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Sitting on my favorite Mexican food restaurant I began to think how nutritious and healthy salsa and guacamole really is. These two simple dips contain so many vitamins, nutrients and antioxidants it’s amazing. Let’s take a closer look at the ingredients in salsa and guacamole.

Tomato — Tomatoes have vitamin A, C, K, calcium, and niacin. They are also loaded with antioxidants. Tomatoes can help purify your blood, improve skin clarity, and also reduce cholesterol. Tomatoes also have properties that help fight cancer of the prostate and colon.

Hot Peppers — Peppers contain an ingredient known as capsaicin. That’s the stuff that burns your mouth. Capsaicin is a great antioxidant. It also relieves allergies, pain, ulcers, headaches, and congestion. Eating peppers can help reduce cholesterol, blood clotting, and increase your metabolism.

Onion — Onions are also loaded with antioxidants, vitamin C, E, Potassium, fiber and folic acid. Onions also help reduce cholesterol, arterial sclerosis, and other coronary heart diseases. Eating onions also help removing heavy metals and detoxify your body. They’ve also been known to have properties that help fight cancer of the ovaries, breasts, lung and bladder.

Garlic — One of my favorite herbs is also loaded with antioxidants. Garlic has been known to lower blood pressure and cholesterol. It’s also great at cleansing the liver and the occasional vampire. Garlic is also believed to help fight stomach cancer.

Cilantro — Cilantro is a natural internal and external deodorizer, which also happens to be loaded with, again, more antioxidants. It has been known to relieve nausea, indigestion and bloating. Traditional Chinese medicine has used cilantro to help cure urinary tract infections. Cilantro can help reduce cholesterol and blood sugar, while also removing heavy metals including mercury.

Cumin — Cumin is actually a great resource for iron. It can also improve digestion and help strengthen your immune system; cumin has an antioxidant that helps fight cancer of the liver.

Lemon Juice & Lime Juice — These juices are a great resource for vitamin C. They can help relieve stomach discomfort and removes gallstones. It’s a wonderful natural cleansing agent and they can help prevent osteoarthritis, diabetes, arteriosclerosis and kidney stones.

Extra Virgin Olive Oil — Olive oil has a healthy fatty acid and has been known to help reduce blood pressure, asthma and arthritis. Great for greasing those stiff joints you may have.

Apple Cider Vinegar — Raw unfiltered apple cider vinegar contains enzymes great for digestion. It’s been known to help relieve gout, acid reflux and arthritis symptoms. Apple cider vinegar can also be used to help reduce cholesterol, calcium deposits, acne, allergies, and blood sugar. Do you get a little tired after a workout? Apple cider vinegar is great for muscle fatigue. In addition to all this apple cider vinegar can strengthen the immune system and improve your stamina and metabolism.

Avocado — Avocados are an amazing fruit. They contain vitamin C, healthy fats, and magnesium. Eating avocados can help improve the absorption of nutrients of other foods. What a great appetizer before that tasty meal. Avocados can improve your skin clarity and tone. Try an avocado mask as well as eating them to treat your skin from the inside out. Avocados are also believed to help fight cancer of the mouth, breast and prostate.

So have I made you hungry yet? Go out to your favorite Mexican restaurant and enjoy these wonderful dips. Better yet, get all the ingredients and make it fresh at home. Here a couple recipes you can follow.

Recipe for Salsa Fresca

Ingredients:
4 tomatoes (choose two varieties).
1 onion (your choice of color).
2 peppers (your choice of type and temperature).
2 cloves garlic.
½ cup cilantro (leaves and stems).
1 Tbsp lemon juice.
1 Tbsp olive oil.
1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar.
1 tsp cumin.
1 tsp coriander.

Instructions:
Mince garlic, cilantro, cumin and coriander.
Add lemon, oil and vinegar to spice blend.
Dice tomato, onion, garlic and add to spice blend.
Blend ingredients together with potato masher.
Cover 10 minutes and serve at room temperature.

Recipe for Guacamole

Ingredients:
4 ripe (Hass) avocados.
¼ cup salsa fresca (see above).
1 Tbsp lime juice.
½ tsp Sea salt.

Instructions:
Briefly stir together avocado and salsa.
Top with lime juice and salt.
Cover 30 minutes and serve chilled.

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As I sit and eat my morning breakfast I come across a great article that reminds me of how much better whole milk can be than the heat pasteurized stuff that I have in my refrigerator. Raw, untreated milk is a great natural food cure. The process of heating milk to kill bacteria has been common for nearly a century, and selling unpasteurized milk for human consumption is currently illegal in Canada and in half the U.S. states. Yet thousands of people in North America still seek raw milk.

Some say milk in its natural state keeps them healthy. Over the past fifty years, people in developed countries began showing up in doctors’ offices with autoimmune disorders in far greater numbers. In many places, the rates of such conditions as multiple sclerosis, type 1 diabetes, and Crohn’s disease have doubled and even tripled. Is it because that we aren’t being exposed to the bacteria we need to prime our immune systems? Makes you wonder.

However, I have good news to report. In the very near future, It’s Entirely Natural will have a product available that you can supplement into your daily lives that will replace all that is lost from pasteurization. Join up for our newsletter and you will be the first to know when it is available.

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People are always discussing, what is the best thing you can do for your body? Eating right and exercise seem to be at the top of peoples lists for having a healthy body. Recent studies show that sleep is also very important in being healthy. There are several body functions that are disturbed when you’re not getting enough sleep. This ranges from neuropsychiatric disruptions to general cardiovascular function and even insulin resistance.

Sleep deprivation can disrupt normal brain function and lead to short term memory loss, anxiety and even depression. While you sleep, heart rate, blood pressure, adrenaline and platelet function slow down. Disrupting this slowdown can increase your risk of heart attack, stroke and blood clots. Sleep is important so your body has a chance to recover and recuperate from all the stresses you incur during the day.

During the deepest part of your sleep the body releases cortisol. Cortisol regulates the immune system and plays vital a role in glucose regulation. If you don’t give your body the chance to release enough cortisol you will run the risk of diabetes and a poor immune system. What a great way to prevent getting the common cold or the flu by boosting your immune system with sleep.

During deep sleep, your body also releases leptin. Leptin plays a significant role in suppressing appetite. If you sleep less you tend to have more snacks and meals when you shouldn’t. The deprivation of leptin increases your risk of obesity and insulin resistance. Insulin resistance is a precursor to diabetes and for women it can cause fertility problems. A common symptom in women suffering from polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is due to insulin resistance.

As you can see sleep is very important. Do you find yourself fatigued, falling asleep involuntarily, or waking up at night? These are indications that you are not getting enough sleep. Do your body a favor and be sure to get seven to eight hours of restful sleep every night.

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Do you feel a chill in the air? Doesn’t a nice cup of hot cocoa sound good right about now? EnerHealthBotanicals has just released a healthier new hot cocoa called Cocoa Mojo. This cocoa also contains Chinese herbs that have natural immune boosting properties. Now you can get hot cocoa, with an herbal remedy twist, to help you fight colds and the flu.

Reports show that a good quality dark chocolate is a healthy food cure for diseases like heart disease. It is also full of great antioxidants. Cocoa Mojo takes this one step further. EnerHealthBotanicals has added Cordyceps and Ganoderma, two proven Chinese herbs that help boost the immune system.

Cordyceps has been used throughout history to treat chronic respiratory disorders such as asthma, emphysema and chronic bronchitis as well as chronic fatigue, chronic renal failure, diabetes, heart disease and more. These medicinal mushrooms have also been shown to increase athletic stamina and endurance.

Ganoderma strengthens the immune system by assisting the body in cleansing itself of toxins; it especially enhances liver detoxification which improves its overall function and regeneration. Studies have shown that Ganoderma helps regulate the immune and endocrine system; helps prevent tumors and improves circulation and eliminates harmful free radicals.

All right, herbs in your hot cocoa, can it taste good? Reports find that it tastes quite good. It’s naturally sweetened and has no fillers, additives or chemicals. Even children love the Cocoa Mojo. So get a jump start on the cold and flu season by boosting your immune system with hot cups of Cocoa Mojo.

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Cancer patients have a great deal of stress, anxiety and fatigue, any reduction of this would be greatly beneficial. Other than exercise, there isn’t a good solution available for these patients. Ginseng has been used as an herbal remedy treatment for noticeably boosting the immune system for ages and now helps fight the chronic fatigue of cancer patients.

In a recent study done by North Central Cancer Treatment Group researchers, based at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota – it has been proven to vastly improve fatigue in cancer patients. Ginseng was found as an effective adaptogen to help protect the body from the stress of drug and radiation.

Many cancer patients face extreme fatigue after diagnosis and during treatment. It’s nice to know there is a natural herbal treatment to combat the psychological and physical effects of cancer drugs and radiation. Ginseng is a nice addition to traditional therapy.

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The link between your mind and heart is very strong. Some new research has been done to show a correlation between angry men and heart disease. Studies showed that angry men showed a higher rate of heart disease.

Researchers examined inflammation in the body. Inflammation is though to be a healthy reaction of a functioning immune system; however chronic low-grade inflammation caused by anger can be a sign of an adverse condition. This low-grade inflammation is believed to be a contributor to heart disease, diabetes and high blood pressure.

Men throughout the years seem to get angrier as time goes on. A major cause of this anger is stress. With everything that can kill you now days at least stress can be managed as well as anger. So chill and enjoy life.

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Many people have use Echinacea to help rid themselves of a cold and it seems to work. Now there has been a study to use Echinacea, as an herbal remedy, in a preventative way. Echinacea appears to stimulate the immune system, although no one really knows quite how it works.

Researchers did a study and 58 percent of the people who took Echinacea had a lower risk of catching a cold. For those that did happen to catch a cold it appeared that Echinacea reduced the duration of a cold by over 1 day on average.

It may not be cold and flu season right now, but this can be your heads up notice. Be sure to have Echinacea in your herbal medicine cabinet before cold and flu season starts. If you get colds easily why not try taking Echinacea as a preventative herbal remedy.

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