Role Models of America

The Dream Backyard

This lady has been inspiring to meet here in Los Banos California.  Sandy has Proverbs 31 working in her life right now!  Wait till I show you what all she does.

She said that she quit the corporate world and she and her husband decided to raise their  children with a lasting legacy of a true mom and dad. So she is a stay at home mom, with an incredible talent unfolding. Not only is she home for their children, but she also has found ways to make their budget work wonders right in their own backyard. 

This is her backyard..... ok.... you say looks like a regular kind of a yard.  But what is happening here is a dream.  She is raising all kinds of fruit trees and  nut trees. Planted all around the sides carefully tended and properly with a real gardeners eye. How does she know what to do or plant? She reads books and asks other gardeners questions.  She started this in earnest to help feed their family and what has happened is wonderful! 

 

She has pomegranates, plums, oranges, lemons, limes to name a few.

Her apricot tree is loaded with fruit.

 

The pear tree is producing nicely too.

 

THIS IS AN OLIVE TREE!!!

 

She gave me a peach from her tree.  (We ate it later that day - was so full of flavor)

 

Just look at this fruit!

This is one of the two tiny greenhouses that is also in the backyard. She grows all her own veggies and herbs from seeds - then plants them in beds along the sides of the house. Check this out!

 

She has peppers, of all kinds, several kinds of beans.....onions, garlic and more I can't remember.

 

There are strawberries planted all along the fronts of the beds - see the strawberry?

 

Look at these grapes!  Her grapevines are full of tender fruit. 

 

Her herb gardens are full - chives, garlic, mint, rosemary, thyme to name a few.

 

The tomato beds are full of plants - it's going to be a bumper crop this year she thinks. So think about this..... instead of all the grass that does nothing but grows, gets cut, grows and gets cut - her yard is producing food! She took all the empty areas - sides, corners, fences lines and turned them into blessings for her family.

What does she do with all this food from her own backyard?  She makes jellies, jams, cans and freezes them for her family to eat year long.

 

And she also has built a business from her hands now.  She has a thriving business selling her homemade treats at bake sales and now she is getting so well known that people are coming to her front door to buy! Sandy's Jam n Desserts is alive and well.

Then we get to taste test the fruits of her labors, and my oh my what a treat it was! She has a orange jelly like none else, also orange marmalade and strawberry jalapeno, hot jalapeno jelly and a blueberry banana that is fabulous!  We kept on and on because each one was more amazing than the last! 

She told us laughing that she is trying to get ready for a bake sale, but can't because people keep coming to the door to buy! Like us - there is no way we are leaving her home without some of her goodies.  

Sandy I am amazed and can't wait for others to see you and what you are doing in your own home - keep going you are a inspiration to thousands of others now!   

God's Pharmacy

A sliced Carrot looks like the human eye. The pupil, iris and radiating lines look just like the human eye... and YES, science now shows carrots greatly enhance blood flow to and function of the eyes.
A Tomato has four chambers and is red. The heart has four chambers and is red. All of the research shows tomatoes are loaded with lycopine and are indeed pure heart and blood food.
Grapes hang in a cluster that has the shape of the heart. Each grape looks like a blood cell and all of the research today shows grapes are also profound heart and blood vitalizing food.
A Walnut looks like a little brain, a left and right hemisphere, upper cerebrums and lower cerebellums.  Even the wrinkles or folds on the nut are just like the neo-cortex. We now know walnuts help develop more than three (3) dozen neuron-transmitters for brain function.
Kidney Beans actually heal and help maintain kidney function and yes, they look exactly like the human kidneys.
Celery, Bok Choy, Rhubarb and many more look just like bones. These foods specifically target bone strength. Bones are 23% sodium and these foods are 23% sodium. If you don't have enough sodium in your diet, the body pulls it from the bones, thus making them weak. These foods replenish the skeletal needs of the body.
Avocadoes, Eggplant and Pears target the health and function of the womb and cervix of the female - they look just like these organs. Today's research shows that when a woman eats one avocado a week, it balances hormones, sheds unwanted birth weight, and prevents cervical cancers. And how profound is this?  It takes exactly nine (9) months to grow an avocado from blossom to ripened fruit. There are over 14,000 photolytic chemical constituents of nutrition in each one of these foods (mo dern science has only studied and named about 141 of them).
Figs are full of seeds and hang in twos when they grow. Figs increase the mobility of male sperm and increase the numbers of Sperm as well to overcome male sterility.
Sweet Potatoes look like the pancreas and actual ly bal ance the glycemic index of diabetics.
Olives assist the health and function of the ovaries
Oranges, Grapefruit, and other citrus fruits look just l ike the mammary glands of the female and actually assist the health of the breasts and the movement of lymph in and out of the breasts.
Onions look like the body's cells. Today's research shows onions help clear waste materials from all of the body cells. They even produce tears which wash the epithelial layers of the eyes. A working companion, Garlic, also helps eliminate waste materials and dangerous free radicals from the body.
 

Natural Health Aids

Apples	Protects your heart	prevents constipation	Blocks diarrhea	Improves lung capacity	Cushions joints
Apricots	Combats cancer	Controls blood pressure	Saves your eyesight	Shields against Alzheimer's	Slows aging process
Artichokes	Aids digestion	Lowers cholesterol	Protects your heart	Stabilizes blood sugar	Guards against liver disease
Avocados	Battles diabetes	Lowers cholesterol	Helps stops strokes	Controls blood pressure	Smoothes skin
Bananas	Protects your heart	Quiets a cough	Strengthens bones	Controls blood pressure	Blocks diarrhea
Beans	Prevents constipation	Helps hemorrhoids	Lowers cholesterol	Combats cancer	Stabilizes blood sugar
Beets	Controls blood pressure	Combats cancer	Strengthens bones	Protects your heart	Aids weight loss
Blueberries	Combats cancer	Protects your heart	Stabilizes blood sugar	Boosts memory	Prevents constipation
Broccoli	Strengthens bones	Saves eyesight	Combats cancer	Protects your heart	Controls blood pressure
Cabbage	Combats cancer	Prevents constipation	Promotes weight loss	Protects your heart	Helps hemorrhoids
Cantaloupe	Saves eyesight	Controls blood pressure	Lowers cholesterol	Combats cancer	Supports immune system
Carrots	Saves eyesight	Protects your heart	Prevents constipation	Combats cancer	Promotes weight loss
Cauliflower	Protects against Prostate Cancer	Combats Breast Cancer	Strengthens bones	Banishes bruises	Guards against heart disease
Cherries	Protects your heart	Combats Cancer	Ends insomnia	Slows aging process	Shields against Alzheimer's
Chestnuts	Promotes weight loss	Protects your heart	Lowers cholesterol	Combats Cancer	Controls blood pressure
Chili peppers	Aids digestion	Soothes sore throat	Clears sinuses	Combats Cancer	Boosts immune system
Figs	Promotes weight loss	Helps stops strokes	Lowers cholesterol	Combats Cancer	Controls blood pressure
Fish	Protects your heart	Boosts memory	Protects your heart	Combats Cancer	Supports immune system
Flax	Aids digestion	Battles diabetes	Protects your heart	Improves mental health	Boosts immune system
Garlic	Lowers cholesterol	Controls blood pressure	Combats cancer	kills bacteria	Fights fungus
Grapefruit	Protects against heart attacks	Promotes Weight loss	Helps stops strokes	Combats Prostate Cancer	Lowers cholesterol
Grapes	saves eyesight	Conquers kidney stones	Combats cancer	Enhances blood flow	Protects your heart
Green tea	Combats cancer	Protects your heart	Helps stops strokes	Promotes Weight loss	Kills bacteria
Honey	Heals wounds	Aids digestion	Guards against ulcers	Increases energy	Fights allergies
Lemons	Combats cancer	Protects your heart	Controls blood pressure	Smoothes skin	Stops scurvy
Limes	Combats cancer	Protects your heart	Controls blood pressure	Smoothes skin	Stops scurvy
Mangoes	Combats cancer	Boosts memory	Regulates thyroid	aids digestion	Shields against Alzheimer's
Mushrooms	Controls blood pressure	Lowers cholesterol	Kills bacteria	Combats cancer	Strengthens bones
Oats	Lowers cholesterol	Combats cancer	Battles diabetes	prevents constipation	Smoothes skin
Olive oil	Protects your heart	Promotes Weight loss	Combats cancer	Battles diabetes	Smoothes skin
Onions	Reduce risk of heart attack	Combats cancer	Kills bacteria	Lowers cholesterol	Fights fungus
Oranges	Supports immune systems	Combats cancer	Protects your heart	Straightens respiration
Peaches	prevents constipation	Combats cancer	Helps stops strokes	aids digestion	Helps hemorrhoids
Peanuts	Protects against heart disease	Promotes Weight loss	Combats Prostate Cancer	Lowers cholesterol	Aggravates  Diverticulitis
Pineapple	Strengthens bones	Relieves colds	Aids digestion	Dissolves warts	Blocks diarrhea
Prunes	Slows aging process	prevents constipation	boosts memory	Lowers cholesterol	Protects against heart disease
Rice	Protects your heart	Battles diabetes	Conquers kidney stones	Combats cancer	Helps stops strokes
Strawberries	Combats cancer	Protects your heart	boosts memory	Calms stress
Sweet potatoes	Saves your eyesight	Lifts mood	Combats cancer	Strengthens bones

'Diet' Sodas?

Why "Diet" Soda Makes You Fat

Many people see diet soda is an innocuous, harmless beverage that
can't possibly cause any harm to their waistline since it doesn't
have any calories. Think again.

Research published this summer in the medical journal Circulation
shows that people who drink more than one soda a day -- whether
it's regular or diet -- have an almost 50 percent increased risk
for metabolic syndrome, which doubles their risk for heart disease
and diabetes.

Two years ago, a study at the University of Texas Health Science
Center found that there was a 41 percent increase in the risk for
being overweight for every single can of diet soda a person
consumed daily.

But how can something with no calories increase the risk for
obesity and heart disease?

There are several possible ways.

First, my own theory is that the sweet taste works in the brain to
create a conditioned response. The body responds as it usually does
to normal sugar -- with insulin, the fat-storing hormone. Those
circuits in the brain are pretty primitive and ancient, and they
can't immediately distinguish chemical fakery. As far as your brain
is concerned, sweet means sugar. It's entirely possible that
physiologically, you would respond to aspartame in the same way as
you would to table sugar. It's only a theory, but it makes sense to
me.

Second, sugar creates its own cravings. Just as a taste of rum
creates an unstoppable craving in an alcoholic, it's entirely
possible that the taste of sweet, even if it's fake, creates the
same cascade of cravings in a carb addict that regular sugar does,
leading to overeating and binging and all the rest of the reasons
people put on weight.

Third, many people think that by drinking diet beverages they're
"saving" calories. They subconsciously allow themselves to eat
more, figuring it's not doing as much harm since they're drinking a
diet drink. The diet drink gives them subconscious "permission" to
eat more.

What's worse than making you fat, aspartame may be toxic. Aspartame
is made primarily from three ingredients: aspartic acid,
phenylalanine and methanol. Methanol, an alcohol, breaks down in
the body to formaldehyde, a poison if there ever was one.
Apologists for aspartame say that it doesn't create enough
formaldehyde in the body to cause any damage, but I'm not so sure.
Exposing children to formaldehyde levels as low as .75 mg daily for
several months has been shown to cause gradual toxicity. Plus, diet
soda is frequently stored in hot warehouses, causing chemical
breakdowns that went undetected in the original safety studies that
looked at "ideal" conditions.

Soda is bad news, whether regular or diet. Period.

Note: Dr. Bowden is a nationally known expert on weight loss,
nutrition and health. He's a board certified nutrition specialist
with a Master's degree in psychology. Dr. Bowden is also a life
coach, motivational speaker, former personal trainer and author of
the award-winning book, Living the Low Carb Life.
[www.jonnybowden.com

Should I eat red meat?

Cancer!

I have studied health issues for women for a long time now - for several reasons. First I am one (ha!) and I have experienced quite a testimony in my own health thanks be to God. You can read my personal story in this blog, under the catagory called; 'Miracles and Cancer' God has been so merciful to me and cancer has brushed past my life! But today I am healthier and more alive than I have been in years!

Secondly I have a daughter and a grand daughter  and I want to help them live healthy, pain free, long and rewarding lives full of vitality and energy.

And also I minister to women and I have a responsibility to teach them how to live healthy lives in a toxic world. I would like to share this information with you - you are free to go check out the sites as I have left all the information on the articles to get to them.

One of the biggest fears for women and a very important health problem here in is the threat of breast cancer.  The reality of it touching someone you love is real.  Why here, in one of the most progressive nations on earth? It is wise to read the research that is being done in other nations, to truly get a world view on health issues.

It concerns me that many health tests and the research done here, are carried out by companies that have a vested interest in the outcome, such as the huge market of the drug companies, and various others that are too numerous to mention here. As health research is done, it is wisdom to see what other nations have found also. And to see the results of health factors as it relates to cancer in other countries. I encourage you to READ BELOW - if you have a woman, a mother, or a daughter that you love. Or you are a woman and want to better your chances for a healthy life.  Better yet - don't take my word for it, start studying this important subject and your eyes will get opened to many contributing factors that lead to breast cancer.

Red meat 'ups breast cancer risk' Eating red meat significantly increases a post-menopausal woman's chance of breast cancer, research suggests. A University of Leeds team monitored 35,000 women over seven years. Older women who ate one 2oz portion a day (57 grams) had a 56% increased risk compared with those who ate none, the British Journal of Cancer reports. And those who ate the most processed meat, such as bacon, sausages, ham or pies, had a 64% greater risk of breast cancer than those who refrained.

However, experts warned it was extremely difficult to pin down the effect of specific parts of the diet on cancer risk, and said previous research had produced inconclusive results. Lead researcher Professor Janet Cade said younger, pre-menopausal women who ate large amounts of red and processed meat also had a raised risk of breast cancer - but the effect was not statistically significant. Saturated fats:

However, the researchers did find that a high overall consumption of meat appeared to raise the risk for women of all ages. Professor Cade said: "Meat is high in saturated fat, and saturated fat influences the amount of cholesterol the body makes. Cholesterol is precursor to oestrogen, which has been linked to an increased risk of breast cancer. Cooking meat at high temperatures might also form carcinogenic compounds. My advice to women who are consuming relatively high amounts of red and processed meat on a daily basis is to consider reducing their intake".

Earlier findings from the same study showed that pre-menopausal women who have the greatest intake of fibre have cut their risk of breast cancer in half. Dr Alexis Willett, of the charity Breakthrough Breast Cancer, said: "This is an interesting study but because we eat a variety of foods it is difficult to separate out the specific effect of red meat on breast cancer risk". Differences in other factors such as age, weight and level of exercise were also found between red meat eaters and non-red meat eaters in this study and may also play a part in the risk of developing breast cancer.

Previous research studying red meat and breast cancer risk have been inconclusive. However, experts estimate that approximately 30% of all cancers in Western countries are linked to diet. Henry Scowcroft, of Cancer Research said women should maintain a healthy body weight, take regular exercise, and avoid regular portions of fatty foods like red and processed meat. A study published in November found eating large amounts of red meat might double young women's breast cancer risk. The Archives of Internal Medicine study looked at over 90,000 pre-menopausal women. Having one-and-a-half servings of red meat per day almost doubled the risk of hormone receptor-positive breast cancer compared to three or fewer per week.

Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/health/6523009.stm

Essiac Tea

4 Herb Tea - Essiac Tea

Having a avid interest in health issues, because of my own history, I want to share with you how to make 4 Herb or Essiac Tea.  If you drop over and look at this website I think you will be surprised at what is currently happening quietly to those who have suffered from cancer. There are other treatments happening with awesome results. Go look at this website and see www.herbalhealer.com scroll down till you come to 4 Herb tea - or Essiac tea.  When you read the testimonials about what this tea is doing for cancer patients, you will be amazed.

The story of how this herbal tea was found is incredible, and the results are documented by thousands who were treated by a nurse starting in the 1920's. There were also doctors involved in treating with this tea, in Canada.

I am going to show you how to make this phenomenal tea. You can order the herbs from the website and make the tea yourself!

This tea must be kept refrigerated in amber colored bottles.  We got our bottles from a Laboratory supply place locally.  These are quart size glass jars.  Never use plastics. Wash and rinse the bottles throughly.                                                                                

Using a stainless steel pot fill it with 2 gallons of pure water.  Mix the herbs together in a small bowl and pour into the water.  Stir it together, cover and let it heat to boiling. Let the mixture boil for 10 minutes, then turn it off with the lid in place and let it steep for 12 hours.  I do mine at night - then the next morning it is ready to complete. 

Heat the mixture to almost boiling again to remove any bacteria.

Heat the bottles in a 200 degree oven for 10 minutes (not the lids)

Using a large stainless steel mesh strainer- pour the liquid through it.  I have two pots that I pour the tea back and forth to, for good straining results. 

This is the herbs after straining.  One of the personal stories on www.herbalhealer.com shows in PICTURES how he used the left over herbs to completely heal a large skin cancer on his head.  Did you go look yet? 

Using a glass funnel (also can be bought at a lab supply store)  Take one bottle out of the oven being careful to not burn yourself.  Put the glass funnel in the top and start pouring the tea into the bottle. 

   

Take your time, this tea smells light and pleasant.  Learn to enjoy the process of creating a healthy tea that will help your body fight off infections and disease.  Screw the caps on as you complete each bottle.  This batch will make about 8 bottles of good pure tea. 

The taste is a herbal light flavor, surprisingly OK.  We don't mind the taste at all. 

Don't worry, when you order the herbs, they come with clear instructions and simple directives. 

Now to take the tea, here is what you do.

Pour 2 oz into a cup, add 2 oz of hot water (don't use the microwave to heat the water) I use a electric teapot - which is simply the old fashioned way before we all got hooked on microwaves.  No one really knows yet what microwaves may be doing to our bodies.  www.herbalhealer.com also talks about this subject. There are theories beginning to form about them.

Drink your tea on a empty stomach first thing in the mornings.  That's it.  This serves as a gentle detox as well as a host of other things it is doing for your body. 

Now why wouldn't we do all we can to help our bodies cope in this heavily toxic world.  For maintaining health - drink the tea once a day.  For other health concerns - see the website.

It just might save your life

Having a avid interest in health issues, because of my own history, I want to share with you how to make 4 Herb or Essiac Tea.  If you drop over and look at this website I think you will be surprised at what is currently happening quietly to those who have suffered from cancer. There are other treatments happening with awesome results. Go look at this website and see www.herbalhealer.com scroll down till you come to 4 Herb tea - or Essiac tea.  When you read the testimonials about what this tea is doing for cancer patients, you will be amazed.

The story of how this herbal tea was found is incredible, and the results are documented by thousands who were treated by a nurse starting in the 1920's. There were also doctors involved in treating with this tea, in Canada.

I am going to show you how to make this phenomenal tea. You can order the herbs from the website and make the tea yourself!

This tea must be kept refrigerated in amber colored bottles.  We got our bottles from a Laboratory supply place locally.  These are quart size glass jars.  Never use plastics. Wash and rinse the bottles throughly.                                                                                

Using a stainless steel pot fill it with 2 gallons of pure water.  Mix the herbs together in a small bowl and pour into the water.  Stir it together, cover and let it heat to boiling. Let the mixture boil for 10 minutes, then turn it off with the lid in place and let it steep for 12 hours.  I do mine at night - then the next morning it is ready to complete. 

Heat the mixture to almost boiling again to remove any bacteria.

Heat the bottles in a 200 degree oven for 10 minutes (not the lids)

Using a large stainless steel mesh strainer- pour the liquid through it.  I have two pots that I pour the tea back and forth to, for good straining results. 

This is the herbs after straining.  One of the personal stories on www.herbalhealer.com shows in PICTURES how he used the left over herbs to completely heal a large skin cancer on his head.  Did you go look yet? 

Using a glass funnel (also can be bought at a lab supply store)  Take one bottle out of the oven being careful to not burn yourself.  Put the glass funnel in the top and start pouring the tea into the bottle. 

   

Take your time, this tea smells light and pleasant.  Learn to enjoy the process of creating a healthy tea that will help your body fight off infections and disease.  Screw the caps on as you complete each bottle.  This batch will make about 8 bottles of good pure tea. 

The taste is a herbal light flavor, surprisingly OK.  We don't mind the taste at all. 

Don't worry, when you order the herbs, they come with clear instructions and simple directives. 

Now to take the tea, here is what you do.

Pour 2 oz into a cup, add 2 oz of hot water (don't use the microwave to heat the water) I use a electric teapot - which is simply the old fashioned way before we all got hooked on microwaves.  No one really knows yet what microwaves may be doing to our bodies.  www.herbalhealer.com also talks about this subject. There are theories beginning to form about them.

Drink your tea on a empty stomach first thing in the mornings.  That's it.  This serves as a gentle detox as well as a host of other things it is doing for your body. 

Now why wouldn't we do all we can to help our bodies cope in this heavily toxic world.  For maintaining health - drink the tea once a day.  For other health concerns - see the website.

It just might save your life

4 Herb Tea

4 Herb Tea - Essiac Tea

Having a avid interest in health issues, because of my own history, I want to share with you how to make 4 Herb or Essiac Tea.  If you drop over and look at this website I think you will be surprised at what is currently happening quietly to those who have suffered from cancer. There are other treatments happening with awesome results. Go see www.herbalhealer.com

The story of how this herbal tea was found is incredible, and the results are documented by thousands who were treated by a nurse starting in the 1920's. There were also doctors involved in treating with this tea, in Canada.

I am going to show you how to make this phenomenal tea!  It's four bags that look like this.

This tea must be kept refrigerated in amber colored bottles.  We got our bottles from a Laboratory supply place locally.  These are quart size glass jars.  Never use plastics. Wash and rinse the bottles throughly.                                                                                

Using a stainless steel pot fill it with 2 gallons of pure water.  Mix the herbs together in a small bowl and pour into the water.  Stir it together, cover and let it heat to boiling. Let the mixture boil for 10 minutes, then turn it off with the lid in place and let it steep for 12 hours.  I do mine at night - then the next morning it is ready to complete. 

Heat the mixture to almost boiling again to remove any bacteria.

Heat the bottles in a 200 degree oven for 10 minutes (not the lids)

Using a large stainless steel mesh strainer- pour the liquid through it.  I have two pots that I pour the tea back and forth to, for good straining results. 

This is the herbs after straining.  One of the personal stories on www.herbalhealer.com shows in PICTURES how he used the left over herbs to completely heal a large skin cancer on his head.  Did you go look yet? 

Using a glass funnel (also can be bought at a lab supply store)  Take one bottle out of the oven being careful to not burn yourself.  Put the glass funnel in the top and start pouring the tea into the bottle. 

   

Take your time, this tea smells light and pleasant.  Learn to enjoy the process of creating a healthy tea that will help your body fight off infections and disease.  Screw the caps on as you complete each bottle.  This batch will make about 8 bottles of good pure tea. 

The taste is a herbal light flavor, surprisingly OK.  We don't mind the taste at all. 

Don't worry, when you order the herbs, they come with clear instructions and simple directives. 

Now to take the tea, here is what you do.

Pour 2 oz into a cup, add 2 oz of hot water (don't use the microwave to heat the water) I use a electric teapot - which is simply the old fashioned way before we all got hooked on microwaves.  No one really knows yet what microwaves may be doing to our bodies.  www.herbalhealer.com also talks about this subject. There are theories beginning to form about them.

Drink your tea on a empty stomach first thing in the mornings.  That's it.  This serves as a gentle detox as well as a host of other things it is doing for your body. 

Now why wouldn't we do all we can to help our bodies cope in this heavily toxic world.  For maintaining health - drink the tea once a day.  For other health concerns - see the website.

It just might save your life

Having a avid interest in health issues, because of my own history, I want to share with you how to make 4 Herb or Essiac Tea.  If you drop over and look at this website I think you will be surprised at what is currently happening quietly to those who have suffered from cancer. There are other treatments happening with awesome results. Go see www.herbalhealer.com

The story of how this herbal tea was found is incredible, and the results are documented by thousands who were treated by a nurse starting in the 1920's. There were also doctors involved in treating with this tea, in Canada.

I am going to show you how to make this phenomenal tea!  It's four bags that look like this.

This tea must be kept refrigerated in amber colored bottles.  We got our bottles from a Laboratory supply place locally.  These are quart size glass jars.  Never use plastics. Wash and rinse the bottles throughly.                                                                                

Using a stainless steel pot fill it with 2 gallons of pure water.  Mix the herbs together in a small bowl and pour into the water.  Stir it together, cover and let it heat to boiling. Let the mixture boil for 10 minutes, then turn it off with the lid in place and let it steep for 12 hours.  I do mine at night - then the next morning it is ready to complete. 

Heat the mixture to almost boiling again to remove any bacteria.

Heat the bottles in a 200 degree oven for 10 minutes (not the lids)

Using a large stainless steel mesh strainer- pour the liquid through it.  I have two pots that I pour the tea back and forth to, for good straining results. 

This is the herbs after straining.  One of the personal stories on www.herbalhealer.com shows in PICTURES how he used the left over herbs to completely heal a large skin cancer on his head.  Did you go look yet? 

Using a glass funnel (also can be bought at a lab supply store)  Take one bottle out of the oven being careful to not burn yourself.  Put the glass funnel in the top and start pouring the tea into the bottle. 

   

Take your time, this tea smells light and pleasant.  Learn to enjoy the process of creating a healthy tea that will help your body fight off infections and disease.  Screw the caps on as you complete each bottle.  This batch will make about 8 bottles of good pure tea. 

The taste is a herbal light flavor, surprisingly OK.  We don't mind the taste at all. 

Don't worry, when you order the herbs, they come with clear instructions and simple directives. 

Now to take the tea, here is what you do.

Pour 2 oz into a cup, add 2 oz of hot water (don't use the microwave to heat the water) I use a electric teapot - which is simply the old fashioned way before we all got hooked on microwaves.  No one really knows yet what microwaves may be doing to our bodies.  www.herbalhealer.com also talks about this subject. There are theories beginning to form about them.

Drink your tea on a empty stomach first thing in the mornings.  That's it.  This serves as a gentle detox as well as a host of other things it is doing for your body. 

Now why wouldn't we do all we can to help our bodies cope in this heavily toxic world.  For maintaining health - drink the tea once a day.  For other health concerns - see the website.

It just might save your life

Having a avid interest in health issues, because of my own history, I want to share with you how to make 4 Herb or Essiac Tea.  If you drop over and look at this website I think you will be surprised at what is currently happening quietly to those who have suffered from cancer. There are other treatments happening with awesome results. Go see www.herbalhealer.com

The story of how this herbal tea was found is incredible, and the results are documented by thousands who were treated by a nurse starting in the 1920's. There were also doctors involved in treating with this tea, in Canada.

I am going to show you how to make this phenomenal tea!  It's four bags that look like this.

This tea must be kept refrigerated in amber colored bottles.  We got our bottles from a Laboratory supply place locally.  These are quart size glass jars.  Never use plastics. Wash and rinse the bottles throughly.                                                                                

Using a stainless steel pot fill it with 2 gallons of pure water.  Mix the herbs together in a small bowl and pour into the water.  Stir it together, cover and let it heat to boiling. Let the mixture boil for 10 minutes, then turn it off with the lid in place and let it steep for 12 hours.  I do mine at night - then the next morning it is ready to complete. 

Heat the mixture to almost boiling again to remove any bacteria.

Heat the bottles in a 200 degree oven for 10 minutes (not the lids)

Using a large stainless steel mesh strainer- pour the liquid through it.  I have two pots that I pour the tea back and forth to, for good straining results. 

This is the herbs after straining.  One of the personal stories on www.herbalhealer.com shows in PICTURES how he used the left over herbs to completely heal a large skin cancer on his head.  Did you go look yet? 

Using a glass funnel (also can be bought at a lab supply store)  Take one bottle out of the oven being careful to not burn yourself.  Put the glass funnel in the top and start pouring the tea into the bottle. 

   

Take your time, this tea smells light and pleasant.  Learn to enjoy the process of creating a healthy tea that will help your body fight off infections and disease.  Screw the caps on as you complete each bottle.  This batch will make about 8 bottles of good pure tea. 

The taste is a herbal light flavor, surprisingly OK.  We don't mind the taste at all. 

Don't worry, when you order the herbs, they come with clear instructions and simple directives. 

Now to take the tea, here is what you do.

Pour 2 oz into a cup, add 2 oz of hot water (don't use the microwave to heat the water) I use a electric teapot - which is simply the old fashioned way before we all got hooked on microwaves.  No one really knows yet what microwaves may be doing to our bodies.  www.herbalhealer.com also talks about this subject. There are theories beginning to form about them.

Drink your tea on a empty stomach first thing in the mornings.  That's it.  This serves as a gentle detox as well as a host of other things it is doing for your body. 

Now why wouldn't we do all we can to help our bodies cope in this heavily toxic world.  For maintaining health - drink the tea once a day.  For other health concerns - see the website.

It just might save your life

Testing foods myself!

What about these apples?

I decided to run my own test on apples because of all the important information available about pesticides and herbicides and genetically created fruits and vegetables.

The last big event we had in the Community Center was the second week of October, and there were food trays leftover from a buffet one night.  So I took one of the fruit trays that was so pretty and decided to see how long it took for the raw sliced apples and grapes to start deteriorating. Normal apples would start turning brown within a day or two at most.  This is what is supposed to happen when the apple is whole and natural. It's supposed to break down and be digested internally completely being used by the body for vitamins, minerals, and various enzymes.  Natural good food.   

Now here is my picture - look closely at this! This tray was set aside on Oct 12th 2007.  Now it is November 9th and look at them!  They are now starting to change colors.  Think about this.... what is on them to keep them from turning naturally quickly. How is it that this fruit has remained perfect for almost a solid month!  There is some sort of preservative on or in the apples and grapes.   

Now think with me...... the substance that is on them as a perservative is going into your body.  It's still a chemical once you have ingested it.  What is it doing inside?  And how does it affect the digestion ability, the vitamin and mineral content of your system? Does it change to some other chemical once digestive juices mix with it? 

Here is the scarry part - NO ONE KNOWS. No one understands how these preservatives affect the human body long term.  Is  it worth cutting your own organic fruits and eating them fresh to protect your own body. You bet!    

Wonder why we all keep getting diseases, in this the most modern country on earth? We might look like the most prosperous nation on earth but that doens't mean that all of our prosperity has brought us good common sense.   

Think about it........ You are worth it. it's just a apple - or is it?

I decided to run my own test on apples because of all the important information available about pesticides and herbicides and genetically created fruits and vegetables.

The last big event we had in the Community Center was the second week of October, and there were food trays leftover from a buffet one night.  So I took one of the fruit trays that was so pretty and decided to see how long it took for the raw sliced apples and grapes to start deteriorating. Normal apples would start turning brown within a day or two at most.  This is what is supposed to happen when the apple is whole and natural. It's supposed to break down and be digested internally completely being used by the body for vitamins, minerals, and various enzymes.  Natural good food.   

Now here is my picture - look closely at this! This tray was set aside on Oct 12th 2007.  Now it is November 9th and look at them!  They are now starting to change colors.  Think about this.... what is on them to keep them from turning naturally quickly. How is it that this fruit has remained perfect for almost a solid month!  There is some sort of preservative on or in the apples and grapes.   

Now think with me...... the substance that is on them as a perservative is going into your body.  It's still a chemical once you have ingested it.  What is it doing inside?  And how does it affect the digestion ability, the vitamin and mineral content of your system? Does it change to some other chemical once digestive juices mix with it? 

Here is the scarry part - NO ONE KNOWS. No one understands how these preservatives affect the human body long term.  Is  it worth cutting your own organic fruits and eating them fresh to protect your own body. You bet!    

Wonder why we all keep getting diseases, in this the most modern country on earth? We might look like the most prosperous nation on earth but that doens't mean that all of our prosperity has brought us good common sense.   

Think about it........ You are worth it. it's just a apple - or is it?

I decided to run my own test on apples because of all the important information available about pesticides and herbicides and genetically created fruits and vegetables.

The last big event we had in the Community Center was the second week of October, and there were food trays leftover from a buffet one night.  So I took one of the fruit trays that was so pretty and decided to see how long it took for the raw sliced apples and grapes to start deteriorating. Normal apples would start turning brown within a day or two at most.  This is what is supposed to happen when the apple is whole and natural. It's supposed to break down and be digested internally completely being used by the body for vitamins, minerals, and various enzymes.  Natural good food.   

Now here is my picture - look closely at this! This tray was set aside on Oct 12th 2007.  Now it is November 9th and look at them!  They are now starting to change colors.  Think about this.... what is on them to keep them from turning naturally quickly. How is it that this fruit has remained perfect for almost a solid month!  There is some sort of preservative on or in the apples and grapes.   

Now think with me...... the substance that is on them as a perservative is going into your body.  It's still a chemical once you have ingested it.  What is it doing inside?  And how does it affect the digestion ability, the vitamin and mineral content of your system? Does it change to some other chemical once digestive juices mix with it? 

Here is the scarry part - NO ONE KNOWS. No one understands how these preservatives affect the human body long term.  Is  it worth cutting your own organic fruits and eating them fresh to protect your own body. You bet!    

Wonder why we all keep getting diseases, in this the most modern country on earth? We might look like the most prosperous nation on earth but that doens't mean that all of our prosperity has brought us good common sense.   

Think about it........ You are worth it. it's just a apple - or is it?

What shall you eat?

Grapes or Cookies?

Now we Americans have some comfort foods that when things don't suit us, we feed ourselves things that we 'think' make us feel better.  Cookies are one of those things.  Our minds and mouths are conditioned to think and taste sweet cookies as the satisfying way to soothe us. Do they taste good? of course they do.  But let me help you go beyond the instant gratification of cookies, to the reality of what 'blessing' that cookie is giving to you.  Cookies are dead foods.  What does that mean?  Basically this;  they have zero nutrition.  Nothing in them is going to nourish your body. Your mouth says, mmmmm so good.  But your heart says, 'oh no more fat to clog my arteries'!  Your stomach says, 'man there sure is nothing here for us to send to all of our body parts to give strength'. Your bloodstream says, 'what tha.........? Who is sending all this sugar in here!  We can't possibly keep things level with this garbage'! Your liver groans, 'not again!  more fat, more sugar, more white flour, more preservatives for me to sort out'.

How is it that our brains and mouths are so disconnected to the rest of our bodies?  It's a little like top management in a company that has no understanding of the actual workers who are running the plant.  After a while, something will happen and a revolt will start!

It will take a while, but all that stuff in those cookies is piling up somewhere in a back corner.  Thrown in disgust to the sidewalls of the intestines, slowly making it's own form of concrete. 

What's a person to do?  Retrain the brain!  Introduce your appetite to the rest of the workers, make them integrate and become knowledgeable of each other.  The top management of your 'plant' must become aware of your workers if you want to keep them all intact and happy lifelong.

Now here is a food that may not be thought of as a comfort food, but it could be. What's the difference between a plate of cookies and a plate of grapes?  Loads and loads!  Grapes are live foods.  They are living. and when your troops get some of these inside? It's a party!  Every part of your body is happy that you ate these! This live food brings energy, nutrition, water, minerals and trace elements with every bite. And the taste of a sweet grape - cannot be compared to the sugary flat taste of a cookie. If you do a taste test for yourself you will see what I mean.

Here's another idea.  Just go to the web and type in nutrition of red grapes and see for yourself all of the wonderful things that they have in them.  Here is a list of the top cancer fighting foods that you need to be eating for REAL COMFORT foods. How about comfort for your heart? Comfort for your brain? comfort for your liver?  Ever thought of comforting them?  After all they are what's keeping you alive. 

Anti-cancer fruits:

• apricots
• blueberries
• grapefruit
• grapes
• lemons
• mangoes
• oranges
• papayas
• peaches
• persimmons
• strawberries, organic
• tangerines

All of these are living foods. So stop the cookie kick - and eat something live. Your entire body will thank you and truly be comforted

Now we Americans have some comfort foods that when things don't suit us, we feed ourselves things that we 'think' make us feel better.  Cookies are one of those things.  Our minds and mouths are conditioned to think and taste sweet cookies as the satisfying way to soothe us. Do they taste good? of course they do.  But let me help you go beyond the instant gratification of cookies, to the reality of what 'blessing' that cookie is giving to you.  Cookies are dead foods.  What does that mean?  Basically this;  they have zero nutrition.  Nothing in them is going to nourish your body. Your mouth says, mmmmm so good.  But your heart says, 'oh no more fat to clog my arteries'!  Your stomach says, 'man there sure is nothing here for us to send to all of our body parts to give strength'. Your bloodstream says, 'what tha.........? Who is sending all this sugar in here!  We can't possibly keep things level with this garbage'! Your liver groans, 'not again!  more fat, more sugar, more white flour, more preservatives for me to sort out'.

How is it that our brains and mouths are so disconnected to the rest of our bodies?  It's a little like top management in a company that has no understanding of the actual workers who are running the plant.  After a while, something will happen and a revolt will start!

It will take a while, but all that stuff in those cookies is piling up somewhere in a back corner.  Thrown in disgust to the sidewalls of the intestines, slowly making it's own form of concrete. 

What's a person to do?  Retrain the brain!  Introduce your appetite to the rest of the workers, make them integrate and become knowledgeable of each other.  The top management of your 'plant' must become aware of your workers if you want to keep them all intact and happy lifelong.

Now here is a food that may not be thought of as a comfort food, but it could be. What's the difference between a plate of cookies and a plate of grapes?  Loads and loads!  Grapes are live foods.  They are living. and when your troops get some of these inside? It's a party!  Every part of your body is happy that you ate these! This live food brings energy, nutrition, water, minerals and trace elements with every bite. And the taste of a sweet grape - cannot be compared to the sugary flat taste of a cookie. If you do a taste test for yourself you will see what I mean.

Here's another idea.  Just go to the web and type in nutrition of red grapes and see for yourself all of the wonderful things that they have in them.  Here is a list of the top cancer fighting foods that you need to be eating for REAL COMFORT foods. How about comfort for your heart? Comfort for your brain? comfort for your liver?  Ever thought of comforting them?  After all they are what's keeping you alive. 

Anti-cancer fruits:

• apricots
• blueberries
• grapefruit
• grapes
• lemons
• mangoes
• oranges
• papayas
• peaches
• persimmons
• strawberries, organic
• tangerines

All of these are living foods. So stop the cookie kick - and eat something live. Your entire body will thank you and truly be comforted

Why Eat Organic Food?

What is Organic Food?

Conventional vs. Organic Farming

Haven't you wondered at why we eat food, AND ALSO take vitamins and supplements? It's because our food sources are becoming weak and loaded with everything but wholesome nutrition. All of the chemicals, pesticides, herbicides, antibiotics, and growth hormones are entering our bodies and causing all sorts of health problems through our food sources.  Nationwide health food stores and many many books on healthy living will lead you to discover organic food as a way to feed your body wholesome food again.  Even Mayo Clinic is now recognizing the serious need to look into our food sources for answers to the life threatening illnesses and diseases of the 21st century. 

Exactly how much quantity of a pesticide sprayed on a food, actually enters the body is in question, but wisdom tells me - when everything eaten has the residue of pesticide on it - there is going to be an amount that enters the body.  And what does it do to the body? 

It would be interesting to find out the poison levels in pesticides, or herbicides, or insecticides.  Words that end in 'cides' make me wonder doesn't it you?  Any farmers want to give an answer here?  I may have to research that thought! 

Below is a direct quote from the Mayo Clinic website - which I have also listed here for you to check out for yourself.  Please take care of your own body - no one else is paying much attention to your health. And after all..... if you don't care what's in your food .... why should the Farmers?    

"The word "organic" refers to the way farmers grow and process agricultural products, such as fruits, vegetables, grains, dairy products and meat. Organic farming practices are designed to encourage soil and water conservation and reduce pollution. Farmers who grow organic produce and meat don't use conventional methods to fertilize, control weeds or prevent livestock disease. For example, rather than using chemical weed killers, organic farmers conduct sophisticated crop rotations and spread mulch or manure to keep weeds at bay.

Here are other differences between conventional farming and organic farming:

Conventional Farming:Apply chemical fertilizers to promote plant growth

Organic Farming:  Apply natural fertilizers such as manure or compost to feed soil and plants.

Conventional Farming: Spray insecticides to reduce pests and disease

Organic Farming: Use beneficial insects and birds, mating disruptions or traps to reduce pests and disease

Conventional Farming: Use chemical herbicides to manage weeds

Organic Farming: Rotate crops, hand weed, or mulch to manage weeds

Conventional Farming: Give animals antibiotics, growth hormones and medications to prevent disease and spur growth.

Organic Farming: Give animals organic feed and allow them access to the outdoors. Use preventive measures such as rotational grazing, a balanced diet and clean housing to minimize disease."

www.MayoClinic.com Tools for Healthier Living

Conventional vs. Organic Farming

Haven't you wondered at why we eat food, AND ALSO take vitamins and supplements? It's because our food sources are becoming weak and loaded with everything but wholesome nutrition. All of the chemicals, pesticides, herbicides, antibiotics, and growth hormones are entering our bodies and causing all sorts of health problems through our food sources.  Nationwide health food stores and many many books on healthy living will lead you to discover organic food as a way to feed your body wholesome food again.  Even Mayo Clinic is now recognizing the serious need to look into our food sources for answers to the life threatening illnesses and diseases of the 21st century. 

Exactly how much quantity of a pesticide sprayed on a food, actually enters the body is in question, but wisdom tells me - when everything eaten has the residue of pesticide on it - there is going to be an amount that enters the body.  And what does it do to the body? 

It would be interesting to find out the poison levels in pesticides, or herbicides, or insecticides.  Words that end in 'cides' make me wonder doesn't it you?  Any farmers want to give an answer here?  I may have to research that thought! 

Below is a direct quote from the Mayo Clinic website - which I have also listed here for you to check out for yourself.  Please take care of your own body - no one else is paying much attention to your health. And after all..... if you don't care what's in your food .... why should the Farmers?    

"The word "organic" refers to the way farmers grow and process agricultural products, such as fruits, vegetables, grains, dairy products and meat. Organic farming practices are designed to encourage soil and water conservation and reduce pollution. Farmers who grow organic produce and meat don't use conventional methods to fertilize, control weeds or prevent livestock disease. For example, rather than using chemical weed killers, organic farmers conduct sophisticated crop rotations and spread mulch or manure to keep weeds at bay.

Here are other differences between conventional farming and organic farming:

Conventional Farming:Apply chemical fertilizers to promote plant growth

Organic Farming:  Apply natural fertilizers such as manure or compost to feed soil and plants.

Conventional Farming: Spray insecticides to reduce pests and disease

Organic Farming: Use beneficial insects and birds, mating disruptions or traps to reduce pests and disease

Conventional Farming: Use chemical herbicides to manage weeds

Organic Farming: Rotate crops, hand weed, or mulch to manage weeds

Conventional Farming: Give animals antibiotics, growth hormones and medications to prevent disease and spur growth.

Organic Farming: Give animals organic feed and allow them access to the outdoors. Use preventive measures such as rotational grazing, a balanced diet and clean housing to minimize disease."

www.MayoClinic.com Tools for Healthier Living

Conventional vs. Organic Farming

Haven't you wondered at why we eat food, AND ALSO take vitamins and supplements? It's because our food sources are becoming weak and loaded with everything but wholesome nutrition. All of the chemicals, pesticides, herbicides, antibiotics, and growth hormones are entering our bodies and causing all sorts of health problems through our food sources.  Nationwide health food stores and many many books on healthy living will lead you to discover organic food as a way to feed your body wholesome food again.  Even Mayo Clinic is now recognizing the serious need to look into our food sources for answers to the life threatening illnesses and diseases of the 21st century. 

Exactly how much quantity of a pesticide sprayed on a food, actually enters the body is in question, but wisdom tells me - when everything eaten has the residue of pesticide on it - there is going to be an amount that enters the body.  And what does it do to the body? 

It would be interesting to find out the poison levels in pesticides, or herbicides, or insecticides.  Words that end in 'cides' make me wonder doesn't it you?  Any farmers want to give an answer here?  I may have to research that thought! 

Below is a direct quote from the Mayo Clinic website - which I have also listed here for you to check out for yourself.  Please take care of your own body - no one else is paying much attention to your health. And after all..... if you don't care what's in your food .... why should the Farmers?    

"The word "organic" refers to the way farmers grow and process agricultural products, such as fruits, vegetables, grains, dairy products and meat. Organic farming practices are designed to encourage soil and water conservation and reduce pollution. Farmers who grow organic produce and meat don't use conventional methods to fertilize, control weeds or prevent livestock disease. For example, rather than using chemical weed killers, organic farmers conduct sophisticated crop rotations and spread mulch or manure to keep weeds at bay.

Here are other differences between conventional farming and organic farming:

Conventional Farming:Apply chemical fertilizers to promote plant growth

Organic Farming:  Apply natural fertilizers such as manure or compost to feed soil and plants.

Conventional Farming: Spray insecticides to reduce pests and disease

Organic Farming: Use beneficial insects and birds, mating disruptions or traps to reduce pests and disease

Conventional Farming: Use chemical herbicides to manage weeds

Organic Farming: Rotate crops, hand weed, or mulch to manage weeds

Conventional Farming: Give animals antibiotics, growth hormones and medications to prevent disease and spur growth.

Organic Farming: Give animals organic feed and allow them access to the outdoors. Use preventive measures such as rotational grazing, a balanced diet and clean housing to minimize disease."

www.MayoClinic.com Tools for Healthier Living