Empowered Pathways Newsletter

April 21, 2003

Gen Abrams, Publisher
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Health, Nutrition and Supplements
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Enzymes...

The Power Realized!

Enzymes?
It is surprising that despite research on enzymes for decades,
many of us know very little about them. Basically, enzymes
are proteins. Enzymes function as catalysts in a body, which
help to speed up biochemical reactions and make cell function
possible. They are involved in every process of the body, and
there are thousands of different enzymes. Enzymes are involved
in all biochemical reactions including things like energy pro-
duction and metabolism, the immune system, the reproductive
system and the digestive system. Without enzymes, these pro-
cesses and systems would cease to function and life could not
exist.

Diet and Enzymes
Your diet effects the function of your body's enzymes critic-
ally! Poor nutrition and toxins interfere with proper func-
tioning of enzymes, and without sufficient vitamins and miner-
als enzymes will not function optimally. Most "diets" do not
provide enough essential nutrients to keep the body's metabolic
systems running at optimal levels. The body is then forced to
slow it's metabolism and find sources of nutrients elsewhere,
usually from your lean muscle. This results in fatigue, irrit-
ability, and reduction in lean muscle mass. Weight loss comes
to a stop- the plateau we are all so familiar with. When we
return to a "normal" diet, the weight is regained as the body
struggles to find balance.

Even if your goal is not weight loss, if your diet is low in raw
foods (the best source of enzymes), your body will need to rely
on internal sources.

It's a vicious cycle...
unless we nourish our bodies properly, and optimize our meta-
bolic enzymes. The faster our metabolic enzymes work, the
more calories we will burn. And regardless of what the latest
fad or diet guru says, the basic equation of burning more
calories than you consume for weight loss to occur cannot
be ignored.

Break the cycle!
It's up to you. It's your body, the only one you will get!
It is your choice what you put in it, what you fuel it with,
and how well you provide it what it needs to work optimally.

Email me for more information...
Gen@empoweredpathways.com

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This product is not intended to diagnose, treat or cure or prevent any disease.
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Gen's Soapbox
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The Top 10 Ways to Prosper in Difficult Times

To prosper means to grow, to thrive, or to do well. Prosperity
has less to do with your financial state than with your state
of mind. Money naturally ebbs and flows but true prosperity is
changeless.

1. Have faith in the goodness of life.
   Worry is just faith turned inside out.
2. Look for the beauty in life that is free for the taking.
   Beauty is everywhere, in nature, in people, and in
   some of the most mundane things in life. Beauty has
   a way of lifting your spirit and expanding your
   consciousness.
3. Do one thing differently every day.
   Flexibility is crucial in difficult times.
4. Open your mind to new opportunities.
   Difficult times are tremendous opportunities. See
   what is wanted and needed and start doing it.
5. Forgive, forgive, forgive.
   Forgiveness opens you up for the goodness in life.
   Forgiveness is empowering because it frees your energy
   to create from love instead of fear, resentment, or
   regret.
6. Let go of what is no longer producing the results
   that you want.
   Habits can be either efficient or limiting.
   Stay conscious.
7. Meditate.
   Meditation is relaxing, a door to inspiration, and
   can energize you. Often in difficult times we do not
   let the mud settle in order to be able to see clearly.
   Be still.
8. Turn fear into fuel.
   Acknowledge the fear.Examine the fear. If there is
   something that needs to be done, do it. If there is
   no validity to the fear, let it go. Fear is not based
   in the present and is therefore unreal.
   Choose to BE HERE NOW.
9. Economize.
   This is not a negative thing; it simply means to use
   your resources wisely. Do not squander your energy,
   time, or money. Control what you have control over
   and let go of the rest. This is a Life Strategy.
   
10. Be on purpose.
    Create S.M.A.R.T. goals and demonstrate full integrity.
    S- Small Changes, plus Small Steps, equal Sizable
    Achievements.
    M- Measurable: Have a way of tracking your progress.
    A- Achievable: I am a firm believer in being outrageous
    and; there are some outcomes are not under your control.
    (Example: You cannot make your mate better, but, you can
    accept him or her the way they are.)
    R- Be responsible for achieving your goal. Do the things
    that can only be done by you. No blaming. No Excuses.
    T- True to your values and by a definite Time.
    

About the Author:
This piece was originally submitted by Barbara Dixon, Life Coach,
who can be reached at barbaradixon@mindfulresolutions.com, or
visited on the web. Barbara Dixon wants you to know: I am the
Remove the Struggle Coach and the founder of Mindful Resolutions.
We help clients to Remove the Struggle between their inner desire
and its outer manifestation. We offer coaching, books, and classes
for personal growth.

Copyright 97, 98, 99, 00, 2001 CoachVille

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Bible Verse
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            Give ear to my words, O LORD,
            consider my meditation.
            Hearken unto the voice of my cry,
            my King, and my God:
            for unto thee I will pray.
            My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD;
            in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee,
            and will look up.

            Psalm 5:1-3

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Remarkable Quote
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A musician must make music, an artist must paint,
a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at
peace with himself.
          - Abraham Maslow

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