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11/14/2025

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02/15/2022

Still drinking SODA, DIET SODA, VITAMIN WATER, PROPEL AND OTHER DRINKS WITH ARTIFICIAL COLORS, FLAVORS AND SWEETENERS?????
TRY THESE INSTEAD!!!
Infused waters. Here are their benefits to help with detoxification energy and hydration. Put as much fruit in water as you like and let the water sit for at least 30 minutes before drinking.

1. Green tea, mint, lime-fat burning, digestion, headaches, congestion and breath freshener.

2. Strawberry, kiwi-cardiovascular health, immune system protection, blood sugar regulation, digestion.

3. Cucumber, lime, lemon- water weight management, bloating, appetite control, hydration, digestion

4. Lemon, lime, orange- digestion vitamin C, immune defense, heartburn, (Drink this one at room temperature)

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01/06/2022

Get Vaccinated Family and Friends! Just Do It!!!🌹
I'm fully vaccinated and boostered. No, I don't know "what's in it". Neither this vaccine or the ones I had as a child. Nor do I know what's in the 11 secret herbs and spices at KFC.
I also don't know exactly what's in Ibuprofen or Tylenol -- they just cure my headaches & my pains.
I don't know what's in tattoo ink, botox and fillers, or every ingredient in my soap, shampoo or deodorants. I don’t know the long term effect of mobile phone use, or whether or not that restaurant I just ate at REALLY used clean foods and washed their hands.
There's a lot of things I don't know.
I do know one thing: life is short. Very short. And I, personally, still want to do things. I want to travel and hug people without fear, and find a little feeling of life "before".
Throughout my life I've been vaccinated against many diseases. Measles, mumps, rubella, polio, chickenpox, hepatitis, pneumonia, influenza, rotavirus, tetanus, pertussis.
I'm vaccinated. Not to please the government. Not to make other people do it. But I don't want to:
* die from Covid-19
*spread Covid-19 to those more vulnerable than I am
* clutter a hospital bed if I get sick
* not be able to hug my loved ones
* have to test routinely
* live my life in fear
I copied & pasted, you do the same.

08/28/2021

Real Talk Saturday:
Get Vaccinated today at Stonecrest Mall and get $100. Whatever it takes, Just do it!!

07/12/2021

COVID19 Updates:

Fact: 100% of COVID19 deaths occur in non-vaccinated people.

Get THE Facts and "Get your COVID 19 Vaccine TODAY"! The virus is on the rise, AGAIN. STOP THE SPREAD, LOWER YOUR RISK FOR SERIOUS ILLNESS & POSSIBLE DEATH.

07/20/2020

From Dr. Fauci:

“Chickenpox is a virus. Lots of people have had it, and probably don't think about it much once the initial illness has passed. But it stays in your body and lives there forever, and maybe when you're older, you have debilitatingly painful outbreaks of shingles. You don't just get over this virus in a few weeks, never to have another health effect. We know this because it's been around for years, and has been studied medically for years.

Herpes is also a virus. And once someone has it, it stays in your body and lives there forever, and anytime they get a little run down or stressed-out they're going to have an outbreak. Maybe every time you have a big event coming up (school pictures, job interview, big date) you're going to get a cold sore. For the rest of your life. You don't just get over it in a few weeks. We know this because it's been around for years, and been studied medically for years.

HIV is a virus. It attacks the immune system and makes the carrier far more vulnerable to other illnesses. It has a list of symptoms and negative health impacts that goes on and on. It was decades before viable treatments were developed that allowed people to live with a reasonable quality of life. Once you have it, it lives in your body forever and there is no cure. Over time, that takes a toll on the body, putting people living with HIV at greater risk for health conditions such as cardiovascular disease, kidney disease, diabetes, bone disease, liver disease, cognitive disorders, and some types of cancer. We know this because it has been around for years, and had been studied medically for years.

Now with COVID-19, we have a novel virus that spreads rapidly and easily. The full spectrum of symptoms and health effects is only just beginning to be cataloged, much less understood.
So far the symptoms may include:
Fever
Fatigue
Coughing
Pneumonia
Chills/Trembling
Acute respiratory distress
Lung damage (potentially permanent)
Loss of taste (a neurological symptom)
Sore throat
Headaches
Difficulty breathing
Mental confusion
Diarrhea
Nausea or vomiting
Loss of appetite
Strokes have also been reported in some people who have COVID-19 (even in the relatively young)
Swollen eyes
Blood clots
Seizures
Liver damage
Kidney damage
Rash
COVID toes (weird, right?)

People testing positive for COVID-19 have been documented to be sick even after 60 days. Many people are sick for weeks, get better, and then experience a rapid and sudden flare up and get sick all over again. A man in Seattle was hospitalized for 62 days, and while well enough to be released, still has a long road of recovery ahead of him. Not to mention a $1.1 million medical bill.

Then there is MIS-C. Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children is a condition where different body parts can become inflamed, including the heart, lungs, kidneys, brain, skin, eyes, or gastrointestinal organs. Children with MIS-C may have a fever and various symptoms, including abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, neck pain, rash, bloodshot eyes, or feeling extra tired. While rare, it has caused deaths.

This disease has not been around for years. It has basically been 6 months. No one knows yet the long-term health effects, or how it may present itself years down the road for people who have been exposed. We literally *do not know* what we do not know.

For those in our society who suggest that people being cautious are cowards, for people who refuse to take even the simplest of precautions to protect themselves and those around them, I want to ask, without hyperbole and in all sincerity:
How dare you?

How dare you risk the lives of others so cavalierly. How dare you decide for others that they should welcome exposure as "getting it over with", when literally no one knows who will be the lucky "mild symptoms" case, and who may fall ill and die. Because while we know that some people are more susceptible to suffering a more serious case, we also know that 20 and 30-year-olds have died, marathon runners and fitness nuts have died, children and infants have died.

How dare you behave as though you know more than medical experts, when those same experts acknowledge that there is so much we don't yet know, but with what we DO know, are smart enough to be scared of how easily this is spread, and recommend baseline precautions such as:
Frequent hand-washing
Physical distancing
Reduced social/public contact or interaction
Mask wearing
Covering your cough or sneeze
Avoiding touching your face
Sanitizing frequently touched surfaces

The more things we can all do to mitigate our risk of exposure, the better off we all are, in my opinion. Not only does it flatten the curve and allow health care providers to maintain levels of service that aren't immediately and catastrophically overwhelmed; it also reduces unnecessary suffering and deaths, and buys time for the scientific community to study the virus in order to come to a more full understanding of the breadth of its impacts in both the short and long term.

I reject the notion that it's "just a virus" and we'll all get it eventually. What a careless, lazy, heartless stance.”

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06/25/2020

With a sad, but faithful heart in the Heavenly Father, today I kneel in prayer, asking for the recovery of the patients with Covid 19 and asking him for protection for those who have not yet suffered the infection.
I ask that you put this message in your status, for at least one day. Let's do a prayer chain. Let us be in unity. May God bless us!
Amen!
🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

06/22/2020

Roses Real Health Talk! Here's some "Real Health Facts" about Women & Drinking.
First Posted: Mon Jun 13 1:56pm PDT

How Drinking Alcohol Impacts Female Health!! During this COVID19 Pandemic there has been a lot of drinking going on!.

Ladies, have you ever thought why Alcohol affects women, faster and longer, compared to men? Why women gain weight from drinking, have Liver damage and Endocrine system, diseases, Pancreatic and Thyroid (slows down metabolism)? Here are reasons.

Women, with their hormonal systems and unique makeup, also absorb drugs, caffeine, and alcohol differently than men. This is important for you to acknowledge for your overall health and well-being. Here is some information on how drinking alcohol impacts different health conditions and problems.

Alcohol Intake Differences: If you are a woman, you will become intoxicated with less alcohol than your male friends. This is important information that concerns every area of your life and health. You need to fully understand how these differences impact your health.

Women Break Down Alcohol More Slowly : Women weigh less than most men and their metabolic system manufactures less of an enzyme called dehydrogenase, which breaks down alcohol. Also, your body contains less water than a male. Alcohol is transported through the water in your system, so when there is less water, the alcohol is more concentrated in your bloodstream. This means you will have to wait longer, after drinking, to drive safely, and your ability to control your inhibitions will be lowered more quickly and for a longer time period.

How Drinking Affects Your Hormonal System: You may have less tolerance during your menstrual cycle, when taking birth control pills, or during hormonal replacement therapy. Research shows that your blood alcohol level is most effected on the day before their cycle begins, and is lowest the first day of menstruation. Emotions experienced during PMS can trigger excessive drinking and lower alcohol tolerance levels. This means that you must be more careful and cautious when drinking. Lowered alcohol tolerance could lead to an accident or ticket. If you feel compromised, even with one drink, you need to get a ride home, rather than drive.

Hypoglycemia and Alcohol: Low blood sugar levels can affect your alcohol tolerance. If your blood sugar is low, you may feel compromised even with half a drink.

Liver Damage and Alcohol: If you are a daily, heavy drinker of wine and other spirits, you will develop cirrhosis of the liver "nine years" earlier than your male partner. If you drink, you are more likely to damage your liver in a shorter time period than a male. This is a known fact. You cannot drink as often or as much alcohol as a male, without hurting your health. Cirrhosis of the liver is life threatening.

Alcohol Raises Other Risk Factors: Alcohol increases your risk for breast cancer and female problems as well. If you smoke and take birth control pills, your risk is increased again.

Diabetes and Alcohol: If you are a heavy drinker, you are at a higher risk for developing "secondary" diabetes or causing your diabetes to become worse. Alcohol, even light drinking, may impact your condition depending on other risk factors.

Alcohol and Nutritional Factors: Often those who drink alcohol do not eat properly. This can lead to becoming nutritionally deficient, which can impact health problems such as osteoporosis, and bone health in general.

Thyroid and Endocrine System Problems: Alcohol affects the whole endocrine system, which is tied up with a women's hormonal system as well. The thyroid gland, one of these glands, affects the whole body and every cell function. Alcohol slows down the endocrine system, resulting in a lower production of needed hormones. This can affect sexual function, increased problems with allergies, enlarged breasts, and be responsible for reduced fertility problems.

05/17/2020

Cooking Day! Quiche, Salad and Soup. Relaxing!

04/25/2020

04/07/2020

Rose's Health Connection Tuesday Wellness Tips:
Improve your health, survival, your quality of life, by taking this time to "Improve You" and take control of YOUR HEALTH!

STEP 1: YOU Are What YOU Eat".
In this COVID crisis a healthier diet, and losing/controlling weight can help strengthen you and your families immune system, which helps you fight infections and can help you to manage chronic disease. Weight loss can help you to fight obesity and the negative effects of being overweight, High blood Pressure, Heart and Lung Disease, High cholesterol, Cancer. Having a increased fat in the abdomen, your stomach and chest area, can make your heart work harder and breathing more difficult.

Tips: 1. Take Charge of what YOU Buy and start cooking at home, which is a new practice for many families today. The society has moved from preparing meals, the "Pot Food" of yesterday (more vegetables, small amount of starchy vegetable, and small chopped lean meat), to more "convenient, packaged and "Fast Foods", which are processed, full of additives and preservatives, sugar, salt and fat. I've often conducted wellness training and parents state that their children and teens "eat too much junk or fast food". I then ask one question, " who does the shopping"? Answer, YOU DO! So take stock in your shelves. If you dont buy the junk, the family change their habits, and learn to purchase, prepare and eat healthier foods.

2. Reduce the amount of food you eat:
Eat smaller portion sizes. Consider eating less, which can help shrink your stomach and as a result over time you feel full faster, therefore you begin to eat less. Less food = less calories = weight loss. Another benefit, in these very uncertain times, this helps you to conserve your supply of food, makes your food last longer.

3. Eat more vegetables:
Eat green, colorful and leafy vegetables.
Start your meal with vegetables which are very low in calories, fat and sugar, like greens, cabbage, collards/ mustard/turnip/kale, salad greens, cucumbers, asparagus, cauliflower, green beans, broccoli, peppers, carrots, avocados, squash, sweet potatoes, mushrooms, tomato, onions, garlic. Eat less amounts of starchy vegetables like corn, white potatoes, and other starchy foods and grains like white rice, pasta, noodles. Starchy foods are higher in calories, and too much can increase your blood sugar and increase your weight.

Use this time to Improve YOU. Moderation is the key. Small changes add up to big results. Start today and limit/reduce the foods which are YOUR "weaknesses", and begin to eat more foods that can "strengthen YOU", improve your body, your mental state, "Just for the HEALTH of IT! BE Well, Be Safe.

Now, I'll challenge my "Fitness Diva", Kim Bell to add and share 3 Fitness Tips for you my Family and Friends.

NOTE: AS ALWAYS MAKE SURE YOU CONSULT WITH YOUR MEDICAL PROVIDER BEFORE STARTING OR CHANGING ANY HEALTH HABITS OR TIPS, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE ANY CHRONIC DISEASE OR ILLNESS AND ARE TAKING MEDICATIONS.