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iHealthTube

Hi. I just wanted to tell you about this new site I recently came across. If you ever find yourself looking for straightforward information regarding a wide range of natural health topics, check out IHealthTube.com and follow them on Twitter too. The online video site is supported by Swanson Health Products who carries products such as stevia! (for a reasonable price too). iHealthtube is aiming to be the Internets leader in health videos and conversations. I felt like I was actually sitting in a doctors office as I watched the first video. They are not even trying to do the spunky cyber fame thing. There is nothing flashy about it, which could be a good thing. We need these no-nonsense, 'serious about our health' blips.

Videos I've watched so far:

Thyroid and Weight Gain where Dr. Stephen Langer explains how nutritional imbalances and low thyroid produce symptoms similar to that of fibromyalgia.

How to Know if You're Really Hungry where Ori Hofmekler explains how you can know the difference between real hunger and false hunger and cravings. (Good one) Cookies and cake are false hungers and most processed foods are addicting. (Damn) Also, explains ways to break the vicious cycle of the junk food habit.

Why Sugar is So Bad For You where Frank Murray explains why the sweetness is bad for our health and what to do to prevent diabetes. Also the video provides details on how to prevent diabetes and the best exercise for diabetics.

I could sit and watch these videos all day. Here's their extensive topic list. Maybe one day, they will allow for us to embed videos directly onto our sites.

Anyway, hope you are feeling great!! My mom gave me a box of 88 apples the other day that I have to attend to. I'm thinking of apple butter, apple sauce, apple juice, and apple chips. 

Why you should know the Health Ranger

Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, is serious about saving this world from ill health on all fronts. He is a man with a mission of teaching people how to be healthy; a holistic nutritionist who overcame obesity, crippling pain and chronic disease using natural health strategies he freely shares with others.

Generally Mike Adams suggests avoiding the following:

• Sodium nitrite (causes cancer)
• MSG / monosodium glutamate / yeast extract (causes obesity and nerve damage)
• Hydrogenated oils (causes heart disease)
• High-fructose corn syrup / sugar / sucrose (causes diabetes and obesity)
• Artificial colors (causes behavioral disorders)
• Aspartame (causes brain damage, optic nerve damage)
• Homogenized milk fats (cause heart disease and cardiovascular disorders)
• Red meat (absolutely no beef, pork, or other red meat)
• Cows' milk, cheese and dairy products
• Soft drinks, junk foods, snack foods or fast foods
• Processed foods such as cookies, crackers, frozen dinners, etc.
• Fried foods
• White flour and any foods containing white flour
• Refined carbohydrates such as breads, cereals, pastries, pizza dough, etc.
• Fruit juice drinks
• Brand-name laundry detergents (loaded with toxic fragrance chemicals)
• Popular deodorants (contain aluminum)
• Fluoride toothpaste (fluoride is a dangerous ingredient)

And

• Absolutely no prescription drugs or pharmaceuticals whatsoever.
• No visits to M.D.s or western medical doctors (visits naturopathic physicians only)
• No following the USDA's ridiculous Food Guide Pyramid (Download the Honest Food Guide below)
  
• No steroids, andro supplements or other questionable bodybuilding supplements
• No diet pills, stimulants or fat burning pills
• No fad dieting

His recipe for Health Success includes:

• Quinoa (boiled, used as cereal or soup base)
• Tofu, soymilk and soy products
• Healthy oils from: avocados, extra virgin coconut oil, macedamia nuts, cashews, almonds, peanuts, flax oil, olive oil
• Daily breakfast with Jenny Lee Supergreens shake: 2 cups soymilk + 1 scoop supergreens powder + 1 tablespoon aloe vera gel + 1 tablespoon coconut oil + coral calcium powder + stevia + chocolate rice protein + natural peanut butter
• Superfoods such as chlorella, spirulina, sea vegetables, broccoli sprouts, sunflower sprouts, wheat grass, and various greens powders
• Massive quantities of vegetables: salad greens, cilantro, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, snow peas, okra, tomatoes, zucchini, etc.
• Raw, fresh fruits, especially berries (massive quantities of blueberries)
• Healing foods such as garlic, ginger, onions, etc.
• Daily doses of nutritional supplements: whole food supplements, organic vitamins, Standard Process tablets, Alive! supplements, vitamin C
• Daily doses of rainforest herbs: Amazon herbs, chanca piedra, etc.
• One hour of full exposure to intense natural sunlight on a near-daily basis with no sunscreen (important for vibrational nutrition and essential for mental health, bone density, vitamin D production, etc.)
• Other various nutritional and herbal supplements depending on need

Be sure to Download the Honest Food Guide.

At the end of the day, if we were to follow The Health Ranger's lead and guidelines for healthy living, we would see that his work is instrumental and healing (as extreme as it may seem). Mike Adams provides enlightenment in the form of digital books via Truth Publishing, his media company, with titles such as: The 7 Laws of Nutrition,The Five Soft Drink Monsters, Spam Filters for Your Brain, Grocery Warning: Avoid the Groceries that Cause Disease, and How to Halt Diabetes in 25 Days. These information packed titles are to be discovered through his website. There you will also find free e-books available for download such as, How to end Cruelty to Animals, People, and Nature; An Introduction to Cell Foods; Superfoods for Optimum Health: Chlorella and Spirulina; and the Healing Power of Sunlight & Vitamin D. Amazingly, he also has time to provide us with daily emails and 1500+ articles through News Target. Thanks Health Ranger!!

 

The Consumer Wellness Center.

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More reasons to drink Green Tea

A recent study published in Circulation, the journal of the American Heart Association, found that drinking at least two cups of green tea a day reduces the risk of dying from a heart attack by an astonishing 44 percent.

Green tea contains a variety of chemical compounds, minerals, vitamins, volatile oils and essential nutrients, but the primary compounds believed to provide green tea with its health and medicinal effects are polyphenols, particulary epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG).

Green Tea catechins (EGCG)  belong to the flavan-3-ol flavonoids which are potent antioxidant compounds. The extraordinary health benefits of these class of polyphenolic substances in green tea are instrumental in preventing, inhibiting, and combating oxidative stress, a syndrome causative of some neurodegenerative diseases, some cardiovascular diseases, and certain cancers.

One study in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology has also been shown to reduce the risk of HIV infection and slow the spread of the virus in people who are already infected. The journal shows that the EGCG component prevents the virus that causes AIDS from binding to immune system cells. EGCG does this by binding to immune system cells first, leaving no room for HIV to attach to the cells. Researchers stress that this is not a cure, nor is it a safe way to avoid infection but do suggest that it should be used in combination with conventional medicines to improve quality of life for those infected.

Simply sipping can:

• Help Reduce Cholesterol

• Burn Calories by raising metabolism and decreasing appetite

• Sustain your body with vitamins C (a stress reliever, infection fighter, and immune system booster), vitamin B (a carbohydrate metabolizer), and vitamin E (an aging fighter)

• Reduce plaque formation and bacterial infections in the mouth

• Provide the body with minerals such as magnesium, zinc and potassium

• Aid with the prevention and relief of type-two diabetes, specifically cataracts.

• Relieve and prevent arthritis

My Pick:

Over the past few weeks I've been trying out different brands of teas. Typical teas found in the grocery store do not compare to the health benefits of Srina green tea due to the fact that many packaged teas contain fluoride and/or aluminum. The fragrance of this loose leafed tea is much more therapeutic in nature than its counterparts; deliciously light and refreshingly sweet.

Additionally, consumers who buy Srina green tea will effectively be supporting the Paradise Community Project in Sri Lanka and assisting in better living for the small-scale farmers. The project is committed to eco-friendly farming and offers their farmers above-average wages, a clean and safe working environment and training towards sustainable development using local natural resources.

The benefits of green tea are obviously unending and becoming conscious of where we get our foods should be prerequisites for consuming them. Supporting the Srina tea farms has brought a sense of peace to my entire being, and I'm not just saying that, it really did:)

P.S. The packaging is quite impressive available in either a sac, hand wrapped in a rustic recycled paper and tied with natural fiber, or a basket, constructed of woven natural cane wreaths. They make for perfect gifts.

Energize, Detoxify, and Prolong Your Life - Sip green tea daily!

Hippocrates to Kurzweil on Health

Let food be thy medicine, and medicine thy food, said Hippocrates, the teacher of anatomy who is regarded as the Father of Medicine. He was known to reject superstitions and beliefs that credited supernatural or divine forces with causing illness. He separated the discipline of medicine from philosophy and religion, believing and arguing that disease was not a punishment inflicted by the gods but rather the product of environmental factors, diet, and living habits. 

Some 2,400 years later, his words still ring true to many ears. For decades the medical community was skeptical about the thought that proper nutrition could prevent and treat ailments such as cancer, heart disease, and even depression. I believe we are on the road to recovery due to the extensive research of scientists worldwide and the widespread availability of information available on health; our greatest wealth.

Meet Ray Kurzweil, the author of Fantastic Voyage-Live Long Enough to Live Forever. He, along with Terry Grossman have developed a program designed to slow aging and disease processes.

Here are a few suggestions from the The Short Guide to a Long Life by the  Authors:

• Drink alkaline water (use an alkaline ionizer machine)
• Replace sugar with Stevia
• Avoid harsh foods (caffeine, sugar, alcohol, chemicals, fried foods, Aspartame, Saccharin)
• Lower carb intake & use a starch blocker
• Chew food thoroughly for better digestion
• Increase fiber intake (25 grams per day)
• Employ aggressive nutritional supplements (B12, B6, Folic Acid, B2, Zinc, Magnesium)
• And of course, adequate amounts of EXERCISE!

My favorite part from the Guide, Ideas for Living More Fully:

• Be aware of the seasons
• Get some sun each day (about 5-10 minutes)
• Practice Lucid Dreaming
• Seek quiet environments
• Seek out beauty
• Don't be unduly attached to things (consider how many wars are fought over rocks and sand)
• Don't be unduly concerned with what other people think about you (except that you may be able to learn something useful about yourself by listening to valid criticism and taking it to heart)
• Give criticism very sparingly (only if you really need to help someone)
• Keep learning
• Keep challenging yourself
• Be optimistic
• Be grateful (and express it)
• Give yourself to someone
• Have integrity
• Take responsibility for your well Being
• Keep a journal (it helps put concerns into perspective)
• Never retire, but do change the perspective of your work from time to time.
• Most importantly, Practice the four C's: Challenge, Commitment, Curioisity, and Creativity.

The Short Guide to a Long Life is available here and will remain on the sidebar indefinitely. Have a Lucid Day!

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Introduction to LN

Hello! My name is Briana Franco, the author of Lucid Nutrition.

I have taken such a long time to begin this blog for good reason. I have been trying to understand what 'Lucid Nutrition' really means and how the content here will be useful not only for myself, family, and friends, but for any person who happens to come across this page. I have been in a research process for quite some time now, online and in books. I was searching for some sort of definition or explanation for LN when it finally hit me; Lucid Nutrition is just what it is. Simple.

Lets take a look at the definition for the word Lucid:

lucid. an adjective. 1 expressed clearly; easy to understand : a lucid account, written in a clear and lucid style. ˚showing ability to think clearly, esp. in the intervals between periods of confusion or insanity: he has a few lucid moments every now and then. ˚Psychology (of a dream) experienced with the dreamer feeling awake, aware of dreaming, and able to control events consciously. 2 poetic/literary bright or luminous : birds dipped their wings in the lucid flow of air.

and now the definition for the word Nutrition:

nutrition. a noun. the process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth : a guide to good nutrition. ˚food; nourishment : the substances necessary for growth, health, and good condition.

I plan on explaining more about what it means to become Lucid in our lives throughout the lifeline of this blog. Most importantly, is the notion that nutrition, the substances necessary for growth, are not limited to the physical ingredients which we put down our throats and into the digestive system. It also consist of the thoughts we think, the air we breathe, our daily environment, people surroundings, and how we handle the experiences we meet.

The research done for Lucid Nutrition will strive to help consumers like you and me feel less confused about what to buy, what to eat, and how to find strength and peace for a sound body and mind. Choices we make every day significantly influence our chances of feeling healthy, happy, energetic, and clear-minded.

Sound health is much more than the absence of sickness. It is the conscious pursuit of the highest qualities of the physical, environmental, mental, emotional, spiritual, and social aspects of the human experience.

We will delve deep into the past learning about ancient healing techniques like Ayurveda, Yoga, Dance, Reiki, Chakras and venture into the future where bodies will be healed quicker and easier by the rapid advances in technology.

We will test and try various recipes, opening our minds to new vegetables, fruits, spices, herbs and vitamins. We will sip on various teas, nibble on blueberries, and learn stretching routines and exercises great upon rising in the morning. Together we will discover more and more about complementary and alternative healing techniques; holistic and integrative, art therapy, foods we should avoid and eat, plus so much more.

The ultimate mission of Lucid Nutrition is to share what I am learning with you in the hopes that my findings may enliven your life as they do mine. To produce health, prevent and fight dis-ease and to have a greater awareness of our body/mind/heart/soul is what Lucid Nutrition is all about.

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