Greetings Gorgeous,
In case you pop by for a dose of inspiration and find my dates are expired and the only news is old news, then that’s because I’m camping out on the WISH blog. Throughout most of the month of March I’ll be focused on the Women’s International Summit for Health. Please join us and sign up to listen to the calls and catch me there during most of March.
People might think that I send out my diva notes as a way of uplifting others, but that’s not the whole truth. You see, for every ONE email I send out to the world, I get dozens back. In that respect, one might see this as a rather selfishly motivated venture. 
Few things will raise a person’s sense of self-worth more
than the ability to help others.
TAll the fussing you’ve been doing to lose 10 pounds so that you’ll feel a bit “better”. Spend 15 minutes doing good deeds for elderly people in a retirement home and watch what happens. Teach a little kid to tie his shoe laces.
We put so much attention on food and diet and nutrition, but Life is about relationships, attitudes and the contributions we make to the world around us.
This morning I took a moment of tranquil reflection to finally write a “diva note”. In case you don’t receive them, you’ll get them when you sign up for the FREE 7-day raw food detox we offer. This is what I sent out this morning.
Lovebeam,
I’ve missed you.
I’ve been just swamped in preparations for WISH, but I’m here this morning with a doozie, so listen up, Si-star!
While interviewing Ali Brown for WISH, she shared with me a quote by Jim Rohn, which goes like this:
“You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.”
Whoa.
“You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.”
WhooooOOOoooaa!!
It took a few days for this one to sink in, but when it did, I started making some adjustments. I started getting a bit more choosy about the people with whom I share my time, my attention and my resources.
Have you been accepting certain conditions and situations because you feel you’re not “worthy” of something better, or “not there yet”? The speakers of WISH will remind you again and again to behave as if you already are where you want to be.
You don’t need to wait until you’ve got a hot pink convertible and your own official fan club to start acting like a superstar, my dear. It’s the other way around. You’ve got to think like a superstar, act like the superstar you ARE, then you’ll feel so good you’ll finally start doing the things you most want to do in the world.
That’s when you get the hot pink convertible.
Insist on quality ingredients in Life and love.
You are worthy.
Founding member of your Official Fan Club,
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One of the cool things about inspiring and uplifting other people, is that you get a mega dose of inspiration and uplifting back. Immediately after sending out my message, I refresh, refresh, refresh my inbox to see if any responses have come in.
Check out some of the emails I received this morning;
“Tera,
I signed up for the 7 day raw detox months ago (I think back in November), but I never really did it. Life became really bumpy for a while there with an unplanned pregnancy, a disappointing reaction from spouse and a subsequent miscarriage. I have been “out of sorts” since then and have yet to really feel like I have regained control of my life, health and wellbeing. I gained 20 pounds that I haven’t been able to shed and just haven’t felt the “spark” that I used to. I printed all of the 7 day detox materials when I originally signed up and have considered starting several times since then.
Finally TODAY, I am on my 24 hour fast!! How great it was to come in to work this morning and see your email! (Is it possible that you could have known I needed it?)
I am beginning to think that, in spite of the fact that I am just starting it now, signing up for the 7 day raw detox last year was one of the best things I have done in a long time. All things happen for a reason, and I am realizing that, while November might not have been the right time for me, NOW is the time! Because I have read through the materials so many times since November, I feel very prepared for the next 7 days. I am looking at the detox week as the beginning of my “Kristin’s Got her Groove Back” phase of life.
Please know that you are making a difference in the lives of others, and you have made a difference in my life. Your emails were there at times when it felt like no one else was. You are like my secret little cheerleader – one that I have especially needed over the last couple of months.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. What else can I say?With much gratitude,
Kristin”
Gushing gratitude from every pore, messages like these fill me up better than green smoothie ever could. Check out this one! It’s even from a MAN! OH YEAH! I loooove that we’ve got a male following in Divaland. You gotta be a cool cat to be comfortable hanging out with a bunch of “raw divas”:
“Dear Tera:
You absolutely magnificent ray of SUNSHINE. Just let me say I find in your emails and website a joyful sense of life and SPIRIT that I have to say I love what you are doing, you are most perfectly suited to it!!
Sincerely, Grant
And more and more and moooooore:
“Dear Diva, your emails are the sweetest, most inspiring and uplifting messages I receive. Thank you so much for the beauty and joy that you bring and inspire in others. xoxoxo”
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“Hello beautiful people
I have been receiving these notes for a while now and reading them with a smile. However, this time I just had to send you a thank you for this wonderful note.
It is a lovely thing that you take the time to do and I cannot thank you enough for taking the time to make people feel better about themselves and their lives.
Thank you and Bless you all!
Alice xxx”
And this one… this one made my heart skip a beat:
You just don’t even know!!!…This note may have actually saved my life today! I wasn’t sure I wanted to continue. Thank you my sister!
In love & light,
C.
When you realize the impact your choices have on other people, you’re inspired to improve, persist, be the change you want to see in the world.
At the end of your days, it will not be what you did wrong or what you said to offend that takes up your attention. It will be regret for what you did NOT do or say to make things go right in your life.
Dive in and take your life head on, Sunshine.
That’s the only way to go.
Love, boundless support and gushing admiration,
Tera
Need a great, healthy pick-me-up? Want to build your blood? This refreshing drink will do just that! Green Drink Delight provides lots of vital magnesium-rich chlorophyll, vitamins, and minerals.
Place all ingredients in a blender. Blend on high speed until pureed. Strain through a strainer, pressing all liquid out of herbs. Enjoy!
Reference: Healing Tonics by Jeanine Pollak
Christina Menefee
www.livingonliquidsunshine.blogspot.com
Time for an update, Ladies!
It’s been a while. The last time I stopped to send a juicy update was around Christmas time. While we still mysteriously keep getting sign ups for our Christmas Cookie Countdown, the season has definitely passed. Love is in the air now, and soon spring will follow.
Last weekend I went skating along a 10km river here in Quebec and it was magnificent. Thousands of people come every weekend just to skate outside, but last weekend was particularly special, because they had the North American Speed Skating Championships. I enrolled in the 10km race and was delighted when I was awarded the bronze medal. (I probably should mention the fact that I was third place out of three participants in my age category.)
It’s so important to take the time to get outside and play, move, BE with life. I really appreciate every moment I get right now, as so much of my attention has been going into the preparation of WISH, which is now less than two short weeks away.
WISH: Women’s International Summit for Health
Since the idea sprouted up in the cluttered recesses of my multi-tasking mind last year, I knew wish summit for womenthis was going to be something special. I have an ever-present ache within me. You probably have one, too. The kind of ache that drives you to do whatever you can to make the world a better place. Sounds lofty, but if you’ve got the same ache, you know what I mean.
Picking up the phone to have a heart-to-heart with Sheila Kelley, creator of the S-factor did something to me. Exchanging emails with Neale Donald Walsch and Marianne Williamson just made the world a smaller place. Instantly. After months of playing phone tag, Janet Attwood, co-author of The Passion Test, and I finally caught up for a conversation that left us both in tears.
When the people I’d always admired from a distance were now only 10 digits away, limitations flew off my life.
Keeping them off is another story.
I admit that applying the spiritual laws of success and empowering information is easier said than done when I look around my life and realize:
*sniff*
“What’s that smell?”
“Eeeeew! It’s ME! I haven’t had a bath yet, and it’s 4:00 in the afternoon!”
I don’t mean to be graphic, Lizzie, but that’s what life for a multitasking, self-employed, slightly over-ambitious, single mother is like some days. While the details may differ slightly, chances are good you can probably relate to what I’m saying.
No amount of universal laws are going to fold your laundry, mop your floors or pick up the kids from school, but understanding these laws will certainly make getting these things done a whole lot easier. As long as you’re always stuck in the muck of a day’s work, you risk neglecting your own needs to grow, learn, expand and improve conditions in your life! If you want life to improve, if you want things to get easier, you’re going to need to roll up your sleeves and prioritize yourself more often.
If you don’t prioritize yourself, who will?
In every moment, you have an opportunity to create the life you want. You may not always have the answers or the solutions, but they’re out there. It’s your task to put aside enough time and commit to studying, learning, and applying the information you need to make your life what you want it to be—what you know it can be.
It starts by putting yourself on the to do list.
Starting on March 8, 2010 (International Women’s Day) you’ll be given the chance to put yourself on the to do list in a major way. 40 of the world’s leading experts in health, fitness, food, sensuality and relationships will be coming together to be a part of WISH: Women’s International Summit for Health.
40 of the world’s most inspirational thought leaders have put their best information out there to support You and all women. For 10 days we’ll be making these calls available for FREE to anyone who signs up.
Every day for 10 days we’ll be focusing on a specific area of life; sensuality, money, relationships, family and health. There’s no denying that when one area of your life is out of balance, everything else is affected by it.
WISH is giving you a remarkable opportunity for you to prioritize your health, your confidence and your life in a magnificent way. The laundry piles and dishes will still be there when WISH is over. But your chance to take part in this event, won’t.
Join us in making this a most magnificent celebration of women there’s ever been.
Love and girl-power,
Tera
by Joanna Beujekian-Steven
When was the last time someone asked you how you could get enough zinc in your diet? Most likely, you’ve heard concerns about protein intake, bio-available calcium and heme vs non-heme iron, but zinc is a mineral that seldom ever comes up, even though according to the National Institute of Health “Zinc is needed for the body’s defensive (immune) system to properly work. It plays a role in cell division, cell growth, wound healing, and the break down of carbohydrates . Zinc is also needed for the senses of smell and taste.” Deficiency symptoms include hairloss, slow growth, poor healing rate, depression etc. And what’s more, while we can get nearly every nutrient on a vegetarian diet as easily as or more easily than the Standard American Diet, zinc is actually a little more problematic, and as the Vegetarian Society explains, “Only 20% of the zinc present in the diet is actually absorbed by the body” due to the presence of phytic acid, which is somewhat destroyed by cooking, a process raw foodists try to avoid.
Good sources of zinc usually include liver, oysters, and other foods no vegetarian would want to include in their diet! But even while eskewing meat and animal products, we can get enough zinc. Rich plant based sources of zinc include sesame seeds (14%/oz), shiitake mushrooms (14%/oz), pumpkin seeds (14%/oz and a great source of amino acids). hemp seeds (20%/oz, a source of complete protein), tahini from whole, unroasted sesame seeds (20%/oz), cashew nuts and pine nuts (11%/oz), cacao powder (~15%/oz), avocado (10% per avocado) etc. Raw, organic seeds in general are a very good source of nutrition, and are a valuable addition to any diet.
Nutritional Data courtesy of Nutrition.com.
This warm and comforting raw vegan version of hot chocolate will be one of your best allies during the cold winter months! Rich in iron, protein and other life-giving minerals, this is a truly powerful drink! One serving will cover nearly half of your protein needs for the entire day. I like my cacao drinks fairly dark and bitter. For a sweeter beverage, use twice as much sweetener. Use hot water for a warming hot cocoa.
Ingredients
Directions
˜ In a blender, combine all the ingredients until smooth. Taste, and pour in a mug.
Chia seeds are an amazing source of calcium, a mineral which can be a little hard to get in sufficient quantities on a raw food diet. Add to that sesame seeds, and you’ve got more bioavailable calcium than virtually anyone would get in a bowl of dairy and cooked cereal! Sesame seeds also provide a wealth of zinc, which can be a little hard to find in a vegan diet.
Ingredients
Directions
˜ Blend the sesame seeds, water, agave, cinnamon and vanilla until smooth. Strain through a nut milk bag. Add more agave, if desired. Sesame seeds can be a bit bitter, but as the chia seeds absorb liquid, the pudding will be creamy and mellower.
˜ Stir the chia seeds in the sesame milk. Drink right away, or set aside until thickened.
Feel virtuous while you indulge in this decadent chocolate mousse. Loaded with antioxidants and nutrients, your energy levels will soar with every spoonful!
Ingredients (serves 2-3)
Directions
˜ Blend the avocados in a food processor until smooth. Add the other ingredients except for the goji berries, and keep blending until you get a uniformly colored and fluffy mousse.
˜ Spoon the chocolate mousse into a bowl, and refrigerate for about an hour. Sprinkle with goji berries just before serving.
Thank you, Sirova Raw Foods for the recipes.
Tracy Neely
What comes to mind when you think of chocolate? If you would have asked me that question a few years ago, I would have said “weight gain”. But what I’ve realized in my own personal life, is that chocolate is not the culprit of weight gain that I thought it was. How I think about chocolate is so different because eating chocolate occasionally is really about the quality and the quantity I’m consuming.
All chocolate is made from Cacao Beans (also known as Cocoa Beans). And although all chocolate is made from cacao, all chocolate is not created equal. Growing up during the holidays, there were always bags of Hershey’s or some other milk chocolate in bowls on our coffee table and I was happy to eat it!
What I’ve learned is when I nourish my body with foods that not only are nutritious and also taste good, there is no guilt. Cacao comes from a small tropical tree, the Theobroma cacao, (Theobroma is Greek for “food of the gods.”). Cacao is native to Central and South America, but is grown commercially throughout the tropics. Cacao contains many nutrients as well as phytochemicals.
Here are a few reasons why adding just a small amount of chocolate occasionally to your diet especially during Valentine’s Day make’s that time with your loved one so much sweeter.
Cacao has more antioxidant flavonoids than any food tested, including blueberries, red wine and black and green teas. In fact, it has up to four times the quantity of antioxidants found in green tea. Antioxidants are phenomenal at protecting our cells from free radical damage. Once we’ve consumed antioxidants mostly through the foods we eat, it slows down, or even prevents, the oxidation of other molecules. When molecules in the body oxidize, they can create free-radicals. It is very normal to have these free-radicals in the body, but in excess, they can wreak havoc on our cellular structures. When it comes to antioxidants, think of them as your best friend that wants to protect you at all cost.
Cacao beans are rich in a number of essential minerals, including magnesium, sulfur, calcium, iron, zinc, copper, potassium and manganese. All of these minerals are essential to great health, but what really gets me excited is that cacao is high in the “beauty mineral” sulfur. Sulfur builds strong nails and hair, promotes beautiful skin, detoxifies the liver, and supports a healthy pancreas. I could go on and on about the many benefits of cacao, but I want to leave you with this recipe that is super delicious and easy to make.
I hope you share this recipe with the one you love!
Ingredients:
Directions:
Combine all ingredients and mix thoroughly and scoop out mixture with measuring teaspoon.
Roll into small balls and flatten with your fingers. Every so often wet your finger tips with a few drops of water to prevent cookies from sticking to your hands when flattening them. Place on unbleached parchment paper in Pyrex dish and place in the freezer for a couple of hours to maintain proper texture and consistency or if dehydrating place at 115 degrees Fahrenheit and place on texflex sheet for about 4 hours and then place directly on dehydrator sheets and finish dehydrating overnight. Store cookies in the refrigerator.
Enjoy!
Tracy Neely is the founder and owner of Nourish & Flourish Healthy Living, a holistic nutrition and wellness consulting practice located in Orlando Florida.
by Joanna Beujekian-Steven
Can a seed really provide all the essential amino acids, along with healthy fats, important minerals such as iron and zinc, and even chlorophyll? The answer is: yes! Hemp seeds, which cannot be grown in the USA at the time this article was written, can do all this and more. Here are a few reasons why adding hemp seeds to your diet can greatly benefit you by increasing your intake of vital nutrients and filling the gaps of an otherwise potentially unbalanced diet.
Photo by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii
- Amino acids: Amino acids are the building blocks of protein, and chemical reactions within our organisms will always call for amino acids instead of actual protein. Indeed, we have to expand energy to break down the protein we ingest in order to obtain useful amino acids, and when the proteins have been cooked, and therefore denatured (like transparent egg whites which become white in contact with heat), even more energy is needed. Hemp seeds are a great source of amino acids and easily digestible protein, and if you get them from a truly raw source like Manitoba Harvest, you really are fueling your system with one of the best protein sources out there.
- Minerals: Minerals such as iron, calcium and zinc are vital to our well-being. Deficiencies are very likely to lead to health problems like anemia, osteoporosis, brain degeneration and more. But, not all sources of minerals are equal. For example, dairy has an acidifying effect on the body, and calcium needs to be used to rectify the resulting pH imbalance. It is also more difficult to digest, and an increasingly large number of people discover that they are lactose intolerant. Again, hemp seeds are valuable allies in our mineralization. They are very rich in iron, providing 40% of our daily needs in a single ¼ cup, and they are also rich in zinc, a mineral which can be hard to find in many diets, but even more in a vegetarian one (arguably one of the healthiest diets regardless of this fact).
- Omega 6 and 3 fatty acids: While some try to avoid fats at all costs, it is now well known that omega 3 fatty acids might play a key role in fighting anxiety, depression and other mild mood disorders. But, standard diets are usually very low in Omega 3s, and fish is becoming increasingly high in heavy metals and other pollutants, and has become an unsustainable way to get enough healthy fatty acids as fish populations keep falling. Hemp seeds contain a perfect balance of omega 6 and omega 3 fatty acids, and are an easy and pleasant way to get more of them without the often encountered inconveniences of animal sources.
- Cholesterol: Being a plant food, hemp seeds are naturally devoid of cholesterol. In an Iranian study where the effects of hemp oil were tested on rats, researchers found that after eating hemp seeds, the rats’ LDL levels decreased while their HDL levels increased. They therefore recommended that people with high LDL cholesterol levels use more hemp products in their meals.
- Beauty: Hemp is a beautifying food. In a Finnish study from 2005, the effect of hemp oil in patients with atopic dermatitis was studied. After 20 weeks, the treatment group showed higher levels of healthy fats, their skin quality increased, and their need for medication decreased. According to the researchers, “Dietary hemp seed oil caused significant changes in plasma fatty acid profiles and improved clinical symptoms of atopic dermatitis. It is suggested that these improvements resulted from the balanced and abundant supply of PUFAs in this hemp seed oil.”
According to David Wolfe in his book Superfoods: The Food and Medicine of the Future, “sulfur-bearing amino acids such as cysteine and methionine [both present in hemp seeds] help the liver and nervous system detoxify poisons. They also improve the immune system, physical strength, flexibility, agility, complexion, hair luster, speed of healing, and the functionality of the liver and pancreas.”
There are many reasons why it would probably be wise to add hemp seeds to your diet; these are just a few of them. With their broad spectrum of amino acids, high mineral content, perfect balance of Omega fatty acids, and their many health promoting qualities, hemp seeds really are one of the most perfect foods to feed our bodies.
by Dawn Adrienne Taylor
“Minerals in the soil control the metabolism of plants, animals and man.
All of life will be either healthy or unhealthy according to the fertility of the soil.”
This was a statement made by Dr Alexus Carrel, Nobel Prize Winner, in 1912. Almost a hundred years later, agriculturist and writer, Graham Harvey, wrote in The Daily Telegraph, 18 February 2006: “Britain’s once fertile soil has been systematically stripped of its crucial minerals by industrial farming, leaving our fruit and vegetables tasteless and a nation in chronic ill health.”
William Albrecht (1896-1974 Illinois), referred to as the Father of Soil Research for his pioneering studies of the effects of infertile soil on plants and animals, warned in 1930s that if the land was not remineralised, there would be a massive increase in human degenerative diseases.
The Daily Mail has written extensively about the vital importance of minerals in the body; and BBC news in February 2006, reported that “40% of the elderly admitted to hospitals in this country are so malnourished, they are not strong enough to take medication [and of the] widespread ignorance about malnutrition in the NHS.”
In issue 103 of Healing Today, John Lovesey MNFSH, MBTA, CengFIStructE exposed: “The Myth of a Good Diet” in an excellent article Healing Today, February 2006, which prompted my response.
At age 15, while having my healthy teeth removed, the students observing me mentioned the now legendary Dr Weston Price (1870-1948), a remarkable nutritional dentist who had performed extensive work across the world to discover why, even though they didn’t brush their teeth, some cultures had strong, healthy teeth throughout their lives. Shrunken mouths occurred in one generation of these people changing to a refined western diet. The results of his work were that all foods must be grown in mineral rich soil to avoid malnutrition, a depleted immune system and poor growth.
In the late 1970s, and a vegetarian at the time, I discovered more of the dire state of our soil and how our animals are fed growth hormones and anti-biotics; I took vitamin and mineral supplements thereafter, sincerely believing I was replacing what even my organic diet lacked.
However, I found, in more recent years, that the minerals we buy in the shops are from ground rock (hydrophobic), or synthetic and made in a laboratory and are not extracted from plants (hydrophilic).
For minerals to have any value, they must a) be plant-derived so the body can absorb them; and b) contain a full spectrum of at least 70 plant minerals. The average mineral supplement contains only 15-18 hydrophobic minerals i.e. those derived from the ground (soil, ground up oyster shell, salt lakes) of which only a fraction (typically 5 to 7%) can be absorbed by the body.
It never made sense to me that an efficient and sophisticated system like the human body would reject any of the vital nutrients it depends upon in order to function, and no doctor or nutritionist could tell me why so little of a vitamin and mineral supplement was assimilated. I learned, rather obviously, that the answer is that we were meant to eat mineral-rich plants not the earth in which they grow! We are designed to eat apples, but have been given rocks!
Minerals in their metallic form [from the ground contained in most supplements] can be toxic to the human body. Dangerous levels of these metallic minerals can accumulate in the tissues and create serious health problems. These are found in the 2000 year-old sea bed deposits, and are loaded with chloride. Very toxic inorganic minerals are being sold to an unsuspecting public under the guise of colloidal minerals. The key factor is true plant derivation. ~Dr Joel Wallach, BS, DVM, ND.” ~ quote by Dr Joel Wallach, BS, DVM, ND.
A plant mineral is between several thousand and a million times smaller, than the smallest metallic mineral.
The average plant-derived mineral is less than 0.00001 micron in size that could conceivably be 1/10,000th the size of a red blood cell.
The small size of the plant minerals makes it possible for the body to absorb them. They have been tested by specialist laboratories showing that they can pass easily through a one-inch thick paper filter. This means they would pass easily through the skin and enter the soft tissue regardless of a person’s ability to absorb.
Elmer Heinrich, (author of The Root of all Disease) coined the phrase “colloidal” in order to explain the difference between the larger hydrophobic minerals directly from the ground and the infinitely smaller hyrophilic minerals via plants. However, he said that he wished he hadn’t because now everyone misuses it. The earth is a colloid of the universe, for example.
“[People]…group plant derived minerals with metallic minerals that come from oyster shell, calcium carbonate, limestone, soil and clay and sea salts. Supposedly, too much of some of these metallic elements have toxic effects on the body. According to Dr Gary Price Todd [and Dr Robert Bender to name but two], the human body is NOT designed to absorb or assimilate and use metallic minerals. Forty years ago, the health food industry recognised the metallic mineral absorption problem of no more than 8 percent. Chelated minerals were developed in the laboratory. This process involved wrapping amino acids or protein around metallic minerals to help the body metabolize them. This did help the problem because these added dissolvers did increase the assimilation to about 40%. However, chelated or not, the fact remains, they’re still metallic minerals.
Don’t be misled by this recently formed IONIC mineral jargon. They just came up with a new descriptive name for an old metallic element solution that really doesn’t contain many minerals, but it does contain a lot of sodium. The definition of an Ion is ‘an electrified atom of group of atoms’. This could describe anything on earth.”
~ From “The Root of all Disease” by Elmer Heinrich
I’ve never accepted either that, “you can expect to get illnesses when you get older,” or that “after age 40, you get these odd niggling little pains.” This is not how life was designed or meant to be and the suppressive, toxic treatments for isolationist, plagiarist-Pasteurian diseases we are given haven’t helped. These are the symptoms of what doctors refer to as sub-clinical diseases, but which indicate an already depleted immune system is deteriorating further. They are warnings of those illnesses that manifest full-blown later in life, yet which are unnecessary if we consume a nutrient rich diet.
As Linus Pauling, twice Nobel Laureate also stated in the 1950s:
“One could trace every sickness, every disease and every ailment to
a mineral deficiency.”
These 75 organic plant-derived minerals has been used successfully by millions in the US/Australia and other countries since 1932 and has received in excess of 15,000 written testimonies, many hundreds of which have been legally attested. It is extracted from ancient, rich, 80 million year old Senonian vegetate when the Earth was unpolluted, using the purest water filtration methods.
Dr Schrauzer, researcher, inventor, author, chemist and, when younger, was considered to be one of the top twenty scientists in the world, says that these 75 plant derived minerals are, without doubt, the purest of the plant derived mineral extracts that he has analyzed.
Pregnant women are recommended to take 600 mg twice a day. I personally take at least 600 mg three times per day because I don’t want to take any risks of missing out on minerals! Stress is leached out of the cells during emotional traumas or physical exertion and perspiration and excreted from the cells by heavy metals in most of our environments, as well as being already absent from our foods. The Powdered Minerals, which last at least two months for one person, can be sprinkled directly into water, juice or into food. For children who weigh under forty pounds, there are 300 mg vegecaps, if you prefer a precise measurement, which can be pulled apart for children who can’t swallow the vegecaps. Older children and adults take 600 mg once or twice per day as a basic dosage.
Here we have the immediate answer to our well-documented mineral-deficiencies, and with the reassurance of the only company I’ve found that insists every batch has an external report certifying its contents contain 75 pure plant minerals. I’m not aware of any other company in the world that does that.
I sometimes make my own face cream with a blend of oils (almond, avocado, vitamin E, rosehip) and cacao butter gently melted, maybe adding some Rose Absolut or Frankincense, stirring in a little of the minerals just before it sets. This is ok for night time because it’s a bit shiny! I’m not a professional face cream maker so I mix in a few minerals occasionally into some of the excellent organic creams on the market for the daytime. A little of the minerals goes a very long way.
I’ve even just put a little oil, olive oil in the palm of my hand and mixed it with the minerals especially after a day in the sun.
I reacted very badly to some shocking news and some hair fell out several days later leaving a bald patch. I had alopecia, but I knew the minerals would work – hair is made of minerals, and every one of our cells requires plant minerals to function. It all grew back in six months or so and my hair is healthier, thicker and shinier than it’s ever been since I was a teenager. The work the plant minerals do at cellular level inside the body that we can’t see is by far more important, as the hair, nails and skin are just the outer reflection of what is going on inside.
As well as upping the dose orally, I put it on the bald patches every night and all my hair grew back. It’s better than it’s ever been since I was a teenager and I don’t need to colour it at almost age 55!
My son burnt the top of his hand putting a log into a sauna stove in Finland and he put it under the cold tap to no avail. It was painful and red. I already had a large water bottle for everyone to drink to which the plant minerals had been added because saunas leach out minerals through the skin, being the largest organ of the body. We poured the minerals into the bowl to bathe his hand and the pain went away in less than a minute. He went to remove it in amazement but I suggested he leave it in for 20 minutes to allow the skin to repair. It did. The mark was barely visible the next day. The remaining mineral water was given to a deserving shrub as we left the summer cottage! The minerals are used in burn-units as they are much more effective than aloe vera.
These 75 plant minerals have also been used in ongoing trials in two small African states (Guinea and Burkina Faso). The populations were so severely malnourished they were incapable of absorbing the nutrients or digesting the food supplies they were being given. Initial results indicated extremely encouraging improvements. As minerals are the basis of all nutrition, there is a real chance of feeding the Earth’s population and ending hunger and preventing widespread disease.
Small groups of people are working to re-mineralise the earth but this could take hundreds of years and, as individuals, we need to supercharge our own immune systems right now to resolve our health issues as a matter of urgency.
“Osteoporosis is a preventable disease,” says Dr Robert Bender, physician for over 40 years. Food intolerances, allergies, hyperactivity etc. result from a lowered immune defence, as do degenerative diseases inaccurately attributed to age such as: high blood pressure, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, strokes and cancer. They are all avoidable if we consume optimum nutrition.
It makes more sense to say “minerals and vitamins,” in that order, because it is minerals that form the basis and contribute the most essential source for our bodies being able to function. We can survive longer without vitamins than we can without minerals; without them, vitamins cannot be absorbed. “Vitamins are basically useless in the absence of minerals,” says Dr Gary Price Todd.
“Minerals and trace minerals are the catalysts for all the vitamins and other nutrients your body uses for developing and maintaining good health.”
David Thomas, Naturopath and Chiropractor, appearing on Radio 4, February 2006
In 2002 having vastly overstretched myself consistently for many years in multiple ways (not to mention the vaccinations to travel, and specifically unrequested hidden under porcelain mercury dental bridge), I contracted Epstein Barr Virus (glandular fever) and subsequently the very severe and wide range of approximately 80 symptoms of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome). Within a few weeks of taking these minerals, my energy levels soared, my mental agility returned, exogenous and endogenous depression and anxiety went and the carbohydrate cravings associated with the gut yeast, candida albicans, have also disappeared. I eat less, generally, as my body is satisfied with the nutrients it is receiving on a daily basis. Later, I made further changes to my lifestyle and eat a predominantly raw diet.
Minerals are the very source of physical life and the very foundation of nutrition because our bodies, inner and outer, consist of approximately 98% minerals and we need a full range each and every day. Minerals control every organ and all the electrical impulses in our bodies. Minerals, like the 50+ trillion cells in our body they feed, work interdependently and we therefore need a full spectrum, the way they used to exist in plants. If minerals are not in the ground, they are not in the plant, organic or not.
What the sentient body needs is a full range of instantly absorbable, hydrophylic, plant-derived minerals that have already been predigested by plants, which must have grown in mineral rich (about 70+) land. This is how we were meant to consume them. However, this is no longer available to the majority of us on the planet, organic or not, unless we live somewhere like Mount Etna where I’ve met people living to a ripe old age and vibrant because they plant their all foods in mineral rich volcanic deposits from deep within the ground (and the sun and alfresco, living with a strong family unit, ions in the sea air, etc.); or in Africa where I lived and my Father and grew enormous vegetables–aubergines/plantain–the size of rugby balls because our gardens were virgin soil, never before farmed, and had been unaffected by rain erosion because of the density of the foliage.
Taste in fruits and vegetables is also to do with minerals. When there are sufficient minerals fed to growing vegetables, it increases the brix (fruit, vegetable sugars) enormously as shown in the tests in Japan by New Zealand scientists. Cravings, hunger even, relate to plant mineral deficiencies leading to chronic diseases. Dr Gabriel Cousens has written a great deal about minerals and, in particular, his work with Diabetes 2 in terms of a mineral deficiency.
Diabetes 2 seems to respond exceptionally well to 75 plant minerals with many people coming off medication, we’ve noticed. People are reporting that their blood pressure is down for the first time in years, that they have automatically cut down on smoking, dropped a dress size or if they get a cold it doesn’t last and many other people have far more dramatic health experiences. The most common experience is that everyone taking this full spectrum of plant minerals reports an increase in energy.
In his book, The Root of All Disease, [is a lack of minerals], Elmer Heinrich says, “I have been monitoring and studying thousands of mineral-deficient people for twenty-five years. In my opinion, heart disease is a direct result of a [plant-derived] mineral deficiency!”
These pure plant minerals provide the essential food we cannot obtain even from discerning shopping as well as enabling the quickest and most gentle detoxification (a lack of minerals prevents the body from detoxing normally, some people report increased bowel movements especially initially or a cessation of constipation). I call them “the food I can’t get from my food!”
From my own results alone, I am tempted to say this 75 mineral supplement is miraculous but taking plant-derived minerals really is a matter of very simple common sense and of biology and geology that should be taught in schools. If we return to the agricultural wisdom of the past e.g. three-field systems where one field is left fallow for several years to regenerate, instead of spraying every possible inch with chemical feeds to create bulk crops for profit, I’m certain we would develop a society rich in health and intelligence, with a population who understand the wisdom of nurturing their planet and fellow man.
Rick Bockner, the 22nd and last Reiki Master to be initiated by Mrs Takata (the remarkable lady who brought Reiki from Japan to the West in the 1930s) told me that Mrs Takata always said to him: “All illness starts here,” patting her solar plexus to indicate where the absorption and digestion of our nutritious fuel begins. Mrs Takata who devoted her life to healing through Reiki, understood the body well. I believe she knew of the essential importance of minerals from plants as she drank a special mixture of blended raw vegetables several times each day, in those days when there were minerals in the ground, which she took with her wherever she went, in addition to practising daily Reiki.
Although, “We are not human beings on a spiritual journey, but spiritual beings on a human journey,” (Pierre Teilhard de Chardin). We are, nevertheless, very much physical beings on this beautiful, blue-green planet and, as such, must nourish our bodies to enable us to follow our true paths in optimum physical health and developed consciousness. I wish I’d found these special plant minerals sooner, but better late than never. All my family take them, too. It is clearly evident we cannot rely upon officials to make health choices for us, we must take the responsibility ourselves, and I shall continue to share this information with everyone. I strongly recommend you try them for yourself.
To purchase 75 Plant Minerals (or read the free e-book “The Root of all Disease”) go to www.usnaturals.net/taylord1854 click on Buy Products and select “Powdered Minerals” from the Products menu. Dawn may be contacted by email: girasoledawn@hotmail.com
- by Joanna Beujekian-Steven
Many raw foodists and western dieters love cashews for their smooth creaminess. They are an invaluable ingredient in raw vegan desserts, nut cheeses, Asian inspired dishes, etc. But there is more to cashews than their delicious taste; they are also powerhouses of nutrition, providing a wealth of important minerals and amino acids. While some may deplore their fat content, it is important to look at cashews within the scope of a healthy, varied diet. When you eat a variety of vegetables, fruits and leafy greens, cashews will not hinder your health and could in fact fill in the gaps and significantly raise your nutrient intake – not to mention enrich your diet with healthy desserts, creamy nut milks, and more!
Protein: Cashews, like most nuts, are rich in protein, but cashews are a bit different in that they are also a very good source of quality amino acids. The website Nutrition Data lists cashews as a “complete or high-quality protein” due to their high amino acid score.
Iron: Iron is a very important mineral, and deficiencies will lead to dizziness, fatigue, and even anemia. Cashews are rich in iron, and they satisfy 10% of our daily requirements in just a single ounce.
Magnesium: Magnesium is such an overlooked nutrient, and the wide majority of the U.S. population is thought to be magnesium deficient due to soil depletion and generally poor eating habits. But just one ounce of cashews will satisfy 20% of our daily needs, making it a delicious way to get enough magnesium.
Phosphorus: One ounce of cashews fulfills nearly 20% of our daily needs. But what is the purpose of phosphorus in our diet? According to the National Institutes of Health, “The main function of phosphorus is in the formation of bones and teeth. It plays an important role in the body’s utilization of carbohydrates and fats and in the synthesis of protein for the growth, maintenance, and repair of cells and tissues. It is also crucial for the production of ATP, a molecule the body uses to store energy. Phosphorus works with the B vitamins. It also assists in the contraction of muscles, in the functioning of kidneys, in maintaining the regularity of the heartbeat, and in nerve conduction.” Another reason to include cashews in our food rotation!
Copper: Copper is an important mineral similar to iron in some ways, as it plays a crucial role in the formation of red blood cells and is important for the health of our circulatory, nervous, and skeletal system. Cashews will satisfy in just one ounce more than 30% of our copper requirement for the day! According to the National Institutes of Health, “Lack of copper may lead to anemia and osteoporosis.”
Manganese: Did you know that the word ‘manganese’ comes from the Greek word for magic? Indeed, manganese is a somewhat mysterious chemical, but it is absolutely crucial for brain health, sexual well-being, and skeletal health; it serves important anti-oxidant purposes as well. One ounce of cashews will fulfill nearly one quarter of our magnesium needs.
Raw? Not Raw? Some have argued that cashews cannot possibly be raw, and that they are even poisonous in their raw state. Nothing could be further from the truth! Cashews themselves are not poisonous; only the shell is (and you would not want to eat it anyway!). Also, while nearly 100% of cashews sold in stores are indeed heated at high temperatures during the shelling process, ethical raw food stores will only sell hand cracked, hand polished cashews, which are indeed raw.
Nutrition Data: Retrieved February 3, 2010 from: http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts/nut-and-seed-products/3095/2
National Institute of Health – Phosphorus: Retrieved February 3, 2010 from: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002424.htm
National Institute of Health – Copper: Retrieved February 3, 2010 from: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002419.htm
I’ve been writing a lot lately, but most of my love notes have been directed to participants of our 6-Week Deep Tissue Detox. We’ve been immersing ourselves fully into the process and it’s been quite the learning experience. You’re welcome to read one of my posts on the 6-Week Detox blog. I thought I knew a few things about food and my relationship to it, but I’ve still got lots to learn.
Today I’m starting a week behind the others, because I just simply was not ready. I had a few more steps to put in place for myself to get to where I’m settled and comfortable enough to put my focus and attention on simple, cleansing, GREEEEEN food.
I haven’t forgotten about our 21-Day Challenge. I just decided that they might not be 21 consecutive days. In spite of all the best-laid plans and good intentions, sometimes life has a way of prioritizing what you need most when you need it. We had been working on a 21-Day challenge to put new habits in place for the year 2010. I can see that putting changes in place gradually has really been helpful for me this time around. In the past I used to just declare a bunch of resolutions on January 1st and break them by noon the same day. It’s happened more slowly this year, but I can really feel clarity and control (the good kind) moving into my life in an empowering way. Already, I can see really clearly that:
The upcoming W.I.S.H. Summit is really going to take the areas of life we addressed and focus on them for about 10-days. We’ll have 4 speakers on each topic touching the most intimate and pressing questions on womens’ minds. I’m so excited about this happening and we’ve been working on months to get it this far.
I mentioned on the 6-Week Detox blog, that my children are making some fabulous compromises to the way they eat in order to accommodate my new detox regime. It has been fascinating to put new discipline in place and see the improvements in their health and attitudes. I’ve experimented with different levels of intensity before, but they’re older now and a bit more autonomous, so it feels more significant that THEY are choosing to cooperate and support me in this adventure.
After just one week of gluten-free, high-green foods, my daughter’s psoriasis has really improved!! They both seem a lot nicer to get along with, too, but that’s probably because I’m being pretty careful about gluten and other foods for myself. (Not such a crusty mommy.)
One decision I made recently, in light of the changes I’ve observed in the kids and myself this last week, is that I am going to be securing myself a cacao-free home. After my consultation with Dr. Ritamarie, I need no more convincing. Having removed it from our menu plan for a few days, then put it back in, I really got to see that this is NOT a food I need or want to include in my diet anymore. I flushed all soy-based products down the sink, too. I’m not saying I won’t ever eat them again, I’m just saying I won’t keep them in my home and for the duration of our 6-Week Detox, I’d like to avoid them wherever possible.
Cleaning out my cupboards was a big part of my being able to clean up my family’s diet this last week. If the cupboards are full of junk and tempting treats, then it’s a lot more difficult to put discipline in place. There’s also something spiritually cleansing about clearing out your cupboards–as though the space we’re in affects the space within us. You know what I mean? I’m really working on being more disciplined about putting the laundry away before it stacks on my bed. I’m trying to keep the receipts sorted, the dishes washed, the counters and ledges clear. It’s a sort of dance, really. Especially with two kids who sprinkle, splash and spill wherever they go! We have a fantastic program for helping clear out the clutter and get organized. You can check it out here, if you feel the tupperware is spilling from all corners of your kitchen.
Our 6-Week Detox will be ending on March 7th, but the following session will be starting up right away. If you’d like to cleanse and detox this spring, I cannot recommend the 6-Week Detox highly enough. The next session will be starting on April 3rd! You can register now and reserve your place.
The preparations for W.I.S.H. are stepping up to full steam ahead. I’m very excited about what this program will do and decided that I’m going to do a 40-day countdown to the big day. Since we have about 40 speakers on the program, it will give me a chance to share a bit of the information on the calls and help get us all excited and ready for the big event. Speaking of which, I’ve got work to do.
Smooches ’til next time.
xo
Tera
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