Energizing Foods for Health and For Good Weight

Eating raw, fresh vegetables is one of the greatest things you can do for your health, as well as for weight loss. As explained in a previous article about healthy fats, it's important to eat some healthy fats at each meal. Not only does this increase your health, and clean out bad fats in your system, fats cause a release of the hormone Leptin, which signals your body to be satiated - which is in opposition to the hormone Grehlin (I call them gremlins) which makes you feel hungry. Hunger will sabotage you on diet plans every time, as they can become extremely strong, so be sure to consume a tiny bit of healthy, liquid at room temperature fats, with every meal to stop the hunger, as well as stimulate the metabolism of fats in your cells.

Energizing Lunch Salad .. .. created by Raylene Jorgenson
1 Cup Romaine lettuce, torn into 2” pieces
1 organic Romaine tomato, sliced
1 Cup spinach leaves, torn into small pieces if leaves are large
1 ½ “ wide wedge of red cabbage, chopped
1 green onion stalk, sliced
3 small strawberries, greens removed, sliced
½ long carrot, coined
¼ organic avocado, sliced
¼ yellow bell pepper, chopped
Garnish top with a touch of alfalfa sprouts, and about 20 blades of sprouted wheat grass with kernels attached, cut up finely. Serve with 1 to 2 tablespoons of Healthy Ranch Dressing. Be sure to pray over it, physicists have measured energy (not calories) of foods, and found prayer increases energy levels. 1 serving.

Healthy Ranch Dressing .. .. created by Raylene Jorgenson
1 tsp. olive oil – extra virgin expeller pressed
¼ Cup oil “Pure Blended Oil” by Western Family, or other oil highest in monounsaturated fats, next highest in polyunsaturated fat, without any (or almost any) saturated fats and/or trans fats.
¼ C apple cider vinegar
¼ Cup water – reverse osmosis and charcoal purified
1 Cup non-fat plain yogurt (of course, sugar free)
1 T Ranch dressing mix from grocery store
1 tsp. whole ground flax seed meal
1 tsp basil leaves, crushed
1 tsp thyme, crushed
½ tsp garlic powder
1 tsp parsley flakes
1/8 tsp crushed red pepper
Pinch black pepper Mix well. Keep refrigerated.