant 12-28

Soft Drinks

Coca-Cola (cherry ,classic, or diet) 46
Dr.Pepper(regular or diet) 39.6
Diet Pepsi 36
Mountain Dew 54
Pepsi-Cola 38.4
RC Cola (regular or diet) 48
Sunkist Orange 40

Chocolate
Baking Chocolate(2 oz) 70
Cold Chocolate Milk(8oz) 2-7
Hot Cocoa (6oz) 5
Milk Chocolate Candy (2oz) 12
Sweet or Dark (2oz) 40


Painkillers

Anacin, 400mg (aspirin) 32
Bayer Select 500mg (Acetaminophen) 65
Excedrin, 500mg (Contains Aspirin / Acetaminophen) 65
Not All Excedrin has Caffeine or Aspirin)


Caffeine Effects

Caffeine can effect your SLEEP!! Ingestion of caffeine late in the day can result in a sleepless night , and excessive intake can lead to caffeinism, a syndrome marked by insomnia, feelings of anxiety and irritability, a rapid hear beat, tremors, and excessive urination . It can be fatal with rapidly consuming the amount found in 80 to 100 cups of coffee. You should no consume more than 200 mg a day. How much do you Consume in a days time???

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

What kind a flower are you.


I am a
Snapdragon


What Flower
Are You?


Dye Class!!

I am teaching a Dye class at Knit Escape in St. Charles Missouri. IF your intreasted in coming you can contact Gina at Knit Escape.
Sock Dying
Back by popular demand, we are going to dye sock yarn. It will be on June 29. at 2:00 pm I will be sharing my knowledge and dyes with you!! There are over 50 colors ! You will need to bring a glass 13x9 pan with you. Class size is limited, payment holds your spot. $40. This is the link to her blog where she can be reached!!!
http://www.knitescape.blogspot.com

I hope to see you there!! It will be fun . We will be dying in a very new hip method .

Another great Photo


This was emailed to me by my friend Cindy!! I thought I would share this with you as well.


I ask you!! Can you see the baby!! This is so cool! It is called, rather named, 'Baby in a Tree' .. Do you see it? If you can't see the baby in the picture, don't give up. It's really cool when it actually appears. You have to have an open mind. Don't look for a Baby, and you will see the Baby! Once you see it you won't see anything else!!! So I ask you Can you see the Baby?

One in a million Photo


This was emailed to me by my friend Cindy!! A one in a million shot....God's way of saying.................'Have a nice day!' For those who can't tell the smile is actually birds

Sunday, June 8, 2008

SO SO ANGRY!!!

I'm so mad right now!! My ditgal Camera is totally broken!! What makes matter worse is right now I can't just go out and buy one. Normally I would. But I have a but load of bills due at the moment. How I found out my camera is broken. I was taking pictures of my duaghter in her armwarmers. That I finally got finshed today. (note I have been knitting them off and on for a year or so) I was taking pictures of her outside. We took maybe two and the thing shut off. So I thought to myself I just need batteries. Go inside to look for some right, wrong don't have any. So then I drive to town and but over price Lithium Batteries. Put them in nothing . Call Kodak they said my camera is broken somewhere on the inside. Which is total crap . I mean IF I HAD DROPPED IT I COULD SEE THAT> BUT I DIDN'T DROP IT!!!! SO I find the receipt bought the thing in October 08 2005. So then Kodak tell me there's only 1 year warranty on the goofy thing. Just great @!!!!! So I mean It has lived a good life and Since 05 I have taken around 4,000 pictures !!
It just sucks because I got a huge shipment of yarn in and I planned on dyeing it and putting it on line in my etsy shop and well now I can't . I can't without Pictures. So I pretty tick off at the moment. I had even planned to release some of my new colorways in the next couple of weeks. Now I can't even do that. Stink bills and cost of living going up. What I need is A VERY EARLY 30Th B-Day present .!!!

Knowing me I will probably buy another Kodak too (eventually) because I have the Kodak All in one printer and the soft ware is already on my computer plus it take great pictures!!!