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Join Sandra for a free Teleconference on January 2nd, where Sandra will share two key components for weight loss in the new year and where she will work directly with you to motivate you toward achieving your New Year's goals. The call is free, but you have to register for Sandra's newsletter to get the conference call number to dial (long distance charges will apply if you live outside the Champaign, IL area). To sign up go to http://reasonablediet.com and register. During the holidays, you want to have fun traveling, visiting family and friends. But so often travel becomes an excuse for unhealthy food choices and bingeing on holiday treats. How can you stay on track, maintain your weight loss or even lose weight during the holidays? Diet motivation expert Sandra Ahten has some sure-fire holiday travel tips. Motivation for the for the I-Know-What-To-Do-I-Just-Don't-Do-It crowd! My mission is to help you lose weight and have peace of mind with regards to your body, eating, and your well being. Give us your feedback! We want to know what you think about the Six Minutes of Sanity. In exchange for your thoughts about this podcast, you will be entered in a drawing for a free one hour session of diet counseling with Sandra. Send an email to our new employee Del...tell her what you like most about this podcast, or how the podcast helps you in your goals, or if there's a specific podcast or strategy that has most helped you from the Six Minutes of Sanity. You can email her at del@reasonablediet.com. If you are enjoying the show -- please write a review at iTunes. Thank you! contact: sandra@reasonablediet.com Music: Written and performed by Kevin Elliott for more information contact www.kevinelliottmusic.com RESOURCES- Six Minutes of Sanity feed -- http://reasonablediet.libsyn.com http://reasonablediet.libsyn.com/rss AIM Support Group Podcast http://reasonablediet2.libsyn.com http://reasonablediet2.libsyn.com/rss

Parties, parties, parties! How can you have all the holiday fun without gaining all the holiday weight? Diet motivation expert Sandra Ahten has a bundle of great strategies, so you can plan ahead for the challenges of eating healthy through all your holiday celebrations. Motivation for the for the I-Know-What-To-Do-I-Just-Don't-Do-It crowd! My mission is to help you lose weight and have peace of mind with regards to your body, eating, and your well being. Give us your feedback! We want to know what you think about the Six Minutes of Sanity. In exchange for your thoughts about this podcast, you will be entered in a drawing for a free one hour session of diet counseling with Sandra. Send an email to our new employee Del...tell her what you like most about this podcast, or how the podcast helps you in your goals, or if there's a specific podcast or strategy that has most helped you from the Six Minutes of Sanity. You can email her at del@reasonablediet.com. Are you subscribed to The Reasonable Diet newsletter? You should be! All kinds of great free weight loss and motivation tips are included in each monthly newsletter. And if you're subscribed you'll receive some great free bonuses from Sandra in December. But only if you sign up at http://reasonablediet.com. If you are enjoying the show -- please write a review at iTunes. Thank you! contact: sandra@reasonablediet.com Music: Written and performed by Kevin Elliott for more information contact www.kevinelliottmusic.com RESOURCES- Six Minutes of Sanity feed -- http://reasonablediet.libsyn.com http://reasonablediet.libsyn.com/rss AIM Support Group Podcast http://reasonablediet2.libsyn.com http://reasonablediet2.libsyn.com/rss

Could you be a little kinder to yourself? To others? How does cultivating kindness help us lose weight? A great motivational story from Sandra with a fresh perspective on living a happier life... Motivation for the for the I-Know-What-To-Do-I-Just-Don't-Do-It crowd! My mission is to help you lose weight and have peace of mind with regards to your body, eating, and your well being. Are you subscribed to The Reasonable Diet newsletter? You should be! All kinds of great free weight loss and motivation tips are included in each monthly newsletter. And if you're subscribed you'll receive some great free bonuses from Sandra in December. But only if you sign up at http://reasonablediet.com. If you are enjoying the show -- please write a review at iTunes. Thank you! contact: sandra@reasonablediet.com Music: Written and performed by Kevin Elliott for more information contact www.kevinelliottmusic.com RESOURCES- Six Minutes of Sanity feed -- http://reasonablediet.libsyn.com http://reasonablediet.libsyn.com/rss AIM Support Group Podcast http://reasonablediet2.libsyn.com http://reasonablediet2.libsyn.com/rss

Sandra knows diet personalities...she's worked with all kinds throughout the years. How does your diet personality drive your ability to lose weight and keep it off? Listen in to find out. Motivation for the for the I-Know-What-To-Do-I-Just-Don't-Do-It crowd! My mission is to help you lose weight and have peace of mind with regards to your body, eating, and your well being. Are you subscribed to The Reasonable Diet newsletter? You should be! All kinds of great free weight loss and motivation tips are included in each monthly newsletter. And if you're subscribed you'll receive some great free bonuses from Sandra in December. But only if you sign up at http://reasonablediet.com. If you are enjoying the show -- please write a review at iTunes. Thank you! contact: sandra@reasonablediet.com Music: Written and performed by Kevin Elliott for more information contact www.kevinelliottmusic.com RESOURCES- Six Minutes of Sanity feed -- http://reasonablediet.libsyn.com http://reasonablediet.libsyn.com/rss AIM Support Group Podcast http://reasonablediet2.libsyn.com http://reasonablediet2.libsyn.com/rss

How can you strive to always do your best without driving yourself crazy with perfectionist tendencies? And how can this help you live a healthy balanced life? Some sage advice from Sandra and the book The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz. Motivation for the for the I-Know-What-To-Do-I-Just-Don't-Do-It crowd! My mission is to help you lose weight and have peace of mind with regards to your body, eating, and your well being. Are you subscribed to The Reasonable Diet newsletter? You should be! All kinds of great free weight loss and motivation tips are included in each monthly newsletter. And if you're subscribed you'll receive some great free bonuses from Sandra in December. But only if you sign up at http://reasonablediet.com. If you are enjoying the show -- please write a review at iTunes. Thank you! contact: sandra@reasonablediet.com Music: Written and performed by Kevin Elliott for more information contact www.kevinelliottmusic.com RESOURCES- Six Minutes of Sanity feed -- http://reasonablediet.libsyn.com http://reasonablediet.libsyn.com/rss AIM Support Group Podcast http://reasonablediet2.libsyn.com http://reasonablediet2.libsyn.com/rss

Have you been diligently dieting, but not losing weight? You may have hit a diet plateau...and Sandra's got a great plateau busting idea for you. It has to do with your breakfast. Listen in... Motivation for the for the I-Know-What-To-Do-I-Just-Don't-Do-It crowd! My mission is to help you lose weight and have peace of mind with regards to your body, eating, and your well being. The Reasonable Diet's e-booklet Dieting by Personality Type is available for download for free to podcast listeners: http://reasonablediet.com/fivetips. Are you subscribed to The Reasonable Diet newsletter? You should be! All kinds of great free weight loss and motivation tips are included in each monthly newsletter. And if you're subscribed you'll receive some great free bonuses from Sandra in December. But only if you sign up at http://reasonablediet.com. If you are enjoying the show -- please write a review at iTunes. Thank you! contact: sandra@reasonablediet.com Music: Written and performed by Kevin Elliott for more information contact www.kevinelliottmusic.com RESOURCES- Six Minutes of Sanity feed -- http://reasonablediet.libsyn.com http://reasonablediet.libsyn.com/rss AIM Support Group Podcast http://reasonablediet2.libsyn.com http://reasonablediet2.libsyn.com/rss

Today’s Healthy Diet Podcast is about brain health and how good brain food plays an important role in taking care of your head. Show notes: Special announcement: Yahoo podcasts is shutting down on Oct 31st. Subscribe at iTunes, Podcast Pickle or Podnova. See the links in the sidebar to the left. If our brain is not functioning well, you are not going to function well. People ignore their brain, but the brain is involved in everything you do. Dr. Amen, says, “brain controls mood, personality, intelligence and adaptability. It experiences our hopes, dreams, sorrows, pains – it is involved in everything you do…influences how you get along with others, how you think, feel and act.” Diet is the number one way to care for your brain. Central Alternative Charter School in Appleton, WI removed all processed foods from students diets. They provided only fresh foods, water and 100% fruit juices. The project resulted in major positive changes in behavior and learning. To listen to the podcast on CACS here. Amen says: “food is a drug” that has powerful effect on the brain. Diet exercise are the cornerstone’s of Amen’s programs for anxiety depression. Amen’s dietary recommendations for good brain health: Plenty of water, adequate protein, complex carbohydrates and omega 3 fatty acids. More information on Dr. Amen can be found on his website. No podcast next week because we will be on vacation. Alan Tags: brain food, brain health, itunes, processed foods, dr amen

Do you have intense food cravings, even when you aren't hungry? Here's a simple week long diet that will improve your energy levels, eliminate cravings and kick start your weight loss. Motivation for the for the I-Know-What-To-Do-I-Just-Don't-Do-It crowd! My mission is to help you lose weight and have peace of mind with regards to your body, eating, and your well being. More details about the I-Week diet at the website: http://reasonablediet.com/i-week/ Do you need to make change in your diet/ lifestyle? Then listen-up (and join in!) The podcasts are actual recordings of group coaching calls bewteen Sandra Ahten and her clients, who are "losing weight for all the world to see." New AIM groups are forming mid-September. Click now and you'll also get the Prepare to Lose e-course. http://reasonablediet.com, and click the ENROLL page. If you are enjoying the show -- please write a review at iTunes. Thank you! contact: sandra@reasonablediet.com Music: Written and performed by Kevin Elliott for more information contact www.kevinelliottmusic.com RESOURCES- Six Minutes of Sanity feed -- http://reasonablediet.libsyn.com http://reasonablediet.libsyn.com/rss AIM Support Group Podcast http://reasonablediet2.libsyn.com http://reasonablediet2.libsyn.com/rss

This week Sandra's introduces the fourth agreement from the Don Miguel Ruiz book The Four Agreements. You may be surprised to learn that the agreement Always do your best means to do not less than your best â but also do not do MORE than your best. Sandra references Susan Gregg's podcast, Food for the Soul. Dr. Gregg is a student of Don Miguel Ruiz. http://www.susangregg.com Diet coaching sessions providing Accountability, Information, and Motivation led by program author Sandra Ahten. Sandra has great intuition and uses it to get straight to the heart of difficult diet dilemmas. With humor and heart she combines down-to-earth advice on planning and preparation as well as insights into the whys and wherefores of overeating. Do you need to make change in your diet/ lifestyle? Then listen-up (and join in!) The podcasts are actual recordings of group coaching (teleconference) calls between Sandra Ahten and her clients, who are losing weight for all the world to see. Pics, bios, statements, and discussion are on the website http://www.reasonablediet.com

Today’s Healthy Diet Podcast is about our new veggie burger recipe. Show notes: Today we share our newest dehydrator recipe - veggie burgers. It’s difficult to find veggie burgers without ingredients like soy protein isolate, natural flavorings, etc. In nutritional value, dehydrates are next best thing to raw. These veggie burgers have all the nutritional value preserved in the dehydration process. This makes them superior to any processed, frozen and cooked veggie burger from the store. The main ingredients in this recipe are sprouted wheat, celery, onion, sunflower seeds, walnuts, carrots. Blend in the Vita-Mix blender on low. Form into patties on teflex sheets. Dehydrate for 3-4 hours. The first hour is on high, then reduce the temperature to 105. These veggie burgers are great on their own or with a side of coleslaw. We ate them with Food for Life brand sprouted wheat rolls. The trick to dehydrating is planning ahead when you have to sprout/soak seeds/nuts. These veggie burgers were fantastic warmed in the dehydrator the next day. We’ve been hearing about a great site called www.goneraw.com. One of our listeners recommends their Rich Cheddar Sauce. Visit the veggie burger recipe at ezHealthyDiet.com Alan Tags: veggie burger recipe, veggie burgers, excalibur dehydrator, natural flavorings, sprouted wheat

What excuse do you have? Do you travel? Is it too hard to lose weight when you are away from home. Do you have a lot a weight to lose and no motivation to exercise? Youâll want to listen in to this conversation that I recorded with Elizabeth who travels constantly back and forth from Indy to California. As of this recording in July she had lost 29 pounds. Because she felt she had failed so many times at dieting she just didnât want to start it again. So Elizabeth started exercising 10 minutes a day 3 days a week. No change to her eating. Then she started adding one thing more at a time. Learn how she achieved her current weight loss of about 40 pounds. Be sure to listen all the way to the end when she talks about self love. Elizabeth references the Motivation to Move podcast http://www.motivationtomove.com/ and Leslie Sansoneâs â Walk away the pounds DVD. http://www.lesliesansonevideos.com/ at www.sparkpeople.com Elizabeth's handle is elizabeth133 http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage.asp?id=ELIZABETH133 and she blogs at http://doingfineseriously.blogspot.com

Today’s Healthy Diet Podcast is about our new healthy corn chip recipe we make in our Excalibur Dehydrator. Show notes: Today we share our newest favorite recipe: homemade corn chips. This corn chip recipe has given us the ability to eat a completely unprocessed diet. Sadly, Corn Chips, aka tortilla chips have been a staple in our diet for some time. By investing in the Excalibur we now have no need for any processed foods. This Recipe was inspired by The Present Moment Café in St Augustine, FL Main ingredients are white corn, flaxseed, almonds, yellow bell pepper, and onion. We make this recipe in our VitaMix blender. Be careful not to spread the batter too thin on the Excalibur Teflex sheets. We are still working on a chip scoring process that is reliable. The recipe assembly time is about 30 minutes. This Corn Chip Recipe makes about 2 trays of chips (using the Excalibur). Price comparison with processed corn chips: One bag of Bearitos is $2.79. Two trays of home made corn chips costs between $3.25-$4.25. It is economical because we eat far fewer chips. We eat fewer chips because the home made corn chips are so nutritionally dense. Plus, the health benefits are worth the extra cost. Almond update: recently the Almond Board of California asked the USDA to delay the mandatory pasteurization of almonds until March 2008. For more information on this ruling to kill all almonds, listen to our Raw Almonds podcast. Don’t forget to share and encourage one another through the interactive portion of our Healthy Diet website. Please share your recipes, health tips and testimonies. Alan Tags: corn chip recipe, vitamix blender, dehydrator, bearitos, raw almonds

Tracy has always been a perfect dieter...and has always lost a lot of weight on diets. But the struggle comes with keeping it off. Diet Motivation Expert explains that dieting from "the top down" as well as from the bottom up is what it takes to make weight loss permanent. Motivation for the for the I-Know-What-To-Do-I-Just-Don't-Do-It crowd! My mission is to help you lose weight and have peace of mind with regards to your body, eating, and your well being. Do you need to make change in your diet/ lifestyle? Then listen-up (and join in!) The podcasts are actual recordings of group coaching calls bewteen Sandra Ahten and her clients, who are "losing weight for all the world to see." An amazing new AIM group is forming now...you actually get paid to lose weight! Get the skinny at http://reasonablediet.com, and click the ENROLL page. If you are enjoying the show -- please write a review at iTunes. Thank you! contact: sandra@reasonablediet.com Music: Written and performed by Kevin Elliott for more information contact www.kevinelliottmusic.com RESOURCES- Six Minutes of Sanity feed -- http://reasonablediet.libsyn.com http://reasonablediet.libsyn.com/rss AIM Support Group Podcast http://reasonablediet2.libsyn.com http://reasonablediet2.libsyn.com/rss

This week s Healthy Diet Podcast is all about ezHealthyDiet.com turning into an interactive community website where you can add healthy recipes, healthy living tips and testimonies. Show notes: ezHealthyDiet.com is now interactive! Now our friends and visitors to our website can support one another. With our listeners and visitor’s help we are building a healthy living community. We can support one another by adding your favorite recipes, healthy living tips and testimonies. Because the world around us eats mostly processed foods we need avenues of support. The avenues of support we offer are our Healthy Diet website, this Healthy Diet Podcast (Blog and weekly podcast) and the Healthy Living Nutrition Newsletter. Add your own material by going to www.ezHealthyDiet.com . Click on the share a recipe etc link and follow the directions. Enter into the page a title, the body of the recipe / tip / testimony (up to about 500 words.) You can even add one link back to your website or blog! No knowledge of HTML is necessary. You can even add your own picture to support your recipe, testimony or healthy living tip. We are really excited about people sharing their testimonies, including before and after pictures. There’s also a place to put the author’s name and location information. We promote a mostly raw/living food lifestyle and invite our visitors to promote that as well. We believe it is possible to take charge of our health and avoid the diseases of affluence the western world suffer from. Giving your body nutrition it needs through nutritionally dense, living foods and exercise is the key Share a recipe, testimony or healthy living tip today at ezHealthyDiet.com ! Enter your Healthy Recipe here. Enter your Healthy Living Tips here. Alan Tags: healthy recipes, healthy living, testimonies, community, nutrition

Today’s Healthy Diet Podcast is about our newest recipe, California Miso Soup. Show notes: Jean’s inspiration comes from food magazines, produce shopping and just gazing into the refrigerator. Her newest inspiration: California Miso Soup. Miso is a condiment the Japanese use to flavor food. Miso is made from fermenting and aging soybean and/or rice with a mould called koji. This recipe uses unpasteurized (the best kind) organic mellow white miso by Westbrae. The name for the soup came from Jean’s love of Japanese Miso soup and vegetarian sushi rolls (which she wrongly calls California rolls). The California Miso Soup recipe: start with miso soup base with sliced nori pieces. Add a variety of sliced, diced and spiralized vegetables. We use sweet potato, zucchini, green onions, avocado, and celery. Don’t forget the secret ingredient, half a haas avocado. Season the miso soup recipe with herbamare. It takes about 10 minutes to make and is absolutely delicious. We enjoy this soup with sprouted wheat crackers made in our dehydrator. Check out the Miso Soup recipe on ezHealthyDiet.com Exciting update: Our Healthy Diet website is going interactive! Soon our visitors will be able to add their own recipes, testimonials and health tips to the site. The goal: to create a community of people, helping and supporting one another, in our mutual quests for taking charge of our health. Alan Tags: miso soup recipe, soup base, recipes, health tips

Today’s Healthy Diet Podcast is about our new Excalibur food dehydrator and we share a few of our recipes with you as well. Show notes: A food dehydrator removes the water from the food. The Excalibur circulates thermostatically controlled warm air around food that is laid out in single layers on stacked square trays. Dehydration extends the shell life of perishable foods while conserving the nutritional value. Dehydration is the next best thing to eating raw living food. The key to preserving the enzymes requires a process that keeps food temperature low enough so enzymes aren’t killed and air temperature is high enough to dry the food quickly. We chose the Excalibur because it is used by leading raw foodist experts like Viktoras Kulvinskas, Anne Wigmore, the Hippocrates Health Institute and Hallelujah Acres. We normally hear that food cooked over 118 degrees kills most enzymes. Studies have shown most enzymes don’t die until food temperature is above 145 degrees. Enzymes are more susceptible to damage by heat when food is wet. Once moisture is removed, enzymes become more stable. We are really happy with the crackers we have made in our dehydrator. The corn chips and wheat crackers came out thin and crispy. The Corn chips recipe was adapted from a recipe from Eating Without Heating. The wheat thins crackers were made from sprouted wheat, ground flax seed, soaked sunflower seeds, water, honey and sea salt. The crackers were bursting with flavor and nutrition. Having a good dehydrator has made a world of difference in being able to eat a nutritionally dense diet of mainly living food. Good-bye packaged, processed corn chips! Grab an Excalibur Dehydrator over at eBay. Alan Tags: excalibur dehydrator, dehydrator recipes, sprouted wheat, food dehydration, raw foodist

Sometimes it's just not pretty, those head games we play between ourselves and THE SCALE. Diet Motivation Expert Sandra Ahten has a few good ideas about normalizing the relationship we have with the scale for weight loss AND peace of mind. Motivation for the for the I-Know-What-To-Do-I-Just-Don't-Do-It crowdMy mission is to help you lose weight and have peace of mind with regards to your body, eating, and your well being. Do you need to make change in your diet/ lifestyle? Then listen-up (and join in!) The podcasts are actual recordings of group coaching calls bewteen Sandra Ahten and her clients, who are "losing weight for all the world to see." An amazing new AIM group is forming now...you actually get paid to lose weight! Get the skinny at http://reasonablediet.com, and click the ENROLL page. If you are enjoying the show -- please write a review at iTunes. Thank you! contact: sandra@reasonablediet.com Music: Written and performed by Kevin Elliott for more information contact www.kevinelliottmusic.com RESOURCES- Six Minutes of Sanity feed -- http://reasonablediet.libsyn.com http://reasonablediet.libsyn.com/rss AIM Support Group Podcast http://reasonablediet2.libsyn.com http://reasonablediet2.libsyn.com/rss

On today’s Healthy Diet Podcast we ask the question, is it really that expensive to eat healthy? Show notes: The number one reason people don’t eat healthy is because they think it is more expensive that it really is. Jean keeps meticulous records of what we spend and have broken down our food budget to indicate that we spend $2.50 per meal. That includes all the food we eat, snacks included, carrot juice as well. Is the cost of groceries an accurate way to determine the cost of eating healthy? What is the cost when you add in the benefits? Some of the things we don’t spend our money on because we eat healthy – prescription drugs, over the counter medicines, sick time, unscheduled visits to the doctor. We cleaned out our medicine cabinet, a basket, on the podcast. It only had about 5 things in it. We threw out the Preparation H, expired Tylenol PM and Robitussin. The only supplement we take on a regular basis is vitamin B-12 We ate some non vegan food this past Sunday. We were trapped at a church dinner with only bar-b-que to eat. By the grace of God and our diet, fortunately we don’t get sick. How much does being sick cost you and your family? Jean took an antibiotic a few year ago that we believe contributed to some persistent intestinal problems. It killed the good and bad bacteria in her system making it hard for her digestive tract to work as it needed to. When you are talking about eating healthy versus being sick is it really that expensive to eat well? What are your spending priorities? What is the cost of developing heart disease or cancer or diabetes? Take charge of your health by choosing to eat healthy! Check out a couple Vita Mix smoothie recipes we just put up on our Healthy Diet website. Alan LeStourgeon Tags: eating healthy, food budget, prescription drugs, smoothies, carrot juice

Imagine riding your bike ten miles before breakfast and LIKING it! Diet Motivation Expert Sandra Ahten has an epiphany about exercise and life's challenges during her recent 500 mile bike ride. Motivation for the for the I-Know-What-To-Do-I-Just-Don't-Do-It crowdMy mission is to help you lose weight and have peace of mind with regards to your body, eating, and your well being. Do you need to make change in your diet/ lifestyle? Then listen-up (and join in!) The podcasts are actual recordings of group coaching calls bewteen Sandra Ahten and her clients, who are "losing weight for all the world to see." An amazing new AIM group is forming now...you actually get paid to lose weight! Get the skinny at http://reasonablediet.com, and click the ENROLL page. If you are enjoying the show -- please write a review at iTunes. Thank you! contact: sandra@reasonablediet.com Music: Written and performed by Kevin Elliott for more information contact www.kevinelliottmusic.com RESOURCES- Six Minutes of Sanity feed -- http://reasonablediet.libsyn.com http://reasonablediet.libsyn.com/rss AIM Support Group Podcast http://reasonablediet2.libsyn.com http://reasonablediet2.libsyn.com/rss

Are you stuck on a mental plateau -- not willing to do what you know will work for you? Then you'll relate to Vicki this week... who get's great advice from fellow AIM group members and discovers what she IS willing to do. Are you pleased with yourself until you get on the scale and then MAD!!!? Then you'll relate to Susan and find comfort as Sandra get's her to agree to smile when she steps on the scale. Are you humming along? Facing every difficult situation with ease and grace? No, well... then you'll want to listen in as Christine tells about how giving up sugar for a two weeks has helped the demons let go of her dieting soul. Diet coaching sessions providing "Accountability, Information, and Motivation" led by program author Sandra Ahten. Sandra has great intuition and uses it to get straight to the heart of difficult diet dilemmas. With humor and heart she combines down-to-earth advice on planning and preparation as well as insights into the whys and wherefores of overeating. Do you need to make change in your diet/ lifestyle? Then listen-up (and join in!) The podcasts are actual recordings of group coaching (teleconference) calls bewteen Sandra Ahten and her clients, who are "losing weight for all the world to see." Pics, bios, statements, and discussion are on the website http://www.reasonablediet.com

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Today our healthydiet podcast is about Honey – Is it vegan? We give you the facts and let you decide. A listener challenged us with our referring to some of our recipes as vegan when they have honey as an ingredient. Show notes: The term veganism was developed by Donald Watson founder of Vegan Society of Great Britain. Hardcore vegans avoid using or eating animal products out of reverence for animal life We primarily refer to vegan as a healthy way of eating that avoids all animal products because they have largely been connected with disease. Eating a vegan diet won’t promote health if you are eating refined foods. Science points us to a whole food, largely raw diet for optimal health. So is honey vegan – is it an animal product that we should avoid for health reasons? We found some great info at www.honeybee.org.au Bees are fascinating. Each bee has a job to do – no bees swinging in a hammock. The bee collects flower nectar and places it in his honey pouch Bee brings nectar to bees in hive and deposits nectar into the repository bees. The repository bees move the honey from bee to bee. This process adds enzymes that help remove moisture from the nectar honey. When the honey is the right consistency, bees put honey in storage cells and cap with wax. Bees can carry nearly their weight in nectar payload (most advanced aircraft only carry ¼) Bees are animals called arthropods not anthropods. Honey is a product made by bees. In our opinion, honey is a product bees process, not produce versus the cow who produces milk whether he’s eating grain or grass Bees transform nectar into honey. The nectar is required first. As far as we know, honey is not linked to the disease process like other animal products, particularly those products that are in essence animal meat. Honey has medicinal qualities – antibacterial, healing and absorption of fluid. It takes 17-20 lbs of nectar to make 1 pound of honey. Decide for yourself whether to eat honey, decide on your own philosophy of eating. Science points to importance of eating a whole food diet with lots of raw plant foods. Visit our Healthy Diet website. Alan Tags: honey, vegan, veganism, donald watson, bees, recipes

Diet Motivation Expert Sandra Ahten got a surprise one day when she accidentally timed her dinner. Shocked that she ate her favorite date night meal in only 7 minutes, she began consciously changing to a more slow mindful approach. My mission is to help you lose weight and have peace of mind with regards to your body, eating, and your well being. This week's podcast refers to a mindful eating exercise that can be found at http://mindfuleating.org/banana.html. Try it out for yourself! Then post your experience on the Community page at http://reasonablediet.com. Sandra has a new CD! Six Surprising Secrets to Permanent Weight Loss. Available now at http://reasonablediet.com. Click on RESOURCES. If you are enjoying the show -- please write a review at iTunes. Thank you! contact: sandra@reasonablediet.com Music: Written and performed by Kevin Elliott for more information contact www.kevinelliottmusic.com RESOURCES- Six Minutes of Sanity feed -- http://reasonablediet.libsyn.com http://reasonablediet.libsyn.com/rss AIM Support Group Podcast http://reasonablediet2.libsyn.com http://reasonablediet2.libsyn.com/rss

How do you track your calories? Do you journal your food? Diet Motivation Expert Sandra Ahten talks about different approaches to journaling and how it can help keep you educated, motivated and moving toward your weight-loss goals. My mission is to help you lose weight and have peace of mind with regards to your body, eating, and your well being. New AIM groups are forming now for a special 12 week summer session. Give yourself the gift of weight loss this summer through Sandra's special mix of Accountability, Information and Motivation. Go to the ENROLL page at http://reasonablediet.com to find out how. Sandra has a new CD! Six Surprising Secrets to Permanent Weight Loss. Available now at http://reasonablediet.com. Click on RESOURCES. If you are enjoying the show -- please write a review at iTunes. Thank you! contact: sandra@reasonablediet.com Music: Written and performed by Kevin Elliott for more information contact www.kevinelliottmusic.com RESOURCES- Six Minutes of Sanity feed -- http://reasonablediet.libsyn.com http://reasonablediet.libsyn.com/rss AIM Support Group Podcast http://reasonablediet2.libsyn.com http://reasonablediet2.libsyn.com/rss

We all know we need to exercise, but do we? The Wednesday morning AIM support group and diet motivation expert Sandra Ahten brainstorm lots of great ways to start exercising and then stay motivated to keep working out. Sandra talks about the Mind-Body connection in weight loss. AIM = Accountability, Information and Motivation. My mission is to help you lose weight and have peace of mind with regards to your body, eating, and your well being. New AIM group summer sessions are now forming. Check out the ENROLL page at http://www.reasonablediet.com and give yourself the gift of weight loss this summer. Sandra has a new CD! Six Surprising Secrets to Permanent Weight Loss. Available now at http://reasonablediet.com. Click on RESOURCES. contact: sandra@reasonablediet.com http://www.reasonablediet.com Music: Written and performed by Kevin Elliott for more information contact www.kevinelliottmusic.com RESOURCES- Six Minutes of Sanity feed -- http://reasonablediet.libsyn.com http://reasonablediet.libsyn.com/rss AIM Support Group Podcast http://reasonablediet2.libsyn.com http://reasonablediet2.libsyn.com/rss

Today’s Healthy Diet Podcast is about coffee, decaf coffee and caffeine. What’s the verdict? Is it good for you? Are there any health benefits? Show notes: A little of the history of coffee. Coffee is very much a social drink and is found in most cultures. Just check out all the coffee bars around. Coffee was thought to originate in Ethiopia in the Kaffa area where shepherds noticed their goats were getting happy. It became popular in the United States after the War of 1812 when Brittan imposed restrictions on tea imports. There are 2 kinds of coffee beans coffea arabica and coffea robusta. Coffea arabica is the more popular plant and used in most coffees. Coffea robusta has 40-50% more caffeine and is used in some espresso blends. Coffee gets its taste from the roasting process. Some articles tout the benefits of drinking coffee because it may have a few antioxidants in it and help with diabetes and cancers, but by the time you add cream, sugar, syrups and more, any health benefits are probably gone. Negatives of coffee is that it contains acrlyamide a known carcinogen. Both caffeinated and decaf coffee has this ingredient. Decaf coffee isn’t that good because decaffeinating coffee can be done using chemical solvents unless your coffee uses the Swiss water process. The food we eat is the fuel for our bodies so the bottom line is this, how many nutrients are in coffee? Coffee is really a drug, it isn’t a food. We suggest eating the most nutrient dense foods possible and coffee isn’t on that list. Visit the Healthy Recipes section of our web site. Alan Tags: coffee, caffeine, decaf, arabica, coffee beans, acrlyamide

Think you're an active person? A sedentary person? Somewhere in-between? Diet Motivation Expert Sandra Ahten explains how an inexpensive pedometer can help you achieve a higher level of physical activity and move you closer to your fitness goals. My mission is to help you lose weight and have peace of mind with regards to your body, eating, and your well being. New AIM groups are forming now for a special 12 week summer session. Give yourself the gift of weight loss this summer through Sandra's special mix of Accountability, Information and Motivation. Go to the ENROLL page at http://reasonablediet.com to find out how. Sandra has a new CD! Six Surprising Secrets to Permanent Weight Loss. Available now at http://reasonablediet.com. Click on RESOURCES. If you are enjoying the show -- please write a review at iTunes. Thank you! contact: sandra@reasonablediet.com Music: Written and performed by Kevin Elliott for more information contact www.kevinelliottmusic.com RESOURCES- Six Minutes of Sanity feed -- http://reasonablediet.libsyn.com http://reasonablediet.libsyn.com/rss AIM Support Group Podcast http://reasonablediet2.libsyn.com http://reasonablediet2.libsyn.com/rss

Today’s Healthy Diet Podcast, the 50th podcast by the way, is about preventing diverticulosis and diverticulitis by getting more fiber in your diet. Show notes: We had out cholesterol tested and Jean’s came in at less than 120 and mine was in the high 150’s. Half of people over 60 years of age have diverticulosis and it runs in Jean’s family. Jean’s father died of it. Diverticulosis is a disease of the large intestine that forms pockets in the intestine. When those pockets become infected and inflamed this is diverticulitis. If you have the symptoms of diverticulosis which are bloating, cramping and constipation, please see a health care practitioner. Diverticulitis symptoms are abdominal tenderness, fever, nausea, vomiting and cramping and you need to see a doctor or get to the hospital immediately! The disease develops in people who eat a low fiber diet like in the United States and doesn’t show up in societies that eat a high fiber diet. It seems fairly simple to get to the root of the problem. One of the first books Jean read on health was The Save Your Life Diet that suggested a high fiber diet was good for you. Hospitals scare me because the typical way of treating a disease is a mix of prescription drugs and processed food. Alan’s criteria for going to the hospital – I must be unconscious and in more than one piece. Fiber in whole grains is important because it contains the nutrition and the bulk, the good stuff. Food needs to move through your intestines and colon so you will keep from getting constipated. That’s why we need fiber. What can you do about getting enough fiber? Eat a whole food diet that contains fruits, vegetables, sprouts, seeds, nuts, whole grains, flax seed and more. When we make smoothies with our new Vita Mix you can add the whole seed because the Vita Mix grinds it up. Visit our Healthy Diet website. Alan LeStourgeon Tags: diverticulosis, diverticulitis, cholesterol, fiber, whole food diet

Julia's bummed out. Her friend called and cancelled their workout again, and now she's missing her exercise. How can she get motivated AND take responsibility for her own workouts? Diet Motivation Expert Sandra Ahten guides her through "The Work," and shed's some light on her issue. Learn more about Byron Katie's method "The Work" as used by Sandra in this podcast at http://www.thework.com. AIM = Accountability, Information and Motivation. My mission is to help you lose weight and have peace of mind with regards to your body, eating, and your well being. New AIM group summer sessions are now forming. Check out the ENROLL page at http://www.reasonablediet.com to find out how you can get a little AIM in your life. Sandra has a new CD! Six Surprising Secrets to Permanent Weight Loss. Available now at http://reasonablediet.com. Click on RESOURCES. contact: sandra@reasonablediet.com http://www.reasonablediet.com Music: Written and performed by Kevin Elliott for more information contact www.kevinelliottmusic.com RESOURCES- Six Minutes of Sanity feed -- http://reasonablediet.libsyn.com http://reasonablediet.libsyn.com/rss AIM Support Group Podcast http://reasonablediet2.libsyn.com http://reasonablediet2.libsyn.com/rss

Being mentally and emotionally disconnected from her body lead Sandra's client Shirley all the way up to 200 pounds. Diet Motivation Expert Sandra Ahten spotlights a conversation where Shirley explains her new understanding of why she gained the weight, and how she can use that knowledge to achieve her weight loss goals. My mission is to help you lose weight and have peace of mind with regards to your body, eating, and your well being. New AIM groups are forming now for a special 12 week summer session. Give yourself the gift of weight loss this summer through Sandra's special mix of Accountability, Information and Motivation. Go to the ENROLL page at http://reasonablediet.com to find out how. Sandra has a new CD! Six Surprising Secrets to Permanent Weight Loss. Available now at http://reasonablediet.com. Click on RESOURCES. If you are enjoying the show -- please write a review at iTunes. Thank you! contact: sandra@reasonablediet.com Music: Written and performed by Kevin Elliott for more information contact www.kevinelliottmusic.com RESOURCES- Six Minutes of Sanity feed -- http://reasonablediet.libsyn.com http://reasonablediet.libsyn.com/rss AIM Support Group Podcast http://reasonablediet2.libsyn.com http://reasonablediet2.libsyn.com/rss