Saturday, July 30, 2011

Disease-Proof Your Child: Feeding Kids Right by Joel Fuhrman, M.D.

So I've been reading :). It's something I love to do. I am a reading fiend.  It's relaxing to me and, depending on what I'm reading, informative too! Bonus!  Relaxing and not a time waster!  This book was recommended to me by a friend. Lately, I've been ordering in books from my local library. That way if the book is just alright I will have gotten to read it without having to spend money and I don't have to keep it. If it's a "keeper" I can go out and purchase it.  It's a win win situation. It's a situation that my husband is quite pleased with as well!  Because let's face it...books can be expensive and when you're an avid reader it's VERY expensive! So I've learned that I don't need to buy every book I come across no matter how much I like the smell of new books!
Anyway! Back to the purpose of this post...this book! It's phenomenal! I am really enjoying reading it. It's very informative as to the whys and I'm a why girl so...I love this book. :). This one is a "keeper".  It has a recipe section in the back and I just tried the smoothy recipe on my girls and they gobbled it up.  We're going to try more on them...we'll let you know how it goes.
The author has written some other books and you can find out about it here at Dr. Fuhrman's web sight.  He has a lot of link attached on the side that have great information as well.  Here is one of them. It's a web sight to motivate kids to eat in a more healthy way

Monday, July 18, 2011

Craving Sugar?

Since this last HCG round has ended I couldn't get enough of sugar...well at least I craved it like crazy. I can't have it on maintenance. MAN was I craving something with sugar...especially chocolate....something fierce!  So I started reading on-line because I would have some chocolate and it wouldn't go away. If anything it only intensified!  So I started reading...and I came across lots of postings from naturopathic sorts that mentioned that if you're craving sugar or chocolate you are low on essential oils etc.  and you need Flax Seed Oil and Omega-3's .  They said if I started taking them that within 3 days my cravings would go away!
So...I tried it! And IT SO WORKED!  I haven't been craving sweets at all. In fact when I ate sweets it kind of repulsed me.  Now don't get me wrong I still like my sweets but I am liking different kinds of sweets (like fruit) these days.
It was an interesting experiment for me and I am thrilled with the results.