Sweet Cinnamon

Along with salt and pepper, I think that cinnamon should be added as common condiments you'll see on a table at a restaurant.
Inhale deeply as the yummy aroma is known to enhance and boost memory and cognitive function.
People that suffer from Type 2 Diabetes can consider cinnamon for therapeutic remedies with approval from their treating Physician. This ancient herb has been found to assist with lowering blood sugar levels and increasing the amount of insulin production in the body. It can also lower LDL (bad) cholesterol.
Cinnamon can aid in digestion, especially when eating fruits with sources of manganese, dietary fiber, iron and calcium.
Cinnamon contain antifungal, antibacterial, and antiparasitic properties. It can combat vaginal yeast infections, oral yeast infections, stomach ulcers and even head lice.

So how about considering cinnamon as a enjoyable and healthy flavor to your dish!

Water

If you consider timing to drink water, it will maximize its effectiveness to your body.

• two glasses of water, after waking up, helps activate internal organs


• one glass of water, 30 minutes after a meal, helps digestion


• one glass of water, before taking a bath, helps lower blood pressure


• one glass of water, before sleeping, can avoid stroke or heart attack

It's always important to consider 8-10 glasses of water per day for complete effectiveness and optimum function.

Bee Pollen

Bee Pollen is a dust sized seed found on the stamen of all flower blossoms. The pollen collects on the legs of honeybees as they move from flower to flower looking for nectar. The bees secrete nectar and special enzymes into the flower pollen to create what we know as “bee pollen”. The pollen is usually collected by placing a special device at the entrance of beehives that brushes it from the hind legs of the bees into a collection vessel.

Bee pollen contains an incredible array of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, enzymes, co-enzymes, and hormones. It is especially rich in B vitamins and antioxidants, including lycopene, selenium, beta carotene, vitamin C, vitamin E, and several flavanoids. It is composed of 55% carbohydrates, 35% protein, 3% vitamins and minerals, 2% fatty acids, and 5% other substances. Overall, it's one of the most nutritionally complete natural substances found on earth.

When you first start taking bee pollen you may feel a significant increase in your energy right away, definitely within a week or so. Over time the consistent use of pollen will improve your energy, stamina, and endurance. You'll also probably notice a greater feeling of general well-being. Over the long-term, regular consumption of bee pollen will help alleviate many different health problems, slow down the aging process, and improve your quality of life.

Bee pollen has been shown to help people:

• lose weight
• increase energy, vitality and stamina
• enhance the immune system
• relieve allergy and asthma symptoms
• improve sexual function
• correct digestion problems
• slow the aging process
• prevent cancer and other diseases

Bee pollen is one of nature’s healthiest and most powerful “superfoods.” It’s been used as a dietary supplement for thousands of years. The early Egyptian and early Chinese civilizations both used it as a physical rejuvenator and medicine. The Greek physician Hippocrates, recognized as the father of modern medicine, used pollen as a healing substance over 2,500 years ago. Today natural health practitioners often refer to bee pollen as an herbal “fountain of youth” that can be used for everything from weight loss to cancer prevention. It may be nature's most perfect food...

"The conservation of our natural resources and their proper use constitute the fundamental problem which underlies almost every other problem of our national life." ~Theodore Roosevelt

Hemp

Hemp seed is a "complete protein" containing all the essential amino and fatty acids. The globulin edestin, found in hemp protein, closely resembles the globulin found in human blood plasma, and is easily digested and utilized by the human body. In fact, it is so compatible with humans' digestive tract that a 1955 Czechoslovakian study found Hemp seed to be the only food that can successfully treat the consumptive disease tuberculosis, in which the nutritive processes are impaired and the body wastes away.

Hemp is of special importance for People of Colour, for it effectively helps those suffering from Sickle Cell Anemia. Hemp herb, seeds, and oil (especially) greatly oxygenates the blood and decreases blood pressure. Hemp has been used to treat female disorders: morning sickness (though no one will endorse the smoking of marijuana, or any other substance, by pregnant women), uterine dysfunctions, menorrhagia (excessive uterine bleeding), and menstrual cramps. Hemp has also been used to treat countless dis-eases, including asthma, respiratory diseases, whooping cough, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, glaucoma, neuralgia, migraines, depression, insomnia, malaria, inflammation, digestive disorders, alcoholism and even drug addiction... which brings us to another amazing property: Hemp is not addictive nor habit forming! Smoking marijuana does not lead to addiction, nor to heroin and cocaine addiction, according to studies. Cannabis is nontoxic. No deaths from an overdose have ever been verified.

Hemp has anciently been used for spiritual purposes in cultures around the world. The waterpipe was developed in North Africa. Known as dagga, hemp is a sacrament and medicine to many African peoples including the Twa-humanity's ancestors. In ancient times, Ethiopia was known as the "Land of Incense" and is still renown for its potent hashish.

In addition to feeding, healing and "enlightening" Humanity, Hemp can save Earth and solve many of our ecology problems, including deforestation. Hemp is incredibly versatile. It makes the best, most durable, safe "plastic", glue, wood, fiber, paper, nontoxic varnishes and paints and even bio-fuel. Continuously, it purifies the air (no pun intended), removing detrimental positive ions.

Side Note: The natural chemical in hemp that makes you "high" has great medicinal value. Called THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), it activates when hemp is heated (cooked). For those who smoke hemp, it is safest to smoke it using a waterpipe. When the fumes are drawn through the water, the "bad stuff" (burnt substances) is left behind in the water while the THC escapes.

Reference - Drugs Masquerading As Foods, Suzar

Amino Acids

Amino acids are known as the building blocks of protein. In fact, apart from water, amino acids are the most abundant substance in the body, 70% of skin, 80% of muscle, and an amazing 90% of blood. There are 22 amino acids, which 8 are considered "essential". Essential amino acids is what our body requires however cannot synthesize them.

Essential Amino Acids

Tryptophan.................Lysine

Methionine..................Phenylalanine

Threonine....................Valine

Leucine........................Isoleucine

Two other amino acids, Histidine and Arginine, are essential only for children and possibly seniors. The adult body is able to synthesize them.

Protein is an indispensable nutrient required daily in amounts by everyone. Proteins are required for the growth and development, maintenance and repair of the human body. It's the principal foundation for bone, muscle, blood, connective tissue, organs, skin, hair and teeth. Proteins are also essential for making hormones. The brain itself is composed of one-third protein, and a deficiency can manifest itself in psychological and emotional symptoms. Also, protein deficiency can lead to physical problems like, chronic fatigue, muscle weakness and frequent illness because of compromised immunity.

Benefits

• Repairs damaged cells



• primary source of energy



• controls processes related to metabolism



• stimulates the immune system



• regulates the pH levels



• includes significant antioxidant properties and activities



• guards against fatigue and depression

Sources

• Beans, lentils



• Shelled nuts and seeds



• Peanut, or nut butter



• Tofu



• Eggs



• Fish, shellfish, poultry, lean meat

• Isolate whey protein powder

Adult and teens should consume 2-3 servings of protein daily. Children, 1-2 servings. Our body cannot store protein as it does fats and carbohydrates, so a regualr daily intake is neccessary. Atheletes, pregnant or nursing women, and children all have greater protein needs than the average active adult.

"A man may esteem himself happy when that which is his food is also his medicine."
-Henry David Thoreau

The saying "you are what you eat" seems to have a profound meaning when it comes to whole foods. With research of nutritional sciences, has discovered that every whole food has a pattern that resembles a body organ or physiological function and that this pattern acts as a signal or sign as to the benefit the food provides the eater. Here is a short list of those foods.


A sliced Carrot looks like the human eye. The pupil, iris and radiating lines look just like the human eye...and science shows that carrots greatly enhance blood flow to and function of the eyes.

A Tomato has four chambers and is red. The heart is red and has four chambers. All of the research shows tomatoes are indeed pure heart and blood food.

Grapes hang in a cluster that has the shape of the heart. Each grape looks like a blood cell and all of the research today shows that grapes are also profound heart and blood vitalizing food.

A Walnut looks like a little brain, a left and right hemisphere, upper cerebrums and lower cerebellums. Even the wrinkles or folds are on the nut just like the neo-cortex. We now know that walnuts help develop over 3 dozen neuron-transmitters for brain function.

Kidney Beans actually heal and help maintain kidney function and yes, they look exactly like the human kidneys.

Celery, Bok Choy, Rhubarb and more look just like bones. These foods specifically target bone strength. Bones are 23% sodium and these foods are 23% sodium. If you don't have enough sodium in your diet the body pulls it from the bones, making them weak. These foods replenish the skeletal needs of the body.

Eggplant, Avocadoes and Pears target the health and function of the womb and cervix of the female - they look just like these organs. Today's research shows that when a woman eats 1 avocado a week, it balances hormones, sheds unwanted birth weight and prevents cervical cancers. And how profound is this? .... It takes exactly 9 months to grow an avocado from blossom to ripened fruit. There are over 14,000 photolytic chemical constituents of nutrition in each one of these foods (modern science has only studied and named about 141 of them).

Figs are full of seeds and hang in twos when they grow. Figs increase the motility of male sperm and increase the numbers of sperm as well to overcome male sterility.

Sweet Potatoes look like the pancreas and actually balance the glycemic index of diabetics.

Olives assist the health and function of the ovaries.

Grapefruits, Oranges, and other citrus fruits look just like the mammary glands of the female and actually assist the health of the breasts and the movement of lymph in and out of the breasts.

Onions look like body cells. Today's research shows that onions help clear waste materials from all of the body cells They even produce tears which wash the epithelial layers of the eyes.

"The news isn't that fruits and vegetables are good for you, it's that they are so good for you, they can save your life." David Bjerklie, TIME Magazine, Oct. 2003

"Your Food Shall be Your Remedy. Let Food be Your Medicine and let Medicine be Your Food."

-Hippocrates, Greek Physician, 5th century B.C

Fats that Heal...

Your body needs oil (fats, "fatty acids", lipids)

The brain, when the weight of water is removed, consists mainly of fat! -in the form of lecithin, a phosphorized fat. The pineal gland is richer in lecithin than any other part of the body. Lecithin-fat is also the chief constituent of nerve tissue and semen. Fat is found in all the body cells and especially the cell membranes. It soothes the nerves, coating them with a protective shield. It lubricates the arteries. It combines with protein to compose your hair. Fats gives us full satisfied feeling after a meal since they stay long in the gut. Essential fatty acids are involved in moisture-retention in the brain cells. "Essential fatty acids" (vitamin F) are called such because the body can't make them, hence your diet must supply them. They include omega-3 (alpha-linolenic) and omega-6 (linoleic, arachidonic). In the American diet, linoleic is abundant but linolenic acid is scarce. Hemp/flax seed are rich wholefood sources of both. Other rich sources are nuts and extracted (hence unnaturally concentrated) "supplement oils" like hemp, flax, primrose, wheatgerm and fish oil. All dark green leafy vegetables have omega-3*

*insert taken from 'Drugs Masquerading As Foods', by Suzar

Eat Natural

Summer is great for many things. When it comes to eating, there's many fresh foods that are abundantly available. Fruits like cherries, strawberries, peaches, and plums are refreshing to enjoy on a hot summer day. To eat natural is eating clean! Not processed, not killed with heat and than injected with preservatives. Eating my food exactly how it was created, naturally. By doing that I'm eating my vitamins, minerals, proteins, complex carbs and fats in its natural state. All the fundamentals and building blocks for a strong, resilient and lively body! A reflection of life in its truest form to be clean in body, mind and spirit. Some people may argue that by eating completely raw can extend your life along with many other wonderful benefits.

So back to my main point. I'm making subtle changes to the increased amount of raw foods I'll eat opposed to heated and cook foods. By doing so, I've noticed an increase in energy and an improvement with digestion. For me, I believe my natural path begins here. I've learned that health begins with the gut. During the embryonic stage of life, many organs bud out from the gut. So it's good to keep the gut/stomach and intestines clean and healthy with proper foods that are living and not dead by ways of cooking. To even eat meat, it must first ferment in the stomach before passing through the intestines. That's insane! To imagine sitting there with rotting meat inside you with no way out! My apologies to the people that do eat meat, no offence intended...heck I've eaten meat! This is how I help myself to overstand the truth of natural eating, cause that ain't!

I am walking this path, and sharing my experience with you. If it influences you, embrace it and we can do it together.

So cheers to eating naturally, one step at a time :)

-Camille