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Lose 14 Pounds in 14 Days!
You would have to live under a rock if you haven’t heard about music’s new it man, Sam Smith. His famous song Stay With Me. won a Grammy. Sam has admitted that he has struggled with weight all his life and even posted a picture of himself as a chubby child.
Sam’s music career is on the top now but even with his success he was still bothered by his extra pounds. He decided to do something about it and consulted with Amelia Freer, the weight loss guru to the UK stars.
Sam said, “Three weeks ago I met a woman who has completely changed my life,” he wrote, before crediting his weight loss to Amelia Freer, Certified Nutritional Therapist and author of Eat. Nourish. Glow. “Amelia Freer has helped me lose over a stone in 2 weeks and has completely transformed my relationship with food.”
Sam Smith
Forget fad diets, now is the time to make a lasting change and develop a healthy, clean and sustainable relationship with food.
Being healthy is a way of life, but it doesn’t have to be about denying yourself. Amelia Freer loves food and encourages a positive and realistic approach to healthy eating. In her book, providing an introduction to her food philosophies for the first time, she offers simple changes to your diet and lifestyle to help you look and feel amazing.
Here are some of her basic principles :
- Skip process foods
- Eat fresh fruits and vegetables
- Leave the sugar in the sugar bowl
- Take small steps in diet changes so you don’t become overwhelmed.
Okay, we all have tried the new diet crazes and lost weight and then put it right back on once we fell off the wagon. This is more of a way of life for now on and not a fad diet.
Take a look at this video about what is in Amelia Freer refrigerator. CLICK HERE!
Here are some chapter titles from Eat, Nourish, Glow.
- The Kitchen Detox
- Grace Around Food
- Stop Snacking
- Be Consistent, Not Perfect
- Make Fat Your Friend and Sugar Your Enemy
- Why Healthy Food is Happy Food
- Are You Eating Instead of Drinking?
- Do You Need Supplements
- Movement
Eat more veggies!
Sam Smith posted on his Instagram account “It’s not about losing weight..it’s about being happy with yourself.”
Sounds like a good plan to follow and if you would like to purchase Amelia Freer’s book, you can click the link below.
CLICK HERE
Here are more books by Amelia Freer
Thanks for reading. To your health!
Terry Ryan
Where Do People Live The Longest?
Where do people live the longest? If you watched the CNN report on Sunday, March 15, 2015, you would have seen the show called The Blue Zones. It was based on the book with the same name by author Dan Buettner.
“People in the Blue Zones reach age 100 at 10 times the average rate. What’s their secret?”
- Move Naturally The world’s longest-lived people don’t pump iron or run marathons. Instead, their environments nudge them into moving without thinking about it.
- Purpose Why do you wake up in the morning? Knowing your sense of purpose is worth up to seven years of extra life expectancy.
- Down Shift Stress leads to chronic inflammation, associated with every major age-related disease. The world’s longest-lived people have routines to shed that stress.
- 80% Rule “Hara hachi bu” – the Okinawans say this mantra before meals as a reminder to stop eating when their stomachs are 80 percent full.
- Plant Slant The cornerstone of most centenarian diets? Beans. They typically eat meat—mostly pork—only five times per month.
- Wine @ 5 Moderate drinkers outlive non-drinkers, especially if they share those drinks with friends.
- Belong Attending faith-based services four times per month – no matter the denomination – adds up to 14 years of life expectancy.
- Loved Ones First Centenarians put their families first. They keep aging parents and grandparents nearby, commit to a life partner and invest in their children.
- Right Tribe They world’s longest lived people chose or were born into social circles that support healthy behaviors.
Thank you for reading. To your health!
Terry Ryan
How to Cure Diabetes
In an era where every symptom becomes a deficiency of the latest drug, it makes the word “cure” sound as though it borders on quackery. But nothing could be further from the truth. For example, the leading diabetes prescription medications have quadrupled the heart attack rate, increased bladder cancers and depleted vitamin B12 which leads to exhaustion, impotence, Alzheimer’s, and much more. In fact the leading diabetes medication according to the Journal of the American Medical Association 2010 doubles the heart attack rate. Furthermore, lowering the main test that doctors use to monitor diabetes (the hemoglobin A1C) with a diabetes drug increases death 22%. As well, diabetes drugs set folks up for blindness from retinopathy, renal failure in 37% which requires dialysis which then leads to heavy metal toxicity, a 33-70 % increase in cancer, 50% get memory loss, and much more. Even a study in the 2008 New England Journal of Medicine showed that you can give all the best medications to diabetics for 5 years making their blood tests look normal, but it does not change their rate of dying one iota. One in four Americans over 60 has diabetes and three times that number are pre-diabetic with hypertension, elevated cholesterol or triglycerides, obesity, NASH (not alcoholic steatohepatitis or fatty liver disease), and/or Metabolic Syndrome X (insulin resistance). Diabetes is clearly our best example of accelerated aging. And as far as the multiple curable causes of diabetes go, the #1 cause permeates 80% of our diet. Yet the FDA limit on this #1 cause is 500 times higher than the dose that researchers use to create diabetes. The good news is sometimes as little as pennies of non-prescription nutrients can literally cure diabetic nephropathy (kidney disease), prevent amputations, reverse diabetic retinopathy, as well as reverse diabetes to the point of needing no medications. Come and learn how to empower yourself (contains well over 1000 references).
More books by Dr. Rogers. (I had the pleasure of meeting her and she truly is an amazing person and great healer.)
To order the book CLICK HERE.
Here is more information on Kicking Diabetes to The Curb!
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Terry Ryan
Thanks for reading! To your health!!!!
Terry Ryan
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Protect Yourself From Lyme Disease
What is Lyme disease? Lyme disease is an infection caused by a spirochete that humans can get from the bite of an infected deer tick. The spirochete’s scientific name is Borrelia burgdorferi.
It was first discovered in Lyme, Connecticut a quaint little town with a population of around 2k. In the early 1970s a group of children and adults in Lyme, Connecticut, and the surrounding areas were suffering from some puzzling and debilitating health issues. Their symptoms included swollen knees, paralysis, skin rashes, headaches, and severe chronic fatigue. Visits with doctors and hospital stays had become all too common.
Physicians began to study the group’s symptoms and looked for several possible causes. What was causing all these debilitating symptoms? What added to the mystery were the reported skin rashes followed very quickly by arthritic conditions. Most of the people recalled being bitten by a tick in the region. Residents of Lyme began calling it Lyme disease, but they still didn’t know what caused it.
In 1981, a scientist, Willy Burgdorfer, who was studying Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (also caused by a tick bite) began to study Lyme disease. He found the connection between the deer tick and the disease and gave the bacteria causing the illness a name, Borrelia burgdorferi. Therefore, antibiotic treatment could be used to “eradicate” the disease.
This treatment is currently accepted by the medical profession and has been largely successful, especially for those with early-stage Lyme disease. However, there continues to be heavy debate on the long-term use of antibiotics for Lyme that has progressed or appears resistant to a short course of antibiotics.
In 2012, Lyme disease was included as one of the top ten notifiable diseases by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Lyme disease is one of the fastest-growing infections in the United States. The CDC estimates that there are 300,000 new cases of Lyme disease each year here in the US. While it was primarily an East Coast phenomenon in the beginning, it has since been reported in all states except Hawaii. (Note: I now live in Sarasota, FL and my veterinarian has told me we do not have Lyme disease in Sarasota, YET. This was after I ran to the veterinarian’s after finding a small tick on my dog.)
I recall when the first time I saw a person with Lyme Disease (20 years ago). I was living in Upstate NY and had met her through some friends. She was obviously physically ill, could hardly walk, and just returned from Mexico were she had undergone an experimental treatment for Lyme disease. It was sad to see, shocking really, and she was exhausted and went home as the rest of us escorted her husband to dinner. I wonder if she is still alive as that was the only time I ever saw her, and her condition was terrible.
As the years went on, I would hear of more and more friends and acquaintances having brushes with Lyme disease. Stories of picking nasty ticks off of body parts after hikes in the woods, a dentist hooked up to an IV of antibiotics as he continued to work on patient’s teeth, or a business man who could no longer run his business because of the disease, continued to send terror into our community.
Now it is 2015, and people are afraid to walk in the woods, garden in their yards, or let their kids play soccer in fear they will pick up a deer tick. And pets are not immune. My friend’s dogs have had Lyme disease, however there is now a vaccination for dogs but not available for humans.
Plum Island
Why were we able to play outside as children and never worried about being infected with Lyme disease? Is it the result of a scientific experiment gone haywire? According to the website http://nstarzone.com/LYME.html it was the US government that created Lyme disease. Their conspiracy theory is that a scientist was experimenting by infecting ticks with a deadly disease as part of biological warfare on Plum Island outside of Long Island and only 10 miles from Lyme, Connecticut. Hmmmm
The History of Plum Island CLICK HERE
Some scientists say that Lyme disease has been around for years and it is just taking this long to spread to your particular area. A German physician, Alfred Buchwald, first described the chronic skin rash, or erythema migrans, of what is now known to be Lyme disease more than 130 years ago.
Here are some precautions to take to prevent YOU from being infected with Lyme disease:
- Wear white clothing so you can see the ticks and tuck pants into socks when you go for hikes.
- Stay on sidewalks and roads. Ticks like grassy areas.
- Stand in front of a mirror and examine yourself front and back after being outside doing lawn care or gardening. etc.
- Consider DEET for skin and PERMETHRIN for your clothes. A single application of permethrin to your clothing can provide up to six weeks of protection, even after repeated washings. LEMON EUCALYPTUS OIL is believed to repel ticks and several all-natural organic sprays now exist on the market.
- Check your dogs and cats for ticks when they come into the house.
- You can try making your own tick repellant: (I’m not sure how well it works.)
- 12 drops lemongrass
- 6 drops eucalyptus
- 2 drops citronella
How to remove a tick:
- Use fine-tipped tweezers to grasp the tick as close to the skin’s surface as possible.
- Pull upward with steady, even pressure. Don’t twist or jerk the tick; this can cause the mouth-parts to break off and remain in the skin. If this happens, remove the mouth-parts with tweezers. If you are unable to remove the mouth easily with clean tweezers, leave it alone and let the skin heal.
- After removing the tick, thoroughly clean the bite area and your hands with rubbing alcohol, an iodine scrub, or soap and water.
- Dispose of a live tick by submersing it in alcohol, placing it in a sealed bag/container, wrapping it tightly in tape, or flushing it down the toilet. Never crush a tick with your fingers.
Symptoms of Lyme disease:
- A flu-like feeling
- Joint aches and pains
- Rash around the site of the tick bite
- Fever
- Sore throat
- A constant headache
- Depression
- Exhaustion
Most people that develop Lyme disease never develop the classic bulls-eyed rash.
Most people with Lyme disease never test positive for Lyme in early blood test.
A small percentage of people are NOT CURED with antibiotics.
It is important to get treatment as soon as possible if you suspect your were bitten by a deer tick. If Lyme disease is not diagnosed and treated early, the Lyme spirochetes can spread and may go into hiding in your body. Weeks, months or even years later you may have problems with your brain and nervous system, muscles and joints, heart and circulation, digestion, reproductive system, and skin. Symptoms may disappear even without treatment and different symptoms may appear at different times.
The most common 
antibiotics prescribed for Lyme Disease is amoxicillin, doxycycline, tetracycline and penicillin. The length of antibiotic treatment varies according to how bad the disease and your symptoms are, but treatment generally lasts less than 4 weeks.
What happens if you do not get better with treatment?
Chronic Lyme disease happens when a person does not seek treatment in time or does not adequately respond to standard antibiotic treatment. Usually your doctor will prescribe more antibiotics or a course of IV antibiotics. Each patient’s case is different.
In the case with the woman I met 20 years ago, she was not responding well with conventional therapy and chose an alternative medical treatment in Mexico. You can Google alternative treatment centers for more info but make sure you do your research before spending your money.
Spring is coming and that means the ticks will come out of hiding. Be careful when you are outside and stay tick-free!
Thanks for reading!
Terry Ryan
Terry Ryan, Blogger
Terry Ryan is a website designer, social media expert and blogger. She lives in Sarasota, FL. http://www.internetboomer.com
10 Ways to Moisturize Winter Skin
Nothing dries out your skin like cold weather, but here are a few things you can do. One is to turn down the thermostat because heat, whether is it electric, hot air, steam, or hot-water heat… will dry your skin. Does it feel like you are pouring on gallons of skin cream and you can still see cracks in your skin? You are not alone and below are a few suggestions. 
Baths are a great way to chase the cold away, but a long, hot bath will make dry skin worse. It is better to take a warm, quick shower, and use a mild soap like Dove.
Here are 10 things you can do to keep your skin from dying out:
- Applying coconut oil a few times during the day on your legs, hands and face.
- Before you dry off after your shower liberally apply Johnson and Johnson Baby Oil Gel and then dry off. The gel lasts a lot longer on your skin and applying it before your dry off locks in moisture.
- Use O’Keeffe’s for Healthy Foot Cream (Daily Foot Cream For a Life of Healthy Feet) on your
feet liberally and then put on a pair of cotton socks before your go to bed. - Use pure Vitamin E Oil on your elbows.
- A great moisturizing face mask is honey and egg yokes mixed together with a couple of drops of Vitamin E. Cover your face with the mixture and wash off after 10 minutes.
- Really dry skin on your legs? Try Crisco! Then put on your winter underwear.
- Use
O’Keeffe’s Hand Cream for dry hands. I recommend keeping it by the kitchen sink and using it a few times during the day. - Olive Oil is a great and healthy way to moisturize dry skin.
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For dry faces use Christina Moss Naturals Facial Moisturizer – Organic & 100% Natural –
Best Facial Moisturizing Cream for Sensitive, Oily or Severely Dry Skin – Anti-Aging & Anti-Wrinkle – for Women & Men – Wont Dry Your Skin or Leave It Oily – Softens & Repairs Damaged Skin – No SLS, SLES, Parabens, PG, PG Derivatives or Harmful Chemicals.10. For extra EXTRA dry skin, try Era Organics Eczema & Psoriasis Body Cream (4oz) Advanced Healing Moisturizer for Dry, Sensitive Skin. Unique 10-in-1 Formula with Aloe Vera, Shea Butter, Manuka Honey, Coconut Oil and More. Fragrance Free, Hypoallergenic, Non-greasy Treatment for Instant and long term relief!
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