Mmmmmm Dandelion tea.

please don't let minor things keep you from what is good for you

It's quite amusing sometimes how closed some peoples minds are to things. I've changed my outlook on food entirely, I try to eat everything in as natural a form as possible and have eliminated red meat from my diet. My health has improved dramatically, I'm no longer piling on weight as I was with processed foods and, through the new lifestyle, combined with the use of herbal products (including dandelion), my NAFLD has been eliminated within the space of 3 months. 3 months!! And there's no medicine for it. I find milk thistle quite good too, I've switched from coffee/tea to green tea, eliminated dairy. Well done on bringing up your children, I'm sure they're more content and at peace with themselves than most children these days.

Rapunzel, some of my favorite boquets were a fist full of Dandelions. I always leave them. You never know when a child needs a present for mom.

Its true my grandma used to fix them for us

yes, it is rather amusing and definitely very sad too

how closed minded & negative some people are,


I am so glad you made this post...it means a lot

& thank you very much for the sweet compliment,

it shows that you possess a lot of Maturity,

Respect for others who are older than you

lots of great wisdom , love heart

deep understanding & great intelligence

ohhh, that is right ...i remember that too


thank you for the sweet mental picture you painted

of a tiny innocent child with a bouquet of yellow dandelions

being offered up to Mommy or Daddy


with such love & excitement


from his or her little tiny fist

oh thank you for stopping by with your sweet message


that is right , and i am glad you remember that ,too


for I also have fond memories of my GrandFather growing


a variety of Italian Dandelions he called < tahns > or < Etahns >


that is how it was pronounced , but not so sure of the spelling

lol - epic fail ITT

can't give up red meat. i love it way too much.

but i will spend the extra change to buy the naturally raised meat.

but still.. meat.

OH NOTHING MAKES ME HAPPIER THAN BBQ'D STEAK!

mmmm....

to each their own huh.

excusez moi ?


i don't understand what you are saying

Indeed! I like a steak, I like various mince based dishes (such as chili, spaghetti bolognese [sic]) but red meat literally does not sit well with me from a digestive point of view, it really messes me up. So, although I occasionally miss these things, I don't miss the toll they have on me!

hi there Rock my bobby socks. thanks for stopping by



yes, to each his or her own for sure, but vegies are far better


it's just that you have to do research and educate yourselves a lot


to get all the nutrients you need from a non meat diet , but it is possible


and it will be best for you to pay the extra money for good meat


but still it is meat and not the greatest for us


i do partake in meat a bit , but on rare occasion

i do not eat beef at all ... i eat only fresh elk

or deer meat , buffalo , ostrich meat or pheasant

and i eat fish as often as i can , but not from a can





Hippocrates said


"Let food be your medicine


and let your medicine be your food "

Big Yellow Taxi By Joni Mitchell


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgMEPk6fvpg&feature=related





They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
With a pink hotel, a boutique
And a swinging hot SPOT
Don’t it always seem to go
That you don't know what you’ve got
‘Til it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot

They took all the trees
And put them in a tree museum
Then they charged the people
A dollar and a half just to see 'em
Don't it always seem to go,
That you don't know what you’ve got
‘Til it’s gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot

Hey farmer, farmer
Put away that DDT now
Give me spots on my apples
But LEAVE me the birds and the bees
Please!
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you’ve got
‘Til its gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot

Late last night
I heard the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi
Come and took away my old man
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you’ve got
‘Til it’s gone

They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot

I said
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you’ve got
‘Til it’s gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot

They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot

I remember when they were little, but mine didn't stop there.

Last year, two of my sons (both in their 20's) came into the house on Mother's Day, both with their hands behind their backs. Out from behind one son's back came a large bouquet of dandelions and from the other, a pretty bouquet of mixed flowers from the store. They laughed, I laughed, everyone in the house laughed. The store bought bouquet went into a vase. The dandelions went into a glass of water. I kept them until they wilted and had to be thrown out. Every time I looked at them, I could picture my son's yard and see my two boys running around and laughing, picking dandelions as a joke on Mom.

I wonder, do they realize the joy that silly act brought me and even today, still brings?

thank you for sharing that Sandra Dee


and thank you soo much for stopping by

what a pleasant memory to have and hold

and it's soo nice & very special to see love, tenderness

& sensitivity in our boys, even after they grow up ,


in a world where there are so many hardened people

i just ran across this news article and thought i'd share it

http://health.yahoo.com/news/ap/med_diet_meat_mortality.html




By CARLA K. JOHNSON, AP Medical Writer - Mon Mar 23, 9:15 PM PDT


CHICAGO -

The largest study of its kind finds that older Americans
who eat large amounts of red meat and processed meats
face a greater risk of death from heart disease and cancer.


The federal study of more than half a million men and women
bolsters prior evidence of the health risks of diets
laden with red meat like hamburger and processed meats
like hot dogs, bacon and cold cuts.


A cow grazes in a field outside of Petaluma, California.
People who eat more red or processed meat have a higher risk
of death from all causes including cancer,
while a higher consumption of white meat reduces such risks,
a decade-long US study released Monday found.

(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Paul Morris)

Calling the increased risk modest, lead author Rashmi Sinha
of the National Cancer Institute said the findings support
the advice of several health groups
to limit red and processed meat intake
to decrease cancer risk.

The findings appear in Monday's Archives of Internal Medicine.

Over 10 years, eating the equivalent
of a quarter-pound hamburger daily
gave men in the study a 22 percent higher risk
of dying of cancer and a 27 percent higher risk
of dying of heart disease.
That's compared to those who ate the least red meat,
just 5 ounces per week.

Women who ate large amounts of red meat
had a 20 percent higher risk of dying of cancer
and a 50 percent higher risk of dying of heart disease
than women who ate less.

For processed meats,
the increased risks for large quantities
were slightly lower overall than for red meat.
The researchers compared deaths in the people
with the highest intakes to deaths in people
with the lowest to calculate the increased risk.

People whose diets contained more white meat
like chicken and fish had lower risks of death.

The researchers surveyed more than 545,000 people,
ages 50 to 71 years old, on their eating habits,
then followed them for 10 years.
There were more than 70,000 deaths during that time.

Study subjects were recruited from AARP members,
a group that's healthier than other similarly aged Americans.
That means the findings may not apply to all groups, Sinha said.
The study relied on people's memory of what they ate,
which can be faulty.

In the analysis, the researchers took into account
other risk factors such as smoking,
family history of cancer and high body mass index.

In an accompanying editorial, Barry Popkin,
director of the Interdisciplinary Obesity Center
at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
wrote that reducing meat intake
would have benefits beyond improved health.

Livestock increase greenhouse gas emissions,
contributing to global warming, he wrote,
and nations should reevaluate farm subsidies
that distort prices and encourage meat-based diets.

"We've promoted a diet that has added
excessively to global warming," Popkin said in an interview.

Successfully shifting away from red meat
can be as easy as increasing fruits and vegetables in the diet,
said Elisabetta Politi
of the Duke Diet and Fitness Center in Durham, N.C.

"I'm not saying everybody should turn into vegetarians,"
Politi said.
"Meat should be a supporting actor on the plate,
not the main character."

The National Pork Board and National Cattlemen's Beef Association questioned the findings.

Dietitian Ceci Snyder said in a statement for the pork board
that the study "attempts to indict all red meat consumption
by looking at extremes in meat consumption,
as opposed to what most Americans eat."

Lean meat as part of a balanced diet
can prevent chronic disease,
along with exercise and avoiding smoking,
said Shalene McNeill, dietitian for the beef group.

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