Napping - Gaining A New Perspective!

So many times if we are tired or cranky a nap is just the ticket to a whole new perspective!

Banana & potassium

The average  banana contains about 422 mg of potassium (a little less than ½ a gram), making bananas a potassium superfruit—that's 13% of the daily-recommended amount of potassium from only one banana!

Potassium in bananas stimulates your muscles, nerves and brain cells, and as a bonus, can also help reduce blood pressure and risk of stroke.

Maintaining adequate levels of potassium in combination with magnesium, vitamin D and calcium is essential for optimal health.  When these are out of balance, many people have difficulty with muscle spasms, cramping (particularly leg cramping) and difficulty sleeping.

Get the Potassium You Need – Recommended Amounts per Age Group
With all of the incredible benefits of potassium in bananas, it's no wonder the banana is one of the first solid foods new moms feed their babies. The Food and Nutrition Center of the Institute of Medicine has recommended the following potassium amounts per day for infants, children and adults.

(1 banana = 0.422g of potassium)

Potassium for Infants:

• 0-6 months:
  0.4 grams a day (g/day)
• 7-12 months:
  0.7 g/day

Potassium for Children and Adolescents:

• 1-3 years:
  3.0 g/day
• 4-8 years:
  3.8 g/day
• 9-13 years:
  4.5 g/day
• 14-18 years:
  4.7 g/day

Potassium for Adults:

• Age 19 and older:
  4.7 g/day

Get your banana potassium today by peeling and eating a banana.  

Let's Get Dirty!

I am ready for spring and definitely ready for digging up some dirt and getting my garden planted!

Life's Little Instructions

 Words of wisdom worth repeating over and over again!

Keep Going

Note:  Sometimes I find these images and they are a great reminder for me.  You see, I am not that slender woman running in this photo.  I work hard to excercise, eat right and because of other health concerns, the weight doesn't come off as easily as I think it should.  I tell you this because, sometimes get discouraged.  Images like this one encourage me to "keep going," never give up.  I hope these are an encouraement to you too!

Nutritional Deficiencies

I wish it were this easy, to make a chart or an image that would explain to everyone what it is that they need for good health.  Coo dos to Edible Harmony for giving it a very good shot!  
This is good information, though I don't agree with all of it.  My teaching and client reviews support that a swollen tongue with lateral teeth indentations is not a food intolerance but rather an iodine deficiency.  Soft or brittle nails is usually helped through managing selenium and bags or dark spots under the eyes can be related to problems with the kidneys.
All of this to say, there is a ton of information out there.  A person should not believe everytning they see or read.  There may be more to the story.  My reccommendation is this:  find a holistic health care professional that you trust and work with them exclusively.  Ask lots of questions and if you are not satisfied the look for someone else to help you!

Banana-Kale Cakes

I eat a high raw diet but I am not on a totally raw diet.  At this point in my life, it's just not possible but I come up with some pretty interesting concoctions at times to get the healthy, nutrition my body needs.  One of the best of those healthy ingredients is kale.  Kale however is not my favorite dark leafy green in the world.  So here is an interesting and pretty good recipe that you may like to try!

2 Bananas

2 Large Kale Leaves

3 Farm Fresh Eggs

1/3 Cup KISST Organics Rolled Oats

Mix all in blender.  Cook over low heat using just a touch of coconut oil to keep them from sticking in the pan.  This recipe makes approx. 4 - 6" pancakes

It's Your Road

Vitamin E

Emotional Energy Centers

More On Simple Sugars

Starchy vegetables (potatoes, corn, sweet peas) and grain products (pasta, cereal, breads) are converted quickly to simple sugars.  They significantly increase insulin levels resulting in increased fat storage for those with insulin resistance. 
Non-starchy, low glycemic (low sugar) fruits and vegetabes have minimal impact on insulin levels and will provide healthy vitamins, minerals and fiber in addition to minimizing fat storage.  
Raw honey is also a complete/complex sugar which has a low glycemic index and will not cause insulin levels to spike.  Raw honey does not contribute to insulin resistance and fat storage.  
As with any sugar, raw honey and fruit should never be the mainstay of your diet.

Vitamin B Deficiency

Do You Get Enough Iron?

Nut Milk or Coconut Milk Recipes

KISST Organics

Nut Milk!

Homemade nut milk is far more nutritious and a lot let costly than purchasing prepared nut milk in the grocery store.  It’s easy too!  The best part…you know exactly what’s in it!  No added chemicals or preservatives and it will keep for about 1 week in your refrigerator.

Here is what you need:

1 Quart Jar with a lid
½  Cup KISST Organics Organic/Raw Nuts (your choice, experiment with individual nuts or try a mix).  You can also use Organic/Raw Coconut in the same manner.
2 teaspoons KISST Organics Raw Honey
Water
Blender

Directions: 
Place the nuts in the quart jar add 1 cup hot water and raw honey and let soak overnight.  The next morning, fill the remainder of the quart jar with cold water.  Add entire contents of jar to blender and mix until well blended.  You can strain your nut milk at this point or simply pour all of this wonderful contents back into the quart jar and refrigerate.  Enjoy this wonderful milk fresh from a glass or pour it over your favorite dish.  It’s also great to use for making many raw food dishes!

 Note:  Your milk will be frothy and you may have to let it settle before it will all fit back into your jar. 

Remember, you can purchase your organic/raw nuts and your raw honey for making this beautiful nut milk on our website at:  http://www.kisstorganics.com

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Dangers of Soy

Are you convinced yet about the dangers of soy? Many aren’t. “Is soy bad for you? …Really?” I hear the question so often I want to scream.
After decades of hearing marketing spin about how soy is a wonder food, a protein-rich legume able to rescue us from our dependence on meat, I suppose it’s understandable why so many people have yet to understand fully the dangers of soy. Really, you’re not going to get the full story unless you research it on your own. And why would you, when soy is “universally” touted as a health food?
Well, it isn’t.

So, Is Soy Bad For You?
The short answer? YES! Let’s be clear on the recent history of soy. The soybean was a modest and unpopular crop until food manufacturers intent on creating cheap vegetable oils convinced the U.S. government to start subsidizing it. The soy was turned into oil, and the industry was left with an industrial waste product. Then somebody had a brilliant idea:
Let’s take this industrial waste product full of toxins and carcinogens — isolated soy protein — and turn it into food that people will eat!
Soy foods were born. From Nina Planck’s article:

The FDA refused to approve isolated soy protein as a safe food additive with the designation “Generally Recognized as Safe.”
Agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland withdrew its application for the coveted GRAS status for soy protein, after an outcry from scientists about the toxins and carcinogens that come with it. They can still put soy protein in your food, but they have to get pre-market approval for every product.
Isolated soy protein is no health food. But we don’t eat soy protein with a spoon. How do we eat it? It is the main ingredient in soy burgers, ice cream, milk shakes, and fake cheese. These soy protein products are phony foods — but they must look like the real foods they imitate. So the soy industry transforms a small yellow soy bean into something resembling a hamburger. They make soy “milk” and “ice cream” white and creamy.
The other ingredients in these foods are no better for you than the soy protein that goes into them. Soy milk, for example, is simply a cocktail of soy protein, sugar, and vegetable oil. The “natural” MSG formed in soy processing is already bad for you, but even more MSG, and more flavorings, are added. Imitation foods need a lot of help to be tasty. Many savory soy foods are loaded with additives to give them the flavor of the real foods they mimic. Most imitation meat, for example, contains man-made MSG, which causes migraines and is associated with brain cancer.

Soy foods aren’t real food. They aren’t traditional. They aren’t old. They’re industrial waste products dressed up in pretty clothes and marketed to an ignorant public.

Dangers of Soy
Thankfully, more and more independent research has been done regarding the dangers of soy, and what it’s revealed should scare you.

Phytoestrogens
Soy is higher in phytoestrogens than just about any other food source. Phytoestrogens are plant-based estrogens that mimic estrogen in our bodies. In recent years, you may have read about studies which indicate phytoestrogens are good for you. But ask yourself, who funded those studies? The soy industry, that’s who. Independent research has clearly shown that consuming phytoestrogens is downright dangerous for the human body.
It’s only common sense. No one argues, for example, that a leading cause of breast cancer, endometriosis, uterine fibroids, infertility, and low libido is unopposed estrogen, or estrogen dominance. Why, then, would anyone argue that we should consume more of a food high in estrogen?
An infant taking the recommended amount of soy formula is consuming a hormone load equivalent of 4 birth control pills a day! Is it any wonder we’ve seen such a dramatic rise in precocious puberty with young girls starting their periods at 6 and 7? Consuming soy messes with your hormones, increasing estrogen levels and overloading already estrogen dominate cells.

Goitrogenic
Soy will destroy your thyroid. Many foods are goitrogenic (thyroid suppressing), but soy is king of them all. Goitrogens work by preventing your thyroid from getting the necessary amount of iodine. Friends, I believe this is what happened to Oprah’s thyroid. She pushed soy for years, featured it in everyone one of her “healthy” diets, and it destroyed her thyroid. If your thyroid fails, what happens? You gain weight. You have a harder time regulating your moods. You get colder more easily. You’re more easily fatigued. You demonstrate an inability to concentrate and remember details. The list goes on and on. You simply don’t want to mess with your thyroid.

Phytates
Phytates are enzyme-inhibitors that block mineral absorption in human digestive tract. They are naturally present in all grains, seeds, nuts, and legumes, but soy is so high in phytates that it’s almost impossible to get rid of them. Simply soaking soy overnight in an acidic medium won’t do the trick. Soy must be fermented in order to be digestible to humans. That means that if you eat soy at all, you should stick to fermented soy products like miso, tempeh, natto, or a naturally fermented soy sauce (tamari).

Trypsin inhibitors
Finally soy is rich in trypsin inhibitors. Trypsin is a digestive enzyme we need to properly digest protein. Without enough trypsin, you’ll experience many digestive problems including stomach cramps, diarrhea, and bleeding. You’ll also be leaving yourself open to future problems with your pancreas.

Debunking The Asian Soy Myth

But, people say, what about Asians? They eat soy every day, and they’re so healthy!
In this article by Nina Planck, she writes:

Soy farming started around 1100 BC in China, where it was used to build soil fertility and feed animals. Soy beans were not considered fit for humans until the Chinese learned to ferment them, which makes them digestible. Asian diets now include fermented soy beans in the form of natto, miso, tamari, and tempeh.
Soy producers want you to eat more soy — more than the Asians eat, and more than is good for you. The Japanese and Chinese eat 10 grams of soy per day — about two teaspoons. Yet a soy manufacturer recommends Americans eat ten times what the Japanese eat — 100 grams of soy protein per day. In The Soy Zone, Barry Sears recommends a daily diet of a minimum of 50 grams of soy, and up to 75 grams for women and 100 grams for men.
It’s like red wine: a glass or two a day may be good for you; a bottle or two every day rots your liver.

Did you catch that? Asians only eat 2 teaspoons of soy a day, usually as a condiment, and it’s highly fermented! Fermentation takes care of many of the dangers of soy. Plus, the typical Asian will also consume soy with mineral-rich and nutrient-dense foods such as fish broth (naturally high in iodine and other minerals which support the thyroid).

What Do I Recommend As Alternatives To Soy Milk?

I prefer nut milks and coconut milk.  I make my own and they are so easy and good for you.  They are full of the best kinds of saturated fat — medium chain triglycerides — which help speed your metabolism. they also have exquisite flavor.  Recipe to follow.  KISST Organics




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Food Renegade