Be The Best Neighbour in Your Neighbourhood

Being on bad terms with your neighbours can make your life frustrating, day after day. On the other hand, taking time to establish good terms with them has numerous benefits.

For example you may have heard complaints about noisy neighbours in the past, but how many of us are guilty of the same?

If you have lived in an apartment, dorm room or terraced house, chances are we have "disturbed" our neighbours at some point in time. So what can you do to be a good neighbour?

Why not start by abiding to a few simple house rules like not talking on the stairwell, taking your shoes off at the door, setting your washing machine to start in the morning before going to work, and shutting your front door quietly if it is early in the morning or late at night.

Solutions for Short Term Memory Problems

If there is something you do routinely, write down that routine. It could be as basic as the order in which you prefer to get ready for work or school in the morning, or it could be as intricate as the procedure for getting a part of your job done.

If you have ever arrived at the bottom of the stairs not knowing why you went down at all, you have a short term memory problem. Whether your short-term memory problems are due to medical problems or simple absent-mindedness, there are strategies to cope.

1. Pay Attention.

Many short-term memory problems can be attributed not so much to the ability of the brain, but the ability of the person to focus on a single task. If you have already forgotten the name of the nice gentleman who was just introduced to you five minutes ago, it might not be only a memory problem.

Were you really listening when you were introduced, or were you thinking ahead to what to say next?

Make a conscious, active effort to pay attention whenever you know you are likely to forget something.

Getting Vitamin Supplements the Natural Way

WHEN most people think of vitamins they think of a pill, or several pills, as their source. If you ask about the "natural" source of specific vitamins you would probably hear that you can find vitamin C in an orange or vitamin D from the sun.

To refresh our memories, or perhaps to learn this for the first time, let's take a look at the basic vitamins, what they do for us and where, they can be found in nature.

Vitamin A and Beta-carotene

Vitamin A aids in maintaining good vision, such as preventing night blindness and cataracts, as well as reducing the risk of heart attacks and some forms of cancer.

Beta-carotene is a compound that makes up the red, orange, and yellow pigments in plants that, when in the body, is converted into vitamin A. Excellent natural sources of vitamin A are raw carrots, sweet potatoes, winter squash, and spinach.

Vitamin B1 - (Thiamine)

Helps convert blood sugar to energy, forms red blood cells and maintains skeletal muscle. Sources are sunflower seeds, whole grains, beans, seafood.