A Salad a Day – New Year’s Resolution Will Do More For Your Health

We are quickly approaching the New Year, the time when we all take stock of the year before and vow to change or improve. For the vast majority of us, New Year’s resolutions include some version of eating healthier or eating less. For a week or two, we just might give it a try. But old habits die hard, and soon we slip back into the usual routine. I believe there are good reasons new eating habits don’t stick. We don’t feel better; we just feel deprived. And new routines are usually too time consuming.

Make It Quick, Easy, and Life Changing

If you were to make one dietary change this year–just one—this one could change your life. Make a resolution to eat raw, fresh, organic produce each day. Your goal is to make raw produce 80% of your diet. For the majority, this will be a radical change, but it doesn’t have to be a difficult one.

Once a week, buy all the necessary veggies to make an incredible salad. Make one big batch every few days, and eat a big salad at least once a day (but know that the health benefits are greater if you make each and every salad fresh).

This is not the usual, wimpy salad. This salad is an adventure and the most nutritious salad you will ever eat. It is so good, you’ll never get tired of it. That said, you can always change it up. Just be sure you have a very large variety of veggies in your salad.

The Perfect Salad

This is your base:

  • Spinach
  • Field greens
  • Red cabbage
  • Collard greens (cut in fine strips)
  • Kale
  • Swiss chard
  • Collard greens
  • Beet Greens (they spoil fast, so eat these within a few days)

Forget iceberg lettuce. From now on, your “lettuce” should consist of at least five of the aforementioned leafy vegetables. Then you top it with shredded root vegetables.

These are your shreds:

  • Beet root
  • Carrots
  • Daikon radish
  • Artichoke root
  • Zucchini
  • Yellow squash

Zucchini and squash don’t last as long as the root veggies once they’re shredded, so take that into consideration when making them in advance.

Toppings:

  • Cilantro
  • Red onions
  • Leeks or green onions
  • Cucumber
  • Garlic
  • Turmeric
  • Pepper (or dried, ground up, non GMO papaya seeds)
  • Sunflower seeds (and/or chia seeds, walnuts, whatever you like)
  • Pomegranate seeds
  • Cranberries

I also like to add soft-boiled eggs and raisins and then top it off with a mix of balsamic vinaigrette, apple cider vinegar, and either flax seed oil or an omega 3 oil blend. Mix it up well to get the seasonings and dressing over all of the vegetables. I also used to add sheep feta cheese and chicken or steak, too. If you’ve got a meat eating friend who’s health you’re trying to turn around, and they balk at the idea of salads, then throw in a nice sheep feta and some meat, and they’ll love it.

Eating one salad a day plus several servings of raw fruit each day is a habit that is easy to include in your daily life if you prepare one or two big batches of salad a week. You will feel so much better, so quickly, you will not want to go back to your old habit of eating a sandwich and chips, fast food, or a frozen entree for lunch. If you are detoxifying, or dealing with illness and wish to incorporate these salads, be sure to make them fresh each time.

Of course, whenever possible, buy organic produce. Get to know your farmer’s markets if you have any near. And from now on, always have a salad in the fridge waiting for you. You’ll start to crave them in no time, as other habits, the not so healthy ones, begin to lessen their hold on you. The transformation is amazing. More than anything else, in my experience, these salads have been the precursor to a much healthier and disease free life for so many people. Seriously. These salads are that powerful. Put your health in your own hands.

Check out 80% Raw Food Diet for a salad dressing recipe that is to die for! And if you’re ready for step two, drink a gallon of cranberry, stevia lemonade a day (recipe here). And let us know if you’ve got some salad recipes or tips that you can share with us.

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Powerfully Healing Raspberry Cream Smoothie Recipe

This is a powerful smoothie. The health benefits are enormous. If you have arthritis, diabetes, cancer, or any other major health ailment, or your goal is to prevent these diseases, this is a smoothie you should drink regularly.

For a massive boost of enzymes, tons of antioxidants, and a tremendous amount of anti-inflammatory healthy fats, you can’t do much better than this recipe.

If you suffer from Candida, we recommend you take some SF722 or some other yeast killer, as pineapple is very high in natural sugars. We also recommend adding a few scoops of Total Nutrition Formula for extra nutrition.

This smoothie is absolutely delicious; I’ll bet it’s the best you’ve ever had. And it’s kid friendly!

Just watch the video below and we’ll prove it.

A few of the many benefits of avocados

  • Helps lower cholesterol
  • Reduces the risk of diabetes, stroke, and coronary artery disease
  • Promotes a healthy body weight and BMI
  • Reduces the risk of cancer
  • Anti-inflammatory
  • Promotes a healthy immune system
  • Promotes healthy hair and skin

A few of the many benefits of pineapple

  • Prevents free radical damage
  • Helps build strong bones
  • Promotes healthy gums
  • Helps prevent macular degeneration
  • Reduces the risk of diabetes, stroke, and coronary artery disease
  • Promotes a healthy body weight and BMI
  • Reduces the risk of cancer
  • Anti-inflammatory
  • Helps lower cholesterol
  • Promotes a healthy immune system
  • Promotes healthy skin
  • Detoxifies the liver

A few of the many benefits of coconut oil

  • Helps lower cholesterol
  • Reduces the risk of diabetes, stroke, and coronary artery disease
  • Promotes a healthy body weight and BMI
  • Reduces the risk of cancer
  • Anti-inflammatory
  • Promotes a healthy immune-system
  • Promotes healthy hair and skin
  • Antifungal, antibacterial, and antiviral 

A few of the many benefits of raspberries

  • Helps lower cholesterol
  • Reduces the risk of diabetes, stroke, and coronary artery disease
  • Promotes a healthy body weight and BMI
  • Reduces the risk of cancer
  • Anti-inflammatory
  • Helps lower cholesterol
  • Promotes a healthy immune system

Recipe

This is about as easy as it gets. The recipe serves four. It’s perfect for a Vitamix. If you have a smaller blender, you may need to cut the recipe in half. Of course, all ingredients should be organic whenever possible.

Ingredients

  • 1 whole, fresh, medium pineapple
  • 10 ounces frozen raspberries
  • 1 medium to large avocado
  • 4 tablespoons coconut oil

Instructions

  1. Blend pineapple first.
  2. Then add avocado and coconut oil.
  3. After the first ingredients are fully blended, add the frozen raspberries and blend until smooth.
  4. Enjoy!

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Winter Squash with Delicata Squash Fries Recipe

It’s harvest time for winter squashes. How many of these beauties have you tried?

  • Acorn
  • Butternut
  • Delicata
  • Hubbard
  • Kabocha
  • Spaghetti
  • Sweet Dumpling
  • Turban

Winter squashes can be baked or boiled, though boiling is a lot more work. Peeling and dicing the tough skinned veggies in order to boil the inner flesh isn’t easy. The simplest way to cook these wonderful anti-oxidant filled beauties is in the oven.

Fist scrub the outside under running water to remove all dirt. Carefully cut the squash in half and remove all seeds and strings. Brush the flesh with oil and cook right side up in a 3500 preheated oven until tender (30-60 minutes). Or don’t brush it with anything and cook it with the cut side down. Or even easier, bake it whole after piercing the skin several times with a knife or a skewer.

For a sweet version, you can brush the flesh with orange juice, cook until it is 80-90% done then cover the flesh with a glaze of honey, brown sugar, oil and spices (cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, a touch of cayenne). If you score the flesh before putting it in the oven, it will hold the juices better.

Winter squash can also be filled with any concoction from vegetarian rice or quinoa based stuffing to meat based stuffing. Or you can cook it and cut it into cubes to store in the freezer to add to recipes as needed.

Spaghetti squash is unusual due to its stringy texture. You can cook this one with the cut side down or cook it whole. You can use it like spaghetti with any sauce you choose or heat up butter with lots of fresh garlic, basil, and parmesan cheese and toss with squash strands. All you have to do to get the strands is scrape the pulp out of the cooked squash with a fork. It divides up into strands much like pasta.

Delicata Squash Fries Recipe

My favorite thing about delicata squash is that you can eat the skin. It makes them perfect for squash fries.

Ingredients:

  • 1 delicata Squash
  • 1 Tbsp coconut oil
  • Sea salt, black pepper, paprika to taste

 

Instructions:

  • Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
  • Cut the delicata squash in half and remove the seeds. Cut the squash into pieces roughly ¼ of an inch.
  • Put the squash in a mixing bowl and add the coconut oil and spices. Mix it all together. It’s easier to do this if you heat up the coconut oil so it coats the squash.
  • Distribute the squash evenly on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a baking mat. Bake the fries for 30 minutes or until slightly browned and crispy, turning them over halfway through the baking cycle.

The fries taste the best hot out of the oven.

Since this recipe is a fairly simple, it’s great for experimenting with different spices and flavors. You could substitute cayenne pepper for paprika if you want more of a kick. You could also try using herbs like rosemary or thyme. The possibilities for a delicious fall veggie dish are only as limited as your imagination!

It would be fun to try every squash on the list, if you haven’t already had the pleasure. Kabocha tastes like a combination of a sweet potato and a pumpkin, sweet dumpling squash tastes a little like corn, and turban tastes a bit like hazelnuts.

What are your favorite winter squash recipes?

 



Grumpy And Groggy? Use These 7 Tips To Get A Good Night’s Sleep

A terrible night of tossing and turning happens to us all at some point. Unfortunately for some, restless nights filled with little or no sleep are far too common. The importance of a good night’s sleep cannot be overstated. Continued patterns of poor sleep can cause everything from obesity to car accidents.

The truth is that if you aren’t getting the right amount of sleep, you aren’t going to be able to function at a healthy, optimal level. The good news is there are steps that you can take immediately that will improve your ability to be well rested when you wake up in the morning.

1. Make Time for Sleep

Does creating a sleep schedule seem strange? It shouldn’t, because often it’s the lack of regular, consistent sleep that leads to problems.

When you train your body to fall asleep around a certain time, you will soon find yourself starting to get sleepy during roughly the same time period every day.

2. Keep a Sleep Diary

A sleep diary or log can provide you with important insight into how you rest. Do you tend to wake frequently during the night? Do you often sleep through alarms? The information can then be used to make changes that will improve your sleeping patterns.

3. Quit Smoking

There are numerous reasons why you should quit smoking; as it turns out, improved sleep happens to be one of them. The nicotine in cigarettes acts as a stimulant. Rather than calm you down so that you can rest, smoking prevents you from easily falling asleep. Smoking also causes breathing problems, which can lead to various sleep disturbances and issues.

4. Consider Buying a New Bed

It may be that you are willing and able to sleep, but your quality of nighttime rest is greatly inhibited by your current bed. If that lumpy old mattress is too uncomfortable, you should consider shopping for a new bed. You spend roughly 29,200 hours in ten years in your bed, so having a poor mattress could have some pretty harsh effects on your health.

5. Get Regular Exercise

It’s believed that just 30 minutes of exercise per day can improve the length and quality of sleep. Whether you take up cardio or decide to start jogging, this burst of regular activity during the day may be what you need to get better rest at night.

A word of caution: It’s recommended you avoid vigorous exercise three to four hours prior to sleep. However, if you can’t rest, there are certain yoga poses you can do to help you prepare for bed.

6. Watch Your Caffeine Intake

Caffeine in coffee or tea is often heavily relied on in order to fully wake up and function during a busy day, especially if one didn’t get enough sleep the previous evening.

The problem is regular caffeine intake is scientifically linked to poor sleeping patterns. If you simply like the taste of coffee in the morning, strongly consider switching to the decaffeinated variety.

7. Don’t Doze Off During the Day

Are you taking regular naps during the day to make up for lost sleep at night? There’s reason to believe this may do more harm than good. While a cat nap can be okay for persons with regular sleep patterns, for persons with abnormal sleep patterns, it can only serve to make the problem worse.

Instead of taking a lengthy nap, go for a walk or do a bit of yoga. Try to avoid naps until after you’ve reestablished a healthy sleep pattern.

Often poor sleep can be brought on by a combination of factors. Making little adjustments and then sticking to these changes can lead to vast improvements in one’s quality of sleep. This can in turn lead to waking up feeling completely refreshed and better able handle whatever life throws at you during your waking hours.

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Natural Menopause Treatments That Always Work

Women who experience moderate to severe symptoms of menopause share a common desire: to find a safe and natural way to control or end the discomfort. While some home remedies that are based on folklore can bring some relief, there are better and more effective ways to treat the symptoms of menopause while avoiding the health risks and side effects commonly associated with hormone therapy. Here are some important facts that will help you find the best remedies for relief of menopause symptoms.

Common Menopause Symptoms

The first symptoms of menopause are irregular menstrual cycles, hot flashes, night sweats, and difficulty sleeping. In addition to these, PMS-like symptoms can occur including breast tenderness, bloating, cramps, headaches, and irritability. Some women will also experience memory loss, sexual dysfunction, weight gain, and anxiety disorders such as nervousness or panic attacks. Thinning hair can also present as a symptom. Every woman can experience menopause differently. In fact, many women experience little discomfort. This is not the case, however, for everyone.

Causes Of Menopause Symptoms

Hormonal fluctuations are the leading culprit of nearly all menopause symptoms. As the ovaries shut down, estrogen levels decline. Since estrogen has played a significant role in most of the body’s processes up to this point, the lack of estrogen brings about physical changes within the internal workings of the body. Vaginal tissue may become more fragile and can atrophy, natural lubricants during sex may lessen, and painful intercourse can be the result.

Why Are Natural Supplements Superior To Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)?

Although hormone replacement therapy can be highly effective in relieving menopause symptoms, it comes with a high risk for side effects, long term damage, and even life threatening health complications. Natural menopause supplements, created from plant extracts, do not damage the body.

Phytoestrogens and isoflavones are compounds proven to be effective in relieving the symptoms of menopause. They help to restore hormonal balance within the body so it can function much as it did prior to the onset of menopause or perimenopause. There are few, if any, known side effects and no known long-term health risks associated with their use.

The plants that are high in these compounds include black cohosh, red clover, passionflower, wild yam, chaste berry, dong quai, flaxseed, and soybeans. Red clover powder is known for it’s amazing ability to deal with the mood swings that are so common in menopausal women.

Important Lifestyle Changes That Can Also Help Ease Menopause Symptoms

In addition to the use of natural supplements, you can help to reduce your symptoms by taking some common sense steps to improve the health of your body. This begins with eating regular, healthy, and balanced meals. This will provide the body with the nutrients that it needs for optimal functioning. Make sure that you exercise regularly. This along with eating healthy will help you to lose any extra pounds that you may have gained. Maintaining a healthy weight can also make a difference in reducing menopause symptoms. Limit or avoid excessive alcohol use, eating fatty foods, overeating and smoking. If you follow these guidelines, you will help to reduce some of the factors that can contribute to the intensity of menopause symptoms.

Conclusion

If you struggle with moderate to severe symptoms of menopause, there is a safe and natural alternative to HRT. Ensure that the natural supplements you use contain phytoestrogens and isoflavones, both of which can help to restore hormonal imbalance within the body. In addition to supplement use, you can make lifestyle changes that will help to eliminate some of the triggers that can make menopause symptoms more intense. Eating right, getting plenty of exercise and avoiding harmful habits such as excessive alcohol consumption, overeating and smoking are all lifestyle changes that will help to improve the body’s immune system and overall health. When you’re looking for remedies that always work, go natural and take charge of your health. You may be surprised at the results.



How To Love Yourself Up (Even During the Holidays)

Can you feel it? Here it comes, the holiday’s busy buzz of activities, parties, gatherings, and events galore. We all love to celebrate, but we sometimes feel exhausted and less excited than we’d like to be at this time of year (maybe even crabby to those we love). Why is it that these supposedly precious and magical times end up zapping all of our energy?

Could it be that our expectations are the root of this and perhaps our own expectations? I have decided this year will be different. I want to enjoy the time with my loved ones. I want to laugh and be merry without the stress. I want to squash those silly expectations of perfection and embrace the gritty goodness instead. Is it possible? Let’s find out.

What if we all just used gentleness with everything we do this season? I mean really love yourself up, spread on the inner love so thick that you are covered with it, that you drip the love everywhere. How would that change how you and I experience the next few months?

It’s simple. Just be gentle. Be gentle with yourself. So gentle and ginger, like you would treat a sick child or pet. Nurture yourself up and down again. Say the things you always want to say but don’t. Be the juicy, gentle spirit and make people wonder what you’re up to.

G.E.N.T.L.E

G: Gratitude

When you find yourself grinding your teeth at the thought of yet another social event or party on your schedule when all you really want to do is curl up on the couch, feel the gratitude instead. Just 3 minutes spent counting our blessing actually changes the permeability and structure of your brain. This gratitude thinking is a kind of meditation. According to a NY Times article, How Meditation May Change Change the Brain, studies have shown, “…there are structural differences between the brains of meditators and those who don’t meditate.” And now a new study shows that gray matter actually grows in meditation. How cool is that? NOT thinking actually grows your brain, too. You don’t need a special pillow or a half an hour. You don’t need to sit in a lotus position and chant to meditate on gratitude. I like to do my gratitude meditation as I’m moving through my day–when I’m in the shower, while brushing my teeth, when I pull on a soft and warm sweater in the morning, or as I pet my dog before I run out the door.

There are many ways to guide your gratitude meditation. Thinking about the people closest to you and what you love about them can be one way. Here are a few favorite affirmations I use when I’m feeling that inner Scrooge:

  • I am blessed for all my gifts.
  • I feel the support and love of my community.
  • I am taken care of no matter what.
  • I love how fresh our magical winter wonderland feels.

E: Enjoyment

This time of year is supposed to be fun but why is it that most people struggle with the blues and blahs during this time of year? In her Psychology Today article Dr. Teresa Aubele states, “Happy thoughts and positive thinking, in general, support brain growth, as well as the generation and reinforcement of new synapses, especially in your prefrontal cortex (PFC), which serves as the integration center of all of your brain-mind functions.” So, what we choose to think about, what we enjoy, and what we experience as fun is, well, actually good for us. So take that scrooge!

Also, less light affects your brain’s chemistry too, which can lead to feeling a bit down or low energy. You may just need to supplement with vitamin D3 when you are getting less sunlight.

N: Notice How You Feel

Is your jaw grinding at night? Are you shoulders permanently living at your ears? Does your stomach ache? Are you feeling rushed or irritated? Don’t try to fix it or manage it. Solve it. Just notice how it feels and be aware of it. By noticing and becoming aware, you create a shift. It’s normal to have feelings, emotions, and physical manifestations of stress. The question is, now that you are aware of them, what do you want to do?

Increasing your awareness does so many things. It allows you to be more open, more insightful, more connected, and to integrate all the parts of yourself (mind/body/spirit), which leads to a more balanced and beautiful you.

T: Take a Risk and Get Vulnerable

This time of year we are often around family and people we may, or may not, feel that close to. Letting our vulnerability show takes courage and feels scary at first, but it is really the only way to live. Take a chance this holiday season and do something that takes you outside of your comfort zone. Buy a stranger a coffee. Reach out someone you know who needs extra support right now with a phone call or lunch. Simply smile at someone.

You don’t have to know what you are doing. Take a tip from sociologist and researcher Brené Brown, one of the most admired people on the planet right now (for good reason). She has spent the past ten years studying vulnerability, courage, authenticity, and shame. She encourages us to practice being vulnerable every day. If you haven’t seen her TED talk on vulnerability, check it out today. It will change your life.

L: Let love lead you.

“We need to go after love with all our might and act as if we cannot live without it!”

I love this quote by Joyce Meyer in her article on how “Love Changes Everything.” If you are not familiar with Meyer, she is a New York Times bestselling author researching and writing about finding hope and restoration through faith. She is a lead pastor who teaches on a number of topics with a particular focus on the mind, mouth, moods, and attitudes.

When we let love lead us, it takes a bit of the self focus out of the way and brings a sense of play and whimsy to life. Everything comes down to this: love is what we are all searching for and want to experience. So when life gets a bit complex, or wildly busy and nutty, just reset your yourself with thoughts of love.

I think The Beatles said it best, “All we need is love.”

E: Energy Reboot

Lets be honest, more requires more. It is okay to call a time out and say so. Have a night in during this busy season of more socializing, more giving, more expression (more, more, more) for some self care and restoration. It is just what you need to reboot. Here are a few of my favorite things to replenish and refuel that tank:

  • Bathe with essential oils (5 drops of lavender, 2 drops of ylang-ylang, 2 of rosewood)
  • Drink a cup of tea (my favorite is Berry Detox by Yogi tea or the aveda comforting tea)
  • Watch a ridiculous episode of 2 Broke Girls (stream for free on your laptop)
  • Enjoy a massage or facial
  • Read a great book and lose myself in it (The Rosie Project is my current fave)
  • Play with my dog (she loves playing catch with her plush animals)
  • Listen to some good tunes (Rocking on Gwen Stefani’s latest or Michael Jackson always does the trick)

What’s your go to thing? What do you like to do that you know will give you an inner glow of ahhhhh. Make a list and post it somewhere to remind you that there are so many ways to be gentle with yourself and reboot. Practice these things daily (one, or more, might be just what the doctor ordered). Not only does this essential self care give to us, it really is a gift to our whole community. When we feel better so does everyone around us!

Let me know how you showed your gentleness this season. It takes courage and love to do so, but you deserve it.



Seven Ways to Help Your Body Detoxify

When you choose to do a cleanse or detox, your goal is to rid the body of as many toxins as possible. Pathogens, parasites, heavy metals, chemicals, and Candida are all targeted for elimination. A really good detox diet helps to cleanse the digestive tract, the kidneys, the liver, and the gallbladder, followed by the rest of the body. So what other actions can you take to help the process?

Exercise

Exercise is an important part of any health regime, and it is important during a cleanse or detox as well. Your health should dictate how hard you exercise. Obviously, a radical detox is not the best time to push yourself too hard. The focus is on healing, not fitness

Your lymphatic system needs movement in order to circulate. Rebounding is great for the lymphatic system. Walk, jump rope, yoga–all are great. Running also stimulates and detoxifies the lymphatic system and is a very natural exercise with tons of benefits.

Did you know squats can also help detoxify the body? They help stimulate your elimination organs and they produce beneficial hormones.

We release more toxins through our breath than we do through bowel elimination and urination combined. When the blood gets pumping, and we’re breathing heavily, the body is flushing itself. Sweating is also great for detoxing. But again, If you are healthy and you exercise vigorously on a regular basis, just listen to your body and take is slowly if need be. And if you’re not physically fit, or if you are considerably toxic and unhealthy, be careful.

Hot and Cold Hydrotherapy

Hot and cold hydrotherapy really moves the blood through the body. Heat dilates the vessels, pulling the blood to the surface. Cold does the opposite, constricting the surface vessels and driving the blood deep into the body. Use a shower wand or stand in a shower to alternate hot and cold.

Dry Sauna or Steam Room

A dry sauna or steam room makes you sweat, helping you eliminate toxins through the skin. Sweating is also great for your skin, as it opens your pores allowing dirt and debris to be washed away. Remember to hydrate after sweating. As you detox, you should be drinking large amounts of clean water. A gallon of cranberry lemonade will aid in your detox and rehydrate your body after sweating.

Massage

Massage helps release toxins from the muscles and tissues, oxygenates the tissues, and moves the blood and lymph throughout the body. The movement of the two circulatory systems filters the blood, removing waste products from the cells and aiding the immune system in dealing with pathogens.

Massage can be therapeutic on other levels as well. Deep massage frees up muscles that have become held in place by scar tissue or sheathing after years of poor posture, repetitive movement, injury, or illness. This kind of massage can actually be quite painful, but the results are amazing.

Epsom Salts Bath

A proper Epsom salt bath pulls toxins from tissues and allows the body to soak up minerals. Make sure that you spend a full 40 minutes in the tub. The first 20 minutes pulls out toxins. In the second 20 minutes, the body soaks up magnesium and sulfates.

Turbocharge any Detox with Niacin

Niacin (B3) is an inexpensive way to boost the efficacy of a detox. Most doctors recommend starting with 100 mg. I weigh 220 pounds and I took 1,500 mg for three days. Don’t take it for more than a few days. Drink lots of fluid (like the cranberry lemonade) and sweat out the toxins. Niacin won’t do you much good if you aren’t flushing out the junk while you do it. It’s powerful. You’ll be itchy, hot, and flush red all over. The effects last about an hour. Most people without damaged seriously livers can easily handle 500 mg for a few days.

Perhaps 15 – 25 mg would keep first timers from screaming bloody murder, and allow for a more gentle, beneficial  experience.

A word about the process might also be appropriate, as in the patients where I worked for seven years did not appear to have a clue about how to best utilize this vitamin as a cleanse.  (Take a small amount to start, if no effects, i.e., the flush, observed, up the dose by the same increments, until it occurs.  Then stay at that dose until no more effects felt, followed by upping the dose until next flush.  Maintain until no more effect, then up the third time, repeating this process.  Three times through should then be put on hold for weeks to a month or two depending upon health status, before starting again.)  Hopefully, a side note or a foot note, will save beginners that pain and frustration from overdosing the first time around, i.e., a simple word of strong caution.  This note of concern is from one who has used this cleanse for many decades, as well as assisting others through the process.” – Richard

Cranberry Lemonade

Make a gallon of cranberry lemonade sweetened with stevia. This will help balance the body’s PH, flush toxins, detoxify the liver and kidneys, flush all of the glands, and clean the blood.

In Conclusion

A cleanse or detox is a wonderful way to aid your immune system in eliminating waste, debris, pathogens, and parasites from the body. Using all available resources in addition to diet, will aid you in a more complete and rapid detox. The most important aspect of a good detox for most people is eliminating excess candida and balancing gut flora.

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