Home Spa Lady Tips Issue # 2 Sugar Addiction, Digestive Enzymes

HomeSpaLady's Natural Wellness NewsletterIssue #2 - November 23, 2005
Special Thanksgiving IssuePublisher: Marilee Tolen RN
mail to: marilee777@aol.com
http://www.homespalady.com/
http://www.HomeSpaLady.com/blog

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HomeSpaLady's 'Natural Wellness News'
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We have a winner - We have a name !

The contest winner is Judith Barrett Johnson NCTMB ! Judith submitted the name that was selected for this newsletter. She will receive the prize of Young Living's Essential 7 Kit.

There were so many wonderful submissions - very creative names! Thank you to the following readers who took the time and creative energy to submit names: Sue Grimm, Gail Rountree, Leny, DawnPeralta, Diana Cole, Bonnie Senelly, Noor . . hope I didn't miss anyone else ~~~~ it was a tough decision!
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This is a special Thanksgiving issue
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Please forward this e-newsletter to anyone you know who is interested in natural health, healing, and beauty based on principles of energy, consciousness, spirituality, personal empowerment, delicious whole foods, cleansing the body and mind,and having a heck of a good time!
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In This Issue
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1. Preparing Your Tummy for Turkey
2. Tips for Feeling Healthy, Not Gorged After Thanksgiving Dinner
3. How to Take Digestive Enzymes
4. Are You A Sugar Addict?
5. Natural Remedies for Indigestion
6. Gratitude
7. Idea for Black Friday Night! A Great HomeSpa Treatment
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1.Preparing Your Tummy for Turkey
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Excerpt from Blog (www.HomeSpaLady.com/blog) November 20

As you prepare your menus, your invites, your shopping lists, and your homes for this Thursday's Thanksgiving Feast - you should add one more extremely important item to your list - the preparation of your own tummy. Now you might be thinking “what the heck does she mean by that?”

Well, let me ask you this. . .
. . . how did you feel the last time you ate a holiday dinner that included hors d’oeuvres, wine, bread stuffing, meat, potatoes, cruciferous vegetables, and pie topped with whipped cream or ice cream?

It’s not unusual for people to complain about eating too much, but the complaint is often accompanied by whines about bloating and grunts about pain. This discomfort can be some serious stuff! I know I’ve been there! - and I want to do the best I can to avoid it - short of depriving myself all of the food. Even if it's organic and whole - the combining of those foods can play havoc on our gastrointestinal system.

So what can we do to prepare our own tummy for these treats?

Two things - and you can start right away.

I. - acidophilus
II. - digestive enzymes (Excerpt from Blog November 20) ____________________________________________
Additional info:
I. Take your acidophilus or probiotics on a daily basis to help to populate the gut with some good bacteria - the kind that will help balance the eco-terrain of your internal environment. It's important to take these on an empty stomach even - if you read some labels that say to take with food.

Actually, I have found the less expensive acidophilus (the kind they sell in pharmacies or places like CVS) say to take with food. My hit on that is they don't have many or any live cultures in them - if they did, they wouldn't tell you to take with food! Taking a good quality acidophilus on an empty stomach helps ensure that the bacteria will take and not be diluted with food.

Besides taking capsules of acidophilus/probiotics - there are other ways to get these good live cultures into your belly-Yogurt (preferably plain unsweetened)kefirand cultured foods such as cultured vegetables -http://www.culturedvegetables.com/ (I'll be writing more about that in an upcoming issue)

II. Digestive Enzymes - see article #3 below for full explanation
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2. Tips for Feeling Healthy, Not Gorged After Thanksgiving Dinner
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a). Don't go hungry - have a wholesome breakfast and lunch.
b). Don't treat it like an all-you-can-eat buffet
c). Take the skin off the turkey
d). Serve yourself small portions of everything
e). Don't limit yourself, just limit the amount
f). Drink plenty of water - alcohol and coffee will dehydrate
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3. How to Take Digestive Enzymes
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(hint - this is a really long article so don't miss the good topics yet to come in this newsletter below - )

** ** **This is an excerpt from the book Essential Desk Reference from Essential Science Publishing - http://www.essentialscience.net/ - it really explains the choice we have in the array of digestive enzymes from Young Living. This also gives you the item number and the prices.

** ** **(note from Marilee - as a certified colon therapist I always believed in the use of digestive enzymes - they are so incredibly important for all of us. Before I met Young Living I carried another line of enzymes and I can say that there are some other good ones out there - but I am so impressed with not only the quality of YL's enzymes, but how they are available to us to use with different styles and ways of eating. For example - when you're having a high carb meal - ie - pasta - then you want to look at taking Carbozyme - when you are having a more protein oriented meal -like a steak - look at the Polyzyme for protein, and also the Lipozyme to help break down the fat in the steak, etc., etc. Yes, it can be a bit confusing too - so if you are first starting out and want to get just a good general enzyme, the one to go for is Essentialzyme. Happy Digesting!)

** ** **Oh!!- one other thing - for you parents out there PLEASE NOTICE -
the kids chewable digestive enzymes mentioned -KidsScents MightyZyme Chewables - this is part of what I wrote about in the last issue in the article The ADD/ADHD Diet ! ** ** **

Here's the excerpt:
What is one of the real secret to better health?
Most people don't know that the human body is designed to only break down or digest approximately 50% of the food we eat. Live enzymes are supplied in raw food, but as soon as we cook or process our food, we kill all the enzymes. This is the most overlooked situation in health today. Until this problem is corrected the body will continue to struggle and suffer. This is a very serious problem that our body faces on a daily basis yet, very few people are paying attention to how they weaken their body's protectors and repairers every single day.
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Your good health can be determined by one of the two choices:

1. Don't take digestive enzymes with your food and you will use your body's energy and enzyme reserves to help digest the cooked and processed food. You will also distract the body's function in protecting and repairing the human body.

2. Take digestive enzymes with your food and on an empty stomach and you will use the energy within the enzymes to digest the food and clean up the blood. This will conserve the body's energyand enzyme reserves. Digesting your food properly and cleaning up the blood makes it possible for the human body to give all of its attention to protecting and repairing. It will no longer have to get involved in cleaning up the blood of undigested particles. If you want a fully functional, effective and strong immune system improving digestion and cleaning up the blood is the way to give the human body back its full power to protect and repair. It won't happen without improving digestion and clean blood.

Great health is the most valuable possession a person can own. It is impossible for the human body to function properly if we are not digesting our food properly! Digestive enzymes are necessary if you want a very strong immune system.
So take a look at our enzymes and what they can do for you: ____________________________________________
Essentialzyme (used to be called Megazyme):#3272 100 tabs.
Wholesale $26.75
Preferred customer $30.97
Customer Price $35.20

A high-quality enzyme complex that may improve and aid digestion and the elimination of toxic waste from the body. Essentialzyme was formulated to help supply enzymes to those who have difficulty digesting or assimilating food. Essentialzyme helps re-establish proper enzyme balance in the digestive system and throughout the body and helps improve intestinal flora. It may also help retard the aging process.
Enzyme supplementation is particularly important for people suffering chronic pancreatitis, cystic fibrosis, or in any condition where the pancreas duct is blocked, thereby preventing enzymes from reaching the intestine. ____________________________________________
Carbozyme: #3268 - 90 Cap.
Wholesale $40.00
Preferred Customer $46.32
Customer $52.63

Carbozyme is designed to relieve bloating, cramping, intestinal distress, and combat Candida and yeast overgrowth. Carbozyme is an advanced starch and sugar digesting vegetarian enzyme complex that contains pure amylase and therapeutic-grade essential oils. Works best when combined with fiberzyme. Clinical studies in 2002 using two capsules twice a day of Carbozyme eliminated the needfor insulin in diabetic patients.
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Detoxzyme: #3203 - 180 cap.
Wholesale $30.75
Preferred Customer$46.03
Customer price $52.30

A vegetable enzyme complex designed to promote detoxification of the body. Combines essential oils with enzymes designed to digest starches, sugars, proteins, and fats. This formula is structured with trace minerals that help the body detoxify itself, reducing, cholesterol and triglycerides. It helps in opening the gall bladder duct and cleansing the liver, preventing candida and yeast overgrowth, and promoting general detoxification.

The formula facilitates optimal absorption of nutrients from foods and supplements, delays the aging process, and maintains optimal energy levels. It also helps to regulate the pH level and reduce acidification and parasite colonization andinfestation.

Detoxyzme also contains phytase, and enzyme essential for people eating vegetarian diets. Phytase, an enzyme essential for people eating vegetarian diets. Phytase is crucial for unlocking the mineral content of many grains, nuts, seeds, and other foods which contain high levels of essential minerals that are unavailable to the human body because they are bound up in insoluble indigestible phytate complexes. Up to 90% of the magnesium, potassium and zinc in foods like barley, cashews, walnuts, and rice are irreversibly tied up by phytic acid and cannot be absorbed by the digestive system. Thus the phytase in Detoxyzme results in a huge boost in mineral absorption from diets high in nuts, seeds, and whole grains.

The benefits of essential minerals to human health cannot be over emphasized. Magnesium is crucial for blood pressure regulation and antioxidant production, zinc is critical for normal immune function, and potassium is vital for blood pressure and water balance and is found inside of every cell in the body. ____________________________________________
Fiberzyme: #3270 180 cap. will be back

Designed to combat yeast overgrowth and candida conditions in the body. Fiberzyme is a high powered fiber-enzyme complex that aids digestion and enhances absorption of nutrients. It fights yeast infestation by digesting fungal and yeast cells. It works best when combined with Polyzyme or Detoxzyme. ____________________________________________
Lipozyme: #3269 180 cap.
Wholesale $99.50
Preferred Customer $115.21
Customer $130.92

A fat-digesting enzyme complex that promotes fat digestion and enhances the absorption of fat-soluable vitamins such as vitamin A, vitamin D, and vitamin E. ____________________________________________
Polyzyme: #3256 90 cap
Wholesale $36.50
Preferred customer $42.16
Customer Price $48.03

The enzyme complexes in Polyzyme are used medically as powerful anti-inflammatories that combat arthritis, irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia, ALS and food allergies. By promoting complete digestion of proteins, Polyzyme increase the production of key amino acids from food proteins. Aminoacids are absolutely vital for healthy immunity and health and form the building blocks of hormone creation, tissue repair, and muscle formation. By promoting complete digestion. Polyzyme prevents refaction in the intestines that can lead to allergies, liver stress, and toxic blood.

Protease 3.0, 4.5, 6.0 which are in Polyzyme are protein digesting enzymes designed to work in a broad range of pH conditions. Acid stable proteases are environment of the stomach while alkaline proteases are more effective in the large intestine. This combination of proteases is scientifically formulated to maximize protein digestion and amino acidformation.
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KidScents MightyZyme Chewable #3259
Wholesale $24.50
Preferred customer $28.37
Customer price $32.24

A delicious high-powered vegetable enzyme complex for children. Includes enzymes to digests proteins, carbohydrates and fats. Also includes folic acid and peppermint oil to enhance digestion.
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The info on the enzymes was taken out of the new Essential Oils' Desk Reference, The Third Edition which you can order from Essential Science Publishing.
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4. Are You A Sugar Addict?
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Think you might be a sugar addict? You can find out from my friend Connie Bennett's website http://www.sugarshock.com/. Take the test called "Are You Sugar Shocked"? Connie is the author of the forthcoming book "Sugar Shock" and her website is loaded with information about the woes of sugar addiction. She has a new coaching program coming up to help people kick the sugar habit. Stop by her site and tell her I said "hi"!
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5. Natural Remedies for Indigestion
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What is really need for what is called "Acid Indigestion" is an alkalinizing agent! Here are two of my favorites that I use and find to be very effective (also for alkalinizing in general and not only after a huge meal):

1. Umeboshi Plums
This plum is actually from the apricot family - its been used as a healing food and medicine in China, Korea, and Japan. They are dried and packed in barrels with sea salt. They contain loads of minerals, protein, and even a little fat (which is great for a fruit!) They are abundant in calcium, iron, and phosphorous. It is called the 'king of alkalinizing foods'. You can get these plums, or also plum paste, in most health food stores. I suggest you keep in the frig - they keep a long time.
I take either a small amount of the plum and put it directly in my mouth (makes you pucker!), or another great way is to put in acup of Kukicha Tea.

2. Alkalime
One of my all time favorites for those 'post dinner bloats' is Alkalime (this comes from the Young Living product line). AlkaLime is an alkaline mineral complex that safely reduces the acidity of your digestive system. Alkalime contains: 692 mg of Calcium, 573 mg of Sodium and 142 mgof Magnesium per serving.

How to use: Stir 1 teaspoon in 6 to 8 oz. of distilled orpurified water and drink immediately. Mix only with water. For best results, drink one hour before or after eating.

Ingredients: Sodium bicarbonate, calcium carbonate, magnesiumcitrate, citric acid, potassium bicarbonate, sea salts, and aproprietary blend of therapeutic-grade essential oils of lemon(Citrus limon) and lime (Citrus aurantifolia).'

And last but not least !!! - Peppermint Oil
Peppermint essential oil is a must have on your dessert cart at Thanksgiving. It's the desert's desert !!! Some people like to rub it on their belly after a meal to prevent indigestion. Another way to take it is to put one drop in a glass of water and sip it.
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6. Gratitude
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We must never forget the 'reasons for the seasons' and the true meaning of Thanksgiving. Giving thanks and being grateful is something to remember at this time, and no better place to feel it, do it, be it - is with loved ones at this festive occasion. Especially when the challenging family issues come up, as it most often does at family holiday gatherings - holding the energy of gratefulness can help overcome much angst in the family relationship department.

Not only that - but just the 'frequency of thanks' alone can help attract more good in life. Work with the law of attraction here. The best way to do it - make a list of all the things that you are grateful for, and keep that in your conscious awareness - as opposed to the things that make you upset.

Here's one thing on my list:
I am grateful for all of YOU - the HomeSpaLady readers - and to have the opportunity to share my years of knowledge, practice, and personal experience with you. Thank you !!!
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7. Idea for Black Friday Night ! A Great HomeSpa Treatment
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Wow . . .
after all day Tuesday shopping for turkey dinner. . .
then all day Wednesday cooking and cleaning for turkey dinner,
then all day Thursday preparing and eating turkey dinner,. . .
then all day Friday shopping for great deals presents -
whew!. . .
are you ever ready for a long hot lavender milk bath !!
here's how:
run a hot bath - place 7 - 10 drops of lavender into 1/2 cup of milk - pour into the tub and swish around - then soak, breathe,and smile :)
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