Health Talk Today

Inspirational Video

When I was growing up, mom used to say, “A man complained because he had no shoes, until he met a man who had no feet.” I still remember it. And I repeated it to my kids more than once.

We all have challenges. Most of them are not insurmountable. It may seem easy to slip into self-pity, but I hope you don’t. Years ago, I met a man who had no arms. He did everything with his feet, including playing the guitar. He was amazing. He had a “can do” attitude. It would have been easy for him to give in to his disability, but he chose to inspire others.

Watch the video to virtually meet another man who is truly inspirational.

Marilyn Kvasnok

Vision Boards


You can dream all you want, but if you want those dreams to come true, they need to be real goals. One way to set goals and keep them in front of you is to create a vision board. I found a free one at Catalog of Dreams.

Create a free account and go thru their catalog, adding images and words. Create your own text and add that, too. The catalog is very limited, but there was enough there to make my first vision board.

The free version only saves the vision board for 24-48 hours. But, you can capture the image and save it to your computer. From there, you can post it on your blog, like I did. Or use it for your desktop wallpaper. Click my vision board to see a larger image.

I’m new to vision boards, but I love it already. This one is very simple, but now that I’ve create one, I have ideas for the next one. And with Catalog of Dreams, I can create a new one anytime I choose.

Marilyn Kvasnok

Happy Halloween!

WARNING: DON’T PLAY THE GAME
IF YOU DON’T LIKE TO BE SCARED.

OK, I warned you. Now you’re on your own.
Want to play the Halloween version of Tic Tac Toe?

Marilyn Kvasnok

Quotable

“Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for – in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it.”

Ellen DeGeneres

Marilyn Kvasnok

Lead in Vitamins

I found charts on The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) website that talk about a safe/tolerable exposure levels of lead for women an children. Could there really be a SAFE and TOLERABLE exposure level of lead? I thought lead accumulates in the body. ANY level of lead sounds bad to me.

One chart lists the provisional total tolerable intake levels (PTTI) for children and adult women. That sounds like the amount of lead that’s OK, according to the FDA, if children and women ingest it every day. Another chart lists vitamin brands and the amount of exposure in a daily dose.

I checked for my vitamins. They aren’t on the chart. I’m relieved. But, I saw many brands that I recognize: Centrum, Flintstones, One A Day, The Vitamin Shoppe, Solaray, Puritan’s Pride, Twinlab, GNC, Solgar, Sundown and Viactiv. These are just a few of the brands on the FDA’s chart.

Our health is in our hands. Choosing a good vitamin may take a little research, but it will be well worth it over time. Look for a company you can trust – One that does research on the ingredients it uses, quality control tests on the products and has a good reputation. I found one that works well for me.

Marilyn Kvasnok

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