A Fun Story For Thanksgiving: The Parrot a Repost

A friend sent this to me yesterday and I thought it would be fun to pass it on:

A young man named John received a parrot as a gift. The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of the bird's mouth was rude, obnoxious and laced with profanity. John tried and tried to change the bird's attitude by consistently saying only polite words, playing soft music and anything else he could think of to "clean up" the bird's vocabulary.

Finally, John was fed up and he yelled at the parrot. The parrot yelled back. John shook the parrot and the parrot got angrier and even ruder. John, in desperation, threw up his hands, grabbed the bird and put him in the freezer. For a few minutes the parrot squawked and kicked and screamed. Then suddenly there was total quiet. Not a peep was heard for over a minute.
Fearing that he'd hurt the parrot, John quickly opened the door to the freezer. The parrot calmly stepped out onto John's outstretched arms and said "I believe I may have offended you with my rude language and actions. I'm sincerely remorseful for my inappropriate transgressions and I fully intend to do everything I can to correct my rude and unforgivable behavior."
John was stunned at the change in the bird's attitude. As he was about to ask the parrot what had made such a dramatic change in his behavior, the bird continued, "May I ask what the turkey did?"

Here's Your Healthy Tip of the Day:  Wishing you a very Happy Thanksgiving!!! Don't eat too much...it's not healthy for you!

Love Your Heart - Watch The Sugar

The holidays are approaching, therefore, get ready to be attacked by your relatives, every charity looking for donations, and the holiday goodies everyone decides to bake or buy.  Reuters recently reported on an Italian study that concluded the following:  there was a 25% increased risk of heart attack in women who ate high glycemic index foods (such as white bread, ice cream and foods made with white sugar) compared to women who didn't eat simple sugars.

Here's Your Healthy Tip of the Day:  eat foods high in fibre.  Be judicious with the goodies.  It's better to have one decent portion of cake or pie than 10 lousy cookies.  Have a slice and enjoy it...then just say 'no' to more.  Heart attacks and other cardiac events are not fun and can ruin not only your party, but put a major damper on the people who are obliged to escort you to the hospital.  When you attend a holiday event, fill yourself first with raw veggies, salads and fruit.  Eat protein with vegetables for your main course.  By the time white potatoes,breads and desserts are served, you'll be fairly full.  A good rule of thumb:  if you have to taste everything at the table, just take a tablespoon of each item.  You'll be full and think of it this way:  that's all you'd get at a 5 star Zagat rated restaurant on a very expensive tasting menu.  It's also good manners to leave enough for everyone else to taste!

Wow! It's November!!!

Holy Smokes!  It's November 1st!  I'm just back from a weekend filled with Halloween fun and fantasy and have arrived at the office to emails and telephone calls from patients who are already getting those nasty fall colds and stressing over holiday family get togethers.

Here's Your Healthy Tip of the Day:  The change of seasons and stress lead to compromised immune systems.  This is how we get those nasty colds, flus and bouts of depression - especially during the onset and onslaught of holiday season.  Boost your immune system and de-stress yourself by coming in for a treatment today.  If you are physically and mentally balanced, you will be better equipped to handle the stress and drama of the holidays.  You will not become physically ill, nor will you become depressed.
Here's another tip for you:  Don't be a turkey!  Just because it's called a 'holiday'  doesn't mean you have to spend it with people you don't like (that's like doing time in prison), even if they're called 'family'.  Spend your holidays with people you like, or volunteer to help others that have nothing....or, better yet, spend the day and have a 'me' day!! Do all those things you always want to, but never seem to have the time because you're always so busy.