Tuesday
Dec012009
About Olives
Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 4:55AM
One of the oldest foods known, olives were first cultivated in Crete some five to seven thousand years ago. While olives have a high fat content, almost three-fourths of their fat is the healthy monounsaturated type, which offers cholesterol-lowering properties. Olives are also a good source of vitamin E (which helps to neutralize free radicals), iron, copper and dietary fiber.
Try Tofu Provencal for a festive dish featuring olives.
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Hello Dr. Weil,
I love your work. You have great insight. About 3 years ago I moved to a factory town. Apparently There have been several hundred pounds of mercury that have been emitted annually on a recent report from an independent newspaper. Finally legislation passed tougher emission laws in New York which put restrictions on the cement factory not even a quarter of a mile away. Before I moved here I lived in the country and I noticed a significant decrease in my mental health. I have been finding it very tough to focus or concentrate. When I am practicing meditation I notice a strangle "mental dizziness" within. I try and focus all of my efforts into concentrating on one particular thing and I have great difficulty even for a few seconds without my mind wandering. Sometimes it takes me a while to regain my recognizing that I lost concentration. I don't believe in ADD medication. I feel that this may have something to do with the factory near by. Unfortunately I can't seem to move out of the area because of money circumstances. I took your suggestions about having plants in the home, this seemed to increase my well being by some degree. I also take multi-Vitamins daily along with 1,000 milligrams of Vitamin C daily. I also take Ginkgo Biloba daily along with fish oil supplements. I also do Yoga when I have extra time. My only down fall is that I drink 2 cups of coffee daily. One with my breakfast and one in the afternoon. Do you know of anything else that would help me? I thank you for you time. I am in deep gratitude for you reading this letter. I feel like I don't know where else to turn.
25 year old Student,
Stephen (Hudson Falls, NY)
Dear Stephen:
On behalf of Dr. Weil so so sorry to hear of your current problems.
We suggest that you go to www.drweil.com and in the Search box on the upper right type in the word
concentrate. See all that Dr. Weil and his experts suggest. Also you could type in brain fog and see if you have any other symptoms mentioned there?
Hope this helps.