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June 2008
Personal Notes:
Happy summer. It’s almost
here. I had an amazing experience this week.
I have been rather disconnected from my yoga practice of late. Someone earlier in the week asked me if I
knew I did yoga for ME. I realized I
had begun to look at my yoga practice as something to do – a task to
master. Hum, the totally wrong attitude.
Once creating this awareness in my subconscious I allowed an opening
for change. Last night in a class with
one of my favorite teachers – I had one of the most amazing, most
connected practices. Like I ALWAYS say
– awareness IS the first step in creating change.
Where in your life can YOU create more awareness and perhaps initiate
change? Do you want a way to jump
start change? Consider doing a cleanse
– EVERY time I do one it creates a shift.
In
This Issue
 Nutrition Tip
– Read the Labels read more...
Featured
Recipe – Lentil Burgers read
more...
Featured
Article – What’s in your food and where does it come
from? read more...
Tools to
initiate change Detoxifying
Cleanse program read more...
Get to
Balance read more...
Looking for a
Speaker? read more...
New at Seeds
To Change read more...
Quote of the
Month Happiness
and moral duty read more...
Nutrition
Tip
Read
the label – Labels on food packages are
there for a reason. They will help you
TRULY know what IS in the food you are eating (read the ingredient
panel). They also help to access serving
sizes (this information is in the nutritional panel)
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Featured Recipe
This is a great one for summer
BBQ’s and picnics.
Lentil Burgers (makes 10 – 12)
2 large onions, finely chopped
2 carrots, finely chopped
1 celery stalk, finely chopped
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 large garlic clove, crushed
1 cup dried green or brown lentils cooked & well drained
6 teaspoons chopped parsley
black pepper
flour
Sauté the onion, carrot and celery in oil in a large saucepan for10 minutes
until soft and lightly browned, stirring from time to time. Add the garlic
and lentils, stir briefly. Add 2 cups
water; bring to boil, simmer until lentils are soft, about 20 minutes. Drain, if necessary. Mash all ingredients by hand or puree in a
processor until the mixture holds together. Add parsley and season with
pepper. If necessary, you may need to
add a little flour if the mixture is little too sticky.
With
floured hands, shape the mixture in 10-12 flat burgers, Coat the burgers with
flour.
Sauté the burgers in a little oil until browned, turning them over carefully
to cook the second side. Cool briefly on paper towels. If you are going to a BBQ you can take the
burgers cooked to this point then heat them on the grill. If you bring them uncooked to the BBQ they
will stick to the grill and make a bit of a mess!
Serve on
a plate, on a bun, in a pita or wrapped in a cabbage leaf – with the
fixings – lettuce, tomatoes, onion, etc…
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Featured Article
What IS in the Food You Are Eating and Where did it
Come From?
By Brenda Jaeck
The
current tomato situation is obviously reminiscent of the spinach debacle of
two years ago. It does however create
awareness about a few issues (and hopefully in the long run create change
– awareness IS the first step).
On a
one-on-one level it ought to get us thinking about the quality of food we eat
and being aware of where our food comes from.
The other point it hopefully drives home is that the food we eat
REALLY does affect our body. When
toxic and other harmful substances are in the food we eat it has a DIRECT
affect on our bodies as well as our short term and long term health. Certainly contracting e coli or botulism
from eating spinach or tomatoes is an extreme example. If you think about it, it’s not THAT
much different, in the long run, from contracting diabetes from eating too
much sugar and processed foods or contracting heart disease from eating too
much fatty and otherwise unhealthy food.
We often do not think about the other unhealthy substances in our food
sources. If botulism and/or e coli can
infiltrate the fibers of food why do we think that pesticides and fertilizers
don’t do the same? Everything
happens for a reason – I truly believe that these food scares are here
to teach us a lesson. Don’t lose
the lesson.
On a
national level - hopefully this is creating more awareness about how fragile
our infrastructure and food sources are.
There needs to be more awareness of this topic in our country (and in
the world in general) We often get
bogged down in the process – being concentrated only on producing and
producing more at that. We need to be
more careful as we are destroying the earth and our health in the process of
being obsessed with profit margins.
Give some
thought to the quality of the food you eat, where is comes from, how
it’s produced and most importantly WHAT’s IN IT?
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Tools to Accomplish Your Goals
Detoxifying Cleanse
Program -- home
study program available – The Change
of Season is a good time to cleanse – out with the old, in with the
new.
Here
is the ultimate at-home support for creating physical change! A vibrant
collection of audios and workbooks take you on a step-by-step journey to success.
They are so thorough, it’s almost like I am in the room
with you! Since it is self-guided you
can work at your own pace.
- Detoxifying Cleanse Program This complete
program guides you through a week-long internal cleanse at home.
For more information or to order visit: http://www.seedstochange.com/item.asp?id=86&cat=10
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Get to Balance –How will you bring more balance to your
life? How about a healthier, more
balanced life plan?
Are your health concerns
impeding you from living life fully? Do you want to change your relationship
with food from the inside out? Are you seeking deep seeded balance and
wellness?
I
would eagerly welcome the opportunity to work with you on a personal
level. We can work together privately
to create a customized life-long plan for you AND create the steps to
incorporate those changes into your existing routines.
Through my
counseling services I can help you create and maintain balance in your life
by using nutrition as a focus and a tool. To do this I look at your
entire lifestyle to achieve maximum health. This is accomplished
through education and private consultations where an individualized program
is developed for you. These consultations include evaluating your
current diet and overall lifestyle and then making easily implemented,
gradual changes. Additionally, you’ll receive outside information
in the form of articles, books, tapes and recipes. Also included are
additional monthly forms of education and participation -- activities like
cooking coaching, health food store shopping hints, light exercising functions
and other activities. My practice is telephone based, allowing for
maximum flexibility and ease.
There is
also an email version of my program now available.
To learn
more to go http://www.seedstochange.com/programs.asp.
To schedule an initial consultation
contact me today at Brenda@SeedsToChange.com or (917) 213-9305.
By
starting today, you will; Create action
NOW
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Looking for a speaker?
One of my
greatest joys is speaking to groups.
It is always a dynamic exchange and we all come away enriched. Would your company or group benefit from an
entertaining, motivating speaker on how to get healthier? If so, please let me know the name and
contact information of your program coordinator so that I may send them an
informational packet. I would love the
opportunity to serve your favorite group.
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New at Seeds To Change
NEW PODCAST POSTING – hear a
rebroadcast of my radio show on Eating
Seasonally. This is a good one as
it relates, on some levels, to thinking about WHERE our food comes from. Just click the “listen to my podcast
button on my website: www.SeedsToChange.com
FEATURED
CD This month’s
featured CD is—Eat for Balance
and Energy.
Always tired? Experience energy and mood swings? Have trouble sleeping? Want
to be balanced and energized? Learn how food and other lifestyle
choices can affect your energy level. Slight
changes to your diet or lifestyle will be discussed along with foods to add
or to avoid. For more info: http://www.seedstochange.com/item.asp?id=59&cat=1
PERFECT FOR YOUR CAR LIBRARY
OR A GIFT.
Informative CD’s - You can lean about anything from Sugar to How to Eat
Out Healthily in my new series of nutrition and lifestyle lectures on CD. Other topics
include: Fasting and Cleansing, Eat
for Balance and Energy, Healthy Weight Loss, Your Nutrition Questions
Answered, Get out of Your Head: How To Stop the Chatter, An Introduction to
Meditation, Sleep Issues, Water: How and Why to Drink More, Ten Top Tips for
a Healthier You!, Constipation and Food Cravings. They are informative,
interesting and even a little entertaining!
You can order them individually or join the CD of the month club. To order go to http://www.seedstochange.com/category.asp?cat=1
GIFT CERTICIATES ARE AVAIABLE – Give the gift of health
for any occasion
NOW AVAILABLE CD OF THE
MONTH CLUB What a GREAT way to create change or to give
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WEBSITE: Check out my
website. It is chock-full information
and resources. www.SeedsToChange.com
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Happiness and moral duty are
inseparably connected. – George
Washington
Here’s
a simple example – how happy does it make YOU feel when a stranger holds
the door for you walking into a restaurant or store. This has become such a rarity I know I
surely notice it when someone does it for me.
What if YOU could create that brief moment of happiness for someone
else (especially without a lot of effort)?
How would someone else’s happiness translate into happiness for
you?
Please
forward this newsletter to anyone and everyone that would benefit from
Nutritional and Lifestyle Advice. Enjoy and thanks for reading.
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Helping
you grow a happy, healthy life
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