World Refugee Day – A Day Of Thanks
World Refugee Day is a day to recognize the refugees of the world and to draw attention to their plight. Today there are more than 10 million refugees, whole families and communities who have had to flee their countries in order to survive. Many are older persons and children.
This is also a day to give thanks and express our appreciation
- to the multiple agencies working to provide food and shelter, often with great risk to their own well being;
- to those of us who are not refugees, to recognize the privilege that we have to be able to live at home and to have access to food, water, lodging, healthcare and education in safe environments; and
- to the multitude of refugees who have helped to shape our world by sharing their expertise, experience and talents in their new countries. They represent a great gift to their new homelands.
So while we reach out to help refugees, let’s also remember the contributions they have made and will continue to make as they settle in new lands.
Bonnie Fatio
Dental Health
Your dental health is important at every age. It influences how you feel physically. It also affects your confidence and age esteem. You like to feel healthy and to smile without reserve.
Avoid brushing teeth less than a half hour after drinking orange juice or other acid drinks. This makes the enamel less fragile.
As a toothbrush is not always available after eating, sugarless chewing gum is a good way to clean teeth temporarily. Today chewing gums have whitening ingredients as well which can embellish your big happy smile.
Grandma Nature
How Best To Live
Even though it sounds and seems
Easy to have Age Esteem,
It takes a lot of practice, and
The common sense you have at hand.
You mustn’t look at outward signs
(like growing gray and forehead lines !)
It’s all about the inner you,
The spirit that you grow anew
In each and every brand new day –
How best to live along the way.
Written by Alexandra Taylor for AgeEsteem®
Salt For Healthy Aging
Too much salt is not good and is found in many processed foods. However, with transpiration salt is eliminated from the body along with other minerals.
Too little salt in your diet is also not good. Side effects occur such as weakness and vomiting if there is too little salt in the body. New studies are showing that a salt free diet is not healthy for us. Too little salt can negatively affect our bones and memory.
A diet that is well balanced, which includes vegetables, fruits and salads with a normal amount of salt is a good step toward enjoying good health at every age.
Grandma Nature
A Poem
A Poem
is at home
within your heart.
A Verse
(even terse)
is an art.
A Rhyme,
every time,
would be smart.
Age Esteem
is to deem (like a dream)
a good start!
Written by Alexandra Taylor for AgeEsteem®
Healthy Tidbits On Oils For Aging Well
Buy cooking oil in small quantities and in dark bottles in order to conserve their nutritional value.
Choose oils, which have been cold-pressed. They have, in addition to essential fatty acids, other important substances.
Olive oil, because of its elevated ratio of omega 6-omega 3 (11-1) benefits the cholesterol level and lowers arterial pressure. For cooking with high heat regular olive oil can be used. Cold-pressed olive oil is not recommended.
Walnut oil lowers bad cholesterol and benefits the good cholesterol. Do not use for cooking.
Grandma Nature
Why?
Why is it that we are taught to think
That growing old is past the brink,
And that the rest is all down hill
Without a means to prove one’s will?
Age Esteem will return your pride
And put a ZIP into your stride
So each day try to do your best:
Aim for esteem, pizzazz and zest!
Written by Alexandra Taylor for AgeEsteem®
A SMILE IS A CURVE THAT SETS EVERYTHING STRAIGHT.
– Phyllis Diller
Tidbits for a Healthy Life
Water, water everywhere. – There is a lot to drink.
Have it often, then you’ll see that surely you can think!
A recent study has shown that feeling tired and unable to think clearly could come from mild dehydration. Water should be drunk before thirst appears, as then it is too late to be effective. Drink water often to improve your concentration and to enhance your age esteem.
Strawberries are most delicious when eaten after reaching maturity. When there are white patches around the stalks, it means that the berries were picked before they were fully ripe. Delicious and nutritious when eaten with whipped cream, ice cream or in cakes, they still are most delightful when eaten on their own.
Peppermint- The refreshing smell of peppermint, especially for mouth hygiene, has been used for a long time. The herb is also very efficient in helping digestion and in calming stomach aches. When inhaled or rubbed on the skin, it brings a sense of calm and peace.
Grandma Nature
It’s Raining!
A friend who I was meeting for lunch phoned and said, “It’s raining! What shall we do?”
Such a wonderful question, “What shall we do?” – Sing in the rain? Dance through puddles? Make mud pies? Collect worms? Breathe in the odors of wet grass and trees? There are so many wonderful possibilities!
Then the timber of her voice registered. She was actually hesitating to go out because of the rain.
I pretended not to understand. She was probably concerned about me getting wet feet.
“I love to walk in the rain”, I assured her, and left it at that. She will never know that I literally skipped out the front door to greet the rain.
Yes! It is raining!
Bonnie Fatio
