Volume 2, Issue 19
Welcome to Heartland's NATURAL SOLUTIONS FOR YOU AND YOUR
FAMILY newsletter. We are excited to share relevant news
about natural health topics and offer alternative and complimentary
options for you and your family. We are committed to helping
you find more complete answers to your health concerns,
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TOPICS IN TODAY'S ISSUE:
-Did You Know? How To Keep New Year’s
Resolutions Alive.
-In the News: A Resolution For Peace.
-Alkalizing Your Body
-Recipes for Health
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" There are only two ways to live your life. One is
as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything
is."
~ Albert Einstein
“If you want happiness for an hour -- take a nap.
If you want happiness for a day -- go fishing. If you want
happiness for a month -- get married. If you want happiness
for a year -- inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for
a lifetime -- help someone else.”
~ Chinese Proverb
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D ID YOU KNOW?
Are you planning any New Year’s Resolutions this
year? The synonym for resolution is “courage”.
Let us en-“courage” you to make simple, key
lifestyle changes this year. Courage is “firmness
of mind in the face of danger”. Considering that over
80% of people in the United States face the danger of death
by heart disease, stroke, cancer or complications of diabetes,
arthritis or osteoporosis, we hope you will have the courage
to choose simple, life-changing resolutions this year. Celebrate
the ritual of the New Year! A fresh start, a stretch of
momentum to propel you forward on your healthier lifestyle,
and an opportunity to leave bad habits behind.
How do you keep resolution alive? Success comes by simplification.
There are three definitions for “resolution”
in Webster’s. The first one is “the act or process
of reducing to simpler form, as the act of analyzing a complex
notion into simpler ones”. New Year’s Resolutions
are easier to keep when you break them down. For example,
instead of resolving to “lose weight” (vague)
simplify it to just one of the following (specific):
- No eating after 8 PM (use flax to fill up!)
- Drinking water first whenever feeling “hungry”
(you may only be thirsty).
- Increasing fiber by taking ¼ cup of golden flax
every day with a tall glass of water (just having enough
daily fiber can equal 15 shed pounds over the course of
a year! Remember to start slow and build up).
- Drinking the juice of one lemon every morning with water
to alkalize (weight is also an acid problem).
- Replacing aspartame (Equal/Nutrasweet) with better choices.
One of the many side effects of aspartame is cravings for
calorie-rich junk food! Find and read information about
the dangers of aspartame to create new resolve over the
course of the year.
- Using natural progesterone to help balance excess estrogen,
which makes the body store extra reserves of fat, especially
around the abdominal area. (Read more in the newsletter
archives.)
Besides simplicity, you can plan for success with your
resolutions by:
1.) making them specific
2.) formulating a game plan
3.) creating a recurring reminder, and
4.) getting a little help from your friends and family.
One way to get help from your family is to ask them (if
you have the courage…) what you should change in your
life. If it is their idea, you have an instant team player.
Ask them for help to make a plan.
If you need more help, invest in a personal coach or try
one of the new online goal management programs. They’ll
help you get specific, plan out success and even send you
email reminders to help keep you on track.
SparkPeople.com (7.95 per month) says, “Real change
takes time – and needs help. The key is to surround
yourself with reminders that make your goals tough to ignore
and impossible to forget. Finally, you need to actually
do what you promised. You’re ultimately accountable
to yourself and nobody else for your goals. You will find
virtue and character in fulfilling that promise. After all,
goal achievement is something you do year-round, not just
in January.”
MyGoals.com (5.95 per month) says, “Setting a goal
without formulating a plan is merely wishful thinking. In
order for your resolution to have resolve, (as the word
"resolution" implies), it must translate into
clear steps that can be put into action. A good plan will
tell you A) What to do next and B) What are all of the steps
required to complete the goal.”
Finally, if you don’t want to make any New Year’s
Resolutions because you don’t want to break them by
February, why not make 21-day resolutions? Make a fresh
resolution at the beginning of each month, and enjoy progressive
steps to a better you. Everything you do makes a difference
in the balance. Celebrate new, healthy choices one day at
a time, and build a lifetime of results. In the end, each
day is a microcosm of your life. Seize the day today.
Heartland wishes you a healthy and happy New Year. Be en-COURAGE-d
this holiday to make natural changes for the health of you
and your family. Keep it simple and specific, and see the
difference it makes. Good luck with your goals this year!
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"Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing
how to do it, and virtue is doing it."
~ Anonymous
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A POWERFUL RESOLUTION
For weight loss, for cancer prevention, for energy, for
detoxification, for asthma and much more, what is one of
the most neglected habits essential to everyone? Water.
Enough pure, clean water every day is one of the most powerful
health and beauty habits you can cultivate. If this is your
resolution for 2003, here are some tips and game plans to
help get you there.
If you think you already are a “good” water
drinker, take this test first, and confirm it by tracking
your ounces for a few days. What feels like “a lot”
of water may be only half of what your body really needs!
Until you measure, you don’t know for sure that you
are on target. The general rule is that you need to drink
at least ½ your body weight in ounces every day.
IF YOU WEIGH*…
120 lbs., you need at least 60 ounces of water (approx.
½ gallon)
140 lbs., you need at least 70 ounces of water (9 glasses
of 8 oz. each)
160 lbs., you need at least 80 ounces of water (10 glasses)
180 lbs., you need at least 90 ounces of water (approx.
3 quarts)
200 lbs., you need at least 100 ounces of water (12+ glasses)
*Add an additional 8 ounces for every cup of caffeine (coffee
or soda)
*Add additional water for high stress (stress dehydrates!)
WHAT COUNTS FOR HYDRATION?
- Herbal teas (without sugars) and freshly squeezed lemon
water count as water
- Juices do NOT count as water (unless they are freshly
extracted with a juicer, like carrot juice)
- Raw vegetables and fruits count as water – salads
work for hydration too.
- Sodas, milk, pasteurized juices, V-8, fruit punch, canned
teas, coffee, etc. do NOT count as water.
- Coffee and sodas are diuretics – they take water
OUT of your body!
- Tap water usually does NOT count as water because of chlorine,
fluoride, heavy metals, and parasites.
TIPS FOR BECOMING A SUCCESSFUL WATER DRINKER:
- If you are not accustomed to drinking a lot of water,
start SLOWLY. Do not flood your body.
- If you are concerned about running to the bathroom, drink
only 4 ounces at a time, every ½ hour.
- Use a wristwatch with a recurring alarm to remind you
to drink water every ½ hour or every hour.
- Give up the ice! If you don’t like room temperature
water, test your water quality. Bad tasting water is covered
up when ice cold. Good tasting / pure water should taste
good at room temperature.
- Drink water alone (in between meals), and especially avoid
when you are eating foods that contain salt.
A GAME PLAN:
Drink water like medicine. Fill enough bottles in the morning
as if you were filling a pillbox with prescriptions. Take
enough with you when you go out, and keep them in strategic
places where it makes it most convenient to drink. Keep
one in the bathroom, one by your bedside, in your purse,
on your desk, in the car (but make sure to keep away from
the hot sun – warm plastic releases estrogenic petroleum
chemicals). Before dinner, tally up your drinking to make
sure you have taken all your medicine before the day is
done. First thing in the morning, tally up your empty bottles.
Write down your total ounces for the day, refill your bottles
with your favorite purified water, and start again. Many
people find that the more they drink earlier in the day,
the easier it is to succeed. Try to get a quart out of the
way before leaving the house. Enjoy more energy, less hunger,
and the peace that you are taking one of the best “medicines”
in the world!
The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away
small stones.
~William Faulkner (1897-1962, American Novelist)
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IN THE NEWS
A RESOLUTION FOR PEACE
December 2002, http://endgossip.com/newyears.html
Lori Palatnik and Bob Burg, co-authors of GOSSIP: Ten Pathways
To Eliminate It From Your Life And Transform Your Soul (Simcha
Press) are asking everyone to give up "gossip"
(defined as any type of harmful or hurtful communication
that is not 'absolutely necessary' to share) for their 2003
New Year's Resolution.
Gossip ruins lives, assassinates reputations, splits families,
alienates friends, and destroys businesses.
On the other hand, a gossip-free environment results in
peaceful lives, healthy relationships and overall prosperity.
"Spread the word" to all your friends, family,
co-workers, fellow congregants, teammates, classmates and
anyone and everyone else who comes to mind. You can do it.
We can ALL do it! Commit to end all forms of gossip and
evil speech as your 2003 New Year's Resolution, and encourage
everyone you know to do the same.
Give Up Gossip For Your New Year's Resolution. A New Year's
Resolution You Can Make . . . And Keep!
Make it a great (and gossip-free) 2003!
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ALKALIZING YOUR BODY
It’s the holidays! Celebrate, and enjoy the alkalizing
effects of laughter, warm friendships, new connections,
beautiful music, and quiet reflection. Prayer is highly
alkaline-forming. Seek God and be blessed.
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RECIPES FOR HEALTH
If your digestion is out of balance with heavier-than-normal
holiday eating, here are some tips on how to sooth your
system.
FLAXSEED TEA
A recipe for peaceful digestion!
From Dr. Jensen’s Guide to Better Bowel Care, By Dr.
Bernard Jensen (pages 70 & 120-121.)
“For an irritated bowel, I recommend flaxseed tea.
Flaxseed tea with a teaspoon of chlorophyll assists in relieving
the irritated conditions in the bowel that can produce a
lot of gas and disturbance. Rice and barley gruel also help
with gas disturbances, as do apples, which are very high
in organic sodium and potassium, and feed the bowel wall
with these necessary minerals.”
“To prepare the tea, use one rounded teaspoon of
flaxseed (whole) in one and one-quarter cups of water for
each cup of tea. Bring the mixture to a boil, then turn
off the heat and let it sit until cooled. The tea is slippery
and mucilaginous. If desired, strain the tea and discard
the seeds. Store in the refrigerator.”
Send us your own favorite recipes for keeping your family
healthy naturally! E-mail to recipes@heartlandnatural.com
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REFERENCES:
Quote sources thanks to Cyber-Nation.Com, ZigZiglar.com
and SparkPeople.com.
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