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Monthly Archives: March 2014
Rationing Onions
I never thought I would be so careful with my onion usage!
I caught myself thinking, ‘I’ll use ¼ of an onion in hash browns so that I can still have a lot left for another dish.’
What is happening to me???
Eating organic in the USA is changing the way I prepare food, and the way I think about vegetables! Since one organic onion costs approximately $1 from my local grocery store, I have learned to use as many layers as possible and think about how to share it among meals!
Another way of stretching organic value is to use every part of every organic vegetable that I purchase. No throwing away the broccoli stalks anymore! Broccoli stalks and cauliflower stalks can be cut up and lightly sautéed with coconut oil or saved to go in the morning green smoothie! No peeling ginger, why waste any part? Cauliflower leaves? Chop em up! Outside leaves of the organic cabbage that was a cool $4?? Chop it fine, no more waste from this girl!
Brown spot on bananas? Into the frozen fruit tub for smoothies… Mushy bits of strawberries? The same. In fact sometimes I even freeze strawberries whole with the green bits still on!
“Don’t throw anything away!” Is my new battle cry to my family!
I even eat organic apple cores, as long as there is no fungus, and while other members of the family might not take my new ideas this far, when they leave a cut out apple core on the cutting board – it goes into the frozen fruit tub for smoothies!
Don’t tell me you can’t afford organic – think about ways to prioritize organic and don’t waste any! Reduce expenses in other areas by making your own and by organic so you send a financial message – LOUD AND CLEAR – to retailers and big agro that you won’t buy non-organic! Another reason to choose organic produce is because in nutrient analysis organic fruit and vegetables score significantly higher than their non-organic counterparts. Buying organic is about what you AREN’T getting – pesticides and herbicides – but it is also about what you ARE getting – more bio available nutrients for you money! You also have the added satisfaction of supporting a local brave farmer!
If finances are really tight, buy the clean fifteen, but always buy organic of the dirty dozen! Thanks to the Environment Working Group for keeping on top of this information.
Diets Don’t Work
Most of us have come to the realization that diets and self-deprivation don’t work, therefore it is important to create a relationship with food that is nourishing and pleasurable!
Experts estimate that 75% of overeating is caused by emotions!
However, not all overweight people are necessarily overeating right now. Many have developed yo-yo dieting patterns and even when they strictly control their intake, their body refuses to let go of the fat they are desperate to lose.
Most times we have no idea about the emotions behind our eating choices.
Stress is another significant factor that can sabotage your best attempts in pursuing healthy eating habits and other healthy disciplines.
Personalized Coaching can help you explore the many facets that keep you stuck in a place you recognize as unhealthy. Exploring factors that limit us can be a frustrating and sometimes scary journey. As a Coach, I can work with you as you make discoveries that can dramatically change your relationship to your emotions, stress and food.
As a Coach, I do not hold my own idea of success or hold one particular ‘formula’ for healthy eating and then hold you accountable for following it. A Coach does not beat you up when you are not making the kind of progress they want you to make. A Coach listens to the desires of your heart for freedom, health and joy and holds those values for you. A Coach believes in your ability to achieve the desires of your heart and walks along with you, which allows you to get there much faster and with great confidence.
I have found using the Emotional Freedom Technique as a tool allows clients to quickly navigate their health journey because they can: discover and clear negative emotions that have been sabotaging their attempts at success; identify awareness of their personal stress response and its impact on their body; and target the physical cravings as well as the emotional impulse to eat.
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An Answer for the Vaccine Question
A friend asked, and I thought you all might also like the answer.
I was talking to my older brother, who is a strong Christian and father of three children, about vaccines and he said that there could be a very small risk of vaccine damage, but most children are fine, so it is probably a good idea to just go along with the government recommendations.
What would you have said to him?
I would say:
Based on the research of Dr Andrew Moulden, and many others, there is damage to every single receiver of a vaccine – it just isn’t always immediately apparent. Every vaccine initiates a stroke-like response in the brain of the one receiving it. Moulden described it as mass ischemia. Some of us see no evidence and experience no immediate problem. The damage may show up later in auto-immune challenges, diabetes, other health challenges, Alzheimer’s or Dimentia. The injury may result in slight brain damage – I know I want all my brain cells to work at their highest level. I have read that some research indicates that children receiving vaccines have IQs 5-10 points lower than those not receiving them. Teens and adults getting vaccines have also reported serious brain fogginess, memory loss, and some times much more severe reactions.
The combined impact of getting all the vaccines recommended has NEVER been scientifically tested. So, again, all the above mentioned health challenges showing up later in life can be connected to the combined vaccinations. We have a lot of toxic exposure in our industrialized world and it makes sense to limit unnecessary exposure of toxins in the vaccines, such as mercury, aluminum, formaldehyde, and more.
I also don’t believe the science supports the effectiveness of vaccines, i.e.. I don’t believe vaccines do what they are proclaimed to do. Most cases today of measles and WC, for instance, occur in those who have received vaccines. They are now seeing cases of NPFP (Non Polio Flacid Paralysis) in kids in California (I think it is up to about 30, there are also thousands of cases in India after the recent polio vaccination drive there). NPFP is just like polio, but because the kids were vaccinated they don’t want to call it polio, or maybe they don’t actually have the same blood results – but the physical paralysis is the same. Polio outbreaks have always been associated with pesticides, When DDT use was banned the polio rates went down. Yes, there is a polio virus. But it has always been around and can still be found. Polio only causes problems when connected to the toxic ingredients in pesticides and herbicides. In fact, the mercury, aluminum and other toxic ingredients in vaccines may be making kids MORE susceptible to the very illnesses they are supposed to resolve.
And finally, as a Christian I believe God created our body with what we need. Yes, there is sin and sickness, but I don’t think God left us at the mercy of ‘vaccinologists’ for our ‘cure.’ When I first learned about the powerful immunological protection offered by breastfeeding it led me to question the practice of injecting exclusively breastfed babies in such an unnatural means – via a needle into the muscle to end up in the blood stream – with a cocktail of serious ingredients many of which are toxic. I do not have enough faith in human men who stand to profit from my choice to give me confidence in this practice. I am not alone. Our immune system is incredible and new information is coming to light which makes many question traditional vaccine ‘science.’
Since when has God called us to be like the majority? I did a little too much of following the majority during my teens. That has led me to question EVERYTHING! I thank Jesus for saving me from the majority life!
Of course, I would never say all of that in response to one question! But f I had the opportunity and my audience was open to listening, I would GENTLY try to share along these lines. Because people need to know. They need to think and thoroughly research before they submit their precious children to this dangerous medical practice.
More thoughts from a mother and grandmother especially for my children…
Author: Becky Hastings, wife, mother, grandmother, passionate follower of Jesus Christ and truth seeker, especially in the areas of health and children. Facing a world quite different from the one in which I grew up, I seek to research and understand the true route to health, freedom and joyful family living!
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