Amanda's Health Journal

I run barefoot on asphalt now. It's a bit rough. I am still getting calluses. I believe that means my form still needs help.

Feb 10

Feb 10 Chocolate and Coffee and The Paleo Diet

Here I am being brave. I am throwing away the delicious espresso chocolate cake I made today. Ingredients: coconut oil, eggs, espresso, vanilla, cocoa, dark chocolate chips, honey.

Feb 5

Feb 5 Barefoot Running and Calluses

If you're an experienced barefooter and read my earlier posts, then you may have picked up on a few of my knowledge-gaps.

Feb 1

Feb 1 Earthing: Health Implications of Reconnecting the Human Body to the Earth's Surface Electrons

Detoxification

The Journal of Environmental and Public Health just published a comprehensive scientific review of the research and health implications of Earthing.

Jan 28
Jan 28 Does Earthing Really Work?

The other benefit is the anti-inflammatory effect that Earthing has, and this has to do with the transfer of electrons from the Earth to your body.

Jan 23

Jan 23 Hashimoto's Thyroiditis

Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. Sounds alarming, doesn't it? Even more frightening: autoimmune disease. However, I am not scared. I am emboldened.

Jan 18

Jan 18 A Look at the Paleo Diet

The Paleo Diet is also known as the Paleolithic or Caveman diet. Basically you eat meats, vegetables, fruits and nuts. Many believe that this is the way humans ate as they evolved over millions of years.

Jan 14

Jan 14 Earthing How To

I like the Earthing technology so much that I bought the mat, the (king-sized) sheet, and the few accessories that are needed to make sure you're properly grounded.

Jan 13

Jan 13 Earthing and Earthing Products

I grew up in Manhattan, on the 20th floor of a 40 story apartment building. Talk about being ungrounded!

Jan 11
Jan 11 How to Set Up Your Earthing Sheet

When the sheet came, I lay on it and did the same test. The voltage went down to 0.1. Fantastic, it works!

Jan 10
Jan 10 My Earthing Journal

Earthing pad came today. With volt meter’s black cord plugged into the electrical outlet’s ground port, and holding red cord in hand, my body voltage was 2.5 volts.

Jan 7

Jan 7 Barefoot Running: Another Successful Run

I ran 2.25 miles today on the beach, barefoot. It felt so much better than my old way of running that I ran right past my stairs exit without realizing it and had to backtrack!

Jan 6

Jan 6 Barefoot Running

Last night I started reading Barefoot Running Step By Step by Barefoot Ken Bob Saxton and today I decided to put some of it into use.

Jan 6

Jan 6 Don't Know if Earthing is Working For You Yet?

This article is from Earthing.com. It explains how to make sure you're following the steps correctly so as to receive the benefits from Earthing.

Dec 27

Dec 27 The Atkins Diet

Day 3 on Atkins: Check my notebook to see new supplements I’m on. I am actually eating fried pork rinds cause they’re allowed on the Atkins diet.

Dec 23

Dec 23 Leaky Gut Syndrome and Diet

When I was first embroiled in my newly-found health problems, I struggled for internet enlightenment on the right way to eat. I tried the Special Foods Diet, the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, the Elimination Diet, the Raw Foods Diet and many more.

Dec 18

Dec 18 Leaky Gut and "Skilled Relaxation"

Breathing and Meditation

To me it made perfect sense that if my muscles were chronically tensed, blood flow was being shunted away from digestive organs all the time, and bloating could be a very likely result.

Dec 16

Dec 16 Diet and How I Eat Now

I wanted to share some of my diary about the diet from that period. This is still basically the diet that I follow.

Dec 11
Dec 11 Hum, Breathe or Gargle to Get Out of Fight-or-Flight?