What’s in your bra?

This post is inspired by too many people and blogs to cite. Too too many to give adequate link-love.

From SHAPE Magazine to my fave Coco there have been an abundance of “whats in your gym bag?” or “whats in your purse?” posts.

And, seeing as Im the consummate misfit, each time I spy one I think:

I dont own a gym bag. I never carry a purse.  I stuff everything in my bra.

And, seeing as Im the consummate misfit, *thats* the post Ive longed to write.

When you see me like this:

Fitbloggin fashion show = hotel room key

Or this:

fashion show rehearsal = key & money

Or spy me sweaty:

gum, keys, debit card.

Theres always a lot more there than meets the proverbial eye.

A lot more which I tend to either use right away (gum for coffee-breath, cash for food, key for key-stuff) or completely forget until I disrobe hours and hours later when I finally shower mere moments after exercising.

mid-fashion show. mid ‘where is my key?!’ panic.

Today’s post was prompted by the cascade o’crap which launched forth yesterday when I de-bra’ed.

paper money.change.a pistachio I couldnt pry open.gum.a gum wrapper.a random red skull bead. yep. bra-detritus.

As I watched the pistachio bounce across the floor I wondered, again, if Im the only woman who consistently has whole tree nuts fall when she disrobes.

And a post was born.

Merely so I can ask you:

Over-share with me.  Normalize for me. What’s in YOUR bra?

PSA: On the remotest chance there is any validity in the cell phone/breast cancer connection I urge you to never, ever tuck your phone in your bra.

What’s in the IQ-Boosting Pills?

There is no unusual magic in the particular vitamin-mineral formulas shown to boost childhood performance on IQ tests. The supplements generally contain moderate amounts of a wide range of basic vitamins and minerals typical of many multi-vitamin combinations. For example Dr. Benton’s original formula that dramatically boosted nonverbal IQ scores included 100 micrograms of folic acid, 12 milligrams of B6, 50 milligrams of niacin, 50 milligrams of pantothenic acid, 4 milligrams of thiamin, 5 milligrams of riboflavin, 500 milligrams of vitamin C, 70 IU of vita­min E, 200 micrograms of chromium, 7 milligrams of mag­nesium, 1.3 milligrams of iron, 10 milligrams of zinc, 70 milligrams of choline, plus 50 milligrams of bioflavonoids. Such doses are considered sufficient to correct most defi­ciencies.

Best Advice: Any good-quality daily supplement with 100 percent of the recommended daily doses of a variety of vitamins and minerals is likely to provide the desired “insurance” to help guarantee that your child’s brain is suf­ficiently nourished to function optimally.

Note: Even if your child scores better on IQ tests after taking vitamin supplements, don’t expect major changes in scholastic performance. What has improved is the child’s intellectual “potential,” says Dr. Benton. Improved intel­lectual “performance” requires more, including individual effort and intellectual stimulation, and is likely to come gradually. “Any benefits are likely to be subtle and long­term rather than dramatic,” says Dr. Benton.

BOTTOM LINE: Taking vitamin supplements does not push a kid’s brain beyond normal capacity. A lack of the vitamins causes a youngster to perform below capacity. Or in Dr. Benton’s words: “It’s not that vita­mins increase intelligence. It’s that a poor diet lowers performance on intelligence tests.”

“I OWE IT ALL TO VITAMINS” —DAME BARBARA

British romance author Dame Barbara Cartland, in a 1992 letter to the Guardian newspaper, credited vita­mins for her long and prodigious writing career. “I am 91,” she wrote, “and I have just broken the record [Guinness Book of Records] by writing more books than any other English author-570. . . . I have also achieved the world record by writing for 17 years an average of 23 books. I would not have done this with­out vitamins. All my children and grandchildren have taken them. My eldest grandson passed the difficult examinations for chartered accountancy with hon­ours. My second grandson won the debating cup at the Bar and my third passed so highly into Oxford that they offered him any college of his choice. They all say they owed this to the vitamins I gave them.”