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Probiotic-Rich Recipes

FIVE GRAIN PORRIDGE Ingredients: 1 cup five grain cereal mix(or choose any five whole grains such as wheat,barley, spelt, millet or quinoa) 1 cup water plus 2 tablespoons fermented whey or yogurt 1/2 tsp sea salt 1 cup water 1 tablespoon flaxseeds Directions: Mix five grain mixture and salt with water plus whey or yogurt, cover…

Tips for Using Lemons

1. Toss a few lemon wedges into your garbage disposal  to clean and freshen. 2. Use a half of a lemon with some course salt to clean copper bowls and cookware. Use the lemon half as a scrubber , making  a paste with the salt  to rid the tarnish.  Rinse/Dry 3 Use lemon juice on…

Importance of Proper Nutrition

Before I decided to get into shape and change my eating habits just over a year ago. I was very sick. Taking medications for several things and finally hit bottom with it all. Seems like for every pill I took it affected something else and there I was adding on yet another pill.  It simply…

Being Thankful

Sometimes we get so busy in our daily lives that we forget about being thankful for all that we do have. Our days are so hectic and full of challenges. We are always striving for more for ourselves, our families, our friends that we don’t pause long enough to see the things around us that…

My Journey

Who knew? Who knew that over a year ago I would be where I am at today? When I began this journey I knew I had to make changes in order to lose weight and that I would have to  keep those changes in place in my life or I would go right back to…

Staying Motivated in a Supermodel World

Ripped bodies on magazine covers. Pumped muscles bulging across the TV screen. Tone, lean, mean physiques prominently displayed on billboards. They are everywhere you turn. Starring you down. Taunting you with those picture perfect bodies, telling you they are normal, you are not. And there you are trying to lose 10 pounds and shed that…

Feeling Sick…Make Chicken Soup

Chcken soup has a natural ingredient which feeds, repairs and calms the mucous lining of the small intestine. (Remember, the foundation of our physical wellness is within the digestive tract of our bodies). This lining is the beginning and end of the nervous system. Too many food additives, parasites, laxatives, medications…create chaos in the intestines resulting in…