Top 8 Causes of Fatigue Career Moms With Diabetes and Cancer

1.  Stress
2.  Battling a Major Disease
3.  Inflammation
4.  Poor Nutrition/too much Sugar
5.  Poor Circulation
6.  Lack of Exercise/Movement
7.  Poor Breathing/short breaths
8. Toxins

Beyond the causes are the affects.  The adrenal glands are what are affected. When they become over worked due to too much sugar and insulin production, stress and more, they "burn" out; hormone imbalances, relationship stress, spouse/partner/family, family schedules i.e your children's early morning sports games/practices, practice all week, travel teams, music lessons, karate etc., your career, disease management and the emotional roller coaster rides of keeping it all together, your adrenal glands are over worked to the point of serious fatigue where in turn your can barely lift up an arm or walk. Basically you just want to sleep and maybe you do, yet you do not feel refreshed, you are still so tired.  This is your first clue to adrenal burnout.  As a diabetic and or cancer stricken career mom you have a champion to refresh your life to a normal healthy life.  Me.

Stress is the number one killer and cause of major diseases and fatigue. Sugar and all that I have mentioned above are the enemy of your adrenal glands and the fatigue you feel throughout your body when you are out of balance cooking, baking, snacking with and on too many sugary foods and more and too often. For example, not managing your sugar intake, your stress, not eating nutritious clean foods that your body requires to thrive causes obesity, diabetes, cancer and other LIFESTYLE diseases.

Toxins are everywhere. They are in the air we breathe, the water we drink and the soil our foods are grown in. They are found in every environment we are in daily; in our homes, furniture, schools, offices, stores, vehicle/factory emissions, paint, chemicals, pesticides, cleaning products, vaccines, in our FOOD, clothing, bedding carpeting, glues, marker pens, the list goes on and on.

Your body was designed for all that was listed above to be clean, not toxic and therefore you will be allergen free, fatigue free, toxin free, inflammation free and disease free.

Your goal is not to survive. It is to thrive. Think about the ways your can keep fatigue and disease out of your life and then practice ways to make sure you do.  When you come up with your ways to increase your energy in your daily life and reduce your fatigue, share them and let us know how they are going for you in the comments below.

Do you need some help with your fatigue, moving beyond diabetes and cancer to a normal healthy and happy life?  Email me at refreshyourlifenow@gmail.com or visit http://www.barbaragreenhouse.com to sign up for your free strategy Health Session.

In health and joy,

Barbara

Barbara S. Greenhouse

I work with ill career moms with diabetes or cancer to reduce your
overwhelm, disease management and fatigue; optimally to live a normal healthy happy disease free life.

This is achieved through Self Love, Spirituality and Simple Lifestyle Enhancements.

Certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach

Member, International Association for Health Coaches

Member, American Association of Drugless Practitioners

Refresh Your Life Now
Bethel, CT 06801, 203 216 6889

www.BarbaraGreenhouse.com

RefreshYourLifeNow@gmail.com
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Barbara Greenhouse shares her passions of Food, "Cooking", Cruelty-Free, Ahimsa, the Nutrition and Health Connection for optimal health, and the Sharing of key information, some of which is suppressed,  for a healthy and informed world.  She guides her clients through their journey to live their deepest dreams, simply and holistically, with compassion and by incorporating some delicious raw whole foods; fruits and vegetables.  She is currently authoring her first book, "Sacred You, The Delicious Journey"®  -  © copyright Refresh Your Life Now - 2015 Connecticut, USA

Why Manage Life? Live It! ®  Refresh to the Good Life! ®

This post may be reprinted on your blog, website or in your e-zine with my blessing as long as you include the following in tact:  

Barbara Greenhouse shares her passions of  Food, "Cooking", Cruelty-Free, Ahimsa, the Nutrition Health Connection and the Sharing of key Information, some of which is suppressed,  for a healthy and informed world.  She teaches, guides and supports her clients along their journey to achieve their goals one step at a time, to live their dreams simply, holistically and with compassion.  

By recommending some delicious live raw whole foods vegetables and fruit, your progress to a healthier and happier life begins with reduced stress, less pain, more energy, weight loss, and optimal health.  She is currently authoring her first book, "Sacred You, The Delicious Journey"®    © copyright Refresh Your Life Now, - 2015 Connecticut, USA

To A Refreshing Christmas and New Years

One way to stay refreshed is to not rush about. Know that all that you wish to accomplish you will and at the right time.  Sit back and be your own muse. Play with it. Be creative. Create beauty, love, self love, joy, peace, happiness, compassion and flow with your life, your choice as to what for these last two weeks of 2014 and beyond.  Why?  Because when you do not flow through life you are out of balance, stressed and unhappy emotionally and physically. You'll be run down, tired and maybe feel sick.

My wish for you is to be your muse and to intentionally create your beautiful, peaceful, harmonious life's flow today, for the holidays and always.  Is it for you?  If you would like to share your thoughts please share in the comments below.

Within my blog is my published article titled "Sugar Coated Holiday Blues".  It may be of interest to you to read it to help you through the season of bring on all that sugar found in the numerous delectable desserts and drinks. They will definitely negatively affect a beautiful and flowing holiday season if overindulged in.

And should a bit of that stress sneak in, remember to breathe.

In health and joy,

Barbara

Barbara S. Greenhouse
I help ill career moms overcome degenerative diseases, specifically diabetes and cancer.

Certified Health Coach

Member, International Association for Health Coaches

Member, American Association of Drugless Practitioners

Refresh Your Life Now
Bethel, CT 06801, 203 216 6889

www.BarbaraGreenhouse.com

RefreshYourLifeNow@gmail.com
http://RefreshYourLifeNow.blogspot.com
Like us on Facebook, facebook.com/refreshyourlifenow
Follow us on Twitter, @bgsuperfoods

Barbara Greenhouse shares her passions of Food, "Cooking", Cruelty-Free, Ahimsa, the Nutrition and Health Connection for optimal health, and the Sharing of suppressed Information for a healthy and informed world.  She guides her clients through their journey to live their deepest dreams, simply and holistically, with compassion and by incorporating some delicious live raw whole foods; fruits and vegetables.  She is currently authoring her first book, "Sacred You, The Delicious Journey"®  -  © copyright Refresh Your Life Now - 2015 Connecticut, USA

Why Manage Life? Live It! ®  Refresh to the Good Life! ®

This post may be reprinted on your blog, website or in your e-zine with my blessing as long as you include the following in tact:  

Barbara Greenhouse shares her passions of  Food, "Cooking", Cruelty-Free, Ahimsa, the Nutrition Health Connection and the Sharing of suppressed Information for a healthy and informed world.  She teaches, guides and supports her clients along their journey to achieve their goals one step at a time, to live their dreams simply, holistically and with compassion.  

By recommending some delicious live raw whole foods vegetables and fruit, your progress to a healthier and happier life begins with reduced stress, less pain, more energy, weight loss, and optimal health.  She is currently authoring her first book, "Sacred You, The Delicious Journey"®    © copyright Refresh Your Life Now, - 2015 Connecticut, USA

Grateful Food for Thought

This year I decided to write about gratefulness for our upcoming Thanksgiving holiday here in America. Gratefulness and saying daily gratitudes go deep into your core, your essence. This spiritual practice brings serenity to your soul which in turn improves your overall wellbeing. You are healthier, have more peace of mind, less stressed, feel connected and see the cup quite full instead of empty. You're happier.

My wish is to share my gratitudes with you to inspire you in your quest for inner peace and to open up your soul, to feel, to Love. 

I am grateful for my awe and wonder of the mystery of Creation, God, the the Heavens, Life and the possibilities

I am grateful for the life force energy and knowing that all energy is connected. 

I am grateful for my inner and outer glow

I am grateful for being introduced to spiritual "churches" I instantly felt that I came home. 

I am grateful for the 300+ virtues

I am grateful for a number of eye opening spiritual books that I have read, by New Thought Leaders 

I am grateful for kindness

I am grateful for the wonders of the human body and how it works 

I am grateful for waking up each morning 

I am grateful for my ability to breathe, see, smell, taste, hear and feel,  physically and spiritually

I am grateful for my ability to walk, run jump, to hold, to clap

I am grateful for music it transports my being 

I am grateful for the nutrition and health connection that heals

I am grateful for water to remain hydrated and to swim to feel connected

I am grateful for special friends and family 

I am grateful for the opportunities to continually learn 

I am grateful to help others 

I am grateful for the warmth of the sunshine and cool summer breezes

I am grateful for relaxation and rejuvenation 

I am grateful for liberty and freedom of speech 

I am grateful for those willing to share suppressed information for all to make their own informed decisions. 

I am grateful for laughter and awesome comedians

I am grateful for the innovation and progress utilizing independent testing in balance with nature 

I am grateful for my businesses

I am grateful for all of the cruelty free organizations and businesses 

I am grateful for Love, Love of Self, Love of others.

As a certified health coach trained in over 100 diets, the mechanics of the body, optimal whole foods nutrition which is basically unprocessed foods - fresh vegetables, fruits, meat and seafood ,relationships and connections - (how many types can you think of?),  I am here to help you with any questions you may have, how to integrate a balanced life, integrate a balanced healthy body, for more information and highly nutritious and healthy recipe assistance and just to listen if you need to vent.  Let's talk!

Required FDA Blurb: Please note always check with your doctor, Naturopath or healthcare provider prior to starting  a new program especially if you're on medications.  Each person is an individual with a different body chemistry, reactions or healings and therefore another's results are not guaranteed to be your results.

In health and joy,

Barbara

Barbara S. Greenhouse
I help ill career moms overcome degenerative diseases, specifically diabetes and cancer.

Certified Health Coach

Member, International Association for Health Coaches

Member, American Association of Drugless Practitioners

Refresh Your Life Now
Bethel, CT 06801, 203 216 6889

www.BarbaraGreenhouse.com

RefreshYourLifeNow@gmail.com
http://RefreshYourLifeNow.blogspot.com
Like us on Facebook, facebook.com/refreshyourlifenow
Follow us on Twitter, @bgsuperfoods

Barbara Greenhouse shares her passions of Food, "Cooking", Cruelty-Free, Ahimsa, the Nutrition and Health Connection for optimal health, and the Sharing of suppressed Information for a healthy and informed world.  She guides her clients through their journey to live their deepest dreams, simply and holistically, with compassion and by incorporating some delicious live raw whole foods; fruits and vegetables.  She is currently authoring her first book, "Sacred You, The Delicious Journey"®  -  © copyright Refresh Your Life Now - 2014 Connecticut, USA

Why Manage Life? Live It! ®  Refresh to the Good Life! ®

This post may be reprinted on your blog, website or in your e-zine with my blessing as long as you include the following in tact:  

Barbara Greenhouse shares her passions of  Food, "Cooking", Cruelty-Free, Ahimsa, the Nutrition Health Connection and the Sharing of suppressed Information for a healthy and informed world.  She teaches, guides and supports her clients along their journey to achieve their goals one step at a time, to live their dreams simply, holistically and with compassion.  

By recommending some delicious live raw whole foods vegetables and fruit, your progress to a healthier and happier life begins with reduced stress, less pain, weight loss, optimal health.  She is currently authoring her first book, "Sacred You, The Delicious Journey"®    © copyright Refresh Your Life Now, - 2014 Connecticut, USA

Summer's Bounty to Prevent and Cure Cancer and Diabetes

What a delicious summer this has been.  Organic fruits and vegetables are always welcome and tasty especially after the harsh winter we had this year in the Northeast.

I don't know why, but the organic fresh fruits and vegetables have more flavor this summer than I can ever remember.  What a treat.

Here are 6 ways to enjoy them.

1.  Step up your regular organic tossed salad with any or all of the below.  Switch them around for variety:

Fresh greens and lettuces from the farmers market, food stands and your own garden.

Add heirloom tomatoes, celery, fresh sprouts, scallions, and avocados

Add blueberries, peaches, raspberries, black berries, kiwi, pineapple  in any combination with the greens.

2.  Lightly brush and grill red, orange and purple peppers, asparagus, zucchini and yellow squash or your favorite vegetables with a favorite high heat flavored oil (hemp seed, grapeseed or coconut). And, Lightly brush and grill sliced sweet potatoes, golden beets, peaches and or pineapple (pineapple not likely found at the food stand or market).

3. Use lettuce, collard and chard for burritos. Fill with your favorite vegetables, nuts and seeds mixture or vegetable seeds and meat or fish mixture with seasoning.

4.  My favorite pick me up, and for hydration, is my morning green juice first thing in the morning usually from the base of cucumbers, celery, greens and fruits.  I use the left over pulp to make vegetable quinoa burgers.

5.  A greens and fruit smoothie an hour or so after the green juice is a great way to keep you satiated until lunch, and as an afternoon snack due to all of the fiber.  These are especially delicious with the luscious increase of flavor of the fresh summer fruits and vegetables.

6.  Delectable desserts made with the fresh fruits and herbs.  The imagination is endless here. Tarts, pies, bars, parfaits fruit salad,  ice cream, ices and more.

The markets and farm stands are so welcoming with all of their fresh bounty.  What a delight when your plate and table become the same.

The more rainbows of colors you eat ,that are more readily available during summer give your body a boost, a boost of energy, and a boost of immune support.  Some help to lower blood sugar levels and most are filled with antioxidants to keep oxidative damage and cancer at bay, plus so much more.  I've always been fascinated and loved rainbows.  This is another type of rainbow that fascinates me,  and possibly you too.

The more Organic fresh vegetables and fruits you eat during the summer sets you up for improved health as you obtain all of the vital nutrients your body requires, the vitamins and minerals not found in high quantities in the non-organic varieties while also giving more support to your local organic farmers.
Check the Environmental Working Groups Dirty and Clean list of non-organic fruits and vegetables to help you choose some from the list of clean if your budget requires cutting back on your food costs.

Some of my favorite organic summer fruits and vegetables are
heirloom tomatoes, fresh herbs, kale, rainbow chard, cucumbers, corn, fresh peas, spinach (though spinach is now finished until August) blueberries raspberries, strawberries, dark cherries and peaches and some hydrating watermelon.

I would love to hear about all of your favorites and any short recipe ideas that you have too.  I'm looking forward to reading your shares in the comments below

In health and joy,

Barbara

Barbara S. Greenhouse
I help ill career moms overcome degenerative diseases
specifically diabetes and cancer

Certified Health Coach

Member, International Association for Health Coaches

Member, American Association of Drugless Practitioners

Refresh Your Life Now
Bethel, CT 06801, 203 216 6889

www.BarbaraGreenhouse.com

RefreshYourLifeNow@gmail.com
http://RefreshYourLifeNow.blogspot.com
Like us on Facebook, facebook.com/refreshyourlifenow
Follow us on Twitter, @bgsuperfoods

Barbara Greenhouse shares her passions of Food, "Cooking", Cruelty-Free, Ahimsa, the Nutrition and Health Connection, and the Sharing of supressed Information for a healthy and informed world.  She guides her clients through their journey to live their deepest dreams, simply and holistically, with compassion and by incorporating some delicious live raw whole foods, fruits and vegetables.  She is currently authoring her first book, "Sacred You, The Delicious Journey"®  -  © copyright Refresh Your Life Now - 2013 Connecticut, USA

Why Manage Life? Live It! ®  Refresh to the Good Life! ®

This post may be reprinted on your blog, website or in your e-zine with my blessing as long as you include the following in tact:  

Barbara Greenhouse shares her passions of  Food, "Cooking", Cruelty-Free, Ahimsa, the Nutrition Health Connection and the Sharing of supressed Information for a healthy and informed world.  She teaches, guides and supports her clients along their journey to achieve their goals one step at a time, to live their dreams simply, holistically and with compassion.  

By recommending some delicious live raw whole foods vegetables and fruit, their progress to a healthier and happier life begins with reduced stress, less pain, weight loss, optimal health.  She is currently authoring her first book, "Sacred You, The Delicious Journey"®    © copyright refreshyourlifenow, - 2014 Connecticut, USA

Cancer Treatments The Pull for Conventional Only is So Strong

Another beautiful mom, inside and out, succumbed to the strong pull of two powerful entities. She died of cancer.

The two strong pulls are:

1.  Big Pharma
2. The FDA

Let me back track a couple of years. We heard that this beautiful mom was all of the sudden diagnosed with mid stage cancer.  Knowing that most women and couples are not aware of holistic/alternative healing protocols I gave her some information so she at least knew that they exist and that there are places that do Integrative medicine or purely alternative (actually what's been around for centuries and is mostly successful).  I felt she had a right to suppressed information to make an informed decision. Yet any decision she would make would be hers.  She handed the info back the next time I saw her some months down the road.  She was not interested not even to just talk about it.

She passed away last week another beautiful woman, wife and mother, and an awesome school guidance counselor,  gone.

Now what is the pull I am speaking about? Big Pharma pushing chemo, a drug that destroys the immune system, the very system you need to fight off the cancer.  It is toxic to every cell in your body, not just the cancer cells.  It's like the old blood letting; drain all the blood to rid the disease, which was deadly.  Blood is the life "blood" of the body.  We progressed much in the mainstream.

Conventional medical, the cut, surgery to remove the cancer.  Yes it has been effective but not long term without chemo and radiation. The lymphs, the needed combatant of toxins and disease are removed. Surgical incisions destroy the body's second immune system within your skin to battle all that bombards it daily.  After surgery large amounts of antibiotics, which are becoming  resistant to bacteria, are necessary in conventional medicine and are not what the body prefers at all.

The burn, radiation, totally destroys and weakens the area it is focused on. We are bombarded by radiation daily with microwave technology, radiation, for satellites, cell phones, ovens, medical radiation and much more. Your body does not like this.  Sadly, I witnessed a young woman, 16 at best, walk perfectly fine into her first radiation treatment appointment at Yale.  She could barely walk out, hunched over after treatment and was in so much pain.  I wanted to hug her and help her.

You see the pull to what is known and what is conveniently all that most people are allowed to hear about, is killing more people every day, while prevention and cures exist that when they are used, when the doctor says put your affairs in order I can't help you any more speech is given, have been quite successful for up to 20 years or more.  They know full well they are letting the kill system progress by doing this. Most doctors even oncologists have stated they would never go through these conventional methods.  They seek the methods that work, that have had research and studies in the States and Europe and they are suppressed in the States to keep the money rolling into Big Phama, and the medical system and back out to university research for cures and to doctors.  For over 40 years so much money, billions, has been raised to cure cancer. So where is the cure? It is archived and suppressed, called quackery by doctors who are indoctrinated with the conventional way of treatment by the two strong pull machines.  This is slowly changing as many prominent MD's have a new model in Integrative Medicine and Functional Medicine. Ladies, you have a choice to at least seek out the information to make the best decision for you. Not Big Pharma's nor the Cancer societies money machine, that in over 40 years has not come up with a cure, while many others have.  Contact me if you do research and have questions.

Please view my Top 10 Report on the right side bar. Unfortunately I found no mechanism within blogger for you to be able to download it.

The second strong pull I alluded to above is the FDA.  They have no interest in the health of this nation. They spin the truth and disallow you to use/have the treatments that will actually heal you. That's government interfering with your rights as a mother and parent to do what you know is best for your child or yourself, especially when more death occurs, from the conventional protocols. When you are healed by whole food bought at local organic farms, herbs, real super foods, conscious doctors, integrative practices and more that are healthy, they make the money. Otherwise the money goes to the unconscious corporations, especially  Big Phama, and all of the chemical and pesticide companies etc.

The FDA needs to be abolished so that you and everyone else has the information you need to make informed decisions for you health.  Sugar coated language, raids on successful farms whose products heal are now a reality. The FDA makes it difficult for they and you. Their lobbyists get key Big Business leaders to sit on the boards and commissions and the FDA. Large sums of money changes hands to achieve this. The FDA sides with the money, unconscious businesses whose business plan is money over saving lives.   There are no large lists of side effects for these farm products just the good they have done. Yet, listen to Big Pharma ads on TV. A two minute ad push was followed by a 10 minute spiel of warnings portion, that I timed. Yet these are allowed to "help" you. The idea of the FDA is nice, however when you think about it, we ourselves can boycott, do our research or seek help, speak to our local politicians. And they were never meant to do us good. We can overcome what needs to be overcome without a non elected entity calling the shots and therefore screening out what you can not use for your health.  Their decisions are not what is best for you most often. This second strong pull and meekly following this appointed entity, and Big Pharma, the 2 big pulls killing beautiful moms (and dads and kids) unnecessarily, do so through power, money and persuasive speech.

Moms, I want you to live. I want you to be there for your family.  If you want to at least think outside of the conventional medical treatment box, be open to the natural information that does exist, and that if it is at least used in conjunction with the #1 pull to beat your cancer or make it less painful, less exhausting during and after your treatment, you will be much better off on the other side of treatment. On it's own, the results can be amazing.  Do understand everyone is unique. Results are unique.

Personally I have lost very, very special moms, one my soul sister and a grand mother due to cancer.

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In my mind you need to see/hear all the information that exists that is helpful and to see what those women who have had cancer have done and how they are thriving and relating their stories to the world, literally.  You may agree. Stage 4 cancer has been holistically healed after the "get your affairs in order speech" was given by their doctor.  We need to get back to thinking and evaluating for ourselves what we need. Watchdogs are one sided.  One of my passions is to share when information is biased and when good studies and clinical trial data  information is suppressed.  

The most simple cure is prevention, eating for what your body requires which is whole clean unprocessed foods nutrition, an environment within your body where cancer cannot survive, self care and the deep desire for ultimate health so you will say no to what is not good for your body the majority of the time and yes to what is. Your body was created to function and to heal.  Let it. Disease, acne, arthritis, autism, alzheimers, diabetes, cancer, coronary heart disease are all lifestyle diseases and do heal.

Find the cause of your health issues and heal them. Ladies, take charge of your health and live. You weren't meant to manage disease.

A health coach is trained to guide you through, to prevent or to heal an existing condition, one step at a time.  After you connect with me on facebook, twitter and my website take the next step if you like for your 40 minute health strategy session. It's free. You may sign up on this blog on the right or on my website.  Also Share some of your thoughts in the comments section below on how you are dealing with or making progress with your cancer.  Reach out to gain some insights from others going through similar tough times.

Lastly, after I started writing this post I listened to a recorded radio show that had many interviews. One interview was with Dr. Coldwell.  I went straight to his website after his and smiled.  Much of what I've written about here, he has stated a bit better than I as he's been ostracized like many other doctors outside of the medicate, burn and cut treatment modality.  Here is his website if you would like to read about him  http://drleonardcoldwell.com/only-answer-to-cancer/ . There are many out there, like him.

In health and joy,
Barbara

How to Prevent and Heal Diabetes. Todays Food Supply and How Far It's Come to Promote Illness And Death

Food is best when it's delicious AND Nutritious. Any food you eat and its quality starts with the soil it's grown in or the health of the waters it’s taken from.

Meat from cows that graze on grass and clover only, instead of being fed  pellets of corn and soy, are healthier. They have more vitamins, minerals and omegas.   Why? Because the chlorophyll in the greens is abundant with omegas and magnesium, has basically the same cell structure as our hemoglobin, builds blood which carries the oxygen and  helps to eliminate toxins through the skin to name a few. What you eat is what your body gets; either benefits or issues.  Fish and seafood no longer come from the pristine waters of the past but polluted waters.

Animals that are subjected to CAFO and pellets for food are fed antibiotics, growth hormones and GMO corn and soy pellets, not what their digestive systems were designed for. They are stressed from overly cramped quarters, cruelly treated , abused,  live in gestation cribs not allowed to move, pigs boiled alive to remove their skin, grown too fast and fattened unnaturally fast to get them to market in unusually cruel circumstances, chicken beaks are cut off without novacaine and their cages are so small they can't move.  This affects the meat.

How does this relate to Diabetes, Cancer and inconvenient ailments? Modifying away from what
is natural for what the animals eat, the vegetables we eat, especially the GMO vegetables, and continuously and heavily sprayed fruits and vegetables enter your body.   These pesticides are not acceptable to the body and are treated like intruders. They cause inflammation. CAFO cows in feed lots stand in large amounts mud and feces up to a foot high. Bacteria heaven! This does not make a healthy environment.  What can enter the animal can then enter you by eating the meat.

Small amounts of aggravators add up over time and cause imbalances in your body. Growth hormones and antibiotics also enter your body through meat. You can see the affects of both in your children and yourself for both. If you were a cell or two in your body you'd feel choked, punched, pulled, stretched, burned, ...unable to function. Grouped together you feel like these descriptors, which doesn’t feel good to you.. You get the idea.  You can see the effects on children. Their bodies are maturing at a much faster rate than 20 - 30 years ago. This messes up the balance of their hormones which can upset their natural individual time and processes when they mature as teens. If your kids are diabetic and have other ailments adding these to the mix exacerbates their issues as the body sees the antibiotics and growth hormones as intruders, which agitates, aggravates and inflames.

Other issues pertain to dairy and farm subsidies.  Dairy is touted for all of the calcium and that you must have 3 good servings of dairy per day.  Well that's advertising.  You don't. Dark leafy greens have more calcium and without the fate, bacteria and pus.  Plus, too much calcium actually creates more fractures. The CDC even has data that with the increase of calcium in middle aged to the elderly as the consumption of calcium has gone up, so have hip fractures. You need the correct balance of calcium and collagen, as collagen keeps joints and bones flexible, keeps them from breaking, not calcium. As you age and eat incorrectly your body loses calcium you do need to replace it with calcium rich foods. Calcium and Vitamin D deficiencies are important factors if you are diabetic. Balance of one element is key to stay healthy as it is for all of the elements and processes in your body.

Did you know there is an allowable limit for pus in milk? And bacteria? Do you really want to ingest these into your body? "Ok, I'll have a cup pus and bacteria please." No amount should enter your body knowingly. It is doubtful these are healthy and can keep your immune system in overdrive keeping the agitation and stress a constant chronic condition, deep within your body. Stress is the number one killer.

Food subsidies create the situation of "oh my" what do we do with all the surplus milk, soy and corn we grow after CAFO cows are fed.  Push them on to an unassuming population through processed foods, and advertise them heavily.  The farm soil, unless organic through healthier practices, blows away over time creating dust bowls and barren land because it becomes nutrient devoid, as mentioned earlier, the ecosystem in the soil is chemically burnt out.

Organic farms and foods need to be subsidized if anything is to be. Organic makes for healthier animals, but what about the farmer, his family an the farm workers who work in heavily and continuously sprayed fields? Organic farms are healthier to live on and work on which equates to less stress and agitation on their bodies which means less inflammation and less lifestyle diseases or pregnancy issues.

I wrote this article to relate how the mass Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations for meat, fruits and vegetables is not healthy and how it impacts your life, especially when you have to deal with a degenerative disease like Diabetes or Cancer.  The more you eat from this less healthy "deadly" food system, the less healthy you become and the more ill you are. It may feed more people but at what cost? Cost to your health, cost to the environment, cost to our waterways from industrial and farm runoffs, cost to the farmers and farm workers.  Every dollar you spend in it, except for organic or farms that practice sustainable practices, affects your health negatively, aggravates your current diseases and aliments requiring you to manage your disease, not live your life. Food subsidies had their place in the Great Depression. They were supposed to end after it. Politics kept them going to this day pushed onto the American people by big agriculture lobbies currently, and by biased and incorrect marketing.

Even though organic is initially more costly because it is not subsidized, there are ways to find
inexpensive organic produce. Let your local representatives and Congress know that if any food is subsidized it should be healthy organic foods.  Processed foods are stripped of most if not all of their nutrients and then maybe 6 or so may be added back into the final product along with HFCS, sugars, chemical and alot of bad fats. They are then labeled fortified. Why remove the nutrients in the first place?

Think clean, eat more green and a rainbow of colors, eat organic or the cleanest foods on the EWG clean and dirty lists at EWG.org.  Think more fresh air, fresh clean water, findaspring.com, say no to pesticides, herbicides or extremely limit their use, artificial food, food dyes, MSG, chemicals, hidden sugars and bad fats, antibiotics (if a must, eat or drink a food that supplies you with healthy bacteria to keep the flora in your stomach in balance) and growth hormones especially kids, to popping a pill for every ailment, and GMO foods.  Rethink highly processed foods, transition to whole foods, fruits, grass fed meats and safe seafood. Think calm and adding movement to your life, connect with nature, take walks, dance, pick up a hoola hoop, shoot hoops, jump rope, work out, move about, mow the lawn with a manual or electric push mower, and whatever you like. Just get off your butt and move.

Oh, and smile. And make sure to have some fun

Health topics come from so many angles. What's important is that you have optimal health, are feeling great, are full of energy and don't manage your life, but live it!.  

Head on over to  www.BarbaraGreenhouse.com/contact to schedule a free health strategy consultation to chat, demystify healthy nutritious eating and discover your journey away from disease to health.

 

I would love to hear your thoughts about how you perceive food as healing. Please connect with us in the comments below.

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Do You Have the Right?

Do you have the right to harm your body?  Absolutely.  Should you?  Of course not.
We humans, you and I, tend to think of our body from the brain mind perspective only, which repeats patterns of how we do things unless we change them with intentions.   Plus the body is thought of as You in total mostly, which is good to a point because all of the pieces do integrate to create the whole that is You and this understanding is important to heal.  We also need to think of the body as a  number of functioning systems and processes that do miraculous actions which are made up of and relying on the actions of billions of cells to be healthy.

On a more conscious and deeper level when we know or are open to learning what is actually best for us on this deeper level do we, again you and I, do we change to be truly healthy?  Sadly there are more no's here.  The results are pain, fatigue, low energy, less strength, weight gain or loss, and dis-ease.

Currently many of you medicate, cut, burn, live in toxic environments, and eat foods that do not support you on the deepest level.  This  is quite harmful to the different systems created to keep you  humming smoothly and to provide what each of the billion of cells needs to be able to achieve a healthy environment in your body so you can function optimally.

The topic of this post came to me one night.  I asked myself do I have the right to fry my cells with radiation or chemo?  Do I have the right to cut through my skin layers? Is there another option?  Our skin has it's own immune system and  has many important tasks to perform.  Do I have the right to disrupt them?  Do I have the right to starve my cells of the fuel they need?  Do I have the right to deplete my supply of insulin by constantly overeating high glycemic foods, and excessive amounts of "bad" fats and sugars?  Do I have the right to overwork my immune  system with all the inflammation caused by chronic stress, toxins, over indulging in nutrient devoid foods? Do I have the right to ALL  information to make the best decisions for my health?

Dis-ease is caused by the natural defense mechanism inflammation designed to come to the rescue, for example on a more simple level a cut, to provide more blood and white cells to heal the cut.  We have all seen this miracle in action.  The problem lies in when inflammation is a constant companion caused by too much and constant stress in response to some of the factors listed above and from some of the factors  in your life causing disease.

Viewing your body as a whole is important.  Seeing your body as an intricate network of systems designed to keep you healthy and alive is also very important.  Remembering that each of your billions of cells has intricate specialized chemical elements and parts with specific intricate tasks to support your systems and body as a whole is something to be more conscious about.  Are you in to ponder your rights and health on a deeper conscious level?

The following solidified simply for me that there really are only two choices for health and wellness. I heard Dr. Gabriel Cousens MD say it and I also read it in his book, "There is a Cure for Diabetes", do you want to live the "Culture of Death" or the "Culture of Life?"  This is such a powerful and thought provoking question.

This article is food for thought.  I am the last person in the world to want to remove or to suggest removing your rights.  My hope here is that you will take your rights/thoughts down to the deepest level of you for your health and happiness.  Try to remove the peer pressure, family pressure and marketing hype and triggers so prevalent in media.  Step up a rung on your Conscious Ladder remembering you are Sacred in body, mind and spirit.  You have the right to be totally healthy. After your birth, no one gives this to you but you.

Please let me know your thoughts in the comments area below.  If you would like to discuss how this article fits in with your health, lifestyle or goals please contact me at www.BarbaraGreenhouse.com/contact

Say Yes!

No is so powerful and used or thought so often.  Yes, is so much more powerful to think and use.  Please consider it more.

Consider yes especially in the areas of disease and health.  Most are willing to die rather than say yes to be open to the possibility that another protocol, practice or natural way exists. Isn’t it funny how this way is called the alternative way when in reality the over medication, burn and cut is so much newer, in essence is the real alternative medicine? 

Mother Nature's Gifts

Following the rhythms of nature and the bounty of herbs and practices handed down for millennium have had and still have astounding results.  They were created to do so, as were our bodies to heal themselves. Those who have presented science to prove with data, that many more healing and healthful ways do exist; have been exonerated and called quacks.

The tide is starting to turn, a shift is happening towards a new openness as we see our health spending escalate dramatically yet our nation is one of the nations of the world at the bottom rather than at the top of the list regarding good health.  Functional medicine and solid nutrition geared to an individual not the masses are becoming more readily available.

As an individual like you and a health coach, I want all of the information, not only the propaganda or profits first cures, to make my daily decisions.

The healthcare industry makes tons of money, has received oodles of money over the last 40 – 50 years as donations from people and yet they are still chasing cures.  Did you ever wonder why there is still no cure?  Research is looking for the band aid.  Not the cause, where scientific data does exist.

Well my friends there are cures available right now.  I believe in unbiased, proven methods that allow us, our friends and families to live long happy lives.  Key words here are long, live and happy.  Live versus manage, long versus being cut short and happy versus pain ridden, fearful, depressed and more. 

I could go on here for hours. But that is far from the point of my writing this article today.  Life is too precious to lose it too early because you or your beliefs keep saying no. We have all lost many friends and loved ones who would be here today had it not been for a no or two on a deep level, and they said no.  They didn’t stretch towards the possibility of a new possibility.

My tip to you is to be open.  Sit and be still, to quiet your mind, or go for a walk, listen to your favorite music, your favorite way to be still and ask yourself if you think you are worthy of being happy, healthy and to live a long life.  If your answer is yes, and you have a debilitating, degenerative disease like Cancer, Diabetes, CHD, Crohn’s Dis-ease, MS, Autoimmune diseases no matter what the stage of the disease is, explore the web, Google alternative or holistic practices and healing, read books (do some research) and if you have any questions please connect with me. 

I offer free 50 minute discovery and breakthrough sessions where you talk, I ask a couple of questions and listen.  And please know that there are many success stories of folks who have been told, "I can’t help you anymore. You have 2 weeks, months (whatever the number is) to live."  And after 10, 20 years they are still alive because they said no to a life sentence and yes to life.

In health and joy,

Barbara

Barbara S. Greenhouse

Certified Health Coach

Member, International Association for Health Coaches

Member, American Association of Drugless Practitioners

Refresh Your Life Now
Bethel, CT 06801, 203 216 6889

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Barbara Greenhouse shares her passions of Food, "Cooking", Cruelty-Free, Ahimsa, the Nutrition and Health Connection, and the Sharing of Unbiased Information for a healthy and informed world.  She guides her clients through their journey to live their deepest dreams, simply and holistically, with compassion and by incorporating some delicious live raw whole foods, fruits and vegetables.  She is currently authoring her first book, "Sacred You, The Delicious Journey"®  -  © copyright Refresh Your Life Now - 2013 Connecticut, USA

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Chocolate Greetings!

Deep, Dark, Chocolate.  According to David Wolfe, engineer, living-food nutrition expert, superfoods expert and longevity expert, cacao, aka chocolate, has the highest amount of antioxidants in any other source on the planet. 

Chocolate with pistachios, CAHHC party 2012 

Chocolate grows on trees, the Cacao tree.  Minimally processed raw cacao is produced from the cacao seeds often referred to as cacao beans.  Chocolate comes to us from the Mayans who used the nuts for drinks and as currency.  Cacao trees grew wild in the Amazon basin and South American rain forests.  They were discovered by the Spanish Conquistador Don Hernán Cortés who brought cacao beans to Europe.  The love affair with chocolate continues to this day.

Cacao trees today are the #1 cash crop of the rain forests which greatly benefits the numerous indigenous people of the rain forests with employment.  This benefits the rain forests greatly themselves.

Forms of cacao are the seeds/nuts/ beans, pulp, as a powder like cocoa, cacao butter and cacao nibs. Cacao nuts have 15x the antioxidants of wild blue berries and they are the most eaten nut on the planet more popular than almonds. The beans in the cacao nuts are used to produce chocolate oil.  Minimally processed and non-heated cacao is raw chocolate and these oils and their healthy benefits remain intact. Chocolates with percentages of cacao above 70% are the best, health wise, where 55% is acceptable.  If  you can get your hands on raw cacao nuts even better.  

The chocolates with the least amount of sugar products are also best as certain degenerative dis-eases feed on sugar.   Plus, the amount of sugar most Americans eat per year is way too high, 150 - 180 pounds per year.  Yikes!  Added fruits, nuts, coconut, or essential oils add sweetness, flavor and texture. Chocolate products are best without dairy as well, as many of you are sensitive to it and don't necessarily know it. Plus, dairy causes mucous build up throughout the body and inflammation, a precursor to dis-ease.  Most chocolate that is found in stores is not healthy at all. Over processed, laden with sugar and milk products, artificial flavors and colors, do your body no good.

Do you have muscles that cramp up often? Low magnesium levels are the culprit many times. Personally, this has been an issue for me. Thank goodness I love healthy raw chocolate products.   Cacao is the highest source of magnesium. Magnesium has kept the painful charlie horse cramps at bay in my legs.  When I slip in eating healthy chocolate my legs cramp up again. Research has shown that magnesium is required for healthy muscles.  Remember, your heart is a muscle, so have your magnesium level checked with a number of vitamins and minerals at least once a year by your doctor, Naturopath or health practitioner.

Some benefits of Dark Chocolate are:

• Contains the highest amount of antioxidants in the world.  Research has shown that fruit has less antioxidant activity and flavanoids than dark chocolate and dark chocolate products. A chart online specifically lists all the fruits antioxidant levels and chocolate’s level.
• Contains theobromine which is good for your nervous system
• Contains phenylethylamine found in the nervous system.  It has a mood boosting effect due to it releasing the neurotransmitters norepinephrine and dopamine in the brain.
• Contributes to cardiovascular health by lowering blood pressure and increasing blood flow
• Raw chocolates have the added benefits of retaining the original nutrients and minerals the body requires
• Chocolate is the #1 anti-aging food in the world. It contains polypehols and resveratrol
• Chocolate is the #1 food for magnesium in the world, highest source of iron, manganese and chromium of any other major food in the world, and is necessary for blood building , stabilization of blood sugar(chromium) and stress reduction– David Wolfe
• Chocolate is the #1 raw food  
• Very rich in phosphorus for healthy bones and great for your teeth and zinc and copper.  – David Wolfe

David has been interviewed numerous times about cacao/chocolate. His videos are a Google search away, “David Wolfe Benefits of Chocolate” and on Youtube.  The TED talk February 2012 and a few interviews with Supreme Master Television are packed with information. 

There are many decadent raw chocolates and raw snack bars on the market to choose from.  So just maybe this year and moving forward, you will think of chocolate in a new light, I mean dark, dark chocolate that is.

So ladies, to chocolate! Indulge. Valentine’s Day, and every day.

Do you have a favorite chocolate dessert or recipe you'd love to share?  Simply put your fingers to the keyboard, give them some exercise, and let us know.  

In health and joy,
Barbara

Barbara Greenhouse

Certified Health Coach

Member, International Association for Health Coaches

Member, American Association of Drugless Practioners

Refresh Your Life Now
Bethel, CT 06801, 203 216 6889

www.BarbaraGreenhouse.com

RefreshYourLifeNow@gmail.com
http://RefreshYourLifeNow.blogspot.com
Like us on Facebook, facebook.com/refreshyourlifenow
Follow us on Twitter, @bgsuperfoods

Barbara Greenhouse shares her passions of Food, "Cooking", Cruelty-Free, Ahimsa, the Nutrition and Health Connection, and the Sharing of Unbiased Information for a healthy and informed world.  She guides her clients through their journey to live their deepest dreams, simply and holistically, with compassion and by incorporating some delicious live raw whole foods, fruits and vegetables.  She is currently authoring her first book, "Sacred You, The Delicious Journey"®  -  © copyright Refresh Your Life Now - 2013 Connecticut, USA

Why Manage Life? Live It! ®  Refresh to the Good Life! ®