Six Foods that Flatten Bellies / Issue #129 May 14, 2008

Home Spa Lady's
Tips of the Week
Issue # 129 - May 14, 2008
Publisher: Marilee Tolen RN
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http://www.HomeSpaLady.com
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Home Spa Lady ~ Simple Solutions for Self-Care At Home
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In This Issue
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1. Six Foods that Flatten Bellies
(video)

2. Essential Oil Tip: Essential Oils For Gas

3. Success Tip: William Shakespeare

4. Recipe of the Week: Almond Fruit Smoothie

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

6. The "Green Tea with Marilee" Show

* Two F'ree Teleseminars This Week!

** Learn Animal Communication


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1.Six Foods that Flatten Bellies
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Oh, c'mon. .. are there really foods that flatten bellies?

I don't blame you if you are asking that question, because it
sounds preposterous!

And even more ridiculous is what these foods are called:
"Moo-Faas". Actually it is "MUFA" which is an acronym
for "mono-unsaturated fatty acids". MUFAs are also known
as the 'good fats'.

Here are six MUFAs that flatten your belly:

--Nuts and Seeds
almonds
sunflower seeds
macadamias
pistachios
walnuts

--Oils
olive
flax

--Avocado
Florida avocado
Hass avocado

--Olives
Black olives and black olive tapenade
Green olives and green olive tapenade

--Chocolate
Dark or semisweet

--Yogurt
A recent study in the International Journal of Obesity suggests
that people who get calcium from yogurt rather than other dairy
sources or supplements may lose more weight in the belly.

Learn more about the flat belly diet from Web MD:
http://snipurl.com/flat_belly_foods

As ridiculous as this sounds, to me, it makes perfect sense.

Think about when you feel bloated or puffy after eating. Most
likely the foods you ate contributed to that feeling and
experience of bloating.

Well, there are foods that do the opposite. These MUFA's are
foods that help to decrease inflammation and improve digestion
(just be careful of seeds and nuts if you are dealing with a
digestive disorder called "diverticulitis").

It is also important here to mention that everyone needs good
bacteria in the gut to help with proper digestive functioning
which helps to keep bloating at bay.

You can get good bacteria from foods like yogurt and kefir, but
probiotics are the best way to "plant" these good bacteria in the
gut.

Other great supplements to use to help with the "belly flattening
experience" are digestive enzymes. They help breakdown the foods
that the body can't break down from regular digestion.

Check out this one minute quick video:
http://snipurl.com/video_digstv_nzymes


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2. Essential Oil Tip: Essential Oils for Gas
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Technically called "flatulence", gas often accompanies
a bloated belly.

Single oils that you can use topically on the belly for
flatulence or gas are:

--Peppermint
--Nutmeg
--Fennel

Another good choice to deal with bloating or gas is
the essential oil blend designed to balance the digestive
system called Di-Gize. Rub topically on belly.

For more info or to order any of these Young Living products see
your Young Living Distributor or go to http://tinyurl.com/aenfp


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3. Success Tip: William Shakespeare
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"Oh! that this too solid flesh would melt... "

~ William Shakespeare


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4.Recipe of the Week: Almond Fruit Smoothie
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Almond Fruit Smoothie

1 cup orange juice
1 cup frozen peaches
1 sm peeled banana peeled, and
cut into 1" chunks and frozen
2 tbl slivered almonds, toasted

Add juice to electric blender, then add remaining ingredients.
Blend until smooth.

Add one tsp of flax oil before blending and/or add an avocado!


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5. HSL's Joke or Cute Quote of the Week
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Hospital regulations require a wheel chair
for patients being discharged. However,
while working as a student nurse, I found one
elderly gentleman already dressed and sitting
on the bed with a suitcase at his feet, who
insisted he didn't need my help to leave the
hospital.

After a chat about rules being rules, he reluctantly
let me wheel him to the elevator.

On the way down I asked him if his wife was meeting him.

"I don't know," he said. "She's still upstairs
in the bathroom changing out of her hospital gown."


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6. The "Green Tea with Marilee" Show
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The place for natural health tips, product reviews,
and interview with experts in Alternative Medicine, Holistic
Nursing, Nutrition, Energy Healing, and Essential Oils.

Ask your most important question about natural health issues
and listen to the show for your answers!

Ask your question right now by going to:
http://www.GreenTeaWithMarilee.com

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*Two F'ree Teleseminars Next Week!

1 - Join me for tea as I interview Lucia Thornton RN, MSN, AHN-BC
President, American Holistic Nurses Association
on Monday, May 19th at 7 PM EST

Get details here:
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2 - Join me for tea as I interview Pat Bemis, RN,
President, National Nurses in Business Association
on Wednesday, May 21 at 7 PM EST.

Get details here:
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**Really Cool Upcoming Event

Here is a course I highly recommend. . .
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Listen to this f'ree call. . . sign up here:
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Where to Meet, Hear, or Learn with Home Spa Lady:

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June 4th

"Essential Oils for People and Pets"
Teleseminar with Marilee
ONLY IF you are a participant in
"Talk to the Animals" course.

Listen to this call and learn about the
course. . .
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June 11 - 14, 2008

Rise to Excellence
Young Living Essential Oils Convention
Salt Lake City UT


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Phone: 856-857-1799 (East Coast)