Reading Labels
Posted in Food, General, Health, NutritionReading labels on food items can be confusing. No doubt some of the vitamin names sound just like bad chemicals! Just keep your life simple and train yourself to enjoy eating natural things. YES, you can! Eating is a matter of habit. If you were born somewhere other than America your original diet would have […]
Own It! ask for help
Posted in Books, Fitness, Food, General, Health, NutritionHomeostasis is a word used to define balance. Our bodies have regulatory mechanisms of the organ systems who are at work in our internal environment to bring about this balance. It is an endless job and we can either cooperate or hinder this effort. So many of the ailments and diseases we have become accustomed […]
Benefits
Posted in Fitness, Food, General, Health, Nutrition, VitaminsI’d like to talk a little about benefits today. It is a good word with a positive tone. When you choose to eat fruit, it is going to come with benefits. Where do I begin….how many body functions can thrive when fruit is in your diet. Let me name them: Adrenals, Bladder, Bones, Brain/Nerves, Bronchi, […]
Calorie Choices
Posted in Fitness, Food, General, Health, NutritionWe live in America where many things are abundant. Sometimes it is hard to say no… Food, stuff and more stuff, eating out, staying up…. I had such a hard time with discipline when I became an adult, plus there is this thing called addiction. Sometimes we just can’t muster up self discipline to accomplish […]
Home Cooking
Posted in Food, General, Health, NutritionI remember the days after school we would play til we were called in for dinner. We would all sit together at the table and eat whatever was set before us, like it or not. Not that I think we should be forcing our children to eat things like liver or … you fill in […]
Spring
Posted in Fitness, General, HealthI know a lot of people have a tough time staying positive through the long season when late fall and winter have shorter days, many times gloomy rays, but everything starts with your focus. What are you focusing on today? A great quote from John Maxwell’s book Thinking For A Change says “no good thing […]
Garlic
Posted in Food, General, Health, NutritionI could easily talk about garlic for a month, so I will. February will be a celebration of the benefits of garlic. I had a natural doctor for a very long time and he said, if you can’t smell the garlic coming out of your pores, you haven’t been getting enough! I remember watching old […]
More about Adaptogens
Posted in Books, Fitness, General, Health, NutritionI hope you will enjoy this information I am sharing again from “Adaptogens, Herbs for Strength, Stamina, and Stress Relief: by David Winston and Steven Maimes”. I myself am not an expert on the subject but have taken advantage of others expertise over many years and have had great results. I certainly am not prescribing, […]
Less Stress in 2013
Posted in Books, Exercise, Fitness, Food, General, Health, NutritionLess stress would mean better quality life. We can not get rid of all the things that cause stress, but we can learn to better manage it. Exercise, eating better, ie: reducing the intake of sugar and caffeine, and adding an adaptogen when pertinent. “Adaptogens are remarkable natural substances that help the body adapt to […]
Energy
Posted in Food, General, HealthWe all want enough energy to do the things we need to get done, with some left for fun! Complex carbohydrates have gotten thrown out with the whole no carbs diets. If you want to have energy your body’s primary source of fuel is complex carbohydrates. They are converted to fuel. Remember it is quality […]