Detoxification
8 Reasons to Start Your Day with Lemon Water
If your body says, “Nooo, not before a cuppa joe,” each morning, try this before your caffeine fix: Drink a glass of water with a squeeze of fresh lemon juice (about half a lemon) about 20 minutes before eating or drinking anything else. Here are 8 good reasons:1. It...
Read more...
Spring Detox Cleansing Programs
Warmer weather is already trickling in, and full-fledged springtime is not far off. That means you made it through another winter. Congratulations. But how did your diet fare? While we often embark through the colder months with good intentions of daily exercise and healt...
Read more...
8 Tips For A Successful Spring Detox
Spring! This is the season of renewal and rebirth. Spring is not only a time to clean out your home, but also your body. Mother nature provides us with naturally detoxifying foods in the springtime, so it is a perfect time to try a detoxifying cleanse. The best programs are th...
Read more...
Detoxifying The Body
Detox has become a bit of a buzz word over the past few years. Unfortunately that term can spark negative images of food deprivation or of drinking bitter concoctions to rid yourself of accumulated wastes. There’s no question that we are exposed to more toxins than eve...
Read more...
Detox: Healthy Habit or Obsession?
The warm weather is finally here, and everyone and their dog seems to be on a Detox. And although most people seem to think that going without food is the best way to cleanse our system with juice fasts and herbal detoxes , the problem is, there are SO many ‘detox progra...
Read more...
Cleansing Offers Natural Healing
Healing through nature has been essential to sustainable cultures everywhere for untold millennia. However, todays dominant materialist culture has all but turned health care in the U.S. into a dubious and corrupt industry. So, addressing root causes—as fasting does with ...
Read more...
Should I only juice organic vegetables and fruit during a detox?
Q: If I’m juicing vegetables and fruit during a detox, should they be organic?A: Yes! They absolutely should be. The purpose of a detox is to eliminate toxins, including pesticides. Some say that juicing vegetables and fruits concentrates pesticides. Washing non-org...
Read more...
Love Your Liver: Natural Liver Support
Did you know the liver is the king of the glands? It is the largest gland in the body and is the largest and most complex organ, having over 500 functions. It weighs just over 1 kilogram and is situated under the rib cage on the right. It contains about a quarter of all blood ...
Read more...Why do specific foods constipate me?
Q: Any idea why these specific foods constipate me when they are like a laxative to other people who take them? I do have a sluggish liver: grapes, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, pumpkin seeds, borage oil, wheat (not the bran), silymarin, silica, bee pollen. -Darlene A: Without...
Read more...What is the best way to detoxify the liver?
Q. What is the best way to clean and detoxify the liver? - Natasha A: For a gentle but effective liver cleanse, try the following for one month: Begin each day with a glass of room temperature, or warm, water and one tablespoon of freshly squeezed lemon juice. After four weeks, p...
Read more...Should I get a colonic?
Q. I hear conflicting information about colonics. Some doctors recommend them and others say they don’t believe in them. Why do you think this is? - Margo A: Colon hydrotherapy can be an invasive treatment, but a fast and effective way to detoxify the large intestine. Popular in ...
Read more...What Should I use for Skin Brushing?
Q. There is a great article in your newsletter I receive about skin brushing. I was just wondering what do you actually use to do this skin brushing? - Leigh-Anne A: There are a few options for dry skin brushing (one of my favorite techniques). You can use a dry loofah, a hair br...
Read more...Foods to Eat During a Candida Cleanse
Q. What foods can you eat while doing a candida cleanse? A: Candida is an umbrella term used to describe an overgrowth in the intestines of about 60 fungus-type organisms. These organisms develop a root system that give off toxic by-products that destroy the gut lining enabling t...
Read more...
