Ginger Garrett

Today on the Fish 104.7 Atlanta (the world’s greatest morning show!) the topic was dealing with insensitive comments regarding waiting for children. I was a caller and mentioned my favorite online support group, Hannah’s Prayer. Find them here:

http://www.hannah.org/

I strugggled for years with infertility which prompted me to write my first book, Moments For Couples Who Long for Children. You should be able to find it on this website for purchase–it’s not available in stores any longer.

If you want to encourage a friend who is suffering, or be encouraged yourself, buy a copy and I’ll be glad to sign it for you. When friends show their love, suffering seems miles away.

This week I’ve been on air on the Kevin & Taylor Morning show on 104.7 The Fish in Atlanta talking about the latest in holistic health & beauty from around the world. If you missed the interview or want more details, I’ve included them below. (The info on tumeric is extensive, so it has it’s very own post.  Check the recent posts section for it.)

Plus, scroll down for details on how you can win a supply of Vega Smoothie Infusion. This is a powdered greens supplement that mixes into regular fruit smoothies. It’s the product of choice for triathletes and anyone who wants to look and feel amazing–but doesn’t like the “fresh mowed grass clippings” taste of other greens powders. Trust me on this: Vega Smoothie Infusion is the best smoothie powder I’ve ever found. I know it helped speed my recovery from tendon surgery this year. And admit it: how often do you eat all your veggies? Think of this as tasty insurance.

Ready? Here we go….

The Secret That Science Can’t Quite Unlock Yet:

Diets tell us to manage our weight by controlling our choices, but science is showing us that that’s only half the equation. Science has begun to show that how we eat is just as important—if not more important—than what foods we actually choose.

Two studies confirm that eating too fast and not paying attention to hunger signals can triple your chances of being obese.

Plus, the fascinating news is that when we pause to really enjoy our food, there is a chemical signal that happens inside our mind and bodies. This signal:

• helps us eat less

• enjoy it more, and

• delays getting hungry again

A University of

Rhode Island study showed that women who ate fast not only ate more calories, but compared to slow eaters, the speed eaters:

• got hungrier again faster, and

• had a sense of not being satisfied afterward

So let’s review: eat slow, enjoy your meal and you’ll eat less, feel more full and avoid a nagging sense of not being satisfied. Eating less also translates into weight loss for many of us…

The Beauty Secret You Must *Think*

I’ve been spending a lot of time hanging out with other women this summer, chatting them up at the pool, at parties, at the beach…and every woman is saying the same thing: summertime is prime season for body blues.

Perfect bodies are everywhere and you can get an eyeful just going to the grocery store. (I come from

Texas, where we have a saying: If it’s not for sale, don’t advertise it.)

How can we get through summer without our body image getting burned?

There are a few thoughts you need to practice believing this summer:

• One, the Bible promuses us that everything about our appearance has been carefully designed in love
• We were each made for such a time as this
• Beauty is not about ourselves and what we need, but about God’s purpose in our lives

Worldly beauty about achieving perfection so we can earn love and acceptance. It’s about getting.

Godly beauty is acknowledging the truth that we are already loved and accepted. We’re here to serve others, to give to them instead of get from them.

We know we’re loved and accepted, but other women don’t. Our role as godly, beautiful women is to use every opportunity, whether it’s through our appearance, our speech, or our behavior to communicate love and acceptance to other women.

Remember the words of King Solomon, from Proverbs 14:1:
The wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down.

And now for the Vega: Sign up for my monthly newsletter (which I admit, I frequently miss sending out!) and I’ll draw two names this week out of the new registrants. Each will win a supply of Vega.

      An ancient beauty remedy from the Far East is making big news this month in a new study published in Phytomedicine magazine, as conducted by the Department of Functional Biomedicine at Ehime University in Japan. 

      Related to ginger, turmeric is what gives mustard its golden color and makes curries so tangy-tart. But turmeric is really an ancient beauty secret from the

Far East that dates back 4,000 years.

      Turmeric has tradionally been used as a skin treatment and for digestive ailments. Now, turmeric is being studied with greater urgency as science has continually found that turmeric is a powerful and promising herb. Studies are focusing on turmeric’s ability to reduce inflammation (a key factor in many disease processes) as well as its seeming ability to selectively kill cancer cells and even prevent skin wrinkles from forming.

      Turmeric caught my eye this month when a new study broke showing turmeric prevented wrinkles in a study, and reduced skin damage from UVB rays. With the economy in the toilet, women aren’t spending as much on expensive wrinkle creams, and turmeric may give us another reason not to. The cheapest way to get rid of a wrinkle is to prevent one. Plus, turmeric may offer other incredible benefits to our health. It’s inexpensive, regarded as safe when taken in moderation, and easy to find.

Today most often it is sold as a supplement—it’s just the spice put inside little gelatin capsules. I buy mine at Wal-Mart.

 
Turmeric highlights:

• Some people with eczema recommend breaking open the capsules, emptying the powder and mixing it with a little something like olive oil to create a paste, then rubbing it on over the affected areas

• Studies also show it can lower inflammation, which for some people means may bring relief from pain of arthritis

• Turmeric  may help prevent wrinkles from forming and protect skin from UVB rays

• Powerful anti-inflammatory; a true ancient beauty secret

• Turmeric may help lower blood sugar—so if you have diabetes and are on medication, check with your doctor before using it. It might prove to be a great asset but you don’t want to interfere with other treatments and meds.

      Remember: More studies are needed to determine why it works, how it works, and how much is safe. If you’re interested in adding turmeric to your beauty & health regimen, check with your doctor and be sure to let your pharmacist know you’re taking it before getting any prescriptions filled. The more information your health professionals have about your lifestyle, the better they can care for you.

 

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Find out more here:

General overview:

http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/turmeric-000277.htm

 

New cancer study on turmeric:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19590964?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum

 

Turmeric and skin health:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19577913?ordinalpos=4&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum

 

 

 If you’re local to Atlanta, be sure to listen to Kevin & Taylor in the mornings on 104.7 The Fish. I’ll be a guest sometime this week and may start popping up more often, bringing you the secrets to real beauty and lasting health.