Believe it or not, most women possess enough Life Force or Chi to reproduce a healthy child after the age of 40!

But doctors only see those who have medical challenges, so they suggest that sooner is better than later in life.

Dr. Oz and Having a Baby After Forty

Dr. Oz looked at some physiological factors as well as relationship considerations that enter in to this equation. The viability of the egg may need to wait for a viable mate… I occasionally wish that I had!

My mother was beyond 40 years of age when she gave birth to me, the first of four children separated by two years in age between each child. It was the perfect family for us. I was exceptionally healthy and benefited from being raised in a loving, stable, and affluent household.

There are herbal formulas and whole foods that will maintain the Chi for women who wish to become mothers in their forties. But if you let your body go and eat processed foods or have some degenerative disease, you may not want to place stress on the child under your circumstances.

From artificial insemination to fertility drugs to adoption, there are dozens of issues that deserve our attention. But…the most important thing to begin with is the general health of the female body. Some are strong enough for the genesis of a healthy child and other bodies will compromise the fetus from the first cell division. It’s ultimately the woman’s responsibility to ‘know herself’ to determine the viability of becoming pregnant, giving birth to a healthy child, and raising that child in a healthy home environment.

I took several years to strengthen my body with herbs and whole foods before having my last two children and they were free from allergies and food sensitivities and have been well their entire lives. I was in my thirties. So it all depends upon the relative state of health of the individual of any age.

The DoctorsTV set was glowing with Glow Sticks and it changed the entire mood for the hour. Dr. Lisa actually made a sexual joke and laughed at her cleverness…

TheDoctorsTV and The Glowing Health Issues

First of all they all had fun with the glow sticks of every sort while warning about toxicity if they brake.

Then Dr. Travis showed the audience how to use duck tape to dispose of broken bulbs with mercury using his hot pink gloves that made Dr. Lisa salivate.

The whole hour kept Dr. Drew smiling and everyone in a ‘light’ mood. Speaking of light, the best way to get kids used to going to sleep without a nightlight was revealed with the dayglow stars on the ceiling.

However, I used to take my kids outside and then inside and sit with them in the dark until their eyes adjusted and they fund out that they could see some things – even in subdued light in the darkness.

I often saw entities at night, but could not speak of it with my parents, so I insisted on teaching my own children what was what and who was who and what could and could not happen in the thick of the night. No sleeping problems when you do know…

There was plenty more light given to topics that you can read about on their site.

Watch the Sun rise and set, but don’t stare at the noon day orb if you value your vision. Naturally good advice and nothing new but common sense…

The most relevant idea was to remind people that they need to spend time letting their eyes adjust when they come into a building from outdoors in the bright sun. The rods and cones of the eyes play key roles in differentiating between black/white and color.

Be patient and let your body do what it knows how to do in any amount of light…the brain will perform beautifully.

The answers that Dr. Oz gave to audience questions today on the show were far too short and over-simplified to completely prepare the individuals for remedy and solution.

But since when does that stop the good doctor?

Dr. Oz Answers

He forgets that a healthy Lifestyle is going to require more than two minute solutions that may or may not be adequate. It takes a dedication to living WELL for the rest of your Life. There are no shortcuts…

It’s one thing to dab some vinegar under your arms after you shower when you have serious BO, but Dr. Oz and his expert guest forgot to discuss the source and THAT solution through a change in lifestyle which includes food choices, lymphatic function, and detoxification of bodily fluids for a lifetime. So it goes…

It takes more than fennel seeds carried in your purse. It takes more than Dr. Oz cares to admit. But now you know it takes your commitment to changes in Lifestyle that you will incorporate daily and naturally without bevvy of drugs, supplements, or procedures that doctors rely upon.

The DoctorsTV show tackled the complicated issue of Pain management today with seven solutions to seven major sources of pain.

TheDoctorsTV

It was the usual surgical procedures for hemorrhoids, knees, tendo-mandibular joints, and deviated septums in the world of discomfort. From there the doctors suggested a few old and some new methods for alleviating pain short of drugging yourself to death. But they didn’t really get to the root cause of the use of pain.

Your body uses pain signals to communicate that there is an imbalance that demands your attention. It often continues until you correct the discrepancy, instead of masking it or ignoring it to your own detriment.

It’s all about Balance!

When there is inflammation, you must reduce it before the pain subsides. When there is injury, the pain reminds you to be mindful and take it easy until the body repairs the damage. When there is a deficiency, the ache won’t go away until you replenish the nutrients and the energy to that area or system.

Food, herbs, and supplements offer natural solutions to this pain issue, yet it takes some knowledge to know what to do. That’s why it’s a good idea to get some professional healthcare from those who have studied and mastered the arts of healing naturally without drugs or the knife.

Dr. Jim at least offered pineapple and yogurt for digestive discomfort! Add papaya, nopales cactus juice, and MSM sulfur to that…

Don’t discount the power of Essential Oils to alleviate chronic pain as well as herbal formulations specifically designed for each person.

Acupuncture, massage therapy, spa treatments, and chiropractic provide solutions that make more sense for natural relief.

Most of all, your innate or developed ability for being mindful in the present moment will keep you from injury, danger, or painful challenge with a healthy Lifestyle.

Dr. Oz first began his exploration of the adulteration of juice with apple juice and today he discussed the issues surrounding fungicides and Orange Juice.

His conclusion mirrors my own words of wisdom: Go Organic!

Dr. Oz and Orange Juice

The only way you can be certain that your orange juice contains no fungicide or other biochemical agent that could be responsible for degenerative diseases is to consume organic juice.

It’s amazing to hear Dr. Oz say, “Organic”. He did today. Even while he was describing the best diets, he mentioned the inclusion of organic food.

The orange juice that comes from Brazil and other countries which still allow the use of questionable pesticides, fungicides, and other agricultural chemicals on crops may put people at risk for liver and other medical problems. Even 35 parts per can be of concern by regulators…

Any adulterated compound is too much in my book!

Go organic and you’ll be protecting your health.

It’s ideal to purchase fresh oranges that are organically grown and juice them fresh to ensure the highest levels of nutrients and Life Force for wellness.

Paula Dean finally admits that she has known that she has had Type 2 Diabetes for three years on the Today Show this morning while trending on the Net.

This comes as no surprise to those of us who listened to her describe her health issues to Dr. Oz a few months ago and the new efforts of her son, Bobby Dean to re-create his Mama’s Meals on his new TV show on the Food Network which has aired two episodes.

Paula Dean is not the perfect picture of health with her southern flair for cooking with butter, frying food, and making everything in sight too high in calories. She is a sweetheart, but her body has paid a huge price for her choices of food and health care.

The Today Show and Paula Dean Reveals Her Struggle with Diabetes

Paula tried to downplay the role that the food preparation methods and ingredients played the key role in the disease process in her body; but her body doesn’t lie. It suffers…

She has been taking medication for three years and told the Today Show crew that she decided to keep it close to her chest to tell only her family and doctors. Her reputation means a lot to her. She is making an effort to help people who have Diabetes learn to manage the disease better, but she is missing the point entirely. She needs to come clean and change her food choices to a Raw Foods diet to prove that even a southern gal with bad habits can turn around a major disease process like Diabetes.

Paula is no poster child for Diabetes in my opinion, except for those who want to continue to destroy their health through denial and refusal to fundamentally change the food that they eat. Paula admitted that she is a paid spokesperson for an organization and is ‘compensated’. She is compensating for her stubborn attitude of denial that her southern cooking style is primarily responsible for her medical condition with a lot of ‘sound bites’ and excuses that just don’t hold water.

Last year we shared a video with you here on this blog about the value of a Raw Foods diet and the ability to reverse Diabetes. It’s possible, but it takes a strong Will and discipline. I doubt that Paula has either… She made excuses for the way she eats and lied about ‘moderation’ when we know better. She needs a new definition of ‘moderation’! Perhaps she will listen to Bobby.

Her sons, Bobby and Jamie, are examples of our children surpassing ourselves as parents and learning from our mistakes. Bobby’s new Food Network Show “Not My Mama’s Meals” is going to be informative and useful to curb the appetite for unhealthy fats, sugars, and calories with make-overs of his mother’s recipes.

Since I have been well aware of the risks for Diabetes with my maternal grandmother having succumbed to the disease decades ago, I have advocated a natural whole foods diet for as long as I can remember after learning how it decimated her health and her family when she died of complications from the disease. My sister’s ex-husband also refused to take care of himself and was diagnosed with Diabetes. He died last year. I made it a point to regenerate and strengthen my body to prevent my children from being vulnerable to the risks. They are both exceedingly healthy adults.

It is possible to do something constructive about Diabetes, especially by changing your Lifestyle and food choices. It’s not necessary to become a prisoner of this disease! Even though Paula and others believe that they are managing the disease with medication, the hours of their lives that are imprisoned with testing and monitoring and adjusting it all steals what is most precious!

Paula will be appearing on The Chew this week and let’s hope that she has a conversation with Daphne Oz about her food choices and healthy living! If Paula really wants to serve the public a dish from her home to yours, she might just want to adjust her food preparation methods and find a home with Raw Foods.

This is the place to shop for people who want to live free of Diabetes and other degenerative diseases… In other words, for those of you who want to live WELL, you will find your healthy ingredients here! It’s a daily demonstration of loving your body through the food that you give to yourself and your family, not a defiant lie of ‘moderation’ or occasional indulgence. It’s a healthy Lifestyle now and always! In this way we are both our own best advocates for being a great cook and a caring health care provider combined in one individual. Paula needs a new motto for Oprah and those who would listen to her discuss Diabetes, doctors, and food.

I was wondering when a doctor was going to get around to warning the public about this problem.

Dr. Oz finally succeeded in providing information about the deceitful practices of companies who contaminate weight loss supplements and other products with prescription drugs and other substances that are extremely dangerous.

Rather than repeating all of the facts that Dr. Oz and his experts shared on the show today, you can find the specific information on his website here:

Dr. Oz and Spiking Your Supplements with Dangerous Drugs

Unfortunately, it is primarily the voracious appetite of the illicit Chinese drug trade that is responsible for the problem. You will see many labels with Chinese characters to identify them. Avoid them like the plague. They are vastly, VASTLY different that the Traditional Chinese Medical herbal formulations that have centuries of proven performance behind them. It’s a horrific situation that the regulatory agencies should be attending to until consumers in this country are safe and protected.

Expired drugs, illegal drugs, and other dangerous substances are being put into the bottles of weight loss and other types of supplements, because the American consumer doesn’t pay close attention to ingredients. The Chinese and other nasty opportunists are trying to take advantage of your misplaced trust and blind faith. You MUST read labels and be informed about what you are taking for your medical needs.

When you shop with our affiliates or where we have performed our Due Diligence, you can be assured that high standards for excellence are in place which can be independently verified. You owe it to yourselves to buy the best nutritional supplements made, instead of falling for the illicit deals and products that simply don’t work. They could be toxic and are dangerous for your health.

We realize that it’s an educational process for you and that’s why we try to bring some of these things to your attention. For example, when Splenda Essentials advertises on The Revolution or Dr. Oz, you can bet that the corporate advertisers are preying upon your ignorance.

Dr. Oz should be more conservative and careful about the advertisers that promote products during his hour on television. But then that is one of my pet peaves…

Dr. Oz is still in his young phase of learning about nutritional and wellness. Let’s hope that he continues to grow up quickly by providing information about dangerous drugs like he did on today’s show. Yet it is your responsibility to know what you are taking for your health BEFORE you take it.

Every now and then the weather changes the best laid plans and we make adjustments.

Yesterday was a ‘Snow Day’ for us. We live in an area that normally sees rain, instead of snow during the winter months; but we had some of the white stuff fall on our lovely evergreen environment.

A Snow Day calls for flexibility. You put off what cannot be done out in the community for another day when the big melt allows for ease of travel and task to be done again.

You prepare your favorite foods and beverages to stay warm and comfortable. This demands that your Pantry has been stocked well to begin with or that you head off to the grocery store before the roads are too troublesome to travel with confidence and safety.

You have the right tools and equipment to deal with any amount of snow or ice. Scrapers for the windows on the car, heat for the home, and clothing for being indoors or outdoors under any circumstances, even if the electricity should wane or go out.

You can put a few logs on the fire and enjoy some freshly-brewed organic tea to warm the interior of the body to do a ‘body good’. At the Bio-Energetic level, cold weather can affect the energy of the Lung and Kidney Meridians and that can stress the Wei Chi to the point where you become vulnerable to pathogens.

It’s a good time for hot chicken soup or a wonderful bowl of vegetarian chili. The garlic, onion, oregano, chili powder, and other spices and herbs do amazing things for supporting the Immune System…more than the noodles or the chicken!

Layer your clothing, so you can add or remove articles at will to maintain an even body temperature. This is the time when you are thankful for knowing how to dress for inclement weather when you go skiing or snow-shoeing.

If you happen to have some Essential Oils of Oregano, Thyme, Rosewood, Lemon, Rosemary, or other warming oils on hand, then apply them to the body with carrier oils. Do not use ‘hot’ oils neat…

Make good use of the phone, the Net, and the neighborhood when you can’t travel or drive anywhere you would have gone to appointments, shopping, visiting people, or outings that have to be postponed due to the weather. With all of the apps and information online, you have direct access to weather reports and changes to help you make or change plans, routes, and choices that keep you safe and sound.

Most of all, sit back and enjoy the Great White Silence that blankets the land. It’s a quiet, a calm, and a peace that is so rare these days!

Martha Stewart offered some great ides for home craft projects for Snow Days on her TV show today:

Martha Stewart and Snow Day Activities

A lot of thought and a lifetime of experience has gone into the title of this post.

I was brought up as a young Italian American girl to learn to prepare food from scratch in my mother’s kitchen and to take care of the family and the household as a sacred duty.

Martha Stewart is like an echo of my wonderful mother and the heritage that all women share in some way for their internal capacity to care for others and for oneself.

I was a good daughter, a good wife, and a good mother; making all of the usual strides to keep my family well fed, strong, active, educated, together, and showing love for one another and Life. It’s an art form and a passion to set an example by living a healthy Lifestyle.

Then my interest shifted from caretaker to healer with my pursuit of educational goals in Psychology and Bio-Energetic Medicine. Following that there was an integration of both worlds to embellish and enhance all aspects of this art through Lifestyle Therapy.

Between Martha Stewart and Dr. Oz as some of the more visible names and forces of nature that exhibit comparable qualities for helping others, it was always my path to bring a healthy Lifestyle into the kitchen with the preparation of whole foods.

Yet it all begins in the garden…

When it all comes full circle, a person comes to understand that a whole Life begins by being in harmony with Nature and growing food with her seasons in the garden. The goodness of whole foods from healthy soil is taken into the kitchen and offered to the family for their health and well-being. The food is that which binds and heals and makes for a joyous group living together in harmony.

If you could combine the best of Martha and the best of Dr. Oz and their cohorts, it would resemble the equivalent of the ideal that I am attempting to convey to you about the Whole Person who gardens, cooks, and heals. In other words, don’t go to a doctor that doesn’t know their way around the kitchen and the garden. Don’t prepare food with a person who is not also a healer or caregiver. And when you reach your fullest potential, you will be your own master gardener, master cook in the kitchen, and master the art of healing self and others. That’s the beauty of a healthy Lifestyle…

The healing takes place with every meal. The healing is never-ending. The kitchen and the family table carries over to the rest of the family Life and that of the community and the world by scale… One way or the other, it all returns to the sovereignty of the soil.

The wholesomeness of each person is determined by our closeness to the natural world. Our health comes from the garden and the field, moves into the kitchen, and into the community of healers who are constantly in the kitchen and the garden soil. It’s a complete circle of Life at its absolute best!

Goldie Hawn appeared on Dr. Oz with her sweet smile and ever-present effervescence.

We first met Goldie when she was giggling and dancing on Laugh In long ago… Then we watched her in movies and heard about her life with Kurt Russell. Then she fell off the radar.

Goldie set up a Foundation for helping with learning for youth. She wrote a book and it’s helping people learn what a difference ten minutes can make when they are ‘present’ and ‘mindful’.

Goldie suffered from depression, yet she searched out the causes for her state of mind and now helps children find ways to approach Life with ‘kindness’ and ‘gratitude’.

She held a brain and explained to Dr. Oz what a precious and profound moment it was for her. She understands the workings and the function of the brain which seemed to shock Dr. Oz.

I would suggest that you pursue what Goldie is in pursuit of…retraining the brain.

She has much to offer all ages and generations with the wisdom she has gleaned in her 63 years of living.

Dr. Oz and Goldie Hawn