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Wednesday, September 2, 2015

3 Things That Also Burn Calories But You Are Not Aware Of

1. Breathing: The body burns about 70 percent of its daily calorie intake when at rest or just breathing alone.

2. Sleeping: When sleeping you still burn about 63 calories per hour. Why? It's because your body is still working or have to
continue to keep working even your asleep. Your heart, lungs all your organs continue working no matter what you do.

3. Laughing/Smiling: You lose 20-30% of your calories on smiling. Why? Because your everything rises when you smile or laugh including your heart and metabolism.

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Tuesday, September 1, 2015

3 E-Z steps to clean all your fruits and vegetables in seconds!

Healthy Living Phoenix Tip of the Day

3 E-Z steps to clean all your fruits and vegetables in seconds!

Cleaning all your fruits and vegetables can contribute to your health, even ORGANIC. Everybody knows water alone is not enough to cut the pesticides, oils, toxins and bacteria. You know the word "ORGANIC" means the poisons are on the outside of the food, not the inside or systemically applied. When the pesticides are put on the ground they are absorbed inside the plant. No amount of washing will get what's on the inside off.

Today certified organic growers can use over 400 chemicals and still call the food organic. Well you know, everyone is in business to make money and the farmers can’t let the bugs eat up their profits. So we can’t blame them for using pesticides. By the way the word “cides” means kills.

I have been growing my own food, buying it from the local farmers market or buying organic, just like my mother did all of my life. Believe me it makes a difference to your health. Our bodies need those vital minerals to make hormones, which feed glands, which keeps your vital organs healthy much longer.

When we consume all those extra toxins and poisons it just makes our already overburdened body systems work harder. The body has to clean before it can heal. It just makes sense to clean everything we eat before we place it in our body. I even soak all my meats in sea salt, not ground meats. We do not consume a lot of meat but when we do, it is organic and it is always soaked first for at least 20 minutes.

It only takes seconds to remove the pesticides and toxins off produce.

I use these 3 EZ Steps to clean all my fruits and vegetables:

1. Fill a large bowl with water. Add a few drops of 35% food grade hydrogen peroxide (most health food stores carry in bottles from 8 oz. to a gallon size) See my posts about 35% H2O2, it is absolutely amazing stuff!

2.I also add a teaspoon or so of sea salt. Let it soak in this solution for a few minutes. Rinse and eat clean, pesticide free vegetables and fruits. You can really taste and see the difference.

3. I add a few drops of Dr. Bronners Pure Castile Soap. It is made with organic oils. I like the lemon. It has no foaming agents or toxic chemicals in it. It has multiple uses, I love it and it is by far the best I have ever found in the World!

One tip for you, don’t clean the produce until you are ready to consume the produce within a day or two. Once you remove the coating off, it will spoil much quicker. Stay well and take care, I care!

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Monday, August 31, 2015

My Top 10 THINGS to do in Northern Arizona

Take time to breath, see beautiful things and relax!

1. Up the Creek Restaurant – sit high above Oak Creek, by the windows. See the natural spring fed creek and its abundance of wildlife and fish. Just 25 minutes South of Sedona just off 89A on Page Springs Rd. You can miss it, its right at the 90 degree curve.

After lunch go just around the next bend in Page Springs Road, park by the bridge and look for the trail that takes you along the creeks edge. You can float down the river or walk the trail. Keep on going on Page Springs Road to the Fish Hatchery and 3 different wineries.

2. Eat at the Mesa Grill on Airport Rd at the top of the road right at the airport. You can set inside or outside and watch the small planes come and go. You can also do a helicopter tour from here. Beautiful place to catch the sunset. There are some great hiking trails on the way up to the airport. Check out the thousands of miles of great hiking trails all over Arizona.

3. Check out 2 - Large Indian Ruins, Palatki Ruins and Honanki Ruins just south of town off 89A, just look for the signs. About 30 to 40 minute drive on a dirt road. Your right next to Boynton Canyon when you are in this area, it is an amazing Canyon. Check out all the beautiful State Parks in the area, especially Dead Horse in Cottonwood.

4. Visit the old silver mining town of Jerome, lots of neat shops and restaurants. Continue on 89A south, go over Mingus Mountain, it’s a gorgeous drive over the mountain to historic Prescott. Watch for wildlife, especially on the other side of the mountain in Chino Valley, prong horn antelope are everywhere on the prairies eating, it’s the largest herd in North America, look for the white buts or you will never see them, they blend in with the grasslands.

5. Prescott was originally the capital of ARIZONA, beautiful town square around the original state capital building. Cool old west town with cowboys, tons of antique shops and homemade pies, check out the old fashioned malt shop with burgers and fries like the 50’s, KENDALLS. If you like ranch raised steak, try Murphy’s or hang out where the Earp’s and Doc Holiday hung out at The Palace Saloon, originally built in the 1800’s. Something is going on every weekend all summer in Prescott. On the 4^th of July weekend, visit the World’s oldest Rodeo, it is a real fun time.

6. Verde Canyon Railroad in Clarkdale - ride the train in the canyon, you can have lunch too.

7. Dolly’s Steamboat at Canyon Lake - southeast of Phoenix-ride the double decker steamboat through the Canyon or go on an evening dinner cruise. You may see eagles, mountain goats and many other desert animals.

8. Out of Africa Wildlife Park is amazing. There are numerous shows and the African Safari is just like Africa. The ZIPLINE is a blast too over the whole park.

9. Take a train ride to the Grand Canyon, one of the 7 wonders of the World. You can also take a helicopter tour and see the Canyon from the air or hike down or ride a donkey.

10. *****My BEST TIP- Keep WATER and TOLIET PAPER with you at all times, it can come in mighty handy way out in the desert!!!! Call me for great discounts on numerous attractions, including shopping and dining, I got friends in high places!

Have fun, have an adventure, watch the brilliant skies, you’re at one of the most beautiful places in the World in Northern Arizona, don’t miss a thing!

Vickie Johnston 602-361-4010

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Thursday, August 27, 2015

Fooled by Food Labels

Everybody knows food labels these days are very misleading. They want us to think we are really getting something healthy when just the opposite is true. What are some of the things we need to look out for?

1. The word "NATURAL"
We see this word all over in the grocery store. So what does the word natural actually mean?
Here's what Webster says:

nat·u·ral

ˈnaCH(ə)rəl/

adjective

1.
existing in or caused by nature; not made or caused by humankind.

"carrots contain a natural antiseptic that fights bacteria"
2.

of or in agreement with the character or makeup of, or circumstances surrounding, someone or something.

"sharks have no natural enemies"

It drives me crazy to see a box, bag or bottle that isn’t covered with labels touting the food’s nutritional merits. The most confusing labels are “natural,” “made with 100 percent natural ingredients” and “all natural.” I wish I could trust those words when I see them, but I can't.

What do those labels actually mean? "Largely whatever the food manufacturer – and its marketing division – want it to mean", says Marion Nestle, a professor of nutrition, food studies and public health at New York University and author of “Food Politics."

"No regulatory agency has settled on a definition of “natural,” the U.S. Food and Drug Administration does have some parameters food manufactures must follow when using the term," says FDA spokeswoman Jennifer Corbett Dooren. The FDA considers “natural” to mean the food does not contain added colors, artificial flavors or synthetic substances. Really, I think it still isn't quite right. With so many different names for these ingredients, and of course they are constantly changing, how in the WORLD CAN YOU BE SURE??????

"Fortunately for food manufacturers – and unfortunately for consumers – that leaves a lot of wiggle room," says registered dietitian Wesley Delbridge, a spokeswoman for the Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics.

Would you believe foods that say “natural” can contain added sugar, trans fats and genetically modified ingredients, or GMOs. It doesn't assure you it's organic, grass-fed or free-range. Most are and can be deep-fried, loaded with salt, preservatives, covered in sugary icing and/or filled with artificial ingredients, Even worse filled with synthetic ingredients, basically "JUNK".

“At present, the word ‘natural’ in food marketing is meaningless, and that’s the way food companies want it,” says Gary Ruskin, executive director of U.S. Right to Know, a nonprofit organization that promotes transparency within the food industry. “It’s a swindle. It’s a scam. It’s a term crafty marketers use to make you buy something.”

This is just plain scary: One 2014 Harris Interactive survey found that 62 percent of supermarket shoppers seek out “natural,” “all natural” or “100 percent natural” when looking for healthy choices. Another 2014 survey, this one from Consumer Reports, shows about two-thirds of respondents stating they believe the term “natural” means that a food has no artificial ingredients, pesticides or genetically modified organisms. THINK AGAIN!

This won't surprise you:

A new study published in the Journal of Public Policy & Marketing shows that consumers are increasingly filing lawsuits against food manufacturers using the term “natural.” In 2009, 30 percent of newly launched foods claimed to be natural but by 2013 this dropped to 22 percent, possibly due to an increase in the number of consumer lawsuits,” wrote the authors, explaining that “lawyers are increasingly willing to take cases which regulatory agencies have abandoned."

In 2014, in response to a series of lawsuits over “natural,” the FDA said it didn’t have the resources to devote to defining the term once and for all. The administration’s letter to the courts explains, “At present, priority food public health and safety matters are largely occupying the limited resources that FDA has to address foods matters … Because, especially in the foods arena, FDA operates in a world of limited resources, we necessarily must prioritize which issues to address.”

Looks like to me the food industry is just like everybody else, it's all about the money! Putting natural on the label, gets us all to just spend more of our hard earned money because "we think" its a better choice. Next time remember, natural may be natural all right, but is it healthy? Oil or black gold as many call it, is "natural", is used to make gasoline. Arsenic is "natural". There are many "natural" elements such as mercury, lead, and cadmium! These are toxic in various concentrations to both plants and animals. Even tho they are indeed "natural:, they are not healthy to you and me.

We are all getting more toxins in our diets than our bodies know what to do with. That's why I detox on a regular basis. It does make a difference and those toxins can add up to big trouble PDQ!

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