|
|
|
Healthy Lifestyle News Issue 20 10/26/05
|
|
Sign me up for
Healthy Lifestyle News!
Read past Newsletters
Recipe of the Month
Tips for the Organic
Gardener
Herbs to the Rescue
Visit Erleen's BLOG
|
|
Setting goals is a part of progression. I love to set goals and achieve them, but its not always easy. In April, I began running every evening and I set a goal to run 2 miles before the end of this year. It was so rewarding to see I reached that goal within 4 months - as I have never been a runner. So now my goal is to run 2 miles consistantly every night. Once I achieved that, I decided to set another goal for myself. Don't laugh now! After having 6 children, my stomach muscles are shot and I have never been able to do even 1 real sit-up. Yep! Not even one! So again, I set a goal to do at least 1 real sit-up before the end of the year. Well, guess what? Yesterday, I did 2! Yea!! Setting goals and achieving them are fun. It's great to exercise and enjoy being energized to achieve even more! Set a goal and begin today to achieve. It won't be long until you will be enjoying the benefits too! If I can do it, YOU can do it too!
|
Feature Article
|
Why Do You Need A
Healthy Colon?
The colon is the body's means of eliminating those things in our diets that our body does not need. However, many people experience a number of symptoms caused from colon problems such as: constipation, diarrhea, bloody stool, bloating, persistent gas, frequent stomach cramps and pains, and constant fatigue. Not only that, there are surprisingly many other problems that stem from colon disorders. Migraine headaches, acne and other skin disorders, even viruses, can be contributed to a plugged up colon. What is a cause of these symptoms and how can they be corrected?
Once the food we eat passes from the stomach, it enters the small intestines so the body can absorb the nutrients and take them to the blood stream and then to the cells. That which is unusable by the body continues down the intestines to the colon, or large intestines to make ready for its exit. However, if the foods we eat do not contain enough fiber and cleansing liquids to move the wastes through, our systems become clogged, bloated, and pained, where disorders begin.
|
|
|
One of the biggest threats to our colons is the processed foods, those lacking fiber. Take for example white flour. As a child, I would often ask my mother for glue, or paste. She would go to the kitchen and stir up a bowl of white flour and water. It made great glue for my projects. White flour, now the fiber is removed, works just like glue - not only on projects, but inside the intestines as well. Without the fiber, it has nothing to move it through the intestines and becomes clogged. It becomes very apparent why one might experience a migraine or constipation. Other refined foods that are high in sugar, high in fats, and low in fiber, also do not nourish the body, but again clog and restrict passage.
Not enough water and water-rich foods are also a factor in colon problems. If we want a clean system - free from pollutants and cloggers - we need to eat cleansing foods. Raw fruits and vegetables, and good pure water are essential to good cleansing and moving foods through the intestines and out the colon. We need lots of water throughout the day, and we should never eat a meal without an abundance of raw fruits and vegetables. On the other hand, if our meals consist of mostly heavy proteins and starches, our systems become stressed, fatigued, clogged, bloated, and pained.
Give your colon a break! Make it easy for the elimination to take place! Give up the refined foods and you'll give up the disorders they create. Then replace them with high fiber foods, water-rich fruits and vegetables and good pure water. Your body will require less energy to move your foods, and YOU will have more energy to accomplish what you want to do!
To Your Best Health,
Erleen Tilton
|
[top]
|
|
Food for Thought: Enjoy Vegetables Raw!
|
|
There are so many wonderful vegetables that are so good raw that we often think of only eating cooked. Most vegetables are so much better eaten raw because they are crisper, more flavorful, and definitely have more vitamins when eaten raw.
For example:
- corn - so much sweeter and better eaten raw
- green beans - great raw to nibble on or add to salads
- okra - wonderful eaten raw, with dip, if desired, or sliced in a salad
- zucchini and yellow squash - great added to salads
- butternut squash - tastes almost like cantaloupe when raw, just firmer
- beets - grate raw and add to salads and slaws for great flavor, full of vitamins
- broccoli and cauliflower - most children even like these better raw than cooked
- carrots, cabbage, mushrooms, green chili, peas, onions, and more - all best eat raw!
Give them a try as a nibblers, with a dip, or cut up in a green salad. Enjoy the crisp, full flavor of eating more vegetables raw!
|
[top]
|
|
Meet Erleen
|
 As an
expert health educator, Erleen is dedicated
to helping others gain more knowledge about
the importance of nutrition for ultimate
health, energy, weight management and
healing. You will love her cookbook, Enjoy Nature’s
Harvest, as a great handbook of
ideas, recipes, and instructions for
healthy eating, gardening and herbal health
remedies.
Erleen loves teaching people
down-to-earth principles of nutrition as
she sees the positive changes in others
lives as they live the principles of good
health and eating. She has a passion for
wholesome foods and their life giving
qualities. Her many personal experiences
and years of study and research qualify
her as an expert in health education,
speaking, and consulting. Contact her now for
your next conference, for health consultations,
or for an upcoming event!
"The Ultimate Healthy Lifestyle!" is a
TEN CD series with all the information
you need to begin your journey towards a
Healthier Lifestyle! Erleen serves as
your guide, distilling over twenty-five
years of health education and research
into easy to listen to lessons on how to
begin, where to begin and more!
Check out this CD series today!
|
[top]
|
|
Market Place
|
|
If you like my website http://www.ErleenTilton.com and
are looking for a professional web
designer, one who knows internet marketing
and the web, and who will give you insights
and advice for the success that you need ,
please consider Grant Holmes at AkivaTech.com.
He’s done a great job for me and I
know he’ll do the best for you too!
Sprouting is great indoor gardening.
Learn to sprout easily with the Sprout
Master, the best sprouter on the
market. And it is a super simple process.
Just soak the seeds overnight, drain and
pour into the Sprout Master, now
just rinse and drain 3 times daily (at
every meal). It's that simple! If you
want to start out right with some seeds,
we also have alfalfa, lentil, mung bean,
clover, radish and sunflower. These are
all organic too! Check out The Sprout
Master and seeds here!
YOU CAN PUT YOUR AD HERE TOO! For
information, send an
email to Erleen.
|
[top]
|
|
Legal Stuff
|
|
©2005, Erleen Tilton, Nature's Healthy
Choices. May not be copied without
permission. Please feel free to forward
this entire email to anyone you wish. Too
many authors and speakers are losing their
original works when well-intentioned folks
forward them without attribution. For
specific guidelines,
please write us.
|
[top]
|
|
|