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Counting my blessings!!! It appears that the middle of the USA is in a very gripping cold front and I thought we were cold here! I'm not going to complain as we are having gorgeous 15 to 20 degrees at night but not daylight hours so I'm rejoicing in front of the fire... I have so much to be thankful for and I too forget to embrace it at times... What do you have to be thankful for? We fail to realize the thankfulness we can find if we look or want to. Negativity seems to be the norm anymore. I'm thinking that may be a huge push in seeing so much illness and disease. Find your area of thankfulness and embrace it along with healthy habits. Enjoy the rest of your weekend...

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Birth defect dangers.

The prescribing of SSRI -(selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor) drugs (Prozac, Celexa, Paxil, Lexapro, Zoloft) - drugs during pregnancy and breastfeeding was, until recently, a fairly common practice, despite the fact that no research has conclusively found it to be safe for the growing baby. In September 2005, an FDA report was released about a study that found a statistical relationship between use of Paxil in the first trimester and the risk of birth defects-including heart defects- in their babies.

Withdrawal symptoms. Early in 2005, news outlets covered research studies regarding a "withdrawal syndrome" in babies whose moms had taken SSRIs during the third trimester of pregnancy, resembling what is seen in infants whose mothers use cocaine or crack.

Stringy Green Medicine! Not Green Beans!

Over the months I've been writing about foods and how it affects our life I've found some so ordinary and some exotic and foreign to many but this one is mostly standard in most homes and as I cut the pieces into my soup pot I started wondering exactly what this green stringy veggie did for me. What I learned was very interesting...

An amazing discover to me was that it was first used as a Medicine as lots of our common foods today were and I found out that there is more than just the green stalks we find in the grocery store here.

That medicine food is Celery (Apium graveolens) that grows to a height

of 12 to 16 inches and is composed of leaf-topped stalks arranged in a conical shape that are joined at a common bottom base. It is a biennial vegetable plant that belongs to the Umbelliferae family whose other members include carrots, fennel, parsley and dill. While most people associate celery with its prized stalks, the leaves, roots and seeds can also be used as a food and seasoning as well as a natural medicinal remedy.

Celery is believed to be the same plant as selinon, mentioned in Homer's Odyssey about 850 B.C. Our word "celery" comes from the French celeri, which is derived from the ancient Greek word. The old Roman names, as well as those in many modern languages, are derived from the same root word and sound remarkably similar. This indicates a rather recent wide distribution and use of celery.

The oldest record of the word celeri is in a 9th-century poem written in France or Italy, giving the medicinal uses and merits of the plant. When its culture in gardens was begun in the 16th century in Italy and northern Europe, it was still a primitive plant, like smallage, and was used for medicinal purposes only.

In France in 1623 use of celery as food was first recorded. For about a hundred years thereafter its food use was confined to flavorings or medicinal. In France and Italy, by the middle of the 17th century, the little stalks and leaves were sometimes eaten with an oil dressing.

In the late 17th and early 18th centuries, in Italy, France, and England, was seen the first evidences of improvement of the wild type. Gardeners also found that much of the too-strong flavor could be eliminated, making the stalks better for salad use, by growing the plants in late summer and fall, then keeping them into the winter.

By the mid-18th century in Sweden, the wealthier families were enjoying the wintertime luxury of celery that had been stored in cellars. From that time on, its use as we know it today spread rapidly. Its seed was brought to Kalamazoo, Michigan, in the 1850s from Scotland, and it became a commercial crop there, grown by Dutch settlers.

All through the 19th century in America, England, and much of Europe, it was believed necessary to blanch the green edible portion of celery to rid it of unpleasantly strong flavor and green color. This was done by banking the plants with soil. Some kinds, like Pascal and Utah, that remain green when ready for eating, are now considered to be of the finest quality.

Many so-called "easy-blanching" or "self-blanching" varieties have appeared in the past 50 years. Generally, these self-blanching sorts are inferior in quality to the best green varieties, but can be grown successfully under less favorable conditions of soil and climate.

Celeriac, or turnip-rooted celery, is a kind that forms a greatly enlarged, solid, more or less globular body just below the soil surface. It is not used raw, but is especially suited for use in soups and stews.

Today research has proven celery seed to be a diuretic. Diuretic substances are used to treat high blood pressure and congestive heart failure. Research has also shown that celery seed helps decrease blood sugar levels and might be useful in treating diabetes. Modern herbalists believe celery seed aids digestion, increases appetite and may also alleviate the discomforts of rheumatism.

Celery and celery seed have long been thought to be a fairly good aphrodisiac. Research has shown that celery contains androsterone so there may be something to that belief.

Celery can be a great diet aid as digesting celery requires more energy than celery and only 17 calories in a 100 gram portion.

Healthy minerals and vitamins found in celery are; Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium,Sodium, Zinc, Copper, Manganese, Selenium, Vitamins C, A, B-6, E, B-12, ascorbic acid, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, Folate, Retinol and Pantothenic acid. Making healthy, if you get organic uncooked. Some elements are lost in cooking. Light green celery stalks with a glossy surface tend to taste best. (Dark green stalks have slightly more nutrients, but are apt to be stringy.)

Sadly on 94 percent of the non-organic celery tested were found to contain Chemicals and Pesticides; three most commonly found were Dicloran, Acephate, and Oxamyl and also one or more of the following; Acephate, Azinphos methyl, Captan, Carbaryl, Chlorothalonil, DCPA, DDT, Diazinon, Dicloran, Dimethoate, Disulfoton, Endosulfans, Iprodione, Linuron, Malathion, Methamidophos, Methidathion, Methomyl, Mevinphos Total, Oxamyl, Oxydemeton methyl, Parathion ethyl, Permethrin Total, Phosmet, Piperonyl butoxide, Prometryn, Propiconazole, Quintozene (PCNB), and Trifluralin

I use celery in all my soups in salads but my favorite way of eating celery is raw and sometimes stuffed with peanut butter or cream cheese. Makes a healthy filling snack or side dish.

Enjoy your green string of health but make sure it's organic to prevent pesticide and chemical toxic buildup in your organs.

Lena

Death by Color?
© By Lena Sanchez

Sounds like a play or movie doesn't it? It's not it is real life and one you need to be aware of!

In this season of color are you ingesting colored foods or drinks using cosmetics with colors included? That's an answer you will have to find with detective work. But it is important and something you need to take into consideration as you shop for foods with color added especially cereals and colorful holiday candies. There may be danger in them!

In October 3, 2003 an alert went out but did you see it? Not too many people did nor have they since been told and unless you work in the health care field you may never see it? that alert is posted online for you to read but if you didn't know to look for it you may never have seen it? Even though the cased sited were from tubes used for inpatients it doesn't give you the real danger from the color mentioned?

The FDA alerted healthcare professionals of several reports of toxicity, including death, associated with the use of FD&C Blue No. 1 (Blue 1). Case reports indicate that seriously ill patients, particularly those with a likely increase in gut permeability may be at greater risk for these complications. Don't be placated with their bland warning. http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/col-ltr2.html Deeply buried in this report are the real facts and warning but way too extensive to put into this article. If you are inclined to take the time to search the real story you will find it as I did? You will need to follow the links.

As background; FD&C Blue No. 1 is a water-soluble dye allowed by the FDA for use in many foods of which you or your child may be consuming. Also in many drugs prescribed by your physician and cosmetics such as shower gel slathered on your skin put you at risk. Cosmetics are not required to even include those things on their labels so how would you even know? I don't know the answer to that question either? A few reputable cosmetics companies try to inform but not too many.

2003 was the last I've seen or heard about that danger, how about you? Foods contain a multitude of additives, of which color is the most prominent one. That alert is alarming yet to this day is totally ignored by most food manufacturers.

Be on the look out for anything blue and steer clear of it and even some yellow tinted foods have that food coloring in it? Be on the safe side, stay away from processed foods that could include colors!

Be safe and be healthy!
Lena

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