Vegetarian Chili

Cooler weather have you craving a warm & healthy bowl of delicious chili?

This easy and yummy vegetarian chili recipe will fill you up-without filling you out!

VEGETARIAN CHILI


 4 teaspoons olive oil
 1 cup onion, chopped
 1 can (14 1/2 oz) Mexican-style diced tomatoes
 2 boxes or cans (14 1/2oz) vegetable broth
 10 Tablespoons Shaklee Instant Soy Protein Powder Mix
1/2 cup bulgur (cracked wheat) I use Bob's Red Mill brand
1/2 cup green pepper, chopped
 1 can (15 1/4oz) organic kidney beans
 1 cup frozen organic corn
1 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
   Salt to taste

Heat oil in a saucepan or Dutch oven and cook onions about 5 minutes or until soft.

Stir in tomatoes, 1 box/can of vegetable broth, bulgur, and bell pepper; bring to a boil.  Reduce heat and simmer, covered., stirring as needed, until bulgur is tender; about 10 minutes.

Add beans, corn, and chili powder.

Mix second box/can of vegetable broth with the Shaklee Instant Soy Protein Mix and then stir mixture into chili.  For thinner chili, add additional vegetable broth or water, as desired.

Makes 8 servings


~Enjoy~

Nutritional Information:
Serving Size:  about 10.4 oz   (1 cup = 8 oz)
Calories         300
   Calories from fat     40
Total Fat          4g
Total Carbs     43g
Protein            22g  (10g soy protein)


 

Overfed and undernourished

OUR S.A.D. DIET IS A BIG, FAT PROBLEM

The Standard American Diet (S.A.D.) is causing a plethora of health challenges. Believe it or not, the United States ranks 37th in longevity behind countries such as Cuba, Chile, Costa Rica, and Greece, even with all of the medical technology and pharmaceutical innovations available today. A major consequence of our S.A.D. is the obesity epidemic, which affects even our children! In fact, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued a statement recently that suggests, unless current trends reverse, one-third of all children born today can expect a shorter life than their parents due to type 2 diabetes.

Our super busy lifestyles drive us to make compromises of convenience with regard to what we eat, when we
eat, and how much we eat. And many products that are marketed as “healthy” foods are filled with sugar, fat, and artificial ingredients. Fast food sales have increased nearly 2,000% over the past 30 years. One-third of our total calories come from fast food, which is lacking in good nutrition. Not only does high-fat, high-carbohydrate fast food deliver a lot of calories, but the latest research shows that it also may result in acute inflammation. And consuming these high-fat, high-calorie fast food meals regularly may lead to chronic inflammation, which may put you at risk for many diseases linked to inflammation, including heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, certain cancers, and Alzheimer’s disease.

•  Our foods are fast and our metabolisms are slow

• Our drinks are soft and our arteries are hard

• Our nerves are fried, and so is the junk we put into our bodies 

Fast food sales have increased nearly 2,000% over the past 30 years. One-third of our total calories come from fast food, which is lacking in good nutrition. Not only does high-fat, high-carbohydrate fast food deliver a lot of calories, but the latest research shows that it also may result in acute inflammation. And consuming these high-fat, high-calorie fast food meals regularly may lead to chronic inflammation, which may put you at risk for many diseases linked to inflammation, including heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, certain cancers, and
Alzheimer’s disease.

EATING RIGHT ISN’T AS EASY AS IT SEEMS

98% of Americans do not eat the recommended seven to nine servings of fruits and vegetables each day. What might surprise you even more is that, even when you try to do the right thing, the nutritional value of our produce isn’t what it used to be. In fact, a 2004 study of 43 crops showed a decline in the nutrient content of up to38% over the past 50 years.

Next post I'll share: How & Why Supplementing, Proper Nutrition and a Healthy Lifestyle can prevent many major diseases 60–90% of the time.

~Every day you make choices that will either improve your health or harm it.  Which will you choose today?~

Ready for School to Start?

Class is in Session!

Summer is drawing to an end and parents all over the country are getting ready for the back-to-school blitz. This year, take a little stress out of the season by making sure you and your family are well-prepared for the first bell.

Childrens Nutrition

Brain Boosters

An alert, healthy brain is essential for scholastic success, and one of the most important elements of brain health is proper nutrition. Natural nutrients, especially omega 3 fatty acids, improve brain function and your child´s ability to focus for long periods of time. Loaded with healthy DHA (the brain health portion of Omega 3 versus the hearth health EPA), Shaklee´s Mighty Smart chews are the perfect way to keep your little one´s brain in tip-top shape. Try to give them just one of these tasty treats each day--it's harder than you think! They are so yummy that your kids will want "more" all day long.


"Jessie is a 9 year old with a learning disability. She has trouble focusing and reading. Her mom ordered the Incredivites (Shaklee's chewable multi for kids) and Mighty Smarts. She started on them the day they arrived.


On May 26 Jessie was doing her reading. This is difficult for her. She was sounding out her words for her mom. Her focus seemed to be much better than usual. Then she came to the word "look" which she did not sound out. Mom noticed she had not and asked her why she had not sounded it out. She replied "that was one of my spelling words from yesterday." Jessie has not been capable of having this memory before. Mom said she got tears in her eyes at this point. She states that Jessie is just a different child since the vitamins. Mom anticipates Jessie will have a very improved reading capability by the beginning school year in August." ~C. Wainwright




Keep ‘em Clean

Go Green-Get Clean

No matter how many times you tell them to keep their brand new school clothes clean, you know your adventurous teens collect stains that even Scotland Yard couldn´t identify. This year, keep everything clean with our Get Clean Laundry Mini Kit. This comprehensive kit contains everything you´ll need to clean even the most stubborn stains, using only the safest suds found in nature.


Fresh Liquid Laundry Testimonial---"My husband is building a hotrod and he comes in every night in grease, transmission fluid, etc. He uses Shaklee’s Fresh Liquid Laundry with Nature Bright and the results are amazing!" J. Thackrey

ADHD Webinar

Monday, August 15th at 8:30pm cst join us for a webinar on ADHD by clicking HERE http://healthandwealth.adobeconnect.com/adhd31/


Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most commonly diagnosed childhood conditions. School age children are the most commonly affected by ADHD, a condition characterized by excessive hyperactivity, inattention, and impulsivity. If you have children or know someone with children who may fall into this category, join us for our webinar on ADHD.



After School Snacks

Heahlthy Snacks

You know the drill. As soon as your kids get home from a long day at school, they head straight for the fridge. Their young bodies need the extra fuel, but 3pm junk food binges can lead to struggles with obesity down the road. Fortunately, Shaklee´s Cinch Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip and Blueberry Crisp Meal-In-A-Bars are packed with powerful proteins to promote healthy growth. These satisfyingly sweet snacks make an excellent option for the teen on the go.




Freedom, Fortune and Family

Join Our Shaklee Family

Finding time to take care of your family and your bank account isn´t easy – especially when the school bells start ringing. If you´re sick of slaving away at your day job and stressing about family schedules, maybe it´s time to consider the income potential of self-employment. As a Shaklee Distributor, you´ll set your own hours, leaving ample time to manage your family responsibilities – not to mention making it easy to earn the kind of salary you´ve always dreamed of.


Join us for a Thursday night webinar to learn more! Our webinars are from 7-7:45pm cst--join by visiting http://healthandwealth.adobeconnect.com/teamglacken/

Toxic World

Are your cleaning products causing Asthma?

                               The real dirt on clean
 
You know that good, healthy feeling you get when you’ve just cleaned house? Sorry to spoil it, but you may have just made your home dirtier.
Think of it this way. You wouldn’t let your kids play with toxic chemicals, so why would you let the baby crawl over a floor that’s just been wiped with them? That’s much more dangerous than the
orange juice that was just there.
           

 How dangerous? Just take a look:
• Over 90% of poison exposures happen at home.
• Common chlorine bleach is the #1 household chemical involved in poisoning.
• Organic pollutants, found in many common cleaners & air fresheners, are      found at levels 2 to 5 times higher inside your home than out.
• A person who spends 15 minutes cleaning scale off shower walls could inhale three times the “acute one-hour exposure limit” for glycol ether-containing products set by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment.
• Common cleaners give off fumes that can potentially increase the risk of kids developing asthma, the most common chronic childhood disease.
• 1 in 13 school-aged children has asthma. Rates in children under five have increased more than 160% from 1980 – 1994.

• Children are highly vulnerable to chemical toxicants. Pound for pound of body weight, children drink more water, eat more food, and breathe more air than adults. The implication of this is that children will have substantially heavier exposures than adults to any toxicants that are present in water, food, or air.

• If your home is anything like the average U.S. home, you generate more than 20 pounds of household hazardous waste each year (the EPA designates toilet cleaners, tub and tile cleaners, oven cleaners, and bleach as hazardous waste). 

Just a few common chemical ingredients to look out for:
Find out what's lurking on your shelves:  Read labels to discover what brands contain: • Sodium hydroxide
• Hydrochloric acid • Butyl cellosolve (2-Butoxyethanol) • Formaldehyde • Bleach (sodium hypochlorite)
• Ammonia • Sulfamic acid • Petroleum distillates • Sulfuric acid • Lye (potassium hydroxide) • Morpholine

4 simple ways to Get Clean
                     Your home should be the safest, healthiest, cleanest place in the whole world!
Here are some pretty easy things you can do to make your family safer and your home healthier. And, as it turns out, what’s good for your home is good for the earth and everyone else on it, too. So let’s make our homes healthy. Let’s clean our hearts out. Let’s Get Green Clean!

1. Get the dirt. Educate yourself about what you bring into your home at
www.householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov/products.htm

2. Have a clean-for-all. Put on the gloves and get rid of the nasty stuff in your home. Responsibly, of course. Local waste collection services have guidelines for proper household hazardous waste disposal, as well as collection sites for paint, batteries, cleaners, etc. Whatever you do, please don’t toss this stuff in the garbage.

3. Welcome healthy into your home. Commit to carefully considering everything that crosses your doorstep.
Here are some safe, healthy things to have in your home:
• Cleaners that are truly cleaner. Shaklee Get Clean offers product choices that are: nontoxic, natural, biodegradable,concentrated, and hypoallergenic. To learn more, please visit www.gaskell.myshaklee.com
• Fresh air. Open your windows to reduce indoor air pollution.
• Essential oils. Use these instead of air fresheners.
• Plants. Besides being nice to look at, they can absorb harmful gases and help clean the air.
• Organic cotton bedding. Avoid standard bedding treated with chemicals.
• Floors made of recycled and renewable resources.
• Healthier paint. That new paint smell can be as nasty as it smells. Choose low VOC paint instead.

4. Clean up our collective home. Make Earth healthier for all of us who call it home by using:
• Compact fluorescent lighting. They last a whole lot longer. (Recycle them properly when burned out)
• Energy Star-rated appliances. Save money and energy.
• A low-flush toilet. Replace the largest user of water in your house!
• Low-flow showerheads. Same pressure. Less water.
• Your flicker finger. Turn off lights and appliances when you’re not using them.
• Gray water system. Install one to recycle used household water for your lawn.
• Tankless water heater. Save money, energy, and space in the broom closet.

I hope you have found this information useful.  But mostly I hope that the information has encouraged you to review the products/chemicals/toxins you may have in your home-and moved you to REMOVE them!  If you have already made Green changes to your cleaning regimen-Kudos to you!  Now, go tell a friend-it just may improve their health or save a child from an unnecessary poisoning.




 

NutriFeron

Who's Boss, You or Your Cravings?

 It’s March! And even though “Heart Health Month” is considered February, I am hopeful that we are all working toward a healthy heart every day-of-every month.

Today’s entry shares the final Heart Health tips in this 4 part series.  I have received a lot of feedback about the information shared.  I hope you too have found the information useful. 

To review, we have discussed many factors in improving your Heart Health including Getting Active, Controlling Cholesterol, Eating Better/Healthier, Managing Blood Pressure and Losing Weight.   How are you doing implementing the above health habits?  Have you tried any new recipes?  Added in a new fitness routine?  We all know that getting healthy is a work in progress and doesn’t happen over night, however making daily choices to do at least one thing different could mean the difference in health and disease.  This week’s email we will discuss:

Reducing Blood Sugar, Smoking, and Proactive Solutions.

Before we begin, let’s take a look at 5 more Heart Facts:

ü      In under a minute, your heart can pump blood to every cell in your body

ü      Physical inactivity doubles the risk of heart disease

ü      Smoking is a major cause of heart attack.  About 20% of all deaths in U.S directly related to smoking

ü      Some types of heart disease, closely linked to diet and lifestyle choices, are preventable

ü      People with diabetes at age 50 or older were shown to have double the risk of developing cardiovascular disease than nondiabetics

Reduce Blood Sugar:

One word: Diabetes.  Type 2 Diabetes is reaching epidemic proportions in the US and most medical professionals believe the onset is from our highly processed, overly sweetened diets.  Diabetes or The Silent Killer as it is known is a major risk factor for stroke and coronary heart disease, which includes heart attack.  In fact, two out of three people with Diabetes die from heart disease or stroke.  The good news is that by controlling glucose (blood sugars) you can slow the progression of long-term complications. Often, many small changes add up to surprising improvements.  How to lesson your sugar intake:  Believe it or not, we are not born craving sweets, we learn to crave them.  And the more sugar we have, the more sugar we want.  Kicking the sugar habit may be difficult at first, but the longer you stick to a low sugar diet, the easier it is to keep sugar out.  Here are some tips to keeping sugary sweets to a very minimum, skip all white breads & crackers, significantly lower the amount of sugar you may put in your coffee, tea, drink half your body weight in ounces of water, munch on fresh vegetables, fruits, a handful of nuts. Use herbs like cinnamon, nutmeg and mint. Try a natural sweetener like Stevia.   I would also like to share that I do not believe that artificial sweetener alternatives like, NutriSweet are a better choice.  Feel free to view www.sweetpoison.com for additional info.

Stop Smoking:

Smoking is the most important preventable cause of premature death in the United States. Smokers have a higher risk of developing many chronic disorders, including atherosclerosis — the buildup of fatty substances in the arteries — which can lead to coronary heart disease, heart attack (myocardial infarction) and stroke.  Studies have also found tht people who smoke are more likely to get Type 2 Diabetes.  Not only are smokers putting themselves at risk, but their 2^nd hand and now even 3^rd hand smoke is killing innocent friends, family members, loved ones and others. Again, we are not born craving a cigarette; however smoking is mental and physical addition and is responsible for nearly 1 in 5 deaths, and about 8.6 million people suffer from smoking-related lung and heart diseases.  For anyone who has tried to quit, they know better than anyone that quitting is not easy.  Mark Twain said, "Quitting smoking is easy. I've done it a thousand times."  Most smokers know the damage of smoking and that stopping smoking represents the single most important step that smkers can take to enhance the length and quality of their lives.  Should you or someone you know want to stop smoking, visit The American Cancer Society at

How to Quit Smoking

Proactive Solutions: 

By now I am sure you realize that it really takes a variety of “tools” to keep us healthy.  Eating right, getting daily exercise, taking prevention products like vitamins, and getting a good dose of a daily laugh.  The link next to the Food Guide Pyramid will take you to the new USDA guidelines.  You may be surprised to learn how many fruits/vegetables, whole grains, calcium intake and proteins we need daily….yes daily!  

     

 Food Guide Pyramid

      

The link below for the Shaklee RX for a Healthier Life will take you to my website where you will find proof that by taking Shaklee products, you will have improved health-100% GUARANTEED!  And don't miss our SPECIAL OFFER! As a Member, you can save 15% off the retail price, plus an additional 10% when you have Rx for a Healthier Life automatically shipped to your door, every month. When you do this you'll receive a coupon valid for any Shaklee product (up to $100 SRP) for just $10, every month you are on AutoShip. Kosher version also available.

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I hope you have found all the Heart Health tips helpful and easy to implement.

(Please note these recommendations are not meant to prescribe or cure. Please see your physician if you think you may have Heart Health issues)