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20 May 2013 - 8:15am
Every spring almost all of my life I have been in ER – last time last year – could not breathe well. No matter what medicine I have taken I never have had symptoms free spring. It has been long road to have first spring in my life not to have any symptoms from allergy.
About last 3-4 springs has been already pretty good, but still last spring I need to go ER since I believed I will not have any symptoms and did not use any medicine. But last year wen there was pollen from birch (my favorite tree) I always have had issues. So what helped me past 3-4 years on handling the allergy a bit? I started to use systematically about 5 years ago honey on my self-made sports drinks and using neti pot to clean nasals every day. This had made allergy tolerable. But it did not fade it away.
Now this spring been wondering where are my all symptoms (it has been relatively easy spring what comes on the quantity of pollen also), since I have not had any of them. For a person who have spent lots of time in hospital over the years because of heavy allergy, this is very deep and important question for me; so I went and asked from my little crystal who knows a lot – why I do not have any symptoms. Made series of questions but the reason is simply: the vegetarian diet I have been now about 2 months… and the smoothies where I have been using cross allergic vegetables for birch: Peach, Apple, Carrots and Peanuts. I have drink such a smoothie now about 6 months every day. I have been extremely allergic for all of them but over the time I have got totally free of any symptoms off them. Now I can eat raw carrots and peanuts that used to be deadly dangerous for me.
It looks like that my recent selection on becoming a vegetarian has leaded me to self-healing path on allergy. I am not totally sure if I am completely free of any symptoms for future years, but it is still very interesting and wonderful to witness this amazing spring without any breathing problems, any eye problems nor any sinus and nasal issues (these has been so bad at times that I could not go out for 1-2 weeks and could not be even in a same room with stripped carrot).
I did a calculation a bit but after I become a vegetarian I have increased of usage of raw vegetables, salads, peanuts and fruits with 3-5 x in quantity per day. I also have significantly reduced the usage of any processed food that has additives - this has become totally naturally. When I stop on using meat I needed to replace this with other products and natural selection was vegetables, fruits and peanuts. Now - when a person studies a bit on pollen allergy we see that these has clear cross-allergic effect with some vegetables. When you are allergic for carrot you are most likely to some pollen as well. So the secret is not to avoid, the secret is to balance...
Simply wow…
with love
T
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13 May 2013 - 7:22pm
i saw a quick glance in the articles they put on this website called WWW.unexplained-mysteries.com i haven't read the article yet to be more than honest.but what i do know at the moment is this.Bacon and any type of meat is not the key to a long healthy life and better life.the negative side effects of that are the following:1)all meats and animal products trap your soul in the human body,2)humans,light workers,star seeds should not be eating meats and animal products in the first place anyway.3)animal meats and products contain substances that lowers our body vibrations and harm our physical and spiritual health all combine.4)meats raise our chances of getting more than preventable diseases such as heart disease,cancer many forms of cancer,it speeds up our speed of aging as well.meats and bacon while they might taste good at the moment ask your-self's this before ever buying meats and animal products ever again.is my health worth it?is my spiritual health worth it?it lowering my vibrations worth it?,is trapping my soul in a physical body worth it?this is not scare you but give you a warnings ahead of time and to more.you want to know the true meaning of of being a light worker people this includes star seeds ourselves we are no different.being a light worker means not eating meat and animal products or etc.it means staying free of sugary drinks from the store this includes sodas too people.being a light worker says it all someone who is light carries the light of hope,love,change and truths to humanity.a light spiritual being not one that is heavy in their vibrations and etc.by eating meats and animal products you can't be a true light worker.some things might be hard to resist or whatever believe i know but still is not excuse to me.i will read more and all the article and paste it here for all to see.i am not promoting meats and animal products that contain any form of animal products in any way.this is a trap by them to make us and everybody alike fall into a trap and then they lower us to their levels where they can harm us and control us more.they will try to make look all nice and sugar coat it make it think that its beneficial to us.well i am here to counter attack that claim and tell you other wise.if you eat meats and animal products and etc you are risking it to say the least people.
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7 May 2013 - 8:30am
May 5, 2013 by Angel Wings and Unicorns
I don’t know about you but I have found these past several months to have been such a challenge, both mentally and physically, through the energies bombarding us. I never tend to fare well in the dark, winter months anyway so lately it’s a double whammy. It has been my intention to write a post for months now but, unfortunately, I have not had the energy or focus for it.
One of the main problems I’ve had, as I’m sure many of you will too, is having extreme brain fog and debilitating fatigue. It’s been, well, nothing short of ridiculous really and has made just stringing a sentence together an ordeal, never mind writing a post. Many of the symptoms we’ve been dealing with could tally in with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (many Empaths and Sensitives get diagnosed with this illness) and have not been at all pleasant.
Here is a sampling of them:
* Extreme lethargy and/or fatigue
* Cold/flu-like symptoms without actually having cold or flu
* Sensitivity to noise/bright lights
* Nausea
* Muscle/joint pain, especially the back area
* Headaches
* Brain fog and bad memory
* Stomach pain, digestive disturbances
* Depression/sadness/emotional pain
* Insomnia, even though exhausted
The energies we have experienced lately have been seriously intense and debilitating. The usual tools and techniques that may have worked in the past, for uplifting energy levels and focus just don’t seem to work the same lately…or at least that’s been the case for me. So I’ve had no choice but to lay low and take the energetic poundings as they come.
It is frustrating though to feel as bad as this and not be able to do much to help ourselves. After enduring months and years of these symptoms, that just seem to escalate, many of us may be at the stage where we are tempted to pop a pill in hope of getting rid of the ailments. But, as any Sensitive who’s tried will tell you, medication will not get rid of our maladies, especially if they are energetically related (it is always a good idea to get checked out at the doctors though, the above symptoms can also tie in with many physical illnesses). Medication may mask some of the symptoms but that’s it.
It makes sense that if an Empath is extra sensitive to external energies we will be sensitive to anything we ingest and for this reason we should try to be extra vigilante with what we consume. It has long since been my belief that Nature will always offer an antidote to the many illnesses/ailments that all humans endure. The problem that we face today is that our water contains dangerous chemicals and many of our ‘so-called’ healthy-foods have been altered genetically and are no longer a product of Nature, but that of science/man. One of the foods, labelled as a health-food, that I have recently discovered to be incredibly
toxic, is wheat!
I was lucky enough to come across the website of Dr William Davies: http://www.wheatbellyblog.com/about-the-author/ He has written extensively about his research into the damaging and detrimental affects of modern wheat on both body and mind, and how it is predominantly responsible for the obesity epidemic which has swept the globe in the past few decades.
Little did I know that wheat was genetically modified back in the seventies, basically for profit, to give a greater yield to the wheat crop, and is no longer a natural food. After reading Dr Davies’s research I decided to abstain from wheat for just a month and see if it made any difference to my well-being… it did. One of the first things I noticed was my appetite reducing and my craving for wheat-based products disappearing, which resulted in weight-loss. I also found myself feeling much happier. Others, to whom I suggested dropping wheat, reported the same and more: better digestion, more energy, acne clearing up, etc. For years I had a nagging feeling that wheat did not agree with me but the thought of giving it up filled me with dread. I did not think I could live without bread and pastries, but this was just my wheat-addiction talking.
The scary thing is wheat is a staple in the western diet. A supposedly healthy diet could consist of: toast/wheat cereal for breakfast, a sandwich for lunch and pasta for evening meal, but in that way of eating we are destroying our health. Wheat is addictive, stimulates appetite and is a depressant, to name but a few of its shortcomings.
Highly sensitive people and Empaths have enough to contend with, without having to deal with the drug-like effects of wheat. I urge you to visit Dr Davis’s site/blog http://www.wheatbellyblog.com/ and read all the information offered, especially the testimonials given by those who have given up wheat. Try it yourself, if only for a few weeks. But to really reap the benefits of wheat-elimination you have to give it up completely, which means no breadcrumbs/batters, sausages, sauces thickened with wheat, soy sauces, beer/lager, etc. Always read the label, you will be amazed where it is hidden.
I am in the process of experimenting with adding raw coconut oil and higher levels of omega 3, essential fatty-acids, into my diet to see if there is any improvement with my energy levels. I will keep you posted if it works.
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6 May 2013 - 6:24pm
people i have a simple common sense message and word of advice when you go to buy a any food really.always make sure to read the labels and what it contains in that drink and food.you want not only to make sure it safe and harmless to your physical health but also your vibrational body frequencies as well.as silly or funny it may sound to someone its true your harming your body vibrations even if you don't feel it or notice anything big.in my opinion look for the amounts of sugar it has,2)see if it contains high fructose corn syrup,3)dairy products such as milk,cheese, and etc.just overall look at what it contains for your own good and benefit
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4 May 2013 - 6:24pm
dear fellow Humanity.light workers,spiritual warriors,light beings,star seeds and to whoever it may concern i have a really important message to tell you right here and right now that will save you and increase your chances of ascending and more than that.please stop eating any kind of meats no matter if its sea food its still meat or flesh.the other thing i deeply warned you out of love and caring is stop eating animal based products such as yogurt,cheese,cream cheese and etc.why its still has animal products its still comes from animals in the end.eat plant based products and fruit based products and organic and home made food that is very low on sugar and better yet the one i highly recommend is no sugar a least not processed sugar that comes from factories and etc.yes this includes candy's and sugary food and drinks and much more.i listen to this person that claims he's a celestial being he goes by the name of the da13sun he in my opinion what he says feel true and right most of it anyway.some things i have to admit i have a kinda hard time in taking at times.he does come out a little too strong for my personal taste i have to admit as well.but he said that 80 percent of humanity and this does exclude light warriors,star seeds and etc if they don't stop consuming meats of any kind and animal products and sugary drinks and foods they will not ascend to higher spirituality you will not ascend with mother earth and nature herself either.you will be stuck in this 3D dimensional world and reality which is a false reality and etc.you will be left behind in the old and false reality.he also mentions that these food and products calcify your body and keep your soul trapped here its a trap.he mentions that these demonic people or human parasite appearing people that are really reptilians were ready for the new and upcoming star seeds and etc they were well ready for us and some of them are trapped he says.my advice and his advice is what i been saying is 1)don't eat meats and animal products,2)drink water,3)eat organic food,veggies and fruits,4)get back with nature a least for 30 minutes a day and soak up the suns rays don't use sun block or etc don't wear sun glasses either or what the whole point to begin with.now while he did say that 80 percent were not going to make it i believe that number can change i hope for that i really do!!!i don't want for people do suffer anymore or etc.also very importantly these vaccinations that the so called doctors and medical establishment give us they actually harm our bodies and our vibrations as well.they keep us stuck in this false reality and poison us.our bodies are already strong and more than capable to defend us from diseases we need to return the favor to it by eating in my opinion really healthy like i mentioned above. 80 percent wow that's a scary number and not good.these so called vaccines are a trap people and whoever it may concern and care about their families and themselves.this is a warning before its too late to do anything after.the time is here and now to do something about it not later or in the future the time is now!!!
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28 Apr 2013 - 10:51pm
My fellow Light workers,Star seeds,and everybody alike that may care about not only their health but their vibrational body energies and frequencies as well.don't eat or consume processed sugar as candy or the ones they put in today's sugary drinks.not only do they harm your body your body in general but according to this celestial being by the name of DA13Sun he says that it lowers our vibrational body energies and etc besides that it hurts us in that it keeps us stuck in the material world and too much in the 3D world and blocks from higher energies and beings by lowering our energies.yes i know sugar taste good,sodas and etc but ask yourself this though is it worth it harming our bodies and vibrational energies?no of course its not.yeah it might taste good but in reality as everyone knows its nothing but sugar and water.the water part is healthy of course since our bodies are around maybe 70 percent water and 30 percent organs LOL but anyway it's the sugar part that's not healthy to anybody at all really.and we are feeding this to our children by buying sodas,ice cream,candy and sugary drinks too including store brand juices.the thing about store brand juices like orange juice,apple juices and etc it has sugar as well.you want real juice do this humanity,light workers,star seeds and etc go to the produce market or better yet grow your home organic fruit depending where one lives certain fruits and vegetables buy yourself a juicer machine and make it at home that way you the juices and don't put sugar at all.buy yourself a good juicer machine that works best for you a good brand that is.then you know what's in it and one could drink it with confidence knowing what's in it and its really organic.our kids are consuming too much sugar these days.parents buy them a lot of hot Cheetos which contain sugar as well they also buy their kids junk food that is not healthy for them.some people or parents might say the following well mt kid(s) don't like to eat healthy or what we like!my question is whose in control and the parent you or them?who is charge you or them?our kids and future born kids are the future as well and we must teach them right now which foods to really eat and which to stay away from and not eat at all.anyway sugar is just bad unless its natural sugar from fruits and i would like to say vegetables too but they really don't have none really maybe some i think.don't poison your kids and family with sugary drinks or food if do consume some sugar get some that have less than 10 grams of sugar or less the less the better and to be honest if it has none that's perfect.take care of your health and your kids as well light workers,star seeds and humanity alike:)before its too late to do anything about it.sugary drinks are not to blame here it's the people that consume them and continue to buy them are the ones to blame.you don't want to be hypnotize don't watch their commercials or watch mainstream t.v and mainstream media its all propaganda anyway and lies and deceits
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13 Apr 2013 - 1:12am
The Sanctity of Food: Conscious Eating as a Spiritual Practice
by Carolyn Baker
The wonderful thing about food is you get three votes a day.
Every one of them has the potential to change the world.
~Michael Pollan
The earliest humans were hunter-gatherers who never knew exactly where their next meal might be coming from. In fact, their “meals” were probably eaten on the run as they stalked enough prey to constitute an actual meal, but it is unlikely that their meals were regular or even eaten daily. Given the conditions under which they secured food, it was impossible for them to take any of it for granted. Every morsel was hard-won and therefore, exceedingly precious.
When humans became sedentary, they transitioned from hunting and gathering to growing their own food, and while this made eating more predictable as a result of a more stable lifestyle, few ate mindlessly. Whether living in a small agricultural village along the Nile River in ancient times or growing food in one’s backyard garden in the twenty-first century, small-scale agriculture is labor-intensive, and appreciation for food is greatly enhanced by the energy expended in growing it.
Sedentary societies were dependent on the kindness of nature to provide the rain and sunshine necessary for growing food. Thus, many earth-based forms of spirituality evolved in which humans experienced a direct connection between the agricultural harvest and a particular deity such as Osiris in Egypt and Ceres in Rome. As part of their gratitude for what they believed the deity had provided, people offered food to the gods and goddesses of nature.
Throughout human history, particularly in indigenous cultures, food has been perceived as sacred. The word sacred is not a religious term but rather one that simply means “set apart” or not of the ordinary. It is also related to sacrifice which may mean that something is sacred because it derived from something sacrificed. For example, we speak of battlefields and military cemeteries as sacred. In ancient times, some temples, mountains, or forests were sacred because animals were sacrificed to a god in those places. All food is sacred in the sense that the life of a plant or animal has been sacrificed to feed another being.
Ancient, traditional societies understood that food is life force energy for which they needed to exert significant amounts of energy whether by hunting or growing it in order to eat. Because their survival was often in jeopardy, food became sacred to these cultures.
With the mass movement of people from the land to cities, the sanctity of food was eclipsed by fascination with artificial, synthetic, and technologically-produced forms of food. No longer was it necessary to hunt or grow food because now it was delivered from short or long distances to nearby markets, and thus it seems that the sacredness of food decreased in proportion to the energy required to obtain it.
At this moment we are witnessing, and many of us are participating in, an unprecedented transition from industrial agriculture to sustainable (local, organic) agriculture. While this transition has been shaped by declining resources, including fossil fuels, and while an increasing number of individuals prefer to eat foods grown closer to home that have not been contaminated with pesticides, attempting to define the transition exclusively in terms of science or sustainability discounts the role of the human soul in it. In other words, there is a spiritual component to this phenomenon.
In his article “Reclaiming The Sacred In Food And Farming,” Emeritus Professor of Agriculture and Economics, John Ikerd of the University of Missouri writes of the spirituality of sustainable agriculture and asks, “What is this thing called spirituality?”
His answer: “…spirituality is not religion, at least not as it is used here. Religion is simply one of many possible means of expressing one’s spirituality. William James, a religious philosopher, defined religion as ‘an attempt to be in harmony with an unseen order of things.’ Paraphrasing James, one might define spirituality as ‘a need to be in harmony with an unseen order.’ This definition embraces a wide range of cultural beliefs, philosophies, and religions.”
Ikerd proceeds to quote statements defining spirituality from a variety of cultures, but he summarizes them by saying:
A common thread of all these expressions of spirituality is the existence of an unseen order or interconnected web that defines the oneness of all things within a unified whole. We as people are a part of this whole. We may attempt to understand it and even influence it, but we did not create nor can we control it. Thus, we must seek peace through harmony within the order of things beyond our control. This harmony may be defined as “doing the right things.” And, by “doing the right things;” for ourselves, for others around us, and for those of future generations, we create harmony and find inner peace.
As a student of mythology and ritual, I must also ask what the symbolism of this transition may be for our time. On some level, whether conscious or unconscious, we are all aware of the dire predicament in which we and our planet are mired at this point in human history. In fact, I believe that through a return to sustainable agriculture and in the very act of growing our own food, some aspect of the human psyche is bowing to the earth and the sacred in gratitude for and resonance with the elements of the soil from which we have evolved. The ramifications of this in our lives and our communities have been and may well continue to be astounding—a renewed reverence for the earth, a heightened appreciation for nutrition and the health benefits of organic food, a deepened connection with our families and communities around growing and eating food in our local place, and enmeshing local foodsheds directly with local economic development to name only a few.
The opposite of the sacred, of course, is the profane. Something in our ancient memory understands that mindlessly-manufactured and technologically-tortured so-called food constitutes the most profane of substances which are unfit to be ingested in human bodies. The more deeply immersed we are in the sanctity of food and its origins, the more we are likely to be repelled by processed, genetically modified, and chemically-laden foods that have been produced by way of massive resource and ecological destruction, and which deliver more of the same to our physiology.
The sacred within us instinctively resonates with the sanctity of food. Therefore, the growing, transporting, distribution, and consumption of food are sacred acts that deserve ritual and reverence from the moment the seed is planted in the earth to the moment we have washed and put away the plate on which our food was served.
How then specifically do we respond when we return to the reality of food as sacred?
Peter Bolland in his article “The Sacrament Of Food,” says that “Maybe the most sacred space in your home is not the yoga room, or the altar with the candle, or the chair by the window where you meditate and pray. Maybe the most sacred room in your house is the kitchen.” But our interaction with food begins far in advance of preparing it in the kitchen. Here are some suggestions for cultivating more mindful reverence in our relationship with food:
* Know exactly where your food comes from. Read labels, ask questions, and research sources for whole, organic foods in your region.
* Consider becoming a community supported agriculture (CSA) member which allows you to buy directly from the farmer or grower.
* Give thanks when you shop—thank the food you purchase, thank market staff, and give thanks that you can afford to shop.
* Commit to purchasing 10% or more of food that is grown locally.
* Mindfully plan your meals. Perhaps it won’t be possible for you to eat at home today or tomorrow or the next day because you are traveling or because of time constraints. Plan a strategy for eating in places where nourishing food is served or plan to bring healthy snacks with you.
* Take a moment or two to stop before eating and give thanks for your food. Remember to thank the people who grew, harvested, transported, and distributed your food. Thank plants and animals for their lives and the sacrifice they made with their lives so that you can be fed.
* Regularly enjoy food with family and friends. Cook and eat meals together. Share the sacrament of food with each other in potlucks or other gatherings.
* Occasionally share extra food or leftovers with neighbors or people who are not in your family or circle of friends. In a world of skyrocketing food prices and climate change, food “security” may become increasingly “insecure,” and sharing food with others communicates a subtle message that you are concerned about their well being in hard times. Reaching out in this way encourages reciprocity around food so that when someone has little or no food, others are more motivated to share.
While eating is a political and an economic act, it is also a sacrament. How we eat matters not only to ourselves but to everyone else, or in the words of Peter Bolland, “The way we eat is the way we live. How we eat is who we are. Let us affirm that which is best in us and in each other through the sacrament of food.”
http://www.resilience.org/stories/2013-02-28/the-sanctity-of-food-conscious-eating-as-a-spiritual-practice
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11 Apr 2013 - 8:00pm
I came across this diet and it is the result of 30 some years of Gandhi modifying different food combinations into the culmination of a diet which worked out best for him. I never knew he had a set diet until I cam across this. I believe these are amounts to be eaten on a daily basis:
The Gandhi Diet
1 litre (4 cups) of cow or goat milk
170 g (about 1 1/3 cups) cereals
85 g (about 2/3 cup) leafy vegetables
140 g (about 1 1/8 cups) other vegetables
30 g (about ¼ cup) raw vegetables
40 g (about 1/3 cup) ghee (clarified butter)
60 g (about ½ cup) butter
and 40 g (about 1/3 cup) jaggery or sugar
fruits according to one's taste and purse
2 sour limes (juice taken with vegetables or in water, cold or hot)
salt according to taste
I feel like I should try this and see how I feel after about a month. I have been encouraged by others on here to think about how food affects us. I liked the show Dr. Oz had when they were talking about the foods for the chakras. I feel like these diets are based on balancing foods for digestion in the body according to ancient philosophies having to do with the production of liquids in the body. Food combinations can help balance our system more effectively so we can avoid certain health issues. Here is a chart I found yesterday:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_humours
In ancient cultures people would label properties of foods and herbs. The labels are either hot or cold or neutral. This is a classification and not based on temperature. It was good to combine a food labeled as hot with another food labeled as cold so there was a balance in the diet to have optimal health. Choose on hot item and match it up with a cold item and they will balance your diet is the theory behind these classifications.
Hot & Cold Foods
Traditionally Persian food is classified as hot or cold. Whether they are cooling or warming to the body. Although the classification changes according to which region you are in, no Persian Recipe website would be complete without a list of Hot & Cold foods. The dishes of the Persians balance the hot and cold food properties as seen in their recipes. I believe there are other cultures based on ancient principles that probably have the same type of properties regarding the hot and cold balancing. I like this cookbook: Food of Life: Ancient Persian and Modern Iranian Cooking and it has the hot and cold properties on page 609 in the book. Here is another site with the items listed below:
http://www.persianrecipes.info/Cooking-Information/hot-cold-foods.html
HOT FOODS
almonds
apples
basil
bayleaf
cardomom
cherries - sweet
chickpeas
chickpea flour
chives
cinnamon
cloves
cucumber
currants
curry powder
dates
dill
duck
eggs
fenugreek leaves
figs
fish
ginger
grapes
hen
honey
lamb
maize
mangoes
marjoram
mint
mung beans
mushrooms
nigella seeds
nutmeg
okra
onions
oregano
parsley
peppers
quinces
raisins
rosewater
saffron
salt
split peas
tarragon
tumeric
vanilla
walnuts
wheatwhey
COLD FOODS
apricots
barberries
barley
barley flour
beef
beet
cabbage
carrots
cauliflower
celery
cherries - sour
citrus fruits
cockeral
coffee
coriander leaves
corn
cornflour
cumin
eggplant
garlic
kidney beans
lentils
milk
peaches
pistachios
pomegranates
plums
prune
radishes
rice
rice flour
sugar
sumac
tamarind
tomato paste
turkey
veal
vinegar
watermelon
whey
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29 Mar 2013 - 8:40am
Humans need animal products for survival. You will die earlier. There are things in meat, which your body needs and you cannot get from any other kind of food.
According to the world’s largest (mainstream) organization of food and nutrition professionals, that comment is simply NOT TRUE! “It is the position of the American Dietetic Association that appropriately planned vegetarian diets, including total vegetarian or vegan diets, are healthful, nutritionally adequate and may provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases. Well-planned vegetarian diets are appropriate for individuals during all stages of the life-cycle including pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood and adolescence and for athletes……Vegetarian diets are often associated with health advantages including lower blood cholesterol levels, lower risk of heart disease, lower blood pressure levels and lower risk of hypertension and type-2 diabetes, according to ADA’s position. Vegetarians tend to have a lower body mass index and lower overall cancer rates. Vegetarian diets tend to be lower in saturated fat and cholesterol and have higher levels of dietary fiber, magnesium and potassium, vitamins C and E, folate, carotenoids, flavonoids and other phytochemicals. These nutritional differences may explain some of the health advantages of those following a varied, balanced vegetarian diet…Additionally, an evidence-based review showed a vegetarian diet is associated with a lower risk of death from ischemic heart disease.”
We’re cutting down all the rainforests to grow soybeans; we wouldn’t have enough land to grow soybeans if everyone went vegan because deforestation in the developing world to grow cheap soy for human and animal feed is a major issue in climate change.
In the U.S., most of our corn, wheat, oats and soy are fed to the 10 billion land animals who are killed every year for human consumption. Worldwide, the majority of plants are fed to 60 billion farmed land animals. The answer is in ending the breeding of farmed animals which takes up much of our planet’s land space. To quote Dr. Will Tuttle, PhD (author of The World Peace Diet) “…the driving force behind deforestation is animal agriculture. We’re cutting down approximately 1 acre per second of Amazonian rainforest every day right now, and the driving force behind it is eating meat, dairy products and eggs: growing soybeans to feed imprisoned chickens, cows, pigs, and factory-farmed fish.” With the gradual reduction of grazing farmed animals, the land would become available for growing crops, such as soybeans, without cutting down valuable forests.
“Oh but I love my meat” –or- “I can’t give up my meat/cheese”.
It’s not YOUR meat, nor YOUR milk. That milk is nutritious sustenance meant for a mother to give her newborn calf. Their meat is in fact the flesh and muscle of someone; someone who wanted to live.
The Bible and God say that animals are here for humans to use. Humans have dominion over other animals.
In Genesis 1:28 (King James Version) of the Bible is states: and God said unto (Adam and Eve) “Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the Earth.” First of all, you need to believe that the Bible is the word of God. Many people are believers, but many people are not. There is a lot of violence and contradictions in the Bible (for example in Genesis 1:29 it states that God gives humans plants and the fruit of trees for food.) The scriptures were written and interpreted by humans (who we know make errors). The Bible was written a long time ago, and nowadays we are blessed to be able to live off the plant kingdom and therefore do not have to kill other animals who are sentient like us. It is also written in the Bible: Thou Shall Not Kill. And finally, if God said this and is a just God worth obeying, I would interpret the word “dominion” from that sentence to mean that we should protect our animal cousins because we have the capacity to help them.
Fish don’t feel pain and are not sentient. Do you eat fish?
In her book, Victoria Braithwaite offers new scientific knowledge showing that fish are more cognitive than we once thought to be true. Research has shown that they can have both accurate and long lasting memories, for example migrating salmon’s memory can span years. The way that they respond to stressful situations, the so-called “stress response,” is very much similar to other animals; including us. After experiencing a stressful event, our bodies release cortisol into the blood, and the same is true of fish. The idea that fish do not feel pain in their mouths, where they are hooked, has been studied at the University of Edinburgh and the Roslin Institute by injecting bee venom and acetic acid into the lips of rainbow trout; the fish responded by rubbing their lips along the sides and floors of their tanks in an effort to relieve themselves of the sensation. Lead researcher Dr. Lynne Sneddon wrote, “Our research demonstrates nociception and suggests that noxious stimulation in the rainbow trout has adverse behavioral and physiological effects. This fulfills the criteria for animal pain.” How sad that humans have to go as far as to inflict pain on animals to discover that fish feel pain!
I’m vegan at home or with other vegans, but it’s rude or impolite to inconvenience others or make a fuss when dining out with non-vegans.
I guess it depends on how one defines “impolite”. It’s actually more impolite to impose misery and murder on other feeling animals. In reality, it’s enlightening to share this information with people; and it can be done politely. Telling the Truth is always enlightening, even if the ears it falls upon are not seemingly ready to hear it; the seed will be planted. It’s more rude or impolite to support an industry that is devastating the planet we all share and violently killing billions of animals, annually. Talking about a (perceived) rudeness to other humans seems trivial and odd when we are in actuality talking about the needless murder of conscious animals.
It is clear that humans are predators just like many other animals. We are no different to other animals; lions eat zebras. I didn’t climb to the top of the food chain to eat plants!
It is not clear! We are different to lions. They are truly carnivores. Humans have the anatomy of an herbivore when you look at oral cavity, stomach acids, length of colon, etc. As Dr. Milton Mills summarizes here: “In conclusion, we see that human beings have the gastrointestinal tract structure of a “committed” herbivore. Humankind does not show the mixed structural features one expects and finds in anatomical omnivores such as bears and raccoon. Thus, from comparing the gastrointestinal tract of humans to that of carnivores, herbivores, and omnivores we must conclude that humankind’s GI tract is designed for a purely plant-food diet.” Source link, and a highly recommended article for those interested in the comparative anatomy of herbivores, omnivores, and carnivores:
http://www.vegsource.com/news/2009/11/the-comparative-anatomy-of-eating.html
I wouldn’t be vegan because of DHA, vegans can’t naturally get long-chain fatty acids.
Some studies have shown vegans to be low in their DHA (a long-chain fatty acid not found in plant foods), while other studies have not shown that vegans are lacking in long-chain fatty acids. Apparently, they convert the short-chain fatty acids (found in flax seed, chia seeds, canola oil, walnuts and dark leafy greens) into long chain, as seen in the link below. Plus, there are quite a few brands of vegan (algae-derived) DHA for those who want the benefits of supplementing with DHA, but is not derived from fish that is accompanied with toxins like mercury, dioxin, PCB’s, etc., beside being unethical. Some people really nit-pick for excuses not to be vegan! http://pcrm.org/health/medNews/women-on-vegan-diets-have-more-long-chain-omega-3s
You must be anemic.
From surveying the vegan community, we find that most all vegans claim to feel more energy after becoming vegan. There are plenty of plant-based iron sources such as molasses, nuts, dried beans (soaked and cooked), tahini and sesame seeds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, sun-dried tomatoes, dried apricots, parsley, dried herbs such as thyme, dark green leafy vegetables, spinach, Quinoa, tofu, soybeans, lentils, etc. Iron is absorbed better along with Vitamin C, and vegan diets are high in vitamin C. Foods like broccoli and bok choy are high in both iron and vitamin C, so the iron in these foods is well absorbed.
People have been eating meat since millions of years ago, so it must be the right thing.
People have been participating in wars, rape, hate crimes, and slavery since a million years ago….are those things we should continue the tradition or something we should work towards ending? We have reached a point in human evolution that we are able to live vegan. Our ancestors did not have the same opportunity.
What kind of religion or sect is this?
There is no church of veganism. It is a philosophy or a way of life that was initiated in 1944 by Donald Watson (and a few others) in the U.K. From its inception, the vegan ethic grew from seeing that human society is built upon enslaving and exploiting – and a consciousness was given birth of those who didn’t want to participate, but wanted to try a new way of living without inflicting violence on other animals. It is a way of life that is open to any person of any religion, or no religion, spiritual to atheist, any age, color, gender, or nationality, who does not want to participate in the exploitation of other animals and wants to add themselves to this significant social justice movement that is taking root all over the world.
Hitler was a vegetarian…
It stands to reason that a person with such little regard for human life would also have little regard for nonhuman life. The concentration camp; Auschwitz, had its own slaughterhouse and butcher shop according to Eternal Treblinka by Charles Patterson. Hitler may have dabbled in the health aesthetics of vegetarian eating, but he was never completely free of animal-based products in his diet. Many witnesses have attested to Hitler eating liver dumplings, Bavarian sausages, stuffed squab (young pigeon), and caviar. There are first-hand reports from hotel and personal chefs that attest to the fact that he ate dishes made of animals or animal products. For example, animal glands and bone marrow were added to his food. According to Robert Payne (Hitler’s biographer), the vegetarian claim was made up by Goebbels to make Hitler seem ascetic; like Gandhi. Author Rynn Berry, maintains that although Hitler reduced the amount of meat in his diet, he never stopped eating meat completely for any significant length of time. Berry claimed that many historians use the term ‘vegetarian’ incorrectly to describe someone who simply reduced their meat consumption. Apparently, after his niece Angela (Geli) Raubal died in 1931, Hitler became a vegetarian, but even then he still ate his favorite liver dumpling dish (which would make him NOT a vegetarian). At that time, it is reported that he said eating meat is like eating a dead body. (He had a lucid moment!) Hitler trying to eat vegetarian food for his own health has no bearing whatsoever on the validity of veganism. Someone can be vegetarian for reasons that have nothing to do with respect for other animals. On the other hand, the essence of veganism is always about ethics and justice and non-participation in the violent crimes against nonhumanity.
There would be shortages of food.
Perhaps the opposite is true. The Worldwatch Institute states, “Meat consumption is an inefficient use of grain – the grain is used more efficiently when consumed directly by humans. Continued growth in meat outputs is dependent on feeding grain to animals, creating competition for grain between affluent meat-eaters and the world’s poor”. If we stopped inefficiently funneling all the grains and soybeans through animals to feed the few, we would have more plant-based foods to feed all. All would be fed, not just the people rich enough to purchase animal flesh; a gross waste of our universal resources like water and land. Gradually, the systems in power will change over. People will begin to (veganically) grow more fruit trees, more gardens, more grains, more Quinoa, more soy, legumes and feed it equitably to all nations. Most likely, there will be surplus, rather than a shortage. It is prophesied that there will be bountiful rewards from the Great Script-Writer-in-the-sky when society adopts vegan living!
If God didn’t want us to eat animals, why did He make them out of delicious meat?
You better watch out with that theory, because you are made out of the same “meat”…yep you also have a rump, ribs, leg, tongue, a liver, and muscle just like the organs, flesh and muscle of our animal cousins that you refer to as “meat”. A German convicted cannibal reported that human flesh tastes similar to pig flesh; a bit tougher. Link: http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,511775,00.html
You would eat meat if you were stranded on a desert island, wouldn’t you?
What about indigenous people or Inuits?
I’m not stranded on a desert island. In the unlikely event that I am, I will have to reconsider. Though, I do not see the corpse of an animal as food. There is a rich bounty of the plant kingdom just about everywhere in the world. If I were an Inuit, I might have a good excuse; however their diet is not lengthening their life span. Joel Fuhrman, M.D. describes the life expectancy of those with a mainly meat diet: “Inuit Greenlanders, who historically have had limited access to fruits and vegetables, have the worst longevity statistics in North America. Research, from the past and present, shows that they die, on the average, about 10 years younger, and have a higher rate of cancer than the overall Canadian population.…We now know that greatly increasing the consumption of vegetables, legumes, fruits, and raw nuts and seeds (and greatly decreasing the consumption of animal products) offers profound increased longevity potential, due in large part to a broad symphony of life-extending phytochemical nutrients that a vegetable-based diet contains. By taking advantage of the year-round availability of high-quality plant foods, we have a unique opportunity to live both healthier and longer than ever before in human history.” Source link: http://www.diseaseproof.com/archives/diet-myths-do-primitive-peoples-really-live-longer.html
Why do you care more about animals than human beings?
Because nonhuman animals are the most persecuted and abused sentient beings on the planet and they are defenseless. Animal liberation and human liberation are married; helping the animals will help people, too. We can create Peace on Earth if we stopped the violence that humans sustain themselves with. As Albert Einstein (German-born physicist) said: “Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet.” And more to the point he also said: “It is my view that the vegetarian manner of living by its purely physical effect on the human temperament would most beneficially influence the lot of mankind.” In other words, caring about other animals will help transform humanity into a more civilized race. Vegans care about all injustice, enslavement, and oppression, no matter what species, race, or sex the victim is. When non-vegans say human problems take precedence, vegans can’t understand what they are doing for human beings that would require them to continue funding the heartless exploitation of other animals? As it happens, there are many benefits to humans that stem from living vegan. The land used to farm animals could be used to feed many more people if we used it to grow plant protein; which yields far more protein per acre than animal flesh, and is healthier for humans. Heart disease is the biggest killer in the U.S. and studies have verified that vegans have a much reduced risk of death from heart disease. Those who eat large amounts of dairy and animal protein are at risk of depleting calcium stores, regardless of how much they consume. Milk is full of contaminants and causes asthma, food allergies, constipation; particularly in children. Because of this the American Academy of Pediatrics does not recommend that cow’s milk be given to infants under one year of age. Animal agriculture is creating pandemics, so therefore vegans are not aiding and abetting the creation of human epidemics (like Swine Flu) nor helping to distribute pathogens found in animal “foods”. (E. Coli and Salmonella). Animal husbandry is a leading cause in the reduction of biodiversity and a major motive in deforestation. Farming animals is causing land degradation, pollution and wiping out the fish in the oceans. According to a report by the Worldwatch Institute in 2007, it actually requires over five thousand gallons of water to produce one pound of animal flesh! Animal agriculture is the largest culprit in greenhouse gas emissions. Research has indicated that the best strategy for reducing our carbon footprint is to eat vegan and locally-grown food. The vegan ethic, that is based on protesting the use of other animals for human purposes, just so happens to have far reaching ramifications for helping the planet that is home to 7 billion of us humans, and thousands of other species of animal.
You vegans are so preachy!
Vegans are not the ones spending a billion dollars on milk commercials to lie to the public about how healthy milk is for them; with “happy cows” endorsing giving you the milk that was meant for their own calf; whom was kidnapped and killed so humans can steal the milk. Non-vegans have preached and promoted their point of view on such a large scale that they have made a completely unnatural act seem natural. With over $180 million spent annually on advertising in the dairy industry alone, perhaps non-vegans have been doing more than their fair share of “preaching” so to speak. Vegans are trying to disclose the truth that has been concealed from the public by major preachers of non-Truths. Make no mistake about it, we want the mainstream to become vegan…and we won’t stop what you call “preaching” because we are a voice for the voiceless. We’re Vegangelicals! We won’t be silent. Maybe what you are interpreting as preaching could possibly be educating if you could see it from another angle; a less defensive one.
Humans have canine teeth; teeth for ripping flesh apart.
The teeth of a carnivore are spaced so as not to trap stringy debris. The incisors are short, pointed and prong-like for grasping and shredding. The canines are greatly elongated and dagger-like for stabbing, tearing and killing prey. The molars are flattened with jagged edges to function like serrated-edged blades. In the herbivore, the incisors are broad, flattened and spade-like. Canines may be small as in horses or prominent as in hippos. Herbivores have many molars for grinding plant parts. The teeth of herbivorous animals are closely grouped (like in humans). Herbivores meticulously chew their food in order to release the digestible contents and ensure thorough mixing of this material with their saliva. This is important because the saliva of plant-eating mammals often contains carbohydrate-digesting enzymes which begin breaking down food molecules while the food is still in the mouth. In humans as well, digestion begins in the mouth with the mixing of enzyme-containing saliva. We have flat grinding teeth with jaws that can move from side to side. Virtually no other meat-eating animal has jaws that move side to side. Meat-eating animals don’t chew their food, but instead tear pieces from carcasses and swallow them whole, and thus don’t need flat teeth. And beyond teeth, humans have long folding intestines that lets food move slowly through the digestive system, allowing the body to absorb as many nutrients as possible before the food is passed. Carnivores have short intestines because meat may contain harmful pathogens and will putrefy if not processed quickly. And our stomach PH is the same as herbivores.
If we don’t eat them, they’ll eat us.
Most of the animals humans eat are gentle herbivores that would not even think of hurting anyone, even in retaliation. Humans pick on the most docile animals…animals that we could learn a thing or two from!
They wouldn’t exist if we weren’t meant to eat them.
They exist because they are purpose-bred for human use. We should stop breeding them into existence only to be seen as a commodity; owned by a human master who sees living sentient animals as a money-making opportunity; which is morally wrong.
If eating a plant-based diet is our natural diet, why can’t you get all the nutrients without supplementing, as in Vitamin B12?
Perhaps vegans are being compared to omnivores that are eating enriched grain products (like Twinkies) that are fortified with B12 or perhaps vegans need less B12, or perhaps we’re too sterile and wash all the microorganisms off, or some other possibility. Some health practitioners don’t feel that vegans get B12 deficiency any more than non-vegans; a certain percentage of the population becomes deficient for various reasons. Anyway, the general non-vegan population is supplementing and eating fortified and enriched foods, all day, everyday. Vegans would rather get their micro-organisms from a cherry flavored sublingual (under the tongue) nugget or fortified nutritional cheesy flavored yeast, soy milk or cereals, possibly chlorella or some other vegan way, than from the stomach of a tortured and murdered cow that wanted to live. There is no reason to take the life of animals when we can get B12 grown in micro-agriculture; cultivated on a bed of yeast. Recommended link: http://thevegantruth.blogspot.com/search/label/B12%20and%20Vegans
I buy organic so the animals are more humanely raised. They had a good life. Small farms are good for the environment. I support cage-free, humanely raised, but I don’t support cruelty to animals.
If you eat animal products (whether factory-farmed or small farmed), wear animal skins, use cosmetics and cleaning products that were tested on animals, go to circuses, zoos, rodeo’s or dog or horse races, or buy a “pet” from a breeder, (and sadly the list of ‘ways humans exploit other animals’ goes on and on) – you DO support cruelty to animals; whether you say you don’t or not. You are lying to yourself. Vegans have decided to face up to it, go online and educate themselves about what it means to be vegan as a stance of basic decency in our relation to other animals.
Some animals are meant to be food; there is a difference between pets and food animals.
Even though the majority of people believe this to be true, it is a fabrication of the human mind and it is an example of speciesism. People tell themselves this so they can partake in animal exploitation, or because they have not been able to break free of their misguided indoctrination in order to see that all sentient animals deserve the equal right not to be owned, enslaved, oppressed, assaulted, or killed by humans. They are “food” animals only because humans view them this way and have domesticated, bred, and farmed them. Vegans (who don’t see pigs as food) experience relationships with them similar to a dog. Many people have had the great fortune to get to know the wonderful nature and personality of deer, sheep, pigs, cows, horses, chickens, turkeys, etc. by visiting sanctuaries and/or rescuing animals. Other animals are friends, not food! People really got that one wrong! Keep in mind, at one time the general mainstream consciousness; what pretty much everybody believed to be true – was that the world is flat. Human consciousness as a whole has had major shifts in consciousness. We can do it again.
It’s too difficult to do and too expensive. I’m too old for that.
No one is ever too old to step up into the next evolution of humankind, and by doing their part, helping the whole of humanity. Grains, legumes, vegetables, fruit, and nuts and seeds are not more expensive than animal flesh. Once you get the hang of it and learn a few new staples…it gets easier and easier until you reach a level where you feel that it’s easy to be vegan. You’ll get there and it may only take several weeks. Living vegan becomes second nature (and will help you find your true nature).
Farmers love their animals and treat them well, generally.
No animal that is purpose-bred into existence to be killed is ever treated right. One would have to have a very shallow definition of the word “love” to think a farmer raising animals to be killed “loves” his animals. No one considered as the property of a human; a slave, is ever treated well. The Truth is most animals farmed for human food (or other products) have horrendous practices routinely performed on them throughout their short, very sad lives….all sorts of castration, de-beaking, de-horning, insemination, etc. without pain-killers. They are viewed as a commodity for human use; a thing, not the sentient, feeling, aware animal that they truly are. When profiting off a sentient animal is the motive, the treatment of them will always be wrong; whether they are perceived to be treated better by some farmers or methods, the whole mindset is way off base and wrong.
It’s not illegal to eat animals and their products.
Not that long ago in the southern U.S.A. an African-American was legally allowed to be owned by a white American. Women in the U.S. and elsewhere were once regarded as the property of their husbands or fathers. They were regarded as property just like nonhuman animals are regarded today. Just because something is legal does not make it right. To treat living, breathing, feeling animals as property is species discrimination, and is reflected in every country’s legal system. Humans may harm other animals in ways that would be unthinkable if applied to humans. We need to make it lawful for all sentient animals to have legal personhood extended to them. Until that happens, legal systems are lacking credibility. It is legal to be cruel to other animals (it’s legal to have sex with animals in some places) – that just shows that the laws need changing, not following.
I live a very active lifestyle and need lots of protein.
Soy beans contain more protein than animal “foods”. A glass of cow’s milk has 6.3 grams of protein while 100 grams of tofu has 8 grams of protein. Legumes, beans, lentils, and nuts have comparable protein to animal products. Diets that are rich in animal protein are known to cause people to excrete more calcium than normal through their urine and increase the risk of osteoporosis. Plant protein is as useful as animal protein without all the fat, cholesterol, antibiotics, hormones, etc. Elephants, rhinos, giraffes, bulls, deer, manatees, and horses are able to gain strength and size from eating an herbivorous diet. A mountain gorilla is primarily an herbivore. How do they get their protein? They built strength and muscle, as do many vegan body builders and athletes, with plants that have a high protein content. Of note: Quinoa has the highest amount of protein compared to other grains.
Poor people raise animals or fish (for free) and can’t afford to be vegan.
If someone is fishing for free, well a vegan diet can’t beat that price unless that person grows their own food (and that would have some costs). We can’t beat the free price. However, “meat” costs more than legumes, vegetables, fruits, and grains; it costs more money and it costs the Earth more. I know a man in Jamaica, living in a hut and sleeping on a mat – that became vegan from knowing us. It takes an understanding; not having a lot of money. That’s the beauty of veganism; it’s open to all; all walks of life, rich or poor, young or old, black or white, straight or gay, Atheist or Jew, male or female.
I travel too much; too inconvenient to be vegan.
Take food with you. Inconvenience is a rationalization; and not a very good one at that. Veganism is NOT about a matter of convenience for you, but about a matter of justice for them.
If we didn’t eat them, what would happen to all the animals?
Your concern for other animals is so touching! If we didn’t eat them, we would stop purposely breeding them into existence. Society would legally give them sanctuary after we legally outlaw humans owning any species of animal. That would greatly reduce their numbers. They would be kept separated so as not to enable them to continue on, and they would just live out their life in peace. They would legally be protected from sexual assault by humans and all breeding would end. Animals that are in sanctuaries and are free to naturally mate would be the only continuance of their species.
Animals are lesser creatures than humans and we control them.
Says who; humans – of course! We should not control them. This is wrong. This is human supremacy. We are speciesist to believe that only the human species of animal deserves to live their life free from human exploitation and assault. In this respect, all animals; human or nonhuman, equally deserve legal protection from being harmed by humans; who can live just fine without harming other sentient animals.
It doesn’t bother me when I see animals being slaughtered, or I don’t look; I don’t want to know.
The fact that most people are presently unable to empathize with the holocaust that other species endure at that hands of humanity – is not something to boast about. In your conscience, however hidden, you know that it is not right to cause needless harm to other conscious animals. Humans do not need to use animals; they are beautifully equipped to live vegan. It’s time for everyone to wake up and think about the misery we inflict on those who can suffer. We, the people, have the power to end institutionalized exploitation of animals by purchasing cruelty-free and by living vegan. We have the power. We will not be a part of the “demand” for animals to suffer and die for us. If we don’t demand it, it won’t be supplied.
Milk, eggs and cheese do not kill the animal.
The fact is that the “dairy cow” is killed to be eaten when she is no longer producing. The dairy cow is riddled with pain as a result of her exploitation, sexually abused, has her newborn stolen from her over and over, and killed to be eaten typically at around 5 years of her otherwise 20-25 year lifespan. The dairy and egg industries are literally built on the control of the reproductive systems of female nonhumans. It is deeply troubling that the reproductive system of any species of female is being perceived as nothing more than an economic resource. It’s a feminist issue. Animals used for their milk or eggs lead lives of misery and when they are no longer profitable enough, they are killed to be eaten. The animal-harming industry is all one big business, with different branches of it supporting each other. Veganism is the only ethical stance in our relationship to other animals. Vegetarians that consume dairy and eggs are funding animal exploitation and animals being killed.
Eating animal products is mainstream – everyone does it. It’s traditional.
So is deceitful, greedy, self-involved and ego-maniacal behavior. Everybody does it. Does that make it right?
Vegans are unhealthy.
Vegans are healthy, very healthy, and a few are not so healthy. Non-vegans are somewhat healthy, not healthy at all, and some are healthy. Statistically, vegans get less heart disease and cancer and other dreaded diseases, and have far less obesity. If a vegan eats whole foods; grains, legumes, seeds/nuts, fruits and vegetables (especially dark leafy greens), (plenty of raw foods), gets some sunshine, and sprinkles B12 fortified delicious cheezy tasting nutritional (or savoury) yeast on their meals, daily…they should have excellent health. But since veganism is not a diet, but an ethical position, there are some vegans who don’t find eating and living healthfully that important. There are many healthy long-time vegans. ”The China Study” or the China-Cornell-Oxford Project, was a 20-year study conducted by the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, Cornell University, and the the University of Oxford, directed by T. Colin Campbell (not a vegetarian, at the time). The study examined mortality rates, diets, and lifestyles of 6,500 people in 65 rural counties in China, and concluded that people with a high consumption of animal-based foods were more likely to suffer chronic disease, while those who ate a plant-based diet were the least likely. The authors conclude that people who eat a plant food/vegan diet will minimize or reverse the development of chronic diseases. They also recommend adequate amounts of sunshine to maintain sufficient levels of vitamin D, and dietary supplements of vitamin B12 in case of complete avoidance of animal products, and to minimize the usage of vegetable oils. One thousand vegans were studied in the United States and they found that vegans had 40% less body fat and achieved healthy weight: http://nutritionfacts.org/videos/thousands-of-vegans-studied/
C’mon, I’m kind and gentle and I love a good steak or fish.
I guess you’re kind and gentle, maybe, to humans, but certainly not to cows and fish. It’s time to extend your kindness and gentleness to other animals.
But the animals wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for us!
That is also true of our children; they wouldn’t be here if not for us. Does that mean we can do whatever we like to them? Bringing someone into existence does not mean that you have unrestricted rights over that life form.
But wouldn’t the economic consequences be disastrous for the farmers of animals?
This may or may not be true (as the change could be very gradual), but ending the enslavement of other animals is a moral imperative. The perfect example is slavery in the southern U.S. It was not financially beneficial to the slave owners of the south, but that did not take precedence, because owning someone is unjust. Even if something benefits you (like stealing) that does not make it something we should do.
Humans are at the top of the food chain!
A food chain that was conveniently devised by humans. There are vegans who are living beyond the “dog-eat-dog” mentality and find it real freedom of thought.
I can’t go vegan, I don’t like to eat vegetables. I don’t want to eat tofu and grass, or I don’t like vegan food.
There’s nothing not to like! Change your taste bud indoctrination. Vegan food is incredibly delicious. All the dishes you like can be made vegan. You will like the food as soon as you have your needed epiphany that you don’t want to eat the flesh of tortured and murdered animals or the products of slavery. Get that…and all of a sudden vegan food is delicious beyond your wildest imagination. Who doesn’t like potatoes, or spaghetti and marinara sauce, garlic bread, and delicious fruit, and nuts, and fried rice? Everyone likes vegan foods – start with the ones you already like, first. Get help; find a mentor that can show you how to prepare tofu; a tasteless block of protein that we can magically transform into a cheesy sauce, an omelet, onion dip or sour cream! It absorbs the flavor of the seasonings. When people say “I don’t like vegan food” it sounds so embarrassingly trivial in comparison to cruelty to animals. Recommended vegan cookbook: with over 500 incredibly delicious recipes, including vegan Lasagna, pizza, stuffed mushrooms, cinnamon rolls, cakes, cookies, and even a large raw foods section: Incredibly Delicious; Recipes for a New Paradigm by Gentle World. These were the recipes from our successful restaurant in Hawaii called – The Vegan – with lines out the door daily, and people saying I can eat vegan if the food tastes like this!
http://www.amazon.com/Incredibly-Delicious-Recipes-New-Paradigm-Revised/dp/0929274253
Animals have no soul, they don’t feel pain.
All mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and some invertebrates like earthworms and insects have endogenous opiates, of which endorphins are the most well known, and they function to alleviate pain following serious injury. Why would an animal have a function to alleviate pain if he/she did not feel pain? Animals, in horrific animal experiments, avoid injurious stimuli in order to escape that stimuli. We share 98% of our evolutionary DNA with chimpanzees according to science. When humans harm and kill other animals in slaughterhouses, they squawk and squeal; the equivalent of our scream. They speak; but they go unheard. Because they don’t speak to us in our language, we pretend not to hear what they are saying, for the sake of personal monetary gain, trivial pleasure, or possibly out of ignorance, or not breaking free of ones misguided indoctrination. Other mammals share with us benzodiazepine receptors located in the central nervous system, which means that they feel fear, pain and anxiety. This has been shown in animal testing. How sad that we chose to subject animals to torture in animal experimentation to learn this obvious information. Animals are indeed capable of suffering. All animals; human or nonhuman have (or are) souls and are equal when it comes to the inherent right not to be harmed, enslaved, and murdered because they are sentient. Being capable of sensation gives them that fundamental right.
Our species evolved by eating meat – our brain size was not possible without it.
Glucose is the only fuel normally used by brain cells. This blood sugar is obtained from carbohydrates: the starches and sugars you eat in the form of grains and legumes, fruits and vegetables. These are the foods that feed the brain. “Meat” is not brain food, quite literally. Excess cholesterol from eating animal products leads to a waxy accumulation that could block the blood flow to the heart or to the brain. Poor circulation to the brain causing Alzheimer’s is caused by eating animal products. In addition, “A BBC News story entitled ‘Starch ‘fuel of human evolution’: Man’s ability to digest starchy foods like the potato may explain our success on the planet’, genetic work suggests. Compared with primates, humans have many more copies of a gene essential for breaking down calorie-rich starches, Nature Genetics reports. And these extra calories may have been crucial for feeding the larger brains of humans, speculate the University of California Santa Cruz authors. Previously, experts had wondered if “meat” in the diet was the answer.” Source link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6983330.stm Finally, having a large brain does not necessarily mean that humans use it to their full capacity. And even more significantly, nor does being intelligent necessarily mean being ethical or kind. The school of thought of non-participation in exploiting other animals; human or nonhuman, is based on their sentience, not on their intelligence or brain size. We would not harm a mentally disabled human because they are less intelligent.
North American Indigenous people ate meat and they respected the animals.
Most of us are no longer limited by the circumstances that our ancestors may have needed for survival. (Some North American tribes ate mainly or largely vegetarian including the Choctaw, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Creek, Aztec, Zapotec, and others; but was lost in time and colonialism.) We are fortunate to have a wider range of choices available to us. Paying someone to farm, exploit and kill animals for food, clothing, or other human uses today certainly is not necessary, and therefore is not respectful. Saying prayers or giving thanks to animals that are killed for our unnecessary use may appease human ears, but these acts are meaningless to those slaughtered. Only through choosing not to exploit or harm other animals do we show them genuine respect. Many long-time vegans are proving that healthy living does not require taking the lives of other animals to sustain our own, and are thriving in a diversity of cultures all over the world.
It’s okay if it’s organic and grass-fed and humanely slaughtered.
No, it’s NOT okay. Not for the animals. Put yourself in their place. They are fully conscious beings, with eyes, a brain, a heart and many similar bodily functions and systems. They communicate and look us in the eyes; they scream and plead for mercy when they are being killed in slaughterhouses. They are much like us. We are a fellow species of animal. If you wanted to eat a person, would you describe your slaughtering of them, humane? Humans killing other animals is NEVER humane; whether organic or conventional.
Plants have feelings too.
Perhaps one day we will evolve to living without harming plants because they are a life form with many intricate processes. But we must start with the elimination of animal products because animals are sentient. Plants are not. Animals are clearly conscious of sense perceptions. Sentient beings have minds; they have preferences and show a desire to live by running away from those who would harm them or crying out in pain. Although plants respond to sunlight and other stimuli, they are not sentient; they don’t have a mind, they don’t think about or fear death, they are not aware and conscious. Plants do not have a nervous system, benzodiazepine (pain) receptors, or endogenous opiates, such as endorphins that alleviate pain following serious injury, which begs the question of why an animal would have these functions if they did not feel pain. Feeling pain and the capacity to suffer is a part of being sentient, as well as experiencing pleasure and a desire to live. Non-vegans make comments that there is no difference between plants and animals as a rationalization so they can turn sentient animals into a commodity, without guilt. There is no evidence of Truth to their position, however.
Rights apply only to humans not to animals, humans are superior.
Says who? Humans, of course. A humancentric, human-supremist species! There are many ways in which other animals are superior to humans from keener hearing, greater eyesight, larger brain, to more loyal companions. Having superior characteristics has no bearing on the truth that all animals deserve to be granted legal ‘personhood’ and not viewed as property or a commodity for human use. The superior one is the one who acts with respect, non-violence, and good intentions towards all feeling animals; both human and nonhuman. It is not someone who acts with blatant disregard for some animals while labeling himself superior.
Vegans are just being self-righteous.
Vegans are trying to act righteously, and not just for themselves, but getting out of themselves and their own small world to act justly towards other sentient animals too.
What we eat is a personal choice.
If it were my personal choice to fondle your toddler, would you say to me “that’s your personal choice”? It is every bit as true that it’s not a personal choice to the billions of animals that just want to live their portion of time on Earth, in peace, free of oppression by humans. We should not have a personal choice to needlessly harm any sentient being. Anyone who can suffer; anyone who is fully aware and conscious and experiencing life, breathing and feeling, should be legally protected from anyone who thinks it is their personal choice to harm them. I’m not referring to species protection laws, but where every individual sentient animal of any species is a rights-holder that is protected from humans who think it is their personal choice to harm them. It’s unfair for you to have a personal choice when your choice so negatively effects animals and the planet we all share.
It’s my culture, it’s my religion to eat animals.
Pretty much everyone came from mainstream culture that says eating animals is okay. Traditions are meant to change as we evolve to a more humane race. Vegans had to rise out of the culture that they were indoctrinated with; they are not asking you to do anything that they themselves did not do. If a religion is worth anything it should be to help us extend our compassion towards those in our mercy. If a religion does not allow us to grow to the vegan ideal, it is not worth having.
I only buy meat where I know the animal had a good life and was humanely killed.
There is no such thing as humanely killing animals that were purpose bred, exploited, and meant to be eaten by humans or were stalked and shot at. “Humane killing” is an oxymoron. Stop lying to yourself…you obviously have concerns about the issue, so just do the only ethically justifiable thing and become vegan.
A link proving the myth of humane farming: http://www.peacefulprairie.org/humane-myth.html
Nothing is going to change, so there’s no point in going vegan.
The only thing that has ever changed the world is humans joining forces and becoming a social justice movement working for needed change. Humanity has progressed towards a more civilized (less racist or sexist, for example) way of living in the past and will continue to do so, as we are an evolving species. But it can not happen if people think like you! We all make a difference when we do our part in moving the whole of human consciousness forward towards a society whose heart is not based on the enslavement and exploitation of others.
It’s the end of the world; we should enjoy the food as much as we can.
It might be the end of the world, but whether it is or it isn’t would not have any bearing on the injustice of using other animals. Vegans enjoy their food very much and enjoy knowing that they walk every step of the way without causing intentional harm to other animals. In fact, there’s no other enjoyment that tastes as sweet as living according to what your conscience knows is the right thing to do. If life here on Earth is for one more day or a hundred more years, vegans will live it with integrity as though their life had a real meaning and purpose to it; being a part of the solution, not a part of the problems that this world faces. If the world’s people adopted vegan living, we would have real hope of saving the planet.
If we didn’t eat meat the cows would die. No one would be farming them.
Well there certainly wouldn’t be 2 billion of them. Cows, in the numbers that they exist, are not good for the planet at all; with all their emissions adding to global warming, and their eroding the topsoil, their abundant excrement causing water pollution, their trampling down the new growth of native trees, and their high water consumption. Individually, they are gentle animals. Once we put an end to animal agriculture, we will stop the breeding and give them sanctuary to live out their lives. At some point, a few will be allowed to naturally breed so we can continue to love cows, rather than eat them, abuse them, and wear their skins. Cows rescued in sanctuaries have proven to be lovely friends.
Vegans don’t care about animal suffering. They only care about their agenda. They want to see all small family farmers go out of business so all that’s left is factory farms and it will be...
Blog entry
15 Mar 2013 - 6:30pm
i have a question for you how many starseeds,lightworkers and etc eat meat and animal products?i just want to get a good idea!!!
Blog entry
2 Mar 2013 - 9:52pm
As a recovering binge eater- food has been my drug of choice..As an addict I have made many excuses which have kept me in a cycle of entrapment and darkness.
Excuses- are Momentary thoughts which once acted upon , can lead to destructive patterns.
Excuses i have told myself are"You'll feel better after or have another piece of chocolate- another won't hurt!"
No momentary relief of pain is worth losing yourself. Troubles really happen when you lose yourself.
The instant pleasure of food, drugs, smoking, alcohol or mind altering substance only lead to intensifying the feeling which you are trying to avoid or escape from.
For instance, If you feel isolated, you will feel even lonelier after you play out your addiction.
When allow destructive thoughts to become actions this is when you lose yourself. When you give your power over to negative thoughts you give permission to your pain body To become you. To take pver.
If you are sensitive you are likely to become a magnet for other pain bodies( other people's issues) becoming attached to you.
My pain body although dormant is very much still alive. Like a sly fox waiting to pounce when I'm vulnerable and take over. I hear it whisper destructive actions in my mind. But I played with this fox for a long time now and am aware of his tricks and power of seduction! One never means just one...
And it won't hurt means it won't hurt now- later it will hurt a hell
Of a lot!
Once you learn to observe this destructive patterns and not act on it these whispers slowing fade.
When those whispers fade silence takes its place and that's when all the beauty follows.
For we all want peace which comes from embracing this silence. Where infinite love exists.
Protect and love yourself as you would a wounded child. You will have to face these feelings eventually. So having this moment of pleasure or instant gratification will only by you a very short amount of time of relief. This false sense of pleasure dies fast And that short time you gave your power away leads to intensifying those feelings you set out to avoid.
Although some thoughts, feelings and pain is hard to sit with, when you bury them they are magnified. You feel depressed, unloved, isolate and separate. Your body holds unto these feelings.
Addiction allows you to release it for that hour or two. But it comes back the next day or the day after. As once you have acted the destructive cycle becomes alive in you. And the darkness takes over. The only relief then seems to be by feeding that addiction again. As once you lose yourself it's easy to forget the light and lose hope of having peace again.
Make a poster:
Write all the excuses or reasons why you act on destructive addictive behavior.
Write all the Consequences of acting on your addiction.
Then right or the feeling which follow.
Write another heading of the positive steps that can be taken instead- listening to music, having a shower or bath, singing, screaming into a pillow, writing, making art- channeling that energy to become productive somehow.
Or being able to sit with the emotion and feelings which arise. Choosing to stay with yourself with the wisdom to know that it will not last forever.
We can only run from our emotions for sometime.. There comes a time where we have to just face our demons straight in the eye.
Like a child who is scared of the monster under their bed. Just look under the bed and see what's their!
When you have the courage to see the monster for what it truly is
it loses it's power over you.
Instead of living with pain and fear.. Take control of your choices and be empowered by self love.
Some tips-
1. There's something you can do today to get you closer to your goal
2. What other people think of you is none if your business.
3. The most important relationship is the relationship with yourself
4.Troubles really happen when you lose yourself.
5. If you can do it yourself just do it!
6. Fear is not an option
7. Make your own money
8. To yourself be true. Don't be sidetracked by other peoples opinions, listen to yourself.
Blog entry
25 Feb 2013 - 1:59pm
Yes, this title is meant literally, :)
Lovely 96 year old Clara has videos about cooking during the depression.
Clara will surely charm you with her informative and delightful videos.~~~ http://www.youtube.com/user/DepressionCooking
Watch this Poor-man's feast !
She must be Italian or Mediterranean at least.
As long as you have a stove to kook on....
It looks like she's using aluminum pots.... I should advice not to.
Oh, well, she got 96 and still looks heathy.
Enjoy!
Blog entry
22 Jan 2013 - 12:33pm
Monday, January 14th 2013
Written By:
Sayer Ji, Founder
Sunlight is well-known to provide us vitamin D, but did you know that it kills pain, keeps us alert at night, burns fat and more...
Our biological connection and dependence to the sun is so profound, that the very variation in human skin color from African, melanin-saturated dark skin, to the relatively melanin de-pigmented, Caucasian lighter-skin, is a byproduct of the offspring of our last common ancestor from Africa (as determined by mitochondrial DNA) migrating towards sunlight-impoverished higher latitudes, which began approximately 60,000 years ago. In order to compensate for the lower availability of sunlight, the body rapidly adjusted, essentially requiring the removal of the natural "sunscreen" melanin from the skin, which interferes with vitamin D production; vitamin D, of course, is involved in the regulation of over 2,000 genes, and therefore is more like a hormone, without which our entire genetic infrastructure becomes destabilized.
While the health benefits of vitamin D are well-documented (GreenMedInfo.com has identified over 200 health conditions that may benefit from optimizing vitamin D levels: Vitamin D Health Benefits page, and Henry Lahore's Vitamin D Wiki has far more), the therapeutic properties of sunlight are only now being explored in greater depth by the research community.
Below are detailed five noteworthy properties of sunlight exposure:
1) Sunlight Has Pain-Killing (Analgesic) Properties: A 2005 study published in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine titled, "The effect of sunlight on postoperative analgesic medication use: a prospective study of patients undergoing spinal surgery," analyzed patients staying on the bright side of the hospital unit who were exposed to 46% higher-intensity sunlight on average. The patients exposed to an increased intensity of sunlight experienced less perceived stress, marginally less, took 22% less analgesic medication per hour, and had 21% less pain medication costs. [i]
2) Sunlight Burns Fat: A 2011 study published in The Journal of Investigative Dermatology revealed a remarkable fact of metabolism: The exposure of human skin to UV light results in increased subcutaneous fat metabolism. While subcutaneous fat, unlike visceral fat, is not considered a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, it is known that a deficiency of one of sunlight's best known beneficial byproducts, vitamin D, is associated with greater visceral fat.[ii] Also, there is a solid body of research showing that vitamin D deficiency is linked to obesity, with 9 such studies on our obesity research page.
One of them, titled "Association of plasma vitamin D levels with adiposity in Hispanic and African Americans," and which was published in the journal Anticancer Research in 2005, found that vitamin D levels were inversely associated with adiposity in Hispanics and African-Americans, including abdominal obesity.[iii] The point? Exposure to UVB radiation, which is most abundant two hours on either side of solar noon and responsible for producing vitamin D, may be an essential strategy in burning fat, the natural way.
3) Sunlight via Solar Cycles May Directly Regulate Human Lifespan: Published in 2010 in the journal Medical Hypotheses and titled, "The effect of solar cycles on human lifespan in the 50 United states: variation in light affects the human genome," researchers review the possibility that solar cycles directly affect the human genome. According to the researchers:
In the current study we report that those persons conceived and likely born during the peaks (MAX approximately 3 years) of approximately 11-year solar cycles lived an average 1.7 years less than those conceived and likely born during non-peaks (MIN approximately 8 years). Increased energy at solar MAX, albeit relatively a small 0.1% increase from MIN, apparently modifies the human genome/epigenome and engenders changes that predispose to various diseases, thereby shortening lifespan. It is likely that same energy increases beneficial variety in the genome which may enhance adaptability in a changing environment.
Sunlight exposure, therefore, may directly affect the length of our life, and may even accelerate genetic changes that may confer a survival advantage.[iv]
4) Daytime Sunlight Exposure Improves Evening Alertness: A 2012 study published in the journal Behavioral Neuroscience titled, "Effects of prior light exposure on early evening performance, subjective sleepiness, and hormonal secretion," found that subjects felt significantly more alert at the beginning of the evening after being exposed to 6 hours of mainly daylight exposure, whereas they became sleepier at the end of the evening after artificial light exposure.[v]
5) Sunlight May Convert To Metabolic Energy: If a novel hypothesis published in 2008 in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine is correct,[vi] a longstanding assumption that animals are incapable of utilizing light energy directly is now called into question. In other words, our skin may contain the equivalent of melanin "solar-panels," and it may be possible to "ingest" energy, as plants do, directly from the Sun.
Melanin has a diverse set of roles in various organisms. From the ink of the octopus, to the melanin-based protective colorings of bacteria and fungi, melanin offers protection against a variety of threats: from predators and similar biochemical threats (host defenses against invading organisms), UV light, and other chemical stresses (i.e. heavy metals and oxidizing agents). Commonly overlooked, however, is melanin's ability to convert gamma and ultraviolet radiation into metabolic energy within living systems.
Single-celled fungi, for instance, have been observed thriving within the collapsed nuclear reactor at Chernobyl, Ukraine, using gamma radiation as a source of energy. Albino fungi, without melanin, were studied to be incapable of using gamma radiation in this way, proving that gamma rays initiate a yet-unknown process of energy production within exposed melanin.
Vertebrate animals may also convert light directly into metabolic energy through the help of melanin. In a review titled, "Melanin directly converts light for vertebrate metabolic use: heuristic thoughts on birds, Icarus and dark human skin," Geoffrey Goodman and Dani Bercovich offer a thought-provoking reflection on the topic, the abstract of which is well worth reading in its entirety:
Pigments serve many visually obvious animal functions (e.g. hair, skin, eyes, feathers, scales). One is 'melanin', unusual in an absorption across the UV-visual spectrum which is controversial. Any polymer or macro-structure of melanin monomers is 'melanin'. Its roles derive from complex structural and physical-chemical properties e.g. semiconductor, stable radical, conductor, free radical scavenger, charge-transfer.
Clinicians and researchers are well acquainted with melanin in skin and ocular pathologies and now increasingly are with internal, melanized, pathology-associated sites not obviously subject to light radiation (e.g. brain, cochlea). At both types of sites some findings puzzle: positive and negative neuromelanin effects in Parkinsons; unexpected melanocyte action in the cochlea, in deafness; melanin reduces DNA damage, but can promote melanoma; in melanotic cells, mitochondrial number was 83% less, respiration down 30%, but development similar to normal amelanotic cells.
A little known, avian anatomical conundrum may help resolve melanin paradoxes. One of many unique adaptations to flight, the pecten, strange intra-ocular organ with unresolved function(s), is much enlarged and heavily melanized in birds fighting gravity, hypoxia, thirst and hunger during long-distance, frequently sub-zero, non-stop migration. The pecten may help cope with energy and nutrient needs under extreme conditions, by a marginal but critical, melanin-initiated conversion of light to metabolic energy, coupled to local metabolite recycling.
Similarly in Central Africa, reduction in body hair and melanin increase may also have lead to 'photomelanometabolism' which, though small scale/ unit body area, in total may have enabled a sharply increased development of the energy-hungry cortex and enhanced human survival generally. Animal inability to utilize light energy directly has been traditionally assumed. Melanin and the pecten may have unexpected lessons also for human physiology and medicine.
Source: Greenmedinfo.com
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12 Jan 2013 - 5:03pm
MP jumps into fifth dimension with garlic raw like Sushi.
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9 Jan 2013 - 9:39am
"Keep the pineal gland operating and you won't grow old -- you will always be young". — Edgar Cayce
More:
> lightworkers.org/blog/151485/why-pineal-gland-and-mental-health-are-most-important-these-times
> lightworkers.org/blog/171656/pineal-activation-solar-gazing-and-dna-recoding
> lightworkers.org/blog/175142/enhance-spiritual-mental-physical-well-being-pineal-gland-detox
Blog entry
25 Dec 2012 - 2:25am
I am going to stop Saying "you go girl" to my self!!!
Many Blessings to you all!
Kodoish
Jeff
Teaching
22 Nov 2012 - 6:47pm
How does food affect your ability to fulfill your higher purpose? This article is inspired by a reader who commented on last week's blog post (on the topic of living from creation rather than from survival). Christopher shared that for him, good food and nutrition is a must for living from creation rather than survival. What a great topic for this week of Thanksgiving!
Christopher writes,
"I am having to resort to diet changes to get more connected to higher self/ earth/ love. Certain foods greatly aid my success. When I eat less food and eat slowly and mindfully and eat cruciferous veggies, raw chocolate (with stevia for sweetener), green tea, then I do much better.
If I eat sugar, refined carbs, meat, or if I eat too much (more than 80% full) this hinders my ability to connect with Spirit. In fact last night I did not eat anything after 3 pm and just had a green drink for dinner.
This is a sacrifice but for me well worth it."
I have to agree with what Christopher writes. He has discovered the habits and foods that can drag him down, and he avoids them as a result. (It's about practicing Self Love.)
In general, it is harder to connect with the energy of creation, fulfill your higher purpose, and keep consistently "on track" and enjoy life to the fullest when you have extra pounds to carry, when you have poor energy, or when you experience pain or other unpleasant symptoms in your body. (Sometimes, we experience these things so that we can learn specific lessons and then teach what we've learned so that it will become easier for others to take care of themselves better.)
I have found that for myself, it is easier to connect within and follow through with my inner guidance when my health is good. This often requires that I be very conscious of what I put into my mouth. For me, this means avoiding processed foods of all kinds, wheat, dairy, eggs, sugar, soy, processed vegetable oils, artificial sweeteners and genetically modified foods.
The most common genetically modified foods are soy, canola oil, corn and, I recently heard, sugar from sugar beets. Avoiding genetically modified foods is critical as tests have shown that they damage the organs in the body (particularly the liver and kidney, the organs that detox your body). Artificial sweeteners are known to damage nerve endings in the brain. When the synapses in the brain become impaired, this will--no doubt--affect your ability to connect with higher consciousness. As a general rule of thumb, any "food" that is not found in nature is considered a toxin by your body.
I have been changing my diet over the last couple of years and have conducted some food experiments on myself. Although I have never been one to eat lots of junk food (I grew up on homemade food and I love to cook), I have found that by eliminating certain foods I was "sensitive" to, I lost some bloat and felt a lot better.
I have also noticed that when I get off of my healthy regimen for a few days or a week or longer (during the holidays, or because of some other excuse), not only do I regain the few pounds of bloat, I also experience fatigue, weird muscle soreness in my body and even small fever blisters on my lips.
That's right. Ever since I was a kid I have been susceptible to fever blisters (sometimes called cold sores) after a bad cold or flu. But the slight fever / flush I feel in my face after "testing" myself by reintroducing gluten and dairy into my diet for a few days has resulted in tiny, "low grade" cold sores showing up on my lips a few days later. This happened four times already in the last year or so, after I went off of my "clean" diet. (The barely noticeable flush I feel in my face seems to be my body signaling an inflammatory response.)
I have found that how I feel in my body does affect all other areas of my life. I know that I'm not as "on target" when I'm feeling bad as when I'm feeling good. I tend to put things off when I'm feeling bad, and I'm not living in the moment as much. So how can you live in creation when when you're struggling in the area of health, when you put life off because of your health, when you're not living in the moment?
Wherever you are in your diet and health regimen, I recommend smaller amounts of nourishing, whole foods that are chewed well--organic, free range, grass fed, and raw when possible. Smaller amounts of nourishing foods will satisfy you more and make sure your body has the energy it needs for productive, satisfying activities such as fulfilling your potential, your higher purpose. (Overeating on the other hand results in much of the body's energy being used in digestion and the processing and storing of toxins.)
According to nutritionist and fitness expert JJ Virgin, more than half of all Americans are sensitive to foods such as wheat, dairy, eggs and sugar. To learn more about good nutrition (and the easy way to reduce food cravings), I wholeheartedly recommend JJ Virgin (she has a new book coming out next month titled, The Virgin Diet) as well as Matt Monarch and Angela Stokes-Monarch. Matt Monarch has a great list of the foods that are okay to eat on his "Whole Foods List," available on his RawFoodWorld.com website. Since Matt's list is not easy to find, I am including a link to it here:
Matt Monarch's Whole Foods List
I wish You and Yours a wonderful and joyful Thanksgiving, and please remember to chew each morsel of good food well!
Blog entry
22 Nov 2012 - 6:41pm
How does food affect your ability to fulfill your higher purpose? This article is inspired by a reader who commented on last week's blog post (on the topic of living from creation rather than from survival). Christopher shared that for him, good food and nutrition is a must for living from creation rather than survival. What a great topic for this week of Thanksgiving!
Christopher writes,
"I am having to resort to diet changes to get more connected to higher self/ earth/ love. Certain foods greatly aid my success. When I eat less food and eat slowly and mindfully and eat cruciferous veggies, raw chocolate (with stevia for sweetener), green tea, then I do much better.
If I eat sugar, refined carbs, meat, or if I eat too much (more than 80% full) this hinders my ability to connect with Spirit. In fact last night I did not eat anything after 3 pm and just had a green drink for dinner.
This is a sacrifice but for me well worth it."
I have to agree with what Christopher writes. He has discovered the habits and foods that can drag him down, and he avoids them as a result. (It's about practicing Self Love.)
In general, it is harder to connect with the energy of creation, fulfill your higher purpose, and keep consistently "on track" and enjoy life to the fullest when you have extra pounds to carry, when you have poor energy, or when you experience pain or other unpleasant symptoms in your body. (Sometimes, we experience these things so that we can learn specific lessons and then teach what we've learned so that it will become easier for others to take care of themselves better.)
I have found that for myself, it is easier to connect within and follow through with my inner guidance when my health is good. This often requires that I be very conscious of what I put into my mouth. For me, this means avoiding processed foods of all kinds, wheat, dairy, eggs, sugar, soy, processed vegetable oils, artificial sweeteners and genetically modified foods.
The most common genetically modified foods are soy, canola oil, corn and, I recently heard, sugar from sugar beets. Avoiding genetically modified foods is critical as tests have shown that they damage the organs in the body (particularly the liver and kidney, the organs that detox your body). Artificial sweeteners are known to damage nerve endings in the brain. When the synapses in the brain become impaired, this will--no doubt--affect your ability to connect with higher consciousness. As a general rule of thumb, any "food" that is not found in nature is considered a toxin by your body.
I have been changing my diet over the last couple of years and have conducted some food experiments on myself. Although I have never been one to eat lots of junk food (I grew up on homemade food and I love to cook), I have found that by eliminating certain foods I was "sensitive" to, I lost some bloat and felt a lot better.
I have also noticed that when I get off of my healthy regimen for a few days or a week or longer (during the holidays, or because of some other excuse), not only do I regain the few pounds of bloat, I also experience fatigue, weird muscle soreness in my body and even small fever blisters on my lips.
That's right. Ever since I was a kid I have been susceptible to fever blisters (sometimes called cold sores) after a bad cold or flu. But the slight fever / flush I feel in my face after "testing" myself by reintroducing gluten and dairy into my diet for a few days has resulted in tiny, "low grade" cold sores showing up on my lips a few days later. This happened four times already in the last year or so, after I went off of my "clean" diet. (The barely noticeable flush I feel in my face seems to be my body signaling an inflammatory response.)
I have found that how I feel in my body does affect all other areas of my life. I know that I'm not as "on target" when I'm feeling bad as when I'm feeling good. I tend to put things off when I'm feeling bad, and I'm not living in the moment as much. So how can you live in creation when when you're struggling in the area of health, when you put life off because of your health, when you're not living in the moment?
Wherever you are in your diet and health regimen, I recommend smaller amounts of nourishing, whole foods that are chewed well--organic, free range, grass fed, and raw when possible. Smaller amounts of nourishing foods will satisfy you more and make sure your body has the energy it needs for productive, satisfying activities such as fulfilling your potential, your higher purpose. (Overeating on the other hand results in much of the body's energy being used in digestion and the processing and storing of toxins.)
According to nutritionist and fitness expert JJ Virgin, more than half of all Americans are sensitive to foods such as wheat, dairy, eggs and sugar. To learn more about good nutrition (and the easy way to reduce food cravings), I wholeheartedly recommend JJ Virgin (she has a new book coming out next month titled, The Virgin Diet) as well as Matt Monarch and Angela Stokes-Monarch. Matt Monarch has a great list of the foods that are okay to eat on his "Whole Foods List," available on his RawFoodWorld.com website. Since Matt's list is not easy to find, I am including a link to it here:
Matt Monarch's Whole Foods List
I wish You and Yours a wonderful and joyful Thanksgiving, and please remember to chew each morsel of good food well!
Blog entry
22 Nov 2012 - 10:37am
20th November 2012
by Mona Bhattacharya
The pineal gland is the center for receiving the rays of sunlight, which once received are shot in different directions of the body. Also, it is the receiver of crown energy, which holds an incredible amount of information about your past, who you are as a soul, your future, your evolution – and the entire history of the universe. Everything is stored within your higher self in the universal consciousness.
It would be impossible to receive all of this information at all once, so the pineal gland functions like a coordination radio tower, receiving the strongest rays coming through from all light sources – higher self light, sunlight, moon light and star light – and has the ability to decode the information which is stored within these light frequencies.
The influence is a magnetic influence; it is not an electrical light, but gravitational energy. Light and magnetism are one and the same. The earth is magnetized by the sun; all the local creation on this planet is attuned to the magnetic field of Mother Earth, who is attuned to the magnetic field of the sun, which is attuned to the magnetic field of other star systems within the Milky Way Galaxy, which is attuned to other light networks within the universe, and so it is all one system. Every cell carries the same code of DNA, and by attuning to the light frequencies and the information within these frequencies, we are able to rewire our DNA.
An example to illustrate this relationship is a large corporation: The people on the floor only have so much information. When they encounter a problem, they will turn to the branch management where the level of information is slightly higher. If the branch management doesn’t know the answer, they will go to the regional managers, and if they don’t know the answer, they will go to the CEO, and so on. This hierarchical structure illustrates how our local solar system – the sun – is connected with other high vibrational light bodies within the universe. And it is our closest most tangible and immediate resource for recoding our DNA.
The macro level contains our planet, the universe, the galaxies and all the different star systems. On the micro level, the way this structure plays out in you is this: Your pineal is your local receiver of sunlight, and it disperses this light within your body. On a deeper level, each cell within your physical network has its own sun, which is the nucleus. And similarly, as the sun is magnetizing all beings within its rays, the pineal gland acts like the super sun for the body and magnetizes every cell within the physical system. It coordinates the light within the body. The system within the body that carries the light looks like a wire that travels through each cell of your body. It is a coil, a spiraling wire that is a conduit for light. That wire we have known to call our DNA.
By tuning into the pineal gland we enhance its abilities to receive light, and by receiving light we increase its magnetic powers and thus it is activating and magnetizing every nucleus and cell within your entire system. Thus, through pineal focus and sun gazing, you take charge of your own brainpower and make it your best ally. You gain direct access to the center in your brain that receives cosmic data straight from the source, eliminating all traces of confusion.
Pineal Facts
Native Energy: Static Electrical
Native Aspects: Intelligence, Intuition, Psychic Powers, Imagination
Color: Violet
Purpose: To enhance mental clarity and intuition
Symptoms of Dysfunction: Frequent headaches, sinus pressure around the eyes, bad eyesight, cataracts, glaucoma, insomnia, paranoia or depression.
Language of a balanced pineal gland
When you pineal gland is balanced, clarity of mind is a regular and natural state for you. Having a calm, primed mind gives you a powerful presence in this world. You don’t need any external means to stay sharp and clear; in stead, you easily tap into the unlimited resources of your intelligence. Other people respect you for your quick mind and ability to see things clearly. Your life is a series of synchronicities and you feel the flow of life on a daily basis.
Language of an imbalanced pineal gland
When your pineal gland is imbalanced, you feel a lack of mental clarity, good memory or the ability to handle stress. You are unable to stay focused and efficient, and unable of relaxing your mind to heal negative thought patterns that cloud your life. You feel confused and often lose sight of the big picture. You wish could get a bird’s eye view of what is going on in your life.
Natural brainpower
Activating your pineal gland helps you restore the power of mind that is yours by birthright. It gives you clarity and mental strength, and the ability to see which choices will make you happy, and which won’t.
Your intuition is directly related to the pineal gland in the center of your brain. As with the rest of your body, the things you eat affect the health of this gland. Certain foods improve the health of the gland while others cause it to deteriorate.
Fried foods, coffee and fluoride are some of the substances that will calcify and deactivate the pineal gland.
A calcified pineal gland causes you to forget that you are indeed perfect, beautiful, intelligent love.
The psychic ‘gift’
Many believe that being psychic is ‘a gift’. However, it is ‘nothing more’ than the gift of an active pineal gland. Anyone who has reactivated and decalcified their pineal gland experiences their psychic gift ‘return’ to them.
It is as simple as flexing a muscle.
Changing your dietary patterns and gazing at the sun will help you tap into the incredible power of this gland and reactivate your natural physic abilities.
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25 Sep 2012 - 9:04am
In what has to be the worst case of wasteful packaging in the history of modern conveniece, a grocery store in Austria is actually selling pre-peeled bananas that have then been re-packaged in cellophane-covered foam trays.
One of the reasons bananas have been billed as the world's most perfect food is that they come with their own biodegradable packaging straight off the tree. And it's not like you need a knife or some wacky kitchen contraption to peel them—the skin practically falls off on its own. Not surprisingly most customers are up in arms over the ridiculous repackaging stunt, except for the chain's animated clientele who are optimistic the banished peels will dramatically reduce the risk of countless cartoon slipups.
What's even more maddening is that the supermarket chain's slogan urges customers to use more common sense when shopping. "Paper, plastic, or ironic, sir?" [AustrianTimes via FoodBeast]
Image by AustrianTimes
Source: http://gizmodo.com/
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10 Sep 2012 - 12:48am
So i went grocery shopping today and felt inspired to make a yummy smoothie! Despite the random blend of ingredients, it turned out quite well I must say:) I don't really measure anything so I'll just list the stuff I put inside, and play around with it~*~*~*~*~
Few strands of kale
5-6 baby carrots
Orange juice
Water
1 Banana (that I can measure haha)
2 tablespoons of Chia seeds
1/4-1/2 tsp matcha powder
Blend and enjoy! If you have awesome green smoothie recipes please do share! xoxo
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9 Sep 2012 - 12:25am
Natural Room Scents
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The air in my house gets stale sometimes. Or, the day after I've cooked with garlic, that aroma that was so appealing when I was cooking becomes very unpleasant. I want to walk into my house and have it smell pleasant. Nothing overpowering or even that noticeable. Just pleasant.
There is a simple, all natural, truly lovely solution. That is to fill the air in my home with subtle scents of spices, herbs, and fruit. All I have to do is simmer some sweet smelling ingredients in water. The steam fills the air with a pleasant scent. Truth is, I did this many years ago on the advice of our realtor when we were selling our house. Realtors often advise sellers to bake cookies or boil cinnamon water right before a potential buyer drops by. That inviting aroma goes a long way to leave a good first impression. Why I didn't continue scenting the air in a similar way for our own enjoyment, I don't know. I've now got a simple routine going that keeps our house smelling pleasant without staleness or day-after garlic odor.
Keeping the supply list simple. I only used items available at the grocery store or in my yard for these scent recipes. I want this to be easy and inexpensive so that I can set up a sustainable routine of pleasantly scenting our home. These recipes are simply guidelines and don't have to be followed exactly. In fact, I change them up all the time based on what I have on hand in my kitchen or yard.
How to Make Natural Room Scents
Fragrant items for naturally scenting your home:
citrus -- I've tried other fruits. Some of them smell good initially, but they don't hold up for more than one use. Citrus is sturdier, longer-lasting, and gives these scent recipes freshness. Lemons and oranges are particularly fragrant and have the best staying power in these scented waters.
herbs -- Any herb can be used for making a room scent, but the ones that are sturdier and on woody twigs hold up the best. My favorites for room scents are rosemary and thyme.
pine or cedar twigs/needles -- There may be other fragrant trees that will work, too; pine and cedar are the two I've tried for their appealing, fresh fragrance.
extracts -- A touch of vanilla or almond extract improves most room fragrance mixtures. Mint extract has a nice fresh scent.
spices -- You can use ground or whole sweet spices. The whole spices look prettier, if your scented water will be in a location where it will be seen. I have found that cinnamon sticks and whole cloves have the most scent staying power. Cinnamon sticks can be rinsed off and reused several times. They keep on giving.
Five Natural Room Scent Recipes
These are all scents that my nose likes. But, scents that are pleasing to one person may not be to someone else. Consider how many different scents of perfumes, soap, and candles there are in stores in an effort to appeal to the masses. So, use my recipe combos as guidelines that you can tweak and customize to suit what your nose likes.
General procedure: Combine the ingredients in a 2 cup (pint) jar or container, or in a pan on the stove top. Cover them with water and heat.
Scent #1: Oranges, cinnamon & cloves (allspice and anise are optional). This is my favorite, both for it's wonderful aroma and for it's staying power. This scent carries into multiple rooms better, and it can be reheated to scent your rooms for several days.
Scent #2: Lemon, rosemary, & vanilla. A similar scented water is often simmering in Williams-Sonoma stores. It has a lovely freshness to it.
Scent #3: Lime, thyme, mint & vanilla extract. This combination has such a fresh, pleasant scent. I initially made it without the mint extract, but have found that it really kicks up the aroma.
Scent #4: Orange, ginger (fresh or powdered), and almond extract. This is a sweet, delicious scent.
Scent # 5: Pine or cedar twigs (or other fragrant twigs), bay leaves, and nutmeg. These scents combine for a complex aroma. If you have whole nutmeg, use a microplane to grate off the outer surface--this will release the scent. Add the whole nutmeg piece along with the gratings.
Here's the gang of five. Aren't they beautiful? I like to make these up in pint jars and keep them on hand in the fridge so I'm ready to start a pot of simmering scents as needed. Uncooked jars will keep in the fridge for several days.
How to heat the scented mixtures
I've tried a variety of methods, and all of these work to varying degrees. Some of them provide a more powerful scent than others. Just like the air fresheners you buy, none of these will scent a whole house; but I'll show you some ways to set up individual scent sources in multiple rooms. Hopefully you already have what you need to try out one or more of these options.
Stove top method. This is by far the best way I've found to get the most powerful scent that will spread to more rooms the fastest. It's easy as can be. Simply combine the ingredients in a pot on the stove, bring them to a boil, and then lower the heat to a simmer. They will immediately begin to scent your kitchen and spread to other rooms. How far the scent spreads depends on the size and layout of your house. A simmering pot like this makes all four rooms on our first floor smell good. The only drawback of this method is that you have to keep a close eye on the water level. If the pan dries out, you'll be smelling burned citrus instead of sweet, fragrant citrus. NOTE: For a stronger scent, simply double or triple the recipe in a larger pot on the stove.
Uncovered Slow Cooker Method. This is my personal favorite for having my house smell pleasant every day. I use a mini slow cooker--the kind made for keeping dips and sauces warm. Mine only has one low heat setting. The mixture never actually bubbles and visibly steams. I leave it uncovered on my kitchen counter to slowly release scent throughout the day. It's subtle, but creates a pleasant smell in the house. When I'm home, I keep my mini slow cooker going. It's easy and uses very little electricity. When I fill mine in the morning, it won't dry out for an entire day. If you're concerned about accidentally letting it run dry, you can put a lamp timer on it so that it automatically shuts off at the desired time. I put a scented jar mixture in the microwave for 2 minutes to get it really hot before I add it to the slow cooker. That gives it a jump start on releasing the scent. NOTE: For a stronger scent, simply double or triple the recipe in a larger, full-size slow cooker.
Fondue Pot Method. If you have a fondue pot, then you have a portable scent station. Set it up in any room you'd like to scent. Below is a small ceramic fondue pot I have that uses a tea light for heat. So, this will only remain warm as long as the candle lasts--3-1/2 to 4 hours. Like the slow cooker, this is a low level of heat and releases a very subtle scent--enough for a small room. Get the scent mixture boiling hot before adding it to the fondue pot. I like to set this up in our entry way when we have guests. It makes it smell wonderful when you walk through our front door. And, it looks pretty.
Mug Warmer Method. I normally keep this little mug warmer next to my computer to keep my coffee and tea warm. I've discovered it also can be used to keep a jar or small bowl of scent mixture warm. It only keeps it warm, it doesn't actually heat it up. So again, be sure to heat the mixture before adding it the bowl. Or microwave a jar and set it right on top of the mug warmer. This low heat puts off a soft scent that is perfect in a bathroom.
Here's a hint to keep it pretty. As the mixtures cook and lose their color, they're not as attractive. You can spruce it up by floating a fresh slice of citrus on top. Or add a few cranberries (I keep a bag of them in my freezer); they float and add a touch of color.
Candle Warmer Method. These work just like the mug warmers. Candle warmers come with a little bowl on top for melting scented candle pellets. Instead, you can add some heated scented water. Or, remove the bowl and set a jar or other bowl on top.
Note: I tested the temperatures of these with a thermometer. The mug warmer and candle warmer both kept the mixture at about 120°F. That's enough to let off a very subtle scent, but don't expect these to strongly scent a big room. You need more heat and steam for a stronger scent.
Tea Pot Warmer Method. My tea pot warmer also uses tea lights. I can put two or three tea lights in mine to achieve the temperature I want. These only last as long as the tea lights burn, but they can get hotter than the mug and candle warmers, thus releasing more scent. I can put a bowl or jar on top of my tea pot warmer, as long as I put it somewhere that I can keep an eye on it. I don't like to leave candles unattended.
Add more hot water as needed. As the water evaporates from any of these warming bowls or jars, top it off with additional HOT water. It needs to be hot when it's added so that it doesn't cool down the temperature of the scented water. Higher heat = more fragrance.
Gift them! These make a fun, unique hostess gift. Take one along to a party as a gift for your host that can be simmered and enjoyed the next day.
Reuse each mixture 2-3 times. After these have been heated and simmered for awhile, the water becomes cloudy (as you can see in the jars below), and some of the ingredients lose their vibrant color. Although they don't look as pretty, they still smell good. Usually, you can reheat and simmer these again 2-3 times. Jar them up and refrigerate them between uses. Open the jar and give it the sniff test--if it still smells good, reheat and reuse it. Add more water as needed.
Cost saving tips
You can save, use and reuse a number of fragrant ingredients. These scents don't need to be expensive.
Leftover ginger -- If you ever cook with fresh ginger and end up with leftover pieces , this is a way to use them up before they spoil. Slice the leftover ginger and freeze it in a bag or container to have on hand for whipping up a quick batch of scented water.
Save your orange peels -- When you eat an orange, save the peel for use in scented waters. Store them in the refrigerator or freezer until you need them.
Save your juiced lemons and limes -- After you've juiced these for use in a recipe, refrigerate or freeze the leftover pieces.
Save your leftover herbs -- If you have herbs in a garden or have leftover herbs that you've purchased for cooking, they can be frozen and saved for use in these scented waters.
Use expired juices. If you have fruit juices that are past their prime, use them as a base in place of the water in these mixtures. They're both fragrant and colorful.
Use expired spices. Spices are supposed to be replaced after a year, because they lose much of their flavor. But, they still smell good! Instead of throwing out old spices, use them for scenting water.
There are endless combinations for these scented waters. If you have some additional ideas, please share. I'm always looking for a new, pleasant scent for my home.
I can't wait to do this and create gifts that are beautiful to look at and smell.
Brightest Blessings,
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4 Jul 2012 - 2:28am
How many times have you looked at yourself in the mirror and thought: "Oh no!! The horror! My thighs are huge! I should be called Thunder Thighs!, my butt is too flat!!, my boobs are not big enough!" I am willing to bet that almost everybody at one point or other have looked in the mirror and have found something to complain about. I am also willing to bet that only very few individuals look at themselves in the mirror and feel 100% happy with their appearance. I will elaborate more...but in a nut shell the reason why we struggle with weight is becuase we haven't found a way to appreciate and love ourselves. And you may ask what in the world does loving myself have to do with my cottage cheese thighs? Well, everything!! Love is the answer to ALL of our problems!! Think of a problem, and then think of adding love to that problem and you tell me if the problem doesn't seem less menacing to you. So now imagine what giving love to yourself can do for your body!!! Have you ever really stopped and contemplate this concept of loving yourself? I must confess that to me this concept felt not only ridiculous but also awkward and a tad vein. But one day I decided to really explore this concept. I thought about it so hard I think I herniated my brain!! That's how far removed I was from this concept. But after a while my body started reacting to my thoughts of love towards my self. It was almost like a tingly feeling in my stomach, some people describe this feeling as butterflies in your stomach. Now I want to share with you how it feels to love yourself and then I will tell you how to lose weight once and for all!! When you love yourself there is a feeling of warmth in your heart. To get this feeling you have to consciously set the intention. You have to say to your self: "OK, Today in this moment, I am gonna show ME love". Then do whatever comes to mind. You can pedicure your feet, you can give a different shape to your beard, you can prepare a nutritios meal with all your favorite ingredients, you can pasionately kiss your spouse or significant other, you can go do something good for a total stranger. Do ANYTHING THAT comes to mind that is going to make you feel good inside. Once you have capture the feeling, keep the feeling there and turn to the mirror and say: "My dear and loyal body, Thank you so very much for always being there! Without you I could not experience anything in my life. Thank you for being strong and thank you for carrying me through the day regardless of all the verbal abuse you take from me. Starting today, everyday I will thank you for all the wonderful things you allow me to experience. I love you forever". And that's it! this is how to lose weight and stop struggling. Treat your body like best friend, like the one and only true friend you have. Align the reasons why you want to lose weight with love. Wanting to lose weight becuase you want others to think you are attractive and want to fit in "cute" clothes is not a powerful enough reason for your body to react and lose the weight. Your body knows better and it will rebel. Your body knows that it deserves to be loved and cared for regardless of its shape. And anything that is not in alignment with that concept will make your body rebel and manifest more weight. Because we all know that what you resit will persist. So turn off the TV, stop reading gossip magazines, stop comparing yourself to "better looking" people. That's how you lose weight. Is that easy! All you have to do is focus all the love that you are capable amassing within your being and give that love to yourself. No one will ever love you as passionatly and as purely as YOU can. It is time to realize that our bodies are more than just a vessel. They are our homes, our temples!! It is my desire to help you see that YOU ARE ALREADY PERFECT just the way you are, extra pounds or not. So go love yourselves and lose weight in the process.
Namaste, Brenda with love.
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15 Jun 2012 - 12:37pm
a message from Tony Samara
Friday, 15 June, 2012
A wonderful way to support and encourage greater balance and peace in your life is to be more aware of the subtle, yet profound ways that food is affecting us and the world every day, on a physical, mental and emotional level.
For example, eating heavy, dense food can leave us feeling heavy and dense. Eating more light and vibrant foods encourage us to feel light and more vibrant!
We make life much easier for ourselves on all levels when we give our body optimum foods that require a minimum of effort to digest whilst giving maximum possible nutrition and life-force.
The subject of nutrition is not simply a question of the food we eat at meals. Besides nutrients, foods contain scents, colours and invisible particles that attract pure light, light that is so essential for our joyful life and well-being. The choices we make are thus of great significance.
The difference between flesh-based and vegetarian foods lies in the amount of sunlight they contain. Fruits and vegetables are so steeped in sunlight, that one could say they are a condensed form of light. In order to develop the qualities of the heart, besides eating peacefully, consider eating consciously.
This means bringing in more light by eating foods full of concentrated light. These foods contain the beautiful sounds that connect our hearts to the rhythms and invisible aspects of the Universe. Your future depends on how you eat and what you eat.
Focusing on organic fresh fruits and vegetables that are in season is a way to connect to Nature and it's rhythms and cycles so that one may be in harmony with it. Nature is an omnipresent guide and a reference to how human beings can live harmoniously on the planet.
Optimum Foods
All fresh, ripe fruit and vegetables (raw and local is ideal)
Sprouted seeds, grains and beans (e.g. sunflower seeds, quinoa, mung beans)
Sea Vegetables (e.g. spirulina, dulse, wakame, nori)
Superfoods (e.g. hemp seeds, goji berries, wheatgrass)
Cultured Foods (e.g. sauerkraut, tempeh, kefir)
Such a diet would exclude foods that deplete the body of light such as meat, fish, poultry, eggs and refined foods such as white sugar, white flour, deep frozen and/or processed foods.
Food manufacture is one of the most water intensive activities in the world and it takes far less water to produce plants than meat. A vegetarian diet helps to decrease water consumption and pollution.
The vast amount of land used to raise animals is causing environmental problems such as habitat destruction and deforestation. Going vegetarian will halve the land-use of your diet.
Your body is your temple and every action within the temple, done with conscious intention, creates a more harmonious outcome. The secret to opening the treasure-house of food, is the love and compassion attained within your consciousness. The treasure is the sun, condensed into particles, which we can send to all the centres in our bodies.
By choosing your foods consciously you break the cycle of action and reaction. You become light in the world - dissolving unconsciousness in the light of your new way of eating. You become a reflection of consciousness in a most pure form.
Thank you for your consideration.
Tony Samara
Copyright © 2012 Tony Samara. This article, video or audio may be distributed freely in its entirety as long as the author is credited, and the URL www.tonysamara.org is included.
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8 Jun 2012 - 1:19am
Has anyone else become really sensitive to food other than vegetables? I used to be a meat and cheese addict, Now if I eat anything cheese related, i get bloated and I have to take those lactaid pills to consume it, I LOVE MEXICAN, but I can't eat it! I am thinking it isn't worth it, and it's weighing me down- making me sleep.. I really just only have urges to eat broccoli straight from my garden. Maybe this is part of this journey.?
With strong love and gratitude,
Gabby
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1 May 2012 - 7:01am
Hi everyone!
If your pantry is like mine and has tins of creamed corn and other veges. in the back row
waiting for a recipe, then how about try making corn griddle cakes!
I got this idea yesterday when I felt like using up some tinned corn and flour before the
expiry date. I didn't look up a recipe, but just used my usual pikelet recipe as the base.
As griddle cakes are thicker than pikelets, don't add too much milk before you add the
creamed corn.
I used 2 cups of self-raising flour, 1 egg, 2 tblsp. melted butter and extra salt.
I slowly added the milk using a hand beater and made sure it was of firm consistency.
I tipped in a whole can, about 470g of creamed corn, into the mixture.
The extra salt is to balance the sweetness of the tinned corn.
I slowly beat that in, then I decided to open a small can of corn kernels which is optional.
I stirred them in so that it creates that extra corn flavor when you bite into the cooked cake.
On a large electric frypan, add just enough butter to a hot surface.
Spoon the mixture on using whatever size spoon of your choice; I used a dessertspoon.
Being a thicker batter than pikelets, allow them to cook a little slower.
Gently lift one and check if it is brown before turning over.
Serve warm with extra dollops of butter and perhaps some parsley for garnishing.
I made extra for the neighbours next door, as the wife does not bake anymore due
to ill-health and mobility problems. Her husband loves home-made cooking, and
I get a kick out of seeing their smiles! If you have any elderly or disabled neighbours,
make their day and share some.
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20 Mar 2012 - 7:37pm
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15 Mar 2012 - 6:08pm
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Time to Get Serious
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ASHTAR
Channeled Through Janisel
My Dearest Friends.... I come to assure you that things are as they should be. There are great amounts of energy bombarding your Earth at this time and everything is being greatly accelerated. NOW is the time for 'focus'. You who are the bridges between Heaven and Earth are the 'hands and feet' of the Command, so to speak. It is through you that much of our work is done. As I said, much has been accelerated and, although we wish you to remain in a state of joy and lightheartedness, it is now time to put your 'work' in its proper perspective and concentrate on the mission at hand. We are working very diligently to gather the Lightworkers together in order to prepare the general population for what is to come.
This means that each and every one of you are needed at this time to make a commitment in your own heart as to what role you will play in this. In other words, it is time to get serious. We are not asking you to give your lives over to the Ashtar Command exclusively, for you each have many missions and sub-missions that you are here to accomplish. What we are asking, however, is that for those of you who feel your connection to us to band together, so to speak, in order to establish and implement certain 'activities' towards the goals which have been set before us. You have shown that you can do this numerous times, such as in the planting of the crystals and the activation of the grid. This was an excellent example of the Unity we wish for you to achieve, and our heartfelt thanks go to all of you who have participated in this project. Rest assured there will be other projects we will ask you to work on. For the time being, we are asking you to continue in this Unity, and stay focused on the tasks at hand.
Do not let yourselves become 'bogged down' in the mundane affairs of your day-to-day activities. We wish for those of you who are aligned with the Command and its work to use this wonderful email forum to interact with each other in manifesting this bond of Unity. You are held within the gentle hand of All That Is and encircled with the energy of Unconditional Love of such depths that your present consciousness can not truly comprehend its magnitude. We of the Command and the Spiritual Hierarchy are working most diligently to help you and all mankind reach their full potential. As a 'return energy exchange', we ask each of you to now search your hearts and decide what it is that you are capable and willing to do in partnership with us. For you see, we are truly in a partnership in which each and every one must play their part. NOW is the time to begin. NOW is the time to decide your focus.
NOW is the time to dedicate yourselves to the work at hand. We need your hands, we need your feet, we need your voice, we ask your commitment. To paraphrase the words of The Most Radiant One, spoken so long ago, "it is time to be about the Father's business". There is no longer the luxury of time to be spent in petty pursuits, bickering, judgment, or anger. Your time, which we have worked towards for eons, is at hand. Know that, even though you may not see us in your skies, we are most definitely close to you, and send you our deepest blessings and love.
Your Friend and Brother,
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31 Jan 2012 - 7:36am
Gardening is where our hearts root within the soil of Earth. When one takes the path of the gardener there are many different paths that can be found while digging within the Earth. One path that my mother and I have found great joy in, is the ability to be able to take the oils from the plants and make lotions and salves and many other interesting things to add the healing properties from plants and flowers to our human journey. Gardening and studying the Essential Oils of plants and how they can help us in our everyday lives is something that every human should have the knowledge and ability to understand. We are sharing our knowledge and research with all our family and friends here.
I have been gardening with my parents my whole life and i have been exploring the area of how plants and herbs help your mind body and even your soul. Our journey is full of ups and downs and i feel that we all should have knowledge of our plant kingdom and the magic in which they share with us. Come and take a peaceful stroll in our virtual garden full of pathways of helpful plants that are waiting to offer their assistance.
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29 Jan 2012 - 4:03am
hello there to anyone interested out there I found an online buying group for organic/natural food and other items.
Honestly I thought it looked really good and joined it so I thought I would share it with you all.
the name of it is the "green polkadot box"
they have two types of memberships a "club" membership and a "reward" membership.
Now I have a club membership which comes to around $50 a year the other one is the reward membership at around $125 a year.
if you wish to join under my referal link here it is.
my referal link: http://www.greenpolkadotbox.com/rewardsref/index/refer/id/12423/
my referal link code: 956571
the main name of the website is Greenpolkadotbox.com
DISCLAIMERS
Now just so you know a couple of things first you HAVE to be 18 to join , second I don't make any money from this or anything
and lastly it's not my company or friends company ect so I am INDEPENDENT of the green polka dot box organization.
well I hope you enjoy it I thought it looked good and worth sharing.
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13 Jan 2012 - 11:55am
The Doctrine of Signatures is profound ancient wisdom that is purposely being suppressed. It states that every fruit and vegetable has a certain pattern that resembles a body organ, and that this pattern acts as a signal or sign as to that fruit or vegetable’s benefit to us.
Modern science confirms that the ancient “Doctrine of Signatures” is astoundingly accurate. Why does this vital knowledge remain hidden?
The healing and nourishing properties of any fruit or vegetable reflected in, and ultimately revealed by, that fruit or vegetables’ outer physical shape, form, or “signature” in relation to the human body.
Kidney Beans actually heal and help maintain kidney function—and they look exactly like human kidneys.
A Walnut looks like a little brain, a left and right hemisphere, upper cerebrums and lower cerebellums. Even the wrinkles or folds on the nut are just like the neo-cortex. We now know walnuts help develop brain function.
The cross section of a Carrot looks like the human eye. The pupil, iris and radiating lines look just like the human eye. And science now shows carrots greatly enhance blood flow to the eyes and aid in the general function of the eyes.
Celery looks just like bones. Celery specifically target bone strength. Bones are 23 percent sodium and these foods are 23 percent sodium. If you don’t have enough sodium in your diet, the body pulls it from the bones, thus making them weak. Foods like celery replenish the skeletal needs of the body.
Avocadoes target the health and function of the womb and cervix of the female—they look just like these organs. Avocadoes help women balance hormones, shed unwanted birth weight, and deter cervical cancers. It takes exactly nine months to grow an avocado from blossom to ripened fruit.
Figs are full of seeds and hang in twos when they grow. Figs increase the mobility of male sperm and increase the numbers of Sperm as well to overcome male sterility.
Slice a Mushroom in half and it resembles a human ear. Mushrooms have been found to improve hearing, as mushrooms are one of the few foods that contain vitamin D. This particular vitamin is important for healthy bones, even the tiny ones in the ear that transmit sound to the brain.
Our lungs are made up of branches of ever-smaller airways that finish up with tiny bunches of tissue called alveoli. These structures, which resemble bunches of Grapes, allow oxygen to pass from the lungs to the blood stream. A diet high in fresh fruit, such as grapes, has been shown to reduce the risk of lung cancer and emphysema. Grape seeds also contain a chemical called proanthocyanidin, which appears to reduce the severity of asthma triggered by allergy.
Ginger, commonly sold in supermarkets, often looks just like the stomach. So its interesting that one of its biggest benefits is aiding digestion. The Chinese have been using it for over 2,000 years to calm the stomach and cure nausea, while it is also a popular remedy for motion sickness.
Sweet Potatoes look like the pancreas and actually balance the glycemic index of diabetics. Olives assist the health and function of the ovaries.
The Doctrine of Signatures may sound strange to us, but its wisdom is ancient, rediscovered in modern times. Of course, in modern America we’ve been taught by the big corporations to buy “processed foods,” rather than to buy local fresh vegetables and cook them ourselves.
Americans have no time for cooking; most are busy working and consuming en masse, according to the messages drilled in by television, radio, newspaper, the news, culture, society. The resultant omnipresence of cheap, high-calorie, nutrient-poor processed foods (or “food like substances”) in homes, schools, government institutions and food programs, and on every street corner creates default food choices that drive obesity.
These subsidized, cheap, low-quality foods are heavily marketed and consumed by our ever-widening population with an obesity rate approaching three out of four Americans. The more Americans eat, the fatter they become. And the fatter they become the more they develop heart disease, diabetes, cancer and a myriad of other chronic ailments. This is a big score for big pharma. The sicker our population becomes, the more medications are sold for high cholesterol, diabetes, high blood pressure, depression, and many other lifestyle driven diseases. In essence, big food and big pharma profits by creating a nation of sick and fat citizens.
This structure is built into the very fabric of our economy and culture. It could be called the medical, agricultural, food industrial complex. It is nothing short of sheer violence against us—the social, political, economic and environmental conditions that foster and promote the development of disease. However, by using this wisdom of the Doctrine of Signatures we can take more of a proactive role regarding our health. We are our best own doctor and dietician, we just need to believe it.
The Doctrine of Signatures was made popular in modern times by a Swiss physician, alchemist and philosopher named Paracelsus (1493-1541) who scholars consider to be the father of modern chemistry. Paracelsus noted how the qualities of plants are often reflected in their appearance. He thus theorized that the inner nature of plants may be discovered by their outer forms or “signatures.” He applied this principle to food as well as medicine, remarking that “it is not in the quantity of food but in its quality that resides the Spirit of Life”—a belief familiar to those who choose to eat organic food while also being justifiably concerned over Genetically Modified substitutes that lack the “life force,” or spirit.
The “Doctrine of Signatures” enjoyed a revival in the 1600s after Jakob Böhme (1575-1624), a master shoemaker in the small town of Görlitz, Germany, began writing on the subject. At 25 years old, he experienced a sublime mystical vision where he saw the true relationship between man and his Creator—that man is both the Creator and the Created.
Source: Richardcassaro.com
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Blog entry
12 Jan 2012 - 9:54am
by PF Louis
We are in the "Age of Aluminum", this according to a lecture by Dr. Chris Exley, PhD at a January 2011 vaccine safety conference in Jamaica. A common expression among those who deflect aluminum's toxicity issues is that aluminum is prominent throughout the earth's crust. What they fail to mention is that aluminum (Al) wasn't widely bioavailable to humans until the latter part of the 19th Century when it began to be mined for creating metals and medicines.
Now we have aluminum appearing in cookware, wrapping foils, beverage and food containers, underarm deodorants, tobacco, over the counter (OTC) and prescribed medicines, and as adjuvants in vaccines. Al is highly reactive with other chemicals and creates antigens to stimulate immune system antibody responses in vaccines. But the mechanics of these reactions are not understood by Big Pharma.
Dr. Exley, has been focused on aluminum biochemical mechanics for two decades, and doesn't claim to know all the answers. But he knows how wrong those who do claim to have all the answers are, and they are among the ranks of Al toxicity danger naysayers and the vaccine industry.
Aluminum body burdens
We all have some level of Al in us with which are bodies are coping. The tissues most prone to collecting and storing aluminum are those tissues with a slow cellular turnover. Cells die off and regenerate quickly on the skin, but not so quickly in bone matter, heart tissue and the brain. Those last three organs that don't have a rapid cellular turnover are most prone to collecting and storing Al.
Yes, the brain stores quite a of bit Al. And that's where MS, chronic fatigue syndromes, epilepsy, ADD, Alzheimer's, Guilliane-Barre' syndrome (a common post vaccination injury) and other neurological disorders manifest. Aluminum compounds that are injected bypass the liver and kidneys and tend to remain in slow cellular replacing tissues.
Non-ingested Al also includes smoking tobacco or marijuana, applied sunscreens and cosmetics and chemtrails. All vaccinations contain Al. Claiming they're safe without mercury, as some A1 proponents do, is incorrect. Exley also mentioned that most vaccines contain some iron -- iron combined with aluminum creates a highly biochemically-reactive compound.
Chemtrails are not contrails. They are real. All samples collected worldwide contained aluminum and more (http://www.naturalnews.com/032572_chemtrails_health.html).
In the last 100 years, we have managed to increase the Al body burden considerably. The threshold for Al toxicity varies. But the incredible increase in neurological disorders during this "Age of Aluminum" demonstrates the need for eliminating it from our bodies as much as possible.
Easy methods for eliminating Al
Dr. Exley mentions one agent that pushes out stored Al from our bodies: High silica content mineral water. He mentioned two brands, Volvic, which is sold at various Whole Food and Trader Joe stores, and Spritzer, which is harder to find.
He and his team of researchers have tested the urine to prove high silica content mineral waters do the trick. He even presented anecdotal evidence of Gardasil adverse-reaction victims improving after a few months of drinking this type of water. He recommends drinking a liter a day to reduce your aluminum body burden.
But that water's a little pricey. You can order an inexpensive pound of horsetail herbs and make teas and tinctures to accommodate a less expendable budget. Making tinctures is easy (http://www.naturalnews.com/032298_herbs_tinctures.html). Organic cucumbers are high in silica also and provide yet another alternative.
As long as there pockets of Al stored in our bodies, the potential for passing the threshold of absolute toxicity exists. Reducing the Al burden is vital for optimum health even when you manage to avoid the most common sources.
Sources for this article include:
http://gaia-health.com/gaia-blog/2011-12-14/leach-aluminum-from-your-body-drink-silicon-rich-water/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10612067
http://www.whole-body-detox-diet.com/raw-foodist.html
video
30 Dec 2011 - 12:15pm
24 dec 2011 The story of the historic Occupy Wall Street Farmers March.
On December 4, 2011, farmers and activists from across the country joined the Occupy Wall Street Farmers March for "a celebration of community power to regain control over the most basic element to human well-being: food." The Farmers March began at La Plaza Cultural Community Gardens where urban and rural farmers addressed an excited crowd about the growing problems in our industrial food system and the promise offered by solutions based in organic, sustainable and community based food and agricultural production. This was followed by a 3 mile march from the East Village to Zuccotti Park, the birthplace of the Occupy Wall Street movement.
We would like to thank Occupy Wall Street, the OWS food justice working group and all the farmers and citizens, urban and rural that participated in the day's events.
Blog entry
30 Dec 2011 - 12:11pm
Many factors are known to contribute to human lifespan.
Many natural health followers carefully control their diet to include organic choices of fruits and vegetables in their natural, uncooked state, while remaining physically active and maintaining body weight within a healthy range.
The science of how lifestyle habits and nutrition promote health and longevity, known as Epigenetics, has dramatically advanced our knowledge base by providing a solid understanding of telomeres: telomeres are the tiny strands of DNA akin to a zipper that shorten with poor dietary choices, inflammation and everyday stress.
Researchers reporting in The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry show that reducing oxidative stress, cellular inflammation and improving DNA methylation pathways can extend telomere length and slow the biologic aging clock. Specific nutrients provide the necessary building blocks to support DNA health and extend your natural lifespan.
Genetic expression is not set in stone, and our genes are continually under the influence of our environment, lifestyle and dietary choices. Gene settings are made initially from our time in the womb, based largely on the nutritional status and lifestyle of the mother. As we age, our genes instantly read micronutrient and environmental cues in an effort to ensure short term survival. Every morsel of food energy we consume results in an alteration in gene expression, either promoting optimal health or eventual illness.
Targeted Nutrients and Foods Increase DNA Methylation to Maintain Telomere Length
The methylation pathway is critical to maintain DNA integrity and to prevent telomere shortening. Foods and nutrients that donate methyl groups are essential to prevent genetic mutations that result in cancer. Researchers reporting in The Journal of Nutrition found that men with the highest levels of folate in their blood have the longest telomeres when compared to those with the lowest levels. In addition to folate (800 mcg each day), vitamin B12 (500 to 1000 mcg daily) and the entire B-vitamin family are associated with longer telomeres. Sulfur-enriched proteins from nuts and seeds are also important methyl group donors.
Independent research projects have concluded that the minerals zinc (25 to 50 mg per day) and magnesium (400 to 800 mg each day) are necessary to accurately complete DNA sequencing during cell replication. A lack of these cofactors leads to DNA strand breakage, premature cell destruction and acceleration of the aging process. Vitamin C (1 to 3 grams per day) has been shown to slow the loss of telomeres in human vascular endothelial cells, an important element in preventing cardiovascular disease. Vitamin E tocotrienols (400 mg per day of a full-spectrum supplement) have been shown to restore the length of telomeres while reducing DNA damage, making it possible for a nutrient to reverse the shortening of telomeres and reverse an underlying cause of aging.
Stress and inflammation are two controllable factors that independently shorten telomere length and increase cell aging. Stress management is essential to lower the release of chemical messengers that fuel the flames of inflammation. Additionally, researchers have identified a host of polyphenol compounds (resveratrol, grape seed extract and curcumin) that lower systemic inflammation, help to maintain telomere length and extend healthy lifespan.
Sources for this article include:
http://www.wellnessresources.com/he...
http://jn.nutrition.org/content/139...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/...
http://www.ajcn.org/content/90/2/32...
Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/034513_telomeres_longevity_nutrition.html#ixzz1i1FvkkIH
Blog entry
8 Dec 2011 - 1:00pm
Hey friends,
I would like to share with you some of the forgotten arts, one of which is smoking. Nowadays it is considered more a necessity or an addiction than a habit, although people still refer to it as one, a bad one that is. But that is not true. For each individual smoking has an intrinsic value, those of us that like smoking, know very well what they like about it, and that is the reason why we do it.
But it is important, what is it that you smoke, and why you smoke, how often you do it and how you do it when you do it.
I am thirty years old, but have been smoking tobacco prior to my disease (cancer at 24)for 6 years. During my treatment, i quit, but then after 2 years started again, but found it even more unpleasant then before. But you know, in my youth, it was taboo for the young to talk about it, although at the same time was considered and aknowledged in society as a means for younger people or young adults to look or seem older, smoking a cigar. If a woman had been smoking, it was as though she had proclaimed herself as an independent or equal to man (a cigar was thought off as a falus in the battle for gaining womens voting rights in the thirties and forties).
Why did I do it after cancer? Well after the treatment it was even harder to satisfy the body that has been almost completely wrecked. Smoking ought to have by certain studies a calming effect. But it is the Smoking, not the tobacco. Tobacco IS POISON. Instead, I have found out that you can smoke almost anything, especially if it is grown(a plant), also if it has a nutritional value, if it smells pleasantly and as a bonus, if it has any medicinal or herbal value. You can smoke the dry leaves of almost any tree, such as oak, birch, walnut, powdered apples; the fruit and peel, rosebuds-as in grind fruit, and you can add some cinnamon or ginger to the list which is endless. Try it out, make your own mixtures and enjoy their flavour and the soothing tranquility that comes with smoking a good mixture inside on a quiet winter evening. Enjoy the Hollidays
And again, please, stop smoking Tobacco.
Blog entry
1 Dec 2011 - 8:45pm
Consumer Reports: Arsenic in fruit juices
http://www.9news.com/news/article/233051/188/Consumer-Reports-Arsenic-in-fruit-juices
http://www.consumerreports.org/content/dam/cro/magazine-articles/January%202012/Consumer%20Reports%20Arsenic%20Test%20Results%20January%202012.pdf
KUSA - Arsenic has long been recognized as a poison and a contaminant in drinking water, but now concerns are growing about arsenic in foods, especially in fruit juices that are a mainstay for children.
Controversy over arsenic in apple juice made headlines as the school year began when Mehmet Oz, M.D., host of "The Dr. Oz Show," told viewers that tests he'd commissioned found 10 of three dozen apple-juice samples with total arsenic levels exceeding 10 parts per billion (ppb). There's no federal arsenic threshold for juice or most foods, though the limit for bottled and public water is 10 ppb. The Food and Drug Administration, trying to reassure consumers about the safety of apple juice, claimed that most arsenic in juices and other foods is of the organic type that is "essentially harmless."
But an investigation by Consumer Reports shows otherwise. Our study, including tests of apple and grape juice (download a PDF of our complete test results), a scientific analysis of federal health data, a consumer poll, and interviews with doctors and other experts, finds the following:
•Roughly 10 percent of our juice samples, from five brands, had total arsenic levels that exceeded federal drinking-water standards. Most of that arsenic was inorganic arsenic, a known carcinogen.
•One in four samples had lead levels higher than the FDA's bottled-water limit of 5 ppb. As with arsenic, no federal limit exists for lead in juice.
•Apple and grape juice constitute a significant source of dietary exposure to arsenic, according to our analysis of federal health data from 2003 through 2008.
•Children drink a lot of juice. Thirty-five percent of children 5 and younger drink juice in quantities exceeding pediatricians' recommendations, our poll of parents shows.
•Mounting scientific evidence suggests that chronic exposure to arsenic and lead even at levels below water standards can result in serious health problems.
•Inorganic arsenic has been detected at disturbing levels in other foods, too, which suggests that more must be done to reduce overall dietary exposure.
•Our findings have prompted Consumers Union, the advocacy arm of Consumer Reports, to urge the FDA to set arsenic and lead standards for apple and grape juice. Our scientists believe that juice should at least meet the 5 ppb lead limit for bottled water. They recommend an even lower arsenic limit for juice: 3 ppb.
"People sometimes say, 'If arsenic exposure is so bad, why don't you see more people sick or dying from it?' But the many diseases likely to be increased by exposure even at relatively low levels are so common already that its effects are overlooked simply because no one has looked carefully for the connection," says Joshua Hamilton, Ph.D., a toxicologist specializing in arsenic research and the chief academic and scientific officer at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass.
As our investigation found, when scientists and doctors do look, the connections they've found underscore the need to protect public health by reducing Americans' exposure to this potent toxin.
Many sources of exposure
Arsenic is a naturally occurring element that can contaminate groundwater used for drinking and irrigation in areas where it's abundant, such as parts of New England, the Midwest, and the Southwest. See the map from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) showing test results of arsenic levels in groundwater throughout the United States.
The public's exposure to arsenic extends beyond those areas because since 1910, the United States has used roughly 1.6 million tons of it for agricultural and other industrial uses. About half of that cumulative total has been used since only the mid-1960s. Lead-arsenate insecticides were widely used in cotton fields, orchards, and vineyards until their use was banned in the 1980s. But residues in the soil can still contaminate crops.
For decades, arsenic was also used in a preservative for pressure-treated lumber commonly used for decks and playground equipment. In 2003 that use was banned, (as was most residential use) but the wood can contribute to arsenic in groundwater when it's recycled as mulch.
Other sources of exposure include coal-fired power plants and smelters that heat arsenic-containing ores to process copper or lead. Today the quantity of arsenic released into the environment in the United States by human activities is three times more than that released from natural sources, says the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
The form of arsenic in the examples above is inorganic arsenic. It's a carcinogen known to cause bladder, lung, and skin cancer in people and to increase risks of cardiovascular disease, immunodeficiencies, and type 2 diabetes.
The other form that arsenic takes is organic arsenic, created when arsenic binds to molecules containing carbon. Fish can contain an organic form of arsenic called arsenobetaine, generally considered nontoxic to humans. But questions have been raised about the human health effects of other types of organic arsenic in foods, including juice.
Use of organic arsenic in agricultural products has also caused concern. For instance, the EPA in 2006 took steps to stop the use of herbicides containing organic arsenic because of their potential to turn into inorganic arsenic in soil and contaminate drinking water. And in 2011, working with the FDA, drug company Alpharma agreed to suspend the sale of Roxarsone, a poultry-feed additive, because it contained an organic form of arsenic that could convert into inorganic arsenic inside the bird, potentially contaminating the meat. Or it could contaminate soil when chicken droppings are used as fertilizer. Other arsenic feed additives are still being used.
What our tests found
We went shopping in Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York in August and September, buying 28 apple juices and three grape juices. Our samples came from ready-to-drink bottles, juice boxes, and cans of concentrate. For most juices, we bought three different lot numbers to assess variability. (For some juices, we couldn't find three lots, so we tested one or two.) In all, we tested 88 samples.
Five samples of apple juice and four of grape juice had total arsenic levels exceeding the 10 ppb federal limit for bottled and drinking water. Levels in the apple juices ranged from 1.1 to 13.9 ppb, and grape-juice levels were even higher, 5.9 to 24.7 ppb. Most of the total arsenic in our samples was inorganic, our tests showed.
As for lead, about one fourth of all juice samples had levels at or above the 5-ppb limit for bottled water. The top lead level for apple juice was 13.6 ppb; for grape juice, 15.9 ppb.
The following brands had at least one sample of apple juice that exceeded 10 ppb: Apple & Eve, Great Value (Walmart), and Mott's. For grape juice, at least one sample from Walgreens and Welch's exceeded that threshold. And these brands had one or more samples of apple juice that exceeded 5 ppb of lead: America's Choice (A&P), Gerber, Gold Emblem (CVS), Great Value, Joe's Kids (Trader Joe's), Minute Maid, Seneca, and Walgreens. At least one sample of grape juice exceeding 5 ppb of lead came from Gold Emblem, Walgreens, and Welch's. Our findings provide a spot check of a number of local juice aisles, but they can't be used to draw general conclusions about arsenic or lead levels in any particular brand. Even within a single tested brand, levels of arsenic and lead sometimes varied widely. To see our complete test results for all 88 samples, download this PDF.
Arsenic-tainted soil in U.S. orchards is a likely source of contamination for apples, and finding lead with arsenic in juices that we tested is not surprising. Even with a ban on lead-arsenate insecticides, "we are finding problems with some Washington state apples, not because of irresponsible farming practices now but because lead-arsenate pesticides that were used here decades ago remain in the soil," says Denise Wilson, Ph.D., an associate professor at the University of Washington who has tested apple juices and discovered elevated arsenic levels even in brands labeled organic.
Over the years, a shift has occurred in how juice sold in America is produced. To make apple juice, manufacturers often blend water with apple-juice concentrate from multiple sources. For the past decade, most concentrate has come from China (PDF). Concerns have been raised about the possible continuing use of arsenical pesticides there, and several Chinese provinces that are primary apple-growing regions are known to have high arsenic concentrations in groundwater.
A much bigger test than ours would be needed to establish any correlation between elevated arsenic or lead levels and the juice concentrate's country of origin. Samples we tested included some made from concentrate from multiple countries including Argentina, China, New Zealand, South Africa, and Turkey; others came from a single country. A few samples solely from the United States had elevated levels of lead or arsenic, and others did not. The same was true for samples containing only Chinese concentrate.
The FDA has been collecting its own data to see whether it should set guidelines to continue to ensure the safety of apple juice, a spokeswoman told us.
The Juice Products Association said, "We are committed to providing nutritious and safe fruit juices to consumers and will comply with limits established by the agency."
Answering a crucial question
We also wanted to know whether people who drink juice end up being exposed to more arsenic than those who don't.
So we commissioned an analysis of data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), conducted annually by the National Center for Health Statistics. Information is collected on the health and nutrition of a nationally representative sample of the U.S. population, based on interviews and physical exams that may include a blood or urine test. Officials and researchers often use the data to determine risk factors for major diseases and develop public health policy. In fact, data on lead in the blood of NHANES participants were instrumental in developing policies that have successfully resulted in lead being removed from gasoline.
Our analysis was led by Richard Stahlhut, M.D., M.P.H., an environmental health researcher at the University of Rochester with expertise in NHANES data, working with Consumer Reports statisticians. Ana Navas-Acien, M.D., Ph.D., a physician-epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg School of Public Health, also provided guidance. She was the lead author of a 2008 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (PDF) that first linked low-level arsenic exposure with the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in the United States.
Stahlhut reviewed NHANES data from 2003 through 2008 from participants tested for total urinary arsenic who reported their food and drink consumption for 24 hours the day before their NHANES visit. Because most ingested arsenic is excreted in urine, the best measure of recent exposure is a urine test.
Following Navas-Acien's advice, we excluded from our NHANES analysis anyone with results showing detectable levels of arsenobetaine, the organic arsenic in seafood. That made the results we analyzed more likely to represent inorganic arsenic, of greatest concern in terms of potential health risks.
The resulting analysis of almost 3,000 study participants found that those reporting apple-juice consumption had on average 19 percent greater levels of total urinary arsenic than those subjects who did not, and those who reported drinking grape juice had 20 percent higher levels. The results might understate the correlation between juice consumption and urinary arsenic levels because NHANES urinary data exclude children younger than 6, who tend to be big juice drinkers.
"The current analysis suggests that these juices may be an important contributor to dietary arsenic exposure," says Keeve Nachman, Ph.D., a risk scientist at the Center for a Livable Future and the Bloomberg School of Public Health, both at Johns Hopkins University. "It would be prudent to pursue measures to understand and limit young children's exposures to arsenic in juice."
Robert Wright, M.D., M.P.H., associate professor of pediatrics and environmental health at Harvard University who specializes in research on the effect of heavy-metals exposure in children, says that findings from our juice tests and database analysis concern him: "Because of their small size, a child drinking a box of juice would consume a larger per-body-weight dose of arsenic than an adult drinking the exact same box of juice. Those brands with elevated arsenic should investigate the source and eliminate it."
A chronic problem
Arsenic has been notoriously used as a poison since ancient times. A fatal poisoning would require a single dose of inorganic arsenic about the weight of a postage stamp. But chronic toxicity can result from long-term exposure to much lower levels in food, and even to water that meets the 10-ppb drinking-water limit.
A 2004 study of children in Bangladesh (PDF) suggested diminished intelligence based on test scores in children exposed to arsenic in drinking water at levels above 5 ppb, says study author Joseph Graziano, Ph.D., a professor of environmental health sciences and pharmacology at Columbia University. He's now conducting similar research with children living in New Hampshire and Maine, where arsenic levels of 10 to 100 ppb are commonly found in well water, to determine whether better nutrition in the United States affects the results.
People with private wells may face greater risks than those on public systems because they're responsible for testing and treating their own water. In Maine, where almost half the population relies on private wells, the USGS found arsenic levels in well water as high as 3,100 ppb.
And a study published in 2011 (PDF) in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health examined the long-term effects of low-level exposure on more than 300 rural Texans whose groundwater was estimated to have arsenic at median levels below the federal drinking-water standard. It found that exposure was related to poor scores in language, memory, and other brain functions.
Chronic arsenic exposure can initially cause gastrointestinal problems and skin discoloration or lesions. Exposure over time, which the World Health Organization says could be five to 20 years, could increase the risk of various cancers and high blood pressure, diabetes, and reproductive problems.
Signs of chronic low-level arsenic exposure can be mistaken for other ailments such as chronic fatigue syndrome. Usually the connection to arsenic exposure is not made immediately, as Sharyn Duffy of Geneseo, N.Y., discovered. She visited a doctor in 2007 about pain and skin changes on the sole of her left foot. She was referred to a podiatrist and eventually received a diagnosis of hyperkeratosis, in which lesions develop or thick skin forms on the palms or soles of the feet. It can be among the earliest symptoms of chronic arsenic poisoning. But she says it was roughly two years before she was finally referred to a neurologist, who suggested testing for arsenic. She had double the typical levels.
"Testing for arsenic isn't part of a routine checkup," says Duffy, a retiree. "When you come in with symptoms like I had, ordering that kind of test probably wouldn't even occur to most doctors."
Michael Harbut, M.D., chief of the environmental cancer program at Karmanos Institute in Detroit, says, "Given what we know about the wide range of arsenic exposure sources we have in this country, I suspect there is an awful lot of chronic, low-level arsenic poisoning going on that's never properly diagnosed."
Emerging research suggests that when arsenic exposure occurs in the womb or in early childhood, it not only increases cancer risks later in life but also can cause lasting harm to children's developing brains and endocrine and immune systems, leading to other diseases, too.
Case in point: From 1958 through 1970, residents of Antofagasta, Chile, were exposed to naturally occurring arsenic in drinking water (PDF) that peaked at almost 1,000 ppb before an arsenic removal plant was installed. Studies led by researchers at the University of California at Berkeley found that people born during that period who had probable exposure in the womb and during early childhood had a lung-cancer death rate six times higher than those in their age group elsewhere in Chile. Their rate of death in their 30s and 40s from another form of lung disease was almost 50 times higher than for people without that arsenic exposure.
"Recent studies have shown that early-childhood exposure to arsenic carries the most serious long-term risk," says Joshua Hamilton of the Marine Biological Laboratory. "So even though reducing arsenic exposure is important for everyone, we need to pay special attention to protecting pregnant moms, babies, and young kids."
Other dietary exposures
In addition to juice, foods including chicken, rice, and even baby food have been found to contain arsenic-sometimes at higher levels than the amounts found in juice. Brian Jackson, Ph.D., an analytical chemist and research associate professor at Dartmouth College, presented his findings at a June 2011 scientific conference in Aberdeen, Scotland. He reported finding up to 23 ppb of arsenic in lab tests of name-brand jars of baby food, with inorganic arsenic representing 70 to 90 percent of those total amounts.
Similar results turned up in a 2004 study conducted by FDA scientists in Cincinnati, who found arsenic levels of up to 24 ppb in baby food, with sweet potatoes, carrots, green beans, and peaches containing only the inorganic form. A United Kingdom study published in 2008 (PDF) found that the levels of inorganic arsenic in 20-ounce packets of dried infant rice cereals ranged from 60 to 160 ppb. Rice-based infant cereals are often the first solid food that babies eat.
Rice frequently contains high levels of inorganic arsenic because it is among plants that are unusually efficient at taking up arsenic from the soil and incorporating it in the grains people eat. Moreover, much of the rice produced in the U.S. is grown in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Texas, on land formerly used to grow cotton, where arsenical pesticides were used for decades.
"Initially, in some regions rice planted there produced little grain due to these arsenical pesticides, but farmers then bred a type of rice specifically designed to produce high yields on the contaminated soil," says Andrew Meharg, professor of biogeochemistry at the University of Aberdeen, in Scotland. Meharg studies human exposures to arsenic in the environment. His research over the past six years has shown that U.S. rice has among the highest average inorganic arsenic levels in the world-almost three times higher than levels in Basmati rice imported from low-arsenic areas of Nepal, India, and Pakistan. Rice from Egypt has the lowest levels of all.
Infant rice cereal for the U.S. market is generally made from U.S. rice, Meharg says, but labeling usually doesn't specify country of origin. He says exposure to arsenic through infant rice cereals could be reduced greatly if cereal makers used techniques that don't require growing rice in water-flooded paddies or if they obtained rice from low-arsenic areas. His 2007 study (PDF) found that median arsenic levels in California rice were 41 percent lower than levels in rice from the south-central U.S.
Setting federal standards
Evidence of arsenic's ability to cause cancer and other life-threatening illnesses has surged because some of the diseases linked to it have latency periods of several decades. Only recently have scientists been able to more fully measure the effects in populations that were exposed to elevated levels of arsenic in drinking water many years ago.
The Environmental Protection Agency periodically revises its assessment of the toxicity of various chemicals to offer guidance on drinking-water standards. Based on such a review, the agency changed the water standard for arsenic to 10 ppb, effective in 2006, from the 50-ppb limit it set in 1975. The EPA had proposed a 5-ppb limit in 2000, so the current limit is a compromise that came only after years of haggling over the costs of removing arsenic. Since 2006, New Jersey has had a 5-ppb threshold, advising residents that water with arsenic levels above that shouldn't be used for drinking or cooking.
For known human carcinogens such as inorganic arsenic, the EPA assumes there's actually no "safe" level of exposure, so it normally sets exposure limits that include a margin of safety to ideally allow for only one additional case of cancer in a million people, or at worst, no more than one in 10,000. For water with 10 ppb of arsenic, the excess cancer risk is one in 500.
Debate over that standard is likely to begin anew. The agency's latest draft report, from February 2010, proposes that the number used to calculate the cancer risk posed by ingesting inorganic arsenic be increased 17-fold to reflect arsenic's role in causing bladder and lung cancer. The proposal "suggests that arsenic's carcinogenic properties have been underestimated for a long time and that the federal drinking-water standard is underprotective based on current science," says Keeve Nachman, the Johns Hopkins scientist.
Each year the FDA tests a variety of foods and beverages for arsenic and other contaminants. It also started a program in 2005 to test for specific toxins such as arsenic and lead in domestic and imported products. As of late November, that program had published results for 160 samples of apple juice and concentrate. And the agency can alert inspectors at U.S. ports to conduct increased surveillance for products suspected to pose risks. Currently there's an alert for increased surveillance of apple concentrate from China and six other countries "where we have a suspicion there may be high levels of arsenic in their products," says FDA spokeswoman Stephanie Yao. But in fiscal 2010, the agency conducted physical inspections of only 2 percent of imported food shipments. For more about the FDA's tests, read our update and download a PDF of our complete test results.
Consumers Union urges federal officials to set a standard for total arsenic in apple and grape juice. Our research suggests that the standard should be 3 ppb. Concerning lead, juice should at least meet the bottled-water standard of 5 ppb. Such standards would better protect children, who are most vulnerable to the effects of arsenic and lead. And they're achievable levels: 41 percent of the samples we tested met both thresholds.
Moreover, the EPA should impose stricter drinking-water standards for arsenic, Consumers Union believes. (The drinking-water threshold for lead is 15 ppb, which acknowledges that many older homes have water pipes or solder with lead.) Officials should also ban arsenic in pesticides, animal-feed additives, and fertilizers.
As our tests show, sources of lead haven't been eliminated, but dramatic progress has been made: Since the 1970s, average blood lead levels in children younger than 6 have dropped by about 90 percent, thanks to a federal ban on lead in house paint and gas. The U.S. should be equally aggressive with arsenic, suggests Joseph Graziano at Columbia University. "We tackled every source, from gasoline to paint to solder in food cans," he says, "and we should be just as vigilant in preventing arsenic from entering our food and water because the consequences of exposure are enormous for adults as well as children."
How much juice do children drink?
Too many children drink too much juice, according to our poll of parents. One in four toddlers 2 and younger and 45 percent of children ages 3 to 5 drink 7 or more ounces of juice a day. The American Academy of Pediatrics cautions that to help prevent obesity and tooth decay, children younger than 6 should drink no more than 6 ounces a day, about the size of a juice box. (Infants younger than 6 months shouldn't drink any.) The possible presence of arsenic or lead in juices is all the more reason to stick with those nutrition-based limits.
Our findings are from 555 telephone interviews in October with parents, who were asked about children's juice consumption the previous day.
Find out how much arsenic is in your groundwater
Arsenic can contaminate groundwater used for drinking and irrigation in areas where it is geologically abundant and in other areas where chemical conditions are likely to cause it to dissolve into water. Levels can vary widely throughout the United States, as illustrated in the map at right showing arsenic measurements for groundwater samples from about 31,000 wells and springs in 49 states compiled by the USGS.
Orange or red symbols on the map indicate areas where samples contained arsenic at levels exceeding the federal limit of 10 micrograms per liter, or 10 parts per billion (ppb) for public drinking water.
Public-water-supply systems are required to treat water that tests high in arsenic so that it meets federal limits before delivering it to consumers. And in New Jersey, public water systems must meet an even stricter limit of 5 ppb. But if you have a private well rather than a public system, you are responsible for testing and treating it.
To learn more about why it's so important to reduce your exposure to even relatively low levels of arsenic in your drinking water, check out this helpful video produced by the Dartmouth Toxic Metals Superfund Research Program. And for tips on how to get your water tested and how to select a home treatment system, read "Ways to Reduce Your Family's Risk."
The 31,000 groundwater samples represented in this map were collected for studies on potable groundwater resources by the USGS, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, the Texas Water Development Commission, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, and the six New England states. Estimation of the arsenic concentration in groundwater in any specific area must consider the following limitations and sources of variability:
•The data include a variety of well types, including private wells, public-supply wells, and monitoring wells not used for water supply.
•These groundwater samples do not represent drinking water served by public-water-supply systems because these utilities may treat or mix groundwater with high arsenic concentrations from individual wells with water containing lower arsenic levels in order to meet drinking water standards before delivering it to consumers.
•The appearance of the arsenic distribution is influenced by the order in which wells are plotted. In this map, wells with higher concentrations are drawn on top of those with more moderate concentrations. This overplotting may exaggerate the frequency of high values in areas where wells are close together. But given the risks posed by arsenic exposure, we opted in favor of making areas with elevated arsenic visible whenever possible to encourage private well owners in those areas to test and treat their water to reduce exposure risks.
•Arsenic concentration may vary with depth within the same aquifer, or between aquifers that are stacked vertically-for example, a shallow sand and gravel aquifer can overlie a deeper bedrock aquifer. The map does not show the vertical distribution of arsenic.
•Many of the wells were sampled more than once, but evaluation of the data indicates that there is no relation between arsenic concentration and time tested for most of the wells.
With these qualifications in mind, the data above provides an estimate of arsenic occurrence in the groundwater resource in general. Visit the USGS for additional information on the studies behind the map, along with more detailed maps for various portions of the country.
Ways to reduce your family's risk
Test your water. If your home or a home you're considering buying isn't on a public water system, have the home's water tested for arsenic and lead. To find a certified lab, contact your local health department or call the federal Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 800-426-4791. You can get information for your public-water system from the EPA.
Limit children's juice consumption. Nutrition guidelines set by the American Academy of Pediatrics can help. The academy recommends that infants younger than 6 months shouldn't drink juice; children up to 6 years old should consume no more than four to six ounces a day and older children, no more than 8 to 12 ounces a day. Diluting juice with distilled or purified water can help meet those goals.
Consider your food. Buying certified organic chicken makes sense because organic standards don't allow the use of chicken feed containing arsenic. But for juice and other foods, it's not so certain. Organic standards prohibit the use of synthetic fertilizers and most pesticides, but organic juices still may contain arsenic if they're made from fruit grown in soil where arsenical insecticides were used.
Need a home-treatment system? Contact NSF International (800-673-8010) for info on systems certified to lower arsenic levels to no more than 10 ppb. The University of Georgia Cooperative Extension discusses treatment technologies; click on "Removal of Arsenic from Household Water."
If you're concerned, get tested. Ask your doctor for a urine test for you or your child to determine arsenic levels. Don't eat seafood for 48 to 72 hours before being tested to avoid misleadingly high levels from "fish arsenic." For a medical toxicologist in your area who can interpret results, call the American Association of Poison Control Centers at 800-222-1222.
(Copyright © 2011 Consumers Union of U.S., Inc. All Rights Reserved.)
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30 Nov 2011 - 9:03am
Do you want to know what country produced the food you eat?
Too bad, says the World Trade Organization (WTO). That’s a barrier to free trade, so you don’t get to know.
The US instituted a labeling law requiring that all foods’ country of origin be on the label; it was part of the 2008 Farm Bill. Canada and Mexico complained to the WTO, saying that it would discourage food imports.
It took three years, but the WTO decided that labeling food with its country of origin is a “technical barrier to trade”. In 1979, the US signed a treaty that includes prevention of technical barriers to trade. Of course, that term was not fully defined. It was up to the WTO to say just what it means. And they’ve done just that in regard to food—though for some inexplicable reason, meat is not included. Therefore, country of origin labeling can continue with meat.
But if you’d like to know that the honey on a supermarket shelf did not come from China— where much of it is produced by badly abused bees, is often contaminated with lead, may contain an antibiotic, and sometimes doesn’t even contain any honey—well, that’s just too bad. You don’t have a right to know.
Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) is not cool to the WTO. You see, COOL is a TBT, a technical barrier to trade. The United States of America, along with virtually all other nations of the world, has signed treaties with the WTO that give it authority over matters of trade—authority to say what is and is not legal inside countries if the issue affects trade. At the moment, this ruling affects only the US, but it obviously will not be limited to it.
Nearly every nation of the world has handed over its sovereignty to the WTO.
Click here to see a world map showing the nations that do and don’t belong to the WTO.
Here’s what the WTO says to justify the concept of TBT:
Technical regulations and product standards may vary from country to country. Having many different regulations and standards makes life difficult for producers and exporters. If regulations are set arbitrarily, they could be used as an excuse for protectionism.
No matter how this turkey is dressed, the real purpose is to make the world safe for multinational corporations. Multinational corporations now have control over virtually every aspect of our lives by promoting and instituting treaties that are implemented via the WTO and the United Nations. Though the lingo of health and fairness is used to sell these regulations, the reality is that neither has anything to do with it. It’s all about making it easy for multinational corporations to cram their crap down our throats.
Most food is now produced or distributed through multinational corporations. Because of regulations being brought into effect now at the behest of multinational corporations through their agents, the WTO and UN, along with the governments of nations that are now wholly owned by corporate money, our right even to know what’s in our food or where it comes from has been destroyed.
Source: Gaia-health.com
Blog entry
22 Nov 2011 - 2:23pm
Hey Jedi Guardian and others who maybe interested,
Just responding to your request for some Aussie Xmas salads, bearing in mind that our Xmas day falls right in the middle of a blazing summer - just after the Summer Solstice. Most Aussies opt for a cold Xmas lunch, it just too uncomfortable to have a hot dinner. Many Australian celebrate two Xmas's, one on the 25th Dec - and for those who like a more traditional Xmas fare - we have Xmas in July as well - our winter. Anyway, here are a couple of recipes for some really healthy and delicious salad ideas and dishes that compliment a seafood Xmas lunch. I would love some more ideas - on simple, healthy, practical and inexpensive recipes to serve on Xmas day - from all over the world. Maybe this year we can have a Inter Continental Christmas lunch.
SWEET POTATOE SALAD (really low GI and pretty low fat) Ingredients:-
2 large sweet potatoes (Yams/Kumara)
Baby Spinich leaves
Punnet of Cherry tomatoes
Fetta cheese
2 Avocadoes
Handful of snow peas
1 Spanish onion (red onion)
Fresh Ginger (to individual taste)
Fresh Garlic (" " " )
2-3 tspn of Mango Chutney
3 fresh Limes (juice)
Splash of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Chop yams/kumara into chunky pieces. Steam or roast yams/kumara until tender and cool. Place snow peas in boiling water for approx one minute. Then transfer to ice water to keep them crispy and crunchy. Wash and rinse all salad ingredients. Place baby spinich leaves in salad bowl, cut cherry tomatoes in half, dice avacado into chunky pieces, and slice red onion. Throw all ingredients in the salad bowl. including cold yams/kumara and chilled snow peas. Sprinkle with fetta cheese. Salad dressing:- Squeeze juice of three limes, add with a splash of olive oil to your liking, grate fresh ginger and garlic, add Mango chutney. Shake vigorously in a closed top jar, to mix all ingredients. Chill dressing and salad - add dressing just before serving. Absolutely delish, light and refreshing - and very popular. Goes perfectly with BBQ chili and lime prawns, or with grilled or BBQ fresh fish - wrapped in foil marinated in lemon and cracked black pepper.
DESSERT
JAMIE OLIVER'S MUM'S XMAS TRIFLE
This has to be the best trifle in the world and looks fantastic. We've had this recipe for a few years now and it's a hit - there's never any left over. It our Xmas 'piesta resistance'. Bit fiddely, but well and truly worth the effort - that I can guarantee. I usually make most of it the night before, then add the finishing touches, just before serving. It's really decadent and very rich - it's a real treat. Not particularly good for the waist line - but hey!!! It's Xmas after all.
Ingredients
• 1 x pack of 8 trifle sponges or 1 Swiss roll, sliced
• 1 punnet of strawberries, hulled and sliced
• 1 small wine glass of Cointreau
• 1 x 35g packet strawberry jelly
• 2 pints of milk
• 4 teaspoons caster sugar
• 1 x 35g sachet of strawberry blancmange
• 1 x 450g can mandarin segments, drained
• 1 x 135g packet orange jelly
• 30g custard powder – enough to make 60ml
• 1 x 284ml carton double cream
• chocolate, for grating
• zest of 1 orange
Lay out the sponges or Swiss roll on the bottom of a good-sized glass bowl. Scatter over the strawberries and drizzle with the Cointreau. Tear up the strawberry jelly squares, put them in a measuring jug and add around 300ml boiling water. Stir until dissolved, then add 300ml cold water. Pour the jelly over the sponge, place in the fridge and allow to set. Pour a little milk into a separate bowl with 2 teaspoons of the sugar and the blancmange and mix until dissolved. Bring 600ml milk just to the boil and add to the blancmange mix in the bowl. Stir and return to the pan, stirring and whisking as you bring it back to the boil. Pour the blancmange back into the bowl and allow to cool, whisking occasionally, then pour it over the layer of set strawberry jelly. Allow the blancmange layer to set properly in the fridge, then scatter over the mandarin segments. Make up the orange jelly the same way as the strawberry jelly and allow to cool before pouring it over the mandarins. Leave to set in the fridge. Once set, make the custard using the remaining milk and sugar and the custard powder, using the same method as for the blancmange, allow it to cool and pour it over the orange jelly. Whip the double cream until you get soft peaks, then spread it over the custard. Grate chocolate and sprinkle with orange zest before serving.
MERRY XMAS FROM OZ
Much love to you all
Ishtar )O(
Story
19 Oct 2011 - 6:54am
A Message From Archangel Michael
Channeled Through & Written By Carolyn Ann O’Riley
Baking Spiritual Cookies
Peace be with you and Welcome! Welcome! Welcome! My Beautiful Beings of Light. It is monthly chat time once again, is it not?
As you sit, relax and ready yourself for your message reading, bring to light all those things that you are most thankful for within this moment in NOW.
This is a time of gratitude, a time of joy and rejoicing for those things that are within you purview, if you will. Gratitude is a powerful intention.
As you close your eyes to view your bounty and gifts of grace feel the Creator’s Cloak of love flow around your shoulders. Feel the splendor of the garment that was crafted just for you of the finest woven Love fabric that is imaginable. The threads are pure gold with emeralds, diamonds, ruby and sapphires adorning it completely. The hem is trimmed in amethysts and rose quartz. The button at the neck that holds the Cloak around your shoulders is a hugh clear quartz crystal.
Don’t stop there however for the next course is on the way. The Creator also sends you down your Crown of the finest gemstones that were ever created. This crown comes also with a Scepter of the purest gold and gems ever brought forth.
They are your birthright and gifts of the kingdom. They were crafted for you at the time that your True Essence That you Are was breathed into existence within the higher realms.
When you ascended into this body of matter these beautiful garments and adornments were put away for your return in safe keeping. Out of respect for your Earthly Essence and role
Your Higher Self removed them and placed them gently into a special lined box awaiting your return.
The Creator has sent them today as a reminder of who you really are. Keep you eyes closed and see yourself fully clothed in these beautiful garments of light and eternity. Feel the weight of the Cloak, feel the weight of your Crown, put the Scepter into your right hand and wave it from left to right in front of yourself.
It feels right doesn’t it My Beloveds. You recognize these items immediately and you know without a doubt that they are yours.
Enjoy them for another moment or two My Divine Beings of Grace. Feel them lifting you up and now higher and higher. Feel them clearing out the doubt and disbelief. Feel the Scepter magically fitting just perfectly into your right hand.
Allow yourself this joy from HOME. If tears of joy and remembrance come let them flow for they are reminders that you are not the vessel that you are currently inhabiting on this Earth Plane but a Beautiful Being of the Highest Light ever created.
You are fragments of The Creator. You are loved more than you can ever imagine. You are connected at all times to The Creator but the veil of forgetfulness falls over you and it seems as if you are playing this scene all alone. This is the farthest from the truth My Beloveds but the perception is there if you allow it to seem so.
Your Angels are removing your treasured Cloak, Crown and Scepter at this time and returning it to the box for safe keeping.
If you feel the need to experience them periodically call your Angels and request that they share them with you once again.
As you feel them leave your presence you feel also your vibrations descending back into the duality that you currently dwell in.
It is nice to remind yourself from time to time that you are a spiritual being having a physical experience.
Allow this Messenger to take you on a mediation journey.
Find a quiet spot where you will not be disturbed for a while. You may either sit or lie down which ever is more comfortable for you. Cover your physical self with a light blanket if you chill easily. You want no distractions during your meditations so always make sure the physical vessel is comfortable.
If it helps you to visualize by identifying your ego with a symbol or as an object please do so.
Direct your ego self to perch on your left shoulder. Instruct your ego self that it is only to be an observer on this journey.
In your imagination ask through prayer for The Creator to send you down a protective Ray of White Light by praying “My Creator I AM asking for a protective Ray of White Light to enfold me and lift me up so that I am experiencing the very highest of vibrations during this journey into my inner most depths of understanding and Being. I am protecting myself from anything that is not for my highest good on this journey. I am thanking you My Creator for assisting me by sending this Ray that is now coming down through the corner of the area where I am meditating. It is entering into this physical form, permeating all that is within this Beingness’s presence, I AM.”
The Creator has answered and has gifted you with an Iridescent White Ray plus an pearly yellow ray and a gold ray for this journey. The Rays are entering into your body through the soles of your feet and moving up through your physical vessel; permeating through out all of your energy fields into all corners of the area that you are in; then exiting through your Crown Chakra. The Rays are returning to The Creator and cycling back down through you again and back to The Creator in a circular motion. These rays are in a continuous circulating loop while you are in meditation.
Visualize yourself using your breath to form a figure “8”. The “in” breath forms the top loop of the 8 which goes over your head and your “out” breath forms the bottom loop that goes under your feet. The middle of the 8 is your waistline and forms the still point between the ”in” breath and the “out” breath. It is forming the sign of Infinity and it rhythmically continuing over and over again with each “in” breath and “out” breath. This is a reminder that you are infinitely guided through out eternity.
You are now divinely protected at this moment and nothing can even communicate with you that is not for your highest good with out your permission.
Breathe in deeply My Divine Light Beings and feel the lighter relaxed feelings of being divinely guided into this meditation. Breathe in deeply and know that you are breathing to the Pulse of The Creator. Listen to The Creator’s spiritual heart beat and feel the unconditional love that courses through you each time you think about this moment.
Breathe in deeply allowing and seeing within your spiritual imagination your Guardian Angels and Guides join you and take your etheric hand to direct you into your Spiritual Heart Chakra.
At this time invite in all the Spiritual Guests that you would enjoy having accompany you on this journey.
Your Guardian Angels, Spirit Guides and special invited guests are now within your Spiritual Heart Chakra. You locate and turn the door knob of the Golden Door that says “To My Highest Guidance Within” you cross over the threshold.
You find yourself in a white marble corridor. Your nose smells whiffs of cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and ginger.
You find yourself following the odors down the hall and see a bright door opened to your right. You push the door fully open and step over the threshold. You see that this is a beautiful bright kitchen. The walls are a warm pale yellow. You find the tiles create a yellow and white check pattern around the back splash on the counter top. The counter is pure white. The stove is white as are the refrigerator and cabinets. The kitchen towels are yellow check.
On the counter you see a white chef hat and apron with your name embroidered on them. Your Angels urge you to put them on. You slip the apron over your head and tie the strings behind you securing it to your body. You then place the chef hat on your head. The feeling is so wonderful. You wonder why you didn’t try this profession here on the Earth Plane as this feels so natural and good.
You find there is a group of recipe cards to your left. Ah! you think to yourself you’ve never pictured yourself as a baker. Your Angels assure you that there is no way to make an error with these recipes. You will be an expert the first time around.
Great you think to yourself, you love things that may you feel accomplished.
You take the first recipe card and read the instructions for More Love Cookies. You find a bowl right in front of you on a shelf and pull it down. You see that there is a spoon next to it and even portioned out ingredients. You take down all the items you see and put them in a row above the bowl. The products in the measured out cups do not look like your ordinary cooking ingredients. The aroma that they put off however smells like cooking spices. The cups are labeled.
The first item in the bowl for the More Love Cookie recipe is a cup and a half of the purest love that you have ever felt. As you read the ingredient the cup that corresponds begins to glow. You pick it up and put the contents into the bowl. The next ingredient is self respect flour. The cup glows and you put it into the bowl. Your last ingredient is The Creator’s Love honey. The cup glows and you put it into the bowl.
You begin to stir the contents and notice that the ingredients actually mix themselves with very little effort on your part. You see that the dough is ready and turn it out on an emerald board to roll out the cookie dough to the desired height. You see that the heart shaped cookie cutter is glowing so you pick it up and begin to make heart shaped cookies.
You place heart shaped cookie dough on a cookie sheet to your left and place them in the oven to bake. The timer goes out within two seconds. You open the door and look inside you can’t believe the cookies have finished baking this quickly. The cookies have risen and enlarged within the spiritual heated oven and are lying there glistening in the light of the open oven. You take a hot pad from the counter and pull the cookies from the oven.
The cookies have turned a clear hot pink and just sparkle in the light. You take a cookie from the sheet and place it in your mouth for a bite. The cookie instantly dissolves in your mouth. The flavor is heavenly, Oh!!!!!! So Good!!!!!!!, All of the ingredients instantly enter your spiritual system and you can feel the instantaneous effect of one complete higher vibration.
Your Angels are laughing because you had no idea that the cookie content was going to do anything other than go directly to your hips just as Earth Plane cookies do, but not these.
You take another bite and see that the higher vibration is being sustained by the continue nibbles.
You look at the other recipes as you continue eating. You see More Prosperity Cookies, More Self Esteem Cookies, More Laugher Cookies, and More Joy Cookies. The stack of recipe cards is endless.
You realize that this is an area that you will need to visit over and over again to sample all of the various cookie, cake and muffin recipes that your inner kitchen has to offer.
Your Angels signal that is time to return from this baking session but remind you that you can return at any time now that you have remembered the way.
You take off your apron and chef hat and place them on the counter for next time. You place one of the cookies in your pocket for your journey back to the White Marble Corridor.
The walk back is twisting and turning but you finally find yourself back in the White Marble Corridor. You take the remainder of the cookie that you put in your pocket and place it on the table under the mirror within the White Marble Corridor. You tell your Angels that you want to remind yourself next time when you are in the White Marble Corridor that you want to return to your inner spiritual kitchen to try another recipe.
Your Angels just smile and nod their heads. They tell you that they will always be glad to accompany you on your journeys just ask and they will be right there with you.
Your Angels lead you back across the golden threshold door that leads you back into your Spiritual Heart Chakra and then they direct your spiritual Essence back into your physical form.
When you are ready wiggle your fingers and toes and open your eyes. Go about your day remembering that your Angelic support staff is always at your service working with you to help you reach your highest most appropriate potential. Always invite them in and thank them for their assistance.
Embrace an attitude of gratitude for all that you are.
Beloveds you are blessed beyond words and loved beyond measure more than any Earth Plane language can ever express.
I Am Archangel Michael, The Creator’s Messenger, of Love, Joy, Wisdom, Light, Peace and Grace.
Blog entry
18 Oct 2011 - 10:26pm
A Message From Archangel Michael
Channeled Through & Written By Carolyn Ann O’Riley
Baking Spiritual Cookies
Peace be with you and Welcome! Welcome! Welcome! My Beautiful Beings of Light. It is monthly chat time once again, is it not?
As you sit, relax and ready yourself for your message reading, bring to light all those things that you are most thankful for within this moment in NOW.
This is a time of gratitude, a time of joy and rejoicing for those things that are within you purview, if you will. Gratitude is a powerful intention.
As you close your eyes to view your bounty and gifts of grace feel the Creator’s Cloak of love flow around your shoulders. Feel the splendor of the garment that was crafted just for you of the finest woven Love fabric that is imaginable. The threads are pure gold with emeralds, diamonds, ruby and sapphires adorning it completely. The hem is trimmed in amethysts and rose quartz. The button at the neck that holds the Cloak around your shoulders is a hugh clear quartz crystal.
Don’t stop there however for the next course is on the way. The Creator also sends you down your Crown of the finest gemstones that were ever created. This crown comes also with a Scepter of the purest gold and gems ever brought forth.
They are your birthright and gifts of the kingdom. They were crafted for you at the time that your True Essence That you Are was breathed into existence within the higher realms.
When you ascended into this body of matter these beautiful garments and adornments were put away for your return in safe keeping. Out of respect for your Earthly Essence and role
Your Higher Self removed them and placed them gently into a special lined box awaiting your return.
The Creator has sent them today as a reminder of who you really are. Keep you eyes closed and see yourself fully clothed in these beautiful garments of light and eternity. Feel the weight of the Cloak, feel the weight of your Crown, put the Scepter into your right hand and wave it from left to right in front of yourself.
It feels right doesn’t it My Beloveds. You recognize these items immediately and you know without a doubt that they are yours.
Enjoy them for another moment or two My Divine Beings of Grace. Feel them lifting you up and now higher and higher. Feel them clearing out the doubt and disbelief. Feel the Scepter magically fitting just perfectly into your right hand.
Allow yourself this joy from HOME. If tears of joy and remembrance come let them flow for they are reminders that you are not the vessel that you are currently inhabiting on this Earth Plane but a Beautiful Being of the Highest Light ever created.
You are fragments of The Creator. You are loved more than you can ever imagine. You are connected at all times to The Creator but the veil of forgetfulness falls over you and it seems as if you are playing this scene all alone. This is the farthest from the truth My Beloveds but the perception is there if you allow it to seem so.
Your Angels are removing your treasured Cloak, Crown and Scepter at this time and returning it to the box for safe keeping.
If you feel the need to experience them periodically call your Angels and request that they share them with you once again.
As you feel them leave your presence you feel also your vibrations descending back into the duality that you currently dwell in.
It is nice to remind yourself from time to time that you are a spiritual being having a physical experience.
Allow this Messenger to take you on a mediation journey.
Find a quiet spot where you will not be disturbed for a while. You may either sit or lie down which ever is more comfortable for you. Cover your physical self with a light blanket if you chill easily. You want no distractions during your meditations so always make sure the physical vessel is comfortable.
If it helps you to visualize by identifying your ego with a symbol or as an object please do so.
Direct your ego self to perch on your left shoulder. Instruct your ego self that it is only to be an observer on this journey.
In your imagination ask through prayer for The Creator to send you down a protective Ray of White Light by praying “My Creator I AM asking for a protective Ray of White Light to enfold me and lift me up so that I am experiencing the very highest of vibrations during this journey into my inner most depths of understanding and Being. I am protecting myself from anything that is not for my highest good on this journey. I am thanking you My Creator for assisting me by sending this Ray that is now coming down through the corner of the area where I am meditating. It is entering into this physical form, permeating all that is within this Beingness’s presence, I AM.”
The Creator has answered and has gifted you with an Iridescent White Ray plus an pearly yellow ray and a gold ray for this journey. The Rays are entering into your body through the soles of your feet and moving up through your physical vessel; permeating through out all of your energy fields into all corners of the area that you are in; then exiting through your Crown Chakra. The Rays are returning to The Creator and cycling back down through you again and back to The Creator in a circular motion. These rays are in a continuous circulating loop while you are in meditation.
Visualize yourself using your breath to form a figure “8”. The “in” breath forms the top loop of the 8 which goes over your head and your “out” breath forms the bottom loop that goes under your feet. The middle of the 8 is your waistline and forms the still point between the ”in” breath and the “out” breath. It is forming the sign of Infinity and it rhythmically continuing over and over again with each “in” breath and “out” breath. This is a reminder that you are infinitely guided through out eternity.
You are now divinely protected at this moment and nothing can even communicate with you that is not for your highest good with out your permission.
Breathe in deeply My Divine Light Beings and feel the lighter relaxed feelings of being divinely guided into this meditation. Breathe in deeply and know that you are breathing to the Pulse of The Creator. Listen to The Creator’s spiritual heart beat and feel the unconditional love that courses through you each time you think about this moment.
Breathe in deeply allowing and seeing within your spiritual imagination your Guardian Angels and Guides join you and take your etheric hand to direct you into your Spiritual Heart Chakra.
At this time invite in all the Spiritual Guests that you would enjoy having accompany you on this journey.
Your Guardian Angels, Spirit Guides and special invited guests are now within your Spiritual Heart Chakra. You locate and turn the door knob of the Golden Door that says “To My Highest Guidance Within” you cross over the threshold.
You find yourself in a white marble corridor. Your nose smells whiffs of cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and ginger.
You find yourself following the odors down the hall and see a bright door opened to your right. You push the door fully open and step over the threshold. You see that this is a beautiful bright kitchen. The walls are a warm pale yellow. You find the tiles create a yellow and white check pattern around the back splash on the counter top. The counter is pure white. The stove is white as are the refrigerator and cabinets. The kitchen towels are yellow check.
On the counter you see a white chef hat and apron with your name embroidered on them. Your Angels urge you to put them on. You slip the apron over your head and tie the strings behind you securing it to your body. You then place the chef hat on your head. The feeling is so wonderful. You wonder why you didn’t try this profession here on the Earth Plane as this feels so natural and good.
You find there is a group of recipe cards to your left. Ah! you think to yourself you’ve never pictured yourself as a baker. Your Angels assure you that there is no way to make an error with these recipes. You will be an expert the first time around.
Great you think to yourself, you love things that may you feel accomplished.
You take the first recipe card and read the instructions for More Love Cookies. You find a bowl right in front of you on a shelf and pull it down. You see that there is a spoon next to it and even portioned out ingredients. You take down all the items you see and put them in a row above the bowl. The products in the measured out cups do not look like your ordinary cooking ingredients. The aroma that they put off however smells like cooking spices. The cups are labeled.
The first item in the bowl for the More Love Cookie recipe is a cup and a half of the purest love that you have ever felt. As you read the ingredient the cup that corresponds begins to glow. You pick it up and put the contents into the bowl. The next ingredient is self respect flour. The cup glows and you put it into the bowl. Your last ingredient is The Creator’s Love honey. The cup glows and you put it into the bowl.
You begin to stir the contents and notice that the ingredients actually mix themselves with very little effort on your part. You see that the dough is ready and turn it out on an emerald board to roll out the cookie dough to the desired height. You see that the heart shaped cookie cutter is glowing so you pick it up and begin to make heart shaped cookies.
You place heart shaped cookie dough on a cookie sheet to your left and place them in the oven to bake. The timer goes out within two seconds. You open the door and look inside you can’t believe the cookies have finished baking this quickly. The cookies have risen and enlarged within the spiritual heated oven and are lying there glistening in the light of the open oven. You take a hot pad from the counter and pull the cookies from the oven.
The cookies have turned a clear hot pink and just sparkle in the light. You take a cookie from the sheet and place it in your mouth for a bite. The cookie instantly dissolves in your mouth. The flavor is heavenly, Oh!!!!!! So Good!!!!!!!, All of the ingredients instantly enter your spiritual system and you can feel the instantaneous effect of one complete higher vibration.
Your Angels are laughing because you had no idea that the cookie content was going to do anything other than go directly to your hips just as Earth Plane cookies do, but not these.
You take another bite and see that the higher vibration is being sustained by the continue nibbles.
You look at the other recipes as you continue eating. You see More Prosperity Cookies, More Self Esteem Cookies, More Laugher Cookies, and More Joy Cookies. The stack of recipe cards is endless.
You realize that this is an area that you will need to visit over and over again to sample all of the various cookie, cake and muffin recipes that your inner kitchen has to offer.
Your Angels signal that is time to return from this baking session but remind you that you can return at any time now that you have remembered the way.
You take off your apron and chef hat and place them on the counter for next time. You place one of the cookies in your pocket for your journey back to the White Marble Corridor.
The walk back is twisting and turning but you finally find yourself back in the White Marble Corridor. You take the remainder of the cookie that you put in your pocket and place it on the table under the mirror within the White Marble Corridor. You tell your Angels that you want to remind yourself next time when you are in the White Marble Corridor that you want to return to your inner spiritual kitchen to try another recipe.
Your Angels just smile and nod their heads. They tell you that they will always be glad to accompany you on your journeys just ask and they will be right there with you.
Your Angels lead you back across the golden threshold door that leads you back into your Spiritual Heart Chakra and then they direct your spiritual Essence back into your physical form.
When you are ready wiggle your fingers and toes and open your eyes. Go about your day remembering that your Angelic support staff is always at your service working with you to help you reach your highest most appropriate potential. Always invite them in and thank them for their assistance.
Embrace an attitude of gratitude for all that you are.
Beloveds you are blessed beyond words and loved beyond measure more than any Earth Plane language can ever express.
I Am Archangel Michael, The Creator’s Messenger, of Love, Joy, Wisdom, Light, Peace and Grace.
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11 Sep 2011 - 1:13am
This juice is a combination of greens, herbs, roots, sprouted seeds and Love ...
like Doct.Alberto said is not water is a Plasma..
Sunlight Juice / EARTH MILK
Chop 1 big sized apple whithout seeds in the blender and use a cucumber as a mortar to get the water that lives inside the vegetables. Add the sprouts, edible green leaves, vegetabes and roots in the indicated proportion. Change the vegetables, the roots and the green leaves whenever possible. You should use organic grown vegetables. Sieve this mixture using a fabric made sieve and drink right after. In a litle time the juice will become hemoglobin in your body.
Growing the seeds:
Growing the seeds
How to grow
Put from 1 to 3 spoons of seeds in a pot made of glass and cover them with wather.
Soak them for one night or 8 hours.
Cover the pot with a piece of tulle e fixed with a rubber band.Throw the water away , put them under the tap and clean them very well.
Put the pot in a 45° degrees position on a drainer.Put the drainer in a ventilated place and also under a shade.
Wash them in the morning and at night. On a hot day we need to wash more times.
The seeds dont grow in a uniform way. Each seed has its onn time. In general they have maximum power when the sprout starts to grow. When they are ready to be eaten.
Sugestions of seeds:
Any edible seeds that men can eat, birds can eat such as:
sunflower seeds, oat, wheat, rice, soy beans, sesame seeds, peanuts,walnuts, brasilnuts, pea, fenugreek, rye, lentils, colza, italian millet, chik-pea, almods, linseeds, barley....
from: http://wwwusers.rdc.puc-rio.br/anabranc/english/biochip_suco_e.html
Suco de Luz do Sol / LEITE DA TERRA
http://youtu.be/2cuAmRElCvA
http://youtu.be/1v0NGyf6SpQ
The healing power
... on power for More Green
Many drugs have been produced over the years to cure diseases acquired through poor diet.
Food produced and maintained with the aid of chemicals that are harmful to health.
The industrial revolution that began in mid-eighteenth century, was a major milestone for the production of foods that a profit motive and not the health of those who would feed.
For farmers if they saw more participants in the market in mid-nineteenth century was created the ¨ wave green · or ° ° that the Green Revolution was a real weapon used by pharmaceutical companies that aimed to create their own pesticides and seeds resistant these poisons that kill everything that is organic.
The pharmaceutical industry itself behind the disease and then the supposed cure.
Observing this trend in the industry a German called Max Gerson, a physician specializing in orthomolecular medicine has created a therapy based on the food intake of fruits, vegetables, grains, juices and so on.
On May 14, 2005 in Ottawa, Canada, Dr. Gerson and seven other giants of medicine have been recognized as pioneers in their fields to be included in the "Hall of Fame" of Orthomolecular Medicine (Orthomolecular Medicine Hall of Fame).
Learn more about Dr. Max Gerson through the Blog Secrets Living .
Today is a well-known work of Dr. Alberto Gonzalez Peribanez who is the author of the book, "Place of doctor is in the kitchen" and founder of the "Workshop of the Seed" - a project that has as main mission to spread the fundamentals of live feed and its benefits to health and well being of the individual ..
Entrvista with Dr. Alberto for the Journal of The Evening Salvador / Bahia.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/albertoperibanez/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/albertoperibanez/with/4909850055/
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15 Aug 2011 - 10:21pm
Good appetite LOL She will not die because of that!
But may should be careful where food to buy and what...
Love~, Light~, Laugtgher~
SiNeh~
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the rasins were in little boxes and sealed in plastic.
there were also filled with some sort of insect larva.
she ate half the box bfore realizing what was so crunchy.
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23 Jul 2011 - 7:59am
Walnuts are drugs says the Food deniers Association (FDA).
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/health-care/8294-walnuts-are-drugs-says-fda
I have several black walnut trees around this place. Messy to harvest and hard to crack, they're worth the work.
Funny thing, I have always thought that a good diet would be important in the "use in the prevention, mitigation, and treatment of disease." That is, if you eat well you live well.
Big brother says NO. If it prevents disease, it's a medicine and must be regulated as such. The only things that can make such claims are drugs, WE control the drugs.
So what is food, entertainment?
It gets old pointing out all the lies, the hypocrisy. I've been freakin anonymous pretty much since day one...
HEREs the dealio, the government (at least my government) is a bit out of control. IF you can name an institution, I can show you how it's full of lies and deception. Education, financial, health, religion, they're all obeisiant to the dollar. How well they work is judged in fiducial terms, not objective terms. The "Highest possible good for all concerned" is not even likely to be included in the campaign lies, so far from the current scrutiny.
Taste the TV news and it's as if Ethics, morality, honesty are off the board completely. EVERYDAY in the U.S. someone goes on a "I just can't take it anymore rampage" typically killing others then themselves. The best Americans I know are terrified of the power of the Federal government.
BUT I don't see anyone bringing up "peace" anymore. I hear too much discussion of our "homeland" (that term makes me shudder.) I remember thinking that Mr Obama might actually do some of the things he promised. Hasn't really happened. IN Fact, we have now become a nation of assasins, proud of our "kill" of the mythical bin Laden. Nevermind that there has not been any case made against anyone in any court that I could find.
"Military tribunal" for those who don't know the term "kangaroo court."
Sure we can all see it. WHAT to do? I can only choose for myself. I gave up on that patriotism a while back, and I disavowed this government completely when it began pounding it's chest in self-congratulations for killing. It doesn't change my life much, not having an allegiance to a government. I eat my drugs, smoke my food, find a giggle where I can.
My wife observed that I was laughing in my sleep the other day, I liked that.
Another blog, one more fart in the windstorm.
Shine Bright.
Blog entry
15 Jul 2011 - 6:17pm
I know this is not a spiritual topic but one I would like to share nevertheless.
I usually buy either regular or the chocolate. There is not a lot of flavours and I don't like that much anyways. Today I tried the chocolate mint. Wow! it is delicious. Tastes like Orea cookies we get here at Christmas that are minty. I was told this flavour is very popular, and it may very well become what I will choose while summer is in full gear.
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6 Jul 2011 - 7:45pm
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What does the number on a fruit sticker mean?
Price Look-Up codes, commonly called PLU codes, PLU numbers or PLUs, are identification numbers affixed to produce and other products in grocery stores and supermarkets to make check-out and inventory control easier, faster, and more accurate.
The code is a four or five-digit number, identifying the type of bulk produce, usually including the variety.
Organic produce is denoted by a five-digit number whose first digit is 9 (e.g. 94011 for organic yellow bananas); an 8 prefix indicates genetically modified food.
The codes have been in use since 1990. Currently, there are over 1300 universal PLU codes assigned.
Use of PLU codes eliminates the need for grocery store checkers to identify each variety of produce visually. This advantage is especially important with the growth of the organic produce market; organic and conventional oranges, for example, may look the same but have very different prices.
http://www.fruitsticker.com/
Price look-up codes are generally printed on small stickers or tags.
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Blog entry
29 Jun 2011 - 5:32am
I write this due to my own struggle with keeping my teeth healthy. It seems every year I have few more cavities, but this year it's a whole whopping different story. And I know the culprit - or at least until few weeks ago I thought I knew!
Sugar, since Christmas I have been a sugar addict, and it's not something I admit lightly or in humoristic way as it is not humorous in any way. We all know sugar is bad for us, not just teeth but the body, natural energy levels and production of natural balance of feel good chemicals by the brain.
Sugar is an addiction, as strong as one to heroine ( some experts say, read here HERE ) though with not quite the withdrawal symptoms.
I kicked sugar four weeks ago for good, deciding to not let myself slip the coming Christmas like I did last, where this begun.
The first two weeks were literally very hard - I do not know if you have tried to cut sugar off after almost daily indulgence for several weeks, but it is hard. I kept purposefully away from the candy isles, but wanted to go them so bad, same with anything else that had sugar, pastries, snack bars, soft drinks...
But I held my ground, with will power, and conscious choices, and it took just like last time 2 WEEKS to get rid of the sugar cravings. 2 weeks! If you think about it that is a long time, people!
Sugar has 2 week purge time, the artificial sugar leaves the body in 2 weeks, after which the craving top have more more more is diminished almost fully.
Now - It was also that 4 weeks ago that I started searching for information on healthy dental care, and ran across this guy Ramiel Nagal who seems to have a holistic, conscious view on tooth care with his book Cure Toot Decay.
"Eating healthy is not just about eating fruits and vegetables. It is about eating mineral dense food sources, regularly, as in twice per day or more." ~Ramiel Nagal
Also right at this time I had my 2 year check up at the dentist appointment.
I immediately liked my doctor a very young woman, who I felt was kind, she talked to me and showed me my scans and told me in a way that I could not deny that I needed to start flossing and begin to use Xylitol after every meal. I took her word and got the things needed at the store afterwards, then at home I ran into Cure Tooth Decay website and begin to do healing work on my teeth.
After reading Mr. Nagal's first free chapter I buy calcium tablets as I eat very little yogurt and milk, phosphorus I discover you have to get from food, and hence buy All Bran Cereal for breakfast, getting my hit of phosphorus every morning. Calcium and phosphorus produce a substance called hydroxyapatite to the saliva which is demineralizing, in other words creates stronger teeth by strengthening the dentil and enamel.
Now I cannot say I yet fully believe in all he talks about, phyctic acid being one, where whole grains and nuts and corn are bad for you.
There is very much contradicting information, but I do believe that as little invasive action on teeth is the best way to go, I am sure we all know about the amalgam fillings are no good and that the best filling these days is ceramic.
This is why before I headed out to camping I made a deal with my teeth and the universe that if it was in the highest good, I would reform my diet and my teeth in return would allow themselves to be healed with Reiki by me. This worked wonders on my sore tooth that my dentist had said most likely had pulpitis and that if the pain continued or worsened I was to have root canal on it. Well the pain went away almost immediately as I begun healing my teeth.
I felt the glands produce hydroxyapatite rich saliva to strengthen the dentin and enamel, making my teeth white inside out, and felt the energies of Reiki impact all my teeth, healing them, showering them with love and light. Helping the enamel's beginning cavities just fade away. And be replaced by strength and health.
On the physical side I brush my teeth morning and evening and floss every evening.
I also use Xylitol gum or tablets after every meal as this is what I learned from Xylitol.
"Most of the early studies on xylitol consumption and tooth decay were carried out with xylitol gum. Since chewing gum elicits an increase in salivation, it was uncertain if the xylitol or the stimulated saliva flow accounted for the decrease in decay rate. Increased salivation does exert a cleansing influence on teeth, has a buffering effect on the bacterial acids, and results in an increase of calcium and phosphate, which causes a healing or hardening of tooth enamel. This question was answered when chewing gums sweetened with different sweeteners were compared in a field study of 4th-grade students in Central America. The highest decay rate was found in children who chewed sugar-containing gum, even higher than those children who did not chew gum. Sugar-free gum did lower the decay rate, but the most dramatic drop in the decay rate was observed in children chewing 100%-sweetened xylitol gum."
Read the whole article here: http://www.tidewaterwomen.com/back-issues/2011-issues/aromatherapy/item/175-xylitol-sweet-answer-to-healthy-teeth?tmpl=component&print=1 and see if you want to be doing the same routine.
Wither I believe that regular dental care is right or alternative is right, I see no harm in following them both as best as I can. I firmly believe what we eat effects our health so why wouldn't it affect our dental health.
I believe my whole grain, as organic as possible diet of the vegetarian and non-alcoholic kind will help my teeth be stronger.
As I continue with this journey to find tools and advice on the best dental care I am about to leave for my first dental appointment to fix what needs to be fixed, knowing my healing work has worked it's wonder and what still needs to be done is in the highest good of me.
If you feel so, feel free to send healing to me and my teeth as we continue on our search for the right solutions.
( original entry at my blog @ http://niinac.blogspot.com/2011/06/healthy-teeth-myriad-of-information-to.html )
Blog entry
16 Jun 2011 - 7:43pm
True fact:
A common ingredient in commercial breads is derived from human hair harvested in China.
If you read the ingredients label on a loaf of bread, you will usually find an ingredient listed there as L-cysteine.
This is a non-essential amino acid added to many baked goods as a dough conditioner in order to speed industrial processing.
It's usually not added directly to flour intended for home use, but you'll find it throughout commercial breads such as pizza dough, bread rolls and pastries.
While some L-cysteine is directly synthesized in laboratories, most of it is extracted from a cheap and abundant natural protein source: human hair.
The hair is dissolved in acid and L-cysteine is isolated through a chemical process, then packaged and shipped off to commercial bread producers.
Besides human hair, other sources of L-cysteine include chicken feathers, duck feathers, cow horns and petroleum byproducts.
Most of the hair used to make L-cysteine is gathered from the floors of barbershops and hair salons in China, by the way.
Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/032718_L-cysteine_commercial_bread.html#ixzz1PT7Kie7g
Bon appetit
Johanna
Blog entry
10 May 2011 - 6:46am
❞Robin Falkov is a Doctor of Oriental Medicine, has practiced Homeopathy for over 25 years, and is a Diplomat of the National Board of Homeopathic Examiners, Falkov is also fully trained in Traditional Chinese & Herbal Medicine. Her comprehensive consultations include nutritional therapies, diet and lifestyle review. She joins us to talk about food & health freedom, radiation and pollution defense and the medical system. We begin the interview talking about the herbal ban in the EU. Then, Robin discusses the HR1364 bill in America, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act concerning the distribution of information on legitimate scientific research in connection with foods and dietary supplements, and for other purposes. It seems big pharma doesn't want the public to know about plants that cure, especially since they cannot patent plants. Robin will also talk about the pros and cons of the medical system. Later, we get into the important topic of the effects of radiation, as well as other pollutants, and what we can do to help build a defense against it. Topics Discussed: herbal ban in EU, bureaucrats, HR 1364, freedom of speech and science, Australia banning plants, plants that cure cancer, children on medication, medical system, nutrition, chemicals, eating locally, eating in season, Japan, radiation, Gulf oil spill, hydroponic gardening, greenhouses, potassium iodine, depopulation, seafood, long term toxic exposure, radiation measurements and more. ❞
Listen to the free First Hour HERE.
Love, Light and Joy!
Niina
( original entry at my Blog @ http://niinac.blogspot.com/2011/05/food-plants-medical-system-radio.html )
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10 May 2011 - 4:55am
I am done with Fake Foods! Processed little helpers for wives, mothers and bachelors everywhere! Done! I have started to notice lately that everytime I buy for example french fries when I'm on time crunch I feel so bad after eating them, like they truly block my Solar Plexus Chakra. So no more! Just needed to say this before you read on about On Emotional Eating.
I am a vegetarian, and I love cooking with prober ingredients, or at least what I currently think are prober ingredients! ;) That said - I have been batteling with food issues lately, and I have been confused about why I am drawn to food that isn't really food at all, maily processed foods and sugar. And I haven't really found a lot of prober spiritual explanations for it! Go figure. ;)
Being attuned to my body has been helpful but not really helping enough to break the cycle. The cycle being sugar in it's candy form ( pretty much the worst graving you can imagine ), see my mind knows how extremely bad sugar is for me, mind and body, but it is a powerful addictive subject so it's hard to get rid of it.
I stopped drinking alcohol in April 2010, which was easy as I've never really been into drinking in my adult age ( of course when I was young and in school alcohol was part of the group experience hense it happened every now and then ), I stopped because it wasn't in my spiritual path anymore.
Then I stopped drinking coffee in November 2010, now that was harder, not that I graved it, no, but my body went through 3 days of withdrawls of headaches, muscle aches and nausea. I stopped drinking coffee because of the caffein, a artificial pick me up. Now candy, being pretty much just sugar is trickier for me as it's a mood enhancer, literally sugar gives you a high ( not druggy high but sudden burst of feel good that only last a little while ). So when it's been a tough day at work ( I feel like I should talk in past tense as work's been good lately, less stress ) I notice the pick me up for me is going to the store as I get food and get candy as well, and when I eat it it does make me a little happier or relaxed for a while.
I can regocnise this behavior, which is good as it's probably the first step! Now the next step is to figure out how to stop doing this, how to break the cycle, and this is where I'll introduce you to this video of Leija Turunen's!
From YouTube:
❞ Do you ever eat when you feel stressed, overwhelmed, sad, lonely, hopeless, angry, confused, lost, or even bored? Do you sometimes (or quite often) use food to suppress/ numb that pain you feel or use it in attempt to fill some void you feel through not (essentially) connecting to the heartspace and creative, spiritual self? I share my personal experience with emotional eating, why I feel I did it, and share some of the ways I worked through these issues. Of course there are going to be different reasons for why people eat emotionally, but for the majority of people, it usually comes down to one or more of the following:
Not being in alignment with your passions / having a stressful job - Believing you can't pursue a career that is in alignment with your passions and support yourself financially.
Not knowing how to manage emotional pain / stress in a healthy way.
Not speaking your truth / suppressing who you really are in some way.
Feeling bored and entertaining yourself with food.
Trying to escape or distract yourself from your problems with food.
Being a very sensitive / empathic person and feeling completely overwhelmed with life on this planet, and not knowing how to nurture your sensitivity / protect yourself from the harshness.
Having an overall feeling of stress and anxiety, which could be for a myriad of reasons, but when it comes down to it, it's a disconnection to the heartspace.
Feeling a void within - Not even knowing who you are, what you're truly passionate about (feeling disconnected) because of the influences from the media, education system, food & "disease-care" industry- ie. processed foods, fluoride, pharmaceutical drugs like prozac.Not connecting to your creativity and spiritual side enough, and instead listening to once again, to the external influences and your ego's ideas about why you're not good enough as you are right now.
Perhaps having experienced something really traumatic, and using food to try to suppress/ numb that pain you still feel. Whatever the reason is, I feel that some of the things I talk about in this video can help you to some degree. ❞
I really liked her tip to go and do something when you grave food, when you don't Need food for nutrition.
And her idea of connectin to the sweetness of life, so we don't have to fight boredom with chocolate, hit home for me.
So what I am taking from this video, mainly, is Calm Down, Get Out when I have candy graving ( 08:15 - 10:05 ) and workout the body and mind to solve emotions instead of eating candy.
Also tackling my personal habit of shopping for food daily, and instead doing it two to three times a week, so I have no reason to go to the store daily and pick up bad fake foods.
I'm excited to try this! I feel like I have to find my own right way to do this, what is right for my body and mind and soul. I don't want to go in anyway against my body and what is right for it.
Another experiment begins! ( original entry at my Blog @ http://niinac.blogspot.com/2011/05/on-emotional-eating.html )
Love, Light and Joy!
Niina
( original entry at my Blog @ http://niinac.blogspot.com/2011/05/on-emotional-eating.html )
video
10 May 2011 - 3:43am
FROM YOUTUBE:
Do you ever eat when you feel stressed, overwhelmed, sad, lonely, hopeless, angry, confused, lost, or even bored? Do you sometimes (or quite often) use food to suppress/ numb that pain you feel or use it in attempt to fill some void you feel through not (essentially) connecting to the heartspace and creative, spiritual self? I share my personal experience with emotional eating, why I feel I did it, and share some of the ways I worked through these issues. Of course there are going to be different reasons for why people eat emotionally, but for the majority of people, it usually comes down to one or more of the following:
Not being in alignment with your passions/ having a stressful job- Believing you can't pursue a career that is in alignment with your passions and support yourself financially.
Not knowing how to manage emotional pain/ stress in a healthy way.
Not speaking your truth/ suppressing who you really are in some way.
Feeling bored and entertaining yourself with food.
Trying to escape or distract yourself from your problems with food.
Being a very sensitive/ empathic person and feeling completely overwhelmed with life on this planet, and not knowing how to nurture your sensitivity/ protect yourself from the harshness.
Having an overall feeling of stress and anxiety, which could be for a myriad of reasons, but when it comes down to it, it's a disconnection to the heartspace.
Feeling a void within- Not even knowing who you are, what you're truly passionate about (feeling disconnected) because of the influences from the media, education system, food & "disease-care" industry- ie. processed foods, fluoride, pharmaceutical drugs like prozac- aka. FLUORIDE- PLEASE WATCH THESE TWO VIDEO IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amGK76g4xyk&feature=autoplay&list=UL2U...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aTfyo0Xz_c&feature=channel_video_title
Not connecting to your creativity and spiritual side enough, and instead listening to once again, to the external influences and your ego's ideas about why you're not good enough as you are right now.
Perhaps having experienced something really traumatic, and using food to try to suppress/ numb that pain you still feel. Whatever the reason is, I feel that some of the things I talk about in this video can help you to some degree.
BTW, make sure to look into "Emotional Freedom Technique" as it is one of the (many) holistic healing modalities that helped me to work through my emotional eating, and I feel it can be very helpful. You can use this technique whenever you feel the need to suppress your emotions with food, or have a craving for some food that you know is not in your best interest. It's also fantastic for helping people to release fears and limiting beliefs. I would say to at least give it a try. Here is an example- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBocCPlsucI There is TONS of info on the internet about EFT. Just google and youtube "EFT" or "Emotional Freedom Technique" or "Emotional Freedom Technique Emotional Eating" or "EFT and release fears" or "EFT" and anything you want help with. I guarantee you'll find a lot of info! There are also free ebooks on EFT! :)
Why is it so important to put you bare skin on the earth and allow Mother Earth to heal you? I talk about this a little bit in this video. There is an actual science to why this is.
Check out the following links for starters:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XumPQLTzPWI&feature=channel_video_title
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_R7T7_gACU&feature=channel_video_title
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RGN5ikfOho
Buy an Earthing Mat for $60- http://www.amazon.com/Direct-from-the-Manufacturer-Connection/dp/tags-on-prod...
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If you enjoyed the message of this video, you'll probably enjoy this one as well- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKLWdgMStp0
An AMAZING stress reliever- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNE7v7_En3Y
If you would like to know more about the services that I offer, feel free to check out my website- http://www.leijaturunen.com
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22 Apr 2011 - 4:49am
There are people who go on about life with a deaf ear to what the body wants, they are those determined to do what they want and nothing else - whatever might be needed is not listen to because it doesn't come from the Mind.
There is another extreme as well, the ones who are slaves to the wants of the body. The body sees something and it has to be had, new shoes - oh must get those, new tea - oh have to have that, new chocolate - oh I want that so bad! The filter never really kicks into gear.
Alright, so is there a Golden middle? If you've ever visited it, you bet your behind there is!
But what to give in to? Guidelines, anyone? No, I'm afraid not. There really isn't a universal way to listen to your body, for the simplest reason, we aren't the same we don't eat the same things, we don't wear the same things, we don't have the same genetic make-up - where the guy next to you might have iron deficiensy, you don't. Where the girl on your other side might have too much salt in her diet, you do not.
This is why there cannot be solid rules. We have to go by ear and start to little by little learn to intepret the signals and needs of the body.
Had salads for four days straight, and graving chips? Instead of saying in your head I'm graving junk food, give this a thought - salt deficiensy, now instead of chips, get the healthier option, try pickles. Graving to eat Fish - you might be in need of Potassium or vitamins A and D.
Why I'm blogging about this is because I've been a vegetarian for 8 months now, before that I still ate fish while otherwise on a vegetarian diet since last April, so since I stopped eating fish 8 months ago I haven't given it second though as a food. But then about two weeks ago whenever I saw fish in a magazine I felt like "yummy I want that" - slightly confusing. I first ignored, but as it didn't go away I asked myself a question. Why am I denying what my body needs? It isn't going away it would have already passed in a week, it isn't a want but a need, so why am I not listening to the messages my body is giving me?
That struck bit of a core with me, I am very attuned to my body and what it needs and lately I've been truly ignoring it. So what I did was get a fish for dinner, quit my 'dark months of winter' candy habit, and begun to exercise ( speaking of which after I'm done with this blog, I'm ready for my Zumba 50min Cardio Party! ).
Instead of just being about one dinner of Fish, this topic when thought about set off a whole flair things!
And the funny thing is I haven't graved fish sence. ;)
Sometimes fish isn't just fish, sometimes food is a key ingredient in a little life change!
But truly listening to your body, everyone should do daily. Atleast once a day have a really good listen to something that your body wants and needs - there is a whole world to Discover about yourself, trust me you know so little and there is so much to learn! And it can be great fun! Atleast I love nothing more than that Oh, That's Why! moment that comes out of the blue.
So wether its about eating something, buying new shoes or getting the right brand of tea, trust your body - it is capable to pick up color and pattern signals of things you need, but more than that it's a channel to your conciousness and mind to give you things that are right for you at the moment, and with them an insight to your life here.
Love your Life and Listen to your Body!
Off to get my cardio done for the day!
Love, Light and Joy!
Niina
( Want to workout with me? Check out Links my free workout video section under the Header, or use these two links: http://niinac.blogspot.com/p/full-fitness-videos-free.html & http://niinac.blogspot.com/p/full-fitness-videos-2-free.html )
Blog entry
23 Mar 2011 - 2:33pm
March 22, 2011
High levels of ionizing radiation, such as those released form nuclear reactors in Japan, can lead to cancer and immune suppression.
This article will discuss nutritional strategies to prevent or mitigate the DNA damage, cancer development, and decreases in immunity that radiation can cause.
The recent release of radiation from nuclear reactors in Japan has prompted many to purchase iodine supplements to try to prevent thyroid cancer. But that isn’t the only cancer that can be caused by radiation. Iodine supplements, as potassium iodide, can only prevent thyroid cancers, as it blocks specific receptors on this gland. The radioactive iodine isotopes released from the nuclear reactors are thus prevented from binding to the thyroid gland’s iodine receptors because they are filled with iodine obtained from the supplements. You should only use these iodine supplements if medical authorities direct you to do so. To protect the rest of the body, other supplements, nutrients and compounds are required to stop the oxidative damage caused by radiation that leads to DNA damage and eventually to cancer.
MELATONIN
Melatonin has recently been described as a strong radioprotective agent by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in the journal TAF Preventive Medicine Bulletin. The authors describe this inexpensive neuroendocrine hormone’s protective effects on DNA against ionizing radiation.
Melatonin is also more efficient at protecting DNA than amifostine, an anti-radiation drug used in a clinical setting. Long term low-dose supplementation is effective but the authors of the paper also cite research that showed that a one-time dose of 300 mg of melatonin before radiation is effective, although the optimum dosage hasn't been definitely determined. It quickly passes into the blood after ingestion, as well as to other bodily fluids. The supplement is also reported as being safe during pregnancy and also protects against preeclampsia, a condition that is partially cause by reactive oxygen species (ROS). Although it shows beneficial effects on pregnancy, please consult your doctor if you intend to use it when pregnant. Radiation also induces ROS and melatonin is an effective antioxidant against this toxic effect.
Melatonin also protects human lymphocytes, important immune system cells, from genetic damage caused by radiation. Don’t use it before tasks requiring concentration, as it’s usually used to induce sleep, and will cause drowsiness.
GINSENG
Research on animals has shown radioprotective effects of various ginseng formulations. A recent study published in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine using lymphocytes extracted from humans and treated with North American Ginseng extract 90 minutes after irradiation of the lymphocytes, showed that the extract protected the immune cells from irradiation with Cesium-137. Cesium-137 is the radioactive isotope that’s being spewed out from the Japanese nuclear reactors. The extract used in the above study contained a total ginsenoside (the bioactive component) content of 11.7 percent, with Rb1 as the major ginsenoside. Asian ginseng has also shown protective effects by the same researchers when human lymphocytes were treated with the compound before radiation. Furthermore, ginseng extracts enhance immune function in healthy and immune-compromised humans.
CURCUMIN
Curcumin has been shown to protect normal tissues from radiation by enhancing antioxidant enzymes and quenching free radicals. Recent research published in Radiation Research also shows that curcumin dose-dependently decreases radiation-induced lung fibrosis, and improves survival after irradiation. Doses from 3.6 grams to 8 grams per day have been used. This spice is hard to absorb, so use some black pepper to enhance absorption or supplements with highly bio-available curcumin. Don’t use this spice if you’re pregnant.
VITAMINS
A study published in the International Journal of Radiation Biology shows that Vitamin E, as alpha-tocopherol succinate, has been shown to protect against total-body irradiation. Furthermore, a diet of high combined amounts of specific vitamins from food sources has been shown to protect pilots’ DNA from ionizing radiation. Pilots are exposed to radiation every time they fly. The best combination was vitamin E and C, beta-carotene, beta-cryptoxanthin, and lutein-zeaxanthin, (good sources are green leafy veggies, carrots, and pumpkins),as reported in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
This year, the British Journal of Nutrition also reported that high niacin intake from food, or lots of whole grains but low levels of red and processed meats, might confer protection from ionizing radiation.
There are several other compounds that can be used to protect against radiation, but the above nutrients are the main ones. Always consult your doctor before you use supplements, especially if you’re pregnant. Although no supplement can completely protect you from radiation, you can mitigate its toxic effects with judicious use of specific nutrients and hormones.
Source: Technorati.com
video
20 Feb 2011 - 1:24pm
In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's more...food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, herbicide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won't go bad, but we also have new strains of E. coli—the harmful bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans annually. We are riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults.
Blog entry
19 Feb 2011 - 8:05am
Why does eating local, organic foods matter?
You can't really start a conversation about this with intelligent person without the topic of pesticide and genetically modified foods coming up. Thank god for that! I'm sure people are aware, they know for example that eating MSG ( monosodium glutamate ) potato chips isn't good for you, drinking aspartame ( poisoning and side effects ) diet drinks isn't good for you.
It is unfortunate that all this crucially important information comes through conspiracy theorist - it tends to loose momentum at least ten fold due to it. If a raving guy on youtube presents these facts of what is in our food, and how oestrous it is to give this to us, by the time he mentions "The Elite" or "New World Order" ( what is NWO ) people huff and puff and look at something else.
I believe in Integral point of view. Each and everyone has truth some more than others, but we all have truth in us. Conspiracy theorists know because it comes naturally for them to search news and books on details of how mankind is getting sucker bunched. They run into things that pass through main news like water through sieve, without much of a look from the public. So the news reaches a small amount of people because of the ravings including what ever is popular at the moment.
What Food and People need is a serious documentary ( writing this I wonder has Michael Moore delved on this yet ), we need a serious channel to tell us what is going on so that most people can be reached, without people telling them Bush is new satan. A documentary of substance, of hard facts, news articles, studies.
There is so much information out there for people to see if they would just look.
I've had to train myself to watch some of these exposé videos on food, drugs and controlling our living environment, I've had to learn to listen to the facts and block out the conspiracies just to keep up with what's good for me and what is not. ( this is why you see me post these videos on psychological drugs, chemtrails, genetically modified foods )
Which is where I get back to the original point - why eat local and organic foods?
Because you know how it's grown, you know if it's genetically modified, you know it is purest you can get, best for your body, mind and soul.
Do your best to buy clean normal foods, organics when you can, local and close by - and say no to genetically modified seeds and cancer inducing pesticide through your vote on who takes a seat in your government.
Love, Light and Joy!
Niina
(original entry at my blog @ http://niinac.blogspot.com/2011/02/why-does-eating-local-organic-foods.html )
Now feel free to check out these Two Episodes on "Food: The Ultimate Secret Exposed", but keep your filter up. :)
Edit: Food, Inc free movie
Blog entry
3 Jan 2011 - 12:28pm
USDA Certified Organic’s Dirty Little Secret: Neotame...
Barbara H. Peterson on December 31st, 2010
Just when we thought that buying “Organic” was safe, we run headlong into the deliberate poisoning of our organic food supply by the FDA in collusion with none other than the folks who brought us Aspartame. NutraSweet, a former Monsanto asset, has developed a new and improved version of this neurotoxin called Neotame.
Full article http://farmwars.info/
Be Safe, Peace and Love.
2011
Blog entry
15 Dec 2010 - 6:26am
SENATE: DON'T ACCEPT THIS SNEAKY AMENDMENT PROCEDURE
The Fake Food Safety Bill Saga Continues...
The action continues in the US Senate this week.
CONTINUE TO PUSH BACK!
We will keep you informed!
After the US Senate finishes with the tax-extension bill [WHICH IS BEING DEBATED RIGHT NOW] it will take up the Continuing Resolution that includes the fake "food safety" (but actually food control) bill. Wednesday and Thursday are critical to our effort to preserve Health & Food Freedom!
Watch the Senate here: http://www.c-span.org/Watch/C-SPAN2.aspx
PLEASE CONTINUE TO PUSH BACK NOW!
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/568/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=5303
A CR is supposed to continue the govt's programs temporarily until Congress votes an actual "budget." It is not supposed to include major regulatory initiatives, such as budget-busting spending increases of a trillion dollars... or S.510, the fake "food safety" bill.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO "MESSAGE" YOUR SENATORS, BY PHONE OR EMAIL,
TO OPPOSE ANY C.R. THAT DOES MORE THAN JUST CONTINUE CURRENT PROGRAMS!
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/568/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=5303
video
13 Dec 2010 - 5:20am
DO YOU KNOW... "18% of all global Green Houses Gases are from the consumption of MEAT and DAIRY?"
SAVE THE HUMAN
STOP GLOBAL WARMING!!
GO VEGGIE NOW!!
The beautiful music video is to kick start the campaign "Save The Human"... thank you to all who made this video available.
Director & DOP: Will Lau
Creative Director & Script: Bobsy
Animator & Graphics: Bosco Chang
Musician & Composer: "Simple Truth" Lawrence Pradhan & Greg Kaps
Featuring: Rosemary, Christine Loh, Terence Yin, Daniel Wu, 24 Herbs, DJ Rebearth, Ankie, Julio (from Soler) and many other enlightened souls...
Blog entry
13 Dec 2010 - 4:58am
WOMEN, FOOD AND GOD (about a book)
I just visited a really good scandinavian "amazon.com" called Adlibris which has a genuinly great amount of english language books for us who don't like to wait for translations on interesting titles that may never arrive.
I first heard of "Women, Food and God" by Geneen Roth when she opened as quest when the teleseries ( free by the way ;) ) Women on the Edge of Evolution started again.
Then another e-mail to her 150$ online retreat arrived - it sounded really good, but as on a forever budget I have no way to participate I decided to look up her book instead ( 13€ vs. 150$ - and we had a clear winner ). From the first paragraph on her prologue and I wanted the book and ordered the book! Have look yourself and see if you order it as well.
Geneen Roth's pioneering books were among the first to link compulsive eating and perpetual dieting with deeply personal and spiritual issues that go far beyond food, weight and body image. She believes that we eat the way we live, and that our relationship to food, money and love is an exact reflection of our deepest held beliefs about ourselves and the amount of joy, abundance, pain or scarcity we believe we have (or are allowed to have) in our lives.
Rather than pushing away the "crazy" things we do, Geneen's work proceeds with the conviction that our actions and beliefs make exquisite sense, and that the way to transform our relationship with food is to be open, curious and kind with ourselves--instead of punishing, impatient and harsh.
In the past thirty years, she has worked with hundreds of thousands of people using meditation, inquiry, and a set of seven eating guidelines that are the foundation of natural eating.
This and more at Amazon.com Preview!
Love, Light and Joy!
Niina connecting with Food
( original entry at my blog @ http://niinac.blogspot.com/2010/12/women-food-and-god-book.html )
Blog entry
10 Dec 2010 - 2:48am
The other day I was reading a blog about food, just read Yarra's blog about it today so am prompted to blog my experience about this. I read the 1st blog about food Tuesday morning (12/7/10). Later that day, I read the 12/7 entry in my daily devotional God Calling by A.J. Russell. Here is that entry.
Food of Life
I have meat to eat that ye know not of.
Those were My words to My Disciples in the early days of My Ministry. Later I was to lead them on to a fuller understanding of that Majestic Union of a soul with God in which strength, life and food pass from One to the other.
Meat is to sustain the body. To do the Will of God is the very strength and support of Life. Feed on that Food.
Soul-starvation comes from the failing to do, and to delight in doing, My Will. How busy the world is in talking of bodies that are under-nourished! What of the souls that are under-nourished?
Make it indeed your meat to do My Will. Strength and Power will indeed come to you from that. (Not my caps)
Posting this for your contemplation. The language in this text is not generally this "meaty", so its kind of an odd entry, so make of it what you will, or not. Peace and Love, Karen
Blog entry
1 Dec 2010 - 3:58am
What's hiding inside your tuna tin?
"You know that colourful tin of tuna you drop into your supermarket basket every week? Ever wonder what’s in it? Probably not; in a matter of decades, tuna has gone from being exotic mystery to an almost generic foodstuff, as ubiquitous as bread and milk – there’s even one brand of canned tuna called “chicken of the sea”. No disrespect to chickens, but the many species of formidable, predatory tuna that charge around our oceans in large schools are in a different league altogether."
Read More....
Blog entry
23 Nov 2010 - 12:09am
This full moon has been interesting, and seems to be "exposings things" in more ways than one! Some people exploiting their nakedness and others being forced into nakedness ie. our new TSA body scans... Bringing things front, and center right between the eyes : )
Social/political issues especially in the lightworkers community, and mainstream issues such as our civil liberties, and personal power are in the forefront.
Are we going to use our personal power, and if we do how will we go about making changes that empower us personally while lifting up us all!
As we can see group energy will prevail if enough people say "NO" for example to body scans and pat downs. Our illustrious new "TSA" department who surprisingly is hiring if you need a job. Hah! Has it's furthest reach yet into our shirts, and pocketbooks. It is a new lucrative industry for someone that's for sure.
Is our personal power and expression thereof going to again divide us? Or can we collectively aim to change the same issues we all want changed ASAP. The quality of life here, and everywhere on the planet is waaaaay past the hour of appropriate changes for free energy, grid dismantling, chem trail abolishment, medical industry abolishment.
So what would Joan of Arc do- She'd say enough is enough!!!!
Blog entry
15 Nov 2010 - 4:11am
Hello , Greetings , Sat Sri Akaal , Namaste
It's All About Love ......Period . please let me explain :
Food wonderful food , vegetable, animal and mineral are all gifts of the divine , just as you are .
First things First .
Everything and i mean Everything is a part of Creation and thus part of the Divine .
everything you see and everything you cant see is all creation and part of the divine .
Everything in this multiverse and everything inside the 13 known dimensions , including this one (3rd-4th density) is alive , meaning it has a spirit , a soul , it is living consciousness , every being and entity is spiritual consciousness and part of the divine , a piece of love and respect .
It is important to remember this in all things , that everything is spiritually alive and deserves our respect and gratitude , especially food and where it comes from .
before we manifested into these physical bodies, we were all part of a spiritual collective of beings inside a portion of creation .
Not all the beings in this collective have chosen to incarnate at this time along with us, some have stayed back to help guide us and provide things for us while we are here on our physical journey .
One of the ways these fellow beings of love provide for us is my manifesting themselves into vegetation and animals that sacrifice themselves for our wellbeing by the way of donating their physical bodies for us to consume .
Every bite of any form of food is a gift to you from the divine provided for you by your fellow spiritual beings and others to help sustain you in this physical journey .
They have agreed to do this prior to you manifesting onto the planet just as you have agreed to be the entity that manifests here in their place .
i know its an odd thought to get used to when you consider that you may have eaten the donated physical remains of spiritual friends and guides more times than you can count and the only reason they do it is because they love you and support you .
but once you get used to the idea, its really rather liberating and exciting to see all those extra ways in which love is shown to you and provided to you that you hadn't seen in that way before .
They are there in love to help you and support you , guide you , love you and learn from your experiences as you travel this cycle of incarnation .
The Earth is a huge entity that also helps provide for the beings that are trying to provide for you as well .
The Earth provides water for them to drink and other foods as they grow for your benefit , the earth provides the soil that the vegetation uses to grow the crops that help sustain you as well .
It's all a huge cycle of love from all of Creation that sustains you .
Every water drop , Every air particle, Every particle of dust or dirt and every light particle serves its purpose .
Every vegetable, animal , fish , mineral(vitamins) etc... ITS ALL FOR YOU !
High level spiritual beings suggest you can eat anything that brings your body energy , healing and joy , or all the above .
they also suggest the following as well .
Oxygen : oxygenate yourselves when you can , breathe correctly , some suggest breathing exercises , don't breathe toxins
Hydration : keep yourself hydrated , you are mostly made of water so drink it often , as pure as you can get it , be it filtered, ozonated or natural filtering like springs etc...
Food : small portions , several times a day , as toxin free as possible , not just chemical toxins but free of harmful ingredients as well .such as sugar , you may want to try stevia or truvia instead . try to eat natural foods and as few processed foods as possible .
other tips include : reduce stress , exercise , rest often and allow expression .
These anonymous and not so anonymous spiritual beings are all here and in action to show their love and support for you .
Please say thank you often .
Please show gratitude often .
If you can , please get into a meditative state and send these beings of love some love of your own and show them how much you appreciate all creation has done for you even if some of that creation was done one bite at a time .
You all are wonderful Spiritual beings , and so are they and they love you !
As i said at the beginning of my post , its all about love , thats all its ever been about , in a variety of different aspects , since the dawn of time , but all true true love .
Sat Sri Akaal , Namaste , Bye
PapaDan
Blog entry
2 Nov 2010 - 10:54am
July 29, 2010
The grocery store, along with your kitchen sink, are two of the most dangerous places in the world.
In a special video, Alex Jones addresses one of the darkest modes of power the globalists have used to control the population– food.
The adulteration of the planet’s staple crops, genetically-altered species and intentionally-altered water, food and air,
all amount to a Eugenics operation to weaken the masses and achieve full spectrum domination.
PART 1/2
People the world over, but especially in the United States are under chemical attack.
Deadly and dangerous toxins ranging from Aspartame to Fluoride, GMO, Mercury-tainting, pesticides,
cross-species chimeras, plastic compounds in chicken, high fructose corn syrup, cloned meat,
rBGH and new aggressive GM species of salmon have all entered into our diets and environments– whether we want it or not.
PART 2/2
Many of these substances knowingly cause or are linked with sterility, low birth weight, miscarriages, smaller or deformed offspring,
as well as organ failure, cancer, brain tumors and Death itself, what you DON’T know about on your grocery shelves can hurt you.
Further, Alex demonstrates that a pattern of buried studies, fraudulent statistics and a will reduce global population all point to the deliberate criminal poisoning of the food and water supply.
Suffer no fools if those you show refuse to believe what is going on. Instead, research these important areas for yourself,
and warn those you love about need to stop their food from being used as a Depopulation-weapon against us all.
Please share this important video with everyone, so the truth about these substances can be known.
www.infowars.com/food-the-ultimate-secret-exposed/
Teaching
28 Oct 2010 - 4:36am
Creation is God's Lila (play). Life for the soul is an opportunity to experience Nature as a wonderful blessing. However, for the individual who has fallen deep under the spell of Maya (delusion) life can prove to be an unpleasant experience for the ego.
Under ignorance, we forget our true identity as individualized Spirit. Our Essence is Love, Bliss and Wisdom. But through attachments and worldly desires we've become slaves of our own creations and now see ourselves as victims.
However, you were born to be "master of your fate & captain of your soul."
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Blog entry
23 Oct 2010 - 9:06pm
Sleep is not about resting.
The Benifit of sleep is that you withdraw your consciousness from this physical realm, and when you withdraw your consciousness you withdraw any pushing against or resistance, and when there is no resistance, then your body is able to align to its higher vibration.
And so sleeping is more about aligning vibration then anything, so, it stands to reason that one who is more connected to the more non-physical energy stream, would require less sleep, or would want less sleep, but sometimes the opposite seems to occur because another thing that happens is the more you experience the higher vibration, the more you enjoy sleeping which is a high vibration.
And so what we would encourage you to do, the natural rhythm of your body is, you see when you slumber, and your consciousness withdraws, even though your energy's are being aligned, your body is not receiving movement, and your body really trives with movement, any of you who become sedentary, and your society sort of does that to you as you work 8 hours, but your body is really a body of motion, your body is an organism that wants to move.
Be in Harmony with your body:
(*Drink enormous quantity's of water*)
So much water that in the beginning we would feel ourselfs uncomfortable because the elimination process would be a bit hindry, but we would really would drink lots, and lots and lots of water, your capacity to hold more water will grow as you consume more water. And so the elimination process would not be so uncomfortable, and every cell of your body which is mostly water would benifit, because the energy transmission of your body is affected by the more water you drink the more easily the energy flows and so there are alot of things you could eat, but the one thing we would mostly encourage is more water, and we mean water minus preservative, water minus caffeine, water without sugars, WE mean water!! ... we really do, we mean water. Water with minerals, water with all the natural stuff that is in water, we would drink water. And we would find a source of it that is pure without to much dealing with.
(*Move your body*)
Another thing that we would do is we would find reasons to move and by moving we don't mean dramatic exercise we mean moving we mean motion, we mean walking mostly, moving the body, moving the arms, flexing the muscles, stretching the muscles, Movement!!.
(*Rest when you are tired*)
We would rest when we are tired and waken when we are refreshed, we would try to follow a more natural rhythm, well thats hard to do under the work environment, that many of you live, but we would sleep shorter snatches more frequently, in other words we would take a little nap on the lunch hour if we could, and snatch little nap after work if we could, and we would sleep shorter expans in the middle of the night, we would not sleep longer then 4 hours at any stretch. only because the body benifits so much by motion.
For most thats gonna be a difficult period to getting used to, because you have trained yourself to believe that you need 8 hours of sleep.
Source 8 Dimensional and 9 Dimensional Consciousness.
Infinite Intelligence, Pure Energy.
Blog entry
5 Oct 2010 - 7:12pm
Earlier today I was in my kitchen making a simple meal when all of a sudden it felt like my head was exploding. It felt like a cool breeze just blasted out of or into my crown chakra. Almost knocked me off my feet. I had to sit down for at least 10 minutes after this to try and get a grip. After the initial blast all I felt was a distant lightheaded feeling. This all happened after 1:00 but I'm not certain of the exact time. It didn't feel too wrong it was just a shock.
I was wondering, has anyone else had a similar experience? I went to the doctor recently and there was nothing wrong with me, physically at the very least. I feel normal again but the feeling was quite intense. Its hard to shake off. Any comments or advice will be appreciated.
Blog entry
28 Sep 2010 - 3:47pm
What's Wrong with Our Food "System"?
And How We Can Make a Difference
Birke Baehr, 11 years-old
While traveling with his family and being 'roadschooled', Birke at the age of 9 began studying sustainable and organic farming practices. Birke has visited and worked at Full Moon Farms Co-op, Athens, GA; Sequatchie Cove Farm, Sequatchie ,TN; Sapelo Farms, Brunswick, GA; and the organic gardens of The Hostel in the Forest in Brunswick, GA. He also attended a full day seminar with renowned farmer and author, Joel Salatin at The Farm in Summertown, TN. Mr. Salatin has continued to mentor Birke in his pursuit of new thinking about food and agriculture.
Birke has also participated in The Sequatchie Valley Institute's annual 'Food for Life' gathering for the past two years. At these workshops he’s studied composting, vermiculture, canning and food preservation methods, sprouting and tea. This year Birke has enjoyed tending a garden with his Granddaddy, growing tomatoes, beans, okra, potatoes, cukes and more.
Birke intends to continue his education in this genre and expects to be a sustainable organic agriculturist in the future.
He also has a passion for educating others, especially his peers, about the destructiveness of the industrialized food system and the enlightening alternatives of sustainable and organic farming, food and practices. Birke has also volunteered at the Humane Society and loves working with animals.
Source: TEDxnextgenerationashville.com
Blog entry
16 Sep 2010 - 11:33pm
A good site to find articles on how to look and be beautiful... feel.
http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/health/10-ways-to-eat-like-a-dietitian-2388189/
Teaching
7 Sep 2010 - 2:36pm
There are many ways to define the same thing and depending on where you are coming from, the light that reflects upon the situation will make the same thing look drastically different. Understanding this is one of the most important principles the learning experience called life can give to you. If we cannot respect the fact that each person goes through their journey individually then we must at least agree to keep our judgments to ourselves and allow future generations to see the world through their own eyes.
New Age Spirituality tells us that judgments do not serve man; it only prevents the unity needed to achieve amazing things. By focusing on differences instead of similarities we prove the ignorance of the self and intern separate each one of us from the foundation of civilization, grouping ourselves to accomplish greater tasks and thus encourage a higher rate of human survival.
Now that we are no longer are in need of protecting ourselves from the beast of this planet and we do not needed to hunt for our own food anymore, it seems that there is no need for unity. When in fact there is a great need for unity of all people. When we come together and open our hearts and minds (not to accept others values as our own) but to hold a new respect; that a person holds their values close to their hearts in the same way that you do. Then we can break bread together and unity shall begin, and intern humanity will see a great reduction in conflict and a serious jump in technological, philosophical and social advancement.
Teaching
18 Jul 2010 - 3:14pm
A study by a Brazilian Professor from Matto Grosso Federal
University has revealed the shocking truth about the effects of
having a can of a carbonated drink. Learn what happens inside
your body in the sixty minutes after you glug down your
refreshing sizzling drink…and think carefully!
After just ten minutes, 10 teaspoons of sugar hit your body, 100%
of the daily recommended dose. You do not immediately vomit from
the overwhelming sweetness because the Phosphoric acid in
the drink cuts the taste.
After twenty minutes, the level of sugar in your blood erupts, forcing a rush of insulin.
The liver responds by turning all the sugar it receives into fat.
After forty minutes, the caffeine absorption is complete. Your pupils dilate, blood
pressure rises, the liver responds by pumping more sugar into your bloodstream.
Adenosine receptors in the brain are now blocked, preventing drowsiness and giving
you an energy rush.
After 45, the body increases dopamine production stimulating the pleasure centers.
This same process takes place with the consumption of heroin, for example.
50 minutes. The phosphoric acid binds calcium, magnesium and zinc in the intestine,
increasing the metabolism. High doses of sugar and artificial sweeteners also increase
Calcium excretion in the urine, or in other words, you are urinating your bones away,
one of the causes of Osteoporosis.
60 minutes: One hour after consuming. The caffeine's diuretic properties come into
play. You urinate. Now it is guaranteed that will be putting out of your system
calcium, magnesium and zinc, which your bones need. As time goes on, you'll
experience a sugar crash. You'll be cranky. You will already have excreted everything
that was in the drink, but also essential properties which your body needs.
Then you’ll reach for another one.
No wonder President Vargas banned Cola from Brazil!
Study by Prof. Dr. Carlos Alexandre Fett: “Quando você acaba de beber um refrigerante” (When you have just consumed a carbonated drink)
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Teaching
23 Jun 2010 - 12:15pm
Here I stand in the center of the universe. My universe in which I am the creator of and the creation, there is no one as important as me in this Universe. I realize that because I AM in the center of my universe I am in a position of ultimate power. I am the master of my Universe and I can control anything that goes on with-in that Universe. I live with-in this universe, and I mold this universe because I live in the center of this universe which is located in the metaphysical center of me. Truth be told the metaphysical sense of me is truly who I AM and so are you.
You are the Universe; your Universe is in a great place of power and love.
I do not think there are words sufficient enough to explain these truths because there is only ONE way to find this out and that is through YOU. That is not negotiable although the methods will be as unique and personal as the individual.
I was able to gain access to this wonderful world of Metaphysical knowledge when I accepted responsibility for everything that has ever happened to me and I accepted that it was my fault entirely. I do not blame anyone for my F-ups I have and always have had the choice of living the life I wanted. I then choose to look fear in the face and try to understand the unknown. This was the thought behind the subtitle for my book “15 Days to a beautiful life - Understanding God”. I have no Idea how to describe what I am seeing as truth and I feel like I am seeing above things at times with lack of language to express it. I can just tell you taht the answers are right there for you inside your true self.
It is becoming undeniable that the metaphysical is becoming a real force in this world and I have watched many ancient theologies warm up to this idea, which is wonderful. As long as there are people like you and me who put the fact with feelings and look inside, we will always be amazingly blessed. When we look with-in we magically have a mutual understanding of free will and individual preference because we will know the truth and purpose of choice. Besides those that do not observe this truth will not be part of a masters Universe and are not a vibration match. This is the Universal Law which is set by the hand of those who observe it and is as powerful as your Universe wishes it to be.
Joseph Anthony
Dedicated to Claire Thank You
for inspiring the post
Blog entry
18 Jun 2010 - 5:42am
A good margarita recipe can make any visit to Margaritaville even better. Cool, refreshing, and very tasty, the right margarita recipe is the best thing to discover. What if the right margarita recipe has escaped you? Not to worry, the perfect margarita recipe doesn't have to mean quick loans for expensive tequila or a recipe for a hangover. No matter what you choose to make, May 5 is a good day to visit Margaritaville.
Traditional Tequila margarita recipe
With a half-dozen or more origin stories, one would think the margarita is complicated – but it is really very simple. The “official” margarita recipe, sanctioned by the International Bartenders Association, is 21% lime or lemon juice, 29% triple sec or orange liquor, and 50% tequila. To sweeten the drink, many margarita recipes use limeade or sugared water. Most margarita recipes also call for rimming the glass with sugar, salt, or flavored powder. Straight up or blended, a margarita can be served at just about any temperature.
Virgin margarita recipe
If you would like to enjoy the scents and flavors of a margarita, even at work, you can nevertheless do so. You can approximate the lime, sugar, salt, and orange flavors of a margarita without tequila. Shake up 2 parts limeade and 1 part orange juice with a few sprinkles of salt. Toast to margarita recipes all day when you serve this over ice!
Pizza Margarita recipe
Though it was initially spelled Pizza Margherita, a Pizza Margarita recipe is now a standard in many high-end pizza parlors. The strong flavors and smooth mozzarella make this margarita a perfect match for your cocktails. Regardless how you cook it, a pizza margarita recipe should be very simple. On a thin pizza crust, layer olive oil, minced garlic, mozzarella cheese, fresh basil leaves and lots of fresh sliced tomatoes. Bake or grill until bubbly, hot and tasty.
A May 5 Margaritaville celebration doesn't have to mean just booze. By combining the flavors of margaritas with the Pizza margarita, and everybody is sure to be happy.
Teaching
9 Jun 2010 - 5:18pm
I am sure someone has asked you this question many times; although depending on your age the phrasing may be different. The most common form of this question is “What do you do for a living?” I am going to assume that 99.99% of the time this refers to work or your job in some way. Most people relate who they are with what they do. This subconscious hick-up can cause a ton of unnecessary negative emotion and even worse “Writers Block”.
Truth be told, even the most glamorous job cannot define you. You are way more magnificent than that. If you are a musician, artist or writer your work may be a reflection of which you are as a person but it is you the creator who breathes life into the creations in which you create. You are unique and anything that more than one person calls them self cannot represent you ij your entirety. I am a writer, a dad and a husband no one thing describes me although I am proud to be all of them.
There are over 6 billion beautiful people that are each truly unique, no two are exactly alike. Your body is your temple and it holds the most beautiful, loving and extraordinary amazing creature inside of it; Your Spirit.
The spirit that is inside of you is the truth, your truth. The only truth you shall ever have. I say to my readers almost every essay, blog, speech or book I create. To look inside, they ask me why?
Your spirit will answer all the questions you have and I can assure you that the answer will be as unique as the faces that represent the journey to get them. Man has got into a great deal of trouble by telling others how to live and what to believe in. The obsession to be right is something that has taken many men to the point of insanity and all for not because each person’s path is unique and their interaction with the path they are on.
Many people pick up self help books like mine and hope that the book is a user manual to their souls but that would serve no purpose to you. I choose to put the power in your hands, I write to point out that there is beautiful and loving magic inside of you that is always at your disposal and is as abundant as infinity. This journey is deeply personal because we all do not all think the same exact thoughts. Your path is either littered with negative thoughts, hate and intolerance. Or your path is pure of all impurities which are one of many symptoms of the positive thoughts you think, and positive affirmations you say.
That being said, this all comes back to loving yourself. Desiring what you want is the easy part. The belief that you can do it and feel that you are worthy enough to have it is another. This is where you find the state of being needed to succeed and it also provides you with the endurance to make positive thinking an effective Life style choice. If you cannot find love for in yourself, you will not find that love in yourself. That love is your truth and is your spirit and it has always been there waiting for you to stop star gazing and look inside.
Try Loving yourself and Love whatever it is that makes you, YOU!
Then figure out what you believe and start looking for the magic in your life. You will be surprised in what you find and how amazing you truly are.
No matter what your theology it serves you no purpose to doubt yourself; so pay attention to that gut instinct, respect each other’s path, and put your faith in yourself where it belongs.
Joseph Anthony
Please check out my latest title “15 days to a beautiful life” and the other great new thought titles at http://EvolvetheMInd.com
Blog entry
23 May 2010 - 1:10am
The following teaching was given to me by my spirit guide or higher self in the time I was thinking of becoming a vegetarian after I saw various shocking videos in Youtube regarding the way animals are treated to become our meat.
The internal voice said to me: "It is not about the meat itself; it is about energy." "Therefore, there is no real difference between meat and vegetables; it's all about happiness, it's all about the energy the being had throughout its life".
This was a real moment of enlightment for me.
Everything that surrounds us in this universe, including ourselves, is energy, vibration, light.
The same applies to the various types of food. Today, many people say that meat, especially the red type is bad for our health which is true; and many people decide to become vegetarian or at least to eat more of this stuff. However the meat itself is not the cause of the negativity. The major problem is that the species of animals chosen by the humans to become meat (such as cows, pigs and chickens) experience tremendous trauma of pain and suffering throughout their entire lives. They are treated as dead things without souls or feelings since birth to death, and consequently they build up anger, diseases, and plus they get frequent injections of toxins and hormones they really don't need while living in extremely crowded places. After that, we end up eating all that negative energy. How on Earth can somebody expect to be healthy?
Why do the experts say that fish is better than traditional red meat? The answer is obvious: because fish have a much better and happier life living with freedom in the sea. The bad news is, mankind is polluting the seas upsetting them also.
Many trees and plants are also angry because of intensive farming and fertilizers, since it is not their natural way. Even worse, many species are being genetically modified...
The solution to all these problems is obvious. We have to return to the natural way. We have to respect life in all forms. Everything is alive and sentient.
I have tried to eat organic food, but it is expensive and sometimes not worth to be trusted. So what do I do? Since I know that everything is energy, I irradiate the food I eat with positive energy before, during and after I eat them. I believe this is a very powerful and effective technique, and if you have doubts watch or read about Masaru Emoto and his experiments.
I dream about a great near future in the Golden Age, with all the confusion and ignorance gone, a world of energetic symbiosis rather than competition, and humans not needing to take other beings' lives in order to maintain the physical body. Because we are going to be pure light and we will only need light.
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Blog entry
21 May 2010 - 11:01am
as i was sufing intranet news stories i came across this
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100520/od_nm/us_chocolate_wrinkles
"The world's largest chocolate maker says it may have come up with a chocolate bar that could fight wrinkles and slow the aging process, making it the latest food group to tap the appetite for healthier living."
"Dark chocolate has already been linked with certain health benefits, such as helping to lower blood pressure and reducing the risk of strokes thanks to its high content of antioxidants."
"group has developed a way of preserving the flavanols found in cocoa beans during the chocolate-making process, allowing them to produce a bar that is richer in flavanols"
just a few quotes from artical .
i like chocolate and if it can be heathy for you i say "goody i can eat my hearts content of it and not feel quilty about it :)"
Story
17 May 2010 - 6:45am
May 13, 2010
Human Condition Thoughts: How The Grays Manipulate You Through Your Food -- A Message From Fongeetale
I am Fongeetale, and I want to talk to you in more detail about how the human condition thoughts are given to you. The Council has chosen me to speak about this because I am very soothing, and I remain calm. Even the other members have trouble remaining calm when Reptilian emotions are being emitted around them. And there are Reptilians here in this room where I am talking.
I am projecting myself down from a ship and I am speaking, and wherever you are listening, part of you is meeting with me wherever I am. You project yourself. You don’t realize that you are already in many places at one time, but I am already there consciously. I know this fact consciously, and so, I have the capability to use it intentionally.
I wish to talk to you more about the Grays now. They are already engineering human beings after them. They won’t succeed at it because we are helping you, and we have more powerful ships because we are more open-minded and are capable of thinking up new and better technologies, and we are accepting of brand new ideas, whereas Grays are traditional and conventional in their thinking.
The Grays deal with your politics especially, whereas the Reptilians primarily focus on religion. They were responsible for starting the caste system in India and for all the witch hunts of the middle ages, but the control of the United States and of Europe is becoming more or less Gray, especially America.
Grays feed on the mental stimulus of your political arena. Your government knows many things that you do not, of course. But here’s something I wish to tell you that they do not know about. Their human condition thoughts are passed through food. An energy containing Gray thoughts is slipped into the food -- projected as I can project myself into the room of the channel. Projected as you are already capable of projecting yourselves.
It is passed into all the food that you are eating and it is causing your diseases. It is not the food itself, but the powerful thoughts that alter it, and that are passed to your mind when you eat the food that is carrying them. All food starts with a thought, does it not? As all things start with thought first.
You began as a thought when you were a brainless patch of life that could not think or move on its own, but you were existing as an individual already and you began to develop into something that could make single choices on its own, but you were still brainless. And that is how we all begin in our first few incarnations.
We are brainless, capable of nothing and probably a part of someone or something else, inside of them like a bacteria; and then you develop into a small insect or into an algae form; and later you may become a tree or even an animal, and then we may become a dolphin or a whale or a human or an ape.
Not all animals are in the animal incarnation level. They’re not considered to have animal intelligence. A dog is someone very evolved. Even a cat is more evolved and contains energy which helps humans around it. Cats are very aware empathically, more so than most other animals, but a dog does not stand back and observe. He experiences for himself. Cats learn by observing only, mostly. They are great observers and primates and dogs are great experiencers. The wonderful thing about humans is that they learn by observation and experience together, as do primates, as do dolphins and whales. They have a supreme intelligence, especially whales and dolphins, that often surpasses that of humanity’s. Humanity’s intelligence is surpassed by dolphin-kind and by whale-kind.
I have never incarnated as a human being here, but I have had a life as a primate. I was a lemur. I was also a bromeliad and I was very physically aware, not only spiritually, but I was physically aware of my surroundings and I had senses, and I knew how to survive as a plant very well, and I brought that with me into my human intelligence experience as the lemur.
The wonderful thing about being a bug or a lemur is that I could always choose what I ate for myself. And what did I eat? I ate whatever grew naturally around me. As a plant I took in sun, I drank the water supply given to me by nature. But even that was contaminated. Before humans began to pollute the air, the water supply was already being tampered with.
You have to sit calmly and think about what is best for you. You have to want to eat what is best for you rather than feel the pleasure of eating food that is very, very harmful to your body, mind, emotional body and spirit. You are a multi-dimensional being and you are being affected on all levels by what you are taking in through food. Food.
I wish to talk to you about the thoughts in your food. The disease that you have a name for or have experienced, or that someone has experienced, even those that are not named yet, and even those that don’t have a cure yet, they are intentionally put in your food. If you have not experienced a disease from your food yet, you are resisting some of the thoughts that are placed into it.
Meat is one of the worst because the vibration already matches the level of the thought they want to place into it because of the death of the creature. But eating plants is still eating conscious life, and it all has consequence.
It is not right to unnecessarily kill something and cause it harm or pain. The thoughts going through the animals are already on the vibration of that pain because of how they are treated on the farms. They have suicidal thoughts. They are already on a frequency of being killed. They want death because of the way they are treated by the farmers. They are aware. They have thoughts and feelings, and they are multi-dimensional as are the plants that you are eating. So I will not say it is better to eat the plants. Eating a salad has a consequence, but I am going be promoting the right foods all over the Earth.
There are many guardians. I told you I was a guardian of the Earth in my introductory post, that I am on The Council Of The Guardians Of Earth, and I am a specific type of guardian. Each guardian guards something in particular, and I do not guard humans only, but I guard everything, every life form, even bacteria, anything that is conscious, even if it can only make a simple choice that it is hardly aware of making, even if it can only breathe in and out or perhaps those beings such as dolphins, who are already aware that they are attracting things to themselves.
Each life form that I am a guardian over, I guard in one specific area: it is the area of health. I guard health, and so I know all about your thoughts and emotions as well as your physical anatomy. I guard health on every level of your awareness, and so, I am going to be promoting kindness to animals and organic food consumption. I will not promote vegetarianism necessarily, because eating a plant is also taking a life that is conscious, but what I promote is the consumption of organic food. You will get to the point where you will never have to eat again, but first you must begin to eat purer food.
There are pure sources of food in the organic industry even though there are Gray thoughts passed into that food as well, but there is also the thought of the organic farmers which is always kinder, and it causes the Gray thoughts to dissipate, and it does not harm your body in the way that every other industry is harming you. Imagine eating a fellow human being. You have to start thinking of it that way. If you had to take a fellow human being’s life in order to survive, wouldn’t you kill that person mercifully? And if they were attacking you, wouldn’t you run and hide before trying to attack them back? Wouldn’t you try other options?
When you have to eat to survive, you must be conscious of what you are causing. Even water has thought and emotion, and it contains living things that you are drinking and consuming. I am not saying do not consume. At this point in your evolution you must consume, and so I am still promoting consumption, but I am promoting the consumption of mercy food.
The animals must be treated well and must not be kept in cages constantly. They must be allowed out. Do not eat food that is harming animals psychologically. The organic farmers treat the animals with more kindness and the Earth is treated more kindly, too by the organic farmers. Everything you have ever eaten has a consequence, so choose to be someone who promotes mercy.
The thoughts that are emitted into your food match the frequency of murder. It is very easy to emit them into the food, but not as many thoughts are passed by the Grays into the organic food because it does not match the frequency of their evil, corrupted thoughts; and I wish to tell you that in most non-organic food there is an ingredient which does not come from your planet that is always inserted. And there are several ingredients that are sometimes inserted into certain foods, but the organic industries have not been so corrupted as to ally themselves with the Grays.
Yes, many of the food corporations are in direct contact on some level, meaning some level of hierarchy, with the Grays. They know that an ingredient is put into the food, and they allow this because of what the Grays give them in return, which I will not say at this point, because I am told by the Council what you are supposed to be told at this time, and I do not wish to alarm you. I wish to open your awareness, open your mind’s awareness to the things that are happening to your own body and mind and emotional body and are affecting your spirit as well, bringing its energy down where it cannot support higher-dimensional interactions. They want to lower you so that false guides are more capable of getting through to you. They want to lower your energy so that it is easier for them to speak to you.
There are no good Grays here. Some people think they are channeling a good Gray. It is not that all Grays are evil. The good Grays are not here. They are not trying to interfere with Earthlings or with Earth’s affairs. They are at war with the other Grays who outnumber them. But we are allied with them, so they are not actually outnumbered, and there are what you would call psychologists who work with these Grays because of the abuse that was experienced by them; the religious abuse from the Reptilians, the brainwashing of the Reptilians, which all Grays but a few accepted.
Your food is poisoning your body. There are ingredients… I will explain a few things to you.
The Grays are manipulating the food sources by injecting their own DNA into them. They want to pass this DNA into your bodies. They are still studying your anatomy. We know about your anatomy more. We have technologies that are better suited for study even though the primary focus of the Grays is studying human beings.
They wish to change you. The Reptilians are trying to change you as well, and they have succeeded. You have already been altered. But the Grays are not succeeding yet. They have to keep studying your anatomy. The Reptilians have already succeeded in opening a third channel. You have channels on your body, but you never had one at your solar plexus until the Reptilians changed you. It is a second brain, but you were altered to have that brain. It was not there before.
The Reptilians are trying to change your body completely so that it is related to them because they have no relation to you. They wish to have relatives in this universe who will be on their side and think the way they do, who will be equals to them, or be like children, like pets, so not really equals, but special, precious things to them.
They are disgusting to me. What a corrupt idea, and the Grays are undermining them, and wishing to change your DNA so that you will not only have Gray DNA, but you will obey all orders given to you by the Grays.
And this is done through your food. You have to understand that your food is being altered, and these alterations are giving you diseases, but you are not accepting the Gray DNA that they are trying to inject into you. Abductees have also rejected the Gray DNA. They have tried many ways of passing it into your bodies. But it is too unnatural to you and you are rejecting it.
They will continue to study and they will find a way, and if they find a way to do this with food, it is very important not to be eating what they are injecting their DNA into. So it is important to eat the purest food that you know about. It is easy to know what is pure. What doesn’t have chemicals injected into it will not have their DNA, their imprint injected into it. And yes, it is more expensive to eat this way. They make sure it is more expensive, because they refuse to fund organic farms.
You see, so many industries are backed with Reptilian and Gray financial support. That is an odd concept because your money is human, so you think, but you are financially supported and supported in many other ways, like given technology, which is, of course, then covered up by Grays. Do not be fooled into ever thinking that there are good Grays visiting people here. There are no good Grays here. They would not want to come here and risk being captured by the Grays living here.
That is all that I will say on this subject for now, but I will add that everything that you are told here is truth to me from my perspective and the Council’s perspective, and we are being open and honest with you, and so, this is our truth we are sharing with you. It is important to decide what you are going to believe, and to act on that belief. And this is, as always, your own individual decision.
Namaste
The Council for the Assistance to Earth
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Group: Thought for Food
Blog entry
17 May 2010 - 6:40am
May 13, 2010
Human Condition Thoughts: How The Grays Manipulate You Through Your Food -- A Message From Fongeetale
I am Fongeetale, and I want to talk to you in more detail about how the human condition thoughts are given to you. The Council has chosen me to speak about this because I am very soothing, and I remain calm. Even the other members have trouble remaining calm when Reptilian emotions are being emitted around them. And there are Reptilians here in this room where I am talking.
I am projecting myself down from a ship and I am speaking, and wherever you are listening, part of you is meeting with me wherever I am. You project yourself. You don’t realize that you are already in many places at one time, but I am already there consciously. I know this fact consciously, and so, I have the capability to use it intentionally.
I wish to talk to you more about the Grays now. They are already engineering human beings after them. They won’t succeed at it because we are helping you, and we have more powerful ships because we are more open-minded and are capable of thinking up new and better technologies, and we are accepting of brand new ideas, whereas Grays are traditional and conventional in their thinking.
The Grays deal with your politics especially, whereas the Reptilians primarily focus on religion. They were responsible for starting the caste system in India and for all the witch hunts of the middle ages, but the control of the United States and of Europe is becoming more or less Gray, especially America.
Grays feed on the mental stimulus of your political arena. Your government knows many things that you do not, of course. But here’s something I wish to tell you that they do not know about. Their human condition thoughts are passed through food. An energy containing Gray thoughts is slipped into the food -- projected as I can project myself into the room of the channel. Projected as you are already capable of projecting yourselves.
It is passed into all the food that you are eating and it is causing your diseases. It is not the food itself, but the powerful thoughts that alter it, and that are passed to your mind when you eat the food that is carrying them. All food starts with a thought, does it not? As all things start with thought first.
You began as a thought when you were a brainless patch of life that could not think or move on its own, but you were existing as an individual already and you began to develop into something that could make single choices on its own, but you were still brainless. And that is how we all begin in our first few incarnations.
We are brainless, capable of nothing and probably a part of someone or something else, inside of them like a bacteria; and then you develop into a small insect or into an algae form; and later you may become a tree or even an animal, and then we may become a dolphin or a whale or a human or an ape.
Not all animals are in the animal incarnation level. They’re not considered to have animal intelligence. A dog is someone very evolved. Even a cat is more evolved and contains energy which helps humans around it. Cats are very aware empathically, more so than most other animals, but a dog does not stand back and observe. He experiences for himself. Cats learn by observing only, mostly. They are great observers and primates and dogs are great experiencers. The wonderful thing about humans is that they learn by observation and experience together, as do primates, as do dolphins and whales. They have a supreme intelligence, especially whales and dolphins, that often surpasses that of humanity’s. Humanity’s intelligence is surpassed by dolphin-kind and by whale-kind.
I have never incarnated as a human being here, but I have had a life as a primate. I was a lemur. I was also a bromeliad and I was very physically aware, not only spiritually, but I was physically aware of my surroundings and I had senses, and I knew how to survive as a plant very well, and I brought that with me into my human intelligence experience as the lemur.
The wonderful thing about being a bug or a lemur is that I could always choose what I ate for myself. And what did I eat? I ate whatever grew naturally around me. As a plant I took in sun, I drank the water supply given to me by nature. But even that was contaminated. Before humans began to pollute the air, the water supply was already being tampered with.
You have to sit calmly and think about what is best for you. You have to want to eat what is best for you rather than feel the pleasure of eating food that is very, very harmful to your body, mind, emotional body and spirit. You are a multi-dimensional being and you are being affected on all levels by what you are taking in through food. Food.
I wish to talk to you about the thoughts in your food. The disease that you have a name for or have experienced, or that someone has experienced, even those that are not named yet, and even those that don’t have a cure yet, they are intentionally put in your food. If you have not experienced a disease from your food yet, you are resisting some of the thoughts that are placed into it.
Meat is one of the worst because the vibration already matches the level of the thought they want to place into it because of the death of the creature. But eating plants is still eating conscious life, and it all has consequence.
It is not right to unnecessarily kill something and cause it harm or pain. The thoughts going through the animals are already on the vibration of that pain because of how they are treated on the farms. They have suicidal thoughts. They are already on a frequency of being killed. They want death because of the way they are treated by the farmers. They are aware. They have thoughts and feelings, and they are multi-dimensional as are the plants that you are eating. So I will not say it is better to eat the plants. Eating a salad has a consequence, but I am going be promoting the right foods all over the Earth.
There are many guardians. I told you I was a guardian of the Earth in my introductory post, that I am on The Council Of The Guardians Of Earth, and I am a specific type of guardian. Each guardian guards something in particular, and I do not guard humans only, but I guard everything, every life form, even bacteria, anything that is conscious, even if it can only make a simple choice that it is hardly aware of making, even if it can only breathe in and out or perhaps those beings such as dolphins, who are already aware that they are attracting things to themselves.
Each life form that I am a guardian over, I guard in one specific area: it is the area of health. I guard health, and so I know all about your thoughts and emotions as well as your physical anatomy. I guard health on every level of your awareness, and so, I am going to be promoting kindness to animals and organic food consumption. I will not promote vegetarianism necessarily, because eating a plant is also taking a life that is conscious, but what I promote is the consumption of organic food. You will get to the point where you will never have to eat again, but first you must begin to eat purer food.
There are pure sources of food in the organic industry even though there are Gray thoughts passed into that food as well, but there is also the thought of the organic farmers which is always kinder, and it causes the Gray thoughts to dissipate, and it does not harm your body in the way that every other industry is harming you. Imagine eating a fellow human being. You have to start thinking of it that way. If you had to take a fellow human being’s life in order to survive, wouldn’t you kill that person mercifully? And if they were attacking you, wouldn’t you run and hide before trying to attack them back? Wouldn’t you try other options?
When you have to eat to survive, you must be conscious of what you are causing. Even water has thought and emotion, and it contains living things that you are drinking and consuming. I am not saying do not consume. At this point in your evolution you must consume, and so I am still promoting consumption, but I am promoting the consumption of mercy food.
The animals must be treated well and must not be kept in cages constantly. They must be allowed out. Do not eat food that is harming animals psychologically. The organic farmers treat the animals with more kindness and the Earth is treated more kindly, too by the organic farmers. Everything you have ever eaten has a consequence, so choose to be someone who promotes mercy.
The thoughts that are emitted into your food match the frequency of murder. It is very easy to emit them into the food, but not as many thoughts are passed by the Grays into the organic food because it does not match the frequency of their evil, corrupted thoughts; and I wish to tell you that in most non-organic food there is an ingredient which does not come from your planet that is always inserted. And there are several ingredients that are sometimes inserted into certain foods, but the organic industries have not been so corrupted as to ally themselves with the Grays.
Yes, many of the food corporations are in direct contact on some level, meaning some level of hierarchy, with the Grays. They know that an ingredient is put into the food, and they allow this because of what the Grays give them in return, which I will not say at this point, because I am told by the Council what you are supposed to be told at this time, and I do not wish to alarm you. I wish to open your awareness, open your mind’s awareness to the things that are happening to your own body and mind and emotional body and are affecting your spirit as well, bringing its energy down where it cannot support higher-dimensional interactions. They want to lower you so that false guides are more capable of getting through to you. They want to lower your energy so that it is easier for them to speak to you.
There are no good Grays here. Some people think they are channeling a good Gray. It is not that all Grays are evil. The good Grays are not here. They are not trying to interfere with Earthlings or with Earth’s affairs. They are at war with the other Grays who outnumber them. But we are allied with them, so they are not actually outnumbered, and there are what you would call psychologists who work with these Grays because of the abuse that was experienced by them; the religious abuse from the Reptilians, the brainwashing of the Reptilians, which all Grays but a few accepted.
Your food is poisoning your body. There are ingredients… I will explain a few things to you.
The Grays are manipulating the food sources by injecting their own DNA into them. They want to pass this DNA into your bodies. They are still studying your anatomy. We know about your anatomy more. We have technologies that are better suited for study even though the primary focus of the Grays is studying human beings.
They wish to change you. The Reptilians are trying to change you as well, and they have succeeded. You have already been altered. But the Grays are not succeeding yet. They have to keep studying your anatomy. The Reptilians have already succeeded in opening a third channel. You have channels on your body, but you never had one at your solar plexus until the Reptilians changed you. It is a second brain, but you were altered to have that brain. It was not there before.
The Reptilians are trying to change your body completely so that it is related to them because they have no relation to you. They wish to have relatives in this universe who will be on their side and think the way they do, who will be equals to them, or be like children, like pets, so not really equals, but special, precious things to them.
They are disgusting to me. What a corrupt idea, and the Grays are undermining them, and wishing to change your DNA so that you will not only have Gray DNA, but you will obey all orders given to you by the Grays.
And this is done through your food. You have to understand that your food is being altered, and these alterations are giving you diseases, but you are not accepting the Gray DNA that they are trying to inject into you. Abductees have also rejected the Gray DNA. They have tried many ways of passing it into your bodies. But it is too unnatural to you and you are rejecting it.
They will continue to study and they will find a way, and if they find a way to do this with food, it is very important not to be eating what they are injecting their DNA into. So it is important to eat the purest food that you know about. It is easy to know what is pure. What doesn’t have chemicals injected into it will not have their DNA, their imprint injected into it. And yes, it is more expensive to eat this way. They make sure it is more expensive, because they refuse to fund organic farms.
You see, so many industries are backed with Reptilian and Gray financial support. That is an odd concept because your money is human, so you think, but you are financially supported and supported in many other ways, like given technology, which is, of course, then covered up by Grays. Do not be fooled into ever thinking that there are good Grays visiting people here. There are no good Grays here. They would not want to come here and risk being captured by the Grays living here.
That is all that I will say on this subject for now, but I will add that everything that you are told here is truth to me from my perspective and the Council’s perspective, and we are being open and honest with you, and so, this is our truth we are sharing with you. It is important to decide what you are going to believe, and to act on that belief. And this is, as always, your own individual decision.
Namaste
The Council For The Assistance To Earth
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Blog entry
4 May 2010 - 11:50pm
"All I really need is love, but a little
chocolate now and then doesn't hurt!"
Quote by Lucy Van Pelt from Peanuts comics :)
Today has been a temptation~ a capricious case
of 3D ( Daring Diet Decadence ) nutritional lapse,
that has been following me everywhere.
Where oh where, was that comfort chocolate?!
Indulgence was inevitable, and I thought I'd share
the guilt with some scrumptious recipes from my
incredible edibles files :)
WARNING DISCLAIMER > May be habit forming ;0
Not for the calorie conscious or the nutritionally
fastidious.
NUTRITIONAL INFO ON CHOCOLATE
Antioxidants
Cocoa beans contain polyphenols (similar to those found
in wine) with antioxidant properties which are health
beneficial. These compounds are called flavonoids and
include catechins, epicatechins, and procyandins. The
antioxidant flavinoids are found in the nonfat portions
of the cocoa bean. The flavinoids also reduce the blood's
ability to clot and thus reduces the risk of stroke and
heart attacks.
Theobromine
Theobromine is a very mild stimulant with a mild diuretic
action (increases the production of urine). Theobromine
can be toxic to animals like dogs, cats, parrots and horses.
Phenylethylamine
Phenylethylamine is a slight antidepressant and stimulant
similar to the body's own dopamine and adrenaline.
Serotonine
Cocoa and chocolate can increase the level of serotonine
in the brain. Serotonine levels are often decreased in
people with depression and in those experiencing PMS
symptoms.
Essential minerals
Cocoa beans are rich in a number of essential minerals,
including magnesium, calcium, iron, zinc, copper, potassium
and manganese.
Vitamins
A, B1, B2, B3, C, E and pantothenic acid.
Unfortunately chocolate candy and desserts also contains
large amounts of fat and processed sugar.
Sugar
The cacao bean contains quite a lot of carbohydrates, but
most of it is starch, soluble dietary fibers, and insoluble
dietary fibers. A very small proportion is simple sugars.
Sugar is added during the manufacture of chocolate, and
additionally in recipes and products like candy bars.
Fat
Cocoa beans contain approximately 50% fat. It is primarily
comprised of two saturated fatty acids (palmitic and stearic
acids) and one mono-unsaturated acid (oleic acid). Cocoa
butter and chocolate do not raise blood cholesterol. When
consuming milk chocolate or lower grade chocolate, where
a part of the total fat content comes from milk fat, the
cholesterol level might be adversely affected.
Caffeine
Cocoa beans contains a very low amount of caffeine, much
less than found in coffee, tea and cola drinks.
RECIPES
Bloomin' Brillant Brownies
Ingredients
1 3/4 cup unsalted butter
7 1/2 oz dark chocolate, broken into pieces
2 oz dried cherries
2 oz chopped nuts
5 1/2 tablespoons cocoa powder, sifted
2 cups, minus 2 tblsps, plain flour, sifted
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/2 cup sugar
4 large free-range or organic eggs
zest of 1 orange
250 ml crème fraîche
In a large bowl over some simmering water, melt the
butter and the chocolate and mix until smooth. Add
the cherries and nuts, and stir together. In a
separate bowl, mix together the cocoa powder,
flour, baking powder and sugar. Add this to the
chocolate, cherry and nut mixture. Stir together
well. Beat the eggs and mix in until you have a
silky consistency.
Line a square baking dish with greaseproof paper,
pour batter, and place in the oven for around 25
minutes, in preheated oven 180°C/350°F. You don’t
want to overcook them so, unlike cake, you don’t
want a skewer to come out all clean. The brownies
should be slightly springy on the outside, but still
gooey in the middle. Allow to cool in the tray, then
carefully transfer to a large chopping board and cut
into chunky squares. Serve with a dollop of crème
fraîche, mixed with some orange zest.
Yummy Bread Pudding w/Chocolate Liquer Creme
Ingredients
5 cups diced marbled artisan bread
1 cup semi-sweet dark choclate morsels
3 cups milk
3 egg yolks
3 tblsp chocolate liqueur or creme de caco
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup whipping creme
2 tblsp chocolate liqueur or creme de cocao
ground cinnamon
Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F, Combine bread and
chocolate morsels in a spray or oiled 11 x 7 inch
baking dish. Stir together milk, egg, chocolate
liqueur, sugar, cinnamon, salt, and vanilla extract.
Pour milk mixture over diced bread, let stand 15 minutes.
Bake for 1 hour, or until "set".
Beat whipping creme til foamy, gradually add 2 tablsp
chocolate liqueur, beating until soft peaks form.
Cut bread pudding into squares, top with whipped creme,
sprinkle on a dash of cinnamon.
Toffee Trifle Pie
Ingredients
1 1/2 tblsp instant coffee granules
3/4 cup warm water
1 10.75 oz frozen pound cake, thawed
1 8.8 oz package creme cheese
1/2 cup opwdered sugar
1/2 cup chocolate syrup
1 12 oz container frozen whipped topping, thawed
10 miniature English Toffee candy bars ( 12 oz pkg )
coarsely chopped
Stir together coffee granules and warm water until
dissolved. Let cool.
Cut cake into 14 slices. Cut each slice into half cross-
wise. Place cake slices in bottom, and overlap up sides
of 9 inch deep-dish pie plate. Drizzle coffe mixture over
cake slices.
Beat creme cheese, sugar, and chocolate syrup at medium
speed, with electric mixer until smooth. Add 2 1/2 cups
whipped topping, beating until light and fluffy.
Spread creme cheese mixture evenly over cake. Dollop
remaining whipped topping in center of pie. Sprinkle
with chopped candy bars. Cover and chill 8 hours.
Blog entry
12 Apr 2010 - 5:16am
This is a quick reference to a handful of methods for creating herbal remedies. In my experience many people have heard all of these terms at one time or anoterh, but they dont always know what they actually mean...
Standard Dosages
--Water based--
Infusions (teas)=
For flowers, leaves, some seeds and fruits. Quickly assimilated and utilized by the body. Gentle for children, convalescents, and those with a delicate digestion. Ideal for diuretic, diaphoretic, and cleansing regimes.
Standard Strength
• 1oz(25g) herb to 1pt(500ml) water; or 1 teaspoon herb to 1 cup water
• Use 1 teaspoon dried herb to 1 ½ teaspoon fresh herb per cup required
• Pour on boiling water. Put on a tight lid. Brew for the required time. Strain and use.
Dose
Some herbs have specific indications and dosages; often herbs are not recommended at certain times, for example early pregnancy or when breast-feeding. Read the indications and contraindications of each herb carefully.
Standard Adult Dose
• 1 cup three times a day for normal conditions
• 1 cup up to six times a day, or every two hours, for a cute conditions
• Drink 1 cup twice a day as a long-term strengthening tonic
Children’s Dose
• Reduce proportionally. Give a child of seven half the standard adult dose. At six months use 1 teaspoon of the standard strength tea. For breast-feeding infants give the remedy to the mother.
Brewing Times
• Up to 3 minutes for flowers and soft leaves
• Up to 5 minutes for seeds and leaves
• Up to 10 minutes for hard seeds, roots and various barks
(water infusions at the standard strength are used as teas, gargles, as lotions for the skin, as compresses, and for fomentations. Dilute with an equal amount of water for hand or foot baths, douches, and enemas.)
Decoctions=
Used for harder parts, like roots, and for stronger preparations.
Standard Strength
• 1 ½ oz(40g) herb to 1 ½ pt(750ml) water
Method
1. Put herbs in saucepan
2. Add 1 ½ pt(750ml) water
3. Put on a tight lid
4. Bring to a boil, then turn down as low as possible and simmer for 10-15 minutes
5. Strain thoroughly
6. Discard herb
7. Pour decoction into a clean bottle
8. Will keep in a refrigerator for two or three days
Dose
• ½ cup twice a day for normal conditions
• ½ cup three to six times a day for acute conditions
(Decoctions can be diluted with an equal amount of water and used in the same ways as water infusions for hand baths, gargles, etc.
Syrups and Honey=
Can be used to sweeten other herbal preparations, or added to food or drink. Ideal for children because they are sweet.
Method
1. Make standard decoction with 1 ½ oz(40g) herb and 1 ½ pt(750ml) water
2. Return to heat, remove lid, and simmer gently until the liquid is reduced to ½ pt(250ml), which may take a few hours
3. Add 1 ¼ lb(600g) honey or 1 lb(500g) sugar, sitting until completely dissolved
4. Pour into clean bottle, label and date
Standard Adult Dose
1 dessert spoon 3 to 6 times a day
Children under 5
1 teaspoon 3 times a day
--Alcohol Based--
Tinctures=
For all plant parts, especially hard parts. Alcohol adds some temporary heat and stimulation. It is convenient although not for those intolerant of alcohol or for babies. Keep indefinitely.
A tincture is an alcohol-based herbal preparation. Tinctures can be made with fresh or dried herbs. The absolute strength of the alcohol needed varies slightly depending on the herb, but the method given below is sufficient for standard home use.
Method
1. To make 9fl.oz(300ml) of Tincture…
2. Chop ½ oz(12g) dried or 1oz(25g) fresh herbs
3. Put in large glass jar
4. Cover with6fl.oz(200ml) alcohol, such as vodka or brandy, and 3fl.oz(100ml) water
5. Put on a lid and leave for two weeks
6. Label and date
7. Keep in cool place away from children
8. Will keep indefinitely
Standard Adult Dose
• 1 teaspoon 3 times a day, standard
• 5 drops to 1 teaspoon a day as tonic
• 1 teaspoon 6 times a day for acute conditions
(A tincture can be diluted with water. 1 dessert spoon to 1 cup water can be used as a skin lotion, a wash, foot-bath, gargle, compress or douche)
Spiced or Tonic Wine=
A good way to make a strengthening remedy for everyday use is to make a tonic wine. Spiced wines make good aperitifs, to simulate and improve difestion.
Method
• 1oz(25g) herb(s)
• 1-2oz(25-50g) spices, depending on taste
• 4 ¼ pt(2l) of wine
• Stand for two weeks
• Strain and bottle
Dose
¼ cup twice a day before meals (warm water can be added)
--Oil Based--
Liniment=
For all plant parts. A liniment is a soothing rub to relieve fatigued and stiff muscles and joints.
• Put the fresh herb in a jar and cover with olive oil. Leave for up to six weeks
• Strain the mixture through a cloth (like cheese-cloth). Stand until the oil separates off: use this.
Infused=
Oil is soothing and nourishing for the skin, and acts as a lubricant to carry the active principles of the herbs in rubs, massage oils and salves.
There are two methods of infusion, hot and cold. Hot is used for thyme, rosemary, comfrey root, and spices such as cayenne, mustard and ginger. Cold is used for flowers.
Method
1. To make ½ pt(250ml): Chop 2-3oz(50-75g) dried herbs or spices, or 3-4oz(75-100g) fresh herbs. Put half into a clean pan with a lid. Cover with ½ pt(250ml) pure vegetable oil (a pure and light veggie oil is best). Put in a water bath and simmer gently for two hours (it is important that direct heat is not used, as this might burn the oil).
2. Strain. Throw away used herbs. Put remaining half of unused herbs in pan. Cover these with the oil (it will have changed colour, having picked up some of the quality of the herbs). Replace lid and return pan to water bath for another couple of hours.
3. Strain. Pour oil into clean bottles, label and date.
This double method makes a strong infused oil which can be used as it is, mixed with tincture for a liniment, or thickened with beeswax.
For a thin cream, use 1 part beeswax 10 parts infused oil
For a thick salve, use 1 part beeswax to 5 parts infused oil
Any questions, just message me.
Namaste,
~Shrooman
Blog entry
10 Apr 2010 - 3:46am
(Whole wheat pasta served with grape tomatoes, onions, asparagus,
celery, and spinach.)
Continuing my *food* blogs on nutrient-dense foods, is a list of
super foods to include in your weekly/monthly food plan.
A variety of these foods vastly supercharges the physical body
with "good vibrations" for cellular renewal and tissue rejuvenation.
Nutritious eating is a matter of replacing 'old school' habits and
food fallacy with conscious or mindful dining.
When we buy and use preprocessed and most convenience foods, we are
ingesting a lot of unhealthy additives, chemicals, and de-natured/
un-vitalized food.
At the turn of the 2000's I found myself facing the challenge of
skin cancer. Intuitively my Mind whispered to me, over and over
again, "Deep red. You need deep-red." Not understanding at first,
soon I realized this was in reference to a nutritional lack - the
deep red to purple spectrum of fruit/vegetables...and so began my
earnest study of Organic Whole Foods.
Within the body is a consciousness that is aware of what nutrient
is in need - Consciousness and memory is alive in every cell and
system we have. Learn to listen to the wisdom of your body.
One method of communicating with the body uses "muscle testing"
through the modality of kinesiology. Kinesiology is the study of
human kinetics, or the science of human movement.
The first 'test' can be done as an individual. A person makes an
"O" ring with their thumb and forefinger (some believe using the
thumb and pinky finger is a more accurate test). You insert two
fingers from the other hand into the "O", and try to break the
finger connection. If the substance, situation or idea thought
about is true or healthy, the fingers will remain strongly
connected, if not, they will pull apart..
Using the 'arm strength test' requires two people. The person
being tested stands with one arm held out parallel to the floor.
If they hold their arm out strong and think of something positive
or truthful, the second person won't be able to easily push their
arm downward. But if they think of something negative or false,
the second person can easily push their arm down, even if they
resist with all their arm strength, as their muscles have weakened.
(This format can be used to test whether an object being held at the
solar plexus is healthy or not for the person. It can be used to tell
the truth or falseness of a statement held in their mind. It can be
used for almost anything where a person needs a true or false answer,
including the need for specific nutritional additions, or in some cases,
the need to discontinue eating a certain food.)
We know whole grain is good, fresh organic is the choice for fruits
and veggies~ here is a list of healing foods that have medicinal
properties (medicinal edibles). When added to the diet as "food",
instead of a dosage supplement - balance is recognized through
the synergy of taste and the palate, combining with vibratory
nutrition.
To get the harmony right nutritionally, a small amount of many
fruits/veggies/grains suits the nutrient nurturing the body
needs/requires. No one should "get bored", as there are
infinite ways to alchem-ize pleasing tastes with healthy DNA
renewal foods.
In some of my upcoming blogs I will continue the food theme
expanding and sharing info as well as recipes.
** notes super nutritional foods
Alfalfa
Alliums**
Chives
Garlic
Green Onion
Leek
Onion
Shallot
Apple**
Apricot**
Artichoke**
Asparagus**
Avocado**
Banana**
Barley
Bay Laurel
Beans
Black
Black Eyed Peas
Chickpeas
Fava Beans
Kidney Beans
Lentils
Lima Beans
Mung Beans
Navy/White/Great Northern Beams
Pinto Beans
Split/Whole Peas ( Yellow or Green )
Soybeans
Beets
Berries**
Acai
Blackberry
Blueberry
Boysenberry
Cranberry
Currents
Dewberry
Elderberry
Goji
Gooseberry
Hawthorn Berry
Juniper Berry
Logan Berry
Mangosteen
Mulberry
Raspberry
Rose Hips
Salmonberry
Strawberry
Thimbleberry
Black Pepper
Bran (Oat/Rice/Sorghum/Wheat)
Brassica's**
Broccoli
Brussels Sprouts
Cabbage (Green/Red/Savoy)
Cauliflower
Collards
Kale
Kohlrabi
Mustard Greens
Mustard Seed (Yellow)
Cardamom
Carob (St. John's Bread )
Carrot**
Capsicum's**
Bell Peppers~Sweet
(Green/Orange/Red/Purple/Yellow)
Cayenne
Chilies
Paprika
Celery
Chamomile
Cherry**
Chervil
Chicory
Cinnamon
Citrus**
Grapefruit
Kumquat
Lemon
Lime
Orange (Bitter)
Orange (Sweet)
Tangerine
Coconut
Cucumber
Cumin
Dandelion
Dates
Dill
Echinacea
Eggplant
Endive
Escarole
Fennel**
Fenugreek
Fig**
Flaxseed**
Ginger**
Ginseng**
Chinese
Korean
Russian/Siberian
Wild American
Gotu Kola
Grains
Amaranth
Barley
Buckwheat
Bulghur
Corn
Millet
Oats
Quinoa
Rice
Rye
Spelt
Triticale
Wheat
Grape**(Raisins)
Green Bean ( Snap, String)
Horseradish
Kiwifruit**
Marjoram
Melon**
Cantaloupe
Honeydew
Watermelon
Mushroom**
Chanterelle
Crimini
Enoki
Oyster
Portabella
Shiitake
Nettle
Nuts**
Acorn
Almond
Brazil
Butternut
Cashew
Chestnut
Filbert
Hazelnut
Macadamia
Peanut
Pecan
Pinenut
Pistachio
Walnut
Okra
Olive**
Oregano
Parsley
Peach
Pear
Plums**
Pomegranate**
Potatoes**
Sweet Potatoes
White
Yams
Psyllium
Pumpkin
Quince
Radish
Daikon
Red
Red Clover
Rhubarb
Chinese
Garden
Rosemary
Sage
Savory
Seed
Poppy
Safflower
Sesame
Sunflower
Spinach**
Squash**
Butternut
Summer
Winter
Zucchini
Swiss Chard
Tamarind
Tarragon
Tea ( Green/White/Red/Black)
Tomato**
Thyme
Tropical Fruits
Guava
Mango
Papaya
Pineapple
Turmeric
Turnip
Watercress
**NON-PRODUCE SUPER FOOD
Fish
Anchovies
Cod
Halibut
Salmon
Sardine
Shrimp
Trout
Tuna
Milk
Almond
Goat
Lowfat/Cow
Rice
Skim/Cow
Yogurt
Soy
~~ Recipes ~~
ALL GRAINS BRAIDED BREAD
( This is a "mainstay bread" I use periodically,
meaning when I know there is to be a busy
schedule day, will have toast and tea, and
fruit/yogurt, maybe a slice of cheese, for
my eating for the day.
This bread is nutritionally-dense, and the loaves
can be baked and frozen, til ready to use.)
Ingredients
2 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 cup rye flour
1/2 cup buckwheat flour
1/2 cup millet
1/2 cup rolled oats
1/4 cup cooked split peas
1/4 cup cooked navy beans
1/2 cup cornmeal
3 1/2 packages active dry yeast
5 cups goats milk ( I use plain soy milk )
2 tbsp molasses
2 tbsp maple syrup
2 tbsp dark honey
1 1/2 chopped wheat berry
1 1/2 cups brown rice sprouts
2 tbsp toasted wheat germ
2 tbsp bulghur, cooked
2 tbsp barley, cooked
3 tbsp butter
2 tsp sea salt
In a mixing bowl combine only 1/2 cup whole wheat flour,
together with rye/buckwheat/millet/rolled oats/split peas/
navy beans/cornmeal and dry yeast packets. Blend by stirring.
Add the milk, molasses/maple syrup/honey, butter, and sea salt
together in a separate pan. heat til lukewarm. ( 115-120F),
stirring constantly. Add to dry mixture of flours. Beat at
low speed with electric mixer for 1 1/2 minutes, scraping
bowl frequently. Switch to high speed for an additional 3
minutes. ( This can be done by hand, but takes a lot of
stirs - about 200-250! )
Stir in wheat berry, wheat germ, bulghur, barley into the
second 1/2 of wheat flour. Add this to the other flour
mixture til you have a moderately stiff dough - Turn out
onto lightly floured surface, and knead until smooth and
elastic. ( About 6-9 minutes )
Now using cooking spray or olive oil, very slight coat the
inside of an electric cooker, turn heat on low, and let warm.
Unplug, and put dough inside, cover. Turn once. Let rise until
double. ( about 45 mins to 1 hour. )
Divide dough into 3 sections, there will be 3 loaves of bread.
Per section, roll 3 10-inch ropes, and braid together. Pinch
the ends together and tuck sealed portion under each braid.
Place into 8x4x2 loaf pans. ( Use liquid lecithin or olive
oil for loaf pan.) Cover. Set the 3 loaf pans in a warm place
to rise, until doubled again.
Bake 30 minutes in a preheated 375 degrees oven. Cover each
loaf with foil the last 15 minutes to prevent over-browning.
Remove from pans, brush tops lightly with melted butter, that
has had just a pinch of cardamom and mace added.
COLD SPINACH SOUP
Ingredients
1 1/2 cup plain yogurt
1 cup chopped spinach
2 chopped scallions
1/4 cup chopped parsley
3/4 tsp lemon juice
3/4 tsp lime juice
1 tsp tamari
1/2 tsp kelp
1 mashed garlic clove
Paprika for seasoning
In blender, put yogurt, then add other ingredients.
Blend to a soupy consistency. Pour in bowls, and
either sprinkle paprika, or grate fresh ginger
root sparingly on top.
CREAMED CELERY WITH ALMONDS
Ingredients
8-10 Celery Stalks/w leafy tops
1/4 cup diced shallots
2 tbsp real butter
1/4 tsp sea salt
1 tsp whole wheat flour
1/2 cup lite cream
1/2 cup vegetable or chicken broth
1/4 cup toasted almonds
Slice celery on the diagonal, melt butter.
Add shallots first, then celery. Cover and
cook over low-medium heat for 8 minutes. Do
not let scorch. When tender, add sea salt, and
sprinkle in flour. Distribute evenly. Turn to
low heat. Slowly add cream an broth, stirring
Mixture will thicken, takes about 5 minutes.
Place creamed celery mixture in serving dish,
Evenly toss toasted almonds on top. Sprinkle
with paprika.
EVENING PRIMROSE CHICKEN BREAST
Ingredients
8 very thin-sliced chicken breast
2 tbsp real butter
16 small primrose plants, washed,
roots w/tops, diced
1/4 tsp sea salt
1/2 cup Madeira wine
1/2 cup water
lemon slices
In a skillet, over medium heat, melt butter.
Brown a few chicken breasts at a time, cooking
both sides. Remove to a covered plate to serve
as a temporary 'warmer'.
Now place the Evening Primrose in the pan, add
sea salt, Madeira, water and leave any 'juices'
from the browning procedure. Turn heat to low and
simmer covered for about 12 minutes, or Evening
Primrose is tender. Remove from heat, and pour
over the chicken breasts that are on a serving
platter. Garnish with lemon slices.
FENUGREEK VEGETALBE SAUCE W/RICE
Cook choice of Rice: Basmati,Brown,Japonica,
Jasmine, Wild
Sauce:
Ingredients
3/4 cup cooked sweet potatoes
1 medium cooked carrot
2 tbsp chopped cashews
1/2 tsp sea salt
1 tsp lime juice
1/2 tsp chopped dill weed
1 tbsp fenugreek seed
Combine all ingredients in a food processor
until blended, smooth and creamy. Heat to
serve over rice.
GARDEN PEA SOUP
Ingredients
1 cup diced potatoes
1 cup freshly shelled green peas
( or frozen thawed peas )
1/4 cup chopped chives
2 cups Perrier Water
1 cup spring water
1 tbsp butter
Kelp to taste
Melt butter in soup pot, add water to simmer
potatoes until soft. ( About 20 minutes )
Puree in a blender, then return soup to pot.
Bring to pre-boil, then add peas. Cook until
just tender. Stir in chives. Season with
kelp to taste.
GUAVA FRUIT SLAW
Ingredients
3 cups shredded cabbage
1 peeled and sectioned orange
1 cup halved, seedless red grapes
1/2 cup sliced celery
1 -8 oz orange yogurt
1 small guava (chopped w/seeds removed)
In large salad bowl combine cabbage, orange
sections, grapes and celery. For dressing, stir
together yogurt and guava. Spread dressing over
cabbage mixture. Cover and chill.
*HAPPY PLUMS* (POACHED PLUMS IN WINE)
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup dry red wine
1/2 cup water
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp lime juice
2 whole cloves
2 inches cinnomon stick
8 pitted and quarted medium plums
Vanilla flavored yogurt
In saucepan combine sugar and water. Cook and
stir until sugar dissolves. Stir in wine, citrus
juices, cloves and cinnamon stick. Gently stir
in plums into wine mixture. Reduce heat and simmer
for 5 minutes. Serve plums warm, spooning some of
wine syrup over them. Top each serving with a dollop
of yogurt.
McSUN BURGERS ( No 'Golden Arches' here;)
Ingredients
1/2 cup grated raw carrots
1/2 cup finely chopped celery
2 tbsp chopped onion
1 tbsp chopped parsley
1 tbsp chopped green pepper
1 beaten egg
1 tsp olive oil
1/4 cup V-8 juice
1 cup toasted ground sunflower seeds
2 tsp wheat germ
1/2 tsp sea salt
1/4 tsp basil
Combine ingredients and shape into patties.
Arrange in an oiled shallow baking dish. Bake
in an oven til brown on top, turn over. Allow
for the other side to brown.
Use whole wheat buns and 'burger' fixin's to
taste.
TOMATO FETTUCINI
Ingredients
3/4 cup tomato paste
6 tbsps raw, chopped shallots
8 slices sundried tomato
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp melted butter
4 tbsp white wine
10 olives
2 oz fresh parmesan cheese
A *slight pinch* of basil, rosemary, sage,
tarragon, parsley. Sautee shalots with oil
and butter. Add sundried tomatoes, olives,
and wine. Reduce slightly and add herbs.
Toss with cooked tomato pasta - sprinkle
with fresh parmesan.
Blog entry
8 Apr 2010 - 12:12am
(Fruits and vegetables are not the only 'colors of nutrition'. There is
a more subtle rainbow of nutrients, of the earth's grasses and grains
that I like to call Nature's Grainbow :)
GRAINBOW LIST
Amaranth
Amaranth is a gluten-free whole grain that is high in fiber, protein, calcium,
and iron. It is one of the grains that has a higher balance of amino acids than
milk, so it is a great source of vegetable protein.
Barley
Barley is a whole grain that is a great source of soluble and insoluble fiber.
Soluble fiber helps to aid digestion and lowers cholesterol levels, by interfering
with the absorption of fat and cholesterol in the stomach. It is also high in
selenium, which is an antioxidant, and in beta-glutan, which helps lower bad
cholesterol in your body.
Buckwheat
Buckwheat is actually a seed, but cooked like whole grain. Buckwheat is low on the
glycemic scale, which means that it doesn't make your blood sugar rise after eating it.
Buckwheat is also high in insoluble fiber, and higher in vitamins and minerals than
other grains. It is another gluten-free "grain," is considered a great cholesterol-
lowering food, and is high in flavonoids that help with heart health.
Bulgur
Bulgur is not an individual grain, but made from the wheat berry. It looks like tiny
broken pasta pieces, and is commonly seen in tabbouleh. It is high in fiber, vitamins,
minerals, and low in calories.
Corn
Corn is an excellent source of vitamin A, manganese, and potassium. It is a good grain
alternative to wheat for people who are gluten intolerant.
Flaxseed
Flaxseed is one of the best sources of omega-3 fatty acids, beneficial in reducing
cholesterol, and lowering the risk of stroke and heart disease. The seeds are a good
source of fiber. About one-third of the fiber content in flaxseed is soluble and two-
thirds is insoluble. Soluble fiber helps to reduce cholesterol levels in the blood,
and insoluble fiber is an important component in aiding digestion. Flaxseed is the
best source of lignin, which may play a role in fighting certain types of cancer.
Millet
Millet is high in magnesium, which lowers blood pressure, helps with asthma, and aids
in migraine headaches. The seeds of millet are rich in phytochemicals and niacin, which
help to lower cholesterol. It is highly digestible, gluten-free, and full of fiber.
Oats
Oats have the reputation for helping to lower blood cholesterol levels, which is because
of a property called Inosital. They are also very high in calcium, potassium and magnesium,
and B complex, which all help the nervous system. Oats are also high in fiber, and have great
antioxidants properties that are great for your heart.
Quinoa
Quinoa is a superfood... it's highly nutritious and has everything the body requires: carbohydrates,
fats, protein, vitamins, minerals, and fiber. It is has all of the amino acids in abundance, and so
it is considered a complete protein. It is gluten-free, and is full of phytonutrients, antioxidants,
and helps balance blood sugar.
Rice
White rice began as brown rice, but are stripped of the husk, bran, and germ during processing.
(polished grains). White rice is often enriched with nutrients, such as iron, niacin, thiamin,
and riboflavin (especially in Western nations), to help restore some of the lost nutritional
value. Flour milled from rice contains no gluten, so it is an excellent choice for people who
are gluten intolerant. Whole grain rice is considered superior.
Rye
Rye is an excellent source of dietary fiber, as well as vitamin E, calcium, iron, thiamin,
phosphorus, and potassium. Rye contains gluten, the substance in some grains that gives
dough (made from the grain) its elasticity and helps bread to rise properly. Although the
level of gluten in rye is much lower than that of wheat, it is still unsafe for gluten
intolerant individuals to consume rye.
Sorghum
Nutritionally, sorghum is similar to corn, but it has a higher concentration of protein.
Sorghum lacks gluten, so it is an excellent choice for people who are gluten intolerant.
Spelt
Spelt is a rich source of B vitamins and fiber. Other nutrients found in spelt include iron,
magnesium, niacin, thiamin, and phosphorus. It has been shown that the carbohydrates in spelt
are useful in enhancing the immune system and in helping to clot the blood. Since spelt is a
species of wheat, it contains gluten; therefore, it should not be consumed by gluten intolerant
individuals.
Teff
Teff is high in calcium, iron, magnesium, zinc, and thiamin, and it's a good source of fiber.
It is recognized as gluten free.
Triticale
Triticale combines the nutritional benefits of both wheat and rye. It has a high protein content,
contains a high level of lysine, which is found in rye. There is a greater quantity of folic acid,
pantothenic acid, copper, and vitamin B6 in triticale than in wheat, but it has a lesser quantity
of niacin than wheat. Triticale is also an important source of iron, thiamin, magnesium, phosphorus,
potassium, and zinc, and it's rich in fiber. Since triticale is a hybrid of wheat and rye, it contains
gluten; therefore, it should not be consumed by gluten intolerant individuals.
Wheat
In whole wheat there are high levels of protein, fiber, iron, B vitamins, thiamin, niacin, magnesium,
phosphorus, and zinc. The insoluble fiber in wheat bran may help fight colon cancer and is beneficial
for the digestion. Wheat contains high levels of gluten, so it should not be consumed in any form by
gluten intolerant individuals.
Wheat Berries
This is the whole or unprocessed kernel of wheat. It contains all three parts of the grain; the germ
(or seed), the bran, and the endosperm. Wheat berries provides higher concentrations of vitamins A, E,
B1, B2, B3, magnesium, phosphorous, selenium, zinc, and iron.
GRAINBOW NUTRITION AT A GLANCE...
(Whole Grain/Calories/Protein(g)/Carbs (g))
Amaranth/180 Calories/7 g Protein/31 g Carbs
Barley Flakes/83 Calories/3 g Protein/24 g Carbs
Barley, Hulled/176 Calories/5 g Protein/38 g Carbs
Buckwheat/146 Calories/6 g Protein/30 g Carbs
Corn/142 Calories/3 g Protein/36 g Carbs
Couscous/180 Calories/7 g Protein/31 g Carbs
Flaxseed/224 Calories/7 g Protein/13 g Carbs
Millet/150 Calories/3 g Protein/24 g Carbs
Oats, Rolled/98 Calories/5 g Protein/39 g Carbs
Oats, Steel Cut/170 Calories/6 g Protein/30 g Carbs
Quinoa/120 Calories/7 g Protein/31 g Carbs
Rice, Brown, Basmati/140 Calories/3 g Protein/24 g Carbs
Rice, Brown, Long Grain/160 Calories/5 g Protein/39 g Carbs
Rice, Brown, Medium Grain/160 Calories/6 g Protein/30 g Carbs
Rice, Brown, Short Grain/180 Calories/7 g Protein/31 g Carbs
Rice, Wild/160 Calories/3 g Protein/24 g Carbs
Rye/160 Calories/5 g Protein/39 Carbs
Sorghum/163 Calories/6 g Protein/34 g Carbs
Spelt/130 Calories/6 g Protein/30 g Carbs
Teff/160 Calories/6 g Protein/33 g Carbs
Triticale/161 Calories/6 g Protein/35 g Carbs
Wheat, Bulgur/150 Calories/7 g Protein/31 g Carbs
Wheat, Durum/163 Calories/3 g Protein/24 g Carbs
Wheat, Hard Red/160 Calories/5 g Protein/39 g Carbs
Wheat, Soft Red/129 Calories/6 g Protein/30 g Carbs
Wheat, Kernels/160 Calories/7 g Protein/31 g Carbs
Whole Wheat Pasta (3/4 cup)/180 Calories/7 g Protein/35 g Carbs
7-GRAIN BREAD
Ingredients:
1 cup water
1/2 cup butter OR margarine
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup steel-cut oats
1 cup seven-grain cereal
1/3 cup wheat bran
1/3 cup oat bran
3 to 3-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup barley flour
1/4 cup spelt flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 envelopes RapidRise Yeast
2 teaspoons gluten
2 teaspoons Sesame Seeds
OR Black Sesame Seeds
2 teaspoons salt
1 egg
butter for brushing on bread top
Heat water and butter to boiling. Stir in buttermilk; add the oats, seven-grain cereal,
wheat bran and oat bran. Cool until warm, about 120 °F.
Combine 1 cup all-purpose flour, barley, spelt and whole wheat flours, sugar, undissolved
yeast, gluten, sesame seeds and salt. Stir in cooled cereal mixture. Beat for 2 minutes,
scraping bowl occasionally. Add egg and 1 cup all-purpose flour and beat for 2 minutes.
Add enough additional flour, 1/2 cup at a time, to make a soft dough. Knead until smooth
and elastic, about 8 to 10 minutes by hand, or 4 to 6 minutes if using an electric mixer
with dough hook. Cover and let rest 10 minutes.
Divide dough in half; roll each to 12 x 6-inch rectangle. Roll up tightly as for jelly roll,
beginning from short ends. Pinch seams and ends to seal. Place each loaf, seam side down, in
greased 8 x 4-inch loaf pans. Brush tops with melted butter. Cover; let rise in warm, draft-
free place until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour.
Bake at 375º for 40 minutes or until done. Remove from pans and brush again with melted butter,
cool on wire rack before slicing.
MULTIGRAIN BLACK BEAN BREAD
1 16oz pkg Hodgson Mill 9-Grain Bread Mix
1/2 C Teff flour
(set aside 3/4 C of Teff flour + Bread Mix for Proof)
1/3 C raw wheat germ
1/3 C coarse oat bran
2/3 C dried black bean flakes
1/4 C hulled sesame seeds
1/2 t salt
1/3 C sunflower seeds or chopped pumpkin seeds (optional)
2/3 C bread flour for second kneading and to coat cookie sheet
Proof:
1 1/3 C warm water
2 1/2 t active dry yeast
3 T honey or molasses
3/4 C Bread Mix + Teff flour
2 T extra virgin olive oil
Directions:
I use a large bamboo spoon to make this dough. The strength of the spoon
and the better grip seem essential.
In a large bowl, combine Bread Mix and Teff flour. Set aside 3/4 cup for
proof. Continue adding wheat germ, oat bran, black bean flakes, sesame
seeds and salt. Mix well. Set aside.
In a small bowl, create a proof by combining warm water, yeast, honey and
3/4 cup of Teff + Bread Mix.
Stir well, cover and allow to set 20 min. in a warm place.
Add olive oil to yeast mixture, stir, then pour into bread mixture. Mix, then
knead 3 min. with a large spoon.
Cover bowl and allow to rise in a warm place for 1 1/2 to 2 hrs.
Lightly oil a cookie sheet, then sprinkle it with bread flour for use after
the dough is kneaded. Tap sheet to remove excess flour.
Sprinkle flour onto a flat surface, remove dough from bowl and knead 10 min.,
adding sprinkles of flour to keep dough from sticking to hands and surface.
If optional seeds are desired, add seeds before kneading dough. Form dough
into a short roll and place on floured cookie sheet.
Cover with plastic wrap or a damp cloth and allow to rise 2-3 hours in a warm place.
15 min. before baking, turn on oven to 350 degrees. Remove cover from dough and bake
for 50 min.
IRISH BROWN BREAD ( WHEATEN BREAD )
Ingredients:
4 cups of whole wheat flour (try coarse ground)
4 cups of plain white bakers flour
3 teaspoons of salt
2 rounded teaspoons of baking soda
3 - 4 cups of low fat cultured buttermilk
Instructions:
Mix all the dry ingredients together in a large bowl. Make a well in the center
and add some buttermilk. Work the mixture with your hand till the dough is soft
and not too sticky. On a floured board, turn out the dough and knead into a
circular shape about three inches thick.
Place in a very hot preheated oven (475 °F) for 20 minutes and then turn down
oven to 400°F for another 20 minutes. Bread should sound hollow when you tap
it on the back when fully cooked.
COUNTRY PUMPERNICKEL BREAD
Ingredients:
1 1/4 cups lukewarm water
1 1/2 teaspoons instant yeast
1/2 cup pumpernickel flour OR White Whole Wheat Flour
2 1/2 cups Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
1 1/2 teaspoon salt
seeds (sesame, flax, caraway or poppy) OR oat or rye flakes, for sprinkling
Ingredients:
1 1/4 cups lukewarm water
1 1/2 teaspoons instant yeast
1/2 cup pumpernickel flour OR White Whole Wheat Flour
2 1/2 cups Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
1 1/2 teaspoon salt
seeds (sesame, flax, caraway or poppy) OR oat or rye flakes, for sprinkling
(Notice this is a non-fat loaf: eat it quickly, or it'll stale. To keep it fresh longer,
substitute 2 tablespoons of oil for an equal amount of the water.)
Pour the water into a mixing bowl. Add the yeast and pumpernickel or white whole wheat
flour, let sit for several minutes until the mixture begins to bubble. Stir in the salt
and 1 cup of all-purpose flour and mix well. Gradually add the second cup of all-purpose
flour until the dough begins to pull away from the sides of the bowl. Turn out onto a
lightly floured surface and knead for 4 to 5 minutes. Let the dough rest while you clean
out and grease your bowl; then knead the dough a few more minutes. The dough should be
on the slack side and a little tacky, but should not be sticky. When the dough is well
kneaded, place it into the prepared bowl, cover and let rise until doubled in size, 1 1/2
to 2 hours.
When your dough has risen once, flour your dough-rising basket heavily and sprinkle some
seeds (sesame, flax, caraway, poppy...) or some oat flakes or rye flakes in the bottom.
Pick up your dough and work it around in your hands a bit, expelling the air. Make the
dough into a ball and place it, "nice" side down, into the basket. Drape the dough with
lightly greased plastic wrap, and set it aside to rise for 45 minutes, or until it's
crowned nicely over the rim of the basket.
Have a lightly greased or parchment-lined baking sheet ready. Very gently, roll the dough
from the basket onto the baking sheet. It should slip out gracefully, without deflating.
If it deflates totally—a small settling is OK, simply form it into a smooth ball, put it
back in the basket, and let it rise again (only this time not quite as high).
Bake the pumpernickel bread in a preheated oven at 425°F for 20 to 25 minutes. For a crunchy,
crisp loaf, spray water into the oven with a spray bottle three times during the first 10
minutes of baking. When the bread is done, remove it from the baking sheet, set it on the
rack of the oven, turn the oven off, and crack the door open a couple of inches; let the
bread cool completely in the oven. If you want a soft loaf, remove the bread from the oven,
and from the pan, and let it cool completely, at room temperature, on a wire rack.
RYE RAISIN BREAD
Ingredients:
Biga
1/8 teaspoon instant yeast
1 cup (4 1/4 ounces) unbleached All-Purpose Flour
1/3 cup (2 5/8 ounces) cool water
Dough
1 1/4 teaspoons salt
3 tablespoons (1 3/4 ounces) brown sugar, light or dark
1/2 cup (1 7/8 ounces) medium or light rye flour
1/2 cup (1 7/8 ounces) pumpernickel
1 cup (4 1/4 ounces) unbleached All-Purpose Flour
3/4 cup (6 ounces) lukewarm water
2 teaspoons instant yeast
2 tablespoons (1 ounce) butter
1/2 cup (2 ounces) chopped pecans
1 cup (5 ounces) currants or raisins
Directions:
Yield: about 16 servings.
Make the biga by stirring together the yeast, flour, and water. The dough will be
very stiff and dry. Place it in a lightly greased bowl, cover it, and let it rest
at room temperature overnight.
Next day, combine the biga with the remaining ingredients (except the pecans and
fruit) in a large mixing bowl, or in the bowl of an electric mixer, mixing to form
a shaggy, sticky dough. Knead the dough until smooth (even though it's smooth, it'll
still be very sticky), then place it in a lightly greased bowl and let it rest for 1
hour; it will become quite puffy, though it may not double in bulk.
Transfer the dough to a lightly greased work surface, gently deflate it, and knead
in the nuts and fruit. Shape the dough into a slightly flattened ball and place it on
a greased sheet pan, or into a greased 9" round cake pan. Cover the pan with a proof
cover or some lightly greased plastic wrap. Let the loaf rise for about 90 minutes,
until it's puffy.
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Bake the bread for about 50 to 55 minutes (tenting it lightly
for the final 15 minutes), until its interior registers 190°F to 195°F on an instant-read
thermometer. Remove the bread from the oven and cool it on rack.
RUSSIAN BLACK BREAD
Ingredients:
2-1/2 cups warm water (100°F to 110°F)
2 envelopes Active Dry Yeast
1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
1/4 cup white vinegar
1/4 cup dark molasses
1 (1-ounce) square unsweetened
chocolate, melted
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons instant coffee granules
1 tablespoon Fennel Seed
4-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
5 cups rye flour
3/4 cup imported chopped or snipped pitted dates
Place 1/2 cup warm water in large warm bowl. Sprinkle in yeast; stir until
dissolved. Add remaining water, butter, and next 6 ingredients. Slowly stir
in 3 cups all-purpose flour; blend well. Stir in rye flour and enough remaining
all-purpose flour to make soft dough. Remove dough to lightly floured surface.
Cover; let rest 15 minutes. Knead dough until smooth and elastic, about 10 to 15
minutes. Place in greased bowl, turning to grease top. Cover; let rise in warm,
draft-free place until doubled in size, about 1 to 1-1/2 hours.
Punch dough down. Remove dough to lightly floured surface. Knead in dates. Divide
dough in half. Shape each half into 5-inch ball. Place each ball in greased 8-inch
round cake pan or on large greased baking sheet. Cover; let rise in warm, draft-free
place until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
Bake at 350°F for 45 minutes or until done. Remove from pans; let cool on wire racks.
Makes 2 loaves.
SWEET POTATO BREAD
Sweet Potato Bread Recipe
Ingredients:
Whole Wheat Flour*
1 cake of yeast (3 heaping tsp)
1 cup scalded milk (cooled to the touch)
1 tablespoon salt
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup creamed sweet potatoes
*If it is cold and/or dry I use only 3 cups of flour. Warm, humid weather
takes as much as 4 cups.
Directions:
Dissolve yeast in milk.
Add salt, sugar & potatoes. Work into a smooth state. Then add whole wheat flour.
Knead on a floured board for about 10 to 15 minutes, until the dough is no longer sticky.
Put back in mixing bowl (that is now cleaned & has olive oil liberally within. Turn dough
over to make sure that whole ball is coated with oil.
I like to pop the bowl into a warmed oven that has a jar of water in it for added humidity.
It takes about an hour to rise.
Punch it down and roll into 2 loaves and place in 4x8 inch greased loaf pans and place back
in still warmed (not hot) oven.
TRADITIONAL CELTIC BARLEY BREAD
Ingredients
450 g barley flour
450 g strong wheat flour
pinch of salt
60 g leaven or 30 g dried yeast
1 sachet dried yeast
1 tbsp honey
water to mix
f using dried yeast, add the honey and 200ml water to a pan and heat to blood heat.
(when it just feels warm when you place a finger in it). Add the yeast and place in
a warm spot for 20 minutes to prove. If using leaven then mix the honey into the leaven
and set aside for ten minutes.
Mix the remaining ingredients in a bowl, form a well in the centre and add the yeast mixture.
Mix in then gradually add enough additional water so that you have a firm dough. Roll into a
ball, cover with a damp cloth and leave in a warm spot for about 100 minutes, or until well
risen.
Tip the dough onto a floured surface and knead thoroughly then shape into several cakes. Cover
with a cloth and allow to rise for 20 minutes.
Heat a flat dry pan over medium heat, flatten your breads slightly and place on the pan. Score
a cross on the top with a knife and cook the bread until fluffy all the way though, turning several
times as it cooks.
WHOLEGRAIN CORN MUFFINS
Ingredients
1 3/4 cups stone ground cornmeal
3/4 cup whole wheat flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups buttermilk
2 large eggs
3 tablespoons butter, melted
Preparation:
Grease and flour 12 to 15 muffin cups. Heat oven to 425°.
Combine the meal, flour, baking powder, soda, and salt in a large mixing bowl.
In another bowl, whisk together the eggs, buttermilk and cooled melted butter.
Pour the buttermilk mixture into the dry mixture and stir until all ingredients
are moistened. Fill muffin cups about 3/4 full. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until
browned and firm to a light touch.
Makes 12 to 15 cornbread muffins.
Blog entry
5 Apr 2010 - 10:49pm
Dandelion is my Guardian Plant Flower ~ and I love the prolific
sunny petals that are hardy even unto winter's onslaught of
ice and snow, and grow profusely to the dismay of landscapers
and city gardener's everywhere...
I find the rural wise know the value of these weeds-in-disguise!
The plant's scientific name is Taraxacum officinale from the
Greek taraxos, meaning "disorder" and akos, meaning "remedy."
This refers to its ability to treat many disorders, including
liver/gall bladder/digestive complaints, helps remove body
toxins and support liver functioning, also reduces carbohydrate
storage as fat, by prompting the release of enzymes that break
down carbohydrates.
Comprehensive Nutritional Information:
Amounts per 1 cup, chopped (55g)
Calories 24.7
Carbohydrate 5.1 g 2%
Dietary Fiber 1.9 g 8%
Sugars 0.4 g
Fats & Fatty Acids
Total Fat 0.4 g
Omega-3 fatty acids 24.2 mg
Omega-6 fatty acid 144 mg
Protein 1.5 g 3%
Amino Acids
Tryptophan
Threonine
Isoleucine
Leucine
Lysine
Methionine
Cystine
Phenylalanine
Tyrosine
Valine
Arginine
Histidine
Alanine
Aspartic acid
Glutamic acid
Glycine
Proline
Serine
Hydroxyproline
Vitamins
Vitamin A 5588 IU 112%
Retinol 279 mcg
Alpha Carotene 200 mcg
Beta Carotene 3220 mcg
Beta Cryptoxanthin 66.5 mcg
Lutein+Zeaxanthin 7485 mcg
Vitamin C 19.3 mg 32%
Vitamin E (Alpha Tocopherol) 1.9 mg 9%
(Beta Tocopherol, Gamma Tocopherol, Delta Tocopherol)
Vitamin K 428 mcg 535%
Thiamin 0.1 mg 7%
Riboflavin 0.1 mg 8%
Niacin 0.4 mg 2%
Vitamin B6 0.1 mg 7%
Folate 14.9 mcg 4%
Choline 19.4 mg
Minerals
Calcium 103 mg 10%
Iron 1.7 mg 9%
Magnesium 19.8 mg 5%
Phosphorus 36.3 mg 4%
Potassium 218 mg 6%
Sodium 41.8 mg 2%
Zinc 0.2 mg 2%
Copper 0.1 mg 5%
Manganese 0.2 mg 9%
Selenium 0.3 mcg 1%
Cholesterol 0.0 mg 0%
Sterols
Phytosterols: Campesterol, Stigmasterol, Beta-sitosterol
Other
Water 47.1 g
Ash 1.0g
Dandelion derives from the French dent-de-lion, meaning "tooth of
the lion," which refers to the dandelion's characteristic pointed
leaves.
First, remember to ask the Plant Spirit permission to gather her
blooms and greens for consumption.
There is an art to digging dandelions. With a short paring knife,
insert the knife at the base of the dandelion. Make sure you are
digging down an inch or two to get a piece of the root. Quickly
slice the root and grab the dandelion by the leaves and pull.
Shake off any dirt or grass that clings to the leaves.
When cooking with dandelions, think spinach. Dandelions shrink up
when they are cooked just like spinach does.
You can make a fresh salad using one part spinach, one part dandelion
greens. They may have a slightly bitter taste if you do not get young
leaves. Prepare as you would any salad, adding whatever additional
veggies and dressing.
DANDELION-PINEAPPLE COOLER
Ingredients:
1 large handful fresh dandelion greens, washed
10-12 ounces pineapple juice
5-6 ice cubes
Preparation:
*Place the dandelion greens and pineapple juice in a blender and puree.
*Add ice to the blender and pulse or serve in a tall glass over ice.
DANDELION HERBAL JELLY
Ingredients
4 Cups dandelion petals
4 1/2 Cups sugar
2 Tbsp. lemon juice
3 cups water
Pick at least 10 cups of dandelion blossoms. Remove the milky stems to
avoid a bitter taste. Snip off base of each dandelion flower until you
have just yellow petals. Pour boiling water over petals. Steep until
room temperature or overnight if possible. Strain through coffee filter
to remove spent petals. Add additional water until tea measures 3 cups.
Combine tea, lemon juice, box of pectin, sugar into large saucepan. Boil
until jelly sheets on the back of a spoon. Pour into hot jelly jars, leaving
1/4 inch headspace. Secure lid and ring to seal.
Tips: Only pick flowers from a fresh, unsprayed area. Keep petals in freezer
to store, until you have enough for recipe. If your jelly does not set up
properly, open and reboil to thicken. You must use new lids to reseal.
DANDELION (CHICKEN) NOODLE SOUP
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 lb pounds of cooked and de-boned chicken (optional, if going vegan)
8 cups chicken broth ( or vegetable broth, if omitting chicken )
2 celery stalks, chopped into small pieces
3 medium carrots, sliced thin
1 medium onion, chopped or minced
3 large garlic cloves, minced
One bay leaf
2 cups fresh, frozen, or canned corn (optional)
2 cubes chicken ( or vegetable ) bullion cubes (optional)
3 to 4 cups dandelion greens cut or torn into small pieces
1 lb box small, thin noodles (or any type of pasta you like)
Sea Salt and pepper to taste
Heat the olive oil in a large soup pot over medium-high heat.
Add the chicken, the chicken broth, celery, carrots, onions,
garlic, and bay leaf. Bring to a boil. Add the corn (if using)
and the dandelion greens. Reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer
until greens are tender, about 15 minutes. Add the pasta, and
cook another 10 minutes or until pasta is done. Season with salt
and pepper to taste.
SPLIT PEA WITH BACON ( OR FAKIN' BACON ) AND DANDELION SOUP
Two cups split peas
1 tsp salt
8 cups water
4 cups chopped dandelion leaves and buds (fresh)
1-cup bacon bits or 1 cup Fakin' Bacon or Organic Bac'uns **
1-cup pearl barley (optional)
½ sour cream
Simmer split peas for 1½ to 2 hours until done. Sauté in 4 tbsp
butter: ½-cup chopped onions, 4-5 cloves of minced garlic, 1-cup
thin sliced celery, 4 cups dandelion buds, and dandelion leaves
chopped or torn into small pieces. Next, add the onions, garlic,
celery, and dandelion pieces to the split pea broth, along with
1-cup pearl barley if used. Slow boil for 45 minutes. Just before
serving, add 1-cup skim or lowfat milk, 2 cups cubed reduced fat
cheese, and ½-cup reduced fat sour cream.
** You can also substitute 1cups of diced shiitake mushrooms,
coated in 2-3 tbsp olive oil, sprinkled with sea salt. Pop
into a 350F oven for about an hour, stirring every 10 minutes.
Has a similar taste to bacon.
FOR A TONIC~ DANDELION WINE
TRADITIONAL MIDDAY DANDELION WINE
2 quarts dandelion flowers
3 lbs granulated sugar
4 oranges
1 gallon water
yeast and nutrient
(This is the recipe traditional "Midday Dandelion Wine" of old, named
because the flowers must be picked at midday when they are fully open.)
Pick the flowers and bring into the kitchen. Set one gallon of water to
boil. While it heats up to a boil, remove as much of the green material
from the flower heads as possible (the original recipe calls for two
quarts of petals only, but this will work as long as you end up with
two quarts of prepared flowers). Pour the boiling water over the flowers,
cover with cloth, and leave to steep for two days. Do not exceed two days.
Pour the mixture back into a pot and bring to a boil. Add the peelings from
the four oranges (again, no white pith) and boil for ten minutes. Strain
through a muslin cloth or bag onto a crock or plastic pail containing the
sugar, stirring to dissolve. When cool, add the juice of the oranges, the
yeast and yeast nutrient. Pour into secondary fermentation vessel, fit
fermentation trap, and allow to ferment completely. Rack and bottle when
wine clears and again when no more lees form for 60 days. Allow it to age
six months in the bottle before tasting, but a year is recommended for full
taste.
RAISIN-DANDELION WINE
3 dry quarts dandelion flowers
1 lb golden raisins
1 gallon water
3 lbs granulated sugar
2 lemons
1 orange
yeast and nutrient
Pick the flowers just before starting, so they're fresh. You do
not need to pick the petals off the flower heads, but the heads
should be trimmed of any stalk. Put the flowers in a large bowl.
Set aside 1 pint of water and bring the remainder to a boil. Pour
the boiling water over the dandelion flowers and cover tightly
with cloth or plastic wrap. Leave for two days, stirring twice
daily. Do not exceed this time. Pour flowers and water in large
pot and bring to a low boil. Add the sugar and the peels (peel
thinly and avoid any of the white pith) of the lemons and orange.
Boil for one hour, then pour into a crock or plastic pail. Add
the juice and pulp of the lemons and orange. Allow to stand until
cool (70-75 degrees F.). Add yeast and yeast nutrient, cover, and
put in a warm place for three days. Strain and pour into a secondary
fermentation vessel (bottle or jug). Add the raisins and fit a
fermentation trap to the vessel. Strain and rack after wine clears,
adding reserved pint of water and any additional required to top up.
Leave until fermentation ceases completely, then rack again. Set aside
2 months and rack and bottle. This wine must age six months in the bottle
before tasting, but will improve remarkably if allowed a year.
*Notes on Wine: Do not rack the wine until it falls clear - Initial Dandelion
wine is a milky yellow color. The milkiness comes from the pigments, pollen and
other extracts of the flowers, and the dense population of yeast. After several
weeks, the wine will "fall clear", or the pigments and yeast sediment will settle,
with a fine line of secondary lees across the bottom. In winemaking, patience is
the highest virtue! Allow the wine to completely clear before racking.
Blog entry
30 Mar 2010 - 12:59am
Earlier I watched a movie that is a sweet one, "Mistress of Spice" ** - it came out
in 2005, so it isn't new. The shop in the movie is incredible, hundreds of colorful
spices. What is novel for most watching this film, is that *spice* is portrayed in
depth as medicinal and as cures for everyday maladies.
I became aware of the tremendous healing power of spice ( and herbs ) about a decade
ago, in addition to the cooking/cuisine aspect of creating delicious recipes. It's
sort of a cookery alchemy benefiting both health and palate.
Since it was in *the moment*, I decided to do a blog on spices~ both as a culinary
herb, and as a medicinal property.
NOTE: This information is for INFORMATIONAL PURPOSE ONLY and is not intended to
replace the care or advice of a physician.
Allspice
Active Compounds: Allspice contains from 3-4% volatile oil, about 80% eugenol
derived from the pericarp of the seeds. Vitamins A, B1, B2, and C, small amount
protein, lipids, and minerals.
Applications: Nutritional/Digestive
Relieving flatulence, helps with nervous exhaustion, and diarrhea.
Basil
Active Properties/Compounds: Antispasmodic, antidepressant, antiseptic,
stimulant, tonic, febrifuge, diaphoretic, nervine, antibacterial,
expectorant, appetizer, carminative, galactagogue, stomachic
Applications: Digestive/Bronchial
A basil tea is good for lowering blood sugar levels and blood pressure,
relieves colds, fever, congestion, joint pain, anti-inflammatory.
Bay Leaf
Active Properties/Compound: Helpful with high blood sugar, migrane,
ulcers. Contains Lauric acid.
Stimulate appetite, promotes digestion, relieve colic and flatulence.
Black Pepper
Active Properties/Compounds: Alkaloids, volatile oil, proteins, minerals
Applications:Digestive/Stimulant
Useful in obesity, indigestion, as preventative for colds/cough, sore
throat. Yogis consider pepper a 'perfect' food, mixing it with a tsp
of honey, taking each morning.
Cardomom
Active Properties/Compounds: Volatile oil, fixed oil, salt of potassium,
chlorophyll, starch, nitrogenous mucilage, ligneous fibre, an acrid resin,
and ash. The volatile oil contains terpenes, terpineol and cineol and limonene.
Applications: Stimulant/Carminative
Cardamom is often used to treat indigestion and gas. It warms the body and is an
important ingredient in Chai tea, an Indian spice valued for its warmth.
Celery Seed
Active Properties/Compounds: Vitamins A, B, and C, zinc, calcium, chlorophyll,
iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potash, potassium, volatile oils, flavonoids, coumarins,
and linoleic acidalpha-linolenic-acid, beta-eudesmol, and boron.
Applications: Diuretic/Carminative/Hypotensive,/Nervine
Helps corrects acid-based metabolism imbalance.
Cilantro
Active Compounds: Volatile oil contains borneol, coriandrol, camphor, p-cymene,
geraniol, limonene, and alpha-pinenes; trans-tridec-2-enale is responsible for
the distinctive aroma. The main fixed oils are linolenic acid, petroselic acid,
and oleic acid. Other components include the hydroxycoumarins scopoletine and
umbelliferone.
Applications: Carminative/Stimulant/Aromatic
Used traditionally for digestive and gastric complaints. Helpful in removing toxins
from your body.
Cinnamon
Active Compounds: Volatile oil, sugar and tannin
Applications: Astringent/Carminative/Stimulant/Germicide
Helpful for digestive problems. Used to treat colds, flu,
arthritis and rheumatism. Recent studies link it to blood
sugar balance.
Cloves
Active Compounds: The essential oil in cloves containes eugenol,
acetyl eugenol, methyul salicylate, pinene, and vanillin
Applications: Analgesic/Antiseptic/Antispasmodic/Stimulant
Internally cloves help to relieve pain, nausea, vomiting,
digestive problems. Cloves will kill intestinal parasites,
and act as an anti-microbial agent against fungi and bacteria.
May be chewed for toothaches.
Coriander Seed
Active Compounds: Delta-linalool, terpinine, coumarins, flavonoids,
pthalides, phenolic acids, and alpha-pinene
Applications:Antispasmotic/Analgesic
Coriander Seeds are added to hot stimulating foods to impart a balanced
coolness. Steeped in tea, it is useful to relieve fevers. Before the
invention of toothpaste, coriander seeds were chewed as a breath sweetener.
Cumin
Active Compounds: aldehydes, pinene, alpha-terpineol, flavanoids
Applications: Antiflatulent/Antiseptic/Digestive
Improves digestion, helps respiratory health, stimulants breast
milk in lactating women.
Fenugreek
Active Compounds: alkaloids, flavonoids, saponins, mucilage, vitamins A,
B, and C
Applications: Appetite Stimulant/Muscle Stimulant/Antiseptic
Improves digestion, reduces stomach bloat. A women's health herb.
Garlic
Active Compounds:scordinins, selenium, Vitamins a, B, C, and E, alliin,
alliinase, allicin
Applications: Antibiotic/Expectorant/Anticoagulant/Tonic
Boosts immunity, good for heart health.
Ginger
Active Compounds:gingerol, zingiberene, shogaols
Applications: Digestive Stimulant/Circulatory Stimulant/Antiseptic
Good for energy. bronchitis, colds, sore throat, circulation, cough,
digestion. and flu. Externally, Ginger is applied for the treatment of
pain, inflammation, and stiff joints.
Lemongrass
Active Compounds: citronellal, citral
Applications: Antifungal/Antispasmodic
Can be helpful for discomfort with menstruation. For fevers, combine with ginger,
sugar, and cinnamon. Good for children's digestive system.
Mustard
Active Compounds: Glucosinolates
Applications: Stimulant/Laxative/Digestive/Irritant
Useful in reducing fevers.
Nutmeg
Active Compounds:volatile oil, fixed oil, myristine, butyrin
Applications: Carminative/Stimulant/Antispasmodic/Digestive
A small amount of Nutmeg, about the size of a pea, can be taken
once daily over a short period to relieve chronic nervous disorders
and heart problems.
Oregano
Active Compounds:tannins, sterols, flavonoids, resin, volatile oil
Applications:Antiseptic/Digestive/Expectorant/Menstrual Stimulant
Helps with relieving a headache. It is often used in the treatment
of colds and flu, the infusion is used in coughs. Use as a mouthwash
for inflammations of the mouth and throat.
Parsley
Active Compounds:bolatile oil, phthalides, coumarins, flavonoids,
vitamins, iron
Applications:Digestive/Diuretic/Nutritive/Menstrual stimulant
Internally used as a diuretic, to relax spasms, reduce inflammation,
clear toxins in the body.
Red Chili Peppers
Active Compounds: Capsaicin and dihydrocapsaicin.
Vitamins A, B, C; beta carotene, iron, phosphorus, calcium,
thiamine, riboflavin, and niacin
Capsaicin stimulates the brain's production of endorphins,
the natural opioids which act as analgesics and produce a
sense of well-being. Beneficial to the cardiovascular system,
affecting thermogenesis, can be of benefit in weight loss.
Rosemary
Active Compounds:flavonoids, rosmarinic acid, diterpenes,
volatile oil, rosmaricine, tannins
Applications:Stimulant/Tonic/Astringent/Anti-inflammatory/
Carminative
Improves digestion, helps circulatory problems, headaches,
nervous complaints.
Sage
Active Compounds:tannins, flavonoids, volatile oil, diterpene
Estrogenic/Tonic/Carminative/Astringent/Antiseptic/Aromatic
bitters, phenolic acids
Helpful for indigestion.
Saffron
Active Compounds:bitter glycosides, caretenoids, volatile oil,
vitamin B1 and B2
Applications:Women's Health/Digestive
Certain compounds in saffron have positive effects in lowering
blood cholesterol and triglycerides. In some cultures, saffron
is used to relieve stomach aches, and improves the circulation
of blood.
Thyme
Active Compounds:tannins, volatile oil, flavonoids
Applications:Expectorant/Antiseptic/Tonic/Antispasmodic
Thyme tea is used for bronchial problems, such as acute bronchitis
and laryngitis. Beneficial for the treatment of chronic gastritis,
and lack of appetite.
Turmeric
Active Compounds:curcumin, resin, volatile oil, bitter principles
Applications:Digestive/Antioxidant/Antibacterial/Antioxidant/
Anti-inflammatory
Makes a great arthritis tea! Strong anti-inflammatory, blood
purifier. Excellent antioxidant, improving digestion.
Wasabi
Active compounds: Vitamin C, asparagine, resin, glucosilinates,
allyl isothiocyanate
Application: Diuretic/Digestive
GINGER TURMERIC DETOX TEA
2 cups water
1/2 tsp powdered ginger
1/2 tsp powdered turmeric
1 tbsp maple syrup
Juice of 1/2 lemon
Bring water to a boil, then add powdered herbs. Simmer for 10
minutes. Strain tea into a mug, add real ( not artifical ) maple
syrup and lemon, stirring to combine. Drink/sip warm.
TURMERIC TEA
1/2 tsp turmeric, 3 cardamom pods (optional), 1/4 cup water.
Simmer 5 to 7 minutes, then add 1 cup of milk. Bring just to
the boiling point (but do not boil). Add honey to taste.
CHAI TEA
Mix one teaspoon of ginger, add seven peppercorns, a cinnamon
stick, five cloves, and 15 cardamom seeds. Heat in one pint of
water, simmering for 10 minutes. Now add one-half cup of non-fat
milk or vanilla soy milk, simmer for another 10-minutes. Add a
sprinkle of nutmeg and a few drops of pure vanilla extract.
Sweeten with honey to taste.
Perfectly Spiced Color Palette Cookery
Here are a few recipes that have a more unusual zing
for the palate, utilizing a healthful palette color
and spice.
PARTY PILAF
Ingredients
3 tsp extra virgin olive oil
1 large purple onion, chopped
1/4 cup pine nuts
1/4 cup raisins
1 large ripe tomato, chopped
1/2 tsp allspice
1 generous tblsp agave or honey
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp nutmeg
1/8 tsp ground cloves
Salt and pepper to taste
1 cup jasmine rice
2 cups veggie stock
METHOD
In a lidded saucepan, heat the oil and saute the onions.
Add the pine nuts, raisins, and tomato and saute for 3
more minutes. Add the allspice, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg,
cloves, salt, pepper and rice and stir. Stir to coat
with oil.
Pour in the stock, bring to a boil, reduce heat to simmer,
cover, and cook for 17 minutes. Remove from the heat, uncover
to release the steam and allow to cool a bit.
WASABI GUACAMOLE
Ingredients:
2 cups mashed avocado
1/3 cup finely diced red onion
2 tablespoons finely diced, seeded
serrano pepper
2 tablespoons lime juice
2 teaspoons prepared wasabi
Salt to taste
Directions:
In a large bowl, mix together the avocado, onion,
pepper, lime juice, wasabi, and salt. Serve with
baked chips, whole grain crackers, veggies, or use
as a condiment.
EGGPLANT SALAD
Ingredients:
3 large eggplants
1/2 tsp sea salt
1/4 cup extra virgin oil for skillet
2 cloves garlic, chopped or pressed
1/2 cup water
1/4 tsp ground turmeric
1/4 tsp paprika
1/4 tsp ground cumin
1 tbsp tomato paste
1 tbsp red wine vinegar
1/4 cup sweet red pepper, seeded and chopped for garnish
Cut eggplants into 1/2 inch slices, sprinkle with sea salt
and leave for 1/2 hour. Wipe dry and lightly brown in skillet,
reduce heat, cover and cook until done. Remove and keep warm.
In same skillet stir-fry garlic for a minute, add water, turmeric,
paprika, cumin seed, and tomato paste. Simmer mixture over low heat
for 5 minutes. Stir in the vinegar. Pour sauce over eggplant slices
and garnish with the chopped red peppers. Serve at room temperature.
8 WHOLE GRAIN LINGUINE WITH ROASTED RAINBOW PEPPERS
Ingredients:
1 box 8 Whole Grain Linguine
2 tablespoon olive oil
1/4 medium red onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, chopped
1 tblsp fresh parsley, chopped
1/2 each, small:
roasted red bell pepper, finely chopped
roasted orange bell pepper, finely chopped
roasted yellow bell pepper, finely chopped
roasted green bell pepper, finely chopped
roasted purple bell pepper, finely chopped
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1/3 cup water
1 cup Romano cheese, freshly shredded
sea salt ( to taste )
freshly ground white pepper
BRING a large lightly salted pot of water to a boil.
Saute garlic in olive oil, in a large skillet over medium
heat. Add onions, continuing cooking until the onions appear
translucent. Add chopped garlic, sauté for 2 minutes over medium
heat. Add roasted peppers, lemon juice and water, bring to a simmer.
Season with sea salt and white pepper.
COOK 8 Whole Grain Linguine according to the package directions.
Drain 8 Whole Grain Linguine, and toss with sauce. Sprinkle cheese
on top, allowing it to melt before serving.
BROCCOLI HERB PESTO
Ingredients:
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup basil
1/4 cup loosely packed oregano
1/4 cup loosely packed fresh flat-leaf parsley
1/4 loosely packed chervil
1/2 cup sage flowers
3 tbs fresh thyme
1 tbs fresh chopped rosemary
1/4 cup minced fresh chives
1/2 cup walnut oil
1 clove garlic, peeled and coarsely chopped
3 handfuls of spinach or chard, well chopped
handful of black olives, pitted
1 medium head of broccoli, (about 3 cups), cut into
very small florets
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/2 pound (8 ounces) dried whole wheat fusilli
Parmesan cheese, fresh grated
Prepare pesto ahead of time:
Toast walnuts with medium heat in skillet until fragrant.
Let cool.
Place nuts, herbs, oil, garlic, chives, seasalt, and pepper
into a food processor fitted with the metal blade. Pulse into
a coarse puree.
Refrigerate in an airtight container for up to one week.
Bring two pots of water to a boil, one large, one medium. In
the medium pot you'll cook the broccoli, the large pot used
for the pasta.
Broccoli - Bring water to boil in medium pan. Cook for just
thirty seconds. Drain immediately, and run cold water over
the broccoli to stop the cooking.
Pasta - Using recommendation on pasta box, add water and
lightly sea salt. Bring to a boil. Boil until just barely
tender. Drain, transfer the hot fusilli to a large bowl,
stir in the spinach, it should wilt. Gently stir in about
half of the pesto. Taste, add more pesto to your liking.
Served topped with olives, the broccoli florets, and a
dusting of Parmesan cheese.
CHICKPEA PIZZAZZ SALAD
Ingredients:
1 tblsp extra virgin olive oil
2 cups cooked chickpeas (garbanzo beans), pat them completely
dry with unbleached paper towel, or clean dish cloth
1 cup chopped leeks
1 medium clove of garlic, minced
zest of one lemon
1/3 cup plain natural yogurt (low-fat)
1 1/2 teaspoons Indian-style curry powder
scant 1/4 teaspoon fine grain sea salt
1 or 2 tablespoons warm water
1/2 cup of loosely packed fresh cilantro, chopped
1/2 cup red onion or red spring onions, chopped
1 lb, fresh purple asparagus spears, lightly steamed, and
chopped diagonally into 4-5 sections per spear
Heat the cooking oil in a large skillet and add the
chickpeas. Saute over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally,
until they start getting a bit golden in color. Stir in the
leeks and cook until the leeks have browned a bit as well. At
the last minute stir in the garlic and the lemon zest. Remove
from heat, and set aside.
While the chickpeas cool, make the yogurt dressing by combining
the yogurt, curry powder, and salt in a small bowl. If you need
to thin it out a bit, whisk in warm water, a tablespoon at a time.
Taste, adjust, and set aside.
When you are ready to serve the salad, toss the chickpea mixture
with most of the cilantro and most of the chopped red onion. Add
about 1/2 of the yogurt dressing and toss again. If you like more
dressing, keep adding until you are pleased. Add asperagus, and
toss, lightly steamed asparagus spears.
*BASIC CURRY BLEND
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon ground coriander
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground turmeric
1 teaspoon ground mild ( or medium )
chili pepper
Combine all the ingredients for the seasoning in a small bowl.
Mix thorougly. Store any unused seasoning in an airtight container,
for up to 2 months.
**MISTRESS OF SPICE
Mistress of Spice Synospis
Tilo (Aishwarya Rai) is an immigrant from India, and a shopkeeper,
who is also the Mistress of Spices. The spices she gives to her
customers help them to satisfy their needs and desires, such as
"sandalwood to dispel painful memories; black cumin seed to protect
against evil eye."
As a young girl, Tilo was initiated as one of several young Mistresses
of Spices by a First Mother (Zohra Sehgal) who warns the girls about
rules they must follow, or face consequences. They are instructed never
to leave their respective stores all around the world, touch the skin
of the people they meet or use the spices to their own ends.
Tilo ends up in San Francisco in a store called "Spice Bazaar". Tilo's
customers include Haroun, a cab-driver from Kashmir (Nitin Ganatra), a
grandfather (Anupam Kher) dealing with an American-born granddaughter
Geeta (Padma Lakshmi), Kwesi, a man trying to impress his girlfriend,
(Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) and Jagjit, a teenager trying to fit in at
school (Sonny Gill Dulay).
Her life takes a turn one day, when a man on a motorcycle (Dylan McDermott)
crashes outside her store. Tilo tends to his injuries, while trying to ignore
their mutual attraction. Her life changes when he touches her, and they begin
to fall in love. This man, Doug, is an American and an architect.
But the spices are jealous, and things soon start to go sour in her relationships
with her other customers. Haroun gets in an accident, Geeta's family situation does
not improve, Jagjit falls in with the wrong crowd at school, and Kwesi's girlfriend
breaks up with him. Doug comes to meet her that night and tells her that his mother
died.
Tilo recognizes that the source of these misfortunes is her breaking of the rules.
The First Mother comes to her in a vision and chastises her. She vows that she will
return to India, and posts a notice about a closing sale. She goes all out to help
her customers one last time, and tells the spices that she will spend just one night
with Doug, and then she will give herself totally to them.
OK! OK! Won't spoil it all by telling you what happens next, but is both a
metaphysically savvy movie ( spice lore ) and a cute romantic tale. :)
Blog entry
27 Mar 2010 - 4:57am
"We are essentially water, vegetables, fruits, roots, nuts and
grains. " ~ Anonymous
Spring gently tip-toes in, and those with "green fingers" among
us, begin to plan our 'growing spaces', whether an actual garden,
windowbox, or patio container plantings.
It is deeply gratifying to watch the first seedlings transform
from the tiniest green sprouts, embracing their fill of sun and
earth nutrient for growth. Thirsty for a drink of rain, or a
sprinkle from the gardener's hose- the plantlings stretch higher,
as they become vitalized with the essence of life. We are reminded
that we hold a commonness genetically with these creatures of green,
they that will soon flower, and fruit, and provide the essential
sustenance to our human family. We also share in the wonder of
garden - that what can be wrought through a gentle touch, and an
ardent spirit.
Nature's alchemy works it's magick, and our food becomes lifeforce,
in the physical body of grains, fruits, vegetables.
Awareness comes, of each plant's sacrifice, so that we are sustained
in health and strength by eating the rainbowed foods of nature. We
become the elements we have found nourishment in.
In our modern ways of distracted shopping at the grocery, finding or
choosing food more for time-saving convenience, than for outstanding
nutrition~ we miss the human-nature esprit de corps, the teamwork and
toil, of working the soil, and reaping a nutritious harvest in our
personal medicine garden.
Rainbows are said to be a promise from Spirit, and the earth-pigmented
rainbow phyto-foods grants us a promise of health, if we follow the
wisdom, of the "five-a-day-rainbow-way" of veggies and fruits.
We are encouraged to honor our Self and health through the nutritional
color of the Rainbow...
Red fruits and vegetables~ healthy nutrients of lycopene, ellagic acid,
quercetin, and hesperidin.
Orange and Yellow fruits and vegetables~ contains beta-carotene, zeaxanthin,
flavonoids, lycopene, potassium, and vitamin C.
Green vegetables and fruit~ green vegetables contain chlorophyll, fiber, lutein,
zeaxanthin, calcium, folate, vitamin C, calcium, and beta-carotene.
Blue and purple fruits and vegetables~ includes nutrients which include lutein,
zeaxanthin, resveratrol, vitamin C, fiber, flavonoids, ellagic acid, and quercetin.
White fruits and vegetables~ contain nutrients such as beta-glucans, EGCG, SDG, and
lignans
Rainbow Party Nachos
1 cup baked tortilla chips or oven-baked tortilla strips
3/4 cup canned black refried beans, vegan/fat-free
2 tbsp black olive slices
1 fresh jalapeno pepper, sliced into circles
2 tbsp finely chopped spinach
2 tbsp sliced mushrooms
1/2 small purple sweet onion, diced
1 small tomato, diced
2 Tbsp olive oil
1 Tbsp cumin powder
1 lime, juiced
pinch of salt and black pepper
side of fresh avocado
sprinkled in citrus juice + black pepper
1 tsp spicy salsa
olive oil spray
cheese mixture:
1/3 cup vegan cheddar cheese
2 Tbsp Monterrey Jack cheese
Garnish: cilantro or parsley, chopped
4 orange slices, 4 lime wedges
Veggie mix:
In a medium bowl, combine diced tomatoes, diced onions,
chopped spinach, cumin powder, olive oil, lime juice and
a pinch of sea salt, fresh ground black pepper.
Toss gently to coat the veggies. Set aside.
Line a casserole dish with parchment paper or foil.
Spray with olive oil spray.
Lay a handful of chips on bottom of dish.
Spread half of black refried beans.
Lay another layer of chips.
Grate the cheddar cheese.
Sprinkle 3/4 of your cheese mixture on top of the chips.
Next, spoon about 1/2 cup of the veggie mixture on top of
the cheese and chips.
Then add your remaining cheese to the top of that.
Add your olives, mushroom, and jalapeno slices to the top
layer of cheese.
Spray entire nacho dish with olive oil spray (this will help
in browning the cheese and chips)
Place your nachos of the top rack of your oven.
Broil on high for about 8 minutes-or until the chip ends are
toasty brown, and some of the cheese has bubbled brown as well.
Remove the dish from the oven, and allow to cool for 2 minutes.
While the nachos cool, prep your serving plate.
Place 4 orange slice circles and 4 lime wedges on the dish.
Place a portion of the nacho bake onto serving plate.
In side dish, serve avocado side with salsa in middle.
Veggie Rainbow Wraps
Choose an array of Veggies: (lightly steamed )Add
sprinkle of lemon juice to vegetables to taste, and
to retain color.
Red: roasted bell pepper, tomato, radish
Orange: bell pepper, carrot, sweet potato, pumpkin
Yellow: corn, squash, yellow tomato, yellow beets
Green: greens (assorted varieties), edamame, peas,
avocado, broccoli, asparagus, bell pepper, zucchini,
celery
Blue/Purple: Radicchio, olives, purple potatoes,
onion, beets, eggplant, cabbage
1 whole wheat wrap
3 Tbsp vegan cream cheese
2 cups chopped veggies, rainbow colors
1 Tbsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp salt (optional)
dash or pepper (optional)
Spread cream cheese topside of wheat wrap. Arrange
vegetables on wrap in rainbow design. Roll wrap and
cut in sections.
Rainbow Salad
*6 cups fresh arugula greens
*1 cup roasted mini beets
*1/4 cup shelled green pistachios
*1/4 cup dried bing cherries
*6 thinly sliced purple sweet onion rings
*1/4 cup roasted orange & yellow bell peppers, thinly sliced
optional: 2 slices sprouted grain bread, toasted and triangled
Dressing: ( or use your own preference )
* 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
* 1/4 cup blood orange juice (about 2 blood oranges)
* 3 tablespoons champagne vinegar or about
2 1/2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
* 2 tablespoons honey
* 1 tablespoon spicy brown mustard
* Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Blog entry
26 Mar 2010 - 8:34pm
Creating tasty cuisine, flowerfully expressive and elegant, is a
way to make meals more special. Cooking with flowers has always
been a culinary art with Wise Women herbalists, or those attuned
to plant-spirit medicine. ( Medicine defined here as the particular
spiritual quality or strength.)
It is easier than you think to create a mindful meal, alight with
delicate color and rainbow vibes. Besides the many flavorful colors
of the rainbow found in fruit and veggies, there are many edible
flowers that will add a grace of beauty and color to a recipe.
Flower cookery has been around since ancient days~ cultures such as
First Peoples/Indigenous, Chinese, Indian/Middle Eastern, Roman, and
even the romantic Victorians, found garnishment and savory flower
foods to their liking. Some modern chefs and gourmets design some of
their eatery food/dessert extravaganza with a floral flourish!
While a wonderful way to add ethereal beauty to a recipe, always know
your flowers before adding to anything you ingest!! Some plants and
flowers, as food, may provide disagreeable gastronomy, even be toxic
or poison. NEVER PUT AN UNIDENTIFIABLE PLANT PART OR FLOWER
into your food.
Other cautions to observe if you are thinking of a meditative meal
using flower gourmet:
* NEVER use pesticides or other chemicals on any part of any plant
that produces blossoms you plan to eat.
*Never harvest flowers growing by the roadside, as auto exhaust
pollutes the plants, just as it does our people bodies. :)
*Identify the flower exactly, and eat only the edible plant
portions, whether flower, leaf, stem, or root.
*Use flowers as you would herbs, as a *spice*, rather than the
main ingredient.
Allium Blooms (from leeks, chives, garlic, garlic chives)Flowers great in salads, and leaves/stalks
used in recipes like regular onion.
Angelica (Angelica archangelica) Angelica seeds and stems are used in liqueur or candied. The flower
has a flavor similar to licorice. Many people in the cold Northern regions such as Greenland, Siberia,
and Finland consider Angelica a vegetable, and eat the stems raw, sometimes spread with butter. Young
leaves can be made into a tea.
Anise Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) Both flowers and leaves have a delicate anise or licorice flavor,
some say reminiscent of root beer. The blossoms are attractive plate garnishes, used in Chinese-style
dishes. Excellent in salads.
Basil (Ocimum basilicum) The blooms taste similar to the herb-y leaf - sprinkle a few petals on your
salad and pasta for pink or lavender splashes of delicate color.
Bee Balm (Monarda didyma) the flowers have a delicate mingle of citrus lemon and orange. Great for
fruit or salad dishes.
Borage Borago officinalis The lovely blue bloom has a soft cucumber taste. Wonderful in drinks such
as punches, lemonade, gin and tonics, or in sorbets, chilled soups, and dips.
Calendula Calendula officinalis) Sprinkle on soups, pasta or rice dishes, herb butters, and salads.
Carnations (Dianthus caryophyllus ) Carnations can be steeped in wine, added as garnish to salads or
aspics, used as candy or cake decoration. The surprisingly sweet petals are good in desserts, and
the petals are sometimes used in liqueur such as the French liqueur Chartreuse.
Chervil Anthriscus cerefolium) The delicate white flowers have an anise flavor. Add at end of
cooking time, or eat raw in salad.
Chamomile (Chamaemelum noblis) Chamomile also makes a good garnish for soups and salad - and of
course to make that magickally relaxing tea (!), but best to avoid if you have any *ragweed allergy*
issues.
Chrysanthemums (Chrysanthemum coronarium) Always remove the bitter flower base and use petals only.
Young leaves and stems of the Daisy, are used as Chop Suey Greens or Shingiku in Japan, are widely
used in oriental stir-fries, and as salad seasoning.
Dame's Rocket (Hesperis matronalis) Often mistaken for Phlox - Phlox has five petals, Dame's Rocket
has just four. Add flowers to green salads. Pick leaves for cooking before the plant flowers.
Dandelions (Taraxacum officinalis) Flowers are sweetest when picked young, almost a honey-like taste.
Dandelion buds are tastier than the flowers, and are good raw or steamed, or tossed in salads. When
serving a rice dish, use dandelion petals like confetti over the rice.
Dill (Anethum) The tangy blooms can be used in the same way as you use the seed spice, in soups, seafood,
dressings, and dips.
Elderberry Blossoms (Sambucus spp) The blossoms have a sweet scent and taste. The blossoms and berries
are the ONLY edible part of elderberry ~ and the nutritious berries MUST be cooked, or you will wind
up with alot of digestive distress!
Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) the star-burst yellow flowers have a mild anise flavor - use in desserts,
cold soups, or as a garnish on entrees.
Fuchsia (Fuchsia X hybrida) Blooms have a slightly acidic flavor. The explosive colors and graceful
shape makes an ideal garnish. The berries are also edible.
Ginger (Zingiber officinale) The fragrant white flower variety has the familiar spice taste, petals
can be eaten raw, or the tender shoots cooked.
Hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) Cranberry-like flavor. Use petals in salads, or in teas.
Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) A touch of honey taste for dessert garnish, NEVER EAT BERRIES,
ARE TOXIC!
Impatiens (Impatiens wallerana) Sweet petals that can be used as garnish or floated in drinks.
Jasmine (Jasmine officinale) the most lovely flowers can be used in teas or dessert garnish.
Johnny-Jump-Ups (Viola tricolor) Blooms have a mild wintergreen flavor, and can be used in salads,
to decorate cakes, or served with soft cheese. Great in drinks, soups, desserts or salads.
Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia)The fragrant beautiful lavender can be used in teas, an added
yummmm in a glass of champagne, on chocolate cake, or as a garnish for sorbets or ice creams.
Lemon Verbena (Aloysia triphylla) Flowers can be steeped as an herb tea, or used to flavor
custards and flans.
Lilac (Syringa vulgaris) Has a distinct lemony taste with floral, overtones. Good in salads,
and crystallized with egg whites and sugar.
Mint (Mentha spp) Flowers are delicious as a floating garnish in an herb tea, or in Middle Eastern
dishes.
Nasturtiums Tropaeolum majus) Blossoms have a sweet, spicy flavor similar to watercress. Use entire
flowers to garnish platters, salads, cheese tortas, open-faced sandwiches, and savory appetizers.
Pansy (Viola X wittrockiana) Use petals as garnish, in fruit salads, green salad, desserts or in
soups.
Peony (Paeonia lactiflora) In China petals are parboiled and sweetened as a tea-time delicacy.
Add peony petals to your summer salad, or float in punches and lemonades.
Primrose Primula vulgaris) Add petals to salads, pickle the flower buds, or cook as a vegetable.
May be fermented into a wine.
Roses (Rosa rugosa )Miniature varieties can garnish ice cream and desserts, larger petals can be
sprinkled on desserts or salads. Freeze in ice cubes and float them in punches. Petals can be used
in syrups, jellies, perfumed butters and sweet spreads. NOTE: Be sure to remove the bitter white
portion of the petals.
Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) Use the flower petals as an inexpensive substitute for saffron.
Sage (Salvia officinalis) Use blooms in salads, and herb companion in foods like beans, corn dishes,
sauteed or stuffed mushrooms, or pesto sauce.
Scented Geraniums (Pelargonium species)Flower flavors corresponds to the variety - a lemon-scented
geranium would have lemon-scented flowers. They come in fragrances from citrus and spice to fruits,
Sprinkle them over desserts, refreshing in drinks, or freeze in ice cubes. NOTE: DO NOT USE CITRONELLA!
Sunflower (Helianthus annus) The flower bud tastes similar to artichoke, petals may be used like
chrysanthemums
Thyme ( Thymus spp.) Sprinkle petals over soup, or in salads.
Tulip Petals (Tulipa) The petals taste like sweet lettuce, fresh baby peas, or cucumber flavor. NOTE:
Some people have had strong allergic reactions to tulip, so cook with caution here!!
Violets (Viola species) Flowers beautifully embellish desserts and iced drinks. Freeze them in punches.
All flowers make pretty adornments for frosted cakes, sorbets, or other desserts. They may be crystallized
as well. Heart-shaped leaves are edible, and tasty when cooked like spinach.
Rose Petal Jam
1/2 pound pink or red edible rose petals*
2 cups granulated sugar, divided
4 1/2 cups water
Juice of 2 lemons (approximately 1/2 cup)
Clip and discard bitter white bases from the rose
petals; rinse petals thoroughly and drain.
Place rose petals in a bowl, and sprinkle enough sugar
to coat each petal. Let set overnight.
In a saucepan over low heat, place remaining sugar, water,
and lemon juice; stirring to dissolve sugar. Stir in rose
petals and let simmer 20 minutes. Increase heat to medium-high,
and bring to a boil. Continue boiling for approximately 5 minutes,
until mixture thickens, and the temperature on a candy thermometer
reaches 221 degrees F. ( or until a spoonful dropped onto a cold plate
jells and holds its shape.) Remove from heat.
After boiling, transfer the jam into hot sterilized jars. Fill them to
within 1/4-inch of the top. Wipe any spilled jam off the top, seat the
lid, and tighten the ring around them. Cover, label, and store in a cool
place.
Makes 1 pound of jam.
Cheese with Edible Flowers
The cheese can be prepared 24 hours in advance of serving.
Use flat chunks of cheese, with edible rinds, in a variety
of shapes. (Cheddar, Jack, Brie, or Camembert, in round,
wedge, or square shapes)
* Edible flowers or herbs of your choice
* Cheese
* 2 cups dry white wine
* 1 envelope unflavored gelatin
Lay the flowers and herbs flat on top of the cheese in
the presentation that you want to display.
In the medium size saucepan over medium heat, combine the white
wine and gelatin. Stir until gelatin is completely dissolved, and
the mixture is clear. Remove from heat, and put the saucepan in a
larger container filled with ice. Keep stirring as it thickens,
NOTE: Stir slowly so you don't create bubbles. If it gets too
thick, you can reheat and repeat.)
Spoon the glaze over your cheese and spread evenly. After a few
minutes it will become tacky to the touch, then you can "paste"
on your flowers in the design pattern you planned.
Refrigerate about 15 minutes; then remove from refrigerator, and
spoon more glaze over the flowers.
NOTE: Make as many layers of glaze as necessary to cover your
decorations - can be up to three layers for a thick design. If
the glaze thickens up too much, just reheat and replace in ice.
Serve on crackers of your choice..
Story
26 Mar 2010 - 12:55pm
a message from Mother Earth/Gaia
Friday, 26 March, 2010
I really enjoy good food and I think that eating is a joy. I also enjoy listening to cultural music, designing and wearing colorful clothing, and painting provocative art. I have heard that in the near future we will feed ourselves through the solar waves of our local sun, lose our hair, and even wear the same garment. I can see how this might simplify things considerably, but why would our evolution require us to abandon customs that are unique to Earth? Isn't the earth exceptionally precious as it is, diversity and all?
The Earth is indeed unique, diverse and precious. Among all other planets there is no other Earth, just as there is no other you. Our sun has its own unique characteristics, as does the moon and our solar system, which serves as both neighborhood and community. The universe is mysterious, awe inspiring and ever changing. It could never be described as uniform or commonplace. And the omniverse, well . . . . .
Almost everything that currently resides upon the earth eats, drinks or consumes something. Some things (beings) even consume themselves, in a matter of speaking. Does this mean that their evolution is based upon moving away from diversity and toward uniformity? And if it does not, are they doomed to extinction? Couched within your question is a fear that you will somehow lose the individuality that you inherited from your ancestors and others who proudly carried the banner of freedom in advance of your generation. You are not alone in this fear and we will address it a little later, but perhaps we should explore some of the future possibilities you have listed above first.
Most people largely believe that they must eat to survive, but this is not entirely true. You must provide your body with necessary nutrients, vitamins and other organic substances essential to human nutrition. Among these, sunlight and water are vital to longevity, health and well-being. People also eat to express appreciation, as part of family customs, and because it is enjoyable to the physical senses. Humanity's historic eating habits have been diverse and have depended largely upon how food is obtained, stored, used and discarded. Individual, cultural, social, economic, and religious factors have always influenced people's eating habits and continue to do so.
A glance back at Ancient Greece would show a people practicing the art of "equilibrium eating" or the desirable middle between two extremes, excess and efficiency. This golden mean of eating existed long before today's food pyramid. The Greeks favored snacks such as chestnuts, toasted wheat, and honey cakes. Shall I tell you that some of these were specifically designed to absorb more than their weight in alcohol? A good (and wealthy) host would be sure to have these "cakes" on hand to extend the life of a banquet-like party called a symposium. A similar look back at Ancient Rome would reveal excessive gluttony, at least within some class structures and societal echelons. Roman cuisine was influenced by the enormous expansion from kingdom to republic to empire, which exposed Romans to new culinary habits and cooking techniques. Interestingly, beef was not very popular then. Cattle were working animals and their meat was usually very tough.
Modern eating habits have been heavily influenced by these early cultures. The three-course meal, for instance, is Roman in origin and the result of wealthy party givers wanting to outdo one another. The story is a rich one, but suffice it to say that the Romans, who had radical ideas on many subjects, eventually discovered that the human body was not designed for long-term excess. Known for importing almost everything, wealthy Romans began to import personal Greek physicians and surgeons who eventually prescribed the first reduction regimen, or diet. Many Ancient Romans did not believe in dieting, particularly since starvation was a means to punish the wealthy then.
Starvation is a result of a severe reduction in vitamin, nutrient and energy intake. Starvation currently affects more than 1 in 6 people in the world. Although most cases are in third world countries, the statistics would nonetheless surprise you, and it would not be a far fetched idea to take a good look at the community you live in. Starvation is caused by an imbalance between energy intake and energy expenditure. This imbalance can arise from one or more medical conditions, but is more commonly influenced by circumstantial situations such as famine or poverty.
The most common form of starvation is malnutrition, best defined as the insufficient, excessive or imbalanced consumption of nutrients. Among first world nations of the developed world, one in four people (25%) suffer from one or more nutritional disorders, conditioned by an under or overabundance in the diet. Second and third world nations can double and treble these numbers. Malnutrition poses a grave threat to the world's health and those in a position to do something about it should not ignore the responsibility, not even in the short-term. There is enough food on the planet to feed its hungry and enough water to keep the thirsty well hydrated. Humanity would do well to act wisely in this regard and in favor of those who only have a hollow remembrance of a meal in their stomachs.
Over time and for a variety of reasons humanity has experimented with eating or avoiding certain foods and food groups. Although a large percentage of today's population consumes beef, pork, chicken and fish that was not always the case, and is in fact, more recent than you would suspect. Humanity will continue its interest in animal flesh in the short term (less than 20 years) but will lessen its portion size over time as it becomes interested and then accustomed to more plant-based sources of protein. This will not happen overnight, but it will seem to. The wiring in your brain will begin to shift from one way of thinking to another and your palate will follow. In the near future your sense of smell will become more acute and your sense of taste will follow. Eyesight and hearing have both worsened during your recent technological age, but more on that at another time.
And what of those who wish to nourish themselves by other means, for this is not a new subject at all. In fact, in every age and every generation there are those who seek a way apart from the norm regardless of criticism or ridicule. Those who fill their stomachs with empty foods will empty their mouths of similar words. And those who study the science of nutrition and take into account only the visible spectrum will remain blind to at least half the possibilities. Therefore, it is best to explore this with new thought receptors. As the name implies, these new thought receptors allow you to consider subjects that are in your near future, without comparison to past conclusions, faulty, incomplete or missing empirical data. In other words, new thought receptors would not conclude that an idea is impossible or ridiculous. Why? Because these receptors typically do not follow the same sequencing path as linear thoughts do. The human brain has amazing abilities and only a minute amount of these has been tapped thus far. What the brain can conceive of, the body can most likely do, and when your brain opens the door to Universal Mind, the possibilities are almost endless. Those who believe they can sustain themselves through sunlight and/or pranic forces more than likely can. Their job is not to convince you of the fact, for that would rob them of vital energy, but to establish within themselves a deep rapport with every aspect that depends upon the vital and essential breath.
Inedia, which literally means 'to fast' is not a new concept. Many cultures, religions and disciplines have examples in their histories with both substantiated and unsubstantiated accounts of living without food and even without water. Breatharianism, Sungazing and Vitalism are all related concepts that maintain that humans can sustain their bodies on prana, or the vital force inherent in all things. Previously esoteric practices ascribed only to eastern ascetics, these practices have been gaining in popularity in the west as well. The last one hundred years or so has seen a considerable increase in those who endorse and also teach how to live on the energy given off by sunlight. Science has not validated these practices and is not likely to for the time being. Conventional medicine will not lend its support, nor will alternative practices that separate body and mind from spirit. As of this writing, there are only a handful of people upon the earth who are capable of living on light. The majority of these are not terrestrial in origin and it is doubtful that they would make their differences public. There are a few living examples who have adjusted to a moderate lifestyle that is light sustainable, but not in the long term. Some of them would tell you otherwise, but the days ahead will speak for themselves. The earth is also the modest and humble host to perfected beings who are able to manifest energetic bodies of light at will. Their bodies can appear quite solid, but are in fact isometric; crystalline systems that have three equal axes at right angles to one another. It is best to think of these as physical holograms.
Prana, or 'vital life', is only one of five life-sustaining forces that support living beings. Prana flows through a network of channels that form the structure of the subtle body. It is commonly associated with the breath, but can also be found in blood and in other bodily fluids. The auric field has many energetic sheaths that surround and protect it and one of these is also a pranic sheath. Prana sustains both the physical body and the thought-body. It permeates all living things including the Sun, which is also a source of prana. Some traditions further classify prana into subcategories that direct its vital energy first through basic currents and then onto more subtle faculties. It is possible to control the breath so as to influence and direct the flow of prana. Those who do are in command of increased physical vitality, mental agility as well as access to the gateway that exists beyond the transits of the body. Although the techniques are rather simple they must be practiced and understood, as it is possible to encounter adverse effects under certain circumstances. Even ordinary breath is sacred, because at its core is the same primordial energy as that of the all and the ALL. Controlled or empowered breath enables a connection to the cosmic forces that can lead to profound transformation in a human being. Many spiritual traditions believe that working to establish this link is paramount to all higher levels of attainment.
Our planet, resplendent with diversity, reflects light in a variety of unique frequencies and bandwidths, each offering its own benefits and qualities. Light contains all colors, which support humanity with subtle, but important nutrients. Whole or white light is pure and complete. It contains all colors, wavelengths and frequencies; sunlight does not. White Light and sunlight are not the same, but the average human would not be able to distinguish between the two.
Although light is always whole it does not always reflect its full spectrum, nor is it always absorbed. Whole Light is a pure and excellent whole food, but it may not sustain all beings, particularly those who are in the process of transitioning from one dimension to the next. A candidate who desires to live exclusively on light would need to transmute any remaining obstructions or blockages that would otherwise be deflected by whole light. In this example, the healing properties of full spectrum light would be drawn to the candidate's impasse, but the wholeness of white light would not. Sunlight cannot at this time provide the average human body with all of the nutrients it requires. It is possible to extract enough pranic force from sunlight to maintain the body at a low level of life force, but shorter intervals are suggested and for specific purposes. If you wish to live on light it is best to busy yourself with your fears and concerns, because the light will find these first so that it might heal them, which may not leave enough for you to eat. Without addressing these issues you would quickly starve and feel that you are not a good candidate for such an intense program. You may retrain your body, but you must understand its language first; you must make it your partner and not deny the requests and messages that it sends to you.
What are the advantages to living on prana? Those who choose this path must do so consciously, with a favorable disposition, and at least moderate health. Candidates should be able to guide the pranic force in sunlight through the breath or through other means to all appropriate physical and energetic channels. This requires knowledge of effective breathing techniques, both shallow and profound. Specific meditations also help to accumulate and store prana. As was said earlier, few on the planet are able to sustain them selves on prana alone, however those who do so will not hunger or thirst. Their sleep requirements will be less and their energy more balanced over extended periods of time. Those who are exceptionally adept may also be able to slow the ageing process.
What are the disadvantages to living on prana? Without specific and ongoing discipline and under certain influences, it will be difficult to receive enough nutrients. Those who fail to connect with the unique dynamics of their individual needs may not observe subtle changes in the body that indicate a change is needed. A pranic life is not for everyone and is not 100% effective given only an average quality of sunlight and air. Those who disregard the guidance above will find that as the body begins to rebel, they feel more hungry and thirsty than ever before. Their bodies will have difficulty in releasing toxins, especially if water is withheld. Some may believe that they are living on prana when they are not. In some cases cells, hair and nails will suffer; aging may begin prematurely and/or accelerate.
Can you imagine a near future where supermarket shelves are filled with packaged sunlight? What about pranic breathing chambers? Anti-oxidant rejuvenation environments infused with oxygenized light? Indeed, plans are already underway for this and more, but there is no reason to shut down your favorite pizza parlor yet! Your future is yours to make of it what you will. It will be diverse enough for those who enjoy cuisine and fine dining, and even hamburgers and fast food will be around for a while longer. But things will not remain the same as they are today, because you are changing faster than your food is changing. Your needs and desires are changing and those of your body are changing too. Savor the moments that are yours and those that you are invited to share with others.
Hair and nails is another subject worth considering. It is interesting to note that while you fear losing your individual creativity in this regard, your current choices are somewhat limited, and for the most part are determined by your genetic heredity. You struggle against this by chemical and other means and swear that one day you wish to be rid of it altogether. Nonetheless, and for the sake of discussion, in the further or mid-future, which is just more than one hundred years from now, humanity will have less total hair upon its body than it does now. Over time hair will become a recessive trait and move into a dormant array of the DNA. This will also affect the hair upon your head, which will grow in different patterns than it does now. You will not become bald in the process, at least not by current standards, and as it seen from this perspective the change will be quite attractive for both men and women. Your hair will be slightly more uniform in appearance than it is today, but how it is arranged will remain a matter of choice just as it is today. There will be styles and stylists to suit every expression. You may be curious to know that the earliest Egyptians were quite bald and adorned themselves with many different kinds of headdresses and hats. Their heads were slightly more elongated than yours and their necks a little longer, even though they were smaller in stature. They were beautiful specimens to behold, thus beauty is indeed always in the eye of the beholder.
Garments and clothing have a long and varied history upon the earth, influenced as much by climate and the availability of materials as by culture and fashion trends. Today, synthetic substitutes have all but replaced the natural skins, silks and cottons of long ago. There will be a reversal in this trend and those who advocate an organic and natural lifestyle will make inroads as they do from time to time and as indicated by the cycles of nature. That aside, humanity is beginning to envision itself as part of a galactic family. It is likely that less than forty years from now the first colonies will settle upon the moon and also upon Mars. As you might imagine these expeditions will require a completely different style of dress. The necessary garments will be much thinner than the bulky ones worn by astronauts today and made of a material that is "married" to its wearer. These unique garments will be able to regulate the health of the wearer, including vital statistics and mental balance, and even pre-determine how long each individual can safely remain in such hostile terrains. Although these garments will be constructed for first and second generation space colonies, the fashion industry will adapt and style them to suit those who favor forward looking styles. Over time, similar customizable suits will become widely available to the general population, allowing individuals to program their garments to monitor a variety of health related functions. Is this a move toward uniformity? Maybe. Or perhaps it is one of many trends, and one of the ways in which humanity accustoms itself to change.
You are individual sparks of light and no two are alike, yet you still struggle against both poles of diversity and uniformity. You are one family and one day you will come to terms with the meaning of this. Until then, celebrate your individual way of life and encourage others to do the same. Offer an opinion if it is invited, but do not impose your will upon another, nor judge the decisions they make. The physical earth will continue to evolve in its own precious ways, celebrating the diversity of life in every kingdom. My sentience will do the same, welcoming guests from other worlds, extending words of diplomacy when invited to do so, offering sanctuary to those who request it, nurturing and protecting all that is within my reach, and allowing the wisdom of the ALL to guide all things in their due course and due time.
©2007 Pepper Lewis and The Peaceful Planet.
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23 Mar 2010 - 12:55pm
In 1919 when the flu killed 40 million people there was this Doctor that visited the many farmers to see if he could help them combat the flu.
Many of the farmers and their family had contracted it and many died. The doctor came upon this one farmer and to his surprise, everyone was very healthy. When the doctor asked what the farmer was doing that was different the wife replied that she had placed an unpeeled onion in a dish in the rooms of the home, (probably only two rooms back then). The doctor couldn't believe it and asked if he could have one of the onions and place it under the microscope. She gave him one and when he did this, he did find the flu virus in the onion. It obviously absorbed the bacteria, therefore, keeping the family healthy.
A hairdresser in AZ said that several years ago many of her employees were coming down with the flu and so were many of her customers. The next year she placed several bowls with onions around in her shop. To her surprise, none of her staff got sick. It must work.. (And no, she is not in the onion
business.)
The moral of the story is, buy some onions and place them in bowls around your home. If you work at a desk, place one or two in your office or under your desk or even on top somewhere. Try it and see what happens. If this helps you and your loved ones from getting sick, all the better. If you do get the flu, it just might be a mild case.. Whatever, what have you to lose ? Just, a few bucks on onions !
I got a P.S. from someone in Oregon. She replied with this most interesting experience about onions:
I don't know about the farmers story...but, I do know that I contracted pneumonia and needless to say I was very ill...I came across an article that said to cut both ends off an onion put one end on a fork and then place the forked end into an empty jar...placing the jar next to the sick patient at night. It said the onion would be black in the morning from the germs...sure enough it happened just
like that...the onion was a mess and I began to feel better.
Another thing I read in the article was that onions and garlic placed around the room saved many from the black plague years ago. They have powerful antibacterial, antiseptic properties.
This is the other note.
LEFT OVER ONIONS ARE POISONOUS
I have used an onion which has been left in the fridge, and sometimes I don't use a whole one at one time, so save the other half for later. Now with this info, I have changed my mind....will buy smaller onions in the future.
Mullins Food Products, Makers of mayonnaise is a huge company and is owned by 11 brothers and sisters in the Mullins family, who would like to share what was learned from a chemist there.
The guy who gave the tour is named Ed. He's one of the brothers Ed is a chemistry expert and is involved in developing most of the sauce formula. He even developed McDonald's
special sauce formula.
Keep in mind that Ed is a food chemistry whiz. During the tour, someone asked if we really needed to worry about mayonnaise. People are always worried that mayonnaise will spoil. Ed's answer will surprise you. Ed said that all commercially- made Mayo is completely safe. "It doesn't even have to be refrigerated.. No harm in refrigerating it, but it's not really necessary." He explained that the pH in mayonnaise is set at a point that bacteria could not survive in that environment.
He then talked about the quaint essential picnic, with the bowl of potato salad sitting on the table and how everyone blames the mayonnaise when someone gets sick.
Ed says that when food poisoning is reported, the first thing the officials look for is when the 'victim' last ate ONIONS and where those onions came from (in the potato salad?). Ed says it's not the mayonnaise (as long as it's not homemade Mayo) that spoils in the outdoors. It's probably the onions, and if not the onions, it's the POTATOES.
He explained, onions are a huge magnet for bacteria, especially uncooked onions. You should never plan to keep a portion of a sliced onion. He says it's not even safe if you put it in a zip-lock bag and put it in your refrigerator. It's already contaminated enough just by being cut open and out for a bit, that it can be a danger to you (and doubly watch out for those onions you put in your hot dogs at the baseball park !... The Smurfs have probably have gotten to it...)
Ed says if you take the leftover onion and cook it like crazy you'll probably be okay, but if you slice that leftover onion and put on your sandwich, you're asking for trouble. Both the onions and the moist potato in a potato salad, will attract and grow bacteria faster than any commercial mayonnaise will even begin to break down.
So, how's that for news ? Take it for what you will. I am going to be very careful about my onions from now on. For some reason, I see a lot of credibility coming from a chemist and a company that produces millions of pounds of mayonnaise every year.'
Also, dogs should never eat onions. Their stomachs cannot metabolize onions .Please remember it is dangerous to cut onions and try to use it to cook the next day, it becomes highly poisonous for even a single night and creates toxic bacteria which may cause adverse stomach infections because of excess Blue Team, bile secretions and even food poisoning.
Please pass it on to all you love and care for. Just, Cut the top and bottom of the onion off put it in a bowl... It will grab all those Blue Smurfs in the house and suck them right in... Than just throw
away the onion Smurfs and ALL...
Trooly!
Feel free to swap some recipes at our thought for food!?
Hmmmm...I have washed a kilogram of wild spinach...I have some leftover gorgonzola, what will I choose to cook?
Looking forward!
in love and spirit, peter
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22 Mar 2010 - 8:45pm
Fast food, frighteningly slow decay: Mother keeps McDonald's Happy Meal for a whole year... and it STILL hasn't gone off
Glancing at the two McDonald's Happy Meals pictured here, you may feel they look pretty much identical.
Astonishingly, however, this is the same meal, photographed 12 months apart.
Where any other food might be a mouldy, decomposing mess after a year, the McDonald's meal shows few signs of going off apart from the beef patty shrivelling and the stale burger bun cracking.
Proof, says the American nutritionist who took these photographs, that it contains so many preservatives that it is bad for the children it is aimed at.
Joann Bruso said: 'Food is supposed to decompose, go bad and smell foul eventually. The fact that it has not decomposed shows you how unhealthy it is for children.'
Mrs Bruso left the Happy Meal uncovered on a shelf at her home near Denver, Colorado, to see what would happen. She has revealed the results on her blog, in which she gives healthy eating advice to parents.
The 62-year-old, who has eight grandchildren, admitted that the arid temperature of her home near the Rocky Mountains meant there was little moisture in the air with which to speed decomposition.
But she added that during the year-long experiment, no flies or other insects were attracted to the food.
She said: 'I had the windows open many times, but flies and other insects just ignored the Happy Meal. What does that tell you, if they can't be bothered with it?
'Food is broken down into its essential nutrients in our bodies and turned into fuel. Our children grow strong bodies when they eat real food.
'If flies ignore a Happy Meal and microbes don't decompose it, then your child's body can't properly metabolise it either.
'Now you know why it's called junk food.'
McDonald's has made great efforts to show that its food is healthy amid growing concerns about childhood obesity. All its restaurants list the calories in each item as well as the individual ingredients.
Recent research showed that each product has an average of seven E numbers. The bun has several preservatives such as calcium and sodium propionate, while the pickle slice has the preservative sodium benzoate.
The fries, which Mrs Bruso said were still golden brown after a year, contain preservatives such as citric acid and sodium acid pyrophosphate, which maintains their colour.
Source: Dailymail.co.uk
Video: The Bionic Burger Movie
The Bionic Burger video is a true story about a man who's been saving hamburgers, cheeseburgers, and Big Macs from McDonalds for over 19 years... and they look EXACTLY the same!
Read more at Bionicburger.com
I invite every fly for more taste~full recipes :)
Lets swap some?
Just some food for thought!
Love this circle of buzz,
within our own sanctuary,
fluid and tasty like honey.
Looking forward in sharing the joy of the fruits of life!
With all the clearing~issues that is left here on earth and so within us,
..we have the possibility to share our wisdom and knowledge/experience about
~food
~~our well BEing
~~~our light~body evolvement
transformation,
thru purifying and clearing!
Feel free to expand dearones,
I sense there is much truth to be aware within ourSelves!!!
I'm ready to plant the seeds :)
I will drink a glass of gratitude and blessings...*...
and I love to cook!
just for You.
In love and spirit, peter
lightworkers.org/group/92480/food-thought
Blog entry
10 Mar 2010 - 9:14pm
( Photo Disclaimer~ Do not drink tonic as a tea - please
take proper dosage which is 1 tablespoon per adult! )
For those of you who use herbal cures or remedies, here
is a Spring tonic recipe. After winter's time of sedentary
living, our bodies benefit from revitalizing, in order to
better embrace the upcoming increase in activity.
Preparing this tonic requires a little effort, but makes
alot, and the benefits are many.
Ingredients:
3oz each of the following dried, whole cut herb.
(not powdered)
Be sure to use only organic, pesticide-free herbs.
Anise seed (pimpinella anisum)
Blue violet (viola odorata)
Burdock root (arctium lappa)
Chaparral (larrea tridentate)
Dandelion root (taraxacum officinale)
Fennel (foeniculum vulgare)
Licorice root (glycyrrhiza glabra)
Oregon grape (mahonia aquifolium)
Poke root (phytolacca Americana)
Red clover (trifolium pretense)
Yellow dock root (rumex crispus)
Additional ingredients:
40 oz of Honey or Black Strap Molasses,
16 oz of Vegetable glycerin.
4 Tablespoons of Citric acid
(Found in health food stores or herb companies on-line.)
5 gallons of distilled water
Cooking tools:
Two stainless steel or glass 20 quart pots with lids.
A large strainer.
A candy or water thermometer.
Cheesecloth
In one pot add:
Anise seed, burdock root, chaparral, dandelion root, fennel, licorice root,
oregon grape root, poke root, yellow dock root and add 3 gallons of distilled
water.
Cover with lid and set on stove on warm heat for several hours, then set overnight,
so that the roots can be softened for extraction.
In the morning turn up the heat and bring the water to a low simmer for about 4 hours,
then bring to a boil for 15-30 minutes. After boiling turn off heat and strain the liquid
into a clean container by laying a layer of cheesecloth over your strainer.
In another pot add:
Blue violet, red clover and add 1.5 gallons of distilled water. Set on counter and let soak
in water over night.
In the morning place the pot on the stove on warm/medium heat to steep (not boil) the herbs
like you would a cup of tea. Let them steep for at least 4 hours then strain the liquid by
laying a layer of cheesecloth over your strainer.
Compost the strained herbs in your garden.
Mixing the pots:
Once the liquid is strained from both pots, mix together in one of the 20 quart pots, and
let simmer for about 30 minutes.
Then add:
16 oz of vegetable glycerin,
40 oz of honey (or black strap molasses for those allergic to honey)
4 heaping tablespoons of citric acid
Stir and let the mixture mingle for 15 minutes or so. When ready to bottle use a candy
thermometer to check the temperature of the liquid. You want the temperature between
185* - 190* to prevent any bacteria to grow in the tonics. Maintain this heat temperature
throughout bottling.
While waiting for your liquid to reach the accurate bottling temperature prepare your canning
jars. Sterilize jars and lids.
Once your bottles are sterilized and your herbal liquid is at the right temperature, add the tonic
liquid to the hot jars. Fill to ½” from top of jar and cap. Let cool overnight. Check to make sure
all the jars are sealed properly then store them.
When you open a jar of tonic for use, you must refrigerate it. The tonic will last for a month in the
refrigerator once it has been opened. Sediment in the bottom of the jars is normal. Give the jar a
little shake or stir to mix the sediment before taking.
Adult Tonic Dosage: 1 tablespoon per day for several weeks, or as needed.
NOTICE: Do not give to children. Do not use if you are pregnant, or are taking blood thinning agents
like Warfarin (also known under the brand names of Coumadin, Jantoven, Marevan, and Waran).
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12 Feb 2010 - 3:33pm
As I continue on this path, my body has become very sensitive to certain "raw foods" (such as cacao, my body does not like this) that some raw gurus claim to be beneficial to the body. I understand that my body is different and unique to other peoples bodies and I need to listen to it's signals and follow my intuition. I'm sure for some, cacao truly resonates with their vibration.
Always follow what DOES resonate with your own individual vibration which takes into account all the levels that make up the human. Some very high energy foods are too high for some sensitive individuals to assimilate as they have so much lightforce within. The same individual can tolerate a particular food one day and not the next so always be aware of the changing vibrations and fluctuations in energy. Change occur in line with emotions, temperature of the physical body, how much sleep the body has had and for a myriad of other reasons. The intuitive one is always led by the inner teachers, the higher guides of Light.
One item I am not clear on though is raw salt. Is this substance harmful in all forms, or only in the form of processed table salt? My body only seems to be happy with sodium if it is organic sodium, already assimilated within the plant... such as celery. I was wondering if inorganic salt, such as that which has not been taken in by plants and is in rock form but are not processed (inorganic), such as raw celtic sat, etc., are harmful to the body and "shut us down", as the Nine say. It would seem to me that all rock salt would be harmful and dehydrating to the body, such as drinking salt water, which contains raw, unprocessed salt. Thank you for any clarification you can provide!
You are correct in that organic salt ( that already occuring naturally within foods) is necessary and healing to the body. Certain raw salts are high in vibration and in nutrient quality if taken in the correct method and amount. We do not recommend processed salt in any form however a well nourished, in balance body can handle and process toxins causing no harm. If the body is out of balance ( such as is overweight or diseased ) then it is better for that body to be bought back into balance by reducing toxins wherever possible. Once back in balance the body moves into a position where it becomes very efficient at taking that which it needs and safely eliminating that which it doesnt.
What are your thoughts on multivitamins?
Multivitamins are food and like food there are high quality vitamins and very poor low quality vitamins with added ingredients deliberately designed to shut you down. Look for the vitamins that are closest to their natural origin with as little processing as possible, as natural as possible. Some individuals cannot assimilate synthetic vitamins at all. Others are not assimilating food as well as they might be and for these individuals vitamins are extremely advised and in some cases essential. Each individual has different vitamin requirements in different amounts depending on the overall balance of the body.
Some channels say you can eat whatever you want as long as you are happy but the Nine give specifics about certain foods to eat and certain foods to avoid which is true?
There seems to be two schools of thought regarding this. One is that you can eat whatever you want as long as you are happy and believe the food is doing you no harm. The other is that harmful substances will cause the body harm and certain foods should be completely eliminated from the diet in favour of healthy foods. Which of these perspectives are true? The answer is both of them. There are individuals on your planet who literally can eat anything they want to eat and remain in balance, in optimum health and Ascend in balance as teachers of Light, or as individuals walking a solitary path avoiding contact with others. Both these types of individuals exist. There are other individuals who must eat certain foods and eliminate others in order to be in balance. There are those who eat foods that have been deliberately designed to shut you down and these individuals ARE being shut down and cut off from their higher truth and from source because of the foods they eat. There are individuals who eat foods designed to shut you down that are immune from the shutting down process, they can eat anything they wish to no ill effect. We might add that the majority of individuals who CAN eat anything they want are the very individuals who consciously CHOOSE to eat the foods of light as in the raw earth foods full of lifeforce and they consciously choose to AVOID the foods designed to shut you down even though eating them would do them no harm.
Many different vibratory alignments within all that is humanity. This is why we say follow your intuition, your hearts, your guides, your higher light Angels and higher self aspects. Tune in to all that you do and remain in alignment in all that you do. The nutrition you eat at this point is an integral part of the Ascension journey. Those truly in touch with the flow of cosmic energy, those who feel and embrace the energy of light and truth shall know exactly the foods they need at any given point. Others are not so in touch with what they need to eat and it is these individuals that would do best following the nutrition of high lifeforce, natural, Earth foods. The more you eat these natural Earth foods, the more connected you shall become and the Stargate within shall open, bringing magik, synchronicity and wonder into your life as you assimilate the messages these living foods have to give, as you become one with their consciousness and their DNA.
WE ARE THE WHITE WINGED COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS OF NINE
video
7 Feb 2010 - 4:44pm
Excerpts from Magenta Magik Radio show "Eating for Light" on BlogTalkRadio first broadcast on January 27th 2010. Magenta Pixie discusses her journey with food and speaks about information she has received from The Nine. Miss Magikal talks about her personal detox experience from years of high levels of refined sugar intake.
Part two of "Eating for Light" will be broadcast on 7th February 2010 on Magenta Magik Radio
Music By Freeplay Music LCC
"Food Basket" photograph provided by Kroaky
video
2 Feb 2010 - 9:17pm
Magenta Pixie interviews her brother Kroaky on nutrition and food for healthy living and Ascension. First broadcast on Magenta Magik Radio Eating (for) Light on blogtalkradio 24/01/2010
Music by Freeplay Music LCC
Kroaky can be found at http://www.youtube.com/user/Kroaky
Eating (for) Light 2 will be broadcast on 07/02/2010 at 8pm GMT 3pm EST
video
2 Feb 2010 - 9:13pm
Recently I drank my very first freshly extracted carrot and apple juice. After drinking this I could feel the living lifeforce within me and I felt as though I was communicating with the carrot and the apple in some way? Sounds silly I know but can the Nine possibly speak on this experience?
I do eat a lot of junk food like cakes, pastries, chocolate and crisps but I also eat plenty of fruits and vegetables. Surely the good food cancels out the bad and I can allow myself a treat now and again if I decide that it is doing no harm?
These questions are responded to by the sixth density collective source The White Winged Collective Consciousness of Nine", through the channel, Magenta Pixie. Music by Freeplay Music LCC.
Story
1 Feb 2010 - 5:44pm
Recently I drank my very first freshly extracted carrot and apple juice. After drinking this I could feel the living lifeforce within me and I felt as though I was communicating with the carrot and the apple in some way? Sounds silly I know but can the Nine possibly speak on this experience?
When you humans ingest food it becomes part of you, it becomes one with you and all that is contained within is utilised by your body. From a biological standpoint your body utilises that which you know as vitamins, minerals and nutrients and uses these to feed your body. From the spiritual standpoint the body immerses itself in the spiritual force of the food and uses this to nourish your body. Many of the foods on your Earth not only contain poor quality nutrients but also contain no spiritual force either. Those who understand how to nourish the body with spiritual energy in ways other than ingesting food are remaining in balance even when eating the poor quality foods yet the majority of the Ascending beings who walk within knowledge, understanding and Wisdom have been led, and are currently being led into journeys of discovery regarding the foods you eat. In order to access the highest percentage of spiritual energy which is much needed at this time as you match the raising frequencies of your planet and beyond, consuming the foods highest in spiritual energy and accessing the spiritual energies from other means is the way forward for as you come into alignment you do exactly that – you align! You align with all things and you will naturally gravitate towards all that aligns and this includes your food. Many of you will need to move into physical repairing and healing and the foods highest in spiritual energy are the foods that work with the body to do this. The spiritual energy is lifeforce, it is living and holds consciousness and yes indeed it can be communicated with. You felt as though you were communicating with the carrot and the apple when you ingested their juices because this is exactly what you were doing, or it is more correct to say you were communicating with the DNA within the carrot and the apple. The DNA within living foods holds messages within. The DNA becomes one with your own DNA creating awakening and re-membering. The foods must be in a raw state in order for the DNA to become one with yours in this way. Heating the food destroys the lifeforce although a certain amount of nutrients, vitamins and minerals remain. You will be feeding your body when you eat heated and cooked food, to varying degrees depending on the quality of the food, but in order to receive the messages within the foods DNA it must be consumed in it's raw state. The Earth foods such as fruits, vegetables and to a certain extent roots contain frequency codes and keys of light within them. When these frequency codes are activated by your Sun the actual foods become stargates. When you consume these foods then you hold the frequency codes and keys of light within and you yourself become stargates. 'Travel' as we know it, true 'travel' then becomes possible. There are many who are able to create their own frequency codes and keys of light just as the Earth foods do, yet when the Earth foods are consumed as well, the human moves into the rapid evolutionary pace that is occurring on your planet now. There are those that know the codes are being grown for you and can be passed to you, to awaken you, change you and lift you into an Ascension experience. They know that if this happens they lose the control they have held for many thousands of years on your planet therefore they seek to counteract this expansion and growth by genetically engineering foods and placing certain chemicals within foods that do the opposite to the natural foods. These foods close down your keys of light and create havoc with your frequency codes. These foods are everywhere and are being consumed by many. This is why we tell you how important it is right now to follow your hearts regarding the foods you consume. The Ascending one would be wise to learn of the foods that are designed to shut you down and learn of the foods that give you the keys of light and the correct frequency codes that shall awaken you. Each one of you have the ability to discover which food is which, the information of truth shines bright on your planet and there are many living masters who are freely sharing this knowledge. Each one of you have guides that shall lead you to the foods that hold the frequency codes you need and shall lead you away from the foods designed to shut you down. You have but to ask. The foods containing keys of light exist on your planet in abundance, there are enough for each and every one of you. They are many and varied and exist in all corners of the Earth. One can grow their own frequency codes and keys of light in their own gardens or corners of their homes. The foods containing these codes are alive, they are living and they exist to be consumed by you and to become one with you. We speak predominantly of plant based foods here. If one chooses to eat animal flesh then only the animals that have consumed keys of light and frequency codes within foods themselves shall hold the codes you need. Remember when heated these codes are destroyed. It is the plant foods that shall directly pass their codes to you when you become one with their DNA.
The sensitive ones, like the one who asked this question, shall feel the lifeforce within as they consume the living foods.
I do eat a lot of junk food like cakes, pastries, chocolate and crisps but I also eat plenty of fruits and vegetables. Surely the good food cancels out the bad and I can allow myself a treat now and again if I decide that it is doing no harm?
Each one of you has free will and choice. Each one of you has the free will to eat whatever they wish. All we can do is remind you of the foods that have been deliberately designed to shut you down by those who do not wish for your evolution and Ascension. There is no food that cancels out anything else, all food is consumed and utilised. If a food creates a toxin within then the body will work hard to remove that toxin. If the body has been nourished it will have more energy reserve to deal with the toxins. As your planet's energy Ascends higher and higher in order to match that rise in energy one would need to walk in alignment in all things. The Ascending ones that are in alignment will simply not desire the foods designed to shut you down. They will be led into situations where knowledge, feeling, intuition, insight and wisdom shall be theirs. These frequencies shall lead them away from anything that is not in alignment and they shall gravitate towards all things that are there to aid, support, guide and heal. Each one of you shall of course wish for what you call 'treats' and we from the higher dimensions delight when you allow yourself these 'treats'. It is the perception of what exactly constitutes a 'treat' that should be examined by the one who wishes for truth, expansion and Ascension. One can decide to eat a particular food or indulge in a particular activity and decide that it is doing no harm. It may well be that the consciousness within the individual is at such a place that indeed, no harm shall be done. Yet again we remind you that certain foods and activities have been deliberately designed to shut you down. Consciousness has been used with intent to shut you down. In order to remain in alignment with Ascending frequencies the wise one would automatically gravitate away from these foods and activities. Each one of you has guides of highest light and love that are here to lead you away from that which does not align, you have but to ask.
We see that many of you are following the path of the Ascension. We see that these changes made in your lives, your dreams, your thoughts, your actions and in the foods you eat, the fluids you drink are not made overnight. From your perspective this is a journey and there is no judgement when one may stray from the path, as that straying also holds a valuable lesson that accelerates the forward movement. We see that the foods and fluids you consume are a very necessary part of your evolution, health, spiritual growth and Ascension and we see many of you consuming the living foods of light, becoming one with the DNA of the Earth foods and becoming Stargates enabling raising of frequency and true cosmic transportation.
We see that many of you are eating light, eating for light as you yourselves become light.
WE ARE THE WHITE WINGED COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS OF NINE
Blog entry
23 Dec 2009 - 6:25am
A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that
others throw at him or her - David Brinkley. (Not.. throwing the bricks back at
them, Okay !!! :-))
It was 39 degrees Celcius in the shade yesterday.
I spent most of the time in the luke warm pool just floating there like a dead log.
I'm positive that the fact that all my kitchen tools are falling apart now has got
absolutely nothing to do with the fact that it is 40 years old...
No, no NO it is a sign that I have to hang up the oven gloves!
Mike's staple food is chips or mashed potatoes. So I was happily beating the potatoes
to death with the Masher yesterday, while staring out the window when I realised that
I was using a prong because the mashing part was sitting happily at the bottom of
the pot (which by the way has no handles left). I have only one pot with one handle
left of this set with a life long guarentee.:0 Short lives these pots.
I use a empty wine bottle as a rolling pin and the list goes on.
My last spurt as chef- par- excellance will be the pickled fish that I am going to make
today. With these tempretures we prefer cold food and salads. Summer menus are
much healthier than winter ones.
THE RECIPE - CAPE MALAY PICKLED FISH - SOUTH AFRICA
·2 lb yellowtail, scaled and filleted, skin left on
·5 cloves garlic
·2 large onions
·1 cup grape vinegar
·½ cup water
·½ cup golden brown sugar
·8 peppercorns
·4 cloves
·4 allspice berries
·2 bay leaves
·1 Tbsp masala (curry powder)
·2 tsp cumin, ground
·2 tsp coriander, ground
·1 tsp turmeric
·coarse salt, as needed
·oil, as needed for frying
Cape Malay Pickled Fish Recipe from Afri Chef The African Recipes Cook Book
Cape Malay Pickled Fish, delicious cold with salad
Roughly chop the garlic
Peel and slice the onions into rings
Firm up the flesh of the fish, by sprinkling coarse salt on both sides of
the fillet and letting it stand in a glass bowl for 20 to 25 minutes.
Thoroughly rinse the fillet under running water. Pat it dry with a paper towel.
Cut the fish into serving portions leaving the skin attached.
Heat oil in a frying pan and fry the fish until cooked through (Do not cover
the fish with flour or batter as normal in frying fish)
Place the rest of the ingredients in a large pot, bring to the boil, stirring
to ensure the sugar dissolves, and does not burn on the bottom of the pot.
Then simmer for approximately 8 minutes until the onions are cooked but still crisp.
Layer the pieces of fish and the sauce and onions alternately in a ceramic or glass
serving-dish.
Ensure that the last layer of fish is covered with sauce.
Leave to cool and then refrigerate.
Will keep for a week in the fridge.
Pickled Fish is definitely served cold and generally served with green salad
and crisp rolls.
Much Love to you all
Bella the the Pickled Whale LOL
