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Foods that heal during viral infections

Water

Hydration is very important, it is recommended to drink plenty of water and other juices like pineapple that helps with inflammation, mucus, and cough. Juice or blend pineapple, honey, ginger and a pinch of cayenne pepper and take it first thing in the morning.

Whole grains

Quinoa, brown rice, oats, barley can serve as carbohydrate intake and provide your body with the energy it needs around a viral infection. These grains are high in B vitamins, besides the production of energy, they also help control the body temperature. They are so high in Selenium, which helps strengthen the immune system.

Protein-rich foods

Eating foods rich in protein helps in the repairing of damaged tissue. Foods like nuts, seeds, and wild-caught fish are high in omega 3’s and are great anti-inflammatory foods.

Green leafy vegetables

Kale, lettuce, spinach, arugula, and swiss shard among others, are packed with nutrients that can help with the healing of respiratory infections. They contain antioxidants and protect the body from free radicals and infectious agents.

Citrus fruits

Oranges, berries, kiwi, lime, lemon, grapefruit are rich with vitamin C. They help boosts your immune system and promote a faster recovery. They are also a great source of antioxidant foods.

Probiotics

Eating food rich in probiotic and or taking a supplement of at least 15 million CFU, can help inhibit the growth of the pneumonia-causing pathogen. They also help boost your immune system and increase the good bacteria in your gut.

Honey

Honey has been known for its healing properties for thousands of years. It aids in healing cough and cold-like symptoms. Honey is known for its great antibacterial and antimicrobial propreties. Mix 8tsp of honey with 4tsp of lemon juice. Take it at night, or first thing in the morning or both.

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The Power of Sharing

Be Courageous to Share Your Story!

We are all born with a gift, the gift we are born with and those that we work to develop throughout our lives change in form and function every day. We might notices that some of these gifts can be used every day while others are only useful in specific situations.

We might overlook opportunities in which we can share our unique gifts with others. It may be fear of criticism or fear of being different and misunderstood that holds us back or perhaps the paralyzing weight of uncertainty. Whichever the reason, we doubt that our innate talents and practiced skills can truly add value to others. What we don’t realize is that it is the world as a whole that benefits when we willingly share our gifts. Whether you have been blessed with the natural ability to awaken beautiful emotions with your art, your dance, your food, your organizational skills or even if your vibration brings joy and laughter to others, your gift is part of who you are, as the personality as well as you the soul.

To use your gift is to demonstrate to the world that you not only love yourself for who you are but also that you are attuned with your capabilities. Your earthly existence provides you with plentiful opportunities to explore your purpose, to utilize those gifts in a life-affirming way and to positively touch someone’s life. Allow yourself to flourish, even if you might feel that your gifts are not as valuable or worthy of someone’s attention. Remember every gift lying dormant in your soul has the potential to light someone else’s life.

Remember today to embrace your gifts and allow their light to shine. Don’t be surprised if more and more opportunities start to arise. Remember to live a truly authentic life with your true authentic self.

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The Fascia and its Connection to Emotions

So many of us carry repressed and trapped emotions in our bodies without even knowing it. We can even go years even decade oblivious to these blocked energies our body is holding on to. These repressed energy can lie in between the fascia and be responsible for countless ailments and chronic health conditions. Have you ever had aches and pain that can’t be explained?

Your body always remembers. Have you ever tried thinking of someone’s phone number and you can’t seem to remember, however as soon as you start writing it or dialing it, suddenly you remember? No matter how many times you try to ignore or suppress how you feel, your body knows the truth. Emotions are Energy-IN-Motion within our lives and bodies. These emotions or energies are stored within the fascia system as powerful waves that pass through our organs and body parts. We can notice this by our breathing pattern, have you ever felt a pause before or sometimes after inhale and exhale? These are ways in which we suppress these situations and energies we don’t want to deal with and these get stores within the layers of the fascia.

THE FOLLOWING CAN CAUSE CHRONIC PAIN AND THICKENING OF THE FASCIA
  • Social conditioning– can be the result of an unspoken social belief that we were taught to adopt as a way of being acceptable or likable.
  • Trauma- Trauma can be considered from those inflicted on us to a car accident. When these traumatic experiences aren’t consciously dealt with, they result in chronic fear, stress, PTSD, and pain. These emotions get stored within the fascia and can result in chronic muscle tension and illness
  • Psychological tension– this is considered anxiety, frustration, sadness, and even anger that we develop because of our perceptions. An example of this is feeling tense because of our thoughts and worries. The more negative, fearful our thoughts are the more tension it will create in our muscles.
  • Environmental stressors and habits– Most of us have a sedentary lifestyle, which can cause our physical pain and aches because we aren’t allowing our muscles to change and expel the tension.

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Are You Having A Hard Time Falling Asleep?

Insomnia ranks as one of the top reasons people seek a doctor’s help. In Western medicine, it is common to prescribe a pill or two to ease you into dreamland, however, that’s not the only option anymore. Alternative medicine provides natural remedies and approaches that you can use to try to correct it.

Look to light therapy

Dim the lights for an hour or so before bed to trigger your body’s production of melatonin, then expose yourself to bright daylight in the morning to turn off melatonin production. When the days get shorter and darker in the winter, you can approximate sunshine using a device that emits full-spectrum white light for 15 to 30 minutes a day.

Eat the right bedtime snack

A toast with peanut butter or almond butter or a small serving of yogurt and fruit can help you stay asleep at night. Protein helps produce the amino acid tryptophan (precursor for serotonin) and carbohydrates make tryptophan more available to your brain. This leads to the production of serotonin, a relaxation chemical.

Breathe into sleep

Breathing exercise can help ease yourself to sleep by relaxing your body. Breathing can help sleep happen to you instead of trying to make it happen to you. Try the 4-7-8 trick by switching off your body’s stress response and falling into sleep easier. Close your mouth and inhale quietly through your nose to a mental count of 4 seconds. Hold your breath for a count of 7 seconds. Exhale completely through your mouth, making a whoosh sound to a count of 8 seconds. This is considered one breath, repeat the cycle 3 more times for a total of 4 breaths.

Replace unpleasant thoughts

Try to keep yourself from rehashing your stressful day by focusing your thoughts on something peaceful. Try to reminisce of a joyful and peaceful time you’ve experienced. Try soothing noises like waterfalls, waves crashing on a beach or rain in a forest.

Bedtime Tea

Try a cup of this calming tea.

  • 1 tsp of chamomile
  • 1 tsp passionflower
  • 1 tsp lemon balm
  • 1 cup of boiling water
  1. In a small muslin bag, small teapot or stainless steel tea ball, combine dry herbs.
  2. Add to boiling water and steep for a few minutes.
  3. Drink at bedtime at least 30 minutes before or whenever you’ve like to relax.