Expectations for Looking and Feeling Youthful

Written by Harriet Diamond

Disney offers refunds for Baby Einstein DVDs

Leah Zanolla from Alltop .The company has been challenged regarding how educational the videos actually are for children.

Well, I listened to this news broadcast yesterday that talked about parents positive expectations to these” Learning videos” and realized this is very similar to all the hype of antiaging creams and the advertisement I saw claiming that using this will make you look 30 when you wake up in the morning even if today you are 50. I laughed but it bothered me so much that I emailed the company with that advertisement and told them I wanted to read the research papers that supported this. It was an email from a Doctor that I had admired.  But this was all bogus. Two weeks later, in answer to my inquiry, I received a note back but was unable to see the research findings and the study results.

Do we need to have expectations that using a skin cream will make us look younger?

Does it have to happen in a week or two? Or maybe just using excellent well tested  products and following a youthful routine will create real results from the inside out too.  Our skin products will help you achieve better and prettier skin because their natural and filled with nourishing ingredients, but not overnight! Please, let’s get over this” I want it tomorrow syndrome”. Haven’t we had enough of hype?

Age and Calendar - Ask Youthing Girl

Written by Harriet Diamond

Youthing Girl says thinking about getting older?

40 is the new 30 and 60 is the new 50? What is all this about? It is trying to say that we are changing the way we view ourselves as years are adding on.
What’s the calendar vs. biological age?

Calendar age is the number in relationship to when we were born. This mindset leads to lots of negativity, like the senior moment, flexibility diminished, brain ability going etc. It’s bad programming to think this way.

In contrast, biological age is the health and integrity of your body and its various organs and tissues. Who do you know who looks and feels 20 or more years younger than their calendar age? Why is that? These people have a strong mindset of self-determination focused on their taking responsibility for the things in their lives. They enjoy life and make good choices about what they eat and the exercises they do. They care about something more than themselves.  Don’t you feel happy being around these people? You come away with an up, light feeling, which I feel is the joy of feeling alive. It’s in the genes? Well, that’s another topic for another day. Be well.

And don't forget you can have a 30 year old brain (Read This!) in a 60 year old body

Use your brain to help your body

Written by Harriet Diamond

Thinking good thoughts leads to better health

A Special Health Report from the experts at Harvard Medical School

Being a psychology graduate, I’m excited to see this report from Harvard. I believe that happy, more positive thoughts truly elevate our internal systems and ward off potential ailments. I would like to read a good study with a big sampling that would support this idea. But in the interim, even with elders, we find that the happier personality, people who are involved, participate, and give to others feel better and have longer lives. Proof, give me awhile and I’m still researching that. But I’m happy thinking this. The report follows. More will find their way here.

“Positive emotions have been linked with better health, longer life and greater well being in numerous scientific studies. On the other hand, chronic anger, worry, and hostility increase the risk of developing high blood pressure and heart disease. A Harvard School of Public Health survey found that people who are generally hopeful were less likely to develop hypertension, diabetes or respiratory tract infections than those who were less hopeful or expressed more negative emotion. The concepts of positive psychology can have a favorable impact not only on the psyche, but on the body as well.”

Some more thoughts about using your brain to stay young - Youthing Brain

Holiday Eating Success

Written by Harriet Diamond

Holiday Eating, Youthing and Feeling Great!

Years ago I was a NutriSystem consultant. I vividly remember the holidays soon to be upon us and the anxiety of losing weight before they started so when the holiday parties began there was some room on the belt buckle that could be released. But then it was holiday time and what to eat at the buffets and dinner parties became most important in everyone’s mind.

Well I’m a believer that we don’t have to deny ourselves or be depressed about what to eat. I truly doubt that unless you go to health restaurants there is going to be lots of tasty treats filled with calories, carbs, and fats.(and not the good ones either!). But life is about youthing and feeling good and happy and so what’s it all about?

The Humble Potato and Health

Written by Harriet Diamond

Nutrition or Poisonous?

Everyone knows I love potatoes. With my low body temperature I find them warming my core. I can eat them everyday and yet I don’t need all the extra stuff you could fill them with. My favorite is potato and butter. But I didn’t realize that when I buy them from my food store and not the health store, I am doing my self a disservice. I thought washing them good would get everything off. But here’s another eye opening story. Once again, thanks Rodale for years of good information.

Nonorganic Potatoes

Jeffrey Moyer, chair of the National Organic Standards Board, gives us the scoop:

The problem: Root vegetables absorb herbicides, pesticides, and fungicides that wind up in soil. In the case of potatoes—the nation's most popular vegetable—they're treated with fungicides during the growing season, then sprayed with herbicides to kill off the fibrous vines before harvesting. After they're dug up, the potatoes are treated yet again to prevent them from sprouting. "Try this experiment: Buy a conventional potato in a store, and try to get it to sprout. It won't," says Moyer, who is also farm director of the Rodale Institute (also owned by Rodale Inc., the publisher of Prevention). "I've talked with potato growers who say point-blank they would never eat the potatoes they sell. They have separate plots where they grow potatoes for themselves without all the chemicals."

The solution: Buy organic potatoes. Washing isn't good enough if you're trying to remove chemicals that have been absorbed into the flesh.

Budget tip: Organic potatoes are only $1 to $2 a pound, slightly more expensive than conventional spuds.

My new sneakers! Mind and Body Fitness

Synchronicity! It happens all the time. An article appeared in Third Age, on the very day that it’s the first time I'm wearing my new Sketchers which is supposed to help me with posture and be an additional workout for my thighs and legs while I walk.

It did feel good today, but I am still amazed that the very day I start wearing them there’s an article about doing it.

It’s congruent with my new brain neuroactive program (we sell) that helps me multitask. Ah, the things we do for extra time. Now I can walk, exercise, and do brain exercises all at the same time. Unbelievable, will you recognize me in a month? Maybe there’s a marathon coming up for beginners. I’ll check it out. I’m in the mood for new and different. I’m in the mood for going beyond comfort. Yeah, well with all that said, I think I need a break right now for something tasty.

Here’s the link if you have a further desire to read how some shoes can actually burn cellulite? Third Age Article.