Golden Milk & the Secret of Life’s 24-Karat Elixir

The milk we knew.

Golden Milk is not the milk we knew in our childhood. Ever since we were born, we are used to know and picture milk in our minds as that pure immaculate white drink that nourishes us. The milk we knew was the one that comes from animals like cows, yak, and goats. As part of the nutrition food group standard or the basic food group introduced in 1974 by food boards as the ideal foods that are cheap yet highly nutritious , milk has since then become a vital and important source of vitamins and nutrients our body need.   This standard was however further enhanced to open other alternatives and food substitutes that are equally cheap and highly nutritious for everyone to be healthy and well.

While many indulge in drinking a cup of tea or coffee while relaxing before they go to bed and call it a day.  And drinking milk as we’ve grown and used to when we’re still young even before we discover caffeine indulgence later on in our lives. Now that we were all grown up and adults, milk indulgence are never too late especially if the milk we will drink will not only satisfy our indulgence but more about giving us great health benefits our body needs. And the one best milk sustenance around need not necessarily come from other animals. That there is that option about natural and organic milk indulgence that simply offers goodness and wellness our body needs.   It is called Golden Milk.

  

Golden Milk?

Yes, golden milk was that best milk drink that is all natural, organic and incomparable in terms of great health benefits than any other milk drink available. Golden milk comprises most of nature’s finest bounty.

Turmeric has a golden yellow color due to its prime active component called curcumin which when mixed with coconut, soy or almond milk resembles to appear golden or gold in color and is probably the reason why it got its name.  And since turmeric belongs to the root family of rhizomes which was extracted from the ground it has also been recognized as a golden nugget due to the many health benefits it brings.

The magic mix.

To make you experience the amazing effect of this life giving elixir, below is how easy it is to prepare a single serving dose of this magical mix drink.

Ingredients:

1 teaspoon organic coconut oil

¼ teaspoon turmeric paste (Turmeric Paste is the concentrated version of the ready to mix turmeric.  Prepared by combining and cooking in a pan 1 cup of water with ½ cup of organic turmeric powder, 1 & ½ teaspoons black pepper and 5 tablespoons of virgin coconut oil. Constantly stir the mixture for about 6 to 10 minutes until the paste consistency was met.  Cool and use for your golden drink indulgence.)

1 cup almond milk

Raw and unfiltered organic honey for taste

Directions:

Combine and mix all ingredients except honey over medium heat but do not allow the mixture to boil. Allow to cool.  Add honey once cool enough to drink.

Why Golden Milk is the Body’s Health Elixir

One factor on the amazing health benefits of golden milk include therapeutic wonders from its prime ingredient turmeric, which contains active polyphenol agent that lowers blood sugar levels. It can do amazing healing wonders on lung and liver diseases, neurological diseases, metabolic diseases, autoimmune disorders, inflammatory illnesses and cardiovascular diseases.  Turmeric is also a well-known proven antioxidant with anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer inhibitors. But not only that, just imagine these other known important health benefits of turmeric as published in the Natural Product Reports of 2011:

ü  Inhibit production of healthy cholesterol in the bodt.	ü  Help in increasing the production of platelets	ü  Prevents thrombosis as well as myocardial  infraction.
ü  Prevent symptoms and occurrence of multiple sclerosis	ü  Prevent progression of Alzheimer’s disease.	ü  Prevent HIV progression.
ü  Stop the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis from advancing.	ü  Help in prevention of symptoms related with Type 2 Diabetes.	ü  Prevent tumor progression
ü  Promote digestive health.	ü  Help in protection against cataracts.	ü  Improves wound healing.
ü  Improve bile secretion function.	ü  Guard and serve to protect against liver damages.	ü  Help protect the body from pulmonary toxicity and fibrosis.

Another highly important health component of Golden Milk is the natural goodness of coconut milk. We all know that the coconut tree is one of nature’s wonder plant. The nut juice and the extracted juice from its grated meat was a high grade source of the rarely found lauric acid among plants. Lauric acid (MCFA) was converted by the body into monolaurin, a type of monoglyceride that combats those lipid-coated viruses of the HIV, herpes, influenza, measles, gram-negative organisms and protozoa. It has been reported that MCFA- rich diets can reduce more fat tissues probably due to the high fat oxidation attribute of coconut milk.

The body’s secret to wellness.

If you have grown tired drinking the traditional milk drink and find coffee, tea and other beverages lacks the healthy boost your body need,  Golden Milk is the BEST healthy drink to quench not only your thirst but most significantly may have been that long lost health elixir to combat the body’s know ailments and diseases.  Why would you need to travel a couple of blocks away just to buy a tall glass of a commercial and adulterated drink when nature’s bounty can come so simple, non-dairy yet potent medicinal drink called Golden Milk which can easily be prepared right in the comfort of your home.

Advisory & Precaution:

The author and administrator of this website does not claim turmeric as a certified medical cure for any kind of ailments or diseases. The above article was based on published research and readings from both the medical and commercial sources. For added information on the findings by medical experts, please READ THIS science based material for guide and enlightenment.    

Working 9 to 5 Can Really Be So Bad!

Workin' nine to five 

What a way to make a livin' 

Barely gettin' by 

It's all takin' and no givin' 

They just use your mind 

And they never give you credit 

It's enough to drive you 

Crazy if you let it.

There goes the lyrics of Dolly Parton's Grammy mega hit song from the  80s. Supposedly describing the sentiments of a hard working woman working round the clock earning a living. The same song has been for some time become the national anthem of office workers not only in the US but elsewhere in the world. Business industries worldwide have since then follow the office working hours from 9 in the morning  until 5 PM in the afternoon or basically the regular working hours of 7 to 8 hours each day.

But it seems Dolly has been right all along that working long hours could barely get things done, less productive and can really drive one crazy to death!

Humans are workaholic by nature.

Have you ever wondered why human civilization thrive? It is human nature to produce and do something for ourselves. We were never idle nor stop. Nothing within us are lazy. All our body parts ever since each one of us were born are moving and ticking just like time.

  

Work 'til you drop. 

Abuse was the root of all evil. Anything in excess is bad. And that include work abuse using our bodies. Doctors all along has been telling us that long working hours can basically worn out our body leading us to develop different ailments and health conditions. In a research study published last October 2015 by the medical journal Lancet conducted on 600,000 working individuals from Australia, united States and Europe reveals that people who work 55 hours or more per week have 33% greater exposure for stroke and 13% greater risk of developing coronary heart disease.

Better days.

Thirteen years ago, Toyota of Guthenburg in Sweden was already running its company based on a six-hour daily work routine and has defied the odds from other companies who has more working hours by making the company more productive and profitable. And the best part of it was that employees of the company are more professional,happy and fulfilled.Other companies in Sweden have followed what the company has done and even other nations in Europe and the Middle East were greatly considering  adopting the scheme.

Working 9 to 5  for the longest time maybe the best and peak hours where businesses appreciates productivity. But as time ages and changes, the human body depreciates and wears out making it dull and counter work productivity. Our hearts may be willing to work but not our body. Maybe its time we listen to our body and be kind to it for without it, we cannot work.  Without manpower, no business will ever thrive. And everything eventually will cease to exist.

Working 9 to 5 Can Really Be So Bad!

Workin' nine to five 

What a way to make a livin' 

Barely gettin' by 

It's all takin' and no givin' 

They just use your mind 

And they never give you credit 

It's enough to drive you 

Crazy if you let it.

There goes the lyrics of Dolly Parton's Grammy mega hit song from the  80s. Supposedly describing the sentiments of a hard working woman working round the clock earning a living. The same song has been for some time become the national anthem of office workers not only in the US but elsewhere in the world. Business industries worldwide have since then follow the office working hours from 9 in the morning  until 5 PM in the afternoon or basically the regular working hours of 7 to 8 hours each day.

But it seems Dolly has been right all along that working long hours could barely get things done, less productive and can really drive one crazy to death!

Humans are workaholic by nature.

Have you ever wondered why human civilization thrive? It is human nature to produce and do something for ourselves. We were never idle nor stop. Nothing within us are lazy. All our body parts ever since each one of us were born are moving and ticking just like time.

  

Work 'til you drop. 

Abuse was the root of all evil. Anything in excess is bad. And that include work abuse using our bodies. Doctors all along has been telling us that long working hours can basically worn out our body leading us to develop different ailments and health conditions. In a research study published last October 2015 by the medical journal Lancet conducted from 600,000 working individuals from Australia, united States and Europe reveals that people who work 55 hours or more per week have 33% greater exposure for stroke and 13% greater risk of developing coronary heart disease.

Better days.

Thirteen years ago, Toyota of Guthenburg in Sweden was already running its company based on a six-hour daily work routine and has defied the odds from other companies who has more working hours by making the company more productive and profitable. And the best part of it was that employees of the company are more professional,happy and fulfilled.Other companies in Sweden have followed what the company has done and even other nations in Europe and the Middle East were greatly considering  adopting the scheme.

Working 9 to 5  for the longest time maybe the best and peak hours where businesses appreciates productivity. But as time ages and changes, the human body depreciates and wears out making it dull and counter work productivity. Our hearts may be willing to work but not our body. Maybe its time we listen to our body and be kind to it for without it, we cannot work.  Without manpower, no business will ever thrive. And everything eventually will cease to exist.

Coping up With Preschoolers’ Challenging Behaviors

The preschool age from 3 to 5 was said to be the ideal age for children to enter school.  During this age level, children quickly learn language and start to interact and socialize. At this age level, children are just about beginning to contain some of their challenging behaviors and exhibit self-control.  This was also the point where parents along with their other caregivers must partner in addressing the children’s challenging behaviors.

What are challenging behaviors?

Challenging behaviors are said to be those culturally abnormal mannerisms with much intensity, frequency and duration.  Challenging behaviors are any of those difficult behaviors we normally experience with toddlers and children. They are most common between the age of 0 to 3 and the so-called preschool years. During this stage, children are trying to struggle in developing and learning self-control and self-regulation.

Managing Challenging Behaviors

As a parent and caregiver of children going into this difficult stage of children’s emotional maturity, you need to be equipped with the right ways on how to respond about it.  Proper limitations must be learned and adhered to in order to swing off these difficult manners.  Below are some suggestive ideas on how to manage the children’s experiences on their challenging behaviors.

Keep them occupied.  Making children engage themselves in activities or things of their interest would help keep off their difficulty and sway off from having their bad day.  Just keep in mind to only choose those activities or things that were neither too difficult nor easy so as not to repeat the child’s difficult behavior cycle all over again.

Visualize.  Children make it easier to understand if the activities involved contain appropriate visuals for them to better manage their struggles.

Get them involved.  Children loved to participate in things. They follow the lead. They will do what you teach them to do. If ever you noticed, they sometimes mimic what you are doing. Without your knowledge they sometimes learn your ways and mannerisms.

Integrate rules.  By creating simple rules appropriate to their age, they can easily catch up on how routines will be done correct and with the right values.

Give appropriate options. It is wise to introduce options to your children as a way for them to cope and as remedial measure to their challenging behavior. The options you will give must be appropriate for their age level for them to manage the struggle easier. Explaining the pros and cons and the effect of their actions will greatly help them in taking wise options making them learn to value the option they will take.

     

Let them have enough & undisturbed rest. One cause of children’s restlessness was due to the fact that they lack sleep and rest. In a study led by Dr. Jodi Mindell, a Philadelphia pediatrician published in the website of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, inadequate and poor quality sleep for children may lead to having difficulty in regulating their moods. Dr. Mindell, suggests the following pattern of restful sleep for the following age levels:

• 3 months - 1 year need about 14 - 15 hours a day.
• 1 – 3 years should sleep for 12 - 14 hours a day.
• 3 – 5 years need 11 – 12 hours of sleep a day.
• 6 – 12 years require sleep for 10 – 11 hours a day.
• 12 – 18 years should sleep between 8.5 – 9.5 hours a day.

The children’s challenging behaviors were often defense mechanisms for them to handle a situation. Teaching them how to manage and contain these difficult stages will not only make them conquer their emotional episodes but will likewise make them well and be better children. Through this practice of making them control and manage their challenging behaviors as they go through every stage in their lives lead them to handle their problems and emotions easily and be better individuals. 

Ecouture: More than Just a Fashion Statement

Ecouture:  More than Just a Fashion Statement  

Not just a fashion design.

Each moment of our lives we've been almost dependent on everything Mother Nature has been offering.  All our senses greatly depend on it throughout our lives.  What we breathe, eat and clothe ourselves all rely on the bounty of nature.  We co-exist with each other. Without nature’s bounty we will perish and even cease to exist. Thus, going back to the basic and being natural has always been the best way to live and sustain ourselves even on how we clothe our bodies.  

Over the years, fashion brands rally not only by what’s hip and trending on the haute couture. In fact, the concept of going green does not only apply in terms of health and wellness.   Even the fashion industry was now giving more sensible concern on going green and getting sustainable. Nowadays, going back to the basic using earth and environment friendly designs has become an advocacy and the core values of many fashion brands.  

Today, fashion was more than just a hype.  Fashion has become a statement of advocacy and has been a significant social lifestyle of living! It’s the very essence of what the late great Martin Luther King Jr has once said:  “We are not only what we eat, we are what we wear and we are everything we are thanks to the world’s work!”

The Dawning of awareness.

The heights of the human rights activism during the 1960s paved way to the dawning of the so-called eco fashion awareness which since then continually reshaped its path into the fashion world. Its entry into the fashion mainstream highlighted the likes of Esthetica, Bowman & Auria and other sustainable fashion brands responsible in kindling the social awareness on sustainable clothing and revolutionizing the fashion industry. The rise of Eco fashion has proved that ethics can blend along well on fashion designs and make a wearable statement.

Be one with nature.

Eco fashion  is the new green! Sustainable fashion were made with no less than all the goodness of nature. So, next time you see the word ‘made with sustainable materials’ in your  garments  do remember that they were made by people who have the passion for compassion and thoughtfulness not only to nature and environment but humanity as a whole.  You, therefore need to wear them with confidence and allow yourself to feel the bliss and loving warmth of Mother Nature hugging your body.   

Eco fashion  is the new green!

Ecouture is Mother Nature's haute couture statement!

Life is Such!

Today, I stumble upon phrases on a poem from a movie founded on love and sacrifices.  The title of the post was not its original title.  It was the phrase most often use in the movie to coin on every life challenges encountered by the main characters.  But the poem was a real passion of how love has been to many. Read through it and feel it within your hearts and spirits:

The butterfly may keep looking

Lingering amongst the flowers.

Yet months and years would just fly by

Life is a game of seconds

Love is an immortal secret.

 A moments charm is only to go to waste.

Stories about us pile up and live on.

Its easy to leave some things behind

Yet at times I’d rather have you on my mind.

And relish a loss even til the end of time!

Who can shake the world like I do?

Oh if I could find you in the next life!

Memories fly like cotton in the wind!

I’m grateful I have had you.

And all that heart wrenching sweetness.

Who is the dream of my life

The most beautiful goodbye.

In our next life we sure will love all over again.

Just let me bear all the jealousy and pain.

Even my shadow is in full bloom

And charm the world even with tears?

In our past life we vowed to meet  in this place again

Who is now preparing for me the most brilliantly painful goodbye.

Who can shake the world like I do?

Oh if I could find you in the next life!

Memories fly like cotton in the wind!

I’m grateful I have had you.

And all that heart wrenching sweetness.

Who is the dream of my life

The most beautiful goodbye.

In our next life we sure will love all over again.

SUCH IS LIFE! So be it!

'Such is life!' Most of us, just like in the movie have said the phrase when we can no longer define what circumstances we've been through.  But life goes on and we need to live it according to our destiny and fate.

Chicken in Blue Pants

My apologies to animal rights activists. No offense meant. I just wanted to share this because it made me smile today and lightens my gloomy day.  hope it did some positives on you as well. By the way, thanks  to the original uploader of the video. I owe you a smile!