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Meal Planning: Healthy Dinners 101

Let me preface this by telling you how much I loathe meal planning. To be more specific, how much I loathe meal planning for my family. I love making meals and I love planning, but I do not love meal planning for my family.

I used to meal plan faithfully every two weeks, (because that’s how often I get paid) but I fell away from it awhile ago. There have been lots of “What do you want for dinner?” conversations for the last six months. It has gotten old. Almost as old as meal planning. See paragraph 1. Anyway, my husband and I decided that for budgeting purposes, we NEED to meal plan because it makes grocery shopping a LOT easier & more affordable if there is a specific list to follow. When I meal plan, I’m not running to the grocery store every night grabbing this or that… instead, if I plan meals for two weeks, we can shop for two weeks’ worth of groceries.

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Finally! Help For Children Suffering With ADHD, ADD!

Over the past decade, Attention Hyperactivity Disorder and Attention Deficit Disorder (ADHD/ADD) cases have risen five-fold. It has been reported that 3-7% of American children suffer from the diagnosis. ADHD/ADD symptoms are characterized by poor concentration, failure to focus, impulsive behaviors, and hyperactivity. Currently, there are no specific protocols for diagnosing the conditions. Often they are strictly observational, without any diagnostic imaging or laboratory studies to confirm these conditions.

Many parents are second guessing themselves over the course of treatment, and some are growing quite pessimistic about the drugs and their side effects on their children. The United States alone consumes a whopping 90% of the world’s pharmaceuticals for ADHD/ADD. The good news is that there are alternatives. Natural management programs include change in diet, whole food supplementation, chiropractic care, lifestyle planning, and daily athletic and stimulatory activities. Let’s briefly review each alternative: Continue reading “Finally! Help For Children Suffering With ADHD, ADD!”

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Monatomic Gold and the Philosopher’s Stone

Were the ancient alchemists really trying to turn gold into lead? This is the story we’re told in the history books, that alchemy is the pursuit of something called the “Philosopher’s Stone,” a miraculous stone that could be used to transform base-metal such as lead into gold.

Actually, this story of turning lead to gold was just a cover-story, so as to save the alchemists from persecution. The story is not to be taken literally, but symbolically. It is a code for something else, and that is the lead or base metal is symbolic of the false self or ego, and the gold is symbolic of the transformation of the ego into a spiritual “lightbody.” The Philosopher’s Stone was an alchemical elixir that was said to greatly enhance this process of spiritual transformation.

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Tips For Losing Weight Naturally

Obesity is a growing problem and childhood obesity is quickly becoming an epidemic. Being obese or overweight, not only affects your self-esteem, but also makes you prone to diseases. Taking weight loss medicines and supplements have side effects which can cause more harm than good in the long run. Many people are searching the internet to find out how to lose weight. Losing weight naturally is a healthy and safe way to shed some extra pounds. The method generally involves making changes in your diet and lifestyle and adding exercise to your daily routine.

If you are looking to shed some extra pounds, there are several natural methods to achieve it. Here are some ways:

Right Eating Habits– It is important to take a balanced diet. Base your diet on whole, single ingredients, food and avoid processed food. It is the best way to eliminate added sugar and fat from your diet. Eating whole foods will eventually lead to weight loss. You should aim to take at least 5 servings of vegetables and fruits. With this, you will get many essential nutrients for very few calories. Add Protein to your diet as it is the king of nutrients. High protein foods not only reduces your appetite, but also increases fullness. Continue reading “Tips For Losing Weight Naturally”

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5 Tips For Getting The Most Out Of Your Workouts

The benefits of exercise are vast not only for the body but also the mind. If you want to get the most out of your workouts there are a few key things that should be high on the priority list.

Tip 1: Plan

When you have a solid plan of action to reach your goals you are more likely to be successful. Hire an experienced coach or find a workout program on a reputable site. If you have a plan when you step into the gym your workouts will be more effective because you won’t waste time trying to figure out what to do next. Continue reading “5 Tips For Getting The Most Out Of Your Workouts”

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Belly Fat Burning Myths

1. Belly Fat Burning Myth: Working out makes you hungry, therefore you eat more

The fact is:

Don’t believe this myth or you’ll start skipping a workout here and there. The truth is that working out actually suppresses your appetite. If you wonder at the truth of this statement, it might be because your post-workout thirst mimics hunger (when you’re dehydrated), so you thought you were hungry.

Drink some water and it will not only quench your thirst, but quench your hunger pangs as well. Continue reading “Belly Fat Burning Myths”

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Home Health Aide Training – Complex Modified Diets

Oftentimes, as a home health care aide, your job will include helping a patient to prepare food. While the standard rules of food preparation do apply for most of your patients (i.e. following the Food Pyramid), there are also a large number of different modified diets, some of them quite complex that you may need to follow. Here’s what you need to know:

Increasing or Decreasing Intake of Certain Foods

The most common type of modified diet simply requires either an increase or a decrease in the intake of certain kinds of foods. For example, a patient suffering from chronic high blood pressure may be advised to decrease the amount of sodium in the diet. This would entail more than leaving the salt shaker in the cupboard. You also need to check the nutrition information on all prepared foods for the total sodium content that they include. Continue reading “Home Health Aide Training – Complex Modified Diets”

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Top 10 Natural Foods to Lower Cholesterol Safely and Naturally

The cholesterol in blood comes from two main sources: the foods we eat and what we manufacture. Cholesterol levels that are too high or too low in the blood can be a very dangerous factor, often leading to a heart attack or a stroke. There are many people who take statin drugs to reduce their cholesterol. However, there are many natural foods that you can eat to help lower cholesterol safely and naturally without the use of dangerous statin drugs. You may notice a substantial improvement in your cholesterol level once you begin consuming these whole foods on a daily basis.

Here is a list of the top 10 natural foods to help maintain a healthy cholesterol level in the body. Continue reading “Top 10 Natural Foods to Lower Cholesterol Safely and Naturally”

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The Mediterranean Diet Plan – What Makes This Diet Different?

The Mediterranean diet plan is a nutritional diet pattern inspired by cuisine that has been traditionally consumed as part of the culture of the coastal regions of southern Italy and parts of Greece. It was introduced to the world in the 1945, and by the mid 1990s took effect in its present- day form through books and recipes. Various diet and health studies have associated it with prolonged life span, lower rates of cardiovascular disease, certain cancers, and dementia, as well as helping to prevent Type-2 diabetes and Parkinson’s disease. That is quite an impressive list. But here we will examine whether the Mediterranean diet plan also promotes fat loss.

What makes the Mediterranean diet plan different from most plans is that it is not designed specifically for weight loss, but as a habitual style of eating; almost as a dietary way of life. The following are some of its main characteristics: Continue reading “The Mediterranean Diet Plan – What Makes This Diet Different?”

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What’s All The Fuss About The Raw Food Diet?

What is Raw Food?

A healthy raw food diet is made up of whole foods in their natural state, such as:

  • fruits (sweet, fatty or starchy)
  • vegetables
  • nuts and seeds
  • legumes (usually sprouted)
  • grains (usually sprouted)
  • sea vegetables
  • raw condiments
  • edible algae (spirulina and nori)

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