Pumpkin Bellies ~ High Yield Nutrition / Issue #153 - October 29, 2008

Home Spa Lady's
Tips of the Week
Issue # 153 - October 29, 2008
Publisher: Marilee Tolen RN
mailto:marilee777@aol.com
http://www.HomeSpaLady.com

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In This Issue
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1. Pumpkin Bellies ~ High Yield Nutrition

2. Essential Oil Tip: Resist Sweets

(Bonus Video: How to Carve a Pumpkin)
(3 min 1 sec)

3. Success Tip: Colette

4. Recipe of the Week: Frozen Jack O'Lanterns

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

6. The "Green Tea with Marilee" Show

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1. Pumpkin Bellies ~ High Yield Nutrition
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Pumpkin Seeds (aka Cucurbita Seeds) are from
the belly of the pumpkin and full of nutrients!

Here are some of the nutritious contents of pumpkin seeds:

Protein, fiber, iron, copper, magnesium, manganese,
phosphorous, along with amino acids arginine and
glutamicacid.

They also contain calcium, potassium, zinc,
selenium, folate, and niacin.

And they are also a source of linolenic acid(which is
believed to help prevent hardening of the arteries).


Benefits of munching on a small handful of seeds:

--Calm an irritated and overactive bladder occasionally
associated with bedwetting (Germany's Commission E has approved
using pumpkin seeds for bedwetting and other bladder problems)

--Get rid of intestinal parasites (the ingredient cucurbitin in
the seeds is believed to paralyze the worms over time forcing
them to lose their grip and get expelled from the body)

--Help with symptoms of prostate enlargement (the use of these
seeds for this problem is traced back to Native American
healers).

A clinical trial done using pumpkin seeds for BPH(Benign
Prostatic Hypertrophy) showed improvements in symptoms
such as post-void dribbling, weak urine flow, and time
spent urinating in many of the participants. Fifty-three
men with BPH took part in this three-month, double-blind
study completed in 1990.

You can get nutrients and benefits from pumpkin seeds in many
forms, such as:

--The seed itself
--Pumpkin seed oil
--Dried herb
--Tea

You can buy the seeds in health food stores either in the shell or
already shelled. And you can get them raw or roasted.

The oil is wonderful, we get ours from Donna Gates (author "Body
Ecology Diet"). Like most oils, it goes rancid so you do need to
keep it refrigerated.

Here's a great recipe for getting rid of those parasites and
worms:
--Make an emulsion by grinding up the seeds, mixing them
with some sugar (or honey) and some milk (or water).

--Sip this mixture in three daily doses, ingesting a
total of about 2 ounces of the emulsion.

--Alternatively, make a tea with the ground seeds by
infusing them in hot water; allow the brew to cool
slightly before straining and sipping.
Don't take more than 16 ounces at one time.

Here's a tip for men who are interested in good prostate health-
preventing enlargement, or even helping your treatment along:

Chew a handful of these seeds every day!

Make them from your own pumpkins!
Harvest the seeds yourself from your fresh pumpkins or other
squash as well and then roast them slowly on an oiled baking
sheet in a 250 degree oven until crisp.


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2. Essential Oil Tip: Resist Sweets
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An alkalinized body does not crave sweets.

Here are 2 great ways from Young Living to become
and stay alkaline:

--Alkalime

This product makes you instantly alkalinized!

It's a must have in your kitchen to take regularly
for maintaining alkalinity in the body, and also
to get yourself out of an acidic condition (you know
when you feel bloated and stuffed after a big meal that
included deserts, etc). This white powdery product that
you dissolve in water (and it fizzes a little like Alka-
Seltzer) has a touch of lemon and lime and that makes it
pleasant. Use caution if you need to restrict your sodium
intake.

--Lemon Essential Oil

Simple, basic, helpful facts cannot be stated enough.
Using lemon essential oil, especially if you add it to
water and take internally, can alkalinize you. People
ask "can a slice of lemon be just as effective"? and the
answer is "no, you will not get the same health benefit
and effect as using the pure organic therapeutic grade
essential oil."


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


Bonus Video: This video has nothing to do with essential oils but
it does have something to do with pumpkins! Watch this to learn
how to carve a pumpkin!
http://snipurl.com/vid_how2carvepumpkin
(3 min 1 sec)


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3. Success Tip: Colette
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There is nothing that gives more assurance than a mask. ~Colette

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4. Recipe of the Week: Frozen Jack O'Lanterns
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Frozen Jacks (Serves many!)

24 navel oranges
24 cinnamon sticks
1 gallon chocolate ice cream or Rice Dream

--Cut off the tops of the oranges
--Hollow out the orange, leaving the thick shell of the
navel orange
--Cut faces into the oranges (you can even do this as a contest
or party activity)
--Pack the ice cream into the orange, without letting any
ice cream come out of the eyes, nose or mouth.
--Cut a small hole in the top and put the top back onto the
orange
--Stick a piece of cinnamon stick in the hole, to make it
look like a pumpkin stem
--Freeze for at least three hours.

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5. HSL's Joke or Cute Quote of the Week
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THE TOP TEN SIGNS YOU ARE TOO OLD FOR TRICK-OR-TREATING:

10. You become winded from knocking on the door.
9. You hire a kid to chew the candy for you.
8. You ask for high fiber candy only.
7. When someone drops a candy bar in your bag, you lose your
balance.
6. People say, "Great Mask!" and you're not wearing one.
5. When the door opens you yell, "Trick or...." and you forget
the rest.
4. By the end of the night, you have a bag full of
restraining orders.
3. You have to carefully choose a costume that won't dislodge
your hairpiece.
2. You need to keep a check on your pacemaker.
1. You avoid going to houses where your ex-husbands live.

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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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