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Sumara's
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Coconut Macaroons
2 cups walnuts, presoaked
1 cup almonds, presoaked
1 cup shredded coconut
12 pitted dates
1 pear
2 teaspoons vanilla
1½
teaspoons almond extract
Process the nuts, coconut, dates and pear through a juicer using the blank
screen. Mix in the vanilla and almond extract and then spoon onto a solid
dehydrator sheet. Dehydrate for 10-12 hours at 105 degrees, then place on a
perforated dehydrator sheet and dehydrate for another 3-4 hours.
These
are best done the night before so the first dehydration can be done during the
night.
Makes about 2 dozen
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Eat Away Arthritis
by
author Ruth Yanor-McRae, MH, Alive
For some sufferers, arthritis is a minor
irritation, a stiff finger or a mild ache in a hip. For over four million
Canadians, arthritis is a disabling fact of life
Studies around the globe support the contention that a vegetarian diet will
reduce all arthritic symptoms. Mineral imbalances are commonplace in arthritic
disorders. Coffee, alcohol and refined sugar each contribute to creating
mineral imbalances. Avoid these and allow your body to maintain proper usable
mineral (especially calcium and iron) quantities. Ensure you are getting
enough iodine, selenium, calcium and magnesium in your diet. Food sources of
these minerals include kelp; dark green leafy vegetables; seafood; nuts;
legumes; and whole-grain breads and cereals...
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Soak Up The Sun - Illumination Meditation
by James Endready, Care2
The sun is
the most powerful source of energy in our world. There is nothing around us
that its light does not influence, and Earth responds to its energy in
countless ways. Because all the beings on our planet are composed of this
brilliant, luminous energy, we are all connected.
Sunlight is
a wonderful healer in its own right, and in fact our bodies make vitamin D -
needed to absorb calcium and other nutrients - from the ultraviolet rays of
the sun. Ten minutes of the noon summer sun, or 30 minutes of midday winter
sun, is enough to give you the requirement.
Combine a
moment to soak-up-the-sun with this thoughtful
meditation
called Illumination...
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Yoga As An Aid To
Weight Loss and Strengthening Abs
by Roy Thornsitt, Wellness Guide
Yoga is wonderful for nurturing a state of
mental and physical well being . It promotes a balanced and healthy lifestyle,
and yoga techniques can be applied also to removing excess weight and
strenghening abominal muscles, thus bringing you an extra benefit, that is if
being overweight is a problem to you.
Practicing yoga will increase your metabolism.
An increased metabolism leads to an increase in the calorie burning process,
so combining yoga with a calorie burning program may bring you excellent
results. Of course, the use of yoga is no rapid weight loss method. Used over
a period of time, though, it can bring good results. If you keep to the
rigours imposed by yoga discipline, you should gain a holistic, long term
solution to balance your life style and help you reduce and prevent any
surplus weight. In addition to losing weight, you will also experience an
increased ability to concentrate and focus, higher resistance to stress
factors, and overall a healthier way of life...
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Popular Sweetener is
Toxic for Dogs
by
Sharon L. Peters, USA Today
A sugar substitute found in a variety of
sugar-free and dietetic cookies, mints and chewing gum is proving highly
toxic, even fatal, to snack-snatching dogs.
Xylitol, popular in Europe for decades but a
relative newcomer to the U.S. alternative-sweeteners market, can be "very,
very serious" to dogs when ingested, says Dana Farbman, spokeswoman for the
Animal Poison Control Center of the American Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals.
"It doesn't take a whole lot (of xylitol), and
the effects are so rapid that the window of opportunity to treat the dog is
extremely small," Farbman says.
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