February 03, 2009
Your Natural Healthy Family
January 13, 2009!
This issue:
- This Week at NaturalHealthyFamily.com
- What's New for Home Learning Center Members?
- Quote of the Week
- Balance Your pH
- This Week's Healing Herb: Ginger
- This Week's Healthy Recipe:
Ginger-Garlic Tuna on Cucumber Salad with Edamame - Coming soon!
This Week at NaturalHealthyFamily.com
The Release of the Bio-Kinetic Testing Home Learning CenterOk, we know we talked about this exclusively last week, so we won't beat a dead horse. We just wanted to make sure that you had the link to the information and sign up pages (hint hint).
http://www.bio-kinetictesting-hlc.com/
There are actually three different products on this page. Make sure that you don't buy the "Level 1" product. (We're going to be giving you free access to that later this week!)
Also, to find out what's new at NaturalHealthyFamily.com, you can always check in on the Upcoming Events Page of the website.
What's New for Home Learning Center Members?
Here is a list of new stuff on the Home Learning Center:- There is a new video tour on the Front Page(Feel free to check it out, even if you're not a member!)
- BKT201 is up, and there are new questions on 102, 103, and 201
- We created End of Course Surveys on 101 and 102. Please take a minute to give us feedback as you complete each course.
- The recording of Part 1 of the BKT102 Tele-Class is posted. We will be doing Part 2 next week. (I'll send out details on Monday morning.)
- And of course, don't forget about the Live Friday Afternoon Chat this week (Noon MST)
Remember, you can visit the Home Learning Center any time, day or night by following this link:
http://www.bio-kinetictesting-hlc.com/membersarea/
Quote of the Week
"...most of us eat in such a way that our bodies are highly acidic, which has been linked to all manner of ills and diseases such as cancer, excess body fat, osteoporosis, kidney stones, tooth decay, and so on. When your body is too acidic, it's toxic- like walking around all the time with poison coursing through your veins."From the book Harmonic Wealth,
by James Arthur Ray
Balance Your pH
In the Friday Afternoon Chat last week, someone brought up the subject of pH balance in the body.For fun and practice, Tisha had everyone that was in the chat room stop and use Bio-Kinetic Testing to determine what our own body's pH was.
Beth was not surprised to find that she was slightly alkaline, but Josh was a little alarmed to discover that his pH was highly acidic!
So we thought it might be a good idea to take this week and discuss pH and give some tips on how to keep the body more balanced.
What is pH?
The pH scale is a way of measuring how acidic or alkaline the body is. The scale goes from 1 to 14; 1 being highly acidic, and 14 being highly alkaline. Pure water runs at about a 7, which is considered neutral. If you don't know Bio-Kinetic Testing yet, you can also find out your own pH level by purchasing test strips at your local pharmacy. These strips can be used to test your saliva or urine.
What effects does pH have on our bodies?
According to our research, an acidic pH seems to pose the most health problems in our bodies, although a highly alkaline body can also experience problems.
Problems stemming from over-acidity include cardiovascular damage, increased risk of cancer, liver, bladder, and kidney problems, weakened immune system, weight retention, and low energy, including chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia.
Our bodies are healthiest when they are in balance, but slightly alkaline (about a 7.4).
One interesting side note. During her years of using Bio-Kinetic Testing with her clients, Tisha Mecham has found a correlation between pH balance and something else. In a previous issue of the newsletter, we talked about the delicate balance in our bodies between bacteria and yeast. Tisha has found that a highly alkaline body will promote the growth of yeast, while an acidic body will promote the growth of bacteria.
How do you regulate your pH?
The easiest way to regulate and balance your pH is through your diet. An easy rule of thumb to remember is that meats, most carbohydrates, and fats are acid forming. Most fruits and vegetables are alkaline. (Surprise surprise right? When are we going to discover that chicken wings and cheetos are a miracle cure for something?)
Acid Forming Foods
Meats (pork, beef, turkey, chicken, eggs, fish)
Carbohydrates (white breads, white rice, pastas, cakes, pastries)
Sweets (candy, corn syrup, artificial sweeteners, sweetened fruit juice)
Alcohol (liquor, wine, beer)
Most nuts
Sodas
Coffee
Dairy (milk, cheese, ice cream)
Most processed and prepared stuff (mayo, mustard, snack foods, canned foods, dried foods, ketchup)
Alkaline Foods
Fruits (apples, bananas, berries, melons, grapes, figs, lemons, limes, avacado etc.)
Sprouts, roots, herbs, and grasses (wheat grass, sprouts, garlic, parsley, watercress, cayenne pepper, cilantro)
Whole grains and beans, including green beans
Vegatables (spinach, celery, peas, cabbage, green pepper, eggplant, etc.)
It turns out that the "secret" to balancing your pH is about the same as the secret to everything else health related.
Cut down on meats, sugar, and junk food.
Increase your intake of fresh fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and beans.
In other words...it's not much of a secret.
As always, we love to hear from you. If you have questions or comments about Balancing Your pH, then reply to this message, or even better, go to our blog and leave us a comment.
Herb of the Week:
Ginger
Some of the benefits of using the healing herb ginger include:
Supports the lungs, kidneys, and bowels.
Settles the intestines and helps in morning sickness and motion sickness.
Used in bath water to ease aching muscles and remove toxins.
It induces perspiration and clears the sinus and body of mucous.
Effective against menstrual cramps and hot flashes.
For more information on Ginger, please visit our new Ginger page.
This Week's Recipe:
Ginger-Garlic Tuna on Cucumber Salad with Edamame
We wanted to include a Ginger recipe, and this one is particularly tasty and relatively easy to make. (It looks a lot more complex than it is.)
To see this recipe, please go to the website.
Note: We normally post the recipes directly on the newsletter, but we are going to stop doing that. The reason for this is that we post the back issues of the newsletter to the website. If we have the recipe posted on the website in two places (the back issue, and the regular recipe page) then there is a chance that search engines will view that as duplicate content. Sorry.
Also we wanted to remind you all that you can share your own recipes with us at our Share Recipes Page.
We LOVE to try out new recipes! If we try yours and like it, we'll make sure it gets posted on the website.
Coming Soon to NaturalHealthyFamily.com!
7 Days to a Natural Healthy FamilyWe've been promising to give our subscribers free access to all of the information and resources found in our 7 Days to a Natural Healthy Family program. Unfortunately we haven't had the time to put that together for you. Well, we are declaring that this week is the week that we do that. So keep an eye on your inbox for the link to the program and the password that you can use to access all of that material. (Including all 6 hours of recorded Tele-Classes, and all 3 Special Reports.)
We are constantly posting new content on the site, so keep checking back with us to see what's new.
As always, feel free to contact us if you have any questions, comments, or requests. (You can just hit your reply button. We love to hear from you.)
To YOUR health,
Beth, Josh, and Family
www.NaturalHealthyFamily.com
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