Fear = How Much you Care. Take Action

Hello Healthy people!

Yesterday was the day the president announce a state of emergency for the US.  I think this is a good thing because it frees up resources for those who need it.  Compared to needing approval because its not in the budget.

No doubt this coronavirus is a nasty thing.  But we are not helpless victims.  If you are experiencing fear around this virus, you have reason to feel that way.  BUT please recognize that your fear,  the level of fear, is how much you care about your health.  SO now that you see how important your health is, it is your responsibility to take action.  Please do something to upgrade your health.  This will help everyone.  It will make you less susceptible and more able to help those around you.  It will also free up resources for those that do truly need help.

This virus is a call to action for you to be your best self.  And what does health have to do with money?  For one if you or a loved one have health issues that is a giant leak in your abundance.  And when you have health issues, its hard to work or even enjoy the abundance you do have.  Please stop sacrificing your health for wealth.  Sorry the pun was way too easy, I couldn't resist!

But seriously!  Good health is the foundation of true happiness and abundance.  Prioritize it!

Here are some ideas to increase your health.  And if you are the primary cook, or care taker of your home, or family, then you have an EVEN BIGGER influence, and responsibility to make these changes.

1. Increase your fruits and vegetables.  Our plate should be half vegetables.  But that may be too big of a jump for some, so simply increasing the amount of fruits and vegetables is a good next step.  Then eventually increase the vegetables even more.

2. Increase how much water you drink!  This is the single biggest improvement you can do for your health.  Download a free water tracking app, to track your water, this will help a lot.  I bet you that you are not drinking enough water.  I was SURE I was, until I tried an app to measure, and nope!  I was short 10-20 ounces of water per day.  I was chronically dehydrated!  And I am considered a super healthy person!

3.  Get outside.  Fresh air and sunlight are so important for us, and none of us get enough sunlight.  Take a break, and go for a loop around your block, instead of sitting down and watching tv in your house.  Choose to work out outside.  Eat lunch outside.  My favorite thing to do is to make my coffee, and go for a walk.  I love strolling with no agenda, and while I am enjoying my coffee I have no agenda.  And my coffee tastes even more delicious, with the hot sip compared to the crisp morning. I love it.  Try it, I think you'll enjoy it too.  
You could even take some work outside, or make going for walks with your friends an event instead of going to the movies, or a bar.  If you are a boss, you could hold meetings outside...  There are endless idea, you get the point :)

4.  Buy higher quality
In the short term this can be more expensive.  But in the long term you'll have lower health bills.  Though very hard to measure.  Generally organic, grass fed, free range, non gmo... are more expensive.  But there are things you could do to offset the cost.  Buy your groceries at a farmers market, what is in season, or grow your own herbs!  What you would buy in one shopping trip to season a dish, is how much the herbs will cost to purchase to grow at home.  And right now is the time to plant!
If you have an herb garden at home, you know it will be organic because you are taking care of it, and because of how convenient it is to have the herbs right there, you'll use them more.  Increase the flavor, increase your health!

5.  Cut the sugar.
I know this one is very hard.  At first it will take sheer determination.  But if you simply do your best to eat less and less sugar, you will notice an improvement.  What helped me with this was making sure I was drinking a ton of water (full hydration fights all cravings!) and making sure I was eating enough fat in my meals.  I used to have anorexic tendencies, so fat used to by the one thing I avoided at all costs, but I had it wrong.  Fat, good fat, like avocado, coconu, olive oil, grass fed butter, do so many really good things for us, like keeping the cravings away, and the pounds off.

6.  Increase good fat.
As stated above good fats are avocado and avocado oil, MCT and coconut oil, grass fed organic butter and organic olive oil.
The next logical suggestion :)  Good fats are so beneficial for our bodies.  Now that eating fat is a priority in my meals, I have no cravings, and way better stamina, and when I am getting hungry, is way more relaxed.  Instead of BAM! I am starving RIGHT NOW.  Get me food right now, or I will eat you!  Inhale and whole pizza, and three full dinner orders.  No joke.  People were always shocked at how much I would eat.   Now when I am getting hungry, its like "oh, I think I should probably eat soon"  knowing I will be fine for another two hours.  I love it.
Check out Dave Aspery, Naomi Whittle or Dr. Steven Gundry to learn more, they talk a lot about good fats.

7.  Cut the carbs.
Most people are allergic to gluten.  Bold statement I know.  And the only way to truly know if you are allergic to gluten is to 100% cut it out of your life for 6 months.  Yes that is extreme, but the gluten particles can continue to affect you long after you have had your last bite.  For most people cutting gluten 100% for at least a month should give you what you need to know.  After the 30 days  eat whatever you want, if you eat gluten, if you have any reaction at all then you know you are allergic to it.  The reactions could include a headache, bad mood, lethargic, congestion, achy joints, skin breakouts, stomach pain, constipation.  And sometimes it doesn't happen immediately, sometimes the reaction could happen a day or two later.

8.  Cut the dairy.
Same process as above.  I became allergic to dairy at 16, gluten at 25, then sugar at 35.  When I cut out sugar and gluten 100% I can actually handle a little bit of dairy.  So I do think we have variations in how much we can tolerate.

9. Cut out lectins.
What are lectins?  Things like tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers... All the most typical vegetables.  Look into the work of Dr. Steven Gundry.  Following his cook book saved me.

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=the+plant+paradox+steven+gundry&crid=3QMMA7TDSV0SS&sprefix=the+plant%2Caps%2C153&ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_9

No I am not paid by him, he does not even know who I am.  But his cook books, are such as easy way to increase your health.

10.  Rest and meditate
Both are super important.  I meditate everyday, but I call it sleepitating.  I almost always fall asleep when I meditate, so why not lay down, and truly let your body get what it wants.  There are millions of guided meditations on youtube, meditation apps, like calm, insight timer, headspace...  It can even be as little as 2 minutes.  Commitment is the only requirement.

11.  Now on to the more wooo woo or esoteric ideas.  Essential oils, spray lemon around your house, this will increase the vibration in the home, help us with vitamin c, and just make our house smell good.  Who isn't happier in a nice smelling environment?

12.  Slice Onion or Garlic and simply leave it on a plate raw, in the room.  I learned this from Barbara O'Neil.  WOW she is incredible.  This will absorb whatever bad stuff is floating around, and just by smelling it, will help you in beneficial ways, and this is mild enough for babies.  Its also a very passive way to make everyone a little more healthy in that environment.

13.  Prioritize your happiness.  In what ways can you choose more often what would nourish you?  Yes, I am saying to be selfish.  This culture praises people that live their lives for someone else.  We have to stop.

14.  Stop complaining.  It kind of seems like a contradiction to the one above, but its not.  If something is bad enough to complain about, take action to change it.  In the long run this will improve you energy and your life so much.  But you just have to try it to find out.  

Turn it around, to saying what you do want, not what you don't.

15.  Figure out what you are allergic to.  A lot of us are consuming things that we are allergic to.  This causes an unnecessary inflammation response.  The truth may be inconvenient.  But only when you figure it out, can you come up with solutions.

There are so many other things.  Simply look at your life, and once a week, pick a new health upgrade, or experiment.  

Take responsibility, make the world a better place, by making yourself better.

Wishing you health, happiness and prosperity.
Jessica