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all is here, fall is here! Well, maybe not temperature wise, but surely summer will get the memo and the fall temps will arrive soon enough. Every season that arrives, similar to the way I feel about every issue of the magazine, seems to be my favorite. I guess it’s because of the change a new season brings and all the new memories that will be made during a new phase and season of life. For our family, fall means early morning soccer games, Bombers fall ball, hunting season, pumpkin parties, Aggie football, special mommy/daughter time while the boys are hunting, fall festivals, and lots of time outdoors enjoying the fall weather. But, through all of our activities, the cherry on top, is seeing God’s goodness. Being able to look around and see the colors change, the weather change, and the season change to remind us that God created us in His image. It’s amazing for me as a mom to see how with every year that goes by and a new season arrives, my children change and develop and grow from the year before. Can you imagine how God looks at His children? I am just thankful that they are growing, changing, and developing. Hopefully, we embrace that for our W_V TQ^M[ 1\ _I[ IT_Ia[ MI[a IVL N]V I[ I KPQTL J]\ KPIVOM I[ IV IL]T\ KIV [WUM\QUM[ JM LQNÅK]T\

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8 THE JOURNEY SEPTEMBER2013

CONTENTS 11 YOUR Â HOME 12 16 18 20 24

Home  Tour:  the  Laviolette's  Home In  the  Kitchen Your  Pantry:  A  Balanced  Approach  to  Wellness House  Plans:  Planning  Your  Dream  Home Living  Green:  Living  Green  in  East  Texas

27 YOUR COMMUNITY 28 32 34 36

Cover  Story:  Brenda  Weaver,  Amanda  Skinner  &  Angie  Nichols Review In  the  News Mission  Statement:  Brazil

37 YOUR LIFE 38 42 43 44 46

Wedded  Bliss Something  Abundant:  September  to  Remember Stretch  Marks:  JUICER  for  Sale Fashion:  7  New  Ways  to  Wear  Your  Denim Your  Health:  Eating  Clean  &  Feeling  Great

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Family  Diet

49 YOUR Â CHILD 50 51 54 58

Pretty  Babies Faith  &  Family:  Lord,  Teach  Us  to  Pray Look  at  Me Why  I  Love  Being  a  Mom:  Lacey  Keath

Cover  Photo  by Morgan  Due

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president:  Stephanie  Oliver managing  editor:  Beth  Johnson editor@tjmag.com staff  writer:  Angie  Nichols director  of  sales:  Kim  Iribarren kim@tjmag.com layout  and  design:  Macy  Haffey  event  photographer:  Lisa  Crow lisacrowphotography@gmail.com event  photographer:  Morgan  Due www.morgandue.com  contributors: -HVVLFD 7LQVOH\ %ULGJHV -HIĹšH %XUQV /DFH\ .HDWK Dr.  Rima  Kittley,  Amy  McLeod,  Melissa  Radke distribution: Lisa  Crow,  Janet  Glover,  Jarod  Thompson Â

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HOME TOUR

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A BALANCED APPROACH TO WELLNESS

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Here are a few t ips to help you evaluate and prioritize the balance in your life. Think B -A-L-A-N-C-E! Body – Take an inventory of what’s ailing you. A re you stressed – try yoga. A re you out of shape? Begin a walking program or take a toning class to improve muscle tone and strength. Allow – A llow others to help you. Guess what? Wonder Woman really doesn’t exist. If you need help from others, ask for it. A ssign more household chores w ith the k ids. If a friend offers to help you w ith a project, don’t play the martyr – let them help you! Look – Look at your schedule. Are you involved in activities you really don’t want to participate in any more? Is the activity necessary, or do you just feel obligated? Eliminate all unnecessary t ime robbers from your schedule. Analyze – A nalyze your work and life balance. A re you so stressed from work you can’t enjoy your family? Can you work an earlier schedule so you have more t ime at home? No – Oops, there it is again. We southern women have more trouble w ith this don’t we? But it can be done. Look in the mirror and [Ia Q\ _Q\P I [UQTM ¹6W 1¼U [WZZa J]\ \PI\¼[ VW\ I Å\ NWZ UM º Care – Practice self care. Self care doesn’t have to look like a couple of hundred dollars and a spa day. Self care can mean taking time to garden and listen to classical music. Read that book you’ve been wanting to read. Take a warm bath and drink some hot tea. Take t ime to refuel. Enjoy – Slow down a nd enjoy l ife. “The t rue secret of happiness l ies in t aking a genuine interest in a ll t he details of daily life.” – William Morris Amy McLeod, RD, LD is a registered and licensed dietitian and Healthy Living Spokeswoman for Brookshire Brothers.

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ccording to recent statistics, t he average person generates four a nd a half pounds of t rash every day – about 1.5 tons of solid waste per year. T he Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that 75 percent of solid waste is recyclable, but only about 30 percent is actually recycled. To be sure, our world can be messy. This is why for the last twenty-eight years A ngelina Beautiful/Clean has educated and empowered the citizens of Angelina County to take responsibility for enhancing their community environment through beautiÅKI\QWV [WTQL _I[\M UIVIOMUMV\ X]JTQK I_IZMVM[[ IVL TQ\\MZ XZM^MV\QWV ) VWV XZWÅ\ KW]V\a _QLM WZOIVQbI\QWV they strive to make Angelina County the most beautiful county in t he state of Texas.

Recycle newspapers, m agazines, c atalogs, junk m ail a nd telephone b ooks Recycle electronics in March or September at the City of Luf kin and Angelina Beautiful/Clean’s electronic collection d ays. S ee w ww.angelinabeautifulclean.org for dates a nd t imes.

If you live inside Luf kin’s city limits, you can obtain recycling c arts f rom t he c ity. For p eople who l ive outside of Luf kin, take your collected recyclable items to the Luf kin r ecycling c enter’s d rop-off s ite. It i s available 24 hours a d ay, s even d ays a week, located at 5 00 S outhpark Drive. You can also drop-off motor oil, oil filters, and car batteries b etween 8 am a nd 5 pm Monday-Friday. For Amanda A nderson is t he E xecutive Director for A ngelina more i nformation, v isit w ww.luf kinrecycles.com. Beautiful/Clean. She offers some simple ideas to inspire t he readers of T he Journey/EAST Magazine to become pioneer Think about ways you can be a good steward of the leaders in “green sustainability” in their neighborhoods, environment in your everyday life and then share those ideas w ith neighbors a nd f riends. E ncourage a nd i nspire schools, places of business a nd homes. those around you by being an example of the mantra: Recycle! Despite what Kermit t he Frog s ings, it i s easier Reduce, R euse, R ecycle! than you think to be green. If every household, school, and business m ade s imple a djustments i n t heir h abits, t he East Texas a rea c ould g reatly r educe w aste g oing t o our Plant Native. It is estimated that on average 30% of landfills, save more energy and natural resources and the w ater s upply i n u rban a reas of Texas i s u sed for l andprotect our environment for g enerations t o follow. scape i rrigation. T here a re m any e conomic a nd environCollect a luminum, steel a nd t in cans, plastic containers #1 mental benef its of electing to include native plants in and #2, paper sacks, cardboard, a nd food boxes to recycle home l andscapes.

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udrey Hepburn, one of the most iconic women for beauty and fashion, once said, “Happy girls are the prettiest.” Who can stop the voice in her head of mom or g randmother saying, “Beauty is only skin deep.”? Women are relentlessly bombarded with images of outward beauty, but lately, there is a movement to help women discover their true, God-given beauty. Even major corporations are getting in on the shift. The Dove Brand launched their Campaign for Real Beauty in 2004 and it is still going strong. According to Dove’s study, T he Real Truth about Beauty: Revisited, only 4 % of women around the world consider themselves beautiful and only 11% of girls around the globe are comfortable using the word ‘beautiful’ to describe themselves.

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Women readily recognizing the beauty in others, but seldom find it in themselves. When we as women consistently fight a low self-image and fail to recognize our natural beauty, we are much less likely to accomplish the g reat things we were created to do. In lieu of our inspiring woman article this month, we want to turn the proverbial mirror toward each of our readers to let you see the inspiring woman in your reflection. In this effort, Brenda Weaver of Bella Salon, Amanda Skinner of Loudhouse Crossfit and Angie Nichols of Something Abundant ministries share insights for revealing your natural beauty--countenance, body, and soul.

B R E N D A W E AV E R renda Weaver, owner of Bella Salon, spends her days helping women find their true beauty. As a teenager, she enjoyed playing with hair and makeup and getting ‘all dolled up’ for special occasions. Her mom was always beside her doing the girl thing and her dad was the realist, making sure her school work was accomplished and she was ready to enter the real world. After

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graduation, she and her friend, Amelia, headed straight to Austin. Brenda planned to get a business degree a nd o ne d ay open a salon and gym. After a few years of college and five years of doing hair, she has accomplished her goal of opening a salon. She says, “It takes a village, and I must say I have a pretty awesome village.” She is excited to be on this journey of helping women. At the salon, Brenda and her staff offer many services to help _WUMV ÅVL IVL MVPIVKM \PMQZ VI\]ZIT JMI]\a <PMa WNNMZ )^MLI Hair care, body care, and skin care and make up. Hair services are offered by Brenda, Leah Garcia and Jessica Hearnsberger. In addition, Carrie Love does massages, Ashley Conlon gives facials and Lynanne Alsbrooks offers permanent cosmetics and eyelash extensions. Aside from the salon, you can also visit a fabulous boutique, Poise, by Amelia Commander. Women should tailor their beauty regimen to their specific needs and realize that this is more than the occasional trip to the hair salon. The staff at Bella Salon and Boutique have been trained and certified by Aveda and can help you with any problem you might be having with your hair or s kin. Aveda’s Hand and Foot Relief are best sellers and they intensely moisturize, nourish and condition while promoting visible i mprovements in skin texture and appearance of age spots. If you are feeling stressed and run down, Aveda offers an entire line of Stress-fix including body lotion, concentrate, and soaking salts. The Stress-fix is infused with French lavender, lavandin and clary sage from organic farms, and is clinically proven to relieve feelings of stress. If you are having problems with hair loss or you just want fuller, thicker hair, then Aveda also offers Invati. This treatment system is 97% naturally derived and reduces h air l oss by 33%. At Bella, the staff strives to makes every client feel and important and leave the salon more confident of their beauty. Brenda takes pride into making people look and feel beautiful. She says, “It is the most rewarding part of my job.” B renda w ants to inspire and educate people to integrate wellness and beauty

in their lives. The mission at Aveda is to care for the world we live in, from the products they make to the ways they give back to society. Aveda strives to set an example for environmental leaderships and responsibility, not just in the area of beauty, but around the world. Many visitors to the salon walk in tired from their day and the demands placed on them by

their different roles as women. Once they receive one or many of the royal treatments Bella offers, a refreshing beverage, a new hairstyle, fresh makeup and even a new outfit, they can leave feeling as beautiful as they look. Brenda reminds all women, “Everyone needs to restore a little balance in their lives, especially us women!”

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Amanda hasn’t always been on the cutting edge of fitness. Fifteen years ago, her daughter, Madalyn, was born. She and Jason knew they needed to start taking better care of themselves and model that lifestyle for their children. When Madalyn was in the fourth g rade, Amanda started putting intentional actions to that desire. She taught Physical Education at Harmony Christian School and eventually began

working at Anytime Fitness. During this time, she and Jason were running and doing a bit or weight training on the side. <PMa _MZMV¼\ KWUXTM\MTa [I\Q[ÅML _Q\P \PQ[ routine, and began searching for a better training method. CrossFit was their answer. Within a few months, it became their way WN TQNM ) TQNMTWVO LZMIU _I[ N]TÅTTML IVL prayers were answered when they opened their own CrossFit training facility, Loudhouse CrossFit. +ZW[[.Q\ Ja LMÅVQ\QWV Q[ KWV[\IV\Ta ^IZQML functional movement, performed at high intensity. Participants are trained for the unknowns of day to day life. Because of varied workouts, crossfitters are able to do whatever is thrown at them, be that running a 5K or simply picking up a sack of dog food safely. T he Skinner’s goal for Loudhouse is to change lives for the better. Not only do they want women to look better, but change internally, as well. T he family atmosphere at Loudhouse keeps everyone accountable to workouts and a healthy diet. Amanda explains, “What

we offer is fitness, but what that looks like QV ZMITQ\a Q[ [W U]KP UWZM# _M IZM NIUQTa I have celebrated with this family and cried with them. We don’t just encourage one another in our workouts, but d ay to day lives, as well.” As women, we have many responsibilities, not only to ourselves, but to our families. We have to be the role model. In order to take care of everyone else, we h ave to put our own body somewhere near the top of the list. Amanda explains, “My goal is to show everyone that n ot o nly i s it important to be fit, but i t’s really a l ot of fun, as well. T he mantra at Loudhouse is faith, family and fitness.” M ost o f the participants associated with this gym understand they would not be as successful in their quest for fitness if it weren’t for their CrossFit family. One participant explains, “Crossfit has changed my life in too many ways to count. I’ve toned up and become stronger and faster.” She continues, “When I began a year ago, I was taking an anti-depressant drug to

treat PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) caused by a very traumatic event that happened just months before beginning Crossfit. About 10 months into Crossfit, I realized I was happier than I’ve ever been and felt better than before, both physically and emotionally. I no longer needed the medication.”

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ANGIENICHOLS aking care of your appearance and being intentional about exercising and diet will help you become a UWZM KWVÅLMV\ XMZ[WV 0W_M^MZ \PMZM IZM NM_ \PQVO[ more beautiful than a woman ablaze with Christ's glory due to an intimate relationship with Him in secret places. If only there were stores to buy that type of beauty potion. It is impossible to duplicate, counterfeit or "put-on."

Becoming a radiant woman from the inside out is not like going to the salon and walking out a new woman. It is a process God uniquely designs for your good and His glory. Holding on to past hurts, disappointments and trials does nothing for our inner or outer beauty. It works only to make us hard and calloused. Angie's book walks female readers through lessons o n h ow to achieve royal bride beauty in the closeness of an intimate walk with Jesus. It turns the mirror of His holy Word toward you Women who exude joy, happiness and contentment, a re t hose so that you get a g limpse of yourself the way H e s ees you--as who dare to take a look at themselves in the reflection of His bride-- a f lawless beauty. Christ's eyes and find the true beauty He sees. Author, Angie Nichols understands that seeing yourself in the reflection of Angie is also the founder of Something Abundant Ministries His eyes means you have to be really close to Him. Let's be (SAM), serving the Bride of Christ through worship and Biblical honest. T hat is sometimes an intimidating move to make. teaching. The ministry tends to women’s hearts in several different ways. SAM’s worship minister, Joel Wier, and Angie are available From the tragic and untimely death of her father when she to speak and lead worship at women's events. Angie has shared was eleven, to the cancer diagnosis of her four year-old only her message of true beauty with hundreds of women, both child, Angie struggled to cling to childhood beliefs in a "good nationally and internationally. God" and lived many years hiding herself from His attention. Her book, Something Abundant is the coming-of-age love The ministry also hosts ALLURE weekends. This one or two story of a willful child of God maturing into the willing bride night event includes sessions taken from her book as well as of Christ told through the Biblical precepts of wheat harvest, worship and free times. ALLURE events can be tailored to the the threshing f loor, and ancient Jewish wedding customs. needs of the participants (Bible study g roups, staff/pastors’ wife retreats, mothers, girls’ youth events or women's ministry events). Amy Grigg serves as the hands-on minister for SAM, counseling IVL [MZ^QVO P]Z\QVO _WUMV IVL UW\PMZ[ WN KPQTLZMV ÅOP\QVO childhood disease. The ministry's “Mother Comforts Bag” provides tools to handle the stresses that come with the uncertainties of childhood sickness. A special notebook, designed by mothers who have walked a similar road, gives moms a place to stay organized and feel a small sense of control amidst their out-ofcontrol situation. The bag also includes a journal, devotional book, calendar and copy of Angie’s book.

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This month The Journey Magazine/EAST Magazine highlights a student ministry team from Harmony Hill Baptist Church of Lufkin. On August 2nd through the 11th, the group of eleven students and six adults traveled to Curitiba, Brazil where they partnered with missionary, Bobby Wacaser and a group of young missionaries known as Projecto Vida.

The Lufkin group joined Projecto Vida to perform skits and music presenting the gospel during 19 school assemblies over four days. The students were able to share their personal salvation stories through translators in both large and small group settings. They also spent a day traveling with the missionaries to lower income neighborhoods, providing haircuts, food, and basic healthcare while sharing Christ with the people through "evangesoccer" balls and power bracelets, which share the gospel through the use of colors.

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Brazil Mission Team: Shawn Mahannah Rachel Bonney Rachael Brashear Tracye Brashear Keith Brashear Grace Elliott Ramona Elliott Lindsay McEleveen Nora Reeder

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"The trip provided incredible opportunities for our students to share the gospel one-on-one due to the receptive nature of most Brazilians to Americans", says Mahannah. "Often in America students don't get to experience evangelism, or don't think they can. We think that is the pastor's job. In Brazil people want to know about Jesus, and our students know Jesus. This trip proved to the team members that God's Kingdom is being expanded all around the globe, not just in their little bubble of East Texas." Becky Reeder, mother and adult sponsor, said, "After spending night and day sharing the love of Christ, we had a hard time saying good-bye, but are now more compelled to keep doing the same at home or wherever God may send us."

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SOMETHING ABUNDANT

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Angie Nichols is the founder of Something Abundant Ministries, serving women through worship and Biblical teaching and the author of Something Abundant: growing from a child of God to the bride of Christ. Her passion is for women to know the beauty of an abundant life knowing Christ as Bridegroom. She is married to Chris and they have one daughter, Mycah. For more information, to read more, or book speaking events visit: somethingabundantministries.org.

by Melissa Radke

JUICER For Sale

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when she has to scan all of these carrots. She’ll probably say something like, “Wow, somebody’s dieting.” And then I’ll be like, “No, I just juice my food. Ya know. No biggie. I have a juicer. Don’t you?” And then I’ll throw around words like kale Clean eating – A popular way of eating that and beet and monosodiumglyphoxolate. involves f resh f ruits and vegetables or “living” foods, also popularly referred to as…..what 10am – I cannot get this juicer to work. you’re eating when you’re dreaming about How do you do this? Stupid Jack Lalanne Mexican food. and his stupid 2002 infomercial. I need a better juicer. I better ask the Attorney Recently I found myself laid up in bed General for a new $14,000 juicer if I’m with a virus that was going around and gonna be doing this for three days. 6M\ÆQ` I\ Ua LQ[XW[IT )N\MZ _I\KPQVO every episode of Arrested Development, 4pm – I’m hungry, but determined. This I landed on a documentary called, Fat, juice doesn’t taste good, but neither does Sick and Nearly Dead. Considering I was bad health. Oh! That should be a bumper going on day three of a 24 hour bug, I sticker. I think I’ll make one and try to sell thought myself all three of those things it to Whole Foods since I’ll probably be and decided to watch. hanging around there a lot. aleo diet – The modern dietary regimen known as the Paleolithic diet (abbreviated paleo diet or paleodiet), also popularly referred to as……..crap.

Day 3: 8am: I need protein…to smother all over my body.

12pm: Last night my dinner had beets in it. Beets. BEETS. I’m no longer living in any kind of civilization. This has gone too far. My toxins aren’t that bad. A lot of people live a long time with movie popcorn and Big Red in their stomachs. They don’t drink dirt juice. They don’t 8pm – What’s wrong with having two claw at their skin. They don’t WISH juices and a reasonable dinner? What THEY WERE DEAD! happened to that? I don’t understand why one piece of grilled chicken would hurt. 2pm: I’m drinking a juice of grapes, blueberries, oranges, green apples and This is dumb. lemon, and I’m pretending I’m on a beach somewhere. It’s not working. Day 2:

Joe Cross, of Australia, created a documentary based off of his decision to do a 60 day juice fast. His desire to rid his body of toxins, disease and extra weight was all I needed to see before I set out on my journey to do the same. Except he 6am – Dear Lord, my head has hurt for did 60 days, and I did three. the last three hours. I can’t sleep and my Whatever. legs ache. I think the world should have listened closer to Dr. Atkins. That man Don’t judge. knew what he was talking about.

Here is my three day journal of what I 10am – This juice tastes like vomit. (Kale, like to call: 2 cucumbers, 4 carrots, ginger root, lemon and 2 green apples) Melissa’s Great American Juice Fast to Rid Her Body of Excessive 2pm – Ginger root? Seriously? In everyToxins and 14 Pounds of Velveeta thing? That’s ridiculous. Ginger should Cheese be used by people on boats with motion sickness, not in our juices. That’s dumb. Day 1: I hate the world.

6pm: My meal tonight (Kale, cucumbers, green apples and spinach) will be the last time I juice. Ever. To insure that I’ll never do anything like this, ever again, 1 PI^M KIVKMTTML Ua 6M\ÆQ` IKKW]V\ So there’s my account of the 72 hours that changed my life forever. I RUE THE DAY I ever sat and watched Jack Lalanne try and sell me his Power Juicer over the television and thought, “Yes, I will buy that. And I will be gorgeous because of it.” I’m not more gorgeous. In fact, my hair is just now starting to grow back in and the scars where I clawed at my skin are healing nicely.

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What  d oes  the  term  â€œeating  cleanâ€?  mean  to  you? For  me,  it  means  getting  the  best,  freshest,  healthiest  food  you  can  get--hopefully  organically  grown,  certainly  as  free  of  pesticides  and  chemicals  as  possible,  with  lots  of  the  nutrients  our  bodies  need  to  thrive.  The  key  is  to  stay  away  from   packaged  and  processed  foods  as  much  as  possible.  Get  real  food  from  the  edges  of  the  store.  Healthy  food  may  cost  more  (mass  produced  foods  are  artificially  cheap  because  these  foods  IZM []J[QLQbML Ja \PM OW^MZVUMV\# NWWL[ []KP I[ _PMI\ KWZV soy  and  dairy)  but  eating  poorly  cost  more  to  your  health   in  the  long  run.   What  do  you  want  readers  to  understand  regarding  diet  and  its  effects  on  personal  health?   The  old  saying,  â€œYou  are  what  you  eat,â€?  really  is  true.  Your  body  is  â€œstarving  in  a  sea  of  plentyâ€?  when  you  take  in  calories  that  do  not  supply  the  vitamins  and  trace  minerals  your  body  needs  for  the  complex  metabolic  processes.  As  an  example,  Texans  are  extremely  low  in  vitamin  D,  a  hormone  our  bodies  need  for  all  sorts  of  metabolic  things.  That’s  because  we  live  in  boxes,  and  we  raise  our  animals  in  boxes.  Neither  we,  nor  the  animals  we  eat,  get  enough  sun  and  end  up  vitamin  D  deficient.  T here  is  a  lot  of  vitamin  D  in  the  bright  yellow  yolks  of  chickens  raised  at  home,  running  around  in  the  sunshine,  eating  bugs  and  green  grass.  There’s  hardly  any  in  a  storebought,  factory-raised  egg.  Â

kidney  infections,  the  usual  admissions  for  a  family  doc.  My  patients  stayed  healthier! What  are  the  most  harmful  food  choices  you  see  many  people  making? ;WUM XMWXTM \PQVS ZMĂ…VML []OIZ Q[ \PM UW[\ XZWJTMUI\QK NWWL It  is.  But  it’s  not  as  bad  as  the  rancid  vegetable  oils  that  are  used  QV UI[[ XZWL]KML KWV^MVQMVKM NWWL[ 1\ \ISM[ I P]OM WQT ZMĂ…VMZa to  make  canola  oil,  soy  oil  or  corn  oil,  with  poisonous  chemicals,  such  as  caustic  lye  and  bleaching  agents  all  through  the  processing.   These  are  poly-unsaturated  fats  that  become  rancid  very  easily  and  cause  free  radicals  which  then  damage  internal  workings  QV aW]Z JWLa .WZ aW]Z PMIT\P Ă…Z[\ IVL NWZMUW[\ KPIVOM \PM NI\ Eat  coconut  oil,  olive  oil,  macadamia  nut  oil  and  real  butter  instead.  The  fats  in  our  food  are  heavy  in  Omega  6  oils  which  IZM QV^WT^ML QV ITT \PM QVÆIUUI\WZa XI\P_Ia[ -I\QVO UWZM 7UMOI WQT[ []KP I[ Ă…[P WQT[ _QTT PMTX JITIVKM \PM QVÆIUUI\QWV Some  doctors  are  now  saying  high  blood  pressure  is  at  least  XIZ\Ta KI][ML Ja QVÆIUUI\QWV QV \PM JWLa

Then  get  rid  of  the  chemicals  in  the  food  as  much  a s  p ossible.  The  unnecessary  colorings  and  f lavorings  in  our  food  is  mindboggling.  One  of  the  silliest  foods  for  me  is  Splenda.  White  sugar  is  two  sugar  molecules  hooked  together  in  a  certain  way.  Splenda  took  these  two  sugar  molecules  and  hooked  them  together  backwards  in  such  a  way  as  to  make  it  undigestable  by  your  body.  And  then  they  stuck  in  a  few  poisonous  f louride  molecules  to  make  it  stay  that  way.  It  is  a  non-food,  nutritionally  In  what  ways  can  making  healthy  diet  choices  effect  a  devoid  of  anything.    person’s  overall  health?   Let’s  continue  on  the  farm-raised  chicken  idea.  Without   adequate  vitamin  D,  you  are  more  prone  to  infections,  unable  to  control  diabetes,  more  susceptible  to  strokes,  heart  attacks,  and  even  cancer.  I  tell  my  patients  if  you  take  only  one  vitamin,  it  should  be  a  high  quality  vitamin  D,  preferably  with  some  vitamin  K  and  vitamin  A  as  well.  When  I  started  recommending  4000  to  5000  units  of  vitamin  D3  to  my  patients  who  would  listen,  my  hospital  admissions  went  down  more  than  half.  T hat  includes  everything  from  strokes,  heart  attacks,  pneumonias,  46 ÂŒ THE  JOURNEY  ÂŒ AUGUST2013

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The Journey a sks .... Why i s eating healthy i mportant t o your f amily? What words of e ncouragement would you g ive others? "We are very busy and I think that you need to find what works best for your family. There are a lot of dinner and lunch options that are easy a nd g ood for u s at t he s ame t ime. T here i s no s uch t hing a s i nstant gratification w ith a nything t hat’s worth doing a nd e ating a nd e xercise are no exception. Stick with “real food” and you will notice a huge difference in the way you feel and the way you look. Cooking some things at the beginning of the week in bulk like boiled eggs, chicken breasts, and bacon makes things easier during the week also. Eating well t akes more effort but a ny f amily c an m ake it work, e ven t he c razy busy ones. Most importantly, don’t forget to treat yourself and your kiddos w ith s omething f un e very now a nd t hen." - Miranda

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"We are very active and I feel better when eating healthier. I w ant to be able to keep up w ith my k ids a nd b e a g ood role model for t hem. I hope we establish good habits t hat t hey can use t hroughout life. I would tell people to take it one day at a time. Avoid “fad diets” and start by identifying one or two bad eating habits and work on only those first. When we go to extremes we are more likely to give up. It’s a life long commitment and if we completely deprive ourselves we will never make it. Nobody i s p erfect." - Dr.

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"I do it t o feel b etter, look b etter a nd help prevent issues that run in my family l ike d iabetes, h igh c holesterol and high blood pressure. I want to teach my c hildren healthy habits!! We have been cleaning up our e ating over the l ast 6 -12 months. We h aven’t done it a ll at once s o t he k ids h ave a dapted better to gradual changes. First we took away apple juice a nd replaced it with roaring w ater c aprisun, t hen r eplaced that with water with a splash of f lavor with sugar free koolaide drops in a water bottle. We now eat at home most meals a nd I a m learning to c ook, s omething t hat I h ave never been c omfortable doing, but i f I don’t learn then how do I expect my children t o learn t o c ook!! I t ry t o let t he kids help some in the kitchen which helps to get them to try new things because t hey a re e xcited t o t ry s omething t hat t hey helped t o m ake." - Micki

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