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Urinary tract Info and Suggested Natural healing approach

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    Urinary tract Info:
    Commonly also call bladder infections. There is a disturbance in the bacterial flora that protects the urinary track and anabiotic’s lead to reoccurring infections.

    Doubling probiotics such as L. Acidophilus is highly recommended. At least 20 billion CFU’s. 50-100Billion CFU’s would be more beneficial and HIGHLY recommended.

    Acidity levels are too high in the body when the pH is disrupted there is fermentation of vaginal glycogen to lactic acid. Alkalinity is Key, must add more Green into the diet. ORGANIC EATING is SO Very IMPORTANT!!!

    Eliminating of dairy, yeast, and soy products are recommended to rebalance pH. Limiting grains, sugar, caffeine, and alcohol, and refined carbohydrates.
    At least 64 oz water a day. Decaffeinated tea counts as water. Eliminate food allergens. Allergy Blood work is your best Road map to gut and immune support and healing.  Blood Tests are available and easy!

    Recommended foods:
    Use healthy cooking oil such as olive oil (don’t heat olive oil) or coconut oil.
    Eat Less red meats and more lean meats such as fish, but no soy.
    High fiber foods include beans root vegetables such as yams or sweet potatoes and psyllium husk.
    Antioxidant rich foods including vegetables like bell peppers and squash.
    **Fruit in the morning including cranberries, blueberries,and cherries. If you’re going to drink juice make sure that it is unsweetened. Please eat your fruit, better for you unless you are juicing. Best for digestion if fruit is first thing in the morning and by itself or for your first snack, eaten alone.**

    Recommended Vitamins:
    Probiotics and digestive enzymes ALWAYS!! Double if taking antibiotics!
    Multi Vitamin
    Vit D: 2000-4000 IU
    Fish oils 1000mg and or Flax seed, 3x a day. Could go up to 6000mg
    Super Greens
    Amino Acids
    Vit C: 1000mg a day
    Grape seed oil 100-300mg
    Magnesium 200-300mg 3x a day
    Zinc: 30mg a day

    Recommended Botanicals:
    Cranberry
    Aloe Vera: up to 32oz per day
    Gotu Kola is great extract tea to help balance pH. 60-120mg
    Uva Ursi ( upland cranberry or bearberry) is a powerful antiseptic herb.
    Dried leaves or tea: 1.5-4.0 (1-2 tsp)
    Goldenseal herb has antimicrobial agents. Dried root or tea: 1-2g

    Other herbs that are recommended: green tea, cats claw, milk thistle, and reishi mushroom.

    Sunflower/Tahini Sauce

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      Sunflower Seed or Tahini Dressing/Sauce
      Vegan, GF
      Happy serves 4

      All Organic Ingredients

      1/4 cup (4TBSP) sunflower seed butter or Tahini
      2 Tbsp Coconut Aminos
      1 tsp maple syrup extract
      1-2 TBSP Lime juice
      1/2 tsp chili garlic sauce, 1 thai red chili minced, or 1/4 tsp red pepper flake
      Hot water to thin
      Prepare dipping sauce by adding sunflower seed butter, coconut aminos, maple extract, lime juice, and chili garlic sauce to a small mixing bowl and whisking to combine. Add enough warm water to thin into a thick but pourable dressing.
      Adjust portions based on personal preferences for spice, sweetness or acidity.

      What Does Eating Healthy Mean? 16 Healthy Eating Principles You Must Know!

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        What does Eating Healthy Mean?

        1- Mitochondrial Energy Production:

        Mitochondria definition: and organelle found in large number in most cells, in which the biochemical process of energy production occurs. It has an inner and outer layer.

        2-Organic sourced foods: look up EWG.org

        The environmental working group is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to protecting human health and the environment.  Learn what organic means

        U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is a great resource

        3- Delayed food allergens: and allergy is an adverse reaction due to immunologic mechanism. A delayed onset food allergy is an auto immune disease that causes your immune system to overact when you ingest certain foods. The immune cells mistakenly attack food particles and treat them as foreign invaders and produce anti-bodies to try to fight what they perceive as toxins. Known allergies we can the immune and digestive systems, draining the body of energy.

        Energetic Health Institute…an innovative 501(c)3 California Non-Profit & Gold Rated by GuideStar.org for transparency. School approved by the National Association of Nutrition Professionals (NANP)

        I’m a Certified Holistic Nutritionist who can order you the right lab work to complete and over see this process.

        https://www.energetichealthinstitute.org

        4- 60% Alkalizing   pH scale  0-14   Acid vs. Alkaline

        Certain foods can effect of the acidity and pH of bodily fluids, including the urine or blood, and therefore can be used to treat and prevent disease

        5- Green Food

        Chlorophyll turns into new blood. Green promotes health and energy.

        6- ORAC Value of Food

        Oxygen radical absorbance capacity Is the unit of measurements of antioxidants found in food. (calories are a unit of energy)

        http://superfoodly.com/orac-values/

        7-Refined Sugar

        A healthy adult has approx 5 liters of blood circulating at any given moment and needs 1 teaspoon of sugar available during a fasting state. That’s all the body needs to function.

        12-ounces of soda or energy drinks typically contain approx 10 tsp of sugar. That raises the blood sugar 10x above what the body needs to function and typically within a matter of minutes.

         

        1 Teaspoon of Sugar = Approx 4 Grams of Sugar

        Take the total grams of refined sugar & divide by 4 to learn how many teaspoons of sugar you are consuming per serving.

        8-Naturally sweet:

        Think Real food

        9- Fiber: 8-12 grams  per meal.  Average 25-30 grams a day.

        Adds bulk to you diet and aids in digestion.

        Insoluble fiber: found in wheat, bran, vegetables, and whole grains. It helps speed passage of food through the stomach and intestines.

        Soluble Fiber: attacks water and turns into gel, slowing digestion.  Found in foods like oat bran, barley, nuts, seeds, beans, lentils, peas, and some other veggies and fruits.  Can help lower cholesterol.

        10-Raw foods

        Raw foods contain enzymes.  Enzymes help break down food and aid in digestion.

        Proteases: breaks down Protein

        Lipase: breaks down fat

        Amylase: breaks downs carbs

        11- Healthy Preparation Methods

        12-Environmentally Safe Meats and Fish

        EWG.org

        13-Environmentally safe Cookware

        NO TEFLON!

        14-Friends and Family MOODS

        15- Beverage 8oz or less

        16- Burn off what you consume!

        Exercise/movement