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17 Benefits of the Best Banana
Better Life Products "The Skinny on Skin"

Barry Hickey, Publisher
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Volume 1, Issue 17
Published bi-weekly
It's Time for a Better Life!
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In This Issue of The Skinny on Skin

1. Quick Tip - Remedies for Stress can be a Healthy Idea
2. Feature Article - 17 Benefits of The Best Banana
3. Product Spotlight
4. Success Tip

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Quick Tip

Remedies for Stress can be a Healthy Idea

Here is what you can do to help.

Eat healthfully; consuming plenty of fruits and vegetables which are rich in vitamin C. Vitamin C is an important anti-stress antioxidant.
Avoid overeating.

Exercise
Even light physical activity has stress busting effects that range from lowering blood pressure to improving mood.

Get Enough Sleep
Lack of sleep can heighten stress response, keeping levels of stress hormones elevated. Even on a short term basis, sleep deprivation may also alter the immune system and increase vulnerability to infection.
To fight insomnia, try one of the following techniques.
Cut back on the caffeine.
Do not drink alcohol which may cause night wakening and reduces the quality of sleep.
Take a warm bath in Dead Sea Salts.
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Feature Article ================================================================
17 Benefits of The Best Banana!

Bananas contain three natural sugars -sucrose, fructose & glucose combined with fiber. A banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy.
Research has proven that just two bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout. No wonder the banana is the number one fruit with the world's leading athletes.
But energy isn't the only way a banana can help us keep fit.
It can also help overcome or prevent a substantial number of illnesses and conditions, making it a must to add to our daily diet.

1. Depression:
According to a recent survey undertaken by MIND amongst peoplesuffering from depression, many felt much better after eating a banana. This is because bananas contain tryptophan, a type of protein that the body converts into serotonin, known to make you relax, improve your mood and generally make you feel happier.

2. PMS:
Forget the pills - eat a banana. The vitamin B6 it contains regulates blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood.

3. Anemia:
High in iron, bananas can stimulate the production of hemoglobin in the blood and so helps in cases of anemia.

4. Blood Pressure:
This unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt, making it perfect to beat blood pressure. So much so, the US Food and Drug Administration has just allowed the banana industry to make official claims for the fruit's ability to reduce the risk of blood pressure and stroke.

5. Brain Power:
200 students at a Twickenham (Middlesex) school were helped through their exams this year by eating bananas at breakfast,break and lunch in a bid to boost their brain power. Research has shown that the potassium-packed fruit can assist learning by making pupils more alert.

6. Constipation:
High in fiber, including bananas in the diet can help restore normal bowel action, helping to overcome the problem without resorting to laxatives.

7. Heartburn:
Bananas have a natural antacid effect in the body, so if you suffer from heartburn; try eating a banana for soothing relief.

8. Morning Sickness:
Snacking on bananas between meals helps to keep blood sugar levels up and avoid morning sickness.

9. Mosquito bites:
Before reaching for the insect bite cream, try rubbing the affected area with the inside of a banana skin. Many people find it amazingly successful at reducing swelling and irritation.

10. Nerves:
Bananas are high in B vitamins that help calm the nervous system. Overweight and at work? Studies at the Institute of Psychology in Austria found pressure at work leads to gorging on comfort food like chocolate and crisps. Looking at 5,000 hospital patients, researchers found the most obese were more likely to be in high-pressure jobs. The report concluded that, to avoid panic-induced food cravings, we need to control our blood sugar levels by snacking on high carbohydrate foods every two hours to keep levels steady.

11. Ulcers:
The banana is used as the dietary food against intestinal disorders, because of its soft texture and smoothness. It is the only raw fruit that can be eaten without distress in over-chronicler cases. It also neutralizes over-acidity and reduces irritation by coating the lining of the stomach.

12. Temperature control:
Many other cultures see bananas as a "cooling" fruit that can lower both the physical and emotional temperature of expectant mothers. In Thailand, for example, pregnant women eat bananas to ensure their baby is born with a cool temperature.

13. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD):
Bananas can help SAD sufferers because they contain the natural mood enhancer tryptophan.

14. Smoking & Tobacco Use:
Bananas can also help people trying to give up smoking. The B6, B12 they contain, as well as the potassium and magnesium found in them, help the body recover from the effects of nicotine withdrawal.

15. Stress:
Potassium is a vital mineral, which helps normalize the heartbeat, sends oxygen to the brain and regulates your body's water balance. When we are stressed, our metabolic rate rises, thereby reducing our potassium levels. These can be rebalanced with the help of a high-potassium banana snack.

16. Strokes:
According to research in "The New England Journal of Medicine,'eating bananas as part of a regular diet can cut the risk of death by strokes by as much as 40% !

17. Warts:
Those keen on natural alternatives swear that if you want to kill off a wart, take a piece of banana skin and place it on thewart, with the yellow side out. Carefully hold the skin in place with a plaster or surgical tape!

So, a banana really is a natural remedy for many ills. When you compare it to an apple, it has four times the protein, twice the carbohydrate, three times the phosphorus, five times the vitamin A and iron, and twice the other vitamins & minerals.

It is also rich in potassium and is one of the best value foods around. So maybe its time to change that well-known phrase so that we say, "A banana a day keeps the doctor away!"

PS: Bananas must be the reason monkeys are so happy all the time!

I will add one here; want a quick shine on our shoes??
Take the INSIDE of the banana skin, and rub directly on the shoe... polish with dry cloth.

Amazing fruit.

(c) 2006 Barry Hickey
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Success Tip

Psalms 121

I lift up my eyes to the hills -- from where will my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. He willnot let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade at your right hand. The sun shall not strike you by day, or the moon by night.

The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from thistime and forevermore.

Dependence on God is a wonderful thing. God is good and He wants you successful in all areas of life; physically, emotionally and spiritually.

It's time for a better life and it begins with God!
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