I posted this TWO YEARS AGO and it continues to be our favorites!
SIMPLY CLICK HERE for all recipes.
ENJOY!
Sunday, January 31, 2016
Thursday, January 28, 2016
The DAILY ESSENTIALS: What supplements should I be taking?
This is going to VARY GREATLY from person to person as each of us are biochemically different and therefore have different needs.
But...I can tell you that everyone should be on the following:
1. A food based MULTI vitamin. I have access to very high quality multi's OR you can order some great ones off Amazon like the one HERE.
2. A high quality DIGESTIVE ENZYME. Of course, this is my area of expertise as I am a trained, certified Loomis Digestive Health/Enzyme Therapist. Most of my enzymes run around $35 and you would be under my care to ensure we have you on a ratio of enzymes that is PERSONALIZED to your needs. However, there are decent ones you can also order online like the ones HERE. Either way, they can be shipped to your door.
3. Probiotics. Again, you can order through me. I have access to clinical strength probiotics (some up to 200 billion active cells!) but you can also order some decent ones online HERE.
Additional supplements should be recommended after a proper consultation with client. Hope that helps!
But...I can tell you that everyone should be on the following:
1. A food based MULTI vitamin. I have access to very high quality multi's OR you can order some great ones off Amazon like the one HERE.
2. A high quality DIGESTIVE ENZYME. Of course, this is my area of expertise as I am a trained, certified Loomis Digestive Health/Enzyme Therapist. Most of my enzymes run around $35 and you would be under my care to ensure we have you on a ratio of enzymes that is PERSONALIZED to your needs. However, there are decent ones you can also order online like the ones HERE. Either way, they can be shipped to your door.
3. Probiotics. Again, you can order through me. I have access to clinical strength probiotics (some up to 200 billion active cells!) but you can also order some decent ones online HERE.
Additional supplements should be recommended after a proper consultation with client. Hope that helps!
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
First 30 Day Elimination
1. NO SUGAR. (stevia and xylitol are acceptable)
2. NO GLUTEN/WHEAT OF ANY KIND (no breads)
3. NO CORN IN ANY FORM. (corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, corn starch, corn, corn chips)
4. NO PORK
5. NO SCAVENGER FISH (shrimp, catfish, lobster, etc)
6. NO MSG (monosodium glutamate...read labels)
7. NO PASTEURIZED DAIRY except for: Organic Valley Fat Free milk, Organic Valley Mozzarella Cheese.
8. ACCEPTABLE YOGURTS ARE: Greek Goddess plain or honey, FAGE 0% or 2%.
9. NO MARGARINE. Use real butter.
10. NO ARTIFICIAL ANYTHING..colors, flavors, extracts.
11. NO PEANUT BUTTER. Use almond, cashew or sunflower.
12. ONLY SLIVERED ALMONDS, no other nuts.
13. NO CANS OR BOXES, unless approved. (like organic canned tomatoes in a recipe)
14. GET AS MUCH AS ORGANIC PRODUCE AS YOU CAN.
15. NO VINEGAR for 30 days.
16. ORGANIC BLACK BEANS ONLY.
SHOP PERMITTERS! KEEP YOUR DINNERS SIMPLE!
FOR TIPS ON HOW TO REPLACE ABOVE INGREDIENTS IN RECIPES, CLICK HERE.
2. NO GLUTEN/WHEAT OF ANY KIND (no breads)
3. NO CORN IN ANY FORM. (corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, corn starch, corn, corn chips)
4. NO PORK
5. NO SCAVENGER FISH (shrimp, catfish, lobster, etc)
6. NO MSG (monosodium glutamate...read labels)
7. NO PASTEURIZED DAIRY except for: Organic Valley Fat Free milk, Organic Valley Mozzarella Cheese.
8. ACCEPTABLE YOGURTS ARE: Greek Goddess plain or honey, FAGE 0% or 2%.
9. NO MARGARINE. Use real butter.
10. NO ARTIFICIAL ANYTHING..colors, flavors, extracts.
11. NO PEANUT BUTTER. Use almond, cashew or sunflower.
12. ONLY SLIVERED ALMONDS, no other nuts.
13. NO CANS OR BOXES, unless approved. (like organic canned tomatoes in a recipe)
14. GET AS MUCH AS ORGANIC PRODUCE AS YOU CAN.
15. NO VINEGAR for 30 days.
16. ORGANIC BLACK BEANS ONLY.
SHOP PERMITTERS! KEEP YOUR DINNERS SIMPLE!
FOR TIPS ON HOW TO REPLACE ABOVE INGREDIENTS IN RECIPES, CLICK HERE.
WHAT TO REPLACE IN RECIPES
RECIPE CALLS FOR: REPLACE WITH:
Pork Chicken or other meat
Pasta Tinkyada Brown Rice Noodles
Sour Cream 2% Fage or 0% Fage (Costco, Walmart, Grocery)
Heavy Whipping Cream Can of Organic Coconut Cream (Trader Joes)
Bacon Nitrate Free/Preservative Free Turkey Bacon
Ricotta 2% Fage
Cheese- any kind Organic Valley Mozzarella, Joseph Farms large block Colby Jack
Soy Sauce Organic Coconut Amino's. (Whole Foods, NG)
Mayo 2% Fage or 0% Fage or soy-free REAL may.
Cream Cheese Organic Valley brand only and/or you can often sub in Fage.
Peanut Butter Barney Butter, Cashew butter, sunflower butter
Pasteurized Milk Coconut Milk, Almond Milk, Raw Milk/Raw Goat
Sugar Coconut Sugar, Natural Sweeteners (honey, maple, agave)
Canned Soups Grab 0% or 2% FAGE Greek Yogurt, add extra salt.
Salt Pink Himalayan Salt, Sea Salt
Corn Starch Arrowroot or Tapioca Starch
Margarine REAL BUTTER! Kerrygold, Organic Valley are examples.
Bacon Turkey Bacon, preservative free! (no nitrates/nitrites)
Flour Namaste, Brown/White Rice Flour, Almond Meal
Extracts Get PURE extracts, NOT ARTIFICIAL.
Friday, January 15, 2016
A LITTLE EDUCATION GOES A LONG WAY WITH ESSENTIAL OILS!
As a Certified Natural Health Practitioner and Loomis Digestive Health Specialist, it is of UPMOST importance to me to EDUCATE EO users. After YEARS of research and education on this matter-and even through my own experimentation with oils-I have come to very strong conclusions on how I believe oils should be used.
Here is a breakdown on a few main points:
1. PEOPLE CAN ABSOLUTELY BE ALLERGIC TO OILS. To hear anyone say otherwise is unscientific and uneducated. Click HERE for more info on how. This is why YOU SHOULD ALWAYS DILUTE TO MINIMIZE ANY RISK OF REACTIONS.
2. THE "DETOX" EFFECT (WHEN USED TOPICALLY) IS IMPOSSIBLE. It is NOT scientifically/biochemically possible to have a "detox" effect if a person has any type of reaction on the skin. Applying something on the body does NOT cause detoxification. So if you apply an oil to the skin and have an adverse reaction, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IT IS: AN ADVERSE REACTION. ALWAYS.
3. In the case of an adverse reaction, IT IS RECOMMENDED TO STOP USING THAT OIL INDEFINITELY. Having an allergic reaction to an oil means that your immune system has created antibodies to something in that product or blend, and you can assume you will have that same reaction for life now.
4. OILS ARE CLINICALLY PROVEN TO IRRITATE MUCOUS MEMBRANES which can cause severe long-term health concerns to the stomach and vital organs if oils are ingested. Due to the overwhelming evidence, I DO NOT SUPPORT INGESTION OF OILS UNLESS UNDER THE CARE OF AN EDUCATED HEALTH CARE PROVIDER/AROMATHERAPIST, and even then, ingestion should be used as CRISIS care ONLY. According to world renown Robert Tisserand on this matter,
"...If you put essential oils in water and drink the water then there are two reasons this is not a good idea. One is that essential oils don’t dissolve in water and so it actually makes it harder for your body to assimilate the essential oil into its system because it’s not evenly dispersed. It makes it much harder for the body but it also means that you have little droplets of essential oils floating around in your stomach and this can lead to irritation of the very sensitive mucus membranes of the stomach."
5. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS "THERAPEUTIC GRADE" OILS. This term is truly ONLY a marketing term created by the company selling these oils. What you DO want to look for is UNADULTERATED oils. The term "therapeutic grade" is not recognized by any official organization or the FDA. If you think that term separates an oil from any other oil you've been DUPED by brilliant marketing. And to make the matter even WORSE: some companies claim that other oils use "filler" oils or that you should avoid "perfumy" oils. From Robert Tisserand:
"...if you’re buying sandalwood, frankincense, copaiba or helichrysum oil, you can only get these from certain wholesalers in the world. If you’re selling blue tansy, helichrysum or frankincense oils you’ve bought them from, in the case of helichrysum, the Balkans, in the case of blue tansy, Morocco. That’s where they come from. Everybody gets them from the same place. So one blue tansy oil isn’t different from the next, one frankincense oil isn’t all that different from the next. They come from the same suppliers, the same origins. So your sandalwood oil isn’t different from the next person’s sandalwood. It may cost a lot more, but it basically is the same oil, unless it’s been adulterated. Sure, we don’t want adulterated oils."
6. REFER TO PROPER DILUTION CHARTS AS A GUIDELINE FOR APPLICATION. A simple search on the internet can be helpful.
7. DRUG INTERACTIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITH ESSENTIAL OILS. Click HERE for more info.
GROOVY ORGANIC CLEANING ONLY USES UNADULTERATED OILS.
You can view all of Groovy Organic Cleaning Products by clicking HERE.
1. PEOPLE CAN ABSOLUTELY BE ALLERGIC TO OILS. To hear anyone say otherwise is unscientific and uneducated. Click HERE for more info on how. This is why YOU SHOULD ALWAYS DILUTE TO MINIMIZE ANY RISK OF REACTIONS.
2. THE "DETOX" EFFECT (WHEN USED TOPICALLY) IS IMPOSSIBLE. It is NOT scientifically/biochemically possible to have a "detox" effect if a person has any type of reaction on the skin. Applying something on the body does NOT cause detoxification. So if you apply an oil to the skin and have an adverse reaction, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IT IS: AN ADVERSE REACTION. ALWAYS.
3. In the case of an adverse reaction, IT IS RECOMMENDED TO STOP USING THAT OIL INDEFINITELY. Having an allergic reaction to an oil means that your immune system has created antibodies to something in that product or blend, and you can assume you will have that same reaction for life now.
4. OILS ARE CLINICALLY PROVEN TO IRRITATE MUCOUS MEMBRANES which can cause severe long-term health concerns to the stomach and vital organs if oils are ingested. Due to the overwhelming evidence, I DO NOT SUPPORT INGESTION OF OILS UNLESS UNDER THE CARE OF AN EDUCATED HEALTH CARE PROVIDER/AROMATHERAPIST, and even then, ingestion should be used as CRISIS care ONLY. According to world renown Robert Tisserand on this matter,
"...If you put essential oils in water and drink the water then there are two reasons this is not a good idea. One is that essential oils don’t dissolve in water and so it actually makes it harder for your body to assimilate the essential oil into its system because it’s not evenly dispersed. It makes it much harder for the body but it also means that you have little droplets of essential oils floating around in your stomach and this can lead to irritation of the very sensitive mucus membranes of the stomach."
5. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS "THERAPEUTIC GRADE" OILS. This term is truly ONLY a marketing term created by the company selling these oils. What you DO want to look for is UNADULTERATED oils. The term "therapeutic grade" is not recognized by any official organization or the FDA. If you think that term separates an oil from any other oil you've been DUPED by brilliant marketing. And to make the matter even WORSE: some companies claim that other oils use "filler" oils or that you should avoid "perfumy" oils. From Robert Tisserand:
"...if you’re buying sandalwood, frankincense, copaiba or helichrysum oil, you can only get these from certain wholesalers in the world. If you’re selling blue tansy, helichrysum or frankincense oils you’ve bought them from, in the case of helichrysum, the Balkans, in the case of blue tansy, Morocco. That’s where they come from. Everybody gets them from the same place. So one blue tansy oil isn’t different from the next, one frankincense oil isn’t all that different from the next. They come from the same suppliers, the same origins. So your sandalwood oil isn’t different from the next person’s sandalwood. It may cost a lot more, but it basically is the same oil, unless it’s been adulterated. Sure, we don’t want adulterated oils."
6. REFER TO PROPER DILUTION CHARTS AS A GUIDELINE FOR APPLICATION. A simple search on the internet can be helpful.
7. DRUG INTERACTIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITH ESSENTIAL OILS. Click HERE for more info.
GROOVY ORGANIC CLEANING ONLY USES UNADULTERATED OILS.
You can view all of Groovy Organic Cleaning Products by clicking HERE.
Monday, January 11, 2016
Rotisserie Chicken (IF friendly)
- ROTISSERIE CHICKEN:
- CROCK POT VERSION: toss in organic red potatoes, big chunks of yellow onion and carrots in bottom. Add some water to cover veggies. Sprinkle on some sea salt (NOT table salt which strips salt of everything wonderful) and Pepper. Take your whole chicken, pull out gizzards if any, and pat dry w/ paper towel. Stuff cavity w/ anything you think would be good flavor: half onion, apple, carrot, celery, herbs like rosemary and/or oregano/sage, etc. In a small bowl mix about ¼ cup of melted butter and any spices you want. I love to mix it up…sometimes I use just salt/pepper with some lemon juice and sage. Sometimes I use Italian type seasons. No right or wrong. Using clean hands, rub the oils/spices all over chicken. Turn on low and cook 6-8 hours. SO easy and good.
- OVEN VERSION: Preheat oven to 350. Using a large casserole dish, grease it first then toss in some veggies like organic red potatoes, onion chunks and carrots. Sprinkle on some sea salt (NOT table salt which strips salt of everything wonderful) and Pepper. Take your whole chicken, pull out gizzards if any, and pat dry w/ paper towel. Stuff cavity w/ anything you think would be good flavor: half onion, apple, carrot, celery, herbs like rosemary and/or oregano/sage, etc. In a small bowl mix about ¼ cup of melted butter and any spices you want. I love to mix it up…sometimes I use just salt/pepper with some lemon juice and sage. Sometimes I use Italian type seasons. No right or wrong. Using clean hands, rub the oils/spices all over chicken. COVER CHICKEN W/ FOIL AND BAKE 1 HOUR 15 MINUTES. Remove foil and turn on broil and cook for an additional 10 minutes until skin looks brown and crispy.HOMEMADE BROTH: keep all the bones and carcass. If there are any veggies in the pan/crockpot, keep those too! (if you used a pan, you'll have to pull out the crockpot for this) With the bones and cavity in the crockpot, fill your crockpot up with water almost as high as allowed. Cover with lid and place ON WARM. (not low!) Let cook for 12-24 hours. Strain and store your broth in a glass jar if you'll use immediately or you can freeze in ziplock bags for up to 6 months.
Organic Latte: The best coffee you'll ever fix.
REAL, ORGANIC GRASS FED BUTTER (and other healthy fats) has now been clinically proven to LOWER bad cholesterol and RAISE good cholesterol.
Click here for article and references to clinical studies.
Click here for article and references to clinical studies.
ANOTHER TIP: This trick can completely diminish hunger cravings too!
Ingredients:
Organic coffee, brewed (See why I say ONLY organic coffee below) Costco has both decaf and reg
Organic Cultured Butter by Organic Valley OR Kerrygold (Kerrygold recommended-Costco)
OPTIONAL: Raw milk, raw goat milk, or homemade Almond milk or store bought almond/coconut milk
OPTIONAL: spices or pure extracts such as cinnamon, or organic pure extracts such as peppermint.
DIRECTIONS:
1. Pour about 2 cups of coffee in a blender, vitamix, or magic bullet.
2. Add 2 tbsp of butter.
3. Add a splash of milk or milk alternative.
4. Add any optional spices or extract. (get the best quality here! organic, please!)
5. Blend for 10 seconds.
6. You now have a frothy, delicious, better than Starbucks cup of coffee!
WHY ORGANIC COFFEE?
Conventional coffee is among the most heavily chemically treated foods in the world (and thereby making it on Misty's Dirty Dozen list). It is steeped in synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides – a real mouthful with a bad taste. Not only does the environment suffer from this overload, but so do the people who live in it. Farmers are exposed to a high level of chemicals while spraying the crops and while handling them during harvest. The surrounding communities are also impacted through chemical residues in the air and water. These chemical presences are not just unpleasant; many are highly toxic and detrimental to human health.
In the case of organic coffee, there are no synthetic fertilizers or chemicals used in growing or production, which means cleaner beans, air, land, and water. The coffee is grown with only organic fertilizers, like coffee pulp, chicken manure, or compost. Organic farms also combat climate change by emitting less carbon than chemical farms, while also sequestering significant amounts of carbon. As a bonus, organic coffee beans are richer in healthful antioxidants, and many people can even taste the difference. Your health, and the health of the planet, both get a boost.
- See more at: http://equalexchange.coop/blog/organic-vs-conventional-coffee#sthash.1V0eAv1b.dpuf
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