Nutrition
Parasites – A New Understanding
My children have had parasites get out of control a couple of times, usually following our fun vacations in Mexico. Each time, I have treated their parasites naturally and brought their systems back into balance. Recently, I was diagnosed with parasites that I determined had been plaguing me since 2006! These parasites had caused me to gain weight, experience fatigue and react to food like never before. Just last week, I got the parasites under control. I am so excited by how fantastic I feel that I decided to write about these nasty little organisms that can take over anyone’s body.
Read MoreIs Organic Food Really Better for You?
By cutting out all the convenience and junk food and focusing on quality foods such as fruits and vegetables, you may find you’re actually able to spend less on groceries in the long run. Just think of the improved health that organic food brings and you may start viewing the cost of organic food differently too! When children become accustomed to eating nutritious organic food, good eating habits are formed, which helps them stay healthy for a lifetime.
Read MoreEducating Kids To Make Healthy Food Choices
The secret to educating your child to make healthy food choices, is to make the connection between what your child eats and how they feel. I will share an example…
Read MoreDairy – a food we CAN live without
Although cow’s milk is high in calcium, it is so difficult to digest that we really cannot consider it to be a good calcium source. It is also high in phosphorus, which binds to calcium, making it unabsorbable. The calcium is then lost in the urine. To prove that the calcium in milk is not being well digested, I invite you to consider this fact. In North America, we are the largest consumers of cow’s milk and animal products. We also have the highest rate of osteoporosis in the world.
Read MoreBeating the Blahs – Tips on Improving Your Mood
There isn’t an adult I know who doesn’t experience the blahs every once in a while, if not, on a regular basis. As I have been helping others get through those rough periods, I have been making notes on the most effective methods for improving the mood and it gives me great pleasure to now share those methods with you!
Read MoreWhat is Candida and What Can You Do About it?
Frequent use of antibiotics (don’t forget to factor in antibiotics consumed by animals) is considered the #1 contributor to bad bacteria and the weakening of the intestinal wall, subsequently causing candida. Mothers unknowingly pass candida onto their infants in utero, so often life begins for a baby with their bacteria numbers being out of balance.
Symptoms of candida begin in the intestinal tract and eventually lead to intestinal permeability and allergic reactions. An overgrowth of candida causes faulty digestion. When there is faulty digestion, nutrients cannot be digested or absorbed by the body. 99% of the time, when there is candida, there are allergies. Dr. William Crook wrote a wonderful book on the subject called “The Yeast Connection”. Twenty-five years later, only a few medical doctors know about candida.
Read MorePut some sunshine in your heart with Vitamin D
Much research has come to light in the past couple of years on the need for and power of Vitamin D. It is estimated that 70 – 90% of North Americans and 7 out of 10 children in the U.S. are deficient in Vitamin D. Vitamin D deficiency causes or worsens all kinds of symptoms, conditions and disease; the deficiency even leads to as much as a 60% increase in cancer rates. You may be deficient in Vitamin D if you or your child is experiencing one or more of the following:
Read MoreDreaming the Dream
At this time, each year, we have the privilege of experiencing a moment of time, in which we think about what the New Year might hold for each of us. We can dream of making an aspect or many aspects of our lives better or we can dream about continuing to be overcome by the joy that we are currently experiencing. Dreaming the dream is, in itself, so incredible…. and whatever we can dream for ourselves really is possible for ourselves, otherwise we wouldn’t dream it.
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