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Saturday, June 21st, 2008, 7:18 pm

Last week I hit the wall.

Literally.

Well, actually, I hit the door.  In the middle of the night, I walked head on into my bathroom door and gave myself a concussion. So I’ve been trying to recuperate this week and thought I’d share the green concussion “cures” as prescribed by my doctor/husband and enhanced by me.

1. As much organic, undisturbed, natural sleep as possible. Here is where my cozy Under the Canopy organic sheets really make a difference as I camped out under my own canopy for extra hours this week. (Medical note: my mother/blog editor just reminded me of how a concussion victim isn’t supposed to be alone sleeping for the first 24 hours which is why she called me every hour on Monday from a sailboat in Florida during a storm to be sure that I could be roused to normal consciousness.)

2. Plenty of carbs! When your body is under stress, it craves carbohydrates so for once I gave in and made organic potatoes lots of ways – mashed with butter and cayenne pepper, baked with a little sour cream, little red potatoes dribbled with olive oil, quartered and baked Yukon gold potatoes with sea salt.

3. Drink Pomesmart organic pomegranate juice - 100% juice that contains calcium, potassium, iron and powerful antioxidants that can neutralize twice as many cell damaging free radicals as red wine and seven times as many as green tea. And it tastes delicious!

4. Mix 2 oz. water with two droppers of BRAIN – an herbal remedy from Dr. Richard Schulze that contains Ginkgo biloba leaf, Rosemary leaf and flowers, Kola nut and Cayenne pepper. This herbal product stimulates the brain’s blood circulation to hasten healing.

5. Now I know there is another one but I forget. I’ve been forgetting a lot lately. My phone number, the sequence to logging into my work computer, where I put my cup of Numi Green Rooibos tea, my husband’s work phone number, my Urban Organic password. The worst was when I rang for our elevator to apparently go run errands when my kind, elderly doorman reminded me that I was in my nightgown holding my purse.

So I think it’s time for another nap then more juice, more carbs and more BRAIN. There may be other, more conventional ways to treat a concussion but I’m happy knowing that this green medicine isn’t further damaging my shaken and rattled little brain. So until I’m back in the saddle it’s pass the potatoes please!

Mary Beth Gonzalez

Tags: cures, concussion, green medicine, potaotes

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Saturday, June 21st, 2008, 7:15 pm

Last week I hit the wall.

Literally.

Well, actually, I hit the door.  In the middle of the night, I walked head on into my bathroom door and gave myself a concussion. So I’ve been trying to recuperate this week and thought I’d share the green concussion “cures” as prescribed by my doctor/husband and enhanced by me.

1. As much organic, undisturbed, natural sleep as possible. Here is where my cozy Under the Canopy organic sheets really make a difference as I camped out under my own canopy for extra hours this week. (Medical note: my mother/blog editor just reminded me of how a concussion victim isn’t supposed to be alone sleeping for the first 24 hours which is why she called me every hour on Monday from a sailboat in Florida during a storm to be sure that I could be roused to normal consciousness.)

2. Plenty of carbs! When your body is under stress, it craves carbohydrates so for once I gave in and made organic potatoes lots of ways – mashed with butter and cayenne pepper, baked with a little sour cream, little red potatoes dribbled with olive oil, quartered and baked Yukon gold potatoes with sea salt.

3. Drink Pomesmart organic pomegranate juice - 100% juice that contains calcium, potassium, iron and powerful antioxidants that can neutralize twice as many cell damaging free radicals as red wine and seven times as many as green tea. And it tastes delicious!

4. Mix 2 oz. water with two droppers of BRAIN – an herbal remedy from Dr. Richard Schulze that contains Ginkgo biloba leaf, Rosemary leaf and flowers, Kola nut and Cayenne pepper. This herbal product stimulates the brain’s blood circulation to hasten healing.

5. Now I know there is another one but I forget. I’ve been forgetting a lot lately. My phone number, the sequence to logging into my work computer, where I put my cup of Numi Green Rooibos tea, my husband’s work phone number, my Urban Organic password. The worst was when I rang for our elevator to apparently go run errands when my kind, elderly doorman reminded me that I was in my nightgown holding my purse.

So I think it’s time for another nap then more juice, more carbs and more BRAIN. There may be other, more conventional ways to treat a concussion but I’m happy knowing that this green medicine isn’t further damaging my shaken and rattled little brain. So until I’m back in the saddle it’s pass the potatoes please!

Mary Beth Gonzalez

Tags: cures, green medicine, concussion, potatoes

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Monday, May 26th, 2008, 3:34 pm

Here are seven things you can to do today to get started on a path to a greener, healthier lifestyle for you and your family. While going green can be more expensive, I’ve noted the best values I’ve found in green type below.

1)       Toss out all the chemical cleaning products in your home and purchase safe, non-toxic cleaning supplies from companies like Shaklee (my favorite after 8 years of trying various brands)

2)       Buy organic food that hasn’t been treated with pesticides or chemical preservatives (good for you and tastes better too)

3)       Eat dark leafy greens and vegetables (e.g.: broccoli, kale, carrots)

4)       Buy lots of house plants (especially spider plants that  can remove 96% of carbon monoxide, and 99% of nitric oxide, both noxious gases, after only 24 hours)

5)       Drink home purified water (not soda or sugary juices or alcohol) in a safe, re-useable, chemical-free water bottle (no #3, 6 or 7 on the bottom of the water bottle)

6)       Use natural, organic, non-toxic personal care products ( I like to use an entire line of products that are developed to work together such as Nature’s Gate Organics, Pangea Organics, Dr. Hauschka)

7)       Sleep on organic bedding and in organic sleepwear (try wonderful and luxurious organic cotton and bamboo products from Under the Canopy and Dreamsacks) and now even Target has organic sheets!

Mary Beth Gonzalez

Tags: cancer, organic, healthy, green medicine