Accepting Change
This month has been particularly difficult. There has been a lot of stress at work. My eyes are sore from reading documents drafted by someone who must be paid by the word. As a CPA, the certification is 25% legal, but it is taking up 100% of my mind in these negotiations as I try to make sure our employees and original investors are taken care of during a merger of our software company into the company that purchased our majority interest over three years ago. Ah...the days of a handshake are sorely missed. The other change is in my yard. I have accepted that I'm probably never going to grow bananas (seen to my left in this picture) and I'm not sure I like papaya enough for it to take up so much room in my tiny yard. What I can grow is the longevity spinach (gynura procumbens) that I mentioned in a previous blog. https://sandijerome.blogspot.com/2021/08/eating-new-things.htmlThat plant that is not from the spinach family but rather the sunflower family is doing very well and we're truly seeing the results of my experiments on Keith. My darling husband of almost 50 years is my "lab rat" to see if this really reducing blood pressure, cholesterol, and curbs appetite. Each morning, he chews three leaves and drinks a cup of cup of water and repeats at night. It is really helping; in 30 days his blood pressure dropped from 163 down to less than 130. He is no longer starved during the day as he is still on his path to be under 160 pounds (he's down to 165!) I do the recommended morning leaf eating routine, but I'm already at my target weight so this is to help reduce inflammation due to inherited autoimmune diseases; psoriasis and arthritis. Can't do anything about the genes we are born with; Keith's whole family suffers from high blood pressure and high cholesterol but years and years of medication never seemed to control either. This is the first thing that has worked and helps him lose weight.
I didn't discover this wonder plant, but it doesn't seem to get much attention. I'm trying to get it out there so I've sent to family and friends in Oregon, Colorado, Minnesota, south Florida, and California. The only place where I find it grown commercially and marketed is in Cyprus but I'm experimenting on where is might grow as good as it grows here in central Florida.
http://www.gynuraonline.com/en/
Since it is a bother to go outside and get the leaves twice a day, I'm working on developing a tea and adding a little Ceylon cinnamon to increase anti-inflammatory properties. That combines the warm water process with the chewing of the leaves.
If you want to learn more about this plant, please visit the site that have a few more links to other sites.
https://leaftonic.com/pages/gynura-benefits
The nice thing about change is that you find little surprises. I found that the little cups that Disney provides with a Kid's meal are perfect for growing these. If you want to watch a video about that, here is the link on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gdJrqJQiqs
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