Superfoods - Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure

It seems like everywhere you look, there’s a new pill or medicine that will ‘instantly cure’ your sickness, disease or health issue. And while taking a pill to cure what ails you might be convenient and simple, maybe it’s really time to sit down and take a good, long look at what you’re feeding your body, or as it might be, not feeding your body.

Are you truly giving your body the nutrients it needs to take care of itself? Most of us find when we take a look at what we’ve been eating that the choices we’ve been making in the name of convenience, simplicity, or saving time have actually been detrimental to our overall health – body, mind and spirit.

Our modern day diet largely consists of excessive consumption of starch, sugar, fried and fatty foods. As a result, diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, obesity, Alzheimer’s and some cancers are becoming more and more common.

Healthy foods and good nutrition can not only help keep you fit, but treat disease as well. You may not even have to go to a health food store. You can purchase them right at your grocery store, or make a trip to your local farmer’s market. And if you focus on basing a healthy, well-balanced diet on the 14 “Superfoods,” the detrimental effects of these diseases can be slowed, stopped or even reversed.

And when you nourish your body physically with these nutrient-dense foods, your mental capacities increase, and your spiritual wellness is enhanced as well. In addition, since your spiritual health is optimal, it will shine through to the outside, and people will notice you’re happy, calm, and that your stress levels have decreased dramatically.

So look for ways to cut the junk out of your daily eating and replace it with members of the Superfoods group. Your body, mind and spirit will all be healthier as a direct result.

Constructing Your Child's Healthy Sense of Self Esteem

Your child's self esteem is their mental foundation. A self-assured child is confident, secure, happy, well-adjusted and successful. They can solve problems that come their way, and it thrives under a loving parent's nurturing care.

What are some good ways to built self esteem in your child?

Most importantly, accept your child for who they are, and help them do the same. Teach your child that nobody is perfect, and that everyone makes mistakes. Show them how to learn and grow from their mistakes, and let them know that you also make mistakes. Children with high self esteem are able to take lessons from mistakes and apply them down the road. A child with low self esteem become frustrated and resort to self-depreciating behavior, such as calling themselves 'stupid' and vowing to 'never try that again.'

Help your child discover their abilities and talents, and encourage outlets for them to build on and improve them. Praise a child not only for improvements in abilities and skills, but also for the traits they naturally possess.

Encourage your child to make positive choices. Open an honest dialog with your child and discuss the possibilities with them. Children who learn skills for making positive choices when they are younger are well-prepared for the tougher choices they have to make when they are older.

Ensure that you spend lots of quality time with your child, at least once a week. Whether you are shooting baskets or going out to grab a hamburger, take time to talk and keep in touch.

If you find it difficult to squeeze in quality time during a hectic week, take the time to talk about things during the drive to school or while they are helping you put the groceries away.

Parenting - Breastfeeding While Pregnant

Being pregnant doesn’t mean you have to stop breastfeeding your child. Long ago doctors believed it actually took nutrients away from the baby inside you, however that is not the case. Even today we have people that believe this and they will argue with you the entire time. Only you can decide if you should stop breastfeeding your toddler or not. Don’t let someone else make that decision for you.

Reasons to Stop

A few reasons you might want to stop breastfeeding may be if you are feeling constantly drained of energy. Or maybe your child has started to bite. Sometimes your milk will just dry up, this is your body’s way of telling you that it has had enough and to take a break. Mastitis could play a big role in making you stop immediately as well. Mastitis is an infection in the breast when it isn’t expressed enough and gets engorged.

Stopping or Weaning
If you do plan on stopping because you are pregnant, make sure it is for the right reasons. If your child has reached a certain age, it might be best. But never just yank it away from them. Your child could wonder why it is being taken away. Wonder if they had done something or become discouraged about the new baby coming. Some children decide to wean themselves, which is a big help to you and you won’t feel so guilty about it. You can choose to do it cold turkey, or slowly wean him/her off. Cold turkey can have some bad results. Try limiting his/her feeding times to certain hours and gradually as time passes take away more. Your child will quickly stop on his/her own and it won’t be a traumatic event.

Continuing to Feed
If you do plan on continuing to breastfeed while you are pregnant, talk with your doctor about it. Not all the time will the doctor agree with your decision. Sometimes he/she may see something in your health that you don’t. Listen carefully and find out if it is a health reason or simply his/her own belief.

If it is the doctors belief, you can always seek out one that agrees with you. Being pregnant is hard enough at times, knowing you have someone in your corner will only relieve the stress. Don’t be surprised if your family and friends want to say something about it and they will probably give you all kind of advice on how to stop and what they’ve read.

Nicely explain to them it is your decision and you’ll do what you think is best for your children. Try finding a support group in your area so you have someone to vent to or talk about these issues. Check out if there is a La Leche League near you or online that you can join.

Remember that as long as you take proper care of yourself and your body, you’ll be able to safely breastfeed while pregnant.

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Eating Healthy When Eating Out

If you go out to a restaurant to eat, you probably watch your calories very closely. To assist you with your calorie watching when dining out, these tips will help you make the most of it.

- Always order salad dressings or sauces on the side, as this way you have control over how much you add to your meal.

- When you order grilled fish or vegetables, you should ask that the food be grilled without butter or oil, or prepared with very little or either or.

- Anytime you order pasta dishes, be on the lookout for tomato based sauces instead of the cream based sauces. Tomato based sauces are much lower in fat and calories, and tomato sauce can even be counted as a vegetable!

- You should always try to drink water, diet soda, or tea instead of soda or beverages that contain alcohol.

- If you order dessert, share with a friend. Half of the dessert will equal half of the calories.

- When you choose a soup, remember that cream based soups are higher in fat and calories than other soups. A soup can be a great appetizer, as most are low in calories and you fill you up pretty fast.

- When ordering a baked potato, ask for salsa instead of sour cream, butter, cheese, or even bacon. Salsa is very low in calories and provides a healthy alternative with plenty of flavor and spice.

- When you are full, stop eating. Listen to your body and what it tells you.

- If you get full, take half of your meal home. The second portion of your meal can serve as a second meal later. This way, you get two meals for the price of one.

- If you're looking to eat less, order two appetizers or an appetizer and a salad as your meal.

- If you get a choice of side dishes, get a baked potato or steamed vegetables instead of french fries.

- Always look for food on the menu that's baked, grilled, broiled, poached, or steamed. These types of cooking use less fat in the cooking process and are usually much lower in calories.

- Plain bread or rolls are low in both fat and calories. When you add the butter and oil, you increase the fat and calorie intake.

- As key ingredients to your meal, choose dishes with fruits and vegetables. Both fruits and vegetables are great sources of dietary fiber as well as many vitamins and minerals.

- Choose foods made with whole grains, such as whole wheat bread and dishes made with brown rice.

- If you crave dessert, look for something with low fat, such as berries or fruit.

- Always remember not to deprive yourself of the foods you truly love. All types of foods can fit into a well balanced diet.

My Son Christopher Was Diagnosed With Leukemia At Age Seven Months

My Son Christopher Was Diagnosed With Leukemia At Age Seven Months
- Christopher's Mother, Melissa Ryan

Personal Experience from Melissa Ryan :

'My son Christopher was diagnosed with leukemia at the age of seven months. Now, as a young parent, I didn't know what leukemia was and I did not know that it was cancer. I was soon to find that out...

(You will read Christopher Ryan's complete story in your Healing Codes Manual along with 100+ other testimonials. We now jump forward through 11 years of experimental treatments, surgeries, chemo and radiation as new problems arise for this brave young man.)

"So fast-forward a few years and Christopher is doing great medically. He has a few little problems. He has some thyroid problems. He's starting to have some growth problems. He has some behavioral problems. We're not real concerned.

We're very happy that he is doing great. He's progressing. He doesn't have cancer. You know, once you've had cancer everything else pales in comparison to that.

A couple more years went by and things in his body started breaking down.

"Last year, in August of 2003 we had gone to St. Jude's for a six month's checkup, but they called me the day I got home and said, "You need to come back."

I said, "Well, I'm not coming back…I was just there."

They said, "No, you don't understand. You need to come back. Christopher needs to have surgery on his hips. If he doesn't have surgery right away, he may never walk again."

So what was I going to do? I approached Christopher and I said, "Look, we're going to have to go back to Memphis. You're going to have to have surgery on your birthday."

And he looked at me and said, "That's okay, Mom. At least I get to have another birthday." That really touched my heart.

So we went back to Memphis, we had the surgery on his hips, they put pins in his hips, and he was in a wheelchair for a couple of months. We thought, "Okay. This is fine. This is a side effect of the radiation…no big deal."

"But then he started throwing up. And kept throwing up. And throwing up, and throwing up, and throwing up. He threw up for months."

"We took him to doctor after doctor, but they could not figure out what was wrong with Christopher."

"I'd already seen him go through so much. I'd already seen my baby suffer more than most people have to suffer in a lifetime, and I did not want to see my child have to go through anymore."

"I knew God had healed him and I knew God had given us a miracle, and I didn't understand why he was having to suffer even more. I knew that just was not God's will for him."

"I read the Bible, I know what it says, and nowhere does it say, "I'm going to heal you and give you a miracle and then make you suffer."

"After two months, they finally figured out that he had a sliding hiatal hernia. Part of his stomach was coming up through his esophagus."

"This went on through Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, until finally in the middle of January he had surgery. They wrapped his stomach around his esophagus."

After that, we thought everything was fine. We thought, "Okay, this was one weird thing…no big deal…it's over.

Two major surgeries in one year…we can deal with that. So let's move on."

"About two weeks later, he started throwing up again."

"We took him back to the doctors, they went in, and they dilated his esophagus because it had swollen to the point where no food was getting through. After the dilation he started eating regularly."

"In another week, he started throwing up again. We took him back to the doctor and they said, "You know, we could dilate him again, but you're going to end up with the same problem."

At this point, we just threw up our hands and said, "We're just going to pray. We've done all we can do. We have nothing else to do for this child but pray."

"We did put him on a liquid diet for about three weeks - that was as long as he could tolerate it."

Meanwhile, we were scheduled for another checkup at St. Jude's. I mentioned to his doctors, "He's had this stomach surgery and he's still throwing up, and we don't understand what's going on."

They said "You really need to bring him back for tests. We need to know what's going on. He could have grafts of his host's disease, and his stomach could be attacking him internally."

"They also said his cortisol levels were really low - his adrenal function".

"When he was a little kid, right after the bone marrow transplant, one of the things that they would keep a constant eye on was his adrenal gland function to make sure his cortisol levels were high enough."

"For a while we had to carry around a shot of adrenaline in case he got in an accident. I was told by the doctors at St. Jude's that stress causes your body to deplete itself of adrenaline, and once that's gone, if there's a traumatic injury to the body but you don't have that adrenaline, you die."

"Well, at this point, I thought, 'cortisol levels.' I had talked to Jennifer once about the cortisol levels. I thought, "I'm going to go to Jennifer and see if she knows of any natural remedy. I'm going to ask her to pray for Chris, and I'm going to ask her if she knows of anything I can do about this."

I went to Jennifer one night after services and said, "His cortisol levels are low and we have to go back…"

And Jennifer just got this twinkle in her eye like she was listening to the Holy Spirit and not really what I was saying. She said, "I'm going to give you the number of a man who I think can help you. He was instrumental in my own healing. You call him." (You'll read about Jennifer's personal healing story in your Healing Codes Manual.)

'I got his phone number. I called him the very next day, and it was Dr. Alex Loyd. That very day, he emailed me The Healing Codes manual.

I went over it that day. It sounded great to me, because when you are desperate, you will try anything.

We had tried natural remedies on Christopher. We had done amino acids, vitamins, supplements, herbals. you name it, we had tried it.

But he was still throwing up and the doctors were at a loss. So I read through The Healing Codes that night. The very next morning I started it on Christopher, and I started doing it on myself because I wanted to make sure I was good to do it on Chris.

'We had immediate results. Immediate results. From the very first time I did it on Christopher, he got up from our little session just happy, happier than I'd seen him in a long time."

"He was laughing, he was playing, he seemed to have a lot of energy that he hadn't had the past few months. He'd been very lethargic and very tired all of the time."

'We had exactly twelve days from the time we started The Healing Codes to the time we had to be in Memphis where they were going to do a whole battery of tests on him to find out why he was throwing up."

"Well, twelve days is the initial protocol for The Healing Codes."

We did the twelve days, and we went back to St. Jude's. They did CT scans, MRI's, upper GI's, blood work. you name it, they did it. And the results of every single one of those tests was clear.

There was not anything, and he had stopped throwing up at this point, so I was convinced.

'The other thing that happened with The Healing Codes during those twelve days was that Christopher grew a centimeter.

Christopher has to take growth hormone shots every single night - he has since he was six years old. He grew a centimeter. Normal growth for him is 2-3 centimeters in one year.

We've continued to do The Healing Codes, and in the past month, he has grown three shoe sizes. Your foot is the first part of your body to grow, so you know when your foot grows, you're getting ready to shoot up. Well, Christopher is getting ready to shoot up three shoe sizes worth in one month... '

'He is living and he's going to live. I have medical bills here totaling over a million dollars. What a million dollars in medical care could not do for Christopher, The Healing Codes has done for him.'

-Melissa Ryan

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Getting Started With Breast Feeding

When you hold your baby for the first time in the delivery room, you should put his lips to your breast. Although your mature milk hasn't developed yet, your breasts are still producing a substance known as colostrum that helps to protect your baby from infections.

If your baby has trouble finding or staying on your nipple, you shouldn't panic. Breast feeding is an art that will require a lot of patience and a lot of practice. No one expects you to be an expert when you first start, so you shouldn't hesitate to ask for advice or have a nurse show you what you need to do.

Once you start, keep in mind that nursing shouldn't be painful. When your baby latches on, pay attention to how your breasts feel. If the latching on hurts, break the suction then try again.

You should nurse quite frequently, as the more you nurse the more quickly your mature milk will come in and the more milk you'll produce. Breast feeding for 10 - 15 minutes per breast 8 - 10 times every 24 hours is an ideal target. Crying is a sign of hunger, which means you should actually feed your baby before he starts crying.

During the first few days, you may have to wake your baby to begin breast feeding, and he may end up falling asleep during feeding. To ensure that your baby is eating often enough, you should wake him up if it has been four hours since the last time he has been fed.

Getting Comfortable

Feedings can take 40 minutes or longer, therefore you'll want a cozy spot. You don't want to be sitting somewhere where you will be bothered, as it can make the process very hard.

Celebrate Your Child's Uniqueness

Just like a snowflake or a fingerprint, every child is unique in their own special way. Every child has a unique way of feeling, thinking, and interacting with others. Some children are shy, while others are outgoing; some are active, while others are calm; some are fretful, while others are easy-going. As a loving and nurturing parent, it's your job to encourage them to embrace their uniqueness and celebrate their individual qualities.

Allow your child to express themselves through their interests. They may find a creative outlet in theatre, dancing or art, or they may be exceptionally talented in the sciences. Encourage them to embrace what they like to do, what interests them, and what makes them happy. Help them realize that they don't need to worry about being 'like everyone else.

Teach your child to make positive choices, and praise them for good deeds, behaviors and positive traits they possess. Encourage them to become actively involved in their community, and introduce them to activities that promote a sense of cooperation and accomplishment. Be firm yet fair when handing down discipline for misdeeds or misbehaviors, and make certain the rules and consequences for breaking the rules are clearly defined. Show a cooperative, loving and united front with your spouse when it comes to discipline.

Accept and celebrate your child's uniqueness. Remember that your child is an individual. Allow your child to have his or her own personal preferences and feelings, which may be different from your own.

And finally, encourage your child to be true to themselves by doing the same. Show your child how to make positive choices with the choices you make, and that nobody is perfect and you too make mistakes. Show your child that mistakes can be a great learning experience, and that they should not be ashamed or embarrassed about making them.

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Successful Two-Way Communications with your Child

One of the most frustrating challenges we face as parents is communicating effectively with our child. Though we strive to open an honest two-way line of communication with our child, we become frustrated when it appears their attention isn't solely on us or the conversation at hand. Yet we seem to find it's perfectly acceptable to discuss things with them while reading the paper, folding clothes, or working on the computer and then are often left wondering when the lines of communication broke.

Children are by nature easily distracted and not always responsive to their environment. It is the responsibility of the parent to emphasize positive patterns of communication and ensure the child learns that ignoring communication is not acceptable. Early prevention, in the form of educating your child about the proper forms of communication, is the key to ensuring that the non-verbal agreement does not take hold. Teach your child by example. Remain completely and totally focused on them and the conversation at hand. Turn off the television; allow calls to go to the voicemail, or go in a room where there are no distractions.

Talk to your child, and explain to them in age-appropriate terms how they are communicating and why their method doesn't work. Show your child how to communicate effectively, even when the questions are hard.

Make yourself an active listener. Let them voice their opinion or side of the story and ask questions to ensure you understand their viewpoint.

Be constant in the manner in which you communicate with you child. Send the same message with each and every interaction. Allow your child to see that you will call their attention to those times that the unwanted behavior rears its ugly head.
Kids will be kids and they will sometimes be distractive and non-communicative. You are the expert in knowing your child's behavior and can best judge the improvement in their communications. The best way to ensure healthy communication patterns is to model positive communication skills.

Help Your Child Kick The Thumb Sucking Habit

Thumb sucking is a concern many parents have. Toddlers suck their thumbs because it's comforting and calming. It's probably something they did before they were born and revert back to it when they are nervous, agitated, scared or ill. They may also use it to lull themselves back to sleep in the middle of the night.

Parents shouldn't concern themselves unless it continues after the age their permanent teeth begin to appear, around six years old. Experts say that it's the intensity of the thumb sucking and the tongue's thrust that deforms teeth and makes braces necessary later. Children who rest their thumb passively in their mouth are less likely to have difficulty than children who suck aggressively. If you're concerned, closely monitor your child and analyze his technique. If they appears to be sucking vigorously, you may want to begin curbing their habit earlier.

Punishing or nagging your child to stop won't help because it's usually an automatic response. Attempting to curb it by putting an elastic bandage on his thumb or another method will seem like unjust punishment, especially since they indulge in the habit for comfort and security.

Try to wait it out. Children usually give up thumb-sucking when they've found other ways to calm and comfort themselves. Consider offering them other alternatives to comfort themselves such as a soft blanket or lullaby toy

The key is to notice when and where they are likely to suck their thumbs and offer an alternative. If it happens while they are tired, try giving more naps. If they suck their thumb frequently while watching television, try to distract them with a toy that will keep their hands occupied.

Older children may need gentle reminders to curtail thumb sucking while in public, and praise should be given freely when the child finds and uses an acceptable alternative. Your child's pediatric dentist can offer other suggestions for helping your child kick the thumb sucking habit.

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