Veggies, Veggies, Veggies my Kingdom for a plate of fresh and raw veggies 

What did people do before there were stoves and microwaves???

I realize we are not cave people, but, when you study the diet of a rich man and a poor man, it's the poor man's diet that is healthier.

Rumor has it that Napoleon was greatly lavished with the finest and richest of foods, that often cause pyles, and it was his inability to sit on his horse for long periods that got the best of him during the war.

I remember as a child, we were too poor for milk, and everytime I went to visit my grandmother, I drank lots of milk and everytime I stayed with her, I became very ill with ear infections, sore throat and over all lethargy.

FEELING A LITTLE UNDER THE WEATHER?

Have you ever had a detox cleanse? If not you should do a gentle cleanse to get rid of parasites in the intestines and organs

Go to any Health Food Store and check out detoxing. Start on a Friday after work.

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FEELING A LITTLE UNDER THE WEATHER?

Liver cleanse, Milk Thistle 30 drops a day 3 times a day for a week, then every Sunday, for the Liver.

Kidney cleanse, Fresh Squeezed Lemon 1/8cup with 8oz water, daily for one week, then every Sunday morning. Add it to your morning green tea and it works even better.

Bladder cleanse, feeling some discomfort in your bladder, drink 10z of unsweetened cranberry juice (dilute with water if too strong) 3 times a day for a week, then every Sunday morning.

Prostate health, avoid red meat, alcohol, soda,  and all processed foods and eat pumpkin seeds daily.

Energy Drink, Acai Berry... Freeze Dried in bulk. Mix with any berry drink or add to a smoothie.  

Sore Throat? The moment you feel a little something in your throat spray it with Echinacea, Goldenseal, Propolis Throat Spray

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FEELING A LITTLE UNDER THE WEATHER?

When you are feeling poorly , avoid dairy, heavy foods and processed foods. Nothing from a bag, box, or a pouch. No  Eggs or Cheeses.

No shellfish, Chicken, Turkey, Fish and Tofu because they are all mucus forming foods. Read a Mucusless Diet Healing System. Ascientific Method of Eating Your Way to Health, by Arnold Ehret's. 

Mucus forms in the intestines and causes inflammation and inflammation eventually cause heart attacks. Read up on Inflammation and heart attacks recently discovered that Cholesterol is not the villan its Inflammation. But the Doctor's do not know what causes the inflammation. But, Ehret certainly knew, he was a very ill person himself and through his own desire to survive he began to remove all unhealthy foods from his diet and through the process of trial and elimination he restored his health to a state better than he had ever been in his entire life.

Stick to light soups and greens.  An ounce or two of freshly squeezed Wheatgrass is the cure for many ills. Echinacea and Golden Seal or Root  liquid will boost your immune system.  Use Cayenne in your food to help stimulate your heart, and drink green tea 3-6 times daily for energy and good health. All products can be found at your local health food store.

EATING TIP OF A LIFETIME!

When you Chew your food think about how it tastes, savor the taste and make it last as long as you can before swallowing.

We are all in such a hurry to get to our next assignment or to our staff interpreting jobs that we often don't eat at all or gobble down our food and too soon feel hungry again only to gobble down our food again.

Take time to enjoy your food and you will find yourself less hungry throughout the day.

Just What the Doctor Ordered?

After Surgery, the Doctor advises that you do not eat shellfish or red meat while you are healing.

I asked a plastic surgeon friend of mine why... he says because red meat and shellfish slow down the healing process.  With a very puzzled expression on my face, I said, well isn't the body continually working to heal itself everyday?

The answer is yes! Especially between the hours of 2am-6am.

So get plenty of rest and think about veggies!!!

Lets Start Your Engines...

Metabolism is a process that breaks down carbohydrates, fats and proteins in the food you eat to make the energy your body needs to build and maintain itself. Proper nutrition keeps your body functioning well, but the right foods can also speed up your metabolism. The amount of calories you eat, your genes and the amount of calories that you burn while eating and exercising determine your metabolism. The body breaks down carbohydrates, then fats and finally proteins. The food that you eat makes up 5 to 10 percent of your metabolic rate.

Your Cupboards Should Be Bare, It's your Refrigerator that should be Full of Veggies and Fruit.

Foods that speed up your metabolism are vegetables, fruits, and healthy.

Look for these vegetables when shopping: broccoli, carrots, asparagus, cabbage, beets, and dark, leafy vegetables.

Any type of fresh fruit is good for you, but try eating blueberries, melons, apples, citrus fruits and tomatoes. 

The enzymes in your body that burn fat increase while those that store fat decrease. Vegetarians should Take omega 3 capsules that contain a minimum of 300 milligrams total of EPA and DHA.

Eat healthy fats like nuts and peanut butter.

Whole grains found in brown rice, cereal, barley and oats speed up your metabolism as well. Consume foods with B vitamins, magnesium and fiber to increase your metabolism.

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Plasitcs can be Deadly....

Types of Plastic Containers our food is brought home in, from the grocery store, into our kitchens and into our bodies.

What would you do if you knew....

LIFE CANNOT EXIST WITHOUT ENZYMES

We are born with a certain number of enzymes to support the body... it's like having an enzyme  bank account that we can make withdrawals from however, we can not make deposits.

There are 3 types of Enzymes... the kind in food, the kind in your digestive tract, the kind that supports every cell in your body, including but not limited to your brain, kidney, heart, lungs, liver, etc.  How our bodies work is like this...

We eat a salad and the saliva in the mouth alerts the enzymes in the digestive system that food is on its way to your stomach.

The live enzymes in a raw salad arrive in the stomach and the enzymes in the food match up with the appropriate enzymes in the digestive tract.

 The Human  digestive system includes these enzymes  ptyalin, pepsin, trypsin, lipase, protease, and amylase. These are all the enzymes needed to digest food. The body cannot make cellulase, for digestion of fiber. Cellulase is introduced through  raw foods.

It is important to know that because  our bodies are not built to make the majority of the enzymes we need, after 30 years or so of constantly over-working the liver, pancreas, gallbladder and other organs by eating mostly cooked foods, our organs begin to fail. Then we begin to have side effects we start to have mild indigestion, upper and lower Gastro intestinal Tract problems and a variety of health problems including  cancer. We have simply tapped out our enzyme source and are killing ourselves off one organ at a time. Look around you and see how many people have heart problems, liver problems, kidney problems, gall bladder problems, pancreatic problems and so on.

Our bodies are smarter than we think.  It knows live food from dead food.  Our enzymes  digest for fat with "Lipotase", Dairy is digested with  "Lactase" "Protease"  digests Protein, "Cellulase" digests fiber, "Amanase" digests Carbohydrates  The enzymes are busy moving the food to its rightful places. Viola! the body is working at peak  performance.

Next Scenario,

Today, you are eating a garden burger, a baked potato, corn and canned peaches.

Your saliva sends the alert to the digestive enzymes...food coming down!!! The enzymes gather around waiting to find their perfect match.

But something else happens... When you cook food it kills 100% of all the enzymes in the food. So the digestive enzymes think its the enemy and calls for help... Help comes from the enzymes that support the entire body and every cell. When the system enzymes leaves the cells to come and help rid the body of the unknown substance by digestive enzymes... the cells atrophy, also known as, shrink! So your organs shrink, the heart, live, kidneys, lungs, etc. shrink... what does that mean? It means they age...get old and do not function as long as they were intended to function.

Moral to the story...

Eat more Raw food.

Start today eating more Raw foods in your diet and you will make less withdrawals from your enzyme account. Every time you eat raw food your system enzymes do not have to assist in eliminating unhealthy food from your body....

Start by adding least 50% raw foods to your meals... like fresh fruits and vegetable salads. 

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WATER, WATER, WATER...

Everywhere and not a drop of healthy water to drink!!! Who said that???? I did,

Its true unless you are drinking alkaline water. The reason why our tap water is treated with chemicals is because it is full of parasites and bacteria that need to be killed.

If you test tap water it is PH balanced because after they kill everything bad and good they add chemicals to balance the water, like a swimming pool.

I had to stop swimming at the Gym because I felt so intoxicated after a good swim. I could taste the chemicals in my mouth and smell it in the pores of my skin for days.

When you are thirsty, it not only means you need a drink of water, it means you are in the first stages of dehydration.

Be sure to drink alkaline water throughout the day.

You can check your  water with alkaline ph-strips daily to avoid drinking acidic water. You will be shocked to see that 98% of bottled water is very acidic.

An Alkaline Water Machine, operates like water that rushes over the rocks in a stream or a river. The crashing and dashing of the water over the rocks causes the molecule of water to be compact enough to amazingly enough fit perfectly into our cells.

The size of the water molecule from tap water is much larger than the size of water that has been washed over titanium plates, like rocks in the river and interestingly enough is not a good fit with the cells in our body that need to be replenished and replaced daily.

When the water that is housed in the center of our cells (the nuclei) is replaced and the old toxic water is pushed out and into your waste system, the fresh alkaline water acts like a cleanser and cleans  the toxins out of our body and keeps you healthy and youthful. 

Water, alkaline water is truly the fountain of youth.

There are a variety of machines, I have the KYK Harmony model for about 5 years, the water machine filters and conditions your water. And there is no salt used ever! 

The machine takes the acid out of the water and it overflows from a tubing that I place in a large jar and use it to water my plants. My flowers bloom like crazy and I also soak and wash my fruits and vegetables with the overflow acid water to kill off any pesticides and parasites that may be on my organic foods. 

There is also  information on water and exercise in the Health Matters section.

Caution: Plastics contain toxins

Toxins contained in plastics causes our endocrine system to be out-of-balance causing health threats. An Endocrine disruptor is any chemical (including dietary) or physical agent that modulates one or several of the endocrine organs or the function of these organs. The endocrine system works primarily as a closed feedback loop that functions to maintain homeostasis. Carcinogens That Migrate From The Molecules Of Different Plastic Containers To Their Contents within the containers and then you drink, from, pour from and mix in these toxic containers. 

Always bring your own drinking container with you wherever you go, everybody likes a starbucks stainless steel cup with a handle,  bring it with you and ask that your drink be poured into your cup if there is no paper container available. Avoid eating with plastic wear, you are eating spoonfuls of toxins with each bite. Eat with chop sticks they fit into your purse, pocket or glove box easily. Tell your favorite food place to use paper products and tell them that you won't eat off of plastic and styrofoam because the are toxic and unhealthy.

Going Vegan/Vegetarian

First of all, I never recommend going vegetarian cold turkey, in other words over night. How I became a vegetarian was a long and slow process that was not forced but rather a natural transition to learning about what my body needed and did not need. I am still in transition, I am 50% raw foods and my next goal is 75%. Never try to go from 0 to 100%, it will traumatize your entire system, physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Baby steps are your best bet.

Vegan, Vegetarian, What's it all about Alfie???

Vegans: Do not eat flesh such as red meat, poultry or fish or seafood. The do not eat any by-products,  of the above named animals such as dairy products from a cow or Honey from a Bee, or eggs from a chicken. Vegans say "I do not eat anything that has or comes from something with a face and that breathes.  Anything less that this is not a VEGAN.

True Vegans will not wear or use anything that comes from an animal, the killing of an animal for a pair of shoes or a purse or jacket it repulsive to a vegan. The will not wear leather, silk, wool, or use lanolin, or gelatin.

What is important is knowing your body and knowing what you can and cannot tolerate physically.

Vegetarians who are OVO-LACTO, and LACTO.  are Vegetarians do or do not limit their food use of animals like vegans.

The most common type of Vegetarian in most Western countries are Ovo-Lacto Vegetarian: who also eats eggs and milk products, such as cheese, butter and any food product that has dairy as an ingredient. Cookies, Breads, Puddings, etc. 

Lacto Vegetarianism is common in India however, they also consume milk and milk products. 

Veggie -- is a nick name for vegetables, and can be used as a nick-name for a VEGETARIAN.