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Why are Dates Good for Us? 10 Pros and 4 Cons, plus a Quick Recipe

02/07/2021 by Hannie Mommers

When you google “why are dates good for us?” or any variation with the word dates in it, some articles will be about dating. That is not the kind of date I am talking about here. This article is about the date we can eat.

My husband Tom and I moved to Spain a couple of years ago. Ever since we eat a lot of dates. The dates that are available in the Netherlands, are the dried kind that has a lot of added sugar. The dates over here are fresh and delicious.

Most of the properties of dates are good for us, but as with all foods, some people don’t react well to them and there are circumstances where we should be careful about eating dates.

Is Coconut Oil Good or Bad for our Health According to the Experts?

25/06/2021 by Hannie Mommers

Finding the right information to answer the question “is coconut oil good or bad for our health?” is not easy. As often happens in health matters, there are as many proponents as there are opponents of coconut oil.

Usually, I first search for proper information and then draw conclusions based on what I consider to be in my personal interest.

In this article, I explain the health claims that can be found for coconut oil and what my own experiences and considerations are with it.

The 8 Most Important Essential Oils Everyone Should Have

05/07/202123/06/2021 by Hannie Mommers

Search for “most important essential oils” or “must-have essential oils” and you’ll get several lists. Some oils are on all the lists, others are personal preferences. The list in this article is my personal preference, based on what oils help me best.

When I began to use essential oils I bought a starter kit because I didn’t know anything about the oils. I supposed a starter kit would have all the right essential oils. But in the end, there are just a few types of essential oils that I kept on using once a bottle was empty.

Never did it occur to me that I could have better educated myself first, and after that buy the bottles that were right for me. So it’s really good, I think, to not make my mistake and browse the internet first before buying anything.

How to Use Essential Oil to Get the Most Benefit from It

22/06/202118/06/2021 by Hannie Mommers

This article describes the benefits of essential oil, the ways in which the oil can be applied, and how to use essential oil safely. Depending on the type of oil and the desired effect, an essential oil is inhaled, applied to the skin, or ingested.

If you plan on using essential oils a lot, I recommend installing an app on your smartphone. You can find a lot of guides on using the oils, as well as apps with recipes to make blends.

Of course, you can also find this information on the internet. I have the app of Young Living and I like it that all necessary information is easily available, independent of where I am at that moment.

What are the Best 10 Ways to Diffuse Essential Oils?

08/12/202116/06/2021 by Hannie Mommers

It hasn’t been that long since I was first introduced to essential oils, but I’ve been hooked almost from day one.

Smelling is most directly linked to our primal brain. You probably recognize this: you get somewhere, it smells of something familiar, and immediately all kinds of memories from the past come back.

There are several ways you can use essential oils, but my favorite is diffusion. And yes, you can diffuse essential oil without having an ‘official’ diffuser.

Did the Virus Come from a Lab or is this Just a Conspiracy Theory?

14/06/2021 by Tom van Oosterhout

Did the virus come from a lab? Although hacking computers with digital viruses is far less messy, in love and warfare all is possible. This must have been one of former US president Trump’s murkier thoughts: in love and bacteriological warfare all is possible. Now he is not a president anymore, it’s a bit of a surprise the question is on the political agenda again: Did the virus come from a lab, or not?

Nobody, I in the least, believes to possess predictive gifts. However, on Monday, April 27, 2009, I wrote an article about the Mexican flu. In the article, I stated that the virus causing the flu had escaped from a laboratory of a Mexican pharmaceutical company.

7 Organic Essential Oils to Calm the Mind plus 1 to Calm the Body

22/06/202109/06/2021 by Hannie Mommers

This article is about organic essential oils to calm yourself emotionally. And as emotions at times turn into physical sensations like nausea I also mention one to solve that.

When I was the caretaker of my mother I often rubbed her hands with lavender oil. Probably the touching did just as much as the oil. Nevertheless, we both enjoyed this habit and it calmed her considerably.

It would have been better to rub her neck and shoulders with the lavender oil but she didn’t like that. Our compromise worked fine because the scent got into her nose anyway. Essential oils work so well because they act directly on the olfactory system in the brain when inhaled.

What is the Influence of the Chinese Meridian Clock on our Body?

11/11/202131/05/2021 by Hannie Mommers

In the article about the Circadian rhythm, I have described an energetic clock that influences our functioning and sleep. Another energetic clock is the Chinese meridian clock. These are two different ways of looking at the same process: the parts of our body influence each other and play a role in our fitness.

The meridians, that the Chinese have distinguished for thousands of years, are a system, not actual lines running through the body.

Chinese healers use the meridians to identify weak spots in the body and to determine their acupuncture points. Sometimes the meridians are linked to organs like the heart, sometimes a meridian is linked to a concept like the Triple burner.