There comes a time when good people need to stand up and do the right thing. That time is now. Bobzio.com is standing up and doing what we can to support the values of democracy and civilized society. We aim to give recognition to those citizens and organizations supporting democratic principles, demonstrating social responsibility and fiscal integrity. Bobzio.com is a website promoting vacation rental properties, socially responsible businesses, and providing a forum for blogs of interest to responsible citizens.
How do we aim to be a socially responsible citizen? We offer a free platform for homeowners to advertise their homes for additional income. We encourage people to do the responsible thing during this economic crisis by making their payments even if their home value dips below the loan value. We give socially responsible businesses and service providers a free platform to advertise their products and services. We offer an article publication service with the goal of giving recognition and praise to those individuals and businesses doing the right thing pursuing a socially beneficial purpose.
We encourage other citizens to follow our lead and stand for a strong republic based on cooperation, integrity and concern for all those who may be experiencing less than ideal economic circumstances. We are at the cusped of economic disintegration with all that has happened in recent years and economic challenges that lie ahead. If we all join hands and face future economic challenges united we can return to stability. We need to avoid at all cost an increase in global economic disintegration. Let's not forget the lessons of history that gave opportunity to the evil named Adolf Hitler of Nazi Germany, Benito Mussolini of Italy, and Emperor Hirohito (alongside his Prime Ministers, Hideki Tōjō and Fumimaro Konoe) of Japan. Let's follow the role models of the heroes from those turbulent years. For those who do not know what I refer to, view the movie Defiance staring Daniel Craig. Craig plays the role of a true hero, Tuvia Bielski who saved over 1200 Jews. The following deteriorating economic conditions created the situation that gave rise to World War II and the miraculous true story of Tuvia Bielski.
Germany experienced hyperinflation, collapsing tax revenues, and unemployment increases from 2-23% in 1923. A new chancellor, Gustav Streseman was appointed during this critical economic period. His new party, German People's Party (DPV) formed a coalition with the Social Democrats (SPD), a moderate socialist party strongly anti-communist and the largest of the parties committed to the Republic. Gustav Streseman united the center against the extreme Right (Nazi) and Left (Communist). He introduced a new stable currency resolving hyperinflation, ended financial support of a general strike putting people back to work, crushed a communist revolt in Saxony and turned back an insurgence by Hitler in Bavaria. He succeeded in renegotiating a 2 year moratorium on payments and more favorable short term reparation repayment terms stipulated by the Treaty of Versailles. He peacefully negotiated return of German homelands under military supervision. $800,000,000 in loans mostly from America poured into Germany. Road construction projects and state governments were funded by these loans. Germany became fertile grounds for the arts, architecture, and sciences. German was the international language of chemistry and physics. Albert Einstein lived and taught in Berlin. The German economy was funded by loans from America. Then the financial collapse of 1928-1929 occurred. 10 billion dollars was wiped off investment ledgers and short term loans made to Germany were called in. Firms cut back. Production levels fell. Several banks in Austria and Germany failed. Unemployment rates rose to 33%. Governments could not pay the unemployment benefits. The Chancellor, Gustav Streseman died and was replaced by Heinrich Bruning. The new Chancellor followed a policy of economic austerity where government spending was cut in order to keep inflation under control to keep German exports competitive. He increased taxes, reduced salaries and reduced unemployment assistance. His policies worsened the situation. A general bank failure followed the democratic leadership became unstable and opened the door for Hitler and his Nazi party to gain power in 1932.
Do some of these events: bank failures, austerity policies, cut government spending, increased taxes, increasing unemployment, inability of governments to pay benefits from that period mirror today's headlines? I can make a correlation to the economic stress on the middle class then and what is going on now. Let's unite in a grassroots effort to address our economic fragility by standing up for what is right. Follow our www. Bobzio.com Press Releases and support our effort to strengthen our democratic republic.
#3 Press Release in series Doing the Right Thing sponsored by www.bobzio.com
Doing the right thing is a total life commitment. One of the principles to be conscious of is the amount of waste we create. A big source of waste is the energy usage of our homes. There are small things that we can do but let’s start with the home itself. The planning process for a home is the most critical phase that determines how efficient your home will be. This is where you can use a professional to help but you can do most of the planning ahead by doing research on the internet.
Let’s take an example of a hom...
#3 Press Release in series Doing the Right Thing sponsored by www.bobzio.com
Doing the right thing is a total life commitment. One of the principles to be conscious of is the amount of waste we create. A big source of waste is the energy usage of our homes. There are small things that we can do but let’s start with the home itself. The planning process for a home is the most critical phase that determines how efficient your home will be. This is where you can use a professional to help but you can do most of the planning ahead by doing research on the internet.
Let’s take an example of a home designed for conservation of energy resources. This home is a monolithic dome home. It has the following features that makes it energy efficient:
1.Passive temperature reserve. This is because the home is cement with the insulation on the outside. The cement acts as a temperature bank storing the energy. This keeps the inside temperature relatively stable. Think of it like the ocean. The ocean temperature does not fluctuate as much as the air temperature next to it. This is because the water is also acting like a temperature bank.
2.The windows are insulated with a UV reflective coating. Your windows and doors are where most energy is lost. Having double pains and a reflective UV coating helps to minimize this loss.
3.The Copula Design is an energy conserving feature. When the windows are opened in the summer the hot air escapes creating an upward draft drawing air through the home. This technique is used in Middle Eastern desert homes to promote ventilation.
4.You cannot see in by the photo but there is several hundred feet of black industrial strength hose on the roof of the front porch. The water is preheated before entering the hot water heater and is used directly by the washer. This is a very effective solar hot water heater and minimal cost.
5.The coating of the home has a reflective quality to it. It is reflecting the UV rays of the sun. Most roofs that are a dark color will absorb the heat of the sun. This is OK in the winter but not in the summer. Over time in North America you conserve more energy by having a reflective quality versus an absorbing quality to your roof.
This home, because of the design and the above named features requires half the energy of a conventional home. More savings can be gained by choosing an energy efficient heating and air unit along with energy efficient appliances. This home is available for rent on www.Bobzio.com . Contact the owner and arrange a period that you can stay and experience some of the energy saving features. When you plan to build your next home incorporating some of these ideas can save you up to a $100,000 over a 25 year period.
If you have more good ideas to include in our series “Doing the Right Thing” , send us an email at bobzio.com@gmail.com . We hope everyone takes time to think and chooses to do the right thing.
There is much concern about the cost of health care these days. Health insurance costs are rising at double digit rates. Let’s have a serious conversation regarding what can be done about it. I remember working as a consultant in Australia for injured workers. I was responsible for getting those injured the effective care in a timely fashion and verify that they were being compliant with their health care recovery plan. Australia had both public and private health care options but all workers were covered by a workman’s comp program administered by different insuranc...
There is much concern about the cost of health care these days. Health insurance costs are rising at double digit rates. Let’s have a serious conversation regarding what can be done about it. I remember working as a consultant in Australia for injured workers. I was responsible for getting those injured the effective care in a timely fashion and verify that they were being compliant with their health care recovery plan. Australia had both public and private health care options but all workers were covered by a workman’s comp program administered by different insurance providers.
One particular client of mine had pain in his knees and had difficulty ambulating for extended distances. He had a job that required him to travel using airports and carry a briefcase with laptop. I arranged for a consultation with an orthopedic surgeon. The appointment was organized within 3 weeks. My client was very keen on getting arthroscopic surgery to repair his knee cartilages. The surgeon examined the knees and reviewed X-rays that were done the previous week. The surgeon advised my client to lose about 25 pounds. My client asked if he could get a stomach staple procedure to assist with losing the weight. The surgeon advised these procedures did not work in the long run and that the only way to lose the weight and keep the weight off was a change in diet. He advised eating as much fruit, vegetables and fish as desired and avoid any processed foods. He talked of avoiding the 3 white foods: white potatoes, white rice, and white sugar. The explanation focused on the fact that these foods convert to glucose quickly in the digestive process and flood the blood system with excessive amounts of glucose. The body responds by releasing high amounts of insulin to process the high levels of glucose. The end result is the glucose is converted to fat at the point it enters the blood stream which is in the midsection. The surgeon summarized the plan for the patient as a change in diet; permit 6 months to lose the 25 pounds and a return visit in 8 months if the pain persisted. He advised using rolling hand luggage where ever possible and sitting during work when possible.
What impressed me about the Australian system was the fact that the surgeon spoke honestly with my client and explained to me afterwards he was paid the same whether he did 10 knee surgeries or 100 knee surgeries and if he was good with his assessments he could help several hundred more patients than if he only focused on performing surgery. We could make some improvements in our health system if we start modeling what works for other countries. The biggest piece of advice that came from the visit was the change in diet. The surgeon did not recommend reducing what was eaten but rather a change in what was eaten and the time period allowed for a gradual reduction in weight. We can all take advantage of this consultation. If you have more stories similar to this one email us at bobzio.com@gmail.com .
Most news these days is generally less than positive. I really value good news. Good news gets me motivated and gives me hope that tomorrow is going to be better than today. I want to share some news that you might like to hear also. Most of us have heard about global warming, how much oil comes from the middle east and the big trade deficit we have with the Chinese but have you heard what a small company in Alabama is trying to accomplish?
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Most news these days is generally less than positive. I really value good news. Good news gets me motivated and gives me hope that tomorrow is going to be better than today. I want to share some news that you might like to hear also. Most of us have heard about global warming, how much oil comes from the middle east and the big trade deficit we have with the Chinese but have you heard what a small company in Alabama is trying to accomplish?
The company, South Alabama Energy, is pursuing a goal of getting ethanol from pine trees. Sounds a little bit like fantasia until we look back in history. During World War II, Hitler was being squeezed by the Allied forces from the West and Russia from the East. His supply of gasoline was declining. He put his scientist to work to come up with an alternative fuel. What few people are aware of is how Hitler’s decision at this time cost him a victory and saved us all from a surely bleak future. Hitler’s scientist gave him 2 options: they could pursue a new energy source by splitting atoms or build production facilities using a known process to convert trees into ethanol. The first would take all their intellectual resources but had more energy potential while the other did not require allocation of all their intellectual resources to accomplish. Hitler chose not to focus all his German intellectual resources toward developing nuclear capabilities and allocate part to the conversion of wood to ethanol. It is a very good thing for us that he made the choice he did. Nobody wants to think of a scenario in which Hitler had nuclear capabilities. South Alabama Energy is reviving the efforts to convert pine trees into ethanol. Pine trees already give us turpentine a highly flammable liquid full of energy potential. So why not try to get more ethanol from pine trees.
The Germans as far back as the 1890’s were producing 50 gallons of ethanol from 1 ton of wood biomass. South Alabama Energy is expecting to get over 120 gallons from a ton of pine chips. Years ago, many land owners in the Southeastern US started growing pine trees as an agricultural product. Back then the Southeastern States supported several paper mills and lumbering facilities. These days all or most of the paper mills have shut down and the lumbering facilities or working 1-2 days a week because of the housing slump. There are lots of pine trees now that are not being used for anything. The going cost for pine chips is less than $30 a ton. South Alabama Energy aims to produce and sell ethanol for less than a $2.00 a gallon. There other bug news is they plan to put over 5,000 rural Americans back to work harvesting and processing pine trees into ethanol. The forestry department reports suggest that the US tree farms and forest lands can produce enough cellulous wood chips each year on a renewable basis to produce enough ethanol to fuel all the autos in this country if indeed a ton of biomass converts to 250 gallons of ethanol. South Alabama Energy is not giving up any of their secrets yet but they have stated that they intend to use wood chips and algae to get their yields of 250 gallons of ethanol per ton of wood chips. We will keep you posted as this story develops.
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We are constantly hearing about how expensive healthcare is. I like watching shows like Dr Oz. Each week I get emails from Dr. Hyman about how processed foods are causing an epidemic of diabetes among the younger and older Americans. I like these two Doctors because they give you the facts in a way regular people can understand. What woke me up was something Dr. Hyman said about our food. Most Americans do not get enough minerals and vitamin...
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We are constantly hearing about how expensive healthcare is. I like watching shows like Dr Oz. Each week I get emails from Dr. Hyman about how processed foods are causing an epidemic of diabetes among the younger and older Americans. I like these two Doctors because they give you the facts in a way regular people can understand. What woke me up was something Dr. Hyman said about our food. Most Americans do not get enough minerals and vitamins from the food they eat. Because we do not get enough vitamins and minerals daily our bodies remain hungry and this is why we have a problem with obesity. Well this certainly makes sense and the solution seems very straight forward: get enough vitamins and minerals every day.
I felt like a hound dog hot on a trail. I was going to get my life running smooth and simple. I went out and bought several books written by Dr Hyman. Before he was a Doctor he was trained as a nutritionist. I was in for a wakeup call. Seems like most of the things I thought were right were really wrong. Turns out from the information I was reading that I may have been celiac intolerant or allergic to gluten all my life. Dr. Hyman had a great way to find out if this was the situation. He wrote there were a number of tests that could be performed. These involved taking your blood, laying down lots of cash and then waiting for results. The second option was quick, no needles and free. All I had to do was change my diet for 2 weeks cutting out all the things that had gluten. I can do anything for 2 weeks. Dr. Hyman does a good job in his book of listing the foods to eat and ranks each in groups based on their nutritional value. Then at the end of 2 weeks he suggests adding back different foods one a time over several days. The reason was certain foods may cause an allergic reaction several days after they are consumed.
After my 2 weeks on the clean healthy diet I was feeling good. I was having normal bowel movements daily, sleeping 8 hours a nigth and my body aches had disappeared. Before this I was taking some time to get going in the morning and was experiencing joint pains. I figured this was just part of getting older but was pleasantly surprised with the results 2 weeks later. I have tried adding some of the foods back into my diet and can tell relatively quickly if they are good for me. My nose or my throat are usually first line indicators. My nose will start watering or I find myself clearing my throat. Most of this stuff is genetic and when I think about my relatives I can see the same responses in them. For example my maternal grandmother was constantly clearing her throat and my father always used a handkerchief to blow his nose after a meal. He always carried a handkerchief with him every day.
If you want to see a Dr Oz video or want more information check out www.drhyman.com , we here at www.bobzio.com believe we all have a social responsibility to fulfill. We are doing our part to bring to the front information than can help us all. For more topics like this one go to our website www.bobzio.com .
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I am going to pass on the contents of an email sent to me by a friend. I hope it touches your heart like it did mine.
Breakfast at McDonald's: This is a good story and is true. I am a mother of three (ages 14, 12, 3) and have recently completed my college degree. The last class I had to take was Sociology. The teacher was absolutely inspiring with the qualities that I w...
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I am going to pass on the contents of an email sent to me by a friend. I hope it touches your heart like it did mine.
Breakfast at McDonald's: This is a good story and is true. I am a mother of three (ages 14, 12, 3) and have recently completed my college degree. The last class I had to take was Sociology. The teacher was absolutely inspiring with the qualities that I wish every human being had been graced with. Her last project of the term was called, 'Smile.' The class was asked to go out and smile at three people and document their reactions. I am a very friendly person and always smile at everyone and say hello anyway. So, I thought this would be a piece of cake, literally. Soon after we were assigned the project, my husband, youngest son, and I went out to McDonald's one crisp March morning. It was just our way of sharing special playtime with our son. We were standing in line, waiting to be served, when all of a sudden everyone around us began to back away, and then even my husband did. I did not move an inch... An overwhelming feeling of panic welled up inside of me as I turned to see why they had moved.
As I turned around I smelled a horrible 'dirty body' smell, and there standing behind me were two poor homeless men. As I looked down at the short gentleman, close to me, he was 'smiling' His beautiful sky blue eyes were full of God's Light as he searched for acceptance....He said, 'Good day' as he counted the few coins he had been clutching. The second man fumbled with his hands as he stood behind his friend. I realized the second man was mentally challenged and the blue-eyed gentleman was his salvation. I held my tears as I stood there with them. The young lady at the counter asked him what they wanted. He said, 'Coffee is all Miss' because that was all they could afford. (If they wanted to sit in the restaurant and warm up, they had to buy something. He just wanted to be warm). Then I really felt it - the compulsion was so great I almost reached out and embraced the little man with the blue eyes. That is when I noticed all eyes in the restaurant were set on me, judging my every action. I smiled and asked the young lady behind the counter to give me two more breakfast meals on a separate tray. I then walked around the corner to the table that the men had chosen as a resting spot. I put the tray on the table and laid my hand on the blue-eyed gentleman's cold hand. He looked up at me, with tears in his eyes, and said, 'Thank you’. I leaned over, began to pat his hand and said, 'I did not do this for you. God is here working through me to give you hope.'
I started to cry as I walked away to join my husband and son.... When I sat down my husband smiled at me and said, 'That is why God gave you to me, Honey, to give me hope.' We held hands for a moment and at that time, we knew that only because of the Grace that we had been given were we able to give. We are not church goers, but we are believers. That day showed me the pure Light of God's sweet love.
I returned to college, on the last evening of class, with this story in hand. I turned in 'my project' and the instructor read it. Then she looked up at me and said, 'Can I share this?' I slowly nodded as she got the attention of the class. She began to read and that is when I knew that we as human beings and being part of God share this need to heal people and to be healed. In my own way I had touched the people at McDonald's, my son, the instructor, and every soul that shared the classroom on the last night I spent as a college student. I graduated with one of the biggest lessons I would ever learn: UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE. LOVE PEOPLE AND USE THINGS - NOT LOVE THINGS AND USE PEOPLE.
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There is much political talk about social security, retirement funds and the banking crisis in Europe. As an individual we are most concerned with being able to live a decent life style after we are unable to work. The talk in Washington is that the retirement age will need to be increased beyond the current 65 years. You probably get the forms from the Social Security Department that tell you how much you will receive when you get to retirement age. Most of us would be getting $1000 to $1600 per month. This is good but I doubt it is sufficient for most persons to live com...
#9 Press Release in our Series Doing the Right Thing
There is much political talk about social security, retirement funds and the banking crisis in Europe. As an individual we are most concerned with being able to live a decent life style after we are unable to work. The talk in Washington is that the retirement age will need to be increased beyond the current 65 years. You probably get the forms from the Social Security Department that tell you how much you will receive when you get to retirement age. Most of us would be getting $1000 to $1600 per month. This is good but I doubt it is sufficient for most persons to live comfortably on. I know in Australia they are phasing out the social security program with a private savings program. This sounds good but it has its’ flaws too.
The banking and investment system is Australia is much more regulated there than is here. This would explain why they did not have a financial crisis in 2007. They did not permit persons to leverage their investment in real estate to the same margin as here. Now the bad side of this is trying to invest the private savings into suitable investments. This all passes through government approved options. Citizens can only invest in mutual fund type investments. This puts them at the mercy of financial fund managers. Several sources state the performance of 90% of all actively managed funds does not match the performance of index funds which are a broad sampling of stocks representing the overall market. So what is the best system if you can’t trust anyone?
The best system is permitting each person the opportunity to manage their own retirement fund free of government regulation. As an incentive to save for retirement let each individual have tax free savings and investment accounts. Any money earned either from interest, dividends or sale of stock is free of taxes. Now here is where some will argue the individual is vulnerable to swindlers who will cheat them out of their retirement accounts. This will inevitably happen but the individual will also become a savvy and wise investor. It will be much easier to focus on the task at hand instead of being distracted by all the government interventions ie IRAs, 401s, 403s, Roth’s, etc. Let’s do away with every government retirement program and pension fund. Every politician or public employee retires under the same system. Let’s make one totally tax free retirement system controlled by the individual with the Federal Reserve working to maintain stability of our currency. Then let’s focus on transparency and integrity in the accounting and reporting by companies so the individual can make informed decisions.
With these systems in place an individual can focus on accumulating a $250,000 retirement account that paid out 7.5% annually or $18,750 per year tax free. If 2 persons with a retirement accounts lived under the same roof they would have combined income of $37,500. They would not be affected by inflation because our currency would have remained stable due to the Federal Reserve Priority to do so. We would eliminate the ability to borrow against stock or investments held in retirement accounts. I suggest if company wishes to have their stock held in individual retirement accounts they only be permitted to offer preferred stock that is first in line in case of any dissolution proceedings. The individual investor would be paid before stock options to owners, loans or common stock that is available on the world wide stock exchanges.
With these safeguards in place we can educate individuals regarding investment principles. They can assess their investment options with some degree of expertise. I wish someone had told me some basic investment principles when I started my working career. Simple things like think about a stock purchase like lending money to someone. Consider the likelihood that you will be paid back. Only lend to someone you know, someone with a solid history, someone who was ethical and obeyed the law and someone who was likely to have a job during the life of the loan. Thinking this way I would be buying stock of companies like Proctor and Gamble, IBM, McDonalds, Exxon and others that I used their products on a daily basis. We can implement this system and phase out the old systems. Other countries are doing it.
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How are we going to adjust as a nation to balance our budget? Do we need to balance our budget as a nation? Most people agree we cannot continue to operate with a deficit but how to we shift the momentum toward a balanced budget. I suggest there are some solutions easier than others but none is going to be easily implements. When every faced with a problem I like to think of it in simple terms. An algebra teacher taught me algebra using this method. He said if you do not understand a concept try to substitute something you know for the variables. Let’s s...
#10 Press Release in our Series Doing the Right Thing
How are we going to adjust as a nation to balance our budget? Do we need to balance our budget as a nation? Most people agree we cannot continue to operate with a deficit but how to we shift the momentum toward a balanced budget. I suggest there are some solutions easier than others but none is going to be easily implements. When every faced with a problem I like to think of it in simple terms. An algebra teacher taught me algebra using this method. He said if you do not understand a concept try to substitute something you know for the variables. Let’s see if it works for our budget scenario.
We have a country that spends more than it makes. Or another way we have gotten fat and lazy sitting on the couch and now we have to get up and do something to lose the extra weight. Or we have been out sick and the bills have accumulated. Either way we look at it we need to increase how much we do and reduce how much we spend. The stuff we do is what everybody is doing. Everything we produce as Americans. This is called our National Product or Production. What we spend is what we spend on basic services to produce the National Product. This is typically government spending. On the positive side we have what we sell the National Product and on the negative side we have spending on the Government.
Now it is easier to understand. Let’s increase what we Produce and decrease our government cost. Let’s think about that lazy fat person lying on the couch who has to get up and do something. He or she could go to the gym but that would cost or be more government spending – not so good. He or She could get up and do work instead that someone else was doing for them such as mow the grass or if it is winter get firewood for the wood stove. This is a good idea so now we are getting more production and losing weight at the same time. Now how can we do this on a national scale? I know that we get a lot of energy from places other than the US. This would be a good place to start. Let’s put people to work getting resources that we need such as fuel for cars since we get a lot of oil from the Middle East. Now that fat person is getting in shape losing weight and getting more production done. This is not so hard. Let’s think about the scenario with the person who is sick and bills are accumulating. How do we get them better? Here is an idea. They stop doing everything that made them sick in the first place. No smoking, drinking, staying up all night, lying around on the couch all day, eating terrible food and doing drugs. If they did all this they would probably get better quicker and back to work again. If they do any of these things again let’s tell them that we are not going to take off from work to take care of them again. They would have sink or swim on their own. In simple terms they will die alone if they make the same poor choices again.
Wow the economic crisis is not so hard to solve if we think in simple terms. We solved the unemployment problem and the healthcare problem. What else can we solve?
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One of our favorite subjects is health. We all want to Do the Right Thing when it comes to our health. Most of us know the wrong things to do. Smoking, alcohol, and fried foods are generally not on the list of things that adds more time to our life. I started learning things like breakfast is the most important meal of the day because it gives us energy for what we do in a day. Then I learned that processed foods and dairy products are not the best things for you. I, like most Americans was raised on breakfast cereals with a bowl of milk, and mayb...
#11 Press Release in our Series Doing the Right Thing
One of our favorite subjects is health. We all want to Do the Right Thing when it comes to our health. Most of us know the wrong things to do. Smoking, alcohol, and fried foods are generally not on the list of things that adds more time to our life. I started learning things like breakfast is the most important meal of the day because it gives us energy for what we do in a day. Then I learned that processed foods and dairy products are not the best things for you. I, like most Americans was raised on breakfast cereals with a bowl of milk, and maybe waffles or pancakes smothered in butter and syrup. Now I learn that this may be the worst way to start a day.
So what do you do if you want to Do the Right Thing and eat healthy? If you want to give your children a healthy breakfast before they start school? I made a list of all the good things we should be putting into our body on a daily basis. These things all come from reading and watching Dr Oz and Dr Hyman, 2 doctors that are expert at improving your health.
·Walnuts and other nuts from trees
·Fruits
·Fish and chicken
·Eggs
·Yogurt
·Tea and coffee
·Vegetables
·Oatmeal
Now how do you create something in the morning that is relatively quick and tastes good using these ingredients? Here are some morning options that I have developed. Oatmeal is a good base to add things too. When I was young my mother would put a bowl of quick oats or cream of wheat in front of us with some milk and sugar. If we did not eat it quick enough we could use it for bricks to build our forts with when we got home from school. The oatmeal I use now is the old fashioned steel cut oats. (takes longer to harden up) These have more nutritional value and a lower glycemic index. This means that the oats still have more nutrients and will stay in your stomach longer. Basically other oats have been precooked and processed. So they will digest quicker in your stomach much like table sugar and milk are absorbed quickly into the body. (this explains why quick oats makes better bricks for play forts)
Prepare the oats with water and add some of the good stuff like walnuts, other nuts, fruit like bananas, blueberries, peaches, yogurt can be mixed in at the end, and try things like carrots to add texture and crunch to your oatmeal. For sweetness, try honey or sweet cream. Look in the Mexican part of your grocery for La Lechera by Nestle. This is sweet cream which will sweeten your oats and can substitute for sugar where you can use milk. The whole idea is to eat foods that are not processed or bleached and will require time to digest. The time to digest affects the glycemic index rating; the longer the digestion period the lower the glycemic index which releases lower levels of glucose into your body over a longer period of time. This lower level of glucose requires less insulin to process the resulting glucose into energy.
We here at www.bobzio.com are committed to Doing the Right Thing. We believe being socially responsible is the correct way to do business in America and around the world. We are committed to maintaining our services on Bobzio.com free of charge to owners, service providers and travelers using our site. If you have suggestions for our series Doing the Right Thing please email us at bobzio@hotmail.com
Post in : Do the Right Thing , Do the Right Thing , Do the Right Thing , Do the Right Thing , Do the Right Thing , Do the Right Thing , Do the Right Thing , Do the Right Thing , Do the Right Thing , Do the Right Thing posted on 16/12/2011 Author: Mick Bobzio
Who can help but feel pessimistic these days? We are constantly bombarded with bad news about the growing US debt, the declining US standard of living, and other negative indicators the nay sayers love to remind us about. I recently returned from several months in Brasil. I must confess that I love traveling but I always look forward to getting back home in the US each time. We are very lucky with what we have as Americans. A friend once told me there is always someone who will change places with you.
#12 Press Release in our Series Doing the Right Thing
Who can help but feel pessimistic these days? We are constantly bombarded with bad news about the growing US debt, the declining US standard of living, and other negative indicators the nay sayers love to remind us about. I recently returned from several months in Brasil. I must confess that I love traveling but I always look forward to getting back home in the US each time. We are very lucky with what we have as Americans. A friend once told me there is always someone who will change places with you.
We live in a safe, clean, and free country. These values make happiness possible. If we remain focused on maintaining these principles we will shrug off these pessimistic views. I have always been impressed by the positive attitudes displayed by Australians. Many young Australians are encouraged to travel outside their country for a year when they finish their secondary schooling. This is proving good for the Australian Culture. Many young Ozzies return home beginning their working careers with very mature attitudes, open minds and experiences beyond their actual years. They spent time living in other countries returning home with deep appreciation for their country. We as Americans can implement such socially progressive movements by encouraging our youths to visit other countries. Encourage them to experience other cultures and learn second languages.
After you have lived, eaten and slept like others in various parts of the world, your thoughts and feeling grow. This growth can never shrink. This worldly experience makes a person bigger, much bigger than if they had stayed home never stepping out of their comfort zones. I hear talk about a lost generation. People use this language referring to people that cannot start their working careers. On the other hand, I see a great opportunity for young Americans to travel to other countries and expand their worldliness. All they need to do is grab their passport, pack a back pack with some clothes and jump on a plane for Europe, Africa, Asia, South America or the South Pacific. I recently met a Japanese couple while traveling along the Negro River in Amazon, Brasil. This couple had visited 73 countries in 3 years and learned to speak English and Spanish since beginning their travels. They were both systems analysts and neither intended to be traveling this long. They confessed they wanted the learning and world experiences to continue as long as possible before returning to their working life in Japan. There was a friendly aura surrounding this couple that made you want to be friends with them. I have a feeling that this was a result of their travels. If we had a generation of Americans with this same friendly demeanor as this couple I would not label them as a lost generation but rather the lucky generation.
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