The Miracle Berry! A Healthy Alternative to Sugar
Recently, I listened to an interview with Montreal-based writer Adam Leith Gollner about his new book, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce, and Obsession. Goliner traveled around the world in pursuit of the history of fruit, leading him to discover "the miracle berry", a cranberry-like fruit that turns sour into sweet. When you eat the the miracle berry, you can eat an entire lime, for example, and it will literally be sweet. That's right. Imagine, no more mouth watering response when you think about biting into a lime as it becomes as juicy and sweet as an orange! Imagine! Not surprisingly, due to possible corporate interests, this amazing fruit has yet to reach consumers. In fact, this miracle berry was banned by the FDA in early 1970's, even though it could easily be an easy and all-healthy alternative to sugar. See the interview with Amy Goodman on Democracy Now!
Tea Tree Oil - A Natural Wonder
Tree tea oil (melaleuca alternifolia) is a natural remedy and wonder, healthy and green, and a powerful antibiotic. I am crazy about tea tree oil! A mere couple of drops with lots of water can soothe and heal your body, or clean your home. Here's how your body and home can benefit from tea tree oil:
- Cuts
- Scratches
- Mouth sores
- Nail fungus
- Stinky feet
- Acne
- Athlete's foot
- Deodorizer
- Bug Bites
- Eczema
- Household cleaning
- Lice
- Yeast infections
- MRSA
Currently, triclosan is a common ingredient in many antibiotics and toiletries. However, laboratory studies have shown that triclosan produces chloroform, a probable carcinogen (read article). In addition, research shows a link between triclosan and the growth of antimicrobial drug resistance (read the Center for Disease Control research article). Amazingly, tea tree oil wonder is powerful enough to kill off the "superbug", also known as MRSA, or staphylococcus aureus, a very ugly and deadly virus.
With tea tree oil, you can use it with confidence, knowing your body can be healed naturally, one drop at a time.
So why not? Heal your body, your home and your world every time you use tea tree oil.
Happy healing!
Eating Healthy & Belly Flattening Foods
Indeed, crunches and sit-ups are always a great way to tone and flatten your stomach, but did you know you can also speed up the process of by eating certain types of food? Five food groups, when also combined with water, will help to burn off belly fat. God has given us a natural and healthy food supply chain. Let's go back to the source of healthy living and stop the insanity and addiction to man-made and processed food.
Let's take a look at five natural food wonders:
1. Vegetables: Your mom always told you to eat all your veggies and now you can be grateful she encouraged you to do so. Vegetable are incredibly healthy for you! Because they are fiber-rich, veggies fills your tummy, while also reducing the amount of sugar flowing in your your bloodstream and decreasing insulin. On top of these benefits, some veggies are also loaded with anti-oxidants and lower the chance for cancer. Stick with dark green and leafy vegetables, and let God's delicious vegetables perform its wonders.
2. Nuts: Many of us grew up hearing that nuts were so fattening and therefore a weight gainer. Yet, research has proven that nuts contain healthy fatty acids, fiber and protein, all controlling appetite and reducing belly fat. Next time you are hungry, grab some fiber-rich almonds, filling your hunger while burning belly fat.
3. Avocados: Yup, it is true, your beloved guacamole is healthy for you! Loaded with monounsaturated fatty acids, avocados help to lose excess belly fat. So, the next time you make a sandwich, consider using avocados as a spread instead of the real fattening one, mayo. Hold the mayo, but load the avocado. By the way, try avocado, monterey jack cheese and alfalfa sprouts on whole wheat bread. Yum!
4. Yogurt: Research tell us that calcium-rich foods, like low-fat milk and yogurt, expedite the metabolism process, helping to burn off the dreaded belly fat. It is thought that calcium-rich foods reduces the amount of fat absorbed by food. One of my favorite meals is a bowl of Trader Joes non-fat vanilla yogurt with frozen cherries. Yummy!
5. Wholegrains: Stop buying and consuming fattening white breads and pasta, and load up on whole-grain breads, rice, cereals and pasta. You'll lose belly fat and reduce your chance of heart disease. When I was a child, my father always spouted the benefits of wheat bread, while my mom bought white bread. One day, my father was so fed up with it, he grabbed the white bread and squished it like an accordion, calling it a dough ball as he did so. We giggled, but from that day on, we only consumed whole wheat bread.
Let today be a new beginning for you. Start burning belly fat by incorporating these delicious fat fighting foods into your diet. Before you know it, you'll be reducing belly fat and be belly flat, easily and without great effort. In addition, you can stop the corporate greed that not only makes millions off processed food, but contributes to the rising rate of cancer and other health maladies.
Eat off God's natural creation and be healthy, in more ways than one.
Thank you, God, for your creation and healthy, organic food!
Go Natural with Bare Escentuals Mineral Make-Up
Awhile ago I did a post titled, "Green and Natural Health Care Products" and at the time, I confess, I was not using natural make-up. I decided to finish off my existing foundation and powder before investing in all new organic make-up. Well, this morning I finally ran out of both, so I ran out to Sephora and bought my first ever, long desired, mineral based make-up. Bare Escentuals is a fantastic, non-chemical line of make-up products that wear naturally, benefiting one's beauty and health.
Funny, I feel a bit like I did when I knew I was going to wear make-up to school the first time; I'm going to wear my new make-up to church tomorrow! Silly me, I know!
Isn't it about time you went natural with your make-up? Buy some here and see a video about Bare Escentuals here.
Use Your Xtracycle to Save Gas, While Getting Exercise!
The other day, I told my brother I wanted to get a beach (road) bike to toodle around town and shop, while getting exercise. He told me about Xtracycle, this awesome SUV bike, created and designed for such a need. Not only can you carry groceries, but camping gear, a surf board, a guitar, and so forth! Save money, boycott gas when you can, and get your body in better health.
Buy one here and check out this video below:
Cloned Animals: Healthy for Consumption?
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has recently declared that cloned animals and their offspring, such as cows, goats, and pigs, are safe to enter into the food supply chain. In addition, the FDA has not made such labeling of products mandatory, even though it has been documented that cloned animals have a greater tendency of birth defects. Therefore, I can't help to wonder, along with immediate health implications, if the consumption of byproducts from cloned animals could result in birth defects and diseases in humans? I'm just not convinced that such byproducts from cloned animals are healthy. How can anyone be sure that eating meat and milk from cloned animals are safe at this point? I'll choose only organic foods from now on.
Links:
NPR podcast: FDA Finds Meat, Milk from Clones Safe to Eat
NPR podcast: How Safe is Cloned Meat
US Food and Administration: CVM and Animal Cloning