Saturday afternoon I started to get really congested. I could definitely tell that I was starting a cold. I wasn't surprised. I have been pretty stressed with school, and I haven't been sleeping well. Good combination for my immune system to shut down a little.
My colds always run the same course. The sore throat is by far the worst part for me, and I have never had a cold that I haven't gotten a very sore throat.
I was actually kind of excited to be getting sick! What an awesome opportunity to try some herbs!
I chose echinacea root and nettles as my healers. I have been making an infusion of the two herbs and drinking 3 to 4 cups a day. I haven't been eating much, just enough to stay satisfied. I don't have much of an appetite, but I crave the tea (kind of like kids wanting vegetables before sweets until sugar is introduced, they crave what their bodies want).
Almost always, the second day of my colds are the worst. Sometimes it isn't until the third day. Well, it is day 3. My throat never got sore. It is scratchy and a little raw feeling, but totally tolerable. I am still congested, and haven't been able to breathe out of my left nostril for the most part. This is by far the most tolerable that a cold has ever been for me.
I also avoided milk yesterday because I am still not sure that it doesn't create mucous. But I was really craving a glass of milk this morning so I decided to try it. Remember that I am drinking raw milk. After I drank the milk, my throat felt less scratchy, but not mucousy. :) Neat!
Oh yeah.. one more thing. I am going to try to keep this from turning into a rant.
I am getting a lot of people that are on my case about raw milk being $10 a gallon. I want to add how much it cost me to control this cold.
1. Water. I think we pay about 25 cents a gallon.
2. Echinacea root and nettles. I don't remember the exact price of the herbs that I bought, but they are usually about a dollar an ounce. So, a zip lock sandwich bag costs about a dollar.
How much are over the counter cold medicines? A LOT more than herbs. How effective are they? Well, the otc drugs are masking your symptoms while the cold runs its course. The herbs strengthen your immune system and shorten the duration and severity of the cold tremendously. That's a no brainer for me.
And as far as raw milk being $10 a gallon. Let's estimate what people spend of starbucks.
- I would easily say that the average price for a drink at starbucks is $5. We can stop there and say that 2 drinks from starbucks would buy a gallon of raw milk. We all know which one is healthier.
-If you get starbucks 2x a week, that's $10/week or $40/month. That is 4 gallons of raw milk.
-If you get starbucks 4x a week, that's $20/week or $80/month. That is 8 gallons of raw milk.
I'm merely responding to my biggest pet peeve when it comes to taking care of our bodies, and more importantly our kids bodies. People use the "it's too expensive to eat healthy" far too easily. It takes some effort, but most people spend more money than they know on things that add up fast: fast food (Johnnie and I can have a way more healthy dinner for a lot less than fast food if we plan ahead), coffee shops, candy bars, bottles of water, etc etc etc. I am all for people spending their money on what makes them happy, but let's knock off the "it's too expensive" thought process. It is a lot more about priorities than people care to admit.
I will post again and note the progress of my cold.
Have a great week!
Monday, November 16, 2009
Friday, October 30, 2009
Raw Milk
Good morning! Please note that I never thought that I would be writing a blog. Yesterday was my first attempt at a real blog intended to share things that I know. Thank all of you for the kind words. You are my inspiration to keep writing. :)
Okay, so let's define "raw milk". I realize that it might sound scary. Some people have an unsavory feeling when they hear the word "raw". A lot of people don't like raw food. Sushi, steak tartar, even meats not cooked well done. Raw milk is simply milk that is not processed. I have an excerpt from Organic Pastures that I think will encourage everyone to keep reading.
-After pasteurization, bacteria found naturally in milk are killed. During the high temperature heating process, cell bodies of these bacteria are ruptured and their contents are spilled, releasing intracellular proteins. This causes many milk drinkers to suffer histamine or allergic reactions. Almost all of these same consumers can drink raw milk and not have allergies. The high levels of bacteria permitted in milk intended for pasteurization are still found in pasteurized milk; they are just dead and not removed by the process.
Did you get that? Our commercial milk still has all of the dead bacteria, that the processing has destroyed, still in it. I'll let you reread that. This is why lactose intolerance is not an issue with raw milk.
Feel like you just got punched in the stomach? I do. I feel lied to. I'm angry at the lack of education, and I want to help change it.
Before we go on, I want to address the issue of cost. Raw milk is not cheap. It averages roughly $10 a gallon. GASP! (get it out folks...) Might I be so bold as to suggest that you read on. Knowledge is power. Power makes you want to do things like stop buying soft drinks and fruit juices (fruit juices, even 100% juice, are loaded with sugar! They should be diluted, or better yet, eat the whole fruit. Fruit intake should still be limited to a serving or 2 a day because of the spike in blood sugar) and buy something that has more health benefits than I will even be able to begin to share with you. The economy sucks is not a very good excuse. Here is my challenging thought today: Why are our priorities so screwed up? Why are we spending money on things that are literally setting ourselves and our kids up for disease? We are making ourselves and our children sick! Maybe it's time to prioritize differently. Take a month and keep all of your grocery receipts. Add up all of the money that you spent on unhealthy choices. Wouldn't that money be better spent on things to keep you and your family healthy? I'm trying to strike a nerve people! It is our responsibility to learn how to take care of ourselves and our families!
*I was searching for a link and found something that said that raw milk should not be consumed by babies. WHAT!?! Guess what breast milk is? RAW MILK! (note that raw milk should always come from a reputable source just like everything else we buy)* (sorry for the interruption, just thought I should touch on that).
I am giving links for resources on raw milk, but I want to spend a little more time on why commercial milk is not good for anyone. Note that organic milk is still always pasteurized and homogenized most of the time.
Commercial milk...
- has additives.
- is from cows treated with antibiotics.
- is from cows treated with hormones.
- is from cows that never see a pasture. (resulting in nutritionally void milk)
- is from cows that live in piles of manure. (this is just not good for your health)
- comes from cows that live in steel and concrete environments. Stressed cows aren't healthy.
- comes from cows fed genetically modified foods.
- is pasteurized. Pasteurization of milk causes lactose intolerance.
- is missing enzymes which make it difficult to digest.
- is missing good bacteria leading to a weakened immune system.
- the system has been designed for economy, compromising natural purity and wholesome qualities of milk.
- is only accountable to FDA inspectors during limited times
Some people are going to question the fat content in raw milk. Animal fats are what our bodies are designed to run on. I'll do a whole blog on it, but I am down 30 lbs, and maintaining it without a problem, and I eat more animal fats then ever. Want to lose weight? Worry about sugar and vegetable fats (quite unnatural since you can't squeeze a kernel of corn and get oil). I don't want to stray too far, so for now keep in mind that I promise to explain why animal fats are good fats. :)
I'm going to leave it at this for now... I have a paper to write on sugar, and I think I am aiming it towards how Big Sugar is the new Big Tobacco. I'll be sure to post it when it's done! I hope I have given enough food for thought. That's what I want... to get ya thinking. :)
- Where can you find raw milk? Start here.
- Solid raw milk facts
- Organic Pasturs
- for AZ raw milk, Save Your Dairy
VERY INFORMATIVE VIDEO! Part 1 of 8. The first few are full of facts. The rest are also on you tube.
*I would like to note that I do not share anything that I cannot give a reliable source for. I know that the majority of information out there is confusing and most of it false. My commitment is to do everything I can not to add to the confusion, but to start to educate people so that they can do right by their health and their children's health.
Enjoy the day!
Okay, so let's define "raw milk". I realize that it might sound scary. Some people have an unsavory feeling when they hear the word "raw". A lot of people don't like raw food. Sushi, steak tartar, even meats not cooked well done. Raw milk is simply milk that is not processed. I have an excerpt from Organic Pastures that I think will encourage everyone to keep reading.
-After pasteurization, bacteria found naturally in milk are killed. During the high temperature heating process, cell bodies of these bacteria are ruptured and their contents are spilled, releasing intracellular proteins. This causes many milk drinkers to suffer histamine or allergic reactions. Almost all of these same consumers can drink raw milk and not have allergies. The high levels of bacteria permitted in milk intended for pasteurization are still found in pasteurized milk; they are just dead and not removed by the process.
Did you get that? Our commercial milk still has all of the dead bacteria, that the processing has destroyed, still in it. I'll let you reread that. This is why lactose intolerance is not an issue with raw milk.
Feel like you just got punched in the stomach? I do. I feel lied to. I'm angry at the lack of education, and I want to help change it.
Before we go on, I want to address the issue of cost. Raw milk is not cheap. It averages roughly $10 a gallon. GASP! (get it out folks...) Might I be so bold as to suggest that you read on. Knowledge is power. Power makes you want to do things like stop buying soft drinks and fruit juices (fruit juices, even 100% juice, are loaded with sugar! They should be diluted, or better yet, eat the whole fruit. Fruit intake should still be limited to a serving or 2 a day because of the spike in blood sugar) and buy something that has more health benefits than I will even be able to begin to share with you. The economy sucks is not a very good excuse. Here is my challenging thought today: Why are our priorities so screwed up? Why are we spending money on things that are literally setting ourselves and our kids up for disease? We are making ourselves and our children sick! Maybe it's time to prioritize differently. Take a month and keep all of your grocery receipts. Add up all of the money that you spent on unhealthy choices. Wouldn't that money be better spent on things to keep you and your family healthy? I'm trying to strike a nerve people! It is our responsibility to learn how to take care of ourselves and our families!
*I was searching for a link and found something that said that raw milk should not be consumed by babies. WHAT!?! Guess what breast milk is? RAW MILK! (note that raw milk should always come from a reputable source just like everything else we buy)* (sorry for the interruption, just thought I should touch on that).
I am giving links for resources on raw milk, but I want to spend a little more time on why commercial milk is not good for anyone. Note that organic milk is still always pasteurized and homogenized most of the time.
Commercial milk...
- has additives.
- is from cows treated with antibiotics.
- is from cows treated with hormones.
- is from cows that never see a pasture. (resulting in nutritionally void milk)
- is from cows that live in piles of manure. (this is just not good for your health)
- comes from cows that live in steel and concrete environments. Stressed cows aren't healthy.
- comes from cows fed genetically modified foods.
- is pasteurized. Pasteurization of milk causes lactose intolerance.
- is missing enzymes which make it difficult to digest.
- is missing good bacteria leading to a weakened immune system.
- the system has been designed for economy, compromising natural purity and wholesome qualities of milk.
- is only accountable to FDA inspectors during limited times
Some people are going to question the fat content in raw milk. Animal fats are what our bodies are designed to run on. I'll do a whole blog on it, but I am down 30 lbs, and maintaining it without a problem, and I eat more animal fats then ever. Want to lose weight? Worry about sugar and vegetable fats (quite unnatural since you can't squeeze a kernel of corn and get oil). I don't want to stray too far, so for now keep in mind that I promise to explain why animal fats are good fats. :)
I'm going to leave it at this for now... I have a paper to write on sugar, and I think I am aiming it towards how Big Sugar is the new Big Tobacco. I'll be sure to post it when it's done! I hope I have given enough food for thought. That's what I want... to get ya thinking. :)
- Where can you find raw milk? Start here.
- Solid raw milk facts
- Organic Pasturs
- for AZ raw milk, Save Your Dairy
VERY INFORMATIVE VIDEO! Part 1 of 8. The first few are full of facts. The rest are also on you tube.
*I would like to note that I do not share anything that I cannot give a reliable source for. I know that the majority of information out there is confusing and most of it false. My commitment is to do everything I can not to add to the confusion, but to start to educate people so that they can do right by their health and their children's health.
Enjoy the day!
Thursday, October 29, 2009
146 Reasons why sugar is ruining your health
146 Reasons Why Sugar Is Ruining Your Health
By Nancy Appleton, Ph.D.
1. Sugar can suppress the immune system.
2. Sugar upsets the mineral relationships in the body.
3. Sugar can cause hyperactivity, anxiety, difficulty concentrating, and crankiness in children.
4. Sugar can produce a significant rise in triglycerides.
5. Sugar contributes to the reduction in defense against bacterial infection (infectious diseases).
6. Sugar causes a loss of tissue elasticity and function, the more sugar you eat the more elasticity and function you loose.
7. Sugar reduces high density lipoproteins.
8. Sugar leads to chromium deficiency.
9 Sugar leads to cancer of the ovaries.
10. Sugar can increase fasting levels of glucose.
11. Sugar causes copper deficiency.
12. Sugar interferes with absorption of calcium and magnesium.
13. Sugar can weaken eyesight.
14. Sugar raises the level of a neurotransmitters: dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine.
15. Sugar can cause hypoglycemia.
16. Sugar can produce an acidic digestive tract.
17. Sugar can cause a rapid rise of adrenaline levels in children.
18. Sugar malabsorption is frequent in patients with functional bowel disease.
19. Sugar can cause premature aging.
20. Sugar can lead to alcoholism.
21. Sugar can cause tooth decay.
22. Sugar contributes to obesity
23. High intake of sugar increases the risk of Crohn's disease, and ulcerative colitis.
24. Sugar can cause changes frequently found in person with gastric or duodenal ulcers.
25. Sugar can cause arthritis.
26. Sugar can cause asthma.
27. Sugar greatly assists the uncontrolled growth of Candida Albicans (yeast infections).
28. Sugar can cause gallstones.
29. Sugar can cause heart disease.
30. Sugar can cause appendicitis.
31. Sugar can cause multiple sclerosis.
32. Sugar can cause hemorrhoids.
33. Sugar can cause varicose veins.
34. Sugar can elevate glucose and insulin responses in oral contraceptive users.
35. Sugar can lead to periodontal disease.
36. Sugar can contribute to osteoporosis.
37. Sugar contributes to saliva acidity.
38. Sugar can cause a decrease in insulin sensitivity.
39. Sugar can lower the amount of Vitamin E (alpha-Tocopherol in the blood.
40. Sugar can decrease growth hormone.
41. Sugar can increase cholesterol.
42. Sugar can increase the systolic blood pressure.
43. Sugar can cause drowsiness and decreased activity in children.
44. High sugar intake increases advanced glycation end products (AGEs)(Sugar bound non-enzymatically to protein)
45. Sugar can interfere with the absorption of protein.
46. Sugar causes food allergies.
47. Sugar can contribute to diabetes.
48. Sugar can cause toxemia during pregnancy.
49. Sugar can contribute to eczema in children.
50. Sugar can cause cardiovascular disease.
51. Sugar can impair the structure of DNA
52. Sugar can change the structure of protein.
53. Sugar can make our skin age by changing the structure of collagen.
54. Sugar can cause cataracts.
55. Sugar can cause emphysema.
56. Sugar can cause atherosclerosis.
57. Sugar can promote an elevation of low density lipoproteins (LDL).
58. High sugar intake can impair the physiological homeostasis of many systems in the body.
59. Sugar lowers the enzymes ability to function.
60. Sugar intake is higher in people with Parkinson’s disease.
61. Sugar can cause a permanent altering the way the proteins act in the body.
62. Sugar can increase the size of the liver by making the liver cells divide.
63. Sugar can increase the amount of liver fat.
64. Sugar can increase kidney size and produce pathological changes in the kidney.
65. Sugar can damage the pancreas.
66. Sugar can increase the body's fluid retention.
67. Sugar is enemy #1 of the bowel movement.
68. Sugar can cause myopia (nearsightedness).
69. Sugar can compromise the lining of the capillaries.
70. Sugar can make the tendons more brittle.
71. Sugar can cause headaches, including migraine.
72. Sugar plays a role in pancreatic cancer in women.
73. Sugar can adversely affect school children's grades and cause learning disorders..
74. Sugar can cause an increase in delta, alpha, and theta brain waves.
75. Sugar can cause depression.
76. Sugar increases the risk of gastric cancer.
77. Sugar and cause dyspepsia (indigestion).
78. Sugar can increase your risk of getting gout.
79. Sugar can increase the levels of glucose in an oral glucose tolerance test over the ingestion of complex carbohydrates.
80. Sugar can increase the insulin responses in humans consuming high-sugar diets compared to low sugar diets.
81 High refined sugar diet reduces learning capacity.
82. Sugar can cause less effective functioning of two blood proteins, albumin, and lipoproteins, which may reduce the body’s ability to handle fat and cholesterol.
83. Sugar can contribute to Alzheimer’s disease.
84. Sugar can cause platelet adhesiveness.
85. Sugar can cause hormonal imbalance; some hormones become underactive and others become overactive.
86. Sugar can lead to the formation of kidney stones.
87. Sugar can lead to the hypothalamus to become highly sensitive to a large variety of stimuli.
88. Sugar can lead to dizziness.
89. Diets high in sugar can cause free radicals and oxidative stress.
90. High sucrose diets of subjects with peripheral vascular disease significantly increases platelet adhesion.
91. High sugar diet can lead to biliary tract cancer.
92. Sugar feeds cancer.
93. High sugar consumption of pregnant adolescents is associated with a twofold increased risk for delivering a small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infant.
94. High sugar consumption can lead to substantial decrease in gestation duration among adolescents.
95. Sugar slows food's travel time through the gastrointestinal tract.
96. Sugar increases the concentration of bile acids in stools and bacterial enzymes in the colon. This can modify bile to produce cancer-causing compounds and colon cancer.
97. Sugar increases estradiol (the most potent form of naturally occurring estrogen) in men.
98. Sugar combines and destroys phosphatase, an enzyme, which makes the process of digestion more difficult.
99. Sugar can be a risk factor of gallbladder cancer.
100. Sugar is an addictive substance.
101. Sugar can be intoxicating, similar to alcohol.
102. Sugar can exacerbate PMS.
103. Sugar given to premature babies can affect the amount of carbon dioxide they produce.
104. Decrease in sugar intake can increase emotional stability.
105. The body changes sugar into 2 to 5 times more fat in the bloodstream than it does starch.
106. The rapid absorption of sugar promotes excessive food intake in obese subjects.
107. Sugar can worsen the symptoms of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
108. Sugar adversely affects urinary electrolyte composition.
109. Sugar can slow down the ability of the adrenal glands to function.
110. Sugar has the potential of inducing abnormal metabolic processes in a normal healthy individual and to promote chronic degenerative diseases.
111.. I.Vs (intravenous feedings) of sugar water can cut off oxygen to the brain.
112. High sucrose intake could be an important risk factor in lung cancer.
113. Sugar increases the risk of polio.
114. High sugar intake can cause epileptic seizures.
115. Sugar causes high blood pressure in obese people.
116. In Intensive Care Units, limiting sugar saves lives.
117. Sugar may induce cell death.
118. Sugar can increase the amount of food that you eat.
119. In juvenile rehabilitation camps, when children were put on a low sugar diet, there was a 44% drop in antisocial behavior.
120. Sugar can lead to prostrate cancer.
121. Sugar dehydrates newborns.
122. Sugar increases the estradiol in young men.
123. Sugar can cause low birth weight babies.
124. Greater consumption of refined sugar is associated with a worse outcome of schizophrenia
125. Sugar can raise homocysteine levels in the blood stream.
126. Sweet food items increase the risk of breast cancer.
127. Sugar is a risk factor in cancer of the small intestine.
128. Sugar may cause laryngeal cancer.
129. Sugar induces salt and water retention.
130. Sugar may contribute to mild memory loss.
131. As sugar increases in the diet of 10 years olds, there is a linear decrease in the intake of many essential nutrients.
132. Sugar can increase the total amount of food consumed.
133. Exposing a newborn to sugar results in a heightened preference for sucrose relative to water at 6 months and 2 years of age.
134. Sugar causes constipation.
135. Sugar causes varicous veins.
136. Sugar can cause brain decay in prediabetic and diabetic women.
137. Sugar can increase the risk of stomach cancer.
138. Sugar can cause metabolic syndrome.
139. Sugar ingestion by pregnant women increases neural tube defects in embryos.
140. Sugar can be a factor in asthma.
141. The higher the sugar consumption the more chances of getting irritable bowel syndrome.
142. Sugar could affect central reward systems.
143. Sugar can cause cancer of the rectum.
144. Sugar can cause endometrial cancer.
145. Sugar can cause renal (kidney) cell carcinoma.
146. Sugar can cause liver tumors.
My Health
For those of you that know me and see me on a regular basis, you know how sick I was. I wasn't able to leave the house for a solid month, and had 3 more months where I could barely get off of the couch. I was tired, I was nauseous 24/7, I was vomiting everyday, my digestive system was totally out of wack, my body pain was severe, my skin was burning and tingling, I had headaches, etc etc etc. I also made a list of the things that have ailed me all of my life: ear infections, vomiting constantly as a child, poly cystic ovary syndrome, prediabetes, serious digestive problems, weight issues, and more.
The first thing I want to say in my next paragraph, is that I do not hate doctors. I hate how doctor's are trained. Medical schools are funded by pharmaceutical companies. This explains why less than 50% (that is being generous) of doctors in the United States do not receive adequate nutrition education. If you are seriously injured in an accident, your chances of surviving trauma are better here than in any other country in the world. But as far as our health, they are trained to find a pharmaceutical to sell us to make the symptoms go away, but never dealing with the underlying cause. IF WE DO NOT FIX THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM, THE PROBLEM WILL NOT GO AWAY! What a nice lead in to my next thoughts...
I have been going to conventional doctors for as long as I can remember. I have taken more medications than I can list.
- I had an extremely severe headache for a year. In that year, I spent thousands of spinal taps, cat scans, blood work, pain killers, anti inflammatories, etc. Doctors never found the cause. I was never asked what I ate.
- I had a Mirena IUD for birth control. If you have ever seen a commercial for Mirena, you have heard all of the nasty side effects. I had almost ALL of them! I gained 40 lbs in 2 months, I had acne everywhere (I have always had near perfect skin), I had cysts all over my ovaries (including 2 the size of grapefruits), I couldn't control my blood sugar, I was severely depressed, I had labor and contraction pains because my body was trying to get the IUD out! I had it removed and the cysts went away, my blood sugar went back to normal, I lost 10 lbs, my moods improved, and my skin cleared up. Maybe we shouldn't screw with our hormones, eh?
- I have had poor digestion, without fail, my whole life. I have talked to many many people about their digestion. I am not afraid to say that the gross majority are sick. Why do we think that diarrhea is ok??!!?? Why do we continue to feel bad and have poor bowel function??!! Do we even realize that we are all putting us on the right track for Chron's disease, IBS, severely lowered immune function, severely impaired nutrition absorption, colitis??!! WE ARE CREATING THE PERFECT ENVIRONMENT FOR DISEASE!! I'm happy to report that my digestive system is the best that it has ever been in my life. I had no idea that it could be this functioning. Oh yeah, and every doctor that I have ever seen for my stomach and digestive problems has just prescribed me medicine. I partly blame myself for continuously buying into the hype, wasting my money, and for not taking care of my body. (oh yeah, doctors never asked what I was eating at the time).
- I had precancerous cells on my cervix, which I had surgery and took meds for. (no questions on diet... sugar feeds cancer, maybe they should have told me that then).
- I had a 6mm kidney stone which resulted in 5 hospitals and 2 surgeries. I was given dilaudid every hour for 6 days straight, they sent me home with serious withdrawls and morphine. Nice.
- I was diagnosed with arthritis in my spine. I'm 31 guys. And guess what? Yep, more meds! (no questions on my diet. there are many many ways to help inflammation with nutrition instead of medications).
- I was diagnosed with plantar fasciitis. More meds and more doctors.
My medical issues just keep going, and I don't want to lose my crowd, so I'll continue.
When I finally was down for the count, I stumbled upon what might have been making me so sick! Sugar. Sorry guys, it's true. Sugar is a major enemy. It was suggested to me that I look into Dr. Crook. His website, theyeastconnectin.com, literally saved my life. I had systemic candida. I'm going to say something that is going to make some people angry with me. Here goes...
*The great majority of doctors will not diagnose a person with systemic candida. Why, you ask?? Because they can not fix it with pharmaceuticals. It is treated with your diet.*
I made a huge decision. I ended my three decade long relationship with conventional medicine. I changed what I put in my mouth. Enough was enough. I put all of my energy into educating myself on candida albicans and how it affects the body. I found out that I had to literally starve the candida that had overgrown and gotten into my bloodstream. I stopped eating sugar, which feeds candida, and cancer as well, for 6 weeks. It was an excruciating 6 weeks. This girl used to love her sugar! But after never feeling really good in my life, 6 weeks was minor.
** I am now off all of my medications. My pain level is decreasing daily (and is already 90% better). I do not take ANY over the counter medications. I have stopped contraceptives that mess with my hormones. Oh yeah, and I lost 30lbs... all by taking sugar out of my diet for 6 weeks.**
This post was inspired by an old friend of my sisters. She just posted on her facebook something to the tune of her kids turning down sweets. WOOOHOOOOO!! That is wonderful! Parents really have no idea how much harm they are doing with the levels of sugar that they are feeding their children. I don't blame the parents!! I blame education. I just finished my first nutrition course. Watch my blogs for more information. But seriously folks, it's time to make a change. We are creating disease for ourselves and our children. We are literally feeding our disease.
I am now attending The Southwest Institute of Healing Arts. I am working towards a degree in holistic nutrition and herbalism. I have met, and continue to meet people every week that are getting rid of their diabetes, fibromyalgia, ms, arthritis, obesity, heart disease, CANCER, and more simply with nutrition. I have a friend who was diagnosed with lupis 3 years ago. There is no cure for lupis. She was looking at a life of pharmaceuticals. She decided that that wasn't good enough. She dug deep enough, and guess what?!?! She doesn't have lupis at all!! She has celiac disease! She was being told she was going to deteriorate and eventually die from a disease that she didn't have! Now, she just has to avoid gluten and she is feeling better everyday as she heals. We like that diagnosis better. :) Our bodies absolutely have the capacity to heal without toxic medications. And... ALL pharmaceuticals are liver toxic. No exceptions.
Things to explore:
-Doug Kaufmann believes that most, if not all disease is caused by fungus.
-Nancy Appleton, PhD will seriously open your eyes about sugar and your health, including
allergies!
Stay tuned for 140 reasons how sugar is ruining your health..
The first thing I want to say in my next paragraph, is that I do not hate doctors. I hate how doctor's are trained. Medical schools are funded by pharmaceutical companies. This explains why less than 50% (that is being generous) of doctors in the United States do not receive adequate nutrition education. If you are seriously injured in an accident, your chances of surviving trauma are better here than in any other country in the world. But as far as our health, they are trained to find a pharmaceutical to sell us to make the symptoms go away, but never dealing with the underlying cause. IF WE DO NOT FIX THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM, THE PROBLEM WILL NOT GO AWAY! What a nice lead in to my next thoughts...
I have been going to conventional doctors for as long as I can remember. I have taken more medications than I can list.
- I had an extremely severe headache for a year. In that year, I spent thousands of spinal taps, cat scans, blood work, pain killers, anti inflammatories, etc. Doctors never found the cause. I was never asked what I ate.
- I had a Mirena IUD for birth control. If you have ever seen a commercial for Mirena, you have heard all of the nasty side effects. I had almost ALL of them! I gained 40 lbs in 2 months, I had acne everywhere (I have always had near perfect skin), I had cysts all over my ovaries (including 2 the size of grapefruits), I couldn't control my blood sugar, I was severely depressed, I had labor and contraction pains because my body was trying to get the IUD out! I had it removed and the cysts went away, my blood sugar went back to normal, I lost 10 lbs, my moods improved, and my skin cleared up. Maybe we shouldn't screw with our hormones, eh?
- I have had poor digestion, without fail, my whole life. I have talked to many many people about their digestion. I am not afraid to say that the gross majority are sick. Why do we think that diarrhea is ok??!!?? Why do we continue to feel bad and have poor bowel function??!! Do we even realize that we are all putting us on the right track for Chron's disease, IBS, severely lowered immune function, severely impaired nutrition absorption, colitis??!! WE ARE CREATING THE PERFECT ENVIRONMENT FOR DISEASE!! I'm happy to report that my digestive system is the best that it has ever been in my life. I had no idea that it could be this functioning. Oh yeah, and every doctor that I have ever seen for my stomach and digestive problems has just prescribed me medicine. I partly blame myself for continuously buying into the hype, wasting my money, and for not taking care of my body. (oh yeah, doctors never asked what I was eating at the time).
- I had precancerous cells on my cervix, which I had surgery and took meds for. (no questions on diet... sugar feeds cancer, maybe they should have told me that then).
- I had a 6mm kidney stone which resulted in 5 hospitals and 2 surgeries. I was given dilaudid every hour for 6 days straight, they sent me home with serious withdrawls and morphine. Nice.
- I was diagnosed with arthritis in my spine. I'm 31 guys. And guess what? Yep, more meds! (no questions on my diet. there are many many ways to help inflammation with nutrition instead of medications).
- I was diagnosed with plantar fasciitis. More meds and more doctors.
My medical issues just keep going, and I don't want to lose my crowd, so I'll continue.
When I finally was down for the count, I stumbled upon what might have been making me so sick! Sugar. Sorry guys, it's true. Sugar is a major enemy. It was suggested to me that I look into Dr. Crook. His website, theyeastconnectin.com, literally saved my life. I had systemic candida. I'm going to say something that is going to make some people angry with me. Here goes...
*The great majority of doctors will not diagnose a person with systemic candida. Why, you ask?? Because they can not fix it with pharmaceuticals. It is treated with your diet.*
I made a huge decision. I ended my three decade long relationship with conventional medicine. I changed what I put in my mouth. Enough was enough. I put all of my energy into educating myself on candida albicans and how it affects the body. I found out that I had to literally starve the candida that had overgrown and gotten into my bloodstream. I stopped eating sugar, which feeds candida, and cancer as well, for 6 weeks. It was an excruciating 6 weeks. This girl used to love her sugar! But after never feeling really good in my life, 6 weeks was minor.
** I am now off all of my medications. My pain level is decreasing daily (and is already 90% better). I do not take ANY over the counter medications. I have stopped contraceptives that mess with my hormones. Oh yeah, and I lost 30lbs... all by taking sugar out of my diet for 6 weeks.**
This post was inspired by an old friend of my sisters. She just posted on her facebook something to the tune of her kids turning down sweets. WOOOHOOOOO!! That is wonderful! Parents really have no idea how much harm they are doing with the levels of sugar that they are feeding their children. I don't blame the parents!! I blame education. I just finished my first nutrition course. Watch my blogs for more information. But seriously folks, it's time to make a change. We are creating disease for ourselves and our children. We are literally feeding our disease.
I am now attending The Southwest Institute of Healing Arts. I am working towards a degree in holistic nutrition and herbalism. I have met, and continue to meet people every week that are getting rid of their diabetes, fibromyalgia, ms, arthritis, obesity, heart disease, CANCER, and more simply with nutrition. I have a friend who was diagnosed with lupis 3 years ago. There is no cure for lupis. She was looking at a life of pharmaceuticals. She decided that that wasn't good enough. She dug deep enough, and guess what?!?! She doesn't have lupis at all!! She has celiac disease! She was being told she was going to deteriorate and eventually die from a disease that she didn't have! Now, she just has to avoid gluten and she is feeling better everyday as she heals. We like that diagnosis better. :) Our bodies absolutely have the capacity to heal without toxic medications. And... ALL pharmaceuticals are liver toxic. No exceptions.
Things to explore:
-Doug Kaufmann believes that most, if not all disease is caused by fungus.
-Nancy Appleton, PhD will seriously open your eyes about sugar and your health, including
allergies!
Stay tuned for 140 reasons how sugar is ruining your health..
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
I love it! I'm getting so many emails asking questions about life coaching! I thought that I would add an excerpt from The Southwest Institute of Healing Art's website. It is where I currently attend school.
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Coaching is the act of empowerment - - expanding people's awareness through powerful questioning technologies and leveraging their gifts and talents MUCH faster than they could do alone.
The coaching process addresses specific personal projects, business successes, general conditions and transitions in the client's personal life, relationships or profession by examining what is going on right now, discovering what obstacles or challenges there might be, and choosing a course of action to make your life be what you want it to be.
A Transformational Life Coach knows the client has all the answers to every question or challenge deep within them, even if those answers appear to be obscured, concealed or hidden inside. The coaches’ job is to ask the right questions and use right tools and techniques to empower the client to find those answers within themselves.
Life Coaching is a new and rapidly growing profession that is profoundly different from consulting, mentoring, advice, therapy, or counseling.
Transformational Life Coaching teaches you to connect your head and your heart in a way that transforms your passion for your dreams into action for your life. Coaching is like having a personal trainer for your life!!
excerpt from http://www.swiha.edu/
Have an amazing day!
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Awathukee Farmer's Market
Johnnie and I went to the farmer's market at Warner and 48th today to get meat and fish from the fishhugger! The market was great. We didn't buy too much since most of our money was spoken for for meat and fish. I did buy some HUGE delicious cucumbers, and a couple heirloom tomatoes from a very nice farmer. He was so proud of his beautiful organic vegetables... for good reason!
Kenny (the fishhugger) was so nice! I told him how much money we wanted to spend and what we like, and he really hooked us up! He talked to us about the beef and fish, and gave us ideas for preparing them.
There are many advantages to grass fed beef. One of which is the E-coli count. Beef from grainfed animals has over 6,000,000 cells of E-coli per gram, while beef from grassfed animals has has less than 20,000 cells of E-coli per gram. Luckily, you are probably cooking your meat to a safe temperature, but 250,000 E-coli cells per gram from grainfed beef can still survive in our digestive track. No E-coli survives in our digestive track from grassfed beef. So I can even eat the ground beef raw if I'd like. :)
Check out his website! http://www.fishhugger.com/index.html
Kenny (the fishhugger) was so nice! I told him how much money we wanted to spend and what we like, and he really hooked us up! He talked to us about the beef and fish, and gave us ideas for preparing them.
There are many advantages to grass fed beef. One of which is the E-coli count. Beef from grainfed animals has over 6,000,000 cells of E-coli per gram, while beef from grassfed animals has has less than 20,000 cells of E-coli per gram. Luckily, you are probably cooking your meat to a safe temperature, but 250,000 E-coli cells per gram from grainfed beef can still survive in our digestive track. No E-coli survives in our digestive track from grassfed beef. So I can even eat the ground beef raw if I'd like. :)
Check out his website! http://www.fishhugger.com/index.html
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Welcome!
Welcome to my new blog!
Here, I want to share my thoughts, my knowledge, my experiences, and more. I want to focus on all things related to natural healing, holistic nutrition, and all things positive. I believe that we all create our environments and what is in them. I believe that we all create our own happiness, and in turn, our own misery. I believe that our bodies have the capacity to heal themselves of any ailment given the opportunity. I believe in the power of positive thought.
Please join me on my journey!
Katy
Here, I want to share my thoughts, my knowledge, my experiences, and more. I want to focus on all things related to natural healing, holistic nutrition, and all things positive. I believe that we all create our environments and what is in them. I believe that we all create our own happiness, and in turn, our own misery. I believe that our bodies have the capacity to heal themselves of any ailment given the opportunity. I believe in the power of positive thought.
Please join me on my journey!
Katy
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