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Learn to Teach Your Brain New Tricks and Other Fun Facts About Brain Neuroplasticity

February 17, 2012 By 1 Comment

Wouldn’t it be amazing to know what your unique brain’s processing style is like? To know what are your brain’s particular strengths and weaknesses are. Well now you can get a snapshot of your mind in how it specifically processes emotions, analytical thoughts, feeling/sensations and self regulation.

Understand, own and change your non-conscious beliefs: yes you can.
I work with clients and organizations to help them not only understand their non-conscious beliefs but change them too. I wanted to provide science to compliment the intuitive work I offer. By partnering with the cutting edge brain neuroplasticity research and development group, Brain Resource Solutions, where your brain processing style and brain changes can be tested offers just that.

Brain Process Test Example - Your Brain Type Report

Your brain’s way of processing non-conscious and conscious information CAN BE analyzed. Your brain’s processing style of emotion, analytical thinking, feeling and self-regulation is all measured and results reported with a detailed analysis report to boot. It was phenomenally exciting to have cutting-edge science back up what I was building and working on intuitively. Don’t just read about this, come take the brain process analysis test free if you like.
The research and development group, Brain Resource Solutions that created the test also has from its extensive brain database shone new research that indicates that Negativity Bias (‘Glass Half Empty’ – ‘I respond poorly to threats’) shows it to be the biggest indicator for mental/emotional health issues which of course provide the foundation for poor physical health. Having a natural bias towards negative emotion cues helps keep you out of danger – so there was a damned good reason for the negativity bias. But focusing on positive emotion cues is critical to enhancing your well-being. And either out of balance can cause difficulty.

The ancients used negative bias screening as the first step protocol to healing assessment/treatment:
In ancient Greece at the healing temple of Aesclepion of Pergamum (in Turkey), those wishing to be admitted to the temple for healing were told a joke. It was a test. If they could not laugh or even smile at all, then they were refused admittance for it was known that they would not let themselves heal.

Research also shows that young childhood stress (which these experiences make-up our non-conscious beliefs and patterns) plays a key role in dictating Negativity Bias. So now what can I do?

You can become aware of non-conscious beliefs and patterns and change those that harm and enhance those that help. By owning the process with support from the tools, you can address deep changes in the brain (both the brain’s physical structure [anatomy] and functional organization [physiology] from top to bottom) because synapses that consistently fire together, wire together.

Embracing brain neuroplasticity retraining techniques like mine is for those who want to take ownership of creating their reality and their brains to a real ‘hands-on’ level. These are incredibly potent techniques that truly empower your freedom of choice and self-determination. You get to own your worth at new levels, but at the same time own your impacts on yourself and the world around you. I am finding I can be a lot more serious and dedicated about being happy and playfully creating. And isn’t that really what “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” actually means.

Come learn more about your brain, neuroplasticity and how that all impacts your health, weight and wellness: Free Class: Intuitive Weight Loss & Body Optimization – In Person & Webinar

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Love Your Heart: Finding Real Solutions for Cardiovascular Disease

February 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment

The heart- it’s the symbol among humans for love and compassion. We know how to doodle it, in school we learned how to label its chambers and all over the evening news we learn what drugs allegedly help “fix” it. But how much do you really know about heart health? Are you or a loved one struggling to get heart health back under control?

Heart disease has been claiming millions of lives year after year for decades. How are we still struggling to find the solution to this disease when it has claimed so many lives? I think it’s safe to say we may have been barking up the wrong tree.

Instead of throwing a prescription medication at the high cholesterol, the high blood pressure, the arrhythmias (etc.) and calling it “under control,” why not opt for a long-term solution and call it “cured?” The true solution lies in a comprehensive, holistic approach.

1. Establish a heart healthy diet- the “diet” might surprise you

2. Build a personalized exercise program

3. Remove toxins interfering with heart health and nutrient saturation.

The heart healthy diet requires a balanced meal of good quality protein, fats and plenty of vegetables. My favorite dinner recipe on the heart healthy menu is wild salmon over a bed of sautéed spinach and kale with olive oil and a bit of sea salt for added flavor. Not so bad right? The solutions for heart health do not lie in bland bowls of oatmeal, or fat free whole grain crackers, or in bowls of Cheerios. The solution is in real foods, the kinds that grow from the earth and the kinds that come from Mother Nature.

Once we tackle the dietary regimen, the rest is a piece of cake (not literally of course). Exercise should be something you love to do, it’s our most primitive form of existence: survival. Back in the caveman days if you didn’t move much, chances are you weren’t going to survive long. While it’s great to think we don’t have to worry about becoming our cat’s next meal, it’s not great to use that as an excuse to sit on the couch. If you absolutely love squash ball, make it a habit to play squash every weekend. If you love to get outside and just walk: pick 3 days a week where you promise to take yourself on a date to walk through the park. If competition is more your thing then find a boot camp, a running group or join your company’s basketball team.  Whatever it is that gets you moving, make it a ritual. Reward yourself with flowers or a trip to the mall for finishing a week of exercise goals. Just don’t reward yourself with a piece of cake because really, that’s just hurting your heart!

Re-establishing heart health is 100% possible if you are 100% committed. Finding out what nutrient deficiencies your body has, what dietary alterations you need, what supplementation is required and what exercise program is right for you are all steps in the right direction. All these things require a very simple incentive: love and compassion for your body. It’s time to honor you and fix your heart health, for good!

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How Long Does Your Chiropractic Adjustment Hold?

February 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Are you tired of having to see your chiropractor over and over and only having a couple of days of relief?  Well you are not alone! I hear this complaint from patients all the time.

I really feel the need to address this issue so that you can clearly understand the importance of several things:

– first understand why this could be happening,
– second, prevent having to constantly see your Chiropractor or other practitioners multiple times a week,
– and third, have a great relationship with your natural practitioner with using this modality for maintenance and prevention instead of using it as a crutch to make it through your week.

In Applied Kinesiology we have always talked about the organ-muscle relationship.  For example, chronic low back pain can be a prostate, ovary, or bowel problem. I have never seen an IBS or a chronically constipated patient without a tight low back. You also see people with kidney or gallstones with a lot of pain in their mid-back or shoulders. Now, these are extreme cases, but most of us walk around with organs that are tired, stressed, and not working well. They start sending signals back to our musculoskeletal system and we ultimately feel something. When these signals start to happen it results in chronic low-grade pains that never seem to resolve and ultimately cause the chiropractic ADJUSTMENTS THAT WILL NOT HOLD! Do you think that your body will hold your adjustments if you go eat a couple of McDonalds cheeseburgers after your appointment? If the inside of your body is in “dis-ease” (dis-comfort or dis-array) your nervous system and your muscles can’t hold your spine in line.

I can’t stress enough how important it is not to compartmentalize the human body, and to look ai it in its wholeness. It is a beautifully and delicately orchestrated blend of physiology driven machine by the choices we make every day. If you want to get the most out of any of your therapies you must consider the importance of nutrition. Eat multiple organic vegetables per day and grass-fed, wild animal protein, exercise, stay hydrated, detoxify, and for goodness sake, keep your stress down as much as possible. My goal for everyone is to understand why we have our ailments. I don’t want anyone to have their health be such a big mystery! It is not “easy” these days to stay healthy with all the stress and temptation of our modern world, but the cure can sometimes be overwhelmingly simple!

“Make things simple, but no simpler” Einstein.

Filed Under: Chiropractic, Functional Medicine

Cleansing for Health – Your New Year Resolutions

January 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment

The top three New Year’s resolutions year after year are still:

1. Lose weight

2. Exercise more (get in shape)

3. Enjoy life more

We are looking at this short list and can’t help noticing that we all want to be healthy and feel good. AWESOME!  But what are resolutions all about? Are they about breaking bad habits and establishing new ones? Or are they about creating new goals and reaching them? Or maybe they are nothing more or less than opportunities to take next big steps. We say they are the combination of all the things mentioned.

If you fall in the category of most people that make NY resolutions one of the above three, you are most likely thinking about the ways to stop doing “bad” things and to start doing “good” things. You may be making lists of “bad” and “good” things in order to create a new plan, new schedule, new grocery list, new meal plans, new exercise regimens, new habits that will get you on the way of winning.

How about a little cleanse to get your mind and body off to a good start?

Cleansing is one of the best and easiest ways to get rid of negatives and introduce positives to your mind and your body. With a simple cleansing regimen you will be able to get rid of extra pounds, find more energy and focus, your mind will be sharper, your will power will strengthen and your overall health will get a new jolt of positive energy.

The power of cleanse and gentle detox is in the body’s natural ability to improve the ongoing process of neutralizing and eliminating toxins from your body. By adopting a short term regimen of a cleansing diet that focuses on eliminating foods that contain chemicals, focusing of foods that nourish and cleanse, adding gentle exercise and practicing positive thinking you will give your body signals that will make room for new, healthy steps to get you closer to your goals.

  • Eliminating foods that contain chemicals (pesticides, hormones and antibiotics) means you choose to eat organic food.
  • Focusing of foods that nourish and cleanse means you choose to eat foods rich in minerals, vitamins and antioxidants.
  • Adding gentle exercise means you schedule activities that help your body with blood supply to organs and muscles, as well as elimination and sweating.
  • Practicing positive thinking means you listen to your favorite music, read a book you’ve been putting off and spend time with motivating and happy people.

The benefits of cleansing are measurable in so many ways, but most people report on improved energy, finer skin, improved digestion, better concentration, enhanced memory and fewer aches and pains.

The more you prepare for your cleansing journey, the better the experience will be. For example, one of the most common side effects is headache during the first couple of days, due to caffeine withdrawal. To prepare for this, decrease the amount of caffeine intake few days before you start your cleanse and replace it with other fluid, like green or herbal tea.

Read more about the benefits of cleanse and detoxification on kaloklean.com

Filed Under: Detoxification and Cleansing, Living

Eat Nutritiously to Fight Holiday Depression

December 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment

We are completely entrenched in the Christmas season and for so many, also completely entrenched in holiday depression. Having gone through holiday bouts of depression myself, I will never discount anyone’s depression. I will tell you however, there are things you can do to fight the oppression of depression. Even if you don’t “feel” like it, you can take action against it.

One of the most effective things in battling any sort of depression (and it is a FIGHT!) is feeding yourself right. Poor eating actually helps fuel depression. In the midst of all the scurrying around during the holidays, we end up shortchanging ourselves and eating poorly. We “save up” for the Big Feasts or parties and starve ourselves or eat fast food because we’re too busy.

Having a plan really does make a difference. We have a great Christmas menu that gives you a menu for the big meal, recipes and the itemized grocery list to keep the panic level at bay. But even with lists and plans, there’s still a lot to do that can cause stress, which only contributes to that downward spiral.

Add poor eating to that and you’re going to be struggling big time to keep your chin above water.

To fend off bad eating, make yourself a big pot of soup (in your large Crock Pot) to keep yourself from “going there.” You need something easy, delicious and nutritious to get you through.

Below is a recipe for a major Crock Pot full of phytochemically rich veggie soup that you can tweak here and there with the variations I have added to keep you from getting bored. Once the soup has been initially cooked, put it in the fridge and heat up what you need in a small saucepan. The soup is vegetarian and low-carb friendly, too.

And while you’re running around over the next few days finishing up your last-minute shopping, remember to drink your water. Water is a nutrient, not a beverage. Drink a lot of water and keep yourself hydrated.

Leanne’s Basic Veggie Soup

Serves 12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ingredients:

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil, or as needed
  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 4 cloves garlic, pressed
  • 2 large carrots, chopped
  • 2 small celery stalks, chopped
  • 1 medium turnip, chopped
  • 1/4 head cabbage, chopped
  • 2 small russet potatoes, peeled and chopped
  • 2 cups green beans, cut in 1-inch pieces
  • 1/2 teaspoon thyme
  • Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
  • 1 (28-oz.) can diced tomatoes, undrained
  • 6 cups low sodium chicken broth (or vegetable broth)

In a large soup pot, heat the one tablespoon of the olive oil over medium high heat. Add the onion and cook till nearly translucent, now add the garlic. Don’t let the garlic brown and saute another couple of minutes.

Add the rest of the chopped veggies, sauteing for just a minute or two; use extra olive oil if you need it for the rest of the veggies. Remember-you’re not cooking them- just sauteing them for the wonderful flavor this quick step will infuse in your soup. Add the thyme and salt and pepper while sauteing. Now put the veggies in the crock-pot, add the tomatoes and broth. Cook on low 7-9 hours (depending on your crock-pot) or high 4-6 hours. Just before serving, gently mash some of the potato chunks against the side of the crock-pot to thicken the soup, give it a stir and serve.

Nutrition Per Serving: 94 Calories; 3g Fat; 7g Protein; 12g Carbohydrate; 3g Dietary Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol; 286mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 1/2 Lean Meat; 2 Vegetable; 1/2 Fat. Points: 2

Quick Fixes for Variations on the Basic Veggie Soup

Now remember, don’t do these to the whole pot of soup! Just the little bit you pull out to fix yourself for lunch, etc. so that you can do all the Quick Fixes.

Quick Fix #1: Tex Mex Veggie Soup. Add some (eyeball it-how much do you want?) black beans (drained and rinsed), a little bit of cumin and chopped cilantro. Top with some tortilla chips and cheese, or serve with a quesadilla.

Quick Fix #2: Tuscan Veggie Soup. Add some (eyeball it again) cannellini (white kidney beans) or white beans (drained and rinsed), a little bit of Italian seasoning and some chopped kale. Cook till heated through and the kale is tender.

Quick Fix #3: Minestrone Veggie Soup. Add some cooked pasta, a little dried basil and top with a fresh grating of Parmesan cheese.

Quick Fix #4: Autumn Veggie Soup. Add some diced acorn squash or butternut squash, a handful of cooked brown rice, a sprinkling of nutmeg and some chopped parsley.

Our Guest Author Leanne Ely is a New York Times best selling author and the author of the Saving Dinner series. According to Woman’s Day Magazine, she is the expert on family cooking. - Copyright © 2011  www.savingdinner.com Leanne Ely, CNC All rights reserved.

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Five Surprising Ways for Beating Holiday Weight Gain

December 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Did you know that the average American consumes more than 80 pounds of sugar in a year and a quite significant percentage of this is consumed in November and December?!  Sweet treats, fatty appetizers and alcohol – how do you stay away from it when it’s everywhere around you, especially during the holiday season?

Beat holiday weight gain and lower stress level with these five simple tips, so you can enjoy your holidays without guilt.

 

1. Drink Organic Green Tea to Support Fat Burning

Green tea is filled with antioxidants and it fights the stress that over-consumption of alcohol creates in your body. Research shows that the antioxidants in green tea will help protect your liver from damage by alcohol. Drink organic green tea to minimize the negative effects of fatty foods and alcohol on your body.

  • Drink green tea before having a holiday meal, because it supports fat burning (yay!).
  • Drink green tea before going to the party where you know you will be drinking alcoholic beverages to protect your liver and prevent hangover.

2. Get Enough Sleep

People that are well rested are happier and leaner people. That is a fact.

Sleep deprivation leads to many hormonal problems, including elevated cortisol levels (stress hormone), lower growth hormone levels (essential for cell renewal), serotonin deficiency (the hormone that contributes to feelings of well-being and happiness) , and lower  melatonin levels, which contributes to sleep disorders and sexual dysfunction.

While tired, unhappy and dissatisfied, people tend to eat more calories that often come from fat.

When you are not well rested you don’t want to move, and that essentially leads to less calories burned during your day… You know where that leads, right? Weight gain!

Create new “sleep habits” and “sleep rituals” that will help you establish healthy rest. Instead of stimulating your brain by watching TV or doing work on the computer, listen to relaxing music, practice deep breathing and think happy thoughts before you turn the lights out.

3. Choose Organic Whole Foods

Avoid processed foods in any situation and at all costs.

Processed food is not easily digested, therefore creates heaviness on your digestive system, overloading your liver and other organs, and causing your metabolism to slow down.

Some studies show that eating whole organic foods increases caloric burn by 50% when compared to the same caloric value of the processed foods.  Organic foods have more fiber and more quality micro-ingredients that helps taking your body into more productive behaving.

Better metabolism means leaner, better functioning body!

4. Don’t Skip Breakfast

Eat breakfast every day!

Good breakfast keeps you from going into famished state and keeps you from over-eating at events later in the day.

If you are not a “big breakfast” type of person, choose your favorite protein shake, add some organic berries (fresh or frozen) and some good fats like a tablespoon of almond butter or replace water with coconut milk.

5. Opt for Non-Junky Option

Go for the lean protein options, fruit and vegetables and avoid carb-loaded items!

Foods loaded with carbs cause major problems with your blood sugar, making it spike super high and triggering overproduction of insulin, which triggers your body to use up that sugar immediately, which causes your blood sugar to drop to its undesirable low levels, which means putting your body and your mind into sugary foods and carb craving mode, which takes you into the same vicious cycle spinning out of control during holidays!

Try to read that sentence again all in one breath. Struggling, yeah? Because it is a sentence loaded with carbs!

The bottom line is: Good choices, mindfulness and respect towards your body will keep you from gaining unnecessary holiday ponds. You will LOVE how you feel!

Do you have any tips and tricks of your own to help with holiday weight gain?

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Go From Knowing Better to Doing Better

November 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment

There are a lot of smart, capable, knowledgeable people out there including myself who despite the best of intentions, just can’t seem to get out of be ing “stuck” on some issue.

Now I have both a MBA-business modern masculine perspective as well as a Reverend-intuitive healer ancient feminine perspective to draw upon to ‘suss’ out these problems. Neither on their own really seemed to have the answers to solving the core problem: why we get stuck and why we stay stuck.  But in combining them both: old and new, masculine and feminine, temporal and spiritual, body and mind, analytical and intuitive to name a few key dichotomies, something else emerged that does shed light on the mechanics of engineering change entrapped stuck-muck-ness: spiritual embodied adultness. In a word: humanity. By not deeming one side of a dichotomy as better and by working to find some balance of integration both body and mind, this concept just naturally emerged for me.

By embracing my adultness, maturity and power as a human with the insight of energy or spiritual information, all kinds of things are opening up, but most profoundly is the opening of power of ownership and at a real, tangible and physical level.

I define ownership as the ability to 100% accept anything, any situation or anyone for that which it is and is not, and most importantly, neutrally observe your true relationship with it. In other words, true unbiased personal feedback. Gulp. Yes, easier said than done.

So in my quest for creating personal reliable feedback mechanisms, I created and adapted some pretty powerful and simple tools that do just that. I call it: Active Meditation. In a nut shell Active Meditation offers real-time intuitive self feedback of previously non-conscious information and drivers. It’s pleasurable to ride a cruise ship; you get to be lazy, fattened up and directed. Active Meditation is not a cruise ship. If you want to captain your own ship through calm, exotic, known or even stormy waters with greater potency, then this is where you come aboard. If sailing with the captain’s hat on is what you’re interested in, then come on.

Let me give you a personal example of this in action. I had been stuck emotionally on the fear of “being alone” and “I am not enough by myself” (cue sad violin music now), this was not news to me but it was something it was time to deal with. At the same time I had been sick with the flu for weeks and just couldn’t shake it. I finally decided to take my own advice/skills and look into owning that fear of being alone. I’ll be damned, that fear energy had the properties of mold or fungus in my space and in my body. Part of the problem behind the fear was I believed “I was beyond being able to clean or be purified” of this energy (typically if something is covered with mold/fungus it must be thrown out/burned as it is toxic and beyond salvage).  I had been seeing Dr. Sarah for nutrition and chiro and she had addressed a fungus infection with me before but I just didn’t take following protocol all to seriously (taking supplements during the day is such a bother!) or reading directions (ok I am soooo outing myself now), well I went in to Dr. Sarah again and she right away told me I have a really nasty fungus infection and put me on a strong FungDX protocol.  It was validation not just to her abilities to hear that, but it was validation to myself to hear that what I had energetically seen was also physically manifest. In addition to being SO ON PROTOCOL now, I have had my faith affirmed in my own intuitive tools and in the power of a balanced and integrated approach. Truly the sum of the parts is greater than the whole. Let there be a synergy in yourself as you will achieve more than any single part can make.

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Vitamin D: The Sunny Vitamin

October 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Life without sun? Not likely. Life without vitamin D? Not healthy. It is believed that about 70% of US population is vitamin D deficient. This is an alarming statement when we take in consideration that vitamin D is essential for the immune system, calcium absorption and for regulating inflammation.

Today, we are scared of the sun, making sure we cover up with clothing, hats and sunscreen, spending too much time indoors, and not spending enough time getting enough sunrays. Sufficient levels of vitamin D can be restored very quickly by sunlight. It is definitely not recommended to be basking for prolonged periods of time, but spending 15 minutes per day in the early morning or late afternoon sun is vital for our bodies to create appropriate amount of vitamin D. Casual exposure without sunscreen.

Why is Vitamin D so important?

  • It is essential for the absorption and metabolism of calcium and therefore, the maintenance of healthy bones.
  • It is an immune system regulator.
  • It helps in maintaining a healthy body weight.
  • It helps the brain working well.
  • It decreases asthma symptoms.
  • It reduces the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis in women.
  • It lowers the risk of developing cancer, especially breast cancer in women.

Spend time outdoors and add salmon, shrimp, eggs to your diet to avoid these symptoms that might point to vitamin D deficiency:

  • Muscle weakness and spasms
  • Pain in joints
  • Frequent bone fractures
  • Anxious mind, nervousness and depression
  • Asthma in children
  • Weakened immunity and frequent infections
  • Low energy and fatigue

The sun provides the basis of all life on Earth, so please do not be afraid of it. Respect its power to heal and know its ability to harm; 15 minutes of sunshine will give you healthy bones, healthy mind, stronger muscles and heart.

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Tomatoes – The Heart Loving Fruit

September 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Tomatoes are widely famous for their exceptional antioxidant content (vitamin C and beta carotene, mineral manganese and vitamin E)as well as their rich concentration of lycopene.

Intake of tomatoes has long been linked to heart health. Fresh tomatoes and tomato extracts have been shown to help lower total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, and triglycerides.

Tomato Health Power

  • Heart Loving

When it comes to loving and protecting your ticker, tomatoes rule! How? The abundance of antioxidants (vitamin E, vitamin C and carotenoid lycopene) in tomatoes have made tomatoes one of the top heart supportive foods. That is not all when it comes to heart healthy plant; tomatoes have also been liked to improving the profile of fats in our bloodstream, decreased total cholesterol, decreased LDL (bad) cholesterol, and decreased triglyceride levels.

  • Bone Protecting

As the rich source of antioxidants (mostly lycopene), tomatoes have been proven to aid with bone tissue protection and health.

  • Cancer Repelling and Fighting

Tomatoes have repeatedly been shown to be one of the major sources of anti-cancer benefits. Tomatoes have also been researched on their anti-inflammatory nutrients. Most foods that provide us with strong antioxidant and anti-inflammatory support are often foods that show cancer prevention properties, and at the top of the list is the mighty tomato. — In several cancer studies, prostate cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, pancreatic cancer and breast cancer have been linked to the levels of lycopene intake.

  • Brain Protecting

Diets (like Meditteranian diet) that include tomatoes have been linked with reduced risk of some neurological diseases (including Alzheimer’s disease) and reduced risk of obesity.

When tomatoes are eaten in company with healthy fats, like avocado or olive oil, the nutritional benefit of tomato can increase by up to 15 times.

Interesting Tomato Facts:  Tomatoes do not come from Italy. It wasn’t until 16th century that tomatoes were introduced to European populations when Spanish explorers brought tomato seeds from Mexico back to Spain. Today tomatoes are enjoyed worldwide – their consumption reaching about 130 million tons per year.

Are you a tomato lover? If so, please share your favorite tomato story with us.

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Spice up Your Weight Loss With Cinnamon

September 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Cinnamon is one of the world’s most aromatic and versatile spices. Cinnamon is used in kitchens all over the world to spice up fruit, drinks and meals. But that is not the only benefit this delicious plant offers; impressive new research reveals that regular use of cinnamon can create powerful health benefits just as well.

Cinnamon is rich in manganese, iron, calcium and fiber. It has been used as a home remedy for generations to cure diarrhea, indigestion and bloating. Cinnamon also helps prevent the spread of cancer cells, the formation of stomach ulcers, and has been successfully used in curing bacterial infections. Cinnamon lowers blood sugar levels as well as LDL (bad) cholesterol levels, while having no effect on the HDL (good) cholesterol.

Cinnamon and Weight Loss

Because cinnamon can lower blood sugar, it can aid weight loss by signaling your body not to store sugar that eventually turns to fat. Cinnamon delays the passing of food from the stomach into the intestine. This makes you feel satisfied for a longer time, and you will most likely eat less. Cinnamon also helps the body to process carbohydrates more efficiently,  that can speed up your efforts in losing a few extra pounds.

Interesting fact: Studies show that abdominal fat is more sensitive to the effects of cinnamon than fat from other parts of the body. Just imagine what this mean for you and your stubborn belly fat!

Add cinnamon to your spice rack and your medicine cabinet!

  • Cinnamon has a regulatory effect on blood sugar, making it especially beneficial for people with type 2 diabetes.
  • Cinnamon has shown an amazing ability to stop medication-resistant yeast infections
  • Cinnamon has an anti-clotting effect on the blood.
  • 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon per day can lower LDL (bad) cholesterol.
  • Combining half a teaspoon of cinnamon powder and one tablespoon of honey every morning before breakfast may have a significant relief in arthritis pain after only one week.
  • When added to food, cinnamon inhibits bacterial growth and food spoilage, making it a natural food preservative.
  • Cinnamon is a great source of manganese, fiber, iron, and calcium.
  • Smelling cinnamon boosts cognitive function and memory.

Do you have a favorite cinnamon recipe you want to share?

 

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