Chia seeds are an excellent source of nutrition, packed with fiber, protein, omega-3 fatty acids, and various essential minerals. Here are some ways to get the maximum health benefit from chia seeds:
- Soak them: Soaking chia seeds in water or any liquid for a few hours or overnight can help increase their nutritional value. When chia seeds soak, they form a gel-like substance that is easy to digest and absorb. This gel also helps slow down the digestion process, which can help regulate blood sugar levels and promote feelings of fullness.
- Add them to smoothies: Chia seeds
Keeping Your Marbles! Simple things you can do to prevent Alzheimer’s disease.
Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.
Norman Cousins
Mental deterioration is so common among the elderly in the western world today that many assume that it's a normal and inevitable condition as people age. On the one hand we have ever increasing numbers of older people in modern western societies suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, deteriorating inexorably to the point whereby they no longer remember who they are or recognise loved ones. On the other hand, societies where people live well beyond seven score years and ten, (Okinawa, Abkhasia, Vilcabamba and Hunza) are happily going about their lives in their nineties and beyond, fully present both mentally and emotionally, playing a needed and important role in their families and societies.
The difference could hardly be more poignant.
What can be done?
Increasing minerals is one of the many things addressed on my 28 Day Health Challenge because they are vital for good health - but many people are deficient in them.
Read to the bottom to find out how you can do a home test to see if you are deficient in iodine – one of the important trace minerals.
We forget that we are made up of the substances of the earth!
We are sun, water, air, soil, minerals, seed, food, virus, bacteria, and parasites all living together.
We are a living biome.
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Increasing iodine is one of the many things addressed on my 28 Day Health Challenge because it is vital for good health - but many people are deficient in it.
Read to the bottom to find out how you can do a home test to see if you are deficient in iodine.
Read to the bottom to find out how you can do a home test to see if you are deficient in iodine.
Iodine is directly related to the endocrine system (the hormone system). It supports our thyroid function, hormonal health, adrenal glands and .......
This critical function is regulated by your thyroid and your digestive health. It's hard to say which is more important. If you have been exposed to too many products that have hormone disrupters, your thyroid function will diminish. If your diet contains too many processed foods, GMOs, sugar and bad fats, your digestive path will lead to physical and mental fatigue.
It's all relative! A slow metabolism can be the direct result of....
Balancing Hormones is the key focus in my 28 Day Health Challenge - and covers 7 main hormones, including insulin, leptin and oestrogen and the foods that affects them.
The Endocrine System is being attacked by every 'hormone disrupter' man has created.
That includes fake food, packaging, clothing, .....
Avocados are one of the key foods in my 28 Day Health Challenge - which introduces you to epigenetics and covers how to balance, through what you eat, drink and how you sleep - 7 main hormones, including insulin, leptin and oestrogen and the foods that affects them. ~The Challenge starts on the 1st day of every month.
Avocados are one of the healthiest foods on the planet, and it is such a shame that so many people, especially women ........
At the last Young Living Day on 10 July - we were talking about the special YL day promotions one of which is a beautifully boxed set of Gary's Great Day Protocol essential oils.
As we got talking, it became apparent that no one had actually heard of Gary's daily protocol! so I promised to write a short blog on it, and here it is.
Gary's birthday and the International Essential Oils Day is celebrated on the 11 July. Gary sadly died in May, 2018 but the following was his daily morning routine:
Start each day with confidence, inner strength and a peaceful heart
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Did you know that your bones are living tissue and can rebuild themselves! There are many things you can do to keep your bone density stable or indeed improve it - at any age – and whilst weight bearing exercise at the gym is recommended- there are many of other ways you can improve your both health. Weak and brittle bones do not have to be part of aging.
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There appears to be some confusion regarding diffusers and their safe use, so here are some Q&As that may help to explain some areas to you.
How many drops of essential oil should I use in my diffuser?
I wish I could just give you a number, but it’s not that simple! It depends on many things
- the size of your diffuser
- how much water you put in the well of your diffuser
- the size of your room you are diffusing in
- the essential oil itself, and
- consideration for the person or people you’re diffusing for
As a rule of thumb use 1-4 drops per 100ml of water! The Desert Mist diffuser holds 200mls of water in its well so you could use a maximum of 8 drops if you filled the well up to its maximum level – and the Desert Mist diffuser is ideal for a room of about 10’ x 10’ or 3 x 3 meters.
You would also need to consider the essential oil – so if you chose Geranium, you would choose the lesser amount of drops as Geranium is very overpowering for a small room, but if you chose Lavender or Frankincense you could choose the maximum amount of drops as Lavender and Frankincense aren’t anywhere near as overpowering as Geranium.
Another consideration is the age of the recipient – if you are diffusing for a child or a senior and the diffuser is next to a bed for example, you could choose the smaller number of drops if the purpose of diffusing were for a calming atmosphere, or you may choose a higher number of drops (still within the 1 – 4 per 100ms of water) if you were diffusing to stay alert.
I want to use both Orange and Cedarwood in my diffuser – should I put them in the water separately or mix them together first?
When you choose to diffuse a combination of singles say Orange & Cedarwood in this example– the choice is yours - some people put 2 drops of Cedarwood and then 2 drops of Orange separately into the diffuser well – this is okay but you are not getting the real synergistic effect of these two oils - in my opinion, it would be far more beneficial to blend the Orange and Cedarwood together first, then add drops of that blend into the diffuser well. - Once you find a blend you love – you could make a batch bottle – so in a 5ml bottle – that holds approximately 100 drops – you could put 40 drops of Cedarwood and 60 drops of orange for example, or whatever combination you like, then use the number of drops you want to use in the diffuser – so 2 – 8 drops of this blend of two oils into your 200mls of water for this diffuser - I have a blend like this using Orange and Cedarwood - I call it my Christmas Blend and use it all year round! So if you were using 8 drops of this blend in your diffuser, the 5mls bottle that contains approximately 100 drops would be good for about 12 diffusing sessions (that’s 96 drops! if you are checking my maths!).
Do I really need to clean my diffuser? Yes, you really do! And it only takes a few seconds. It tells you how to do it in the instruction book that you get with your diffuser. The important thing to remember is that your guarantee could be invalid if you don’t follow the instructions, which state that the only substance you can use to clean your diffuser is rubbing alcohol. The instructions also state that your diffuser should be cleaned every time you change the essential oil.
I clean my diffusers about once a month – is that okay?
A big mistake many of us make is not to clean our diffusers enough! According to the instructions it should be cleaned after each use and after each change of essential oil. If you do clean your diffuser frequently it will definitely work more effectively and last much longer.
Is it okay to put my diffuser on a teak coffee table?
A common mistake is that if you are putting your diffuser on a wooden table, you need to put it on something and not directly on the natural wood table. You could ruin the table as when the water and oil droplets lands on the table it will leave a mark over time. I bought a clear glass chopping board and put that on my table with the diffuser on top so protecting the table, without taking away the visual impact of the diffuser.
Is it okay to diffuse two blends at the same time – for example Thieves and RC?
Each of blends were blended for a specific reason - so if you mix two blends together you are getting a watered down effect from using them alone – does that make sense? So you are not getting the full benefits of Thieves as you’ve mixed something with it, and you’re not getting the full benefit of the RC as you’ve mixed something with it – I would recommend you use the blends s they are – don’t add anything to them – you will get more benefit if you just alternate the blends rather than mixing them together.
Pets – a small diffuser will fill a 10’ x 10’ room, a larger diffuser will fill a 16’ x 16’ room – so the larger the room the larger the diffuser. For optimum results, your diffuser shouldn’t be on 24x7. A good recommendation is to diffuse for 30 minutes on followed by 30 minutes off. If a pet doesn’t like the smell, the pet will leave the room – that’s what animals do!
They are intelligent and will move away if they don’t like something – they know instinctively what’s good for them or not. My cat is over 20 years old and has lived her whole life with essential oils Just make sure there is an escape route for your pet, and if there isn’t then always use the on/off system just mentioned. I would always recommend using a water diffuser if you have pets. Some people use a nebusiser type of diffuser where the essential oils are not diluted at all - they come out neat - so this type of diffuser is not recommended if you have pets.
Cold water diffusing is the mildest form of diffusing so ideal if you have pets.
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