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Resonate with New Year Cheer!

New Year Resolutions, either love them or hate them. Celebrating from Halloween to year-end, it's easy to become swept up into the excessive shopping, spending, consuming, rich fatty foods and booze. Boom! We land squarely in the next year broke, hung over perhaps a little fatter, maybe all three. A little disgusted with the gluttony and excess of the holidays we vow to make a change. We emerge from the haze of the party armored with will power and a sense of purpose, ready to tackle our imperfections and begin with a clean slate. Fast-forward a few months, failure. Hopes and dreams left to die in a wasteland of disappointment tinged with guilt. As we all switch gears and unwind from the holiday grind, ride the wave of New Year intention and live up to your human potential.

Mama Blessing declares 2007 to be Year of the Family

The family unit is an often-ignored source of inspiration, an untapped spring of happiness and belonging. Infused with equal parts love, attention, and intention the family unit becomes a solid foundation upon which to rest your weary soul. Not to mention a quick fix to elevating the collective mood of those closest to you. Reflect positive life energy onto the ones we love, build a legacy to be proud of. Join the Mama Blessings family as we discover unchartered corners of humanity. Social marketing, sustainability, and holistic wellness all tossed together and examined from a health educator perspective. The mama in charge is a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) on a mission!

Future themes, core topics:

• Sustainable Economy
• Non-toxic home environment tips
• Health and Wellness Articles
• Human Potential Project
• National Health Observances
• Holistic Health and Wellness Tips
• Green Business Product Reviews
• Monthly Health Challenges

Stay true. Speak the truth. Be truth. Go forward into 2007 with us as we manifest our vision and passion for holistic health and wellness, green living, sustainability, and social justice. Over the last two years Mama Blessings has risen from the spark of imagination, a flame of ambition ignited by truth and purpose. Mama Blessings web site was born March 2005 and since has under gone it's first makeover. Mama Blessings: divine approval bestowed upon earthly goods, armed with a dream and a prayer in 2007. Welcome to the first edition of Mama Blessings Newsletter.

M. Parks, CHES

The Mama in Charge
Health Educator Webpreneur
mamablessings.com

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January Factoid: 14th - Motorists were required by law to wear seat belts in 1986

Cervical Cancer Awareness Month in January

A HPV virus causes cervical cancer, not all viruses are destined to turn into cancer. Best way to avoid cancer is to keep your immune system strong.

"Both incidence and deaths from cervical cancer have declined markedly over the last several decades, due to more frequent detection of pre-invasive and cancerous lesions of the cervix from increased Pap screening".
(Source: Discovery Women's Health)

Do you have risk factors for cervical cancer?

• Early age of first sexual intercourse
• History of multiple sex partners
• HPV (Human Papillomavirus- a strain of genital warts)
• A history of any sexually transmitted disease
• Smoking
• Women whose mothers where given DES (Diethylstilbestrol) during pregnancy to prevent miscarriages
  (Source: Illinois Department of Public Health)

Remind a woman in your life about the importance of a Pap smear screening. Call you local practioner to schedule.

Fat Free Farce

Fat free enthusiasts are killing themselves in a slow and painful way! Hot off the presses of February Avante Times! Confirmed benefits of healthy fat in your diet! Hooray! According to Lori Zitzmann, ANP at Avante Medical Center in Anchorage, AK wrote:

A fascinating new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition shows that dietary fat is necessary for the absorption of nutrients from fruits and vegetables. It turns out that some of the best compounds in fruits and vegetables, certain vitamins and cancer fighting ingredients, are fat-soluble. That means fat needs to be present for the body to adequately absorb them. Studies are now showing that people who opt for no-fat salad dressings or who skip adding foods like avocado, egg, or cheese to a dish to avoid fat calories, are getting far less nutrition out of their salads and other vegetables.