Wondering what’s behind the nutrients in lemon, was the start of checking out what researchers have to say: How is lemon juice helping?

Gout and arthritis are caused by deposits of calcium and/or other minerals in the joints. Kidney stones also consist of calcium and/or minerals. The citric acid in lemons binds with the calcium and prevents or gets rid of the deposit of calcium in your body. The ascorbic acid (vitamin C) breaks down phlegm or mucus in your throat.

Gout can be relieved by daily drinking a mixture of lemon juice and baking soda as mentioned in the well researched livestrong article and at gout-aware.com.

In his book Health Secrets from Europe, Dr. Paavo O. Airola includes lemon juice to treat arthritis as well as the following fruit juices: oranges, apples, and grapes, and vegetable juices: beet, celery, cabbage, carrots.

Kidney stones can be remedies and prevented by diluting 4 oz. of lemon juice in 2 liters of water to help flush the kidneys as mentioned in Zina Kroner D.O.’s post, Kidney stones: treatment and prevention.

Therefore to be suffering of gout, arthritis, kidney stones, or a simple cold can be remedied with lemon juice. Drinking luke warm lemon water contributes in preventing and/or diminishing deposits, and helps to minimize your body’s fluid retention.  By choosing organic lemons, you would avoid the exposure to pesticides, herbicides, and GMO‘s.

References:

livestrong article

gout-aware.com

Kidney stones: treatment and prevention

The use of organic lemons gives you peace of mind about the exposure to insecticides, herbicides, or GMO altered foods.

People often drink lemon water to remedy a cold, sore throat, gout, arthritis, kidney stones. The ascorbic acid (vitamin C) in lemons binds with the calcium and prevents or gets rid of the deposit of calcium in your body.

The information in the chart is taken from the Home and Garden Bulletin Nr. 72 from the United States Department of Agriculture, Nutritive Value of Foods. www.nal.usda.gov

Tr means traces of the substance.

According to the FDA some canola, cotton, and tomatoes are subjected to an antibiotic resistance marker gene.

In the year 2000 there were over 40 different GMO plant varieties available on the market according to CSA article: Genetically Modified Foods: Harmful or Helpful? by Deborah B Whitman.

Watch this video giving us a little insight on how GMO is implemented:

What does it mean for us? Do the changes inflicted onto our foods affect us?

Resources:
CSA.com, discovery guides, GM Food

FDA.gov, Guidance Document, Biotechnology

FDA.gov, Veterinarian News Letter

Apple Compote

To this day my oldest daughter loves to eat this healthy fresh made Apple-Compote, and that warm. My preferred fruit choice is the Fuji apple, and best organic Fuji apple. You can sometimes obtain it at local farmer’s markets or in most local grocery-stores, in the organic food section of fresh produce isle. For an apple compote that suits your taste, choose any apple you like to eat either raw or cooked.

water, brown sugar, vanilla extract, organic apple, cinnamon (optional)

Ingredients for two portions:

1 organic Fuji apple,
5 TB water,
2 tsp brown sugar,
1/3 tsp vanilla extract,
1/4 tsp cinnamon (optional).

apple compote sizzling with cinnamon

Peel the fruit and cut the apple in dice size. In a saucer add water, brown sugar, vanilla extract, cinnamon (optional), and apple dices (optional a teaspoon of raisins). Heat up over medium heat and cook for 10 minutes by stirring every-so-often. Remove from heat and serve, or chill for a later consumption.

There are a variety of fruits that you can make into compote, for example: pears, peaches, apricots, plums.

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After reading the welcome letter and determining the amount of this supplement we are to take a day (two capsules for my husband and I, eight chewables for my teenager, and four chewable for my younger daughter), we had our dinner and started the intake of this nutrition supplement.

Here are the changes coming to my mind that I would like to see happen with this supplement:

For my youngest daughter: a diminishing urge for sweets, a stronger immune-system, better focus, and a better information retain-ability.

For my oldest daughter: a stronger immune-system, more energy, more focus, a change in her diet (she is avoiding vegetables), and better skin (acne).

For my husband: more energy, with more energy a loss of weight, better memory, better immune-system, better eating choices (he is not far from being diabetic, and on the verge of high cholesterol), improvement of his skin problems (i.e. athletes-foot).

And lastly for myself: more energy, better memory, stronger immune-system, eliminating my little depression episodes, decrease of arthritis pain, restful nights, and if my vision would get slightly better so I don’t have to get glasses, I would not say no.

With this supplement, I am hoping to get back to my daily tasks done with much more enthusiasm and satisfaction then I have been having lately. Getting back to a healthier diet plan than I have been, in recent years, would be a win/win situation.

I will keep you updated on our experiences with this product, and will also reveal the product in question, if it is a product worth revealing.

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In my opinion, if you eat your healthy meals and snacks consisting mostly of vegetables and fruits, and best with organic products, go for walks, or exercise, you should be doing great. Being aware that it is not always possible to live this way, in our fast pacing  times, we do what we can with the resources we have available. But I have always been reluctant to take vitamins in capsules made by the pharmaceutical industry. As long as we can avoid taking medicines; we’d rather stick out a cold than trying to mask the effects with drugs.

Check out the  video of my experience at this meeting.

As I get older, I realize that more and more little ailments are submerging. Fatigue is a daily occurrence, arthritis is starting in my fingers, and depression sets in more often. My husband is also plagued by fatigue in addition to his obesity. Yes, well, I could loose a few pounds as well.

This past week, my husband convinced me to accompany him to an informational meeting about nutrition supplement. As reluctant as I was to go, I am glad to have gone and collected some information about it. We ordered the nutrition supplement and are awaiting the package's delivery within the next two weeks.

Plastic boards can be found in various colors, thick or thin and are the most affordable cutting boards. These boards are easily cleaned and sanitized. They are also susceptible to cuts and scrapes. Therefore, there is no guarantee that chips of the plastic do not get into your food.

Glass or ceramic boards, are beautiful for food presentations, durable, heat resistant, and easy to be cleaned. As a chopping or cutting board they have a rather unpleasant sound emission (high pitch scratching or squeaking). The hard surface can dull the blade of knifes.

Wooden boards are the oldest form of cutting boards used and made of hard wood (best: maple or bamboo). Those boards need to be thoroughly cleaned after usage. Since the surface is smoother, the board can scar easily.  These boards can be costly. When a board has too many cuts, you simply shave down a layer. Most chefs have a preference for wood boards.

Personally, I use wooden boards and separate the boards for each type of food I am preparing. Wood feels smooth and warm, not forgetting its natural origin. My focus is to use natural products that work well with my choice of organic food products, like fruits, vegetables, and meats, as much as I can. After the usage of the board, cleaning and sanitizing the boards is essential, and consider discarding the ones that have deep cracks.
The multitude of boards makes it a choice of preference and priorities, of affordability or durability.

The way I understand conventional medicine: The students of medicine learn about symptoms, diseases, chemical reactions, psychology, and finding the right medicine to prescribe as a “magic potion” that relieves your pain and removes illnesses.

My understanding on alternative medicine: The healer finds out what causes the problem and treats you from the origin to solve your problem. It is a process that takes time.

The ideal would be that Conventional and alternative medicine should walk the distance hand in hand.

My husband introduced me to this amazing video where Physicist Dr. Amit Goswami, a professor at Quantum University, gives you his brief description of Alternative vs. Conventional Medicine .

Check it out and leave a comment on my blog-post to express your opinion or view on that topic. I will release comments that are valuable to this topic’s discussion.

She convinced me to try it out and thereafter, cancel the membership if it did not please me. Well, little did I know, I got hooked to the Zumba class. This was not on my New Year’s resolution list, but I am happy about this activity.

Zumba is a fitness program that consists of rhythmic movements to Latin-inspired music, like salsa, reggaeton and merengue. The movements related to dance-moves, are a great work-out of the abs, gluts and thighs.

The most important part: Time flies, when you are having fun in class, and your body gets in shape with it. It works for me… and believe it or not my “booties” seem to get firmer and my legs tighter.