Surgeries to go….globally!

Medical Tourism seems to be on the rise where people frustrated with U.S. prices for medical treatment travel to foreign countries to get their medical treatments…and a bit of vacationing while they’re at it if possible. I did the same last year, getting about $2,000 of dental work for what would have been about $12,000 in the good old U.S.A. I was already going to be spending time in India and found a teaching dentist much sought after for his specialties.

$7300 including airfare for angioplasty in Poland! hmm….may be better places to vacation, but it takes first place in pricing since the price posted for India doesn’t include airfare. 

Just think, if more people would change their diets to living foods, get some exercise, practice deep breathing, take supplements to fill in for what they can’t get from foods, then they’d have the energy and resources to just vacation in these places instead of traveling as a last resort to avoid bankruptcy and get inexpensive mending!

Pricing chart from www.medicaltourismassociation.com. You too can get a bypass for $9,300! I think I’ll bypass that bypass!

Medical Tourism Sample Surgery Cost Chart

	USA	India	Thailand	Singapore	Costa Rica	Korea
Heart Bypass	$130,000	$9,300	$11,000	$16,500	$24,000	$34,150
Heart Valve Replacement	$160,000	$9,000	$10,000	$12,500	$15,000	$29,500
Angioplasty	$57,000	$7,500	$13,000	$11,200	$9,000	$19,600
Hip Replacement	$43,000	$7,100	$12,000	$9,200	$12,000	$11,400
Hysterectomy	$20,000	$6,000	$4,500	$6,000	$4,000	$12,700
Knee Replacement	$40,000	$8,500	$10,000	$11,100	$11,000	$24,100

And the Forecast is Green!

So many people these days have coaches– coaches for fitness, weight loss, finances, etc. Here’s a great addition: a Green Coach!

I have a Living Food Coach, Dr. RitaMarie Loscalzo who specializes in teaching people how to eat and drink more greens for their health. She’s super creative and fun to learn with. I dropped 20 pounds in a few months when I started doing green smoothies with a special glyconutrient powder added–we call it a MannaSmoothie. Actually, we’re able to enhance that with our clients now with a new peptide technology that really gets those inches coming off fast! It’s fun to see people buy smaller sizes and get more active and feeling better and stronger!

Here’s some of RitaMarie’s latest tips:

“You should be eating like the chimps. 50% or more of your diet should be tender green leaves. There are many ways to prepare greens that are tasty and nutritious as well as easy to make. My favorite way to eat my greens is to drink them.

I love my green smoothies. My favorite ones are simple and quick –greens with cherries, pineapple, spinach and vanilla. Yummy.

I find green smoothies to be a great way to give my body a break from the daily rituals and work of digesting complex food combinations. Every couple of months, I take a break from my normal hectic life and just drink green smoothies for a full 7 days. It’s like hitting the pause button on your DVD. You can always come back to the hectic lifestyle, if you choose, but for a short while, you can enjoy the magic of a green smoothie break.

I’ve seen all sorts of magic happen during the 7 day process. (I forgot to mention that I don’t do the green smoothie cleanse by myself. I lead a group through it. We all take a short break from the day to day to chill out and drink green smoothies instead of all or most of our meals. It’s a blast.)

One woman let go of 12 pounds during the cleanse week. A diabetic cut his insulin does in 1/2 by the end of the week. A woman who’d been struggling with fibromyalgia was pain free for the first time in many years. Another felt more clear and energetic than she’d ever done before in her entire life.”

If you want to participate in a Green Smoothie Cleanse, visit
www.GreenSmoothieCleanse.com

Also, if you want recipe ideas, contact me!

Feed Off Your Chia Pet and Lose Inches

If you’re 30+  you probably remember the intense marketing around “chia pets” where you put chia seeds on a pottery pup and watched it grow for entertainment! If you haven’t tried eating the seeds, making gel, or using chia in drinks and food, you’re missing a great health booster and it’s been called a dieter’s dream!

What’s cool about chia? 

• It’s a great source of protein with all the essential amino acids
• You can eat a typical serving of food and consume about half the calories
• The seeds are a great fiber source when soaked in water for about 15 minutes and slow the conversion of carbs to sugar down by creating a barrier between the carbs and the digestive enzymes
• They’re gluten free!

So, to make a simple gel, simply put about 1/3 cup into 2 cups of water. (or fix whatever amount and ration you want.)

If you let it set up to 2-3 hours, you’ll get maximum gel and any lumps will have broken down. You can store in the fridge up to 2 weeks. If you’re in a hurry, just eat some seeds or soak some for about 15 minutes.

If you’re using a fat loss program such as a concentrated whey supplement (not like the meal replacement whey powders), this is a great thing to add to your mix! Low glycemic eating including green smoothies, the powder, and some chia seed gel! In case you haven’t heard of this new technology for fat loss (it’s just been released in the U.K.) but available for some months in the U.S., Japan, and Australia, it’s been clinically tested to help target fat loss and spare lean muscle when combined with low glycemic eating and proper exercise. Write to me for more scoop on this if you’re really keen on dropping inches and not just losing weight.