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Trick and Treat your children this Halloween with Easy, Fast Gummy Bears

October 29th, 2013 Lynn
Easy, Fast Homemade Gummy Bears
Trick and treat your kids with homemade gummies
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Ingredients
  1. ¼ cup lemon juice
  2. 2 tablespoon raspberry sauce
  3. 3 tablespoons grass-fed gelatin powder
  4. 1 tablespoon raw honey
Raspberry Sauce
  1. 1 cup raspberries, frozen or fresh (or any other berry or fruit juice)
Raspberry Sauce
  1. If you are using frozen raspberries, let them thaw out completely first, add to the food processor and pulse until smooth
  2. Pour into a strainer set over a bowl, and gently press the raspberries to extract their juices. This makes more than 2 tablespoons in case you want to double the recipe.
  3. in a saucepan, whisk together 2 tablespoons of the raspberry sauce with the lemon juice, gelatin and honey (add more honey if you like it sweeter)
  4. Heat the mixture slowly, stirring constantly until the gelatin is melted and all ingredients are well combined
  5. Pour mixture into silicon molds (about 3/4 full) and refrigerate until set. You can also line a basic pan with parchment paper and pour the mixture, then cut into squares after it is set.
  6. Homemade gummies can sit at room temperature or in the fridge.
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What sugar does to the body – VIDEO – GREAT for kids too!

October 23rd, 2013 Lynn

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This may be the most essential piece of the health puzzle

October 17th, 2013 Lynn

It’s considered to turn on and off genes, build neurotransmitters (our calming mechanisms in our bodies), process hormones, build immune cells, produce energy, protect our nerves and build and maintain cell membranes.  It occurs every second of every minute of every day and our bodies do it naturally; unless there are disruptions.  

‘It’ is better referred to as methylation.  In short methylation translates in the biochemical world as the addition of a single carbon group with three hydrogens onto a compound.  In lay terms, methylation is a healthy process in which certain chemicals are being donated to DNA, proteins and other molecules.  Methylation is one of four means to protect our DNA.  If we don’t have methylation, our body stops functioning and we die.  It’s truly remarkable that the human body creates this process and does it as well as it does for the majority of us. 

Some of you may ask, ‘what does methylation have to do with me’? The answer is ‘it depends’ on whether your body is symptomatic or not and whether it needs more than fundamental supports in the areas of hormones, immune, digestion and detoxification.  Methylation is also highly dependent on two factors: genetic disposition and the environment.  I wrote an article on Angelina Jolie and her alleged predisposition to breast cancer based on her discovery on the BCRA gene.  You can read that article here   

Yes there are minimally 40% of the population that has the potential for their methylation process to have a minor/major breakdowns.  Either internal or external stress (or both) can dictate whether the process will be hindered or halted altogether.  The great news is even though the information on methylation and its effect on health is fairly recent (in the last 5 years) there are pioneers that our paving the way for us practitioners to help identify in our clients where the blocks may be and  put those supports in place.  Dr. Ben Lynch is one of these pioneers.  And I was fortunate enough to attend his conference with 300 other practitioners in Seattle, WA this past weekend.  In a brief term, I found the conference to be undeniably informative and practical.  I look forward to integrating it into my work with clients and will be posting more on this topic in the near future. 

Be well,

Lynn

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Three of the latest WOW discoveries

October 11th, 2013 Lynn

I’ve been extremely busy reviewing the latest health news, exploring specific healing tools and working with clients. I’m learning so much and experiencing many ‘Aha’ moments. In doing so, I have let my blog casually slip by. So here I am… back and ready to post again even if it’s just sharing periodic “WOW” information. Here are this week’s WOW moments:

1. My current tally of Vitamin D deficiencies is 6 for 6 which means that 6 out of 6 individuals have tested positive for vitamin D deficiency. There are only 30,000 genes in your body and vitamin D has been shown to influence over 2,000 of them. That is one of the primary reasons it influences so many diseases including:
Cancer Hypertension Heart disease
Autism Obesity Rheumatoid arthritis
Diabetes 1 and 2 Multiple Sclerosis Crohn”s disease
Flu Colds Tuberculosis
Septicemia Aging Psoriasis
Eczema Insomnia Hearing loss
Muscle pain Cavities Periodontal disease
Athletic performance Macular degeneration Myopia
Pre eclampsia Seizures Fertility
Asthma Cystic fibrosis Migraines
Depression Alzheimer”s disease Schizophrenia

Vitamin D really isn’t a vitamin at all but a potent neuroregulatory steroidal hormone. It has become very clear that vitamin D deficiency is a growing epidemic across the world and is contributing to many chronic debilitating diseases. Some doctors allege as high as 95% of the population may be vitamin D deficient, my results are leaning in that direction entirely.

#2. TWO Faced Monsanto: Monstanto is doing everything in its power to not allow labeling of GMO goods in this country. BUT in Britain they advertise themselves as supporters? See the video here under the heading ‘the two faces of Monsanto’. Labeling of GMO foods has been fought against by Monsanto and its lobbyists by using millions of dollars in marketing and ads. California was nearly successful in making the manufacturers of GMO foods responsible in labeling their goods. Now the movement is taking place in Washington. Why the fight in the US and not in Great Britain? Because Monsanto doesn’t have an option in the UK.

#3. Coke is a joke campaign.  It’s been suspicious for quite some time that aspartame, the ‘no calorie sugar substitute’ used in Diet Coke is a danger to your health.  Recently aspartame was deemed ‘the most dangerous substance on the market that is added to foods’. When ingested aspartame metabolizes into wood alcohol (a poison) and formeldahyde (a carcinogen that cannot be filtered through the liver and kidneys).  It’s linked to brain damage, cancer, seizures, migraines, and any neurodegenerative disease we can think of.  Stay away from all products with aspartame in them; especially Diet Coke.  Remember it’s about eating the right foods with calories not the wrong foods with no calories.  Interested in research? Here are 20 of hundreds of studies on aspartame

Off to a conference on methylation/sulfation. 

Be well,

Lynn

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