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Can Caffeine Offer Mild Treatment For Depressive & ADHD Symptoms?
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Can Caffeine Offer Mild Treatment For Depressive and ADHD Symptoms?
For parents who say they don’t want to administer drugs or chemicals to their child for their ADHD symptoms, a cup of coffee brewed from organically grown coffee beans might be the more attractive alternative. When considering our rising healthcare costs, its ubiquity, affordability, and ease of use are what make caffeine an intriguing option for an adult or child with ADHD. All of those factors make this consideration difficult to pass up.
For a lot of people, too much caffeine can have a negative emotional effect: it can contribute to anxiety, jitteriness, irritability, impulsivity, and insomnia. A moderate amount of caffeine does the opposite for me.
Because many people experience jitteriness and increased anxiety when they consume too much caffeine, my personal experience may seem counterintuitive, but I’m not an anomaly. According to a 2005 study of rats with hyperactivity, impulsivity, poor attention and deficits in learning and memory, a significant improvement was reported in test results when caffeine was administered to the rats beforehand. And in a 10-year study, spanning from 1996 to 2006, researchers found that depression risk in human females decreases with increasing caffeinated coffee consumption. The study included 50,739 women and the clinical depression was “defined as self-reported physician-diagnosed depression and antidepressant use.”
Accordingly, moderate caffeine intake (< 6 cups/day) has been associated with less depressive symptoms, fewer cognitive failures, and lower risk of suicide…READ MORE
Thursday Thoughts: New Insights Into How The Body Influences The Mind
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There’s strong evidence that the mind/body connection is positively correlated, meaning the more balanced your physical health, the more balanced your mental health ought to be.
Food/Environment:
Spraying chemicals on the lawns your children and grandchildren play in or in the gardens where you grow your produce that winds up on your dinner table…how can you be surprised with these results? Wake up people! Think about what you are doing. The FDA and government regulations aren’t protecting you–they are protecting their profits. Why do you think Autism rates have climbed so dramatically? One theory is liberal use of pesticides. Maybe you don’t believe that theory, but you can’t tell me you are in “support” of the copious use of poison on our food that IS linked to other defects? Go organic now. Stop using pesticides, herbicides and go organic.
You can be weed-free and grow successfully without poison. Promise. Continue reading
Patience & Pineapples
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No-Fail Summer Garden Starters
FeaturedHave you thought about starting a garden but let spring pass you by? It’s not too late to plant a Summer Garden! You can plant now for a late Summer harvest and even plant again in time for a Fall Harvest too!
If you’ve never scratched the surface of gardening before, not to worry! When I first started my garden, I was completely clueless. Every new project is an experiment, and I’ve learned from some of the planting mistakes I made early on. I’ve now got plentiful Muscadine grapes, so I must be doing something right!
I put together an article for Tribe Magazine that is just perfect for novice gardeners and children:
5 Super-Easy Plants Your Kids Will Love Growing Themselves This Summer
It’s full of good information to get you started on your summer garden. This one provides specific examples of the plants that are best suited for a child’s (or impatient adult’s!) first gardening experience. There are lots of plants that are practically no-fail options that don’t require a green thumb or lots of space, time, or funds. Check out this article to see how you can get started!
Gardening is one of the most satisfying and therapeutic activities kids can tackle relatively independently. Children love creating something from (virtually) nothing. What begins as tiny seeds which germinate into something that’s living and bearing edibles is almost tantamount to magic. Planting vegetables and flowers is an exciting activity, regardless of age.
Read more: http://thetribemagazine.com/5-super-easy-plants-your-kids-will-love-growing/#ixzz4Fqlb3Qwg
Container Gardening 101
FeaturedContainer gardening is a totally achievable way of creating a beautiful and varied organic garden of any size and scope. It all just depends on how much space you are working with and how creative you want to get!
Happy Weekend
FeaturedHappy Weekend!
Here are some pictures from my garden this weekend:
And here are my latest articles published on BlogHer
and Parent.co.
What’s new with you?
Hey! Like my writing? Do you wish you had access to all of my password protected posts and other content that isn’t available online? I have other work! I’ve published ! It’s nothing crazy; they are about 50-55 pages each and cost approximately $5 each depending on what country you are purchasing from. Each ebook consists of a , mental illness, family dynamics, social anxiety, and other awkward shit that happens in my life. It’s relatable, honest and raw. Oh, and there are pictures in titles like & . You’ll probably like it. Or not. What the hell? It’s $5!
***If you have previously purchased Amazon downloadable content, please note that the ebook content has changed. Some previously available titles have been updated and contain more essays, pages, pictures, etc. If you have specific questions, please email me directly @ .
Pineapples & Protein
FeaturedIn keeping with the theme of my Second-Day Soreness & Cinnamon post, I was inspired to write a post about the kinds of recovery foods that are best to eat immediately following a challenging workout. I wrote a Top 10 List especially for BlogHer’s site:
10 Effective Post-Workout Foods That Aid in Recovery
I encourage you to go over there, check it out, and share it!
Speaking of good sources of nutrition, I’m very excited about how my pineapples are doing:
Now & Then
FeaturedDo you ever come across photographs from just a year or so in the past and think, this couldn’t possibly be the same (fill-in-the-blank) that I am looking at today?
Well, I happened to be looking for something completely unrelated, but I came across these pictures of my grapevines from sometime during 2015. It would have been early in the year, say January or February, when everything was still dormant from the winter weather.
The side yard has had some pretty incredible changes, too. Pretty dramatic, huh?
I miss Rennie so, so much. She was a sweet baby. This Memorial Day weekend will be one year since she was taken from me.
I was going through a dangerously low period around this time last year and while I can say that I still have a really bad day every 4 days or so, I am in a relatively better head space now. I am more functional, productive and forward-looking. The changes in my grape vine pictures are similar to the changes in my outlook: they are stretching upward and outward, towards light and life. I have too much writing to do to die.
On that note, I have another article that was published by The Mighty.com today and 6 more that are coming out over the next two weeks or so on: Blogher.com, Parent.co, Rolereboot.org, and Thebodyisnotanapology.com.
If you’d like to check out the article, here’s the link: In the Mind of a Person With Rapid-Cycling Type I Bipolar Disorder
make sure to “like” it and share it on facebook, , and Pinterest!
What photos have you recently come across that have demonstrated a dramatic change in something in your life?
POLICIES & DISCLAIMER
5 Reasons Why You Should Start Growing Your Own Stevia At Home
FeaturedI’ve done posts on Stevia previously, but it’s been a while and, since various versions of the sweetener seem to be available just about everywhere, I thought I’d write a comprehensive post on why it’s best to grow your own. If you aren’t familiar with it, here’s a quick run-down: The Stevia plant (Stevia rebaudiana) produces sweet-tasting, calorie-free leaves which can be crushed or dried to sweeten foods and beverages naturally. Stevia can replace sugar in TONS of recipes and is perfect for consumption because it is not metabolized by the body.
Stevia grows best in warm conditions similar to those preferred by Basil. I live in Florida, so it’s an ideal climate for both Stevia and Basil to proliferate. Bonus for me, because I’m a fan of both:
