What's in your food?

This is great! Check out: www.labelwatch.com. You can find out what's in most of the food items that you bring home. The words in red or orange are what I call "danger" words. You can scroll and click on them for definitions. Note: Don't read before bedtime. Some of the labels may give you nightmares!

More on milk thistle...

A while back I posted an article on brewing milk thistle tea. I'd mentioned that it came in tea bags. Some time later, in my I'm going to learn as much as I can about food and nutrition and feel great in life quest, I found out that many tea bags have aluminum in them. Great! This is not the good stuff that we should be putting into our God given vessels. Hello, food industry - aluminum? Well, better than that - I found it - the milk thistle that is - in bulk at Vitamin Cottage's Natural Grocers. Man, I love that store! Anyway... You can purchase whole seeds and brew the tea yourself at home. Use about 1 tsp of seeds per cup of water. Bring to a boil and let it do it's thing for 20 minutes or so. Strain out the seeds. Sweeten the tea w/ Agave Nectar or Honey and ouila! You have for yourself homemade, good for you, milk thistle tea.

What's the big deal on milk thistle? It is a liver cleanser and detoxifier. When our livers are clean our bodies function better and we have more energy. We all want more energy right?

Here's a hint: Mix equal parts of milk thistle tea and green tea for a knock out, free radical fighting drink. Sweeten it up a bit and serve to the family with dinner.

Defending our immune system

It's been a rotten winter this year. Everyone from Grammy to child has fallen ill with something that's left lingering effects on our immune systems. It's been frustrating since we consume an 80% organic diet and take in plenty of vitamins. Are the viral and bacterial strains out there too strong for a good immune system? I have to wonder where I've gone wrong.

I recently found out about Co Enzyme Q10. It's working wonders on one family member - so much so that I'm currently investigating whether or not I can give it to all.

It works by regenerating impaired cells. No, it doesn't build new cells - as I've heard some claim. But it does take the cells that are out of shape and repair them so that they are functioning at optimum levels.

Does anyone know more about this stuff?

I'm back! More to come...