This young boy has two irresponsible parents who are NOT setting a good example for their son. They cheat when they eat. They hide what they eat from the other members of their family. They cannot even be truthful with SELF, let alone with the people that they live with every day! How can people expect to lead fulfilling lives when they cheat themselves and their loved ones all the time?

It’s impossible! It’s unrealistic! It can’t continue without lasting damage.

The toll cheating takes on a child can affect a young person throughout the rest of their lives. They will struggle with food-related issues as they grow into adulthood and this imbalance will carry over to other areas of their lives. Already this young boy suffers at the hands of his classmates and is the subject of ridicule, teasing, and bullying which affects his self-image. It’s disgusting that people can’t care enough to stop the abusive behavior right in its tracks!

First let’s start with the parents. The father. Is he in denial? Is he willing to face the music? Will he be able to make changes with the spotlight placed upon him on TV? Let’s hope so…

The blood sugar numbers will hit home. This is the future of what the father’s choices hold in store for his son. He is going to model his father’s behavior and it won’t bode well for him unless he realizes that it self-defeating and unsustainable.

Now for his liver numbers. Not so good! He’s in trouble. The father cannot possibly be setting the pace for a healthy family life with these numbers and the conditions of his deteriorating body. I would stare that father in the eye and point blank ask him why he can’t CARE enough to make this the day he changes and finds some self-control and behavior management. This must be for his son’s sake, in addition to his own health. Does he really want to hold his son in the trappings of excuses and hidden lies of cheating? This is like a sinking ship with no way off the boat. There are no liferafts for this family. Can Dr. Oz get through to them?

What does it take for some people to change? Pain? Surgery? Loss of life? Being shunned by one’s peers? Ridicule by students who are in the halls everyday poking fun at your foibles? It’s simply an unflattering situation that has no easy answers. This boy is one of hundreds of thousands who face the same challenges to his health, his standing in his family, and his position in his social network. He is at a crossroads in his young life. Change…or go downhill until it all looks up from the bottom of the heap.

Fortunately, the Dr. Oz show has producers who can facilitate professional help for such individuals and families. Here comes the posse…

Now…once they get the assistance of the experts; it is going to be up to the family members to ‘live it’ every day in their homes, in their schools, and in their hidden moments when they have to decide to continue to lie to themselves or to tell the truth and act on that truth.

Being in control of your choices is of paramount importance! If this young fellow, his father and mother, and even those who touch this family’s lives can surmount the odds of failing and make little changes in their attitudes; they CAN change and redirect the course of their individual and collective lives. It takes a change in attitude along with exercise, eating, and communication to be successful for a lasting change.

Good Luck, not only to this family; but to all the people who mirror this situation!

Quit cheating while eating..you harm yourself and those you claim to love. Be true to yourself, be good to yourself, and eat for health and long life!

This episode of the Doctor Oz TV show is worth repeating. Elizabeth Hasselbeck from The View talked about her experience with celiac disease and gluten-free foods that keep her from the symptoms that made her feel terrible before the diagnosis.

Elizabeth went to many doctors and they kept telling her that she had IBS. But that wasn’t really the case! It took a long time before they found the REAL cause…a sensitivity to gluten. This effects millions of people and few realize that this is what causes common symptoms that could be mistaken for many medical conditions. Is this you?

The gluten in foods can aggravate the inflammatory process in the digestive system and damage the micro-villi that line the intestines. If you don’t QUIT eating the foods that contain gluten, the problems won’t go away. It can plague you for the rest of your life and you may never learn that this is the cause. So pay attention and start evaluating your food choices. Even if you are not sensitive to gluten in many foods, you can enjoy gluten-free foods and snacks for the health of the rest of your family.

Gluten-free foods are not going to deprive you of anything. You won’t miss most of the foods that contain gluten and there are plenty of substitutes which fill the void. You’ll feel the difference and wonder why it took so long to make the changes in your diet.

Here’s the best website that features many gluten-free foods and snacks and ingredients for you to select from when feeding yourself and your family. They are not expensive. They can be delivered directly to your door.

Just click on this Banner and you’ll be automatically taken to the Gluten-Free Foods website. You can search for food by category and find your favorites easily. The menu will also take you to the parts of the website where you can learn about what brands are available for all of your meals and they have Specials to consider which will save you money and introduce you to many items that you may have never tried before now.

As you venture into the world of gluten-free food, take your time. Try the variety of foods that companies are offering to the conscious consumer these days, now that more people are becoming aware of celiac disease. The market is strong and you will be able to eat a great selection of healthy foods which will free you from the agony of the health issues that will be a thing of the past.

In my opinion, this repeat episode is one of the best of the entire first season. It was full of the kind of information that smart consumers of healthy food are looking for on TheDoctorsTV shows and in the real world where a buck needs to go further and keep the family healthier these days!

The healthy Rocco DiSpirito Brownie is a favorite for those searching online for suitable alternatives to the high calorie, low nutrient desserts and snacks that have made people fat and sassy. You really don’t have to compromise these days. You can have your favorites and make them healthy, so there’s no guilt and no fear. Gone are the days when you had no choice for Brownies!

Healthy Chocolate Brownies are becoming the brownie of choice for those of us who grew up in 4H and cooking classes in Home Ec in our high schools. I learned how to combine sugar, white flour, and butter with a little processed cocoa powder to whip up a batch of brownies for the family, but I gave these horrible excuses for snacks up when I quit eating processed foods decades ago. Then I revisited the lovely decadent Brownie when organic ingredients and healthy substitutes became readily available!

The organic real Chocolate Brownie is a true delight. The texture makes you eager to bite into, trembling with anticipation to enjoy the soft walnuts blended on top with the smooth creamy chocolate frosting. Oh, yeah…that’s the way to live in the bliss of brownie heaven! I was willing to fork out more than two dollars for an individually-wrapped carob brownie at the local health food store until I could get the raw ingredients to bake my own! Whether you choose organic raw cacao powder or carob powder now, you can be sure to please the taste buds that are in charge of sweetness to please the oldest and most cherished memories of real Brownies. I’ll take two, please!

Rocco DiSpirito showed the audience that even Dr. Travis can enjoy his birthday with a healthy Brownie with the flour and sugar replaced by black beans. Smart and healthy while still being brownie…ish! You can find the recipe in his book. There’s a simpler way to enjoy healthy brownies. You can get an organic brownie mix at the health food store, save money, and bake them in your own kitchen.

If you love the idea of chocolate Brownies, but you want a raw foods natural approach to a healthier snack or dessert, then try out these Love Street Living Foods that are EVEN BETTER than Rocco’s Brownies or any commercial brownie in the business world of confections.

The segment on Rodale’s Organic Manifesto should continue to shed some light on the advances being made in the movement toward organic food becoming less expensive, more readily available, and more attractive to the home gardener, the local stores, and area restaurants in your neck of the woods. Rodale has come a long way since the good old days. Dr. Jim showed that the organic cereal with raisins is less costly than the common commercial brand. Who knew…we did! The doctors further discussed the shifting of money to fresh whole fruit instead of juice and the good deals you can find by changing a few choices you make while shopping for meats and produce. The suggestion by the Rodale author to shop at your local Farmer’s Markets, grow food in community gardens, and shift your dollars to healthy foods where you can will save you money, bring you joy, and change your Lifestyle in many ways that will contribute to the ‘good life’.

Not eating organic food is much more expensive than spending your money on healthy organic produce and making meals from your garden whenever possible. It matters…

Shop and cook and eat as if your Life depended on it! It does, you know…

This show was a heart-breaker! Some of the young people who are struggling to address their drug use just rips your heart out and the tears begin to flow. It makes one wonder about this generation!

The brassy young fellow who the doctors were telling that he was doing damage to his eyes and could lose or impair his vision didn’t seem phased at all! He didn’t believe the doctors, even though they showed the physical skull and eyes while describing the risk of his behavior. People who are as idiotic as that young bloke are going to have to learn the hard way… He will be blind and then wonder what he was thinking to risk his vision after losing it.

The other young people on the program were more promising in terms of the prognosis for recovery from their indulgences with drugs. They are too young to know better, easily influenced by their peers, and so defiant toward their parents. Even the looks they give to the counselor cop an attitude that makes you wonder if they will make it or be addicted – unable or unwilling to change their behavior.

Ultimately it is a healthy Lifestyle that circumvents the reasons for these young people to engage in drug use. When they begin to take care of their bodies and create the happy lives that will bring them fulfillment, instead of dazed bewilderment, emotional distress, and mental confusion. They have to want a healthy Life more than the high…

Once young people quit smoking, eat healthy food, drink healthy beverages, and find the will to make good decisions; they develop a healthy respect for themselves and it all changes. When you love your Life, you won’t compromise. You won’t damage your body. You won’t sabotage your well-being by risking it with drugs or anything else.

Sometimes it takes feeling good to realize how bad you felt before you made the changes in your Lifestyle. Some people don’t know that they can feel THAT good. It’s never too late!

It’s important to educate our young people and assist them in making wise choices. Their lives depend upon it…

TheDoctorsTV shows will be new next week, so get ready for some great new content here, too!

It’s not pretty when you have to beg…

But when you are faced with extreme exhaustion, constant fatigue, and the weakness that goes with significant deficiencies; then begging just might get your the nutrition that your body is calling for – even if it becomes a faint whisper.

Dr. Oz labels it anemia. The deficiency of the Blood does deprive you of the Life Force which you need to keep you moving through the day. It is actually the depletion of the Chi or Life Force that is demonstrated through the Blood and can even be manifested in Yin or Yang deficiencies. If you don’t know how to replenish this energy; then the deficiencies become so obvious that they get the label of anemia by physicians who have to name a state of exhaustion.

The body calls out for energy. It craves food, it craves anything that will supply energy. If you do not supply this energy from nutritional foods and beverages and herbs; then the person is likely to indulge in quick fixes like alcohol, drugs, or sugar rushes. Those unhealthy habits will never ‘fix’ the state of inadequate amounts of energy, but a dietary regimen of whole foods, herbal formulations, and healthy Lifestyle changes will restore your body to its former glory.

Iron supplements and food rich in iron are not the only supplement you’ll need to regain the energy you are hoping to find when you turn to health care professionals. You need a comprehensive supplement and source of minerals, B Complex vitamins, and other co-factors which regenerate the body’s Chi and Xue.

Root vegetables, seaweed, and dark leafy greens are excellent choices. Fresh organic fruits and wholesome snacks from seeds and nuts are going to contribute to your ability to replenish your energy. Herbal formulations will even support this process and you’ll notice the difference within days of taking the appropriate formula of herbs.

It’s not enough to cook in a cast iron skillet. Ionic iron is more bio-available than the iron from a skillet! Duh! The iron in vegetables is more readily available to the body than the little that a skillet releases into the foods when high heat is applied to the cast iron skillet. There are better ways to get your iron…Dr. Oz. The quality of the soil that your produce is grown in becomes extremely important. Your body is designed to absorb nutrients from whole foods.

You need to breathe. You need fresh air. You need to live in a place where smog and pollution is non-existent. You really need to live on the land, outside the cities and far from the factories spitting out plumes of toxic chemicals. You need to quit smoking and take deep breaths of fresh air. Oxygen is life! Just go out to the mountains where there is no traffic and no industry…take a breath. Feel the difference!

Sleep is a necessity. Your body regenerates while sleeping. If you rob your body of sleep, you’ll continue to pay the price of fatigue. You simply MUST get a restful sleep and dream of rejuvenation.

Tai Chi, C&E, and specific sacred practices will do more for your replenishment than any other activity you may engage in regularly. These are spiritual practices which you can learn from masters. This will restore your energy, smooth the flow of your energy, and extend the length of your Life.

Don’t beg…just be!

Here it is again on a pleasant Saturday when I get a break from watching the doctors provide health information to their audience which always deserves a comment or two from me. Today I have the pleasure of watching a real chef who doctors the produce from his field in his kitchen to make healthy food for his guests. Chefs A’Field is a good television program that goes into the field and gives you inspiration fresh from the land where your food is grown.

Amaranth and other healthy foods are grown and harvested for restaurant fare at the farm near Seattle. Our featured Chef from Trellis grows food on three acres which he takes to the restaurant to prepare food as flavorful as you’ll find at any public establishment. But the catch is this: This is the healthiest, the freshest, and the most loved of all the foods that you will be able to find when wanting to eat at a local restaurant!

It doesn’t get any better than this!

You can trust the chef who grows and then prepares his own creations from the land. You can trust that the quality of the food and the care that is put into the preparation of this food is equal to the same love and care that you would give.

There’s no more nutritious food than when freshly pulled from the soil or plucked from the places where it is being grown. If it gets to the restaurant, you can be assured that it is as perfect as possible for your health and well-being. People who live this way know how to do things in a way that offers the most health benefits for the fortunate guest who sits at their table and shares the meal.

If you can imagine that what can from the field two hours ago is now being cooked into a delicious dish in the restaurant kitchen; then you can almost smell the aroma of one of the best dishes you’ve ever eaten out on the town! This is healthy food. This is beautiful food. This is what we live for! This food gives us the best it can offer from the soil and the sun and the earth’s gift to us.

Chefs who grow their own food typically are creative and will deliver dishes in their restaurants that are imaginative, unique, and pleasing to the palate. You will usually find that the fresh produce and other ingredients will satisfy your taste buds as well as giving your body the nutrients that are rich when the food is so fresh. The herbs are freshly picked, the artichokes are the perfect texture, and the salmon makes you realize that the Pacific Northwest is one of the best places to live on the planet!

Ahhhh…

Life is good. Food is fantastic. This Way of Life is admirable. From the Farm to the Table – this is LIVING WELL!

Chefs A’Field

The doctors are always slathering yogurt on people’s faces, hands, and other parts of their bodies to prevent wrinkles, embellish the texture of the skin, and reverse the signs of aging. But not all yogurts are the same when it comes to the properties inside the container and your health.

In case you don’t watch any TV commercials, there are hundreds of ads for Activia and Yoplait on the tube daily. They hint that yogurt will support your digestive system, but they keep telling you how sweet and good-tasting their brand happens to be now. How many artificial flavors can a company throw into a container of yogurt to make people think that they are eating a dessert, instead of a health food? If it’s not cheesecake, it’s cobbler with some reference to a familiar fruit!

Yogurt is tart, tangy, and it’s supposed to be this way. It goes against the grain to try to sweeten yogurt until it is unrecognizable…

Activia is now competing with Yoplait to try to convince consumers that the taste is good. But the weird thing is this: the smart consumer knows that this is a stupid ploy! The artificial sweeteners defeat the purpose and the health benefits of consuming yogurt.

If we want to add some blueberries or strawberries or bananas to our yogurt…we will. We don’t want artificial flavors in our real yogurt. It makes us suspicious that you don’t KNOW yogurt at all. You are only trying to cater to the average consumer’s desire for something to taste sweet to sell. It begs the question about the viability of the cultures that are used in these commercial brands… We wonder about these two in particular.

Those of us who have appreciated the nutritional and health value of yogurt for the last couple of hundred years want the real deal, not some sweetened substitute that tastes like it is going to feed the yeasties. In fact, I would wager that the sweeteners used in these commercial yogurts are converted into carbohydrates that the candida and other beasties to replicate in the digestive system. This is diametrically opposed to the original intent of including yogurt and kefir in one’s diet on a regular basis. These health foods control the overgrowth of yeast. How stupid does that make the commercial sweet treat yogurts look?

Yogurt is SO easy to make yourself. If you’ve never tried it, you might want to take a shot. It really makes itself after you give it a good start with an active culture. It’s the culture that gives yogurt and kefir such a great reputation, not the sweetness quotient!

If you have a sensitivity to milk; then there are some real companies that know their yogurt which are making the cultures in a base of soy or coconut milk. They taste just fine…tart and refreshing!

Kefir is more like a thick shake than a pudding. It’s still more popular in its country of origin than here in the states, but once you begin to enjoy kefir, you will be a regular who imbibes. But yet again…it’s the live culture that makes the drink.

Today on the repeat of Dr. Oz, he had a mocktail cocktail drink called the Red Tornado. It is a good recipe for a jazzy cocktail which is both healthy and colorful. While you would have to drink a daily whirlwind to get the health benefits that Dr. Oz suggested from such a small quantity of these juices and herbs; the cumulative effect is worth the time it takes the make the shake. You know that you MUST use fresh basil…right!

Dr. Oz and the Recipe for the Red Tornado mocktail

The doctors suggested that yogurt be used for bloating when PMS troubles a person. The consumption of other beverages, the type of water you drink, the amount of salt you consume, and the quality of the fresh fruit you eat that contain enzymes also play a role in the reduction of bloating. Food combination need to be taken into consideration, yet yogurt, kefir, and miso soup will help along with pineapple and papaya which you can add to the mocktail recipes.

Get your real yogurt from a Whole Foods Market or a Farmer’s Market in your local community. You can also make your own yogurt with a live culture and a little time with patience. But don’t fall for the artificially-flavored or sweetened yogurts on the shelves. Leave them there for fools…

I guess that it’s appropriate to finally set the record straight about oat groats, oatmeal, and the information in the media and on doctors’ TV shows.

It happens all the time! Oatmeal is mistaken as the form of oats which the research has identified as healthy for the heart. I don’t think that cardboard Quaker Oats is going to do what real organic whole oat groats are doing for a person’s health. In fact, you can see the difference when comparing the two using the EAV equipment. They are not identical when it comes to nutrients nor the bio-energetic amount of energy which is the real morsel that feeds the body. Whole oat groats are the best source for both the energy and the nutrients, if you are looking at making a choice when you decide which type of oats you purchase and consume.

It takes a lot longer to cook whole oat groats, but they have more texture and more flavor than the flat rolled oatmeal that is so common. Oatmeal is fast when breakfast times has to happen in a hurry, but on the weekends when you have more time to savor the quality of the food you prepare for your morning meal…make it count. Go for the groats!

Dr. Oz and the doctors on TheDoctorsTV keep smudging the line that separates oatmeal from groats. They probably have never even eaten whole oat groats…LOL Nevertheless, the audience that looks to professionals for good health information should know the difference and eat the oats that are going to contribute to health and wellness. Go for the groats!

An oatmeal mask is probably the most purposeful use for oatmeal, but it’s value in a facial mask is for the abrasive exfoliation of dead skin cells, rather than the nutrient value. There are professionally formulated natural skin care products that use oats and oatmeal that are much better suited for your facial mask and skin care.

If you are going to eat oatmeal, then at least get steel cut oats. There is a difference in texture, nutrient value, and taste. Not much…but a little.

If you’ve never eaten whole oat groats before, be sure to cook them until they are completely done. Add some sea salt, and use purified water for the best results. Then add fresh organic blueberries, real maple syrup, fresh sliced bananas, toasted cashews or pecans, or some honey. If you simply must use a milk, use a coconut milk, a rice milk, a soy milk, or a nut milk.

Whole organic oat groats are the ‘real deal’ and you’ll be surprised at just how long the fuel following breakfast lasts into the rest of your day. The energy in oat groats will take you further, longer, and more evenly than oatmeal does. I don’t mind oatmeal, it’s just not quite as healthy as oat groats. Go for the groats!

Go from the inside out to nourish your skin, your heart, and your culinary happiness…

The episode of TheDoctorsTV featured Dr. Lisa reclining in a work of art that also works for taking a nap or finding some sacred space with the capacity for alternating vivid colors to suit your mood.

Dr. Lisa and the physicians discussed the power of a nap. So many stressed workers fall asleep at work and can’t keep their eyes open while at the office that it has become a concern for the health of the business.

It’s a good idea to take a nap, if you find your mind wandering, can’t focus on the task at hand, or you get so tired that you fall into a deep sleep at your desk right in the middle of some project.

Power Naps have long been utilized to refresh, reorganize, and replenish the office employee, the boss, and the weary traveler on a business trip. It can make a remarkable difference in just fifteen minutes. Five or ten will even suffice in most instances!

That Nap Pod is truly a work of art. It resembles an egg and you feel safe and cozy inside. You can adjust the colors that reflect from the walls and color therapy can be beneficial for both calming or energizing a person.

Play with the colors to find one or more that suit your mood. Blue is calming, red is stimulating, and orange might make you hungry. If you dare to use pink, do so for only a short period of time. While it soothes the savage beast when exposed for a little while; it will agitate and aggravate a person who gets too much pink light.

We often use color therapy in combination with music or sound therapy to achieve a health goal or change the mindset of an individual. It works beautifully.

I have to chuckle when I hear physicians from specialties in Western Medicine wonder if Chiropractic is going to put their patients at risk. That’s so silly these days…LOL

It’s as if they have tunnel vision and only stay on top of what’s happening in their own specialized area of health care. The cardiac surgeons don’t know what the chiropractors are doing… The ER doctors don’t know what the chiropractors have achieved… It’s make you wonder why they don’t curl up on the couch every night and peruse a different journal every night to be current and well-informed about their colleagues!

Today on the repeat episode of TheDoctorsTV, the physicians allowed a chiropractor to show what had been accomplished for a young child who was dealing with scoliosis. Chiropractic works wonders for the spine!

I have observed this personally. The changes are gradual, yet tangible when a qualified and capable chiropractor provides this type of care that is required to transform a structural abnormality and restore the spine to a balanced position of alignment. The chiropractor also recommended yoga and this is an excellent course of action to reinforce the benefits of chiropractic care.

When you become more familiar with working with a Team of holistic health care providers, rather than relying upon a generalist; you can truly embrace the enormous value of working with a group of alternative practitioners. The results speak for themselves!

Chiropractic is one of the ‘alternative’ therapies that is tried and true. The more that we expose ER doctors and cardiac surgeons to these modalities; the better health care will become for their respective patients who can directly benefit from professionals referrals for a team approach.