When I first read that the Canadian company Upaya Naturals provided online customers with raw food delights, I wondered what kind of idiot can’t just buy a raw carrot from the local food store and eat it.  Even if you are a shut-in, local stores deliver, so where is the market for Upaya Naturals?

Silly me. Upaya Naturals provides online shoppers with hard to find, all natural, vegan cheeses and ice creams that actually taste good while providing lots of nutrients.They arrive on ice to your very doorstep, where you can be waiting, crackers in hand, or spoon in fist, in eager anticipation of the yummy, delectable treats that are being delivered to your home. 

Cashew-based Ice Cream. It tastes like dairy ice cream, without the guilt.

If you find the wait too exciting, be sure to order aromatherapy essential oils that calm the nerves, and smell divine.

Get all of your favourite blender recipes at the ready also. Upaya Naturals carriesVitamix and Blendtec blenders, the cadillac of blenders/juicers on the market today. You can prepare bread mixtures, and soups, as well as smoothies and ice creams, without having to fiddle with numerous attachments. Push a button and you are off to the races.

The Vitamix Deluxe 5200 is touted as the best blender on the market, but the following videos offer conflicting evidence in this regard. You can also buy Vitamix at your friendly neighbourhood Costco store, if interested. You can save yourself the shipping fees that way, as they are presently on sale, and therefore cost the same as ordering from the company online. Ask for a demo before you buy.

The Vitamix Blendtec Kitchen Aid Challenge. You decide. The facts in these two videos conflict. Kitchen Aid is far less expensive and appears to do the trick.

The Vitamix Blendtec Challenge. 

 Why pay for Blendtec or for Vitamix if Kitchen Aid is just as efficient, if not moreso?  And it’s half the price at $199.00 How do they all fare with breadmaking? We want more tests please, before we take a Vitamix home!

Upaya Naturals also carries Superfoods, Greens etc. that are vegan-friendly. Power up so that you will have th strength inyour arms to lift that spoonful of healthy cashew-based ice cream to your lips, over and over again. After all, you have many delectable flavours to try. You need muscle mass.

So please, do yourself a favour and check out Upaya Naturals’ website.

I can hardly wait to try the cashew-based ice creams. I have never tried them before, but everyone says that they are great. I know that there are some almond and soy-based ice creams that are out there these days that are absolutely delicious. I wonder if the cashew-based ice creams give them a run for their money?

And don’t forget to brush your teeth! Yep. Upaya Naturals carries healthy,  flouride-free tooth cleansers also. And skincare products. And the kitchen sink. Okay, everything but.

Speaking of the kitchen sink. Upaya Naturals carries one of, if not the best, water filtration systems on the market today: Wellness Kitchen S-III Filtration. This countertop water filtration system can also be easily mounted under the sink with the purchase of an adapter kit. What is most wonderful about this Wellness filtration system is that trace mineral that we need for our health are added back to the water supply after filteration has occurred. If you are concerned about pharmaceuticals, heavy metals and fecal matter making it into your drinking and bathing water, this filtration system will give you the quality of water and the peace of mind you need.

Unless, of course, you enjoy all those pharmaceuticals in your water!

Perhaps we could just bottle it and sell it ourselves to those chronics residing in families that have purchased water filters.

Hmmm.

Just an evil, entrepreneurial thought.

Pat.

What the heck is TMJ?

TMJ and bruxism can be treated without medication or mouthguards, apparently, quite successfully. But what the heck is meant by TMJ? I have just been on a billion websites, where TMJ is discussed and an assortment of products offered to aid in its relief.

You would think that someone would tell you what the initials stand for.

Oh, I know; I’m supposed to know it by osmosis. If I stare at the letters TMJ long enough, the correct answer will come to me. Too Much Junk food? Tight Muscled Jaw? Twisted My Junk?

That would give someone bruxism.

What?!

TMJ stands for temporomandibular joint disorder, dysfunction, or syndrome

Now I know why it is called TMJ. It is also known as TMJD or TMD.

You can call it TMJ, or you can call it TMD or you can call it TMJD, but ya doesn’t have ta call it temporomandibular joint disorder/syndrome.

Would it really have been so hard to spell it out completely at least once on someone’s website or sales page?

The temporomandibular joint is the joint on the face that joins the mandible, or lower jaw, to the rest of the skull.  Each TMJ is actually two joints. This enables the TMJ to both rotate and translate.

I beg your pardon.

If someone told me to rotate, I don’t think that I would need much of a translation. They might need a new TMJ or two once they were done, however.

Translate, in this instance, means to be able to slide, and therefore allow the lower jaw to do all those fun movements involved in chewing, talking, and mocking people with overbites.

Speaking of mocking; I wouldn’t be at all surprised if fists had something to do with a lot of men’s TMJ disorders.

Inflammation of these joints can be extremely painful, as well as limiting the usual movement of the jaw. People often suffer from referred pain, manifesting as earaches, due to the close proximity of this joint to the ears.

Temporomandibular joint disorder is often exacerbated by a condition known as bruxism. Bruxism, or bruxing, is the repetitive, unconscious movement of the jaw.

And teeth grinding.

Chronic teeth grinding.

Teeth Grinding How To Stop

Sounding like Yoda gets more traffic hits to my website, so please bear with me!

There are mouth guards available on the market, but doctors don’t advise that you use such shields. Custom-made is the way to go if you choose this avenue of relief.

TMJ NO MORE

If you are fed up of looking like a hockey player in bed, and don’t have the professional “hip-check” to back it up, or make up for the usually less than sexy appeal of this mouth guard, check out this website:   www.TMJNOMORE.com.

The lovely lady who hosts this website was a long-suffering TMJ bruxater herself. She isn’t any more. She is a medical researcher, nutritionist and health consultant. She has found a drug-free, mouthguard-free way to stop her bruxism and TMJ. Many people have benefitted from her research and are no longer suffering from the effects of these reversible conditions. Many have found that their symptoms have not left completely, but are far less marked.

She claims that you can be TMJ-free entirely within two months using her 3-step program, and find great relief from the symptoms within the first twelve hours.

Sandra Carter is her name and she can help your TMJ go away.

Sandra Carter is your number one drug-free resource for: Teeth Grinding How To Stop.

Forever.

And without making all the money in your pocketbook go away too!

Please check out her website. Once again, that is Sandra Carter at www.TMJNOMORE.com.

If you don’t like what you see,

Bite me!

Teeth Grinding HowTo Stop

There, that should do it.

Traffic.

Pat.

And it works!

Better than her expensive hearing aids.

Honest to goodness.

I said that I would find out the name of the product, because I could not get hold of grandma at the time of my post.

I found out the name of the product.

It is the Silver Sonic XL by Bell& Howell.

If I spell it wrong, like this, Bell Howell, fifty million more people will come to my website. So bear with me. I need traffic. So henceforth, that is what I will call it.  Bell Howell.

Thank you for your cooperation!

If you are 92, like Grandma Rea, (pronounced Rae), then you might just have a bit of trouble searching for it on foot. The Silver Sonic XL is available online  at www.ikitchen.com, for less than $25.00. I believe that it is on sale for even less at the time of this post.

Check it out.

In fact, check everything out. The online store is amazing! Excellent goods of all shapes and description, at excellent prices.

Once again, that’s www.ikitchen.com.

And don’t forget to tell them that I sent you!

Pat