Book Of The Week: Start With Why by: Simon Sinek
Recipe Of The Week: Carrot-Ambrosia Salad
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 pound carrots -- shredded
20 ounces crushed pineapple -- drained
8 ounces Coconut milk
3/4 cup flaked coconut
3/4 cup golden raisins
2 tablespoons honey
Combine all ingredients, tossing well. Cover and chill.
Yield: 6 to 8 servings.
Quote Of The Week: "Active faith steps out on its belief and risks failure because it assumes it will succeed." -Napoleon Hill
Goal Of The Week: Read one hour a day. If you seek to be an expert in any field, reading on that topic one hour a day is a simple way to ascend the ranks. Reading one hour a day leads to 365 hours a year. That translates to 2 full weeks of your life each year that you are growing your knowledge in your field of passion. 365 hours of reading a year also translates to about 50 books a year. The average American reads 1 book a year. Do you want to get ahead? It doesn't get much easier than this.
Top Article From This Week
Doctor's Soapbox
This article discusses the same topic I taught on Wednesday night, chronic disease. As I mentioned then, 83 cents of every Medicaid dollar spent in America goes toward chronic disease. Medicaid money is primarily health care dollars spent on children. The Journal of the American Medical Association states, "Chronic health conditions in American kids have increased dramatically in recent years -- rising from 12.8 percent in 1994 to 26.6 percent in 2006." Chronic disease in our children has more than DOUBLED in the past 12 years.
How and why? The mass media would have us believe that it is bad genes, but think about it, do you think our DNA, after changing less than 0.02% in the last 40,000 years, could change that much over the past 12? Absolutely not. The real answer as to why are children are so sick can be found in our living rooms and our schools.
The typical American living room is full of kids watching endless hours of TV, playing video games, and consuming endless amounts of junk food and soda. The same goes for schools. The vending machines and cafeterias in schools do not provide health food, they sell Coke, Pepsi, Gatorade, Snickers, etc. Sugar, sugar, and sugar. Then the kids are expected to sit in their chairs 8 hours a day without any exercise; because, after all, there's a big push to get rid of recess and gym class in our schools. Robbing our children of the few moments that they were forced to actually move around each day. Coupled with the increased sugar consumption and decreased exercise, what have you noticed? An increase in ADD/ADHD, Obesity, Diabetes, Depression, and childhood drug prescriptions. I don't know about any of you, but if what I ate and drank throughout the day was mostly sugar, and I didn't have any chance to get out and run around to burn off some of that energy, I'd find it hard to sit still and pay attention for 8 hours too. And if I lived this LIFESTYLE chronically, week in and week out, I wouldn't be surprised if I developed Obesity, Diabetes, or Depression. What does sugar get converted to in our bodies if we don't burn it? Fat, insulin resistance, inflammation. Our children don't need Ritalin, our children don't need Xanax, our children don't need anti-depressants. What they need is what every child needs. They need healthy, whole foods, they need love and guidance, and they need tons of exercise disguised as playtime.
Have a blessed week!
"A long, happy life requires TLC."
