No Guilt Holiday Recipe Favorites

Check out this find for pumpkin pie, stuffing, sweet potatos with marshmallow and more, all low calorie and guilt-free! http://www.hungry-girl.com/show/episodes/holiday

A Good Bible Study: Do other religions have anything to offer Christianity?

A Good Bible Study: Do other religions have anything to offer Christianity?
Thomas Merton, religion, Christianity

What dermatologists do to look younger

Dermatologists must know the secrets to looking younger, so here is what one has to say:

Mary Lupo, MD, age 55, Clinical Professor of dermatology at Tulane Medical School in New Orleans told Women's Day mag (Feb. 1, 2010) her personal routine:

Start each day with Philosphy Microdelivery Peel with separately packaged crystals and gel. Use on wet skin for gentle exfoliation or on dry for more intense effect followed with soothing gel.

Next apply vitamin C serum  as a non-irritating topical anti-oxidant that brightens your skin while repairing it.

Last, Dr. Lupo applies a moisturizer with sunscreen (Docs recommend you add Vitamin D supplements if you use sunscreen all the time or you will become deficient which can lead to weight gain and depression).

She likes L'Oreal, Neutrogena, and Olay products. Dr. Lopu recommends one with a chemical barrier like Mexoryl for best protection, unless you have sensitive skin, then use sinc oxide or titanium dioxide products.

She washes her face each night with Philosophy Purity Made Simplebecause it does not change skin ph and negates the need for a toner.

Finally, the doc ends her day with  retinoid like Renova (one tube costs about $175 and lasts at least 6 months or more, by prescription) or Tazorac to encourage skin cell turnover, reduce fine lines and discolorations like skin spots. There are good over the counter retinoid creams but they are not as effective. Try Good n' Natural's version for less than 8 dollars.

Her one simple rule for great looking skin? Eat well and healthy, never smoke or tan, use retinoids and antioxidants. I drink my antioxidants and get 13 servings of antioxidant fruits and veggies in only two 2-ounce servings of MonaVie juice, a day.

Effortless Weightloss: Working out, and what to eat AFTER for maximum wei...

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Eating for maximum fat loss and muscle building

Eating Higher Quality Foods is Not Enough! What?


On the surface it seems that not eating junk food and eating only healthy, living, unprocessed foods would do the trick. But in order to fuel your fat burning engine, you need to take it a step further. You need to eat smaller meals more frequently. I talked about this in depth in my best selling book Effortless Weightloss: Small Changes That Lead to Extraordinary Results!

For maximum weight loss and fat loss, you’ll want to eat 5-6 small meals per day, with protein and carbs combined in each meal. Use a high quality, organic meal substitute shake or snack bar in place of, or in between, 2-4 of your meals to aid in eating more often with fewer calories. I recommend RVL.

Dr. Mercola suggests we also:

1.Learn about the timing of your meals in reference to your wake-up and bed time, and your workout time. (See tomorrow's post)

2.Learn about your macro-nutrient totals. That’s just a fancy word for the optimal percentage of carbs, proteins, and fats in each of your meals.

3.Use good sources of acceptable proteins and carbohydrates. (See below)

4.Determine your nutritional type, which will indicate the ideal ratio of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats that your body needs for optimal performance.

SO, Beneficial sources of protein include:
•Organic chicken (dark meat for protein types)

•Fish (as long as it is free of heavy metals and other contaminants.

•Organic free-range eggs

•Lean, grass-fed red meat

•Whey protein

•Nuts and seeds

Beneficial sources of carbohydrates (fibrous veggie type) include:
•Any vegetable (the more colorful the better)

•Dark green, leafy vegetables such as spinach

•Apples

•Grapefruit


Good sources of starchy carbohydrates are:
•Brown or wild rice

•Yams/ sweet potatoes

•Bananas

Come back next time for what to eat after your workout for maximum results!

Eat this and get healthier now

Click on my Effortless Weightloss blog to read all about the foods that look like the organs they benefit!

http://myeffortlessweightloss.blogspot.com/2010/12/eat-this-and-get-healthier.html

Simple things you can do NOW to prevent cancer

Here are all of the simple steps you can take to virtually eliminate your cancer risk:

1. Normalize your vitamin D levels with safe amounts of sun exposure. This works primarily by optimizing your vitamin D level. Ideally, it would be best to monitor your vitamin D levels.

2. Control your insulin levels: Make certain that you limit your intake of processed foods and sugars as much as possible. Cinnamon is a natural insulin controller.

3. Get appropriate amounts of animal-based omega-3 fats. Use products that naturally improve your health and cholesterol levels, like Pulse with Resveratol, or (m)Mun with patented Wellmune to boost immunity naturally and effectively.

4. Get appropriate exercise. One of the primary reasons exercise works is that it drives your insulin levels down. Controlling insulin levels is one of the most powerful ways to reduce your cancer risks. The Sole F80 is a great quality treadmill at a reasonable price, usually free shipping. I use it daily, especially in the winter months.

5. Eat according to your nutritional type. The potent anti-cancer effects of this principle are very much under appreciated. When we treat cancer patients in our clinic this is one of the most powerful anti-cancer strategies we have.

6. Have a tool to permanently erase the neurological short-circuiting that can activate cancer genes. Even the CDC states that 85 percent of disease is caused by emotions. It is likely that this factor may be more important than all the other physical ones listed here, so make sure this is addressed. My particular favorite tool for this purpose, as you may know, is the Emotional Freedom Technique.

7. Only 25 percent of people eat enough vegetables, so by all means eat as many vegetables as you are comfortable with. Ideally, they should be fresh and organic. However, please understand that, frequently, fresh conventionally grown vegetables are healthier than organic ones that are older and wilted in the grocery store. They are certainly better than no vegetables at all, so don't use that as an excuse. If you are a carb nutritional type you may need up to 300 percent more vegetables than a protein nutritional type. Get 13 servings of organic fruits and vegetables per day in just 2 ounces of MonaVie whole berry Acai juice! Order it here and check this need off!

8. Make sure you are not in the two-thirds of the population who are overweight and maintain an ideal body weight. Order organic, nutritionally complete RVL here and lose up to an average of 30 lbs. in 10-12 weeks!

9. Get enough high-quality sleep.

10. Reduce your exposure to environmental toxins like pesticides, household chemical cleaners, synthetic air fresheners and air pollution. Clean the toxins out of your body with the most powerful antioxidant on earth: whole berry Acai. Click here for the only whole berry source.

11. Boil, poach or steam your foods, rather than frying or charbroiling them.

Original article by Dr. Mercola http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/12/27/the-coming-cancer-explosion.aspx