Whole30 Recipe // Sweet Potato Hash with Eggs, Spinach, and Toasted Pine Nuts

Great post work out power bowl- sweet potato hash, spinach, 2 fried eggs (with ghee), toasted pine nuts & avocado. Yum!

Whole30 Tip // Healthy Fats and Oils

On Whole30 we try to use healthy fat in every meal. mostly in cooking with avocado oil, coconut oil, olive oil etc.- today I am posting part 2 of worst nutrition advice in history. The myth that you should eat a low fat-high carb diet! Do you remember back in the day of the food pyramid? The bottom and biggest portion of the base of the pyramid was gluten! Bread, pasta, carbs, carbs, carbs! Shockingly, it was the official position of the government and health organizations around the world for DECADES! As we watched the advice dished out, obesity and type 2 diabetes skyrocketed. Here are SOME of the many problems with that. carbs raise blood sugar, this keeps people with diabetes dependent on meds to lower it for them. Low fat diets are a complete disaster for people with obesity and diabetes- they raise triglycerides and can cause heart disease. However, eating healthy fats help us feel full, keep our skin soft, deliver fat-soluble vitamins, and are a great source of energizing fuel. Its frustrating that the low fat diet is still being recommended by governments and organizations world wide when we know the low-fat fad is a FAILURE! source: The Top 5 Contenders for the Worst Nutritional Advice in History by Kris Gunnars

Whole30 Recipe // Sweet Potato Hash with Eggs Over Hard

NO WORDS for how ecstatic I am to be back in my kitchen after a weekend away. Sweet potato hash with bell peppers, spinach and onion sautéed - top with 2 eggs over hard. I've had lots of people ask about over hard eggs- I prefer this to scrambled, and I still have a hard time with yolk not cooked thoroughly so I just crack the egg in the pan over a little oil, then when they start to take shape I break up the yolk a little with a fork, the flip it right over - it cooks quickly and is so good!

Whole30 Tip // Eggs & Cholesterol

I recently read an article about the worst nutritional advice in history- I wanted to share some information about the notion that egg yolks were high in cholesterol, so you should toss them and only use egg whites- THIS IS NOT NECESSARY and here is why. Eggs are among the most nutritious foods on the planet - but yes, egg yolks are high in cholesterol- and people believed eating them would raise their cholesterol. I did too! So we started throwing away the yokes- problem is this is pretty much the worst thing you can do- the yolks contain almost ALL the nutrients. Here is the science- when 70% of people eat the whole eggs, there is no effect on their cholesterol- the other 30% DO see a raise in HDL cholesterol- BUT THIS IS GOOD CHOLESTEROL! This is not harmful.Thousand of studies have been done, and there has never been a single correlation found between heart disease and egg consumption. So lets remember eggs are loaded with protein, healthy fat, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. Eggs are one of the best weight loss foods out there. They are cheap, easy to prep and delicious! So in a eggshell (badum-ching!) eggs WON'T raise bad cholesterol or cause heart disease- they are an amazing food so don't throw away the yolk- the most nutritious part of the egg! For more info google "The Top 5 Contenders for the worst nutrition advice in history" by Kris Gunnars

Treating hay fever

Here are 28 common and powerful ways to treat hay fever naturally:

1. Drink green tea

2. Drink chamomile tea 

3. Drink ginger tea 

4. Drink herbal tea with cayenne pepper

5. Drink bentonite clay

6. Bathe in bentonite clay

7. Bathe in Epsom salts 

8. Bathe in sea salts

9. Bathe with lavender 

10. Drink peppermint tea 

11. Do a bentonite clay mask

12. Do a clay body wrap 

13. Sweat in a sauna or steam room 

14. Steam your face! Boil water and pour it into a bowl. Put towel over your head and let it steam for 5-15 minutes. This can be so refreshing!!! 

15. Drink lemon water.

16. Eat loads of berries!!! Strawberries, raspberries, cranberries, blackberries, blue berries, goji berries, cherries! Enjoy the entire cherry family.

17. Get a massage.

18. Get reflexology.

19. Do deep breathing. 

20. Eat omega 3 fatty acids; walnuts, flaxseeds, hemp seeds, eggs, fish, wild rice, beans

21. Drink grapefruit juice!

22. Take deep breaths in nature.

23. Swim in the ocean.

24. Get sunshine.

25. Use rose extract/ essential oil and rub under nose, temples and chest. 

26. Use black cumin oil - in your smoothies or on your salad.

27. Eat onions.

28. Eat garlic! 

This blog thanks to my sister who asked for ways to treat hay fever.

Love Liana

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You are successful! No matter where you are with your health!

I can relate to that anxious feeling of just wanting to 'arrive' at the perfect health. Whether that is 'I will be happier when I succeed in healing this or that, or losing weight.' It is very important that we feel health NOW even though we know we can get healthier. Feeling the health now accelerates the healing.

Affirmations to think over and over again, especially if sick thinking thoughts happen, is:

"The moment to heal is now."

"I am healthy now, I am healthy now, I am healthy now."

"I am getting healthier in every way every day."

"I can feel the health that is available to me now."

"I am doing all the right things I need to do everyday to improve my health."

"Even though I have not reached my goal yet, I am grateful and accept where my health is now."

I love this Eckhart Tolle quote he just posted about there is nothing more successful then THIS present moment!

If you want more support, you can always hire a Health Mentor, and/or join The Earth Diet Members Group where you have 24/7 access to us health mentors! You let us know your top 3 health goals for the next 12 months - and we assist you in the transformation!

185 days to book launch!

Love Liana

Chlorophyll for blood transfusion

I have heard so much about chlorophyll being able to be a natural blood transfusion, so I did some research. 

Firstly what is chlorophyll?
Chlorophyll (also chlorophyl) is a green pigment found incyanobacteria and the chloroplasts of algae and plants. People remember; green plants = chlorophyll. 

What plants contain chlorophyll? 

• kale
• spinach
• parsley
• spirulina
• wheatgrass
• barley
• broccoli
• chlorella
• green beans
• arugula
• leeks 

You can get chlorophyll by eating these plants, especially with slow chewing and absorbing their juices into your tongue and mouth. You can also juice these plants, or put them into a smoothie.

Chlorophyll offers a lot of benefits: It cleanses our blood and helps detoxify the liver, colon and entire digestive tract. It also accelerates weight loss, and can help to treat cancer, diabetes, bone disease, acne, psoriasis, eczema, and heart disease.

A recipe I have designed below incorporates chlorophyll with coconut water. Apparently, in WWII Coconut Water was used for blood transfusions in soldiers & saved many lives. According to Jo Ward, author of Raw Food Blog, she says her cousin Justin who is in the army, this still gets taught this to use as plasma!

According to Ravishing Raw, our blood exists of about 55% of plasma (about the same structure as coconut water) and 45% of hemoglobin (for the transportation of oxygen.) The hemoglobin is "essentially transformed plant blood", chlorophyll. Drinking a mixture of 55% Coconut Water & 45% Chlorophyll (plant blood) is said to be an instant blood transfusion! By drinking this concoction it can help re-build our blood. This is helpful to know when suffering from blood diseases/issues like my client Debbie. 

You can get a 100% coconut water in many health food shops or could even buy a whole coconut and use the fresh coconut water which of course is better as it is more whole.

Drink this concoction to re-build your blood and treat your body to a natural blood transfusion. Drink this in the morning on a empty stomach if you want the full benefits of it and a quick absorption in the blood. But also "taking chlorophyll before or at meal-time greatly reduces the carcinogenic effects of food. Since it primarily acts as a blocking agent, it is able to block the absorption of the carcinogen by forming a molecular complex too large to be assimilated in the small intestine. In other words, to get the full anti-cancer benefits, eating a salad comprised of spinach, kale, parsley and other green-goodies before a well-done steak will help prevent the development of those cancer-causing compounds." So drink this concoction before eating meat or processed junk foods to help with digestion and to reduce carcinogenic effects. 

Mike Adams from Natural News says that "modern medicine, of course, has utterly failed to recognize any use for chlorophyll whatsoever. But followers of raw living foods understand very well how important chlorophyll is to human health."

Here is a recipe I created for Chlorophyll and Coconut Water Blood Transfusion 

Total time: 10 minutes

Serves: 1 

Ingredients:
1 whole coconut (or 2 cups coconut water)
1/2 head of kale
1 cup spinach
1/2 cup parsley
1 tablespoon wheat grass
1/2 cup broccoli 

Action:
1. If you have a whole coconut, bust a hole and pour the coconut water into a blender like the VITAMIX. 
2. Add the rest of the green ingredients. Blend for 2-3 minutes until you have a smoothie! Drink and enjoy the blood transfusion and other benefits!

One way that I get chlorophyll on a daily basis is from drinking Phresh Greens. It is an organic ready made greens powder that I mix with water. It is great for people on the go, just mix 1 teaspoon into a cup of water, and for a blood transfusion mix with coconut water! The ingredients include all of the greens: parsley, spirulina, wheat grass, oat grass, barley grass, alfalfa grass, spinach, collard greens, broccoli, kale and chlorella. You  get 10% off for being an Earth Diet reader! Just use code: TED www.PhreshProducts.com/TED

Research from resources: 
David Wolfe author of "Superfoods"
Dr Ann Wigmore
http://www.naturalnews.com/chlorophyll.html 
by: Ella Andersen http://www.naturalnews.com/023422_chlorophyll_cancer_carcinogen.html
By Mike Adams http://www.naturalnews.com/027968_Chlorophyll_carcinogens.html
http://www.rawfoodblog.net/coconut_water_chlorophyll
http://ravishingraw.com/wordpress/tag/blood-transfusion/
http://www.rawfoodblog.net/coconut_water_chlorophyll#sthash.vmgFM6R4.dpuf
www.PhreshProducts.com 
Wikipedia

This blog is thanks to my client Debbie, who I mentor, and has heart disease, diabetes and obesity and is determined to enjoy the rest of her life! She keeps track of her experience in a daily blog at www.EarthDietBlogs.com/DebbieSavesHerLife Doctors told her she may need a blood transfusion. This is what I am recommending for her to try, and then doctors can test for results.

With love, Liana 
Book launch in 186 days! 

33 Simple tips for Caregivers

Are you, or do you know of a Caregiver who is too busy and stressed out to eat properly? Here are some simple tips:

1. Remember that if you aren't healthy and strong you aren't able to properly care for anyone else - so it's very important you make time to take care of yourself!

2. Focus on the quick things you can do every day that takes less then 5 minutes yet still provides your body with a lot of nutrition! For example making Lemon Water, squeeze 1/2 a lemon or 1 lemon into a cup of water and drink! This is high in vitamin C and will keep your immune system strong as well as alkalizing your body! Lemon water is excellent for flushing away stress!

3. Take Bentonite clay capsules! So you don't have time to make a clay drink, just take the capsules with some water. Bentonite clay absorbs toxins and stress! 

4. Eat loads of fruit! Nature's fast food! Great for on the go and will nourish your body with a lot of vitamins.

5. Do kundalini fire breath for one minute holding your stomach area. Release stress and toxins this way.

6. Do oil pulling in the morning while you are getting ready for work.

7. Make time for a hot relaxing bath once per week, put Epsom salts in it, or clay, or lavender, or sea salt!

8. Make time to get a massage with essential oils at least once per month! 

9. Walk as often as you can in nature on your breaks.

10. Stretch your body, especially hang your head and hands to the ground so fresh blood can go to your brain.

11. On a Sunday, make 7 smoothies for the week, keep 3 in the fridge and 4 in the freezer. Take one with you each day to work!

12. Do the same with juice! It's not as fresh as making one everyday, but at least your getting juice!

13. Make your own trail mix and eat throughout the week.

14. Make your own favorite snacks and eat throughout the week!

15. Make Chocolate Beet Cupcakes.

16. Make fruit roll ups! 

17. Go on the rooftop of your work and enjoy the view.

18. Check out this gluten free cereal, it comes in its own little container and you just pour water, organic milk or nut milk in and eat! 

19. Order some raw chocolate so you always have healthy chocolate on hand! This chocolate not only fulfills chocolate cravings but is also high in magnesium and antioxidants and can relax the body so much while also providing energy.

20. Try the Whole Body Detox, it comes with 21 days of capsules so all you do is take them with water and your body does the rest - even while you are working! 

21. Get Phresh Greens, it is powdered greens and you mix 1 teaspoon with a cup of water. This alkalizes the body as well as makes sure you get all your vegetables in for the day! 

22. Whenever you feel toxin build up in your body, or you had been under High stress try the free 3-day cleanse. Even if you can do one day of it! http://www.theearthdiet.org/free-3-day-cleanse.html

23. Dream as much as possible! Important to keep your dreams alive! 

24. Eat organic almond butter or peanut butter as a quick snack!!

25. Set yourself 3 health goals you want to achieve this year! Become an Earth Diet member! We support you and help you to stay accountable! 

26. Make Cookie Dough and eat it throughout the week!

27. Always have your favorite healthy snacks on hand, in your fridge and freezer!

28. Make fried chick peas to replace French fries! 

29. Meditate before sleeping and release the day so you can have a deep nourishing sleep.

30. Laugh a lot - as much as possible! 

31. Drink herbal tea as much as you can! Here are some recipes. 

32. Snack on herbs like parsley as cilantro as much as possible! If you can grow your own even better! Grab a few pieces before work and put into your mouth and chew - great natural breath freshener! 

33. Write down 10 things you love about yourself - do this everyday!!! 

Thank you Deborah who is a Caregiver, for inspiring this blog and requesting I share some tips on this! And thank you Deborah for helping people with Alzheimer's! 

6 months to book launch! Counting down :)

Love Liana