Drinking my Smoothie I’m sitting here typing and enjoying my delicious healthy smoothie. Since I’m really concentrating on healing my fatty liver right now, I’ve been fixing myself smoothies with healthy ingredients. I’ve purchased a Hamilton Beach, single serve smoothie blender (not expensive at all, under $20) to use when I make my smoothies. Here is …
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Apple Cider Vinegar Every Day Keeps the Doctor Away
Its the Apples Dummy! We have all hear the saying: An Apple a day Keeps the Doctor Away” Well instead of an apple a day, I take two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar (ACV) before a large meal. The pectin in apples is an insoluble fiber that induces a feeling of fullness. Apple Cider Vinegar …
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Why I eat Coconut Oil
Coconut Oil Has Had a Bad Rap! Yes coconut oil is a saturated fat, which is bad, right? Not always. In the case of coconut oil, the saturated fat takes the form of lauric acid, which is a medium-chain fat that metabolizes more easily into energy and does not store as fat. As for coconut …
Obsessed with my Liver!
Here I go again about the liver! I might seem to be somewhat obsessed about my liver (lol!) but the more I read, the more I become concerned about my “Fatty Liver Disease”. According Dr. Sandra Cabot, fatty Liver can: Ruin your health Make you overweight Stop you from losing weight Make you diabetic Cause …
Sleep and Weight Loss
We need our Beauty Sleep As a prolific reader, I’m always reading something, especially about health. Last week I was reading an eBook called “Lights Out – Sleep, Sugar and Survival.” I learned I really need to turn off all lights when I sleep (I have a bad habit of falling asleep with the …
Liver and weight loss!
So what has liver got to do with weight loss? Evidently quite a bit. Like many overweight people and diabetics, I have “fatty liver disease”. So what is it? One definition says this: Fatty liver, also known as fatty liver disease (FLD), is a reversible condition wherein large vacuoles of triglyceride fat accumulate in …
Started my own personal “Biggest Loser” program today
Losing that body fat My friends in my water aerobic class have been debating what to do exercise-wise when we can no longer go to the outdoor pool. That day is pretty much here unless we get some very warm weather next week. We all dread stopping for the winter and getting all out …
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Weight Loss – Should you expect support from your family?
Yes You do Need Support While Trying to Lose Weight! Like many type II diabetics, I am overweight, very overweight. I wasn’t large growing up, in fact, I was pretty skinny. After I gained so much weight in my pregnancy, it seemed like there was nothing I could do to lose that weight again. So …
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Finding the humor in life
Faking it until it Works! I personally believe that those who live in chronic pain and disability need to be sure and not let depression overcome them. I know I’ve had some pretty awful lows in my life due to chronic pain, especially when I’m not sleeping well because of the aching hips and legs …