Seven Steps to Strengthen Your Health / Issue #105 November 28, 2007

Home Spa Lady's
Tips of the Week
Issue # 105 - November 28, 2007
Publisher: Marilee Tolen RN
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Make Every Day A Spa Day!

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In This Issue
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1. Seven Steps to Strengthen Your Health

2. Essential Oil Tip: Immupower

3. Success Tip: Arnold Schwarzenegger

4. Recipe of the Week: Wild Rice/Shitake Onion

5. HSL's Joke or Cute Quote of the Week


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1. Seven Steps to Strengthen Your Health
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We don't have to get run down or sick more than
once to question how strong our health really is.

Over Thanksgiving I got really run down after hosting dinner
and then having another dinner for a different part of the family
on Black Friday (after a day of shopping!).

I did question how strong was my health. To feel okay in
one moment and then feel the onslaught of the flu in the next
moment.

I do admit, however, that I also questioned my sanity for hosting
two big dinners back to back like that!

Nevertheless, my energy started to crumble as my throat grew
more sore.

What did I reach for to heal my body of a virus that started to
fester?

Two things:
--My essential oils
--Healing foods

I've known about the power of foods to heal the body for many
years. I was introduced to the "macrobiotic" way of eating in
the mid 1980's when I studied in a Holistic Health Certification
program at Rosemont College.

I went on to take macrobiotic cooking classes and since have been
armed with wonderful food remedies for many ails.

As I went along in my holistic nursing career, I came across
many people who used the macrobiotic diet to heal life
threatening illness such as cancer.

I've come to find out that macrobiotics is not a d.iet per se, it
is a way of life.

What macrobiotics means is Great Life. Macro = Great. Biotics =
Life.

Michio Kushi, the man responsible for bringing macrobiotics from
Japan to the United States, has trained a handful of people who
are now the leading experts to carry on his work. One such
person is Denny Waxman who has authored the book "The Great Life
Diet" and founded an educational institution known as "The
Strengthening Health Institute".

Denny developed "Seven Steps to Strengthen Health" which are
listed below.

Denny will be elaborating on these and much more on a "Green Tea
with Marilee" TeleWebcast interview tonight (a live event which
will be professionally recorded that you can join by phone OR
internet).

Go here for the details: http://snipurl.com/gtwmdennywaxman

Here are the Seven Steps:

--Take time for your meals every day.
Sit down to eat your meals or snacks without doing other things.
This is the first step towards good health and will help you feel
more satisfied.

--Set your daily schedule.
Rise early and sleep before midnight.
Rise early to be more active and discharge more toxins. Sleep
before midnight to be more refreshed and healthy.

--Eat 2 or 3 complete and nutritionally balanced meals every day.
Grain and vegetable dishes together at the same meal provide the
most complete and balanced nutrition.

--Make your daily life active.
Walk for 30 minutes every day.

--Create a more natural environment.
You can think of your home as a recharging station. It is a place
to relax, return to balance and enrich your life.

--Make your macrobiotic practice work.
Keeping to the format of meals improves your ability to make
healthier food choices.

--Cultivate the spirit of health.
Have openness, curiosity and endless appreciation for all of
life.

Join this live event tonight! (Wednesday, November 28th 7 PM EST)
OR register even if you can't make it and get the recording
mailed directly to your home.

Here are the details and the place for you to register:
http://snipurl.com/gtwmdennywaxman


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2. Essential Oil Tip: Immupower
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I would not be without this essential oil blend.

To keep yourself well and your immune system high, or to help the
healing of an infectious process in the body, use this blend on a
daily basis by rubbing it on your feet at night before retiring.

I like to place drops on my feet and rub the bottoms of my feet
together - and then put on socks or little footies and wear them
to bed.

Immupower is an amazing blend of:

Hyssop
Mountain savory
Cistus
Ravensara
Frankincense
Oregano
Clove
Cumin
Idaho tansy

I call this blend "The Big Gun"

For more info or to order contact your Young Living
distributor or go to: http://tinyurl.com/aenfp

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3. Success Tip: Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your
strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to
surrender, that is strength.


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4. Recipe of the Week: A Favored Macrobiotic Dish
Wild Rice with Pecans & Shiitake-Onion Topping
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1 cup wild rice
2 - 2 1/2 cups filtered or spring water
1 Tbs. sesame oil
1/4 - 1/3 tsp. sea-salt
1/2 cup roasted pecans

Sauce:
1 cup minced onion
1 cup fresh shiitake, diced
1 1/2 cups water (approximately)
2 tsp. tamari

--Dice an onion and water fry in approximately 1 1/2 cups water
until onion becomes clear.
--Add diced shiitake and stir. Make sure there is at least 1 cup
of water remaining to cook the mushrooms. Cook for 3 to
5 minutes.
--Add in 2 tsp. tamari and remove from heat. Put aside.

Wild Rice with Pecans:
--Oven roast or dry pan-roast chopped pecans until browned and
fragrant. Put aside.
--Rinse wild rice in a colander under cold running water. Allow
to drain.
--Place water and salt in a heavy saucepan over high heat and
bring to a boil.
--Add rice when the water boils and lower to a simmer.
--Simmer rice for approximately 40 minutes. The kernels will
usually split open.
--Add the roasted pecans and allow to steam with the cover on for
another 10 minutes.
--Add shiitake-onion topping and mix. Optional: Add fine chopped
parsley as a garnish.



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5. HSL's Joke or Cute Quote of the Week
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This is an example of what the Great Life Diet is NOT. . .
. . .and the result!


In the beginning, God created the Heavens and the Earth and
populated the Earth with broccoli, cauliflower and spinach, green
and yellow and red vegetables of all kinds, so Man and Woman
would live long and healthy lives.


Then using God's great gifts, Satan created Ben and Jerry's Ice
Cream and Krispy Creme Donuts. And Satan said, "You want
chocolate with that?" And Man said, "Yes!" and Woman said, "and
as long as you're at it, add some sprinkles." And they gained 10
pounds. And Satan smiled.

And God created the healthful yogurt that Woman might keep the
figure that Man found so fair. And Satan brought forth white
flour from the wheat, and sugar from the cane and combined them.
And Woman went from size 6 to size 14.

So God said, "Try my fresh green salad." And Satan presented
Thousand-Island Dressing, buttery croutons and garlic toast on
the side. And Man and Woman unfastened their belts following the
repast.

God then said, "I have sent you heart healthy vegetables and
olive oil in which to cook them." And Satan brought forth deep
fried fish and chicken-fried steak so big it needed its own
platter. And Man gained more weight and his cholesterol went
through the roof.


God then created a light, fluffy white cake, named it "Angel Food
Cake," and said, "It is good." Satan then created chocolate cake
and named it "Devil's Food."

God then brought forth running shoes so that His children might
lose those extra pounds. And Satan gave cable TV with a remote
control so Man would not have to toil changing the channels. And
Man and Woman laughed and cried before the flickering blue light
and gained pounds.

Then God brought forth the potato, naturally low in fat and
brimming with nutrition. And Satan peeled off the healthful skin
and sliced the starchy center into chips and deep-fried them. And
Man gained pounds.

God then gave lean beef so that Man might consume fewer calories
and still satisfy his appetite. And Satan created McDonald's and
its 99-cent double cheeseburger. Then said, "You want fries with
that?" And Man replied, "Yes! And super size them!" And Satan
said, "It is good." And Man went into cardiac arrest.

God sighed and created quadruple bypass surgery.

Then Satan created HMOs.


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Where to Meet, Hear, or Learn with Home Spa Lady:

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November 28, 2007 Green Tea with Marilee Show

"The Great Life Diet with Macrobiotic Expert

Denny Waxman - author of "The Great Life Diet"

Click here (or copy and paste) for details:

http://snipurl.com/gtwmdennywaxman

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December 11, 2007 Green Tea with Marilee Show

"God's Love Manifest in Molecules" with Essential Oil Expert

Dr. David Stewart - author of "Chemistry of Essential Oils Made
Simple: God's Love Manifest in Molecules"

Click here (or copy and paste) for details:

http://snipurl.com/gtwmdavidstewart


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