Showing posts with label Juice Plus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Juice Plus. Show all posts
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Fresh, Frozen or Canned?
Fresh is always best...
Frozen comes in second..
then there is canned.
So there you have my pecking order!
To me vegetables fresh from the farm or just picked are healthier for you but frozen or canned ones are still a good choice. If frozen or canned right after being harvested they will still have healthy nutrients. I also believe since farm fresh is the best you should eat in season (what's being harvested now). This is where belonging to a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) can be very beneficial!
If you have to buy canned, keep in mind how much salt is added and try to buy those without added salt.
Remember don't overcook your veggies!! Lightly steamed works well and helps retain the nutrients.
Frozen comes in second..
then there is canned.
So there you have my pecking order!
To me vegetables fresh from the farm or just picked are healthier for you but frozen or canned ones are still a good choice. If frozen or canned right after being harvested they will still have healthy nutrients. I also believe since farm fresh is the best you should eat in season (what's being harvested now). This is where belonging to a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) can be very beneficial!
If you have to buy canned, keep in mind how much salt is added and try to buy those without added salt.
Remember don't overcook your veggies!! Lightly steamed works well and helps retain the nutrients.
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Are You Eating....
...your fruits and veggies every day? Did you know...
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recommends we eat 7 to 13 servings of fruits and vegetables every day. Most people don't come anywhere close. Clinically proven Juice Plus+ helps you bridge the gap between what you should eat and what you do eat, every day.
Yes, I am a distributor for Juice Plus and you can order through me just by going to www.synergywellnessjuiceplus.com it's very simple to shop online and the products are shipped directly to you!!
Here's another tidbit for your 411 bag:
The latest clinical research shows that people can improve their chances of living longer, healthier lives by eating more fruits and vegetables. So it's good to know that Juice Plus+ provides nutrition from 17 different fruits, vegetables, and grains in convenient and inexpensive capsule form. Learn more about the clinically proven benefits of Juice Plus+.
There is also a Children's Health Study for more info on it go to www.childrenshealthstudy.com But here's a little about it:
What is the Children's Health Study?
Established in 1999, the international Children's Health Study is a large-scale, multi-year survey designed to formally document the positive effects Juice Plus+® has on the health and well-being of families who take it.
The study is based on three important concepts:
1. Good nutrition is the foundation of health and inspires other healthy lifestyle choices.
2. The best time to establish good health and nutritional habits is in childhood.
3. The key to getting children to adopt good health habits is parental involvement.
How does it work?
The way the Children's Health Study works is simple. For every parent, grandparent, or other adult that signs up as a Juice Plus+® customer, the study provides Juice Plus+® Orchard Blend and Juice Plus+® Garden Blend free to a child, teenager, or college student for up to three years. At various intervals — after 4-8 months and then at the end of each year — adult participants are asked to fill out a voluntary survey to determine whether (and how) their families' health habits have changed as a result of taking Juice Plus+®.
Happy Eating! ;-P
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recommends we eat 7 to 13 servings of fruits and vegetables every day. Most people don't come anywhere close. Clinically proven Juice Plus+ helps you bridge the gap between what you should eat and what you do eat, every day.
Yes, I am a distributor for Juice Plus and you can order through me just by going to www.synergywellnessjuiceplus.com it's very simple to shop online and the products are shipped directly to you!!
Here's another tidbit for your 411 bag:
The latest clinical research shows that people can improve their chances of living longer, healthier lives by eating more fruits and vegetables. So it's good to know that Juice Plus+ provides nutrition from 17 different fruits, vegetables, and grains in convenient and inexpensive capsule form. Learn more about the clinically proven benefits of Juice Plus+.
There is also a Children's Health Study for more info on it go to www.childrenshealthstudy.com But here's a little about it:
What is the Children's Health Study?
Established in 1999, the international Children's Health Study is a large-scale, multi-year survey designed to formally document the positive effects Juice Plus+® has on the health and well-being of families who take it.
The study is based on three important concepts:
1. Good nutrition is the foundation of health and inspires other healthy lifestyle choices.
2. The best time to establish good health and nutritional habits is in childhood.
3. The key to getting children to adopt good health habits is parental involvement.
How does it work?
The way the Children's Health Study works is simple. For every parent, grandparent, or other adult that signs up as a Juice Plus+® customer, the study provides Juice Plus+® Orchard Blend and Juice Plus+® Garden Blend free to a child, teenager, or college student for up to three years. At various intervals — after 4-8 months and then at the end of each year — adult participants are asked to fill out a voluntary survey to determine whether (and how) their families' health habits have changed as a result of taking Juice Plus+®.
Happy Eating! ;-P
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Oh What A Night....
Does that bring a song to mind?? ;-P
So I did my first vendor show tonight at Layton's Chance Vineyard and Winery ~ it was called Ladies Night ~ what fun! I got to talk (imagine that), look at other great items for sale, put my name in for door prizes (didn't win any), talk (did I mention that already?), meet really nice ladies, share Ezekiel bread with ladies and well you know talk....
I so believe that sharing is caring and it's so important to get back to the basics of REAL food!!
It was a pleasure to experience my first "show" at such an event!!
Remember to look at my other blog www.likeicancook.blogspot.com
So I did my first vendor show tonight at Layton's Chance Vineyard and Winery ~ it was called Ladies Night ~ what fun! I got to talk (imagine that), look at other great items for sale, put my name in for door prizes (didn't win any), talk (did I mention that already?), meet really nice ladies, share Ezekiel bread with ladies and well you know talk....
I so believe that sharing is caring and it's so important to get back to the basics of REAL food!!
It was a pleasure to experience my first "show" at such an event!!
Remember to look at my other blog www.likeicancook.blogspot.com
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Because Sharing is Caring!
Well my Facebook peeps know that I am all about sharing 411 because that is caring in my book. I feel like if you don’t buy a Nutrimill, a Bosch mixer or Juice Plus from me do buy it from somewhere!! It’s that important to me that peeps get the basics, not the equipment. That’s where I am going with this blog ~ sharing 411 with other like minded peeps.
Today we attended a small group meeting of a new local Weston A. Price Foundation chapter. The topic was fermented foods. It wasn’t about selling anything it was about sharing knowledge, what has worked, what hasn’t worked and why we do what we do. We shared samples and recipes. It was nice to meet with other peeps that want to learn about our food supply and what we are putting into our bodies.
I mentioned today the book Better Health God’s Way written by Stormie Omartian. (One of my favorite authors.) Anyways, that’s what it is about in my eyes. Getting back to our basic food supply, the way it was created by HIM. We as humans have removed the nutrients from our food and have replaced it with fillers, chemicals, preservatives, etc. I refer to this as dead food. You will find these dead foods in the middle aisles of the grocery store, it’s usually in a box or can. This stuff can sit on a shelf for years. Makes you wonder how long it can sit in your body doesn’t it?! Or how our bodies react to this foreign substance we call food....
Today we sampled fermented foods: baked oatmeal, breakfast cereal, kimchi, carrots and ginger, etc. We talked about milling the grain for the bread dough, getting whey from raw milk for the fermenting, GMO corn, sources to buy from for certain items, etc. Great group meeting and I’m looking forward to the next one! It’s a fantastic way to share, brainstorm and try recipes that we have found to work for us. Did I mention we all took home a sourdough bread starter?!
Today we attended a small group meeting of a new local Weston A. Price Foundation chapter. The topic was fermented foods. It wasn’t about selling anything it was about sharing knowledge, what has worked, what hasn’t worked and why we do what we do. We shared samples and recipes. It was nice to meet with other peeps that want to learn about our food supply and what we are putting into our bodies.
I mentioned today the book Better Health God’s Way written by Stormie Omartian. (One of my favorite authors.) Anyways, that’s what it is about in my eyes. Getting back to our basic food supply, the way it was created by HIM. We as humans have removed the nutrients from our food and have replaced it with fillers, chemicals, preservatives, etc. I refer to this as dead food. You will find these dead foods in the middle aisles of the grocery store, it’s usually in a box or can. This stuff can sit on a shelf for years. Makes you wonder how long it can sit in your body doesn’t it?! Or how our bodies react to this foreign substance we call food....
Today we sampled fermented foods: baked oatmeal, breakfast cereal, kimchi, carrots and ginger, etc. We talked about milling the grain for the bread dough, getting whey from raw milk for the fermenting, GMO corn, sources to buy from for certain items, etc. Great group meeting and I’m looking forward to the next one! It’s a fantastic way to share, brainstorm and try recipes that we have found to work for us. Did I mention we all took home a sourdough bread starter?!
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
What Is Wellness?
well·ness (noun)
1. The quality or state of being healthy in body and mind, especially as the result of deliberate effort.
2. An approach to healthcare that emphasizes preventing illness and prolonging life, as opposed to emphasizing treating diseases.
An active, lifelong process of educating ourselves and making choices that will lead to better health.
Is about embracing a way of life; an individual lifestyle based on one's own abilities, interests and habits.
Encompasses choices about our lives, our work, our families and our priorities that influence our lifestyles.
Is about our physical, emotional, spiritual, and nutritional well being not just about diet and exercise.
Monday, August 1, 2011
Keep A Food Journal
It's a pretty basic thing to do and a good thing to start your journey to your healthy future with. After all how can you make any changes in your diet if you don't remember what you ate? Remember to be HONEST with yourself in your journal ~ if you ate 6 cookies then write it down! The journal will reflect your food choices, your portion sizes and your daily eating habits. It can be a great tool in your health quest and with setting goals for yourself. Your journal can be as simple or as complicated as you want it. The choice is yours. I don't care what you decide, just do it!
NOTEBOOK: Remember you decide! Any kind/size of notebook will do. Bigger notebook gives you more writing room, smaller notebook gives you more portability. <insert ~ more likely to carry and keep near you and use>. If you are more into electronic devices, I'm sure there's an AP for it. You can try some free websites that will keep an online journal for you. www.sparkpeople.com is a good one. And if you want Uncle Samto spy on you to know what you are eating you can try www.mypyramid.gov for fun.
ORGANIZE: Set your notebook up how you want. It's yours, personalize it your way, make it a tool you will want to use. Record the date, time, place, food items eaten, quantity of food, beverages consumed, feelings while eating, and physical activity. You can make little columns for easy glance or you can just write the items as you go in a list fashion. I think it's important to record these things so you can see patterns in your eating habits. Example...you find yourself eating everyday around 3:30 PM a little snack while you are standing in the kitchen thinking about what to do next, you are not hungry but you eat anyways. Can you pinpoint this time of day and relate it to those after school snacks you had growing up? Just a thought but you see how you can relate your current eating habits to something you grew up doing? Solution ~ eat a healthy snack @ 3:30 or do another activity so you are not standing in the kitchen @ that time of day!
RECORD AS YOU GO: Be as specific as possible and record one item at a time. Don't wait until the end of the day and write "around 11:30 AM I ate about 2 handfuls of nuts" break it down! Pinpoint it! Don't write hamburger on a bun ~ write 4 oz of ground sirloin, on a whole wheat bun, with ketchup, mustard, fat free cheese, etc. This uncovers the hidden food we eat without thinking about it.
RECORD YOUR FEELINGS AND HUNGER LEVELS: I mean be for real ~ do you only eat when you are hungry? Or do you eat when you are happy, bored, nervous, tired, depressed?I think the only time I don't eat is when I am mad! So I'm thinking if something makes me mad every day I'll be skinny as a twig soon! Did I just go there?! But you get the jest of it, it's important to know why you are eating. Don't feed the emotions ~ go ahead and write the emotions down in your journal ~ it may make some sense to you later on!
DRINK UP! But do record it in your journal. If your goal is to drink eight 8 oz glasses of water per day, write it down and track your progress. If you drink high calorie bevs record it. If you drink big peep's drinks ~ well record it if you can. <insert hard to write in your journal when you are on the floor with room spinning> And have you any clue how many calories a Starbuck's bev puts in your body? Google it.
LET'S GET PHYSICAL! Now I'll have a certain song stuck in my head the rest of the day... anyhow, when you workout journal it! What did you do? How long did you do it? Did you survive? Maybe do something different tomorrow.... Did you park in the far out parking lot to avoid door dings <doesn't work someone will always park right next to you> and walk to the store? Did you take the steps instead of the elevator? And what about at home in that two story house ~ do you take items up as you have them or do you pile them on the bottom step and make one trip?!
REVIEW: No, we aren't gonna review this post....you are gonna review your journal! Take a close look after about a week. Do you see any patterns <insert eating when not hungry @ 3:30 PM everyday>. Do you eat the same thing every day? Do you exercise the same intensity every day? Do you see where you can eliminate some high calorie foods here and there? Is there a certain high calorie beverage you can cut back on? Baby steps, baby steps! Think about it, think before you eat, be honest with yourself.
NOTE TO SELF: That's right make notes to yourself in your journal likeI am a fat cow and I need to take off 100 pounds by tomorrow morning little positive notes, inspirational quotes, Bible scriptures, jot your short term and long term goals down <you don't have goals set yet?! we'll cover that another time>. You can even draw little picture doodles in your journal ~ just a plain ;-) will do!
Remember it's your future....be there healthy!
NOTEBOOK: Remember you decide! Any kind/size of notebook will do. Bigger notebook gives you more writing room, smaller notebook gives you more portability. <insert ~ more likely to carry and keep near you and use>. If you are more into electronic devices, I'm sure there's an AP for it. You can try some free websites that will keep an online journal for you. www.sparkpeople.com is a good one. And if you want Uncle Sam
ORGANIZE: Set your notebook up how you want. It's yours, personalize it your way, make it a tool you will want to use. Record the date, time, place, food items eaten, quantity of food, beverages consumed, feelings while eating, and physical activity. You can make little columns for easy glance or you can just write the items as you go in a list fashion. I think it's important to record these things so you can see patterns in your eating habits. Example...you find yourself eating everyday around 3:30 PM a little snack while you are standing in the kitchen thinking about what to do next, you are not hungry but you eat anyways. Can you pinpoint this time of day and relate it to those after school snacks you had growing up? Just a thought but you see how you can relate your current eating habits to something you grew up doing? Solution ~ eat a healthy snack @ 3:30 or do another activity so you are not standing in the kitchen @ that time of day!
RECORD AS YOU GO: Be as specific as possible and record one item at a time. Don't wait until the end of the day and write "around 11:30 AM I ate about 2 handfuls of nuts" break it down! Pinpoint it! Don't write hamburger on a bun ~ write 4 oz of ground sirloin, on a whole wheat bun, with ketchup, mustard, fat free cheese, etc. This uncovers the hidden food we eat without thinking about it.
RECORD YOUR FEELINGS AND HUNGER LEVELS: I mean be for real ~ do you only eat when you are hungry? Or do you eat when you are happy, bored, nervous, tired, depressed?
DRINK UP! But do record it in your journal. If your goal is to drink eight 8 oz glasses of water per day, write it down and track your progress. If you drink high calorie bevs record it. If you drink big peep's drinks ~ well record it if you can. <insert hard to write in your journal when you are on the floor with room spinning> And have you any clue how many calories a Starbuck's bev puts in your body? Google it.
LET'S GET PHYSICAL! Now I'll have a certain song stuck in my head the rest of the day... anyhow, when you workout journal it! What did you do? How long did you do it? Did you survive? Maybe do something different tomorrow.... Did you park in the far out parking lot to avoid door dings <doesn't work someone will always park right next to you> and walk to the store? Did you take the steps instead of the elevator? And what about at home in that two story house ~ do you take items up as you have them or do you pile them on the bottom step and make one trip?!
REVIEW: No, we aren't gonna review this post....you are gonna review your journal! Take a close look after about a week. Do you see any patterns <insert eating when not hungry @ 3:30 PM everyday>. Do you eat the same thing every day? Do you exercise the same intensity every day? Do you see where you can eliminate some high calorie foods here and there? Is there a certain high calorie beverage you can cut back on? Baby steps, baby steps! Think about it, think before you eat, be honest with yourself.
NOTE TO SELF: That's right make notes to yourself in your journal like
Remember it's your future....be there healthy!
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