September 2, 2014

  • Lemon Water and health benefits to my body

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    I've heard so much about how lemon is beneficial to your health and around your kitchen. I really thought it was just a wives' tale; not until I tried using it myself.

    My first attempt with its use is to sanitize our kitchen sink after preparing food for cooking; especially poultry and meat products. The lemon leaves a clean scent  on the sink and the kitchen. I also use it to clean our cutting boards.

    Then, as I increased and added more vegetables and fruits in my daily diet, I've also used lemons to wash and clean my sustainable farmers' produce.

    Early in Spring this year, I've started drinking warm lemon water after I wake up and before I start my day and on an empty stomach. I've had consumed lemon water on and off in the past, especially when I would catch a cold. Definitely this year, after I've read a book on how alkalizing your body can greatly benefit your health, I've added this morning routine to see if it does make a difference.

    As of this writing, I can say lemon water does my body good. I feel that it gives me so much energy. The pains I would feel from time to time before I started this regimen are all gone. I feel good. It does help also when I've started eating more fruits and vegetables each day. My body just seems to appreciate the caring I'm giving to it and my immune system is as healthy. As a precaution since lemons can erode the enamel of my teeth overtime, I drink my lemon water using a straw and I gargle after I had lemon water.

    Through the years, I've become unyielding or adamant about taking over the counter drugs and prescription pills. Conventional drugs are not part of my healing process especially this year. With all those side effects I see on TV, I can well say, I do not take any prescription drugs nor the over the counter ones. I've gotten scared on how they will damage the insides of my body.

    Recently, I bought some ph balance test strips, and I can say that my body is now more alkaline than acidic.

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August 30, 2014

  • Sleep Hygiene

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    I used to have a problem with sleeping. In the past years, with work, media news, internet, TV watching and busy schedules on weekdays and weekends, sleep was not a priority. I had to force myself to go to sleep. I was so wired up that it would take me an hour or two to get a shut eye. No wonder I was so exhausted most of the time.
    Understandably, I also would get sick with colds. Not so much with flu, but I remember getting strep throat, which I caught from someone at work. I learned later that I had a compromised immune system. One time, I just lost my voice. I had laryngitis. I also had appendicitis where my appendix burst! Worst side effect of sleep deprivation to the body is depression. I was depressed most of the time. What helped me in this department has been the amino acid Gaba Plus.
    On top of this, I was dehydrated. My body lacked caring. I thought working out was enough to take care of my body. I only learned in the past year that these side effects of deprived sleep happened to me because I did not know how to take care of my body.
    Eventually, I changed my lifestyle where good sleep and right food choices are now my life's priorities. It helped a lot, too, now that I am no longer working. I was so blessed in that department. But still, it took me years after I stopped working to get my body feeling healthy.
    One of the things I've reorganized is my sleeping habits. I found and bought a book at one of our fuel stops during one of our roadtrips. The title of the book is The New Bible Cure for Sleep Disorders. It was heaven sent. It detailed latest findings, ancient truths about sleep and natural remedies to a better goodnight rest.
    At first, it was hard to change sleeping patterns. I took the advice given in the book about taking herbal sleeping supplements; but most of all, I made it a point to sleep at the same time each night and waking up at the same time each morning.  It took me awhile to be able to sleep from 7 to 8 hours each time. But what helps me the most is this sleeping herbal supplement called Deep Sleep. It promotes restful sleep and waking up refreshed. It doesn't have side effects.  I started taking one softgel one hour before I get to bed, and another one at bedtime. Now, I only take one softgel one hour before bedtime and once I hit my pillow, I'm out like a light. When I wake in the morning, I feel so restful and I am ready to start my new day.
    It is very true that following a sleeping schedule each night helps my body heals properly. Sleep is a very powerful process in curing and preventing long term chronic illnesses that can develop when I am sleep deprived. Amazingly, I feel my body being healed.
    The realization of caring and giving my body enough rest is a revelation by itself. It opened my mind as to why in the hospitals, doctors and nurses want the patients to get a lot of sleep. Sometimes, they will medically induce coma on a patient to let the body system heals naturally. I realized I have allies inside my body who are willing and able and tireless in getting me back to how my body should naturally feel.

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November 27, 2013

  • "Thanksgiving is not a day, it's a lifestyle!"

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    Glad I dropped by to check if there's some improvements here. Needing some more understanding; but surely, visiting here helped to distract my attention from a recent online news that bothered me.

    I feel a little better and probably with God's help, I will overcome the awful everyday news, so common with the Yahoo & Google headlines. I need to always remind myself to stay away from Yahoo News especially.

    I'd like to add that I've been dreaming some weird dreams lately. One morning I woke up upset after recollecting the dream two nights before. In the dream, I was so mad with someone, maybe a photographer, who took my picture without my head on!  The nerve! ^_^  O.o Later in the day, I started thinking that there's a meaning to that dream.

    And then, the other night, I had this dream about some commotion and confusion. Who was I supposed to run away with? Back and forth, then finally, I made a decision to leave a house, supposedly my house, removed the key from a keyholder and proceed to lock the front door. Outside the house, there was this beautiful lady with long, wavy, beautiful hair, white gown and all waiting for me. Was I leaving with an angel? Like the song: "send me an angel right now!"

    I'd like to think in a positive way, there's something good that will happen-- a blessing and favor that God will do. Don't know what it is yet, but tonight after reading that disgusting news on Google, God's Spirit seemed to tell me that He loves those that love Him and, their loved ones, that God is prolonging His Judgment on this fallen world.

    My heart is able to comprehend God's mercy and patience. God loves us to no end. Praise His HOLY NAME!

    "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life."  John 3:16

    In the end of our life here on earth, what really matters is our eternal life. Most people do not know how serious that can be. Here, we have a short life. After our death, our souls will forever live. The BIG question is where would your soul be spending eternally? God's JUDGMENT will come most definitely, but our deaths will come sooner than we all think.

    We will then all realize God really is in control of our lives!

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November 19, 2013

  • Trying to figure out this new Xanga format

    Confused as to how to update the look of my Xanga page... GalaxyNote2013RoadTrip 1459

    Recently traveled Cali roads again. It was fun... 18 days were not enough to really enjoy the road trip, but it was fun just the same.

    Need to spend sometime here to get the hang of things in this new Xanga format.... One of these days, I know it will happen! :-)

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  • The Spirit of God testifies to and confirms the simple, but almighty, security of the life that "is hidden with Christ in God." Paul continually brought this out in his New Testament letters. We talk as if living a sanctified life were the most uncertain and insecure thing we could do. Yet it is the most secure thing possible, because it has Almighty God in and behind it. The most dangerous and unsure thing is to try to live without God. For one who is born again, it is easier to live in a right-standing relationship with God than it is to go wrong, provided we heed God's warnings and "walk in the light" (1 John 1:7).

    When we think of being delivered from sin, being "filled with the Spirit" (Ephesians 5:18), and "walk[ing] in the light," we picture the peak of a great mountain. We see it as very high and wonderful, but we say, "Oh, I could never live up there!" However, when we do get there through God's grace, we find it is not a mountain peak at all, but a plateau with plenty of room to live and to grow. "You enlarged my path under me, so my feet did not slip" (Psalm 18:36).

    When you really see Jesus, I defy you to doubt Him. If you see Him when He says, "Let not your heart be troubled..." (John 14:27), I defy you to worry. It is virtually impossible to doubt when He is there. Every time you are in personal contact with Jesus, His words are real to you. "My peace I give to you..." (John 14:27)-- a peace which brings an unconstrained confidence and covers you completely, from the top of your head to the soles of your feet." ... your life is hidden with Christ in God," and the peace of Jesus Christ that cannot be disturbed has been imparted to you.

    from: My Utmost for His Highest/Oswald Chambers

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