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Foods You Should Eat to Help Hydrate Your Body

Foods You Should Eat to Help Hydrate Your Body

Foods You Should Eat to Help Hydrate Your Body

When the summertime heat hits, that’s when you really start hearing about the need for hydration. Actually, your body needs to be properly hydrated all the time, no matter the weather. The experts recommend drinking eight 8-ounce glasses of water daily. If you have a hard time getting that much water down, you can help your body by getting it other ways. Read this informative article and find out what foods you should eat to help hydrate your body.

  1.  Cucumbers

Cucumbers are an excellent choice because they contain a lot of water. If you don’t peel them before you eat them, you’ll get even more nutrients like vitamins A, C and folic acid. Slice this vegetable and munch on them with Ranch dip, add them to a salad, or make a cucumber and tomato salad tossed with Italian dressing for a refreshing side dish.

  1.  Watermelon

Watermelon makes the list since it’s also made-up mainly of water. The red flesh contains plenty of vitamins and minerals such as calcium, magnesium, potassium, zinc and A, C and B6. Cold slices of watermelon always taste good on a hot summer day. You can chunk it up and add it to a fruit salad or puree it and drink it instead.

  1.  Avocado

Avocado isn’t a juicy fruit, so you’re probably wondering how it can hydrate your body. Its buttery flesh is rich in fats and fiber that aid your body in retaining water. Avocado can be eaten right out of its leathery skin, sliced and put on a sandwich, or in a salad, or make guacamole dip with it.

  1.  Popsicles

Being that popsicles are frozen flavored water or juice, eating them instantly turns them back into liquid. Therefore, they are one of the best foods to eat to help hydrate your body. To cut down on sugar, either buy the sugar-free varieties, or, better yet, make your own at home.

  1.  Chicken Noodle Soup

Chicken noodle soup is known as an old-time remedy for a cold or the flu. Eat it anytime to help keep you healthy. The sodium helps your body retain needed fluid while the carbohydrates in the noodles help your body absorb it. And the broth adds liquid to your diet.

Resources

www.kimberlysnyder.net/blog/2011/07/07/15-hydrating-foods-and-drinks-for-summer/

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7 Healthy Habits to Help You Live Longer

7 Healthy Habits to Help You Live Longer

7 Healthy Habits to Help You Live LongerIt would seem that now days people are living longer and longer. At the same time there also seems to be a lot of issues that could hinder one’s living to a ripe old age. There are several things you can do to help improve the odds of getting to that ripe old age. Nothing is fool proof of course, but it is definitely worth it to do what you can to live the best life you can.

Some of these suggestions may seem like common sense but you would be surprised on just how many people ignore common sense. Some may not think these things make a big difference but it does. Most people know it will make a difference but choose to do, or in some cases not to do, them anyways.

My first suggestion on a healthy habit perhaps entails you quitting a habit. That is the habit of smoking. If you don’t smoke then that is great! If you do, now is the time to quit. Smoking seems to be one of those habits that we all know is bad but some choose to do it anyways. It is never too late to quit smoking. Even if you have been smoking for 40 years. Quitting now is better than never quitting. It can drastically reduce your risk to life threatening illnesses.

Eating healthy is another one of those common sense things that most of do not pay much attention too. Eating more fruits and vegetables and staying away from high fat foods will greatly improve your chance of living a long and healthy life. There are so many things out there today that we need to stay away from. A few examples are high fructose corn syrup, aspartame, MSG, and a host of other things. When you have the time I urge you to just do a Google search on the above mentioned things. You may be shocked at what you find out.

In today’s busy world most of us do not get as much sleep as we should. Proper sleep is so important to our health and overall well being. When you miss out on much needed sleep it can take you days to catch up. In fact, you may never catch up. Sleep is one thing that needs to be high on your priority list.

Next you need to get moving! Yep, I mean …

Single Parenting and Homeschooling: You Can Do It

Single Parenting and Homeschooling: You Can Do It

Single Parenting and Homeschooling: You Can Do ItI have been homeschooling my children for 8 years now. I am married, but recently found myself separated. So now not only do I have the joy of raising my children, and homeschooling my children, Now I get to do it alone. At least for now. With this comes the added burden of how to support them, how to keep up with it all on my own. Of course there are new needs for the children now. They are insecure, unsettled, scared, and have many questions. At one point I thought there was no way I could do it all and still home school. As we move through life I find that everything that worked before does not work now. So as we go we change what needs change till I find something that works. For instance before we always started school fairly early in the morning, by 9 AM. We had a set order the subjects were done, time, the whole thing was very organized. We all need some flexibility now. I am working from home. This changes things a lot. So we have to do school, chores, errands, free time, showers/baths, yard work,animals care,and anything else that comes our way around my work schedule. Luckily I found a company that I can set my ours each week, go around my needs for the most part. But if I cant work it during the day, guess what I do that night? Yes you guessed it, I work! So now schooling has changed. Not only do we not have a set schedule, our whole approach changed! The kids must do 1 lesson in Math everyday, they must do Spelling every day, we use Spelling Power and love it! Then we switch gears and move over to the Robinson curriculum, so for the most part the rest of their day is spent reading. I also count it for school if they play educational games, on the Computer or board games, if they write, journal, cook, bake,walk or exercise, park trips, field trips, watch an educational movie, listen to an educational tape or CD. These things all count, and my children d most of those things daily because they like to. The older children help care for younger children while I work. They take turns making lunch. Their chores, well we do them at different times, it depends on my work schedule. …

Stepparenting: A Dirty Job

Stepparenting: A Dirty Job

Stepparenting: A Dirty JobLove alone is not the reason for getting married. Five years ago, I met a wonderful man and his 7-year old son, Ben. Ben has major behavior issues and I found Ben quite challenging. A few years later, Mike proposed marriage and I accepted because I loved my then fiance so much. I was already once divorced and vowed any future marriages would be made with good sense. My good man doted on me and treated me like a queen. In retrospect, I think Mike was so attentive to combat his difficult son. Well, I have been married one year now. It feels like 20 years. My husband actually likes that it feels like twenty years. His response when I say it has been twenty years is, “That is a good sign baby because twenty years went by so fast.” He is delusional.

I am sure to my stepson it feels like 100 years. He is 12 years old now and is a miserable boy. He blames me when he gets bad grades. He blames me for everything. The truth is his challenges have been present long before I even existed in his life. He stares am me at least 10 times a day like I am alien. I swear some times he just wants to knock the crap out of me! He barely talks to me. Basically, he wishes I did not exist.

I must exist because my stepson needs new clothes, he needs to eat and have a place to live. I am expected to “be a mother” yet accept nothing in return. That is why I deem stepparenting a dirty job. I am expected to be sweet and supportive to a boy who despises me. How do I manage to do this? I keep my distance to avoid a war. It is the only way I have been able to survive one year of marriage. My poor husband is left to do most all discipline related actions. Sometimes he wonders why he married me. As a single father, I am sure he expected some relief with two parents in the household.

Don’t just think twice if you are considering being a stepparent. Think about it at least a hundred times. It is a dirty job that can leave you covered with unhappiness and bitterness.…