Coconut Oil Recipes and Tips for Use

Since healthy coconut oil is great for weight loss, lowering cholesterol and more, it makes sense to use it in cooking and baking as often as you can. Scroll down for a tasty recipe for coconut oil granola and coconut chicken.

Here are some tips for using coconut oil in baking.

1. Coconut oil can be substituted for other types of oil in cooking or baking. Simply melt the coconut oil and use the same amount as called for in the recipe.

2. Since coconut oil will return to solid form if it comes in contact with cold, make sure your other ingredients are at room temperature.

3. To use coconut oil instead of shortening, combine it with an equal amount of butter. You can even use less coconut oil in a recipe than shortening. If your recipe calls for one cup of shortening, you can reduce the amount of coconut oil to 3/4 cup. Just reduce the amount of coconut oil by 25% of the amount of shortening called for.

4. Olive oil is also a healthy oil to use but is prone to damage which reduces the antioxidants when used with high heat. Coconut oil is stable enough to remain unchanged when cooking or sauteeing over high heat.

Coconut Oil Granola

5 cups old fashioned oatmeal
1/2 cup wheat germ
1 cup non-fat dry milk
1 cup sunflower seeds
1 1/2-2 cups any type of dried fruit, chopped into small pieces
1 cup organic flaked coconut
1 cup chopped walnuts, peanuts or almonds-better yet- mix several kinds of nuts
3/4 cup coconut oil, melted
1 cup honey

Place all dry ingredients together in a large mixing bowl and combine. In a small pan, heat the coconut oil on low heat and stir in honey. When combined, pour slowly over granola, mixing well.

Spread the mixture on oiled baking sheets.

Bake at 300F for about 10 minutes, then turn granola over and continue baking for an additional 10 minutes.

Once the coconut granola is cool, store it in an airtight container.

Coconut Chicken Recipe

Ingredients

2 tbs melted coconut oil
2 tbs garlic, minced
3/4 onions, diced
8 chicken breasts, boned, skinned, pounded to 1/2" thickness
1/2 cup coconut milk

Set coconut milk aside. Saute onions and garlic in a heavy skillet. Adding chicken, brown it slightly. Watch garlic carefully so it doesn't brown.

Garlic Chicken Sauce Ingredients:

3/4 cup white vinegar
2 1/2 cups water
1 chicken bouillon cube
2 cloves garlic
1/2 tsp black pepper
1/4 tsp paprika
1 tsp oregano
1 tsp ground bay leaf
1/2 cup soy sauce (low sodium)
1 1/2 tbs sugar

Place all ingredients into a blender and combine, then add to chicken in the skillet. Cover and cook on simmer, cooking until chicken is tender. Stir occasionally while cooking.

Add 1/2 cup coconut milk to simmering chicken. Cook for another 20 minutes. Place on serving plates and ladle extra sauce over it.

Yields 8 servings.

Superfood Coconut Muffins

1 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup old-fashioned oats
1/4 cup organic sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 egg
1/4 cup coconut oil melted
3/4 cup milk
3/4 cup blueberries, peaches, coconut, jam or (frozen fruit may be used if thawed first)
1/4 cup flaked coconut
12 muffin cups (paper)

Heat oven to 400 degrees F. Line muffin tin with paper liners.

Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, oats and salt in a mixing bowl and blend well.

Blend together one egg, the milk and oil in a small mixing bowl. Make sure the egg is at room temp to keep your coconut oil from resolidifying.

Chop up fruit for filling and set aside.

Create a small hole in the middle of the dry mixture. Pour egg mixture into the hole. Blend until well combined but leave a little lumpy.

Add fruit and coconut and blend slightly. Pouring mixture into muffin papers, fill to about 3/4 full.

Bake for 20 minutes.

Yield one dozen muffins.

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How to Shop for Organic Products on a Budget

Think organic products are more expensive? Think again! There are simple strategies you can use to save money and shop organically too.

1. Be sure you are really getting what you pay for.

When buying organic produce, make sure it is being displayed separately from the regular produce. One little-know-fact is that store owners are legally required to display organic product where it will not be contaminated by water run-off created when conventional produce is misted. This run-off could contain pesticide residue.

2. Don't be mislead by the label "natural." Sometimes these products are mixed in with organic products but the label "all natural" doesn't mean a product is organic. Check the labels for additives and chemicals.

3. Make sure the product is USDA certified organic and always check labels, even if the product says it is organic. Laws and restrictions are not well enforced by the USDA.

Some tips from ShopSmart Magazine to save money on organics:

1. Search the Internet for coupons for organic brands. Check the websites for major brands like Stonyfield Farm, Earthbound Farm and Health Valley offer coupons.

2. Try discount stores such as Walmart, Sams Club and Costco. I've found many Costco brand organic products there under the Kirkland brand that really DO save you money. Check between retailers to see who offers the best deal.

3. Check out the bulk bins of your local grocery store for organic products. Bulk bins are usually cheaper.

4. Look for store brands of organic products. Krogers now has Kroger's Private Selection organic which costs less than name brands. I've tried many of Kroger's organic products and been impressed with the flavor and quality. Whole Foods offers its Whole Foods market's 365 Organic Every Day Value and Safeway offers O Organics.

5. Join a food coop. I belong to an organic food coop where I get a large bin of fresh fruits and veggies twice a month for $50 each. All is certified organic and much of it is locally grown, at least grown in my state, which is Texas. My coop also offers bulk orders yearly on organic berries, fish and other specials. With group buying power you can save money. Check Local Harvest for more information on a coop in your area.

6. Buy bulk organic produce in season when it's the cheapest and either can or freeze what you can for later. Check for local U-Pick farms that are organic or check to see if local organic farmers offer memberships for their products.

This last tip is from my own experience. If you'd like to use organic cleaning products or organic skin care products but think you can't afford them, you might check out ONEGroup, which sells Miessence, MiEnviron and MiVitality products, which includes skin and body care and organic cleaning products.

It costs $60 to sign up for a lifetime membership in OneGroup and with that you receive a discount on products, free shipping and a free website to promote the organic lifestyle to others. You earn a commission on any preferred customer sales, which you can use to help pay for your own purchases.

You can make a change to organic products one step at a time, looking for ways to save money along the way. The organic lifestyle pays off in increased health, not only for you, but for the planet.

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Organic Sunscreen - Do You Need to Use It?

It is necessary to use organic sunscreen? Is it really better for you?

We've all been convinced that if we want to avoid skin cancer, then sunscreen is a MUST. Did you know though, that as the use of sunscreen has risen, so has the incidence of skin cancer? Since most people now use commercial sunscreens loaded with chemicals, perhaps organic sunscreen offers a safer form of protection.

A recent study by the Center for Disease Control showed that 97% of Americans are contaminated with oxybenzone, a commonly-used sunscreen ingredient. This chemical has been linked to allergies, hormone disruption, and cell damage, and to low birth weight in baby girls whose mothers used it during pregnancy. Oxybenzone enhances the penetration of sunscreen chemicals into the skin and these chemicals are absorbed into the blood stream to cause serious health problems.

Worse yet, for those who use sunscreen in hopes of avoiding wrinkles and age spots due to the sun, studies find that sunlight also causes oxybenzone to form free radical chemicals that may be linked to cell damage - which in fact CAUSES premature aging of the skin!

Under pressure from the Environmental Working Group (EWG), the Food and Drug Administration is only now, after 30 years, beginning to invesitgate the safety of oxybenzone.

So how can you protect yourself from the harmful rays of the sun? One answer is organic sunscreen by Miessence.

Reflect Outdoor Balm offers an spf of 15 and is made of 100% certified organic ingredients. It nourishes the skin with natural minerals that help reflect damaging ultraviolet radiation. Microfine zinc oxide offers protection from harmful rays while organic olive oil keeps the skin supple. Potent antioxidants include natural vitamin E, beta carotene and polygonum extract, which protect your skin from premature aging and prevent damage caused by the elements.

You can get more information about Miessence organic sunscreen, or click here to order. You don't have to "join" anything. Simply sign up as a preferred customer. Samples of other great organic skin care products are also available on this site.

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Keep in mind too that the sun provides us with Vitamin D, an essential vitamin for building bones and even preventing cancer so a certain amount of safe exposure to the sun is necessary for overall health.

Toxic Brew - Are the Chemicals in Cleaning Products Harming Your Family?

This You-Tube video shows the potentially deadly effects of the chemicals in cleaning products. Mothers want a clean home but are the cleaning products they use causing asthma and breathing problems, cancer and many other health problems for their family?

Toxic Brew

So what's the answer? How about organic cleaning products? They are becoming much easier to find and cost effective than they used to be.

MiEnviron cleaning products are 100% certified organic.

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• Highly concentrated - 2 capfuls make 500ml
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• BioPure offers cleaning with no chemicals and its living benefits continue to work even after the initial application.
• Cost effective - Only $14.95 for 4.3 oz

Ingredients:

• Purified Water
• organic sugar cane molasses
• Lactobacillus
• organic mineral powder
• Sea Salt
• organic rice bran extract non-gmo lecithin
• Organic Vanilla Extract

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I decided for my own family's protection that using only organic cleaning products make sense. We're surrounded with chemicals in air, food and water so wherever I can cut chemical exposure in our family, I do so. Why take the chance?

Looking for an Organic Toothpaste?

Oprah recently did a show about the toxic ingredients in body care products and what to look out for. I am hoping this really makes people more aware of the possible toxic ingredients in products they use every day.

A while back I did a little research on toothpaste ingredients. I had a toothpaste I'd used for a long time that claimed to be "so natural you could eat it." Well, I was shocked and frustrated to see 4 of the potentially toxic ingredients in this toothpast-which wasn't cheap to buy either!

My search for a 100% certified organic toothpaste led me to Miessence 100% certified organic skin care products.

Keep in mind that organic skin and body care product labeling is a very gray area. A product may say "Uses organic ingredients" or "all natural" but that does NOT mean that all ingredients are 100% certified organic.

Do you know the ingredients in your current brand of toothpaste? If not, check the label and look for these toxic ingredients. Here are just a few of the toxic ingredients found in many commercial toothpastes which have been linked to cancer:

• SilicaHydrophobic SilicaEthanol
• Sodium Lauryl Sulfate
• Sodium Fluoride
• Nano Titanium Dioxide
• Polyethylene
• Micronized Titanium Dioxide
• Titanium Dioxide

A more complete list of the toxic ingredients found in personal care products can be found on my Miessence website and I'll add the link to the end of this article.

Compare the above list of ingredients to those found in Miessence, which is 100% certified organic toothpaste:

• Organic Aloe Vera leaf juice
• Purified Water
• Sodium Bicarbonate (Baking Soda)
• Non-GMO Xanthan Gum
• Sea Salt
• Organic Spearmint Essential Oil
• Organic Peppermint Essential Oil
• Organic Cinnamon Leaf Essential Oil
• Organic Clove Bud Essential Oil
• Stevia Rebaudiana Extract

Which toothpaste would you prefer for your children? If you're like me, you don't want to expose yourself, or your family, to harmful chemicals and toxic ingredients.

Be part of the solution! Check the label of your current products and consider an organic alternative.

Click here to check out these certified organic toothpaste products

A list of potentially toxic ingredients to look for in your current body care products.

You've Chosen a Home Business-Now What?

Did you know that 95% of those who start a home business fail? Sound fantastic? Each and every person who signs up for a "biz op" starts with such high hopes, energy and belief in their success, so why don't people succeed in promoting their home businesses?

If you haven't gotten your free ebook The 7 Greatest Lies of Internet Marketing, and you are planning to promote your home business on the internet, you should definitely get a copy of this ebook and read it. It will change the way you look at the "training" you're given by your upline or your business training back office.

About the same time I got an invitation to order this ebook, I'd just read a sales manual for my most current home business. Guess what, several of these 7 lies were included in this training manual.

The 7 Greatest Lies of Network Marketing:

Lie #1 – Everyone is your prospect!
Lie #2 – This really isn’t sales. We just share products with people.
Lie #3 – Anyone can do this!
Lie #4 – We’ll build your business for you.
Lie #5 – We have the best product ever!
Lie #6 – You just don’t have enough belief!
Lie #7 – The proven system.

You'll run into this too if you're starting a home business. It isn't really their fault, it's just the way "it's always been done."

OK, if you want to be successful, it's time to change the way it's always been done.

If you want a successful network marketing home business, here's one thing you have to do:

1. Become an expert and a problem solver. Offer solutions.

Business opportunities are a dime a dozen. People aren't interested in another "biz op" presentation so forget that! What you want is to get people to seek YOU out and ask about your product or opportunity.

How do you do that? Become an expert and a problem solver.

Everybody has a problem and your product or business solves someone's problem. Become an expert on that problem. So you sell a health product? What health problem does your product help to solve? What uses do people find for your product? Each of these uses solves a problem.

Write articles for Ezinearticles.com, start a blog or website, do a newsletter. If people think you are the authority, they value your opinion and advice. It won't really matter what product you sell. The product itself becomes almost irrelevant.

Don't chase after friends and family or look for ways to bring up your great business opportunity with everyone you meet. This is an invitation to frustration and failure. If you're a professional and an expert, they will come to you and there is no need to chase after anyone.

2. Let people get to know you.

What you are really promoting is yourself - not your biz op. You are promoting your expertise, your business methods, your values. Make use of the feature to add your photo to your blog or website. Write a bio that let's people know they are dealing with a real person. Social networking sites are great tools for putting yourself out there so people can get to know you and what you have to offer.

This is just two of the methods for success I learned from the ebook, The Renegade Network Marketer. If you would like to know more about how to be a successful at your home business, I highly recommend The Renegade Internet Marketer. This ebook totally changed the way I look at internet marketing and how to be successful at promoting my home businesses. This one isn't free but it will be the best $67 you ever spent-and it's tax deducible as a business expense.

When you purchase the ebook, you also get bonus features like the audio version which you can download to your computer or MP3 player. I downloaded the audio, put it on CD and listened to it on my daily walk. There is also a free Virology Report. However, besides the ebook, you also get access to the Renegade Marketing system, a website with how-to's on traffic generation, copy writing and other sales tools to help you build your business-no matter what your business is. Even if you're starting at zero on marketing strategies, this book will teach you what you need to know.

Another bonus is that you get an affiliate link of your own so if you choose to promote the Renegade Marketing System, you can earn commissions for doing others the favor of introducing them to this business building tool.

Becoming successful at a home business and at internet marketing is not easy. Your product or your business won't magically grow - you do have to learn some marketing skills. But once you master some basic marketing strategies, building your business will be a whole lot easier!

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The Amazing Health Benefits of Coconut Oil

Coconut Oil is amazing! It assists with weight loss, heart health and increases energy. Coconut Oil also helps reduce the risk of diabetes and other “age-related” diseases like cancer. Coconut oil will even help you get rid of wrinkles! What more could you ask from a product that can easily fit into any budget?

Many studies have been done on the benefits of coconut oil in the diet. Most recently a study from Malaysia showed that coconut oil is a powerful anti-inflammatory. Inflammation is the cause of many health problems such as arthritis, allergies and heart disease.

Read on to find out why coconut oil is good for your skin, your hair, your health and also your pets!

Besides being an anti-inflammatory food, here are some more Benefits of Coconut Oil:

• Promotes heart health
• Promotes weight loss when and if you need it
• Supports immune system health
• Provides an immediate energy source
• Keeps skin healthy and youthful looking
• Helps to protect the skin from premature aging, skin cancer and blemishes
• Supports the proper thyroid function
• Reduces risk of arteriosclerosis and related illnesses.
• Reduces risk of cancer and other degenerative diseases
• Helps prevent bacterial, viral, and fungal (including yeast) infections.
• Supports immune system function.
• Helps control diabetes.
  

Coconut Oil and Candida Yeast

Coconut oil also helps control and eliminates Candida yeast. Candida yeast overgrowth can occur when people take antibiotics or eat a diet of processed foods and sugar. Candida yeast can cause a wide variety of symptoms such as fatigue, headaches and digestive disorders. The antifungal properties of coconut oil fight Candida yeast and promote friendly intestinal bacteria in the system.

Other Uses of Coconut Oil

Coconut oil has a mild delicate flavor and is heat resistant, making it ideal for cooking. Coconut oil also has a long shelf life, unlike other oils which can get rancid quickly.

In the past, one study showed that coconut oil, as well as other saturated fats, were bad for our serum cholesterol levels. These studies, however, were done on hydrogenated coconut oil, a process that alters the original form of the pure, natural coconut oil, producing trans fats.

Newer studies, done on virgin coconut oil or 100% natural coconut oil, have shown that coconut oil is one of the healthiest oils on earth.

Coconut oil and weight loss

Substituting coconut oils for other oils in your diet helps to promote weight loss because coconut oil is a naturally reduced-calorie fat which is beneficial to the thyroid, the gland that controls your metabolism. Polyunsaturated vegetable oils, on the other hand, depress the thyroid and lower your metabolic rate, causing weight gain.

The fats in coconut oil produce energy, not fat.

How much Coconut Oil Should you Use?

Most experts recommend 3 to 4 tablespoons of coconut oil per day to build the immune system and receive the many benefits listed here.

What is the Best Kind of Coconut Oil to Buy?

Stick to unrefined coconut oil. Never by hydrogenated coconut oil, (or any other kind of hydrogenated oil, for that matter). Virgin or organic coconut oil is the very best best as commercial coconut oils are refined, bleached or deodorized and contain chemicals you don't want your body exposed to.

Virgin or Extra Virgin Coconut Oil?

The term “extra virgin coconut oil” is a term borrowed from the olive oil industry and there is really no such product when applied to coconut oil. Therefore look for virgin coconut oil.

Get Coconut Oil in your Diet

Replace refined vegetable oils used in cooking with coconut oil. Use it in place of margarine, shortening, and other hydrogenated oils in your diet. Coconut oil even beats olive oil for cooking.

To substitute coconut oil for vegetable oil, use the same amount of oil the recipe calls for. Melt the coconut oil, making sure that the other recipe ingredients are at room temp as cold eggs, milk or other liquids might cause the coconut oil to solidify.

• To substitute coconut oil for shortening, try using a combination 1/2 butter and 1/2 coconut oil.
  
• The amount of coconut oil can be reduced by about 25%, so in a recipe that calls for for 1 cup of shortening, you can use 1/2 cup butter and 3/8 cup of coconut oil.
• If you would like to use all coconut oil then subsitiute 3/4 cup of coconut oil for 1 cup of shortening.

Other ways to Use Coconut Oil in Food

• Add coconut oil to your daily smoothie
• Use coconut milk in place of cow’s milk or soy milk in puddings, chowder and soup and gravy, to name a few.
• Add dried coconut to granola or other recipes
  

Coconut Oil for your Hair

• Use as a conditioner to soften and condition the scalp.
• Use coconut oil as a pre-wash conditioner to get rid of dandruff
  

Coconut Oil for your Skin

Commercial skin lotions, unless they are made of 100% organic ingredients, consist mainly of water and chemicals. Coconut oil is a natural and chemical free alternative to commercial skin care products and costs a lot less!

Simply apply coconut oil to your skin to boost the skin’s natural antimicrobial and acid barrier. This helps create healthier skin, leaving your skin soft but not greasy.

• Coconut oil fights wrinkles in the skin and helps fight sun damage like liver spots and other blemishes.
• Coconut oil helps to heal and repair skin and gets rid of that outer layer of dead skin cells, creating a more youthful appearance.
  
• Coconut oil strengthens underlying tissues to leave skin looking healthier and younger
• Coconut oil reduces chronic skin inflammations and rashes like psoriasis and eczema
• Coconut oil has healing properties which will help wounds and blisters

Use Coconut Oil for your Pets

Coconut oil can also be used to help your pets with various health problems.

• Ear mites - Get rid of ear mites by applying warmed coconut oil very gently to your pet’s ears once or twice a day with a cotton swab. Coconut oil, which is antiviral, antibacterial and antimicrobial will have those ear mites gone quickly. Just be sure not to put the cotton swab too deeply into the ear canal.
• Sleek and shiny coat - Just add one teaspoon of Coconut Oil to your pet’s food every day to help with dry skin and give them a beautiful coat.

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Flu Vaccine Worst in 10 Years! What to Do?

This news came out today - the 2007 flu vaccine was only 44% effective against the strains of flu that people actually got. So how can you protect yourself against the flu if the vaccine doesn't work very well?

The answer to that is easy-boost your immune system to optimum levels and you avoid, not only the flu, but colds and other illnesses. Possibly even diseases like cancer.

I haven't had a flu shot in years and haven't had the flu either. I only very rarely even catch a cold. I put this down to having a super strong immune system and focusing on health.

I'll put some practical steps below to boosting your immune system but one of my "secrets" is that I focus totally on health. I don't ever say things like "The flu is bad this year, I'll probably catch it." "So and so has a bad cold so it's probably just a matter of time before I get it too." "I'm not feeling very well today, I'm probably getting that thing that's going around."

Like germs and illness is making a circle and I'm sure to get caught up because "everybody's getting it."

When it comes to getting sick, I don't talk about it, I don't think about it. I think instead, "My immune system is super strong and it takes care of me, no matter what."

Besides positive thinking, here are some positive actions I take to boost my immune system:

1. Start with basics- I get 7-8 hours of sleep every night and I drink lots of water to keep my system flushed out.
2. Eat lots of fruits and veggies! I know you've heard that before but it works. To help me get my 5-9 servings of fruits and veggies, I start my day with a green tea smoothie, made with a banana, yogurt, blueberries and a serving of Shakeology. Shakeology contains 70 whole food nutrients in an easy to blend mix.
3. I am a big believer in detoxing to keep my body clean and functioning in peak condition. For that I use Holy Tea a safe, gentle detoxing tea that you can drink every day.
4. I drink lots of green tea, which is full of antioxidants.
5. I take 1000mg of vitamin C every day.
6. I do sinus irrigation every morning. It keeps germs and allergens from gaining a foot hold in my system.
7. Practice relaxation and meditation. Studies have shown that meditation boost the immune system, while stress actively tears down your immune system.

If I do feel "something coming on" I swing into action.

1. I take Echinacea herbal extract several times a day.
2. I step up my detox and drink more water.
3. I add Cayenne pepper to everything I eat. According to Chinese medicine, if you have a cold or respiratory condition, you need to heat up your body. I make this Cayenne pepper lemonade recipe and drink it all day.

Warm lemonade:

1 cup boiling water
Squeeze in the juice of 2 lemons
Honey to taste
2 dashes of cayenne pepper

Honey is also a natural anti-viral.

I make a batch of Tzadziki dip and eat it several times during the day. Fresh garlic is a natural antibiotic.

Tzadziki (Greek yogurt dip)

32 ounces plain regular yogurt, not low fat – purchase yogurt without additives
1 large English cucumber, peeled and shredded
5 cloves garlic, minced
3 tablespoons distilled white vinegar
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
Salt to taste

Directions for Tzadziki

1. Place a cheese cloth or double layer of paper towels over a colander. Place yogurt on paper towels with a bowl underneath and strain the yogurt 6 hours in the refrigerator, or over night. This will take out all the excess water and leave a thick, creamy yogurt for your Tzadziki.
2. Dice up garlic and cucumber and drain as much excess liquid from them as possible.
3. In a large bowl, mix together all ingredients until a thick mixture has formed.

Serve with crackers, French bread or veggies as a dip. Also use in Greek recipes calling for Tzadziki.

If you would like more great recipes and tips to boost your immune system, click here

Boosting your immune system simply involves being pro-active with your health, rather than sitting around letting things happen to you. Start with small steps like drinking more water and green tea and getting enough sleep. Once you start down that Path to Healthy Living, you never know where you'll end up!

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List of Articles on To Your Health!

I wanted to create an ongoing list of current articles for To Your Health. These are listed by category to make them easier to locate. This list will have a permanent home in the right hand menu.

Work at Home and Business Articles

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Law of Attraction

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Eco Living Articles

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Health Tips and Health Products

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Twitchy Legs - Natural Solutions for RLS
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Holy Tea

Why I Love Holy Tea
Holy Tea Helped My Daughter's Stubborn Problem Skin
Flu Vaccine Worst in 10 Years! What to do?
Earn Income from Holy Tea Club

Uri Life - Whole Food Products

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How to Get Your Kids to Eat Their 5 to 9 Servings of Fruit and Veggies
Healthy Fruit Smoothie Recipes
Tasty Smoothie Recipes
Flu Vaccine Worst in 10 Years! What to do?
Health Benefits of Coconut Oil
Coconut Oil Recipes 7 Tips for Use

Miessence Organic Skin Care Products

How to Purchase Organic Products on a Budget
I Only Wish I'd Had an Organic Baby
Organic Sunscreen - Do you really need it?
Toxic Brew - Are the Chemicals in Cleaning Products Harming Your Family?
Miessence Organic Skin Care
Do Organic Skin Care Products Make Sense?
Searching for an Organic Toothpaste

Weightloss Articles

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Recipes

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General Health Improvement Articles

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The Truth About Organic Foods
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Healthy Summer BBQ Tips Minimize Cancer Risk
Healthy Snacks - Plan Ahead for Convenience
How to Purchase Organic Products on a Budget
Which fruits and veggies should you purchase from the organic aisle
Health Benefits of Coconut Oil
Flu Vaccine Worst in 10 Years! What to do?
How Do You Create Health if You're Sick?
Want to Lose a Few Pounds Before Summer
Texas WildFlowers In Spring
Being Healthy is Easier Than You Think
My Path to Healthy Living

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Twitchy Legs! Natural Solutions for RLS

Have you ever sat down in the evening to watch TV and suddenly you feel like you have to move your legs? Or you get into bed, all sleepy and tired, and you get that same insistent urge to move deep down in your legs? You might even have pain and prickling in your legs that causes discomfort. The only thing that makes that feeling go away is to move or get up and walk around. Chances are, you have Restless Leg Syndrome.

I've had this off and on for years and it can be frustrating and irritating. I didn't even know it had a name until someone invented a drug for "Restless Leg Syndrome." This "syndrome," RLS, actually affects 10% of the population and some don't even realize they have it or that there are things they can do to make it better.

Nobody really knows what causes RLS, but there are some natural things that can help, or get rid of, the problem.

1. You might have an iron deficiency. I tried some iron supplements that were easy on the stomach and this seemed to help.

2. Folic Acid deficiency - I was already taking folic acid so this didn't help me, but it might help you.

3. Start going for walks during the day and do stretches in the evening before bed. This was very helpful to me. I was already a dedicated walker but doing yoga stretches in the evening really helped.

4. Try meditation or deep breathing to relax.

5. Try Nature's Inventory Night Time Leg Calm. This is a miraculous essential oil that you rub onto your back, at the base of your spine. This wellness oil worked wonders for me. I also use Nature's Inventory Sleep Aid Oil every night and I sleep like a rock now, whereas I used to wake up several times a night. These are totally natural essential oils that work great on all sorts of things.

If you'd like to order Nature's Inventory Night Time Leg Calm, put HD10 into the promo code area and receive a 10% discount on your entire order. Remember too, orders over $35 automatically receive free shipping.

There are drugs out there you can take but why risk the side effects when there are natural things you can try. If you are worried about it, check your RLS out with a doctor to make sure there is no serious underlying condition like a thyroid problem, but chances are, you can find relief with the natural remedies above.

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Free ebook-The 7 Great Lies of Network Marketing

A friend sent me a link to a free ebook, The 7 Great Lies of Network Marketing, which I found to cover just about all the reasons why I've seen people try and fail at network marketing or MLM businesses- including myself. The companies offer "training" materials, which tell you to make lists of your closest friends and relatives and start with them, have a positive vision of what you want and belief in yourself and your product. This ebook tells you why this doesn't work for building a business.

Here are the 7 Great Lies. Do they sound familiar?

Lie #1 – Everyone is your prospect!
Lie #2 – This really isn’t sales. We just share products with people
Lie #3 – Anyone can do this!
Lie #4 – We’ll build your business for you
Lie #5 – We have the best product ever!
Lie #6 – You just don’t have enough belief!
Lie #7 – The proven system.

Read this ebook and you'll see why these lies don't work and doom you to failure. Find info on what you DO need to do to turn it around.

Of course, all this leads to another ebook, which is for sale, called the Renegade Marketer, which explains in detail just how to turn this around. To get people coming TO you, instead of you chasing them. This ebook, which also offers some freebies along with it, costs $67. I plan to order today so I'll write a review of this program and let you know whether or not it was worth the money.

One thing this ebook promises is to help you increase your business partners each month from maybe one or two sign ups to 8, 10 or even more per month. This I have to check out!

If you have an MLM business and aren't aware of it, everything you purchase for doing business is a tax deduction, at the very least so keep track of everything you buy.

Another great free resource attached to this is Renegade University. There is a pay portion, but there is also a free section which teaches about attraction marketing and helps you attract leads who come to YOU instead of you chasing them. Here are some other great nuggets of marketing info you'll glean from this site:

1. Build a List of Prospects with NO 'out of pocket' expense… you’ll never have to chase people, buy leads, or waste money on advertising again.
2. Attract quality business builders onto your team… they’ll be coming to you.
3. Make money while prospecting… this helps you pay for current business expenses, puts money in your pocket, and fuels your marketing.
4. Ultimately, grow your business in a more effective and attractive way.

A friend of mine recently set up this website, a discussion group on attraction marketing, called Networking Naturally - Niche and Attraction Marketing that you might also enjoy. You have to sign up for it but the site is free.

How do you Create Health if You're Sick?

It's one thing to do what you can to be healthy if you don't have any real health problems but what about if you have a serious illness or disease?

About a year ago, I noticed some strange tingling sensations in my body. I'd had restless leg syndrome for a long time but it got worse. All of a sudden, I was having strange symptoms. I started researching...This couldn't happen to me, I thought, I'm SO healthy.

All the research I did pointed me to very dire things like MS, for instance. I read some forums and discovered many had strange, unaccounted for symptoms. Was I destined to wander in forum hell, discussing my sorry symptoms, looking for a "cure?"

What I discovered is that there is a terrible trap out there waiting to grab the unwary. You research an illness or disease and suddenly you find yourself wanting to join a support group, you want to be one of and identify with, those who suffer as you do. You can pick up the cloak of this disease and wear it proudly.

Did I want to do that? I almost did it, tell you the truth. But I caught myself in time.

There is a book called The Science of Being Well by Wallace D. Wattles. (click on the link for the free ebook) Wattles also wrote the book, The Science of Being Rich, which was one of the books the Secret was based on.

In this book he says, to be well, think health! If you have an illness or disease, don't think about it, don't talk about it, don't focus on it. Only let thoughts of health enter your mind, no matter what "reality" tells you.

He also recommends not going to a doctor, which I do not recommend however. My first practical step toward health was to visit a neurologist. He did some tests and informed me he had no idea what was causing my symptoms but I didn't have any of the serious things on the list. He said he could give me medication to dull the symptoms but he admitted no medication would "cure" me, only cover the symptoms.

At one point, I did decided to try his medication but guess what? It didn't do a thing. After 3 weeks he told me we could try other meds or just learn to live with it.

That was fine with me. I decided to see what I could do to heal myself and I never went back to him.

So what have I done? I decided to follow Wattles' advice. Except for telling my story here, I don't think about it, don't talk about it, don't focus on it. I feel great! I'm never sick, never worried about my health, never dreading the future and getting old and incapacitated. Has this worked? You bet it does!

This week I had two more big examples of just what it takes to improve a deadly health problem. About 3 years ago, my father, who is otherwise in good health for someone 84 years old, was told he had a cancer of the blood. This cancer is caused by the bone marrow no longer producing the platelets to clot the blood. The usual progression is low energy, bruising all over the body and eventually needing weekly blood transfusions.

My mom has always been very proactive when it comes to health. She asks me to research any and all health issues that come up and they try to do whatever they need to to over come things naturally. My dad started eating iron rich foods and drinking blueberry juice every day and eating blueberries, a superfood full of antioxidants. Everything we could come up with to build up blood was what my dad started doing.

Over the next 3 years he went from going to the blood oncologist every 3 months to check blood counts to going every 6 months to being told his blood counts were near normal. The doctors are amazed! He is like the poster child for this blood disorder and they've never actually seen anyone get better from it.

So, have the doctors been writing him up in medical journals? Have they even asked him if he's doing anything to cause such unheard of improvements? No, they have not. They just continue to be amazed at his getting better.

A friend of mine, a very nice lady who is 76 years old, suffered a heart attack about 2 years ago. Did she give up and take to her bed? No, she decided to join a seniors exercise class 5 days a week. This past week, her cardiologist told her she has healed the damage to her heart with exercise! She now only has to go back to see him every year, instead of every 3 months.

So what's the moral here? One is that usually the doctors don't tell you anything you can do to help yourself. If, as in the case of my dad, there is no magic pill to pop, they tell you to go home and live with it. If you do help yourself, they don't bother to ask what you're doing so they can pass it on to others. They just think you are a "miracle".

My mom actually lowered her cholesterol from 250 to 190, using only cinnamon. For the first time in 35 years, her cholesterol was normal. Her doctor DID ask what she was doing and she told him she was eating cinnamon but he didn't bother to comment on it-lol.

The two individuals I'm writing about are elderly and they managed to make a real difference in their health. Just think, if you are younger what you could do to improve any health condition you have?

Whatever health problem you might be facing, research ways to improve it yourself though health improvements. DO NOT focus on the problem, Focus on the Solution. Anything natural you can do can be added to whatever the doctor is suggesting too and certainly won't hurt you.

Holy Tea Helped my Daughter's Stubborn Problem Skin

I've been using Holy Tea for a while now for detoxing. I love it because it helps me keep my weight down, especially in the stomach area. I feel cleaner and lighter and more energetic.

I'd been trying to get my daughter to try Holy Tea for her skin. She plays sports at college and during the spring, when she is traveling with her team (who loves junk food and fast food) she has a hard time eating right and taking all her vitamins. Besides, when school is nearly out for the year, she is stressed with tests, etc too.

So, no matter how clean she keeps her skin, it's breaking out. I made her a gallon of Holy Tea a couple of weeks ago and sent it home with her so she could try it. After a few days, she told me she was feeling better. Less stressed, more energy and she was sleeping better too. When her week's supply of Holy Tea ran out, she wanted more.

It was sometime during the second batch of Holy Tea that she told me her face looked like it was clearing up. When I saw her, I noticed it. Then she said her friends were even noticing that her skin looked clear and smooth.

I guess she's hooked now. Holy Tea is a safe, natural detox tea that is for continued use. It's made from all natural ingredients and is very gentle - but effective.

If you'd like a sample of Holy Tea, which is 2 tea bags-a full week's supply, click here.

For more information on how good detox is for your body, click here

How Do You Get Your Kids to Eat Their 5 to 9 Servings of Fruits and Veggies?

When it comes to eating fruits and veggies, do your kids just say "YUK" and refuse to eat them? And then the experts say you need to feed them 5 to 9 servings a day. Get Real!

A serving is about 1/2 cup of most fruits and vegetables. How do you even get kids to eat that much?

With kids you can't hand them a pile of vitamin supplements and let's face it, Barney vitamins probably don't have anything but very basic nutrition. Besides, most vitamins for kids have sugar, artificial colorings and flavorings added too.

Whole, natural fruits and vegetables is what their little body's need. Each and every nutrient interacts with each other to give them the best possible health. They grow stronger and their immune systems function to keep them from getting all those colds and flu germs that float around every day care and school.

So what is the answer?

One tasty way to get kids to eat their fruits and veggies is to make a smoothie every day, adding a Nuriche whole nutrition powder. Besides all the great smoothie ingredients, like milk, orange juice, yogurt and fruit, Nuriche provides them with the most beneficial, nutrient dense form of nutrition available today. And it's 100% pure, naturally complete, great tasting and affordable.

Nuriche can also be mixed with just about anything. Sprinkle it on cereal, mix with yogurt or applesause, or whatever you kids like to eat.

Nuricheis the one and only live whole food based product on the planet that delivers a full, synergistic spectrum of:

• 30 Antioxidant Rich Fruits & Berries
• 30 Powerful Greens & Vegetables
• 11 Nutrient Dense Seeds, Nuts & Sprouts
• 83+ Active Enzymes & Fulvic Minerals
• 22 Strains of Resilient Living Probiotics
  

Nuriche is the next best thing to you getting 5-9 servings of organic and naturally grown fruits and vegetables every day - but without the chopping, peeling, cooking or juicing or relying on yucky "green" drinks or fistfuls of pills.

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Don't Worry About the Economy!

Economic bad news seems to be all around us right now. How do you feel about the economy? Is your family personally hurting or have you found ways to cope? Do you feel like the economy is getting worse or do you think the media is magnifying the bad news?

What I believe is that if you worry over bad times, you are only creating more of that in your own life. You might say, "I have all these bills I can't pay and that's a FACT." "Everything is costing more and that's a FACT." How do you argue with FACTS?I believe that so called facts are only what you believe them to be and they are only true because you believe them to be true for you. These things may be a fact in some people's lives because they believe that is what they are stuck with but it doesn't have to be true for YOU.

The fact is, altho you may have bills you can't pay RIGHT NOW, it is not a fact that you are stuck with this as a truth unless you want it to be.

Sure, some things are costing more but some things are not costing more. Are there substitutions you can make to products that are less costly, say using store brands? Are you clipping coupons, shopping sales? The other day, I saved $20 at the grocery store with a combo of coupons and selecting certain products the store had on sale. The deal was, buy 10 of the sale items and get $5 off your grocery bill. Since these were products, I already use, I bought 20 items and saved $10 right there.

The fact is, there are always opportunities out there and some people do thrive in all sorts of economic times. Some jobs seem pretty recession proof. Fear freezes you into inaction, while proceeding with confidence in yourself and what can be true for you inspires all sorts of plans and ideas to create the life you want.

At any given moment, you are free to choose. Rather than worry and fret and fear the future, what if you just let that go? What if you decided to view the future with confidence? What if you proceeded "as if" the ideas, the money, the inspiration would all be there when you need it?

What would it cost you to see the future with a positive attitude? Can you let go of the fear or are you clinging to it? How is the fear helping you? Is it helping you?

Fear blocks creativity and puts negative energy into your life. Is that helping you?

Sometimes fear keeps you from running up credit cards or making a purchase you know you can't afford. However, you don't have t make those decisions out of fear. Why not say, "When the time is right, I will have the money for those things I want to purchase?" Just try to view it as a practical step to getting where you want to be, not as a decision inspired by fear.

If you let go of the fear and open yourself to new ideas, you may be amazed at what happens.

Perhaps you've had a dream that you put on the back burner and a way will suddenly come to you as to how you could accomplish it. Perhaps you'll stumble across a business or product you'd love to promote or be part of. Maybe you'll come up with an idea for a website or blog that could earn you money.

Here are some things you can do to help you let go of fear:

• Turn your back on toxic conversations about the economy. Don't take part in the gloom and doom thinking.
• Create a plan. Action and empowerment turn fears into positives. What things can you do to improve your situation?
• Think about and focus on what is good in your life. Be grateful for what you have, no matter how small it may seem at the moment. Focus on the good and the good will grow in your life.
• Visualize the life you want and return to that vision over and over through out the day. See it as real. Know that this is what your life will be.
• Take the negatives out of your speech. Don't talk about the "bad" economy, don't complain, don't focus on those things. Instead, look for positives to focus on.
• Try meditating to connect with your inner self. If you don't feel like you can meditate, at least steal 5 or 10 minutes per day to yourself to quiet your mind and focus on pleasant things.
• Try deep breathing if you do feel fearful. Focus on relaxing your body and you mind.
  

Just remember, Whatever you focus on is what grows. What are you focusing on?

Law of Attraction-What to to When You're Stuck!

Recently, I found myself sliding back into my old ways of negative thinking and felt that the Law of Attraction just wasn’t working for me very well. Certain areas of my life just didn’t seem to be going the way I wanted them to and I didn’t know what to do. What I wanted was some direction in what I should do with my life and it just wasn’t coming.

Then a couple weeks ago, I took a trip with my husband and daughter to Washington, DC. We live in Texas, and altho I spent quite a bit of time on the East Coast when I was younger, I hadn’t been there for 20 years. Let me add too, that we never take vacations that aren’t related to visiting relatives or going to softball tournaments.

While we were gone for those 6 days, I decided to put everything in my life on hold and just enjoy the moment - being with my husband and 21 year old daughter, seeing new sites (much had changed in DC since my last visit), having a great holiday with no cooking, no cleaning, no housework, no worries over jobs and “what should I do with my life?”

While we were gone, I decided that when I got home, I would start all over again at the beginning with the Law of Attraction. I got out books I’d read that inspired me, like some by Wayne Dyer, I bought his new book too on the TAO and also the Abraham Hicks new book on The Amazing Power of Emotions. I decided not to pressure myself anymore and just observe.

When I was walking my dogs one day, I started thinking about what my life was at this moment, what I’d wanted to manifest in my life. I discovered a strange thing - many of the things I’d wanted to manifest a few months ago had come into my life but not in a way I expected so I didn’t really recognize them.

My husband and I wanted to travel but of course, money is always an issue. Well, the cost of our trip to DC was greatly offset because my husband went there for his job. He had to go there for training and we went a few days early to see the sites. We also got a nice trip to Galveston this summer, all planned by my step daughter and in the form of a family reunion, where we all shared the cost, which again made the travel affordable.

I am a freelance writer and last fall lost a very lucrative contract. Since then, I’ve been looking for something to replace this and haven’t found it. However, on my list of “how I want to live my life” was doing something to help others, having time for contemplation, meditation and yoga, etc. Altho I haven’t gotten a “job of my dreams” the past few months, my husband had gotten 2 promotions at work which put extra money into our budget.

Also, our daughter is a college student. Although she pays for all tuition, etc herself with scholarships, we had been paying things like car insurance, groceries, etc. This summer she got a very well paying part time job (talk about using the Law of Attraction!) which pays her extremely well per project and it takes only a couple days to do each one. This freed up more money for our budget.

We are fortunate in that we don’t really have money issues - however, retirement is looming!

Anyway, I realized that I had manifested what I desired, only not in the typical form of finding a well paying job for myself. With the extra money in our budget, I am free to devote more time to projects of my own that -at the moment at least - aren’t earning much money. I am further developing my health website and also starting a new one on
eco-friendly living - a topic I feel is important. On our trip to DC, I also rediscovered my passion for history and am outlining a historical novel.

This has also freed up time to help my husband’s daughter with some babysitting for her one-year-old daughter. This beautiful little girl has greatly added to my life in many, many ways and I look forward to a long and cherished relationship with her and her 4 year old brother.

I guess what I wanted to express is that if you think the Law of Attraction isn’t working, step back and take an inventory of your life. Maybe some of your dreams have manifested but you didn’t recognize them for what they are because they didn’t come to you in a way you were expecting and anticipating.

I am now trying to follow advice given to me by a friend - That once you decide to follow your path to higher consciousness, then assume that everything that happens is part of your path. Instead of seeing problems, see opportunities.

Raise your vibration!

Do Organic Skin Care Products Make Sense?

Do you suffer from acne, skin irritations, rashes and redness? Is your skin dull and lack-luster or show premature wrinkling? Maybe organic skin care products can help.

Take a comparison test. Read the label of your current product or, better yet, check it on the Household Products Data Base.

Is there a long list of words you can't pronounce? Could these ingredients, which are absorbed into your skin and through your skin into your blood stream, be toxic or cause allergies and skin irritations? Here is a list of potentially toxic chemicals which are commonly added to skin and body care products.

Many of these ingredients are known to cause allergies, reproductive and neurological disorders and even cancer.

Compare these ingredients to a certified 100% organic skin care lotion:

Here you see such ingredients as organic aloe vera, shea butter and chamomile.

Which would you rather be putting on your skin?

WAHM-Overcoming These Obstacles Leads to Success

There are literally hundreds of work at home opportunities out there and hundreds of people have tried one or more of them. What is the difference in being successful and failing time after time? Here are some obstacles I've overcome in my quest to work at home successfully.

Deciding what work at home biz to do

One of the biggest hurdles, of course, is finding the right biz to do. My best advice is to make a list of:

Your interests
Your passions
Your education or training
Other contributing factors

My first work at home experience, which lasted 10 years and was very successful, was having my own home daycare. My daughter was one year old when I got out of the Navy, my husband was in the Navy still and deployed a large part of the time. My past experience was being a surgical technician but I couldn't do that sort of job and be called in to work in the middle of the night with a small child. I thought "Why not take care of kids. That would be easy!"

Well, it wasn't easy at all but I went for it. I got my daycare license, which required taking training once a month, and I became a professional at what I did.

• My interests at the time were being home with my daughter.
• Little kids at the time were also my passion because of her.
• I had education and training in the medical field, which was useful in building my reputation as a daycare provider
• Other contributing factors was that a home daycare fit into my lifestyle at the time and was best of my daughter.

Your choice may not be that clear cut but here are a few options:

1. You could make something. My second home biz was selling beadwork that I made at craft fairs. It was my interest and my passion for several years.

2. You could sell something. This is the path a large number of moms take. You just have to find the product which best uses your interests and your passions. Right now I have several home businesses, all related to health and organics.

3. You could create a website and put adsense or affiliate ads on it. I am doing this also as my interests, passions and education are in the health field. My website is about alternative health and wellness. This avenue is currently bringing in about $200/mo in earnings.

Investigate many options before deciding on any one. Some companies are better than others so ask around and get recommendations or check forums. There are some websites which objectively compare work-at-home opportunities, such as this one.

A second obstacle is Do you have family support?

I have to admit that, although my husband is all for women staying home with their kids now, back when I started my home daycare, he was much less convinced of this. He felt I could make more money working in a hospital, and it's true, I could have. However, I stuck to my guns about being home with my daughter.

One thing that may convince reluctant spouses like mine is the tax breaks for a home biz. After we did our taxes that first year and were able to deduct so many things in relation to the daycare business, my husband became a believer.

If your spouse isn't convinced, or you don't have a spouse at all, try doing your biz part time until it grows big enough to bring in what you need. Co-workers can be great customers too! At one time I sold Avon part time and my moms were all great customers of mine.

How do you handle other family members who feel that staying at home isn't a "fulfilling" role? Ignore them! You know yourself, your child or children, you know what sort of life you want them to have so do what you feel is right. Besides, a mom who is an entrepreneur is a great role model for the kids.

Another obstacle: Isolation

Now that we have computers, forums, chat rooms, etc, the isolation part of working at home isn't quite as bad as it once was. We can always find on-line support and friends. In fact, if you choose some sort of work at home biz make sure you have a good support system within the other members of your team. If you don't have a good team, create one.

One of the main reasons many are successful in work at home businesses is the support they find with their team. Someone has to teach you the ropes and be there to answer questions.

Another type of support you can look for if you're building a business online is networking groups. Networking groups can take a look at your website or your marketing skills and help you learn what you need to know to be successful.

Even when I had my own daycare I didn't feel isolated. I met with the same women each month for our training classes and we shared information. I also knew other daycare providers in my neighborhood because we were all in the same nutrition program so we were also able to share info and concerns. This sort of support is very important.

When you choose a work at home business, once you address these 3 main obstacles and figure out how you'll handle them, you'll have a much greater chance of success.