Calcium is well known for its role in building strong bones and teeth.  It is also essential for healthy nerve function.  If your body is getting enough calcium and absorbing it, it will prevent nervousness, irritability, muscle spasms, muscle cramping, hyperactivity, and insomnia.  

Bones  need a good mix of essential minerals and fatty acids for healthy bone function. This includes plant-derived magnesium and silica as well as animal forms of saturated fat and the…

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Stinging Nettle is a super tonic herb.  It is consider the "long life" herb and is a vitamin factory, rich in iron, calcium, potassium, silicon, magnesium, manganese, zinc and chromium as well as a host of other vitamins and minerals.   It even makes a great hair tonic! 

Stinging Nettle activates the metabolism by strengthening and toning the entire system.  Great for growing pains in young children.  Nettle is used for alleviating the symptoms of PMS, menopause, and is excellent for…

On our way from Turkey to Africa we spent 3 days in Cairo.  It was a very memorable experience.  The pyramids are awe inspiring when one considers that each block weighs several tons, and there are a couple of million blocks in each pyramid. Couple that with millimeter accuracy in the angles of the sides and the edges from ground to the top, as well as the tight seams between each block, and it makes one realize that while humans have made advancements and discoveries in the last 4 thousand…

I'm so glad I'm sparring again! It's an awesome learning experience. And I cant wait to eventually learn to apply my technique at a better level, so I will have the ability to maintain better control, and fluid movement. Thus better sparring.

We have a friend that sells organic beef, his company is Simply Grown Beef and recently he gave us an organic beef heart to try. I will tell you, I was a little skeptical   I had never eaten it before and I grew up not eating the odd parts of a cow.  It sounded a little strange and it sat in the freezer for a while.  As most of you know I have MCS,   My doctor has been after me for a while to put organ meats in my diet.   Like I said this was strange for me.  I new at one point I needed to…

Yesterday a strange man called me, and my friends over to ask us a question. The man kept asking us odd things, and we were very confused. Then he finally asked us if we had "any pot or pills on us" Then that's when a surge of  adrenaline rushed through my body. But I kept my cool. We told him we don't do that stuff, and he just looked at us. I examined his pockets with my eyes in a way that was not noticeable. And I noticed he had something in one. The theory that was in my mind was that It…

Here is just some of the information that we went over in today's Transition Nutrition Class 

Click on link below: 

http://mcminnvillehealthdefense.ning.com/profiles/blogs/food-groups…

How To Have A Healthful Kitchen -Getting Rid Of Harmful Items and Adding The Essentials

Things To Get Out Of Your Kitchen:

1.  Bleached white flour

2.  Refined Sugar

3.  All shortenings

4  All vegetable oil…

Transition Nutrition

Where To Start

First you have to truly want to make changes ……

This is not a diet, it is about changing your life style habits through taking baby steps.  You are not going on a diet and then when you are done going off.

Once you are on the road to your new healthy life style, in my opinion, there is no stopping, there is only different routes and pathways.   .  If you are slowing down and yielding, then stay at that…

Have a picky Family, then it is time to become the "Sneaky Cook" 

First Rule:   Never make separate meals for the kids.  If you are making a nice meal for you and your partner, that same meal is what your kids should be eating.    I have seen and heard of way to many parents and  grandparents making separate meals for the children.  Just because you are eating a healthy meal with veggies, does not mean make them hot dogs and…

Just some clips of me doing exercises, and other things --> http://youtu.be/8XYhNOANUCk

Also during this process I did 10min free flow, 20min heavy bag, 150 crunches,30 push ups and resistance band training.

CSA stands for community supported agriculture, where individuals pledge support to a farm in return for high quality food and farm products. Members, also called shareholders, invest in a local farm by funding the whole season’s budget in advance. In return they receive a proportion of the harvest throughout the growing season, as well as the satisfaction from participating directly in the production of their food. CSA farming creates a very strong relationship between the consumer and…

Anti-Inflammatory organic breakfast for Mr. Bronson. Collard greens, kale, celery, onions, 2 tbs. fresh grated ginger, 2 cloves of raw garlic grated, 1 tbs. powdered turmeric, sesame seed oil, coconut milk and our own organic chicken eggs. Immune system supporters are fireside cider mixed with honey and spring water and 2 Tbs. of homemade elderberry syrup.…

Herbal First Aid Basics 

It is always a great idea to take a First Aid/CPR class.  Contact your local fire department for a class or go to www.redcross.org and look for a class in your area. 

A great first aid kit, would handle more than just cuts and scrapes. Ideally, I would not include any chemical preparations. For me the medicines would be all-natural, potent and effective. I would include the following:  Please keep in mind if…

Since everyone is doing cool workouts like drunken pushups  I thought I would challenge my self too. Here is a link to the video--> http://youtu.be/nHnVgjAaPqk

    Working hard towards great accomplishment.  Many people in my circle of influence have often congratulated me on my accomplishments in life. When ever I feel down I can always count on those folks to list the things I have done in my life and express amazement, always making me feel better. 

     But it is not enough anymore. I know what I am capable of were I not such a procrastinator. This blog, (which I wanted to put off until tomorrow because I am already running…