Home Spa Lady Tips Issue # 73 / Margarine ~ One Molecule Away From Plastic

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Tips of the Week
Issue # 73 - April 18, 2007
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In This Issue
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1. Margarine ~ One Molecule Away From Plastic
2. Flaxseeds As Natural Remedy for Eczema
3. Essential Oil Tip: Beat the Flu
4. Success Tip: Udo's Rules for Happiness
5.Recipe of the Week: Wild Rice Stuffed Peppers
7. Recipe of the Week: Wild Rice Stuffed Peppers
8. HSL's Joke or Cute Quote of the Week
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1. Margarine ~ One Molecule Away From Plastic
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There are fats that can kill us and fats that can heal us. Wouldn't it be good to know which is which?

For decades people have been eating margarine thinking that it was much better for health than butter. I remember when I was a nurse working in the Intensive Care Unit. Our cardiac patients were always given margarine instead of butter because it "is better for your heart and cholesterol levels". I haven't been around a hospital or cardiology practices for awhile (thank goodness!) but I imagine that is still a common belief and practice.

It's time to set the record straight, and there is no better person to do that than the world's leading authority on fats. Dr. Udo Erasmus, author of "Fats that Heal, Fats that Kill" tells us which fats and oils to eat with our health in mind. He encourages us to avoid synthetic molecules in our foods. But then he also tell us that one tablespoon of regular cooking oil bought from a supermarket has 60 trillion unnatural molecules. So what are the best oils and fats to eat?

I use butter in my diet, and I cook with coconut oil and olive oil. I take fish oils and flax. I want to know if what Udo thinks about that.

Do you want to know if your fat intake is healthy?

This coming Friday, April 20th, Udo will answer these questions, and more, in a "Green Tea with Marilee" teleseminar interview. You can join us for the entire 70 plus minutes we will be together, and you can ask him your own personal questions at the end of the interview.

Here are some of the things he will be covering as it is related to the "good fat/bad fat" issue: How (and which) good fats can:

--Provide more energy and stamina
--Improve sleep
--Balance mood
--Balance hormones
--Decrease body fat
--Soften skin
--Improve concentration
--Decrease cardiovascular risk problems

Join us for this exclusive interview for you, the Home Spa Lady "Tips of the Week" subscriber.

Can't make the date? Register anyway, you will get the professionally recorded disc mailed directly to you. http://tinyurl.com/2xmt9q

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2.Flaxseeds As Natural Remedy for Eczema
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By Evelyn Lim
You may wish to consider including flaxseeds in your diet as an eczema natural remedy. Flaxseeds contain essential fatty acids like Omega 3, Omega 6 and alpha linolenic acid that can add and retain skin moisture and suppleness to your skin. These nutrients are great for skin that is especially prone to dryness and inflammation. Hence, they would highly benefit eczema skin conditions.

If you have been trying to deal with your eczema for quite sometime now, you may have tried numerous lotions and even medicines that are recommended by your physician. Most medicines have side effects. Taking them on a long term basis and becoming reliant on them is not recommended. Instead,healing yourself from the inside in terms of good nutrition issomething worth pursuing since this can hardly bring any adverse reactions.

It is not hard to imagine that if your body lacks certain essential vitamins and nutrients for good skin, you are likely to experience symptoms like acne or eczema. The most active ingredient of flaxseed is the presence of Omega3. This eczema natural remedy comprises of 1/3 oil. The other 2/3 parts include protein, fiber, lignans and mucilage. Fiber and mucilage are responsible for cleaning your colon of any toxic materials and body wastes while protein can give your body the sufficient amount of amino acid it needs.

Lignans is one of the potent ingredients, with anti-viral and anti-bacterial properties that can help fight off bad bacteria, often known to worsen eczema. You can buy various forms of flaxseeds at your local health store. They come as flax seeds or flaxseed oil. If you opt to consume flax seeds, grind them before eating or adding them to your food. If you do not grind them, your body will find it hard to absorb them.

You can also consume flaxseed oil as it is or add it to your drink. If you think that you cannot regularly add natural source of essential fatty acid into your daily diet, you might as well use flaxseed oil supplements to give your body the sufficient amount of Omega 3, Omega 6 and other essential fatty acids that it needs.
Simply take two capsules of flaxseed oil supplementsper day. As an eczema natural remedy, you really want to consume what is of high quality for healthy skin. This may mean that you may have to pay more for good supplies.

An eczema sufferer for several years, Evelyn Lim now writes reviews on eczema natural remedies and skin care products. Find out how she recently got herself treated in her newsletter here at www.eczematreatmentsecrets.com

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Evelyn_Lim

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3. Essential Oil Tip: Beat the Flu
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In our household Thyme oil is a "big gun" for the flu. Diffusing thyme oil is helpful when the flu is spreading through the family, but the smell can be strong. A good way to minimize the effects of this strong smell is to bake a chicken with the herbs thyme and rosemary at the same time!

Order your essential oils from your Young Livingdistributor or by going to http://tinyurl.com/aenfp

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4. Success Tip: Udo's Rules for Happiness
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Udo's Rules for Happiness!
If I wake up breathing, I know it's going to be a good day! Life is good. It beats the alternative. If you look deep enough, you will discover that your heart hasa lways been full.

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5.Recipe of the Week: Wild Rice Stuffed Peppers
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WILD RICE STUFFED PEPPERS from Udo's Site by Usha Menard

INGREDIENTS!
4 large bell peppers, varied colors
2/3 cup wild rice, uncooked
4 oz. zucchini, diced small
2 oz. crumbled feta cheese
4 Tbs. Udo's Oil Blend
4 Tbs. fresh parsley
3 Tbs. almond slivers
3 Tbs. yellow pepper, diced small
3 Tbs. raisins
2 Tbs. white onion, finely chopped
1 Tbs. fresh dill
1 Tsp. salt
1 pinch cayenne

In a pot, bring salt, wild rice, and 2 cups of water to a boil. Let cook for 1 hour on low heat. Let the rice cool. While rice is cooking, cut clean pepper tops by inserting knife on a 45° angle, cutting around the stem. Remove seeds and discard. Reserve pepper tops.In a bowl, mix rice and remaining ingredients except for Udo's oil. Stuff each pepper, replace pepper lids, wrap in foil, and place on an oven tray. Cook for 40 minutes at 350°. Remove foil, pour Udo's oil inside peppers, and serve hot.

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7. HSL's Joke or Cute Quote of the Week
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How to Drop Pounds Fast

Breakfast
1/2 grapefruit
1 slice whole wheat toast, dry
8 oz. skim milkLunch
4 oz. lean broiled chicken breast
1 c. steamed spinach
1 c. herbal tea
1 Oreo cookie

Mid afternoon Snack
Rest of the Oreos in the package
2 pts. Rocky Road Ice Cream
1 jar hot fudge sauce, Nuts, cherries, whipped cream

Dinner
2 loaves garlic bread
Large deluxe pizza
4 cans or 1 large pitcher of beer
3 Milky Way candy bars

Late Evening Snack
Entire frozen cheesecake eaten directly from freezer

Rules for this diet:
--If you eat something and no one sees you eat it, it has no calories
--If you drink a diet soda with a candy bar, the calories in the candy bar are canceled out by the diet soda.
--When you eat with someone else, calories don't count if you don't eat more than they do.
--Foods, such as hot chocolate, brandy, toast, and Sara Le eCheesecake used for medicinal purposes NEVER count.
--If you fatten up everyone else around you, then you look thinner.
--Movie-related foods, such as Milk Duds, buttered popcorn, Junior Mints, Red Hots and Tootsie Rolls do not have additionalcalories because they are part of the entire entertainment package and not part of one's person rule. (not sure about this one....)
--Cookie pieces contain no calories. The process of breaking causes calorie leakage.
--Things licked off knives and spoons have no calories if you are in the process of preparing something. Examples are peanut butter on a knife making a sandwich and ice cream on a spoon making a sundae.
--Foods that have the same color have the same number of calories. Examples are spinach and pistachio ice cream, mushrooms and white chocolate.

NOTE: Chocolate is a universal color and may be substituted for any other food color.

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Where to Meet, Hear, or Learn with Home Spa Lady:
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April 20, 2007
In the comfort of your home
"Green Tea with Marilee"
Live Interview with Udo Erasmus, Author "Fats that Heal, Fats that Kill"
Join in on the call ~ ask Udo your questions.
7:30 PM EST
Register Now!

Can't make the date? You'll get the recorded CD!

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May 24, 2007
In the comfort of your home
"Green Tea with Marilee"
Live Interview with Susun Weed
Topic "Menopause the Wise Woman Way"
Susun is the author of these books: "Healing Wise; New Menopausal Years the Wise Women Way; Breast Cancer? Breast Health! the Wise Woman Way; and Woman Herbal for the Child bearing Year"

Stay tuned for registration details!

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