Health

Avocado Makes the Best Salad Dressing Ever

I’ve gone Gluten Free or G Free so I eat a lot of salads. I’m trying several new dressings. This is my very favorite.

This Common Food Ingredient Is As Addictive as Cocaine?

the number one source of calories in the American diet might cause obesity, high blood pressure, and a number of other common diseases. Fructose corn syrup isn’t natural. It’s been chemically altered to enhance its sweetness. And it certainly isn’t part of a healthy diet. Research shows that high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) can damage your organs, trigger weight gain, and increase your insulin resistance leading to diabetes.

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Preventing the Flu Without Vaccines: Vitamin D

Many people who are leery of the swine flu vaccine for good reason. The mercury, aborted fetus cell lines, pig and other unclean animals, read Flu Shots and Vaccines Break Bible Dietary Laws.

Vitamin C is the vitamin that comes to mind when we think about immunity, but there is significant evidence showing vitamin D plays a more [...]

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Are Chronic Illnesses & Cancers Caused by Fungus?

I can’t believe how many people I know suffering from Fibromyalgia, Lupus, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, depression, or cancer. Each week our Sunday school begins with prayer requests. The number of diseases mentioned is overwhelming.
I’ve been reading a lot by Doug Kaufmann on fungus. Watch this revealing video.
The Bible commands Us [...]

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Simple Methods to Prevent Mosquito Bites

There are many ways available in order to prevent mosquito bites. Mosquitoes are the reasons to spread many disease from person to person. They can cause spread of diseases like malaria, dengue etc. The mosquitoes while spread this diseases also cause itching which is very annoying. There can be home tips and other methods to [...]

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Fatigue? Body Aches? Could Be Sign of Vitamin D Deficiency

Feeling achy? Tired? It could be a sign that you’re suffering from vitamin D deficiency.
I take vitamin D (actually a hormone) daily but found out I was servery deficient. Some quick Internet searches showed Vitamin D deficiency isrelated to fatigue, body aches, depression heart disease, cancer, diabetes, Alzheimes, and much more! The doctor put me [...]

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Why You Should Take Probiotics

I began taking probiotics a few months ago to help with digestive problems.
I started with Joel Robbins (author of The Maker’s Diet) brand Garden of Life Primal Defense HSO Probiotics Formula. My nutritionist was impressed with the ingredients.
Probiotics, when translated, literally means “for life.” They are living microorganisms—“friendly” or “good” bacteria that, when consumed in [...]

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7 Amazing Benefits of Fish Oil

Hubby and I have been taking Omega 3 fish oil tablets for years as recommended by our cardiologist. It makes perfect sense. Mankind was meant to live near the water and fish was to be a mainstay in our diets.

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ER Nurse’s Description of a Heart Attack

I had emergency open heart surgery at 52 years old. My left main artery (aka window maker) was 90% clogged. My only symptom — fatigue. I received via email and its worth passing on:

I am an ER nurse and this is the best description of this event that I have ever heard. Please read, pay attention.

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Home from the Hospital

Friday, I hemorrhaged again and went to the ER. God gives us the strength to endure and even rejoice in trials. We can rejoice in weakness, trials, hardships, persecution, and calamity when we understand God is building in us dependence on the glorification of the grace and power of His Son.

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Feeling Tired? Craving Ice? You May be Anemic

If the photo above makes your mouth water, you may be anemic.
If your lips are chapped during winter it is not always the weather. You may be anemic.
Iron-deficiency anemia is the most common type of anemia in the world, affecting mostly women, young children, and older people. It is estimated that 15 percent of menstruating [...]

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15 Alternative Uses for Olive Oil

The sweet, golden fluid from olives is considered the purest of oils. It is the oil used to anoint the kings in Israel, light the Shabbat lamps, and during the Hanukkah celebration.

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Remove Splinters & 5 More Uses for Elmer’s Glue

Here is a great summer tip that may save a few tears at your house. My six-year-old needed a splinter removed but did not want me to remove it with tweezers or a needle. I came up with the brainstorm to try duct tape. The first two tries didn’t work. The third time I applied [...]

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I’m Back! Health Update

A few days ago I was hospitalized to receive a blood transfusion. What a difference! I received two units of iron rich blood and feel 20 years younger (a fountain of youth!)
Last week, I was so anemic I couldn’t walk up the stairs. Well, I could kind of–I could take three steps, then rest a [...]

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Unleavened Bread Recipes

The Feast of Unleavened Bread

The first day, all leaven was removed from the home (Ex. 12:15).
For seven days they ate unleavened bread (Lev. 23:6, Ex. 12:15).
This feast was a high Sabbath (an extra Sabbath besides the weekly Sabbath). No work was done the first day and the seventh day (except preparing food) (Ex. 12:16).
This [...]

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Homeschooling During Illness

It;s Tackle it Tuesday. My focus is on homeschooling during illness. We are reading in my bed a lot these days and catching up on weekends. I’m glad homeschooling is flexible. I’m so exhausted the trip from my bed to the bathroom takes 10 minutes to recover and I’m going downhill daily. I appreciate [...]

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What Are You Feeding Your Children?

Here are two videos discussing food ingredients. The first one is fairly long but very interesting. It’s very educational. The second is humorous but also informative.
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About the Twinkie Video
Like most Americans, Steve Ettlinger eats processed foods. And, like most consumers, he often reads the ingredients label—without a clue as to what most of it means. [...]

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Think Twice Before Pulling into the Drive-Thru

Do you grab-and-gobble because you have little time for meal preparation? Researchers estimate that Americans will spend over $150 billion a year at the 280,000 fast-food restaurants that now exist in the United States. Children have gone from eating 17 percent of their meals away from home in the late 1970s to eating 30 percent [...]

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I Almost Died This Week

You know blogging is a big part of your life when you are lying in the back of ambulance with chest pains thinking, “Oh man, I’m going to miss the blog party.”
Don’t get me wrong, this was not my primary concern, but the Ultimate Blog Party did cross my mind, quickly followed with the thought, [...]

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How and Why You Should Eat More Beans

Beans are nearly the perfect food. They have an amazing nutrition track record. You can’t say eating healthy is expensive when you’re talking beans because they are a bargain. If you haven’t already begun to add a variety of beans to your family’s diet, start introducing a few bean recipes. You’ll find that it [...]