Health Talk Cafe

A High Point on the Roller Coaster

2010-10-25T21:55:00.000-07:00

I am going to have to name this ride if it stays in place. But today I saw that we have earned a trip for two to the Nature's Sunshine Convention. This will be March of 2011 in Cancun. How neat is that? This has been a very hard year to work and earn such things. I found this out as I was looking at all the open time on my book and wondering how I would survive this week. I needed a good thing to happen.

In 2012 it will be in Hawaii. I hope you all will help me get there. But in March I will be dibbling my toes in the pool at what looks to be a terrific resort.

I wish all news were good but...

2010-10-24T22:25:00.000-07:00

I hate a lot about the times we live in. This economy situation. I have heard that the recession ended last year. That is what I heard but not what I see. I work in an office complex where the entire complex belongs to one company except for our office. We get a rather big bunch of folks from that company. They have had a series of layoffs over the last few years. And disposed of several of my regular clients. September and October they did it again. I just HATE this. What it did to my business is not good. What it did to these good people's lives is not good either. Horrible, in fact.
At this time my massage business is going to be slow. If you live in the Dallas area and need a massage therapist that believes in putting the therapy back in massage then get in touch. I need some stressed out, hurting people.

But worse than this was a phone call we got a little over two weeks back. My brother had been in a wreck...he was on his motorcycle. An oncoming van turned left and did it right in front of him. He hit the van and went airborne landing on the pavement some distance away. Thankfully, he always wore his protective riding gear. His body will need lots of work from the trauma it received. But the only broke body parts are his right foot and his left hand. Amazing! But his body had a huge jolt of the impact with the van and the road and he is in some huge misery. I sent my mix of Comfrey, St Johns Wort, Calendula, and Lavender blossoms and some draw string bags so he could make boo boo bags for his foot. Which was the only place that we could get to as he had a removable boot for his foot. It was really something to see how fast his foot healed. He is still using this poultice and the Dr. was really happy with the progress of the foot.

One HUGE bright spot is the Nature's Sunshine business is doing well. October is the last month to earn the trip to convention and we have earned enough for the two of us and one more to go. That is a trip to Cancun in March. WOOO HOOO!!! I am ready right now. But I can still use more business so if anybody would like to order from my website- PLEASE -help yourself. Let me know if you need help. We need this side of the business to flourish while the other is stumbling.

Nature's Sunshine came out with a new line of cleaning products this month. Plant based, nothing bad in them, cleaning products. I am excited about them. My poodle has had seizures all of her life. It took me several years to figure out it was the flea products causing some of this. Then I realized cleaning products could bring them on too. She made me use "green" cleaning products for quite some time now. It has actually been several years since her last event.

October - Time to get Ready for Winter

2010-10-03T10:40:00.000-07:00

Here on the farm October is the time to prepare for winter. In Texas usually the weather is beautiful and warm right up to 1 am some special night when temps fall to 20 degree s. Most winter days are nice but the highs and lows can be awesome and in the same week! Honestly, 30 degrees and snowing on Monday and 85 by Friday. A few days later it swings the other way. It makes winterizing the farm challenging.

But winterizing our bodies is a much easier job. Remember the flu scare we had last year? I personnally have not done the flu shots in years. I maintain my health with herbs. You know all the flack about Obama Care? Well, I have never looked at the government to help with my care. Nor the insurance company. None of it is health care, it is all sick care. No, I do not have nor will I have Obama Care - I have LaVonna Care. She is good SUCH a good Herbalist!

Last year my mom and I took Nature's Sunshine's Elderberry Defense. Such a good mix of natures defense foods. At the National Institue of Health's Pub Med website they store University published studies and Elderberry is studied and reported to do so much for your health. Elderberry Defense also has Olive Leaf. Did you know that there is a quote in the bible that says "the fruit of the tree shall be for food and leaf shall be for medicine." It is believed that this refers to the olive tree. At any rate, olive leaf is anti bacterial, anti-viral, anti-fungal. It is good to support the immune system. Elderberry Defense also has Echinacea and Royal Jelly.

In Texas fall is ragweed season and it goes straight into Mountain Cedar allergy season. It gives many people trouble. Nature's Sunshine offers ALJ for allergies. It is a very good product. It really helps allergy symptoms and does not have any bad side effects. No drowsy, dunderheaded feelings. It also helps keep the respiratory system healthy.

Tei Fu oil is a tiny little bottle of oil that does so many things. Just put a drop on your hand and then rub your hands together. Being careful to not get it in your eyes, cover your nose with your hands and breathe deeply. It will open you up all the way to your toenails. A drop on your temples and around the base of the head can be very helpful with headaches. A drop on the back of the tongue will stop a pesky cough. It has many other uses.

LaVonna Care
October Special- order directly from LaVonna-
1 Elderberry Defense
1 ALJ
1 Tei Fu Oil
$40
She will pay shipping within the USA.
email windsongwellness@yahoo.com for details

Clayton College of Natural Health

2010-07-16T23:53:00.000-07:00

They closed. They emailed all students and told them they were closing. Mainly because of the economy. That is so very sad.

Sometime back I decided to take further courses and looked at Clayton, Trinity and others. I decided I wanted to take a Master Herbalist course and I am taking it from the School of Natural Healing. This school was started by Dr. John Christopher and his family still runs it. I have been very happy with my choice.
I also signed up to be an affiliate so if you are interested in taking courses you can get started for a discount through me. Let me know.

Every Second, Every Breath Our Body Rebuilds

2010-02-05T23:06:00.000-08:00

The human body is such a miraculous creation. With every breath and every heartbeat new cells are made. What are they made from? Humm, what would you guess?

For the most part they are made from the nutrients that you put there. I always envision the Home Depot truck pulling in every night with the supplies to build cells. It comes back in the morning for another delivery. Different cells regenerate at different rates. Cells are made better or worse by the nutrients they receive and the environment they are exposed to. The chemicals you are exposed to. The toxins taken into the body. The nutrition taken in. Some things we cannot help and others we do have control of.

If your nutrition comes from fast food window or a diet of fried food, microwaved food, or "white" food. White food meaning high glycemic index food- potatoes, rice, pasta, corn, white flour (bread) ie. most of these are white. And they just trash the system. Artificial sweetners, food additives.

What nutrients did the truck deliver for your new cells. THAT will determine how healthy the new cells are.

Your choice, you decide.

Boo Boo Wraps and boo boo bags

2010-01-22T23:08:00.000-08:00

When I was a whole lot younger I went skiing...one time. Well, actually, I say two times. My first and last time and they were both in the same trip. Fell in the snow, at the lift, and the end result was a spiral fracture of the tibula/fibula. This even gave me many hours, weeks, months to devote to my learning herbs. Because I could sure not do anything else. I really do not know how I would have survived without the herbs.

Do not get me wrong because I did all of the doctor stuff as well as natural. The cast, the pain pills, the swelling under the cast, the itching under the cast. The claustrophobia that developed from the cast. Ahh, I remember it well. It was 1985 and it was just yesterday. I was told by my doctor that it would be 5 months to heal this break and get out of the cast. It took 3. And that little fact was totally thanks to my herbal treatment of myself.

The greatest herbal help there is for this kind of injury is Comfrey. And I applied it to myself every way I could. Today I am telling about one way to help with an injury. Say an ankle or a knee or arm or wrist. You get a package of comfrey in bulk and you heat it in water. For 20 minutes or so. Rather like cooking other greens. Then you take strips of cotton cloth and soak in the water and wrap the injured site. Then wrap with plastic wrap and top that with an ace bandage or one of those braces for an ankle, knee, wrist or whatever.

I also buy little empty tea bags and fill them with comfrey and a few other herbs and then iron the open side of the bag closed. When I hit my thumb with the hammer, the horse steps on my foot, or I get hit in the cheek by a tree branch. I just take one of these out of the fridge and run under hot water and put on the spot. It is just amazing how it stops the bruising and it will not even get sore. The reason you run it under hot water is that it takes heat to activate the healing ingredients.

Yes, I sell all of the products for you to make this up for yourself. Or you can scout it out and make your own.

I call these Boo Boo Bags and Boo Boo Wraps but they are really herbal poultices.

These are not listed on my website or links you will have to get in touch with me direct.
When I broke my leg I also learned that one of my new best herbal friends was a combination called HVP. When I took that I did not have the discomfort from the cast. No itchy, crawling feeling with it. I am so sure I would not have survived mentally without the HVP. And it worked so well. It is available on my Natures' Sunshine website.

Until next time...just be careful

We had Classes Yesterday

2009-09-20T16:29:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we had a class at our Dallas office. It was the first one in years held there. We taught classes in our Decatur office for some time but since closing it we have had not classes. Anyway, I think this one was really good. It was on Feeding and maintaining Brain health. I have so much information on this subject and it is so important for all ages. We actually did have some people come and others who want to come to the next one as they already had plans for this Saturday. The next one will be on Brain health too as there was too much for one class.

The modern way of living is not good for brain health. Our Brain needs less stress, to be better fed, and to be exposed to a whole lot less chemicals. Stress sets up inflammation in our bodies and in our brain. Refined white things set up infamatory terrain in the body. They make the body too acidic. Our Brain is composed of 80% fat. Our wise body knows how critical the brain is and it makes sure it has first dibs on fat to replenish the brain cells. Sometimes all we offer it in the way of fats is what we get from french fries and chicken fried steak. This is NOT what it needs. But it is what gets used if that is all the choice it has. Our brain needs good fats. What sources? Olive Oil, Virgin Coconut Oil, Avacados, Flax Seed, Sesame Oil. I am not a fan at all of Canola Oil.

In times passed, like in the days of my grandparents, people took cod liver oil almost everyday. I have yet to know how they knew to do that but it was so very wise. Fish oil is an excellent way to get the nutrition needed for the brain. But, have you tried taking cod liver oil? Yuck! I know why they stopped. The truly terrific thing is that we can now take fish oil in pills and Nature's Sunshine has a wonderful childrens chewable. Good for kids and big people who complain about how big those fish oil pills are. If you are interested you can buy it here. http://www.naturessunshine.com/us/product/sunshine-heroes-omega-3-with-dha-90-soft-chews/sku-3342.aspx

These pills and chews have DHA which is so very important for brain health and it also has D3 which is so important for general health.

Also I am offering Sunclick health assessments to all who are interested. Sunclick is a computer program written by Dr. Mahoney and it is based on his intake form. It takes the information that you give it and works up the suggestions for diet, supplements, exercise, and lifestyle. Do not fear if you answer questions that would indicate a serious problem it will tell you what it suggests as well as that you should schedule an appointment with your doctor.
Until October 15, 2009 I am offering these for free after that there will be a charge. Email me if you wish to be sent one. MJ Farmgirls will always get a good deal, let me know who you are and you can get yours.

Shop with me here- http://www.mynsp.com/NaturesPathC-LGates

Another note about the classes. It realy is hard to learn so much about health and wellness and still know so many that need the information. I so much want to pass on what I know. If you are in the area you are welcome to come to class and if you are not please let me know if you would be interested in attending a webinar. We are looking into that possibility.

And I would like to thank you so much for reading my posts on this blog and letting me share what I can with you.

News From the NSP Convention

2009-08-31T12:48:00.000-07:00

Last week I was in LasVegas for the Natures' Sunshine convention. The convention was held at the Paris Resort Hotel. I had the best room, it overlooked the pool. You could look over towards the Bellagio and at night you could see the dancing fountain. Wow, it was so neat! I waded through several thousand people to go over and see it but the view was just as good from my window- minus the several thousand people.

Anyway, the company brought out a new line of childrens supplements. A chewable enzyme, a multi vitamin, an antioxidant, a calcium with D3, and a probiotic. It really looks like a good program. And what surprised me was that they really taste good. So some say they do not have children but you can also use these when adults cannot swallow pills. All are chewable some are the gummy variety others are hard chews but all tasted good.

If you are interested and do not have someone else to order from you can go to my NSP website listed on the side bar of this Blog.

They also came out with a new weightloss product. I am going to try it and see what I think and I will let you know.

A final note about the childrens line. Children eat such poor diets these days and never has there been more need to be healthy. As this winter comes there needs to be great attention paid to making their immune system strong. And with all of the issue of childhood obesity that we read about. There are studies about vitamin D3 being low in these children with obesity and diabetes problems.

Now imagine me stepping up on my soapbox-

Folks, we are raising the first generation EVER that does not have a life expectancy as long as our own. Is this not horrible?!!!? And the reason for it is the diet that they are eating. My mom always calls it "killing yourself with your fork" sad thing is most of this food does not require a fork. It is generally in a cardboard box.
If you have children please consider changing their diet. Look up information on low glycemic index diet and follow it.

2009-08-30T23:15:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the Cafe. Many things will be written about here hopefully they will be Breakfast for your Brain, Lunch for Living Well, Dinner for ...you have the idea.

Much is made in the news about this new flu. Some are afraid they will have to take the vaccinations and they do not want to. Others are afraid that the vaccines will not be ready in time. Now it is just my opinion, that either way we will be much better off if our health is in peak shape for defending itself. There are many things we can do for this.

Trying to not be stressed is one of the biggies. So much is going on to keep us stressed. I think we should be very proactive in shutting out the world for at least a while everyday. For instance- Some are getting so worked up over Health Care, some don't want it and others do. All are riled up about their viewpoint. There are other hot buttons too but folks work their insides all up in a knot worrying about it. You have to let go of it for awhile. BREATHE...inhale...exhale...inhale...exhale Don't let the outside forces ruin your health inside.

You are the commander in cheif of your body. You can shut the door, turn the TV off, talk radio off. Bring Peace into your digestive system. Soak in the tub (put a few drops of Lavender essential oil in it)

A verse from one of my favorite songs-
You can relax now
Come on and open your eyes
Breathe deeply now
I am with you.
Oh, my sweet, sweet child,
who do you think you are?
You are the child of God
And that will never change.

Breathe that thought in and let go of the worldly worries.

Maybe now you think I am crazy but stress is a bodies worst enemy. It makes chemical changes that all bring illness to our door. None of this is worth dying for.

So let the stress go. And the next step, I think, is to make better food choices. You most likely know what they are. If not then you at least know what is not on the good health choices list, right? I will post some Cafe recipes from time to time to help you along. Try as far as possible to NOT eat out of a drive thru window.

And if you are like me this is NOT something you want to hear but try to get more exercise. More, whatever that is. Park a little further away than you normally do. Take the stairs. Go for a walk with your best sweetie or your best friend. Lucky you if you have both in one person!

Sleep well. Sleep is when your body has a chance to rebuild itself. If you are ill do not push yourself. Your body heals when it sleeps. It rebuilds cells when you sleep. I always take my calcium/magnesium, Limu juice, D3, etc at night. In my mind I imagine the Home Building truck just pulled up to unload supplies for the nights work and it all takes place while I sleep. It is nothing short of a miracle the way the body works.
Wonderfully and Fearfully made.

In my next post I will update you on the recent Natures Sunshine convention I attended.