How's Your Soil

No one likes being sick. I know this. I used to get sick ALL THE TIME. Now I am used to people thinking I am a crazy person for eating the way I do now. But let me tell you one thing I don't get sick very often. And if I do I usually know its a reaction to a bad food I have eaten and I quickly take the steps neccesarry to get well. In this cold and flu season I highly encourage you to follow these steps if your sick. Or hey have it your way and ignore me, think I am crazy and see how you long it takes for you to get over your cold, only to get sick agian soon. I don't think I know it all, but I have been given some very valuable information I desire to pass on. Its critical to your health. You may not feel it yet, but one day you will.

1. WATER. Seriously its so important. Just by upping your water intake when you are sick you give your cells a chance to hydrate and fight off the illness. Also effects allergies a TON! I have been very allergic to cats all my life. The family I nanny for has a cat. The days I am hydrating, eating well NO symptoms. The days I eat sugar/cheese/bread. and don't drink enough water I can hardly breath there is so much mucus. Gross I know. Dehydration = mucus. Water = no mucus.

2. No Sugar. Sugar is found in so many things, your bread, your ketchup, you name if it comes in a box it probably has sugar. Sugar blocks your cells from absorbing Vitamin C and then innables your immune system. If you eat sugar you can't fight off the illness.

3. Supplements. You should be getting all your nutrients from the foods you eat, but alas this is not possible in this society. So the most important ones you should take are: Probiotics, Fish Oil, Vitamin D, Vitamin C (at leat 1,000 mgs of C when your sick)
Also I've mentioned before Dr.K's perfect Greens for health I take a scoop of this in water or a smoothie every day during Cold and Flu season.

4. Rest, turn off the Tv/computer/phone and get some sleep.

5. No Dairy or grains. Your body has a hard time processing both of these. Here is a link that helps explain why we were never meant to process this stuff.Here But at least while your sick, lay off them. Try my broccoli soup or bonfire turkey soup recipes, or smoothies and anything not from a package.


Of course the best way to prevent illness is to take care of your self before you get sick. Louis Pasture who spent most of his life defending the germ theory (germs enter your body causing you to get sick this is the idea that you "catch a cold) against Claude Bernard's idea that the environment is everything and that only when your body is broken down you are succeptable to it. After all, there are billions of microbes and bacteria inhabiting our guts, our blood, our whole body. Why do we sometimes sicken from them, sometimes not? When a bacterial or viral agent is “going around,” as we say, why do some people sicken and others remain healthy ? Louis Pasture on his death bed renouced his theory claiming " Bernard is right the seed is nothing the soil is everything!" Meaning only when the body is broken down and not functioning well does it allow the bacteria or microbe to take over. SOOOO it is important what you do. How you eat, move, think. What you put in your body is either making it more succeptable to sickness, or making it well. Think about that every time you eat something. So How's Your Soil? Is it ready to defend your body or weak and broken down?

Its ok if you think I am crazy, but hey I am feeling great!

Tune in next time as I share what is in some of the foods your feeding your kids! Scary. Check out my amazing Chiro's blog and Bonfire Health for more info. and this Post about swine flu

No Shot for me

And these are a few reasons why I will not be getting the Flu Shot:



Dr. Sanja Gupta Says He Will "Take a Pass" on the H1N1 Vaccine

6 Reasons to Avoid the Flu Shot



Instead I will be doing this:

* Getting adequate natural sunlight or Vitamin D supplementation.
* Avoiding all sugar.
* Avoiding processed foods.
* Eating natural whole foods.
* Exercising regularly.
* Getting plenty of sleep.
* Taking my supplements (Fish Oil, Vit C, Dr.K's Greens for Health,)
* Going to my chiro and getting my spine checked and getting adjusted.

Whats Eating You?

Ever stay awake at night and wonder whats eating you? Well I have been. Literally. I just found out yesterday for sure I have a parasite. .cryptosporidium to be exact.

Symptoms: (be prepared to be grossed out)
Symptoms appear from two to ten days after infection, with an average of 7 days , and last for up to two weeks, or in some cases, up to one month or cause acute diarrhea with mucas, there is often stomach pains or cramps and a low fever. Other symptoms include nausea, vomiting, malabsorption and dehydration. Anorexia can occur, as can weight loss.

So far I have lost 8 pounds and counting.Every girl loves to loose a few pounds but not this way! Its ridiculous! Every morning I loose another pound. This is simply the worst thing that has ever happend to me. I have been so sick unable to eat or move. They currently have a Boil water emergency in Gloucester because the water filtering system is down. But they didn't tell us this till Friday the 21st and the water has been bad since the 15th. The water board of Gloucester called me today to ask me questions. Its a big deal. They are still trying to figure out where I got this from. It's just awful. At first they thought it was a Virus. I knew for certain it WAS NOT! After many tests and trips to the Doc and Hospital they called me Monday to tell me my samples came back clean. I was devistated! I know I have a parasite! Finally they called me back that afternoon and said Just kidding we found it. And its a bad one.

Anyway hopefully I can report back some good news soon. They got me on the righ meds as of yesterday. But no improvement yet. I am wasting away and can't stop it. Lets hope it ends soon. BLEH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can you say UGH?

My best friends as of late:

Spending a lot of time here.

Only thing I can eat with out getting sick.


Well He has always been my best friend but during this stomach bug he has been even more amazing. Helping me at work, getting me lots of applesauce, cleaning the house, bringing me everything and consoling me in my intense stomach aches! I love you babe.

How do you feel?

So if any of you know me at all, you know I get sick a lot. I mean a lot. I have a weak immune system. If something is floating on by I catch it. It just jumps right in. Good thing you can't get pregnant that way. I would have Qctuplets too. Anyway. I recently have come across an amazing program called "The Well People Program." It is the brilliant out flow of an amazing man named Dr. Fransen. You can find the web site for his practice here. He is a Christian and all about using your body to be the best body it can be to glorify the Lord and have a well life. It comprises of 3 main areas. Thinking Well, Eating Well, and Moving Well. A lot of people do one or two of those well but are lacking in one of these areas. You need all three to be the best person you can be. It is about health, but its also about better living.

Josh and I are on week 4. It has been tough. Its not easy to get rid of certian habits that have we have become accustom to. But the rewards we have gained have been well worth it. I am encouraged with the results. I have had a set back or two but I am back on track and working hard. The best part of the program is you add in a new habit or practice every week, so it is not like trying to change your life over night, but it is gradually making you a well person. I would love to point you right to his web site to get started for yourself, but it is not avaible to the public yet. I will however share a wellness tip a week I have learned from Dr. Fransen's program or elsewhere as I have been doing much research! So on that note.

HYDRATION! Everyone says you are supposed to drink water but do you know why? How much?

We get sick as a result of toxins and deficiencies in our bodies. One of the most common deficiencies is dehydration. So many people in America (a country that is well stocked with CLEAN water supply) suffer consequences from dehydration. (High Blood Pressure, Skin Problems, Arthritis, Digestive Issues, Headaches, and way more.

Dr Franson says " The body can be either like a soup or a stew. You want soup. When you become dehydrated your fluids become concentrated. This is not good. Consentration will amplify the negative effects of any toxins in your body. DILUTE YOURSELF!"

ps. anytime you drink coffee or alcohol you further dehydrate yourself and MUST compensate with water.

You should be drinking 1/2 of your body weight in ounces a day. More if you work out or drink dehydrating beverages.
SO do the math, put down that coffee, pop, or gator aid and get your water bottle ready! Also using a Brita or a water filter is a great way to save the environment from the toxic waste of water bottles.

What Blowing My Nose Now Feels like

Rubbed that nose raw I have.
I hate being sick :(

Catching Up

Well Sara Groves was awesome! I even convinced my good friend Rachel to go with me. She loved her too. One of my favorite lines in her new song "When the Saints" is "I see the Man of sorrows and His troubled road, I see the world upon His shoulders, and my easy load" I am so thankful for that truth. What an easy load I carry. He took it all.
Josh was sick again! This sickness included fever, ache and he even passed out one morning because he got up too quickly. Oh my sickly husband! This is a change usually it is me who gets sick all the time. I did like taking care of him for a change. While he was sick we really did not go anywhere which led to watching pretty much all of Season Two of Lost...our new addiction. DON'T TELL US ANYTHING!!! Most of the time when I mention this show people seem to think its helpful to tell us what happens in future episodes!!! I have turned in to a crazy women who shuts her eyes and covers her ears and sings out loud something like this: "balahalalalalahalabla" when a commercial for the current season comes on, or someone starts to tell me about it.I am sure it is actually quite entertaining to see.
Well we are off to Boston to look at another seminary this weekend. I am excited to also spend time with one of my best buddies!!! I will let you know all about it when we get home. Hopefully this time we will not get snowed it like in Chicago. We shall see....oh and you know we will be watching season 3 on our Ipod the whole way there ...hehe

Deeper Still....

Well...this past week has been an adventure. We had a wonderful time in Chicago...except when we didn't get home till Thursday instead of Tuesday due to weather. But its all part of God's plan. No decision made yet...we still need to visit Gordon, and pray a lot and see where we get in and what scholarships we get. But when we got home, well work was a mess....(but thanks to my dear friends Rachel, and Greta who helped out A TON) It all got done. So we were ready to get back to normal life agian and then it hit....the worst sickness I have ever witnessed upon my husband. The poor guy started throwing up Thursday evening and didnt stop until 6:00 in the morning at the hospital. He was so weak and ill...then I got it too. Only thankfully I am not a throw-er-upper (hehe). So I just had all the other symptoms with out that part. It was horrible. We were so pathetic lying around our apartment. But we are both feeling some what better today..thank the Lord. But as I was sick I decided to watch a movie of a book I read a few years ago. One of the best books I have ever read and if you haven't read it you simply must.. The movie was great. Not as great as the book, but movies never are. I was reminded of what Betsie would say to Corrie " There is no Pit that is so deep the God is not deeper still." Such a great saying and so true. Those women were so thankful. Always trusting God and having faith. Oh how they loved the Word of God and treasured it so. It was such a good reminder to me that I have nothing NOTHING to complain about. I too can give thanks in everything, from being sick, to Lice....(I don't have lice but thats a part of the book...hehe). I pray that I become a Women of Faith as these Women were and trust God in every circumstance.