Natural Cures for Digestion & Heartburn

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Welcome back to all who continue on this journey towards complete physical, mental and social wellness. We have covered quite a few topics and you are always welcome to subscribe or add this blog to your favorites so that you may come back at any time. As always, we welcome your comments and questions as we like this to be a fun and informative, interactive blog. Simply post your comments or questions in the form at the bottom of this page and we will reply.

Our last topic covered of our natural and healthy total detox blog. We discussed toxins, the various types of toxins and how each toxin affects your body. In addition, we discussed the liver detox process and how the liver works with our body. There were great tips, videos on juicing and resources available. Please feel free to go back and review any of my previous posts. A healthy body takes practice and time.

Today, we move forward with digestion and elimination, related to detoxification, a new topic that has become pretty popular. There are lots of sites and companies out there selling various products that promise complete body detoxification. However, our information and tips will focus on detoxing through natural and nutritional food sources. Many physicians believe that detoxing with nutritious food is the best choice because you know that what you are ingesting is healthy and pure.

Indigestion


Many people suffer from indigestion without ever knowing the cause. They take over the counter medicines for quick fixes, only to have it return often. So, although there are quick fixes, permanent fixes come from changing your eating habits and ridding the body of toxic acids. Indigestion can be caused by many things including increased secretion of acid, decreased secretion of acid, enzymes and other digestive factors.

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Indigestion Symptoms


Common symptoms of indigestion include:

Gas
Nausea
Diarreah
Cramps
Poor appetite
Burping
and other sbdominal discomforts


Heartburn


Heartburn can be one of the most painful digestive symptoms out there. Many who experience it for the first time may confuse it with a heart attack. Others may not know what they are experiencing, only that they are going through severe pain in a dangerous area, the chest. Many hospital emergency rooms report mistaken self diagnosis from those rushing to the hospital thinking they are suffering from a heart attack. They also report almost just as many deaths from those mistaking a heart attack for heartburn and not going to the hospital. Heartburn though, is usually caused by over eating.

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Heartburn Symptoms


Common Symptoms for Heartburn include:

Chset Pain
Pain in the throat
Difficulty Swallowing
Food feeling like it is stuck in the throat


Detoxing to Eliminate Heartburn & Indigestion


We learned from our last blog that detoxing and cleansing the body can take care of many problems our bodies face. We also learned that indigestion and heartburn are normally caused by the various foods we eat, over eating and improper digestive functions. The good news is, detoxing can play a key role in the elimination of indigestion and heartburn. Eating better, healthier foods will keep our liver, kidney and digestive systems functioning properly. And, when you perform natural detox, you are cleaning your body out and getting rid of the junk. You are then replacing it with healthy fruits and vegatables full of the vitamins and minerals our bodies need to function at an optimal level.

Here are a few tips that will assist you in getting rid of indigestion and heartburn.

1. Perform a natual green juice fast.

The fast will allow your body to cleanse and sort of start with a clean slate. The green juice will provide your body with the nutrients you need while you are cleansing.

2. Incorporate solid, healthy food back into your system slowly.

Make sure that you don't go into a fasting shock and incorporate healthy foods back into your diet slowly. Take 2 weeks and add first your vegetables. Then incorporate the fruit into your diet and stay on fruit and veggies for an additional 2 weeks. And finally, incorporate healthy grains and nuts back in to your diet.

By following the aforementioned steps, you will feel a huge difference. You will no longer suffer from heartburn and indigestion. And, if you continue to suffer from these problems, you should consult your doctor immediately. This may be a sign of a more serious digestive problem.

Immediate Relief Tips


For those who are in immediate relief from heartburn and indigestion, here are a few tips that can assist you.

1. Drink Peppermint Tea

Peppermint tea is best for indigestion and works quickly. It allows you to expell gas, tastes great. The best tea to drink is a pure loose leaf tea. Take the tea and place it in a tea pouch and place the pouch in your cup. Boil water and pour it into the cup that your peppermint tea pouch is in. Let it steep for 10 - 20 minutes, depending on how strong you want it, and drink down immediately.

Peppermint is also easy to grow at home and readily available in most grocery stores. If you grow it at home, you can actually pluck a leaf and eat it.

2. Drink Lemon & Water Before a Meal

Another great trick is to squeeze half a lemon into a cup of water and drink it prior to eating. This works great if you expect to suffer from indigestion. and, because this is the day before Thanksgiving, this will be the perfect time to try this as we all tend to over eat on this particular holiday.

3. Eat an Orange

Eating an orange provides great relief because it relaxes the digestive tract.

4. Juice Fresh Ginger Root

Juice and drink fresh ginger root and then squeeze a little lemon into it to help with the taste. Ginger is amazing for ridding the body of indigestion and heartburn. However, ginger root juice has a super strong taste.

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This concludes our section on natural cures for digestion problems and heartburn. We learned that by fasting, detoxing and cleansing our system, we can eliminate heartburn and indigestion. We also learned that there are great tips for immediate relief. The best thing you can do is to always keep peppermint leaves in your cabinet for those just in case times.

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Complete Physical, Social & Mental Well Being - Ask Better Questions

Thank you for joining me. It shows that my readers are dedicated to taking control of their health. Last week, we started on our journey to making sure we keep our minds healthy. We discussed the seven steps to making sure we can be the best that we absolutely can mentally. And, so far, we went over steps one and two. The first step is to become an optimist. The second step is becoming aware of self talk. Today, we move forward with the third step, Ask Better Questions.

Here’s a list of the steps to a positive mental attitude:

1. Become an optimist - Instead of thinking the worst of everything,try finding the good in all things.

2. Become aware of self talk

3. Ask better questions

4. Employ positive self affirmations

5. Set positive goals

6. Practice positive visualizations

7. Laugh more

So, we are on our third step, and that means we should ask better questions. Our mental attitude is just like our bodies, it requires care and maintenance to stay fit and at its best. Conditioning our mind should be a constant in our lives. One way we condition our minds is by asking better questions. The most important factor in practicing this exercise is so that we are able to better understand. We must always try to understand others, but we must try even harder to understand ourselves.

Our last session on self talk discussed the step of asking better questions a little. That is because both steps work together as a powerful tool torwards a better mental attitude. In fact, one of the most powerful tools found for improving the quality of self talk and the quality of life is through a series of questions that were developed by Author Anthony Robbins and his book Unlimited Power.

Anthony Robbins believes that whatever question you ask, your brain will answer. For example, say that you are faced with a particular problem and you perhaps ask yourself the question, Why does this always happen to me? Your brain probably answers immediately. It answers to resolve the situation to make it better. Its basically a human tool we have to assist us in making better choices. So, asking better questions, would help you make better choices. And, this is not just something that works with you and you alone. It works on other people. If you ask another person a better question, you have the opportunity to receive a better answer from them and perhaps resolving a situation. This is an amazing exercise used in family therapy, couple counsel and so forth.

So, here's a list of questions that you can practice:

1. What am I most happy about in my life right now?

A. Why does that make me happy?
B. How does that make me feel?

2. What am I most excited about in my life right now?

A. Why does that make me excited?
B. How does that make me feel?

3. What am I most grateful about in my life right now?

A. Why does that make me grateful?
B. How does that make me feel?

4. What am I enjoying most in my life right now?

A. Why do I enjoy that?
B. How does that make me feel?

5. What am I committed to in my life right now?

A. Why am I committed to that?
B. How does that make me feel?

6. Who do I love?

A. Who loves me?

7. What must I do today to achieve my long term goals?

These are great questions to practice. Personally, this little exercise assisted me in getting better organized in my business endeavors. The last question, number seven is a question I ask each and every day when I wake up. Although the questions seem a little repetative, they are indeed thought provoking, especially if we are not conditioned to think this way on a normal basis.

Now would be a great time to get yourself a planner. One like the Franklin Covey Planner that has tools on setting goals, self talk and asking better questions. The tools allow you to write down the questions and answer them and lets you keep a constant visual so that you become conditioned to thinking in this new way. They also have a book called, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. This is a thought provoking book that will certainly get you on your way. I'm putting a few tools on a carousel for all my readers to gain easy access to. And of course, you can always go back and read my previous blogs for tips and tools.




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Carrot Juices - Transform & Rejuvenate

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Welcome back everyone. We ended last week with the start of our juicing blog. I actually like to refer to these blogs as the feel good, look good blogs. We previously discussed the basic vitamins our bodies need for optimal health. We then spoke of performing hydrotherapy at home and turning your space into a hydrotherapy spa. And finally, we are embarking on juicing our way to rejuvenation and transformation.

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The juice we discussed last week was the green juice. I explained how to make it, how to drink it and the benefits of it. So, today we move forward with the carrot. The one most important thing I like about the carrot, is that it has so many benefits and can be mixed with so many other vegetables to heal various health issues.





First and foremost, I'm going to give you a little nutritional information on the carrot. The carrot has many nutritional and medicinal benefits. Carrots help prevent heart disease by reducing your cholesterol levels. It is a known fact that high cholesterol is a major contributor to heart disease. Also, because carrots have beta carotene, it is also known to reduce he risk of cancer. And, of course we all know its great for your eyes and its great for blood sugar regulation.

So, now that we know what carrots can do alone, lets look at how carrots work with other vegetables as a juice. After our lesson last week, you should have all looked into purchasing a juice extractor. Of course there are juice bars everywhere. But, how healthy can their juices be? The best juices are the juices you make and drink at home.

Carrot/Beet Juice
Don't let the sound of it scare you. Its actually delicious. Many people are surprised that the mixtures of various veggies can have such pleasant tastes. The carrot/beet juice cleanses and builds your blood. This is perfect for those suffering from anemia. First you must wash your vegetables well. Its best to use organic but organic is not accessible in all places. One of the saddest things I saw was how many places, especially in the deep south, outside the major cities, in towns like Hephzibah, Georgia was the lack of nutritional food. Even going into the so called major grocery stores in those small places seemed a little disappointing. The vegetables at these stores cost more than buckets of pork. For those living in places difficult to find fresh foods, here's an online alternate method. Buying in bulk will save you money as well.






But in any event, make sure you wash your carrot and scrape it. Then wash your beet and cut it in half. Place your beet and carrot in the juicer and let it drip into your glass. Once the final drip has stopped, drink the juice immediately so you get all the nutritional values. Contrary to belief, its not as expensive to juice as people think. Its actually cheaper than cooking and more nutritious. I always tell people to do the math.

If you were to actually cook a meal with beets and carrots, you'd probably uses 2 or 3 beets and perhaps 3 or 4 carrots. If you go to the grocery store and purchase carrots, its probably $1.99 per pound and approximately 4 carrots make a pound. Many of us would therefore buy two pounds of carrots and spend a total of $3.98. Beets would probably cost you $1.99 per pound with 2 beets making up a pound. So, you would probably buy 2 pounds or in other words 4 beets, spending another $3.98. You have just spent $7.96 at the store on two vegetables.

You take them home and on day one, you cook your 4 carrots and 2 beets for dinner. On day two, you cook the remaining 4 carrots and 2 beets. Then you are out and on your way to the store again to buy some more. However, if you juice your vegetables, you get more servings per purchase. Lets say you spend the same money and buy the same quantity of carrots and beets. On day one, you juice 1 carrot and half a beet for lunch and repeat the same thing at dinner. On day two, you repeat the same process. By the end of day two, you still have 4 carrots and two beets left over, enough to last you another 2 days. So, instead of going to the store every other day, spending $7.96 each trip, you are going only every 4 days.

If you take those amounts and add them up. Here's what you would get going to the store every other day averages out to going 15 days per month. Spending $7.96 during each of those 15 trips would cost you $119.40 per month. However, going to the store every 4 days only averages to 7 trips per month, meaning that you are only spending $55.72 per month. That is a huge difference during this time when every penny counts. Not only are you saving big, but you are getting a more vitamins by not cooking them out, you are saving preparation and cook time, allowing you to focus on other things and the list of benefits just goes on and on. So, let us continue with other great carrot juices.

Carrots/Cucumber/Parsley
Helps to relieve water retention and aids in kidney healing.

1 Carrot
1/2 cucumber (remove the skin if waxed)
1 bunch of parsley

Throw it all in your juicer and consume immediately.

Carrots/Celery
Aids in stress relief and promotes relaxation.

1 Carrot
1 Stalk of Celery


Carrots/Radish/Horseradish
Clears congestion from lungs

1 Carrot
2 Radishes
1 tsp horseradish


Carrots/Ginger (this is a favorite for me and I also throw beets in for my anemia)

Keep in mind that this is an acquired taste. Ginger is very strong and takes some getting use to, but its also very powerful.

The carrot and ginger alone increases circulation, but throwing in the beet cleanses the blood in addition to increasing circulation.

1 Carrot
1/4 Cup Ginger
1/2 Beet


Carrot/Leak
Helps eliminate high blood pressure.

3 carrots
2 pieces of leek ( for those not familiar with a leek, it is of the onion family)

Carrot/Turnip
Relieves arthritis in the joints.

3 Carrots
1 Turnip


Carrot/Cabbage
Eliminates indigestion.

3 Carrots
1/2 Head of Cabbage


So, there we have it. Carrots can be combined with almost anything to make a very useful juice. Remember, it takes time getting into the habit. Juicing worked best for me and allowed me to feel and see results when I slowly incorporated it into my daily living. I drank the green drink as discussed in my last blog for two weeks straight. By doing this, I was able to replace two meals per day and lose weight. Also, I was able to immediately feel the fatigue leaving my body, something I felt on a daily basis.

After two weeks, the will to continue feeling good also increased. This is when I incorporated my carrot, beet and ginger juice into my daily routine. So, twice a day I drank the green juice and once per day, I drank the carrot, ginger & beet cocktail. During this two week period, I'd felt better than I ever had, I lost more weight and my anemia was under control. And, I did not have the urge to eat burgers or candy. It was as if my body began to adapt to a new lifestyle.

Well, that is it for the day. Our next blog will discuss fruit juicing and how we benefit from it. As always, we can't leave without providing you with some resources below. These are tools and discounts that will help you get on the path to healthy living the easiest and most cost effective way possible.


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Hydrotherapy to Restore & Purify Naturally

Thank you for those who joined me on my vitamin segments. I hope you found the information useful and enlightening. We are never too old to learn and during my research on vitamins, I too discovered additional things. As promised in my last blog, we are moving on from vitamins, after covering the basics to the feel good segment. We will start out with one of my favorites, hydrotherapy.

What is Hydrotherapy?

Hydrotherapy is defined as restoring and purifying yourself with the use of water. Hydrotherapy may be used as a form of detoxification, stress relief and mind restoration. Warm water soaks can be relaxing, allowing you to relieve yourself of stress. Salt baths can draw out toxins, stress and anxiety to promote a state of serenity. Have you ever taken a hot bath and simply soaked? Have you ever noticed what happens to you? You perspire or sweat. Perspiration is one of the bodies most natural ways to cleanse your body. One of the best ways to sweat out the toxins is through hydrotherapy. And, it can easily be done at home. People pay lots of going to a spa when they can create their own spa experience at home.

How to Create A Hydrotherapy Spa at Home?

Creating a hydrotherapy spa at home is simple, fun and rewarding. There are so many ways to create your at home spa, but I'm going to explain how I created mine, just to give you ideas and get you going. In addition, at the bottom of the blog, I will have resources on where you can find some of the items at the least expensive prices.

My hydrotherapy spa is in my own private bathroom. Its a do not enter zone for my daughters. They have their own bathroom to do with what they will. However, if you only have a single bathroom with children, its best to establish boundaries from the start. The first thing I did was to decorate my bathroom with meaning. I carefully chose my colors, lavendar and green. The reason I picked these colors is because green stands for energy and lavendar stands for royalty. And, because I'm always lacking energy, I felt like the green would be the best choice for restoration. Lavendar was chosen because I believe all women should feel like royalty.

So, I decided to get wall appliques in those colors. They were designed as lavendar flowers and green foilage or leaves. I placed them on the walls of my bathroom in an attractive dispay as well as on my white bathroom cabinets. Next, I cleaned and cleared my bathroom countertops after discovering that the less clutter you have, the less stress you feel. I then placed green and lavendar pillar candles on the counters. I then got a wicker basket and placed lavendar potpourri in it. The scent of lavendar is especially soothing after a hard day of work.

Finally, a nice bouquet of lavendar colored silk flowers and on the counter a small cd player. And in the counter drawers, I placed classical and smooth jazz music. The softer the music, the more soothing it is to your mind, allowing you to completely relax. I then got myself an oil burner and large bottles of pure, uncut lavendar and eucalyptus oils. Aromatherapy and hydrotherapy work wonders when used together. The shower curtains, the bathroom rugs, the towels and the soaps were all in accordance to my green and lavendar color scheme. You see, the decor and ambiance is equally as important as the physical act of the therapy because, when you feel like you are surrounded by beauty, your attitude becomes beautiful. Hydrotherapy is not only about the physical, but its about the mental temple as well.


How to Finally Decompress with Hydrotherapy

First, I start by running a tub full of hot water, as hot as I can stand. I make sure I have my smooth jazz softly playing and my candles lit. All the lights in the bathroom are turned off, allowing the room to fill with the soft light of the candles. I place a large bottle of water with lemon squeezed in it next to the tub. After the tub has filled with water, I then add a few drops of pure essential lavendar oil and a pound of dead sea salt or epsom salt. I soak in the tub for approximately 30 minutes with my eyes closed and my mind in deep relaxation mode. While soaking in the tub, I drink approximately a pint of of the lemon water to enhance the cleansing. Finally, after soaking, I begin a body massage from head to toe, allowing myself to mentally and physically release all negative situations from my body temple.

After I'm done with my relaxation techniques, I let the water out the tub. At this time, you will notice how much you sweated. This is a good thing because that means you released toxins from your body. Next, I turn on the shower, and wash using hot water, a little more lavendar oil and handmade lavendar soap. I tthen turn the water to a slightly cooler shower and rinse off, allowing my pores to gently close.

This exercise is best praticed at night, right before you go to bed because you will feel too relaxed to do anything else. It will also be one of the best night sleeps you ever experienced.

However, if you are one of those people who have a hard time waking up in the morning, try taking a shower using the pure essential eucalyptus oil. It will immediately awaken your senses and get you going. Always rinse with slightly cool water before heading out for the day. You want to make sure your pores are closed, not allowing the dirt and poisons from pollution to easily enter your body through your skin.

Again, thank you all for taking a moment to read my feel good blog. I hope it will inspire you all to feel your best. As promised, here are a few resources so that you can experience amazing hydrotherapy sessions right at home. But, we girls know that a trip to the spa is always great too.

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