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The Renewal Times The Renewal Times is a publication of Renewal Technologies and is edited by Roger Ellerton. This newsletter may be republished without permission, provided it is reproduced in its entirety. To reproduce sections of the newsletter, please contact Renewal Technologies at info@renewal.ca. Please forward this newsletter to friends and colleagues. To become a subscriber, please Click Here! or visit www.renewal.ca/newsletter.htm Please note: The material in this newsletter is presented for information only. It is not a substitute for medical, psychological or professional advice. Please consult a qualified professional. Included in this newsletter:
****************** I never take counsel of my fears. General George Patton ************ Black Tea
You may be able to boost your fight against the flu with black tea. Your best defense against contracting the flu is to wash your hands often and get vaccinated against the influenza virus. Black tea may further bolster your efforts to stay healthy. In a recent study, people who gargled with a black tea extract solution twice per day showed a higher immunity to flu virus compared to the people who did not gargle with black tea. Tea extracts are available in some health food stores. In a study, a tea extract solution of .5% tea extract appeared to improve immunity to the flu. Drinking tea provides many health benefits. The antioxidants in tea may help prevent illness and disease. Some studies have linked frequent tea consumption with a lower risk of stroke, heart attack, or heart disease. Other studies have revealed a correlation between tea drinking and a reduced risk of certain types of cancer. Prophylactic effect of black tea extract as gargle against influenza [Article in Japanese]. Iwata, M., Toda, M., Nakayama, M., Tsujiyama, H., Endo, W., Takahashi, O., Hara, Y., Shimamura, T., Kansenshogaku Zasshi (Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases) 1997 Jun;71(6):487-494. -- Broccoli and Mushrooms Toss some chopped broccoli and sliced mushrooms onto your pizza and you may turn it into a cancer-fighting pie. Studies suggest that certain nutrients may have even more powerful cancer-prevention properties when they are combined. Sulforaphane and selenium are two such nutrients. Sulforaphane is found in high concentrations in broccoli, as well as in watercress and cabbage. Selenium can be found in mushrooms, as well as in nuts and sunflower seeds. You can make your homemade pizzas even healthier by using reduced-fat cheese and by piling lots of vegetables on top, such as shredded zucchini, sliced peppers, and diced onions. If you order pizza out, consider asking the pizza place to use half the amount of cheese they normally use. Often, half the amount is enough to provide plenty of cheese flavor while greatly reducing the saturated fat and calorie content of your pizza. Pizzas that are loaded down with extra cheese can be even more fattening than meat-topped pizzas. If you like meat on your pizza, chicken or ham toppings tend to be healthier choices than pepperoni or sausage. Synergy between sulforaphane and selenium in the induction of thioredoxin reductase 1 requires both transcriptional and translational modulation. Zhang, J., Svehlikova, V., Bao, Y., Howie, A. F., Beckett, G. J., Williamson, G., Carcinogenesis 2003 Mar;24(3):497-503. ***************************** NLP Practitioner Training NLP Practitioner Training For our most recent schedule and a description of these workshops/seminars, please Click Here! For the location of our Training Centre in Ottawa (Stittsville), Ontario, please Click Here! ************* Are You at Cause or Effect? How do you live your life? At cause or at effect? It is important to be aware of this distinction. It is the rare individual who always lives his or her life at cause, however far too many of us live a large portion of our lives at effect -- responding to the whims, desires or emotional states of others. Being at cause means that you are decisive in creating what you want in life and take responsibility for what you have achieved or will achieve. You see the world as a place of opportunity and you move towards achieving what you desire. If things are not unfolding as you would like, you take action and explore other possibilities. Above all, you know you have choice in what you do and how you react to people and events. If you are at effect you may blame others or circumstances for your bad moods or for what you have not achieved or for your life in general. You may feel powerless or depend on others in order for you to feel good about yourself or about life -- If only my spouse, my boss, my coworkers, my parents, my children, … understood me and helped me achieve my dreams or did what I wanted or what is best for me, then life would be great. If you wait and hope for things to be different or for others to provide, then you are at effect or a victim of circumstances. And really, how much fun is that? And how much fun do you think it is for others to be around you? Believing that someone else is responsible or making them responsible for your happiness or your different moods is very limiting and gives this person some mystical power over you, which can cause you a great deal of anguish. Being at cause means you have choices in your life -- you can choose what is best for you while ensuring the choice is ecological for those around you, those in your community and your society. That is, you consider the consequences of your actions on others, while not taking responsibility for their emotional well-being -- believing you are responsible for the emotional well-being of someone else places a heavy burden on you and can cause a great deal of stress. Those who live their lives at effect often see themselves or live their lives as victims with no choices whatsoever. The irony is that they do have choice and they have chosen not to choose but to be responsive to whatever is given to them. Do I always live my life at cause ? No, not a chance. The vast majority of the time I live at cause. And thanks to NLP, I am able to quickly identify those times when I am living my life at effect. To get back on track, I realize that I always have choices in my life and one of the following NLP Presuppositions usually comes to mind: ‘There is no failure only feedback’ or ‘There are no unresourceful people, only unresourceful states’. NLP techniques, which are the subject of later articles, provide me with the mental resources I require and I am able to explore other ways to achieve my outcomes or ask others for help, without being a victim to their answers. And NLP is Much more than that! Author: Roger Ellerton is a certified NLP trainer, certified management consultant and the founder and managing partner of Renewal Technologies. He can be reached at Renewal Technologies www.renewal.ca or by e-mail info@renewal.ca ******* Golfers My wife inquired as to why I don't play golf with Dean anymore. I asked her "Would you continue to play with a guy who always gets drunk, loses so many balls that other groups are always playing through, who tells lousy jokes while you are trying to putt and generally offends everyone around him on the course?" "Certainly not, dear" she replied. "Well, neither would he." --Two long time golfers were standing overlooking the river getting ready to hit their shots. One golfer looked to the other and said, "Look at those idiots fishin' in the rain." **************** For more information, please visit our website or contact us at 613 692-1424 or info@renewal.ca Copyright © 2004, Renewal Technologies Inc. All rights reserved.
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