So the mean on flu bug has made its way here as well as strep.  My sweet daughter who rolls her eyes at me when I say things like "quit sharing your drinks with your friends" or "did you take vit. c and your vit.d?" and of course "hey go wash your hands!"  But she is a teen and I remember that I knew it all and that I was invincible!  Since we are not, let me give you some natural suggestions to hopefully protect yourself from colds and flues. 
 FIRST:  Wash your hands and wash them often.  
SECOND:  exercise (even walks) help amp up your immune system. 
 THIRD: keep your nose clear with a saline mist or by making your own and using a nettle pot or gravity thingy(technical huh? Use one cup of warm water and 1 tsp of sea salt
FOURTH:  Garlic-it is the best food in the world-ok an opinion was thrown in-but it is so awesome.  It is a natural anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, and anti-viral--plus it is tasty--hate garlic (?)? chop a small piece and just swallow like a pill or take a supplement.
FIFTH:  Echinacea-take as soon as you feel the first signs of a sickness and not longer than 2 weeks.
SIXTH:  plenty of water-pure H2O and lots of it.
SEVENTH:  Load up on the Vit. C.  I take it about 3 times a day when there is stuff going around.  Take 1,000 mg 3 x's a day when you are sick.
EIGHTH:  ok to shorten the list I will put a lot of information here :)   Gargle with hydrogen peroxide, take about 1-4 teaspoons of Organic Bragg's apple cider vinegar to fight off the bug and also to replace depleted minerals, onions are great too, ginger is another SUPER food-it too is anti-viral and anti-septic food as well as it helps with body pain and nausea when it comes to stomach bugs. Drink Mullein tea and/or throat coat or cold care tea (find at grocery or health food store).
Try to eliminate all sugar if possible and avoid white foods (flour, sugar, white rice, etc....)

Now you are equipped!  Enjoy LIFE!

I haven't been on here for a bit--not sure if anyone else is either-but I do this because I need to be held accountable.  So here is goes.  This whole week has been a bit--unhealthy, but no regrets.  First you can't deny a dinner with your mom--she is a busy woman (just left today for a week long cruise) and had us over for dinner----YUM.  Didn't over do it, but it wasn't the most healthiest.  Monday's breakfast was a homemade juice and walnuts, but lunch-chicken nachos--not too bad except I had the cheese sauce.  Salad for dinner.  Tues.  Oh yes Valentine's day--breakfast was a gluten free breakfast bar--not too bad, but then I had caramel mocha with soy milk at Starbuck's, massage, wine with lunch (potato soup and salad with ranch and 3 cheese sticks and about four small slices of deep fried jalapenos at REd Robin.  Dinner was at Shoney's for the food bar (no meat) carb fest of pot. soup, mashed pot. salad, and cabbage and oh yea sweet tea and  one more glass of wine and some choc.  Today I made my mom a Valentine lunch before she leaves of coconut shrimp, potato soup, steamed broccoli and sweet tea and dessert was store bought cheese cake no crust.  Tomorrow I will get back to eating more whole---trying to work myself up to doing a Candida Cleanse---Wonder if anyone out there wants to join me!  Go to www.yeastconnection.com to see if you should!

Not sure if there is anyone out there who read these blogs I write---but if you do not get Natural Health magazine--you should; at least get this month's (march 2012).  It is loaded with great information-from detoxing, to acid-reflux, empowering exercises for your body & soul, and 40 Good Food awards---I can't wait to try some of these!

Eat, Live, and Love Whole!

well my 10 days of whole food will come to an almost end on the 8th---How do I feel?  Pretty much energized!  I have been having some break-outs on my face (poss. from detoxing), although I have lost about a pound, my clothes do tend to fit better!  I realize I need to ditch so much of by beauty routine--that's the most toxins I have--I do use natural soap, but not shampoo and conditioners, a lot of my make-up.  My daily face moisturizer is natural, but I noticed my mineral make-up had spf---need to investigate that!  I do make my own detergent, but I use a name brand dishwasher detergent (the homemade version not as good and my husband the plumber doesn't like me to use the powder version).  We can all make improvements---not gonna beat myself up-but notice the areas I believe I can make a difference.    Just curious--anyone want to go raw for a week??????

WOW-my to do list is so long today, but you are on it for me to do.  Why?  YOU ARE IMPORTANT!  We have to take care of ourselves and encourage one another along.  If you are having a hard day and are thinking to yourself-"I don't want to do this or that"  refocus--write down why in the first place you are doing this-be honest with yourself.  Are you denying yourself something you REALLY want?  Find the most healthiest option--Dr. Oz had on his show this week 99 "healthy" packaged food--one was the most yummiest looking dessert called a vitamuffin brownie--go to his site and see what it is.  Try the 90/10 or 80/20 rule--do the absolute best 80 or 90 % of time, but that smaller % do what you need to do so you are not feeling deprived.  Maybe you do not feel like exercising--then don't today but do a bit extra tomorrow--or do something low key--just some stretching, yoga, even sitting with nothing on and focus on breathing--talking about a stress reducer!  Overwhelmed--go sit in your tub with a glass of wine, cup of tea, soft music, pray and spend some time alone--even if all you get is 15 min.  MAKE THE MOST of all the time the Lord had given you--make a choice to be happy today!