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2-3 table spoons of freshly ground flax seeds daily in some juice or yoghurt , moistens and moves the bowls. Available in the fridge at Vitamin cottage. Keep refrigerated, and grind freshly in a small clean electric coffee mill.

A teaspoon of live Apple sider vinegar, (Braggs company)  or a teaspoon of lemon, lime juice, added to a tall glass of warm water first thing in the morning, supports the liver’s cleaning function and balances the body’s PH.

A cup of Nettle tea a day, cleanses the blood and supply’s the body with minerals. Available in Vitamin cottage in bulk herbs. Very inexpensive. Just take 2-3 table spoons and pour boiling water over. Let steep for 10 minutes. Enjoy hot or cold.

Utah liquid minerals, available at Vitamin Cottage, one teaspoon in a glass of water daily, good for hair, skin, nails and more

Dry roast 1/2  cup of fennel seeds till fragrant, let cool. Add 2-3 table spoons cardamon seeds, mix well and chew 1 teaspoon of mixture after meals. This helps easy digestion, eliminates gas and decreases phlegm.

Shaking the whole body with some fun music 10 to 15 minutes a day increases well being, releases stress, helps Lymph flow and feels awesome.

Keeping the feet warm is essential for the shoulders to relax and the whole body to be well.

Don’t surrender your loneliness
So quickly.
Let it cut more deep.

Let it ferment and season you
As few human
Or even divine ingredients can.

Something missing in my heart tonight
Has made my eyes so soft,
My voice
So tender,

My need of God
Absolutely
Clear.

I saw the following on a mailing, and had heard this before. It might be interesting to check out.

Be aware if a label says “sugar free”

Aspatame, marketed as ‘Nutra Sweet’, ‘Equal’, and ‘Spoonful’

Why Aspartame is so dangerous: When the temperature of this sweetener exceeds 86 degrees the wood alcohol in ASARTAME converts into formaldehyde and then to formic acid, which in turn causes metabolic acidosis. Formic acid is the poison found in the sting of fire ants. The metabolic toxicity mimics, among other conditions, multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus.

It is also suspect that the Aspartame in thousands of pellets of diet soda’s consumed by men and women fighting the Gulf War, may be partially to blame for the well-known Gulf War Syndrome.

Besides carbonated drinks are known to deplete the body of calcium and are bad for the environment, (cans,trash)

Recently on I heard that in order to get the same nutritional value , eating fresh corn today, one has to eat 16 times the amount of it, then 80 years ago.

The same is probably true for many of our  foods,  altered from their original form, to feed all of us in this overpopulated world.

Wheat used to contain a lot more protein, and through altering, to get a bigger  harvest, it  now mostly contains starch and gluten. These changes might contribute to so many allergy’s.

I wonder sometimes, even when I go into a health food store, how it is possible to get so many apples to look exactly the same, in color, size and shape, without a mark. And still be organic? When I was a kid,  apples came in all kind of odd shapes, tastes and textures, often with some wiggly thing living  inside.

What happens to all those apples, and all the different kinds we used to eat?

I still believe it is important to eat organic and local. Seeing Kirlean Photography pictures of water and foods there is a huge difference between fresh organic foods and non organic, traveled from afar. See some samples here:

There is so much more life in the foods grown without pesticides and artificial fertilizers. As our body’s energy’s and functioning depends on our food and water intake, the more lively the food is the better the energy is, we get from it.

Today many of us living here in the western world, do not get enough minerals in our diet. It might be a good idea to supplement with some sea minerals. If we are lucky, we have good drinking water. If possible it is good to avoid drinking chlorinated tap water.

I any case it is always the best to eat foods as they grow naturally, instead of processed items. Knowing where our food is coming from is difficult these days, but if possible eating locally grown foods, protects the environment supports farmers and gives us fresh produce.

Animals that are kept in spacious surroundings and fed good natural foods, are a better choice for the ones that enjoy meat eggs and dairy.

After all “guten Appetit”

When we host parasites in our system, they tend to have their own life. They produce waste products, have their specific hungers and food preferences, and  feed off our body’s energy reserves.  Most often,  parasites also have a personality of their own, which shows up, when a person’s energy is weakened and their system is taken over by it.

The cravings of what feeds the parasite, often dominates our food choices more then an appetite for what our own body actually needs.

When I  address a  much needed diet change, very often there is outrage, overwhelm and “I cannot possibly do that” or “then there is nothing to eat  for me”  or similar expressions of distress.

The information that yeast infections cannot be healed along with the consumption of sugar and refined carbs, will send us into spasms and we often rather suffer then adjust the diet.

At least at first.

Sugar has become an addiction in the western world. The average American person consumes 140 pounds of sugar per year. Imagine the mountain of sugar in front of you, and that is  per day ….., you do the math.

Sugar not only is the most inflammatory food one can ingest it also depletes the body of essential nutrients, like Vitamin B etc…

It contributes to the body’s PH becoming more and more acidic, an ideal breeding ground for infections, virus and cancer. A sugar free diet (including)(excluding) Maple syrup, Agave, Honey etc is essential for the body to move over to a more alkaline PH and for the yeast to have a less ideal breeding ground.

There are wonderful supplements to eliminate it as well, like  Oil of Oregano capsules, Tanalbit, Grapefruit Seed Extract and Homeopathic Remedies.

The best thing to do is to drink a glass of warm water in the morning first thing, with some lime or lemon Juice. That will help cleanse the liver. It is important NOT to drink chlorinated tap water, but spring, or good quality filtered water.

The best foods are all organic, protein, veggies, cold pressed olive, or coconut oil, seeds, legumes, in some cases quinoa and millet are ok,  seaweed, lemons and for some grapefruit is ok.

Lots of room temperature water and any herbs you can support the system. Nettle tea is  great as a cleanse as well as full of minerals and nutrients.

A licensed practitioner can help. Don’t forget your acupuncture… And lots of patience.

Yeast is a sticky thing. Getting it out of the system can go along with grumpy moods and headaches, and it can take a long time.

And know that there is a dying off process where it will fight in you to not go down…”just one pice of cookie….”, “just one spoon of ice cream I have been so good for the whole week”….That is exactly what keeps it going, that one spoon.

Good luck

It is allergy season again.

Lots of pollen in the air. A good time to go to your Acupuncturist, get treatment and herbs and take a look at the diet.
When the body is already overloaded with foods that trigger an allergic reaction, the immune system does not have a lot of energy to deal with outside allergens as well. So we get stuffy noses, itchy eyes and sore throats etc.

This is a good time to eliminate sugar,dairy and wheat from the diet. There are so many yummy foods freshly grown out there in this time of the year that it might be not too hard to do that.

Also it helps the body to drink lots of room temperature water. If there is ice in your drink, or it is from the fridge, the body looses valuable energy to warm itself up again, as we always maintain the same temperature.

In Asia people drink hot fluids when it is hot outside because it opens up the pores, makes one sweat and so cools down the body.
Drinking cold fluids in the long run make us hotter and so then  we need the next cold drink…anyway something to play with.
enjoy

This article can be found online here: Boulder Weekly