If you've ever had a urinary tract infection (UTI) then you know how painful they can be. Every time you have to pee, it burns. The urine can smell really bad, have blood in it or be an off, cloudy color. You might feel like you have to suddenly pee but then when you get to the bathroom hardly anything comes out. You could even run a fever. No matter what symptoms you experience, none of them are any fun.

Have you ever gotten a small pebble in your shoe?  There is that annoying pressure every time you take a step.  After a while, the annoyance turns to irritation as that little pressure turns to pain.  Suddenly you have to stop what you are doing to take off your shoe and shake out that little pebble.  Did you ever want to laugh when you see how really small that pebble is compared to the pain it was causing? 

Relationships in our lives can often go through periods where it feels like there is a little pebble in our heart, just sitting there, rubbing us the wrong way, causing pain and sorrow.  Unfortunately, we are unable to take our heart out and shake it.  Care must be taken or that little pebble can turn into a large block or obstacle to new relationships or to the relationship you have with your inner self. 

I think we have all enjoyed a big meal only to find ourselves suffering a while later with gas, bloating, or even that burning sensation we have come to know as ‘heartburn’. When that happens, I would venture to guess that you reach for one of those over-the-counter medications that is supposed to stop the burn. Now that may provide a temporary feeling of relief, but did you know that you are actually inhibiting the digestion of all that food you just ate?

Over the last two years, more and more people have awoken to the joy of home cooking. Meals we make from scratch can be healthier, especially if we are using organic ingredients, plus there is just something that adds to the taste when the meal is made with love. Have you ever wondered what it is that makes a meal 'healthier'?

For a meal to really be healthy, the ingredients have to be able to activate or boost the function of one of our body systems. The only way to really do that is to start with fresh, organic ingredients and an understanding of what function you want the food to support in your body. Today we are going to support the immune system by choosing three recipes that have ingredients high in an immunomodulating constituent called D-Beta Glucan.