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PINEAPPLE

This was sent to me earlier this week. I am passing it along as the email requested. We eat lots of pineapple and found this really interesting.Lovenyourthealth always,

Johanna

A Simple Pineapple – MUST Read
The pineapple is a member of the bromeliad family.
It is extremely rare that bromeliads produce edible fruit. The pineapple is the only available edible bromeliad today.

It is a multiple fruit. One pineapple is actually made up of dozens of individual floweret’s that grow together to form the entire fruit. Each scale on a pineapple is evidence of a separate flower.

Pineapples stop ripening the minute they are picked.
No special way of storing them will help ripen them further.
Color is relatively unimportant in determining ripeness.
Choose your pineapple by smell. If it smells fresh, tropical and sweet, it will be a good fruit.

The more scales on the pineapple, the sweeter and juicier the taste.

After you cut off the top, you can plant it.
It should grow much like a sweet potato will.

This delicious fruit is not only sweet and tropical; it also offers many benefits to our health. Pineapple is a remarkable fruit.

We find it enjoyable because of its lush, sweet and exotic flavor, but it may also be one of the most healthful foods available today.
If we take a more detailed look at it, we will find that pineapple is valuable for easing indigestion, arthritis or sinusitis.

The juice has an anthelmintic effect; it helps get rid of intestinal worms.

Let’s look at how pineapple affects other conditions.

Pineapple is high in manganese, a mineral that is critical to development of strong bones and connective tissue. A cup of fresh pineapple will give you nearly 75% of the recommended daily amount.

It is particularly helpful to older adults, whose bones tend to become brittle with age.

Bromelain, a proteolytic enzyme, is the key to pineapple’s value.
Proteolytic means “breaks down protein”, which is why pineapple is known to be a digestive aid. It helps the body digest proteins more efficiently.
Bromelain is also considered an effective anti-inflammatory.

Regular ingestion of at least one half cup of fresh pineapple daily is purported to relieve painful joints common to osteoarthritis.It also produces mild pain relief.

In Germany , bromelain is approved as a post-injury medication because it is thought to reduce inflammation and swelling.

Orange juice is a popular liquid for those suffering from a cold because it is high in Vitamin C. Fresh pineapple is not only high in this vitamin, but because of the Bromelain, it has the ability to reduce mucous in the throat. If you have a cold with a productive cough, add pineapple to your diet.

It is commonly used in Europe as a post-operative measure to cut mucous after certain sinus and throat operations.

Those individuals who eat fresh pineapple daily report fewer sinus problems related to allergies. In and of itself, pineapple has a very low risk for allergies.

Pineapple is also known to discourage blood clot development. This makes it a valuable dietary addition for frequent fliers and others who may be at risk for blood clots.

An old folk remedy for morning sickness is fresh pineapple juice, it really works! Fresh juice and some nuts first thing in the morning often make a difference.

It’s also good for a healthier mouth. The fresh juice discourages plaque growth.

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There are many aspects to health

There are many aspects to health.  One of the reasons I titled this web site Lovenyourhealth is that in order to be healthy you need to learn to love your health.  So if you’ve been on the run eating fast foods, and have experienced digestive, issues, energy issues, and many others you get to become your own detective.

You might ask yourself what it means to LOVE your health.  I think the question begs to consider appreciation of :

1. Your body,

2, your mind

3. Whatever conditions you have created in your life to bring you to this point.

Now you are ready to make shifts in your diet to enhance the best possible food choices.  For one buying organic and NON GMO is one of the essential choices.  There are lots of recipes that you can make and bake with these choices.  There are also a fair amount of good restaurants for you to choose great foods.

Become acquainted with your area of the country and the food stores around you.  I would also suggest you become familiar your local farmers.  Clean out your shelves and refrigerator.  Make sure you include Teflon pots.  Anything with a coating is not good to cook with.

Water is another item.  Check out your water quality.  I recently moved into an apartment and have had to replace a filtration system 3 times due to the amount of sediment.  Clean water is essential.  Due to the pour food and water quality in this country we all need to become vigilant about everything that we put into our mouths and the mouths of our children.

The way we cook is another point.  If you have a microwave you will need to look at the aspects of cooking with microwaves they change the true flavor of foods.  I have never used a microwave. Not alone is the food taste changed but the quality of nutrition is changed.

Learning to use your kitchen in the best way possible means that you will need to learn to Love Your Health.  Have at least 3 vegetables at each meal.  I always have a boiling pot of salted water cooking.  I can put anything in there at a moment’s notice.   I cook more than enough vegetable at a time as I can always reheat or use left overs in other dishes or even as a vegetable pate on sprouted breads.

Sprouted bread metabolize as vegetables.  Check the foods and tastes that are important to your satisfaction.  This is a great time of year for fresh vegetables and salads.  Try some fermented vegetables as they enhance digestion.   Vegetable purees from already cooked vegetables can be a tasty alternative to your diet. Cooking small amounts of lentils, quinoa another grain with purees makes more than enough for lunch.  I would say a tablespoon of each satisfies tastes and colors.  If your appetites are greater use some ferment sprouted breads or flat breads.

Alternate between the highest quality chicken, turkeys, fish, beef, will give you a great start for a wonderful meal at least once per week.  Miso soup is another staple I use daily.  I like the lighter one.  I usually have Miso at lunch. Miso is fermented soy NON GMO.  It is very good for digestion.

A staple I use daily.  I like the lighter one.  Miso is fermented soy NON GMO.  It is very good for digestion.

I have given you FOOD for thought.  What foods choices will you are making to support your health?  Whether you cut down on sugar and foods which contain sugars or go cold-turkey any step you take will improve your health.

It’s important to look at weight, health and vitality and any health compromises you have already incurred.  Habits which are addictive would be abusive to your body.  Addictive habits would not be a way to support loving your body.   Honesty, care, commitment and patience are really what have required of all of us to achieve health and wellness.

There are many things about food which are essential to learn relative to the quality of food you are buying.  How would you rate yourself in the meal preparation category?  Acquaint yourself with the facts about what is happening to our foods and water, our agriculture and air.  Educating yourself about foods and the choices restaurants make to support NON-GMO, buy from local farmers to prepare their menus are the same choices you need to make to protect your health and the health of those you love.

It seemed overwhelming to me at first many years ago when I first realized that what I put into my body essentially created how energetic I felt.  Sometimes it takes several days to feel the effect of a meal you ate.  Becoming a skilled detective for your health will open many doors for your relaxation and vitality.

Not only did I study foods and food combing but how supplements were made and marketed.  What’s in everything and how is everything you eat and take absorbed, metabolized and distributed by your body.  So everything, no matter what needs to be absorbed by your body to be effective and efficient to your body mind and wallet.

I will go into all these areas over time.  I hope that you will begin to view yourself and your foods differently and that you will learn to love yourself and love your efforts and love your health.  You will be the benefactor of the greatest return for your efforts.

 

Health Bazar

I’m finally getting to the gifts you will achieve from any efforts you put into discovering how you can personally create the most important and intimate relationship with your life. What my reason for writing this is to create a Health and Wellness Bazar filled with luscious choices for all sorts of health issues.  The Bazar is a forum for health, strength, structural appearance, physical movement, beauty, anti-aging. This will be a place to find and evaluate modalities which will help you enhance or re-invent yourself.  If you’re ready stay tuned