The Business of Health

 

The Food Pyramid That Made Us Fat (Update)

A brief synopsis of how the USDA paired up with food manufactures to increase their sales, while giving no thought as to how it would effect the American people. Find out the two food groups to take out of your food intake.

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Thrive: What On Earth Will It Take?

There is a two-hour web video you may watch for FREE, or give a financial donation.  This video informs about how our universe works on a vibrational level to who is operating the U.S's medical healthcare industry, and ends with ideas how each of us can support a new way of living: thriving.

A Place at the Table: One Nation. Underfed.

"Fifty million people in the U.S.—one in four children—don’t know where their next meal is coming from. Directors Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush examine the issue of hunger in America through the lens of three people struggling with food insecurity: Barbie, a single Philadelphia mother who grew up in poverty and is trying to provide a better life for her two kids; Rosie, a Colorado fifth-grader who often has to depend on friends and neighbors to feed her and has trouble concentrating in school; and Tremonica, a Mississippi second-grader whose asthma and health issues are exacerbated by the largely empty calories her hardworking mother can afford.

Ultimately, A Place at the Table shows us how hunger poses serious economic, social and cultural implications for our nation, and that it could be solved once and for all, if the American public decides — as they have in the past — that making healthy food available and affordable is in the best interest of us all."

Food, Inc.

"In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, herbicide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won't go bad, but we also have new strains of E. coli—the harmful bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans annually. We are riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults.

Featuring interviews with such experts as Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation), Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto) along with forward thinking social entrepreneurs like Stonyfield's Gary Hirshberg and Polyface Farms' Joel Salatin, Food, Inc. reveals surprising—and often shocking truths—about what we eat, how it's produced, who we have become as a nation and where we are going from here."

SiCKO

"SiCKO, [the documentary by Michael Moore,] is a straight-from-the-heart portrait of the crazy and sometimes cruel U.S. health care system, told from the vantage of everyday people faced with extraordinary and bizarre challenges in their quest for basic health coverage.

In the tradition of Mark Twain or Will Rogers, SiCKO uses humor to tell these compelling stories, leading the audience to conclude that an alternative system is the only possible answer."

#1 Childbirth Complication

With all the information we have - including technology at our fingertips - there is still no universal screening for the #1 complication in childbirth...

20 Wholesome Gifts Under $20

Give safe, useful and luxurious gifts this holiday. Order by December 14, 2017 to be received in time for Christmas Day

Affirmations and Quotes

Place inspiring affirmations and quotes throughout your home, work space, vehicle, bags or anywhere else you can find a place for a post-it note. By doing so, you learn these phrases so that the unconscious mind begins to automatically associate an affirmation or quote wherever you are without consciously reading it.

Avoid Artificial Food Dyes

Artificial food dyes are in just about everything - especially in children's foods. Artificial food dyes have been linked to multiple health problems...

Baby Formula (Homemade)

This stuff is amazing! It was easy to order all the ingredients. All the ingredients are whole-food (no synthetic anything, no chemicals, no artificial food dyes, no hormones - all wholesome, nutrient rich supplements to nourish a growing baby.) It only takes about 20 minutes to make 36 ounces. She LOVED it, and THRIVED on it!

Lunch Box Options for Kids

Ahhhhh! Getting ready for my little girl to go to Preschool, and I'm overwhelmed with figuring out what to pack!

Meditation

There are a variety of meditation styles, just like yoga practices and workouts. Everyone can meditate...

Milk Truths

Explore these websites and articles to find out what benefits raw milk will bring to you...

Nutrition

Nutrition can be an all-encompassing word. Start simple: Eat live foods: fruits and vegetables Eat protein: organic, grass-fed, or fresh caught...

Obtaining an Immunization Waiver is Easier Than "They" Want You to Think

You have the freedom to make health care decisions for yourself and individually per child. Popular media, the government, and the CDC would like you to trust that this new rule in Michigan is a completely new process for parents who are inclined to opt-out or delay immunizations. It's really not all that new... they just threw in a couple more inconvenient steps for parents.

Preventative Care

Prevention is the most valuable tool to be working with in regard to your health. Ensuring your body and mind are running most efficiently and effectively will keep you out of the doctor's office, and out doing whatever it is you enjoy!

Releasing Anxieties

We know with great life changes, like pregnancy, birthing and caring for children can easily increase anxiety in our lives. It's important to understand you are not alone and there are a variety of ways to release the intense feelings.

Smudging Is Easy As 1-2-3!

Smudging can be a complicated ritual or a simple, quick clearing process. (I opt for the latter most often, and it still works.)

Treating PTSD, Other Illnesses and Traumas with Yoga

More and more doctors and researchers are finding the benefits of incorporating yoga into a treatment plan for those suffering from traumatic situations and/or post-traumatic stress syndrom. One of the largest discoveries...
About Elise

I'm a RPYT (Registered Prenatal Yoga Teacher) and RYT 500 (Registered Yoga Teacher) rooted in the Hatha tradition, and the Samkhya philosophy; however I attend a variety of classes, like Kundalini. I’m living my dharma (purpose) by creating a community to assist women during the rite of passage into motherhood through the mental, emotional, physical and spiritual qualities of the yoga practice.

In addition to yoga, I'm a mom of two beautiful children and have many interests including Feng Shui, Reiki, alternative healing methods, harnessing my intuition and whatever else inspires me along the way!

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