Healthy Eating/Healthy Skin
We all know that eating a diet rich in fruits, vegetables and whole grain is essential for a healthy lifestyle. But what about healthy skin? What you eat has an effect on your skin. A healthy lifestyle benefits you in many ways. Healthy and youthful looking skin is one of those benefits.
Those bright red fruits and vegetable such as tomatoes, ruby red grapefruit, and red bell peppers are vital because of lycopene, an important antioxidant which fight free radicals. Free radicals are said to damage the body's cells including the skin cells.
You still have to consider sun damage when you think about healthy skin. The best way to avoid sun damage is to stay out of the sun. However if you can't do they, you should make sure to eat bright orange and yellow fruits and vegetables. You might ask why? Beta-carotene, form of vitamin A,
is the reason. Eating carrots is not only good for your vision but they also contribute to healthy skin and helping you fight against sun damage.
Recipes/Nutrition Information
Women Devotion
Live your Faith
Regardless of what you think, you are being watched, observed by others. I keep the following verse in mind, Phil 4:8 ...... whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-think about such things.
Your thoughts reflect in your actions. If you are having pure thoughts, your expressions and reactions will show through with your calm, rational and sincere actions.
Webster defines noble as possessing outstanding qualities. You want to emanate these qualities to others each day in the most difficult situations.
Praiseworthy refers to worthy of praise. This goes to the saying if there's nothing good to say then sometimes it better to say nothing at all. It is easy to dwell and reflect on the negative or things we feel are not going right. Make a conscious effort to reflect on the excellent, the lovely. It might be as small as waking up to singing birds or a bull frog croaking, a beautiful sun rise, bright colored flowers, all of these things are excellent and lovely and wonderfully made by God.
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
Spring/pre-summer is the perfect time of the year to pick a sport to participate in. It could be softball, tennis, swimming or horse backing riding. Try just new and different this month.
National Salad Month
As the weather starts to warm, salads are goods and the variety is endless. From a simple citrus boursin salad (my personal favorite) that compliments a meal to a salad that serves as the main course. Check out the recipes included in this newsletter for some healthy eating.
Editor's Corner
by Lynne
Rhythmic sounds are things that grate on my nerves. The sound of a ticking clock, wind chimes, an alarm, a tapping of a pen on a desk , I think you get the picture.
I was lying in bed and heard a bullfrog outside of the window, and then a bird started chirping, and a cricket joined in on the chorus. Any other day, these sounds would have really bothered me. However, this day I realized God had provided a natural symphony that harmonized together perfectly with no practice needed.
These little creatures were filing the air with a magnificent sound and no music lessons were needed and no conductor was needed. The Composer didn't need anyone to write the music or score the music. He equipped these creatures with all they needed. He has also equipped us, WOW!
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