Human Nature

Please support: LRB-2331 Consumer Choice and Wellness Act in WI. It protects your access to alternative nutrition and healthcare services from monopolistic practices of big health care and special interests. Please call or email your legislator and state senator to register your support.

Reasons for your legislator to co-sponsor this legislation LRB 2331/1.

LRB-2331 Consumer Choice and Wellness Act:

1. Is non-partisan - Those of all political persuasions are affected equally. The Wisconsin Health Freedom Coalition (WIHFC) has a diverse makeup of political liberals and conservatives seeking freedom of choice in health care.                                      
2. Is locally sponsored - Besides numerous Wisconsin individuals, the largest advocate is the Wisconsin Health Freedom Coalition which is comprised of Wisconsin residents, with the assistance of an attorney from Minnesota.
3. Is for the "little guy" - It is not crony-capitalism legislation, with sponsorship from large corporations with vested interests. Supporters are almost exclusively from small and independent businesses and those helped by them.
4. Is non-monopolistic - Instead of seeking to control the whole field of dietetics and nutrition, it seeks to protect those involved in various nutrition related practices and businesses who do not practice in an area requiring licensure.
5. Reduces costs to health care insurance providers because fees are primarily out of pocket.
6. Protects an economical alternative with low costs that are pennies on the dollar compared to conventional medicine.
7. Protects a safe alternative where clients experience virtually no negative side effects when compared to those treated with drugs and other medical procedures.
8. Maintains public access to natural and nutritional healing protocols
9. Provides a platform in which to practice complementary and alternative health services.
10. Provides protection from frivolous charges being brought for giving everyday common sense advice and services that do not harm.

Eat Clean without losing your budget! Katy was interviewed and photographed for this recent article in the Wisconsin State Journal in October.  Article also features recipes by Angela Trentadue of Stagioni, LLC.

In our culture, we may not typically think of foods as having additional qualities beyond calories and specific nutrients. Traditional Chinese medicine and other ancient modalities such as Ayurveda view foods with qualities including heating or cooling. If you find that the heat of summer is aggravating you emotionally or physically (an example of "heat" in the body might be a hot itchy rash), I suggest incorporating more cooling foods into your routine:

1) Raw foods (such as a salad) are more cooling than cooked foods. Foods that are cooked for longer tend to be more warming.

2)  Most fruits and vegetables are cooling, and also cleansing, as many of you know. Ones that are especially cooling include radish, cucumber, zucchini, watermelon, lettuce and most other leafy greens.  Vegetables that are warming include garlic, onions, kale, cabbage, mustards, and leeks.  Warming fruits include cherries and dates.

3) Gluten-free grains that are cooling include amaranth and millet. Sprouting grains, seeds, or legumes will increase their cooling nature.

4) Most animal foods are neutral or warming. Lamb is warming, as are chicken and beef.  Pork is neutral and fish tend to be neutral or cooling, depending on the fish.

For more information on the subject, I suggest consulting the book "Healing with Whole Foods" by Paul Pitchford.

Tips for gently cleansing the liver & gallbladder

It is important to cleanse the liver occasionally because it can become backed up with bile & toxins from a poor diet and exposure to chemicals in the environment.  A toxic liver can make us feel cranky, moody, angry, and out of balance; it can also play a role in developing environmental and food allergies. Similarly, skin problems (rashes, dry, itchy, acne, etc.) are often related to a stressed liver. One of the common signs of liver congestion is difficulty waking in the morning and general lack of appetite in the morning. Nausea is also attributed to an over-worked liver.

Your liver is located on the right side of your body under your ribs.  The liver’s role is to filter & clean all of your blood.  It is your largest internal organ.  The liver also helps you to digest food by secreting bile to the gall bladder; it also affects your glands and hormones.

Here are some tips for helping the liver to ‘open up’ and release the stored toxins & bile so that it can heal and help you better digest your food. You may also want to meet with us to develop a personal "liver cleanse" protocol.

Incorporate these foods into your meals and eat only until you are 80% full at meals, leaving 20% room for digestion and assimilation:

Apples (especially tart ones such as ‘Granny Smith’; eat alone)

Lemons & lemon juice (drink Star’s Lemonade, add lemon juice to salads)

Apple cider vinegar (unfiltered is best; add to salad dressings)

Olive oil (take 1-2 Tbls at bed-time or use liberally with vegetables & starches)

Flaxseed oil (add to brown rice and other whole grain dishes, salads, and soups)

Beets (roast beets for a nice flavor, or drink fresh beet juice with other vegetable juices)

Dark leafy greens (arugula, kale, basil, spinach, chard, parsley, cilantro, etc.).

Herbal teas that support the liver such as red clover and milk thistle

Activities that help the liver include exercises such as waist rolls & yoga poses (bridge pose), a mellow attitude towards daily stressors, meditation, relaxation, colonics/enemas with coffee or lemon.

Things to avoid:

Large portions of nuts, seeds, dairy, or meat

Alcohol

Sugars

Please join us in our Spring Liver Cleansing Events posted below. We are providing free lectures that discuss formal "Liver Cleanses" and the emotional energies related to the liver/gallbladder and spring.