THE ANSWER To Your After-Meal Crash...from Eating Healthy Nutritious Food

I wonder how many Americans struggle with the after-lunch and after-dinner "blues". By the "blues" I mean that the after meal crash that hits you like a freight train and sends you drooling to the candy jar and coffee pot to be able to make it the rest of the way thru the day.

Most people think that this drop in energy levels is normal and just part of our hectic day. And it was normal for me too. But quite honestly, after dealing with that problem for untold years, I got to the point that I dreaded eating lunch each day. It seemed that no matter what I consumed for lunch, even a 100% raw lunch, I'd be nearly unconscious with brain fog and drowsiness within one and one half hours. It was so embarrassing and inconvenient. God forbid I should have an important assignment to finish or meeting to attend after lunch. My afternoons would feel so wasted as I tried to get my eyes to stay opened and my mind to re-focus. And forget it if I had any amount of carbs with my meal! I'd might as well check out the rest of the day.

Do I have diabetes?....NO

Do I have hypoglycemia?....NO

So why all the complications?...It's called insulin sensitivity

Well, I've written other articles before about insulin sensitivity here at eating healthy nutritious food. But I am overjoyed to report that I've found the long-awaited, real, true ANSWER to this problem of being insulin sensitive.

Dr. Zhong of Neuliven Health has fomulated an all-natural, stimulant-free product called Glucocil. Mulberry leaf is the primary ingredient in this revolutionary new product. Glucocil is clinically proven to lower post-meal blood sugar levels and clinically shown to reduce the absorbtion of sugars and carbohydrates.

http://www.glucocil.com/ : "The elevation of blood sugar levels after a meal directly corresponds to the amount of carbohydrates being eaten and absorbed during the meal. The more carbohydrates absorbed, the higher blood sugars go. The first 30 to 45 minutes after major meals – that’s when blood sugars are at the highest levels of the day and cause substantial damages. And for millions of Americans living with type 2 diabetes, this is the time window that needs to be carefully watched."

The makers of Glucocil also firmly believe that people who are exhibiting pre-diabetic symptoms can use this product to insure healthy blood sugar levels thereby possibly avoiding full stage diabetes.

That is me, beyond a doubt. I have typical pre-diabetic symptoms but Glucocil has given me freedom that I never thought possible. When taken within one hour prior to my meal, Glucocil controls the spikes and plunges of my blood sugar and I eat my lunch (now with joy, and not dread) and I have a wonderful, focused, non-drowsy afternoon. I feel alive and not in a fog. It is truly remarkable. This is something I think needs to be shared with others.

I've been in touch with Neuliven Health and they are willing to give my readers a FREE 2 week supply of Glucocil. You'll only have to pay for the shipping charge which is only $4.95. Dr. Zhong is serious about helping people live a quality, healthy life. That's why he created Glucocil. I can't speak enough accolades and cheers for Glucocil!

If you'll go over to the right margin and click the link to receive this special offer, they'll get it out to you asap! You are going to be amazed at the results.

Merry K.

THE FRUIT GUYS make Eating Healthy Nutritious Food Easy and Simple!

A couple of months ago, I returned to the "work world", as I call it. After 14 years of staying at home and caring for a family and homeschooling, I put all 5 of my children in public school and landed a job outside of the home.

In my office of 6 people, it didn't take me long to figure out that I was the odd man out when it comes to eating healthy nutritious food. This hasn't surprised me much, as this is usually the case in my family and church circle as well.

Just about every day as I bring my lunch from home and sometimes even prepare and cook it in our little kitchen at work, I get the same old question, "What is THAT?". The question of course, comes with a look of nearly total disgust.

My snacks consist of fruit, veggies, nuts, and the like. I eat about every 2 hours, which really makes them all crazy. Plus, I tote a half gallon jug around full of water so that I remember to drink all day long. Now, none of this is contrived, mind you. It's just the me that's developed over years of integrating new, healthy habits into my lifestyle.

I was pondering the other day that it would be a novel idea to have an abundance of healthy snacks in the office that people could choose from. You know how vendors love to keep those machines heaped full because the people sitting there on their rumps all day in their chairs at their desks "need" sugar, caffeine (to the max), nutrasweet, msg, artificial color/flavor, etc...
Why isn't there a vendor with an alternative?

Well, no sooner had I been thinking this than I found out that there IS indeed such a vendor.

You absolutely MUST, MUST, MUST go and check out my new friends...
http://www.thefruitguys.com/

Get this...they deliver a fresh fruit crate each week to homes and OFFICES nationwide. They get their fruit from locations in your region and the fruit you receive is only 3days off the farm!

There are 3 differently packaged crates to choose from. The prices are affordable and your office folk can finally get an alternative to the junk that surrounds them.

You're probably thinking, "Yeah, but will my office folk actually choose the good stuff?"
I know, I was a little skeptical too. However, I had a deluxe crate delivered to my office. When it arrived, we just happened to be having a meeting in our facility that had just dismissed.
Let me tell you, I was shocked beyond words to see those people wanting a piece of fruit and one to save for the next day! They went "bananas" over The Fruit Guys. I was so proud and happy. I almost wanted to shout..."WAIT, SAVE SOME FOR ME!". But I just sat back and smiled with much contentment as I saw the power of suggestion working for the cause of nutrition.

The quality and variety of the fruit they sent me just blew me away. Not a bad piece of fruit in the bunch. There were various kinds of apples, pears, oranges. There were even exotic-type fruit that I'd never tried before. Oh I was in heaven!

Okay, I'm not gonna hold you up any longer reading my account...go and click on that link for yourself. Give them a try. You have my word and promise that you'll not be disappointed.

Merry K.

Irradicate Inflamation by Eating Healthy Nutritious Food

Inflamation is an epidemic in our nation. This is obvious when you examine the numbers of people with different types of arthritis (joint stiffness and inflamation) and the ever-growing population of people diagnosed with fibromyalgia (mild to chronic muscle inflamation).

Today, I want to help you understand the role that essential fatty acids, namely, Omega 3 fatty acids, play in irradicating inflamatory disease.

Omega 3 fatty acids are in a category called "Essential Fatty Acids" (EFA). Why?....Because they are absolutely ESSENTIAL to maintain health. The body does NOT just make it within. The essential fatty acids must be obtained by eating healthy nutritious food.

Omega 6 is another EFA. Both O3 and O6 are used by the body to control tissue function in the body. However, Omega 6 fats tend to have pro-inflammatory effects and Omega 3 fats have anti-inflammatory effects. We have to have a balanced intake of both for optimal health.

Omega 6 fatty acids are the type contained in your common vegetable oil and products made from livestock raised on grain. Omega 3's are in flaxseed oil, wild ocean fish, wild game, products from livestock raised on green vegetation, and fish oil. Most people consume way more Omega 6 fatty acids in their diet and insufficient Omega 3's.

Think about your typical American diet. We eat foods cooked in vegetable oils, crackers and snacks containing vegetable oils, and dressings/mayos with vegetable oils. The meat we eat comes primarily from grain fed animals as well. So our daily intakes of Omega 6's are outweighing our intake of Omega 3's.

Our bodies are faithful to alert us of diffeciencies in the right balance of EFA's. Some of the following disorders can stem from a lack of essential fatty acids, especially Omega 3's:

-Fatigue, lack of endurance
-Constipation
-Maldigestion
-Depression
-Forgetfulness
-Hypertension
-Chronic Arthritis
-Dry Skin, cracked nails
-Fibromyalgia

So how can I get more Omega 3's in my diet? I want a healthy lifestyle, but I want simple steps to getting and staying healthy.

There are a few options, and some are easier to implement than others.
-You can buy organic meats made from animals that are free grazing and fed little grain. Sometimes you can find local meat from a farm who butchers their free-range animals.Or eat wild game.

-You can consume extra large amounts of fish because that has high levels of O3. However, there is the danger of high mercury levels in fish. So that's also a concern.

-You can take fish oil supplements.

-You can include flax seeds as a nutritious food choice. They come either whole or milled. Your body can use the milled seeds easier and you can sprinkle this over cereals, yogurt, salads, and nearly anything you eat.

-You can purchase flax seed oil capsules or take flax seed oil in liquid form which can be added to anything you add oil to, like salads, pastas, and the like.

I have a personal experience that made me a believer in the effects of flax seed oil...I had "heard" about the health benefits of Flax Seed Oil for quite some time. But I had not done any research of my own. So, I decided to include this in my daily life. I bought the flax seed oil (not in capsules). The day I began using it I also started reading up on it.

Forty-Eight hours after taking it, I noticed that my muscles no longer ached. I'd had problem with unexplained achy, tense muscles in my thighs and legs for the last couple of years.As I continued to read my printed research that night I read that "Omega 3 fatty acids regulate the inflammatory response in the body." Suddenly, it all made sense! I'd actually been suffering from a defficiency in Omega 3's!! I was so pleased to know this and to realize that I was not going to have to continue in pain forever. It was a simple solution. I easily include the liquid flax seed oil daily in a nutritious, fruit filled smoothie. I can also put it in yogurt and I use it instead of olive oil on my salad. There are so many creative ways to use it.

**Please note**All flax seed oils are NOT equal in purity. Flax seed oil goes rancid quicker than other oils so the processing of the seeds into oil is of special signifigance. For a pure, organic flax seed oil I recommend http://www.barleans.com/. This site will answer more in depth questions about this awesome part of a natural, whole foods diet.**

MERRY KAMMERER
Nutritional Encourager

Eating Healthy Nutritious Food...Hip Hop Style

I just have to share this cool, new thing that Mike Adams has done!

If you don't know who Mike Adams is, he's the HEALTH RANGER and creator of http://www.naturalnews.com/.

This guy is passionate about eating healthy nutritious food and reaching the world with the truth about the food supply in America.

He's also very outspoken against the use of behavioral drugs and vaccines for children which is why he's just released a new hip hop CD that addresses the drugging of your youth. This CD will reach kids in a way that a book or email will not.

I am so glad to see someone who doesn't just rant and rave about what we "should" be doing...instead, he DOES it.

I am placing his debut song with printed lyrics on my sidebar. I hope you'll listen and read what he's proclaiming. It's a message we need to all hear.

Read more about his project at:

http://www.naturalnews.com/SSRIs_S_S_R_Lies.html

And go to the sidebar now to view the lyrics while the song plays.

Merry K.

Eating Healthy Nutritious Food Asks: What's So Bad About MSG?

I must admit that even though I knew for years that I should be eating healthy nutritious food, there seemed to be something inside still driving me towards the foods that I knew were ultimately detrimental to my health.

I used to wonder "Why is that? I KNOW it's not a good choice I am making, but I don't care. I WANT IT !!"And I would, of course, choose the "bad" stuff. I guess that proves that knowing what to do, and doing it are two different things...and just knowing the information isn't enough to keep us from those old, familiar food items that we still pant after and long for.

So what is that DRIVE that sends us back to the proverbial pit of poor food choices?

I honestly think our tastebuds have to be re-trained (for lack of a better word).And, there are certain ingredients that manufacturers intentionally place in foods to keep you coming back for more.

One of those is MSG.
I remember hearing about this ingredient as a teenager. We thought the Chinese restaurants were the only ones using it. I figured, "well, I don't eat a whole heap of Chinese so I guess eating it once in a while won't kill me!"
I guess that might be true if Chinese foods were the only place you could find MSG.

But I want to urge us all to look at the truth about this ingredient that we call a "flavor enhancer". As the FDA continues to vouch for its safety, scientists have known that MSG causes obesity since the 1960s! MSG makes you want excessively more of whatever it's put in or on.

MSG is an excitotoxin, which means that it overexcites your cells to the point of damage, acting as a poison and creating apparent "explosions" in the cells of the brain. The cells are damaged quickly upon consumption of MSG...not slowly over a long period of time. MSG has been linked to Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer's and Lou Gherig's Disease.

The second part of the equation is that MSG can be literally hidden in food labels, under names like broth, casein, hydrolyzed, autolyzed, and more, making it extremely difficult to identify.

It is clearly not worth a few bites of tasty junk food to give your body the green light to produce visceral fat, the most dangerous type that surrounds your organs and increases your risk of heart attack, stroke, insomnia, type 2 diabetes, and more.

Yet, that is exactly what we're doing when we eat foods that contain MSG. Eliminating MSG from your diet is a wise choice for everyone, including pregnant women. An easy step to eliminating MSG is to stick to natural, unprocessed foods.

And, if you do eat processed foods, be on the lookout for the many hidden names for MSG on food labels. They include (but are far from limited to):

GelatinHydrolyzed Vegetable Protein (HVP)
Yeast Extract
Malted Barley
Rice Syrup or Brown Rice Syrup

** see http://www.mercola.com/ for more detailed information on MSG and a video featuring a neurosugeon that exposes this deadly chemical for what it is**It's hard for our minds to grasp that the "foods" that we thoughtlessly consume are laden with toxic chemicals.






Get out there and start reading those labels. Some of that stuff reads like rocket fuel or something! Time and time again you'll return to the realization that nutritious eating means REAL FOOD in it's natural state.







It's simple nutrition and it's not supposed to be hard.







Ask yourself..."Is my body meant to use this unidentified chemical as fuel?"



Time to re-train our tastebuds, our minds, and our bodies!







Does this mean you or I should become paranoid about each bite we consume? Absolutely not! Just be aware and make the healthiest choice you can when you can.







Merry K.

New Hemp Seed and Hemp Protein Powder for Eating Healthy Nutritious Food

Have you ever heard of Hemp Protein Powder in your smoothies or eating Hemp seeds? I just received the following information from BOB'S RED MILL NATURAL FOODS. You'll see why hemp is such a valuable whole food to add to your repetoire of eating healthy nutritious food.

I've used Bob's Red Mill products for many years. One of my favorite have been their organic ground flax seed to add to breads, yogurts, and cereal. As well as their rolled oats, wheat germ, and wheat bran. I am excited to try the hemp products Bob is offering. Read on....

Bob’s Red Mill Natural Foods Launches Hemp Products. Hulled Hemp Seed and Hemp Protein Powder derived from nature’s most “perfect” food. (released 11/2008)

Bob's is pleased to announce Hemp Protein Powder and Hulled Hemp Seed, both derived from one of the world’s most nutritionally complete food sources. “The hemp seed may be one of nature’s most perfect foods,” said Bob Moore, Founder of Bob’s Red Mill. “And like all of our hundreds of products we wanted to provide our customers with something that is fully nutritious and delightful to eat.”

Hemp contains all 20 known essential amino acids, including the 10 amino acids that our bodies cannot produce and must be supplied through food.

Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins and are necessary for building and repairing muscle tissue and are vital to the maintenance of a healthy immune system. Hemp Protein Powder from Bob’s Red Mill is high in protein (43%), fiber, and it contains all the essential amino acids the body needs.

Adding hemp protein powder to smoothies, shakes and yogurt is also a simple way to make a quick meal – and to boost energy.

Hulled Hemp Seed from Bob’s Red Mill is high in Omega-3 and Omega-6 essential fatty acids, and is also an excellent source of protein. Hemp seed is a nutritious addition to cereals, salads, and baked goods.

The hemp plant is one of the world’s fastest growing plants. The hemp sourced by Bob’s Red Mill is grown in Canada under the supervision of farmers well-versed in its cultivation. According to the Hemp Industries Association, hemp food sales in the United States have averaged 41 percent annual growth over the past three years.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and Statistics Canada data have also shown the quantity of hemp seed exports increased 300 percent from 2006 to 2007.

ABOUT BOB’S RED MILL

Bob’s Red Mill Natural Foods, a distinctive stone grinding miller of whole grains, was founded in 1978 with the mission of moving people back to the basics with healthy whole grains, high-fiber and complex carbohydrates. Bob’s Red Mill offers a diverse line of all natural, organic and gluten-free flours, cereals, meals and mixes for pancakes, breads and soups, with more than 300 products available throughout the U.S. and Canada. With its dedicated gluten-free manufacturing facility and strict organic protocols, the company has emerged as a leader in providing safe and delicious natural, organic and gluten-free products. For more information visit http://www.bobsredmill.com/.

100% Natural Cold/Flu Remedies That Really Work - Eating Healthy Nutritious Food

At the onset of the changes I made towards nutritious eating habits, I was only 25 years old and yet my body had very little strength to fight off sicknesses. I had allergies to every known tree, weed, and plant and I seemed to get every virus that "went around".

But can you guess what happened when I got the "Junk" out of my food? I noticed that my allergies literally began to vanish as if they never were and I didn't get sick as often.

Eating healthy nutritious food made me stronger. It appears to me that this one, simple truth about our existence as humans...REAL FOOD=REAL HEALTH AND STRENGTH has been somehow lost. We've replaced healthy eating with chemical, synthetic "miracle" drugs. We plug along thru life eating garbage and cross our fingers in the hopes that we won't get sick, age prematurely, and die prematurely.

A healthy lifestyle means integrating as many natural components into your life as possible.
There are several tried and true remedies for colds that I have learned to rely upon over the years, both for me and my children.

#1 - If you are one who tends to easily get colds and flu, you'll want to use a Vitamin C supplement that will provide you with 1000 mg of vitamin C a day. It also will benefit you to use Echinacea in 2 week increments, using it 2 weeks on and 2 weeks off.

#2 - SUNSHINE is a must in the wintertime. Just 10 minutes in the sunshine a day will provide you with adequate Vitamin D. At http://www.mercola.com/, Dr. Mercola has good information about Vitamin D and he reports that if folks got their daily amount, naturally, then Flu Season would be a thing of the past. This is somewhat impossible for some parts of the nation where Winter is dark, long and cold. He also has suggestions and ways to deal with that problem as well.

#3 - If you do begin to feel a cold/flu coming on, I suggest you get some ZICAM from any drugstore. This is a homeopathic zinc supplement that I've experienced results with 100% of the time. It really works.

#4 - For mucus drainage and fluid in the chest, use Goldenseal Root powder in capsule form. This is a drying agent and is great at drying up congestion and drainage.

#5 - For an illness that you just can't shake, Black Elderberry is not only an anti-bacterial but an anti-viral as well. This plant originated in central Europe. Since ancient times this juice extract has been used as a remedy for flu, colds, coughs, and respiratory infections. It is put into a syrup form and safe for kids and adults. There is one made by Dynamic Health that I highly recommend. See http://www.dynamic-health.com/ . Usually a whole-food supermarket or an herb shop or health food store carries some sort of black elderberry syrup.

#6 - Now...the next thing I am going to list here is the "heavyweight fighter" in the battle with a cold. But I will tell you now...It's not for the faint-hearted. It REALLY works. I am not kidding!It's GARLIC.

You take off a clove, from the bulb of raw, whole garlic. You peel it, and chop it into the smallest pieces possible. Then you get a spoon, fill it half full. Hold your breath and open wide. As soon as you get it into your mouth, you chase it with water or juice and then I follow with a spoon of applesauce or honey as well. It takes about 3 spoons, half full, to get that clove down. But honestly, you feel better AS SOON AS you do it. It even seems to numb the throat. You'll be ASTONISHED at how quickly it worked for me.Do a quick search on the "benefits of raw garlic". You will be surprised at what you find out about it and what medicinal, anibacterial, antioxidant, and anti-viral properties it has!

And of course, I am NOT a medical proffessional. From one friend to another, I am sharing some natural options to give you a better chance of combatting a cold- without the use of toxic, chemical medicines.

However, if you feel you have a serious medical condition, you should always consult a qualified health specialist for treatment.

MERRY K.