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Topsoil erosion along with failure to let the land rest periodically means lower nutrient density of our vegetables and fruits; not to mention the chemicals they include if they are not organically grown.  Even eating the best raw fruits and vegetables may not be enough in today’s market to ensure optimal level of health.  I understand that our bodies can heal themselves if given the proper nutrients and disease can absolutely be avoided.   These are just a few reason I always recommend my clients enhance their nutritional account with a good green food supplement.  Adding 100% pure organic juice concentrate in a powder or capsule is an easy step to take.  My family and I use Green’s Plus; it is not an MLM and they are reasonably priced they have lots of special prices now. www.greensplus.com

A green food supplement is a great addition to a spring vegetable and fruit fast to clean out the body from the heavy foods of the cooler season.  If you do a spring cleaning then the spring colds everyone else is getting can be avoided. Just a simple tip to gaining control of your well being.  Check out my web site at bkathywright.com and   join A Healthy Body for more health and wellness tips.

What would you do?….   At a fund-raising dinner for a school that serves children with learning disabilities, the father of one of the students delivered a speech  After extolling the school and its dedicated staff, he offered a question: ‘When not interfered with by outside influences, everything nature does, is done with perfection. Yet my son, Shay, cannot learn things as other children do. He cannot understand things as other children do. Where is the natural order of things in my son?’   The audience was stilled by the query.   The father continued. ‘I believe that when a child like Shay, who was mentally and physically disabled comes into the world, an opportunity to realize true human nature presents itself, and it comes in the way other people treat that child.’ Then he told the following story:   Shay and I had walked past a park where some boys Shay knew were playing baseball. Shay asked, ‘Do you think they’ll let me play?’ I knew that most of the boys would not want someone like Shay on their team, but as a father Ialso understood that if my son were allowed to play, it would give him a much-needed sense of belonging and some confidence to be accepted by others in spite of his handicaps.   I approached one of the boys on the field and asked if Shay could play. The boy looked around for guidance and said, ‘We’re losing by six runs and the game is in the eighth inning. I guess he can be on our team and we’ll try to put him in to bat in the ninth inning.’   Shay struggled over to the team’s bench and, with a broad smile, put on a team shirt. I watched with a small tear in my eye and warmth in my heart. The boys saw my joy at my son being accepted. In the bottom of the eighth inning, Shay’s team scored a few runs but was still behind by three. In the top of the ninth inning, Shay put on a glove and played in the right field. Even though no hits came his way, he was obviously ecstatic just to be in the game and on the field, grinning from ear to ear as I waved to him from the stands.. In the bottom of the ninth inning, Shay’s team scored again. Now, with two outs and the bases loaded, the potential winning run was on base and Shay was scheduled to be next at bat.   At this juncture, do they let Shay bat and give away their chance to win the game? Surprisingly, Shay was given the bat. Everyone knew that a hit was all but impossible because Shay didn’t even know how to hold the bat properly, much less connect with the ball.   However, as Shay stepped up to the plate, the pitcher, recognizing that the other team was putting winning aside for this moment in Shay’s life, moved in a few steps to lob the ball in softly so Shay could at least make contact. The first pitch came and Shay swung clumsily and missed. The pitcher again took a few steps forward to toss the ball softly towards Shay. As the pitch came in, Shay swung at the ball and hit a slow ground ball right back to the pitcher.   The game would now be over. The pitcher picked up the soft grounder and could have easily thrown the ball to the first baseman. Shay would have been out and that would have been the end of the game.   Instead, the pitcher threw the ball right over the first baseman’s head, out of reach of all team mates. Everyone from the stands and both teams started yelling, ‘Shay, run to first! Run to first!’ Never in his life had Shay ever run that far, but he made it to first base. He scampered down the baseline, wide-eyed and startled.   Everyone yelled, ‘Run to second, run to second!’ Catching his breath, Shay awkwardly ran towards second, gleaming and struggling to make it to the base. B y the time Shay rounded towards second base, the right fielder had the ball …. the smallest guy on their team who now had his first chance to be the hero for his team. He could have thrown the ball to the second-baseman for the tag, but he understood the pitcher’s intentions so he, too, intentionally threw the ball high and far over the third-baseman’s head. Shay ran toward third base deliriously as the runners ahead of him circled the bases toward home.   All were screaming, ‘Shay, Shay, Shay, all the Way Shay’   Shay reached third base because the opposing shortstop ran to help him by turning him in the direction of third base, and shouted, ‘Run to third! Shay, run to third!’   As Shay rounded third, the boys from both teams, and the spectators, were on their feet screaming, ‘Shay, run home! Run home!’ Shay ran to home, stepped on the plate, and was cheered as the hero who hit the grand slam and won the game for his team   ‘That day’, said the father softly with tears now rolling down his face, ‘the boys from both teams helped bring a piece of true love and humanity into this world’..   Shay didn’t make it to another summer. He died that winter, having never forgotten being the hero and making me so happy, and coming home and seeing his Mother tearfully embrace her little hero of the day!

Did you know cinnamon helps reduce cholesterol and stabilize blood sugar levels? You can crunch a whole cinnamon stick with a rolling pin, add the broken chips to 1 quart of water and simmer for 10 minutes. strain and serve warm or at room temp. Enjoy, this is a great time of year to drink up as well as smell the aroma of cinnamon throughout the house.

There are three basic metabolic types.  Simply stated they are a carbohydrate type, a protein type and a type that must eat a 50- 50 balance of each. By answering the following questions and total ling up the number of A., B, or C answers you have I will help you decide what is the best food to eat that balances your body and specific metabolic type. It may take some thought to answer the questions but think after you eat and throughout the day how you feel. You may have never thought about these things or it might be easy to answer the question for you.  There is not a right or wrong answer.  You are who you are and each of us needs different things.  REMEMBER THE RULES FOR QUALITY FOOD FOLLOW FOR EVERY TYPE,  SEE THE EATING GUIDELINES IF YOU DO NOT KNOW THEM.

Anger and irritability

A.When I feel angry eating meat of fatty foods seems to make it worse

B. Sometimes eating relieves my anger and it doesn’t really matter what I eat

C. I often notice that feelings of anger or irritability have abated after I eat something heavy and fatty like meat

Anxiety

A.  When I feel anxious  fruits and vegetables calm me down
B.  Eating almost anything helps
C.  Heavy fatty food improves the way I feel and lessens my anxiety

Ideal Breakfast

A. No breakfast of something light

B. . Eggs toast fruit

C. Eggs, bacon hash browns, toast or steak and eggs.

Meal preference; no rules this is your day to do what you want.

A.  I choose lighter foods such as chicken turkey vegetables and I’d sample various deserts
B.  I would choose a combination of foods from a and c
C.  I choose rich fatty foods: roast beef, beef stroganoff, pork chops, ribs, salmon, potatoes, few vegetables, maybe a small salad cheesecake or no desert.

Climate

A. I do best in warn or hot weather can’t take the cold

B. Temperature doesn’t matter I do well in hot or cold

c.  I do best in cold can not take the heat.

Chest Pressure

C.I  have a tendency to have problems with chest pressure

Coffee

A. I do well on coffee

B. I can take it or leave it

C. I don’t do well with coffee it makes me jumpy nervous, nauseated shaky

Appetite at breakfast

A. Low lacking

B. Normal don’t notice being strong or weak

C. Noticeably strong or above average

Appetite at Lunch

A. Low lacking

B. Normal don’t notice being strong or weak

C. Noticeably strong or above average

Appetite at Dinner

A. Low lacking

B. Normal don’t notice being strong or weak

C. Noticeably strong or above average

Concentration; what foods worsen your ability to concentrate?

A. Meat and fatty food

B. No food seem to disrupt my concentration

C. fruits and vegetables and grain based carbohydrates

Coughing

C .   I tend to cough every day

Cracking of the skin

C .  I tend to have cracking of the skin

Cravings besides sugar

A.  Vegetables, fruits, grain based products

C      Salty  fatty foods cheese potato chips, meats

Dandruff

C   I have no problem with it

Depression

A. I tend to feel more depressed after eating meets and fatty foods

C      I tend to feel more depressed after eating fruits and vegetables.

Desserts

A. I really love deserts
B.  I enjoy deserts form time to time but can take it or leave it
C.   I don’t care for sweet that much  I do like  something fatty or salty chips popcorn

Desert preference

A.  Cakes cookies fruit pies candies
B.  No preference
C.  Fatty types like cheesecakes French pastries

Ideal dinner

A.  Something light  chicken rid=ce and salad
B.  Most foods work fine
C.  I do better with heavier meal

Ear color

A. Pale lighter thatn my skin
B.  Same shade as my face
C.   Darker than my facial tones

Eating before bed anything

A.  Disrupts my sleep
B.  Doesn’t seem to make a difference
C.   Usually helps me sleep

Eating heavy foods before bed

A. Disturbs my sleep
B. Okay as long as not too much
C. Improves my sleep

Eating light foods before bed

A. Don’t do well eating before sleep but lighter is better
B.  I can take it or leave it
C.   It’s better than  nothing but I do better with heavy foods before bed

Eating sweets before bed

A.  Sweets do not interfere with my sleep at all
B.   Sweets sometimes bother my sleep
C.   I clearly do not do well eating sweets before bed

Eating frequency; how often do you eat each day

A. 2 to 3 meals a day and either no snacks usually, or light snack
B.  3 times a day and no snack
C.  3 times a day or more and snacks, often substantial

Eating habits

A.  unconcerned with eating may forget to eat rarely think about food, I eat because I have to
B.  I enjoy food enjoy eating rarely miss a meal but don’t really focus on food
C.  I love food love to eat, food is a big or central part of my day

Eye moisture

A.  My eyes tend to be dry
B.  I don’t notice one way or the other
C.  My eyes tend to be very moist

Skipping meals

A.  Doesn’t really bother me
B.  I may not be at my best but it doesn’t bother me
C.  I defiantly feel worse, irritable, jittery, weak, tired, low on energy

Facial coloring

A. I am on the pale side
B.  I have average coloring
C.  I am noticeably darker or pink flushed face

Facial complexion

A.  More dull and pasty
B.  Average
C.  Bright radiant clear

Fatty food

A. I don’t really like fatty food
B. They’re fine in moderation
C. I love them and crave them and would like them more often

Fingernail thickness

A.  My nails tend to be thick, strong and hard
B.  Seem average in thickness
C.  I definitely tend to have thin and weak nails

Fruit salad lunch

A.  It satisfies me I do well on it and don’t get hungry
B.  I do pretty well but usually need a snack before dinner
C.  Pretty bad results I usually get sleepy tired spacy  depressed anxious irritable and hungry

Gaining Weight

A.  Meats and fatty foods cause me to gain weight
B.  No particular foods seem to cause me to gain weight  I will gain if I eat too much or not enough
C.  I tend to gain weight eating too many carps(bread, pasta, other grain products, fruits and or vegetables.

Gag reflex

A.  I rarely if ever gag it is hard to make me gag
B.  I probably have a normal gag reflex
C.  I easily gag or often gag

Goose bumps

A.  I often get goose bumps
B.  I occasionally get goose bumps
C.  I rarely if ever get goose bumps

Energy boosters

A. Fruit, candy , pastry gives me energy
B. Just about anything gives me energy
C.  Meat or fatty foods restores my energy and well being.

Heavy Fat Meal Reaction

A.  Decreases my wellbeing and energy, makes me sleepy or cause indigestion
B.  Cause no reaction one way or the other
C.  Increases my well being makes me feel good

Hunger feelings

A.  I rarely get hungry or feel hungry
B.  I have pretty normal hunger
C.  I often feel hungry

Energy drain

A.  Meet and fatty food generally makes me more tired
B.  No food in particular seem to take me down
C.  Fruit, pastry or candy, makes me worse, giving me a quick lift then crash

Insect bites and stings

A.  Reactions tend to be mild or week and go away quickly
B.  Average reaction
C.  Clearly a strong reaction

Insomnia; routinely wake up in the middle of the night for reasons other than having to go to the bathroom.

A.  I rarely get this kind of insomnia
B.  I occasionally wake up and need to eat in order to go back to sleep
C.  I often wake up and need to eat in order to go back to sleep

Itching eyes

C  I tend to get itching eyes often

Meal portions

A.  I don’t eat much defiantly less than average
B.  I don’t seem to eat more or less than other people
C.   I generally eat large portions of food, more than most people

Nose moisture

A.  My nose often seems too dry
B.  I don’t notice my nose being too dry or to moist
C.  My nose often tends to run

Fruit juice between meals

A.  It energizes me satisfies me and nourishes me.
B.  It’s okay, isn’t always the best snack for me
C.  Overall bad results, hungry shaky, nauseated, anxious, depressed

Personality

A.  I tend to be more aloof, withdrawn
B.  I am pretty average
C.  I tend to be more social a people person

Potatoes

A.  I  don’t really care for them that much
B.  I can take them or leave them
C.  I really love them could eat them every day

Red meat

A.  It decreases my energy and well being
B.  I don’t notice one way or the other
C.   I   really love it and feel better when I eat red meet

Pupil size The size of my pupil tends to be

A.  Larger than my iris
B.  Average the same size as the iris
C.  Smaller that my iris

Salad  for lunch

A.  I do well with this lunch
B.  I can get by but isn’t the best
C.  Bad results

Saliva quantity

A.  My mouth tends to be dry
B.  I don’t notice
C.  I tend to have a lot of saliva

Salty food

A.  Foods often taste too salty
B.  I don’t really notice
C.  I really love salt

Snacking

A.  I rarely if ever want or need snacks
B.  I occasionally want or need a snack
C.  I often want or need snacks

Snack preference

A.  I generally don’t need snacks but if I do I prefer something sweet
B.  I tend to do well on pretty much anything
C.  I definitely want and need snacks in order to be my best

Sneezing

A.  I almost never sneeze
B.  I do sneeze from time to time
C.  I often sneeze and tend to sneeze after eating

Sociability

A.  I tend to be a little antisocial
B.  I am in the middle
C.  I tend to be very social

Sour foods

A. I generally don’t care for sour foods
B. I don’t feel one way of the other
C. I defiantly like sour foods

Physical and Mental Stamina My stamina is better when I eat

A. Light foods like fish , fruit , vegetables
B. Pretty much any wholesome food
C. Heavy fatty foods

Consuming sweets

A. Sweets don’t  bother me even when I eat them by themselves
B. I am sometimes bothered when eating sweets alone
C. I usually don’t do well eating sweets by themselves

Meat for breakfast

A. I don’t feel well as I so without it.
B. I can take it or leave it
C. I feel much better with it more energetic

Red meat for lunch

A. I don’t feel as well as I do without it
B. I can take it or leave it
C. I feel much better with it; more energetic

Red meat for dinner

A. I don’t feel as well as I do without it
B. I can take it or leave it
C. I feel much better with it more energetic

Dinner preference

A. Dinner plate 1. Skinless chicken breast, rice salad apple pie
B. Dinner plate 2 a combination of 1 and 3
C. Dinner plate 3 cooked pot roasts with carrots, onions and potatoes served with biscuits and gravy and cheesecake.

Total all the A________

Total all the B________

Total all the C________

Next week I will tell you what type you are and what percent of protein and Carbohydrates you should eat. This makes a big difference in your bodies overall health, and weight. Each of us is different and unique.  If you eat what is right for me that may not work for you.

come back for additional information on what a A, B, or C should be eating to best support their metabolic type.

Toxic ingredients and/or chemicals found in our food and skincare products. Methylparaben is from the  family of chemicals called parabens, and is pretty commonly used as a preservative in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and food.

It is readily and completely absorbed directly through the skin and the gastrointestinal tract, meaning it has absolutely no problem getting into your system via any means. For this reason, among others, it is actually banned in the U.K. for use in all fragrances – but not here in the U.S..

Various studies have shown methylparabens to disrupt our endocrine system, and is considered a High Hazard ingredient by many consumer groups. According to them, methylparabens are linked to cancer, immunotoxicity, and organ system toxicity. Not very safe stuff! So what products are methylparabens found in? The list is gigantic, and some of the biggest names in the cosmetics industry are included:

• Revlon
• Aveda
• Avon
• L’Oreal
• Estée Lauder
• Murad
• Pantene
• St. Ives
• Clinique
• Freeze 24

Like I said, the list goes on and on, so you might be hard pressed to find products that DON’T have methylparabens in them. However, if you can do it, it is best to avoid these parabens altogether – the risk isn’t worth it to me when there are safer alternatives available. Read ingredient lists!  Check out www.Frownies.com

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It’s time.  The tools are at hand.  It just takes our combined efforts.  Drs Cedric Garland, UCSD School of Medicine and Tracey O’Connor, Roswell Park Cancer Institute will present information on how prevention can work with vitamin D and, what a cancer treatment protocol would look like.  Save your daughters!–your wives, your friends, your patients from this disease.

Don’t stop with breast cancer–infectious diseases, type 1 diabetes, hypertension, colon cancer, falls in the elderly are just a few more diseases that are affected by vitamin D serum levels.  The objective of the seminar will be to provide all health care professionals with the information needed to take action NOW.  It is estimated that 25-50% of any healthcare budget could be saved with vitamin D serum levels between 40-60 ng/ml (100-150 nmol/L).

Presenters include some of the best know vitamin D researchers/practitioners:  Robert P. Heaney, Creighton University, Reinhold Vieth, University of Toronto, John White, McGill University and Susan Whiting, University of Saskatchewan.

November 3, 2009, University of Toronto, Canada

This was sent to me to attend the event.  I am copying you so you all see it is happening and we do not have to wait for the Doctor to tell us to take vitamin D3 the evidence is everywhere.

I sent away for the test and did my own test today.  I will let you all know as soon as I get results.

I want to keep reminding you all, according to “Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine,” it has been discovered that many of the body’s tissues contain vitamin D receptors, rendering them capable of transforming the nutrient into its active form.

Consequently, many recently conducted studies maintain that significant increases in vitamin D supplementation should be considered, since vitamin D has been found to be an important factor in the prevention of cancers, cardiovascular and autoimmune diseases, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and infections.

Author of, “Is Vitamin D deficiency casting a cloud over your health?,” Dr. Marcelle Pick explains, “Many of today’s conventional clinicians … may not be in the habit for testing for vitamin D deficiency or … familiar with treatment.”

This is unfortunate, especially because 85 to 90 percent of people aren’t getting enough of the vitamin.

Getting enough D, said Pick, “isn’t as simple as drinking more fortified milk” or, I suspect, spending time in the Tempe sun between classes.

In fact, it would take gallons of fortified milk a day to reach optimum D levels, and the SPF 15 we are supposed to be wearing every day is enough to ward off the UVB rays required for D conversion.

Hopefully you  now know what you can do to increase your intake of vitamin D. Unfortunately,  discoveries are radically changing ideas about how much D is enough.

The daily recommended vitamin D intake is 5 mcg for most adults.

However, the consensus among experts is that this is far too low. (I am taking 4000 IU)

But don’t take my word for it.

Ask your doctor to have your vitamin D levels tested. Talk to him or her about how much D is safe, or advisable, to include in your diet. Allow yourself some limited sun exposure, take a multivitamin and eat nutrient-rich foods.

“Most Americans get too little vitamin D which is needed to increase calcium absorption and regulate bone production. Adults need 200 IUs daily, 400 IUs after age 50, and 600 IUs after 70.”

Follow the advice of the Diagnosticians and US recommended daily allowances  one may remain woefully low in vitamin D. Many who have tested said in the lack of sunshine their  vitamin D was low and was dropping on 2000 IU a day. I was able to get it up to 50ng/ml with 5000 IU a day. The only way to know if you are getting enough D is to get a 25(OH)D test. You can order your own vitamin D test through www.grassrootshealth.net

The recommended munbers will not be corrected fast enough to help us now.  We will need to think four our selves and increase our levels but a test after a few months of supplementing is a good idea just to see where you sit.  Dr. Mercola’s says it is not necessary to check if  you have not been taking supplements and you are the average on the computer and in the office worker. You are deficient. so save the money by giviing it a few months on at least 2000 IU, then test after three months and see if you are up.

By the way read a few of my milk articles and see that drinking milk and eating dairy products for calcium or vitamin D is a political lie.

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