I am sick with a cold, cough, and sore throat

March 5, 2008

Oh, I can’t believe it.

 Here I am, sick with a cold, cough and sore throat.  And here just a few weeks ago, I was the one sending out this wonderful natural antibiotic recipe for all my readers

http://thecravingscoach.com/blog/natural-antibiotic-foods-garlic-honey-lemons/

Well, I really need to take my own advice!  Natural remedies are the best, and prevention is even better.

The crazy thing is that I know better.  I am such a healthy eater, and health-conscious, but being on vacation in wonderful Hawaii, I just let myself eat more, and eat food that my body is not used to.

For instance, we had a huge buffet brunch almost every day – around 10:00 a.m. – and I did have the French Toast or pancake, a muffin, and lots of scrambled eggs.  Along with that I had wonderful, fresh fruit -  pineapple, papaya (my favorite fruit in the whole world), watermelon, fresh figs, and so many other wonderful, healthy foods.

What I did different (and wrong for my body) was:

1.  I usually only have ancient grains like spelt or kamut or quinoa, or sprouted grains, and I limit that to once a day – rarely do I have wheat or any modern “dead” breads/grains.   In Hawaii I was having 2 or 3 or more modern, unhealthy ”bread” and carb servings… (Wheat is very mucous-forming)

2.  I eat eggs, maybe once a week - in Hawaii I was having lots and lots of eggs every day. (Eggs are very mucous-forming)

3.  I eat cheese, maybe once a month – in Hawaii I was having spicy Jalapeno cheese from the buffet every day (Cheese is very mucous-forming)

4.  I rarely eat desserts – and when I do, they are healthy – made with stevia, maple syrup, honey, agave.  I had  desserts in Hawaii – I had “green tea ice cream” – well that may sound healthy, but it’s not!!  (and I didn’t even enjoy it!!)    I did have the most exquisite date square from one of the organic health stores on Oahu, and absolutely loved that.  Wish I had their recipe!   So, I was having sugar. (Sugar is very mucous-forming)

So – can you see how I was setting the groundwork for my body to accept a cold, cough and sore throat virus? 

When we are clean inside, these viruses do not have an environment to grow in.

I also continued to eat less healthy for a couple of days after I got back.

So now I am paying the price.

I’ll tell you what I am doing to resolve this problem in my next post!

Diana Walker, Cravings Coach

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