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Benefits of Turmeric or Curcumin

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Turmeric is gaining popularity and there are lots of reasons why.  Curcumin is considered one of the most beneficial compounds from turmeric. The benefits are incredible. You may have heard about curcumin’s benefits but newly published data keeps showing up touting it’s many benefits.  Chinese and Indian medicine have used the spice turmeric since ancient …

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Trim Healthy Mama Tight Budget Idea Menu in Pictures

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We are just finishing up Week 11 and heading into Week 12 of our 2016 Weight Loss Journey on Trim Healthy Mama Plan.  So far I have lost 14.1 pounds for an average of 1.32 pounds per week. My BMI has gone from 29.2 down to 26.9 which is still in the “Overweight” category. This …

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Weight Loss Menu Plan Requiring No Special Ingredients

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Trim Healthy Mama – No Special Ingredients Menu Plan with every day foods Recently, someone asked for a really basic THM menu Here it is! Most of the meals are self explanatory, but if you have any questions at all, please leave them in the comment section below! Also, this is the BONUS 8th menu in …

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Weight Loss Friendly Menu Plan + FREE Printable

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Week Nine THM Menu This week I wanted to stretch my roasted chicken as long as possible. So you will see a lot of chicken dinners included in this menu plan. To download my Week Nine plan, simply click on the title above. Day One E- Apple Pie Crunch Granola p. 255 w/ Almond Milk S- …

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Pass the Propylene Glycol, I mean MUSTARD

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Propylene Glycol in your mustard? “Pass The Propylene Glycol Please” was originally written and shared in my Newsletter “Planting Seeds” I have shared my original article just as it was written years ago That’s the new phrase for the old saying, “Pass the Mustard please.” What, you didn’t know that some mustard manufacturers add propylene …

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Are Your Dental Fillings Affecting Your Health?

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Dental fillings could be having an adverse impact on your health. Dental Fillings, sometimes called “silver amalgams,” are half mercury. They are a time-release poison, a major source of mercury and other toxic metals to those who have them. All mercury fillings leak mercury. Why is that a concern? Read below. Recent studies of the …

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Healthy Weight Loss Friendly Menu Plan + My Progress

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Just finishing up week EIGHT doing the Trim Healthy Mama plan in 2016 with a few friends. You know, what I like so much about this plan is that it is the only plan that I have ever tried that is so adaptable! It feels like I am eating “normally” most of the time. It’s easy …

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Raspberry Leaf Tea “The Women’s Herb”

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Raspberry Leaf Tea for all stages of Womanhood Many herbalists and functional medicine practitioners have nicknamed Raspberry Leaf “the woman’s herb.” Because Raspberry Leaf Tea contains compounds that are known for treating PMS symptoms of cramping, vomiting, nausea, and diarrhea as well as for women pre and postpartum. Getting enough calcium can reduce symptoms of …

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My Unplanned THM Menu

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To be honest, my unplanned THM menu happened by accident. I had returned from a very long road trip expecting to pick up some groceries using one of my previous menu plans, however, it snowed the day after I returned. I don’t drive my rear wheel drive car in snow unless it’s an absolute have-to situation! I put …

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Is CoQ10 the Miracle Nutrient?

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CoQ10 has often be called the miracle nutrient and is one of the top recommended heart supplements CoQ10 is not technically a vitamin, but a vitamin-like compound. (a) Some benefits of CoQ10 supplementation may include: Improved Energy Levels Helps maintain a youthful feeling Reduces the number and severity of migraines May help prevent and treat gingivitis Replaces necessary …

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Trader Joe’s THM Shopping List FREE Printable

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Shopping for THM at Trader Joe’s and want to stay on plan? Trim Healthy Mamas, sometimes you end up shopping without a menu plan, like me this past week! That’s when I start to “wing it” ha ha I guess you can call it “unplanning” if you like!  Just keep a copy of this handy …

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Trim Healthy Mama My Special Ingredient Priority List

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How I Prioritize the purchase of  “special ingredients” on the Trim Healthy Mama Plan First of all, I just wanna say, you can really do this plan just fine without a single special ingredient. Will you be able to make every single recipe in the cookbook? No. So, when I help people get on this plan …

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Freezer Meals & Meal Prep Plus Recipes and Grocery List

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This is a simple starter meal prep/freezer meal plan Freezer meals and meal prep are both useful for everyday life, but also in situations where part of the family might be going out of town, for a new mom, someone suffering from long term illness, or to stock the freezer for someone who just moved …

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Money Saving Trim Healthy Mama

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“Can I follow the Trim Healthy Mama plan AND be frugal?” Definitely. I would point out that the Trim Healthy Mama authors by their own admission did not have huge grocery budgets when they came up with the plan. Years ago, when I began eating this way we did not have two pennies to rub together, so yes, …

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