Strawberry Spinach Salad

Strawberry Spinach Salad

 September 4th, 2012 

This salad is full of magnesium add sunflower seeds and summer squash for  even more .

Salad
¼ cup toasted almonds
8 oz. (1 ½ cups) strawberries sliced
1 cucumber, peeled and sliced
¼ cup slice red onion
1 package ( 6oz. ) baby spinach
2 Sliced apple
1 avocado pitted and sliced
Directions:
For dressing, zest lemon to measure 1/2 tsp . Juice lemon to measure 2 tbsp. Combine zest, juice, vinegar, sugar, oil and poppy seeds in small mixing bowl; whisk until well blended.
Place spinach in large serving bowl. Add cucumber, onion, strawberries and dressing; toss gently. Sprinkle with almonds and serve immediately.  I like to add  grilled chicken and feta cheese and this makes a great main dish on a hot summer night.
Yield: 10 servings

1 year

Wow I can not believe it!

It has been a year since I started blogging Fit and Fabulous 4 Life. Later it became Nutrition Warriors.  2,877 Followers and over 200 posts later. 
Thank you for all the support. Your questions have been my inspiration.   I hope that the next year is full of more recipes and great nutrition information.  Have a healthy and happy day.

Thank You
 Kim  
Nutrition Warriors

Reflexology

 August 28th, 2012 

Look at all the pressure points in our feet.  No wonder why it feels so good to have your feet rubbed.  Although reflexology is not used to diagnose or cure health disorders, millions of people around the world use it to complement other treatments when addressing conditions like anxiety, asthma, cancer treatment, diabetes, headaches, kidney function, PMS, and sinusitis.

Your hands are full of pressure points as well.  Rubbing your hand or feet in the right spot can help alleviate pain.

Feel The Drift

 August 24th, 2012 

When we allow ourselves to feel our feelings,
what should be intolerable becomes intolerable.

— Kenny Loggins

In an experiment, scientists placed a group of frogs in a tub of water and heated the water. As the water became hot quickly, the frogs jumped out. In another experiment, the scientists put frogs in a similar tub and increased the heat by a few degrees each day. Daily, the frogs adap

ted and stayed in the pond until they died. Through grad–ually adjusting to an unnatural environment, they lost their sensitivity to pain and paid a dear price. This phenomenon is called “drift. ”

We consider it admirable to be well adjusted, but the real question is: “Well adjusted to whatV If you are well adjusted to pain, conflict, and poverty thinking, you are not well adjusted at all. If, however, you are well adjusted to listening to your inner voice and acting on it, you are well ad–justed, indeed.

We drift spiritually when we accept things that hurt us for so long that we lose our ability to feel pain. While pain is not our natural state or our destiny, and we are certainly not meant to live in pain, pain is the signal that we must make a change. We cannot afford to lose our ability to hear that signal.

To avoid drift, begin to tell the truth about your experience. If you let yourself feel your feelings, you will discover valuable messages that will guide you to be in your right place with the right people at the right time. Many people have told me they had a bad intuition about being in a re–lationship with someone or entering into a particular business venture, but they overrode their gut feelings and regretted it later. Your body will speak to you. Your gut may say, “Yes! ” or “Not for you, ” and it is up to you to hear and act on the voice of love and wisdom within you; it is your best friend.

Show me the way to my good.
Help me hear Your guidance and act on it.

My heart always knows.

A Deep Breath Breath of Life, Alan Cohen

Great Foods to Eat Together

 August 17th, 2012 

Fun Facts about your body

 August 14th, 2012 

The body is always hard at work repairing it’s self.  What you eat  is very important when you think that every day your body is starting all over again with new cells.  You are what you eat and you are only as good as your last meal.  We worry about starting out life with a good base but everyday the body is under  reconstruction!  So give it the BEST materials to work with.

Every 3 weeks your skin replaces its self

It takes about a month for the liver repair its self.  A person’s liver will grow back within two months. 70% of the liver can be removed and 90% will grow back in a healthy person.

Red blood cells live for about four months, while white blood cells live on average more than a year

The colon cells have it rough: They die off after about four days

While brain cells typically last an entire lifetime (neurons in the cerebral cortex, for example, are not replaced when they die).

The taste buds renew themselves every ten days to two weeks.

The cells on the lung’s surface have to renew every two or three weeks. Deep inside take up to a year

It takes ten months for a full toenail to grow, but only six months for a fingernail.

Eyebrows and eyelashes are renewed every six to eight weeks

Our bodies are amazing!!!!

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1219995/Believe-lungs-weeks-old–taste-buds-just-days-So-old-rest-body.html#ixzz23XOZHt9c

Benefits of Mint

 August 13th, 2012 

Peppermint is rich in manganese, vitamin A and vitamin C. It also is a good source of fiber, folate, iron, vitamin B2, potassium and copper

Relieves stomach pain

Mint tea may also improve bowel function

Mint is a powerful natural diuretic

 May reduce muscle spasm and pain when applied to the skin

Helps reduce stress when used as aroma therapy 

Peppermint oil may help reduce certain types of headaches, such as those caused by tension

Help reduce certain types of skin irritations, such as rashes and hives  it will not speed-up healing of the skin, it reduces discomfort with its cooling effect

Source

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