Facing your own mortality and then recovering (twice) tends to make you much more aware of what’s going on around you. This has been my personal experience and I’ve certainly grown more appreciative and grateful in all areas my life as a result. My personal footprint is high on the list of awareness. I never realized something as simple as washing my clothes could have [...]
As you are learning from my recipe I Am Nuts About Coconuts, I am really loving coconuts these days. I continue to enjoy the fresh coconut water . It so delicious and refreshing. This is also a terrific choice on the go. When I am creating recipes, I often need to have extra on hand because much of the fresh coconut meat is gone before [...]
Only through personal experience or self-education will you be able to discover all-encompassing health truths such as the inevitable connection between the quality of our air, water, food and our overall state of health. This is something that I myself had to painfully learn through my bouts with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. I learned that you should not suppress symptoms but treat the underlying cause of disease [...]
BENEFITS OF COCONUTS Coconut is highly nutritious and rich in fiber, vitamins, and minerals The coconut provides a nutritious source of meat, juice, milk, and oil Improves insulin secretion and utilization of blood glucose Prevents wrinkles, sagging skin, and age spots Helps prevent obesity and overweight problems Functions as a protective antioxidan DELICIOUS COCONUT PIE WITH BERRIES & SECRET INGREDIENT! "Hi, Elaine Gibson here! I [...]
I never fully understood or appreciated the concept of alkalinity until I entered my health journey in March 2008. In 2001 I had a brief encounter with early-stage non-Hodgkin's lymphoma . All was good.....so I thought. Alkalinity never came up. In February 2008 it returned with a vengeance. Stave IV! I thought I was leading a healthy lifestyle. It was time to learn more. I did not [...]
Unlike chlorophyll most of us have heard of digestive enzymes. Digestive enzymes are one of the current buzz words flying around in nutrition today, but what are they? Digestive enzymes are simply proteins which make good digestion possible. Life, much less digestion couldn’t exist without these enzymes. Without enzymes we would die and without enzymes we couldn’t digest, much less absorb the nutrients we need [...]
"I just took my energy bars out of the dehydrator and I wanted to show you what I’d like to do." Read more Energy bars are very popular and often a quick grab and go for busy people. (That probably includes all of us). I have seen way too many using energy bars as a meal replacement. Not a good idea if you are serious [...]
My husband Nevin and I use our sauna several times a week. Our sauna is not what might be considered a “traditional sauna,” as we enjoy using a far infrared sauna. This sauna has tremendous healing properties and was an important and immediate component of my healing after I was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma for the second time. Many wellness facilities, including Natural Horizons [...]
Growing up I had an amazing Italian Uncle Frank. I still recall, with loving memories, our endless Christmas dinners at his home. Uncle Frank married Aunt Frances, my mother’s sister. So we now have an Italian Catholic and a Jewish merger. Worked out pretty great. It was at Uncle Frank’s table that I learned to LOVE Italian food. I mean really LOVE. Today it is [...]
Remember: All good health stems from an alkaline body and sufficient oxygen at the cellular level. Anything we put in our body affects our alkalinity. This includes not just the food we eat, but also the water we drink. Ideally, our pH level, which measures the acidity or alkalinity of our body, or in other words the sickness or health of our body, needs to [...]
