The Amazing Nurse

09/06/2024

Going berry smoothie bowl. So delicious. I'm stuffed.

05/09/2023

Visiting my 3rd wonder of the world.

02/11/2022

👉Other foods that help remove 90% or more are h**p protein, cilantro leaf, raspberries, cacao powder, and wheatgrass.

⛔️Mercury interferes with many minerals, such as zinc, magnesium, and selenium which are necessary for thyroid hormone production.

⚠️A large study of women in the United States indicates a link between mercury exposure and elevated levels of a thyroid antibody that is often higher in women with autoimmune diseases.

27/10/2022

The refining process of salt strips it from the magnesium and potassium our bodies need. Water follows sodium, which causes fluid overload; however, potassium is important for maintaining fluid balance. Low salt diets don’t significantly lower blood pressure. One study had 56 different trials and found no significant effect on blood pressure. Another study showed a 430% increase in heart attacks in the group with the lowest salt intake.

The stripping process also removes iodine. Iodine-deficient individuals have an increased incidence of anti-thyroid antibodies.

Sea salt however can detox the body of the toxic bromide that keeps the body from getting the iodine it needs.

25/10/2022

In the 1970s iodine was removed from flour products and replaced with bromate. Bromate is a carcinogen and causes thyroid goiter. It's the most concentrated in iodine; however, the breasts have the most.

Do you remember the Periodic Table of Elements in chemistry class? Iodine and bromide are right next to each other with almost the same chemical structure. Bromide will sit loosely on iodine receptors and block the body from getting the iodine it needs. Any cell with iodine can't have cancer. Iodine purges yet it's estimated that up to 40% of the world's population is deficient in iodine.

Avoid foods with bromine in them such as hydrogenated oils, Gatorade, soft drinks, and bleached flours. It can also be found in pesticide repellants on fruits and vegetables, upholstery, curtains, and anything with flame retardant, which includes your pillows.

21/10/2022

Are you carb sensitive?🍇🍉🍍🍎🍌

I'm 100% for plant based diets but if you are anything like me food leaves us feeling sleepy 30 mins after consumption. I have learned that I do best with fats and shockingly starches. Every 7 years our bodies changes. I now get headaches that progress into migraines. One day I tried everything from Excedrin, coffee, sugar, but what took it away was white potatoes. Potatoes have serotonin in them. I've also read that 12 almonds have enough salicin in them to equate 2 aspirin.

Have any other nutrition hacks? Please share.

I also love this new acrylic tray for all of my carbs. ✔comments.

06/08/2021

27/05/2021

Let me tell you about my new cool scale⚖ because you'll probably want one too.

🍲If you go to a doctor, trainer, nutritionist, or dietician they will compute how many calories you need to maintain your weight by height and ideal weight. With metabolism diseases such as hypothyroidism your metabolism may be sluggish and need less then ideal calories. This scale will tell you exactly how many calories you need to maintain an ideal weight.

💪It also tells muscle mass and bone mass.

🦴Bone mass especially important to know if you are going through or are past menopause to prevent osteoporosis.

💧The scale will let you know if you are getting enough water or if you are dehydrated.

🥩The protein status is your overall nutrition status whether you are getting enough nutrients or are deficient.

My personal favorite.....the age. The scale told me I am currently 9 years younger then my actual age🤣

🤸‍♀️It also tells BMI, % of body fat, visceral fat, and lean body mass.

Years ago when I went to my functional medicine doctor he had me step on this large bioelectrical impedence scale. I thought it was a machine that costed thousands of dollars. In fact I had seen ads about getting this detailed of info for a fee. I had no idea they made these scales for home.

📱By bluetooth it connects to an app on my phone and analyzes everything and saves it so then I will have a reference point on how much my health is improving.

⚡It analyzes your body composition by finding weak electric current flows through the body. The voltage is measured in order to calculate impedance of the body.

24/04/2021

04/09/2020

These vegans in the South know how to cook. Im in Montgomery, AL across the street from the Rosa Parks museum.

18/05/2020

I have been MIA for the past 6 weeks due to this pandemic. Working 6 days a week is a whole other health topic on what adrenal fatigue will do to you. Long hours and no naps. Dependency on caffeine. For the first time in my life I am so exhausted on my days off that I stay in bed for most of the day on my days off. I'll probably get up around 5-6pm to get gas a few groceries for the week.

I have been working on a strictly CoVid unit here in LA and have been seeing the census on the unit go down and many patients go home.

The needs that I have been able to fulfill in the hospital during this time has deeply blessed me. I have been able to use my ipad to connect so many families to their elderly loved one who might be too confused to know how to use electronics. I got the idea for my ipad after one patient had to die all alone and the family who desperately wanted to be there wasn't allowed in the hospital. The next time it happened I had the family virtually in the room singing, praying, and consoling their loved one as she died.

I have a whole bag of birthday decorations and mug cakes to throw surprise parties for my patients who are otherwise depressed to be stuck in a hospital with no family or friends on their birthday.

I found an inflatable hair basin to wash hair in bed of those who haven't had their hair washed in weeks. We have no showers on our unit. I'm shaving off grown out beards with the dullest razors on earth. Combing out snarls and braiding hair. Emailing pictures of patients to their families.

You may or may not have known that before this all started I was a top 150 finisher of 40,000 women to win $50K and the cover of Jetset magazine. If I had won I would've used the money as a missionary nurse. On my days off I spent 12 hours a day fundraising and getting votes. The rules were no paying for your own votes and pictures within the past 6 months so this was one picture I had done. There were so many ways I could've cheated but I wanted to be obedient to the Lord. In the end many girls were having their life's saving taken out and paying for their own votes. These girls openly admitted to it and the proof was sent to Jetset but they still let the girls break the rules. After taxes were taken out these girls broke even all to be on the cover of a magazine. Money that would've helped thousands had I won.

It would've been so easy for me to cheat too for that Jetset contest. There have been families wanting to sneak me stuff under the table. However I always do what is right even when no one is watching, because the man upstairs is. Due to obedience in honesty I will have plenty of money to help the poor around the world. When the borders open back up I plan on driving through Central America and feeding sandwiches and apples to homeless people in every capital city. Who knew something that started as a contest would end so differently but finish with the same end in mind.

I know many of you follow me because of my health and fitness journey. Health and fitness is just the beginning of feeling better to do something greater then ourselves.

05/04/2020

The CoVid team is in full force here in LA. Right now we are our patients nurses, family, friends, and support system as they struggle through this virus alone. Can you figure out which one is me?