Herbs that stop the flow of breast milk

Swollen breasts full of milk are very painful. All you want is relief. Hearing a baby cry on the television can make your milk drop. Seeing a baby commercial can make it drop. Shoot thinking about it can make it drop. There is some relief though that you can get from herbs to help stop the flow of breast milk.

One popular herb for helping your breast milk stop is jasmine. You can burn jasmine incense sticks and candles. You can apply wet jasmine leaves to your breasts. You can even drink some jasmine tea several times a day.

Another popular herb for helping your breast milk stop is sage. Just as with jasmine you can burn sage incense sticks and candles. You can apply wet sage leaves to the breasts. You can also use sage in food and in teas.

The third one that I recommend is peppermint. You want to breathe peppermint incense stick smoke. Also, you can take peppermint oil and add it to warm bath water or make warm water compresses with it. If you rub peppermint oil in the breast nipples it will help them with tenderness and help to stop the flow of breast milk.

Some popular herbs to use to stop breast milk flow are jasmine, sage and peppermint. Remember that everything should be done in moderation.

Rotini Salad with Vegetables.

I love this easy salad. It is quick to make and the flavors come together to make for an awesome salad.
You will need the following:
6 ounces or rotini noodles that have been cooked, 1 cup broccoli, 2 cups cauliflower, 4 ounce can water chestnuts, sliced, 1/4 cup onion, 1/4 cup black olives, 1/4 cup green pepper, and 1/2 cup grated carrots. Combine all of these ingredients together, and then mix with the dressing recipe that is provided below.
1 cup Italian Dressing, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/4 cup sugar, and 2 teaspoon dillweed.
This salad is best served chilled. It will go fast at any get together and is very colorful. YOu can omit any of the veggies above and add your own combinations or double one of the ingredients, such as using 2 times the green peppers, and then omitting the onion. I personally like to leave the recipe how it is.

Orange Salad

Here is a great salad that is perfect to take to any get together. It is very healthy for you.
You will need the following: a three ounce package of orange jello, a three ounce package of vanilla pudding, 2 cups of hot water, 8 ounces of Cool Whip, 1 can of crushed pineapple, and 1 large can of mandarin oranges.
Bring the jello, pudding, and water to a boil and then cook for 5 minutes. Let it cool, the add drained fruit and the cool whip. Chill until ready to serve.
You can use the lowfat cool whip to save fat and calories with this recipe. You may even want to try using sugar free pudding. If you do not care of pineapple, you may opt to use two large cans of the mandarin oranges instead. Adding a 1/2 cup of nuts may also be satisfying to some people.

Healthy Walnuts Good for Healthy Eating

Walnuts are good for healthy eating. These nuts are high in antioxidants. It is important to have antioxidants in your diet because it helps to buildup your immune system. The better your immune system, the healthier your body will be over all.

You can use walnuts to help fight off colds. Why? Because of all the antioxidants that are naturally in walnuts. This is great for your body and a natural way to stay healthy and strong without having to do anything particularly special in your healthy eating habits.

You can add walnuts to a green salad to give it texture and flavor. In fact for healthy eating, you should eat walnuts on your salad instead of eating high carbohydrate croûtons. Croûtons can put a lot of weight on you.

Enjoy the rich flavor and health benefits of healthy eating by eating at least one fourth a cup of walnuts each week in your meal plan.

A healthy vegetarian lunch

I’m not a vegetarian but I enjoy a variety of foods, including proteins that aren’t meat. Lately I’ve been craving fried tofu so I bought myself a package of extra firm tofu from Trader Joe’s. I’m too scared to try anything but extra firm, it just seems too squishy for me! This is also why, when I do cook with tofu, I cut very thin slices.

So, I started off with a non-stick skillet, where I added about a tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil (also from Trader Joe’s). I cut some very thin slices of tofu and fried it up in the pan until nice and crispy. The olive oil gives it the perfect base to sprinkle on sea salt and pepper so that it will stick.

In the meantime, I had sweet potato fries baking in the toaster oven, on top of sprayed olive oil and sprinkled with salt and pepper. The fries were also from Trader Joe’s. When those were done, I paired it with reduced-sugar ketchup.

I toppoed off the meal with a nice salad and yummy italian dressing.

Stir fry

I love stir fry. Here is a simple recipe for making your own.
1 pound stew meat
2 tablespoons oil
1 tablespoon ginger
5 cups sliced veggies of your choice
1 can beef broth
2-3 tablespoons soy sauce
1/4 cup flour

Coat meat with flour and cook in hot oil until brown, adding the ginger. When meat is browned, add your veggies. Combine the broth, soy sauce and flour. Add to meat and cook until veggies are tender. Recipe can be done in less than 25 minutes.
Vegetables that you may want to try are carrots, celery, fresh mushrooms, broccoli, water chestnuts, baby corn, onion, green or red peppers. You could also use chicken in place of the stew meat and replace the beef broth with chicken broth.
I like serving this with rice. I also tend to double the batch so I can have lots of leftovers to munch on for the week. Reheating this stir fry is very good.
The recipe is healthy and all the veggies combine to make a mouth watering taste.

Applesauce cookies

Here is a wonderful recipe for diabetics. You will need the following: 1 2/3 cup flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon cloves, 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1/2 cup margarine, 1 egg, 2 tablespoons liquid artificial sweetner, 1 cup applesauce unsweetened, 1 cup oatmeal and 1/3 cup raisins.
Mix the flour, salt, nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon, and soda together. In a separate bowl, mix the margarine, egg and sweetener until fluffy. Add the flour and applesauce mixture, then fold in raisins then the oatmeal. Drop by tablespoons onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for about 16 minutes, or until golden brown.
You can feel free to omit the raisins if you like. You could even add some nuts to the mixture to give it a different spin. These cookies are a hit with everyone. A plate does not last a very long time.

Healthy Buffalo Chicken Salad

Eating healthy can still be delicious–just check out this spicy recipe that uses skinless chicken breasts!

You will need:

2 boneless and skinless chicken breasts
4 tsp. cayenne pepper hot sauce
2 tsp. olive oil
6 cups chopped romaine lettuce
4 stalks celery, sliced
2 tbsp. crumbled blue cheese

To Prepare:
Cut chicken breast into 1/2 -inch strips. Mix hot sauce and oil in a small bowl. coat chicken with mixture, place on baking sheet and broil for about two minutes each side, or until chicken is cooked through.
Place the veggies in a bowls, and put the warm chicken on top. Use a low calorie dressing of your choice (light blue -cheese dressing tastes great on this!), and sprinkle on some of the crumbled blue cheese on each salad.

February is American Heart Month

Heart disease is a leading cause of death among women. February is American Heart Month, and The American Heart Association’s has some recent guidelines, which now focus on reducing a woman’s lifetime risk of heart disease.
These guidelines include:

Exercise for at least 30 minutes a day. If you are trying or need to lose weight, increase that time to 60-90 minutes.

Watch your weight and control your blood pressure. Regular exercise, drinking less alcohol, watching the sodium in your diet, and eating more fruits and veggies will help you achieve better weight and keep the blood pressure under control.

Increase your Omega -3 fatty acids in your diet. Salmon, albacore tuna, mackerel, sardines, herring, and lake trout provide excellent sources of these healthy fats. Women with known heart disease may also wish to take omega-3 supplements.

Quit Smoking.

Lower your daily intake of saturated fat. You should try to keep the saturfated fats in your daily diet to 7% of your total daily calories.
To figure out the percentage of fat calories, 1) multiply the grams of saturated fat by 9 to get total calories from fat; 2) divide total calories from fat by the total calories in the serving; and 3) multiply total calories by 100 to get the percentage.

Men Need More Fruit and Vegetables Than Women

We all know fruits and veggies are essential for our health but did you know that men are actually advised to have more servings each day than women? While 7 servings of fruit and vegetables are recommended for women, nine servings daily is recommended for men.
The reasoning behind the increased servings for men is that more men are overweight than are women . About two thirds of men are considered to be obese or overweight. Also, more men die from certain diseases than do women. Diseases such as Cardiovascular disease, Lung cancer, and Colorectal cancer generally have a higher rate of death in men than in women.
The vitamins, minerals, fiber and disease-fighting phytochemicals in many fruits and veggies help reduce the risk of many cancers, heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes.
Need a goal for the New Year? There is probably not a much better one than improving your health, and for men and women, increasing your servings of fruits and vegetables is an excellent way to start!

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