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Making healthy choices when eating out can be difficult but with a little thought and planning ahead you can maintain your goals!

Chinese restaurants offer a wide variety of broth-based soups, stir-fried specialties (with seafood, tofu, vegetables and lean meat), steamed fish and vegetable dishes, steamed rice, hot mustard sauce, chow mein, and other menu items that you are free to enjoy for low-fat, low-calorie, choices. Dishes to avoid include anything fried, for example spring rolls and fried wontons, most dishes that include duck, egg foo yung, and fried crisp-skin chicken. Fried rice should be replaced by steamed rice. The all-you-can-eat buffet should always be avoided.

Most Japanese food is healthy and low fat. Sushi and sashimi, nori rolls, udon noodles in broth, yakitori and all suitable healthy meals. Just avoid anything fried like tempura.

Thai food is another low-fat and healthy choice. Their hot and spicy soups are satisfying and extremely low in fat. Thai stir-fries are another excellent choice. Avoid dishes that are simmered in coconut - delicious but high in fat.

Indian cuisine offers a number of delicious and healthy, low-fat choices. Chicken, fish, veggies, steamed rice and dhal are included in a healthy menu. Bean soups are delicious and healthy. You can opt for chapatti or roti if you want a bread substitute although you should avoid fried naan bread. Generally, Indian and Thai cuisines are a healthy dining option when you are watching what you eat.

Many of the most fattening dishes are found in Italian restaurants. Fried mozzarella sticks, lasagna, any pasta dish with a cream-based sauce like Alfredo or carbonara and many more have a high fat content and should be avoided. However, you will also find many healthy dishes that will make your mouth water. Thin crust pizza with vegetable toppings, pasta with tomato-based sauces, chicken cacciatore, chicken Marsala, and biscotti are a few items that will keep you at the Italian table without having to give up your commitment to cut calories and watch your fat intake. Salads and soup choices are also something to consider but order your salad without dressing. Avoid most desserts in Italian restaurants - many are cream-based and very rich.

Mexican cuisine need not be avoided just you just because you are choosing to slim your waistline and count calories. Black bean soup, grilled chicken or shrimp dishes, chicken soft tacos, chicken or shrimp fajitas, salsa, and chicken quesadillas are all good healthy choices. You are probably aware of the foods to avoid here: nachos, refried beans, enchiladas, and fried choices such as chimichangas.

Dining out offers many opportunities to try new cuisines and most menus offer healthy food choices. Put some thought into what you order and you won’t need to limit your dining out experiences!

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The email came in this last winter from a young couple who had bought a charming vintage four room, one bedroom condo in a friendly, walk-to-everything location. They loved the place, but needed a home office and an area for her burgeoning scrap book hobby. Could I come over and talk about looking for a larger home and selling their current one? I had sold them their home (I am a real estate broker and author of 1001 Tips for Buying and Selling a Home) just over two years ago and set up a date to talk over the possible move to a larger home, but I wasn’t convinced that they really needed a move, I thought to myself that they needed a fresh perspective on the space they already had.

The agreed upon time arrived and we began to discuss what was right and what was wrong with their current home. Location, perfect, neighborhood, loved it, the unit itself, great except they were running out of space. Every room looked well-lived-in except the dining room, which was museum quality. The table perfectly plotted under the home store chandelier with six chairs and a sideboard that was a gift from her parents. The table top was void of anything, as to not scratch the finish that had been preserved in her family for three generations. The dining room was twelve-by-thirteen, hardwood floors and featured good southern light streaming in from an row of three windows. Okay, you don’t need to move I told them, you need to utilize this dining room for more than a monument to your grandparents dining room suite.

Before

-Traditional style,dark stained dining table with two leaves and six matching chairs with upholster seats. Matching upright china cabinet with drawers below and beveled glass door display space above.

-Hardwood floors, paper accordion window blinds and an over-scale wrought iron chandelier.

-Walls painted a mustard color (faux Tuscan) with hand-stenciled ivy border near ceiling.

-Original baseboard and window trim in good condition painted a ivy green.

After

-The dining room/office/hobby area was open to the living room which was painted a deep red with off white trim.

-The first thing I recommended was to take down the chandelier, once it was gone it wouldn’t set the tone for the room and it rid the room of the albatross sitting in it’s center. They purchased a decorative plaster medallion to place over the electrical box.

-Shrink the table by taking both the leaves out. Purchase some felt bags to store the leaves in, under their bed. Purchase table pads to protect the top and move the table under the windows. Take three of the side chairs and place around table.

-Purchase a 24′ x 48′ beveled glass top to rest on two dark stained pillars for a desk which will double as a buffet or cocktail station when entertaining. Place one side chair at desk.

-Two table top candlestick lamps, one for task lighting on the desk and one for the scrap book hobby center on the dining room table. This pair of lamps return to the desk/buffet for entertaining. Pastel yellow shades pick the area rug.

-Install two halogen can lights in beveled china cabinet to add mood lighting and accent glassware. Remove two wood shelves in cabinet and replace with two beveled glass shelves to allow new lighting to stream down.

-Area rug. I suggested a 5′ x 8′ that was overall more neutral than patterned. That way my clients could take it with them to their next home. They selected a light pastel yellow rug that looked great against the medium oak hardwood floors.

-Chair upholstery. Upholster four chairs that remain in the new office/hobby/dining room in a botanical print with a soft yellow background complemented by red and green flowers. The remaining two chairs to be reupholstered in a companion red and off-white colored wide stripe and placed in living room.

-Wall and trim colors. The room needed to be harmonized with the adjacent living room, so I suggested an off-white trim color that matched the living room trim. For the walls a very soft pastel yellow in eggshell was applied.

-Window blinds. The owners wanted wood blinds, so to soften the look I suggested off-white or ivory, with the window trim painted the same color, it’s a custom look.

-To finish off the room, I thought using the wide strip chair upholstery as a table cloth for the dining/hobby table with a clear plastic overlay for the scrap book hobby would blend form and function. When entertaining they can remove the overlay for a striking tabletop.

Mark Nash’s fourth real estate book, ‘1001 Tips for Buying and Selling a Home’ (2005), and working as a real estate broker in Chicago are the foundation for his consumer-centric real estate perspective which has been featured on ABC-TV, CBS The Early Show, Bloomberg TV, CNN-TV, Chicago Sun Times & Tribune, Fidelity Investor’s Weekly, Dow Jones Market Watch, HGTVpro.com, MSNBC.com, The New York Times, Realty Times, Universal Press Syndicate and USA Today.

Do you know what you know? In many situation we act without even knowing why we act the way we do. If this is true for one person, what would this mean for an organizations?

In business, the management of knowledge is not a primary business activity and therefore difficult to manage: The attention for the topic doesn’t normally last long. And than it is just another supportive task, like accounting, administration, human resources: everybody needs it, but not the whole organization is aware of that.

Nonaka and Takeuchi have expressed that two processes are very important when managing knowledge; externalization and internalization. They refer to a process of making tacit knowledge explicit (by dialogue using words and metaphors, etc) and once this knowledge is made accessible to others it will be internalized – the employee will do what he or she has learned and this “doing” will be sort of new habit. It is not the same as “learning by doing;” that applies more to a process of implicit learning. You follow someone else and than you how to do it. You are not explicitly aware of what you have learned.

In order to manage knowledge you should start to know what you know. This is like making an inventory. But if you make an inventory you are addressing the supply side of knowledge.
The demand side of knowledge is normally where the bottleneck resides. And this could be very well because of a recent change – like reorganizations for example.

As mentioned, knowledge management is not a primary business, so the chances are that the organizational structure has been changed and only once every thing is “back to normal”, then the knowledge management issue is addressed. This is to fill the (knowledge) gap that has been caused by the structural changes.

The next step is to examine the structural change and to take action.

© 2006 Hans Bool

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I was having lunch on the patio of a casual restaurant, and between bites of my crisp salad, I overheard a man in a business suit say to his lunch mate:

“I don’t disagree with that.”

I’ve heard this phrase before, first and foremost from a lawyer, and I’ve always found it irksome, along with other weasel words and phrases.

What does “I don’t disagree with that” say?

Actually, it says nothing, at least directly. If you don’t disagree, does it mean you agree? Are you open to agreeing?

And what does this phrase replace, except a perfectly serviceable grunt such as “uh-huh”?

Are those who don’t disagree so concerned that they’ll “go on the record” for assenting to something that could haunt them later if they just let what they heard pass without comment?

Do they feel obligated to judge each and every thing that comes along?

After law school I had to make a real effort to STOP sounding like a lawyer in the interest of getting along with my consulting clients, who by the way, were seeking me out for my communication abilities.

Like a reformed “anything,” perhaps I’m acutely antagonistic about symptoms of that from which I feel I’ve extricated myself. Ex-smokers are often the most vocal about side stream smoke, and I lament the use of circumlocutions such as “I don’t disagree.”

Anyway, that couple on the patio could have been discussing dessert for all I know, one of them saying, “A piece of pie would be nice.”

Why can’t the other just fess up to wanting a slice, too?

Dr. Gary S. Goodman, President of Customersatisfaction.com, is a popular keynote speaker, management consultant, and seminar leader and the best-selling author of 12 books, including Reach Out & Sell Someone® and Monitoring, Measuring & Managing Customer Service, and the audio program, “The Law of Large Numbers: How To Make Success Inevitable,” published by Nightingale-Conant. A Ph.D. from USC’s Annenberg School, a Loyola lawyer, and an MBA from the Peter F. Drucker School at Claremont Graduate University, Gary offers programs through UCLA Extension and numerous universities, trade associations, and other organizations in the United States and abroad. Headquartered in Glendale, California, he can be reached at (818) 243-7338 or at: gary@customersatisfaction.com.

For more information about coaching, consulting, training, books, videos and audios, please go to: http://www.customersatisfaction.com

The purpose of a communications effort (e.g., advertising, public relations) is to
motivate people to action. If it hasn’t, it has failed. The bottom line is this: action
is the only communications measure that counts.

Advertising and public relations can prompt action in different ways. A successful
advertisement can intrigue, beguile or excite. These feelings can motivate a person
to purchase or use a product or service.

Public relations can create a favorable environment and generate interest for a
product or service. News reports, reviews or other coverage by a credible third
party can motivate people to investigate or purchase a company’s wares.

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer conducted a highly successful communications
campaign to support the launch of its anti-impotence medication Viagra. Public
relations generated media coverage that legitimized the issue of erectile dysfunction
and prompted men to seek help for the condition. Publicity for Viagra translated
into millions of prescriptions.

Pfizer’s advertising efforts helped to extend the impact of the public relations
campaign. Pfizer produced a series of famous commercials featuring former
senator and presidential candidate Bob Dole. The controversial advertisements
extended the national dialogue about erectile dysfunction and further boosted
Viagra’s sales.

Is Your Communications Campaign Motivating People?

There are many ways to measure whether a communications campaign is motivating
people to action. Some of these include:

* Sales Or Service Utilization: The amount of people using or purchasing a product
or service.

* Web site Visits: The number of visits to a Web site generated by a
communications campaign.

* Event Attendance: The amount of people attending an event in response to
campaign-related messages.

* “Buzz”: Whether the communications campaign is generating commentary about
the product or service in informal channels (e.g., blogs, podcasts, chat rooms and
word-of-mouth).

The fact is, action = success, inaction = failure. When it comes to communications
measurement, action is the most important criterion.

(c) 2005 Fard Johnmar

Fard Johnmar is founder of Envision Solutions, L.L.C., a full-service healthcare
marketing communications consulting firm. Envision Solutions provides
innovative products and services to not-for-profit and for-profit
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I had been married for a year and we hadn’t been able to afford a honeymoon. So
we saved for a year, picked a Montego Bay resort in Jamaica, off a travel brochure,
and prepared for a long week-end getaway over President’s Day. We lived in New
Jersey at the time and hadn’t traveled much. My wife was from a very small town in
West Virginia and never been in a hotel before.

We arrived on the island and got an airport shuttle to the resort. It was beautiful
and exciting. We unpacked and headed downstairs to the outdoor café for dinner.
After a multiple course meal, my wife said, “Thank you Walter, as the black man in
the crisp white suit cleared our table. As we walked away, I asked how she knew his
name. She informed me that it was on his nametag. I escorted her back up to our
room where she used the key and opened the door. Immediately, she slammed the
door and pushed me back down the hallway.

“Oh my god, we’ve been robbed?” she exclaimed, obviously shaken.

“You’re kidding,” I replied in disbelief.

“No, really. Everything’s been touched. All our stuff has been moved. I didn’t see
our suitcases, clothes or anything. I’m afraid to go back in. We should go talk to the
manager right now,” she demanded.

“Calm down,“ I said. “Let me take a peek,” and I grabbed the key out of her still-
shaking hand.

“Please don’t do it,”she pleaded, as I walked to the door anyway.

I gently pushed the door open and saw the problem. Our “stuff” had definitely
been touched. The suitcases we left on the bed were against the wall. The bed was
now made and turned down. The robbers had even gone to the trouble to place
small chocolate mints on the pillows as a “thank you” for allowing us to let them
steal us blind. Inside the bathroom, I noticed that the towels had been straightened
by the criminals. They had even left fresh soap, the swine!

My wife was waiting patiently outside as I returned.

“It’s okay,” I reassured her. “It think the burglars worked for the hotel.”

“What do you mean?” she asked, somewhat puzzled.

“It was the maid. They do that sort of thing at nicer hotels. Like turning down the
bed, getting us fresh towels and, did you notice the mints?”

“Mints? She replied as she gingerly followed me back inside.

At that point she settled down and began to enjoy the resort. Two days later,
after having all our meals at the hotel with the same server, we had just finished our
dessert after dinner. It was our last meal and Walter thanked us for our generous
tips, my wife and I were walking away when I saw another server at the hostess
stand. She wore a name badge that read, “Waiter.”

I turned to my wife, who had relatively poor eyesight and said, “Could you stay
here a minute?” She looked perplexed but waited as I left to find our waiter.

I walked up to him and said, “Excuse me, but what’s you name?”

He was surprised, but said, “Why it’s Cedric, sir. Why do you ask?”

“Well, my wife called you “Walter” for three days and you never once corrected
her.”

He simply smiled and said, “That would be rude to correct a guest, sir.”

I reached in my wallet and gave him a twenty dollar bill, “That’s for the excellent
service,” I told him, strolling away to find my wife,

After I told her the story, she laughed until tears rolled down her nearsighted
eyes.

Jeffrey Hauser was a sales consultant for the Bell System Yellow Pages for
nearly 25 years. He graduated from Pratt Institute with a BFA in Advertising
and has a Master’s Degree from Monmouth University. He had his own
advertising agency in Scottsdale, Arizona and ran a consulting and design
firm, ABC Advertising. He has authored 6 books and a novel, ‘Pursuit of the
Phoenix,’ available at amazon.com. His latest book is, ‘Inside the Yellow
Pages.’ Currently, he is the Marketing Director for thenurseschoice.com,
a Health Information and Doctor Referral site.

One of the things I love most about being a solo-professional is I get to be ‘me.’ Now, I do realize that my business is NOT me … my business coach has made sure of that. 

And, I do know that’s a good thing.

However, one of the things I’ve realized over the past year is how important it is to just be me.

To let my personality come through in my articles, my writing and my marketing.

It’s funny actually, because I get more reaction from my ezine subscribers when I do this. More than when I pose a marketing question or ask for feedback or response to an article.

If I talk about something personal, people connect and they write to me.

I was taught this by one of my mentors, Alexandria Brown, The Ezine Queen. She related a story of how when she talked about her kitten, she got all kinds of emails from readers sharing information about their pets.

So I figured I’d try it. I literally tried the same thing in one issue of my 10stepmarketing Ezine and talked about my dogs. They are after all my ‘co-workers’ since I work out of my home and no one else is around all day.

What happened?

Same thing that happened to the Ezine Queen … I got emails back from readers about their pets. The nice thing was, it actually helped me to connect with more of my readers, too, which was cool.

The same thing happened when I shared about my new car and my kids. And I started to realize I didn’t have to separate me from my work. And that by bringing more of me into it, I was actually connecting with more of my readers.

What a relief that was for me. I could just be me and I could share more than just marketing tips; I could share about me. And that actually works better than just being the ‘marketing expert’ all the time.

The other lesson I learned was to let my passion shine through.

I am one of those people who feels truly blessed to be doing work I love. I love to get up everyday and help my clients with their marketing. I love sharing what I know in the hope it will help another solo-professional be more successful.

And when I hear that I’ve made a difference in someone’s business and their life, I’m overjoyed.

So, when I learned to let this passion shine through, to truly market from the heart, it made a huge difference. Not only did marketing become easier, suddenly I didn’t feel like I was ’selling,’ and I started getting better results.

People buy from those they know, like and trust.

So I guess it stands to reason that if you’re authentic, you’ll attract people who connect with you and they’ll be more likely to like and trust you.

So while I absolutely believe you need to be professional in your marketing, I also believe it’s more important to let your passion and personality shine through than to try and impress people with all your knowledge, experience and credentials.

Avoid the big words. Just talk to people in plain English about the problems they’re facing and how you can help them.

When they sense you’re speaking to them authentically, odds are they’ll be more likely to want to do business with you.

And besides, its more fun to work with people you like!

Give it a shot.  Just be yourself. You might just be surprised at what happens to your business!

Debbie LaChusa created The 10stepmarketing System to make marketing your own business as simple as answering 10 questions. Learn more about this unique, step-by-step system and get a free 10-week Marketing E-Course when you subscribe to the free, weekly 10stepmarketing Ezine at http://www.10stepmarketing.com

Brokerage comes in many forms and wears many professional hats. Some brokers serve as the go-between for import/export businesses, and help to negotiate such things as customs fees, shipping arrangements, and certification of documents. Other brokers work to find exotic cars for customers. And there are even those who make a living by arranging marriages in some cultures.

But most of us know of brokers through two basic fields of expertise, namely stockbrokers and Realtors. Those who work on Wall Street arrange for sellers and buyers to meet and exchange stocks and bonds – thus the important word “exchange” in the famous name “New York Stock Exchange”. Similarly, real estate brokers specialize in finding buyers for those who want to sell property, and then help to negotiate the transaction to a successful close, for a commission fee.

Brokerage can be a lucrative and simple business, because the broker gets paid each time goods or services are traded, bought, or sold – but they don’t need to own property or inventory to take advantage of a profitable market. They enjoy a freedom and independence not found in other kinds of business endeavor, and those with skill can amass great wealth without investing hardly any money for start-up expenses, overhead, or equipment.

One of the most interesting opportunities in brokerage combines the skills of both the stockbroker and the Realtor, and involves trading mortgage notes (which are similar in many ways to bonds or high-yield stocks) that are tied to the ownership of property. For almost every piece of real estate sold, a note of debt is created. But many of the people or companies who own these notes want to sell them for a lump sum, rather than holding on to them to receive monthly payments.

For instance, many homes are sold with owner financing. Say, for example, that a middle aged retiree decides to sell his home in Texas, and he finances the sale for the buyer with 15-year owner financing, as a way to ensure that he will get steady monthly income for 15 years into the future. Maybe he is getting payments of $1,500 every four weeks, but he changes his mind and decides to sell the loan because he needs to raise a large amount of cash to pay for an unplanned heart surgery.

One option for him is to enlist the services of a broker to sell the note to an investor. The new owner of the note will probably get a good investment at a nice discount, and the seller will get a lump sum of cash to pay his medical expenses. And the broker who arranges the whole thing will pocket a handsome fee for performing the valuable service of bringing the buyer and seller together in a timely manner.

Through real estate note brokerage, you can make money in the real estate business without every actually owning any physical “brick and mortar” property. Whereas you might need a security patrol to protect your investment in an apartment building, you only need a buyer and a seller to earn a profit as a broker.

Keep in mind that those who broker houses have to make appointments to do property showings, spend weekends holding Open Houses, and take care of annoying details like digging holes to place For Sale signs in their clients’ yards. But those who broker the mortgages for those houses do most of their work with an ink pen and a telephone, from the comfort of their own home or office.

Note brokers have the opportunity to take advantage of all sorts of market climates because both bull and bear markets create the need for buyers and sellers of mortgage paper to swap and trade. No matter what profit margins the transactions represent to the buyer or seller, the broker is always guaranteed payment at the point of sale.

Troy Fullwood, self made millionaire, nationally known investor, real estate guru, speaker and coach; would like to share with you creative ways to building your own “Money Tree.” In 1997, Troy founded a company called Pinnacle Investments. Back then, his main focus was primarily based on buying first lien performing and non-performing commercial and residential real estate notes. However, with the ever changing industry, Troy has begun to refocus his attention toward providing investors with the tools they need to build a successful real estate portfolio.
For over eight years, Troy has been whole heartedly involved in the real estate industry. Troy is an investor himself, he has bought and rehabbed homes, purchased rental properties, purchased land, and is currently working on building custom homes and commercial office space.

Seasonal Affective Disorder or SAD is a kind of depression caused by the effect of the change of seasons as early as August or September in men and women and may be recognized by things as simple as eating or sleeping more during winter than the rest of the year.

The National Institute of Health realized about this disorder during the 1970s although it has existed for centuries. This entity realized about SAD after have asked people if they noticed they were eating and sleeping more over winter.

Experts and new research discovered that the best way to fight this disorder is to add cognitive behavior therapy or ‘talk therapy’ to the mix of using anti-depressant drugs and light therapy, the traditional approaches to treat SAD.

SAD symptoms are not only winter blues and subtle changes in eating and sleeping but also cravings for sweets and starches, fatigue, irritability, social withdrawal and depression, changes which disappear during spring and summer.

Although there are many theories about SAD, experts highlight that production of melatonin, a sleep hormone related to depression, may increase over winter. Meanwhile, the amount of serotonin, which is a brain chemical triggered by sunlight, is thought to increase with the lack of sunlight.

As there is evidence that light intensity and temperature also may play a role in developing SAD the related depression can vary. It is also known that the percentage of people with affective disorder increases with increasing latitude, as shorter days seem to trigger symptoms.

There exist several ways to treat SAD and experts think that the first approach should be light therapy. But patients with seasonal depression may respond better to treatment when the therapy is combined with medication.

Article written by Hector Milla, editor of DepressionsTreatments.com

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Sometimes I see clients with that characteristic tan mark around their cheeks and chin indicating early iron deficient anemia. When this happens the client is feeling run down, but not run down enough to cause them to go to a doctors office–yet. It’s my job to help the person supplement their diet so they don’t have to take iron pills, which can be harmful on the system…especially for iron, if a little is good, a lot is not better!

Iron supplement overdose can cause stomach pain, vomiting, diarrhea, black stools, lethargy, weakness, collapse, weak/rapid heartbeats, shallow breathing, convulsions and coma. Try getting those same symptoms from eating parsley and taking a couple teaspoons of blackstrap molasses every now and then. THAT won’t happen.

A safe preventative dose of blackstrap molasses is 1-2 teaspoons per day for a full-sized adult. Three teaspoons per day would be a maximum dosage if you have that characteristic tan on the cheeks. For children, give 1 teaspoon up to three times a week as a preventative, mineral supplement, and to give color to the face. Both parsley and blackstrap molasses are packed with minerals (including those trace minerals we need.)

Iron overload is linked to some cancers, heart disease, diabetes, arthritis and endocrine dysfunction. It is easy to overload when taking iron pills. It is much safer sticking to natural food sources for iron.

Other foods high in iron, besides blackstrap molasses and parsley include: Cherries, prunes, leafy green vegetables, poultry liver, legumes (peas/beans/lentils), eggs, fish and whole grains. If you crave these foods, it may be an indication that you are low in iron. You have to be REALLY low before it will show up on a blood test, so do your body a favor and eat more of these foods.

Herbs high in iron include alfalfa, bilberry, burdock, catnip, yellow dock root, watercress, sarsaparilla (in root beer) and nettles. I think your safest choices are nettles (also for itchy skin disease and low calcium,) catnip (also good for sleep disorders,) burdock (also a good liver cleanser,) and alfalfa (a bit over used—I see some allergic reactions with this.)

© 2005 by Dr. Denice M. Moffat

Dr. Denice Moffat is a practicing naturopath, medical intuitive, and veterinarian working on the family unit (which includes humans and animals) through her phone consultation practice established in 1993. She has a content-rich website at http://www.NaturalHealthTechniques.com and free monthly newsletter. Dr. Moffat advises eating a minimum of 3/3/3 servings every day (raw fruits, raw vegetables, cooked vegetables) to maintain optimal health. Other articles of importance for low energy are the articles on thyroid and yeast at: http://www.naturalhealthtechniques.com/SpecificDiseases/thyroid_disease.htm http://www.naturalhealthtechniques.com/SpecificDiseases/yeast_tactics1.htm