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| Health & Personal Care is written by New Brunswick’s Charlotte LeBlanc, a Holistic Nutritional Practitioner who offers commentary and current information on making healthy living choices. Nutritional and lifestyle choices are discussed as well as plain talk about you being healthy and wise, by living a wellness-based lifestyle using the four S’s: Staying positive, Sound nutrition, Stress management and Safe and natural options to build and maintain health. |
Benefits of Green Tea
Green tea is both a stimulant and an antioxidant with diversity of healing applications. The polyphenols in green tea are potent antioxidants. Also, green tea increases energy, which may make it useful as part of a weight-loss program. Studies show that green tea may benefit the following health conditions: Asthma, atherosclerosis, cancer, high cholesterol, diabetes, ear infections, eczema, influenza and wrinkles just to name a few. People that are taking prescribed medication should check with their doctor before consuming green tea on a regular basis or in large amounts. Check out this web site for more information on green tea… ************************* Cancer hope for green tea extract BBC News March 15, 2005 ************************* Polyphenol EGCG taken from green tea leaves inhibits cancer cell growth, researchers have found. EGCG binds to a key enzyme--dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR)--that stops the enzyme from triggering the manufacture of new DNA in tumor cells. It appears to work in the same way as the cancer drug methotrexate, but in practice would probably have... http://www.kurzweilai.net/email/newsRedirect.html?newsID=4321&m=10719For more information on nutritional planning or complete nutritional assessments contact Charlotte at charlotteleb@rogers.com or www.wellness-healthworks.comDisclaimer: The advice detailed in this article assumes that you are a normally healthy adult. The author, publishers cannot accept responsibility for loss or damage suffered by individuals as a result of following advice in this article.
Natural options for attention and learning disorders
Scientists generally assume that the primary cause for ADD and ADHD appears to be genetic (inherited). However, the possibility that these conditions are inherited does not mean you have no control over whether you or your child develop them.
Other contributing factors, which could be considered triggers, include nutrition, food and environmental allergies, environmental contaminants, increased and repeated use of antibiotics and possibly physical problems such as spinal column misalignment.
What we consume can have an impact on behavior. Eating processed, refined and preserved foods high in artificial additives, salt, sugar and artificial hardened fats (as found in margarine, shortening, hydrogenated oils, and in processed and junk foods) and low in nutrient content. Our daily living patterns, with less emphasis on traditional family structures and more energy given to hectic work schedules, giving us less time to spend with our loved ones are also suspect. Others blame frequent use of television and video games that promote development of short and/or intermittent bursts of attention.
Our daily environment is a possible source of difficulty for people with learning disorders: contaminants such as chemical cleaners, insecticides, pesticides and heavy metals and mold spores that contaminate our air, food and water.
Many of these natural approaches are time consuming and can place great demands on parents and entire families to change dietary and lifestyle changes. But most people find the rewards well worth the inconvenience. Besides, diet and lifestyle changes will benefit your whole family, not just the ADD sufferer.
The first move towards enhanced well being is eliminating possible aggravating factors, including allergenic foods, food additives, yeast infections and environmental contaminants.
STEP ONE - Clean your body
WATER - drinking two liters of purified (filtered or distilled) water daily.
FIBER – ground up flax seeds (in cereals, muffins, shakes, salads etc.) and or psyllium husk power (on occasion or for short periods of time).
Avoid These Food Additives – READ THE LABELS
Monosodium glutamate (MSG)
Preservatives – Butylated hydroxy anisol (BHA) and Butylated hydroxy toluene (BHT)
Potassium nitrate, Sodium benzoate, Sodium nitrate, and Sodium nitrite Sulfur dioxide – an irritating gas used as a bactericide and as a disinfectant.
Artificial food colorings
Artificial flavorings and Artificial sweeteners - acesulfame-K aspartame, saccharin, sucralose
Limit refined sugar intake (glucose, dextrose, corn syrup, etc.)
Soda pop – calcium and magnesium are reduced by too much phosphorous found in soda pop which are part of a group of minerals called “sedative minerals”
Aspirin
Salicylates and Phenolic Compounds (may affect some people)
Some studies have identified salicylates as aggravating factors. Salicylates are the material from which Aspirin is made and are found in many foods as: almonds, apples, apricots, berries, cherries, cherry bark, cloves, coffee, cucumbers, pickles, eggplants, grapes, mint and mint flavoring, nectarines, oranges, peaches, peppers (bell and chili), plums, potatoes, prunes, raisins, tangerines, tea, tomatoes, willow bark, wintergreen.
Sugar has been shown to decrease one’s ability to concentrate and increased restless behavior. A high salt intake can reduce levels of some important minerals for some people. If they are depleted by high intake of salt in your body, it can lead to hyperactive symptoms. Other contributors to ADD or ADHD symptoms is not eating often enough, skipping meals, not eating enough protein and complex carbohydrates and poor digestion.
KEEP A DIARY... It is a process of elimination. You are unique. Listen to your body.
WHAT CAN I EAT?
Fresh meat – in moderation
Poultry
Fish – especially cold water fish salmon, mackerel, sardines, herring.
Any vegetable – especially dark green vegetables. raw foods are easier to digest because they can be partially digested by their own enzymes.
Any fruit except the ones mentioned above and grapefruit
Whole grains – spelt, rye, kamut, quinoa, ammaranth, oat, barley, rice
Other foods to add: garlic, parsley, celantro, thyme, rosemary, flax seeds (ground up)
A good nutritional supplement that supports all of the links in the nutritional chain as well as a good blend of “omegas” that will help with concentration and building optimal health.
Seek the professional help of a Registered Nutritional Consultant to guide you toward a healthy lifestyle.
CJM HealthWorks
Charlotte LeBlanc, DHN, RNCP
Nutritional Consulatnt
(506) 863-9494
charlotteleb@rogers.comThis information is for educational purposes and is not meant to diagnose or treat illness.
The author, publishers cannot accept responsibility for loss or damage suffered by individuals as a result of following advice in this article.
WORKSHOPS
HEALTH WORKSHOPS
DI-GEST YOUR STRESS 2 hour workshop
What is stress? Which one applies to you? Looking at the big picture. How does stress affect our digestion and our health in general? Digestion is also briefly explained so people can understand what they do to go against their own nature and how to maintain a good digestion that promotes good health.
BASIC NUTRITION 2 hour workshop
Essentials foods and what food combinations are required to build and maintain good health.
THE FOOD PLANNER 2 hour workshop
Understanding labels so you can know what quality of food you are purchasing. Discover what substances are poisons and which ones are not when consumed.
HOW TO CLEANSE YOUR BODY WITH FOOD 4 hour workshop
How to cleanse your colon, your kidneys, your liver and build your nervous system.
RELATIONSHIPS WORKSHOPS
ONE STEP AHEAD a one day workshop that helps understand the grieving process that people are going through and how to rebuild your life after a separation or divorce. COMMUNICATION ½ day workshop. Gives a specific technique to build better communication skills to make good decisions and build relationships. BUILDING YOUR PROJECT one day workshop to help people find direction especially after living big changes. AUTHENTIC RELATIONSHIPS one day workshop for separated/divorced, couples in difficulty or singles that keep falling back in the same vicious circles of unhealthy relationships. This workshop shows: 1) what does not work (head games people play, roles that they take on) and causes of conflict, 2) how to build good communication skills that is conducive to mutual respect 3) what is and how to build an authentic relationship while staying true to yourself. MY FAVORITE ONE… GETTING TO KNOW YOURSELF this is a two-hour workshop that sews the seed to help you see where self-esteem comes from and how it is connected with Will and the courage to be who you are. LIVING OR EXISTING 6 hour workshop What is LOVE. Workshop designed to show what different perceptions we may have of love under different circumstances – ex: self-love, brotherly love, intimate love. Tools to help people get a glimpse of what is unconditional love and how to start integrating it in their lives, starting with number one, themselves. MEDITATION AND RELAXATION TECHNIQUES 2 hour workshop that gives you the basic techniques and hands on for meditation and visualization as methods to help reduce stress and live a balanced life. These workshops are offered in French and in English.For more information or to register for these workshops call Charlotte at (506) 532-9775, (506) 863-9404 or e-mail at charlotteleb@rogers.comCJM LeBlanc Healthworks, tel: (506) 863-9404, Fax: 532-8644, e-mail: charlotteleb@rogers.com, web site: www.wellness-healthworks.com
RECIPES
Garlic Chicken
12 deboned chicken thighs or legs 1-2 tablespoons of chopped up garlic 1 ½ tablespoon of Bragg All Purpose Seasoning 1 teaspoon sesame seed oil Place chicken in a baking dish that has a cover. Spread garlic on top of chicken Pour Bragg All Purpose seasoning over chicken Cover and bake in 400F oven for 45 minutes. Add one or two tablespoon of water if dry. When chicken is cooked pour sesame oil over chicken and stir chicken around so sesame oil will mix evenly with other juices. Turn oven off and let stand for 5 minutes. Unique Ceasar SaladCut the end of a Romaine lettuce. Wash leaves individually. Dry in spinner. Leave each leaf whole. On both sides of the romaine lettuce leaves, paint your favorite ceasar dressing (we use Renée's Mighty Ceasar). As you layer the leaves in a large bowl or platter, shread some parmesan oregiano cheese to taste. Optional: Add cooked pieces of Prochutto - this is a thinly sliced italian ham with no artificial preservatives. Once you taste it this way... you will never want to eat it any other way. CJM LeBlanc Healthworks, 319 St.George St., Moncton, N.B. E1C 1W8, tel: (506) 863-9404, fax: 532-8644
e-mail: charlottel@rogers.com, web site: www.wellness-healthworks.com
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