Welcome to KimMarie's Natural Health Living

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Investing in Health.com and in our Outdoor Health also! Please visit our site 4X Outfitters.com As owners we put together a page where you can see that we are a destination for products and information to assist you in achieving TOTAL health balance. Follow our company 4X Outfitters Sales & Marketing and see how we all can get the Outdoor health balance achieved.

Natural health
has been my passion for over 28 years. As I was growing up (never forgetting the love for my Minnesota roots, and so much too be thankful for), my dear mother sought after health changes for herself and started sharing some of that with us in the family. It was when I moved to Arizona that I took her knowledge shared and I took the mentoring from some wise pioneers of the Naturopathic health industry. Through this journey I found out that a quality, balanced and an intentional life is in my best interest.
Then as this journey progressed I became committed. Going much farther with it all...I dug deeper. I will give credit where it is due and that is with the god-given strength and wisdom I asked for from Him I started striving to be Intentional with what I was doing to my body, mind and soul and making the right choices and following through with perseverance. With many other people and their knowledge, I have always tried to seek His wisdom as I waded through many of the products and services out there that I had encountered. I've created this space to share the many products, ideas, and resources that have greatly blessed and enriched the life of my family! I want too support a healthy American...(Proud to be an American and God Bless America and all who have fallen and all who are still stand up and defend it still today)...family lifestyle created and designed by God. It is all a heavenly heirloom that can only help us enrich this life that we have here on earth and that will one day be a memory. Yet an Eternal blessing awaits us! Why not be healthy and productive for the time that we are given.

This high quality thought process is my
legacy, I want to give as a family heirloom to all our other family generations! Looking back and knowing your heritage, what your true linage is and understanding how to nurture these deficiencies with natural whole foods and remedies is so rewarding.

Encompassing health products, educational videos, outdoor living, communications and more, it is my hope that this page will be your portal to a
healthier and more vibrant life. Maintaining a balance in all areas of your God given life.

Be concerned for
your wellness and treasure yourself, have faith and seek the hope in Christ because you are special and have special gifts. All of us are created for a special and unique purpose in this life!! You are worth a lot! We all can share our gifts. Seek after a personal relationship with Him. Stay strong spiritually. Healthy eating of good foods, some raw, and minimal amount of processed foods. Drinking plenty of purified oxygenated water. Sun light and that outdoor living. Deep breathing daily which is building your maximum capacity. Maybe extra supplements and minerals if needed by your body, exercise. Some quality rest and relaxation for your body. You are housing the holy spirit; For no other reason...Be Fit for the King! LOVE, respect, truly value and treasure family and friends!!! Always give your VERY best, not perfect...just your intentional best!

Thanks for visiting and may God's blessings smile on you and those you love. Live life intentionally and start living the saying that, you are just "Too Blessed to be Stressed" So, everyday..."Make a Great day of it!"

Living Life Intentionally in all areas...body, mind and soul!

"But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord."
~Joshua 24:15


Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Eat Wild - Basics

Eat Wild

Grass-Fed Basics

by Jo Robinson

Back to Pasture. Since the late 1990s, a growing number of ranchers have stopped sending their animals to the feedlots to be fattened on grain, soy and other supplements. Instead, they are keeping their animals home on the range where they forage on pasture, their native diet. These new-age ranchers do not treat their livestock with hormones or feed them growth-promoting additives. As a result, the animals grow at a natural pace. For these reasons and more, grass-fed animals live low-stress lives and are so healthy there is no reason to treat them with antibiotics or other drugs.

More Nutritious. A major benefit of raising animals on pasture is that their products are healthier for you. For example, compared with feedlot meat, meat from grass-fed beef, bison, lamb and goats has less total fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, and calories. It also has more vitamin E, beta-carotene, vitamin C, and a number of health-promoting fats, including omega-3 fatty acids and “conjugated linoleic acid,” or CLA. Read more about the nutritional benefits of raising animals on pasture.

The Art and Science of Grassfarming. Raising animals on pasture requires more knowledge and skill than sending them to a feedlot. For example, in order for grass-fed beef to be succulent and tender, the cattle need to forage on high-quality grasses and legumes, especially in the months prior to slaughter. Providing this nutritious and natural diet requires healthy soil and careful pasture management so that the plants are maintained at an optimal stage of growth. Because high-quality pasture is the key to high-quality animal products, many pasture-based ranchers refer to themselves as "grassfarmers" rather than “ranchers.” They raise great grass; the animals do all the rest.

Factory Farming. Raising animals on pasture is dramatically different from the status quo. Virtually all the meat, eggs, and dairy products that you find in the supermarket come from animals raised in confinement in large facilities called CAFOs or “Confined Animal Feeding Operations.” These highly mechanized operations provide a year-round supply of food at a reasonable price. Although the food is cheap and convenient, there is growing recognition that factory farming creates a host of problems, including:
• Animal stress and abuse
• Air, land, and water pollution
• The unnecessary use of hormones, antibiotics, and other drugs
• Low-paid, stressful farm work
• The loss of small family farms
• Food with less nutritional value.

Unnatural Diets. Animals raised in factory farms are given diets designed to boost their productivity and lower costs. The main ingredients are genetically modified grain and soy that are kept at artificially low prices by government subsidies. To further cut costs, the feed may also contain “by-product feedstuff” such as municipal garbage, stale pastry, chicken feathers, and candy. Until 1997, U.S. cattle were also being fed meat that had been trimmed from other cattle, in effect turning herbivores into carnivores. This unnatural practice is believed to be the underlying cause of BSE or “mad cow disease.”

Animal Stress. A high-grain diet can cause physical problems for ruminants—cud-chewing animals such as cattle, dairy cows, goats, bison, and sheep. Ruminants are designed to eat fibrous grasses, plants, and shrubs—not starchy, low-fiber grain. When they are switched from pasture to grain, they can become afflicted with a number of disorders, including a common but painful condition called “subacute acidosis.” Cattle with subacute acidosis kick at their bellies, go off their feed, and eat dirt. To prevent more serious and sometimes fatal reactions, the animals are given chemical additives along with a constant, low-level dose of antibiotics. Some of these antibiotics are the same ones used in human medicine. When medications are overused in the feedlots, bacteria become resistant to them. When people become infected with these new, disease-resistant bacteria, there are fewer medications available to treat them.

Caged Pigs, Chickens, Ducks and Geese. Most of the nation’s chickens, turkeys, and pigs are also being raised in confinement. Typically, they suffer an even worse fate than the grazing animals. Tightly packed into cages, sheds, or pens, they cannot practice their normal behaviors, such as rooting, grazing, and roosting. Laying hens are crowded into cages that are so small that there is not enough room for all of the birds to sit down at one time. An added insult is that they cannot escape the stench of their own manure. Meat and eggs from these animals are lower in a number of key vitamins and omega-3 fatty acids.

Environmental Degradation. When animals are raised in feedlots or cages, they deposit large amounts of manure in a small amount of space. The manure must be collected and transported away from the area, an expensive proposition. To cut costs, it is dumped as close to the feedlot as possible. As a result, the surrounding soil is overloaded with nutrients, which can cause ground and water pollution. When animals are raised outdoors on pasture, their manure is spread over a wide area of land, making it a welcome source of organic fertilizer, not a “waste management problem.” Read more about the environmental differences between factory farming and grass-based production.

The Healthiest Choice. When you choose to eat meat, eggs, and dairy products from animals raised on pasture, you are improving the welfare of the animals, helping to put an end to environmental degradation, helping small-scale ranchers and farmers make a living from the land, helping to sustain rural communities, and giving your family the healthiest possible food. It’s a win-win-win-win situation.

© 2010 by Jo Robinson


Explore these topics in greater detail. Read Pasture Perfect by Jo Robinson and continue to explore the wealth of science-based information on Eatwild.com. To find a local supplier of healthy, grass-fed products, visit http://www.eatwild.com/products/index.html