ARE YOU OUT OF BALANCE?
Writing a blog is very easy.
It is not easy to write an outstanding blog though.
I don’t want to be a blogger or a writer. I want to be an outstanding blogger/writer.
Practicing writing every day for at least ten minutes might seem a little, but finding a space for additional 10 minutes activity daily might be really challenging. Ok then, write for ten minutes about what is in front of you. Apart from a pile of papers, Mia’s school uniform hanging from the chair, bread crumbs on the table, camera, 2 glasses of water, there is also a lot of doubts. There is a big chaos not only physically in front of me but also in front of my head. In the back of my head there is a bit of disorganisation as well. It is a chaos of goals, commitments, fears, joys and doubts. Which thought from the back or front of my head should I catch, look at it at expose it? What feeling or emotion should I capture? They all seem slightly blurred, or maybe squashed in the crowd of so many of them. You need to re-centre to be able to capture the one and purely see it what it really is like. You need to be calm, focused and disciplined to be able to see the brightest, the strongest or the loudest one. I still cannot capture the one. They all seem very dusty, rusty and hairy. Like little wrestling monsters in a little mouse hole that have been there too long. How do I do that? On Monday I knew what was in front of me. Today, I can only recall the past goals. Let’s see if remembering the priorities helps to re-centre my mind. Not long ago my goals were:
– Feel strong, fit and healthy and in balance (achieved by a pure and as natural diet as possible, reducing stress response and looking after my body only in natural ways- these are my synonyms of self-love, self- care and self-respect)
– Focus on happiness- mindfulness and gratitude
– Personal development- writing practice, reading research and personal development books
– Blog- to highlight the importance of holistic, ayuverdic lifestyle and to spread the awareness why it is so important
– Help others to re-balance their lives.
I think I know what is the problem here.
The problem is WHY?
Why do I need all this? Why the goals became my goals? Why this lifestyle is so important to me? Why not to ignore this old-fashioned, traditional ways of life and go for modern quick fixes? Are my choices really in advantage of nowadays fast diet, artificial instant beauty treatments and crazy status racing? We easily get lost in those fast pacing trends. What defines us today? I don’t want to be defined by the make of my car, I don’t want to be defined by the size of my lips, the type of handbag or by the way I spend my weekend nights. I don’t want to be defined by the amount of fat on my thighs, I don’t want to be defined by the social position. If I apply such materialistic standards to myself, do I really love myself? Do I really respect my own SELF? Would I really do all that for myself or for other people to see how well I do in live. For them to see what I can afford and what defines me? To prove my worth? To me it is not a balance, it is confusion between happiness, self-worth and balance. You want to define me, go for it. I don’t care, because I don’t define myself anything but the human being. Human to other humans, human to my core needs, human to the environment. My biggest goal is to feel balanced, genuine and true to myself. To live in line with myself and my humanity. My lifestyle helps me to stay balanced and congruent to myself and if I can do that to myself, I certainly can do to others. Unfortunately, confusion creep in very often, especially in stressful and pressured circumstances. Need to focus, need to re-centre myself. Feeling lost in the blurred thoughts and feeling these days. It’s not only important to breathe and be alive. What is your purpose? What is your aim? Your goal? I need to confess that I feel quite lost these days. I mainly feel lost in capturing my thoughts. What is happiness for me? It is to live deeply in line with my nature. To be focused on the connection with nature. And by that I don’t mean walking hours in forests, hills or lakes. I don’t mean eating raw food all the time. I talk about the connection to being a human, to the core of our existence and our needs. No artificial substitute can fit into this relationship, unless it is a life saving one.
You say we need fun in life. Work hard and play hard. Spend money, live life to the fullest, travel, eat, drink, buy and show off. And you are right. We need rewards, we need fun, entertainment and we want to look young, beautiful and rich. Nothing wrong with that, we all need a bit of lush in life. But is this a pure fun or is that a way of dealing with some little demons? Do I overeat because I want to forget that I am hurt? Do I abuse whisky every weekend because I lack of joy if I don’t drink? Do I buy 10 new dresses every month because I miss something (or somebody) in my life and want to fill in the emptiness? Do I eat that deep fried chips because I don’t care about myself? Do I need that Range Rover, because it is a symbol of power and status for me? If you are aware of your actions and their purposes you can easily find your balance and happiness. Just ask yourself a question- what for? and look for the most honest answer within yourself. You must be brave to be willing to notice the answer and to admit it. The answer might reflect your vulnerability and sensitivity, but it is the best way to re-centre and to follow your true dreams. Those dreams should be flowing from the core of your existence and from your core needs.
I want to be loved, cared for and respected. I want to be appreciated and valued. How to achieve this without becoming a victim of materialistic systems? How to achieve this by a true realisation?
This world is so much in imbalance these days. People are rushing, chasing, losing themselves in trends, in incongruent and inconsistent values and wishes. We can easily find our true desires, our genuine needs and follow them eventually, but first we need to confess to ourselves what we really desire and what we really need. I always wanted to be loved for who I am. I always wanted unconditional acceptance. The biggest gift you can give to yourself is staying true to yourself. If I have to conceal your personality with fake behaviours or to change your appearance to feel worth of somebody’s love or attention, then you don’t actually love yourself enough. You are right, we cannot have anybody’s appreciation for granted. You might be your best balanced, congruent and genuine self and still cannot find the person who can really appreciate your worth. You can have the fittest body, the sharpest mind and a bank account of a millionaire, but you can still not be enough for another person. If you are in connection with yourself, you can stay calm, confident and you are capable of accepting rejection without distorting your own self image by somebody’s perception. You’ve got yourself and you don’t give a shit. You don’t depend on anybody’s’ admiration.
Am I in balance with my life and myself if I hunt for fast solutions instead of a deep connection with my own humanity, personality and my whole existence? Will I achieve all my deepest dreams by looking for a balance or by chasing temporary results in fad diets, following fashion trends and expressing sarcastic attitude to everything unfamiliar and uncomfortable? Stay in balance and in peace with yourself and with the world, even if you are not enough for some people. Shield yourself with calmness, centring, grounding and a smile.
This is how a 10 minutes writing practice turned into a 1400 words blog post.
BOTOX BEAUTY.
Beauty of Botox.
Botox for beauty? Beauty is Botox?
Who doesn’t want to have a pretty, smooth, young and fresh looking skin? Nowadays, it can be achieved easier than ever by injecting fillers and botulinum toxin type A (Botox).
A few months ago I was considering having Botox and fillers to smooth my frown lines and refresh my tired looking eyes and my tear trough. When insecurities, social pressure to look young, beauty canons and fashion trends creep into our self esteem, our self- worth and self image become disturbed. Otherwise we wouldn’t like to do it, would we? I nearly booked appointments, but it still didn’t feel in line with my “organic” lifestyle. It was definitely against my values, but I was so unhappy with my appearance that this idea was in my mind nearly every day.
Botulinum toxin type A is made from bacteria that causes botulism. Although botulinum toxin is considered completely safe in amounts that are present in Botox, Xeomin and Dysport, it can travel via our nerves to the central nervous system. Moreover, it is not really recommended for people with autoimmune disorders.
Furthermore, Botox contains albumin, which is a derivative of human blood. There is a very slight risk of transmission of viral diseases and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, but if you are not bothered by its gross ingredients and if its benefits are likely to outweigh potential risks, why not to have a smooth forehead? 😉 In turn, Xeomin, which is a similar product, contains no complexing proteins or albumin. Botox is also tested on animals.
Despite the fact that botox treatment is considered perfectly safe, it arouses some controversies alike fluoride in drinking water, vaccinations and medication containing psychoactive substances such as methylphenidate hcl prescribed for people with ADHD. Bear in mind that arsenic was once a popular beauty treatment and an approved cancer cure.
Our crow’s feet are our life’s heritage, result of our emotions, experiences and gifts from life (both desired ones and the ones we hope never happen to us).
After considering all pros and cons of botox and the temptation of being a MILF, I stick to my old fashioned values and to accepting the process of aging. Imperfections, natural consequences of aging and bad lifestyle choices in the past are here to teach me deeper love to myself and I use it on my adventure to self- growth. At the end of the day if we can accept our “impurities” (or hopefully even love them) we can become more empathic and loving towards others’ “imperfections”, too. Our wrinkles say a lot about our lives, lifestyles and characters. Botox is an easy way to look and feel happier, but a true happiness is something deeper than a smooth forehead and I hope it lasts longer than a few months. I am not against Botox, but at the moment I prefer natural, especially plant based treatments and skin care. However, you never know what the future can bring and what life can throw at you. I never say never and like with everything else I will keep my mind open.
Powerful natural cosmetics and skin care.
AQUAFABA TEA CAKE.
And how not to take food photos
Last weekend myself and my little family went to the Lake District for our hiking adventure. Our purpose was to claim Catbells (451 m) no matter what the weather will be like. Well prepared with backpacks full of healthy food we arrived at Grange in Borrowdale and started walking towards our goal. We took water bottles, a box of energy balls, sandwiches, some fruit, chocolate aquafaba cake and cereal bars from Aldi. I imagined myself making a stunning photo of my healthy chocolate tea cake on the summit. Finally, on the top, I was bending, laying on the wet ground and hoping to capture my best picture ever. What have I ended up with? Instead of appealing tea cake, I had a beautiful Derwent Water and mountains view with 3 brown steaks in the bottom of the photo looking absolutely pointless over that incredible landscape. I think my main mistakes were not exposing the food properly and making the view my main focus and not making food the main object. The rule of thirds would be quite useful here as well.
"I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it" -Vincent Van Gogh
You can make cakes from oats, millet and even beans. What is even more wonderful, you can also make cakes from water from cooked beans and chickpeas instead of eggs. You help saving the environment by not wasting food and by not using eggs or just using less in your household! Every effort matters! And every little step counts. Imagine every person doing a little bit for ecology, being slightly more aware and respectful for this planet and for all lives on Earth. We don’t have to turn Pescatarians all at once and turn our lives up side down, but if everyone does their bit, the world would be much prettier place!
Vegan Tea Cake with Aquafaba- Recipe
What you need:
Water from 2 boxes/cans (about 1 1/4 glass) of beans/chickpeas (It’s called aquafaba)
½ cup or more (It’s really up to you!) sugar/ sweetener of your choice (I mixed coconut sugar & xylitol)
2-3 cups of favourite flour (I added 1 cup of millet and 2 cups of white spelt)
1-2 tbsp of cocoa powder (how chocolatey do you like your cakes?)
¼ cup of almond oil/ coconut oil or whatever oil you have at home (I wouldn’t recommend goose fat though! 😉)
1 ½ tsp of baking soda
1 glass of milk of your choice (I added oat milk)
Handful of cocoa nibs
Method
- Mix all dry ingrediens together.
- Beat your aquafaba with milk.
- Add oil to the wet ingredients, keep mixing.
- Add wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix together until you have a nice smooth consistency.
- Line baking tin with baking paper.
- Pour your mix to the baking tin.
- Bake in 170°C for 10 minutes.
- After 10 minutes cover with aluminium foil or alternative to prevent burning.
- Bake for another 40 minutes.
HOW MUCH TOOTHPASTE CAN YOU EAT?
According to Public Health England, daily requirements for Calcium is 700 mg, for Magnesium 270 mg for females and 300 mg for males, Iodine 140 mg for both genders, Zinc 7 mg for females and 9.5 mg for males Potassium 3500 mg for both genders. What is the recommended daily intake (RDI) for Fluoride? There isn’t such guidelines! Fluoride is not an essential element. The maximum permitted value of fluoride in drinking water in the UK is 1.5mg/l. The U.S. National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine recommends 0.05 mg F/kg body weight/day to prevent tooth decay. However, toxic dose of fluoride is 5mg/1kg. In a tube of 75g toothpaste containing 1450ppm of fluoride we have 108.75 mg of fluoride. Likewise medicines, toothpastes should be inaccessible for kids, so keep them high up safely locked. Natural occurring fluoride (calcium fluoride weathered from rocks) has a much higher lethal rate than synthetically added fluoride compounds.
In fact, fluoride isn’t even an essential element.
Do we need to take additional amounts of fluoride? We ingest it through food, because fluoride is present in teas, processed food, fish and in trace amounts in eggs and produce. We use it topically in the toothpastes and mouth rinses. We drink it in our water. Fluoride is even present in antidepressants, anaesthetics and steroids. It’s in the Polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon) coated pans.
Some sources state that 5mg F/kg of body weight can be toxic to our health, where over 15mgF/kg can be lethal. There was an incident of death by taking 16mgF/kg, but we lack more information of other fatal cases of fluoride overdosing. Anyway, throughout our lifetime we consume quite large amounts of this element. The question is how much of unnecessary fluoride we take in general? If we look after oral hygiene well (without toxic ingredients) and take a healthy diet, the answer is ALL OF IT IS UNNECESSARY.
Traces of fluoride are found in bones composition, but it does not mean that we need to supplement it to maintain a healthy skeleton. Enough calcium, magnesium, vitamin D and K and overall healthy diet and lifestyle should be enough for healthy bones, especially in our region, where the natural fluoride occurs in sufficient amounts.
Calcium helps reduce intestinal absorption of Fluoride and it would be unsafe to ignore this crucial relationship. If by any chance you eat too much toothpaste, Calcium can be an antidote.
Just saying.
There is no such disease that we can suffer from, if we haven’t got enough fluoride in our bodies. We do not need fluoride at all. Our teeth do not get decayed with too less fluoride. Studies showing that fluoride prevents tooth decay were methodologically incorrect. Even more, we should avoid it at all costs, as it is even more poisonous than lead and slightly less toxic than arsenic. Fluoride is a pesticide and an ingredient of rats poison. There is enough fluoride in a tube of toothpaste to kill a small child, if swallowed. Fluoride is a waste byproduct of fertilizers and aluminium, etc.
Is fluoride’s effectiveness and promotion based on a very effective pseudo science and manipulation?
How to get rid of a byproduct and make a good health/beauty business? You want a nice bright, white smile? Use a good toothpaste, but remember to check if it’s high enough in fluoride. You go, buy and use it. They have a problem of waste byproduct solved and you even paid them money for its utilisation! Some theories suggest that fluoride was used by Soviets and Hitler to sedate people and make them obedient. Now we follow the trends, adverts and dental routines based on fear. Ok, let’s stick to the pleasure principle instead. Pain (fear) and pleasure are used interchangeably for manipulation. Over simplistic? People are simple beings though.
To maintain healthy teeth, a good, balanced diet and an adequate oral hygiene should be enough. A lot of research suggesting the benefits of fluoride toothpastes was carried on populations living in poverty, without having a sufficient diet and a poor oral hygiene. Implementing topical fluoridation in those countries actually made a positive impact on oral health. Government states that we are a strong country with strong economics, so I presume we shouldn’t have a problem with poor oral hygiene. Such a strong economically country should be able to support people who don’t live up to the high standards, shouldn’t? Ok, I am not going into politics, because I want to stay away from all that hypocrisy, but isn’t the fluoride necessity a nice sweet political strategy? I bet it’s cheaper to implement fluoridation of water, topical vanishes and overall fluoride toothpastes promotions in schools over the education on a balanced diet, followed by a high quality practices in schools. Instead our kids are fed with gummy bears or chocolate stars every single day. At the same time we find in our kids book bags leaflets of 5 a day at the letters about the need of fluoridation? Do they presume that the kids live in such poverty they need to reward them with such pointless stuff? Some kids do. Some don’t have clean clothes, nor clean teeth and no-one buy them sweets, but there should be another way round it, shouldn’t it? Especially in such a strong country.
Your pineal gland is definitely not at risk of cavities because it’s full of fluoride. It can be calcified as well, if you don’t supplement calcium in the protocol with Vitamins D and K, but that’s another story. Ask your doctor about this powerful trio. You are lucky, if they know what to say. Otherwise dr Google can help with answers, if you know what information to ignore and how to filter all the “facts”.
Ok, so what is fluoride responsible for? Just a few risks of taking fluoride over a life span.
- Osteosclerosis
- Fluorosis
- Hypocalcemia
- Kidney damage
- Astma
- Intestinal problems
- Heart problmes
- Swallawing toothpaste by children can disregulate insulin secretion
- Sperioral dermatitis
- Decreased melatonin production
- Depression
Detox your third eye, get better sleep, get rid of mood swings, brain fog and memory problems. High concentrations of fluoride and calcium have been found in pineal glands of people suffering from Alzheimer’s. Several studies show suggest that lower IQ in children can be due to fluoride intake.
Eat healthily and brush your teeth with natural toothpaste.
The research shows that fluoride helps prevent tooth decay, but when an adequate diet is taken and a good oral hygiene is kept, there is no need to use fluoride. Especially, if we ingest fluoride from water and food on daily basis, topping up fluoride intake from additional sources such as fluoridated water, fortified food and fluoride toothpaste can be harmful.
Some studies suggest that fluoride can be helpful when used topically, but it is only a case when the enamel is forming, so in a very young age, but the disadvantages of using fluoride outnumber its benefits. Moreover, fluoride in adults has no use in maintain a good oral health.
Fluoride is almost everywhere, that’s why it is so important to reduce its consumption to avoid accumulation its excessive amounts in our bodies.
Bibliography
Eckardt, N. (2017), Fluoride & Our Teeth.
Fredenberg, J.P. (2014). Fluoride Controversies: A physician’s Perspective on the Devastating Health Consequences of Fluoride
http://dwi.defra.gov.uk/consumers/advice-leaflets/fluoride.pdf
https://fluoridealert.org/studies/acute01/
https://jada.ada.org/article/S0002-8177(85)02022-0/pdf
https://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/dwq/nutfluoride.pdf
FRIENDLY CHOCOLATE BARS
Vegan, Gluten Free, Free from refined sugar
Because I haven’t eaten a single shop-bought sweet since February 2018 
I sometimes make my own. My home-made sweets are free from all that fancy crap (maltodextrin, cane sugar, mono- and di-glicerides, E120, aromas, etc) and they satisfy my chocolate cravings as well as my creativity need. I usually make my favourite energy balls, but sometimes I just desire something looking more sophisticated. 
What you’ll need:
- 100 g of cocoa butter drops.
- 1 tbsp of coconut oil.
- A handful of chopped nuts of your choice.
- ¼- ½ cup of puffed amaranth or quinoa or a mix of both.
- Optionally you can add some dried fruit.
- 1-2 tbsp of honey dependently how sweet you like your chocolate bars.
- 1-2 tbsp of cocoa powder (It’s up to you how strong you want it!).
- Silicone moulds.
- A pan, obviously. 😆
Method:
1. Melt your cocoa drops in a pan on a low heat, add coconut oil and wait until it’s melted. Add cocoa powder and whisk until smooth.
2. Stir in honey until everything is melted and smooth.
3. Your mixture should have a consistency of a melted chocolate.
4. When your liquid chocolate is not too hot, add your amaranth, quinoa, dried fruit and crushed nuts. Mix well and you can pour your mixture into silicone moulds.
5. When cooled down put in the fridge for a few hours to set.
Tip: You might prefer to lay out the silicone moulds with baking paper to remove chocolate bars easier when they are set.
Enjoy! 
FIRE YOUR INNER CRITIC
“Speaking your truth can save others, but first it will save you.” – Regina Brett
I have started my blog, because I have personal development goals, but also because I feel a need to create. Unfortunately, I am not lucky to be in receipt of skills like singing or painting. I also started my blog, because writing was always somewhere near me. I often heard people saying that I should write. However, my relationship with writing has always been very ambivalent. I enjoyed it and I loved sharing my thoughts with people this way and I sometimes even believed that I have some kind of talent for writing. Not a huge talent, but a bit of a gift. Like I am not totally bereft of it. 
Anyway, I will use it no matter how big it is. Moreover, I can transform it and make it greater. At the end of the day it is a gift and I feel gratitude for it.
So, when I started this blog, I committed myself to write at least 2 posts a month and send 2 emails a month to people who subscribed to my newsletters. I have made that decision to help me stay consistent and motivated.
Last week I was going to publish a post about fluoride and I had it almost finished, when I changed my mind. I got into so much self- doubt that in the end I was unable to edit it, correct it and post it on my blog. I simply found it really bad written. I became my biggest critic and decided to change the topic from scientific one to more personal. I thought that if I write about fluoride for people who read my blog, it has to be presented at least at academic level, with all references, citations and with all that professional methodology.
I put so much pressure on myself that I wasn’t able to even read it again, because it seemed so terribly written. Although I do not put any references at the end of my blog posts, I always read and critically evaluate the research in terms of methodology, sample size, etc. I do not rely on easy to find “facts” on google. My blog posts are not academically written, but I make every effort to offer a solid dose of quality knowledge. I love sharing with you what I read, what I know and what can help us live healthier and happier. My plan is to start including the references in my articles in the near future anyway. Writing blog posts more often will help to improve my writing skills, so even more discipline is needed to achieve this. Just a quick reminder: one step at the time!
Today, I am looking at the problem from a distance. Maybe it was a crap piece of writing. But it is not what should bother me. This blog has come out of a passion for creating, healthy lifestyle and connecting with people who are or want to become more mindful of their everyday choices towards health and wellbeing. Healthy lifestyle is not only the quality of our food, it is also the quality of how we manage pressures of everyday life. Last week, I forgot that I can only make one step at the time and I was falling over every time I was trying to speed my progress up. I didn’t focus enough on the importance of the MOMENT. I forgot how to truly live. I was rushing, pressuring and putting myself down. There was a lot of unnecessary drama about doing more research for my posts, not being educated enough, not writing good enough or not knowing much enough to write a good blog. There was a lot of negative thoughts what others will think of me, my writing style and my blog.
Get ready for some rejection, get ready for some negative comments, get ready for some mean people, but do not let it bother you."– Sarah Glover
Over the weekend, I intentionally focused on different things to give my mind a rest instead of forcing it to produce some valuable content. I re-planted my aloe vera succulents, discovered 2 new ones in a large pot and took care of the old ones, as they got brown at the tips. Apparently, they had too much sunshine in my conservatory, so I moved them into the living room. I juiced some of their leaves and made a hair mask of it. I was thinking about my priorities and goals again. I re-evaluated my current life-situation. I also visited beautiful places in Cumbria, had lunch in Grasmere and even met an author of a lovely book on meditation for children’s. I think I manifested some inspiration, reflection and calmness. I started reading a new book and got back to the old one that really inspires and motivates me to writing. And actually, even before the weekend, I managed to create a valuable newsletter that I am quite proud of. I’ve literally appreciated this now!
Although, I might not write good enough, I will be writing anyway. Although, I am not a doctor or a nutritionist, I will be writing about nutrients and health anyway. Although, I am not a chemist, I will be writing about toxins anyway. Although, I might not know enough, I will be speaking my truth anyway.
Write and do not think too much about it. If you have something to say to this world, say it. Some will laugh at you, some will hate, some will ignore it, but some will listen. Do it for them. If there is a slight chance that your truth can help someone, say it, write it, show it. Speak your truth. Writing from your heart, without judging your own thoughts and spontaneously going with a flow might help others to find the truth within themselves and give them courage to speak up as well. Forget about your fears, your ego and your limitations and do it for others.
“A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.”- Franklin D. Roosevelt
There will be more self-doubts moments, dramas, crisis’s on the way. They are a part of the process. No matter, whether it is a process of becoming a better parent, making carrier, evolving better skills in your hobby or blogging. It is about the awareness that the bad moments will pass and about aiming for improvement and most of all about enduring in the most difficult moments of the journey. There is no place for coziness in this process, but there must be a room for self-believe and trust in uncertainty and destiny.
If you write from your heart you don't have to do in depth research. Just focus on reflecting your soul. You never know who you might inspire.
A dish fit for the gods
Beetroot Power. Health promoting superfood.
Beetroots belong to the group of functional foods because of their indisputable health benefits. They are not only high in inorganic nitrate content, but also high in amounts of phytochemical compounds, such as ascorbic acid, carotenoids, phenolic acids and flavonoids. Beetroots are cheap and easy to grow, as they need little water and light and don’t need soil rich in organic matter. They have a long history in folk medicine, date back to Roman times. Beets are still valued by modern pharmacology and natural medicine for their therapeutic properties.
Superfood that is cheap as chips, but will make you
look like a million dollars.
10 reasons to love Beets!
- Drinking beetroot juice before exercising improves endurance and strength performance.
- Source of dietary nitrate, so they positively impact cardiovascular health. They reduce systolic and diastolic blood pressure.
- Beetroots lower chronic inflammation, so they can inhibit cancerous processes.
- Prevent oxidative stress. Beetroots are a source of betalains that have strong antioxidation powers. Especially recommended after training sessions!
- Beets can lessen the risk and can slow down process of dementia, because they increase cerebral blood flow in older adults. They can also improve cognitive functions in patients with Type 2 Diabetes. However beetroots are quite high in sugars, especially after cooking!
- In ancient times beetroots were used to increase sex hormones and as an aphrodisiac. Drinking beetroot juice before a date night might help with erectile dysfunctions.
- Protect the liver and can even heal some minor damage.
- Will give your skin a radiant glow and will make your hair shine and grow stronger! Take them internally, though. Otherwise you might end up as red as a beet.
- Excellent to excrete out kidney and bladder stones.
- Natural source of iron, thus they are perfect for treating anaemia.
Eat Beets and glow with Health!
How to enjoy beets.
- Smoothies
- Fermented beetroot juice.
- Borschch.
- Salads with raw or cooked beetroot.
- Beetroot crisps.
- Ice lollies with beetroot juice!
My favourite beetroot smoothies combinations:
- Raw beetroot + a handful of raspberries (sourer are better and they can be frozen!) + water
- Raw beetroot + vitamin c powder + water
- Raw beetroot + half of orange + water
- Raw beetroot + ginger + turmeric + water
- Raw beetroot + lemon juice + water
NOTE: Just remember to always consult your symptoms with your GP! Also, if you never drank raw beetroot juice or smoothies before, start it gradually and observe your body, because some people report sensitive stomach after drinking beetroot juice. Beetroot juice can colour your urine red. According to some sources it is a normal reaction, but some say that it indicates low levels of stomach acid or certain digestive enzymes!
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We are enough
I am not judgemental, but I care about you. You have a choice to live longer, healthier and happier.
I see people filling up non-reusable plastic water bottles several times. I want to tell you to stop doing that. I don’t want you to drink that water full of endocrine disruptors. You might suffer from hormonal imbalances already and you are not making yourself any favour, but you believe you drink plenty of pure goodness.
I see you eating the whole packet of sweets, and I am sorry, I see that and I want to tell you to stop. You are already on loads of medication, seriously overweight and chronically tired. Your meds will not fix you, if you won’t fix your habits. I’ve been there. I was binging on sweets. Not because I was deprived of them, but because my body was trying to tell me something important.
I see a beautiful girl who uses a deodorant a few times a day, because she is scared that she might sweat or smell… Regular deodorants contain aluminium compound and other chemicals that cause cancers (especially breast cancer!) and other chronic diseases. Call me crazy, but we need sweat to detoxify and by sweating our bodies regulate body temperature. Antiperspirant blocks the pores, so the sweat stays in your body. I leave the rest to your imagination.
I am not being negative. We need to wake up. We destroy Planet Earth and we destroy ourselves by the choices we make everyday in terms of our diets, cosmetics, household cleaning products, etc. Yes, I see things and I want to tell you to stop, but do you actually want to listen? Do you want to know? I don’t always make wise choices myself. And I don’t know everything. I learn every day and I want to tell you what I know. We all need to learn, find and filter information, because we are so lost in this artificial world that we think that what media tell us is the best way to enjoy life. Buy more plastic, use more plastic, throw away more plastic, because we are bored of what we’ve got, because we deserve new things, because we can afford new things, because we can recycle. Use natural materials whenever you can!
Artificial colours or flavours? We fake our diets. Do we need to add flavours to our food, if we eat a real food? The Nature gives us millions of flavours in variety of spices, vegetables and fruits. Very often, media provide us with outdated information on diets and sell us “fake food” that actually only pretends to be healthy. That’s why I choose to read, educate and teach my kids to make wiser choices (it is tricky though!) Most of the cereals sold in supermarkets are actually pro-inflammatory, full of sugar and make you hungry after a short period of time. They are fortified with artificial vitamins that can make more harm than good. Sugar free products are packed with artificial sweeteners (Aspartame is one of the worst stuff ever and it is linked to Alzheimer’s disease).
We fake our bodies. We pretend to be slim, thus we put those slimming pants on. Or, we will fake our skin colour, because darker is sexier and looks healthier. So, you are telling me that because you were born with fair skin, you look unhealthy? Do Nature and genes make us look “unhealthy”? I see a lot of nonsense in here, but I am not going to tell you stop. Use it wisely, if you really need to. I know, we suffer from lack of sunshine. I’ve been there, too. Sun beds were my addiction as well. Sun blockers and filters? They are actually more cancerogenic than sunshine itself, unless you are getting really burnt. I will wear push ups to pretend that my boobs are bigger. That will boost my confidence. What is confidence? Faking that we are what we want to be, but we are not? I know, I know, we are all putting masks on. Just take it off more often and be brave to be who you truly are, physically and emotionally. I want to tell you to love yourself more, because you don’t need that filler. You are so beautiful, why can you not see that? We need to be willing to open our eyes and see that we live artificial, fake and plastic lives. Pay attention to that beauty in your soul and that wonderful body that works so hard for you and that takes you wherever you want. Stop exploit it unnecessarily, give it love, acceptance and empathy, because this is what you deserve for being YOU. Stop for a moment, look in the mirror and appreciate your beauty, your uniqueness and notice the miracle of life you have been given. You are here, so take care of yourself. In the world, where you can be whoever you want to be and you can do whatever you want to do, be your truly self. Give yourself the strongest love, kindness and care you say you deserve from your partner, parent or a child. Take one step at the time. Slowly and with self-believe upgrade your confidence, love yourself more and more every day and don’t let media tell you that you are not enough.
I wanted to do fillers, botox and other beauty treatments so many times, but why did I not?
1. I don’t like anyone to tell me what to think, what to do and what to feel and the beauty industry does it all the time. They keep telling us how we should look, behave and think.
2. I felt that beauty industry manipulates people’s opinions and I didn’t want to fall into the trap of being persuaded some absurds. I enjoy having my own opinion, even if it comes across as weird.
3. I chose to put an effort on working on my self-confidence, self- acceptance and self- awareness in a mindful, conscious way without masking, faking and pretending, because I incredibly I value honesty, transparency and bravery. Be courageous to say no and be strong enough not to follow the crowds.
4. I am an “organic girl”, who strives to live naturally, healthy and plastic free live as much as it is possible and I am constantly working on upgrading my dream green live on many levels.
5. I am a role model for my children.
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FROM ILLNESS TO WELLNESS
“Don’t confuse the truth with the opinion of the majority.” — Jean Cocteau
Probably many of you that know me think that I am obsessed with a healthy diet. I refuse to eat delicious doughnuts, chocolates and I don’t drink fizzy drinks or alcohol. I don’t even drink fruit juices.
However, that wasn’t always a case. 🙂 I used to drink hectolitres of pop, wines, vodkas and beer. I used to love Żubrówka with Red Bull or Apple juice. Gin and tonic was on top of my list as well. 20 cigarettes a day wasn’t a problem for me. I enjoyed every single of them. I started smoking and drinking when I was 15 and permanently quit when I was 29.
When I was a kid I used to eat tones of sweets. My teeth were black. As a teenager I was skipping my breakfasts and eating cakes for lunch. Sometimes for dinners and suppers too. I was following this model until I got pregnant. I was more careful then, but still my lifestyle and diet weren’t best quality.
As a kid and a teenager I was never obese. My weight were never an issue either as an factual matter or in terms of my body image.
However, I was constantly ill. Since a very young age, until about my mid or late twenties I was regularly on antibiotics, steroid inhalers, antihistamines, painkillers and nasal sprays. I was asthmatic and had allergies. I started antidepressants when I was 19 (I actually needed someone to talk to instead). I had flu jabs almost every year. My immune system was a disaster. Later on, after my second pregnancy, I became iron deficient. I had anaemia and barely had a strength to get out of bed in the morning. Some days I was too exhausted to look after my new born baby. However, I thought that being a tired mum was absolutely normal, so I was ignoring all my symptoms for a few months.
Furthermore, I believed that modern medicine was there to fix me with every course of antibiotics. I believed that flu jabs were there to help me get a stronger immune system. I was ignoring all the possible side effects and never valued natural methods or never considered real causes of my problems. Moreover, I thought that the way I was feeling was normal. I believed that my health issues were minor and not serious, so there was nothing to panic about, because I didn’t have a serious diagnosis. I believed I had to live with them and take medicines forever. I also believed that all the products on the market have to be safe. Otherwise they wouldn’t be there. How unaware and naive I was!
Luckily, I started realising that the quality of food and a lifestyle in general were crucial for my well being. I met open minded people who helped me to see the world and a human’s health from totally different perspectives. It took me years to understand and accept that, because I was so sceptical and didn’t really want to listen weird and unpopular in my opinion theories.
I began cooking home- made meals instead of buying take- aways. Slowly, I became more passionate about the quality of food I was putting on mine and my family’s plates. I was gaining knowledge and awareness about the importance of nutrients for a human body. I started fixing what medicine and my crazy lifestyle damaged. My gut flora didn’t exist. I didn’t have to make special tests (I will write about it in another post). Feeling tired, anxious, depressed and constantly catching infections was enough to indicate that my body did not absorb all the nutrients and vitamins.
I am only half way of a total recovery from such disastrous states. I take loads of supplements, buy organic food, drink plenty of water and healthy herbal teas. I don’t take any medication and I will do everything I can to remain like that as long as it’s possible. I look after my sleep patterns, I respect my body’s needs and trust my intuition. I find time for meditation and relaxation. I am in the process of re-building my health and my “health- obsession” is a matter of conscious choices with an aim to improve the quality of my own and my family’s life. I abandoned bad habits and created the new ones. I am not orthorexic, I don’t have an eating disorder or OCD. I am strong, happy and healthy human being that wants to share my health journey with you. My most recent blood tests still indicate inflammation, but for my doctor everything is great! I am aware that I have to put much more effort into gaining that dream health back! I won’t re-build my 36 years life in a month, or not even a year. Creating new habits, gaining knowledge, experience, but also finding and testing out new solutions can take a long time. This journey requires patience, consistency and faith.
And on a final note, I enjoy and I still have (occasionally!) fast foods, take aways, crisps, etc., but I avoid sugar, additives, preservatives and other substances at all costs on regular basis. I am careful with my skin care, cosmetics and fragrances around my home. My bathroom cabinet is going through a detox as well, because in a world like now, where we are filled in with plastic and toxins in almost every product, we need to start reducing so called safe ingredients in our food and toiletries and replace them with real, natural and pure ones that are truly safe for our bodies and environment.
Not everything what we are told about safety of medicines or other products is true. Just use your common sense, listen to your gut feeling and trust your body, educate yourself and your kids, read good books, articles and critically evaluate all the information you are given.
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Vegan life live london 9-10th March 2019
Our Dream Team visited Vegan Life Live in London on the 9th-10th March 2019. We introduced a revolutionary Happi Laundry Liquid that contains only 4 ingredients that are 100% certified organic. It is free from endocrine disruptors, pollutants, syntethics and toxins. Happi is very economical, because it costs only £ 0.105 per load if you decide to purchase it with our offer. Very ecological as well, because with one pouch you can make 400 washes, so it dramatically reduces plastic pollution. Happi has been received with enthusiasm and our stand has been visited by many fantastic, environment orientated people. We’ve had a really good time looking through another stands and buying pretty, sustainable, eco-friendly items, tasty food and chatting with eco- crazy people! 
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