🍪 Delicious and Healthy Cookies?

Regular cookies (they don't need to be chocolate chip) are brimming with sugar and refined white flower.

We will get back to sugar later. First, let's have a quick delve into the scary truth of refined white flower.

Why you need to avoid white flour

Whole grain contains three pieces. From the outside moving in we have the bran, which is an awesome source of fibre, B vitamins and anti-oxidants, after that we have the endosperm (the part many people haven't heard about!) this is the least nutritional part of the grain, and mainly consists of starches. Last but not the least, at the heart, we have the germ, containing healthy proteins, minerals, fat and more B vitamins.

As you've possibly already guessed, the refining process that is used to make white flower chucks out the bran as well as the germ and focusses on the endosperm. The part of the grain that comes with the least nutritional value.

Flour, and then ultimately cookies (and also bread, or any number of things) that is made from the endosperm is very damaging to your health. Why then do they make it? Why does refined white flour even exist? Because it stays fresh longer. And foods that keep fresh longer make a lot more profit. (which evidently is far more important than our well being, right!?)

Refined white flower can lead to an entire plethora of health risks. Including but definitely not limited to: excess fat, diabetes, coronary disease, cancer, digestion complications, the list never ends!

The problem with sugar

Sugar gets such a bad rep already that I don't think I have to beat it down any more. Everyone knows it's bad for us… but it makes stuff taste good, so we carry on eating it.

Plenty of things taste just as good without sugar too. Oatmeal cookies are a wonderful example. They get their sweetness from healthy alternatives to sugar, like honey, cinnamon, vanilla extract, raisins, or even chocolate!

Oatmeal cookies are made with whole wheat flower, which still contains all of the healthy parts of the grain, exactly as nature intended.

I also feel like I should add that they actually taste better too! Don't you agree? To me at least, oatmeal cookies seem far more indulgent and sophisticated than regular cookies… and don't get me started on oatmeal cookies with stem ginger! They always get the secret hiding place at the back of the pans! Much too tasty for kids!

 

🐝 Manuka Honey comes with lots of awesome health boosting features, for example, did you know...

Manuka Honey earns a spot in our super food hall of fame due to the amazing health benefits it gives you. All honeys (apart from ‘hip hop hunnies’) are good for you, but Manuka takes the royal crown.

Here are five excellent reasons why you need to be buying a jar of Manuka Honey…

Boost your immune system

Forget about the flu jab, Manuka honeys immune-boosting qualities help make it an awesome pro-active answer to a truly common problem. Just 2 to 3 teaspoons per day keeps those bothersome winter blues in control. And if you’ve already come down with a nasty bug, then a nice hot drink of water with a teaspoon of Manuka Honey will have you feeling chipper in next to no time.

The perfect alternative to traditional medications without the horrible side effects!

Making IBS way less Irritating!

If you have Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) then I definitely won’t need to sell you on this one. Laboratory experiments have shown that Manuka Honey (taken orally) may reduce colonic inflation and protect against structural damage. And everybody knows how important it is to have a happy colon!

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A Drug Free Cough Remedy

Have you noticed the number of over-the-counter cough syrups are honey flavoured? There’s a really good reason for this, honey contains hydrogen peroxide. However, Manuka Honey works much better, not only due to its exceptionally high levels of hydrogen peroxide, but because it also includes numerous bioactive compounds that are missing from lesser honeys.

Immune system Boosting Qualities

Laboratory tests have shown that Manuka Honey includes properties the are able to raise the production of cytokine. These essential proteins help to support a more healthy immune response in our body.

This, in conjunction with the higher nutritional value of Manuka honey makes it a powerhouse for enhancing the immune system, helping to protect you from illness as well as keeping your body’s most vital system in tip top condition.

Reduces Hair Loss

Manuka Honey is packed with amino acids, nutrients and B-complex vitamins, which are food for the scalp! Just mix a teaspoon of Manuka Honey with a gentle conditioner to stimulate and nourish the hair follicles and put a stop to pre-mature hair loss.

Manuka Honey is not only excellent news for your hair at the root end, it’s also great for the tips! The hygroscopic characteristics of Manuka Honey helps to prevent split ends and frizz!

To discover more wonderful ways that Manuka Honey can help you, and to pick up your free Manuka Honey Cook book, click here!

 

 

🌻Is Sunflower Oil Good or Bad?

Sunflower oil is often thought of as a healthy option, however let’s take a closer look……

Sunflower oil (as well as Canola, Soybean, Corn and Safflower oil) is refined, so it’s not a natural healthy oil. Refined oils have a more significant trans-fat content, and when you are considering fats, trans is bad!

Good and Bad Fats…

Bad fats

Vegetable oils, such as Sunflower Oil may cause dangerous illnesses!

Not all fats are bad, several are crucial for good health. Bad fats are trans fats and vegetable fats – these are typically the ones you really need to steer clear of.

Bad fats (trans and vegetable) increase our risk of obesity, cancer and cardiovascular disease.

Bad, bad and very bad.

(I believe that we can probably include the ‘very’ to all three bads!)

So why are these kinds of fats so bad?

Because they are not natural. These types of fats are in truth vegetable oils which have passed through an artificial process that makes use of high pressured hydrogen and a number of compounds to transform them from oils into fats.

Vegetable oils are not good for our bodies. They can cause significant damage to your internal organs, in particular the lung tissue and reproductive process. Frightening stuff!

One study even claims that vegetable oils discharge harmful cancer-causing chemicals.

Some other researchers have found that a diet which is high in vegetable oils can cause toxicity of the liver, reduced immune system as well as learning disabilities! All bad. Very very bad.

So what about the good fats?

Fats that are healthy

Coconut Oil beats Sunflower Oil! Coconut oil is the perfect healthy substitute for Sunflower oil

Contrary to popular belief, saturated fats and cholesterol are in actuality good fats, and our bodies need them in order to function effectively.

What’s the answer? Avoid using vegetable oils, like soybean, canola, sunflower, corn and safflower and instead select natural oils, like coconut and krill.

Healthy oils will probably cost a little more in the short term, but consider the big picture. Isn’t your long term well being worth investing a couple of extra dollars? Besides, healing for all those frightening health problems attributed to bad fats have a hefty price tag as well!

Which is best for losing weight? 🥬Green Smoothies or 🥛Diet Shakes

Quite possibly the most astounding flaws with most weight loss shakes is the fact that they often contain a lot of sugar, or even chemical sweetener. It's certainly worth taking a look at the ingredients list to verify what amount of sugar your diet shake really has. Many times you'll learn that sugar is listed in the top three ingredients!

Similar to the majority of things in the world you get what you pay for, if you purchase low priced diet shakes the standard of the ingredients will probably reflect that. A great number of branded diet shakes are rich in ingredients that provide a lot of flavor but yet very little nutritional requirements.... and can actually be highly damaging to your health.

Processed Vegetable Oil

Very likely one of the most harmful ingredients frequently present in diet shakes is processed vegetable oil.
Research has connected processed vegetable oil to toxins of the liver, lowered immune system as well as learning disabilities. It is also documented to release toxic cancer-causing toxins into the human body.

Maltodextrin

Another ingredient widely included in diet shakes is maltodextrin. This has an extremely high glycemic index that can trigger serious medical issues which alter blood sugar as well as natural immunity.
Strangely enough maltodextrin is also associated with an increase in weight.
Your Own Body is going to fight back... and ultimately make you fatter than you were before!

With regards to diet shakes the problem runs much deeper than cheap ingredients. Diet shakes (and indeed  many diet plans) regularly stimulate losing fat by removing a food group entirely. When that happens the body autonomously switches into survival mode.

Take for example, whenever you cut fat from your diet plan the body will think that there is a shortage of fat available. As a consequence, it is going to quickly modify the way it processes body fat in order to save more of it the next time you consume some.
It is a survival system that operates positively for a hunter gather, when days to weeks might pass by between food intakes. But In the modern world, when loads of meals are available, this system plays havoc on the ability to keep a healthy body and to drop the weight.

The yo-yo weight loss/gain diet shake cycle

On many occasions the situation is exacerbated since diet shakes make you slimmer temporarily, and that means you think they are working. Yet the short-term weight loss is surely not worth the long lasting trouble on your body, or the harm to your on-going weight-loss efforts.One of the ways which the body compensates for diminished food consumption is to inhibit your metabolic function.This means that it is actually tougher for one to slim down in future and you'll begin getting fatter more quickly!

What do you do when you start to pile on the pounds? Well the diet shakes 'seemed' to work last time this means you try them again and the cycle continues! I wouldn't blame anybody for believing that the entire diet shake industry is a conspiracy which will make your body weight yo-yo so you always keep coming back to get more.
Natural green Smoothies will provide your body exactly what it requires

What's the solution?

The secret to real sustained ongoing fat reduction is for you to have a well-balanced diet and to assure your body is going to get all the nutrients that it is necessary to have.

Green natural smoothies are a perfect alternative to diet shakes since they are rich in anti-oxidants and natural vitamins. If you consume high-quality food the body will be able to get the vitamins and minerals that it's needing more quickly. But when the body is lacking key nutrients it can cause you to feel more hungry with the expectation that when you eat, it can get the nourishment it so desperately requires. This is one the reasons that green smoothies are extremely filling. They consist of exactly what the body is craving. It's also the reason that a couple of hours after a takeaway you're often ready for more!

🍅 Pass the ketchup... hmmm... actually, maybe not!

It's not always the food that we eat which is ruining our diet, it is the stuff we add to the food. Today we'll be looking at probably the biggest condiment culprits... tomato ketchup!

I enjoy ketchup, I put it on everything. So this particular one hits home for me.

Tomatoes are pretty good for you, aren't they?

Ketchup is mainly produced using tomatoes. Therefore you would probably think that it's not that bad for your health. All of us understand that it's also full of sugar, but tomatoes are natural veggies, right? So at least you'll be going to be getting the goodness from those...

Well not when you boil them to within an inch of their lives!

Ketchup is basically manufactured using really over cooked tomatoes which have shed all their nutritional value, some water and tons of sugar.

The sugar that you can find in ketchup may be worth a closer inspection. Because, although it starts out as sugar (which is already bad) before it's added to the bottle it's processed into high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) which is much more damaging for your health!

As well as this, it's packed with flavourings, like MSG, which make us want it more.

Therefore , ketchup is not good. It's only nutritious ingredient has been robbed of its value and all of the other ingredients have been linked to countless health problems, including...

High Fructose Corn Syrup is linked to

• Obesity
• Diabetes
• Heart Disease
• Cancer

.. and it has absolutely no nutritional value whatsoever. All it does is make stuff sweet, so you eat more.

Is MSG really bad for you?

When you do a quick search on MSG, you will find a lot of articles saying that it has a poor reputation but it isn't really that bad for you. Then you will stumble upon this from Michael Galitzer...

“It’s probably one of the most harmful substances that one can eat.”

I truthfully feel that there's a little bit of a conspiracy here, attempting to prevent most people from finding the reality about MSG. So that we carry on eating products that are packed with it.

MSG could cause 'Leaky Gut' which certainly sounds disgusting and is linked to...

• Bloatedness
• Gas
• Diarrhea
• Stomach pain

I have to admit, on quite a few occasions I've had all of those, especially after indulging in a yummy Chinese takeaway.

Healthy Tomato Ketchup options

So, back to ketchup. We adore it. We would like to keep consuming it. But we don't want 'Leaky Gut'.

The greatest substitute for shop bought ketchup is to make it yourself.

In case you fancy giving that a try, then check out this video from "Cooking With Plants"

In case you simply don't have time for that,  there are a couple of ketchups which are a healthier option.

In 2010 ConAgra took out the HFCS from their ketchup (Hunt's Ketchup) but they put it back a couple of years later. Why? My guess, I feel that they were seeking to cash-in on many peoples growing knowledge of the dangers associated with HFCS and expecting that their much healthier option would earn them a more significant share of the market.

I don't for 1 second believe that they made the decision out of genuine concern people's health.

Obviously, it didn't work, because they added it back. But men and women are constantly becoming more health aware, so maybe they will give it an additional go when they think the public will prefer to buy it. It's certainly worth picking up a bottle and going through the ingredients every so often.

Another option, but not really a very tasty one, is to use tomato puree. Within recipes this will work perfectly, but like a condiment it's a bit strong. Tomato puree is not as sweet and has a very powerful flavor. But it's worth a try, add some sweetener (such as Stevia) and it'll be much more palitable. I'm pretty sure that anything you do will be a lot healthier than any kind of shop-bought ketchup!

Simply don't boil all the nutrition away, fill it with HFCS and lace it with 'gut-leaking' MSG! Aside of that, experiment... even adding a little bit of (deadly) sugar will still produce a far healthier ketchup than the one you're likely using now.

Tomato puree (mixed with a sweetener) will be a good option to making your own ketchup as it lasts a great deal longer than fresh tomatoes, takes up much less room in your fridge and its an easy task to rustle up in a couple of seconds when required. Try it, and let me know how you get on.

Could this sneaky label be the reason that you are struggling to maintain your weight?

Alert: If you have been having difficulties to manage your weight this 'hidden truth' could be the problem...

There's a dangerous hidden truth that is lying to many people, and it's accountable for a lot of unwanted struggle in case you might be attempting to lose weight.

It is the apparently 'innocent' but actually really deceiving packaging claims...

“Reduced fat” or “Fat free”

To begin with, one problem will be one which you'll without doubt have seen. When people find that something is reduced fat content or fat-free they believe that it's fine to go ahead and eat it without any limit. I am sorry to say that this simply isn't accurate.

Much the same problem is "Sugar-Free" They just replace sugar for a chemical substitute which is equally as bad or worse than the sugar!

One of the key difficulties is that many food produces remove fat but replace it with sugar. Fat tastes better. So when it is taken out, they need to add some thing in it's place that can gratify people's tastes, and sugar does that very well.

Yet sugar is a great deal worse for your body compared to fat. It's actually been confirmed that sugar can be more addictive than cocaine! {Plus it is really quickly converted in to fat cells which are the leading cause of diabetes.

When you check the ingredients of so called 'healthy' food which you innocently eat, then you will no doubt discover a massive percentage of it is sugar. Oftentimes it can be truly shocking.

The other day I was eating some dried cranberries... a food that you'd definitely consider to be a healthy option, right? When I checked out the ingredients it said that the serving was forty grams. And guess just how much was sugar... 29 grams!!! So that tiny handful that I had just shovelling in to my mouth was almost 75% sugar! I was shocked.

This is really out of order! That amount of sugar was destroying any goodness I had been getting from my "healthy" snack choice.

So how do you fix this craziness? Well, you may use your body's organic processes to really quickly and securely lose pounds. To discover how it works Simply click here to watch this free presentation video. It shows why this process will work and how you can become a much healthier, happy and thinner person!