Hello Hello!
I wanted to dedicate a blog post to candida. A nasty little yeast that when given the proper (toxic) conditions in the body, will proliferate and cause all kinds of problems! I will be using the copy/paste function a lot in this post :)
Candida: Candida yeast is a part of the gut flora, a group of microorganisms that live in your mouth and intestine. When the Candida population starts getting out of control it weakens the intestinal wall, penetrating through into the bloodstream and spreading throughout the body. As it spreads it produces toxic by-products that cause damage to your body tissues and organs, wreaking havoc on your immune system. The major waste product of yeast cell activity is Acetaldehyde, a poisonous toxin that promotes free radical activity in the body. Acetaldehyde is also converted by the liver into ethanol (drinking alcohol). (from www.thecandidadiet.com)
Experts estimate that over 80% of the population suffers from candidiasis (an overgrowth of this yeast). Things that can trigger the overgrowth can be anything from a round of antibiotics, oral contraceptives, diets high in sugar and carbs, or even a period of stress.
Here is a link to some of the symptoms of candidiasis: http://www.thecandidadiet.com/candidasymptoms.html
I have been battling candida with my son. He started getting a rash when he was a few months old. It didn't seem to bother him, so I didn't really mess with it other than try to keep it moisturized. Several months in I finally had it diagnosed. The diagnosis was yeast and the treatment was a special diet and several supplements.
The reason I am writing this post is because I believe that this special diet/detox to kill candida is a great way to start a program! I believe it can benefit everyone! The diet is a ZERO sugar (or sugar substitute, so no 'diet' crap) and ZERO carb (with few exceptions) diet. There are a couple grains such as quinoa and brown rice that you can have in stage 1 of the diet. The website I have been posting from, www.thecandidadiet.com, has lists of foods to eat and foods to avoid. I have the lists printed and up on my fridge :) I started the diet for my son, and in only a couple days I felt better, had more energy, and my son's rash had gotten almost 100% better! If you are serious about killing the candida you will want to add a few supplements to your routine. Including a great fish oil, a probiotic, B12, and I also take a garlic supp (and a few other things specific to mine and my son's needs) So that is my rant on Candida!! I hope some of you try the diet out!!
"Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food"
— Hippocrates
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Sunday, July 24, 2011
My road back from baby
Hi friends!! I wanted to sit down and write from the heart tonight. I want all of my fans to know who I am, what I stand for, and how I got here. I follow a fellow blogger who coined herself 'hybridrasta mama'. I love this. I am definitely a hybrid. I take a little of this and a little of that. Through a lot of research, listening to my instinct, and some very key people, I have come to live a lifestyle that works best for my son and me. I want to state for the record that I am not perfect. I do the best that I can. My journey has been full of fun, hard work, tough times, curve balls, losing, winning...you name it. I want to use this blog from now on to motivate and educate. This particular one will tell a little about my personal story.
The Journey:
I started competing in 2008, and took the stage at my first NPC show in the summer of 09. Dieting for a show is tough! But the rewards were worth it! I met so many awesome people and loved every minute of it all! Then I got pregnant in December of 09. During my pregnancy I suffered from depression and gained a lot of weight. That kind of abrupt lifestyle change played tricks on my mind. However, once I gave birth to my beautiful baby boy, I knew it had all been worth it, but that I had a lot of work to do to get my body back!! I probably tipped the scale at 215 by the time I gave birth (I have never admitted that until just now), my pre-pregnancy weight was 145. That is a whopping 70lbs! I had decided during my pregnancy that I would definitely nurse my baby, and I think I can attribute a lot of my weight loss to that! However it was very slow in the beginning. I wasn't willing to put the baby in the childcare center at the gym when he was super little, so I did what I could at home as far as working out. But I didn't cut calories for fear of messing up my milk supply. I would say when the baby was about 7 months old I started back at the gym intermittently, but it wasn't until he was around 9 1/2 months that I started making it to the gym regularly. He just turned 10 months and I am at the gym 5 days/week now! I do all my cardio at home while he sleeps still which I love. My current weight is 132!! So I have lost 83lbs. to date! The goal is 129 by August 13, which happens to be my 29th birthday and the Europa super show. I am still nursing my sweet baby (the goal is a year) and I won't have complete control over my body until I am through with that, but he is worth the wait as far as I am concerned :) That is my story to date! I hope any of you momma's out there that might read this find it inspiring! It has not been easy for me, but it has all been worth it!! I have big plans to make it back to the stage and I won't stop til I get there!!
'Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections, but instantly set about remedying them - every day begin the task anew.' -Saint Francis de Sales
See you soon!! Jen
The Journey:
I started competing in 2008, and took the stage at my first NPC show in the summer of 09. Dieting for a show is tough! But the rewards were worth it! I met so many awesome people and loved every minute of it all! Then I got pregnant in December of 09. During my pregnancy I suffered from depression and gained a lot of weight. That kind of abrupt lifestyle change played tricks on my mind. However, once I gave birth to my beautiful baby boy, I knew it had all been worth it, but that I had a lot of work to do to get my body back!! I probably tipped the scale at 215 by the time I gave birth (I have never admitted that until just now), my pre-pregnancy weight was 145. That is a whopping 70lbs! I had decided during my pregnancy that I would definitely nurse my baby, and I think I can attribute a lot of my weight loss to that! However it was very slow in the beginning. I wasn't willing to put the baby in the childcare center at the gym when he was super little, so I did what I could at home as far as working out. But I didn't cut calories for fear of messing up my milk supply. I would say when the baby was about 7 months old I started back at the gym intermittently, but it wasn't until he was around 9 1/2 months that I started making it to the gym regularly. He just turned 10 months and I am at the gym 5 days/week now! I do all my cardio at home while he sleeps still which I love. My current weight is 132!! So I have lost 83lbs. to date! The goal is 129 by August 13, which happens to be my 29th birthday and the Europa super show. I am still nursing my sweet baby (the goal is a year) and I won't have complete control over my body until I am through with that, but he is worth the wait as far as I am concerned :) That is my story to date! I hope any of you momma's out there that might read this find it inspiring! It has not been easy for me, but it has all been worth it!! I have big plans to make it back to the stage and I won't stop til I get there!!
'Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections, but instantly set about remedying them - every day begin the task anew.' -Saint Francis de Sales
See you soon!! Jen
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Website Wednesday!!
I think I am going to start a trend of sharing helpful websites with you on Wednesdays!! So for this first entry I will share with you one of my all time favorite sites!! If you follow me at all you know I am a huge stickler for eating and living in an organic 'intended life' sort of way. I am not perfect, but I do my best!! My absolute go to website for all things health and wellness (and more) is www.naturalnews.com This website has several contributing writers and also searches the web for relevant articles regarding health and wellness. The main guy Mike Adams, aka 'The Health Ranger' has a passion for health and wellness! His articles are wonderfully informative and I highly recommend you all go check out the site and read a couple articles! You will get hooked!! He also has tons of videos to watch and be sure to use the search box, type anything from benefits of garlic, to breastfeeding he will have articles on it!! He also does reviews on supplements, which is extremely helpful since there are tons and tons out there to choose from!! I hope you will all take the time to go check it out, please feel free to leave comments about what you think!! Thanks everyone, make it productive hump day :)
Also be sure and look back through my older blogs!! There is some good stuff from way back when :)
Side note: A couple movies I recommend that will change the way you look at food are; Food Inc., Killer at Large, and Food Matters
Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food. -- Hippocrates, father of medicine, 431 B.C.
Also be sure and look back through my older blogs!! There is some good stuff from way back when :)
Side note: A couple movies I recommend that will change the way you look at food are; Food Inc., Killer at Large, and Food Matters
Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food. -- Hippocrates, father of medicine, 431 B.C.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Self-Made: The Art of Creating Yourself!
Have you ever noticed how only successful people claim to be self-made? Why is that? It's very simple, successful people have a proactive mindset, 'if it's gonna be it's up to me' type attitude. So they take an active role in their overall development; mental, physical, and spiritual. Where, sadly, the rest of the people take a victim type approach to life. Meaning they feel the environment, their genetics, family etc are totally responsible for who and what they are and they have no control, they let life happen to them. The funny thing is, whichever one you choose to believe is true, you are absolutely right.
So I could go on forever about this but a long story short is this... There is a law called the law of accumulation. Basically what this means is that everything counts, everything! It's all the small things in life, all the small habits that make up the big things. Every TV show you watch, every song you listen to, every person you associate with has an effect on you. So it's very important that you make a conscious effort to surround yourself with only the best, and limit how much time you spend on trivial things. The radio and TV in moderation are okay, but just remember they are just chewing gum for the ears and eyes, you don't gain much of anything by watching or listening, in reality you may actually lose a bit if you do it to often, when you could be out there doing the damn thing, LIFE.
To give you an idea of what I mean, and how I apply this in my life is, now that I am getting back in to the fitness world I wake up and immediately write down my goals and to do list for the day. I also reread over my goals from the previous day in order to make sure I am on track. I have to make certain that I have set a clear vision in my mind of how I want the day to turn out, and what I need to do to guarantee I accomplish my short and long term goals. Then I watch a couple videos (love youtube!), like workout, health, and/or motivational videos to get my mind right. You know what they say, motivation doesn't last. Well neither does bathing and that is why we must do it daily :). Then I make a conscious effort to surround myself with uplifting motivated people who bring the best out of me. Sometimes I listen to an audio book in the car to take advantage of that time. Again, every little bit helps! Then the same goes for TV, I watch very little TV! I have one or two shows I watch during the week (my guilty pleasures). Garbage in, garbage out ya know! So to sum up! I am working on getting my mind and my body right and to do so I must remember that everything counts. Success is not a random thing, it's not genetics or circumstance, and you're not a victim unless you choose to be! Remember you don't know what you don't know, so always keep learning and keep growing. Surround yourself with people better than you in some way and then learn how to do their way, but better:) That's what my mentor always says to me! So get off your A and let's do this thing BIG!!
'Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming - "WOW, What a ride!!!"'
So I could go on forever about this but a long story short is this... There is a law called the law of accumulation. Basically what this means is that everything counts, everything! It's all the small things in life, all the small habits that make up the big things. Every TV show you watch, every song you listen to, every person you associate with has an effect on you. So it's very important that you make a conscious effort to surround yourself with only the best, and limit how much time you spend on trivial things. The radio and TV in moderation are okay, but just remember they are just chewing gum for the ears and eyes, you don't gain much of anything by watching or listening, in reality you may actually lose a bit if you do it to often, when you could be out there doing the damn thing, LIFE.
To give you an idea of what I mean, and how I apply this in my life is, now that I am getting back in to the fitness world I wake up and immediately write down my goals and to do list for the day. I also reread over my goals from the previous day in order to make sure I am on track. I have to make certain that I have set a clear vision in my mind of how I want the day to turn out, and what I need to do to guarantee I accomplish my short and long term goals. Then I watch a couple videos (love youtube!), like workout, health, and/or motivational videos to get my mind right. You know what they say, motivation doesn't last. Well neither does bathing and that is why we must do it daily :). Then I make a conscious effort to surround myself with uplifting motivated people who bring the best out of me. Sometimes I listen to an audio book in the car to take advantage of that time. Again, every little bit helps! Then the same goes for TV, I watch very little TV! I have one or two shows I watch during the week (my guilty pleasures). Garbage in, garbage out ya know! So to sum up! I am working on getting my mind and my body right and to do so I must remember that everything counts. Success is not a random thing, it's not genetics or circumstance, and you're not a victim unless you choose to be! Remember you don't know what you don't know, so always keep learning and keep growing. Surround yourself with people better than you in some way and then learn how to do their way, but better:) That's what my mentor always says to me! So get off your A and let's do this thing BIG!!
'Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming - "WOW, What a ride!!!"'
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Don't call it a come back :)
Question of the day: How do you get back to what you once were when you have given up complete control of your body for an entire year??
First things first, there has to be a plan. My husband/trainer always says 'if you fail to plan, you plan to fail'. So I started out with small goals, the first few were 30 minutes of cardio each day, eating every 2-3 hours, setting up my vision board (placing the pics strategically in my home), and I started altering the way I see/talk to myself. It may sound strange but the way that you talk to yourself is a huge deal. I went from telling myself that I was a fat pregnant chick, to telling myself that I am a hot, healthy, fit mom! I started to tell myself that regularly, I also avoided mirrors so that I wouldn't be critical and get down on myself. I didn't try to focus on the final product (b/c it seemed so far away) but I did focus on doing everything right on a daily basis. Think of it as if you wanted to build a wall, if you only think about the end result it can be overwhelming and discouraging, if you focus instead on laying one brick perfectly that day, eventually you will have a perfect wall. Now I am doing my cardio and am also back to weight training 5 days a week and eating healthy consistently. I was 145 (a high off-season) when I got pregnant, and I topped out around 205 (I didn't even weigh myself those last couple weeks)...I am now only about 5lbs away from my off season weight and 15lbs away from my goal weight! Now I am looking to my larger goals and am planning to do a small contest and photo shoots by the end of the summer, but of course I plan to be swimsuit ready as soon as summer starts ;)! I will be blogging regularly so be sure and come check it out and tell your friends!!
"Risk more than others
think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than
others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible."
First things first, there has to be a plan. My husband/trainer always says 'if you fail to plan, you plan to fail'. So I started out with small goals, the first few were 30 minutes of cardio each day, eating every 2-3 hours, setting up my vision board (placing the pics strategically in my home), and I started altering the way I see/talk to myself. It may sound strange but the way that you talk to yourself is a huge deal. I went from telling myself that I was a fat pregnant chick, to telling myself that I am a hot, healthy, fit mom! I started to tell myself that regularly, I also avoided mirrors so that I wouldn't be critical and get down on myself. I didn't try to focus on the final product (b/c it seemed so far away) but I did focus on doing everything right on a daily basis. Think of it as if you wanted to build a wall, if you only think about the end result it can be overwhelming and discouraging, if you focus instead on laying one brick perfectly that day, eventually you will have a perfect wall. Now I am doing my cardio and am also back to weight training 5 days a week and eating healthy consistently. I was 145 (a high off-season) when I got pregnant, and I topped out around 205 (I didn't even weigh myself those last couple weeks)...I am now only about 5lbs away from my off season weight and 15lbs away from my goal weight! Now I am looking to my larger goals and am planning to do a small contest and photo shoots by the end of the summer, but of course I plan to be swimsuit ready as soon as summer starts ;)! I will be blogging regularly so be sure and come check it out and tell your friends!!
"Risk more than others
think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than
others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible."
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Oprah, and Food Inc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmEDIS8VrZg
Go to that link! I am so excited that this info is getting more public notice!!!
Go to that link! I am so excited that this info is getting more public notice!!!
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Great Video for the New Year
I wanted to post this video. There is some good info. Hopefully get your new year started off right with some NEW information for the NEW YEAR!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjxyjcvW7RE&feature=player_embedded
"When health is absent, wisdom can not reveal itself, strength cannot be exerted, wealth is useless, and reason is powerless."
– Herophiles, 300 B.C.
"When health is absent, wisdom can not reveal itself, strength cannot be exerted, wealth is useless, and reason is powerless."
– Herophiles, 300 B.C.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
7 Foods to avoid in the new year!!!
Just click on this link or copy and paste it. Another great article from Dr. Mercola
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/12/29/The-7-Foods-Experts-Wont-Eat.aspx
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/12/29/The-7-Foods-Experts-Wont-Eat.aspx
Monday, December 28, 2009
Another movie!
OH I forgot to add this movie the other day, The Future of food.
It is another great film about food and deals more with genetic modification and ramifications along with the future of the food industry if we do not choose to make better choices. People always think that voting is done at the ballot box. Well that is not true. Voting us done every day, every time you chose what music to buy, what food to eat, what TV shows you watch you are voting for more of the same. Instead of complaining about the music being a bad influence don't listen to it anymore and that will show your dissatisfaction. If you don't want so much junk food and processed food for you and the future generations of your family then buy all organic and stop voting for more of the same. Every time you use credit or borrow money from banks you are voting for more banks! It is simple but the Free market is the most powerful force on the planet and if we want a better future for us and our kids we need to make better choices and let the change start with us and not rely on other people or the government to do it for us. Anyone can talk and complain, but only leaders truly act and walk the walk. People think that as one person they have no say, but the consumer says it all. If the consumer isn't buying, the company will have no choice but to change in order to survive!
"Most people choose to take the advice they want and not the advice that they need."
It is another great film about food and deals more with genetic modification and ramifications along with the future of the food industry if we do not choose to make better choices. People always think that voting is done at the ballot box. Well that is not true. Voting us done every day, every time you chose what music to buy, what food to eat, what TV shows you watch you are voting for more of the same. Instead of complaining about the music being a bad influence don't listen to it anymore and that will show your dissatisfaction. If you don't want so much junk food and processed food for you and the future generations of your family then buy all organic and stop voting for more of the same. Every time you use credit or borrow money from banks you are voting for more banks! It is simple but the Free market is the most powerful force on the planet and if we want a better future for us and our kids we need to make better choices and let the change start with us and not rely on other people or the government to do it for us. Anyone can talk and complain, but only leaders truly act and walk the walk. People think that as one person they have no say, but the consumer says it all. If the consumer isn't buying, the company will have no choice but to change in order to survive!
"Most people choose to take the advice they want and not the advice that they need."
Friday, December 25, 2009
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you all have a blessed holiday full of family and friends!
Now for all of you who have a new years resolution to get in shape and tone up, I have the ultimate recommendation to help you on your journey! Your homework is to watch these to movies: Food Inc. and Killer at large. Once you have a better understanding of how the food industry works, from how its made to how it is advertised and how it reacts inside your body, making healthier choices becomes a whole lot easier. If you have a goal to get in shape and take control of your life but have no idea what you are eating and drinking, or how it is made and advertised then you are fooling yourself. Trust me after seeing these two movies you will have a complete shift in the way you look at and think of food. This will make you far more in control of what you eat than ever before. If you think you know, believe me, you have no idea!!!
Most people are born original and most people die copies!
Merry Christmas!!!!!!
Now for all of you who have a new years resolution to get in shape and tone up, I have the ultimate recommendation to help you on your journey! Your homework is to watch these to movies: Food Inc. and Killer at large. Once you have a better understanding of how the food industry works, from how its made to how it is advertised and how it reacts inside your body, making healthier choices becomes a whole lot easier. If you have a goal to get in shape and take control of your life but have no idea what you are eating and drinking, or how it is made and advertised then you are fooling yourself. Trust me after seeing these two movies you will have a complete shift in the way you look at and think of food. This will make you far more in control of what you eat than ever before. If you think you know, believe me, you have no idea!!!
Most people are born original and most people die copies!
Merry Christmas!!!!!!
Friday, December 18, 2009
Chlorine/Fluoride and Fertility today?
I was thinking about fertility the other day and the fact that so many people have a hard time....I have been thinking about the different things we each do and come into contact with and I have since started looking into it....
I have found that fluoride (which has been added to our drinking water since the 1950's) is a byproduct of the aluminum and nuclear industries. The Merck index lists fluoride's primary use as rat and cockroach poison. The first known instances of deliberate water fluoridation were in Nazi Germany ghettos and prison camps. Sodium fluoride was added to the human inmates' water to sterilize them and to cause them to become docile, subservient subjects willing to comply with orders. Among other things it causes hormone disruption and premature births. I know, I know 'they' say it is good for our teeth, but interestingly enough it actually causes dental fluorosis (a disease of the teeth) and weakening of bones through bone loss!!
http://www.naturalnews.com/027693_fluoride_cancer.html
The second thing I thought of was chlorine. It is in cleaning products, swimming pools, tap water (that most drink, shower in, and cook with), toilet paper, paper towels, tissues, baby wipes, diapers, cotton swabs, and TAMPONS.....several of these things come into contact with ours and our babies most sensitive places. I will attach the link to an article that I just finished reading but I am going to copy and paste some of the most interesting info in case you can't read the entire article!!
http://makingloveinthekitchen.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/tampax-tampons.pdf
The average woman, menstruating for five days a month for 38 years will use approximately
11,400 tampons in a lifetime.
Most tampons are treated with chemicals that have no place in a product to be used so intimately by women. Tampax manufactures tampons from a blend of rayon/viscose and conventionally grown cotton. Approximately “84 million pounds of pesticides are sprayed on 14.4 million acres of conventional cotton grown each year in the US… These chemicals are some of the most toxic used in agriculture and the [Environmental Protection Agency] has declared seven of the top 15 to be Ê»possibleʼ, Ê»likelyʼ, Ê»probableʼ, or Ê»knownʼ human carcinogens” (“A Periodic Problem”). The toxic cotton is a problem, but certainly not the only one.
The rayon/viscose used in Tampax is made from wood pulp and hundreds of chemicals are used during the process of converting wood to rayon. The chlorine bleaching of wood pulp is where the greatest danger lies. The process creates chlorinated hydrocarbons, a hazardous group of chemicals with byproducts that includes dioxins, some of the most toxic substances known.
Given that dioxin is cumulative and slow to disintegrate, the real danger comes from repeated contact. I think itʼs safe to consider five days a month, 12 months a year, for nearly 40 years to be repeated contact.
WHAT IS DIOXIN?
Dioxin is a term used to describe a group of hundreds of highly persistent and highly toxic chemicals that accumulate in the environment and in our bodies. This toxin is a highly dangerous byproduct of many different industrial processes involving chlorine including waste incineration, chemical and pesticide manufacturing, and pulp and paper bleaching (this includes the rawmaterials used in conventional tampons). Dioxin is an organochlorine and is produced by a combination of chlorine and organic compounds. As the primary toxic component of Agent Orange, it is considered “the deadliest substance known to humankind”(“Chlorine Bleaching, Dioxin and Womenʼs Health”), where “literally, a tablespoon [of dioxin] would kill everyone on the planet”(Citrinbaum).
HEALTH EFFECTS
The risk with dioxin is not about how much is present, but that it is there at all. The “subtle reproductive and health effects occur at doses low enough to present no blatant effects, and is insidiously spreading slowly throughout populations” (“Chlorine Bleaching, Dioxin and Womenʼs Health”). Dioxin accumulates in humans, particularly womenʼs body fat and breast milk. The main means of elimination is therefore through the breast milk or the placenta and then begins to accumulate in the fetus and into infancy. The “greatest risk is to developing children and fetuses” (“Chlorine Bleaching, Dioxin and Womenʼs Health”) as their immune and nervous systems are only just developing. This persistent toxin is not only spreading through populations but through generations.
In addition to cancer and endometriosis the enzyme, hormonal and growth disruption caused by
dioxin exposure has been linked to birth defects, the inability to maintain pregnancy, decreased
fertility, reduced sperm count, diabetes, learning disabilities, immune system suppression, lung
problems, skin disorders, and lowered testosterone levels.
Something to think about for the ladies.... pass this on to any women that you know!
I have found that fluoride (which has been added to our drinking water since the 1950's) is a byproduct of the aluminum and nuclear industries. The Merck index lists fluoride's primary use as rat and cockroach poison. The first known instances of deliberate water fluoridation were in Nazi Germany ghettos and prison camps. Sodium fluoride was added to the human inmates' water to sterilize them and to cause them to become docile, subservient subjects willing to comply with orders. Among other things it causes hormone disruption and premature births. I know, I know 'they' say it is good for our teeth, but interestingly enough it actually causes dental fluorosis (a disease of the teeth) and weakening of bones through bone loss!!
http://www.naturalnews.com/027693_fluoride_cancer.html
The second thing I thought of was chlorine. It is in cleaning products, swimming pools, tap water (that most drink, shower in, and cook with), toilet paper, paper towels, tissues, baby wipes, diapers, cotton swabs, and TAMPONS.....several of these things come into contact with ours and our babies most sensitive places. I will attach the link to an article that I just finished reading but I am going to copy and paste some of the most interesting info in case you can't read the entire article!!
http://makingloveinthekitchen.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/tampax-tampons.pdf
The average woman, menstruating for five days a month for 38 years will use approximately
11,400 tampons in a lifetime.
Most tampons are treated with chemicals that have no place in a product to be used so intimately by women. Tampax manufactures tampons from a blend of rayon/viscose and conventionally grown cotton. Approximately “84 million pounds of pesticides are sprayed on 14.4 million acres of conventional cotton grown each year in the US… These chemicals are some of the most toxic used in agriculture and the [Environmental Protection Agency] has declared seven of the top 15 to be Ê»possibleʼ, Ê»likelyʼ, Ê»probableʼ, or Ê»knownʼ human carcinogens” (“A Periodic Problem”). The toxic cotton is a problem, but certainly not the only one.
The rayon/viscose used in Tampax is made from wood pulp and hundreds of chemicals are used during the process of converting wood to rayon. The chlorine bleaching of wood pulp is where the greatest danger lies. The process creates chlorinated hydrocarbons, a hazardous group of chemicals with byproducts that includes dioxins, some of the most toxic substances known.
Given that dioxin is cumulative and slow to disintegrate, the real danger comes from repeated contact. I think itʼs safe to consider five days a month, 12 months a year, for nearly 40 years to be repeated contact.
WHAT IS DIOXIN?
Dioxin is a term used to describe a group of hundreds of highly persistent and highly toxic chemicals that accumulate in the environment and in our bodies. This toxin is a highly dangerous byproduct of many different industrial processes involving chlorine including waste incineration, chemical and pesticide manufacturing, and pulp and paper bleaching (this includes the rawmaterials used in conventional tampons). Dioxin is an organochlorine and is produced by a combination of chlorine and organic compounds. As the primary toxic component of Agent Orange, it is considered “the deadliest substance known to humankind”(“Chlorine Bleaching, Dioxin and Womenʼs Health”), where “literally, a tablespoon [of dioxin] would kill everyone on the planet”(Citrinbaum).
HEALTH EFFECTS
The risk with dioxin is not about how much is present, but that it is there at all. The “subtle reproductive and health effects occur at doses low enough to present no blatant effects, and is insidiously spreading slowly throughout populations” (“Chlorine Bleaching, Dioxin and Womenʼs Health”). Dioxin accumulates in humans, particularly womenʼs body fat and breast milk. The main means of elimination is therefore through the breast milk or the placenta and then begins to accumulate in the fetus and into infancy. The “greatest risk is to developing children and fetuses” (“Chlorine Bleaching, Dioxin and Womenʼs Health”) as their immune and nervous systems are only just developing. This persistent toxin is not only spreading through populations but through generations.
In addition to cancer and endometriosis the enzyme, hormonal and growth disruption caused by
dioxin exposure has been linked to birth defects, the inability to maintain pregnancy, decreased
fertility, reduced sperm count, diabetes, learning disabilities, immune system suppression, lung
problems, skin disorders, and lowered testosterone levels.
Something to think about for the ladies.... pass this on to any women that you know!
Water...
Water....
It is the most basic human life requirement. Only being out done by oxygen. So why is it that the water we have access to is poisoned. There are tons of things that the FDA has deemed appropriate for our water consumption, including chlorine, pharmaceuticals, and fluoride.
This is an article from Natural News
(NaturalNews) A recent study conducted by researchers from the State University of New York (SUNY) found that fluoride ingestion may be responsible for causing premature births. Presented to the American Public Health Association at its annual meeting, these findings ratchet up yet another detrimental consequence of ingesting this toxic poison that is added to most American municipal water supplies.
Sodium fluoride, a waste byproduct of the aluminum industry, is touted by most mainstream health bureaucracies as one of the greatest public health achievements ever discovered. The American Dental Association praises the medication of the public through fluoridated municipal water supplies, claiming that it has done wonders to prevent tooth decay. A simple investigation beyond the glaringly false rhetoric, however, reveals the dirty reality behind fluoride and the incredible harm it inflicts upon those who ingest it.
Contrary to popular belief, fluoride is not a natural substance; it is the byproduct of the aluminum and nuclear industries' use of fluorine gas. The Merck Index lists fluoride's primary use as rat and cockroach poison and it is a known carcinogen. It wasn't until the 1950s that the FDA was somehow convinced that the poison allegedly helped protect teeth.
Fluoride used in Nazi death camps
The first known instances of deliberate water fluoridation were in Nazi Germany ghettos and prison camps. Sodium fluoride was added to the human inmates' water to sterilize them and to cause them to become docile, subservient subjects willing to comply with orders.
Charles Perkins, a research chemist, wrote a letter to the Lee Foundation for Nutritional Research in 1954 about fluoride. In it, he stated that repeated ingestion of low doses of fluoride over a long period of time will destroy the areas of the human brain that trigger resistance to tyranny and unlawful coercion and control.
Conditions caused by fluoride ingestion
Fluoride ingestion is responsible for causing thyroid dysfunction. The National Research Council (NRC) warns that ingestion of .01 - .03 mg/kg/day of fluoride, which is easily achieved by drinking fluoridated water, can severely inhibit proper thyroid function.
Other problems caused by fluoride include dental fluorosis, a disease of the teeth, weakening of bones and bone loss, bone cancer, kidney problems, and hormone disruption.
Many communities have succeeded in removing fluoride from their water supplies through local campaigns and ballot measures. Since medical professionals and organizations are increasingly becoming opposed to fluoride use, the momentum is stronger than ever to rid the nation's water supplies of toxic fluoride.
Please look into your municipal water supply and then do whatever you have to in order to get pure water!!!
It is the most basic human life requirement. Only being out done by oxygen. So why is it that the water we have access to is poisoned. There are tons of things that the FDA has deemed appropriate for our water consumption, including chlorine, pharmaceuticals, and fluoride.
This is an article from Natural News
(NaturalNews) A recent study conducted by researchers from the State University of New York (SUNY) found that fluoride ingestion may be responsible for causing premature births. Presented to the American Public Health Association at its annual meeting, these findings ratchet up yet another detrimental consequence of ingesting this toxic poison that is added to most American municipal water supplies.
Sodium fluoride, a waste byproduct of the aluminum industry, is touted by most mainstream health bureaucracies as one of the greatest public health achievements ever discovered. The American Dental Association praises the medication of the public through fluoridated municipal water supplies, claiming that it has done wonders to prevent tooth decay. A simple investigation beyond the glaringly false rhetoric, however, reveals the dirty reality behind fluoride and the incredible harm it inflicts upon those who ingest it.
Contrary to popular belief, fluoride is not a natural substance; it is the byproduct of the aluminum and nuclear industries' use of fluorine gas. The Merck Index lists fluoride's primary use as rat and cockroach poison and it is a known carcinogen. It wasn't until the 1950s that the FDA was somehow convinced that the poison allegedly helped protect teeth.
Fluoride used in Nazi death camps
The first known instances of deliberate water fluoridation were in Nazi Germany ghettos and prison camps. Sodium fluoride was added to the human inmates' water to sterilize them and to cause them to become docile, subservient subjects willing to comply with orders.
Charles Perkins, a research chemist, wrote a letter to the Lee Foundation for Nutritional Research in 1954 about fluoride. In it, he stated that repeated ingestion of low doses of fluoride over a long period of time will destroy the areas of the human brain that trigger resistance to tyranny and unlawful coercion and control.
Conditions caused by fluoride ingestion
Fluoride ingestion is responsible for causing thyroid dysfunction. The National Research Council (NRC) warns that ingestion of .01 - .03 mg/kg/day of fluoride, which is easily achieved by drinking fluoridated water, can severely inhibit proper thyroid function.
Other problems caused by fluoride include dental fluorosis, a disease of the teeth, weakening of bones and bone loss, bone cancer, kidney problems, and hormone disruption.
Many communities have succeeded in removing fluoride from their water supplies through local campaigns and ballot measures. Since medical professionals and organizations are increasingly becoming opposed to fluoride use, the momentum is stronger than ever to rid the nation's water supplies of toxic fluoride.
Please look into your municipal water supply and then do whatever you have to in order to get pure water!!!
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Saturday morn....
Good morning!!
I hope you all had a wonderful and safe Friday night!!
I spent the evening at Barnes and Noble, I know, you are thinking I am a nerd right!!
But I have a thirst for knowledge right now that I have never had. I am extremely obsessed with learning EVERYTHING.... it's a journey that will never end....but that's ok.
I had to order the book I want..... It is called Mad Cowboy: Plain truth from the cattle rancher who won't eat meat. It's about the beef industry! If you went to the meatrix1.com link that I provided a while back you will see why I want to read it!!
I also ate dinner at The Cheesecake Factory.... I have been eating 100% organic for several weeks now, and it amazes me when I go to a restaurant and order "healthy" choices and feel so ill afterward! I ordered the small ahi tuna appetizer which is served on top of avocado with some sort of ginger sauce, I drank my own water and when I was done I felt terrible!! Heartburn was unbelievable!! When I eat that meal at home I feel wonderful, so I can't help but wonder....what the hell do they put in that!!!!
I am truckin it along on the treadmill right now at the gym. I have Yogalates in 10 minutes! That is a Yoga/Pilates combo class! Then the rest of the day I will spend grocery shopping and getting ready for this evening! A friends birthday party at one of my favorite hot spots!!!
Tomorrow I will be posting some info on WATER!! Your water might not be what you think it is......
It's not what lies ahead of you and it's not what lies behind you, it is what lies within you!!!
I hope you all had a wonderful and safe Friday night!!
I spent the evening at Barnes and Noble, I know, you are thinking I am a nerd right!!
But I have a thirst for knowledge right now that I have never had. I am extremely obsessed with learning EVERYTHING.... it's a journey that will never end....but that's ok.
I had to order the book I want..... It is called Mad Cowboy: Plain truth from the cattle rancher who won't eat meat. It's about the beef industry! If you went to the meatrix1.com link that I provided a while back you will see why I want to read it!!
I also ate dinner at The Cheesecake Factory.... I have been eating 100% organic for several weeks now, and it amazes me when I go to a restaurant and order "healthy" choices and feel so ill afterward! I ordered the small ahi tuna appetizer which is served on top of avocado with some sort of ginger sauce, I drank my own water and when I was done I felt terrible!! Heartburn was unbelievable!! When I eat that meal at home I feel wonderful, so I can't help but wonder....what the hell do they put in that!!!!
I am truckin it along on the treadmill right now at the gym. I have Yogalates in 10 minutes! That is a Yoga/Pilates combo class! Then the rest of the day I will spend grocery shopping and getting ready for this evening! A friends birthday party at one of my favorite hot spots!!!
Tomorrow I will be posting some info on WATER!! Your water might not be what you think it is......
It's not what lies ahead of you and it's not what lies behind you, it is what lies within you!!!
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Cold!!
Well it is definitely winter in Texas....for now anyway!! I am sitting outside watching the munchkins play football!! My fingers are numb!
I finally started Yoga!! I have class on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays! So far I am really enjoying it! I have high hopes for my flexibility :)
I am putting together my plans for next year, trying to decide which shows I want to compete in! I am ready to get back into that again!
I have a photo-shoot next week then I am off until new years eve. I will be in Oklahoma on New Years eve at Winstar Casino!! If you are in that area come out and see me!!
Ok, too cold for Jen, I will add to this when I am doing cardio tonight before Yoga!!!
Cheers!!
Jen
I finally started Yoga!! I have class on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays! So far I am really enjoying it! I have high hopes for my flexibility :)
I am putting together my plans for next year, trying to decide which shows I want to compete in! I am ready to get back into that again!
I have a photo-shoot next week then I am off until new years eve. I will be in Oklahoma on New Years eve at Winstar Casino!! If you are in that area come out and see me!!
Ok, too cold for Jen, I will add to this when I am doing cardio tonight before Yoga!!!
Cheers!!
Jen
Saturday, December 5, 2009
AH!!!!
Well we finally have our internet up and running! We were going CRAZY!! Anyway, quick update! Sending out the pic requests for Edward so should have more of those in the near future! Also have a shoot in 2 weeks, with Marty and then hoping to schedule with Dan Ray while he is in town this month!
Doing cardio right now with my cute tiny computer that I am so excited about! Errands to run today then dinner and a comedy club with the beautiful Marzia Prince!!
I am the captain of my soul and the master of my fate! (great quote from the new movie Invictus)
Doing cardio right now with my cute tiny computer that I am so excited about! Errands to run today then dinner and a comedy club with the beautiful Marzia Prince!!
I am the captain of my soul and the master of my fate! (great quote from the new movie Invictus)
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Something to share
I have been meaning to share this but keep forgetting! I feel bad for leaving you in the dark. For the last few years I have been able to take many great vacations at amazingly low prices do to the travel club I am a part of. It has allowed me to do more traveling than I ever dreamed of and has been just one of the greatest experiences I could ask for. I am not one who likes to just get stuck doing one thing or stay in one place I love to be working on multiple projects at once and staying active and busy so travel has always been a love of mine. So any who if your looking to take some amazing discounted trips then this is the club for you. Or perhaps you are looking to make a few bucks off referrals, they even have a program for that as well. Just check out the link and have a great day!!!! http://teambuckles.worldventures.biz/
Look forward to hearing from you guys! E-mail me any times with questions or suggestions on things you would like to see in the future on my site.
"Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better."
Jim Rohn
Look forward to hearing from you guys! E-mail me any times with questions or suggestions on things you would like to see in the future on my site.
"Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better."
Jim Rohn
Friday, November 20, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Photo shoot!
Hello! Well it is an amazingly beautiful day here in Texas!!
I just finished an amazing photo shoot with the fabulous Ed Ramirez!! I will pick up the finished product at the end of this week. I really hope you all like them! Like I said in a previous blog, they are different than anything I have done in the past!
I have some big plans for these pics! ;)
Little tid-bit of info.....
The human body contains roughly 10 gallons of water at a pH of 7.365. One 8 ounce glass of a highly acid-forming beverage, such as coke, added to these ten gallons of water, can bring the overall pH of the body fluids down to 4.6. Fortunately, your body's buffering system does not allow that to happen because death would occur. Instead, your body pulls minerals from it's reserves (calcium from bones, magnesium from muscles, etc) in order to bring the pH back to a normal balance!
Also for every 8 ounces of coke you drink, you have to drink 32 eight ounce glasses of water to re-balance your system!!!
Lesson: DON'T DRINK SODA!!!!
Quote of the day!!
"Most people spend their health chasing wealth, and spend their wealth trying to regain their health."
xoxo Jen
I just finished an amazing photo shoot with the fabulous Ed Ramirez!! I will pick up the finished product at the end of this week. I really hope you all like them! Like I said in a previous blog, they are different than anything I have done in the past!
I have some big plans for these pics! ;)
Little tid-bit of info.....
The human body contains roughly 10 gallons of water at a pH of 7.365. One 8 ounce glass of a highly acid-forming beverage, such as coke, added to these ten gallons of water, can bring the overall pH of the body fluids down to 4.6. Fortunately, your body's buffering system does not allow that to happen because death would occur. Instead, your body pulls minerals from it's reserves (calcium from bones, magnesium from muscles, etc) in order to bring the pH back to a normal balance!
Also for every 8 ounces of coke you drink, you have to drink 32 eight ounce glasses of water to re-balance your system!!!
Lesson: DON'T DRINK SODA!!!!
Quote of the day!!
"Most people spend their health chasing wealth, and spend their wealth trying to regain their health."
xoxo Jen
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Thoughts from healthy minds:)
"If people let the government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in a sorry a state as the souls who live under tyranny."
By Thomas Jefferson
"Let food be your medicine and medicine your food. Only nature heals provided it is given the opportunity" (Pills don't heal, only the human body can -Brett)
By Hippocrates
"The doctor of the future will give no medicine but will interest patients in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease."
By Thomas Edison
Many people associate health/fitness now days with vanity. But thats just the reward your body gives to you for making it healthy on the inside then it in turn blesses your outside. Right now my generation, the people in there 20's for the first time in history have a shorter life expactancy then there parents generation. But what is worse is that the my generations children, the ones being born now have a shorter life expectancy the we will.
“The first wealth is health.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes
“So many people spend their health gaining wealth, and then have to spend their wealth to regain their health.”
“Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning.”
Thomas Jefferson quotes
“A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools.”
“In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties.”
“A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time - pills or stairs.”
“Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health no pleasure can be tasted by man; without liberty, no happiness can be enjoyed by
society.” Thomas Jefferson quotes
“To preserve health is a moral and religious duty, for health is the basis of all social virtues. We can no longer be useful when we are not well.” Samuel Johnson quotes
“Health is not valued till sickness comes.” Thomas Fuller quotes
Just wanted to share some great quotes from some great minds. I had to stop somewhere.
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By Thomas Jefferson
"Let food be your medicine and medicine your food. Only nature heals provided it is given the opportunity" (Pills don't heal, only the human body can -Brett)
By Hippocrates
"The doctor of the future will give no medicine but will interest patients in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease."
By Thomas Edison
Many people associate health/fitness now days with vanity. But thats just the reward your body gives to you for making it healthy on the inside then it in turn blesses your outside. Right now my generation, the people in there 20's for the first time in history have a shorter life expactancy then there parents generation. But what is worse is that the my generations children, the ones being born now have a shorter life expectancy the we will.
“The first wealth is health.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes“So many people spend their health gaining wealth, and then have to spend their wealth to regain their health.”
“Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning.”
Thomas Jefferson quotes“A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools.”
“In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties.”
“A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time - pills or stairs.”
“Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health no pleasure can be tasted by man; without liberty, no happiness can be enjoyed by
society.”
Thomas Jefferson quotes“To preserve health is a moral and religious duty, for health is the basis of all social virtues. We can no longer be useful when we are not well.”
Samuel Johnson quotes “Health is not valued till sickness comes.”
Thomas Fuller quotesJust wanted to share some great quotes from some great minds. I had to stop somewhere.
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009
1 week....
Hello! I hope this beautiful Wednesday finds you all well!
Hmmm.... What to tell you today....I have so much info that I want to share, it is tough to narrow it down!
First I will give you an update on my site!
1. I have decided to do live web cam chats! These chats will be 100% clean and for the purpose of sharing info on nutrition, working out, modeling, competing etc.... If you are interested please email me jennifer@jenniferbuckles.com. I am currently working out the logistics for this new addition!
2. Secondly, I have a photo shoot next Wednesday (Nov. 18) with the fabulous Edward Ramirez. I can't wait to share this series with you! It is going to be different than anything I have done before!
Ok now for some info!!!
I want to let you in on the "Artificial Sweetener" truth....
This is a great article! Please read all the way through! It addresses each kind of sweetener! Also near the top of the article there are links to more articles if you are interested! PLEASE SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH OTHERS!!!!!
http://www.naturalnews.com/024302_aspartame_Splenda_diet_soda.html
Thanks all!!!
See you soon :)
Hmmm.... What to tell you today....I have so much info that I want to share, it is tough to narrow it down!
First I will give you an update on my site!
1. I have decided to do live web cam chats! These chats will be 100% clean and for the purpose of sharing info on nutrition, working out, modeling, competing etc.... If you are interested please email me jennifer@jenniferbuckles.com. I am currently working out the logistics for this new addition!
2. Secondly, I have a photo shoot next Wednesday (Nov. 18) with the fabulous Edward Ramirez. I can't wait to share this series with you! It is going to be different than anything I have done before!
Ok now for some info!!!
I want to let you in on the "Artificial Sweetener" truth....
This is a great article! Please read all the way through! It addresses each kind of sweetener! Also near the top of the article there are links to more articles if you are interested! PLEASE SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH OTHERS!!!!!
http://www.naturalnews.com/024302_aspartame_Splenda_diet_soda.html
Thanks all!!!
See you soon :)
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