fenugreek sprouts

Last week on the Frankie Boyer radio show I talked about foenugreek sprouts (also spelled fenugreek). They are so good for you! They are known to expel mucus from the intestines and stabilize blood sugar. Many people in India drink fenugreek tea to help with blood sugar problems. My Super Sprouts Immune Enhancer formula contains them to help people with all kinds of autoimmune and immune problems get help and ease the symptoms.

You can also grow fenugreek sprouts and put them on salads or add them to other meals. They don’t last long after the initial sprouting even in the refrigerator, so you will want to eat them up immediately after they sprout; then watch for the results. If you don’t know how to make sprouts you will find complete instructions in Sprouts, the Savory Source for Health and Vitality.(www.healthalive.net)

Yours in health, Kathleen O’Bannon, CNC

Anger Cure on radio

Today was a great day for radio interviews. I did two of them. I love doing radio. Who am I kidding? I live for radio and TV, it’s my passion. There are so many great radio shows that talk about health and nutrition and offer educational material. Frankie Boyer is one of my favorites, she is so well-informed on health issues that it is a pleasure to do an interview with her. Her web site frankieboyer.com has a lot of information on it, plus her blog.

Why do I do radio interviews to promote The Anger Cure? At the risk of sounding egotistical I’ll say that the Anger Cure has information that helps people gain control of their health. Most chapters begin with a test that shows if the specifics of that chapter are an issue for you or not. I have had people e-mail me about it and say that the Anger Cure saved their life and restored peace in their families. Wow, that’s a really great compliment!

But all this does is show that with a few simple changes in your lifestyle you can find better health and energy. For example I’m a nut about eating first thing in the morning, within the first half hour after getting up. Why? Because it can give you stabilized blood sugar for the rest of the day and that means better thinking, better concentration, more energy, less anger, fewer allergies, reduction in headaches, but most of all less cravings for the things that are not so good for your body.

Do you want to give up smoking, painlessly? Stabilize your blood sugar! The instructions are in the Anger Cure.

Do you want to sleep better at night and less during the day? Read the Anger Cure and follow the instructions.

Do you want to have more joy and less anger and depression? The Anger Cure is all about that. It’s the reason I wrote it. Thousands of people have used the system outlined in the Anger Cure to overcome fatigue, poor concentration, addictions, and depression, not just anger and rage.

Kathleen O’Bannon, CNC

The Anger Cure

Recently I have been doing a lot of radio interviews about anger because of my book the Anger Cure. There are three things that can help improve anger and they are part of the 6 secrets on my web site under information. The first one always throws people for a loop, they often gasp when I say it, I’m not sure why!

What is it? Simple: eat within the first half hour of getting up. Most people don’t eat that soon and they might suffer all day and night because of it.

All night? Yes, by not eating in the morning you could have trouble sleeping at night or wake up several times during the night, or toss and turn all night long. But you might especially find that you wake up in a fog, rush to get to some place so much so that you don’t eat at all. Now I ask you: How do you expect your body to run without fuel?

If you tell me you don’t have time to eat anything in the morning, I know you ate too late the night before, went without breakfast or drank too much caffeine the day before or several days before. If you tell me you can’t concentrate to get your life in order in the morning enough to eat, I know you are heading down a slippery slope of dis-ease all because you didn’t start your day with the fuel you need to be able to think and function.

Lately I have been taking moringa daily and that is a really great food for first thing in the morning. I stir the powdered leaf into a glass of 1/3 fresh juice and 2/3s alkaline water. Of course I also eat natural foods for breakfast later after I have done exercises. Because moringa contains complete protein and lots of vitamins and minerals it is actually a whole food and very nutritious. Eating moringa or drinking the tea several times a day can improve your nutritional profile, give you energy, and perhaps even help with weight loss.

PolyMVA and Stroke

About five years ago I met a woman who had had a stroke; she was only in her middle fifties.  She had trouble talking, being understood, or walking and had to relearn how to do almost everything including adding and subtracting. Her arms and legs often were painful which made it even more difficult to try to walk or use her hands again. She had constant pain in one shoulder and in her head where they had done surgery on her.

Before her stroke she was a vibrant woman who exercised, belonged to various groups and volunteered in her community. After her stroke she had to have a care giver to get through the day.

Until she found PolyMVA. Her doctor said “it wouldn’t hurt” her so she started taking it. In a few short days her pain started to subside, she was able to be understood a bit better, and she was able to go to physical therapy because the pain was reduced. After about two weeks she was still dragging her foot, but was able to walk. She also was recovering her speech, more and more each day.

Her doctors were amazed at her quick recovery and so were her children. Recently she sent me this link to Dr. Albert Sanchez talking about using PolyMVA for strokes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_QbrjaRSsc

PolyMVA contains alpha-lipoic acid, which is a powerful antioxidant. Research done in the late 1990s using alpha lipoic acid or lipoic acid as it is often called, showed that it could reduce polyneuropathy  and regrow nerves in diabetics.  Nutritionists are still not sure why more doctors don’t recommend it for people with nerve damage, diabetic neuropathy, and strokes.

Anyone with any kind of health problem  or challenge will want to make sure they eliminate caffeine, nicotine, sugar, refined carbohydrates, and alcohol from their lifestyle to give their body a chance to heal.

A healing diet should include lots of fresh raw vegetables including beets, dandelion greens, kale, parsley, watercress, cucumber, and tomatoes. Baked or steamed dark orange vegetables like turban, Hubbard, or acorn squash and sweet potatoes or yams should be eaten frequently.

Fresh sprouts are an excellent source of vital nutrients and it is best to grow your own. Complete instructions for growing your own are in my book Sprouts. www.healthaliveproducts.com/books.html

It is also essential to drink fresh water with a squeeze of lemon or lime in it. Try eating small frequent meals of natural foods for the nutrients you need to help you recover from a stroke.

Kathleen O’Bannon, CNC

Healing Power of Sprouts

Sprouts contain concentrated amounts of all the necessary nutrients to make the entire plant.  One of these nutrients, found in the just sprouted seeds of buckwheat, barley, fenugreek, and flaxseed, beta-sitosterol, has been shown in field trials, laboratory experiments, and clinical trials to help overcome prostate and breast cancer (University of Buffalo), viral infections, and even colds and flu.

The FDA has even said that sterols can officially lower cholesterol.  Much research has been published showing that beta-sitosterol in food sources or in supplement form can lower cholesterol almost as well as many of the statin drugs BUT with none of the side effects and at half the cost or less.  In one of the reports the phytosterols (phyto=plant) reduced the low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels by 28.6% and the statin drug reduced the LDL by 30.9%. (JAMA 2003) Not much difference between the two.

Fenugreek sprouts and tea made of the soaked seeds has been used in healing for years. Fenugreek is known for its property of expelling mucus from the intestines and perhaps even from the other areas of the body, although I have not seen any research on this. In India fenugreek seeds are used to help overcome diabetes and other blood sugar irregularities.

A lot of material has been published on the healing power of broccoli sprouts. People have had great  results with broccoli sprouts helping with many different kinds of cancers.

For more information on sprouts look at my book “Sprouts, The savory source for health and vitality.”

Fibromyalgia

So many people come to me for help with fibromyalgia, FM, that are unwilling to make lifestyle changes. Why is this? Some of the easy changes are things we all know: avoid caffeine, nicotine, white sugar, and white flour. The less easy changes are to eat small frequent meals, and eat breakfast, everyday.

I consider cold cereal “junk food” and not something to be eaten on a regular basis. Breakfast should have protein and vegetables. This will give you the base for a good day and prevent the cravings for caffeine, nicotine, and sugary products.

Snacks can be fruit with a little protein like half an apple and a small amount of cheese or nut butter. Celery with cream cheese might even appeal to you as a great snack. Stay away from chips, soft drinks, burgers, fries, and other nutritionless “foods” if you want to avoid the pain of FM. Eat lots of fresh, raw veggies to balance your pH, this will also help with the pain.

Move your body daily. That can be biking, hiking, skating, dancing, yoga, tai chi, or just plain old walking. Start with whatever your body can handle and after a few days increase it.

Chew each mouthful until it is liquid. This will improve not just your digestion, but also your immune system and help you avoid “leaky gut syndrome” which may be contributing to your FM. Probiotics and prebiotics are great, yogurt and preparations containing inulin respectively can help.  Improving the health of your intestines can allow your body to absorb the much needed minerals that will help reduce the pain and stiffness. Try to take in calcium, magnesium, and malic acid in food form to help relax your muscles so they can release lactic acid buildup.

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