CARBS: Yes??? No???? When??? GOOD NEWS for "Carb-O-Holics!"

CARBS: Yes??? No???? When??? GOOD NEWS for "Carb-O-Holics!"

It's always the same proverbial question when it comes to wanting to eat a bit healthier, and keep the waistline in bounds!  CAN I STILL EAT CARBS???  And of course, the answer is a resounding YES you can, with a few suggestions!


Carbs are a very necessary part of your everyday diet. I do not approve of too low or no carb diets. I just suggest you understand that eating more complex(unrefined) carbs, vs. ALL refined, simple carbs, (white sugar/white flour products and pop namely) is healthier and will help you in the battle of the bulge!  So while you enjoy those special treats, and may eat some simple carbs now and then,  you will have an edge relying more on Complex Carbs because they empower the body WITH:

1)  A long term  energy that lasts longer, without spiking insulin and blood sugars.

2) Weight Loss and Maintenance:  FAT/weight gain=Insulin output.

3) Intact enzymes that weren't robbed in processing are still in unprocessed, Complex Carbs, so you digest easier w/out bloating.

 4) Fiber, so vital to disease prevention, giving a feeling of fullness and aiding in eliminations.
 5) Vitamins essential to health, especially B-vitamins, crucial to the nervous system & hormone health.
And there are many many more reasons the right kind of carbs are essential to wellness and weight management!


Here are the Complex Carbs you will want to incorporate more than the simple, stripped, white or sugary ones. Remember again, it's all about moderation.....a lot of the good, a little of the bad, and don't sweat it. But if you eat refined carbs as your main carbs, expect your body to be starved of nutrition, to be acidic (not alkaline Ph where you thrive)  and therefore leave you open to diseases and to battle your weight continually!  And you may have candida, or yeast in the body, which can cause a myriad of problems from migraines to an impaired immune function!

Complex Carbs You may Want to Eat:
Sweet Potato/Red potato/Yams:  in order of first to last in how they break down.

Sweet potato is a good choice w/butter. If you do potatoes, red only. NO RUSSETS!

Oat bran or steel cut oat hot cereals from scatch/or dry cereals that are whole grain but 

Gluten-Free. You'll only find these at Whole Foods/Health food stores. Try KIND cereal.

Brown rice/brwn.basmati rice/wild rice.  Limit white rice, as it turns to glucose asap!
Lentils/Kidney beans/Black beans/Garbanzo beans/Hummous/Split peas/even refried!
Whole grain/gluten free breads in moderation. If you want to go midway, use SPELT.

Dave's Killer SPELT bread, or any Spelt bread.  For optimal health, Gluten Free!

Most vegetables, Excluding white potatoes and corn, and fruits like apples/berries/pears in the raw. Choose a sm/med organic apple, fresh or frozen blueberries/raspberries! Vegetable juicing is great. Smoothies, watch the FRUIT!
While getting into this, and still feeling like you need chips/crackers??? Just read the label, go Gluten Free, and try to baggie the bag into sandwich baggies the minute you are home!

I eat mainly Complex Carbs. And when I want a dessert, I do eat one, without guilt. As I choose dark chocolate, cupcakes/pies/cookies that are  delish, but just have some twists on the recipes, such as being made with an all purpose, gluten-free flour, using  LESS and NO refined sugar! ( Brown sugar in the store is JUST caramel colored WHITE refined sugar! Do not think it is less refined.) We'll talk about "legal" sugars, for now use Turbinado, Evaporated Cane Juice, or I like Trader Joe's Maple Sugar Granules for cookies/etc. MORE on this later!

So this week, I will be having Maple Custard  from Marlene's Market and Deli in Federal Way, Wa.  It is "off" my normal routine of  Total Complex Carbs, and that's fine. I don't eat Simple Carbs, as a rule,  but I've been at this a long time!  I will teach you the recipe for gluten free red velvet cupcakes, and other goodies!  If you need to bake, follow the ingredients I will share w/you! If you overeat, OVEREAT on the good stuff!   I personally DO NOT bake, because willpower does not exist for some of us recovering  Carb Addicts...SMILE!  However, some of you have families who want cookies/desserts, so I'll provide those recipes w/substituting!  Planning/Re-Education is KEY!  For me,  I'll buy a wholesome, but decadent dessert and eat ONE PIECE, THERE!  Let's not have deprivation,  let's not make this a science,  but let's go back to WHOLE LIFE/WHOLE FOOD LIVING and SOAR!  Please ask questions! I welcome ANY and ALL!!!

BREAKFAST: Most Important Meal of the Day! MAKE IT EASY!!!

BREAKFAST: Most Important Meal of the Day! MAKE IT EASY!!!

EGG FRITTAS in a MUFFIN TIN

You often are rushing to get out the door to work, to get kids to school on time, and perhaps you end up on empty by lunch, and frankly, you may never catch up!  BREAKFAST is what you or your children are using as fuel clear into the afternoon.  And IF you are starting it with refined sugary cereals, the norm of the SAD (standard American diet) you or the kids end up w/low blood sugar,  may become so unfocused due to the drop,  and some even become irritable.  So begin to have a paradigm shift in your thinking, and remember BREAKFAST,  broken into two words, means Break Fast.  You've been a whole night without eating, and need to  1) start your metabolism going, which has slowed down and 2) fuel nutritiously for the next 4-5 hours, with a SUSTAINABLE meal.  (I generally have my hot fresh lemon water w/raw honey or agave upon arising, get ready, and then have something w/PROTEIN for breakfast with some Complex Carb)   See ideas below! If you are not Vegan, (or semi-vegan like me)  then please listen:  Brown, cage free, antibiotic and hormone free eggs are excellent sources of protein, and will not drive your cholesterol up. Egg whites and Egg Beaters, NEVER in this house! If you need the research on this statement, message me! :-)

So we often get duped into thinking "enriched,"  grain cereals by the big companies like General Mills/Kelloggs are really COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATES! You'd have to show me one that is. I haven't found ONE  that is yet...smile.  So if you're going to use a boxed cereal with Rice milk/Almond milk/Coconut milk (twice as much calcium as regular milk w/out the hormones, antibiotics and mucous building factor...yes, YIPEEEE)  then try some true complex carb cereals that MAKE THE GRADE...from Whole Foods, PCC, Trader Joes, Health food section of your store, etc.   But don't do a CARB ONLY breakfast! I like KIND brand (the cool, nut bar company, google it!)  gluten free granola chuck full of healthy nuts, when I do cereal! TOO MANY CARBS, and THE WRONG CARBS are NOT  always your Best Friend!   If you remember nothing else, remember this,  FAT, is only stored when Insulin is released!  What triggers insulin?? CARBS!  So I will teach you What/How much/What brands!  I LOVE carbs. I just know which ones to eat! And how much!  Also, avoid  pre fab oatmeal in packets!  They are refined and sugary. If you do oat bran or non-gluten whole oatmeal,  add your non-dairy milks and a smidge of sweetener, (could be agave, pure maple syrup, raisins)  but add chopped up nuts!  I copy the packet you get w/Starbucks Oatmeal...namely fresh pecans/walnuts/almonds. Protein.  If you don't want to go gluten free, (I think you will, after my Gluten Free segment, smile :-)  then please buy SPELT bread, it's easy to find, and rely on ALMOND BUTTER and fresh, real butter on it!  Message again, if you want to know why Peanut Butter is inferior to Almond Butter.  I grind mine at the local Fred Meyer's health food section!  You can buy it in jars as well!  And if you do a protein smoothie, PLEASE use a rice/almond/or coconut milk base with NO SOY ISOLATE protein, but either NutriBiotics Brown Rice Protein, or Whey!  We will have a segment:  SOY is not what you think it is!  Add frozen mixed berries, and if you use the Magic/NutriBullet (my choice) they make healthy smoothies better than blenders!  And yes, do throw in spinach or kale IF you have some fruit such as frozen berries or fresh pineapple to sweeten naturally and disguise the "green stuff." :-)

If you use breakfast meats for Protein at breakfast, please consider using nitrate free, free range, and things like turkey sausages which taste great if you get the right brand, such as SHELTONS. In the above picture, some have turkey sausages in Lloyd's slots, and mine has tons of stuff, but no meat!  You choose!  Just make certain Breakfast includes both Protein and Complex Carbs! I hope to teach you simple recipes for gluten-free breads/pancakes/waffles. I will be giving you my 2DIE4 pancake recipe that is truly adored by my family! SO FLUFFY! SO YUMMY! Food has to STILL taste wonderful for you to be happy and stick with REAL/WHOLE foods your whole life.  Nothing should taste health foody, and if you feel deprived, you will bolt!  Don't worry, I get that!  Smile!  But do give yourself time to re program to REAL foods/Whole foods, as we've been indoctrinated, addicted, many of us to pre fab/refined/non REAL foods.  The change will come if you just follow along!  I promise!   And my motto, always:  a lot of the good, a little of the bad, for most!  And don't try to eat an elephant in one bite!  It took me about a year to re program for life!  So trial/error is NORMAL.  It becomes a red flag to what your food triggers are, to what you need to do for better preparation!  And you go for it again!  And I AM ALWAYS HERE FOR QUESTIONS AND SUPPORT! Message me!!!!

To Recap:  1) Do you have your special water glass and are you increasing water intake?  2) Are you trying some changes to Real food/Whole food living but not using pounds off as a measuring stick of success?  3) Are you adding lemons in hot water/your regular water squeezed in from fresh lemons as often as you can?  And 4) Can you make the choice to try and have Breakfast be the first, but important meal of the day, and include Protein and Complex CARBS, as much as possible?  That is plenty for today!  

And begin to celebrate accomplishments/success as we go along with a NON FOOD reward!  Yipeeeeee! I know I'm a nut! But I am sooooooo happy if you only take some of these habits that have empowered my life, my health, my happiness!  CHEERS! And where are your questions? Ask them at the end of this blog or message me through FB! Hug a roonies. You all deserve to have all of the tools and information you need to STOP disease, aches, pains, and to have AMAZING health and ENERGY!  Will your body likely stop dropping in weight?  Yep,  you will  just have to deal with that, "Fringe benefit!" Smile!  Go slowly!  This is a lifestyle change,  NOT a diet!  Isn't it time you truly discovered, yes, Health is your Greatest Wealth!

NOTE: For the recipe for the above, make the night before, Egg Frittata in Muffin tin, you will need to click on the Weight Coach Linda Facebook page! Find it there! Hooray! And FYI: I only use Coconut Oil! Best oil you can use! Brand? Use Nutiva or Spectrum! Or let me know if you have a favorite! ENJOY!

weight coach Linda: "THOU, SHALT NOT DIET..."

weight coach Linda: "THOU, SHALT NOT DIET...": I dislike the word D-I-E-T so very much, I call it the "D" word, or a "four letter word." So, I will have Weight Coach Linda con...

"THOU, SHALT NOT DIET..."

I dislike the word D-I-E-T so very much, I call it the "D" word, or a "four letter word." So, I will have Weight Coach Linda continue w/this namesake blog and page until we address those of you who see losing weight as the end result in what you learn from me. But truly, my goal is to have weight loss be just a fringe benefit of my teaching. I want you to understand from the get go, that anyone can lose weight. Deprive yourself of food, exercise to the hilt, or arggggg, take one of the "diet aids" everyone thinks are such silver bullets to drop weight, quickly and easily, (from green coffee beans to hormone growth drops to you name it!) I was a General Manager for Nutri System Weight Loss clinics when they had centers! I saw over 600 clients a week! Pre-packaged food in my opinion is again, "diet mentality!" And watching a 98% failure rate of re-gaining the weight back (and more) within a year, I quit a lucrative career to start my own business. I knew that I would not, could not ever promote quick fixes, silver bullets, and focus on people's obsession of losing weight! My goal for you is soooo much more than that!

Overeating, and eating highly processed comfort foods is more addictive for many of us,  than heroin, cocaine or alcohol addiction! Food is sooooooo intertwined with behaviors relating to emotional issues, stress management, and traditions, that I believe you will appreciate my training and experience in this area, as much as my extensive nutritional guidance! The Blog Posts will give the short version of my teaching points, but my Weight Coach Linda page will give you the expanded step by step plan to reach a goal, where you've reprogrammed your eating habits forever! So click like on that page to receive that valuable additional information. If you need help on how to follow that page, let me know and I will send an invitation!

So we begin. We are going to start slowly, with a few simple requests from me to you. I would like you to put your scale away. Give it away. Do not measure SUCCESS by losing weight! It means nothing! If you begin to detox, clean out your body, and even make a few of the changes I suggest, your jeans will tell you that fringe benefit I told you about, is happening. So FIRST assignment. No weighing yourself for at least a month! Or NEVER. I do not own a scale on purpose. SECONDLY, I'd like you to buy a hard see through large size plastic cup with screw on lid and hole for a straw (the type you see in Starbucks, mine is from Disneyland..wahoooo ;-) because we will begin simply by upping our water intake and need to "monitor it," with this type cup. Never, will you find me, without finding my cup! I refill it as soon as it is empty, carry it in the car, and it is the first thing that appears on my desk in the morning. MORE water will enhance the program we are about to embark upon, by beginning to cleanse, detox, and empower your body to get ready for this wonderful plan you are about to discover! THIRD, I'd like you to buy netted bags of LEMONS! I suggest you use at least TWO fresh lemons, squeezed a day into hot water (with raw honey or not) and squeezed into your regular daily drinking water! LEMONS are amazing. They begin to detox your system, slowly, but ironically they create a PH that is more alkaline, than acidic. YEP. Just the opposite of what you think. And they support the liver to be able to unload toxins and begin doing it's intended job, to turn your food into the ingredients that can be used by the body. It's a fat burning furnace when fine tuned! I start my day, EVERY day with hot water, a half of a big lemon squeezed in it, and a tablespoon of raw honey. If you are diabetic or don't want honey, use stevia, or drink it down sour. DO NOT USE REFINED SUGAR! Agave is also an alternative. 

So for now, I will re cap what you need to do to begin our journey together. Agree not to weigh yourself on a scale, or to see "pounds off" as the successful part of this journey. Optimal health, high energy, and lack of degenerative disease, ESPECIALLY heart disease and cancer, are my goals for you. Falling to a natural, healthy weight WILL happen, but quite frankly, the slower you lose the pounds, as you learn the skills and change behaviors, the MORE likely you will keep that new shape! Secondly, you have been asked to have a special glass to ensure your water intake is adequate. I do 6-8 refills in my glass a day. And I use only clean, pure water. And thirdly, you may wish to begin the daily using of fresh lemons, to assist a mild detox, and to support liver function, one of the most vital organs in the body. My goodness, it has 600 jobs it performs. So that is enough for Blog number ONE. On the Weight Coach Linda page will be more tips, breakfast ideas, some recipes, etc. I will try to post regularly there. And YES, you will be able to even have cupcakes, chocolate, and most all of the foods you do now. Just in a healthier version, but oh, just as tasty!  It took me 30 years to learn the "trading out part." And I will "share..." smile! 

CHEERS!  I make a promise to you to give you ALL that you will need to be successful! Follow through faithfully. Do know, having a friend join you on this journey will double your chances for success. In 1974, I nearly died. Three hospitals and 12 doctors later, Providence led me to the doctor who saved my life and truly taught me, "YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT."  I will be forever grateful. If I can even impart a small portion of my vast knowledge of how to implement this concept into your everyday, busy life, than, I feel privileged, thrilled, and humbled! Well, actually, I am over the moon! This is my greatest mission, and gift I have been given, I believe!

In a few days, I will give a POP QUIZ (what do you expect from a former teacher, smile) It will give you an idea of what you know, what you don't know, and what you will be learning. I think it will be a huge eye opener. Without your health, you truly have nothing!  And for those of you reading this who say to yourself, "I'm healthy"...hmmmmmmm, in the blink of an eye, you could see, you were not. It's my role, my desire to have you really understand how to have the greatest health, you ever imagined! So, 1) Throw out the scale  2) Get the glass and begin the water intake and  3) Get those fresh lemons in every day. And most important, go step by step with me, "HealthAngel," with the Blog Posts and the Weight Coach Linda page on FB. And as you go, will your share me with your group of friends and family?  Hug a roonies!  I couldn't be more excited!  How bout YOU? 2013, here we come!  I'll close with my dear friend, Carla, and how following this plan changed her life!  Thank you Carla, for being the inspiration for me to begin teaching again!

AVOID/LESS Winter COLDS/FLU

It isn't coincidence that we see families plagued with flu and colds during the winter/Holiday months! We are more indoors, with people spreading viruses, and our immune systems lag due to less fruit/veggies from summer, and MORE refined sugar/ processed treats due to Halloween/Thanksgiving/Christmas/New Years.
While it will be covered in DETAIL in my new 2013 step by step BLOG POSTS, just be aware that the immune system is compromised by higher intake of REFINED SUGARS and EXCESSIVE DAIRY. Sure, we are going to be over exposed to cookies/candies/cakes/desserts, especially since many bake. But until I teach you how to have delicious/decadent but healthier treats that are Gluten-Free, Refined Sugar Free, remember, for all the sugary foods you ingest, you not only trigger insulin in abundance (the only time Fat is stored) and therefore gain weight, more importantly you leave your immune system ragged, and when exposed to a virus, down you go. It is especially important to remember that a simple cold can go into bronchitis, or even pneumonia, a particular threat to the young, seniors or those w/auto immune disorders! So here are some of my favorite ways I stay cold and flu free during the winter, or minimize it if I do pick up "the bug." I have to be very careful, as my cold or flu will go into bronchitis easily due to my childhood history of chronic upper respiratory infections. I now have a cold or the flu, RARELY!

1) Start your day, or do an afternoon cup of Hot pure water, with a small or 1/2 a large Lemon, squeezed into the cup (remove seeds of course) Squeeze every last juice and pulp out of it. Add a teaspoon to a table spoon of raw, unprocessed Honey! NOTE: Do NOT give raw honey to anyone under two years old!
The lemon detoxifies viruses waiting to mutate in the body, gets you alkaline, a good thing, and adds copious amounts of vitamin C. Most importantly, the honey THINS mucous, hence not allowing it to thicken and harbor the viruses you are exposed to! Do not fret over the sugar content of the honey, unless you are diabetic. And I am hypoglycemic and can do the lemon/honey thing, as I eat w/in 45 mins. of taking my hot honey/lemon. Check blood sugars and if high, discontinue and use stevia to sweeten the lemon. However, I think you will be surprised to find raw honey in my opinion, does not compare at all to refined sugars. We do the hot lemon w/honey EVERY morning, first thing!

2) When you bake, try something besides white flour/white sugar. There are lots of gluten-free flour mixes, and I will be teaching you to make your own, soon. Gluten Free empowers the immune system, and we will discuss that in detail as well, in upcoming blog posts. And for sugars, try Maple Syrup granules from Trader Joes, Turbinado sugar, Agave or Agave Raw sugar, anything but white refined sugar. Be FULL before you bake, to not overindulge, and before going to Holiday gatherings! It's better to overeat on the "good stuff" and have your treat be decadent, but moderate. IF you overindulge on sugary treats, increase your water intake immensely, and get more rest! More sleep will keep your immune system from becoming more fragile. And think about taking some of the above Echinacea/Golden Seal capsules, JUST IN CASE!  The less sugar you ingest, the less chance for weight gain and colds and flu!

3) The greatest thing that keeps me cold/flu free is JUICING! You cannot juice in a blender or even a Magic Bullet. If you do not have a juicer, (and you can buy used ones on Amazon or Craigslist) and want to learn how to do the best recipes you will actually SAVOR, then get ready for my important segment of juicing yourself to perfection!  In the meantime, buy Odwalla carrot juice and drink several small glasses a day. Juicing is the most SUPER DENSE way you dispense pure SUPER nutrients directly into your system. It saturates your sick cells immediately, begins repairing, and what happens to your health/weight will astound you! I have NEVER in 38 years of reprogramming to whole live foods and eating for optimal health and weight, experienced anything close to what JUICING can do for your health and weight!  It is as close to a silver bullet for most all illnesses, that I have ever discovered. It is worth it, especially until you learn how to change from "dead food eating" to "live food eating," to even buy a freshly made veggie juice (only fruit used is an apple, SMOOTHIES are NOT JUICING) at your local whole foods/health food store, etc. Jamba Juice has wheat grass shots. If you can "like em," go for that as well! We'll be talking about juicing in detail in 2013. My recipe is so good, even kids drink it and go, YUM! It has transformed my life. More than anything else!

4) So you are trying to get more rest during winter, not sweating the small stuff to manage stress (and maybe doing your exercise/yoga/pilates/meditative moments to diffuse stress) and avoiding a large amount of processed foods and sugary desserts! Now, add in ONE more thing to LIMIT.  And that would be dairy. Dairy produces mucous! Big time! Use cheese in moderation. But most importantly, do not drink MILK! We will talk about this in detail as well, in our upcoming blog sharing together. If you arise in the morning, and I have to be graphic here, and hack up ANY mucous or phlegm, then you have likely done dairy or refined sugars. When I avoid those two things, I have NO mucous or phlegm. Try giving up dairy and sugar one week, and then have a bunch. You will be shocked! So do the best you can to use unrefined sugars, and rice/almond/coconut milk as dairy substitutes. And dry grated parmesan cheese or string cheese, or mozzarella are better choices than cheddars or jack cheeses. If you say, go to Chipolte's for a quick lunch, just ask for a sprinkle of cheese, and you'll be fine. It is about a lot of the good, and a little of the bad, in programming to optimal health! (and I ask for extra sauteed green peppers/onions, brown rice, and extra black beans, and they oblige nicely!)

5) IF you feel a cold or the flu coming on, it is time to begin Emergen-C, see above, using a package in some cold water, and drink it down. Do several packages a day, or I do up to four packages a day if a cold comes on. And buy Nature's Way Echinacea/GOLDEN SEAL ROOT capsules (it MUST have the Golden Seal Root w/the Echinacea to work) and take TWO every 3-4 hours, until symptoms begin to abate. I suggest you take that regimen for days, and then TWO twice a day for a week or so after the virus has mutated in the body and created symptoms! This is our family's greatest help for the cold/flu. It is amazing. Do LOTS of pure water during this time as well, keeping extremely hydrated! Golden Seal Root is nature's powerful natural antibiotic, and is simply amazing! And yes, zinc helps, but the Emergen-C and Golden Seal are our choices as SOON as symptoms appear. AND remember extra REST! Every extra hour of sleep boosts the immune system about 20%!!!!

6) In summary, to have a healthier winter/Holiday season, be more moderate in your sugary foods, and use dairy modestly if at all. Get at LEAST 7 hours sleep a night if not more, drink plenty of water, not sugary drinks, and add in onions and garlic as much as possible. Juice or buy vegetable juice to fortify and strengthen your immune system. And avoid WHITE (white rice, white sugar, white bread, white flour) but also wheat if possible. AND if you start getting ill, remember the Emergen-C, and Nature's Way Echinacea/Golden Seal Root as directed. START A REGULAR ROUTINE, of HOT fresh LEMON water with raw Honey! And see if your winter/Holiday months aren't more flu/cold free or at least lessened by your helping your body/immune system have the tools to fight the many viruses that seem to be plaguing our health. CHEERS! And remember, your only REAL wealth, is your HEALTH! I hope you will begin the journey in January, to learn step by step, how to live to be a hundred and enjoy getting there. I have learned so much in nearly 40 years of whole food, whole life living, I will deliver it to you in a way, that I truly believe you will never find anywhere else. I believe  passionately that my extensive knowledge, my teaching abilities, and  my gift given to deliver this message will grace your life!  HAPPY HOLIDAY! I cannot wait to help you see that simple changes can create the health and weight you have always desired! Warm wishes, from Linda: AKA, Health Angel ;-)

Genetically Altered Foods...A BOMBSHELL in the Making?? Sign the Petition!

Tonight's blog piece is so important to me, I hope each of you who read it will take the time to hit like, or comment, so I know that  ONE more person knows the truth about a potential travesty to our health, country and world!   I have been so involved in this issue, that it makes me emotional, to know that ONE hugely powerful company could change the course of history, of our lives, if we do not become educated and speak up individually and as a whole to say, WE DEMAND TO KNOW WHAT IS IN OUR FOODS, and WE INSIST GENETICALLY ALTERED FOODS BE LABELED!


So, if I were to ask you sit and have dinner at my table, and you learned that as hard as I had scrubbed, that the food you were going to ingest had ROUNDUP on it, or DDT on it, or PCB's throughout it, or Dioxin (Agent Orange) in it, would you eat it??? I am going to make the assumption that most of you are going to gasp, and say, ABSOLUTELY NOT!  What if you knew the milk or dairy products you were ingesting came from dairy cows that were injected daily with iBGH or Bovine Growth Hormone, a synthetic hormone used to keep cows "fresh" year round and increase milk production?  Would you want to ingest this knowing study after study has shown this to be a cancer accelerator favoring acceleration of breast, prostrate and colon cancer?  If you picked up a gallon of milk at the store, you likely DID ingest iBGH and did not even realize it. Years ago, you may have eaten foods laced with a synthetic sugar substitute called saccharin, that was banned eventually after it's direct link to cancer and neurological disorders. The current replacement, aspartame, trade name Nutrasweet, has yet to be banned. They just put a warning on the blue packet that says not to be ingested by pregnant women. I personally think it is a kissing cousin to saccharin, and just as dangerous to our health. Who made these products? Do you know?
Well, a Giant century old Chemical company, MONSANTO, has now become a Giant Biotechnology/Genetic engineering of food company, and you SHOULD BE CONCERNED.


MONSANTO created, making billions of dollars, not only polyester fibers, but saccharin, DDT, Agent Orange (dioxin) RoundUp and other such herbicides, aspartame, the Bovine Growth Hormone used in the dairy industry, and now produces 90 % of genetically engineered SEEDS to grow everything from corn to soybeans, to many many foods, and to sell and have them planted world wide. With what in my mind, is a bigger threat than war or guns, and that could have an even greater impact on our health and lives, isn't it time we got educated on what MONSANTO is doing? And that they are doing it with HUGE money, sophisticated lobbying groups, and aggressiveness that makes me shudder. They have merged with such companies as Pharmica and UpJohn to create drugs like Celebrex, and my biggest red flag yet is that former MONSANTO employees now sit in key positions in the FDA/EPA/and yes, EVEN the Supreme Court. 
Why be so concerned about this and their attempt to get their Genetically altered seeds in countries from Haiti to India and so on??? Because, once these, what I consider to be NASTY, TOXIC altered foods are planted, the soil on which they grow, the seeds that fly and pollinate a safe, organic whole live food field, completely changes the landscape of farming as we know it. Think of a place where PCB's were dumped (oh, btw, MONSANTO was fined for dumping MILLIONS of pounds of PCB's in the past) and how it affects healthy, not altered foods not being able to be grown in those areas. It's such a potential  nightmare that could unfold in my mind, I just literally for a decade now have watched with trepidation as I see this HUGE operation, meticulously unfold. Does MONSANTO want to be the KINGPIN in owning patents to the seeds that can be used to grow foods in America and the world...you tell me! And BTW: Canada and Europe, has tried and for the most part been successful in blocking MONSANTO advancing into their farm systems.  CAN YOU BELIEVE WHAT I AM SAYING??? The company that made Agent Orange, wants to alter your foods and have you trust that they'll be safe, WITHOUT HAVING TO DISCLOSE that they are GENETICALLY ALTERED and grown with TOXIC CHEMICALS??? Are you fine with that? I AM NOT!   


Here is what I am asking you to do. Click on the link that says, YOU want EVERY food grown to say if it is Non-GMO or NOT Genetically Modified, if it has synthetic growth hormones in it etc. etc. etc. PLEASE see the full impact of helping with this. Let me tell you what Willie Nelson said on the subject:

ittle did Willie Nelson know when he recorded "Crazy" years ago just how crazy it would become for our cherished family farmers in America. Nelson, President of Farm Aid, has recently called for the national Occupy movement to declare an "Occupy the Food System" action.

Nelson states, "Corporate control of our food system has led to the loss of millions of family farmers, destruction of our soil…"   WOW, WILL YOU JOIN WITH HIM, ME, ALL OF US WHO WANT THE GOVERNMENT TO KNOW, WE WILL HAVE A SAY IN KNOWING WHAT WE ARE EATING, AND WHAT HAS BEEN MADE TOXIC. Our children's lives, our own lives, our future posterity's lives are worth the short time it will take you to sign this petition.  THANK YOU!  And again, if you hit like or make a comment, it let's me know, ONE more person is going toe to toe with each of us who want the FREEDOM to have CLEAN, WHOLE, SAFE foods in our country and worldwide....sigh, I am so grateful for your help!

http://signon.org/sign/tell-the-fda-that-we.fb1?source=s.fb&r_by=933828

TODAY SHOW gives BLUE RIBBON to one of my SUGGESTED PRODUCTS

I couldn't be MORE excited. The TODAY show gave SIX products BLUE RIBBONS as the best foods in their category for health, wellness, weight, and of course TASTE. And one of my FAVORITE companies in the world  (KIND)  received a BLUE RIBBON for best protein/snack bar! HOORAY!

I eat a KIND bar most every day. I suggest the ONES with PLUS signs on the ends as shown here, as these have added usable protein besides the natural nut protein. The right NUTS, are SO heart healthy, provide great taste and protein, and bring great fiber to the diet. But I love that these are made with great care to be natural, low enough in carbs and sugars, but still make you CRAVE one, instead of an unhealthy TREAT!  LOOK at these THREE!  They are my favorites! They ALSO have corresponding Granola cereals out that MATCH the bars, and I am LOVING them. My daughter and I love the GREEN PLUS ENDED ones and the ESPRESSO BROWN PLUS ENDED ones the best! We wait until they go on super sale, and buy them five boxes at a time, and we get them for about a dollar a bar that way. I carry them in the car, my purse, everywhere. I give them for gifts! They are wonderful, the company that makes them has a mission statement that alone would make you want to buy them, but for these to win the BLUE RIBBON today on the TODAY show, just made my day!  AND out of the SIX categories given ribbons, I also had one of my other suggestions, HONEST brand Green Tea as a winner of a BLUE RIBBON...sooooooooo yippeeeeeeee. TWO BLUE RIBBON PICKS ISN'T BAD....Smile. ENJOY.  And have delicious food while you empower your body and health in 2012 to the best you can be. CHEERS!