Simple Principles for Weight Control and Health

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Simple Principles for Weight Control and Health include Lifestyle Tips and Nutritional Immunity Building Disease Fighters

Simple Principles for weight control and health work together. Hippocrates discovered the truth in his ancient times, a reflection of good practices discovered in the Bible. The Greek says, “Let food be thy medicine.” We believe that medical practitioners and physicians provide a necessary function in diagnosing difficulties and disease. We need to know what we’re fighting when things do not go well. However, we also believe that our bodies contain all the requirements for healing through our immune system. Medicines do not heal. At their best they interrupt negative conditions to allow the immune system to do its job. At their worst, medicines produce toxic reactions worse than the disease they’re intended to fight.

In our graying society, just listen to the conversations. Within minutes you will be overhearing descriptions of the latest visit to the Emergency Room, diagnostic results that produce more fear than hope, and decidedly difficult days because of one infirmity or another. Even in the younger generations people speak of the aches, pains, and displeasures of indigestion, physical exertion, or even hangovers. Our youngsters have been tagged as an obese generation susceptible to diabetes, heart trouble, and cancers of various types. Listen closely and you will hear a sick society.

Simple Principles for Weight Control and Health Come from Reading and Research

Simple Principles for weight control and health come from years of study that uphold the ideas of health and healing as a natural process. We encourage you to have medical attention to determine what your body needs, and then discover the best foods and practices that will be your medicine. And, for those who currently enjoy full health, we hope you make the determinations of the habits that will keep you healthy and thriving.

Fortunately, we have much information available on the topics of health and healing. Unfortunately, much of the information serves only to lead us to buy a particular product to overcome a perceived symptom, like headaches, non-digestion, allergies, and what is believed to be normal aging. Add in the fad diets, weight loss potions and pills, and fat-reducing paraphernalia and you have an avalanche of commercial misinformation. All of it adds up to a confusing mix of ineffective medical attention and self-doctoring. There is a better way.

Simple Principles for Weight Control and Health Answer Questions about Food and Lifestyle

Quick. Off the top of your head, what’s your favorite healthy food?

Come back to the natural way. “Let food be thy medicine.” Natural foods, available in most food stores now, give us the fundamental nutrition we need to promote healing and full health. Once you leave the produce department of your grocery store, you put your health back in jeopardy. Manufacturing natural foods for a plastic or cardboard package with extended shelf life removes almost all the benefit you would get from the veggie, fruit, grain, or seed in its natural state. But, we like to keep things simple as we provide health and life coaching to people who want to improve their health and outlook.

Follow on Twitter (@veggie_1) or Facebook (Steve Cooper) for the Tips

We enjoy posting the tidbits and ideas of “Simple principles for #weight control & #health” every day. It gives us a way to encapsulate some of the best tips we run across in reading, browsing for webinars, and from conversations on the telephone, Twitter, and Facebook. Thanks for your feedback to the tips too. We hear from many of you regularly and some occasionally. The interchange is fun and that’s how we learn. Here’s an example:

We posted “Simple principles for #weight control & #health 181: Basic gluten-free grains include buckwheat, millet, quinoa, sorghum, & teff .” Some of us are more gluten sensitive than others, but none of us tolerates gluten as well as we think. By the time the white flours are processed for breads and desserts, the beneficial substances have mostly been removed and the gluten has no buffers to make digestion easier. So, when it’s possible, we all need to use natural grains.

One friend responded by saying, “What are those? I’ve never heard of those. Where do we get them? Do you have recipes for them?” The answers are: they’re natural grains readily available in many grocery stores, near the processed flours and sugars, but they’re natural; and, yes we have recipes that incorporate them into delicious dishes.

Another response came from our friend Michelle who trains hard as an active athlete. She shares in a quick post: ” I recently found the most wonderful veggie burgers: a company called Hillary’s and containing adzuki beans, quinoa, millet, etc. just wonderful. and in lots of flavors.” Thanks for the feedback. We usually try to make our own from scratch, but these burgers may be worth a try. Today’s tweet is “Simple principles for #weight control & #health 183: Nuts & seeds have high fat content, but offer good brain food benefits. Go easy on ‘em.”

We hope the daily tips, “Simple principles for #weight control & #health,” tweeted and posted on Facebook serve you as a reminder and motivator. We love your feedback, so bring it on. Your comments help us learn, and if you have questions, that’s better for both of us as we dig in to find answers. Each of us is a unique creation and our reactions, even to natural substances, may vary, but we do believe when we keep it natural, the body will give us responses that make sense.

A few people say we should compile these “Simple principles for #weight control & #health” in a book. What do you think?

 

 

Cinnamon Cherry Blast Smoothie

Cinnamon Cherry Blast Smoothie

Cinnamon Cherry Blast for Natalie's Birthday!

Cinnamon Cherry Blast for Natalie’s Birthday!

1 small banana (or 1/2 large), frozen
3/4 cup frozen or fresh and pitted cherries
1/2 tbsp coconut butter
2 tsps cinnamon
1 cup almond milk
6 – 12 ice cubes
Optional add-ins: fresh greens

Instructions
Blend all ingredients on high till the smoothie is creamy and thick. Serve with fresh mint and cherry on top.

Strawberry Birthday Speltcake

Strawberry Speltcake shows off your favorite fruit.

Strawberry Speltcake gives you a healthy dessert.

Strawberry Birthday Speltcake makes the celebration of our oldest granddaughter’s birthday more special, even though we’re about two thousand miles away. We love Hannah and we love strawberries, so what could be better this time of year? We don’t eat a lot of sweets, but when we do we stick to the gluten-free, sugar-free recipes. What? Yes, you read that right. So, it’s not like mom’s really short, flaky shortcake. (We may try to emulate it too, sometime.) It is a tasty cake that’s easy to pull together. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do.

Strawberry Speltcake Makes an Anyday Dessert

Try this recipe:

2 1/2 cups spelt flour (gluten-free)
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/3 cup of molasses or maple syrup or 3/4 cup of rice syrup as your sweetener
1/4 cup oil
3 Tbs of ground flax seed
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 to 1 cup of almond milk soured with 2 Tbs of apple cider vinegar

 
Mix all ingredients. Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees. Flour an 8x8 pan and pour it in. 
Cook at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until a knife blade or toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
Serve warm with a topping of sliced strawberries. If it still needs a bit of sweet, drizzle a bit of honey over the berries.

Strawberries will be juicier if you slice them ahead of time and refrigerate them for 2 to 4 hours.

Leave a reply. Let us know how it turns out for you.

Experience Your Own Healing Revolution

Skyline Photo of Asheville NC, home to the Healing Revolution Summit 2014

Register now for the Healing Revolution Summit 2014 in beautiful Asheville, NC

Learning about the Healing Revolution Summit 2014 scheduled in July, I meet with Dr. Frank King, Naturopath, Chiropractor, and Founder of King Bio. We chat for almost two hours about life, health, the Summit, his white bison on the farm at Carolina Bison, and a few other things. King Bio produces and sponsors the Healing Revolution Summit 2014. You know that as a Certified Health Minister and Life Coach, I have an interest in most anything that is going to help our friends, clients, and customers. In this case, I agree to help promote the event. Bringing together more than ten nationally recognized doctors and speakers, sharing cutting edge techniques and approaches, Dr. King says, “I Want everyone to come and experience their own healing revolution.”

“Stand up. We will just go ahead and test you right here.” I’m sure I look surprised. “Hold your arm straight out in front of you, lock your elbow, and resist as I put downward pressure on your wrist.” I think and almost say, “OK. I don’t know what I’m doing, but he knows what he’s doing.” Sure enough, on most questions, my arm stays strong. However, on one or two questions, though slight, my arm just can’t resist enough and gives.

This Muscle Response Test (MRT) is just one of the techniques you will experience in person at the Healing Revolution Summit 2014 when it opens for three days in July. Appropriately named, the Summit brings together ten well-known health and healing practitioners, authors, and speakers. The setting cannot be better. In the midst of the mountainous beauty of Asheville, NC, the Summit will happen July 18-20, 2014 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel and Resort.

We encourage you to come and experience your own healing revolution.

Photo of Dr. Frank King, author of The Healing Revolution and Sponsor of The Healing Revolution Summit 2014

Dr. Frank King, Founder of King Bio and author of The Healing Revolution

Hear and interact with Dr. King, author of The Healing Revolution—Eight Essentials to Awaken Abundant Life Naturally. When you hear this widely acclaimed homeopathic doctor speak, you’ll likely say, “Yes, why didn’t I put that together?”

You’ll also have a chance to hear and meet

  • Hyla Cass, M.D. the non-drug psychiatrist and recognized expert on integrative medicine;
  • Well-known health freedom advocate and cancer researcher, Ty Bollinger;
  • Internationally recognized expert on chelation therapy and detoxification, Garry Gordon, M.D.;
  • Rashid Buttar, author of the best seller, The 9 Steps to Keep the Doctor Away, teacher and founder of Advanced Medicine Seminars;

and six others.

 Who’s the Healing Revolution Summit for?

Everyone benefits from filling holes in their wholeness, and even if you have never been health conscious before, now’s a good time to make a positive change that will benefit your health and longevity with a better quality of life. Even fully committed and trained health practitioners will learn something new and challenging. This event celebrates people and their amazing life potential. It unites doctors, patients, professionals, natural practitioners, and anyone with a healing heart. You will share news of tools, experiences, arts, and testimonies that can better life. The Healing Revolution Summit 2014 is for everyone.

In addition to the seminar sessions, a concurrent trade show will be open to feature leading-edge health products and services from national and local companies. You will be able to see and participate in demonstrations for your own hands-on experience. And, speaking of up close and personal, as a Health Revolution Summit attendee, you will be invited to tour the Carolina Bison ranch and farm a few minutes ride from the conference. The White Bison herd, camels, and even a Watusi from South Africa make for an interesting collection worth seeing for those who love farming and city dwellers too.

Professional Credits Available

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Networking Opportunities and Professional CEU’s for Chiropractors and others Highlight the Healing Revolution Summit 2014

Networking opportunities with others interested in health and healing will be plentiful. Join your friends and make new ones. Registration includes meals for three days and gives plenty of time, along with breaks and free time, to get to know people and practices. Let your curiosity out. You’ll learn and teach as you use your three days to good advantage. Chiropractors will have up to 15 CEU’s available for recognition in most states. Acupuncturists, massage therapists, RNs and other practitionerswill receive certification for the courses, which may be submitted as electives with your own professional board.

Set aside the dates, July 18, 19, and 20, 2014. Come experience your own healing revolution. Let’s do this!

Find information about the Healing Revolution Summit 2104; the presenter, King Bio; and all registration details here. As you register, be sure to use the Promo Code: summit. We will be eager to meet you and hear your take on wholeness, wellness, and the healing processes. It’s a beautiful place in the mountains and the promise of being a part of the Healing Revolution will be exciting.

Register today and use the Promo Code: summit that we have set aside for you. We’ll see you there.

The Healing Revolution Summit 2014 is Open to Vendors

Register as a Vendor to position yourself, your products, and your services, not only to the Health Revolution Summit 2014 attendees, but also to others who respond to promotional efforts. The trade show room will be open to the public throughout the Summit.

Sponsors already include King Bio, SafeCareRX, Natural Medicine Institute, and Parker University. For sponsorship information, please call 844-KingBio. (844.546.4246)

Appropriate for larger inventories, demonstrating services, or just having more room, a few 10 x 10 booth spaces are still available. For authors, services, and as a literature distribution point, 6 x 6 foot tables will also be available. Booth space rental for the three-day Summit is $1,000.00 and includes two tickets to the entire program. Table rental is $500.00 and includes a ticket to the entire program.

Register by calling 844-KingBio (844.546.4246) or on-line at www.kingbio.com/summit, and be sure to use the promo code summit.

 

How Much Raw Food Does Your Body Need?

Raw Food being sliced on a table

Eat Enough Raw Food to Keep You Healthy Every Day

Ask the question, “How much raw food does your body need?” The answer to the question is this—you need enough raw, fresh veggies and fruits to keep you healthy by giving your immune system the nutrition it needs. Make the connection—live foods feed your body. Junk foods, sweets, meats, dairy products, and packaged foods just fill your stomach with hard-to-digest stuff that your body cannot use effectively.

Southerners have a culture of overcooking almost everything. We grew up, establishing that same habit ourselves. Other cultures have similar tendencies. Change is difficult, but we need to embrace a new way of preparing food and eating. We learned the hard way what it means when we don’t properly feed our immune system. We were simply relying on the comfort foods we grew up with, living out unhealthy habits. We encourage you to consider changing before you get into a health crisis. And, if you’re already dealing with deteriorating health, turn it around. Feed your body live foods. How much raw food does your body need?

Raw Food Percentages

Lock these percentages into your brain and build them into your diet. 85% and 15%. Everybody has slightly different needs, but as a rule, use these percentages as a goal as you make the transition to a healthier diet. 85% and 15%. Here’s how we use the numbers:

85% Raw Food to 15% Cooked

85% Veggies to 15% Fruits

Raw Food in Liquid Form

Juicing has caught the fancy of many people worldwide. It’s generally quick and easy and is truly the fastest way to get bio-available micronutrients into your system. One, two, or three glasses of juice per day will give your immune system the boost it needs. Read more here.

Raw Food in Blended Form

 

Photo of Blended Raw Food Salad

Have a Delicious Raw Food Blended Salad

Blended Salads make a huge difference in the digestibility of many veggies. Especially during the transition from the Standard American Diet (SAD) to a plant-based healthy lifestyle, some people have a bit of difficulty. The body needs the fiber of the veggies along with the micronutrients. To aid the digestive process, throw everything you would normally add in a salad into your Vitamix Blender or other powerful blender, chunk it up, put it in a bowl, and then chew it up. Even add a light dressing for a wonderfully healthy and delicious blended salad.

Raw Food au Naturel

Colors and varieties in salads or as snacks on the go give your body systems plenty of natural micronutrients—vitamins, minerals, proteins, and amino acids. Each veggie carries its own built-in buffers to make digestion efficient and to extract the beneficial substances effectively. Slice them, chop them, or eat them whole by themselves or in combination. You’re on your way to being healthier.

Raw Food Cooked and Delicious

It may not be raw, but cooking properly will feed your body well anyway. By eating raw, you’re preserving the live enzymes in the veggies and fruits. Once heated, these enzymes go through changes that activate some micronutrients while killing off others. With the target of 15% cooked foods, we have these suggestions. Low, slow heating helps to keep the veggies healthy. Overcooking kills most of the benefit. Steaming gives you easy control over the process and proves to be the healthiest cooking method. Braising in just 2 or 3 tablespoons of water in your stainless steel cookware (never aluminum, here’s why), rather than frying in oil is similar to steaming and works well.

Some veggies lend themselves to cooking more than others. We’re told Tomatoes release more lycopene when heated, a beneficial substance that fights disease. The cruciferous veggies, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, along with mushrooms, have proven to be a strong cancer fighter. Steam them, braise them, or stir fry them all together for a great meal.

Raw Food Tastes Great

As you transition from your SAD way of eating to the plant-based, mostly raw lifestyle, your taste buds will become reacquainted with the delicious natural flavors. Mix them up with condiments made from nuts, seeds, herbs, and spices. Gourmet flavors and textures will delight your palette. Many of your favorite flavors will actually come to life in the live food recipes you devise or copy.

How Much Raw Food Does Your Body Need?

Hopefully, you’ll quickly be on the path to using 85% raw and 15% cooked foods along with 85% veggies and 15% fruits. You reap what you sow. if you commit to a change in your lifestyle, your health will improve or you will better maintain the good health you already enjoy.

Be well.

Steve and Freda