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Gut Health Equals Brain Health

I recently watched Ocean Robbins interview Team Sherzai in relation to their research on preventing Alzheimer’s disease and maintaining optimal brain health. Their years of research have identified the most critical components of having a well-functioning brain for a lifetime. Guess what they are? Diet, exercise, stress reduction. Sounds easy, but most of us fallContinue reading “Gut Health Equals Brain Health”

Veggilicious

Green Smoothie The best way to heal your gut is to eat fresh fruits and vegetables, lots of them. They boost your immunity, strengthen the gut lining, enhance your beneficial gut bacteria, and produce more serotonin, which makes you happier. What’s an easy way to get your minimum daily requirement of these nutritional rock stars?Continue reading “Veggilicious”

Stillness

Meditative Musings I meditate to listen to the silence, to absorb the stillness. I meditate to recharge, energize and focus. I meditate to align my chakras and to integrate mind, body, and soul – the Holy Trinity within. I meditate to find purpose, direction and fulfillment. Lastly, I meditate to find enlightenment and to understandContinue reading “Stillness”

Spirit

There are many words for spirit – essence, soul, energy, phantom. For some, it is a soul that lives beyond time. For others, it is the essence of a person, a characterization of our individuality. Many believe it is the creative energy that gives life and purpose to our human existence.

Mind

So when we eat to maintain gut health we are also feeding our brain. The two are inseparable, but that is true of every organ in our body. One impacts the other. They work together like a well-orchestrated symphony.

Body

Margaret Mead said, “It is easier to change a man’s religion than to change his diet.” True statement for men, women, and children.