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    Did you know that Tea is the second most consumed beverage in the world after water? What mental images come to your mind when you think of tea?  I envision beautifully dressed Victorian ladies in a luxurious tearoom casually sharing the latest fashion news.  In movies, you may have seen a geisha serving guests sitting cross legged on plump pillows inside a modest Chinese home. Then there is the image in history books of pounds of tea being thrown off British sailing ships during the American Revolution. Here are some fun facts about Tea:      Scholars believe that tea originated in southwest China during the Shang dynasty as a medicinal drink.    It became widely popular during the Tang dynasty, when it was produced as tea bricks and often used as currency. That made it a target for pirates; t he most famous of which was Black Bart, who is said to have preferred Tea to Rum .      Drinking tea became popular in B...

  How to naturally remove Acid and create an Alkaline Environment in the body:   The key is to eat a whole food plant-based diet, not a processed vegan version. Many processed foods can be vegan, but won’t support your health as well as eating simple whole foods and using them to create tasty meals.    Giving your body whole food sources of nutrients - like calcium, fiber, B vitamins, magnesium, protein, Vitamin D, essential fatty acids, and potassium - will keep your cells functioning exactly as they were designed.    Our cells recognize whole foods as sources of energy. Man-made foods require your body to use its energy to decipher what it's supposed to do with them, use what it can, and then try to detoxify the rest. A diet heavy in animal-based and processed foods makes your body work harder internally, which makes you tired after eating that type of meal.   Here are some top recommendations of whole foods that will assist your body...

Does your Body need to be Alkaline? Recently, this was a topic of discussion during a Facebook Live I was watching.  It inspired me to do some research on this subject, which I thought I'd share with my friends:   Proponents of an alkaline diet claim that the diseases of modern civilization, including cancer and osteoporosis, result from eating a diet with too high an acid load. Acidic foods are meats, poultry, dairy, fish, eggs, grains and alcohol. If you eat too much of these foods, according to some claims, your blood and bodily fluids become more acidic too. If you consume alkaline foods, including fresh produce and nuts, your blood becomes more alkaline, which in turn, prevents major health risks — or so say the proponents of the diet.   But a steady pH level is not normal for your entire body. Your blood level hovers around 7.4, but other pH levels in your body vary greatly. The Journal of Environmental and Public Health article notes that the stom...

Regeneration or Substitution —which are you choosing? Why is that an important question? Why does it even matter? Because your choice affects your quality of life! Let’s start with an example:                Credit cards are a convenient substitute for cash, which is an advantage to 1) carrying a lot of cash around and 2) makes bookkeeping a little simpler. And 3) they can be useful in a financial crisis. But what if you have a lifestyle of never budgeting your income to pay off the credit cards?   That leads to bankruptcy.   What we think is a lifestyle of freedom can often create enslavement! What if we live a lifestyle of choosing the convenience of consuming processed ‘fast foods’ in boxes to save ourselves the time and energy it takes to cook? Or what if we choose sugary ‘fake foods’ to soothe our emotions rather than address what’s causing them? That’s when we’re choosing substitution! Choos...