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Viva La Diva: Emotions Rule – OK!

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What is Ultimate Health?

I have been told it is knowing how to eat healthily, others say it is having a regular exercise program. The truth is, Ultimate Health does not come from either of these things… well not alone any way.

Ultimate Health starts from within. Cleansing your MIND, cleansing your SOUL and of course, Cleansing your BODY.

Many people I meet want to shed pounds or cleanse for the way their physical body will look afterwards. While these will certainly create greater health, the true transformation that must happen, the true transformation that will create LASTING happiness, PASSIONATE relationships, feeling worthwhile and the ability to become truly motivated to capture ones dreams, MUST come from within.

When you cleanse emotionally you release years of stress or acids and in doing this you allow the body to create an alkaline environment where dis-ease finds it hard to take up space. Once that kind of transformation happens and works it’s way through every cell of your body, the truly BEAUTIFUL you WILL shine brighter than the sun and be healthier than ever.

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Enjoy! It is an Outstanding Day!

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Fiona, The Cleansing Diva!

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This website and its contents are not intended to diagnose, treat or cure any disease, nor replace the need or services of a trained health care practitioner. PurelyHealthyMe or Fiona Johnston assume no responsibility for those who decide to treat themselves rather than seek the assistance of a health care professional. Please ensure that you obtain the advice of your medical practitioner before embarking on any new health program. Copyright © 2011 PurelyHealthyMe. All rights reserved.

Alkaline Diet Recipe #37: Raw, Faux Vegan Pumpkin Pie

A pumpkin patch in Winchester, Oregon

Alkaline Diet Recipe #37: Raw, Faux Vegan Pumpkin Pie: Please visit my blog to read all of this post.

For the Pie crusts

2 cups soaked almonds (8 hours) and drained
1 cup soaked Pecans (8 hours) and drained
2 Tablespoons Coconut nectar granules or syrup
¾ cup coconut butter/oil
1 Tablespoon Vanilla Essence (alcohol Free)
Large pinch of sea salt

Process the nuts in the food processor until it looks like breadcrumbs.
Add the remaining Pie Crust ingredients and process until well mixed and sticky. Press the mixture firmly into the sides and base of a pie tin or Pyrex pie dish (you may have enough for 2 depending on how large a dish you use). Make sure the mixture is well compacted and evenly distributed and pop in the fridge to set for 45 – 60 minutes. This can also be placed in the freezer to speed up the process or to save for another day.

For the filing

1 cup young Thai coconut meat
1 handful raw, soaked Brazil nuts or macadamia nuts
2 cups grated fresh carrot (thinner carrots taste sweeter)
2 Tablespoons Coconut Nectar syrup or granules
¾ cup coconut butter/oil
Pinch ground Cardamom
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons ground ginger
½ teaspoons ground nutmeg
¼ teaspoon ground cloves
½ teaspoon Celtic salt or pHlavor

In a food processor or Vita-Mix, blend all the filling ingredients until it reaches a smooth but thick, puree like consistency. If you need to add a little coconut water to help with the consistency then do so. Fill the piecrusts with the mixture and place the in the fridge to set for 45-60 minutes.
When ready to serve, add a few dried Pecans to the top with a tiny pinch of nutmeg, Any extra filling can be added to ice-cream molds to make lollipops, or eaten as is.

Enjoy!

It is an Outstanding Day!

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Fiona, The Cleansing Diva!

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Disclaimer:

This website and its contents are not intended to diagnose, treat or cure any disease, nor replace the need or services of a trained health care practitioner. PurelyHealthyMe or Fiona Johnston assume no responsibility for those who decide to treat themselves rather than seek the assistance of a health care professional. Please ensure that you obtain the advice of your medical practitioner before embarking on any new health program.

Viva La Diva: Bentonite Clay – the miracle powder – Part 1 of 2

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PART 1 of 2

Most people overlook using clay in their daily health regime due to a lack of understanding of it’s AMAZING contribution to achieving overall health. Whether you are looking to generally improve your health, or you are someone like me who follows an alkalizing regime to gain Ultimate Health, your beautiful, sexy body really wants CLAY

Clay is probably the oldest all round healing remedy, dating back to prehistoric times. First documented back in 2500BC. Ok now your history lesson is over let’s get stuck in on why, how and when to use it.

There are many varieties of clay, some for internal, some for external use. Primarily we use internal clay to draw out unwanted toxins. The best for doing this is Calcium Bentonite Clay from the Smectite family of clays. It has been proven time and time again to have the best drawing properties; in other words, it acts like one massive magnet and travels round the body collecting toxins/acids which stick to it. When the loaded clay is released through the colon, the internal environment becomes much cleaner and healthier.

Calcium Bentonite Clay is:

  • Totally sterile
  • Has a pH of 9.5
  • Is potent for at least 1,000 years…so you can pass it down to your great grandchildren’s great grandchildren if you have any left…which you won’t!!

In our home and for my clients worldwide, we mostly use a hydrated clay. Simply put, it is clay we add water to so it becomes hydrated and swollen, making it thick and creamy and even more potent, with no flavor or odor. Depending on what you are using clay for will depend on how much water you add to it.

As a drink.
Mix 2 heaping tablespoons Calcium Bentonite Clay with 8 oz alkaline or purified spring water, in a glass jar with a plastic or glass lid and mix vigorously for 30 seconds. Leave to stand on the counter, out of direct sunlight, or in the fridge, for 1 hour. I make mine last thing at night so it is always ready for me by morning. Mix it well just before you drink it. I pour mine into a shot glass

**Don’t use anything metallic in the clay as it takes away the drawing properties. Knock back your shot glass and you are good to go.

1 – 2 oz drunk at least twice a day, will strip clean the walls of the colon, drawing out the impacted fecal matter from the crypts as well as stripping mucus and other unwanted debris.

**It is imperative you drink plenty of water while it is scraping the impacted, crusty fecal matter from the colon, as it can feel like it is have a constipating effect. Drinking plenty of water will resolve this straight away.

Clay will help you to transport the nutrients from the good foods you are eating into the blood for utilizing and feeding your cells.

Clay, which is extremely high in absorbable calcium, will contribute to your health greatly, strengthening bones. Is brilliant for those with osteoporosis or other bone density or calcium deficient related challenges.

Clay offers over 80 vital trace minerals as well as allows the supplements you are taking, to be absorbed, meaning greater potency and speedier results for you.

Clay gives you energy, helps remove hunger pangs from those looking to lose weight and creates healthy easy flowing bowels.

Calcium Bentonite clay is completely non toxic and can be given to children, adults and pets. When I first introduced this to my children, I mixed it in their almond milk. They had no idea they were drinking clay.

***Do not mix hydrated clay with vegetable smoothies as it makes them too thick with an odd flavor.

Bentonite clay works so well because it absorb and adsorb. Imagine a credit card with it’s flat surface. It attracts, (adsorbs) toxins to it’s surface, millions of them. Once the magnetic charge of the clay has drawn the toxins to it’s surface, it then absorb, into it’s many layers, allowing each clay particle to hold on to MASSIVE amounts of toxic waste, creating a cleaner, healing environment. Once loaded with junk, the clay is transported out of the body through the colon.

Within 3 to 4 weeks of clay usage, you will probably experience the following:

  • Increased energy
  • Stronger nails and hair
  • Feeling of well being
  • Weight loss
  • Regular bowl movements
  • Better sleeping patterns
  • Clearer skin
  • Bright eyes
  • Reversal of health challenges

On top of this, using hydrated clay on a daily basis contributes greatly to the reversal of many health challenges. All in all, clay is one product you should have in your medicine cabinet at all times.

There are plenty of other uses for clay but I don’t want to overload your brain today. Watch out for my next article on Clay.

As always, I take pride in the fact that I sell products that not only make me feel fabulous but that actually work on my clients too. I have been using this new clay for about a year now and LOVE IT, I believe you will too.

I found that most health stores do not carry Calcium Bentonite Clay. You can purchase yours here http://www.purelyhealthyme.com/shopping/clay

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Enjoy! It is an Outstanding Day!

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Fiona, The Cleansing Diva!

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This website and its contents are for educational and informational purposes only and have not been evaluated by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration. This website and its contents are not intended to diagnose, treat or cure any disease, nor replace the need or services of a trained health care practitioner. PurelyHealthyMe or Fiona Johnston assume no responsibility for those who decide to treat themselves rather than seek the assistance of a health care professional. Please ensure that you obtain the advice of your medical practitioner before embarking on any new health program. Copyright © 2011 PurelyHealthyMe. All rights reserved.

Alkaline Diet Recipe #36: White Root Fall Stew

Alkaline Diet Recipe #36: White Root Fall Stew: Please visit my blog to read all of this post.

Hello, wonderful YOU.
This week I was able to get almost all my vegetables from my local organic farm, Potter Hill Farm in Grafton, MA - totally awesome! Picked and used within 24 hours – nothing beats that in an alkalizing chefs world!

This is a delicious fall stew that uses very low sugar root vegetables in season right now, making it a healthier option from the heavier root veggies like squash, beets, parsnips, sweet potatoes etc. Using a lower heat to heat the olive oil, keeps the important nutrients in the oil safe, providing you with more of what your body needs. It takes about 20 minutes to cook, is a meal in itself and will keep for several days in the fridge if you need it too. It tastes even better the next day as the flavors have a chance to have their mingling party in the fridge as you are sleeping!!!

This will be eaten as a 20% portion on your plate, with the 80% being…you know, raw, as green as possible and as many high water content veggies as you can muster up. Cucumbers, bell peppers, celery, lettuces etc. if you have any left over, you can even grate some celeriac into the salad, it tastes delicious.

For those transitioning, you can eat as much of this as you need, and allow yourself plenty of room for a wonderful salad of your choice to eat along side it. Remember, your goal is to get to 80% raw foods on your plate.

Happy eating my fellow alkalizers and healthanatics!

White Root Fall Stew – Serves 4
Ingredients
2 large onions, roughly cut into chunks –
2 cloves garlic, crushed
2 celeriac/celery root, chopped into chunky cubes
2 rutabagas, chopped into chunky cubes
4 carrots cut into 1/4″ rounds
2 large tomatoes roughly cut
4 tablespoons olive oil or more if you like it rich
1 can organic coconut milk (not lite)
2 stalks lemon grass or grated rind of 1 small lemon
2 Kaffir lime leaves, left whole (optional)
1/4 − 1/2 tsp red chili flakes (optional)
2 cups sprouted mung beans (you can either use them hydrated and add them 5 minutes before serving, or use them dehydrated, beans and add them 15 minutes before serving

How to Make
In a large pan or casserole, heat the oil on a gentle heat and add the onions and garlic and stir so you coat them with the oil.
Add the celeriac, rutabaga, carrots and tomatoes and stir.
Add the coconut milk
Add the lemon grass or grated lemon rind and the kaffir lime leaves and chili flakes if using them and stir in
Leave to gently bubble for 15 minutes with the lid on
Decide how you will use the mung beans and add them at this point, stirring them into the mixture.
Put the lid on the dish and leave for a further 5 − 15 minutes.

Test the veggies after the 15 minutes to make sure they are al dente. For me, I like my veggies as nutrient dense as possible, but you will cook them according to your preference.

Just before serving, add some real salt like Celtic, Real, Himalayan or Hawaiian salt , a little freshly ground black pepper, and serve with a lovely big green salad.

Enjoy!

It is an Outstanding Day!

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Fiona, The Cleansing Diva!

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Disclaimer:

This website and its contents are not intended to diagnose, treat or cure any disease, nor replace the need or services of a trained health care practitioner. PurelyHealthyMe or Fiona Johnston assume no responsibility for those who decide to treat themselves rather than seek the assistance of a health care professional. Please ensure that you obtain the advice of your medical practitioner before embarking on any new health program.

Alkaline Diet Recipe #35: Kale Salad

Alkaline Diet Recipe #35: You’re The One, Kale Salad: Please visit my blog to read all of this post.

If you are looking for an incredible raw salad that will not only give you the chlorophyll rich greens you are looking for, but a high amount of vitamins, minerals and of course alkalinity as well as lasting energy for a busy or strenuous day, all wrapped up in masses of flavor and textures, then you MUST make my new salad. This salad is 100% raw, 100% alkaline and for those transitioning would make a wonderful accompaniment to any low acid dish. For those following an all raw diet or wanting exceptional highly alkaline foods, then this is a meal in it’s own. You could add a generous sprinkle of hemp seeds to get extra protein and the perfect combination of omega fats too. Oh the possibilities.

I am lucky enough to Have an incredible local farm where I can use freshly picked key ingredients – talk about fresh. Potter Hill Farm in Grafton, MA is my favorite farm this year, you can read about them here. http://potterhillfarm.wordpress.com/

Ingredients

4 big kale leaves (make sure they are as fresh as possible) cut into thin ribbons. Include stalks.
2 big Red Swiss Chard leaves, cut into thin ribbons, include ¾ of the stalks
Handful fresh arugula cut into thin ribbons, include stalks
3 Scallions, cut into thin rounds
2 large, ripe tomatoes, cut into smallish chunks (don’t be too picky)
1 – 2 ripe avocados, peeled and stoned
1 large or 2 small cloves fresh garlic, crushed
10 stalks fresh parsley finely chopped (optional)
8 stalks fresh mint, leaves only, finely chopped (optional)
3 tbl Olive Oil – I love Whole Foods Market 365 organic brand
1 lime (juice only) or juice of ½ big lemon
2 tsp Celtic Salt of pHlavor

How to Make

In a bowl, place the prepared kale, swiss chard and arugula and mix a little so the ribbons separate a little and set aside.

In a separate bowl, mash the avocado until it is creamy with a few lumps in it.

Add the scallions, tomatoes, garlic, parsley and mint if you are using them. Mix together so they are evenly mixed and add to the bowl of greens.

Add the olive oil, salt, and lime or lemon and mix together so the leaves become well coated with the avocado mixture. This will do a couple of things, it will make every mouthful super delicious and it will also preserve the salad if you don’t get to eat it all in one sitting…but you probably will. I made this last Sunday for brunch and couldn’t stop eating it…oops!

Hope you enjoy this indulgence. Enjoy!

It is an Outstanding Day!

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Fiona, The Cleansing Diva!

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Disclaimer:

This website and its contents are not intended to diagnose, treat or cure any disease, nor replace the need or services of a trained health care practitioner. PurelyHealthyMe or Fiona Johnston assume no responsibility for those who decide to treat themselves rather than seek the assistance of a health care professional. Please ensure that you obtain the advice of your medical practitioner before embarking on any new health program.