Live Long Naturally

Traditional Chinese Medicine views the desire for sugar, or the sweet flavor, as a craving for the mother (yin) energy, a craving that represents a need for comfort or security. Elson Haas, M.D., Author and Speaker on Nutrition and Detoxification

We crave what’s in our blood – get that clean and the cravings go away. Sugar is an inflammatory. Notice what happens when you eat a lot of sugary foods before bedtime… you wake up puffy. How many times can we allow our skin to stretch? This is a sure way to get wrinkles.  What’s happening on the outside is only a fraction of what’s happening on this inside.

There are healthier sugar alternatives such as xylitol, stevia, raw honey, maple syrup, raw agave nectar, molasses, and the newest one I read about it Lakanto… zero calorie, zero glycemic index, and zero additives, just to name a few. There is no one-size-fits-all sweetener and there will always be conflicting views. Use your best judgment and follow your gut. One thing most can agree on is to avoid white sugar… it is not as sweet as you think.

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Some may be laughing their way to the bank. However, Chemo is no laughing matter – a diseased body does not need more poison!

My mother aged a good 20 years after just 3 rounds of chemotherapy. Those who hadn’t seen her for just a few weeks were shocked!

Why endure the poison of chemotherapy (and not know the outcome)? You do not have to lose your hair, kill every healthy cell, or be weakened to death. Disease can be prevented and reversed naturally. Why not stop and reverse the signs and symptoms dead in their tracks rather than have them stop you dead in your tracks?

Those who do survive chemotherapy… time will tell whether or not the cancer will return… if and when it does, it does with a vengeance.

This war on disease can be won, but it starts with you!

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I took up running for the sole purpose of stress relief – I basically ran to feel good (and finish), that’s it. Now I run in appreciation of, and alert to what my senses might encounter – what new sensation might I experience.

I didn’t start out running – I had to walk before I could run. I had asthma growing up – couldn’t run a mile, let alone laugh too much. Yet, I ran my first full marathon when I was 40 and a half marathon 5 years later. I don’t say this to convince you to run or to impress you. Rather, impress upon you that I for one prefer to walk (or dance). Running just happens to be a quick workout that allows me to eat more and weigh less.

The following are a few ways I use my senses to make running more enjoyable:

• Sight – birds, landscaping, children at play, a dog chasing me.
• Sound – birds singing, a leaf blower, weed whacker, a barking dog.
• Smell – trees and flowers in bloom, a fireplace, or my favorite… wet dirt!
• Taste – sweat and lip balm sure beat a bug in the mouth, preferred tastes would be water or sport drink.
• Touch – sweat, goose bumps, rain on my skin… ahhh. Oh, I mustn’t forget a dog trying to bite my shoe.
• Thought – it is while running that thoughts come to me… sure beats racking my brain trying to find them. For this reason, I take my recorder with me.

What senses can you put to use to live long naturally? To entertain your senses, avoid boredom, and make health a habit? We mustn’t neglect our senses. As crazy as it sounds… the possible encounter of smelling wet dirt makes running worthwhile for me. It gets my tail wagging!

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This can be as easy as changing your diet – the following simple and slight changes will benefit you greatly. Just know it is a slower process than if you were to add detoxing to it…

• cutting back on or eliminate white flour, sugar, and pasta.
• aim to eat healthy most hours of the day/days of the week.
• drink at least half your weight in ounces of water
• aim to eat dinner no later than 6PM
• aim to include half raw foods (fruits, veggies, salads, nuts, seeds, etc).
• eat only when hungry – eat to satisfaction, not to fullness.
• make your meals colorful – the more color, the more vitamins.
• avoid frying foods – eat raw, steam, boil, saute, bake instead.
• eat organic when possible – buying direct from farm is fresh and costs less:

http://scfcoop.southcentralfarmers.com OR www.localharvest.org

When in doubt… ask yourself, for better or worse? Will the food or drink you are about to have leave you looking and feeling better or worse? Your mirror and energy level do not lie.

“Most of us are unwitting students of the Breakfast Cereal School of Nutrition.” Patrick Holford, Founder of The Institute for Optimum Nutrition

don’t settle for being average…

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Whose making your bed? In the literal sense… as a young child, most likely your parents. As we get older and figuratively speaking… we make our bed. Not liking how your life is shaping up thus far? Not enough leisure time?

I’m a true believer in balance… balance between work, rest, and play, balance of the body, mind, and spirit (your emotional, spiritual and physical health), balance between the amount of exercise and rest you get, balance between what goes into your body and what comes out, not just quantity but quality as well. Even the tires on your vehicle need balancing. Without balance, neither our vehicle nor ourselves would be around long. Balance is the key to your long-term health and naturally good looks.

I am forever a work in progress… learning and growing, and doing my darndest to shine and share complete health, healing and happiness with others… this is my purpose!

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