Coconut is the Tree of Life and Organic Raw Food

I am often asked, "What encouraged you to follow your inner child guides to a pristine private island paradise to live the rest of your life surrounded by coconut, the tree of life?" Here is my story.

At age 36, after traveling the globe extensively, I had a strong vision to settle down in my own pristine Shangri-la with many coconut trees. I was then on a 16 year world sojourn, traveling together with my English partner Mark. Our adventures had taken us to some of the world's most pristine, rugged, serene, remote tropical wilderness and animal reserves, plus canyons, rivers, lakes and island paradises fringed with coconut trees. Though shy and uncomfortable with people since a little girl, I was totally relaxed in Mother Nature, particularly in the tropics near a cleansing sea and eating organic tropical food from the wild.

During my adventures, short-term travelers would often ask questions about my long unusual journeys. Amazed myself that many of my wild dreams came true, I would tell them I was blessed to have among others, Peter Pan and TinkerBell as my mystical spiritual friends. I came to believe it and live by my mystical tropical island dream.

My 'vision to settle' was not your typical 'Buy a house in the country and settle down'! My dream was a pristine paradise somewhere in the tropics far away from people. It was private and had a lush tropical jungle backdrop. I could see an island surrounded by blue crystal clear water and a nearby coral reef, teaming with fish, with a long white-sand beach fringed with coconut, my trees of life.

Amazingly, I could still see mountain peaks, caves and grottos in the picture, too. I could see myself growing my organic garden, learning how to eat coconut in many varied ways, sprouting my organic seeds in my own kitchen, eating cleansing raw food and having pets to nurture and love, but I was still unsure if I would live on a pristine island beside a tropical turquoise blue sea or on some mystical mountain.

Most people would say this was an irrational fairytale fantasy; to me it was real. I knew it was out there and I had to search. And with the help of Peter Pan and TinkerBell as my mystical guides, find my pristine paradise and my coconut trees, I did!. Like a coconut washed to a far distant shore, I started from an organic tropical coconut seed on my tropical soil, and then I grew my tropical island roots. Later I would grow my sturdy trunk, my huge green leaves and fruits to share, growing strong with the trees of life surrounding me.

Finding the Soil to Plant the Coconut Seed

Mark had airline tickets back to Australia, suggesting we look for a place in tropical Cape Tribulation, Northern Queensland, another paradise we both loved. However living in the West did not fit my mystical journey and my way of life. I could feel my need of a paradise in the East, far away from what most call 'normal' civilization. Still Mark was my partner; we had traveled together for more than 14 years, sharing much love, joy and experience. He would often suggest I wake up to reality and I would struggle with questions like: Why did I, at 36 years of age, still believe such a fantasy fairytale about an exotic paradise with a white-sand beach and coconut trees existed? Would I be searching my whole life for an unobtainable mystical island dream? Could there really be gods, goddesses, fairies and spiritual guides and a remote island paradise I could live on?

While traveling through Malaysia on our way back to Australia, I was sharing my far-fetched private island dream with a Swiss couple while sitting at a small street-side restaurant in Penang. Immediately both said that my vision sounded like the pristine area they had just left, the spectacular bay, cliffs and white-sand beaches of El Nido Palawan, Philippines.

Immediately I heard bells in my head and felt Peter Pan beside me again saying the words "what are we waiting for?" l looked at Mark, who, though amazed with my mystical adventures, agreed to add yet another detour into our plans to get back to Australia. Weeks later after trekking off the beaten track through rice paddies and waiting days in a crocodile infested riverside village for a weekly market boat, we found our way to the unforgettable shores of Bacuit Bay, home of 21 pristine islands, with coconut fringed beaches and the main town of El Nido.

After just two weeks here, surprising even me, I was adamant that I would find my island dream in one of these exotic gems. Mark had not the heart to share my dream, yet I heard myself tell him, "I will manage it alone from here and find my pristine coconut fringed island." We said goodbye, he thinking I would come to my senses with time and experience. I knew I was here for life. Four months later, together with Peter, I was shown the unforgettable shores of my destiny. As if my friendly spiritual guides had waved their magic wands, almost all of my wishes were in front of me on this tiny magical island of Malapacao. It was my exotic, mystical place here in Asia. It was a gem surrounded by other gems, a pearl in a pristine place. It was a tropical island surrounded by blue crystal clear water, a nearby coral reef..teaming with fish... It had a long white-sand beach fringed with my beloved tress of life.It had a lush tropical jungle backdrop... It had many rugged mountain peaks, a cave and a grotto for meditation... Turtles visited the shore often to lay their eggs and exotic tropical birds shared space with colorful butterflies, dragonflies, lacewings and my trees of life.

If all of this was not enough, it had a carved small pool just on the shore that I could use as my wishing well for future diva dreams. I was ecstatic and in love. Finding my vision had taken all of three months. Now making it my tropical paradise home and becoming self sufficient on coconut and organic food was going to be the dedicated work of my life, a challenge like moving a mountain!

It was September 1987, over 23 years ago, when I was washed to these shores with Peter Pan and TinkerBell, arriving with almost no savings left. Few westerners lived in our area, few locals had met a foreigner and fewer spoke English. Even though I was well traveled, living among people from such a simple culture was like stepping back in time 50 years or more. I was ever-so green!! I had not even thought it through, how I would survive eating my beloved coconut, what I would do for funds. My family (though not close) believed like Mark did, that one day I would return to my senses and come back to Australia; there was no way I was going to ask them for any financial help.

Growing my Delicate Coconut Roots

Home for me was here, with these coconut trees, there would never be another in this lifetime. I had made the forever, life commitment. I had to trust Peter Pan and TinkerBell as well as my new island gods, goddesses and fairies to show me the way I needed to follow. There was nothing in my head saying "NO"; that it might not or would not work. I had been born a Leo, in the year of the Rabbit, and luck was my middle name. I would mesh with the local islanders and balance this most important shift in my life. I would grow like the coconut tree and learn new skills to live closely with nature. I learnt to make young coconut jelly, coconut brittle, coconut biscuits, crunches, coconut oils, coconut cheeses, coconut champagne and coconut honey. I would adapt to this tropical island lifestyle, as I believed the answers were here with the trees, and as long as I asked, all would be revealed. Looking back, I see this as my saving grace.

Thinking rationally rarely allows someone to start a tropical island adventure such as I did! Yet in hindsight, I can not help but be surprised by just how irrational I was 23 years ago! Like others starting their 'Robinson Crusoe lifestyle', I planted more coconut trees in my garden for my millionaire's salad, grew my sprouts and explored the lush natural vegetation. I found lot of ways to add coconuts to wild vines, green leaves and shoots for my cleansing raw food organic diet. I started a farm to grow and then sell things so I could survive here.

On several of my trips to Manila (a 30 hour or longer cargo boat ride) I brought back 6 imported breeding sows, 2 boars, 80 egg laying pullets and 200 just born chicks, 100 Muscovy ducklings and 100 baby Australian Silver quail. Over time the pigs bred an average of 80 piglets every six months. I would sleep with the sows at their birth; clip their umbilical cords from their mothers and their eye teeth to prevent them from hurting mums teats. My island helpers even taught me how to castrate the young male piglets.

The chickens would lay approximately 60 eggs a day creating a small income and to this menagerie I acquired a few pairs of Campbell Road Runner ducks and a pair of Bengala guinea fowl. With the help of a homemade kerosene incubator, I multiplied my animals and my eggs one hundred fold.

To add to more excitement I bought 2 mother goats with 4 baby kids and 1 Billy goat. Life was full....lots of experiences......lots of daily happenings. I fed coconut in various forms to all my animals and at one point I had over 1000 of them to care for. I made salted, century eggs and balut from my ducks, sold quail eggs and created other interesting local delicacies. To provide better health for my young animals, I raised thousands of earthworms for their Vitamin B12 vermiculture. That is another story all on its own and to this day I am grateful to my humble earthworms in my organic garden supporting my cleansing raw food meals.

I sold young healthy pigs and if ever any got sick, their new owners would return them to me to doctor. I would feed them coconut, charcoal and green leaves; let them wander along the beach and under the coconut trees, until they got their energy again. I would even sleep with them; wrapping them in woolen scarves at night so they could feel warm and secure and I would massage and shampoo them with cleansing coconut oil. As is my way, I prefer not ask a person to do anything I would not do myself! Eventually I could not bring myself to kill my animals and slowly I become a spiritual vegan. It was a wonderful learning process and another step in my organic island way of life.

During that time a few other foreigners came into the area, but they seldom stayed long, finding life too challenging. I would rarely meet them, finding little common ground with people, more at home hugging the trees and rocks, dancing with the wind, snorkeling with the fish and eating coconuts and organic food. Using local folklore tales Peter Pan would help me weave fantasies of the island shapes, acknowledging the fairy guides. Inabuyatan Island in front of me, became The Princess who had cried herself to sleep hundreds of years ago, distressed with the world for allowing the Goddesses to be destroyed. Now with the help of her seven sisters, she had woken, aware that these strong women were on the scene again. A Mammoth Elephant leaning up against her as a symbol of Yin and Yang.

I, myself became a bit of a legend too - it was not hard to do here! Alone, celibate and a mystical spiritual diva who enjoyed strange dances on the beach (often nude) and with an odd cleansing diet, loving my life in nature. Foreigners and locals alike called me 'The Crazy Coconut Lady of Malapacao.' To those who knew me it was said in kind fun. However, most believed that in time, I would get lonely enough and give up my organic island lifestyle. Though several visitors asked me this question, my answer was always the same, "No, never!!"

In the early days life was about survival, with huge challenges. It was not a bed of roses that is for sure! Days and dramas were real and not for the weak minded. Living here can be like being in the Wild West and I had my hands full just trying to understand a culture that is so different from our world. There were days I admit I hit some mighty bumps and did buckle and bend just like the coconut tree does - it happens to all of us! But these obstacles were heaven-sent to make me a stronger diva. I believe one makes the most of what we have....I had what most people only dream of, it was a precious magical gift...how could I NOT put my heart and soul into it?

Still after four years of trying to survive, I failed to earn enough for basic needs with my farming venture. In 1992, with few facilities, I opened my doors to regular tourism, offering stretcher beds on the beach and visitors had to help me prepare meals and hot drinks on a wood fire. I had no towels, bed linens and knew nothing about bokashi composting toilet in those days. It was a rustic beginning with lots of coconut drinks and meals on my exotic menu and budget travelers loved it. Offering a tiny haven for passing yachties, I sold the coconut fruit, coconut oil, coconut champagne and veggies, other fresh fruits, green leaves and water, as well as offering refueling, laundry and garbage disposal services.

This led to an article in the Hong Kong magazine called 'Fragrant Harbor' and during the months of March and April before the Hong Kong changeover of 1997, groups of eight or sometimes twelve yachts would anchor in my spectacular bay. Their owners would shout from their boats, "Leeann, is it OK to come ashore for dinner? We are 14 of us, have you got some raw organic food for us, we are tired of tinned junk." "What about some coconut champagne too" Slowly, with better income, I created more cottages under the coconut trees, adding facilities, increasing my rates, services and sharing the benefits of cleansing raw food.

In 1996 my island view was chosen as the gem of all the 7001 Philippine islands by the author of the Lonely Planet Guide Book. Our Beautiful 'Princess' (Inabuyatan Island) also fringed with coconuts was on his front cover. Popularity brought more visitors and in those short-lived years, I was able to pay off many of the islanders who owned or claimed to own my part of the island.

Often I would accommodate thirty or more guests staying in-house daily. Supported by the help of the local islanders, we offered basic friendly services, raw and semi-raw food meals and unforgettable island adventure. The downside of more visitors was the difficult challenge of sharing my pristine environment with people who enjoyed things that I considered toxic and definitely not meant to be here in my mystical private island with my island guides.

To keep my delicate spiritual balance, the first to go off my island services was meat, followed by cigarettes, then alcohol and coffee and sugar. Having acquired an even deeper interest in the health benefits of coconut, making virgin oil as well as coconut flower honey and many other organic and herbal raw food, I would cringe at the amount of over cooked food I served on my table, including breads, buns and tarts, with not a hope in paradise to incorporate the benefits of food combining or not drinking with meals, plus what I had learned.

Like any business, one is obliged to serve what a customer wants or pay the price and lose business. In the face of much advice to the contrary, I chose the latter, adamantly believing money was not my driving force, love of my island and quality of life was! and I had to find a way.

Growing my Sturdy Tall Coconut Trunk

At this time I was completely cut off from the outside world in so many ways. No news, no radio, no newspaper, no TV, no Internet, no computer, it was just too much of a challenge to find the power. Magazines didn't exist here unless someone brought them in, and there was no music. And none of that mattered to me. YES!! even music!

When you are a child of nature, eating a mostly cleansing raw diet, you are content with the whisperings of wonderful elementals and divas. The many and varied sounds of the sea, the swishing of the fronds of my enormous trees above was, is and always will be my musical pleasure. These trees asked me to hug them, the heavens guided me to build sundecks to embrace the light; the sea beckoned me to swim in it daily. For me the wind offered fine vibrations within the coconut trees that I adored. I was and still am content with simplicity and the song 'All The Sounds Of The Earth Are Like Music' is so true for me. Along the way I was blessed to have visitors share their Gentle Arts. I learnt to practice yoga, tai chi, sword dancing, and do tarot and angel card readings too.

Sometime in mid 1997, an English couple, listening to me voice my current island dreams, suggested I was outlining a detox cleansing spa. All I knew then of Spas were hot water pools in Germany. Fortunate enough to be managing a detox fasting center in Puerto Rico, these two people had my full attention. Another important spiritual serendipity was in the making. A little later, a kind Austrian offered to create my first website for me; an Internet Cafe worker in Puerto Princesa agreed to check emails and send them up in printed state. I replied in longhand. So many rustic beginnings! Imagine notes traveling via a difficult local bus/truck ride over 400 kilometers of steep mountains up to El Nido, then waiting for a rare island boat trip. It was the same process to get the answer back down to Puerto Princesa. Some email replies would have been 10-15 days old before the sender would receive it! I can laugh at the journey, so different from now!

Some of my guests wonder at my patience with the continual computer challenges we have here day by day now, but I know its all relative and I take nothing for granted. Though my library was minimal then, one book called "Touch For Health", written by John Thie, stood out prominently. I had carried this book on many of my travels, even to the base camp of Everest. Once here, I had placed it in a corner, forgetting it, having no partner to learn with or practice it. On a whim I wrote to John Thie's Foundation, hoping the 20 year old address might still exist and that my letter might reach them. My request to entice a 'Touch For Health' instructor to the island to teach me Kinesiology went off with a passing visitor. It was like sending a message in a bottle asking TinkerBell to deliver it. I never used the postal system.

I quickly learnt about mud/clay bakes, coconut body scrubs, seaweed wraps and various massage treatments. A Reiki Master sailing in a yacht anchored in my bay and I managed to convince her to stay longer, teaching me Reiki 1 and 2. Later I was blessed to learn about efficiency micro-organisms (EM) (AEM) and bokashi and started my organic garden under the coconut trees with these wonderful gifts of Mother Nature. I even belatedly learnt about the bokashi composting toilet, something still on my list of things to create.

My diva buds were expanding, spring was in the air and important groundwork was in progress. With the help of a few loyal visitors, I began building several rustic, comfy cottages with garden bathrooms, dreaming of my new 'Adventure Wellness' programs. In 1998, nature threw additional spice into my challenges. First global warming came, bringing ten months of drought with ancient tropical trees crashing down. Sea temperatures, generally only 26 -28 degrees centigrade rose to over 32, killing all the soft corals and much of our hard corals, all under my eyes with nothing I could do. It was a sad unforgettable time for our earth.

To cap off the year of 1998, on December 12th, with most of the construction of my new cottages almost completed, one of the strongest typhoons in 60 years ripped into us head-on. It was called 'Norming' and we were in the 'Eye' and in its wake as it went first one way, then the other it destroyed one third of my retreat, burying my beautiful white-sand beach under heaps of rubble, not to mention many small sea creatures. Almost all of my tall coconut trees were damaged, for one full year I would have no coconut fruits from my island trees. Where to continue, what to rebuild first...where were the funds to do it? I had $500 only in the bank, just enough to keep a US dollar account open. It had to go and more had to be found. Many visitors were booked to share my island paradise between Xmas/New Year, and would be deeply disappointed otherwise.

This was a huge challenge on its own; however on the heels of this, I had to ride out the aftermath of two political dramas during 1999 and 2000. These issues stopped tourism in its tracks for several years. My Adventure Wellness dreams went on the back burner. I had to survive with my coconuts...but how! Most Westerners involved in any commercial venture returned to their country to take on part-time work to maintain their Philippine lifestyle. I had nowhere to go and no money even if I wanted to leave, which I did not. I prayed to Peter Pan and TinkerBell for the answer, asking for change, asking for balance. My wonderful island spirits again heard my prayers and I managed to turn every difficult corner as I came to it.

Stretching my Limbs and Dancing my Huge Coconut Leaves

In 2002 a connection was made with the owner of Dharma Healing, Hillary Hitt. She graciously shared much information on fasting, detox, cleansing and self healing. I linked my web pages with those of Hillary's, but nothing moved. I clearly saw detox fasting programs as my future and prayed to know where and how to begin, but though 52 years old, I had never fasted a day in my life and had only the vaguest idea what detox fasting meant.

True to the rhythms of my mystical life, less than ten months later, a full of life 73 year old Norwegian man, Frank Jenson arrived, loved my coconut paradise and wanted to stay for 2 months or more. I asked what he did for a living. Frank replied that the was a "Touch For Health" (kinesiology) instructor.

So here was the person I had asked Peter Pan to send me five years before, sent off in note in a bottle! Frank also owned 'Monhos Velhos', a detox fasting retreat in the Argyle, Portugal and serendipity was knocking again. Frank got an almost FREE stay; a great trade off, and I was over the moon! You might call this luck; I called it as usual, my destiny. Like so much in life, our paths are mapped out.

Learning Kinesiology was fun, but what I appreciated the most was Frank sitting beside me in my office for a two full months, (mostly nude!), rebuilding his detox fasting website. I was his willing pupil. I learnt about fasting and detox and I learnt of life-changing journeys. We were using cleansing products Frank had brought from Portugal and without even looking into where or how I would get similar items, I started my detox fasting retreat adding more coconut products to them, converting my website totally to detox and transformation and my life simultaneously too.

It was a huge financial risk to convert from simple tourism to offering detox, fasting, cleansing programs at higher prices in this remote area, but slowly with the help of TinkerBell and her magic wand, everything came slowly together. I was and still am blessed to have had the opportunity with my guides, to find and then create one of the most beautiful paradises on earth for cleansing detox, fasting and self healing. I could think of no better way to support myself in this lifetime than to share my paradise with caring visitors, mostly women, seeking a quiet sanctuary like mine for their own cleansing self healing work and to find their own balance. Plus the thrill that people could be sharing their holistic alternative health knowledge with families and loved ones, and contributing just that little bit more to the healing of our world is an added bonus.

Like many of us that move into the alternative health care detox field, I too came with my own personal baggage of health challenges. Up until that time, I had buried many of these in the spirit of 'Just get on with it!' Peter Pan had told me to be strong, to even play a very masculine role in order to set the groundwork. Now was my own time for spiritual growth and healing, to explore my feminine energy; to nurture and transform ME. To share with love and ever growing understanding, I had to first listen to my deepest inner child awareness. These are the beautiful gifts of my island, my island guides and much serendipity. There is so much more than we will ever know about our spiritual destiny, we must just trust and walk our inner child path.

Appreciating and Sharing My Flowers and Fruits

As diva life has a way of evolving so gracefully, I was destined to meet my next mentor, Farida Sharan, the owner/founder of The School of Natural Medicine, Boulder Colorado. After years of personal study, practical experience and commitment in the field of alternative natural health detox and fasting, I earned my Diploma in Naturopathy and forged ahead on my tiny coconut island. Offering colon irrigation services long before many people in my part of the world had ever heard of it, added to the legend of Leeann 'The Crazy Coconut Lady of Malapacao'. When I began my fasting, self healing programs the flowers and fruits came into my life. As I speak they are in full strong blossom, blooming slowly more each year. Visitors now come to my pristine island from all walks of life and from every corner of the globe for guided full body detox parasite cleansing, colonics, organic raw food, coconut ology teacher training, as well as for Naturopathy, Alternative Health Care Practicum's.

Many on my visitors become open to detox cleansing usually after they have become burnt out from stress and an unhealthy diet. Many know what to do, but forget to listen to their bodies. Sadly many get sick and take toxic medications, especially for depression, or seriously ill with cancer. Many have had no luck with regular doctors and don't know what to do. Almost all have parasites and bacteria issues, many have sticky blood and acid pH.

Part of the process of becoming healthy is learning to love ourselves and listen to our spiritual inner child and our hearts; to learn to see our body as our temple. I feel so blessed to have my strong coconut trees and magical divas here with me every day. Ideally we should detox regularly and eat colorful living vibrant unadulterated organic food with lots of coconut, be mindful when and where we eat; spend time in nature and talk to the trees, love as many people around us as we can and enjoy and share the flowers and fruits of our labor. With this, appreciating our winding path of truth and growing inner child spirituality, becomes easier. This is my gift to the universe, to share my spectacular island with its beautiful white-sand beach with people seeking to love themselves more, to change, transform and to self heal, to find a way back to balance from a very toxic world through mother nature.

Created in love, living life in love, surrounded by love, encouraging love

Leeann

Leeann is a 58 years young, vibrantly alive Raw Foodist, living on a pristine private island she found with her spiritual guides Peter Pan and TinkerBell. Blessed to have her mystical paradise, she offers her wonderful home for affordable detox cleansing, fasting adventures and self healing transformation.

She suggests you escape the rat race, hectic schedules and bad habits. Transform, rejuvenate and balance your life with gifts from the coconut, raw food, and learn to heal naturally, holistically by connecting with your inner child guides, as nature intended.

Malapacao Private Island Retreat in the El Nido Marine Reserve, Bacuit Bay, Palawan, Philippines is a remote, exclusive, unforgettable, private island paradise. Personalized detox cleansing with high colonics, organic raw food programs; pampering daily therapies like massages of all kinds, clay bakes, coconut body scrubs, herbal soaks and many other tropical delights.

Together with island exploring, snorkeling, swimming, hiking, kayaking, jungle adventures, Malapacao Private Island Retreat with its white-sand beach, offers an great venue for self healing detox fasting. Overcome serious health challenges with powerful one on one Dr. Schultz treatments like "Hyperthermia Cold Sheet" acupuncture, moxa treatments and lots more.

El Nido, Palawan is an 80 minute flight from Manila with 3 flights daily most days. Malapacao is a 40 minute boat ride from El Nido.

The retreat offers a personal guide from the moment one lands in Manila, till they arrive on the island with the additional option to pass through a professionally run Medical Clinic for Live blood Analysis, urine and other blood tests.

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Efficient Outdoor Cooking With Kamado Ceramic Smoker

Kamado ceramic smoker are drills that use ceramic smokers of high quality to grill, smoke or do outdoor traditional cooking. They cook by radiating heat from the charcoal. They cook under low and heat-which takes time but gives a complex flavor to the meat. A lot of charcoal has to be used to maintain the low temperatures required for cooking. The more charcoal used, the higher the volumes of dry and hot air required. The air dries the meat and it is responsible for the high loss of your fuel and wood.

Many amateur cooks and chefs use them today and prefer them to ovens. They are able to distribute heat to the food being cooked and the cooking temperatures are easy to control. This smoker came to use in the 1960's and has grown widely to be accepted as the most preferable barbeque grill.

A ceramic smoker uses densely glazed grills to reduce the loss of heat. They leave the meat moist, smooth and tantalizing. The smoker has three layers: porous insulation, dense hot face and jacket. The layers only require a small amount of fuel to burn the meat. Only a small ball of charcoal is enough to fully burn and produce heat at low temperatures.

Most of these Kamado ceramic smokers requires frequent refilling after every four too five hours. The insulation used on the smokers makes them be able to give stable levels of heat and at a slower rate by producing low temperatures. Ceramic cookers give you control over your cooking. You don't have to stand by watching the cooking. You can go to sleep or undertake other duties. This is because you can set the temperature that you wish to cook with and they won't change until you come back to re-change them.

The ceramic smoker has become the best cooking alternative because it is more efficient and goes ahead to add an aesthetic look for your outdoor. They are made of different colors and styles and there is no way that you will miss one that is going to complement your preference. It can be used to cook, grill or smoke different types of food. Although meat is the most common, bacon, and pizza can also be cooked for slow and low temperature cooking.

The cookers are built of the finest and highest quality of materials, which make it a grill, smoker and cooker all at the same time. It has ceramic walls that are able to conduct and control different heat levels; it saves on fuel because it only requires a small amount of fuel to cook, and unburnt charcoal can be reused. Food cooked from the smoker is the tastiest; it withstands all types of weather conditions all year round. The ceramic used is rust proof; it adds a decorative touch to the cooker. You don't need to keep tending and watching over it, it is fast to light and can withstand temperatures from 0 degrees to 1800 degrees.

Kamado Ceramic Smoker is a grill that is both economical and efficient. It is the answer to all of your outdoor barbecues. Ceramic smokers are beautiful to look at and give irresistible favors to your food. Use the provided link to know more and but the best Kamado Ceramic Smoker for your home.

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Can You Eat Your Makeup? Detox Your Regimen and Save Your Health!

Did you know that the beauty industry in the USA is pretty much self-regulated? Aside from a few banned substances (maybe nine or ten), cosmetic companies in the USA can put in any ingredient they want in their products.

Things from crushed bugs to formaldehyde can turn up in your lipstick, moisturizing lotion or shampoo from intended ingredients or by-products of processing. (The bugs being intended ingredients because of the color in their bodies).

If you don't think your skin takes these ingredients in, think again. Your skin is your largest organ. And yes it keeps out many harmful things. But, as far as chemicals go it can through transdermal absorption take in medications (as with patches for quitting smoking), pesticides, herbicides, and any harmful ingredient in your "beauty" products right into your bloodstream.

If you think the FDA has your back, you are wrong about that, too. They do not require companies to provide safety data nor do they test your personal-care products for safety before they hit the market.

The "safety" testing by companies themselves is focused on the short-term reactions such as rashes. They don't even know the long-term effects of many of the chemicals that are used.

The body has a way of protecting itself and some ingredients migrate to fat cells for safe storage and do not leave the body right away. Many toxic chemicals that are found in your beauty products are byproducts and are not listed on labels.

Check out the labels of the products you're buying! Here are some ingredients (not an all-inclusive list by any means) to look for that cause risk for diseases like cancer:

• 1,4-dioxane (1-4D, sound similar to 2-4D?) It's a byproduct and won't be found on labels. It's found in around 67 percent of children's bath products as well as shampoos, body lotions and face creams that are made with the ingredients of PEG, polyethylene, or ingredients that end in "eth" or oxynol".
• Aluminum salts that you'd find in antiperspirants.
• Chemical sunscreens like PABA, benzophenone, homosalate etc.
• Coal tar in dandruff shampoo and anti-itch cremes.
• DEA, MEA, TEA and ETA are foaming agents.
• Any "aldehyde" that's used as a preservative. You guessed it, like embalming fluid formaldehyde.
• Fragrance - Who knows?
• Lead and Mercury like Thimerosal may also be a contaminant.
• Nanoparticles can easily be absorbed into your skin.
• Parabens can migrate to body tissue.
• Petroleum Distillates/Solvents
• Anything with "phthalate" in it's name are hormone disruptors. Also DBP, DEHP, DMP, DEP.
• Basically anything that sounds like a chemical...

So, what is one to do? Use some common sense. As with food, try to cut way back on products that have ingredients that you can't pronounce and have 14 letters in it's name to lower your toxicity exposure.

If you can eat it, it's safe to put on your skin. Try going natural like DIY personal-care products such as these:

• Baking soda shampoo - a tablespoon in a cup of water
• Lemon or Apple Cider Vinegar rinse - two tablespoons of either in a cup of water
• Cornstarch Dry shampoo
• Eggs and olive oil conditioner
• Avocado conditioner - mashed up avocado
• Coconut milk rinse
• Lemon and vodka hairspray - vodka is the preservative (no, really)
• Aloe Vera styling gel
• Flax seed gel - two tablespoons boiled in a cup of water.
• Treatment for acne really starts in your gut with probiotics
• Activated charcoal with a little olive oil for eye liner
• Beet juice for lip color
• Brown sugar or sea salt in jojoba, coconut or olive oil with vanilla - body scrub
• Baking soda and essential oil - deodorant applied with a short, wide brush
• Coconut, olive oil or jojoba oil - applied while your still wet from your shower and then towel dry to remove excess makes an excellent natural moisturizer.

These are just a few suggestions. I know if you did an internet search for natural or DIY personal-care products you'd come up with tons of results from people just like you who wanted to cut their toxic exposure and tried their own thing. Learn from them what does and doesn't work.

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The Holistic Approach to Detoxification

Detoxification is an important aspect of healing, prevention and wellness. Detoxification is important to eliminate heavy metals, chemicals and candida from the body. We ingest so many heavy metals, chemicals and other toxins that get lodged in the body's cells. These toxins get stored in the body's cells and need to be flushed out through detoxification.

These toxins are ingested through air, food, water, cleaning products, body products and drugs. They then get lodged in our cells. These toxins trigger chronic disease and keep the body in a diseased state. In addition processed, packaged, refined and junk foods along with meat and dairy lead to candida growth in the intestines because these foods cause the body to become acidic. An acidic, toxic body leads to candida.

Some of the best natural ways to detoxify the body and flush out heavy metals and chemicals lodged in the body's cells include: warm water with fresh lemon (drink this plain a couple times each day and add one or two teaspoons of Himalayan salt to one of the warm drinks or a cold drink of water and lemon), fresh cilantro and parsley, a tea made with of fresh cilantro and parsley, Himalayan salt (a fully mineralized salt), green tea, a drink made with one or two teaspoons of bentonite clay, activated charcoal supplements, pectin, chlorella, chlorophyll, psyllium husk/corn silk, wheat grass, turmeric, garlic, avocado, beets, broccoli, iodine, probiotic and digestive enzyme supplements, milk thistle, dandelion root supplements, apple cider vinegar, kidney flush supplements and colloidal trace minerals, silver and gold supplements, activated charcoal supplements,water with one or two teaspoons of bentonie clay or diatomaceous earth and colloidal trace minerals.

Detoxify your body and your home. Get rid of cleaning fluids, soarsop, lotions, shampoo and other body products that contain chemicals (your skin is porous and will absorb chemicals). Use green and organic cleaning and body products instead.

Most chronic disease involves candida, a fungus that grows in the colon and lower intestine. In connection with detoxification, rid the colon and lower intestine of candida. Candida growth leads to leaky gut syndrome and blocks the body's ability to absorb needed nutrients from food and supplements. Candida detoxification is often necessary to reverse chronic disease.

Candida growth is often triggered by antibiotics and toxins in the air food and water (that kill good and bad bacteria alike in the gut). We need the good bacteria to keep candida growth in check. Processed, refined and junk food and sugar feed candida and an acidic body (as opposed to an alkaline body) promotes candida growth.

Through detoxification, you will kill the candida in our colon and lower intestine. For at least 4 to 8 weeks: adopt a strict diet of raw, whole, organic vegetables (salads and fresh vegetable juices). Eat a lot of greens. Sprinkle salads with flaxseeds and chia seeds if you like or eat flaxseeds and chia seeds separately. Use oil, vinegar, lemons and limes for dressing. You can get a lot of protein from a plant based diet. But, if you feel the need for additional protein and iron, consider taking a protein powder supplement and iron supplements.

This diet eliminates sugar and is alkaline (and not acidic). Avoid all processed, refined and junk food. Avoid sugar. Avoid dairy. Avoid starch including grains, potatoes, sweet potatoes and yams. All of this is sugar or converts into sugar. Sugar feeds candida. Avoid meat. Meat is acidic and an acidic body enables candida to grow. Avoid all fats except olive oil and coconut oil and whole oils from nuts and seeds.

Drink at least eight, eight ounce glasses of filtered or spring water daily. Drink some of your water with fresh lemon or lime. Take natural anti-fungal supplements on a daily basis including bee propolis, oregano essential oil, colloidal silver, fresh garlic, grapefruit, grapefruit seed extract, coconut oil, carpylic acid, berberine, olive leaf extract, apple cider vinegar and food grade hydrogen peroxide diluted in water. It can take weeks or months to eliminate candida. So, have patience.

Also, detoxify the liver and kidneys with supplements such as milk thistle, dandelion root, avocado, avocado seeds, chlorella, spirulina, green leafy vegetables and molybdenum.

Eat plenty of grapefruit, drink grapefruit juice and eat grapefruit seed and take grapefruit seed extract. Grapefruit kills candida. Also, colloidal silver, oregano oil, bee propolis and food grade hydrogen peroxide diluted in water kills candida.

Re-populate your gut with beneficial bacteria. This helps the body digest and metabolize food and maximize the nutrients your body gets from food. You can re-populate your gut with beneficial bacteria by using probiotics and digestive enzymes. These come in supplement form. Fermented foods contain probiotics. These foods include sauerkraut, kimchi, kombucha tea, kefir and coconut water. Many fresh whole, organic vegetables contain digestive enzymes. Heal leaky gut that may have been caused by the candida with the diet prescribed in this article for detoxification and l-glutamine and quercetin supplements. This will help repair the cellular wall of the intestines that may have been damaged by leaky gut.

Drink filtered, spring, distilled or well water to reduce your consumption of toxins. Toxins damage the cells and immune system and other bodily systems and result in inflammation and oxidation at the cellular level (which leads to chronic disease). Consider making your water further alkaline with an ozone machine. Drink at least eight, eight ounce glasses of spring or filtered water each day. Drink water with fresh lemon or lime, drink water with baking soda and take ionic foot baths to further improve ph balance of your body.

Avoid processed, packaged, junk and refined food including refined sugar. Avoid or greatly reduce meat and dairy. If you feel like you need additional protein and iron, use protein powder and iron supplements. Avoid or greatly reduce starch during detoxification.

Follow the exercise program in The Ultimate Prevention and Wellness Program. This exercise program involves daily cardio, light weight lifting and stretching. It is especially important to, at the very least, walk 2 to 3 miles per day at a brisk pace, move and stretch your arms, legs and body and lift light weights. Stretch, dance and do yoga and tai chi.

Stretching and exercise help get the blood (and oxygen, nutrients, and life force energy) to flow freely in your body and to all of your cells to repair them. Make sure to get your heart rate up in your cardio.

Breathe deeply to maximize oxygen in your body. Take deep, cleansing breaths often and make sure that your regular breathing is deep and slow. Get outside daily and get plenty of sun, open the windows and circulate fresh air into your home. Put living plants and flowers in your home. All this will bring more oxygen into your body, which will help the detoxification process.

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Bulk Activated Charcoal Uses For Body Cleansing

It is not your fault if you haven't heard of activated charcoal before. This is because the only contact you've had with charcoal goods may have been when they're in a barbecue! Regardless, it has been used as a medicinal product all over the world for quite some time. Poisoning, digestive issues, and the removal of toxins from the digestive system can all be treated with activated charcoal. For people who are already aware of the medical properties of charcoal, it's truly a remarkable natural product.

Charcoal known as "Activated Charcoal" by medical professionals is food grade and isn't the same thing you grill with. As a result, even if a medical emergency comes up that requires charcoal, you shouldn't use what's in the barbecue. Barbecue that is for commercial use should not be consumed as it may be fatal.

If an emergency poisoning situation comes up, put pure charcoal powder or charcoal in liquid to use. In all likelihood, your pharmacist puts it around the first aid compartment instead of with supplements and vitamins. It acts the fastest in emergencies, while some notice irritation in the upper digestive tract and throat.

It absorbs fat, thereby reducing the likelihood of heart disease and lowering cholesterol levels. Proponents additionally claim that charcoal cleanses the body of toxins from the environment, although this hasn't been scientifically proven.

Activated charcoal is available in both powder and pill versions. Experts recommend that if you wish to consume powdered charcoal, you should stir it into a large glass of water and use a straw to drink it. That way, your teeth will not become stained. In the event that your teeth are stained, brush them and rinse them with water in order to remove the stains over time. Also, make sure not to take activated charcoal with dairy since milk products make it much less effective.

Keep in mind that activated charcoal can lessen the effectiveness of other supplements and drugs because it absorbs nutrients. So remember to consume it either two hours after or before other medications. If you think poisoning has taken place, get in touch with a poison control center professional prior to consulting your regular family doctor.

But there are more benefits of Activated Charcoal to be discovered. Search for MoreThanAlive using your preferred search engine. They are an online store for bulk herbs and a trusted resource where you can buy Activated Charcoal Powder and learn about the great advantages your body will receive from this and many other herbs.

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Get Rid Of Those Wrinkles With These Effective Remedies!

Skin aging can creep in earlier than expected. It is not uncommon to see people with eye wrinkles or fine lines around the mouth area. Bad eating habits, lack of sleep, chronic stress, smoking and cumulative exposure to UV rays can all speed up the aging process.

Do not let this happen. Here are some tips on how to get rid of the wrinkles on your skin and how you can make your skin look younger longer.

1. It is time to reverse the bad effects of smoking or chronic exposure to pollutants and harmful poisons. Use activated charcoal. This actually has the power to draw out impurities and chemicals even from your internal organs and purge them out of your body through sweat. Buy activated charcoal from the health and wellness store. Mix it with rose water and cornstarch. Apply it on your face. Place clear plastic wrap over your skin to insulate the remedy. This will allow your body to sweat out impurities.
2. Correct damaged skin tissues and cells with the help of linoleic acid. This can be found in natural sources such as safflower, avocado and coconut. Apply safflower oil, mashed avocado or coconut oil on the affected areas of your dermis. Massage the oil gently using a circular motion. Linoleic acid can be beneficial because of its ability to re-connect damaged skin tissues. It acts as a wrinkle filler.
3. Try removing the damaged layers of your skin. The integumentary system has the ability to replace damaged skin tissues. You can help improve this ability with the help of glycolic acid. This can be found in sugar cane juice. Mix sugar cane juice with olive oil and turmeric powder. Apply it on the damaged areas of your skin. Leave it there for an hour and wash it off with lukewarm water. Use this treatment twice a week.
4. Supply your skin with more keratin. Keratin is needed to produce more collagen. With more collagen in the body, the skin can remain firm, elastic and young looking. To augment missing keratin, look for an anti aging moisturizer that contains CynergyTK and Phytessence Wakame.

CynergyTK is an ingredient that has been extracted from sheep wool. The wool of sheep grows so fast because of its natural keratin component. It can effectively remove wrinkles and fine lines with continuous use.

Phytessence Wakame is a type of Japanese sea kelp that can give you young looking skin for a longer period of time. This sea kelp can actually preserve healthy levels of hyaluronic acid. This acid is responsible for collagen fiber lubrication.

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Charcoal Briquette Manufacturing Is Environmentally Friendly

It’s interesting to note that before Henry Ford made the BBQ grill popular by link selling it to his cars with the vision of day trips and pic-nics, charcoal was nothing but a waste product left over from the recovery of acetic acid and methanol. In the early 1900’s after more efficient and less expensive methods were developed for synthesizing acetic acid and methanol, charcoal production declined only to be revitalized by the development of the briquette for recreational cooking.

Converted to mass production by Ford in the 1920’s charcoal briquettes are made of two primary ingredients, one of which is basically traditional lump wood charcoal referred to a char. It is added to give the briquette its wood smoke aroma and also because it’s easy to ignite. The other not surprisingly is coal or anthracite which is added to produce a high temperature and long lasting fire.

Ash whitening agent is added to let the chef know when the BBQ is ready to cook on (and still people burn their food by not being sufficiently patient!) The final ingredients are a starch binding agent and an accelerant.

The first steps in the manufacturing of briquettes are to prepare both the char and the coal and this is done by different methods of controlled burning that drive off the moisture and volatile components. Once complete the finished products are pulverized ready for blending.

To make the briquette, the char and the coal is mixed in the correct proportions with the starch binder and fed into a blender where it is thoroughly mixed. Despite having been desiccated, the mix still has significant water content and this is necessary to help form the briquettes.

The briquettes are formed and dropped on a conveyor where they pass through a further drying process but being heated up from 40°C to 135°C for approximately four hours. During this process the moisture content of the briquette will reduce from about 35% to 5% and at the end they will either be stored or pass directly through to an on line bagging machine.

It depends on the final product specification but it’s at the bagging stage that organic solvent may be added (using an atomizer) just before bagging and this produces instant light briquettes. Usually these are put into smaller paper bags so that the barbecue enthusiast can simply pick up an individually wrapped pack and light the paper without having to remove the briquettes from the bag.

Because of the use of fossil fuel in the manufacture of briquettes and the various heat drying processes involved it’s arguable that lump wood charcoal is more environmentally friendly however two points have to be borne in mind.

The first is that the drying process drives off volatile gases and these gases can be used to fuel the driers themselves. Whether this is completely sustainable I would doubt however the modern briquette manufacturers do take the environment seriously and now manufacture their char from wood shavings and sawdust i.e. the waste products of the lumber industry.

So whether your choice is lump wood or briquettes not only can you claim to be a traditionalist, you can also be content in the knowledge that you’re more environmentally friendly than your gas grilling neighbor. Well at least you’ll know your facts and can argue the point!

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Black Salt

Black Hawaiian salt aka Black Salt is not only a natural salt, but one of the most high quality salts available today. It is very unique in its own way not only in its appearance, but it's taste and mineral content. This is one of the healthiest purest salts available on the market today.

One of the main things that sets Black Lava Salt apart from any other salt is it's appearance, which comes from the premium activated charcoal shell, also known as activated carbon, is an antioxidant that is potent and great for overall wellness, the small pores in it make it used only for either chemical reactions or absorption.

Black Sea Salt is naturally harvested using ancient techniques passed down for generations known as solar evaporation. This technique allows the salt crystals to naturally form with all of their trace elements in tact and undisturbed. The salt is harvested in the pacific waters. It gets its beautiful natural color from the activated coconut charcoal shell, which is infused with the salt to not only give it the beautiful appearance, but more health attributes.

Some of the great health benefits associated with Black salt is that it is great for promoting a healthier digestive system and is a great antioxidant source.

Black Salt is not only uniquely harvested, but it is also beautiful, it is has vibrant black color that comes from lava. It is very silky to the touch and it has a bold natural flavor, aided from the activated charcoal that is infused in this salt! This salt is recommended to be used only as a finishing salt or a roasting salt. It can be cooked with, however it is not recommended as it will sink to the bottom and look unappetizing to some. It can be used in desserts as well, adding a bold flavor where needed.

This salt is sold in two ways either fine grain or coarse grain, the coarse grain is great for seafood such as a seared halibut or grilled eggplant medallions. It also makes a great addition to a Caesar salad or eggs Benedict. This salt also has a wonderful crunch to it!

Also containing Iron oxide, Black Hawaiian salt carries many important nutrients for our human body and overall wellness. The activated charcoal is a great antioxidant and detoxifying agent. It is used as an antidote in some poisons, it also has many other medicinal properties.

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Information About Charcoal Water Filters

The following article presents the very latest information on water filters. If you have a particular interest in water filters, then this informative article is required reading.

Charcoal used as a water filter system is produced from coconut husk. Charcoal is used as a water filter because it easily absorbs impurities that are in the water as the water passes along it's surface. Charcoal can be used in two ways; it can either be ground into small pieces or formed into a solid and permeable block. Forming it into a block is often preferred since it makes the charcoal have a greater surface area which will remove more impurities.

Charcoal water filters are commonly used in households; actually about 95% of domestic water filters are made from charcoal, because they are simple to install, cheap and effective at removing many toxins that are found in the environment. According to the EPA (environmental protection agency), charcoal filters must be "rated" in order to remove particles that are 1 micron or larger to effectively remove the most deadly contaminants, which are Cryptosporidium (an intestinal disease in humans that can cause severe diarrhea) and Giardia (which causes parasites to develop in domestic animals and humans). An average charcoal filter will last a family anywhere between 6 and 9 months. Some charcoal filters are enhanced by the use of activated silver, which provides extra antibacterial protection. Minerals which are essential for human health are still permeable to charcoal filters, so they are also safe in this sense. Charcoal filters can also be used as filters in fish tanks and many other house held appliances. You can purchase charcoal filters at your local super market, or pet store if you wish to use one in your fish tank. For information on how to set them up, you can search on the internet, or look on the instruction manual of the product you purchase.

When word gets around about your command of water filters facts, others who need to know about water filters will start to actively seek you out.

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Choosing The Perfect Charcoal Grill

Everyone loves good, old fashioned charcoal grilling. Aside from being cheaper than other grilling methods, it adds a raw, distinctive taste to your sausages, burgers, ribs, and other grilled items. Some people prefer charcoal grills over gas grills because they are easier to transport and are safer to use than gas. While there are differences in opinion and preference among grillers, it still remains that charcoal grills are here to stay. So be it an picnic, or an outdoor grill, charcoal grills will more that make up their worth in usefulness and reliability. When choosing charcoal grills, however, it pays to know what your needs are and to know the pros and cons of having such a grill over the other available grills around.

1. Cooking Space

First of all, you have to determine how much space you need for grilling. If you are grilling for a small family of three, you will do well enough with a 75 square-inch grill. You will have to consider larger grills if you are cooking for more people. It doesn’t make sense if you bring a puny sub-75 inch grill to a large picnic. Remember that the size of your grill increases the amount of items you can grill exponentially. Just looking at the grill won’t give you a clear idea on how big the grilling area is. Some grills have a warming rack that increases the perceived size of your grill.

2. Portability

- Get grills that have wheels

- Try choosing grills whose parts are ergonomic and efficient

- Lessen the risk of damaging your grill when transporting

- Your grill also has to withstand the rigors of outdoor use

- It does not pay to purchase a flimsy looking grill - go for those that are durable and lasting.

3. Convenience

Some charcoal grills come with their own igniters. Try choosing grills that have this option. Other grills need lighter fluid to fire up. With the built-in igniter, you will not need lighter fluid anymore. On the other hand, you may want to avoid lighter fluid altogether. Some people dislike the taste and smell this fluid adds to the grill. If you must, use alcohol instead. It burns odorless and does not ruin the flavor of your food. Choose grills that allow you to easily access the ash pan. This makes cleaning the grill a lot easier. It also lessens the amount of ash flakes that may settle in your food. Also, lids are a very important part of the grill. Choose a grill that has a lid to keep the heat trapped within the grill. This allows for faster and smokeless grilling.

4. Quality

The materials used in making the grill are also very important. Some grills are made of material that easily corrodes or does not stand up well against the elements. Stainless steel grills hold up remarkably well to both the weather and the heat of the grill. Try avoiding painted grills as the paint may easily flake of. Although lightweight, durable materials are hard to come by among grills, you would do best to look for such. Remember, though, that first and foremost, the most important built characteristic you are looking for in a grill is durability.

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Setting up the Charcoal Grill

Summer and cookout season will unerringly and unendingly lead to debates about the best way to grill: wood, charcoal, or gas? If you are one of the fortunate few who have already decided, and have picked charcoal for that unforgettable smoky effect, you will no doubt have a successful and satisfying cookout season, with just a few tips to see you along the way.

The very first thing to watch out for is to have the right amount of charcoal for your grill. If you are a beginner, you will need to check the manufacturer’s instructions for the recommended level of charcoal for your particular grill. Equally important is the choice of charcoal itself. You can either buy formed briquettes or natural lump charcoal. Natural lump charcoal has an advantage: it has no residual vapors and burns hotter than briquettes.

Place the charcoal in a pyramid shape about half an hour prior to cooking time. The reason for this is that the pyramid provides ventilation for the coals to catch fire. Now to light the coals. If you are using lighter fluid, use about half a cup of lighter fluid to soak the coals. Wait for the liquid to soak in and then light with a match. Remember, gasoline and kerosene may cause an explosion and must be avoided at all costs.

If you prefer an electric starter, place it in the center of the pyramid and plug it in. Once the ash starts forming, unplug and remove the starter. Be sure to store the starter in a safe, cool place to avoid burns.

Those using a chimney starter will have to remove the cooking grid and place the starter in the grill. You will need to place some sheets of crumpled newspaper at the bottom of the starter. Fill the top part of the starter with coals. Then ignite the newspaper through the holes at the bottom of the starter. The fire will draw up through the starter, lighting the charcoal. After the coals are ready (this usually takes 20-30 minutes) use an oven mitt to empty the coals into the grill pan. Then arrange the coals into an even layer using tongs, and carefully remove the hot starter.

While cooking, move the coals closer together or place more coals to increase the heat. Open the vents or fan the coals to give them more air. To decrease the heat, move the coals apart or raise the grate. Limit the oxygen supply to lower the heat.

Many Americans are not aware that grilling can be unhealthy. The problem with grilling is that it combines meats with high heat, which leads to substances in the muscle proteins of these foods to form carcinogenic compounds called heterocyclic amines (HCAs). These compounds damage the DNA of our cells, leading to the start of cancers. The HCAs are most likely to develop in meats, especially pork, beef, fish, and chicken that have been blackened or charred during cooking. Studies have shown that those who eat meats rare or medium-rare are less likely to develop stomach cancer than those who like their meats “well-done”.

With these small but significant tips in mind, you are bound to have an unmistakable grilling experience.

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Finding The Right Charcoal Grill

Cooking with a charcoal grill can provide a flavor that isn't found when cooking with seemingly more modern gas grills. A good charcoal grill will give the meat you cook a classic BBQ flavor. Charcoal grills come in many different styles and the one that is right for you will depend of exactly what you are trying do to. You can find grills that are portable and great for a picnic, right on up in size to large cooking pits built in backyards made of brick and cement.

What kind of charcoal grill is right for you? You need to think of exactly what you want it for. It is important to consider if portability is important, it is if you intend to take the grill with you on picnics or camping. You will also need to consider how much food you are going to need to be cooking at any time. The small grill that is easy to toss into the trunk may not serve you very well if you need to cook for five people. Consider the cooking area the charcoal grill you are considering will provide.

When cooking with charcoal grill safety is a major concern. The most important part of the grill in this respect are the legs. If the legs are not sufficient or are unsafe the whole grill will tip over. When a charcoal grill falls over it throws its load of extremely hot coals. Check to be sure that the legs of any grill you are considering buying has very sturdy legs that won't allow the grill to fall.

In addition to good legs some charcoal grills will provide a water reservoir that can be used to douse some or all of the coals if the heat becomes too much. Even if your grill doesn't have that feature you should keep a metal bucket of water around for dousing the coals when you have finished cooking. Let coals cool down first then you need to dump the coals into the water slowly, watch out for the steam that may be produced. Don't throw the water on the coals that will make a large mess.

Once you have your charcoal grill all picked out you will need to buy charcoal when you intend to use it. The coal is available at most supermarkets and hardware stores and is not at all expensive. In order to get the coal burning you will need to buy some lighter fluid. The coals are placed in the grill and stacked in a pyramid. Once stacked they are then doused in lighter fluid, after allowing a second for the fluid to soak into the pile it can be set ablaze. Allow the coal to get burning red hot, spread it around the grill and then enjoy cooking your dinner.

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Tips For Using A Charcoal Grill

A charcoal grill may seem a bit dated in these days of natural gas and propane fueled barbeques. But a charcoal grill can be great for anything from preparing a simple meal to smoking your favorite meats. There's nothing quite like food that has been cooked on grills to really offer a wonderful, natural taste.

There are a variety of grills available, the selection is really endless and there are grills that meets just about anyone's needs. A portable charcoal grill can be great for tailgating or other picnic like events, and then of course you have your larger grills that are stationary and used mainly for backyards and poolside barbecue.

When you pick out your charcoal grill, you really should know exactly what you expect of it. A charcoal grill can grill, roast, and/or smoke your meat and fish, depending on the type you choose and how you set it up.

One of the most important features of any grill is how easy is it to douse any flare-ups during cooking? It's inevitable that you can have small flash fires inside of the grill component. A model with water in the base below where the charcoal sits can allow for easier dousing of hot coals. It is a good safety feature that you may want to consider.

When extinguishing the overthrow, first close the lid of the charcoal grill so that you smother the fire by depriving it of oxygen. Once the charcoal has cooled a bit, use long handled tongs to safely transfer the charcoal into a metal container, you may even want to oust them in water first, or simultaneously immerse them in water to kill off burning embers.

A really important thing for your charcoal grill to have is good, strong sturdy legs – you don’t want your dinner toppling over into the dirt! And you certainly don't want it falling over and burning people or property. You also want a cooking surface that’s big enough for your needs – are you cooking for one or two? Or do you need enough space to cook for a veritable picnic full of people?

You must also, of course, pick up some charcoal. You can get charcoal briquettes, which will give your charcoal grill a more even and consistent heat if spread properly, or non-briquettes, which are just rough charcoal that tends to produce a lot of flavor and smoke which many prefer.

Safety is always a factor whenever you're grilling. Never, ever use gasoline to ignite your charcoal grill – lighter fluid is always the safer choice.

As far as temperatures are concerned it's a good practice to cook fish over medium heat, chicken and pork over medium to high heat, and steaks on a hot barbeque. It basically all depends on the thickness. Use a meat thermometer to be sure meat is cooked through. You can also use a knife to cut into them so you can physically see how well they've been cooked. Cook vegetables over medium heat, perhaps wrapped in aluminum foil.

Outdoor grills are the epitome of summer cooking. Grab some your favorite cold drinks, add a bag of crunchy snacks, and fire up the grill for a wonderful summer treat.

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The Smell Of Charcoal In The Summer

There are few things that I anticipate as much as the start of summer. Sure, I am a man that loves all the seasons, but none give me the thrill that summer inevitably does every year. When I start to think about summer, I get excited because there are literally countless things to be excited about. I get excited about being outside without freezing, I get excited about camping trips with my family, I get excited about long days at the beach soaking up the water and the sun, and I get excited about charcoal.

Yes, you read that right. I get excited about charcoal. I love everything about charcoal: its texture, the smell of it when it is burning, and the amazing way that charcoal makes my food smell before I eat it. The truth is that I love charcoal because it means grilling, and grilling is one of my absolute favorite things to do.

Some say that all men love to grill, but I am yet to meet many men (although I have met a few) who share my undying passion for the grill. My wife never has to ask me twice if I want to grill out for an evening meal. Even after the longest day of work I am energized and happy to go outside and spend time creating the perfect fire. Charcoal is my parter in crime when it comes to cooking the perfect steak or to grilling vegetables to perfection.

Most people I know have switched over to gas grills. I have refused because I enjoy working with charcoal so much. A gas grill just doesn't produce the same results as an old grill that requires charcoal. So, much to my wife's dismay, I am stuck in the past where grilling food just right is a matter of using the proper amount of charcoal and then heating it just right.

My love for charcoal and grilling has become a bit of a joke among my family and friends in the past few years. They love to mock the very thing I love. I have received a countless number of photographs, cards and gag gifts mocking my love for charcoal. I don't mind it, actually, because it means that I have gotten my point across successfully: I love charcoal and I believe that there is no better way to grill.

So grab a bag of charcoal, get an old fashioned grill, and enjoy the first days of summer with meat and foods that you cooked to perfection the right way. The only way. With a charcoal grill.

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Barbecue With Charcoal

A BBQ is one of the most delicious methods of cooking, and is widely loved by people around the world. It is also one of the traditional methods of cooking, which has reached to us through our ancestors, when they lived in jungles and hunted animals for food. It is interesting to note that despite being such a primitive method of cooking, the barbeque has become still more popular today. This is because of the great taste and fun attached to cooking meat and other foods on barbeque.

Amongst various BBQ fuels, barbeque charcoal is the most loved and popular fuel for BBQs. In the past, charcoal was made by setting fire to wood piles and then covering it with dirt and allowing it to rumble. It is also made by heating wood in the absence of oxygen. Presently, BBQ fuel is processed charcoal briquettes. Charcoal briquettes are small molded pieces of fuel made with wood and clay. As a matter of fact, many people who are particular about the original method and taste of barbeques do not like to use artificial charcoal.

The best thing about barbecue charcoal is that it cooks low and slow. The meat you cook using BBQ charcoal is very tender. The taste you get from using barbeque charcoal is an absolute delight for your taste buds. The idea is to let the meat cook well, and carefully watch the temperature.

Cooking with charcoal is cheap, and it is also easy to make use of portable barbecues that you can take along with you while traveling.

Those who are fussy with regard to taste prefer charcoal over gas. Barbecuing with charcoal adds special flavour to your food. It is the best way to cook burgers, steak, or chicken. You need to be careful when you light the coals. There are many ways to set the fire, however the traditional method is with a charcoal chimney starter. This is a conventional method to get consistent heat from the coals. Beside this, another method to light the charcoal for BBQ is it to soak it with aliphatic petroleum solvent or pretreated briquettes.

Another way to cook with charcoal is to use an electric iron to heat the coals. You can also find electrical charcoal lighting devices along with containers that pile it on a piece of crumpled newspaper and make use of the paper to make the coals glow. You may adopt any method you like, as the main idea is to enjoy the smoky taste given out by hot coals.

Cooking with charcoal has certain drawbacks as well. Charcoal produces hydrocarbons and soot speck, which contaminates the air and intensifies heart and lung issues. Moreover, when the fat from the meat falls into it, polycyclic hydrocarbons and heterocyclic amines are made. These are compounds which can cause cancer.

To avoid these threats, you should choose charcoal certified by the Rainforest Alliance’s SmartWood program, as they are 100 % oak hardwood. They also do not contain coal, oil, limestone, starch, sawdust or petroleum products.

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