Carnival of Nourishment

Welcome to the December 5, 2007 edition of carnival of nourishers.

Parenting

Terri Holley presents Is “Selfish” A Bad Word for Moms? posted at The Health and Life Mixing Bowl

Food

Doris Chua presents
Benefits of Soy ; posted at Doris Chua: Organics & Your Health
Doris, while traditional soy foods like tempeh, tofu, miso, natto and soy sauce are a small part of traditional diets, soy milk, soy yoghurt and soy flour ubiquitous in modern breads are not. Please read Kaayla T Daniels, The Whole Soy Story before you damage your health irreparably.

Natural Health

Ian Welsh presents Our Children are Big Pharma Guinea Pigsposted at The Agonist
If only Michael Moore would expose the fallacy of ‘medical science’ instead of bleating about free drugs hey Ian.

DavidR presents Herbal recipes for shampoo posted at All Natural Magazine
A great recipe for hair cleansing powder I’m going to try it.

Nutrition

James D. Brausch presents Does Rice Make You Fat?; posted at Weight Loss Dude
James Ed Howell’s Enzyme Nutrition states that humans who have eaten grain based diets for millenia (eg Asain peoples) have a pancreas 50% larger than Caucasians. Perhaps this fact will help answer some of your questions about rice.

Vreni Gurd presents Food-Guide Fallacy; posted at wellness tips, saying, “I different look at nutrition - I hope you like it!” I sure do Vreni. You forgot to mention, however, that saturated fat from grass fed animals is rich with vital fat soluble vitamins. Saturated fat from confined grain fed animals is indeed dangerous.

Pie presents Why Caffeine Is Making You Fat; posted at Get Better AbsGlad someone else is seeing the truth of the matter. I’ve also noticed it is the “Great Ager”. Have you?

Parenting

David B. Bohl presents The Secret of Fatherhood; posted at
Slow Down Fast Today!, saying, “I was reading Dana Glazer’s (Director of The Evolution of Dad) post For Charlie, on His 4th Birthday the other day. I really liked it, and it unearthed a memory of mine: that of writing a similar letter to my son shortly before he left home for college. I thought fondly of the time I spent writing that letter, and how special it was for me to share this with my son upon his embarking upon a thrilling, new chapter of his life.”

Carole Fogarty presents The one and only zen gift to give your children.; posted at THE HEALTHY LIVING LOUNGE, saying, “what is the one observation in life that you know for sure will offer a helpful guiding path through any confusing, unsure or turbulent times for your children and carry them through to adulthood.” This is a beautiful Post Carole. Thank you.

The Career Counselor presents The Top Ten Companies for Working Moms and How to Negotiate Better Family-Friendly Benefits; posted at ;ask the CareerCounselor, saying, “Although there are undoubtedly many companies still stuck in the dark ages of work-family balance, many employers are shifting toward a more positive attitude regarding extended maternity leave or extended time off for child care. More and more businesses are putting up quite a fight to hang onto valuable female employees and executives. These efforts include a range of clever time-management and career development options. For example, many employer programs offer women the opportunity to ‘phase back’ into work after leave, perhaps working only a few hours a day at the start and then working towards a normal full-time schedule. Other companies provide extended maternity leave or child-care leave, coupled with opportunities to stay up to date in their field such as free training classes and networking events.”

Spiritual Nourishment

Tupelo Kenyon presents Persistence and Perseverance for Winners – Losers Just Quit; posted at Tupelo Kenyon, saying, “Giving up is easy. Most people make a habit of giving up. In fact, they make a life of it Persistence through a solution-oriented attitude is for visionaries, dreamers and other winners who refuse to take “no” for a final answer. (Enjoy soothing instrumental music as you read plus songs with lyrics related to each article – all free.)”

Matthew Spears presents That childlike state, and Love. posted at Loving Awareness, saying, “There is so much we can learn from children. Most of us are disconnected from that childlike quality inside ourselves, that innocent state of joyful wonder that makes love for children so natural. And yet, it is available to us at all times, and an absolutely essential part of happiness and love. The article goes through qualities of a child we can learn to bring into our own life.”

Shaheen Lakhan presents Spirituality and Mental Health, Part I of IV: Active Ingredients of Spirituality posted at GNIF Brain Blogger
A great post about belonging, thanks Shaheen. This was the most interesting research and interpretation of all the carnival submissions this month. A very enjoyable read. Thanks for belonging to the Nourished Magazine Community.

Warren Wong presents How To Feel Better And Be Happier posted at Personal Development for INTJs, saying, “Some practical tips you can use now to feel better and be happier.” They’re great tips but it looks like one of your readers really wants to keep feeding her faulty thinking and negative emotions.

Alvaro Fernandez presents Robert Emmons on the Positive Psychology of Gratitude posted athref=”http://www.sharpbrains.com”>SharpBrains, saying, “can we enhance our happiness and health by nurturing gratitude?” Great interview Alvaro.

Tina Su presents Meditation 101: How to Start posted at Think Simple. Be Decisive.

Matthew Spears presents Emotions as beauty itself posted at Loving Awareness saying, “This deals with a different way of looking at intense emotions. By seeing them as beauty itself, it can bypass self-contempt, condemnation, and destructive attempts to “fix” ourselves that are really more subtle attempts of the same thing.”

That concludes this edition. Thanks to all who entered. I hope I’ve added to your discussion and you will continue to Nourish yourself and your readers with more Nourishing posts.

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A Super Hero and one of many who have realised their true calling as saviors of humanity, healers of our connection with Nature and creators of Heaven on Earth. The Nourisher's gift is the re-spiritualisation of the 'process of recreation' we call eating. Mother of three Super Heroes in training and wife to her God incarnate, The Nourisher hails from the place of feminine healing, Byron Bay, Australia. She gathers together Life Creators from all over the globe at NourishedMagazine.com.au