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What's the Skinny on Baking Soda and Body Fat?
2007-05-28 22:02:00
The other day I was scrolling through a list of keywords that people use to find my website and I kept coming across "Baking Soda and body fat" so I decided to do some research. What I came up with was interesting. As far as I can tell baking soda per say does not directly, affect body fat. But, what I did find was a correlation between baking soda, citric acid and metabolism. You see our bodies are like a chemistry set and they have to be balanced to run properly. And one of the things that needs to balanced is our body's pH. So what's pH? Well technically, it stands for potential of hydrogen. It is a measure of the degree of saturation of the hydrogen ion in a substance or solution. "Potential of Hydrogen measures the degree of the acidity or the alkalinity of a solution as measured on a scale (pH scale) of 0 to 14. The midpoint of 7.0 on the pH scale represents neutrality, i.e., a "neutral" solution is neither acid nor alkaline. Numbers below 7.0 indicate acidity;...
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Should We Pull Oil?
2007-05-14 12:39:00
OK so your first thought is that I must be writing an article on oil conservation right, Nope! I am talking about Oil Pull ing, the age-old art of putting oil in your mouth to draw out the toxins in the body. The official definition according to Wikepedia is, "Oil pulling or oil swishing, in alternative medicine, is a procedure in which the practitioner rinses their mouth with approximately one tablespoon of ordinary cooking oil for 3-20 minutes, then spits it out. This procedure is typically performed daily." So as the theory goes, you take oil, preferable sunflower or sesame and put approximately 1 tablespoon in your mouth, tilt your chin up slightly and proceed to swish, squish, squirt and chomp the oil in your mouth for 20 minutes. Supposedly, you will begin to salivate uncontrollably and the oil will become like a foamy whitish liquid. Then you spit, rinse your mouth out really well with water and then brush your teeth. That's all there is to it. This form of alternat...
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What's all the hype about Baking Soda?
2007-04-11 15:28:00
Baking Soda is a staple in just about every household. In some homes it's used strictly for baking in others, you will find the standard box in the refrigerator. In my home, it is used for just about everything. It is cheap, safe and actually does what it claims to do. What more could you ask for! Baking Soda is sodium bicarbonate. It is found naturally in mineral deposits. Most of the baking soda in North America is mined in Wyoming. Not that it really matters all we have to do is buzz down to the local grocery store and grab a box. If you go to the Arm & Hammer website you will find a great section on all the things you can do with baking soda. You probably know by now that baking soda can be used for just about anything. It is one of the most multifaceted natural products you will ever find. There has been a resurgence in the use of baking soda over the last 20 years due to the increased interest in using environmentally friendly products. Studies show that bakin...
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Excuse Me If I Don't Feel the Least Bit @#!%!@ Spiritual Today!
2007-04-06 11:59:00
Yesterday I woke up on a spiritual high all was perfect in the world. I couldn't wait to start my day! I felt love for all other humans and I kept everything in perspective. Knowing what I know about the world I took nothing personally and found the humor in each encounter whether it was positive or negative. I went to bed with a feeling of gratitude and peace and was looking forward to another day on my wonderful journey. Then today I woke up and the first thought that entered my mind was, @!%#% another day! I don't know where this feeling came from whether it's hormones, past life crap coming back to haunt me or childhood trauma and I don't care all I know is I am not happy and for some reason I prefer to feel this way! If someone was to look at me cross, I am quite prepared to rip his or her head off! I am reveling in my misery and seem to be loving it! What happened and why am I embracing this misery as if it's my best friend? This scenario is one we have all ...
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I Knew it All Along It's The Damned Plastic Making Me Fat Thank God I Don't
2007-04-03 12:40:00
Ok so maybe that's not the whole story. If you lay around doing nothing all day but eating junk food and lounging on the couch then yes you're fat because of your own behavior. BUT.... Scientists are finding that the infamous endocrine disrupting chemicals in well, most everything have a dramatic affect on human metabolism and appetite control. Some are even saying we are programmed for obesity! According to Frederick vom Saal, professor of biological science at University of Missouri-Columbia, environmental chemicals found in everyday plastics and pesticides may very well influence obesity. Dr. vom Saal has found that when fetuses are exposed to these chemicals, the way their genes function may be altered to make them more prone to obesity and disease. "Certain environmental substances called endocrine-disrupting chemicals can change the functioning of a fetus's genes, altering a baby's metabolic system and predisposing him or her to obesity. This individual could eat ...
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A Blog a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
2007-03-28 11:30:00
In the beginning Blog s were mainly a means of listing links to others sites or news articles with a bit of commentary. They have evolved into a whole new world of communication and social networking. According to Wikipedia - "A blog is a user-generated website where entries are made in journal style and displayed in a reverse chronological order." You can find almost any kind of blog on the web today. We have everything from professional blog sites to personal journals and diaries turned into blogs giving the world an opportunity to be voyeurs into other people's lives. Blogs give everyone the opportunity to have their 15 minutes fame even if they only have 10 visitors a day. An interesting phenomenon happens when people use the internet it removes some of our inhibitions giving us the opportunity to express ourselves in ways we would never do face to face. It offers some sense of anonymity even if we share the most personal of details including our name. So what in the wo...
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The Birth of Chronic Pain
2007-03-26 12:08:00
Pain is a fascinating concept. I didn't think much about pain until I got sick about seven years ago. I experienced pain like no other I was pushed to points I thought were not possible that's when I started thinking more about the origin of pain, it's staying power and truly trying to understand the philosophy of pain. A pain impulse usually starts its trip along the pain pathway when you suffer an injury or illness. Let's take a look at an example: Let's say you cut your finger. Have you ever noticed that when you cut your finger you first feel the sensation of being cut before you feel the pain from it? That happens because you have separate nerves for touch and for pain. And the touch nerves send signals much faster than pain nerves. Your touch nerve signals travel to the brain as fast as 200 miles per hour while the pain signals travel at around 40 miles per hour and chronic pain signals travel as slow as 3 miles per hour. Going back to our example, when you cut...
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The Fundamentals of Happiness
2007-03-23 13:58:00
How can we find happiness? Is their a tangible path to happiness or is it some illusive feeling that comes and goes according to what happens around us? According to the Dalai Lama, happiness can be cultivated like all other things. The structure of the human brain is optimally designed to allow us to affect our behaviors, personality and patterns. Ultimately giving us the power to lead either unhappy or unfulfilled lives or to live inspired, happy full lives. The choice is ours. "The systematic training of the mind- the cultivation of happiness, the genuine inner transformation by deliberately selecting and focusing on positive mental states and challenging negative mental states - is possible because of the very structure and function of the brain. We are born with brains that are genetically hardwired with certain instinctual behavior patterns; we are predisposes mentally, emotionally, and physically to respond to our environment in ways that enable us to survive. These b...
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Is Yoga still effective if you have a cat sitting on your face?
2007-03-21 11:13:00
At around 6 am this morning, after working 2 hours on the computer, feeding a house full of cats and strategically avoiding baby bottle washing duty it was time to start my Yoga . It also happened to be my time to watch our baby who is affectionately known as Baby Izzy. So in the bouncy chair Baby Izzy went. I began my Yoga as I usually do by lying down on my back, emptying my mind and trying to relax all the muscles in my body. Just as I was starting to relax my body and move into the first stretch my 3 month old cat, Sydney tromps over and proceeds to find a nice cozy spot to sleep right on my neck. She then proceeds to rest her sweet little nose directly over my right nostril. Now, my breathing was slightly altered but nothing to be too concerned about. I had one available nostril. At the same time, Baby Izzy starts squirming like a worm so I quick, trying not to lose my new found state of relaxation pop the pacifier in her mouth and lie down again. Little Izzy continues...
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Today it is My Intention to Manifest a 2007 Toyota Camry Hybrid!
2007-03-20 10:43:00
Today I am manifesting a 2007 Toyota Camry Hybrid ! That's right and for all you folks out there who feel like that might be a tad materialistic, well your right! Nevertheless, the truth is that we are born into the world to enjoy everything that is on this planet from love, to yes even a Toyota Camry Hybrid! Wanting and desiring material items, in societies view has become a bad thing. We tend to place judgment on someone who desires material belongings. The problem is that so many of us suffer from a sense of powerlessness and lack of fulfillment in our lives that we desire external things to fill this void. That makes it unhealthy. But desiring material items can be apart of a healthy, happy and fulfilled existence if your desires are coming from a healthy perspective. Like some of you, I have always believed that wanting or desiring material belongings was selfish, materialistic, and shallow and didn't align with my spiritual values. Truth is I don't know where I cam...
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It's Time to Let your Emotions Out of the Closet!
2007-03-19 10:55:00
Well finally, feelings and emotions are having their day in the sun. We all have them, we all cry, laugh, get angry, feel shame, guilt and love but we are taught from a very young age that emotions are to be controlled something you do in private if you have them at all. Today you no longer have to live in the "Emotion al Closet ." Science has finally proven the true power of emotions! Research is showing the importance that emotions play in our lives and the incredible effects that they have on our health and overall wellbeing. "Emotions work much faster and are more powerful, than thoughts. Thinking clearly with your brain is useful but feeling positively from your heart provides an amazing boost to health and creativity." HMMM...sounds suspiciously familiar....anybody heard of The Secret? If you're still in the dark read The Power of the Secret So what's the big deal about emotions? Well first, they are running our lives (the negative ones that is)! Not many of us...
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What Products Should I Use to Build My Healthy Home?
2007-03-18 10:26:00
Finding the right green building products can be quite the process the good news is that the green market is growing so fast that mainstream companies are now producing green products. What that means for you is that prices are going down and locating the products you need to build your healthy home has gotten a lot easier. I spent a tremendous amount of time and energy researching what products I was going to use in my home so I hope that this helps as you begin your green building project. This is just a starter list I plan to continue to review green building products as well as non-toxic household products on an on-going basis. So keep checking back to make sure you get the latest information. You can even sign up for my RSS feed by clicking on the orange button in the right hand column or you can bookmark my Healthy Holistic Living Blog using technorati, stumbleupon or del.icio.us. You can also mark my blog as a favorite with digg; just use the orange button in the right...
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