Carolyn Hansen
Sunlight…Your Free Built-in-Mood Enhancer
Nearly everyone…regardless of whether or not they suffer from illnesses like depression or not can enjoy the benefits of being exposed to the sun and the benefits go far beyond just receiving the mandatory Vitamin D your body requires.
Our eyes have special light receptors that are connected directly to the middle of the brain and respond to the brightness of outdoor light. Once that light is absorbed by the eyes, it stimulates the release of neurotransmitters and hormones that work to regulate sleep, mood and energy.
When we are exposed to sunlight (or any bright-light), the serotonin in our brains gets a real boost…a happy boost.
Exercise is the Best Preventive Medicine
Equipped with a high-powered immune system and intracellular anti-oxidant defense system, the body is truly a disease killing machine when operating at peak performance.
Unfortunately for most people it isn’t.
Rather than teaching people how to cure disease (so much money spent yearly on research) we need to be educating people on how to prevent disease. Continue reading
Create Healthy Nutritious Food with a Home Dehydrator
Drying fresh foods preserves precious nutrients and removes moisture that yeasts, bacteria and other molds need to survive. Although drying food also involves destroying some nutrients in micro amounts, the end result is a product that is nutrient dense…jamming more calories and dietary fiber along with minerals and vitamins into a smaller space.
This gives dried foods a nutritional edge because with less water than their fresh food counterparts, their weight is reflective of solid foods…not added water weight. In other words, dried foods give us an array of concentrated flavors, minerals, vitamins and enzymes as well as fiber. Continue reading
Brilliant Bountiful Super-food Blueberries
Fresh raw organic fruits and vegetables are without a doubt some of the best nutrient rich foods you can treat your body to. Each one offers their own contribution in the way of antioxidants in the war against aging but deep colored berries rise to the top of the list and the reasons are not unfounded.
Local berries such as blueberries, strawberries and raspberries are joined by their exotic cousins from all over the world as super-fruits that take front and center stage. Sure, dark leafy greens along with citrus fruits receive their share of the accolades, but deeply colored berries beat out other fruits to take center stage. Continue reading
Your Body and Mind Operate as One Unit
Although we experience health through our bodies, our health is actually intimately connected to what’s going on in our minds.
Modern science is quickly connecting the truth that our emotions effect our bodies. They work as one unit.
We actually experience emotions such as anger, fear, sadness and stress as unpleasant bodily symptoms, however most of the time our minds are so busy and off somewhere in our past or future thoughts that we are not paying attention when our bodies alert us to these symptoms. In other words, we don’t recognize the connection because we are not listening. Continue reading
Water…the Liquid of Life
Water…it does a body good. Literally.
Our bodies are composed of roughly 70% – 90% water. Unfortunately most people spend a good part of their days constantly dehydrated to some degree. Dehydration does affect the performance of our bodies and they will not function as well without the proper water intake.
Truth is, if you don’t drink enough water you will die. That’s how important you water intake is. We can live for longer periods of time without food but we can only live for a few days without water.
With that knowledge we should be prioritizing our daily consumption of water. Continue reading
Choose Healthy Proteins for Cancer Prevention
If, you’re looking at ways to prevent cancer (and who isn’t?), there are many factors that need to be considered.
Studies show that a diet that is higher in protein and lower in carbohydrates actually inhibits the growth of cancer cells.
Cancer cells have their own unique physiology, preferring to get their energy from sugars. Continue reading
Blueprint for Better Health includes a “Holistic” Approach…
While exercise and healthy eating are both important facets of cancer prevention and treatment, they are certainly not the only ones.
A true blueprint for better health care would include a “holistic” approach to health and wellness with additional strategies such as:
Keep your mind and thinking in good shape. Positive thinking does produce favorable results for people who have an optimistic view of life that benefits their health and well being. Negative and pessimistic thoughts can have the opposite effect.
A proper muscle building and maintenance exercise program is performed 2-3 times a week.
Benefits of Eating “Raw”…
If you are eating the standard Western diet of cooked and processed food you may be looking for a way to make a few healthy changes that will improve your health so you can feel better, feel less tired and get rid of a few if not all of your health ailments.
We hear that we need to eat more vegetables and fruits each day but how often do we hear that we need to eat them raw?
Truth is, you need to be eating more raw or uncooked food and it does not have to be lettuce and carrot sticks. ‘Raw’ refers to vegetables, fruits, nuts and seeds that taste good to the majority of human kind in their basic simplicity – direct from tree, bush, and vine or from below ground. Continue reading
You and Proper Exercise are the Most Powerful Tools Against Cancer
Our sedentary lifestyles have caused many people to forget how much physical strength our bodies are actually capable of. Truth is, our bodies are not meant to be dormant…they have been designed to be highly active and vigorous, not dormant.
Although you don’t have to spend a great deal of time doing your exercise program, you do have to put some focused effort into it. Weak muscles don’t get strong on their own…they continue to weaken and your risk of disease increases.
If it does not challenge you, it will not change you. Continue reading