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April 2009
Personal Notes: Greetings – Happy Earth Day. Think about the progress that has been made
in planet awareness since the beginning of this holiday celebration a few
short decades ago. Earth day was created by the EPA in 1970. We’ve come along way to creating
awareness. What will you do in 2009 to
increase your own awareness?
In This Issue
 Nutrition Tip
– Asparagus read
more...
Featured Recipe – Orange
and Nut Sautéed Asparagus read more...
Featured Article – How your food choices affect……. read more...
Tools to start the new year of right – Detoxify Self-Guided Cleanse Program read
more...
Get to Balance read
more...
Looking for a Speaker? read
more...
New at Seeds To Change read
more...
Quote of the Month The future depends on …… read more...
Nutrition Tip
Asparagus
– A great spring veggie. It
reduces phlegm and mucus and eases constipation. It contains rutin which helps to keep small
blood vessels from rupturing, is used in the treatment of heart palpitations
and is a good antidote against x-rays and other forms of radiation. It contains good amounts of vitamins A,
B-complex, C and E as well as potassium and zinc.
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Featured
Recipe
Orange and Nut
Sautéed Asparagus Serves 4
1 bunch
asparagus
2 t
hazelnut or macadamia nut oil
1 orange
1 T
chopped, toasted hazelnuts or macadamia nuts (optional)
Clean
asparagus, and slightly steam in sauté pan with a little water until desired doneness
(I like them still a little crispy).
Drain. Return pan to heat and
drizzle with oil and stir until coated. Roll orange on counter and cut in
half, remove seeds. Squeeze both
halves of orange over asparagus and stir to coat. Sauté, stirring occasionally, until the
orange juice is caramelized and coats the asparagus. Can add salt and pepper and/or toasted
chopped nuts to taste. Note” using a juicer, a reamer, or even a fork helps draw more juice out of
the orange.
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Featured
Article
How
do your food choices affect ….
Brenda Jaeck
Do you often feel overwhelmed and
like you can’t make a dent to create change for yourself, the planet or
animal kind? The truth is we ALL make
choices that affect each of these areas everyday. Every time we eat – we make a
choice. Here is some “food for
thought.”
Organic food
Eating
organic food can have the following affects:
Is
a healthier choice for you personally
-
the food has less toxins that need to be eliminated
-
tastes better and therefore makes the food more enjoyable
as such, you are more likely to eat your veggies J
Is less
harmful to the planet
-
no foreign chemicals are entering the ground and water
supply
-
creates better farming practices that do not deplete the
earth
Eating locally
How
does this choice REALLY affect anything?
It IS better
for the planet – it is not wasting energy to deliver food halfway
around the world. (Barbara
Kingsolver in her book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle states that it takes 87
calories to deliver 1 calorie of fruit from California
to New York)
Supports the
local economy and independent farmers as opposed to large corporate
conglomerates
Allows us to
better enjoy food as it tastes better and we are only enjoying food when it
is in season and picked when it was ripe.
Eating food only in season also allows us to better appreciate it.
Eating vegetarian
Better
morally – most feed lot animals never see the light of day and live in
impossible and inhuman conditions
Better for
the planet as it is a better use of resources. For example, in John Robins book Diet for a
New America he states it takes 50 pounds of grain to create 1 pound of feed
lot beef. Think about how many people
could be fed with 50 pounds of grain, as opposed to 1 pound of beef. The cattle industry is also the largest
consumer of water in the US,
uses an exorbitant amount of fuel and creates a large amount of waste.
Healthier
For more information see read the
following:
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara
Kingsolver,
Diet for a New America by John
Robins and
Yoga and Vegetarianism by Sharon Gannon.
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Tools
to Accomplish Your Goals
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Get
to Balance –How will you bring more balance to your life? How about a healthier, more balanced life
plan?
Are your health concerns
impeding you from living life fully? Do you want to change your relationship
with food from the inside out? Are you seeking deep seeded balance and
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I
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incorporate those changes into your existing routines.
Through my
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by using nutrition as a focus and a tool. To do this I look at your
entire lifestyle to achieve maximum health. This is accomplished
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is developed for you. These consultations include evaluating your
current diet and overall lifestyle and then making easily implemented,
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By
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Looking
for a speaker?
One of my
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It is always a dynamic exchange and we all come away enriched. Would your company or group benefit from an
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New
at Seeds To Change
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Quote
of the Month
The future depends on what we do in the present -- Gandhi
Please
forward this newsletter to anyone and everyone that would benefit from
Nutritional and Lifestyle Advice. Enjoy and thanks for reading.
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Helping you grow
a happy, healthy life
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