Pineapple and health

Pineapple turns out to have a variety of useful benefits for our bodies. pineapple has a wide range of benefits as a healer and body cleanser as well as various other benefits. Various uses uses pineapple, among others:
Accelerate the healing process and helps digestion of proteins
Pineapple fruit is rich in bromelain enzyme Addons useful for throat and
helps the digestive process . enzyme bromelain digest proteins in foods and prepare to be easy to be absorbed by the body. Pineapple can also be used to soften the meat. In addition to the above uses, pineapple contains citric and malic acid Addons which gives flavor to sweet and sour fruit. These acids make the pineapple into a food that is widely used to make sweet and sour dishes. Bromelain helps the process of wound healing and reduce swelling or inflammation in the body.
as a cleanser
Pineapples are also cleaned. The enzyme bromelain helps cleanse the body and offset the acidity in the blood . Pineapple raise blood levels of alkaline and helps alleviate edema disease by reducing excess water in the body. Pineapple is one of the few fruits that have a content of aspartic acid, which is quite high. aspartic acid serves as an amino acid in our body thus helping the body's metabolic processes.

Healthy eating for children

Healthy lifestyle should be trained early on, one of them by carefully adjusting the diet. Healthy body can increase the concentration and intelligence.
Here are the things that must be considered to set healthy eating patterns for children.
1. Adjust feeding schedule
Regular eating schedule not only teaches discipline in children, also to get children on healthy eating. Teach the importance of school breakfast to its concentration in undisturbed hunger.
Get used also for dinner. Sitting with the family at the dinner table while chatting casually, creating an atmosphere of dinner is more warm and comfortable.
2. Provide lunch
Bringing lunch from home has two distinct advantages for you and your children: to save pocket money and avoid the snacks at schools that do not rob.
3. Involve children
Shopping becomes an enjoyable time for children. Children can choose what foods they want to eat for dinner or as a school lunch.
Shopping is also a good time to teach children how to choose foods that are healthy and nutritious. For the child who was a teenager, also taught how to read labels on food, and calculate calorific value in it.
4. Prepare a healthy, remove unnecessary
Always make your kitchen as a healthy food warehouse. Do not leave the refrigerator empty of vegetables, fruits, milk, fruit juices, the herbs, mineral water, and wheat snacks.
Get rid of collection calorie laden snacks, soft drinks, cakes or greasy. Janagn let the kids see it!
5. Create a variety of foods
Children hate to eat vegetables? Set a new tactic to "hide" on in cooking your vegetables. Do not let children know there are veggies in it. Currently sold in the market, vegetable nuggets with a taste similar to chicken or fish nuggets.
Also make their food with unique shapes. Take out your creativity by decorating your food into animal shapes, cartoon characters, or her favorite things
Similarly, a few tips from hyper-healthy ,hopefully useful .. how about you at home?

Cholesterol

There's sugar, there are ants. There is cholesterol, there is Lipitor. Believe it or not this drug is a drug that most "sold" around the world. The reason? The growing period, the more people affected by hypercholesterol. In fact, one study stated, one in five Indonesian people get high cholesterol. That number is still growing every day. The cause could be genetic factors, lifestyle factors that are not healthy, and dietary factors are high in saturated fat.
The types of foods to avoid if you have high cholesterol are milk, egg yolks, brain, squid, clams, butter, full-cream milk, cheese, meat, shrimp, animal skin, animal oil, and offal. All types of foods that contain saturated fat and cholesterol are very high. The problem is, all the food actually has a taste the most delicious is not it?
However, many people are too caught up in a few things about cholesterol. For example, there are still many people who do not know that all kinds of plant foods contain no cholesterol and all animal food sources must contain cholesterol. But the problem, although cholesterol-free vegetable sources, they still contain saturated fats which indirectly could also increase the cholesterol in your body. For example, coconut milk, durian, various kinds of beans and cooking oil. In addition, cholesterol in seafood will not directly increase cholesterol in the meat-like. The reason, in the marine food sources there is still a type of omega-3 fats that serve suppress bad cholesterol and lowers triglycerides in the blood. Omega-3 fats make the structure easier to digest digestive enzymes, especially when combined with regular exercise. So, the point is the number of servings. Because, when consumed in excess, the food will still be a negative impact on your health.
Lastly, you have to remember that cholesterol is also required for the formation of various hormones, cell membranes forming the walls, and is essential for the growth of the human brain. So, always remember, "eat what you need, not what you want". Because, as long as you follow what is most needed by the body, I'm sure your life will be free from drugs. So, from now on, rajinlah eat vegetables, fruits, and fish in the sea as well as diligently working out to keep your cholesterol under control. Your life will be more leverage.

Is Your Metabolism Working FOR YOU?

The way your metabolism functions has everything to do with how you feel, and most importantly, how you either burn fat or store fat. So would you like to learn how to put your body in fat burning mode, rather than fat storing mode?

First, understand that most bodies in today’s world are in fa.t storing mode due to:
• eating foods that provide no energy (high-fat, high-carb, high-calorie foods that lack nutrition), that actually create lethargy or the slowing down of the metabolism
• lack of exercise since most of one’s daily activities are sedentary – sitting!

To put your body in fat burning mode, the key is – reverse it:
• eat foods that are high in nutrition (fresh vegetables, fruits, wholesome grains and legumes, foods lower in calories, fat and carbs), that actually create energy and speeding up your metabolism
• begin your day exercising with a good honest workout and find ways to exercise throughout the day (biking, walking, yard work, etc.)

Here are some ways to specifically speed up your metabolism:
• use different workout methods: stretching (Yoga), wei/ght lifting, aerobic
• alternate methods throughout the week: 30 minutes jogging alternately with walking; 20 minutes wei/ght work preceding a 20 minute aerobic workout; 60 minutes of consistent moderate workout (brisk walking or hiking)
• increase your water intake to aid your body’s cleansing process
• eat smaller meals which include mostly vegetables and a small amount of lean protein, whole grains, or beans; eat fresh fruits or vegetables between meals

Come learn how all this can work for you at the 3-day mountain health retreats next month.

Come and personally experience it all in action. Take time out to sign up right now for the next retreat at this link: http://erleentilton.com/retreats.htm . You owe it to yourself to obtain a healthy wei/ght this year – and you can do it if your metabolism is working in your favor!

For your best health,
Erleen Tilton

If You Could Improve Just a Little.....

Here are a few simple suggestions that could make a huge difference in your health...

• Double your antioxidant intake in your meal by adding herbs to your salads, vegetables and main dishes: any green herb, ginger, cumin, marjoram, lemon balm – it's all great!
• Even if you don’t buy all organic produce….. The 12 most pesticide-laden fruits and vegetables include are peaches, apples, sweet bell peppers, celery, nectarines, strawberries, cherries, lettuce, grapes, pears, spinach, and potatoes. So buy these or most of these grown organically!
• Eat lots of greens in at least two meals: kale (the best), collards, mustard greens, turnip greens, spinach, chard, and leaf lettuces.
• Eats lots of red-orange-yellow foods: carrots, red bell peppers, sweet potatoes, and more – these are full of antioxidants, vitamins and minerals.
• Cut out the refined fats, and go only for the good fats: avocado, raw nuts, coconut, etc. And better yet, add avocado, olive oil, nuts and olives to your red-orange- yellow fruits and vegetables to boost your immune system and increase your fat soluble vitamins, example: add avocado to your salsa, olive oil to your steamed vegetables, nuts and olives to salads, and more!
• It is said that people who eat less, live longer! So don't eat until you are full, just eat to satisfy.

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Sometimes the hardest thing about making a healthy change in your diet is giving up your old family recipes. But it may surprise you that some of your old favorite recipes just need a little bit of tweeking to make them just as tasty, but much healthier in content. So if you have a favorite recipe that you don’t want to really give up, but you’d like to see a healthy twist to it – get a recipe make-over of it. Here’s how: just go to: http://livingahealthylifestyle.com/store.htm and click on the link to submit your recipe. It’s simple!

For your best health,
Erleen Tilton

Build Strong Bones!

There is much said about osteoporosis today, and reason enough since there are many who suffer with osteoporosis as they age. Here are some things to consider for keeping your bones strong.

First, view these statistics and findings:
1) A 12-year Harvard study of 78,000 women concluded that milk drinkers broke three times more bones than those who rarely drank milk
2) A study of women in Sydney, Australia concluded that high milk drinkers showed higher bone fractures
3) Pasteurized milk actually leaches calcium from the bones which is one of the major causes of osteoporosis – see http://notmilk.com
4) Soft drinks also dissolve calcium from teeth and bones because of the acid content
5) Acidic foods (cooked, high in sugars & starches, animals proteins) also leaching calcium from bones

There are many foods that are high in calcium and are better assimilated by the body – some of which might surprise you:
• green leafy vegetables: Swiss chard, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, collards, kale, beet, mustard, and turnip greens are loaded with highly absorbable calcium; spinach is the exception as the absorption rate is low
• beans (legume family) – chickpeas, tofu, all kinds of beans and peas are full of calcium plus magnesium which the body uses to build strong bones too
• seeds – sesame, sunflower, pumpkin seeds are all great sources of calcium
• sprouts – especially alfalfa sprouts, sunflower sprouts and others are also great sources of calcium

The most important thing is not just getting enough calcium, it is keeping the calcium you get:
• Active people keep more calcium in their bones than inactive people
• Jumping rope, running or jogging (not just walking), or playing some kind of active sport keeps your bones stronger
• Children should also be encouraged in active play (running, jumping, ball playing, etc.) to develop strong bones as they grow
• Weight lifting (dumbbells or sand weights) causes your muscles to pull on your bones making them more dense and stronger
• Remember too that Vitamin D is needed in order to keep your calcium – and getting 20-30 minutes of direct sunshine each day is really important for that

Again, the message seems to be to Eat Healthy Foods and get plenty of Exercise and Sunshine – if so, you have a greater chance at stronger bones!

Don't miss your chance to attend one of the Health Retreats this spring. They are just around the corner starting next month, so get signed up here: http://erleentilton.com/retreats.htm

For your best health,
Erleen Tilton

Swine Flu - You Can Prevent This!

The swine flue - much like any other type of illness - is not to be feared, if you are willing to take preventative measures. This is key! Start now, and some type of virus as this will either pass you and your family by, or it will come in a much lesser degree. So here are some preventative measures you can take:

1) Wash your hands frequently especially when you are out in public: after grocery shopping (and pushing a shopping cart), after filling up the gas tank, after using public restrooms especially, etc. Use wet wipes, or a natural hand sanitizer (with tea tree oil, etc.) rather than other hand sanitizers that can be really harmful for children.

2) Strengthen your immune system by taking the following on a daily basis:
* Vitamin D (D3 not D2)
* Fish oil (I like Carlton brand, lemon flavor, and poor it on my salads - no fishy flavor, just lemon - yummy!)
* Green drinks - some form of powdered greens. I have an excellent brand to recommend if you'd like to email me: contact@erleentilton.com. Green foods have mega-high micronutrients and are very low in calories - a great food to have on a daily basis. In a smoothie, you'll hardly know its there (just put it in a colored cup for children so they don't see the green color).

3) Eat lots and lots of fresh fruits and vegetables! Don't go easy on these - go easy on all the other stuff you'd like to eat (breads, sweets, pastas, meats, milk products, etc.)! Fresh produce does make a huge difference in our health!

4) Place fresh whole peeled onions in the main rooms of your house (at least when others around you have the flu). This has been proven successful in absorbing virus germs.

There is no fear if you are prepared - and you can prepare in many simple ways as this.

For your best health,
Erleen