Tips for Managing Halloween Candy

Halloween marks the beginning of sugar season followed by Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine’s Day and Easter! Since Halloween will soon be upon us, let’s start with it and hope these tips will keep your children healthier long-term yet still enjoy some treats. 1. Buy your candy a couple of days before Halloween. Halloween treats show up in the stores late September. Don't fall into the marketing trap and get tempted to buy candy early, that includes the grocery line where kids will get tempted with all sorts of Halloween promotions. Buying candy too early makes it way too tempting to get into the stash before trick-or treating even starts. 2. Set expectations early. Prepare your child…

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Pumpkin Spice Cookies

Pumpkin Spice Cookies

Pumpkin Spice Cookies These chewy, moist cookies are easy to make and delicious. The amount of pumpkin in this recipe has high amounts of beta-carotene, which is convertible to vitamin A – necessary for healthy vision and cell growth. Have this available as an alternative to cookies with particularly high levels of refined sugar. Makes 36 3-inch cookies Ingredients: 3 cups gluten free flour 4 teaspoons aluminum-free baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg 1 15-ounce can solid-pack pumpkin purée (about 2 cups) or one fresh pumpkin 2/3 cup agave nectar, honey or pure maple syrup 1/2 cup molasses 1 cup…

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How to Prevent Cancer with Cruciferous Vegetables – Week 40 of 52 Weeks of Wellness

In our quest to increase our plant food intake, let's take a closer look at cruciferous vegetables. It is vital to understand the benefits especially for individuals with cancer as it can greatly benefit those who incorporate them into into their daily dietary regimen. You’ve heard me say it before, whoever eats the most fruits, vegetables and greens at the end of the day, WINS! First, what does the word cruciferous actually mean? Cruciferous is defined as plants related to the mustard family; a plant with four leaves; and or a plant bearing the resemblance of a cross. Cruciferous vegetables contain phytochemicals, which are non-nutritive plant chemicals that have protective or disease preventive…

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Is Your Nutritional Bank Account in the Red? Week 39 of 52 Weeks of Wellness

Is Your Nutritional Bank Account in the Red? - Week 39 of 52 Weeks of Wellness Our body is like a bank account.  We have approximately 3-5 times per day (meals and snacks) to make a deposit. Will it be a good deposit (whole, clean food) or NSF (non sufficient nutrient food)? Along with deposits, we make withdrawals as well.  We expend energy through daily mental and emotional activity as well as physical.  From a physical standpoint, we run, jog, bike, hike and maybe lift weights which we feel makes us "healthy". When we expend energy either through emotional or physical activity, this requires additional nutrients from food.  However,…

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Nutty about Coconut Oil-the many amazing benefits

Nutty about Coconut Oil-the many amazing benefits In the Asian and Pacific countries, where coconut oil grows abundantly, the natives consider the coconut the cure for almost every illness. Although the meat and milk are full of fiber and nutrients, it is truly the oil that makes it remarkable. Scientific studies show that the saturated fat from coconut oil is truly unique in how it reacts differently in our bodies compared to other fats. Most saturated fats are made from long-chain fatty acids (LCFA), where coconut oil is comprised of medium-chain fatty acids (MCFA). MCFA are very different from LCFA in that they do not have a negative effect on cholesterol and even…

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Plan Your Meals

Plan Your Meals

Do you plan your meals? How much time, effort, and planning do you put into your family's food options?  Many women walk in the door from their job and start the planning, prepping, AND cooking then. When you're exhausted is not the best time. I pick one weekend day and plan, prep, and prepare meals and snacks. Planning is the secret to wellness! When you have clean, whole food available during your busy week, you won't need to succumb to processed, lifeless “food”.  If 80% of all disease is preventable, planning your family’s meals is no longer an option, it’s a requirement. Hate being in the kitchen?  Ask…

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Plan Your Meals and Save a Life

Plan Your Meals and Save a Life How much time, effort and planning do you put into your family's food options?   Planning is the secret to wellness as when you have clean, whole food available during your busy week, you won't need to succumb to processed, lifeless “food”.  If 80% of all disease is preventable, planning your family’s meals is no longer an option, it’s a requirement. Hate being in the kitchen?  Solicit the help of friend to do the same and share meals or get the kids and husband involved to make it a fun family event.  See who can find the best recipe and experiment with…

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The FREE Real Easy Energy Webinar Series

 The FREE Real Easy Energy Webinar Series Do you recall hearing about Bonnie's free webinar event last month, 7 Secrets to Real Easy Energy? We are really excited about utilizing technology to reach the masses with useful, helpful wellness information. This is why Bonnie is offering a continuation of her energy presentation this month, October 3rd 2012 @ 7pm CDT, right here on the world wide web! The FREE “7 Secrets to Real Easy Energy” Webinar Presentation "In this FREE WEBINAR, I’ll reveal how you can stop dragging out of bed and gain the energy to be vibrant from sun up to sundown without the use of magic pills,…

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It’s Dr. Bonnie now and that means prizes for you!

It's Dr. Bonnie now and that means prizes for you! I'm officially Dr. Bonnie! It has been a joke for several years with my friends when I caveat my advice, with "I'm not a doctor"... but now I am. However, I'm not a medical doctor, but a Naturopathic Doctor.  Naturopathic Doctors help educate to restore people's health naturally. What we do not do is treat, diagnose or cure illness! I believe God made our bodies whole and we can return them to that state if we provide them with the appropriate resources of whole, clean food. This is so exciting and a gift from my creator.  What has…

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Quieting the mind can heal

Quieting the mind can heal Silence is God's first language; everything else is a poor translation. In order to hear that language, we must learn to be still and to rest in God— Thomas Keating What brings you to the brink? –that tipping point that finally turns you away from your old habits and turns you to healing and wholeness? For me turning 30 was the tipping point –I knew I didn’t have the stamina to run from life anymore – neither, I hated to admit, could I control it. Old hurts, consequences of my choices, the challenges of marriage and family life brought me to the brink. I had to make the…

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