Think of how often times you just throw away the root of a plant before you eat it. Leeks always come with some roots in them. Celery does not have roots but the base can be used to restart the plants growth.

Have fun with this and leave a comment and tell us what vegetables you have been successful regrowing.

This is an example of the base of the celery stalk cut off and put into water.
This new growth took about a week to grow.

This is an example of the bottom of a leek that already has roots that was planted. This is an example of one week after I planted it.

I also put this full leek in a small amount of water in vase and within one week got double the growth.

Here are some avocado facts:

• They are a fruit not a vegetable
• Sodium and cholesterol free
• Have 5 grams of good fat
• California produces about 90% of the nation’s avocado crop
• San Diego County is the Avocado Capital of the U.S., producing 60% of all the avocados grown in California.
• California avocados rank among the lowest of all fruits and vegetables for pesticide use

Eye Health
Avocados have more of the carotenoid lutein than any other commonly consumed fruit. Lutein protects against macular degeneration and cataracts, two disabling age-related eye diseases.

Liver Health
Avocados are another great food for your liver (read why below). They were once a luxury food reserved for the tables of royalty, but now California avocados are enjoyed around the world by people from all walks of life.

Why they are good for your liver?

Glutathione Source
Avocados are an excellent source of glutathione, an important antioxidant that researchers say is important in preventing aging, cancer, and heart disease.

Glutathione is made up of amino acids that function as antioxidants and are very supportive to the liver. Glutathione levels decrease with age therefore it is beneficial to get natural sources of glutathione when possible.

Prostate Cancer Prevention
Avocados have been shown to inhibit the growth of prostate cancer.

Oral Cancer Defense
Research has shown that certain compounds in avocados are able to seek out pre-cancerous and cancerous oral cancer cells and destroy them without harming healthy cells.

Breast Cancer Protection
Avocado, like olive oil, is high in oleic acid, which has been shown to prevent breast cancer in numerous studies.

Lower Cholesterol
Avocados are high in beta-sitosterol, a compound that has been shown to lower cholesterol levels. In one study, 45 volunteers experienced an average drop in cholesterol of 17% after eating avocados for only one week.

Heart Health
One cup of avocado has 23% of the recommended daily value of folate. Studies show that people who eat diets rich in folate have a much lower incidence of heart disease than those who don’t. The vitamin E, monounsaturated fats, and glutathione in avocado are also great for your heart.

Stroke Prevention
The high levels of folate in avocado are also protective against strokes. People who eat diets rich in folate have a much lower risk of stroke than those who don’t.

Better Nutrient Absorption Research has found that certain nutrients are absorbed better when eaten with avocado. In one study, when participants ate a salad containing avocados, they absorbed five times the amount of carotenoids (a group of nutrients that includes lycopene and beta carotene) than those who didn’t include avocados.

Researchers at Ohio State University discovered that when avocado was added to salsa, study participants absorbed four and a half times the amount of lycopene from the tomatoes.

It is believed that the healthy fats in the avocado help the body to absorb more lycopene.

Getting more lycopene is important because it has been found to play a big role in the prevention of cancer, inflammatory diseases, and age-related illnesses such as cataracts.

Vitamin E Powerhouse
Avocados are the best fruit source of vitamin E, an essential vitamin that protects against many diseases and helps maintains overall health.

Dr. Fuhrman’s food pyramid is based on the principles of high nutrient eating as illustrated by his Health Equation: Health = Nutrients / Calories (H = N / C). Low-calorie, nutrient dense foods are at the base of the pyramid, and high-calorie, nutrient poor foods are at the top. As nutrient density decreases, the quantity of room in the diet decreases.

Nutritional science in the last twenty years has demonstrated that colorful plant foods contain a huge assortment of protective compounds, mostly of which still remain unnamed. Only by eating an assortment of nutrient-rich natural foods can we access these protective compounds and prevent the common diseases that afflict Americans. Our modern, low-nutrient eating style has led to an overweight population, the majority of whom develop diseases of nutritional ignorance, causing our medical costs to spiral out of control.

The base of the pyramid – the foundation of the diet, foods consumed in the highest quantity – should be the foods with the highest ratios of nutrients to calories – these are vegetables. Ninety percent of the daily diet should be made up of nutrient rich plant foods, whose calories are accompanied by health-promoting phytochemicals: green and other non-starchy vegetables; fresh fruits; beans and legumes; raw nuts, seeds, and avocados; starchy vegetables; and whole grains.

If desired, the remaining 10% of the diet can contain small amounts of foods with lower nutrient to calorie ratios, such as animal products, sweets, and processed foods, as shown toward the top of the pyramid. By keeping these low nutrient foods to a minimum and striving to eat at least 90% of calories from the unrefined plant foods that comprise the base of the pyramid each day, you construct a health-promoting, disease-preventing diet. Those that strive to follow this high nutrient eating style are considered nutritarians.

Eat To Live meals consist of the following:

UNLIMITED

Eat as much as you want:

all raw vegetables (goal 1 lb. daily)

cooked green and non-green nutrient-rich vegetables (goal 1 lb. daily;

non-green nutrient-rich vegetables are eggplant, mushrooms, peppers,

onions, tomatoes, carrots, cauliflower)

beans, legumes, bean sprouts, and tofu (1 cup daily)

fresh fruits (at least 4 daily)

LIMITED

cooked starchy vegetables or whole grains:

butternut and acorn squash, corn, white potatoes, rice, sweet

potatoes, bread, cereal (not more than one serving, or 1 cup per day)

raw nuts and seeds (1 oz. max per day)

avocado (2 oz. max per day)

dried fruit (2 tablespoons max. per day)

ground flax-seeds (1 tablespoon max. per day)

OFF-LIMITS

dairy products

animal products

between-meal snacks

fruit juice

oils

the information above is from Eat to Live, by Dr. Joel Fuhrman (Oct. 2010) p. 216

To learn more please visit Dr. Fuhrman’s site or read his Book Eat To Live or Super Immunity

Homeopathic remedies (also called homeopathics) are a system of medicine based on three principles:

• Like cures like
  The homeopathic doctor chooses the proper remedy by following a special rule of nature called the Law of Similars. This law states “like cures like,” or that a medicine can cure a sick person if it can cause similar sickness in a healthy person. For instance, if you peel an onion, your eyes burn, itch and water. You might also have a runny nose and begin to sneeze. If you had similar symptoms during a cold or allergy attack, such as a runny nose, watery eyes and sneezing, a homeopathic micro-dose of the remedy Allium cepa (red onion) would help your body heal itself.

What are Homeopathic Remedies?

Any plant, mineral or natural substance can be used as a remedy. The original substance is diluted in liquid repeatedly, and vigorously shaken with each dilution. Unusual as it sounds, these very small amounts of remedies can act very strongly when used properly. Also, because the remedies are very diluted, they are extremely safe. The clinical experience of homeopathy shows that the micro-dose is effective: It works upon people, infants and animals.

• Minimal Dose The remedy is taken in an extremely dilute form; normally one part of the remedy to around 1,000,000,000,000 parts of water.
• The Single Remedy No matter how many symptoms are experienced, only one remedy is taken, and that remedy will be aimed at all those symptoms.

Classical Homeopathy – Treating the Whole Person Classical Homeopathy is a holistic medicine; in other words it aims to treat the whole person.

Homeopathy is the second most widely used system of medicine in the world. Its growth in popularity in the United States has been around 25 to 50 percent a year throughout the last decade.

This success is fueled by several factors:

• Homeopathy is extremely effective. When the correct remedy is taken, results can be rapid, complete and permanent.
• Homeopathy is completely safe. Even babies and pregnant women can use Homeopathy without the danger of side effects. Homeopathic remedies can also be taken alongside other medication without producing unwanted side effects.
• Homeopathy is natural. Homeopathic remedies are normally based on natural ingredients.
• Homeopathy works in harmony with your immune system, unlike some conventional medicines which suppress the immune system. (For example, cough medicines suppress the cough reflex, which is your body’s attempt to clear the lungs)
• Homeopathic remedies are not addictive – once relief is felt, you should stop taking them. If no relief is felt, you are probably taking the wrong homeopathic remedy.
• Homeopathy is holistic. It treats all the symptoms as one, which in practical terms means that it addresses the cause, not the symptoms. This often means that symptoms tackled with Homeopathy do not recur.

The first concern of anyone using any new medicine is “Is it safe?”. The short answer is yes, homeopathic medicine is completely safe.  It is also FDA approved.
Homeopaths use ultradilute “micro”doses made from not only plants, but minerals or any other substance found in nature.

Taking Homeopathic Medicine

Homeopathic medicine should be taken on a clean pallet. While on a course of homeopathic treatment, you should avoid strong flavours such as mint (including toothpaste), coffee or camphor.

Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment with Homeopathy
The basic aim of homeopathic prescribing is to find the one remedy which best matches all your symptoms.

What symptoms matter?

As homeopathy relies on prescribing one remedy to your precise combination of symptoms, all your symptoms should be included in the process.

The symptoms of a disease, for a Homeopath, are your body’s attempt to cure itself.

By contrast, conventional medicine often works by suppressing your body’s natural reactions. For example:

• A cough is usually the result of foreign bodies in the lungs; the muscles spasm in an attempt to remove it. Cough medicine simply stops this reflex.
• A headache tablet is a painkiller and simply suppresses the feeling of pain, leaving the body to undergo whatever torment it was before, but divorced from our consciousness. This is a very bad thing. For example, many headaches are due to dehydration – once the headache isn’t felt, the patient no longer feels the need to stop running around, working up a sweat and dehydrating further.
• The conventional approach to treating infections is antibiotics. Antibiotics simply eat other bacteria. Our body also has bacteria that serve the same function (indeed, there are many types of bacteria naturally occurring in the body, all of which are beneficial) alas these are also consumed by antibiotics. In addition, a widespread concern is that bacteria are becoming resistant to antibiotics.
• Antidepressants generally work by blocking emotional responses. Unlike homeopathic remedies, dependence builds up quickly, and once a course of antidepressants has begun, it is often a step down a long, slippery slope to dependency.

The approach of conventional medicine denies our body’s efforts to heal itself and damages these systems.

What to expect during a visit to a homeopathic practitioner?

You will be asked to describe all your problems in detail as well as a complete description of everything that characterizes you, especially your feelings, sensations, sensitivity, psyche, and all that concerns your organism in terms of energy, sleep, appetite, digestion, etc. This thorough and initial interview requires approximately two to three hours. The better the homeopath understands the patient and his or her problems, the better they can individualize to find the specific and most similar remedy for the patient’s condition.

I currently was working on upgrading my blog to add recipe plugin when I stumbled on this great site that integrates with my recipe plugin… Ok ok enough techie stuff …

Here is the GOOD stuff

 http://www.ziplist.com

What I love about it is that it:

1.  You see a recipe you like on line ( that works with ziplists) you click on it and it adds it to your shopping list
2. You can create check lists even
3. You can create several type of shopping lists; example a wholesale or warehouse type list, regular supermarket list.
4. If you supermarket is listed it can list it by the way the store is set up
5. It saves your recipes to your recipe box
6. You can see recipes that fit your family. For example I can select whole food type recipes to show up.
7. You can SHARE you list with a family member for collaboration or to pick it up
8. You can use your mobile app so you always have your list available
9. You can check off and also print coupons
10. Scan things with your phone and add it to your list
11. List that already available you can download to your list and edit to make it your own.Food shopping is a WORKOUT  I always say but this makes it a little easier

    Leave a comment and tell me if you use it or what you think.

I found a site after looking and downloading tons of apps and joining many sites that really makes it easy.

http://www.sparkpeople.com

Mobile apps
http://www.sparkpeople.com/mobile-apps.asp

Here are some of the features the site has to offer:

• Fitness trackers
• Meal plans
• Shopping list
• Healthy recipes that you can then add to your meal planner for that month  it also is integrated with the  mean plan and shopping list.
• Track weight
• Track water intake ( on the app it is so easy just click and it adds that cup of water you drank)
• Track food intake ( on desktop I added all the meals that I normally eat to my Group and favorites so it is easy to record quickly some of the food choices that may not be listed.   Then when viewing on the app it is as easy as click and record.) more than 1 million foods in its database
• Quick Track so you can record easily say your veggie intake, water take and what you ate very quickly.
• Healthy Lifestyle Content Guide to get nutrition, fitness, and motivation tips
• Join the web’s largest healthy lifestyle community ( so you can join for FREE and invite other friends and buddies that will help encourage you and keep you going)
• Join a team of like minded people within the community called groups
• Customize goals, tracking, meals etc.

And just to be clear I am not affiliated with SparkPeople in any way other then being a member.
I like that you can join for free and access both the website community but also the app.   So many of the sites I tried get you with the free site but then the app is a fee, or the mean planning costs you a monthly membership.

As a online marketing consultant I commend them for using sponsorship ads to drive their revenue.
We also build online communities and I have to say this online community was well done.  I especially like the control for privacy settings the member has to how much or how little they want to share.

Here are some screen shots to see how easy it is to use.

This is one of the great features, you just click off what you ate and it records it.
If it is isn’t listed you do a quick add. I love to add it to groups so if I always eat something for that meal group I know it is listed there.

Since every mobile phone views things a little differently here is an easy way to see how you see things on your phone via the mobile app
http://mobile.sparkpeople.com/

I love this quick glance of where you are at.  Expecially for water intake it shows you easily how much water you drank, many times I am suprised at that number and know I need to drink more.

Another surprise for me was my calorie intake, for me I was NOT eating enough.  Yes not eating enough.
This can cause your metabolism to digress.  So I was glad I was tracking my food intake, that little effort really showed me what I needed to improve on.

Would love to hear from others that use tools to help them get healthy, loose weight, get fit etc..
Feel free to leave a comment.

Lemon oil has been widely used in skin care to cleanse skin and reduce wrinkles. It promotes clarity of thought and purpose, as well as health, healing, physical energy, and purification. Its fragrance is invigorating, enhancing, and warming. Lemon has been shown to have antidepressant effects in research done by Komori, et al.,1995.
It may also help brighten a pale, dull complexion by removing the dead skin cells. It serves as an effective insect repellent and works well in removing gum, wood stain, oil, and grease spots.

Heartburn & Acid Reflux

Heartburn is a burning pain felt behind the breastbone. It is most often the result of acid reflux, that is, when stomach acid rises up the esophagus where it irritates the lining. Lemon is one of the best remedies for heartburn, as it causes the stomach to stop excreting digestive acids. Simply add a drop or two of lemon essential oil to a small glass of water and drink.

Make sure it is Pharmaceutical Grade A essential oil if you plan on ingesting it versus just diffusing it.

Young Living Essential Lemon Oil
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Lemon Oil Brochure

Question: If I put lemon oil in drinking water, will it make the water harmful to the enamel on my teeth?

Answer: There shouldn’t be any concerns about harming tooth enamel by using lemon oil diluted with water and consumed. Because lemon essential oil is pH neutral, unlike lemon juice, it should not be harmful to the enamel on teeth.

This also is a great alternative to putting a lemon wedge in your water when you go to a restaurant.
I love lemon wedge in my water at home but after reading a study about the levels of bacteria

Turns out, a slew of unclean, toxic and noxious microbes get passed to 70 percent of lemon wedges, and end up hanging on the side of your glass… or IN your glass.

“According to study conducted by a microbiologist named of Anne LaGrange Loving, 70 percent of the lemon wedges she tested (from 21 different restaurants) were contaminated with bacteria, including high counts of fecal bacteria.  Ah, a nice twist of E. coli!”

Then use a couple of drops of 100% pure lemon essential oil to flavor and purify your water instead.  A bottle of lemon essential oil is small and light and easily fits into a purse or pocket.

More ideas

• Use 6 drops of Lemon oil and 6 drops of Purification oil in a squirt bottle mixed with distilled water to use in the bathroom as an air freshener.
• Use 1-2 drops of Lemon oil to remove gum, oil, grease spots or crayon.
• Use 1 drop of Lemon oil to add flavor to baked goods or beverages.
• For homemade lemonade, in a blender mix 2 drops of Lemon oil, 2 tablespoons of honey and two cups of pure water. Adjust the amount of each ingredient to suit your own taste.
• Rub a drop of Lemon oil on a corn, callous or bunion mornings and evenings.
• To clean and increase the shelf life of fresh fruit, fill a bowl with cool water and 2-3 drops of Lemon oil. Drop your cleaned fruit into the water and stir. Be sure all surfaces of the fruit contact the lemon water.
• Add 2-3 drops of Lemon oil to water and spray counter tops to sterilize them.
• Soak your dishcloth overnight in a bowl of water and a drop of Lemon oil to disinfect and kill germs.
• Add a drop of Lemon oil to your dishwasher before the wash cycle.
• Rub a drop of Lemon oil on your hands after using a public bathroom.
• Use a paper towel soaked with several drops of Lemon oil to sanitize bathroom fixtures.
• Place a drop of Lemon oil on cold sores, herpes or other mouth ulcers to lessen pain and aid in healing.
• Put a drop of Lemon oil on bleeding gums caused by gingivitis or tooth extraction.
• Put a drop of Lemon oil on oily skin or acne to balance sebaceous glands (oil glands).
• Rub several drops of Lemon oil on cellulite to improve circulation and help eliminate waste from the cells.
• Rub two drops of Lemon oil topically to clear athlete’s foot.
• Rub several drops of Lemon oil on varicose veins to improve circulation and relieve pressure on the veins.
• Rub a drop of Lemon oil on a wart morning and night until it disappears.
• Rub a drop of Lemon oil to clean a butcher’s block or other cutting surfaces.
• Put 10-15 drops of Lemon oil in each gallon of carpet cleaning solution to help pull out stains and brighten the rug. This also leaves a fresh smell in the room.

“The chemicals in some of these products can trigger the nasal congestion, sneezing and the runny nose,” said Dr. Stanley Fineman, an allergist from Emory who helped gather data for the study. “With the asthmatics, there’s really good data showing their lung function changes when they’re exposed to these compounds.”

Many scented air freshener products contain harmful volatile organic compounds (VOCs) like formaldehyde, petroleum distillates, benzene and limonene, which are known to trigger asthma and other respiratory symptoms, as well as eye irritation, bone damage and leukemia. They also contain various other toxic ingredients like benzyl alcohol, camphor, dichlorobenzene, ethanol, naphthalene, phenol and pinene (http://mcs-america.org/airfresh.pdf).

Healthier Alternative

This is one of my favorite diffuser. I can put one of my young living essential oils on it and set the timer to diffuser Grade A essential oils into the air instead of TOXIC chemicals
http://youngliving.com/oil-diffusers/TheraPro-Diffuser

If you are traveling try using the Travel Diffuser
http://www.youngliving.com/oil-diffusers/Travel

The Travel Fan diffuser introduces convenience and portability to essential oil diffusing. The Travel Fan is capable of diffusing any essential oil. It diffuses by blowing cool air through the essential oil pad, releasing the therapeutic benefits of the essential oil into the air and allowing the oils to be easily absorbed. The Travel Fan Diffuser uses a quiet but powerful mini fan and all natural high-density essential oil pads, and has output that can fill room as large as 1000 sq. ft.

The travel fan diffuser includes 1 Lavender essential oil(5ml).

To order any Young Living Essential Oil Products – Use my referral/sponsor number 1258971

Order HERE

With many of the area effected by Hurricane Irene so many families are dealing with standing water, flooded basements and homes this TOPIC is extremely important.

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Michele Ruhmann is a Myofascial Release Therapist and has over twenty years of formal education in health, sports medicine, massage therapy and natural forms of healing.  Her personal experiences with chronic pain and her desire to help those on a healing journey have inspired and continue to guide her work in the wellness industry and education.

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Integrating her experience with Young Living Essential Oils along with her own challenging health lessons, Laura helps people become proactive for their own health using therapeutic grade Young Living Essential Oils and simple lifestyle changes.

Michele Ruhmann & Laura Gonzalez will be sharing the amazing ways to remove mold.

With many of the area effected by Hurricane Irene so many families are dealing with standing water, flooded basements and homes this TOPIC is extremely important.

Michele and Laura want to share the amazing natural approach to removing mold and safe guard your home and the health of your family naturally.

FACT: one square inch of mold infestation can produce over a million spores that are released into the air.

Recently, studies have shown that many common ailments can be attributed to the harmful effects of mold. Allergies, asthma, breathing difficulties, colds, chronic sinusitis, fatigue, flu-like symptoms, runny nose, and sore throat are only a few of the conditions that can potentially be contributed to mold.

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Michele Ruhmann has over twenty years of formal education in health, sports medicine, massage therapy and natural forms of healing.  Her personal experiences with chronic pain and her desire to help those on a healing journey have inspired and continue to guide her work in the wellness industry and education.

Michele takes great pride in empowering others to take charge of their health and environment by using a variety of natural approaches, including the use of therapeutic grade Young Living Essential Oils.

Laura Gonzalez is a professional business advisor and online marketing consultant for Health and Wellness Industry. She is passionate about natural, healthy living and has been learning about natural ways to improve health for the last 15 years.

Integrating her experience with Young Living Essential Oils along with her own challenging health lessons, Laura helps people become proactive for their own health using therapeutic grade Young Living Essential Oils and simple lifestyle changes.