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54: Body-Mind Communication And Our Health

Leading health expert and radio show host, Nancy Addison discusses with a health coach, Karen Gilroy approaches to body, mind communication. They share ways that you can notice if you are holding trauma in your body, how to change or adjust things like posture or standing, that can help you release and redirect your life and traumas. They talk about how trauma can create illness in your life if it’s not dealt with on a deeply emotional level.
 
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Gazpacho

 

 

 

It is meat-free Monday!
I’m sharing one of my favorite, easy Italian recipes from my book, “Diabetes And Your Diet.”
It’s a hot summer and a great time to have a cool, refreshing meal made with fresh, organic garden veggies that are so abundant now!

Gazpacho
Ingredients
3 large tomatoes (diced)

1 red, yellow, or orange bell pepper (seeded & diced)

1⁄2 cucumber (diced)

1⁄4 cup raw cold-pressed flax or hemp oil

2 cloves garlic (minced)

3 sundried tomatoes (soaked in pure water until soft)

2 drops of plain liquid stevia

Pinch of black pepper

Pinch of cayenne pepper

Pinch of turmeric

Unrefined sea salt to taste
Directions
1. Blend all ingredients in a blender until creamy.

2. Serve at room temperature or slightly chilled.
Bon Appétit!
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If everyone went vegetarian just for one day, the U.S. would save:
â—100 billion gallons of water, enough to supply all the homes in New England for almost 4 months;
â—1.5 billion pounds of crops otherwise fed to livestock, enough to feed the state of New Mexico for more than a year;
â—70 million gallons of gas — enough to fuel all the cars of Canada and Mexico combined with plenty to spare;
â—3 million acres of land, an area more than twice the size of Delaware;
â—33 tons of antibiotics.
If everyone went vegetarian just for one day, the U.S. would prevent:
â- Greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to 1.2 million tons of CO2, as much as produced by all of France;
â— 3 million tons of soil erosion and $70 million in resulting economic damages;
â—4.5 million tons of animal excrement;
â— Almost 7 tons of ammonia emissions, a major air pollutant.
According to Environmental Defense, if every American skipped one meal of chicken per week and substituted vegetarian foods instead, the carbon dioxide savings would be the same as taking more than half a million cars off of U.S. roads. See how easy it is to make an impact?

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B Vitamins

 

Although all nutrients and minerals are important for optimum health, there are a few nutrients that are critical to health. One of those nutrients is the Vitamin B complex. Are you getting enough?

A national survey for nutrition and health reported  the US population is on average anywhere from 3% to 6% low in the B vitamins and may be a silent epidemic and more pervasive than they thought. (1)

How much do you need? It depends on your age, medical conditions, and your diet. If you have had weight loss surgery, celiac, Crohn’s Disease, taken commonly prescribed heartburn medications, or are eating a mainly vegetarian or vegan diet, these can all lead to vitamin B deficiencies.

This month I’m going to share some ways you can make certain you are getting an adequate amount of all the B vitamins.
Thiamine (Vitamin B1), riboflavin (Vitamin B2), and niacin (Vitamin B3), are necessary for energy production.
Vitamin B5, or pantothenic acid, helps the body use fats and proteins in food, and turns carbohydrates into blood sugar for energy. Foods that contain Vitamin B5 are whole grains, legumes, eggs, nuts, avocados, spinach, kale, broccoli, cauliflower, corn, and tomatoes.
Vitamin B6 helps your body process protein, as well as supporting the nervous system and immune system. Vitamin B6 is in avocados, bananas, and eggs.

Biotin (Vitamin B7) helps the body produce hormones and aids in converting food into energy.

Folate (Vitamin B9) is found in citrus fruits, peanuts, and some mushrooms. Along with Vitamin A, it is concentrated in green vegetables like romaine lettuce, spinach, turnip greens, mustard greens, parsley, collard greens, broccoli, cauliflower, beets, and lentils. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say expectant mothers need 400 mcg of folate daily before and during pregnancy to prevent birth defects in their babies’ brain and spine.(2)

The synthetic form of folate is folic acid. High intakes of folic acid have been associated with higher risks of cancer, as well as masking B12 deficiencies. So, if you use a B vitamin supplement, make sure it contains folate in a whole-food form of Vitamin B9.
Look for 5-methyltetrahydrofolate or 5-MTHF as the folate, and avoid supplements that contain folic acid.

Vitamin B12, or cobalamin, is unique in that it is almost exclusively found in animal sources such as meat, fish, dairy, and eggs. It is the B vitamin I have found to be vitally important for vegetarians in particular. As Dr. Joseph Mercola notes, “microorganisms, primarily bacteria, are the only known organisms that manufacture B12. These bacteria often live in bodies of water and soil. Animals get B12 by eating food and soil contaminated with these microorganisms.”(3)  The bacteria require cobalt to produce B12, which is why it is also known as cobalamin. Plant food can provide Vitamin B12 if it is taken from soil containing cobalt and is not cleaned, leaving the bacteria on it.

People eating a mostly plant-based diet should have their blood checked by a doctor to make certain they are getting enough B12 and other B vitamins, including folate. Vegans, who eat no animal products at all, should consistently eat foods fortified with Vitamin B12—such as breakfast cereals—two or three times each day to get at least 3 mcg of B12 daily. For example, if a fortified plant milk contains 1 mcg of Vitamin B12 per serving, then consuming three servings a day will provide adequate Vitamin B12. Other vegans may find the use of Vitamin B12 supplements more convenient and economical.

The less frequently you obtain Vitamin B12, the more you need to take, as Vitamin B12 is best absorbed in small amounts. A daily supplement of 10 mcg is required. But, the body’s ability to absorb vitamin B12 from dietary supplements is limited. “For example, only about 10 mcg of a 500 mcg oral supplement is actually absorbed in healthy people.”(4)

I have been using a new type of vitamin B12 called Methylcobalamin. You take it by spraying it under your tongue. This type of sprayable vitamin supplement is more absorbable.

Methylcobalamin “is the most active form of B12 in the human body. It converts homocysteine into methionine, which helps protect the cardiovascular system. Methylcobalamin also offers overall protection to the nervous system.
This Methylcobalamin B12 form can also cross the blood- brain barrier–without assistance–to protect brain cells. It contributes essential methyl groups needed for detoxification and to start the body’s biochemical reactions.”(5)

Look for this type of supplement. When taking vitamins, you want to thrive, not just survive.
Symptoms of deficiency include energy loss, tingling, numbness, reduced sensitivity to pain or pressure, blurred vision, abnormal gait, sore tongue, poor memory, confusion, hallucinations, and personality changes. Often these symptoms develop gradually over several months to a year before they are recognized as being due to a B12 deficiency, and they are usually reversible upon the administration of B12.(6)
When I read this list of symptoms, I was really surprised. Lack of Vitamin B could have been one of the contributing factors to the vision problems I had battled all of my life.

According to Optometrist Ben C. Lane of the Optical Society, there is a link between nearsightedness, and chromium and calcium levels, which are lowered by sugar and protein consumption. The excessive intake of sugar and overcooked proteins exhausts the body’s supplies of chromium and B vitamins. Fluid pressure in the eye, a contributing factor of nearsightedness, is regulated by the B vitamins.(7)
Make certain you are getting adequate amounts of all of the B vitamins.

Sources:
1. Agricultural Research magazine.
B12 Deficiency May Be More Widespread Than Thought By Judy McBride, August 2, 2000
2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). “Folic Acid.” http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/folicacid/index.html
3. Mercola, Joseph. (2002, January 30). “Vitamin B12: Are You Getting It?” http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2002/01/30/vitamin-b12-part-three.aspx
4..  Carmel, R. (2008). “How I treat cobalamin (vitamin B12) deficiency.” Blood, 112: 2214-21.
5..  Group, Edward. (November 11, 2014). “Vitamin B12 Benefits: 4 Types and Their Health Benefits.”
6. Norris, Jack. “Vitamin B12: Are You Getting It?” Vegan Health. http://www.veganhealth.org/articles/vitaminb12
7. . Goulart, Frances Sheridan. (1991, March 1). “Are You Sugar Smart? Linked to Heart Attacks, Kidney Disease, Diabetes and Other Diseases, Sugar Is to the ’90s What Cholesterol Was to the ’80s (Includes 9 ways to Cope with Sugar Cravings).” American Fitness. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-10722552.html

By Nancy Addison
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53: Ban the Chemical that is Killing Our Bees

Listen to Nancy Addison on the Agri-Business News, Farm & Ranch USA Report, KLGD FM 106.9 theCountryGiant radio show talking about pollinators, honey bees and saving the environment.
 
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52: Cutting Through The Myths And Misinformation About Foods And What Is Really Healthy

ave you ever felt unsure about what is actually healthy to eat? In this show, radio show host, and health nutritionist, Nancy Addison is cutting through the myths and misinformation and telling it straight about eggs, protein, oils, fats, sugar, enzymes, snacking, and the causes of anemia and other diseases, etc.
Advertising and packaging can be confusing and misleading. Leading health specialist and radio show host, Nancy Addison takes the confusion out!
 
Nancy has written five outstanding books on health, and they are available on Amazon:http://amzn.to/1ZYqUo1. 
Her website is http://www.organichealthylife.com.

 

Get Grounded For Health And EMF Protection

 

 

Earth Connection

One only has to walk barefoot in the grass or on a beach for a while to feel the benefits of regaining a connection with the Earth, and yet in our modern lives it is not always practical to do so.  There is a very physical and scientifically verifiable reason why we feel better when we have an electrical connection to the Earth, and in fact there is growing evidence that this connection is vital for our health and well-being.  To find out more about this, and for easy and practical ways to maintain this connection for yourself, visit http://www.groundology.co.uk/?a=whoz

Earth Connection

In the last hundred or so years we have lost something vital for our health and well-being: our electrical connection to the Earth.  With the advent of rubber and plastic soled shoes, and insulating mattresses in insulating houses, we spend our days and nights disconnected from the Earth.

One only has to walk barefoot in the grass or on a beach for a while to feel the benefits of regaining this connection, and yet in our modern lives it is not always practical to do so.  There is a very physical and scientifically verifiable reason why we feel better when we do this:

The Earth is a massive reservoir of negatively charged free electrons.  Without a connection to this reservoir, the cells in our body are unable to balance the positive charge which results from things like electron-deficient free radicals.  The effect of excess positive charge in the blood can be seen very clearly by the way in which the cells are attracted to clump together (see right).

There are various things we can do to balance this electron-deficiency, such as anti-oxidant rich foods and drinking living water.  But what has been largely overlooked until recently is receiving free electrons from the Earth.

It’s such a simple thing and yet the effect can be so profound.  In our modern lives we can’t always be outside and barefoot, but fortunately there are new technologies which can provide this electrical connection to the Earth in a convenient and practical way.

Electromagnetic Fields (EMF)

There is another effect of grounding which is particularly relevant in our modern electrical world.  Our environment is full of a wide spectrum of electromagnetic radiation, from computers, mobile phones & masts, radio & TV broadcasts, WiFi, Bluetooth, power lines, domestic wiring, and other electrical appliances.

This electromagnetic radiation induces voltages in our bodies, disrupting the trillions of subtle electrical communications which are a vital part of the function of our body’s systems.  By being grounded to the Earth we greatly reduce the levels of these induced voltages.

We are electrical beings, living on an electrical planet, and our connection is vital for our health and wellbeing.

Further Information

For further information, including scientific research, published papers and studies on the benefits of grounding, you can visit: www.groundology.co.uk

Groundology also supply a variety of inexpensive products to help keep you grounded in your day-to-day life.

51: Health, Weight Loss, Travel, And Lifestyle Tips For Having Radiant Healthy Life

Renegade nutritionist, #1 best-selling author, and radio show host, Nancy Addison talks with Adele Good (All Good International) about sustainable, healthy weight loss, getting healthy, travel and making conscious lifestyle choices.  They discuss Nancy’s newest best-selling book, “Diabetes And Your Diet.” Nancy and Adele discuss various ways to prevent diabetes, lose weight and get healthier.
 
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Oral Care And Safe Body Care Products

 

 

 

Oral Care


People are always asking me about health and non-toxic, safe products for their body care.
One question I get frequently is what toothpaste to use.
This is so important, because the mouth is highly absorbable.
If you read the box of some name-brand toothpastes or mouthwashes, you may see a warning that if they are swallowed you should call poison control immediately.
The warnings are usually only on the toothpaste box and not on the toothpaste tube itself. In my opinion, we shouldn’t be putting any kind of poison in our mouths at all.
“On a daily basis, your mouth is host to over 100,000,000 micro-creatures who are swimming, feeding, reproducing and depositing waste in your mouth.” (1) Makes you want to brush your teeth, right!
If you brush your teeth twice a day for two minutes each time, over the course of your life, you will use around 20 gallons of toothpaste! (2)
I buy brands that are free of poison and not harmful to my body.
I use Modere toothpaste here are some reasons why:
First ever EWG VERIFIED™ toothpaste in the world & part of the fully-verified Modere Oral Care line
All products bearing the EWG VERIFIED mark meet rigorous criteria, including compliance with strict ingredient standards, manufacturing transparency & robust labeling
Sugar free
Fluoride free
Water-soluble abrasives clean without damaging tooth enamel
Supports healthy teeth & gums
The non-toxic formula means it is safe for the whole family
Natural peppermint oil freshens breath
Modere toothpaste was the first to earn EWG’s trust.

Click here   to go to the Modere website to view these non-toxic body care and cleaning products that I use and get $10 off on your first purchase.

A few other thoughts are that you should avoid sharing your toothpaste.
It can spread germs with others’ toothbrushes brushing against the toothpaste opening.
Get a new toothbrush after any illness, or at least every two months. This will prevent the toothbrush from becoming too built up with germs.
Use a tongue scraper to keep the tongue clean and fresh. Floss at least once daily to keep gums healthy and to remove bacteria from between teeth.
Teaching children healthy hygiene habits is so beneficial for their long-term health
This company is world wide, so you can buy their products (almost) anywhere world wide.
Let me know if you have any more questions!
Sources
1 & 2 – Delta Dental Tips, /MediaLibraries/Global/documents/Delta-Dental-Tooth-Tips-v2-MI-OH-IN.pdf
Click here  to go to the Modere website to view these non-toxic body care and cleaning products that I use and get $10 off on your first purchase.

Leave a comment and join the conversation!
Contact Nancy or someone on her team, if you have any questions!  nancy.g.addison@gmail.com

Oral Care And Safe Products

 

 

 

Oral Care


People are always asking me about health and non-toxic, safe products for their body care.
One question I get frequently is what toothpaste to use.
This is so important, because the mouth is highly absorbable.
If you read the box of some name-brand toothpastes or mouthwashes, you may see a warning that if they are swallowed you should call poison control immediately.
The warnings are usually only on the toothpaste box and not on the toothpaste tube itself. In my opinion, we shouldn’t be putting any kind of poison in our mouths at all.
“On a daily basis, your mouth is host to over 100,000,000 micro-creatures who are swimming, feeding, reproducing and depositing waste in your mouth.” (1) Makes you want to brush your teeth, right!
If you brush your teeth twice a day for two minutes each time, over the course of your life, you will use around 20 gallons of toothpaste! (2)
I buy brands that are free of poison and not harmful to my body.
I use Modere toothpaste here are some reasons why:
First ever EWG VERIFIED™ toothpaste in the world & part of the fully-verified Modere Oral Care line
All products bearing the EWG VERIFIED mark meet rigorous criteria, including compliance with strict ingredient standards, manufacturing transparency & robust labeling
Sugar free
Fluoride free
Water-soluble abrasives clean without damaging tooth enamel
Supports healthy teeth & gums
The non-toxic formula means it is safe for the whole family
Natural peppermint oil freshens breath
Modere toothpaste was the first to earn EWG’s trust.

Click here   to go to the Modere website to view these non-toxic body care and cleaning products that I use and get $10 off on your first purchase.

A few other thoughts are that you should avoid sharing your toothpaste.
It can spread germs with others’ toothbrushes brushing against the toothpaste opening.
Get a new toothbrush after any illness, or at least every two months. This will prevent the toothbrush from becoming too built up with germs.
Use a tongue scraper to keep the tongue clean and fresh. Floss at least once daily to keep gums healthy and to remove bacteria from between teeth.
Teaching children healthy hygiene habits is so beneficial for their long-term health
This company is world wide, so you can buy their products (almost) anywhere world wide.
Let me know if you have any more questions!
Sources
1 & 2 – Delta Dental Tips, /MediaLibraries/Global/documents/Delta-Dental-Tooth-Tips-v2-MI-OH-IN.pdf
Click here  to go to the Modere website to view these non-toxic body care and cleaning products that I use and get $10 off on your first purchase.

Leave a comment and join the conversation!
Contact Nancy or someone on her team, if you have any questions!  nancy.g.addison@gmail.com

50: Ways To Address Stress And Depression

Dealing with disappointments, stress, and depression can be a challenge. Leading health expert and radio show host, Nancy Addison discusses approaches to guide you in overcoming emotional life challenges and getting a better, more restful sleep.  Nancy discusses supplements to improve your hormone imbalances. Nancy also touches on how utilizing feng shui can promote calmness in your life. 
 
Nancy ‘s website: http://www.organichealthylife.com
And her award-winning books on Amazon: http://amzn.to/1ZYqUo1