MERRY CHRISTMAS to all with a smile

I give the gift of Validation - It will put a smile on your face and get the Endorphins and Serotonin going in your brain.  Watch this short video with a happy ending.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbk980jV7Ao  

Endorphins and Serotonin Research has reported that smiling releases endorphin's and serotonin, which are natural pain relievers with feel good properties.

Check out the article at: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/isnt-what-i-expected/201207/try-some-smile-therapy on smile therapy.

Also two great Christmas songs for your enjoyment.  The words are great also.

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbdvo019mgM

Mary,did you know - Kathy Mattea

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6I597YUXw1E

Parkinson's Disease and a rice connection

Pesticide Exposure Is Tied To a Risk for Parkinson's Disease

In some of my reading today I found this tid bit by a contributor on another website

Parkinson's Disease is caused from the ingestion of cycasin toxin found in the cycad seed, which is used as filler in foods such as rice from the Orient.  

I will now begin making sure that the rice that I buy does not go through the cycad seed filter process.

Cycads (specifically - toxic seeds)  Lytico-Bodig, 
Almost all cycad seeds require extensive processing to render them non-toxic.

Evidently this was figured out as far back as 1865 but ignored.  Review article at the following website: http://www.cycad.org/documents/Marler-toxins-standards.pdf

Wikipedia also has some to say about this:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lytico-bodig_disease
Side Note: In this article, not that the toxin is in the fat of the animal.  As with all animals that we eat the toxins, other chemicals and pesticides are stored in the fat. 

Disease From these seeds resembles  (ALS - Lou Gehrig's disease), Parkinson's disease, and Alzheimer's disease.