Here’s the latest supplements that Dr. Rogers recommended for building bone density, which I mix with water and juice to make a concoction that I fondly call “Bone Cocktail.”
Pour together in a large glass:
12 oz. (1-1/2 cups) water
1 oz. Cell-Ready Strontium (from Eniva Corporation)
1 oz. Cell-Ready Cal-Mag (from Eniva Corporation)
1 oz. Cell-Ready Minerals (from Eniva Corporation)
2 oz. (1/4 cup) Lakewood Organic Pomegranate Juice
Taken straight, each of the Cell-Ready items taste–well–not at all appetizing. Mixed together in this cocktail, however, they actually taste good! These are the actually building materials that bones are made of. So…Yo ho ho! Fill yer glass with Bone Cocktail. Bottoms up!
To order from Eniva Corporation, visit http://eniva.com
Tags: Foundations, Recipe
For a tasty treat, toss some organic raisins in your cup as you brew your herbal tea. As you drink, the raisins plump up, and you can spoon one out for a power-packed sweet treat whenever you like. Have you tried Celestial Seasonings Candy Cane Green Tea? With a handful of raisins in the brew, it’s my absolute favorite this week.
Enjoy!
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Yesterday was the last day of school before the Winter break, and the last day of school can be a wild time for middle schoolers. Rather than embracing the party atmosphere my 8th graders hoped for, I gave the unit test. The predictable moans and groans ensued, but order prevailed. Most did well on the test, since the material was still fresh in their minds. Accountability led to success.
I arrived home plum tuckered out from dealing with sugar-crazed, holiday-hungry students. I went to the fridge to find something healthy to eat. Finding nothing, I grabbed the package of Edie’s Frozen Yogurt out of the freezer and thoroughly enjoyed a forbidden treat that I had not tasted in about a year!
Later that evening, my husband said, “Are you going to put that in your Daily Diet column?” I replied that I hadn’t written a Daily Diet column in a while because I had gotten bored with it and figured my readers had, too. But then, I got to thinking this morning that the built-in accountability that goes with writing the Daily Diet column is good for me. I am more attentive to maintaining a well-rounded, non-acidic diet–and to drinking more water–when I have buddies to keep me going.
So, dear Readers, thanks for allowing me to look to as my accountability partners.
Accountability = Success!
Kathy
Tags: Foundations
2 cups unsweetened coconut flakes (available at DeLand Natural Market)
2 tblsp Earth Balance buttery spread, softened
2 bananas, sliced
Juice of 1 orange
2 cups of strawberries, sliced
15-1/2 oz can of crushed, unsweetened pineapple
1 tbsp cornstarch
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Toss 1-3/4 cups coconut and buttery spread together with a fork. (Save 1/4 cup to sprinkle on top.) Use a fork to mash into an 8″ or 9″ pie pan for form a crust. Bake at 325 degrees for 10 minutes. Remove from oven and let it cool.
In a small pan, pour the pineapple and cornstarch. Cook on medium heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture has thickened. Remove from heat and let it cool.
Slice the bananas into a bowl and coat them with orange juice so that they won’t turn color. Slice the strawberries into another bowl.
Once everything is cool, assemble the layers of the pie as follows:
Bottom layer: Drain the bananas from the orange juice. Place the bananas on the bottom of the pie crust.
Next layer: Place the sliced strawberries over the bananas.
Next layer: Pour the pineapple mixture over the strawberries.
On top: Sprinkle the remaining 1/4 cup of coconut.
Serves 8 small slices or 6 larger ones.
Tags: Recipes
Looking for a healthy alternative to the standard sugar-laden, dairy-filled Christmas dinner? Here’s what I’m having. (You can get the recipes for these dishes by clicking on the items below.)
Baked Salmon
Vegetable Fried Rice
Mashed Potatoes with Almond Milk
Steamed Broccoli with slivered almonds and sunflower nuts
Millet rolls with Earth Balance buttery spread
Perrier water with lime
Water with lemon
Fresh Fruit Pie
Hot Raspberry Tea with Beyond C powder
I’m also fixing other dishes for company, including grilled steak, green bean casserole, chocolate cheese cake, Bisquik biscuits, and coffee, but those are not for me. I’m sticking with foods that will build bone density and reverse osteoporosis!
Merry Christmas!
Tags: The Daily Diet
For 4 servings, prepare 4 cups of cooked brown rice by combining the following in a sauce pan:
1 cup of uncooked brown rice
2-1/4 cups of water
2 tsp Earth Balance buttery spread
Bring to a boil, then reduce to heat to medium-low and cook for 30 minutes, or until water has been absorbed. Fluff with a fork.
In a small skillet, scramble 2 eggs in a tsp of olive oil.
Break the cooked egg into very small pieces.
Next, you will need:
2 tblsp. olive oil
1 tbsp Earth Balance buttery spread
4 cups of cooked rice
1-2 tbsp teriyaki sauce
1 tbsp soy sauce
2 cups of frozen peas & carrots, available at DeLand Natural Market
Salt & pepper
In a skillet, pour olive oil and buttery spread. Add the cooked rice to the pan and drizzle the teriyaki sauce and soy sauce over it. Cook at medium to medium-high heat until heated through–approximately 10 minutes. Stir in the scrambled eggs and the peas & carrots–mixing thoroughly–and continue to cook for 5 minutes or so, or until the peas & carrots are hot. Add salt and pepper to taste. Serves 4.
Serving suggestion: Serve with white tea and a salad of wild greens, mandarin oranges, and sliced strawberries for a complete dinner. Delicious!
You might ask, Don’t you every get tired of this routine?
Yes, I do get tired of the routine. Every so often I throw a regular pity party for myself! In fact, tonight’s the night.
So, what do I do to beat the blues? First, I complain. Yup, I list every woe I can think of. (So much for thinking positive!) But for me, it works.
You see, after getting out all the woe, there’s nowhere else to go…but UP!
Try this out for size: I complained about an argument I had at work with a colleague, about one of my classes that gave me a particularly hard time today, about the taste of the new liquid mineral supplements I have to take, about the sheer number of pills and conconctions I have to take, and more. I even cried aloud, “What terrible sin have I committed that I have to put up with this miserable routine?” To which my husband replied, “You abused your body for 30 years with overwork and stress.” That made me feel better–NOT! The fact that he was right made it even worse.
After that, though, there was no place to go, but up. I could be thankful for the fact that I have a caring, competent team of doctors who are helping me to get well. I could be grateful for the progress that’s been made. I could enjoy the stimulating exercise that has become a mainstay of my schedule. I could even look forward to the fact that perhaps my daughters will not wind up fighting osteoporosis in their postmenopausal years because they learned early how to prevent it.
Finally, I remembered that I have my on-line, bone-building pals to write. Let’s encourage each other to keep on keepin’-on the path to stronger bones and good health!
