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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 [...] Floss for your heart. Gum disease and heart disease are related! Flossing your teeth can dramatically reduce inflammation in your body. This is important because, inflammation in your body sets the stage for all sorts of different diseases, including cardiac disease. When you floss you remove bacteria and tiny food [...] —Why do you want to be healthy? This seems like a strange question, but many people never stop to clarify this. When you take the time to specify your reason for wanting good health, you transform your desire into reality. Any goal you set out to achieve is much more powerful when there is [...] 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. If you are too busy to start a seated meditation practice, but need a way to cut through stress, try taking three conscious breaths a day. You’ll instantly feel more calm and centered. It takes about 20 seconds and you can do it anywhere or anytime: Take one big inhale,… [...] For increased energy, clearer thinking and better sleep: stop eating 3 hours before you go to bed. When we are sleeping, our body doesn’t just shut down. It takes care of some important ‘house cleaning’ that keeps us healthy. Your organs need this break to detoxify and [...] 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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