Breakfast Smoothie that Chases away Parasites!

Are you tired of all the teas that are good for cleansing?  Or depriving and restricting yourself to try and get healthy?

Here’s something different, and it tastes really good.  And parasites don’t like it.  When I got my ingredients, I had 4 day’s worth of the anti-parasite smoothie.  Just keep the rest in the refrigerator for the next day.  And if you don’t have all the ingredients, use what you do have. 

Anti-Parasite Breakfast Smoothie

This recipe contains some of the best anti-parasite fruits and is a perfect start to your day. It helps to have a good, high-powered blender like the Blend-Tec or Vita-Mix.

• ¼ small pineapple (chopped) – anti-parasitic
  

• ¼ fresh pomegranate (take off skin, but leave white membrane with seeds) – this is anti-parasitic
  

• ¼ fresh small papaya with its seeds (seeds are anti-parasitic)
  

• 1 apple, cored and unpeeled (the peelings add good fiber)
  

• 2 tbsp coconut oil (anti-parasitic)
  

• ½ mango (for taste)

• Pumpkin seeds – 2 tbsp (optional – anti-parasitic)
  

• ¼ tsp ground cloves (optional – kills parasite eggs)
  

Water – add 1 ½ cups (or more to blend well and make good consistency)

Blend in high-powered blender until smooth.  Drink and enjoy.

Here’s the picture of the anti-parasite smoothie I made.  It didn’t have the pumpkin seeds or cloves – add them if you’re brave!!

Lyn

Tasty Anti-Parasite Smoothie

Guess the name of this Green Soup?

My first introduction to Stinging Nettles began approx. 15 years ago when my dear friend Marie was diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver. I did a lot of research into natural help for her liver, and decided she needed nettles – immediately.

We found a great grove of nettles in a local park close to the walking path, and near the stream. We harvested a huge shopping bag of nettles and I actually shipped them to her by Fed Ex overnight.   I realize now how much value I put on those nettles or I would have never gone to that expense. 

Now I am a little older, and still the stinging nettle is more than a spring tonic. It can be a real remedy for many with kidney and liver problems. It is a God-send for the do-it-yourselfers like me, who really appreciates God’s creation, and the freedom to make natural remedies for myself.

Here you go.  We actually celebrated with 2 friends, and we ate every single drop.  It tasted mildly like a spinach creamed soup.  Absolutely yummy.

Nettle Soup

• Wash and chop nettles (don’t include stems)
• Saute onion (saute for 3 mins),
• add chopped nettles, saute for another 3 minutes,
• add vegetable stock and 1 grated potato.  I guess it was approx. 4 cups worth – will definitely measure it next time.
• Cook for 20 minutes.
• Blend ingredients in a blender.
• Add cashew milk (or other nut milk or creamer) – 1 cup?
  
• Add s & p to taste.

Have fun and let me know how yours turned out!

Lyn

Stinging Nettle Tea Recipe

Yesterday, after writing about all those great health benefits of Stinging Nettle Tea, I went ahead and made some. 

Truthfully, I was expecting a bitter, farm-like taste that you only endure because you need the great health benefits.

The experience was exactly the opposite – it almost tasted floral, and just like a basic tulsi tea.  It was very pleasant tasting and didn’t even require honey to doctor it up. One could even try adding a slice of ginger root or even a few mint leaves.

Method:

1. Wash the Nettle leaves (mine had a few bugs and a spider)
2. Chop a cup or two of nettle leaves and place in a teapot.
3. Pour boiling water over the nettle leaves and let it steep for 15 minutes
4. Strain and pour your cup of tea.  Enjoy.
   
5. You can use 2 tsp dried nettle per cup if you don’t have fresh leaves.  Drink up to 4 cups daily.
   

Guess whose going to be getting some nettle tea next time they come over?  My 93-year old step-mother.  She loves anything exciting and healthy.  I tell her that she is my inspiration and my hero!

We’re making Nettle Soup tomorrow!

Lyn

Your Liver loves Stinging Nettles!

It’s stinging nettle time again!

My garden is budding with stinging nettle, and I’m guarding it like a mother hen, hoping nobody will come and chop it down. The green leaves are getting ready to become delicious tea today, and also to be dried for the future.

I think the reason that stinging nettle is so fabulous for the body is that it is both a liver AND kidney cleanser.  Almost like a face-lift and an age-reduction in one shot. How good is that!!

From all my research, here’s a list of some of the health improvements one may be able to expect.

•  helps with arthritis and gout (helps eliminate uric acid from joints)

•  skin problems like acne and eczema

•  blood builder (helps with anemia and fatigue, and even heavy menstrual flow – contains natural iron and   Vitamin K)

• great for pregnancy and childbirth

• helps nursing moms to produce rich abundant breast milk

• helps build strong bones (high in boron, which helps your bones to retain calcium.)

• shrinks enlarged prostate and even hemorrhoids

• stimulates the lymphatic system, aiding the kidneys to excrete wastes (stones)

• helps with water retention

Wow. There’s something for everyone in this list. It’s worth it for the do-it-yourselfer to go find some nettles immediately and get started.

Taking your gloves (the nettles really do sting) and gardening shears and a large shopping bag, pick the top leaves from the plant and fill your bag (leaves, no flowers).  I even take the leaves 6 inches down the stem.

In our area, stinging nettles can be found along walking trails, in moist park areas near streams, and often in your own back yard. If you can’t find any, you could ask your local nursery or a farmer. I would even post a want ad on a local bulletin board!  Someone will surely know where they can be found.  If you can’t find fresh nettles, you can buy dried nettles in the health supply store.

Next post I will show you my pictures of how I made my tea, and what it tasted like!

Keep looking after your liver!

Lyn

Cuban Doctor’s Liver Help

Chamomile tea is my favorite herbal tea.  I have experienced the health benefits especially for relaxing the nerves and soothing the stomach.  I have also personally used it as a hair rinse.  But here are some other benefits:  reducing inflammation, pain relief, and immune support.

After his visit with a Cuban Doctor, our friend was prescribed a Liver support tea.  He gave me the recipe:

• 2 teabags of chamomile tea steeped in 2 cups boiling water for 10 minutes

• Add 2 tsp brown sugar and mix. (Apparently a vital ingredient to the cleanse)

• Drink the tea throughout the day and also at night.

Here are the results he noticed immediately:  Sleeping better at night, no more itching on his skin, no more muscle pain, and no more nausea.

To me, this sounds like a pretty remarkable outcome.  Because of it, I’m drinking chamomile tea much more often (minus the brown sugar!!), and listen to what my body is telling me. 

Next time you are out with a friend at the coffee shop, go for the chamomile!  If you try it, please let me know how it goes.

Enjoying the chamomile!

Lyn