Non Dairy Foods High in Calcium

If I don’t eat dairy, how do I get enough calcium? You get lots of calcium from various vegetables, especially green leafy vegetables such as kale, as well as broccoli and sesame seeds. Calcium is readily available in many foods. Better yet, these foods are alkaline producing, so the body can actually use the calcium it gets from them.

Dairy products actually do not provide sufficient calcium. The countries with the highest dairy consumption are also the ones with highest osteoporosis levels! Dairy is one of the most acidic foods on the pH scale and calcium is the number one mineral the body uses to buffer against excess acidity.

There is just never enough calcium in any dairy product to offset the acid-producing effect it has. So you actually end up losing calcium when you eat dairy products, not gaining it! Shocking, right? Contrary to popular belief, you don’t need to drink your milk in order to get your calcium.

Here are  foods high in calcium that don’t come from a cow: Read More

Healthy Breast Program

The Healthy Breast Program is designed for the following participants:
Licensed health care professionals including MDs, NDs, nutritional consultants, dentists, chiropractors, homeopaths, ~Aromatherapists, massage therapists who want to familiarize themselves with valuable information for their patients and clients.
To become certified Healthy Breast Program Educators in order to teach the Healthy Breast Program visit:  Healthy Breast Program

Herbal Tea for Women: Herbal Remedies for PMS

Most of us women can attest to feeling the effects of our cycling emotions. Rather than reaching for a glass of wine or a decadent (and heavy) piece of chocolate cake, ease your swirling emotions by brewing up a pot of this uplifting and aromatic tea. It’s easy to make and it’s caffeine and calorie-free so it won’t load you down like a rich dessert or glass of alcohol. The recipe is compliments of Brigitte Mars from her book Sex, Love & Health.
All of the ingredients can be bought at your local health food store. I recommend buying them in bulk to ensure freshness and to save money.

• 4 cups water
• 1-2 tsp of burdock root
• 1-2 tsp of dandelion root
• 1 tsp of dried basil
• 1 tsp of fennel seed
• 1 tsp of nettle leaf

Bring the water to a boil. Add the burdock and dandelion root, cover and simmer for twenty minutes. Remove from heat and add the remaining herbs. Cover and let steep for 10 minutes. Strain. Drink 4 cups every day.

Is Candida Making Your Life Miserable

Do you feel as though nobody has a clue as to what’s happening to your health and your body?

Chances are that you’re dealing with the effects of a fungus called Candida Albicans. Candida Albicans is the most frequent opportunistic and costly fungal infection in man. Research shows a link between diabetes, hypertension, and immune system suppression and the mechanisms that Candida uses to spread throughout the body. Some of the other conditions commonly associated with Candida include allergies, skin conditions, hormonal imbalances, digestive disorders, sugar cravings, gas and bloating, acid reflux, headaches, arthritis, depression, irritability, exhaustion, brain fog, anxiety, and sinus infections. READ MORE

Welcome to the PMS Dinner

A common complaint: Feel Lethargic,Mood Swings,Uncontrolled blood sugar levels

Gain a bit of weight, feel lethargic and have trouble sleeping.

Another name that you are probably familiar with after reading my blogs is Brigitte Mars. She is the author of Love, Sex & Health and in an interview that I had with her last year she shares some of her thoughts on how we should use food, our minds and our hearts to ensure our sexual vitality. Many of us have experienced the changes in our sexual desire and function as we age.

Some of the changes can be great and some of them can be a little less than great. I loved this interview that I had with Brigitte. I learned so much and couldn’t wait to share some important points that came out of it. Brigitte is also one of my favorite herbalist authors to date!

Nancy: A common complaint I hear from women is that they gain a bit of weight, feel lethargic and have trouble
sleeping. They suffer mood swings because of uncontrolled blood sugar levels and if that’s not bad enough, their sexual vitality flies out the window. Since most of our problems can be traced to the foods we eat, what Super Foods would you recommend to change all that? READ MORE

Menopausal Weight Gain

Fat stores estrogen. The more weight you gain, the more estrogen you will retain.

Understanding the Role of Estrogen in the Body:

Estrogen
dominance is a term coined by Dr. Lee in his first book on natural
progesterone. It describes a condition in which a woman can have
deficient, normal or excessive amounts of estrogen, but little or no
progesterone to balance its effects in the body. Even a woman with low
estrogen levels can have estrogen dominance symptoms if she doesn’t
have any progesterone.

Here are a few things to remember about estrogen dominance:

• Fat stores estrogen. The more weight you gain, the more estrogen you will retain.
• Stress – that word we’re all too familiar with – produces cortisol, boosting estrogen levels and contributing to weight gain.
• A toxic liver won’t filter estrogen from the body
• So many of the foods we eat are fed estrogen to make them grow and
  produce more food. Eating meat and dairy products that have been fed
  estrogen will increase your own estrogen levels.
• Plastic containers, pesticides and cleaning chemicals produce
  “xeno-estrogens”, which are chemicals that mimic estrogen in the body.

So, what can we do about it? Read More

Balance Your Hormones with a Nourishing Tea

Tea can offer a natural and soothing way to balance Hormonal shifts. I drink tea daily because of its enormous health benefits. Here are some great store-bought brands as well as easy and yummy recipe for a tea you can make at home.

Teas have been used for thousands of years for almost any ailment known to man from curing illnesses to preparing a woman’s body for pregnancy. So it is no wonder that teas that are uniquely brewed to provide balance to women’s swirling and fluctuating hormones can take up almost an entire shelf of the tea section of your favorite health store.

I thought I would do a bit of work for you rather than having you test out tea after tea and share with you some of my favorite and effective hormone-balancing teas.

Yogi Tea is known for making superb tea blends and their Woman’s Healing Formula is no different. I love drinking this tea. It provides me all the comfort that a warm cup of tea should as well as calibrating my body’s hormones. Yogi Teas are readily available at health food stores or online.
In addition to the Yogi Tea, Organic Woman’s Dong quai Tonic is an effective and organic way to lessen fatigue, restore your energy and balance a woman’s hormones. It is caffeine-free so it won’t send you on any extreme highs and lows and this healing tonic is formulated to ease what traditional Chinese medicine practitioners refer to as “blood deficiency,” which results from stress, poor digestion, or improper eating and health habits.

Dong quai (Angelica Sinensis) The root help build the blood and clear blood stagnation. It can relieve anxiety, depression, and hot flashes and help restore moisture to dry vaginal tissues.

You can also make you own concoction from loose herbs. This tea is perfect for when your emotions are a bit down, as they often are as the weather starts to turn colder and the days become shorter and darker. Savor a cup of this sweet, uplifting, aromatic herbal tea and enjoy a moment or more of calming respite.

I recommend buying these ingredients from the bulk section of local health food store to save on costs and packaging. The recipe for this tea comes from the book Sex, Love & Health by Brigitte Mars.

When your emotions are a bit down:

• 4 cups of water
• 1/2 teaspoon of burdock root
• 1/2 teaspoon of dandelion root
• 1 teaspoon of basil herb
• 1 teaspoon of fennel seed
• 1 teaspoon of nettle leaf

Bring the water to a boil. Add the burdock and dandelion root, cover, and simmer for twenty minutes. Remove from heat and add the remaining herbs. Cover and let steep for ten minutes. Strain.
Enjoy 4 cups daily.

Balance Your Hormones Naturally

I receive so many questions from women who feel bogged down by fatigue, weight gain and low sexual desire. Rather than turning to the latest fad diet or new drug, there are plenty of natural and effective ways for improving your health. Read on and find out more…

Even though doctors and dermatologists can prescribe an array of highly synthetic and processed hormone replacement therapies, there are natural alternatives to pharmaceutical drugs to help you during your menopausal journey. You have probably heard or read about Bio-Identicalhormones, progesterone cream and natural hormone therapy.

Natural progesterone cream helps to relieve hormonal overloads like menopause, estrogen dominance, post-partum depression and male menopause.
There are many herbs for menopause on the market but the hormone experts such as Dr. John Lee, believe that transdermal, Bio-Identical hormones are the most natural and effective. Progesterone cream could also be called natural antidepressants and even if you are pre-menopausal, it benefits natural menstrual health considerably.

Natural progesterone cream is the baseline when it comes to the management of your body’s balance, but there is also natural estrogen, hormone testing kits and books on natural hormone replacement therapy. Keep reading to find out if you could benefit by balancing your hormones naturally and definitely read the free e-book on the differences in progesterone creams and why Kokoro products are the healthy and natural choice. www.kokorohealth.com you can get the product in Canada as well. www.balance-your-hormones.com