May 13th, 2009
I don’t do bitter foods well. I get that cringing kind of feeling when I’m about to take a mouthful of say, turnip greens. But even though I may not like the taste, bitter foods are so good for us yet most Americans don’t eat many of them, opting for sweet or salty instead.
The truth
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Filed under: Antioxidants, Detoxification, Eczema, Greens, Healthy Meals, Prevention | 2 Comments
January 16th, 2009
I’m on Day 5 of my raw food cleanse and chugging along beautifully. As I’ve been telling you, I decided to go the raw food route for the cleanse, made exponentially easier by going to my friend Glen’s café to pick up the food.
But there are numerous ways to do a cleanse and reap the
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January 15th, 2009
I’ll spare you the graphic details, but let’s just say that things have been a bit “stopped up” during my cleanse. Do you know it’s not uncommon to suffer from constipation when you’re doing a cleanse? Yup, trust me, it sure is. Even though you might think it’s just the opposite.
So I had a much
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Filed under: Cleansing, Detoxification, General, Hydrotherapy, Juicing, Raw Foods | 1 Comment
January 14th, 2009
In Ayurveda, the traditional medicine of India, my constitution type is classic Vata. By nature, Vata people tend to be cold, thin and dry (as in dry skin, etc.). So I always thought that a raw food diet would just make me more cold –no hot soup and cooked food just seemed like a stretch
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January 13th, 2009
Last week I got an email from my super cool friend Glen Coehlo who owns a raw food cafe, Catch a Healthy Habit, in the town next to me. He was facilitating a quarterly raw foods cleanse and wanted to know if I’d like to join the group. Here’s how it works: he prepares the raw juices
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Filed under: Cleansing, Detoxification, Juicing, Raw Foods, Smoothies | 1 Comment
May 2nd, 2008
You may recall that last week I posted about the benefits of doing a detox. We take in so many toxins on a daily basis through our food and environment which builds up in our cells. Over time we can become sluggish, have less energy and our internal systems become congested – the liver, kidneys
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April 25th, 2008
You may have read my prior posts about juicing, and doing a detox goes hand in hand with juicing fresh vegetables and fruits. The truth of the matter is that most of us simply don’t eat that well. It’s not that we don’t know what to do, it’s really that we don’t make healthy eating
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Filed under: Body Cleansing, Detoxification, Eating, Juicing, Spring | 3 Comments
