Attend to diet, lifestyle & emotional state:

Nutrition  

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Thoughts  

     Air

Rest

Trust

Sex

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Health Happening    

‘No-brainers’ 💡 for Physical / Mental Health: Magnesium, Omega-3 , C, D, Iodine in “Make-it-Happen” smoothie

Beverages – Other than water or fruit juice

Sugar sweetened drinks contain an average of 10 teaspoons of sugar in a 12oz. can . . .

Chart of recommended daily supplements

Chart of Recommended DAILY Supplements / Nutrients (adults) HYDRATION Water 6-8 8oz. glasses SPRING / MINERAL Water is best (contains minerals); Add fresh lemon slices for a zingy taste. DO NOT DRINK “Treated” (chlorinated and/or fluoridated) water from faucet. Body is > 2/3 water; used as lubricant, base for saliva, joint fluids, regulates body temperature, detox.… Continue reading Chart of recommended daily supplements

A fine kettle of fish! – Are today’s fish too toxic to eat?

Potentially “clean”, edible fish have FINS and SCALES

Fats / Oils – Healthy or not?

Solid fats and liquid oils contain fatty and / or waxy LIPID MOLECULES, each playing essential roles in our health.

Non-soluble in water, food lipid molecules predominate in fried foods, animal / fish fats, dairy products, and vegetable, nut, & seed fats or oils.

Meet the fat families

Each of the fat families SFAs, MUFAs and PUFAs contain fatty acids

Harmful foods / practices detrimental to health

Consuming GMOs, MSG, aspartame , sucralose cause health problems; consuming too much caffeine, fructose, sugar also has its toll on our health

Enzymes – Make it happen!

Digestive, food-based and metabolic / systemic enzymes catalyze biological reactions that would not normally occur at physiological temperatures

Amino acids – Building blocks of protein

Heads-up to vegans and vegetarians! You need to include a dietary sufficiency of 9 specific amino acids to enable your body to make proteins for muscles, connective tissue, enzymes and DNA

Minerals – ~25 Earth elements for our health

Minerals cannot be made by living things and are one of the nutritional food groups required for life and health

Fiber – Stool softener and sweeping brush

Chart shows how much soluble and insoluble fiber content in foods