Miss South Texas Breshell Hurley honored us by coming to our “Real Good Health” studio. With grace and courage, she shared her message: Gluten free.

Miss Hurley described her symptoms, her trouble with breathing, as “drowning in air”.  Over a period of nine months, she sought out numerous medical specialists with no answer. She was especially devastated when an ER doctor suggested it could be “psychological”.

Currently the majority of wheat/gluten intolerance are still misdiagnosed.

The discovery was indeed life-changing. Miss Hurley has since been embracing her struggles and fighting for the one in every seventeen people who are gluten sensitive.

At eighteen years old, this absolutely elegant young lady also serves as a role model of “you can achieve your dreams and visions no matter what has happened to you in the past”.

Miss Hurley can be contacted at www.1in17.com, a website dedicated to raise awareness for gluten intolerance.

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Todd Hardie from Honey Gardens, who spent the last 48 years studying and working with bees and honey, joined us in today’s episode.

Todd answered these questions:

1. Why is it SO IMPORTANT to use RAW, unfiltered honey?
2. Where does honey in most of the grocery stores come from? How could some be harmful?

He also shared with us:

1. The components of natural honey (pollen, propolis, live enzymes…) and how each of them can aid healthy living, bacterial-killing and even cancer-fighting!
2. Bee venom therapy – nature’s medicine!

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You can hear the excitement in her voice in this podcast – Evadne lost 12 lbs in 7 weeks (from 182 to 170), and she felt healthier and more energetic.

Evadne from Jamaica shared the uniqueness of Ann Musico’s coaching.

Feel free to share with us what you think is essential for weight loss and your success story!

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95% of the dieters go back to their original weight! Have you thought compulsive eating was made worse by “diet”?

Our guest for this episode, David Hamilton, not only has a professional background is in sports medicine, a Master degree in exercise physiology and a certification as an intuitive eating counselor, he also struggled through “overeating” himself. The desire to heal himself and the passion to help others inspired David to found his company: Overeating Solutions.

David believes nutrition and exercise are essential, but the mind that uses these tools needs to be examined first! In this episode, David shared his “holistic approach” of solving overeating, especially the two foundational principles (and willpower is not one of them!):

1. Subconscious mind – uncover the beliefs that keep sabotaging yourself.  The byproduct of this process? You will be amazed you find something blocking your success not just in your weight loss or health, but also in your finance and relationships.

2. Mindful eating – AWARENESS is key for weight loss, or dare I say, a happy life!

David’s first time  on the podcast – My job was killing me!!

David can be contacted at Overeating Solutions, or OESolutions@bex.net

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Are all good food beneficial for us at all times? And if exercise is so important, should we always push to do more? How do we respond to the “negative” response in our body or mind at times?

In this episode, Ann and I brought back Nick Marrs, together all three of us shared how “tuning in and listen to your body” is important for exercise, nutrition, mental and spiritual health.

Words to ponder:
1. Judge vs. accept;
2. Analyze vs. listen;
3. Dispute vs. welcome and appreciate it as an opportunity to learn about how God made us.

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Would you cook with spices if they are:

Delicious, healing, contributing to weight loss, anti-inflammatory, cancer-fighting, anti-bacterial (some spices kill bad bacteria and keep good ones), memory boosting… ?

Ann Musico and I discussed these AMAZING spices in part II:

• Coriander
• Cumin
• Garlic
• Ginger
• Muster seed
• Nutmeg
• Oregano
• Parsley
• Sage
• Tumeric

Here is the link to Part I, where we covered: All spice, black pepper, chili pepper, cinnamon and clove.

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Sometimes amazing things come in small packages!

Ever since I prepared and recorded this show with health coach Ann Musico, I stocked my kitchen with some condiments I never laid eyes on before, and I have been putting all kinds of spices on my meal. You will also, if you listen to this episode of “Real Good Health”!

Can you believe a little pinch of different spices can have:
Antioxidant power (some more than a few ounces of blueberry!);
Anti-inflammatory effect (could be as strong as over-the-counter pain killers!);

Anti-bacterial functions;
And More…

Not to mention spices can directly and indirectly aid weight loss!

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A study from almost 10 years ago reported significant increase in the incidence of anorexia from 1935 to 1989, especially among young women. Another study showed 50% girls from 13 -15 are concerned about their weight, and the mortality rate associated with anorexia is 12 times higher than the death rate of ALL causes of death for females 15 – 24 years old.

This week we interviewed the founder of Fighting Anorexia, Anne-Sophie Reinhardt from Switzerland. With passion and compassion, she spoke to us:

1. How her anorexia started at a young age of ten and how SOCIAL PRESSURE, FAMILY STRESS and PERFECTIONISM affected the onset.

2. Every parent, especially mom with daughters, should be a positive role model and avoid certain comments and activities.

3. The recovering process – GETTING TO KNOW HERSELF FOR THE FIRST TIME! Because her self-worth was tied to a distorted image for so many years. (This is why my husband and I are so passionate about helping people identify their gifts and purpose, and accept themselves as imperfect but whole, rather than someone constantly needing to be fixed.)

Anne-Sophie: “I will do anything within my power to raise awareness about eating disorders and will try to help as many sufferers as possible.”

This is her website, and she likes twitter!

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In this episode, we interviewed Jen McDonough, who had a full time job, was a mother of three (now four!), not an athlete (actually she could only run two blocks in the beginning),  who became an “Ironman” – 2.4 mile swim in the ocean, 112 miles of biking, followed by a full marathon, all to be completed within 17 hours.

Am I trying to encourage our listeners to do the same? ABSOLUTELY NOT! Am I inspired to be the best I can in the journey pursuing good health and go for the extraordinary? YES and YES!

Let’s face the fact: working out is really not physical – Just listen to our self talk: “should I do it? When? How much?”

In this interview, Jen and I discussed:
1. One mindset to beat “procrastination”.
2. What is the “extra” in the “extraordinary”? When does a race start?
3. “Pushing for success” vs. “listen to your body”.
4. Why does “forgiveness” play such an important part in life, including working out, training, or even overeating?

I highlighted everywhere in Jen’s book “Living Beyond Awesome”, which hit Amazon’s top 100 when it came out!

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“Milk makes healthy bones” – we’ve heard this for decades, especially in western culture. Is it really true? I hope you have an open mind when you hear this episode.

For different reasons if people decide to go for alternatives – almond milk, coconut milk or soy milk, which one you might consider to avoid?

One thing we forgot to mention on the show about the “milk alternative” is – read the label, especially for sugar, or unnatural add-ons.

As we switched the topic to sport drinks, this episode answers:

When do we really need to replenish the electrolytes?

And an amazing sport drink provided by God!

My awesome co-host Ann Musico provided more information on the beverages we discussed in the last few episodes.

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