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What are some of your Christmas gift ideas?

Have you ever considered a subscription of beef?

I help people set up online shopping accounts so they can break up with Wal-Mart.

Mindset is everything.

I make a concerted effort to…

  • Start each day with prayers of gratitude and end the day with a prayer of thanks
  • I make time to read something inspiring every day. 
  • Surround myself with those who can challenge me to be better and I stay away from negativity.

What do YOU do to create a proper mindset every day?

“In the game of life, the only choice we get is whether we want to play with a finite mindset or an infinite mindset.”

What’s on your bucket list?

Living your best life means always having something to look forward to. With all the craziness going on in the world these days, it’s still important that we not lose sight of our dreams. Putting your dreams on hold would be a BIG mistake.

So what’s on your Bucket List? Travel to a specific destination? Learn a new skill? Do something daring like jump out of a plane?
My Bucket List is a constant work in progress; it will never be complete!
What about you?

“One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it’s worth watching.”

Fun Facts about Bar codes

Please, always read the labels on the foods you by. No matter what the front of the box or package says, turn it over and carefully read the back, please. It could affect your health.

With all the food and pet products now coming from China, it is best to make sure you read label at the grocery store (especially Walmart) when buying food products. Why? Many products no longer show where they were made or manufactured, they only show where the distributor is located.

Therefore, it is important to read the product’s bar code to track it’s origin. Knowing how to read a bar code may be useful when grocery shopping, if a product’s origin is of concern to you. It also helps you buy more US and Canadian goods and fewer products from China. Because of several past issues with products made in China, it is understandable that the world is concerned about China-made “black hearted goods”.
Nowadays, Chinese businessmen know that consumers do not prefer products “MADE IN CHINA “, so they don’t show from which country the product is made.
This is our right to know,, but the government and related departments never seem to educate the public—therefore we have to rescue ourselves.

How to differentiate which one is made in Taiwan or China:

If the first three digits of the barcode are 690, 691 or 692, the product is MADE IN CHINA.

  • 690, 691, 692 — CHINA
  • 00 – 09 — USA & CANADA
  • 30 – 37 — FRANCE
  • 40 – 44 — GERMANY
  • 471 — TAIWAN.
  • 49 — JAPAN
  • 50 — UK

Remember to buy USA & CANADIAN made goods, look “0” at the beginning of the number.

How Long Can You Keep Beauty Products?

  • Eyeshadow —1 – 2 years
  • Mascara —3 months
  • Liquid Foundation —1 year
  • Lipstick/Lip Gloss —1 year
  • Powdered Blush —2 years
  • Concealer —1 year

NUTS!

Nuts are such a great nutritionally rich food! They are a great source of Omega 3 fatty acids, which offer wonderful benefits from reducing rheumatoid arthritis to protecting against dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.

That said, they are high in calories and fat, but it’s mostly unsaturated fat. This type of fat is linked to protections against many different diseases, like heart disease.

Check out what ONE SERVING (one ounce or about 1/4 cup)

Walnuts: 183 cal, 18g fat

Brazil Nuts: 184 cal, 19g fat

Almonds: 161 cal, 14g fat

Pistachios: 156 cal, 12g fat

Cashews: 155 cal, 12g fat

There is research that suggests that nut consumption may boost the number of calories burned at rest. Another study found that participants burned 28% more calories after a meal containing walnuts than a meal containing fat from dairy sources. Healthy fat can burn fat.

No one should have to choose

US foods banned in other countries

Common US foods that are banned in other countries

Do you love Coffee-mate in your coffee? Does Stove Top Stuffing help make your Thanksgiving prep a breeze? Do you eat the rainbow with Skittles? Enjoy a quick Pop-Tarts snack? Or just gotta join the leprechaun with those tasty Lucky Charms? Some of these are mainstays in American households.

We, consumers in these United States put our trust in the Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Agriculture to keep packaged foods, fish, and livestock production safe—but to what standards?

According to the online magazine, STACKER, The U.S. holds liberal policies on genetically modified organisms, which are more restricted or banned outright in other countries. Plus, many American food additives and production standards that have been approved domestically are banned or strictly regulated abroad. However, that could change soon—as of April 2024, California and Illinois have taken action to ban additives like Red Dye 3 and propylparaben, which have been linked to higher rates of cancer development in animals. Other states, including Missouri and New York, have proposed similar legislation to curb use of these additives.

What production practices are standardized in the United States but illegal in other parts of the world?

Click through Stacker‘s list to discover 29 everyday American food products with ingredients that are banned in other countries.

It’s time to go back to eating fewer processed foods.