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Even though we are past Halloween, pumpkins are in season until March.
Pumpkins have a mild sweet flavor and are neural to cooling in nature. They are high in beta-carotene, and also contain vitamins B and C, potassium, sodium, and carbohydrates. Pumpkin seeds are rich in zinc, they are strengthening to the adrenal glands and prostate gland and are considered a remedy for tapeworm and roundworm.
It is a very sad fact that we know more about our computers than our own body. Kids from very early age receive a wide range of information in various areas of our life but get very little, if at all, education about how our body works, what to eat for optimum health, and how to eat.
So, here are 6 simple rules to follow to make sure your digestive tract works properly:
1. Drink water (and other liquids) no later than 10-15 minutes before a meal.
If you drink water right before or during your meal, it will dilute the digestive juices of your stomach and will interfere with proper digestion. If the digestive juice is too weak and diluted, it won't be able to break down food and make nutrients available for absorption.
2. Don't drink anything for at least an hour or two after a meal.
After you've consumed your meal, the food spends 2-3 hours in your stomach and then 4-5 hours in small intestines. Drinking water right after a meal will again dilute gastric juices and interfere with the process of digestion. If you are consuming something very dry of heavy it is okay to make one or two sips of water to help but don't drink an entire glass of water.
I want to share this mind-boggling article published by Associated Press with you:
"As diabetes is rapidly becoming one of the world's most common diseases, its financial cost is mounting, too, to well over $200 billion a year in the U.S. alone, according to a new study.
The study, released Tuesday, puts the total at $218 billion last year — the first comprehensive estimate of the financial toll diabetes takes, according to Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk A/S, which paid for the study.
That figure includes direct medical care costs, from insulin and pills for controlling patients' blood sugar to amputations and hospitalizations, plus indirect costs such as lost productivity, disability and early retirement.
The $218 billion amounts to about 10 percent of all U.S. health care spending by government and the public, about $2.1 trillion in 2006, and nearly half the $448.5 billion cost of heart disease and stroke.
“Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.” How many times have you heard this one? Hundreds? Thousands?
There is a reason why such phrases find their way into your daily communications. Breakfast truly sets up the tone for our entire day. What we eat in the morning determines how we will feel and what we will eat for the rest of the day.
If you start your day with a cup of coffee and a donut or a cup of processed cereal out of a carbon box, what message are you sending your body? And when you start your day with a delicious fruit smoothie made of fresh organic berries and fruit, what message are you sending then? How will you feel after breakfast #1 and breakfast #2?
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Beet’s “Biography"
Hippocrates was using beetroot leaves as bandages around 400BC.
The Greeks ate the leaves of the beetroot and valued the root for its medicinal qualities but it was the Romans who first cultivated it and brought it to the table. The Victorians knew beetroot as the 'blood turnip'.
Some ancient civilizations regarded beetroot as an aphrodisiac. The sill-standing brothel in Pompei (the city which was destroyed in 70 AD by the erupting volcano Mountain Vesuvius), has a picture of beetroot on its walls, among the many frescos. Beetroot contains high levels of the mineral boron, which is thought to influence the production of human sex hormones.
No, wearing hemp clothes will not make you high ☺ And you can’t smoke it, either!
However, hemp clothing is gaining popularity and respect among eco-conscious consumers.
Did you know?
• The first jeans were made of hemp; but they lasted too long, so the industry switched to cotton
• Cotton uses 25% of all pesticides; hemp doesn’t need pesticides.
• The original linen was made from hemp.
• Hemp is more durable and breathes better than all other plant fibers.
Ok, I have to admit that the hemp clothes can be a little pricey to someone on tight budget (I definitely thought twice before pulling my wallet out) but the material is very durable and will definitely last many times over what a cotton T-shirt would, so at the end it is a very wise investment.
I fell in love with Vital Hemptations clothes that I discovered for the first time at the Raw Spirit Festival. The prices were quite affordable and the clothes fit me like a glove (I bought drawstring pants ($60) and a tank top($25)). Being a person who does not tolerate heat very well, I spent two days walking around in 95F heat under the desert sun and I didn’t break a sweat! This was remarkable for me; personally, this is not how my body acts on hot days, but the breathable hemp material did its magic.
Hemp clothes are super comfortable, soft, and gentle on the skin. And the fact that hemp growers don’t use dangerous pesticides and chemicals makes hemp clothing ideal for people with allergies and sensitive skin.
To learn more about Vital Hemptations, please visit their website.
Coconuts are one of the greatest gifts that Mother Nature
gave us.
In Sanskrit, the coconut palm is known as “Kapla Vriksha” meaning “the tree that supplies all that is needed to live”. It is truly an amazing food to bring into your diet.
Young coconut water is identical to human blood plasma. According to David Wolfe, when we consume a drink consisting of 55% fresh coconut water and 45% fresh green-leaf juice we give ourselves an instant blood transfusion!
Young coconuts are the most health enhancing. The meat of young coconuts consists mostly of a pure, raw saturated fat. It has the ability to restore oxidative tissue damage and restore male sexual fluids.
Coconut Oil is derived from nature coconuts containing hardened white flesh. Coconut oil has been used in food and medicine for ages; Ayurveda has long promoted its therapeutic and cosmetic properties.
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