Are you eating the real food? This video will change your mind !!

Good morning everyone,
This Healthy Tuesday I want to talk about the truth about the food that we eat everyday.
I remember having a conversation with my uncle one time and he once told me the food is good nowsaday, they don't go bad as fast as the food we eat years ago. Little does he know, the food that goes bad less slowly is the one that is harming and weaken our immune system everyday.
Sadly, "those" kind of food is everywhere we do nowsaday. Fastfood is no longer the only bad food. The chicken you buy at the grocery store, the fruit you buy at the grocery store and maybe the milk and juice you buy at the grocery store, the potential threat is there.
Know what you buy and learn how to read the labels of your food will change your life in a whole different way and help you eat longer.
I recommend everyone to watch this video to learn how to eat right and live right. Stay healthy and stay informed !!!
Have a great Tuesday everyone :) !

Heatlthy Tuesday: Why is multivitamin an essential part of your everday life?

If you’ve ever stood paralyzed in the vitamin aisle, facing the alphabet soup of supplements, fear no more. This is Dr. Oz’s Ultimate Supplement Suggestions. Learn what to take, why your body needs it and the proper dose. Also, I will be sharing my thoughts on Dr. Oz's points as well as the products I am using and what has worked for me.


A Multivitamin
According to Dr. OZ:
A study of 3 million people revealed that less than 1% of the participants got enough essential vitamins from diet alone. That’s why you  must take a multivitamin; it also helps prevent heart disease, breast cancer and colon cancer.

Source: Dr. Oz

My thoughts on this:

It's not your fault, it's the food that we are eating !!

I totally agree and am not surprised at all when looking at the stats that only 1% of the participants got enough essential vitamins from diet alone. Growing up in a tropical country and eating the fruit and vegetables growing from our backyard, I didn't really have to deal with any sickness until I moved to Canada. During my first two years in Canada, despite the changes in weather and living conditions, I didn't get sick or experience any type of allergies....Well, not until my third year that I started to realize my immune system started to going south. Being the person I am, I decided to do a lot of research and discussion with health professional and doctors, even talking to pretty much everyone around me to learn about their experience to find out the real reason behind this. It took me quite a long time to actually realize it was primarily in the food we are eating.
Growing up eating all the organic food and vegetables from our backyard, my body was fully absorbing all the essential nutrients the best way it could. However, if you look at the food that we are eating nowsaday, you will understand why your immune system and your body is not getting the vitamins and energy they need despite the fact that you never skip a meal and try to put fruit and vegetables in your diet as much as you can. The food we eat today simply doesn't have any nutrition value at all !

Watching this video below will help you understand better about the truth about what we eat today:



So, after finding out about this fact. I started to research about the vitamins industry and brands and I felt disappointed over and over again. Even with the most finest, organic multivitamin I could find in the market out there, which is surely expensive and is only available at some special whole food organic supplements store, my stomache, my liver and my kidney would need up to 3 hours to break it down. By that time, the amount of vitamins left in the pill that my body can actually absorb is only 30% of what is listed on the packages.

What has worked for me:
The fight to find the better multivitamins and my determination to build my immune system and get back my healthy lifestyle continued until I found this.

What I love about this product is that it's in an isotonic form, which means when you mix the powder with water, it will become a liquid state that has the same pressure as your body fluid. Thus, when you drink it, your body obsorb better (up to 80% as they claimed).
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Being the person I am, I am very skeptic in trying out these products. I did a lot of research about this products and have seen a lot of great reviews about this line. Since I was considering open a business relating to health & beauty, I decided to give this a try and if it passes my test. I could confidently go out there and share my experience with others. And this PASSED my test !!

2 months into taking this product, I have felt a tremendous change in my health. My skin started to clear out, my energy level is also increased and I don't get sick as often as before. Even when I do unfortunately catch a cold, the recovery process is so much faster and less painful.

This is only my personal experience with this ISOTONIX product and I want to share with you guys.
Of course, this is only the second option when I can't barely grow anything in my backyard here in Toronto when there is still freezing rain in MAY ( gosh...Winterrrr) and organic food is not always available. But if you live in other part of the world and have fully access to wholy organic food, that is still the BEST for your health !

To give this product a try, you can sign up HERE and search for ISOTONIX products line. You can also earn CASH BACK while helping yourself maintaining good health. Save money and Live better !
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There are a lot more amazing products from this line that has helped a lot of people to get their life back on the real healthy lifestyle and maintain good health.

Healthy Tuesday: lemon & chive ricotta bruschetta

For this week healthy Tuesday, I would like to introduce to you guys something a little bit more sophisticated but still very simple and easy to make and most important of all, extremely healthy.
And of course, I am so not the mastermind behind this.
'Stole it' from this lovely blog LOVEANDLEMONS

What you'll need:

6-8 slices whole grain bread or rye bread ( I personally prefer rye bread)
drizzle of olive oil
1 clove garlic (use half to rub bread with, mince other half for ricotta mixture)
1/2 cup fresh, high quality ricotta cheese
1-2 tablespoons lemon juice
1/2-1 teaspoon lemon zest
1-2 teaspoons honey
2 tablespoons chopped chives
salt & pepper
1 tomato, sliced
basil (to go on top)
sprouts (to go on top)


What you'll do:

Drizzle bread slices with olive oil and salt. Toast under the broiler, or grill.
Slice garlic clove in half. Once the bread is done and nicely toasted, rub it with the open side of the garlic. Set aside.
Slice tomato, sprinkle it with some salt and set aside.
Mix together ricotta, lemon juice, lemon zest, minced garlic, honey, salt and pepper. Taste and adjust.
Assemble and top with chopped basil and sprouts.


What you'll have:

Healthy Tuesday: 6 Air Purifying House Plants

Found this one interesting post on Tania Z's blog and I would love to share.
You should check out her blog at Tania Z for more health and beauty tips
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I remember when I was little my Mom used to say it is not a good idea to have plants in the room. Little did I know some of them are actually providing us some health benefits that could help people with asthma and allergies as they act as an 'air filter' in your room.

Why These 6 Plants Rock:

1. Bamboo Palm: Removes formaldahyde and acts as a natural humidifier.

2. Snake Plant: Absorbs nitrogen oxides and formaldahyde.

3. Areca Palm: Purifies the air and keeps it clean.

4. Spider Plant: Removes carbon monoxide, formaldahyde and other toxins or impurities from the air.

5. Peace Lily: Removes mold spores (best place for this plant is in bathrooms or laundry rooms). Also removes formaldahyde and trichloroethylene.

6. Gerbera Daisy: Removes benzene from the air and improves sleep by absorbing carbon dioxide and giving off more oxygen over the night (best place for these are in your bedroom).

Source: Taniaz.ca