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Merry K.Patient Expert

Wilkesboro, North Carolina
I am a 39 year old wife and mother of 5 children. My husband is my best friend and the joy of my life. I have had a passion for health and nutrition for 13 years. I love to research foods, herbs, a... Full Bio
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Eating Healthy Nutritious Food But Lacking Energy by Merry K. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Have you ever said, "I wonder why I'm SO tired?". There are so many factors to getting and staying healthy! And whileeating healthy nutritious foodis FOUNDATIONAL, you may find that it simply does NOT cure EVERYTHING that ails you. If we lived 200 years ago, we might be able to safely assume that our food intake and good honest work ... Read on »
Eating Healthy Nutritious Food Introduces You to YERBA MATE by Merry K. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating A couple of months ago I reported here on eating healthy nutritious food that I was breaking the caffeine habit and published an article for my readers with tips on how to quit the vicious cycle of caffeine use that only results in more tiredness and stress on blood sugar levels. Since then, I have discovered NATIVA YERB MATE. This is a Brazili... Read on »
Eating Healthy Nutritious Food and the Benefits of Drinking Red Wine by Merry K. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating If you are in pursuit ofeating healthy nutritious foodyou may be delighted to know that drinking moderate amounts of red wine on a daily basis is extremely beneficial to your health. In the book "What Would Jesus Eat" by Don Colbert, MD he states that no other food or beverage decreases the overall mortality or the incidence ofheart a... Read on »
Pointing The Kids Towards Eating Healthy Nutritious Food by Merry K. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating As a mother of 5, I've always wanted my children to beeating healthy nutritious foodbut with the mass marketing of junk food directed at children...I always felt like I was making a steep, uphill climb to get there. Plus, I nor my husband consistently madenutritious food choicesall of the time either. Our children are ages 13,11,9,7 and 5 years... Read on »
Eating Healthy Nutritious Food Offers Thoughts About SALT by Merry K. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Have you been advised by your healthy practitioner to CUT SALT from your diet?? Well, take heart - I want to let you know that SALT is a necessary part ofeating healthy nutritious food. Since the beginning of recorded history, salt was exalted and synonymous with virtue. Salt was so precious and valuable that people actually got paid wages in S... Read on »
Making Eating Healthy Nutritious Food A Priority by Merry K. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating This photo so reminds me of myself ...I am remembering those first few weeks and months that I began to makeeating healthy nutritious fooda priority. It was a matter of re-training my mind. Each day, I had to be keenly conscious of what I would eat. I worked as a secretary and would take my food with me, as opposed to eating out. This way, I kn... Read on »
Tell-Tale School Experiment Offers Support for Eating Healthy Nutritious Food by Merry K. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Oh Boy! Was I ever happy to read about the following elementary school experiment that loudly demonstrates the truth about junk food.If you are a believer ineating healthy nutritious food, you're going to LOVE reading this one. Courtesy ofhttp://www.organicconsumers.org/: Schools in Wisconsin are showing kids thedangers of genetically engineere... Read on »
Do I ALWAYS Have To Choose Organic When Eating Healthy Nutritious Food? by Merry K. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Buying organic isn't just a fad for the few anymore. And thankfully,eating healthy nutritious foodis much more of a focus now than even 10-15 years ago. Awareness fororganic growing and buyingis continually building. Slowly, many Americans are waking up to the truth that ourconventionally grown produceand meats are not providing us optimal nutr... Read on »
Eating Healthy Nutritious Food wonders...How Does Caffeine Affect Blood Sugar? by Merry K. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Well, it's been an exciting and challenging few days for me. Earlier this week I decided to take myself off ofcaffeine...once more. I say "once more" because I've been down this road MANY times before. This is the way the cycle usually works for me: It all begins with an occasional cup of tea or coffee to "get me thru" when I am exceedingly ti... Read on »
The Dark Plague Against Eating Healthy Nutritious Food (Part 3) by Merry K. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating In Tony Isaac's article entitled "The Four Horsemen of the Health Apocalypse", he reveals the hidden dangers that are compromising our health in this nation...indeed in the world. This is especially true in nations that have been "westernized" and infected by an attitude of greed and gain. Part 3 of my coverage of this article (found on htt... Read on »
Eating Healthy Nutritious Food for Children and Teens by Merry K. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating THE FOLLOWING IS AN OUTSTANDING SERVICE BROUGHT TO YOU BY... THE WHOLE FOOD FARMACY http://www.wholefoodfarmacy.com/ . If you are a parent, or even an aunt, uncle, god-parent, grand-parent, or friend to a child or teenager you know how very difficult it can be to gain inroads to get them eating healthy nutritious food . I believe t... Read on »
Dried Plums (formerly known as prunes) - Perfect for Eating Healthy Nutritious Food by Merry K. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Eating healthy nutritious food doesn't have to be inconvenient. Nature has made "fast food" easy for us all. Here's one option: (** nutritional info and write-up on the prune offered by http://www.whfoods.org/ **) PRUNES Sweet with a deep taste and a sticky chewy texture, prunes are not only fun to eat but they are also highly n... Read on »
A Break-feast for Breakfast - Eating Healthy Nutritious Food by Merry K. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating For some reason, I've always thought it is so cool how when you actually break down a compound word, it gives you an idea of what the word really means... Like the word breakfast . It's a compound word made up of 2 words - Break and Fast. When we eat in the morning, we are "breaking a fast". We've been sleeping, letting our bodies rejuvenat... Read on »
Eating Healthy Nutritious Food Informs You of The Dangers of Soy Products by Merry K. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating THE GREEN SMOOTHIE GIRL (you'll find her link over in the left column) is a woman who knows her nutritional information . I'm never disappointed when I read her emails and I always benefit from her encouraging advice. Below, you will be stretched to think outside of your "health food box". What she writes can be backed a million times over ... Read on »
ALL JACKED UP... about Eating Healthy Nutritious Food by Merry K. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Many of you may remember SUPER SIZE ME ...the award-winning documentary film that stunned us all with the real truth about the fast food industry . The impression made by that film was indellible! Well, get ready to be motivated to stick with eating healthy nutritious food ! This BRAND NEW documentary film is going to make it's... Read on »
Eating Healthy Nutritious Food and Dental Health by Merry K. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Eating healthy nutrtitious food is more than just a DIET...it's a way of life! Here's a subject that is about a real-live health concern . As you know, I have 5 children, and their dental health is of great concern to me. Though I will admit, it's hard keeping up with all that! And my 5 year old thinks he's 14 so he doesn't want me checkin... Read on »
Clean Out Your Pipes (Colon)...Then Move On To Eating Healthy Nutritious Food by Merry K. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating I can't stress enough the importance of regular colon cleansing . Just ask any man or woman over about 40 years of age who goes to a traditional physician...colonoscopies are now standard for everybody from that age onward. Colon Cancer is deadly and increasingly common. But unfortunately it's not just the colon cancer that is a concer... Read on »
Eating Healthy Nutritious Food And The Problem of Today's Biotech Culture by Merry K. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating To every reader and health-conscious individual... There is a very pressing matter on my heart right now. It's the middle of the night here on the east coast, but I am compelled beyond normal limits right now to share with you all. Eating healthy nutritious food and telling others about it is my passion. I just finished watching a Fre... Read on »
Super Juices - Part 2 -Eating Healthy Nutritious Food by Merry K. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating In part 1 of our look at "Super Juices" on the market today (last post), we featured Beyond Berries whole-food juice powder from URI International . A few more specifics about Beyond Berries are quite notable and should be mentioned here. Antioxidants are something that most Americans have at least heard of and indeed most of us a... Read on »
Fresh Salsa--Perfect for Eating Healthy Nutritious Food by Merry K. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Here's an easy recipe to give you a spark of creativity. I like simple and easy, as I find that the majority of us do also.I am more motivated towards eating healthy nutritious food when I have a new recipe sitting in front of me. I get bored easily and gleaning from others' healthy food creativity makes me keep pursuing new ways to eat naturall... Read on »