Lara WIntermittent fasting – eating little or no food for extended but intermittent periods – is a natural, healthy way to lose weight and improve your health. Our bodies are built for this method of eating. Long ago, when nourishing yourself meant hunting or scavenging for meat or waiting for fruit to ripen and fall from …
Recently in the news, it was revealed that millions of tons of radioactive water has been spilling into the Pacific Ocean since the earthquake in Japan in 2011. Water that contains more than 16 times the “safe” levels of cesium is now circulating freely in our waters. The American Medical Association has called for the …
For the last 30 or so years, we’ve been told over and over: the sun is bad, the sun will give you cancer, tanned skin equals damaged skin… the list goes on. Wear sunblock! Don’t get a tan! The problem with this line of thought is that most people these days just don’t get enough …
You already know that exercise feels great and is good for you. It can help you lose weight, help prevent high blood pressure and heart disease, increase your energy and boost your mood. But did you know that sweating from exercise rids your body of toxins? For a long time, scientists thought that sweating didn’t make …
One effective tool to help detox your body is contrast hydrotherapy; also known as contrast therapy. You can assist your body’s natural healing abilities when you help remove toxins, improve immunity, and boost your health. You can also help your body heal from minor injuries using this process. It helps strengthen the circulatory, nervous, musculoskeletal, endocrine, …
You probably know all about the benefits of clean living and the dangers of food additives, high fructose corn syrup and vegetables treated with pesticides. You want to eat clean. There’s just one problem: Clean eating can be expensive. Can you really afford to spend money on organic, fresh foods when you can buy processed …
We’ve all been advised to eat more fresh fruit and vegetables, and for good reason – they contain many of the essential vitamins, minerals and trace nutrients we need to be healthy. But that broccoli, spinach, orange or apple you’re planning to eat may not be as healthy as you think… Over the years, the …
Are our children being trained into addiction? Children can’t avoid caffeine, and they soon grow to love it in their crackers, in cookies, candy, gum, jelly beans, and soft drinks. Since caffeine is neither a preservative nor a purifier, any claims that caffeine is being added to our children’s food for some beneficial or simply …