Toxic Cookware - Is It Killing You and Your Family? Here's a Healthy Option!

There's Such a Thing as “Toxic-Free” Cookware? Absolutely!!

So, for the past 40 plus years I have been engaged in finding the best way to feed my family, which included four children who are all now grown and doing well on their own, thank goodness. In the process of growing up, they each, in their own way, thought I was a bit “touched in the head,” so to speak. Why?

Because, beginning way back in the 1970's (and going forward!), I made my own yogurt (with organic milk, yet—not so easy to find, back then!); only bought whole grain, organic flours which I kept in the freezer to keep them fresh; purchased peanut butter made with salt and nothing else—the kind that requires stirring in the oil at the top when first opened; and kept my cold-pressed olive, safflower, and canola oils in the fridge to make sure that they wouldn't become rancid and destroy all the fat-soluble vitamins in our bodies. (Note: Open a fresh bottle of olive oil, for example—it should smell a bit like olives! Now open a bottle that has spent months and months in a hot cabinet and take a whiff—that smell is awful because it is spoiled—rancid--and it is awful for your body, too!)

When it came to cookware, I was equally careful. Or so I thought. A wedding gift of aluminum cookware was the hot, new thing and my parents were so excited to make sure that I had a full set! That all seemed like a really good idea, until I realized that aluminum is a heavy metal that leaches into the food in which it is cooked and is very toxic to human-beings. I ditched the set; I mean I threw it in the garbage; I wouldn't give it to somebody else to make them sick, would I? Later on, when my Mom had a pre-cancerous lesion removed, I did some research and found that the ubiquitous ingredient of aluminum in deodorants was carcinogenic and I started using and recommending aluminum-free deodorant to friends, family, and acquaintances! And finally, there's “tin foil,” which is really aluminum foil. Use it in contact with your food, and it leaches aluminum into that food; so now when I heat or store food, I use a sheet of parchment paper over the food, and then the aluminum foil over the parchment, so aluminum never touches the food...

Moving on in the cookware journey, I turned to stainless steel. Little did I know that, even though it is a much better alternative to aluminum, it is still toxic. Stainless steel cookware is made from a metal alloy consisting of mostly ferric iron (which is not the ferrous kind our

bodies need to make our blood red and which comes from food), and chromium along with differing percentages of molybdenum, nickel, titanium, copper and vanadium—not exactly a combination offering healthful elements for human beings. The leaching elements of heavy metal ferric iron, chromium, and nickel all can have negative health effects on our bodies due to their toxicity.

So what to do? Look to pots that are as new as tomorrow and as old as time itself: Clay Cookware which is made in Massachusetts from 100% pure and natural clay, harvested from non-industrialized and secluded places in the United States and tested in an independent state laboratory to ensure purity. In fact, this clay is edible! And each pot is artistically made by a professional potter, while giving you the safest, purest way to cook...

And where can you get such products? From Miriam's Earthen Cookware! The clay contains important nutrients: phosphorous, potassium, calcium, and magnesium. It also contains micro-nutrients: boron, manganese, zinc, copper, and iron. And these elements of nature are bound together into a stone-like entity and are non-reactive and inert! They do not leach into your food; instead this cookware evenly distributes heat, locks-in steam, and prevents food nutrients from leaching out! There is nothing toxic added and they’re not glazed. They’re Guaranteed to be 100% FREE of Lead, Chemicals, Enamel (paint) and Cadmium. They have NO Heavy Metals, Glaze or Toxins.

Here's what else you should know about Miriam's pots: 1. Steam-Locking Lids Create Energy Savings: Your pot lids are double-locked to retain steam from your food so you won't lose water-soluble nutrients, you don't need extra oils, fat, and/or cooking liquids, and you will use ½ the energy of conventional cooking by only using medium (not high) heat. 
2. Cooking Occurs via Superior Far-Infrared Heat Cooking: Your food cooks slowly, evenly and penetrates your food thoroughly without damaging nutritional cells—that means that you and your family are maximizing the nutrition in all the foods you cook in a Miriam's pot. 3. Pots Can Be Used on Both Your Stove-Top and in the Oven: You will use a heat diffuser to cook on any electric stove-top (available on the site for less than $20) and it is recommended that you use one for gas stove-tops as well. In addition, Miriam's pots can withstand oven temperatures of 450°. 4. Multi-Cooking means Multi-Heat Sources and Multi-Functional: You will also use your new Miriam's pot  on wood-fired stoves, inside slow-cookers, solar ovens and for outdoor cooking, too. And your new pot(s) function as a Dutch oven, a slow cooker, a rice pot, a pressure cooker, and even a yogurt-maker! 5. And There's More! Easy to Clean, Burn-Free Handles (!), and Exceptional Customer Care: There are so many benefits to Miriam's Earthenware Cookware!

The best part is that the Company is offering a 25% discount if you purchase a set of 2 or 3 pots from their “Alternate Line.” And should you find an American-made, unglazed pot like Miriam's Earthen Cookware selling for less, contact the Company and they will beat the price by 10%!

So, now that you know that you are probably harboring toxic-laden cookware in your kitchen cabinets that you believed would support your health and the health of your family as you prepare well-chosen, healthy dishes, just do this one thing: Click here to visit Miriam's Earthen Cookware site and shop for a way-better alternative to conventional cookware. Remember: knowledge is a very powerful thing...here's your chance to use it to make your WHOLE life, and that of your family, MUCH healthier day-by-day, now and into the future! Happy, Healthy Cooking!

Valentine's Day Is For Friends, Family & Lovers - You Can Make A Difference!!!

Valentine's Day is Almost Here!! What to Do?? What to Do??

Here it comes...the one day in the year when you can celebrate the people in your life whom you love--and not just your girlfriend/boyfriend, significant other, partner, or spouse! Really, there are probably several more really special people in your life. For a quick and easy way to reach out, link to Flora2000 and choose just the right gift for your loved ones. But I am getting ahead of myself...

The way I see it, I'd love to start with my Folks to celebrate all that they have done and sacrificed for me in my life. In my case, both my parents are on the other side and I will light 2 candles in their honor to remember them and to commemorate my love for them. If you are lucky, you can celebrate your parents and all the heart they provided you while they are still on this side! It will mean so much to them...

Then, for many of us, there are Siblings to remember. With all the challenges most of us experience in growing up in a household with a brother or a sister or more than one of each (!), we couldn't have learned how to become the people that we are without the interpersonal dynamics of spending our most formative years together. Hopefully, we continue to refine the person that we are by getting better at following the Golden Rule (which may have been a bit challenging when we were kids), but the basic stuff of ourselves was hammered out when we were young as we interacted with our brother(s) and/or our sister(s). My brother and I are really close, especially now that we are, respectively, the matriarch (I'm 2 years older) and the patriarch of our families. And even if you are not so close, when was the last time you made Valentine's Day special for any of the siblings you may have? Trust me. Reach out and forget about how good it will make your sibling feel; just be amazed at how good it will make YOU feel!

And how about the extraordinary extended Family Members and Friends in your life: the Grandparents, the Aunts and Uncles and Cousins; the Lifetime Friends, the Mentors, the people who regularly make you smile and are there for you when the going gets tough? Valentine's Day is a loving way to acknowledge those who contribute so much to the quality of our lives. Here's a question for you, “Is it too much to ask of my time and effort to reach out to these really special people and give them a really special reason to smile and be appreciated?"

Next come the stereotypical objects of our Valentine's Day Gifting, if we have been lucky enough to have found Our Special Someone: our Significant Others; Life Partners; Girlfriends or Boyfriends; Husbands or Wives, etc. It feels wonderful to celebrate the romance that started your relationship. “Romance is the glamour that turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze. Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own. If these are the sentiments you harbor within for the one who rules your heart then express your feelings in the most special way this Valentine’s Day...”

And last, but not least, if you have come to that stage in life (!), there are your Children, your Nieces and Nephews, and perhaps even your Grandchildren to celebrate. When my children were growing up, they excitedly anticipated the Valentine's Day cards and candy that always arrived from their Grandparents who lived several states away. Like other holidays, Valentine's Day offers each of us an opportunity to create traditions that are lovingly anticipated from year-to-year: baking heart cookies or cakes; hiding surprise heart candy in lunch boxes and/or under dinner plates; a backwards dinner where the Valentine's treats are the first course with the Valentine's Day dinner to follow; wearing an article of clothing that is red on February 14^th, etc. No doubt you have some stellar traditions and/or ideas of your own that you could share! If you don't, consider making this Valentine's the one where you start your very own special tradition.  :-)

One of the most traditional ways to reach out to those we love is to arrange a special

delivery of flowers, fruit baskets, cakes, stuffed animals, fragrances, chocolates/candies, and/or cookies. Fortunately, this is the easy part of reaching out! Take a look at Flora2000 as a wonderful way to celebrate the people on your Valentine's Day List.

Here's what you should know about Flora2000:                   

1. You can schedule a delivery to one of 190 countries; Flora2000 has served a worldwide market for 15 years with a 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed—No quibbles—either a Refund or Replacement.
2. You can search the site for a particular type of gift combination—try “teddy bears” and 3 different, beautiful floral arrangements pop up, each with a teddy bear; one arrangement even has a small box of chocolates to go with it!
3. You can get feedback/testimonials from reviewers on most all of the items offered before you decide on the perfect gift you want to send.
4. Many items you choose can be delivered the same day; most on the next day. The delivery price (mostly $14.99) and total cost is clearly available on the description of each gift offered. And transactions are secure.
5. Flora 2000 also offers its customers a 3-Tiered Loyalty Program (Silver, Gold, and Platinum) which extends unique and exciting benefits and exclusive privileges.

NOTE -- To see your choices of gifts - including 50% off Valentine's Day Specials - CLICK HERE and then go to"SHOP NOW"! (Check-out the "Love Medley" that includes Rufescent the Bear, Flowers, and a Box of Chocolate!) 

                                                                                                 

And here's the best part! Flora2000 offers you a whole section of Super Saver Offers, a Toll-Free number, and a Chat capacity available 24/7 for live support so you can get the help you need at any time of the day or night! So whether you reach out to the people you love on Birthdays, Weddings, Anniversaries, Births, other Momentous Occasions, Life Cycle Events or on Valentine's Day, I have a request: Link to the Flora2000 site and choose just the right gift...

Then, just revel in how great you feel to be making someone you love take a deep breath of surprise and then smile with delight all the day through because they received your amazing gift delivery!  

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Healthy and Fit in 30 Minutes—3 Times a Week? Really??

Okay. New Resolution—2015: a New Year, a Healthier, More Fit You. Really.

But wait. Haven't you been here before? I have.

Those early morning- or after-work trips to the gym that eat up a couple of hours each time, what with the gym-bag packing, the travel, the clothes-changing, and the actual exercise routines. Then the shower, the clothes- changing and the travel again. Somehow, at the end of it all, I don't feel energized, I feel exhausted...And when it's time to repeat the process the following day to get the lean, healthy body I'm striving for, my motivation just seems to evaporate. Too much time, too much non-exercise-related effort, too interruptive to my day, and too costly.

What I really need is a way to get the best calorie-burning, toning results at home, to eliminate the wasted time of going to a gym, to enjoy the experience my way, and boost my confidence and energy. And get all that by working out for 30 Minutes—3 Times a Week, in my comfortable space, watching/listening to whatever media experience floats my boat at any given time, wearing what I want without embarrassment. Is such a thing possible? You better betcha!

Believe it or not, there is one piece of equipment that offers all those advantages and more. You use it in your home and you burn over 600 calories in 30 Minutes just by WALKING! It's called the BowFlexTreadclimber!

Imagine a piece of equipment that uses the best combined technology of a treadmill, stairclimber, and elliptical machine—ALL IN ONE—with non of the joint stress of running! The results? 30 Minutes of WALKING on the BowFlexTreadclimber burns almost 4 times as many calories as using a treadmill (165 calories for 30 minutes) and more that 3 times as many calories as on a stairclimber (191 calories for 30 minutes)...

And what are 8 other benefits to you besides burning off all those calories?

1. You lose weight. 2. You look better. 3. You increase your energy. 4. You increase your bone density and strength so you are at less risk of a bone fracture. 5. You increase your good cholesterol—HDL's. 6. You decrease your risk of a heart attack. 7. You decrease any back pains. 8. You increase your metabolism which decreases body fat and your body becomes leaner.

Who's going to argue with those results???

So what's the catch? The Cost. Because you're worth it, you need to make a financial commitment to obtain this important piece of equipment that will make you a happier, healthier you. A you who makes you smile when you look in the mirror; a you who actually enjoys shopping for smart clothes that you have only loved on other people, a you whose doctor congratulates you on your new-found health and energy!

Fortunately, you can save anywhere from $200 to $700 with the special offers available. And, if approved, you can obtain free financing for 18 months! And besides the equipment choice of 3 models of the BowFlexTreadclimber, you will receive access to the BowFlex Community, Training Tips, and Diet Advice, too!

What are you waiting for? You want a healthy and fit you ASAP...So, you need to take the first step: Check out the 3 BowFlex Treadmill choices, choose the model which most appeals to you and your pocketbook, and start WALKING to become a healthier, fit, and happier you! Enjoy the journey—the payoff is AMAZING!!

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