Vitamin D linked to lower risk for type 2 Diabetes

In a study following around 5,000 people for five years, researchers found out that the vitamin D with lower average level had 57 percent increase risk in developing the type 2 diabetes as compared to those who are in the level of recommended range.
Dr. Claudia Gagnon, a fellow at the Western Hospital at the University of Melbourne in Australia when the study was done, the studies like on what they did stated that the blood sugar levels of the Vitamin D higher that what it is recommended for a healthy bone may be important in order to decrease the risk of developing the type 2 diabetes.
Vitamin D is produced by the body in response to the sunlight as well as it happens naturally in some foods such as eggs, cod and salmon. Vitamin D is best known for its role in working together with the calcium to the bones.
Institute of Medicine advocates that adults obtain about 600 IU of vitamin D a day to preserve circulating levels in the enviable range. Precedent studies have revealed that vitamin D may also help keep blood sugar levels under.

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Chant of the week: Are you Cheating on your health? Let it go

We've all done it. We picked a diet , we stuck with it. Then one day out of the blue we cheat. We often lie to ourselves about it. It didn't happen. I cant believe I just did that!

This is when we fail. Not failing itself and slipping up. It happens and will happen. But it is best not let make us crash our entire diet just because of one little screw up. Allow yourself this one luxury. Come on admit it, it does feel good to cheap. I mean after all it not like your cheating on your wife in some run down hotel.

Today's message is to say let it go, and stop beating yourself up. Get back on your diet and don't look back at Sodom again

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Renewable Green Super Food

Its not easy these days to eat healthy in America. Having a renewable source of 100% organic super food in your kitchen can help anyone on a budget. Sounds complicated? Its really not. Sprouting is the process of germinating seeds to be eaten either raw or cooked. There are many seeds to choose from. However the easiest by far is the alfalfa seed. In as little as 3-5 days you can have a personal smorgasbord of green goodness at your finger tips.

You will need.
1 container (I recommend a glass mason jar) Just about anything will work.
2 tablespoons of seed
1 mesh or wire lid (use screen or cheese cloth in your in a bind.

Start by placing seeds in jar, then fill jar half full with cool clean water. Let soak for 4 hours or as long as overnight. Strain seeds, get out as much water as you can. This is the trick to good sprouting!

Now watch them grow. Giving them a bath about every other day followed by a good strain. When you are ready to harvest you can eat the sprouts with the seeds attached as I do. Or you can dunk them in a tall bath of water. The seeds should break loose and rise to the top.



QUICK FACT: Sprouts are This food is low in Saturated Fat and Sodium, and very low in Cholesterol. It is also a good source of Protein, Vitamin A, Niacin and Calcium, and a very good source of Dietary Fiber, Vitamin C, Vitamin K, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Folate, Pantothenic Acid, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Zinc, Copper and Manganese.

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Chayote Squash & Nopal Cactus Salad

Chayote Squash & Nopal Cactus Salad

3-4 Nopal Cactus pads
1 Whole Chayote Squash
4 Cloves of Garlic
2 Tbs of Apple Cider Vinegar
Assorted greens or cut lettuce and tomato

Clean cactus pads and squash combine with three cups of water in a large pot add in apple cider vinegar
(optional 2 tsp of liquid aminos) bring to boil, cook only until tender. Drain and allow to cool. Mix in greens and tomato.

Great for tacos or stand alone salad.

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Say No to Vitamin Water

Its a product that has taken our country by storm. Sadly I've seen children and yes even diabetics drink it. Vitamin Water. Its super cool and sexy. Hey why not? Get all your vitamins and minerals in a bottle and you don't even have to drink that boring stuff (plain water) your grandma drank.

It tastes so good, Heck it doesn't even taste like water. Why? Well for one its full of sugar. Yep I said that right. Vitamin Water has eight teaspoons of sugar per bottle. That's just shy of what you get in a can of coke.

It clocks in at 50 calories per serving. Remember folks that each bottle, just like coke, has 2.5 servings! The sugar may hide under the ingredient list as crystalline fructose but remember Crystalline fructose is a processed sweetener derived from corn that is almost entirely fructose. It consists of at least 98% pure fructose. Crystalline fructose is estimated to be about 20 percent sweeter than table sugar, and 5% sweeter than high-fructose corn syrup.

We need to get over the illusion that products like Vitamin Water will hydrate you better than water. Want more vitamins? Eat a salad and drink some water (real water). For the price of one bottle of vitamin water (depending where you shop) you could go into your local mega-store and get yourself a 24 pack of old fashion drinking water.

Remember that the water used in Vitamin Water is not tapped from some vitamin rich source. All the vitamins are added in later in the production and in low amounts. Stick with the bottled water and dark leafy greens.

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