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You may be finding it interesting, as I am, to notice the rhetoric about low-fat versus low-carb diets. Those of you who have read my article entitled The Diet Trap and How to Escape already know my position on fad diets! I recommend creating, implementing, and maintaining balanced and appropriate nutritional habits.

Of the current controversy, however, I'm much more in favor of a low-fat than a low-carb diet. The brain is better off without simple carbs (e.g., sugar or anything that ends in ose, such as high fructose corn syrup), but it does need complex carbohydrates to function effectively.

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ImPAX Articles

My talented webmaster, Jacqueline Hegarty of Hegarty Services, has just uploaded a collection of articles that I have written for IMPaX HealthPrime Inc. You may want to access some of them, as well.

Seminars

For most of the month of July I'll be involved in presenting informal "mini" seminars as I travel in Ireland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Lap Land, and Russia. That means I'll be chatting with others about brain function information as our brains are stimulated by the cultures and environments we are experiencing.

August 19-20, 2004, Menucha Convention Center, east of Portland, Oregon. I will present three 90-minute seminars on brain function, male- female differences, and brain-body communication. Hosts are Leif Kirschenbaum and Fred Casey.

September 3-6, 2004 (Labor Day Weekend), Siloam Springs, Arkansas. I have been invited by Russ and Cheryl Potter of The Concerned Group Inc. to present several seminars on brain-function information, including The Brain Program. Get your BTSA done now!

Brain Bender

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News Note

Emotions and feelings are areas of research that have been somewhat shied away from in the past, and more recently embraced. Joseph LeDoux, a neuroscientist and author of books such as The Emotional Brain, and Synaptic Self--How Our Brains Become Who We Are, is one researcher who is not afraid to venture where others may fear to tread.

One purpose of his research lab is to design studies that will help people to better understand the biology of emotions, such as fear. His work suggests that it is important to study thinking and feeling, emotions and cognition, and not isolate them from each other.

I have found some of his work very interesting. You might want to explore his websites:

http://www.cns.nyu.edu/corefaculty/LeDoux.php

http://www.cns.nyu.edu/home/ledoux/Ledouxl ab.html

http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/ledoux/ledoux_p1.html

Point to Ponder

Knowledge of self is the critical factor in one's ability to create a satisfying and fulfilling life. -- Andrea Gabor

This quote mirrors others that you may be familiar with such as the truth sets you free. We do create our own lives. Even when we don't personally select every experience or event, we choose the way in which we respond to the experience or event. The more we know about our innate giftedness, the more we understand about brain function in general and ours in particular, the more likely we are to consciously take the needed steps to ensure that our lives are as satisfying and fulfilling as it is possible for us to create. The sky's the limit!

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