Anti-ageing foods to keep adding to your sparkle!

Hi there
While the experts are not saying that there are super foods which make you live longer, they are agreeing that foods rich in anti-oxidants may help you to be healthier as you age and reduce the likelihood of age-related diseases.

So here are some recommended 
Love them all! What is Quinoa you ask - watch this space.
Clara

Onions: Helps strengthen damaged cells and raise "good" cholesterol levels.
Garlic: Promotes the growth of white blood cells, the body's natural germ fighters; and lowers harmful LDL cholesterol and high blood pressure.
Broccoli: Rich in magnesium and vitamin C, it's one of the most powerful immunity boosters available.
Quinoa: This grain-like seed is a complete protein food, which means it contains all the essential amino acids your body needs to build muscle and repair itself.
Salmon: A great source of omega-3 fats – the ultimate anti-ageing nutrient – plus loads of vitamin D and selenium for healthy hair, skin, nails and bones.
Nuts: Contain healthy oils, fibre, vitamins, minerals, potent phytochemcials and the amino acid arginine.
Spinach: Bursting with health benefits, it contains many phytonutrients and antioxidants, including vitamins K, C and E, folate, iron and carotenoids.
Sardines: High in omega-3 fatty acids, they contain almost no mercury and are loaded with minerals such as calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium and zinc.
Eggs: They contain high-quality proteins, essential minerals and every vitamin except C.

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Should Grannies go for IPads

A friend wrote recently - "Treated myself to an iPad, so much fun.
Have the day off to play in my studio. Have to lock my iPad away or I will while the day away with it."
When I asked why it was so much fun, she replied, "Well how can I describe my iPad? I can't. You just have to have one to understand how amazing it is. I stalled on it, kept thinking what could be so great till one night I said what the hell and ordered one on line. The next day I had buyer's remorse but it was too late. Good thing I love it so much."

And then another friend, a reluctant computer friend who didn't even answer her emails in the past, sends me an email from ............ you guessed it - Her I Pad! What is happening? Why am I missing out on all this fun?

Of course, I feel that now I need one too so the journey begins - I-Pad or Android? Where is the key board? What is essential and non-essential? All this from someone who started out teaching not with an I Pad but with a Jelly pad. What is a jelly pad you ask - not quite as ancient as the stone tablet, it was a simple method of transferring pictures to a child's book as an alternative to the existing printing technology of the guistetner which was super messy. The jelly pad was simply a gelatine mixture in a cake tin; you traced over the image with carbon paper, placed it onto the jelly into which it sank. You then pressed each book onto the pad to make a print. (A search on Google says it was called a
'hectograph or gelatin duplicator and was used in the 20th century' - remember the 1900's.)
Ok - so we are moving forward - the question is do I really really need an I pad or an Android?
Clara :)

ps - do you know these symbols yet? A friend passed this on to me - he picked it up from his kids and general chat on FB (Facebook) and Twitter. It's like street slang that has just evolved as people want to type less online and sms.

:) means smile -look at it sideways (tilt head left)
;) means wink smile
:( means sad
:D means big smile 

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