Healthy with Jodi

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New Year’s Resolutions Revisited…

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    Metabolic Progress Basic Ideas for healthy living

    Nutrition
    Eat the meals when hungry, not by the clock. Snack in between meals, usually 2x a day. No carb feasting.
    If you are trying to lose weight, most likely you are not “Hungry” 6 times a day, Learn to listen to your body.

    Exercise
    Walk for 45 minutes, 5 times a week (3 days of interval training and 2 days of steady weight training).

    Sleep
    Go to bed 15 minutes earlier this week.
    Your goal is to get at least 7 hours of restive sleep per night. Integrate meditation as needed to achieve this goal.

    Stress Management
    Do a Relaxing Breath at least twice a day. (If you don’t like bathing then do a foot soak/bath.)
    Find activities you enjoy doing, and schedule 3 hours each week and do them.

    Detoxification
    Take five baths per week with Epsom salt and soothing music. Each bath should last at least 15 minutes.
    Buy ORGANIC FOODS
    Stick to grass-fed, pastured protein and eggs, and wild-caught fish as much as possible.
    Avoid GMOs and MSG
    Drink clean water

    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.

      Mango Energy Bites

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        Mango Energy Bites
        Vegan, GF, Refined Sugar Free
        Happily serves 15

        ALL ORGANIC INGREDIENTS

        1 1/4 Cup walnuts or cashews
        1 Cup firmly packed dried unsweetened mango
        10 soaked medjool dates, pitted
        2 TBSP hemp seeds
        1/3 Cup unsweetened finely shredded coconut
        1 lime and zest
        Dash Sea salt
        Preheat oven to 350.
        Add dried mango to a mixing bowl and cover with warm water (don’t skip this step or they’ll be too tough to blend).
        Let soak for 5-7 minutes, or until soft and pliable, but not too soggy.
        Drain and lay on a towel and pat off excess moisture. Set aside.
        Add nuts to a food processor and mix into a fine meal. Set aside.
        Add dates and soaked mango to the food processor and mix until a rough paste/sticky dough forms.
        Add nut meal, hemp seeds, shredded coconut, lime zest, and sea salt. Mix until it forms a moldable dough.