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Vol. 3 No. 1, January 2011 Copyright 2011 by Wolf
J. Rinke
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1. HOW TO SAVE UP TO 16% ON CPEs
2. NUTRITION NEWS YOU CAN USE
3. NEW CPE--HOT OFF THE PRESS
4. THREE POWERFUL STRATEGIES TO BEAT THE WINTER BLUES
5. HEAR WOLF "HOWL"--I MEAN SPEAK
6. HUMOR BREAK
7. ABOUT THE EDITOR
8. PRIVACY STATEMENT AND SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION
INSIGHT BREAK
Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get.
-Dave Gardner
1. HOW TO SAVE UP TO 16% ON CPEs
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2. NUTRITION NEWS YOU CAN USE
THE NUMBER OF WOMEN WITH GDM IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE DRAMATICALLY
About 1 in 15 (7%) of pregnant women will be diagnosed with GDM. This
ranges from 1% to 14% depending on the population, but has resulted
in more than 200,000 cases of GDM annually (American Diabetes Association,
2010). The increase in obesity has led to more women of childbearing
age being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, an increase in the number
of women with undiagnosed type 2 diabetes, as well as an increase in
GDM during pregnancy. However, with the use of the new diagnostic criteria
the number of women with GDM is expected to increase dramatically (HAPO
Study Cooperative Research Group, 2008). This is expected to have a
major impact on RDs since medical nutrition therapy (MNT) is the first
line of therapy for GDM.
ACTION STEPS: Get up-to-date on GDM by reading our NEW CPE program:
Medical Nutrition Therapy for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, by Diane
M. Reader, RD, LD, CDE and Marion J. Franz, MS, RD, LD. (See paragraph
#1.)
Source: American Diabetes Association. 2010. Standards of medical care
in diabetes-2010 (position statement). Diabetes Care 33 (suppl 1):S11-S61,
and HAPO Study Cooperative Research Group, B.E. Metzger, et al., 2008.
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3. NEW CPE--HOT OFF THE PRESS
Medical Nutrition Therapy for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, Diane M.
Reader, RD, LD, CDE and Marion J. Franz, MS, RD, LD, CDE, C212, 8 CPEUs,
$84.95.
Marion Franz, our best selling diabetes educator, has teamed up with
Diane Reader, chair of the expert work group of the 2009 ADA Gestational
Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) Evidence-Based Nutrition Practice Guidelines,
to author this exceptional diabetes program. Discover how to:
- Improve maternal and fetal outcomes when GDM complicates a pregnancy.
- Apply GDM management interventions-monitoring, medical nutrition
therapy (MNT), physical activity, and medications if glucose target
goals are not met.
- Recommend glucose goals for GDM and rationale for additional pharmaceutical
therapy.
- Discuss issues related to the use of glyburide and metformin during
GDM pregnancies.
- Plan and implement strategies for the prevention of type 2 diabetes
in women with prior GDM.
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4. THREE POWERFUL STRATEGIES TO BEAT THE WINTER BLUES
By Wolf J. Rinke, PhD, RD, CSP
According to federal data reported in the Wall Street Journal (12/7/10
pp. D1 &4) one in four American adults who visit their primary-care
physician suffer from a mental health problem. And I suspect that those
finding may even be worse in the winter. So here is what you can do
to beat the winter blues:
1. Start Each Day with an Attitude of Gratitude
No matter how badly things may be going for you during these tough times,
focus on what you have left, not what you have lost. One way to do this
is to draw a line down the middle of a piece of paper. Label the left
column "What's gone," and the right "What's left."
Fill in both columns. Even though things may be tough, you will typically
find much you can be thankful for. Now use your mental energy to develop
an attitude of gratitude by focusing on all you have left. I start this
process every morning shortly after I get up while I sit on the "throne."
Let me ask you what do you do while sitting on the throne? On second
thought, let's not go there. (I'm hoping that you are smiling.) Here
is what I do that enables me to start every day with an attitude of
gratitude.
- First, I'm thankful that I'm married to Marcela my Superwoman. I'm
often asked why I call her my Superwoman. One reason is that she is
responsible for 85% of my success. Without her I would never have
gotten to where I am today. You see, she has always loved me unconditionally.
Another is that she is a CPA, and my business partner who keeps me
straight financially.
- Typically the second thing I'm thankful for is the privilege of
being a father to two wonderful daughters and the grandfather to Kylie
age 3¾ (going on 9) and Aliana, three month of age.
- Thirdly I'm grateful for the privilege of being able to impact you
in a positive way. (You are reading this, aren't you?) After all,
there is nothing more gratifying than being in the business of helping
other people-that's why it's one of the keys to beating the blues.
After getting your day started with an attitude of gratitude, you are
going to face many negatives, starting with the news which tells you
all the things that are wrong in the world. The media's operating slogan
is "if it bleeds it leads". The problem with this is that
we are repeatedly exposed to this negative stuff, and begin to believe
that's the way life is, forgetting that whatever gets reported in the
media represents the exception. Otherwise it wouldn't even be in the
media. So do what I do. For the paper, electronic or hard-copy, skim
the headlines-you can't be out of touch. Read only those parts that
are of specific interest to you. Skim the rest. For TV, I don't watch
the local news, except the weather. Have you ever really listened to
the local news? Over 85 percent has to do with bad stuff-shootings,
killings, beatings, fires etc. So turn off the local news. Instead do
what Superwoman and I do. Tape the national news-that way you don't
have to watch the commercials-and then watch it at a convenient time
sometime in the evening, but not right before going to bed! To avoid
programming your mind with negative stuff, watch a couple minutes of
something light.
2. Master the PIN technique
The PIN technique is a powerful way to reframe your perceptions and
turn negatives into positives. Here is how it works. When you are confronted
with anyone or anything that would cause you to react negatively, PIN
it.
For example, your daughter brings home a new boyfriend with rings
in all the wrong places. Or your team member says: "Boss, you know
how morale has gone down the tube, let's close up shop and go on a cruise
for a week." Instead of NIPing "weird" ideas, focus your
mental energy first on the:
P-the positive. Ask yourself what's positive about your daughter's
boyfriend-for example, he may be courteous. After you've done that in
your mind's eye, evaluate the
I-the interesting or innovative. Ask what could be interesting or innovative
about closing the office for a week and going on a cruise, such as "She
seems interested in helping making things better." And once you've
evaluated that, and only after you've exhausted all the P's and I's,
then ask yourself, what is the down side, the
N-the negative. Because in life nothing ever goes one way, there is
Ying and Yang, health and sickness, life and death, high real estate
market and low real estate market...and if you want to beat blues then
you must evaluate both the upside and downside of everything. However,
if you NIP ideas in the bud, it's like closing the proverbial shade
which prevents you from seeing all the positive stuff that is all around
you.
3. Take advantage of every "Moment of Truth"
When people meet for the first time they typically greet you with, "How
are you?" Let me ask you, do they really want to know? Of course
not! It's just a figure of speech. In fact, 97% of the people you meet
don't care how you're doing, and the other 3% are just glad that you
are worse off than they are. However, how you respond to that rhetorical
question will determine your attitude, because your response will program
your subconscious. And your subconscious can't tell right from wrong.
It's like working on your word processor with the spell checker turned
off. It doesn't ever say: "Hey, what's that word? I've never seen
that before." Instead, it accepts everything as if it were reality.
And your subconscious works just like that. It simply can't tell right
from wrong, fiction from fact or reality from imagination.
To take advantage of this phenomenon you want to get in the habit of
programming your subconscious with positive messages so it can work
for you, instead of against you. Here is how: When someone asks you
how you're doing, consider that your moment of truth and answer with
a minimum response. It's a five-letter word that starts with a G and
ends with a T. What's the word? The word is GRRREAT! The trick is you've
got to say it as if you really mean it, even if you don't quite feel
that way. At this point you might be saying: "What if I don't feel
great; and answer great, that is telling a lie, or at least a fib."
No you're not. You're just telling the truth in advance. If you don't
feel great and you respond over and over again GRRREAT! your subconscious
says, "Hey what do I know, maybe he is doing great!" And before
you know it, your subconscious has created a more positive reality for
you.
By the way, this is such a powerful technique that it single handedly
can beat the winter blues in your family or organization forever. You
see, this positive stuff is contagious, and spreads like a virus. Except
this virus, according to research conducted by Professor Marti Seligman,
cranks up your immune system and keeps you, and everyone around you,
healthy.
Source: Excerpted from Beat the Blues: How to Manage Stress and Balance
Your Life, (C178) W. J. Rinke, PhD, RD, CSP, 28 CPEUs, http://www.wolfrinke.com/CEFILES/cepd.html#C178.
5. HEAR WOLF "HOWL"--I MEAN SPEAK
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6. HUMOR BREAK
There are some folks who just can't stand people who are always positive.
Like these friends who couldn't stand Jim because of his incredibly
positive attitude. No matter what went wrong Jim always answered with,
"It could have been worse." So the friends decided to play
a trick on Jim-to fix him once and for all. The next time they got together
for poker, Jim asked why Frank was absent. His buddies told him the
terrible news. "Frank came home last night and found his wife in
bed with his best friend. He was so distraught that he shot them both
and then shot himself."
"Oh my," Jim answered, "that's really bad. But it could
have been worse." "How," they exclaimed, could anything
so terrible, possibly be worse?" "Because," Jim answered,
"if it had happened the night before, I would be dead."
7. ABOUT THE EDITOR
Dr. Wolf J. Rinke, RD, CSP is the president of Wolf Rinke Associates--an
accredited provider of easy to use CPE home study programs for nutrition
professionals since 1990 available at www.easyCPEcredits.com. He is
also a highly effective management consultant and executive coach who
specializes in building peak performance organizations, teams and individuals,
and an author of numerous CPE home study courses, audio/video programs
as well as several best selling management, leadership and self-development
books including Make it a Winning Life--Success Strategies for Life,
Love and Business. In addition he is an internationally recognized keynote
speaker and seminar leader who delivers customized presentations that
combine story telling, humor and motivation with specific "how
to" action strategies that participants can apply immediately to
improve their personal and professional lives. Preview a demo at www.WolfRinke.com
or call 800-828-9653. If you have questions, or would like him to address
a specific issue or topic please e-mail him at WolfRinke@aol.com.
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