6 Tips to Help You Kick Your Coffee Habit

I'm happy to say that our household is completely coffee free and almost caffeine free.  With a host of health concerns being linked to coffee consumption, abstaining from coffee gives me one less thing to stress over and that makes me HAPPY!  If you can't get your day started or keep it going without your coffee or caffeine fix, Mama Natural has some great tips to help you kick the habit.


For those of you who may not be familiar with Genevieve AKA  Mama Natural, her tagline is "Whole Living in a Processed World." She and her husband have an ever growing collection of YouTube Videos that are both informative and amusing.  Her "Sh*t Crunchy Mamas Say" videos hit very close to home for this Healthy Mommy and made me laugh out loud!

Go check her out on YouTube.  Then come back and leave me a comment telling which Mama Natural Videos you watched and what you thought.

9 Things to Stop Worrying About

Too much stress can wreak havoc on your health. Get answers and stop tormenting yourself over some common health concerns:

1. Do I really need eight glasses of water everyday?
2. Will stress turn my hair gray?
3. Will reading in poor light ruin my eyesight?
4. Is my daily pick-me-up bad for me?
5. Must I feed a cold and starve a fever?
6. Do I need to eat fresh vegetables daily?
7. Are the eggs I eat going to lead to heart disease?
8. Can I catch a cold if I'm out in the cold weather too long?
9. Could my lipstick be making me sick?

This Health.com article answers your plaguing questions:

 9 Things to Stop Worrying About - Health.com

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Good, Good, Good, Good Hydration!

Sing it to the tune of Good Vibrations!  Are you drinking enough water?  Probably not . . . 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated.

Some Interesting Facts about Dehydration:

• Even mild dehydration will slow your metabolism by as much as 3%.
• One glass of water made midnight hunger pangs cease for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a University of Washington study.
• Lack of water is the number one trigger of daytime fatigue.
• Preliminary research indicates that 8-10 glasses of water a day could significantly ease back and joint pain for up to 80% of sufferers.
• A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short-term memory, trouble with basic math, and difficulty focusing on the computer screen or on a printed page.
• Drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases the risk of colon cancer by 45%, breast cancer by 79%, and bladder cancer by 50%. 
  

Are you drinking the amount of water you should every day?  I know we haven’t been. I’ve been waking up in the morning with my mouth all dry and my skin is so parched it makes me think of the old Lubriderm, “See you later, Alligator” commercial.  My husband likes to drink everything but water, and our eighteen month old throws sippy cups of water on the floor and demands juice or soda instead.

So this week, we are recommitting ourselves to getting and staying hydrated!  We challenge you to do the same!

What we’ll be drinking:

• Water, Water, and More Water!
• We’re shooting for five 16.9 ounce bottles each day!

What we won’t be drinking:

• Caffeinated Beverages – Caffeine is a diuretic, which can lead to dehydration.
• Alcohol – It’s also a diuretic.