Sacred Heart Health System

Why do the peoples of the Mediterranean have the lowest incidence of heart disease in Europe? One reason is that they all make plentiful use of olive oil. Sacred gift to the Greeks of the goddess Athene, the olive and its wholesome oil have been prized for thousands of years. Now scientists have proved that the ancient herbalists were right: the olive's monounsaturated oil contains special properties that have a beneficial effect on the human body. This amazingly informative book explains how olive oil will help prevent heart disease, improve cholesterol levels, soothe earache and sunburn, cure dandruff and act as a hair and skin conditioner, prevent constipation, and work as a tonic to the system. Nutritionist Rita Greer and chemical analyst Cyril Blau show how olive oil can contribute to your overall good health in many ways. They include recipes for flavoursome salad dressings, sauces and casseroles, and describe how to make olive oil soap, shampoo and skin preparations. They also include a wealth of facts about the customs and mythology of the olive and its harvesting and give advice on the best oil to use for particular purposes.

" By my old professor’ s side, I learned the precious value of caregiving. I am grateful that Beth McLeod has put together a fine source to help bring out the helping heart in all of us." — Mitch Albom author of Tuesdays with Morrie Sooner or later it will touch us all: A family member or loved one becomes ill or disabled, and we step in to help. This is caregiving, and in this powerful, unique book, prizewinning writer and advocate Beth Witrogen McLeod leads us through the caregiving journey with unflinching authority and compassion. Whether it involves caring for an aging parent, an ill spouse or partner, or a disabled child, caregiving takes us into a new reality quite unlike that of our usual workaday life. Too often, we don’ t know where to find help or what questions to ask, and the health care system seems to get more complex every day. An indispensable guide for anyone who is or has been a caregiver or who anticipates becoming one, Caregiving includes advice from leaders in the fields of aging, medicine, finance, and spirituality. It explores medical and financial problems as well as such issues as depression, stress, housing, home care, and end-of-life concerns. The author also includes dozens of helpful resources at the back of the book. Framed by the author’ s personal odyssey as a caregiver, Caregiving is richly informed by the inspiring and poignant tales of other caregivers. Caregiving shows that while at first we experience the dark night of the soul, through service to others we can discover our true nature and develop lovingkindness and compassion; through caregiving we can see the renewal of both self and community. Personal transformation hasbeen witnessed in sacred traditions throughout human history, and in Caregiving Beth McLeod draws on the wisdom of Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and shamanism, and on the writings of current and past spiritual figures, to illuminate the way.