Best of Health, Naturally

Canada Day is July 1.

As a friend of mine put it this morning, I am proudly Canadian, by choice rather than birth. What a great country!

Today, we’ll be spending time at the Street Festival, then doing some lawn bowling, and may end the day watching the fireworks at Canada Place. Some of our family will be taking in the jazz on Granville Island.

We’ll probably see you in some of the same places.

Best of health, naturally,
Nina

“Hypoglycemia, increased insulin secretion, syndrome X, and type II diabetes can be viewed as a progression of the same illness,” Murray ND.

“Diabetes is a chronic disorder of carbohydrate, fat, and protein metabolism,” Murray ND, in which blood sugars are elevated after fasting.

“When high-sugar foods are eaten alone, the blood sugar level rises quickly, producing a strain on blood sugar control,” Michael Murray N.D.

“Hypoglycemia is not a disease; it is simply a complex set of symptoms caused by faulty carbohydrate metabolism,” Michael Murray, N.D.

At the EPIC show in Vancouver some time back, we looked at some very ecofriendly greenhouses that are small enough and smart enough to put on your apartment deck. They’re made by Sunpod, and they’re Canadian. Their slogan is “success from seed to sprout from salad to sustenance.”

The design and size that really attracted us was their SunPod Mini at $499 Canadian. We’re still thinking about it.

So now, you can grow your own veggies in your own space.

Best of health, naturally,
Nina

The kitchen with its hearth is the centre of the home: the place where we use fire to prepare our nourishment.

Sitting by the hearth, I hear the earth with my ears and my heart. The hearth is the fiery centre of the home.

These days, we’re so reluctant to experience any signs and symptoms of what we interpret as “being sick” that we are actually impeding our immune system from functioning at its optimum level. In fact, we’ve been that way for so long that we have forgotten the importance of having a fever.

A fever is the body’s way to burn away viruses and bacteria. If we cool our fever by taking an over-the-counter medication such as tylenol, we disable the body’s immune system from burning away the virus or the bacteria, and we actually suppress the immune system for the period of time until we feel we need to take another OTC med!

Dr. Keith Condliffe, a naturopathic doctor with a clinic in Vancouver, is currently teaching “Preventative Nutrition” to us natural nutrition students at CSNN. He is a big proponent of the importance of having a fever.

Enjoy Your Next Fever

If you’re still having fevers, the next time you have one, let it just burn its way clean. The sweet spot of temperature, at which bacteria and toxins can be burned away, is between 101° and 103.5° Fahrenheit. If you let the temperature hover around there, you may have to take a day off work, but at least you won’t be taking off even more time later because you didn’t get rid of the bug yet.

Best of health, naturally,
Nina

I attended a great workshop with Swami Gajanand of Yoga in Daily Life in early May. It was very good - very relaxing at a time when I was having nightly bouts of reflux, which are, thank heavens, now over. Probably a mixture of stress and diet and a new lifestyle as a student at CSNN.

Yoga in Daily Life has ongoing classes and workshops. I think I’ll attend their Lecture with Santosh: Introduction to Herbology on Saturday, July 4, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. It only costs $10 and I’m hoping they’re going to talk about local herbs.

Best of health, naturally,
Nina