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I love Thanksgiving Dinner. Tons of great food.
And guess what? Most of it is really healthy
food. When else can you cram people full of
great healing foods and have them love it?

Here’s one miracle food you can put out -

Cranberries
Reduce cholesterol, and flushes bacteria that
causes urinary tract infections.

May also help reduce dental plaque and the bacteria
that causes stomach and intestinal ulcers.

Contains flavonoids called oligomeric proanthocyanidins
or OPCs. These help stop the oxidation of bad cholesterol.

They may also help prevent plaque build up in the arteries,
which helps ward off heart disease, stroke, and varicose
veins.

Cranberries have the highest antioxidants of any fruit.
That means they ad in preventing heart disease, cancer,
make your skin look great, and so much more. I know people
who drink cranberry juice to prevent leg cramps.

If you’re looking for a miracle food, drink cranberry
juice every day and just see what happens.

Load up your Holiday table with lots of great tasting
healing foods. All they need to know is that it tastes
great!

Have a great day

Carole

.a.k.a. – ‘Mother’

Where you can find 111 superfoods and more. Start saving your life today.

OK, so I’m a late comer to the green tea trend. I’ve never
been a tea lover. And really, it tastes pretty good. But
it’s miracle qualities is what’s getting me addicted.

Here’s an exerpt about green tea from the food guides
contained in High Energy Eating

‘Green Tea
Polyphenols (heart disease, stroke and cancer), and antioxidants.
Make sure to dunk your tea bag a few times to release more of
the antioxidants into the water. Drinking Green or black tea
with a high fat meal reduces some of the artery clogging. The
antioxidants help keep your blood vessels open. It also contains
theanin, which is shown to reduce stress. Green tea may even
rejuvenate dying skin cells.

Green and black teas also may increase your immune system
to fight infection. Green tea contains EGCG, which stops the
adenovirus (cold virus) from reproducing. At the first sign of
a cold, drink green tea.

Green Tea also contains L-Theanine. I’ve seen Green Tea
from China called ‘one of the oldest calming mood-stabilizers
known to man’. Theanine increases dopamine production in
the brain. This helps improve your focus, concentration,
learning, and memory – all without the jitters many people
get from coffee.

It is believed that the natural phytochemicals in green tea may
help prevent and repair damage to cells and may inhibit the
ability of carcinogens to damage cells. A study done in China
observed a group of women with ovarian cancer. The study
found that the women who drank at least 1 cup of green tea
per day were twice as likely to survive the cancer.

And, green tea increases your metabolism, helping your burn
more fat. ‘

OK, I don’t need anything else that speeds up my metabolism -
but everything else about this super food are great reasons
to get addicted. Make my skin look better, I can think better,
be in a better mood, prevent cancer, cure colds, sheesh.

I’m always trying to add more super-foods to my diet – and
this one will be a staple!

My daughter was suprised to see green tea in the pantry.
She tells me she knows people are drinking green tea to
remove traces of drugs in their systems in case of
a drug test. I don’t know about that one. And I’m a little
upset that my 14 year old daughter would be having
conversations like that. But she’s always interested in
what foods do, so that’s a good thing.

As a matter of fact, there are 111 listings in the ‘super-food’
section of High Energy Eating. And none of them are tofu or
weird foods you can only buy in health food stores.

Stay tuned. I’ll be leaking more reasons to get addicted to
healthy eating.

Talk to you soon.

Carole

a.k.a. – ‘Mother’

What do you call a diet that helps you maintain your weight while eating great foods, keeps you healthy so you don’t need expensive drugs, keeps you looking years younger than your friends, and keeps you full of energy so you can run circles around everyone you know? I call it High Energy Eating

How are you today?

The other day, I had a sinus infection. You know, when
you blow your nose and pretty colors come out? I won’t
get any more descriptive than that, OK?

I knew I had been feeling a little feverish, but I
thought it was a little in my head because I’m worried
about a friend who has been recently diagnosed with
lung cancer. And Yes, I am one of the dinosaurs that
still smokes – but that’s a subject for another blog!

So, I loaded up on veggies and cranberry juice.
The next morning, all was clear. I’m telling you -
Cranberry juice is one of the most magical things
you could have in your fridge. It fights infection,
removes plaque from your teeth and arteries,
it’s a real wonder.

In my e-book High Energy Eating- I have a whole list
of ‘Super Foods’.

And if you are wanting to whip yourself into better
health – there’s a 3 week fast start guide that will
help you start healing and get that body functioning
better.

Just get started on a healthy eating plan now and you’ll
feel better, look better, and get sick less often.

How much more productive time would that give you?

Carole

a.k.a. – ‘Mother’