Going back to nature

Our modern society is lacking peace, content, and happiness. The rates of depression, insomnia, eating disorders as well as diseases such as diabetes, cancer, and  blood pressure have tripled over the past years. A combination of physical and emotional imbalance is invading the world.

I feel that the more life complicated life gets, the more stuff we have, the more it is hard for us to find content, peace and happiness.we usually don't appreciate most of what we have and sometimes we don't even use it or see it, and we are no longer able to distinguish between what's is good or bad  for us.We have too many things to choose  from which makes it so stressful to decide and leaves us with lots of regrets and wrong choices.

appreciating the little things in life sometimes inspires me more than anything, a new journal with a soft leather feeling and flawless paper to get me writing, or some veggies fresh from the farm and a pan to get me cooking, or a bright beam of sunlight entering through my windows to make me feel energized...etc. 

We really need to get more connected to the beautiful natural things that are available for us free everywhere not in department stores.

 

 I specially feel this with my kids, they have access to tons and tons of toys but they seem to not be content or happy with what they have, my 4 year old would always tells me "mum I am bored and I don't know what to do I don't like any of my toys and there is nothing to be done".... And I would always reply by saying "ok I ll take them all back to the store ", so I decided to think out of the box and experiment a little bit.I decided to remove all the toys and leave just 3 toys and a couple of stories for the whole weak, i ll also the start with the toys that needs less hassle and are simpler to play and change them weekly, my guess would be she would play with the fewer toys alot more and be less bored cause she doesn't have tons of confusing options and no hard choices. I ll let u know how it goes by the end of the week and invite all parents to experiment too.

The same things happens to our system when we are exposed to too many food choices, in old times people knew by extinct what to eat. they craved the right foods for their body, warm comfort foods in winter , fruits in summer, they craved the food that ll nourish their body and ll provide it with exactly what it needs, they didn't need health coaches or diet books.

Now are bodies are thrown off balance, we cant tell what and how much and when we need this particular food, we crave all the wrong foods, we binge we diet we starve ourselves and nothing works. it is not our fault, thousands of  unhealthy processed options on racks cereals, sauces, dressings and snack bars..Etc, they are easy and attracting but they mostly lack what you are looking for nutrition.

Processed food is the worst thing people invented, it goes into the body and gives the body all the wrong signals, sometimes the body doesn't even recognize it as food it doesnt know where to put  it or how to categorize it, it raises your  blood sugar or cholesterol level and it doesn't give u the energy you were looking for, the nutrition your body was lacking, so your body will keep searching and craving more food. I believe processed food is the number one cause of most health issues and no matter how much and what type of food u decide to eat from earth in its natural form, I doubt that it ll cause any harm.we hear about people binging on pizza, chips, pastas, burgers, cakes ... But I never heard about someone over eating grilled chicken or carrots or brown rice or fruits to a degree that can cause obesity or any other health problem.

Anther thing that makes our cravings imbalanced is having all kinds of foods available all year round. I think certain fruits grow In This particuLar season for a reason, they fulfilled a need the body wants through this season, example are things like watermelon, they tend to lower your body temperature so it is very good for you in hot days but when u get access to it in winter it ll get u too cold and u ll be looking for something to warm u up so you ll be eating more than you need.

my first recommendation to get back on track with your bodys normal balance is to say a big "no" to any processed food, eat just real natural food and limit your choices by going to a small local grocery store or a farm near by instead of big grocery store that ll get u bombarded by all these foods on shelves and deceive u From What u should really be buying, I know this is not available everywhere specially in middleeastern countries but try get the freshest most natural source u can get.. Be simple and try to cook a basic meal with lots of fresh ingredients and veggies that will get u inspired, Appreciate how tasty and fulfilling natural foods can be.Experiment a week of just raw natural food from earth and let me know how u feel, share it with us so we can get inspired by your experience.there is nothing more healing and inspiring to your health than fresh ingredients from earth to your kitchen.

Flu season

I had a couple of ideas on mind for this weeks blog but since the whole house was sick this week I just have to share this experience with you. My kids and husband got a bad flu but I felt different this time, having had all this information about how medical companies tend to mislead the public making them think this medicine ll cure them while all it actually does is hide the sickness making it even worse to cure plus all the added side effects of medicines and having all that information from my school about how nutrition and diet are so important for healthy life and treating all kinds of illness I decided to just go natural on treating them this time. I made my research and I gathered my courage, I skipped the doctor visit which would have probably ended up with an antibiotic prescription since they all had fever, and I went to the health store i got a plant extract called elderberry (Used for its antioxidant activity, to lower cholesterol, improve vision, boost the immune system, improve heart health and for coughs, colds, flu, bacterial and viral infections and tonsilitis. Elderberry juice was used to treat a flu epidemic in Panama in 1995) and echnicea ( Echinacea is an herbal remedy people often use to treat the common cold. Many people believe that the plant can boost the immune system and reduce the severity or length of colds. Echinacea is one of the best-selling herbal products in the U.S) and nasal spray with grapefruit seed. I also got eucalyptus, which is a plant that smells just like Vicks but it is completely natural I rub it on their chest every day and I put it in their humidifier at night to clear up mucus. Their is few extra things that can work for adults, having ginger lemon and honey drink, eating raw garlic, putting turmeric in warm milk or water helps loosen up mucus. Experiment with all the natural remedies that god put for us in earth to benefit from and stay away from chemicalized meds that do more harm than good. Don't forget to stay hydrated and get plenty of rest So we must be wondering did it work??? Well they are getting better gradually, the mucus in their chest and nose is considerably less, fever is gone.this is our third day so it is no magic it is a virus it ll just have to take its course the best u can do is to help relive discomfort from the symptoms and increase immunity for a quicker recovery.

My first blog ever

As a first time blogger, I would like to to announce that I just joined the integrative nutrition school which is like a dream come true to me, it all started 5 years back when I got married and started to learn to cook and thus go grocery shopping, this is when I noticed how much canned, Jared, ready cooked and processed foods were out there, and I got more freaked out when I decided to read the labeling ingredients and found out that even just a regular loaf of bread has about a 100 ingredients that are all things I never heard of before, I became increasingly aware of what I put in my pantry, and with reading more and more I decided to make myself a processed free kitchen :).


I started reading a lot and knowing more and more about the toxins found in processed food, and I decided to do everything at home, I got baking books and I baked the most amazing bread, I made the most delicious nutritious tomato sauce ever, I made my own yoghurt, I made my own peanut butter and i experimented with all kinds of nutritious healthy foods. now as I got deeper and deeper after having my first baby, I also announced my kitchen to be organic and chemical and hormone free as much as possible, I was very concerned about what I feed her, I proudly say i never fed her one baby food jar or baby cereal, I fed her home cooked whole grains and fresh cooked fruits and veggies and dairy and meat, she is the new intoxicated generation we need to raise the new kids to love and cherish everything that is from the ground naturally found and not from factories and big corporations, and despite all my efforts my 4 year old still loves McDonald's chocolates cake and ice cream :(.

Another turning point in my life was when my husband was diagnosed with high cholesterol, and I was dedicated to reading and reading more about natural foods to lower it down without the need for harmful medication, and thank to god we were able to put it back to its normal levels in just 4 weeks, that was astonishing to know that there is an easy and healthy solution out here that has no side effects to cure people's disease yet nobody wants to adopt it and market it because it doesn't make a lot of profit like the field of selling medicine of course.

Back then all my hopes were just to get my family to eat right, I never hoped to have this chance to change everybody else around me, I was always the person in between my Friends that they call for diet advice, exercise tips,  baby food and I looooved giving advice about food and nutrition I was so eager to spread what I know out there to everyone and stop people from eating the toxic food out here , but now i ll be able to do this more confidently with more knowledge and make money along the way :)