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Since I attended Sam Clark’s fantastic “16 steps to success” course and learned all about building outstanding sites, I need to take some time off to put everything into ACTION! I will be back soon. Promise 
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Like most of the vegetarians you probably choose soy products as one of your main source of protein, unaware that their consumption can actually harm you. For years we where told that soy beans are the miracle food of the millennium and the answer to cure heart disease, cancer, obesity, osteoporosis, hot flashes and world hunger. We truly believed, that soymilk is the answer to lactose sensitive humans (I am one of them).
Before I am going to tell you about the not so well known, but well documented unhealthy effects of unfermented soy products, let us have a quick look on how they became so popular.
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Recently my friends Sham and Carole voiced their opinion that they need to drink milk in order to meet their daily calcium requirement. When I told them that drinking processed milk is actually detrimental to health, they did not believe me… of course. The media and dairy boards worldwide did a good job in making us believe we need to include processed milk into our diets to take care of our body’s calcium requirements! This is definitely far from the truth and I promised to write a detailed report with all the evidence. Here it is:
First, I don’t want to debate here, if it is ethical to drink another mammal’s milk, which is actually meant to feed the calf. But it is an interesting thought and you might like to give it some consideration. Another fact is that most milk cows are worn out after only 4 to 6 years, while the natural lifespan of a cow is around 25 years. In order to produce these vast amounts of milk, their genes are manipulated and they are kept in a constant cycle of pregnancy, lactating and milking. And finally, you need to be aware of the environmental impact of cattle farms. Did you know, that only 10,000 cows produce waste equivalent to the household waste of a city of 1, 6 million inhabitants? That animal agriculture consumes intense amounts of water and emits so much ammonia into our atmosphere that it threatens the air quality and contributes highly to the acidification of our waters and soils?
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Most of us are familiar with the effect of colors in advertisement or how they are used for traffic signaling. We might have a vague idea that color is used to influence us on a psychologically level.…you have never seen a banker in a red jacket, right? Because it would imply s/he’s not serious. That’s why we have the “red light district”!
As a holistic color consultant I know, that colors are affecting our lives on ALL levels, and this might be new to you, including our food. We need to color up our plates in order to be and stay healthy and I will tell you why:
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Something happened the other day that let me realize how I’ve become conditioned and that we often do things we learned early in our lives and then never validate this information. In my case it was something very simple. I have never eaten many nuts, but lately I’m experimenting with a different diet that includes also a variation of raw nuts (delicious and extremely healthy, by the way).
So, one morning, as I am preparing my almond smoothie, I “recognized” that I always peel the almonds before I use them; just as I remember my mother did before using them for baking! Up to this moment I never even thought about why am I peeling the almonds, isn’t that amazing? At least it was to me. What if the almond skin is very healthy like the ones of some fruits? Instantly I went online and did some research and you may suspect already my findings:
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One of my new year’s resolutions was actually to stop drinking coffee, something I took great pleasure in throughout my life. But coming to my menopausal years I started to investigate more about what I could do to prevent excessive bone loss in the time ahead. What I found out was, that as little as 300 to 400 mg of caffeine a day (that’s around 2 -4 cups of coffee) doubles the risk of hip fracture!
Caffeine is a diuretic and increases the amount of calcium we excrete in our urine for several hours after we drink it, and I don’t want to continue doing things that will reduce the amount of calcium I absorb. Massey and Whiting of Washington State University concluded that:
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As the New Year unfolds, I start working on my goals for 2008. I hope you set up some goals too, but I will talk about the importance of goals, purpose and values another time. Today I just want to share with you my thoughts on friendship. What friendships have to do with goals and detox? A lot!
If you are really serious about achieving your goals, checking the mindset of your friends is essential. If their mindset is not in alignment with yours, they will rather be an obstacle on your way to succeed. How to check their mindset? Ask yourself, if they themselves have goals they are working on? Are they supportive, uplifting and a source of inspiration to you? Do you feel nurtured?
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It is a wonderful 10 day detox program that was created by Stanley Burroughs in the 1940ies, who was an early advocate of natural health, and believed in the body’s natural ability to heal itself. A friend of mine introduced this method to me, since she knew I’m a detox freak J It took me a bit of time management, because I wanted to make sure I would not have to travel or be heavily engaged otherwise in order to fully go into that process.
I have done juice fasting many times and also several five day Colon Hydro Therapies combined with a liquid diet. Since they are a bit costly I was more than willing to try a very cost effective detox program. This cleansing regime involves only a few, but very powerful ingredients. Organic lemon juice, organic maple syrup, cayenne pepper, sea salt and a laxative tea! Is that simple or what? I know, it sounds a bit scary to live 10 days just off that, but I did some research on the net and found plenty of encouraging living testimonials to its effectiveness. You can check them out and get more information here http://www.ideasforconsciousliving.com/mastercleanse
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When you think about getting healthier (we all do at some point of time, I guess), for sure the first things that will come to mind will be: kick the smoking habit good bye, start to exercise, eat less fat, isn’t it? In my opinion (and I share these with all the famous healers ), an important part of a healthy lifestyle is Body-Detoxification, or simply called “detox”. “Why do we need to detox? “,you may ask.”Isn’t the body doing this all the time?”
Yes, our body, respectively our liver, is doing this all the time and she would not have any problems doing a good job, if we would live in an environment of clean air and unpolluted water, free of processed food and toxins being gassed out of furniture and clothing, free of personal care products that contain mineral oil and preservatives….you get the message?
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