Revive your Dinner Table!

2012-09-22T06:20:00.000-07:00

Something caused me to think today, how busy our lives have gotten. Work-Home-Sleep-Work.... Most will agree that we don't really get time to think about the tiny details of our daily eating habits that need a change. But they haven't even gotten our attention!

Well, here's a few I find worth mentioning.

Table Salt: If you are using table salt, you IMMEDIATELY need to get rid of it! Table salt is acidic and can add to your gastric problems! salt is a natural antibiotic that kills good bacteria in the body. it messes up with the normal absorption of water since it retains water ; which possibly leads to constipation and the accumulations of toxins in the intestinal tract. Most table salts are depleted of minerals the body needs and have additives that are harmful when ingested.
Tip: Get natural or partially refined sea salt! It will give you the vital minerals that your body requires.
Refined White Sugar: Of all the food known to us today, White sugar is the WORST!! I can keep on going with the amount of disadvantages;first of it will increase your dental bills,It can make you obese, over-weight, can cause you osteoporosis, and make you diabetic, weaken your eye sight, cause drowsiness, impair the structure of DNA, can cause food allergies.Tip: Encourage yourself and your kids to replace sugar by other natural sweeteners, honey could be the best option and it tastes great if you add a few table spoons of honey to tea and lemon water! Don't be fooled by consuming brown sugar, its almost the same.
Carbonated Drinks: Carbonated or fizzy drinks (Coke, Pepsi, 7Up, Fanta etc) contain a great deal of sugar content. They also make your blood acidic. Body needs 37 glasses of water (pH 10) to neutralize the effects of one glass of Coke! IMAGINE the damage it can cause!

Things you need to add to your daily routine:

1. Lemon Water: There could be nothing more refreshing than a glass of

fresh squeezed lemon in a glass of Luke warm water! Add a pinch sea salt and a table spoon of honey for a kick off!

2. Nuts and seeds: We take nature for granted! If you're a cereal lover, you might want to add nuts to your bowl of cereal. Just to name a few ; walnuts,almonds, amaranth, cashew nuts, coconut, hazelnut, millet, oats, peanuts! They contain a great deal of potassium, calcium, vitamin B1-B2, omega3 etc.

3. Carom seeds and mint leaves: Carom seeds might not be that popular in west, but i am sure you can find them at local food stores, or maybe an Indian shop. Carom seeds contain thymol and are quite good for indigestion problems.

Mint serves the same purpose. In addition mint also helps lessen blemishes and cleanses skin inside out, the trick is to include it in your daily routine! You can add mint to your daily diet by simply adding mint leaves to your lemon water, or make yourself some tasty mint chatni.
(Recipe http://www.angelfire.com/country/fauziaspakistan/podinachutney.html )

If you have any more tips please share in the comments tab below! =]

REFERENCES:

http://rense.com/general45/sguar.htm

http://www.health-alternatives.com/nut-seed-nutrition-chart.html

Water; A miracle...

2012-09-15T16:01:00.002-07:00

To begin with, the first miracle is that i am writing this blog, LoL, YES i'm 22 and this is my very first blog. So here's a little about me, i'm not really fond of reading (i.e reading books, novels newspapers/ magazines etc...) or WRITING... i am more of a person who likes to draw,sketch,paint etc...

So what caused me to miraculously start blogging today...?
Well its simple.... WATER !

So today i was going through a health article and i came across a quote

'Water is the only drink for a wise man.' -Henry David Thoreau

This took me back somewhere around my 1st grade science book that said body is made of 60% Water. Made me wonder how essential it is to life. In fact Water is LIFE, it can contain life within it. It is so essential that none of the human body organs would function well if Water intake is not well maintained. Its just common that we take this miracle for granted. And yet some of us say "Miracles don't happen" , well my answer to that is; true that they dont happen, they are already there, we re just too blind to see them.

To read more about the importance of water Click here :)

Mind of a HealthConscious!

Revive your Dinner Table!

Water; A miracle...