February Is National Heart Health Month

                            <3 Happy February <3

  Since February is National Heart Health Month,  Let's focus on our Heart's health and hopefully after one month's time we will establish good heart healthy habits! This month I plan to add a few more articles and recipes regarding the Heart, and this will include a lot about Raw Chocolate, it's what my heart desires and because it's soooo healthy... for that I am Grateful!

      Taking care of your heart is no more complicated than taking care of any one part or the entirety of your body. When we treat our body with respect by making better, more informed basic choices regarding diet and exercise, it will thank us infinitely by allowing us to perform, as well as pursue most anything we desire. 

       Naturally we desire food... Since we must eat in order to survive, we must consider that food is actually fuel for our bodies. Choose natural, healthy sources which will provide you with optimal energy rather than processed chemicals which will slow you down and eventually leave our bodies vulnerable to diseases. If we diligently look we will find that there are delicious healthy foods such as chocolate, when not processed, can actually be healthy. It really must become our responsibility, not our government's, to learn about proper nutrition so that we can choose our own health's destiny. We are taught at a very young age that consuming processed sugar, saturated fats, and chemically treated foods and beverages are all the norm and  necessary to fit into society. We are taught that this nutritionally void food-like stuff is perfectly safe to eat,  because our government headed food agencies tell us so.

          Not sure where to begin? Let's start slowly by consciously choosing to drink more water, eat  a lot more fresh fruit and veggies,  and cut back on the acid and mucous causing sugary drinks, fatty meats and dairy, and chemically laden, processed snacks. Try to stick with foods that are from a plant rather than made at a plant. These few guidelines alone will get you off to a great start toward improving your own heart health!

      Naturally we desire Love...  While Love is often equated with food, food has become for some a substitution for love, and even an emotional and physical crutch. Many people have become emotionally, and especially physically, dependent on chemically treated  processed foods which trick the brain into a temporary euphoric state, which then leads to addiction.  This addiction causes cravings for more of these chemicals and we just feel awful until the next fast-food or junk-food fix! Since most Americans Love to eat, it is no surprise that 1/3 of us fall into the range of overweight or obese. It's not completely our fault that this is happening, but surprising that in this age of communication, we are kept in the dark about what we consume, until it is too late and our health has already been compromised. Even then, due to the Love for money, corporations and the medical industry conspire to profit as much as possible from our illness by spreading their propaganda that drugs are the only cures and by not requiring mandatory food labeling.  We need to open our eyes to such exploits so that we can clearly discern what is being done to us,  and enable ourselves to make the choice whether  to stay on this deadly coarse, or to make the necessary changes. We must choose to  Love ourselves first, then our choices for healthier living will come a lot easier.

     Naturally we desire to active... Well-bodied, healthy, energetic people cannot just physically sit idly. Our bodies and minds need to see, move, and experience all that they are called to be.  When we have a healthy heart and body, there is no stopping us. To maintain our peak well-being, we must remember a few basics, and basics really is the operative word. By continuing to eat a basic diet of unprocessed foods, keeping our bodies physically, mentally, and emotionally fit with basic daily exercise as well as creative hobbies, our hearts will not be able to thank us enough, and will probably want to extend it's life significantly in order to repay it's gratitude!

       Loving  yourself as well as each other is just another great exercise for our hearts... so spread the Love and it will come back to you a thousand fold! 

         Much Love~ Regina xo