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Eat in harmony with the seasons. At the start of a new year, many people refocus on health by eating lighter. One common dieting strategy is to have a salad for lunch. This may work great in the hot summer months, but can work against you in the dead of winter. Eating [...] Many of us are inhaling our food, and skipping a major step. Digestion begins in the mouth, not in the stomach. Your saliva contains enzymes that break down food and prepare it for the next phase of digestion. Food needs to be mixed with pure saliva and ground into a smooth texture to [...] Replace sugary drinks with water. We all know soda is loaded with sugar and harmful to your health, but some of the alternatives can be equally harmful. Juices, flavored water, sports drinks, and even teas, contain various forms of well disguised sugar and toxic chemicals. Marketing companies have mastered the [...] Spring is here and magazine covers are sure to start featuring detox diets. You might hear about friends doing the classic, maple syrup and cayenne pepper master cleanse, or others who paid x amount of dollars to have raw juices delivered to their homes. In the past few years detoxing has become very trendy. How you eat is just as important as what you eat. Did you eat in front of the television or computer this week? Maybe you had a rushed meal while talking on the phone or preoccupied with some other activity. We may be accomplishing more when we combine eating with other activities, but [...] This is a summary of an email forwarded to me by Annemarie Colbin, Ph.D, Founder and CEO of the Natural Gourmet Institute. The email describes an experiment combined with research about the safety of microwaves. Seems simple but powerful to me. The Experiment: Filtered water was divided into two parts. The first part boiled [...] |
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