Creamed Wheat Cereal

Ingredients:

2 Cups Water

1/2 Cup Whole Wheat Farina by Bob’s Red Mill

2 Tablespoons Creamed Honey

2 Teaspoons Cinnamon

Instructions:

1) Boil the water in a saucepan.

2)Slowly add the Whole Wheat Farina while stirring the water. Once all of the Whole Wheat Farina has been added to the pan, remove from heat and continue stirring.

3) Add Creamed Honey and Cinnamon.

4) Divide the hot cereal between two bowls and serve.

Notes:

Cereal will be hot, so let stand for a little bit to cool down so it won’t be so hot. The amount of Creamed Honey and Cinnamon are really “to taste”, so the measurements provided are more of a guide of how much you may want to add.

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Cinnamon

Cinnamon has been used for centuries for its taste and many medicinal health benefits.

Cinnamon comes from dried bark from a Cinnamon tree. The bark can be either dried and rolled into cinnamon sticks, or dried and ground into a powder.

Benefits

•Cinnamon contains Calcium, Manganese, Fiber, and Iron.

•Cinnamon has been found to have a helpful effect on blood sugar levels, which makes it helpful for those who have Diabetes.

•The smell of Cinnamon may help with memory.

•Cinnamon has anti-inflammatory effects, and when mixed with Honey may relieve arthritis pain.

•Cinnamon has an anti-clotting effect on blood and actually helps with blood circulation.

•Natural preservative by preventing bacterial growth, which can ultimately help prevent or kill bacteria infections.

Uses

You can use Cinnamon in just about anything. You can add a dash of cinnamon to your breakfast cereal in the morning, add it to herbal tea, or top on your dessert. You almost can’t go wrong when trying to add Cinnamon to your regular diet.

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No Sugar and No Artifical Sweeteners!

Twinkie’s Challenge: October (Part 3)

It’s been two weeks, and all I can say is this: If I can do it, you can do it!

Overcome Sugar cravings

Be sure to have plenty of healthy and natural sugar in your diet, such as fruit, agave nectar, and raw honey. If you are getting enough natural sugar in your body, you shouldn’t be craving the unhealthy processed sugars and artificial sweeteners that you are trying to avoid.

Good Luck!

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Health Benefits of Honey

Honey is very good for you, but you must know that not all Honey is created equal. Before I go into the many Health Benefits of Honey, I want to first share with you several different types of Honey, so you can be sure you are only getting the best out there.

Different Types of Honey

Honey

Just because you are buying “Honey”, doesn’t mean it is truly “All Natural”. Most honey on today’s market is processed, leaving out all of the good stuff, which is the reason why you would want honey in the first place!

Commercial Honey (the typical Honey bear you see on store shelves) is treated with an intensive heating process that destroys the nutrients of Honey. Don’t always trust your Local Honey either, since many of them will use very little local honey, and then they will mix it with other commercial or off-shore (cheaper) brands of Honey- and yes, they can call it “Local”.

Raw Honey

Raw honey isn’t processed, but is minimally filtered. In it’s pure and raw state still in tact, you will be able to enjoy the maximum amount of honey’s natural antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, enzymes, and vital phytonutrients, where all the nutrients are still preserved.

With Raw Honey, you won’t get that perfect golden glow look of Honey, but you will get the enzymes that help you digest honey, which is something your body needs.

Raw Creamed Honey

If you want to buy Raw Creamed Honey (my favorite), just be sure that is is un-filtered and you will receive the same health benefits of regular Raw Honey.

Certified Organic Raw Honey

For Honey to be Certified Organic, the beehives must be miles away from dense population, industry, traffic congestion, and farm fieldstreated with chemicals and/or landfills. Bees have a natural 4 mile flying radius, so finding the land that can meet the strict requirements  for Certified Organic Raw Honey can prove to be quite difficult. Yet,  the Honey from the wild vegetation can create some of the best tasting Honey on the market.

Nutritional Benefits

Raw Honey is a source of simple carbohydrates, proteins, amino acids, vitamins, and minerals. Depending on which flowers the honeybees went to, the Honey itself may include…

Vitamins: Niacin, Riboflavin and Pantothenic Acid

Minerals: Calcium, Copper, Iron, Magnesium, Manganese, Phosphorus, Potassium and Zinc

Raw Honey has a polyphenols, which act as an antioxidant.

Healing properties of Honey

Raw Honey is an oral antibacterial (polyphenols). Raw Honey has been used as a natural treatment for many things, including coughs, sore throats, and even healing infections and burns.

Children with diarrhea are usually given some kind of sugar solution to help rehydrate them, but others have found that if you use Raw Honey instead, the Honey kills the bacteria in the intenstines, and stops the diarrhea altogether.

There is a Raw Honey that is indigenous to New Zealand, and people have found that the Raw Honey taken daily (4 tablespoons) was able to reduce the symptoms of the stomach Ulcer. The Honey helps because it is able to kill the bacteria that causes the stomach ulcers in the first place.

Now that you see the Many Health and Healing Benefits of Honey, you now have plenty of reason to replace your Sugar with it in no time!

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Coconut Macaroons by Jennie’s

Taste

This coconut is absolutely delicious, and possible “addicting” because it tastes that great! You would almost never guess that this little cookie is all natural and eactually good for you when consumed in moderation.

Health Benefits

The main ingredient (of course) is unsweetened Coconut. Coconuts is a Good Source of Medium-Chain Triglyceride (MCT), which is helpful for those who are immune-compromised. Let me explain, Coconuts have huge amounts of lauric acid which is a fatty acid that allows for your digestive tract to convert the lauric acid into a  powerful and helpful anti-microbial monoglyceride called monolaurin. Monolaurin is a natural way for your body to protect itself from colds, flus, without actually being an antibiotic (which destroys good bacteria). It is a safe and natural way to build your immune system- not to mention a delicious way to do it too!

Good to know

There are only three (yup, only 3!) ingredients in this Coconut Macaroon! Unsweetened Coconut, Egg Whites, and Honey. That means this cookie is not only anti-microbial, anti-bacterial, anti-viral, but also Gluten-Free, Sulfite-Free, Wheat-Free and has No Trans Fats.

Keep in mind that when eating these cookies, eat in moderation! Calories can still add up, even if what you are eating is good for you.

Serving Size: 2 cookies

Calories: 130

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