Live Long Naturally

Trick or treat? New Zealand residents are the first (and hopefully the last) bunch of guinea pigs to be fooled by McDonald’s and Weight Watchers apparent co-venture. These weight loss and fast food giants have joined forces – Weight Watchers will be endorsing Chicken McNuggets as healthy. A tad oxymoron-ish! Of all their items on the menu, why not a lesser of all the evils?

Of the 38 ingredients used to make these far from Chicken Nuggets, one is lighter fluid and several are corn. This does not include the corn the chicken was fed or the High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) that was guzzled down via a soft drink! The “Corn People” has taken on a whole meaning…

Commercial success at the expense of false hope doesn’t end with these two companies! The SAD (Standard American Diet) way of eating just keeps getting sadder thanks to marketing gurus such as these. Here in Los Angeles, there are a plethora of places to dine out at that embrace “healthy meals” over “happy meals.” If you are one to follow the stars, eat like they do! Having been in the presence of several celebrities myself, I am always in awe of the will power. Of course the paparazzi and big screen no doubt do wonders for taming the taste buds!

Anyone who believes that eating Chicken McNuggets will cause you to lose weight is arguably one nugget short of a Happy Meal.” ~~Mike Adams~~

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It will sooner or later! Preparing your own meals from scratch, will not only help you live long… the chances of dying a slow suicide are drastically less! Eating from the dollar menu may help stretch the dollar now, but you will pay later with pharmaceuticals, hospital bills and your life. A dollar menu “treat” once in a blue moon won’t do a whole lot of damage, however… be careful! The cheap ingredients and chemicals are addicting and fattening!

It is what we do most hours of the day and days of the week that count. Far too many people are digging their graves with their teeth and not giving it a second thought. Not only that… we are entering a time where parents are outliving their children. A woman I met earlier this year told me about a study that was done on a family of 4 generations. Believe it or not the oldest of the 4 generation family was the healthiest of the bunch! Reason for this? The food they ate growing up was real – there wasn’t a fast food place on practically every corner, meals were not microwaved, food was grown, not sprayed and shipped in for miles.

It is possible to eat tasty healthy food for less – simply shop the outer walls of the grocery store and buy in bulk when possible. Community Sustained Agriculture (CSA’s), CoOp’s, Produce Swapping are other options as well. Localharvest.org has a list of places in your area. Some families do what’s called “cow-pooling.” Buy your beef straight from farmer and divvy up!

Before you eat, ask yourself how a certain food or drink will make you look and feel. And remember what you do on your birthday and special occasion can and should be a treat!

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with their teeth and it’s not entirely their fault!

A study in the New England Journal of Medicine has found obese children to be twice as likely to die from disease before the age of 55. The study was done on 5,000 American Indian children. It shows a correlation between childhood obesity and early death. The color of skin shouldn’t matter. Obesity is obesity is OBESITY! It is not healthy for anyone at any age.

Parents must take control of their child’s demanding taste buds. It is easier than you think. I’ve been there and done it. Children love structure – they will begin to crave what nature intended. It is easier to look into your child’s eyes now and say no to junk food, than to look into to their eyes in the hospital or on their death bed.

Making meals from scratch will insure it is organic, not processed, loaded with nutrients, and lots of love.

CHEERS and the best of health to you and your family!

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What’s the expiration date on the food in your fridge or on your shelf? Are the ingredients actual food? Chances are one or more ingredients are difficult to pronounce and far from natural. From the MSG (monosodium glutamate) added to make poor quality food taste better to flavorings, food colorings, additives, and I mustn’t forget the lighter fluid substance used in Chicken McNuggets.

If the food you are buying is not fresh and local, chances are it is laden with chemical after chemical. Fast and processed foods may save you time and money now, but it comes with a hefty price tag of your money and life later.

“Over half of all the bankruptcies in this decade can be tied to personal health emergencies.” President Bill Clinton (while campaigning on behalf of Hillary)

Going “cold turkey” off processed, canned, and fast foods doesn’t have to cause confusion or cost a fortune. You can begin reading labels, look to replace them with a healthier version, or better yet learn to cook from scratch. It’s easy and very affordable. As you begin to read labels you’ll see just how many foods have chemicals in them. MSG alone is known to cause weight gain, lead to insulin resistance and further complication such as Diabetes. Medical problems do not stop at food additives or artificial sweeteners. The list is long and the problems are many. The solution however is simple – read labels, shop the outer walls of your grocery store, buy at Farmers’ Markets, Co-Ops, CSA’s or grow what you can where you can. You’ll be happier, healthier and a tad bit wealthier for it.

May you live long and prosper!

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Vegansexual – a group of people who lead a cruelty-free lifestyle and prefer to be exclusively intimate with like-minded individuals.” Dr. Annie Potts, Co-Director for New Zealand Centre for Human-Animal Studies

Ever kiss anyone that smells like an ash tray? I can’t say I have or care to. I have however kissed someone who tasted/smelled like meat and/or chicken… UGH! Eating fowl (chicken) gives me foul breath. At least that’s what it did over a decade ago when I was still trying to eat it.

Many people walk around chewing gum and wearing deodorant day in and day in – neither one of these are healthy! Most chewing gum has artificial sweetener that wreaks havoc on your health, and deodorants… why block the precious lymph nodes with poison?

When we eat healthy,  breath and body odor are not a problem. I have found the older I get and cleaner inside I get, the harder it is for me to date a meat eater. I have been a vegetarian since the late 60’s… a lacto/ovo/pesca-vegetarian, but still a vegetarian. I also go days as a vegan. I dislike the taste and smell of meat in front of me, on my breath and on the breath of others. Not every meat eater has bad breath, however… odors and the exchange of bodily fluids do not stop at the mouth.

As my former employer would say, vegetarians not only smell better, they taste better. Your partner will appreciate this.

Isn’t it time you make morning breath a thing of the past?

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