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Fast Food or Fast Fruit?
As we talked about in the last column,fast food has potential dangers of toomuch high fat, high sodium and highcaloric intake. A fast food lunch canreach your daily recommended levels infat, sodium and calories in just one meal!What do you do about the rest of the day’snutritional needs??Protection is one way of guardingagainst improper nutrition. Gettingthe balance of your RDA’s come fromknowing what they are and then making
sure you nd sources for each of them.
One nutritional ‘buzzword’ that has beengiven a lot of press lately is the acronym‘ORAC’. This stands for ‘oxygen radical
absorbance capacity’. This is the scientic
way of saying “ how well does a certainantioxidant help my body defend itself from free radical attacks?” Ok, youprobably have heard about free radicals,which are atoms with at least one unpairedelectron. In excess, free radicals produceharmful oxidation that can damage cellmembranes, accelerate the aging processand lead to certain ailments. Things liketobacco smoke, lake of sleep stress and apoor diet all contribute to the formationof free radicals. Now how do we protectourselves? One way is by getting theright foods into our bodies that have
‘antioxidants’. These little guys help ght
and destroy the free radicals by donating a‘free’ electron to the free radical, therebyrendering them harmless, more or less.Ok, so the question is now, where
can I nd some antioxidants? Most oil
change places carry them all right? I am
pulling your leg! No, really, you will nd
them in fruits and vegetables and certainnutritional products. If you watch Oprahany, she is a big fan of one fruit that hasbeen written about a lot lately. The Acai
Berry- found in the Brazilian Rainforests,it is one of the richest, most benecial
fruits in all the world. It is a delicate onetoo-you must harvest it properly or youwill loose most of the nutritional valueswithin 24 hours.Check out www.oprah.com and searchfor acai berry. Time for you to do a bit of homework for yourselves. It will openyour eyes!For questions, please contact TylerCharlton at 615-268-2001 or visit www.theteamrhino.com.
When do entrepreneurs look to buy a small business?
Who says there’s an age limit onthe question “What do I want to be?”According to a recent study, a largenumber of small business ownersweren’t bit by the entrepreneurshipbug until they graduated from collegeor started down a completely differentcareer path.Nearly one-third of respondents to Ace Hardware’sEntrepreneurship Study madethe decision to become self-employed during their post-college career lives -- a timewhen many of their peerswere immersing themselvesin their chosen professions.“I don’t think it comes asmuch of a surprise that smallbusiness owners decide tobecome their own boss laterin life when you considerthe benefits of financialaccumulation coupled withthe managerial and businessinsight they develop,” says JohnVenhuizen, vice president of businessdevelopment for Ace HardwareCorporation. “In general, these olderentrepreneurs have a greater knowledgeof the inner-workings of the businessworld -- in addition to strong leadershipand managerial skills.”
Small Business
Those who wait to pursue small
business ownership also may benetfrom more robust nancial assets. An
overwhelming 75 percent of studyrespondents said that they used personal
savings to nance start-up costs for
their businesses, a move that’s notalways possible for young people justgaining independencefrom their families,or striving to pay off student loans.Gina Schaefer, anowner of six Ace stores
in the Baltimore and
Washington, D.C., areasand board member forthe Ace network of 4,600 independentlyowned stores, launchedher own business afterworking in information
technology. “By that
point in my career, Iwas more financiallystable and able to take advantage of personal savings to become my ownboss,” says Schaefer.Of course, some individualsdon’t discover their entrepreneurialambitions until after retirement age --a situation that’s becoming more andmore common as baby boomers decidethey want to remain in the workforce,although not necessarily in the same job or industry. In fact, a 2008 surveyby MetLife Foundation and CivicVentures found that half of Americansages 44 to 70 -- if not already pursuinga second career -- aspire to have one.“Retirees with entrepreneurialambitions usually aren’t driven by
nancial rewards or any of the power or
prestige that some might associate withowning a business,” says Venhuizen.“For them, it’s all about creating apurpose for the second part of theirlives, and having the chance to live outpassions and interests.”’Courtesy of ARAcontent
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