Did you get your B12 today?

It’s only in fish, eggs, meat or milk. Or supplements or fortified food. Aim for 10mcg a day although the RDA is only 2.5mcg. That’s why supplements are a sure bet. Make sure your multivitamin or B complex gives you 10mcg.

Supplement B vitamins today.

This is the sure fire way to keep your homocysteine level low. Check your multivitamin is giving you at least 20mg of B6, 200mcg of folate and 10mcg of B12

Not good enough for a weevil.

Flour was originally refined into white flour because, by removing enough nutrients in the refining process (over 80% of some nutrients are lost) they’d end up with flour that even the weevils wouldn’t eat! By law some nutrients now have to be added back in. But, why not leave them in in the first place? Choose wholegrains today, rich in B vitamins, not the white stuff.

Green is good.

You need green foods, rich in folate, every day. The darker the better – broccoli, spinach, brussels sprouts, kale, savoy cabbage, peas, runner beans, mange tout, broad beans – have two servings today.

Beans means health.

They are rich in folate as well as protein, zinc and magnesium. Eat something today that, if you plant it, it would grow – be it beans, lentils, chick peas, nuts or seeds.

Feeling negative?

Do the Quick Coherence technique – breathe into the heart space. Evoke a positive regenerative feeling. (Read the Report ‘Transform Stress with the Science of the Heart’). Count your blessings. Think positive – A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, while an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

Feeling low?

Ask yourself ‘what’s bugging me?’ Depression is often anger without enthusiasm. Or betrayal. Are you living your life true to who you are? Where is the feeling in your body? Get outdoors. Take your omega-3. Supplement 5-HTP. Talk to a friend.

Present yourself.

Take pride in your appearance, honour your body and make a commitment to look after it. Make yourself look good today. Eat well. Give yourself a present – a non-food reward for the changes you are making towards your goal.

Relax.

Nothing is under control. If you feel tense and are having trouble relaxing and feeling at ease:

Don’t watch the late night news or horror movies. You want to be calming down in the evening, not winding up.

Have a bath with Epsom salts in the evening.

Take magnesium 300-500mg, perhaps in the evening to relax and sleep.

Having trouble sleeping?

Have you tried supplementing 5HTP (100mg) with magnesium (300mg) half an hour before bed or melatonin (3-6mg). Your doctor can prescribe melatonin if it’s not available online or in the health food shop. (Also, no caffeine after noon).