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****************************************************************************** CHANGING YOUR THINKING ABOUT HERBS If you are one of the many of thousands of folks using herbs in place of medicine only, then you are severely missing out on a the many God-giving benefits that herbs have to offer. Don’t get me wrong, herbs CAN and ARE used medicinally, to support immunity, to help fight infection, fend off colds and even in an emergency to control bleeding and relieve pain. Yes, herbs truly are medicinal and can be used this way. BUT, herbs should not be thought of as replacements for medicines in the way that the medical model has taught us to view sickness and health. EAT YOUR HERBS, IT’LL PUT COLOR IN YOUR CHEEKS! So where does that leave you? To discover the use of herbs as nutrition! Herbs are plant food, and food is nutrition. Our bodies are biochemical organisms that are consistently rebuilding themselves from the inside out. Did you know that we have an entirely new body every seven years? Nutrition, along with fresh air, sunshine and pure water of course, is what gives the body the material it needs to continue to rebuild new cells. New cells grow and become new tissue—and violá the body completely regenerates itself. That is, if your body is given the right supply of materials so that the little worker cells CAN do their job right. Body tissues that are rebuilt on boxed cereal, dairy products, heavy meats, and processed foods are rebuilding tissue as well, but with what type of integrity? These previous mentioned food items do not contain the phytochemicals from nature that God intended us to have, only nature can capture these important elements. And believe it or not, there is a big difference between the naturally occurring nutrients contained in plants than the synthetic nutrients contained in say, a box of Raisin Bran. Our bodies are as close to nature as you can get, and that’s where it needs to receive its nutrition--from nature. Our bodies can withstand a tremendous amount of abuse living apart from natural foods, but not without consequences. Consequences like fibromyalgia, arthritis, chronic fatigue, constipation, hemorrhoids, obesity, PMS, and other ailments. If nothing else, we need to use herbs to replace the nutrition that has been stripped from our typical American diets of processed foods and mass-produced, mineral depleted produce. Herbs are packed with nutrition; consider for instance the nutritive properties of kelp: Iodine, calcium, magnesium potassium, sulphur, silicon, iron, sodium, B-complex vitamins, vitamins A, C, E, K, G and S. Phosphorous, selenium, manganese and zinc. Iodine alone nourishes the thyroid gland which controls/affects metabolism, brain function, hair and bone growth, sleep, weight regulation, hormones, etc. And that’s just ONE nutrient! KEEP IT CLEANTo top it off, the amounts of chemicals we consume on a daily average are enormous. Since the 1940’s there has been over 70,000 man made chemicals introduced into our lives! Herbs can help flush out some of these dangerous chemicals that can linger in the system, cause irritation, kill brain cells and possibly lead to degenerative conditions later in life. A daily herbal program for nutrition should be viewed as an excellent health insurance policy that you can cash in on daily! Health is an evolving process that cannot be rushed. It needs to be committed to and implemented by the CLIENT/PATIENT and guided and supported by the knowledgeable PRACTITIONER. After working with an herbal nutritionist or other practitioner who helps you create a customized herbal nutritional program, you may wish to begin to learn about the herbals that can be stocked in your medicine cabinet that can be used temporarily for colds, flu, fevers, accidents, etc. With a healthier, stronger and cleaner body, you will be more sensitive to the positive effects of medicinal herbs, and the small efforts you take to get well will bring greater results. Herbs are our gift; I hope you will start today to begin learning of their full transforming powers.
Ms. Frankie Avalon Wolfe, R.N.C.P., M.H.H., Ph.D. Holistic Nutrition, is the Owner of Healing Feats Holistic Health Services, and author of three natural health books including The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Herbal Remedies. Visit her website at www.healingfeats.com for more information.
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In spite of it's name, this diet does not include being dragged by the hair, hunting with clubs or skinning big game. Though you might feel good enough to do all of those things. What it does include is a return to our evolutionary roots. As a student of anthropology, I read every book I can find on ancient homonids and their culture. In January of 2002, while cruising Amazon.com for something new about our primitive cousins, I came across two books on ancient hominid diets. Out of curiosity, I ordered them. In a nutshell, about 12,000 years ago the last Ice Age ended. Within 2,000 years of the ice sheet receding, agriculture began and new foods became the staple they are in today's diet. This new diet, called Neolithic, had an immediate effect on human health. Skeletons of Neolithic farmers show poor nutrition compared to the previous generations of hunter-gatherers. They died younger, were shorter, had more cavities in their fewer teeth and showed the first evidence of obesity. The problem with the new diet of the Neolithic period was that we didn't evolve to eat those new foods. The small human digestive tract is unique among primates. We have only one stomach and a relatively short large intestine. We are more suited to digesting and extracting nutrients from meat, fruit, nuts, and some vegetables. This was of particular interest to me since I knew I was allergic to wheat and was also lactose intolerant. If I couldn't digest those items, maybe there were other items I couldn't digest and just didn't know it. After reading both books, doing some research on the Internet and at my local library, I fashioned a diet for myself. And the Cave Woman Diet was born. On January 16, 2002, when the last kid returned to college, I began my diet. Since the previous January, I had been exercising, lifting weights and generally killing myself to lose a grand total of ten pounds. And it took a year! Not a very satisfying result from so much effort. I began by purging the kitchen of every slide of bread, every cracker, every package of pasta, and every cream-filled pastry. I was ruthless. Next, I went to the store and bought meat. Beef, pork, chicken, fish and shrimp. Then I hit the produce section. Fresh vegetables and fruits nestled in the shopping cart next to nuts and dried fruit (without sugar added) and eggs. The rules for eating were simple. Eat nothing that couldn't be found in nature. Eat only when I was hungry, even if it was every two hours. And eat only enough to satisfy my hunger. No gorging. I began my eating day at 9 am. I scrambled an egg in a small amount of butter and topped it with a dash of cheese. At 11 am, I was back in the kitchen eating pastrami or corned beef (not processed but from the deli). Just a couple of slices rolled inside a thin slice of cheese. At one, I had lunch. Usually a left over item from dinner the night before. Pork chops, a stuffed pepper, a ground beef patty. Whatever. I made a small salad to accompany this with a teaspoon of salad dressing. Between three and four in the afternoon, I was hungry again. This is when I got out the fresh fruit and nuts. usually apples and walnuts. I munched them while I fixed a dinner of steak, chicken, pork or fish. I also prepared the fresh vegetables for the meal. I'm partial to broccoli, cauliflower and carrots, but I also ate snow peas, mushrooms and other vegetables, though no corn or beans. By eight or nine that night it was time to drag out the fruit again for something to snack on. At the end of five days, I had lost three pounds and my chronic indigestion. Goodbye Tums! And I was never hungry since I ate all the time. Previous dietary study indicated that to change our metabolism it is necessary to eat often. This reprograms the body to stop storing fat. The second week I droppef four pounds and my energy level skyrocketed. I was not just cleaning house, I was cleaning closets and kitchen cabinets and organizing items for a yard sale. Interestingly, I had no more sinus headaches or joint pain and had eliminated the use of over the counter decongestants and arthritis pain relievers. At the end of six weeks, I had lost twenty pounds, my clothes no longer fit and I had energy to spare. I was sleeping soundly and my anxiety level was greatly reduced. I felt better than I had in years. I had continued a modified version of my daily workout during this diet period. Chronic back pain had plagued me since my twenties and I used exercise to keep my muscles from seizing up. I had to wonder if my diet would have been as succesful without the twenty minute a day workout. So, at the end of my third week, I put my wheelchair confined husband on the diet. He lost twelve pounds! A man who cannot move lost weight. I knew then I was definitely onto something. I thought at the end of six weeks, it was safe to add a few goodies back into my diet. I missed a few things like a slice of bread with my meat and cheese and an occasional sip from a root beer float. Only in moderation, of course. Big Mistake! Those small indulgences made me sick. Tummy ache, diarrhea, headache. It didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that modern foods were making me sick and probably had been all my life. That was pretty strong motivation to continue the Cave Woman Diet. I am now at my ideal weight. I no longer suffer with indigestion and allergies. And I am more energetic and productive than ever. My coaching business is taking off, my writing business is flourishing and I feel and look better than I have in years. So, get out your loincloth, sharpen your stone tools and become a Cave Woman! Eat the way Mother Nature designed us to eat. Once you brake the addiction to grains and sugars, you will lnever want to touch them again.
************************************************************************** When you're dieting, the thing that can really wreck a healthy eating plan is that awful feeling that comes over you to just grab a huge bag of potato chips and polish it off while watching your favorite sit-com. We've all been there before! There are things you can do to help yourself avoid the ugly urge to snack uncontrollably.
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