Thursday, October 27, 2011

KEEP YOUR FOCUS

WOW LIFE CAN REALLY THROW SOME CURVE BALLS, RIGHT?!  WELL IT'S UP TO US TO KEEP OUR FOCUS WHETHER THAT'S IN OUR RELATIONSHIPS, OUR SPIRITUAL LIFE, OUR DIETS, OUR LIFESTYLES, ETC.....  NO ONE ELSE CAN KEEP US ON THE PATH TO OPTIMAL HEALTH BUT OURSELVES!  SO WITH THAT JUST KNOW IF WE FALL WE MUST GET UP AND KEEP GOING.  WE CAN DO THIS, THE OUTCOME WILL BE OUR REWARD!

SERIOUSLY I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GO BACK IN MY PROFILE AND CHANGE MY AGE BECAUSE I AM NOW 37, HAHAHA, BUT I FEEL LIKE I'M STILL IN MY 20'S ONLY BECAUSE OF MY LIFESTYLE.  I HAVE MANAGED TO MAINTAIN HEALTHY EATING, DAILY EXERCISE AND CONSTANT CONTACT IN MY WALK WITH GOD!

DON'T FORGET TO START NOW BEFORE THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS, OUT WITH THE OLD IN WITH THE NEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Saturday, October 22, 2011

THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR WEIGHT LOSS KICKS IN TO HIGH GEAR.....

BEING A WEIGHT LOSS CONSULTANT IT'S COMMON TO SEE PEOPLE START THEIR FOCUS ON LOSING WEIGHT RIGHT BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS OPPOSE TO AFTER.  ONE REASON I'VE DISCOVERED IS WE ALL KNOW WHAT'S A HEAD OF US, THANKSGIVING, CHRISTMAS, SWEETS, PARTIES, ETC... YOU GET THE PICTURE.  IN MY OPINION IT'S SUCH A GREAT IDEA TO START SOME SIMPLE LIFESTYLE CHANGES HERE IN OCTOBER.  THIS WAY YOU'RE ABLE TO GET SOME HABITS UNDER YOUR BELT BEFORE YOU ATTEMPT TO GO THROUGH THE HUGE LINE OF THANKSGIVING CHOICES.  I ALWAYS TELL MY PATIENTS IT TAKES 28 DAYS TO BREAK A HABIT, SO WHY NOT START NOW!

WHETHER YOU'RE A SUGAR-HOLIC OR A SALT-HOLIC YOU CAN DO THIS TRUST ME!
GRAB SOME ACCOUNTABILITY, JOURNAL WHAT YOU ARE EATING AND DRINKING EVERYDAY AND START OUT WITH AT LEAST 3 DAYS A WEEK WALKING FOR 30 MINUTES.  AFTER TWO WEEKS BUMP IT UP TO 5 DAYS A WEEK!

JESUS SPEAKING:  "REMEMBER THAT ALL GOOD THINGS---YOUR POSSESSIONS, YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS, YOUR HEALTH AND ABILITIES, YOUR TIME--ARE GIFTS FROM ME.  INSTEAD OF FEELING ENTITLED TO ALL THESE BLESSINGS, RESPOND TO THEM WITH GRATITUDE.  BE PREPARED TO LET GO OF ANYTHING I TAKE FROM YOU, BUT NEVER LET GO OF MY HAND!"  "THOUGH THE PROCESS OF AGING CONTINUES, INWARDLY YOU GROW STRONGER WITH THE PASSING YEARS.  THOSE WHO LIVE CLOSE TO ME DEVELOP AN INNER ALIVENESS THAT MAKES THEM SEEM YOUTHFUL IN SPITE OF THEIR YEARS.  LET MY LIFE SHINE THROUGH YOU, AS YOU WALK IN THE LIGHT WITH ME."

"THAT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS IN MY KINGDOM."  (1)

(1)  JESUS CALLING BY SARAH YOUNG

Sunday, October 16, 2011

PUMPKIN ANYTHING MAKES ME HAPPY.......

FIRST LET ME START OFF SAYING MAN I LOVE OCTOBER!  FALL, PUMPKIN LATTES, PUMPKIN MUFFINS, PUMPKIN PIE, PUMPKIN BREAD, MY BIRTHDAY, ETC.... YOU GET THE PICTURE!  THE LEAVES FALLING, WITH SUCH BEAUTIFUL COLORS!  THIS TIME OF YEAR MAKES ME SO THANKFUL FOR MY LIFE AND EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING IN IT!

THIS PAST WEEK WAS A BUMMER GETTING STREP, UGHHHH!  BUT I'M BACK AND FEEL GREAT, READY TO START THE WEEK! 

THIS MORNING OUR SERMON WAS ON BEING PATIENT, WAITING FOR GOD TO PLACE US EXACTLY WHERE WE NEED TO BE.  WHETHER THAT'S IN A JOB SITUATION, RELATIONSHIPS, DECISIONS WE'RE BEING FACED WITH, BAD NEWS FROM THE DOCTOR, ETC.....  http://youtu.be/Kc7orBfhEmk  go to this link and listen to an incredible song that is so true of what we should be doing during our time of waiting.  THE TITLE OF THIS SONG IS "WHILE I'M WAITING" BY JOHN WALLER.  WOW AWESOME MESSAGE IN THIS SONG!

     *OK SO ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED PLEASE COME SATURDAY OCTOBER 22, 1:00 TO HEAR ALL ABOUT KANGEN WATER AND HOW IT CAN CHANGE YOUR HEALTH AS WELL AS YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILIES LIFE.  IT HAS TRULY BEEN A BLESSING TO DISCOVER THE BENEFITS THIS WATER HAS DONE FOR NOT JUST MYSELF AND FAMILY BUT TO ALSO SEE WHAT IT HAS BEEN DOING FOR MY WEIGHT LOSS PATIENTS WHO HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING FOR YEARS!  CALL ME FOR DIRECTIONS:  704-860-3985

BE BLESSED AND HAVE A GREAT WEEK!

Friday, October 7, 2011

THIS IS THE DAY THAT THE LORD HAS MADE. LET US REJOICE AND BE GLAD TODAY! PSALM 118:24

     IN ORDER TO HEAR MY VOICE, YOU MUST RELEASE ALL YOUR WORRIES INTO MY CARE.  ENTRUST TO ME EVERYTHING THAT CONCERNS YOU.  THIS CLEARS THE WAY FOR YOU TO SEEK MY FACE UNHINDERED.  LET ME FREE YOU FROM FEAR THAT IS HIDING DEEP INSIDE YOU.  SIT QUIETLY IN MY PRESENCE, ALLOWING MY LIGHT TO SOAK INTO YOU AND DRIVE OUT ANY DARKNESS LODGED WITHIN YOU.
     ACCEPT EACH DAY JUST AS IT COMES TO YOU, REMEMBERING THAT I AM SOVEREIGN OVER YOUR LIFE.  REJOICE IN THIS DAY THAT I HAVE MADE, TRUSTING THAT I AM ABUNDANTLY PRESENT IN IT.  INSTEAD OF REGRETTING OR RESENTING THE WAY THINGS ARE, THANK ME IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES TRUST ME AND DON'T BE FEARFUL; THANK ME AND REST IN MY SOVEREIGNTY.  (1)

     SO WENT TO ONE OF BILLY WEASE'S CLASSES AGAIN LAST NIGHT, SUCH GREAT INFORMATION!  HIS CLASSES INCLUDE:  DETOX AND GI HEALTH, ORAL HEALTH/PEMF THERAPY (PAIN), HOLISTIC MEDICAL BODY WORK (BOWEN THERAPY), NATURAL HORMONES (WOMEN AND MEN), OSTEOPOROSIS, DIABETES/HEART DISEASE/CHOLESTEROL, LOSING AND KEEPING THE FAT OFF, IMPROVING YOUR THYROID FUNCTION AND CANCER AWARENESS/IMMUNE SYSTEM.  STOP BY THE GASTONIA PHARMACY ON FRANKLIN BLVD. AND GET SOME INFO ABOUT THEIR HEALTHY AGING CLUB.  IT'S SO HELPFUL, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE YOU KEEP HITTING A BRICK WALL WHEN YOUR DOCTORS CONTINUALLY GIVE YOU THE RUN AROUND!  WE HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE AND EDUCATE OURSELVES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND NOT SOLELY RELY ON EVERY SINGLE THING THE DOCTOR TELLS US, HELLO THEY'RE ONLY HUMAN AND WHAT THEY WEREN'T TAUGHT IN MED SCHOOL THEY DON'T KNOW RIGHT?  THERE'S ALWAYS ALTERNATIVES!  I KNOW THIS TO BE TRUE BECAUSE OF MY OWN HEALTH TOPICS ALONG WITH MY FAMILIES!  GOAL THIS NEW YEAR, GET EDUCATED!  THE MORE WE KNOW THE MORE WE ARE CONSCIOUS OF WHAT WE'RE CONSUMING OR DOING, RIGHT?

     *HEY TIP FOR THE DAY:  SOME BENEFITS ON GINGER ROOT
DID YOU KNOW GINGER HELPS NOT ONLY WITH (GASTROINTESTINAL RELIEF) MOTION SICKNESS, ESPECIALLY SEASICKNESS, NAUSEA, VOMITING AND COLD SWEATING.  GREAT AND SAFE FOR MORNING SICKNESS DURING PREGNANCY.  IT ALSO HAS ANTI-INFLAMMATORY EFFECTS.  THESE VERY POTENT COMPOUNDS ARE CALLED GINGEROLS.  IF YOU SUFFER FROM OSTEOARTHRITIS OR RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS REDUCTIONS IN PAIN LEVELS AND IMPROVEMENTS IN MOBILITY CAN HELP WHEN YOU CONSUME GINGER REGULARLY.  GINGER CAN ALSO HOLD TRUE TO PROTECTION AGAINST COLORECTAL CANCER.  GINGEROLS, THE MAIN ACTIVE COMPONENTS IN GINGER AND THE ONES RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS DISTINCTIVE FLAVOR, MAY ALSO INHIBIT THE GROWTH OF HUMAN COLORECTAL CANCER CELLS, SUGGESTS RESEARCH PRESENTED AT THE FRONTIERS IN CANCER PREVENTION RESEARCH, A MAJOR MEETING OF CANCER EXPERTS.  ANOTHER GREAT FINDING FOR US FEMALES IS TO KNOW THAT GINGER INDUCES CELL DEATH IN OVARIAN CANCER CELLS.  LAB EXPERIMENTS PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER, BY DR. REBECCA LUI AND HER COLLEAGUES FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, SHOWED THAT GINGEROLS, THE ACTIVE PHYTONUTRIENTS IN GINGER, KILL OVARIAN CANCER CELLS BY INDUCING APOPTOSIS (PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH) AND AUTOPHAGOCYTOSIS (SELF DIGESTION).  GINGER EXTRACTS HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO HAVE BOTH ANTIOXIDANT, ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AND ANTI- TUMOR EFFECTS ON CELLS.  WOW THIS IS COOL BUT ONE LAST THING, GINGER CAN BE AN IMMUNE BOOSTING ACTION THAT WOULD CONTRIBUTE  TO FIGHT OFF INFECTIONS.  IT CAN HELP PROMOTE HEALTHY SWEATING, DURING COLDS AND FLU.  A GOOD SWEAT MAY DO A LOT MORE THAN ASSIST IN DETOXIFICATION.  THERE IS A GENE  WHEN WE GO THROUGH A HEALTHY SWEAT THAT HELPS FIGHT MICROORGANISMS, INCLUDING BACTERIA SUCH AS E. COLI AND STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS ( A COMMON CAUSE OF SKIN INFECTIONS), AND FUNGI, INCLUDING CANDIDA ALBICANS.

WELL TODAY'S GOING TO BE A GREAT DAY!  ENJOY SOME GINGER AND WE'LL CHAT SOON!

(1)  JESUS CALLING BY SARAH YOUNG

Monday, October 3, 2011

PROBIOTIC REVOLUTION

SO DO YOU KNOW JUST HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR US TO BE ON PROBIOTICS?......  I STARTED USING PROBIOTICS SEVEN YEARS AGO.  THE ONLY PROBLEM IS I HAVEN'T BEEN CONSISTENT WITH THEM AT ALL.  AT THIS POINT THE GENERAL PUBLIC HAS HEARD OF GOOD BACTERIA IN YOGURT AT LEAST, RIGHT?  WELL THAT'S ANOTHER STORY I'M NOT BIG AT ALL IN GETTING MY PROBIOTICS FROM THAT SOURCE.  THROUGH A FOUR YEAR BATTLE WITH CANDIDA, (STARTING SEVEN YEARS AGO) REALLY GOT ME TO RESEARCH PROBIOTICS AND VIEW THEM IN A WHOLE NEW WAY.  CANDIDA IS A FORM OF OVER ACTING YEAST THAT CAN ENTER YOUR BLOOD STREAM, AFFECT YOUR MOODS, CREATE MASSIVE FATIGUE, OVERALL IT TAKES OVER YOUR HEALTH 100%.  I WAS DESPERATE FOR HELP AND AFTER GOING FROM DOCTOR TO DOCTOR, SPECIALIST TO SPECIALIST, I THREW MY HANDS UP AND DECIDED TO "PATIENT HEAL THYSELF" AS JORDAN RUBIN PUTS IT.  CANDIDA AFFECTS MALES AND FEMALES, THE PROBLEM IS IT GETS MISDIAGNOSED MOST OF THE TIME OR SOME DOCTORS WANT TO DISMISS IT AND PUT YOU ON A PRESCRIPTION DRUG THAT ONLY MASK THE PROBLEM. 

WELL I'M PERSONALLY THANKFUL I HAD TO GO THROUGH ALL THAT BECAUSE IT HELPED ME CHANGE THE WAY I LIVE.  I WENT FROM A DIET THAT WAS DESTROYING MY HEALTH TO HEALTHY LIFESTYLE CHANGES THAT MADE ME HEALTHY AGAIN!  AT 26 YEARS OLD I STARTED EXERCISING ON A REGULAR BASIS.  I ALREADY HAD ONE GOOD HABIT GOING FOR ME.  SO WHEN THE CANDIDA STARTED I SIMPLY BEGAN TO CHANGE THE WAY I ATE.  AT THAT TIME I DID START ORGANIC FOODS, LAYED OFF THE SWEETS, GOT RID OF SOFT DRINKS FOREVER, STARTED SOME JUICING AND DRANK WATER LIKE IT WAS GOING OUT OF STYLE.  SLOWLY BUT SURELY MY BODY WENT THROUGH SOME DETOXING AND I WAS ON MY WAY TO A HEALTHIER ME.

SINCE THEN I'VE GONE THROUGH DIFFERENT STAGES, DIFFERENT DIETS AND ENTERING MY 30'S I STARTED WANTING SWEETS LIKE CRAZY, UGHHHHH!  THANKFULLY YEAR AFTER YEAR I'VE BEEN ABLE TO LISTEN TO MY BODY, WHETHER IT'S TELLING ME TO INCREASE SOMETHING, SLACK OFF SOMETHING OR LIKE THE LAST TWO YEARS INCREASE EXERCISE BIG TIME!  IN MY OPINION OUR BODY NEEDS FOR OPTIMAL HEALTH CHANGE EVERY TEN YEARS.  SO FROM OUR 20'S, 30'S, 40'S, 50'S AND UP OUR EXERCISE REGIMEN SHOULD BE CHANGING, OUR CHOICES IN DIET SHOULD CHANGE AND OUR SUPPLEMENT CHOICES SHOULD ALSO CHANGE. 

LET ME GIVE YOU SOME FACTS ON PROBIOTICS, WHICH BY THE WAY WERE THE VERY FIRST THING I STARTED WHEN I WAS ON MY MISSION TO RID CANDIDA AND HEAL MYSELF!

*  TRILLIONS OF FRIENDLY BACTERIA ARE IN OUR DIGESTIVE SYSTEM, MOSTLY IN THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT.  PROBIOTICS, MEANING "FOR LIFE," ARE DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS CONTAINING BENEFICIAL BACTERIA THAT ARE TAKEN TO HELP MAINTAIN A HEALTHY BALANCE BETWEEN GOOD BACTERIA AND PATHOGENIC BACTERIA, WHICH ARE HARMFUL TO THE SYSTEM.  RESEARCHERS ARE DISCOVERING THAT PROBIOTICS OFFER MANY VARIED HEALTH BENEFITS.  THEY HELP BETTER OUR DIGESTIVE SYSTEM AND BOOST IMMUNITY.  ALSO, THEY AID IN NUTRIENT ASSIMILATION; WEIGHT CONTROL; MAINTAIN A NORMAL INFLAMMATION RESPONSE; AND SUPPORT HEALTHY BLOOD LIPIDS.  EXPERTS SUCH AS DR. S.K. DASH, FOUNDER OF UAS LABS AND ONE OF THE WORLD'S LEADING PROBIOTIC EXPERTS, NOTE THAT PROBIOTICS ARE "MORE IMPORTANT TO TAKE DAILY THAN A MULTIVITAMIN." 

PROBLEM IS YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU GET FROM JUST ANY BRAND OF PROBIOTICS.  I WILL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW IF YOU'RE GETTING YOURS FROM CHAIN PHARMACY'S YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND CHUNK THEM IN THE TRASH.  SO IF YOUR PHYSICIAN TELLS YOU TO GO GET ON A PROBIOTIC, AS MY DAUGHTERS PEDIATRICIAN HAS BEFORE, MAKE SURE IT'S TOP QUALITY.  SURVEYS BY GROUPS SUCH AS CONSUMERLAB.COM HAVE SHOWN ALTOGETHER TOO MANY BRANDS SIMPLY DON'T PROVIDE THE AMOUNT OF BENEFICIAL BACTERIA LISTED ON THE LABEL, WHILE OTHER STRAINS DON'T HAVE THE PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF HEALTH BENEFITS DISCERNING CONSUMERS DEMAND.

IF YOU WANT HIGH QUALITY SUPPLEMENTS SUCH AS PROBIOTICS GO TO PRESCRIPTIONS PLUS AND I GUARANTEE YOU'LL GET THEM. 

PROBIOTICS CAN PASS THROUGH STOMACH ACID AND SETTLE IN THE INTESTINES, FROM THAT POINT THEY BEGIN TO MULTIPLY.  ALSO, YOU SHOULD INCORPORATE PREBIOTIC WITH PROBIOTICS TO ENHANCE ITS GROWTH IN THE INTESTINES. 

*MY HOPE IS, IS THAT MORE PHYSICIANS WILL GET ON BOARD WITH ENCOURAGING PATIENTS TO INCLUDE PROBIOTICS IN THEIR PATIENTS LIFESTYLE BECAUSE FOR ME PERSONALLY IT HAS MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE OVER THE YEARS IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT FACTORS REGARDING MY HEALTH AS WELL AS MY CHILDREN'S HEALTH!