Do You Find Health Related Articles Helpful or Annoying?

Are you doing all you can do to nurture your health and vitality?

Health related articles are meant to inspire you to take positive action toward better habits.

Do you eat at least 5 servings of fruits and veggies everyday?

How about exercise?

Are you active on a regular bases?

If you know that you need to eat more produce and be more active, then why don’t you?

Do you KNOW why?

“Because  I like to eat and I’m lazy?”

Have you ever said that about yourself?

Just for the sake of argument … what if Read more

Would a List of High Fiber Foods Motivate You To Eat Better?

That list of high fiber foods is the all star lineup for your healthy diet plan!

High fiber foods can help you to lose weight, prevent constipation, diabetes, and heart disease, help reduce your risk of high cholesterol, cardiovascular disease, obesity, hemorrhoids, some cancers, high blood sugar, and it keeps your digestive system working properly.

Awesome foods, wouldn’t you say?

All plant foods, such as fruits, vegetables, whole grains, seeds and beans, have fiber. But all fiber is not the same. Fiber can be divided into two categories and they have different effects on your body.

Soluble fiber is found in dried beans, peas, oats and oat bran, flaxseed and psyllium husks. It’s also found in fruits such as oranges and apples and vegetables like carrots.

Soluble fiber binds with fatty acids in your stomach and prolongs digestion time, helping to regulate blood sugar.

Studies also show that soluble fiber can help reduce your overall cholesterol count. But what’s even more important, soluble fiber lowers your LDL, which is considered to be bad cholesterol.

Insoluble fiber is found in whole wheat, wheat bran, vegetables such as cauliflower and green beans and the skins of fruits and root vegetables.

Insoluble fiber helps remove toxins from your colon and balance intestinal acidity. It also helps move waste through your bowel.

The recommended total daily fiber intake for adults is 30 to 40 grams. But most Americans get only about 10 grams of fiber a day.

Print this page out and post it on your refrigerator, or go grab a pen and paper!  You’ll want to refer to this list until you have memorized your go-to foods.

Your Health Building Super Fiber Foods! Read more

Do You Understand What Causes Diabetes?

Something you learned 30 years ago may very well be responsible for your suffering.

Do you think that purchasing products that are “low-fat” and “no-fat” are helping you to lose weight and avoid heart disease?  That information is in your brain because of a study done by Ancel Keys. That study has laid the foundation for three decades of nutrition science, education and public policy.  The problem is that the study comes to conclusions that are just plain wrong.

If the label on that can or box says low or no fat, you can bet that the product tastes like cardboard without lots of extra sugar.  That sugar is doing more than just making you fat.  It is poisoning you.

Thanks to Richard Nixon’s war on poverty and his partnership with the USDA to bring down the price of food, High Fructose Corn Syrup was introduced in 1975 to replace sugar because it was cheap and readily available.

Fructose is even more poisonous to your body than sugar is.  Your body does not secrete insulin to digest fructose, because it is not recognized as a food.  Fructose has to be processed by your liver.

Bio-chemists know that the way your body reacts to fructose is all the evidence needed to prove that fructose is a poison rather than a food.

“Hey wait, the commercials on television say that moderate use of fructose is ok!”

I’ve seen that commercial.  You need to be aware that it is not safe.  It has never been tested safe.  There is no evidence that it is in fact safe.  As well, since it is in EVERYTHING you are using it more than moderately.

Fructose contributes to insulin resistance and weight gain.  That is why diabetes is SO much more prevalent today than it was 30 years ago.  The way fructose is metabolized, a high fructose diet is worse than a high fat diet.

Chemicals disguised as foods just do not nurture you.

So What Causes Diabetes? Read more

Are Anxiety, Fear and Restlessness Harming Your Relationships And Your Health?

Do you “hermit” away from the world when you are run down and tired?

Well I do.  It is a hard habit to break.

If I don’t take care of myself, I disconnect from friends and family that I treasure, because I don’t have the energy to nurture those important relationships.

I disconnect from the world and attempt to nurture myself by hiding.  (I tell myself it’s resting and reorganizing.)

Some folks recharge by spending time with friends.

How do you recharge?

If you are a care giver, odds are you don’t devote ANY time to recharging.

You just trudge through your life, dragging yourself from one task to the next.

The problem is, IF not taking care of yourself is a habit, then the symptoms of feeling run down and all around lousy start to feel normal.

Everything is relative right?

When you are at the end of your rope, anxiety, fear and restlessness keep you from slowing down enough to refuel.

Ignoring self care results in symptoms of disease!

Do you FEEL:

• tired
• foggy (hard to focus)
• heavy
• irritable
• addicted to caffeine
• fearful and anxious
• moody
• restless despite your fatigue

Seriously …. take a hard look at it.

Do you feel cranky by the end of the day?

Do you have a tough time sleeping?

It’s not just a normal part of the aging process, your personality, or anything you have to live with!

You CAN Feel Better

You Owe It To Yourself to Find Out How!

Any chronic health issues start with the basics.

Feeling better is about getting back to the basics.

It’s really just that simple.

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Urgent Critical Advice

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If you have water collecting around your ankles to the point that you can’t see your ankle bone, you are also suffering from incredible exhaustion, confusion, and depression.

Water retention is a huge hazard to your health because it interferes with the absorption of vital nutrients.

When it advances to the point that your ankle bone is no longer visable, you have a serious health concern.

When fluid begins to collect in your lungs, it will rob you of life giving oxygen.

You are running out of time!

Seek information and counsel on your water retention issues and get the care you need right away!

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Start Where You Are!

There are many simple things that you can do every day to FEEL better!

Step 1

Witness your feelings!

Journal your feelings.  Physical and emotional feelings are the sign posts to living better and feeling better.

If you are numb and in denial, you are stuck.

Ask yourself…

How am I feeling in my body, mind and soul?

Step 2

Release!

What you resist persists, allow whatever you see.

Accept your feelings.

Step 3

Notice.

Are there patterns in your life that repeat themselves in all the various aspects of work and personal relationships?

Is your focus on you or someone else?

You can only fix you.  Make sure you stay out of other people’s feelings.  You can support them, but you have no business fixing anybody but you.

What might your feelings be trying to tell you?

Don’t over analyze.

Maybe your feelings stem from being tired and depleted.

Step 4

Respond.

Choose to respond to your feelings instead of react to the external forces that you feel throughout your day.

Nutrition can really play a part here, as can rest and relaxation.

If you are stretched beyond your coping limits, you do not have access to a controlled response.

Take a breath and make some space for stillness.

You will find your inner guidance and peace.

Your response will be much better when you come from your heart.

Step 5

Evaluate

You can’t build on your progress until you acknowledge it.

Record your progress if possible, so that you can literally measure your growth.

Step 6

Love Yourself

All love starts with self love.

If you can’t love yourself, you can’t give or receive love from anyone else.

Step 7

Nurture Yourself

The “Urgent Critical Advice” above concerning water retention is nothing to take lightly.  Water retention can stem from poor nutrition and lack of sleep among many other things.

When you get still, you will know what you need.

Be open to healing whether it comes from a medical doctor, or an unfamiliar “alternative” healer.

Nutritionists can save your life, and much healing is accomplished during a single massage.

Pure water, whole foods and sunshine are a good start to meeting your needs so that you can settle down and rest.

Your relationships are only as healthy as you are!

Chronic anxiety, fear and restlessness are symptoms of disease, and are remedied by meeting your needs!

When the student is ready ….. the teacher appears.

I am a very caring teacher.

Are you ready?

Learning what to do is only half the battle.

You have to care about yourself enough to make good choices for yourself.

Take care of yourself, so you can do the good work you came here to do.

The world needs purposeful people.

Nurture yourself so that your purpose nurtures the world.

Many blessings,

Carrie

Heart Failure Solutions

PS– Remember everyday:

1. Relax and Release tension
2. Take deeep breaths
3. Be active in a way that adds joy to your life

Plus pure water ~whole foods~sunshine~and laughter

PPS–

Heart Math = Enough Love To Go Around!

If You Drink Soda, Is Your Healthy Diet Plan Legit?

Does the thought of a tall bubbling glass of soda on ice make you thirsty?  I mean doesn’t it make everyone salivate?

Have a Coke and a smile, right?

The craving for that bubbling glass of smiling goodness has become an epidemic.

Are you addicted to soda?  Is it your drug?

Do you know why you should consider giving it up? Read more

Are You Nurturing Yourself With Basic Heatlh Related Fitness Components?

If you are NOT covering the basics in health related fitness components, it’s only a matter of time before you suffer the consequences.

Nurture your body, or neglect it and push yourself into an early grave!
Worse yet, your neglect could end up pushing you into a sick bed and your suffering could possibly go on for years and years and years!

Do you have any idea what you need to do to provide yourself with the basics for health building?

When do you think it might be a good time to find out?

Do you want to wait until you are SICK before you build your health?

If you aren’t suffering… why bother?

Bad habits die hard!

“Hey, I need my vices to get through the week!”

Are you protesting the loss of your coping comforts?

“Only the good die young! I’m not hurting anyone.”

Why should you give a second thought to your health if you are enjoying yourself?

Why?

Because, when your suffering begins, you will have no choice but to suffer! Read more

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