Selenium is a mineral with anticancer activity. It has the capacity to ward off various types of cancer, including breast, esophageal, stomach, prostate, liver and bladder cancers. However, insufficient intake of vitamin E greatly reduces its anticancer effects. In addition, when selenium is used in conjunction with vitamin C, vitamin E and beta-carotene the chemical reactions that create free radicals in the body are blocked. Free radicals can damage DNA and cause degenerative change in cells leading to cancer. In short, selenium contributes towards the death of cancerous and pre-cancer cells by stopping replication. The use of selenium during chemotherapy in combination with vitamin A and vitamin E can reduce the toxicity of chemotherapy drugs while enhancing the effectiveness of chemo, radiation, and hyperthermia.

Good dietary sources of selenium are: garlic, onions, broccoli, asparagus, tomatoes, mushrooms, seeds, whole grains, egg yolks, seafood, poultry, kidney, liver and muscle meats. Dr. Andrew Weil says eating just one shelled Brazil nut grown in the selenium-rich soil of central Brazil provides 120 micrograms of the selenium.

The amount of selenium in vegetables and grains depends on the selenium content in the soil in which they are grown. This factor makes it difficult to gage how much selenium is in our diets. Since geography can have a significant impact on diet, a supplementation of 200 micrograms a day with selenium-rich food (diet and supplements about 250-300 micrograms a day) is good insurance against disease and is unlikely to produce any major side effects.

Be careful not to overdo it in hopes of enhancing cell integrity, as too much selenium, more than 1 mg per day, can actually be toxic to the system. Overdose symptoms include: rapid hair loss, skin rash, lost nails, nausea and vomiting. DEFICIENCY are: Heart muscle disease leading to heart failure, muscle weakness and pain.

Everything in nature contains all the power of nature. Everything is made of one hidden stuff.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Amazing

Powerhouse

Sunflower Seed

Feel a little moody? Pop a handful of sunflower seeds to balance your mood. These common, inexpensive and nutritious kernels stabilize mood, clear brain fog, boost brainpower, reduce pain, and improve the immune system, arthritis and high cholesterol. If that is not powerful in itself these mighty little seeds are so high in protein that they can be recommended as a meat substitute. Just 1 cup of seeds, an easy handful, equals 10.5 grams of protein. WOW! The hulled kernels are a good addition to many sweet and savory dishes, including breads, cookies, cakes, pilafs, salads, stuffing, and vegetable and grain dishes. Sunflower seeds can also be ground into a nut butter paste to make a nutritious spread. The seeds are also harvested for its valuable oil-sunflower oil.

Not only are sunflower seeds high in nutrition, low in sodium content, calories and fats, they also contain the highest levels of phytosterols of seeds and nuts in the United States. Phytosterols are substances in plants that are similar to hormones or hormone precursors that act as food for hormone production in the body without the potential toxic effect of synthetic hormones.

A most delightful thing about the sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is its heliotropic movement, called nutation where the sunflower’s head faces east at sunrise, follows the sun across the sky to face west at sunset. These glorious sunflowers that bear heart shaped, serrated leaves, often covered with soft hairs and whose heads are packed together somewhat like the honeycomb of the bee are a sure addition to brighten any room or mood. The birds love them too!

Earth is this Months Element

Plants for earth element include magnolia, patcouli, honeysuckle,
cypress, sage, vervain

The essential oils from these plants are wonderful in aromatherapy blends.

The best days for Planting & harvest in September are:

Planting Days are: 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 16, 25 & 26

Harvest Days are: 13, 14, 17, 18, 19

THE 100 MILE DIET

The everyday-American meal contains an assortment of foods that have traveled an average of 2,000 miles to get from farm to fork. For those concerned about energy conservation, greenhouse gases, and oil dependence, the types of food we choose to eat are as important as the types of cars we choose to drive (or avoid). Industrial agriculture and long-distance food transportation generate between 20-25% of all climate destabilizing greenhouse gases in the U.S. Given this fact, buying food that is locally or regionally grown can dramatically reduce energy consumption and greenhouse pollution. The local food movement has received a recent boost with the new trend of the "100 mile diet," the brainchild of Alisa Smith and J.B. MacKinnon. "We're the kind of people that ride our bikes everywhere, so we wondered why we were going to all this effort when our food was flying around the world," says Smith. The diet trend, which requires participants to only eat foods grown within a 100 mile radius, is catching on across North America. Philadelphia journalist Elisa Ludwig took up the 100 mile diet for 12 days to learn more about the foods she eats. "If eating local is a moral imperative, then every meal is an opportunity to do the right thing," says Ludwig, who kept a daily journal of the experience. Read her journal entries here

"The Power of Intention", Learning to Co-Create Your World Your Way by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer. Intention is generally viewed as a pit-bull kind of determination propelling one to succeed at all costs by never giving up on an inner picture. In this view, an attitude that combines hard work with an indefatigable drive toward excellence is the way to succeed. Intention as a force in the universe allows the act of creation to take place. This book explores intention-not as something you do-but as an energy you're a part of.

The healing properties of Essential Oils are capable of not only treating our physical bodies, they are renowned for enhancing our state of mind as well. This is a good thing since so many people these days have fallen into a state of apathy and depression that reflects the tension of world affairs. The lack of feeling, emotion, interest or concern that apathy produces whether it is an opinion, situation or life in general can become a serious mental concern when we stop caring for our selves, others and our surroundings. In the many types of depression, the main symptoms are feelings of sadness, hopelessness and pessimism that usurps all interest in life's pleasures including sex. General apathy and depression can be helped by the high vibrational energy of the following plant essential oils.

Always use high quality essential oils and be sure to know the source from where they come and how they are processed. The following are fragrances to support the transformation process as we spiral through stages that release us from the limitations that stand between the egoic personality and the awareness of our Soul.

Ratios
Essential oils can be used in diffusers (1-6 drops of essence), inhaled via tissue (1 drop) or steam vapor (2-3 drops), direct from the bottle singly or in blends. Do not use the essence directly on the skin. Always dilute using one drop of essential oil per ml of oil or 6-30 drops (depending on potency) per 1 oz=30ml or 2 tablespoons of base oil in a sterilized brown glass bottle. Store essential oils away from sunlight and homeopathic remedies.

* Pictures of all flowers come from our Orchid Garden and will soon be available for purchase at Flower Me Garden of Prints.

Upon the Earth's surface are invisible electrons that flow across the entire planetary feild. These electrons also exist on the surface of all conductive objects such as plants, animals & humans in physical contact with Earth. When humans lived closely with nature the human body naturally conducted and maintained the Earth's voltage on the surface of the skin, throughout the respiratory and gastroinstestinal tract. However, with the result of rubber soled shoes that close off reception with the feet chakras and asphalt and condo living that elevates the body above the earth, the natural protection of Earth's direct current electric feild is disarmed insulating the body and disconnecting it from Earth.

The loss of voltage on the skins surface is vital for grounding the body for healthy living, free from stressors and inflammation that weaken the immune system. Inflammation is the precuror to a dis-ease condition. Living in tandem with nature, her rhythm and grounding the body to Earth can help restore the life span in the body by unleashing extraneous static electricity and radiated electric feilds. If these feilds persist in build-up they create unnatural weak electric currents in the body producing dis-eased conditions that pervade in chronicity.

Grounding is the act of consciously creating an energy connection from your body into the matter of Earth's density or physical reality.

Sit or stand. Close your eyes . Breathe through your nose and focus your breath into your belly. Notice how your body feels as it relaxes. Place your attention at the root chakra at the base of the spine-women between ovaries and men at testes. Now allow a cord of energy to flow downward from your body passing through all density-the floor, foundation, past all rocks and Earth's layers, water and deep into the heart of Earths core. Allow your grounding cord to connect securely into the center of the planet. Make sure your cord is securely connected to your first chakra. Breathe, relax and experience your grounding, your spiritual connection to this beautiful planet. Notice how your body responds to the grounding and becomes more present. Release any tensions, distractions or discomfort down your grounding cord by allowing it to simply drain away. Breathe, relax, and experience. Allow yourself to be. Now is the time to ask Mother Earth questions and listen for her answers. Give thanks to her for supporting your life via her foundation and abundance. When you are done, open your eyes, bend forward and touch your hands to the floor, as you relax your neck, and release any built up energy around the head and shoulders into the earth. Slowly roll up and move on with the day.