Posted in Good Health Tips, Nuggets and Blue Jeans, Recipes, Treasures are Found in Simple Things, tagged asparagus, benefits of asparagus, health tips, healthy eating, healthy foods, lily family, nutrition, super food, vegetables on September 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The tasty, nutritious asparagus falls under the category of super foods in my books.
Here’s what I learned about asparagus.
Asparagus is:
* Rich in proteins
* High in fibre low in carbohydrates and calories
* An excellent source of vitamin K, folate, vitamin C and A as well as many other minerals and B vitamins.
* Calcium and magnesium [...]
Posted in Good Health Tips, Nuggets and Blue Jeans, Photography, Treasures are Found in Simple Things, tagged antioxidants, apples, blueberries, cherries, crabapples, eye fatique, eye nutrition, eyesight, fibre, fresh fruit, frozen fruit, fruits, healthy fruits, nutrition, raspberries, uric acid, Vitamin C on August 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is the time for berry picking in British Columbia. Our personal favorite berries are Cherries, Blueberries, and Raspberries.
This year was an exceptional season for berries. In no time we filled our buckets to the brim with the berries – picking has never been such a pleasure.
This year topped it off with an abundance of [...]
Posted in Good Health Tips, Nuggets and Blue Jeans, Treasures are Found in Simple Things, tagged anti-inflammatory, antioxidants, asthma, mangosteen, mangosteen juice, paricarp, xanthones on June 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Recently I got very interested in Xango’s Mangosteen Juice because of something that happened to a close family member.
This individual has suffered for his entire adult life with severe asthma attacks and related infections. These were particularly bad during the cold winter months. Some of these infections led to a miserable stay in the hospital.
After [...]
Posted in Good Health Tips, Recipes, Treasures are Found in Simple Things, tagged aroma, aroma therapy, Bible, culinary, fragrant oils, helpful hints, lavender, lavender lotion, lavender photo, lavender plant, lavender tea, lavender uses, love potion, oils, photo, Song of Solomon, Spikenard on May 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I have had a beautiful purple flowering Lavender plant growing in my little garden. To my chagrin – the harsh winter killed most of it and I am left with but a small, although healthy looking shoot. I am nurturing it in hopes that it will have a speedy come back.
Here’s why.
Lavender is not only [...]
Posted in Good Health Tips, Life drawing, Nuggets and Blue Jeans, Story Telling, The Wealthy Artist, Treasures are Found in Simple Things, tagged art, artwork, bird house, farm, milk can, open air, painting, pencil sketching, plein air, sketching on April 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I took my art class to a friend’s farm where we sketched Plein Air.
En plein air is a French expression which simply means “in the open air”.
It is particularly used to describe the act of painting outdoors.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/En_plein_air
Although we were sketching, not painting, we were outdoors and “in the open air’. The [...]
Posted in Good Health Tips, Nuggets and Blue Jeans, Treasures are Found in Simple Things, tagged antibacterial, antimicrobial, bad bacteria, Bee Propolis, Bees, cartoon, good bacteria, health tips, MRSA, natural antibiotic, nutrition, super bugs on April 3, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Bee Propolis – What is it?
Bee Propolis is the sticky resin-like substance found in the beehive. The bees gather resin from trees and plants. They use this mixture to stick the hive together, and seal it. This substance also protects them from bacteria and disease.
As my dentist friend once said – “You don’t see [...]
Posted in Good Health Tips, Nuggets and Blue Jeans, Treasures are Found in Simple Things, tagged art work, cabin fever, color, colors, colors and mood, Faith, orange, painting of sunflowers, SAD, Spring, sunflower painting, sunflowers, sunshine, Yellow on March 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Cabin fever refers to the reaction that takes place when a person is shut in, for an extended period.
Symptoms include restlessness, irritability, forgetfulness, laughter, and excessive sleeping. (Wikipeda)
I figure it’s time to announce SPRING. I’m sitting snug in my little office, listening to the wind howling, recalling the snow and rain earlier today, and wondering [...]
Posted in Good Health Tips, Nuggets and Blue Jeans, Treasures are Found in Simple Things, tagged black cherries, cartoons, cherries, exericse, Health, healthy foods, healthy fruits, heart health, inflammation, pencil drawings, sketching, sore muscles on February 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
(Beware – this information could change your exercise regime as you know it!)
Answer: Sore Muscles
Simply put, Exercise makes them; Black Cherries get rid of them.
When you exercise, your muscles will inevitably become sore.
Black Cherries, used as a remedy for sore muscles and inflammation, are an age-old remedy.
I’m discovering that Grandma’s remedies are proving to be [...]
Posted in Good Health Tips, Nuggets and Blue Jeans, Treasures are Found in Simple Things, tagged cartooning, Health, helpful hints, nutrition, SAD, sketches, Sunshine Vitamin, Vitamin D, Vitamin D and weight loss, Vitamin D benefits, weight loss tip, weight management, Winter Blues on January 29, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Got SUN anybody?
Right about this time of year, pretty much everyone I know is longing for the sun. Some of you are blessed enough to be able to escape to warm and tropical climes.
I’m certain you won’t be reading this.
This is for those of us who have to endure the long dreary winter months of [...]
Posted in Good Health Tips, Nuggets and Blue Jeans, tagged arthritis, detox support, Health, help for inflamation, helpful hints, inflamation, MSM, msm for the skin, sore muscles, why dogs eat grass on January 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MSM (Methyl Sulfonyl Methane)
MSM is part of the Amino Acid Chain and is necessary to produce the correct enzymes the body needs to maintain health.
MSM is a natural form of organic sulfur found in all living organisms.
It is found in our body fluids and tissues.
Fresh raw foods, including such as vegetables, [...]
Posted in Good Health Tips, tagged bronchitis, cold and flu, Elderberry, Elderberry Concentrate, Elderberry lozenges, natural remedy for the cold, natural remedy for the flu, respiratory infection on January 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Elderberry Does the Job When it Comes to the Cold or Flu.
Are you fighting the flu bug? Dealing with bronchial congestion, sore throat and cough?
Check out Elderberry Concentrate.
The extract taken from wild grown Elder Flowers (Sambucus nigra) is known to help the body resist infection.
and here’s the interesting part…………
the berries have [...]
Posted in Good Health Tips, Nuggets and Blue Jeans, Recipes, Treasures are Found in Simple Things, tagged apple cider vinegar, best salad dressing, Health, healthy salad dressing, herb salad dressing, homemade salad dressing, salad dressing recipe, Wonder Vinegar on November 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Why is Apple Cider Vinegar known as the wonder vinegar?
We’re talking about the brown colored, unfiltered, unpasteurized “with Mother” Apple Cider Vinegar.
The clear version will not have any of the benefits listed below.
It ’s loaded with nutrients; vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, enzymes, and dietary fiber (pectin).
In my research on this Wonder Vinegar I came across some [...]
