We're in the midst of a lot of rain here in New York - probably the same rain everybody has had this past week. I am grateful for an oversized umbrella and red rubber boots.
The event on Saturday, the Law of Attraction Seminar, was wonderful. I was on the program with several amazing speakers (see last week's "Minute" for details - you can access it on my blog). One gentleman who really impressed me was composer and conductor David Friedman who has a life-changing approaching called "The Thought Exchange" - a place within yourself where you go to trade in a thought that isn't working in your life for one that does. I bought his CD "Listen to My Heart" which includes the well-known comic song "Rich, Famous and Powerful." I'm ripping the CD now for treadmill inspiration.
I also spoke for a lovely group of women (and one brave guy) at ING Bank last week, and I did the "Body & Soul" show on my old alma mater, Martha Stewart Living Radio, Sirius 112. The other guest was Golden Girl Rue McClanahan, talking about her new book My First Five Husbands: And the Ones that Got Away. What a delightful woman! She is such an inspiration. She'll be in NYC tomorrow signing books at the Union Square Barnes & Noble, and I just might get myself over there.
William has been gone for just over two weeks, working on a screenplay in the far upstate of Upstate New York. He'll be back Thursday to attend with me the 2006 Animal Protection Litigation Awards sponsored by the Humane Society of the US and BeKind.org, and he'll go back Saturday to seek more inspiration in the woods. I'm missing him terribly, but I'm so happy he's giving himself this opportunity to pursue what he loves and is so good at.
I trust that YOU are also pursuing what you love and what you're good at. Enjoy.
All the best,
Victoria
Info of the Week: "The Nutrient Density Line" Quoted from The Eat to Live Diet: GOOD CAUSE OF THE WEEK: COUNTDOWN TO VICTORIA'S NEW, 10th, and (we're hearing!) BEST BOOK EVER, ...6 weeks and 4 days!
This comes from one of the best books on nutrition ever written, in my humble opinion: The Eat to Live Diet by Joel Fuhrman, MD. With all the controversy out there about what to eat, this is a simple way to see how to get more bang for your buck or, in this case, the most identified phytochemicals, antioxidant activity, and total vitamin and mineral content per calorie.
Highest nutrient density = 100 points -- Lowest nutrient density = 0
100 - Raw leafy green vegetables (darker green has more nutrients) - e.g., romaine, leaf lettuces, kale, spinach, parsley
97 - Solid green vegetables (raw or steamed, fresh or frozen) - e.g., artichokes, asparagus, Brussels sprouts, cucumbers, peas, string beans, zucchini
50 - Non-green non-starch vegetables - e.g., beets, onions tomatoes, yellow and red peppers, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts, cauliflower
48 - Beans/legumes (cooked, canned, or sprouted) - e.g., red kidney beans, chickpeas, pinto beans, soybeans, lentils, lima beans
45 - Fresh fruits - e.g., apples, apricots, bananas, berries, citrus, melons, mangoes, pears, peaches, pineapples, plums
35 - Starchy vegetables - e.g., potatoes, yams, butternut squash, acorn squash, parsnips, pumpkins, turnips, sweet corn, carrots, chestnuts
22 - Whole grains - e.g., barley, buckwheat, millet, oats, brown rice, wild rice
20 - Raw nuts and seeds - almonds, cashews, macadamias, pecans, pine nuts, walnuts, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds
15 - Fish
13 - Fat-free dairy products
11 - Eggs; wild meat and poultry
8 - Red meat
4 - Full-fat dairy products
3 - Cheese
2 - Refined grains (i.e., white flour)
1 - Refined oils
0 - Refined sweets
(I keep this stuck to my fridge with an I-heart-NY magnet.)
Marianne in Denmark, one of our readers, wrote to let me know about a wonderful organization last week...
About 2 million girls a year experience Female Genital Mutilation, many more are forced into early marriage, and tens of millions are forced to seek refuge from armed conflict and gender based violence.
Give a Girl a Chance (a project of Feminenza) provides financial assistance to help pay for education and contributes significantly towards the cost of the girls' rehabilitation, mentoring and development. Check out their website for more information!
Fat, Broke & Lonely No More: Your Personal Solution to Overeating, Overspending, and Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places
coming from HarperOne on June 1, 2007
If you'd like to pre-order online, here are links to the big guys:
Amazon
Barnes & Noble
Or, call your favorite independent bookstore to reserve your copy!
(To find an independent bookstore in your area, you can search on booksense.com here.)
Happy week, all!
My very best,
Victoria Moran
1 comment:
Love to see you're out-and-about, despite pouring rain! :) Thanks for the nutrition density info ... I may have to print it out & stick it to MY fridge with a Wales magnet! :D
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